The 27th annual Louisiana Satchmo Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp for aspiring musicians began this week, according to Jackie Harris, executive director of the Louis Satchmo Armstrong Educational Foundation. A fundraising concert to support the camps operations, Honoring the Past and Looking Toward the Future, will be held Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at the George and […]
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story, a documentary about the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, will be released nationwide on June 2. The film was directed and produced by Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern and will be released through Sony Pictures.
You’ll Forget This Ever Happened: Secrets, Shame, and Adoption in the 1960s by Laura L. Engel is a book about a young woman struggling with being an unwed mother in the 1960s south. It will be available May 10 through She Writes Press. The memoir opens from the point of view of a frightened teenager […]
With festival season in full swing, Jammin on Julia, a Spring art walk + music festival hybrid event returns to the art district. Its time to get out and enjoy the local arts at this free event that supports the Arts District of New Orleans. Jammin on Julia will mark the first closed-street event in […]
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is currently presenting the exhibit Queen Nefertaris Egypt from now until July 17. According to a NOMA press release, Queen Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was the favorite wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II (reigned 127913 BCE) and held significant diplomatic and religious roles before her death in […]
Upon his win for Album of the Year, Batiste gave a heartfelt speech in which he said, "I believe this to my core, there is no best musician, best artist, best dancer, best actor. The creative arts are subjective and they reach people at a point in their lives when they need it most. It's like a song or an album is made and it's almost like it has a radar to find the person when they need it the most."
You might not know Danny Damian, but you might know his work if you spend any time on TikTok. The photographer, who joined the popular app in January, makes videos on his page, dannydamianphoto, in which he approaches strangers and asks if he can take their photo. The result is a portrait that captures the […]
The secret to a successful restaurant is sharp knives. – George Orwell Dear reader, Whether this reaches you during a smoke break, or while lying on a long couch with a small cat sleeping at your feet and a cup of coffee steaming at your side as we all deserve to be: please excuse the […]
Another day and another interview with a New Orleans musician. With his name mentioned twice within a week, I find his website to figure out what he plays and who he is. Met with a grainy b&w photo that appears to date to the days of Robert Johnson and FDRs New Deal, I wonder. But […]
Carla Williams, the owner, and proprietor of House of Black Style, a shop specializing in vintage clothing and accessories by Black designers, has always had an eye for fashion and art. Williams was raised in Los Angeles by a mother who is from New Orleans, and, growing up, Williams knew that one day she would […]
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