New Orleans News Archives

"It's not a ghost tour; it's a parapsychology expedition," explained our guide, Kate as we made our way through New Orleans' historic French Quarter after dark.

Boudreaux's , a new Cajun and Creole restaurant, opened downtown Oct. 21, serving "all things New Orleans," according to general manager Rebecca Trevino.

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The famed Cajun band Beausoleil with Michael Doucet will perform at the Barre Opera House on Nov.

Kiss, Widespread Panic , Lenny Kravitz , the reunited Jane's Addiction , Wolfmother , Ween and the Flaming Lips are among scores of acts on the festival's three-day bill.

We have a friend -- a born-and-raised Cajun who's as passionate about her food as she is about her Motherland itself -- who claims that it's impossible to get an authentic po-boy here in Houston.

Our webcast today featuresa story about a Jazz legend named Herman Leonard. He doesn't play an instrument, he uses one -- a camera.Leonard captures stunning moments and figuresin Jazz historyincluding the likes of Billie Holidayand Frank Sinatra.Leonard lived in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit, and he lost 8,000 prints.

WYNTON MARSALIS: The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note.

One cannot help passing by Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen and not notice the restaurant's exterior replica of a traditional French Quarter architecture or the smooth jazz melodies that stream out of its entrance way.

The Hill: Melancon hits at Vitter's rape amendment vote It didn't take long for Sen.

The Fourth Annual Great Cajun Cook-Off & Food Fest Announces An Amazing Line-up of Restaurants, Competitors, Sponsors and Music! Proceeds benefit the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona, New Life Center and St.

Melora Hardin has to film a fight scene. In lingerie. Hardin is in New Orleans making "Knucklehead," the story of a desperate promoter , a wrestler , and an orphanage owner , who together take a road trip to the big fight.

Leigh Harris left her native New Orleans four years ago, after Hurricane Katrina swept through.

Forget Method acting, forget in-depth role research, forget any of that fancy-dancy stuff they teach you in acting school.

Potomac Community Library will present Seth Kibel's Dixieland Quartet as part of the "Jazz: the Music of America" series sponsored by the local libraries.

The benefits of having DREW BREES in New Orleans go far beyond the football field.

An iconic film from the 1960s, "Easy Rider" , leads this week's list of new Blu-ray releases.

The French Market ushers in the harvest season with the first annual Boo Carre Halloween and Harvest Festival the weekend before Halloween, Friday through Sunday, October 23-25th. Pick your pumpkin, trick-or-treat, and dance the day away to live music; encounter vampires, Mardi Gras Indians, Living History Project zombies, and enjoy harvest fashion ...

ALL COMERS: In recent months, community and business leaders from New Orleans and other parishes along the I-10 corridor east of Ascension have joined the 10/12 initiative.

The house she lived in suffered only minor damage, but the sight of her city and its people, so devastated by the storm, left her with deep emotional scars.

REHOBOTH BEACH - In congruence with this weekend's 20th annual Rehoboth Beach Autumn Jazz Festival, Dogfish Head Brewpub is hosting New Orleans' seven-piece funk, rock, jazz - and often improvisational - explosion, Bonerama, at 10 p.m. Saturday.

Todd Henry's phone call was chilling, Mitch Shamburger would later recall. His friend had an instinct for trouble.

The mayor of New Orleans flew to Cuba Friday on a mission to study the island's respected disaster preparedness methods in another sign of easing diplomatic relations.

Walker's cochon de lait po-boy, a famous Jazz Fest dish, is being served this weekend at the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival.

Barack Obama headed to New Orleans Thursday for the first time as president, facing claims his short stop fails promises made to the hurricane-torn city during his White House bid.

President Barack Obama visits New Orleans for the first time as U.S. president on Thursday to review federal efforts to rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.

This weekend's fourth annual Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival, held at Lafayette Square Park, promises to be the best ever in terms of attracting national talent, with blues greats Buddy Guy and Bobby Rush headlining the free, two-day event.

In a press conference held Tuesday at Fox and Hound restaurant in Elmwood, the New Orleans Zephyrs unveiled a new logo, the first time that has changed in six years and an alteration to the color scheme.

The roads are still pretty rough, the distances between places tend to be too long to walk and too short to drive, and on a bike you can easily stop and chat with the residents who have returned.

Four years ago, Rich Collins and his band were largely unknown when they came to Charleston for a show.

The Neville Brothers, often called New Orleans' "First Family of Funk," are enjoying a rebirth similar to the city they love.

1 for Command Performance, the celebration of the Centers for Youth and Families 125th anniversary.

Big Sam Williams, the founder and trombonist in the New Orleans combo Big Sam's Funky Nation, considers his group a work in perpetual progress.

From the Richmond Folk Festival Web Site: Get Ready! Richmond's biggest and best festival starts Friday! The count down has officially begun! And folks are clamoring for the schedule, the Festival Map and even more bios and samples of the performers, and we deliver! From Gospel, to Tuvan throat singing to New Orleans jazz, there's something for ...

Two years after Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans to its knees, murder is coming to define the historic city's personality as much as jazz funerals, Mardi Gras parades and French Quarter debauchery.

On this episode of So You Think You Can Dance , Nigel is away getting some honorary degree.

Beginning October 24th, The Huntington Library, in conjunction with the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Cultural Center , will exhibit a remarkable piece of Los Angeles history entitled Central Avenue and Beyond: The Harlem Renaissance in Los Angeles .

This weekend, the New Orleans Film Festival is getting all the headlines, but there's another local film event lurking in the shadows.

The Eastman Memorial Foundation Board of Directors announces Deborah and David Ratcliff have been selected to chair the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art's annual fund-raising event The Jazz Ball: A Night in New Orleans.

Sheldon Turner, co-screenwriter of the acclaimed new George Clooney-Jason Reitman movie "Up In The Air," has written "Broken," an FX pilot script with a premise that sort of grabbed me.

Tuba player Ben Jaffe, tenor sax player Clint Maedgen and clarinetist Charlie Gabriel brought New Orleans music to life as part of the Austin City Limits music festival Sunday night.

Hurricane Katrina gave Ned Sublette a dramatic coda for his memoir "The Year Before the Flood." The book documents the last year that New Orleans and its thriving music scene were still fully intact before the city was nearly washed off the face of the Earth.

Jazz, the African-American-inspired music which started at the beginning of the century in New Orleans, had been explored and certainly assumed by earlier Jamaican musicians.

The Cove has a big band doubleheader with the UIW Jazz Ensemble and the Primetime Jazz Orchestra.

Now, it's being heard there again, with a New Orleans-style twist. Performances take place in a hotel lounge called the Puccini Bar, named for the composer of "Madama Butterfly." And spectators sip cocktails while listening to the free, informal shows, which include arias from "La Boheme" and "Carmen." WHAT TO EXPECT The lounge is at The Inn on ...

The blood-sucking Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson is not yet confirmed for the four-day Vampire Film Festival , starting October 23, 2009.

The Teddy Royal Trio, featuring international artist and composer Teddy Royal, will perform at the 18th Annual Blackwood Pumpkin Festival, sponsored by Mainstage Center for the Arts, Sunday, October 4, at the Blackwood Library, 15 S. Blackhorse Pike, Blackwood, NJ.