Today in NOLA: 8.26.14
Marine, MBA, and newly minted novelist Michael Pitre appears at Octavia Books this evening, presenting his new book, Five and Twenty-Fives. The Blue Nile’s Open Ears series presents a taste of Italy,...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 8.27.14
Good morning! Today, New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Indians observe the spiritual ceremony of White Buffalo Day in Congo Square, now known as Louis Armstrong Park. SNL’s Cecily Strong welcomes Tulane students...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 8.28.14
Are the Saints ready for the real season? Make your judgements tonight, when they play the Baltimore Ravens in the final game of the preseason. Tonight’s your last chance to catch Bug at the Shadowbox....
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 8.29.14
Today, we remember Katrina, nine years later. On a lighter note, Decadence is in full swing. Here’s a new reason to take a trip to the Westbank: A$AP Ferg, Big Gigantic, Dillon Francis and more play...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 8.31.14
Decadence goes on parade! This afternoon’s romp through the French Quarter marks the culminating moment of New Orleans’ Labor Day Weekend gay festivities. Maze and Frankie Beverly bring a quiet storm...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.2.14
New Orleans has a new home for college football: Tulane celebrates the official opening of Yulman Stadium today. The team play their first game in their new home this Saturday against Georgia Tech. Get...
View ArticleLouisiana Seafood Festival Announces 2014 Lineup
Seafood comes ashore this October at the three-day Louisiana Seafood Festival. Today, festival organizers announced a music lineup featuring Benjy Davis, Pat Green, and the Gin Blossoms, plus many...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.3.14
The Louisiana Restaurant Association kicks off New Orleans’ Restaurant Week this evening with a catered party, and you can go! After a while off the scene, turn-of-the-millenium alt rock and nu metal...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.4.14
Jazz in the Park kicks off its sixth season tonight with To Be Continued Brass Band and the Shannon Powell Band at Armstrong Park. The NOLA Project’s new production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest...
View ArticleVoodoo Fest Announces 2014 Cubes
Trombone Shorty vs. Gogol Bordello? Big Freedia vs. Skrillex? No, these aren’t the strangest (or most gratifying) cage matches you’ve ever imagined. Voodoo Fest, which has followed Jazz Fest’s lead in...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.8.14
Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton lectures on children’s literacy at Tulane tonight. On this day in 1935, Dr. Carl Weiss shot the infamous Huey P. Long, then a U.S. Senator. Long’s bodyguards shot...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.9.14
What are you having for lunch? And is it too soon to think about dinner? The 2014 Restaurant Week menus can’t satisfy your cravings, but they will help you decide where to dine tonight. Galactic...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.10.14
Sarah Carr, an education reporter who wrote a close study of New Orleans' unprecedented experiment with public charter schools, speaks at Tulane tonight. Shotgun Cinema sceens Polish director Pawel...
View ArticlePitchfork Announces New Orleans Nightcap Show
Thundercat and DJ Peanut Butter Wolf will perform November 1 as music site Pitchfork brings the final in its national series of “Nightcap” shows to New Orleans.read more
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.14.14
The Saints play against the Cleveland Browns in Ohio tonight. Giddyup to get to Lakefront Arena: Rodeo New Orleans ropes down its second and final day of Western-themed sports and attractions. Don’t...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.15.14
After a weekend of rodeo bull-roping, Restaurant Week gluttony, and disappointing football, New Orleans heads back to the work week. Kick back tonight with trad jazz on Frenchman, world jazz Uptown,...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.16.14
Stanton Moore leads a crack trio at Snug Harbor tonight. Author Jesmyn Ward reads from her well-received new book, Men We Reaped, at Garden District Book Shop. And on this day in 1964, the Beatles...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.17.14
Disney star turned teen pop sensation Demi Lovato brings her self-titled world tour to Lakefront Arena tonight. If that’s not quite your style, perhaps you’d consider trying a metal show, or some good...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.20.14
Dr. John pays a house call tonight with a hometown show at the Joy Theatre. Big Sam’s Funky Nation comes to Blue Nile, and Tiptina’s prepares to kick off Saints season (first home game is tomorrow!)....
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.22.14
Raise a bow and take a bow: the New Orleans Civic Symphony presents a fall concert featuring a trio of Romantic composers. Indie dream-rock band Real Estate plays at One Eyed Jacks. Happy birthday to...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.23.14
Thou shalt not kill: tonight, writer Peter Abadie reads from his bone-chilling new study of notorious murders throughout recent history. The Stanton Moore Trio and Meschiya Lake & the Little Big...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.24.14
How do you feel about folk-rock? NOLA gets a double dose tonight with the Felice Brothers at Tipitina’s and songwriter Richard Buckner at the Beatnik. Plus, the legendary Walter “Wolfman” Washington...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 9.25.14
Ahhhh! The New Orleans Horror Film Festival opens at Indywood tonight. Big Freedia, Partners N Crime, and 5th Ward Weebie bounce into Tip’s. Russell Batiste and Friends perform at Jazz in the Park, and...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 10.03.14
The weekend is here. In Gretna, there’s a large fest. In town, Soul Sister is spinning and Danny Barker is being feted. In 1964, Hurricane Hilda devastated St. Mary’s Parish causing 100 million dollars...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 10.23.14
With Prospect.3 about to descend upon New Orleans, Thursday is the perfect night to go visit some of the local museums in the area. Tulane University will host a gallery reception at the Newcomb Art...
View ArticleOnce & Future King's
The sign is still not up, but BB King’s Blues Club opened in the old Margaritaville space at 1104 Decatur Street on New Year’s Eve (12.31.15). NoDef took a break from the night of revelry to grab a...
View ArticleCarnival Cruisin'
Tonight, there will be movies, readings, and parades. If that’s not enough for you, there are plenty of Twelfth Night parties to be enjoyed. From Benny Grunch in Mid City to proto-tiki carnival...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 2.06.16
Mid-City is ready, the skies, are clear, and Endymion is set to roll tonight. French EDM star Madeon is coming to the Joy, the Soul Rebels are blowing out Freret Street, and Galactic are playing their...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 2.12.16
Chris Brown is in town and Silk is at UNO. NOJO is covering the Stones and the Brass-A-Holics are set to tear up the Blue Nile. Uptown, devotees will be doing the time war again at Rocky Horror. On...
View ArticleToday in NOLA: 2.23.16
Catch a trio of local favorites tonight. Kermit is at Bullet’s. Lynn Drury is at Chickie Wah Wah, and Rebirth is at the Leaf. Or get you some groceries Uptown. An illuminated bicycle parade rolled...
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