Jeanie Riess
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Grooving to the Oldies at New Orleans's Temple of Uncool
A dance party on a riverboat casino highlights tensions about the city’s self-image, and its future. → Read More
Bike deaths in New Orleans prompt “die-in”
Bicyclists in New Orleans are angry.   On July 6, Ben Gregory, a 37-year-old visual artist, was biking on Elysian Fields Avenue when he was struck... → Read More
Despite U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Louisiana same-sex couples must wait to get married
Michael Robinson and Earl Benjamin were supposed to make their way to the courthouse, but after two hours, they hadn't made any progress. → Read More
The Hurricane Katrina anniversary can bring on depression, PTSD
Three months before the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods, local and national media outlets began to pay tribute to the storm... → Read More
New Orleans Pride Festival to be held June 19-21
The fifth annual celebration of New Orleans' LGBT community boasts an all-inclusive, family-friendly weekend full of events, including a kickoff party celebrating transgendered people. → Read More
Sanchez Recreation Center opens in Lower Ninth Ward, and there's a pool
The center was shuttered after Katrina, but today it made a comeback. → Read More
The Baronne Street bike lane: all kinds of #fail
It's 4 p.m. on a Friday, and Armand Clintan, 16, is skateboarding outside Rouses Markets in the Central Business District. A friend takes a video... → Read More
Jazz Fest 2015: Music and art came together at the NOCCA Pavilion
The Cultural Exchange Pavilion featured work and performances from NOCCA students and alums → Read More
Vendors, neighbors react to vandalism of St. Roch Market overnight
"Look at the people cleaning. It's the people who live in the community. That's the ironic part. What point are you trying to make here?" → Read More
New Orleans Public Library in financial trouble
By 2016, the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) officially will be in the red.   What that means for the six branches that were rebuilt after... → Read More
The Gay Krewe of Krewes parades Sunday, May 2
The inaugural Gay Krewe of Krewes rolls at 7 p.m. starting at North Rampart Street and Elysian Fields Avenue. → Read More
UberX launches after all
Less an a week after it said it couldn't, the ridesharing app started giving rides today. → Read More
Rouses World Championship Crawfish Eating Contest on Sat., April 11 at the Old U.S. Mint during French Quarter Festival
Sat., April 11NoonRouses World Championship Crawfish Eating ContestLouisiana StateMuseum's Old U.S. Mint Major League Eating President Richard Shea says there are two types of com- petitive eating:... → Read More
St. Roch Market reopens on St. Claude Avenue
Dozens of iced coffee-sipping shoppers stood in lines for tastes from King Creole, sandwiches from Shank Shop, fresh oysters from an oyster bar and more. → Read More
City Council passes ridesharing ordinance, but Uber and Lyft representatives still dissatisfied
Uber and Lyft, both companies that have been instrumental in getting ridesharing off the ground in New Orleans, have said they cannot operate under legislation passed today. → Read More
Ridesharing amendments passed on to full City Council without recommendation
The New Orleans City Council will vote on the creation of Transportation Network Companies like Uber and Lyft on April 9. → Read More
Refurbished St. Roch Market to offer local food, drink and produce April 10
The market, which originally opened in 1875, has been closed since Hurricane Katrina. → Read More
The Young Leadership Council selects One Book One New Orleans 2015
The YLC has picked Brian Boyles' New Orleans Boom and Blackout for its annual One Book One New Orleans literacy project. → Read More
Mayor Landrieu proposes French Quarter quarter-cent tax to pay for State Police presence
The tax would go before voters in October. → Read More
April Toole's Day brings Ignatius J. Reilly to life at The Irish House
"When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip." → Read More