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Krewe du Vieux Parade 2025
With the double entendre theme of “Krewe du Vieux is Revolting,” the 2025 parade floats included jabs at the oligarchy and tributes to Skrim, the famous runaway terrier.
- photos by Shawn Fink
Krewe Bohème Parade 2025
A relative newcomer to the walking parade scene, since 2018 Krewe Boheme and its “absinthe-minded green fairy” have been intoxicating crowds.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Super Bowl LIX Parade
Locals joined Super Bowl visitors – many of them catching their first-ever parade throws – in this fun football-themed parade.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
The Gradual Seduction of Cucullu Row
A visionary young doctor purchases a derelict historic building in 1996 and spends the next decade transforming it into one of the most stately homes in the French Quarter.
-By Karen Hinton
David Suhor: French Quarter Performance Artist
Call it campy or classic, the jaunty tradition of the singing telegram is celebrated by this member of a noted New Orleans musical family.
- by Claude Summers
The History of the Bourbon Street Awards
The epic Mardi Gras Day costuming contest got its start as a promotion to drum up business for a Bourbon Street diner.
– by Frank Perez
New Orleans Italian Boxing Champions: Forged Out of Tragedy
The horrific 1891 lynching of eleven Italian Americans later helped motivate generations of young men who punched their way past discrimination in the early 1900s.
- by Bethany Ewald Bultman
Krewe of Chewbacchus 2025
More than 3,000 people marched in this popular sci-fi-themed parade on February first, with hundreds of children participating this year, making for a fun-filled family-friendly extravaganza.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
A Day at the Jazz Museum: Baby Doll Blessing of the Streets and New Orleans Cigar Box Festival
To the delight of many Jazz Museum visitors, the annual Baby Doll blessing of the streets took place on the last day of the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Bourbon Street Memorial
The spontaneous memorial that sprang up after the tragedy continues to remember those lost, long after the first flowers have faded.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
George Rodrigue: Before the Blue Dog
The Louisiana State Museum celebrates the late Cajun artist’s early works and lasting legacy with a doggone great exhibit at the Cabildo.
– by Doug Brantley
Historic Snow Day in the French Quarter
The French Quarter erupted with spontaneous joy – and of course, music – as a record-breaking ten inches of powdery snow fell on New Orleans on January 21st.
- album by Shawn Fink
~ additional photos courtesy French Quarter denizens Jeremiah Beck, Simone Biow, Emilie Rhys, Craig Tracy, Greg Lambousy and Baylee Badawy, Wendi Maloy and Bethany Ewald Bultman.
How Emilie Rhys Found Her Father – and Her Groove
Seeking a relationship with her estranged father, noted New Orleans painter Noel Rockmore, a young woman travels to the Quarter in 1977 for a year of discovery.
– by Michael Warner
A Look Inside – Spanish Louisiana: Contest for the Borderlands, 1763-1803
A new book from LSU Press provides a comprehensive overview on the oft-overlooked history of the Spanish in Louisiana and New Orleans.
– by John S. Sledge
President Biden Speaks at St. Louis Cathedral
On January 6, President Joseph R. Biden spoke at an interfaith service in St. Louis Cathedral, drawing from personal experience to offer comfort to the families and loved ones of those lost in the Bourbon Street New Year’s Eve attack.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Joan of Arc Procession 2025
The annual Joan of Arc procession honoring the saint’s birthday spread much-needed goodwill and light through the streets of the French Quarter.
- photos by Shawn Fink
The Quarter in the Aftermath: New Year’s Day, 2025
In the aftermath of a New Year’s Eve vehicle attack that killed at least 14 people on Bourbon Street, the evening hours reveal a quiet and mournful neighborhood, with a heavy presence of law enforcement personnel and journalists.
- photos by Kimberly Summerlin
Caroling in the Square 2024
The 80th anniversary of this favorite holiday event entertained thousands in Jackson Square - including a joyous centenarian.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
A Look Inside: Nocturnal New Orleans
This new book offers stunning night-time photographs of the Crescent City – and an insightful introduction by Richard Campanella.
by John S. Sledge