Bethany Ewald Bultman 10/10/24 Bethany Ewald Bultman 10/10/24

The Sound and Fury over “Sound and Light”

A mayor’s three-year push to establish a garish tourist spectacle in the city’s historic heart united thousands of French Quarter lovers across New Orleans in the ‘70s, who fought back with protests, petitions and legal action.

– by Bethany Ewald Bultman

Frank Perez 8/26/24 Frank Perez 8/26/24

Southern Decadence: the Origin, Traditions – and, of course – the Parade

While more than 250,000 people flock to the annual LGBTQ+ French Quarter celebration on Labor Day weekend each year, few are aware of the event’s half-century history and its Sunday parading tradition.

- by Frank Perez

John S. Sledge 3/4/24 John S. Sledge 3/4/24

Louisiana Lens: Through Light and Time

A lavish new volume by John H. Lawrence celebrates an extraordinary collection of Louisiana images and the photographers who created them.

– by John S. Sledge

Frank Perez 8/17/23 Frank Perez 8/17/23

Bill Rushton: Journalist and Activist, Part One

In the ‘70s, a young journalist writing for a small New Orleans newspaper in the French Quarter broke some of the city’s most important stories.

– by Frank Perez

Frank Perez 7/20/23 Frank Perez 7/20/23

Digging in at Madame John’s Legacy

One of New Orleans’ oldest houses will soon have a new look after years of debate, delays and historic forensics work – including a recent archeological dig.

-By Frank Perez

Frank Perez 6/28/20 Frank Perez 6/28/20

The Queer Quarter: A Moveable Feast

The Queer Quarter: A Moveable Feast: In the 1900s, LGBT+ people from around the country were drawn to the French Quarter's shifting centers of queer gravity, which offered both a spicy nightlife scene and an evolving culture.

-Frank Perez

Andrew Simoneaux 6/27/20 Andrew Simoneaux 6/27/20

The Up Stairs Lounge Fire Memorial Service

The Up Stairs Lounge Fire Memorial Service: On the 47th anniversary of an arson fire that killed 32 LGBT+ people in the French Quarter, the weather reflected the mood of the mourners.

-Andrew Simoneaux

Michael Warner 11/18/19 Michael Warner 11/18/19

Up From the Ashes: Rebuilding the Cabildo

Fire is the mortal enemy of the city's oldest neighborhood, but in the case of the 1988 Cabildo inferno, dedicated preservationists prevailed in the end.

- by Michael Warner