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40th Anniversary of the French Quarter Festival
Celebrating 40 years, the 2023 French Quarter Festival was a weekend filled with live music, dancing, and fun in the heart of New Orleans’ oldest neighborhood.
— Photos by Gregg Martel
The 2020 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.
– photography by Andrew Simoneaux
Jackson Square Protest - June 5
Jackson Square Protest - June 5: Friday evening, much of New Orleans waited with bated breath in hopes the protest in the French Quarter would be peaceful. The rest of the city attended. Thousands rallied in front of Jackson Square in a remarkable show of solidarity against racism.
-Ellis Anderson
The 67th Annual Red Mass
The annual Red Mass was held Monday morning, October 7, at St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square, offering up prayers for those in the legal profession - judges, attorneys, law school professors and students.
According the the Louisiana State Bar Association, the tradition "is celebrated all over the world, including Rome, Paris and London. The practice dates back hundreds of years and typically serves as the opening of the judicial year."
- photography by Kerry Maloney