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To Live in a Masquerade: Inside the Mask Market
To Live in a Masquerade: Inside the Mask Market: On the weekend before Mardi Gras for the past 38 years, the French Market has hosted one of the most unusual art markets in the country. Meet a few of the makers behind it.
- by Kirsten Reneau
The Colors of Kate McNee
Visit with this creator of distinctive Carnival headdresses in her Bywater home and studio, where both colors and ideas are given free rein.
- story by Harry Philpott
To Live in a Masquerade: Inside the Mask Market
On the weekend before Mardi Gras for the past 38 years, the French Market has hosted one of the most unusual art markets in the country. Meet a few of the makers behind it.
- by Kirsten Reneau
Dixie's, Yuga and Gay Carnival
Dixie's, Yuga and Gay Carnival: The first gay Mardi Gras pioneers powered through many challenges - including a police raid on the fifth annual Krewe of Yuga ball, where nearly 100 men were arrested.
- by Frank Perez
Faulkner House Books: The Next Chapter – A Conversation with Joe DeSalvo
Faulkner House Books: The Next Chapter – A Conversation with Joe DeSalvo: The carefully considered passing of the torch at this legendary French Quarter bookstore insures the literary light will continue to burn.
- by Scott Naugle
- photos by Ellis Anderson
The Beauregard-Keyes House restoration: the tip of the iceberg phase
For years, unseen structural issues have been addressed at the popular house museum, but now, work's progressed to the Chartres Street facade, where delightful hidden details are coming to light.
- story and photos by Ellis Anderson
Recreating an Icon: Irene's
A restaurant beloved by locals moved from a cozy St. Philip Street setting to spacious new quarters on Bienville, bringing along all the original ambiance.
- by Kim Ranjbar
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Joan of Arc Parade 2020
Joan of Arc Parade 2020: The Joan of Arc parade, the first of the Carnival season, celebrates the saint's birthday on 12th night marching through the streets of the French Quarter.
​- photos by Ellis Anderson
All on a Regular Day
For longtime locals, running a simple errand in the French Quarter often turns out to be a lively social occasion.
​by Nan Parati
photos by Ellis Anderson
Dear Science at the Backspace Bar
A low-stakes Saints game on an unseasonably hot December day leads to thoughts of the future in this Chartres Street bar.
- by Layth Sihan
- photos by Ellis Anderson
From Victorian Pair to Spare
If you're expecting Aunt Beulah's decor when you walk inside this historic home built in 1895, you'll be in for a big surprise.
- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
- photos by Ellis Anderson
The Most Eclectic and Perfect Molly’s At the Market
– by Layth Sihan
It's Fruitcake Weather
Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory possesses the power to make even contemporary readers summon up their own most-cherished holiday recollections.
-by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
Harry's on Sunny Chartres Street
A bright December afternoon, a nail-biting match-up, and a tile on the barroom floor is marking more than a mere memory.
-by Layth Sihan
-photos by Ellis Anderson
The Music Woman on the Steamboat Natchez
Few get to meet the woman who plays the most unusual - and loudest - instrument in New Orleans. French Quarter Journal goes behind the scenes and up top of the Natchez to watch Debbie Fagnano in action.
- story by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Going to Pots in New Orleans
Floyd McLamb: a sharecropper's child from North Carolina turned high-powered French Quarter businessman reflects on the "high cotton" days in the neighborhood.
-by Andrew Cominelli
She Had a Song to Sing
Beloved by her "Dawlin' New Orleans," Leigh Harris was renowned for both her powerhouse talent and her life affirming spirit.
- by Dar Wolnik
- photos by Kerry Maloney, Tom Redfield and the estate of Leigh Harris
Cosimo's Champions
Catching the Saints' game at a classic neighborhood bar in the French Quarter with new friends, mystery shots and a dog named Sweet Potato.
- by Layth Sihan
- photos by Reda Wigle
Something About Gina Forsyth
With a wicked sense of humor, stellar instrumental skills and a voice that stirs listeners, this singer-songwriter hits all the heart notes.
- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
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