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Dirty Linen Night Artwalk 2024
Celebrating more than two decades of mid-summer art appreciation, Dirty Linen Night boasted more of everything this year: participating galleries and shops, art lovers and fun. Discover its quirky beginnings in this FQJ story.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Matthew Peck: A Portrait of the Artist
As a young man, Matthew Peck visited the French Quarter on a whim…and has spent the next 30 years capturing its allure on canvas.
– by Doug Brantley
Words & Wounds: A Review of Sensitive Creatures
The essays in this powerful debut memoir by New Orleans writer Kirsten Reneau unflinchingly explore trauma, using nature as a touchstone to find understanding – and healing.
– by Skye Jackson
Satchmo Summerfest 2024
All four stages at the New Orleans Jazz Museum rocked through the weekend - with Sunday’s Jazz Mass and second-line parade celebrating the essence of New Orleans music – and Louis Armstrong’s pivotal role creating it.
-photos by Melanie Cole and Ellis Anderson
The First Lady of New Orleans Antiques: Andrée Keil Moss
The survivor of a historic shipwreck, this legendary Royal Street antiques authority presides over an enterprise begun 125 years ago by her grandmother – a woman with determination, vision and a love of historic craftsmanship.
– by Bethany Ewald Bultman
Dirty Linen Night Billows Beyond Royal Street
Now in its 21st year, the festive and funky Royal Street gallery event has grown to include shops, museums, and nearby locations in the French Quarter.
– by Kim Ranjbar
Legacy, Libation & Liberation: Twelfth Night Coffee
When a New Orleanian who dreams of opening his own coffee house traces his heritage back to Lorraine, France – the home of Joan of Arc - the name for his new venture is an easy choice.
– by Skye Jackson
What a Wonderful Exhibit: Louis Armstrong’s Life in New Orleans
In this striking new exhibit, the New Orleans Jazz Museum offers a love letter to Louis Armstrong – just in time for Satchmo SummerFest.
– by Doug Brantley
Fourth of July on the River, 2024
An extraordinary, fiery sunset opened for riverfront festivities in the French Market District, filled with music, food and fireworks to finish off the family holiday.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Replacing the Up Stairs Lounge Fire Plaque
The site of the deadliest fire in New Orleans history was designated historic landmark status this week, while the theft of the plaque commemorating the 32 lives lost has spurred a drive to replace it.
– by Frank Perez
Behind the Shutters: The Home of Rosette Rochon
An 1815 Creole cottage in the Marigny, built by an extraordinary free woman of color, becomes a window into one family’s past.
– by Karen Hinton
Lunch in the Golden Courtyard: The Café at the Collection
A revamped café at the Historic New Orleans Collection offers light fare by favorite local bakeries and eateries – in one of New Orleans’ most beloved courtyards.
– by Kim Ranjbar
Amtrak’s New Orleans to Mobile Line: “We’re Not Giving Up”
Like The Little Engine That Could, it’s been a long and challenging climb for Amtrak supporters working to reestablish passenger service between Mobile and New Orleans. Now, its success – and the fate of a $178 million federal grant that’s tied to it – rests in the hands of the Mobile City Council.
– by Ellis Anderson
Juneteenth 2024 at Armstrong Park
The annual Juneteeth celebration in Armstrong Park kicked off with a second line and kept the beat going all afternoon with live music, dance performances, presentations – and a vow exchange.
- photos by Scott Saltzman
A Pilgrimage to Algiers: the New Orleans Home of William S. Burroughs
A writer reflects on a London visit with Williams S. Burroughs and a later pilgrimage to the Beat writer’s home in Algiers Point, a place immortalized in Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road.”
– by Richard Goodman
Pride Parade 2024
This ever-popular parade danced its way through the French Quarter, where throngs of fans cheered them on.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Captain Robert Mitchell and Steamboat Natchez: A Five-Decade Love Affair
When a scrappy teenager from the Desire Project landed a job as a janitor on a boat nearly half a century ago, no one could have imagined the epic voyage ahead.
– by Mark Orfila
Palm Court Jazz Café’s Closing Night: Your Last Chance to Dance
The final night of a beloved New Orleans venue for traditional jazz underscores the threads of community connection – and the ties of the heart.
– by Ellis Anderson
World Naked Bike Ride 2024
In a city that’s obsessed with costuming, baring all for a charity event to build bike safety awareness has its challenges: See how many of this year’s riders solved the dilemma.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Major Clay L. Shaw: The French Quarter’s Unsung D-Day Hero
In 1969, a young college student befriends a decorated WWII veteran without realizing the French Quarter resident is at the center of an international media maelstrom.
– by Bethany Ewald Bultman