events festivals film and television

The Broad hosts the Patois Human Rights Film Festival this weekend

The 2023 Patois New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival is slated for Thursday (March 23) through Sunday (March 26) at The Broad Theater and The Broadside. What: 2023 Patois Film Festival Where: The Broad, 636 N. Broad St and The Broadside, 600 N. Broad S When: Thursday through Sunday In addition to more than 20 Read More…

crime elections opinion politics

Viewpoint: The four teens must bear responsibility for their actions in deadly carjacking

By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist The family of Linda Frickey visited her grave this week, a year after the 73-year-old was brutally killed in a Mid-City carjacking. “We want justice for our family member, but it’s not just for Linda. We want this for all elderly people. For all the victims of  juvenile crime,” said Read More…

arts, books and music events

Art in Bloom at NOMA mixes art and floral displays this weekend

As spring begins, Art in Bloom will return to the New Orleans Museum of Art. This year, NOMA will host floral displays by more than 75 exhibitors throughout all three floors of galleries. Each display takes inspiration from work in the museum’s permanent display and this year’s theme, “Paradise Under the Palms.” The floral displays Read More…

parks and greenspace sports and recreation

Pickleball is coming to City Park Tennis Center

 The nation’s fastest-growing sport is coming to the city’s largest park On Friday (March 24), City Park Tennis Center will start serving up pickleball seven days a week. “We are so excited to ‘get in the game’ that has been taking the nation by storm,” said City Park Conservancy President and CEO Cara Lambright. “The Read More…

churches events fundraisers

St. Joseph’s altars: What they mean and where to find them

The St. Joseph’s altar is one of those Catholic traditions, in this case a Sicilian Catholic tradition, that, through some creative adaption, south Louisiana has made its own. Among all the breads and cakes shaped into religious symbols — a monstrance, chalice, cross, heart, dove, Bible — it’s not unusual to find an alligator. A Read More…

elections opinion politics

Viewpoint: Cleaning up Louisiana’s voter rolls is long past due

By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Many supporters of the campaign to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell may have been surprised Tuesday (March 14) when the mayor and Lower 9th Ward activist Rev. Willie Calhoun filed a challenge to the negotiated settlement on the recall case. Because of the settlement, 25,000 New Orleans voters were temporarily moved Read More…

business food and drink

Sammy’s Ethiopian Kitchen takes over former Addis NOLA spot on Broad

By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger Sammy’s Ethiopian Kitchen opened in January, serving fresh traditional food in the Broad Street space that once held another Ethiopian restaurant, Addis NOLA.  The owner is a veteran of the two other Ethiopian restaurants in the city: Addis NOLA, now on Bayou Road, and Café Abyssinia, on Magazine Street.  Sammy’s Read More…

events fundraisers sustainability

Talking trash: Broadside to screen ‘Scrap’ to benefit Repair Cafe

The Broadwide is hosting a special screening of “Scrap,” a movie chronicling the journey of stuff we throw out, on Wednesday (March 15). The event is a benefit for the Repair Cafe, a nonprofit that helps New Orleanians fix their stuff instead of throwing it out. “Scrap,” a feature documentary by Stacey Tennenbaum, explores the Read More…