All that glitters: NOLA Craft Culture is riding out the year of no parades
By Jeanne D’Arcy, Mid-City Messenger “You can’t keep a good New Orleanian out of a costume or from glittering,” said Lisette Constantin, co-owner of NOLA ...
Category: COVID-19
Pagoda Café opening its doors after 10-month hiatus
By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger Pagoda Café, the breakfast, lunch and coffee hot spot on Bayou Road and Dorgenois Street, is set to reopen ...
Hope floats: Festival cancellations almost killed Stronghold Studios. Then house floats offered a lifeline.
By Jeanne D’Arcy, Mid-City Messenger The pandemic nearly shut down Stronghold Studios in Mid-City. As the sub-contracted art department of the New Orleans Jazz & ...
Jazz Fest 2021 is moved to October, media reports state
There will be a New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2021, but it won’t take place until October, according to multiple media reports. Jazz ...
Viewpoint: It will take more than a vaccine to restore America’s spirit
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Amid an Epiphany Day marred by an unanticipated insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the state’s highest COVID rates, 87-year-old ...
Viewpoint: City faces challenges in reaching herd immunity and retooling economy
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist By almost every measure, Mayor LaToya Cantrell has done a yeoman’s job of keeping COVID-19 at bay in New Orleans, ...
Viewpoint: Support public safety officers threatened with furloughs
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist People are getting desperate. Led by an increase in homicides and aggravated assaults, the crime wave sweeping across New Orleans ...