Grand Victorians, returning video tapes and Murder on the Nile
Your curated weekly guide to arts and culture in New Orleans
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Lots going this week. We celebrate Black History Month with a look back at some of the interviews and features highlighting a tiny fraction of the wealth of Black excellence in the city, check out a new video store renting out movies on old formats, delve into a murder mystery, and meet the host of a gorgeous Victorian house. And that’s just for starters.
This week’s edition:
Happy Black History Month! A collage of features and interviews past, celebrating some serious talent. [click here]
Todd Perley boards a deadly river cruise for the first night of Murder on the Nile at Jefferson Performing Arts Center. [click here]
Marielle Songy meets the owners of Future Shock, a movie rental store that is riding the comeback wave of physical media [click here]
Jamie Ciarello is one of the most talented working artists in Jackson Square. The Super Bowl promised a lucrative weekend, but it certainly wasn’t for everybody. She shares her thoughts about the situation with us. [click here]
Betty Rabe is the owner and host of The Grand Victorian bed and breakfast inn. In the latest of our ‘Welcome In’ series, we talk history, hospitality and the value of great woodwork. [click here]
Your curated seven-day culture diary has details of all your parades, theatre, author talks, poetry, classical music, art and much more. [click here]
There’s news, too: Margarita Day Specials, new king cakes from Ayu Bakehouse and NOCCA, and NOMA hosts Jon Batiste’s custom piano... [click here]
In case you missed it last week, our new video channel has its latest entry - five minutes singing the praises of the restaurants making moves in New Orleans right now. Are your favourites in there? Only one way to find out. [click here]
Thank you for reading, as always. We’re really trying to make more video content as well as expanding the online features, so any eyes/likes/shares you can give us would be sincerely appreciated, and you lose nothing! Until next time,
Much love.
Paul O
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