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bestofneworleans.com
April 3, 2018
The Louisiana Senate last week failed to pass three bills designed to close gender-based pay disparities and lift families out of poverty. The defeated measures included a bill increasing the minimum wage by $1.25 an hour. New Orleans Democratic Sens. J.P. Morrell and Troy Carter sponsored a packageÃâà...
Curbed New Orleans (blog)
April 3, 2018
The New Orleans Public Library will temporarily close its main branch on Loyola Avenue from Sunday, April 15 to Sunday, April 29 to renovate its first floor. The ground level, which will be updated by Library Interiors, Inc., will have a new layout that will hold several exhibit displays, a community meetingÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
Are you going to New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell? If so, don't forget about the early-bird discount price on all general admission tickets as well as the new "Locals Thursday" pricing for Louisiana residents. The early-bird discount price is $65 (plus fees) through Friday, April 6, afterÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
Public memorial services for Rusty Staub will take place April 10 in New Orleans, the family said Tuesday (April 3). Staub, a New Orleans native who played 23 seasons in the major leagues, died March 29 in West Palm Beach, Florida, after a months-long illness at age 73. A New Orleans visitation for StaubÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
Cochon Cotillion XXII — The pig-themed spoof on a traditional Carnival Ball at Mardi Gras World (1380 Port of New Orleans Place) will have an open bar, food from more than 40 restaurants and music from ELS and Mike Morris. The evening benefits Bridge House and Grace House. $100. 6–11 p.m. VisitÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
From the French Quarter's Pontalba Buildings to the Garden District's mansions, many of New Orleans' historic structures are well-loved, postcard-worthy spots that most people could identify on sight. But how much do you know about the architecture and buildings of the Central Business District, Mid-City,Ãâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
Gene Bourg, another former Times-Picayune restaurant critic, called it "the closest thing in New Orleans to a modest little auberge in the French countryside." In 1983, Bailey made Indulgence a full-time restaurant and moved it to The Rink on Prytania Street. The restaurant, which was popular with itsÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
Victor Richard III, who has led the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission since 2010, will step down as chief executive director ahead of Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell's inauguration next month. In an email circulated Tuesday morning (April 3), Richard thanked his more-than 240 staff membersÃâà...
Curbed New Orleans (blog)
April 2, 2018
On a square-foot basis, the least expensive residential unit in New Orleans costs $52/square foot in Hollygrove. The most expensive unit sits in the French Quarter, asking $1,308/square foot. NeighborhoodX does not consider short sales, foreclosures, and inhabitable listings in its analyses. “It is alwaysÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 2, 2018
That might be hard to believe, I know, because nearly everywhere you look in New Orleans gift shops these days, you'll see evidence that we care an awful lot about makin' groceries and getting your po-boy dressed, but it's true. Katie Carmichael, who was born here but raised elsewhere before returning toÃâà...
Eater New Orleans
March 30, 2018
Feeling like celebrating Easter in a slightly more sinister way? The Easter bunny and his candy-filled basket is one way — chowing down on rabbit is certainly another. Here are 12 places around the city with rabbit on the menu — from deep-fried to braised —and many, many dishes in between.
The Advocate
March 30, 2018
There has been much talk about recent census data showing net out-migration from the city of New Orleans to other U.S. cities in 2017. Some are saying that this is evidence that the post-Katrina population boom is over. Others are pointing out that, including babies and foreign immigration, the populationÃâà...
Curbed New Orleans (blog)
March 30, 2018
The 40th annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic 10k will take place on Saturday, March 31, at 8 a.m. Photo courtesy of JD Thomas/Crescent City Classic. This weekend, New Orleans will host the 40th annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic 10k, which ranks among the longest-runningÃâà...
The Advocate
March 30, 2018
While the plan is still to one day provide passenger trains from New Orleans to Orlando, Ross said this shorter route has advantages for several areas of the Gulf Coast. The two-year, $20 million grant comes with the requirement of a 50 percent match. Ross said it would cost Mississippi $20 million andÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 30, 2018
Dressed up for the Historic French Quarter Easter Parade and mass at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. The 2018 Easter weekend weather in New Orleans is expected to be perfect: blue skies and warm temps. ( Photo by Chris Granger, NOLA.com | TheÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 30, 2018
The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting 300 people who have made New Orleans New Orleans, featuring original artwork commissioned by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune with Where Y'Art gallery.
Eater New Orleans
March 30, 2018
Indian cuisine can be habit forming. Once exposed to the diverse dishes of the Indian table, heady with exotic spice and creamy with nut milks and clarified butter, a body simply needs more. Although New Orleans doesn't have a significant East Asian population, the number of Indian and Pakistani folksÃâà...
WGNO
March 30, 2018
About two weeks ago, Regis "Rougarou" Prograis, a New Orleans native, took the title of the WBC Light Welterweight Champion. The Rougarou stopped by the News with a Twist studio this week to talk about the big win. He's the first world boxing champ from New Orleans since Willie Pastrano in the 1950sÃâà...
The Advocate
March 29, 2018
A local housing rights group released a report Wednesday saying that regulations put in place for short-term rentals in New Orleans a year ago have done nothing to slow the gentrification of traditional neighborhoods or the displacement of residents. The Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative'sÃâà...
New Orleans CityBusiness (blog)
March 29, 2018
The National World War II Museum began work Wednesday on the Bollinger Canopy of Peace, a $14 million, 825-ton structure that is scheduled to join the New Orleans skyline later this year. The 482-feet long, 135-feet wide structure has steel latticework supporting its Teflon-coated fiberglass panels.
NOLA.com
March 29, 2018
The Data Center report, released Thursday (March 29) links the jail's current poor conditions - conditions that prompted a federal consent decree aimed at bringing the facility into compliance with the U.S. Constitution -- "to the jail's historical role in New Orleans to explore the extent to which detention in theÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 29, 2018
The University of New Orleans in August will be offering a new professional degree to students who want to specialize in finance, according to UNO officials Tuesday (March 27). Students will have to complete a 30-credit hour program in order to earn UNO's master of science degree in finance, according toÃâà...
bestofneworleans.com
March 29, 2018
"Short Term Rentals, Long Term Impacts: The Corrosion of Housing Access & Affordability in New Orleans" follows extensive media reporting and debate over the impact of STRs in New Orleans, which spiked in the wake of a package of city laws that provide a legal framework to allow them to operateÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 29, 2018
The White House counts 99 such institutions, including Dillard, Southern and Xavier in New Orleans. Officials at those three universities did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday (March 28); Forbids spending money without congressional approval to move employees from theÃâà...
New Orleans CityBusiness (blog)
March 29, 2018
Silver Airways, a Florida-based airline, has announced an expansion that includes nonstop service to Missouri's Branson Airport from Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, Houston's Intercontinental Airport and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The flights begin Aug. 30 at an introductoryÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 29, 2018
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Police Department is marking the graduation of its latest group of officers trained to recognize and deal with people who have mental health disorders. The group graduating Thursday is the ninth class to receive what is known as Crisis Intervention Team training.
The Verge
March 29, 2018
Airbnb and other platforms for short-term rental listings are exacerbating the housing crisis in New Orleans, says a new report from the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative (JPNSI). The analysis in the report falls in line with similar findings in other cities — a substantial chunk of short-termÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 29, 2018
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 78-12 Thursday (March 29) to extend the state's contract with Caesars Entertainment Corp. to run Harrah's New Orleans for another 30 years and to allow more restaurants and entertainment options at the casino complex, including a new luxury hotel.
NOLA.com
March 28, 2018
The Louisiana Pharmacy Board postponed awarding a permit for a medical marijuana pharmacy to operate in the metro New Orleans area during its meeting Tuesday (March 27) in Baton Rouge. Instead, the board took all of the applications, including two that are seeking to open dispensaries in Metairie,Ãâà...
The Verge
March 16, 2018
Two weeks ago, The Verge reported the existence of a six-year predictive policing collaboration between the New Orleans Police Department and Palantir Technologies, a data mining giant co-founded by Peter Thiel. The nature of the partnership, which used Palantir's network-analysis software to identifyÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 16, 2018
After learning of a homeless man in a wheelchair who'd been cited around 60 times for aggressive panhandling, failing to appear in court and other misdemeanors, New Orleans Councilwoman Stacy Head argued at a hearing last year that the man — and others like him —should be locked up and forcedÃâà...
WWL First News
March 16, 2018
After appearing at the bottom of a lot of lists, recently, here's one for the Crescent City to feel proud about: New Orleans is ranked 4th in the nation for friendliest small businesses. The online marketplace Groupon.com based their rankings on customer service ratings and customer popularity.
NOLA.com
March 16, 2018
That's no thanks to New Orleans, which he will once more try to survive when he arrives for a decidedly unique Monday-night performance (March 19) at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts. "The first five times I came to New Orleans, I almost died each time," Murray said, calling recently toÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 16, 2018
Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday (March 16) in New Orleans, according to a forecast from the National Weather Service. There's a marginal risk that some of the thunderstorms west of New Orleans may be strong to severe. Rain is expected to stick around for St. Patrick's DayÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 16, 2018
New Orleans Entrepreneur Week is March 19-23, bringing a mix of business pitch competitions, panel talks and networking events to the city. One of the highlights this year will be the Coulter IDEAPitch, which will be open to the public for the first time ever. Interested in checking it out? The pitch will beÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 15, 2018
When Cari Roy looks into your future, she'll usually want to hold your hands. There are no tarot cards, no crystal ball and no palm reading in this New Orleans psychic's office. And it is an office. Roy rents out space on the 10th floor of a tall CBD building instead of, as she puts it, "a beaded shop reeking ofÃâà...
WWNO
March 15, 2018
In celebration of the city's Tricentennial, NolaVie and New Orleans Historical bring you the series Who Did it Better: New Orleans Then and Now. In it, we look at aspects of the city's history and their parallels in the present. Today we go to the city's literary history, in a segment we'll call Wags and Words.
Jackson Clarion Ledger
March 2, 2018
It doesn't get any more “classic New Orleans” than that, but we were headed down in the late morning and I thought a classic New Orleans brunch would be a better fit. I settled on brunch at Brennan's. It would be a nice walk through the Quarter from the apartment, and they could dine in one of the greatÃâà...
Wine Spectator
March 2, 2018
Founded by France, relinquished to Spain and acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase, New Orleans has centuries of history behind its rich culinary identity. But today the city and its dining scene are enjoying a dynamic revitalization. Chefs are building on the Creole traditions thatÃâà...
My New Orleans
March 2, 2018
Like San Antonio, New Orleans too, though founded by the French, was governed by Spain at one time and from that came some of its architectural character. San Antonio was originally part of Mexican Texas. The Alamo would become the site of the last great defeat on the way to American statehood. What happened thereÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 2, 2018
Father Bill Terry adds eight more names of victims to the New Orleans murder board outside St. Anna's Episcopal Church on Esplanade Avenue on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The city has for years partnered with Palantir Technologies, a Silicon Valley tech company whose early clients were the CIA andÃâà...
The Advocate
March 2, 2018
New Orleans could soon begin cracking down on property owners illegally benefiting from homestead tax exemptions for which they don't qualify. The Landrieu administration has chosen a firm that specializes in rooting out cases of fraud to go through the city's tax rolls, though the final contract has notÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 2, 2018
The Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will host another rendition of the ever-popular Wiener Dog Races presented by Double M Feed, Garden & Pet Supply on Saturday, March 3. Forty-eight dachshunds are expected to compete this year, which includes the 2017 Spring Sprint champion from Texas, YadaÃâà...
National Geographic
March 2, 2018
New Orleans is a city of stories. Now, a National Geographic Channel special airing Monday April 23 at 6 pm EST showcases some of the best when local storytellers reveal the secrets of what unfolds behind its courtyard walls and ornate facades. Keep reading to discover more of their recommendations ofÃâà...
NOLA.com
March 1, 2018
Motorists should be prepared to show the proper documentation, including proof insurance and driver's license, and experience minimal delays at the checkpoint, scheduled for 9 p.m. Thursday (March 1, 2018) to 5 a.m. Friday.( File photo ). Comment. 0 shares. By Laura McKnight. NOLA.com | The Times-Ãâà...
