State of the Union
As the presidential primary system winds down, and heads towards the November federal election date, now seemed like a good time to look at the city and the way that various presidencies have been touched by it. For the Bush…
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Theater of Government
We support the idea of relocating New Orleans’ City Hall to the abandoned Municipal Auditorium. The suggestion has been around for a while, but has recently gotten new push from the support of the Cantrell administration, which has $41 million…
Carnival’s Curative Powers
Carnival season 2020 was only in its first hours and already its curative powers were being proven. The season begins on Twelfth Night, January 6, but many New Orleanians were in a funk as the day began. On the day…
John Bel Edwards, Survivor
On the night when John Bel Edwards was first elected governor in 2015, his victory party was at the Monteleone Hotel. Journalist Tyler Bridges would report that later that night, after the crowds had left, Edwards and some old friends…
Year of the Blind Ref (And More)
There are three images that define the year 2019 in New Orleans: one is defiant, the other is humorously pathetic and the other is tragic. That defiance was enacted around town on Feb. 3, the day of what to the…
Thanksgiving
On one weekend last month, the opera Carmen was performed at the Mahalia Jackson Theater; nearby the Broadway roadshow of the musical “Wicked” was making a return engagement to the city. That Sunday, the Saints faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers…
North Rampart Street Parade
A New Orleans newspaper article published in the first days of January, 1914, and using the language of the time, reported this about juvenile crime during that past New Year’s Eve: Few Juveniles Arrested Very few arrests of minors were…
When New Orleans Said “No” to an Expressway
Fifty years ago, New Orleans saved its historic district, and in doing so, set an example for other American cities. Though some did not heed. Salvation came from an unlikely source, but the one that counted the most. On August…
A New Day for Daily
This will be an historic month in local journalism. The Newhouse family, which has operated The Times-Picayune for 57 years, will shut down its local presence and the esteemed daily will become part of the Advocate family owned by John…
A Civil Discussion
We support an idea about what to do with the empty space on the monument where the statue of Robert E. Lee once stood. The suggestion? Do nothing, leave the space empty, at least for a while. This idea is…
Beauregard
What To Tell The Child
New Orleans and San Antonio
A Tale Of Two Tricentennials
On Being A Number One City
Here As A Place To Go
Carnival, A Tricentennial Tour
A look at some of the biggest moments in the history of Carnival
May We Become Better At Judging History
Except perhaps for during Mardi Gras we hope the city never again experiences an evening when masked men are lurking about around midnight; worst yet they are city employees and one is the Fire Chief. We believe firmly in the…
Pelicans’ Breakout Year
Could this be the season?
Speaking Out
An important New Orleans cultural landmark is in danger of being destroyed or, at best, being forcefully removed from its present location. We think it’s an outrage. New Orleans’ Deutsches Haus must be saved.In this magazine’s September issue we strongly…
SPEAKING OUT: WELCOME BACK
Though the Hornets two-year exile to Oklahoma City was necessary, we’re glad that we’ll no longer see the letters “NOK” applied to the team. The letters were shorthand for the two cites in the Hornets’ post-Katrina predicament; one in which…
SPEAKING OUT:A STRONG “YES”
An endorsement for the downtown LSU/VA hospital plan New Orleans Magazine strongly endorses the proposal to build a combined Louisiana State University (LSU) and U.S. Veterans Medical Center facility in downtown New Orleans. We are somewhat amazed that there’s any…
NEWS BEAT: Global threats to a ”monumental” city
It turns out New Orleans and Iraq have more in common than just the prevalence of Army National Guard Humvees cruising their streets. The storm-ravaged city and the war-ravaged Middle Eastern country now share high profile billing on a list…
SPEAKING OUT: WE USED TO BE “YATS”, NOW WE’RE “YAHTS”
There’s a new New Orleanian emerging – we call that person the “YAHT” an acronym for Young at Heart and Tenacious. People who choose to stay in New Orleans, despite it all, are those who want an urban lifestyle. If…
SPEAKING OUT: “BIG BOX” PHOBIA
Mid-City has been in the news lately because of a proposal by a developer to build a retail complex. The area would cover roughly the space between the abandoned former Mercy Hospital on N. Jefferson Davis Parkway and then parallels…
SPEAKING OUT: TELEVISION WITH A VISION
When the subject is WYES-TV/Channel 12, our full disclosure statement is quite lengthy. We are linked to the station personally and professionally, including the Dial 12 program guide which has so long been an important part of this magazine. Even…
SPEAKING OUT: THE RECOVERY
Looking at some of the global coverage of New Orleans’ recovery reminds me of the story of the men who had never seen an elephant. Each was blindfolded, given a chance to touch the beast and then asked what they…
SPEAKING OUT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMUS
Depending on how you count it, this year is truly the 150th anniversary of the continuing celebration of Carnival parades in New Orleans.One-hundred fifty years ago, in 1857, the Mistick Krewe of Comus staged its first parade. Though there had…
SPEAKING OUT: WHAT BILL JEFFERSON’S VICTORY MEANS
On the night that William Jefferson was reelected to Congress, a television anchor asked an analyst head what people in Des Moines, IA, will think about New Orleans sending a man who has been under criminal investigation back to Congress.…
SPEAKING OUT: GQ VERSUS LOCAL DINING
Near the beginning of food writer Alan Richmond’s article about New Orleans restaurants in the November issue of GQ (Gentlemen’s Quarterly) magazine, he says this about the concept of Creole:“Supposedly Creoles can be found in and around New Orleans. I…
SPEAKING OUT
We are a different people now than we were a year ago. Sure, except for a few Katrina pounds and hair spots that are graying or thinning, we still look pretty much the same. We still believe that this can…
