History

Edgar Chase: A Prince Named Dooky III

If someone from the citizenry was to be selected to be a symbol of...

1907

Rex, King of Carnival, arrives in New Orleans from the misty and mythical reaches...

The Garden District Carnival Club

A week after Mardi Gras 1909, the Garden District Carnival Club officially formed. A...

Harry Connick: Rhapsody of a D.A.

Early in his career, Harry Connick was having a campaign event at a restaurant...

Coleen Salley: The Lady in the Shopping Cart

It was a Mardi Gras Day. I was walking through the French Quarter when...

John Bel Edwards: How About Making the Big Jump?

During the 1991 gubernatorial campaign against Klansman David Duke, Edwin Edwards said of the...
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Lecture Series: Navigating the Crossroads – American-Israeli Relations Post Oct. 7

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Stuart & Suzanne Grant Center for the American...

1910

Ever wonder how Moisant Airport in Kenner got the name Moisant? Who was he?...

Bingle, The Sequel: A Puppeteer’s Lonely Legacy

Last week this blog commented on this Christmas being the 75th anniversary of the debut...

Mr. Bingle at 75

New Orleans is the only American city I know of that has its own...

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