New Orleans Magazine September 2015

Trying a Tease

Taking a burlesque class from Trixie Minx

Beyond Tutus and Toe Shoes

Executive Director Dave Hurlbert talks about Marigny Opera Ballet

Fuel’s Gold

State navigates rough waters stirred by low oil prices

A study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery by seven surgeons from the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery in New Orleans says a larger number of breast cancer patients who were not eligible for certain reconstructive surgeries are now candidates for a complex nipple sparing breast reconstructive surgery using their body’s own tissue. The surgeons […]

Fear of Crime

What it does to us

Music + Festivals

Strike Up the Band

Ten years of Tulane’s marching music

Recipes

Seasonal Language

Booze for the battles

Recipes

Claws and Effect

Joys of the native blue crab

Restaurants

News From The Kitchens

The Standard, NOLA Brewing Tap Room and Ichi Japanese Ramen House

Restaurants

Centering on Central City

Primitivo, Casa Borrega & Purloo

Julia Street With Poydras The Parrot

Dear Julia, I have two questions concerning the New Orleans area and the state of Louisiana. Recently, I was passing the new Huey P. Long Bridge and thought about a train crossing it. Before the bridge was built, how exactly did the trains get across the Mississippi? I assume barges and tugs were used. My […]

Derek E. Boese, PMP, LEEDAP

People to Watch Class of 2015

Sharon Mahne

People to Watch Class of 2015

Lisa D’Amour

People to Watch Class of 2015

Maxwell Williams

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Lagniappe

Of Hospitals and Domes

Maybe it was a cosmic moment, but last month the first phase of the new University Hospital complex opened during the same week that the Superdome’s 40th anniversarywas celebrated. “Hmmm,” we thought, “there must be parallels.” • Both were among the largest public construction projects in the nation at the time they were built. • Both faced serious opposition and charges of being boondoggles. • Both […]

The Original Burlesque Queen

Right now you are doing something that has rarely been done – at least in New Orleans – reading about Lydia Thompson in a September issue of a magazine. Usually Lydia is a February topic, dusted off at Carnival time as part of the legends about the first Rex parade, the Grand Duke Alexis and Carnival’s anthem, […]

Fall Festivals

A guide to the season's celebrations

Thanh Truong

People to Watch Class of 2015

Zachary Lazar

People to Watch Class of 2015

Kelsey Parris

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Megan Holt, Ph.D

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Bob Brown

People to Watch Class of 2015

Robin Barnes

People to Watch Class of 2015

Matthew Holdren

People to Watch Class of 2015

Starting New

My World Upside Down

Answers Please

Interview with an 8-year-old

Spekin’ Good

How to talk right

Chief Troubles

Who owns the pictures of a culture?

Music + Festivals

Read + Spin

ART: In Architecture at the End of the Earth, Tulane University professor of Slavic Studies William Craft Brumfield captures the sometimes crumbling, sometimes resplendent cathedrals, chapels and other structures of the Russian North. Nearly 200 full color images of brick and wood buildings in varying degrees of neglect and upkeep, as well as a travelogue […]

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