Improving access to public transit is one of Chef Madi Butler’s passions, and it shows. Having grown up in Kentucky, where public transit access is limited (to say the least), […]
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A Lovely Sunday For Poetry
August 1, 2019New Orleans locals, mark your calendars for almost every Sunday afternoon (around 3:30), and there will be a seat waiting for you in the courtyard of The Maple Leaf Bar.
In the Charter School System, Who Comes First: Students or CEOs?
August 1, 2019Big Easy Magazine covered the last public school in New Orleans being turned into a charter school and the fears of parents in “Charter Schools and Race in New Orleans”. […]
Neaux Reel Idea (Special Edition): Django Unchained and Blowing Up the Oppressors
July 2, 2019With Quentin Tarantino’s latest and 9th feature film, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, releasing later this month, I thought this might be a good time to revisit a portion […]
Sex in the Big Easy: Electric Sex, a Shocking Experience
July 1, 2019There is still something of a taboo surrounding wands. They have yet to go mainstream.
The Shark Lady: An Interview with Misty Talley
July 1, 2019From Zombie Shark to Mississippi River Shark to Santa Jaws, local filmmaker Misty Talley has carved out a most specific niche in horror and camp storytelling.
“…Has No Shadows”: An interview with Travis Bird of Shotgun Cinema
July 1, 2019I often find myself pondering on the state of moviegoing in New Orleans. We have some great programming (sometimes overlooked) but there’s always more to do. We have great venues, […]
Essence Festival 2019: Beyond The Music
July 1, 2019The 2019 Annual Essence Festival continues its track of expansion in audience, scope, and influence – both on social and economic levels. Last years event brought in well over 500,000 […]
The Royal Street Grocery – The Second Chapter
July 1, 2019I was an employee of the Royal Street Grocery when The Times-Picayune published a memorial piece on my then boss (Robert Buras) and his father, who had initially opened the […]
EVICTED: New Orleans’ Most Affordable Neighborhoods Are Pushing Residents Out
June 25, 2019From January 2015 to June 2018, an estimated 24,000 residents were displaced due to court-ordered evictions. One in four black households.
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