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LIV Golf shutdown signals end to planned New Orleans tournament

LIV Golf’s planned debut in New Orleans appears to be dead after the Saudi-backed professional golf league announced Thursday that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations, ending hopes of salvaging a tournament that was postponed earlier this year. The league announced Nov. 5 that it would...

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Bayou Bar: a safe haven for Loyola music students to hone their craft

This Tuesday night, you could find yourself tucked into the low lighting and warm ambiance of Bayou Bar, surrounded by the sounds of local jazz performers. Loyola isn’t the final destination for finding jazz lovers and performers. Students often forget that they are in the heart of New Orleans,...

New Orleans, LA · 5d

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Smooth Jazz lovers delight in this weekend’s Jam in New Orleans

This weekend, Saturday, Nov. 7, a real treat is in store for smooth Jazz lovers

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Po-Boy Festival, Beignet Festival, Louisiana Renaissance and more events around New Orleans

ST. RITA FALL FEST: St. Rita Church and School will host its annual fall festival Nov. 6-8 at 7100 Jefferson Highway in Harahan. The event will feature live music, rides and games, auction items, and cold drinks. Friday hours are 6-11 p.m. Saturday hours are noon-11 p.m. Sunday hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. https://school.stritaharahan.com/fall-fest.

New Orleans, LA · 7d

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Pygmalion Fest Returns to New Orleans in 2027 With Two Friends, Dustin Lynch

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center — Venue For 2027 Pygmalion Fest. The Krewe of Pygmalion is bringing its Mardi Gras afterparty back to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Jan. 30, 2027, with electronic duo Two Friends and country hitmaker Dustin Lynch set to headline. Returning performer Rachii rounds out the announced lineup, and tickets go on sale Monday at 10 a.m.

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‘My Life’s Journey’: A book written by New Orleans coach Stanley Schofield

A New Orleans man has spent his life helping young people in your community and news he's written a book to share those experiences.

New Orleans, LA · 5d

The Call Of

New Orleans Built This Tower for Its 250th Birthday, and It Spent 50 Years as a Trade Center

The tower at the foot of Canal Street went up in 1968 to mark the city's 250th anniversary, and it spent most of its life as the World Trade Center before anyone slept in it. Edward Durell Stone, the modernist architect behind Radio City Music Hall's interiors and the Kennedy Center, designed the 34-story building […]

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Guest Column: Hollywood remix? Filmmaker from La. sees industry’s future on the margins

Wynton Marsalis calls jazz “the perfect metaphor for democracy.” Every player brings a voice, but the band can really only swing together. As the world celebrates the year Miles Davis would have turned 100, it's worth remembering where it all started: New Orleans, a port city where African, Caribbean, Creole, French, Spanish and Sicilian traditions collided to create America's original art form.

Baton Rouge, LA · 5d

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Meagan Good, Cornell Young IV Inspire New Orleans Students to Aim Higher

Hollywood Actors Meagan Good and Cornell Young IV shared personal stories of overcoming obstacles and pursuing success with students from three New Orleans High Schools during an InspireNOLA Rally Wednesday, Oct. 21st. The “Elevate to Mastery & Advanced” Student Rally brought approximately 1,400 attendees from Edna Karr High School, McDonogh...

New Orleans, LA · 7d

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New Art Feast NOLA Experience Combines Food, Art and Fashion

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Art Feast NOLA is a new celebration of the culinary, visual and wearable arts that will take place across two nights, with more than 20 art galleries and over 20 restaurants for strolling, sipping, savoring and discovering. The Art Feast NOLA Experience: How it...

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9th Annual New Orleans Jazz Museum Improv Gala

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Jazz Museum will host its ninth annual Improvisations Gala on Dec. 5, transforming the 400 block of Esplanade Avenue into a holiday-themed celebration featuring live music, cuisine, cocktails and exhibits. Presented by The Herb Alpert Foundation, the fundraiser will take place from 8 to 11 p.m. and will also mark the debut of the museum’s new stage and revitalized grounds, funded through the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

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This Forgotten Building In Louisiana Is Now A Food Lover’s Paradise Worth The Trip

The towering white columns holding up this food hall were rescued from a demolished water works building. Yes, a building borrowed from another building, and it worked beautifully. Now consider why that matters. This market opened in 1875, sat empty for nearly seven years after a hurricane, and still refused...

New Orleans, LA · 9d

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New book ‘compassionately captures’ 1980s AIDS crisis in New Orleans throughout 18 stories

“Skylark,” by William Christy Smith, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 246 pages. I’m a sucker for novels set in 1980s New Orleans, a time and place that shaped my earliest years but which I was far too young to fully absorb. Such is the case with William...

New Orleans, LA · 10d

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A giraffe at New Orleans’ Audubon Zoo has died

The Audubon Zoo announced Monday, Nov. 2 that one of their giraffes has died.

New Orleans, LA · 9d

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Listen to the Earliest Known Recordings of a Nearly Dead American Language

A University of Cambridge linguist has uncovered a treasure trove containing the earliest known recordings of Creole language and analyzed them for the first time in a study published in Language Documentation & Description. The recordings were taken by famed Black linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner, who studied Gullah languages spoken by Black Americans living in South Carolina and traveled to Sierra Leone in search of the dialect’s African influences.

New Orleans, LA · 9d

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See the photos: Whet your appetite: Oak Street Po-Boy Festival returns Sunday

Volunteers build a giant po-boy using 160 loaves of Leidenheimer bread Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, to kick off festivities for the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival. The free about 6-inch portions, stacked with Chisesi ham and cheese and dressed with Blue Plate mayonnaise and Tony Chachere’s, were quickly devoured. Crystal hot sauce was the preferred option. Urban South Brewery crafted a Po-Boy Amber beer for the 18th one-day festival, which takes place Sunday, Nov. 8.

New Orleans, LA · 8d

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97-year-old artist, Bobbie Stephens, selling her art to help Poydras Home staff

A 97-year-old artist is putting heart into her art, by giving back to others.

New Orleans, LA · 8d

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Lafourche Parish, LA · 8d

Veterans Day 2026: Check out these celebrations, events in Lafourche Parish

From veterans’ breakfasts and community socials to a concert at Nicholls State University, Lafourche Parish residents will have several opportunities to honor those who served. Veterans Day will be observed on Wednesday, Nov. 11 and communities throughout Lafourche Parish are preparing opportunities for residents to show their appreciation for...

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