Monthly Archives: November 2016

Hong Kong Market (925 Behrman Road, Gretna, 504-394-7075) gained a reputation for its extensive selection of Asian foods, particularly Vietnamese items. It has expanded in size and offers a greater array of ethnic specialty items, bulk produce and wine and … Continue reading →

he Fabulous Beekman Boys do not travel with their own goats. Thankfully, they could borrow my wife’s. This is how Brent Ridge and his husband Josh Kilmer-Purcell ended up posing outside of New Orleans’s Morial Convention Center with my two … Continue reading →

On February 27, nine months into his new job, C. Reynold Verret, 61, was formally inaugurated as Xavier University’s new president. Verret’s family first fled to America from his home country of Haiti in 1963, settling finally in Brooklyn, New … Continue reading →

In the spring of 1971, Muhammad Ali faced two of the toughest fights of his career, one against Joe Frazier, the other against the legal system. That March, Ali returned to boxing after being banned from the sport for refusing … Continue reading →

Earlier this week, Cara Jennings got to live out the fantasy of so many liberals living in red states: She had the chance to tell her service-cutting, privatization-loving governor what she thought of him, and didn’t hold back. The 39-year-old … Continue reading →

The musical magic of New Orleans can be found all over the city, including its Bywater neighborhood. In this very small chunk of the 9th Ward that survived Hurricane Katrina, a ragtag group of artists called New Orleans Airlift first … Continue reading →

There is something extra special about a house party concert, both for audiences and performers. Everyone feels free to freak out a bit harder. At fisherman Jon West’s two decades of “Backyard Rock Shows” on his vast compound out in … Continue reading →