WTUL, Tulane University’s radio station, will host its 37th Rock-On Survival Marathon March 11 - 28. This annual fundraiser takes place each year to keep WTUL on the air. Through a series of shows, DJ sets and a few gimmicks, WTUL hopes to raise as much as $30,000 this year.
The radio station will team up […]

Most of you are probably familiar with the mainstream bounce song — and middle school classic — Juvenile’s “Back That Azz Up.” Bounce music, a derivative of traditional Hip Hop, began in the early 90s in New Orleans but has rarely reached mainstream airwaves. The songs prominently feature schoolyard call-and-response choruses and Mardi Gras Indian […]

For the next four months, the New Orleans Museum of Art provides the opportunity to see Bywater music legends in action with their exhibit, Parallel Universe: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Live at City Park. The extraordinary duo has set up shop in their own wing of NOMA, where they will record their newest album daily […]

Marking its first return to the Crescent City since 2000, the original word in reality television begins filming Uptown in two weeks. MTV’s “The Real World’s” first visit to the Big Easy has been a fan-favorite season for years, so it’s a smart choice to bring the show back to a location that garnered considerably […]

Though Conor Oberst will always be associated with his late emo-acoustic band Bright Eyes, the man himself is an undeniably stellar songwriter under any moniker. With their second and final disc to be released as a group, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band have earned the place of my album of the year. From […]

Though you may not be staying in town for the holidays this year, you can still enjoy some of the things taking place throughout December whenever you get a break from finals and papers. Here are just a few of the exciting events taking place around New Orleans this month:
: City Park is strewn with […]

If you’ve never seen a burlesque show before, the Big Easy is the ideal place for an authentic performance, as it hearkens back to the days of Storyville, when brothels were legal and the bars were saloons.

The key to a high-quality burlesque performance is the art of the striptease. Using props as small as a […]

Two male Tulane University students were told to leave Café Prytania after kissing at an Alpha Kappa Psi date party Oct. 23. The students then waited outside the bar for more than an hour before buses came to bring all the attendees back to campus. Both the owner Jason Comboy and General Manager Mike Twillman […]

With a full week off from shows during which you could recover from Voodoo Fest, there’s no excuse to miss any of the daring, experimental acts taking the (often homemade) stage in the Marigny next week. The second annual Fringe Festival of New Orleans delighted and horrified audiences in 2008, with a wide variety of […]

It’s that time of year again, when the temperatures threaten to drop below 70, midterms are upon us and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Yes, it is finally fall in New Orleans, and with fall comes the best music festival experience in Louisiana — the Voodoo Experience. The festival’s 11th year will take place […]

Fashion Week 2009
Last week’s infamous New York Fashion Week gave celebrities, stylists and fashion enthusiasts insight into what trends to expect come spring 2010. Countless collections applied a muted color palette, featuring primarily white, beige and gray, with splashes of bright yellows and blues. Designers such as Max Azria, Helmut Lang and Rufian reinvented the classic […]

You can buy your copies of Elle and Vogue each month for fashion inspiration, but nothing compares to having a real-life, non-super model test the waters with all the latest trends. These fashion blogs feature fresh ideas from a variety of people who are willing to photograph and open themselves up to your criticism — […]

New Orleans is ablaze with talk about the city’s desire to become a more bike-friendly place, something along the lines of Portland, our polar-opposite as far as environmental friendliness goes. Being environmentally conscious is a great thing – don’t get me wrong. But cyclists, especially those on-campus, need a quick lesson in etiquette.
I live in fear […]

Saturday’s “green” festival, Project 30-90, managed to avoid the rain but still ended up being a wash. Billed as New Orleans’ first sustainable festival, what seemed like an appealing plan ended up a poorly executed event. Well-known headliners Ghostland Observatory and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals managed to draw crowds, but unfortunately the crowds weren’t […]

Madison LaGrone, Jonathan Estuart, Amy Holiday

Restaurants to take your family to
Ignatius Eatery
4200 Magazine Street
Voted by the Zagat as Best Lunch, Ignatius is just that — a quaint eatery that provides some of the best New Orleans-style food on Magazine Street. With a small array of tables inside and outside, this restaurant could pass as a tiny […]