The Nola Files
The Nola FilesDoing Good - Featuring the great organizations we have had the pleasure to work with, those of us helping New Orleans tackle it's many issues / Curious Tourist - Some common questions about the city we hear from visitors / Interviews - Our chance to talk to interesting follks in hte community / The Index - This is a rolling A-Z of topics that have shaped the city / The Dirt - Our own ramblings, experiences and opinions
Lauren Fink with Cherry Coffee
Interview by Blake Haney, owner of Dirty Coast. Photos and video by Marc Pagani. ... Blake Haney: Lauren thank you so much for sitting down to chat. I’m really curious to learn more about how you g...
Pete Fountain's Half-Fast Walking Club
Mardi Gras is world-renowned for many different reasons, one of which is the classic Fat Tuesday parade that occurs every year. This parade involves the marching of over 100 different krewes, whic...
A little more about the little castle on the bayou that you've most likely passed 1,000 times leaving town.
By Adam Karlin Writing about being a New Orleanian, wherever you are, means writing a love letter to the city. And there are lots of love letters to New Orleans. It’s practically become a sub-genr...
Thanks to New Orleans’s complicated history, settling patterns, and geographical layout, the city’s various neighborhoods are particularly distinct areas, often boasting their own architectural cha...
“What they call and rock and roll now’s rhythm and blues I’ve been playing for fifteen years in New Orleans.” –Fats Domino Beloved by his home city, idolized by musicians as varied as Little Ric...
Happy Birthday to Al Scramuzza. 90 years young.
Art “Poppa Funk” Neville came into this world on December 17, 1937. It became evident at quite an early age that Art, along with his three siblings - Charles, Aaron and Cyril – were gifted musicall...
Here we share things we find interesting about New Orleans and the Gulf South, organizations and people that deserve more attention and answer some questions about the area.
