Isaac Cline: The Weatherman Who Got It Wrong in Galveston and Got It Right in New Orleans
The Weatherman Who Got It Wrong in Galveston and Got It Right in New OrleansIsaac Cline's career is a story told in two acts. In the first act, he's the confident young meteorologist who declared t...
Benjamin Butler: The Most Hated Man in New Orleans History
The Most Hated Man in New Orleans HistoryIn May 1862, Union General Benjamin Butler occupied New Orleans, and for the next seven months he made himself the most despised man the city had ever known...
Enrique Alferez: The Mexican Sculptor Who Shaped the City
The Mexican Sculptor Who Shaped the CityEnrique Alferez came to New Orleans by accident. He was a young Mexican sculptor passing through the city in the late 1920s, ran out of money, and stayed. He...
C-Murder: The Miller Brother Who Never Came Home
The Miller Brother Who Never Came HomeThe Miller family of Uptown New Orleans produced one of the most successful music empires in hip-hop history. Master P built No Limit Records into a juggernaut...
Dwight Henry: The Baker Who Became a Movie Star
The Dwight Henry StoryDwight Henry was a baker. That's what he was, that's what he wanted to be, and that's what he was doing when a movie showed up at his bakery and changed his life. Henry ran Bu...
Mutemath: The New Orleans Band That Sounded Nothing Like New Orleans
The Mutemath SoundMutemath was the New Orleans band that sounded nothing like New Orleans, and that was exactly the point. Founded in the early 2000s, the art-rock outfit led by vocalist Paul Meany...
Arthel Neville: The Neville Who Chose the Newsroom
New Orleans' Most Trusted AnchorwomanArthel Neville is a name that resonates in two very different worlds. In New Orleans, she's part of the Neville family—the musical dynasty that produced Aaron, ...
Sabrina LeBeauf: From New Orleans to the Huxtable Family
The Grace of Sabrina LeBeaufFor millions of Americans in the 1980s, Sabrina LeBeauf was Sondra Huxtable—the eldest daughter on The Cosby Show, the one who went to Princeton, married Elvin, and repr...
Mary Jane Jackson: The Serial Killer of Gallatin Street
The Mary Jane Jackson Story Nobody Wants to TellMary Jane Jackson was a serial killer in antebellum New Orleans. She was also a young woman, probably still a teenager when her killing spree began, ...
Iris Kelso: The Political Reporter Who Never Forgot
New Orleans' Voice of the AirwavesBefore there was the Weather Channel, before there were apps on your phone telling you the hour-by-hour forecast, there was Bob Breck. And before Breck, there was ...
John Schwegmann: The Grocery King Who Fed New Orleans
The Grocery King of the West BankJohn G. Schwegmann didn't just run a grocery store. He ran an institution—a chain of massive, chaotic, glorious supermarkets that were as much a part of New Orleans...
New Orleans' Fictional Citizens: From Ignatius Reilly to Princess Tiana
The New Orleans Woman Who Inspired a Disney PrincessLeah Chase already has her own post in this collection, but the fictional character she inspired deserves a mention of her own. Princess Tiana fr...
John Churchill Chase: The Man Who Explained New Orleans' Street Names
The Blind Tiger Who Made New Orleans LaughJohn Churchill Chase wrote the book on New Orleans—literally. His 1949 classic Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children... and Other Streets of New Orleans became ...
Rob49: The Hip-Hop Chameleon From the Seventh Ward
The Hip-Hop Chameleon From the Seventh WardRob49 emerged from the Seventh Ward of New Orleans in the early 2020s with a sound that blurred every line the music industry likes to draw. Part bounce, ...
Lloyd: The R&B Singer From New Orleans You Should Know
The R&B Singer From New Orleans You Should KnowLloyd Polite Jr. goes by just Lloyd, which is fitting for a singer whose style is all about stripping away the excess and letting the voice do the...
Paul Sanchez: The Songwriter Laureate of New Orleans
New Orleans' Favorite Son on Saturday Night LiveWhen Paul Sanchez plays a show in New Orleans, the audience doesn't just listen—they sing along. Every word, every chorus, every verse. Because Sanch...
D.J. Augustin: The Undersized Point Guard Who Lasted Fifteen Years
The New Orleans Quarterback Who Beat the SpreadD.J. Augustin is not the most famous basketball player to come out of New Orleans. He didn't have the highlight reels of a De'Aaron Fox or the physica...
Ronnie Virgets: New Orleans' Greatest Storyteller
New Orleans' Greatest StorytellerRonnie Virgets spent his entire life telling stories about New Orleans, and he did it better than almost anyone. Through newspaper columns, magazine essays, televis...
Deacon John Moore: The Most Important New Orleans Musician You've Never Heard Of
The Most Important New Orleans Musician You've Never Heard OfDeacon John Moore has been playing music in New Orleans since the late 1950s, which means he's been playing music in New Orleans for lon...
Jean-Louis Dolliole: The Free Man of Color Who Built the French Quarter
The Creole Architect Who Designed the French Quarter's Most Beautiful BuildingsJean-Louis Dolliole was a free man of color in antebellum New Orleans who became one of the city's most accomplished a...
