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MUSIC

Jazz and Blues

Preview: Kylesa
Noah Bonaparte Pais on the "gateway metal" band from Savannah, Ga. by Noah Bonaparte Pais Kylesa, like its Savannah, Ga., b...

ART

On Exhibition

Review: Blame It on Vegas: Collecting Meta Modern
D. Eric Bookhardt on Stephen Paul Day's mixed-media works by D. Eric Bookhardt What do the rise and fall of empires have to...

EVENTS

Good Times

Preview: Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo
Will Coviello on the three-day festival on the banks of Bayou St. John by Will Coviello Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo has gro...

Interview: Audra McDonald
Lauren LaBorde talks to the Broadway star who will perform this week at NOCCA by Lauren LaBorde The Broadway revival of...

Thrills and Chills: A look back at Jazz Fest 2013
by Count Basin, Megan Braden-Perry, Deborah Cotton, Will Coviello, Frank Etheridge, Ken Korman, David Kunian, Lauren LaBorde, Ian McNulty, Brad...

Much ado about NOLA
Shakespeare returns to NOMA's sculpture garden by Will Coviello A Midsummer Night's Dream, the NOLA Project's first Sha...

Preview: Forestival
Will Coviello on an outdoor program at A Studio in the Woods by Will Coviello Forestival highlights A Studio in the Woo...

Jazz Fest: Sunday, May 5
Count Basin picks 11 performances to see PLEASE NOTE: Jazz Fest schedule changes for Saturday-Sunday, May 4-5 Some he...

WEATHER

Current Conditions

Mostly Cloudy and 80 F at New Orleans International Airport, LA

Winds are South at 10.4 MPH (9 KT). The pressure is 1018.2 mb and the humidity is 76%. The heat index is 84. Last Updated on May 18 2013, 8:53 am CDT.

THEATER

Now Playing

Clybourne Park at The Shadowbox Theatre
Fri.-Sun. May 17-June 23 | Bruce Norris' Tony Award-winning play takes up where A Raisin in the Sun ends.?

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FOOD & DRINK

Dining Pleasure

Trends, notes, quirks and quotes from the world of food
"The people who really spend a lot of money in restaurants now are the twenty- to thirtysomethings. Pretty soon they're going to start wanting that...