James Cullen
Becoming Professor X: Mia Young takes hip-hop to a new degree
Mia Young is a superhero. Known by most as Mia X, her origin story isn’t rooted in one cataclysmic event, but a lifetime of breaking and remaking the rules and doing the improbable.
Chasing the Future: Dooky Chase’s embraces past, present as it plans for future endeavors
Three months after the death of Chef Leah Chase, her family talks about how paying homage to her memory fuels their future endeavors.
Heart and Soul: The Soul Rebels’ Erion Williams Plays, Pays it Forward
As proud as he is of his onstage accomplishments, it’s what he does offstage, teaching at the Trombone Shorty Academy and at the Roots of Music, that inspires him the most.
New Orleanians: Anita Oubre champions culture, community
You might find her as a grand marshal leading a festival parade through the French Quarter, or sashaying through the streets in a baby blue poodle skirt with the Muff-a-lottas dance troupe, or early on Mardi Gras morning as Magnolia Rose, leader of the Mahogany Blue Baby Dolls, or buckjumping Uptown with Ms. Linda Green and the Lady Rollers. But wherever you find her, you’ll find a woman exuding strength, confidence and New Orleans culture.
James Martin hits high notes with third album release
A founding member of the Soul Brass Band, a funk and brass ensemble that spent the summer touring Europe, and that can be frequently found on Frenchmen Street. Yet if things had played out differently, Martin might not have chosen the saxophone at all.
‘Beyond Bourbon Street’ podcast is the heart and soul of the city
Mark Bologna, the voice behind Beyond Bourbon Street, on what drove him to create a podcast about the city.
Life In Bloom: Brandi Charlot of Blucid Floral arranges flowers, changes hearts, and builds community
Getting it done, and done in style, is Brandi Charlot’s specialty. If you see her in the streets, she might be selling flowers, or she might be dancing as a member of the Treme Sidewalk Steppers Social Aid and Pleasure Club.
Remembering Leah Chase: Gumbo z’herbes, fried chicken, life
Holy Thursday at Dooky Chase is a New Orleans tradition and the toughest reservation in town.
Life on the line: The cultural economy of second line vendors
Food, drink vendors are just as much a part of second line culture as the music, dancing
The Sacred and Divine: St. Joseph’s Day and Night
Until I moved to New Orleans, I thought my family were the only ones who celebrated this day.