Mary Staes

Mary Staes is Digital Content Lead for Very Local. She works with our freelancers and crafts content for our social media platforms and website. Before Very Local, she worked with CBS affiliate WWL-TV as a web producer and weekend assignment editor for about 4 years. She has also handled broadcast coverage for 160 Marine Reserve training facilities while she served as an active duty Marine. As a native New Orleanian, she takes being "very local" to heart. She loves being intertwined with the culture and figuring out how there are less than two degrees of separation between us all, whether we're natives or not.

Weekend Picks: Here for the boos!

By Mary Staes / October 23, 2019

It’s the last weekend before Halloween and there’s so much going on to put you (and the kiddos) the spooky spirit!

📰 Life After The Weekend: Oct. 21

By Mary Staes / October 21, 2019

Monday is definitely being a Monday. Traffic woes downtown, groggy start and a ringing in our ears.

Everything to know about the Hard Rock Hotel partial collapse

By Mary Staes / October 17, 2019

From traffic issues, public transportation and evacuations, a lot is happening due to the partial collapse at the construction site of the Hard Rock Hotel on Canal Street. Here’s a running guide of what to know.

Weekend Picks: Blues and BBQ Fest, New Orleans Film Fest, Reggae Fest

By Mary Staes / October 16, 2019

Here are our weekend picks for Oct. 18-20.

Weekend Picks: Gentilly Fest, Mac & Cheese Fest, memories with Morgus

By Mary Staes / October 9, 2019

It’s finally cooler and fall feels like it’s upon us! It’s the perfect time to get out there and celebrate the cool weather and there’s lots to do this weekend.

Weekend Picks: Making cocktails, Beignet Fest, Goat Yoga

By Mary Staes / October 2, 2019

So, maybe we’re taking this news of a “cold front” a little too far, but this weekend, there’s no shortage of things to do.

Fall isn’t the only good change in the air 🍂

By Mary Staes / September 26, 2019

Happy fall, y’all!

Weekend Picks: Love in the Garden, Accio LPO, NOLA Horror Film Fest

By Mary Staes / September 25, 2019

Here are our weekend picks for Sept. 27-29, 2019.

PHOTOS: Pups and pints abound at NOLA on Tap

By Mary Staes / September 23, 2019

Drink a great beer with your right hand, and a pet a good dog with your left. Saturday Sept. 21 the the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ (LA-SPCA) largest fundraiser, NOLA on Tap. 

Weekend Picks: Fried Chicken Fest, NOLA on Tap, Superhero Race

By Mary Staes / September 18, 2019

National Fried Chicken Fest, NOLA on Tap and a superhero 5K for a good cause are all planned for the weekend.