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.
Local Filmmaker Uses Her Art For Heart, People of NOLA
Filmmaker Blayre Pichon talks about the process behind getting her project in New Orleans Film Festival.
Pumpkin is the spice of life! Here’s where to get it
Whether or not you think pumpkin spice is basic, it’s all the rage. Here’s a few places where you can get your pumpkin spice fix, NOLA style.
Early voting starts Oct. 23: Where you need to go, what you need to bring
Early voting for November elections is here! We’ve got voting locations and what you need to bring.
Best Bets: Maxwell, NOLA Sounds Showcase and more Film Fest picks
Here’s what we think will help you get through the week.
They’re Talkin’ Bout Us: The Kitchenista and how a Gene’s po-boy changed her life
The self-taught home cook, food blogger, recipe developer, food photographer and mom dished with us about her first trip to New Orleans.
Weekend Picks: Mac N’Cheese Fest and bring on spooky season!
We’re not complaining about Halloween happening in the middle of fall fest season
Little Gem Saloon’s play on a cafeteria classic is a new twist with a nostalgic throwback feel
The cheesier the better. That’s the name of the game this weekend at Mac N’Cheese Fest, and Little Gem Saloon’s smoked ham mac n’cheese is a strong contender.
Sip sip hooray! It’s International Champagne Day!
Click. Pop. Fizz. Saber?
Mermaids are coming back to Audubon Aquarium
Grab your dinglehopper and your favorite human, because the Weeki Wachee Mermaids are swimming back to New Orleans.
Celebrating Oktoberfest in the Crescent City: What You Need To Know
Here’s how to get in on the fun, without catching a flight to Munich: