Matt Haines

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A history of Halloween Rituals

By Matt Haines / October 31, 2019

Halloween actually has its origins in the Celtic holiday of Samhain (somehow pronounced “sow-win”), a druidic festival held approximately between the evening of Oct. 31 and sunrise the following day.

Here’s how to survive a soggy Voodoo Fest

By Matt Haines / October 25, 2019

What to do if it rains, where to get your tickets and the best ways to get there.

Brew Orleans: NOLA Brewing is the proud OG for a new era of local beers

By Matt Haines / October 22, 2019

Dylan Lintern, president and chief operating officer of local pioneer, NOLA Brewing, shares the good, bad and ugly of being one of the first craft beers on the scene in New Orleans.

Your guide to hundreds of movies at the 30th New Orleans Film Festival

By Matt Haines / October 16, 2019

With more than 200 movies to pick from, there are tough choices to be made. An eight-day festival with so much quality programming means there’s a lot of room for FOMO.

Let’s get spooky: a guide to Halloween in New Orleans

By Matt Haines / October 3, 2019

From the stuff of nightmares to the slightly scary and kid-friendly, it’s all here.

Not sure what beers to try at NOLA on Tap? Here’s what the brewers have to say

By Matt Haines / September 18, 2019

Whether you’re trying to find the first beer you ever liked — or whether you happen to love them all — 400 beers is a lot. We’re going to have to make some choices at Nola on Tap, and to help we turned to the experts.

NOLA on Tap, Louisiana’s largest beer fest, is this weekend: What you need to know

By Matt Haines / September 18, 2019

There are two things the entire world loves, and you can probably guess what they are: Puppies and beer!

Brew Orleans: Don’t think you like beers? Eric Jensen, Parleaux Beer Lab want to change that

By Matt Haines / September 16, 2019

“Beers can taste so different than we were trained to think they have to. That’s why when someone says ‘I don’t like beer,’ I’m inclined to think they just haven’t found the right ones yet.”

When horses learned to fly: the history behind City Park’s famed carousel

By Matt Haines / September 11, 2019

City Park’s carousel is more than 90 years old and is the only hand-carved carousel in the entire state of Louisiana.

Lil’ Wayne ‘Can’t Be Broken’ and this weekend’s 5th annual Lil’ Weezyana Fest is proof

By Matt Haines / September 5, 2019

Lil’ Wayne might sound small, but over more than two decades, he’s become one of our city’s largest ambassadors.