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Opening a restaurant in a pandemic? These new NOLA spots have done it.

By Chelsea Brasted | August 10, 2020

Opening a restaurant is already hard. Opening a restaurant during a pandemic? Well, that might be almost impossible. But these New Orleans chefs have done it.

Madame X: How a New Orleans Mona Lisa created scandal in Paris

By Matt Haines | August 10, 2020

You might not guess it by looking at it, but this painting created an uproar that rippled through the highest levels of Parisian society. Its unveiling in 1884 was met with such disdain that the painter fled in shame to London, and the subject’s mother begged for the portrait to be removed from the highest-profile art exhibition at which it was displayed.

What’s Happening in (Virtual) New Orleans This Week: Aug. 10-15

By Matt Haines | August 9, 2020

Bars are closed again and the maximum size of group gatherings has been reduced, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had online while get those COVID cases back under control. Here are some of the events we’re most looking forward to in Virtual New Orleans this week.

PHOTOS: Emotions high as body recovered from Hard Rock Hotel site

By Matthew Hinton | August 8, 2020

On Aug. 8, the body of Quinnyon Wimberly was removed from the site after nearly 10 months. His family and city officials were at the site Saturday morning.

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Newsletter: A new gluten-free bakery and 6 beer + takeout pairings

By Lindsay Patross | August 7, 2020

Plus everything you need to know for Fresh Fest Digi Fest.

Fresh Fest Digi Fest

Everything you need to know for Fresh Fest Digi Fest

By Lindsay Patross | August 7, 2020

Due to COVID-19, the 2020 iteration of Fresh Fest Beer Festival will be a virtual event.

Now Open: St Clair Social, a new neighborhood bar in Friendship

By Aadam Soorma | August 6, 2020

Debuting with beer and cocktails for takeout, St. Clair Social opens in the former Sharp Edge space. Carryout food begins next week.

Local Artist Feck Made The Perfect Album For A Summer Spent Inside

By Alex Galbraith | August 6, 2020

Feck’s songs sound akin to our quarantine current situation: manic outbursts of energy being let out into empty rooms because it and you have nowhere else to go. The movement, and the confinement, are both a little more involuntary than we’re entirely comfortable with.

What’s Happening This Weekend (Virtually) in New Orleans: Aug. 7-9

By Matt Haines | August 6, 2020

Bars are closed again and the maximum size of group gatherings has been reduced, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had online while get those COVID cases back under control. Here are some of the events we’re most looking forward to in Virtual New Orleans this week.

Get to know Wild Rise Bakery; a Gluten-Free pop-up series

By Alexa Peduzzi | August 5, 2020

With an ever-changing menu that cycles between sweet and savory, you can break (gluten-free) bread with Wild Rise; a black-owned business.