A New Orleans-style cornucopia
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer This period between French Quarter Fest and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival doesn’t mean there’s a musical downtime
Katrina provides baptism by fire for budding N.O. artist
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor While Hurricane Katrina is most often associated with chaos and devastation, for at least one young evacuee from the city
French Quarter Festival celebrates its 30th Anniversary
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. Since the first French Quarter Festival was held in 1984, it has been continually re-inventing itself because, ... Diddy tops Forbes richest in hip-hop list, Jay-Z is second
(Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American) – Sean “Diddy” Combs ranks No. 1 on this year’s Forbes Five, the magazine’s list of hip-hop’s wealthiest artists, with an ...
Chief Iron Horse of Black Seminoles dies
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer As is the custom of the Mardi Gras Indians, Cyril Green, Chief Iron Horse of the Black Seminoles, was out on the street on St. ...
Attendees at Good Friday celebration will ‘render unto Caesar’
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “I got to sing, I got to sing,” the always exuberant Shirley Caesar once exclaimed of her ministry at the Mt. Calvary Word of Faith Church ... Black writers host ‘jook joint’ during Tennessee Williams Fest
Another season of literature has sprang upon us again bringing with it the Tennessee Williams Festival, but, this year, it has a bit more color.[caption id="attachment_9079" align="alignright" width="300"] MWC members ... Just a beat away: Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival, Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, celebrates the melodies, beats and dances of the African diaspora. In New Orleans, ... Mardi Gras Indians in all their finery Super Sunday
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer On Sunday, March 17, the Mardi Gras Indian Council presents its Indian Super Sunday Festival, a much-anticipated event for both the public and the Black Indians participating ... ‘Kunta Kinteh Island’ film tour begins in New Orleans
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer An international heritage tour featuring the new film “Kunta Kinteh Island” premiered at Loyola University New Orleans’ Nunemaker Hall on Monday night. The film, which ...
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By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. Since the first French Quarter Festival was held in 1984, it has been continually re-inventing itself because, ... Diddy tops Forbes richest in hip-hop list, Jay-Z is second
(Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American) – Sean “Diddy” Combs ranks No. 1 on this year’s Forbes Five, the magazine’s list of hip-hop’s wealthiest artists, with an ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer As is the custom of the Mardi Gras Indians, Cyril Green, Chief Iron Horse of the Black Seminoles, was out on the street on St. ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “I got to sing, I got to sing,” the always exuberant Shirley Caesar once exclaimed of her ministry at the Mt. Calvary Word of Faith Church ... Black writers host ‘jook joint’ during Tennessee Williams Fest
Another season of literature has sprang upon us again bringing with it the Tennessee Williams Festival, but, this year, it has a bit more color.[caption id="attachment_9079" align="alignright" width="300"] MWC members ... Just a beat away: Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival, Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, celebrates the melodies, beats and dances of the African diaspora. In New Orleans, ... Mardi Gras Indians in all their finery Super Sunday
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer On Sunday, March 17, the Mardi Gras Indian Council presents its Indian Super Sunday Festival, a much-anticipated event for both the public and the Black Indians participating ... ‘Kunta Kinteh Island’ film tour begins in New Orleans
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer An international heritage tour featuring the new film “Kunta Kinteh Island” premiered at Loyola University New Orleans’ Nunemaker Hall on Monday night. The film, which ...
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