The NBA has decided to move the 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans The Associated Press reported Friday. Citing the hostile environment created by North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 law, and after repeated warnings the league would move the event if the law remained on the books, the NBA recently announced it was moving the game…
If you take a metaphorical power saw to conventional hip-hop, inject it with a furious beat and a call-and-response patter, Bounce, one of the largest regional strains of the genre you may never heard of, starts taking shape. An early offshoot of Bronx-based hip-hop, Bounce arguably took off in 1991. According to Matt Miller, author…
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, has called on Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to begin marriage equality immediately. Gov. Jindal released a statement earlier today slamming the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down bans on marriage equality nationwide, and Louisiana was one of the few states in the nation to fail…
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans reputation as a premier Halloween destination is unwavering. With much enthusiasm, the city prepares to welcome the 31st annual Halloween New Orleans (HNO), Oct. 23 – 26. The weekend-long extravaganza, benefiting Project Lazarus, is the largest gay Halloween charity event in the country; last year drawing its largest crowd since…
Rev. Alisan Rowland announced Sunday she has accepted the position of senior pastor at the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in New Orleans and will preach her last sermon here Aug. 10 at MCC San Diego. Senior Pastor Rev. Dan Koeshall made the stunning announcement to the congregation first, noting the New Orleans MCC congregation voted…
Join in the largest LGBT Fat Tuesday celebration west of New Orleans, and experience the electric flair of New Orleans right in the heart of Hillcrest. March 4, from 6-11 p.m., let the wild rumpus begin as Hillcrest Fat Tuesday transforms University Avenue between 10th Avenue and Herbert Street to the carnival of the year!…
Treme dvr this HBO, Sunday Dec. 1, 9 p.m. The combination soap opera and ethnographic film about New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina is frustrating and amazing and weird and not like anything else on TV. A sprawling cast of characters, from a muckraking lawyer to a struggling chef, from a bar owner with…
NEW ORLEANS — King of Condoms, a multi-tiered IRB-approved study conducted by investigators from the University of Kentucky, in association with ProofPilot, will launch today in New Orleans. The King of Condoms campaign is both a social media marketing program and a street-based education program designed to protect young African American men who have sex with…
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans has earned a reputation as the premier destination for Halloween. This year will be no exception as the city prepares to celebrate the 30thanniversary of “Halloween New Orleans (HNO XXX),” Oct. 24 – 27. The weekend-long extravaganza, benefiting Project Lazarus, is expected to bring in more than 5,000 visitors from across the country and will feature…
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana entered an order granting the joint motion of the United States and the city of New Orleans to enter the consent decree regarding the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). This order is a critical milestone in reforming the long-troubled NOPD and is an…
