The 2024 French Quarter Festival presented by Chevron runs from Thursday, April 11, through Sunday, April 14, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., rain or shine. This year's event will be even bigger, with 22 ...

Louisiana's French dialects vary in subtle ways in pronunciation and grammar, she says, and those variations are largely regional. For example, in standard French, "what" is quoi and "who" is qui.

Housed in a century-old Greek Revival home in Algiers Point, Saint Claire is acclaimed New Orleans chef Melissa Martin's next chapter.

JUHASZ: With time, the Acadians in Louisiana became known as the Cajuns, and that's where Cajun French comes from. There's also Creole, which was in part created by enslaved Africans.

According to Tulane professor Richard Campanella’s book “Bourbon Street,” the earliest map of what would become the French Quarter was a crude 1721 sketch titled “Plan de la Ville de la ...

Louisiana's French dialects vary in subtle ways in pronunciation and grammar, she says, and those variations are largely regional. For example, in standard French, "what" is quoi and "who" is qui.

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Entertainment French Quarter Festival coverage Starting midday Saturday, WWL Louisiana will have live and taped segments from the Fest. Today's interviews include Charmaine Neville and Shamarr Allen.

Peggy Feehan is a native French speaker, born in New Brunswick, Canada, and educated there. She taught high school science before moving to Louisiana in 1999, when she was recruited by the Council ...

JUHASZ: With time, the Acadians in Louisiana became known as the Cajuns, and that's where Cajun French comes from. There's also Creole, which was in part created by enslaved Africans.