Newcomb Academy will host its open house for the community on Aug. 31 from 6-8 p.m. Newcomb Academy is scheduled to open on Sept. 2 at its original location at 3351 Val Verde Ave.

With Newcomb Academy school reopening Wednesday after a two-year renovation, Ellis, 92, the school’s first principal, still remembers opening the school when it was new the first time.

Students at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts spent the past semester studying Stevens' work, then creating their own art inspired by the master. The result is an exhibit, opening Saturday ...