Every part of a ritual funeral procession in New Orleans is sacred. Stafford Agee says it just feels different when he performs one in his hometown. As a musician, his responsibility is to honor ...

One of the ways New Orleans knows spring has sprung is with the New Orleans Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser, Art in Bloom. It’s of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans.

Anne Collins Smith has officially been appointed chief curator of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). She began the position in September 2024, but NOMA made the official announcement on Feb. 13 ...

In the vein of a traditional New Orleans jazz funeral, a brass band played alongside grieving relatives. Sorrow turned into a celebration of life as the swaying crowd followed the music down the ...

We'll bring you the latest on the FBI's investigation into the deadly Jan. 1st attack in New Orleans. Also, we'll take a look at the new Congress coming into session, with Republican House Speaker ...

Coverage on this live blog has ended. Deon J. Hampton Reporting from New Orleans Bourbon Street reopened today to a light crowd as tourists and locals veered away from the world-famous destination ...

“We really all kind of lean into how they can really support each other, and art helps that,” Turner said. The New Orleans VA runs a similar program. “At the New Orleans VA, we have a very ...

MATRIARCH OF ONE OF NEW ORLEANS’S MOST PROLIFIC POLITICAL FAMILIES. MANY TOOK TOOK TIME TO REFLECT ON CIVIL. HI L MORIAL S LIFE AND THE IMPACT ON THIS CITY THAT SHE LOVED SO VERY MUCH.

DOWNLOAD OUR FREE WDSU APP OR YOU CAN VISIT OUR WE Funeral ... NEW ORLEANS BURIAL PROCESSION: Monday, Sept. 23, 2024Start Time: 2 p.m.Starting Place: New Orleans Museum of Art, #1 Collins Diboll ...

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, the city of New Orleans will come together for a special evening to honor the legacy of acclaimed artist John T. Scott with the launch and blessing of the book Passing ...

Jazz was one of America’s first original art forms, and Louis Armstrong was arguably America’s first Black superstar. New Orleans launched ... burials when White funeral homes declined ...

It is fitting that van de Leur begins with New Orleans globally famous jazz funerals ... Live and Let Die (1973)—whose famous opening scene [see YouTube clip below] portrays a jazz funeral in the ...