Issue Articles
Partners in Jazz: Alia Shawkat’s unlikely collaboration with New Orleans Swamp Donkeys
FRIDAY, MAY 5—ECONOMY HALL TENT, 4:25 P.M. If you’re familiar with Alia Shawkat, there’s a good chance it’s because of her work on the new dark comedy Search Party […]
Zuckerberg’s Box
Shockingly, last week a deranged man posted a cold-blooded murder that he committed on Facebook. Millions saw the post. Facebook waited 23 minutes before they took the post down. Of […]
Stop Drinking and Driving: A Radical Proposal.
Lord knows, I have nothing against drinking–or recreational drugs, for that matter. It’s the social lubrication of our times. I’m sort of appalled at binge drinking, but what really gets […]
French Quarter Festivals, Inc. names a new Executive Director
The French Quarter Festival is now in its fourth decade. FQF started many years after the Jazz Fest, with none of the same intentions—that is, to preserve New Orleans and […]
Does New Orleans Need a Night Mayor?
New Orleans is governed by a Mayor, who has his own staff, and council people who represent their own districts. They deal with the everyday tasks of running our great […]
Plan A: Radiohead at the Smoothie King Center
Radiohead will return to New Orleans for the first time in almost 14 years when they headline the Smoothie King Center on Monday, April 3. Long considered one of the […]
Future Shock
Almost 50 years ago, author Alvin Toffler wrote a book called Future Shock that postulated that most individuals and societies could not handle the increasingly rapid changes in technology and […]
Buh-Bye General Lee?
The City of New Orleans finally has the go-ahead via court order to remove the monuments to the Confederacy at Lee Circle, the P.G.T. Beauregard statue at the roundabout in […]
Observing Lent: Try Something Different
Yes, Mardi Gras is over for another year and we’re now fasting and abstaining from some of the things we like best, all in the name of the observance of […]
Festivals, Festivals, Festivals
Welcome to the OffBeat “spring festival” issue. Since last year, so many new festivals have sprung up: the Fried Chicken Fest, New Orleans Bourbon Fest, Top Taco NOLA, Beignet Fest. […]
