Issue Articles
The Howlin’ Wolf Turns 25
The music club founded by brothers Jack and Jeff Groetsch first opened its doors in 1988 in a small L-shaped room in Fat City. It later moved to South Peters […]
January 2014 Letters to OffBeat Magazine
TEARS OF JOY Maybe it’s the two glasses of wine I just drank, but Bonnie [Raitt]’s comments [Backtalk, December 2013] about Allen Toussaint making her want to be a classier […]
Photo Op: Nightdares, Street Skating in the City by Brad McCormick
To the naked eye, the potholes and busted sidewalks of the Crescent City don’t seem like a skateboarder’s paradise. But to those who push its streets, these obstacles and hazards […]
Society of American Travel Writers Ranks New Orleans Number 1 for Live Music
Ever wonder why Austin, Texas is know as the “Live Music Capitol of the World”… Marketing. A recent survey by the Society of American Travel Writers ranked Austin the third […]
OffBeat’s Elsa Hahne’s The Gravy Nominated for New Orleans Library Society Award
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with New Orleans Musicians by OffBeat Art Director and Food Editor Elsa Hahne, based on her five-year running column in OffBeat documenting Louisiana musicians who […]
Jay Mazza’s New Book Captures Magic of Kermit Ruffins at Vaughan’s
Although Kermit Ruffins recently announced the end of his nearly 20-year-run of Thursday night shows at Vaughan’s Lounge (4229 Dauphine St.), you can still experience the tradition as captured by […]
Running of the Santas 2013
Barcadia (601 Tchoupitoulas St.) becomes the South Pole as the starting point of the annual Running of the Santas, which concludes at the North Pole (Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins […]
December 2013 Letters to OffBeat Magazine
NOT JUST THE NORMAL Just wanted to say thanks for the kind words and the article [“Sounding It Out” by Paul Sanchez, November 2013]. It was really a fun read […]
New Orleans Fringe Festival Returns for Sixth Year
The sixth annual Fringe Festival takes place November 20-24, a five-day stretch in which event organizers offer “wild, weird, fresh original theater of all types” with 77 shows scheduled in […]
Jack Maheu (May 1, 1930 — August 27, 2013)
Jack Maheu, whose career as a top jazz clarinetist spanned over 50 years, including 15 in New Orleans, died on August 27 in Ithaca, New York. For New Orleans musicians, his […]
