1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1008+ words) Longtime New Orleans activist Jerome “Big Duck” Smith was laid to rest Saturday after an hours-long memorial service attended by hundreds and featuring rousing musical performances and speeches by top elected officials and fellow veterans of the Civil Rights Movement....

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (130+ words) NOLA.com Regarding Will Sutton's column of Aug. 27, “Some in Louisiana say political violence can be justified, and that’s scary”: I too was appalled at the percentage of people who thought political violence was justified. I was with Sutton about…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (718+ words) The refurbished Sun Garden in City Park's Botanical Garden features a variety of water-stingy plants and landscapes/ A Monarch butterfly feeds on a bloom. The New Orleans Old Garden Rose Society meets at the East Bank Regional Library in Metairie....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (254+ words) SILENCE THE VIOLENCE FOUNDATION YOUTH TALENT SHOW AND FESTIVAL: The 24th annual citywide event features a talent show, local vendors, games, prizes and community resources. It will be held Sept. 5, noon-7 p.m., at Washington Square Park, 700 Elysian Fields, New Orleans. Admission is…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (135+ words) NOLA.com The annual Mid-Summer Krewe of Oak parade rolled down Oak Street and Carrollton Avenue, with Johnny Vidacovich and Alison Young as this year's king and queen. The evening concluded with a block party outside the iconic Maple Leaf…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (730+ words) Showing a dramatically different landscape with cacti and more, the Sun Garden at City Park's Botanical Garden, 5 Victory Ave., will open for Sun Garden Community Day from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday. The desert-like garden features a variety of heat-tolerant herbaceous plants…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (193+ words) Jerome 'Big Duck' Smith New Orleans will lay Jerome “Big Duck” Smith to rest next month with two days of memorial services celebrating the local Civil Rights leader’s storied life and relentless work in the name of racial equality. Relatives…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (676+ words) The University of New Orleans’ return to the LSU System last month as LSU New Orleans brought due fanfare to the Lakefront campus. The occasion was also celebrated more than 5,000 miles away — at LSU New Orleans’ 50th annual summer session in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (350+ words) U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, D-New Orleans, served as king for the Krewe of Pyros Mardi Gras parade in Washington, D.C., on August 8, 2026. WASHINGTON – Most D.C. residents wouldn’t understand the meanings behind purple, green and gold Mardi Gras colors. But they like parades....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1795+ words) Civil rights activist Jerome Smith speaks about growing up in New Orleans to a Martin Luther King Charter School class on March 18, 2011. At right is sixth grader Lenece Webb. Jerome Smith smiles in 2019. When he was a boy in the…...