Jake Clapp
Staff Writer at Gambit
Staff writer at @the_gambit. Mornings are for coffee and contemplation. ✉️: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Andrea Blumenstein |Jake Clapp |Liam D Pierce |Sarah Ravits
It’s never hard to find a great meal in New Orleans, but as summer sets in and the temperature heats up, locals tend to seek out lighter dishes, colder drinks and snowball stands. And seasonal menus start to change as well. The end of crawfish season gives way to more crab and shrimp dishes and spring strawberries are replaced by blueberries, blackberries and watermelons. Still, if you want that piping hot bowl of chicken and andouille gumbo, you can easily find it in New Orleans.
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | Jake Clapp
The Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo opens Friday afternoon along Bayou St. John, and there have been a couple of updates to the festival's schedule. The three-day music and arts festival runs through Sunday, May 18, along Bayou St. John between Lafitte and Orleans avenues with two stages of music and performances, food venders and artists. Big Freedia late Thursday announced the passing of his partner of 20 years, Devon Hurst.
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | Jake Clapp
The Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo opens Friday afternoon along Bayou St. John, and there have been a couple of updates to the festival's schedule. The three-day music and arts festival runs through Sunday, May 18, along Bayou St. John between Lafitte and Orleans avenues with two stages of music and performances, food venders and artists. Big Freedia late Thursday announced the passing of his partner of 20 years, Devon Hurst.
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | Jake Clapp
The use of French and Creole in Louisiana has been on the decline for decades, although a number of initiatives and organizations are attempting to slow the slide and preserve the state’s unique cultural history. But there’s one area where the state’s heritage languages can still be regularly heard: Louisiana music. “As we have this ongoing language loss in Louisiana, why is it in music that Louisiana keeps perpetuating the French language?
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | Jake Clapp
The Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo will have a smaller footprint when it takes place on Bayou St. John Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18. Over the years, the festival had grown to reach from Lafitte Avenue at the bottom of the historic waterway to Dumaine Street at the top, but Bayou Boogaloo this year will be between Lafitte and Orleans avenues.
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