Steven Melendez

3 days ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Taylor Balkissoon

Gemini season is upon us, and her winds will be blowing intensely. On the 8th, Gemini’s ruling planet Mercury will enter Cancer, offering an intuitive edge to our intellectual pursuits. On the 9th, shortly before the full moon, the moon (Cancer’s ruling planetary body) will enter Jupiter-ruled Sagittarius, and Jupiter (planet of luck and expansion) will enter watery Cancer.

3 days ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Isabel Ryan Theriot

Hello! It’s June, and it’s beginning to feel a little tropical outside. Astronomically, summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere in June, when the Earth’s axis is pointed directly at the sun. Otherwise known as the summer solstice, this occurs for us on the 20th, and it’s the longest day of the year. This month also provides us with some epic skygazing, as June hosts an exquisite moon! The Strawberry Moon will grace the sky on June 11, reaching its peak radiance at 2:46 a.m. (CDT).

3 days ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Danny Cherry Jr.

Frequent ANTIGRAVITY contributor Danny Cherry Jr. is a fiction writer and sometimes-journalist who is a native of New Orleans East. He currently resides on the Westbank with his wife, 10-month-old son, and emotionally needy teacup poodle. His fiction has been published in award-winning literary magazines such as FIYAH Magazine; and his journalism has been seen beyond these pages in Buzzfeed News, Politico, and more.

3 days ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Jesse Baum

On April 28, the New Orleans City Council joint Governmental Affairs/Community Development Committee voted to approve an ordinance that would protect sex workers from prosecution if they report a crime, assist law enforcement, or seek medical attention.

3 days ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Alex Rawls

One of the stories to come out after the conclusion of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell was the decline in attendance this year. Keith Spera of Nola.com observed a pattern of declining attendance in the post-COVID years. In 2022, the festival drew an average of 67,800 guests daily, In 2023, the daily average dropped to 65,700, then 62,500 daily in 2024 and 57,500 a day this year.