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Jazz Fest 2013 proved as colorful and diverse as New Orleans itself- from the throngs of muddy, die-hard Dave Matthews Band fans slipping and sliding in front of the Acura stage to the hand-raising, hymn-belting Gospel Tent over to the two-stepping Cajun baby boomers catching their favorite Zydeco at the Fais Do Do stage, there was something for ... (more)

It's hardly by chance that Cripple Creek Theatre Co. is staging "Clybourne Park" - Bruce Norris' Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play about the shattering intergenerational shifts of a Chicago neighborhood - amid a New Orleans neighborhood that itself is grappling with social and economic upheaval.

Even on a quiet Tuesday, you can savor top-shelf local music in New Orleans. Options for May 21, 2013 include: Stanton Moore is best known as the powerhouse drummer in Galactic, a player equally enamored of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham and the Meters' Zigaboo Modeliste.

Like the 2,800 Tulane University graduates massed before him Saturday morning in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the Dalai Lama was clearly ready to party.

Ruppel Academy for Advanced Studies' staff and students are celebrating because their very own science teacher Emily Miller has been awarded Jefferson Parish Middle School Teacher of the Year.

New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother's Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won't spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people.

The second annual All Aboard Gala will be held June 7 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Marigny Opera House, 725 St.

The Original Big 7 Social Aid & Pleasure Club with the Original Big 7 Junior Steppers second-line with a brass band down Pauger Street as part of the 7th Ward Festival in celebration of Mother's Day in 2009.

Grammy Award-winning producer and NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis brings "Sweet Thunder" to the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake.

Albany State University professors conducted research in New Orleans at the Williams Research Center and Tulane University's Hogan Jazz Archive, Manuscript Department, and Amistad Research Center on May 8 - 10.

Joe's Pub at The Public will make its debut in Brooklyn as a co-presenter at the second annual Great GoogaMooga Festival in Prospect Park.

The day I met Angelique Montes at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts , she walked into her teacher's office carrying her cello in a backpack.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - Police have arrested Akein Scott, a 19-year-old suspect in the Mother's Day shooting in the US city of New Orleans that injured 19 people, including two 10-year-old kids.

Pianist Craig Taborn has captured the attention of music critics across the United States with "Chants," his grand new trio recording.

Jason Marsalis, the youngest of the brothers, cut his teeth on drums. He's still a first-rate jazz drummer, as evidenced by his work with the Marcus Roberts Trio and, at a recent awards banquet, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

Jill McCorkle visits New Orleans' Garden District Book Shop to discuss and sign 'Life After Life,' her first published novel in 17 years, on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Delta Rae, seen here at the 2012 Voodoo Fest, returns to New Orleans to perform at The Parish of the House of Blues on Monday, May 20, 2013.

New Orleans police say the suspect in a Mother's Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded has been taken into custody.

JD & The Straight Shot gives ARTISTdirect an exclusive peek into the band's recent rehearsal at Sear Sound Studios in NYC! Watch JD & Straight Shot's bluesy/down-home rendition of "Pink Cadillac" by Bruce Springsteen, here: http://bit.ly/12mUuJm. Founded by frontman Jim Dolan, JD & The Straight released their fourth studio album Midnight Run last ... (more)

The big bulky brass instrument conjures up images of lockstep marching bands, or smoky New Orleans jazz joints, but never anything remotely new or avant-garde. Set all you preconceived notions about the tuba aside, and get ready for Boca Raton born and bred musician Bill Muter to blow your mind with the beast of brass.