We've started shooting for our documentary "The Baroness of New Orleans: The Extraordinary Life and Jackson Square Legacy of Micaëla Pontalba."  We'll be shooting some interviews next week, but a couple of days ago a small storm front rolled in bringing with it a parade of photogenic clouds, so I ran down to the French Quarter, set up the camera and stood around for a few hours while the clouds rolled by.  After a crunched it down into a time lapse it was such a lovely little clip I thought I'd post it.

Lionel Delpit, Big Chief of the Black Feather Mardi Gras Indians tribe, passed away last Thursday. The Big Chief's death deeply impacted the entire Mardi Gras Indian community in New Orleans. In a show of respect a grand procession of the city's most highly regarded Indians and Chiefs followed the Big Chief's horse-drawn hearse as it made it's way through the streets crowded with people from all areas of the city who had come to pay their final respects.

YaYa - Young Aspirations - Young Artists presents a fanciful retelling of the Christmas Classic Peter & the Wolf starring sculptures created by the YaYa artists as the characters.  Find out more about YaYa at at their website, YaYaInc.com

This Boing Boing video includes some wonderful movie footage and still photos from the Krewe of Mid-City and the Krewe of Venus in 1956. Mid-City was started in 1933 and run for the next 40 years by Charlie Bourgeois, my partner Jeanne's grandfather, so we particularly love watching this footage. The video also shows footage of the first Krewe of Venus parade which was the first all-women krewe.

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The Mardi Gras Indians' Super Sunday was spectacular, as usual, but while we were waiting for the tribes to emerge we had fun asking folks if they could knew the words to the New Orleans classic song, "Iko Iko" or "Jockomo," as it is also known.  Thanks to all the folks who tried, everyone gave it a great effort, but ultimately, it took a professional.   The incredibly talented and famous singer Charmaine Neville was gracious enough to finally nail it for us. 

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Considered to be one of the greatest funk songs ever recorded, the Dap Walk continues to get audiences up on their feet.  It's groove is so deep that you can't sit still when it's played.  We interview Ernie Vincent, the man behind "Ernie & The Top Notes, Inc.," who wrote and produced Dap Walk in 1972. (more...)

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Chaz Fest 2009 in New Orleans is a great addition to the music festivities surrounding Jazz Fest. For four years, Chaz Fest has been treating music lovers with a winning line up of local acts in a setting that is uniquely New Orleans.
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Each April New Orleans becomes the home of groups of traveling pirates from all over the country. These pirates or pyrates, as they are sometimes called, gather for Pyrate Week (more...) 

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The Stella Shout Out puts contestants in the role of Stanley Kowalski, famously played by Marlon Brando in Tennessee William's classic play and celebrated film, "A Streetcar Named Desire."  The climatic scene in the story takes place on a French Quarter street in New Orleans as Stanley yells hopelessly for Stella to take him back despite in mistakes.  Contestants are allowed to bellow three "Stellas" and the results can be dramatic or hysterical.  (more...)

Go to Krewe of Muses Special Feature Video

The Krewe of Muses is one of the most anticipated parades of Mardi Gras season in New Orleans. With their politically-biting floats, imaginative costumes and, of course, the shoes, Muses aims to entertain and this year was no exception. (more...)

Go to Krewe of Barkus Mardi Gras Parade Video

As the nation's first dog parade, the Krewe of Barkus parade is a local favorite.  With both dogs and their families costumed in the theme of the year, the parade works its way through the French Quarter to the delight of onlookers. (more...)

Go to Krewe Du Vieux Mardi Gras Parade Video

A dangerously witty, ribald walking parade that winds from the Marigny neighborhood to the French Quarter and back.  Politically incorrect and famously, or infamously perhaps, risque, Krewe Du Vieux is a fabulously fun, adults-only evening that helps to kick off the Mardi Gras season in New Orleans. (more...)

Go to New Orleans Po-Boy Festival Video

The po boy is more than a sandwich, it is a long held New Orleans tradition.  The fried oyster po boy is often considered to be the quintessential po boy, but there is no shortage of variations at the annual New Orleans Po-Boy Festival and the competition is fierce among local restaurants to be considered the best place for po boys. (more...)

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It is not often that it snows in New Orleans, but today the city was covered in fluffy white stuff.(more...)