It’s all about the tease

July 10, 2009 in Daily Adventures
Tags: art, burlesque, Marigny, nightlife, stripping, theater

My roommate has been taking Burlesque 101 classes for the past few weeks. Last night the class had a recital at the All Ways Lounge in the Marigny. Bella Blue of the Fleur de Tease burlesque revue teaches the class and emceed the recital. She introduced each performer with a little background, usually something about [...]

Art lives here

April 8, 2009 in Stories
Tags: art, clips, homes, James Michalopoulos, magazines, st, Stories

The April issue of New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles is out. You can pick it up at area Barnes and Noble and Robert grocery stores. If you can’t make the trip to New Orleans, you can read it online. I wrote the feature (Artist in residence) about the home of New Orleans artist James Michalopoulos.

Festivals are a serious matter

March 22, 2009 in Stories
Tags: art, artist, homes, JazzFest, New Orleans, painting, Stories, writing

Springtime in Louisiana means festivals every weekend. A few weekends ago I went to a festival at a plantation west of here. If this weekend hadn’t been filled with so many visitors, I would have gone to the Oyster Festival in Amite. (Think county fair with raw, chargrilled and fried oysters. And they crown a [...]

Art is in the eye of the beholder

January 16, 2009 in Daily Adventures
Tags: art, conceptual art, contemporary art, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Ninth Ward, Prospect.1

You can tell a lot about a place by the art it hosts. When I’m in a new city, I like to explore the art it has to offer: museums, galleries, sculpture in public areas. I lucked out moving to New Orleans during the Prospect.1 art exhibition, which displays works of art from almost 80 [...]