Robert Francis Prevost, 69, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The detective work of Jari Honora, the New Orleans genealogist and historian ...

David Steiner will be named Postmaster General by the US Postal Service at the urging of the White House and President Donald Trump.Steiner was born and raised in New Orleans, growing up in ...

Colette Hirstius, a New Orleans native who currently oversees Shell's operations in the Gulf of Mexico, will take over as president of the European oil giant's U.S. business, the company said this ...

The New Orleans Saints have gotten a lot of praise for their selection of former Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough in the second round of the 2025 National Football League Draft, but that doesn ...

JENNIFER ODELL Naughty Professor feat ... drums for The Meters and put his stamp on New Orleans funk. He had been in The Hawkettes with Aaron and Art Neville and worked with the musicians who ...

With hundreds of performances out at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ... the contemporary mysticism of Zar Electrik from the name alone. “Zar” refers to an ancient spirit-healing ...

To some degree those hot new genres of popular music were largely drawn from the traditional jazz that had been born in New Orleans. Joel Dinerstein, a professor ... New Orleans art dealer Larry ...

A rare lady’s platinum dunner ring with a lovely 7.96-carat Indian oval alexandrite stone, an oil on canvas painting by New Orleans artist George Valentine Dureau ...

Food experts have ranked New Orleans as the best food city in the world, and that's no surprise to locals and tourists who love the diverse cuisine found in the Big Easy. Time Out, a media group ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Anne Collins Smith is the Chief Curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Her new appointment is powerful. The job of a curator is to make choices and be the keeper of a ...

Anne Collins Smith has officially been appointed chief curator of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). She began the position in September 2024, but NOMA made the official announcement on Feb. 13 ...

Kofi Siriboe amplifies Black artists with the launch of TOLA in New Orleans. Kofi Siriboe is expressing his love for the art world with the launch of his New Orleans-based artist retreat and ...