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Recent Articles

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  Bayou Soap: William Terry, the Grammy-Award-Winning Soap Master General of New Orleans

  Musician, William Terry's, Bayou Soap Company started but would grow, just as the bubbles, multiply in the tub!

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  Find of the Week: The Tale of Lux Painted Porcelain

  During the holiday season of 1858, a dotting father, gifted his infant little girl, Clara, with a porcelain tea cup and saucer for new years.

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  David L. Harris Channels Nat King Cole in Time for the Holidays!

  As the Christmas lights shine brightly over over the Vieux Carre and fires glow under the skillets of roux and seasoning, many holiday playlists are bringing in the season right.  Quite frankly, nothing says Christmas quite like Nat King Cole. David L. Harris will perform a Nat King Cole celebration at Preservation Hall.

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  Clark High School Band: Remembering a Great Legacy

  At the end of upcoming spring semester, a school will close it's doors, signaling the end of a tradition.  Today, we take you back in time to 1982, when three high school band students started one of the most beloved brass bands in the world.

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  Find of the Week: The Candlesticks of Pierre De La Ronde

  Every week we bring you something unique from our city's past for our Find of the Week segment where we team up with The Historic New Orleans Collection.  This week we present something very useful in the dark.   It's also Egyptian and French.

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  LSU’s Mike The Tiger through the years

  Have you ever wondered why we all want to be like Mike?  Here is a colorful accont of the history of LSU's live mascot, "Mike The Tiger." WGNO's Christopher Leach tells the story of the many reincanations of "Mike The Tiger" through the years.

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  Find of the Week: The Soul Queen of New Orleans Performs at a High School Dance

  Every Friday, we team up with the Historic New Orleans Collection to bring you something unique from our city's past.  For today's find, you need a date!  We are headed to a high school dance for the class of 1964.  

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  Friday Night Bands: H.L. Bourgeois, Maintaining a Standard of Excellence

  GRAY, LOUISIANA– In the southern United States, high school marching bands usually are either show-style or corps style.  Often times, in a dominating football culture, the subtle beauty of a corps-style band can be lost to a disinterested crowd waiting for the second half of the game. The difference: Show-style marching bands are the main choice of the collegiate level.  They focus on a high stepping form along with playing the popular tunes on the radio, impressing the audiences with their […]

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  New Fungus Among Us: Mushroom Maggie’s Farm Brings New Produce

  Down in South Louisiana, most farmers grow satsumas, rice, sugarcane, sweet potatoes, or strawberries, but one couple is switching it up with a knack for growing exotic culinary mushrooms.   

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  Find of the Week: Silver Service for Francis Hatch

  One group of gift-givers in history, found the perfect gift to give the man who had everything. Francis Hatch, the collector of the customs house in New Orleans, Francis Hatch. They gave him the "best" piece of silver in the history of New Orleans.

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  The Story of the Rawlins Brothers: Part of the Human Jukebox Legacy

  This is the story of two Southern alums who also happen to be brothers and directors of two of the best high school bands in the city.   They are both graduates of Southern University and were once part of Southern's illustrious marching band.

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  One tiny shop in New Orleans is one of a few in the country, selling Japanese cutlery.

  Coutelier, might be a french word but in New Orleans it is a shop that sells Japanese forged knives.