F&F BOTANICA: IN MEMORIAM

September 2018

F&F BOTANICA: IN MEMORIAM

This summer, the New Orleans community lost a cherished landmark, the F&F Botanica and Candle Shop, following the deaths of co-owners Felix Figueroa (who passed in July) and...

Andru Okun, Christina Igoe, Gabby Garcia-Steib, Holly Devon, Nathan Tucker, Robin McDowell, Yvette Regrets

December 2017

PROSPECT’S FOLLY: THE LOWDOWN ON NEW ORLEANS’ HIGH ART AFFAIR

For aspiring artists of the Fine Art subset, being chosen by the massive international exhibitions known as biennials is how you know you’ve made it. Having your work...

Holly Devon

November 2017

READING THE FINE PRINT WITH NOCAZ

Ready your bookshelves, prepare your personal libraries! The fourth annual New Orleans Comics and Zine Festival is nigh! This free, two-day event brings together DIY...

Andru Okun, Dan Fox, Holly Devon

July 2017

NINTH WARD IS NOT ON BOARD

In the early evening of March 30, residents of the Ninth Ward trickled into the St. Mary of the Angels Church, greeting each other warmly as they slid into the pews. They came for...

Holly Devon

April 2017

MONOPOLIZED: THE TOURIST ECONOMY $ TAXES $ AND A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Paying taxes is no one’s idea of fun, but living as we do amidst crater-sized potholes, a flood protection infrastructure that has barely improved since Katrina, and staggering...

Holly Devon

April 2017

CRITIC’S BLUES: A REVIEW OF THE OFFBEAT’S TASCHE DE LA ROCHA GOLD ROSE REVIEW

For the duration of the 20 years that Robert Fontenot has been writing for Offbeat, he has never been afraid to speak his mind. In hundreds of reviews, he has consistently engaged...

Holly Devon

March 2017

Reviews

CODE ORANGE FOREVER (ROADRUNNER) When Code Orange signed to Deathwish, I was very impressed to learn that the average age of its members was 18. I began obsessively watching their...

Ben Miotke, Holly Devon, Kelly McClure, Maeve Holler, William Archambeault

July 2016

Overdue: Irvin Mayfield vs. The New Orleans Public Library

Even Irvin Mayfield’s detractors would be hard-pressed to deny that the Elysian Trumpet, which the musician commissioned in 2007, is magnificent. Brushed with a 24-carat pure...

Holly Devon

March 2016

Finally Free: The State of Louisiana vs. Albert Woodfox

The secret is out: we are men! But the blunt, open articulation of this secret has frightened the nation to death. —James Baldwin, “An Open Letter to My Sister, Angela Y....

Holly Devon

January 2016

A Transplant’s Guide to Bringing up Gentrification at Happy Hour

It’s four o’clock on a Wednesday at Sidney’s Saloon, and happy hour is in full swing. Like most afternoons, a loyal band of regulars has gathered to drink and unwind. They...

Holly Devon

January 2016

Aimée Argote of Des Ark: Waking Up Early

If you call up D.I.Y. punk veteran Aimée Argote on the telephone to ask about her music, it’s likely you’ll find yourself an hour in without having touched the subject. As a...

Holly Devon

November 2015

AG Report on Sexual Assault in New Orleans

At around three o’clock in the morning of October 3rd, after an ordinary night out, an Upper Ninth Ward resident and two of her male friends biked to her home on France Street,...

Holly Devon