Katie Sikora
@katie.sik

Ðř. Şpłøřķbľörġ (Syd Kleinberg), an alien realtor with the Intergalactic Realtors Association Conference (iGRAC), takes a call while parading with Chewbacchus on January 20.

Burlesque dancer and self-described “glamour girl” Ariana Amour enjoys a rare moment of peace next to the river on Mardi Gras Day (February 13).
Megan Burns
@neworleans_grafitti

Clowning around on the New Orleans Jazz Museum fence, October 29, 2023.

An attendee of The 2nd annual Jetlife Cars & Coffee, Bike & Car Show on Canal St. admires the hydraulics on an Oldsmobile Cutlass by Twin Skills LLC on July 6.

Dancer and hospitality legend Bella Blue strikes a pose in front of a TOPMOB tag on Frenchmen St. during a Vantage Point event on October 29, 2023.
Tamara Grayson
@tamaragraysonphotography

Ariele Davis warms up before her bout at Friday Night Fights Gym on November 10, 2023.

Hobo Santa hangs out at St. Roch Tavern during the All-Star Jamboree Holiday Songwriting Contest, December 2023.

Eric McFadden and Kate Vargas sit in with James Hall at Holy Diver on May 4.
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue promo shoot, January 2024.
Left to right: Gabe Marshall, Abram Racin, Vanessa Niemann, Corey McGillivary, Button Sher, and Justin LeCuyer.
James Cullen
theaccidentalcajun.com

U.S. Chess Master Jude Acers sets up outside of the French Market
on February 9.

Chef Isaac Toups and his wife Amanda ride as King and Queen of Krewe du Vieux on January 27.

Legendary New Orleans rapper Mia X performs with the Original Pinettes Brass Band at French Quarter Fest on April 13.
Top photo: Black Masking Indians assemble under the I-10 overpass on Claiborne Avenue for St. Joseph’s Night on March 19.