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A grayscale drawing of a light-skinned hand pouring water from a vase. The hand is disconnected from an arm, and it’s pouring from the top left corner. The vase is gray and shaded with dots. The liquid being poured forms a solid line that flows into a curving design at the bottom of the frame. Illustration by Artemesia Trapeze.

WILD WAVES

Taylor Balkissoon
A black and white illustration of a collage of mouths, money, and flowers. The mouths are all open and have flowers and leaves coming out of them to varying degrees. There’s a 100 dollar bill, a 20 dollar bill, a one dollar bill, and a quarter floating and falling. Illustration by Rachel Speck.

DIRT NERD

Ian Willson
A grayscale illustration of a set of toy keys. 3 of the keys are white and 3 of the keys are dark gray. Illustration by Victoria Allen.

RAISING LOUISIANA

Dan Fox
A grayscale illustration of a light-skinned person dancing with and singing to a mop. They have short, dark hair and are wearing a long-sleeved button down and pants. They’re dipping the mop as if it’s a dance partner, and they’re looking down at it, smiling, with their eyes closed. The arm that isn’t holding the mop is extended into the air with a glove on, and there are musical notes nearby and hearts near their head. There’s a mop bucket on the floor and wet spots around it. Illustration by Ben Claassen III.

TIPS FROM THERIOT

Isabel Ryan Theriot
A grayscale illustration of a person walking into a courtroom with a giant, overstuffed briefcase. Their face is gray and their facial features are engulfed by shadow. Their eyes are white holes, so they appear like a zombie. They’re holding their hand up as if to say “stop” as they enter the courtroom. The briefcase they’re holding is almost half their size. There are simplistic outlines of people in the courtroom cheering. They are the same color gray as the benches and the walls: a fixture of the background. Illustration by Luke Howard.

CRAW & ORDER

Morris Blart ESQ.
A black and white illustration of a coffee pot trying to put out engulfing flames. The flames take up most of the frame, and in the middle is a small coffee pot that’s slowly dripping coffee on them, as the flames close in around it. Illustration by Sadie Wiese.

FOR THE RECORD

Marisa Clogher
An out-of-focus black and white photo of a brass band with the MaCCNO logo overlaid it in white. Below the logo reads “The Music & Culture Coalition of New Orleans” in white.

STEAL THIS PLAN

MaCCNO
A black and white illustration of 3 tarot cards sitting side by side. The left card depicts a person looking and reaching to the sky with a flower in their palm. There are black and white waves that color the background and their skin. There are 2 pillars on either side of them, leaning in. The bottom reads “The Hierophant.” The middle card depicts a person with horns sitting with their tongue out with flames around them. They have 4 breasts and hair on their chest that resembles a goat. There is an inverted question mark on their left and an upright question mark on their right. The bottom reads “The Devil.” The right card depicts two people hugging and holding each other, a mirror image. Their shoulders are connected, and their hands are joined in front of them. Their hair is dark and sticking upright, eyes littered throughout. The bottom reads “The Lovers.” Illustration by Karla Rosas.

TAROT

Michelle Embree

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A grayscale illustration of a dark-skinned person with no facial features looking to the right of the frame. Their face is shaded using dot work. Their hair is in a short afro and they’re wearing white dangling earrings. The background is black, and there’s a ray of white that resembles a spotlight coming from the top right corner. This spotlight is also shaded with dot work, but it’s much lighter. Illustration by Ruth Mascelli.

SCENE NOT HEARD

Prologue I started working in the entertainment industry in New Orleans, costume department, in late 2017. As a production assistant (PA), my days were consumed with filing and...

Christine M. Hamilton
A grayscale illustration of a rat in a top hat holding cash. Behind the rat there is a building, and surrounding the rat is money and cheese. Illustration by Artemesia Trapeze.

MONEY FOR NOTHING

After COVID-19 hit, Sia Karamalegos was among the many New Orleanians whose loss of work left her unable to make rent. Considering the economy was in total freefall, she hoped her...

Holly Devon
A black and white photo of one person using clippers to cut another person’s hair. Both people are dark-skinned, and the person getting their hair cut has short hair and a beard. The back of their head is facing us, and they’re wearing a black hair-cutting apron and a diamond earring in their left ear. The person cutting their hair is wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt and a white mask. Photo by Katie Sikora.

HEAD SPACE

“It’s like a trick. You have to let down your guard to get a haircut. Nobody sees it coming but you end up being in a space where you actually open up because you have...

Sabrina Stone
A black and white photo of 5 light-skinned people, Alex Brownstein-Carter, Eric Buller, Joe Ceponis, David Sigler, David Sabludowsky, whose faces are warped by gallon water bottles that they are wearing as masks tied around their heads. They are all wearing dark jackets and shirts. They are all staring straight ahead with their arms by their side except for the person second from the left who is holding up a mannequin head which also has a water bottle mask. The sky behind them is black and we can see some trees above and behind them. Photo by Sean Moore.

NIGHTMARES & SOUP WITH PRIMPCE

Left to Right: Alex Brownstein-Carter, Eric Buller, Joe Ceponis, David Sigler, David Sabludowsky (photo by Sean Moore) I met Alex Brownstein-Carter when I started serving soup at...

Raphael Helfand

“We Just Want to Talk” COINTEL in New Orleans: Then and Now

The names of recent arrestees have been changed, and only “they/them” pronouns are used to protect the arrestees from retaliation. In 1972, a young radical Marxist named Harry...

Alex Taylor, Delaney Nolan

“PROBABLY HUMAN”: Music that Got Us Through 2020

2020 has been a rough year for everyone. The times may have changed, but music has continued to be there alongside us throughout it all, offering companionship when we are lonely,...

Alynda Segarra, Craig Oubre, Dominic Minix, Emily McWilliams, Hunter King, Khris Royal, R. Scully, Ruy De Magalhães, William Archambeault

Things That Times-Picayune Art Critic Doug MacCash Has Called “Weird”

A play at the Fringe Festival. “Most conceptual art.” Some performance art. Vincent van Gogh’s art. Krazy Kat’s growing love for Ignatz. MacCash’s...

Steven Melendez

Bag Season: Gotta Link

Underground lo-fi hip-hop collective Bag Season Records has put out nearly a dozen releases in less than two years. They’re productive because they’re motivated, talented, and...

Sabrina Stone

Peeking into the Rainforest with Marina Orchestra

Left to right: Justin Powers, Ryan Murray, Ashley Shabankareh, and Gia Monteleone performing at 30°/-90°. (Photo by Camille Lenain) As a group, Marina Orchestra has taken many...

Julia Engel

It’s a Birthday Bubble Bath Bash!

Quintron and Miss Pussycat have undoubtedly left their mark on New Orleans as two of the city’s most eclectic and eccentric figures. John Waters once called the duo “The...

William Archambeault

Keeping the Peace at Lincoln Beach

The concrete monolith of the levee is a menacing wall between Hayne Boulevard, Lincoln Beach, and Lake Pontchartrain—an unnatural border that is as much about keeping things in...

James Cullen

DEN OF THIEVES

The 8th of May dawned dark for Stephen Perry, the President and CEO of the tax-funded, non-profit tourism marketing organization New Orleans & Company. As viewed from the...

Holly Devon

THE RADICAL SIDE OF ELLIS MARSALIS JR.

On April 1, news spread of the passing of acclaimed pianist, composer, educator, mentor, and New Orleans’ own music patriarch Ellis Marsalis Jr. at the age of 85.  For someone...

Melissa A. Weber

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