Sunny Drake: Broken Hearts, Broken Systems

September 2013

Sunny Drake: Broken Hearts, Broken Systems

Plunging into the depths of your own emotional heartaches for artistic inspiration is as old as art itself. But few artists strive to give their lives over to the creative...

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June 2013

The Lusty Literature of Esoterotica

Esoterotica stimulates both your upstairs and down with smart, funny and original erotic writings from local authors, including poetry, spoken word, short stories, essays,...

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May 2013

Postcards from JazzFest — Weekend One

FRIDAY The chair people have taken over the field. Today they were nice and let me walk on their tarps. By Sunday tribal warfare will be rampant. Alliances will be broken....

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May 2013

Unnatural Acts: Two Shows Wrestle with Sex and Love

Love is a many-splendored thing, sometimes involving clowns and computers. Or maybe that’s just sex. Or, possibly—could it be both? The Elm Theatre explores love in the time...

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April 2013

Goodie Basket: AG Writers Pick a Bountiful Bushel at This Year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Break out the wide-brimmed hats, the sunscreen and the boogie. While hordes of old dudes from Maine descend upon us clothed in short-sleeved button downs emblazoned with...

Anton Falcone, Dan Fox, Erin Hall, Kate Russell, Kevin Barrios, Leigh Checkman, Rev. Dan Jackson, Sara Pic

March 2013

Verse & Vice: The New Orleans Poetry Brothel Continues one of the Big Sleazy’s Richest Histories

Though modeled after Storyville, the New Orleans Poetry Brothel sells its clients poetry instead of sex. Started in New York, this is the third incarnation of the Poetry Brothel...

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January 2013

Enough is Never Enough for Not Enough Fest

Have you had enough of us saying not enough? Not enough of what? So glad you asked! Not enough women and queer people in punk and DIY music in New Orleans, of course. Getting from...

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January 2013

Spit and Tears: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Work With What They Got

An East Berlin glam-punk singer with a botched sex change operation, the search for a soulmate or the healing freedom in finding wholeness within yourself— however you describe...

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December 2012

Cutting the Fat: Sweeney Todd Goes From Broadway to the Bywater

Maybe you don’t know his name, but you’ve probably heard rumors of “the demon barber” who slits his customers’ throats; their bodies are made into meat pies and sold to...

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November 2012

A Handful of Fringe: Looking Back on NOLA’s Most Eccentric Theatre Fest

Five years ago, scattered sparks were woven together by a community of dedicated performers and arts enthusiasts to form what has become one of New Orleans’ most popular...

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