May 2021 BAD PRESS Forty years ago, reporters from The Times-Picayune visited a set of Metairie businesses and, apparently finding the services on offer were as they expected, called the police. A... Steven Melendez
April 2021 Albert Broel, Frog Prince of New Orleans Head west from New Orleans along Metairie Road and you’ll pass a building marked with the silhouette of a Churchillian gentleman smoking a cigar, advertising Winston’s Pub and... Steven Melendez
February 2021 DIFFERENT, NOT CANCELLED In early November, Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that the City would be accepting suggestions for an “alternative Mardi Gras” in lieu of the usual festivities. The... Beck Levy, Steven Melendez
January 2021 GUMBO DIPLOMACY In November, President-elect Joe Biden selected Baton Rouge native Linda Thomas-Greenfield to serve as ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield, who has served as a... Beck Levy, Steven Melendez
December 2020 Hindsight is 2020: Year End Top 5 Round Up Ahem. Good evening. Could we have everyone’s attention for a moment? Webster’s dictionary defines “year” as containing 365 days, but anyone who made it through 2020 knows... Beck Levy, Steven Melendez
December 2020 REVIEWS ... Julia Engel, Mary Beth Campbell, Raphael Helfand, Sabrina Stone, Shirani Jayasuriya, Steven Melendez, Will Hibert, William Archambeault
November 2020 REVIEWS ... Chris Conner, Danielle Dietze, Derek, Julia Engel, Kevin Barrios, Mary Beth Campbell, Raphael Helfand, Steven Melendez, Victoria Conway, William Archambeault
October 2020 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
April 2020 HARSH SENTENCE The nation is hunkering down at home with cleaning supplies and canned goods to prevent the spread of the deadly new coronavirus. But members of at least one vulnerable population... Steven Melendez
December 2019 Reviews ... Andru Okun, Edward Pellegrini, Jon Kieran, Marisa Clogher, Mary Beth Campbell, Steven Melendez, William Archambeault
November 2019 THE PRISON THAT CARE FORGOT In 2013, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman settled a class action suit brought by imprisoned people at Orleans Parish Prison alleging brutal conditions at the jail violated... Steven Melendez
November 2019 Reviews ... Andru Okun, Emily Elhaj, Erin Hall, Holly Devon, Jesse Baum, Marisa Clogher, Mary Beth Campbell, Michael Kunz, Steven Melendez, William Archambeault
