The documentary Brass Roots is nearing its completion stage, and the filmmakers are asking for some help. Using the fundraising service Kickstarter, Brass Roots hopes to raise $20,000 to help cover production costs in order to have the film ready for festival season.
Kickstarter is a unique fundraising service. While many serves simply accept your donation [...]

It’s not as if the city of New Orleans needed an excuse to have a good time or to eat some amazing food, but this weekend has a couple of great opportunities for food and events.
Hogs for the Cause – City “Pork” (still known as City Park in other areas) hosts a hog cookoff to [...]

Hogs for the Cause will be in City Park this Saturday, March 26th with fantastic food, New Orleans bands and competitions to raise money to fight pediatric cancer.
What better way to raise money for a non-profit organization than having a good ol’ fashioned cook-off? New Orleans is a city in love with fantastic food, and [...]

For those of you still wanting to hang on to this year’s Mardi Gras excitment, check out the Mardi Gras Indians. After becoming well known from the popularity of HBO’s show Treme, the press is paying will be paying more attention to the New Orleans tradition of Super Sunday (St. Joseph’s Day, Sunday, March 20th). [...]

Hey New Orleans, feeling all rested up after Mardi Gras? The city of New Orleans no sooner cleans up after a massively successful Mardi Gras before it’s ready for the next party. This Saturday and Sunday (March 12th and 13th), St. Patrick’s Day parades hit the streets. The Irish Channel Parade starts at 1 p.m. [...]