Week in review

Your week got the better of you and you missed a beat or two on NolaVie. You can catch up on local cultural arts news in NolaVie’s Week in Review, featuring a snapshot of the week’s features, published every Saturday.

Hope Stone brings dance to the Nola populace

Local not for profit organization Hope Stone offers local youths from various financial backgrounds access to performing arts education.

Nola APPtitude: Building a better alarm clock

New Orleans-based entrepreneur launches an iOS alarm clock app that uses a combination of the gyroscope accelerometer and magnetometer contained in smartphones to track a user’s movement, ensuring that they have, in fact, risen.

The Pick: Momma Tried’s list of top magazines

The editors of ad-free art, literature and subversive humor magazine Momma Tried share a list of periodicals that have influenced their work.

First step in Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial Exhibition

In anticipation of the Louisiana State Museum’s upcoming bicentennial celebration of the Battle of New Orleans beginning in January, 2015, the museum’s two-century-old cannon has received a new carriage of Spanish cedar, built by the master carpenters on the LSM’s maintenance crew, a replica of the original.

Smoothie at the Movies: October preview

A must-watch film guide for the month of October.

Nola APPtitude: Daily specials at your fingertips

A new iOS app Specialus from Atchafalaya owner offers daily videos of NOLA restaurant specials.