This past weekend, 82 teams showed off their best barbecue skills at City Park’s festival grounds to raise more than $700,000(!) for pediatric brain cancer at Hogs for the Cause. In addition to the staggering variety of pork products, the festival offered one of the best music lineups of this festival season with a loose focus on New Orleans funk and alternative country-rock. Click through the virtual gallery below for a glimpse into the sights of Hogs 2015.
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Voodoo in New Orleans: Reviving history: New Orleans fortune telling This article takes a deep dive into the history of Voodoo in New Orleans, its hybridization with Catholicism, and its present-day place in the city's culture. The author visits fortune-tellers in the French Quarter, using their guidance as a tool for introspection rather than a deterministic predictor of the future. Through her experiences in New Orleans, the author feels a mystical connection to both the past and the future. 