When it comes to costuming, we know that New Orleans pretty much blows the competition away, and that is no different when it comes to Halloween. While others dress up one night a year to welcome in the spirits and ghosts of those who’ve passed, we like to spread the holiday out for weeks — spookifying our homes as much as ourselves. Because why not have another excuse for a party, a festival, and for a major costume session? We collected photos during that events, and a big thank you to all who submitted your photos. Now go get your spook on, everybody, and have a great Halloween!
NOLAbeings Multimedia artist Claire Bangser created NOLAbeings as a portrait-based story project that marries... 
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. 