Do you hear that on the streets? It’s the silent sound of the heat killing off tourist invasions one right after another. That’s right, the only-if-you-live-here-do-you-understand-it heat is upon us, which means we thought it a good time to talk about all those NOLA misconceptions people love to spread in advertisements and from mouth-to-mouth.
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. 