By Jeanne D’Arcy, Uptown Messenger The 34th New Orleans Film Festival will screen films at the Prytania Theater Uptown presenting a wide variety of films, most of which cannot be seen any other way. NOFF opens on Nov. 2 and closes Nov. 7. The festival will showcase films at four venues, including the Prytania Theater […]
By Jeanne D’Arcy, Uptown Messenger The 2023 New Orleans Film Festival will open with a screening of Música! It follows student musicians from Cuba on a musical exchange that includes Preservation Hall in New Orleans. The first screening takes place at the Prytania Theatre Uptown on Thursday (Nov. 2) at 7:30 p.m. Film goers have […]
By Jeanne D’Arcy, Uptown Messenger Once again, the queen of ghostly puns has pulled off a Halloween extravaganza on St. Charles Avenue. Crowds gather and a line of cars slows down to see the Skeleton House at 6000 St. Charles Ave., the creation of homeowner Louellen Berger. The skeleton krewe is an established fixture on […]
By Jeanne D’Arcy, Uptown Messenger Once again, the queen of ghostly puns has pulled off a Halloween extravaganza on St. Charles Avenue. Crowds gather and a line of cars slows down to see the Skeleton House at 6000 St. Charles Ave., the creation of homeowner Louellen Berger. The skeleton krewe is an established fixture on […]
By Jeanne D’Arcy, Uptown Messenger There’s a new restaurant and soon a new craft brewery on Oak Street. Calliope Beer Works took over the space vacated by Cowbell, where Oak Street meets the river levee, in August. Calliope’s premiere brews are fermenting, and the first four craft beers are expected to be on […]