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Photos by Terry Jones Data News Weekly Contributor Music, food, and fun were served in great supply during the 15th Annual Soul Fest presented by AARP. Thousands of visitors converged upon the Zoo for one […]

Data Staff Edited Report There was a time when the presence of a black person on television was cause for celebration. In the early days of TV, black families would crowd around the set to […]

Photos by Glenn Summers Data News Weekly Contributor Last Friday our new mayor, Latoya Cantrell, started off the Mardi Gras season with a blast. The Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball at Gallier Hall was very well […]

Photos by Glenn Summers   Miss Alicia celebrated her big 60th birthday last Friday, February 22, 2019 with family and friends at The Prime Example Nightclub. The music was pumping, the libation was flowing, and […]

Photos by Kichea S. Burt Data News Weekly Contributor To kick-start the 2019 season, the satire of Mardi Gras was displayed by New Orleans walking parades made up of mini Krewes from several neighborhoods within […]

By Daylan Paige Data News Weekly Contributor Critically acclaimed Playwright Lynn Nottage, an Associate Professor of Theatre at Columbia University, shared stories from her successful career and her techniques of her writing at a lecture […]

Producers of the 50th anniversary Jazz Fest have decided to mark the milestone event with something special: The addition of another day of the signature festival celebrating New Orleans music and culture. Thursday, April 25 […]