The founders of Lafayette’s Creole Nutcracker have had success carving out a new performing arts tradition in the community, and now they’re setting their eyes on bringing more boys and young men into ...

Nick Shenker didn’t play high school volleyball at Sheepshead Bay this past spring. Instead, the 6-foot-4 senior, who admittedly did not see eye to eye with coach Joe Perazzo, played in tournaments ...

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EXCLUSIVE: The work of two remarkable 19 th century New Orleans composers – both Creole men of Color – is being rediscovered well over a hundred years after their passing. Edmond Dédé (1827-1903), who ...