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Southwest Airlines today announced the launch of nonstop service between Los Angeles and New Orleans and the addition of another daily non-stop between Dallas Love Field and New Orleans.
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Former Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann,
left, and Papa Mali (Contributed photo)Power up some funky Louisiana blues with the driving rhythms of the Grateful Dead, and lyrics by the legendary Robert Hunter, you've got the high energy sound of a new band called 7 Walkers.
The Grateful Dead's drummer Bill Kreutzmann and Louisiana musician Malcolm Welbourne, better known as Papa Mali, will perform at Moe's Alley, Saturday.
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Ray "Hatchet" Blazio has the distinction of being the only Mardi Gras Indian big chief in town.
Blazio, 70, also known as "Big Chief," is a survivor of Hurricane Katrina and has lived in East Oakland for nearly five years after riding out the storm on his front porch as the floodwaters rose around his home...
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A New Orleans-inspired drive-through snow cone shop, is opening Tuesday in Mission Viejo, California.
Strawberry, coffee and wedding cake flavored snowballs
Fat Tuesday in the Summertime? Almost 2,000 miles from New Orleans? Must be the 23rd annual Long Beach Bayou & Mardi Gras Festival in California!
Long Beach Bayou & Mardi Gras Festival
The sounds of New Orleans come alive with Cajun, Zydeco & Blues: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, Cafe R&B; blues legends Hubert Sumlin & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (Muddy Waters) play with guitarist Jimmy Vivino, and many more. Daily Mardi Gras Parade led by New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band.
Saturday, June 27th - 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 28th - 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Rainbow Lagoon Park, 400 E. Shoreline Drive, Long Beach, California
Bayou Festival website longbeachfestival.com
Gisele Perez, owner and chef of small pleasures catering talks about her New Orleans roots, what to do with candied violets, and sign language in the kitchen.
The Big Easy may be coming to American Canyon this year. "The Big Easy," one of the nicknames for the city of New Orleans, is also the name of a new car wash planned for American Canyon. The $3.7 million project will have a New Orleans jazz theme with images of jazz musicians and instruments and music playing on a P.A. system. READ STORY
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