The LSU Museum of Art, located on the fifth floor of the Shaw Center for the Arts, features 14 galleries and a wide range of ...

There’s more to NOLA than Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street. Our local contributor shares the best things to do outdoors—within ...

People are celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday with parades, revelry and costumes. Mardi Gras is also known as Fat Tuesday. It falls the day before Ash Wednesday. The big bash marks ...

Weary, artist-in-residence and artist liaison for the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, presents a show that offers a slice of his life.

A new national cultural institution preserving African American film and television history while creating pathways for ...

The Frist Art Museum has announced that three board members have been elected to the Frist Art Museum Board of Trustees. The ...

Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform on Saturday, Feb. 21, as part of the Palm Springs International Jazz Festival.

Though not a church rite, Black Masking Indian processions follow a ritual calendar that mirrors Catholic sacred time. Mardi Gras Day itself precedes Ash Wednesday, the threshold between feasting and ...

Heidi Pitre’s series merges literature, nostalgia, and history, featuring pen-and-ink drawings on about 160 vintage library checkout cards. Interest in the pieces has expanded, but her supply of ...

The Root Exclusive Series: Black History Month was established 100 years ago, in February 1926. To commemorate this momentous ...