The hobby of thrifting has seen a powerful resurgence in vintage-aimed consumerism. Scores of young fashion-fanatics are hitting the local thrift stores, flea markets, and vintage boutiques with a sartorial vigor. NoDef's Katherine McGuire explores a growing NOLA trend, the “Pop-up” vintage seller.      

Internet hookups come to the stage this spring at Elm Theatre. Philip Yiannopoulos reviews the play that debuted on the European fringe, and has now made its way to our shores.

Drink prices won’t be the only thing shocking crowds at House of Blues tonight, with comedian Amy Schumer set to deliver a set full of shameless sex stories and biting one-liners. The 31-year-old comedian got her big break on the fifth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2007, and she just released her own Comedy Central series, Inside Amy Schumer. 

A chamber music festival has begun in New Orleans, but you should probably leave your tuxedos and evening gowns at home.

Friday night saw a full house opening of Clybourne Park produced by the Cripple Creek Theatre Company at the Shadowbox Theatre.  

Currently, the Four Humours Theater is running four selected one-acts from playwright Harold Pinter. Performances take place at the Dryades Theater, a venue with potential on the up-and-coming O.C. Haley Boulevard.  

by Joe Shriner

On Thursday evening, as the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra thundered into the final ominous seconds of the third movement of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, the lights at First Baptist Church, New Orleans began to fade. One by one, the lights then died. By the time the New Orleans Children's Chorus had gathered themselves onto the stage to participate in the second half, there was a complete blackout in the Lakeview church.

by Joe Shriner

For the Maestro, New Orleans' fat lady won’t be singing for at least another five years. On Thursday, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra officially announced that music director Carlos Miguel Prieto has signed a new contract extending his tenure through the 2018-2019 season. The LPO’s current season, which concludes this week, is Prieto’s seventh year with the orchestra.

Artist Brent Houzenga talks about his found object art, which is soon to be mobile.

In 1730, Marc-Antoine Caillot arrived in New Orleans to record his observations about Louisiana, or 'New France,' as he knew it. In 'A Company Man,' modern Crescent City residents get a peek into their hometown in the 18th Century and see that much of the lure of 18th Century New Orleans persists into the 21st.