Tomorrow, locals, not tourists, will be the ones scrambling around the French Quarter searching for their next destination. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s annual “O-Mazing Race.” combines costumes, clues, and of course, cocktails, and it begins tomorrow at 2pm. Participants must register by 5pm today to get in on the action.

Since the '30s, fur fashions have come to epitomize glamour, fame and fortune. Certainly Liz Taylor wouldn’t look like queen of the animal kingdom without her fox wraps, mink coats or rabbit hats more fit for Moscow than the movies. No one can deny the transformative effect of a good fur coat, elevating reasonable good looks into the regal realm.

This morning, bring the whole family to the Ogden for a lesson on our city’s cultural roots. Later on, head to Ashe for “Redd Linen Night,” see live theatre in Mid City, and more. On this day in 1983, local artists Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Queen Ida, and Toto all won Grammy awards. Now, it’s time to plan your Saturday.

Folk art would not have garnered a crowd at the Salon de Paris in the 1800.  A crude combination of primitive figures and bold blocks of color set folk art apart from the precise and deliberate strokes that often make up its more dignified cousin, fine art. But, what folk art lacks in finesse, it makes up for in its undeniable spirit.  

Whether you’re going out with your better half or hanging out with friends, there’s plenty to do for Valentine’s Day in the Crescent City. See live music at venues from Oak Street to St. Claude, plus art after hours. On this day in 1957, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded in New Orleans. Now, more V-Day events. 

One step into Deborah Luster's black and white photography exhibit at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Tooth for an Eye, and the mood turns grim.

After several years of sending writers out to sample the Crescent City's many takes on King Cake, NoDef opted this year to let the people weigh in. On Jan. 24, hundreds of guests piled into the Ogden Museum of Southern Art's weekly After Hours event to help us choose the most outstanding oval in NoDef's first public King Cake Quest.

It’s called Fat Tuesday for a reason. Mardi Gras revelers do their fair share of imbibing, but New Orleanians don’t need an excuse to drink. The true spirit of the season is in the food, and there’s no better way to celebrate than a king cake party. NOLA Defender is taking another King Cake Quest this year to find the best Carnival confection in town, and we’re inviting you to the Ogden Museum of Southern Art to help us pick the winners.

by Emma Boyce

If you’re searching for that perfect piece of Southern art to transform your living room, look no further than this very Internet. This year, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art has taken to offering online auctions, and now the bidding is back. Each month a work by some of the most renowned southern artists will go up to bid 

Emma Boyce takes a look at an Ogden Museum exhibit that showcases an artist's reckoning of Catholic beliefs through the use of symbols gleaned from outside of a church.