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After a long absence from prime time television, Bacchus returned to the New Orleans airwaves in 2009, when NBC affiliate WDSU produced a five-hour live broadcast of the parade and ensuing party at New Orleans Morial Convention Center. The Bacchus Rendezvous, the krewe's ball, has been held at the Convention Center since 1994 after it was held ...
Cafe Lafitte in Exile is a bar in New Orleans' French Quarter that has operated continuously since 1933. It claims to be the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the United States (along with White Horse Inn in Oakland, California, which has also operated since 1933).
In 2019, due to increased size, the City of New Orleans asked the krewe to choose an earlier date to have full access to law enforcement and other resources. To avoid competition with Krewe du Vieux , the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus moved to the 4th Saturday before Mardi Gras, solidly outside of city-designated Carnivale season.
Nick's Original Big Train Bar was a New Orleans saloon originally established as a grocery in 1918 by Nicholas G. "Mr. Nick" Castrogiovanni (1893–1979). Located at 2400 Tulane Avenue across the street from the Dixie Brewing Company, Nick's Bar operated until Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is featured in the historical novel Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen.As depicted in the novel, the "blacksmith shop" was mainly a cover for maintaining a gang of exceptionally tall and strong black slaves – who were ostensibly engaged in shoeing horses while being used by the Lafitte brothers for intimidation, extortion and other criminal activities in and around New ...
August Perez III (1933 – December 5, 2014) was an architect based in New Orleans, Louisiana.. During his practice, Perez made significant contributions to the urban form of New Orleans, [1] including projects such as the 1984 World's Fair (including the Mississippi Aerial River Transit gondola), the Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans, the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Harrah's Casino, One ...
Kubiak was arrested in July 2020 after a client, Herleen Dulai, 29, was beaten to death, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.. Citing Kubiak's testimony at his 2021 sentencing hearing, the paper ...
Antoine's is a Louisiana Creole cuisine restaurant located at 713 rue St. Louis (St. Louis Street) in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.It is one of the oldest family-run restaurants in the United States, having been established in 1840 by Antoine Alciatore. [2]