Stacey Plaisance

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Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac to headline Jazz Fest

Stacey Plaisance · January 18, 2013 12:58 am

Fantasia to headline Super Bowl gospel concert

Stacey Plaisance · January 10, 2013 9:06 am

Jill Scott, Maxwell return to re-branded Essence

Stacey Plaisance · January 8, 2013 7:31 pm

Carnival season kicks off along the Gulf Coast

Stacey Plaisance · January 5, 2013 4:02 pm

Top chefs to toast Creole cooking icon at gala

Stacey Plaisance · December 31, 2012 4:33 pm

La. actress plays Southern belle in Tarantino film

Stacey Plaisance · December 15, 2012 4:02 pm

In this Dec. 7, 2012 photo, executive chef Kristin Butterworth poses for a photograph with her reveillon menu at the Grill Room of the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans. Roughly 50 restaurants in New Orleans are reviving an old Creole custom called reveillon, which stems from the old French tradition of eating a lavish meal after midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans restaurants revive Christmas tradition

Stacey Plaisance · December 12, 2012 3:48 pm

In this Dec. 7, 2012 photo, executive chef Kristin Butterworth poses for a photograph with her reveillon menu at the Grill Room of the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans. Roughly 50 restaurants in New Orleans are reviving an old Creole custom called reveillon, which stems from the old French tradition of eating a lavish meal after midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans restaurants revive Creole custom

Stacey Plaisance · December 11, 2012 5:08 pm

FILE - In this July 28, 2010 file photo, actor Gary Sinise arrives at the CBS CW Showtime press tour party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Sinese and New Orleans jazz musician Trombone Shorty Andrews will lead the parade of the Krewe of Orpheus on the evening of Lundi Gras, the day before Fat Tuesday. The celebrity riders were announced Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Mardi Gras World, the huge studio where many Carnival floats are built. Orpheus marks its 20th anniversary when it parades Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)

Gary Sinise, Trombone Shorty to ride in Orpheus

Stacey Plaisance · December 6, 2012 7:47 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2011 file photo, Harry Connick Jr. appears at the curtain call for the opening night performance of the Broadway musical "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", in New York. He is returning to his hometown New Orleans for the screening of a television show he's hosting and performing in that pays tribute to the music of Louisiana. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)

Harry Connick Jr. to attend N.O. screening

Stacey Plaisance · December 4, 2012 10:17 pm

Actor Jon Bernthal juggling new projects, family

Stacey Plaisance · November 28, 2012 2:53 pm

Trumpet auction to benefit ‘Satchmo’ music fest

Stacey Plaisance · November 14, 2012 4:59 pm