By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Those readers who know me personally understand that I am very involved in the Greek Festival, which is returning Memorial Day weekend after a two-year hiatus. During a visit to the Greek church earlier this...
City Government / COVID-19 / Mardi Gras / Opinion
by Gentilly Messenger · Published February 24, 2022
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist When New Orleans elected officials don’t feel the urgency to consistently wear masks at Carnival festivities, how can they expect citizens and visitors to take the rules seriously? Social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter and...
by Gentilly Messenger · Published December 30, 2021 · Last modified December 31, 2021
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist More than 6,000 new Covid-19 cases were identified in Louisiana on Wednesday (Dec. 29). A teenage boy was injured in the second of two Desire-area shootings Tuesday evening. Three lions at the Audubon Zoo tested...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Semi-retired businessman Leo Marsh and his daughter Helen rose early Wednesday morning to be among the first in line to receive the city’s free Covid-19 home testing kits. “While we are both fully vaccinated, we...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist While New Orleanians are currently enjoying glorious fall weather and the loosening of mask mandates, don’t think for one minute that the next wave of the virus won’t be heading this way with the cooler...
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 23, 2021 · Last modified September 24, 2021
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Many members of the legal community are aggressively marketing their services in the wake of Hurricane Ida to assist businesses or homeowners and renters with getting the money they deserve from insurance companies. After all,...
Organizers of the National Fried Chicken Festival announced that the festival slated for Oct. 23-24 on the Lakefront has been canceled. The organizers released the following statement: We have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 festival. We look...
By Daniel Schwalm and Domonique Tolliver Universities in New Orleans are shifting their COVID guidelines as the Delta variant becomes more prevalent. The University of New Orleans is now requiring masks indoors for everyone, vaccinated or not. “This may seem...
The Carousel Gardens Amusement Park is the final City Park attraction to reopen after the long pandemic closures. Children and the young at heart can begin enjoying the amusement park — though without the historic carousel it is named after...
business / COVID-19 / Food and Drink
by Gentilly Messenger · Published April 2, 2021 · Last modified April 5, 2021
By Marielle Songy, Gentilly Messenger Messina’s Runway Café, the longtime breakfast and lunch favorite in the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, is set to open on Tuesday (April 6) after being closed for eight months, due to the pandemic. The restaurant...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Mayor LaToya Cantrell is caught between a rock and a hard spot. By her own admission, the citizens and businesses of New Orleans have done a pretty good job of following the city’s ever-changing COVID-19...
business / COVID-19 / Featured / Food and Drink
by Gentilly Messenger · Published January 27, 2021 · Last modified January 28, 2021
By Marielle Songy, Gentilly Messenger Park Island Brew Coffee House, on Gentilly Boulevard across from the Fair Grounds Race Course, is all about family and neighborhood. Kevin Davis, a 7th Ward resident, owns the building that houses Park Island Brew....
