JAZZ: Dr. John kicks off a 6-night run at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, giving audiences the benefit of a life studded with "troubles at home." Singing about New Orleans before, during, and after it was cool, he created a musical love letter to the city of New Orleans in 2004, "N’awlinz Dis Dat or D’udda," and won an award from the Académie Charles Cros at their 57th awards ceremony. He may be most famous as......

We had the pleasure of attending our second “Brewmasters Dinner” at Ray’s Boathouse Café this past Thursday. Executive Chef Peter Birk of Ray’s selected 5 local brews and then built a 5-course dinner around them. Everyone has heard of wine dinners, but Chef Birk does a great job of putting together these beer dinners about twice a year. We only wish that more local places would do the same. Beer dinners are a great way......