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2020-03-17
Treme Brass Band Cancels Live Stream Show Due to Fever, New Orleans, LA
Treme Brass Band cancels their live stream performance at Buffa's Bar and Restaurant after band member develops fever. -
2020-03-24
New Orleans' Commander's Palace Asks for Donations for Employees Relief Fund
Commander's Palace starts an Employee Relief Fund and asks for donations from followers of the restaurants' Facebook page to aide employees out of a job. -
2020-03-23
New Orleans' Commander's Palace is "Taking a Pause"
Commander's Palace is "Taking a Pause" from the business for two weeks to protect workers and customers. The Facebook post reads exactly, "Taking A Pause Today the team came to the painful decision to take a two week pause. We will cease our to go operation, for now. We will still sell the Turtle Soup at Rouses and are preparing to sell it online at Goldbelly.com. This is a pause to give our team time to take a breath. The health of our team and the community comes first. We will reassess daily." -
2020-03-20
Commander's Palace Partners with Rouses Markets, New Orleans, LA
Commander's Palace finds a new way to drum up business after closing to the public. The restaurant partnered with Rouses Markets, a local grocery store chain, to sell freshly cooked dishes from the restaurant, ensuring a continuous profit. -
2020-04-06
Pat O'Brien's Longs for a Normal Bustling Atmosphere, New Orleans, LA
The Facebook post reads exactly, "Until we meet again... We hope everyone is staying healthy and safe. We are busy making improvements at the bar for when we can all be together again #stayhome #stayhealthy #staysafe #coronavirus #covid_19 #covıd19 #socialdistancing #doyourpart #thistooshallpass #frenchquarter #nolabar #Repost @checkerbored with @get_repost ・・・#dranks." The bar is using the time off to repair and improve the quality of the famous location. -
2020-03-31
Pat O'Brien's Promotes a Good Time While Social Distancing, New Orleans, LA
The post reads exactly, "Who else is enjoying some of #neworleans famous @patobriens #hurricanecocktail drinks at home during #socialdistancing ?!?!! #Repost @_furandlace with @get_repost." The bar converted to online orders only. -
2020-03-22
Cafe du Monde Compares Empty Streets to Hurricane Katrina Streets, New Orleans, LA
The post reads exactly, "The French Quarter is eerily reminiscent of the days after Hurricane Katrina. However, we do not have the flood or property damage. This time will pass and things will get back to normal. Our mail order is open and we can still ship our coffee and beignet mix. Visit www.cafedumonde.com." -
2020-03-20
Cafe du Monde Converts to Online Sales, New Orleans, LA
Cafe du Monde closes the doors to the French Market location. The famous New Orleans destination converts to mail order and wholesale department sales. -
03/23/2020
Community Concert Postponed at the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music postpones concert featuring The Grio Trio due to the pandemic and reminds people to practice social distancing. -
2020-03-22
Tipitina's Disperses Donations to Venue Staff
Tipitina's, a music venue in New Orleans, LA, disperses money to the venue's security, bartenders, and production staff who are out of work due to Covid-19. -
2020-03-24
Fundraiser: The Tipitina's Top Banana, New Orleans, LA
Tipitina's, a music venue in New Orleans, LA, starts a fundraiser to benefit the venue during its Covid-19 closure. -
2020-03-20
Advance Drink Fundraiser, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Tipitinia's, a music venue in New Orleans, LA, begins a fundraiser to support their staff who have no income while the venue is closed during the Covid-19 pandemic. -
2020-03-14
Cancelled: Big Sam's Funky Nation and Sandra Love and The Reason at Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Tipitina's cancels Big Sam's Funky Nation and Sandra Love and The Reason due to the public health crisis. -
2020-03-13
The Show is Still On at Tipitina's, New Orleans
Stooges Brass Band and NuSpeak perform at Tipitina's, a prominent music venue in New Orleans, LA, on March 13, 2020. Tipitina's reports that the venue is "diligently monitoring the current health situation" to "reduce any risk(s) posed by Covid-19." -
2020-03-22
Litter at Winn Dixie and Lafitte Greenway, New Orleans, LA
Even with stay-at-home orders in effect, litter from Winn Dixie finds its way into the adjacent Lafitte Greenway. -
03/22/2020
Empty Parking Lot at Wrong Iron, New Orleans, LA
Wrong Iron Bar & Grill lot is normally packed with cars, quarantine is a different panoramic picture. -
2020-03-22
Rubber glove and litter, Whole Foods, Bienville Street, New Orleans, LA
Protection from rubber gloves during quarantine is nullified when the gloves aren’t disposed of properly. -
2020-03-22
Empty Burger King Parking Lot, New Orleans, LA
Another empty parking lot, one that is usually full. -
2020-03-22
Pontiac on Bienville Street, New Orleans
Bienville Street is much quieter than usual. -
2020-03-22
Hooley Industrial Fabrication Closed, New Orleans, LA
Festive sounds of Tex-Mex music are normally playing for workers at Hooley, Inc. in Mid-City, New Orleans. Now it is closed and quiet. -
2020-03-26
New Orleans cacerolazo
A couple in the Faubourg St. John neighborhood I'm quarantined in in New Orleans started a nightly cacerolazo to call for more CoVid testing. The cacerolazo is a protest tradition, dating to the Middle Ages, wherein people bang forks or other utensils on pots and pans. Every night at 9pm sharp, the streets here erupt in this beautiful cacophony. -
2020-03-20
Pat O'Brien's Addresses Employees, New Orleans, LA
Pat O'Brien's offers support to employees by urging employees to seek unemployment assistance through human resources. -
03/21/2020
Angelo Brocato Ice Cream and Confectionery New Operating Procedure
Angelo Brocato Ice Cream and Confectionery continues to operate with adjusted procedures to comply with new regulations placed on New Orleans businesses in response to the pandemic. -
2020-03-21
Angelo Brocato Ice Cream and Confectionery Adjusts Hours and Operating Procedures Again
Angelo Brocato Ice Cream and Confectionery adjusts its operating procedures to comply with new regulations placed on New Orleans businesses in response to the pandemic. -
2020-03-21
Angelo Brocato Ice Cream and Confectionery Limits Operating Hours and Procedures
To limit the spread of Covid-19 and operate within the changing regulations for New Orleans businesses, Angelo Brocato Ice Cream and Confectionery closes its dining area, prohibits walk ins, and adjusts operating hours. -
2020-03-19
Angelo Brocato Ice Cream and Confectionery Celebrates St. Joseph's Day
Each year on March 19th, Angelo Brocato Ice Cream and Confectionery, located in New Orleans, LA, celebrates St. Joseph's Day by erecting an altar to St. Joseph in their bakery shop. This year they make connections between the current Covid-19 pandemic and the famine that took place in Sicily over 500 years ago. St. Joseph's Day is one of the busiest times of the year for the bakery, with folks purchasing specialty cookies and pastries for celebrations and altars. -
2020-04-01
Social Distancing in New Orleans, LA
People out enjoying the weather and getting essential exercise while maintaining the suggested "social distance" of six feet from one another. -
2020-03-31
Fund to Support New Orleans Cultural Community
While there are several efforts to provide assistance to New Orleans musicians, gig workers, and other cultural community members up and running, many musicians, artists, street performers, and traditional culture bearers are still struggling to access resources due to lack of documentation, awareness, capacity limitations, or other roadblocks. MaCCNO is committed to helping all members of our cultural community get access to needed resources during this unprecedented challenge. -
2020-03-22
Take-Out Only at The Station Cafe in Mid-City, New Orleans
Cafes and restaurants in New Orleans, LA, are take out only during the Covid-19 stay home order. -
2020-03-22
Oak Tree Pollen on Car, Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans
The outbreak of the pandemic in New Orleans, LA, coincides with the height of allergy season. Allergies may impact Coronavirus symptoms and many folks are unsure if their symptoms are related to typical allergies or the virus. -
2020-03-22
No Street Traffic, Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans
Typically bustling with activity, Carrollton Avenue is quiet in the middle of the day due to the pandemic. -
2020-03-22
Kitchen Workers at Blue Oak BBQ Prepare Sandwich Giveaway to Service Industry Workers
Service industry workers need help after many are out of work due to the pandemic. -
2020-03-22
Empty Parking Lot, Wrong Iron Bar & Grill
Wrong Iron Bar & Grill lot is normally packed with cars, quarantine is a different panoramic picture. -
2020-03-22
Workers Dig a Trench in Mid-City, New Orleans
Some laborers continue to work despite stay at home orders. In New Orleans, construction is considered an essential job that can continue during the pandemic. -
2020-03-22
Cyclist, 72, on Lafitte Greenway
This 72-year-old man rides the Greenway every day and is one of only a few cyclists today. -
2020-03-22
Tchoup the Mulberry Eating Pitbull
In the time of Covid, taking the dog for a walk is a good reason to leave the house. -
2020-03-22
Mulberries on Lafitte Greenway
Chances of finding ripe mulberries improve with fewer people on Lafitte Greenway during self-quarantine -
2020-03-22
Low-Traffic Broad St. & Lafitte Greenway Crossing
Lafitte Greenway crossing Broad Street can be treacherous for cyclists and walkers but self-quarantine shows reduced auto traffic. -
2020-03-13
Handwashing Station at Faubourg Wines New Orleans
A handwashing station set up in the doorway of Faubourg Wines in New Orleans, before the city went on complete lockdown. As of today that was only two weeks ago, yet it feels like eons. I'd come to New Orleans from New York City for spring break; now I'm quarantined here and teaching my classes at Fordham University remotely. #VART3030 -
2020-03-09
Letter from Jefferson Parish Schools Superintendent Cade Brumley addressing the first case of coronavirus in Louisiana
On March 8, 2020, the state of Louisiana reported its' first confirmed case of coronavirus in New Orleans. The next day, Cade Brumley, the superintendent of the Jefferson Parish Public School System, sent out an e-mail to all teachers, staff, and parents in the school system. In it, Dr. Brumley assured everyone that there had not been any confirmed cases in Jefferson Parish so far. He also reiterated the many steps the school system was taking to make the schools safe, like accelerating sanitation efforts around the school, screening students to see if anyone had been outside the country recently, and having employees take an online class on common illness prevention. Dr. Brumley also assured parents and teachers that he had every intention of keeping public schools in Jefferson Parish open for as long as possible. By the end of that week, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards would close all public schools in Louisiana until mid-April. -
03/22/2020
John With Shrimp Boots
John, a native of East Hampton, NY, continues to work at an “essential business”, the Rouse’s Grocery in New Orleans. -
2020-03-24
Music Venue D.B.A. Closed
D.B.A., a music venue on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans, closed to halt the spread of Coronavirus. The business hangs a sign of encouragement for the public. -
2020-03-24
Blue Nile Music Venue Boarded Up
Blue Nile, one of the many music venues located on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans, boarded up its doors and windows after closing to halt the spread of Coronavirus. -
2020-03-24
Crescent City Farmers Market Signage
The Crescent City Farmers Market, typically held weekly in the parking lot of New Orleans's Crescent Park, is closed until further notice due to Coronavirus. -
2020-03-24
Pizza Delicious Serves Take Out Food Through Windows
Pizza Delicious, a dine-in pizzeria in New Orleans, is open for delivery and take out service only. In an attempt to discourage the spread of Coronavirus, clientele may pick up food at the window and cannot enter the building. -
2020-03-24
Euclid Records Signage
Euclid Records, an independent record shop in New Orleans, closes up shop in the face of Coronavirus, encourages online shopping, and sends well wishes. -
2020-03-24
Savage Beauty Hair Salon Signage
In an attempt to keep business going prior to the government closure of non-essential businesses, Savage Beauty, a hair salon in New Orleans's Bywater neighborhood, hung a sign asking clients to wash their hands upon entering the building to protect against the spread of Coronavirus. The salon has since closed operations. -
2020-03-24
Frady's One Stop Food Store Signage
Signage posted outside of Frady's, an old school corner store selling groceries and serving hot food in New Orleans's Bywater neighborhood, detailing how the establishment is protecting themselves and their clientele from Coronavirus. -
03/20/2020
Cafe Envie Remains Open with a Take Out Only Menu
Chairs piled on dining tables at Cafe Envie, as the local government has banned dining in at restaurants to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Cafe Envie can continue to serve take out and deliver food to patrons. -
03/20/2020
Stalls at the French Market Closed
Stalls in New Orleans' French Market, typically buzzing with vendors and shoppers, are closed after the local government discourages large gatherings to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.