Spotlight: Dancing GroundsIn New Orleans, you are as likely to see people dancing down the street as you are to see a yellow taxi-cab in New York. In other words, dance is as much a part of this city as the potholes and poboys. In 201...
826 New Orleans is a launching pad for change for NOLA’s youth!By Erin Cohn, Edit Intern “When a student sees their ideas manifested in a physical publication, they learn that through hard work, determination, and opportunity, they are able to turn their ideas int...
Enrichment Activities 2018Our comprehensive guide to arts, athletic and education fields, and more! Studies show that kids benefit academically, emotionally and socially from just five hours of extracurricular enrichment programs eac...
New Orleans Children Raised with RhythmNicolo “Nico” Hutchinson’s musical career started as a lark. As a then six-year-old living in the Faubourg St. John neighborhood, Nico and a friend played a hand drum for the crowds passing by on their way to...
Get Them SwimmingKnowing how to swimming isn’t just important for those lucky enough to have regular pool access. It’s a necessary survival skill. Whether your child is a newborn or in third grade, it’s never too early or too l...
Spotlight: Son of a SaintChildren are given a chance to have unlimited support and a chance to grow into an adulthood they can be proud of. Jahiem just could not catch a break. By age 10, his mother had abandoned him, his father had b...
I’m With the BandThe area’s high school band tradition creates unbreakable bonds When the Krewe of Bacchus finished its route last Carnival season, Kelly Hightower was waiting at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. A so...
Spotlight: YAYAThe owners of a new café in the Treme neighborhood recently commissioned a local artist to paint a mural inside the building. Quinton Gilmore, an artist-mentor with Young Aspirations Young Artists, Inc., brough...
Game Changer The new sports that kids love to play Step aside, football, basketball and soccer – there's a new sport in town (several, actually). Not every child grows up to be the star setter on the school volleyba...
Spotlight: Big ClassWriting program helps kids become published authors Doug Keller wants the children of New Orleans to be heard. Through dialogue and the written word, students ages 6 to 18 get that chance through Big Class, th...
