 | BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Billy and Stevie: The Piano Man and Gold Dust Woman are set to share a stage at the Caesars Superdome in October. Keith Spera has details of the show he expects will just about fill the city’s biggest room.
Shifting parade route focus: New Orleans was set to make Carnival 2025 the year of the crackdown on large tents and other space-eaters along the parade routes. But plans have changed, and Kasey Bubnash tells us why.
Cassidy’s future: Did U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy bet his political future on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? That’s the question columnist Stephanie Grace and Quin Hillyer ponder today. (The Senate confirmed Kennedy this morning as the new secretary of Health and Human Services.)
Birthday bash: Jefferson Parish is celebrating its 200th birthday this year. The party kicked off with an event this week, Lara Nicholson reports. Oh, there’s even a song. I know, right?
RIP, Tom Fitzmorris: Tom Fitzmorris, the well-known food critic and radio host, died Wednesday at age 54. Dominic Massa has this look at his storied career.
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