WYES New Orleans

09/30/2025

🧪🥼 Do you have your costume ready? Join us for a spooktacular night of mad science & monstrous fun during WYES PRESENTS MORGUS MADNESS presented by Keesler Federal Credit Union on Friday, October 17 from 7-10pm.

Prizes will be awarded for BEST costumes in the following categories:
👩‍❤️‍👨 BEST Couple – Dynamic duos, power pairs and iconic twosomes!
✂️ BEST Homemade – Creativity counts! Show off your DIY magic.
🧪 BEST Morgus Show Character – A tribute to the mad genius himself and his cast of characters!

PLUS:
🎸 Enjoy live music from The Consortium of Genius
🍽️ Sample hauntingly good bites from top local restaurants
🍷 Sip on wicked wine & bewitching brews

Events like this help WYES bring you the national PBS programming and local documentaries you love. So grab your ghoulfriends, don your lab coat or vampire cape, and join us for an unforgettable night!

🎟️ $45 tickets: https://www.wyes.org/events/

09/29/2025

🇮🇪 ⚜️Discover the history of the six-mile waterway built by Irish canal diggers in 1831 in the hour-long documentary by producer/director Terri Landry. THEY SWUNG THEIR PICKS: THE IRISH AND THE NEW BASIN CANAL tonight, Mon., Sept. 29, at 9pm on WYES-TV. Stream on wyes.org/live and on the PBS app.

Among those interviewed are: Tulane University professors Richard Campanella, Terrence Fitzmorris and Laura Kelley; Carnival historian Arthur Hardy and former Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick, Sr.

Funding provided in part by the Emigrant Support Programme of Ireland and the Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation.

09/26/2025

Watch INFORMED SOURCES every Friday at 7pm on WYES-TV. Stream on wyes.org and on the PBS app.

➡️ Errol Laborde, Producer, INFORMED SOURCES
➡️ Carlie Kollath Wells, reporter, Axios New Orleans
➡️ Will Sutton, columnist, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate
➡️ Tony McAuley. Staff writer, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate

09/26/2025

JUST RELEASED…MASTERPIECE | PBS “The Great Escaper” trailer.

It's never too late to go back. Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson star in this moving true story of a veteran's headline-making adventure and tender romance. “The Great Escaper” premieres Sunday, November 23 on WYES New Orleans.

Let us know what you think. Will this be another great MASTERPIECE film?

Join us for a special presentation of The Great Escaper, starring Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson, premiering on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 9/8c.

09/26/2025

✨ Looking for the perfect spot for your next event? ✨ WYES has you covered!

From parties and meetings to business retreats, our unique spaces are ideal for groups big or small. Conveniently located in Lakeview with plenty of parking, the Paulette & Frank Stewart Innovation Center for Educational Media is ready to host your special occasion. 🥂🎉

Contact Tam Kady at [email protected] or 504-486-5511 for information and to schedule a tour.

09/25/2025

💙 Thank you to accounting and bookkeeping firm — Accounting Services Unlimited — for their support of Hispanic Heritage Month programming on WYES-TV.

Don't miss the 38TH HISPANIC HERITAGE AWARDS on Fri., Sept. 26 at 9pm on WYES-TV. The evening includes performances and appearances by some of the country's most celebrated Hispanic artists and visionaries.

This historic program, created by the White House to commemorate the establishment of Hispanic Heritage Month in America, is among the highest honors by Latinos for Latinos and supported by 40 national Hispanic-serving institutions.

09/25/2025

Tonight at 7pm on STEPPIN' OUT host Peggy Scott Laborde welcomes Poppy Tooker and Alan Smason.

Writer Dave Walker (https://themuseumgoer.com/) provides updates on local museums, and clarinetist Gregory Agid, co-founder of the Second Line Arts Collective, discusses the Little Stompers series—free sessions for children ages one to five at local libraries, celebrating New Orleans music.

STEPPIN' OUT airs tonight, Thursday, September 25, at 7pm on WYES-TV and streams on https://www.wyes.org/live/ and on the PBS app. It will repeat Friday at 11 pm.

All episodes are archived on WYES’ YouTube channel.

09/25/2025

🐒🕷️🪱🦓 The Kratt Brothers are heading to the Orpheum Theater on Wed., November 12th! For your $300 donation to WYES, you’ll receive 4️⃣ tickets to their all-new show — Wild Kratts Live 2.0: Activate Creature Power!

💙 It's another great way to support WYES!

🎟️: https://www.wyes.org/tickets
❓: [email protected]
📱: 504-486-5511 during regular business hours

09/25/2025

Tonight at 7pm on STEPPIN’ OUT, Poppy Tooker shares how you can support Big Chief Darryl Montana in his fight against cancer. Big Chief Darryl and Queen Dianne Honoré have been longtime friends of WYES, giving generously of their time at events. We send our heartfelt support and wish him strength in this fight.

Poppy also gives the scoop on Manolito's happy hour, Barracuda Taco Stand and more!

Plus, Poppy's "Pick of the Week" honors New Orleans food writer, photographer and cook Pableaux Johnson who passed away in January. 📸: https://nola.eater.com/

Watch STEPPIN’ OUT with Peggy Scott Laborde Thursdays at 7pm on WYES-TV, https://www.wyes.org/live/, and on the PBS app.

09/24/2025

🎷🎹🎶 EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ ‘BOUT SAMMY: THE SAM MORGAN STORY airs tonight, Wed., Sept. 24, at 10pm on WYES-TV.

The program chronicles the work of Sam Morgan, a pioneering New Orleans jazz musician and bandleader responsible for some of the first recordings of Black jazz bands in the city.

Stream on wyes.org/live and on the PBS app.

09/24/2025

✨🎄 It’s the most wonderful time to shop local! 🎄✨

Join us rain or shine at the WYES HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE on Wed., Nov. 12 from 3pm–8pm at WYES, 916 Navarre Ave., New Orleans.

No fee to enter WYES. Shop unique gifts from local artists and businesses with plenty of holiday cheer.

👉 More details at https://www.wyes.org/events/

09/20/2025

INFORMED SOURCES is coming up at 7pm on WYES-TV. Stream at wyes.org/live and PBS app.