Gambit Weekly

11/17/2025

On this week’s episode of The Get Down, we dive into Gambit’s 2025 Winter Bars & Cocktails issue and feature a seasonal cocktail from Brutto Americano, complete with a step-by-step guide to make it yourself! Watch now or listen on Spotify🥂

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11/17/2025

Palmyra, Shane Torres, Queens of the Stone Age, Fair Grounds opening day, and more are on deck in New Orleans this week.

Keep up with the latest New Orleans events at calendar.gambitweekly.com.

11/17/2025

Our Holiday Bars and Cocktails Issue is here just in time to toast to the holiday season! Inside, you will find festive pop ups and a new booze free hangout on Frenchmen Street. Grab a copy on newsstands citywide or read the digital edition here.🍹

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11/14/2025

Weekend vibes = festivals, music, and holiday fun! ✨
Catch Beignet Fest, Po-Boy Fest, the NOLA Nite Market, and even Pictures with Santa. See all the happenings at bestofneworleans.com/calendar. 🔗

11/14/2025

This week marks 65 years since Nov. 14, 1960, when four 6-year-old girls desegregated New Orleans public schools, including Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School and Gail Etienne, Tessie Prevost, and Leona Tate at McDonogh 19 Elementary School on St. Claude Avenue.

Ruby Bridges, Gail Etienne, Tessie Prevost and Leona Tate were the first Black children in New Orleans allowed into previously all-white schools in 1965 when segregation ended in public schools.

11/14/2025

The New Orleans City Council Nov. 13 began the process of tapping into the city’s rainy-day fund in case it is needed to pay city workers next week while awaiting the state's $125 million short term loan.

City officials introduced a "failsafe" ordinance that would unlock the fund to pay city employees if needed by next week.

The New Orleans City Council Nov. 13 began the process of tapping into the city’s rainy-day fund in case it is needed to pay city workers next week while officials wait for a $125 million short term loan from the state to become available. 

11/12/2025

Sabrina Stone of alt-rock band War Bunnies has spent the past two decades making music — from solo projects to bands, EPs, full-length albums and more.

She rings in her birthday with a singer-songwriter night Friday, Nov. 14 at Hotel Peter & Paul, joined by friends and bandmates.

New Orleans singer-songwriter and War Bunnies vocalist Sabrina Stone celebrates her birthday with a singer-songwriter night on Nov. 14 at the Hotel Peter & Paul.

11/12/2025

New Orleans leaders Nov. 12 convinced state officials to approve an emergency short-term $125 million loan to pay 5,000 city workers through the end of the year — though it remains unclear if the cash will come in time to avoid pay disruptions.

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New Orleans leaders convinced state officials to approve an emergency short-term $125 million loan that should allow the city to make payroll for its workers through the end of the year. But will the city get the cash in time to avoid pay disruptions?

11/11/2025

Planning an entire Thanksgiving feast can be quite the feat! Skip the stress and outsource a few dishes this season by supporting local bakeries and restaurants.

11/11/2025

Skankfest comes to New Orleans to bring a stream of stand-up comics with surprise drop-ins, and a carnival sideshow vibe with vendors, a tattoo studio and more.

There will be more than 150 comics performing on four stages, plus podcast tapings in front of audiences, fights in a custom-built boxing ring and more inside Mardi Gras World Nov. 14-16.

After three years in Las Vegas, the rowdy comedy festival moves to New Orleans for a more carnivalesque edition. There will be more than 150 comics performing on four stages, plus podcast tapings in front of audiences, a tattoo studio, fights in a custom-built boxing ring and more inside Mardi Gras....

11/11/2025

🧐"Hey Blake,
In what has to be one of my more interesting antique store finds, I came across a vintage can of Dixie Belle pure lard packaged by a business called the Dixie Packing Company in Arabi. What do you know about it?"

The Dixie Packing Company operated in St. Bernard Parish for more than 30 years.

11/11/2025

Ronica Dacula is bringing Piknik’s Filipino street eats to NOLA Nite Market, with favorites like crackling pork belly, crispy lumpia and refreshing buko pandan!

Ronica Dacula, Gaze Catubey and Martha Cantor met in the New Orleans area but are from the Philippines. Last year, they launched their Piknik Street pop-up to share their favorite