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ICE arrests Louisiana mother of 9-week-old, wife of Marine at immigration hearing nola.com/news/politics/…

Dean Baquet joined WLAE-TV’s ‘Let’s Talk w/ Keith Spera’ to discuss his career in journalism, his work leading The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship and how media organizations can build trust with audiences. youtube.com/watch?v=z0hUAQ…

Work trip…

America can be tough. We can protect ourselves and be safe but we should not be cruel.

Master P is winding down his rap career following the 2025 Essence Fest. He explains why. nola.com/entertainment_…

The 2025 ESSENCE Festival has apologized to fans for not clarifying how much different this year's 'Superlounge' in the Caesars Superdome would be: nola.com/entertainment_…

The Coke, Disney and Progressive activations ⁦ESSENCE Festival⁩ daytime at the convention center

Interesting strategy by ESSENCE Festival to just casually mention at the last minute that Ms. Lauryn Hill will follow MAXWELL tonight with a surprise show starting at 12:35.

Tonight’s ⁦ESSENCE Festival⁩ schedule

It was a VERY late night/early morning as ⁦Ms. Lauryn Hill⁩ closed first night of the 2025 ⁦ESSENCE Festival⁩ in an empty ⁦Caesars Superdome⁩ | Keith Spera | nola.com nola.com/entertainment_…

It is far preferable to exit the Caesars Superdome and ESSENCE Festival at 1:40 am than 3:40 am

It was another VERY late night at the 2025 ⁦ESSENCE Festival⁩ with Boyz II Men, Master P, an LL Cool J surprise and much more on Sun night/Mon morning | Keith Spera | nola.com nola.com/entertainment_…

The hits keep coming for the 2025 ESSENCE Festival : nola.com/entertainment_…

Big concert news this morning via Paul McCartney and Smoothie King Center : nola.com/entertainment_…

Thanks for the kind words today, Jonathan Martin . And you're right, Faimon Roberts ...I gotta start showing up at those brown bag chats!

The Mumford & Sons Railroad Revival Show previously scheduled for Woldenberg Park on Aug 3 has moved to Champions Square . Also, Lainey Wilson has been added to the bill

Writer Chris Rose gave New Orleans a voice after Katrina. Now he lives alone in the woods. nola.com/news/katrina/w…

Tremendous work by ⁦Keith Spera⁩ & ⁦Chris Granger⁩ with this moving profile of former Times-Pic colleague Chris Rose. Writer Chris Rose gave New Orleans a voice after Katrina. Now he lives alone in the woods. nola.com/news/katrina/w…