InvadeNOLA is a weekly online lifestyle zine, featuring content that is irreverent and uniquely New Orleans. This is our chance to be the cultural coolhunters.
Artist Spotlight: Mark Waguespack

Artist Spotlight: Mark Waguespack

By: Laura Klein New Orleans based artist Mark Waguespack is truly a local gem. Versatile and endlessly creative, Mark excels in a variety of different mediums. He creates everything from prints, posters, books, paintings and then some. A graduate of The Memphis College of Art, Mark currently works as a...
Fashion Focus: The Wild Life Reserve

Fashion Focus: The Wild Life Reserve

By: Megan Braden-Perry It’s like a scene from a western. An average Joe walks into a high-end retailer looking for a tie. With all eyes on him, he feels nervous. He searches the whole store, hoping the right tie will catch his eye. When it finally does, he looks at the...
InvadeNOLA reaches 5000 unique visitors for the month of January!

InvadeNOLA reaches 5000 unique visitors for the month of January!

For just over two years, InvadeNOLA has offered a daily blog for the Creative Class of New Orleans. Reflecting the voice of these coolhunters, our content focuses on art, fashion, music, events. food and culture. I am earth-shatteringly proud to announce that InvadeNOLA has reached 5000 unique visitors so far...
Music Monday: NOLA Jams you Might not Know

Music Monday: NOLA Jams you Might not Know

  By: Megan Braden-Perry One day while looking at the liner notes of a greatest hits of the 70s CD, I noticed that the band who sings one of my favorite songs, “Moonlight Feels Right”, was formed by a guy who was once in a NOLA band! I started wondering what...
Restaurant Focus: Rue 127

Restaurant Focus: Rue 127

by Charlé Washington Wedged between two relative monoliths, Rue 127 is a seemingly quaint eatery carved out of what appears to have been a single shotgun house. Upon entering, its domestic vibe is replaced by the odd feeling that you have, in fact, discovered a tear in the space time...
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NOLAbound

NOLAbound

This March, there will be an invasion of 25 outsiders in New Orleans. However, YOU decide who gets the all expenses paid trip as part of the NOLAbound program. Hold up, let me explain. Yes, the selected 25 ‘well-connected individuals from across the country within four targeted business sectors—arts-based businesses, biosciences, digital media, and sustainable...
Weekend Update: January 12-15

Weekend Update: January 12-15

By: Amanda LaPlaca   Free Film Screening: Metropolis Alamo Underground (9:00PM) Open mic begins at 6pm, followed by this cinematic classic. 5037 Freret Street 9:00pm http://www.thealamounderground.com/ NOMA w/ Sarah Quintana (Vocal performance & music) Phenomenal French New Orleans singer, chanteuse, & songwriter. 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM The New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins...
Call for Submissions to SUB 'ZINE

Call for Submissions to SUB ‘ZINE

The Gist: Sub is a quarterly print ‘zine by and for writers, artists and photographers who are hungry for a creative outlet. The prefix “sub-” denotes that which is below the surface – subconscious, subversive, subculture – and it is with wonder for the mystery and magic of each human’s hidden talent that we begin this...
Prince Paul in New Orleans and discovers Bounce music

Prince Paul in New Orleans and discovers Bounce music

Scion A/V and famed hip hop producer, Prince Paul, have teamed up on a six episode documentary series that can be found on scionav.com. The series is shot like a travel-show with Prince Paul visiting niche music events and discovering underground music he’s never known existed.  They venture into cities like New Orleans where they explore bounce, his hometown...
Creative Alliance of New Orleans is currently accepting applications for Creative Capital’s Workshop

Creative Alliance of New Orleans is currently accepting applications for Creative Capital’s Workshop

Creative Alliance of New Orleans is currently accepting applications for Creative Capital’s Workshop presented on March 9-11, 2012. This one of a kind opportunity has been described as a “crash course in self-management, strategic planning, fundraising and promotion” for artists of all creative genres. The Creative Capital Workshop takes artists on a two and one-half...