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VOTER EDUCATION GUIDE: SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2026 This voter education guide is published primarily as a resource and does not constitute an endorsement of any candidate or proposition by ANTIGRAVITY Magazine. Welcome once again to your ANTIGRAVITY…

Early voting runs February 28 through March 7 (excluding Sunday, March 1) from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/vote...

VOTER EDUCATION GUIDE: SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2026 This voter education guide is published primarily as a resource and does not constitute an endorsement of any candidate or proposition by ANTIGRAVITY Magazine. Welcome once again to your ANTIGRAVITY…

Early voting starts today for the 3/14 state legislative election, including runoffs for the 100th House district and 3rd Senate district. Check out your Voter Education Guide before heading to the polls. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/vote...

Ambulance chasers, neglectful landlords, nutria currency, lazy cats, and justice for all appear in our comics this month. antigravitymagazine.com/comics-and-p...

And checked out a 1927 classic film from German expressionist F.W. Murnau and New Orleans photographer Léone Julitte's exhibition "The Slit: Hoetel Moetel (on Vulgar Joy and Obstinate Silliness)" antigravitymagazine.com/reviews/revi...

And watched Cherien Dabis's Palestinian history film "All That's Left of You", the new WYES documentary about Arthur Hardy, Josh Safdie's "Marty Supreme," Johannes Roberts' animal thriller "Primate," and Mona Fastvold's "The Testament of Ann Lee." antigravitymagazine.com/reviews/revi...

And read Lou Berney's new crime/family novel, Adam Morgan's look at the life of "The Little Review" editor Margaret Anderson, and Svetlana Satchkova's novel about the compromises around making art in Putin's Russia. antigravitymagazine.com/reviews/revi...

We listened to local folk guitarist Asher Danziger, Mandeville garage rockers Hotel Burgundy, lo-fi pop duo Sans Terre, New Orleans post-rock band Jai Alai, and new music from Claire Givens & MoPodna. antigravitymagazine.com/reviews/revi...

MY SPILT MILK - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Alone, Together with Lisbon Girls Lisbon Girls sell heartache. The band signals its mission by taking their name from the sisters who gave Jeffrey Eugenides’ book The Virgin Suicides its title, but yo...

@alexrawls.bsky.social writes about New Orleans band Lisbon Girls' distinctive, Spanish-language pop sound for this month's My Spilt Milk column

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JANE PLACE: 2026, Standing Together - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Our mission is to transform unjust housing policies, discriminatory practices, and inequitable development schemes by engaging in strategies that create permanently affordable housing, advance tenant ...

Jane Place updates us on the fight for Ms. Gloria's Garden and her work with the ArtSpace Bell Apartments Tenants Union. antigravitymagazine.com/column/jane-...

All on a Mardi Gras Day with Suplecs - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Mardi Gras is a day defined by tradition. Since 1872, Rex’s “King of Carnival” has ascended to rule over the city. For over a century, Black Masking Indians have taken to the streets with their fierce...

Happy Mardi Gras! @guitarsox.bsky.social spoke to legendary New Orleans band Suplecs about their annual Mardi Gras Day show at Checkpoint Charlie's and their first album in 15 years, coming out on Friday, Feb. 20. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/all-...

POETRY - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine THAW Before I finish my coffee. And get dressed, I look out The second-floor window Of the house I visit, And watch birds pecking the Muddy, unfrozen ground, Among the pussywillows, Daffodils and buck...

“Thaw" by Erik La Prade is your poem this month. antigravitymagazine.com/column/poetr...

ALT SCENE NOLA - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine This month ANTIGRAVITY welcomes Elisa, who runs Alt Scene NOLA, a multiplatform outlet focused on the New Orleans underground scene. Soup For Lunch: Lyla George Album Release Show The weekend starting...

This month ANTIGRAVITY welcomes Elisa, who runs Alt Scene NOLA, a multiplatform outlet focused on the New Orleans underground scene, with a look at Lyla George's release show. antigravitymagazine.com/column/alt-s...

ANTIGRAVITY'S Close Encounters Hello and welcome to the form to submit your Close Encounters—anonymously. Here’s your chance to be brave—to take the active route instead of the passive one. Our goal here is to encourage us all to l...

Send us your own close encounters through our ANONYMOUS Google form or at closeencounters@antigravitymagazine.com, a place for missed connections. All email addresses will remain confidential. Don’t be a creep. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Aren’t you tired of swiping in the hopes of running into a specific someone you have an existing, lingering curiosity about? Here’s your chance to be brave—to take the active route instead of the pass...

Happy Valentine's Day!

This month's Close Encounters include a run-in with a cute musician near Jackson Square, joie de vivre at the Verizon store, and a Jordan Peele discussion at Barnes and Noble. antigravitymagazine.com/column/close...

MaCCNO: The Mardi Gras DJ Controversy Was About More Than Just Fair Pay at Gallier Hall - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine If you’re a regular reader of this column, it’s very likely you’ve seen the clip of new Chief Administrative Officer (and former Councilmember) Joe Giarrusso discussing, in the context of the current ...

@musicculture504.bsky.social explores the controversy around pay for Mardi Gras DJs at Gallier Hall. antigravitymagazine.com/column/maccn...

ART BRINE - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Studio Visit With Magda Boreysza (This Time of Year) I don’t like Mardi Gras. At all. I saw barricades on the neutral ground the other day and it felt like a kick in the stomach. But this personal ave...

Emily Farranto may not be the biggest Mardi Gras fan, but she visited Magda Boreysza's studio for this month's Art Brine, exploring her fantastical drawings and, yes, Carnival materials. antigravitymagazine.com/column/art-b...

OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Danielle Nelson is a practicing therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on sexual health and wellness, trauma and recovery, self-esteem and resilience building, and general me...

Our Lady of Good Counsel offers us a Mardi Gras care plan to help you find yourself and find balance this Carnival. antigravitymagazine.com/column/our-l...

RAISING LOUISIANA - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Frequent ANTIGRAVITY contributor Danny Cherry Jr. is a fiction writer and journalist who is a native of New Orleans East. He currently resides on the Westbank with his wife, 18-month-old son, and emot...

For this month's Raising Louisiana, @deecherrywriter.bsky.social wrote about parenting and mental health, including the struggles that can be passed from parent to child. antigravitymagazine.com/column/raisi...

TIPS FROM THERIOT - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Once upon a time, when I was 13 years old, my dad and I moved to Baton Rouge to help my Mawmaw Mary Ada take care of my Pawpaw “Pie” Theriot. Pawpaw was wheelchair-bound from a stroke years earlier, s...

Ready to make a bed like a Catholic Mawmaw? Check out this month's Tips From Theriot antigravitymagazine.com/column/tips-...

TAROT - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine The Devil § The Page of Pentacles § Six of Cups The Devil lives for the pleasures of mischief and mayhem. We can expect him to be the first to arrive at the Twelfth Night party and the last to leave t...

The Devil, The Page of Pentacles, and the Six of Cups are your tarot cards this month antigravitymagazine.com/column/tarot...

This voter guide is offered without cost, but donations are accepted to help cover research fees and labor. A suggested donation of whatever your lifestyle considers $5 is appreciated. Payments can be made via Venmo or PayPal to @antigravitymag

VOTER EDUCATION GUIDE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2026 This voter education guide is published primarily as a resource and does not constitute an endorsement of any candidate or proposition by ANTIGRAVITY Magazine. Welcome once again to your ANTIGRAVITY…

It's Election Day in New Orleans! On the ballot are candidates for state representatives for the 97th and 100th House districts, and state senator for the 3rd Senate district. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/vote...

The Cost of the Catch - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine We’ve all experienced it: a sea of upturned faces packed along St. Charles Avenue, thousands of arms outstretched against a backdrop of ancient live oaks and glittering floats. Between the masked ride...

Disposable throws are a centerpiece of the local Carnival economy, writes Megan CW—one that’s found itself in the crosshairs of environmental and budgetary challenges influenced by unpredictable changes in national trade policies. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/the-...

WILD WAVES - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Many folks with an interest in astrology who celebrate Mardi Gras might agree that there is a distinct difference between those that occur during Aquarius season and those that fall during Pisces seas...

We can anticipate an electric, demanding, high octane Mardi Gras Day. Godspeed to us all in this dystopic age, and may this Carnival season light the exact right fire under all of our asses.
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Singing About the Dark Times With The BrechtFest Cabaret - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine When considering New Orleans’ cultural institutions, few would think to include BrechtFest, a satirical musical revue based on the songs and poems of the German modernist Bertolt Brecht, and a benefit...

There’s one night left of BrechtFest at AllWays Lounge!

Senior Editor Holly Devon spoke to the organizers of the annual musical revue in celebration of German modernist Bertolt Brecht, which benefits the Innocence Project.

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A parade of comics, photos, reviews, crossword puzzle, poetry, and tarot reading complete this festive issue. Have a safe and happy Carnival!

and Associate Editor William Archambeault (@guitarsox.bsky.social) sits down with Suplecs to talk about their upcoming album, three decades as a band, and 25 years of their famous Mardi Gras Day gig at Checkpoint Charlie’s.

Megan CW investigates sustainability, tariffs, and the true cost of Mardi Gras throws; Senior Editor Holly Devon speaks with the founders of (Bertolt) BrechtFest about singing in dark times...

ANTIGRAVITY'S Close Encounters Hello and welcome to the form to submit your Close Encounters—anonymously. Here’s your chance to be brave—to take the active route instead of the passive one. Our goal here is to encourage us all to…

Send us your own close encounters through our ANONYMOUS Google form or at closeencounters@antigravitymagazine.com, a place for missed connections. All email addresses will remain confidential. Don’t be a creep. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...