City Park is offering Carnival revelers an opportunity to view iconic floats from a variety of Mardi Gras Krewes in a parade-type experience called Floats in The Oaks. City Park COO Rob DeViney joins us by phone.

Musaica Chamber Ensemble is reconnecting with audiences as it continues its 15th season. Its second concert, Bridges between Countries, will be a live streaming event from the University of New Orleans. It will feature a world premiere of Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra principal bassist Dave Anderson’s Nonet for strings, winds and harp. Musaica founder and violist Bruce Owen joins us by phone.

The character of America’s first black Renaissance man comes to light in the New Orleans debut of The World is My Home: The Life of Paul Robeson. It’s a one man show, written and performed by Los Angeles actor and playwright Stogie Kenyatta. It opens this weekend at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center. Stogie Kenyatta joins us by phone from L.A.

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is imagining a world without racism as it honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We talk with museum educator Mikhayla Harrell.

World renowned opera stars, native son Bryan Hymel and his wife Irini Kyriakidou kick off the New Year with their favorite arias and duets in a virtual concert presented by the New Orleans Opera. We talk with New Orleans Opera general director Clare Burovac.

The NOLA Project makes a bold move as it brings a new series of plays to audiences using digital technology. The digital series is called PodPlays. We talk with NOLA Project artistic director A. J. Allegra by phone.

The lovable cast of characters from the fictional New Orleans bar, Benny’s Tavern, are back sharing virtual holiday cheer and music. Southern Rep Theatre continues its run of Mandatory Merriment: This Time It’s Virtual, through December 26th. We talk with co-creator and director Leslie Castay.

Le Petit Theatre continues its run of A Nola Noël. It’s an original Holiday musical playing LIVE on Le Petit’s touring stage in parks and outdoor spaces in the metro area. The work is co-written by playwrights Curtis Billings and Max Williams. Max also directs this production and he joins us by phone.

Dr. Luke Fleming has been the driving force behind the popular Crescent City Chamber Music Festival. The New Orleans native who headed the Manhattan Chamber players has returned home, a result of the pandemic, and he vows to keep the music alive. Fleming is the newly-appointed violist of the Lott String Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence for the School of Arts at the University of New Orleans. He joins us by phone.

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is creatively keeping the music alive during the pandemic, thanks to digital technology. LPO resident conductor and music director, Carlos Miguel Prieto joins us by phone with the latest on what you can expect from the orchestra in 2021.