This week on Inside the Arts, jazz vocalist Zardis is back! The grandniece of famed New Orleans bassist Chester Zardis returns to the New Orleans Jazz Market with Pairings, an intimate evening of song. Zardis joins us in our studio. And, New Orleans Airlift, the artist-run organization behind the Music Box Village, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary! A grand celebration kicks off this weekend at the Contemporary Arts Center. Airlift co-founders Delaney Martin and Jay Pennington stop by for a

This week on Inside the Arts, the Slidell Jazz and Blues Festival kicks off this weekend in Heritage Park. The Northshore festival is celebrating a 5-year milestone! We talk with spokeswoman Robin Marquez by phone. Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 8:45 a.m.

This week on Inside the Arts, the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans [MASNO] welcomes back one of its own, world-renowned American pianist Kenny Broberg. WWNO's Fred Kasten talks with the distinguished multi-competition medalist who will perform at MASNO's Nocturne XVII Gala. And, the Contemporary Arts Center kicks off its 2019 Visual and Performing Arts season with a new director and a series of exhibits highlighting women artists, headlined by internationally acclaimed Brooklyn painter

This week on Inside the Arts, veteran New Orleans actor Bob Edes, Jr. is the Commander-in-Chief in Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet's political farce, November. The Oval Office satire depicting bad behavior in high places returns to Kenner's Rivertown Theaters. Director Sean Patterson stops by for a chat. And, the legacy of Charles "Buddy" Bolden comes alive on a college campus. The first king of New Orleans jazz is the subject of Xavier University's Culture of New Orleans Series.

This week on Inside the Arts, the New Orleans Ballet Association, NOBA, opens its 50th Anniversary season with the globally renowned Trinity Irish Dance Company. Founding artistic director Mark Howard joins us by phone. And, a red-carpet adventure awaits you as the Oscar-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival gears up for a milestone celebration...its 30th Anniversary. New Orleans Film Society executive director Fallon Young takes us to the movies. Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 p

This week on Inside the Arts, the beauty and magic of the American Southwest desert comes to life, in a new exhibition of large-scale oil paintings by Belinda Flores-Shinshillas. She joins us in our studio. Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 8:45 a.m.

This week on Inside the Arts, the Ashé Cultural Arts Center is celebrating an historic photo event. Friday marks the 21st Anniversary of Great Day in New Orleans. The photo shoot brought hundreds of African American artists from all disciplines to Congo Square back in 1998. Ashé co-founder Carol Bebelle will join us. And, Tony Award-winning actress and singer Beth Leavel, known for her roles in The Prom and The Drowsy Chaperone opens the season for the Broadway @ NOOCA concert series. We catch

This week on Inside the Arts, conversation with acclaimed photographer Sandro Miller. His groundbreaking exhibit, Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters opens Saturday at the Mac-Gryder Gallery, 615 Julia Street as part of the citywide Art for Arts’ Sake celebration. Airs Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 8:45 a.m.

This week on Inside the Arts, Bizet's Carmen wields her independent spirit, opening the season for the New Orleans Opera Association. Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano sings the title role. She joins us with stage director Keturah Stickann. Then, artist, musician and architect Christopher Janney plays with sound, light, color and technology in unique ways to excite your senses. He has two projects underway in the Capitol City. We catch up with him by phone. And, the award winning British farce

This week on Inside the Arts, members of the Manhattan Chamber Players are heading back to New Orleans for the 4th annual Crescent City Chamber Music Festival. They will be joined by the Lysander Trio and the Classical crossover duo Sonic Escape performing in a series of free public concerts. We catch up with New Orleans native, violist and festival founding artistic director Luke Fleming by phone. Then, the Marigny Opera Ballet opens its 6th season with an original ballet based on Shakespeare's