{"product_id":"new-orleans-the-underground-guide-4th-edition-paperback","title":"New Orleans: The Underground Guide, 4th Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Patrick Welch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Orleans: The Underground Guide\u003c\/i\u003e shows visitors how to experience the Big Easy like a local, looking past staples like beignets and Bourbon Street to reveal a city bursting with contemporary and experimental art, genre-busting DJs, international cuisines, and even kid-friendly activities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis fully updated edition offers an expansive collection of alternative recommendations for exploring the city of Mardi Gras, brass bands, and weekly festivals. Featuring over two hundred new entries on local bands, rappers\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003erestaurants with live music, galleries, and more, this guidebook takes readers on a one-of-a-kind journey through New Orleans, giving advice on everything from what thrift stores and bookshops to visit to what bands to catch in concert and what parades to attend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLead author Michael Patrick Welch provides a detailed guide of the less traditional, more adventurous side of New Orleans, from bars that hold readings of poetry and erotic literature to costume shops that sell handmade masks, party supplies, and all the parade throws you can carry. Drawing on the wisdom of New Orleans celebrities, journalists, artists, and musicians from throughout the Crescent City, the fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans: The Underground Guide \u003c\/i\u003eis an authentic and reliable resource for where locals listen to music, art hop, shop, eat, drink, and let loose.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter and musician Michael Patrick Welch has covered New Orleans and its music for almost two decades, in local publications like \u003ci\u003eGambit Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOffBeat, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as national outlets like \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, Vox, McSweeney's, Columbia Journalism Review, Oxford American, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVice.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives with his partner, two daughters, and seven goats in William Burroughs's old neighborhood of Algiers and, since Katrina, has taught a rap class in New Orleans schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384283906226,"sku":"9780807169902","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/83cf7ba1012febc9bebb0d9edcebdfe2.webp?v=1777881716","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/new-orleans-the-underground-guide-4th-edition-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}