On the first night of Essence Fest, Paper Machine, an artist space in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, came alive with creativity and community. Inside a sunlit room, Lauryn Hinton gathered neighbors ...

NEW ORLEANS -- ABC7 Los Angeles is in the fabulous city of New Orleans, where for the next five days, thousands of women will gather for what has become an annual pilgrimage of sorts: The Essence ...

GET AN UPDATE. NEW ORLEANS IS VIBRANT. CULTURE WILL BE CENTER STAGE IN A FEW DAYS WHEN THE ESSENCE FESTIVAL TAKES OVER THE CITY. RIGHT NOW, SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE GEARING UP TO BE VENDORS AT ...

CALL 911. WELL, HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FOR YOU. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW THIS TO YOU AT THE CAESARS SUPERDOME, WHERE THE LAST PERFORMANCES OF THIS YEAR’S ESSENCE FEST ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. AND ONE NEW ...

(L-R) Deja Vu, Tarriona 'Tank' Ball, Jada Young and Shannon Smith speak onstage during the ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, ...

Growing up in the countryside of Jamaica, holistic esthetician and founder of IN GROOV Shani Hillian watched her elders picking herbs from their garden for skin ailments. This rich history was the ...

In case you missed it, H&M was one of the esteemed partners of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture. They teamed up with us to be part of their festival style destination hub, as the fashion brand ...

Pandora is a bemouth of the jewellery world but the label has surprisingly humble origins. Founded in 1982, it began as a small, family-run jewellers in Copenhagen before its charm bracelet concept ...