Jeremy Marshall

Elizabeth Ackal has soared as a real estate agent since 2015 by earning her clients trust throughout the buying and selling process. She treats each client like family, carefully listening to their needs. Her approach focuses on empathy and attentiveness, which has led to highly satisfied clients and numerous successes. Elizabeth is passionate about giving back to the industry by mentoring new and aspiring agents, sharing the insights that have fueled her career.This commitment to both clients and colleagues has been the cornerstone of her professional journey in real estate.

Monica Joseph Caldarera is a distinguished Realtor® in New Orleans, renowned for her unparalleled expertise and passion for the Crescent City’s real estate market. Combining a deep knowledge of local neighborhoods with a keen understanding of market trends to deliver exceptional results for her clients, Monica’s dedication to personalized service, along with her knack for negotiating the best deals and love for New Orleans, has earned her a reputation as one of the top agents in the region.

When Summer turns to Fall, the city comes alive with light and art! Check out these incredible arts organizations near you.

A New Orleans resident for 15 years, Jes Menes prides herself on serving the people of her community with compassion. Classically trained in design and marketing, Jes spent the first two years of her real estate career in property management and has excelled as an agent capturing over $71 million in sales. This level of aptitude is a reflection of her tireless work ethic and empathetic approach to real estate. A second-generation Realtor with a passion for people, Jes knows her job begins and ends with the clients, offering them every opportunity to live their American Dream and find a place to call home. She is passionate about her customer service forward approach and has been able to provide her clients with world-class guidance in one of the most unique and challenging real estate markets in the United States. You’ll see her name change at the end of the year, as Jes will marry in December becoming Jes Armitage.

Alyssa Quinn is a second-generation real estate agent with an aptitude she never expected. Growing up in Metairie, Alyssa’s mother was an agent but never pushed the career onto her. A UNO Graduate in Elementary Education, Alyssa began her career teaching. Then COVID hit, and everything changed. At the urging of her husband, Alyssa started the process of getting her real estate license and soon realized her calling, selling over three million in home value her first year alone. Today, in her second year as a full-time agent. Alyssa is only gaining accolades; becoming the highest producer in her office in 2023 while still finding time for her family and serving on the Gala Committee for The Split Second Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of folks with disabilities.

My most old-fashioned take would have to be that movies were better in the 1970’s. The gritty, grimy aesthetic of ’70s thrillers, westerns and horror films was brash, bold, political, nasty and fun. It felt like there were bits of dirt and ash between the frames of movies like “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” “The Last House on the Left,” “Eraserhead,” “Black Christmas”, and even big-budget studio fare like “Jaws,” “Carrie” and “Rosemary’s Baby”. The filmmaking was aggressive and violent, the temperaments were un-sympathetic, screaming pitch and vitriol into a world that was slowly exploding at the seams. And audiences ate these movies up with a spoon; primed for an excuse to let out their baser emotions in the dark of the theater, beyond the prying eyes of polite society. With a reality of similar uncertainties swirling around us today, it makes sense that a scuzzier cinema might be birthed from the ooze of the modern world; a warped mirror of madness and blood showing ourselves in harsh relief for us to consider if we like what we see.

Fueled by a lifelong love of architecture and design, Junaid Abbasi is expanding Valuxe Real Estate from his hometown of Lake Charles to the Greater New Orleans area. Guided by the philosophy ‘Where Value Meets Luxury,’ Junaid and his team are on a mission to help the people of New Orleans discover properties that reflect their unique styles.

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Pensacola, Florida is world-renowned for its white sand and warm summer sun. But have you ever considered what Pensacola sounds like? The cry of gulls, the laughter of friends in the surf, maybe? The truth is that Pensacola shines brightest come Fall, when Some of the finest music in the world can be heard through the streets of downtown. What’s the sound of Pensacola? In a few words, it’s the Foo Foo Festival.

It’s a Repertory Round Up this week on Screen Time. While the rest of the world is getting themselves a fresh squeeze of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”, some of the greatest movies of all time are playing at a New Orleans cinema just down the street.