🎶 Doreen Ketchens, the clarinetist often found performing on Royal Street, was on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last week. NPR also did a nice feature about her for Mardi Gras. ✏️ UNO could move back into the LSU system as state lawmakers look to help the New Orleans-based school with its financial struggles. ( Louisiana Illuminator)

Ketchens has been a fixture of the New Orleans French Quarter for nearly four decades. Maureen Corrigan reviews Last Seen, by Judith Giesberg. Rothwell talks about her return to The White Lotus.

Known as "Lady Louie," Ketchens has been a fixture of the French Quarter for nearly four decades. We talk about her classical training and her career as a street performer, and she'll play some music.

This week: Celebrating Mardi Gras with New Orleans clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchens: Known as "Lady Louie," Ketchens has been a fixture of the French Quarter for nearly four decades.