Patois — the groundbreaking French bistro that launched the culinary Renaissance of Smith Street — will close on Sunday after 11 years in business. “It’s sad, it’s the end of an era,” said Alan ...

Even as a child, I had some understanding of the complex history that shaped attitudes towards Patwa, which is spoken by an estimated 2.5 million people as a first language and millions more from the ...

Patois becomes En Saison for the evening of Oct. 1. (Dinah Rogers, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) A pop-up called En Saison will take over Patois next Tuesday (Oct. 1). The prix fixe dinner costs $70, ...

Tom Hanks’ son Chet is brushing off criticism after releasing a video of himself speaking Jamaican patois on the red carpet of the Golden Globe Awards. Chet, an actor and musician who goes by the ...

Everytime the importance of patois is raised there is an automatic groundswell of resistance from the refiner populace, as if the encouragement of the Jamaican creole somehow invades or infects the ...

Three armed men wearing masks, gloves and hooded sweatshirts burst into Patois restaurant, at 6078 Laurel Street in Uptown. They rob customers and employees before leaving in a matter of minutes. No ...

A scene of Brad Pitt speaking Jamaican patois during Meet Joe Black has gone viral more than 25 years after the movie's release—and it might not be for the reason the actor hoped. In the film, Pitt ...

Cagney with his younger brother, mother and maternal great-grandparents (Credit: Idris Veitch and Wilfred Limonious Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the ...