08/03/2008 - 08/09/2008  |
Old New Orleans Rum Distillery Tour
August 13, 2007 - December 31, 2008 |
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Times: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Old New Orleans Rum, 2815 Frenchmen Street
Phone: (504) 945-9400
Admission: $10.00
Celebration Distillation offers tours and tastings at the distillery. Our tours offer a intimate and detailed look at the distillation process from beginning to end. All of our tours conclude with a visit to our tasting room. Become a connoisseur as you experience the subtle flavors of our distinctive rums. On occasion the distillers will offer samples of rums we have yet to bring to market to get your thoughts on the directions they are going.
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Palm Court Jazz Band with Topsy Chapman and Lars Edegran
February 20, 2008 - December 31, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesdays 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
http://www.palmcourtjazzcafe.com
Location: Palm Court Jazz Cafe, 1204 Decatur St.
Phone: (504) 525-0200
Join us for a Creole cuisine and live Traditional Jazz entertainment featuring Topsy Chapman and Lars Edegran.
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Thursdays at Twilight Garden Concert Series
March 13, 2008 - August 28, 2008 |
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Times: 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Performance at 6pm
Location: City Park, Botanical Garden- Pavillion of the Two Sisters
Phone: (504)483-9386
Admission: $6.00 for adults, $2.00 for children age 5-12
Series continues through August. Outside food and drink not permitted. Sorry, admission is included in Friends of City Park membership. Series sponsored by Phelps Dunbar and The Azby Fund. Support provided by Republic Beverage Company, New Orleans Musica da Camera, WWNO 89.9fm, and the New Orleans Botanical Garden.
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The National WWII Museum Presents - Real to Reel: Hollywood and World War II
April 12, 2008 - October 31, 2008 |
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Times: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Phone: 504-527-6012
The National World War II Museum presents Real to Reel: Hollywood and World War II, with a showcase exhibit of select artifacts. Check back for more details.
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The New Orleans Museum of Art Presents - The Baroque World of Fernando Botero
June 28, 2008 - September 21, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday Noon until 8:00 p.m; Thursday-Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location: The New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins Diboll Cir. in City Park
Phone: (504) 488-2631
This summer, the New Orleans Museum of Art will present The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, the first major U.S retrospective of the artist's work in more than 30 years. Recognized as one of the most well-known and commercially successful artists to emerge from Latin America, the Colombia native now has his work exhibited and collected by major museums around the world, including the New Orleans Museum of Art. The 100 paintings, drawings, and sculptures in this exhibition span the length of Botero's career-from paintings executed in 1959 in Colombia, to sculptures executed as late as 2005. The works were selected by John Sillevis, curator of the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, and editor and contributor to the accompanying exhibition catalogue. The exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with essays by John Sillevis, guest curator; David Elliot, Director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo; and Edward Sullivan, Dean of Humanities and Professor of Latin American Art at New York University.
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COOLinary New Orleans - Celebrating Dining in America's Most Delicious City!
July 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008 |
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www.COOLinaryneworleans.com
Location: Citywide
Phone: 800-748-8695
The celebration, which features special menus and pricing at restaurants throughout the city, is a natural fit for a city whose cuisine is an integral part of its history, fabric and culture. Visit www.COOLinaryneworleans.com for more information.
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The Contemporary Arts Center Presents - City Stage
July 12, 2008 - October 5, 2008 |
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Times: Thursday - Sunday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St
Phone: (504) 528-3805
Admission: $5.00; $3.00 for students, seniors. FREE for CAC members and children under 15 every day
Theaters are no longer the ideal stages for the display of contemporary life, nor are actors the ultimate vehicles of the contemporary character. This is more true in New Orleans than anywhere else, where streets are stages and anyone is an actor on Mardi Gras Day. Inspired by recent staged events in New Orleans, from seasonal festivals to street theatre or experimental opera to movie shoots, City Stage gives an update to the Shakespearean idea of the world as a stage through the works of emerging artists from New Orleans and beyond infused by the spirit of the stage. City Stage is a reflection on scenic spaces or stages, be they a concert stage, a movie set, a photographer's studio or the streets during carnival and the way in which they impact on current visual arts production. City Stage looks at the way in which artistic fields outside of the visual arts, and for which the visual is only but one element, influence contemporary art which is itself less and less dominated by the preeminence of the purely visual and material, but instead becoming increasingly aural and performative. Although the exhibition is not solely centered on New Orleans, it recognizes the city's many theatrical, musical and carnival stages as a major source of inspiration for such artistic productions. Works in City Stage run the gamut of elements in a staged production from theatrical sets to costumes to studio photography. With Debris Man, originally created for 7 days in Paradise, a multimedia opera he co-wrote and played in, Jeffrey Cook brings the idea of the fetish explored in previous work to life, with a costume that is also a kinetic sculpture. Taking Paul Chan's Waiting for Godot as a starting point, Cauleen Smith invents a sci-fi narrative in which she uses the streets of New Orleans as a backdrop and stages its people as characters of the future in The Fullness of Time. In Bruce Davenport's drawing series, the protagonists are High-School marching bands whose regimented use of space brings to the fore the acquired stage qualities of New Orleans streets. Inspired by 1960's set design, theatrical props and fashion, Adrian Price blends the boundaries between stage and catwalk in an installation in which she revisits the images of women in mass media. The human figure is absent from Adia Millett staged environment in which props are given life through lighting and become leading characters. Finally Colin Miller and Michalene Thomas bring a different twist to studio portraiture, the former by subverting the televised image of the news anchor and the latter by using retro imagery in very contemporary depictions of African-American subjects elevated to the status of icons. By presenting staged and fictional representations from or in the spirit of New Orleans, City Stage questions the supposed truthful images and reports given by the media, suggesting instead that the City might be best experienced in the realm of the imagination. Artists in the exhibition include Jeffrey Cook (New Orleans), Bruce Davenport Jr. (New Orleans), Adrian Price (New Orleans), Colin Miller (Lafayette), Adia Millett (Los Angeles), Cauleen Smith (Boston), Mickalene Thomas (New York). Exhibition curated by Claire Tancons, Associate Curator, Contemporary Arts Center.
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The Bachelor in New Orleans
July 25, 2008 - August 29, 2008 |
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Times: Fridays 6:00 pm
Location: The Voodoo Mystére Lounge, 718 North Rampart (at Orleans)
Phone: (504)304-1568
Come join us for The Bachelor at a new club - The Voodoo Mystere Lounge. The Few Bachelors in New Orleans really know whether New Orleans is an alcoholic mirage or whether New Orleans drinks are part of a general illusion, including wrought-iron grillwork, impossibly beautiful women, magnolia blossoms, race horses, carnival parades and Mardi Gras, moonlight, and the suggestive music seeping out into the streets from a hundred courtyards. So begins the Bachelor his idiosyncratic guide for the playboy, or playgirl, who visits our city. Having thoroughly enjoyed its first foray into New Orleans-centric material with its production of one-acts by local luminary Brian Sands, Four Humours continues to explore the home turf with The Bachelor in New Orleans, an adaptation of a WWII-era gentleman's guide written by Robert Kinney and adapted and performed by Michael Martin. As the Bachelor continues, smart...albeit besotted and strange...advice is offered on the visitor's proper relations to local landmarks, loneliness, artists and galleries, musicians, food, and romance. More than any American city and now more than ever, we here live in a neverland of what was. Kinney's 1946 guidebook evokes all of what New Orleans is and was and is that holds us all in place. There's little more to say. A compelling yarn, told in an amusing voice, by an actor wearing a snazzy suit, The Bachelor in New Orleans is as simple as theatre gets
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Southern Rep presents Gutenberg! The Musical!
August 1, 2008 - August 10, 2008 |
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Times: Thursdays - Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sunday at 3:00 pm
http://www.southernrep.com
Location: Southern Rep, The Shops at Canal Place, 3rd Floor
Phone: (504) 522-6545 Box Office
Admission: $20.00
Aspiring playwrights, Bud Davenport and Doug Simon, have a new project in the works, a splashy musical about...Johann Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press! In this two-man musical spoof, Bud and Doug perform their backers' audition with much hope and enthusiasm, playing all the parts, and crossing their fingers for that much-desired Broadway contract -- fulfilling their ill-advised dreams.
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Gallery Bienvenu Presents New Paintings featuring Jim Napierala and Arturo Mallman
August 2, 2008 - September 26, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
http://www.gallerybienvenu.com
Location: Gallery Bienvenu, 518 Julia Street
Phone: (504) 525 - 0518
Mesmerizing and complex, the process-intensive paintings of New York City-based artist Jim Napierala superimpose the gestural freedom of Abstract Expressionism atop the rigor of the modernist grid. The paintings are the end result of a working method developed by the artist in 2000 and constantly evolved and adjusted since that time. Methodically taping off sections of a maple plywood panel, Napierala slices into the tape with a blade, creating curvaceous, biomorphic forms with a spontaneity reminiscent of Dadaist automatic drawing. Arturo Mallmann’s luminous paintings follow in this tradition, inviting us into landscapes that are half-geographic, half-psychological, and wholly immersive. Born in Uruguay, Mallmann has led a richly colorful life, residing and traveling throughout South America, Europe, and North America, and within these far-flung adventures lie the aesthetic and experiential influences that inform his haunting work. With acrylics, resin, and varnish, the artist layers and sands coat after coat of materials in a process that, like nature itself, is by turns additive and substractive. His austere compositions are often coalesce around the eternal motif of the horizon line, harkening to our primal human capacity for awe.
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Playin at the Polo featuring Jim Harris
August 3, 2008 - August 27, 2008 |
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Times: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: The Polo Club in the Windsor Court
Phone: (504) 523-6000
Join us as The Polo Club Lounge, named by Zagat as New Orleans' best place to drink, is jazzin' it up with the hot entertainment series, "Playin' At The Polo," featuring pianist Jim Harris.
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Trinity Artist Series Presents - Taize
August 4, 2008 - August 25, 2008 |
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Times: Mondays 6:00 pm -7:00 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave.
Phone: (504)670-2520
Come join us for Taize enchanting simple songs led by Albinas Prizgintas at the piano: candlelight moments of silence, a beautiful iconic cross, and tea. The focus is meditation, tranquility, and healing.
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Trinity Artist Series Presents - Albinas Prizgintas
August 5, 2008 - August 26, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesdays 6:00 pm -7:00 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave.
Phone: (504)670-2520
Come join us for Albinas Prizgintas, organist. The program includes some of the greatest music written for organ and a variety of performed music, ranging from Classical Baroque to vintage rock tunes.
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"Playin' at the Polo" Presents Michael Pellera"
August 7, 2008 - August 30, 2008 |
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Times: Thursdays 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm; Fridays 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm; Saturdays 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: The Polo Club in the Windsor Court
Phone: (504) 523-6000
Meet with friends and colleagues, sip a classic cocktail and hear some of the city's best musicians. Entertainment tonight featuring pianist Michael Pellera.
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Harrah's New Orleans Presents - Jungua- The Descendants of the Dragon
August 7, 2008 - August 24, 2008 |
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Times: 8:00 pm
Location: Harrah's Theatre
Phone: (504)533-6600
Harrah's New Orleans proudly presents JUNGUA - The Descendants of the Dragon featuring the Shaolin Disciples (martial artists) and the Imperial Acrobats of China (contortionists, hand balancers, foot jugglers and aerialists).
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House of Blues Presents - Heart
August 7, 2008 |
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Times: 7:00 pm Door opens; 8:00 pm Show
http://www.hob.com
Location: House of Blues, 225 Decatur St.
Phone: (504) 310-4999
Admission: $55.00
Come join us at the House of Blues for the legendary Classical rock duo Heart.
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INAUGURAL NEW ORLEANS ANTIQUES FORUM
August 7, 2008 - August 10, 2008 |
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http://www.hnoc.org
Location: Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street
Phone: 504 523-4662
Admission: $75.00 - $150.00
Enjoy four days of lectures and tours dedicated to the study of the southern decorative arts. The program will feature preeminent scholars from the field, including Thomas Savage, Winterthur Museum & Country Estate; Robert Leath, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts; Cybèle Gontar, Graduate Center, The City University of New York; Alexandra Kirtley, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Thomas Jayne, Thomas Jayne Studio; Elle Shushan, Fine Portrait Miniatures; and Suzanne Turner, FASLA, Suzanne Turner Associates. Special hotel rates will be available at the Hotel Ste. Marie. Registration is required and there is a fee for attending.
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The Mystic Den Louge Presents - The Betty Shirley Trio
August 7, 2008 |
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Times: 9:00 pm - 12:00 midnight
Location: The Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon Street
Phone: (504)586-0300
Slip into the Mystick Den Lounge to experience some of New Orleans' top performing artists. Ms. Betty Shirley will bewitch you with her unique style of the blues. From samba to swing, the Mystick Den's entertainment will leave you breathless!
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The Voodoo Mystére Lounge Presents - Orphaned on Purpose
August 7, 2008 - October 2, 2008 |
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Times: Thursdays at 10:00 pm
Location: The Voodoo Mystére Lounge, 718 North Rampart, at Orleans
Phone: (504) 304-1568
Admission: $5.00 plus one-drink minimum
Orphaned on Purpose, New Orleans' newest improv and sketch comedy troupe,begins weekly shows at the new Voodoo Mystere Lounge. The troupe specializes in short-form comedy improvisation based on audience suggestions and written sketch material; both of which are sure to delight a variety of audience members. Members of Orphaned on Purpose have more than two years experience together in University of New Orleans' improv troupe, Dinner Ready is Improv. Its goal is to create a weekly show both dynamic and entertaining, and that nurtures an imaginative artistic atmosphere. Troupe members include Ryan Bruce, Jason Buch, Ellen Buschang, Cory Dumesil, Ryan Lavalette, Jesse Manley, Ben Matheny, Josh Simpson, and Mandi Turner.
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Thursdays at Twilight - Louis Hackett and Anne Copeland Sumich -
August 7, 2008 |
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Times: 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: City Park, Botanical Garden- Pavillion of the Two Sisters
Phone: (504) 483-9386
Admission: $6.00 for adults, $2.00 for children age 5-12
Come join us for Louis Hackett and Anne Copeland Sumich for the silver weaving of Jazz Flute and Piano.
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Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
August 8, 2008 - August 10, 2008 |
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Times: 8:00 pm
Location: 3 Ring Circus Arts Education/The Big Top Gallery
Phone: (504) 569-2700
Before he wrote the Oscar-winning film American Beauty and created the hit HBO series Six Feet Under, Ball scripted Five Women Wearing the Same Dress -- a witty expose of what really goes through the minds of a bride's so-called best friends on her big day. Cooped up in a bedroom after the ceremony, five very different women in identical dresses trade barbs and secrets, all the while ranting about their ugly dresses.
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House of Blues Presents - Sevendust plus Nonpoint
August 8, 2008 |
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Times: 7:00 pm Door opens; 8:00 pm Show
http://www.hob.com
Location: House of Blues, 225 Decatur St.
Phone: (504) 310-4999
Admission: $22.50
Come join us for the Heavy Metal Rock group Sevendust plus Nonpoint and Soulidium.
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Le Chat Noir Presents - Goin to Jackson
August 8, 2008 - August 10, 2008 |
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Times: Friday and Saturday 8:00 pm; Sunday 6:00 pm
Location: Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave.
Phone: (504) 581-5812
Admission: $26.00
Le Chat Noir welcomes back All Kinds of Theatre, Jamie Wax and his acclaimed one-man comedy with music, Goin’ to Jackson.
Since its premiere in Baton Rouge in March of 1991, Goin’ to Jackson has been performed throughout the country, garnering standing ovations and critical praise. Jamie Wax portrays five characters involved in a contest being held at the East Louisiana State Hospital to find a mental health spokesperson. As each character shares his or her story, side-splitting observations, powerful truths, and surprising moments of drama are revealed.
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New Orleans Arena Presents - Kid Rock: Lynrd Skynyrd
August 8, 2008 |
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Times: 6:30 pm
Location: New Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St
Come join us for Rock and Blues artist Kid Rock: Lynrd Skynyrd.
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Playin at the Polo featuring Ed Perkins
August 8, 2008 - August 29, 2008 |
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Times: Fridays 9:00 pm – 12:00 midnight
Location: The Polo Club in The Windsor Court
Phone: (504) 523-6000
Join us as The Polo Club Lounge, named by Zagat as New Orleans' best place to drink, is jazzin' it up with the hot entertainment series, "Playin' At The Polo," featuring Ed Perkins
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The Jefferson Performing Arts Society Presents - Becky Allen in The Queen of Bingo
August 8, 2008 |
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Times: 8:00 pm
Location: Teatro Wego, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego
Phone: (504) 400-8949
Admission: Single tickets $50.00 and $75.00 for couples
Come join us for the opening night Extravaganza of Becky Allen in The Queen of Bingo with host Spud McConnell. The Jefferson Performing Arts Society and Krewe Des Sept Productions are proud to present this special fundraiser to help The Jefferson Children’s provide a comfortable, child-friendly environment as they assist children from abusive homes.
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The Mystic Den Louge Presents - The Betty Shirley Quartet
August 8, 2008 |
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Times: 9:00 pm - 12:00 midnight
Location: The Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon Street
Phone: (504)586-0300
Slip into the Mystick Den Lounge to experience some of New Orleans' top performing artists. Ms. Betty Shirley will bewitch you with her unique style of the blues. From samba to swing, the Mystick Den's entertainment will leave you breathless!
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Dirty Linen Night
August 9, 2008 |
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Times: 6:00 pm
Location: 400 Block of Royal Street
Phone: ( 504) 957-3540
Admission: Free
The 7th annual Dirty Linen Night, an annual art walk in the French Quarter, is this year brought to you by BORN, Better Opportunities Right Now, a non-profit organization based in New Orleans. This FREE event invites you into the artist-owned studios, galleries and unique shops in the French Quarter, and features free beverages provided by Glazer of New Orleans. Fredy Omar's Latin Jazz Quartet will perform at the Dutch Alley Artist's Co-Op at the foot of Dumaine Street and Decatur St, and other musical performances will occur throughout the route. Casual summer dress. Dirty martinis, Dirty rice, and the New Orleans Roller Girls will perform.
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House of Blues Presents - David Allan Coe
August 9, 2008 |
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Times: 7:00 pm Door opens; 8:00 pm Show
http://www.hob.com
Location: House of Blues, 225 Decatur St.
Phone: (504) 310-4999
Admission: $23.50
Come join us at the House of Blues for country artist David Allan Coe
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Mother Goose Turns 358!
August 9, 2008 - August 10, 2008 |
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Times: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: City Park, Storyland
Phone: (504) 482-4888
Join Peter Pan, Cinderella, Captain Jack, Little Miss Muffett and many more of your favorite fairy tale characters at Storyland, when Mother Goose turns 358. There will be lots to do including games, crafts, face painting and nursery rhyme karaoke. The live Storyland characters will present two shows. Bring your camera, chow down on lemonade and cookies and have a weekend of great family fun.
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Playin at the Polo featuring Leah Chase
August 9, 2008 - August 30, 2008 |
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Times: Saturdays 9:00 pm - 12:00 Midnight
Location: The Windsor Court, Polo Lounge, 300 Gravier St.
Phone: (504) 523-6000
Join us as The Polo Club Lounge, named by Zagat as New Orleans' best place to drink, is jazzin' it up with the hot entertainment series, "Playin' At The Polo," featuring Leah Chase.
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The Jefferson Performing Arts Society Presents - Becky Allen in The Queen of Bingo
August 9, 2008 |
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Times: Saturday 8:00 pm; Sunday 2:00 pm
Location: Teatro Wego, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego
Phone: (504) 400-8949
Admission: $25.00
The Jefferson Performing Arts Society and Krewe Des Sept Productions are proud to present three special fundraiser performances of Becky Allen in “The Queen of Bingo” to help The Jefferson Children’s provide a comfortable, child-friendly environment as they assist children from abusive homes.
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The Mystick Den Lounge Presents Julia La Shae
August 9, 2008 |
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Times: 9:00 pm – 12 midnight
Location: The Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon Street
Phone: (504)586-0300
Slip into the Mystick Den Lounge to experience some of New Orleans' top performing artists. On Saturday night, the sultry Ms. Julia LaShae will get you moving on the dance floor.
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The National WWII Museum Presents- Lagniappe Lecture
August 9, 2008 |
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Times: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Phone: (877)813-3329 x 229
Lagniappe Lecture - WWII on Stage and Screen presented by Brian Hughes. This lecture in conjunction with the exhibit Real to Reel: Hollywood and WWII.
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W French Quarter Hotel Presents a Dirty Linen Night
August 9, 2008 |
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Times: 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Location: W French Quarter Courtyard, 316 Chartres Street
Phone: (504) 210-1286 or (504) 450-5848
W French Quarter will host a Dirty Linen Night after-party in the beautiful courtyard setting. The event will feature music from Sweet Gumbo as well as Dirty Dollar Martinis. Proceeds from the courtyard soiree will benefit Dirty Linen Night.
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