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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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World War II Museum Presents - Special Exhibition - Lives Remembered: Photographs of a Small Town
September 25, 2008 - January 11, 2009 |
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Location: The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Phone: 877-813-3329 x 270
Lives Remembered: Photographs of a Town in Poland 1897-1939 illustrates Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust through reproductions of more than 100 photographs of the small town of Szczuczyn, Poland. This special exhibition is on loan from the Holocaust Museum Houston. These photographs capture the ordinary lives of the residents during the years leading up to the Nazi invasion. These photographs were taken by Zalman Kaplan in Szczuczyn, where he established a business as the local photographer.Kaplan’s grandson, Michael Marvins, spent years collecting photographs by his grandfather from the descendants of the families that lived in Szczuczyn. The photographs reveal another side of the small Polish town contrary to the often associated images of Orthodox Jews. They show a rich and diverse way of life that was not so different from our own today. This exhibit puts faces on the millions of men, women and children who perished in the Holocaust. The photographs are of ordinary people leading common lives. The exhibit shows what can happen to everyday people when hate and intolerance are allowed to flourish. This glimpse into life before the war shows the people of Szczuczyn as similar to many around the world - enjoying life, advancements in technology and living free of labels or hate. Upon close examination, one must wonder, were their lives so different from our own? The exhibit contains over 100 prints of photographs taken by Zalman Kaplan who was a professional photographer in Szczuczyn, Poland. The Jewish community of Szczuczyn was wiped out by the Holocaust. The images were collected from survivors by Kaplan’s grandson Michael Marvins.
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A Closer Look
October 1, 2008 - February 20, 2009 |
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Times: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
www.hnoc.org
Location: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal
Phone: (504) 523-4662
Admission: free
Through February 20, 2009, The Historic New Orleans Collection presents an exhibition of the earliest-known paper photographs of New Orleans in The Collection’s Williams Gallery. A Closer Look: The Antebellum Photographs of Jay Dearborn Edwards, 1858–1861 features three dozen images of a thriving southern city on the brink of the Civil War.
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"The Influence of Congo Square on our Culture" Exhibition
October 4, 2008 - December 5, 2008 |
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Times: Monday - Friday 10:00 am 4:30pm
http://www.jazzandheritage.org
Location: Jazz & Heritage Gallery, 1205 N. Rampart Street
Phone: (504) 558-6100
Admission: Free
As a part of our Congo Square tribute we will host our second annual Congo Square exhibition titled, "The Influence of Congo Square on our Culture." This exhibition will display the works of several featured African-American artists.
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Lunch at Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse is Back
October 8, 2008 - December 31, 2010 |
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Times: Wednesday-Friday 11:30am - 2:30pm
http://www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com
Location: Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse - 716 Iberville Street
Phone: (504) 522-2467
Want a preview of the lunch menu? Guest favorites like the Prime Bacon Cheeseburger and the Tomato-Bleu Cheese Napoleon are back. And the cooler weather is a perfect excuse to try one of the new additions to the menu; our Chef's Prime Rib Chili yes, it's made with slow-roasted prime rib! Come join us in the bar, where Gerry, a fixture at the Steakhouse since we opened nearly 10 years ago, will be serving her guests. The more casual bar offers the full menu, and four high definition televisions. In the mood for a libation at lunch? Treat yourself to a $5 Grey Goose martini with 'dividends' kept chilled in a glass beaker. Not in the mood for a martini? Try a Bloody Bull - our version of the Bloody Mary, enhanced with housemade beef bouillon-also only $5 at lunch. These drink specials are available in the main dining room as well. Stop by and visit us soon!
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Melange - The Ritz Carlton New Orleans Presents Weekly Sunday Brunch
October 19, 2008 - December 27, 2009 |
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Times: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: The Ritz Carlton, Melange Restaurant
Phone: (504) 670-2828
Admission: $39.00; Children 11 years old and under $20.00
The Ritz Carlton's talented culinary team will prepare a lavish and luscious buffet of seasonal favorites including carved meats, omelet and seafood stations, fish, vegetables, salads, soup and delectable desserts. Reservations are recommended but not required.
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Louisiana Renaissance Festival
November 1, 2008 - December 7, 2008 |
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Times: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: 46468 River Road, Hammond LA.
Admission: $8.00 - $47.00
At the "Louisiana Renaissance Festival " (LA Ren Fest) we bring to life what an English village and festive marketplace could have been like, mixed with a little bit of Louisiana spice. Come experience the exciting romantic Renaissance, and complete your holiday shopping from the most unique gift selections in Louisiana. From royalty to peasants and even skilled craftsmen you are sure to enjoy the pastimes of the Renaissance. In addition there are several stage acts from swordsmen to jugglers including a full contact joust and birds of prey. The Renaissance festival is known for having peasants, gypsies, nobles, knights, barons and visiting royalty. Villagers to look for include: Blacksmith, glassblower, carpenters, sculptors, potters, pig farmers, busty wenches, Scotsmen in kilts and men in tights. The Renaissance is also known for entertainment and events such as: Shakespeare, juggling, fire eating, magicians, sword-fighting duels, birds of prey, and jousting. Even our food has a deliciously medieval flavor. Huge turkey legs, steak on a stake, jester chips, bread bowls, gourmet mushrooms, and dozens of other items are all available. Modern and traditional refreshments are plentiful, with a variety to chose from including hot cocoa, apple cider, soft drinks, beer, mead, and water. The Louisiana Renaissance Festival is a very educational experience. Learn about history, everyday life and the social structure of the European Renaissance. See demonstrations of how products were created, including swords, glassware, metalwork and much more. The live interactive theater of the Renaissance festival is unmatched in today's society.
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New Orleans Muesum of Art Free Admission
November 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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Times: Wednesday noon - 8:00 pm; Thursday through Sunday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: The New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins Diboll Cir. in City Park
Phone: (504) 659-4100
Admission: Free
The New Orleans Museum of Art will offer free admission to all through January 18, 2009. The dates of the free admittance offer, which began November 1, coincide with both Prospect.1 New Orleans, the international contemporary art biennial which is free at all of its 25 venues throughout the city, and Objects of Desire: Fabergé from the Hodges Family Collection, an exhibition of 108 precious objects by famed master jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé.
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Nine Artists to Exhibit at NOMA During Prospect.1 New Orleans
November 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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http://www.noma.org
Location: The New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins Diboll Cir. in City Park
Phone: (504) 659-4100
For 11 weeks, the New Orleans Museum of Art will showcase works by nine artists, from international superstars to locally based legends, as part of Prospect.1 New Orleans, the largest contemporary art biennial ever held in the United States. Prospect.1 New Orleans will feature 81 artists at 25 venues throughout the city. The artists whose work will be on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art and the adjacent City Park grounds are Monica Bonvicini, Willie Birch, Kalup Linzy, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Victor Harris and the Fi Yi Yi, Jorge Macchi and Edgardo Rudnitzky, Kaz Oshiro, Xu Bing and Paul Villinski.
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Prospect 1 New Orleans
November 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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http://www.prospectneworleans.org
Location: New Orleans Museum of Art and 19 other venues throughout New Orleans
Prospect.1 New Orleans will be the largest international exhibition of contemporary art ever presented in the United States, showcasing the work of 75 artists from around the globe while establishing New Orleans as a major center for contemporary visual art exhibitions.
The exhibition plan for Prospect.1 New Orleans calls for a total of 100,000 square feet of exhibition space, divided among several buildings in various historic New Orleans neighborhoods, including the Warehouse District, the Bywater, French Quarter, the Marigny, and the Treme.
A number of existing institutions and halls – CAC, NOMA, the Ogden -- will be used, along with converted warehouses, commercial structures and other public spaces in the city. Among the artists who have accepted the invitation to participate in Prospect.1 New Orleans are artists from the U.S. (including, naturally, artists from New Orleans and Louisiana), South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, France, U.K., Spain, Japan, So. Korea, China, India, Iran, Italy, Germany, and Kenya.
The director and curator of Prospect.1 New Orleans is Dan Cameron, an international New York-based curator who was inspired to organize an exhibition in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. From 1995 to 2006, Cameron was Senior Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, and is also widely known for such international surveys as Cocido y Crudo (Madrid, 1994); Poetic Justice: 8th Istanbul Biennial (2003); and Dirty Yoga: 5th Taipei Biennial (2006). He is also a frequent visitor to New Orleans since the late 1980s, and he organized the 1995 New Orleans Triennial for the New Orleans Museum of Art. In May 2007 Cameron took on the position of Visual Arts Director at the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), one of the leading venues for new art in the South, and a principal venue for Prospect.1 New Orleans.
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Prospect 1 New Orleans Installation by Rosângela Rennó (b. 1962, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
November 1, 2008 - January 17, 2009 |
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Times: Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: Brulatour Courtyard, 520 Royal Street
Phone: (504) 523-4662
Prospect1 New Orleans Installation by Rosângela Rennó (b. 1962, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) Prospect.1 New Orleans, the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, will open to the public in museums, historic buildings, and found sites throughout New Orleans. Prospect.1 New Orleans [P.1] has been conceived in the tradition of the great international biennials, and will showcase new artistic practices as well as an array of programs benefiting the local community. The Historic New Orleans Collection is pleased to host Rosângela Rennó in the historic Brulatour Courtyard at 520 Royal Street. Ms. Rennó lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. She has become known for her archival approach to photography and video, collecting anonymous portraits and other found photographs. Through her found visual data, she brings the lives of strangers to attention, and comments on the fragility of individual lives within a society. Rennó graduated in Architecture and Visual Arts in Belo Horizonte and went on to earn a doctorate from the University of São Paulo. She has had solo shows in institutions around the globe, among them, The Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (1995); the Museum of Contemporary art, Los Angeles (1996), the Museo do Chiado, Lisbon (2000), Centro Cultural Bando do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (2003); the Festival d’Automne, Paris (2005); and most recently at the Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhães, Recife, Brasil. She has participated in international group shows such as Aperto, Venice (1993); the São Paulo Biennial; Cocido y Crudo at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (1994); and represented Brazil, together with Beatriz Milhazes, at the Venice Biennale (2003).
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The Dutch Alley Artist Co-op
November 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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Times: 10am - 6pm
http://www.neworleansthanksyou.com
Location: The Dutch Alley Artist Co-op, 912 North Peters
Phone: (504)412-9220
The Dutch Alley Artist Co-op and New Orleans Thanks You have teamed up to present and exhibition of artwork expressing thanks for the help received since Hurricane Katrina. "Draw, Design and Donate" is the title of the show. The artwork will be on display and available for purchase at the Dutch Alley Artist Co-op throughout the Propsect 1 Art Biennial. Participating artist are supporting the recovery effort by donating a portion of their proceeds to "River of Hope". River of Hope is a Minnesota based non-profit that has been helping with the recovery effort in the 9th Ward.
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Downtown Development District Welcome Center at Prospect 1
November 5, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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Times: Wednesday - Sunday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: 851 Magazine Street in the former Hefler Warehouse
Phone: (504) 715-3968 or (504) 613-8600
As Prospect.1 New Orleans, the largest biennial of international contemporary art in the United States, opens to the public in museums, historic buildings and found sites throughout the city, one old warehouse will serve as the initial greeting point for all visitors. Located at 851 Magazine Street in the former Hefler Warehouse, the official P.1 Welcome Center was& made possible through a collaboration between the Downtown Development District, local architecture studio Eskew+Dumez+Ripple and gallery owner Jonathan Ferrara. The welcome center’s cutting edge design is in keeping with the premise of the Prospect.1 exhibition. Surrounded by pieces from the P.1 exhibition, as well as another exhibition curated by Ferrara, the welcome center will serve as the point of respite and direction for the biennial visitors and the media, according to DDD President & CEO Kurt Weigle. The idea developed from the DDD’s desire to familiarize guests with other attractions and opportunities during their visit to the city.
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THE SEAFARER
November 6, 2008 - December 7, 2008 |
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Times: Thursday - Saturday 8:00pm; Sunday 3:00 pm
http://www.southernrep.com
Location: The Shops at Canal Place, 365 Canal 3rd Floor
Phone: (504) 522-6545
Admission: $20.00-$27.00; $18.00 Previews ; $10.00 Student Rush
Southern Rep presents the piece on many theatre critics’ Top Ten Lists this past year, THE SEAFARER, by Tony-award winning playwright Conor McPherson, directed by Mark Routhier. North Dublin Sharky Harkin and his blind brother Richard stock up on booze for some celebratory Christmas Eve poker. When old friends arrive with a dapper if darkly mystifying guest, the stakes become deadly serious. Often billed as “chilling,” Variety also said the play “pushes through into laugh-out-loud comedy.” No performances Thanksgiving Week.
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New Orleans Museum of Art Presents Objects Of Desire: Fabergé from the Hodges Family Collection
November 9, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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Times: Wednesday Noon until 8:00 p.m; Thursday-Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle
Phone: (504) 658-4100
This winter, the New Orleans Museum of Art presents OBJECTS OF DESIRE: Fabergé from the Hodges Family Collection --featuring sculpture, jewels, smoking accessories, scientific instruments and other precious objects by Peter Carl Fabergé. The opening of this major exhibition, featuring several pieces never before exhibited publicly in the United States, will coincide with the Forty-Third Odyssey Ball, the Museum's lavish annual gala, a perennial highlight of the New Orleans social calendar. The Hodges Family Fabergé Collection currently includes 106 diversified objects, a number that continues to grow as Louisiana resident D. Lee Hodges amasses one of this country's premier groups of Fabergé masterworks.
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New Orleans Museum of Art Presents - Photography and Depression
November 19, 2008 - March 1, 2009 |
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Times: Wednesday Noon until 8:00 p.m; Thursday-Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.noma.org
Location: The New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins Diboll Cir. in City Park
Phone: (504) 488-2631
The New Orleans Museum of Art presents Photography and Depression, an examination of depression in all its forms, including mental and financial, through 82 works from the Museum's permanent collection.Featured artists represent a who's who of photography, including Ansel Adams, William Eggleston, Walker Evans, Andrew Feininger, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Danny Lyon, Eadweard Muybridge, George Tice, Alfred Steiglitz, Weegee and many more.
The works are accompanied by text excerpted from Culture and Depression, a 1985 book by Dr. Arthur M. Kleinman, the distinguished professor, psychiatrist, medical and social anthropologist based at Harvard University.
Photography and Depression, the second exhibition in the museological series at NOMA, is a journey--or, as Brian Eno suggested in 1975, an "oblique strategy"--that began as a reaction to the notion of mania in contemporary art. Underneath the frivolity of contemporary art and fashion, one can quickly locate various types of psychological disorders that often lead to cataclysm, economic breakdown or illness. The works chosen were felt to be the most relevant to our present day. "It might have been more expedient to use the nineteenth-century term melancholia, rather than depression," said Diego Cortez, NOMA's Freeman Family Curator of Photography, "but it was felt that the latter term--a more twentieth-century disorder and phenomenon--most accurately described our modern and contemporary society." The history of photography, like that of the twentieth century, has an underlying thread of depression-economic, psychological, and destructive trends in society. These prints document all three facets. The exhibition employs the ideas of Dr. Arthur M. Kleinman, who has led a revolt against his own profession by calling for a broader, more cross-cultural understanding of depressive disorders-one which can encompass widely divergent cultural behaviors, rituals, and beliefs. Excerpts from Kleinman's 1985 book Culture and Depression, edited with Byron J. Good, juxtapose images of the last 150 years, helping to expose some of the underlying subtexts of society's sociological, psychological or anthropological collective attitudes.
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Voodoo Mystere Presents - "Lord Chaz's Dark Theatre"
November 22, 2008 - December 20, 2008 |
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Times: 4:30 pm
Location: The Voodoo Mystere Lounge, 718 North Rampart at Orleans
Phone: (504) 304-1568
Admission: $8.00
Week by week, programming at the Voodoo grows more adventurous and far-ranging. (Though, still and always, low-budget and accessible.) Thanks to a successful and profound appreance at our Halloween night fundraiser, The Little Death Show, this weekend will see the Voodoo debut in a full-run staged performance by one of the Vieux Carre's modern legends: raconteur, poet and vampyr LORD CHAZ, creator of the renowned New Orleans Ghost and Vampire Tours.
On tour and in constant demand, Lord Chaz has agreed to deploy his spellbinding powers to create Lord Chaz's Dark Theatre, a show of pitch-dark macabre, for a series of five sunny Saturday afternoons. Still more unusual, Lord Chaz's Dark Theatre is a show that grows, each installment deepening and elaborating on the one that preceeded it. By closing night (closing afternoon), the stuff of it will genuinely NOT be for the faint of heart. As has been acknowledged of his tours, "...108 people (men as well as woman) have fainted...during Lord Chaz performances.
Sixteen have been sent to the hospital via ambulance, including one heart attack." And that's outdoors! Imagine the danger in a closed room. Accomplished as he is, Lord Chaz doesn't expect to work such a powerful trick unassisted. His guest for opening is ADAMAS, and new guests--including the sender of this release--will be announced week by week.
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Harrah's Casino Presents - Miracle on Fulton Street
November 25, 2008 - January 4, 2009 |
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Times: Beginning at Noon every hour on the hour
Location: Fulton and Poydras Streets at Harrah's Hotel
Phone: (504)533-6522
Admission: Free
Enjoy this FREE family fun experience for all! Come experience a white Christmas this holiday season in New Orleans—but only on Fulton Street. Periodic ‘snowfalls’, dazzling lights and decorations will transform the street into a winter wonderland! One of the city’s newest holiday traditions, “Miracle on Fulton Street” brings the magic of the season alive in true New Orleans fashion. Visit with Santa and his reindeer, sip hot chocolate or spiced apple cider, and sample the traditional holiday menus offered by our Fulton Street restaurant partners. You’ll leave feeling jolly and filled with good cheer.
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
November 29, 2008 - December 7, 2008 |
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Times: Saturday 10:00am and 7:30pm; Sunday 2:00pm
http://www.jpas.org
Location: Teatro Wego, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego
Phone: (504) 885-2000
Admission: $15.00 for Adults; $12.00 for Seniors, Military and Students (with valid ID) and $10.00 for Children 12 and under
Come join us for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! In this hilarious holiday tale, a replacement director struggling to put on the annual church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids -- probably the most inventively awful kids in history! You won't believe the mayhem -- and the fun -- when the Herdmans collide head on with the nativity story in this heart-warming holiday tale performed by a cast of all children.
Sixty children from over three parishes participated in the JPAS Theatre Kids! Program to put this show together. THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER is the first production of the new JPAS Theater Kids! Program, spearheaded by JPAS Assistant Executive/Artistic Director Claire Van Cott. This free, four week program gives kids the chance to learn about the process of putting on a show as well as learning basic acting techniques through theatre games and rehearsals. The program culminates with performances of a show.
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Christmas New Orleans Style
December 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008 |
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http://www.frenchquarterfestivals.org
Location: New Orleans
Phone: (504) 522-5730 or (800) 673-5725
There's no place like New Orleans for the holidays during Christmas New Orleans Style, a celebration of uniquely New Orleans holiday activities taking place throughout December. Experience the magic of the season in a city steeped in traditions of the past, but with the food, music and good times of today. More than 100 festivities are planned during the month-long event, showcasing the cultural diversity that adds spice to the gumbo of New Orleans' heritage.
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Trinity Artist Series Presents - Taize
December 1, 2008 - December 29, 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
December 2, 2008 - December 30, 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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International WorkBoat Show
December 3, 2008 - December 5, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 am - 5:30 pm; Friday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
http://www.workboatshow.com
Location: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center New Orleans
Phone: (504) 582-3000
The International WorkBoat Show is the largest commercial marine tradeshow in North America serving people and businesses working on the coastal, inland and offshore waters. 1,000 companies will display products and services for commercial vessels and the companies that build, service and operate them.
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The New Orleans Museum of Art Workshop on African-American Art/Cox Art Contest
December 3, 2008 - May 31, 2009 |
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Times: Wednesday Noon - 8:00 pm; Thursday - Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; Closed Mondays and Tuesdays and all legal holidays
http://www.noma.org
Location: The New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins Diboll Cir. in City Park
Phone: (504) 658-4128
Come join us for Sources of Inspiration African-American Art in the New Orleans Museum of Art. Artwork by African-American artists has long been part of the New Orleans Museum of Art's permanent collection. In an effort to familiarize viewers with this imagery, NOMA has created a self-guided tour through the permanent collection entitled Sources of Inspiration: African-American Art in the New Orleans Museum of Art that will be available to all visitors on December 2, 2008, through May of 2009.
These featured works will be the subject of an Educator's Workshop, held at NOMA on opening night, as well as the basis of a new online resource, intended to guide both educators and visitors to a deeper understanding of African-American art within the context of American art, history and culture.
Ranging from the Romantic style of the early twentieth-century painter Henry O. Tanner to the abstraction of Lonnie Holley, this collection of paintings, sculpture, and works on paper span nearly a century of American art history. Included in this tour are the works of such renowned national and local artists as Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Sam Gilliam, as well as local artists John T. Scott and Willie Birch. These artists highlight twentieth- and twenty-first-century issues, such as slavery, family life, work, notable figures, culture, the energy of city life, and local architecture as visible topics of discussion.
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The Voodoo Mystére Lounge Presents - Brown! FQ
December 3, 2008 - December 17, 2008 |
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Times: 9:00 pm
Location: The Voodoo Mystére Lounge, 718 North Rampart
Phone: (504) 304-1568
Admission: $5.00 plus one drink minimum
Comedy Tonight! And the night after that, and after that! After a successful one-night stand during the New Orleans Fringe Festival, BROWN! FQ, the Crescent City's longest-running improv show, joins the Voodoo Mystere for a three-week run all its own.
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Historical Characters "Louisiana Living History Project"
December 4, 2008 - December 25, 2008 |
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Times: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
http://www.fqfi.org
Location: French Quarter
Phone: (504) 948-0323
Admission: Free
The Crescent City's grand history comes alive this holiday season with guests from the past. Join these guests from the past for special presentations as they re-create the local traditions and customs of earlier times. Engaging performances really bring to life the music, humor, dance, and storytelling of New Orleans' past. Each stroll begins daily at 11a inside the Hotel Monteleone. The Historical Characters will then take to the streets of the elegant French Quarter and stroll along Decatur, Royal, and Chartres streets. Each stroll will conclude at 3 p.m., where the characters will gather inside Jackson Square. Inclement weather plan - the historical characters will stroll the Riverwalk and The Shops at Canal Place. For more information about the Historical Characters please visit http://www.anewmuse.com/CHARACTERS.htm
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Longue Vue House and Gardens Presents - Holiday Tea and Tour
December 4, 2008 - December 30, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Location: Longue Vue, 7 Bamboo Road
Phone: (504) 488-5488, ext. 313
Admission: $25.00 FLV; $30.00 non-members
A perfect prelude to the holidays! Take a tour of the decorated home, enjoy tea with friends, listen to holiday sounds and find all of your holiday gift needs at the Longue Vue Shop. These teas fill up early so reserve your seat today! Space is limited. Reservations are required.
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The Voodoo Mystére Lounge Presents -Brewed
December 4, 2008 - December 6, 2008 |
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Times: Thursday and Friday 7:00 pm Saturday Matinee
Location: The Voodoo Mystére Lounge, 718 North Rampart, at Orleans
Phone: (504) 304-1568
Admission: $12.00
SCOTT T. BARSOTTI's comedy-drama Brewed concerning an impacted family of sisters charged with a mysterious, exhausting task--is about that exactly: faith and fate, whether to fight it or succumb to it.
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Trinity Artist Series Presents - Choral Evensong with the Trinity Choir
December 4, 2008 - December 18, 2008 |
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Times: Thursdays 6:00 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave.
Phone: (504) 670-2520
Come join us for Choral Evenson with the Trinity Choir.
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Ascap & Songfest Foundation, Inc Presents - The First Annual New Orleans Songwriters Festival
December 5, 2008 |
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Times: Friday 8:00 pm – 12:00 pm
http://www.nosongfest.com
Location: Blue Nile - 532 Frenchman Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
Phone: (504) 948-2583
Admission: Free
Songfest Foundation, Inc., a New Orleans-based charitable organization founded to benefit Louisiana and Gulf Coast music and musicians is pleased to announce the first ever New Orleans Songwriters Festival.
The event also, also known as “Songfest,” is being sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), which has been representing songwriters, composers and publishers since its inception in 1914. Scheduled featured performers are multiple Grammy award-winning American songwriting legend Jimmy Webb, Bluenote recording artist Cassandra Wilson and French, and Canadian recording artist, author, and actor Zachary Richard. Additional songwriter/artists include hit songwriter and Ralph Murphy, New Orleans resident and member of the famous Cowsill family, Susan Cowsill, and Warner Chappell staff writer Jim McCormick who hails from New Orleans but now calls Nashville home (where he has penned songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Tricia Yearwood, Randy Travis, and Ronnie Milsap among others).
Additionally, up and coming area songwriters will get a chance to "show their stuff" in front of an audience at the first ever NEW ORLEANS SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL/BLUEBIRD CAFE OPEN MIC. The event will be conducted and hosted by Nashville's famous Barbara Cloyd, who has run the Open Mic at the Bluebird Café in Nashville since its inception more than 20 years ago.
The purpose of the New Orleans Songwriters Festival is to promote the composition of original music in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region and advance the careers of the area's writers and musicians by providing performance opportunities in front of the publishing and music industry center (i.e., Nashville, LA, NY) professionals that will be invited to the event. Proceeds from the event will be donated to area music- and musician-related charities (such as The New Orleans Musicians Clinic).
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Celebration In The Oaks
December 5, 2008 - December 23, 2008 |
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Times: Fridays and Saturdays 6:00 pm -11:00 pm; Sundays - Thursdays 6:00 pm -10:00 pm
Location: New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park
Phone: (504)483-9415
Admission: $6.00 Per person, Free Children (3 & under)
Celebration In The Oaks City Park's annual holiday lighting exhibit and festival returns with old favorites and new attractions. Rex is back. And so are the popular raptors.
The Dinobration exhibit, a crowd favorite since 2003, is returning for the 2008 Celebration in the Oaks, City Park's annual magical holiday festival. Also new are the Very Merry Maze, a dancing light show and a snow machine that will keep Mr. Bingle chilled with hourly snow showers. Of course, the fabled Carousel will be operational, complete with new lighting and music, and the train will take patrons on an enchanted journey highlighted by an electrifying light display along City Park Avenue.
New favorites will be the Coney Tower ride and a new Ferris Wheel. A rich tradition is New Orleans' signature, and nowhere is that tradition more evident than during the Christmas season at Celebration in the Oaks. Join us as we continue to rebuild our great city and share in the joy and spirit of our 24th annual Celebration. Closed December 24th and 25th.
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KENNER CHRISTMAS VILLAGE OPENS WITH SANTA AND JAZZ
December 5, 2008 - December 20, 2008 |
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Times: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: City Hall, 1801 Williams Blvd
Phone: (504) 468-7293
Kenner's Magical Christmas Village Celebration in Veterans Park next to City Hall will open Friday. The public is invited to attend. Lighted Christmas decorations and booths with food and novelties will be located throughout the park. Santa will arrive on an antique fire truck about 6:30 p.m. and live Christmas music will be provided by the Orleans Jazz Ensemble.
Mayor Ed Muniz will officially greet Santa, turn on the Christmas lights and lead the crowd in singing Christmas carols. The Magical Christmas Village will feature choral groups and dancers from area schools. Admission and parking are free. A wide variety of food and other refreshments will be available for purchase from non-profit groups. Items include gumbo, fried chicken, hamburgers, jambalaya, popcorn, hot chocolate and more. Photos with Santa will be available for a nominal fee.
More than 20 musical and dancing acts will take place over the three weekends. Also, on Dec. 20, the Louis Roussel Mega Dome Cinema and Planetarium in Kenner's Rivertown will host Breakfast with Santa and Laser Holidays.
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Major General Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series - Featured Speaker – Tom Brokaw
December 5, 2008 |
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Times: 6:30 pm
Location: The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Phone: (504) 527-6012 x 331
Admission: Free
The Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II is made possible through the generosity of Major General and Mrs. Raymond E. Mason, Jr. and the Raymond E. Mason Foundation.
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Miracle on 34th Street
December 5, 2008 - December 14, 2008 |
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Times: Fridays and Saturday 7:30pm; Sundays 2:00pm
Location: Jefferson Performing Arts Center - 400 Phlox Ave, Metairie
Phone: (504) 855-2000 ext. 205
JPAS brings this Christmas classic to the stage just in time for the holiday season! When Kris Kringle, a kind hearted old gentleman, who happens to be the real Santa Claus, takes on the job as Macy’s Santa Claus, it takes the faith of a child to convince the grown-ups to believe in Santa Claus and the spirit of Christmas once again.
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Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival
December 5, 2008 - December 7, 2008 |
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Times: Friday 5:00 pm-9:00 pm; Saturday 10:00 am - 9:00 pm; Sunday 10 am - 6:00 pm
http://www.lmohpark.com
Location: : The Medal of Honor Park, at the end of Barriere Road in Belle Chasse, LA
Phone: (504)656-7599
Plaquemines Parish is Louisiana's southernmost Parish where the great Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. The Parish is a region of ecological wonder with its many waterways, fishing and hunting grounds, and the best Citrus in the Country. This year we are celebrating the 62nd Anniversary of the Plaquemines Parish Fair & Orange Festival held annually the first full weekend of December. After you exit the Belle Chasse Tunnel, you take and right turn at the first traffic light onto Barriere Road and go to the end of the road. The park will be the right side with lots of free parking on the left. The Plaquemines Parish Fair & Orange Festival has many of activities to offer the entire family. We invite you to take a trip to Belle Chasse, Louisiana and experience our wonderful food, entertainment, contests, crafts, novelties and hospitality.
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The University of New Orleans Presents - White Noise
December 5, 2008 |
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Times: 1:00 pm
Location: UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Performing Arts Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans
Phone: (504) 899-1607
WHITE NOISE is a cautionary musical that reimagines the adage when good men do nothing evil happens. New Orleans will be the first stop for this Broadway-bound production thanks to this innovative partnership that will provide unique educational and professional development opportunities and pave the way for future projects, as intended under the 2007 Live Performance Legislation.
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Ascap & Songfest Foundation, Inc Presents - Songwriters Round
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
http://www.nosongfest.com
Location: Blue Nile, 532 Frenchmen St
Phone: (504) 948-2583
Songfest Foundation, Inc., a New Orleans-based charitable organization founded to benefit Louisiana and Gulf Coast music and musicians is pleased to announce the first ever New Orleans Songwriters Festival. Come join us for the Songwriters Round featuring Ralph Murphy, Susan Cowsill, and Jim McCormick.
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Beth Patterson at Deutsches Haus
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 8:00 pm
Location: Deutsches Haus, 200 S. Galvez St
Phone: (504) 522-8014
Beth Patterson presents an evening of celtic and original music.
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Dig, Do, Discover: “Holiday Scents & Sights from the Garden”
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Location: Longue Vue, 7 Bamboo Road
Phone: (504) 488-5488 ext. 333
Admission: FLV free, non-members: $5.00 per person
Create holiday gifts inspired by the natural world. Using objects from the garden make beautiful presents for your family members, and even your favorite backyard critters as well. Shine Only!
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Dublin Park Holiday Cheer, to benefit the LA/SPCA
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Dubline Park ( Riverbend between Maple St. and Hampson St
Phone: (504) 373-5141
Dublin Park Holiday Cheer, to benefit the LA/SPCA will be held at Dublin Park (Riverbend between Maple St. and Hampson St.) from LA/SPCA adoption counselors and volunteers will be on hand to help you select the right pet for your family, treats, raffle, meet Jack the Wonder Dog and sample his new wine, photos with Santa, NOFD calendars and firefighters, BigEasyRollergirls, face painting, refreshments, games, a costume contest and MORE!!
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Gingerbread Junction
December 6, 2008 - December 7, 2008 |
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http://www.lcm.org
Location: 420 Julia St at Louisiana Children's Museum
Phone: (504) 523-1357
Build fond memories and construct a distinctive gingerbread house at a festive workshop that is fun for the entire family. Plus, catch the holiday spirit with seasonal arts and crafts, music and more. Workshop space is limited and advance reservations are suggested.
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House of Blues Presents - Songfest Concert
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
http://www.nosongfest.com
Location: House of Blues - 225 Decatur St. New Orleans, LA
Phone: (504) 310-4999
Admission: $25.00 in advance; $30.00 at the door
Come join us at the House of Blues for the Songfest Concert featuring Jimmy Webb, Cassandra Wilson, and Zachary Richard.
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Jingle, Jangle, Jingle! Here Comes Mr. Bingle!
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 10:00 am
http:// www.neworleansdowntown.com/holidays
Location: Canal Street
Admission: Free
The Downtown Development District will welcome one of New Orleans' most beloved faces back to Canal Street in an inaugural holiday parade hosted by the DDD and the Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans.
Mr. Bingle, the jolly snow doll who once brought messages from Kris Kringle to children and shoppers at Maison Blanche on Canal Street, will celebrate his 60th birthday this year, and there is no better place to do it than Canal Street. Before heading back to his new home in City Park, Mr. Bingle will parade in grand fashion--floats, bands, celebrities, snow, merry marchers and even Santa will escort him from the river to Claiborne Avenue and back again. He will even stop briefly for photographs once the parade is over.
An outdoor concert featuring Jeremy Davenport, Rockin' Dopsie Jr., Rebirth Brass Band, Marlon and Stephanie Jordon, Amanda Shaw, James Andrews, and the Batiste Brothers will begin at 12 noon, directly after the parade, at the corner of Canal and Elk Place.
Be there on December 6 to experience the magic of the holidays and the rebirth of Canal Street!
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Monte the Lion's Children's Holiday Tea
December 6, 2008 - December 20, 2008 |
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Times: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
http://www.ticketweb.com
Location: Monteleon Hotel
Phone: (866) 468-7619
Admission: Adults $42.75; Children $32.50
Our holiday tea is big on holiday fun. With lots of treats for the kids and grown-ups, too. Take a picture with Santa. Meet merry Mrs. Claus, Rudolph, the Trumpeters and the elves. Our own Monte the Lion will entertain you and give every child a souvenir Monte stuffed animal.
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New Orleans Hornets vs Memphis Grizzlies
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 7:00 pm
http://www.hornets.com
Location: New Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St.
Phone: (504) 587-3663 or (800)-4NBATIX
Admission: tickets starting at $8.
New Orleans Hornets vs Memphis Grizzlies. Come experience NBA basketball at its best as the Hornets take on the NBA's brightest stars. Bring yourself or a group to an amazing fan experience - New Orleans style! Tickets starting at $8.
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Oak Alley Plantation's Annual Christmas Bonfire Party
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 7:00 pm - 12:00 midnight
http://www.oakalleyplantation.com/calendar/christmas+bonfire/
Location: Oak Alley Plantation
Phone: 800-442-5539
Admission: $125.00 per person
This year marks the 32nd anniversary of this joyous event at Oak Alley. Celebrate the Christmas Season in one of the southland's most beautiful settings. The mansion will be dressed in fresh fruit, greenery and seasonal floral arrangements, reminiscent of Creole Christmases past. Delicious Cajun/Creole buffet, open bar, lively dance band, and plenty of good cheer combine to heighten the holiday spirit throughout the famous alley of oaks and the lovely antebellum mansion.
One of the most popular events of the season, ticket reservations accepted 1st Tuesday of September. Dress code is festive holiday attire or semi-dressy, remember if it is cold to please dress appropriately as this event is held outside (wear your thermals and the right shoes to dance in).
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Pearl Harbor Commemoration Weekend
December 6, 2008 - December 7, 2008 |
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Location: The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Phone: (504) 527-6012 x 333
Commemorate the day that will live in infamy and honor the Americans that made the ultimate sacrifice with a visit to The National World War II Museum. Pearl Harbor images, oral histories and artifacts are all part of the Museum’s permanent exhibitions. There will be All day events for Saturday and Sunday – Pick up a special guide to the exhibits that highlights artifacts and oral histories. Enjoy WWII family activities including building a Higgins boat, island hopping in the Pacific and codebreaking. Where were you on December 7, 1941? – Show us where you were the day you heard the news by making your mark on a U.S. map and then filling out a brief personal history form for the Museum archives. See special rarely displayed artifacts like a model of the USS St. Louis with the flag that flew over the ship on the day of the attack. View period footage from both American and Japanese sources. Visit the Museum Store and enjoy a special 20% discount on all items, including books and DVDs related to Pearl Harbor.
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Ritz - Carlton, New Orleans Papa Noel Tea
December 6, 2008 - December 20, 2008 |
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Times: 11:00 am and 2:00 pm
Location: Ritz Carlton,3rd Floor On Trois Lounge, 921 Canal Street
Phone: (800) 748-8695
Admission: $39.00
Please join us for our annual Christmas Holiday Tea Celebration. While enjoying elegant traditional and holiday music provided by a professional harpist, guests will enjoy a festive culinary presentation that will include Christmas Cookies from around the world, Cream Buns, Fruit Cake, Chocolate filled pombalinis, Sugar Plum fruit tarts, eclairs, Figgie pudding, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
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Studio 527 Presents Rich contemporary works
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Studio 527, 527 Julia Street
Phone: (504) 218-4807
On Saturday, December 6th, from 6 - 9 pm, Studio 527 holds a reception to open an exhibition that will include new works by Tina Freeman, Tina Girouard, Sally Heller, Amanda Wiles, Michael Swindle, and Robert Tannen. The exhibition also includes works by Kevin O’Keefe, Joe Moran, Helen Gifford, and Julia Mandel. Moran, Gifford and Mandel first brought their work to Studio 527 as part of a special Prospect.1 exhibition by arteprojects, a New York based non-profit that stages exhibitions of contemporary art.
Tina Freeman is an internationally recognized New Orleans based photographer whose works often focus on architectural and environmental themes. Her work in this show examines the graffiti covered walls of a historic warehouse.
Tina Girouard, a leading Southwest Louisiana artist presents photographs drawn with light.
Sally Heller presents two dimensional photographic images related to her installations and sculptural work.
The work of Amanda Wiles, a multi-disciplinary artist and resident of North Carolina, though of a different generation, uses found objects in ways similar to the work of Robert Tannen.
Michael Swindle, a novelist and poet from Alabama, has recently been working with drawings and photographs.
Robert Tannen presents a new installation, “Above and Below Grade”, a mixed media installation on the newly opened mezzanine level of Studio 527.
The reception will also include a live performance by musical artists, as has been the custom of openings and receptions at the Studio.
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The Contemporary Arts Center Present - A Jazz Journey Show featuring The Kurt Rosenwinkel Group
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 8:00 pm
http://www.cacno.org
Location: The Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St
Phone: (504) 528-3800
Admission: Free
Kurt Rosenwinkel is one of the most original and important new voices in jazz. Influenced by artists such as Pat Metheny and John Scofield, the Berlin-based and Philadelphia-born guitarist apprenticed with Gary Burton and Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, and has performed with everyone from Joe Henderson and Danilo Perez to Joshua Redman and Q-Tip. Don't miss the artist that All About Jazz calls "the next big thing in the world of jazz guitar." Presented as part of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage's "Jazz Journey" series, and co-presented by the CAC's "Jazz Alive" series and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz.
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The World War II Museum Presents - A Conversation with Veterans
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Phone: (504) 527-6012 x 357
Conversation with Veterans – a panel discussion of Pearl Harbor survivors and other WWII vets. Pearl Harbor lecture by Jack Henkels, a former interpreter at the USS Arizona Memorial will begin at 1:00 pm.
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Trinity Artist Series Presents - New Orleans Black Chorale
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 7:00 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave.
Phone: (504)670-2520
Come join us for The New Orleans Black Chorale directed by John Ware 29th Anniversary – Christmas program.
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Tulane Men's basketball vs West Kentucky
December 6, 2008 |
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Times: 2:00 pm
http://tulanegreenwave.com
Location: Fogelman Arena
Phone: (504)861-WAVE (9283)
Admission: tickets as low as $10.00
Tulane Men's basketball vs West Kentucky.
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