Happy Thursday!
Don't miss out on the weekly wine tasting at Cork and Bottle (3700 Orleans) about 5:00 pm in Mid-City. Come sample some delicious vinos and kick off your early weekend right! You can also stop at Clever (right next door - don't even have to walk outside) for their happy hour specials after attending the free wine tasting! And be sure to stop by the Crescent City Farmer's Market (right outside the door) and patronize local Louisiana vendors with fresh veggies, seafood and more!
Special Events
Celebrate the Prytania Theatre (5339 Prytania St.) with a Book Launch Party! Tonight come on by for a party to mark the release of the coffee-table book "There's One In Your Neighborhood: The Lost Movie Theaters of New Orleans," by Rene Brunet Jr. and Jack Stewart from 5:30 to 10:00 pm. Books will be available for purchase, and the evening will also include book signings, Q&A with the authors, 1940s newsreels, New Orleans travelogues, 1950s cartoons, and a special showing of "The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus"!! Come on out to the FREE night of fun - come early and stay late! For more info click: http://www.neworleanstheaterbook.com/
November 1st is the Day of the Dead/Fet Gede. Come out tonight for the Day of the Dead Celebration at 3319 Rosalie Alley. The Ceremony for Gede takes place at 7 p.m. in Rosalie Alley, off of Rampart, between Piety and Desire. Followed by a pot luck supper & procession to the cemetery to feed the Dead. Please wear white with a purple headscarf, or black and purple for Gede. Bring a dish (not a blond) for the people, and an offering for the Dead or Gede. Gede's tastes tend towards peppers, flat breads, rum, cigars, goat stew, crosses, grave-digger's tools, black cock feathers, skeletons, sunglasses with one lens, hot Creole foods, money, the colors black, mauve, and white. He is syncretized with St. Gerard. Or you can bring something that your ancestors or loved ones enjoyed in life. For more info. and R.S.V.P.: (504) 948-9961
Jazz in the Park Free Concert Series continues this evening in Armstrong Park! PUfAP is proud to present the 2012 second season of Jazz in the Park, inside of the historic Louis Armstrong Park. The events are FREE, begins today and runs from 5:00 to 8:00 pm for seven Thursdays until November 1st featuring a Marketplace that provides an opportunity to purchase fresh food, produce and craft market available to the public from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. Check out the great line-up of music below!
* Leroy Jones at 5PM
* Los Hombres Calientes featuring Bill Summers and Irvin Mayfield at 6:15 PM
Need a little art, culture and music? You gotta go to the show at the Ogden Southern Museum of Art (925 Camp St.) - better known as Ogden after Hours. Tonight the Ogden presents El Mariachi Jalisco -Mariachi is the best-known form of folk music from Mexico. El Mariachi Jalisco was founded in Baton Rouge and as of last year, Mariachi did not exist in the entire state of Louisiana! All of the band's members have more than 10 years of experience performing this traditional Mexican genre. This is a special Day of the Dead Celebration in collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico, New Orleans, and Tulane University's Stone Center for Latin American Studies. Tonight the O BAR's celebrates the Day of the Dead with the Mexican El Diablo! *Remember with your Ogden membership all of these excellent concerts are FREE!!
For more fun stuff to do and more music...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
A Tuesday For Saints, Wine and Music
Good Morning All - Hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween - Let's see what's going on today!
Special Events Today!
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! November brings Ann Churchill of Karma Kitchen to the Green Plate Special tent. We're super excited to try the Lentil, Meyer lemon and cilantro soup, quinoa salad with pomegranate and Rockin' R Dairy goat cheese, lamb shwarma or homemade falafel with oven-roasted market vegetables, and Iranian pistachio cake......yummy!!
Today is also the 31st Annual Day of the Dead/Gede Celebration from 7:00pm to 10:00 pm at 3319 Rosalie Alley (Dirt Alley off of N. Rampart, Between Piety and Desire, in Bywater) Please wear white with a purple headscarf or black and purple for Gede. Bring a dish for the people and an offering for the Dead or Gede. Gede's tastes tend towards peppers, flatbreads, rum, cigars, goat stew, crosses, grave digger's tools, black cock feathers, skeletons, sunglasses with one lens, hot Creole foods, money, the colors black, mauve, and white. He is syncretized with St. Gerard. Or you can bring something that your ancestors or loved ones enjoyed in life. RSVP or for more info: (504) 948-9961.
Today is Wine Walk Tuesdays this evening from 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm starting at the Ste Marie (930 Poydras) and ending at Bouche...with many stops in between. 411-365 Creative is proud to introduce one of NOLA's premiere weekly events. The first series of events will begin at Ste. Marie and end at Bouche NOLA, stopping at destinations on the way. The Wine Walk Passport will allow you to sample unique wines and small bites, while paying homage to existing establishments in the CBD area as well as experience new, up-and-comers, along the way. The cost of the walk is all inclusive $20. Follow on twitter @411365creative or their Facebook page at 411-365 Creative for up to date information on participating locations and future strolls.
The Trinity Artist Series continues tonight at Trinity Episcopal Church (1329 Jackson Ave.) with "Organ & Labyrinth" with Albinas Prizgintas on the 5000 pipe Trinity tracker organ. The program includes some of the greatest music ever written ranging from Classical Baroque to vintage rock and popular tunes. The concert is from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm and it's FREE!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a cocktail and listen to the amazing guitar playing of John Rankin along with Todd Duke at 8:30 pm...this is going to be a good one!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Special Events Today!
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! November brings Ann Churchill of Karma Kitchen to the Green Plate Special tent. We're super excited to try the Lentil, Meyer lemon and cilantro soup, quinoa salad with pomegranate and Rockin' R Dairy goat cheese, lamb shwarma or homemade falafel with oven-roasted market vegetables, and Iranian pistachio cake......yummy!!
Today is also the 31st Annual Day of the Dead/Gede Celebration from 7:00pm to 10:00 pm at 3319 Rosalie Alley (Dirt Alley off of N. Rampart, Between Piety and Desire, in Bywater) Please wear white with a purple headscarf or black and purple for Gede. Bring a dish for the people and an offering for the Dead or Gede. Gede's tastes tend towards peppers, flatbreads, rum, cigars, goat stew, crosses, grave digger's tools, black cock feathers, skeletons, sunglasses with one lens, hot Creole foods, money, the colors black, mauve, and white. He is syncretized with St. Gerard. Or you can bring something that your ancestors or loved ones enjoyed in life. RSVP or for more info: (504) 948-9961.
Today is Wine Walk Tuesdays this evening from 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm starting at the Ste Marie (930 Poydras) and ending at Bouche...with many stops in between. 411-365 Creative is proud to introduce one of NOLA's premiere weekly events. The first series of events will begin at Ste. Marie and end at Bouche NOLA, stopping at destinations on the way. The Wine Walk Passport will allow you to sample unique wines and small bites, while paying homage to existing establishments in the CBD area as well as experience new, up-and-comers, along the way. The cost of the walk is all inclusive $20. Follow on twitter @411365creative or their Facebook page at 411-365 Creative for up to date information on participating locations and future strolls.
The Trinity Artist Series continues tonight at Trinity Episcopal Church (1329 Jackson Ave.) with "Organ & Labyrinth" with Albinas Prizgintas on the 5000 pipe Trinity tracker organ. The program includes some of the greatest music ever written ranging from Classical Baroque to vintage rock and popular tunes. The concert is from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm and it's FREE!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a cocktail and listen to the amazing guitar playing of John Rankin along with Todd Duke at 8:30 pm...this is going to be a good one!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
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