Happy Friday and TGIF!!
Friday Fun
Wine Tastings!
Hooray for wine! It's the weekly wine tasting over at Cork & Bottle (Orleans at Moss St.) - from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Come out and sample some fantastic wines with all tasting wines 10% off!
Double your wine tasting pleasure in Mid-City! Check out Swirl located on Ponce de Leon right off Esplanade and enjoy a FREE wine tasting at 6:00 pm. .. Plus the folks at Swirl will be dishing out Chef Walter's fabulous tapas ranging from $5-$7.
Night at the Museum!
Check out Friday Nights at NOMA this evening over at the New Orleans Museum of Art beginning at 5:00 pm and celebrate the weekend! The event is FREE with museum admissions. NOMA celebrates two exhibitions: Lifelike and Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights, with an artist’s perspective, a gallery talk, music and fun! $10 Adults, $8 seniors, students, active military, $6 children ages 17 to 7, children 6 and under are free.
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Art Making Activity with NOMA
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: Performance by the Tufts University Wind Ensemble in the Stern Auditorium
6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: Music by Kat Walker
6 p.m.: Lifelike: Artist Perspective with Dan Tague
7:30 p.m.: Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights Gallery Talk with Curator, Anne C.B. Roberts and the Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art, Bill Fagaly
Tonight don't miss out on a hunka hunka fun at the Rolling Elvi 10th Birthday Party 8:00 pm at The Howlin' Wolf (907 South Peters). Join in celebrating the 10th Birthday Party of The Krewe of The Rolling Elvi!
Featuring:
Atomic Daddy-O
Clockwork Elvis
Life Without Elvis
The Jailhouse Rockers
Come One, Come All!! Only $5! What a Bargain!
Help out the pups and kittens at Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO) Annual Twelfth Night Fundraiser from 6:00 until 10:00 pm at the Creole Gardens Bed and Breakfast Hotel (1415 Prytania). Come for an evening of ARNO-tastic revelry with live music, delicious food, a silent auction, and a chance to win a fantastic grand prize! Tickets are $25 (includes one drink and one entry for grand prize) and can be purchased at the door or online: tickets
Saturday Fun!
Stock up on all your Mardi Gras stuff at the Piety Street Market at the Old Ironworks (612 Piety) - It's Carnival time! 40+ vendors offer a festive array of Mardi Gras costumes, accessories & masks handmade jewelry and crafts, homemade goodies, vintage collectibles, and unbeleivable flea market finds!!
Zebras and Ostriches - oh my!! Things just keep getting wilder at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, where live zebras will compete in an exhibition race on Saturday!! The first zebra race ever in the South will be paired with the return of ostrich and mascot racing. First post for the twilight Thoroughbred program will be 2 p.m., with mascots, ostriches and zebras scheduled to race under the lights in the evening hours, after 6 p.m.
General Admission will be $10 at the door. Clubhouse and Miller Time Beer Garden admission will be $15. Children 12 and under will be admitted free. For dining and box seat reservations, call (504) 943-2200. To book a party for groups of 25 or more, contact the Group Sales department at (504) 948-1285.
The 8th Annual Queen's Balls will be held Saturday at the Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen). Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes will rock your crowns off starting at 10:00 pm. To start, Queen's Cake!!! There will be a Queen's costume contest between sets. This is "Drag Queen" contest...Girrrrrrrl...There's gonna be hairy chests, furry legs and fuzzy beards in black mini skirts!!! And for all you ladies, EVERYONE is a Queen at the Queen's Balls. PRIZES GALORE. Show up for the Swingingest Sorrie` this side of Sweet Chalmette. Remember.......THE KINGS MAY HAVE THEIR DAY BUT THE QUEENS HAVE GOT THE BALLS!!
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this weekend...If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!! And be sure to tune in to WWOZ today from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm it's the Fund Drive and time to pledge with my hubby Bill deTurk - remember to support "your live local music" station!!!
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Wacky Weekend Fun w/ Stompers, Bar Golf, Dog Biscuits, Daiquiris, Camels & Ostriches - Oh My!
It's a wacky weekend in the Big Easy!
You want to be a 610 Stomper? Then come on down for 610 Stomper Auditions! This weekend is ROUND 1 Tryouts: Saturday and Sunday at The Maison (508 Frenchmen Street). Registration: 11A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Auditions: 1:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. You will be taught a dance that you will have to perform in front of a panel of judges...and a raucous crowd. If you pass the challenge then it's on to Round 2 next weekend! So head on down for some sexy man dancing all weekend long!
It's a Bar Golf Challenge at Pat O'Brien's in the Quarter starting up at 1:00 pm!! Bar Golf is a golf-themed bar crawl. We are not really going to go play golf. It is a drinking game where different bars represent the "holes" of the course. To play our bar golf course go to the bars or “holes” marked on the scorecard and order a drink that matches up with that bar. You will receive a score that coordinates with that drink. Your bartender will mark the scorecard for you accordingly depending on what you order. When finished with all holes, turn it in at the scoring table on the Patio at Pat O’Brien’s to be entered into a drawing for prizes. Scorecards must be turned in by 3:30pm to be counted. HAVE FUN! Prizes will be awarded based on time to complete course, best dressed and random drawings. Drawings will be at 4pm on the Patio. Fun!!!
Start off your afternoon at The Burning Love Biscuit Eating Contest at the Liberty Parking Lot (3205 Magazine) from 2:00 to 4:30 pm. The Orleans and Jefferson Parish firefighters are challenging each other in a dog biscuit eating contest (yes, that's right dog biscuits!), but it's for a great cause - The Jefferson Parish SPCA and Animal Rescue New Orleans. This FREE event features food (besides dog biscuits) and music! So come on down with your pups and enjoy!
The 2nd Annual New Orleans Daiquiri Festival is today and entry is FREE!! The New Orleans Daiquiri Festival is an annual event to celebrate New Orleans' most controversial & iconic cocktail: The Frozen Daiquiri!!
What other cocktail can you buy by the gallon?
What other cocktail is served in such a variety of signature cups & glasses?
What other cocktail is as much an outdoor accessory as it is a cocktail?
What other cocktail has shops that specialize in that cocktail exclusively?
So come on by 4000 St. Claude Avenue from 3:00 to 9:00 pm for food, crafts, DJS, and lots of drinks in celebration of the daiquiri in all it forms!! Music by DJ Pasta and Mod Dance Party DJs, daiquiri themed crafts and food from Empanada intifada and Eiffel Society, and to top it off a daiquiri contest!
Another wacky event this evening is at the Fair Grounds Race Course (1751 Gentilly Blvd.). Gates open at 4:00 pm for some Ostrich, Camel and Quarter Horse Races....Yes, you're reading that right - ostrich and camel racing...crazy!! Tickets are $10 for general admission and free for children 12 and under. There's gonna be Zydeco concert in the grandstands, but be sure to be there for the stars of the show - ostrich race at 7:10, camel race at 8:40 and even a sports mascot team race at 7:55!! There will be yummy food from food trucks around the area too - don't miss this fun event!
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening...If you're looking for more great music tonight...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!!
www.gratisnola.com
You want to be a 610 Stomper? Then come on down for 610 Stomper Auditions! This weekend is ROUND 1 Tryouts: Saturday and Sunday at The Maison (508 Frenchmen Street). Registration: 11A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Auditions: 1:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. You will be taught a dance that you will have to perform in front of a panel of judges...and a raucous crowd. If you pass the challenge then it's on to Round 2 next weekend! So head on down for some sexy man dancing all weekend long!
It's a Bar Golf Challenge at Pat O'Brien's in the Quarter starting up at 1:00 pm!! Bar Golf is a golf-themed bar crawl. We are not really going to go play golf. It is a drinking game where different bars represent the "holes" of the course. To play our bar golf course go to the bars or “holes” marked on the scorecard and order a drink that matches up with that bar. You will receive a score that coordinates with that drink. Your bartender will mark the scorecard for you accordingly depending on what you order. When finished with all holes, turn it in at the scoring table on the Patio at Pat O’Brien’s to be entered into a drawing for prizes. Scorecards must be turned in by 3:30pm to be counted. HAVE FUN! Prizes will be awarded based on time to complete course, best dressed and random drawings. Drawings will be at 4pm on the Patio. Fun!!!
Start off your afternoon at The Burning Love Biscuit Eating Contest at the Liberty Parking Lot (3205 Magazine) from 2:00 to 4:30 pm. The Orleans and Jefferson Parish firefighters are challenging each other in a dog biscuit eating contest (yes, that's right dog biscuits!), but it's for a great cause - The Jefferson Parish SPCA and Animal Rescue New Orleans. This FREE event features food (besides dog biscuits) and music! So come on down with your pups and enjoy!
The 2nd Annual New Orleans Daiquiri Festival is today and entry is FREE!! The New Orleans Daiquiri Festival is an annual event to celebrate New Orleans' most controversial & iconic cocktail: The Frozen Daiquiri!!
What other cocktail can you buy by the gallon?
What other cocktail is served in such a variety of signature cups & glasses?
What other cocktail is as much an outdoor accessory as it is a cocktail?
What other cocktail has shops that specialize in that cocktail exclusively?
So come on by 4000 St. Claude Avenue from 3:00 to 9:00 pm for food, crafts, DJS, and lots of drinks in celebration of the daiquiri in all it forms!! Music by DJ Pasta and Mod Dance Party DJs, daiquiri themed crafts and food from Empanada intifada and Eiffel Society, and to top it off a daiquiri contest!
Another wacky event this evening is at the Fair Grounds Race Course (1751 Gentilly Blvd.). Gates open at 4:00 pm for some Ostrich, Camel and Quarter Horse Races....Yes, you're reading that right - ostrich and camel racing...crazy!! Tickets are $10 for general admission and free for children 12 and under. There's gonna be Zydeco concert in the grandstands, but be sure to be there for the stars of the show - ostrich race at 7:10, camel race at 8:40 and even a sports mascot team race at 7:55!! There will be yummy food from food trucks around the area too - don't miss this fun event!
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening...If you're looking for more great music tonight...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!!
www.gratisnola.com
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