Hooray for the Weekend with a Speakeasy, Seafood Cook-Off, White Linen, Satchmo Fest and a Rouses Block Party!

Hooray for Friday!!

Friday Fun!

FRIDAY NIGHTS AT NOMA: SPEAKEASY - Shhh... The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) located at One Collins C. Diboll Circle in beautiful City Park is turning into a speakeasy for the night! Join the fun from 5 p.m. to midnight as NOMA celebrates the last Friday of the exhibition Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939. Dress in your 1920's best and join us for the prohibition-era inspired programming for the whole family to enjoy!
Here's a sample of the events scheduled:

• 5-8 p.m.: Music by Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Sunshine Jazz Band
• 5-11 p.m.: Art Activity
• 5:30 p.m.: Gallery Talk with Jason T. Busch, co-curator, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at World's Fairs, 1851-1939
• 6 p.m.: "Art You Can Eat" with Chef Haley Bittermann: "Southern Spin on English Pasties"
• 7 p.m.: Lecture with Don Vappie, "Over The Waves:The Influence of Latin Music on Early Jazz"
• 7:30 p.m.: Gallery Talk with Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, Lisa Rotondo McCord, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts of the World's Fairs, 1851-1939
• 8 p.m.: NOLA Fashion Council Announces "1920s Best Dressed" Winners
• 8-10 p.m.: Baker Maid will be serving samples of their goods
• 8:30-11:30 p.m.: Music by Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue
• 8:30 p.m.: Lecture with cocktail historian, Elizabeth Pearce: "History in a Glass: The Story of New Orleans in the Sazerac"
• 9 p.m.: Comedy Tour with The New Movement
• 9:30 p.m.: Film: CHICAGO
• 11 p.m.: Comedy Tour with The New Movement

Saturday Fun!

Looking for some air conditioned fun?  Then get yourself over to the New Orleans Convention Center in Hall J for the Great American Seafood Cook-Off!!  The cooking begins at 11:00 am and goes on all day and winners will be announced at 4:30 pm!  Guests of the cook-off will enjoy some seafood sampling, complimentary water, snacks from sponsors.  Tickets are only $5 in advance at Whole Food locations and $10 at the door - so come celebrate with some great seafood!  For more info click on the above link.

And of course Saturday night is the night for breaking out your fanciest white linen suit or dress for Whitney White Linen night.  Cruise up and down Julia Street from 6:00 to 9:00 pm...and there's an art viewing and after party at the CAC (900 Camp St.) from 6:00 to 11:00 pm admission is $10 and free for CAC members - DJ Matty will be spinning some funky records, and they'll be food available from Warehouse District favorites.  Click here for all the White Linen night fun and all the amazing art and music going on this evening.

Weekend Events!

Satchmo SummerFest is here! This weekend festival dedicated to the memory of Louis Armstrong presents an extensive roster of performances by contemporary New Orleans musicians from many genres, paying homage to the musical and cultural legend. Bands coming to play read like a who's who of traditional and contermporary jazz, brass bands and children's programming. They include Leroy Jones, Jeremy Davenport, Connie Jones' Crescent City Jazz Band, Yoshio Toyama and the Dixie Saints, The Palmetto Bug Stompers, Shamarr Allen, Rebirth Brass Band, Tim Laughlin, Soul Rebels, Treme Brass Band, Leah Chase, James Andrews, Lars Edegran's New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park programming for kids, and more.
Seminars and tasty food, too. The two main stages are located at the Old US Mint, 400 Esplanade Avenue.
**For all the weekend fun - click here - Satchmo!

It's a Block Party at Rouses on Carrollton - And get your Mango Freeze at Rouses Starting August 3rd! New Orleans’ local big-time grocery chain, Rouses, will be 'OZ-ifying three of their stores, starting with the Mid-City location at 400 N. Carrollton. The café area will be transformed with WWOZ banners and posters, and best of all, the real-deal authentic WWOZ Mango Freeze (like you get at Jazz Fest) will be served up daily.

And the music will be happening all weekend at Rouses!
*Friday - New Wave Brass Band from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
*Saturday - Red Wolf Brass Band from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Treme Brass Band & Dancing Man 504 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
*Sunday - Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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 tune in today (Friday!) from 11-2 pm for the Louisiana Music Party with my hubby Bill deTurk!!



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Weekend with Satchmo and White Linen Partying!

Happy Weekend - It's Satchmo SummerFest 2012 and White Linen Night!!  Check out all the fun below.

And click Satchmo for even more details! 

And of course it's Whitney White Linen Night in the Warehouse District (and some spots on Magazine too) from 6 - 9 tonight.  I totally stole this list off of NolaDefender - props to them for getting this list together.  And please check out their blog too - they got good stuff going on!  http://noladefender.com/

White Linen Night Openings: 

**The Art Salon (4432 Magazine St.)
The Ben Franklin Alumni Art Exhibition - (Be sure to check this one out - my friend Elyse Crawford Hackett is part of this wonderful art opening!!)


AIA New Orleans Center for Design, 1000 St. Charles Ave.
Architecture Exhibition for AIA New Orleans members.

Alexis Walter Art, 835 Julia St.
Lagoon, mixed media painting by Alexis Walter

Ariodante Gallery, 535 Julia St.
Paintings by Elsie Semmes, mosaics by Christine LeDoux and jewelry by Belle Bijoux. Opening reception at White Linen Night, lagniappe show by Joshua Windham.

Arthur Roger Gallery, 432-434 Julia St.
Paintings by Holton Rower, Video Installation by John Pilson, and Objects from Rob Wynne.

Callan Contemporary, 240 Chartres St.
Raine Bedsole presents her new body of work, inspired by the time she spent in Greece and Cuba. On view through September 28.

 Coup d’ Oeil, 2033 Magazine St.
Paintings by Scott Hebert, on view through the month of August.

d. o. c. s., a studio gallery of contemporary art, 709 Camp St.
The Mystique, The Brilliance, paintings by Chic Connell.

The Foundation Fine Art Gallery, 608 Julia St.
All Alive and Close Enough to Touch—Rob Stephens—printmaking.

George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts, 747 Magazine St.
2012 Scholarship Art Contest Winners—oil, acrylic, mixed media, and photography.

George Schmidt Gallery, 626 Julia St.
Paintings and etchings by George Schmidt.

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, 440 Julia St.
Fresh! New work and ongoing work from artists represented in the gallery. For information about artists displaying their work, visit http://www.heriardcimino.com/artsrepre.html. The new art will be on view through July 30.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, 400 Julia St.
Stephen Hoskins presents “Omissions,” a collection of paintings that explore the ways that humans identify each other in the absence of clearly defined facial features. Opening July 30, in conjunction with White Linen Night. On view through August 25.

St. Claudeby Stephen Kwok, Bob Snead, James Goedert, Kiernan Dunn, Hannah Chalew, Michael Pajon, Angela Berry, Brian Guidry, Dan Tague, Christopher Saucedo, Malcolm McClay, and Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.) group exhibition.

Le Mieux Galleries, 332 Julia St.
They Were Hopelessly Outnumbered, ceramic sculptures and drawings by John Donovan.

M. Francis Gallery, 604 Julia St.
Evolution: The Spirit of an Artist, by Myesha Francis.

Mallory Page Studio Works, 641 Julia St.
Recent work by Mallory Page, mixed media on canvas and wood panel.

Martine Chaisson Gallery,727 Camp St.
Infinite Flux, oil on canvas by Batya Kuncman.

Octavia Art Gallery, 4532 Magazine Street
Living with Pop, Emerging Artists and Modern Masters. This overview of pop culture and pop art from the 1960’s to the present will include works by Haring, Lichtenstein, Wesselman, Warhol, and more.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St.
Louisiana Contemporary, 86 pieces from 44 different artists will be on display through September 24. After a long review process of over 600 submissions, juror Rene Paul Barilleaux has made his final selections. There will be an awards ceremony in which one of the artists will win up to $1,500.

New Southern Photography: Lisette de Boisblanc, Birney Imes, Kathleen Robbins, Bruce West, S. Gayle Stevens, Andrew Garn, Heidi Kirkpatrick, Alex Leme, and more.

Louisiana Photographs from the Ogden Museum’s Permanent Collection:E.J. Bellocq, Clarence John Laughlin, Walker Evans, Elemore Morgan, Sr., Alec Soth, and more.

Historic Louisiana Landscapes and Portraits- Various Artists, paintings.

Lin Emery and H. Cole Wiley, multi-media. Works by Young Audiences Students, multi-media.

Soren Christensen Gallery, 400 Julia St.
Transcendence, Luc Leestemaker, mixed media on canvas.

Stella Jones Gallery, 201 St. Charles Ave.
Mr. “I” The Bottle Cap Man—Mr. Imagination—bottle caps, found objects, mixed media.

Steve Martin Fine Art, 624 Julia St.
Face Off, paintings and sculptures by Steve Martin.

Contemporary Arts Center:
CAC Closing Exhibition Reception and White Linen Night After Party
$10 general admission, free for CAC members. Fundraiser. NOLA Now, Part II: The Human Figure—Group Show. EXPOSE: Parse Gallery, Staple Goods Collective, T-LOT.

Cash bars and Cuisine by 5 Fifty 5, Mia’s Balcony, and NOLA Cotton Candy
After-Party Entertainment at the CAC (9 – 11pm)
Mod Dance Party DJs spin funk and soul platters from the 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s

If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire -  http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!!



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Saturday Satchmo SummerFest, Seafood, Linen and 'OZ Festin!

Happy Saturday and Happy Satchmo SummerFest!

I hope everyone was able to get out and "strut" last night.  What an amazing line-up of musicians!!  We got to catch the Hot Club of New Orleans, Chris Thomas King, Davell Crawford, Shamarr Allen, Allen Toussaint, and Donald Harrison - all in one night!!  Wish we could have cloned ourselves to catch everybody.  If you did miss the strut - no worries - cause there's more Satchmo celebratin' today and tomorrow!!

Get your self down to the Quarter to the corner of Decatur and Esplanade for Satchmo SummerFest today and Sunday!  Satchmo SummerFest has extended its hours from noon to 8 pm and for the first time, fans will enjoy ‘Satchmo in the Shade’ - musical performances under completely tented areas. The new 40-by-80-foot tents will cover stage areas and provide relief from the August heat!!  Check out today's amazing musical line-up:

Red Beans & Ricely Yours Stage presented by WWLTV

Noon -1:00 p.m. -- Seva Venet & the Storyville String Band
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. -- Jason Marsalis Quartet
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. -- Treme Brass Band
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. -- Lars Edegran's Ragtime Orchestra featuring Lionel Ferbos
5:00 - 6:15 p.m. -- Yoshio Toyama & the Dixie Saints
6:30 -8:00 p.m. --Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs

Cornet Chop Suey Stage presented by OffBeat

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. -- The Last Staws
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. -- Clive Wilson's New Orleans Serenaders
2:45 - 3:45 p.m. -- Tom McDermott and Kevin Clark present 'Louis Armstrong, the Early Years'
4:00 -5:00 p.m. -- New Orleans Moonshiners
5:15-6:30 p.m. -- Will Smith & the New Orleans Jazz Cats
6:45-8:00 p.m. -- Soul Rebels Brass Band

For a complete list of seminars, special events, food, drinks and fun - click on the Satchmo SummerFest link - http://www.fqfi.org/satchmosummerfest/

Looking for some air conditioned fun?  Then get yourself over to the New Orleans Convention Center in Hall J for the Great American Seafood Kick-Off!!  The cooking begins at 11:00 am and goes on all day and winners will be announced at 4:30 pm!  Guests of the cook-off will enjoy some seafood sampling, complimentary water, snacks from Whole Foods and Budweiser Beer (for those guests who are over 21).  Tickets are only $5 for this fun event - so come celebrate with some great seafood!  For more info click on the above link.

And of course tonight is the night for breaking out your fanciest white linen suit or dress for Whitney White Linen night.  Cruise up and down Julia Street from 6:00 to 9:00 pm...and then head on over to the after party at the CAC (900 Camp St.) admission is $10 and free for CAC members... Check out the White Linen link for all the amazing art and music going on this evening.

And if you're linen is not that white and not too dirty (hey - that's next Saturday!)  My buddy Will Smith has some fun for you!  Head on over to Will Smith's Studio & Home on the corner of Camp & Calliope for the Off White Linen Party! Come and enjoy local art, fashion and music in the New Orleans Arts District, now featuring the Mardi Gras Indians! 

• Appreciate the art by Margie Ayres, Mardi Claw, Bruce Faw, Rebecca Frost, Rachelle O'Brien, Shmuela, Will Smith, Mike Stabile
• Enjoy the fashion with looks by Kendra Bonga, Magazine Metals, Miette, Marigold Pascual
• Dance to the music with DJ Lingerie, Jazzholes, Jim O. & The Sporadic Fanatics, Micah McKee, Loren Murrell, Missy Meatlocker, O.L.D.
• And enjoy refresments by Abita, and snacks by Holly Tamale!

If you're a WWOZ member and supporter - WWOZ has a gift for you tonight!  WWOZ and The Howlin' Wolf (828 S. Peters) invite ‘OZ members to the White Linen Night After Party with Rebirth Brass Band!   Present your valid WWOZ Membership Card at the box office to receive special 'OZ 2-for-1 tickets! The WWOZ Outreach Krewe will be there with prizes and information on your community radio station.  The show starts at 10:00 pm and doors open at 9:00 pm.

If you're looking for more music and fun stuff check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!  Have a good one!



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Wednesday Fun with Music, Cocktails, Fashion & Music!

Good Morning Everybody! Lots of fun things going on today!

If you're looking for some free music head on down to the Wednesdays on the Point concert series continues this afternoon in Algiers and runs through August 10th  from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and of course, admission is FREE!  Tonight head to the Algiers Ferry Dock (200Morgan St.) with a "Latin Love" concert with Otra plus Javier & Elegant Gypsy - and remember the concert is just a FREE ferry ride from the East Bank!

Get a jump on White Linen Night with a White Linen Preview Party tonight at La Cote Brasserie (700 Tchoupitoulas) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm!  There's going to be delicious food and complimentary cocktails from Rain Vodka....yum!!

Take in the hottest styles at Fashion with a Twist tonight at Mike's on the Avenue (628 St. Charles Ave.) from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. - Enjoy cocktail specials and gourmet appetizers while viewing the hottest looks from Lola!  This fun evening is brought to you by Glam Squad Stardust Salon, Hair Loft, Salon Diversion and Aristocrat Salon...Be sure to stay on for live music after the show with Robin Barnes!

Tonight is the 4th Annual Asante Awards at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre of Performing Arts (1419 Basin St.) from 7:00 to 10:00 pm! Celebrating the sound of brass music and social & pleasure clubs - Admission is FREE and if you become a member for only $25 you get priority seating! On this day of Thanksgiving and Salutation to our culture, the Asante Awards and Festival will showcase local poets, musicians, and artists in various disciplines. The informative, educational format of the Festival will also allow for ample interaction between artists and festival goers. Get your free Tickets here or become a member:
http://asantefoundation.eventbrite.com/ or call 504-355-2530.

Featuring celebrity host Kermit Ruffins and the 2011 Honorees:
Hot 8 Brass Band
Willie Mae
Kid Merv
Kin Folks
Kent Jordan
Soul Rebels
Uncle Lionel
Benny Jones
2 Be Continued
Don Hubbard
Luella Givens
James Andrews
Sherman Copelin
Leander "Shack" Brown
Trombone Shorty
Olympia Brass Band
Darryl Montana
Cedric Richmond
Donald Harrison
Kelder Summers
Roland Doucette
Dr. Michael White
Lady Buck Jumpers
Rebirth Brass Band
Treme' Brass Band
Black Men of Labor
Eddie Smith - New Wave
Versatile Ladies of Style
ZULU
New Birth Brass Band
Toya "T.Church" Thomas
Stooges Brass Band
Lil' Rascals Brass Band
The Pinettes Brass Band
U.S. Marines Color Guard
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Ninth Ward Original Divas
Glen David Andrews
House of Dance & Feathers
Joe Saulsbury - Franklin Ave.
Anthony Richardson - Dirty Rice
St. Augustine High School Band Legends
Treme Sidewalk Steppers
Chief Allison "Tootie" Montana
Chief Darryl Montana
Lionel Ferbos

Wow - See ya there!

If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!



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