Archive | January, 2011

Military.com and Non-Commissioned Officers Association to Help Service Members In Transition Find Jobs Military.com and the Non-Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA) will host a massive career expo for military personnel. Date: February 1, 2011 Location: Four Points by Sheraton New Orleans Airport Time: 10 am – 2 pm Military.com and NCOA are helping nearly 5,000 servicemembers [...]

Imagination Movers-In A Big Warehouse Tour Saturday, February 5, 3:00 p.m. Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin St, (504) 280-7171 Get ready to start “Brainstorming” as the Imagination Movers build some “Big Ideas” at the Lakefront Arena on Saturday, February 5, kicking off their latest Disney Tour promoting their latest CD, In A Big Warehouse. New Orleans [...]

On Saturday Feb 5th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., The French Market introduces the WWOZ Community Music Stage, a new busking station for local musicians. Look for the yellow WWOZ banners and green tent between Farmers and Flea Markets. Local musicians sign up for a first come, first serve slot to play one 45 [...]

With the inaugural Krewe of Rocckus, the wacky, warped, and wonderful guys of New Orleans based rock band Better Than Ezra are providing the ultimate insider taste of the nation’s biggest party. The blowout takes place during the final weekend of Mardi Gras — Thursday, March 3, Friday March 4 and Saturday March 5, 2011 [...]

Benjy Davis Project, the Baton Rouge, LA-based band, led by Benjy Davis and Mic Capdevielle, is planning to go on hiatus in 2011. After touring almost non-stop in 2010, the band is taking a much-needed break to clear their heads, re-energize and to allow Davis some time to write new songs. The band plans to [...]

The Krewe of Chewbacchus is a Carnival Krewe for the most revelrous of Star Wars Freaks, Trekkies, Whovians, Mega-Geeks, Circuit Benders, Cryptozooligists, UFO Conspiracy Theorists, and all the rest of Super Nerdom. We are Bacchanalian Revelry + Sci Fi = BacchanALIENS. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1339073639/the-intergalactic-krewe-of-chewbacchus) We have several awesome events planned including: a Sci Fi Fashion Show “Set [...]

Cowboy Mouth is on their ‘16th Annual Rock ‘n Roll Mardi Gras Tour™’ in conjunction with the release of 5 carnival related songs on a disc entitled “Mardi Gras.” Cowboy Mouth, a New Orleans based rock band has toured constantly for 16 years and sold over 450,000 records. Led by lead guitarist John Thomas Griffith [...]

By now its no secret that a culinary ‘Revolution’ is indeed coming to the French Quarter in 2011, but the popular long-standing New Orleans’ tradition of Begue’s Champagne Brunch will continue every Sunday at the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street. The story of Begue’s brunch dates back to 1875 when Madam Begue virtually introduced [...]

New Orleans’ favorite coffee shop on Bourbon Street, PJ’s Coffee Café, is celebrating its first anniversary. In late January of 2010, PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans partnered with the Royal Sonesta Hotel to create the very first café concept for the coffee company. PJ’s Coffee Café offers patrons light lunch specials daily in addition to [...]

On January 18th, in the Royal Sonesta Grand Ballroom, over 150 attendees representing businesses around the Quarter gathered to meet and welcome a new board of directors for the French Quarter Business Association. Among the attendees were City Council members Jackie Clarkson and Kristin Gisleson Palmer and Past FQBA presidents Drew Bevolo, Alfred Gross, Sal [...]