Archive | March, 2011

GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING JAZZ MUSICIAN, IRVIN MAYFIELD SENDS A LOVE LETTER TO NEW ORLEANS! A Love Letter to New Orleans CD is also available separately. Irvin Mayfield and Basin Street Records announced today the release of A Love Letter to New Orleans, a richly designed coffee-table book and CD that provides an intimate glimpse into the [...]

Winner to be announced on March 31, 2011 Tales of the Cocktail® in partnership with Tasting Panel Magazine announces the 10 finalists for the 2011 Official Cocktail Competition. In 2011, Tales of the Cocktail® Official Cocktail Competition, bartenders were invited to shake things up and create an original Ramos Gin Fizz cocktail using Henry Ramos’ [...]

Young Leadership Council Hosts The Radiators’ Last Free Public Performance this Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 5-7:30 p.m. at Lafayette Square! YLC Wednesday at the Square, a free 12-week concert series in Lafayette Square, kicks-off its 12th season with a performance by The Radiators, the band’s last free concert before retiring. The show will go on [...]

By Juliet Meeks Annual Freret Street Festival The annual Freret Street Festival is happening Saturday, April 2nd.  For the first time this year the Freret Market will produce the event.  The festival has been run by the Neighborhood Housing Services for the past 14 years but this year they have decided to hand over the [...]

Chefs Move! Kicks Off with Cocktail Party Fundraiser Event Will Raise Funds for the John Besh & Bride Mayor Scholarship WHO:              Chef John Besh, the directors of The John Besh Foundation and advisory committee of Chefs Move! WHAT:            The Chefs Move! Kick-Off Cocktail Party marks the start of Chefs Move!, the John Besh & [...]

Spirited tickets and special packages can be purchased online at www.TalesoftheCocktail.com. Now in its ninth year, Tales of the Cocktail® returns with another round of seminars, events, competitions, tastings, dinner pairings, workshops and more that are sure to shake up the cocktail industry. Individual event tickets and special packages are now on sale for Tales [...]