Archive | August, 2011

Beaten by Hurricanes Katrina, Gustave and Ike, the Mariner’s Village Marina barely had a pulse. The channel was impassable, the docks were destroyed and only a few die-hards endured on their vessels. Now under new management and a new name, Lake Pontchartrain Harbor Marina (LPHM) is turning around. Frank Hijuelos, Harbor Master, reported that the [...]

Sunday, August 28, 2011 The Theatres at Canal Place, 333 Canal Street (at The Shops at Canal Place) 10 pm – Lobby of Theatre, 11 pm – Main Theatre Smoke-free, Ages 21 and over FREE Parking at Canal Place, $2 / with validation (we validate) New Orleans, Louisiana: The 6th Annual Katrina Artistically Revisited special [...]

Food Trucks, Street Fare, Kermit Ruffins, Papa Grows Funk, Quarter Horse Racing and More at First-of-Its-Kind Event NOLAfoodtrucks.com and Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will celebrate the culture of street food, food trucks, and beyond at the inaugural Street Fare Derby Presented by Budweiser on Closing Day of the track’s Summer Quarter Horse Meet, [...]

Who: Crescent City SEC Kickoff Party, Inc What: Social Event Benefitting Playworks New Orleans When: Friday, August 26, 2011 8-11 pm Where: The 12 Bar on Fulton, 608 Fulton Street Why: “Kickoff” college football season in the south by bringing local fans and alumni together, along with supporting Playworks New Orleans working with our New [...]

This premier event is promoted through the We Live to Eat (WLTE) campaign of the Louisiana Restaurant Association

New Orleans jazz vocalist & OffBeat Award winner, Cindy Scott will perform at Snug Harbor (626 Frenchmen Street, New Orleans) on Sunday, August 28 with shows at 8pm and 10pm. Joining Scott at Sung Harbor will be Brian Seeger (guitar), Roland Guerin (bass), and Simon Lott (drums). Scott is the 2011 winner of the OffBeat [...]

Ladies Lunch, Drink Specials and Hat Modeling Tops off Celebration The Roosevelt New Orleans will pay tribute to its remarkable and colorful past through the re-creation of the historic “Stormin’ of the Sazerac,” Friday, September 23, at 3 p.m. inside the hotel’s legendary Sazerac Bar. The event commemorates the 62nd anniversary of the first occasion [...]

On the heels of the recent success of A Summer Reading Evening, a special event benefiting the Friends of New Orleans Public Library, Vintage 329 gallery owner Joey Sutton presented the first of many checks to FNOPL Executive Director Katelyn Castleberry and FNOPL Board President Scott Cunningham. The gallery owner is an avid collector of [...]

August 26 The Allways Lounge Doors 9pm/Stage 10pm Orange Moon Official National Release – August 23, 2011 It’s fitting you might have caught a glimpse of Alexis Marceaux on Treme, HBO’s pantheon to New Orleans musicians. The soulful young artist is a lifelong New Orleanian, with credentials that best that of the cast. Her father [...]