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May 24th

 

Much Ado About Nothing

NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden (5:00 PM)

The NOLA Project presents this festive comedy that pits two of Shakespeare's most beloved characters in a war of words and wits

 

Greek Festival

1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd (5:00PM- 11:00 PM)

The Holy Trinity Cathedral is inviting Grecophiles of all ages out to Bayou St. John for goat burgers, traditional music and dancing, and regional libations

 

New Orleans Food and Wine Expo Grand Tastings

The Convention Center (6:00PM-9:00 PM)

An experience for both foodies and wine connoisseurs with live music by Flow Tribe

 

Zephyrs Home Game

Zephyr Field (7:00 PM)

New Orleans baseball against the Omaha Storm Chasers

 

Special Comedy Screening of “Sketchtown” and Bourbon Whiz

One Eyed Jacks (7:30)

Sketchy Characters Productions brings you a comedy sketch and web series that plays off the madness of the French Quarter

 

Clyborne Park

Shadowbox Theatre (8:00 PM)

Straightforward conversational drama explores one area's gentrification through 50 years

 

Tigers, Bananas, Bears... Oh Yeah!

Art Klub, 513 Elysian Fields Ave (8:00 PM)

An interactive and sparkling performance presented by Nari Tomassetti

 

Birdfoot Festival

The Little Gem Saloon (8:00 PM)

The fourth evening of a chamber music festival that has something for classical aficionados and dilettantes alike

 

Rebirth Brass Band Makes 30

Howlin’ Wolf (9:00 PM)

A funky two night celebration of the band’s 30th anniversary

 

Ola Podrida

Circle Bar (10:00 PM)

Rock around Lee Circle tonight

 

Today's Events: 5.2.12


Today, Megalomaniacs, Chaz, and Daze Between get their own Fests, and the Definition of Bounce becomes a documentary at Cafe Istanbul. This day in history, Gen Benjamin Butler's Order #28 is issued, making any woman who showed contempt for the Union Army guilty of soliciting prostitution (1862), and “Chapel Of Love” By the Dixie Cups entered the Billboard R&B Chart, where it eventually reached #1 during its 13 week run.


ChazFest Brings out the Russians, Riff Raff


by Brad Rhines

Jazz Fest offers plenty of fun in the sun for weekend warriors, but for daytime drinking and midweek music, you’ll have to head to the Bywater.  The 7th annual Chaz Fest happens on Wednesday, May 2, and was originally devised as an alternative to the big show at the Fairgrounds.  Intended as a venue for local artists who couldn’t get booked for Jazz Fest, Chaz Fest was started by Alex McMurray, who named the event after his friend and Tin Men bandmate, the beloved Washboard Chaz Leary.  


ChazFest Focus: Valparaiso Men's Chorus


The Bywater's annual celebration of one facet of the local music scene might be smaller and in a backyard, but that doesn't mean they don't employ some of the same tactics in scheduling. Like the all-star lineups that can be found dotting the JazzFest scheudle, the Valparaiso Men's Chorus is a confluence of downtown talent into a single entity. The ensemble is lead by ChazFest impresario and host Alex McMurray and made up of a lot of the people (including Chaz!) who are in his other bands (Tin Men, Alex McMurray Band, Happy Talk Band),. It's a celebration of a rarely excavated artform in the cradle of jazz: the Sea Shanty.


Today's Events: 5/4/11


May 4, the date of the first Grammy Awards (1959), The Kent State University student killings by members of Ohio’s National Guard (1970), the first Kiss concert (1976); the birthday of Audrey Hepburn (1929), Keith Haring (1958) and moonman Lance Bass (1979). It was also the date of Sherlock Holmes’ apparent death at Reichenbach Falls, Switzerland (1981). An impressive list of historic events, but nothing beats what’s on today’s NOLA plate:


ChazFest Cometh


Sure, Jazzfest is great, but those of us tucked away close to the Industrial Canal know something better... CHAZFest. Named for NOLA legend, Washboard Chaz, the local festival staged in backyards by Alex McMurray is always the Wednesday between the two weekends of JazzFest... that's tomorrow! Homegrown talent, Hot8 Brass Band, Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, Happy Talk Band,, and of course Wahboard Chaz will be ripping it up.


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