SECTIONS:Defender PicksMercrediMay 22ndNOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden (5:00 PM) The NOLA Project presents this festive comedy that pits two of Shakespeare's most beloved characters, Benedick and Beatrice, in a war of words and wits
1445 Pauger Street (6:00 PM) Cultural philanthropists Dorian and Kel Bennett have opened their historic Marigny home for this inaugural event with music, theater and dance performances
Circle Bar (10:00 PM) Punk rock on Lee Circle
Walter Wolfman Washington d.b.a. (10:00 PM) Fiery blues on Frenchmen - every week
Curren$y's Jet Lounge Blue Nile (10:00 PM) The NOLA rapper's weekly party
Major Bacon Banks Street Bar (10:00 PM) Blues rock and BLTs!
SIN Night Country Club (All Day) Weekly Wed Gig- $3 martinis and free admission for the service industry folks.
Tom McDermott and Meschiya Lake Chickie Wah Wah (8:00PM) Weekly Wed Gig- Piano man meets a golden voice.
Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses Mimi's (10:00PM) Weekly Wed Gig- Gypsy jazz upstairs in the Marigny
Busker's Ballroom Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00PM) Weekly Wed Gig- from the street to the stage. Midnight Snax throwdown follows at 10pm.
Tin Men dba (7:00 PM) Weekly Wed Gig- The world's premiere washboard-sousaphone-guitar trio.
Treme Brass Band Candlelight Lounge (9:00 PM) Weekly Wed Gig- Pass on by and see the 6th Ward’s home band JeudiMay 23rdNOMA’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
Thursdays at Twilight with Alex McMurray City Park’s Botanical Garden (5:00 PM) New Orleanian songwriter performs at the weekly outdoor concert series
The Ogden Museum (6:00 PM) Singer/ songwriter who has recently performed at Austin City Limits Music Festival and provided tour support for Raul Malo and the Wood Brothers
Maya Erdelyi Reception and Film Screening The Foundation Gallery (6:00 PM) A screening of Maya's award-winning animation "Pareidolia" followed by a Q &A with the artist
Snug Harbor (8:00 & 10:00 PM) The third evening of a chamber music festival that has something for classical aficionados and dilettantes alike
Hi Ho Lounge (9:00 PM) Hip hop artist raps on St. Claude with his album Trap Hop
Circle Bar (10:00 PM) Performing tracks from the new album 'What a World' |
Dalai Lama's Keynote: The Path to Peace in NOLA by John Hagan Addressing varied topics such as global climate change, growing income disparity, gun control, and his favorite foods (this is New Orleans after all), Tenzin Gyatso, the XIV Dalai Lama brought his message of compassion and peace to New Orleans, a city in desperate need of both. Mary Landrieu Pulls Trigger for Failed Gun Control Measure Congress' gun battle came down to a crucial vote in the U.S. Senate today, as an amendment to expand background checks on gun buyers to gun shows and Internet sales hit the floor of the U.S. Capitol, with families of the victims of the Newtown shootings looking on. The Manchin-Toomey amendment ended up failing (54-46) with the expected help of Louisiana's David Vitter. But, to some surprise, Bayou State senior senator Mary Landrieu ended up supporting the measure. Bloomberg Gun Ads Target Mary Landrieu, Carville Intervenes Mayor Michael Bloomberg is putting the soda buckets down this week and picking up his battle against illegal guns. Proving once again that he has enough money to be on TV anytime he wants, the New York City mayor launched a multimillion dollar ad campagin urging support for universal background checks on gun ownership. Mayor Mike has 14 senators in the crosshairs. One of them happens to be Louisiana's own Sen. Mary Landrieu. La. GOP Goes After Mary Landrieu for Hosting 'Gun Grabbin' Joe Biden by William Dilella The Louisiana GOP is gunning for Mary Landrieu. Apparently looking to take an early snipe at the state's senior senator, State Republican Party Chairman Roger Villere, released a statement to the media Tuesday asking that senior Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu cancel a weekend fundraiser, which is to be hosted by (in Villere's own words) "Gun-grabbin" Vice President Joe Biden. N.O. ControlRegulating Guns in New Orleans: An Op-Ed In a city with an out-of-control murder rate, opinion columnist Annika Mengisen explores New Orleans' prospects for reining in the availability of the weapons used to do most of the killing. G(un)ControlMarigny MusingsWhen I initially learned of the massacre that occurred last week in Arizona, and that the intended target was U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords 
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