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Lundi

May 20th

Tamami, The Baby’s Curse

Cafe Instanbul (7:00 PM)

A Japanese film about a teenager’s strange venture into a haunted house

 

Blue Grass Pickin' Party

Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00 PM)
Weekly Mon Gig- Circle of voices and guitars cooks up standards. Special appearance by Red Beans and Rice
 

King James & the Special Men
BJ's Lounge (10:00PM)
Weekly Mon Gig- Burgundy in the Bywater for that downtown rhythm and blues.
 

Charmaine Neville Band
Snug Harbor (8:00PM, 10:00PM)
Weekly Mon Gig- The Neville niece brings her soul and her band to Frenchmen
 

New Orleans Jazz Vipers
Spotted Cat (10:00PM)
Weekly Mon Gig- Trad Jazz on Frenchmen

 

Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
Maple Leaf Bar (10:00 PM)
Get sketchy at the bar's new Monday gig 

 

What Maisie Knew

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center (7:30PM)

Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, and Alexander Skargard star in the film, an adaptation of Henry James' novella of the same name

 

Hollygrove’s Party in the Garden

8301 Olive Street (6:00 PM)

Honey Island Swamp Band Trio with Alvin Youngblood Hart will play at the fourth annual celebration of the farmer’s market, with proceeds to go to kid’s farm education programs

 

Mardi

May 21st

Rolling Through

Rosa Keller Library (5:00-9:00 PM)

My House NOLA presents a rolling food vendor mini festival


 

Calle 54 Screening

The Antenna Gallery (7:00 PM)

A series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Charitable Film Network, Press Street, and WWOZ

 

Birdfoot Backstage with WWNO 89.9 FM

Jewish Community Center (7:30 PM)

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

 

Pure X

Circle Bar (10:00 PM)

Catch the Indie rockers on their North American tour

So Fresh and So Green: Hollygrove's Garden Party


Whether you buy their veggies straight from the source or eat them plated at restaurants like Tivoli & Lee, most NOLA folks have enjoyed produce from Hollygrove Market (8301 Olive Street). Tomorrow night, the farm’s fans can show some love at the nonprofit’s Fourth Annual Party in the Garden. 


Hotel Modern Opens Upscale Pop-Up, "Why Not?"


The Hotel Modern (Lee Circle, 936 St. Charles) is combining two of the city’s favorite food trends, pop-up restaurants and buying local. Chef Mike Nirenberg and Creative Director James Stuart began service at their seasonal pop-up yesterday, with dinner and lunch service in the former Tamarind Restaurant space.


Hollygrove Market Extends Hours


by Jillian Firnhaber

Locally grown produce will be available five days a week at the Hollygrove Market. In honor of their fourth anniversary, the Olive Street retail branch (8301 Olive St.) of the Market and Farm is extending the days and hours during which they are open. Rather than just Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday, now shoppers will have access to fresh, locally grown produce on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, as well as Saturday and Sunday. The changes take effect on Nov. 3.


Ripe for Expansion

New Orleans Fruit Tree Project Puts Unpicked Citrus in Baskets of Those in Need



There are few things sadder than a garden full of spoiled satsumas, and the people behind the NOLA Fruit Tree Project are doing everything in their power to put an end to squandered citrus.


Today in New Orleans: 5.14.12


Today, the Hollygrove Market and Farm puts together a New Orleans sampler platter for the ages, the Black Widow Salon returns to the Quarters, and a former local rock scene regular returns home at Zeitgeist. On this day, we mark the birthday and final day on Earth of legendary clarinetist Sidney Bechet (1897-1959). His style made New Orleans clarinet what it is today. Now take a little of that panache to these:


All is Poeyfarre

Warehouse District Survey Said...Grocery Store!



As populations picks up in the Warehouse District, so, too, must the amenities. Rouse's is slated to open on the other side of the CBD in the near future, but for the condo-dwellers closer to the River, there's already a place to buy liquor, groceries, organic produce and even have a coffee. On July 1, Poeyfarre (pronounced poe-e-fare) opened at the site of an old metal fabrication building on the street of the same name.


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