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Mardi

May 21st

Rolling Through

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

My House NOLA presents a rolling food vendor mini festival

 

101 Drummers

Maple Leaf (8:00PM)

Feel the Mardi Gras Indian beat with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

 

Rebirth Brass Band
Maple Leaf Bar (10:00 PM)
2 sets by the Grammy-winning brass band

 

Crescent City Farmers Market
Broadway St Market (9:00AM-1:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Uptown edition of the city's prime local market

 

Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Spotted Cat (10:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Booming swing and a voice that will make you melt. A lindy hoppers' delight.


 

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

Mercredi

May 22nd

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, Benedick and Beatrice, in a war of words and wits

 

Artist Inc. Fundraiser

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

 

Retox with Tinsel Teeth

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

Jeudi

May 23rd


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

 

Thursdays at Twilight with Alex McMurray

City Park’s Botanical Garden (5:00 PM)

New Orleanian songwriter performs at the weekly outdoor concert series

 

After Hours with Seth Walker

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

 

Night Train

Snug Harbor (8:00 & 10:00 PM)

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


 

Marcel Black

Hi Ho Lounge (9:00 PM)

Hip hop artist raps on St. Claude with his album Trap Hop

 

Stoop Kids

Circle Bar (10:00 PM)

Performing tracks from the new album 'What a World'

Dog Jacked: Tropical Isle Owners Donate $2500 for Skeeter's Safe Return


Nearly a week ago today, Uptown resident “Meg” was the victim of a carjacking that left her longing for something more irreplaceable than her Lincoln Navigator. Although her vehicle was found, Skeeter, the victim’s 11-year-old Jack Russell & Chihuahua mix is still far from his home.The Louisiana Humane Society offered up $1000 to encourage Skeeter’s safe return from the dog-jacker. Today, Tropical Isle Owners Pam Fortner and Earl Bernhardt decided they had to do something to up the ante and nearly tripled the reward.


Southern Hospitality: Flora-Bama Helps New Orleans Musicians in Isaac's Wake


by Mary-Devon Dupuy

No one understands better what an unexpected hurrication can do for business than the owners of Pensacola's renowned Flora-Bama, adding one more item to the short list of things that Perdido Key and New Orleans have in common. Residents of both cities know how devastating a hurricane can be to people’s personal lives, jobs, homes, and businesses. After Isaac, many of New Orleans musicians were jobless for weeks as they waited for their venues to reopen, and the Flora-Bama decided to come to their aid in the form of a fundraiser. They presented a check at Tropical Isle today, and all proceeds will go towards the New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation. 


Bringin' Da Noise

City Sound Ordinance Proposal Debated in Da Quarters



Amid street musician shutdowns, City Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer has drafted a new sound ordinance to define how street noise will be governed. But around the Quarter, concern lingers about the effects that such an ordinance may have on the city's culture.


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Paolo Roy

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Mary-Devon Dupuy

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Stephen Babcock

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