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SECTIONS: Arts · Politics · Crime · Sports · Food · · Opinion · NOLA · Lagniappe THE Defender Picks Dimanche May 26th Greek Festival 1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd (11:00 AM- 9:00 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 Zephyrs Home Game Zephyr Field (2:00 PM) New Orleans baseball against the Omaha Storm Chasers 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 Tigers, Bananas, Bears... Oh Yeah! Art Klub, 513 Elysian Fields Ave (8:00 PM) An interactive and sparkling performance presented by Nari Tomassetti Clyborne Park Shadowbox Theatre (8:00 PM) Straightforward conversational drama explores one area's gentrification through 50 years Hot 8 Brass Band Howlin’ Wolf Den (10:00PM) Weekly gig from some of the city’s best in brass Joe Krown feat. Russell Batiste and Walter "Wolfman" Washington Maple Leaf (10:30PM) Weekly gig on Oak with Krown on the organ, Washington firing up the guitar strings, and Batiste on the drums. Lundi May 27th Zephyrs Home Game Zephyr Field (1:00 PM) New Orleans baseball against the Omaha Storm Chasers Toi Et Moi Film Screening The Healing Center (7:00 PM) The French Alliance’s Cine-Club screens a French romantic film with English Subtitles 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 funky with a new weekly Uptown gig	Today's Events: 7.9.11 Posted Saturday, July 9th, 2011 July 9, when the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, granting full citizenship to African Americans (1868), when the inaugural Wimbledon Championships opened (1877), when British and Canadian forces captured Caen, France in WWII’s Battle of Normandy (1944), when Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans exhibition opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles(1962), and when Pan Am Flight 759 crashed in Kenner, Louisiana, killing 145 (1982); it’s when June Jordan (1936), O.J. Simpson (1947), Courtney Love (1964), Jack White (1975), and Fred Savage (1976) were born, and when Zachary Taylor, the nation’s 12th President, died. So take a walk in City Park, and then: Tagged with: An American in Paris Astor Crowne Plaza big history conan o'brien can't stop Eiffel Society ernst cafe Generation LA historic new orleans collection maple street book shop Naughty in Nawlins' New Art House New Orleans Photo Aliiance NOPA Gallery Prytania Richard D. Wright RollerGirls Running of the Bulls St. Claude Art Openings the threads of memory Tipitinas Trigun Young Fellaz Brass Band Zeitgeist	ADVERTISE with NOLA Defender Contributors: Dead Huey Long, Emma Boyce, Ian Hoch, Sarah Esenwein, Ryan Sparks, Will Dilella, Chris Rinaldi, Lianna Patch, Phil Yiannopoulos, Cate Czarnecki, Jonas Griffin, Jennifer Abbot, Mary Kilpatrick, Elaina Patton, Mike Horst, Devin Bambrick, Katherine McGuire, Norris Ortolano, Joe Shriner Staff Writers Ryan Sparks, Kerem Ozkan Listings Elisabeth Morgan Puzzler Paolo Roy Art Director: Michael Weber, B.A. Assistant Managing Editor Mary-Devon Dupuy Managing Editor Stephen Babcock Editor: B. E. Mintz Published Daily by Minced Media, Inc.
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