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DIMANCHEMay 19thBayou St. John (12:15 PM-9:15 PM) A music fest on the water featuring Alexis and the Samuri, Remedy Krewe, Fleur de Tease, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and more
Bayou St. John (11:00AM-1:00PM) Pocket Aces Brass Band and Bone Tone Brass lead this year's second line, which starts and ends at Bayou Boogaloo!
Divine Ladies, Unbreakable Men Central City (1 p.m) Second lines! Won't bow down!
Mid-City (All day) Church and a parade to celebrate the club's 104th year
House of Blues (9:00 PM) The Comedy Central comedian is here for some standup!
Big Top (7 p.m.) 8-16 piece traveilling circus punk troupe. Need we say more? Is there anymore to say? with Sammy Kay and the East Los Three, Dead Legends
Tigers, Bananas, Bears... Oh Yeah! Art Klub, 513 Elysian Fields Ave (8:00 PM) An interactive and sparkling performance presented by Nari Tomassetti
Shadowbox Theatre (8:00 PM) Straightforward conversational drama explores one area's gentrification through 50 years
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.
Hot 8 Brass Band Howlin’ Wolf Den (10:00PM) Weekly gig from some of the city’s best in brass
Sunday Youth Music Workshop Tipitina’s (1:00PM) All ages workshop with Johnny Vidacovich. Bring your instruments!
Cajun Fais Do Do Tipitina’s (5:30PM) Bruce Daigrepont is playing the washboard and getting you to bed early
Krewe du Guza Le Bon Temps Roule (10:00PM) Sunday Funday weekly gig from the husband and wife duo LundiMay 20thCafe Instanbul (7:00 PM) A Japanese film about a teenager’s strange venture into a haunted house
Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00 PM) King James & the Special Men Charmaine Neville Band New Orleans Jazz Vipers Papa Grows Funk |
Burger King Bandit Caught on CameraNew Orleans police are searching for a suspect who robbed a Burger King Saturday night, and got it his way. The man walked into the St. Roch restaurant, located near the corner of Franklin and N. Robertson Sts., at around 7:11 p.m., officials said. Crime Bits: French Quarter Robberies, Burger King BanditSince Friday, multiple burglaries, shootings and robberies have plagued the city. A Ninth Ward shooting left one dead and two injured, a handful of Vieux Carre thefts left many empty handed, and a Burger King villain made off with some fast cash. S&WB Gets FEMA Dollars for DrainsMost New Orleanians have frolicked through a flash flood, but trudging through the streets may soon become a thing of the past. Mary and Mitch have joined forced with Rep. Cedric Richmond to get $27million in FEMA funds to replace sub par sewers. Mayor Landrieu and Senator Landrieu announced the repairs today, coming to Filmore, West End, St. Roch, Dillard, and Gentilly Woods neighborhoods in Orleans, as well as to St. Bernard Parish. Letter to the Editor: ABO Hearing on St. Roch TavernOn Tuesday, the owner of St. Roch Tavern went before the Alcohol Beverage Control Board in a hearing in the City Council Chambers. Dozens of St. Roch supporters arrived to give public testimony, but they were not given a chance to speak during the four-hour process. Alexander Fleming wrote a Letter to the Editor to express his concern over the ABO's handling of the matter. ABO Suspends St. Roch, Restricts Live MusicSt. Roch Tavern’s reputation as a late-night live music venue received a fundamental revision today in the City Council Chambers. The Alcohol Beverage Control Board took on the bar for violations that dealt with noise, loitering, and trash pickup. Under the deal reached at the hearing, St. Roch will be suspended from operating from April 6-April 20, live music will be heavily restricted, and the bar must close by 2:30am every night. Murder in St. RochNew Orleans Police are investigating a Friday afternoon murder of an unidentified man in St. Roch. The incident occurred around 2 p.m., near an Auto Zone location at the corner of Marigny St. and North Claiborne Ave. Progress Update on St. Roch PlaygroundIn just a few months, St. Roch residents will have a revamped park six blocks away from their new spot to make groceries. Sampson Playground, located at the corner of N. Roman and St. Roch, sustained significant damages from Katrina. However, the park is slated to reopen by 2013 with a fresh face and new facilities including a baseball field, a resurfaced basketball court, and possibly even a pool. Missing St. Roch Teen SoughtNew Orleans police are asking for the public's help in locating a St. Roch girl who has been missing for a week. Curnisha Dyer, 13, was last seen by her mother at her home in the 2400 block of Music St. on Jan. 9. Dyer was supposed to catch a bus to school at Orleans Ave. and N. Galvez St., but it is unknown if she ever got on the bus. Violence Continues in New Orleans, Leaving 1 Dead, 6 ShotViolence continued to reign in New Orleans Tuesday night. One man died in a shooting, and six more were shot in two incidents. In the 6000 block of Yorktown Dr. in New Orleans East, gunfire sprayed just after 7:30 p.m. Five men were found wounded on the scene, with one of them dying at the hospital from his wounds. Police recovered a weapon at the scene, but further details on the incident were scant. The Creative ClassIn Big Class, Elementary School Kids Make Their Own Children's BooksGetting kids published might sound like a lofty goal within the New Orleans public school system, but Doug Keller and his team of educators and artists at “Big Class,” made it happen. |
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