People United for Armstrong Park is honoring one of their founding members in a second line this afternoon. Patricia “Pat” Evans passed away on May 2, at 81 years old. Evans was beloved for her work as a women’s rights activist in the 1970’s and 1980’s, and she led the community through her work with PUfAP, the Historic Faubourg Treme Association, and many other organizations geared towards bettering New Orleans.

Today is the final day of the Cajun-Zydeco and Creole Tomato Festivals, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra hits Uptwon, Poetry Slam and Open Mic Night at the Shadowbox Theatre, James Singleton gives Café Istanbul a whirl, and TBC Brass Band throws down at the Blue Nile. On this day in history, Preservation Hall opened its doors to the public for the first time. There was no cover. (1961) Later, French Quarter musician Johnnie Bachemin was found murdered in his apartment of Pauger Street (1998). Enjoy your Sunday:

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.

July 24, when Mormon leader Brigham Young arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley and said, "This is it" (1847), when the rotary-type printing press was pantented (1847), when Machu Picchu was discovered in Peru (1911) and when 91-year-old Hulda Crooks became the oldest woman to climb Japan's highest mountain. Happy birthday to Simon Bolivar (1783), Michael "Kramer" Richards (1949), and Jennifer Lopez (1970). One of the following events might be "it" for you:

FAIR GROUNDS - Inside the JazzFest gates, there's a heavily fortified sanctuary that caters to every need. But, flags pulled up and regiments broken, Festers find themselves breaking from the ranks of fun once they are unleashed into the city's clean zone. Suddenly, faces become a little longer, and being in a crowd feels like a hassle. Luckily, the tired and sunbaked Fest goers are pushed along not only by the strong desire to evade street vendors. More music, albeit not guided by well laid cubes, brings everyone home - or at least to the next drink. 

Sure, we sent them the horns and the swing. The funk and the kings (of the street). But this year, NOLA exported some seriously diverse music from the provinces to the nation.