Today, be French at the 13th Annual Summer Wine Festival, support Women with a Vision at Twelve Mile Limit, watch Koan return to Tipitina’s and bid adieu to Johnny White's Sports Bar - as we know it. On this day in history, the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez began their famous riverboat race (1870), trumpeter Wallace Davenport was born in New Orleans (1925), lead singer of Pantera Phillip Anselmo was born in New Orleans (1968), and Better Than Ezra bassist Tom Drummond was born in Shreveport (1969). Now for today's complete menu:

by Mary-Devon Dupuy

On May 24, a large portion of the building that houses the local nonprofit Women With A Vision was burned in an act that local authorities defined as arson. WWAV is geared towards helping the city’s most vulnerable residents, including sex workers and women who have been incarcerated. Tomorrow night, WWAV is hosting a fundraiser to maintain quality service for the women that depend upon the organization’s resources.

by Mary-Devon Dupuy

Last Thursday, a two-alarm fire tore through the headquarters of Women With A Vision (WWAV), a well established nonprofit located at 215 N. Jefferson Davis Pkwy. Today, the New Orleans Fire Department said the classified incident is aggravated arson, though there are no suspects in the case at this point.

This afternoon, the annual hour has come once again when we stand aside and herald the coming of another publication that is much more given to fits of folly and salacious stories than we could ever hope to be. Le Monde de Merde, the newspaper of Krewe du Vieux, has once again appeared on newstands (and the Internerd) to announce the coming of the bawdy band's annual locally-targeted romp through Faubourg Marigny and Vieux Carre. Following custom, the Feb. 4, 2012, parade's theme, royalty and route map are contained therein.