Defender PicksMARDIMay 22nd
CBD (All Day)
Seminars, grand tastings, 20th anniversary!
Octavia Books (6:00 PM) Carolyn Turgeon signs her novel of swan maidens
Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (8:00 PM) The sax man and composer plays one of Bourbon's classiest environs
Maple Leaf Bar (10:00 PM) 2 sets by the Grammy-winning brass band
Broadway St Market (9:00AM-1:00PM)
Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Spotted Cat (10:00PM)
NOLA Community Printshop's Screenprint Open Shop
d.b.a (10:00 PM) The 6th Ward's home brass band saunters over to Frenchmen for some New Orleans music. MERCREDIMay 23rdLafayette Square (5:00 PM) This week, Wednesday's happiest hour features a brassy lineup: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave. & Hot 8 Brass Band
CBD (All Day)
Seminars, grand tastings, 20th anniversary!
Wazozo Zorchetstra, Helen Gillet & Luke Allen Siberia (10:00 PM) A night of NOLA's favorite cello, first with the Happy Talk Band singer, then with her very own big band!
Republic (9:00 PM) Chris Trew's invisible coitus returns to New Orleans for preliminary rounds
House of Blues (9:00 PM) Yes, they're still around. And, yes, they still love the glam.
Allways Lounge (9:00 PM) Gospel Music is an indie pop songwriter, while Lonesome Leash is Walt from Big Ship, Dark Dark Dark.
Father John Misty, Har Mar Superstar, Moon Hooch, The Dropout One Eyed Jack's (10:00 PM) Lots of indie in da Quarters
Latter Library Carriage House (10:00AM-2:00PM) Weekly Wed Gig- bi-weekly sale on St. Charles.
Weswego Farmers & Fisheries Market
484 Sala Ave (8:00AM-2:00PM)
Hump Day/SIN Night
Country Club (All Day)
Tom McDermott and Meschiya Lake
Chickie Wah Wah (8:00PM)
Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses
Mimi's (10:00PM)
Busker's Ballroom
Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00PM)
Tin Men
dba (7:00 PM)
Treme Brass Band
Candlelight Lounge (9:00 PM) JEUDIMay 24th
Blue Nile (10:00 PM)
A fundraiser for Gulf Restoration Network and Sweet Home New Orleans with Elvis Perkins, Erin McKeown, Jeanie Schroder (Devotchka), Justin Poree (Ozomatli), Lateef The Truthspeaker, Martín Perna (Antibalas + Ocote Soul), Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs), Spank Rock,Thao Nguyen (Thao And The Get Down Stay Down), more!
CBD (All Day)
Seminars, grand tastings, 20th anniversary!
Old US Mint (8:00 PM)
The inaugural chamber music festival holds its first concert
Tip's (9:00 PM)
HIs hair isn't the only thing funny about this Brooklyn-based entertainer. Chris Trew opens.
Jumpin Johnny Sansone
Chickie Wah Wah (8:00 PM)
One of NOLA's foremost blues harp men
d.b.a. (10:00 PM)
SFR is on tour, while Riff Raff are from here. Expect lilt.
Circle Bar (10:00 PM)
Old time country in their old time venue
Siberia (10:00 PM)
An aural and visual experience in the vein of the Flaming Lips
One Eyed Jack's (7:00 PM)
Indie rock...early in the evening
Rock 'N Bowl (8:30 PM)
Zydeco Night!
Thursdays at Twilight
City Park (6:00 PM)
This week featuring Wendell Brunious
Ogden Museum of Southern Art (6:00 p.m.)
This week featuring Americana Duo Spinning Leaves
NOMA Sculpture Garden (7:00 PM)
Theatre: Shakespeare under the oaks!
Mid-City Theatre (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Camp meets Freud in this tale of deviant sexual awakening
JPAS (8:00 PM)
Theatre: 80s kitsch rollerskating musical. Need we say more?
CAC (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Ricky Graham takes the stage for a one-woman show
Gold Mine Saloon (8:00 PM) Weekly reading series, this time with poet Wang Ping
Hi-Ho Lounge (9:00 PM) Weekly Thurs Gig- Brass band of the hour plays their unique mix of hip-hop and jazz.
Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers
Vaughn's (7:00 PM)
Tom McDermott and Aurora Nealand
Buffa's (8:00PM)
I Club (8:30 PM)
Big D Perkins and Cornell Williams team up!
VENDREDIMay 25thKD Lang and the Siss Boom Bang
Mahalia Jackson Theatre (8:00 PM)
The singer-songwriter brings her 5-piece band to the Mahalia
Greek Orthodox Cathedral (All Day) LA festin' goes Medieterranean. Featuring Hellenic dancers, live Greek music and a Greek grocery
Piazza d'Italia (5:30 PM) Chamber music heads outdoors!
CBD (All Day)
Seminars, grand tastings, 20th anniversary!
Chickie Wah Wah (8:00 PM)
These members of the Subdudes and the Radiators, respectively, come together.
Tip's (10:00 PM)
w/ Pockit Tyme, Yojimbo
Blue Max and the Maximizers
John Paul's (9:00 PM)
w/ Billy Outlaw and Ratty Scurvics
Circle Bar (10:00 PM)
NOLA Indie
Allways Lounge (10:00 PM)
NOLA's own Rock and Soul
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue
Banks Street Bar (10:00 PM)
Country without the pop and circumstance
NOMA Sculpture Garden (7:00 PM)
Theatre: Shakespeare under the oaks!
Mid-City Theatre (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Camp meets Freud in this tale of deviant sexual awakening
JPAS (8:00 PM)
Theatre: 80s kitsch rollerskating musical. Need we say more?
CAC (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Ricky Graham takes the stage for a one-woman show
Allways Lounge (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Cripple Creek recreates the classic Greek drama of war and abstinence
SAMEDIMay 26th
Greek Orthodox Cathedral (All Day) LA festin' goes Medieterranean. Featuring Hellenic dancers, live Greek music and a Greek grocery
The New Orleans Food & Wine Experience CBD (All Day) Grand tastings, seminars, 20th anniversary. Today: The Louisiana Seafood Cookoff
UNO Lakefront Arena (7:00 PM) Mike Epps, Joe Torry, Tony Rock, Jay Lamont and Gary Owen. One night.
Tip's (10:00 PM) Yes, that's Johnny Vidacovich and Stanton Moore. Can the two NOLA drum masters share one stage?
Rebirth Brass Band Howlin' Wolf (10:00 PM) See the Grammy-winning brass band
Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Lost Bayou Ramblers Siberia (10:00 PM) The inventor of the drum buddy brings his Cajun buddies in for what's sure to be the highest-energy show of the night
Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers Rock n Bowl (8:00 PM) Plenty of room for dancin', and rollin'
Wild Magnolias d.b.a (10:00 PM) Funk 'n Indians!
Sasha Masakowski's Musical Playground Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro (8&10 PM) The jazz singer shows what's up her sleeve
Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? Allways Lounge (10:00 PM) They like dirges, and they've got a lotta members. Nothing wrong with that!
Mid-City Theatre (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Camp meets Freud in this tale of deviant sexual awakening
JPAS (8:00 PM)
Theatre: 80s kitsch rollerskating musical. Need we say more?
CAC (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Ricky Graham takes the stage for a one-woman show
Allways Lounge (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Cripple Creek recreates the classic Greek drama of war and abstinence DIMANCHEMay 27th
Greek Orthodox Cathedral (All Day) LA festin' goes Medieterranean. Featuring Hellenic dancers, live Greek music and a Greek grocery
Debauche d.b.a. (10:00 PM) Russian mafia band!
Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?, Noir Fonce, Hormone Imbalance The Big Top (2:00 PM) All-local matinees continue on CL-10
Hot 8 Brass Band Howlin' Wolf Den (9:00 PM) with food by Que Crawl!
Mid-City Theatre (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Camp meets Freud in this tale of deviant sexual awakening
JPAS (8:00 PM)
Theatre: 80s kitsch rollerskating musical. Need we say more?
CAC (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Ricky Graham takes the stage for a one-woman show
Allways Lounge (8:00 PM)
Theatre: Cripple Creek recreates the classic Greek drama of war and abstinence |
Occupy No MoreAfter 2 Months, City Sends in the Cops to Shut Down Duncan Plaza Protest Photo by Rene Merino       Tara Jones, after eviction (Photo by Rene Merino) Updated 2:49 p.m CBD - In the early morning hours before Occupy NOLA was set go to court to save their Duncan Plaza encampment, the Mayor sent in the blue.
After barricades and floodlights were set up around the camp at 3:30 a.m. Tues., (Dec. 6), about 100 NOPD officers surrounded the borders of the two-month old outgrowth of Occupy Wall Street. At 4:30a.m., police entered the camp to announce a 30-minute warning before the eviction, and that any homeless persons can go to the northeast corner of the camp to receive assistance.
Police were dressed in their blues instead of riot gear, nor did they need to deploy any of the tear gas and pepper spray that has marred the eviction of other Occupy groups around the country.
As the police moved in, protestors began to remove their valuables from the camp, and scattered from the Duncan Plaza grounds. Tents remained on the property for the next few hours. Around 5 a.m., NOPD officers gathered in a long wall formation and moved from the east side of camp towards City Hall, clearing the camp of all remaining persons. About a half hour later, a group of student lawyers from the Tulane Law Clinic, headed by Davida Finger, were also forced to leave the camp. The gaggle claimed they were promised by NOPD Chief Ronal Serpas that they were allowed to remain inside the barricades as observers. Finger will give an oral argument at today’s hearing. Initially, one of the law students told NoDef there were two arrests at the Plaza. Later, NOPD and the law students confirmed that only Robert Riche, 31, was booked for violating a law that prohibits erecting "signs, sheds, etc." on public property.
At 5:58 a.m., most of the structures in the camp were still standing as dump trucks came around the corner, followed by three trucks of labor hands to clear the remaining tents. By 6 a.m. – when the open park hours begin – NOPD opened the barricade for the dump trucks to enter the park to begin cleaning, but would not allow protestors back in. In response, protesters heckled the police officers. One young woman yelled at NOPD officers for acting like “the short kid beating up a midget.”
In human microphone, the protestors chanted, “Show me what the police state looks like. This is what the police state looks like.” By 6:15a.m., the camp was nearly entirely cleared of tents and remaining belongings.
The eviction makes good on statements Mayor Mitch made Friday that the Occupation's "time has come." Over the weekend, many protesters stood their ground as the cops passed out courtesy notices that encouraged campers to protest during the park's normal business hours of 6 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Since the Oct. 6 march from Tulane Ave. that heralded the beginning of the movement, the encampment struggled with crime and splinter groups within its ranks. But as eviction loomed and Jesse Jackson stopped by, the protesters began to re-unite.The homeless people who took residence at the Plaza were once blamed for theft from the Plaza's food stash. But over the weekend, talk turned to insuring they were given proper services.
Though the city has taken decisive action, the protesters remain scheduled to take a final shot at saving their encampment. A hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. today on an injunction to block the eviction.  ’)
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It's about time they moved
It's about time they moved out this pretend protest shanty town. These are nothing more than delusional misfits and glorified gutter punks and should head back home to occupy their trust funds.
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