May 11, 2008  |
Old New Orleans Rum Distillery Tour
August 13, 2007 - December 31, 2008 |
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Times: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Old New Orleans Rum, 2815 Frenchmen Street
Phone: (504) 945-9400
Admission: $10.00
Celebration Distillation offers tours and tastings at the distillery. Our tours offer a intimate and detailed look at the distillation process from beginning to end. All of our tours conclude with a visit to our tasting room. Become a connoisseur as you experience the subtle flavors of our distinctive rums. On occasion the distillers will offer samples of rums we have yet to bring to market to get your thoughts on the directions they are going.
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Surrounded by Water: New Orleans, the Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain
January 26, 2008 - July 12, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 am – 4:30 pm; Sunday 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
www.hnoc.org
Location: Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street
Phone: (504) 523-4662
Admission: free
Surrounded by Water: New Orleans, the Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain positions natural history alongside human history—examining the roles the river and lake played in New Orleans’s economic, social, and cultural growth, while reflecting upon the effects that the city’s expansion had upon the bodies of water themselves. Surrounded by Water traces the ways in which Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River have formed the physical presence of New Orleans created its commerce, wealth, and recreation; and shaped New Orleans impression around the world.
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Chalmette Battlefield Raises Old Glory During National Journey
February 18, 2008 - May 26, 2008 |
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Times: Mondays through Thursdays 7:00 am-3:00 pm; Fridays through Sundays 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
http://www.nps.gov/jela.
Location: Chalmette Battlefield, 8606 West St. Bernard Highway, in Chalmette
Phone: (504) 281-0511
Admission: Free
Chalmette Battlefield Raises Old Glory During National Journey A special flag-raising ceremony as part of “Old Glory’s Journey of Remembrance” will take place at Chalmette Battlefield, in Chalmette. The ceremony is part of a national program to honor the service and sacrifice of Americafallen heroes. The public and especially members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, representatives from the military services, and all veterans and their families are invited to this free program. The flag which will be raised at the battlefield flew over the USS Arizona Memorial and the USS Oklahoma Memorial on December 7, 2007, in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It has been traveling across the and will fly over 25 national cemeteries and historic sites including Independence Hall, Appomattox Courthouse, the Gettysburg battlefield, and McHenry.
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The Museum of Arts Presents - George Rodrigue's Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs and Beyond Katrina
March 1, 2008 - June 8, 2008 |
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Times: Wednesday Noon until 8:00 p.m; Thursday-Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.noma.org
Location: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle
Phone: (504) 658-4100
Come and join us for George Rodrigue's Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs and Beyond Katrina.
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The Old U. S. Mint Presents - Let Your Motto Be Resistance
March 15, 2008 - June 1, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 am- 5:00 pm
Location: Old U. S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave.
Phone: (504)568- 6968 or (800)568-6968
Admission: $6.00 Adults; $5.00 Students , Seniors, and Active Military; Children 12 and under are free
Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits explores the history of African American achievement from the mid-nineteenth century to the present through the changing roles of photographic portraits. Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits explores the history of African American achievement from the mid-nineteenth century to the present through the changing roles of photographic portraiture. The photographs, many by noted photographers and portraying distinguished subjects, establish a sense of place and identity and explore both aesthetic and vernacular styles. Among the subjects are such luminaries as actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson; trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis; legendary singer Nat “King” Cole; performing artist Eartha Kitt; opera legend Marian Anderson; jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong; vocalist Sarah Vaughn; choreographer and dancer Judith Jamison; and Harlem Renaissance poet and writer Langston HughesThe exhibition includes portraits produced by both well-known photographers such as Berenice Abbott, James VanDerZee, Edward Weston, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, Carl Van Vechten, and lesser-known or anonymous photographers. The exhibition inaugurates the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture, and features works drawn exclusively from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC. The exhibition opens to the public this month at the Old U.S. Mint. The museum encourages the entire family to visit this extraordinary exhibition and to participate in the associated adult and family programs.
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The U. S. Mint Presents - Treasures of Napoleon
April 1, 2008 - August 3, 2008 |
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Times: Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; Thursdays until 8:00 pm
Location: The Old U.S. Mint, located at 400 Esplanade Avenue
Phone: (504) 568- 6968 or 1-800-568-6968
Admission: $6.00 Adults; $5.00 Students , Seniors, and Active Military; Children 12 and under are free
Napoleon Marches into New Orleans 'Empereur commande "Laissez les bons temps rouler!"(The Emperor commands "Let the Good Times Roll!) Louisiana will at last welcome Bonaparte when Treasures of NAPOLEON comes to the Louisiana State Museum's OLD U.S. MINT in the New Orleans French Quarter from April 6th to August 3rd, 2008. The spectacular traveling exhibition Treasures of NAPOLEON, tells the fascinating story of Napoléon and showcases the world-class art and design of his time. It has already been seen by 125,000 visitors and universally praised. Created from the extraordinary collection of 1st Empire authority and author, Pierre-Jean Chalençon, the exhibit showcases rare, personal belongings of Napoléon I, as well as some of the most famous depictions of him by the greatest artists of the time. While elements of the exhibition have been loaned for major exhibitions around the world, this is the first time these irreplaceable artifacts are being seen in North America. Treasures of NAPOLEON offers visitors an opportunity to see beyond the “legend” of Napoléon Bonaparte to gain an understanding of this complex figure as a man. User-friendly interpretive text and more than 250 objects, framed paintings, prints and documents, as well as furniture from the Imperial palaces, shine a light on the extraordinary life of one of history's pivotal figures.
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The Contemporary Arts Center Presents - Luis Cruz Azaceta
April 11, 2008 - June 28, 2008 |
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Times: Thursday - Sunday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: The Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street
Phone: (504)528-3805
Admission: 5. $3 for students, seniors. FREE for CAC members and children under 15 every day.
1999 is an exhibition of works produced by Luis Cruz Azaceta (Havana, 1942), during the twelve months preceding the turn of the millennium. The exhibition contains thirty-two works, including paintings, sculpture, assemblage, drawings, and photographs. It is Azaceta's second one-person exhibition at CAC, the first having taken place in 1993. Azaceta has made New Orleans his home since the early 1990s, and could be the city's most internationally renowned contemporary visual artist. However, despite gallery and museum shows throughout Europe as well as North and South America, not to mention five one-person exhibitions at Arthur Roger Gallery in the past decade, Azaceta's work is not widely known in his adopted city.
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Teatro Wego! Dinner Theatre presents Joey and Mary's Irish Italian Wedding
May 2, 2008 - May 18, 2008 |
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Times: Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 pm; Sun. 2:00 pm
Location: Teatro Wego! Dinner Theater, 177 Sala Ave. Westwego, LA
Phone: (504)885-2000
Admission: $26.00
For over a decade Joey & Maria's Comedy Wedding has been thrilling audiences throughout the country. First, you'll witness the most hilarious wedding ceremony you've ever seen. Then throughout the reception, Joey and Maria and their families will come to your table to greet and gossip with their new friends! Watch out for Momma Nona, she might squeeze your cheek, then talk about everyone in the old neighborhood. The audience is encouraged to participate while the cast mingles at the tables and dances with the guests, making the evening a night to remember. You can dance the tarantella, catch the bouquet, waltz with the bride or groom, or just relax and watch the fun as the grooms X-girlfriend crashes the wedding and "Don Ziti," the Godfather, finds out that his gift was stolen by one of the guests, and much, much more: The Mother of all comedy weddings, Joey & Maria's Comedy Italian Wedding is a nationally-acclaimed interactive dinner theater experience now coming to you!
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Harrah's New Orleans Presents - World Series of Poker Tournament
May 9, 2008 - May 21, 2008 |
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Location: Harrah's New Orleans
Phone: (504) 533-6074
The high-stakes action of the World Series of Poker, the richest sporting event on the planet, is returning once again to the Crescent City. The WSOP Circuit will wrap up its fourth successful year with a stop at Harrah’s New Orleans Casino & Hotel. This year’s tournament schedule includes 15 events. Buy-ins range from $175 up to $5,000 for the No-Limit Hold ‘em championship event. This year’s schedule also includes events in Seven-Card Stud, Pot-Limit Omaha, Limit Hold’em, as well as No-Limit Hold’em and a Ladies Championship event.
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The National WWII Museum Presents - Theodore Dutch VanKirk- Navigator on the Enola Gay
May 9, 2008 - May 11, 2008 |
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Times: Friday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm; Saturday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St
Phone: (504) 527-6012 ext 239
Admission: Free
Theodore “Dutch” VanKirk, the last surviving crewmember of the Enola Gay, will visit The National World War II Museum to sign copies of the book The Return of the Enola Gay.
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The NOLA Project Presents - A Kingdom of Statues
May 10, 2008 - June 1, 2008 |
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Times: 2:00 pm
Location: Le Petit Theatre on the corner of Jackson Square and St
Phone: (504) 522-2081
Admission: $12.00
"Big Easy Award winning theatre company, The NOLA Project, presents an exciting new play for the whole family! A Kingdom of Statues is a brand-new show playing in the historic Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre located in the heart of the French Quarter. Kids and adults alike will be whisked away into an upside down fairy tale world where our heroes must break a witch’s spell that turns kings into stone, jesters into mutes, and knights into chimpanzees!
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Begue's Restaurant Presents - Mother's Day Champagne Brunch
May 11, 2008 |
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Times: 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 2:30 pm
Location: Begue's Restaurant, 300 Bourbon Street
Phone: (504)553-2270
Admission: $64.99 for adults and $21.95 for children
Begue's Restaurant at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, one of the city's only AAA Four Diamond restaurants, offers guests a delectable menu this year for its Mother's Day Champagne Brunch.
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Mother's Day on the Mississippi
May 11, 2008 |
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Times: Boarding will begin at 11:00am; Cruising 11:30 am - 1:30pm
Location: Steamboat NATCHEZ
Phone: (504) 586-8777 or (800) 233-2628
Admission: $40.00 for adults; $25.00 for children ages 6-12; and $10.00 for children 2-5
Let us help you pamper Mom on Mother’s Day. Cruise features A Delicious Buffet, Jazz Trio, Reserved Seating, Coffee, Tea and Water.
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Mr. B's Mother's Day Brunch
May 11, 2008 |
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Times: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Mr. B's Bistro, 201 Royal Street
Phone: (504) 523-2078
Come treat Mom for Mother's Day at Mr. B's for Brunch.
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Steve Pistorious with Sunday Night Swingsters featuring Tim Laughlin
May 11, 2008 |
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Times: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Location: Palm Court Jazz Cafe, 1204 Decatur St.
Phone: (504) 525-0200
Join us for Creole cuisine and live Traditional Jazz entertainment featuring Steve Pistorious with Sunday Night Swingsters featuring Tim Laughlin.
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Sundays in the Park featuring Soul Project and Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
May 11, 2008 |
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Times: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: City Park, Robert B. Haspel Garden Stage at the New Orleans Botanical Garden
Phone: (504)483-9386
Admission: $6.00 for adults, $2 for children age 5-12
Come join us for Soul Project and Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes at the new Robert B. Haspel stage. Bring your blankets and chairs (This is an outdoor concert).
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Trinity Artist Series Presents - The Courtyard Kings
May 11, 2008 |
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Times: 5:00 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave.
Phone: (504) 670-2520
Come join us for The Courtyard Kings with Mike Harvey & Carl Keith, jazz violin and guitar duo in a program of Gypsy jazz, brazilian, and standards.
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William A. Foley Jr. Booksigning
May 11, 2008 |
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Times: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: The World War II Museum, 945 Magazine Street.
Phone: (504) 527-6012 ext 244
Admission: Free and open to the public
Visions from a Foxhole, A Booksigning by William A. Foley Jr. Eighteen-year-old William Foley arrived at the front lines on January 25, 1945, just in time to join the 94th Infantry Division in a bloody attack on Hitler’s West Wall that would leave sixty percent of his battalion dead or wounded. In Visions from a Foxhole, Foley recaptures the desperate, nerve shattering struggle to break through the Siegfried Line. The book is illustrated by Foley’s drawings of his fellow soldiers in battle, sketched from the field. The signing will be accompanied by a small exhibition or Mr. Foley’s original artwork.
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