I hope you had a wonderfull celebration to end 2008, not one of my favorite years. I really looking forward to this year and all the wonderful festivities that have been programed for 2009.
I celebrated at the Windsor Court Hotel where my darling friend, cabaret singer Anais St. John was entertaining. It was so glamorous and the fireworks were divine.
Here are some of the fun events for this weekend.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Allstate Sugar Bowl Fan Jam at 4p.m. Louisiana Superdome (Gate C Bridge)
Get to the Dome early for a first-rate tailgate party to be held on the plaza level, gate C area, outside the Louisiana Superdome. The party begins three hours before kickoff and lasts until the game begins. Fan Jam features food, interactive games and entertainment, including special appearances by both schools' bands and cheerleading squads. Free for fans of all ages.
The AlleyCats will also be performing at Fan Jam.
Friday, January 2, 2009
75th Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic at 7 p.m.
Louisiana Superdome
The 2009 Allstate Sugar Bowl will feature No. 4 Alabama, from the Southeastern Conference, and No. 6 Utah, from the Mountain West Conference, the Bowl Championship Series announced on Sunday. This year's sold out game will be played on Friday, Jan. 2. The game will be televised live by Fox Sports beginning at 7 p.m. from the Louisiana Superdome. It is the first time since 1988. Lyndia Jones+ Shades of Praise Gospel Choir will sing the National Anthem at the Sugar Bowl Classic.
Friday, January 2
The Neighborhood Gallery presents Valerie Vaughan in concert @ 2001 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
8 PM - 12 PM Valerie Vaughan has a powerful voice witha unique sound that come from her long and
rich history in Jazz, R&Band gospel vocal performances.
and works by Ronald Jones
The visual arts showcase will also present works by Latifah Ali, Karin Rittvo, Susan
Norris Davis, Raymond Gaines &Ann Cooper
with Poetry by LaBertha McCormick
January 2
Obituary Cocktail Society will meet as always this Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. at this great saloon: Bombay Club, 830 Conti St. - Phone: 586-0972 .Website: www.thebombayclub.com
January 2-3
MUSIC AT THE BOMBAY CLUB
Lisa Lynn and Johnny Angel and the Swinging Demons will be performing at the Bombay Club, 830 Conti Street, this Friday and Saturday respectively, starting at 9:30 p.m. During January on Sunday and on Thursday, local artist Philip Melancon entertains on the piano from 7–11 p.m. with R&B, original local melodies and a lot of fun. Phil is a great all-around entertainer who will make you laugh and feel good, so come on out and give him a good audience.
January 3, 2009
Mystic Krewe of Satyricon's Twelfth Night Ball
7 to 11pm. The ball features a buffet, silent auction,the selection of a King and Queen from among the guests and music by a DJ$20 in advance, $25 at the door.Costumes or cocktail attire is requested.The Country Club, 634 Louisa Street.
January 4
JOSE-MARIA CUNDIN reception at Gallery Bienvenu, 518 Julia Street, 425-0518 from 6-9 pm
Through January 4
Miracle on Fulton Street Harrah's Fulton Square (Fulton and Lafayette streets) hosts a winter wonderland lights and decoration featuring faux snow, live music holiday decors, beverages, Santa photos and more. Every hour, starting at noon until January 4. FREE.
January 4
FLEUR de TEASE BURLESQUE REVUE “CELEBRATE” at One Eyed Jacks!
Come and “CELEBRATE” the New Year with the lovely ladies of Fleur de Tease at One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse Street in the French Quarter, 8PM & 10PM on Sunday, January 4. There will be an array of surprise’s including guest artists, circus style aerial acts, magic, comedy and the ladies of Fleur de Tease unwrapping themselves just for you to celebrate the New Year; just in case you didn’t get what you wanted this holiday season.
Tickets for the Fleur de Tease Burlesque Celebrate Revue, Sunday, January 4, 2009, at One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., NOLA, 504-569-8361, are $15.00 and $20.00 for reserved table seating. Doors at OEJ open at 7:30PM with performances starting at 8PM and 10PM. Also, you can reserve table seating for the shows and book Fleur de Tease to perform at your private party, event, or fundraiser by calling 504-975-1245. For more information on the latest Fleur de Tease charity events, merchandise, and shows, please visit www.fleurdetease.com , www.myspace.com/fleurdetease , or contact Sheri M. B. McKee, Media Madam at 504-432-7629, SherMcBleu@aol.com .
December 2 – January 5
MUSIC AT DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR,5535 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 891-8500
Jan. 2: Gringo Do Choro - 10 p.m.
Jan. 3: George French Band - 10 p.m.
Jan. 5: John Fohl - 9:30 p.m.
Margarita Bergen,Realtor LATTER & BLUM 811 Marigny Street, Unit C New Orleans, Louisiana 70117 Tel/504-947-0555 Cell 504-495-9181 Fax/504-940-6201
Through January 18 Prospect1 New Orleans Installation by Rosângela Rennó, Wednesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Brulatour Courtyard, 520 Royal Street. Rennó’s installation is a video display that features four members of Louisiana’s French-speaking Creole communities. Rennó was motivated to create this piece upon viewing The Collection’s 2007 exhibition “What’s Cooking in New Orleans? Culinary Traditions of Louisiana” and has described her work as “a very humble homage to Louisiana.”
Through February 20
A Closer Look: The Antebellum Photographs of Jay Dearborn Edwards, 1858–1861 Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street. The Historic New Orleans Collection presents an exhibition of the earliest-known paper photographs of New Orleans. “A Closer Look” features three dozen images of a thriving southern city on the brink of the Civil War.
Through February 20 Cajun Document, 1974: Photographs by Charles H. Traub and Douglas Baz Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street. For six months in 1974, New Yorkers Charles H. Traub and Douglas Baz lived in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, and photographed the community and the surrounding countryside.. Their collective work encompassed hundreds of images that depict the land, people, and life patterns of Louisiana’s Cajuns. This exhibition is a selection of 30 images from that series.
Through March 1
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART
NOMA presents “Photography and Depression,” an examination of depression in all its forms, including mental and financial, through 82 works from the Museum's permanent collection.
Featured artists represent a who's who of photography, including Ansel Adams, William Eggleston, Walker Evans, Andrew Feininger, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Danny Lyon, Eadweard Muybridge, George Tice, Alfred Steiglitz, Weegee and many more.
The works are accompanied by text excerpted from Culture and Depression, a 1985 book by Dr. Arthur M. Kleinman, the distinguished professor, psychiatrist, medical and social anthropologist based at Harvard University.
Weekly
“PLAYIN’ AT THE POLO” at the Windsor Court
The Polo Club Lounge, “Playin’ At The Polo,” featuring popular local musicians performing a repertoire of sophisticated jazz is presenting the following:
Friday: Vocalist Leah Chase, 9 p.m.-12 midnight
Saturday: Cabaret singer Anais St. John
Thursday, Friday & Saturday: Pianist Michael Pellera, 7-11 p.m. Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Fridays, 6-9 p.m. Sunday –Wednesday: Pianist Zaza 7–11 p.m.
Dr. Jazz,Jim Harris-Solo Piano-January 4, 5, 6 & 7th
Sunday Brunch: Christopher Kohl Trio, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Now through January 4, Le Salon is open 7 days a week with seatings at 11a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to ensure you can take advantage of this special annual tradition of taking tea and viewing our fragrant 15 foot Christmas tree and vibrant poinsettias.
EVENTS AT THE RITZ CARLTON
Performing musicians are, Thursday, Friday and Saturday: Early evening, George French; Later evening, Jeremy Davenport; Sunday Brunch: Armand St Martin.
Have a great week and a Happy New Year!
Trinity Artist Series,Trinity Church - 1329 Jackson Avenue - New Orleans
All programs last one hour-every Sunday of the year at 5:00 p.m.
Informal and FREE of charge India Stewart, flutist, Albinas Prizgintas, keyboards
& Friends A Concert celebrating the New Year
Please Note: Monday, Jan.5 at 7:00 pm
Yale’s Whiffenpoofs
The most celebrated and world’s oldest collegiate A cappella group
Other special weekly programs:Every Monday from 6 pm to 7pm, TAIZE in the Chapel with candlelight
Every Wednesday Evensong 6:30 pm
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Sunday, January 4th
PAT JOLLY Silly Hat Birthday Party
gathering at 7pm, music from 8 till late at the Blue Nile542 Frenchmen Street
Monday, January 5,12, 19, 26, 2009
JOHN FOHL @ 9 30
DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR
5535 TCHOUPITOULAS ST. (504) 891 8500
Monday, January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2009
Charmaine Neville & Friends,New Orleans R&B
Snug Harbor
626 Frenchmen
Admission: 504-949-0696
Tuesday, January 6
A new parade honoring Joan of Arc joins the Phunny Phorty Phellows to kick off Carnival. KREWE OF ST. JOAN OF ARC PARAD. A procession to honor Joan of Arc's birthday, which falls on Twelfth Night, the traditional start of Carnival season. Throws will generally be religion- or birthday-themed, including hand-painted St. Joan medallions being created by Rob Clemenz of Saintsforsinners.com
Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 6 p.m. Participants must arrive by 5 p.m. at the John Scott sculpture "Ocean Song" in Woldenberg Park. Bring cake, presents or flowers to share at the statue.
Parade begins on Decatur Street at Conti Street and travels up Decatur to the statue at St. Philip Street.
Information: Visit stjoankrewe.blogspot.com
The new Joan of Arc marching parade will share the opening day of
Carnival season with the Phunny Phorty Phellows, who have kicked off the season for the past 27 years.
The krewe, which originally paraded from 1878 through 1898 and was revived in 1981, traditionally tosses the first beads of the season as its masked members party aboard a Regional Transit Authority streetcar.
Revelers are invited to join the Phellows as they gather for the start of the festivities Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Canal Street streetcar station at Canal and North White streets.
At 7 p.m., the krewe and the Storyville Stompers will board the streetcar and begin the ride that they say "heralds the arrival of Carnival." Watch for the decorated streetcar as it rolls along the St. Charles Avenue line, turning at Lee Circle and ending up back where it started.
After the Misses and I missed the last Prospect 1 shuttle yesterday, we had to take the streetcar down St. Charles to Canal to catch the streetcar to City Park. The highlight of the day was hearing complaints, cursing and seeing all the jostling about how many Alabama and Utah fans the conductor crammed into the City Park streetcar.Too funny (perhaps only because we had seats though). There is always something interesting to do in this city. Written by kpf
on 1/3/2009
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