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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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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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JazzFest 1970 and 1971 Beauregard Square
April 7, 2008 - June 6, 2008 |
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Times: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: 1205 N. Rampart Street
Phone: (504) 558-6100
Admission: Free
"Jazzfest 1970 & 1971: Beauregard Square” will feature the first-ever showing of memorabilia from the Jazz & Heritage Archive, commemorating the first two years of Jazz Fest. The show conveys the rich history of the event then known as the New Orleans Jazz Festival & Louisiana Heritage Fair. It features various pieces of memorabilia and documentation that illustrate the challenges of staging what would eventually become one of the top music festivals in the world: photos, posters, ticket stubs, correspondence between the producers and city officials, production invoices and more. The exhibit also features a collection of Noel Rockmore watercolors that illustrate the early days of the festival.
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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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The National WWII Museum Presents - Real to Reel: Hollywood and World War II
April 12, 2008 - October 31, 2008 |
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Times: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Phone: 504-527-6012
The National World War II Museum presents Real to Reel: Hollywood and World War II, with a showcase exhibit of select artifacts. Check back for more details.
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Harrah's Theatre Presents - The Earl Turner Show
May 30, 2008 - May 31, 2008 |
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Times: 7:00 pm
Location: The Theater at Harrahs
Phone: (504)533-6600
Admission: $25.00 - $35.00
Beloved showman Earl Turner returns to the Harrah's Theatre stage to electrify fans with his high energy dance moves, comedic turns and dynamite renditions of everyone’s favorite songs. Joining Turner will be two of New Orleans' most delightful and talented vocalists, Danielle Mathis and Chase Kamata, daughter of singer Leah Chase, as well as an outstanding lineup of local musicians.
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New Orleans VooDoo AFL Vs Columbus Destroyer
May 30, 2008 |
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Times: 7:30 pm
Location: New Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St.
Phone: (504) 587-3663
New Orleans VooDoo AFL against the Columbus Destroyers.
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Playin at the Polo featuring The Sasha Masakowski Trio
May 30, 2008 |
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Times: 9:00 pm – 12:00 midnight
Location: The Polo Club in The Windsor Court
Phone: (504) 523-6000
Join us as The Polo Club Lounge, named by Zagat as New Orleans’ best place to drink, is jazzin’ it up with the hot entertainment series, “Playin’ At The Polo,” featuring vocalist Sasha Masakowski.
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Teatro Wego! Dinner Theatre presents Joey and Mary's Irish Italian Wedding
May 30, 2008 - June 1, 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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