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Fantastic Mr. Fox | A puppeteer turns the CAC's third floor into a cardboard-catacombed storyland
Fantastic Mr. Fox 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sun.; through April 18 CAC, 900 Camp St., 481-5545; www.hi-yah.org Tickets $15 general admission, $12 CAC Members If there's one thing kids like more than puppets, it's cardb... By Will Coviello.
Fantastic Mr. Fox 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sun.; through April 18 CAC, 900 Camp St., 481-5545; www.hi-yah.org Tickets $15 general admission, $12 CAC Members If there's one thing kids like more than puppets, it's cardb... By Will Coviello.
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
St. Patrick's Day Parades
St. Patrick's Day parades kick-off this weekend. The French Quarter Irish Parade starts at Molly's at the Market (1107 Decatur St.) at 6 p.m. Friday and circles the district. The Irish Channel Parade (www.irishchannelno.org) follows Saturday's noon Mass at St. Mary's Assumption Church (2030 Const...
St. Patrick's Day parades kick-off this weekend. The French Quarter Irish Parade starts at Molly's at the Market (1107 Decatur St.) at 6 p.m. Friday and circles the district. The Irish Channel Parade (www.irishchannelno.org) follows Saturday's noon Mass at St. Mary's Assumption Church (2030 Const...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Tribute to the Classical Arts
March 9 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., 338-4684; www.hotelmonteleone.com Outstanding achievements in classical music, opera and dance will be recognized at the 16th annual Tribute to the Classical Arts luncheon Tuesday, March 9 at the Hotel Monteleone. Angela H...
March 9 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., 338-4684; www.hotelmonteleone.com Outstanding achievements in classical music, opera and dance will be recognized at the 16th annual Tribute to the Classical Arts luncheon Tuesday, March 9 at the Hotel Monteleone. Angela H...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
The Noisician Coalition
Fans of the Voodoo Music Experience and the Box of Wine parade will recognize New Orleans' disctinctive East German throwback biker gang/communist clown marching unit and feedback orchestra: the Noisician Coalition. They play improvised percussion instruments, modified bullhorns and distortion gizmo... By Will Coviello.
Fans of the Voodoo Music Experience and the Box of Wine parade will recognize New Orleans' disctinctive East German throwback biker gang/communist clown marching unit and feedback orchestra: the Noisician Coalition. They play improvised percussion instruments, modified bullhorns and distortion gizmo... By Will Coviello.
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me
March 11 7:30 p.m. Thursday Mahalia Jackson Theater, 801 N. Rampart St., 287-0351; www.npr.org/waitwait NPR's popular weekly quiz show about current events records an episode in New Orleans this week. Host/quizmaster Peter Sagal (pictured) and judge/scorekeeper Carl Kassel are joined b...
March 11 7:30 p.m. Thursday Mahalia Jackson Theater, 801 N. Rampart St., 287-0351; www.npr.org/waitwait NPR's popular weekly quiz show about current events records an episode in New Orleans this week. Host/quizmaster Peter Sagal (pictured) and judge/scorekeeper Carl Kassel are joined b...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Rogue Wave with Avi Buffalo
March 15 10 p.m. Friday One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net No new band has had it better and worse in the last decade than Rogue Wave. The good: a series of smart, well-received pop/rock albums, a contract with Sub Pop Records and placement in a string of hi...
March 15 10 p.m. Friday One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net No new band has had it better and worse in the last decade than Rogue Wave. The good: a series of smart, well-received pop/rock albums, a contract with Sub Pop Records and placement in a string of hi...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Blair CD release
March 12 10 p.m. Friday One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net Now residing in Brooklyn, New Orleans native Blair made splashes here as Blair Gimma in the aughts. This year she releases her first full-length Die Young (Autumn Tone), dripping with addictive pop...
March 12 10 p.m. Friday One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net Now residing in Brooklyn, New Orleans native Blair made splashes here as Blair Gimma in the aughts. This year she releases her first full-length Die Young (Autumn Tone), dripping with addictive pop...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Madeline
March 13 10 p.m. Saturday AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www.marignytheatre.org Madeline, the Athens, Ga.-rooted, Baton Rouge-bred singer/songwriter, returns to Louisiana on the heels of 2008's White Flag (Orange Twin), a quietly released and underrated but devastating se...
March 13 10 p.m. Saturday AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www.marignytheatre.org Madeline, the Athens, Ga.-rooted, Baton Rouge-bred singer/songwriter, returns to Louisiana on the heels of 2008's White Flag (Orange Twin), a quietly released and underrated but devastating se...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
David Gray and Phosphorescent
March 12 8 p.m. Friday Mahalia Jackson Theater, 801 N. Rampart St., 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com In 1977, Willie Nelson recorded To Lefty From Willie for his friend Lefty Frizzell. In 2009, Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck, who learned music listening to Nelson's slow-motion dr...
March 12 8 p.m. Friday Mahalia Jackson Theater, 801 N. Rampart St., 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com In 1977, Willie Nelson recorded To Lefty From Willie for his friend Lefty Frizzell. In 2009, Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck, who learned music listening to Nelson's slow-motion dr...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Potluck: Second Helping
March 12 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www.marignytheatre.org Potluck serves up a collection of short plays, music and a bit of clowning and dancing by writers and performers including Gabrielle Reisman, Cripple Creek Theatre, Skin Horse Th...
March 12 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www.marignytheatre.org Potluck serves up a collection of short plays, music and a bit of clowning and dancing by writers and performers including Gabrielle Reisman, Cripple Creek Theatre, Skin Horse Th...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Foburg Music Festival | Trumpeter Michael Girardot on planning and playing a new music festival
Foburg Music Festival Friday-Sunday, March 12-14, 2010 Various venues; visit www.foburgneworleans.com for schedule and ticket information There are 88 bands scheduled for the inaugural Foburg music festival. It only seems Michael Girardot is in all of them. Girardot's grou...
Foburg Music Festival Friday-Sunday, March 12-14, 2010 Various venues; visit www.foburgneworleans.com for schedule and ticket information There are 88 bands scheduled for the inaugural Foburg music festival. It only seems Michael Girardot is in all of them. Girardot's grou...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
M.O.T.O. with Missing Monuments and Die Rotzz
What does 30 years in the music business get you? For Paul Caporino, author of hundreds of genius pop songs under the shape-shifting guise of M.O.T.O. (Masters of the Obvious), the reward for three decades of creative perseverance came in the form of a royalty check from CD Baby — fo...
What does 30 years in the music business get you? For Paul Caporino, author of hundreds of genius pop songs under the shape-shifting guise of M.O.T.O. (Masters of the Obvious), the reward for three decades of creative perseverance came in the form of a royalty check from CD Baby — fo...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Alice in Wonderland
Director Tim Burton has made a franchise out of casting Johnny Depp in roles of inspired madness, melancholy or semi-horror: Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow (1999) and the namesake characters in Sweeny Todd (2007) and Edward Scissorhands (1990)...
Director Tim Burton has made a franchise out of casting Johnny Depp in roles of inspired madness, melancholy or semi-horror: Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow (1999) and the namesake characters in Sweeny Todd (2007) and Edward Scissorhands (1990)...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival
The 7th annual New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival covers a wide array of topics from around the globe. Opening night (7 p.m. Friday, Warren Easton High School) features the regional premiere of Freedom Riders (pictured) by celebrated director Stanley Nelson, who won an Em...
The 7th annual New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival covers a wide array of topics from around the globe. Opening night (7 p.m. Friday, Warren Easton High School) features the regional premiere of Freedom Riders (pictured) by celebrated director Stanley Nelson, who won an Em...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Ameriville
Performance poetry or slam poetry is an odd hybrid. It tends not to stand up well as written verse, and it also typically suffers in comparison to the musical forms it imitates; however, it still can be quite compelling. Universes' show Ameriville excelled as a performance piece, though a...
Performance poetry or slam poetry is an odd hybrid. It tends not to stand up well as written verse, and it also typically suffers in comparison to the musical forms it imitates; however, it still can be quite compelling. Universes' show Ameriville excelled as a performance piece, though a...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Quintron and Miss Pussycat
Ever since the Dadaists burst upon the scene in the early 20th century, some artists have created works that were more like events than art objects, thereby challenging the viewer's assumptions about what art is — or isn't. Over the years, this approach made its way into the hallowed...
Ever since the Dadaists burst upon the scene in the early 20th century, some artists have created works that were more like events than art objects, thereby challenging the viewer's assumptions about what art is — or isn't. Over the years, this approach made its way into the hallowed...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Five Places to Get in St. Patrick Parade Spirit
La Divina Gelataria 3005 Magazine St., 342-2634; 621 St Peter St., 302-2692; 7712 Maple St., 861-4114 www.ladivinagelateria.com Gelato made with Guinness, Baileys Irish Cream or Jameson whiskey. Mandina's 3800 Canal St., 482-9179 www.mandinasrestaurant.com Hearty helpings of corned beef and c...
La Divina Gelataria 3005 Magazine St., 342-2634; 621 St Peter St., 302-2692; 7712 Maple St., 861-4114 www.ladivinagelateria.com Gelato made with Guinness, Baileys Irish Cream or Jameson whiskey. Mandina's 3800 Canal St., 482-9179 www.mandinasrestaurant.com Hearty helpings of corned beef and c...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Desperados Pizza
A new pizzeria is slicing things up in the Faubourg Marigny. Desperados Pizza (801 Frenchmen St., 943-9900) serves thin-crust pizza by the slice or whole pie, plus sandwiches, salads and dessert pizzas, including one with poached pears, pistachios and brie....
A new pizzeria is slicing things up in the Faubourg Marigny. Desperados Pizza (801 Frenchmen St., 943-9900) serves thin-crust pizza by the slice or whole pie, plus sandwiches, salads and dessert pizzas, including one with poached pears, pistachios and brie....
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Neyow's Creole Cafe | A seasoned cook opens a Creole venture in Mid-City
When Neyow's Creole Cafe opened in November, it bore all the common marks of a brand-new restaurant, from fresh paint and fixtures to an empty bar waiting for liquor license approval. But even then there was a familiarity about the place that was as hard to miss as the hot sausage heating... By Ian McNulty.
When Neyow's Creole Cafe opened in November, it bore all the common marks of a brand-new restaurant, from fresh paint and fixtures to an empty bar waiting for liquor license approval. But even then there was a familiarity about the place that was as hard to miss as the hot sausage heating... By Ian McNulty.
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Global Gourmet- WYES Event Series
Local public television station WYES begins a new culinary event series called Global Gourmet on Sunday, March 14, with a program on Japanese food and culture at the Jefferson Orleans South (2536 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, 454-6105; www.jeffersonorleans.com) events hall, starting at 6:30 p.m. Carl Ros...
Local public television station WYES begins a new culinary event series called Global Gourmet on Sunday, March 14, with a program on Japanese food and culture at the Jefferson Orleans South (2536 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, 454-6105; www.jeffersonorleans.com) events hall, starting at 6:30 p.m. Carl Ros...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
2008 Rubizzo Sangiovese di Toscana
Tuscany, Italy / $10-$14 Retail Tuscany's Sangiovese and Piedmont's Nebbiolo have become Italy's top varietals for red wine. In both inexpensive wines, more serious Brunello di Montalcinos and much sought-after Super Tuscans, Sangiovese grapes offer seductive aromatics, smooth tannins and food-fri...
Tuscany, Italy / $10-$14 Retail Tuscany's Sangiovese and Piedmont's Nebbiolo have become Italy's top varietals for red wine. In both inexpensive wines, more serious Brunello di Montalcinos and much sought-after Super Tuscans, Sangiovese grapes offer seductive aromatics, smooth tannins and food-fri...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Shopping News
By Missy Wilkinson On Thursday, March 18, Project Red Light presents its fifth annual fashion show, featuring garments from The Villa, The Red Carpet, The Edge and other apparel stores. The show starts at 5 p.m. at Benedict's Plantation (1144 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, 985-626-4557; www.benedic...
By Missy Wilkinson On Thursday, March 18, Project Red Light presents its fifth annual fashion show, featuring garments from The Villa, The Red Carpet, The Edge and other apparel stores. The show starts at 5 p.m. at Benedict's Plantation (1144 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, 985-626-4557; www.benedic...
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Austin's Restaurant
Austin's Restaurant (5101 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 888-5533; www.austinsno.com) owner Ed McIntyre is a skilled multitasker, juggling food deliveries, a Gambit interview and phone calls regarding his four restaurants with calm dexterity. It comes to him naturally: McIntyre has 40 years... By Missy Wilkinson.
Austin's Restaurant (5101 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 888-5533; www.austinsno.com) owner Ed McIntyre is a skilled multitasker, juggling food deliveries, a Gambit interview and phone calls regarding his four restaurants with calm dexterity. It comes to him naturally: McIntyre has 40 years... By Missy Wilkinson.
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
Home Is Where The Art Is | Classic New Orleans architecture rendered in charming artwork
... By Kyla Boutte.
... By Kyla Boutte.
8 March 2010 | 6:00 am
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