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Zorch
August 2 10 p.m. Monday The Saint, 961 St. Mary St., 523-0050; www.thesaintneworleans.com Taking equal inspiration from Dan Deacon's postmodern dance parties and the original Zorch — whose pioneering, synth-speaking '70s albums predate their birth — Austin, Texas, friends Za...
August 2 10 p.m. Monday The Saint, 961 St. Mary St., 523-0050; www.thesaintneworleans.com Taking equal inspiration from Dan Deacon's postmodern dance parties and the original Zorch — whose pioneering, synth-speaking '70s albums predate their birth — Austin, Texas, friends Za...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Short. Sharp. Six: 6x6 | A new monthly playwriting lab features six plays no longer than 10 minutes each
6x6 7:30 p.m., the third Thursday of the month Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812, www.cabaretlechatnoir.com $10 Lisa Shattuck, Brian Sands, Pat Bourgeois, James Bartelle and Madison Curry are five of the playwrights who will be writing in repertory for 6x6 (not pictured: G... By Kevin Allman.
6x6 7:30 p.m., the third Thursday of the month Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812, www.cabaretlechatnoir.com $10 Lisa Shattuck, Brian Sands, Pat Bourgeois, James Bartelle and Madison Curry are five of the playwrights who will be writing in repertory for 6x6 (not pictured: G... By Kevin Allman.
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Amanda Shaw and Tab Benoit
July 30 9:30 p.m. Friday Rock 'N' Bowl, 3016 S. Carrollton Ave., 861-1700; www.rockandbowl.com Bluesman Tab Benoit is joined by Amanda Shaw on a bill of sweltering roots rock. Shaw's late spring release Good Southern Girl (Poorman Mayfield) shows a more mature look for the former child p...
July 30 9:30 p.m. Friday Rock 'N' Bowl, 3016 S. Carrollton Ave., 861-1700; www.rockandbowl.com Bluesman Tab Benoit is joined by Amanda Shaw on a bill of sweltering roots rock. Shaw's late spring release Good Southern Girl (Poorman Mayfield) shows a more mature look for the former child p...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Freak and Roll: Coney Island Cockabilly Roadshow
Coney Island was once a seaside mecca of popular entertainment and escape from New York City's asphault and skyscrapers, but it's become known for its sideshows and freaks. Cockabilly Records launched the Coney Island Cockabilly Roadshow tour as a bundle of sideshow acts, burlesque performers and ro... By Will Coviello.
Coney Island was once a seaside mecca of popular entertainment and escape from New York City's asphault and skyscrapers, but it's become known for its sideshows and freaks. Cockabilly Records launched the Coney Island Cockabilly Roadshow tour as a bundle of sideshow acts, burlesque performers and ro... By Will Coviello.
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
The Pinettes Brass Band with Bo Dollis Jr. and the Wild Magnolias
July 31 10 p.m. Saturday Tipitina's, 501 Napoleon Ave., 895-8477; www.tipitinas.com Two decades after charging out of the St. Mary's Academy Marching Band, the first ever all-female brass band is still the only prominent one. The Pinettes open a set of Jamaican reggae and dancehall music...
July 31 10 p.m. Saturday Tipitina's, 501 Napoleon Ave., 895-8477; www.tipitinas.com Two decades after charging out of the St. Mary's Academy Marching Band, the first ever all-female brass band is still the only prominent one. The Pinettes open a set of Jamaican reggae and dancehall music...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
The Music Man
July 29 8 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane University, Dixon Hall, 865-5269; http://summerlyric.tulane.edu New Orleanians would warm to a sweet-talking stranger telling them they need instruments for a boys' band. But in River City, that spells trouble. Or so s...
July 29 8 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane University, Dixon Hall, 865-5269; http://summerlyric.tulane.edu New Orleanians would warm to a sweet-talking stranger telling them they need instruments for a boys' band. But in River City, that spells trouble. Or so s...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
New Orleans International Children's Film Festival
Don't expect the audience at the New Orleans International Children's Film Festival to be attending any swanky after parties — some have to catch an afternoon nap. The festival features more than 90 short films including animation, live-action and documentary, all for young audiences...
Don't expect the audience at the New Orleans International Children's Film Festival to be attending any swanky after parties — some have to catch an afternoon nap. The festival features more than 90 short films including animation, live-action and documentary, all for young audiences...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
The tom Paines & Matt Perrine CD Reviews
the tom Paines Rites of Man (Threadhead) Alex McMurray and Jonathan Freilich together form a Rosetta Stone of modern New Orleans music. This is due not just to the depth of their quality collaborations — Royal Fingerbowl, Tin Men, 007, Valparaiso Men's Chorus, Mirlitones and Jac...
the tom Paines Rites of Man (Threadhead) Alex McMurray and Jonathan Freilich together form a Rosetta Stone of modern New Orleans music. This is due not just to the depth of their quality collaborations — Royal Fingerbowl, Tin Men, 007, Valparaiso Men's Chorus, Mirlitones and Jac...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Jazz for the Gulf
Eating local seafood and enjoying area musicians may be as self-serving as relief work gets, but thanks to events like this second Gulf Aid (www.gulfaid.org) benefit, they're two of the easiest ways residents can make effective contributions out of everyday indulgences. The nonprofit org...
Eating local seafood and enjoying area musicians may be as self-serving as relief work gets, but thanks to events like this second Gulf Aid (www.gulfaid.org) benefit, they're two of the easiest ways residents can make effective contributions out of everyday indulgences. The nonprofit org...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Got Meth?: Winter's Bone
If it's possible to say this in a flattering way, Winter's Bone seems like a mix between Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes and The Godfather. Set in the Ozarks, Ree Dolly's extended family and backwoods neighbors are warped not by nuclear test radiation but by crystal meth addiction. Man...
If it's possible to say this in a flattering way, Winter's Bone seems like a mix between Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes and The Godfather. Set in the Ozarks, Ree Dolly's extended family and backwoods neighbors are warped not by nuclear test radiation but by crystal meth addiction. Man...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
After Class Struggle: The Trotsky
Leon Trotsky helped lead the Bolsheviks' October Revolution. He rethought the tenets of Marxism. He opposed the rise of Stalin. But could he have rallied high school students to care about anything? That's the great question in Jacob Tierney's The Trotsky, a clever comedy abo...
Leon Trotsky helped lead the Bolsheviks' October Revolution. He rethought the tenets of Marxism. He opposed the rise of Stalin. But could he have rallied high school students to care about anything? That's the great question in Jacob Tierney's The Trotsky, a clever comedy abo...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
I Want Sex All the Time
Samuel Beckett gave his characters abstract names like Vladimir, Pozzo and Estragon to emphasize the abstract nature of his plays. Local writer Gabrielle Reisman took a different approach in her entertaining conundrum of a play I Want Sex All the Time, recently produced at AllWays Lounge....
Samuel Beckett gave his characters abstract names like Vladimir, Pozzo and Estragon to emphasize the abstract nature of his plays. Local writer Gabrielle Reisman took a different approach in her entertaining conundrum of a play I Want Sex All the Time, recently produced at AllWays Lounge....
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Oil on Canvas: Works by Robert Hannant, Rajko Radovanovic and Juna
In the wake of the torrent of oil spilling into the Gulf came a gusher of art shows and artistic responses to the BP blowout. That is not surprising because art is almost always part of the collective process of working through widespread trauma. Rajko Radovanovic's Last Line of Defense a...
In the wake of the torrent of oil spilling into the Gulf came a gusher of art shows and artistic responses to the BP blowout. That is not surprising because art is almost always part of the collective process of working through widespread trauma. Rajko Radovanovic's Last Line of Defense a...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Bistro Nights at Martin Wine Cellar
The Metairie location of Martin Wine Cellar (714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, 896-7350; www.martinwine.com) keeps its deli open a little later on Fridays for a series of early-evening dinner specials called Summer Bistro Nights. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. each Friday through Aug. 27, you can pick two small pla...
The Metairie location of Martin Wine Cellar (714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, 896-7350; www.martinwine.com) keeps its deli open a little later on Fridays for a series of early-evening dinner specials called Summer Bistro Nights. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. each Friday through Aug. 27, you can pick two small pla...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
2007 Albarino do Ferreiro
Rias Baixas, Spain / $20-$28 Retail This bottling from talented winemaker Gerardo Mendez is not your ordinary Albarino. Sourced from 15- to 50-year-old vineyards along Spain's northwestern border with Portugal, the grapes were fermented with all natural yeasts in stainless steel tanks....
Rias Baixas, Spain / $20-$28 Retail This bottling from talented winemaker Gerardo Mendez is not your ordinary Albarino. Sourced from 15- to 50-year-old vineyards along Spain's northwestern border with Portugal, the grapes were fermented with all natural yeasts in stainless steel tanks....
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Hansen's Sno-Bliz Gulf Restoration Benefit
The Uptown classic Hansen's Sno-Bliz (4801 Tchoupitoulas St., 891-9788; www.snobliz.com) is serving a new line of snowball and soda flavors. Proceeds from their sales benefit the Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program (www.supportbtnep.org), an advocacy group for Gulf restoration, which is no...
The Uptown classic Hansen's Sno-Bliz (4801 Tchoupitoulas St., 891-9788; www.snobliz.com) is serving a new line of snowball and soda flavors. Proceeds from their sales benefit the Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program (www.supportbtnep.org), an advocacy group for Gulf restoration, which is no...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Five breakfast sandwiches worth seeking
New Orleans Cake Cafe 2440 Chartres St., 943-0010 www.nolacakes.com Thick bacon and fried eggs are piled on a house-made biscuit or ciabatta. Satsuma 3218 Dauphine St., 304-5962 The "green breakfast sandwich" lives up to its name with arugula and mashed avocado. Huevos 4408 Banks St., 482-62...
New Orleans Cake Cafe 2440 Chartres St., 943-0010 www.nolacakes.com Thick bacon and fried eggs are piled on a house-made biscuit or ciabatta. Satsuma 3218 Dauphine St., 304-5962 The "green breakfast sandwich" lives up to its name with arugula and mashed avocado. Huevos 4408 Banks St., 482-62...
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
A Moveable Feast: Riverbend Tapas Crawl
Tapas Crawl 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 28 Riverbend neighborhood Though a raging trend on these shores, tapas are simply part of the lifestyle in Spain. Sometimes used as snacks to bridge the hungry gap between lunch and the famously late Spanish dinner hour, a smattering of tapas j... By Ian McNulty.
Tapas Crawl 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 28 Riverbend neighborhood Though a raging trend on these shores, tapas are simply part of the lifestyle in Spain. Sometimes used as snacks to bridge the hungry gap between lunch and the famously late Spanish dinner hour, a smattering of tapas j... By Ian McNulty.
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Heal, Boy!: Pet Care Center
Whether your kitten needs a checkup or your pooch deserves some pampering, Pet Care Center Veterinary Hospital, Pet Resort & Spa (2212 David Drive, Metairie, 887-2999; www.petcarecenterinc.com) can fill the needs of furry members of the family with a combination of advanced medical ca... By Mary Cross.
Whether your kitten needs a checkup or your pooch deserves some pampering, Pet Care Center Veterinary Hospital, Pet Resort & Spa (2212 David Drive, Metairie, 887-2999; www.petcarecenterinc.com) can fill the needs of furry members of the family with a combination of advanced medical ca... By Mary Cross.
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
Shopping News
Salon Mid-City has a new location and a new name: Now located at 8725 Oak St., the new Salon Alphonse (957-1863; www.salon-alphonse.com) offers cuts, color, massages and beauty treatments like epilation and makeup application. Through July, Octavia Art Gallery (4532 Magazine St., 309-4249; www.octa... By Missy Wilkinson.
Salon Mid-City has a new location and a new name: Now located at 8725 Oak St., the new Salon Alphonse (957-1863; www.salon-alphonse.com) offers cuts, color, massages and beauty treatments like epilation and makeup application. Through July, Octavia Art Gallery (4532 Magazine St., 309-4249; www.octa... By Missy Wilkinson.
26 July 2010 | 7:00 am
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