Monthly Archives: October 2010
All Hallows Eve-Eve
There’s so much going on in town this weekend, you really can’t go wrong. I mean we have Ozzy (!) at VooDoo today. There are also Dax Riggs and the Lost Bayou Ramblers (a strange combo, but both bands I … Continue reading
VooDoo
Today is the one day I can go to VooDoo this year, as I will be working my tookus off for the next few days. I also get to be the +1 of my husband who happens to be playing … Continue reading
MC Sweet Tea and Da Tastee Hotz
Rapper/performance artist MC Sweet Tea used to live in New Orleans, and performed at some insanely fun shows back in the day. I heard of her the same time I heard of Peaches, and to me, at the time, they had … Continue reading
Nosferatu @ the O
Tonight from 7:30-9:30 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s Patrick F. Taylor Library will be a screening of the German Expressionist silent film classic Nosferatu, with live accompaniment from a visiting multi-instrumentalist and composer, Graham Reynolds. Here is part of … Continue reading
Crescent City Farmer’s Market
There are a still a couple of hours left of the Crescent City Farmer’s Market, Tuesday uptown edition. The Green Plate specials this month are by Chef Cynthia of Cafe Minh. She does Vietnamese, French, Creole fusion cuisine–uh, sign me up. … Continue reading
Filed under food, groceries, shopping, vietnamese, world fusion
Ondaatje at Tulane
Man, I’m really impressed by the authors Tulane gets for its “Great Readers” series. Tonight they have Michael Ondaatje, most famous for The English Patient and Divisadero. He will be reading and signing this evening at Tulane University’s Dixon Hall. 7pm.
Filed under books, literary events
See You at the Crossroads
Bones Thugs are at House of Blues tonight. This song was THE slow jam my senior year of high school: Back then I felt invincible. Rewatching it today, a little older, it gave me existential chills. “Will somebody, anybody tell … Continue reading
Filed under music
Oktoberfest
The Deutsches Haus has been its current location since 1928. Its roots go back to the mid-nineteenth century, however, as a social aid organization for German immigrants to the area. It later evolved into more of a cultural preservation organization. … Continue reading
