Calendar Picks of the Week

1st Annual Defend New Orleans Ball
Saturday, Feb. 2, 2pm-2am
3 Ring Circus Arts Education / The Big Top Gallery
1638 Clio Street

New Orleans Bingo! Show
Saturday, Feb. 2, 9pm
One Eyed Jacks
615 Toulouse St.

FLIRT! 1st Annual Mardi Gras Girl Party
Sunday, Feb. 3, 10pm
Tomatillo's Mexican Restaurant
437 Esplanade Avenue

2nd Annual Mardi Gras Funkstravaganza
Sunday, Feb. 3, 10pm
Blue Nile
532 Frenchmen St.

Lundi Gras Mardi Gras Indian Showdown
Monday, Feb. 4, 12pm
The Village
200 Patterson Rd. in Algiers

Lundi Gras Show: Big Sam's Funky Nation and DJ Jubilee
Monday, Feb. 4, 9pm
Republic New Orleans
828 South Peters Street

44th Annual Gay Mardi Gras Bourbon Street Awards
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 12pm
St. Ann at 800 Bourbon St.

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 9pm
Balcony Music Club
1331 Decatur St.

Lunchbox Lecture – Cargo Cults, a lecture by Walt Burgoyne
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 12pm
National World War II Museum
945 Magazine Street
Entrance on Andrew Higgins Drive

Wednesdays at the JW Marriott
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 5:30pm
JW Marriott
614 Canal St.

Exhibit: Santiago de Cuba, ReBirth & Congas en la Calle
Thursday, Feb. 7
George & Leah McKenna Museum of African Art
2003 Carondelet St.

Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure
Thursday, Feb. 7
Entergy IMAX Theatre
1 Canal St.

Jodi Borrello's Crafty Comedy Show
Friday, Feb. 8, 8pm
Le Chat Noir
715 St. Charles Ave.

Exhibit: My War by Dan Tague
Friday, Feb. 8
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
400a Julia Street