Calendar Picks of the Week - April 19 - April 25

Pyrate Con 2008
Saturday, April 19 – Sunday, April 20
Hampton Inn Downtown-New Orleans French Quarter Area
226 Carondelet St.

New Orleans Photo Alliance
Presents “Local Take: African American Portraiture in Louisiana (Speakers' Series)” (FREE)
Saturday, April 19, 2pm
Cabildo at Jackson Square
701 Chartres St.

New Orleans Opera Association
Presents “Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story”
Sunday, April 20, 2:30pm
Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Ave.

2008 Open Studio Artists (FREE)
Sunday, April 20, 12-5pm
St. Ann sweeping towards Esplanade Ave. and the Marigny

The Art of Jazz: A Traveling Exhibit of the Louisiana State Museum (FREE)
Monday, April 21, 9am-9pm
East Bank Regional Library - Jefferson Parish
4747 West Napoleon Avenue

Washboard Chaz Blues Trio
Monday, April 21, 10pm
d.b.a.
618 Frenchmen St.

Jazz Roots Program with Musical Rangers Bruce Barnes and Matt Hampsey (FREE)
Tuesday, April 22, 3pm
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (Visitor's Center)
916 N. Peters Street

Real to Reel: Hollywood and World War II
Tuesday, April 22, 9am-5pm
National World War II Museum
945 Magazine Street
Entrance on Andrew Higgins Drive

Decorative Arts and Design Series: When Bad Colors Happen to Good People! (FREE)
Wednesday, April 23, 10am
Longue Vue House & Gardens
7 Bamboo Road

Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run - Alton Brown Booksigning and Launch
Wednesday, April 23, 5pm
Octavia Books
513 Octavia Street

Thursdays at Twilight Concert
Thursday, April 24, 5pm
New Orleans City Park
1 Palm Drive

“Stacked Double Cow,” “Guerrilla Gay Bar” and Other Dances by HIJACK & HERON
Thursday, April 24, 8:30pm
Sidearm Gallery
1122 St. Roch Ave.

New Orleans Voodoo vs. Utah Blaze
Friday, April 25, 7:30pm
New Orleans Arena
1501 Girod St.

Loyola Ballet Spring Concert
Friday, April 25, 8pm
Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Ave.
Roussel Hall

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