Calendar Picks for April 12 - April 18

French Quarter Festival (FREE)
Saturday, April 12 – Sunday, April 13, 11am-7pm
French Quarter

New Orleans Photo Alliance
Presents “Local Take: African American Portraiture In Louisiana (Speakers' Series)” (FREE)
Saturday, April 12, 2pm
Cabildo
701 Chartres St.
Jackson Square

78th Annual Pirates' Alley Art Show (FREE)
Sunday, April 13, 8am-6pm
Pirate's Alley
624 Pirates Alley

Mona Rogers in Person
Sunday, April 13, 8:30pm
Sidearm Gallery
1122 St. Roch Ave.

Charmaine Neville
Monday, April 14, 8pm & 10pm
Snug Harbor
626 Frenchmen St.

Algiers Open Jazz Jam Session
Monday, April 14, 8pm
Old Point Bar
545 Patterson St.

Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
Tuesday, April 15, 10am-5pm
Old U.S. Mint
400 Esplanade Ave.

Charlotte's Web of Intrigue (FREE)
Tuesday, April 15, 7pm
East Bank Regional Library - Jefferson Parish
4747 West Napoleon Avenue

Wednesday at the Square: Amanda Shaw + Doug Kershaw (FREE)
Wednesday, April 16, 5-7pm
Lafayette Square
602 Camp St.

New Orleans Film Society
Presents “War / Dance”
Wednesday, April 16, 7pm
Landmark Canal Place Theater
333 Canal St.
Canal Place Center

James Nolan / Perpetual Care and Other Stories Booksigning
Thursday, April 17, 5:30pm
Garden District Bookshop
2727 Prytania St.

Triumph Clothing Fashion Show
Thursday, April 17, 9pm
Republic New Orleans
828 South Peters Street

Concert in the Courtyard with Coco Robicheaux
Friday, April 18, 6pm
Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal Street

Cloud Nine
Friday, April 18, 8pm
Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Ave.
Lab Theatre, McWilliams Hall

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Crimes Against Nature: A Love Story - Benefit Fundraiser for Chris (Bacchanal) and Otter (Backyard Ballroom)

Special Benefit Show for Chris (Bacchanal) and Otter (Backyard Ballroom). Visit Chris & Otter to learn their story.

Crimes Against Nature is a new and original musical by the troupe that brought you the notorious Palanquin Diaries. Crimes is a bizarre and twisted romantic comedy featuring a co-dependant dysfunctional relationship between Happy and Gaye Daye, who happen to be cousins (and they know it) as well as clowns (and they don’t know it.) The situation goes from bad to worse, and even worse, and then surprise! Roller Skates...then worse still… Not to worry, all romantic comedies have a happy ending! The show features animation by Thomas Little and Lisa vanWambeck and an original score by Ratty Scurvics.

Saturday, April 5, 2008 @ 8:00 pm

Backyard Ballroom
3519A St. Claude Ave.

Calendar Picks for April 5 - April 10

New Orleans: Spirit a’ Risen Exhibition Reception to Benefit the Arts Council of New Orleans
Friday, April 4, 6pm
Ray's Boom Boom Room
508 Frenchman Street

Freret Street Festival

Saturday, April 5, 11am-7pm
Freret Street at Napoleon Avenue
4400 Freret St.

PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Discoveries: Charles Latham and Frank Relle Opening Reception
Saturday, April 5, 6pm
New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery
1111 St. Mary Street

Spring Garden Show
Sunday, April 6, 10am-5pm
New Orleans City Park
1 Palm Drive

Fleur de Tease Burlesque Revue
Sunday, April 6, 10pm
One Eyed Jacks
615 Toulouse St.

Red Hot Brass Band
Monday, April 7, 6:30pm
Ray's Boom Boom Room
508 Frenchman Street

The Black Jew Dialogues
Monday, April 7, 8pm
Le Chat Noir
715 St. Charles Ave.

David Tanenbaum
Tuesday, April 8, 7:30pm
University of New Orleans
2000 Lakeshore Dr.

New Orleans Film Society
Presents “Film Series 2008 – 2007: Academy Award Nominated Animated Short Films”
Tuesday, April 8, 7:30pm
Contemporary Arts Center
900 Camp Street

Wednesday at the Square: Fleur de Lis + The Boogie Men
Wednesday, April 9, 5pm
Lafayette Square
602 Camp St.

New Orleans Opera Association
Presents “Opera on Tap”
Wednesday, April 9, 7pm
The Rusty Nail
1100 Constance Street

Stage to Stage/Crescent City Lights Youth Theater
Presents “Sleepover”
Thursday, April 10, 7pm
Gallier Hall
545 St. Charles St.

Mona Rogers in Person
Thursday, April 10, 8:30pm
Sidearm Gallery
1122 St. Roch Ave.

Hotglass Demonstration by Andrew Brott
Friday, April 11, 6:30pm
New Orleans Creative Glass Institute
3924b Conti St.

Ninth Annual Bill Russell Lecture: “Jazz and the Mississippi River”
Friday, April 11, 7pm
Williams Research Center
410 Chartres St.

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Calendar Picks for March 29 - April 4

Duty, Honor, Country: When Baseball Went to War
Saturday, March 29, 10am-4pm
National World War II Museum
945 Magazine Street
Entrance on Andrew Higgins Drive

Arts Council of New Orleans
Presents “Get Wild and Colorful at the Arts Market of New Orleans”
Saturday, March 29, 10am-4pm
Palmer Park in the Carrollton Section of Uptown at the corner of S. Claiborne Ave. & S. Carrollton Ave.

New Orleans Spring Fiesta and Historic Home Tours
Sunday, March 30, 10am-4pm
Begins at 826 St. Ann Street

Champagne's "American Spleen"
Sunday, March 30, 8pm
Fair Grinds Coffeehouse
3133 Ponce De Leon

Konstantin Soukhovetski, 2007 New Orleans International Piano Competition Gold Medalist
Monday, March 31, 7:30pm
Roussel Performance Hall @ Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Ave.

The Violin
Monday, March 31, 7:30pm
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center
1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.

Branching Out: Poetry for the 21st Century
Tuesday, April 1, 6:30pm
Milton H. Latter Memorial Library
5120 St. Charles Avenue

Lecture-''Floating to New Orleans''
Tuesday, April 1, 6:30pm
Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal Street

After School Kids Program - "Art's Cool"
Wednesday, April 2, 4pm
3 Ring Circus Arts Education / The Big Top Gallery
1638 Clio Street

Jazz Appreciation Month: Richard Scott
Wednesday, April 2, 12pm
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Visitor's Center
916 N. Peters Street

Cripple Creek Theatre Company
Presents “A Moveable Feast”
Thursday, April 3, 7pm
Creole Queen
1 Poydras St.

B.B. King in Concert
Thursday, April 3, 8pm
House of Blues
225 Decatur Street

Don't Start Me to Talking or I'll Tell You Everything I Know
Friday, April 4, 7:30pm
Contemporary Arts Center
900 Camp Street

Crimes Against Nature: A Love Story
Friday, April 4, 8pm
Backyard Ballroom
3519A St. Claude Ave.

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New Feature - Summer Camps

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Calendar Picks for March 22 - March 28

Kites! Kites! Kites!
Saturday, March 22, 11am
The Village
200 Patterson Rd. in Algiers

Cocktail Film Fest Celebrates Sipping In Cinema
Saturday, March 22, 5pm & 8pm
W New Orleans
333 Poydras St.

Exhibit: Oil on Gold by Gary Chapman
Sunday, March 23, 11am-4pm
BECA Gallery
527 St. Joseph Street

25th Annual Chris Owens French Quarter Easter Parade
Sunday, March 23, 1pm
The parade route will start at Canal and Bourbon Street.

Zurich Golf Classic
Monday, March 24 – Sunday, March 30
Tournament Players Club of Louisiana
11001 Lapalco Blvd.

New Orleans Jazz Vipers
Monday, March 24, 10:30pm
Spotted Cat
623 Frenchmen St.

Botanical Garden Spring Education Series: Basics of Digital Images
Tuesday, March 25, 7pm
New Orleans City Park
1 Palm Drive

Critics Forum: Regional And Global Identities In Art—their Ramifications, And How They Relate
Tuesday, March 25, 7pm
Louisiana ArtWorks
725 Howard Ave.

Wednesdays at the JW Marriott
Wednesday, March 26, 5:30pm
JW Marriott
614 Canal St.

Cold Hearts Revisited: Short Film & Videos From Iceland
Wednesday, March 26, 9:30pm
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center
1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.

Newcomb Dance Company in Concert
Thursday, March 27, 8pm
Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Ave.
Dixon Auditorium

Cripple Creek Theatre Company
Presents “The Inspector General”
Thursday, March 27, 8pm
St. Marks
1130 N. Rampart Street

Fleur de Tease
Presents “Behind the Velvet Curtain: Ladies of Burlesque Revealed”
Friday, March 28, 7pm
The Cabildo
701 Chartres St.
Jackson Square

Desire NOLA
Presents "A Party Named Desire"
Friday, March 28, 8pm
Republic New Orleans
828 South Peters Street

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3 New Orleans Artists Launch National Tour

Crescent City Art Show At Ray’s “Neutral Ground VIP Art Lounge” Will Travel To Washington D.C.

“New Orleans: Spirit a’ Risen”
Paintings by Bedonna Wakeman, Eric Buchanan and Veronica Leandrez
Opening Friday April 4th 6-9pm at Ray’s “Neutral Ground” VIP Art Lounge, 508 Frenchmen Street
Open to the public during club hours through April 28th

New Orleans, LA (March 13, 2008) 3 New Orleans painters are launching a tour that will bring visions of the Crescent City to the nation’s capitol in this election year. Bedonna Wakeman, Eric Buchanan and Veronica Leandrez will premiere their touring art exhibit, named “New Orleans: Spirit a’ Risen”, on Friday, April 4th from 6 to 9 pm at Ray’s “Neutral Ground” VIP Art Lounge, at 508 Frenchmen Street, upstairs of Ray’s Boom Boom Room. Musical guests for the “New Orleans: Spirit a’ Risen” opening will include Doc Otis and The Junker Jazz All Stars with a special appearance by vocalist Jane Harvey Brown.

The event will be held in a ground breaking new art venue. Owner of The “Neutral Ground” VIP Art Lounge, Ray Holmes has opened the upstairs rooms of the Boom Boom Room to be “a place for all to come together on neutral ground- as equals- to enjoy the culture, food and music of New Orleans under one roof.”

“I’m honored to be a representative of New Orleans visual art in Washington DC during such a memorable time in our country’s political history, and to be premiering this exhibit on Frenchmen Street” said Veronica Leandrez, “after all, this is the hot spot for music so why shouldn’t it be a hot spot for art? And what a great venue!”

The show will close at Ray’s “Neutral Ground” VIP Art Lounge on April 28th and get on the road, stopping in Chattanooga, Tennessee before making its way to our nation’s capitol to be displayed at The Artful Gallery, 1349 Maryland Ave NE Washington DC from June 6th through the 27th.

Bedonna Wakeman is known for her portraits of Jazz icons. She has exhibited her work in galleries and museums nationally and abroad. You can find her work on the fence on Pirate’s Alley on weekends through the Fall and Spring seasons. Eric Buchanan studied art at the University of North Carolina. He has been a painter in New Orleans for over 16 years and you can find him and his work on Jackson Square. Veronica Leandrez was named a local emerging artist to be on the watch for by Eric Bookhart last year and was selected as one of the local artists who participated in the “Fleur de Lis” Sculpture Competition sponsored by The Arts Council of New Orleans last spring.

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For more info contact Bedonna Wakeman at (615)415-1128 / bwakeman5@cox.net or Veronica Leandrez at (504)593-1669 / info@veronicaleandrez.com