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Melange - The Ritz Carlton New Orleans Presents Weekly Sunday Brunch
October 19, 2008 - December 27, 2009
Times: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location:  The Ritz Carlton, Melange Restaurant
Phone:  (504) 670-2828
Admission:  $44.00 Adults; Children 11 years old and under $20.00
The Ritz Carlton's talented culinary team will prepare a lavish and luscious buffet of seasonal favorites including carved meats, omelet and seafood stations, fish, vegetables, salads, soup and delectable desserts.  Reservations are recommended but not required. 
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Chef Michael Farrell Brings a Fresh Culinary Style to Meritage at the Maison Dupuy
February 19, 2009 - December 30, 2009
Location:  Le Meritage at The Maison Dupuy
Phone:  (504) 648-6119
Morty Valldejuli, general manger of the Maison Dupuy Hotel, is proud to unveil Le Meritage, an exciting new dining concept whereby fresh seasonal cuisine is impeccably matched to the primary characteristics of wine. All dishes on the menu are available in large and small plates and wines by the glass are offered in full and half pours, encouraging guests to savor different pairings at one sitting. After a nationwide search, Michael Farrell, a veteran restaurateur with New Orleans roots, has been chosen as Executive Chef. Chef Farrell brings a wealth of culinary experience to the new endeavor. He served as Executive Chef in a number of acclaimed eateries throughout the nation including Alto in Denver, The Summer House on Island, Anthem in Las Vegas and Beano’s Cabin in Beaver Creek, Co. The style he brings to Le Meritage evolved over the course of his career beginning with his coastal upbringing. Chef Farrell will utilize the very finest meats, Louisiana seafood, game and classic local ingredients in the creation of dishes such as Pan-Roasted Drum with Fava Bean Succotash & Fried Green Tomatoes and Braised Beef Short Rib with Parsnip Puree & Sorrel Gremolata. The menu items have been created to compliment and pair with six specific wine categories - Light Whites, Full Body Reds, Sparklers, Full Body Whites, Fruity Reds and Spicy-Earthy Reds.
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Open Blues Jam
September 28, 2009 - February 8, 2010
Times: 5:00 pm - midnight
www.rocknbowl.com
Location:  Rock n Bowl - Mid City Lanes
Phone:  (504) 861-1700
Admission:  $5.00
Rock n Bowl is now open on Monday evenings for bowling, food, beverages and an Open Blue Jam starting at 8:30 pm. Musicians - bring your instruments and jam with us!
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New Orleans Photo Alliance Presents “The Spirit World”
October 2, 2009 - November 22, 2009
Times: Fridays 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm; Saturdays and Sundays 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm, and by appointment
http://www.neworleansphotoalliance.com
Location:  New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, 1111 St. Mary Street
Phone:  (504) 610-4899
Come join us for the Opening Reception for the exhibit "The Spirit World". The New Orleans Photo Alliance is proud to present a national juried exhibition about the spirit world. Timed to coincide with the season of Halloween and All Saints Day, the show includes documentary, fine art, and conceptual images that evoke the spiritual, supernatural, and unearthly.

The images summon memories, imaginings, and the subconscious, blurring boundaries between past and present, presence and absence. Russell Joslin, Editor and Publisher of SHOTS Magazine, served as juror and selected twenty-seven images by eighteen photographers.
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'Congo Square Rhythms' Exhibit
October 12, 2009 - November 20, 2009
Times: Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location:  The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.
Phone:  (504) 558-6100
Admission:  Free
The Jazz & Heritage Gallery is pleased to announce "Congo Square Rhythms," an exhibit of paintings and mixed media works by Louisiana artists. The exhibit, will feature works by more than 25 local artists, each representing or inspired by the cultural legacy of Congo Square. Artists featured in the "Congo Square Rhythms" exhibit include: Ulrick Jean-Pierre, Shakor, Haitham Eid, Nat Williams, Sheila Phipps, Cecelia Tapplette-Pedescleaux, Bruce Brice, Larry Daniel Nevil, Michelle Levine, Ronald Jones, E. E. Williams, Michelle Lavigne, Eric Waters, Charles Simms, Ashton Ramsey, Jim Belfon, Alton Osborne, Cherice Harrison-Nelson and Latanya Clark, and others.

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Two-Hour Walk-in Courses with Hands-on Adventures in Glassblowing
October 20, 2009 - January 31, 2010
Times: Monday - Saturday, 10:00am - 4:00pm, 2-hour increments
Location:  New Orleans ArtWorks at New Orleans Glass Works & Printmaking Studio, 727 Magazine Street (between Girod and Julia Streets)
Phone:  (504) 529-7279
Your source for holiday ornaments! It is the ideal time of year to get together with friends and family to create your holiday ornaments. Design your own gifts for the holidays!
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15th Annual Poydras Home Art Show and Patron Party
November 6, 2009 - November 8, 2009
Times: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location:  5354 Magazine Street
Phone:  (504) 897-0535
Come join us for the 15th Annual Poydras Home Art Show and Patron Party. There will be great food, traditional and contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, metalwork, pottery, jewelry and fine crafts by regional artists. Music by Deacon John. 
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“Peggy Post Etiquette Luncheon hosted by Hotel Monteleone and John Robert Powers”
November 7, 2009
Times: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location:  Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal Street
Phone:  (504) 681-4452
Admission:  Adults $40.00; Children $35.00
If the thought of holiday dinners and your children’s manners have you a bit anxious, put your worries aside. Hotel Monteleone will present an Etiquette Workshop for children ages 6-12 on Saturday, November 7, at the Hotel Monteleone. Sponsored by John Robert Powers Acting & Modeling School System, the event will benefit the Louisiana Children’s Museum. Peggy Post is well positioned to provide etiquette tips.

The great-granddaughter-in-law of manner maven and author Emily Post, Peggy Post has authored 20 books for children and adults, including Emily Post’s The Guide to Good Manners for Kids and Table Manners for Kids. These are just two of the titles which will be available for purchase. Space is limited and reservations are required. According to Peggy Post, “Good manners never go out of style. Since 1922, the name Emily Post has been synonymous with good manners based on honesty, respect and consideration. Now children of the 21st century will have the opportunity to practice good manners.”
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Louisiana Steam Train Festival
November 7, 2009
http://www.LASTA.org
Location:  The Riverview (The Fly) behind Audubon Zoo
Phone:  (504)897-2464
Come join us for the Louisiana Steam  Train Festival. Those at the festival are invited to visit the cab of the locomotive and experience the old girl alive and under steam! We will also have on display another relic of the golden days of railroading a caboose! In addition to the live bluegrass music and the LASTA exhibit train, there will be food & drinks, antique and classic cars, a model railroad layout and a kiddy train for the little ones to ride on. You can even do some early Christmas shopping in the LASTA Gift Shop!
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Native Plant Conversations: “Oak and Magnolia Trees”
November 7, 2009
Times: 8:00 am, 9:00 am, 10:00 am, and 11:00 am
Location:  Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road
Phone:  (504) 488-5488, ext. 401
Admission:  Free
Come learn about native plants of Louisiana, which are better adapted to the extreme conditions of our area and which are also more pest and disease resistant. Held the first Saturday of each month, these free 40-minute presentations will be conducted by Longue Vue’s native plant specialists, who will focus on a different topic each month. The Wild Garden, a garden devoted to featuring native plants in an idealized setting, will be the setting for these conversations. After each presentation, participants will receive a complimentary native plant. The Native Plant Conversations program is facilitated by a generous grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation Environmental Fund.
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Shades of Praise Annual Fall Concert and CD Release
November 7, 2009
Times: 7:00 pm
http://www.shadesofpraise.org
Location:  Loyola University, Roussel Hall
Phone:  (504) 717-7060
Admission:  $15.00 in advance ; $20.00 at the door
The acclaimed New Orleans Interracial Gospel Choir Shades of Praise will celebrate the release of its fourth CD in joyful song at Roussel Performance Hall at Loyola University. The annual Fall Concert is an important fundraiser for the non-profit group heralded for both its music and its mission as an instrument of joy, healing and faith in New Orleans and beyond.

Founded in October 2000 by a jazz musician and a theologian as a project to bring a diverse, interracial and multicultural group of volunteers together to create a genuinely integrated organization, Shades of Praise has become a shining example of what our community can be. Under the direction of noted New Orleans musician and choirmaster Al Bemiss, together with a core of top-notch musicians, the 60-voice choir has also become known for its joyous, rousing, high-energy sound rooted in the rich tradition of New Orleans Gospel churches.
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Southern Rep Theatre Presents the Regional Premiere of I AM MY OWN WIFE
November 7, 2009
Times: 8:00 pm
http://www.southernrep.com
Location:  3rd Fl in The Shops at Canal Place, edge of the French Quarter
Phone:  (504) 522-6545
Admission:  $35.00 includes reception
Join us at the Southern Rep Theatre for the Regional Premiere of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize Winner I AM MY OWN WIFE. I AM MY OWN WIFE, written by Doug Wright is the hauntingly complex true tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who successfully outwitted not only the Nazis and Communists, but could also spot a priceless antique at 100 yards.

The play is the hauntingly complex true tale of the quietly dignified Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who not only outwitted the Nazis and Communists, but could also spot a priceless antique at 100 yards. Playwright Doug Wright spent ten years interviewing Charlotte and developing this play. For Charlotte collected antiques from abandoned or bombed houses, enough to turn her East Berlin home into a museum, and transform the basement into a salon and haven for gay artists and intellectuals struggling to survive under the repressive regime.
 
She received the Medal of Honor from the reunified German government for preserving antiques and culture. But before her life was over, all of her life story would be called into question. Yet this is not a story about being gay, not a story about being a cross-dresser and not a story about cold war politics. It is a story about survival and one astounding person. And, by the way, its funny, too. Directed by Carl Walker - Co-Production with All Kinds of Theatre. Southern Rep provides discounts for students, seniors, active military, K-12 teachers, and theatre professionals (I.D. required).
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House of Blues Present - Matisyahu
November 8, 2009
Times: 8:00 pm Door opens; 9:00 pm Show
http://www.hob.com
Location:  House of Blues, 225 Decatur St.
Phone:  (504) 310-4999
Admission:  $27.00
Come join us at the House of Blues for  some Reggae, Rock, and Hip Hop sound of  Matisyahu.
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Colloquium to Discuss Jewish History in Louisiana & the Gulf South
November 13, 2009
Times: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location:  Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street
Phone:  (504) 523-4662
During the 19th century, tens of thousands of French-speaking Jews from Alsace-Lorraine immigrated to Louisiana and the Gulf South. They settled in locales both rural and urban, forging new communities and melding cultural and religious traditions from Old World and New. On November 13, scholars from across the United States and Europe will trace the legacy of this historic migration. Advance registration (through October 16) is $35; registration after October 16 is $50.
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New Orleans Hornets vs Portland Trail Blazers
November 13, 2009
Times: 7:00 pm
http://www.hornets.com
Location:  New Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St
Phone:  (504) 587-3663 or (800)-4NBATIX
Admission:  Tickets as low as $13.00
New Orleans Hornets vs Portland Trail Blazers. Come experience NBA basketball at its best as the Hornets take on the NBA's brightest stars. Bring yourself or a group to an amazing fan experience - New Orleans style!  Tickets as low as $13.00
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New Orleans Botanical Garden: Trial and Display Gardens
November 14, 2009
Times: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location:  Botanical Garden- Garden Study Center
Phone:  (504) 483-9473
Admission:  $10.00
The New Orleans Botanical Garden display new varieties of annual plants for All American Selections, national seed companies as well as our own in house trials of plants that have not been tried in our gardens. We also have a display of many varieties of Salvias from the Herb Society of America. There will be a presentation of what trial and display gardens are and how they impact the consumer. There will be a tour of these gardens looking at new varieties of petunias that will be released in 2010!

Susan Capley has a BS degree in Plant and Soil Science with the emphasis in Horticulture Enterprise Management from the University of Kentucky. She was the horticulturist at the University of Kentucky State Botanical Garden. She has also worked in landscape maintenance, organic vegetable production, greenhouse production, and a floral designer for out door display gardens and indoor floral.
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The Blue Nile Presents - Tobias Delius and James Singleton and Georg Graewe
November 25, 2009
Times: 9:30 pm
Location:  Blue Nile, 532 Frenchmen St
Phone:  (504) 948-2583
Come join us at the Blue Nile for Tobias Delius and James Singleton and Georg Graewe.
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Convention & Business Services
Fat Tuesday New Orleans Original Daiquiris
1 Poydras St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 831-9415
Website: www.fat-tuesday.com
E-Mail: info@fat-tuesday.com
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Louis Armstrong Society Jazz Band, The
3530 Rue Delphine
New Orleans, LA 70131
Phone: (504) 391-9866
Fax: (504) 392-2695
Website: www.larmstrongsoc.org
E-Mail: lasjb@larmstrongsoc.org
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Sho-Aids Inc
300 Jefferson Hwy.
Building #3 Suites #204-205
Jefferson, LA 70121
Phone: (504) 831-4127
Fax: (504) 831-4193
Website: www.shoaidsinc.com
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Viennawoods Productions, LLC
543 9th Street
Gretna, LA 70053
Toll-Free: (888) 363-4850
Phone: (504) 236-7390
Website: www.viennawoodsproductions.com
E-Mail: vienna@bellsouth.net
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Nightlife
Penthouse Club - New Orleans, The
727 Iberville
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 524-4354
Fax: (504) 524-9747
Website: www.penthouseclubneworleans.com
E-Mail: richele.pitalo@gmail.com
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Restaurants
Pelican Club, The
312 Exchange Place
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 523-1504
Fax: (504) 522-2331
Website: www.pelicanclub.com
E-Mail: tpcrest@bellsouth.net
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Slice Pizzeria
1513 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 525-7437
Fax: (504) 525-7492
Website: www.slicepizzeria.com
E-Mail: richiepinney@gmail.com
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Shopping
Michalopoulos Gallery
617 Bienville Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 558-0505
Fax: (504) 558-0273
Website: www.michalopoulos.com
E-Mail: gallery@michalopoulos.com
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What To Do
Audubon Clubhouse - A Facility of Audubon Nature Institute
6500 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70118
Toll-Free: (800) 774-7394
Phone: (504) 212-5290
Fax: (504) 212-5299
Website: www.auduboninstitute.org
E-Mail: clubhouse@auduboninstitute.org
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Southern Food & Beverage Museum
1 Poydras Street, #169
Riverwalk
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 569-0405
Fax: (504) 587-7944
Website: www.southernfood.org
E-Mail: info@southernfood.org
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Where to Stay
Andrew Jackson Hotel
919 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
Toll-Free: (800) 654-0224
Phone: (504) 561-5881
Fax: (504) 596-6769
Website: www.frenchquarterinns.com
E-Mail: gary@frenchquarterinns.com
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Hilton Garden Inn New Orleans Convention Center
1001 South Peters Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Toll-Free: (877) STAYHGI
Phone: (504) 525-0044
Fax: (504) 525-0035
Website: www.neworleansconventioncenter.stayhgi.com
E-Mail: kathleen.hodgins2@hilton.com
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Holiday Inn French Quarter
124 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Toll-Free: (800) 447-2830
Phone: (504) 529-7211
Fax: (504) 522-7930
Website: www.hi-frenchquarter.com
E-Mail: debra.henrickle@ihg.com
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Le Richelieu in the French Quarter
1234 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70116-2507
Toll-Free: (800) 535-9653
Phone: (504) 529-2492
Fax: (504) 524-8179
Website: www.lerichelieuhotel.com
E-Mail: groupsales@lerichelieuhotel.com
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Residence Inn by Marriott New Orleans - Downtown
345 St. Joseph St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
Toll-Free: (800) 331-3131
Phone: (504) 522-1300
Fax: (504) 522-6060
Website: www.marriott.com
E-Mail: janice.frykman@marriott.com
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Roosevelt Hotel - Waldorf Astoria
123 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Toll-Free: (800) HILTONS
Phone: (504) 648-1200
Website: www.therooseveltneworleans.com
E-Mail: mark.wilson@hilton.com
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Ursuline Guest House
708 Ursuline Ave
New Orleans, LA 70116
Toll-Free: (800) 654-2351
Phone: (504) 525-8509
Fax: (504) 525-8408
Website: www.ursulineguesthouse.com
E-Mail: info@ursulineguesthouse.com
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