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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.  		Remove
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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'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! 		Remove
“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.” 		Remove
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. 		Remove
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. 		Remove
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. 		Remove
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. 		Remove
Convention & Business Services
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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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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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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