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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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The Louisiana State Museum and the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club present From Tramps to Kings
January 10, 2009 - December 30, 2009

Times: Tuesday - Sunday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
http://www.lsm.crt.state.la.us
Location:  The Presbetere, 751 Chartres St.
Phone:  (504) 568-6968
Admission:  $6.00 for adults, and $5.00 for seniors and active military personnel; Children under 12 are free.
The Louisiana State Museum and the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club present From Tramps to Kings: Zulu 100 Years, a yearlong exhibit exploring the origins, the unique Carnival traditions, and the cultural and civic contributions of Zulu from 1909 to the present.

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House of Blues Presents - The Gospel Sunday Brunch January 25, 2009 - December 27, 2009
Times: 10:00 am http://www.hob.com Location: House of Blues, 225 Decatur St. Phone: (504) 310-4999 Admission: $16.50 - $38.50 Hallelujah! It's back! The Sunday Gospel Brunch returns to the House Of Blues New Orleans!	Remove

Arts Market of New Orleans
January 31, 2009 - November 28, 2009

Times: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Palmer Park (at the corner of S. Claiborne Ave. and S. Carrollton Ave.
Phone: (504) 523-1465
Presented by the Arts Council of New Orleans, the Arts Market is a monthly arts market held the LAST Saturday of every month. Located at Palmer Park in the lovely Carrollton Section of Uptown New Orleans (At the corner of two well trafficked streets, S. Claiborne Ave and S. Carrollton Ave,) the Arts Market has no admission charge. The Arts Market features handmade, affordable art from local and regional artists and artisans. Styles of art include Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Glass, Jewelry, Wood, and Printmaking, plus handmade clothing, soap, candles, and other delights. Between 50 and 100 artists display and sell their wares each month. The Arts Market also features live entertainment, food and beverage booths, and a children's activities area.

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Muriel's Jackson Square 3 Course Table d' Hotel Dinner
February 4, 2009 - February 5, 2010

Times: Monday - Friday 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm; Saturday & Sunday 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
http://www.muriels.com
Location: 801 Chartres Street, On The corner of Jackson Square
Phone: (504) 568-1885

Muriel’s Jackson Square offers an exceptional 3 course meal for only $28.95. Come enjoy a full dining experience featuring many choices such as Crawfish and Goat Cheese Crêpes, Turtle Soup, Gumbo, BBQ Shrimp, Pecan Crusted Puppy Drum and Shrimp Remoulade. Muriel's is housed in an historic building overlooking Jackson Square. Come immerse yourself in New Orleans culture and revelry that reflects the rich cultural, and culinary character of the Crescent City.

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Houston's Restaurant Present - The Garden District Trio May 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Times: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Location: Houston's Restaurant, 1755 St. Charles Ave. Phone: (504) 524-1579 Come join us at Houston's Restaurant for dinner and jazz featuring the Garden District Trio featuring David Hansen, Tom Hook & Chris Sharkey.	Remove

ALL YOUTH CHOIRS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING MEMBERS!
September 19, 2009 - March 27, 2010

Times: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: St Elizabeth Seton School, 4119 Saint Elizabeth Drive
Phone: (504) 885-2000 ext. 211
Calling all young singers! Jefferson Performing Arts Society is currently still accepting children and teens for their Children's Choirs and the NEW JPAS Jam & Jive Show Choir! To register and join, please drop by a rehearsal time for the appropriate age level choir to fill-out the paperwork and meet the choirs! (formerly the JPAS Youth Chorale). All choirs are vocally directed by Mary Lou with accompanist Garrett Fried. Rehearsals for the JPAS Apprentice Choir will be Saturdays from at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School, 4119 Saint Elizabeth Drive in Kenner and continue through the Spring. There is a one-time tuition fee of $300 for the Apprentice Choir plus additional costuming fees.

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Gallery Bienvenu Presents - Artist: Sibylle Peretti "The Unusual Kind"
October 6, 2009 - November 28, 2009

Times: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Gallery Bienvenu, 518 Julia Street
Phone: (504) 525-0518
German-born artist Sibylle Peretti conjures visions of childhood and childhood lost. In Perettis works, children are often grouped in pairs, conversing wordlessly with one another or with birds, water, or flowers, as if immersed in a mystical union with nature. Her ethereal imagery and haunting thematic subtexts captivate the viewers imagination.

Perettis exhibition at Gallery Bienvenu features porcelain sculptures and mixed-media works on panel, which incorporate myriad layers of paper, oil paint, and watercolor on either side of Plexiglas panels. Her unique techniques impart a texture that complements the works conceptual nuance. Collectors and museum curators around the world have responded to Peretti's vision, which hovers between fairy tale, dream, and historic fact.

The current series was inspired by a growing fascination with children raised with little or no exposure to human beings. With their immaculate innocence, such children have intrigued storytellers and researchers for ages from Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome, who are said to have been nursed by a wolf to Victor of Aveyron, made famous by Truffault's film, The Wild Child to Genie, a feral child whose discovery made headlines in the 1970s.

These children live in a kind of private, untouchable world, the artist says, in which their honesty and purity opens doors of fantasies and dreams. With Peretti's imagery as a springboard, viewers may project themselves into the children's archaic, pre-verbal world. The works reconnect us to dormant memories or emotions, inducing free associations that encourage the mind to skim and skip where rationality alone could not lead. It is this freeing of the imagination, coupled with the rigors she lavishes on composition and surface, that so eloquently distinguishes her work.

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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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New Orleans Museum of Art Presents - Woodward Exhibition Opening Reception
October 21, 2009 - February 28, 2010

Times: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
Phone: (504) 658-4100
Come join us at The Museum of Art Opening Reception for the William Woodward Exhibition. Drawing from the holdings of both institutions, the exhibition features more than 70 paintings, etchings, sculpture and ephemera related to Woodward's life and works. A native of Massachusetts, Woodward came to New Orleans in the 1880s to teach fine arts, mechanical drawing and architectural drawing at Tulane University.

Woodward was involved with every facet of architecture in New Orleans, consulting on the design of Tulane's new building for architecture classes. He also designed and built his own home in Uptown New Orleans. His interest in architecture evolved into a passionate commitment to preservation. The first artist to focus intensely on the Vieux Carré, Woodward documented the Quarter's rich cultural heritage in vignettes of daily life-women at market, street cleaners, deliverymen and milkmaids driving drayage carts and residents engaged in their daily activities.

Woodward's depictions of French Quarter buildings focused public attention on the heedless destruction of historic properties. The exhibition offers an opportunity to view a large selection of Woodward's renderings of the French Quarter and to judge the strength of his artistic contribution.

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Tom Dent Literary Festival
November 5, 2009 - November 7, 2009

Times: Thursday and Friday 6:30 pm; Sunday 1:00 pm
Location: The Main Library, 219 Loyola Avenue
Phone: (504) 596-2597
This is a three day festival that highlights the works of contemporary African American writers and poets. The event is named in the honor of the late New Orleans writer and historian, Thomas Covington Dent, who was a mentor to African-American writers and called attention to the African-American experience through poetry magazines and theater.

Our festival includes a Spoken Word Session, Author’s Showcase, and an afternoon forum. The spoken word poets will include the following: Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy, WordPlay NO, New Orleans Youth Slam (N.O.Y.S.), and Nik Richard "the Voice of Reason". It will be held at 6:30 pm on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Main Library, 219 Loyola Avenue. Our author's showcase will include the following: Clifton Casteel author of A Lady’s Heart and Soul: My Life as a Colored-Negro-Black-African-American, Dr. Keith Ferdinand, and Dr. D'Ann Penner authors of Overcoming Katrina: African American Voices from the Crescent City and Beyond at our Author’s Showcase.

The author’s showcase will be held at 6:30 pm on Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Main Library, 219 Loyola Avenue. Our Tom Dent forum speakers will be Carlotta Walls Lanier and Lisa Page Frazier. Carlotta Walls Lanier, the youngest member of the little rock nine and author of A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School. Lisa Frazier Page, a Dillard University alumnae and a contributor to Mrs. Lanier's book. Our forum will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the Main Library, 219 Loyola Avenue.

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The World War II Museum unveils The Victory Theatre Opening November 6, 2009 - November 7, 2009
Location: 945 Magazine Street Phone: (504) 527-6012 Come join us for the Victory Theatre Opening. The National World War II Museum unveils its new, $60 million expansion with a weekend full of celebratory activities. Nov 7 features the Victory Stomp block party with music by Grammy winner Irma Thomas, among others, topped off by an over the top fireworks display.	Remove

Ashé Cultural Arts Center Presents -Make a Joyful Noise Gospel Festival
November 7, 2009

Times: Noon – 7:00 pm
Location:  Ashé Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
Phone:  (504) 569-9070
Admission:  Free
Come join us to hear local singers belt out the gospels, traditional hymns and chants at this annual indoor festival. The Ashe Drum Circle will lead a parade which starts at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue at Felicity and S. Claiborne Avenue and will end at Ashe Cultural Arts Center for the start of Make a Joyful Noise Gospel Festival. This event will feature Dillard University's Vision Quest, Jo Cool Davis, Rev. Lois Dejean, The Jones Sisters, Bishop Onassis Jones & Justified, O.P. Walker High School Gospel Choir, New Hope Youth Choir, Chuck Brown & Yielded Vessels, Heavenly Melodies, True Worship Mime Ministry, Sixth Baptist Church Heaven Bound Youth Choir, Household of Faith, Gail Fly, Pepper Boy, Golden Voices, Silhouette Dance Ensemble, Ron Hattley & Worship Squad.

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Ashe Drum Circle at Neighborhood Partnership Network Festival
November 7, 2009

Times: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location:  Harney Elementary School Grounds - 2503 Willow Street
Phone:  504) 569-9070 or (504) 813-9008
Admission:  Free
Join us for the Ashe Drum Circle at Neighborhood Partnership Network Festival. The drum circle, led by Luther Gray, is comprised of male and female participants ages 3 to 93, who play or learn to play African drums. Bring a drum or borrow one from the Circle.

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Garden District Gallery Group Invitation Exhibition: FIRE, EARTH, AIR, WATER: THE ELEMENTS November 7, 2009 - November 28, 2009
Times: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm http://www.gardendistrictgallery.com Location: 1332 Washington Ave. (Corner of Washington Ave. & Coliseum St.) Phone: (504) 891-3032 Admission: FREE Come join us for Garden District Gallery Group Invitation Exhibition: FIRE, EARTH, AIR, WATER: THE ELEMENTS.	Remove

Garden District Gallery Opening Reception for Exhibition: FIRE, EARTH, AIR, WATER: THE ELEMENTS November 7, 2009
Times: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm http://www.gardendistrictgallery.com Location: 1332 Washington Ave. (Corner of Washington Ave. & Coliseum St.) Phone: (504) 891-3032 Admission: FREE Come join us for the Garden District Gallery Opening Reception for Exhibition: FIRE, EARTH, AIR, WATER: THE ELEMENTS.	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.

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The Blue Nile Presents - NO 8th Annual Book Fair November 7, 2009
Times: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Location: Blue Nile, 532 Frenchmen St Phone: (504) 948-2583 Join us for the NO 8th annual book fair.	Remove

Slidell's Bayou Jam Present - Swingaroux November 8, 2009
Times: 5:30 - 7:30 pm slidell.la.us/events_bayou_jam Location: Slidell Heritqge Park Phone: (504) 875-0032 Admission: free Come listen to the big sound of the Swingaroux a 'New Generation Big Band', at the Slidell Heritage Park for a Bayou Jam.	Remove

House of Blues Present - Son Volt November 10, 2009
Times: 7:30 pm Door opens; 8:00 pm Show http://www.hob.com Location: The Parish at the House of Blues, 225 Decatur St. Phone: (504) 310-4999 Admission: $18.50 Come join us at the House of Blues for Son Volt.	Remove

Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta featuring Jason Marsalis November 10, 2009
Times: 8:00 pm Location: Royal Sonesta, 300 Bourbon Street Phone: (504) 553-2299 Come join us at the Royal Sonesta for Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse featuring Jason Marsalis.	Remove

Audubon Zoo, Audubon Aquarium and Audubon Insectarium FREE ADMISSION for Veterans on Veteran’s Day
November 11, 2009

Times: 10:00 am
Location: Audubon Zoo is located at 6500 Magazine Street. Audubon Aquarium is at #1 Canal Street, and Audubon Insectarium is located at 423 Canal Street
Phone: (800) 774-7394
Veterans are invited to visit Audubon Zoo, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans free of charge on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2009. A coupon available on Audubon’s web site at www.auduboninstitute.org is good for complimentary admission for a veteran with valid military ID and four guests. Military personnel (active or retired) must accompany the group.

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Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta featuring Irvin Mayfield’s NOJO Jam Session November 11, 2009
Times: 8:00 pm Location: Royal Sonesta, 300 Bourbon Street Phone: (504) 553-2299 Come join us at the Royal Sonesta for Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse featuring Irvin Mayfield’s NOJO Jam Session.	Remove

Why People Live in New Orleans Book Tour Book Signing
November 11, 2009

Times: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location:  West Jefferson Medical Center, 1101 Medical Center Blvd., Marrero
Phone:  (504) 444-4908
Admission:  FREE
Join local author, Christine Ewy, as she signs Why People Live in New Orleans, a book that in less than three months is touching the minds and hearts of people locally, around the country, and in Europe. See why Hal Clark is impressed with the way it looks like New Orleans and Kathleen Duvic thinks it should be read in Washington, in all high schools, and given to tourists in N.O. In time for Christmas, explore the book residents have bought for their Christmas lists, for volunteers who helped their community, and for friends and family now living out of state. Some people still wonder why the nation and world need people to live here and why we current residents choose to do so. Come see the book that can help you share your passion and spread this collective answer from New Orleans.

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Bon Operatit at the Inn On Bourbon November 13, 2009
Times: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm http://www.bonoperatit.com Location: The Inn On Bourbon 541 Bourbon Street Phone: (504) 524-7611 Admission: Free Opera Returns to Bourbon Street! Free Opera performances at the IOB's Puccini Bar.	Remove

Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts Present - Ron White November 13, 2009
Times: 7:30 pm Location: Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts Phone: (504) 525-1052 Admission: $44.75 Join us for a Standup Comedy Show featuring Ron White.	Remove

Convention & Business Services

Calcasieu, Private Dining by Chef Donald Link
930 Tchoupitoulas Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 588-2188 Fax: (504) 588-2190 Website: www.calcasieurooms.com E-Mail: sales@calcasieurooms.com	Remove

Just Around the City
New Orleans, LA 70115 Phone: (504) 324-9773 Fax: (504) 324-9773 Website: www.justaroundthecity.com E-Mail: justaroundthecity@gmail.com	Remove

Martinez Photography, LLC
3631 White Oak Ave. New Orleans, LA 70131 Phone: (504) 439-8718 Fax: (504) 309-6537 Website: www.martinezphotography.net E-Mail: martinezphotography@cox.net	Remove

PRA Destination Management
615 Baronne Street Suite #305 New Orleans, LA 70113 Phone: (504) 586-8181 Fax: (866) 908-4841 Website: www.pra.com E-Mail: tjackson@pra.com	Remove

Getting Around

Deluxe Shuttle
624 Race St. New Orleans, LA 70130 Toll-Free: (877) 546-8788 Phone: (504) 561-1000 Fax: (504) 522-9048 Website: www.deluxeshuttle.com E-Mail: info@deluxeshuttle.com	Remove

Nightlife

LePhare
523 Gravier St New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 636-1890 Fax: (504) 301-1340 Website: www.lepharenola.com E-Mail: info@lepharenola.com	Remove

Razzoo
511 Bourbon Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 522-5100 Fax: (504) 522-5615 Website: www.razzoo.com E-Mail: puson@razzoo.com	Remove

Restaurants

Brennan's Restaurant
417 Royal Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 525-9713 Fax: (504) 525-2302 Website: www.brennansneworleans.com E-Mail: BRENNANSNO@aol.com	Remove

Chef Duke's Cafe Giovanni
117 Decatur Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 529-2154 Fax: (504) 529-3352 Website: www.cafegiovanni.com E-Mail: chefdukescafegio@aol.com	Remove

Sekisui Samurai
239 Decatur Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 525-9595 Fax: (504) 525-9594 Website: www.sekisuiusa.com E-Mail: tsungyeh@hotmail.com	Remove

Shopping

Cajun Creations
1937 Veterans Blvd Metairie, LA 70005 Toll-Free: (877) 694-4986 Phone: (504) 218-8466 Fax: (888) 267-0903 Website: www.cajuncreations.com E-Mail: sales@cajuncreations.com	Remove

Garden District Gallery
1332 Washington Avenue New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 891-3032 Fax: (504) 891-3032 Website: www.gardendistrictgallery.com E-Mail: patti@gardendistrictgallery.com	Remove

Kenneth's Studio for Hair
2100 St. Charles Ave New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 528-8585 Website: www.kennethsstudio.com E-Mail: kensmith40@aol.com	Remove

Margaritaville Store
1 French Market Place New Orleans, LA 70116 Toll-Free: (866) 529-4177 Phone: (504) 529-4177 Fax: (504) 529-4164 Website: www.margaritaville.com E-Mail: robbie@margaritaville.com	Remove

Visitor Information Resources

WWL-TV, Channel 4
1024 N. Rampart St. New Orleans, LA 70116-2487 Phone: (504) 529-4444 Fax: (504) 529-6471 Website: www.wwl-tv.com E-Mail: bbonnett@wwltv.com	Remove

Where to Stay

Bourbon Orleans
717 Orleans St. New Orleans, LA 70116 Phone: (504) 523-2222 Fax: (504) 525-8166 Website: www.bourbonorleans.com E-Mail: rick.robbins@bourbonorleans.com	Remove

Hampton Inn & Suites-Elmwood
5150 Mounes Street Harahan, LA 70123 -3408 Toll-Free: (800) 292-0653 Phone: (504) 733-5646 Fax: (504) 733-5609 Website: www.neworleanshamptoninns.com E-Mail: hbraiwick@highpointe.com	Remove

Harrah's New Orleans Hotel
228 Poydras St New Orleans, LA 70130 Toll-Free: (800) HAR-RAHS Phone: (504) 533-6000 Fax: (504) 593-8020 Website: www.harrahsneworleans.com E-Mail: nolasales@harrahs.com	Remove

Hubbard Mansion Bed and Breakfast
3535 St.Charles Ave. New Orleans, LA 70115 Phone: (504) 897-3535 Fax: (504) 899-8827 Website: www.hubbardmansion.com E-Mail: hubbardmansion@yahoo.com	Remove

Hyatt Regency New Orleans
Poydras Street at Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113 Toll-Free: (800) 233-1234 Phone: (504) 561-1234 Fax: (504) 523-0488 Website: www.hyatt.com	Remove

Lanaux Mansion
547 Esplanade Avenue New Orleans, LA 70116 Phone: (504) 330-2826 Website: www.lanauxmanison.com E-Mail: info@lanauxmansion.com	Remove

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