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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

Muriel's Jackson Square Presents a New Orleans Jazz Brunch with Joe Simon's Jazz Trio
February 8, 2009 - January 31, 2010

Times: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
http://www.muriels.com
Location: Muriels, 801 Chartres Street
Phone: (504) 568-1885

Classic French Quarter Style mixed with Contemporary Creole Cuisine. Enjoy dining to the sounds of Joe Simon's Jazz Trio. Muriel's offers New Orleans Classics like Gumbo, BBQ Shrimp, Turtle Soup, and Shrimp Remoulade along with more contemporary flavors like Pecan Crusted Puppy Drum and Muriel's own Crawfish and Goat Cheese Crepes. After brunch enjoy a cool cocktail on our balcony overlooking historic Jackson Square.

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Trinity Artist Series Presents - Choral Evensong October 1, 2009 - November 19, 2009
Times: 6:30 pm Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. Phone: (504) 670-2520 Come join us for Choral Evensong with the Trinity Choir.	Remove

Trinity Artist Series Presents - Albinas Prizgintas with Taize October 5, 2009 - November 30, 2009
Times: Mondays 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. Phone: (504) 670- 2520 Come join us for Taize, every Monday in the Chapel with candlelight. Program directed by Albinas who will perform selections at the piano. The program is offered for the recovery of the city.	Remove

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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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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WRBH Reads Their Eyes Were Watching God
October 26, 2009 - November 25, 2009

Times: Monday - Friday 2:00 pm and 8:30 pm
Location: Southern Food and Beverage Museum, 1 Poydras St, #169
Phone: (504)569-0405
Don Lewis, a New Orleans actor, will begin to read the book on Monday, Oct. 26. The readings will occur daily, Monday through Fridays at 2 p.m., and they will repeat at 8:30 p.m. Each half-hour segment amounts to about 12-14 pages, meaning that the book will be completed in about 25 installments.

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Palm Court Jazz Band with Tommy Sancton Quintet November 5, 2009
Times: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Location: Palm Court Jazz Cafe, 1204 Decatur St. Phone: (504) 525-0200 Join us for a Creole cuisine and live Traditional Jazz entertainment featuring the Tommy Sancton Quintet.	Remove

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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“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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20th Anniversary Mirliton Festival
November 7, 2009

Times: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
http://www.mirlitonfestival.com
Location: Markey Park, 700 block of Piety between Royal and Dauphine Street
Admission: $5.00 - BNA Members $3.00 - Children Under 5 Free
Come enjoy Bywater's best: full day line up of local musicians featuring Morning 40, the Zydepunks and more; plus local restaurant foods highlighting mirliton dishes; local artists; and lots of local color - Bywaterites! Held in lovely Markey Park, any profits benefit programs of the Bywater Neighborhood Association.

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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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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

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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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

Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman w/ Palm Court Jazz Band November 11, 2009
Times: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Location: Palm Court Jazz Cafe, 1204 Decatur St. Phone: (504) 525-0200 Join us for a Creole cuisine and live Traditional Jazz entertainment featuring Lars Edegran &Topsy Chapman w/ Palm Court Jazz Band.	Remove

Absinthe Museum of America Presents a New "Absinthe of the Month"
November 13, 2009

Times: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Absinthe Museum of America, 823 Rue Royale, French Quarter, between Rue St. Ann and Rue Dumaine
Lucid Absinthe Supérieure is the first genuine absinthe made with real Grande Wormwood to be legally available in the United States in 95 years. Established as the absinthe category leader on the U.S. market, Lucid is proud to be at the forefront of educating the American public on absinthe. Special guest on November 13th will be Master Distiller and absinthe historian Ted Breaux.

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Absinthe Museum of America Presents a New "Absinthe of the Month" lecture hosted by Ted Breaux
November 14, 2009

Times: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Absinthe Museum of America, 823 Rue Royale, French Quarter, between Rue St. Ann and Rue Dumaine
Lucid Absinthe Supérieure is the first genuine absinthe made with real Grande Wormwood to be legally available in the United States in 95 years. Established as the absinthe category leader on the U.S. market, Lucid is proud to be at the forefront of educating the American public on absinthe. Lecture hosted by Ted Breaux.

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Howling Success 2009 November 14, 2009
Location: Mardi Gras World, Blain Kern's Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place Phone: (504) 368-5191 On Saturday, November 14, 2009 the Louisiana SPCA will host the area's most unique fundraiser. The 28th Annual Howling Success will be held at the gorgeous Grand Oaks Mansion inside the new East Bank location of Mardi Gras World.	Remove

Convention & Business Services

Hansen Music Productions, LLC
PO Box 24369 New Orleans, LA 70184 Toll-Free: (800) 668-7429 Phone: (504) 283-3786 Fax: (504) 286-1111 Website: www.neworleansjazz.com E-Mail: dh@neworleansjazz.com	Remove

Sugar Mill, The
1021 Convention Center Blvd New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 586-0004 Fax: (504) 522-8423 Website: www.sugarmillevents.com E-Mail: thesugarmill@aol.com	Remove

Whole Foods Market
5600 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70115 Phone: (504) 899-9119 Fax: (504) 899-9210 Website: www.wholefoodsmarket.com E-Mail: customer.questions@wholefoods.com	Remove

Getting Around

Crescent City Fitness Foundation
Po Box 13587 New Orleans, LA 70185 Phone: (504) 861-8686 Fax: (504) 861-8687 E-Mail: ccc10k@aol.com	Remove

Louisiana Trailways
5056 Taravella Rd. Marrero, LA 70072 Toll-Free: (888) 884-5226 Phone: (504) 348-1177 Fax: (504) 348-7337 Website: www.louisianacoaches.com E-Mail: info@louisianacoaches.com	Remove

Transoceanic Trading and Development, LLC
1615 Poydras Street Suite #986 New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: (504) 582-4112 Fax: () Website: www.transoceanic.com	Remove

Nightlife

Wine Institute New Orleans
610 Tchoupitoulas St New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 324-8000 Website: www.winoschool.com E-Mail: info@winoschool.com	Remove

Restaurants

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

Martinique Bistro
5908 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70115 Phone: (504) 891-8495 Fax: (504) 891-2622 E-Mail: jensherrod@hotmail.com	Remove

One Restaurant and Lounge
8132 Hampson St. New Orleans, LA 70118 Phone: (504) 301-9061 Fax: (504) 301-9057 Website: www.one-sl.com E-Mail: wlmccullough@hotmail.com	Remove

Shopping

Dutch Alley Artists' Co-op
912 North Peters Street New Orleans, LA 70116 Phone: (504) 412-9220 Website: www.dutchalleyonline.com E-Mail: dalleyinc@bellsouth.net	Remove

Earth Odyssey
306 Chartres St. New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 581-1348 Fax: (504) 581-1348 Website: www.earthodysseynola.com E-Mail: earthodyssey@bellsouth.net	Remove

Valobra Jewelry
333 Royal Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 525-6364 Fax: (504) 566-7224 Website: www.valobra.net	Remove

Tours

Cajun Critters Swamp Tours
363 Louisiana St Westwego, LA 70094 Toll-Free: (800) 575-5578 Phone: (504) 347-0962 Fax: (504) 341-7238 Website: www.cajunswamptour.com E-Mail: cajuncritt@aol.com	Remove

Cajun Encounters Tours
55345 Highway 90 Slidell, LA 70461 Toll-Free: (866) 928-6877 Phone: (504) 834-1770 Fax: (985) 646-0504 Website: www.cajunencounters.com E-Mail: info@cajunencounters.com	Remove

Visitor Information Resources

Baton Rouge Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
359 Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70801- Toll-Free: (800) LA-Rouge Phone: (225) 383-1825 Fax: (225) 389-3579 Website: www.visitbatonrouge.com E-Mail: info@Visitbatonrouge.com	Remove

NewOrleans.Com, LLC
839 St. Charles Avenue Suite #305 New Orleans, LA 70130- Toll-Free: () Phone: (504) 309-1004 Fax: (504) 309-1630 Website: www.neworleans.com E-Mail: maddox@neworleans.com	Remove

What To Do

English Turn Golf & Country Club
1 Clubhouse Drive New Orleans, LA 70131 Phone: (504) 392-2200 Fax: (504) 391-8036 Website: www.englishturn.com E-Mail: cammyl@englishturn.com	Remove

Louisiana Children's Museum
420 Julia St. New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 523-1357 Fax: (504) 529-3666 Website: www.lcm.org E-Mail: mail@lcm.org	Remove

Stonebridge Golf Club of New Orleans
1500 Stonebridge Drive Gretna, LA 70056 Phone: (504) 394-1300 Fax: (504) 394-1340 Website: www.stonebridgegolfofno.com E-Mail: jmaumus@cox.net	Remove

Where to Stay

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

Maison DuBois Bed and Breakfast
1419 Dauphine St. New Orleans, LA 70116 Toll-Free: (866) 948-1619 Phone: (866) 948-1619 Fax: (504) 944-1946 Website: www.maisondubois.net E-Mail: contact@maisondubois.net	Remove

Quarter House Resort
129 Chartres St. New Orleans, LA 70130-2356 Toll-Free: (800) 736-5906 Phone: (504) 523-5906 Fax: (504) 593-0100 Website: www.quarterhouse.com E-Mail: nikki@quarterhouse.com	Remove

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