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Old New Orleans Rum Distillery Tour
August 13, 2008 - December 31, 2009

Times: Monday - Friday 11;00 am AND 2:00 pm; Saturday 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, and 4:00 pm
Location:  Old New Orleans Rum, 2815 Frenchmen Street
Phone:  (504) 945-9400
Admission:  $10.00
Celebration Distillation offers tours and tastings at the distillery. Our tours offer a intimate and detailed look at the distillation process from beginning to end. All of our tours conclude with a visit to our tasting room. Become a connoisseur as you experience the subtle flavors of our distinctive rums. On occasion the distillers will offer samples of rums we have yet to bring to market to get your thoughts on the directions they are going.

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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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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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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

Verbatim Verboten
August 24, 2009 - November 9, 2009

Times: Mondays 7:00 pm
Location:  The Avenue Pub, 1732 St Charles Avenue [upstairs], New Orleans
Phone:  (504) 948-4167
Admission:  $10, general admission
VERBATIM VERBOTEN is an ever-changing revue of staged transcripts. These are word-for-word performances from noted people (and some ordinary folk) saying things they never meant for the public to hear: surveillance tapes, secretly recorded conversations, forgotten open mics, on-camera diatribes, released emails, private correspondence, et cetera. VERBATIM VERBOTEN has collected over three hundred such pieces, with more being added all the time...meaning no performance is like the one before. The show has enjoyed extended successful runs in Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, New Orleans, and New York. Now after a three-year hiatus, VV returns. Produced by Clove Productions. Hosted by Michael Martin.

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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

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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Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
October 23, 2009 - November 7, 2009

Times: Fridays at 7:30PM and Saturdays at 7:30PM and 10:30PM
http://www.jpas.org
Location:  Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego
Phone:  (504) 885-2000
Admission:  $30 for adults, $27 for seniors (65+) and $20 for students
Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is ALIVE! and on stage at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre in Westwego. Costumes of all kinds at all performances are encouraged! Dress to impress the fabulous Dr. Frank 'N Furter at the 10:30PM show on Halloween night for Rocky's Costume Contest and win exciting and outrageous prizes! Follow sequeaky-clean sweethearts Brad and Janet on an adventure they'll never forget in the mysterious mansion of the scandalous Dr. Frank 'N Furter with his rippling creation Rocky, the vivacious Magenta, the weird house-servants Riff Raff and Columbia and an array of other outrageous characters! Bursting at the seams with timeless cult classics including Sweet Transvestite, Dammit Janet, and of course, the pelvic-thrusting Time Warp, the JPAS production of Richard O'Brien's the ROCKY HORROR SHOW is a non-stop party!

Get ready for a night of fun, frolics and frivolity int his thrilling production directed by Jerry Lee Leighton and musically directed by Alan Payne! Richard Hutton stars as the infamous Dr. Frank 'N Furter, the "sweet transvestite from Tran-sexual-Transylvania!" Hutton transitions from recently playing the role of King Arthur in Lerner and Lowe's CAMELOT at Rivertown Repertory Theatre, into the high-heeled and fishnet stockings of Dr. Frank 'N Furter for THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW with JPAS! Hutton has been seen as the leading man on stages throughout the Big Easy including Tulane Summer Lyric, Le Petit Theatre and on the JPAS stages. This is the first role where he has worn three-inch high-heels and a bustier! Dr. Frank 'N Furter's motley crew of characters from another dimension include an array of the best New Orleans local talent. Lara Grice, one of New Orlean's most talented and versatile leading ladies, plays the outrageous Columbia. Grice has graced most all of the stages in the New Orleans area portraying roles ranging from the ditzy Norma in VICTOR/VICORIA to Jaque in Shakespear's AS YOU LIKE IT. She is often seen in local and national TV commercials.

Chris Wecklein joins the cast of ROCKY as Riff Raff, the shifty hunch-backed "butler." Wecklein has also been seen on most stages throughout the New Orleans area and notable in the long-running production of BLACK AND WHITE BLUES at Le Chat Noir. This power-house cast features several other local theatre stars including Marlene Thian as Magenta, Matias Grau, III as Brad and Lucy Faust as Janet, Armando L. Leduc as Eddie and Brandon Sutton as Rocky.

The cast also features Daniel Deshazo, Samantha Gregory, Michael Indest, Diana Macera, Helen Jane Planchet, Colleen Robinson and Matt Standley. Director Jerry Lee Leighton also makes a guest appearance as The Narrator in this cult-classic musical!Expect to have the most fun you've ever had (we hope!) with fishnets, leather and rock 'n roll at the JPAS Production of Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW!

WARNING! This show has rude parts! No child tickets will be sold due to the nature of the show - parental discretion is strongly advised.

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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

Hermes Bar at Antoine's Restaurant Present - Glen David Andrews
November 7, 2009

Times: 1st Set: 9:30 pm / 2nd Set: 11:00 pm
Location: Hermes Bar at Antoine's Restaurant, 713 St. Louis Street
Phone: (504) 581-4422
In New Orleans, the city that gave the world jazz, a young trombone player and vocalist is proudly taking that style of music into the 21st Century. Glen David Andrews, articulates his city's deep musical heritage through his performing better than anyone his age. He has one foot planted in the more contemporary, funky sounds that define today's New Orleans brass band scene; meanwhile, Andrews shows his elders the respect he believes they deserve, as his other foot rests firmly in the music's time-honored traditions.

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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

Trickster at the Gate - A Play by Jonathan Patrick Bray
November 7, 2009

Times: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Alvar Public Library, 913 Alvar Street (Bywater)
Jennifer has come home to identify the body of Nell, a woman who believed she was the incarnation of Yoruba God, Esu Elegba. Will Jennifer's ghosts haunt her upon identifying the body, or will she find some peace with Nell, herself, and the mortician? As it tracks Nell's life the play takes us from the Harlem Renaissance, to the mystical realms of the Yoruban gods, to present day Louisiana. Written under The Big Read Acadiana Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Trickster at the Gate finds its inspiration in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston, gaining approval of Hurston's biographer and niece, Lucy Anne Hurston. The play runs about 75 minutes. A discussion of Hurston's classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, will occur following the play. "...a captivating cross-cultural (often funny) play that transcends (what some might dismiss as 'trendy') race issues and enters into that place all art dwells: the core mystery of human spiritual experience.

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David Torkanowsky presents Mason’s VIP Lounge Revisited featuring Germaine Bazzle and special guests November 8, 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 David Torkanowsky Mason’s VIP Lounge Revisited featuring Germaine Bazzle and special guests.	Remove

Lucien Barbarin w/Palm Court Jazz Band November 8, 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 Lucien Barbarin with the Palm Court Jazz Band.	Remove

Trinity Artist Series Present - The Gloria Dei Singers of New Orleans November 8, 2009
Times: 5:00 pm Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. Phone: (504) 670- 2520 Come join us for The Gloria Dei Singers of New Orleans. They will perfom works by Palestrina, Seelinck, Brahms and Rutter. Directed by A. Joseph Wolfe Jr.	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

House of Blues Present - The Swell Seasons November 12, 2009
Times: 7:00 pm Door opens; 8:00 pm Show http://www.hob.com Location: House of Blues, 225 Decatur St. Phone: (504) 310-4999 Admission: $33.50 Come join us at The House of Blues for Oscar Award Winners THE SWELL SEASON.	Remove

Lucien Barbarin with the Palm Court Jazz Band with Clive Wilson November 13, 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 Lucien Barbarin with the Palm Court Jazz Band with Clive Wilson.	Remove

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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The Jefferson Performing Arts Society presents HOT FLASHES
November 13, 2009 - November 29, 2009

Times: Friday & Saturday at 7:30 pm, Sunday Matinee at 2:00 pm
http://www.jpas.org
Location:  Teatro Wego! Dinner Theatre
Phone:  (504) 885-2000
Admission:  $30 for adults, $27 for seniors (65+), $20 for students (with valid ID)
The girls of the Tuesday Afternoon club are descending on TEATRO WEGO! to solve the world’s problems, complain about the injustices of getting older and to raise a glass to the joys of womanhood. Come join them for a hilarious time! Parental Discretion is strongly advised due to mature content

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Convention & Business Services

Wyndham Riverfront New Orleans
701 Convention Center Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 524-8200 Fax: (504) 524-0600 Website: www.wyndhamriverfront.com E-Mail: lbastion@wyndham.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

Restaurants

Superior Bar & Grill
3636 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans, LA 70115 Phone: (504) 899-4200 Fax: (504) 891-1329 Website: www.superiorgrill.com	Remove

Shopping

Kurt E. Schon Ltd.
510 St. Louis Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 524-5462 Fax: (504) 524-6233 Website: www.kurteschonltd.com	Remove

NEWORLEANSTHANKSYOU.COM
New Orleans, LA Phone: (504) 488-8031 Website: www.neworleansthanksyou.com E-Mail: gerald@neworleansthanksyou.com	Remove

Spa Atlantis, LLC
740 Gravier Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 566-8088 Fax: (504) 566-8087 Website: www.spaatlantis.net E-Mail: info@spaatlantis.net	Remove

Tours

Jean Lafitte Swamp & Airboat Tours
6601 Leo Kerner Lafitte Pkwy Marrero, LA 70072 Toll-Free: (800) 445-4109 Phone: (504) 689-4186 Fax: (504) 524-6265 Website: www.jeanlafitteswamptour.com E-Mail: pbair@visitnola.com	Remove

Visitor Information Resources

Algiers Point Association
718 Pelican Ave New Orleans, LA 70114 Phone: (504) 362-4695 Website: www.algierspoint.org E-Mail: vinniepervel@cox.net	Remove

New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau
2020 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 566-5011 Fax: (504) 566-5046 Website: www.neworleanscvb.com	Remove

What To Do

Insta-Gator Alligator Ranch & Hatchery
23440 Lowe Davis Rd Covington, LA 70435 Toll-Free: (888) 448-1560 Phone: (985) 892-3669 Fax: (985) 892-3670 Website: www.insta-gatorranch.com E-Mail: john@insta-gatorranch.com	Remove

National World War II Museum
945 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Toll-Free: (800) 273-4463 Phone: (504) 527-6012 Fax: (504) 527-6088 Website: www.nationalww2museum.org E-Mail: info@nationalww2museum.org	Remove

Where to Stay

Baronne Plaza Hotel
201 Baronne Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Toll-Free: (888) 756-0083 Phone: (504) 522-0083 Fax: (504) 522-0053 Website: www.baronneplaza.com E-Mail: hotel@baronneplaza.com	Remove

Grand Victorian Bed & Breakfast
2727 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans, LA 70130 Toll-Free: (800) 977-0008 Phone: (504) 895-1104 Fax: (504) 896-8688 Website: www.gvbb.com E-Mail: brabe2727@aol.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

Henry Howard House Inn
2041 Prytania Street New Orleans, LA 70130-5328 Phone: (504) 561-8550 Website: www.henryhowardhouse.com E-Mail: glsgish@hotmail.com	Remove

HH Whitney House - A Bed & Breakfast on the Historic Esplanade
1923 Esplanade Ave New Orleans, LA 70116-1706 Toll-Free: (800) 924-9448 Phone: (504) 948-9448 Fax: () Website: www.hhwhitneyhouse.com E-Mail: stay@hhwhitneyhouse.com	Remove

Holiday Inn Express & Suites - East
7049 Bullard Avenue New Orleans, LA 70128 Toll-Free: (800) HOLIDAY Phone: (504) 324-4800 Fax: (504) 324-5555 Website: www.hiexpress.com E-Mail: hiexno@gmail.com	Remove

Prince Conti Hotel
830 Conti Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Toll-Free: (800) 366-2743 Phone: (504) 529-4172 Fax: (504) 581-3802 Website: www.princecontihotel.com E-Mail: sales@frenchquarter.com	Remove

W New Orleans - French Quarter
316 Chartres Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Toll-Free: (877) 946-8357 Phone: (504) 581-1200 Fax: (504) 523-2910 Website: www.whotels.com/frenchquarter E-Mail: stephanies.miller@whotels.com	Remove

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