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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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Crescent City Farmers Market Uptown
January 3, 2009 - December 26, 2009

Times: Saturdays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Uptown Square, 200 Broadway St.
Join us for an amazing selection of the freshest, tastiest fruits, vegetables, seafood, baked breads and freshly made pies, bedding plants, dairy products, freshly cut flowers, and more! direct from our region's finest farmers, fishers, and bakers. Nestled between the levee and Broadway in the parking lot of Uptown Square, the Tuesday Market is an ideal place to start your week's grocery shopping, to pop in for a gourmet sandwich during your lunch break, or simply to schmooze with some of Uptown New Orleans' most innovative restaurant chefs who often can be found planning menus with Market vendors.

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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

Bywater Art Market @ Markey Park
July 18, 2009 - December 19, 2009

Times: 9:00 am
Location: Markey Park, 700 block of Piety between Royal and Dauphine Street
Phone: (504) 944-7900

Approaching their 9 year anniversary, the Bywater Art Market continues to go strong with their unique mission of presenting highly juried, original works of art at affordable prices. No rides, no kids tents, no music – this is not a mini jazz festival; it’s about celebrating and promoting Art!

Admission is free and refreshments by Nathan’s Que Crawl (the Purple Truck!) will be available.

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Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
August 1, 2009 - August 7, 2010

Times: 8:00 am
Location:  New Orleans Museum of Art Sculpter Garden
Phone:  (504) 456-5000
Admission:  $5.00 per session for NOMA members; $10.00 Nonmember participants
Come join us for Yoga in the Sculpture Garden on the first Saturday of every month. This class will be presented by a certified yoga instructor from the East Jefferson General Hospital Wellness Center. Participants should bring a yoga mat. All participants must pre-register by calling EJGH Health Finder.

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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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Upcoming Exhibition, Symposium Explore the Territorial Period 1803 - 1812
October 6, 2009 - May 2, 2010

Times: Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 am – 4:30 pm; Sunday 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
http://www.hnoc.org
Location: Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street
Phone: (504) 523-4662
On December 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was signed, confirming the transfer of the former French colony to the United States. Statehood, however, was not immediate. For nearly 10 years, Louisiana was entrenched in a turbulent period, rife with political disputes and culture clashes. The exhibition Between Colony & State: Louisiana in the Territorial Period, 1803-1812, and its companion online component, examines the people, places, and events that shaped this fascinating period. Highlights include manuscript maps, newspapers from the period, and artists' depictions of life during this time.

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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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Holiday Art & Craft Extravaganza with Live Demonstrations by the Artisans October 23, 2009 - January 2, 2010
Times: Fridays and Saturdays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: New Orleans ArtWorks at New Orleans Glass Works & Printmaking Studio Phone: (504) 529-7279 Find treasures for Hanukkah and Christmas. Hand-made designs by local Artisans. Ideal for friends and family of all ages!	Remove

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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Louisiana Philharmonic Presents - Tchaikovsky Pathètique November 7, 2009
Times: 8:00 pm http://www.lpomusic.com Location: Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts Phone: (504) 523-6530 Admission: $15.00 - $65.00 The Louisiana Philharmonic Presents Tchaikovsky Pathètique at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre.	Remove

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

The Blue Nile Presents Washboard Chaz November 7, 2009
Times: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Location: Blue Nile, 532 Frenchmen St Phone: (504) 948-2583 Come join us at the Blue Nile for Washboard Chaz.	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

Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta - Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band November 9, 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 Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band.	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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Southern Rep Theatre Presents the Regional Premiere of I AM MY OWN WIFE
November 12, 2009 - November 22, 2009

Times: Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 pm; Sunday Matinee at 3:00 pm
http://www.southernrep.com
Location:  3rd Fl in The Shops at Canal Place, edge of the French Quarter
Phone:  (504) 522-6545
Admission:  $29.00
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).

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). No Performances the week of "Thanksgiving" November 26 - November 29.

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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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Convention & Business Services

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

ProExhibits USA, a division of Impact Advertising Group LLC
3649 Crown Point Court Jacksonville, FL 32257 Toll-Free: (800) 373-7317 Phone: (904) 262-6767 Fax: (904) 262-6776 Website: www.proexhibitsusa.com E-Mail: proexusa@bellsouth.net	Remove

Restaurants

ELEVEN 79
1179 Annunciation St. New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 299-1179 Fax: (504) 569-0002	Remove

Le Meritage
1001 Toulouse St. New Orleans, LA 70112 Toll-Free: (800) 535-9177 Phone: (504) 522-8800 Fax: (504) 525-5334 Website: www.lemeritagerestaurant.com E-Mail: farrell@maisondupuy.com	Remove

Leonardo Trattoria
709 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 558-8986 Fax: (504) 586-8990 Website: www.leonardonola.com E-Mail: dine@leonardotrattoria.com	Remove

Shopping

Royal Street Guild
630 Royal Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 343-4285 Fax: (504) 948-0514 Website: www.royalstreetguildnola.com E-Mail: rsvp@royalstreetguildnola.com	Remove

Tours

Celebration Distillation
2815 Frenchmen St. New Orleans, LA 70122 Phone: (504) 945-9400 Fax: (504) 947-4446 Website: www.oldneworleansrum.com E-Mail: morgan@neworleansrum.com	Remove

Haunted Mortuary, The
4800 Canal St New Orleans, LA 70119 Toll-Free: (877) 669-3327 Phone: (504) 483-2350 Fax: (504) 448-2354 Website: www.hauntedmortuary.com E-Mail: contact@hauntedmortuary.com	Remove

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	Remove

Hampton Inn & Suites New Orleans Convention Center
1201 Convention Center Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70130-8904 Toll-Free: (866) 311-1200 Phone: (504) 566-9990 Fax: (504) 566-9997 Website: www.neworleanshamptoninns.com E-Mail: kjacobs@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

Hotel Royal
1006 Royal Street New Orleans, LA 70116 Toll-Free: (800) 776-3901 Phone: (504) 524-3900 Fax: (504) 558-0566 Website: www.melrosegroup.com E-Mail: mansion@melrosegroup.com	Remove

Inn on Bourbon - Ramada Plaza Hotel, The
541 Bourbon Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Toll-Free: (800) 535-7891 Phone: (504) 524-7611 Fax: (504) 524-8273 Website: www.innonbourbon.com E-Mail: bables@innonbourbon.com	Remove

New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
3838 N. Causeway Blvd. Metairie, LA 70002-1767 Toll-Free: (866) 882-4377 Phone: (504) 836-5253 Fax: (504) 836-5258 Website: www.marriott.com/MSYMM E-Mail: christina.loosemore@marriott.com	Remove

Soniat House Hotel
1133 Chartres Street New Orleans, LA 70116 Toll-Free: (800) 544-8808 Phone: (504) 522-0570 Fax: (504) 524-0810 Website: www.soniathouse.com E-Mail: stay@soniathouse.com	Remove

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