NEW
ORLEANS STYLE DAY OF THE DEAD
DIA
DE LOS MUERTOS WITH SALLIE ANN GLASSMAN
La
Source Ancienne Ounfo &
The Island of Salvation Botanica &
Magical Pharmacy
Thursday, November
1st
3319 Rosalie Alley
New Orleans, LA.
Followed
by potluck supper & procession
to the cemetary to feed the dead.
Please wear white with a purple
headscarf, or black and purple for
Gede. Bring a dish (not a blonde)
for the people and an offering for
the DEAD or GEDE. Gede's tastes
tend towards peppers, flat bread,
rum, cigars, goats, crosses, gravedigger's
tools, black cock feathers, skeletons,
sunglasses with one lens, spicy
creole foods, and money! He is syncretized
with St. Gerard. Or you can bring
something your ancestors or loved
ones enjoyed in life.
FOR MORE INFO
AND RSVP: (504)948-9961 |
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AND LEARN MORE ABOUT LAST YEARS DAY OF
THE DEAD RITUAL!
The 2007 Mirliton Festival
Markey Park
Piety and Royal St, Bywater
New Orleans LA 70117
Saturday November 3, 2007 12p.m.-7:00p.m.
CLICK
HERE FOR THE 2007 Mirliton Festival Pictures
in Bywater
The annual Bywater
party began in 1989, organized by neighborhood
boosters who thought their section of town
needed its own event. Longtime Bywater resident
Mary Cooper was among the founders and recalled
that the first fest began "as kind
of a joke." According to Mary, the
thinking was, "They have festivals
in Louisiana for everything else, why not
mirlitons?" For several years the fest
was produced in tandem with the Bywater
Home Tour. In 1991 the festival even held
a parade from Press Street down Rampart
Street to the Stallings Center with the
F.T. Nicholls High School (now Fredrick
Douglas) marching band. Over the fest's
18 year history, one thing has remained
the same: the Mirliton Festival has great
food and superlative music.
excerpt for Mirliton Festival Program
The
Bywater
Neighborhood Association
in association with The
Bywater Art Market present
The 2007 Mirliton Festival.
Saturday November 3, 2007 12p.m.-7:00p.m.
at Markey Park on the corner
of Piety and Royal Streets in Bywater.
Musical Guests include: Zydepunks, Happy
Talk Band, Morning 40 Federation, Big
Sam's Funky Nation, Washboard Chaz Trio
Made possible by: French Market Corporation,
ICInola, New Orleans Musicians' Clinic,
Daughters of Charity Servicesof NO,
Wayne Troyer Architects, Latter &
Blum, Inc./Realtors, St. Margaret's,
Louisiana Music Factory, Piety Street
Recording, NewOrleans.com, Gambit.
Music-Food-Arts & Crafts-T-Shirts
Admission $5.00 |
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HERE FOR THE 2007 Mirliton Festival Pictures
in Bywater
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HERE FOR THE 2006 Mirliton Festival Pictures
in Bywater
Cajun
food, crafts and music galore
at Swamp Fest BeauSoleil, Rockin’
Dopsie, Amanda Shaw and other
set to perform
Saturday,
November 3 and Sunday, November
4, 2007
(New
Orleans, LA) –
Audubon Zoo is throwing a party
– CAJUN STYLE! Celebrate
Louisiana’s heritage at
the 23rd annual Louisiana Swamp
Fest at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans
Saturday, November 3 and Sunday,
November 4, 2007. This family-style
festival features Cajun cuisine,
Cajun and Zydeco music, cultural
demonstrators and one-of-a-kind
crafts.
Some
of the delectable Cajun fare
that will be available for purchase
are soft shell crab po-boys,
seafood corn macque choux, fried
eggplant with crawfish cream
sauce, red beans and rice, chicken
and andouille gumbo, spinach
and crawfish bread bowl, shrimp
wrap with crabmeat au gratin,
and oyster po-boys among others.
For kids who haven’t developed
their Cajun palates just yet,
hot dogs and hamburgers will
also be on the menu.
Restaurants
and caterers that will be serving
these taste-tempting Cajun dishes
are: 4 of Us, Catering Unlimited,
Galley Restaurant, Jeanminette
Creole Kitchen, Love at First
Bite, Palmer’s Cuisine,
Voleo’s Seafood Restaurant,
Saltwater Grill and Seafood
Market and Audubon Nature Institute.
Crafts that will be available
for purchase include oil painting
reflecting Louisiana life, beaded
jewelry, jewelry, jams and preserves,
candles and paintings on driftwood.
Artists will include: Linda
Lesperance Fine Art, Elemental
Designs, Funny Farm, Common
Scents Candles, Crescent Moon
Designs, UP – Unique Products,
J Star Designs, Water Shed Farms.
Cultural demonstrations, which
will be showcased at the Louisiana
Swamp Exhibit, will feature
wood carving, basket weaving,
a silversmith and fiber spinning
and weaving and more.
Louisiana Swamp Fest
2007
Dust off those dancing
shoes! This year’s celebration
will be a toe-tapping good time
as musicians perform the finest
Cajun and Zydeco sounds on
three stages --
that’s up from two stages
last year! The musical line
up is:
Saturday, November 3
Main Stage
10:15 - 11:30 Big Red &
the Zydeco Playmakers
11:55 - 1:10 Bruce Daigrepont
Cajun Band
1:35 – 2:50 Dwayne Dopsie
& the Zydeco Hellraisers
3:15 – 4:45 BeauSoleil
avec Michael Doucet
Louisiana Heritage Stage
(Cooper Plaza)
10:30 – 12:00
Guyland Leday’s Zydeco
Family and Friends
1:30 – 3:00 Pine Leaf
Boys
Louisiana Swamp Exhibit
12:00 – 2:00 Lafourche
Cajun Band
2:00 – 4:00 Magnolia Sisters
Sunday, November 4
Main Stage
10:15 – 11:30 Amanda
Shaw & the Cute Guys
11:55 – 1:10 Dikki Du
& the Zydeco Crew
1:35 – 2:50 Steve Riley
& the Mamou Playboys
3:15 – 4:45 Rockin’
Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco
Twisters
Louisiana Heritage Stage
(Cooper Plaza)
10:30 – 12:00 Jeff
& Vida
1:30 – 3:00 Hadley Castille
& his Sharecropper Band
Louisiana Swamp Exhibit
12:00 – 2:00 Tout Les
Soir
2:00 – 4:00 Le Bon Ton
Cajun Band
Louisiana Swamp Fest
2007
At the Louisiana Swamp
Exhibit, kids of all ages can
witness the last alligator feeding
for the season and see four
young raccoons that Audubon
Zoo recently adopted. Encounter
wetland animals and biofacts
at the Discovery Walk throughout
the day and experience the new
Shell Wildlife Theatre show
“Animal Super Heroes,”
featuring Conservation Crusader.
Animals and comic book characters
will show off their super powers
that help animals survive at
10:30 a.m., 11:30 p.m., 1:30
p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Audubon Zoo, a facility of Audubon
Nature Institute, is located
at 6500 Magazine Street in New
Orleans. Admission to Louisiana
Swamp Fest is included in regular
admission, which is $12.00 for
adults, $7.00 for children ages
2-12 and $9.00 for seniors 65
years of age and over. Audubon
Zoo members are admitted free
of charge. No outside
food or beverage is allowed
during special events and festivals.
For information on Louisiana
Swamp Fest at Audubon Zoo, call
504-581-4629 or 1-800-774-7394
or visit www.auduboninstitute.org.
The not-for-profit Audubon Nature
Institute operates parks and
museums in New Orleans dedicated
to Celebrating the Wonders of
Nature which includes Audubon
Zoo, Audubon Aquarium of the
Americas, Entergy IMAX®
Theatre, Audubon Center for
Research of Endangered Species,
Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species
Survival Center, Wilderness
Park, Woldenberg Riverfront
Park, and Audubon Park. Audubon
Insectarium is scheduled to
open in 2008. For more information
about Audubon Nature Institute,
its public attractions and conservation
efforts, please visit www.auduboninstitute.org. |
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State
Farm Bayou Classic
The yearly matchup between Louisiana
rivals Grambling and Southern in November
is much more than just a football
game -- it is an event that draws
thousands of college students and
other fans to New Orleans to hang
out, party and show their school spirit.
Over the last several years, this
black college football game has been
a compelling offensive juggernaut,
with both teams trading touchdowns
like demented stockbrokers unloading
bonds. However, this is a game in
which the records of the teams coming
in are pretty much irrelevant, as
the rivalry is so strong that crazy
upsets often happen.
The Bayou Classic has arguably the
best halftime show in football; both
schools feature outstanding bands
that march, strut and play in a ridiculously
funky fashion. Many folks consider
the halftime band matchup the highlight
of the game.
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MORE INFORMATION - CLICK HERE
Bayou
Classic Tickets - Southern vs Grambling
State Football
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Orleans, rich in it's tradition
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of entertainment, culture, history, food,and
much more. While planning your trip to
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to make your experience pleasurable, as
well as economical in New Orleans.
NEW
ORLEANS MARDI GRAS
New Orleans….the mere mention of
the name conjures up pictures of floats,
maskers, beads, doubloons and the pure
joy of Mardi Gras. From the family atmosphere
of St. Charles and Napoleon Avenues, to
the party feel of the downtown and French
Quarter areas, there is a place to parade
watch for everyone of every age and size.
The celebration that is Mardi Gras is
deeply rooted in the French tradition
of New Orleans. Begun as a "New World"
carryover from the pre-Lenten Parisian
Mardi Gras, the New Orleans festivities
evolved from private balls to foot parades
to float parades (started in the mid 1800s)
to the extravaganzas of today. The organizations
that provide the Mardi Gras parades and
balls are called "krewes". All
do so at their own expense, thus providing
what has many times been called the "Greatest
Free Show on Earth". The Mardi Gras
celebration begins on January 6 (Feast
of the Epiphany also known as Kings Day)
and continues through Mardi Gras Day (the
day before Ash Wednesday). The traditional
"king cake" is associated with
and eaten during the entire Mardi Gras
season. Also during this time, most carnival
krewes have their balls or supper dances.
Formal parades in New Orleans and the
surrounding parishes begin about two weeks
before Mardi Gras Day. The festivities
reach a crescendo on the weekend before
Mardi Gras Day and that level continues
through Fat Tuesday. Houses, lampposts,
people, and even horses are dressed in
the colors ofMardi Gras-purple, green
and gold. New Orleans for a brief time
each year is transformed into a place
where the everyday world is cast aside.
Beads, doubloons, cups, and numerous other
krewe throws are tossed to thousands of
happy parade goers shouting,
"Throw me something, mister. "
Laissez les bon temps rouler.
THE NEW ORLEANS
JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
The Jazz & Heritage Festival has been
a growing event each year. Setting record
crowds the past few years. This two weekend
festival has drawn the likes of many top
entertainers, such as Paul Simon,Santana,
B.B. King, and many more. This event always
seems to out do itself every year. The
festival always falls on the last weekend
in April and the first weekend in May.
It may be springtime, but do not count
on all to comfortable temperatures. While
average highs are only in the lower 80's,
the combination between the large crowds
and the lack of shade make for a surprisingly
hot time. Another great thing about this
festival is it gives you an opportuinity
to sample just about every local cuisine
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