945 Magazine St
New Orleans, LA 70130
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945 Magazine St
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 528-1944
Lafayette Square is the second-oldest park in New Orleans, Louisiana, located in the present-day Central Business District. In the late 18th century, this was a residential area called Faubourg Sainte Marie (English: St. Mary Suburb).The park was designed in 1788 by Charles Laveau Trudeau aka Don Carlos Trudeau (1743–1816), Surveyor General of Louisiana under the Spanish government; who later served as New Orleans' acting mayor in 1812, after Louisiana statehood. The Square was named after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat and general who fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War. The park has a bronze statue of Henry Clay in the center of the park, and statues of John McDonogh and Benjamin Franklin on St. Charles Avenue and Camp Street.Gallier Hall, the former City Hall of New Orleans faces the square on St. Charles Avenue. Although the city government has moved elsewhere, the square is still used for inaugurations and civic events. The square also often hosts live music.From 1834 to 1938 First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans occupied much of the Western side of the square and was the tallest steeple in the city. It was from this steeple that General Benjamin Butler used the bell to ring curfew during the occupation of New Orleans (1862-1865) during the American Civil War. Most of the architectural elements (including the bell) were moved to First Presbyterian's subsequent location at the corner of South Claiborne and Jefferson Avenues in New Orleans.
Gallier Hall is an historic building on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is the former New Orleans city hall, and continues in civic use. Built 1845-53, it is a nationally significant example of Greek Revival architecture, and one of the finest works of architect James Gallier. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.Description and historyGallier Hall is located on St. Charles Avenue at Lafayette Square in the Central Business District. The building was originally designed to be the city hall of New Orleans by the noted architect, James Gallier, Sr.. Construction began in 1845, and the building was dedicated on 10 May 1853. Gallier Hall is a three-story marble structure fronted by two rows of fluted Ionic columns in the Neoclassical style. It is one of the most important structures built during the antebellum period of the city.After its dedication in 1853, Gallier Hall remained the city hall for just over a century. Many important events during the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the era of Louisiana governor Huey Long took place at Gallier Hall.
This free event takes place Oct. 14-16, 2016, in New Orleans’ Lafayette Square Park. It’s produced and presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. What they're saying about the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival: "I've been to many blues festivals in the U.S. and Europe, and I can honestly say that the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is a charming piece of musical heaven. If you are planning a trip to New Orleans and want to experience the city and its wonderful music without enormous crowds, put this October, free festival on your musical bucket list." - Art Tipaldi, Editor, Blues Revue Magazine 2013 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Schedule: Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm The Iguanas 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm James Cotton Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013 St. Charles Ave Stage: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Guitar Lightning Lee 2:15 pm to 3:15 pm John Mooney 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm Sonny Landreth 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Jonny Lang Camp Street Stage: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Rev. John Wilkins 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Blind Boy Paxton 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm Shemekia Copeland Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013 St. Charles Ave. Stage: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm TBA 2:15 pm to 3:15 pm Cedric Burnside Project 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm The Lee Boys 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Mel Waiters Camp Street Stage: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm TBA 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Jonathan Boogie Long 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm Beverly Guitar Watkins 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm Mighty Sam McClain The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is New Orleans' premier showcase of Southern blues and soul - with two stages of music, a dozen vendors of outstanding barbecue and a massive crafts fair featuring hand-made works by artisans from throughout the region. Keep The Festival Free Like all of our events, the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is completely free and open to the public - part of the community investment made by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. PLEASE: Except for those with small children or dietary restrictions, please do not bring outside food or beverages to the event - no coolers are permitted. No Pets: Please help us keep our events safe by leaving your companion animals at home. Thank you. We are pleased to have The Abita Brewing Co. returning as a major sponsor of the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival - meaning that Abita (in various flavors) will be the official beer of the event. Abita Sports Bar: It's a Saints bye week, so we won't have the boys in gold and black to cheer on. But we'll still have our famous Abita Sports Bar, a great place to enjoy a beverage and watch all the weekend's sports action on several large-screen TVs. Public Transit: Lafayette Square is conveniently located along the St. Charles Avenue streetcar line. Parking: Easy parking is available at several surface and indoor parking lots within a few blocks of the festival. The Poydras Center (650 Poydras Street) will offer all-day partking on Saturday and Sunday for a flat fee of $7 per day -- enter the parking garage from Camp Street. On the Radio: Community radio station WWOZ 90.7 FM will broadcast most of the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival live from Lafayette Square – over the air and in streaming audio at www.wwoz.org. Oral History Stage: As in years past, we will host an Oral History Stage where many of our performers will be interviewed about their lives, influences and music. The interviews will be open to the public, and will take place in the NORD Theater in the ground floor of Gallier Hall – just across St. Charles Avenue from Lafayette Square. Food Vendors and Menu Ready for some smokin' barbecue? Even if you thought we couldn't do better than last year, we've put together a menu of food featuring more traditional barbecue than ever, plus a wide assortment of local favorites, barbecue innovations, desserts and vegetarian options. Stay tuned for a complete list of food vendors and menu items. Art Market: Come to Blues & BBQ ready to shop. We've organized an expansive arts market - complete with its own Arts Market Cafe with interesting beverages. The complete list of arts market vendors will be available soon. CDs, T-Shirts and Autographs: As in the past, the Louisiana Music Factory will host our merchandise operation. Most of our performers will visit the tent to sign autographs immediately after their performances. T-Shirt Design Contest: Once again, we're holding a contest to come up with a design for our t-shirt. The winner's artwork will be featuring on the official 2013 Blues & BBQ Fest official t-shirt - and they'll get a $400 cash prize. As they did last year, our friends at Creative Allies are managing the contest. If you'd like to enter the contest and create a design that might go on our t-shirt, please see here. Food, Drinks, Pets, etc.: The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is a free event. Please help us to keep this and our other events free by patronizing our food and beverage vendors. Except for those with specific dietary restrictions or special needs, we ask that you not bring coolers or ice chests with outside food and beverages.Please respect our other guests by not bringing pets to the festival. Thank you. No-Chairs Perimteter Due to the heavy use of camp chairs by many fans in close proximity to our stages, this year we are forced to institute a "no chairs" perimeter of 75 feet from both stages. We appreciate that many of you like to bring chairs to the festival and set up camp in front of the stages. But this prevents many of our other guests from having the opportunity to get a closer look at the onstage action. We thank you in advance for your understanding. No Recording: Please, no audio or video recording of any performances at the festival. The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is a presentation of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the nonprofit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell. The Foundation uses the proceeds from Jazz Fest, and other funds, for year-round programs in the areas of education, economic development and cultural events. For more about the Foundation and what we do, visit us online at www.jazzandheritage.org. The 2012 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Louisiana Division of the Arts. The 2012 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival also is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council. The grant is administered through the Arts Council of New Orleans.
Passion 2 Paint - Fun art classes Inspirational Fine Art Creativity Spas Art Lessons and More!
Steve Harvey Morning Show (5-9am), Adrian Long (9am-2pm), AD Berry (2-7pm), Keith Sweat (7pm-midnight)
Arts Education Center, Community Resource and non-profit venue Open most days - just call beforehand, unless its Gallery Hours (Th - Sa, 2-6p)
Throwback is a club night for the live music crowd. Like an indie house party, Throwback features 80s 90s and indie music, regular performances by local indie bands, retro decor, original Nintendo games and retro movies on the big screen, a free arcade with 40 classic games, really cheap drinks, and a hanging-with-the-friends atmosphere. Plus, solve a Rubik’s cube for a free drink! Dress to be retro or dress to be you. Every Friday at Republic New Orleans | 18 for girls, 20 for guys | 10pm | $5 ($10 after midnight)
The New Orleans Film Society (NOFS) was founded in 1989. This past year marked the 21st Anniversary of the New Orleans Film Festival, which has grown into a major showcase of local, regional, national, and international films. In addition to the annual Film Festival each fall, the NOFS hosts special events throughout the year: the French Film Festival, the New Orleans International Children’s Film Festival, and other events designed to benefit local film audiences, artists, and professionals. The NOFS also presents two monthly film series—one at the Contemporary Arts Center and one with the Porch 7th Ward Cultural Organization. Throughout the year, the NOFS reaches approximately 8,000 people through its programming.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is home to the largest and most comprehensive collection of Southern art in the world. It is also the home to the Center of Southern Craft and Design. Ogden After Hours: The Museum's weekly music series is every Thursday night, 6PM-8PM.
The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) was formed in the fall of 1976 by a passionate group of visual artists when the movement to tear down the walls between visual and performing arts was active nationwide. The CAC began as an artist-run, artist-driven community organization in the nearly empty arts district of New Orleans. As the burgeoning arts district grew, so did the CAC, evolving to meet the increasing needs of a diverse audience and artist communities. Renovated in 1990, and donated to the CAC in 1999, the CAC’s building mixes the timelessness of New Orleans’ historic architecture with contemporary materials and usable open spaces. Throughout the CAC’s 35 years, the center has remained active in the visual and performing arts and arts education communities, continuing to represent an era of creative freedom and multi-disciplinary expression. Today, the CAC is one out of a handful of nationwide arts organizations who have remained solvent and successful while serving a truly multi-disciplinary mission. Currently dedicating two floors, about 10,000 square feet of gallery space, on the 4-story building to rotating exhibitions throughout the year, the CAC is home to artists’ bold experiments in painting, theater, photography, performance art, dance, music, video, education, and sculpture. Since 2006, the CAC has awarded $350,000 in grants to individual New Orleans’ artists who were affected by Hurricane Katrina through the CAC Theatre Arts Fund and the SweetArts Katrina Fund. Offering creative outlets and opportunities, the CAC’s education department successfully engages over 10,000 children and adults annually, including those with special needs. The CAC’s education and outreach projects offer unique arts education settings where students, most for the first time, work together with professional artists, generating a greater impact through more personal, interactive experiences. The CAC’s significance and role in the cultural community of New Orleans has and always will be cemented in its broad community-based programs and initiatives.
A program of the Preservation Resource Center, Rebuilding Together New Orleans' mission is to improve the quality of life of low-income homeowners through home repair and community revitalization of New Orleans’ neighborhoods. Feel free to visit our website, www.rtno.org, and to contact us if you have any questions, comments, or concerns at [email protected]. We love to hear from our volunteers, supporters, followers, friends, and partners. Like us and share your experiences right here on facebook. Some helpful information: Contact our Volunteer Coordinator at [email protected] or 504.636.3058 Tweet with us or just follow our tweets: We're on Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/RT_NewOrleans (@RT_NewOrleans) Stay in the loop: Sign up for our monthly newsletter, the Camelback, at http://www.rtno.org/camelback
How EPNO Works: Each year, EPNO engages a new class of members in a high-engagement six month program to learn about philanthropy and give back to our NOLA community. Each member contributes $500, which EPNO then matches dollar for dollar through outside sponsorships and alumni contributions. A 40-person class divides themselves into issue-based grantmaking teams, which are selected based on the group’s interests, to distribute $40,000 in grants. Members participate in a series of educational sessions, such “Grantmaking 101” and mock site visits, often involving a guest speaker from the community. Teams review proposals from nonprofits in the Greater New Orleans area seeking support, conduct site visits, and decide how to allocate funds. EPNO is an entirely volunteer-run organization and continues to engage alumni and grantees after the program ends through communications, events, volunteer opportunities and continuing education. Our Impact: Engaging young professionals in philanthropy: ● Local civic-minded professionals in their 20s and 30s, typically an age group with less disposable income and time, are competing to donate $500 and volunteer 6 months of their own time! ● 80% of alumni remain involved through volunteering, donating or participating in EPNO events ● For some, this is the catalyst to serve on nonprofits boards; Kingsley House, Bard Early College, lowernine.org, Boys Hope Girls Hope, Hagar’s House and CBNO-MAC have recruited board members from our graduating classes. Increasing philanthropic giving locally: ● Since inception, EPNP has distributed $122,000 in grants to 29 local organizations in arts & culture, crime, education & youth development, economic development & entrepreneurship, environment, healthcare, and housing. ● 60% of alumni have contributed matching funds to support subsequent EPNO classes.
The New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit membership organization, fosters citizen diplomacy and cross-cultural understanding by serving as the local liaison for the US Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) and other exchange programs. When exchange participants come to New Orleans, NOCDC arranges for them to socialize with our members and to exchange ideas with their professional counterparts, all while experiencing local culture. Personally sharing knowledge, customs, or a meal helps cross-cultural understanding to develop. This is citizen diplomacy, ordinary citizens building extraordinary relationships “one handshake at a time”. Through citizen diplomacy, we can help shape US foreign relations and grow our community's global competency. To become a NOCDC member and citizen diplomat, visit http://www.nocdc.org/#!membership/auotd or email [email protected]. Follow us here and on Twitter: @NOLADiplomacy
Limitless Vistas, INC. (LVI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to creating opportunity for disconnected youth. Founded by Patrick Barnes, President of BFA Environmental Consultants, with the premise “The greatest opportunity coincides with the greatest need.” We realize that the infrastructure repair and environmental restoration needs are greatest in poor communities, and we think that the most effected individuals should have a viable opportunity to participate in the on-going the Gulf Coast Restoration effort and establish careers in industries with a proven present and future marketability. Through focused, high skills training, LVI has provided pathways to successful careers for youth in the environmental and construction industries through participation in several large, federal grant programs, building strong community consensus and participation. The organization’s programs are comprehensive, and support students through high-quality technical certification classes; on-site experience; community service opportunities; and the life-skills and support services (including mentoring, leadership development, budgeting and career planning) necessary to allow students to acquire important, satisfying careers. The training programs are also attentive to the needs of the community, with programs in wetlands restoration and organic horticulture; Phase I-III Environmental Site Assessments and soil/water sampling; and urban-planning and development.
About CF: Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States. More than 10 million Americans are unknowing, symptomless carriers of a defective CF gene.
The Warehouse District is a prominent area in New Orleans, LA that is often overlooked and under-represented in the day-to-day business decision making processes within its own municipality. The Warehouse District Business Association (WDBA) is a group of homeowners, renters, apartment dwellers, and representatives from neighborhood businesses, churches, and schools who organize to improve commercial conditions in the neighborhood. Together, we are a voice with an innovative vision. Without the proper gateways’, processes and relationships to the appropriate civic authorities, our voices will remain unheard. Our mission is to be the aggregated businesses and resident’s voices into a board and claim our representation for the years to come. Our direction will thrive off of our member’s opinions, concerns, wishes, and needs. The WDBA will work in tandem with local businesses and civic leaders so that we keep our progress in concert with yours. Our positive contribution to our community is to help direct, promote, protect, and preserve the surround residents and businesses set to thrive with all the progressive developments forecast over the next 5 years. While we obviously hope our venture will have a sense of novelty, we are striving for a freshness that will serve to invigorate, never to infringe upon, the endeavors of our neighbors. In good faith, we welcome all to join our efforts and value our dedication to the city of New Orleans so that together we can delight as the Warehouse District flourishes.