By Katherine Hart, Gentilly Messenger The stage is almost set for a jazz club on the corner of North Broad and Toulouse in Mid-City. The building’s owner, Sam Smith Jr., built that stage himself. Piece by piece, he has been...
Arts, books, and music / Events / Mardi Gras
by Tyree Worthy · Published January 11, 2021 · Last modified January 10, 2021
Arts education nonprofit KID smART encourages you to “create your own Mardi Gras Krewe” with them this Carnival season. Each Tuesday from Jan. 12 to Feb. 9, they will host interactive virtual events on how to make throws, costumes, and...
Arts, books, and music / business / COVID-19 / Mardi Gras
by Gentilly Messenger · Published January 8, 2021
By Camille Barnett, Gentilly Messenger Gentilly-based couple Rene and Inez Pierre are the first Black-owned Mardi Gras float service providers in Louisiana. However, with New Orleans parades canceled this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, their company’s focus pivoted and found...
Arts, books, and music / Fundraisers / Good Works / Photo Story
by Tyree Worthy · Published December 11, 2020
photos by Tyree Worthy Hollywood Thrift is the annual fundraiser sale for ricRACK, a sewing and textile recycling non-profit in New Orleans. ricRACK curates the collection of men’s, women’s, and kid’s clothing, costumes, and accessories donated from local film, television,...
Southern Rep Theatre will present its annual song and comedy-filled “Mandatory Merriment” show with a virtual twist this year. Patrons can buy 24-hour access passes for the New Orleans holiday musical to watch whenever and wherever they like. Read more...
Advertiser's Message / Arts, books, and music / Events / Good Works
by Tyree Worthy · Published December 9, 2020
ricRACK is proud to announce another weekend of shopping for a cause with the return of HOLLYWOOD THRIFT (Dec. 10-13). This is a chance to take home wardrobe pieces from TV shows and films like “GIRLS,” “Claws,” “The Highwaymen,” and...
Advertiser's Message / Arts, books, and music / schools
by Gentilly Messenger · Published October 14, 2020
Deepen your child’s connection with the arts—in the comfort of your home! Young Audiences of Louisiana is launching a virtual studio art program, Simply Arts Studio. Families across the Greater New Orleans Area have the opportunity to enroll their child...
New Orleans Botanical Garden will extend its hours to 8 p.m. every Wednesday in October to celebrate “Evenings with Enrique,” a free event series in The Helis Foundation Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden beginning tonight (Oct. 7). Each week this month,...
Arts, books, and music / community meetings / Events / flood protection and drainage / Land Use & Development / things to do
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 11, 2020
By Jesse Baum, Gentilly Messenger The St. Anthony Green Streets Project has begun another series of public events, half a sequence of Zoom meetings and presentations and half a pop-up self-guided tour of the project area. From Sept. 10 to...
Arts, books, and music / Events / flood protection and drainage / Parks & Recreation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 9, 2020
In March 2019, the Gentilly Resilience District installed viewing boxes throughout the neighborhood for residents to get a glimpse of the developing designs for Gatto and Filmore Playground, Wildair Drive, and Wingate Drive. As the design phase for the projects...
The New Orleans Film Society (NOFS) is reuniting Eve’s Bayou (1997) director Kasi Lemmons and actor Lynn Whitfield for a special livestreamed conversation this Friday (Aug. 21) at 5:30 p.m. Ahead of the 31st Annual New Orleans Film Festival (Nov. 6-22),...
The producers of Voodoo Music + Arts Experience will present a three-part concert experience in July, featuring New Orleans artists and, interestingly, an audience in cars. As Voodoo’s 2020 festival has been cancelled, its producers (C3 Presents) are finding new...
