All Nations Fellowship announces its Summer Day Camp for ages 4-12! With fun-filled theme days featuring crafts, storytelling, music, math and science, movies, and more, this summer camp is the perfect fit for your elementary or middle schooler. The camp begins May 30 and ends August 12. Click below for more details, pricing, and registration information.
After the high-intensity tour of music provided by Jazz Fest over the last two weekends, Uptown New Orleans hosts a number of events this weekend centered around other art forms: a film festival, art gallery openings and markets, and book signings.
The weeklong Film-o-Rama kicks off Friday at noon at the Prytania Theatre, bringing about 12 hours of independent , foreign and classic film showings to anyone already looking for reprieve from the beginning onslaught of summer blockbusters. Highlights from the first weekend will include a 3-D showing of Werner Herzog’s “Cave of Forgotten Dreams;” “The People vs George Lucas,” a documentary about Star Wars fans; and the unlikely thriller “Rubber,” about a deadly tire.
The visual arts will be on display at both the inaugural Freret Street Gallery Crawl and the monthly O.C. Haley Art Market, and the book lovers will have the opportunity to meet several notable authors, including Freddie Evans, a historian of Congo Square, and Kathryn Stockett of the bestselling novel “The Help.”
For complete details and links to these and other events, see our full calendar listings below. Continue reading »
LaCrosse Metal Designs will be appearing at Art Spark in City Park this Saturday, May 14, showcasing its latest line of jewelry: Louisiana sunken cypress, inlaid in gold and silver. This line has recently leaped to national acclaim by being featured as part of lead actress’ Laura Prepon’s wardrobe on “Are You There, Vodka?” the NBC series developed from the book by Chelsea Handler. See below for more details and for images of these designs.
As many as five of this past weekend’s armed robberies around Uptown New Orleans could have been committed by a single person on a spree through several neighborhoods, police said Wednesday. Continue reading »
Crowds gather near the Mississippi River to see the rising water level for themselves at the Audubon Riverside Park Wednesday evening. The Mississippi River was measured at 16.98 ft. at 9:00 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
The governing board of Lusher Charter School met with an attorney for an hour and a half in closed session Monday evening, coordinating strategies with other charter boards regarding the Orleans Parish School Board’s operating-agreement renewal process. Continue reading »
Two Uptown neighborhood associations and a charter school board are all scheduled to have their monthly meetings on Thursday.
The ReNEW Charter Management Organization board – which oversees Batiste Cultural Arts Academy at Live Oak and SciTech Academy at Laurel, both in the Irish Channel – will meet Thursday afternoon. That evening, the Irish Channel and Carrollton-Riverbend neighborhood associations are scheduled to have their May monthly meetings.
For further details and links to these and other events, see our full calendar listings below. Continue reading »
The Zest Fest continues at Bee Sweet Cupcakes during the month of May, which keeps rolling out tray after tray of its mouth-watering lemon zest cupcakes. Made with a lemon pound cake topped with lemon zest buttercream frosting, they’re like a little ray of sunshine on your tongue.
Lemon zest cupcakes are $3 each, tax included. Only a limited number of cupcakes are available each day, so Bee Sweet Cupcakes invites you to come in early and get them while they’re hot. Bee Sweet Cupcakes is located at 5706 Magazine Street, and is open Monday-Saturday from 11-6. Or call ahead to reserve your cakes at 504.891.8333.
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As floodwaters make their way down the Mississippi, officials are concerned about potentially devastating levee breaches in New Orleans that could inundate Uptown if the Morganza spillway is not opened, according to reporting by Mark Schleifstein of the Times-Picayune.
“We have a good bit of experience dealing with seepage and sand boils, saturated soil conditions when the river stages are around 17 feet,” Bob Turner, executive director of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, told the newspaper. “Once the river gets over 17.5 feet, I don’t know that we’ve got a lot of experience dealing with those same issues. Seepage and sand boils, that uncertainty gives us some concern. My gut is if it gets higher, it’s going to be more difficult to keep those things under control.” Continue reading »
With relatively minor opposition, both a corner store’s request to reopen on Jackson Avenue in the Irish Channel and the conversion of a residentially-zoned building on General Pershing into the childcare center for Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orleans received the approval of the City Planning Commission on Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading »
Robberies have been reported all over Uptown New Orleans over the weekend. Numbers on the markers indicate the date of the robbery.
See below for a full list of the robberies. Continue reading »
Carlo Ferrara and Melinda Doucet, who both work for the City of Harahan, look at the Mississippi River water level at the Audubon Riverside Park Tuesday morning. Both Ferrara and Doucet were concerned by the rising water level. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Bernadette Gildspinel, owner of LaBelle Galerie, hosts Congressman Cedric Richmond's Congressional Art Competition "An Artistic Discovery" while standing next to a slide show of students work at the George & Leah McKenna Museum Monday evening. The 1st Place winner of the art competition will have their winning artwork hung in the U.S. Capitol's Cannon Tunnel, a path tread by many visitors and Members of Congress as they make their way to the U.S. Capitol, for the next year. All U.S. Congressman had an oppourtunity to have an art competition for the U.S. Capitol's Cannon Tunnel in their area. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Map of the three phases of the streetcar expansion (via NORTA.com)
Streetcars are an iconic fixture in New Orleans, a reflection of our city’s connection to the past. Although the technology is old and often inefficient, we cling to these aging steel transports because of their beauty, craftsmanship and history. Continue reading »
A city planning hearing on an Irish Channel corner store, the final meeting of the year for the Lusher Charter School board and an arts forum sponsored by a Congressman are among the meetings and events of interest on deck in Uptown New Orleans. Continue reading »
Summertime is here and the Hollygrove Market and Farm, “The Home of the $25 Weekly Produce Box,” is welcoming it with open arms – and open boxes. There’s a new variety of seasonal produce from local growers now available at the market, featuring both old favorites and new surprises, and a range of community events taking place from the Hollygrove Livable Communities Project to an upcoming fundraiser on May 16 featuring live music and delicious cuisine from an array of local restaurants.
See below for more details of what’s going on in Hollygrove.
Heather Elizabeth Designs is pleased to announce its series of May shows, featuring appearances at Wednesdays at the Square, the Art Spark in City Park, Mid City Bayou Boogaloo, and at the Arts Market of New Orleans. Click below for details on these appearances, new merchandise, and more.
Round card girl Katie Budge holds up a card before walking on the ring at December's Friday Night Fights. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Have you reached your limit of Jazzfest, with the heat, the noise, and the crowds? Come escape it all for the cool, tranquil interior of Nirvana Indian Cuisine. Nirvana Indian Cuisine, located at 4308 Magazine Street, offers elegant dining featuring freshly-prepared, sumptuous Indian specialties at affordable prices.