The Young Men Olympian Junior Benevolent Association will hold its 128th annual second line Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. at the club’s hall on South Liberty and looping around Louisiana Avenue, South Claiborne and Martin Luther King Boulevard, touted by Gambit’s Big Red Cotton as “the biggest, most exciting second line of the season.” See her post at Gambit for turn-by-turn details.
Prep-school students, business people, “uptowner” types, fitness instructors and female motorcyclists dressed in the styles of the early 1990s are among the parts needed for a new Spike Lee joint that will have a casting call from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday afternoon at Ashe Cultural Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., according to a post at the NOLA Black Professionals blog.
Two people face charges after separate incidents Saturday evening in which they allegedly used bottles to cut people they were arguing with, police said. Continue reading »
Firefighters look for hot spots after bring a fire in the 2200 block of South Robertson under control Thursday morning. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
(computer sketch via NOPD)
The former yoga studio now slated to become a Mellow Mushroom pizza restaurant on Oak Street, photographed in June. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A fresh-food market plans to bring the produce of 200 farmers to O.C. Haley Boulevard, and the local Mediterrean chain Byblos plans to move into the space on Magazine Street recently vacated by the closure of Nacho Mama’s. Continue reading »
(map via NOPD.com)
A nonprofit developer in Central City is showcasing one of its empty lots as an example of sustainable management of vacant properties. Continue reading »
1037 Dante (via prcno.org)
Two Dante Street homes will be among the properties facing demolition today in a hearing before the city’s Neighborhood Conservation District Committee, according to the Preservation Resource Center. Continue reading »
KIPP Believe College Prep on South Carrollton is headed to a new school building in Gentilly, and Benjamin Banneker Elementary in the Riverbend is slated for a new campus in Hollygrove, according to school assignment plans being aired publicly by the Recovery School District this week. Continue reading »
Three robberies reported in the Sixth District this weekend. (via NOPD.com)
Nearly $75 million in investments have already been made along O.C. Haley Boulevard, City Councilwoman Stacy Head told our partners at WWL, and supporters are hoping the area is next in line for a residential and commercial renaissance akin to that on Freret Street. This weekend’s Crescent City Tour of Homes and O.C. Haley Art Market (as well as Thursday night’s Patron Party) are all intended to showcase the improvements that have already been made to the neighborhood and the potential for future growth.
The We Are One second line and the Stooges Brass Band will start at noon Sunday at the Turning Point Lounge at Washington and Baronne and return there to disband four hours later, according to the WWOZ events calendar.
Lorenza Conner (via opcso.org)
Prince of Wales 2011 route map
Second-line season returns to Magazine Street on Sunday when the Prince of Wales and Lady Wales clubs put on their 83rd annual second line through the Irish Channel and Garden District. Continue reading »
The city’s “Movies in the Park” series returns Uptown this weekend with a Saturday night showing of Disney/Pixar’s acclaimed animated feature “Up” at Taylor Park. Continue reading »
The current Orleans Parish School Board boundaries. (Click to enlarge)
Redistricting the seven-member Orleans Parish School Board could produce more dramatic changes than the recent reshuffling of the New Orleans City Council, even though the same population shifts are being accounted for, officials said Monday. Continue reading »
Firefighters arrive on O.C. Haley Boulevard to extinguish a burning church van. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A Central City church lost the van it uses to transport children and seniors Thursday afternoon, when it caught fire while a church member was working on it.
The Living Witness Church of God in Christ van had been having engine trouble for several days, and Christopher Johnson was working on its carburetor around 4 p.m Thursday where it was parked on O.C. Haley Boulevard. When he tried to start it, the carburetor backfired and the whole engine caught fire, Johnson said. Continue reading »
Billed by street-culture diva Big Red Cotton as the “last second line of the season,” the Uptown Swingers will roll through Freret, Milan and Central City starting at 1 p.m. Sunday.
For turn-by-turn directions and video from 2010, see Cotton’s post at Gambit’s bestofneworleans.com.