NATIONAL CORN ON THE COB DAY

National Corn on the Cob Day on June 11 is our reminder that summertime picnics are in full swing. The smell of fresh corn on the cob cooking makes our mouths water. We don't care if you grill it, boil it, or bake it. The only thing we want to do today is eat as much corn on the cob we can. 

The history of corn dates back to nearly 7,000 years ago in Mexico. Originally growing as a wild grass, corn was eventually grown as a crop and harvested. From Mexico, corn eventually spread north into what is now the U.S. Native American's planted and harvested corn, making it plentiful across tribes. Today, corn is found across North America.

Corn on the cob is known as pole corn, cornstick, sweet pole, butter-pop, sweet corn, or long maize depending on where you live. Despite it's name variations, corn on the cob is best picked when the corn kernels are tender and in its milk stage serves up sweeter kernels. 

While it might seem rude, proper dinner etiquette for eating corn says holding the cob at each end with your fingers is appropriate. If you find yourself with butter dripping off your chin, don't worry. Most people are probably having the same problem as you are because everyone serves their corn on the cob with other seasonings, butter or oils can.

How you prepare your corn on the cob also depends on where you live. Boiling, steaming, roasting, and grilling are the most common ways to prepare corn on the cob. Adding butter, oil, and seasonings is all personal preference. In fact, roasting corn on the cob and topping it with parmesan, chili pepper, and cilantro seems to be the choice of many these days.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Emergency Street Closure at the Intersection of Julia and South Rampart Streets

NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans today announced that effective immediately, the Department of Public Works (DPW) contractor Hard Rock Construction, LLC will temporarily close the intersection of Julia Street and S. Peters Street to accommodate emergency underground utility repairs. The intersection closure is expected to remain in effect through the end of the week. Signage and traffic control measures, such as barrels and fencing, will be on-site to direct drivers and pedestrians.

During this closure, vehicular traffic traveling downriver on S. Rampart Street will be rerouted onto Julia Street towards Loyola Avenue. Traffic on Julia Street will be reduced to one lane and will be able to cross through the intersection. Please see the attached map for detour.

Work on the Julia Street Improvement Project began on June 10, 2024. The scope of work includes removing and replacing concrete panels, sidewalk and driveway apron repairs and the installation of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant curb ramps. The contractor is working from 7 a.m. until sunset, Monday through Friday. Some weekend work may be required. The entire project is scheduled to be completed by September 2024, weather permitting.

For questions about this advisory, please call 504.658.ROAD (7623) or email roadwork@nola.gov.

Seersucker has a famous New Orleans backstory. Here's why it's not exactly the truth.

BY LYDIA BLACKMORE The Historic New Orleans Collection

Members of the Valley of Silent Men social aid and pleasure club don seersucker suits in this 2012 photo. (THNOC, gift of Charles M. Lovell, 2015.0508.6)

• PHOTO BY CHARLES M. LOVELL/ COURTESY OF THNOC

Whether you mark Easter or Memorial Day as the beginning of the warm weather fashion season, the time for seersucker has officially arrived in New Orleans. The puckered fabric has been a staple of summer fashion for generations, but just how did the iconic material come to be?

Local legend claims that New Orleans clothing manufacturer Joseph Haspel Sr. invented the seersucker suit in the first decade of the 20th century. Haspel had been manufacturing coveralls from the material for Louisiana factory workers and thought businessmen shouldn’t have to suffer in their hot offices (these were the days before air conditioning).

Haspel’s production run started around 1909 at his New Orleans factory, and it was the Haspel seersucker suit that became ubiquitous as warm weather menswear in the South. Supposedly, while promoting his suits at a convention in Boca Raton, Florida, Haspel walked into the ocean up to his neck in his seersucker suit.

He hung the suit up to dry that afternoon and wore it to the convention banquet dinner that evening, none the worse for wear.

Obviously, this is a great origin story with New Orleans at the heart of it, but historical records tell us it’s not quite true.

'Milk and sugar'

Seersucker fabric has been around for centuries. Its name comes from the Persian phrase shir-o-shakhar, meaning “milk and sugar” for the alternating textures.

The textile is made of cotton, linen or silk (or combinations thereof), woven on a loom with threads at different tensions. As the fabric is woven through the tight and loose threads, it creates alternating stripes of texture.

These smooth and puckered stripes are what make the fabric especially breathable, because it doesn’t lie flat against one’s skin. Often, one of these stripes is in a color — most often blue, but sometimes gray, green, tan, red, pink, etc. — making the iconic pattern so well-known today.

First made in the sweltering regions of the Indian subcontinent, the striped and puckered fabric was exported to the European market by the 17th century. English and French textile manufacturers quickly adapted the term and the fabric for their own production. Seersucker fabric was exported to the American colonies by the early 18th century, often used for durable and cool curtains, mattress covers, and work clothing.

As a lightweight, hard-wearing fabric, imported seersucker was most often used for summer and work clothing in early America. Louisiana newspapers in the 19th century reveal hundreds of advertisements for the textile, often in association with other imported cottons and durable fabrics.

Available in many patterns

Seersucker was available in many patterns, such as striped, checked and plaid; an assortment of colors, most commonly blue or yellow; and could be guaranteed “Real India” or an “imitation” version. It could be purchased by the yard, as well as in finished forms such as pantaloons, vests and various types of coats.

Because it was relatively cheap and durable, seersucker was commonly used for slave clothing. Runaway slave ads offer rare descriptions of personal appearances, behavior, and clothing, as described from the perspective of the enslaver.

One 1821 ad described Marie-Jeanne, who was “stout built,” with a dark complexion, very white teeth, worked as a washerwoman, and was wearing “a yellow striped seersucker gown” and a “madras handkerchief when she absconded.”

Following emancipation, seersucker was still a common working fabric, used for factory workers’ jumpsuits and the iconic railroad coveralls.

Advertised in 1867

The first mention of “seersucker suits” in New Orleans newspapers is in an 1867 ad for Robert Pitkins’ Fashionable Clothing Emporium on Camp Street. Messrs Garthwaite, Lewis & Stewart also advertised seersucker suits that year, more than 40 years before Haspel claimed to invent it. Of course, the style of these suits isn’t exactly what we think of today.

The “leisure suit,” with loose pants, hip-length coat, and (increasingly optional) vest, all in matching fabric, did not become the prevalent male fashion until the last decade of the 19th century.

More mentions of seersucker suits come in the 1880s. The May 6, 1886, edition of the Daily Advocate in Baton Rouge declared that “Straw hats and seersucker suits are all the go in Franklin.”

Fashion reports from Washington, D.C., describe congressmen in seersucker about this time (predating the modern congressional summer tradition of “Seersucker Thursdays” by a century).

'I laugh at the universe'

In 1890, George Francis Train made a trip around the world in a seersucker suit, saying to the Daily Picayune, “Universe laughed at my seersucker suit. Now I laugh at universe. I am the seer. Universe is the sucker.”

By turn of the 20th century, ads for local companies begin to appear that challenge Haspel’s claim as inventor of the modern seersucker suit. In 1897 the Godchaux department store advertised seersucker suits for $12 (inset image).

In 1903, The Truefit, Ltd. advertised tropical clothing, including “Genuine Seersucker suits.” Mayer Israel & Co. noted “Seersucker Coats and Trousers made to measure” in their 1906 summer advertisement. Mayer Israel, D. H. Holmes, The Stevens Store, and many other men’s clothing stores advertised “genuine” seersucker suits through the 1910s.

As for Joseph Haspel, he was just 23 years old in 1909, working as a secretary at the Louisiana Clothing Co. Ltd. He joined his brother, Harry S. Haspel, and Heymas Abes in the firm Abes & Haspel on Chartres Street the following year.

In 1916, Harry and Joseph took over the firm upon Mr. Abes’s retirement, changing the name to Haspel Brothers.

A fashion is born

Their company had a successful business manufacturing work pants, trousers, and overalls, and they moved the enterprise to a large new factory at St. Bernard Avenue and N. Broad Street in 1921. The first mention of Haspel summer suits in The Times-Picayune was not until 1922. Joseph Haspel patented a pattern for a wash-and-wear suit coat in 1937.

Haspel seersucker and summer suits became increasingly popular in the 1940s and 1950s, around the time of Joseph Haspel’s notorious Atlantic dip.

The company moved to a new location on Toulouse Street in the French Quarter, the former home of the Tropical Clothing Manufacturing Company, in 1947. Joseph’s son, Joseph Haspel Jr., took over the company in the late 1950s, just before the elder died on December 29, 1959.

Although Joseph Haspel may not have been the first manufacturer of seersucker suits, New Orleans was at the epicenter of seersucker fashion at the turn of the 20th century, and Haspel’s company played a large role in promoting the garment through the mid-20th century.

As we progress further into the 21st century, seersucker is being worn in increasingly fashionable ways. However you wear the puckered fabric, stay cool this summer!

• Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from a post on The Historic New Orleans Collection’s First Draft blog.

In 1890, George Francis Train made a trip around the world in a seersucker suit, saying to the Daily Picayune, “Universe laughed at my seersucker suit. Now I laugh at universe. I am the seer. Universe is the sucker.”

Baton Rouge's Marucci Sports to open first New Orleans area 'Hitter's House' outlet

The Airline Drive complex will offer membership with 24-hour access to batting cages.

BY ANTHONY MCAULEY

Marucci Sports manufactures wood bats for Major League Baseball teams across the country. It also sells metal bats produced overseas. 

PHOTO PROVIDED BY MARUCCI SPORTS

Fast-growing Baton Rouge-based Marucci Sports, one of the top baseball bat makers in the U.S., said it will soon open its first New Orleans area "experiential" retail outlet, which will include batting cages open 24 hours a day for fee-paying members.

The new Marucci Hitter's House will be located at 1801 Airline Drive in Metairie in an 11,000-square-foot warehouse-like facility that will include seven batting cages.

The company said the official opening would be "late summer," but they didn't yet have a specific date.

Roll-up strategy

Kurt Ainsworth, 45, a former LSU pitcher whose Major League Baseball career was marred by injuries, started the Marucci Bat Co. with former LSU athletic trainer Jack Marucci in 2004.

In 2009, Ainsworth joined with Joe Lawrence, also a former LSU player who had a stint with the Toronto Blue Jays, and former assistant White House Press Secretary, Reed Dickens, to found Marucci Sports.

Marucci Sports acquired the Marucci Bat Co. in 2011 and later the Victus and Baum bat brands, and Lizard Skins, which makes bat tape, gloves and other products.

Marucci grew quickly through acquisition, endorsement deals and clever marketing and has overtaken the maker of the Louisville Slugger to claim the crown as top supplier of bats to Major League Baseball teams. On Friday, Marucci and Victus announced they would become the official bats of MLB starting in January.

Compass Diversified Holdings, a publicly traded investment company, bought Marucci for $200 million in 2020 and expanded its product line and retail network, opening outlets across the country. 

Marucci was sold again in November, to Fox Factory Holding Corp., a sports equipment maker based in Duluth, Georgia, for $572 million. Fox said it plans to continue Marucci's growth strategy.

Marucci now has 10 locations, including the hometown spot in Baton Rouge and one in Lafayette; three in Texas, at Austin, Cedar Park, and Houston; and others in Denver, Las Vegas, the Ozarks in Missouri, Orlando, Phoenix, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The first international outlet is due to open this month in Japan, the company said.

“Expanding our Louisiana footprint into New Orleans was an obvious decision,” said Ainsworth, who has remained as Marucci's CEO through its changes of ownership. “There is a lot of baseball and softball talent in and around the New Orleans area."

Early bird offer

Any visitor to the Hitter's House facility can test out Marucci baseball and softball products for free during regular operatinghours, which are from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Baton Rouge.

Membership gives 24/7 access to the batting cages as well as product discounts, Marucci said in a news release announcing the New Orleans outlet's opening.

There is a $50 per month "early bird" membership offer and various other pricing options.

Glass Recycling Locations

Don't forget, we now have three recycling locations in the neighborhood. And its not just for glass! You can bring paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, and plastics #1 and #2.

All drop off locations are from 11:00 - 2:30 and a friendly Glass Half Full employee will be ready to assist.

Tuesdays: Jazz Museum (Barracks St. Entrance)

Thursdays: Cabrini Park

Sundays: Hisgtoric New Orleans Collection (616 Toulouse)



Charlie's Steak House

Location

4510 Dryades St

New Orleans, LA

70115

What is the Largest Island in the Caribbean Sea?

Jamaica

Puerto Rico

Cuba

Hispaniola

The largest island by area is Cuba, which extends to the western end of the island group. Puerto Rico lies on the eastern end, and the island of Hispaniola, the largest island by population, is located in the middle. Jamaica lies to the south of Cuba, while the Cayman Islands are located to the west.

New Orleans, Mississippi restaurants were up for five James Beard awards. Here's who won.

BY IAN MCNULTY

One is a tavern acclaimed for its classic take on cocktails that’s added a needed breath of fresh air to the French Quarter. The other is an Uptown restaurant with a narrative of entwined African heritage, modern American cuisine, family and community.

Each just won top national awards from what’s known as the Oscars of the restaurant world.

The James Beard Foundation dished out its annual awards during a gala event in Chicago on Monday night (June 10). New Orleans had three finalists in different categories, while neighboring Mississippi had two finalists up for awards.

By the end of the night Jewel of the South (1026 St. Louis St., 504-265-8816) won the group’s national award for Outstanding Bar and Dakar NOLA (3814 Magazine St., 504-493-9396) won the national award for Best New Restaurant.

James Beard awards are always closely watched in the industry and by culinary aficionados. Even a nomination can have a major effect on a restaurant's popularity, and a chef’s prospects.

The nominees for the awards were whittled down from a list of thousands of chefs, restaurants and bars submitted by the public during an open call last fall.

New Orleans has historically done well in the James Beard awards, though the city was shut out of chef or restaurant awards in 2022 and 2023. This year broke that drought with two bringing home hardware.

Best new restaurant: Dakar NOLA

Dakar NOLA is a modern Senegalese tasting menu restaurant led by chef Serigne Mbaye. He serves a menu that is a unique expression of his roots in Senegal and his journey through contemporary American cuisine.

“I always knew West Africa had something to say,” Mbaye said on stage at the James Beard event.

Mbaye, who cooked locally at Commander’s Palace and the Mosquito Supper Club, started Dakar NOLA as a pop-up with communal dinners. He won a loyal following that included Effie Richardson. She partnered with him to open Dakar NOLA as a full-fledged restaurant in 2022.

“Dakar is a space of love, joy and hope,” Richardson said on stage while accepting the James Beard award. “Our staff’s commitment to this is the reason we’re here today.”

From the podium, Mbaye thanked his mother, his business partner and his staff. He also had a word for the people of his adopted home.

“I want to thank the people of New Orleans who truly embraced me as one of their own,” he said.

Outstanding Bar: Jewel of the South

Jewel of the South opened in 2019 in a Creole townhouse dating to the 1830s. It joined a small, promising wave of new restaurants and bars with the potential to lure locals to the French Quarter, not just cater to tourists.

The bar is the domain of Chris Hannah, who made his name giving great cocktails their due at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar, often delving into the archives to resurrect lost classics.

In the kitchen, London-born chef Phil Whitmarsh has been putting the tavern on the map for food, too. He brings a modern British approach, with its emphasis on seasonal freshness and the reinvention of familiar flavors.

In tandem with Hannah’s narrative way with cocktail menus — telling stories through the classics, their evolution, even the seasons — it has created an utterly unique pairing under the slate of one French Quarter roof.

It’s the second time Hannah has been on stage accepting a James Beard award. Arnaud’s French 75, the bar at historic French Quarter restaurant Arnaud’s, won the Outstanding Bar Program award during his tenure there, in 2017.

John Stubbs (left), Victoria Espinel and Chris Hannah are partners in Jewel of the South in the French Quarter of New Orleans. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)

PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER

Hannah accepted the award on stage with partners John Stubbs and Victoria Espinel, and bartender Shaun Williams, a graduate of Turning Tables, the New Orleans-based training program aimed at increasing diversity in the cocktail realm.

Jewel of the South has been a magnet for high-profile recognition in recent years. Earlier in 2024 it was ranked No. 6 on the North America’s 50 Best Bars list and netted the title of “Best Bar in the South USA” for the second year. It also won this year's Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award, a special honor within the overall 50 Best ranking system.

Accepting this latest James Beard award, Hannah thanked the Jewel of the South staff and intimated that there were congratulatory bottles of cognac and other drinks waiting for them post-shift at the Black Penny, a bar nearby on North Rampart Street.

The secret’s in the sauce.

Meet our new Creole Tartar Sauce and Creamy Cocktail Sauce, both made with the good stuff – Blue Plate Mayo – and so rich, creamy and full of flavor, your favorite Gulf seafood will want to jump on your plate.

• 6711 Airline Dr, Metairie, LA, United States, Louisiana

(504) 733-2248

NATIONAL GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY

On June 11 we celebrate the delicious food holiday known as National German Chocolate Cake Day! We can't think of a better way to learn about a cake with American roots and get our chocolate fix for the day at the same time!

Although the name may sound like the cake originated in Germany, German chocolate cake did not. In fact, the cake's roots can be traced back to 1852 when American Sam German made a type of dark baking chocolate for the American Baker’s Chocolate Company. Baker’s German Sweet Chocolate’s brand was named in honor of Sam German. 

Over 100 years later in 1957, a recipe for “German’s Chocolate Cake” appeared as the Recipe of the Day in the Dallas Morning Star. This recipe, created by Mrs. George Clay, used Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate. Obviously, it became quite popular. During this time, General Foods owned Baker’s brand and distributed Mrs. Clay's recipe to other newspapers around the country. The current name of German Chocolate Cake, as we know it today, came to be as publications started dropping the 's.

On Deck for June 11, 2024

National Days

NATIONAL CORN ON THE COB DAY

NATIONAL CALL YOUR DOCTOR DAY

NATIONAL MAKING LIFE BEAUTIFUL DAY

NATIONAL GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY

NATIONAL FORKLIFT SAFETY DAY

On Deck for June 12, 2024

National Days

NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE DAY

NATIONAL LOVING DAY

NATIONAL RED ROSE DAY

NATIONAL JERKY DAY

June 11th Celebrated History

1919

Johnny Loftus rides Sir Barton to the first Triple Crown win.

1970

Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington became the first women to receive the rank of general in the U.S. Army.

1982

"E.T. phone home." The blockbuster film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial premiered in Los Angeles, California. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, and Drew Barrymore and won four Oscars.

1983

Over 100 years after Hiram Revels became the first Black member to serve in the U.S. Congress, Britain elects its first Black Members of Parliament.

2002

American Idol debuts on the Fox Network in the United States. The reality singing competition was fashioned after the British hit series Pop Idol which also created spin-offs in Australia, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America among others.

2018

3 World Trade Center opens to the public.

June 11th Celebrated Birthdays

Jeannette Rankin - 1880

In 1916, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress. She ran for office before most women could cast a ballot. However, Montana voted in favor of equal suffrage in 1914. As a suffragist, Rankin’s efforts factored considerably in the passing of Montana’s legislation and as Representative Rankin when Congress passed the 19th Amendment.

Charlotte Hawkins - 1883

Founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute, Charlotte Hawkins Brown became a noted activist, educator, speaker, and author.

Vince Lombardi - 1913

Noted head coach of the Green Bay Packers, Vince Lombardi led the team to five championships. In 1971, the NFL renamed the championship trophy in his honor to the “Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy.”

Gene Wilder - 1933

Born Jerome Silberman, the American actor is known for his comedic roles in films such as Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. One of his most iconic films was Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Peter Dinklage - 1969

The award-winning American actor and producer gained prominence in 2011 when Game of Thrones debuted on HBO. Other notable films include Elf, Pixels and I Care A Lot.

Derby Gisclair

Mollo Plumbing

Alcide Mollo succeeded his father Lucien in the plumbing business at 87 Royal Street (later renumbered 413 - 415 Royal Street). The business included the installation of cisterns and privies.

Carlos Froggy May

Crowd watching a demonstration of a Chevrolet remote-controlled car in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1927. "Also known as phantom automobiles, the cars were controlled via radio signals from a second vehicle following the driverless car."

News to me! Anyone recognize the buildings in the background?

[edit]: Location is Lafayette Square, looking towards downtown river corner with Camp Street at right.

Derby Gisclair

1884: New Basin Canal and West End

An unattributed photograph of the New Basin Canal at West End from 1884. While they are at the resort and recreation area, the canal was very much a commercial waterway as evidenced by the vessel towing a line of floating timber in the center of the image. He is probably waiting for the draw bridge/foot bridge just ahead of him to open so he can pass.

The foot bridge was at the end of the new Orleans City & Lake Railroad Passenger Terminal on the left side of the canal. Along the left side of the canal on take side of the terminal were also the St. John's Rowing Club, the Riverside Rowing Club, and the West End Rowing Club. On the other side of the terminal was the Lake Park Hotel.

On the right side of the canal was the West End Opera House and Theatre, then the West End Hotel. The long covered walkway took patrons to Joe Raphael's Restaurant on the lakefront.

Derby Gisclair

1910: Canal Street

In this detail panorama from a 1910 photograph of Canal Street we focus less on the buildings and more on the people and the tangle of vehicles. Click on the picture for a full view: mule-drawn carriages and wagons on the far left and right, a couple of newfangled automobiles, and a whole lot of our beloved streetcars. Quite a scene for 10:54am don't you think?

Louisiana State Archives

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The #LouisianaStateArchives is excited to announce our highly anticipated new exhibition, “America’s Last Fair: The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition”, opening Monday, March 4, and on display through Friday, December 13, 2024.

The exhibition showcases the creative engineering and artistic talent of countless Louisianans who entertained visitors from May 12-November 12, 1984. We look forward to sharing memories from the ‘84 Expo with you, so mark your calendars for a date with the Archives! #americaslastfair #worldsfairs #neworleanshistory #seymoredfair

Philip Melancon

Gennifer Flowers' Kelsto Club

Wednesday Speakeasy at 7 …

720 St Louis, Across from Antoine’s

. . . No Cover

Cheryl Orintas Cotten

Gennifer Flowers Kelsto Club

Duration: 2 hr 30 min

Public 

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Indulge in Champagne & Chocolate and enjoy a special show by the fabulous Gennifer Flowers!

Fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. $60/person.

Reservations required. Contact Kitsy Adams - 504.495.8383

National Votive Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor

a year of events to mark the Shrine’s 100^th Anniversary on State Street in 2024. The events invite the public to visit, pray, and enjoy the beauty of this historic building.

About the Centennial Year Celebrations, Mat Grau, Centennial Committee Chairman, says: “The Shrine is a hidden treasure in the City of New Orleans, and this Centennial year provides an opportunity for all of New Orleans to appreciate our Shrine, celebrate an important historical milestone, and worship in a beautiful and sacred space. We encourage the public to visit often and participate in several of the many wonderful events we have scheduled throughout the year.”

A full schedule of events can be found below, and a virtual tour of the Shrine is also available for those who are unable to join in person and can be found on the Shrine’s website: www.ShrineOLPS.com.

Future Schedule of Events

June 14, 2024

Patriotic Concert

A Flag Day Salute to honor the military history of the Shrine

August 15, 2024

Feast of the Assumption

Fr. Victor Laroche, O.P., of Xavier University will preside at Mass and lead the traditional Blessing of the Herbs

October 3, 2024

The Ursulines and their Shrine in New Orleans

Lee Leumas will deliver a compelling lecture on the Shrine’s history and introduce a special viewing of the Crowns

November 10, 2024

Public Display of Original Jeweled Crowns

Centerpiece of the First Sanctioned Crowning of Our Lady in the U.S.

December 8, 2024

Caroling in the Chapel

Celebrate the Christmas season with a concert by The Shades of Praise Gospel Choir and other special guests

THE DOOKY CHASE KITCHEN: LEAH’S LEGACY cooking series celebrates Leah Chase, the “Queen of Creole Cuisine.”

The 26-part cooking series, produced by WYES-TV in New Orleans, was shot on location at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant with dishes prepared by younger generations of the Chase family who have led the restaurant since Leah’s death in 2019.

Viewers will meet Leah’s grandson, Edgar “Dook” Chase IV, who now oversees the restaurant’s kitchen; her niece Cleo Robinson, who joined Leah in the kitchen in 1980; and the restaurant’s newest chef, Leah’s great-granddaughter Zoe Chase. Paired with some of the menus are specialty cocktails crafted by Leah’s granddaughter Eve Marie Haydel, the restaurant’s beverage manager who has updated drink recipes from the restaurant’s earlier days. Granddaughter Chase Kamata narrates. Each 30-minute episode explores a new take on Creole classics and a different chapter of the restaurant’s history.

See it every Saturday at 10am & Sundays at 11:30am.

Watch on WYES-TV and stream on wyes.org/live and on the WYES and PBS Apps. Out of WYES’ viewing area? Contact your local public television station for air dates. For a limited time, see new episodes with WYES Passport.

In Person Classes in New Orleans

Mondays, 7:30-8:30pm

"Shimmer" Bellydance Basics

For all levels. Ongoing

$60 per month or $18 drop in.

10 classes, used within 10 wk., $120

At: "The Movement Collective"

3921 St. Claude Ave, (Bywater)

New Orleans

 Tamalyn Dallal

Movement Collective - New Orleans

Public 

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Mondays, 7:30-8:30pm

Come and dance...

Bring veils, zils, and your hips to do lots of shimmies.

$18 per class, $60 per month

10 classes for $120

www.tamalyndallal.net

Comedy House New Orleans

The most unique comedy show in New Orleans is The Open Mic From Hell, hosted by Chris Trew (as seen on MTV, Comedy Central, America's Got Talent)

CHNO ( Comedy house New Orleans)

609-610 Fulton St

New Orleans, LA 70130

Mon, June 17

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

(Entry at 7:30 pm)

The Open Mic From Hell is the most unique night of comedy in New Orleans.

Everything about the show is chaotic and unpredictable in the most beautifully hilarious way. 

The list of performers? A total mystery. 

The jokes they’ll tell? Nobody knows, not even them. 

How does it work? Comedians sign-up on the list an hour before showtime. At least 13 names get pulled out of the bucket. 

When a name gets pulled they come on stage and make a choice - do they do an entirely new set based on words from the audience, or a special challenge set. 

Past challenges have had comics doing their set outside on the street, with noise canceling headphones on, and with a designated heckler in the crowd. We are always adding new, improved, and ridiculous challenges to the show. 

On Friday, June 21st from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, International House celebrates the advent of sultry summer with reverence and Vodou mystique found only in this

impossibly interesting city.

For centuries, the Summer Solstice has been celebrated worldwide, marking a time of transition and renewal. 

But, today, we’re the only hotel in the world that honors this sacred time with a local blend of Haitian Vodou, Catholicism, Native American tradition and Masonic mystery - paired, of course, with an extraordinary cocktails.

Kindly join us - dressed in white - for a fascinating evening. The rhythm of drums. A fascinating Priestess. This Creole World brought vividly to life. This beguiling Solstice celebration has happened annually for 150 years - first by legendary Voodoo Queen    Marie Laveau and now by the remarkable Priestess Sallie Ann Glassman.

New Orleans Jazz Club

JAZZ, JAZZ, JAZZ... we're back this Sunday, for some great Jazz from fantastic musicians at Mo's Chalet from 2:00 to 6:00 pm. It's an open Jam Session to Trad Jazz musicians and those who love the music which is FREE and open to the public. NOTICE to musicians...all musicians are welcome to play whether you're a regular or new to the Club. Keyboards and drums are provided so bring your ax and sign in and you'll be assigned 1 of 4 sets to perform in. Mo's provides a safe and welcoming environment for an afternoon of New Orleans Jazz. Bring your family and friends to create your own Jazz party where outside food is OK with a cash bar hosted by Sandy, Metairie's finest plus join in on our 50/50 cash drawing. Become a member and be a part of New Orleans music history by supporting America's oldest Jazz Club which was started in 1948. The NOJC Jam Session's are held on the last Sunday of the month from 2:00 to 6:00 pm.

LSU Athletics is proud to announce its year-long celebration of 100 Years in Tiger Stadium, highlighted by stadium upgrades, events, storytelling initiatives, and a season-long celebration throughout the 2024 campaign.

Tiger Stadium, one of America’s most iconic sporting venues, first opened its gates on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1924. Since then, the Tigers have won 450 contests in Death Valley, which has been home to two Heisman Trophy winners, four national championship teams, and 12 SEC title-winning squads.

Included in the celebration are several upgrades to Tiger Stadium, including a new videoboard and lighting system, as well as other upgrades designed to enhance the game day experience. Other events and celebrations will be announced throughout the year.

The 2024 home schedule features several marquee matchups, including home contests against Oklahoma, UCLA, and Alabama. Information on the full 2024 schedule and season tickets will be announced in the coming weeks.

One of the most legendary stadiums in all of college football, Tiger Stadium has been called “the best place in the world to watch a sporting event” by ESPN and “the pound-for-pound king of noise in college football.”

Entering its centennial season in 2024, Tiger Stadium has been a cornerstone of LSU Athletics and the Louisiana community for almost a century, hosting numerous NFL superstars, Heisman Trophy winners, and Hall of Famers since its opening in 1924. It serves as a sporting, cultural, and commercial hub for LSU Athletics, which contributes an estimated $500 million of economic activity for the state of Louisiana annually.

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