Arts-Music

The Southern Hotel has become a prominent fixture in historic downtown Covington, and Lisa Condrey Ward’s new labor of love, the Garden House, is making a splash on the Northshore for its preservation of history and enthusiasm for the 1930s era.

How well do you know the Blue Dog? Drawn exclusively from the Rodrigue Archives and the artist’s private collection, “Rodrigue’s Blue Dog: Discovering Late Works on Canvas and Metal” is on display this summer at Biloxi’s Ohr-O’Keefe Museum.

The Ty Tracy Theater and Adkerson Auditorium in Gallier Hall have been completely renovated and updated to serve as a premier space for artists in New Orleans thanks to a generous gift from the Richard C. Adkerson Family Foundation. The 104-person theater provides state-of-the-art sound and lighting options for a variety of productions.

New Orleans’s Tricentennial is a fitting time to reflect on how the land Bienville called “la Nouvelle-Orléans” — a site originally settled by Native Americans, though long abandoned and considered inhospitable as a permanent settlement —transformed into one of North America’s most diverse cities.

Mood = sad. After being acquired by online retailer Ssense, Polyvore – a popular online shopping platform – shut down with little notice this week. At the center of the controversy are Instagrammers and former Polyvorers who are upset over the impact to a distinct online community called ‘moodboarders.’

For one night only, The New Orleans Ballet Association will host a special performance by one of America’s most prestigious dance companies, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC). Over the last 40 years, HSDC has been a driving force of American contemporary dance with a program The Los Angeles Times calls “a near-perfect storm of movement, music and choreography.”

Housed in the oldest building on the Mississippi Delta, “The Church in the Crescent: Three Hundred Years of Catholicism in New Orleans” celebrates the city’s tricentennial through the eyes of faith.

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The Historic New Orleans Collection’s newest membership group — Caillot Circle — invites philanthropically minded young professionals (21-45) to enhance access to THNOC’s educational programs and resources.

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While many of us know her work, we may not know we know it. Patricia Hardin is responsible for the magnificent invitations for many of the most elegant Mardi Gras balls in New Orleans.

Just in time for the Carnival season, an exhibition highlighting the extravagant celebrations surrounding Mardi Gras will open in the home of The Historic New Orleans Collection’s founders, General and Mrs. L. Kemper Williams. “Mardi Gras at Home at the Williams Residence” will feature photographs, favors and ephemera —including Carnival crown jewels, historic costume designs and invitations — collected by the passionate preservationists.

Luna Fête will not only celebrate public art but also serve as the beginning of NOLA’s Tricentennial. Luna Fête was created as a five-year initiative, culminating at the end of the Tricentennial in 2018.

The New Orleans Museum of Art marks the Tricentennial with exhibitions celebrating some of NOLA’s defining elements.

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Five Tony Awards. Critical acclaim. A Pulitzer finalist. The Broadway musical sensation “FUN HOME” opens Southern Rep Theatre’s new season, playing at NOCCA through October 22.

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“My needs are simple. I’m easily satisfied with the best.”

The soon-to-be-launched book by bestselling author John David Mann (“The Go-Giver”), “The Recipe,” is set to be another masterpiece of charming storytelling and profound wisdom.

Every year in August, museums across the city band together for New Orleans Museum Month, when members of one participating museum receive free admission or tours at the other 16 participating sites in the metro area.

“Art is not for a select few, but for everyone, and those who acquire and possess it are only the custodians, and then they pass it on to others.” —Laura Simon Nelson

English poet W.H. Audin once said, “No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.”

Jefferson Performing Arts Society is proud to announce its 40th anniversary season and the grand re-opening of the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre!

New Orleans is bursting with art; however, our bureaucracy is almost as well-known as our culture. But working with the city can assist artists.

In the heart of the French Quarter, local music and history share the stage at The Historic New Orleans Collection’s Concerts in the Courtyard series.

If you’re a fan of “NCIS: New Orleans,” you’re in luck. The show has been renewed for a fourth season.

Craig Brumfield is not only a painter, potter and scrimshaw carver in bone or ivory, but he is also a pioneer in gyotaku, the Japanese method of printing fish, which may have been used by fishermen since the 1800s. Gyotaku is now its own art form, preferred by some to mounting.

When we imagine opera, we usually think of Italy. But, did you know that the first US opera house was established in New Orleans? On May 22, 1796, Ernest Gretry’s “Sylvain” was performed in New Orleans while it was still under Spanish rule.

During Mardi Gras, it is common to see women with numerous pins clustered on lapels or adorning necklaces. These are typically “favors” and ducals from Mardi Gras krewes or royalty. Often spotted at Carnival luncheons, the various styles spark conversations that hint at the otherwise anonymity of Mardi Gras monarchs.

If you think the New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) is an organization responsible for hosting world-class dance companies and artists, you would be right. However, NOBA is also responsible for nationally recognized award-winning education programs and 5,500 tuition-free dance classes and workshops annually throughout the New Orleans area.