Events

Corkscrew pasta boiled in crawfish stock topped with a medium-grilled slice of filet mignon, a creamy made-from-scratch cheese sauce and hand-selected spicy fresh crawfish tails.

Ashley Hilsman, events director for the New Orleans Chamber, led the planning of the first collaborative Women’s Conference in New Orleans. The conference had over 550 attendees, 17 partners and 40 sponsors and is just one of 140+ chamber events held each year.

The New Orleans Chamber and Fidelity Bank P.O.W.E.R. have teamed up to host the city’s first collaborative Women’s Leadership Conference, coming up on March 22.

Historians have identified at least 50 sites in downtown New Orleans associated with the slave trade, but despite the pervasiveness of the trade, few permanent reminders of its enormous impact on the city existed until recently.

The 45th annual Bayou Classic will take place on Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Grambling and Southern go head-to-head at 4pm.

The New Orleans Jazz Museum’s latest exhibit celebrates the development of the drum kit here in New Orleans as well as the ongoing evolution of our city’s rich drumming traditions. Drawing upon the museum’s unique archive, New Orleans drum legends are highlighted including Baby Dodds, Paul Barbarin, Earl Palmer and others, featuring equipment from their personal collections.

There is nothing like a traditional beignet with a hot café au lait. For decades New Orleanians have been enjoying these simple masterpieces with nothing more than a (heavy) dusting of powdered sugar on top.

To mark the 60th anniversary of WWL-TV and New Orleans’ Tricentennial, WWL-TV created a time capsule for New Orleans memories. Throughout the year, our 360 time capsule mobile studio has been at events collecting memories.

As New Orleans turns 300 and WWL-TV celebrates its 60th anniversary, Channel 4 is marking both historic milestones by inviting people to share their memories of the city we love, to be included in a video time capsule.

What Louisiana staple is found in dishes both savory and sweet; complements vegetables, fish and meat; and is as plentiful in the market as it is on the street? It’s citrus, and it’s the theme of The Historic New Orleans Collection’s 2018 culinary symposium Saturday, June 9.

The year was 1968. The place was Notre Dame Seminary. Five seminarians brought together the sacred and the secular with Catholic folk-style liturgical music. They called themselves The Dameans.

The Tricentennial’s yearlong community service initiative, 300,000 for the Next 300, brings the NOLA community together through volunteerism. In partnership with United Way, Hands on NOLA and NetWork Volunteers, the 2018 NOLA Foundation has pledged to complete 300,000 service hours through 300 projects with help from citizens and tourists alike.

On Tuesday, April 17, over 500 New Orleanians gathered to celebrate their shared history at the Tricentennial Interfaith Prayer Service.

It’s that time of year again … Jazz Fest is right around the corner. And, if you are a first-time festgoer, the Chamber staff has your back.

While New Orleans turns the big 3-0-0 this year, French Quarter Fest celebrates 35 years in the Big Easy. As an official Tricentennial event, the 2018 festival will offer attendees several ways to commemorate both anniversaries.

2018 marks the 10th anniversary of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, and this year’s celebration was nothing short of exceptional.

Team “Swinel Richie – Is it meat you’re looking for?” led by “Chef” Financial Officer Todd Wanner, participated in Hogs for the Cause recently held at the Lakefront Arena grounds.

The beach is just the beginning when you visit Pensacola. Take a break from the sugar-white sand and stop by one of the many beachfront restaurants for fresh, local seafood (or some hot barbecue if that is more your style).

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.”

Every month, the New Orleans Chamber holds one of its most popular events, the Power Lunch/Breakfast.

If you missed “Making New Orleans Home: A Tricentennial Symposium,” presented by the 2018 New Orleans Tricentennial Commission, you can still explore some of the topics with help from The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) and its exhibition and companion catalog, “New Orleans, the Founding Era.”

On Thursday, March 8, Cokie Roberts, political commentator for NPR and ABC News, will kick off “Making New Orleans Home: A Tricentennial Symposium” at Tulane University’s McAlister Auditorium.

The Rotary Club of Mid-City New Orleans celebrated International Women’s Day with a brunch at Propeller. CMO of Fidelity Bank, Tammy O’Shea, presented an overview of the state of women owned business. “Women are not only starting businesses, they are staying in business,” commented O’Shea.

Over its 300 years, New Orleans has experienced wave after wave of immigration, the newcomers mingling with, learning from, and occasionally clashing with the old-timers.

At the New Orleans Chamber, one of our favorite benefits offered to our members is access to ribbon-cutting ceremonies.

One of the tastiest traditions of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is king cake, a sweet confectionery sprinkled with purple, green and gold sugar. Often compared to a brioche, king cakes have a tiny plastic doll (some say representing baby Jesus) hidden inside; whoever gets that piece of cake throws the next party!

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.

In 2018, New Orleans celebrates its Tricentennial, and the Catholic Church celebrates 300 years of Catholicism in New Orleans.

For centuries, St. Louis Cathedral and St. Augustine Catholic Church have been at the heart of Christmas in New Orleans.

It’s hard to believe the Tricentennial is almost here. We’ve been building up to New Orleans’ 300th year for quite some time, and in less than a month, we’ll be living it.