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Former New Orleans musician Myshkin, a geographically restless artist who’s more jazz-poet-chanteuse than conventional singer-songwriter, is back in Louisiana for a spring visit. Based in Oregon since 2002, Myshkin lived in the Ninth Ward with her ex-husband and former musical partner, Mike West, before going west to Portland. “Something told me to go,” she … Continue reading →
Denham Springs’ singer, songwriter and rapper Steel Bill, aka Billy Joe Tharpe, has the title song on the new CD soundtrack for History’s Louisiana-set reality show, Swamp People. Tharpe’s “Swamp People” joins a swampy set of classics including Hank Williams’ “Jambalaya,” the Neville Brothers’ “Fire on the Bayou,” Tony Joe White’s “Polk Salad Annie” and … Continue reading →
Get ready for music at Tiger Stadium this weekend as the fourth annual Bayou Country Superfest takes over the turf with country music. Events start at 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday with music, fan meet and greets and food. 5 p.m.: Aaron Lewis Continue reading →
When Rodney Atkins, a singer-songwriter who’s released six No. 1 singles, started playing music during high school in Cumberland Gap, Tenn., bluegrass, at least on the performance side of things, dominated the local music scene. “I was just sitting on front porches playing guitar with friends,” Atkins said. “You learn two or three chords and … Continue reading →
Coy Bowles, guitarist and keyboardist in the platinum-selling, three-time Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band, received delivery of his latest Grammy this week. Because Bowles travels so much and wouldn’t be around to receive it himself, he had the award shipped to his parents’ house. The golden statuette impressed even his practically minded, carpenter dad. … Continue reading →
Kimberly Perry, front woman for the sibling supergroup the Band Perry, remembers seeing her little brother, Neil, wearing his Superman pajamas while he read the music business magazine Billboard. Even when Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry were still kids, they studied the business of music. The Perry children’s parents weren’t musicians, but music … Continue reading →
Good news keeps coming Miranda Lambert’s way. Earlier this month, she got her fifth No. 1 song with “Mama’s Broken Heart.” “It never gets old knowing that people enjoy my music,” the singer tweeted about the song reaching the top of the country singles chart. “Mama’s Broken Heart” is the fourth hit single … Continue reading →
The Shows to Watch calendar is a listing of events taking place in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas from May 24-30, 2013. It covers rock, reggae, jazz, country and everything in between. Continue reading →
Taking part in one homemade boat race was enough to hook Leesha Gleber. “It was so much fun that mid-river, I was like, ‘I’ve got to do this at home,’” Gleber, of Holden, said of that race last summer on the Ouachita River. Back home, Gleber pitched her idea to her boss, Livingston Parish News publisher … Continue reading →
Some restaurants go to great lengths to create atmosphere. At Morel’s in New Roads, the length can be measured in a few feet. From the shore. Located a few yards east of the public boat landing, Morel’s extends out into False River to make diners wonder if this restaurant might pull up anchor and sail … Continue reading →
The Baton Rouge area calendar is a listing of events taking place in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas from May 24-30, 2013. It covers plays, shows, parties, family-oriented entertainment and everything in between. Continue reading →
To submit event and entertainment items for the Bon Temps calendar, email details to fun@theadvocate.com or fax to (225) 388-0351. Deadline is at noon Monday. GARAGE SALE: noon, The Extra Mile, 525 S. Buchanan St., Lafayette. Proceeds benefit Les Bon Amis and the Lafayette Area Activity Resource Center. … Continue reading →
The New Orleans calendar is a listing of events taking place in New Orleans from May 24-30, 2013. It covers music, plays, shows, parties, family-oriented entertainment and everything in between. Continue reading →
JAMBALAYA FESTIVAL: Gonzales Civic Center and surrounding grounds, Gonzales. World champion jambalaya served daily, live music, entertainment, carnival rides, cooking contests, variety of food. http://www.jambalayafestival.org. GREEK FESTIVAL: Hellenic Cultural Center, 1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans. Greek food, 5K race, music, children’s activities, dancing and more. http://www.greekfestnola.com. KROTZ SPRINGS SPORTSMEN’S HERITAGE … Continue reading →
If you have information on classes, seminars and workshops, email it to fun@theadvocate.com, or fax it to (225) 388-0351. Deadline is at noon each Monday. If your group is no longer listed here, you need to send an updated announcement of your classes and contact information. ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Summer camps for kids ages 6-18. (337) … Continue reading →
Please call (225) 388-0199 if changes or additions need to be made to your organization’s listing. LE CAFÉ CAJUN: 9 a.m.-10 a.m., LSUE Community Education Building, 2048 Johnson Highway, Eunice. Learn, practice and improve your Cajun French skills. Hosted by the Cajun Prairie Chapter of OLLI at LSU … Continue reading →
What are you doing after the apocalypse? Video-game creators have been asking that question for years, with results ranging from Bethesda’s sublime Fallout 3 to id Software’s forgettable Rage. Ukrainian developer 4A Games fell somewhere in between with 2010’s Metro: 2033, based on the bleak fiction of Russian novelist Dmitry … Continue reading →
Every few years a wave of nostalgia grabs ahold of the American pop-cultural heartstrings, and before you know it some previous era revives itself in our movies, our music, even our food. The 1980s had a love affair with the 1960s, and back in the mid/late 1990s, big bands, zoot suits and swing dancing took hold for a … Continue reading →
The small building at 1919 Burgundy St. is surrounded by quiet Faubourg Marigny homes, but at night its performance space, home to The New Movement Theater, comes alive with uproarious laughter. It’s ostensibly the home of an improv comedy troupe, which stages several popular shows a week. But in a larger sense The New Movement has, … Continue reading →
To be Greek for a day is to be welcomed into a large, expansive family that wants most to feed you, laugh with you and share stories of their culture. At this year’s 40th anniversary Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Cathedral, revelers can expect just that. Festival-goers are invited to be Greek for a day … Continue reading →
The annual Greek Festival, this weekend at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, is a celebration of food, music and fun. But there’s a serious side to the event as well — one that has to do with heritage and faith. Magdalene Maag, chair of the archives committee for Holy Trinity, has been hard at work arranging selections … Continue reading →
Benefit aids victims
of Mother’s Day shooting Tipitina’s hosts a concert to raise money for the 19 Fund, aiding the 19 victims of the May 12 Mother’s Day second-line shooting. Brass bands, Mardi Gras Indians and other musicians and entertainers will perform. At … Continue reading →
BENEITO’S ART: 3618 Magazine St., New Orleans. Jazz, blues and Carnival-themed oil paintings by Bernard Beneito. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. (504) 891-9170. CALLAN CONTEMPORARY: 518 Julia St., New Orleans. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. “Systems” by James Kennedy, on view through May 25. For more … Continue reading →
PROPELLER 2013 GALA: 6 p.m., investor hour; 7 p.m., gala, Propeller Incubator, 4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans. Highlights from the Propeller Accelerator Fellows, small plates, beer & wine, entertainment and silent auction. Cocktail attire. Investor Hour and gala, $80; gala, $35, advance; $40, door. http://propellergala.eventbrite.com or http://gopropeller.org. CAF RED TAIL … Continue reading →
“THE ADVENTURES OF BUTT BOY AND TIGGER”: 8 p.m., The Elm Theatre, 220 Julia St., New Orleans. $15. (504) 218-0055 or http://www.elmtheatre.org. “NEXT TO NORMAL”: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Freeport-McMoRan Theater, The Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., New Orleans. Performance by Southern Repertory Theatre. (504) 522-6545. Continue reading →
THURSDAYS AT TWILIGHT SERIES: 5 p.m., gates open; 6 p.m., performance begins, New Orleans Botanical Garden, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, New Orleans. With Alex McMurray. $10, adults; $3, children ages 5-12. http://www.neworleanscitypark.com/garden. OGDEN AFTER HOURS: 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., New Orleans. Featuring Seth Walker. (504) … Continue reading →
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price. Continue reading →
The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra-linked Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation Great Performers in Concert series has presented many great performances during its first 10 years. But probably no performer in the series at the River Center Theatre has combined the usually separate worlds of classical and popular music better than Friday’s guest star, Tony- and … Continue reading →
Monster Truck, a heavy riff-rock band from the city of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada, found a future in a name. “As soon we came up with the idea to call it Monster Truck, after our drummer’s big old van, everything took off,” guitarist Jeremy Widerman said. After the band named itself after … Continue reading →
You may have seen Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby. Now get ready to see the originals. That is, the original screen idols and flappers who played out stories on the silver screen when F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was published in 1925. The only difference is their world was silent. Only music accompanied the onscreen action, most … Continue reading →
As the first anniversary of the June 2012 release of Delta Rae’s powerful Warner Bros. album debut, Carry the Fire, looms, the band from Durham, N.C., can look back at a good year. Delta Rae, an unclassifiable but undeniably soulful sextet that includes singing siblings Ian, Eric and Brittany Holljes, plus a dynamic fourth vocalist in … Continue reading →
New Orleans funk-rock band Flow Tribe dispenses painkillers in musical doses. The group’s new EP, Painkiller, is the best recorded example yet of Flow Tribe’s self-described “backbone crackin’ music.” “We’re musical chiropractors,” singer-trumpeter K.C. O’Rorke explained. “We want to loosen you up.” Last month, Flow Tribe played the first set of … Continue reading →
The Shows to Watch calendar is a listing of events taking place in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas from May 17-23, 2013. It covers rock, reggae, jazz, country and everything in between. Continue reading →
New Orleans Po-Boys and Gyros sits tucked into a strip mall on Coursey Boulevard just east of South Sherwood Forest Boulevard and serves up a very varied menu for such a small restaurant. We ordered at the counter, choosing our meals from a wall of tightly handwritten choices that ran across six sections of white boards. … Continue reading →
If there’s a scientist in you just waiting to jump out, head to BioBlitz this weekend. There, volunteer teams will be working alongside real scientists to count alligators, catch insects, spot birds and examine aquatic invertebrates within the 23,000 acres of the Barataria Preserve in Marrero. The preserve is part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical … Continue reading →
The Baton Rouge area calendar is a listing of events taking place in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas from May 17-23, 2013. It covers plays, shows, parties, family-oriented entertainment and everything in between. Continue reading →
To submit event and entertainment items for the Bon Temps calendar, email details to fun@theadvocate.com or fax to (225) 388-0351. Deadline is at noon Monday. MUSIC & MARKET: 5 p.m., St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square, Opelousas. Music, fresh produce. Featuring Bon Soir Catin. Bring lawn chairs. No ice … Continue reading →
The New Orleans calendar is a listing of events taking place in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas from May 17-23, 2013. It covers music, plays, shows, parties, family-oriented entertainment and everything in between. Continue reading →
BIODIVERSITY FESTIVAL: Barataria Preserve, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Marrero. Music, science demonstrations, hands-on activities food and art. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bioblitz STARKS MAYHAW FESTIVAL: La. 109 at La. 12, Starks. Jelly-making, carnival rides, live music. http://www.visitlakecharles.org. MID-CITY BAYOU BOOGALOO FESTIVAL: banks of Bayou St. John, next … Continue reading →
If you have information on classes, seminars and workshops, email it to fun@theadvocate.com, or fax it to (225) 388-0351. Deadline is at noon each Monday. If your group is no longer listed here, you need to send an updated announcement of your classes and contact information. AMERICAN INDIAN DANCE TROUPE: American Indians, those of American Indian descent, … Continue reading →
Please call (225) 388-0199 if changes or additions need to be made to your organization’s listing. LE CAFÉ CAJUN: 9 a.m.-10 a.m., LSUE Community Education Building, 2048 Johnson Highway, Eunice. Learn, practice and improve your Cajun French skills. Hosted by the Cajun Prairie Chapter of OLLI at LSU … Continue reading →
Everyone loves a great comeback story. Since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina rocked our precious city, New Orleans has been on a bona fide comeback kick, and the Big Easy, many feel, has never been more exciting. For some, though, coming back from the storm has been more of a trial than for … Continue reading →
Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra performs Mahler Symphony No. 3, 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at First Baptist Church of New Orleans, 5290 Canal Blvd. Tickets are $20-$99. Audra McDonald
at NOCCA Audra McDonald, the five-time Tony Award … Continue reading →
“THE ADVENTURES OF BUTT BOY AND TIGGER”: 8 p.m., The Elm Theatre, 220 Julia St., New Orleans. $15. (504) 218-0055 or http://www.elmtheatre.org. “NEXT TO NORMAL”: 7:30 p.m., Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday, Freeport-McMoRan Theater, The Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., New Orleans. Performance by Southern Rep. Thursday is Bloggers Night. … Continue reading →
METAIRIE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK EVENT: 4 p.m., University of Phoenix New Orleans campus, One Galleria Blvd., Metairie. Panel discussion on the topic of school security and networking forum afterward. http://www.eventbrite.com. AMPED! LEADERSHIP SUMMIT FUNDRAISER: 5 p.m., JuJu Bag Cafe, 5363 Franklin Ave., New Orleans. Live music and refreshments. http://www.eventbrite.com. Continue reading →