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New Orleans Arts & Entertainment

Here's a guide to keep you organized while you enjoy the incredible array of arts and entertainment venues in New Orleans.

The Big Easy, Vampire, K-Ville, and Now Treme

HBO is going to do a series on New Orleans music in the wake of Katrina. But New Orleans's ain't easy. What makes this town so fantastic - indeed, necessary - to natives (born or selected) isn't something you can slap on film.

Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, LA

Photos of the wild and exotic animals living well at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana

Flowers of New Orleans

A picture gallery of some great New Orleans flowers, with plant information and locations where I found them.

Katrina Refrigerator Art in New Orleans Louisiana

Katrina Refrigerator Art kept of all us in New Orleans all a little saner in the first couple months after the storm.

Le Chat Noir

This cabaret theatre venue at 715 St. Charles Ave. between Poydras and Julia) offers musical theater and comedy, much of it by New Orleans' writers. The facility's bar opens for business one hour before each show (generally 7p.m.) and closes around midnight.

Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre

This community theater at 616 Saint Peter St. is about to turn 100 years old and still puts on great shows. Check out the schedule and ticket prices.

Tipitina's

They're still not back up to their pre-Katrina schedule, but they're getting there! Check out what's coming to the world-famous Tipitina's, corner of Tchoupitoulas and Napoleon.

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