New Orleans August events help you to beat the heat!
- Friday-Sunday, July 30 - August 2
Satchmo SummerFest
Great music, seminars, food, art, and more.
- Saturday, August 1
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden
NOMA partners with East Jefferson General Hospital to offer a one-hour yago class the first Saturday of every month, led by a certified yoga instructor from the EJGH Wellness Center.
$5 for NOMA members and requires pre-registration by calling EJGH Health Finder at (504) 456-5000. 8 a.m.
White Linen Night 2009
The white linen tradition is revisited every summer in the city’s Warehouse Arts District on the first Saturday night in August during White Linen Night.
6-9 p.m. With about twenty art galleries participating, four blocks of Julia Street are closed off for a New Orleans-style block party. And this year, as in past years, the Contemporary Arts Center at 900 Camp Street will host a White Linen Night party with live music and an art show of its own. $7, free for CAC members.
- Sunday-Wednesday, August 2-5
My Fair Lady at the Prytania Theatre
Classic Movie Series Presents this screen gem with Audrey Hepburn and 'Enry 'Iggins.
12 p.m. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday.
- Wednesday, August 5
Instant Arrested in Eternity Tour with George Roland
An informal tour of An Instant Arrested in Eternity: Sketches by Steinlen, Forain & Tchelitchew with George Roland, Doris Zemurray Stone Curator of Prints and Drawings. The exhibition features approximately 40 sheets selected from the recent gift of 135 drawings by the late Joseph F. McCrindle.
6 p.m. at the New Orleans Museum of Art
- Thursday, August 6
Lars Edegran: Jazz Piano
Great music accompanied by mint juleps, wine, beer, soft drinks, water, and food available for purchase. No outside food and drink or pets allowed.
Adults $6, children (5-12) $3, children under 4 free. Open 5-8 p.m., performance at 6 p.m. at Botanical Garden's Pavilion of the Two Sisters.
- Thursday-Sunday, August 6-9
Second Annual New Orleans Antiques Forum
The Historic New Orleans Collection will explore southern style with the Second Annual New Orleans Antiques Forum, August 6–9 in the French Quarter. Nationally recognized speakers will discuss southern aesthetics, popular trends and stylistic differences between European and American settlers in the South.
$100-$200 at the Williams Research Center, 9 a.m. (Thur), 8:30 a.m. (Fri), 8 a.m. (Sat), and 10 a.m. (Sun).
- Friday, August 7
American English: The Complete Beatles Tribute
Enjoy decades of Beatles hits. Go through The Early Years, Sgt. Pepper's Psychedelic Years and the Abbey Road Recording Sessions.
$35-$45, 7 & 10 p.m. at the Theatre at Harrah's Casino
Green Day
$25-$50, 8 p.m. at the New Orleans Arena
- Saturday, August 8
Dig, Do, Discover: “People and Plants: A World of Possibilities”
The whole family can investigate plants’ influence on human being’s culinary, horticultural, musical, artistic, and medicinal endeavors as we create crafts, play games, and snack on some plant based treats. Take a journey through the Discovery Garden to hunt down the plants that have played a key role in Louisiana history and our lives today.
$5, free for members, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Longue Vue House & Gardens
Dirty Linen Night 2009
Participating shops on the 500 block of St. Peter and St. Ann Streets and the Dutch Alley Artist Co-Op at Dumaine and Decatur Streets.
6-9 p.m. at 500 to 1000 blocks of Royal Street.
An Afternoon Focus on Alzheimer’s
This event is part of the exhibit, The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography. Part of the exhibit, which analyzes themes such as Love, Caring, Wellness, etc. through photography, involves enlisting community partners that promote these themes.
11 a.m. at New Orleans Museum of Art
- Tuesday, August 11
Public and Private Lives of Edith and Edgar Stern and Family
Explore excerpts from Mrs. Stern’s personal papers and hear in her own words tales of parties, weddings, guests of distinction, and their involvement in the New Orleans community. Followed by a tour of the house at Longue Vue, and then a traditional tea with scones, pastries, lemon curd and finger sandwiches.
$25 - $30, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at Longue Vue House & Gardens
- Thursday, August 13
Shades of Praise: Great Gospel
Great music accompanied by mint juleps, wine, beer, soft drinks, water, and food available for purchase. No outside food and drink or pets allowed.
Adults $6, children (5-12) $3, children under 4 free. Open 5-8 p.m., performance at 6 p.m. at Botanical Garden's Pavilion of the Two Sisters.
