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MUSIC

Jazz and Blues

Dear New Orleans & Katrina Ballads | CD Reviews
Various Artists Dear New Orleans (ATC Benefits) Judging Hurricane Katrina tributes is a tricky business. There are no bonus points for having your heart in the right pla...

ART

On Exhibition

Understory: Group Exhibition on Plant Life
We all know how Hurricane Katrina affected the people of this region, but only the earliest storm-weary returnees got to witness a remarkable phenomenon of nature that was ...

EVENTS

Good Times

Best of New Orleans Readers' Poll: Best Bars & Nightclubs
Best Dance Club 1. Republic (828 S. Peters St., 528-8282; www.republicnola.com) — The closest thing New Orleans has to a New York-style velvet-rope nightlife experienc...

Culture Collision 2 | Event previews fall art offerings
Culture Collision 2 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Wed., Sept. 1 New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, Collins C. Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www.noma.org Free admission Sometimes t...

Harlem with Indian Givers
Sept. 5 10 p.m. Sunday Saturn Bar, 3067 St. Claude Ave., 949-7532 Drowning its buzz in booze, Harlem lived up to the hype of early drunken singles with April Matador...

Ani DiFranco
Sept. 3 9 p.m. Friday Blue Nile, 532 Frenchmen St., 948-2583; www.bluenilelive.com Throughout her two-decade, DIY, punky, alt-folk career, Ani DiFranco has put out r...

Paz Fest II
Sept. 3 8 p.m. Friday Howlin' Wolf, 907 S. Peters St., 522-9653; www.howlin-wolf.com Susan Cowsill (pictured), Ingrid Lucia, Beth Patterson, Sharon Martin, Leslie S...

Strange Boys with Gentleman Jesse
Sept. 2 10 p.m. Thursday Saturn Bar, 3067 St. Claude Ave., 949-7532 Lead Strange Boy Ryan Sambol doesn't sing his songs, exactly — he wheezes, squeals and pants...

WEATHER

Current Conditions

A Few Clouds and 79 F at New Orleans International Airport, LA

Winds are Calm. The pressure is 1014.6 mb and the humidity is 82%. Last Updated on Sep 6 2010, 12:53 am CDT.

THEATER

Now Playing

The New Century
After years of roles in drag with Running With Scissors, Bob Edes Jr. might seem typecast as the outrageously flamboyant Mr. Charles in The New Century. Former host of the ...

FOOD & DRINK

Dining Pleasure

SNAP worth more at Crescent City Farmers Market
For the second year, the Crescent City Farmers Market (www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org) is offering its MarketMatch program, which doubles the purchasing power of shopper...