Happy Fall, here are a few festively gay things to do to usher in October.
Monday, September 25, 2017
Book Release Party – New Orleans Vampires, History & Legend; Boutique Du Vampyre; 709 St. Ann Street; 3 – 5 p.m.
Come get your copy of New Orleans Vampires – History and Legend by Marita Woywod Crandle at the book release party. Marita will be in the courtyard sharing stories of her research adventures, signing copies of her book and reading passages as well. What could be more enticing than discussing vampire lore while sipping a Blood Drop Martini in a Parisian salon setting?
Miss Pageant Pageant 2017; One Eyed Jacks; 615 Toulouse Street; 8 – 11 p.m.
The New Orleans Drag Workshop along with Harlequeen Presents is thrilled to present the Second Annual MISS PAGEANT PAGEANT. Since Neon Burgundy was crowned the first Miss Pageant, we have completed two more Cycles of the Workshop and have cultivated some serious talent. There are 8 contestants, spanning 3 cycles all clawing their way to the top. There are celebrity judges. This year, Vinsantos will be joined by a funny WENDY HO, and one of New Orleans greatest Drag Treasures, Nicole Lynn Foxx. There will be formal wear, there will be speeches, there will be some DROP DEAD performances. There will be action happening inside as well as outside as we are joined by Between Two Queens for their LIVE feed from a piece of carpet. Wear your best mess and get recognized and treated like a queen. There are different ticket levels for you to enjoy. The doors for this event will be at 7pm and the Pageant will start at 8pm.(real time). We can’t wait to see who will be walking away with the title of MISS PAGEANT 2017! For tickets, go to www. http://misspageant2017.bpt.me.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Dine Out For Armeinius; Louisiana Pizza Kitchen; 615 South Carrolton; 11 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Come out and eat at LPK Uptown and 25% of the bill will benefit the Krewe of Armeinius Ball! On your receipt, write Krewe of Armeinius and you will help the Krewe with their 50th anniversary ball this year. If you use the WaitrApp just put Krewe of Armeinius in the notes section!
From Cuba to New Orleans: 2017 Francisco Bouligny Lecture; The Williams Research Center; 410 Charters Street; 6:30 – 8 p.m.
The 2017 Francisco Bouligny Lecture will be The Historic New Orleans Collection’s contribution to “From Cuba to New Orleans,” a series of three programs celebrating Cuban music. Presented by the MASNO – Musical Arts Society of New Orleans, the National Park Service, and THNOC, each event will feature internationally acclaimed pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine, a Russian-American who studied under a Cuban piano master. More information about the other events is available online.
For the Bouligny Lecture, Moutouzkine will perform a recital exploring the exciting rhythms and harmonies of 19th and 20th century Cuban piano music. Established by the Bouligny Foundation, this annual series examines Louisiana’s Spanish influences and honors the legacy of Francisco Bouligny (1736 – 1800), an important military and political figure in Spanish colonial Louisiana. Admission is free, but reservations are encouraged. To register, email wrc@hnoc.org or call (504) 523-4662.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Sippin’ in the Courtyard with Tim Laughlin; Maison Dupuy; 1001 Toulouse Street, 5 – 8 p.m.
Enjoy great food and entertainment in one of the most beautiful courtyards in the French Quarter at the Maison Dupuy Hotel. Entertainment will feature native born son and jazz clarinetist Tim Laughlin and his trio. Sippin’ In the Courtyard features small plates such as grilled shrimp & grits, buttermilk battered Quail Legs, beef sliders with pimento cheese, and of course P&J oysters – raw or chargrilled. A cash bar is offered with Happy Hour drink prices and a featured cocktail. Attendees can purchase raffle tickets to win prizes such as overnight stays, dinners, bar tabs, gift baskets, with proceeds going to Make Music NOLA. Make Music NOLA began in 2011 as “Youth Orchestra of the Lower 9th Ward” with only five students. They have expanded to nine locations, four in-school programs, and five after school programs.
Showstoppers Cabaret: Lessons; Allways Lounge; 2240 St. Claude Avenue; 8 – 11 p.m.
Showstoppers Cabaret is ready with their third installment: LESSONS. Everybody’s going back to school, so it’s time we teach you what they LEARNED, and not just academically. Join them for a journey of growing pains, getting grown and sexy, setting your boundaries, and interrogating your traditions. There will be laughter! Tears! Betrayal! Beadwork! Daddy issues! Drag! Burlesque! Live singing! You won’t want to miss this, especially our first GROUP ACT. Doors open at 8 and show starts at 9 p.m. $10 cover. Cast includes Cherry Bombshell, Tarah Cards, , Kimberly Clark, Franky, Grand Mafun, Carrie Mehome, Lune Noirr, Nancy Shame, Angie Z and hosted by Dede Onassis.
“Artists of Deception: The Ghost Army of WWII” with Rick Beyer; New Orleans Museum of Art; 1 Collins Diboll Circle; 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Author and documentary filmmaker Rick Beyer presents the fascinating inspiring story of the Ghost Army, the top-secret WWII unit that used inflatable tanks, sound effects records to fool the Germans and help win the war. The presentation will include clips from his award-winning PBS documentary.
Prior to his long career as a Newcomb College art professor and experimental printmaker, New Orleanian Jim Steg was a soldier-artist in the top-secret World War II tactical deception unit known as the “Ghost Army.” The deceivers employed an array of inflatables (tanks, trucks, jeeps, airplanes), sound trucks, phony radio transmissions and even playacting to trick the enemy. The largest of the four sub-units in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, the 603rd handled visual deception. They could create dummy airfields, motor pools, artillery batteries, and tank formations in a matter of hours.
Beyer co-wrote The Ghost Army of World War II with Elizabeth Sayles and produced a companion award-winning PBS documentary in 2013. As a longtime history enthusiast who has written books ranging from The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told to First Shot: The Lexington Revolutionary Experience and Rivals Unto Death: Hamilton and Burr, Beyer has appeared on CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, The Discovery Channel, NPR, and Fox News.
The Storyville Diaspora Revisited; The Williams Research Center; 410 Charters Street; 6 – 8 p.m.
During in the 1930s and ‘40s, a number of jazz studies associated an exodus of jazz musicians from New Orleans with the closing of the Storyville red-light district in November 1917. This assumption eventually became canon in the popular history of jazz, but recent scholarship of the genre’s early days has started to revisit the story. Jazz historian Bruce Boyd Raeburn digs into the history surrounding this myth in “The Storyville Diaspora Revisited,” a free lecture at The Historic New Orleans Collection. In this presentation Raeburn will trace the circulation of jazz musicians in and out of the city before and after November 1917, to illustrate that the closing of the District was essentially a non-event with little impact on the lives of New Orleans jazz musicians. Raeburn is director of special collections and curator of the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University. He is a specialist on New Orleans jazz and jazz historiography and the author of New Orleans Style and the Writing of American Jazz History (University of Michigan Press, 2009). This lecture is presented in conjunction with THNOC’s exhibition, Storyville: Madams and Music, which guides visitors through the rise and fall of the neighborhood that helped shape the notorious reputation that adheres to New Orleans today. The exhibition will open one hour prior to the beginning of the program for extended viewing. Admission is free, but reservations are encouraged. To register, email wrc@hnoc.org or call (504) 523-4662.
Thursday, September 28 – Sunday, October 01, 2017
Blackout 22: Voodoo on the Bayou; DoubleTree by Hilton New Orleans; 300 Canal Street
Come join the ONYX Family as we celebrate our 22nd year as the premier organization for Men of Color in the Leather/BDSM/Kink Community. They will have lots of fun with cocktail parties, play party, our infamous bar crawl, educational classes and workshops during ONYX University and so much more!
Thursday, September 28, 2017
BYO #Objects: “The Thing Is”; The Stacks; 900 Camp Street; 7:30 – 10 p.m.
Bring Your Own, PROJECT:OBJECT (Significant Objects), The Stacks & the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans present: Bring Your Own #Objects: “The Thing Is…” Bring Your Own is a live storytelling series that takes place in unconventional spaces within the New Orleans community. Each month, eight storytellers have seven minutes to respond to a theme. This month’s BYO invites storytellers that are strictly writers and artists to share object-themed stories with the audience. Some artists have their work featured in the show on view until October 1, Ephemera Obscura. His edition of BYO is produced in partnership between BYO, Project: Object, The Stacks Bookstore and the CAC. Learn more about PROJECT:OBJECT at hilobrow.com/projectobject.
Schedule:
7:30pm – BYO happy hour+Jose Fermin band! (drinks by roz+calz + Goodmans BBQ bringing that good good!)
8pm-10pm – stories
Assemblage: Black/White Color; Black Penny, 700 N. Rampart Street; 7 – 9 p.m.
Assemblage: Black/White Color is the latest collection of work from New York City transplant and photographer James Bevins. The basis of the Assemblage utilizes over 40 years of hand printed photojournalism, mixed with paint, objects and salvaged frames to create wonderful texture and depth within the work. James’ work can be seen in many major magazines and newspaper publications around the world. He has had four, one-man exhibitions in New York City, and was chosen as one of five photographers for “Life” Magazine of the year in 1998.
Assemblage: Black/White Color is James’ first exhibit in New Orleans. It is also the first time we have seen a body of work from him that truly encompasses the many different facets of his photography, cohesively expressed as a single collection. We are very excited that he has chosen Black Penny to display his work. Please join us on the 28th of September 2017 for the opening night of the exhibit!
Friday, September 29 – Sunday, October 1, 2017
The Gretna Heritage Festival; 327 Huey P. Long Avenue
The Gretna Heritage Festival encompasses 25 city blocks and features stages with performances by national entertainers along with some of Louisiana’s finest and favorite local talent. The Festival also features carnival rides, food booths, specialty vendors and more!
Friday, September 29, 2017
From Cuba With Love: New Orleans Jazz Museum; 400 Esplanade Avenue; 12 – 1 p.m.
The Historic New Orleans Collection, the MASNO – Musical Arts Society of New Orleans and the New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park Service will present “From Cuba to New Orleans.” The event will feature internationally acclaimed pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine, a Russian-American who studied under a Cuban piano master. Free and open to the public.
La Guild Grand Opening; 333 Canal Street; 4 – 7 p.m.
Celebrate the return of the Louisiana Crafts Guild to New Orleans with the opening of our newest gallery La GUILD in The Shops at Canal Place! Join their artists, and our community friends for drinks, snacks, and lots of fine handmade crafts from across the state. Location: 2nd floor of The Shops at Canal Place just adjacent to Banana Republic.
Jours des Fantomes – Masks and Mayhem: New Paintings by Herb Roe; The Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes and Culture; 101 St. Louis Street; 6 – 9 p.m.
Come out to the opening reception of our newest exhibition of Herb Roe; also featuring: Cajun Rider Costumes by Scooter Yerow; Handmade Zydeco Accordians by Andre Michot and Handmade Zydeco Fiddles by Thomas H. Pierce. This event is free to the public, open to all ages, and includes entrance to the museum. Enjoy light fare, drinks, and Cajun music while you browse our gift shop and special pop-up market with local artists and costumers. Come see this beautiful collection of Cajun creations, enjoy a cold cocktail, and play in our costume closet!
Scales and Ales; Aquarium of the Americas; 1 Canal Street; 8 – 11 p.m.
Party your fins off at Audubon Aquarium of the Americas! Dive into the 8th annual Scales & Ales event with Abita beer, wine from open bars, and delicious cuisine from more than 40 local restaurants. Live entertainment and a unique aquatic atmosphere are highlights of the event as it flows throughout the Aquarium and onto the plaza overlooking the Mississippi River.
Scales & Ales kicks off National Seafood Month, which highlights the importance of sustainable seafood and the work of Audubon Nature Institute’s Gulf United for Lasting Fisheries (G.U.L.F.) program. Through G.U.L.F., Audubon is ensuring that local fisheries thrive for future generations and that seafood remains a vibrant part of our local culture and economy. Proceeds from Scales & Ales support Aquarium education and conservation programs like G.U.L.F. that empower the community through interactive learning. For tickets call: www.audubonnatureinstitute.org/scales-and-ales.
Lords of Leather 5th Friday Beer Bust; The Phoenix; 931 Elysian Fields Ave.; 9 p.m. – midnight
Enjoy a $10 Beer Bust (unlimited keg beer); snacks, sodas, and $1 Jello Shots. Leather Love and Laughter are always free! Funds go toward Bal Masque XXXV to be held on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 8pm (The Alario Center (Westwego)).
Arts In Peril Film Series: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer; The New Orleans Museum of Art; 1 Collins Diboll Circle; 7 p.m.
The arts—from the visual and fine arts to music and literary arts—have always served to reflect and amplify culture and community. The arts can also serve as a way of giving voice to the marginalized, a function that is sometimes met with outrage, suppression, censorship, and even destruction. NOMA’s Arts in Peril Film Series examines fundamental questions about the production of art and who decides what art is and can be in modern societies. The film is free with the museum admittance $12.
Filmed over the course of six months, Pussy Riot: A Punk’s Prayer tells the incredible story of three young Russian women—Nadia, Masha, and Katia—who faced a seven-year prison sentence in 2012 for staging a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. The women perform as Pussy Riot, a feminist/anti-Putinist/punk rock group. They claimed their illicit music video, “Punk Prayer–Mother of God, Chase Putin Away!,” was directed at the Orthodox Church leader’s support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The film questions who is on trial in a case that gripped Russia and the world beyond—young artists or the society they live in?
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Feast of St. Francis; St. Anna’s Church; 1313 Esplanade Avenue; 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Feast Of St Francis at St Anna’s sponsored by Agee’s Pet Crematorium. They will host the Louisiana SPCA and adoptions. The blessing of New Orleans mounted Police and their horses. Come make a forever home for that special fur baby.
Lucky’s Ladies: A Lucky Pierre’s Cast Reunion – Numero Uno; The Four Seasons Bar; 3229 N. Causeway Blvd,; 10:30 p.m.
Join The Four Seasons for the first in a line of reunion shows for the cast of the once fabulous, now gone Lucky Pierre’s of Bourbon Street fame. Lana O’Day will be joined by Britney DeLorean, Nicole Lynnn Foxx, & Madonnathan for an amazing show on The Four Seasons’ Patio Stage. Let these gals entertain you with a show full of illusion, fun, and just a little bit of makeup.
RISQUE’ : The Sultry Side of Drag; Allways Lounge; 2240 St. Calude Avenue; 10:30 p.m.
RISQUE’ : The Sultry Side of Drag stars Johnny Passion, Monique Michaels-Alexander, Pussy Hertz, Ava Gina and special guest star, The Leather Queen of New Orleans, Solitairie. NO cover.
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Music Under the Oaks; Audubon Park; 6500 Magazine Street; 5 – 6:30 p.m.
Bring your lawn chairs for a special spring and fall concert series to celebrate the Audubon Park Conservancy presented by Bellwether Technology and IBERIABANK. Food and drink will be available to purchase. Contributions to the Conservancy directly support the annual care and improvements of Audubon Park, including ongoing needs such as lawn care, seasonal flower planting, and the protection of historic live oak trees.
Event Location: Newman Bandstand at Audubon Park; Admission: This series is free and open to the public. For more information, go to http://audubonnatureinstitute.org/music-under-the-oaks
Dragapolooza; House of Blues; 225 Deactur Street; 7 p.m.
Drag Stars Sharon Needles, Jujubee, Coco Montrese, BibleGirl and Rhea Litre team up with a live band led by Grammy Nominated Chris Cox and Produced by Michael Benedetti and sponsored by Drag Queen Merch for a night a fabulous fierceness. For tickets, go to http://www.houseofblues.com/EventDetail?tmeventid=1B00531FCC069B2F&offerid=54397.
Spine Chilling Sundays: Free Movies at the Prytania Theatre; 5339 Prytania Street; 10 p.m.
Prytania Theatre and NOLA Horror Film Fest Presents SPINE CHILLING SUNDAYS FREE Classic Horror Films at at 10 p.m. every Sunday in October. This week’s movie is House on Haunted Hill (1959). Reserve tickets online at www.ThePrytania.com or at the box office.