A Toast to New Orleans September 24-29: NO Fashion Week/ Design Symposium/Happy Birthday Mr Faulkner/ St. Elizabeth’s Guild Luncheon& more..
Darlings, there is nothing better to start a week than a victory from our beloved Saints: their first without Drew Brees. Geaux Saints!
Last week was another social whirl for me, to the point that I had to skip going to fun events on Saturday during the day so I could save my energy for the evening.
I started my Friday by stopping briefly to
Storming the Sazerac at the Roosevelt New Orleans, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
The event celebrated the always-bold and barrier-breaking women of New Orleans, who stormed the famous Sazerac Bar decades ago, during an annual luncheon and recreation of the “Stormin’ of the Sazerac.” It was so much fun seeing my darling friends recreating the event.
Among the fabulous parties that I attended Friday Night were the spectacular
VCPORA’s River Vieux Soirée at the Riverview Room
VCPORA’s River Vieux Soirée (15 photos)
The lovely Riverview Room, with its stunning, 360-degree views of the Mississippi River at the Jax Brewery, was the setting for the VCPORA’s River Vieux Soirée.
This year the VCPORA’s Gala focused on our city’s founding inspiration, the mighty Mississippi River. The VCPORA Gala is the organization’s most important annual event, and one that offers our community the chance to support and celebrate the Vieux Carré and its oldest guardian, the Vieux Carre Property Owners and Residents Association.
This amazing venue set the stage for an evening of culinary traditions, including live-action cooking stations courtesy of the New Orleans School of Cooking. Guests danced to the lively tunes of Bon Bon Vivant and The Rainy Day Band, and they enjoyed as well the fabulous silent and live auctions while sipping on specialty cocktails from Old New Orleans Rum, SoBou, and others.
That evening was also the much-anticipated, sold-out Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Excelencia Gala at the Intercontinental Hotel
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Highlights of Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ‘s Excelencia Gala At the Intercontinental Hotel
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On September 20, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana honored outstanding individuals and corporations with its Excelencia Awards in recognition of their achievements, leadership, inspiration and active engagement with the Hispanic community. As Hispanic integration has become essential to the economic and cultural vitality of our area, what could be more fitting to mark Hispanic Heritage Month than with this very special evening!
The other lovely soiree that I love attending was the Grand Opening of the Louisiana Children's Museum at City Park.
Louisiana Children’s Museum's “CHAIRish the Children – Grand Opening Gala”
My darling friend, Sammy Steele, and I celebrated the new Louisiana Children’s Museum in City Park (15 Henry Thomas Drive) and explored its 6.8 acre indoor/outdoor campus. The evening began when we entered the VestiBlue: a nod to the iconic big blue doors on Julia Street. We enjoyed specialty cocktails, lively entertainment with the Bucktown All-Stars, fine dining provided by Dickie Brennan & Co. (operators of LCM’s new Acorn Café), and an exciting auction featuring LCM’s signature chairs created by local artists and much more.
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I concluded my week last night by attending a presentation of “Grand Slam,” the Louisiana State Museum and New Orleans Fashion Week 2019 celebration of the Artistry at the Presbytere. It was an evening of Carnival-inspired fashion and festivities! Hosted within the Presbytere’s Mardi Gras exhibition, the runway show presented works inspired by the lavish costumes and gowns on display, worn by local performers and models. Attendees also got an after-hours view of Grand Illusions: The History and Artistry of Gay Carnival in New Orleans, which highlights the groundbreaking work of local costumers and krewes and provides further inspiration for how Carnival attire can influence year-round fashion. I loved it!
Additional photos from the spectacular fashion show as part of Grand Glam at the Prebystere!
This upcoming week is going to be a fun-filled week that will include among others: New Orleans Fashion Week; Longue Vue House and Gardens “Design Symposium”; and The Faulkner Society's 2019 festival for readers and writers, Happy Birthday, Mr. Faulkner!
Enjoy this beautiful day !
Today another fun-filled event as part of the NO Fashion Week:
September 24
Shoesday Tuesday Sip + Shop
On Tuesday, September 24th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., you’re invited to Sip + Shop with St. Charles Avenue, Canal Place and New Orleans Fashion Week at Canal Place (333 Canal St). Wear your FAVORITE most FASHIONABLE shoes to enter our SHOESDAY contest for a chance to win a Canal Place gift card! Enjoy a Craft Cocktail and lite bites from THE WESTIN and lite bites from MORTON’S...
See MoreShoesday Tuesday Sip + Shop
On Tuesday, September 24th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., you’re invited to Sip + Shop with St. Charles Avenue, Canal Place and New Orleans Fashion Week at Canal Place (333 Canal St). Wear your FAVORITE most FASHIONABLE shoes to enter our SHOESDAY contest for a chance to win a Canal Place gift card! Enjoy a Craft Cocktail and lite bites from THE WESTIN and lite bites from MORTON’S...
September 24-25
“Design Symposium”
Benefits: Longue Vue House and Gardens
Event Info: Since 1991, the Friends of Longue Vue have presented the Design Symposium featuring top speakers in the fields of design, horticulture and art. This year will include the award-winning designer and author, Charlotte Moss, as the keynote speaker for Symposium. Joining Charlotte Moss will be Margot Shaw, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Flower Magazine, who will also be promoting her new book Living Floral: Entertaining and Decorating with Flowers.
Tickets: $140/Ticket
Location: Audubon Tea Room
Contact: 488-5488
Contact: 488-5488
September 24 & 25
Happy Birthday, Mr. Faulkner!
The Faulkner Society's 2019 festival for readers and writers, Happy Birthday, Mr. Faulkner!, will open at 1 p. m. on September 24 at the Cabildo at Jackson Square with registration and keynote addresses presented in concert with our partner, The Louisiana State Museum. Principal venue for other events will be the hot new hotel property, Peter & Paul, in the Faubourg Marigny.
Tuesday, September 24
New Orleans Friends of Music presents The Poulenc Trio with Alex Fiterstein
New Orleans Friends of Music will open and celebrate its 65th season this evening with a concert by the visiting Poulenc Trio and guest artist, Alex Fiterstein at Tulane University’s Dixon Hall.
The trio, consisting of Irina Kaplan Lande on piano, James Austin Smith on oboe and Bryan Young on bassoon, along with Fiterstein on clarinet, will premiere a new piece by 29 year-old composer, Viet Cuong. Other selections will include lesser-heard works by Mikhail Glinka, Darius Milhaud, Jean Françaix, Gioachino Rossini and the company’s namesake, Francis Poulenc.
Prior to Tuesday’s concert, at 6:30 p.m., John Joyce will give a lecture on the music in Room 118 of Dixon Hall.
The Poulenc Trio and Alex Fiterstein
WHAT: Chamber music performance presented by New Orleans Friends of Music
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 24
WHERE: Dixon Hall, Tulane University
TICKETS: $18-$35 (free for students with ID)
INFO: (504) 895-0690. Friendsofmusic.org
Read more about it in last Thursday’s Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate here:
Wednesday, September 25
New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation's annual Stake Out for Justice Luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, September 25, at the beautiful Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on the 5th Floor Grand Ballroom.
Doors will open at 11:30 am.
Wednesday, September 25
Not to
be missed this Open Studio at the Joan Mitchell Center
Join us Wednesday, September 25, for Evening Open Studios at the Joan Mitchell Center! Mingle with staff, neighbors, and friends to see what our Fall Artists-in-Residence have been up to in their studios.
The Artists-in-Residence will be:
Sean Gerard Clark, New Orleans (S.G.Clark Art)
Marianne Desmarais, New Orleans
Yukiyo Kawano, Portland, OR
Athena LaTocha, New York, NY and Peekskill, NY
Lucy Puls, Berkeley, CA
Jared Theis, San Antonio, TX and Berlin, Germany
Eric Waters, New Orleans
The Artists-in-Residence will be:
Sean Gerard Clark, New Orleans (S.G.Clark Art)
Marianne Desmarais, New Orleans
Yukiyo Kawano, Portland, OR
Athena LaTocha, New York, NY and Peekskill, NY
Lucy Puls, Berkeley, CA
Jared Theis, San Antonio, TX and Berlin, Germany
Eric Waters, New Orleans
September 25
Loo
king forward to attending this fashionable- Tres Chic event at Degas House on Wed. Sept 25 at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, September 25
Society's black-tie annual meeting on the 25th, beginning in the Church at Peter & Paul, Marigny & Burgundy streets, at 5:30 p. m. Well-known community activists Michael Harold and Quinn Peeper, hot off their huge success with Rach & Bach last fall, are co-chairing the event and will be performing a concert of music Faulkner would have heard when he was living on Pirate's Alley and writing his first novel here in 1925. Sustaining members, sponsors and patrons of the festival and gala were their guests for a patron's party on September 18 at their charming uptown residence and garden. The September 25, Wild Palms gala will feature signature cocktails, concert, buffet dinner, program and dancing.
Friday, September 27
St. Elizabeth’s Guild 49th Annual Volunteer Activists Awards Luncheon
St. Elizabeth’s Guild will hold its 49th Annual Volunteer Activists Awards Luncheon, Friday, September 27, at the Hyatt Regency, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans. Doors open at 10:45 am with the luncheon beginning promptly at 11:30 am.
The Guild will honor ten community activists and four Hall of Fame Activists at the luncheon. The 2019 Activists are: Bebe Babst, Barra L. Birrcher, Deborah and John Blancher, Elizabeth A. Boh, Celie Fraiche Clark, Gayle Leaumont Gaubert, Stacy F. Pellerin, Margaret Wood Ransone and Erin Shea Stahnke.
The Hall of Fame Honorees are: Blanche M. Comiskey, Ronnie Kole, Sybil Haydel Morial, and John P. Laborde.
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel downtown
Contact: 236-8720
September 27-November 2(Various Dates)
“Scout Island Scream Park”
Benefits: New Orleans City Park
This “Halloween Festival for the Whole Family” by the creators of The Mortuary Haunted Mansion and New Orleans City Park features haunted attractions, fright zones, carnival thrill rides, music, food and a Scare-Free Kids Zone with haunted hay rides and family friendly entertainment for all ages.
This “Halloween Festival for the Whole Family” by the creators of The Mortuary Haunted Mansion and New Orleans City Park features haunted attractions, fright zones, carnival thrill rides, music, food and a Scare-Free Kids Zone with haunted hay rides and family friendly entertainment for all ages.
Friday, September 27
“LOVE in the Garden 2019”
Benefits: New Orleans Museum of Art
Event Info: NOMA’s annual fall soirée, presented by Hancock Whitney, will be a night of dining and dancing under the stars and oaks.
Saturday, September 28
“Blue Rose Ball”
Benefits: St. Michael Special School
The Blue Rose Ball is a special celebration of dining, dancing and friends in support of the over 200 students attending St. Michael School. The ballroom will be transformed into a whimsical space with entertainment from Four Unplugged. The black-tie optional event will include a seated three-course meal, open bar and dancing until late into the night.
Tickets: $150/Ticket
Location: Hyatt Regency New Orleans
Contact: 524-7285
Contact: 524-7285
Saturday, September 28
“Gleason Gras”
Benefits: Team Gleason
Over 5,000 attendees will enjoy live music, a kids’ area, auction, pep rally, players, food and more. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness for ALS and to support the Team Gleason Foundation.
Over 5,000 attendees will enjoy live music, a kids’ area, auction, pep rally, players, food and more. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness for ALS and to support the Team Gleason Foundation.
Free/Ticket; $250/VIP Adult Ticket; $50/VIP Child Ticket.-Location: Champions Square
Contact: 934-1037
Saturday, September 28 (Black Tie) by Invitation Only
Opening Gala for the Sazerac House at 7 p.m.
