A Toast to New Orleans January 23-31: Tabasco.Burlesque Opera/ Ella Brennan Dinner Honoring Emeril Lagasse!/ Show Ball 2/Tango Fire/ Krewe Du Vieux & More
Mardi Gras Poster Queen Andrea Mistretta with 2018 Queen of Krewe of Star, Grammy award-winner Irma Thomas and hostess Margarita Bergen
Darlings,
I am so grateful to Mother Nature for providing us this past week with some glorious weather that has taken us out of what seemed like a glacial ice age.
Prior to the weekend, our beloved New Orleans and its surrounding parishes were covered with dangerous ice that forced many events to be canceled or postponed, and that’s what happened to the Round Table Luncheon. Fortunately, we were able to reschedule it from Wednesday, January 17 to Friday, January 19 at noon at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel.
Due to the rescheduling, a few of our invited guests were unable to attend such as Mayor-Elect LaToya Cantrell, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, Becky Allen, author Liz Williams and Wayne Phillips. But the ones who made it included such as luminaries as Grammy Award winner Irma Thomas, author Bob Carr and his wife Jan Carr and author Jim Blanchard. In addition, as entertainment, we enjoyed conductor Paul Mauffray‘s fabulous preview performance of “Tabasco: A Burlesque Opera” with Katy Domyan and Ken Weber, as well as Carl Mack, Marshall Harris and pianist Jim Walpole.
The bubbly was floating as well as the delicious Lucky Players Vodka with its President and CEO Eduardo Marquez being present.
Two of the highlights of the delicious luncheon were when Irma Thomas sang for the benefit of her adoring fans and Andrea Mistretta, the Queen of Mardi Gras posters unveiled her original oil painting and her poster of 2018 Mardi Gras Poster commemorating New Orleans Tricentennial.
I will skip the month of February and my next Round Table Luncheon, saluting upcoming festivals, will be on March 7 at noon at the Bourbon Orleans.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154970409825870.1073743065.581200869&type=1&l=18015c1102
and this is Frank Stansbury's link to Margarita Bergen's Round Table Luncheon: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=ms.c.eJw90cuNRSEMA9CORnb~_6b~_xUbjJW7A5MsEA28M9tQlxQ~%3B~%3BxQUkNqOCDgCOjmWEHmaZehh90vwR9gRoDkXWQ8sBkQfAlcAkFZiiLC0YhxFLjIHUS~_G2xrpmhvIRrDkjmQfoD3ctFYGZkbbFANQiB~_EGzTF099CCmB1jfKUGAGRVFPdCeLbaXC2KWAHVAzoup7hMG6STY3bkgPsVUZHtQRSZRcseqxSSoftAPUAc2P8fO~%3BbmgxWuqrv~_tCWQm.bps.a.1956557207692094.1073742046.100000135025518&type=1&pnref=story
On Saturday, I was personally invited by Chefs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski to cover the
3rd Annual Link Stryjewski Foundation Bal Masqué
The 3rd Annual fabulous Link Stryjewski Foundation Bal Masqué at the Sugar Mill was magical.It was a visual explosion of beautiful masks, feathers and costumes . I joined chefs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski along with my darling friend Sue Vaccaro for an evening celebrating the kickoff of Carnival Season to benefit the youth of New Orleans. 
We enjoyed the most delicious culinary food and decadent libations prepared by the country's top chefs and mixologists, and entertainment by international and local artists. Enjoy the photos and videos https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154972937180870.1073743066.581200869&type=1&l=c1b69dc4f2
On a sad note, I learned of the passing of one of my favorite darling friends. always elegant Martha Senac.
I do not know the details of her funeral services but she will be missed. 
Darlings, this week is going to be another very hectic one.
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Love New Orleans & She'll Love You Back.
Sincerely,
Frank Stansbury
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I am looking forward to attending many fun events that will include:
Trinity Artist Series Schedule
Tuesday, January 23 @ 6 pm: Organ and Labyrinth. Albinas Prizgintas plays the 5000-pipe tracker organ
with ambient lighting and occasional guest musicians. From Bach to the Beatles and beyond!
Since Katrina, a unique and magical distinctively New Orleans musical meditation. All are welcome.
Sunday, January 28 @ 5 pm: Family and Friends Players with Katie Bell, saxophone, Albinas Prizgintas, piano/organ and others,
present Travelling Along the Rivers of Time (from the eighteen hundreds to our present day)
by 12 performers in a program of Music, Dance and Dramatization.
call: 504 670 2520
at
Trinity Episcopal Church
1329 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans
January 23
The Vieux Carre at 300: New Perspectives on an Old Neighborhood
In conjunction with VCPORA, the Beauregard-Keyes House is pleased to present “The Vieux Carre at 300: New Perspectives on an Old Neighborhood”, a 12-part series of educational lectures and programs in celebration of New Orleans's Tricentennial year in 2018.
Please join VCPORA on Tuesday, January 23 at the B-K House for the first event in this series, “100 Years of Preservation in the French Quarter: This Didn't Happen By Chance,” presented by John Stubbs, Director of Tulane University's Master of Preservation Studies program.
January 23
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Mississippi/Louisiana Chapter's Porsche of New Orleans LCR Kickoff Party
A party to engage participants to get excited for the upcoming “Leukemia Cup” events in April and May. There will be food provided by Southern Yacht Club and a cash bar. The Leukemia & Lymphoma society’s mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Free at Southern Yacht Club - 837-0945
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Leonardo Da Vinci
Author discussion with Walter Isaacson
Free and open to the public
7 PM - 8 PM
Freeman Auditorium, Tulane University
New Orleans
Uptown Campus Map
Discussion will feature Tulane Professor of History and author of "
Leonardo Da Vinci", Walter Isaacson, and focus on how Da Vinci
teaches us to connect art and science. Q&A with Isaacson and
refreshments will follow the program.
January 24
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana announces that There's still time to register for our Human Resources Workshop Series on Jan 24 addressing Sexual Harassment in the workplace! Don't Miss out at Colmex Construction from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. 4334 Earhart Blvd,New Orleans, LA 70125-(504) 383-8092
The opening of “Tabasco: A Burlesque Opera” that will be performed from January 25-28 at Le Petit Theater.
Tabasco® A Burlesque Opera
January 25-28, 2018
at Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré
616 St Peter St, French Quarter New Orleans
Read more about details and the cast:
On the occasion of its 150th anniversary, McIlhenny Company,
the makers of TABASCO® Sauce, will mark this historic milestone
with a restaging of TABASCO: A Burlesque Opera, which was last
heard in New Orleans in 1894. The limited engagement will be
produced by the New Orleans Opera Association celebrating their
75th Anniversary, features guestconductor Paul Mauffray,
Tickets are available here: www.lepetittheatre.com
January 25
Ella Brennan Award Dinner Honoring Emeril Lagasse!
Thu 6 PM at The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans
The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience is proud to announce that the 2018 Ella Brennan Lifetime Achievement in Hospitality Award will be bestowed on Celebrity Chef, restaurateur, television personality, author and philanthropist Emeril Lagasse. The gala celebration will take place on January 25, at 7 pm at The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans. The Ella Brennan Award recognizes one individual each year that has made a lifetime commitment to the hospitality industry through extraordinary leadership, personal and professional accomplishments and philanthropic contributions to the community.
January 26
SHOW BALL
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http://www.kreweofstars.com/show-ball/Jefferson Performing Arts Center
6400 Airline Dr, Metairie, Louisiana 70003
January 27
Tango Fire Presented by New Orleans Ballet Association
8PM at Mahalia Jackson Theater
With ten glamorous dancers and a quartet of the finest musicians, Tango Fire ignites the stage with a blazing hot, Broadway-style show of “tango at its sexiest and most stupendous.” (The Telegraph) Directed by international superstar German Cornejo, this fiery ensemble of world champion tango couples from Buenos Aires expertly performs all of the lightning fast, precise footwork and sensational acrobatic partnering of authentic Argentine tango with “plenty of sizzle.” The Telegraph
January 27
Krewe du Vieux
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January 27, 2018
6:30
The Royalty
King Richard Campanella
Richard Campanella is a geographer with the Tulane University School of Orleans and the author of seven critically acclaimed books about New Orleans, including Bourbon Street: A History, Lincoln in New Orleans, Bienville's Dilemma, and Geographies of New Orleans. The only two-time winner of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year Award, Campanella has also received the Williams Prize for Louisiana History, the Tulane Mortar Board Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Hannah Arendt Prize for Scholarship in the Public Interest, and the Monroe Fellowship from the Tulane's New Orleans Center for the Gulf South. He lives in New Orleans.
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Can’t wait for Fat Tuesday? Head to the French Quarter and start your celebration early this year with the comically entertaining Krewe du Vieux. The Krewe du Vieux will consist of 17 "sub-krewes," each of which present their own interpretation of this year’s theme. Some of the more colorfully named sub-krewes typically include the Krewe of C.R.U.D.E., Krewe of Underwear, Seeds of Decline, Krewe of L.E.W.D., Krewe of K.A.O.S., Mystic Krewe of Comatose (a spoof on the Krewe of Comus), Mystic Krewe of Inane, and Krewe du Mishigas (an all-Jewish contingent).
This year, the parade will be held on January 27, starting at 6:30 p.m. Seventeen bands will be accompanying the procession, and the parade will begin on the corner of Decatur and Mandeville Street and wrap up on the corner of O’Keefe Avenue and Lafayette Street.
Click here for more information and updates about the krewe and parade route or visit www.kreweduvieux.org.Krewe du Vieux
Thursday, January 25 at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
TUNE IN TO WYES-TV FOR HIGHLIGHTS OF CARNIVAL
Host
Peggy Scott Laborde, along with Carnival historians
Arthur Hardy and
Errol Laborde, give their annual overview of the upcoming Mardi Gras season on WYES-TV during STEPPIN’ OUT “It’s Carnival Time” on Thursday, January 25 at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Hardy is the publisher of Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide, now in its 42nd year. Errol Laborde is the author of many Carnival-related books, including Mardi Gras: Chronicles of the
New Orleans Carnival. This year’s topics include the 50th anniversaries of the Krewes of Bacchus and Tucks, New Orleans Tricentennial tributes during Carnival and more.Additional broadcasts of STEPPIN’ OUT “It’s Carnival
Time” include Saturday, January 27 at 11:00 p.m. and Wednesday, January 31 at 10:30pm. Head to wyes.org for additional air dates and times.
January 28
Ochsner Hospital for Children's Fifth annual “King Cake Festival”
The Carnival-themed festival features King Cakes from across Louisiana, a “Gladiator Rep Run & Fun Run” presented by Smoothie King, a Kids’ Zone and live music.
Tickets: Free/Entrance; $10/10 Tasting Tickets (1 ticket per sample)-$25,000/Sponsorship. Champions Square - King Cake Festival
The Louisiana Hospitality Foundation and Budweiser present the 7th annual Horses, Hops and Cops fundraiser scheduled for Monday, January 29, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The event will again be held at the N.O.P.D. Mounted Division
horse stables located at 1001 Harrison Avenue in New Orleans City Park. The event is free for all
January 30
Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings
Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings
January 30-February 4
An American in Paris
An American in Paris
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Dianne Honoré; photograph by Cedric Ellsworth, NOLA Vieux Photography
Mardi Gras-themed tours of the Williams Residence continue through February 8
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Rescheduled for January 30: Dianne Honoré discusses the history of the Baby Dolls
Tuesday, January 30 | 6 - 7 p.m.
Williams Research Center
410 Chartres Street
Admission is free, and reservations are encouraged. To register, email wrc@hnoc.org or call (504) 523-4662. Reservations will be held until five minutes prior to the beginning of the event.
Dianne Honoré's lecture on the history and culture of the New Orleans Baby Dolls tradition has been rescheduled for
Tuesday, January 30, at 6 p.m.
Honoré's group--The Black Storyville Baby Dolls--continues a masking tradition started in about 1912 in Black Storyville, an unofficial area just outside of the city's infamous, legal red-light district. Her presentation will include on-site examples of Baby Dolls costumes.
Admission is free, and reservations are encouraged. If you registered for the original date, please email wrc@hnoc.org or call (504) 523-4662 to confirm or cancel your reservation for the new date. Reservations will be held until five minutes prior to the beginning of the event, at which time any unclaimed seats will be released to the public.
Mardi Gras-themed tours of the Williams Residence continue through February 8
"Rites, Rituals, Revelry," a Mardi Gras-themed tour of the Williams Residence
Daily Tuesday - Sunday, 11 a.m., through February 8
533 Royal Street
Admission is $5, free for THNOC members. No advance reservations will be taken.
This year, THNOC's annual Mardi Gras-themed guided tours take visitors through the Williams Residence--the home of THNOC's founders--which is decorated for the Carnival season. The tour begins with celebrations during the French and Spanish colonial periods and in the early days of statehood. It continues through the development of parading krewes, like Comus and Rex, to the arrival of Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs and Mardi Gras Indians, and will emphasize the Williamses' mid-20th century experiences.
Tours are available Tuesday through Sunday at 11 a.m. Admission is $5 or free for THNOC members. No advance reservations will be taken. On Tuesday, January 23, visitors should enter at 722 Toulouse, due to a street closure.
The house is also open for self-guided tours, and visitors are invited to immerse themselves in mid-20th century design and Mardi Gras traditions at their own pace. Mardi Gras at Home at the Williams Residence is on view Tuesday through Sunday until February 25. Please note all THNOC properties will be closed February 10 - 13 for Mardi Gras.
Presentation and book signing with Howard Philips Smith, author of Unveiling the Muse: The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans
Wednesday, January 31 | 6 - 7:30 p.m.
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