A Toast to New Orleans and YOU Week May 9-16 - Bravo Gala 2022/ AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE – DON QUIXOTE/ Round Table Luncheon Saluting the Culinary Arts

rom: Margarita Bergen

Sent: Monday, May 9, 2022 6:59 PM
Subject: A Toast to New Orleans and YOU

Good afternoon my darling family and friends. It is Monday, May 9. I am praying that you all had a lovely Mother's Day and an enjoyable Jazz Fest. Yesterday I finally made it to the Fest, but the heat took its toll on me, and I ended spending most of my time at the WWOZ Hospitality Tent and at the Blues Tent where I was eagerly waiting to see legendary Buddy Guy. My roommate Rick Tringali treated me to a lovely, delicious Mother's Day Dinner at Cafe Degas, For me, Monday represents a fresh start to the week. It is the day where the slate from the previous week is wiped clean. It is a day of new beginnings. –Have a blessed week.

WOW what a week! I started my social week by attending the always fun and delicious 2022 Zoo to Do.I loved celebrating the 2022 Derby at the Soiree New Orleans at the Ritz and Patrick's Bar and Vin. Since it was Run for the Roses, I used fresh roses to decorate my hat to match my dress and I won the price of Best Emsemble.

I enjoyed seeing so many of my darling friends at the WWOZ Hospitlity Tent. Thanks to Beth Arroyo Utterback for her hospitality!

Darlings, now that the 2022 Jazz Fest and Derby Day are history, I want you think and RSVP to my very special Round Table Luncheon Saluting the Culinary Arts

Round Table Luncheon on Friday, May 27 at noon will salute the Culinary Arts at the New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute (NOCHI) The $75 per-person is all-inclusive, with Champagne and wines included. RSVP to Margarita Bergen via Venmo, Zelle (Chase Bank), or a check ASAP payable to Margarita Bergen at 811 Marigny St. Unit C, New Orleans, LA 70117 Jim Walpole will oversee the very memorable entertainment.

We will join Big Easy winners Lisa Picone Love, drinks historian Elizabeth Pearce and Jim Walpole for Dry: A Prohibition Cabaret. This trio will take you on a journey through America's noble experiment told in a way you have never heard before in song! From rousing temperance hymns to cheeky tunes about all the ways to drink legally and illegally during this time, it will be a show to remember. You won’t want to miss this very special show of cocktails, history, and song!

I guarantee you will love the delicious Menu

- French Market Salad
- Blackened Mahi
- La Boeuf Bourguignon
- Lemon Pepper Roasted Potatoes w/ Swiss Chard
- Green Beans

- Mini Crème Brulés and Molten Chocolate Cakes-

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The Zac Brown Band performs on the Shell Gentilly Stage during the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 8, 2022.

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While rosé is enjoyed year round, the light wine is especially popular during the warmer months. Start "rosé season" off right with Bacchanal during its 13th Annual Rosé Fest on Saturday, May 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. Wine connoisseurs and rosé lovers will be able to taste over 50 variations while enjoying live music in Bacchanal's backyard.

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New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park,

New Orleans, LA 70179

5-11-22

*Wednesdays are free for all Louisiana residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation

MUSEUM

10 am–5 pm, Tuesday–Sunday*

BESTHOFF SCULPTURE GARDEN

10 am–6 pm, Seven Days a Week

CAFE NOMA

10 am–4 pm, Tuesday–Sunday, and Private Events

2022 YLC Wednesday at the Square Lineup:

May 11: Andrew Duhon with Alexis and the Samurai

May 18: Big Sam’s Funky Nation with Erica Falls

This year, Virgin Hotels New Orleans will host the official after-party for Wednesday at the Square.

I am anxiously waiting to attend the Gala as the Guest of Russ and Sandra Herman

BRAVO GALA 2022: ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLEBRAVO, the Ballet Resource And Volunteer Organization of the New Orleans Ballet Association, and Honorary Chairs Governor John Bel Edwards and First Lady Donna Hutto Edwards, are very excited to bring the annual Gala to the Hyatt Regency New Orleans on Friday, May 13, 2022.

AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE – DON QUIXOTE

SAT & SUN | MAY 14-15, 2022

Mahalia Jackson Theater (New Orleans, Louisiana)

American Ballet Theatre returns to New Orleans for the first time in nearly half a century bringing its masterpiece Don Quixote, accompanied by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, to the Mahalia Jackson Theater to close out NOBA’s blockbuster season. “Here is a ballet with a coherent story, a colorful cast of characters, a score that throws off one irresistible tune after another,” raves the Observer.

Originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus and presented by the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia, the modern interpretation is staged by Alexander Gorsky and premiered on December 6, 1900.

In this beloved ballet, Don Quixote lets his active imagination get the better of him along his travels with his trusted swordsman, Sancho Panza, often mistaking his dream world with what he sees and the people he meets in real life, resulting in an exuberant romantic comedy deemed “a veritable feast of classical dancing” by The Washington Post.

Recognized as a living national treasure since its founding in 1940, ABT annually tours the United States, having performed in all 50, and has appeared in a total of 45 countries, most recently with triumphant successes in Paris, Singapore, and Hong Kong. On April 27, 2006, by an act of Congress, American Ballet Theatre was designated America’s National Ballet Company^®.