Upcoming Community Events in the New Orleans Area

"Project; Smile, Say Cheese" Inc will be at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St, Arabi on Thursday September 9 from 3 PM - 5 PM to take free family portraits! The project is run by a group of south Florida photographers who bring the gift of smiles and memories by offering free family portraits. Project; Smile, Say Cheese organizers believe that for families facing uncertain times, a beautiful family photo is a great way to bring everyone together and cherish what is most important in life: family.

All families who attend the September 9 event will receive a free family portrait session including a 5x7 keepsake photo, a personal on-line gallery, and a digital photo file for reprinting. Everyone is welcome and there is no need for an appointment. For more information, please contact Christeen Pozniak at 561.846.1914 or visit www.projectsmilesaycheese.webs.com.

Project Smile Say Cheese
Sponsoring organization: Community Center of St Bernard

Gladin Scott's Birthday Bash is taking place the weekend of September 10th, 11th, and 12th, A donation of 20% of all book sales at the Maple Street Book Shop sales will be donated to Lusher School's Creative Writing Program.

Please join us Friday, September 10 from 6-8 pm for a signing of the book, Before (During) After. John Biguenet, Tom Varisco & Zack Smith - all contributors to the book - will be signing and sipping wine donated from Martins Wine Cellar.
Please check website for other book events. For more information please call 866-4916.

http://www.maplestreetbookshop.com/

Our fall Gala celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Boys Hope Girls Hope will take place on Friday, September 10th, from 7:00 to11:00 p.m. at City Park’s Pavilion of the Two Sisters. As a guest you will enjoy delicious food from local restaurants and dancing to live music. The Gala’s silent auction runs throughout the evening. The proceeds of our Gala are necessary to continue to provide a stable and loving home to the children of Boys Hope Girls Hope. Click on the link below to get more information!

Boys Hope Girls Hope Gala Info

V-Day, Ashé, and Women Donors Network, Culture Project present Swimming Upstream, directed by Eve Ensler (author of The Vagina Monologues).

The show takes place: Fri., Sept. 10, 2010, 8 p.m. - Mahalia Jackson Theater New Orleans and Mon., Sept. 13, 2010, 8 p.m. - The Apollo Theater, New York City

Written by 16 women, this docudrama is described as "a testimony, a prayer, a hallelujah, an incantation. It tells the raw and soulful stories of women who lived through Hurricanes Katrina and Rita with grace, rage, humor, strength and great resiliency. The cast includes: Celebrities Shirley Knight and Kerry Washington; Locals Anne Liese Juge Fox, Karen-kaia Livers, Troi Bechet, Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes; Singers Michaela Harrison and Leslie Blackshear Smith. Discount tickets are available for groups of 10 thru the Mahalia Jackson Theater box office. For more information, call (504) 813-9008

Mahalia Jackson Theater
Sponsoring organization: Ashé Cultural Arts Center

Enjoy cultural fun for the whole family.
Children learn through play, so come out and have the children learn about duck blinds, air boats, Mardi Gras floats, Cajun dancing and even seasoning making.
There will be demonstrations, activities, games and more.
Admission is $5 per person.

bayou country children's museum
Sponsoring organization: bayou country children's museum

On Saturday, September 11th at 11:00 am, wheelchair tennis players from the New Orleans area will join the Advocacy Center at the City Park Tennis Center (http://neworleanscitypark.com/mapofpark.html) in an exhibition match. The match is free and open to the public. Wheelchair tennis players should contact the Advocacy Center to volunteer to play.

The exhibition is part of the No Boundaries Tennis Tournament, a 3-day event for to benefit the Advocacy Center. The tournament is straight doubles and is open to all tennis players. More information and registration opportunities are available at www.advocacyla.org or 504-522-2337. The deadline to register to play is Tuesday, September 7th at 5:00 pm.

No Boundaries Tennis Tournament
Sponsoring organization: Advocacy Center

An Adoption Option, sponsored by the LA/SPCA will be held at Jefferson Feed, located at 4421 Jefferson Hwy., from 11:00-3:00. LA/SPCA adoption counselors and volunteers will be on hand to help you select the right pet for your family. A variety of shapes, colors and sizes of four-legged friends eager to find a new home will be available for adoption. Call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org for more information.

Each second Saturday of every month, the galleries of SCADnola (St. Claude Arts District) host opening shindigs for new shows featuring amazing New Orleans artists. So come down, indulge in some free wine, and check out awesome local art along this fun gallery hop!

This month at Byrdie's: Paintings by Devin Meyer.
Opening Reception: Sept 11, 6-10pm
Regular Hours: 10-7:30pm, closed Tuesdays

Byrdie's
Sponsoring organization: St. Claude Arts District

"THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS"
September 11, 2010
A prayer/candle light vigil in Jackson Square, at 7:30 p.m., with the Bayou Healers of the Houma Nation and local Churches.
A fundraising concert at Tipitina's in the French Quarter, 233 N PETERS ST, 9 p.m., to benefit oil workers, fishermen and environmental concerns in the Gulf of Mexico.
The event will also be the Official Release Party for the “BP Blues” - produced by Warner Brothers & Drew Landry with 75% of the proceeds of the itunes single to www.save our gulf.org
Presale tickets available Tuesday on the Tipitina’s website - $15, Day of show - $20.
With line up to include: The Drew Landry Band will w/ guest Mike Dean, Kevin Sehkani, & Abe Manuel (Merle Haggard's Fiddle Player)* Clarence "Tadpole" Henry (son of the Frogman) MJ NUNEZ * THE FRISHBERG FAMILY BAND * BRUCE DAGREPONT * VERY SPECIAL GUEST TBA
For more info visit www.CHSLouisiana.org or email
foytlinfam@cox.net

Bubbapalooza comes to New Orleans! The multi-media comedy production hosted by syndicated and satellite radio host Bubba the Love Sponge features his top-rated radio show’s co-hosts, regular characters and its most popular, outrageous, and uncensored bits, parodies, rants, stand-up and spoken word segments. All show tickets are free. Meet & greet (6pm) tix for $49.99 includes gift bag, and are available from TicketMaster.

Bubbapalooza New Orleans
Sponsoring organization: Bubba Radio Network

A National Pet Memorial Day Second Line Celebration will be held at Heaven’s Pets (outside the main entrance to Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home) from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Registration begins at 4:30pm ($10 pre-registration, $15 day-of registration and $5 for children under 12), remembrance ceremony/second line celebration featuring the Storyville Stompers at 5:00pm and refreshments, dog treats, open house and more at 5:45pm. All registrants receive an event t-shirt and all proceeds benefit the LA/SPCA Spay/Neuter Program. Call 482-7387 or visit www.heavenspets.com for more information.

Sponsoring organization: Heaven's Pets

Are you having a Wet Hot American Summer? Or have memories of them at sleep-away camp as a child? Come watch the cult classic, Wet Hot. Actually, the Alamo Underground is starting to feel like a grimy old camp cabin…. MOVIE STARTS AT 8:00 PM SHARP. Popcorn will be served. Come in your pajamas Mostly Floor (cushion) seating. Some chair/couch seating. Hang out afterwards; let’s tell ghost stories. Doors open at 7:00 PM

www.thealamounderground.com

Pasta With a Purpose at Semolina to benefit the LA/SPCA will be held at Semolina located at 4436 Veterans Blvd. (near the Palace Theatre), from 5:00-9:00. The Louisiana SPCA has invited you to join them for dinner, which will help raise money for the organization, when you come and dine-in (or carryout), Semolina will donate 10% of the proceeds from your visit to the Louisiana SPCA. You must present the Pasta With A Purpose invitation to your server (available by download at www.la-spca.org). Call 454-7930 to make a reservation or visit www.la-spca.org for more information.

We suggest you know how to read subtitles. But if not, watching a bunch of Japanese school children fight to the death on an island is rather self explanatory. Doors at 7:00 PM. Game.. uh.. I mean Movie starts at 8:00 PM. Feel free to stay afterward. There are always surprises around this place.

Donation

www.thealamounderground.com

Join us Saturday, September 25, from 8 am to 3 pm for a community festival celebrating health and unity. There will be food, music, activities for children, programs for adults on health and wellness including introductions to Jazzercise, yoga, healthy meal choices, dancing for health, stress management, screening for diabetes and high blood pressure, meditation and lots more. There will be other community resources available such Medicaid and Food Stamp enrollment. Call 504-486-8585 for more information

Sponsoring organization: NOFHA

Walk either a one or two mile route on the beautiful SLU campus!

It is estimated that 1.5 million Americans and more than 22,500 people in Louisiana have a form of lupus. Lupus is an acute and chronic (lifelong) autoimmune disease in which the immune system is unbalanced, causing inflammation and tissue damage to virtually every organ system in the body. November 2008 marked 50 years since a drug has been approved for the treatment of lupus. There is hope on the horizon, and with your help we can find better treatments and a cure for lupus.

Walk for Lupus Now
Sponsoring organization: Lupus Foundation of America

An Adoption Option & Bake Sale & Raffle, sponsored by the LA/SPCA will be held at Clearview Mall, located at 4436 Veterans Blvd., from 11:00-3:00. LA/SPCA adoption counselors and volunteers will be on hand to help you select the right pet for your family. A variety of shapes, colors and sizes of four-legged friends eager to find a new home will be available for adoption. Call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org for more information.

ReRooted is a culmination of soulful and socially just, artistic expression and performance. Our collaboration has been created by artists Siphne Sylve, Dail Chambers, Blue! and Brandon Tolson.

In attempts to spread our community work, and creativity we are traveling to various sister cities. We are pleased to announce our opportunity to show in New Orleans, Louisiana. During our collaboration we will be documenting along the way, to support please purchase a poster, artwork, jewelry and cd.’s.

Check our blogs and websites for more details and to learn more about our experiences. You can also contact Dail Chambers or Siphne Sylve to book us in your city!

www.dailchambers1.blogspot.com
www.nappilyblue.Webs.com
www.artistikapproach.blogspot.com

sylvesiphne{at}gmail.com
dailchambers{at}gmail.com

ReRooted: A Grassroots Traveling Exhibition and Musical Performance
Sponsoring organization: Black Star Books & Cafe

The Louisiana Composers Forum is a first-time concert of new original works of music by local composers from Louisiana. The performance will feature compositions for a 20-piece orchestra comprised of New Orleans’ finest classical musicians, including several musicians from the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. This event will be free and open to the public. The Louisiana Composers Forum will feature 7 new works of music by 7 different composers. This year’s featured composers are Jonathan Freilich \, Steven Sweetwyne, Brian Hanson, Bryan Fusilier, Elizabeth Joan Kelly, Kevin George, and Barry Blue Jr.

The Louisiana Composers Forum is being funded through grants from the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the City of New Orleans, as well as the New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation, with additional support from the Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans. For full details, please visit www.LouisianaComposersForum.org

Louisiana Composers Forum
Sponsoring organization: Arts Council of New Orleans

A Spook-tacular night of fun and games!
Enjoy hay rides, toddler train rides, make-you-own slime station, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin ring toss, bounce houses, face painting and even kid's karaoke!
Come in costume (but nothing scary or gory).
Tickets are $5 in advance at Lynn's Little Feet or Cherry Books in Thibodaux
$7 at the door. Chilren 12 months and younger - no charge.

bayou country children's museum

Halloween parade for kids of all ages. This is our 6th year parading and our route will be more 6th ward centric. Membership is open to the public with dues of only $69.

Join us for Keynote Speaker Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond and honor Pope John Paul II Award Recipient Deacon Everett J. Williams. Seats are $125, $1,250 for a table of 10. For more information, please call (504)310-6981.

Catholic Foundation Annual Dinner
Sponsoring organization: The Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese of New Orleans

Registration is at 7 am
Kids Fun Run is at 8 am and 5K immediately follows.
Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the streets of Thibodaux or race to the finish line where the crowds of Thibodeauxville (annual festival) will greet you. Great food and live entertainment awaits!
See website for registration and fees.

bayou country children's museum