Upcoming Uncategorized Community Events in the New Orleans Area

The Sankofa Farmers Market was established to satisfy a need for healthy produce in New Orleans’ underserved and low income communities. It is the only open-air fresh market in the Ninth Ward area within a five-mile radius of the Treme, Seventh Ward, Faubourg Marigny, French Quarter, Gentilly and Mid-City neighborhoods. Founded in 2010, the Farmers Market continues to grow with new vendors and products.

Fruits & Vegetables, Fresh Seafood, Baked Goods, Vegetable and Herb Plants, and MUCH MORE!

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We are open each and every Saturday from 10-2pm.

504-872-9214
Follow us on Twitter @SankofaFMnola
Find us on Facebook!
info@sankofanola.org

Bug Ambassadors serve as the link between the animals that we house at Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium and the thousands of guests that visit our facility each year. Bug Ambassadors interpret live animal exhibits, engage visitors in learning, and assist staff with live animal presentations.

Bug Ambassadors must be 16 years of age or older, complete the training course, and commit to one weekly shift for one year. A contribution of $30.00 helps cover costs of training materials and uniforms.

For more information visit our website at www.auduboninstitute.org/volunteers or by calling 504-587-2116.

Face the World Foundation (FTW) is
currently registering volunteer host
families now till 06/15/2013 for the
Fall semester of high school. Host
families provide a loving home,
meals and a bed. FTW provides a
Community Representative for the
host family and the student during
their time here in the USA.
Make Dreams Happen!
Contact Shelli at 888-389-1006x104
or email at shelli@facetheworld.org
www.facetheworld.org

Every 1st Sunday of the month My House, T-Lot, and St. Claude Main Street, and the St. Claude Business Association will bring you a food truck round-up/art bazaar on St. Claude.

Trucks attending April 7th event:
Beignet Roule
La Cocinita
Grilling Shelling
Empanada Intifada
Brigade Coffee
The Fat Falafel
Frencheeze

Artists attending on April 7th will be announced soon.

When: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Where: 1940 St. Claude Ave.

Please join us and help My House spread the word.

SHOW US WHAT YOU'VE GOT!

We are seeking spoken wordsmiths, poets, musicians (acoustic, string, and/or unplugged),
dancers, and singers for FEATURED ARTISTS & OPEN JAM/JELLY/MASH'ers for Weekly Wednesdays!

CURRENTLY OPEN DATES:

"Real to Reel" (APR 10) FILM
"Anything Goes" (APR 17) Multidisciplinary Mashup
"Literary Speaking" (APR 24) WRITERS
Bodhi3 Hosts Weekly Wednesday (MAY 1) Bodhi3
"Real to Reel" (MAY 8) FILM
"Anything Goes"(MAY 15) Multidisciplinary Mashup
RISE (May 22) Artist Inc.'s Inaugural Fundraiser

Interested in VOLUNTEERING? Contact Stephanie Elder:
(504) 943-6565 or send an email to starxedsteph@gmail.com

Questions? Call us at (504) 943-6565 or send an email to info@artistinc.org

Calling all Louisiana artists: Art Melt is accepting submissions until June 1st for its exhibit, which opens July 20th at the Louisiana State Museum in downtown Baton Rouge. Learn how to submit your work by visiting artmelt.org. This multimedia, juried exhibit is the largest in the state, featuring spectacular works by Louisiana artists. Jordana Pomeroy, executive director of the LSU Museum of Art will serve as the local juror; Susan Edwards, executive director and CEO of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as the regional juror; and Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, executive director of the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington, will serve as the national juror. Visit artmelt.org and click How to Enter to submit your work!

Join us every Tuesday night in May and June for the 1st Bi-Annual Rolling Through: A Mobile Series. This is a full-on community festival with food, drinks, live music and family-friendly activities.

Thanks to wheels and mobility, we'll be making stops in Bayou Treme, Central City, Broadmoor, and Bywater/Marigny with 8+ food trucks at each stop. We'll be showcasing unique neighborhoods in New Orleans and portions of the proceeds will be given to Non-profit partners.

More details can be found at www.myhousenola.com

So keep an eye out for us! (Honestly, we'll be hard to miss.)

Thank you to our partners Bayou Treme Center, NOCCA, Good Work Network, and Broadmoor Improvement Association.

Thank you to our sponsors: Old New Orleans Rum, The Boston Beer Company, and YELP.

Cripple Creek is bringing the regional premiere of Bruce Norris’ “Clybourne Park,” the hottest ticket on Broadway in 2012 to New Orleans at The Shadowbox Theatre!

A response to Lorraine Hansberry’s masterpiece “A Raisin in the Sun,” “Clybourne Park” has won numerous awards including the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2012 Tony® Award for Best Play.

“Clybourne Park” takes place in a house in south Chicago over a span of 50 years. In 1956, the house is located in a white neighborhood and sold to an African-American family (the Younger family in "A Raisin in the Sun"). Then in 2009 the neighborhood has changed into an African-American community and the house is sold to a white couple. Uproariously funny, Norris dissects race relations and middle class hypocrisies in America past and present.

Psst... don't tell anyone, but we're planning our annual free week to kick off on May 21st! It'll last through the 25th and we'll have TONS of [SELECTED] free materials to give away, some door prizes and a few friends will help out with coffee and nibbles in the store. Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch?
We sure don't!

TWO DAY CHURCH BENEFIT with,Great New Orleans Food,Louisiana Arts & Crafts,Kids Games & Pony Rides & Live Gospel Music featuring: The New Orleans Spiritualettes ,The Famous Rocks of Harmony,The Zion Harmonizers,The Friendly Travelers,Joe Cool Davis & Cordell Chambliss,Deacon John Moore,Dr. Michael White & The Original Liberty Street Jazz Band,The Storyville Stompers Brass Band,Casa Samba,Amazion B.C.Choir,Ephesians B.C. Choir,Greater Tulane B.C. Mime Ministry,Zion Travelers 2nd B.C. Choir, Mt. Hermon B.C. Choir, Metropolitan B.C. Mime Ministry , Second Baptist 6th District Choir.

Our incredibly talented artist will be tattooing to help out the many tornado victims that once helped us out! Electric Expressions will be donating a minimum of 10% of its income for these two weeks to the tornado victims in Oklahoma. If we do really well, we get to donate a higher percentage! If you've been wanting a tattoo NOW is the time! You get some ink and the tornado victims get some help in this time of need! Don't forget America was there for us, time to give some back and look cool doing it!

Nearly 20 restaurants will be showing off the versatility of our region’s favorite bivalve at the New Orleans Oyster Festival. Launched in 2010 by representatives of the Louisiana oyster community, the festival celebrates local oysters along with the men and women who harvest, process and cook them. Proceeds from the Festival support the Louisiana oyster community, fisherman and their families, and security for the 8th District Police Department.

Over the past two years, the festival has raised over $30,000 to support coastal restoration and the French Quarter. The Festival will once again feature oyster competitions including the Acme Oyster Eating Contest, the P&J Oyster Shucking Competition and the New Orleans Fish House Largest Oyster Contest.

For more information, visit www.neworleansoysterfestival.org, call the festival hotline at (504) 835-6410 or visit on Facebook (The-New-Orleans-Oyster-Festival) and Twitter (@nola_oyster).

This year's 27th annual Creole Tomato Festival runs from Saturday, June 8 to Sunday, June 9 at the historic French Market. Hours on both days are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Festival-goers can also enjoy the Cajun-Zydeco Festival that same weekend at the Old U.S. Mint, directly across Barracks Street from the French Market.

Admission to the festival is free and open to the public.

Food booths typically offer Creole tomato favorites like Fried Green Tomatoes, Creole Tomato Bloody Marys, Creole Tomato with Shrimp Salad, Stuffed Shrimp with Grilled Creole Tomato over Jasmine Rice, Creole Tomato Basil Crepes, Creole Tomato Gelato, Creole Tomato Cream Crawfish Pies, Blooming Onion on a bed of Creole Tomato and more!

Get all the details here.

Want more? The Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival runs concurrently at the Old US Mint.

Hotel Maison de Ville has been receiving reports of paranormal activity almost as long as it has been operation. Thanks to a full-scale investigation by the Ghosts of Louisiana Paranormal Society we now have official evidence to back those claims. While none of the paranormal anomalies seem to be malicious there is certainly a "spooky" factor to the recent findings. Audio recorders, left in unoccupied rooms, picked up at least 6 different voices. Perhaps the most startling audio evidence came from a room on the second floor of the slave quarters that is reported to have survived the Great New Orleans Fire of 1788. A woman's voice in that recording whispered "burning... catch me". Amongst the orbs, shadows and voices in our rooms lies your, personal ghost-hunt expedition.

This is not just another New Orleans ghost tour! It is an interactive exploration of the paranormal at the site of abundantly reported paranormal activity. Space is limited so sign up now.

A flame represents the inception of something new, a sign that the perfect conditions have aligned to create light. But how does the flame maintain its resilience? The light will continue to burn bright only through a chain reaction- a pathway- whereby both internal and external forces unite to nurture its brilliance.

In June 2013, shine your light for case management at CMSA’s 23rd Annual Conference & Expo in New Orleans, LA. This multi-day journey is the sole health care event designed to deliver clinical, professional, regulatory and personal growth for the present and future of cross-continuum case management. Whether your case management light has been glowing for years, your flame is brand new or you would like to generate a spark, a spot is waiting for you in New Orleans.

Register here: http://registration3.experientevent.com/showCMS131/.