Volunteer Opportunity
I am happy to report David Cahn (son of Richard and Vivian) has chosen to do 30 volunteer service hours for his neighborhood (for school). We’ve started at the eyesores on Esplanade at the Crete bus...
View ArticleNeighbor Shows Art
Jacques Soulas | New Work in Oil | June 1st through the 30th Opening Reception | June 1, 2013 | 6-9pm Ariodante Gallery | 535 Julia Street |New Orleans (504) 524-3233 http://www.ariodantegallery.com...
View ArticleVolleyball is Fun
Hello volleyball friends, We’ll be playing volleyball as usual along Bayou St John this Saturday assuming the weather holds. I think there will be about a 50% chance of rain Saturday, but most of you...
View ArticleURBAN FARM BIKE TOUR
The Nola Locavores is teaming up with Nola Social Ride and Parkway Partners to stage the 1st Annual New Orleans Eat Local Challenge Urban Farm Bike Tour! Registration and check-in for the bike tour...
View ArticleGo Ride the Streetcar
Riding the St. Charles streetcar down its historic line is a great opportunity to see different areas of New Orleans, including the mansion lined Garden District and oak tree canopied university area...
View ArticlePierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr.
sent in by Dean Burridge His name was originally Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr., and he was born on N. White Street between Dumaine and St. Ann in a small Creole French frame house that sat right on the...
View ArticlePORCH CRAWL 2013
photo by Charlie London James Andrews and his friends entertained the PORCH CRAWL crowd for hours. Allen Toussaint came by to visit with Jim Danner and all his Faubourg St. John neighbors for the 2013...
View ArticleHeadwashing Ceremony June 23rd
Sunday, June 23rd,2013 | 7 pm on the footbridge (Magnolia Bridge) over Bayou St John. Sallie Ann Glassman and La Source Ancienne Ounfo celebrate St. John’s Eve with their annual Headwashing Ceremony...
View ArticleDesoto Street Band
The DeSoto Street Band is back at the American Can Building at the Pearl Wine Bar Come on out and join us tonight, June 22, 8p – 10p | 3700 Orleans Ave. This really is a great place to come out and...
View ArticlePostcard from Home
Kennedy Park in beautiful Faubourg St. John. Kennedy Park is on Ursulines Avenue between North Lopez and North Rendon.
View ArticleCelebrate Construction Completion
photo courtesy Bike Easy Posted on June 24, 2013 at 6:31 AM Updated today at 6:41 AM WWLTV.com | Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTV NEW ORLEANS – Another round of street repairs officially came...
View ArticleBastille Day July 13th
Are you an artist wishing you had a booth at the Bastille Day Celebration on July 13th? Art market is on. Contact Suzanne at: PalsLounge@aol.com Norbert Slama and Raphael Bas (Manouche Musette) will...
View ArticleBOAT PARADE JULY 4th
Krewe of Kolossos Bayou Boat Parade Begins/ends on Bayou St. John at Orleans Avenue. Kicking out a huge thank you to the brilliantly conceived and mindfully executed Ancient Order of the Krewe of...
View ArticlePower to the People
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. ~Wilma Rudolph
View ArticleFaubourg St. John Cultural District is Official
Click HERE to learn more about CULTURAL DISTRICTS. Many thanks to Pierre Gautier Walker, III for doing the work to make the Faubourg St. John Cultural District a reality! *** Click on the logos below...
View ArticleCity Removes Tree
A neighbor in the 3200 block of Grand Route Saint John called the City of New Orleans about a dead tree in front of their home. The tree was dead and full of bees. The City came out and determined...
View ArticleZebras, Ostriches, and Beers Oh My!
Exotic Animal Racing Returns! NEW ORLEANS – Zebras, more ostriches, more beer, more horses and more races will make the sixth Summer Quarter Horse Meet at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots the...
View ArticleWith Great Wealth Comes Great Responsibility
Let’s make some assumptions. If you are reading this then very likely you have a computer or most certainly, access to one. You also very likely have a roof over your head, plenty to eat, a job and a...
View ArticlePostcard from Home
“At the beach, at the beach, at Pontchartrain Beach, You’ll have fun, you’ll have fun, every day of the week. You’ll love the thrilling rides, laugh till you split your sides, at.., Pontchartrain...
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