An Eventful Week In New Orleans
First it was the epic Saints game for Monday night football (yes, they’ve won seven straight games!), and now the rest of this early November week is jam packed with enticing outings.
Tomorrow, Thursday night, from 6:30 to 8:30 is a fabulous art opening at my favorite Nola gallery, Taylor Bercier Fine Art (233 Chartres St., 504.527.0072). Come and see the brand new show “Adam and Gina, not better, not worse, just different” and meet a slew of cool people, like up-and-coming artist Matthew Kirscht, whose awesome oil-on-panel “bubblegum spider” is perched toward the back of the gallery. Gina Phillips is a New Orleans original, her paintings are colorful and true to the place, and her sense of balance on each canvas is striking. Adam Farrington sculpts and welds metal into moving structures like “three emotions,” with a turning head, and another piece with fluttering wings. He recovered some1940s negatives from a nearby forest of live oak and recreated them into metal statues that bring back bold childhood memories. It will be all that, suffice to say, so get a first look by showing up tomorrow.
Next up is the opening of the interesting World War Two Museum expansion. Check out a wild ride of a show – a tech-savvy “4D” experience of the scope of WWII from the American perspective, which aims to honor and recognize the sacrifices of those valiant soldiers in a modern way. The new restaurant in the museum is a great apres-viewing feast – I recommend the sliders, the oyster soup and the perfectly minty ice cream sandwich – nothing is the norm. The ribbon cutting Friday morning should be exciting, and so will a trip through time at th vast galleries of the ever-evolving museum, so get you tickets early.
Just when you thought that was all, along comes New Orleans party of a book fair, with events scattered around the 500-600 block of Frenchman Street. Plan for an extraordinary bookish weekend, with readings aplenty.
And it goes on, after all, New Orleans is the place to be this time ofyear especially – the weather is great, the people friendly, and the goings-on never-ending. This city is impervious to boredom, and I love it.
