For those not content to spend New Year’s Eve with the throngs of people in Jackson Square, there are a ton of big shows to welcome in 2011, most with complimentary champagne and many with open bars. Check out some of the highlights below, and visit our full listings for the complete list of New [...]
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The Cafe Opening A Home for Local Rock
October 14, 2010 – 12:30 pm
While the fight for Fat City goes on, a new club is opening in the neighborhood on Friday, when The Café opens its doors to the public with a party from 5 to 8 p.m. Taking the famous Hard Rock Café as a model, but keeping its focus local, The Café will include memorabilia from [...]
Tropical Isle: Back on Bourbon
August 1, 2010 – 12:06 am
A year after a four-alarm fire ripped through the building, the Tropical Isle at the corner of Toulouse and Bourbon re-opened last month with a renewed commitment to live music on Bourbon Street. Equipped with new state-of-the-art sound systems, the Tropical Isle and Tropical Isle Bayou Club (formerly Beach Club) will continue the tradition of [...]
Chris Owens
February 1, 2004 – 12:01 am
Entering Chris Owens’ luxurious French Quarter home, visitors first encounter her highly territorial Maltese terrier Bousi (Arabic for “Kissy”), diligently guarding the Celebrity Wall of framed photographs. The hostess, in an accent derived from her native Texas, points out friends and dignitaries, all of whom have been treated to her legendary hospitality: “Larry Hagman was [...]
A Synopsis of the Jazz Joints You Need to Haunt During the Fest
May 1, 1993 – 12:01 am
I started getting a bit overwhelmed just contemplating all the choices on the musical menu surrounding the Jazz Fest, beyond the gluttonous feast offered at the Fair Grounds. Because of the nature of this column, I was only looking at jazz around the city, not even taking into consideration such acts as bluesman Charles Brown [...]
Night Crawling: Seeking Out the Best Music of the Jazz Fest Season After Dark
May 1, 1993 – 12:01 am
The following is a consolidated rundown of some of the best bets for nighttime musical experiences during the Jazz Fest. Quite frankly, it’s an embarrassing orgy of music. The only folks who should be pitied more than the out-of-town readers who can’t make it are the brave souls that do try to catch it all—it [...]
Gotta Dance: The Dance Club Tour
September 1, 1990 – 12:01 am
“Qualify yourself before the gate keepsman and enter the age of golden lust Fixated pipe dreams, Swirls of neon love and lights… Bow into the beauty of plastic fantasy and indulge your painted ego Floating pale knolls, Twirls of neon love and lights…” —from “Neon Love and Lights” Copyright 1990 Fresh Young Minds The man [...]
