By Sharon Lurye, Mid-City Messenger New Orleans just got a little bit greener, as more than 100 volunteers met up on Saturday to plant 105 trees in the neighborhoods of Bayou St. John, Treme/Lafitte, the Fairgrounds and the 7h Ward. Led by the group Sustaining Our Urban Landscape, or SOUL, the reforestation effort will help Read More…
A multi-krewe Carnival parade — without the bands, dance troupes or the riders — rolled into City Park on Tuesday for the “Floats in the Oaks” fundraiser event that began Thursday and will run through Sunday, Feb. 14. “Floats in the Oaks” lets visitors to view iconic floats from their favorite Mardi Gras krewes all Read More…
ricRACK is proud to announce another weekend of shopping for a cause with the return of HOLLYWOOD THRIFT (Dec. 10-13). This is a chance to take home wardrobe pieces from TV shows and films like “GIRLS,” “Claws,” “The Highwaymen,” and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” just to name a few! ricRACK is a Read More…
By Sue Strachan, Mid-City Messenger For its 45th annual Holiday Home Tour, the Preservation Resource Center is giving tour homeowners and tour-goers a new experience. Because of the concerns of the coronavirus pandemic, the home tour is not only going virtual and forgoing the walking tour, it is including neighborhoods outside of Uptown. “Our Holiday Read More…
Architectural Drawings Virtual Showcase Enjoy the unique architecture of the city of New Orleans through a series of archival drawings spanning from 1790 to 1930, which will be released as PowerPoint presentations. Diversity Explore the collection of our varied notaries and the diverse communities of people they served through a series of blog posts.
The driving tour is back at Celebration in the Oaks, City Park officials announced, but the traditional event in the Botanical Gardens and Storyland will be suspended for the 34th fundraising event in light of COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions. The decision to hold a drive-through Celebration in the Oak was made to offer a safe Read More…
The District B food pantry, held on Wednesdays since April in the Goodwill parking lot at Tulane Avenue and Jeff Davis Parkway, had become a pandemic institution. Now it’s shutting down — not because the need has dwindled but because the resources have. Here’s a message from District B Councilman Jay H. Banks on the Read More…
Three years after the statue of Jefferson Davis was removed from its perch on Canal Street and Jefferson Davis Parkway, there’s a movement to remove the Confederate president’s name from the Mid-City thoroughfare. In an effort to honor the contributions of local African-Americans, the A.P. Tureaud Sr. Legacy Committee is petitioning the City Council Read More…
The seventh annual GiveNOLA Day, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF), is on Tuesday, June 2 from 12:00 am to midnight. This is a 24-hour online giving event for the 13-parish Greater New Orleans region. “Now more than ever, our local nonprofits need your support,” said Greater New Orleans Foundation’s President and Read More…
District B Councilman Jay H. Banks and his community partners will host their sixth free food pantry for residents affected by COVID-19 on Wednesday (May 13).
