Free at Mimi's!!

Hello, everyone! LIOSA (Lindy in Old San Antonio) 2009 is coming back for a second year on February 13-15! Yes, it's Valentines weekend, but why spend it with your one true love when you can spend it with SYLVIA SYKES!?!?... besides, everyone knows Swing is your one true love.

Some details:
Lessons will run Friday night, Saturday all day, and Sunday afternoon with dances on Friday and Saturday night.
Lessons will include Lindy, Charleston, Blues, and more!

Instructors:

Join us for Mid City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl's 20th Anniversary Party!
Saturday, November 8
8 pm- till
Tickets $10 available online or at the door
www.rocknbowl.com
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Joe Krown will lead the house band; Amanda Shaw, Marva Wright, Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers, Rockin' Dopsie Jr., Bo Dollis Jr. & the Wild Magnolias, Ingrid Lucia, J. Monque'D, Johnny J and other Rock 'n' Bowl favorites are scheduled to perform!

JULIA ST. BLOCKPARTY
6 - 9pm
300-600 blocks of Julia St.
Free Admission

Food: Crepes a la Cart, New Orleans Ice Cream, Nirvana Indian Cuisine, Stop 9, Sun Ray Grill and Wolfe's in the Warehouse.

ART-mosphere: The CAC and 3 Ring Circus present interactive performance art and sound installations by FutureProof, G.A.S. (Generic Art Solutions), Hot Iron Press, Tina Stanley and other New Orleans artists.
Citywide Art Openings
Enjoy art at galleries and businesses all over New Orleans, from Magazine Street to the French Quarter and beyond. See Map below for Locations
Bonarama

The third annual Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is a free celebration of Southern soul.

Produced since 2006 by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation (the nonprofit organization that owns the world-famous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell), the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival brings to life New Orleans' historic role in making the blues one of the most influential sounds in the world.

The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival presents many of the top performers from southern Louisiana and Mississippi, plus delicious food and unique visual art.

The third annual Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is a free celebration of Southern soul.

Produced since 2006 by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation (the nonprofit organization that owns the world-famous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell), the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival brings to life New Orleans' historic role in making the blues one of the most influential sounds in the world.

The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival presents many of the top performers from southern Louisiana and Mississippi, plus delicious food and unique visual art.

The Red Hot Lindy Exchange

Oct. 17-19, 2008, in Memphis, TN.
Come one, come all to Memphis' first pure Lindy Exchange this fall! All dancing, all weekend, in true Red Hot Style, featuring live bands, hot jazz, and late nights.

Registration now open! Sign up by September 17 if you want one of this exchange's fabulous T-shirts!

Tune into http://www.rhlxmemphis.com for the latest news.

This event kicks off with a pre-dance blues jam on Thursday, September 16th.

Come celebrate the opening of Dance Quarter LLC, New Orleans' new home for social dancing. Dance Quarter will offer dance classes, workshops and parties through which people will improve their dancing skills and reconnect with Jazz music, friends and families.

Nathalie Gomes and colleagues invite you to join in their kick off party which will feature free lessons, dance demonstrations and open dancing.

LOCATION: 2134 Magazine Street, 3rd Floor, New Orleans, LA

Kenner's Italian Heritage Festival will be held on September 13th & 14th 2008 in Kenner's historic Rivertown.

Festa Italiana is a fun-filled, free event with live music for the entire two days. We have food vendors that participate and sell delicious Italian food and drink as well as crafters who sell their handmade creations. This year we will have face painting, Local Bands, a demonstration of the "Tarantella" and cooking demonstrations by area chefs for the adults. The highlight of the festival will be a feature performance by, Louis Prima, Jr.

Saturday, Sept.13th

PJ’s Celebrating 30th Anniversary with Birthday Bash

FREE Coffee & Cake

September 3-4, 2008