Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
New Orleans Arts District Art Walk
(
www.neworleansartsdistrict.com
; Julia St; 6-9pm 1st
Sat of month)
The fine-art galleries in New Orleans Art District celebrate the opening
night of month-long feature artist exhibitions. In the Warehouse District/CBD.
Freret Street Market
(
www.freretmarket.org
; cnr Freret St & Napoleon Ave; noon-5pm 1st
Sat of month Sep-Jun)
A combination farmers market, flea market and art show in
Uptown, this offers a great mix of local culture.
Saint Claude Arts District Gallery Openings
(
www.scadnola.com
;
2nd Sat of month)
New Orleans' newest arts district, this growing collective of art-exhibition spaces
spans Faubourg Marigny and the Bywater, home to some of New Orleans' more ec-
lectic artists. Ask locals for weekend recommendations and you may be rewarded
with a fire-eating display or impromptu collective installations at a secret, hidden
art space.
Art Market of New Orleans
(
www.artscouncilofneworleans.org
;
Palmer Park, cnr Carrolton &
Claiborne Aves; last Sat of month)
Featuring hundreds of the area's most creative
local artists, this monthly Uptown market is juried for quality and always features
local food, music and kids' activities. Perfect on warm-weather days.
The Tremé
The oldest African American neighborhood in the city is obviously steeped in a lot of
history. Leafy
Esplanade Avenue
, which borders the neighborhood, is full of old-school
Creole mansions, and is one of the prettiest streets in the city.
Louis Armstrong Park
PARK
(701 N Rampart St; 9am-10pm)
Louis Armstrong Park encompasses
Congo Square
, an
American cultural landmark. Now a lovely landscaped park, it was the one place where
enslaved people were allowed to congregate and play the music they had carried over the
seas - a practice outlawed in most other slave-holding societies. The preservation of this
musical heritage helped lay the groundwork for rhythms that would eventually become
jazz.
Backstreet Cultural Museum
MUSEUM
(
www.backstreetmuseum.org
;
1116 St Claude Ave; admission $8; 10am-5pm Tue-Sat)
This is
the place to see one facet of this town's distinctive customs - its African American side -
