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SATURDAY, August 1, 2009
15TH ANNIVERSARY - Bigger. Better. More Bars.

Rain date: August 8

ART OPENINGS & OUTDOOR CELEBRATION

6 - 9pm - FREE admission
Up and down Julia Street - (300-800 blocks) and throughout the New Orleans Arts District - great art, tempting eats, flowing libations and tunes. Cash bars, cuisine and treats by Ben & Jerry's, Bombay Club, Crepes a la Cart, Emeril's, GW Fins, New Orleans Ice Cream, Nirvana Indian Cuisine, SNOLA Snowballs, Sun Ray Grill, Superior Grill, Wolfe's in the Warehouse, Ye Old Kettle Cooker. . .and more!

Entertainment on Julia Street

6 - 9pm
The rockin' blues sounds of J.D. Hill & the Jammers (300 block) + Afro-Cuban grooves with OTRA (500 block), New Orleans' premier Latin band + the French Quarter-born funk'n rock of Dr. Gonzeaux (700 block)

Please help us recycle on Julia Street. Recycling services compliments of Phoenix Recycling.

CAC CELEBRATION & POST PARTY

6pm - midnight
$10 general admission. FREE for CAC members.

Provocative art, entertainment, cash bars and cuisine by 5 Fifty 5, The Melting Pot and St. James Cheese Co.

Art Openings:

Make it Right
Hot Up Here
Unmasking Possibilities: An Exploration of Cancer Through Art, presented by the American Cancer Society

ART-IN-ME-MO-RI-AM by Kristen Struebing-Beazley

Works by Emeril Lagasse Foundation Summer Arts Camp Students

Entertainment

6pm-9pm
Jazzy turntablism by DJ Beverly Skillz

9pm-midnight
DJ Soul Sister's Deeper Discotheque featuring the Booty Patrol Dancers

2 Free Festivals, One Spectacular Weekend
Whitney White Linen Night and Satchmo SummerFest! - celebrating the legacy of Louis Armstrong, August 1 and 2, at the Old U.S. Mint, French Quarter. For more info about Satchmo SummerFest, produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., visit www.fqfi.org.

NEW ORLEANS ARTS DISTRICT OPENINGS

6-9pm

Ariodante Gallery

535 Julia St.
Opening - Myra Williamson-Wirtz

Arthur Roger Gallery

432 Julia St.
Paintings and Drawings from Avery Island - Simon Gunning

Arthur Roger Gallery Project

434 Julia St.
Trinket - Mitchell Gaudet

Canary Gallery

329 Julia St. Portrait(s) - New Photographs by Zack Smith

Contemporary Arts Center

900 Camp St.
Make it Right
Hot Up Here
Unmasking Possibilities: An Exploration of Cancer Through Art, presented by the American Cancer Society
ART-IN-ME-MO-RI-AM by Kristen Struebing-Beazley
Works by Emeril Lagasse Foundation Summer Arts Camp Students

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles

755 Magazine St. In the Hot Seat: YA/YA Chairs and More

d.o.c.s., a studio gallery of contemporary art

709 Camp St.
Paintings - Charles Chambers

Gallery Bienvenu

518 Julia St.
New Paintings - Michael Kessler

George Schmidt Gallery

626 Julia St.
Paintings from the American Sector - George Schmidt

Heriard-Cimino Gallery

440 Julia St.
Excavations - Regina Scully - Paintings

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art

600 Julia St.
Lingering - Terry Kenney - Oil Paintings

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery

400a Julia St.
Reclamation: 360 degrees - Miranda Lake

Louisiana Children's Museum

420 Julia St.
Summer's Mini Masters & African American Heroes & Heroines Quilt presented by The Children of Art Trek, Airline Park Elementary School - Mixed Media and Quilted Canvas Paintings inspired by Art Masters
Relief Paintings - Terrance Osborne

Louisiana Crafts Guild

608 Julia St.
Something New On Julia - Group Show of 250+ juried craft artisans featuring furniture makers Greg Arceneaux and Chad Aldridge

LeMieux Galleries

332 Julia St.
Wild, Cultivated, Fragile - Deedra Ludwig - Paintings

michelle y williams gallery

835 Julia St. not so white - michelle y williams - Paintings on canvas and metal

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

925 Camp St.
Looking to Learn: NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts) Paintings by Bo Bartlett

Storming the Ramparts: Objects of Evidence - Gilbert Gaul - Painting (Civil war artifacts courtesy of Louisiana Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall)

Søren Christensen Gallery

400 Julia St. Time Management - Rose Thome Casterline - Paintings

Steve Martin Fine Art

604 Julia St.
Mystical Expressionism - Jamali

Steve Martin Concept Space

624 Julia St. Group show with Matais Longoria, Linda Lesperance and Billy the Artist

photo credit: Frank Aymami