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Abita Springs Town Hall
22161 Level St.
Abita Springs, LA 70420
(985) 892-0711
Great hall for all types of activities. Home of the Abita Opry. Available for rental.
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Ashe Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70113
(504) 569-9070 Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm Sat: 9am-4pm
ASHE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER is an effort to combine the intentions of neighborhood and economic development with the awesome creative forces of communtiy, culture and art to revive and reclaim a historically significant corridor in Central City New Orleans: Oretha Castle-Haley Boulevard, formerly known as Dryades Street. Ashe is a gathering place for emerging and established artists to present, create and collaborate in giving life to their art. For those who felt compelled to choose more mainstream existence at earlier points in their lives, Ashe is a reclaiming harbor that…
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Basin St Station
501 Basin St
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 293-2600
Basin St. Station — the cultural crossroads of New Orleans — is a center of economic and cultural activity, representing confidence in and commitment to the richly diverse and historic city of New Orleans. Basin St. Station embodies and showcases our city’s culture, history, beauty, and spirit; in essence, what make New Orleans the most unique city in North America. Basin St. Station sits on the former home of the New Orleans Terminal Company / Southern Railway Freight Office Building. St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (final resting place of Marie…
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Jewish Community Center - Metairie
3747 W Esplanade Ave
Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 887-5158
JCC’S MISSION: The mission of the Greater New Orleans Jewish Community Center is to promote and ensure the well-being of our Jewish community and to instill an understanding of Judaism and its heritage by providing a Center where all can enjoy, learn, experience and share in quality activities in a Jewish environment. We truly are the CENTER of our community… The JCC offers state-of the-art fitness centers, a 4-star rated Nursery School, popular summer camps, classes and sports leagues for all ages, teen programs, senior exercise and recreational opportunities, an…
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Lamar Dixon Expo Center
9039 St. Landry Road
Gonzales, LA 70737
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New Orleans Lakefront Airport
6001 Stars & Stripes Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70126
504-243-4010
Lakefront Airport: We’re still the only full service airport in Metropolitan New Orleans. Like everything else in the New Orleans area, Hurricane Katrina changed our airport forever, but we’re still ready to serve you. We’re open 24 hours a day for VFR and VOR GPS Approach on Runway 18R/36L. Full service fuel, line service, flight training, and aircraft rescue crews are available. Lakefront Airport’s History On February 10, 1934 more than 10,000 visitors from the United States, foreign countries and local New Orleanians attended the dedication of an airport that…
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The Arts Council of New Orleans

The Arts Council of New Orleans is a private, non-profit organization designated as the City’s official arts agency. The Arts Council serves as one of eight regional distributing agencies for state arts funds and administers available municipal arts grants and the Percent For Art program for the City of New Orleans. The Arts Council works in partnership with the City of New Orleans, community groups, local, state, and national governmental agencies, and other nonprofit arts organizations to meet the arts and cultural needs of the New Orleans community through a diversity of initiatives and services.

WWNO

WWNO, the NPR member station for New Orleans, serves southeast Louisiana and parts of southwest Mississippi by broadcasting balanced news, thought provoking analysis, classical music, jazz and other musical styles, intelligent entertainment, and unique local content. We broadcast on 89.9 FM, and KTLN 90.5 FM in the Houma-Thibodaux area as a public service of the University of New Orleans. All of WWNO’s programs, including its growing local news coverage, are available online at WWNO.org.

WWOZ

WWOZ 90.7 FM is the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Station offering listener-supported, volunteer-programmed community radio. WWOZ covers many events live in and around the city and across the United States, and broadcasts live from the famed New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival annually. WWOZ’s mission is to be the worldwide voice, archive, and flag-bearer of New Orleans culture and musical heritage.

PRC

Preservation Resource Center (PRC) has been preserving, restoring, and revitalizing New Orleans’ historic architecture and neighborhoods since 1974. Throughout its history, PRC has acted as an advocacy agent on a local, regional, and national scale, spreading the word about the city’s rich architectural heritage and the economic importance of preserving this heritage. PRC also takes a hands-on approach to preservation, with a history of successfully restoring over 1,400 properties. The center strengthens and revitalizes New Orleans in a way that is forward-looking and sustainable, yet sensitive to the city’s past and its heritage.

NOMA

As a nexus for the arts in New Orleans, NOMA is committed to preserving, interpreting, and enriching its collections and renowned sculpture garden; offering innovative experiences for learning and interpretation; and uniting, inspiring, and engaging diverse communities and cultures.

The Historic New Orleans Collection

The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to preserving the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South. Its holdings comprise more than one million items from more than three centuries, documenting moments both major and minor. Its four exhibition spaces–the Williams Gallery, the Louisiana History Galleries, the Boyd Cruise Gallery, and the Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art–faithfully depict the multicultural stories of the region, from permanent displays exploring the evolution of Louisiana to rotating exhibitions showcasing history and fine art.

Southern Food

The Southern Food and Beverage Museum is a nonprofit living history organization dedicated to the discovery, understanding and celebration of the food, drink and the related culture of the South. While based in New Orleans, the Museum examines and celebrates all the cultures that have come together through the centuries to create the South’s unique culinary heritage. The Museum is also home to the collections of the Museum of the American Cocktail, the Galerie d’Absinthe, and a demonstration kitchen.

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing educational opportunities to all Louisianans.

The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities’ mission is to provide all Louisianans with access to and an appreciation of their own rich, shared and diverse historical, literary and cultural heritage through grant-supported outreach programs, family literacy and adult reading initiatives, teacher professional development institutes, publications, film and radio documentaries, museum exhibitions, cultural tourism, public lectures, library projects, and other public humanities programming.

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