02/22/12

Pursuing the Art of Carnival Recovery at NOMA

You've done Mardi Gras right, so today, on Ash Wednesday, the last thing you want is some report about nightlife. You want snooze alarms, a nice scouring shower and a strong penchant for absolution. You've had enough of drinks and music and socializing.

Great. But how long does such stoic resolve usually last? Can it carry you through Lent? Until St. Patrick’s Day? How about just through one quiet weekend? I didn't think so.

Fortunately for those pulled between borderline exhaustion and the compulsion to participate in the life of their city, there are some calmer, perhaps more contemplative, distractions here and a great one is coming around again this Friday.

That’s when the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) resumes its...

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02/08/12

Happy Hour with the Horses at Starlight Racing

Visiting the horse track means partaking in all the pageantry and tradition of the sport of kings – the pre-race paddock parade of magnificent thoroughbreds, the color and flair of race fans dressed up for the day, the bugler’s call at post time, the go-go dancers grooving on elevated platforms wearing hot pants and brandishing jockey whips. 

All right, perhaps that last item isn’t so traditional, but it is indeed part of the program when the Fair Grounds Race Course stages its Starlight Racing, a series of evening events that continues this Friday, Feb. 10.

Like other horse tracks around the country, the Fair Grounds is courting a younger clientele these days, and Starlight Racing is...

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