Prospect 1
If it’s art you’re after, then you’ll have to look no further than the streets, sidewalks, neighborhoods, and neutral grounds of the city.
Prospect 1 is an international art biennial and as the Gambit Weekly plainly states “Neither New Orleans nor the United States has seen anything like it before.”

The events’ roster features a large number of international, national, and Louisiana artists displaying their work in museums, galleries, and all over the city of New Orleans- literally.

The exhibition officially opens Saturday, 11/ @ Noon.
To get more information on Prospect 1, go to www.prospectneworleans.org

Other Events:
Harvest the Music: Thursdays in the Square
Bag of Donuts
10/30, 5pm
Lafayette Square
For more info: (504) 729-2820 or www.no-hunger.org

Prospect Everyone on Julia St.
(New Orleans Arts District Block Party in Celebrating the Opening of Prospect 1)
10/30, 7pm-10pm

WCEF World Bazaar and Marketplace
10/31-11/1, 10am-6pm
Convention Center
For more info: www.wcefculture.org

African Writers’ Symposium
11/1, 10am-4pm
Freeman Auditorium, Tulane University
For more info: (504) 865-5160

Louisiana Swamp Fest
11/1-2, 10am-5pm
Audubon Zoo
For more info: (504) 581-4629 or www.auduboninstitute.org

Terrance Osborne Art Exhibition
10/2, 11am-6pm
New Orleans Sheraton Hotel
500 Canal St.
For more info: (504) 232-7530 or www.galleryosborne.com

Halloween Events around the Metro Area

Club Events:
Eyes Wide Shut: Halloween Extravaganza
The Metro
10/31 @ 10pm
310 Andrew Higgins Dr.
For more info: www.themetropolitannightclub.com

Phreaks Come Out at Night
Hush New Orleans
10/31 @  10pm
309 Decatur St.

Hex: Halloween 2008 at Club Ampersand
10/31 @ 11:55pm
Club Ampersand
1100 Tulane Ave.

Parades:
Krewe of Boo Parade
10/31 @ 7pm
Rolls from Elysian Fields to Port of New Orleans Place
For complete route & more info: (504) 394-5632 or www.kreweofboo.org/events

Molly’s at the Market’s Annual Halloween Parade
Molly’s on Decatur @ 7:30 pm
1107 Decatur Street, French Quarter
For more info: www.mollysatthemarket.net
Community:
Halloween on Frenchmen Street
Various clubs @ 6 pm
500-700 Frenchmen Street, Marigny

Halloween on Oak Street
Maple Leaf Bar @ 9pm, Jacque Imo’s, @ 8 pm
8300 block of Oak Street, Uptown
For more info: www.halloweenonoak.com

Haunted Houses/ Other:
The House of Shock Horror Show
Now-11/1
319 Butterworth St., Jefferson, LA (Under the Huey P. Long Bridge- Eastbank)
For more info: www.houseofshock.com

The Mortuary Haunted House
Now-11/8
4800 Canal St.
For more info: www.themortuary.net

Rocky Horror Picture Show Viewing
Sat, 11/1
Pre-show @ 10:30pm, Movie @ Midnight
Ernst Café
600 S. Peter St.
For more info: (504) 525-8544

Caegan Moore

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What if the world were a village of 100? This series of prints from Toby Ng give an interesting perspective on graphs, charts and figures. Check out his site: http://www.toby-ng.com/graphic-design/the-world-of-100/

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One of our friends we met at the Alternative Media Expo last year sent the following email:

Come visit my new studio space (shared with Heidi Domangue) in room 307 and join in the November 1st festivities at the Studio at Colton School.

WHERE:The Studio at Colton School2300 St. Claude AvenueNew Orleans, La. 70117

WHEN:Saturday, November 1, 2008 Honoring the deceased St. Roch Cemetery 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.

All Saints Day Ramble From St. Roch Cemetery to the Studio at Colton School 4:00 p.m. — 4:45 p.m.

Gathering and Drum Circle Backyard of the Studio at Colton School 4:45 p.m. — 7:00 p.m.

Installations and Performances Inside the Studio at Colton School 5:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m.

The Saint Plays Inside the Studio at Colton School 7:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.

WHO:Creative Alliance of New Orleans (CANO)All neighbors, citizens, friends, family and visitors invited to attend free of charge
Studio at Colton School opens to the public with All Saints Day Ramble! The Studio at Colton School, a project of the Creative Alliance of New Orleans (CANO), invites its St. Claude area and citywide neighbors along with national and international art lovers in town for Prospect.1 to celebrate its grand opening to the public on November 1st.

The day will include an All Saints Day Ramble which will begin at St. Roch Cemetery to honor the culture and legacy of our ancestral New Orleanians who perished during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and will progress to ramble from the cemetery to the Colton School with beats and music by the Douglass High School marching band and Treme Brass Band. Wrapping up in the backyard at Colton School, neighbors, friends, families, artists and visitors will be encouraged to gather for food and drinks from local vendors, hang out with Mardi Gras Indians from four local tribes, participate in an all-star drum circle featuring Julian Garcia, Luther Gray, Ivory Holmes, and Uganda Roberts and wander the school grounds to take in aone-of-a-kind collection of inspiring installations and musical events.

The three-pronged installation and performance segment of the All Saints Day celebration beginning at 5 p.m. will feature the Living Stereo performance featuring the Charmaine Neville Band, will be performed on multiple pianos and other instruments placed strategically throughout the 100,000 square foot building and broadcast live on WSCS 89.5, the official Studio at Colton School radio station. The art installation “Convergence,” a collaborative, mixed media piece using theatrical props and techniques will also be available for viewing at this time in the form of traveling one-act performances throughout the building. Also, “New Orleans Sinphony #2,” a performance installation by Robert Tannen and Peter Spring to be held in the Red Ballroom at the Studio presenting many forms of New Orleans music played on multiple pianos and matched with various traditional and contemporary styles of dance.Lastly, ArtSpot Productions will present the world premier of four new installments of “The Saint Plays,” internationally acclaimed playwright Erik Ehn’s ongoing cycle of contemporary adaptations of the lives of Catholic Saints. The plays, which have been written specifically for New Orleans, will be performed by Mondo Bizarro, Cripple Creek Theatre Company and Andrew Larimer.
www.bluebird-art.com

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I saw these funny cereal boxes in my google feed today via http://www.thedieline.com/blog/

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Obscure to say the least, The Knux are up-and-coming artists who have no genre classification. They break all the rules and make some up along the way. These 2 brothers from New Orleans create a sound of their own. If you like to rock out, they’re awesome! If you like to bob your head along with the music they’re great! They create a mash-up of rap, rock, and pop that is defiant and undeniably brave, in the same way Pharrell and Gnarls Barkley do. Abstract enough to keep you guessing and catchy enough to keep listening, their first hit “Cappuccino” is an ode to girls, and sets the scene for what they are going to do with music. I hear they’ll be on tour soon with Solange, NERD, and Janelle Monae. Brash, In your face, breakbeats and guitar riffs will keep you hype. Their first album “Remind Me in 3 Days” comes out October 28th.

Until then consider yourself shot!

Brittany

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