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Common Ground Health Clinic 7th Annual Fire Cider Brewing (Sat, 12/10)

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December 7, 2011 By In Events

What is Fire Cider exactly? Just the ultimate cure for anything that ails ya. A combination of ginger, garlic, apple cider vinegar, turmeric, horseradish, and hot peppers buried in the ground and allowed to ferment for thirty days, its an all natural herbal remedy for use at the first sign of a cold or flu. It is also an excellent external liniment for use on the chest for congestion, or to ease the pain of sore muscles.

Common Ground Health Clinic (CGHC) gathers each December at the community garden on Teche Street to make the winter tonic.The event will begin with an educational session led by the CGHC Herbalists, and will continue through the afternoon preparing ingredients, combining them in glass jars and, finally, burying them in the ground to brew. This is a great chance to experience some hands-on learning of herbal remedies past & present.
People of all ages are welcome to this event, and encouraged to bring a snack and a beverage to share, and a small (pint) glass jar with a lid. Participants are encouraged to return in January to dig it up their concoctions and celebrate with a feast.

Saturday, December 10th

Teche Street Community Garden, 1400 Teche St. (at Socrates) Algiers

1pm-3pm

Free 

Chew Dat: The Rethink Cook-Off! (Sat, 12/10)

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December 5, 2011 By In Events, Food and Beverage


On December 10, seven teams will compete for the title of CHEW DAT CHAMPION in the first ever Rethink cook-off fundraiser. Benefitting Rethink, a group of visionary middle school students responsible for bringing structural and ideological reforms (http://www.therethinkers.com/what-weve-done-2/ ) to RSD schools in New Orleans, each team will prepare four dishes using a secret ingredient from the Rethink garden. Teams will then present their dishes to a panel of celebrity judges and an enthusiastic crowd.

Teams are in competition not only for finalized dishes but also for key ingredients. For every $10 you donate, your team will receive 25 cents to spend on ingredients beyond a basic pantry. The more you give, the more scrumptious the dishes, the better your team’s chance of winning the coveted Golden Fork!

You can donate now to the team of your choice and join us for the Chew Dat Cook-Off Party on Saturday, December 10 from 6pm-9pm. Your donation will get you into the Cook-Off Party for free! Competing this year are teams Beet Dat, Team ESY, Juust Fuud, Team Mad Hella Beaucoup, Octupi en Regalia, ReHeaters, SLAMWICH! Check out team profiles here

https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/rethink/publicTeamList.jsp?campaignId=1&test=true

In summation: NOM NOM NOM NOM!!!

 

Saturday, December 10th

First Grace United Methodist Church (3401 Canal St.)

6pm-9pm

Free with $10 donation

 

HOMECOMING PROJECT 2011 Second Line (Saturday, 12/3)

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December 1, 2011 By In Culture, Events, Local Spotlight

New Orleans historical community theatre organization, JUNEBUG PRODUCTIONS, proudly presents the debut of its new program, HOMECOMING PROJECT, on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3rd, 2011 at Congo Square in Louis Armstrong Park.

HOMECOMING PROJECT is a place-based storytelling community engagement and performance series that asks New Orleanians, WHAT DOES HOME MEAN TO YOU?

After several months of hosting community dinners and story circles, Junebug will present several artistic illustrations of some of the recurring elements of home, of New Orleans, that have come out of these community engagement discussions surrounding the transition home after Hurricane Katrina, and current changes, challenges and developments in our communities.

The HOMECOMING PROJECT Second Line on December 3rd will not be a typical Second Line, but will take paraders on a journey around the Treme neighborhood where we will honor several of our cultural gems with traveling street theatre performances and community art installations at each stop.

Saturday, December 1st

Congo Square

12pm-5pm

Free

Soul Sister presents BOUNCE * ROCK * ROLL * SKATE w/Dynamite DJ Dave Soul (Friday, 12/2)

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November 30, 2011 By In Events

Finally feeling that beaming confidence brought on by months of rigidly rehearsed shaking, twerking, and wobbling in front of the mirror? This Friday DJ Soul Sister presents the 1st annual, BOUNCE ROCK ROLL SKATE, an adult adventure on wheels to benefit Hagar’s House, a “sanctuary for women and children in New Orleans.” Bringing it back to the rink, the night is set to start at 10:30pm at Airline Skate Center. $10 party admission includes skate rental.

Friday, December 2nd

Airline Skate Center (6711 Airline Drive, Metairie)

10:30pm-1:00am

$10

 

 

Books 2 Prisoners Benefit Show: Feat. Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?

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November 29, 2011 By In Events, Local Spotlight, Music

Come out to support the beautiful people at Books 2 Prisoners and treat your ears to the aural pleasures of Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?

New Orleans Books 2 Prisoners is a 100% volunteer and 501(c)(3) non-profit effort to correspond with Louisiana inmates and mail them reading materials free of cost.  They have been working throughout the entire Louisiana area to encourage literacy, to make prison-life more endurable, and to support prisoner interests.

The benefit show will feature performances from Isidro, Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?, and DJ Bees Knees.  Help pay for postage. Suggested donation $5. If you can’t make it out to the show but want to support Books 2 Prisoners in the future there is a weekly worknight that takes place every Sunday at 4:00 pm, at Nowe Miasto (223 Janes Place).

December 1st

9pm-Midnight

Siberia (2227 St. Claude)

$5 Suggested Donation