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Cripple Creek Players Present "UBU ENCHAINÉ," 2 NIGHTS ONLY!

Cripple Creek Players Present “UBU ENCHAINÉ,” 2 NIGHTS ONLY!

THIS WEEKEND! Friday, February 10th & Saturday February 11th AllWays Lounge & Theatre 2240 St. Claude Avenue NOLA,  70117 Doors 7 p.m. (Friday) Aurora Nealand w/guest artsists 7:30 p.m. | PLUS! It’s the AllWays’ 3rd Birthday! Come celebrate with us! (Saturday) Sweet Street Symphony 7:30 p.m. Ubu Enchainé 9 p.m. $20 for all the food,...
Designing can be a Beautiful Business: “Green” Furniture Designers, Echo 9 and Refab

Designing can be a Beautiful Business: “Green” Furniture Designers, Echo 9 and Refab

The Bywater-based furniture design team, Echo 9, has introduced a new dynamic to the local woodworking market, its creations not simply beautifully crafted pieces for the home, but each telling a particular story.  As Echo 9 partner, Eric Lind, describes their focus, “We build our furniture with locally sourced, salvaged materials from our city’s architectural...
"Spring Awakening," an 8-Year Romance

“Spring Awakening,” an 8-Year Romance

  InvadeNOLA Founder, Justin Shiels, wrote a terrific plug for Theatre 13’s Spring Awakening at Southern Repertory Theatre, but I lament one thing about it: I wish Justin and I could’ve seen the show together, so he could’ve laughed and cried right along with my friend, Laura, and me. We sat in the theatre, whispering about...
“Tiny Alice”: dizzying down the rabbit hole

“Tiny Alice”: dizzying down the rabbit hole

I attended the Friday, January 20th performance of Silk Dress Productions’ Tiny Alice by Edward Albee at the Mid-City Theater, a recently renovated venue in the New Orleans theatre scene, which is a refreshing sight in spite of the indefinite closure of venues such as Le Petit in the French Quarter, Le Chat Noir in...
“A Behanding in Spokane”: Finger-Lickin’ Good

“A Behanding in Spokane”: Finger-Lickin’ Good

Exceedingly dark humor, hopeless circumstances, and expletives galore –sound appealing?  Then the NOLA Project’s A Behanding in Spokane is FOR YOU! It’s a 90-minute, high-octane peek into a man’s desperate search for a little something he lost 27 years ago (I’m sure you can guess) and his encounter with a couple of punk kids who...