Events for April 2019

Good Work Network, a Central City-based nonprofit supporting women and minority business owners, is accepting applications for Level Up! - its new growth intensive for entrepreneurs of color designed to help increase revenues and create jobs.

Level Up! is a six-month program that prepares high-potential, minority-owned businesses for accelerated growth and expansion. Utilizing the internationally-recognized StreetWise MBA™ curriculum developed by Interise, participants of this program will join a cohort of peers and take part in class sessions, peer to peer mentoring groups, and self-analysis case studies. 

Participants will also have a chance to access large corporations for partnership opportunities and walk away with a three-year strategic growth plan with the knowledge and know-how of how to execute it. Level Up! helps firms overcome growth barriers, create access to new opportunities, and connects them with the right resources to fuel growth and build capacity.

Application deadline is April 1. Information session will be held March 14th from 6-7 p.m. - register today!

Spring Fiesta: Home&Courtyard Tours Visit private homes and courtyards not ordinarily open to the public in the French Quarter (March 31 and April 7) and Uptown District (March 30); guided History&Architecture Tours of the French Quarter discuss events from the 300 years of New Orleans history and point out architectural features of the Vieux Carre’ buildings and homes (March 30, 3 April 6, 7); Brunch at Antoine's Dine at one of New Orleans oldest and most famous restaurants combine with the morning H&A tour and the afternoon H&C tour (March 31). Advanced Purchase only by March 29. Special dietary requests may be possible. Send an email to NewOrleansSpringFiesta@yahoo.com. Enjoy the Queen's Promenade in Jackson Square and Parade in the French Quarter (April 6).

www.springfiestnola.com, neworleansspringfiesta@yahoo.com, 504-581-1367. Tickets available at GAMBIT Tickets, bestofneworleans/SpringFiesta2019 or Eventbrite.com.

For the first time in its 72 year history, the Bronner Bros. (BB) International Beauty Show is set to take place in New Orleans, LA at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, March 30 – April 1, 2019. More than 35,000 people will converge for three exciting days of education, exhibits, competitions, and entertainment. Dubbed “the hairdressers fashion week,” the BB Show is the premier destination for the best in multicultural beauty – attracting the industry’s most diverse mix of professional stylists, barbers, beauty influencers, and students. Attendees can register today at bronnerbros.com.

Good Work Network Introduces- Level Up! Level Up! is an in-depth program that prepares high-potential, minority-owned businesses for accelerated growth and expansion. Utilizing an internationally-recognized curriculum, participants of this program will join a cohort of peers and take part in class sessions, peer to peer mentoring groups, and self-analysis case studies. This hands-on program provides the knowledge and know-how business owners need to create (and manage) a customized, three-year strategic growth plan. What you'll takeaway: -A Custom 3 Year Growth Plan -Practical Business Education -Supportive Business Network -Access to Capital & Contracting

GiveNOLA Day is our community’s 24-hour event that inspires supporters around the world to give to the organizations they love. Are you one of the 700+ local nonprofits planning to participate in GiveNOLA Day this year? Are you looking for ways to improve on your success from last year? Are you joining for the very first time? This seven week boot camp will help your organization make the very most of this amazing fundraising opportunity. Through a series of three group sessions, three individual sessions, and a lagniappe study hall, your nonprofit can learn some of the best tools and tricks possible to raise money on GiveNOLA Day 2019! The Details: Who can participate: Up to 4 people per organization (including staff, board members, and volunteers). Please include the names when you register. Cost: $450 for group sessions and study hall only; $650 for group sessions and study hall plus individual sessions When: Three group sessions from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, Tuesday, April 16 and Tuesday, May 14 Lagniappe study hall from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30 Three one-hour individual sessions scheduled independently during the week of April 8- 12, April 22-26, and May 20-24 (to be scheduled after registration) Space is limited! Registration deadline: Tuesday, March 26

We are super excited to be heading over to Kendra Scott on Magazine Street for our April 2 event! Get ready to get glamorous - and shop pre-Mother's Day for that special mom in your life (or buy something special for you)! This is a wonderful event for LikeMinded Ladies. Not only will you be able to indulge in sweets and treats, but part of your purchases will benefit LikeMinded Ladies. So we hope you all come out for fun and shopping! LikeMinded Ladies members and their first-time guests free. $10 all other future LML members. As always, we will have great door prizes from our sponsors SATAZI, Saintly Skin, Pole Perfect Fitness, InnerDesign, Beef Jerky NOLA,, and our donor New Orleans City Park.. Expect fantastic food from Bobby Hebert's Cajun Cannon, Oceana Grill, and Olde NOLA Cookery. There'll be plenty of wine and LML Fun, plus great pics from our Photographer Frank L Aymami III. Don't forget to invite your friends and check out LikeMinded Ladies for any additional information! LikeMinded Ladies members and their first-time guests free. $10 all other future LML members.

Join us for a free informational seminar and find out how to protect your loved ones by making your final arrangements in advance. Free lunch provided! Reservations Required

Please join us for a fun evening of complimentary drinks, hor d'oeurves, and conversation at the fabulous Copper Vine Wine Pub on Poydras! We invite any and all LCI members and leaders in the hospitality and services industries to mingle with their peers upstairs. Please bring your business cards for trading!

This event is powered by LCIA, the member services arm of LCI Workers' Comp.

Join us for a free informational seminar and find out how to protect your loved ones by making your final arrangements in advance. Free dinner provided! Reservations Required

A dream come true! We're total animal lovers here at Footprints & love giving back to the community is a part of our mission. "Join The Journey" with us for a kitty-tastic time. We're partnering with Zeus' Rescue AND the Renaissance Arts Hotel to bring you a furry flow filled with cuteness. Our founder, April Dupre will lead her signature Hip-Hip Yogalates high energy flow while surrounded by adorable kitties frolicking around the hotel's gorgeous art gallery. What a "purrfect" life, right? Do we need to go on anymore to convince you that this is a total win? A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Zeus' Rescues! The more, the merrier so BRING YA' KREWE. BONUS: We encourage you to dress up like your favorite cat! A WINNER will be chosen for each event and be gifted some awesome swag! Enough chattin'. Get to signing up because SPOTS WILL FILL QUICKLY. THIS EVENT IS KID FRIENDLY, BUT DUE TO LIMITED SPACE, YOU MUST ALSO PURCHASE A TICKET FOR YOUR KIDDOS. ALL CATS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! HELP US GIVE THEM A HOME! *We will be accepting additional donations for Zeus' Rescues so bring some cash and help this amazing organization continue saving our furry friends! Please bring your Mat. Water will be provided Evamor

Newcomb Department of Music at Tulane University presents the New Orleans PREMIERE of the hit play BUYER & CELLAR An outrageous comedy about the oddest of odd jobs. Alex More, a struggling actor in LA, finds himself working in Barbra Streisand's private shopping mall (Yes, Barbra has her own shopping mall in her basement). With his riotously sharp wit and shop clerk persona ready, Alex awaits a visit from the "Funny Girl" herself.

Join Upturn Arts for the 6th Annual Studio 504: Disco for Dance sponsored by Reasonover & Berg & NOLA Family Friday, April 5, from 5:30-8:30pm at the New Orleans Jazz Market with emcee MC Sweet Tea and DJ Entice! This year’s event will feature a performance from the DISCOvery Camp Young Artists, both a silent and live auction with an Upturn Arts’ student auctioneer, and special guest Thomas Mann. New to the Disco this year is our first annual Dance-A-Thon! All participants will be given an online platform to raise money by ticket sales and donations and must raise $200 by April 5 to officially be entered. Donations will be collected throughout the event as participants boogie the night away. The participant who raises the most money by the end of the event will be crowned our first Funk Master! To complete the entry form: http://bit.ly/DanceAThonEntry

The Friends of St. Alphonsus is presenting Finding Your Irish Roots. Corned beef and Cabbage, Irish dancers, and genealogy experts will be featured.

Join Southern Food and Beverage Museum and local author Nancy Maveety for a cocktail demonstration and book signing of “Glass and Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Court and Alcohol.” In Glass and Gavel, noted legal expert Nancy Maveety has written the first book devoted to alcohol in the nation’s highest court of law, the United States Supreme Court. The program begins at 1 PM in the Rouses Culinary Innovation Center by Jenn-Air, samples are first come, first served. Must be 21 with valid ID to sample cocktails. Free with museum admission. Buy the book at the front desk to have museum admission waived!

Do not miss this opportunity to see CIMAFUNK'n New Orleans for his debut U.S. tour. Catch the madness, mayhem and genius from the beginning. New Orleans will embrace CIMAFUNK with John Cleary opening with special guest Herlin Riley and The Soul Rebels sitting in with CIMAFUNK. CIMAFUNK has been turning Cuba upside down with a powerful movement of Cuban Rhythms and Funk. Recently named as “Top 10 Latin Artist to Watch in 2019,” by Billboard, CIMAFUNK broke attendance records at Cuba’s most important venues and his music has created havoc on the island.

A Festival of Food, Beverages & Culinary Products Made in Louisiana! Purveyors serving the most innovative new culinary foods, drinks and products: craft beers, sauces, snacks, breads, absinthe, jambalaya, pies, salsa, spice mixes, tamales, pecan treats, oils, jams, coffees, honey, sweets, nuts, cutting boards, delicious cocktails and more! Come Sample and Shop for Unique and Tasty Gifts!

The Historic New Orleans Collection is holding a block party on the 500 block of Royal St. on Sunday, April 7 from 1 - 5 PM to celebrate the grand opening of their new exhibition space. Bands include Bon Bon Vivant, The Confetti Park Players, Storyville Stompers, Detroit Brooks and Javier Olondo & Asheson. Food and drink vendors will also be available. Come out for a fun Sunday afternoon and check out the new exhibition space at 520 Royal Street!

Join us for a free informational seminar and find out how to protect your loved ones by making your final arrangements in advance. Free lunch provided! Reservations Required

Join us for a free informational seminar and find out how to protect your loved ones by making your final arrangements in advance. Free dinner provided! Reservations Required

Join us at Dickie Brennan's Bourbon House to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk. Enjoy a four-course dinner with wine and bourbon pairings, and a special whiskey wagon auction, while supporting a cause that brings light to the darkness of cancer by funding lifesaving research and support for people battling cancer. Seating is limited, buy your tickets before its too late. 

Free wine tasting

Baton Rouge, La. – Louisiana Healthcare Connections and New Orleans-based non-profit Sankofa will partner in an Eat for LIFE! event on Saturday, April 13, 2019, from 10 a.m. – noon, at the Sankofa Community Development Center at 5200 Dauphine St. in New Orleans. The free community event will feature: • Health screenings • Nutritional education • Cooking demonstrations • Special giveaways • Healthy food and beverages • Healthy activities for attendees of all ages The event will also celebrate the SNAP/EBT matching program at Sankofa’s Fresh Stop Markets in New Orleans. Sponsored by Louisiana Healthcare Connections, the program offers a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $10 in purchases made with a SNAP/EBT card at any of Sankofa’s Fresh Stop Markets. Information about the program will be available at the Eat for LIFE! event. WHEN: Saturday, April 13, 2019 10 a.m. - Noon WHAT: Eat for LIFE! Fresh Food and Health Education Fair WHERE: Sankofa Community Development Center 5200 Dauphine St., New Orleans, LA # # # About Louisiana Healthcare Connections Established to deliver quality healthcare through local, regional and community-based partners, Louisiana Healthcare Connections is a Healthy Louisiana plan headquartered in Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana Healthcare Connections exists to improve the health of its members through focused, compassionate and coordinated care. Because Louisiana Healthcare Connections believes healthy is a way of life, its members benefit from programs and services designed for their personal well-being. For more information, visit www.LouisianaHealthConnect.com.

Join Voltage and Immamuel Community Church on April 13, for a Spring Family Celebration and Easter Egg Hunt at the Sojourner Neighborhood Center in New Orleans! Activities will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Children 4-10 are invited to join in the fun and should bring their Easter Basket to the egg hunt (wheel chair accessible). All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to attend. Free snowballs, popcorn, face painting, giveaways, plenty of delicious food, and so much more!

Free Tickets at: EventBrite.com

In support of the exhibition Piercing the Inner Wall: The Art of Dusti Bongé, Ogden Museum Curator of the Collection, Bradley Sumrall, will moderate a panel discussion with author Richard Gruber, Ph. D., Director Emeritus of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art; Paul Bongé, grandson of the artist; and Amanda Winstead, Fine Art Appraiser and Private Art Dealer, followed by an audience Q & A. The event will conclude with a book signing.

The ASMBS Foundation has teamed up with Ochsner Health System to bring the Walk from Obesity to New Orleans on Sunday, April 14th. Join us as we take steps to raise awareness of obesity in our community. Local sponsors and vendors will be on site to share helpful information on healthy living and resources for obesity preventions and treatment. Tickets are $25 for adults and children under 12 are free. Early bird rates are available. Proceeds raised from this event go towards obesity research, educational programs, and access to quality care initiatives. Learn more at https://fundraise.asmbsfoundation.org/event/neworleans2019

Learn the history and art of making Hoghead Cheese. Taught by Daniel Robert, the Curator of Meat Science Programs at the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, this class will show every step involved in making two types of hoghead cheese (a New Orleans’ style and Cajun/Creole style) from start to finish. This class is aimed at both home cooks and commercial manufacturers.

Build and strengthen relationships that will sustain your nonprofit! Did you know that getting donors to give to your nonprofit is not just about what you say when you are asking for a gift, but what you are doing when you are NOT asking? This workshop will give you best practices and practical tools to get your donors excited to give to you. Having great donor relationships means that you raise more money, with less stress and less work. Participants will learn: The Donor Cultivation Cycle- a simple way to think about the process of identifying prospects, building great relationships, and asking donors to give in the right way. The right balance of asking and not asking. What to do with your donors who have the capacity to give the most. Attendees will receive a Certificate of Participation for completing the workshop. Registration $40. Discounts available for students, AmeriCorps and organizations registering two or more people. For questions, to inquire about discount codes or to reserve your seat and pay at the door, email info@thefundingseed.com.

“The Bellydancing Kitties of Constantinople” is a beautiful illustrated book for children, cat lovers and bellydance enthusiasts. Written by Tamalyn Dallal, a New Orleans based author, dancer, and filmmaker, the story follows the life of a cat named Pasha who lives on Constantinople Street in New Orleans. Each page of the book is hand painted by Ayako Date, an artist and dancer who lives in Kyoto, Japan. She will be coming from Japan for this event. Tamalyn Dallal and Ayako Date will be dancing Persian dance and bellydance. Moroccan musician Amine Boucetta and his band will play live Middle Eastern music. New Orleans based bellydancers Stefanie Kemp and Iona will perform as well.

Craft Beer and Food Festival Live Music 50+ Beers from 30+ Breweries Can Releases Free Entry to Block Party VIP tasting at Courtyard from 11 AM - 1 PM This is a free event with a VIP tasting portion Saturday, 4/20/2019 Click here to buy your tasting tickets https://louisianahopfest.brownpapertickets.com

Taste 40 kinds of bubbles to include champagne, cava and prosecco. Small bites will also be served.

The New Bijoux at Le Pavillon Hotel will be offering an Easter Day Brunch on Sunday April 21st

Le Pavillon Hotel’s new Bijoux restaurant will be hosting Easter Brunch on Sunday, March 21st from 8am to 1pm. The decadent Easter Brunch with live music will include selections of a Belgian Waffle Bar, Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb, or Port Wine Braised Beef Short Rib for a savory selection. Adults dine for $50 per plate and children aged under 10 for $20 per plate. Reservations are recommended for Easter Brunch and can be made by calling 844-656-8336 or online.

New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter (NOWCS) is hosting its 5th annual “There’s No Place Like Home” fundraiser presented by Gulf Coast Bank & Trust on Tuesday, April 23rd. Patron Party is from 6PM-9PM and the Fundraiser is from 7PM-9PM. Civic leader and long time shelter supporter Leslie Jacobs will be honored at this event as the 2019 Jackie and Dan Silverman Homeless Champion. Fundraiser will include live music by Bag of Donuts, New Orleans cuisine and a silent auction featuring gift certificates to some of the finest restaurants, hotels and businesses in the region, as well as special items including jewelry, art and tickets for the Rolling Stones performance at the 2019 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. http://nowcs.org/support/tnplh/

 

Free tequila and mezcal tasting

New Orleans Walk Like MADD is Mothers Against Drunk Driving's signature fundraising event to help raise awareness and funds to eliminate drunk and drugged driving. We hope that you will join us to help create a future of No More Victims. Sign up TODAY and help us save more lives! All the money we raise will stay in our community to stop the tragedy caused by this 100% preventable crime on our roadways.

New Orleans Walk Like MADD (5K)
WHEN: APRIL 27, 2019
WHERE: LASALLE PARK REGISTRATION
TIME: 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.
EVENT TIME: 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
WEBSITE: www.walklikemadd.org/neworleans

This presentation will define risk, how insurance limits risk, and what type of insurance products, coverages, and endorsements are available to small business owners. You'll also learn what qualifications are needed for bond consideration, how to communicate with an insurance agent, and describe the elements of a declaration page. Takeaways: -An understanding of different types of insurance products, coverages, and endorsements -Bonding qualifications -Agent communication tactics

Disaster can strike at anytime! As a small business owner, doing business is risky and making sure your employees, customers, and vendors are protected is essential. This presentation will define risk, how insurance limits risk, and what type of insurance products, coverage, and endorsements are available to small business owners. You'll also learn what qualifications are needed for bond consideration, how to communicate with an insurance agent, and describe the elements of a declaration page. Register at: https://goodworknetwork.org/4-30-19-bonding-insurance-is-your-business-covered/