This last Saturday I went to an art show and benefit to help displaced musicians and other cultural peoples to return to New Orleans after Katrina. There were over 5000 musicians in New Orleans before Katrina, now there is an estimated 600, and if you know anything about the big easy, you know that the music is a very important part of the culture of the city.
It was sponsored and hosted by some people I know. They live here but have a love of the big easy so much so that they have an apartment just on the edge of the French Quarter. They have many friends there as well, many artist and musicians among them. They felt that the needed to help, and esp now since the news has been pretty quiet about it, out of site out of mind. Sara is an artist so she created 46 paintings that were all emotionally charged about the event and after effects of the hurricane and the government’s help or lack there of.
They did it up right, the flew up a well known musician from N. O. to perform. A local spoken word artist preformed, I think he had ties to N. O. They had beer and wine and what they called “Katrina-Ritas” a dirty looking margarita to simulate the dirty water the hurricanes caused. And what is a benefit for New Orleans with out food, they had beef, shrimp and oyster mini po’ boys and muffalata’s. All very well done I must say. Even though the event was invite only, they made out very well. I heard a nice number but the source is not the most reliable so I will refrain from going into it.
I wish I had my camera on me that night, I would have loved to get some photos. Plus I was all dressed up!
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