Mario Bautista
Happy Hour at Longue Vue
What’s in bloom will be the topic at Longue Vue House and Gardens at 4 p.m. Thursday as staff and supporters gather to cap off Museum Month.
The free public event will feature specialty gardens staff discussing the current blossoms on the grounds, as well a free glass of wine while wandering through the foliage at 7 Bamboo Road in New Orleans.
Visit longuevue.com for information and to register.
Jefferson tree school is Oct. 2
Calling all architects, arborists, contractors, landscape architects, engineers, planners and concerned citizens: A one-day conference will focus on the care and preservation of the tree canopy in Jefferson Parish.
Friends of Jefferson the Beautiful will hold the free Carey Hammett Tree School on Oct. 2; registration is required by Sept. 24.
The event, slated for the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, in Metairie is an annual look at the urban landscape and how best to maintain its trees.
The event begins at 8 a.m. and includes both local and national presenters, including Beau Brodbeck, Brian Kane, Skip Kincaid, Ace Torre and Lauren Williams.
For information, visit friendsofjeffersonthebeatiful.org.
PRC design luncheon Oct. 9
Tickets are on sale for the annual Preservation Resource Center’s Design Luncheon on Oct. 9 at the Audubon Tea Room, 6500 Magazine St.
The event’s featured speaker is Alexa Hampton, a New York designer recently named to Architectural Digest’s AD100, House Beautiful’s Top Designers list and Elle Décor’s A-List. She recently released her latest book, “Design, Style & Influence,” which will be available at the luncheon.
Tickets start at $150. Visit prcno.org.
Advocate staff photo by ELIOT KAMENITZ– Master mason Teddy Pierre mixes up mortar at Lafayette No. 2 cemetery in New Orleans, La. Sunday, July 12, 2015. In the wake of recent vandalism at Lafayette Cemetery No. 2 Save Our Cemeteries is conducting repairs on several open tombs at the historic Central City cemetery. The organization has contracted 8 local masons to perform the repair work.
Friends of Cabildo lectures continue
The Fall Member Lecture Series, covering a variety of topics, continues with a series on New Orleans history and legacies.
- Sept. 24: Theresa McCulla, author of “Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans”
- Oct. 8: Anthony Stanonis, “New Orleans Pralines: Plantation Sugar, Louisiana Pecans and the Marketing of Southern Nostalgia”
- Oct. 15: Joseph Jewell, “White Man’s Work: Race and Middle Class Mobility into the Progressive Era”
- Nov. 5: Francis Kolb Turnbell, “Spanish Louisiana: Contest for Borderlands, 1763-1805”
- Nov. 12: Bruce Spizer, “The Beatles at City Park at 60”
The lectures, free for members and $10 each for nonmembers or $25 for the series, are at 6 p.m. and available on Zoom. Visit friendsofthecabildo.org for the full schedule.
Volunteer at City Park
A variety of cleanup days and initiatives are on tap at City Park to improve and maintain the extensive urban green space. Those coming up during the week of Sept. 21-28 include:
- Urban Forest Support Initiative: 9 a.m. Saturday. Meet at Volunteer Center, 1031 Harrison Ave.
- Litter Abatement Campaign: 9 a.m. Tuesday. Volunteer Center, 1031 Harrison Ave.
- Horticulture Projects: 9 a.m. Tuesday, Volunteer Center, 1031 Harrison Ave.
- Big Lake Native Plant Trail Restoration Project: 9 a.m. Friday. Horticulture activities include weeding, removal of plant debris, mulching, shoveling and other tasks to maintain native plant beds. Meet at the Big Lake Native Trail near 7 Friedrichs Ave.
