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Dec 28-31, Jan 1-2 Hadestown. The winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best

Musical Theater Album, Hadestown will come New Orleans’ Saenger

Theatre. Presented by the New Orleans

Theatre Association, Hadestown is part of the Hancock Whitney Broadway in New Orleans 2021-2022 season.

Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St.

BroadwayInNewOrleans.com.

December

1 SOSUSU’s Five Year Anniversary

Celebration. Celebrate SOSUSU’s anniversary with food, drinks and giveaways. 3427 Magazine St. 309-5026. sosusu. myshopify.com.

1 St. Scholastica Academy Dove Market.

Pop-up and online holiday shopping.

St. Scholastica Academy Gym, 122 S.

Massachusetts St, Covington. 4-8pm. ssacad.org.

1-24 Réveillon Lunch and Dinner.

Galatoire’s Réveillon menu features creations by Executive Chef Phillip Lopez alongside the classics, crafted to celebrate the centuries-old New Orleans tradition of

Réveillon. Galatoire’s, 209 Bourbon St. 5252021. galatoires.com. 1-31 Holiday Tea. Afternoon tea with a festive holiday twist. Le Salon at Windsor

Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St. 522-1994.

windsorcourthotel.com. 1-23, 26-30 Réveillon Dinner. The Grill

Room at Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier

St. 522-1994. windsorcourthotel.com. 1-Jan 2 Carousel Gardens Experience.

An all access pass to the Carousel Gardens

Amusement Park, which features 18 rides guaranteed to put a smile on your face, and the festive outdoor bar in the Botanical

Garden, where you can share a holiday

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delight under the twinkling lights with your loved ones. 7 Victory Ave. Sunday-Thursday, 6-11pm; Friday-Saturday, 5pm-12am. celebrationintheoaks.com/experience/ carousel-gardens-experience.

1-Jan 2 Celebration in the Oaks

Driving Tour. City Park’s largest fundraiser,

Celebration in the Oaks presented by

Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust, is the

New Orleans holiday family tradition. >>

This incredible light festival has enchanted Park visitors since the 1980s and is vital to the Park’s maintenance, care, and beautification year-round. Make memories with your loved ones in City Park this holiday season. New

Orleans City Park, 2 Friederich Ave. Closed Dec 24 and 31. neworleanscitypark.com/celebration-in-the-oaks.

1-Jan 23 Prospect.5: Yesterday we said tomorrow.

Prospect New Orleans’ 2021 iteration, Prospect.5:

Yesterday we said tomorrow, is scheduled to open across the city in stages from late October to mid- November and will remain on view until January 23, 2022. Prospect

New Orleans’s Prospect.5: Yesterday we said tomorrow is curated by Naima J. Keith and Diana Nawi, the Susan

Brennan Artistic Directors of Prospect.5, and will feature the work of 51 artists and artist collectives in museums, cultural spaces, and public sites throughout New Orleans.

ProspectNewOrleans.org. 3-5, 10-12 Cinderella. The new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s

Possible,” and “Ten Minutes Ago,” alongside an updated, humorous, and romantic libretto by Douglas Carter Beane.

Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive,

Metairie. jpas.org. 4 Merry Market. Celebrate the holidays with Longue Vue

House and Gardens. Outdoors art market, photos with

Santa (additional pricing through Loupe Photography), seasonal music and crafts, and tea and Holiday treats at

Edith & Edgar’s Museum Café. 7 Bamboo Rd. 1-4pm. 4885488.

4 Improvisations: The New Orleans Jazz Museum

Gala. The Gala will feature an exciting mix of some of the finest local and national musical talents, spectacular New

Orleans cuisine, a selection of coveted auction items, and a dazzling Sound Collage installation — all on the grounds of the New Orleans Jazz Museum. 400 Esplanade Ave. Patron party, 7-8pm; gala, 8-11pm. nolajazzmuseum.org. 4-5 Jennifer Ponson Jewelry Show and Sale. The Bead

Shop, 4612 Magazine St. 10am-5pm. jenniferponson.com. 4-5 Santa! Meet Santa and enjoy the holidays at Judy at the

Rink, 2727 Prytania St. 891-7018. judyattherink.com. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19, 22-24 Teddy Bear Tea 2021. Nothing marks the holidays like Teddy Bear Tea. Children of all ages have been coming for decades to kindle the Christmas

Spirit, honor family traditions and, in turn pass them on to their children. The Roosevelt New Orleans, 130 Roosevelt

Way. therooseveltneworleans.com.

4, 11, 18 Champagne Saturdays. Symmetry Jewelers &

Designers, 8138 Hampson St. symmetryjewelers.com. 5, 12, 19, 26 Jazz Brunch. Broussard’s Restaurant, 819

Conti St. 581-3866. broussards.com.

7 Sips & Slices: Cocktail and Pie Pairing with

Bywater Bakery. Pie and cocktail pairing hosted by

Sazerac House cocktail experts and Bywater Bakery. This tasting features items that include nuts and nut products.

The Sazerac House, 101 Magazine St. 4-5pm. For tickets, visit sazerachouse.com.

9 Inside New Orleans Holiday Meet the Artist Party.

Meet cover artist Christy Boutte. Art by Christy Gallery, 4616 Magazine St. 6-8pm. insideneworleansmagazine. com. 10 Holiday Spirited Dinner. The dinner will feature five courses paired with a festive hand-crafted cocktail prepared by Anna Tusa. Briquette, 701 S Peters St. 7pm. $125 per person all inclusive. Reservations can be made on OpenTable or through Anna, 460-3886. 11 Early Childhood Open House. Ursuline Academy, 2635 State St. go.uanola.org. 11 Royd Anderson Book Signing. Meet Royd Anderson and get your copy of New Orleans Disasters signed. After the book signing, there will be a screening of The Luling Ferry Disaster documentary East Regional Library, 160

W Campus Dr, Destrehan. 10am-12pm. facebook.com/ neworleansdisasters. 11 Running of the Santas. Enjoy drink specials, open bars, live music and of course the big “run,” from the North

Pole to the South Pole. Manning’s, 519 Fulton St. 3-8pm. runningofthesantas.com.

11-12 Preservation Resource Center’s Holiday Home

Tour: Video Series and Art & Garden Tour. Join

PRC Executive Director Danielle Del Sol as she steps inside FOUR exquisite houses around New Orleans. Her interviews with the homeowners will explore the gorgeous art collections, historic architectural details and masterful interior design of these private homes in the French

Quarter, Uptown and Faubourg St. John. Working with some of the city’s most talented landscape architects and artists, these lush Garden District landscapes will be stunning holiday showcases filled with custom-designed, larger-than-life art installations. For pricing, times and details, prcno.org/event/holiday-home-tour-2021.

13-March 31 Embrace your Winter at The

Pontchartrain Hotel. For stays December 13 to March 31, enjoy complimentary valet parking. Two-night minimum length of stay required on Saturday nights; some >>

black-out dates apply. The Pontchartrain Hotel, 2031 St. Charles

Ave. 800-708-6652. thepontchartrainhotel.com. 14 Cheers to Cheese: Holiday Gatherings. Cheese and cocktail pairing hosted by Sazerac House cocktail experts and St. James Cheese Company. The Sazerac House, 101

Magazine St. 4-5:30pm. For tickets, visit sazerachouse.com. 14-19 CATS. Featuring new sound design, direction and choreography for a new generation — experience CATS for the first time as it begins a new life, or let it thrill you all over again!

Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St. BroadwayInNewOrleans.com.

18 French Quarter Museum Association Holiday Market.

For one weekend only, vendors will be set up in several FQMA museum courtyards throughout the French Quarter! This event is free and open to the public. Locations include: 1850 House

Museum Store, Beauregard-Keyes House, Hermann-Grima

House, The Historic New Orleans Collection and New Orleans

Pharmacy Museum. hgghh.org/events/2021-fqma-market. 18-19 The Nutcracker. Based on the E.T.A. Hoffmann fantasy story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, the ballet is a magical Christmas Eve journey about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life. Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, Metairie. jpas.org. 21 Drink & Learn: Creole Holiday Traditions. New Orleans history siscussion and cocktail demo hosted by drinks historian

Elizabeth Pearce. The Sazerac House, 101 Magazine St. 4-5:30pm. For tickets, visit sazerachouse.com. 24 Christmas Eve Prix Fixe Dinner. The Grill Room at

Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St. 5-9pm. 522-1994. windsorcourthotel.com.

24, 31 Christmas Eve and New Years Eve at Briquette.

701 S Peters St. Reservations can be made on OpenTable or 302-7496.

24, 31 Christmas Eve and New Years Eve at New Orleans

Creole Cookery. 510 Toulouse St. Reservations can be made on OpenTable or 524-9632. 25 Christmas Day Prix Fixe Lunch and Dinner. The Grill

Room at Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St. 11:30am-3pm; 5-9pm. 522-1994. windsorcourthotel.com. 28-31, Jan 1-2 Hadestown. The winner of eight 2019 Tony

Awards® including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy®

Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Hadestown will come

New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre. Presented by the New Orleans

Theatre Association, Hadestown is part of the Hancock Whitney

Broadway in New Orleans 2021-2022 season. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St. BroadwayInNewOrleans.com. 31 New Year’s Eve Prix Fixe Dinner. The Grill Room at

Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St. 5-10pm. 522-1994. windsorcourthotel.com.

January

1 Allstate Sugar Bowl. Allstatesugarbowl.org. 1-2 Carousel Gardens Experience. An all access pass to the

Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, which features 18 rides guaranteed to put a smile on your face, and the festive outdoor bar in the Botanical Garden, where you can share a holiday

delight under the twinkling lights with your loved ones. 7 Victory Ave. Sunday-Thursday, 6-11pm; Friday-Saturday, 5pm-12am. celebrationintheoaks.com/experience/ carousel-gardens-experience. 1-2 Celebration in the Oaks Driving Tour.

City Park’s largest fundraiser, Celebration in the Oaks presented by Oscar J. Tolmas

Charitable Trust, is the New Orleans holiday family tradition. This incredible light festival has enchanted Park visitors since the 1980s and is vital to the Park’s maintenance, care, and beautification year-round. Make memories with your loved ones in City Park this holiday season. New Orleans City Park, 2 Friederich Ave. Closed Dec 24 and 31. neworleanscitypark.com/celebration-in-theoaks. 1-2 Hadestown. The winner of eight 2019

Tony Awards® including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best

Musical Theater Album, Hadestown will come New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre.

Presented by the New Orleans Theatre

Association, Hadestown is part of the

Hancock Whitney Broadway in New Orleans 2021-2022 season. Saenger Theatre, 1111

Canal St. BroadwayInNewOrleans.com.

1-23 Prospect.5: Yesterday we said

tomorrow. Prospect New Orleans’ 2021 iteration, Prospect.5: Yesterday we said tomorrow, is scheduled to open across the city in stages from late October to mid-

November and will remain on view until

January 23, 2022. Prospect New Orleans’s

Prospect.5: Yesterday we said tomorrow is curated by Naima J. Keith and Diana

Nawi, the Susan Brennan Artistic Directors of Prospect.5, and will feature the work of 51 artists and artist collectives in museums, cultural spaces, and public sites throughout

New Orleans. ProspectNewOrleans.org. 1-March 31 Embrace your Winter at The

Pontchartrain Hotel. For stays December 13 to March 31, enjoy complimentary valet parking. Two-night minimum length of stay required on Saturday nights; some blackout dates apply. The Pontchartrain Hotel, 2031 St. Charles Ave. 800-708-6652. thepontchartrainhotel.com. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Jazz Brunch. Broussard’s

Restaurant, 819 Conti St. 581-3866. broussards.com.

6-9 An Homage to Josephine Baker.

Thomas Cipullo’s Josephine and a world premiere performance from >>

the Marigny Opera Ballet. Marigny Opera

House, 725 St. Ferdinand St. 529-3000.

NewOrleansOpera.org.

8, 15, 22, 29 Champagne Saturdays.

Symmetry Jewelers & Designers, 8138

Hampson St. symmetryjewelers.com. Jan 22 Tango Fire. Launching on January 22, 2022, NOBA begins the season with global phenomenon The Tango Fire

Company of Buenos Aires’ Tango Fire, the world’s leading Tango company. As one of the world’s most popular dance forms, this exhilarating dance spectacular melds rawness and sophistication with the seductive and sultry, mesmerizing audiences every step of the way. Tango Fire is accompanied by a live ensemble consisting of four of Argentina’s finest young musicians. 8pm. nobadance.com.

Looking Ahead

Feb 1-March 31 Embrace your Winter

at The Pontchartrain Hotel. For stays December 13 to March 31, enjoy complimentary valet parking. Two-night minimum length of stay required on Saturday nights; some black-out dates apply. The

Pontchartrain Hotel, 2031 St. Charles Ave. 800-708-6652. thepontchartrainhotel.com. March 12 Ballet Hispánico. Audience favorite Ballet Hispánico launches their national tour with a return to New Orleans and marks their 50th anniversary debut performance of Doña Perón. nobadance. com. April 1-2 Hogs for the Cause. Hogs for the Cause event and fundraising successes have made it possible to broaden the mission to include building Hogs Houses, a place for the most critical patients and their families to stay. Find details at hogsfest.org.

May 14-15 American Ballet Theatre:

Don Quixote. Bringing the masterpiece

Don Quixote, American Ballet Theatre is accompanied by the Louisiana

Philharmonic Orchestra at Mahalia

Jackson Theater to close out NOBA’s blockbuster season. nobadance.com.

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