Today 🌦️ 92°/82° 86% | Mon ☁️ 96°/79° 100% | Tue ☁️ 99°/79° 77% | Wed ☁️ 97°/79° 63% | Thu ☁️ 98°/77° 90% |
⭐ This Week at a Glance | Toddler Time: Steps to Art in Our Play With Me Gallery Tuesday, August 18 • 2:00 PM · Louisiana Children's Museum Hands-on art for the under-3 crowd at the Children's Museum. Your toddler gets to make a mess; you get an hour of peace knowing they're learning. |
| | YALA Baby Artsplay: Baby Balancing Acts Workshop Thursday, August 20 • 9:30 AM · Ogden Museum of Southern Art Free 30-minute workshop using movement and music to help tiny learners develop coordination and bilateral integration. Certified teaching artists, connection cards to take home. |
| Crescent City Farmers Market Sunday, August 23 from 8 AM to 12 PM · New Orleans City Park Sunday morning ritual: local produce, prepared foods, and the kind of community vibe that makes you remember why you live here. Eight to noon. |
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⚠️ What Affects Your Week| ⚠️ | The boil water advisory for Memorial Park in Algiers remains in effect as of mid-week. If you live in that area, continue boiling tap water for drinking and cooking until further notice from the Sewerage & Water Board. |
🌟 This Weekend · Aug 21 – Aug 23Big Lake Native Plant Trail Restoration Project NOLA Fri, Aug 21 • 8:00 AM New Orleans City Park · New Orleans Hands-on volunteer project restoring native plantings along the Big Lake trail in City Park, protecting habitat and improving the forest canopy. |
| Urban Forest Support Initiative NOLA Sat, Aug 22 • 9:00 AM New Orleans City Park · New Orleans Saturday morning volunteer work maintaining and supporting urban forest health in New Orleans neighborhoods through tree care and restoration techniques. |
| Public Tours of the Museum NOLA Sat, Aug 22 • 2:00 PM New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans NOMA provides guided tours of the museum every Saturday at 2 PM. During these tours, you’ll learn about a range of works on view across all three floors of the museum. No registration is required… |
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🌇 Around New Orleans (6)Arts, Culture & Music (3)Public Tours of the Museum NOLA Wed, Aug 19 • 2:00 PM New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans NOMA provides guided tours of the museum every Wednesday at 2 PM. During these tours, you’ll learn about a range of works on view across all three floors of the museum. No registration is required… FREE |
| Ogden After Hours NOLA Thu, Aug 20 • 6:00 PM Ogden Museum of Southern Art · New Orleans KID-FRIENDLY |
| Steve Kelly NOLA Fri, Aug 21 • 9:00 PM Tipitina's · New Orleans Free Friday Concert Series Featuring + Zoomst ------------------------------------------------------------------ Fri Aug 21, 2026 Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm Ages 21 and Up Fri, Aug 21, 2026… |
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Community Events (2)Volunteer projects and community cleanups that let you invest in the parks and green spaces your neighbors depend on. Pelican Greenhouse Summer Series NOLA Tue, Aug 18 • 8:00 AM New Orleans City Park · New Orleans Pelican Greenhouse is hosting an eight-week summer series for individual volunteers to assist in operations |
| Benson Boone NOLA Sun, Aug 23 Smoothie King Center · New Orleans |
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Volunteer & Civic (1)Litter Cleanup Krewe NOLA Tue, Aug 18 • 9:00 AM New Orleans City Park · New Orleans Community volunteer cleanup effort to remove litter from parks and green spaces. Bring work gloves and join neighbors making a visible difference. |
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📰 News You Should KnowLocal (5)- Heat Advisories, Extreme Heat Warnings, Watches in effect for Louisiana, Mississippi this weekendSun, Aug 16 • 7:23 AM
- Passport to Paris: Stadium DogSun, Aug 16 • 7:20 AM
- Nell Nolan: NOCCA Art and Soul 2026, Holy Name of Jesus Gala, Stuart Hall SchoolSun, Aug 16 • 4:00 AM
- In search of New Orleans' Pailet Land, a 'back of town' area that led to Gentilly, EastSun, Aug 16 • 4:00 AM
- Dangerous Heat in Louisiana's weather forecast this weekSat, Aug 15 • 6:24 PM
📌 Save the DateNotable events, festivals, and deadlines coming up in the next 3 months.
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