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What's Up Downtown

May 16, 2008



Rotary Club Donates Trash Cans to DDD

DDD President & CEO Kurt Weigle and Public Space Operations Manager John Roussell were on hand at the Rotary Club luncheon May 7 at Harrah's Casino to accept a $17,000 donation from the club for new Downtown trash receptacles.... read more


Ruth's Chris Steak House Downtown Grand Opening!

Downtown New Orleans welcomes Ruth's Chris Steak House on Fulton Street. A grand opening celebration takes place tonight, May 16, on Fulton Street to celebrate the popular steak house's return to New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina...read more


Ogden Museum Presents Sippin' in Seersucker

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans will host its annual fundraiser, Sippin' in Seersucker, Downtown tonight at the Shops at Canal Place.

Guests are encouraged to wear their finest seersucker attire and a prize will be awarded to the winner of a contest for best seersucker ensemble... read more


Lafayette Square Spring Planting Day

The Lafayette Square Conservancy is hosting a Spring Planting Day this Saturday, May 17 for the summer change-out of their flower beds in one of Downtown's most beautiful parks... read more



New Orleans Wine & Food Experience Comes to Downtown

Tickets are on sale now for the 17th annual New Orleans Wine & Food Experience in the Superdome, May 20-24. The event will feature more than 175 wineries from around the world and 75 of New Orleans' best restaurants in what is being called a "five-day feast for all the senses."... read more


YLC Unveils First Painted "Streetcar Named Inspire"

The Young Leadership Council unveiled the first completed "Streetcar Named Inspire" at a press conference May 8 at the Hilton Riverside Hotel Downtown.

The "Streetcar Named Inspire" program, modeled after "Festival of Fins" and "Fleur de Lis Fore! Kids,"... read more


Downtown Lights Up to Fan Up

Drive Downtown at night and it's hard to miss it... the cupola atop the Capital One building Downtown usually glows a beautiful, bright white. During the NBA Playoffs, however... read more