ALYNE PUSTANIO’S PERSONAL GUIDE
TO A THRILLING HALLOWEEN WEEKEND IN THE
MOST HAUNTED CITY IN THE WORLD!
The 1962 film "The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus" -- a comic adventure set and shot in New Orleans and starring the longtime local TV horror host -- has been booked for a two-week engagment, set to start Oct. 22, at the Chalmette Movies.
UnDead Con Friday, October 29th and Saturday, October 30th The Hotel Monteleone
THE MEMNOCH RESURRECTION BALL Presented by the New Orleans Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club The Republic 828 S. Peters New Orleans Warehouse District
The Haunted Mortuary September: 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25
October:1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21-31 Generally doors open at 7pm until 11pm or after the last victim that has purchased a ticket has gone through.
For the Halloween Season, The Haunted Mortuary is transformed into The Mortuary Haunted House. The entire property is themed in this manner at that time. Tours and Ghost Hunting are still allowed during this time, but is scheduled around the Haunted House activities. All special effects, equipment, and lighting associated with the haunted attraction will be off for these tours and ghost hunting to ensure no interference with your activities. This makes for a very fun but quite scary environment.Find Out More
Boo at the Zoo Friday, October 22 5:00-9:30 PM
Saturday, October 23 5:00-9:30 PM
Friday, October 29 5:00-9:30 PM
Saturday, October 30 5:00-9:30 PM
Tickets go on sale NOW!!!
Bring your little ghosts and goblins to Audubon Zoo this year for Boo at the Zoo! This annual Zoo extravaganza is a safe, fun-filled Halloween event for children up to age 12, featuring trick-or-treat houses with candy, the Mombassa Ghost Train, a haunted house, games with prizes and entertainment. All games and treats, except concessions, are free with admission. Find Out More
2010 Voodoo Music Experience October 29 - October 31
Voodoo Experience or Voodoo Music Experience is a multi-day music festival in New Orleans, Louisiana that was originally held on Halloween weekend in 1999, it has since moved between the weekend before Halloween and Halloween weekend throughout the years. The festival will be returning to Halloween weekend in 2010. Find Out More
Voodoo on the Bayou October 30
Annual Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association fund raiser with cuisine provided by local restaurants, open bar, live music. Tickets are for sale for $40 in advance or $50 at the door. Find Out More
The 6t’9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club Parade Date: October 23, 2010, from 6 PM t' 9 PM.
The 6t’9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club hosts an annual parade, for kids of ALL ages, the Saturday night before Halloween marching from the 6th Ward to the 9th Ward (thus 6t'9), from 6 PM to 9 PM, in the backstreets of New Orleans.
The 6t’9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club is modeled on the Benevolent Societies that flourished in New Orleans in the 19th Century. These clubs originally formed so that people living in segregation and poverty could aid one another during times of crisis such as illness, job loss, or death. Find Out More
The House of Shock October: 1, 2, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
The House of Shock is one of the most infamous Haunted Attractions in the world! Located right outside of New Orleans, The House of Shock has enjoyed national and international exposure through such publications as Rolling Stone Magazine, Maxim and Playboy. The House of Shock has graced the covers of many industry magazines and music publications alike and have been featured on VH-1's Rock Show and Fuse-TV's Uranium. Find Out More
Anba Dlo III - Apology to the Waters 2010 October 30
The New Orleans Hope and Heritage Project and The New Orleans Healing Center are pleased to announce the date for The Third Annual Anba Dlo Festival. This year’s event, Apology to the Waters 2010, will be held on Halloween Eve, Friday, October 30 from 5:00 pm to 4:00 am at 2372 St Claude Avenue in the Bywater. Waterline 2009 is a 21+ costume event, featuring free drinks, a costume parade and contest, outdoor live music stage, DJs and a dance floor, Trance/Spiritual music room, fire dancers and acrobats and a Faculty Art exhibit, along with many other activities. Find Out More
Krewe of Halloween October 30
Created by New Orleans’ own Blaine Kern Sr., The mastermind producing Mardi Gras for over 60 years, the Krewe of Halloween is unlike any other parade in the world. Not only is the Krewe of Halloween the official Halloween Parade in New Orleans, it is the first parade with a charitable cause! Mr. Kern’s vision for this unique event was to give back to New Orleans First Responders the best way he knows how…by throwing a party! Every dollar generated by the Krewe of Halloween benefits the Greater New Orleans First Responders Fund. Find Out More
NEW ORLEANS STYLE DAY OF THE DEAD
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS WITH SALLIE ANN GLASSMAN
La Source Ancienne Ounfo &
The Island of Salvation Botanica & Magical Pharmacy
Monday, November 1st
3319 Rosalie Alley
New Orleans, LA.
Ceremony for Gede: 7 p.m., in Rosalie Alley, off of Rampart, between Piety and Desire.
Followed by potluck supper & procession to the cemetary to feed the dead. Please wear white with a purple headscarf, or black and purple for Gede. Bring a dish (not a blonde) for the people and an offering for the DEAD or GEDE. Gede's tastes tend towards peppers, flat bread, rum, cigars, goats, crosses, gravedigger's tools, black cock feathers, skeletons, sunglasses with one lens, spicy creole foods, and money! He is syncretized with St. Gerard. Or you can bring something your ancestors or loved ones enjoyed in life
Please wear white with a purple headscarf, or black and purple for Gede. Bring a dish (not a blond) for the people, and an offering for the Dead or Gede.
Gede’s tastes tend towards peppers, flat breads, rum, cigars, goat stew, crosses, grave-digger’s tools, black cock feathers, skeletons, sunglasses with one lens, hot Creole foods, money, the colors black, mauve, and white. He is syncretized with St. Gerard.
Or you can bring something that your ancestors or loved ones enjoyed in life.
Bounty on the Bayou (ALL KIDS WELCOME) October 31 - Free 5-8pm
The Neighbors and Residents of Grand Route St. John, Vignaud, Ponce de Leon and Mystery Streets and by the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association invite one and all to the 2nd Annual Bounty on the Bayou. A safe Trick or treating event for the children in the community. Find Out More
VISIT
THE TOMB OF VOODOO QUEEN
MARIE LAVEAU
Marie
Laveau is known throughout the world as “the
most famous and powerful Voodoo Queen of North
America.” In actuality, this famous icon
is really a combination of two people –
a famous mother and daughter – who epitomized
the sensational and exotic appeal of Africanized
Voodoo in 19th and early 20th century New Orleans.
Both women thrived against the strong ethnic
backdrop of this First American Melting Pot,
the gumbo that is New Orleans, and their legend
grew along with their patrons. Rich and poor
sought them out, first the mother and later
the daughter in equal measure, to seek the aid
of their dark powers to control lovers, gain
fame and fortune, become pregnant, and exact
revenge on others important in their lives.(READ
MORE...)
MORGUS
THE MAGNIFICENT
RETURNS TO THE AIRWAVES MORGUS
PRESENTS
COX 10 New Orleans Time : Saturday Nights at 10:00
p.m.
"HOUSE OF SHOCK ".
GREETINGS
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE from the Momus Alexander
Morgus Institute (M.A.M.I.), and its academic
society, The Morgusian Order to Revere a Glorious
Understanding of Science. (M.O.R.G.U.S.)
It is important
to have some understanding of the origins of the
Institute and the philosophy of its founder.
Since graduating
with honours from Vasco da Gama Medical School,
one of the illustrious institutions in the Caribbean,
it has been my intention to one day topple the
walls of ignorance that surround traditional academic
establishments of "higher learning".
Unfortunately, students, led by instructors with
limited competence, are incapable of making "unauthorized"
forays of discovery into the secrets of life,
the earth, and universe.
M.A.M.I. was founded
as a place where these barriers to boundless research
are meant to be broken. Naturally, there has been
considerable criticism of the way research is
done here. Accusations have been made that my
research involves unspeakable misuses of the microscope,
dabbling in alchemy, and experiments of idiotic
proportions to the enrichment of the faculty and
staff. These opinions are those of "academically
inept" individuals living in fear of loss
of tenure.
Most research
centers around the world are paranoid about secrecy
in every aspect of their work. However, in this
area, The Momus Alexander Morgus Institute differs
from such organizations. All discoveries are freely
disclosed to the public via my experiments broadcast
weekly on television stations across the country
and my highly acclaimed scientific lectures before
learned organizations.
I have been derided,
somewhat harshly at times, for using my lecture
series as a soap box from which to take pot shots
at the polluters of society and the shortcomings
of academia. So be it.
You see, I, Morgus,
have a mission. One given to me by a "Higher
Order" of humanitarians devoted to the preservation
and elevation of our planet through scientific
means. Increasingly, the scientist, not the politician,
has become the new force in the progress of civilization.
He is the dispenser of miraculous inventions and
the ideas that challenge the way in which humanity
views itself and the world today.
To be that kind
of force, that inventor, that enlightening voice
to the masses; this is my assignment. And you,
my friend of science, can make a difference. You
can help humanity by bringing my presentation
before your audience, and sharing the triumph
of making this a better world. Please call us
at M.A.M.I. today!
Scientifically
yours, Momus Alexander
Morgus, Esq.
Founder, M.A.M.I.
We
are back and ready for Oktoberfest 2006
Every Friday and Saturday from September 29th
through Oktober 29th.
Doors open at 5pm! http://www.thedeutscheshaus.org
Location: Deutsches Haus, 200 S. Galvez St.
Phone: (504) 522-8014
The Tradition Continues - German beer, wurst(sausage),
wine
and Schnapps.Souviners
from Germany, and OOMPAH music to do the Chicken
Dance.
New Orleans, rich in it's tradition and history,
will provide you with a wealth of entertainment,
culture, history, food,and much more. While planning
your trip to New Orleans, we hope that you are able
to find a few items here at travelnola.com to make
your experience pleasurable, as well as economical
in New Orleans.
NEW
ORLEANS MARDI GRAS
New Orleans….the mere mention of the name conjures
up pictures of floats, maskers, beads, doubloons
and the pure joy of Mardi Gras. From the family
atmosphere of St. Charles and Napoleon Avenues,
to the party feel of the downtown and French Quarter
areas, there is a place to parade watch for everyone
of every age and size. The celebration that is Mardi
Gras is deeply rooted in the French tradition of
New Orleans. Begun as a "New World" carryover
from the pre-Lenten Parisian Mardi Gras, the New
Orleans festivities evolved from private balls to
foot parades to float parades (started in the mid
1800s) to the extravaganzas of today. The organizations
that provide the Mardi Gras parades and balls are
called "krewes". All do so at their own
expense, thus providing what has many times been
called the "Greatest Free Show on Earth".
The Mardi Gras celebration begins on January 6 (Feast
of the Epiphany also known as Kings Day) and continues
through Mardi Gras Day (the day before Ash Wednesday).
The traditional "king cake" is associated
with and eaten during the entire Mardi Gras season.
Also during this time, most carnival krewes have
their balls or supper dances. Formal parades in
New Orleans and the surrounding parishes begin about
two weeks before Mardi Gras Day. The festivities
reach a crescendo on the weekend before Mardi Gras
Day and that level continues through Fat Tuesday.
Houses, lampposts, people, and even horses are dressed
in the colors ofMardi Gras-purple, green and gold.
New Orleans for a brief time each year is transformed
into a place where the everyday world is cast aside.
Beads, doubloons, cups, and numerous other krewe
throws are tossed to thousands of happy parade goers
shouting,
"Throw me something, mister. "
Laissez les bon temps rouler.
THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ &
HERITAGE FESTIVAL
The Jazz & Heritage Festival has been a growing
event each year. Setting record crowds the past
few years. This two weekend festival has drawn the
likes of many top entertainers, such as Paul Simon,Santana,
B.B. King, and many more. This event always seems
to out do itself every year. The festival always
falls on the last weekend in April and the first
weekend in May. It may be springtime, but do not
count on all to comfortable temperatures. While
average highs are only in the lower 80's, the combination
between the large crowds and the lack of shade make
for a surprisingly hot time. Another great thing
about this festival is it gives you an opportuinity
to sample just about every local cuisine you can
think of. (Tip: Get your Crawfish Bread & Crawfish
Monica early in the day. You don't want to waste
time standing in line for these great items, when
you could be out dancing to great artist). Remember
to bring comfortable clothes and shoes and sunscreen
and hat to enjoy the festival to its fullest.
Happy Jazz Fest!!!!
DID YOU KNOW
Louisiana was named in honor of French King Louis
XIV. President Thomas Jefferson negotiated with
Napoleon for the territory, and took control with
the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The state was admitted
to the Union as the 18th state on April 30, 1812
