Upcoming in March
- Book Club: Saturday, March 2 10-11:30 a.m. at the Rosa Keller Library 4300 S. Broad Street
- Mother of the Maid play in Baton Rouge Saturday March 9
- Marley Marsalis fundraiser piano concert: Sunday, March 10, 2:30 p.m. at a French Quarter home (SOLD OUT)
- Fête Française March 23 (support our partner French immersion school Ecole Bilingue)
- Various upcoming performances by King Louis Michot and Queen Hannah Kreiger-Benson
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Book Club 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday March 2nd
Saturday, March 2nd from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. We will be discussing “The Hundred Years War: 1337-1453” by Anne Curry. All are welcome. The book is only 144 pages so you still have time to read or listen to it! Even if you don’t, we welcome you to join us for the discussion. Our book club coordinator and host, Gretchen Zalkind, co-owner of Frenchmen Art and Books, will generously bring coffee, juice, water, pastries, and snacks to share. We meet in the beautiful sunroom at the Rosa Keller Library at 4300 S Broad St, New Orleans, LA 70125.
Baton Rouge “Field Trip” Saturday March 9
We are excited that this play about Joan’s mother Isabelle Romee, (which ran on Broadway in 2018 starring Glenn Close as Isabelle), is being staged in Baton Rouge from March 7-16th. We are going to meet up on March 9th for whomever can attend, but you are welcome to experience it whenever it works for your schedule!
Buy your tickets here: https://www.redmagnoliatc.org/upcoming-production
Red Magnolia Theatre Company Presents MOTHER OF THE MAID by Jane Anderson: Mother of the Maid is a story of Joan of Arc’s mother, a sensible, hard-working, God-fearing peasant whose faith is upended as she deals with the baffling journey of her odd and extraordinary daughter. Set during the most violent time in France’s history, Isabelle Romee follows her daughter from their village of Domremy, through French Court, and into an English prison cell.
Buy your ticket and show up, or email us if you want to coordinate rides. We have two vans going with a couple of seats still available in each. Also, krewe member Cynthia purchased a ticket but is now unable to attend; she would love to sell her ticket 504-864-3422.
March 23 Fête Française – costume volunteers needed
Come out for French food and music and show your support for our partner French immersion school Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orléans Fête Française French fundraiser festival. Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc will have an information table at the Fête, and we also need costumed volunteers to help work the table. Contact Founder Amy to volunteer.
See more downloadable and printable photos from our volunteer krewe photographers Kim Welsh and Gary H. Jones here! (Photo by Kim Welsh)
Catch our musical 2024 court in concert
Our 2024 “Joan” Marley Marsalis’s concert is sold out, but you can still catch our 2024 king and queen performing this month!
King Louis Michot
- March 8: Maple Leaf Bar: Le Family Michot 8-10 p.m., followed by Louis’s Grammy-winning band Los Bayou Ramblers (tickets)
- March 22: 7 p.m. as part of the Shell-a-Bration with fresh oysters, Cajun music and fundraising for oyster shell recycling and coastal restoration (tickets)
- March 23: Free show noon-1 as part of the Fête Française French fundraiser festival supporting our partner French immersion school Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orléans.
Queen Hannah Kreiger-Benson
- Most weekend nights you can catch Hannah as one of Pat O’Brien’s famous dueling pianists
- March 13: 8 p.m. at Saturn Bar
- Every Thursday in the Van Ella Bordella Storyville Burlesque (tickets)
Marley Marsalis in concert March 10 for Rotary fundraiser (sold out)
2024 “Maid of Honor” Joan of Arc, Marley Marsalis, will play the piano Sunday March 10 in a private house concert with food and wine to help raise funds for the New Orleans Rotary Foundation Scholarship for the exchange program for the New Orleans “Joan” to travel to France and the Orléans, France, “Jeanne” to travel here. Rotary members Jane Cooper and Bob Heaps will host this soiree in the French Quarter home. We’re delighted to report this concert is sold out. Email Rotary exchange coordinator Gayle Dellinger if you would like to be on a wait list. Thank you again for your support of this Rotary exchange project with our sister club in Orléans, France.