The March Against Monsanto will start in Duncan Plaza across from City Hall in New Orleans on May 25. Organizers are asking that those attending meet at 12:30 pm to march at 1.
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Join us Friday, May 3 for a stencil party at Justice Fest! Bring a stencil, make a stencil, or use one of our stencils! 2943 Maurepas Street - All day!
You're invited! Calling all musicians, buskers, artists, circus clowns, flag corps, mimes, puppeteers, regular folks, irregular folks, cats, dogs, baboons, dancers, lovers of music, Every-Damned-Body! Sunday, May 5th at 6pm, we will show our support for all the good folks that make New Orleans great! The Free The Music parade will bring free music to the streets of the Jazz Fest neighborhood to raise awareness about the city's ridiculous crackdown on live music venues and musicians. You don't need to buy a ticket. You don't need a corporate sponsor. Just come out Sunday, May 5, 6pm and be ready to play music and dance in the streets. Costumes encouraged. The Bywater Rising Protest/ Second Line in support of live music venues, musicians, buskers, artists, DJs was great. We decided we wouldn't stop there. RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/232432533555103/ NOTE: This has nothing to do with Jon Bon Jovi. The second week of Justice Fest will last from Thursday, May 2 - Sunday, May 5. 2013 Celebrate justice and music at the location formerly known as the Sacred Shrine of Jon Bon Jovi. Justice is not dead. Lady Justice has merely been taken hostage. And when there is no justice, there will be no peace. We do not support the fact that Shell Oil is a corporate sponsor of Jazz Fest. We love NOLA music and culture but not Shell Oil. We do not support Mayor Landrieu’s crackdown on live music venues, musicians, buskers, artists, and performers. We will resist the ridiculous citations residents living near Jazz Fest have received for having Yard Sales or "transient vending." We do not forget Guadalupe. And we hate Clean Zones! We welcome you to bring info related to Social Justice Issues to this location during Jazz Fest. In addition to Free Aqua Net Hairspray, the shrine will offer information about different Social Justice issues in New Orleans. Please feel free to stop by during festival hours and be ready for some creative demonstrations. EVENTS! Justice Fest Events - You can RSVP on the individual Facebook event pages if you like! We might add more events or have spontaneous events. Some activities are ongoing, so stop by any time during Jazz Fest. ___________________________________________________________________ Friday May 3 DIY Stencil Party 2:00pm until 8:00pm https://www.facebook.com/events/374830725968708/ Let's stencil! We have some great stencils and spray paint and will stencil anything you bring! Or, bring your own stencils and we can swap designs. Want to learn how to make stencils? Have stencil skills to share? The more the merrier! We have spray paint! If you can, bring your own exacto blade! ___________________________________________________________________ Saturday May 4 9:00 to 11 pm Let’s send 100 postcards to political prisoners - Mail to the Jail https://www.facebook.com/events/158326777669320/ Let's get 100 postcards to send to political prisoners. Bring an original handmade postcard (handmade is ideal, but if you want to bring one you didn't make, that's okay), or come and make a postcard at Justice Fest. We'd love to get a photo gallery of all the postcards and then mail them to political prisoners. We'll have addresses and info on political prisoners so you can learn about their different circumstances, but check out Op Pen Pal http://oppenpal.wordpress.com/mailing-list/ and Mail to the Jail if you have a specific political prisoner you know you'd like to write to. http://mailtothejail.org/ We'll also have fun prizes for original hand made postcards! You can just drop off your postcard on the way to Jazz Fest, or spend some time making postcards and learning about different political prisoners! We'll be showing short films about various prisoners on the porch! ____________________________________________________________________________ May 4 - May 5 Chalk Party https://www.facebook.com/events/543195785731834/ Let's make the sidewalks and streets around the Jazz Fest area beautiful before Sunday's Free The Music Parade! Feel free to stop by Justice Fest for chalk ideas and some chalk, or just get out there and CHALK THE WORLD! __________________________________________________________________________ May 5 Sunday - Face Painting Party 2pm - 5:30pm https://www.facebook.com/events/118444485020416/ Come get your face painted in time to march in the Free The Music Parade! HERE: https://www.facebook.com/events/232432533555103/ We have face paint, and if you have your own face painting kit and skills, feel free to come by, set up, and accept donations. _________________________________________________________________________ Free The Music Parade 6- 8pm May 5 https://www.facebook.com/events/232432533555103/ Calling all musicians, buskers, artists, circus clowns, flag corps, dancers, lovers of music! Free The Music parade will bring free music to the streets of the Jazz Fest neighborhood. You don't need to buy a ticket. You don't need a corporate sponsor. Just come out Sunday, May 5, 6pm and be ready to play music and dance in the streets. Costumes encouraged. The Bywater Rising Protest/ Second Line in support of live music venues, musicians, buskers, artists, DJs was great. We decided we wouldn't stop there. DISCLAIMER NOTE: These events are not sponsored by Shell Oil or Jon Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi, or in any way connected to them except some of them will be taking place at a location that holds the remnants of a Shrine devoted to Jon Bon Jovi that small affair made years ago. On April 25, small_affair and ots_nola will be livestreaming/ livetweeting the Protest/ Second Line and using the hashtags #BywaterRising and #NOLANoise! We made the news! Second Line Protest on The Gambit blog Second Line Protest on Offbeat website Calling all DJs, street musicians, live musicians, music venues, buskers and NOLA citizens who love live music! ENOUGH is ENOUGH! Second Line in Support of Stopping the crackdown on music venues and musicians, DJs and buskers. Show support for keeping The Music at Mimi's and other music venues! Show support for street musicians, DJs, and bands! At 6:00pm Thursday, April 25th we will Second Line in the streets in support of New Orleans music and culture. Meet near Mickey Markey Park (700 Piety) @ Royal for a Second Line! Bring your signs, banners, props, puppets, instruments, noise makers, band members, friends, and lovers! RSVP on Facebook! (not required) Solidarity #NOLANoise Today we are protesting because violating our privacy is not an option. |
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