NOCCA Fundraiser at Santa Fe

On Tuesday December 20th, we are having a NOCCA fundraiser from 6pm onwards. Students of NOCCA classical music department headed by Dr. Jee Yeon Ko will be performing as well as some of the teachers and parents. We shall be donating 20% of the evening's proceeds to NOCCA's classical music department to help with the puchase of costly instruments needed by the students.

If you appreciate the arts, especially classical music and cello, please stop by and join us for dinner on Tuesday December 20th and help us make a difference in our community.
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Also, we are preparing to host a memorable New Year's Eve party at Santa Fe on December 31st which is going to include:-
*an amazing jazz trio with Eileina Dennis, Jason Stuart and Todd Duke, *dinner specials will include Chilean seabass, New Zealand lamb, lobster, duck, scrumpcious desserts and more....
*our patio will be covered (clear) and heated for your comfort throughout this winter.

Please make your reservations as early as possible, call 504 948 0077 (the restaurant) or Lale on my cell phone 504 512 1828
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Last but not least, we want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and the best of health, happiness and wealth in 2012. Kindly be advised that we shall be closed for Christmas on Saturday December 24, Sunday December 25th and Monday December 26th.

With warm regards,
Lale E. & Carlos A. Lourenco
Santa Fe restaurant
3201 Esplanade Avenue, NOLA 70119
Tel: 504 948 0077

Movie Night with Mr. Okra

You are invited to the first and only screening of the award winning short film, Mr. Okra Wednesday, October 5th in the NOMA Sculpture Garden. For those of you who don't know, this is the little film that could...Mr. Okra was an official selection of the Sundance and
Cannes film festivals and won awards at the Austin, NY Food, Dallas and Nashville film festivals. Please join us for what promises to be a great night...and Mr. Okra himself will be there!

See more about the film here: www.nomdeguerre.tv
See invite here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171756262907775

Wednesday, October 5 · 7:30pm - 9:30pm

The Young Leadership Council, One Book One New Orleans, and the New Orleans Film Society present a movie night in the NOMA Sculpture Garden!

Character and characters: "Nine Lives", like New Orleans, is filled with both. Join us for a celebration of all of the above, and all things New Orleans, as One Book teams up with the New Orleans Film Society to bring you a night of free New Orleans films on the big screen under the starr...y skies of the Sculpture Garden!


Opening Short: "Mr. Okra," the award-winning documentary about everyone's favorite food truck before food trucks became food trucks. Art, passion, community, food: Mr. Okra is New Orleans. http://nomdeguerre.tv/news.html

Feature Film: "From The Mouthpiece On Back," the touching, tough, and not-to-be-missed documentary about the To Be Continued Brass Band as they found their sound and soul once again after Hurricane Katrina. http://fromthemouthpieceonback.com/

**SPECIAL GUESTS: "Mr. Okra" Executive Producers andre' jones and george "hutch" hutchinson, Director tg herrington, and...

******MR. OKRA HIMSELF!*******

The main gates of the sculpture garden will open to the public at 6:30, for those who'd like to experience it prior to the films.

Brennan's Restaurant will sell refreshments, beer and wine. Please - no outside food or drink.

Bring a blanket, bring a buddy and be ready for an extraordinary, only-in-NOLA night.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Suggested donation: one paperback book (no violence/graphic on the cover) for donation to our partners Louisiana Books2Prisoners, to help fight illiteracy in the prison system.