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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

New train debuts at City Park’s Carousel Gardens | WVUE

City Park is unveiling a new train just in time for the opening of the Carousel Gardens Amusement Park. The Black and Gold Train will join City Park's current two trains to take passengers along the two mile track that winds throughout the park.

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New Orleans City Park's black swan injured | Daily Comet

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Police say New Orleans City Park's lone black swan was injured and the five eggs she was tending in her nest were broken, sometime between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The vet said he thinks the swan should make a full recovery.

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Celebration in the Oaks in New Orleans City Park 2012

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Celebration in the Oaks in New Orleans City Park remains one of the most beautiful holiday light exhibits in the country, attracting over 122,000 people in 2010. Park and experience one of the nation's most unique month-long festival of lights!

Friday, November 23, 2012 - Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Weekend only November 23, 24 and 25th.
Open nightly November 30th through Jan. 1, 2013
(Closed Dec. 24th and 31st)
Holiday Hours:
Sunday thru Thursday: 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Friday evenings: 6:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Saturday evenings: 6:00 - 11:00 p.m.

Morning Call to bring beignets to City Park this fall | NOLA.com

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Early mornings, late nights and leisurely afternoons in City Park are about to get a little sweeter. This fall, Morning Call will begin serving beignets and café au lait 24 hours a day in the park’s Casino building. The 142-year-old coffee and doughnuts stand is taking over the Casino concessions area previously operated by the park. The new Morning Call in the Oaks menu also will include jambalaya, gumbo, ice cream and other items that have long been Casino staples.

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New Orleans City Park getting splash park, miniature golf course | NOLA.com

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First up in 2012 is a 36-hole miniature-golf complex that officials plan to open by late summer along Victory Avenue, across from Storyland and the children's amusement park. Next on the to-do list is a splash park proposed for an 8.5-acre site north of the Roosevelt Mall running track, just south of the railroad tracks. Barring any delays, park managers hope to break ground on that project by year's end and open it in summer 2013...

New Orleans Celebration in the Oaks

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Celebration in the Oaks in New Orleans City Park remains one of the most beautiful holiday light exhibits in the country, attracting over 122,000 people in 2010. Park and experience on of the nation's most unique month-long festival of lights!

Open nightly December 2nd through Jan. 1, 2012
(Closed December 24 and 31)
Friday and Saturday 6pm-11pm
Sunday 6pm-10pm

Car and streets flooded in Lakeview | WWL

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Neighbors in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans
spent much of Wednesday drying out from torrential rains
that fell around daybreak.

Neighbors in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans spent much of Wednesday drying out from torrential rains that fell around daybreak. There was standing water on Carrollton Avenue near City Park. The Canal Boulevard underpass, an historic trouble spot in the city, was underwater and closed...

Christmas New Orleans Style - A Month long celebration of the season and the senses | neworleansonline.com

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For thirty-one days, feasts and finery await you in every corner of town. A chorus of voices lifts your spirit to new heights inside the St. Louis Cathedral. Southern belles and Papa Noël greet you beneath iron-laced balconies and in cozy courtyards and antique streetcars guide you to a paradise of lights among the live oaks of City Park…

Celebration in the Oaks Run/Walk | New Orleans City Park 12/11/2010

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The second Saturday of December gives East Jefferson General Hospital the chance to host an event that is especially popular with families. After running or walking a beautiful 2-mile course through City Park, participants get to see the Celebration in the Oaks Light Display before the gates are open to the general public. The day is filled with cocoa, visits with Santa and much more. Many of those running and walking this event do so with strollers or children right by their side. This year's event is Saturday, December 11, 2010 @ 3:30 PM.

This is one of the most festive holiday events in the country. Runners and walkers are encouraged to come out and check out the beautiful two mile course in City Park. The Park is decorated for the holiday season with over 500,000 lights. Afterward, participants can enjoy themselves at the post-race party and also head into the the Walking Tour of the beautifully decorated Botanical Garden, Storyland and Carousel Gardens...

New Orleans to have a Beer Tasting in City Park

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Saturday, October 9, 2010 in City Park at The Big Lake 2-6 pm — A beer tasting like no other. Come sample 200 different beers while sitting under an oak tree in City Park and enjoying live music by Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes. Did we forget to mention the pub crawl? That’s right, local bars will be sponsoring tables and when you visit the bars and get your beer passport filled you'll get a free shirt. There will also be a food and soda booth. You can even check out the LSU game at our tailgating zone! You know what the best part of sampling all this beer is? You will be helping out the LA/SPCA by having an awesome time.

Prepping for the Crescent City Classic

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At 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 3, the starter’s pistol will sound and the annual Crescent City Classic will begin at Jackson Square. The CCC is a 10K race -- a 6.2-mile course that will take runners, walkers and wheelchair participants through the streets of New Orleans to City Park where a post-race party will be held. Most of the participants will be expected to finish the race in 2-3 hours.

Backstage at Voodoo Fest: Flaming Lips, Kiss, Jane’s Addiction Talk Nudity, Epic Festival Sets | Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily

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Voodoo Experience ‘09 annexed New Orleans’ City Park last weekend for three days of music and festival madness, and people partied hard. They rocked out to the interstellar grooves of the Flaming Lips, the ballsy arena rock of Kiss, the brash rhymes of Eminem, among many others.

Garden Party : City Park, New Orleans - October 14, 2009

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Garden Party features great music, delicious food from local chefs and refreshing drinks. Garden Party is not simply a music event but a community happening that fosters the culture and spirit of New Orleans.

10/14

The Andrews Family Band
featuring Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, James Andrews, Glen David Andrews and more.

Voodoo Experience Returns to New Orleans Halloween weekend | ABC News #nola

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The Voodoo Experience alternative music festival returns to New Orleans for the three-day Halloween weekend with a diverse lineup that includes Eminem, Kiss, Jane's Addiction and Widespread Panic.

The event runs Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at City Park. Also on the schedule of 150 acts are Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School Of Medicine ♫ Lenny Kravitz ♫ Parliament Funkadelic ♫

Ralph's on the Park - A new chef and new flavors are turning heads - Food & Drink - Restaurant Review | Gambit

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There's an air of stately permanence at Ralph's on the Park, one that restaurants many times its age often don't achieve. It may come from the bones of the 1860s-era building Ralph Brennan extensively renovated to open his most ambitious restaurant in late 2003, and it's surely abetted by the timeless grace of neighboring City Park...

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Lenny Kravitz Added To Voodoo Fest Lineup | Billboard.com

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Lenny Kravitz has been added to the bill as a headliner at this year's Voodoo Experience festival in New Orleans, organizers announced today (Sept. 3). The rocker, who just wrapped a 54-city European tour, will close out the final night of the three-day festival on Nov. 1 in City Park.

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