To celebrate Mardi Gras today, we venture into Preservation Hall, the legendary performance space in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz. The former art gallery at 726 St. Peter Street isn’t the oldest music venue in New Orleans, but it’s one of the most important. Since it opened in 1961, Preservation Hall has become a premier showcase for traditional New Orleans jazz and a performing space for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which plays here most nights when it"s not on the road.
Preservation Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana
Today in History
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A water loch-ed castle
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Hiding in plain sight
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A place fit for the gods
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Just a couple of yellow-billed hornbills
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Don t go chasing waterfalls
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Maybe we should be looking up
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Flag Day
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National Bird Day
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Hut, hut, hike!
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Isla del Pescado on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
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Portland celebrates its bounty
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Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
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Grand Teton National Park
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Jackie Robinson Day
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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The desert blooms
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Unearthing a queen s lost tale
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Peel Castle on St. Patrick’s Isle with the Isle of Man in the background
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World Meteorological Day
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The Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve in Siberia, Russia
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Baddest of the badlands
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Beautiful baobabs
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You re feeling sleepy
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The roots of invention
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Aerial view of a heart-shaped field in Trittau, Germany
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A most sincere pumpkin patch
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A field of English lavender
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Honoring those who served
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Village of Labro, Italy
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The mountaintop of toppled gods