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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Surströmming Day
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The monsoon arrives in the desert
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Winter solstice
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National Frog Month
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It’s showtime for a precious crop
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Birds of a feather
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Come out of your shell for World Turtle Day
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Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
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20 years later
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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There’s treasure in them thar hills
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Þorrablót, Icelandic midwinter festival
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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
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World Wildlife Day
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Corona Arch near Moab, Utah
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Wayag Islands in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia
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A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
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