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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Merry Christmas!
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International Leopard Day
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Assembling the Smithsonian
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Berlin Festival of Lights
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World Otter Day
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Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré
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From the mind of Frank Gehry
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False clownfish off Cabilao Island, Bohol, Philippines
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Lights, camera, Sundance
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National Library Week
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Homeward bound
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The Wave, Vejle, Denmark
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Glacier cave in Iceland
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Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
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