First Friday Trolley Hop March 7, 2008

Another first Friday, another trolley hop downtown. There's some cool stuff involved with this one that I recommend you check out. A few highlights:

"Join the fun as the Frazier Museum kicks off March with the 2nd Annual Taste O' Ireland! Celebrate the Emerald Isle with a taste of Irish whiskey & music from Guilderoy Byrne, playing traditional & contemporary Irish favorites on a variety of acoustic, folk instruments.

Admission is Free and our galleries will be open - including our temporary exhibits A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie and Women's Work: The Paper Doll Quilts of Rebekka Seigel. "

Cressman Center for Visual Arts Gallery will present a reception for America's Favorite Architecture (AIA Traveling Exhibition from 6 - 9 p.m. The traveling exhibition "is organized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to help celebrate its 150th anniversary. It features photographs by Carol M. Highsmith of 150 works of architecture--buildings, bridges, monuments, and memorials--selected by a public poll conducted by the AIA and Harris Interactive."

Swanson Reed Contemporary may be the best stop of the night cause they're giving away free gumbo from Cafe Lou Lou as part of their exhibition and fundraiser: MAKE IT RIGHT: REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS, featuring the work of three Louisiana artists. There will be a
benefit concert by Noisy Crane at 10 PM, $5 at the door and a "share of all the profits go to the Make it Right foundation which is using innovative and sound architectural ideas to rebuild after the hurricane."