West Bank Weekend Events: February 22-24, 2008

Well here we are, almost to the end of another week of hard work on the West Bank.  Let’s have some fun this weekend!

West Bank Theatre

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society presents Flanagan’s Wake at the Teatro Wego! Dinner Theatre, starting Friday, February 22nd.  The hilarious, interactive show will run through March 16th, will performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and a matinee show on Sundays at 2:00 pm.  A buffet is available before each show.  For reservations or more information, visit the Jefferson Performing Arts Society website.

The Great American Trailer Park musical continues its run at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre through March 9th.  Shows will be held every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday matinees will be performed at 2:00 pm.  Buffets are available before each show.  For reservations or more information visit the Jefferson Performing Arts Society website.

 

 

Gretna Farmer’s Market

The Gretna Farmer’s Market takes place every Saturday under the Gretna Market at Huey P. Long and 3rd Street in Gretna, LA.  Choose from a wide variety of locally grown produce, local wines and other goodies.  8:30 am - 12:30 pm, rain or shine.

Friday Fish Fry

The Lenten tradition of the Friday Fish Fry continues on the West Bank.

St. Anthony School  900 Franklin Ave.  Gretna, LA.  The St. Anthony Dad’s Club is sponsoring dinners of fried or broiled fish, fried shrimp, gumbo and more.  Eat in or take available, along with soft drinks and desserts.  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Christ the King School  535 Deerfield Ave.  Gretna, LA.  The Knights of Columbus is hosting this weeks dinner.  Fried fish, seafood gumbo, combo plates, drinks, desserts and more.  5:30 pm - 7:30 pm.

St. Andrew the Apostle  3101 Eton Street  Algiers, LA.  The Knights of Columbus sponsors the dinner, serving fried fish, gumbo, dessert, and more.  5:30 pm - 8:30 pm in the St. Andrew cafeteria.

The Knights of Columbus is also sponsoring a fry at the KC Hall in Algiers Point, 342 Olivier Street, behind Holy Name of Mary Church, 6-8 pm.  Fried catfish plus lots of sides like cole slaw, potato salad, hush puppies and more.

The Knights of Columbus Council 6357 of Belle Chasse will hold a fish fry at 9016 Highway 23 (Belle Chasse Hwy) from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm.  Plates and poboys are available and all proceeds help support local charities.

 

St. Cletus Family Bingo

Located at 3600 Claire Avenue in Gretna, LA, St. Cletus is sponsoring a gumbo dinner and family bingo game on Saturday evening at Jerome Hall.  The gumbo dinner starts at 6 pm and bingo starts at 7 pm.  This sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday night with the kids!

West Bank Recycling

Saturday, 9 am to noon at the Alario Center in Westwego, LA.  Volunteers are also needed for this community event - call the Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs at 731-4612.

With no weekly recycling available in the metro area this is a great opportunity to reduce the demand for landfill space.  Open to residents of all parishes, the following recycling drop offs will be accepted:

• Plastic containers ( no glass or plastic bags will be accepted)
• Newspapers, telephone books, magazines and junk mail
• Shredded paper secured in plastic bags (empty out those home shredders!)
• Cardboard and paperboard such as cereal boxes
• Aluminum and steel food and beverage cans

At the same time, the Arc of Greater New Orleans will be accepting your Mardi Gras beads.  Why put them in the attic when this deserving local charity can put them to good use?

Grand Opening of  West Bank Medicaid Dental Clinic

Specializing in pediatric dentistry, the Kids Dental Zone will hold it’s grand opening on Sunday from 1-4 pm at 4001 Lapalco Blvd. in Harvey, LA.  There will be prizes, train rides, a rock wall for climbing, face painting and a chance to meet Bippo the Hippo and New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister.  I can personally recommend the work of Dr. Donaldson and kudos to him for helping an underserved segment of our community!

20th Annual Pontchartrain Home Show

Even though this event doesn’t happen on the West Bank, I would be remiss if I  didn’t include it in the must do category for home owners this weekend.   Drive out to the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, LA to see over 5,000 products and suppliers of home improvement products.  Get inspired by the newest design ideas and maybe find that perfect new something for your home.

The Breaux Mart FoodFest, as part of the Home Show, will feature cooking demonstrations, drawings for prizes, activities for the kids and tons of samples and food tastings throughout the weekend.

Friday, noon - 9 pm, Saturday, 10 am-9 pm and Sunday, 10 am-6 pm.

Make it a great West Bank weekend!