Mona’s Café Uptown March 29, 2010
The no-frills, all-heart Mediterranean Mona’s has long been a staple on the authentic cuisine short list of New Orleans eateries. Now the café has a branch way on the fringe of the Tulane and Loyola campuses. The Uptown café is a much smarter than the original Mona’s (housed in a former gas station in the Mid-City neighbourhood) but the food remains high quality and low priced. The kitchen turns out shish kabobs in lamb, beef or chicken, stuffed grape leaves and as appetisers, Lebanese specialities such as hummus, baba ganuj, tabouli, kibby and delicate spinach pies.
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Au Vieux Bruxelles March 23, 2010
If you want to eat mussels in Brussels then Au Vieux Bruxelles has to be the place to head for. They’ve been serving moules here for over 100 years and you’ll find 15 different methods of preparation including boiling, frying, grilling, baking and broiling. Try the pancakes afterwards and you’ll be returning time and again. This is as authentic a bistro as you will find in Brussels.
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Il Dio Nascosto March 20, 2010
60 canvasses make up this special Holy Year exhibition of religious art in 17th-century France. Although associated with the secular splendours of the Sun King, the art of the time was also characterised by pictorial attempts to represent the Divine. ‘Il Dio Nascosto’ (The Hidden God) boasts masterpieces by Georges de La Tour (‘Mary Magdalene’), the Le Nain bothers (‘The Adoration of the Shepherds’) and Philippe de Champaigne (‘The Last Supper’).
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Prague Symphony Orchestra March 16, 2010
This Easter concert is also the monthly installment of the much-loved Early Music Series of the city’s top orchestral ensemble. With atmosphere to burn, the venue is a deconsecrated Old Town church whose pillaging over the centuries has been somewhat compensated for by trompe-l’oeil Baroque frescos throughout. The Kuhn Choir conducts a Mozart arrangement of Handel’s ‘Messiah’. Some outstanding soloists are onboard, so there aren’t any bad seats in the nave.
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Tropfest 2001 March 13, 2010
The Tropfest Short Film Festival started out in the Tropicana Café several year’s ago (hence the name) and has now outgrown this tiny venue to spill over to other nearby cafes as well as a large open air screen in The Domain. It only lasts one night which makes for a more feverish atmosphere at the screenings as nervy, dishevelled directors clutch their cappucino’s and ciggies and watch their’s and others’ creations flicker into life.
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