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New Orleans and All That Jazz!
Friday, September 6, 6:30–11:30 p.m.
Tickets: $200, Angels: $300

New Orleans and All That Jazz! That is the theme of the Athenaeum's 24th Annual Gala that will be held 6:30–11:30 p.m. on Friday, September 6. Think wrought-iron balconies and french door shutters, streetcars and parades, and spanish moss. Guests will enjoy a Garden of Musical Delights, including Zydeco performers and jazz musicians. Tickets will be $200, or $300 for Angels, again this year. Make sure to save the date! More details to come.

We are still seeking auction prizes. Call (858) 454-5872 for more details.

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Flicks on the Bricks
Thursdays, August 1, 8, 15, and 22; 7:30 p.m.

Series: $60 member/$80 nonmember


Individual: $12 member/$17 nonmember



Thursday, August 1, 7:30 p.m.


Thursday, August 8, 7:30 p.m.


Thursday, August 15, 7:30 p.m.


Thursday, August 22, 7:30 p.m.

The Athenaeum’s popular film and wine series, “Flicks on the Bricks,” returns for a seventh year. Guests are invited to join us on the Athenaeum’s outdoor patio for balmy summer nights and screenings of classic cinemas al fresco. Series tickets for the open-air theater include four memorable films and delightful summer wine pairings selected by Barbara Baxter. Guests must be 21 years or older to attend.

Thursday, August 1, at 7:30 p.m.: The Big Sleep (1946)
Humphrey Bogart stars as Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler’s tough, cynical, but charming private eye. Marlowe investigates the gambling debts of the wealthy General Sternwood’s younger daughter and is plunged into a world of blackmail, deception, and violence. Lauren Bacall is the general’s older daughter and the sparks fly between her and Bogie in a classic duo performance. Paired with Pinot Noir.

Thursday, August 8, at 7:30 p.m.: Rear Window (1954)
Wheelchair-bound photojournalist L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) and his beautiful fiancée Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly) spy on their neighbors and then solve a brutal murder no one else believes occurred. Unavailable for more than twenty years, Hitchcock’s Rear Window is an eloquently entertaining, exhilarating, and bittersweet film. Paired with vin français.

Thursday, August 15, at 7:30 p.m.: Cinema Paradiso (1989)
A young boy is mesmerized by a movie theater and strikes up a dynamic friendship with its warm-hearted projectionist. The film takes place after World War II in a small rural town, where the story follows the pair’s bittersweet relationship. In Italian with English subtitles. Partially sponsored by Cinema Little Italy. Paired with vino italiano.

Thursday, August 22, at 7:30 p.m.: The Big Easy (1986)
Dennis Quaid stars as a tough, fast-talking New Orleans police detective who isn’t above accepting free meals from all-too-obliging restaurants. Ellen Barkin stars as a pretty, sexually repressed assistant district attorney, assigned to investigate police corruption. Paired with Big Easy Red Malbec and Bawdy Bubbles King Creole Surprise.