NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
The NBA All-Star Game is great. But one of the fun and underrated events of the NBA All-Star weekend (recently moved to New Orleans in protest of North Carolina’s transgender bathroom law) is the all-star celebrity game. Here, you’ll get to watch some of your favorite actors and singers show you what they have (or don’t have) on the basketball court. It is Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. at the Smoothie King Center. Tickets run $27-235. Information, AllStarWeekendNewOrleans2017.com
Lundi Gras
If you wake up on Lundi Gras (Feb. 27 this year) and want something to do before the evening’s parades, check out Zulu’s Lundi Gras Festival. It is at Woldenberg Park and is free and open to the public. Revelers can enjoy live music from such local luminaries as DJ Jubliee and the Rebirth Brass Band 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. There will also be food, arts and crafts. Then head upriver to the nearby Riverwalk to watch the arrival of Rex, King of Carnival, followed by fireworks. Information, LundiGrasFestival.com
Cookies & Cocktails Gala
Who doesn’t love Girl Scout Cookies? Fans of the classic snacks can enjoy Girl Scout Cookie-inspired dishes and drinks at the Cookies & Cocktails Gala on Feb. 4 at the XLIV Club. Twenty local chefs and bartenders will participate. Guests can also enjoy live music, a photo booth and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit Girl Scouts Louisiana East. Tickets are $75; for gala and patron access, it’s $100. Information, 355-5885.
CALENDAR
Jan 27-Feb 12 Jelly’s Last Jam, Le Petit Theatre. Information, LePetitTheatre.com
Feb 1-Apr 9 “Goods of Every Description: Shopping in New Orleans,” Historic New Orleans Collection. Information, HNOC.org
Feb 3 Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony, Orpheum Theater. Information, OrpheumNOLA.com
Feb 4 Dancing with the Stars: LIVE! – We Came to Dance, Saenger Theater. Information, SaengerNOLA.com
Feb 5 New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon, Superdome. Information, RunRockNRoll.com
Feb 10 Billy Joel, Smoothie King Center. Information, SmoothieKingCenter.com
Feb 10 & 12 Sweeney Todd, Mahalia Jackson Theater. Information, MahaliaJacksonTheater.com
Feb 11 Valentine’s Music Festival, Lakefront Arena. Information, Arena.UNO.edu
Feb 12 Recycled Fashion Show, Rock ‘N’ Bowl. Information, 821-7288
Feb 15 Uniquely New Orleans: The Classical Tradition and Jazz, location TBD. Information, LPOmusic.org
Feb 16 Yonder Mountain String Band and G. Love Special Sauce, Joy Theater. Information, TheJoyTheater.com
Feb 17 NBA All-Star Rising Stars Challenge, Smoothie King Center. Information, SmoothieKingCenter.com
Feb 17 Festival of Laughs, Lakefront Arena. Information, Arena.UNO.edu
Feb 18 NBA D-League All-Star Game, Smoothie King Center. Information, SmoothieKingCenter.com
Feb 19 NBA All-Star Game, Smoothie King Center. Information, SmoothieKingCenter.com
Feb 22 Sting, Lakefront Arena. Information, Arena.UNO.edu
Feb 25 Endymion Extravaganza, Mercedes Benz Superdome. Information, Endymion.org
Feb 27 Orpheuscapade, Ernest Morial Convention Center. Information, KreweOfOrpheus.com