Spring is here, so outdoor activities are happening everywhere. Evenings with Enrique at the New Orleans Botanical Garden is one of the events you won’t want to miss!
The Helis Foundation gives Louisiana residents free admission to the Botanical Garden every Wednesday. April is special because beyond relaxing and admiring the grounds at the garden and seeing Enrique Alferez’s work, visitors can also enjoy live Latin American-influenced music from local artists and food available for purchase from Kitchen in the Garden.
Launched in 2016, Evenings with Enrique is a bi-annual event every April and October, free for Louisiana residents
courtesy of The Helis Foundation. The series pays tribute to Enrique Alférez, a renowned Mexican artist who lived in New Orleans for almost 70 years and specialized in sculpting the human form. Alférez has over 20 works of art at The Helis Foundation Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden. His sculptures can also be found throughout New Orleans at Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition, and New Orleans City Park.
If you are an admirer of Alférez’s work, you can purchase the book Enrique Alférez: Sculptor by Katie Bowler Young at the Botanical Garden gift shop.
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New Orleans Botanical Garden’s regular hours of operation are Wednesday – Sunday, 10 AM – 4:30 PM, with extended hours every Wednesday in April until 8 PM through April 26, 2023.
See you at the New Orleans Botanical Garden on Wednesdays from 5 to 8 PM to spend the Evenings with Enrique!
Music Line-up:
April 5 – 5 – 7:30 PM: New Orleans harpist and composer Patrice Fisher with special guests:
Trumpet: Puerto Rico
Percussionist: Honduras
Bass: Chile
April 12 – 5 – 6 PM: Geovane Santos, guitarist, singer and composer, Brazil
6:15 – 7:30 PM: Manuel Arteaga, guitarist and singer, Venezuela
April 19 – 5 – 6 PM: Sincopado, Bruno Elisabetsky, guitarist, singer and composer, Brazil
6:15 – 7:30 PM: Merengue 4, Fermin Ceballos, guitarist, singer and composer, Dominican Republic
April 26 – 5 – 7:30 PM: Rumba Buena: Johnny Marcia, percussionist and band leader, Honduras
