Saturn Bar

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GoNOLA Recommends: Five Things To Do In New Orleans This Weekend

by Sally Tunmer August 24, 2011 Arts & Culture

Monday, August 29th is the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and this weekend leading up to it is a great example of how far we’ve come since then and what a wonderful place New Orleans is to be right now.  A group of local rock and jazz heroes headline a free show on Friday, a love-bash conference about New Orleans’ …

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Celebrity Crushworthy: Alex McMurray

by Sunny Dawn Summers January 31, 2011 Music

I have a new celebrity crush. I just added Alex McMurray to the top of my list, nudging out John Cusack from his top spot.

Saddling up to an empty bar at 9:30 p.m. on a Thursday, I wasn’t expecting much. The bar was empty, the singer was the only other patron for a little bit. I had never seen …

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The Saturn Bar… On the Fringe

by Groovescapes July 26, 2010 Music

Don’t call the Saturn Bar a “dive.”  That four-letter word is thrown around far too often these days, and even when dropped with positive inflection to commend a quirky bar’s lived-in aesthetic, it is too broad and pedestrian to be of any real utility.  No matter how complimentary the tone in which it is bestowed upon a unique drinking establishment, …

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