Biz Minute - August 2019

The grand opening of the $47.5M Louisiana Children’s Museum takes place Saturday in City Park in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Children’s Hospital New Orleans’ School Telehealth Program to expand student health services at NOLA Public Schools in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Kingfish Kitchen & Cocktails to celebrate Louisiana’s 40th governor Huey P. Long’s birthday with food, drinks and a “best dressed” contest in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.  

Culture Collision 11 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art kicks off the 2019-2020 cultural season in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

The founders of the New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter receive an inaugural Excellence Award and a $10,000 grant in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Reginelli’s Pizzeria opens its first St. Tammany Parish restaurant in Mandeville in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Friday’s free Community Connections Resource Fair to showcase social services available in the Greater New Orleans area in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Disabled American Veterans, RecruitMilitary to host the New Orleans Veterans Job Fair at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome Thursday in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Tulane’s Freeman School of Business’ Lara White says executive education is needed to groom employees to become future company leaders in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

The RTA to give updates on the Canal Street Ferry Terminal Project at a public meeting Tuesday, in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

New Orleans Chef Nina Compton appears on CBS This Morning “The Dish” in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Camellia Brand expands nationwide distribution of its beans, peas and lentils, announces partnership with award-winning Chef Alon Shaya in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Two Louisiana cities, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, named to AmeriCorps’ Top Cities list for the first time in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

The New Orleans Ballet Association turns 50, holds auditions for its tuition-free NOBA Center for Dance Pre-Professional Program, announces 2019-2020 dance season in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

M.S. Rau Antiques celebrates the 250th birthday of Napoleon Bonaparte, who sold New Orleans to the U.S. in The Louisiana Purchase, with champagne toasts and gallery tours in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Dirty Linen Night’s ‘Light Up the Streets’ to promote small and local businesses in The Royal Street Arts District in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Ochsner’s ranked the best hospital in Louisiana, opens a new health center in Lake Terrace in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

The Urban League of Louisiana to host small business and contractor training sessions in August in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

The fifth annual Hispanic Business Conference and Tradeshow to feature opening remarks by SBA South Central Regional Administrator Justin Crossie in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

New Orleans Chef Nathan Richard crowned King of American Seafood during the 2019 Great American Seafood Cook-Off in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

The HI New Orleans Hostel opens, first of its kind as part of the redevelopment of the Canal Street corridor in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.    

Thirty-thousand art lovers expected to attend the 25th anniversary of Hancock Whitney White Linen Night Saturday, view rare artworks by Pablo Picasso’s muse Françoise Gilot in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.