Save the Haus
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Today, I write this post not as your friendly musician or home brewer, but as a concerned individual.
The Deutsches Haus, a New Orleans based German social hall and gathering place open since 1928, is in danger of being closed down due to a recent designation of the tract of land on which it sits to a medical center to be built by LSU.
The Deutsches Haus is a great place to go for German food, beer and music. I’ve been going to the Deutsches Haus for several years now and I always have a lot of fun there. They have great get-togethers every weekend during the month of October, with live Oktoberfest music, plenty of German food and of course the best German beer money can buy: Warsteiner, Paulaner, Beck, etc.
Here’s the website for the Deutsches Haus: http://www.deutscheshaus.org/ I’ve been fortunate enough to play in bands at the Deutsches Haus for different events like their Oktoberfest Parade, Big Band Swing Night and their Quarterly Membership meetings. While they do have a membership system, access to the Deutsches Haus is not limited to members. Their Oktoberfest parties are open to the public for a nominal entrance fee.
In New Orleans, you’re not going to get much more German than the Deutsches Haus. A petition has been created as part of the “Save the Haus” movement, and I invite you to sign it and help the efforts to preserve this important part of New Orleans History.
You can find the petition to Save the Haus here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savethehaus
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