Pies at NOCCA, R&B at Tip's, A Shaman at Tableau

MARIGNY? PIE alert: Jeanie Riess reports that students in NOCCA's culinary program are baking and selling peach crumb pies this month. October will bring vinegar raisin pies. You can get single pies for $25 or sign up for their Pie of The Month Club ($200/11 pies) right here. Proceeds support the culinary arts program. [Gambit]

UPTOWN? Irvin Mayfield's upcoming Rythm & Blues Throwback at Tip's, honoring Irma Thomas, Clarence "Frogman" Henry and Art Neville with special performances by Charmaine Neville, Irma, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra with Davell Crawford, makes Southern Living's hot list this week. Check it out this Friday, September 20. Doors at 8 p.m. Info/tix here. [SouthernLiving]

QUARTER? Tableau will raise funds for the Amazon Conservation Team? an organization that partners with indigenous communities in South America to protect the world's largest rainforest? for a night of Amazonian and Creole cuisine, October 1, 6 p.m. Dickie Brennan, ACT's Dr. Mark Plotkin, and a bonafide shaman, Don Luciano Mutumbajoy, of the Ingano tribe of the northwest Amazon will all be on hand. $85/person. Info/reservations here. [Eatewire]

Tableau [Photo: Josh Brasted]