New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell Fair Grounds racetrack, 1751 Gentilly Blvd. Continuous music on 11 stages, contemporary and traditional crafts, food, educational workshops, 11 a.m.-7. Tickets $50 at the gate. Call 522-4786.

The Louisiana State Fiddle Championship will be held as part of the 29th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival July 19 in Prather Coliseum on the Northwestern State University campus in Natchitoches. more

The Children's Center celebrated National Week of the Young Child today with a field day of arts and crafts for children ranging from the ages of six months to 8 years old.

Tonight: Senior Lecturer in Music Fred Jodry performs the "Goldberg Variations," by J.S. Bach. The performance begins at 8 p.m. at the First Unitarian Parish House, 1 Benevolent St. It will be followed by a gala reception at the Zachariah Allen House, 1

The Morse Museum's 'Quest of Beauty' showcases the joy of the Gilded Age. Louis Comfort Tiffany was ever the practical aesthete. A man of exotic tastes and extravagant means, he made a good business of beauty, decorating and furnishing the parlors o