On Sunday, HBO’s Treme recreated a 2007 production of Waiting for Godot on New Orleans’ streets. That piece, which included Treme’s Wendell Pierce, was staged by artist Paul Chan, who says post-Katrina NOLA reminded him of the void in Samuel Beckett’s 1953 play.

Each October, Art in Odd Places (AiOP)—a NY-based artist action group—produces a festival of visual and performance art. This year the city welcomes a series of red pillow-like sculptures or “volatile structures” by Brazilian artist Geraldo Zamproni.