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CONTENTS JANUARY 5 , 2016

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STAFF President & CEO | MARGO DUBOS Publisher | JEANNE EXNICIOS FOSTER Administrative Director | MARK KARCHER

EDITORIAL Editor | KEVIN ALLMAN Managing Editor | KANDACE POWER GRAVES Political Editor | CLANCY DUBOS Arts & Entertainment Editor | WILL COVIELLO Special Sections Editor | MISSY WILKINSON

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Michael Che WED. JAN. 6 | Comedian Michael Che is a former Daily Show correspondent and current “Weekend Update” co-anchor on Saturday Night Live, where he joked that President Barack Obama still has to present ID to get into the White House after “birther” B.S. He then faux-whispered, “I’m talking about the guy hosting the show.” The host was Donald Trump. At 10 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

Wizard World again brings its comic convention and pop culture roadshow to New Orleans.

BY ALEX WOODWARD @ALEXWOODWARD WITH A SEEMINGLY INFINITE NUMBER OF MARVEL PROPERTIES HEADING TO THEATERS, a Ghostbusters reboot in

the works, and, of course, the third trilogy in the Star Wars saga expected to make billions of dollars, “nerd” culture is the pop cultural force driving entertainment, no longer banished to parents’ basements or cheap hotel ballrooms. Wizard World Comic Con’s three-day pop culture bender finds room for it all under one very big roof.

After folding Wizard magazine in 2011, Wizard World focused exclusively on its convention circuit, expanding to more than a dozen cities with its traveling roadshow for geek ephemera and meet-and-greets with comic book artists and film stars. Wizard World returns to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for its sixth New Orleans edition Jan. 8-10.

Returning for a second time to Wizard World New Orleans is Star Trek demigod William Shatner, who last appeared at the 2012 event.

Three of the Avengers — Chris Evans (Captain America), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and New Orleans native Anthony Mackie (Falcon) — join a roster of Marvel universe heroes at the convention, from Haley Atwell (Agent Peggy Carter of Agent Carter) to directors Joe and Anthony Russo, who helmed Captain America entries and the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. Cult film hero Bruce Campbell of the Evil Dead series also joins the roster, as well as Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman and Karen Gillan, and The Walking Dead’s Joe Bernthal, Norman Reedus, Chandler Riggs, Scott Wilson and Steven Yeun — and also The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s Barry Bostwick.

Wizard World’s fluorescent-lighted show floor is pop culture sensory overload, a booth-by-booth and table-by-table circus of science fiction and fantasy, including Star Wars and

WED. JAN. 6 | Echo Courts elicits a different response from everyone who hears them: The Greensboro, North Carolina, quartet’s music has been dubbed everything from psych to surf rock to indie pop. No Damage (due Jan. 19 on Already Dead) follows last year’s Ice Cream Social and packs even more unassuming, unclassifiable hooks. The Painted Hands and Drone Baby open at 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

Phunny Phorty Phellows WED. JAN. 6 | The costumed Phunny Phorty Phellows kick off Carnival revelry on Twelfth Night. The krewe celebrates with the Storyville Stompers at the Willow Street car barn at 6:30 p.m. and the krewe boards the streetcar for the ride to the French Quarter at 7 p.m.

The Happy Talk Band with Helen Gillet

steampunk costuming groups and countless boxes of plastic-wrapped comic books. Cult wares are on display in a sort of open-air black market of rare, unreleased movie studio undesirables (from Harry Nilsson’s Son of Dracula to The Star Wars Holiday Special) and 40-year-old action figures preserved in Ziploc bags.

And then there are the inanimate celebrities — full-size replicas of the Jurassic Park Jeep and Luke Skywalker’s X-34 Landspeeder from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the DeLorean time machine from the Back to the Future series, and Ecto-1, the noisy 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood from Ghostbusters.

Wizard World also showcases Louisiana-based artists and comic creators, including Rob Guillory, the Eisner Award-winning co-creator of Chew, as well as artist Joe Badon, Marvel artist Roland Paris, and fantasy comic series Sankofa’s Eymbrace creators Erica R. Williams and Antoine Mitchell, among many others.

Costumes are encouraged — expect to find plenty of homages to new and

Many Wizard World Comic Con fans attend the event in costume.

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FRI. JAN. 8 | How to make Luke Allen’s Happy Talk Band even happier? Add cellist Helen Gillet to the malleable lineup of Crescent City lifers (Bailey Smith, Alex McMurray, Casey McAllister, Michael Andrepont and Steve Calandra) and there’s little ground — musical or otherwise — they haven’t covered. At 9 p.m. at Chickie Wah Wah.

The King and His Ladies FRI. JAN. 8 | The Krewe of Rolling Elvi celebrate Elvis Presley’s 81st birthday. There’s entertainment

by Ruby Ross, Customhouse, Vinyl Girls and Alexandra Scott.

Attendees are encouraged to dress as Elvis, Priscilla Presley or one of his leading ladies. At 7 p.m. at Publiq House.

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On Brian Regan: Live From Radio City Music Hall (Comedy Central), the comedian’s observational and often-physical comedy cleanly, confidently and goofily picks apart life’s absurd details. At 7 p.m. at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts.

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upcoming film heroes and villains Deadpool, Kylo Ren, Harley Quinn and The Joker, in their element on the show floor or posing onstage for the annual costume competition.

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The number of armed robberies in New Orleans in 2015 (as of Dec. 30).

THERE WERE 749 ARMED ROBBERIES in the first nine months of 2015, according to New Orleans Uniform Crime Reporting statistics — a nearly 3 percent increase from the same time span in 2014.

The recent holiday season saw more than 100 armed robberies, continuing a trend as people are more likely to be carrying cash and other gifts during the holidays.

In 2014, there was a 37 percent increase in armed robberies from the previous year, from 744 in 2013 to more than 1,000 the following year.

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(NOPD) distributed new toys and meals to more than 500 New Orleans students during the 2015 holiday season.

NOPD’s Sixth District also hosted its 10th annual Christmas in the Sixth event, handing out new bicycles to 150 students in Central City.

(NOFD) donated $4,000 each to the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen New Orleans in December. NOFD raised $8,000 for breast cancer research and support organizations through sales of its breast cancer awareness T-shirts.

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Louisiana is the unhealthiest state in the U.S., unseating Mississippi for the No. 50 spot in the 2015 edition of the United Health Foundation’s annual America’s Health Rankings. The December report notes Louisiana is among the worst states for high rates of smoking, obesity and children living in poverty.

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Maple Street Book Shop staved off a planned end-of-year closing after supporters doubled the store’s business. One commenter asked: “Doesn’t this prove that the problems aren’t so much the internet as they are lack of support from neighbors?”

— Wondering

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COMMENTARY

G ae - tan a’s appr e ci ates y o u r su ppo r t & l o y al ty o v e r th e past 30 y ears.

Landrieu’s handling of the city’s violent crime problem will define his legacy.

Th an k y o u f o r w el co m i n g u s i n to y o u r l i ves.

We l o o k f o r wa rd to em braci n g a n e w e r a i n New Orl ean s wi th o u r e x pr e s si ve co l l ecti o n s…

SHORTLY BEFORE NEW YEAR’S, MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU held

a press conference to tout his administration’s achievements in 2015, which he called “historical and transformational progress” for New Orleans. Those accomplishments included a balanced budget, a settlement in the long-running battle over the New Orleans Fire Department pension fund, a 15 percent pay raise for New Orleans cops and ongoing infrastructure improvements by the Department of Public Works and the Sewerage and Water Board. A December lump sum settlement with FEMA for Hurricane Katrina-related damage, combined with other funds, will give the city nearly $3 billion to dedicate to infrastructure projects going forward.

There was not much good news about crime, however. Homicides are up this year over 2014 — and armed robberies and carjackings are scarily high. On Dec. 29, Jeff Asher of The Advocate noted there had been a robbery or carjacking in New Orleans for 115 of the previous 117 days. Landrieu promised to “double down” on crime-fighting efforts, noting that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) was beginning its fourth training academy class of the year. A class of 29 new cops graduated Dec. 30. That’s a good sign, but it’s not enough to offset NOPD’s recent attrition rate. Landrieu’s handling of the city’s violent crime problem will define his legacy after he leaves office in 28 months.

Here are two more issues that likely will grab Landrieu’s attention in 2016: • Public transit: Complaints about New Orleans’ public transit are legion, particularly unreliable bus service. Seven years ago, the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) contracted its operations to Veolia Transportation, which also began overseeing the ferry system in 2014. Landrieu touts new streetcar construction and says New Orleans is a world-class city, but worldclass cities have reliable public transit, particularly for citizens

r e al c l o th e s th a t ref l ect real l i f e.

who work downtown. In our tourism-dominated economy, that’s a lot of people. The city should conduct an audit to check the RTA’s on-time record; regular riders say it’s dismal. Landrieu will hold public hearings about expanding RTA service in January and February, but measuring RTA’s on-time record should be part of that.

• Short-term rentals: New Orleans renters are hurting. Last year, CNN and other outlets labeled us one of the nation’s worst cities for renters. In October 2015, the real estate website Zillow calculated the average rent here to be just shy of $1,600 per month — well above Houston, Baton Rouge and the U.S. as a whole. The Data Center found 35 percent of New Orleanians now pay more than half their salaries in rent.

The City Planning Commission is scheduled to review its Short Term Rental Study this month and deliver it to the New Orleans City Council Feb. 1. Currently, shortterm hotel-style rentals of private homes are illegal but widespread; more than 2,000 are advertised in nearly every neighborhood in town. It’s the council’s job to decide how to regulate public accommodations, but as mayor of a city where affordable housing is becoming scarcer, Landrieu should take the lead on this issue. New Orleans needs affordable housing for those who live here, not just those who vacation here.

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1. IT’S CARNIVAL TIME

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The Phunny Phorty Phellows will kick off the 2016 Carnival season this week with their annual Twelfth Night streetcar ride on St. Charles Avenue. The krewe leaves the Willow Street streetcar barn at 7 p.m. Jan. 6 and rides downtown, ending back at Willow Street. The modern krewe known as Phunny Phorty Phellows began the annual streetcar ride tradition in 1982, but a krewe by that name began as a satirical walking krewe that followed Rex in 1878.

This year’s Carnival season will be brief. Fat Tuesday is Feb. 9, meaning many parades will have rolled by the end of this month. The earliest possible date for Mardi Gras is Feb. 3, while the latest is March 9. Mardi Gras will not come this early again until 2027, when once again it falls on Feb. 9.

2. Benson burns the T-P “What strikes me the most is the pure irony of The Times-Picayune imploring me to sell for the benefit of the city. I recall in May 2012 reaching out to the Newhouse family imploring them to sell to me or other local ownership as they threatened to become and then became a part-time newspaper.

Since then the newspaper has done nothing but lay off staff and move operations out of town.” — New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, sniping at The Times-Picayune after the paper ran a front-page column by sportswriter Jeff Duncan imploring Benson to sell both the Saints and New Orleans Pelicans.

3. New year, new governor Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards will take office Jan. 11 on the Louisiana State Capitol steps at noon. His inauguration will feature a flyover by the 159th Fighter Wing of the Louisiana Air National Guard. Loui-

siana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson will administer the oath.

An invitation-only inaugural ball will be held that night at Baton Rouge’s Celtic Media Centre, a moviemaking facility.

A spokesman for Edwards said 5,000 invitations went out for the black-tie affair.

4. Dardenne: Tax hike is ‘on the table’

An immediate $750 million shortfall — and an estimated $1.9 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year. Those are the numbers Jay Dardenne, Louisiana’s incoming commissioner of administration, laid out in a press conference last week. Dardenne said “all options are on the table” to make up the money, including raising the state sales tax, but Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards has said he opposes any sales tax hike (last year, the Louisiana Budget Project reported the state has the third-highest sales tax in the country).

Scott says he’ll re-evaluate how the business is doing in March and April. “We’re hopeful, but I don’t want to say we’re out of the woods yet,” he says.

5. Library hours extended

New Orleans’ murder rate has been trending downward in the long run, but 164 people were murdered in New Orleans as of New Year’s Eve, after a decline in murders over the previous five years. July was the deadliest month, with 20 murders, followed by 19 in March. There were 17 murders each in May and June, and three murders in October.

There were 200 murders in the city in 2011, followed by 193 in 2012, 156 in 2013 and 150 in 2014 — the lowest numbers in four decades.

Last May, New Orleans voters overwhelmingly approved a property tax millage to support the Public Library, and the first benefits of that tax kick in this week as the main library and five branches provide sevenday-a-week service. Seven other branches will begin six-day-a-week service, and all branches will stay open until 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The Milton H. Latter branch Uptown, which has been closed for renovations, is expected to reopen sometime this spring.

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6. Christmas tree

recycling this week

Take off the tinsel, the ornaments and the stand and leave that droopy old Christmas tree by the curb on your regularly scheduled trash collection day Jan. 7-9.

It’s the annual Christmas tree recycling for Orleans Parish residents, funded by the Office of Coastal and Environmental Affairs.

The trees will be used in coastal zones to help prevent erosion of Louisiana’s wetlands. Last year, according to numbers provided by the city, nearly 7,000 trees were airlifted into Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge.

Trees shouldn’t be placed in bags or on neutral grounds, and flocked or artificial trees won’t be taken. Questions? Call the city’s 311 information line.

7. Maple Street Book Shop gets reprieve — but for how long?

In early October, Maple Street Book Shop owner Gladin Scott announced the store, open since 1964, would close at year’s end.

But business doubled since the announcement, and the store now will stay open, Scott told Gambit last week. “It started as a wake, but it turned in to a celebration,” he said.

“It gave me hope that we can operate on a break-even level,” Scott says. “The landlord was willing to work with us on a monthto-month lease. We’ll see if we can maintain the increase in business.”

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Feed that meter some more Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s plan to raise rates and extend hours for downtown parking meters begins Jan. 11. Landrieu’s original plan — to double rates from $1.50 an hour to $3 and expand hours from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. — changed slightly in response to pleas from downtown workers, musicians and service and tourism industry groups. The new rates will still take effect, but the extended hours will go to 7 p.m. instead of 10 p.m.

The plan will affect roughly 830 meters and 3,000 metered spaces from the Mississippi River to Claiborne Avenue and from the Pontchartrain Expressway to Elysian Fields Avenue. All other parking meters in the city will see a rate increase to $2 an hour. The rate change is expected to bring in more than $7 million in 2016.

Among other changes: parking tickets will jump from $20 to $30, a change that will require City Council approval next month.

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Duck Dynasty to take wing again Duck Dynasty may not be the cultural phenomenon it once was, but the faux-reality show about North Louisiana businessmen/duck hunters will present an abbreviated ninth season beginning Jan. 13. A press release from the cable channel A&E promised Season 9 would contain episodes featuring wrestling, dodgeball and a “high-stakes frogging competition,” but made no mention of a repeat appearance by outgoing Gov. Bobby Jindal.

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“We have limped along year to year,” Dardenne said, referencing the budgets of Edwards’ predecessor, Gov. Bobby Jindal. In response to a question, Dardenne added, “If [Jindal] said he’s not passing on fiscal problems to the next governor, that’s simply an incorrect statement.”

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BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ @GambitBlake | askblake@gambitweekly.com

Hey Blake, Why did Henry Wadsworth Gustine dedicate a statue of Benjamin Franklin to the people of the Big Easy? Based on the quotes he elected to include on the plaque, it seems he was throwing some solid bronze shade at our laissez-faire lifestyle.

MAC

This statue of Benjamin Franklin at Lafayette Square was a gift to the city from a Chicago resident who spent winters in New Orleans.

Dear Mac, The statue of Benjamin Franklin that caught your eye sits on the Camp Street side of Lafayette Square in New Orleans’ Central Business District. While it is a handsome statue of the founding father, it seems out of place because Franklin had no direct connection to our city.

The statue of which you write actually is the second Franklin one to be placed in that spot. The first was erected in the center of the square in 1873 and was moved to a different spot in the park in 1900. It was replaced by a statue of Henry Clay that had been moved to Lafayette Square from Canal Street.

Because of deterioration caused by the weather, Franklin’s statue was removed from the park altogether in 1909 and relocated first to the public library and later to Benjamin Franklin High School.

The second statue — the one that stands in Lafayette Square now — was a gift of Henry Wadsworth Gustine of Chicago, who spent winters in New Orleans during his retirement and always visited the Franklin statue. When the statue was removed, Gustine raised the money to create a new one, an exact replica of one in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. The new statue was unveiled on Oct. 20, 1926, which also was Gustine’s 89th birthday. He died the next year.

The pedestal on which the nearly life-size statue stands was donated by the New Orleans Typothetae, or

printers’ association, honoring the impact Franklin had on the printing trade. It bears two quotes from Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack: “Save while you are young, to spend when you are old,” and “One penny saved is better than two pennies earned.”

BLAKEVIEW NEXT MONDAY, JOHN BEL EDWARDS

will be sworn in as the 56th governor of Louisiana. But did you know that a dozen previous governors never were elected to that office?

Henry Thibodaux was Louisiana’s first non-colonial governor to be appointed to the job; he served just one month in 1824. In 1868, P.B.S. Pinchback was appointed lieutenant governor and then acting governor (for 35 days) following the deaths of his predecessors.

He is the only African-American ever to hold the office of governor of Louisiana or to serve as governor of a Southern state during Reconstruction. In 1926, Lt. Gov. Oramel Simpson became governor when Gov. Henry Fuqua died. You may not know Simpson, but you likely know the man who beat him in the next election: Huey P. Long.

Later, James A. Noe served as governor for less than four months in 1936. He’s better known for his broadcasting empire, including WNOE Radio, which he owned for many years.

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A New Orleanian for all seasons NEW ORLEANS LOST A GREAT FRIEND when

Jerry Romig, the iconic “voice of the Saints” for 44 seasons, died at his home on Dec. 23 surrounded by his family. He was 86.

Generations knew Jerry for his “First down …

SAAAAAAINTS!” cry that was more a cheer than a play-by-play call. I had the privilege of knowing Jerry as a mentor and friend.

What I remember most about Jerry are his terrific sense of humor, his consummate professionalism and his love of family and sports. He was one of the few people on earth who had both a Super Bowl ring (a gift from the New Orleans Saints upon his retirement) and a genuine sense of humility.

I first met Jerry in the 1970s when his son Mark and I became fraternity brothers at the University of New Orleans. Jerry and his wife Janice were everybody’s favorite parents; they tolerated more than a few of our raucous parties in their Lakeview backyard.

A few years later I got to know him better when I got involved in the Press Club of New Orleans’ Gridiron Show. The show had fallen on hard times and needed a reboot. Jerry took the lead and was perfect for the job. He not only got the show running again, but he also brought a new level of professionalism to it. For years he opened the show with a Johnny Carson-like monologue that was consistently a hit. He also wrote many of the funniest scripts of that era.

Over the years, I came to know Jerry professionally, first while he was a news exec at WDSU-TV and later during his stints as a PR man for the Archdiocese of New Orleans and the LSU Health Sciences Center. Here’s the amazing thing about Jerry: He always knew the right thing to say. Whether he was scolding a politician as an editorialist for WDSU, advising the archbishop or a doctor as a PR counselor or helping a friend

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out of a tough situation, Jerry always found exactly the right words for the moment, and he always delivered them with just the right touch.

He was truly one of the wise men of our town — a New Orleanian for all seasons.

My favorite stories about Jerry come from his family. His sons remember that he introduced them to The Three Stooges — in person.

His daughters will always remember the night of Jerry and Janice’s 50th wedding anniversary. He danced with his bride to the strains of “My Girl,” then danced with each daughter and granddaughter to the same tune. That dance and tune became a family tradition. When Jerry died, his daughters and granddaughters did “My Girl” one more time.

Jerry’s extended family included 25 foster children. I learned about that one day at the family home when I asked Jerry about a wall covered with infants’ photos. He told me about the foster children and was close to tears when he said, “They’re all our babies, forever.”

So long, old friend. Heaven just got one helluva booth announcer.

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New Orleans in the news Our electronic dance music scene is described as “decadent and depraved” (thanks?) and out-of-towners sample New Orleans cuisine.

DROPPING THE BASS

“New Orleans’ Electronic Music Scene is Decadent and Depraved,” declared Michelle Lhooq of Thump, the electronic music vertical of VICE.com, in a deep-dive look at the city’s EDM world. Lhooq spent Halloween here, going to a warehouse party called “Journey to the Moist Abyss” and hanging at Republic. She also hung out with Rene Brunet, who staged 1990s raves at the State Palace Theater.

Lhoop came away impressed, citing “the effusive kindness of total strangers, the fact that gay and queer kids are leading the pack, and above all, a spirit of resilience that is perhaps a defining trait of the city as a whole.” …

DROPPING THE BABY

The New York Times named New Orleans as one of “Four Cities That Celebrate New Year’s Eve in a Big Way.” Shivani Vora described the midnight drop of an 8-foot-high fleur-de-lis in “Jackson Square” (surely she meant Jax Brewery).

But what of Baby New Year, who normally drops at midnight? Well, Baby New Year has been dropped — permanently — and a new baby is being commissioned. We nominate the New Orleans Pelicans’ King Cake Baby, who also could remind us each year that king cake season is only six days away. …

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With Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl, the website Red Cup Rebellion ran “A New Orleans Culture Guide for Ole Miss Fans,” cluing them in to some off-the-tourist-track things to do, including the Lafitte Greenway and Hong Kong Market. The best advice, though: “Don’t eat at the Krystal on Bourbon Street if there are Bama fans nearby.” Will the Krystal ever live down that infamous caught-on-video teabagging incident? …

SET 30 FEWER PLACES FOR DINNER The website TechCrunch reported the New Orleans supper club Dinner Lab was laying off 30 full-time employees, “shifting to a contract-based model,” according to reporter Matthew Lynley.

DinnerLab CEO Brian Bordainick compared the restructuring to a certain controversial ride-sharing company: “What we’re doing historically is trying to run [an] Uber by owning the car and having the driver full-time,” Bordainick said, “and it’s really challenging to turn a margin unless you’re banging out 300 events in a market.”

Dinner Lab announced it had raised $2.1 million in its first round of outside funding in June 2014.

At the time, Bordainick said, “A lot of people said that the funding mechanisms are not in place to do this here, but we certainly believe that a truly scalable business can attract capital from right here in New Orleans.” ...

THEY COME TO EAT Restaurant writer John Mariani penned a two-part guide to New Orleans dining for the Huffington Post and — surprise! — focused entirely on city stalwarts rather than trendy spots like Shaya, Compere Lapin and Balise. Mariani visited Galatoire’s, Commander’s Palace, Emeril’s and Brennan’s, finding them unchanged in many cases and improved in some.

Meanwhile, the San Diego Reader’s Darrin DuFord visited the Southern Food & Beverage Museum (SoFAB), sampled absinthe and alligator (“think Slim Jims”) and marveled at the scope of SoFAB’s vision. “Considering the inclusion of crab hammers and wine bottles of Maryland, as well as a display describing the White House’s tradition of hardwood-fired barbecue, General [Ulysses S.] Grant would probably have not approved of the geographic breadth of what the museum considers Southern,” DuFord wrote. “The museum follows the more traditional Mason-Dixon Line for its northernmost cutoff.”

Please, let’s not drag SoFAB into the monuments discussion. …

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WITH ITS FIRST ISSUE OF EACH YEAR, Gambit honors a New Orleanian of the Year for all he or she has done for the city. This year’s honoree is a familiar one: Leah Chase, the pioneering chef who turns 93 this week and who still can be found working at her iconic Treme restaurant, Dooky Chase’s.

Though many are familiar with Chase’s gumbo, greens and hospitality, her role in achieving equality for African-Americans is less discussed, at least by those who have bestowed upon her some of the nation’s highest culinary awards for her Creole cuisine.

On this, the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, we honor Leah Chase for setting a particularly special table: one where much of the Southern civil rights movement was planned.

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in grainy black-and-white photographs of civil rights protests, holding up protest signs or sitting handcuffed beneath the scornful gaze of baton-wielding police officers. But in June 2014, when more than 100 veterans of the Louisiana civil rights movement gathered in New Orleans to commemorate the Freedom Summer and honor the civil rights activists of the 1960s, it was Leah Chase’s restaurant that everyone remembered.

“It was just a place where we felt safe,” recalled Doratha “Dodie” Smith-Simmons, a key figure in the civil rights movement who was a Freedom Rider and member of the New Orleans chapter of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

“For a lot of the people and students who came down here to work on voter registration, their fondest memory was of going to Dooky Chase’s for a meal,” Smith-Simmons says. “Because of what Leah and her husband did, people didn’t forget that.”

2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement that prohibited racial discrimination in voting. Its passage came a year after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and in the years leading up to both historic events, Dooky Chase’s became a well-known meeting place for leaders and activists.

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Don Hubbard, a local leader of desegregation efforts and a civil rights visionary, says Chase and her husband were “quiet warriors” who would accommodate the activists in a private upstairs dining room and always made sure that no one went hungry.

“They would always be gracious to us, even to those who couldn’t afford it. She’s always been able to walk a fine line, and she used food as an ambassador to broaden our community,” Hubbard remembers.

Chase is characteristically modest about her role in the movement.

“My job was just to feed people,” she says.

“People like me could just be cooperative and support them, and that’s what you did. In New Orleans, you don’t do anything without eating. So they would come here and I would make gumbo and fried chicken, and they’d have lunch and plan their moves. Sometimes it was hard and sometimes it was frightening, because you didn’t know who was going to come back and who wasn’t.”

Despite Chase’s humility, Hubbard says, she was an influential person, revered for more than just her hospitality, cooking and kindness.

“Leah was always someone we could talk to in confidence,” he says.

“If you were saying something that was more militant, she had her own way of extending the message, of making it more palatable,” Hubbard says. “She had her own style while she was stirring the pot. Sometimes she’d pull us over and say, ‘You really want to do it like that? Maybe you ought to try a different approach.’ She always spoke with some power and our ears always perked up and listened because (we) thought that her opinion was worth something.”

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A younger generation of New Orleanians may have fond memories of the so-called queen of Creole cuisine and her iconic 5th Ward restaurant. They may remember her fried chicken, or her moss-hued gumbo z’herbes on Holy Thursday, and a few even may know that she was the basis for Princess Tiana, the first African-American Disney princess, in the 2009 animated musical The Princess and the Frog. If they’re lucky enough to meet her, they’ll remember a seemingly inexhaustible woman clad in a red chef’s coat and a warm smile, who moves with ease, greeting customers and exchanging wry bits of wisdom with charismatic sass.

But the proprietor and chef at the brick mainstay on Orleans Avenue is remembered by an older generation as a steadfast leader for equality and social justice.

The oldest of 11 children, Chase was born in 1923 and grew up across Lake Pontchartrain in the then-small shipping town of Madisonville.

She attended a Catholic school for black girls

— St. Mary’s Academy — in New Orleans, before eventually moving to the city permanently at the age of 18. Here, Chase began her love affair with food service, working for several years at a restaurant in the French Quarter before marrying Edgar “Dooky” Chase II, a trumpet player, in 1946.

Chase’s husband’s family opened the Dooky Chase restaurant, then a tavern selling poboys and lottery tickets, on Orleans Avenue in 1941. It wasn’t until Leah Chase came on board that she began tweaking menu items and decor concepts — imitating some of what she had experienced during her tenure in the French Quarter.

“The saddest thing about segregation for me was depriving people from learning,” Chase says. “We didn’t even know how to set the tables properly … because we had no restaurants to go to.”

Since most restaurants in the city were segregated, Dooky Chase’s became a known outlier and safe haven; a hub where civil rights organizers and activists — black and white — could come together and strategize their next move over bowls of gumbo and red beans.

“Early on, when we were trying to bring about some social justice in the city, Leah’s restaurant was a place to meet and to see if we couldn’t all get on the same page,” recalls Moon Landrieu, mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978.

A longtime member of the NAACP, Chase recalls that many felt the civil rights movement at the time was “moving too slow,” spurring a younger generation of activists to consider more radical approaches.

“We were always working to better the conditions for black people,” Chase says. “But the (NAACP) leaders, like A.P. Tureaud and Thurgood Marshall, they thought we could move into the regular stream without offending anybody. Sometimes you can’t do that.

You’re gonna offend somebody.”

Dooky Chase’s was near 917 N. Tonti Street, the home of Virgie Castle, a longtime bartender at the restaurant and the mother of civil rights activists Doris Jean Castle and Oretha Castle Haley. The house on N. Tonti became a magnet for activists at the time, a place where Freedom Riders and migrating revolutionaries, including James Farmer and James Baldwin, would crash whenever they were in town.

“If we didn’t eat there, we had food delivered from there,” Smith-Simmons, who also stayed at the Tonti Street home on occasion, said of Dooky Chase's. She recalled how attorneys with the movement would deliver Chase’s food to the Orleans Parish Prison when she and fellow activists were arrested.

While Chase says she never really was frightened, she knew operating an integrated restaurant and supporting the civil rights movement was a dangerous endeavor in the segregated South; blacks attempting to organize the masses to vote were attacked, jailed and sometimes killed. Chase brushed off threats, even when someone threw a pipe bomb into the front of the restaurant.

In the years following passage of the Voting Rights Act, Chase’s restaurant remained a mainstay on the activist circuit and a neutral ground for meetings and visiting dignitaries.

Chase peppered the restaurant’s multicolored dining rooms with works

by African-American artists she purchased throughout the years to foster artistic growth among black artists.

Throughout her life, Chase has garnered accolades and awards for her constant push for progress and equality. The Southern Food & Beverage Museum named a permanent gallery in Chase’s honor in 2009, she was inducted into the prestigious James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America in 2010, and in 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union presented her with its Ben Smith Award for her efforts to promote racial equality.

Chase is still a constant presence in her restaurant’s kitchen and dining rooms, where she stops to chat with friends and strangers and, if prompted, is happy to talk about her life. She likes to recount the degrees and accomplishments of all her grandchildren and says she hopes that her grandson, Edgar Chase IV, a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, will take over the business one day.

Underlying Chase’s benevolent disposition and warm exterior is a determined, do-it-yourself attitude.

“We’ve come a long way but I think people need to do better about coming together and understanding one another,” she says. “If you get to a certain place where you’re on your feet, then you got to help somebody else on their feet. Whatever I can do, I try to do it.

“You have to get involved today, honey. Everybody has to make a difference.”

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“It hit the bar, tore the bar up and put a hole in the door, but nobody was hurt,” Chase recalls. “It didn’t frighten me.”

“They were just outstanding citizens that saw something that needed to be done and did it, regardless of the consequences,” says Smith-Simmons. “In those days, that was very brave of them to do.”

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Crescent City Steaks offers bacon-wrapped filets.

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ESTABLISHED IN 1934, CRESCENT CITY STEAKS (1001

N. Broad St.; 504-821-3271; www.crescentcitysteaks.com) maintains dining traditions of the past while catering to a clientele spanning several generations. The original proprietor, Croatian-born John Vojkovich, died in 1990, but the restaurant has stayed in the family and is now run by his wife, Krasna Vojkovich.

Crescent City Steaks specializes in steak, with options ranging from strip sirloins and T-bones to bacon-wrapped filets and porterhouses for three. Slabs of aged USDA prime beef are seasoned with salt and pepper, cooked to the diner’s preference and plated with warm French bread, perfect for dipping in the buttery steak juice.

Side dishes include Lyonnaise potatoes, spinach au gratin and caesar salad. Though the steakhouse also offers seafood, the descriptions and prices for these entrees are printed on a separate page.

“It will never be on the physical menu, because the integrity of the physical menu is to be as much like it was then, now,” says general manager Kelly Kerrigan O’Connor.

When the restaurant first opened, it had no menu, but eventually a short one listing steak and side dish choices was created.

Crescent City Steaks features a robust wine list, traditional cocktails and French Market coffee served with warm milk.

“We don’t follow trends,” O’Conner says. “We don’t pretend to be

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something that we’re not. We’re true to what the steakhouse has always been.”

This seems to be a successful approach. The Mid-City restaurant’s old-school New Orleans charm attracts neighborhood regulars, politicians and celebrities, among other characters. Allen Toussaint frequently dined at the restaurant and Elvis Presley once appeared with an entourage.

In 2006, a scene from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was filmed at Crescent City Steaks.

The decorative tin ceiling that was installed for filming is still present.

During Mardi Gras, the steakhouse serves breakfast to the Krewe of Endymion as riders prepare their floats for the long day of revelry.

The family-oriented restaurant has upstairs seating and a room adjacent to the main dining area for private parties. Reservations are not required, but are encouraged.

Regardless, neighborhood regulars often stop by, hoping to sit in their usual spots.

“They’re upset if someone is sitting at their table, and they will wait,” Vojkovich says.

On some nights, patrons request songs from the large 1950s-style jukebox featuring music from artists like Sam Cooke and the Four Tops.

“Some nights I get everybody in the restaurant singing, and some nights I get everybody dancing,” O’Connor says. “We just want people to come in, enjoy themselves and have a good meal, and appreciate the restaurant for what it is.”

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Jan. 23 and 24. VIP ticket holders shop from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 22, and early birds shop from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jan. 23.

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WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET (99 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, www. walmart.com) will open in mid-January 2016.

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Man bites dog Red Dog Diner serves creative comfort food

Meaux barbecue

BY H E L E N F R E U N D

MOE’S ORIGINAL BAR B QUE

@helenfreund AT RED DOG DINER, the Magazine Street restaurant from neighboring Rum House owner Michael Buchert, it’s hard to escape the space’s namesake. The dog motif, Inspired by the Rhodesian Ridgeback breed, extends to the restaurant’s design, from the giant dog head made of out wooden slabs in front (which during the holidays, was fashioned into Rudolph with antlers and a red nose) to the brick-lined rear dining room adorned with murals of the crimson hound in landscapes.

The restaurant has a casual, farmhouse-chic vibe, complete with mason jars filled with a colorful array of pickled vegetables lining the shelves and a back bar furnished with reclaimed wooden accents, wrought iron barstools and dangling pendant lights. What could be precious comes off as charming and cozy.

The homey vibe extends to chef Terri Savoie’s menu, with its extensive list of eclectic and creative comfort food. While most dishes have an Americana feel, there are international touches here and there, as seen in a bowl of seafood and chorizo stew topped with saffron-colored ancho pepper rice and in duck diablo soup topped with poblano-spiced polenta croutons.

Cloves of elephant garlic dress the “Nosh Plate,” a curious appetizer sampler akin to a selection of side dishes at a Mediterranean wedding buffet. The plate is loaded with thinly sliced roasted potatoes, warm Kalamata olives, thick slices of spicy grilled chorizo, pickled shrimp and grilled bread. The flavors are

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all there, but the Chihuahua cheese melted on the bottom of the dish congeals quickly so scooping up leftover bits is an awkward and greasy endeavor.

Crab and corn fritters are soft and creamy on the inside and have a dark caramel exterior after a dip in the deep fryer. The crunchy orbs are perched on a bed of garlic and chive butter, and the chef’s liberal use of garlic is balanced by the sharp bite of chive and fresh, buttery corn kernels.

Crab and avocado bruschetta has the necessary elements to succeed, although it seems seasonally inappropriate — creamy nibs of avocado, buttery crab morsels and tomato top toasted slices of sturdy and chewy herbed focaccia.

In diner style, the lengthy menu includes dishes that run the gamut from comfort-inspired Southern plates to pizzas, pastas and sandwiches. There isn’t a cohesive theme or cuisine, but dishes are fine for the most part.

The menu’s girth is mirrored in portion sizes, and several entrees easily can be shared. Parmesancrusted chicken draped over a heaping pile of smoky macaroni

Diners enjoy breakfast at Red Dog Diner.

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and cheese with glazed carrots is a gut-busting blue plate special. The chicken is spatchcocked and kept tender under a blanket of buttery Parmesan crumbs, but the show stealer is the macaroni and cheese, which is smoky, gooey and wonderfully cheesy.

Pizzas are manageably sized pastries with thick, buttery pielike crusts. A version with roasted beets, spinach and mushrooms is topped with melted fontina and wisps of creamy goat cheese. The pie is drizzled with a syrupy-thick balsamic gastrique that renders the dish almost like candy.

Red Dog Diner isn’t close to realizing the popularity of Rum House, but for neighbors and Magazine Street shoppers looking for a quick and casual dining experience without a long wait, that appears to be a good thing.

Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

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(3150 Calhoun St., 504-301-3790; www.moesoriginalbbq.com), a Colorado-based barbecue chain started by a trio of University of Alabama students, opened its first New Orleans location Dec. 27.

The restaurant sits in the shadow of Tulane University’s Yulman Stadium, in a corner building near Calhoun and S. Tonti streets, a spot formerly home to Kokopelli’s restaurant, which has stood vacant since Hurricane Katrina.

The franchise is owned by Bryan Hargett and Stephen Lane and is the first local spot for the national chain, which was started in 2001 and has more than 40 locations.

“For how big of a city New Orleans is, there was a real void for barbecue and I wanted to get into the business myself,” says Hargett, a Birmingham, Alabama native who now lives in New Orleans. “Anyone who wants to open a franchise has to go to Vail (Colorado) and train with the owners, so we spent 13 months out there, learning the recipes.”

Diners can expect standard Southern barbecue fare, including platters of Alabama-style pulled pork with white sauce, smoked chicken and turkey, fried catfish, wings and ribs. Everyday sides include baked beans, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw and banana pudding. A selection of rotating Southern specials runs the gamut from red beans and rice and jalapeno cheese grits to smoked pork chili and Mississippi mud pie.

Moe’s Original Bar B Que is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

— HELEN FREUND

WHAT WORKS

Parmesan-crusted chicken, corn and crab fritters, beet pizza

WHAT DOESN’T

melted cheese on Nosh Plate

CHECK, PLEASE

eclectic comfort food in a rusticstyle Magazine Street space

MORE THAN A YEAR after owners announced the new venture, the Bayou Wine Garden (315 N. Rendon St., 504-259-5970; www.bayouwinegarden.com), a Mid-City wine bar and restaurant, PAGE 26

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is slated to open adjacent to its sister Bayou Beer Garden (326 N. Jefferson Davis Parkway, 504302-9357; www.bayoubeergarden. com) in mid-January.

After earning the support of neighbors and New Orleans City Council last December, the original opening date was set for fall 2015. It’s taken longer than anticipated to get the wine bar’s liquor license, said owning partner David Demarest.

“Our issue right now is our state liquor license comes through tomorrow and so we can order alcohol, but the city liquor license that allows us to sell alcohol, they don’t give you a time date on that,” Demarest said.

Demarest said the city will issue its liquor license within two to six weeks. Other than that, he said, Bayou Wine Garden is ready for customers.

The restaurant will feature 30 to 40 house-made charcuterie items, 40 cheeses, flatbreads, sandwiches and salads. It will offer 24 wines on tap and more than 100 bottles.

“It will be set up almost like an old-world deli during the day, where you can come in and buy charcuterie or coppa or prosciutto and stuff like that,” Demarest said. At night, it will operate as a wine bar.

Demarest said cocktails will be created with the help of a former Maurepas Foods bartender.

“Paige Chauvin will be doing our cocktail program over there and Brian Bonner, who is a (former) manager at Root, will be doing all our wine over there as well, along with myself,” Demarest said.

Although Bayou Wine Garden will have an adjoining bridge to Bayou Beer Garden, and both will have patios outside, the two restaurants and bars will be different, Demarest noted. He said the wine garden has “rustic industrial” features that set it apart from the beer garden’s more sporty nature.

“The floors were pulled out of the port of New Orleans. The bar top is like a 300-year-old cypress tree,” he said about the wine garden. “So it’s set up to mirror itself in that way but architecturally speaking, it will capture more of a classic New Orleans older feel.”

— ALICIA SERRANO/ MID-CITY MESSENGER

Reloaded Magasin WHEN KIM NGUYEN WAS SICK WITH COLD OR FLU AS A CHILD,

her parents often fed her congee, an Asian rice porridge.

“If other people got sick, they’d have chicken noodle soup, but

Magasin Kitchen opens in the South Market District.

that’s what I always had growing up,” Nguyen says.

The dish is one of several menu items at Magasin Kitchen (611 O’Keefe Ave.), which opened Tuesday in the Central Business District. It’s an offshoot of Nguyen’s popular Magazine Street restaurant Magasin Cafe (4201 Magasin St., 504-896-7611; www.magasincafe.com).

Nguyen says many of the dishes at the new spot are recipes passed down from her grandmother, including the traditional rice porridge dish, which is topped with salted pork and a preserved egg.

“The recipes are all based on my childhood,” she says.

Fans of Magasin Cafe’s banh mi, bun and spring rolls will be happy to find most of those items offered at the new spot. New to the banh mi menu is a steak and eggs version and a sandwich filled with Vietnamese pork meatloaf.

Fried rice dishes include a version topped with sauteed green beans, avocado and a fried egg.

All the rice plates are served in cast iron skillets, “so that the rice on the bottom stays crunchy, and it continues to cook and change while you eat,” Nguyen says.

The restaurant is the newest addition to The Paramount, an apartment complex in the South Market District development.

A liquor license is pending, Nguyen says, and she plans to serve Asian-inspired cocktails.

When the bar is up and running, it will offer an evening menu of bar snacks including charred squid, grilled pork skewers and edamame tossed with lemon grass and coconut.

Magasin Kitchen is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

— HELEN FREUND

EAT+DRINK Richard Read AUTHOR, VEGAN RICHARD READ IS THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING FOR THE NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INSTITUTE and a self-proclaimed “casual

vegan.” He recently published the e-book Casually Vegan: A Beginner’s Guide to Imperfection.

Read spoke with Gambit about what being a casual vegan means to him and how to start off right with New Year’s resolutions.

How did you get interested in veganism?

READ: I was a vegetarian for a long time, but I guess I started going vegan about six or seven years ago. Part of my whole approach to veganism is that it’s very casual. I tend to be that kind of person who doesn’t go cold turkey because it doesn’t really work for me. There are these people who decide that they’re going to make a resolution on January 1st and stick with it forever, but I’m not big on hard and fast rules on what I can or what I can’t do.

It’s both a health-related and ethical thing for me, which was the same for me when I was just a vegetarian, although I was a lot younger (then), and I think when you’re younger it’s a lot harder to think about long-term health issues. You don’t really think in those terms yet — of cancer and bone-density loss and all those other sorts of things that we find endlessly fascinating when you hit middle age.

You call yourself a casual vegan. What is that?

R: I try to eat a fairly balanced diet but generally speaking, the stuff that I eat tends to lean more towards a plant-based diet and to eat healthier in the long run.

It’s a little bit like Mark Bittman’s approach — his big thing now is “vegan-before-six” (VB6) in which he developed this sort of modified version of veganism, where he eats vegan before 6 p.m. and then after 6 p.m., all bets are off. I freely admit that I have a weakness for cheese so I stumble quite frequently on the cheese part. But when I’m out at a restaurant, chances are pretty good that I’m going to be left with something vegetarian and that’s fine.

I try to balance my feelings about animal welfare with the fact that humans are deeply social creatures. It does not behoove

us to start calling friends cruel cannibals for eating cheese or for eating fish or whatever. I personally prefer to lead quietly by example on that front — to take care of my own plate and my own menu and not worry about what others are eating. It’s as much a matter of taking care of the humans on my end as it is about taking care of and being kind to animals.

What are some steps people can take to eat healthier in the New Year?

R: I tend to go shopping in bulk.

Going to the grocery store and picking up tons of the things I enjoy keeps me from slipping. I find that if I buy a lot of veggies in bulk that makes the temptation to grab an omelet or a ham sandwich later on not as strong.

If you’re eating meat, I would try to transition to more fish and seafood, and to start to make that transition slowly. If you’re already a vegetarian, or you don’t tend to eat meat a lot, then really kicking up those efforts going forward can help. If you’ve got a few days off or a weekend off, maybe start going through your pantry to get rid of stuff or take it to the food bank. It might also be a great time to go through your closet and start getting rid of some animal-based products that you’re not using. I think sometimes it can be easier for people to start going through their wardrobes and medicine cabinets and start their vegan process there.

I think people make it more complicated than it has to be. I also think people are intimidated because they think that it’s such a giant lifestyle change. It’s really not that big a deal. We are fortunate that we live in a country ... where we’ve got a lot of options.

You don’t have to go through radical changes. You don’t have to throw out all of your leather shoes at once and you don’t have to upend your life to suddenly become a vegan. — HELEN FREUND

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BEER BUZZ

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late December, the number of breweries in Louisiana rose to 21, and more will be added this year.

Among the five breweries opened in 2015 are Jonathan Knoll’s Broken Wheel Brewery at his Marksville restaurant, Fresh Catch Bistreaux; Flying Heart Brewing, which opened in Bossier City in April; Second Line Brewing opened in New Orleans in August; and Cajun Brewing opened in Lafayette in September.

Other 2015 beer milestones included a collaboration between the University of Louisiana Lafayette and Bayou Teche with the September release of Ragin’ Cajuns Genuine Louisiana Ale. Great Raft Brewing partnered with the John Besh Foundation to release a series of beers developed with chefs from various Besh restaurants. NOLA Brewing opened a new taproom and released its NOLA Funk Series of wild-fermented beers.

Urban South Brewery installed fermenters at its Tchoupitoulas Street brewery and is on track to open in early 2016. Wayward Owl Brewing Company is continuing its renovation on the Gem Theater in Central City. Crying Eagle Brew-

ing is expected to open in Lake Charles in spring or summer, and Southern Craft Brewing Company will be Baton Rouge’s second brewery when it opens this year.

New Orleans will get a beer-focused store and growler-filling shop at 504 Craft Beer Reserve on Tulane Avenue.

Nashville-based Rhizome Productions will bring its high-end food and beer event, Nuit Belge, to New Orleans. The event will feature dishes from local restaurants including Primitivo, Root, Shaya, Angeline, Balise and Toups’ Meatery. Each chef will create a dish to pair with an assigned Belgian-style beer.

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2012 Cru Pinot Noir

Santa Lucia Highlands, California Retail $20 THIS AWARD-WINNING PINOT NOIR features some of the best fruit from the Monterey area, a place with excellent growing conditions for this difficult varietal.

Grapes for the 2012 vintage were sourced from the Santa Lucia HighlandsAmerican Viticultural Area that hugs the western side of the Salinas Valley at elevations reaching 1,200 feet. The slopes enjoy warm, sunny mornings, chilly afternoon coastal breezes, evening and morning fogs and maritime influences, all of which create a long ripening period in the area’s already lengthy growing season. Sourced primarily from the Sarmento Vineyard, the blend includes four pinot noir clones from different plots with different soils and elevations to create balance and depth. After harvest, the fruit was fermented in open tanks. The wine was racked into 20 percent new French oak barrels and aged nine months. It offers aromas of sour cherry, red berries and cedar. On the palate, taste strawberry, raspberry, tea, spice and earth notes. Decant 15 minutes before serving. Drink it with salmon, tuna, duck and pork. Buy it at: Habanos and the Wine Cellar, Acquistapace’s Covington Supermarket and Rouses on Tchoupitoulas Street, Franklin Avenue and Belle Chasse Highway. Drink it at: GW Fins, Flaming Torch, Tommy’s Cuisine and Impastato Cellars.

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King cake party 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Wednesday Pizza NOLA, 141 W. Harrison Ave., (504) 872-0731 www.pizzanola.com Pizza NOLA celebrates Twelfth Night with the arrival of king cakes from Dong Phuong bakery. There will be king cakes, breakfast dishes such as king cake French toast, music by Benny Grunch and the Bunch and book signings by Peggy Scott Laborde and Judi Bottoni, authors of New Orleans Mardi Gras Moments.

JANUARY 7

Alsace tasting 7 p.m. Wednesday St. James Cheese Company, 5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737 www.stjamescheese.com Alsace is influenced by France and Germany and is known for cheeses such as Muenster and pinot blanc, riesling and gewurztraminer wines.

This tasting features wines and cheeses of the region as well as charcuterie by Cleaver & Co. and bread from Bellegarde Bakery. Reservations required. Tickets are $35.

JANUARY 7

Pakenham’s Final Supper 6:30 p.m. Thursday Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans St., (504) 523-2222 www.neworleanshotelcollection.com/1812 The themed dinner honors the U.S. victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans on Jan. 8, 1815. The meal includes crab croquette with remoulade, British onion soup, battered cod with truffle fries, beef short rib osso buco, sponge cake with berries, period cocktails, wine and more. Actors portray Gen. Sir Edward Pakenham and other British officers, and there is period music. The dinner costs $139 including tax and tip.

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1032 Chartres St., (504) 308-3106 www.angelinenola.com Black-eyed pea and collard green soup is made with bourbon and bacon.

527 Julia St., (504) 875-4132 www.cafecarmo.com Acaraje are fried black-eyed pea fritters stuffed with shrimp and cashew, peanut and coconut paste.

4500 Freret St., (504) 754-1336 www.highhatcafe.com Smoky black-eyed peas are cooked with pork and served as a side.

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219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745 www.killerpoboys.com A vegan po-boy features black-eyed pea and pecan spread, roasted sweet potato and braised greens.

845 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 252-4999 www.toupsmeatery.com Slow-cooked lamb neck arrives atop of creamy black-eyed pea ragout with shaved fennel.

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Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, addresses are for New Orleans. Dollar signs represent the average cost of a dinner entree: $ — under $10; $$ — $11 to $20; $$$ — $21 or more. The deadline to update Out 2 Eat listings is 10 a.m. Monday.

AMERICAN

24-hours Thursday through Sunday. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Revival Bar & Grill — 4612 Quincy St., Metairie, (504) 373-6728; www.facebook. com/revivalbarandgrill — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

BAR & GRILL

The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysnola.com — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill.com — Open

Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BREAKFAST/BRUNCH Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 5618844; www.redgravycafe.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$

BURGERS Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www. mredsno.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Dis & Dem — 2540 Banks St., (504) 9090458; www.disanddem.com — No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Ted’s Frostop — 3100 Calhoun St., (504) 861-3615; www.tedsfrostop.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.Sat. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St.,

(504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 5615171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours. West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

CHINESE August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Reservations

recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — Reservations accepted for large parties.

Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted.$$

Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www.messinasterminal.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

CREOLE

Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www.bistroorleansmetairie.com — Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

DELI

Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/cafegentilly — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4675611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations.

Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

FRENCH Cafe Degas — 3127 Esplanade Ave., (504) 945-5635; www.cafedegas.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $

GOURMET TO GO Breaux Mart — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, (504) 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, (504) 737-8146; www. breauxmart.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

OUT TO EAT ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www. andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 8913644 — Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily.

Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com —

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The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www. memesbarandgrille.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

OUT TO EAT

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No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Reservations recommended.

Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ The Golf Club at Audubon Park — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/visit/golf-cafe — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Runway Cafe

Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 5938118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Redemption — 3835 Iberville St., (504) 309-3570; www.redemption-nola.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

daily. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily.

Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD

Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — No reservations. Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www.tivoliandlee. com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — No reservations.

Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — No reservations.

Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www.monascafeanddeli.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook. com/casaborrega — No reservations.

Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Garcia — 8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 464-0354 — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner

Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www. lpkfrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 483-6464; www.gspizza.com — Delivery available. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Mandina’s (3800 Canal St., 504-482-9179; www.mandinasrestaurant. com) serves fried seafood platters, po-boys and Creole-Italian dishes.

P H OTO BY C H E RY L G E R B E R Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Crab Trap Seafood Restaurant — 105 Peavine Road, LaPlace, (985) 224-2000 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Reservations accepted for large parties.

Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $

Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.Tue. Credit cards. $$

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS

Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.Sun. Cash only. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $

Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH

SEAFOOD

Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe.com — Reservations accepted.

Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

VEGETARIAN

Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and

Good Karma Cafe — Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St., (504) 401-4698; www. swanriveryoga.com — No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Sat. Credit cards. $$

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TUESDAY 5 Bacchanal — Mark Weliky Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 2; Vivaz, 5:30; Dana & the Boneshakers, 9 Banks Street Bar — Somerton Suitcase, 9 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Open Ears Music Series feat. Jesse Morrow, 10 BMC — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 6 Buffa’s Lounge — Eva Lovullo, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; Yeah You Rite, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Albanie Falletta, 6; Jon Cleary, 8 Circle Bar — Kia Cavellero, 6; Tyler Weiss, Debelles, Ryan Gregory Floyd, Dreaming Dingo, 10 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Glasir, Auric, Proud/Father, Psychic Hotline, Mobsters of the Psyche, 8 Gasa Gasa — Burris, Water Seed, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Free Spirit Brass Band, 10 Jazz National Historical Park — Richard Scott, noon Little Gem Saloon — Justin Donovan, 7 Mag’s 940 — All-Star Covered Dish Country Jamboree, 9 The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30; TK Groove, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 Preservation Hall — The Southern Syncopators feat. Steve Pistorius, 6; The Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Siberia — The Rotten Cores, Fish Gutzz & the Ignorant Band, Yes Ma’am, 9 Snug Harbor — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Monty Banks, 4; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 6; Russell Welch’s Mississippi Gipsy Jazz, 10

WEDNESDAY 6 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat.

Giselle Anguizola, 2; Ben Fox Jazz, 6:30; Mem Shannon Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 BMC — Mark Appleford, 5 Buffa’s Lounge — Dr. Sick, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; 1 Last Chance, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — John Rankin, 6; Burris, 8:30 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 6; Carl LeBlanc, 10

d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — George French Trio, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Gasa Gasa — Echo Courts, The Painted Hands, Drone Baby, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Shammer Allen, DJ Chicken, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 The Jefferson Orleans North — Jay Zainey Orchestra, 6:30 Little Gem Saloon — Lynn Drury, 7 The Maison — The Organettes, 4; Jazz Vipers, 6:30; Willfunk, 9:30 Maison Blues — Anders “Andy” Breaux, 6 Maple Leaf Bar — Carnival kickoff feat. Cha Wa, 9 Mo’s Chalet — Da Krewe Band, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Mark Kilanski, 9 Old U.S. Mint — Kyle Roussel, 2 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman, 7 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Mark Braud, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8 & 10 Rivershack Tavern — Deve Ferrato, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Mardi Gras Swing Kickoff feat. Benny Grunch, 8 Siberia — Desecrator, Mocose, Mueco, Allergy, Torture Garden, 9 Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra feat. Delfeayo Marsalis, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Chris Christy’s Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10 Vaso — Angelica Matthews & the Matthews Band, 10

THURSDAY 7 21st Amendment — G & the Swinging Three, 5:30; Caesar Brothers, 9 Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 2; Messy Cookers, 6:30; Chris Mule Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Laura Mae Socks, 9 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Alexandra Scott & Josh Paxton, 5; Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — Jon Hatchett Band, 7; Baby Whiskey, 11 Chiba — Tom Worrell, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Lynn Drury, 8 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6 City Park Botanical Garden — Thursdays at Twilight feat. Bobby Cure & the Poppa Stoppas, 6

FRIDAY 8 21st Amendment — Emily Estrella & Friends, 2:30; Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 6; Antoine Diel & New Orleans Misfit Power, 9:30 30/90 — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 8 PAGE 36

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Columns Hotel — Naydja Cojoe, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Jon Cleary, 7; Funk Monkey, 10 DMac’s — Fools on Stools feat. Jason Bishop, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Todd Duke Trio, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — DJ Matt Scott, 10 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — 3VO, 10 Fountain Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 5:30 Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-AHolics, 9:30 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Heaven’s Gate — Urochromes, Mystic Inane, Gland, Special Interest, 8 House of Blues — Sabotage (Beastie Boys tribute), 7:30 Ivory Lounge — Jetbaby, Crazy Whisky, Mike Desmond’s Dead Horse, 7 LA46 — Steven Forster, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Mark Stone Duo, 7 The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; Sweet Substitute Jazz Band, 7; Dysfunctional Bone, 10 Maison Blues — Bill Deshotels, 6 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30 Marigny Brasserie — Jamey St. Pierre & Dave Freeson, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Pat Flory, 8; Mark Fernandez, 9 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Ogden After Hours feat. Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 6 Old Point Bar — Paul Molinari, 8 Old U.S. Mint — Leroy Jones, 2 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Crescent City Joymakers feat. Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation AllStars feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — John Michael Bradford Quintet, 8 & 10 Public Belt at the Hilton Riverside — Charlie Miller, 5; Joe Krown, 9 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 RF’s — John Marcey and No Good Deed feat. Steve Mignano, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Chubby Carrier, 8:30 Siberia — Loafers, Teenage Sexx, Loudness War, PEGS, 9 Snug Harbor — Roger Lewis’ Baritone Bless, 8 & 10 Spice Bar & Grill — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Luke Winslow King, 7:30 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 5 Verret’s Lounge — Chapter:SOUL, 9

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PREVIEW

Big Freedia with Mia X, 3D Na’Tee, Rebirth Brass Band and others

IN THE MAELSTROM OF QUEENLY ACTIVITY THAT IS THE PUBLIC LIFE OF BIG FREEDIA — bounce music grand marshal, reality TV star, memoir author and forthcoming Krewe du Vieux monarch — perhaps you missed this fantastic tidbit: She’s the official Guinness World Records holder (along with 405 others, ages 8-80) for Most PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER People Twerking Simultaneously. The “ass• 10 p.m. Friday shaking, record-breaking” feat went down on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in midtown • The Howlin’ Wolf Manhattan, with Guinness adjudicator Charlie • 907 S. Peters St. Weisman drawing the plum assignment of • (504) 529-5844 laying out the “twerking rubric”: upright back (duh), upward and downward motion • www.thehowlinwolf.com in only the hips (as in “lift with your back,” you never twerk with your knees), absolutely no freestyling (see Miley Cyrus’ careless whisper of “never gonna twerk again” for penalties), a minimum of two minutes (“That felt like a really, really long two minutes,” a Fuse MC noted). The goal to beat was 250 twerkers — an arbitrary figure that might have been bested at any number of Melpomene block parties, but whatever. To much jubilation, they did it. Weisman declined to participate (“I have strict instructions today: Do not twerk while you work”), so New York City knows whom to blame if 407 people at this Celebrity Capricorn Bash simultaneously get, as one participant at the event instructed, “loose in the middle … like pudding.”

Tickets $10 in advance, $20 at the door. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

OUR TAKE

Big Freedia reigns as the hardest twerking artist in show business.

Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Swamp Donkeys, 5:30; John Lisi Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Chris Zonada, 7; The Dapper Dandies, 10 Blue Nile — Tonya Boyd-Cannon album release, New World Order Brass Band, 11 Bombay Club — Larry Scala, 8:30 Buffa’s Lounge — Lucas Davenport, 5; The Honeypots, 8; Cole Williams, 11 Carousel Bar & Lounge — Robin Barnes Jazz Quartet, 5 Casa Borrega — Los Caballeros del Son, 7:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Nate Hancock, 4; Kenny Claiborne, 7; House of Cards, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Happy Talk Band, Helen GIllet, 9 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 6; Kuwaisiana, 10 Columns Hotel — Ted Long, 6

Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Linnzi Zaorski, 6; Pine Leaf Boys, 10; Brother Dege, 2 a.m.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Panorama Jazz Band, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Sturmlandia, 6; Loose Marbles, 7; Notel Motel, 10 Fountain Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 5; Antoine Diel Trio, 8:30 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 House of Blues — Strangelove, 8 House of Blues (The Parish) — John Doe Live Band Show feat. Crescent Citizen, 9:30 Howlin’ Wolf — Mia X, Big Freedia, YoYo, 3D Na Tee, Lady of Rage, Roxanne Shante, Rebirth Brass Band, Beedy the Black Nail Tech & Keon the Connect, 10

MUSIC

SATURDAY 9 21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; Juju Child, 6; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 AllWays Lounge — Matthew Babineaux, 11 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Sarah Quintana & the Miss River Sextet, 1; Smoky Greenwell Blues Band, 5:30; Caesar Brothers, 10 Banks Street Bar — The Bills, Blood Bird, 10 Bei Tempi — Rumba Buena, 10 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7 Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski Trio feat.

Andy Schumm, 8:30 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Geo Bass, 9 Buffa’s Lounge — Michael Pellera, 5; Calvin Johnson & Native Son, 8; David Hull, 11 Cafe Negril — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Debauche, 10 Casa Borrega — Jonathan Freilich Trio, 7 Checkpoint Charlie — Good Children, 4; Kenny Triche, 7; Selma Street Chemical Company, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Morning 40 Federation, The Lonely Lonely Knights, 9 Circle Bar — Heidijo, 6; Eva LoVullo, The Fifth Men, 10

Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Little Freddie King, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Gringo Do Choro feat. Rick Trolsen, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Thomas & Theresa, 5; Andrew McGowan, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — 3VO, 10 Fountain Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel — Amanda Ducorbier Trio, 9 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Gasa Gasa — Oak House, Through the Sparks, Yard Dogs, 10 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — Tooloji (Tool tribute), Poetry and Prose (Primus tribute), 8 Irish House — Aaron Lopez-Barrantes, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Loose Marbles, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Leah Rucker, 7; Kumasi, 10; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, midnight Maison Blues — Jammin’ Poo-Yai, 8 Maple Leaf Bar — The Song Dogs, 11 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — The Shiz, 7; The Fens, 10 Old Point Bar — Isla NOLA, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Stereo Fire Empire album release, Dead Machine Theory, House of Goats, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kouvion Band, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Brian O’Connell & Ernie Elly, 9 Preservation Hall — The Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Frank Oxley, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Mark Braud, 8, 9 & 10 Public Belt at the Hilton Riverside — Jeff Pounds, 5; Charlie Miller, 9 RF’s — Lucas Davenport, 6; Mario Abney Quartet, 9 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 1 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Contraflow, 9:30 The Roosevelt Hotel Bar — Moon Germs, 7 Saturn Bar — Scarecrow Sonic Boom Box, The Halfways, Fast Oranj, 10 Siberia — Gristnam, I Ain’t, Capsizer, A Hanging, 9 Snug Harbor — Ellis Marsalis Quartet, 8 & 10; Jason Marsalis album release, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Shotgun Jazz Band, 2; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Three Muses — Chris Peters, 5; Debbie Davis, 6; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9 Tipitina’s — Rebirth Brass Band, 10 Twist of Lime — Aura of Darkness, Ventruss, Wreckage Revival, 9 UNO Lakefront Arena — Bayou Blues Festival feat. Betty Wright, Willie Clayton, Lattimore, Pokey, Nellie Travis & Nathaniel Kimble, 8

SUNDAY 10 21st Amendment — Chris Christy, 6 Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Catie Rogers Jazz, 5:30; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Johnny Angel & Helldorado, 8

Bombay Club — Tom Hook, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Nattie Sanchez songwriter circle, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Lost Bayou Ramblers, 10 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Davis Coen, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Andrew Duhon, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Irish House — Aaron Lopez-Barrantes, 6 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30 The Maison — Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 1; Loose Marbles, 4 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat.

Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste, 10 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Romy Kaye & the Mercy Buckets, 7 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kouvion Band, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Lucien Barbarin & Mark Braud, 9 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall AllStars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — Tony Seville, 7 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 2 Siberia — Cruel Hand, Drug Church, Culture Abuse, Ossacrux, 9 Snug Harbor — Kristofer Tokarski & Andy Schumm, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Yvette Voelker, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Linnzi Zaorski, 8

MONDAY 11 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30; Blue Monday Jam feat. Washboard Chaz, 9 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 10 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — Mike True, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Alex Pianovich, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 6; Cal Folger Day, Romantic Animal, Benjamin Shepherd, 10 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Luke Winslow King, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 Howlin’ Wolf Den — NeonNoah, Deaf & Poor, West Without, 9

Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Stoop Kids, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Uke Joint, The Little Things, 7 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews & the Crescent City All Stars, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — Monty Banks, 7 Sidney’s Saloon — King James & the Special Men, 10 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Three Muses — Joe Cabral, 7

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Brooklyn Rider. House of Blues Foundation Room, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.hob.com — The string quartet performs an intimate show in advance of its Jan. 12 concert at Tulane University. Tickets $50. VIP tickets include dinner with the musicians for $120. 7 p.m. Monday.

Dimitri Vychko & Liliia Oliinyk. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www.marignyoperahouse.org — The cellist and pianist perform selections by Frescobaldi, Beethoven and Schumann. By donation. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The Firebird. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — Marianna Prjevalskaya performs music by Lera Auerbach, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. Tickets to 10 a.m. open rehearsal $10; performance tickets are sold out. 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Katherine Siochi. Harpist Katherine Siochi performs a free solo recital. Noon Friday at Ochsner Medical Center, 1514 Jefferson Hwy., and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Tulane University, Dixon Hall.

New Orleans American Harp Society Annual Concert. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — Katherine Siochi is the featured harpist at the free concert. 2 p.m. Sunday.

Russian Greats. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Patrick F. Taylor Library, 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — Pianists Marianna Prjevalskaya and members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra perform chamber music selections by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. Tickets $35. 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Trinity Artist Series. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — Pianist Brody Smith performs a free concert featuring selections

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND The Forest (PG-13) — An adult twin follows her vanished sister (both Natalie Dormer) into a spooky forest in a foreign country on the worst camping trip ever.

Chalmette and more theaters TBA The Revenant (R) — In the uncharted wilderness of Montana, a bear mauls a frontiersman (Leonardo DiCaprio, himself rapidly approaching bear status). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell Summer of Sangaile (NR) — Love takes off between two teenage Lithuanian girls (Aiste Dirziute and Julija Steponaityte) after they meet at an aeronautic show. Zeitgeist Theeb (NR) — During World War I, a young Bedoin boy guides a British officer on a perilous journey across the Jordanian desert. Zeitgeist Yellow Day (PG) — A young man finds God at summer camp in this Christian live action/CGI mash-up. Elmwood

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NOW SHOWING Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) — There’s no pun that this chipmunk road trip film’s marketing department hasn’t already made. Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Big Short (R) — The housing market is rock solid. Clearview, West Bank, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Concussion (PG-13) — The NFL would like to forget about Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith), who uncovered degenerative brain damage in pro football players.

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Daddy’s Home (PG-13) — Professional actors (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) demonstrate the dangers of performing masculinity. Do not attempt. Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Danish Girl (R) — Artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) transitions to a new identity as Lili Elbe with the support of wife Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander) in a drama loosely based on the real-life Elbe. Canal Place The Good Dinosaur (PG) — Dinosaurs and people coexist in Pixar’s alter-

nate-paleontology animated film. West Bank, Kenner, Slidell Great White Shark 3D (NR) — The documentary explores shark encounters.

Entergy IMAX The Hateful Eight (R) — Quentin Tarantino rides West. It’s gory. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (PG-13) — The blockbuster series about children named like women’s shoes who fight one another to the death comes to a grim conclusion. West Bank also screens Part 1. Clearview, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Hurricane on the Bayou (NR) — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy IMAX In the Heart of the Sea (PG-13) — A sperm whale with a grudge shipwrecks a whaling crew in Hollywood’s version of the 1820 misadventures that inspired Moby-Dick. West Bank Journey to Space 3D (NR) — Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) narrates a history of human space exploration.

Entergy IMAX Joy (PG-13) — Jennifer Lawrence portrays inventor, single mother and HSN pitchwoman Joy Mangano. Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Krampus (PG-13) — St. Nick has an evil, goat-horned cousin who terrorizes unhappy families. Merry Christmas!

West Bank, Regal The Martian 3D (PG-13) — Matt Damon said, “I’m going to have to science the shit out of this,” so they leave him on Mars forever. Entergy IMAX Point Break (PG-13) — FBI recruit Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) infiltrates a gang of extreme sports Robin Hoods in a remake of the 1991 film. Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Sisters (R) — Amy Poehler and Tina Fey invite you to one last rager before their parents sell the childhood home.

Clearview, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) — Han Solo dies. Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place Youth (R) — Aging creatives (Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel) find refuge at resort in the Swiss Alps in a thoughtful film from director Paolo Sorrentino.

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS Back to the Future Part III (PG) — Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) pushes a DeLorean with a steam train to rescue Wild West murder victim Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) in the 1990 sequel. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Wednesday. Kenner, Slidell The Emperor’s New Clothes (NR) — Rich and successful comedian Russell Brand discusses wealth inequality. 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Full Aperture: Collected Visions (NR) — Shotgun Cinema screens a selection of shorts by various directors on 16mm film.

7 p.m. Friday. Marigny Opera House (725 St. Ferdinand St.)

IT’S RIGHT ABOVE THE TITLE ON THE HATEFUL EIGHT’S OPENING CREDITS: “The 8th film by Quentin Tarantino.” An oddly self–referential, almost boastful way to begin a movie, that phrase is meant to inspire wonder at the • Directed by filmmaker’s influence and impact over the last 23 years, all achieved with what is essentially Quentin Tarantino a handful of films. It’s also a reminder that no • Starring Samuel L. other filmmaker would have moved heaven and earth to present the lavish “Special RoadJackson, Jennifer Jason show Engagement” of The Hateful Eight in Leigh, Kurt Russell, Bruce 100 theaters across North America, including Dern and Tim Roth AMC Elmwood Palace 20.

Tarantino shot The Hateful Eight in Ultra • Wide release Panavision 70 film format, which yields images wider and more detailed than that of conventional film. It was used for only nine “event” movies in the 1960s, including Mutiny on the Bounty and Ben-Hur. To pull that off, the director had antique Panavision lenses — including the one used to shoot Ben-Hur’s legendary chariot scene — restored and retrofitted to work with modern cameras. Many of the 100 roadshow theaters had to be equipped with refurbished vintage 70 millimeter film projectors in a painstaking process that began long before Tarantino started shooting his movie.

The roadshow edition of The Hateful Eight adds an overture, an intermission and several minutes of footage not included in the standard version of the film, and each moviegoer receives a beautiful 16-page, 10-by 10-inch printed program just as roadshow audiences did in the 1950s and ’60s. It all adds up to a unique experience that harks back to a distant era.

But far from an exercise in nostalgia, The Hateful Eight is pure Tarantino: selfindulgent, racially charged, graphically violent to the point of absurdity and entertaining in the extreme. Like all the director’s films, it gleefully reimagines and subverts a familiar form — in this case, the epic Hollywood Western — for the sheer fun of it. It’s another Tarantino movie about movies, but one with real satiric bite regarding present-day realities of race and justice in America.

Most of the action takes place inside a rural cabin in post-Civil War Wyoming.

Bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) tries to stay alive while transporting infamous outlaw Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to the town of Red Rock for public hanging and a $10,000 reward. Ruth picks up two fellow travelers (Samuel L. Jackson and Walton Coggins) before holing up at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a oneroom roadhouse where four mysterious strangers (Bruce Dern, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Demian Bichir) already are waiting out a coming blizzard. The value of Ruth’s prisoner transforms each into a mortal threat, especially since things are not exactly as they seem.

The story is surprisingly intimate and small-scale in the context of the roadshow presentation, but that is the big idea that drives The Hateful Eight. The film quickly settles in on the haggard faces of its powerhouse ensemble cast, all veterans of Tarantino films except Leigh and Bichir. Except for a few grand mountain vistas that open the film, the ultra-widescreen cinematography only brings us closer to Tarantino’s distinct and hard-bitten characters. It’s a counterintuitive but highly effective use of the medium.

For all its glories, the three-hours-plus roadshow edition of The Hateful Eight is ponderous and a little long-winded before arriving at the explosive events of its final act. But that, too, seems an intended element of Tarantino’s immersive and finely constructed film. As event movies go in today’s Hollywood, it sure beats IMAX 3-D. — KEN KORMAN

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Quentin Tarantino delivers a grand and indulgent take on a Hollywood Western.

If These Bricks Could Talk (NR) — A local documentary about the Lafitte public housing community screens at an event featuring food from Dooky Chase and music by the Soul Rebels and James Andrews & the Crescent City All Stars. Tickets $20; Lafitte residents free. Proceeds benefit the Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center. 7 p.m. Thursday. Carver Theater (2101 Orleans Ave.) Mediterranea (NR) — Two migrants from Africa face open hostility in Italy in director Jonas Carpignano’s too-real drama.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Orion: The Man Who Would Be King (NR) — Jeanie Finlay’s documentary considers the odd case of Jimmy Ellis, an obscure singer who succeeded only as a masked Elvis impersonator. 9:30 p.m.

Friday-Monday. Zeitgeist The Passion of Joan of Arc (NR) — For Twelfth Night, Shotgun Cinema screens the classic 1928 silent film about Joan of Arc’s martyrdom on 16mm. Cellist Lori Goldston performs original accompaniment. Tickets $25. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Marigny Opera House Rosenwald (NR) — The documentary tells the story of 1900s businessman Julius Rosenwald, who donated millions to educate African-American children despite never finishing high school himself.

Director Aviva Kemper attends a reception following the screening. Non-members $30, members $25. 2 p.m. Sunday. Longue Vue House and Gardens (7 Bamboo Road) Soundtrack for a Revolution (NR) — A music-fueled tour of the Civil Rights Movement highlights protest songs, spirituals and other music that inspired social change. A story circle with former activists follows. 2 p.m. Sunday. CAC Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (NR) — TV screen too small to contain Benedict Cumberbatch? Watch the 90-minute New Year’s special in theaters. 7:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday. Elmwood, Regal The World of Kanako (NR) — A former detective turned rent-a-cop (Koji Yakusho) discovers his daughter’s twisted life (Nana Komatsu) as he investigates her disappearance. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist

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HAPPENINGS Julia Street art walk. New Orleans Arts District — Galleries in the Warehouse District host free openings from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

St. Claude Second Saturdays. St. Claude Arts District — Galleries surrounding St. Claude Avenue host monthly receptions.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

OPENING 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 9402900; www.5pressgallery.com — Work

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Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery. com — Work by David Lumpkin and Dana Manly; jewelry by Kathy Bransfield; crafts by Mary Stuart; photography by Belinda Tano; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

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(504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery. com — “City Portraits — New Orleans,” paintings by John Hartman; “From a Distance,” sculpture by Gene Koss; opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “The Raw and the Cooked,” group exhibition featuring Bruce Davenport, Kate Lacour, Myrtle von Damitz III, John Slade, Sallie Ann Glassman, John Isiah Walton and others, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Living Energy,” mixed-media sculpture by Key-Sook Geum, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Marshland Sky,” new paintings by Robert Malone, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

CJ Nero. 839 Spain St., (504) 875-2008; www.facebook.com/craig.who.dat.

Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Wad,” new sculpture

by Aaron McNamee, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — Group exhibition of German artists represented by Berlin’s Galerie Jochen Hempel, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation. org — Members’ exhibition, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Sedate Maneuvers,” solo exhibition by Dan Tague, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

GALLERIES Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Before We Wake,” paintings by Anne Bachelier, through Jan. 25.

Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — Work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing.

Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart. com — “Outsider Artist Expose,” folk and

outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico.

901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 5283722; www.culturalagendaoftheconsulateofmexico.blogspot.com — “El Mundo Incansable de Susana San Juan... Oyeme con los Ojos,” photography by Josephine Sacabo, through Friday.

The Art Garden. 613 Frenchmen St., (504) 912-6665; www.artgardennola. com — Paintings by Kate Hanrahan and Heather Jean, through Sunday; sculpture garden by Andre LaSalle, through Feb. 29.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery. com — “Scintilla,” video art by Courtney Egan, through Jan. 30.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery.

4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing.

Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery. com — “All the Place You’ve Got,” photography by Cate Colvin Sampson, through Sunday.

Casell-Bergen Gallery. 1305 Decatur St., (504) 524-0671; www.casellbergengallery.com — Work by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, Bedonna, Gamal Sabla, Phillip Sage and others, ongoing.

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Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery. Loyola University, Monroe Library, fourth floor, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5456; www.loyno.edu/dibollgallery — “Hippocamp and Delta,” work by Lee Deigaard, through Jan. 22. “Specters,” work by Rachel Jones Deris, through Jan. 22.

Coup d’Oeil Art Consortium. 2033 Magazine St., (504) 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “The Chelsea Years,” photographs of the Chelsea Hotel

by Linda Troeller, through Jan. 30.

Guthrie Contemporary. 3815 Magazine St., (504) 897-2688; www.guthriecontemporary.com — “Developer Drawings,” photographic manipulations by Lisa McCarty; “Self & Others,” portrait photography by Aline Smithson; “Wish You Were Here,” photographic dioramas by Ayumi Tanaka; all through March 30.

Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett.com — “The Annual X-Mas Party,” holiday art and gift sale featuring local artists, through Sunday.

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www. jeanbragg.com — “Smalls for the Walls,” miniature paintings by Camille Barnes and Steve Bourgeois, through January.

Ken Kirschman Artspace. NOCCA Riverfront, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — “Bayou Baroque,” portrait photography by Letitia Huckaby, through Saturday.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Working the Wetlands,” paintings by Aron Belka, through Jan. 30.

Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Processed Views,” photography by Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman, through Jan. 30.

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M.S. Rau Antiques. 630 Royal St., (504) 523-5660; www.rauantiques.com — “America, Illustrated: Six Decades of Saturday Evening Post Covers,” through Tuesday.

New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — “Broken Land, Still Lives,” photography by Eliot Dudik, through Feb. 14.

River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — “The Spirit of the People of St. Bernard: Portraits and Videos,” exhibition celebrating the heritage of St. Bernard residents, through Feb. 20, and more.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery.

2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www. scottedwardsgallery.com — “A Photographic Tribute to Clarence John Laughlin,” photography by and inspired by Laughlin, through Feb. 14, and more.

The Southern Letterpress. 3700 St. Claude Ave., (504) 264-3715; www.thesouthernletterpress.com — “SIFT Exhibit,” group exhibition of prints and work on paper curated by arts organization SIFT, through Saturday.

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St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “String Theory: The Art of Manipulation,” new work by Suzanne King,

through Feb. 6.

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Charles and Leonard,” mixed media and paintings by Charles Gillam and Leonard Maiden, through Saturday.

Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.tengallerynola.com — “Venerations,” paintings by Ida Floreak, through January.

Torres-Tama ArteFuturo Studio. 1329 St. Roch Ave., (504) 232-2968 — “Somos Humanos Photo Retablos,” photography

by Jose Torres-Tama, through Saturday.

United Bakery Gallery. 1337 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — Group exhibition of photography featuring Liam Conway, Daniel Grey, Brianna Serene Magnolia Kelly and Daria Senchikhina, through Jan. 16.

MUSEUMS Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “B-R-I-C-K-I-N-G,” work by James Hoff and more, through Feb. 28.

George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art. 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com — “Noirlinians,” photography by Danielle Miles, Asia Vinae Palmer, LaToya Edwards and Patrick Melon, through Jan. 30.

The Historic New Orleans Collection.

533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “An Architect and His City: Henry Howard’s New Orleans, 1837-1884,” exhibition of photography and documents, through April 3, and more.

Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/nelson-galleries — “The Katrina Decade: Images of an Altered City,” photography

by David Spielman and archival images, through Saturday.

Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www. longuevue.com — “The Legacy of Elegance,” photographs of Longue Vue by Tina Freeman, through Feb. 14.

Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Historic French Quarter life and architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “From ‘Dirty Shirts’ to Buccaneers,” art, artifacts and documents from the Battle of New Orleans, through Friday, and more.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs

by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, and more.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi,” contemporary Japanese Noh masks, through Sunday, and more.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “Sweetheart Roller

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SOME ART HAS TO BE SEEN IN THE RIGHT CONTEXT. The Michael Meads drawings I encountered occasionally in the past suggested the work of a rural Southern Fellini who landed on Bourbon Street during Carnival and had been hallucinating ever • Through Feb 28 since. But this Ogden Museum of South• Ogden Museum of Southern ern Art show puts his work in perspective with insightful arrangements of more and Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 539bigger drawings, and while his obsessive, 9650; www.ogdenmuseum.org orgiastic, rococo psychedelic effects are still predominant, this selection in the museum’s large contemporary gallery offers an unexpectedly coherent overview in which his flair for local color and classical mythology come together in a broadly cohesive melange. Although Meads’ odd marriage of grand scale and obsessive minutiae still seem over the top, the result suggests a Cecil B. DeMille take on a south Louisiana Satyricon with detailing by a down-home Alabama Aubrey Beardsley. We see as much in Grand Pageant of the Mystic Krewe of St. George, a mammoth drawing where a head rather like that of the late George Dureau appears in a corner slyly surveying the chaos around him — an appropriate homage to a legendary painter whose canvases suggested New Orleans characters as figures in a mythic opera.

Drama and intrigue characterize most of these works, although the cast of thousands often causes them to blur into riotous tangles of subplots. In The Baptism, Nordic warriors, medieval royals and Victorian villains vie for dominance as the Louisiana Supreme Court building goes up in flames in the background. In Ghosts Along the Levee (detail, pictured), a marching group parades in the shadow of a vast skull amid demonic beings. Buffoonish and picaresque yet apocalyptic, Meads’ drawings often recall George Grosz’s expressionistic Berlin grotesqueries while expressing related sensibilities with regard to the Carnivalesque depravities that characterize the human condition today. In his smaller drawings and photographs, he comes across more like a social realist, but it all adds up to a bravura performance from a unique artist who makes universal statements from homegrown ingredients.

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Michael Meads blends Carnival abandon and classical mythology on a grand scale.

Skating Rink,” photography by Bill Yates, through Jan. 17, and more.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.louisianastatemuseum. org/museums/the-old-us-mint — “Pictures of the Year International,” juried show sponsored by the Missouri School of Journalism, through Feb. 15, and more.

Southern Food & Beverage Museum.

1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.sofabinsitute.org — “The Photography of Modernist Cuisine,” photography by Nathan Myhrvold, through March 1, and more.

Williams Research Center. 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/ willcent.htm — “Rolland Golden’s Hurricane Katrina Series: A Selection,” paintings by Rolland Golden, through Jan. 16, and more.

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THEATER ...And the Ball & All. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — Ricky Graham’s long-running show features Becky Allen, Amanda Hebert and Yvette Hargis as the Yatty girls from the Mystic Krewe of Terpsichore. Tickets $26. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 p.m. & 6 p.m. Sunday.

Dublin Carol. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St., (800) 383-4989 — Clove Productions presents Conor McPherson’s story of forgiveness and possibly redemption on a lonely Christmas Eve, starring Michael Martin, Mason Joiner and Viviane Wolfe. Call or email cloveproductions@ gmail.com for reservations. By donation. 7 p.m. Saturday, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. Sunday.

Late, A Cowboy Song. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.oldmarquer.com — Lux et Umbra presents Sarah Ruhl’s offbeat comedy about one woman’s education and search for true love. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and Monday.

The Rockin’ Sounds of the 1960s. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www.cuttingedgetheater.com — The tribute to the music of the 1960s ranges from girl-group harmonies to rock ’n’ roll. Tickets start at $25. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY Bad Girls of Burlesque. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www. houseofblues.com/neworleans — Elle Dorado, Athena and others star in a monthly show hosted by Dr. Sick. 9 p.m. Saturday.

The Blue Book Cabaret. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529-2107; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue and a rotating cast including Darling Darla James, Nikki LeVillain, Cherry Brown, Ben Wisdom and others perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Saturday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2331; www.sonesta.com/imjazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque show featuring music by Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio. Midnight Friday.

Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — Corey Mack and Roxie le Rouge host a free comedy and burlesque show.

9 p.m. Monday.

Ditzyland. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.

com — Varla Jean Merman, Sean Patterson and Ricky Graham skewer Walt Disney’s animated features in an adult sendup of fairytale madness, with Jefferson Turner on piano. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Strange for Hire. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Frankie Sin, Donny Vomit and Eric “The Lizardman” Sprague perform burlesque, variety and sideshow stunts. Tickets $10. 11 p.m. Friday.

Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue afeatures burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue hosts the burlesque show. Tickets $10.

9 p.m. Thursday.

COMEDY Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www. facebook.com/twelve.mile.limit — Molly Ruben-Long and Julie Mitchell host. Signup at 8:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Monday.

Block Party. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Nick Napolitano hosts. Sign up online. 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Brian Regan. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater. com — The comedian presents an evening of stand-up comedy. Tickets start at $40.

7 p.m. Saturday.

Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform free weekly improv. 9:30 p.m Wednesday.

Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Boom. JAX Brewery Bistro Bar, 620 Decatur St., (504) 333-6914; www. jaxnola.com — Leon Blanda hosts.

8 p.m. Thursday.

Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts. 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon hosts. 8:30 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Gold. JAX Brewery Bistro Bar, 620 Decatur St., (504) 333-6914; www. jaxnola.com — Leon Blanda hosts.

7 p.m. Wednesday.

Ricky Graham, Sean Patterson and Varla Jean Merman star in Ditzyland at Cafe Istanbul.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts. 8 p.m. Thursday.

ComedySportz. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show.

8 p.m. Saturday.

Friday Night Laughs. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts. Sign-up at 10 p.m., show at 11 p.m. Friday.

Give It Up. JAX Brewery Bistro Bar, 620 Decatur St., (504) 333-6914; www.jaxnola. com — Leon Blanda hosts. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Knock-Out. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Two comedy acts compete to win an audience vote.

9:30 p.m. Monday.

Michael Che. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net — The former Saturday Night Live writer performs stand-up. Tickets $16 in advance, $20 day of show.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

Night Church. Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 947-2379; www. sidneyssaloon.com — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host and there’s free ice cream. 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts. Signup at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — Cassidy Henehan and Mickey Henehan host. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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TUESDAY 5 Mardi Gras trivia. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias.org — There’s king cake and prizes at this community trivia event on the eve of Twelfth Night. 6 p.m.

Spotlight on Success Nominations Party. Tommy’s Wine Bar, 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 581-1103; www.marchofdimesnola.com — March of Dimes’ New Orleans chapter invites guests to nominate outstanding professionals for its 2016 class of honorees at the party.

Email dguedry@marchofdimes.org or visit the website for an application.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 6 Creative Grind. The Rook Cafe, 4516 Freret St., (618) 520-9843; www.neworleans.aiga.org/event/creative-grind — Designers, artists and writers meet to share work and offer feedback. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Joan of Arc Parade. Jackson Square; www.joanofarcparade.org — The Krewe of Joan of Arc parades through the French Quarter. 7 p.m.

Lunchbox Lecture. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5281944, ext. 229; www.nationalww2museum.org — The semi-monthly lecture series features World War II-related topics. Noon.

Mystic Krewe of Satyricon 12th Night Ball. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 9401130; www.mystickreweofsatyricon.com — The Mystic Krewe of Satyricon crowns its 2016 king and queen at a black tie ball featuring the New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra, a silent auction, hors d’oeuvres, king cake and a cash bar. Tickets $20. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Nature Walk and Titivation. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Guests tour natural habitats and learn to prune plants along the trail. 1 p.m.

Phunny Phorty Phellows. St. Charles Avenue — The Phunny Phorty Phellows usher in the Carnival season on Twelfth Night with a costumed procession on a streetcar. 7 p.m.

Ron Chapman. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The author of The Battle of New Orleans: “But for a Piece of Wood” discusses the war. 7 p.m.

Taste of Cool Carnival Launch Party.

Dat Dog, 601 Frenchmen St., (504) 309-3362; www.datdognola.com — ThatSoundsCool.com hosts a Carnival

kickoff party featuring drink specials, Haydel’s Bakery king cake and music from Quickie Mart and DJ Nice Rack.

RSVP required to ben@thatsoundscool. com. 8 p.m.

White Glove Wednesdays. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — Assistant Director of Education for Interpretation Walt Burgoyne gives visitors a chance to wear original military uniforms and equipment. 9 a.m.

THURSDAY 7 Pakenham’s Final Supper. Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 523-2222; www.bourbonorleans.com — The five-course dinner celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans features wine pairings, costumes, music

by James Linden Hogg and historic re-enactors including British Gen. Sir Edward Pakenham. Tickets $139, including gratuity. 6:30 p.m.

World War II Discussion Group. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — Chrissy Gregg discusses Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Bill Mauldin at the monthly group for history buffs. 7 p.m.

FRIDAY 8 Battle of New Orleans Anniversary. Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, (504) 589-3882; www.nps. gov/jela — Guests return to 1815 at the site of the Battle of New Orleans with living history re-enactors, period craft demonstrations, hands-on activities, music and artillery firings. Public parking is located at 8201 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, with free shuttles running to the battlefield. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Birthday Party for the King. Freret Street Publiq House, 4528 Freret St., (504) 826-9912; www.publiqhouse.com — The Krewe of the Rolling Elvi fetes Elvis’ 81st birthday with performances

by Ruby Ross, Custom House, Vinyl Girls and Alexandra Scott. The theme is “The King and His Ladies” and guests are invited to dress as Elvis, Priscilla Presley or another leading lady. A portion of proceeds benefits Son of a Saint. 6:30 p.m.

The Forgotten Cocktail. Cafe Adelaide and Swizzle Stick Bar, Loews New Orleans Hotel, 300 Poydras St., (504) 5953305; www.cafeadelaide.com — “Dr. Cocktail” Ted Haigh discusses mixed drinks and takes questions. Cocktails are served. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins

Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www. noma.org — The museum stays open late on Friday evening, with music by the Mulligan Brothers and a lecture about current exhibition “Vision of US: American Art at NOMA” by poet Robin Coste Lewis. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Hero’s journey lecture. Parker United Methodist Church, 1130 Nashville Ave., (504) 895-1222; www.parkerchurch. net — Everett McLaren discusses “Alchemy and the Hero’s Journey: A Guide for the Seeking, Lost, Curious, or Befuddled” at the C.J. Jung Society’s meeting. Non-members $15, students $10, members free. 7:30 p.m.

Larry Morrow’s All Black Celebrity Affair. Metropolitan, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, (504) 568-1702; www.larrymorrowevents.com — WVUE-TV’s Kristi Coleman hosts a nightclub party featuring music by DJ Envy and a chance to rub elbows with celebrities and New Orleans Pelicans players. Tickets start at $30. 10 p.m.

Magazine Street Art Market. Dat Dog, 3336 Magazine St., (504) 324-2226; www.datdognola.com — Local artists sell crafts at the weekend market in Dat Dog’s courtyard. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Re-enactment of the Battle of New Orleans. Sidney D. Torres Memorial Park, Jean Lafitte Parkway, Chalmette; www.lalivinghistoryfoundation.com — The Louisiana Living History Foundation hosts a free re-enactment of the Battle of New Orleans. This is the main event for the four-day commemoration of the battle, which takes place Thursday-Sunday. Visit the website for details. 7 p.m.

Winter Stamp Fest. La Quinta Inn, 2610 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 466-1401; www.ccscno.org — Philatelists buy, sell and appreciate rare and vintage stamps. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.

Wizard World Comic Con New Orleans. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 582-3000; www.wizardworld.com — Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Hayley Atwell, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Chandler Riggs, Steven Yeun, Ben McKenzie and William Shatner are among celebrity guests. Tickets start at $40, children $15, age 5 and under free. Visit the website for complete schedule and details. Friday-Sunday.

SATURDAY 9 13th Night Party. Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, (504) 361-7821; www.mardigrasworld. com — The Krewe of Orpheus kicks off Carnival with an open bar, oysters, food, live music and dancing. Tickets $60 in advance, $70 at the door. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Bal Masque. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www. linkstryjewski.org/bal — Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band headline a black tie bal masque featuring food from chefs Suzanne Goin, Paul Kahan, Mike Lata, Donald Link and others.

Chef Mario Batali hosts an additional dinner on Friday. Proceeds benefit the Link Stryjewski Foundation. Tickets start at $1000. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Bienville Saturday Market. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 8135370; www.swapmeetnola.com — The pet-friendly weekly market features

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11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Big TREEsy Giveaway. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 5962675; www.nutrias.org — NOLA Tree Project gives away 400 native trees and holds a blood drive. Receive one free tree per household; receive a second free tree with a blood donation. 8:30 a.m. to noon.

The Black & White Ball. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 522-9200; www.neworleanspridefestival.com — New Orleans Pride hosts its annual black tie bal masque, featuring a cash bar, hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and live music by Roux the Day. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the door. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Camel Toe Lady Steppers’ Carnival “Toe-Down”. Freret Street Publiq House, 4528 Freret St., (504) 8269912; www.publiqhouse.com — The fundraiser for The Roots of Music features performances by Sexual Thunder, Marina Orchestra, DJ RQAway, the Roots of Music Marching Band, Oops the Clown and Madame Mystere, carnival games and a silent auction. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 7:30 p.m.

Carnival crafting. Mini Art Center, 341 Seguin St., (504) 510-4747; www.miniartcenter.com — The art studio holds a series of Mardi Gras workshops where kids can create items such as masks, shoebox floats, T-shirts and bead art. Workshops cost $5 per child. Noon.

Children’s Art Workshop. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www. rhinocrafts.com — RHINO artists lead kids in art projects such as origami, collages and bookmaking.

Email artboxrhino@gmail.com to register. Suggested donation for materials $5. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cochon Sauvage. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.sofabinsitute.org — Guests learn about the Louisiana wild pig as chefs from Purloo, Blue Oak Barbecue, NOLA Foods and Two Run Farm prepare and cook it. Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture Mike Strain speaks at 2 p.m. Samples are served. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Family Day. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www.phnojm.com — Families can enjoy crafts at 10 a.m., jazz story time at 12:30 p.m., a singalong at 1 p.m. and a solo pianist from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Half-Ass Boucherie. Black Label Icehouse, 3000 Dryades St., (504) 875-2876; www.blacklabelbbq.com — The whole hog cookout benefits Hogs for the Cause. Cookout begins at 11 a.m., with music by Dave Jordan and NIA, Hill Country Hounds and Chris Mule beginning at 7 p.m.

Piety Street Market. The Old Ironworks, 612 Piety St., (504) 908-4741; www.612piety.com — More than 50 vendors offer art, jewelry, crafts,

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EVENTS vintage clothes, collectibles, used books and flea market treasures at this monthly market. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Season Announcement Party & Show.

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — Rivertown announces its 2016-2017 season at an event featuring musical performances, an open bar and desserts.

Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

7:30 p.m.

Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 456-5000; www.noma. org — The museum hosts yoga classes in the sculpture garden. Non-members $5. 8 a.m.

SUNDAY 10 Herb and Veggie Clearance Sale.

Southbound Gardens Nursery, 4221 S. Robertson St.; www.southboundgardens. com — A variety of herb and veggie starter plants are available for $1 each. A class on growing organic vegetables starts at at 11 a.m. Requested class fee $10. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Low-cost dog clinic. NOLA Bark Market, 3041 N. Rampart St., (504) 949-1525; www.sulafoundation.org — The SULA Foundation’s clinic offers $10 vaccinations to dogs. Noon to 3 p.m.

“Prothonotary Warblers: A Swamp Canary in the Coal Mine.” Audubon Zoo, Dominion Auditorium, 6500 Magazine St. — Bird conservationist Erik Johnson discusses the decline of the prothonotary warbler at the Orleans Sierra Club program. 6:30 p.m.

Tunesfest. 1465 N. Villere St. — Next Level Midriff, Shmu, Particle Devotion, Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, Pecan Pinwheel, Elizabeth McBride and I’m an Island perform at a free backyard music festival with Lagunitas and New Belgium Brewing beer and food. 3 p.m.

MONDAY 11 Galatoire’s Mardi Gras Auction. Galatoire’s Restaurant, 209 Bourbon St., (504) 525-2021; www.galatoires.com — Galatoire’s breaks with its no-reservations policy to auction tables for Feb. 5, the Friday before Mardi Gras. This year’s

The Phunny Phorty Phellows kick off the Carnival season with a Twelfth Night parade on the streetcar Jan. 6.

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auctions benefit New Orleans Mission and Boys Hope Girls Hope Greater New Orleans. Call for reservations.

Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold leads the class in the museum’s art galleries. Call (504) 456-5000 for details.

Non-members $5. 6 p.m.

SPORTS Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Dallas Mavericks at 7 p.m. Wednesday and the Indiana Pacers at 7 p.m. Friday.

WWE Raw. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.newor-

leansarena.com — John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and others appear at the WWE event.

6:30 p.m. Monday.

WORDS Blood Jet Poetry Series. BJ’s Lounge, 4301 Burgundy St., (504) 945-9256; www.facebook.com/bjs.bywater — The weekly poetry reading series includes featured readers and an open mic.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

Carly Hallman. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www. octaviabooks.com — The author of Year of the Goose discusses her novel in conversation with author Cate Dicharry.

6 p.m. Wednesday.

Esoterotica. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. esoterotica.com — Local writers read a selection of their best erotic stories and poetry from 2015. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Latter Library, 5120 St.

Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www.nutrias.org — The group hosts twice-weekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

James Rollins. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author reads and signs The Bone Labyrinth. 6 p.m. Monday.

Jose Torres-Tama. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias.org — The poet reads from Immigrant Dreams & Alien Nightmares. 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Karol Brandt-Gilmartin and Robby D’Angelo. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — The authors discuss and sign The Struggle is Real: Finally Break the Dieting Cycle, Transform Your Mind & Body and Evolve Into the Person You Have Always Wanted to Be. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Stella’s Open Mic. Stella’s Coffee Shop, 1923 Leonidas St., (504) 570-6323; www.communitycommitment.net — The monthly poetry showcase includes a featured poet and an open mic. Food and drink are available for purchase.

Tickets $5. Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Saturday.

StoryQuest. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Authors, actors and artists read children’s books and send kids on art quests through the museum. 11:30 a.m.

Team SNO Poetry Slam. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2988676; www.oldmarquer.com — Slam New Orleans hosts a semifinal round of slam poetry. 7 p.m. Sunday.

Warren Zanes. Billy Reid, 3927 Magazine St., (504) 208-1200; www.billyreid. com — The biographer discusses his new book about the life of Tom Petty.

4 p.m. Sunday.

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EMPLOYMENT AGENTS & SALES EXPERIENCED SALES PEOPLE

HURWITZ MINTZ FURNITURE IS LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED SALES PEOPLE. EARN 40K PLUS. WE OFFER TOP NOTCH BENEFITS INCLUDING PAID TRAINING, 401K, A COMPLETE INSURANCE PACKAGE AND EXCELLENT COMPENSATION. (504) 378-1000.

VITAMIN/SUPPLEMENT SALES

RETAIL PHARMACY SEEKS ASSOCIATE WITH GREAT ATTITUDE for Vitamin/Supplement Sales. Experience preferred, not required. Competitive salary/benefits based on experience & ability. Qualified applicants will be contacted. Email resume to rhett@ majoria.com

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FARM LABOR Temporary Farm Labor: Chris & Tasha Warren Farms, Lambrook, AR, has 5 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with operating large farm equip for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting & harvesting grain & oilseed crops, transport grain from field to storage, daily irrigation maintenance; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/15/16 – 12/15/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1442019 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Double H Agri, Marvell, AR, has 12 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with operating large farm equip for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting & harvesting grain & oilseed crops; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/7/16 – 12/7/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1438160 or call 225-342-2917.

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Temporary Farm Labor: Windmill Rice Company, Jonesboro, AR, has 5 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with operating large farm equip for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting & harvesting grain & oilseed crops, transport grain from field to storage, daily irrigation maintenance; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/15/16 – 12/10/16.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1437279 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Brickeys Grain Co., Lexa, AR, has 15 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with operating large farm equip for row tilling, cultivating, fertilizing, planting & harvesting sorghum, wheat, soybeans & oilseed crops, daily irrigation maintenance; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/15/16 – 12/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1439770 or call 225-342-2917.

ACTIVIST JOBS FIGHT FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Work for Grassroots Campaigns to: • Keep Birth Control Affordable • Defend a Woman’s Right to Choose • Fight Attacks on Women’s Healthcare Earn $340-$550/week Part-Time / Full-Time / Career

Call Taylor at (504) 571-9585

TRADE/SKILLS

Experienced

HVAC TECHNICIAN

Robert Refrigeration Service is looking to hire experienced maintenance, installation and service technicians. Competitive pay, benefits and bonuses offered. A minimum of one year experience for maintenance, and two years experience for installation and service. Please call 504-282-0625.

VOLUNTEER UNUSUAL FUNERALS

University researcher seeks interviewees who have planned nontraditional memorial services.

Respectful, sensitive. If interested in helping others by sharing your experience, contact: sdawdy@uchicago.edu.

PIZZA MAKER WIT’S INN Bar & Pizza Kitchen Apply in person Mon-Fri, 1-4:30 pm 141 N. Carrollton Ave.

We are a local Successful and Growing Restaurant Group and currently seeking professional General Managers, Managers, Sous Chefs.

Attention to service and guest hospitality are paramount.

We are looking for the best managers throughout the New Orleans area!

Are you a leader with an eye for talent, strong work ethic, and drive to succeed?

We strive for guest service excellence with family core values of Integrity, Commitment, Generosity, & Fun – if this fits you, then you are the key to success!

For consideration send your resume to jobs@creolecuisine.com

WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS! We are always looking for additions to our wonderful team! Hospice volunteers are special people who make a difference in the lives of patients and families affected by terminal illness. Interested in a future medical career? Get on our exciting new track!

Many physicians and nurses receive their first taste of the medical field at Canon.

To become a hospice volunteer, call Paige at 504-818-2723 Ext. 3006

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

513

NO.754983 DIVISION “I”

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF BEVERLY BERNADETTE FASULLO NOTICE

Providing legal services in personal injury, workers’ compensation, bankruptcy, criminal defense, and business organization.

(504) 366-3551. davidseriolaw@gmail.com

LEGAL NOTICES TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 728-558 DIVISION “M” IN RE: SUCCESSION OF DAVID WILLIAMS

Whereas the Administrator of the above estate has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable herein described to-wit: LOT NO. 13, SQUARE G, TIMBERLANE VILLAGE, PHASE 2 SUBDIVISION 2220 SUGARLOAF DRIVE, HARVEY, LA UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO WIT: SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS and no cents ($64,500.00) less the usual and customary expenses of the sale, all as per the agreement to purchase and sell.

Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedents herein, and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT DEPUTY CLERK Attorney: Elaine Appleberry Address: 405 Gretna Blvd., Ste.104 Gretna, Louisiana 70053 Telephone: (504) 362-7800 Fax: (504) 362-7807 Gambit: 12/15/15 & 1/05/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mike Theriot or any heirs of John Eward Marsh, please contact Atty. E. Appleberry, at 405 Gretna Blvd., Ste. 104, Gretna, LA 70053; (504) 362-7800.

Arlene Massey, or anyone knowing her whereabouts, contact McBride & Russell Law Firm at 504-233-8112.

Good Food, Good Times LLC d.b.a Live Oak Cafe is applying to the Office of Alcohol & Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell beverages of high and low alcohol content at retail in Orleans Parish at the following address: 8140 Oak Street, New Orleans, LA, 70118 Good Food, Good Times LLC. Live Oak Cafe Members: Helena Hjort and Clare Leavy.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ishonda Scott, please call Steve Richard, atty, at 504-352-0853.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Robert Louis Cooley, Jr. contact attorney Roland Ditta, (504) 366-8600.

ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as WESTGATE ADDITION NO. 2, in SQUARE NO. 490 thereof, which square is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, 21st Street, Maryland Avenue and 20th Street, and according to a sketch of survey made by Thomas L. Bernard, Surveyor, dated May 28, 1984, last recertified on September 27, 1984, a print of which is annexed to and made part of an act before Michael M. Dorsey, Notary Public, dated November 23, 1984, said lot is designated as Lot No. 2, commences at a distance of 50 feet from the corner o 21st Street and Massachusetts Avenue and measures thence, in the direction of 20th Street, 50 feet front on Massachusetts Avenue, the same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 122.5 feet.

The improvements thereon bear the No. 1608 Massachusetts Avenue.

An order authorizing him to do so may be issued after seven days from the date of second publication of this notice. An opposition to the application may be filed at any time prior to the issuance of such an order.

By Order of the Court, W. Gaudet DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT Michael F. Schott, Jr. #35310 Kevin G. Heigle # 6753 Heigle & Associates Attorneys for Petitioner Address: 131 Airline Dr. Suite 201 Metairie, LA 70001 Telephone: (504) 832-0401 Gambit: 12/15/15 & 1/05/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to AEGIS FUNDING CORPORATION, executed by Earnest Edward Knox and dated February 5, 2004, in the principal sum of $121,500.00, bearing interest at the rate of 6.930% from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to AMERICAN BROKERS CONDUIT, executed by Edward Dorsey, Sr. and Chinell Neal Dorsey and dated May 17, 2006, in the principal sum of $116,550.00, bearing interest at the rate of 8.000% from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to COMMUNITY LENDING INCORPORATION, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, executed by Lua Thi Nguyen and dated December 30, 2002, in the principal sum of $72,240.00, bearing interest at the rate of 6.700% from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373.

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NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Ernest A. Hinojosa, III, duly appointed and qualified Testamentary Executor of the Succession of Beverly Bernadette Fasullo, is applying for authority to sell at private sale, on terms of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand and 00/100, ($175,000.00) DOLLARS cash, the immovable property owned by the Succession of Beverly Bernadette Fasullo described below:

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NOTICE:

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE UPTOWN/ GARDEN DISTRICT G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > J A N UA R Y 5 > 2 0 1 6

RICKY LEMANN

JEFFERSON 2537 RIVER ROAD

Between Labarre & RioVista ~ 2 beds/1 bath, includes water, fridge, stove & w/d hookup.

No pets/smoking. $875. 504-887-1814

504-460-6340 504-861-0100

Keller Williams Realty New Orleans #1 Top Producer 2014

METAIRIE

Keller Williams Gulf States Quadruple Gold 2014

2508 N. TURNBULL

Single family near Rummel H.S.; 3 bd/2 ba; furnished kit; w/d in laundry rm; 1700 sq ft; central a/h; fence yd. $1400 Avail Dec 1st.

504-952-5102

rickylemann.com Each office independently owned and operated.

OLD METAIRIE OLD METAIRIE 1&2 BDRM. APTS SPARKLING POOL & BIKE PATH

New granite in kit & bath. 12 x 24ft lr, King Master w/wall of closets. Furn Kit. Laundry on premises. Offst pkg. NO PETS. O/A, $724-$848/mo. 504-236-5776.

LAKEVIEW/LAKESHORE

LAKEFRONT

ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

High end 1-4 BR, near ferry, clean, many extras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S parking. $750-$1200/mo.

504-362-7487.

ESPLANADE RIDGE 4609 TCHOUPITOULAS ST.

Uptown 3R/2BA Shotgun. 12 ft ceilings, independent bedrooms. Nice backyard.

Great location. For Sale by Agent/Broker, $399,000. (225) 810-8315 kim@hesco-realty.com

MISSISSIPPI PORT GIBSON, MI 39510

1561 N. GALVEZ ST.

LARGE 3 BR, 1.5 BA with central air/heat, hi ceilings, washer/dryer hookups, off street parking. $1150/mo. Call 1-888-239-6566 or mballier@yahoo.com

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY

509 Church St. ~ McDougall House 1820’s Historic, Renovated Greek Revival Raised Cottage 5 beds/3 baths, pool. $185,000 1201 Church St. ~ Anderson House 3 beds/3.5 baths, Studio apt + bldg w/4 beds/4 baths. Used as B&B. $195,000 1207 Church St. ~ On National Register Re-creation of Antebellum Mansion 6 beds/4baths + 2 bed Carriage House. $395,000 Call Realtor Brenda Roberts Ledger-Purvis Real Estate 601-529-6710

HISTORIC MARIGNY RENOVATION

2 Bd/1BA, 1380 square feet. Entertainer’s dream with rooftop garden and wrap around balcony. No Pets. $2600/mo. Call Kelleye Rhein, 504-975-0649 for a showing. Keller Williams Realty New Orleans.

Licensed in Louisiana. Each office independently owned and operated.

NEW LISTINGS!

3201 - 05 Carondelet Street

2 & 3 Bedroom Uptown Condos from $199,900

Shaun Talbot & Erin Stopak, Realtors Direct Line: (504) 535-5801 charlottecommons@talbot-realty.com www.charlottecommons.com

LUXURIOUS & SPACIOUS

Stunning open plan 2300 sqft Townhome in demand Lakeview consisting of 3 large bedrooms, 2.5 baths, hi ceilings, wood floors down, fireplace, vaulted ceilings with skylights, beautiful gourmet kitchen has granite, stainless appliances and large eating area. Great closets and storage.

Attached 2 car garage. Close to shopping, restaurants, banks and churches. 630 Robert E. Lee Blvd. $2400/mo. EILEEN WALLEN - 504-250-5656, GARDNER REALTORS - 504-861-7575.

LARGE ATTRACTIVE APT.

Newly Renovated 2BR, 2BA w/appls.

Beautiful balcony & courtyard setting w/ swimming pool. Quiet neighborhood. $1000/mo. Call 504-756-7347.

FOR SALE SMALL SPACE

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RESIDENTIAL RENTALS 1133 Kelerec - 2bd/2ba ......................... $1500 63 FRENCH MARKET PL #1 - 2bd/2ba ... $3500 7405 Spruce - 2bd/2ba ........................... $1750 900 Dumaine - 1bd/1ba ........................... $1300

3221 PRYTANIA STREET

Large Victorian 3 bed/2 ba, 2,200 sq. ft, 2 extra rooms for liv/din/bed, furn kit, w/d, wood fls, lg closets, hi ceils, porch. Gated w/security, off-street pkg, pool privileges. $1,775. 504-813-8186, 504-274-8075 or 274-5870.

4935 CONSTANCE ST.

2 BR / 1.5 BA, with Large Living Area & Furnished Kit. Washer/dryer, lots of closets/storage, central & wall units (heating/cooling).

Offstreet pkg, $1800/mo. Call 504-442-1431.

CALL 483-3100 GAMBIT EXCHANGE

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT/ IRISH CHANNEL 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

ROOMS BY WEEK. Private bath. All utilities included. $175/week. 2 BR avail. Call (504) 202-0381 or (504) 738-2492.

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT APARTMENT

2 BR / 2 BA. Wonderful condo in exclusive Warehouse District. 1188 Square feet.

Garage parking on premises... Spectacular view of downtown New Orleans with balcony... Unfurnished. Ready for move-in Dec. 5th. Must sign at least a year’s lease... $2,400/mo. (54) 621-2551.

1750 St. Charles #315 - 2/2 guard service, ctyd, rooftop terrace, cvrd pkg ......................................... $1850 1119 Dauphine #6 - 2/2.5 Balc on Dauphine, beds& full baths upstairs,ctrl ac/h .................................... $2500 1430 Chartres - 2/1 Shotgun style, wd flr, nice lite, ctrl ac/h,w/d hookups ............................................... $1300 528 St. Louis #201 - 1/1 excellent location, large courtyard ............................................................. $1500 300 Chartres #B - 2/1.5 reno’d, steps away from all French Quarter attractions .............................. $2500 729 Ursulines #4 - 1/1 cvrd balc, wd flrs, flr to ceil wndws, prime location ....................................... $1200 326 Chartres - 2/2 furnished corporate rental with w/d. Great location ............................................. $2500 714 Touro - 2/1.5 ctrl a/h, w/d, dishwasher, wd flrs, back patio ........................................................... $2000 7412 Maple 2/2 nice kitchen, 2 balconies water & trash included ............................................................... $2850

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RUSSET BROWN

Kennel #A30138213

Russet Brown is a 12-year-old, neutered, Chihuahua/Min Pin mix. This snuggle bug likes to take things slow and prefers a quieter household.

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BOOMERANG

Kennel #A30200717

Boomerang is a 3-month-old, spayed, DSH mix.

Despite having nerve damage to her front left leg, this sweet little girl is tough to slow down and loves to play!

To meet these or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun., call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org

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I want to thank a few business partners who have NEVER let me down. Dem boys at Hytech Plumbing; Caballero Pest Control (so, that was a crawfish hole, huh, Rusty?); my home inspectors at House Call; the many title companies who put it all together so well (Crescent Title, Bayou Title, Southern Title, to name a few); my short list of insurers (Barbara Hogan at Insurance Underwriters, Kathy Dutsch at Alpha Insurance, Craig Charles at Pinnacle Insurance, Huong Nguyen at Allstate, to name a few); and those lenders who work hard (and drive us crazy) to get it done in the end (Wardell and Raymond at Bourgeois and Associates; Melanie Fernandez at Eustis, Sharon Blair at Regions, and Laine Buquoi at America’s Mortgage Resource). Without your guidance and assistance, knowledge, prompt and expert service, FRIENDSHIP, honesty to and with my clients, I am sure success would be a fleeting reality.

Finally, Colleen Loria, Stephanie Woodside, Traci Kestler, Brett Rector, Colette Meister, Glenn Allen and Andrea Chambers…REALTORS who I consult with on the biggest and smallest items in my business, I thank you for your unselfish, caring, STRAIGHTFORWARD, and expert advice. Where the public may think we are all oppositely aligned, it is good to have you, and many other friends in the business. You are truly appreciated.

Truly finally…Lisa and Clarke, I love you, both…you are my beacons and buttresses.

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