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Review: Bao & Noodle.........................................33 A new option for Chinese food in the Faubourg Marigny Fork + Center ...........................................................33 All the news that’s fit to eat — and drink 3-Course Interview .............................................35 Tracy Kish and Samantha Saliter, crepe makers Drinks ........................................................................36 Beer Buzz and Wine of the Week Last Bites .................................................................37 5 in Five; Off the Menu

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7 IN SEVEN Seven Things to Do This Week........................... 5 Mother Falcon, The Appleseed Cast, Will Rogers Follies and more

NEWS + VIEWS News.............................................................................7 A surge in violent crime has French Quarter residents and business owners pointing fingers Y@Speak + N.O. Comment .....................................7 Overheard in New Orleans’ social media world

Scuttlebutt...............................................................10 From their lips to your ears C’est What? ..............................................................10 Gambit’s Web poll Bouquets & Brickbats .........................................12 This week’s heroes and zeroes Commentary............................................................14 Clout — and lack thereof Blake Pontchartrain.............................................16 The New Orleans N.O. It All Clancy DuBos........................................................... 17 Travelin’ Bobby JIndal

STYLE + SHOPPING What’s In Store .......................................................31 Andrea’s Restaurant

Tribute to the Classical Arts............................. 27 Nominations for the best in opera, dance and classical music News..........................................................................45 Le Petit Theatre prepares a 21st-century Jesus Christ Superstar Music ......................................................................... 47 PREVIEW: Ex Hex Film.............................................................................50 REVIEW: Selma PREVIEW: Greg Sestero and The Room Art ...............................................................................53 REVIEW: Collective Memory Stage..........................................................................56 REVIEW: Gone With the Breaking Wind Events .......................................................................58 Crossword + Sudoku .......................................... 68

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Mother Falcon | In what must be NPR’s

biggest Tiny Desk Concert ever, Austin, Texas, chamber-pop ensemble Mother Falcon packed a 17-piece orchestra into host Bob Boilen’s office for a spirited 2013 episode. The band’s latest feat is MF Computer, a symphonic rework of Radiohead’s OK Computer. At 10 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

Elisa Ambrogio

Fri. Jan. 16 | The Magik Marker stripped away that band’s static reverie with her 2014 solo debut The Immoralist (Drag City). Single “Superstitious” is swirling, subdued pop with one foot in the Velvet Underground and the other in Galaxie 500.

Death Posture, Dolphin Mouth and Nathan Bowles open at 9:30 p.m. at Saturn Bar.

The Will Rogers Follies

Fri.-Sun. Jan. 16-31 | Set against the backdrop of a Ziegfeld Follies style show, the musical celebrates the life of Will Rogers, a one-time circus trick roper-turned-actor, humorist and social commenter. At 8 p.m. (2 p.m. Sunday) at Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts.

Caddywhompus

Sat. Jan. 17 | The oversized guitar-and-drum duo meets the pint-sized Circle Bar. The band’s lush, neo-psychedelic suites pack the band’s well-received 2014 album Feathering a Nest (Community Records), its most focused and adventurous

effort yet. Patrick Shuttleswerth Wants To Make You Deaf opens at 10 p.m. at Circle Bar.

Dinerral Shavers Fund Brass Band Blowout

Sat. Jan. 17 | The brass band blowout supports the Dinerral Shavers Education Fund, which honors the former Hot 8 drummer. Hot 8, Free Agents, Most Wanted and other brass bands perform. At 9 p.m. at The Howlin’ Wolf.

Big Freedia and Katey Red

Sun. Jan. 18 | Big Freedia and her mentor Katey Red headline a bounce showcase with Magnolia Rhome, JC Styles, Da Danger Boyz and DJ Kenjiondatrax. At 9 p.m. at Siberia.

The Appleseed Cast

Mon. Jan. 19 | Epic Lawrence, Kansas, yarn-spinners The Appleseed Cast gave diehards a long-form valentine with the 10th anniversary rerelease of both volumes of its 2001 postrock opus Low Level Owl. Casual fans can start with 2013’s Illumination Ritual (Graveface), 45 minutes of highlighted strengths. Woozy opens at 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

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After a spate of particularly violent crimes in the French Quarter, Mayor Mitch Landrieu gets blasted by residents and police organizations who say he’s failed to keep the neighborhood safe.

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Three reasons the Brits lost the Battle of NOLA: 3) Stout levees 2) Dressed like twizzlers 1) Couldn’t discern fireworks vs. gunfire

By Jeanie Riess & Alex Woodward

On Twelfth Night, as members of the Krewe de Jeanne D’Arc put on their costumes in the Jax Brewery parking lot, more than 100 people gathered outside St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square to demand more police protection in the neighborhood.

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The rally followed growing frustrations from residents during a Signs warning tourists to “walk in large groups” particularly violent end of 2014. In have sprouted around the the final days of last year, while French Quarter, like this Mayor Mitch Landrieu charted one in the window of the the city’s progress in lowering restaurant Eat. its murder rate, French Quarter PHOTO BY JEANIE RIESS residents demanded the city do everything it can to beef up the ranks of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). Residents and businesses began posting signs reading “Caution: Walk in large groups. We [heart] the NOPD. We just need more.”

“We’ll take what we can get,” said rally attendee Edith Sercovich, who said her street recently has seen a murder, beatings and robberies. Sercovich handed out signs reading, “Welcome to Landrieuville! Home of Robbers, Stabbers & Rapists.”

At the rally, several people broke out in chants, including “What do we want? Troopers! When do we want them? Now!” and “Where’s the mayor? What’s the plan?”

Landrieu has asked for help from state and federal officials, particularly from the Louisiana State Police, which put officers in the area during the Sugar Bowl and New Year’s events — as well as support from federal law enforcement, which protects other historic sites in the U.S. but not the French Quarter. On Jan. 2, Landrieu once again called on Gov. Bobby Jindal for more state police.

“For New Orleans to continue to generate jobs and tax revenue for our state, it is imperative that the state of Louisiana continue to provide immediate additional resources to help protect our residents and visitors,” Landrieu said.

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#NOPD Chief Harrison: effective immediately, overtime funding is doubled for all NOPD districts to increase visibility across the city.

N.O. COMMENT What you had to say on BestofNewOrleans.com this week

Jeanie Riess’ story, “Rampart/St. Claude streetcar line is met with resistance at community meeting,” drew these comments: “This is just something to amuse the tourists.” — sbpfred “I live on Frenchmen and St. Claude, and walk into the Quarter with my infant son almost every day. I look forward to having the streetcar a block away. I also look forward to the boost in my property value.” — Robert Wallace “Tourism is about the only thing keeping the city afloat. I just don’t get the resistance at all. The only thing wrong with the project is that it doesn’t go all the way to the Industrial Canal, and that’s more the railroad’s fault than anyone else’s.” — Richard Slawsky

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ohn Hoff has owned and managed Fahy’s Irish Pub on the corner of Toulouse and Burgundy Streets for 20 years. Tourists staying in the hotel across the street often come into the bar for a cocktail before they explore the French Quarter, and Hoff says they sometimes ask him if the neighborhood is safe. His answer, he says, has always been the same for two decades.

Until about six weeks ago.

“I generally would tell them, ‘Yes, it’s safe, just be careful,’” Hoff said. “‘Be aware of your surroundings’ and stuff. Lately I can’t honestly say that. When tourists walk in and say, ‘Are we safe in this neighborhood?,’ I can’t honestly say yes.”

Fahy’s is less than a block from where Lisa Bochicchio, a French Quarter bartender, was attacked during the day Jan. 3 while she walked down Toulouse Street. The day before Hoff told Gambit he was leery of crime in the neighborhood, two armed men had held up Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant on a busy corner of Esplanade Avenue during normal business hours, when it was filled with people.

Hoff moved to the French Quarter in the early 1990s “when it was really bad,” he said. He lives in the Faubourg Marigny, and he never walks home from work, opting for a cab any time after dark.

“Obviously the murder rate is down,” he said, “but crimes like this have never been this bad.”

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Paul Melancon works at Bourbon Pub & Parade, but on a recent afternoon he was having a drink with locals at Michael’s at the Park, a bar on North Rampart Street.

“My friend was the one who got stabbed on Gov. Nicholls,” he said, referring to the armed robbery and stabbing on Gov. Nicholls Street that left a 43-year-old man hospitalized Dec. 17. “We have been friends for 17 years. He used to come here. It’s close to home. This area used to be safe, because we do bar crawls and we walk, but not any more.

“I just moved to Mid-City. Part of that had to do with crime, and pricing,” Melancon said, adding, “It’s safer in Mid-City now than it is here, and 10 years ago I never would have lived in Mid-City.”

For the first time in his life, Melancon doesn’t feel safe walking around the French Quarter at night, and he’s frustrated by the politics he said are getting in the way of taking action against crime. “I always walk with someone else. I’m more alert,” he said. “It’s mostly kids that are doing the crime, that’s the sad thing. It’s these kids. Where are the parents? It’s the age-old question: Where are the parents?”

Next door, at Bar Tonique, bartender Mary Dixie has a different attitude. “I’m not scared,” she said, though she added she notices the people around her taking more precautions. Dixie carries a small knife in her bag.

A manager at Verti Marte who did not want to give his name says the 24-hour corner store, located just three blocks from the site of the Dec. 17 stabbing, takes the slew of attacks seriously, filling in where the understaffed NOPD has stopped short. “We hired a security guard to stand outside past midnight on the weekends,” he says. “We’re hoping that everyone has some good common sense. We’ve had security cameras for a while, inside and outside the store.”

Asked whether he’s noticed an uptick in violent crime, he shook his head. “The crime has gotten ridiculous,” he said. “We haven’t seen it yet, but we’re hearing it’s really bad.

I don’t want to say too much, but it’s a bad culture here.”

“I think what Mayor Landrieu is trying to do is force the French Quarter businesses and residents to get privatized patrols that won’t come out of the city budget,” Melancon said. “I think that’s what he’s trying to do. It’s all political.”

It’s not the first time signs posted throughout the Quarter have cautioned visitors. In the months leading up to Super Bowl XXXI in 1997, residents posted signs reading, “Warning Tourists: The French Quar-

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Paul Melancon, a former resident of the French Quarter, says he moved to Mid-City in part because he was alarmed about violent crime on the streets of the Vieux Carre.

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its pool, doubling its size from eight officers. The officers will be deployed between 6:30 p.m. and 3 a.m. nightly, Harrison said.

Meanwhile, former French Quarter sanitation mogul Sidney Torres took aim at Landrieu as well. Torres, who lives on Esplanade Avenue, had a break-in at his home in December and offered an $8,000 reward to find the burglar. Last week, Torres began airing 30-second TV ads claiming the French Quarter is “under siege by criminals” and demanding Landrieu take immediate action, saying he planned to air a similar ad in neighboring states aimed at potential New Orleans tourists.

“That’s destructive. That doesn’t help,” Landrieu told Angela Hill Jan. 8 on her WWL radio show, An Open Mind, suggesting Torres should donate the money he spent on the commercials to the New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation.

On Hill’s show, Landrieu cited statistics showing the city had its lowest number of murders since 1971, and asserting, correctly, he had increased the NOPD budget every year he’d been in office. He took exception with one media report saying he was “begging” for outside help. “I’m not ‘begging’ the state police to do anything,” Landrieu said, pointing out that the city has valuable state and federal assets and that the state and feds should pitch in to help keep the area safe.

A new NOPD recruit class is scheduled to begin Jan. 12, the same day a self-defense class for Quarterites will be held at the Lisa Victoria Gallery on Royal Street. A second anti-crime rally is planned for Jan. 20 at noon at New Orleans City Hall. On the radio, however, Landrieu told Hill cracking down on crime takes time.

“Yelling at a tree is not going to make it grow faster,” he said.

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ter Is A High Crime Area” — which were promptly challenged by the Vieux Carre Commission in what outraged residents said was a politically motivated, retaliatory move. (Then-Mayor Marc Morial said his administration was not behind requests to remove the signs.) Those signs coincided with a wave of violent crime, including the deaths of three employees at Louisiana Pizza Kitchen, who were shot to death in the restaurant’s freezer on a Sunday morning while vendors at the French Market set up their stalls just feet away.

Bob Simms with the French Quarter Management District’s Security Task Force says NOPD officers in the French Quarter’s 8th District are doing the best they can — they just need more.

“We should be staffed at 160 officers.

We’re at about 100,” he said. “They can’t do what they need to do with that few officers. ... This is a citywide problem. It’s manifested itself in the Quarter.”

NOPD’s ranks are at 1,135 officers, though NOPD and Landrieu agree they need 1,600 to patrol the city properly. A scheme to add paid details to Bourbon Street — the “NOLA Patrol” plan which businesses mapped out in order to free up NOPD officers to handle violent crime — is still on the table, though it won’t solve the problem, Simms said. “At best, it’s three guys. We’re short way more than three.”

“The city is going to have to come to the conclusion to do whatever it takes to build manpower,” said Donovan Livaccari, attorney for the Fraternal Order of Police, adding that the city’s 2015 budget inclusion of a 5 percent police pay raise “is not going to cut it.”

NOPD’s understaffing also drew fire from the Police Association of New Orleans (PANO) earlier this month. PANO president Michael Glasser, a longtime Landrieu antagonist, wrote a blistering open letter to the mayor, saying that instead of championing NOPD’s growth after Hurricane Katrina, Landrieu “chose to vilify the men and women of the NOPD.” Glasser also criticized Landrieu’s hiring of former Chief Ronal Serpas and for watching the department become “anemic, then anorexic, then fully decimated” as it lost 500 officers in Serpas’ four-year tenure. Glasser said the 5 percent raise is not enough to attract and retain officers.

“The men and women of the NOPD still stand facing you, Mr. Landrieu,” Glasser wrote. “The question is, will you now face us?”

On Jan. 7, the day after the anti-crime rally, NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison — who has absorbed the blows from his department’s critics and from several devastating audits of its officers and practices since his hiring last fall — announced an officer boost in an unnamed task force that will be assigned to crime hot spots every night for the foreseeable future. The task force, which represents several police districts, will now have 16 officers in

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“And because he’s not a career politician and has never supported the Obama agenda, David Vitter isn’t beholden to the special interests in Washington, D.C., or in Baton Rouge, LA.” — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in a fundraising letter sent out Jan. 8.

Not a career politician? Vitter first was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives at the age of 30 and has held elected office the 23 years since, as a state representative, a congressman and a U.S. Senator. And if Vitter has his way, he’ll be the next governor of Louisiana.

Tracks of controversy

Public weighs in on Rampart/ St. Claude streetcar line

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The Regional Transit Authority (RTA) and the international conglomerate Transdev, which oversees RTA, met a tough crowd last week when they presented plans for the Rampart/St. Claude streetcar line that will run between Canal Street and Elysian Fields Avenue.

Construction on the line was scheduled to start this week and be completed within 18 months, according to Martin Pospisil, a manager with Transdev. Many in the crowd of about 100 residents and business owners expressed skepticism about that timeline — including French Quarter resident and former mayoral candidate Leo Watermeier, who said he was “leery” of the projection based on

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how long it took Transdev to complete its Loyola Avenue track.

Other residents and business owners scoffed at the RTA’s claim that it had reached out to local stakeholders for community input. “I live, work and own three buildings on North Rampart, and I haven’t been contacted,” Watermeier said. Sal Sunseri of P&J Oyster Company, which is located on North Rampart Street, said he was not contacted either.

“Where exactly is it going?” Mari Kornhauser, who has lived in the French Quarter for more than 20 years, asked Gambit. “With so many people getting pushed out of these neighborhoods, and with most of the people who work in the service industry … it should go all the way to St. Bernard [Parish].” Kornhauser suggested that it might be better to use the $42 million being spent on the project for buying more buses. RTA General Manager Justin Augustine said the bonds being used to fund the project are streetcar-project specific.

“The bonds that we acquired were used for streetcar-related projects because that was the concept at the time,” Augustine told Gambit. “It’s a decision you make. At the time we had just spent a lot of federal money to buy 143 buses.”

As for the fact that plans don’t call for bringing the streetcar across the Press Street railroad crossing into Bywater, Augustine said, “We’re not saying we’re not going to cross Press Street. That’s the railroad saying they don’t want us to. We’ll fight that with everything we have. Projects are done in phases.”

Pospisil assured neighbors that events that clog the narrow French Quarter streets would be put on hold during the various phases of construction. But that didn’t pacify people like Carol Gniady, executive director of French Quarter Citizens, a local community group, who said, “It’s basically a shuttle between Elysian Fields [Avenue] and Canal Street.” — JEANIE RIESS

Smoke rings

Smoking ordinance vote deferred until Jan. 22 New Orleans moved a step closer to banning smoking in most public places last week after a proposed smoking ban — including prohibiting smoking in bars and casinos — had its first public debate before a City Council committee. The full council will consider the ordinance on Jan. 22.

Supporters and opponents packed the council’s Community Development Committee meeting. After three hours

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work here,’“ Gray told Gaskill.

Electronic cigarette users — “vapers” — also are targeted in the ordinance, which cites uncertainty over safety and difficulty of enforcing e-cig use as reasons it would be prohibited. Vape supporters argued that e-cigs not only can be used as a smoking cessation tool, but that if cigar bars can be grandfathered into the ordinance, then there’s no reason that it can’t also allow for e-cig use in vape shops.

At-Large Councilman Jason Williams said e-cigs were not properly vetted in the ordinance, which includes them in a ban because of early reports from the Food and Drug Administration alleging harmful chemicals in e-cig vapor. State lawmakers last year passed a measure prohibiting the sale of e-cigs to minors.

Gray and Williams were the two nay votes, with Gray saying he supports a ban, but wanted more time to approve the new amendments. Cantrell and committee members Susan Guidry and Stacy Head voted yes.

The measure was to be taken up at the full Council meeting on Jan. 8, but Cantrell deferred it to Jan. 22.

— ALEX WOODWARD

On the road again

Jindal travels to Europe, returns for prayer rally Louisiana’s peripatetic governor is at it again. Bobby Jindal just returned from Iowa — the early-caucus state that’s a must-visit for any potential presidential candidate — where he gave an exclusive interview to the Des Moines Register on Jan. 6. Jindal soon was packing again for a 10-day European tour that his office termed an “economic development trip.”

“Louisiana has an amazing story to tell and the tools to attract companies from around the world,” Jindal said in a statement issued by his office. The governor will travel to Germany, England and Switzerland. He was scheduled to leave for Europe Jan. 11 and return Jan. 20.

That will put him back in his home state just in time for “The Revival,” the Jan. 24 prayer rally he has scheduled at LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

That event will be staged by the American Family Association, a fundamentalist group that the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled a hate group because of its stance on LGBT issues.

Speaking to evangelicals in Iowa, Jindal said, “I genuinely, sincerely, passionately believe that America’s in desperate need of a spiritual revival,” adding, “That’s where we are as a country — we have tried everything and now it is time to turn back to God.” — KEVIN ALLMAN

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of often-heated argument, the committee voted 3-2 to approve a long list of changes to the original draft.

District B Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell announced plans to introduce the measure last summer, and in November she unveiled a 25-page ordinance banning all tobacco products (including electronic cigarettes) from public areas and prohibiting smoking within 25 feet of a business. Last week’s amendments exempt cigar bars and hookah lounges, allow smoking in approved bar patio areas and change the 25-feet rule to 5 feet.

Debate among bar owners, musicians, health advocates, e-cig vendors and smokers ignited a three-hour meeting, with a crowd spilling outside the council chamber at City Hall. Several people shouted for a chance to speak when time for public comment ran out. Musicians, including Deacon John Moore, Irvin Mayfield, Paul Sanchez and Bonerama’s Craig Klein, voiced support for the ordinance.

“My primary concern is the health of those people who are the backbone,” said Moore, whose voice broke as he read a statement to the committee.

“I’m tired of witnessing beloved artists dying from the effects of secondhand smoke. … Many are the standard bearers for the indigenous culture we love so dearly.”

Others, like smoker Elizabeth Stella, said the ordinance goes against the attitude New Orleans embraces. “It’s not New York, it’s not Seattle, it’s a party town,” she said. “A bar is not a health spa and alcohol is not a spa drink.”

A group of health advocates has led the campaign supporting the ordinance.

Those advocates are the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) and the SmokeFree New Orleans Coalition — which includes the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, American Heart Association, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation and other groups.

Opponents, such as the French Quarter Business League and Bourbon Street bar owner Earl Bernhardt, have fought the proposed measure on economic grounds. Logan Gaskill, human resources director for Harrah’s New Orleans Casino, said, “Working in a smoking environment is only one of the components of working at Harrah’s.”

District E Councilman James Gray told Gaskill people aren’t in a position to choose where they can find employment given the current job market. “[With] an employer of your size, I’m going to be little affected by, ‘If they don’t want to work here, they don’t have to

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invited former State Rep. David Duke on their respective Fox News and CNN programs last week — ostensibly to shed light on whether U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Metairie, attended a conference held by Duke’s white supremacist European-American Unity and Rights Organization in 2002. Duke didn’t attend the event, and he doesn’t know what Scalise did there. So why give him the publicity?

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Home, sweet home

Mayor says he’s ahead of the pack in ending veterans’ homelessness New Orleans is the first U.S. city to declare it has virtually ended veteran homelessness. At the National World War II Museum’s U.S. Freedom Pavilion Jan. 7, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced that New Orleans has made good on its promise to First Lady Michelle Obama’s challenge to U.S. mayors to end homelessness among military veterans.

Thanks to a comprehensive partnership effort with federal, state and local agencies, the city housed 227 homeless veterans in 2014. The nationwide challenge is to eradicate veteran homelessness by the end of this year.

“We leaned in,” Landrieu said. “We have achieved that promise.”

The plan is part of Landrieu’s 10-year program to end homelessness, announced in 2011. The city partnered with homeless advocacy group Unity of Greater New Orleans, Volunteers of America and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other groups to meet that goal.

“It’s shocking that people who risked their lives for us would be reduced to foraging for food on the street, using the sidewalk as their pillow,” said Unity Director Martha Kegel. “The mayor had to right that wrong immediately. … Now the challenge is keeping veteran homelessness at a functional zero.”

That “functional zero” represents a system in place to determine how many veterans in New Orleans are homeless and to use a “housing first” approach that helps get them into temporary housing before they move through the system for permanent housing. The VA’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families short-term rental assistance program partnered with HUD’s VA Supportive Housing program to make 200 Section 8 housing vouchers available to veterans. The city, Unity, the VA and Catholic Charities also opened the mixed-income Sacred Heart Apartments on Canal Street last month, where several chronically homeless people have moved in.

“You never really end veteran homelessness. It takes daily work to keep it at a zero. A veteran can become homeless tomorrow,” Landrieu policy advisor Sam Joel told Gambit, adding that more than 100 active-duty military and veterans supplement Unity, Volunteers of America and the VA to perform daily outreach and regular sweeps to identify homeless veterans. That “zero” includes veterans still on the street but in the process of receiving housing.

“If you’ve served even one day in the military, we consider you a veteran,” Joel said. “Any veteran we can locate we have housed.” — ALEX WOODWARD

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Clout — and lack thereof

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ouisiana officially sent its new congressional delegation to Washington last week when Ralph Abraham, Garret Graves and Bill Cassidy were sworn in as members of the 114th Congress. Abraham represents Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District and Graves, the 6th. Cassidy is Louisiana’s new junior senator, having defeated U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, who had been in the job for 18 years. By this time next year, however, Cassidy could become Louisiana’s senior senator — with barely one year in office. That’s because U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana’s new senior senator (he’s been there a decade), announced last year that he intends to run for governor later this year. Early polls give him a good shot of winning, but Election Day is still a long way off.

Louisiana’s congressional delegation has just eight members — two senators and six representatives. That means our state does not have the “numbers” to flex any measure of political muscle in the Beltway. The only way for Louisiana to get any real attention in Washington is to have congressmen and/ or senators with seniority and clout. For decades, that’s exactly how we got major

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programs and projects, including vital hurricane protection. Until recently, Louisiana appeared to be well-positioned, particularly in the Senate. Landrieu was among the ranking Democrats and Vitter is poised to serve as a committee chair now that the GOP controls the Upper Chamber.

Landrieu’s defeat at the polls will cost Louisiana in the foreseeable future, and her loss to Cassidy also means our state has to start over with Graves in Cassidy’s former 6th Congressional District seat. Abraham succeeds former U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister, who was in office only a year — and McAllister was an embarrassment almost from day one. To make matters worse, a year from now four of our eight delegation members (two representatives and both senators) could be rookies if Vitter wins the governor’s race.

On the bright side, the two men who represent southeast Louisiana in the House — Steve Scalise and Cedric Richmond — already have acquired some measure of clout. Scalise is the House Majority Whip; Richmond is seen as a rising star in the Black Caucus. Nationally, Scalise’s star has fallen considerably in the wake of news that

in 2002 he addressed a white supremacist group founded by neo-Nazi David Duke.

Many Democrats and some Republicans have called for him to step down as whip, but the House leadership and the Republican Caucus last week stood by him. If Scalise can put this scandal behind him — he has admitted his mistake, denounced all hate groups and expressed “regret” — he will be well-positioned to look out for Louisiana’s interests, but he will be virtually alone in terms of having the kind of clout that can move the congressional needle.

“Clout” was a central argument Landrieu raised in her failed bid for a fourth term, and her defeat does nothing to diminish the importance of having a delegation that can deliver — particularly for a state that depends as heavily as we do on federal largesse. Regardless of which party controls the House or Senate, clout matters.

And no matter how loudly state politicians decry the federal government, they — and we — depend heavily on federal funding, no matter how you slice it.

Using federal statistics, the personal finance website WalletHub recently took a basic measurement — how much each

state pays in federal taxes versus what it gets back from the feds — and charted the results. By that metric, Louisiana is the fourth-ranking mendicant state in the union.

We get back $3.35 for every dollar that our state’s residents pay in federal taxes. Louisiana also ranks fifth when it comes to federal SNAP (food stamp) benefits. Even more glaring, federal funds make up 44.3 percent of Louisiana’s annual budget, according to WalletHub. That means our congressional delegation spends a lot of time hat-in-hand in Washington, trying to convince their peers to send money to Louisiana.

This doesn’t comport with many Louisiana politicians’ image of themselves, which often involves posturing against Washington and complaining about federal “interference.”

That was a favorite meme of Gov. Bobby Jindal in rejecting federal funds to expand the Affordable Care Act in Louisiana. All of that goes out the window, of course, when federal aid is clearly needed — as in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures or during the BP oil disaster. At such times, the money can’t get here fast enough.

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Hey Blake,

We used to ride the ferry to Algiers for live music on weekends during our visits to New Orleans. It appears the ferry no longer has late-evening hours to and from Algiers. What happened and how can we get the service restored?

Wil Best, Harrisburg, Pa.

Dear Wil,

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The Algiers Ferry, which is operated by a private company, still shuttles passengers at night, just not late at night. The last ferry trip is 9:45 p.m. weekdays, earlier on weekends.

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New Orleanians cherish visitors like you, who return to our fair city to soak up the culture — particularly at great music spots like those on Algiers Point. As you’ve noted, getting to and from them late at night is more challenging now because of changes to the ferry service.

Let’s start with a little history. According to the Friends of the Ferry’s website, the Algiers ferry first began offering regular service in 1827. The Louisiana Legislature granted August Coycault and Barthelemy Gosselin a contract to operate a steam ferry on the Mississippi River from the foot of Patterson Street on the West Bank to Jackson Square on the East Bank. In 1834, a second ferry was added, and its East Bank landing was later moved to Canal Street. A third ferry line was added in 1858, going from Verret Street to Esplanade Avenue, along with the Walnut Street Ferry, which took riders from Audubon Park to Westwego.

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e switch from ferries to flights to remember the original namesake for New Orleans’ airport — John Bevins Moisant. Passengers flying in and out of the airport (which was renamed Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in 2001) often wonder about the facility’s MSY designation. It stands for Moisant Stock Yards.

Who was Moisant? A pioneer aviator and daredevil, he was known as the “King of Aviators” for being the first to conduct passenger flights over a city (New York) and the first to fly across the English Channel with a passenger. He came to New Orleans on New Year’s Eve 1910 with his traveling group of daredevil aviators to thrill crowds with aeronautical acrobatics and an attempt to break the distance record for a nonstop flight.

Moisant took off from City Park, but his plane crashed in Kenner — near where the airport now stands. Later the area was turned into a stockyard and, oddly, was named in his honor. It made more sense to honor Moisant by naming the new airport for him when it opened there in 1946.

At the time the ferry was introduced, Algiers was governed by its own police jury and was separate from the City of New Orleans. That changed in 1870, when Algiers was incorporated into the city. More recently, the ferries reportedly carried more than a million passengers a year, but state officials say those numbers have dropped. The ferry’s extended hours fell victim to the same 2013 ballot measure that ended tolls on the Crescent City Connection. When voters abolished the bridge tolls, they also cut off one of the ferry’s main funding sources.

Operations since have been privatized. Transdev, the company that runs the Regional Transit

Authority, now operates the ferry and charges $2 per passenger. Ferry service has been cut back to 16 hours a day instead of 18 hours a day. A November 2014 story in The Times-Picayune reported ridership at about 350,000 since February, when the operations were privatized. Although the ferries remain popular during special events, the average daily ridership numbers don’t suggest the company will add more hours — but ferry managers say they will consider it if they see more passengers. You can let them know how you feel by emailing ferryoperations@transdev.com.

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POLITICS

Jindal’s international chops

o now Bobby Jindal is off to earn his foreign policy chops, thanks to a 10day “economic development mission” to Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Jindal returns Jan. 20, almost exactly a year after his first international foray as governor — that one a trade mission to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

If this is a run-up to Jindal’s expected announcement that he’s running for president in 2016 (is there anyone who doesn’t think that’s what this is all about?), I suppose it’s not quite as laughable as then-Gov. Sarah Palin touting her international bona fides in 2008 by saying one could see Russia from parts of Alaska … but it’s close.

Imagine Jindal on the campaign trail, or as a vice presidential nominee (OK, don’t do that last one), telling a reporter, “I’ve been to Japan. I know how to build on our long relationship with our allies there.” Or, “I know the Swiss, and they’re a lot more than private banking.”

Lest there be any doubt that this jaunt is anything but a scrim for Jindal to pick up some international affairs cred, consider that his itinerary includes a foreign policy speech to the Henry Jackson Society (a conservative London think tank) and an

unspecified number of meetings with unspecified political leaders in the UK. I guess the specifics of those meetings are part of Gov. Wannabe’s “deliberative process,” which allows such details to be kept from the public view under the “transparency” law that he pushed through the Louisiana Legislature in 2009.

Remember that law?

If you don’t, it’s probably because you’ve never tried to get important public information out of state government. Like many things Jindal does, he attaches an Orwellian tag to it — like calling a proposed law that makes his office the least transparent governorship in America, which it is, a “transparency bill.” The same holds for the “ethics reform” package that he pushed through the Legislature soon after he took office in 2008. His “reforms” applied to everyone but himself, and it gutted both the effectiveness and the authority of the state Ethics Administration.

Here’s another quintessentially Jindal tidbit: Louisiana taxpayers are picking up an unspecified portion of the tab for his trip. The other unspecified portion will be covered by Jindal’s campaign fund. The lack of specificity no doubt reflects some deliberative process on the governor’s part. Well, he is deliberating his best strategy for getting the hell out of Louisiana.

The absurdity of Jindal running for president on his record as Louisiana’s least popular modern governor — and using taxpayer dollars to gin up foreign policy expertise — is mind-boggling.

That absurdity is rivaled only by the lack of pushback from citizens and lawmakers. I guess in the end we really do get the government we deserve.

Jindal will return to Louisiana just in time for “The Response,” his mega-prayer meeting at LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The event is hosted by the hatemongering American Family Association (like Jindal’s “transparency” law, another Orwellian misnomer). There, the now globetrotting governor will lead the enthralled in supplication for America’s future.

That’s nice, but it would be even nicer if he would do something about Louisiana’s future first — like fix the train wreck of a deficit that his administration created over the past seven years.

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CUPS

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Sniff, sniff. Stir. Sniff.

Inside Zephyr Green Coffee Importers on Julia Street, I’m hovering over a small army of tiny porcelain cups filled with chocolate-colored coffee grounds, wafting my hand in the air, chemistry class-style, in an attempt to beckon forth their aroma. The person to my left — a swishy-haired employee in Sperry TopSiders — laughs and shakes his head: “No, you have to get your nose closer to the cup. Try not to inhale too deeply, though, or it’ll go up your nose.”

Crouching like a swimmer poised on the high dive, I position my nostrils over the edge of the miniature cup, close my eyes and take a firm whiff.

It doesn’t work quite right. I proceed to inhale a small latte’s worth of grounds and fall back into a sniffling, sneezing mess. Clearly, I am a first-timer.

“That’s happened to all of us, don’t worry,” consoled a fellow coffee sniffer, grinning.

While I usually prefer passing coffee between my lips to getting it lodged in my sinuses, today my duty is to do just that as part of my inaugural “coffee cupping” experience. Coffee cupping is the process of evaluating a coffee’s aroma and flavor profile through smell and taste, determining its unique olfactory qualities and mouth feel. The highly patient team at Zephyr — which imports highquality raw (green) coffee beans from sustainability-focused farms the world over — is a youthful group but possesses enviable coffee expertise.

This coffee drink comes with foam art at Hey! Cafe on Magazine Street.

The next “cupping” step is to taste the wares. We quickly aspirate and spit out the coffee into personal, handheld spittoons, moving like a game of caffeinated musical chairs and emitting the kind of guttural noises that would make farm animals blush. Sniff. Spit. Sniff. Spit. Someone nods approvingly about a Vietnamese bean with a floral, honeysuckle-like bouquet, and we all marvel at a Brazilian coffee that tastes uncannily like Lipton iced tea. (Even I could taste that one.)

The team at Zephyr undertakes this sensory-intensive practice each morning at 10 a.m., examining the flavor profile of beans with surgical precision. The attention to detail is meticulous, as six members of the small staff cycle through swishing and snuffling roughly 50 cups — five different cuppings of 10 beans.

Zephyr’s foray into the specialty green coffee trade marks the latest wave in a long stream of coffee importers who have made their homes in New Orleans, which has had the premier coffee port in the U.S. for almost two centuries. The Port of New Orleans and coffee are inextricably linked,

with 15 warehouses devoted solely to java, and the world’s largest coffee silo — Silocaf — located inside Orleans Parish lines.

Nationally, the reach of New Orleansstyle coffee is more prominent than ever before, thanks in large part to Californiabased Blue Bottle Coffee. The company’s 18-hour cold-brewed, chicory-tinged iced coffee has become a darling on both coasts and is served in San Francisco and New York coffee shops in charmingly twee milk cartons.

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The newest COFFEE REVOLUTIONARIES in New Orleans are actually the latest wave in a CENTURIESLONG TRADITION.

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RIGHT: Tasters ready for “coffee cupping” at Zephyr Green Coffee Importers.

BELOW: The casual DIY atmosphere at Church Alley Coffee in Central City.

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The recent influx of newcomers to the city has diversified the coffee scene and created a strong demand for the specialty stylings that once were all but absent. The movement has been swift and strong, even wending its way into older coffee houses that never would have explored unfamiliar techniques like pour-over a few years ago and causing restaurants to rethink the quality and execution of their coffee programs.

For decades, the conversation in New Orleans largely has been about quantity — how many metric tons of beans can be shipped in, how many iterations of local chains can open across the region and how New Orleans can better export its unique chicory coffee tradition to a national audience.

In today’s New Orleans, though, coffee makers are starting to think small. A new generation of coffee revolutionaries is changing the conversation from quantity to quality, making the case for coffee in New Orleans to become an imaginative craft on par with cocktails and meticulously executed fine dining. Over the past four years, this specialty coffee scene (sometimes called “third-wave coffee”) has bloomed, with practitioners setting up shops in pocket-sized nooks and crannies, intensely focusing on the artistry of coffee from bean to cup.

New Orleans’ next generation of baristas has a few key tenets that set it apart. First, each of these places

— from Spitfire in the French Quarter to HiVolt in the Lower Garden District — is intensely concerned with sourcing the highest-quality products from microroasters across the country. These microroasters primarily use singleorigin beans grown within a specific geographical area, or “microlot” beans, which can be traced to a single field, farm or day of harvest. The connections between farm, roaster and coffee shop are strong.

With so much care given to bean selection, it follows that the unique flavor of the drink itself — not a bunch of gussied up add-ons — is the focus of specialty coffee. In a complete inversion of the pumpkin-spiced, “skim-hold-thewhip” chain coffee shops that continue to sling milk-and-sugar concoctions passed off as coffee, New Orleans’ new espresso experts are spotlighting how delicious coffee can be when it is stripped down to essentials.

“The specialty coffee scene is coming in, and we’re showing people what coffee can be without a bunch of milk and sugar,” says Lauren Morlock of Solo Espresso. “It can be this really great drink all on its own.”

Morlock and fellow coffee experts are serving pour-overs, cortados and Japanese Oji drip cold brew to a new wave of coffee enthusiasts thirsting for these handcrafted, high-quality drinks.

One of these aficionados is Lauren Fink, who launched Cherry Coffee inside Stein’s Market and Deli in 2013. “I moved here and there was nowhere that I could find the kind of good, specialty coffee I was used to,” Fink says. “I had pour-over setups all over my house. It was so nerdy. I think a lot of people are moving here from places where they were used to having that kind of coffee, and it’s really changed the landscape.”

New Orleans’ specialty coffee boom is led almost entirely by a crew of savvy young women, who are bringing the coffee culture they loved elsewhere to this city. Along with Morlock and Fink,

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The in-house roaster at Hey! Cafe.

Roasting a week’s supply of coffee in this small machine takes about six hours.

Renee Blanchard of Church Alley Coffee and Jane Srisarakorn of Arrow Cafe are a powerhouse foursome, pioneering the current coffee movement.

“I remember the first time that Lauren from Solo came by, and I had never met her, and I was super-excited to make her espresso because she’s so good at what she does and so passionate,” Srisarakorn says. “It’s nice, because we all have a different point of view slightly and we all talk about it and respect each other. I think it’s going to be us little shops that help steer the conversation.”

The entrepreneurial quartet and other specialty shops across the city also are marked by the diminutive spaces in which they operate, taking the intimate coffee experience to a different level. Cherry Coffee operates from a small table in the corner of Stein’s in the Garden District. Arrow Cafe shares a North Rampart Street space with a female-focused bicycle shop and a store filled with vintage cocktail shakers and cooking accoutrements. Solo Espresso is located in the basement of a 9th Ward house; visiting there feels like entering a whimsical, vine-covered elf cottage.

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While coffee shops have always been one of the city’s premier environments where locals go to relax and socialize, New Orleans’ next generation of baristas also are attempting to make their shops — no matter how small — nexuses of the community.

“I wanted to create a space [in Central City] where you can get really high-quality

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coffee, but run into these people and neighbors who are making a difference,” Church Alley Coffee’s Blanchard says. “ We’re all so connected here that I wanted to create a place where all those themes came together.”

Morlock agrees. “I didn’t just create this for myself, I created it for my [Lower 9th Ward] neighbors. All of the artwork is painted by neighbors and friends, and a couple of our customers built us the beautiful wooden furniture in trade for coffee. It’s as community-oriented as possible.”

This sentiment extends citywide, as specialty coffee has built out a network of support.

“I started accounts [on social media] called ‘Coffee Curious NOLA’ to track what was new and popping up across the city,” says Aleece Langford, a barista at HiVolt who was trained by Spitfire proprietor Nick Christian.

Since 2011, Coffee Curious NOLA has observed and recorded the burgeoning specialty coffee culture.

“I made a short list last week of specialty coffee shops … and there’s about a dozen right now. Then, I was thinking about the ones that are going to be opening in the next six to 12 months, and we’re probably going to double the number we have now,” Langford says, adding, “I don’t feel like it’s competitive, though, as much as [it is] a way we can all bolster each other. There’s room.”

Langford has helped to organize a monthly meetup for baristas as a way to get practitioners out from behind the bar and connecting with each other over drinks or in

Arrow Cafe on North Rampart Street in the French Quarter features a woman-focused bike shop in the coffee house.

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TOP: Solo Espresso is located on the lower level of a house on Poland Avenue in the Ninth Ward.

MIDDLE: A barista at Spitfire Coffee on St. Peter Street in the French Quarter.

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BOTTOM: HiVolt Coffee in the Lower Garden District.

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small educational classes. In November, Hey! Cafe hosted a coffee-themed bike ride called “Caffeine Cruize,” which had participants pedaling together from one coffee shop to another across the city.

Church Alley’s Blanchard has taken the coffee movement to print with her recently launched quarterly zine Tasting Coffee in NOLA, which aims to chronicle specialty coffee’s burgeoning role in the city’s well-caffeinated history. The first issue covered many of the basics of specialty coffee — such as the difference between a macchiato and cortado — and the second will focus on the sanctity and design of coffee shop spaces.

“I just wanted to record our place in the story of coffee in New Orleans,” Blanchard says. “The specialty coffee community here is so strong now.

Instead of competing, all of our shops are just raising the bar over and over again.”

With the ever-expanding number of shops and the presence of high-quality green bean importers, the growth of small-batch “microroasting” in New Orleans is the next step toward crafting an even more finely tuned specialty coffee experience. The next five years likely will see today’s wave of espresso bars attempting even deeper personalization of their product, following the in-house roasting path set by French Truck Coffee and Hey! Cafe. Instead of sourcing from microroasters across the nation, baristas who roast in house would have complete control over the product they serve from bean to cup.

“I knew roasting our own beans would help us be able to explore what

kind of coffees we wanted to carry based on our whims rather than what anyone else was carrying,” says Tommy LeBlanc of Hey! Cafe, who also has explored “barbaric methods” of coffee roasting in popcorn poppers, ovens and skillets.

Roasting the week’s supply at Hey! Cafe takes the staff approximately six hours using their current machine — a sleek, tangerine-colored Ambexbrand beauty set up for prime mobility on a wooden cart. Roasting there is still in its early stages; the staff celebrated the official unveiling of their roasting operation in December with a space-themed “coffee invasion” party, complete with alien masks and a tiny illustrated coffee comic book from local artist Caesar Meadows.

Today, all the coffee served in-house (with the exception of decaf) is roasted on the spot, making the coffee shop an almost completely autonomous operation.

Down the street, Fink has been tinkering with roasting in her current space, but plans to explore it in earnest this summer, when she moves into her permanent home — a spacious former firehouse on Annunciation Street.

“I’ve been trying to learn the art of roasting, but it’s a slow-moving process,” Fink says. “It’s nothing I want to rush, but I’m definitely moving in that direction.”

Across the board, there’s no haste when it comes to specialty coffee — the beauty is in the process. A truly great espresso or latte can’t be whipped up or hurried. Much like a craft cocktail, the physical effort and emotional energy behind each coffee creation is a thoughtful, delicate balance of flavor and texture. The coffee itself — from importing, to roasting, to brewing — is an invitation to slow down and pay attention to detail. New Orleans’ next generation of coffee revolutionaries is bringing this ritual, relationship and community to a caffeine-fueled city, one cup at a time.

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Orleans Ballet Association for youth in cooperation with the New Orleans Recreation Department. Chevron also supports Satchmo SummerFest and the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts in Lafayette.

The Gambit-affiliated Foundation for Entertainment Development & Education awards annual grants to local artists and organizations.

Proceeds from the luncheon benefit the foundation. The luncheon is sponsored by Gambit, Hotel Monteleone, Adler’s, Hall Piano Co., WWNO 89.9 FM and Uptown Costume & Dancewear. Call Jon Broder at (504) 483-3129 for tickets and information.

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he Foundation for Entertainment Development & Education announced special awards and nominations for performances of classical music, choral singing, opera, ballet and ethnic and contemporary dance in the New Orleans area in 2014. Winners will be announced at the Tribute to the Classical Arts luncheon Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Hotel Monteleone.

A couple of performing arts groups are assured of winning awards. The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) swept the nominations for Best Classical Music Performance and the New Orleans Opera Association received all finalist spots for Best Opera Production and Creative Achievement in Opera for its presentations of Carmen, Rusulka, Cinderella and La Boheme. The LPO received six nominations and its chamber music group also is up for an award.

Nominations for modern and ethnic dance include a wide array of groups, including new companies, and there were performances at a diverse list of venues, ranging from Trinity Episcopal Church and First Baptist Church to the McKenna Museum of African American Art, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center and Dancing Grounds.

Diane L. Carney will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Carney is a New Orleans native who has spent her life dancing, choreographing and teaching. She is the artistic director of Ballet Hysell, and she has choreographed and designed productions for Tulane Opera Theatre, Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, Dashiki Theater and Jefferson Performing Arts Society.

The Arts Education Award will be presented to the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in the Habitat for Humanity Musicians’ Village. The center provides music education to more than 200 students per week, as well as classes on Mardi Gras Indian beadwork, homework assistance and other programs. The center serves adults and children and features classrooms, dance studios, recording studios and more.

The Arts Patron Award honors Chevron. It is being recognized for supporting the arts in New Orleans, particularly arts education at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and programming by the New

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Ballet Hysell Artistic Director Diane Laizer Carney will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The New Orleans Opera Association’s production of Jules Massenet’s Cinderella is nominated for Best Opera.

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Love Taps, from Gulf Coast Theatre on Tap’s program Love Taps: An Evening of Rhythm & Romance is nominated for Outstanding Contemporary Dance Presentation.

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2014: A Strauss Odyssey Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductor Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts Brahms and Bartok LPO, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductor Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts Shostakovich “Leningrad” Symphony LPO, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductor Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts

BEST NEW CLASSICAL MUSIC PRESENTATION The Glory and the Grandeur: Concerto for Percussion Trio LPO, Russell Peck, Composer Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts Sierrah Dietz and Molly Katzman are nominated for Outstanding Choreography for their New Orleans Fringe Festival work HOME. P H O T O BY K A L E C H E S N E Y

Salve Regina New Resonance Orchestra Chamber Ensemble Tucker Fuller, Composer Marigny Opera House

Symphony No. 3 by Philip Glass LPO with Diavolo Dance Theatre Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts

BEST OPERA PRODUCTION Carmen New Orleans Opera Association (NOOA) Brad Dalton, Director Robert Lyall, Conductor Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts Cinderella NOOA Jose Maria Condemi, Director Robert Lyall, Conductor Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts Rusalka NOOA William Murray, Director Robert Lyall, Conductor Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts

BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE Louis Moreau Gottschalk and the Spanish World Peter Collins, piano; Amy Pfrimmer, soprano Historic New Orleans Collection’s Williams Research Center

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Lyrica Baroque is nominated for Best Chamber Music Performance for its May concert at the Opera Guild Home.

The New Orleans Opera Association’s production of Rusalka, starring Melissa Citro and Raymond Aceto, is nominated for Best Opera and Best Creative Achievement in Opera.

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Junebug Productions is nominated for Outstanding Ethnic Dance Presentation for Gomela.

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Lyrica Baroque Lyrica Baroque Opera Guild Home

BEST CHORAL ARTS PRESENTATION Luceat: To the Creator of Light New Orleans Vocal Arts (NOVA) Chorale Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church A Baroque Christmas LPO and NOVA Chorale First Baptist Church New Orleans Sacred Music Festival New Orleans Healing Center

BEST CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA Don Darnutzer, Lighting and Projection Design Rusalka NOOA Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts Kristine McIntyre, Stage Direction La Boheme NOOA Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts

Selcouth Liaison Maya Taylor, Choreographer The Marigny Opera House Dance Company The Marigny Opera House

OUTSTANDING BALLET PRESENTATION

OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY DANCE PRESENTATION

Bandoneon Pas de Deux Ballet Hysell Loyola University, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall

Badu-izms: A Tribute to Erykah Stylist B., Choreographer Joy Theater

Narcissus & Echo Loyola Ballet Loyola University, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall Yardbirds NOCCA NOCCA, Freda Lupin Memorial Hall

OUTSTANDING MODERN DANCE PRESENTATION Green Monique Moss, Choreographer New Orleans Ballet Association Center for Dance/NORDC Tulane University, Dixon Hall Love Story Monica Marie Ordonez, Choreographer Avatar Movement Dance Company Marigny Opera House

Love Taps Heidi Malnar, Choreographer Gulf Coast Theatre on Tap Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts The Most Important Thing Marion Spencer, Choreographer Dance For Social Change YEP Youth Center They Don’t Eat Corn Here Reese Johanson, Choreographer Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center

15th Year Anniversary Concert Micaela y Fiesta Flamenca Trinity Episcopal Church GOMELA/to return: Movement of our Mother Tongue Junebug Productions McKenna Museum of African American Art The Saints Are Marching In Third Eye Theatre St. Maurice Church

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY, NEW WORK Touch-Me-Not Diogo de Lima, Choreographer Good Dance Since 1984 Marigny Opera House

OUTSTANDING ETHNIC DANCE PRESENTATION

HOME Sierrah Dietz and Molly Katzman, Choreographers HOMEbodies Dancing Grounds

34th Annual Spring Concert Komenka Ethnic Dance & Music Ensemble Loyola University, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall

The Stepford Wives Monica Marie Ordonez, Choreographer Avatar Movement Dance Company Marigny Opera House

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The Soldier’s Tale by Igor Stravinsky LPO Chamber Concert New Orleans Athletic Club

New Orleans Opera Chorus, Carol Rausch, Chorus Master Carmen NOOA Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts

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Chef Andrea Apuzzo toasts his restaurant’s 30th anniversary.

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Apuzzo holds his restaurant to timetested standards, to which he credits its success.

“Anybody who walks in the front door is a VIP,” he says. “Treat people how you want to be treated: give them quality, give them consistency, give them good service. If God gave it to you, you have to share with others.”

Many customers have dined at Andrea’s for years. “[They] grew up here and bring their children and come back for generations,” he says.

Apuzzo celebrates the restaurant’s 30th anniversary with discounted prices: Monday, Jan. 19, through Sunday, Jan. 25, menu prices will be the same as they were when the restaurant opened in 1985. Musician Ronnie Kole will play. “You can listen to music and celebrate our restaurant,” Apuzzo says.

The chef says he is grateful for years of support from New Orleanians and will leave a legacy of cookbooks and the recipes served at Andrea’s.

“Young people can continue traditions and carry on the legacy, the love and passion of cooking,” Apuzzo says.

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Dirty Coast (5631 Magazine St., 504-324-3745; 329 Julia St., 504-324-6459; www.dirtycoast. com) partners with the New Orleans Public Library (citywide; www.nutrias.org) for its “20 on 20” initiative in 2015. On the 20th day of every month, Dirty Coast will donate 20 percent of proceeds to the library.

Obeah Nyc (www.obeahnyc.com) is a new line of Creole-themed luxury home and body fragrances by New Orleans native and current NYC resident Jonathan Steadman.

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Through Jan. 31, EcoSmart fireplaces and jewelry are 30 percent off and other select items in the store are 50 percent off at Spruce (2043 Magazine St., 504-265-0946; www.sprucenola.com).

Walmart Neighborhood Market (3130 Pontchartrain Drive, Slidell, 985-288-6518; www. walmart.com) opened in Slidell last week. The 41,000-square-foot store is open 24 hours a day and offers groceries, toys, electronics, housewares and a pharmacy.

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ven after 58 years in kitchens, chef Andrea Apuzzo of Andrea’s Restaurant (3100 19th St., Metairie, 504-834-8583; www. andreasrestaurant.com) is passionate about creating classical Italian dishes.

His eponymous restaurant celebrates its 30th anniversary this month.

Apuzzo describes his story as an American dream that began on a farm on the island of Capri, where his family grew produce and made its own wine and olive oil. Learning to respect, grow and prepare food as a child gave Apuzzo “the potential to learn how to be a great cook and a good person.” He left home at age 14 to pursue his career cooking in hotels across Europe. His job took him to France, Germany, Mexico and, in 1966, New Orleans, where he worked as executive chef at the Rib Room in the Royal Orleans hotel. “[New Orleans] looked like a European city,” Apuzzo says. “[It’s] a great place for people who enjoy cooking. … [I] felt right at home” In 1984, Apuzzo’s uncle bought a restaurant, which Apuzzo and his cousins opened a year later. At Andrea’s, he combines local ingredients with Italian recipes. One of the most popular menu items is eggplant crab cake, which combines fresh Louisiana eggplant with fresh crabmeat. Veal chops, porcini ravioli, cheese ravioli Roberto and smoked salmon are other stalwart menu items.

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Bao & Noodle serves house-made noodles.

By Sarah Baird

The tea egg is perhaps the most disappointing example of this lack of balance. Tea eggs are a traditional savory Chinese snack, in which the shell of a hardboiled egg is cracked the egg is boiled again in a blend of tea and spices. The end result is a visually arresting, marbled sphere with an abstract web of charcoal-colored lines running across the egg’s white interior. Bao & Noodle’s tea egg is expertly prepared, with a cross-section of black tea, star anise and soy sauce notes seeping into the egg to create a well-rounded, tantalizing experience for the palate. The dish (traditionally a street food), however, costs $12 and arrives one to a plate, paired with bundles of unseasoned, wilted greens and a bland white rice.

The price of large plates generally seems high (roughly $13 on average), even when taking into account the level of handmade execution. It seems like dishes need an additional level of flavor and complexity or simplification and lower costs.

A duo of dessert options — almond jelly and milky ginger custard — pay homage to the way palate cleansing dishes are often the best way to end a heavily-spiced meal. This is particulary evident in the preparation of the almond jelly with osmanthus (a flowering plant similar to sweet olive) syrup. An arrangement of white, jiggly, gently nutty cubes form a neat stack in a bath of honey-tinged, floral sugar water, providing the kind of clean flavor and glossy texture not often achieved, but most welcome, as a final tasting note.

Email Sarah Baird at sarahgambitdining@gmail.com

Bao & Noodle specializes in house-made noodles.

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what

Bao & Noodle

where

2700 Chartres St., (504) 272-0004; www.baoandnoodle.com

when

lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat.

how much

Beer events

New Belgium Brewing (www.newbelgium.com) introduced its new session IPA called Slow Ride. The brewery sponsors a Slow Ride Slow Crawl on the Northshore on Tuesday, in Lafayette on Wednesday and in Baton Rouge Thurs-

moderate

what works

tender house-made noodles; “strange flavor” peanuts; desserts

what doesn’t

texturally unbalanced dishes; small portions

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fresh ingredients and good service satisfy while dishes’ flavors find their feet

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n the Faubourg Marigny, Bao & Noodle is helping lead a wave of next-generation Chinese restaurants in New Orleans. The restaurant’s focus on serving fresh ingredients in a welcoming, neighborly atmosphere is energizing, and should help keep customers returning as the menu’s flavor profile continues to find its feet.

Located inside the former home of Sound Cafe, Bao & Noodle is a BYOB establishment that feels open and breezy, with clean, white walls trimmed in robin’s egg blue. Small plates hold steady around the $5 mark, with green onion-speckled, crispy scallion pancakes dipped in salty-tart black vinegar dipping sauce emerging as a customer favorite. The “strange flavor” peanuts are a one-of-a-kind taste treat, with a chewy texture and candied (almost brittle-like) clustering that harbors a surprising punch of chile pepper, vinegar and sugar.

The house-made noodles are easily the restaurant’s most outstanding feature, presenting diners with a swath of chewy, fresh pastas that steal the show in each dish. Bao & Noodle’s stable of creations have a delicate texture and tender mouthfeel that makes even the wiggly-shaped biang biang noodles seem pillowy, spotlighting how high-quality ingredients and preparations can turn a staple element of Chinese food into a scene stealer.

Generally, each dish has a number of delightful (often unfamiliar) flavors and textures, but each also lacks an element to round out the plates into a well-balanced meal. Dan dan noodles arrive like a spool of thick, unfurled ribbon in a small bowl, topped with velvety, slow-cooked pork that makes for hearty, wintertime comfort food. But the dish’s purported pickled mustard is all but absent, and thin shards of cured vegetables fail to provide a vinegary counterpoint, allowing the dish to slide into satisfying-but-unremarkable territory. An egg noodle-based bowl offers sweet, tender tail-on shrimp on a bed of buttery, rich pasta, but the trace amounts of XO sauce (or any sauce) leave the dish seasoned with little to complement the shrimp. Heat-laced, cumin-rubbed ground lamb stirred up from the bottom of a bowl of heavy, slinky biany biang noodles is earthy and peppery, but the dish needs a textural pop of crunch that simply isn’t present.

The city’s newest pizza place opened Jan. 6 in the Warehouse District.

Wood Pizza Bistro & Taphouse (404 Andrew Higgins Drive, 504-281-4893; www.facebook.com/woodpizzanola) offers an impressive array of beers on tap, wood-fired pizzas and appetizers.

The pies are crafted by chef Will Salisbury, previously of Pizza Domenica, in a bright red oven situated in the restaurant’s dining room. Specialty pizzas include a bianco pie topped with garlic cream, mozzarella, ricotta, red onion, oregano and olive oil, a four cheese pie with mozzarella, taleggio, Gorgonzola, asiago and tomato and a pepperoni pie. Appetizers include seasoned flatbread with white bean puree and scallops with cauliflower, coriander, mint, almonds, yogurt and black sesame seeds.

The restaurant has a charmingly lit patio full of umbrella-covered tables.

The kitchen is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.

Mid City Pizza (4400 Banks St., 504-483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com) moved across the street into a more spacious location, formerly occupied

by Crescent Pie & Sausage Company.

The pizza spot officially reopened on New Year’s Day. The menu remains the same, but the new space features some enticing additions, including a full bar, daiquiris and old-school arcade games NBA Jam and The Simpsons Arcade.

The restaurant begins lunch service this week, and dinner is served from 4:30 p.m. until midnight. — SARAH BAIRD

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day. The bicycle-focused brewery also is teaming up with local bike club NOLA Social Ride (www.nolasocialride.org) on Jan. 15 for the club’s Happy Birthday Ride and raffle drawing. New Belgium will offer samples of Slow Ride at the first stop, Manning’s (519 Fulton St., 504-593-8118; www.facebook.com/manningsnola), and at the afterparty at Dat Dog (601 Frenchmen St., 504-309-3362; www.datdognola.com), there will be New Belgium swag, pint specials on Slow Ride, and the opportunity to win a Fat Tire Cruiser bike through the club’s Bike Repair Station fundraiser raffle.

NOLA Brewing will team up with San Diego’s Stone Brewing to release a collaboration beer in time for Fat Tuesday. In 2012, the two breweries created a hoppy porter called Pour Me Something Mistah and released it during the first weekend of parades. On Saturday, Feb. 14, the two breweries will roll out The Bringer of Destruction at The Avenue Pub (1732 St. Charles Ave., 504-586-9243; www.theavenuepub.com), named for longtime local Stone Brewing sales reprentative Jason Armstrong and rumored to be an Imperial IPA. The national chain World of Beer recently opened a location in Metairie (4100 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 504-266-2689; www.worldofbeer. com/locations/metairie) that is well stocked with Louisiana craft brews.

It will open a Warehouse District location on the 300 block of Julia Street in early summer. — NORA McGUNNIGLE

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Dining in the Big Apple

Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar will send chef Josh Boeckelman and a team of four to prepare a dinner at the James Beard Foundation’s (www.jamesbeard.org) home in New York Jan. 16. The foundation bills the dinner as “Life in the Big Easy,” and there are hors d’oeurvres and a fivecourse meal paired with wines ($130 for members, $170 to the general public). Hors d’oeurvres include mirliton fritters with ravigote sauce, blackened lamb belly and smoked trout rillettes. The dinner features “crayfish” boil salad, snapper crude with “satsuma-cello” and celery oil, dirty farro with chicken liver mousse, “crayfish” boudin-stuffed rabbit with rabbit jus and Creole cream cheese-stuffed king cake beignets.

The foundation hosts dinners several nights each week from chefs from across the country.

The Beard Foundation presents annual awards for chefs and restaurants. Winners from 2014 included chefs Sue Zemanick (Gautreau’s, Ivy) and Ryan Prewitt (Peche Seafood Grill) sharing Best Chef: Southeast honors and Peche won Best New Restaurant in the nation.

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3-COURSE interview

Tracy Kish and Samantha Saliter Crepe makers

Tracy Kish and Samantha Saliter are the duo behind The Crepe Cart (www. facebook.com/crepewizard), a new addition to the French Market serving French crepes on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Kish and Saliter spoke to Gambit about their inspiration and secrets to making perfect crepes

How did the idea for the cart come about?

The cart design is personalized and unique.

Who came up with it?

K: We came up with the dream of the cart and did a lot of brainstorming with designing the cart. We stumbled upon an engineer who thought our designs were really cool, so he put his heart and soul into building it for us. It was really lucky.

Saliter: We did so many catering setups from the creperie before — and it involved a lot of lifting and unpacking and so forth — we tried with the cart to be streamlined, so it has a space for a cooler and a grill; then big wagon wheels that we can take off if we want. It kind of collapses into a smaller cart. We tried to make it look very Old World style, because we’re thinking we might also bring it to Renaissance faires.

K: We put a lot of thought into the compartments, so everything can be pulled apart and cleaned very quickly.

What’s the secret to making a good crepe?

K: I fell in love with the process of making crepes, and I had never thought of myself as a good cook before. We got really into perfecting it, and finding ways to make the process as quick as possible with never a movement wasted. It’s oddly meditative.

S: It’s like a performance when you’re making crepes. You have all of these people around watching you at all times, so it’s about flourishing and the way you wield your spatula. You spin it out and it’s kind of like a Zen garden — the way you rake the batter and fill it and flip it, then flip it again.

K: I’m trying to find out historically if there ever was a crepe cart in New Orleans. I can’t imagine that we’re the first crepe cart in the city, but maybe Lucky Dogs has just had a monopoly on pushcarts in the French Quarter. — SARAH BAIRD

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Kish: We used to be the catering specialists for a creperie in New Orleans for about five years. We came up with the idea for the crepe cart about two years ago, because we thought it was really strange that the French Quarter didn’t have a crepe cart. All throughout France, they’re everywhere, so there’s no reason not to have one here.

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Combining beer with brunch might sound like an odd idea, but it’s catching on at New Orleans restaurants.

“With the brunch food scene being so big in New Orleans and the craft beer scene growing, it makes so much sense,” says New Belgium Brewing Company sales rep Buck Brown.

“Pairings can be fun and creative with beer mimosas and breakfast beers.”

At World of Beer (4100 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-266-2689; www. worldofbeer.com/locations/metairie), “Beer-unch” happens every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Diners can choose an IPA to accompany breakfast tacos or a Belgian dubbel ale to pair with the Belgian beer waffles, which have beer in the batter and come with blueberry wheat ale compote. The chicken and waffle sandwich features beer-brined chicken topped with bacon and onion jam served between Belgian waffles.

World of Beer also offers the “beermosa,” which is a wheat ale combined with orange juice. A similar drink is served every weekend at Pizza Domenica z(4933 Magazine St., 504-301-4978; www.pizzadomenica.com), which serves a “birrmosa” made with Super Baladin’s Floreale, a dry-hopped Belgian-style pale ale from Italy.

On Saturday, Jan. 17, the Bulldog Uptown (3236 Magazine St., 504-891-1516; www.draftfreak.com) hosts a multi-course New Belgium beer brunch. For $40, diners can enjoy six New Belgium beers, including Salted Belgian Chocolate Stout on nitro and draft Transatlantique Kriek, a cherry lambic style which will not be available on draft anywhere else in 2015. The brunch starts with cheese and fruit, followed by breakfast fare like chicken and waffles, eggs and bacon, plus dessert. The brunch is from 10 a.m. until noon.. — NORA McGUNNIGLE Email Nora McGunnigle at nora@nolabeerblog.com

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2010 Torre de Golban Crianza RIBERA DEL DUERO, SPAIN RETAIL $18

This 100 percent tempranillo wine comes from Ribera del Duero in north central Spain along the banks of the Duero River, where many renowned wines are produced.

Ten years ago, producer Atalayas de Golban established a modern winery on a 50-acre estate in Soria province’s remote Atauta valley. The property’s 30- to 50-year-old existing vineyards thrive on the myriad terrains and micro-plot vineyards with soils composed of alluvial deposits, clay, sand, chalk, marl, schist and limestone. At nearly 3,000 feet above sea level, Golban’s vineyards are aerated by constant dry winds, which aid the fruit in achieving full maturity. In the evenings, the temperature drops 20 degrees or more, which helps the fruit retain acidity and freshness. After grapes were hand harvested and sorted, the wine was fermented for 22 days in stainless steel tanks. The wine aged 12 months in French oak barriques and an additional year in the bottle. In the glass, it reveals intense aromas of red and black berries, herbal notes, hints of vanilla and toasty oak. On the palate, taste sour red cherry, blackberry, ripened plum, spice, cedar and well-integrated tannins. Decant 30 minutes before serving. Drink it with steaks, hearty stews, grilled sausage, osso buco and aged cheeses. Buy it at: Second Vine Wine. Drink it at: Patois, Salu, Milkfish and Nuvolari’s. — BRENDA MAITLAND Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net

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3 Feelings Cafe

2600 Chartres St., (504) 945-2222

Five veal dishes

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Veal is served with lemon-herb butter, sliced mushrooms, new potatoes and hollandaise.

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6100 Annunciation St., (504) 895-1111

The Flaming Torch

www.clancysneworleans.com

737 Octavia St., (504) 895-0900

Veal livers Lyonnaise is a decadent version of liver and onions.

www.flamingtorchnola.com

Sauteed veal sweetbreads are served with lemon, wine, butter and peeled white grapes.

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620 Chartres St., (504) 267-3500 www.dorismetropolitan.com Veal cheeks are braised in red wine and served with root vegetables, truffle polenta, champignons and pearl onions.

www.ribroomneworleans.com

A paneed veal chop comes with roasted tomatoes and spinach tagliatelle.

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— Julia Feydel, U.S. manager for the European bakery Maison Kayser, on the company’s king cakes, which are sold without babies in the U.S. and Japan due to American and Japanese unfamiliarity with the custom. The Wall Street Journal reported that more worldly children in New York cried when they discovered no baby in their Carnival cake.

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AMERICAN

BAR & GRILL

Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 3029357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $ Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www. downthehatchnola.com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The house-made veggie burger combines 15 vegetables and is served with sun-dried tomato pesto. Delivery available.

No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves chips with salsa and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more.

Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar. com — This burger specialist’s patty options include beef, bison, shrimp and veggie. The House burger is dressed with cheddar, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, mayonnaise and mustard and served with house-made chips.

The Cobb salad features romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, avocado, tomato, onion, applewood-smoked bacon, blue cheese, croutons and buttermilk ranch or honey-mustard dressing. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, po-boys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. Besides patty melts and chili-cheeseburgers, there also are seafood burgers featuring tuna, salmon or crabmeat. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. The ham and honey-Dijon panino is topped with feta and watercress. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Breads on Oak — 8640 Oak St., Suite A, (504) 324-8271; www.breadsonoak.com — The bakery offers a range of breads, muffins, pastries and sweets. Pain au chocolat is a buttery, flakey croissant filled with dark chocolate, and a vegan version also is available. The breads include traditional, handshaped Parisian-style baguettes.

No reservations. Breakfast Wed.-Sun., lunch Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret.com — Casual dining options include burgers, sandwiches and half and whole muffuletta rounds and daily lunch specials. Wednesday features steak night. Reservations accepted. Lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www. cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette.

Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Il Posto Cafe — 4607 Dryades St., (504) 895-2620; www.ilpostocafe-nola.com — The cafe offers house-baked items, bagels, granola and more in the morning. The lunch and dinner menu features panini, Italian cheese boards, antipasti plates, pressed sandwiches, soups and salads. Shaved Brussels sprouts salad includes toasted almonds, Parmesan, apples and house lemon dressing.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines. com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh

Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling

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Colonial Bowling Lanes — 6601 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, (504) 737-2400; www.colonialbowling. net — The kitchen serves breakfast in the morning and a lunch and dinner menu of sandwiches, burgers, chicken wings and tenders, pizza, quesdaillas and more. Daily specials include red beans and rice on Mondays and seafood platters on Friday. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Somethin’ Else Cafe — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www.somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. There are burgers, po-boys and sandwiches filled with everything from cochon de lait to a trio of melted cheeses on buttered thick toast. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino. com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines.

No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Fried catfish is topped with onion rings and served with mashed potatoes. Panko-crusted avacado is topped with shrimp salsa. The restaurant is dog-friendly. 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 — The sports bar offers burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, steaks and a wide array of bar noshing items. Boiled seafood options include shrimp and crabs. Open 24-hours Thursday through Sunday. No reservations.

Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www. therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www. warehousegrille.com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items including chicken wings and duck crepes with spiced cherry glaze.

For brunch, there’s chicken and waffles with Pabst Blue Ribbon syrup. Reservations accepted.

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

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COFFEE/DESSERT

Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www. angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 525-4455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended.

Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — The bar offers a large selection of wines by the glass and full restaurant menu.

Mussels are steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. Chicken mofongo features plantains stuffed with stewed chicken. No reservations.

Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ Fulton Alley — 600 Fulton St., (504) 208-5569; www.fultonalley.com — The kitchen at this upscale bowling alley offers Southern-influenced cuisine. The menu includes sandwiches, salads, meat pies, sliders, deviled eggs and smoked and fried chicken wings.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Ivy — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 8991330 — Chef Sue Zemanick offers a selection of small plates. Grilled lobster is served with arugula, roasted potatoes and corn. Warm snow crab claws come with truffle butter. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Mon.-Sat. Credit Cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice.

House-made leek, ricotta and pumpkin seed ravioli are served with butternut squash cream sauce and grilled asparagus.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$ The Tasting Room — 1906 Magazine St., (504) 581-3880; www. ttrneworleans.com — Sample wines or dine in the lounge or courtyard. The menu features noshing items such as truffle fries and entrees including a petit filet with Gorgonzola cream sauce and asparagus. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit Cards. $$

CREOLE

Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines. com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. The Cuban sandwich features house-made roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovate takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing as well as classics such as its signature bananas Foster. Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/ cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise.

Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www. mamommashouse.com — Traditional home-style Creole dishes include red beans and rice, shrimp pasta, fried chicken, cornbread and more. Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and three or six fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sunday.

Credit cards. $$$ Olivier’s Creole Restaurant — 204 Decatur St., (504) 525-7734; www. olivierscreole.com — Eggplant Olivier features flash-fried eggplant medallions served with shrimp, chicken, andouille and crawfish tails in garlic, basil and brandy sauce. Braised Creole rabbit is served with Creole gravy, oyster dressing and rice pilaf. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.Sat., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Tableau’s updated Creole cuisine includes bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter and grilled Two Run Farm lamb chops served

with New Orleans-style barbecue sauce. Balcony and courtyard dining available. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken.

Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI

Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www. koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations.

Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www. mardigraszone.com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven.

The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna. Vegan pizzas also are available. No reservations.

Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with housemade boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole mustard on an onion roll. 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 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

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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 — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

INDIAN

Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. 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 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori.

Vegetarian options are available.

Reservations recommended.

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

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Canal Street Bistro — 3903 Canal St., (504) 482-1225; www.canalstreetbistro.com — This Mid-City cafe’s menu draws from an array of global influences. Duck enchiladas feature corn tortillas filled with duck confit topped with red mole or chipotle-tomatillo sauce and served with black beans. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Fri., dinner Wed.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

ITALIAN

JAPANESE

Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads.

“Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or

LATIN AMERICAN

La Macarena Pupuseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 8625252; www.pupusasneworleans. com — The NOLA Special breakfast burrito is stuffed with hot sausage, organic eggs, refried black beans, hash browns and American cheese.

Carne asada is marinated and grilled beef tenderloin served with saffron rice and tropical salad. Vegetarian and gluten-free dishes are available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY

7 On Fulton — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton.com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with blonde ale. Oven-roasted lobster tail is topped with Louisiana crawfish and corn cream sauce and comes with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www. dickandjennys.com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole and Italian dishes. Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus.

Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and pan-fried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$

Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce.

The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504) 522-5478; www.martisnola.com — This brasserie serves traditional French and contemporary Louisiana cooking. The grande plateau fruits de mer features whole Maine lobster, chilled shrimp, marinated snow crab claws, oysters on the half shell and scallop ceviche.

Grilled Texas quail is served with spaetzle, oyster mushrooms, corn and Pommery mustard sauce.

Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www. tivoliandlee.com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine in a small plate format, with dishes ranging from andouille potato tots to fried oysters.

The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers. Half a roasted chicken comes with dirty spaetzle, sweet tea glaze and greens.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons.

Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations.

Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN

Attiki Bar & Grill — 230 Decatur St., (504) 587-3756 — This restaurant and hookah bar serves an array of Mediterranean dishes.

Tomato Buffala features baked tomatoes and mozzarella topped

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Amici Restaurant & Bar — 3218 Magazine St., (504) 300-1250; www. amicinola.com — Amici serves coal-fired pizza and Italian dishes.

The broccoli rabe salsica Italiana pie is topped with marinara, mozzarella, sauteed bitter Italian greens and Italian sausage. Pasta carbonara features pancetta and green peas in white sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce.

Capelli D’Andrea combines housemade angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni. com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contemporary Louisiana cooking. Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tasso-mushroom sauce. Belli Baci is the restaurant’s cocktail lounge. Reservations accepted.

Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna and seafood dishes with shrimp, clams and mussels.

Sicilian egg pie features eggs baked with cream and spices in puff pastry. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — House-made cannelloni is stuffed with ground veal, spinach and Parmesan, baked in Alfredo sauce and topped with house-made tomato sauce. Creamy corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread bowl. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. 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 — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Yuki Izakaya — 525 Frenchmen St., (504) 943-1122; www.facebook. com/yukiizakaya — This Japanese tavern combines a selection of small plates, sake, shochu, live music and Japanese kitsch. Dishes include curries, housemade ramen soups, fried chicken and other specialties. Reservations accepted.

Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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with basil and olive oil. Grilled filet mignon is topped with creamy mushroom sauce and served with two sides. Reservations accepted.

Lunch, dinner and late-night 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 — These casual cafes serve entrees including beef or chicken shawarma, kebabs, gyro plates, lamb chops and more. Appetizers include stuffed grape leaves, hummus and falafel. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www. facebook.com/casaborrega — Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations.

Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Coyote Blues — 4860 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 3013848; www.coyotebluesfreshmex. com — Shrimp and crawfish chimichanga is a fried burrito stuffed with shrimp and crawfish in cream sauce, Mexican rice and chili con queso and served with two sides. potatoes and grilled asparagus.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Del Fuego Taqueria — 4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797; www. delfuegotaqueria.com — The taqueria serves an array of house salsas, tacos and burritos with filling choices including carne asada, carnitas, chorizo, shredded chicken and others. Tostadas con pescada ahumada features achiote-smoked Gulf fish over corn tostadas with refried black beans, cabbage and cilantro-lime mayonesa. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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 — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns. com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns.

The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Fiske’s Martini Bar and Restaurant — 301 Dauphine St., (504) 586-0972 — This French Quarter hideaway is is known for its martini menu. Louisiana crab and roasted Creole tomato fondue is finished with manchego cheese, scallions and grilled crostini. Reserva-

tions recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola. com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. No reservations.

Lunch and early dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread.

The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. No reservations.

Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

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Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb. com — Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant. com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA

Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza. com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria. com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www. theospizza.com — There is a variety of specialty pies or build your own, with more than two-dozen topping choices. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS

Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a changing menu of po-boys. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop — 3454 Magazine St., (504) 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com — The Peacemaker layers fried oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese on Leidenheimer French bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno. com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. 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) 8975413; www.traceysnola.com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo, soups, salads and more. No reservations.

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

SEAFOOD

Blue Crab & Oyster Restaurant — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 2842898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Galley Seafood Restaurant — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 8320955 — Galley serves Creole and Italian dishes. Blackened redfish is served with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes. Galley’s soft-shell crab po-boy is the same one served at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 289-0504;

OUT to EAT www.halfshellneworleans.com — The Bayou Boogaloo breakfast features a three-egg omelet with sauteed shrimp and crawfish with fried oysters and shrimp sauce on top. Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped char-grilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www. mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo.

Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

STEAKHOUSE

Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. Veal Austin features paneed veal topped with Swiss chard, bacon, mushrooms, asparagus, crabmeat and brabant potatoes on the side. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant. com — The house filet mignon is served atop creamed spinach with masa-fried oysters and Pontalba potatoes. Popular starters include the jumbo lump crabcake made with aioli. Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily.

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VEGETARIAN

Seed — 1330 Prytania St., (504) 302-2599; www. seedyourhealth.com — Seed uses local, organic ingredients in its eclectic global menu, including soups, salads, nachos, sandwiches and more. Raw pad thai features shredded cucumber, carrots, peppers, jicama, bean sprouts and peanuts in house-made marinade. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

VIETNAMESE

Lin’s — 3715 Westbank Expressway, (504) 3400178; www.linsmenu.com —The menu includes Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai dishes. Vietnamese “Shakin’” beef features beef tips and onions served with rice. Singapore-style vermicelli is a stir fry of noodles, shrimp, pork, bean sprouts, carrots and bamboo shoots. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$ Pho Tau Bay Restaurant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Rolls-N-Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.facebook.com/rollsnbowlsnola — This casual Vietnamese eatery serves spring rolls, pho, rice and vermicelli bowls, banh mi, stir fry entrees and bubble tea.

The vermicelli bowl features noodles over lettuce, cucumber and carrots; shrimp are optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — The decadant Mushroom Manchego Toast is a favorite here. Hot and cold tapas dishes range from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe. com — Grilled avocado salad is served with crispy onions and Mahon cheese in Portuguese chestnut-vanilla vinaigrette. Wild mushroom ravioli are served with Madeira and goat cheese creme. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat, late night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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calendar, Correro says.

But he also expects the rock music sound and updated take to appeal to young audiences.

Rock star appeal was not enough to sell tickets to a national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar featuring former Sex Pistol Johnny Lydon, JC Chasez and Michelle Williams. It was canceled a week before opening at New Orleans Lakefront Arena in June 2014.

Incoming Artistic Director Maxwell Williams says building Le Petit’s audience is going to be his top priority. He doesn’t officially start his job there until the beginning of March, but he’s already working on the 2015-2016 season and hopes to share it with audiences at Le Petit’s final two shows this season. He’ll attend opening night and meet with the board of directors this week.

Williams grew up in Los Angeles, attended the Hartt School at the University of Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut, and began working at Hartford Stage as an intern to director Michael Wilson. Williams spent 10 years in New York working on productions there and at regional theaters, and he joined the staff at Hartford Stage five years ago. He’s directed Dying City, Boeing-Boeing, The 39 Steps and other shows at Hartford, and he’ll finish at the theater with a production of Reverberation.

Williams says he hopes to meet all of Le Petit’s subscribers in coming months, and he’ll develop his vision for the theater as he familiarizes himself with the community.

“I know all the tasks (of an artistic director), but in terms of getting to know the audience and the talent base (in New Orleans), that’s what I am really eager to do,” Williams says via phone from Hartford. “I have to find a way to cast a wide net. Hopefully, it will feel like a welcoming place. People of New Orleans should feel like it’s their theater. ... It has had a long history as a community theater, but that term has developed a strange resonance. All theaters are community theaters. We need to put in place repeatable practices.

The past several years have seen some upheaval.”

Williams will work with new Managing Director Katie Hallman, who formerly directed concert

operations for Manhattan Concert Productions in Le Petit Theatre updates the rock New York. She began musical Jesus Christ Superstar. working at Le Petit in December and oversees Jesus Christ Superstar day-to-day operations, JAN the box office, contract- 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 7:30 p.m. ing and budgeting.

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In his directing career, Sun. Jan. 25; 7:30 p.m.

Williams has focused Thu.-Fri. Jan. 29-30 on mid-20th-century American playwrights, Le Petit Theatre including Tennessee du Vieux Carre Williams and Horton 616 St. Peter St. Foote. He expects to start with a five-show (504) 522-2081 season, including one www.lepetittheatre.com or two musicals, and he likely will direct three of the five. Le Petit will add other programming, possibly readings, programs with visiting authors and concerts, he says. But Williams adds that his central focus is clear.

“I am 36, and I want to go to the theater and have fun and be moved and experience art,” he says.

“That begins with programming. A lot of companies are afraid to admit that programming has everything to do with whether people want to come to your theater.”

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hen Jesus Christ Superstar opens Friday at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, the theater will be full of fresh faces. The cast features many young apostles who might otherwise look like youthful rock fans. But it’s also director Augustin Correro’s first production at Le Petit, and the theater’s new leadership, announced in December, will attend opening night.

Correro signed on to direct the show last summer, after meeting with Le Petit board members Bryan Batt and Leon Contavesprie and former artistic director Cassie Steck Worley, who resigned in September following the run of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Over pizza, Correro pitched them his concepts for an update of the rock musical account of the last week of Jesus’ life.

“I don’t want to do dusty streets of Jerusalem with people swaddled in robes,” Correro says. “I want a contemporary rock show. When you take it that far back and shellac antiquity onto it, it’s not as readily accessible in the audience’s language.”

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice created the musical in the early 1970s, following the release of a surprisingly popular album. The show’s concept was to view Jesus’ following through the phenomenon of rock stardom. Correro is updating the modern take. “[Superstar] has been done continually (since the 1970s) and gets updated often,” Correro says. “I have jumped forward in time — not 2045, but at the rate we’re going with social media and advances in fashion and expression.”

These apostles and followers have smartphones, and they aren’t above taking a selfie. Some don some fashionably conspicuous footwear — a man in heels, women in lace-up boots. The crowds of Jerusalem also are noticeably diverse, in both race and gender, including women apostles. The show is not as varied in age. Jesus (Nick Shackleford) and Pontius Pilate (Joseph Furnari) are the only two who wouldn’t pass for teenagers at first glance.

The music also has been updated, though not by millennia.

“We’re taking the ’70s classic rock sound off,” Correra says. “We’re getting away from the ‘Hotel California’ kind of sound.”

Musical Director Kyle Aucoin assembled a 10-piece band including electric guitars and bass, and he also plays keyboards in the show.

But at the core, the question of Jesus’ fate drives the show.

“If Jesus came back in five years, who would you be?” Correra asks. “One of the people tearing him down or supporting him, saying, ‘What he’s saying speaks to me.’”

The widely known story and Superstar’s long-running popularity are why it was put on Le Petit’s

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d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 DMac’s — Singer-songwriter night feat. Chip Wilson, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Interior Decorating, Mystery Girl, 9 Gasa Gasa — Progression Music Series: Sexy Dex & the Fresh, The Grid, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Jon Roniger, 5; Messy Cookers Jazz Band, 8 The Maison — Gregory Agid Quartet, 6

BMC — Sound Table, Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, Rayziano & Friends, 5 Buffa’s — Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Neisha Ruffins, 7:30

Brooks, Steve Masakowski, Gregg Stafford, Lucien Barbarin & more, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Shotgun Jazz Band, 10 Tropical Isle Original — Way Too Early, 1

WEDNESDAY 14 21st Amendment — Marla Dixon, 7 Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 3; Benny D Band, 6:30; Johnny Mastro Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Fifth Nation, 7; Major Bacon, 10 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Girl Power, Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, The Business, 5 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Jam Jones & the Soul Miners, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Marc Stone & Josh Paxton, 6; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8 Circle Bar — Archanimals, Gallyknappers, The Howl, 10 Gasa Gasa — Mike Dillon Residency feat. Stanton Moore, Eddie Roberts, James Singleton, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Sturmlandia, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11

Cafe Negril — Usurpers, 6; Soul Project, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — Max & Trail Mix, 7; Troy Turner, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Victoria Williams, 9 Circle Bar — Rockin’ Robin & the Kentucky Sisters, 6; Fury, The Whole World Shakes, Alpha Rhythm, 10 City Park Botanical Garden — Thursdays at Twilight: Lars Edegran, Tom Sancton, Topsy Chapman, 6 d.b.a. — Jon Cleary, 7; Egg Yolk Jubilee, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Jason Marsalis Vibes Trio, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Bayou Saints, 7; Adventures of the Interstellar B-Boy, DJ Housefly, 10 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Soundclash Beat Battle, 9 House of Blues — Clint Coley, Tahir Moore, Ocean Glapion, Chris Gardener, 8 Irish House — Patrick Cooper, 6 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels Brass Band, 11 Maple Leaf Bar — Trio de Grease feat. Terence Higgins, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Nattie, 8; Katy & Shanece, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Christian Serpas & George Neyrey, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Geno Delafose, 8:30 Siberia — Nine Pound Pussy, Jocephus & the George Jonestown Massacre, Sunrise:Sunset, 9 Snug Harbor — Khari Allen Lee & New Creative Collective CD release, 8 & 10

Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30

Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hazy Ray Trio, 8:30

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Anna May Folk, 8; Michael Liuzza, 9; Sazerac the Clown’s Cabinet, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — Mainline Brass Band, 10 One Eyed Jacks — King Tuff, Ex Hex, 10

Siberia — Dead Earth Politics, Hairy Lamb, DJ M. Bevis, 9

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 8

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Siberia — Miss Martha & the Goodtime Gang, Yes Ma’am,

21st Amendment — Jack Pritchett, 9:30

Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Tipitina’s — The Radiators, 10

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Circle Bar — Laura Dyer, 6; Aaron Maras, 10

Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11

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Ex Hex with King Tuff

Ex Hex formed the way bands used to: by alchemical accident, in a carpet-lined cubbyhole drowned out by the hardest of Washington, D.C.’s hard-core freaks. You’d almost never know there’s a pedigree here — the female power trio banged out its practiced-yet-imperfect October debut Rips (Merge) in two weeks, binging on 16th notes and redlining through proto-punk and power pop Ex Hex with King Tuff like it’s 1979 — but these JAN scruffy mutts are purebred.

10 p.m. Wednesday Particularly Mary Timony (ex-AuOne Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St. toclave, ex-Helium), an indie-rock lifer whose reward for two (504) 569-8361 decades of outlasting trends www.oneeyedjacks.net was a moment in the sun as the second singer/guitarist on supergroup Wild Flag’s eponymous 2011 debut, which also happened to be its swan song. As if starved for vitamin D, Timony stole the spotlight back from former bandmates Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, whose ballyhooed reunion as Sleater-Kinney was presumed to be Wild Flag’s sudden cause of death.

Rips calls for a second autopsy: a dozen potent reminders of the powerful combination that is three musicians and three minutes. Guesting on the A.V. Club series “HateSong,” Timony recently mused for 2,500 words about how much she loathes John Mayer’s “Your Body Is a Wonderland.” (Money quote: “There’s bands like the Ramones that do so much with so little, but a person like John Mayer just does so little with so much.”) As a culture critic, the brevity is lost but the bravado remains. Sub Pop gonzo rocker King Tuff headlines. Tickets $12. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

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Buffa’s — Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton, 5; Carolyn Brousard & Texas Pete, 8

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Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott, 6; Higher Heights Reggae Band, 10 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Paul Sanchez & the Rite Bros.: Alex McMurray, Jim McCormick, Spencer Bohren, 8 Circle Bar — Shane, 6; 20,000 Leagues, 10 d.b.a. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Suplecs, DiNOLA, 10 Dillard University — MLK Jazz Journey Concert: Jonathan Butler, New Orleans Nu Legends, 6:30

Hangar 13 — Pulse Friday: Rroid Drazr, Kidd Love, 1:30 a.m.

Howlin’ Wolf Den — Laurie Lehners’ Festivus, 10 Le Bon Temps Roule — Tom Worrell, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Mario Abney, 5; Nayo Jones, 8; The Absence Project, Dark Effects, Vega, 9 The Maison — Soul Project, Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 10 Oak — Scott Albert Johnson, 9 One Eyed Jacks — Benefit for Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet feat. Galactic, Dumpstaphunk, Soul Rebels, 9 Preservation Hall — PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10; Southern Syncopators, Steve Pistorius, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — TWRK, 10

Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Monty Banks, 6; Don Vappie, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Wooten Gang, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Contraflow, 9:30 Saturn Bar — Nathan Bowles, Elisa Ambrogio, 10 Siberia — Wednesday 13, Die So Fluid, Death Church, DJ Kurt Amacker, 9 St. Roch Tavern — James Jordan & his Beautiful Band, 9:30 Tipitina’s — The Radiators, 10 Tulane Ave. Bar — Vanessa Carr, 8 Ugly Dog Saloon — The Beverage Committee, 7

SATURDAY 17 21st Amendment — Chance Bushman, 9:30 Banks Street Bar — Josh Hyde, 8; Prescription Filled, 10 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 11 Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Ambush Reggae Band, 10 BMC — Travelin’ Blues Band, Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys, The Upstarts, Dysfunktional

MUSIC LISTINGS Bone, 3 Buffa’s — Mike Dill, 5; Food for Friends Benefit feat. Chip Wilson, Freddie Blue, 8; Keith Burnstein, 11 Cafe Negril — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7; Dana Abbott, 10 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Whitney Ann McCray & Nola Bee Deaux, 9 Checkpoint Charlie — The Olivia DeHavilland Mosquitoes, 5; One Tail Three, 7; Basketball Shorts & Norco Lapalco, 11 Circle Bar — Caddywhompus, Patrick Shuttleswerth Wants to Make You Deaf, 10 The Civic Theatre — Ben Howard, 8 d.b.a. — Cedric Burnside Project, Leo Bud Welch, 11 DMac’s — The Jeff Davis Project, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Jenna McSwain Trio, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 7 Legends Encore — The Strays, 10 Gasa Gasa — Mother Falcon, 10 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30

Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Nobles reunion, 9 Siberia — Sarah Quintana, 6; The Urban Pioneers, My Graveyard Jaw, Dirty Rotten Snake in the Grass, Mike Collins Jr., 9

MONDAY 19 AllWays Lounge — Marygoround & Friends, 6 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 8

Snug Harbor — Chris Thomas King, 8 & 10

Banks Street Bar — South Jones, 9

Spotted Cat — Russell Welch’s Mississippi Gypsy, 2; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 10

BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10

Tipitina’s — The Radiators, 10

BMC — Mark Appleford, Lil Red & Big Bad, Smoky’s Blues Jam, 5

Twist of Lime — Drysocket, Resurrection Man, Ghetto Demon, 9

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Blue Nile — Higher Heights Reggae Band, 9

Buffa’s — Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; Gene Harding’s N.O. Super Jam, 9

21st Amendment — Tom McDermott, 4

Checkpoint Charlie — Jonathan Brown Band, 7

Banks Street Bar — Ron Hotstream & the Midcity Drifters, 8

Chickie Wah Wah — Alexis & the Samurai, 8

Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan & Friends, 7; Lagniappe Brass Band, 11 BMC — Revival!, Iris P., Soul Project NOLA, 3

Circle Bar — 10 Cent Cigars, Eastwood Smokes, 10 d.b.a. — Lagniappe Brass Band, 10 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8

Buffa’s — Rebecca Zoe Leigh, 7

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9

Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 8

Gasa Gasa — Zydeco Two Step, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Hill Country Hounds, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8

House of Blues — Luke Wade, 7

d.b.a. — Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 6; Louisiana Hellbenders, 10

Howlin’ Wolf — Brass Band Blowout feat. Hot 8, TBC, Free Agents, Most Wanted, T. Cherelle brass bands, 9

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sean Riley Blues Band, 9

The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10

Le Bon Temps Roule — Little Freddie King Blues Band, 11

Hangar 13 — Bass Massive Mob, 10

Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9; The Meters Experience feat. Leo Nocentelli, 10

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Sam Cordts, 8

Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10

Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat.

Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10

Hangar 13 — Flyy-By Nite, 1 a.m.

Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11

Louisiana Music Factory — Travellin’ Brothers, 1; Norbert Slama, 2; Marty Christian, 3 The Maison — Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Kumasi, Street Legends Brass Band, 10:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Honey Island Swamp Band, 10:30 Oak — Jenn Howard Glass, 9 Old Point Bar — Ron Hotstream & the Midcity Drifters, 9:30 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Brian O’Connell & Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Pearl Wine Co. — Jasper Brothers, 8 Prime Example Jazz Club — Grant Green Jr., 8 & 10 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Lucas Davenport, 6; Marc Stone Band, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Mo Jelly, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 10 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin, Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Tony Seville, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Cajun Fais Do Do, 5 Siberia — Big Freedia, Katey Red, Magnolia Rhome, JC Styles, 9 Spotted Cat — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10

Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Monty Banks, 7 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

CLASSICAL/ CONCERTS Nadja Plays Piazolla. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs pieces by Liszt, Piazzolla and Lutoslawski. Tickets start at $20. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Randy Newman & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www. mahaliajacksontheater.com — Stuart Chafetz conducts.

Tickets start at $20. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

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American Sniper (R) — Clint Eastwood’s war drama is based on the autobiography of notorious Navy SEAL and Iraq war veteran Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), known for his high kill count. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place Blackhat (R) — An FBI agent (Viola Davis) partners with a Chinese investigation team and a convicted hacker (Chris Hemsworth) to investigate an international cyber attack.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Concerning Violence (NR) — Lauryn Hill narrates filmmaker Goran Olsson’s documentary about colonialism and liberation in 1960s and ’70s Africa, based on Frantz Fanon’s essay of the same title. Zeitgeist Paddington (PG) — A young bear with a passion for marmalade finds a new home with Mr. and Mrs. Brown (Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins) and their children in the film based on the storybook character. Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Wedding Ringer (R) — Doug Harris (Josh Gad) is all set to marry his fiancee (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting), but the socially awkward groom has to hire a best man (Kevin Hart) in this buddy comedy.

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NOW SHOWING Annie (PG) — Foster child Annie (Quvenzhane Wallis) befriends Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), a billionaire seeking to improve his image, in the update of the classic musical.

Clearview, Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Big Charity (NR) — A noted film at this year’s New Orleans Film Festival, Alexander

Glustrom’s documentary explores the closing of Charity Hospital after Hurricane Katrina. Chalmette Big Eyes (PG-13) — Artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) fights her ex-husband (Chrisoph Waltz) for rights to paintings of doe-children in Tim Burton’s biographical drama. Elmwood, Regal Big Hero 6 (PG) — Young prodigy Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter) and his robot sidekick Baymax (Scott Adsit) must save San Fransokyo from a dangerous plot in this animated adventure. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (R) — A washed-up actor, whose previous claim to fame was his portrayal of a popular superhero, attempts to recapture his past glory by mounting a Broadway play. Elmwood Dear White People (R) — Four black students at a fictional Ivy League school confront race and identity in director Justin Simien’s critically acclaimed satire. Chalmette Exodus: Gods and Kings (PG-13) — Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton) exiles Moses (Christian Bale) when he discovers Moses’ Hebrew heritage, but God commands Moses to return and free his people. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner The Gambler (R) — Literature professor Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) has an out-of-control gambling problem in the remake of the 1974 drama.

Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (PG-13) — Dragon Smaug and evil lord Sauron attack Bilbo (Martin Freeman), Gandalf (Ian Mckellen) and the dwarves in the final installment of Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Homesman (R) — Though troubled herself, a frontier

woman (Hilary Swank) convinces a claim jumper (Tommy Lee Jones) to help her shepherd three mentally ill women to safety. Chalmette The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (PG-13) — The first half of the final part of the series opens as Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) wakes up in District 13 and learns of a secret rebellion that could save her nation.

Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Imitation Game (PG-13) — British computer scientist and cryptographer Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbach) cracks the Nazis’ Enigma Code, but is later prosecuted for homosexuality. Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place Inherent Vice (R) — Louche stoner and private eye Larry “Doc” Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) tracks a missing ex-girlfriend in Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaption of Thomas Pynchon’s novel. Elmwood, Canal Place Interstellar (PG-13) — A physicist (Michael Caine) and an ex-NASA pilot (Matthew McConaughey) seek a habitable planet where they can send the population of a blighted Earth. Regal The Interview (R) — Two tabloid TV reporters (James Franco and Seth Rogan) attempt to kill North Korea’s Kim Jong Un (Randall Park) in the film Sony Pictures says provoked a cyber attack. Chalmette Into the Woods (PG) — Meryl Streep, James Corden and Emily Blunt star in the musical about an unhappily childless couple who meet fairy tale characters as they seek to undo a witch’s curse. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (PG) — Night watchman Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) travels to London to preserve the magic that brings museum exhibits like Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) and Jedediah (Owen Wilson) to life.

Clearview, Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Nightcrawler (R) — Desperate and unemployed Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) bends the rules when be begins filming horrifying crimes for TV news. Elmwood Patterns of Evidence: Exodus (NR) — Filmmaker Tim Mahoney investigates the historical evidence for the Bible’s Old Testament. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal Selma (PG-13) — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) leads a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, resulting in the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Taken 3 (PG-13) — Framed for his wife’s murder, former

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The Room and Greg Sestero

Sometimes described as the Citizen Kane of terrible films, The Room is an endearingly unwatchable film. Since its 2003 release, its bizarre performances, countless continuity errors and mercilessly nonsensical script have helped it become a cult classic. It gets periodic late-night screenings at the Prytania Theatre, including midnight shows Friday and Saturday. The Saturday screening features an appearance by Greg Sestero, who stars in the film and co-wrote The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made. Sestero will present a short documentary, participate The Room in a Q&A and direct a live reading of the JAN script’s first draft.

- 11:59 p.m. Fri.-Sat. The Disaster Artist chronicles Sestero’s Q&A with Greg Sestero experiences filming The Room, delving 10 p.m. Sat. into his unconventional and tumultuous friendship with The Room’s director, The Prytania Theatre, screenwriter and star Tommy Wiseau, 5339 Prytania St. who lived in Chalmette for a few years (504) 891-2787 before moving to San Francisco.

The Room is set in an obviously green www.prytaniatheatrescreen-generated San Francisco and neworleans.com its melodramatic plot centers on a love triangle between Johnny (Wiseau), his fiancee and his best friend, played by an unenthusiastic Sestero.

“I never thought anything would become of it,” Sestero says.

Sestero’s tell-all is co-written with journalist Tom Bissell, who penned a 2010 article on Wiseau for Harper’s Magazine. “He was trying to get down to who Tommy is. That’s the story I want to tell,” Sestero says.

An account of blind Hollywood ambitions, The Disaster Artist peeks into Wiseau’s humble beginnings in Europe, his move to Chalmette and eventual production of The Room.

“I had the idea to write the book when shooting started,” Sestero says. “[Wiseau] was totally outside of the Hollywood system but had the money to back himself to make a movie that never should have been made.”

Actor/director James Franco also became fascinated with Wiseau, and he recruited screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber to adapt The Disaster Artist for the screen. Franco will direct the film and play the role of Wiseau, and his brother Dave Franco will play Sestero. “(Franco) has a great understanding of the story,” Sestero says. “I want readers who have never seen the film to come away with a sense of how important it is to follow your passion. There was no place for this man in the mainstream, and look what happened.”

Wiseau also is building on the movie’s unlikely success.

“I think I want to surprise everybody,” Wiseau said in an interview following a screening of The Room at The Prytania in December. “It doesn’t matter what other people think about it. If you have vision, you embrace it. I always do. I always will.”

— MARY CROSS

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Top Five (R) — Chris Rock directs a film starring himself as Andre Allen, an up-and-

coming comedian who opens up to a journalist (Rosario Dawson) in hopes of being taken seriously as an actor.

Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner Unbroken (PG-13) — Former Olympian Louis “Louie” Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) survives 47 days on a raft in

the Pacific Ocean and more than two years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Wild (R) — After losing her beloved mother, Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) makes a PAGE 52

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clean break from her troubled life with a solo hike of the challenging Pacific Crest Trail.

Elmwood, Slidell, Canal Place The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (PG-13) — A pair of schoolteachers (Phoebe Fox and Helen McCrory) evacuate students to the countryside to escape the London Blitz, but find a sinister haunt at an empty estate. Clearview, Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal

SPECIAL SCREENINGS The Babadook (NR) — A children’s book monster terrorizes a young boy (Noah Wiseman) and his mother (Essie Davis) in this Australian psychological horror tale. 9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist.

Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) (NR) — A Venezuelan boy’s desire to straighten his curly hair causes his mother to fear he’s gay in Mariana Rondon’s drama. 7 p.m.

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The Big Lebowski (R) — Slacker guru The Dude (Jeff Bridges) gets caught up in a kidnapping scheme in the quotable 1998 comedy by the Coen brothers.

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Die Feuerzangenbowle / The Fire-Tongs Bowl (NR) — A writer (Heinz Rühmann) goes undercover as a public school student to experience the fun he missed in home school in this German cult classic from 1944. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Deutsches Haus Exhibition OnScreen: Matisse (NR) — Rupert Young narrates the documentary version of Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs, the highly successful exhibition of the artist’s late work at Tate Modern and the Museum of Modern Art. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Elmwood, Regal Foreign Correspondant (NR) — Reassigned to Europe, an American reporter (Joel McCrea) witnesses an assassination and discovers an international conspiracy in Alfred Hitchcock’s spy thriller. Noon Wednesday. Prytania How to Not Kill A Tiger (NR) — The owners of the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete produced this documentary advocating for individuals’ rights to keep exotic animals. Call for times. Chalmette The Lady Vanishes (NR) — A young woman (Margaret Lockwood) is baffled by the sudden disappearance of an older woman (May Whitty) from their train in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller. Noon Sunday. Prytania Little Feet (NR) / Boneshaker (NR) — Zeitgeist presents a

REVIEW double feature of artistic films about children and families by directors Alexandre Rockwell and Frances Bodomo. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Madadayo (NR) — Akira Kurosawa’s final film follows the last 20 years of real-life Japanese academic Hyakken Uchida, who gathers with former students each year for his birthday. 7 p.m. Monday. Cafe Istanbul The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow (NR) — Renee Fleming stars as the wealthy widow in an art nouveau staging of Franz Lehar’s operetta. 11:55 a.m. Saturday. Elmwood, Regal The Overnighters (PG-13) — A pastor faces backlash when he offers his church to homeless workers seeking jobs in North Dakota oil fields. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Indywood A Path Appears (NR) — Producer Maro Chermayeff’s PBS special travels to Colombia, Haiti, Kenya and throughout the U.S. to examine gender inequality and the human rights of women and girls. 6 p.m. Friday. Ashe Rocks In My Pockets (NR) — Three generations of women in director and animator Signe Baumane’s family cope with depression. 9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Indywood The Room (R) — Director Tommy Wiseau stars as Johnny in the so-bad-it’s-(almost)-good cult film about a melodramatic love triangle. Co-star Greg Sestero presents his book about the film, The Disaster Artist, at 10 p.m. Saturday. Midnight Friday-Saturday. Prytania TCM Presents: The Wizard of Oz (G) — Turner Classic Movies sponsors a screening of the 1939 classic about a girl’s magical journey, starring Judy Garland and directed by Victor Fleming. 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Wednesday. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Vow of Silence (NR) — A heartbroken musician swears herself to silence in this short drama directed by singer Be Steadwell, presented by Patois Film Fest and the Wildseeds collective. 6:30 p.m. Monday.

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Selma

Selma (PG-13)

There were many campaigns of resistance and resulting flashpoints in the Directed by African-American civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s. But none is Ava DuVernay as symbolic of the movement’s struggles and successes as three SelStarring David ma-to-Montgomery marches in Alabama that led to passage of the 1965 VotOyelowo, Tim Roth ing Rights Act. Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the marches and Oprah Winfrey proved the power of nonviolent civil disobedience to change the hearts and minds of the American people and inspire substantive change.

Wide release Surprisingly, no narrative feature film has told the story of Selma or fully addressed the singular life and career of King. Director Ava DuVernay’s Selma changes that with a moving and finely crafted portrait of King during his three months in Selma in 1965. By mostly limiting the story to a particular time and place, DuVernay avoids the pitfalls of historical biopics, which often suffer from predictably linear structures and tend to reduce complex lives to a series of symbolic turning points.

Events in Selma are depicted in sequence, but the film takes a kaleidoscopic view of its subject. In addition to depicting the strategies and tactics employed by King and his collaborators, it delves deeply into King’s contentious relationships with President Lyndon Johnson and activist Malcolm X, infighting among local and national civil rights organizations working for the same cause and the strains King’s career put on his marriage to Coretta Scott King. Selma is steeped in recent history but never feels like a history lesson.

Credit for that must go to DuVernay, who became the first woman to win the best director prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 for her film Middle of Nowhere. She walks a very fine line in developing the right tone for Selma, one that carries the weight of world-changing events while telling an intimate and uniquely human story, all with a flesh-and-blood King at its center. It’s no small thing that Selma’s success comes at the hands of a black woman with a long family history in Alabama, especially in the context of a still white- and male-dominated Hollywood.

Selma also benefits from a remarkable central performance by British actor David Oyelowo as King.

Oyelowo has appeared in films ranging from Lincoln to Interstellar and breaks out here not only by capturing King’s style as an orator, but by conjuring his presence. A string of supporting cast performances keeps pace, with standout work by Tom Wilkinson as Johnson, Tim Roth as Gov. George Wallace and Oprah Winfrey — who also served as a producer and helped raise the budget it deserved — as activist Annie Lee Cooper, who famously punched Selma Sheriff Jim Clark in the face for his abuse.

It’s no surprise that a fair amount of controversy has already surrounded Selma, mostly regarding the film’s historical accuracy and in particular its less-than-flattering depiction of Johnson. But unlike many historical dramas, DuVernay’s film has no composite characters and clearly strives to stick with historical fact. Its relevance to today cannot be ignored, from the Supreme Court’s dismantling of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 to the recent and nationwide protests against the deaths of African Americans at the hands of police. — KEN KORMAN Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette., (504) 3049992; www.chalmettemovies. com Deutsches Haus: 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie., (504) 522-8014; www.deutscheshaus.org Entergy IMAX Theatre: 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629;

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HAPPENINGS Low Road third thursday art walk. Galleries in the 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street stay open until 10 p.m. for this monthly event.

6 p.m. Thursday.

Mark Steinmetz gallery talk.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — The photographer and Ogden photography curator Richard McCabe lead a gallery tour. 1 p.m. Sunday.

PROSPECT.3 Prospect.3: Notes for Now. Citywide; www.prospectneworleans.org — The third edition of New Orleans’ international contemporary art triennial features 60 artists in exhibitons at many local museums and institutions.

AKG Gallery. 716 Bienville St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com/dr-seuss — “Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!,” drawings and hat collection of Ted Geisel, opening reception noon to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “South,” photography by Mark Steinmetz, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

GALLERIES A Gallery For Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — “Where: The Exploration of Photographs and Place, 18432014”, through January.

Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — “A Visit to Horn Island,” plein air paintings

by Claude Ellender, Diego Larguia, Renee Mitchell, Mary Monk, Louis Morales, Auseklis Ozols, Phil Sandusky and Billy Solitario, through Feb. 27.

AFA New Orleans. 809 Royal St., (504) 558-9296; www. afanyc.com — “Dirty Little Secrets,” pop surrealism group exhibition, ongoing.

Ancora Pizzeria & Salumeria.

4508 Freret St., (504) 324-1636; www.ancorapizza.com — New paintings by Chad Sines, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

AIA New Orleans Center for Design. 1000 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-8320; www.aianeworleans.org — Prospect.3: work

by Mary Ellen Carroll, through Jan. 25.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — “Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom,” commemorative art exhibition honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., opening reception and panel discussion 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — New work

by Paul Tamanian, Michelle Gagliano and Richard Currier, through Thursday.

The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www. foundationgallerynola.com — “Body Electric,” work by Pinky Bass, Doug Balous, Kelwin Coleman, Barbara Groves, Heather Hansen and Sadie Sheldon, opens Friday.

Mister Gregory’s. 806 N. Rampart St., 407-3780; www.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/antenna — “The Blue Library,” group show of photography chapbooks, through January.

Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — “Super Imposed,” work by Betsy Youngquist and Celibeth Donnelly, through Jan. 20.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www. arthurrogergallery.com — “Does Anyone Remember Laughter? Lost Landscapes and Lonely Men,” work by Dawn DeDeaux; “Circulation of Light,” mixed media installation by Courtney Egan; both through February; “Random Precision in the Metric of Time,” prints and sculpture by Erwin Redl, through March 14.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery.com — “Peruvian Metaphysicals,” work

by J. Castilla-Bambaren; “Red Cross Blankets/Deep Cuts,” work by Christopher Saucedo; “Sleepers,” photos by Robert Hannant; all through Feb. 7.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — “Puppy Love with My Angels from Above,” paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing.

Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com — “Castles of the New World,” ceramic sculpture by Jenna Turner, through March 10.

Callan Contemporary.

518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary. com — “Collective Memory: Works by Shawne Major”, through January.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — 35th Anniversary Exhibition, through February.

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

Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www. coleprattgallery.com — Prints and paintings by Katie Rafferty, through January.

Coup D’oeil Art Consortium.

2033 Magazine St., (504) 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “La Petite Mort,” installation by Blaine Capone, James Taylor Bonds and M. Silver Smith, through Jan. 25.

Dillard University. Art Gallery, Cook Communications Center, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 816-4853; www.dillard.edu — Prospect.3: work by Terry

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Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — Ceramic art by Nancy Susaneck; jewelry by Lark and Lotus; paintings

by Myra Williamson-Wirtz; all through January.

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Adkins and William Cordova, through Jan. 25.

guns repurposed as art, through Jan. 25.

The Exchange Center. 935 Gravier St., (504) 523-1465; www.artscouncilofneworleans.org — Prospect.3: work

by Liu Ding, Lisa Sigal and Tavares Strachan, through Jan. 25.

J&S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, (504) 952-9163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — Group exhibition by members of MASS artist collective, through Feb. 8.

Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres. com — Mixed media by Ally Burguieres, ongoing.

Gallery Twenty-One Fourteen. 2114 Decatur St., (504) 875-2110; www.gallerytwentyonefourteen.com — “Things That Go Bump in the Night,” work by Ben Gregory, Margaret Minezer, MRSA, Pauly Lingerfelt, Senan O’Connor, Katy Weidemann and Chez Marie, through Jan. 25.

Garden District Gallery.

1332 Washington Ave., (504) 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery.com — “Annual Holiday Open House,” group exhibition of paintings, pastels, ceramics and sculpture, through Sunday.

Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery. com — “The Pigeons in This Town Taste Like Shit,” new work by Stephen Collier, through Feb. 8.

Guthrie Contemporary. 3815 Magazine St., (504) 897-2688; www.guthriecontemporary. com — “Big Appetites,” photographs by Christopher Boffoli; “Counting to Ten in French,” photo-based art by Aline Smithson; “She Can Leap Tall Buildings,” photographs by Heidi Lender; all through February.

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — “Painting the New Orleans Arts District,” group show of local scenes, through January.

Joan Mitchell Center. 2275 Bayou Road, (504) 940-2500; www.joanmitchellfoundation.org — “Convergence,” work by resident artists curated by Deborah Willis; Prospect.3: work by McArthur Binion, Los Jaichackers, Akosua Adoma Owusu and Hayal Pozanti; both through Jan. 25.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.

400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery. com — “Guns in the Hands of Artists,” decommissioned

La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre. com — Mixed-media group exhibition featuring Jane Talton, LaTeefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing.

345-0251; www.theoakstreetgallery.com — Work by Thom Barlow, Mark Haller, Pat Macaluso and John Robinson, ongoing.

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery. com — Sculpture and mixed media by Wayne Amedee, through January.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia Works by Vitrice McMurry, St., (504) 522-5988; www.

Lauren Thomas, Sabine lemieuxgalleries.com — “BeChadborn, Cathy DeYoung coming Invisible,” paintings by and others, ongoing.

Jesse Poimboeuf; “Excavations and Monuments: Works River House at Crevasse of 1922. 8122 Saro Lane, in Plaster” by Alan Gerson; Poydras; www.cano-la.org — both through February.

“Land-Scapes: Photography, Loyola University, Collins C. Drawings and Paintings,” Diboll Art Gallery. Monroe group show, through Jan. 25.

Library, fourth floor, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5456 — Scott Edwards Photogra“Leftovers,” work by Tasheka phy Gallery. 2109 Decatur Arceneaux Sutton; “Reconcili- St., (504) 610-0581; www. ation,” work by Peter Biarritz; scottedwardsgallery.com — both through Thursday.

“Borrowed Relics: The Last of the Large Polaroid TransM. Francis Gallery. 1938 fers,” photography by Anna Burgundy St., (504) 931-1915; Tomczak; “Juju,” photographs www.mfrancisgallery.

by Sandra Russell Clark; com — Paintings by Myesha both through Feb. 7.

Francis, ongoing.

Second Story Gallery. New Martin Lawrence Gallery Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans. 433 Royal St., 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) (504) 299-9055; www.martin- 710-4506; www.thesecondlawrence.com — Paintings storygallery.com — “Comby Kerry Hallam and Marc plementary Perspectives,” Chagall, through Feb. 1. paintings by Rebecca Birtel Madura and Jeffrey Stolier, Martine Chaisson Gallery. through Feb. 7.

727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissonSophie Lvoff at 3422. 3422 gallery.com — “A Dot Red,” St. Claude Ave.; www.facephotogravures by Christa book.com/sophielvoff3422 Blackwood, through January. — Photographs by Sophie T. Lvoff, through Jan. 25.

May Gallery and Residency.

2839 N. Robertson St., Suite Soren Christensen Gallery.

105, (504) 316-3474; www.the400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; mayspace.com — Prospect.3: www.sorengallery.com — “Meka Jean: How She Got “Daydreamer,” paintings by Good,” installation by Tameka Barry Lorne; “Manifest Destiny,” paintings by Ed Smith; Norris, through Jan. 25. both through January.

New Orleans Glassworks St. Tammany Art Associa& Printmaking Studio. 727 tion. 320 N. Columbia St., Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks. Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociacom — “Insomnia,” watertion.org — “Nature’s Essence: color prints by Henry Miller, Two Visions,” paintings by through January.

Marcia Holmes and Jim Seitz, New Orleans Photo Alliance. through Feb. 7.

1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — “Skins, Shells and Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.

Meats,” assemblages by Eliza- postmedium.org/staplegoods — “YYNN,” recent work beth Stone, through Jan. 20.

by Elizabeth Chen, through NOCCA Riverfront. 2800 Feb. 8.

Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — “Sabor-Sa- Steve Martin Studios. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; ber-Saver,” photo installation www.stevemartinfineart.

by Cristina Molina, through com — “Artisan Juncture,” Jan. 29. group show featuring Gustavo Duque, Travis Linde, Oak Street Gallery. 111 N. Amy Boudreaux, Jose Luis Oak St., Hammond, (985)

Rodriguez, Jedd Haas, Steven Soltis and others, ongoing.

rated by Janet Levy, through Jan. 25.

Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www. facebook.com/nolaartsalon — “Louisianacore,” painting and installation by Jonathan Mayers; “Study,” recent work by Natalie Sciortino Rinehart; both through January; “I Love You 1000,” new work by Jeff Rinehart, through Feb. 1.

Fairynola. 5715 Magazine St., (504) 269-2033; www. fairynola.com — “Enchantment,” paintings by Tim Jordan and Louise Rimington, ongoing.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery offsite location. 3919 St. Claude Ave. — “Chapel of the Almighty Dollar,” outdoor installation by Dan Tague, through Jan. 25.

Three Rivers Gallery. 333 E. Boston St., Covington, (985) 892-2811; www.threeriversgallery.com — “Small Works: Group Exhibition,” featuring gallery artists, through February.

LA46. 2232 St. Claude Ave., (504) 220-5177; www.louisiana46.com — “Jazz, Jazzland & All That Jazz,” photographs

by Skip Bolen, ongoing.

Tulane University, Carroll Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2228; www. carrollgallery.tulane.edu — “Tulane Contemporary.3,” new work by seven professors in Tulane’s Newcomb Art Department, through Jan. 25.

New Orleans Public Library.

219 Loyola Ave., (504) 5297323; www.nutrias.org — “From Common and Basin to Tulane and Loyola: 150 Years of Change in Our Neighborhood,” photographs and documents of neighborhood transformation, ongoing.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery.

2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — Prospect.3: work by Christopher Myers and the Propeller Group’s Phunam, Matt Lucero and Tuan Andrew Nguyen, through Jan. 25.

Rabbit Ears. 8225 Oak St., (985) 212-0274; www. facebook.com/rabbitearsnola — “Five in Four: A Family Archive,” photographs by five generations of a family tree, through Jan. 25.

Upstairs at 3308 Magazine Street. 3308 Magazine St. — “The Nature of Now,” new work by 14 artists addressing Louisiana ecology, through Jan. 24.

Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www.vieuxcarregallery. com — Work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing.

Whisnant Galleries. 343 Royal St., (504) 524-9766; www.whisnantgalleries.com — Ethnic, religious and antique art, sculpture, textiles and porcelain, ongoing.

Xavier University. 1 Drexel Drive, (504) 486-7411; www. xula.edu — Paintings by Deirdre Dyson, through Friday; Prospect.3: work by Lonnie Holley, through Jan. 25.

SPARE SPACES Cafe Luna. 802 Nashville Ave., (504) 333-6833; www. facebook.com/cafeluna504 — “The Fix Is Now In,” work

by Mario Ortiz, ongoing.

City Park. 1 Palm Drive, (504) 482-4888; www.neworleanscitypark.com — Prospect.3: work by Will Ryman, through Jan. 25.

Etoile Polaire Lodge #1.

1433 N. Rampart St. — “Cry Me A River,” group show cu-

Siberia. 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www. siberianola.com — “For When Goblins Sit Down,” mixed media by MILAGROS and Miss Pussycat, through Jan. 25.

St. Alphonsus Church. 2025 Constance St., (504) 524-8116; www.stalphonsusneworleans.com — “I am not garbage,” mixed media by Mike Kilgore, through Jan. 25.

Surrey’s Cafe & Juice Bar. 1418 Magazine St., 4807 Magazine St., (504) 524-3828; www.surreyscafeandjuicebar.com — “21st Century Photographs,” by Natasha Sanchez (at 1418 Magazine St.); group exhibition by Will Smith, Mardi Claw and Tamar Taylor; both ongoing.

Treme Market Branch Building. 800 N. Claiborne Ave. — Prospect.3: work by Gary Simmons, through Jan. 25.

Treo. 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 650-9844; www.treonola. com — “Draught,” work by Chicory Miles and Malcolm McClay; “Waxing Lyrical,” still lifes by Laura Fischer Saxon, Mary McGinness and Pauline Patterson; both through Jan. 25.

Tulane University. School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Collins C. Diboll Auditorium, 1440 Canal St. — “MotherShip II: Selections from the MotherShip Series,”

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Collective Memory mixed media by Dawn DeDeaux, through Jan. 25.

Tulane University. 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 862-8000; www.tulane.edu — “BAMBOULA / NOLA,” 12 sound art installations throughout campus in partnership with May Gallery, through Jan. 25.

United Bakery. 1325 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — Bas reliefs by Tamar Taylor, through January.

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www. zeitgeistnola.org — “The Perpetual Instant,” group photography exhibition selected by Grant Hamilton, through Jan. 25.

MUSEUMS Ashe Cultural Arts Center.

1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Prospect.3: work by Kerry James Marshall, through Jan. 25; “The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present,” an educational panel display, through February.

George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art. 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 5867432; www.themckennamuseum. com — Prospect.3: work by Carrie Mae Weems, through Jan. 25; “Queens Rule!” portraits, attire and art inspired by Mardi Gras Indian queens, through March 14.

Le Musee de F.P.C. 2336 Esplanade Ave., (504) 233-0384; www. facebook.com/lemuseedefpc — “Revelations of Goddesses,” paintings by Eleanor Merritt, through Jan. 25.

Longue Vue House and Gardens.

7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — Prospect 3: work by Shigeru Ban, Camille Henrot and Jose Antonio Vega Macotela, through Jan. 25.

Louisiana Children’s Museum.

420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www. lcm.org — Architecture exhibit

by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www. lsm.crt.state.la.us — “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing.

New Orleans African American Museum. 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., (504) 566-1136; www.noaam.com

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— Prospect.3: work by Zarouhie Abdalian, through Jan. 25.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www. noma.org — Prospect.3: work

by Tarsila do Amaral, Frederick J. Brown, Huguette Caland, Ed Clark, Andrea Fraser, Paul Gauguin, Jeffrey Gibson and Alma Thomas; “Photorealism:

The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection,” group exhibition of paintings; both through Jan. 25; “Orientalism: Taking and Making,” European and American art influenced by Middle Eastern, North African and East Asian cultures, through Feb. 1; “Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,” Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer sculpture and related work, through March 1;

“Photo-Unrealism,” group exhibition of abstract and surreal photography, through March 15; “Forever,” mural by Odili Donald Odita, through April 30.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — Prospect.3: “Basquiat and the Bayou,” paintings and works on paper by Jean-Michel Basquiat;

Prospect.3: work by Herbert Singleton, Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick; both through Jan. 25; “Self-Taught, Outsider and Visionary Art from the collection of Richard Gasperi,” through Feb. 22; “Before I Die...,” interactive installation by Candy Chang, through February.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.crt. state.la.us/museum/properties/

usmint — Pictures of the Year International, images from the Missouri School of Journalism’s photojournalism competition; “Keeping Time,” photographs of Louisiana’s musical history; both through February.

Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane. edu — “Bungalows,” artifacts of bungalow and cottage architecture, through May 20.

Southern Food & Beverage Museum. 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www. southernfood.org — “Happy Happy Happy!” photographs from S. Louise Neal’s Birthday Cake Project, ongoing.

Williams Research Center.

410 Chartres St., (504) 5234662; www.hnoc.org/willcent. htm — “Studio, Street, Self: Portrait Photographs from the Historic New Orleans Collection”, through February.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Distillery Artist Residency. The summer residency at the Contemporary Arts Center seeks artists interested in creating performance work. Visit www. neworleansdistillery.wordpress. com. Deadline Feb. 6.

Good Children Gallery Members. Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — The gallery reviews submissions for new artist-members in 2015. Email info@goodchildrengallery.com for details. Deadline Jan. 20.

Louisiana River Arts College Art Contest. The contest seeks art from students attending accredited Louisiana colleges.

Cash prizes are awarded. Visit www.rwnaf.org/contest, email emilyyoung@rwnaf.org or call (318) 865-4201, ext. 130, for details. Deadline Feb. 1, 2015.

Platforms Fund. A collaboration of Press Street, Ashe Cultural Arts Center and Pelican Bomb, the fund provides grants of up to $5,000 for artist-driven projects that engage the community. Visit www.platformsfund.org for more information. Deadline Jan. 20, 2015.

Reverb: Past Present Future.

The Contemporary Arts Center and guest curator Isolde Brielmaier hold an open call for contemporary art submissions from the Greater New Orleans area.

Visit www.cacno.org/reverbcall for details. Deadline Feb. 15.

Swap Meet NOLA. St. Margaret’s at Mercy, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 279-6414; www.stmargaretsno. org — The art and farmers market seeks artists. Email info@ swapmeetnola.com.

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The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 5234662; www.hnoc.org — “Andrew Jackson: Hero of New Orleans”, through March 29; hand-carved decoy ducks, ongoing.

When Hew Locke, a British artist from the culturally Caribbean South American nation of Guyana, first came to New Orleans to install his Carnival-inspired work in Prospect.3, he didn’t expect to feel at home here. He had heard about our Carnival but didn’t think a North American Mardi Gras could rival the Caribbean-style festivities of his native land. When he saw beads dangling from trees all over town, he changed his mind and realized our Mardi Gras must be the real deal after all. That same giddy, anarchic energy we associate with random clusters of Carnival beads also defines Shawne Major’s densely abstract tapestries cobbled from beads, buttons, baubles and trinkets stitched together into very precise yet random-looking wall hangings. They resonate a certain vibratory contrast because even though abstraction has historically been associated with some of the most serious art and artists — and Major comes across as quite serious — her mixed-media wall Collective Memory: THRU hangings are crafted from some of the most ephemerNew works by Shawne Major JAN al objects in popular culture. So even though the New Callan Contemporary, 518 Julia St. Iberia native’s works are not explicitly about Carnival, the parallels are so pronounced that they provide a (504) 525-0518 sense of what abstract art might have looked like had www.callancontemporary.com it originated in south Louisiana.

Fascia (pictured) is especially Carnivalesque because of the way its dense strands of beads seem to almost spin like a vortex of baubles, faux turquoise and plastic flowers in motion. Twin Flame is darker and denser and evokes a slower sort of movement as patterns of beads, buttons and purple faux pearls seem to ooze like a bejeweled lava flow. But Bower suggests a vestment, perhaps the remains of a royal tunic from a lost civilization that communicated via coded sequences of beads. Others are shaped like animal pelts, but all these fantastical concoctions exude a psychotropic joie de vivre via the inexplicable electricity of small, shimmering objects that were once in motion, and only recently came to rest. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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THEATER 6x6. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Local playwrights present staged readings of six new, 10-minute plays. Tickets $10.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Ain’t Got No Home. Teatro Wego!, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego, (504) 885-2000; www.jpas.org — The sequel follows characters from last year’s Blueberry Hill and features more classic New Orleans R&B songs. Tickets $30 adults, $27 seniors and military, $20 students, $15 children. 7:30 p.m. FridaySaturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — A pair of troubled adults meet in a chance encounter at a bar in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley’s two-person drama.

Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.

The Devils You Know. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.theshadowboxtheatre. com — Justin Bupp, Matthew Martinez, Alex Wallace and Mason Joiner star in Joiner’s play about angst-ridden young men. General admission $15; students, seniors and artists $12. 8 p.m.

Sunday-Monday.

Dreadful Dwarfs Delicious Day! 1315 Touro St. — Seven dastardly dwarfs hold a production monopoly on the world’s most valuable good in director Nari Tomassetti’s absurdist play, featuring live music by Matt Bell and His Orchestra.

Tickets start at $10. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Sunday.

Gone With the Breaking Wind. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Varla Jean Merman stars in a

parody of the epic Southern Civil War drama. Tickets start at $30. 8 p.m. ThursdaySaturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.

The Irish Curse. Cutting Edge Center for the Arts, 767 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 649-3727; www.cecaslidell.com — Five Irish-Americans meet at a self-help group for insecure men in Martin Casella’s comedy about sex and body image. Tickets start at $22.

8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Jesus Christ Superstar. Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www. lepetittheatre.com — Gentry Williams stars as Jesus in an updated version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera.

Tickets start at $30. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

Mamma Mia! Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola. com — Sophie tries to discover the true identity of her father before her wedding day in the musical based on the songs of ABBA. 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday-Thursday; 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Marvel Universe Live.

Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.marveluniverselive.com — Marvel Comics superheros Spider-Man, Wolverine and the Avengers battle villains in a live arena show. Tickets start at $32. 7 p.m. ThursdayFriday; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Night Market. St. Roch Firehouse, 1421 St. Roch Ave. — Case Miller directs an experimental production featuring live actors, puppets and original music by Ratty Scurvics. Tickets $15. 8 p.m.

Friday-Sunday.

Pat Bourgeois’ Debauchery. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — The live soap opera stars an uptown family with a

downtown mom. Tickets $10.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

Say Amen: A Gospel Play.

Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater. com — A mega-church pastor harbors a secret in this religious drama featuring original music by Dwight Fitch. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Squirrel That Kicked the Hornets’ Nest. Castle Theatre, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 287-4707; www.castle501. com — Chris Champagne performs a one-man political satire. Tickets $15. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Friday.

The Will Rogers Follies.

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — Kelly Fouchi directs biographical musical about 1920s and ’30s cowboy, vaudevillian and commentator Will Rogers. Tickets start at $32. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Your Lithopedion. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www. theshadowboxtheatre.com — Glenn Aucoin stars as a serial killer hoping to change his ways in Justin Maxwell’s dark comedy about murder and marital dysfunction. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY Beach Blanket Burlesque. Tiki Tolteca, 301 N. Peters St., (504) 267-4406; www.facebook.com/ tikitolteca — GoGo McGregor hosts a burlesque show. 9 p.m.

Wednesday.

Big Deal Burlesque. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — Roxie le Rouge hosts the weekly burlesque show.

Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday.

Bits & Jiggles. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — Local comedians and burlesque performers pair their talents.

9 p.m. Monday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Royal Sonesta Hotel (Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse), 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2331; www.sonesta.com/royalneworleans — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly ’60s-style burlesque show featuring music by Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio.

11:50 p.m. Friday.

Creole Sweet Tease Burlesque Show. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 522-5400; www.thesainthotel-

STAGE LISTINGS REVIEW neworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a burlesque performance featuring music by Jayna Morgan and the Creole Syncopators Jazz Band. 9 p.m. Friday.

The Dirty Dime Peepshow. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — The Lady Lucerne and Vinsantos star in an extra-naughty burlesque show, hosted by Ben Wisdom and produced

by Bella Blue. Tickets $15.

Midnight Saturday.

Look What I Can Do Variety Show. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Ooops the Clown, Ratty Scurvics, Kitty Kaos and performing dog Mr. Cheez star in a circus arts, burlesque and vaudeville show. 10 p.m. Friday.

A Night Under the Big Topless.

Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Slow Burn Burlesque’s circus-themed show stars GoGo McGregor, Ginger Licious, Roxie le Rouge and the Lady Lucerne and features acrobatics and swordswallowing. Tickets start at $15. 11 p.m. Friday.

Sunday School. The BEATnik, 1638 Clio St., (504) 648-7998; www.facebook.com/beatnikbookingnola — The burlesque and variety show features the Rev. Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls. Cover $5. 9 p.m. Sunday.

Opera Creole. Four Points

by Sheraton, 541 Bourbon St., (504) 524-7611; www.starwoodhotels.com — The historically inspired local opera group perform at the hotel’s Puccini Bar. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

COMEDY Accessible Comedy. Buffa’s, 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 9490038; www.buffaslounge.com — Jake Potter hosts stand-up.

Midnight Friday.

All-Star Comedy Revue.

House of Blues Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues. com — Leon Blanda hosts the stand-up comedy show with special guests and a band.

8 p.m. Thursday.

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 an open mic.

9 p.m. Monday.

A Brunch of Laughs. Banks Street Bar, 4401 Banks St., (504) 486-0258; www.banksstreet-

Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Comedy theater founders Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform free weekly improv.

9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 5295844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase.

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www. lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts the weekly comedy showcase.

10 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy F--k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www. dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon hosts a rotating showcase of local comedians.

8:30 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Local comedians perform. An open mic follows.

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. Friday-Saturday.

Friday Night Laughs. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open mic.

11 p.m. Friday.

GG’s 504 Comedy Tour.

Castle Theatre, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 287-4707; www.castle501.com — Gina Gomez hosts a stand-up comedy showcase. Tickets $10.

8 p.m. Saturday.

Give ’Em the Light Open-Mic Comedy Show. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues. com — Leon Blanda hosts the open mic. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Hear My Train A Comin’. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — Lane Lonion and Luke OleenJunk host open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 p.m. Thursday.

Jeff D’s Comedy Cabaret.

Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., 504-529-2107; www. bourbonpub.com — Comedian Jeff D and drag performer Carla Cahlua star in a weekly show.

Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Friday.

Gone With the Breaking Wind

Gone With the Breaking Wind In Gone With the Wind, the epic historical romance set during the JAN Civil War, Margaret Mitchell glorified the grandeur of plantation 8 p.m. Thu.-Sat.; 6 p.m. Sun. society in the South. In the parody Gone With the Breaking Wind, Mid-City Theatre, currently running at Mid-City Theatre, Varla Jean Merman, Ricky 3540 Toulouse St. Graham and company hit the classic 1939 film adaptation (starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh) right in the Southern belles.

(504) 488-1460 As soon as the action begins at Twelve Inch Oaks, it’s clear the www.midcitytheatre.com jokes will come fast and furious, as Harlot O’Hairnet (Merman) attends a barbecue and pines for Ashy Heels (Graham), who — though it’s doubtful he enjoys the company of women — is about to marry Mealy Hammertoe (Brooklyn Shaffer). Harlot marries another man instead, but never takes her eye off Ashy, or the dashing and rich Brett Butter (Sean Patterson).

In the freewheeling lampoon of the romantic notion of the genteel South, nothing is off limits, including alcoholism, scatological humor and wistful homages to the comforts of incestuous relationships. When Harlot acquires a mule to pull a wagon back to Tara, there’s endless talk of “the ass she got in Atlanta.” There are double entendres, innuendos, gleefully obvious gags and asides, and the cast members break character often, without diffusing the plot. Mealy walks onstage in the middle of Act 2, and Shaffer, overplaying Mealy’s obliviousness, turns to the audience and says, “Can someone catch me up, I haven’t been onstage in a long time.”

Anticipated moments are worth it. Patterson is priceless as Big Ma’am, the comedy’s version of Scarlett’s slave Mammy. Big Ma’am delivers the news of just about every death in the story with a sassy, “She dead, baby.”

Late in the story, when Harlot needs to put together a new dress to receive guests at her ruined plantation, she comes up with a fun spin on the movie’s recycling moment. Cecile Casey Covert provided the costumes and did a brilliant job outfitting the cast for numerous quick changes, particularly Patterson’s doubling as Big Ma’am and Harlot’s suitor Brett.

Varla literally towers over the rest of the cast, which works as its own recurring joke. Everyone else plays multiple roles, including Jefferson Turner and Brian Johnston. While the film stretched to nearly four hours, this show is condensed into two, and it moves faster than Sherman’s army in laying waste to its targets. It’s a hilarious romp, and the South may not rise again after this. — WILL COVIELLO

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Johnny Rock. C. Beever’s Bar of Music, 2507 N. Woodlawn Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-9401; www.facebook.com/TheNewCBeevers — Comedian Johnny Rock hosts an open-mic comedy night. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Laugh & Sip. The Wine Bistro, 1011 Gravier St., (504) 606-6408; www.facebook. com/thewinebistrono — Mark Caesar and DJ Cousin Cav host the weekly showcase of local comedians. Tickets $7.

8 p.m. Thursday.

Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7585590; www.theallwayslounge. com — Tory Gordon and Paul Oswell host an open-mic night. 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Magna Carta Show.

Playhouse Nola, 3214 Burgundy St — William Benner, David Kendall, Nathan Sutter, Brian Tarney and Thomas Fewer star in a weekly improv and sketch comedy show.

8:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story at this weekly show. 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

A Night of Comedy. Tacos & Beer, 1622 St. Charles Ave., (504) 304-8722; www. tacosandbeer.org — Corey Mack hosts two stand-up showcases. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Saturday.

NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts the series, which features a booked showcase and open mic. 9 p.m. Sunday.

Think You’re Funny?

Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — The weekly open-mic comedy showcase is open to all comics. 9 p.m.

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TUESDAY 13 The Barman’s Fund Anniversary Party. Republic New Orleans, 828 S. Peters St., (504) 528-8282; www. thebarmansfund.org — The bartenders’ charitable organization hosts a fundraiser for A Child’s Wish. 7 p.m.

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Battle of New Orleans talk. Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, (504) 589-3882; www.nps. gov/jela — Visitors learn about the War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans each afternoon. 2:45 p.m.

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Chefs’ Charity for Children. Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras St., (504) 561-0500; www.hilton. com — Eleven local chefs including Greg Sonnier, Emeril Lagasse and Leah Chase present cooking demonstrations and a sampling lunch benefiting St. Michael Special School. Tickets $65. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Dental health lecture. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — Dentist Mitchell Pierce discusses the importance of teeth and treatments for tooth loss. 7 p.m.

First-Time Renovator Training. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 581-7032; www.prcno.org — Potential home renovators learn about selecting and financing projects. RSVP to Suzanne at (504) 636-3399 or sblaum@prcno.org.

6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

It’s All About the Music Bike Ride. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www. facebook.com/groups/nolasocialride — The cyclists

of NOLA Social Ride cruise around the city, stopping along the way to enjoy live music. 6 p.m.

Rhone Valley Wine Class.

The Grill Room at the Windsor Court, 300 Gravier St., (504) 522-1992; www. grillroomneworleans. com — Sommelier John Mitchell leads a tasting of Grenache and Syrah from France’s Rhone Valley.

Tickets $40. 7 p.m.

Toddler Time. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — The museum hosts activities for children ages 3 and under and their parents or caregivers. Non-members $8. 10:30 a.m.

Yoga at the Cabildo.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — Yogis of all experience levels practice in the Cabildo gallery. Non-members $12.

7:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 14 Affordable Care Act bilingual assistance. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www. nutrias.org — The Cognasante Foundation offers English- and Spanish-language help with health insurance enrollment.

11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Barbershop Meetings.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Peter Nahkid leads the men’s discussion. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Finding Lost Cousins. St. Tammany Parish Library, Covington Branch, 310 W. 21st Ave., Covington, (985) 893-6280; www.sttammany.lib.la.us/covington.html — Elaine Boston explains

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.

White Glove Wednesdays.

National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www. nationalww2museum.org — Curator Eric Rivets gives visitors a chance to wear original military uniforms and equipment. 9 a.m.

YouthSpark Winter Camps.

Microsoft Store, Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., (504) 841-5180; www.microsoft. com — Kids age 11 to 13 learn game coding skills while parents take a separate workshop. Visit website to register. 5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday.

THURSDAY 15 Airbnb: A Sharing Economy Case Study. Mintz Center for Jewish Life/Tulane Hillel House, 912 Broadway St., (504) 866-7060; www. tulanehillel.org — Business journalist Greg LaRose moderates a panel discussion about the pros and cons of short-term rentals. 7 p.m.

Anniversary Block Party.

Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania.com — The cinema celebrates its 100th year with a block party, food vendors, free film screenings and popcorn.

Free indoor film screenings start at 10 a.m.; block party starts at 5 p.m.

Bridge lessons. Wes Busby Bridge Center, 2709 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-0869 — Beginners and novices take free bridge lessons. 9 a.m.

Commemorative Luncheon.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Syracuse University professor Timothy K. Eatman and labor organizer Ruben Solis Garcia speak at a luncheon honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez. Tickets $25. Noon to 2 p.m.

Legal Issues and Estate Planning. West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Man-

hattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 364-2660; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Attorney William Perry explains estate planning, wills, trusts, living wills and more. 10 a.m.

Sistahs Making a Change.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Women of all experience levels dance, talk and dine together at this health-centered event.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Tailgate Showcase & Auction. Degas House, 2401 Esplanade Ave., (504) 821-5009; www.degashouse. com — Bud Light sponsors an auction of art and functional objects made from truck tailgates. Proceeds benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Tickets $10. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

FRIDAY 16 Carnival “Toe-Down.”

Freret Street Publiq House, 4528 Freret St., (504) 8269912; www.facebook.com/ ctlsnola — The Camel Toe Lady Steppers’ benefit for the Roots of Music features dancing, carnival games, a silent auction, burlesque performances and live music by Sweet Crude, Tank & the Bangas and more.

Tickets $20. 8 p.m.

Family Business Center Forum. Tulane University, Lavin-Bernick Center, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, (504) 314-2188; www.tulane.edu — Economist and finance professor Peter Ricchiuti presents his 2015 forecast for privately held Louisiana businesses. 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

honors news anchor Robin Roberts, actor Christian LeBlanc and others. Tickets $150. 6:30 p.m.

NOLA Home Show. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 582-3000; www. nolahomeshow.com — The expo features more than 200 vendors in the home improvement, interior decor and garden industries, as well as a butterfly house, food demos and wine tastings. Guest appearances include TV hosts Ty Penningon and John Gidding. Tickets $11 in advance, $13 at the door. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Starlight Racing. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 944-5515; www.fairgroundsracecourse.com — Evening racing kicks off with first post at 5 p.m. General admission $5.

SATURDAY 17 Antique Auto Club of St. Bernard Cruise Night.

Brewster’s, 8751 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 309-7548; www. brewstersrestaurant.com — Antique and classic cars are displayed and there is music from the 1950s through the 1970s. 6 p.m.

Astronomy Night. Bayou Segnette State Park, 7777 Westbank Expressway, Westwego, (504) 736-7140; www.bayousegnettestatepark.com — Visitors use telescopes to identify constellations and planets.

7 p.m.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — This week’s event includes music by Sarah Quintana and a documentary about Prospect.3 featured artist Paul Gauguin. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Daylily Society. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Society member Bill Monroe reviews two recent conventions on day lilies for flower lovers. 10 a.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration. New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Ave., (504) 596-2602 — The commemoration features speaker Happy Johnson and a performance

by Kai Knight’s Silhouette Dancers. Noon.

Flights of Fancy Opera Ball.

Lakefront Airport, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd.; www. neworleansopera.org — The Women’s Guild of the New Orleans Opera Association hosts a gala dinner and dance featuring music by The Yat Pack. Tickets start at $200. 7 p.m.

Mentor Magic Gala. Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., (504) 561-1234; www.mentormagicgala. org — The benefit for student mentoring organization Each One Save One

Jazz Yoga. Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841 — Susan Landry leads a free class featuring meditational jazz piano. 10 a.m.

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Kids Swing & Sing. Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841 — Kids learn swing dance with live music by Jayna Morgan & the Swing Setters. 12:30 p.m.

Krewe of Lyra Tableau Ball.

Covington Country Club, 200 Country Club Drive, Convington, (985) 892-1900; www. covingtoncountryclub.com — Musician Marcia Ball performs at the Northshore krewe’s gala, which also features food and cocktails. Tickets $100. Email lyrasmuse@gmail. com or call (985) 727-1712 for tickets. 7:30 p.m.

Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame Banquet.

Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras St., (504) 561-0500; www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com — The American Italian Renaissance Foundation inducts honorees, with appearances by former NFL player Vince Ferragamo and singer Deana Martin. Proceeds benefit the American Italian Cultural Center and its scholarships. Tickets start at $175. 6 p.m.

National Portfolio Day. Wyndham Garden New Orleans Airport, 6401 Veterans Memorial Blvd — The Memphis College of Art hosts this free event for aspiring artists to have their portfolios reviewed by 15 college art programs.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

OCH Recycled Art Market. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www. ochartmarket.com — There’s live music, entertainment, art and home furnishings crafted from reclaimed materials.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Parterre Garden Lecture & Tour. Pitot House, 1440 Moss St., (504) 482-0312; www. louisianalandmarks.org — Gardener Anna Timmerman discusses the history of parterre gardens in France and New Orleans. A short garden tour follows. Non-members $10. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Share Fest. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias.

Swap Meet NOLA. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola.com — The event includes a farmers market, flea market and art market. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

The World of Insect Zombie-ism. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org — LSU molecular pathologist Rodney Shackelford lectures on how parasites manipulate the behavior of their hosts. 4 p.m.

Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 4565000; www.noma.org — The museum hosts yoga classes in the sculpture garden.

Non-members $5. 8 a.m.

SUNDAY 18 Mama’s Girls. Carver Theater, 2101 Orleans Ave., (504) 3040460; www.carvertheater. org — AARP Louisiana and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women host an information fair and a free performance of Garrett Davis’ show about the struggles of caregiving. RSVP to (877) 926-8300. 4 p.m.

SoFAB Cooking Demo. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www. frenchmarket.org — Local chefs cook their signature dishes. 2 p.m.

Tipitina’s Foundation’s Sunday Youth Music Workshop.

Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-8477; www.tipitinas. com — Kids jam with local musicians Cliff Hines and Chris Severin. 1 p.m.

MONDAY 19 Affordable Care Act assistance. Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., (504) 596-2667; www. nutrias.org — The New Orleans Marketplace Team helps residents with questions about health insurance.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Breakfast of Champions and Back Trails Hike. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 6261238; www.northlakenature. org — Participants take a moderately challenging hike,

then enjoy coffee and a light breakfast. Non-members $5.

Call or email rue@northlakenature.org to RSVP. 8 a.m.

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

Non-members $5. 6 p.m.

WORDS All People Open Mic Poetry Circle. Playhouse Nola, 3214 Burgundy St. — Poets of diverse backgrounds share their work at a monthly reading. 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday.

Andy Young. The poet reads from her collection All Night It Is Morning. The Old U.S. Mint event includes music by Sula Janet Evans. 7 p.m. Tuesday at Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St.; 2 p.m. Friday at Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave. Arthur Hardy. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The author discusses the fifth edition of Mardi Gras in New Orleans: An Illustrated History. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Basquiat for Pee-Wees. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — Poet Kelly Harris reads Maya Angelou’s Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, a children’s book illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

A poetry craft follows. Visit website to register. 10 a.m. to noon.

Bill Loehfelm. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks. com — The author signs the latest in his series of crime novels, Doing the Devil’s Work.

6 p.m. Thursday.

Brian Boyles. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author discusses and signs New Orleans Boom and Blackout, a history of the 100 days preceding the 2013 Super Bowl. 6 p.m. Thursday.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao discussion. New Orleans Public Library, Nix Branch, 1401 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 596-2630 — Artist Firelei Baez and poet Jose Torres-Tama discuss Junot Diaz’s 2007 novel about a Dominican-American teen as part of P.3 Reads. 6 p.m. Thursday.

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Madisonville Art Market.

Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River at Water Street, Madisonville, (985) 8714918; www.artformadisonville. org — The monthly market features works by local artists including paintings, mixed media, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

org — Sponsored by Common Knowledge and NOLA Timebank, the event includes food, educational workshops and a free swap of clothing, costumes and household goods.

Noon to 5 p.m.

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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.

Meet Pelican Publishing. University of New Orleans, Bicentennial Educational Building, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000; www.uno.edu — Pelican Publishing editor Nina Kooij leads a question-and-answer session and critique meeting for children’s book writers. 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Nicholas Meis. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www. nutrias.org — The co-author of New Orleans Hurricanes From the Start discusses the history of major storms.

11 a.m. Saturday.

Paul Oswell. Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave., (504) 322-7479; www.neworleanspubliclibrary. org — The author discusses and signs New Orleans Historic Hotels. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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Peter Cooley & Meena Young.

East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — The poets discuss their work. Cooley is the author of Night Bus to the Afterlife; Young is co-editor of literary journal Meena.

7 p.m. Thursday.

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Ron Chapman. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 5962675; www.nutrias.org — The author discusses The Battle of New Orleans: But for a Piece of Wood. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Story Time with Miss Maureen. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — Miss Maureen reads children’s books including Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea.

11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Tim Federle. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author signs Hickory Daiquiri Dock, a cocktail book for parents. 6 p.m. Saturday.

FARMERS MARKETS Covington Farmers Market. www.covingtonfarmersmarket.org — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and live music twice a week: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington; 8 a.m. to noon Sat-

urday at Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington.

Crescent City Farmers Market. www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org — The market offers produce, meat, seafood, dairy, flowers and prepared food at four weekly events. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St.; 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place; 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at American Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave.; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Magazine Street Market, corner of Magazine and Girod streets.

CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook.com/ CRISPfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan; www. germancoastfarmersmarket. org — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Gretna Farmers Market. Huey P. Long Avenue at Second Street, Gretna; www.gretnafarmersmarket.com — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Hollygrove Market. Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., (504) 483-7037; www. hollygrovemarket.com — The urban farm operates a fresh market that’s open daily. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market, 922 Teche St., Algiers, (504) 362-0708; www. oldalgiersharvestfreshmarket. com — Produce and seafood are available for purchase.

3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.

Rivertown Farmers Market.

400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner.la.us — The market features fruits, vegetables, dairy products, homemade jams and jellies and cooking demonstrations. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Sankofa Mobile Market. www.sankofanola.org — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden at several weekly stops. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234

N. Claiborne Ave.; 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday at New Israel Baptist Church, 6322 St. Claude Ave. St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi, (504) 3554442; www.fb.com/StBMarket — The market offers seafood, produce, preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment and children’s activities.

8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Vietnamese Farmers Market. 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd. — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early market catering to New Orleans East’s Vietnamese population.

5 a.m. Saturday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED American Cancer Society. The society seeks volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs.

Visit www.cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200.

Another Life Foundation. The foundation seeks volunteers recovering from mental illness to help mentor others battling depression and suicidal behaviors. Training is provided.

Contact Stephanie Green at (888) 543-3480, email anotherlifefoundation@hotmail.com or visit www.anotherlifefoundation.org.

Arbor Day Volunteers.

Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — The nature preserve seeks volunteers to help plant longleaf pine seedlings on Jan. 31 and Feb. 7. Call (985) 6261238 or email rue@northlakenature.org.

Bayou Rebirth Wetlands Education. Bayou Rebirth seeks volunteers for wetlands planting projects, nursery maintenance and other duties.

Visit www.bayourebirth.org.

CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours per month. No special skills are required; training and support are provided. Call (504) 5221962 or email info@casaneworleans.org.

The Creativity Collective. The organization seeks artists, entrepreneurs, parents and teens to help with upcoming projects and events, including maintaining a creative resource directory and orga-

nizing charity bar crawls. Visit www.creativitycollective.com or call (916) 206-1659.

for display. Call David at (504) 837-0175 or email daveharrell@ yahoo.com.

Crescent City Farmers Market.

CCFM and marketumbrella. org seek volunteers to field shoppers’ questions, assist seniors, help with children’s activities and more. Call (504) 495-1459 or email latifia@ marketumbrella.org.

Lakeview Civic Improvement Association. The association’s green space committee needs volunteers to pick up trash or trim trees for the adopt-ablock program. Sign up with Russ Barranco at (504) 4829598 or rpbarranco@cox.net.

Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to help clients, manage inventory and share their expertise. Call (504) 8914337 or email neworleans@ dressforsuccess.org.

Louisiana SPCA. The LA/SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals and help with special events, education and more. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and complete an orientation to work directly with animals. Visit www.la-spca.org/volunteer.

Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest one-onone mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www. eachonesaveone.org.

Edgar Degas Foundation. The nonprofit seeks volunteers to contribute to foundation development. Call (504) 821-5009 or email info@degashouse.com.

Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running partners, assistant coaches, committee members and race day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola.org or visit www.gotrnola.org.

Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center.

The center seeks part-time civil rights investigators with excellent writing skills, reliable transportation and no criminal convictions to help expose housing discrimination in the New Orleans metro area. Call (504) 717-4257 or email mmorgan@gnofairhousing.org.

Green Light New Orleans. The group seeks volunteers to help install free energy-efficient lightbulbs in homes. Visit www.greenlightneworleans. org, call (504) 324-2429 or email green@greenlightneworleans.org.

HandsOn New Orleans. The volunteer center for the New Orleans area invites prospective volunteers to learn about the opportunities available and how to be a good volunteer.

Call (504) 304-2275, email volunteer@handsonneworleans. org or visit www.handsonneworleans.org.

Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111.

Jackson Barracks Museum Volunteers. The museum seeks volunteers to work one day a week for the Louisiana National Guard Museum.

Volunteers prepare military aircraft, vehicles and equipment

Lowernine.org. Lowernine.org seeks volunteers to help renovate homes in the Lower 9th Ward. Visit www.lowernine.org or email lauren@lowernine.org.

Meal Delivery Volunteers. The Jefferson Council on Aging seeks volunteers to deliver meals to homebound adults.

Gas and mileage expenses are reimbursed. Call Gail at (504) 888-5880.

National World War II Museum. The museum accepts applications for volunteers to greet visitors from around the world and familiarize them with its galleries and artifacts.

Call (504) 527-6012, ext. 243, or email katherine.alpert@ nationalww2museum.org.

NOLA Wise. The partnership of Global Green, the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. It seeks volunteers, who must attend a 30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@globalgreen.org.

Parkway Partners. The greenspace and community garden organization seeks volunteers for building, gardening and other projects. Email info@ parkwaypartnersnola.org, call (504) 620-2224 or visit www. parkwaypartnersnola.org.

Senior Companion Volunteers.

The New Orleans Council on Aging seeks volunteers to assist with personal and daily tasks to help seniors live independently. Visit www.nocoa. org or call (504) 821-4121.

St. Thomas Hospitality House. The Catholic charity seeks individuals and groups of volunteers to serve people experiencing homelessness.

Contact Daniel Thelen at nolacw@gmail.com or (517) 290-8533.

Start the Adventure in Reading. The STAIR program holds regular training sessions for volunteers who work

one-on-one with public school students to build reading and language skills. Call (504) 899-0820, email elizabeth@ stairnola.org or visit www. stairnola.org.

Teen Life Counts. The Jewish Family Service program seeks volunteers to teach suicide prevention to middle- and upper-school New Orleans students. Call (504) 831-8475.

Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries. The charity seeks volunteers to help disabled, wounded and senior veterans with food and clothing distribution, home improvement, beautification, social media and web design. Call (504) 3403429 or visit www.veteranshousingoutreach.webs.com.

CALL FOR WRITERS Youth Writing Contest. The New Orleans Loving Festival seeks essays on race, racism and the multiracial experience by writers age 18 and under.

Cash prizes are awarded. Visit www.charitablefilmnetwork. submittable.com/submit for guidelines. Deadline March 31.

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS Call for Makers. The New Orleans Mini Maker Faire seeks makers, artists, performers and crafters for the March 7 event at Tulane University. Visit www.nolamakerfaire.com/callformakers for an application.

Deadline Feb. 1, 2015.

New Orleans Fashion Week.

Organizers are accepting applications from designers for New Orleans Fashion Week, March 21 to 28. Deadline for the Featured Designer is Jan. 15, 2015. Visit www.fashionweeknola.com for details.

Startup St. Bernard. The Meraux Foundation offers cash and business services worth $110,000 to a new business located in St. Bernard Parish.

Visit www.startupstbernard. com to submit a business plan. Deadline Jan. 31, 2015.

Swap Meet NOLA. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola. com — Artists, farmers, bakers and flea market vendors are invited to set up booths at recurring swap meets.

Wednesday at the Square vendors. The Young Leadership Council seeks food and art vendors for the concert series at Lafayette Square, which begins in March. Visit www. wednesdayatthesquare.com to apply. Deadline Jan. 30.

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Dear New Orleans Job Guru, “I keep hearing about how “Informational Interviews” are a good way to find a job, but I never really heard about them before. I’m not exactly sure what they are or why they would be good?”

— Maryellen W., Metairie, LA

NEW YEAR, NEW CAREER!

Dear Maryellen,

Maryellen, it is very timely that you should ask this question now, because I just had a young woman come into my office for an informational interview (more on that later). Within the context of a job search process, an informational interview is a session that is arranged by a jobseeker to meet with someone who is strategically positioned Grant Cooper to provide helpful information, information that may prove critical in assisting the jobseeker in conducting an effective search for suitable employment.

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It is important to keep in mind that the primary factors preventing candidates from finding good jobs are generally not a paucity of local opportunities, poor economy or job climate, absence of talent or skills, illegal discrimination, or lack of family and friend connections. The key factors that most often result in an unsatisfactory job search are simply lack of relevant information and poor preparation… For example, not knowing where a particular job opening is currently available, not knowing exactly who the decision-makers are within that organization, not having a state-of-the-art résumé and cover letter ready, not understanding how to appeal to hiring entities, and not developing a strategic job search plan.

As I mentioned earlier, just this past week, a young woman who was returning to her hometown of New Orleans for the holidays contacted me by email to arrange an informational interview. First, she apparently learned about me from LinkedIn. Even in her first communications with me, she demonstrated that she knew about my background, understood that I am prominent in my field, had read many of my columns, and stated several specific reasons that my expertise may prove helpful to her.

Importantly, she never asked me directly to find her a job or put me on a spot… she simply stated that wanted to meet in order to gain my advice.

In her email, the young woman provided a few brief snippets about her background, stated that she grew up in New Orleans, had attended a prominent local high school, and after graduating from an out-of-state college, that she had moved away, first to New York, and then to the West Coast in pursuit of opportunities. She did not send a résumé to me initially, which is advisable, since sending a résumé too soon can be a turnoff. She gave me a wide range of dates during the Christmas holidays that she would be available to meet, and I agreed on a date and time.

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A half-hour before we met, she texted me to ask what type of coffee or refreshment I preferred, since she was stopping at a nearby coffee shop on the way, a gesture which definitely exhibited her courtesy.

She brought a résumé with her and explained that she just wanted me to have it so I could better understand her background. After briefly relating her career interests, she asked for my advice. As I have stated in past columns, advice is a great thing to request, because it is non-confrontational, flatters the individual in suggesting that their expertise is valuable, and often contains essential insider information.

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Suffice it to say that I was able to provide this young woman with a number of very helpful connections and introductions in her field, as well as general hints on some of the latest and best techniques for accessing the opportunities she was seeking. She took copious notes and asked excellent questions throughout our meeting, and I received a very thoughtful thank you message from her by email the following day.

New Orleans Job Guru is New Orleans native Grant Cooper. President of Strategic Résumés®, Grant ranks within the top LinkedIn Résumé Writing Experts nationwide and has assisted the U.S. Air Force, Kinko’s, the Louisiana Dept. of Labor, the City of New Orleans, NFL/NBA players & coaches, as well as universities, regional banks, celebrities, and major corporations.

Send Your Questions to New Orleans Job Guru at: grant@resupro.com or 504-891-7222.

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RD Guetersloh Farms, Plains, TX, has 1 positions for cotton & peanuts; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; 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.; $10.35/hr, may work nights and weekends; threefourths work period guaranteed from 2/25/15 – 12/25/15. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX8332706 or call 225-342-2917.

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East Half Farms, Marianna, AR, has 10 positions for grain, cotton & oilseed crops; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; 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.; $10.18/hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/15/15 – 12/1/15. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1068787 or call 225-342-2917.

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Stroope Bee Company, Waxahachie, TX, has 6 positions for bees & honey; 3 mos. experience required with references as a honey beekeeper; must be able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; no bee, pollen or honey related allergies; must be able to lift 75 pounds; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; 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; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $whichever is higher $10.35/hr or $10.25/hr piece rate, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/15/15– 12/15/15.

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NO. 2013-10821 DIVISION “C” SUCCESSION OF MARY WILLIAMS CAZALAS NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the EXECUTOR, Matthew Hedrick, has filed a Petition for Authority to Sell Movable Property at Private Sale, described below for FIVE HUNDRED ($500.00) DOLLARS, on the terms and conditions set forth in the “Bill of Sale,” which is incorporated hereto and annexed to his Petition.

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NO.2014-7672 DIVISION: “G“ SUCCESSION OF JEFFERSON JAMES ABROMAITIS NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION NOTICE IS GIVEN to the creditors of this Estate and to all other interested persons, that a First Tableau of Distribution has been filed by Martha Elaine Abromaitis, the qualified and acting independent administrator of the succession of Jefferson James Abromaitis, with her Petition Filing First Tableau of Distribution praying for homologation of the Tableau and for ratification of the payment of the liabilities of the Succession listed therein, for authority to pay the remaining administrative expenses of the Succession and for authority to distribute the remaining balance of the Succession funds to the Decedent’s heirs as listed thereon; and that the First Tableau of Distribution can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this notice. Any opposition to the Petition must be filed prior to homologation.

Orleans Parish, Louisiana this 6th day of January, 2015.

By order of the Court, Jerry Wineski, Deputy Clerk Attorney: Robert T. Weimer, IV Address: 400 Poydras St. Suite 1125 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone: 504-561-8700 Gambit: 1/13/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Bernard Ernard Sheldon call J. Gainsburgh, Atty at (504) 582-2280.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Brandon Campbell, whose last known whereabouts is Chalmette, Louisiana, please contact Diedre P. Kelly, Attorney at (504) 593-9500.

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NUMBER: 2013-10163 DIVISION: “G-11”

NUMBER: 2013-10311 DIVISION: “M”

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SUCCESSION OF CLIFFORD J. QUINTAL, JR. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ronald J. Quintal, Co-Executor of the Succession of Clifford J. Quintal, Jr, has, pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, article 3281, petitioned this Honorable Court for authority to sell at private sale, for the price of $67,500.00, the Succession’s undivided one-half (1/2) interest in and to the following described property: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, according to approved map of subdivision by F.C. Gandolfo, Jr., Surveyor, dated January 5, 1959 of record in the Conveyance Office of the Parish of Orleans in Book 629, folio 92, situated in the Third Municipal District of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana in PONTCHARTRAIN PARK SUBDIVISION Section 3C in SQUARE TWENTY-NINE, bounded by Prentiss Avenue, Press Drive, Pressburg Street and Campus Blvd., designated by LOT 7A and measures 50 feet front on Pressburg Street, 50 feet width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet on the side next to Lot 6 and 100 feet on the other side line, according to resubdivision plan dated 4/28/60 recorded at COB 634/412. Improvements bear Mun. No. 4110 Pressburg.

Being a part of the same property acquired by Clifford J. Quintal, Jr. from Pontchartrain Park Homes, Inc., by Act of Cash Sale passed on August 24, 1960, before Sidney K. Pate, Notary Public, recorded in Orleans Parish Conveyance Office book 636, folio 472 on September 9, 1960.

NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with law, notice is hereby given that Ronald J. Quintal, Co-Executor for the Succession of Clifford J. Quintal, Jr, proposes to sell the aforesaid immovable property, at private sale, for the price and upon the terms aforesaid, and the heirs, legatees, and creditors are required to make opposition, if any they have or can, to such sale, within seven (7) days, including Sundays and holidays, from date whereon the last publication of this notice appears.

DALE ATKINS, CLERK OF COURT Attorney: Ronald W. Morrison, Jr. Address: 209-A Canal Street Metairie, LA 70005 Telephone: 504-831-2348 Gambit: 1/13/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Robert Cuiellette Llopis, son of Charlene Llopis Pleas A/K/A Charlene Llopis Cuiellette Pleas, please contact Joaquin Shepherd, attorney, at (504) 920-9050, located at 4051 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 228, Metairie, LA 70002.

ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF SHELDON M. BRUNO OR HIS HEIRS PLEASE CONTACT IRVING SHNAIDER (504)484-6416.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Thomas Gerald Winn or Betty Winn please contact Steven Jupiter, Attorney at (504) 533-8720.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Tommy Taylor, LaDonna Johnson Taylor and/or Shannon Dave Griffin call J. Gainsburgh, Atty at (504) 582-2280.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF MARGARET GAYLE REESE RIEHL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO GRANT A VOLUNTARY UNIT ON SUCCESSION PROPERTY NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that MILTON REESE, JR., Provisional Administrator of the above succession, has applied for authority to execute a Voluntary Unit Agreement to Mack Energy, Co., as Operator, and to Louisiana Onshore Exploration, L.L.C., as Lessee of the interest of this succession, in the following described property, to-wit: That certain tract or parcel of land containing 40.00 acres, more or less, being the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE/4 of SE/4) of Section 5, Township 12 South, Range 2 West, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.

LESS AND EXCEPT: 2.99 acres, more or less, being a strip of land located along the eastern boundary of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE/4 of SE/4), Section 5, Township 12 South. Being bounded, now or formerly, by lands owned as follows: North by other lands owned

by Lessors not leased herein; East

by Acadia Vermilion Rice Irrigation Company and/or other lands owned

by Lessors not leased herein; South

by Marjorie Vincent Hartwell, et al; and West by Norman A. Hartwell, Jr., et al. Leaving a total balance of 37.01 acres, more or less, herein leased.

Any parties whom it may concern, including heirs and creditors of the Decedent herein, are ordered to make any opposition which they may have to such application prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving, and homologating such application; such judgment or order may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of such notice.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT CLERK OF COURT Attorney: Loretta O. Hoskins Address: 1100 Poydras Street 2300 Energy Centre New Orleans, LA 70163-2300 Telephone: (504) 585-7264 Gambit: 12/23/14 and 1/13/15 If you know the whereabouts of Betty Jean Cager A/K/A Betty Liggio, please contact the Law Office of Mark D. Spears, Jr., LLC at 504-347-5056.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Anthony Smith Financial, Inc. dated April 10, 2014 in the amount of $1,189.35 and signed by a R. Smith please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-581-9545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Glenda/Glinda Caston L/K/A 4030 South Post Oak Ave, New Orleans, La, call P. Hamilton, 504-940-1883.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to CENTEX HOME EQUITY CORPORATION, executed by ELVIN D. CANTY, and dated February 3, 1999 in the principal sum of $ 84,500.00, bearing interest at the rate of 10.990% percent from date 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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1525 Clio #3 ......................... $139,000.00 1208 Pauline ........................ $125,000.00 1216-18 Gallier .................... $120,000.00 933-35 N Claiborne ............. $110,000.00 729 Gladstone ...................... $109,000.00 4517 Thalia ............................ $89,900.00 3158-60 N Villere ................... $79,000.00 4214-16 S Johnson ................ $75,000.00 1829-31 Touro ........................ $75,000.00 1626-28 Touro ....................... $62,000.00 2013-15 Foucher ................... $59,900.00 3445 Magnolia ....................... $50,000.00 1735 Hermosa ....................... $45,000.00 1201 Bartholomew ................ $33,000.00 1760 Pratt .............................. $27,000.00 2807-09 Daneel ..................... $24,000.00 196 Lakeview Dr #A ................ $6,732.00 ABR, CRS, GRI, SFR, SRS

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

NO. 736-858 DIVISION “ E “ SUCCESSION OF MARIO JOSE GINORIO NOTICE TO SELL MOVABLE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE, PAY SUCCESSION DEBTS AND COMPROMISE SUCCESSION CLAIMS

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NOTICE IS GIVEN that the provisional administratrix of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to sell movable and immovable property belonging to the succession of the deceased at private sale in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to pay succession debts and compromise succession claims. As for the immovable property, petitioner proposes the sale for One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand and No/100 ($148,000.00) Dollars cash, with the succession to pay all encumbrances, pro rata taxes, and pay for all proper certificates, and revenue stamps. The immovable property proposed to be sold at private sale is described as follows:

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THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in WEST DALE SUBDIVISION, in the TOWN OF WESTWEGO, and according to a plan of said subdivision by Adloe Orr, Jr. C.E., dated August 10, 1949, annexed to an act before L.A. Molony, N.P., dated November 14, 1949, said lot is designated by the NO. 1 of SQUARE 2, bounded by Keller Avenue, Chipley and Third Streets, and the North and West boundaries of the said subdivision, forms the corner of Keller Avenue and Third Street of 126.09 feet, and a depth on the opposite side line of 125 feet; all as more fully shown on blue print of survey of Adloe Orr, Jr., C.E., dated January 21, 1950, annexed to an act of sale passed by Conrad Meyer, III, N.P., of Orleans Parish, dated March 27, 1950 and registered in COB 282, folio 429, Parish of Jefferson, and according to survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, dated April 16, 1973.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 628 Keller Avenue, Westwego, LA 70094.

Being the same property acquired by Mario J. Ginorio from Peggy Creppel Breaux wife of/and Danny Anthony Breaux, Sr. by Cash Sale passed before Deryle A. Bourgeois, Notary Public, dated February 10, 2010 and recorded in COB 3259, Folio 273, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

This act is made and accepted subject to the following: 1. Any and all restrictions, conditions, and/or servitudes which may appear in the chain of title; said reference thereto is not to be construed as an extension, recreation or re-establishment thereof.

2. Any and all servitudes, encroachments, encumbrances, and/or exceptions that would have been revealed by a current survey of the referenced property.

3. Easement along the rear 5 feet of the property for utilities as shown on plan of subdivision.

4. The restrictive covenants contained in sale by Clair M. Laudumiey to Westwego Improvement Co., Inc., passed before L.A. Molony, N.P., dated January 16, 1950, filed for record January 18, 1950, registered in COB 279, folio 23, as amended in instrument executed

by Westwego Improvement Co., Inc., per act passed before Conrad Meyer, III, N.P., dated March 8, 1950, filed for record March 9, 1950, registered in COB 281, folio 224.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Provisional Administratrix of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to sell movable property belonging to the succession of the deceased at private sale, to pay succession debts and compromise succession claims.

The authority sought is more particularly described as: (1) Payment to Carlos Ginorio as a compromise, the sum of $18,000.00, which funds are currently being held in the Jefferson Financial Credit Union account, in return for the release of his claim to his own funds currently held in that account totaling $30,000.00.

(2) Payment to Phillips & Cohn Associates, Ltd. the sum of $2,606.24 as represented by a Proof of Claim filed herein, or some lesser amount by virtue of compromise, with the further proviso that the funds will be paid not out of succession funds but by Elaine Ginorio for the benefit of the Succession (3) Payment to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. the sum of $6,849.27 which represents the deficiency owed in connection with its repossession of one 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe automobile, VIN #1GNUCAE06AR164249, with the further proviso that the funds will be paid not out of succession funds but by Elaine Ginorio for the benefit of the Succession.

(4) Sale of one Galaxy boat, Mercruiser motor and trailer to Jaime Martinez for the sum of $400.00.

Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale of movable and immovable property, the payment of succession debts and the compromise of succession claims must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the day on which the last publication of this notice appears.

By Order of the Court, Lisa M. Cheramie, Deputy Clerk Attorney: Olden C. Toups, Jr. Address: 238 Huey P. Long Ave. P.O. Box 484 Gretna, Louisiana 70054 Telephone: 504-368-7888 Gambit: 1/13/15 & 2/3/15

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 2012-10266 DIVISION: “J” SUCCESSION OF WALTER PAYTON, JR. NOTICE OF FILING OF TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION NOTICE IS GIVEN that Yolanda Cann, administratrix in the above numbered and captioned matter, has filed a petition for authority to pay estate debts of the succession in accordance with a tableau of distribution filed in these proceedings. The petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this notice. Any opposition to the petition must be filed prior to its homologation.

By order of the Court: Dale N. Atkins, Clerk Attorney: John Paul Massicot Address: 3914 Canal Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70119 Telephone: 504-482-3400 Gambit: 1/13/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Randall J. Pannell and Lori Bevrotte Pannell please contact Lakeisha Jefferson, atty at 225-302-3209.

ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF CHARLES WALLACE, JR. AND VERNA MATTHEWS WALLACE OR THEIR HEIRS PLEASE CONTACT IRVING SHNAIDER (504)484-6416.

ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF GLAYDS D. BAHAM A/K/A GLADYS BAHAM OR HER HEIRS PLEASE CONTACT IRVING SHNAIDER (504)484-6416.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lois Tumblin a/k/a Lois Tumblin Fox please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130 CARMEN G. MUNIZ, her heirs or anyone knowing their whereabouts, please contact atty. Justin I. Woods at 504-309-4177 or 1610 O.C. Haley Blvd., Suite B, NOLA 70113.

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.687-312 DIVISION “J” SUCCESSION OF VIVIAN SCHADWELL FURR NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is given to the creditors of this succession and to all other interested persons that a tableau of distribution has been filed by the Testamentary Executrix of this succession, Jo Anna Furr McLean, with her petition praying for homologation of the tableau and for authority to pay the listed debts and charges of this succession; the tableau of distribution can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of publication of this notice. Any opposition to the petition and tableau of distribution must be filed prior to homologation.

By order of the court, Aliesha Buckley, Clerk

to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order of 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.

This notice was requested by attorney HAROLD E. MOLAISON, and was issued by the Clerk of Court on the 8 th day of January, 2015.

Wendy Gaudet, Deputy Clerk of Court, 24th JDC Attorney: Harold E. Molaison Address: 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1810 Metairie, Louisiana 70005 Telephone: 504-834-3788 Gambit: 1/13/15 & 2/3/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to NOVA STAR MORTGAGE, INC., A VIRGINIA CORPORATION, executed

by RONNIE L. CARPENTER AND EDNA LOUISE CONERLY CARPENTER, and dated September 17, 2002, in the principal sum of $150,000.00, bearing interest at the rate of 6.75% percent from date 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.

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 731-370 DIVISION “O“ SUCCESSION OF PHILLIP T. PIZZECK NOTICE OF FILING OF TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

NOTICE is given to all parties whom it may concern, including the creditors of the decedent herein and of his estate, that the Administrator of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to pay charges and debts of the succession, in accordance with a tableau of distribution contained in the petition.

The petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of this publication; any opposition to the petition must be filed prior to homologation.

NO.:711-964 DIVISION “I”

Gretna, Louisiana, this 6th day of January 2015.

Attorney: Christine W. Adams Address: 1250 Poydras St., Ste 2450 New Orleans, Louisiana Telephone: 504-524-0206 Gambit: 1/13/15

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF CLARENCE LOUIS POWERS NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY WHEREAS, JUDY D. MILLS, Administratrix of the Estate of CLARENCE L. POWERS has made application to the Court for the sale of an undivided one-half (½) interest in certain immovable property of the Estate of CLARENCE LOUIS POWERS, hereinafter described, to-wit: AN UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF (1/2) INTEREST IN AND TO: LOT 10A, SQUARE 54, PONTCHARTRAIN SHORES SUBDIVISION, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana. All improvements thereon bear No. 4700 Shores Drive.

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: FOR THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($220,000.00) CASH FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE WHOLE OR SAID PROPERTY AS SET FORTH IN THE PETITION ON FILE OR ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MAY BE ORDERED BY THE COURT. Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedents herein, and of this estate, to make any opposition which they have or may have

Rod Schouest, Deputy Clerk Attorney: Wallace H. Paletou address: 3601 North I-10 Service Road West Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: (504) 456-2626 Gambit: 1/13/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Luckmore Finance Corporation dated April 9, 2014 in the amount of $1,000.00 and signed by a K. Pierre please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-581-9545.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NUMBER: 2014-12314 DIVISION: “D-16” SUCCESSION OF AUDREY FRANCIS RICHARD QUINTAL NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ronald J. Quintal, Administrator of the Succession of Audrey Francis Richard Quintal, has, pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, article 3281, petitioned this Honorable

Court for authority to sell at private sale, for the price of $67,500.00, the Succession’s undivided one-half (1/2) interest in and to the following described property: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, according to approved map of subdivision by F.C. Gandolfo, Jr., Surveyor, dated January 5, 1959 of record in the Conveyance Office of the Parish of Orleans in Book 629, folio 92, situated in the Third Municipal District of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana in PONTCHARTRAIN PARK SUBDIVISION Section 3C in SQUARE TWENTY-NINE, bounded by Prentiss Avenue, Press Drive, Pressburg Street and Campus Blvd., designated by LOT 7A and measures 50 feet front on Pressburg Street, 50 feet width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet on the side next to Lot 6 and 100 feet on the other side line, according to resubdivision plan dated 4/28/60 recorded at COB 634/412. Improvements bear Mun. No. 4110 Pressburg.

Being a part of the same property acquired by Clifford J. Quintal, Jr. from Pontchartrain Park Homes, Inc., by Act of Cash Sale passed on August 24, 1960, before Sidney K. Pate, Notary Public, recorded in Orleans Parish Conveyance Office book 636, folio 472 on September 9, 1960.

NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with law, notice is hereby given that Ronald J. Quintal, Administrator for the Succession of Audrey Francis Richard Quintal, proposes to sell the aforesaid immovable property, at private sale, for the price and upon the terms aforesaid, and the heirs, legatees, and creditors are required to make opposition, if any they have or can, to such sale, within seven (7) days, including Sundays and holidays, from date whereon the last publication of this notice appears.

DALE ATKINS, CLERK OF COURT Attorney: Ronald W. Morrison, Jr. Address: 209-A Canal Street Metairie, LA 70005 Telephone: 504-831-2348 Gambit: 1/13/15

between equal and parallel lines. Lot No. 24 measures 30 feet front on Winthrop St., same width in the rear.

The measurements appear on a survey

by Sterling Mandle, surveyor, dated July 18, 1979, recorded in Orleans Parish MOB 761, folio 440; MOB 2330, folio 641, on July 30, 79, being the same property referenced in the sale from Claretta Mullen Green to Amanda Newman Mullen and john Mullen III, before Charles F. Barbera, Notary Public, on July 22, 1979.

The improvements thereon bear Municipal Address 2311 Winthrop Street, New Orleans, LA. Being the same property acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Green from Central Savings and Loan Assn dated on Dec. 22, 1960, registered in COB 640, folio 48.

Attorneys for Estate and Co-Owner: Charles R. Jones 6301 Paris Ave. New Orleans, LA 70122 Telephone: 504-282-4504 Marion D. Floyd, Esquire 2214 Third St., Suite A Kenner, LA 70062 Telephone: 504-467-3010 Gambit: 1/13/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Anthony Smith Financial, Inc. dated May 16, 2014 in the amount of $995.31 and signed by a S. Adams please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-581-9545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Amy Goldberg, last known address, 1820 St. Thomas St., New Orleans, LA 70130, please contact attorney Tony Dooley, 3701 Canal St. 4th Floor, Suite U, NOLA 70119 or (504) 298-0854.

Anyone with information regarding the heirs or next of kin for the late, JOHN J. COULON, JR. and/or BRANDON COULON, including his whereabouts, please contact attorney Krystena L. Harper at 504-274-0500. Property rights involved.

Anyone with information regarding STERLING JEROME ANDERSON and/ or ROLEESHA MAGEE ANDERSON, including their whereabouts, please contact attorney Krystena L. Harper at 504-274-0500. Property rights involved.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE OF LOUISIANA

No.2014-3542 DIVISION “L“ SECTION “16”

NO.:2005-2150 DIV.“D-16”

SUCCESSION OF JOHN MULLEN, III Notice of Application For Authority to Sell – Immovable Property At Private Sale Notice is hereby given that Jaeda Mullen, Administratrix of the Estate of John Mullen III, and Amanda Newman Mullen, co-owner of one-half undivided interest, have pursuant to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 3281, petitioned this Honorable Court for Authority to Sell at Private Sale, for the price of thirty two thousand, five hundred dollars ($32, 500.00), the following property: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings, and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes appurtenances and all advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, in the Third District of the City of New Orleans, Square No. 1258-, bounded

by Winthrop St., N. Tonti, Benton and N. Rocheblave Sts., designated as Lot nos. 23 and part of 24 and said lots adjoin each other and measure as follows: Lot No. 23 measures 34.2.4 fee front on N. Tonti St. of 70.8.1. feet

SUCCESSION OF LAURE DUCROS HACKET NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the heirs and creditors of the above succession and to all other persons herein interested to show cause within ten (10) days from the publication hereof why the SECOND INTERIM ACCOUNT AND TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION presented by Elizabeth De Armas-Ducros, Testamentary Executrix, should not be approved and homologated and funds paid in accordance therewith.

BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT Dale Atkins, Clerk of Court Attorney: Harold E. Molaison Address: 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1810 Metairie, Louisiana 70053 Telephone: 504-834-3788 Gambit: 1/13/15

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