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TUE. FEB. 9 | Hip-hop’s metaphor king (his verse on the earth-splitting “Mercy” has as many jokes as an episode of Arrested Development) continues his absurd, slick line delivery on his latest mixtape, Felt Like Cappin. And after countless teens enjoyed dabbing on the parade route, viral progenitors Migos also perform at 8 p.m. at the Saenger Theatre.

Trampoline Team and OBN IIIs TUE. FEB. 9 | New Orleans punk trio Trampoline Team’s 2015 full-length Make It Faster (Pelican Pow Wow) is a 20-minute blast to the gut — a perfect Mardi Gras matinee match with OBN IIIs, the stale beer-soaked Van Halen of Austin, Texas. Heavy Lids, Giorgio Murderer, Planchettes and Black Abba stack the bill at 3 p.m. at Siberia.

Jungle Kings is a raw exploration of youth and crime

BY WILL COVIELLO RAIN DENISE WILSON’S JUNGLE KINGS IS FULL OF RAW EMOTION . A few of

Christian Scott Quintet

its characters are young black men in jail, and they revisit the paths that got them there with a mix of blunt street talk, reflection and remorse.

The tone fits the voice of a playwright with a spoken-word background, but the story also comes from a personal place.

“This whole project was a feat of love from Rain Wilson,” says Robert DoQui, who directs and stars in the play.

“She works (in Chicago) with innercity youth. She lost family members to gang violence. She was seeking out actors who wanted to reach young people.”

Wilson directed productions in Chicago and Indiana and then Los Angeles, where DoQui performed the role of Professor. DoQui directs and reprises his role at Anthony Bean Community Theater in what will be the theater’s last production at its 15-year home at St. Matthew United Church of Christ.

The work is nominally set in Chicago, marked only by a couple of references to city neighborhoods. This is the first production in which Wilson is not involved, but she will attend opening night, DoQui says.

The story follows Baby Cockroach (Martin “Bats” Bradford), who at 25 has spent 10 years in jail for murder. He’s about to go before the parole board.

He’s surrounded by other young prisoners and characters Baby Cockroach knew from his neighborhood, including a sort of mentor, Cockroach (Sam Malone) — nicknamed because he seemingly couldn’t be killed or made to go away — who both looked out for Baby and brought him into the world of drug dealers.

Bean (Rodney Graham) is Baby’s older brother, who had his own means

SAT. FEB. 13 | On his fall 2015 release Stretch Music (Ropeadope), trumpeter Christian Scott tinkers with jazz conventions. He’s joined by his quintet for a rare hometown show. At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. at Snug Harbor.

Martin Sexton to escape poverty and struggled to protect his Baby. Monsta (Damien Moses) climbed to the top of the drug world as a means to master his environment. Proper Boy (DC Paul) simply tried to survive his tough neighborhood.

Professor hopes Baby Cockroach will say the right things to the parole board, but he knows the struggle runs deeper than just saying the right things.

“It’s like A Christmas Carol in the prison system,” DoQoi says. “Baby Cockroach is in jail, but he’s young enough to get his life together if he so chooses.”

The struggle is much more than a matter of reflection and resolve, and another character reminds Professor how hard it is to change people.

“The streets build kids in its image,” DoQui says. “Part of the idea is to get people to feel again. The kids cry out by lashing out. They can feel invisible and they want people to see them.”

Past productions have featured frequent Q&A sessions, and there will be talkbacks following Friday performances at Bean Theater.

Wilson’s project has had a social mission to it, and DoQui also wants to reach young audiences.

Actors Bradford and Moses recently appeared together at Ashe Power

Martin “Bats” Bradford stars in Jungle Kings.

FEB. 12-28 JUNGLE KINGS 8 P.M. FRIDAY-SATURDAY; 3 P.M. SUNDAY ANTHONY BEAN COMMUNITY THEATER, 1333 S. CARROLLTON AVE., (504) 862-7529 WWW.ANTHONYBEANTHEATER.COM

House Theater in Harold Clark’s Fishers of Men, another work about reaching troubled young men on the streets and keeping them from lives of crime.

Jungle Kings is the Bean Theater’s final work at its current home.

Anthony Bean announced the theater purchased St. Raymond Catholic Church at 3720 Paris Avenue in Gentilly. The theater will finish its current season there and add dance and music spaces as well as a museum dedicated to African-American theater companies such as Free Southern Theater, Dashiki Project Theater and Ethiopian Theater.

SAT. FEB. 13 | Martin Sexton’s Mixtape of the Open Road (Kitchen Table) — an on-the-nose interpretive catalog of classic American musical detours, from barbershop quartet to twangy country — doesn’t fall inside Republic’s typical velvet-roped purview, which only makes this booking more charming. Brothers McCann open at 8 p.m.

Wavves with Best Coast SAT. FEB. 13 | It’s no wonder Nathan Williams (Wavves) and Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast) became a romantic item — if they hadn’t, California’s office of tourism would’ve insisted on it. The pacifico rockers collaborated on a split single and tour in 2011 (“Summer is Forever”); with this Valentine’s eve sequel, they prove it. At 8:30 p.m. at the Joy Theater.

Cupid’s Cabaret SUN. FEB. 14 | Trixie Minx created and stars in a Valentine’s Day vaudeville-style show featuring burlesque and boylesque dancers, aerialists, singers and other performers in a story about love.

There also are body painters and interactive elements, and a preshow seated dinner is available. At 8 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater.

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44 miles

The distance between Santa Clara, California, where this year’s Super Bowl is being played, and downtown San Francisco, the host city.

“NEW ORLEANS IS THE ONLY CITY THAT SHOULD EVER HOST THE SUPER BOWL” was the title of Nate Scott’s “FTW” column last week in USA Today, in which he wrote, “The backdrop of the game for the people on TV will be Santa Clara, California, a lovely town to be sure, P H OTO BY AU S T I N K I R K / but come on.” Scott offered nine reasons C R E AT I V E C O M M O N S the Super Bowl should be played each year in New Orleans (the food, the lack of commute, “no last call”) and addressed the big issue from Super Bowl XLVII: “I know that the last time New Orleans hosted the Super Dome [sic] the lights shut out in the middle of the game. I have not forgotten that. But here’s my counterpoint: That was hilarious and awesome. Who wants cold efficiency when you can have the delightful screwups of a place like New Orleans? Sure the lights went off, but they got ’em back on! And we all got to hang out and watch more commercials and drink and eat.”

— KEVIN ALLMAN

Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down

The Krewe of Hermes recently

awarded public safety grants to the New Orleans Police Department, the New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation and the New Orleans EMS Foundation. The grants, raised through Hermes’ Beyond the Parade organization, will help fund 50 security cameras, a dog for NOPD’s K-9 unit, and ”active shooter kits” for medics.

The Contemporary The Louisiana Arts Center was Department of awarded a $530,000 Veterans Affairs grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the arts center’s Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation. The threeyear pilot program will run 2016-2018 and will highlight nontraditional, interdisciplinary artwork from Southern artists.

according to a joint Feb. 1 report by the Office of State Inspector General and the Louisiana Legislative Auditor, misspent more than $75,000 on consulting fees, cars and travel expenses, among other charges on Gov. Bobby Jindal’s watch. Former Secretary David LaCerte, who allegedly padded his own military resume, resigned in October 2014.

Interim Secretary Thomas Enright Jr. told auditors last month he began making changes in the department.

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Our photos of spraypainted “space holders” on the neutral ground in advance of the Krewe of Endymion drew this comment: “I grew up in that neighborhood and now I won’t even bother going back there to see Endymion. Good job douche bags, ruining something that I quite enjoyed as a youth, all because you feel compelled to mark up territory a week in advance...” — Jay Ricca

COMMENTARY

UNTIL LAST YEAR, ANYONE CAUGHT

with any amount of marijuana in Louisiana faced up to six months in jail. A bipartisan group of state legislators, with then-Gov. Bobby Jindal’s support, changed that archaic law. Now state law holds that a first offense for holding fewer than 14 grams of pot draws a 15-day jail penalty in Louisiana (though first and second offenders may be eligible for probation). Meanwhile, the penalty for distributing any amount of marijuana is a minimum of five years in jail. More reforms are needed in this area of the law, and the New Orleans City Council — led

by District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry — seems ready to establish sensible marijuana guidelines for local citizens and cops.

First, some background: In 2010, Guidry convinced the council to give New Orleans police the option of issuing first-time marijuana offenders a municipal summons rather than hauling them off to jail. Then-Police Chief Ronal Serpas said the change would let cops concentrate on serious crime.

Now Guidry wants to let cops offer warnings and up to $100 fines for all simple marijuana offenses — a move she says will save taxpayers money, free up cops to fight more serious crime, and provide some measure of social justice. According to Guidry’s office, African-Americans still account for three-quarters of all misdemeanor marijuana arrests and a whopping 92 percent of felony marijuana arrests. “This is unacceptable and not in line with the demographics of our city or the reported demographics of marijuana users,” Guidry said in a statement. We don’t advocate recreational marijuana use, but we agree with Guidry that giving

cops more discretion in pot cases is a good idea.

In recent years, states and municipalities across America have relaxed their laws governing personal marijuana use — from complete legalization (and taxation) to reclassifying it as a minor municipal offense. Last year, a CBS News poll found 53 percent of Americans favored legalizing marijuana. Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Washington D.C. all have legalized recreational pot use, with strong voter support.

That trend runs contrary to federal law, which still categorizes marijuana as a Schedule I drug (along with heroin, LSD and peyote, all of which can be far more harmful than pot).

Granted, Louisiana is not going to legalize recreational marijuana any time soon. Right now, no state politician wants to appear “soft on drugs.” But just as individual states have devised solutions that work for them in the face of more draconian federal laws, New Orleans seems ready to adopt its own common-sense approach to dealing with casual marijuana use.

Police Chief Michael Harrison has not yet taken a position on Guidry’s latest proposal, nor has Mayor Mitch Landrieu. District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro expressed reservations about “any law that fails to adequately discourage the possession and use of a controlled dangerous substance,” but he stopped short of opposing Guidry’s idea outright.

Guidry’s ordinance could come up for council approval in coming weeks (as of last week, her office didn’t have a definite hearing date).

We hope council members — and the mayor — give it the serious attention and support it deserves.

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I-10 News on the move 1. CIVIC CANCELS DOWN

SHOW AFTER ANSELMO’S ‘WHITE POWER’ SALUTE

Down, the New Orleans metal supergroup featuring vocalist Phil Anselmo, was set to perform at the Civic Theater on Lundi Gras, Feb. 7. But after Anselmo’s “white power” salute at a festival last week, that show has been canceled. Anselmo posted written and video apologies several days after he delivered a Nazi salute and growled “white power” to a crowd at Dimebash — a concert celebrating Anselmo’s late Pantera bandmate Dimebag Darrell — though Anselmo initially responded by saying he was joking.

The Civic wrote that the theater “[does] not tolerate intolerant behavior, and there is no room for that in our venue or our city.” The theater also made a donation to the Jewish Federation of New Orleans. Refunds for the concert are available.

2. Special session ex-

pected to begin Feb. 14

“Legislators are not going to like it and the public is not going to like it.” — Louisiana Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, talking about the expected combination of cuts and possible tax increases the state Legislature will hash out in a special session that starts Feb. 14.

Gov. John Bel Edwards called the special session to deal with the immediate $750 million to $850 million budget hole left behind by his predecessor, former Gov. Bobby Jindal.

The regular annual session begins March 14. During that session, lawmakers will have the additional headache of plugging a $1.9 billion hole for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1.

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Gleason to be released this summer Amazon Studios has picked up distribution rights to

Gleason, J. Clay Tweel’s documentary about former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason and his battle with ALS. The studio company plans to release Gleason theatrically and on-demand this summer. The movie premiered last month at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Gleason has said the project began as a series of video diaries for his son, Rivers.

4. Ten more

reasons to curse the orange envelope Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration “compromised” on its plan to increase downtown parking meter fees by extending meter hours by only one hour (from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m.) — but the “compromise” included hiking parking ticket fees from $20 to $30. The City Council’s Budget Committee OK’d that proposal Feb. 2.

Deputy Mayor Andy Kopplin says the rate hike and the parking ticket fees are

cannot reasonably expect to solve challenges for long-term renters solely by focusing on short-term rental regulation.”

Last year, council members began discussing a citywide rental registry to hold landlords accountable for substandard housing and to create oversight in a city with few renters’ rights. The NHIF also could provide low-cost loans for repairs and to fix blight, among other problems.

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Affordable housing development opens Feb. 11

expected to bring in $1.3 million from the more than 3,000 metered spaces in the French Quarter and Central Business District.

Parking tickets are set to be raised from $20 to $30 within the first 30 days of receiving the ticket, $60 after 30 days and $90 thereafter.

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Short-term rentals: Where should the money go?

The Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance and the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center wants New Orleans council members to direct money collected from enforcement of short-term rentals to the city’s stagnant Neighborhood Housing Improvement Fund (NHIF).

“Short-term rental regulation makes sense for a variety of reasons,” the groups wrote in a letter to the council, “but without a better-demonstrated link between short-term rentals and affordability, we

The first “permanently affordable housing development” in New Orleans opens Feb. 11 in Mid-City. Four three-bedroom apartments at 2739 Palmyra St. will be available to families in the 60 percent tier of area median income (roughly $35,300 annual income for a family of four).

The Palmyra building is a project of the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative (JPNSI), which was formed in 2008 following the closure of the Mid-City community and performance space Nowe Miasto. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Orleans renters today spend an average of 41 percent of their income on rent.

The Palmyra building’s open house is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday.

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City responds to heroin problem The New Orleans Health Department has made the drug naloxone — which can reverse the life-endangering effects of heroin and opiate overdoses — available without a prescription exclusively at the University Medical Center (UMC) Outpatient Pharmacy (2000 Canal St.).

City Medical Director Joseph Kanter issued a standing order allowing over-the-counter purchases of naloxone at UMC after New Orleans EMS began noticing a significant rise in heroin and opiate overdoses, responding to as many as 10 a day in the first weeks of 2016.

The Centers for Disease Control charted a 286 percent increase in heroin overdose deaths from 2002 to 2013.

There were 43,982 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2013; more than half those deaths were from prescription

drug overdoses.

New Orleans does not have a public facility for inpatient detox care — a list of private providers, programs and caregivers is available at www.nola. gov/health-department.

8. Makin’ grocery

stores in the Marigny

The old Robert Fresh Market at St. Claude and Elysian Fields avenues, which has sat empty for more than a decade since Hurricane Katrina, will have a groundbreaking in May or June, the store announced last week, paving the way for a new supermarket in the Marigny. That corner is the site of the first Schwegmann Brothers Giant Super Market, which opened there in 1946.

Company president Marc L. Robert II said in the announcement that the company has registered the site on the National Historic Register.

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Anthony Bean Theater moves to Gentilly The Anthony Bean Community Theater has purchased St. Raymond Catholic Church at 3720 Paris Ave. in Gentilly and will move into the new space in early March. Bean says the new campus will allow the theater to add a dance studio, music rooms and a museum honoring local African-American theater troupes.

The final production at Anthony Bean Community Theater’s longtime home at 1333 S. Carrollton Ave. is Jungle Kings, which runs Feb. 1228. Rain Denise Wilson’s play about incarcerated black men debuted in Los Angeles (see preview, p. 5).

10. Edwards joins

anti-abortion appeal

Gov. John Bel Edwards, who touted his pro-life bona fides during the recent governor’s race, joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to uphold a Texas law requiring certain admitting privileges for abortion clinics. Louisiana has a similar law, and last week a federal trial judge declared a section of that measure unconstitutional. The Texas law was upheld by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and is now before the Supreme Court, which will hear oral arguments March 2.

BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™

Hey Blake,

The remaining Dueling Oak in New Orleans City Park.

Where exactly in City Park are the Dueling Oaks and the Suicide Oak? GREG

Dear Greg, The live oak trees of New Orleans City Park are among its finest features, which is saying something when you consider the multitude of attractions, both natural and manmade, within the 1,300-acre park.

The two oaks you ask about have been a part of City Park lore for more than a century. The Dueling Oaks take their name from the fact that men would sometimes meet under them to settle disputes with a duel.

“They served as a favorite spot at which affairs of honor were settled by sword or pistol in the days when satisfaction for an insult was obtained by spilling blood,” explains the 1938 WPA Guide to New Orleans. Dueling in the park was outlawed in 1890, but stories of what happened under those trees re-

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main. The oaks, well over 100 years old, were located near what is now the New Orleans Museum of Art. One of them was destroyed by a hurricane in 1949, but the other still stands. You’ll find it where the aptly named Dueling Oaks Drive meets Dreyfous Drive near the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden and New Orleans Museum of Art. Located on Victory Avenue near Marconi Drive, Suicide Oak was said to be the spot where the depressed and despondent went to end their lives. The tree itself has had some dark days: It lost two giant limbs in the 1980s, one of which still dangles beneath the tree.

Although City Park lost approximately 2,000 trees after Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches, its comeback has been remarkable.

Planting new trees — alongside centuries-old ones like the Dueling Oak, Suicide Oak and even older trees — is a constant process and takes lots of donations of money and time.

BLAKEVIEW FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, trees were in the local headlines for a different reason: their removal. Crews with the city’s Parkway Commission began removing oak trees from a stretch of N. Claiborne Avenue to make room for the Interstate 10 elevated expressway. According to a Feb. 10, 1966 article in The Times-Picayune, some of the trees removed from Claiborne Avenue were transplanted on Orleans Avenue.

The expressway was controversial from the start because of its location above the tree-lined corridor that was the heart of Treme and other nearby neighborhoods. Longtime residents say the area never was the same when concrete replaced the tree-lined neutral ground. Despite protests from the mostly African-American residents of the area, the 2-mile stretch of the expressway, from Elysian Fields Avenue to the Pontchartrain Expressway, was completed in December 1972. Recently, in both city-funded master plans and nonprofit studies, there have been calls to tear down the expressway over N. Claiborne Avenue, or at the very least remove some of the on- and off-ramps, in hopes of revitalizing the neighborhood.

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Let’s not waste this crisis

I’VE SEEN THIS PLAY BEFORE. IT DOES NOT END WELL. Yet, for some

We take same day appointm ents and walk-ins.

reason, Republican state lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards are poised to repeat the mistakes of the past. If that happens, there’s little hope that our state’s worst-ever fiscal crisis will lead to long-range tax and budget reforms. That’s too bad.

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

It’s not that major political players and respected fiscal experts haven’t offered specific long-range solutions. They have, in droves.

And it’s not that the Democratic governor and the Republican caucus haven’t been talking about working together.

The problem, as is almost always the case, is that when it’s actually time to work together, things break down quickly along partisan lines, with both sides retreating to their silos to lob talking points at one another.

There’s still time — barely — to get it right. And, to be fair, both sides are equally right and wrong here.

For example, the Republicans are correct when they say taxes alone, or taxes with only limited areas open to cuts, are not the answer.

They were equally correct when they asked the governor to broaden the call for the special session that begins Feb. 14 (some Valentine’s Day gift, eh?) so that a wide spectrum of long-term budget reforms could be considered.

On the other hand, too many in the GOP-controlled House — along with Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy (who’s running for the U.S. Senate) — are

dead wrong when they say no tax increases are necessary. They may as well howl at the moon. What Louisiana needs is tax and budget reform, not grandstanding.

Every independent study has concluded that cuts alone won’t fix what’s broken. Let’s also remember this undeniable truth: For the past eight years we had a Republican governor, and for the past four years we’ve had a GOP-controlled Legislature — and together they drove Louisiana into this ditch. The Republicans own this mess. They have a responsibility to help fix it.

Edwards, for his part, is correct when he says we need to raise revenue and spread the burden as widely as possible. “There are no ‘easy’ solutions left,” he wrote in a statewide op-ed last week.

But the governor also has made some mistakes, mostly in how he has handled his politics (starting with the House Speaker’s race). His top-down approach to this crisis is wrongheaded. As Jeremy Alford noted in LaPolitics Weekly, “what’s missing from Team Edwards is a political director … to direct traffic and figure out why the administration is being rolled in the House.”

Edwards served eight years in the House, so he too owns this mess. Moreover, the House political landscape is totally different today.

He needs to build new relationships — and repair some old ones.

Time is short. The stakes are high. This is no time for partisanship and grandstanding. Hopefully, better minds will lead the herd. If not, as bad as things are now, they will get worse.

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Meet the people who go to work after the parade passes by.

BY ANDRU OKUN |

@ANDRUOKUN

AFTER THE LAST MARDI GRAS FLOAT HAS PASSED, those left on the route

can witness one of the most important parts of Mardi Gras: cleanup.

After the parades end, an army of men and women dressed in safety-orange reflective vests and clutching plastic rakes takes to the streets, neutral grounds and sidewalks to pick up the vestiges of the party. Within three hours, nearly all of the refuse is cleared away. Except for the beads hanging from tree branches, power lines and traffic poles, the surfeit of garbage disappears — abandoned chairs, couches, food scraps, foam cups, cigarette butts, beer cans, bottles and all the odds and ends synonymous with the city’s Carnival celebration.

This cleanup effort isn’t limited to the parade route. Come Fat Tuesday, revelers wreak havoc on their livers as well as the streets. Before noon, the city’s historic core is filled with costumed carousers and an enormous quantity of garbage.

Hand Grenades, Hurricanes, and Huge Ass Beers fuel the chaos. The melee carries on until midnight.

Then, abruptly, the party ends. Sirens blare and lights flash as a cavalcade of mounted police and cop cars disperse the crowd. For the partygoers, it’s time to go home.

For the cleanup crew, it’s time to go to work.

This year’s 10-day Carnival season cleanup force is made up of 600 men and women and 114 pieces of equipment, including seven front-

A brigade of cleanup workers with rakes and brooms on St. Charles Avenue after a parade. The city’s Mardi Gras cleanup force includes 600 men and women.

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end loaders and 30 garbage and dump trucks. On any given night, these often overlooked and underappreciated laborers can expect to pick up anywhere between 50 to 100 tons of trash, working late into the evening to erase nearly all signs that a parade had ever passed anywhere along the miles-long route.

Trailing behind the last Uptown parade of the evening is a fleet of sanitation vehicles and a large crew of workers. A mighty vehicle called a flusher leads the way, carrying around 3,000 gallons of water and spraying the streets at high pressure from jets attached to the truck’s front bumper (the water helps weigh down the garbage).

Behind it is a band of rakers, dozens of men and women on foot using plastic rakes to push trash into the center of the street. Then comes a front-end loader, a tractor more commonly seen on large construction sites, that plows down the line of garbage, consolidates it, scoops it up and drops it into a dump truck that drives behind.

Mechanical street sweepers follow, three-wheeled compact vehicles with powerful brooms on their undersides. Past the sweepers is another set of laborers on foot, a precision crew carrying rakes, shovels and wheeled garbage

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cans, picking up anything that was missed by the workers in front of them. Penultimate is a line of garbage trucks, edging along the route and absorbing stray bags of trash and the contents of garbage cans.

Finally, several flatbed stake trucks fortify the rear, collecting rakes, shovels and garbage cans.

Jarmal Coates is in his first year on the crew and enjoys the work. “It ain’t like it affects your Mardi Gras spirit,” he said. “I still get to see the parades. And when you’re cleaning up, you still see everybody partying.

You still get that vibe, you know?”

Coates, 22, came to work as a temporary laborer for the Department of Sanitation through JOB1, a partnership of public and private workforce development agencies and organizations facilitated by the city’s Office of Workforce Development.

“Since 2013, the City of New Orleans has partnered with JOB1 and NOLA For Life to make Mardi Gras cleanup jobs available to their target populations, chronically hard to employ and ex-offenders,” Hayne Rainey, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s press secretary, wrote in an email.

People hired by the city as temp workers are paid $10.10 an hour.

In previous years the city of New Orleans partnered with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, using inmate labor to aid in the cleanup effort.

Today, a mixture of volunteer city, JOB1 and contract labor is used to staff cleanup following parades.

Ronald Jackson is a veteran of Mardi Gras cleanup crews. He’s worked for the Department of Sanitation for 24 years and has cleaned the parade routes just as long. “You get to see a lot of different things when you come out to the parade,” Jackson said. “Meet a lot of different people, because people come from all over the world for Mardi Gras.”

Jackson clocks in to his regular shift at 6 a.m., although parade cleanup can keep him out well past midnight.

“When you be working those long hours, you be tired,” he said. “But the people of St. Charles [Avenue], they want the street clean. It don’t matter how much trash is out there,” he said. “If we got to stay longer hours to clean St. Charles, we stay out there until St. Charles is cleaned up.”

Chris Lorenzen is a New Orleans resident and a repeat rider in the Krewe of King Arthur parade. “I like watching the crowds cheer, seeing the kids light up when they get cool stuff,” he said with a smile. Lorenzen buys recycled beads from ARC of Greater New Orleans, a nonprofit organization that creates jobs for people with intellectual disabilities. Last year, more than 140,000

pounds of beads were collected for sorting and repackaging by ARC employees.

Nevertheless, it’s estimated that 25 million pounds of beads are imported into the city each year.

While many are reincorporated into kitschy local craft projects or hauled home by tourists, much cheap Carnival memorabilia is relegated to the garbage.

New Orleans used to measure the success of Carnival season based on the tonnage of trash collected, a practice nixed under former Mayor Ray Nagin’s administration in 2003.

“We’re just not going to continue to reinforce that trashing the city is a good thing,” Nagin said at the time.

In 2015, the city’s Mardi Gras festivities produced more than 907 tons of trash. This enormous amount of debris produced by “the biggest free party on earth” costs $1.5 million to pick up.

Flotsam, an experimental documentary released last summer, captured the Mardi Gras trash cleanup phenomenon. Director Olivia Motley describes the short film as an “ode to the sober, militaristic effort made by the unsung heroes of Carnival.”

With a focus on the cleanup crews raking, sweeping and hauling away Carnival detritus, Flotsam renders in beautiful detail the less celebrated spectacle of cleanup crews restoring order after pandemonium.

“It felt like another parade all together,” Motley said when asked what drew her to documenting Mardi Gras cleanup. “I wholeheartedly believe the city would never be able to function properly without them.”

All treasure eventually becomes trash; Mardi Gras simply expedites this process. As Robin Nagle, anthropologist-in-residence for New York City’s Department of Sanitation, wrote in her book Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City, “If we ignore the dump, we can more easily ignore the simple and chilling fact that nothing lasts.”

After the weeks of spirited partying leading up to Fat Tuesday, the city is almost entirely back to normal by Ash Wednesday morning. The gleam of Mardi Gras magic fades, a less permissive reality sets in and the trash will be gone, hauled off to a landfill in Avondale, Louisiana.

Ronald Jackson says he plans to retire in seven years, when he turns 65 and hits his 30-year anniversary working for the Department of Sanitation. He takes soft-spoken pride in what he does.

“People, they come out the next day and they say, ‘Oh, it don’t look the same as when Mardi Gras was out here,’” Jackson said. “Thanks to us. We cleaned it up.”

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DANCE, OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARD-WINNERS ANNOUNCED.

BY WILL COVIELLO | PHOTOS BY CHERYL GERBER

WINNERS OF AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES

of classical music, opera and dance in the New Orleans area in 2015 were announced at the Tribute to the Classical Arts luncheon Jan. 26 at the Hotel Monteleone.

Winners included well-established arts organizations such as the New Orleans Opera Association, Jefferson Performing Arts Society and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, which claimed awards for Best Classical Music Performance, Best Choral Arts Presentation and Best Chamber Music Performance.

Young dance companies also took home a few trophies.

KM Dance Project won Outstanding Modern Dance Presentation for Vessels. Maritza Mercado-Narcisse won Outstanding Choreography (New Work) for “I Was Told There’d be Cake,” for the Marigny Opera Ballet’s Christmas Concerto.

Xavier University artist in residence Wilfred Delphin received a Lifetime Achievement Award. He and Edwin Romaine shared a successful career as a piano duo, performing at the Kennedy Center and for President Jimmy Carter at the White House. Delphin now focuses on educating young artists.

“With my partner Edwin Romaine, I had a career defined by playing with big orchestras.” Delphin said. “After Edwin died, I turned my focus to being in service, and service is in fact achievement. It is not sacrifice. I have great people to work with — great students; I (also) work with children.

That’s not service, that’s rewarding.”

Pat and Henry Shane received the Arts Patron Award for their support of the Jefferson Performing Arts Society and for donating artworks to museums across the country as well as to local municipalities.

“It’s time for us to give back to the city and area where we’ve gone to school and live,” Henry Shane said after accepting the award.

The event featured performances by nominated groups, including a duet from Die Fledermaus, which won Best Opera Production, and KM Dance Project’s “80s Fever” from Vessels.

Proceeds from the luncheon support the Gambit-affiliated Foundation for Entertainment, Development and Education, which awards annual grants to local artists and organizations. The luncheon is sponsored by Gambit, Anne Burr, The Hotel Monteleone, Adler’s Jewelry, Hall Piano Company, Uptown Costume & Dancewear and WWNO 89.9 FM.

CLASSICAL ARTS AWARDS Lifetime Achievement Award Wilfred Delphin Arts Patron Award Pat and Henry Shane Best Classical Music Performance Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor “Resurrection” Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Orpheum Theater Best Opera Production Die Fledermaus New Orleans Opera Association E. Loren Meeker, director Robert Lyall, conductor Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts Best Student/Community Opera Suor Angelica Loyola Opera Theatre/Montage Fine & Performing Arts Bill Fabris, director Carol Rausch, conductor Loyola University, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall Best Chamber Music Performance Mendelssohn’s Octet in E Flat Minor for Strings LPO Chamber Ensemble Loyola University, Nunemaker Auditorium

Best Choral Arts Presentation Bach: Mass in B Minor LPO First Baptist Church, New Orleans Outstanding Ballet Presentation The Nutcracker Jefferson Performing Arts Society Jefferson Performing Arts Center Outstanding Modern Dance Presentation Vessels KM Dance Project Contemporary Arts Center Outstanding Varietal Dance Presentation Audition re:create Spring Dance Concert New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) Dance Department Staged by Heidi Malnar NOCCA, Freda Lupin Memorial Hall Outstanding Ethnic Dance Presentation Mai Naizopo Lula Elzy, choreographer Komenka Ethnic Dance & Music Ensemble Roussel Hall, Loyola University Outstanding Choreography (New Work) “I Was Told There’d Be Cake” Maritza Mercado-Narcisse, choreographer Christmas Concerto Marigny Opera Ballet Marigny Opera House

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1 Gambit political editor Clancy DuBos with Foundation for Entertainment Development and Education chairwoman Margo DuBos, Tribute to the Classical Arts co-sponsor Anne Burr and Cat Burr.

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2 Patron of the Arts award recipients Henry and Pat Shane with Jefferson Performing Arts Society director Dennis Assaf.

3 Tyler Smith and Kathleen Halm Simmons perform “The Watch Duet” from New Orleans Opera Association’s Best Opera Production, Die Fledermaus.

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4 Elizabeth Pulsinelli, Susan Grady-Foster and Heidi Malnar of Gulf Coast Theatre on Tap perform an excerpt from Hoofing for Heroes.

5 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Wilfred Delphin with his Xavier University colleague John Ware.

6 Marigny Opera House founder and director Dave Hurlbert and Outstanding Choreography (News Work) winner Maritza Mercado-Narcisse.

7 New Orleans Opera Association’s Ranny Mize, Robert Lyall and Timothy Todd Simmons accepted the award for Best Opera Production.

8 Members of KM Dance Project perform “80s Fever” from the troupe’s Outstanding Modern Dance Presentation winner Vessels.

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Lime St., Metairie, 504-885-3000; www.neworleanscadillac.com), says his dealership’s brand is on a journey. Long a part of the American vernacular as shorthand for quality and class, Cadillac is coming into its own as a top-of-the-line contemporary automobile, he says.

“Cadillac is American luxury,” Hogh says. “[Its new vehicles] are modeled more on European cars, like Mercedes-Benz. … We’re trying to push ourselves up to that level.”

Hogh credits much of Cadillac’s success in the last five years to the Escalade, which is now a fixture of red carpet drop points and high-end car services, and to the leadership of the company’s current president. President Johan de Nysschen spent years turning Audi into one of the most sought-after European imports and brought a Continental emphasis to Cadillac. “[Under its new leadership], the Cadillac division of General Motors (GM) has separated itself from the other GM divisions. … [The brand offices] moved to Manhattan to be ‘in with the in crowd,’ so to speak,” Hogh says. “The new CT6 sedan is comparable in size to the BMW 7-series and the MercedesBenz S-Class.”

Hogh speaks as an auto industry veteran. He moved to the general manager spot at Cadillac of New Orleans last year as the most recent stop on a 36-year career in local dealerships. As a young salesman, he sold Hondas when the Japanese company was an upstart brand competing with import automakers like Toyota and Datsun.

“I always liked cars,” he says.

“I was intrigued by the business

Cadillac of New Orleans General Manager Joey Hogh has 36 years of experience in the automobile industry.

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because I had some friends who I grew up with whose fathers were in the business; they had nice cars and nice things.” This personal history, combined with an appreciation for luxury, led him to jobs like his previous position as vice president and general manager at Ray Brandt for Infiniti and Porsche. Now he operates the Cadillac of New Orleans dealership for an out-of-state owner.

When describing the 40-year-old dealership, Hogh touts the clientcentric atmosphere. This dealership sells new and used Cadillacs. The sales team has more than 100 years of Cadillac sales experience between them, with two reps who each have been in the Cadillac business for 20 years. The dealership is open six days a week and owns a fleet of 40 new loaner Cadillacs for clients to use while their cars are in for repairs or maintenance. Fresh fruit and pastries from Chez Pierre French Bakery always are available in the waiting area, along with a gourmet coffee bar. The dealership’s collision center services all makes and models.

In early spring, Hogh anticipates the arrival of the aforementioned CT6 sedan and the new XT5 crossover SUV. With revamped body styles and amenities like rear-facing mirror cameras, both models are indicative of the automaker’s shifting tide during the last decade.

“It’s a different ballgame than it was once before,” Hogh says. “I just saw a tremendous upside in Cadillac.

They are re-emerging as America’s premier luxury brand.”

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BY HELEN FREU N D | P HOTOS BY C HERYL G E R B E R

ANYONE DRIVING THROUGH THE UPPER 7TH WARD ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON might see

David Robertshaw pushing a giant red box on wheels down the street. Pausing every now and then to catch his breath, he continues to St. Bernard Avenue and stops in front of Sidney’s Saloon.

Here, Robertshaw gets down to business — cooking for his pop-up Bird by Bird. The metal box protects his charcoal-burning clay tandoor oven, from which he delivers blistering pieces of chicken and lamb. As the sun dips behind the shotgun houses in the neighborhood, customers line up for paper boats filled with their choice of meat, slices of soft, charred flatbread, and a creamy yogurt raita to cool the spice-tinged meal.

A construction worker with a culinary degree, Robertshaw spent the better part of a year fashioning the mobile oven. His idea for an Indian pop-up restaurant had been simmering for some time, well before he fell in love with New Orleans and its entrepreneurial, anything-goes spirit. He moved here from Washington, D.C. a few years ago.

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Brandon Blackwell serves a frittata at Elysian Seafood at the St. Roch Market.

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Bird by Bird is one of the newest pop-ups in a city with at least 50 — and the number is growing. The pop-up dining movement has been building traction in New Orleans and across the country for a decade, but the last few years have seen it become a fixture on the local food scene. Diners find pop-ups an easy way to experiment with unfamiliar cuisines and try new culinary concepts.

The world of pop-ups is fluid, and no two are alike. The participants include chefs and entrepreneurs of all calibers and experience levels, from self-taught bakers selling their pastries at local coffee shops to line cooks branching out from their day jobs to established chefs with a new idea. Prospective pop-ups also must find a host and make arrangements that benefit both businesses.

Bacchanal, a Bywater wine shop-cumgarden party, was an early player in the days following Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures in 2005. It became an integral part of the recovery effort when it opened its kitchen to chefs from around the city who had lost their jobs or restaurants. As New Orleans grew, roving chefs found opportunities to showcase their skills and make extra cash by taking up residencies at local bars with functioning kitchens that lacked the staff or the means to provide food service.

Dean Lambert, director of the New Orleans Pop-Up Association, says the movement reflects a national trend where diners and chefs are moving away from the high-end restaurant model to more casual dining platforms. It’s also part of what he calls “the share economy,” where established restaurateurs and culinary newcomers find common

ground, sharing spaces and helping each other cross-promote business ventures.

“New Orleans can be behind on some things,” says Lambert, who with chef Cristina Quackenbush runs the Filipino restaurant Milkfish in Mid-City. “But in this case, it appears to be ahead of the curve — and it’s the perfect [city] for it, because there is so much underutilized space.”

Milkfish is an example of a pop-up that came full circle. Quackenbush, a native of the Philippines, began developing the idea for a Filipino restaurant in 2012 while working at High Hat Cafe and Adolfo Garcia’s Rio Mar. Garcia encouraged Quackenbush to host a series of dining events at his restaurants. She began selling her chicken adobo, lumpia and pancit noodles during nightly residencies at Marie’s Bar and Who Dat Coffee Cafe in the Marigny. After two years, she and Lambert opened their first brick-and-mortar restaurant on Carrollton Avenue. They now open that space to new pop-ups and restaurant concepts on Wednesdays, giving friends and fellow cooks a chance to realize their concepts, build support among diners and learn the essentials of running a business.

For up-and-coming cooks who don’t have the capital needed to open a restaurant, operating a pop-up at a bar or dining venue can provide an affordable test run. Lots of local businesses have offered aspiring chefs nightly residencies, including Pal’s Lounge, which currently hosts the meatball-centric StickBall, and Dante’s Kitchen, which hosted both Noodle and Pie and McClure’s Barbecue before each went on to open restaurants.

Dante’s Kitchen now opens its kitchen to employees Rosie Jean Adams and Jordan Deis on Tuesday evenings for their pop-up Sarsaparilla, which serves creative cocktails and tapas-style snacks such as octopus car-

paccio and fried pickles with dill aioli, while local musicians perform.

For husband-and-wife chefs Amarys and Jordan Herndon, The Old Portage pop-up is a chance to combine their culinary styles and experiment with dishes outside the confines of their day jobs — Jordan is a sous chef at Ralph’s on the Park and Amarys was a sous chef at Bayona.

“We were at a spot where we really wanted to work together and after working at both of our restaurants, we realized that we had a lot of the same focus and a lot of the same ideas,” Amarys says. She describes her cooking as globally influenced and says Jordan focuses more on classic New Orleans and Southern cuisine. The pop-up is at NOLA Brewing Tap Room on Tuesdays and The Black Penny on North Rampart Street every other weekend.

“It’s been invaluable,” Amarys says. “It’s so much lower risk for [us] to learn all these things about the business with a baby popup instead of a real restaurant.”

Tres Barnard’s We’ve Got Soul popped up at bars in the Marigny and Bywater in 2012, offering patrons soul food-inspired cuisine. After three years as a pop-up and a crowdfunding campaign that netted more than $16,000, Barnard found a permanent home at Carrollton Station, where he cooks a changing menu of Southern-inspired dishes four nights a week.

“It’s still a lot of work and it’s all on your shoulders,” Barnard says. “You’re doing literally everything yourself, building a restaurant from scratch. Everything that you do has to come from your two hands.”

Part of what makes pop-ups so attractive to chefs is the low start-up cost and smaller financial losses if the venture fails. While some pop-ups become permanent restaurants, the majority stay on the pop-up circuit or fade away.

Cam Boudreaux and April Bellow operate Killer Poboys — arguably one of the most successful pop-ups in the city — and recently opened their first brick-and-mortar restaurant on Dauphine Street. Their taco spinoff at Molly’s in the Market, however, fizzled after a year.

Matthew Kopfler, who runs the farmers market-driven L’enfant Terrible in the same spot at Molly’s, says he’s tailored his menu to appeal to heavy-drinking patrons, and his menu of vegetable curries and pierogies has

Little Bird delivers big tastes for drinkers at Barrel Proof, including its popular fried chicken sandwich.

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Pop-ups that operate out of an existing permitted restaurant must obtain a special event permit, according to city officials. But if a pop-up uses a space in a business that isn’t needed year-round, it is likely the New Orleans Fire Department and state fire marshal will allow it.

Pop-ups also are required to charge sales tax and remit them to the city monthly.

Most people interviewed for this story say they obtained their own occupational or catering license or piggybacked on the license of their host bar or restaurant.

A few, who asked to remain anonymous, say there is little threat of getting shut down for failing to have a permit and that some first-timers who take over a friend’s bar or shop for a day or two don’t bother with permitting at all.

There’s been little pushback about what appear to be legal loopholes, and the pop-up scene in general receives positive feedback from diners as well as restaurant chefs — a major departure from the contentious battle over food trucks in 2013. At that time, a city ordinance was proposed to regulate the growing industry, limiting the number of trucks allowed to operate and specifying where, when and for how long trucks could serve customers.

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15 pop-ups and where to find them FROM FIRST-TIMERS FILLING IN AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

to line cooks hosting events on their nights off and established chefs jumping into the game with passion projects of their own — the pop-up scene in New Orleans is constantly developing. Attempting to categorize and list every one is not only nearly impossible but also would seek to tame a beast that by its nature is a fluid, incongruous and always evolving animal.

The following is a list of some of the players, new and old, on the expanding scene and where to find them. Happy hunting.

The nomads: Bird by Bird

Find them: Every other Friday at Sidney’s Saloon Eat: Tandoori chicken, lamb, grilled flatbread Follow them: Bird by Bird @BirdsTandoor

Black Swan

Find them: Milkfish, Cafe Istanbul, various festivals Eat: Braised oxtail with three-cheese macaroni, jerk chicken with coconut and rosemary-infused jasmine rice.

Follow them: Blackswanpopup @BlackSwan_Popup

Congreso Cubano

Find them: Monthly at the Tigermen Den; events at Solo Espresso Eat: Cuban sandwich, guava and cheese empanadas, fried Brussels sprouts with bacalao dressing Follow them: Congreso_Cubano @Congresocubano

Fatto Bene

Find them: Second Sunday of every month at Bao & Noodle

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Eat: Homemade pastas and regional Italian cuisine Follow them: Fattobenenola

Lahpet

Find them: lunch Mon.-Fri. at Milkfish Eat: Pickled tea-leaf salad, lemon grass tofu, curried fish Follow them: Lahpetkitchen @Lahpetkitchen

The Old Portage Food & Drink

Find them: Tuesdays at NOLA Brewing Tap Room, every other Saturday at Black Penny, special events at Kin Eat: Upper Quarter burger, preservation plate, rabbit lasagna Follow them: Theoldportage @theoldportage

Rah/Bah

Find them: select nights at Aline Street Beer Garden Eat: Skewered, grilled meats and raw oysters Find them: Rahbahnola

StickBall

Find them: Fridays at Pal’s Lounge, Sundays at 323 Verret St. Eat: Meatballs and mashed potatoes, brie lasagna, New York cheesecake Follow them: Stickball_nola @StickBall_NOLA

Stationary (sort of): Fry and Pie

Find them: Mon., Wed.-Sun. at the Hi-Ho Lounge Eat: Three-cheese fries, fries topped with steak and caramelized onions, chocolate strawberry pie

Follow them: Fryandpie @fryandpie

Killer Po-Boys

Find them: Wed.-Mon. at Erin Rose Bar and 219 Dauphine St. Eat: Seared Gulf shrimp po-boy, rum-glazed pork belly po-boy Follow them: @killerpoboys

L’enfant Terrible

Find them: Daily at Molly’s in the Market Eat: Curried vegetables, red beans and rice, pierogies Follow them: Lenfantterriblenola @enfantteriblnola

Little Bird

Find them: Wed.-Sat. at Barrel Proof Eat: Fried chicken sandwich, country ham, charred broccoli Follow them: Littlebirdnola

Sarsaparilla

Find them: Tue. at Dante’s Kitchen Eat: Octopus carpaccio, soft pretzel plate with curry mustard, fried pickles with dill aioli Follow them: Sarsaparillanola

Tana

Find them: Tue.-Sat. at Treo Eat: Corn flour garganelli with charred octopus, grilled Gulf fish with roasted cauliflower and harissa Follow them: Tananola

We’ve Got Soul

Find them: Thu.-Sun. at Carrollton Station Eat: Southern-inspired soul food, pecan-crusted catfish, biscuit sliders Follow them: Wevegotsoul @wevegotsoulnola

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proved popular with the latenight Decatur Street crowd.

“You can have an idea that’s great, but it might not work,” Kopfler says.

“You have to fit the market.

That’s the cool thing about the pop-up: You can have this idea that fails, maybe lose a couple of thousand dollars, and move on to something else.”

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did not have to abide by the same rules and regulations as permanent businesses.

The ordinance that passed allowed for up to 100 food truck permits.

Food trucks are a popular alternative for chefs seeking a venue to cook and serve food, but the costs involved in operating a mobile food vending business are much higher than the overhead needed for an occasional pop-up.

Mark LaMaire collected Burmese recipes while traveling in Southeast Asia and incorporates them into a weekday lunch his pop-up Lahpet offers at Milkfish, featuring dishes including pickled tea leaf salads and fish curries.

At Fatto Bene, friends Tyler Agin and Josh Bragg create the handmade pastas and regional Italian dishes they fell in love with while working at a Roman restaurant in Norfolk, Virginia. Both men work full-time jobs at Peche but hold monthly events at Bao & Noodle, where they serve dishes like tortellini en brodo and gnocchi tossed with gorgonzola and radicchio.

Black Swan has been popping up at Milkfish and holds events at local music and art festivals. Chef Nikki Wright and General Manager Shana Turner run the Caribbean- and Thai-inspired soul food operation, which features dishes like sweet potato curry with crispy plantains and braised oxtail with three-cheese macaroni.

The life cycles of pop-ups don’t always follow the same trajectory, and established chefs with restaurants of their own are jumping into the game. Michael Gulotta, chef/owner of MoPho in Mid-City recently opened the Sicilian-inspired food pop-up Tana at the Tulane Avenue cocktail bar and art space Treo. Tana allows Gulotta to experiment with Italian dishes inspired by his grandmother, including handmade pastas and regional seafood dishes.

Gulotta’s team also runs the pub grub Rum and the Lash, which took over the kitchen at Finn McCool’s Irish Pub. Coquette chef Michael Stoltzfus and Meauxbar’s Kristen Essig opened their Southern-accented pop-up Little Bird inside the Lower Garden District whiskey haunt Barrel Proof as a passion project.

“We wanted to do something together, and we happened to live right across the street [from Barrel Proof],” Stolzfus says, “so we figured: Why not?”

After realizing the project’s demands, they brought on their friend John Sinclair to run most of the day-to-day operations.

Little Bird offers a menu of fried chicken sandwiches, Broadbent country ham with beer mustard aioli and charred broccoli served under a Worcestershire and liquid cheddar sauce.

Somewhere between the casual bar residencies and standalone restaurants, the city is becoming home to another platform, something pop-up restaurateurs Brandon and Jennifer Blackwell call the “intermediary” zone. It’s a spot the proprietors of Splendid Pig and Elysian Seafood both occupy at the new “food port” Roux Carre in Central City and at food hall St. Roch Market, respectively. Both Roux Carre and St. Roch Market act as incubators for up-and-coming business ventures in the food world.

Chef Nikki Wright (left) and General Manager Shana Turner serve Caribbean and Thai-inspired food at Black Swan.

“Over the last few years, everyone has the sense that the restaurant scene in the city has become so flooded with permanent brick-and-mortar places,” Jennifer says. “When this thing at St. Roch Market came up, it definitely seemed like a great opportunity to hone everything and develop a following before we get to wherever that next step is.”

Like the Blackwells, many pop-up operators aspire to open a permanent restaurant, but recent restaurant closings induce hesitation.

“It’s definitely scary,” Brandon says.

“There’s a lot of feeling out there … that the food scene in general might be shifting more towards a more causal side of things, away from the old guard of super fine dining. Hopefully restaurants do have a future — and I think they will — but what form that’s going to take is going to be something different than what it ever has been in the past.”

Email dining@gambitweekly.com

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Killer Poboys’ standalone eatery

BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, CAM BOUDREAUX AND HIS WIFE APRIL BELLOW have been slinging sand-

wiches out of a jewel box-sized kitchen at their pop-up Killer Poboys in the back of the Erin Rose bar. In November, the couple, along with business partner Eric Baucom, opened a standalone restaurant (dubbed Big Killer Poboys) in a larger space on Dauphine Street, enabling them to expand their menu.

This has turned out to be a very good thing: The po-boys here adhere to the same standards as the flagship — imaginative, unorthodox takes on the city’s iconic sandwich, most of which are served on crispy Dong Phuong rolls.

Because the original pop-up opened in a bar off Bourbon Street, it seemed inevitable that it would cater to a late-night, often heavy-drinking crowd. Diners could wipe up their drinks with the sandwiches, or lay a foundation on them.

At the Dauphine spot, the hours are reversed. An all-day menu is available beginning with breakfast, but in many ways, it seems as if the owners have the drinkers in mind.

Take the pork belly sandwich, which shouldn’t be consumed without a pre-emptive dose of Lipitor.

The cooks swap out traditional rolls for wobbly slices of bread pudding that don’t adequately hold the sandwich together. Tucked inside are thick wedges of lacquered pork belly, sweet, dark onion jam and, as if that wasn’t enough, a sunny-sideup egg. It’s an indulgent, over-thetop medley that’s messy, fatty and exactly what you’d want to eat the morning after a boozy night.

Slightly less sinful but just as delicious, the omelet po-boy has sharp, aged cheddar cheese, which

WHERE

219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; www.killerpoboys.com

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melts around a choice of bacon, sweet potatoes, ham or chorizo. A creamy layer of herb-flecked garlic aioli soaks into the roll, giving the impression the sandwich is served on buttery garlic toast. Attention to detail is perfect, and each bite provides the desired combination of egg, cheese and meat.

New Yorkers might find comfort in the smoked salmon po-boy, packed with thick, velvety layers of pink fish and a generous creamy remoulade schmear. It’s a rich combination that’s balanced in taste and texture by the sharp bite of red onion, hardboiled egg and crisp greens.

There’s a decent selection of more conventional lunch items, including a vegetarian medley made with roasted cauliflower on whole grain bread, the slices of which are slathered in bright red, slightly nutty romesco sauce. The rest of the sandwich is a display of texture, with crispy cauliflower florets and radish slices, and flavor, including citrusy kale and buttery avocado.

The team is known for turning traditional po-boy preparations on

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cheddar omelet po-boy, ham and pimiento cheese po-boy

Cam Boudreaux, April Bellow and Eric Baucom opened the second Killer Poboys location at 219 Dauphine St. P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R

their heads, and the sandwiches here are no different. Chicken is treated to a syrupy coffee barbecue glaze and topped with herbaceous ranch slaw that packs a serious bite. A ham and cheese sandwich features house-made pimiento spread, a mayonnaise-forward blend that is balanced by a kick of Creole mustard and a pile of griddled caramelized onions and peppers.

The new location is open for breakfast and lunch Wednesdays through Sundays and closes in late afternoon. That’s OK, because anyone hankering for a seared shrimp or meat loaf po-boy later in the day can go to the Erin Rose a few blocks down the street.

Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

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imaginative po-boys in a French Quarter home of their own

St., 504-218-8043; www.eatlacasita. com) is expanding to the Riverbend neighborhood later this month with a location at 8400 Oak St. (504-826-9913).

John Michael Wade opened the cozy Mexican joint on the bottom floor of a Julia Street townhouse in 2013. Sandwiched between a yoga studio and several art galleries, it offers a short, simple menu of appetizers, fresh salsas, tacos, burritos, margaritas and house-made juices.

The new La Casita takes over the 4,000-square-foot corner house that formally held Squeal Bar-B-Q. “It looks like a completely different place in there,” Wade said, referencing the extensive renovations on the building, including knocking down a center wall between the dining rooms and expanding the central, wraparound bar.

The new location’s menu will offer tacos filled with slow-cooked pork, pickled cabbage and ancho chili crema and a vegan version with roasted portobello mushrooms and corn, pico de gallo and avocado. Corn will be ground in-house to make masa for tortillas, Wade said.

“We’ll be doing everything that we do at the downtown spot but a lot more, too,” Wade said. “There are a lot of things that we can do now that we can’t do at Julia Street.

(At the Oak Street location) we’ll do a lot more seafood and a lot of grilled meats.”

The restaurant will feature a larger bar program, but Wade says diners can expect similar daily happy hours and margaritas and specialty drinks made with freshly squeezed juices as are offered at its first location.

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La Casita is scheduled to open on Oak Street Feb. 15, Wade says, with the possibility of an earlier soft opening.

No changes are set for the existing Warehouse District space.

— HELEN FREUND

Seafarers GARDEN DISTRICT RESTAURANT CAVAN (3607 Magazine St.; www.

cavannola.com) opens the week of Feb. 15. Meauxbar’s Kristen Essig is the executive chef at the restaurant, the latest project from the LeBlanc + Smith (www.leblancandsmith.com) restaurant group, which also runs Meauxbar (942 N. Rampart St., 504-569-9979; www. meauxbar.com), French Quarter gastropub Sylvain (625 Chartres St., 504-265-8123; www.sylvainnola.com) and the Lower Garden District whiskey bar Barrel Proof (1201 Magazine St., 504-299-1888; www.barrelproofnola.com).

At Cavan, Essig and sous chef Ben Thibodeaux focus on foods and ingredients from American coastal areas, including Old Bay fries served with malt aioli and crab deviled eggs, as well as a host of raw dishes such as oysters

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on the half-shell, scallop tartare and tuna crudo. Entrees include a whole grilled fish and fried oysters, a grilled pork chop, a half chicken and bone-in rib-eye steak. Seasonal ingredients will be sourced from local producers.

“The cuisine at Cavan will celebrate the flavors of the nation’s coasts,” Essig said in a news release.

“We want our guests to feel always at home here at Cavan, so there will

be a familiarity with our food, but we’ll add a few surprises that elevate the ingredients and flavors.”

Bar director and sommelier Isaiah Estell offers a menu of seasonal cocktails and wine.

The restaurant’s opening comes after months of renovations to the Victorian home known as the Cockerton House, which dates to 1881. The space features two dining rooms, several private rooms — upstairs and downstairs — two bars and dining in the courtyard and on the front porch.

Cavan will open at 4 p.m. daily for drinks and 5 p.m. for dinner. The owners said they expect to add brunch service. —HELEN FREUND

Frymobile NEW ORLEANS’ NEWEST MOBILE FOOD VENDOR, BONAFRIED TRUCK ,

launched Feb. 4 at the Rusty Nail.

The project, from couple Stephen Maher and Rebecca Elizabeth Hollingsworth, specializes in Belgian fries and dipping sauces and offers pub-style fare including sliders, chicken sandwiches and wings.

“It’s sort of like a greasy spoon diner with a focus on french fries,” Maher says.

The couple is running the venture out of a Hostess bread truck they hauled from Houston last year.

Hollingsworth is as an actor and Maher works as a stationary engineer, which he says came in handy when repairing and restoring the 27-year-old vehicle.

Maher has worked in bakeries, concession stands and restaurants and says the food truck idea was a way of getting into a more creative field. The pair experimented with the concept at several pop-ups throughout the city, including stints at the former Indywood movie theater on Elysian Fields Avenue, before going full-throttle with the truck.

The fries are hand-cut, soaked in a salt and sugar brine, double-fried and sprinkled with sea salt. Dipping sauces include chimichurri, lemon-garlic aioli, mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup and others.

The truck is at the Kingpin (1307 Lyons St., 504-891-2373) on Fat Tuesday.

Its regular schedule: Thursdays at Gasa Gasa (4920 Freret St.; www.gasagasa.com), Fridays at 45 Tchoup (4529 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-891-9066; www.45tchoup. com), Saturdays at the Kingpin and Sundays at the Rusty Nail (1100 Constance St., 504-525-5515; www.therustynail.biz).

Follow the truck on Twitter at @bonafriedtruck.

— HELEN FREUND

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Alan Walter BARTENDER AS THE BARTENDER AT LOA (221

WALTER: I grew up simultaneously interested in writing and science and went on to study art and the classics … and then finally on to study theater as well.

I found my way into bartending because not only was it a means of making money, but it was a creative outlet as well. It’s uncanny how it has found its way to my other interests.

It happened in degrees, and the first degree was in naming drinks. … [S]ome of my drinks would pick up classical figures (or) women in history. The more I think about how taste works and how the palate is sort of like the theater of the mind … the more it just seems perfect and even overdue to capture a little real storytelling in the process of serving a drink. When you read a menu description that is maybe a little bit evocative, it can really tie the story of our city together in some anecdotal way.

You could say that this is really part of the experience of the drink itself. The experience of the drink starts the second someone walks into the door. There’s so much playfulness and frivolity and a degree of ritual in consuming the cocktail. It’s not the same as having a glass of water or something to eat. The storytelling and the descriptions become a part of what you taste.

What excites you about ingredients native to Louisiana?

W: I’ve enjoyed the process of making drinks, especially the

act of (searching) around in our landscape for things that people might find interesting and that tell us who we are and who we were. There’s an appetite for these (customers) that works to our favor in New Orleans and makes it a fantastic cocktail city. (People) like hunting for something that will give them a sense of place. If they can consume it, that’s just about as good as if they can take it back home in their bag.

It’s the application of (the ingredients). I’ve done so much exploring around Louisiana that I found, to this day, I still don’t think I really have much to lose when playing around with things. For instance, using sassafras or our Spanish moss or even just citrus that grows all around us.

Sassafras with strawberry — that pairs really well. Strawberries might seem kind of easy and overused at this point, but (combining them) with the sassafras — which is real pungent, piney and sharp — that really gave both of those ingredients a fresh appearance to me.

Where do you go to get all your ingredients?

W: Really anywhere and everywhere. For fresh (ingredients)?

Maybe from the farmers markets.

For dried herbs, there’s a place called Rosalie (Apothecary) over in Mid-City that’s really great. I’m not a professional forager, but I do go out and pick stuff. In the past, it’s been anywhere in (New Orleans) City Park or the neutral grounds or over on the Northshore. — HELEN FREUND

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Camp St., 504-553-9550; www. ihhotel.com) in the International House Hotel, Alan Walter is known for his narrative drink descriptions and tinctures, syrups and bitters he makes using local produce and herbs. Walter, who also has a Master of Fine Arts degree in theater, spoke with Gambit about the art of storytelling and how indigenous ingredients help provide a sense of place

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BY NORA McGUNNIGLE

@noradeirdre

BRIEUX CARRE BREWING COMPANY FOUNDER AND BREWER ROBERT BOSTICK signed a lease

on a property at 2115 Decatur St. in late January and hopes to open a nanobrewery in time for Mardi Gras 2017. Brieux Carre will have a five-barrel brewhouse capacity.

Bostick envisions the 1,100square-foot property having space for customers inside and in a courtyard. He is the only employee, but he hopes to hire help when the brewery opens.

Bostick expects to add new “all experimental” beers every few days, so customers always will have something new to try.

“I tend to aim to hit in between (recognized) styles,” he says.

Bostick currently is interested in rum porters, noting that he brewed a vanilla rum porter for the 2015 NOLA On Tap beer festival. He also served a lemon grass wit beer and a more traditional ESB and a double IPA. “I’m gonna have a lot of weird beer,” Bostick says, such as jalapeno-cilantro pale ale. He hopes

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Brieux Carre’s (l to r) Grant Estrade, Zach Campise, Robert Bostick and Rebecca Turner attended NOLA On Tap in 2015.

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Ba Chi Canteen

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Basin Seafood & Spirits

7900 Maple St., (504) 373-5628 www.facebook.com/ bachicanteenla Fried oyster “bacos” are steamed buns dressed with honey-ponzu sauce, spicy aioli and seaweed salad.

3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391 www.basinseafoodnola.com Cornmeal-battered Gulf fish is served in tortillas with jalapeno salsa, pico de gallo and citrus cabbage.

his experimental beers will be well-received.

“I’ve got a shoestring budget and a lot of hurdles to overcome to open by Mardi Gras next year,” he says. “But I believe it’s a realistic time frame.”

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2013 Domaine Rosier Blanquette de Limoux Brut

800 Bienville St., (504) 581-3467 www.gwfins.com Firecracker tuna tacos are dressed with pickled ginger slaw, avocado aioli and wasabi caviar.

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THIS DELIGHTFUL SPARKLING WINE MADE IN THE METHODE TRADITIONNELLE hails from the the Limoux wine re-

gion between Toulouse and Perpignan in the foothills of the Pyrenees in southwestern France. In 1531, the world’s first sparkling wine was produced in this region by the monks at the Saint-Hilaire Abbey. The area’s unique terroir, at altitudes between 700- and 1,900-feet above sea level, experiences temperate Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean influences, with strong winds, optimal sunshine and balanced rainfall. Rocky hillside vineyards are planted on sandstone, chalk, clay and limestone soils — ideal conditions for slow, even ripening of the fruit. A blend of 90 percent mauzac, a local grape, and 10 percent chardonnay grapes are hand-harvested and pressed separately. Following initial fermentation in temperature-controlled vats, the blend is bottled and yeasts are added to convert sugar into alcohol. Secondary fermentation occurs in the bottle over nine months. During disgorgement, a liqueur is added and the bottle is corked. In the glass, it exudes delicate floral aromas, pear, lemon grass and green apple. On the palate, taste toasted nuts and minerality. Drink it with oysters, egg dishes, foie gras, smoked salmon and truffled cheeses. Buy it at: Sidney’s Wine Cellar, Pearl Wine Company and Second Vine Wine. Drink it at: Restaurant August, Cafe Degas, Loa, Bacchanal Wine and Black Penny.

310 Chartres St., (504) 552-4095 www.sobounola.com Fried oyster and caviar tacos are topped with Crystal Hot Sauce aioli.

6300 Argonne Blvd., (504) 301-2083 www.thevelvetcactus.com Seared ahi tuna is topped with avocado, red onion, queso fresco, Creole slaw and raspberry-chipotle sauce.

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

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2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — Hours vary. $

Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$

Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$$

BAR & GRILL

CHINESE

701 Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995 — Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. $$

August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. $$

Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 4569234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill.com — Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. $

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

BURGERS Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $ Dis & Dem — 2540 Banks St., (504) 9090458; www.disanddem.com — Lunch daily, dinner Tue.-Sat. $ Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $ Ted’s Frostop — 3100 Calhoun St., (504) 861-3615; www.tedsfrostop.com — Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. $

CAFE

Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $

CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Lunch Wed.Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. $$$ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sat-Sun. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 5927083; www.barredux.com — Lunch Mon.Sat., dinner and late-night daily. $$

Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $

Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www. bistroorleansmetairie.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$

Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. $

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

Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. $

Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/cafegentilly — Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. $

Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. $

The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4675611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$

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Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-

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

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

GOURMET TO GO

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

Breaux Mart — Citywide; www.breauxmart. com — Lunch and dinner daily. $

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

INDIAN

Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — Lunch Mon.-Sat. $$

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St.., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. $

Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $$

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Dinner daily. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$

Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. $$

JAPANESE Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Lunch Sun.Fri., dinner daily. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 5817253; www.rocknsake.com — Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/visit/golf-cafe — Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys.com — Dinner daily. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — Lunch Mon.-Fri. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthep-

ark.com — Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. $$$

Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www.tivoliandlee. com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Dinner daily. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Dinner daily. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EASTERN Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Lunch and dinner daily. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook. com/casaborrega — Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. $$ Casa Garcia — 8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 464-0354 — Lunch and dinner daily. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504)

— Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$

Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks. com — Lunch and dinner daily. $

MUSIC AND FOOD

PIZZA

The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. $$

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

Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. $

G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizza.com — Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. $$

Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www. shortstoppoboysno.com — Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. $

House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$

Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www. marktwainpizza.com — Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. $

Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. $

Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — Breakfast and lunch daily. $$

Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. $

SEAFOOD

The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$

Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 8974800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $

Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — Lunch and early dinner daily. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.gumbostop.com — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com

Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. $

Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola. com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$$

OUT TO EAT 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $$

Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $$$ The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. $$

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

TAPAS/SPANISH

Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., 405-5263 — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. $$

Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS

Crab Trap Seafood Restaurant — 105 Peavine Road, LaPlace, (985) 224-2000 — Lunch and dinner Thu.-Sun. $$

Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe.com — Dinner Mon.-Sat. $$

The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $

Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. $$

VEGETARIAN

Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street. $

Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504)

Good Karma Cafe — Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St., (504) 401-4698; www. swanriveryoga.com — Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Sat. $$

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569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Lunch and dinner daily. $

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TUESDAY 9 Bacchanal — Mark Weliky Trio, 7:30 Banks Street Bar — Spread the Dub, 9 BB King’s Blues Club — BB King All Stars, 4 Blue Nile — Jefferson Street Parade Band, The Fessters, Mike Dillon Band, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Davis Rogan, 2; Sherman Bernard & the Ole Man River Band, 5; Michael Liuzza, 8; Keith Bernstein’s Kettle Black, 11 Checkpoint Charlie — Suplecs, 5 Chickie Wah Wah — Albanie Falletta, 6 Circle Bar — Kia Cavellero, 6; Valerie Kuehne & the Wasps Nests, 10 d.b.a. — The New Orleans Klezmer AllStars, 3; Treme Brass Band, 9 DMac’s — The Last Honky Tonk Music Series feat. Brigitte London, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Stitch, 5; Paws Teh Cat, 8 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Bat Black, Deja Vu, 6; DRAZR, 11; Michael Medina, KamSator, 1 a.m.

Hi-Ho Lounge — Cakewalk, Organized Crime, Sexy Dex & the Fresh, Spare Change, Elysian Feel, Willie Green Project, 1; Free Spirit Brass Band, 10 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 7:30 The Maison — Street Legends Brass Band, 2; Fat Ballerina, 3; Doombalaya, 5; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 7; Mojoflo, 10; Soul Project, midnight Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Sazerac the Clown’s Cabinet, 10 Republic New Orleans — DJ Esco, DJ Child, MOSWAGG, 10 Saenger Theatre — 2 Chainz, Migos, 8 Siberia — OBN III’s, Heavy Lids, Trampoline Team, Giorgio Murderer One Man Band, Planchettes, Black Abba, 3; Mars, Knight, Space Cadaver, 9 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 2; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10

WEDNESDAY 10 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat.

Giselle Anguizola, 2; Gentilly Stompers, 6:30; Mem Shannon Band, 10 BB King’s Blues Club — BB King All Stars, 4 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7 Circle Bar — Talia Keys, 8 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 DMac’s — Blue Biscuit, 8

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — George French Trio, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Shamarr Allen, DJ Chicken, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Lynn Drury, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — That’s My Cole, 9 Mo’s Chalet — The Nite Owl, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Zac Maras, 9; Deidra Crean, 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8 & 10 Rivershack Tavern — Deve Ferrato, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Swing-A-Roux, 8 Siberia — Saints & Sinners, Lauren Jean & Herr Resting Bitchface, Meade Morgan & the Misdemeanors, Stumps da Clown, 8 Spotted Cat — Chris Christy’s Band, 2; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10 Vaso — Angelica Matthews & the Matthews Band, 10

THURSDAY 11 Bamboula’s — Cats-n-Heat, 2; Royal Street Windin’ Boys feat. Jenavieve Cook, 6:30; John Lisi, 10 Banks Street Bar — Emma Eisenhauer, 9 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 Boomtown Casino — Under the Street Lamp, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Alexandra Scott & Josh Paxton, 5; Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Cafe Istanbul — Aural Elixir, 10 Chiba — Charlie Dennard, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6 City Park Botanical Garden — Thursdays at Twilight feat. Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony, 6 d.b.a. — Otra, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Stephanie Nilles, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Dave Easley, 7; DJ Matt Scott, 10 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — The Easy, DJ DinoBrwal, David D’Angelo, 9 Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-AHolics, 9:30 House of Blues Foundation Room — Ken Swartz, 5 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; Loose Marbles, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Niko, 8; The Little Things, 9 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Ogden After Hours feat. Helen Gillet, 6

Old Point Bar — One Percent Nation, 9 Old U.S. Mint — Stephen Walker & Jon Beebe, 2 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Crescent City Joymakers feat. Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola, 7 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation All-Stars feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Edward Anderson Jazz Quintet, 8 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Lower Dens, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Jack & Cassie, 8 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Lil’ Nathan, 8:30 Siberia — Layla McCalla, Phoebe Vlassis, Free Feral, 9 Snug Harbor — Jason Marsalis presents Heirs of the Crescent City, 8 & 10

FRIDAY 12 21st Amendment — Lisa Pinney, 2:30; Reid Poole Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & New Orleans Misfit Power, 9:30 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Smoky Greenwell, 5:30; John Lisi, 10 Banks Street Bar — Nick Name & the Valmonts, The Perfect Gentlemen, The No Shows, 10 BB King’s Blues Club — BB King All Stars, 4 Black Label Icehouse — Sharks Teeth, IZE, Val Hollie, 9 Blue Nile — Brass-A-Holics, 11 Boomtown Casino — The Top Cats, 9 Buffa’s Lounge — Commander-in-Chief feat. Ben Flood, 5; The Honeypots, 8; Cole Williams, 11 Checkpoint Charlie — Domenic, 4; Gravy Flavored Kisses, 7; Isla NOLA, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Paul Sanchez, 8 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 6; Jonas Wilson, 10 d.b.a. — Tuba Skinny, 6; Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band, 10 DMac’s — Vincent Marini, 7; Hubcap Kings, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Panorama Jazz Band, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Zobin Baygan, 5; Loose Marbles, 7 Encore Music Club — The Justin Adams Band, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Speakerbox Experiment, Casme, 10 House of Blues — LouMusik.com artist showcase, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Jeb Rault Band, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Nayo Jones Experience, 8 The Maison — Too Darn Hot, 1; Ramblin’ Letters, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Musical Expression, 10; Soul Company, midnight Maple Leaf Bar — Funk Monkey feat. members of Bonerama, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — High Ground Drifters, 7; John Parker, 10; Mark Saucier, 11 Oak — Scott Albert Johnson, 9 Old Point Bar — Jamie & the Honeycreepers, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Abby Diamond, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Dang Bruh-Y?, Mystery Girl, Interior Decorating, Jake & the Jack Rabbits, 10

Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Just Judy, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Lucien Barbarin, 7 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Wendell Burnous, 6; PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Rivershack Tavern — Jenny & the Jets, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Contraflow, 9:30 Siberia — Sylvan Sylvain, Chicken Snake, Viva L’American Death Ray Music, 9 Smoothie King Center — Chris Brown, Omarion, August Alsina, 7:30 UNO Lakefront Arena — New Jack Swing Valentine Jam feat. Guy, Blackstreet, Al B. Sure, Silk, Wrecks N Effect, Big Bub & Today, Force MDs, 8

SATURDAY 13 21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; Juju Child, 6; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 AllWays Lounge — New Orleans Community Printshop Valentine’s Day cover band benefit show, 9 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Christopher Johnson Jazz Ballers, 1; Caesar Brothers, 5:30; Johnny Mastro Blues Band, 10 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Cyril Neville’s Swamp Funk, Rejected Youth Nation, 11 Boomtown Casino — Joey Thomas Band, 9 Buffa’s Lounge — Jon Roniger, 5; Isla NOLA, 8; The Little Things, 11 Checkpoint Charlie — East & Stone, 4; 30x90 Blues Women, 7; Shamaniacs, 11 Circle Bar — Heidijo, 6 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 8; Little Freddie King, 11 DMac’s — Zac Maras, 7; Holly Rock, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Wayne Maureau Band, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Matt Babineaux, 5; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Sadder Days feat. R3gal, 10 Encore Music Club — Voodoo Gumbo, 10 Gasa Gasa — See Schaff Run, King Mulhacen, Levee Daze, 10 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — Bricks in the Wall (Pink Floyd tribute), 8 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Dame in the Wild, 6; Bayou Dred Reggae Band, 10 Jazz National Historical Park — Royal Players Brass Band, noon Joy Theater — Best Coast, WAVVES, Cherry Glazerr, 7:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Major Bacon, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Leah Rucker, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 10; Fat Ballerina, midnight Maple Leaf Bar — John “Papa” Gros, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — The Shiz, 7; Ashley & the Odd Ditties, 9 Oak — Aaron Wilkinson, 9 Old Point Bar — Diablo’s Horns, 9:30 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kouvion Band, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Brian O’Connell & Freddie Lonzo, 7

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PREVIEW MONDAY 15

FROM HIS START AS A TRUE UNKNOWN — early tracks posted to music blogs in 2010 spurred a flurry of “Who Is Unknown Mortal Orchestra?” meta-queries — New Zealand maestro Ruban Nielson has cultivated an air • Feb. 11 of distant mystery that only bolstered his time-warped productions, the sort of warm• 9 p.m. Thursday ing funk discovery that keeps record stores’ • Republic, 828 S. Peters St., doors open and crate-diggers on an eternal Easter egg hunt. All at once, his third album, • (504) 528-8282 last year’s Multi-Love (Jagjaguwar), lifts the • www.republicnola.com lo-fi veil and pulls listeners into a probing self-examination of polyamory — and proves that getting to know Unknown Mortal Orchestra does nothing but deepen the allure.

“Isolation can put a gun in your hand,” Nielson warned on “From the Sun,” from 2013’s II; on Multi-Love’s opening baroque-down title track and loping disco single “Can’t Keep Checking My Phone,” he has the opposite problem: One may be the loneliest number, but three can be a tragic one. Lower Dens — the vehicle that carried Jana Hunter from folk spook to New Wave supreme being — opens.

Tickets $15 in advance, $18 day of show. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

OUR TAKE

Listeners fall for Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s lo-fi come-on, Multi-Love.

Preservation Hall — The Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Frank Oxley, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Mark Braud, 8, 9 & 10

Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 8

Prime Example Jazz Club — Cole Williams Band, 8 & 10

d.b.a. — Soul Brass Band, 3; Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, 10

Republic New Orleans — Martin Sexton, Brothers McCann, 7

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Carl Leblanc, 9

Rivershack Tavern — Joe Cave & the SoulShakers, 10

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Jazz jam feat. Anuraag Pendya, 7

Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Boogie Men, 9:30

Gasa Gasa — David Bowie: A Tribute feat. Pheasants, Toonces, Furniture Ensemble, Alexandra Scott, Dayve Samek, Fat Ballerina and Joey Cook, 6

Siberia — The Asylum Chorus, 6; Classhole, Livver, Sick Thoughts, Los Ninos Molestos, 9 Snug Harbor — Christian Scott Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Shotgun Jazz Band, 2; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Tipitina’s — Countdown to Fess Jazztival kickoff feat. The Funky Meters, 10 Twist of Lime — Rouxmyrs, 9 The Willow — Glamarama (David Bowie tribute) feat. John Thomas Griffith, Damien Youth, Mission to Mars, The Call Girls, 8 Wonderland Production Studios — Chante Moore, 8

SUNDAY 14 21st Amendment — Chris Christy, 5 Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30

Hi-Ho Lounge — Writer’s Block, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30 Little Gem Saloon — Ingrid Lucia & Charlie Miller, 6:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat.

Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kouvion Band, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Sunday Night Swingsters feat. Lucien Barbarin, 7 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat.

Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Siberia — Alexandra’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: A Valentine’s Day Spectaular, 6

21st Amendment — Jim Cole & the Boneyard Navigators, 7 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 10 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 6 d.b.a. — Colin Lake Duo, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Gasa Gasa — Jake McGregor, Next Level Midriff, Ian & Wiston, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 House of Blues — Irontom, 7 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Sean Riley, 5 The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Crooked Vines, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Uke Joint, The Little Things, 7 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews and the Crescent City AllStars, 8 Siberia — Warbringer, Enforcer, Cauldron, Exmortus, Desecrator, 8 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Teddy’s Hole in the Wall — Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Joe Krown, 8

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Beethoven’s Eroica. www.lpomusic.com — The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 and selections by Mozart, Wagner and Tchaikovsky. Tickets start at $20. 10 a.m. open rehersal and 7:30 p.m. performance Thursday at First Baptist Church of Kenner, 1400 Williams Blvd., Kenner; 7:30 p.m. Friday at Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 220 E. Thomas St., Hammond; 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Slidell Municipal Auditorium, 2056 Second St., Slidell.

Igor Begelman. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The clarinetist performs a free concert. 2 p.m. Sunday.

Trinity Artist Series. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 5220276; www.trinitynola.com — Joined by mezzo-soprano Stacy L. Chamblin and violinist Ray Gomez, pianist Manuel Matarrita performs original pieces and works by Brahms, Granados and Pignoni.

Free. 5 p.m. Sunday.

Valerie Francis. Old Ursuline Convent, 1100 Chartres St., (504) 529-3040 — Opera singer Valerie Francis performs spirituals and gospel music with pianist Wilfred Delphin as part of the Bishop Perry Center’s “Musical Prelude to the Celebration of Easter.” Free; donations accepted. 6 p.m. Thursday.

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Feb 23 - May 1 AT THE NEW ORLEANS BOTANICAL GARDEN Picture an incredible glowing dragon 192-feet long! A three-story, lit-from-within pagoda towering high above you.

32 large scale lantern light installations Live entertainment Chinese food with a New Orleans flair (think Muffuletta Eggrolls!)

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND Deadpool (R) — Self-aware super anti-hero Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) undergoes an ill-advised cancer treatment that renders his snark indestructible. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place How to Be Single (R) — You do want to be single, right? Then take Rebel Wilson’s advice. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Of Mind and Music (PG-13) — In a golden-hued French Quarter, a neurologist meets an aging street musician whose struggle with memory loss illuminates his own mother’s Alzheimer’s disease. Zeitgeist Rain the Color of Blue With a Little Red in It (NR) — Musician Mdou Moctar stars in a remake of Prince’s Purple Rain by filmmakers from the Tuareg, a North African group whose native language has no synonym for “purple.” Zeitgeist Southbound (NR) — Five cars’ worth of road trippers meet disaster in a linear Bermuda Triangle of horrors along a desolate southwestern highway. Zeitgeist Zoolander 2 (PG-13) — Derek and Hansel get a selfie stick and meet Justin Bieber, who was 7 when the first movie came out. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal

NOW SHOWING 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (R) — Blow-’em-up action director Michael Bay steps into the 2016 presidential race.

Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The 5th Wave (PG-13) — An apocalyptic Earth once again entrusts its survival to the romantic leads (Chloe Grace Moritz and Alex Roe) of a young adult novel. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Big Short (R) — The housing market is rock solid. Elmwood, Canal Place The Boy (PG-13) — Just because you’re nanny to a creepy porcelain doll doesn’t mean you don’t have to take care of him.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Brooklyn (PG-13) — Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) is a woman divided: caught between her old life in Ireland and her new one in 1950s New York. Elmwood Carol (R) — A New York shopgirl (Rooney Mara) and a wealthy soon-tobe-divorcee (Cate Blanchett) find romance in Todd Haynes’ lauded adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel The Price of Salt.

Canal Place The Choice (PG-13) — Fall hopelessly into the arms of endless melodrama at the latest Nicholas Sparks book to become a tearjerker movie. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

Creed (PG-13) — When you’re a movie star playing an aspiring young boxer (Michael B. Jordan), you’ve got to learn from the best: Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). Elmwood Daddy’s Home (PG-13) — Professional actors (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) demonstrate the dangers of performing masculinity. Do not attempt. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Dirty Grandpa (R) — “The greatest gift a grandson can give his grandfather is a hot college girl who wants to have unprotected sex with him before he dies.”

— Robert De Niro. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Fifty Shades of Black (R) — Kinky businessman Mr. Black (Marlon Wayans) doesn’t hesitate to whip out a few lines from another well-known movie. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Finest Hours (PG-13) — The Coast Guard’s dramatic rescue of the crew of the SS Pendleton, a tanker ship split in a half by a storm in 1952, gets the Disney treatment in 3D. Clearview, Elmwood, Chalmette, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Great White Shark 3D (NR) — Shaaark!

Entergy Giant Screen Hail, Caesar! (PG-13) — A bevy of movie stars develops a sense of humor about their profession long enough to send up Old Hollywood in the Coen brothers’ comedic mystery. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place The Hateful Eight (R) — Quentin Tarantino rides West. Elmwood Hurricane on the Bayou (NR) — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy Giant Screen Jane Got a Gun (R) — Stubborn gunslinger Jane (Natalie Portman) defends her home from a giant mustache (Ewan McGregor) in a potential prequel to The Hateful Eight. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Journey to Space 3D (NR) — Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) narrates a history of human space exploration. Entergy Giant Screen Joy (PG-13) — Jennifer Lawrence portrays inventor, single mother and HSN pitchwoman Joy Mangano. Elmwood Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG) — Coming January 2037: Kung Fu Panda 14. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Norm of the North (PG) — Global warming unleashes a CGI polar bear (Rob Schneider) on New York City. West Bank Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PG13) — A woman must have a thorough knowledge of singing, dancing and the art of war. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, PAGE 32

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Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Revenant (R) — In the uncharted wilderness of the Dakotas, a bear mauls a frontiersman (Leonardo DiCaprio, himself rapidly approaching bear status). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Ride Along 2 (PG-13) — Good cop/ insecure cop team James and Ben (Ice Cube and Kevin Hart) do some brotherly bonding and take down a Miami drug kingpin. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Room (R) — Five-year-old Jack (Jacob Tremblay) and his mother (Brie Larson) rediscover the outside world after spending Jack’s entire life imprisoned by a sadistic captor. Elmwood, Slidell Spotlight (R) — The Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigative reporting team uncovers proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. Elmwood, West Bank Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) — I like their old stuff better. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

SPECIAL SCREENINGS AAIC: Goya -- Visions of Flesh and Blood (NR) — Spanish painter Francisco Goya’s oeuvre is on display at London’s National Gallery. 7 p.m. Thursday. Elmwood, Regal Casablanca (PG) — Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, this one is screening Casablanca. 10 a.m.

Sunday. Prytania Chocolat (PG-13) — An unconventional chocolatier (Juliette Binoche) melts the heart of a bitter French town and finds love with a future chocolate factory CEO (Johnny Depp). The library’s screening includes discussion of the print and film versions and refreshments. 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center (4300 Broad St.) Mildred Pierce (NR) — Joan Crawford won an Oscar for her role as a divorced mother whose second husband meets an untimely end in the 1945 noir drama.

10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania Pretty in Pink 30th Anniversary (NR) — Blane or Duckie, Andie?! 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Sunday. Elmwood, Regal TED ’16: Dream Opening Night Live (NR) — Here is a pithy and compellingly presented opinion that will change your whole life: TED talks are overrated. 7 p.m. Monday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal The Underground Railroad (NR) — The Africana Film Series presents a documentary on the Underground Railroad, followed by a panel discussion. 11 a.m. Thursday. Southern University at New Orleans, Lenoard S. Washington Memorial Library (6400 Press Drive) Western (NR) — Shotgun Cinema presents the Louisiana premiere of Bill and Turner Ross’ documentary about life in the border towns of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico. A Q&A with the producer and directors follows. 7 p.m. Friday. Marigny Opera House (735 St. Ferdinand St.)

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THERE’S A VIOLENT STORM BREWING ON THE VAST HORIZON in Western, a documentary about life on the Texas• Feb. 12 Mexico border by New Orleans-based • 7 p.m. Friday filmmakers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross.

The famously volatile west Texas weather • Marigny Opera House provides a handy metaphor for the violence • 725 Ferdinand St. of Mexican drug cartels, which threatens to engulf the sister cities of Eagle Pass, Texas • (504) 948-9998 and Piedras Negras, Mexico.

• www.marignyoperahouse.com But the Ross brothers didn’t set out to • www.shotguncinema.org make a topical documentary about social issues or immigration politics. They were searching for a 21st-century vision of the mythic American West, a place that continues to thrive in our collective imagination as an open frontier with unlimited possibilities. They found a region and a timehonored way of life suddenly under siege. Ironically, that threat allows the keenly observed Western to echo the mythic West familiar from novels and movies — a place where the impending loss of the frontier to “progress” always looms on the horizon.

Using fly-on-the-wall techniques developed over the course of two previous regionally themed features (45365 and Tchoupitoulas), the Ross brothers offer a unique immersive experience in Western. The focus is on two Texans, beloved larger-than-life Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster and local rancher Martin Wall, a single father taking care of a spirited young daughter who represents the future of the region. Each is largely defined by symbiotic relationships with counterparts across the Rio Grande.

As mayor, Foster defends the shared economic and cultural riches enjoyed for generations by the people of Eagle Pass and neighboring Piedras Negras. Wall’s family has brought cattle over the bridge from Mexico for sale in the U.S. for more than a century. Regional violence resulting from turf wars between rival Mexican drug cartels — along with security measures considered by the U.S. government in response to that threat — may destroy the delicate balance of life in the borderlands.

Western’s impressionistic view of the region’s life and culture encompasses rodeos, bullfights, fiestas and festivals along with small, private moments shared by cattle hands on the ranch or old friends at the local diner. The film has no discernible agenda other than to deliver an honest portrait of a particular time and place.

In its finest moments, it generates a uniquely subjective form of artistic representation not often found in documentaries.

In one memorable scene late in the film, the camera pans back and forth across a gathering — like an anonymous partygoer turning from side to side — between a group of men discussing in Spanish the impending threat from cartel violence and a trio of women, obviously old friends, dancing together to a live mariachi band.

A barely decipherable snippet of dialogue from the men (translated as “something’s bad … something’s strange”) contrasts eerily with the joyous dancing of the women and speaks volumes about the current state of life on the border. A truckload of experts analyzing the threat of cartel violence in Eagle Pass wouldn’t add a thing to the scene.

Using the same relatively low-tech HD camera on each of their first three films, the Ross brothers developed a grainy, gritty visual style that looks a lot like 16mm film and suits their observational aesthetic. But even production values seem a minor concern in the face of Western’s multifaceted and profoundly human drama.

— KEN KORMAN

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HAPPENINGS “Michael Meads: Bent, Not Broken” panel discussion. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The artist discusses his work with local curators and writers. 2 p.m. Saturday.

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

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

OPENING Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street. com/antenna — “Swimming to Inishkeel,” sculpture and video art by Malcolm McClay, opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com —“Paris, America: The ManoMano Group,” featuring Beau Tardy, Mara Marich, Cyr Boitard, Louis J. Gore and Sebastian Birchler; “Bible Belt Buckle,” work

by Silkey Thoss and Bob Tooke; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Rodeo,” work about Louisiana’s prison system by John Isiah Walton; “Compulsion,” work

by Rosa Byun, Steph Marcus and Sean Starwars; “Fully Loaded,” work by Vanessa R. Centeno; opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Night Clinic,” paintings

by Peter Hoffman; “Mutations,” works by Maddie Stratton and Selina Trepp; opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Le Melange Speciale,” group exhibition featuring Keith Duncan, Jon Schooler, Colleen Shannon, Christina Juran, Bruce Davenport Jr., Amy Bryan, Mike Kilgore, Wallen Warren, Ray Cole, Jill Shampine and Alan Zakem, reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “A Place and Time Part 1: Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” opens Wednesday; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 3.

Pelican Bomb Gallery X. 1612 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; www.pelicanbomb — “Spa Castle,” site-specific installation by Momma Tried; gallery grand opening party 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — “Unpacking Identity through Art: An Exhibition of Children’s

Suitcase Self-Portraits,” mixed-media art by children, opens Wednesday; opening reception noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “Tulane Contemporary Glass,” work by faculty, alumni and graduate students from the Tulane/Newcomb College Glass Art program, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Mysteries of the Palais Royale: The Minor Works,” art inspired by historic French wallpaper by Norah Lovell, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Steve Martin Fine Art. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart.com — “Candy Shop,” work by Olesya, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Treasure Tattoo. 2350 St. Claude Ave., (504) 344-7989; www.facebook.com/ treasuretattoonola — “Mystic Treasures,” pop-up show featuring work by Jane Talton, Pleasant Gheman, Jason London Hawkins, Sean Yseult, Lateefah Wright, Jason Dunlap, Christopher Morrison-Slave, L.E. Rubin, Julia Gombert, Pauline Owens Teel, Patti Meagher and Sea & Dagger, opening reception from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Saturate,” group exhibition of animation by Marina Zurkow, Jeremy Couillard, Francoise Gamma, Joshua Mosley, Jake Fried and Saigo No Shudan, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

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

by Miro Hoffman, through March 5.

Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — Faculty showcase, through February.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Beautiful Chaos,” portraits by Andy Baird, through February.

Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery. com — Paintings by David Lumpkin and Dana Manly; mixed-media work

by Nancy Susaneck; jewelry by Kathy Bransfield; photography by Belinda Tanno; work by Grace Hogan and Kim Zambia; all through February.

The Art Garden. 613 Frenchmen St., (504) 912-6665; www.artgardennola.com — Sculpture garden by Andre LaSalle, through February.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery. com — “City Portraits — New Orleans,” paintings by John Hartman; “From

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KATE CLARK’S HUMANOID ANIMAL SCULPTURES at Newcomb Art Gallery

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instantly instill a sense of wonder. But is there more than novelty at work here? Entering the • Through April 10 gallery is eerie; it’s almost like a zoo where wild • Mysterious Presence: Taxidercreatures with familiar human features cluster like family groups in a lobby. Three antelope my sculptures by Kate Clark with faces like restless young men gaze around • I Wonder: Ceramics and works as two bears wear expressions like British anon paper by Andrea Dezso thropologists looking for a lost tribe. A dazed zebra (pictured) suggests a fashion model who • Newcomb Art Museum, just downed a spiked drink, and some conspirTulane University ing hyenas across the room look like they could • (504) 865-5328 be the culprits. By making their expressions more like ours, Clark blurs the boundaries • www.newcombartmuseum. between the human and animal realms and tulane.edu emphasizes our shared sentience. Dog and cat lovers already know the depths of feeling furry faces convey, but here Clark may be taking us back to a time before we put animals in factory farms and mechanically dismembered them into packaged food products. In this show, Clark reminds us of the extent to which animals are people too.

Our awareness of the primordial magic embodied in animals, forests and the heavens has long been dissipated by the distractions of technocratic urban life, but those sensibilities live on in ancient myths and folk art — including the dreamlike visions that inspired Transylvanian artist Andrea Dezso’s layered shadow boxes, graphics and ceramics. Even her space aliens suggest mythic, folkloric beings. But for us her most emblematic and easily relatable works probably are her oversized, back-lit shadow boxes inspired by her native Transylvania as well as an adjacent series of illustrations that New Orleans Carnival designer Carlotta Bonnecaze created for the 1892 Krewe of Proteus parade. Both series reflect the dreams, myths and other psychic connections to the wild world that motivated the creation of so much art through the ages. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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Atrium Gallery at Christwood. 100 Christwood Blvd., Covington, (985) 8980515; www.christwoodrc.com — “The Barranger Family: A Mid-Century Collection,” through Feb. 26.

Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St., (985) 288-4170; www.beatasasik.com — “Feathers,” paintings and jewelry by Beata Sasik, through February.

Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com

— “Doll Show,” group exhibition featuring Aguamala, Alice Aster, Al Benkin, Andre LaSalle, Betsy Sharp, Eriko Hatori, Jessica Radcliffe, Kiernan Dunn, Mama Yemi, Otto Splotch, Sean Dixon, Shannon Atwater and Shannon Tracy, through March 8.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Living Energy,” mixed-media sculpture

by Key-Sook Geum, through Feb. 27.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery. com — “Wish You Were Here,” paintings

by Mac Ball, through Feb. 27.

ART bygallery.com — Group exhibition by gallery artists featuring James Overby, John Goodwyne, Kathy Partridge, Linda Shelton and Ray Rouyer, ongoing.

Pedestal Gallery. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 645-3864; www.pamelamarquisstudio. com — New artwork by George Williams and Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery.

The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Work by Natalie Nichols, Kalaya Steede, Alison Ford, Erin Gesser and others, ongoing.

RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075, (504) 4502839; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass and metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing.

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

Rolland Golden Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 8886588; www.rollandgoldengallery.com — “Finally Winter,” work by Rolland Golden, ongoing.

Rutland Street Gallery. 828 E. Rutland St., Covington, (985) 773-4553; www. rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery.

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

by Laughlin, through Sunday; “Queen Selma,” photographs of Selma, Alabama,

by Roman Alokhin, through April 10.

Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery. com — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery. com — Group exhibition of gallery artists, ongoing.

Tripolo Gallery. 401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-1441 — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

United Bakery Gallery. 1337 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — “An Exhibition of Painters, Part II,” featuring Jamie Chiarello, Asa Jones, Chadmo Moore, Lauren Miller, Todd Lyons, Stephen Maraist, Liz Grandsaert, Lindsay Tomlinson and Jazzy Belle, through Feb. 18.

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

Where Y’Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St.; www. whereyart.net — “Unveiled: Part One,” group exhibition, through Feb. 17.

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The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — “Momentum Indumenta: Kinetic Costume Show and Shop,” curated by Nina Nichols and Alice McGillicuddy, through Feb. 28.

Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “persoNOLAties,” group exhibition of portraits featuring paintings by Will Smith Jr., through Feb. 28.

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

Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett.com — Group exhibition featuring 27 artists, through February.

Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc.edu/ departments/art-gallery — “A Celebration of the Life and Work of Gus Bennett Jr. featuring The Blak Code Series,” through Feb. 25.

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

Ken Kirschman Artspace. NOCCA Riverfront, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — Group exhibition featuring James Flynn, Karin Burt, Keith Duncan, Andy Holton and Yuka Petz, through Feb. 27.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries. com — “Let Them See Cake,” paintings on copper by Benjamin Shamback, through March 26.

Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — Group exhibition featuring gallery artists, through June 25.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks. com — Screenprints by Julianne Merino, through February.

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

New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 218-5319; www.nolatattoomuseum.com — “Folklore & Flash,” tattoo designs and artifacts, ongoing.

Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “I Wonder,” tunnel books, ceramics and work on paper by Andrea Dezso; “Mysterious Presence,” taxidermy sculptures by Kate Clark; both through April 10.

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — Recent watercolors, mixed-media work, mosaics and sculpture by Nall, through Feb. 27.

Overby Gallery. 529 N. Florida St., Covington, (985) 888-1310; www.over-

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THEATER Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party. Mag’s 940, 940 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 948-1888; www.mags940bar. com — Rockfire Theatre presents Aaron Loeb’s comedy about an elementary school teacher who rewrites the school’s Christmas pageant to feature American presidents and insinuates that Lincoln was gay. Matt Reed directs. Tickets $20.

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

Be a New Orleanian: A Swearing-In Ceremony. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 638-6326; www.thetheatreatstclaude.com — Jim Fitzmorris’ solo piece about being a New Orleanian includes a naturalization ceremony. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.

I’ll Be Single Before I Settle. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www. rivertowntheaters.com — Black Girlz Productions raises awareness for HIV and domestic violence with a Valentine’s Day production about four best friends who rekindle an old college bet to see who can find true love first. Tickets $25. 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Jungle Kings. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater.com — With a parole hearing approaching after 10 years in prison, 25-year-old Jason “Baby Cockroach” Watts (Martin Bats Bradford) struggles to choose a new path in Rain Denise Wilson’s play. Tickets $20, students and seniors $18. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Sleeping Beauty: An American Panto. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre. com — Co-directors Jon Greene and Maxwell Williams present an original adaptation of the classic fairy tale, combining influences from Carnival and the British pantomime tradition. Tickets start at $35. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

30 by 90 Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville, (844) 843-3090; www.30byninety.com — Courtney Calato directs the Tony Award-winning play about bickering middle-aged siblings who share a home, starring David Sellers, Shelley Rucker and others. Tickets $19, seniors and military $17, students $14, children $10. 8 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Victory Swing Orchestra Salutes Ol’ Blue Eyes. National World War II Muse-

um, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Swing Orchestra and vocalist Clint Johnson pay tribute to Frank Sinatra and other big band artists including Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Tickets $60. 11 a.m. Sunday.

FAMILY Peppa Pig’s Big Splash. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — The musical for young kids features favorite Peppa Pig characters as life-size puppets and an audience singalong. Tickets start at $35.

6 p.m. Friday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY Cupid’s Cabaret. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — For Valentine’s Day, Trixie Minx Productions presents a classic vaudeville and burlesque show with an optional three-course seated dinner and Champagne. General admission starts at $30; dinner tickets $113 per person. Doors open at 6 p.m., burlesque show at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Valentine’s Revue. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www. oneeyedjacks.net — Fleur de Tease presents burlesque and comedy for Valentine’s Day eve. General admissions $15, reserved seating $25. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

Saturday.

The Vice is Right. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.thesocietyofsin.com — The Society of Sin’s game show-themed burlesque features contestants from the audience alongside performers. Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door. 9 p.m.

Tuesday.

Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue hosts the burlesque show. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday.

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

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TUESDAY 9 Argus. Metairie parade route, Veterans Memorial Boulevard — The Krewe of Argus rolls in Metairie. 10 a.m.

Cresent City. Uptown parade route, St. Charles Avenue — The Cresent City truck parade rolls after Elks Uptown. 10:30 a.m.

Elks Jefferson. Metairie parade route, Veterans Memorial Boulevard — The Krewe of Elks Jefferson truck parade follows the Jefferson truck parade in Metairie. 10:30 a.m.

Elks Orleanians. Uptown, corner of Magazine Street and Napoleon Avenue — The Elks Orleanians truck parade rolls after Rex Uptown. 10:30 a.m.

Grela. Downtown Gretna, Huey P. Long Avenue — The Krewe of Grela rolls in Gretna. 10 a.m.

Jefferson. Metairie parade route, Veterans Memorial Boulevard — The Krewe of Jefferson truck parade follows Argus in Metairie. 10 a.m.

Krewe of Pirates. Faubourg Marigny; www.kreweofpirates.com — The theme is “Let’s Get Kraken” as the pirate krewe marches in the Marginy and French Quarter. 9 a.m.

Mardi Gras in Treme. Cutting Edge Side Yard, 1520 N. Claiborne Ave. — The Ultimate Louisiana Party presents a three-day festival featuring music, food and art vendors and family activities.

Headliners include Henry Turner Jr. & Flavor, Patrick Mooney Band, All Four One Brass Band, Juan Jordan and others.

10 a.m. to midnight.

Rex. Uptown parade route, St. Charles Avenue — The Krewe of Rex rolls Uptown. 10 a.m.

SUNO Celebrates Black History Month.

Southern University at New Orleans, 6801 Press Drive, (504) 286-5343; www.suno. eduews/suno-celebrates-black-history-month — SUNO hosts a month of programming around the theme “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African-American Memories,” including panel discussions, lectures, film screenings, performances and a seminar. Events are free and open to the public. Visit the website for complete schedule. Through Feb. 26.

Zulu. Uptown parade route, St. Charles Avenue — The Krewe of Zulu rolls Uptown. 8 a.m.

THURSDAY 11 Treme Coffeehouse Art Market. Treme Coffeehouse, 1501 St. Philip St., (504) 264-1132 — Local artists sell crafts at the weekly market. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

FRIDAY 12 Magazine Street Art Market. Dat Dog, 3336 Magazine St., (504) 324-2226;

www.datdognola.com — Local artists sell crafts at the weekend market in Dat Dog’s courtyard. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Murder Mystery Party in French.

Alliance Francaise, 1519 Jackson Ave., (504) 568-0770; www.af-neworleans. org — Alliance Francaise and Tulane’s Department of French and Italian host an interactive murder mystery party in French with live music by Cecile Savage.

The attire is “1920s speakeasy.” General admission $10; Alliance members and Tulane students $5. Registration deadline Feb. 10. 6 p.m.

Storywalk. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — St. Tammany Library’s interactive trail walk features Hedgehug by Beth Sutton.

Attendees are invited to bring a picnic lunch. Free admission. Noon to 3 p.m.

Valentine’s Dance Party. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — The Louisiana Museum Foundation hosts a 1960s retro dance party featuring DJ Matty, refreshments and a cash bar. General admission $5; $20 VIP tickets include a tour of the cupola overlooking Jackson Square. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

SATURDAY 13 Back to Nature Heart Walk. Joe W. Brown Park, 5601 Read Blvd., (504) 355-7175; www.friendsofjoewbrownpark. org — The sixth annual walk features free health screenings, a heart health talk and healthy refreshments. Registration $30; seniors and kids $20. 9 a.m. to noon.

Beloveds Ball. Balance Yoga & Wellness, 120 S. Cortez St., (504) 352-4813; www. balanceyogawellness.com — The Crescent City Sufi Circle hosts an evening of rituals, songs, stories, readings and dancing in honor of musician and Sufi teacher Inayat Khan. 7:30 p.m.

Bienville Saturday Market. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola.com — The pet-friendly weekly market features arts, crafts, a flea market and food. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Boating Safety Class. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries holds a free, daylong boating safety class. Students receive a vessel operator’s certification card upon completion. 9 a.m.

Chance for Romance. Benedict’s Plantation, 1144 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, (985) 626-4557; www. noheartleftbehind com/events — Christian counseling organization No Heart Left Behind holds its annual fundraising dinner, featuring music by 4 Unplugged,

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Children’s Art Workshop. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — RHINO artists lead kids in art projects on the theme “Hearts and Valentines,” with crafts including treasure boxes, shadow boxes and wall art. Attendees may bring photos of themselves to personalize their work. Email artboxrhino@gmail.com to register. Suggested donation for materials $5. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Dating Game. Ashe Power House, 1731 Baronne St., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Papa Smurf hosts a live dating gameshow and dance party for singles age 30 and up with music by DJ Dynamite Dave Soul and food from popup Black Swan. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Register online to be a contestant. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Dutch Oven Cooking. Bogue Chitto Park, 17049 State Park Blvd., Franklinton, (888) 677-7312 — The Bogue Chitto Dutch Oven Cookers meet to prepare a variety of dishes. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Family Day. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www.phnojm.com — There are crafts at 10 a.m., story time at 12:30 p.m., a singalong at 1 p.m. and music at 2 p.m.

Gillespie Memorial Community Breakfast. First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans, 2903 Jefferson Ave., (504) 866-9010; www.firstuuno.org — The community networking breakfast features guest speakers discussing local activism to reform criminal justice. 10 a.m.

Irma’s 75th Birthday Bash. Delgado Community College, Student Life Center, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 671-5000; www.dcc. edu — The benefit gala celebrates Irma Thomas’ 75th birthday, with proceeds benefiting Delgado’s Irma Thomas Center for W.I.S.E. Women. Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 7 p.m. to midnight.

Life on Paper. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Artist Mia Kaplan leads a nature-inspired multimedia creativity workshop for kids ages 9-15. Free admission; materials included. Call or email rue@northlakenature.org to register. 10 a.m.

Nature Photography Walk. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 6893690 ext. 10; www.nps.gov/jela — Photographer Mike Murphree offers tips on nature photography. Registration required.

Free admission. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

NOLA One Billion Rising. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.onebillionrising.org — The international movement to end sexual violence against women hosts a daylong teach-in. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pawdi Gras. Regions Bank, 8018 Highway 23, Belle Chasse, (800) 734-4667; www. paws4life.org — Plaquemines Animal Welfare Society presents its “Stars Paws” dog parade, featuring themed costume and float contests, refreshments and special appearances. Registration 11 a.m., contest noon, parade to follow.

Ribbon books demonstration. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.

neworleanscalligraphy.org — Eugenia Uhl discusses making ribbon books at the New Orleans Lettering Arts Association’s monthly meeting. Free with required online registration. 10 a.m.

Schools Expo. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 5873663; www.superdome.com — The Urban League of Greater New Orleans holds its annual schools expo. Free admission.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Valentine Workshop. Fairview-Riverside State Park, 119 Fairview Drive, Madisonville, (985) 845-3318 — The Otis House Museum holds a mechanical Valentine-making workshop where kids ages 7 and up and adults can learn about different types of valentines and their origins. Call (985) 792-4652 to preregister.

10 a.m. to noon.

Valentine’s Day Celebration. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Children can make Valentines, create a heart-shaped bird feeder and participate in other themed activities. Admission $8.50, free for members. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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

SUNDAY 14 Plant Health Workshop. Southbound Gardens Nursery, 4221 S. Robertson St.; www. southboundgardens.com — The workshop covers organic pest control, natural fertilizer, mulch and soil health. Requested donation $10. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Valentine’s Day River Cruise. Creole Queen Paddlewheel Boat, Spanish Plaza, (504) 529-4567; www.creolequeen.com — The two-hour cruise includes a buffet, an open bar, a DJ and a complimentary glass of Champagne. Tickets $119 per person. 6 p.m.

MONDAY 15 Civil rights lecture. Southern University at New Orleans, Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library, 6400 Press Drive, (504) 286-5225; www.suno.edu/library-resources — Civil rights activist Carl Galmon discusses “Selma, Montgomery and The Voting Rights Act.” 11 a.m.

Israeli dancing. Starlight Ballroom, 5050 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 567-5090; www.israelidance.us — Israeli Dance of New Orleans meets weekly to practice folk dances. Call (504) 905-6249 for details. First class free; $4 per class thereafter. 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Laughter Yoga. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Heidi Heyns leads a laughter yoga class.

Call or email rue@northlakenature.org for required registration. Admission $5, free for members. 2 p.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. Nonmembers $5. 6 p.m.

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WORDS Andy Reynolds. CJ Nero, 839 Spain St., (504) 875-2008; www.facebook.com/ craig.who.dat.nero — The author reads and signs his novel, The Axeboy’s Blues.

6 p.m. Saturday.

Big Freedia. New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Ave., (504) 5962602; www.nutrias.org — The Queen of Bounce discusses her music, answers questions and signs her book God Save the Queen Diva. 2 p.m. Saturday.

Blood Jet Poetry Series. BJ’s Lounge, 4301 Burgundy St., (504) 945-9256; www.facebook.com/bloodjetpoetry — The weekly poetry reading series includes featured readers and an open mic. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, (504) 529-7323; www.neworleanspubliclibrary.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.

Maple Street Book Club. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 8664916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — Author Yuri Herrera joins the book club as members discuss his novel, Signs Preceding the End of the World. 5 p.m. Thursday.

Nancy Backus. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — The local children’s book author and illustrator reads and signs A Bayou Home: The Adventure of Swampmaster Bejeaux.

11:30 a.m. Saturday.

A Night of Love. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — SMUT Da Poet hosts a Valentine-themed event featuring spoken-word poetry, guest artists and live music. Tickets $15 in advance; $25 VIP tickets include catering by Ms. Cece’s Soul Food. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Roberta Kaplan. Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-3693; www. templesinaino.org — The author discusses Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA. 2 p.m. Saturday.

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

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

Sunil Yapa. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks. com — The author reads and signs his debut novel, Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist. 6 p.m. Friday.

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ENGINEERING Process Improvement Technician (Multiple Openings). Will plan, organize, and execute process improvement activities with regard to assembly and materials manufacturing for conveyor manufacturer and be responsible for programs relative to the assigned plant to ensure implementation and prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with specified objectives. Reqâ?Ts: BS, Industrial Engineering Technology or closely related field; 2 years experience in quality, industrial or manufacturing engineering technology; experience/academic background must include three or more of the following: process and value stream maps; time and motion studies; lean manufacturing; SOP development; production analysis; cost and statistical analysis; automation; 5S and Kaizen; Six Sigma; Justin-Time; project management; quality control; facility and plant design; logistics; mechanics of materials. Proficient in: Microsoft Project, Visio, Excel; Minitab, Sigma XL or JMP. Must be able to work weekends and overtime as needed. Location: Harahan, LA. To apply send CV to Ms. Raye Latham, Intralox, LLC 200 Laitram Lane, Harahan, LA 70123. Must apply within 30 days of publication & refer to Job#14430.

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NO. 690-269 DIVISION “N” SUCCESSION OF ROBERT NELSON WIEGAND NOTICE FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Notice is given that the administrator of this Succession has petitioned the Court to sell certain immovable property belonging to the deceased at private sale in accordance with the provisions of 3281 of the code of Civil Procedure for Five Thousand and NO/100 ($5,000.00) cash. The immovable property proposed to be sold at private sale is described as follows: One certain tomb located in the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, Metairie Lakelawn Cemetery standing in the name of Ethyl Lander Nelson known as Section 82.

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STATE OF LOUISIANA

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NO. 757-029 DIVISION “ L” SUCCESSION OF DOROTHY AGATHA GALE NOTICE WHEREAS, Newel Gale, the duly appointed Administrator of the Succession of Dorothy Agatha Gale (hereinafter referred to as the “Succession”) has made an application to this Honorable Court for a judgment of authority him to sell the following described property, to wit: A 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, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as WASHINGTON PLACE SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2, per plan by Rene A. Harris, dated June 23, 1969, approved by Jefferson Parish Council Ordinance No. 9345, registered in COB 704 folio 35, Conveyance Records of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. And according to said plan, said lot is designated as LOT 12 of SQUARE 114, and is located and measures as follows: Said LOT 12 commences 645 feet from the intersection of the easterly right of way line of Capital Drive and the southeasterly right of way line of Federal Drive, as measured along said line of Federal Drive. Said lot 12 measures thence 53 feet front on Federal Drive a width in the rear of 131. 81 feet, by a depth on its northerly on Deacon Street side of 80 feet, and a depth on the opposite sideline of 126.55 feet.

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

And according to a plat of survey by R. P. Fontcuberta, Jr., dated 11-26-84 a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, said Lot 12 has the same location and dimensions as set forth above.

NO.: 754-445 DIVISION “G”

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 300 Federal Drive.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

IN RE: SUCCESSION OF EVA S. HEBERT NOTICE BY PUBLICATION TO CONTINUE BUSINESS AND TO PAY INTERIM ALLOWANCE WHEREAS, the Administratrix of this Succession has made an application to the Honorable Court for authority to continue the business of the decedent and to pay an interim allowance to heirs of this succession, which allowance is within the amount eventually due to those heirs.

NOTICE is hereby given that an order granting such authority may be issued after expiration of ten (10) days from the date of this publication, and that an opposition may be filed at any time prior to issucance of this order.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT, Marilyn Guidry, Clerk Attorney: P. Hanlon deVerges, Jr.(#33537) Warren E. Mouledoux, Jr (#9782) Address: 833 Fourth Street Gretna, Louisiana 70053 Telephone: 504-367-4444 Gambit: 2/9/16 LEGAL NOTICE Anyone knowing the whereabouts or how to contact BRITTANY ROSSI, please contact Susan H. Neathamer, APLC, 920 Fifth Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053, (504) 367-2143 immediately concerning a very important legal matter.

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CALL 483-3100

GAMBIT EXCHANGE

Newel Gale, the duly appointed Administrator of the Succession, has received an offer to purchase the Succession’s entire, undivided interest in said property, at private sale on the terms of $55,000.00 all cash.

The amount realized by the Decedent’s estate from this sale will be $27,500.00, less the costs associated with the sale.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an order granting such authority may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of final publication and that an opposition may be filed at any time prior to the issuance of such order.

By order of the Court.

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR JON GEGENHEIMER, CLERK OF COURT Attorney: Timothy F. Hand Address: 901Derbigny St. Gretna, LA 70053 Telephone: (504)486-5900 Gambit: 1/19/16 & 2/9/16 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jacque Bernard Turner, contact Attorney Rudy Gorrell at 504-553-9588.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Karen Ferrier Bolar please contact Attorney Ashley B. Schepens at (504) 301-0708.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Kimberly Johnson Kirkland, AKA Kimberly Johnson Evans, please contact attorney Edward Mozier at 504-338-4714.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Nida S. Farhud please contact Atty. D.Davenport at 504-256-5452.

Be advised that anyone knowing the whereabouts of MIRNA CASTELLANO whose last known address was 520 East Louisiana State Drive, Kenner, Louisiana 70065, please contact Harold E. Molaison Esq. at (504) 834-3788.

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NO: 751-758 DIVISION: C

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 756-740 DIVISION “F” SUCCESSION OF JOHN H. HUBER, III NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that Stephen J. Austin, the duly qualified and acting Administrator of the Succession of John H. Huber, III, has, 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 $135,000.00, the Succession’s interest and to the immovable property located at 3112 Ridgeway Drive, Metairie, Louisiana 70002, being more particularly described as follows: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, together with all of the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as WHITNEY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, according to a plan of subdivision by Adloe Orr, Jr., Surveyor, dated February 25, 1957, which was approved by the Police Jury for the Parish of Jefferson by Ordinance No. 3527, dated July 1, 1957, registered in COB 429, folio 384, in SQUARE NO. 8 thereof, bounded by RIDGEWAY DRIVE, CLIFFORD DRIVE, 17TH and 20TH STREETS, designated as LOT NO. 57 which commences 195 feet from the corner of Ridgeway Drive and 20th Street and measures thence 60 feet front on Ridgeway Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of on its side nearest 20th Street, adjoining Lot No. 56 of 101.26 feet, and a depth on its side towards 17th Street adjoining Lot No. 58 of 101.39 feet.

Now, therefore, in accordance with law, notice is hereby given that Stephen J. Austin, the Administrator, proposes to sell the aforesaid Property, at private sale, for the price and on the terms aforesaid, and the heirs 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 the date whereon the last publication of this notice appears.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT Lisa M. Cheramie CLERK OF COURT

SUCCESSION OF MADALEEN GRIMALDI DEARMAS NOTICE OF INTENTION OF PRIVATE SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY NOTICE IS GIVEN that Pamela Branham Hovis, Administrator of the Succession of Madaleen Grimaldi Dearmas, is applying for authority to sell at private sale, on terms of TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($237,000.00) DOLLARS cash, subject to $7,500 concession for repairs/closing costs the immovable property owned by the Succession of Madaleen Grimaldi Dearmas, to Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Villio, described below: A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, prescriptions, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Section 41, Township 12 South, Range 10 East, Southeastern District of Louisiana, East of the Mississippi River, and forming a portion of Tracts Y & Z of the Soniat Plantation, JEFFERSON PARISH, Louisiana, and being a part of that portion of ground commencing on the northerly or lake side of the Veterans Memorial Highway and extending in a northerly direction towards Lake Pontchartrain to the center of Canal No. 1 being a resubdivision into that subdivision known as DAVID DRIVE SUBDIVISION, approved by virtue of Ordinance No. 3121, adopted by the Police Jury of the Parish of Jefferson on April 18, 1956, by act of Dedication before Harold A. Buchler, N.P., dated April 25, 1956, registered in COB 400, folio 218, and according to a plan of subdivision of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, dated March 12, 1955, filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson, April 25, 1956, in Plan Book 29, folio 17, said lot is numbered and measures as follows, to-wit: LOT 107 of DAVID DRIVE SUBDIVISION, in the Square bounded by BRUIN DRIVE (late 31 and 13th Street), DAVID DRIVE, 33RD (late 15th), POWER BOULEVARD. Said lot measures 50 feet front on DAVID DRIVE, similar width in the rear, by a depth of 155 feet between equal and parallel lines. All as more fully shown on survey by Sterling E. Mandle, Land Surveyor, dated September 8, 1983, revised December 8, 1983, except LOT 107 commences at a distance of 410.43 feet from the corner of DAVID DRIVE and 33RD STREET.

ATTORNEY: John F. Shreves ADDRESS: SIMON, PERAGINE, SMITH & REDFEARN, L.L.P. 30th Floor, Energy Center 1100 Poydras Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70163-3000 TELEPHONE: (504) 569-2030

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 4001 David Drive, Metairie, Louisiana.

Gambit: 2/9/16 & 3/1/16 LEGAL NOTICE Anyone knowing the whereabouts or how to contact TAMMY ROSSI, please contact Susan H. Neathamer, APLC, 920 Fifth Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053, (504) 367-2143 immediately concerning a very important legal matter.

Attorney: John A.E. Davidson (#4710) Davidson & Davidson, APLC Address: 2901 Independence Street, Suite 201, Metairie, LA 70006 Telephone: (504) 779-7979 Fax: (888) 370-2948

Any opposition to the proposed sale must be filed within seven days from the date of the last publication.

Gambit: 2/9/16 & 3/1/16

FOR SALE SMALL SPACE CALL 483-3100 GAMBIT EXCHANGE

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Any heir or creditor who opposed the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven days from the date on which the last publication of this notice appears.

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

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METAIRIE

REAL ESTATE

3404 & 3408 LEMON ST.

NOTICE:

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

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE HARAHAN/RIVER RIDGE RIVER RIDGE DUPLEX

3 BR/2 BA 1100 sq ft. Full kitchen with new appliances. $1150 per month. No pets, no smoking. Tenant pays utilities. (225) 572-7459.

2 Br Townhouse. Nice, quiet location in Metairie. Close to grocery stores & busline.

Furn kit w/laundry connects.

Private patio w/off st pkg. $895 per mo. 1st month 1/2 price. (504) 834-2440 or 504-919-9158. www.angeleapartments.com

PORT GIBSON, MS 39510

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

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT JEFFERSON 2537 RIVER ROAD

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

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

504-460-6340 504-861-0100

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1st flr condo, exc cond. 2BR/1 BA, all appliances. 1,000/month. Call 504 390-1291.

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

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

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

504-362-7487.

BYWATER 3009 ROYAL STREET

Newly renov’d, 2br/1ba, LR, kit w/appls, wash/dry, water included, nice backyard, $1175/mo + $1175 dep. 504-231-0889 or 817681-0194. Now Showing. Avail 3/1/16.

BEAUTIFUL 2 BEDROOM IN BYWATER!

2 BR/ 1 BA, Beautiful 2 bedroom rental located in the historic ByWater II neighborhood (1505 Clouet Street NOLA 70117).

Off-street parking, backyard, central air & heat. Please call Donyale at (504) 274-2806 or (504) 488-8988. A must see!!! $750/mo.

(504) 274-2806.

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY 2322 BURGUNDY ST.

LARGE 2 BR / 1.5 BA, 2 Cent air units, w/d hookups, $1150 per month. Sorry no pets.

Call (504) 495-8213.

FOR RENT

NEW ORLEANS RIVER FRONT RESIDENCES SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM, 2 OR 2.5 BATHROOMS 1700 SQ. FT. 1 or 2 level floor plans. Gated Historic Renovation Huge Walk in closets, washer & dryer, stainless steal appliances Gym, pool, work out classes, parking, Internet included. $2,000. per month. Tenant pays utilities & water.

Desirable Algiers Point Neighborhood Near Ferry.

Minutes to Downtown, French Quarter 323 Morgan Street, N.O. LA • 504-366-7374 or 781-608-6115

Of 2 Bd/1BA upper unit w/1380 sqft of open living space. Entertainer’s Dream w/over 900 spft of private rooftop garden and wrap-around balcony. Beautiful hdwd flrs, new A/C, includes W/D. No Pets. $2600/mo.

This is not a drive by! Call Kelleye Rhein, 504-975-0649. Keller Williams Realty New Orleans. Licensed in Louisiana. Each office independently owned and operated.

LARGE ATTRACTIVE APT.

Newly Renovated 2BR, 2BA w/appls. Beautiful balcony & courtyard setting w/swimming pool. Quiet neighborhood. $1000/mo.

Call 504-756-7347.

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UPTOWN/ GARDEN DISTRICT

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

MERCHANDISE

RED BUD, JR. DESIGNS & ALTERATIONS 4525 Magazine St. • 205-240-3380 Mon-Fri 10-6 • Sat 10-3 Cynthia Thomas Gant Dressmaker/Designer Jewelry, Fabrics, Gifts, Sewing Lessons

HOME SERVICES HANDY-MEN-R-US

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT/ IRISH CHANNEL

BUYING OLD RECORDS

Buying vinyl records. Albums (LP’s), 45’s and 78’s. Contact me at 504-329-5781 or via email at kullconanhunts@gmail.com

1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

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

PET ADOPTIONS

FOR RENT/OTHER GREAT LOCATION SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE

CHAT Butter

Butter is a sweet senior boy desperately in search of his forever home. He has been at the sanctuary far too long and is ready to find FUR-Ever.

If interested, fill out a pre-adopt form at Spaymart.org or call 504-454-8200.

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EMPLOYMENT (CONT’D) FARM LABOR Temporary Farm Labor: Garrett Administrative Services, Danbury, TX, has 5 positions for operating large farm equipment for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing & planting of seed rice, preparing & walking rice fields and pulling weeds, roughing rice, assist with harvest & transportation of rice, irrigation maintenance, assist with birthing calves, ear tagging, vaccinating, branding, feeding mineral supplements; 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.; $11.15/hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/15/15 – 12/15/16.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX6431374 or call 225-342-2917.

FOR SALE SMALL SPACE

CALL 483-3100 GAMBIT EXCHANGE

Temporary Farm Labor: S. White Farms, Stowell, TX, has 1 position for 3 mo. experience of operating large farm equipment for preparing rice fields, processing harvested rice by bag, tag & load 75# bags for shipment, cleaning, sweeping & scooping floors of excess rice; 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.; $11.15/hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/1/16 – 11/1/16.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX7074147 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Rice Ag Service, Hunter, AR, has 2 positions with 3 mo. experience required for performing ground support for aerial seeding, fertilizing, and dusting crops, mix fertilizer, load seed, pour & pump material into airplane hopper, maintain & repair buildings & equipment; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must be able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days of hire; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage of $10.69/hr with increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/4/16 – 9/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1471619 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Bruce & Devon White, LaWard, TX, has 3 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating & assisting in servicing trucks for hauling cotton from field to gin, operating harvest transportation trucks to haul cotton, operating farm equipment for cultivating, tilling, planting, harvest of corn; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $11.15/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/15/16 – 12/15/16. Apply at nearest TX Workforce Office with Job Order TX5109748 or call 512-475-2571.

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QUEENIE

Kennel #A30517012

Queenie is a 2 year old, spayed, Pit Bull Terrier mix. She’s easy going, gentle, sweet and mellow and loves to give kisses. Receive 50% off my adoption fee by mentioning I’m Pet of the Week!

ALMOND

Kennel #A30521788

Almond is a 1 year old, neutered, Domestic Shorthair mix who arrived with a badly damaged eye that had to be removed. Almond is sweet and loves a head rub, but is also happy to be independent and entertain himself. Receive 50% off my adoption fee by mentioning I’m Pet of the Week!

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

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CAT

2 BR/2 BA, 1000 sq’ shotgun dbl converted to single. Additional rm for office. Nice back yard, close to shopping, dining, nightlife, and universities. Utilities NOT included. $1,285/mo. (504) 261-6312.

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES ALTERATIONS/TAILORS

3221 PRYTANIA STREET

Large Victorian 3 bed/2 ba, 2,200 sq. ft, 2 EXTRA ROOMS for liv/din/bed, furn kit, w/d, wood fls, lg closets, hi ceils, porch. Gated w/security, off-street pkg, pool privileges. $1,775.

3219 PRYTANIA STREET 2 bed/1.5 ba, walk-in closet, liv, din, kit, appls, wood fls, hi ceils, balcony, cen a/h, security, off-street parking, pool privileges. $1,500.

CALL 504-813-8186 or 504-274-8075

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For Lease $995 1233 Decatur, Unit 9 $1,350 619 Rocheblave Unit A $1,400 1025 Dumaine, Unit 4 $1,450 63 French Market, Unit 9 $1,500 1232 Frenchman $1,650 825 Bourbon, Upper $1,750 523 Dumaine, Unit 5 $1,850 927 Toulouse, Unit 5 $1,850 523 Dumaine, Unit 6 $1,850 539 Dumaine, Unit B $1,895 709 Jackson, Unit 202 $1,995 708 Orleans, Unit F $2,000 617 Barracks $2,195 833 Howard, Unit 202 $2,250 1101 Decatur, 201 & 302 $2,450 935 St Ann $2,995 1201 Chartres, Unit 1 $3,195 3322 Esplanade Ave $3,500 833 Howard, Unit 500 $4,495 736 St Charles, Unit 2B $4,500 736 St Charles, Unit 2C $6,500 736 St Charles, Unit 1D

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1315 FRANKLIN AV. • STARTING AT $252K FRANKLIN GATES CONDOS

504 232-0362

Beautiful 5 bedroom/5 bathroom home with open floor plan. Ten foot ceilings downstairs and nine foot ceilings upstairs. Home also has a mother-in-law suite and paved backyard with pool. Tolmas Dr. is an extra wide street with many amenities close by. It’s a must see!

OPEN HOUSE: February 28, 2016 • 2 - 4 pm

Cherie 504-915-8111 840 Elysian Fields Ave. N.O., LA 70117

6046 STRATFORD PL. • $145K

Todd Taylor, Realtor

3548 Tolmas Dr. • $810,000

47 3 PICTURE PERFECT PROPERTIES

Lane Lacoy

METAIRIE HOME FOR SALE

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