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STAFF Publisher | MARGO DUBOS Associate Publisher | JEANNE EXNICIOS FOSTER Administrative Director | MARK KARCHER

February 24, 2015

Volume 36

Number 8

EAT + DRINK Review ...................................................................... 27 Blue Line Sandwich Co.

SARAH BAIRD, D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, RED COTTON, ALEJANDRO DE LOS RIOS, KEN KORMAN, BRENDA MAITLAND, NORA MCGUNNIGLE, NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

Fork + Center ........................................................... 27 All the news that’s fit to eat — and drink

Contributing Photographer | CHERYL GERBER Interns | ELIZABETH MEYER, EMMA DISCHER

3-Course Interview .............................................29 Debbie Lindsey, cookbook shop proprietor

PRODUCTION Production Director | DORA SISON Web & Classifieds Designer | MARIA BOUÉ Senior Graphic Designer | LYN VICKNAIR Graphic Designers | PAIGE HINRICHS,

Drinks ........................................................................30 Beer Buzz; Wine of the Week Last Bites ..................................................................31 5 in Five; Off the Menu

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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT A+E ...............................................................................39 Catching up with The Kid Carsons, who have a new album

REVIEWING STAND

Music ..........................................................................41 PREVIEW: Jonathan Richman

Gambit’s annual Mardi Gras parade reviews

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Film.............................................................................44 REVIEW: Girlhood

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ON THE COVER Road Warrior ...........................................................15 Kristin Diable pauses her tour in New Orleans long enough to release a new album, Create Your Own Mythology

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7 IN SEVEN Seven Things to Do This Week........................... 5 Black Grace, Hannibal Buress, Diana Ross and more

Y@Speak + N.O. Comment .....................................7 Overheard in New Orleans’ social media world Scuttlebutt................................................................ 9 From their lips to your ears Bouquets & Brickbats .......................................... 9 This week’s heroes and zeroes C’est What? ..............................................................10 Gambit’s Web poll Commentary.............................................................11 “Year of enforcement”

Art ...............................................................................46 REVIEW: Salutations Stage..........................................................................49 Events .......................................................................50 Crossword + Sudoku ...........................................62

CLASSIFIEDS Market Place ...........................................................53 Employment/Job Guru........................................54 Picture Perfect Properties................................56

NEWS + VIEWS

Blake Pontchartrain.............................................12 The New Orleans N.O. It All

Real Estate .............................................................58

News.............................................................................7 Don’t call Saul: The state public defender program is in jeopardy

Clancy DuBos...........................................................13 Scuttling the levee board lawsuit against BIg Oil

Mind + Body + Fitness ..........................................60

Legal Notices..........................................................59 Home + Garden .......................................................63

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One-Act Play Festival

Thu.-Sun. Feb. 26 –March 1 | The Elm Theatre’s festival features Rajiv Joseph’s one-act Gruesome Playground Injuries (performed every night) and four new one-act plays by local writers (two each night) focused on the theme of violence. At 8 p.m. at Old Marquer Theatre.

Diana Ross

Sat. Feb. 28 | Defying her own tour title (“In the Name of Love,” long since co-opted by U2), Diana Ross can’t stop, won’t stop. This sequined sequel to her Saenger-christening visit in 2013 is sure to pull them all out. At 8 p.m. at Saenger Theatre.

Nesby Phips and Fiend with PresHall Brass

Fri. Feb. 27 | Blues and soul singers Clarence “Strokin’” Carter and Mel Waiters headline the showcase. The lineup also includes Tucka, Lenny Williams and Sir Charles Jones. At 8 p.m. at UNO Lakefront Arena.

Sat. Feb. 28 | The NOLA Hip-Hop Archive and Preservation Hall present this live collaboration from Preservation Hall’s latest brass-based combo with New Orleans rappers Fiend, a former No Limit Records star who has released several well-received mixtapes, and Nesby Phips, whose album Simply Phips is expected later this year. At midnight at Preservation Hall.

Lost Bayou Ramblers with Gordon Gano

Hannibal Buress

Big Easy Blues Festival

Fri. Feb. 27 | Legend has it the collaborative kismet between the Lost Bayou Ramblers and Violent Femmes’ Gordon Gano began when the latter climbed onstage at d.b.a. while the former was riffing on “Blister in the Sun.” It now includes a recording (2012’s Mammoth Waltz) and numerous gigs such as this one. At 10 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

Sun.-Mon. March 1-2 | The stand-up comic popped up several times around New Orleans late last year, dropping into open mics, regular showcases and a surprise opening slot for Dave Chappelle at the Saenger Theatre. Buress returns to the Civic Theatre for an encore performance from his “Comedy Camisado” tour at 9 p.m. Sunday and performs at Tulane University at 8 p.m. Monday.

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NEWS +

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Don’t call Saul

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Drove car to there. Left it there. Rode bikes somewhere else. Left them there. Now to pick everything up. Mardi Gras logistics.

The state public defender warns ‘the system is in free fall’ because of budget cuts.

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In the past, it was common for New Orleans nobility to lie prostate and belly slither towards the dais before rising to bow before Rex.

By Jeremy Alford

The timing couldn’t be worse. State funding accounts for about 40 percent of the overall budgets for public defender districts, with the rest coming from court costs, largely traffic violations. That has proven to be an inconsistent source — police have to write tickets for the funding to be there. Additionally, the growing trend of RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) cases in places like Baton Rouge and New Orleans are creating a need for private attorneys to be recruited to make sure defendants are represented individ-

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You know you had a good trip to the Louisiana coast when your iPhone still works but smells like shrimp

Karen DaltonBeninato @kbeninato

Overheard in the French Quarter, from a kid who really needed some emergency hand sanitizer: MOM - I TOUCHED A STICKY POLE!!!!

Clint Durrett @Phanclan

The smell from Bourbon Street has broken the Canal Street barrier. The smell has taken Lee Circle. Run for your lives!

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ually. Money for those private attorneys has to come from the public defender budget. That takes a toll. According to records maintained by the Louisiana Public Defender Board, attorneys employed by district offices around the state are, on average, carrying nearly double the recommended caseloads. “This is going to be devastating, no matter what the cut is,” Steimel said. “We have a structural problem with how we fund Louisiana’s public defense delivery system.” Even before the Jindal administration announced its cuts, 27 public defender districts were expected to end the current fiscal year operating in a deficit, using one-time money to bridge the gap. Another 12 were slated to become insolvent or dangerously close, according to a report from the Legislative Fiscal Office. If there were no cuts at all next fiscal year, that number would still double. “There will be about 26,” Dixon predicted. Only nine districts were expected to finish next fiscal year with enough accrued funds to post a surplus, but it’s unknown how the $5.4 million budget cut might affect that predicted outcome. Officials with public defender offices insist they have become as lean as possible, and any further reductions would be extremely painful. The Legislative Fiscal Office estimated that PAGE 8

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

Our question “Has this been a particularly rude Mardi Gras?” struck a nerve with many readers last week. “During Cleopatra, someone in the stands on St. Charles chucked an empty glass gin bottle at our float and hit our pregnant friend in the head with it. The float was stopped, she had to be escorted to an ambulance, and our mood changed for the rest of the ride...” — SS “The only time I noticed people being more rude than usual was while I was riding in Nyx. People grabbing throws as I was HANDING them to others, people who yelled nasty things at me when I didn’t give them a purse, and hands attempting to grab throws from over the inside rail of the float.”— nolachick “I still laugh at the Mayor’s reminders of all the rules that never, ever get enforced. But all in all we had a pretty good experience at Endymion.”— hebjamn

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ven without the massive cuts announced recently by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration, the public defender board in Orleans Parish was already expected to slip into deficit spending at some point during the 2015-2016 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The picture is just as gloomy for surrounding parishes next fiscal year, with the public defender boards in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes effectively broke and Jefferson’s board operating with a deficit as well. Mix in the $1.6 billion state revenue shortfall for the coming fiscal year, which has grown since the last assessment of public defender boards in 2014, and a serious situation becomes downright dangerous. With $5.4 million in cuts slated on the state level, at least half of the public defender districts across Louisiana will be forced to offer reduced services. Some face insolvency or will be pushed closer to the brink. “There are at least 20 going under next fiscal year,” said State Public Defender Jay Dixon. “There’s nothing we can do about it. Some will actually run out of money before September.” George Steimel, a lobbyist for the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said lawmakers are being made aware of the situation. The cuts could result in the immediate loss of many public defenders, which would have a domino effect. Here’s how: The federal constitution guarantees the right to counsel for those accused of crimes. In order to guarantee that right at an adequate level of competency, public defender boards were created and funded. If public defender agencies go under or have to lay off public defenders, the courts could soon be overwhelmed with lawsuits by defendants who, because they did not receive constitutionally adequate defenses, will either receive longer jail sentences, be forced to remain in jail without bail before trial, or will feel forced to plead guilty just to get released, Steimel said. Those lawsuits could clog the system, and many of them will have merit — unless the U.S. Supreme Court changes the definition of a constitutionally adequate defense.

NEWS VIEWS

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from 2010 to 2014, expenditures by all of the public defender districts around the state decreased by 4.6 percent overall and that the state’s individual offices managed to increase revenue by 5 percent. Yet even with these trends, which read as positive on paper, the district offices have yet to pull themselves out of a mess created by stagnant state assistance and unrealized growth in locally generated funds. Early expectations for calendar 2014 had the overall spending of district public defender boards in excess of its revenues by $3.5 million. The end result may be a statewide trend of public defenders putting a record number of cases on waiting lists, which could present another constitutional issue. Additionally, in a move that will really raise eyebrows, staffers and contract attorneys may not receive the money owed to them for work they performed until the local districts have the funds available to cut the checks. If a district office folds completely, judges would have to assign cases of indigent defenders to members of local bar associations — cases with no means to pay them. Moreover, the attorneys assigned to the cases may have no experience with the kinds of cases they’re handling, which brings up the question of adequate representation, as afforded by the U.S. Constitution. That actually happened in New Orleans in 2012, when Criminal District Court Judge Arthur Hunter appointed several dozen “high profile” private attorneys — some from as far away as Lafayette — to pending cases in his court. Some of the private attorneys had criminal law experience, but most did not. Hunter admitted he was trying to draw attention to the local indigent defender board’s funding issues — and put pressure on state lawmakers to do something about it. Among those appointed to handle criminal cases in Hunter’s court were state Sens. Edwin Murray, J.P. Morrell and Karen Carter Peterson, all of New Orleans, and Gambit political columnist Clancy DuBos. Murray and Morrell have criminal law experience, but Carter Peterson and DuBos do not practice criminal law. Dixon said few people recognize the shaky precipice on which Louisiana stands, and how muddy the coming years could be if no solution is found. “The defense system is in free fall,” Dixon said. “The fear is that some enterprising lawyer might go to federal court and say, ‘This is not a lack of funding issue, but rather an entire system going south.’ Then the feds step in and have to fix it. We know how that’ll turn out. They won’t be gentle.” — Clancy DuBos contributed to this article.

NEWS VIEWS SCUTTLEBUTT Quote of the week

“I got called here recently and they got to asking me, ‘What do you think about Jindal traveling all the time?’ I said, ‘Haven’t you forgotten the biggest criticism you had of me is that I didn’t travel enough?’” — Former Gov. Mike Foster in an interview with KNOE-TV, the CBS affiliate in Monroe, in response to a question about Gov. Bobby Jindal. Foster, now 84 and living in St. Mary Parish, appointed Jindal to be Secretary of the Department of Health & Hospitals when Jindal was only 24, but he says he has no regrets: “When I met him, I realized two things: One, he was smart, and two, he was honest.”

Bobby who?

Polls show Americans still don’t know Jindal

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donated more than $30,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater New Orleans. Area stores raised the money through sales of its Southern Living Christmas Cookbook, sold exclusively through Dillard’s. The stores raised more than $900,000 nationally from 2014 sales of the book, and Dillard’s has donated more than $12.3 million to the charity since 1994.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center was awarded a $3.2 million Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grant form the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The grant will fund early learning opportunities for young children in low-income families. President Barack Obama proposed the Early Head Start program in 2013.

Parading Feet,

a pilot program from the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic & Assistance Foundation that connects school bands with foot care resources, coordinated a donation of anti-blister socks and insoles for each KIPP Central City Academy marching band member for Mardi Gras 2015. The socks were from Wrightsock and the Formthotic insoles were from Foot Science International.

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threw drug-testing urine-collection cups (thankfully, free of urine) during the krewe’s parade Feb. 15. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies stopped the offending float following complaints. Sean Burke, Jefferson Parish Director of Citizen’s Affairs, told WWL-TV that “any action by riders that could shock the public” is illegal. The riders and 21 others on their float were kicked out of the krewe.

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All the traveling, all the media appearances and all the culture-warrior posturing don’t seem to be doing Gov. Bobby Jindal any good with those who don’t already know him. A CBS News poll conducted Feb. 13-17 and released last week had little good news for Jindal’s nascent presidential campaign: In a field of 11 possible candidates, Jindal’s familiarity rating was the lowest. Eighteen percent of respondents said they would consider voting for him for president, while 15 percent would not — but 67 percent said they didn’t know enough about Jindal to have an opinion one way or the other. This mirrored a CBS poll the month before, in which 65 percent of Republicans and 63 percent of independents said they just didn’t know enough about Jindal. Meanwhile, a CNN poll released last week had Jindal once again trailing the entire field — in 13th place out of 13 candidates listed — at just 1 percent among Republicans nationwide. That poll was taken Feb. 12-15. Also last week, a Quinnipiac University poll of Iowa Republicans didn’t even include Jindal’s name in the list of 10 potential GOP presidential candidates. If Jindal was included in the poll, he got less than 3 percent, which was the lowest level of support registered for the 10 potential candidates listed in a report of the poll by Ron Faucheux of Clarus Research Group.

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Perhaps that’s why Jindal inserted himself into the flap over former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani last week. Giuliani said he doesn’t believe President Barack Obama “loves America.” Jindal told Time magazine, “The level of the President’s love for our country is immaterial at this juncture. What President Obama has obviously demonstrated for everyone is that he is incapable of successfully executing his duties as our Commander in Chief.” — KEVIN ALLMAN

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At a dinner last week for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani questioned whether President Barack Obama “loves America.” Gov. Bobby Jindal quickly jumped on the bandwagon, saying, “The level of the President’s love for our country is immaterial at this juncture. What President Obama has obviously demonstrated for everyone is that he is incapable of successfully executing his duties as our Commander in Chief.”

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Vote on “C’est What?” at www.bestofneworleans.com “Saving” space along parade routes for big parades such as Endymion — what do you think?

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THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: The City Council is mulling a “rental registry” that would require city inspectors to examine all rental properties on a regular basis. What do you think?

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Vitter offers ‘Mardi Gras’ koozies for donations

U.S. Sen. David Vitter hit upon a Carnival-themed fundraiser last week when it offered “exclusive Mardi Gras koozies” for people who would “chip in $10” online to his gubernatorial campaign. The email offer was sent out on Lundi Gras, which didn’t give Vitter fans time to hit the parade route with the purple koozie bearing Vitter’s logo. While Louisianans have a particular fondness for koozies — is there anyone in the state without a drawer full of them? — other politicians have had the same idea. During the 2012 presidential primary, GOP candidate Herman Cain sold his own koozies, while visitors to the re-election campaign site of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden could pick up a $10 koozie with Biden’s face on the side and the message “CHEERS CHAMP.” — KEVIN ALLMAN

COMMENTARY

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‘Year of enforcement’ searchable public database of all rentals in New Orleans, along with an inspection schedule. The plan sounds like it would create an entire city agency, though it was hard to tell, because no proposed ordinance, or even a working outline, was circulated before a public meeting held the week before Mardi Gras. How much this would cost and who would pay for it weren’t addressed, though one can be sure that any additional property fees would be passed on to tenants, who are hard-pressed enough these days. Cantrell planned to introduce the ordinance before Mardi Gras, but put it off after The Lens wrote a story about it. In an email addressed to other councilmem-

banning tents and other obstructions that keep parade-goers from moving freely (and safely). The photo that accompanies this Commentary was taken on Canal Street a full day and a half before Endymion rolled. This year’s Uptown routes were just as crowded with debris that made a mockery of the nine months spent crafting the ordinance and Cantrell’s “year of enforcement.” Gambit’s Facebook page received hundreds of complaints about rude behavior at this year’s Mardi Gras, and many readers wondered whatever happened to the rules in the city’s updated Carnival ordinance. A city that can tow cars and write thousands of traffic tickets with grim efficiency should be able to clear debris from its streetcar tracks. Cantrell’s latest idea involves municipal oversight of the city’s rental apartment market. She proposes a “rental registry” — a database of owners, addresses and units, registered with the city — and a

bers and obtained by The Lens, Council President Stacy Head wrote, “The lightning speed with which this is moving as well as the apparent insular nature of the discussion is disconcerting.” We agree on both counts. In fact, the rush to enact this plan is reminiscent of the modus operandi that produced Cantrell’s original, overly broad anti-smoking proposal, which fortunately got scaled back to more reasonable proportions before adoption. Before Cantrell takes aim at the city’s rental market, she should explain why existing rental protections are inadequate and why they’re so poorly enforced now. Given that the council’s Mardi Gras ordinance was so toothless that the city couldn’t even remove tarps from the streetcar lines, why should we expect any better from a vastly more complicated and expensive ordinance that breaks new legal ground in the local rental marketplace?

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A city that can write thousands of traffic tickets with grim efficiency should be able to clear debris from its streetcar tracks.

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ast November, as the New Orleans City Council was passing the city’s 2015 operating budget, District B Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell made a statement that in retrospect is ironic: “I view 2015 as the year of enforcement,” she said. This Mardi Gras season would have been a great time to implement that resolution, given that the council spent nine months reworking its decades-old Carnival ordinances before Fat Tuesday 2014. Led by Cantrell and then-Council President Jackie Clarkson, the council adopted many new rules of law and clarified others, including a ban on staking out public space for private use, making sure ladders are at least 6 feet back from the curb, and

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Hey Blake,

There used to be an old soldiers’ home on Bayou St. John across from City Park. Was it for Civil War soldiers or earlier? What is it now? Timmy Statton

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Dear Timmy,

The building you describe, located at 1700 Moss St. near Esplanade Avenue, was originally called Camp Nicholls, named for Civil War Brigadier General Francis T. Nicholls, who later served two terms as governor of Louisiana. It was in fact a home for Confederate war veterans. With $2,500 approved by the state Legislature for the purchase of the land, the building was erected in 1882. In 1884, The Daily Picayune reported that the daughters of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and the widow and daughter of Gen. Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson attended a ceremony to dedicate the facility. “The home assumes a more comfortable look every day,” the paper reported. “The old soldiers declare themselves to be contented and happy and free from any cares or thoughts for the morrow. They are well behaved and willing to assist, according to their abilities, in improving and beautifying the place.” Varina Davis, the widow of the former Confederate president, visited the home in 1899, where she was greeted with hugs and applause from the soldiers. Over the years, the building housed more than 300 veterans in all, from all across the South. In later years, a Confederate submarine went on display there before moving to its more familiar location in Jackson Square, then the Presbytere and now Baton Rouge.

This 1909 photo shows President-elect William Howard Taft visiting Camp Nicholls on Moss Street in Bayou St. John. P H O TO : W IK IM ED I A C O M M O N S

In 1942, the Moss Street site was turned over to the state for a Louisiana National Guard military installation and armory. More recently, a cluster of buildings on the site housed various entities of the New Orleans Police Department, including at various times Third District headquarters, the Special Operations Division, Crime Lab and Police Academy. The buildings were badly damaged following Hurricane Katrina and the state determined that rehabilitating them would be too costly, so they were demolished in 2009. In 2011, Deutsches Haus, the German heritage society famous for its Oktoberfest and other cultural activities, purchased the land from the state. The group’s former site on South Galvez Street was demolished to make way for the new University Medical Center. After some delays, Deutsches Haus finally won approval for its plans to build at Bayou St. John and hopes to open its new headquarters by 2017. The group plans to keep in place an historic marker on the site recalling the spot’s history as Camp Nicholls.

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ifty years ago this month, with many parts of the country just beginning to desegregate, New Orleans was quietly opening the doors to integrate its fire department. According to the New Orleans Public Library, George Mondy became the first African-American member of the New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD) in February 1965. A lifelong resident of New Orleans, Mondy was a graduate of McDonogh 35 Senior High School and a former drill sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Four years after Mondy opened the doors to other black firefighters, a young Warren McDaniels joined the NOFD’s ranks.

In 1993, McDaniels was appointed fire superintendent, making history as the first African-American to hold that office in New Orleans. When Mondy died in 1996, McDaniels said in The Times-Picayune that Mondy was his “hero and inspiration. Without his encouragement and support, I would not be a member and chief of the New Orleans Fire Department today,” he said. Mondy retired from the NOFD in 1991 but was rehired to serve as a fire supply technician. In 1992, he was ordained a minister. Five years later, following his death, the former William O. Rogers Elementary School, at 2327 St. Philip St., was renamed in his honor.

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Who will pay for coastal restoration? pponents of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPA-E) environmental lawsuit against the energy industry are having a fine time gloating over a federal judge’s decision to toss the suit. They told us so, and now they get to do their end zone dance. But what happens when the dance is over? Do we just forget about finding a way to pay for coastal restoration under the state’s “Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast,” or will we finally get to see the “plan” that Gov. Bobby Jindal said was in the works to pay for it? I predict the former. Jindal is all about getting the hell out of Louisiana, and Big Oil was never serious about working with the state to address coastal land loss. If the energy industry were serious, it would have come forward long ago to help pay for the

though. He clearly was lying when he said he was working on a plan to bring industry to the table — why else would we still be waiting to see that plan, more than 18 months after the lawsuit was filed? The folks who really ought to answer that question are the energy companies. They have said through their Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association that they’re willing to help. Now would be a good time to show it. John Barry, former SLFPA-E vice chair and chief architect of the lawsuit, wrote last week in an Advocate op-ed that the flood authority filed suit only after it became clear that the energy industry was not going to help pay for coastal restoration. Last week, Barry again asked the industry, “When are you going to collaborate?” The solution is obvious, so much so that Barry and conservative columnist

Master Plan. Instead, it simply followed Jindal’s lead and talked vaguely about some unspecified “plan” that supposedly was in the works. Make no mistake, the ruling by U.S. District Judge Nannette Brown that SLFPA-E had no right to sue Big Oil is a serious setback, but it is not a dagger to the heart. The case can and should be appealed. Even if the suit ultimately fails, the problem of coastal land loss remains — as does the question that underpins the suit: What will the energy industry do to help pay for the Master Plan? That plan had an initial price tag of $50 billion over 20 to 30 years. Many believe it could cost twice that much and take more than 30 years. Given how most federal projects go — and this will be a federal project — is there really any doubt that the cost will at least double? So, to those who oppose the suit, go ahead and gloat. Then, when your end zone dance is done, tell us how the energy industry will help Louisiana address coastal land loss. Don’t look to Jindal for an answer,

Quin Hillyer (a former Gambit writer and avowed critic of the lawsuit) coauthored another Advocate op-ed months ago calling for adoption of an oil processing fee as initially suggested by Republican Governor Dave Treen in 1982. Treen’s proposed Coastal Wetlands Environmental Levy (CWEL) was designed to do exactly what needs to be done now: raise money for coastal restoration. How did Big Oil respond back then? It pulled out all the stops to kill CWEL — and even got help from scandalized former Gov. Edwin Edwards. So much for the energy industry’s concern about coastal land loss. Last week, even as he praised Brown’s decision to toss the flood authority’s lawsuit, Hillyer repeated his call for a CWEL-type processing fee as a means to fund the Master Plan. At the end of the day, lawsuit or no lawsuit, that’s really the only viable option for raising the matching funds needed to fund the Master Plan. Does anybody think Big Oil’s response will be any different now than it was in 1982?

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maker New Orleans singer-songwriter Kristin Diable returns with the soulful, Nashville-produced album Create Your Own Mythology. BY ALE X WO ODWARD | PHOTOS BY JA S ON KRUPPA

The album follows her well-received 2012 Americana-styled album Kristin Diable & the City, but it’s a far cry from that album’s stripped-down, country-influenced rhythm and blues. With Nashville producer Dave Cobb at the helm, Create Your Own Mythology reveals Diable’s powerful, tender voice and confessional songbook. “I didn’t censor the songs,” she says. “Usually if I couldn’t fit a song into a particular box or a particular idea of what I thought I was supposed to be

recording or what I thought I’d sound like, I’d be less likely to record it. On this record, the songs that didn’t fit in the box, I didn’t censor them at all, and I went with what I felt right, and I went with the songs that were the most vulnerable, the most honest, the most connected.” Cobb’s golden touch produced Jason Isbell’s 2012 album Southeastern and Sturgill Simpson’s outlaw country revival on 2014’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, both critical hits hailed for Cobb’s meticulous production. For Create Your Own Mythology, Cobb borrows the kind of no-frills ’70s gloss that gave Nashville its pop sheen, with lush string arrangements and backing vocals that sound as big as a gospel choir. “I’ll Make Time For You” opens the album with a swirling minor-key organ, slap-echo guitar riffs and a rolling, deep-in-the-pocket groove pulled from the Stax archives. Diable recorded the album at Cobb’s studio in West Nashville, where Diable says she got out of her Americana pigeonhole. “I sent him some tracks and ideas and thoughts about what I wanted to get out of a studio in Nashville. We chatted a while, he played a bunch of tracks — songs from Alan Lomax recordings, Nancy Sinatra, some funky Serge Gainsbourg stuff — some really cool shit, and not Americana at all,” Diable says. “What would you do about PAGE 17

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ristin Diable drove her Toyota Prius through Nashville while her hometown was dusting off weeks of glitter. She missed Mardi Gras. “Don’t even tell me about it,” she says. “I’m on the road forever, it seems.” Then there’s the weather: “Real winter,” she says. “It was 15 degrees when I got to New York.” The singer-songwriter — on tour throughout the Northeast and the Midwest before her journey back to Louisiana — releases Create Your Own Mythology (Speakeasy/Thirty Tigers Records) on Feb. 24, and she performs an album release show Feb. 26 at One Eyed Jacks. “I hope everybody hasn’t forgotten me,” she says, laughing. “I’ve been gone so much, I feel like a deadbeat New Orleanian not being home very often.”

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could be, I’m walking a fine line from some kind of love and simple longing,” she sings on “Bird on a Wire.” “The idea of longing is always a recurring theme for me. It comes up in different stories and different ways. That’s just a part of my being — I can’t get rid of it no matter how satisfied I am,” she says. “A lot of the record is about learning that being able to let go of things is when you really connect with them the most, and relinquish the idea that we have total control over everything. We’re only responsible for our own decision and our own lives. The rest of the world works how it works, and you have no idea what’s actually going to happen.” She laughs. She knows how bleak she sounds. “It’s terrifying, but it’s beautiful,” she says. “It’s exciting that we don’t know what’s going to happen. If we knew, there’d be no point in living. No matter how much you plan or think you know what you’re doing, life hands you unexpected things.” As a child, Diable learned to write songs listening to Madonna and the Jackson 5. She obsessed over a Jackson 5 made-for-TV special about the band and family’s rise to fame. “When I heard the Jackson 5 sing, it was like I heard Jesus talk or something,” she says. “It hit me so hard, it was such a mesmerizing thing. Melody and voices like that just really knocked me out. It was the most amazing thing in the world.” In middle school, Diable saw Irma Thomas perform at the Morgan City Crawfish Festival. “I heard this voice and it was like out of a movie,” she says. “I was in a trance. The songs and melodies and her voice — everything. Everything changed. The world opened up after hearing that.” At 14, she learned to play guitar and started a band, Meridian Jane, with her sister, Erin. “I wanted to write songs but it wasn’t about being a rock ’n’ roll guitarist, or anything,” Diable says. “I just always loved writing songs. I did

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this song? How are you doing to make this sound like that? Right away he was f—ing brilliant and bigger and better and more interesting than anything I could’ve come up with. “A lot of times I tend to overthink things too much — I want to explore every single option, and think about which one’s best. You don’t need to do that in music. Once you’ve evolved your craft and you know your sound and you know who you are and what you’re trying to say and what you can do, you roll with the feeling.” The album’s full-bodied soul and rhythm and blues — touches of Lee Hazlewood and Dusty in Memphis — give Diable room for her woundcleaning, heartbreaking voice. She sings in present tense — she’s biding her time, driving in your car, hanging on, falling, a rolling stone and giving all her loving. She pleads for love and hopes for the best no matter how hard it hits. “In the breath in between what was and

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the most vulnerable, the most honest, the most connected.

it since I was a little girl. It was something that… I don’t know, it was a natural thing. I don’t know how I got the idea. It was just like breathing. I wanted to write songs, so I wrote songs. “I have songs running through my head all the time. Maybe I have a mental illness or something,” she adds, laughing. “I wonder that sometimes: Is this talent or is this insanity? It’s a fine line. Maybe it is insanity. If someone told me it was I wouldn’t disagree necessarily. But it’s a preferred type of insanity.” Diable attended Louisiana State University, but she pounced on an exchange program that sent her to New York. At the end of the semester, she dropped out. She remained in New York for six years and moved to New Orleans in 2009. “New Orleans was a revival for me,” she says. “It’s easy to lose sight of your foundation in New York. I felt like my spirit was kind of devoid and had wilted away because I had been in New York so long. I had been so busy and working my ass off, I didn’t realize I was miserable.” Diable found her band, The City, which included Casey McAllister (now playing keys for Hurray for the Riff Raff) and bassist Justin Hilbun. She moved into a loft apartment in the Upper Pontalba building above Jackson Square. “You can be drunk all day and be lazy and never accomplish anything, but I had a pretty clear picture of what I wanted to be doing and I worked really hard,” she says. “I wasn’t going to jump off the deep end and end up on the barroom floor — I mean, I was pretty drunk the first few months. … It was a little Fear and Loathing in New Orleans for a minute, but I didn’t get into too much trouble. I found my equilibrium.” Hilbun, a longtime Baton Rouge musician, had convinced Diable to move to New Orleans after the two shared beers and biked around town. Hilbun also introduced Diable to her bandmates. Five months after Diable moved to New Orleans, he was killed in a car accident. “It was really, really difficult,” she says. Her voice sinks. “He was such a great person and a great guy. You talk to anyone who knows him and they just loved him. He was just one of those people. It was really hard losing him as a friend and a bandmate.

It was a hard hit.” In 2012, Diable released Kristin Diable & the City, recorded in her Pontalba apartment with McAllister and bassist Charles Lumar, who also plays alongside Diable on Create Your Own Mythology. On her New Orleans debut, Diable chugs “Water Keeps Rising” to the bounce of “Born on the Bayou” and adds country twang to “I’ll Be Leaving” and horn-stabbed soul on “True and Natural Man.” But that year, Diable had auditioned for NBC’s The Voice — and passed. The producers gave her a ticket to Los Angeles where she would formally compete on the singing competition in front of millions of viewers. She turned it down. Diable didn’t need the show — she already had a band and confidence in her upcoming album. For Mythology, Diable wanted to go somewhere completely unfamiliar. She wrote several songs while touring Europe and Africa in 2013. Her manager convinced her to stay in Nashville and work at Cobb’s studio. “It was important to me that we leave my regular environment — a totally fresh place where my mind and thoughts are all brand new, so I could bring something new to the recording with that frame of mind,” she says. “I didn’t worry about fitting into an Americana box or, sometimes as an artist, whatever box you think you’re supposed to fit into. I write a lot of different kind of songs, but they all sound like me. I don’t think they sound out of place. The record is more … ‘who I am’ sonically than anything I made before, because of that.” On Mythology, Diable doesn’t hide that she’s going somewhere, or fighting to get there. She admits she’s a road warrior, or a rambler, whether it’s to forget a broken heart or sell some records. On “Eyes to the Horizon,” borrowing the breathy beat from The Zombies’ “Time of the Season,” Diable sings of “going to a place I’ve never been” though “there’s miles of road in getting there.” “I’m going to the place where I was born, long before this old world was my home,” she sings. “I gotta go, but I don’t know where.” On album closer “Honey, Leave the Light On,” Diable sings of another road, one that

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“leads us far away” and “brings me back eventually” — but, “if rock ’n’ roll don’t save my soul, I don’t know what I’m gonna do.” The album title is just as straightforward — Diable wants listeners to forge their own path, even if it means breaking some hearts to get there, and even if it’s just finding your way back home. Diable goes back on the road for a spring tour following her album release and returns to New Orleans to perform at

the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Sunday, April 26. “The whole dream is to be on tour all the time, but it’s very grueling,” she says. “When you have more money everything gets a little bit easier. Money greases the wheel and makes the hotels nicer and gets you a driver. It’s a shit ton of work. … That’s what the job is, so that’s what I do. But I hope we get to that tour bus scenario sooner than later.”

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ail, loyal subjects! Your faithful arbiter of Mardi Gras merriment, Rex Duke™, returns to pronounce Carnival 2015 a celebration for the ages. This season saw parading debuts from two new krewes — Femme Fatale and Athena. Meanwhile, the Krewe of Muses presented a funny “growing pains” theme, and the old-line Krewe of Proteus reprised a classic parade from 1896. It was a good year for pageantry as well, as evidenced by the opulent parades put forth by the krewes of Hermes and Orpheus. As always, there was sharp satire from Le Krewe d’Etat and Chaos, and less conventional krewes are becoming a bigger part of the parade calendar. All in all, I am happy to report that 2015 gave my subjects a full and festive Carnival season. Below are my notes from the parades I was able to attend in Orleans and Jefferson parishes. Until next year, adieu! Parades are arranged by score (and alphabetically within each rating). All parades receiving three crowns or more are reviewed here. For all the Rex Duke reviews, visit www.bestofneworleans.com.

ORPHEUS Heavy rain may have kept many from viewing one of Carnival’s most gorgeous parades, but Rex Duke is pleased to have caught it before the downpour commenced. Orpheus is known for the abundance of 3-D flowers on the walls of its floats and they very nicely complemented its naturalist

TOP PARADES BEST OVERALL PARADE Hermes/Orpheus (tie) BEST DAY PARADE Rex BEST NIGHT PARADE Hermes BEST SUPERKREWE PARADE Orpheus BEST SUBURBAN PARADE Caesar MOST IMPROVED Babylon theme, The Magic of an Ordinary Day. Standout floats included the cherry blossom motif on The Awakening of Flowers float which had a sculpture of a woman in a kimono, a tree full of magenta-lighted cherry blossoms and white paper flowers throughout. The Dance of the Butterflies was covered in black and orange monarch butterflies. Other lushly decorated floats included The Pleasures of the Table and The Jeweled Candles of the Night.

The lighting on the multi-trailer Leviathan float was refurbished and more brilliant than ever. The throws were abundant and the lineup of bands included Talladega College and Alcorn State University. The only thing missing was Harry Connick Jr. (who tweeted about missing the parade). Mayor Mitch Landrieu was listed as riding alongside celebrity guest Ron White, but he joined the parade at Gallier Hall (after greeting Rex and King Zulu at Spanish Plaza — Orpheus paraded an hour earlier than originally scheduled due to inclement weather). The exquisite floats were a spectacle unto themselves, and the superkrewe delivered a very traditional style of parade. BACCHUS Perhaps the frequent delays that marred the Bacchus parade were meant to build suspense, but the theme of Children’s Stories That Live Forever was compelling by itself. The mix of old and new tales ranged from Aesop’s fables to Where the Wild Things Are and Harry Potter — a float that featured riders costumed in Potter robes. Riders on the Winnie the Pooh float dressed as bumble bees. Other whimsical floats included The Cat in the Hat and Shrek. Throws were plentiful and also matched the childhood theme with coloring books and sidewalk chalk. Adults could enjoy lighted drinking horns. The procession featured a stunning array of marching bands, including those of Southern and Tulane universities, Greenville High School and the Roots of Music band. PAGE 23

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HERMES Hermes’ The Ballets Russes was a brilliantly colored, wonderfully animated procession of the perhaps not so commonly known early 20th-century, Russian-led Parisian ballet company, a producer of landmark and sometimes scandalous works. While there was one delicately crafted ballerina figure, much of the theme focused on the rich artistic epoch with vibrant figures such as the nearly naked man on The Rites of Spring float, the colorful cubist figure on Picasso’s Parade, and the Blue God, with his intense brow and golden corkscrewed beard. The parade also included the subtly erotic figure from Afternoon of the Faun, and the severed head of John the Baptist on the Salome float added a touch of horror. It was a beautifully executed theme, and floats were adorned with Russian imagery and pretty paper flowers and other pieces. The parade also featured something new in costuming, rider tunics featured lighted H’s on the chests (though not all of them seemed to work). There were many bands and throwing was generous. The historic theme was vibrantly executed and also full of engaging nuance. Bravo.

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D’ETAT With Friday the 13th falling on the parade calendar, many krewes gravitated to horror themes. More about superstitions, Frid’Etat the 13th distinguished itself from the pack with a mostly very clever spree of topical floats. The New Orleans Saints float (Never Open an Umbrella Indoors) was updated at the last minute to include the Benson family feud, and the fabrications of NBC news anchor Brian Williams landed him on the Scream Queens float alongside tabloid-esque babblers such as Nancy Grace. Fun and biting floats also included the risque Invasion of the Body Snatchers float about leaked celebrity nude photos, The Dr. Huxtable and Mr. Hyde float showing the dark side of Bill Cosby’s recent scandals, and Night of the Living Hipsters, which lampooned Bywater gentrification. The Dictator’s Dancing Dawlins costumed as North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and were followed by a float dedicated to him. Also of note are the krewe’s two new signature floats, particularly the pretty Dictator’s Navy ship. All around, it was a coup.

MUSES The Krewe of Muses added an uncommon twist in Carnival and satirical themes. There was a note of self-deprecation in its homage to teenage social habits and growing pains (Hairy Situations was a funny take

to the history of Carnival and the era when people went to parades for their pageantry, not trinkets. Rex Duke could quibble about some inconsistency with the number of flowers and relative lack of ornamentation mounted on some floats, but it was only a few, and the flowers there were still lovely. REX Though they don’t have the reputation of Zulu coconuts and Muses shoes, Rex’s array of float-specific throws have become some of the most coveted items at Carnival, including medallion beads and pillows and more. While its floats are

mounted with figures including golden-winged Nabu, green and golden horned Baal and the purple dragon Lakmu. Costumes often accentuated individual float subjects, such as the amusing water buffalo hats on the riders of the Marduk float. Lakmu riders wore golden-crested dragon heads. The procession featured a dozen marching bands and Archbishop Rummel, De La Salle and St. Mary’s Dominican high schools stood out. Paradegoers also liked the krewe’s 3-D image cups. CHAOS With a sign that read “Je suis Charlie,” referencing the attack The Krewe of Iris paraded on St. Charles Avenue. P H O T O BY C H ERY L G ERB ER

Marching 100, Helen Cox High School, Cohen College Prep), marching groups and special throws (signature hand-decorated shoes, glowing rings, gold temporary tattoos, plush pillows, glittery Muses journals). PROTEUS Proteus reprised its 1896 theme, Nature of the Beasts, to brilliant effect. Floats were festooned with varied paper flowers, including cattails, calla lilies and even cornstalks. An egret whimsically fished at the front of one float, and an elephant’s arcing trunk graced a tea party on a float with pretty roses. The impressive band lineup featured Concordia College, Warren Easton Charter High School, Roots of Music and a Marine Corps band. Proteus isn’t the heaviest throwing parade (though some recipients liked its slap bracelet-like koozies), but that may help call attention

always brilliantly painted and rendered, this year’s history lesson in early American wars and battles wasn’t as dynamic as the visual and intellectual wonders of recent years’ themes about Gods of All Ages (2014) and All Creatures Great and Small (2013). The war theme was centered on the bicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans and it was reverent throughout. The band had several military bands as well as local (Tulane University, St. Augustine’s Marching 100) and visiting (South Lafourche) high schools and they played enthusiastically. Riders braved Fat Tuesday’s cold spell in their appropriate costumes and threw generously. BABYLON The Knights of Babylon stood out for celebrating the krewe’s history in a beautiful parade exploring Babylonian myth and its ancient pantheon. Floats were

on the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left a dozen people dead, Chaos carried the banner for free speech with an appropriately unbridled series of topical jabs. The theme Just Say N.O. frequently addressed local issues, such as “N.O. P.D.,” taking the police to task for recent crime problems, and the N.O. Brainer float about Sen. Mary Landrieu taking a bong-style hit off the “Keystoned Pipeline.” Other floats took on national subjects, such as N.O. Way Jose, referencing immigration issues. There were solid band performances by Langston Hughes Academy, KIPP Central City Academy and Roots of Music. Throws were varied and generous with plush toys, wine bags and lighted swords among the krewe’s standout items. MID-CITY The krewe let spectators know

what’s up at the Audubon Zoo, with the theme They All Asked for You. Floats featured animals in the krewe’s signature foil and titles teased with clever phrases. Working for Peanuts heralded elephants. The lion float was titled It’s Good to Be King. Impressive designs included a shark flying out of water. The lineup of marching bands included St. Augustine’s Marching 100, St. Mary’s Academy and Dudley High School from North Carolina. NYX The Krewe of Nyx has grown quickly, and its Elvis Presley theme seemed to be an appropriate celebration of excess. There were more than 30 floats, most depicting Elvis hits. One of the prettiest ones was titled Blue Hawaii and featured a hula girl and tiki drink figures and tropical flowers painted throughout. Rider costume elements often matched float themes, such as veils for the Crying in the Chapel float, and blue records on hats on riders of the Blue Suede Shoes float. Though brightly painted, many floats could use some ornamentation to break up the flat surfaces. Throws, however, were bursting everywhere, and among the theme-related ones were pink fuzzy dice and inflatable guitars. The procession also featured 15 marching bands and many walking groups, such as the 610 Stompers, the Sirens and the krewe’s own Nyxettes. THOTH Thoth knows how to use a turn of phrase. Its theme illustrated popular sayings and gave some familiar ones a local spin, such as borrowing from Las Vegas with “What happens in New Orleans, stays in New Orleans.” Other idioms included “Don’t cry over spilt milk,” and the float featured milk cartons and cows. Other fun floats included Have Your Cake and Eat it Too and happy hour mantra It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere. The Langston Hughes Academy marching band stood out among the many bands. Popular throws included hula hoops, stuffed pink monkeys and throwing discs with the New Orleans water meter design on them. TUCKS Tucks lets it all hang out in a fun, guy’s guy way — with toilet humor, weed jokes and the rocking Funky Tucks float. A krewe could do a lot or a little with a superhero theme,

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ENDYMION Travel themes are not uncommon in Carnival parades, but Endymion’s Fantastic Voyages focused on the grandest of travel rewards: the search for knowledge, wisdom and discovery (Christopher Columbus, space, Charles Darwin’s travels), enlightenment (mythical, literary and spiritual) and conquest (Cortez in Mexico, Alexander the Great). Some costumes matched float themes, such as the riders on Peary’s Journey to the North Pole outfitted with polar bear caps. The krewe also introduced Carnival’s biggest selfie, with a massive video screen projecting images of the crowd as it passed. The procession included the bands of Talladega College, St. Augustine High School, McDonogh 35 College Prep High School and Eleanor McMain Secondary School. The many and varied throws included krewe footballs, stuffed animals, beach balls, lighted batons and much more.

on puberty). But the theme Are You There, God? It’s Us, Muses also cleverly skewered an array of issues, including the national retail on Magazine Street in the float Mall Rats. The Peer Pressure float mocked Gov. Bobby Jindal’s desperate political maneuvering, and riders wore lighted dunce caps. Costumes and headdresses nicely complemented many float concepts. One group wore headdresses with padded bras on the Padding float. The theme had an original focus and perspective and was well executed throughout the theme floats. The procession also included many fine bands (St. Augustine’s

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A Star Wars-inspired group marches in the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus parade. P H O T O BY C H ERY L G ERB ER

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Less conventional parades with small floats and walking groups are becoming a bigger part of Carnival. Here are a few of the parades Rex Duke enjoyed.

CHEWBACCHUS The Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus hosted comedian Andy Richter in a rickshaw and Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew (krewe emperor for life and pope of popes) on the Millennium Falcon float. Trailing them was a funky and bizarre universe of everything from Star Wars- and Doctor Who-inspired groups to a two-part giant white whale and a tune-blasting Oregon Trail covered wagon. The gathering of the sci-fi tribes got loose as it spaced out along the route, but there was plenty of enthusiasm to go around.

KREWEDELUSION Burlesque star Trixie Minx reigned over the procession, which was full of colorful, imaginative costumes and subkrewes under the theme “Metamorphacity.” Among them were the tiki worshippers of Krewe of Krakatoa, a massive papier-mache chicken leading the Krewe of Chicken Flockers, and DJ Soul Sister’s Krewe of King James and its Super Bad Sex Machine Strollers with guest king Nigel Hall riding a huge, hand-pulled float with a handmade cityscape (“The Funky Side of Town”).

KREWE DU VIEUX The raunchy satirical downtown parade kicked off the parade season with its reliably ridiculous mix of sex-addled satire and impressive DIY floats. The many irreverent subkrewes included the Krewe of Spank (which last year reveled in its best-ever “Dizneylandrieu” theme), and this year its “504 Not Found” included a mobile app (also displayed on its LED-lit City Hall float) full of malfunctioning city services. Other floats included “Uberville” with a gentrifying bulldozer (named “Mitch”).

’TIT REX The shoebox-float parade celebrated misunderstood youth and artists with its L’Enfant Terrible theme, but the execution seemed to take a few notes from Krewe du Vieux, with satire that got a little dark and raunchy. Sen. David Vitter was portrayed in a wheelchair being rolled away from the White House. Bill Cosby was featured on the minifloat Bill’s Pills, and accompanying throws included a roofie-like pill in a tiny martini glass.

and Tucks made the most of it. Floats carried more and less conventional heroes, including Catwoman and Captain Underpants, and it helped that costumes (with masks and padded muscles) frequently matched the superhero figures. Some of the superheroes were satirical jabs, such as Piyoush (sic) the Boy Wonder and convicted felon and former mayor C. Ray Nagin as Chocolate Thunder. There was a bit of a feminine touch on the queen’s float with riders dressed as Cupid. And the procession included the Carnival group most suited to the krewe, the Laissez Boys, riding motorized reclining chairs. Signature throws were plentiful, including decorated toilet plungers, toilet paper and squirting toilets.

ALLA The Krewe of Alla is showing renewed focus in its move to the East Bank, but one thing it has always done well is fill its parade with marching bands. The procession featured 24 bands, four more than it had floats. Noticeable performances were put in by the U.S. Marine Corps band, St. Augustine’s Marching 100, L.B. Landry–O.P. Walker High School, Warren Easton, Edna Karr High School, Chalmette High School and Belle Chasse High School. The lineup also included the Ygnacio Valley High School band from Concord, California. Titled Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, the patriotic parade celebrated the armed forces, though it primarily featured World War II-era figures and images. The Founding Fathers float had nicely painted portraits on it. Throws were generous and riders were almost uniformly masked.

CARROLLTON The theme A Night at the Opera is not a unique theme in Carnival, but Carrollton made the most of it, and finished it with a reference to the Looney Tunes cartoon What’s Opera, Doc?. Well-done floats included the Egyptian-themed Aida float and pirate riggings of The Pirates of Penzance and The Flying Dutchman. Rider costumes nicely matched themes on the pirate floats, and the What’s Opera, Doc? riders wore Bugs Bunny ears and Valkyrie helmets. Archbishop Rummel and St. Paul’s School bands turned in impressive performances. Prized throws included purple bags of Chee Wees and glitter-covered boots. CLEOPATRA The Krewe of Cleopatra chose a theme based on frightening things, which was not uncommon this Carnival. Members did a nice job of making float themes and costumes match. Riders on the Skeleton float wore skull head boppers and riders on the Evil Clowns float wore large polka dot clown ties. The krewe’s signature floats, with hieroglyphics and Nile river boat designs, are all nicely detailed. The procession’s 18 marching bands including St. Augustine’s Marching 100, Edna Karr, Eleanor McMain, Archbishop Shaw, L.W. Higgins High School and Miller-McCoy Academy. IRIS The Krewe of Iris likes to party, and there were many fun

examples on floats celebrating a prom, a bachelorette party, a sorority party and Cinco de Mayo. Riders’ costumes didn’t often match float themes, but big neon-colored wigs were festive. Among the procession’s many bands were McDonogh City Park and the students from Mary D. Coghill Elementary School. Rex Duke didn’t get his hands on a new pair of sunglasses, but coveted throws included pink Iris bags, rainbow glow rings, stuffed strawberries and stuffed hearts for Valentine’s Day.

included lighted beads, swords and bracelets. Brother Martin High School’s marching band lit its drums, adding extra flair.

nessee and Towers High School from Decatur, Georgia. Riders were generous with beads and plush throws.

KING ARTHUR The Knights of King Arthur personalized a far-flung destinations theme by painting postmarks with names and messages on the floats. An Alaska-themed float snarkily referenced former Gov. Sarah Palin on its postcard. Some messages seemed to be inside jokes for the krewe. Costumes

N.O.M.T.O.C. As the only parade in Algiers, N.O.M.T.O.C. gives paradegoers a good reason to spend the morning in the neighborhood, and its theme reminisced about popular spots such as Weilman’s Bakery, Rainey’s Restaurant & Lounge, Clement’s Snowballs & Po-boys, J & J’s Bar & Grill and Calderone Pharmacy.

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PYGMALION The Spectrum of Emotions theme generally strove to make abstract concepts concrete. Creativity isn’t an emotion, but the float with Harold and the Purple Crayon was nonetheless impressive and illustrated the concept. Fine marching band performances were turned in by Landry-Walker and Warren Easton. One of the prized throws was the stuffed Pygmammoth, named for the krewe’s signature float. CHOCTAW On its 80th anniversary, Choctaw celebrated the way many krewes note major anniversaries — by using notable past years’ parades as float themes. Choctaw’s retrospective highlighted Moonlight on the Ganges and Movie Magic and Madness from the 1970s and Pioneer Days from the 1950s. The anniversary is commendable, but such disparate themes can seem loose as a concept. But the royalty’s krewe-themed Native American headdresses and costumes were impressive and perhaps the best reminder of the group’s contribution to Carnival. The marching band lineup featured St. Augustine’s Marching 100, South Plaquemines High School and Harriet Tubman Charter school’s band. Plush tomahawks, wooden nickels and spears were popular throws.

sometimes matched floats, such as the gator hats on the Everglades float and Uncle Sam hats on the White House float. Lake Area New Tech and Sophie B. Wright Charter Schools’ marching bands stood out. Throws were plentiful and popular items included swords, horns and throwing discs in many sizes.

EXCALIBUR The Knights of Excalibur did its best to make paradegoers feel like kids in a candy store, though the Knights’ Sweet Delights were not limited to candy. Floats depicted cupcakes, lollipops, snowballs and chocolate. Satiny rider costumes shimmered like candy wrappers and generally matched float themes. The maids also wore impressive headpieces that added Soda Factory and Valentines to the sugar rush. Prized throws

MORPHEUS Because the parade fell on Friday the 13th, Morpheus opted for a horror theme. Clever titles matched with monsters included Ain’t Dere No More with the Headless Horseman, On Pins and Needles with a voodoo doll and Wanna Play with Child’s Play’s Chucky and Tiffany, the Bride of Chucky. The band lineup included Belle Chasse High School, Algiers Technology Academy, Stratford High School from Nashville, Ten-

King Arthur’s monarch waves to the crowd. P H O T O BY C H ERY L G ERB ER

Former WDSU-TV anchor Norman Robinson served as grand marshal. The roster of 10 bands included visitors Shaw High School from East Cleveland, Ohio, and Towers High School from Decatur, Georgia. Throws were varied and included beach balls and all sorts of stuffed animals. PONTCHARTRAIN On its 40th anniversary, the Krewe of Pontchartrain celebrated Lakefront landmarks with floats depicting the Bali Ha’i restaurant, the lighthouse, Hayne Boulevard seafood joints, the Zephyr roller coaster and Pontchartrain Beach. Cups marking the anniversary were plentiful and riders also distributed doubloons and bouncy balls. Notable bands included Miller-McCoy, KIPP Central Academy and McDonogh City Park.

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ZULU The Zulu parade manages to unite two distinct strains of Carnival: there are exquisitely costumed and presented royalty and “characters” (Big Shot, Witch Doctor) and there’s a let-it-all-hang out irreverent spirit spread over the procession’s more than 40 floats. The theme (Zulu Salutes its Founding Fathers) wasn’t particularly evident on many floats (Storyland, Disney’s California Adventure, Casino, Headless Horseman), but the spirit of Zulu was. Besides coconuts, there were Zulu mini-umbrellas, stuffed monkeys, decorated lingerie and all sorts of krewe emblem beads.

CAESAR Caesar has long been the standard-bearer on the Metairie parade route. While its Broadway on Parade theme was well executed, that’s not the most original theme in Carnival. Some neon trim helped light floats, and some standout floats featured Wicked, Mary Poppins, Chicago, Cats and Aladdin. Of course, its signature Hydra float always is an impressive sight. The royalty and maids wore impressive headpieces and collars. Many paradegoers enjoyed seeing the Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man and Iron Man at the beginning of the parade. There were more than 10 bands, among them Slidell High School and De La Salle High School, which in an instance of harmonic convergence, both played the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army.”

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Line in the road Blue Line brings elevated diner fare to Old Metairie Road. By Sarah Baird

P H O T O BY S A R A H B A I R D

Nathanial Zimet doubles down

being overly salty, and possesses a supple mouthfeel that only can be brought about with patience and time. The St. Patty’s Day Massacre sandwich takes traditional Irish foods — including the corned beef and malty Abita-braised cabbage — and stuffs them between two pieces of toasted marbled rye with unexpectedly lean duck pastrami and remoulade aioli. Even with an abundance of aggressive flavors, the ingredients remain balanced. The restaurant’s lighter fare is equally impressive. A nutty, moist pecan chicken salad sandwich takes the “ladies who lunch” favorite to another level, spread between a porous, chewy ciabatta roll. A cacophony of color and texture make the roasted Brussels sprouts salad much more than a side dish, pairing buttery, charred sprouts with cubes of ruby red beet and a sprinkling of blue cheese. The scene stealer, however, is the sugar cane vinaigrette, which could enliven even the most ho-hum greens with its caramel-like, tangy brightness. Additional breakfast items — a dense waffle the size of a flying disc, a “broken yolk” sandwich featuring a fried egg and corned beef, a family heirloom recipe cinnamon toast — will jump-start one’s day, and continue to attract diners hankering for comforting dishes and a sunshiny atmosphere. Contact Sarah Baird at sarahgambitdining@gmail.com

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Boucherie, the Riverbend restaurant showcasing Chef Nathanial Zimet’s contemporary Southern cuisine, reopened at its new location (1506 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-862-5514; www. boucherie-nola.com) Feb. 19. The menu remains the same, but the new space is bright and breezy, with exposed brick and a reclaimed-wood bar anchoring the back of the restaurant. Zimet expects to open Bourre as soon as this week in the former Boucherie space (8115 Jeannette St.). It will focus on chicken wings and daiquiris, but a full menu has not been released. Sample wing dishes have appeared on the Boucherie menu for months, including lemon grass sticky wings and smoked jerked wings served with pickled heirloom carrots. — SARAH BAIRD

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Chef Brad McGehee at Blue Line Sandwich Co. P H O T O BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER

What

Blue Line Sandwich Co.

Where

2023 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-3773; www.bluelinesandwichco.com breakfast and lunch Tue.–Sun. inexpensive

what works

tender, well-spiced corned beef; earthy duck and sweet potato hash; nutty chicken salad sandwich

what doesn’t

supple, slow-cooked pork is overshadowed by other ingredients on the cochon de lait biscuit

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Blue Line marries sunny Southern diner culture to fresh lunchtime comfort food

Warehouse District workers have another way to rise and shine in the morning with the arrival of Pulp and Grind (644 Camp St., 504-510-4037; www.pulpandgrind.com). Owned by Peter and Cassi Dymond, the team behind Bywater and Uptown favorite Satsuma Cafe (3218 Dauphine St., 504304-5962; 7901 Maple St., 504-309-5557; www.satsumacafe.com), the restaurant kicked off opening day Feb. 19 with halfoff coffee drinks. The shop focuses on coffee and juices. There are bottled, cold-pressed juice blends including Nice Greens (spinach, kale, lemon, apple) and Clarity (carrot, lemon, parsley, ginger) and cofPAGE 28

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ld Metairie Road is one of the New Orleans area’s last bastions of laidback, old-school dining that can make a weeknight feel magical without breaking the bank. Interested in a freshly muddled cocktail but pinching pennies? Hit up Martine’s Lounge. Looking for a steak-and-potatoes meal on a budget (and have a thing for Marilyn Monroe)? Wednesday nights at Oscar’s are for you. Or one could start with breakfast or lunch at the strip’s new kid, Blue Line Sandwich Co. Located in the former home of longtime Chinese takeout spot Great Wall, Blue Line’s fresh take on rib-sticking breakfast and lunch classics already has inspired daily neighborhood regulars. Chef/owner Brad McGehee, formerly of The Ritz-Carlton and Ye Olde College Inn, is known for his farm-to-table approach and is paying special attention to breakfast at Blue Line. Blue Line marries the sunny disposition of Southern diner culture with a breezy (robin’s egg blue-hued) aesthetic suitable both for coffee dates or Sunday brunch with the entire family. The restaurant consistently is buzzing, but staff attention ensures diners feel like they are pulling up a chair at a friend’s house. Table after table is peppered with toothy smiles from babies and septuagenarians alike. The menu is divided into breakfast and lunchtime offerings, though several dishes could swing either way. Most notably, the cochon de lait biscuit seems to hit the brunch sweet spot with its commitment to savory excess. A bath of red-eye gravy floods over a pillowy, open-faced biscuit stacked with bundles of tender, slowcooked pork, and a perfect sunny-side-up egg on top marries the flavors. Unfortunately, the mix overpowers the pork’s succulence, which could easily star in its own dish. Hash often is seen as a humble meal, but at Blue Line, hashes rule the roost. The duck and sweet potato hash is a traipse through woodsy richness, with the fowl and vegetable helping to bring out each other’s subtle sweetness. The corned beef hash is peppered with the slow-burn heat of roasted Hatch chilies, which adds unexpected depth to an Irish classic. Blue Line’s corned beef makes multiple appearances on the menu, and for good reason. Brined in-house up to two weeks, the meat is well-spiced without

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FORK + CENTER [CONTINUED] fee drinks, including espresso, mochas and cafe au lait. A small selection of pastries will be available, ranging from sweet opening day treats like cherry oatmeal cookies and ginger pecan muffins to savory ham, brie and pear quiche. Pulp and Grind is open 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. — SARAH BAIRD

Reservoir conversion

Lower Garden District coffee spot Reservoir Cafe (2045 Magazine St., 504-324-5633; www.reservoircafe.com) closed in January and will reopen as a creperie. The cafe is trading in its breakfast tacos and sandwiches for Parisian flair, following in the footsteps of its French Quarter sister restaurant De Ville Coffee House & Creperie (508 Dumaine St., 504-3096015; www.facebook.com/devillenola). It still will serve coffee, tea and other breakfast beverages. A menu has yet to be released. De Ville’s menu includes a strawberry and Nutella crepe and a Philly cheese steak crepe. — SARAH BAIRD

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The nominees are ...

The 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Excellence (www.jamesbeard.org) semifinalists were announced last week, and the list includes five New Orleans chefs in the Best Chef: South category. Justin Devillier of La Petite Grocery (4238 Magazine St., 504-891-3377; www.lapetitegrocery.com); Slade Rushing of Brennan’s (417 Royal St., 504-525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com); Alon Shaya of Domenica (123 Baronne St., 504-628-6020; www.domenicarestaurant. com); Michael Stoltzfus of Coquette (2800 Magazine St., 504-265-0421; www.coquettenola.com); and Isaac Toups of Toups’ Meatery (845 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-252-4999; www.toupsmeatery.com) are among the 20 semifinalists in the category. Also nominated for Outstanding Chef was Donald Link (www.donaldlink.com) for his restaurant Herbsaint (Link also operates Cochon and Peche). Longtime Upperline Restaurant (1413 Upperline St., 504-891-9822; www.upperline.com) proprietor JoAnn Clevenger received a nod in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; Brigtsen’s (723 Dante St., 504-8617610; www.brigtsens.com) was nominated for Outstanding Service; and Kelly Fields of Restaurant August (301 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-299-9777; www.restaurantaugust.com) was recognized in the Outstanding Pastry Chef category. New Orleans also did well in Outstanding Bar Program, placing two local bars among the 20 semifinalists: Arnaud’s French 75 (813 Bienville St., 504-523-5433; www.arnaudsrestaurant.com) and Cane & Table (1113 Decatur St., 504-581-1112; www.caneandtablenola.com). Though New Orleans is going through a boom of new restaurants, not one placed in the Best New Restaurant category. Last year, Link’s Peche (800 Magazine St., 504-522-1744; www.pecherestaurant.com) took home the national award. More than 35,000 submissions were made this year during an open call, according to a press release from the James Beard Foundation. Finalists will be announced at a ceremony in New York City March 24, and the annual awards gala will be held May 4 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. — KEVIN ALLMAN

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Debbie Lindsey Bookstore owner Debbie Lindsey is the co-owner (along with partner Philipe LaMancusa) of Kitchen Witch Cookbooks (631 Toulouse St., 504-528-8382; www.kwcookbooks.com), a French Quarter bookshop specializing in rare, hard to find, outof-print and used books on food and cooking. Lindsey spoke to Gambit about her favorite cookbooks and vintage cookbooks.

How did Kitchen Witch get its start?

What are the most popular cookbooks?

L: Since we have so many out-of-town visitors — and locals looking for replacements — Paul Prudhomme’s Louisiana Kitchen is probably our bestseller. The question people come in with is, “What’s your best Cajun and Creole cookbook?” I take them straight to it. I tell them to tear it up — I want to see a roux on those pages. We also have a lot of people who collect church cookbooks. We get a lot of chefs looking for French or Italian modern cuisine cookbooks. We have bartenders come in looking for cocktail books. Of course, we just have a lot of people wandering around and finding something that reminds them of their mom — a Betty Crocker or Good Housekeeping (cookbook).

What’s the oldest book you’ve had in the shop?

L: The oldest book we’ve ever had was from 1860. It was big, ancient and falling apart in the best possible way. Our oldest are probably from the 1920s and 1930s, and we have a lot from the 1960s. We do get in those gems from around the 1890s. We had The Anarchist Cookbook once, and we had to make sure to sell that to someone who was truly just a collector. The Cook’s Illustrated series is one of my favorites right now. I learned so much just standing there pricing them today. One of my favorite books to sell in here is Gumbo Tales by Sara Roahen. There’s not a recipe in it, but she gives you the love and the history and the culture all told through food. — SARAH BAIRD

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Lindsey: We opened three months after Hurricane Katrina and couldn’t have done it without such a great landlord. It was the brainchild of my partner, Philipe, and [the space] had just been vacated by a record shop. He went by and looked and said, “Honey, do you want to go into business with me and open up Kitchen Witch Cookbooks?” He had it in another location some years before. I said, “Hell no! Are you crazy?” The next day, I was like, “OK, let’s do it.” We started with his collection of 5,000 cookbooks and local new books. Now, we have about 9,000-10,000 cookbooks.

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Last August, Cooter Brown’s Tavern (509 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-866-9104) opened Snooty Cooter, a special bar inside the tavern, that focuses on craft beers. It debuted with 20 taps offering local, American and international craft beers. Six months later, the tap count is up to 46, and the selection includes Against The Grain Rico Sauvin, Finch’s Beer Company’s Secret Stache Stout, The Snooty Cooter serves Sierra Nevada Ovila Abbey Quad with tasting flights combining a Plums, Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company’s choice of draft beers. Old Money, Petrus Oak Aged Pale Ale, Mudbug Brewery’s King Cake Ale and Evil Twin Brewing’s Low Life Pilsner. The draft selection changes frequently, and a current list is posted on BeerMenus.com (www.beermenus.com/places/19397-the-snooty-cooter). The Snooty Cooter hosts a New Belgium Brewing Company event Feb. 27 featuring Slow Ride session IPA and Lips of Faith Cocoa Mole chili-spiced porter. Bar manager Jonathan Junca says the bar is working on securing other special beers for the event, such as 2014 La Folie. Junca also is trying to launch a growler program of take-out 64-ounce bottles. “We are probably about six weeks out on selling some growlers with our logo and trying to offer some special nights to try and build up a growler culture locally — especially on the one-offs that do not have a package option and for the local breweries that are only available on draft right now,” Junca says. The Snooty Cooter runs specials Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. until closing. Every day is different, but the most interesting day is West Coast Wednesday, which features a dollar off all beers (draft, bottled or canned) from California, Oregon and Washington. — NORA McGUNNIGLE

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WINE of the week 2011 Bodega Norton Privada MENDOZA, ARGENTINA RETAIL $19-$21

British engineer Sir Edmund J.P. Norton founded Bodega Norton in 1895 and planted vines imported from France. The winery, built in 1919, lies in the sub-region of Lujan de Cuyo on the banks of the Mendoza River. Lujan de Cuyo’s viticultural area backs up to the Andes mountains at altitudes averaging 3,300 feet above sea level. Intense daytime sunlight is offset by the Andes’ cooling, evening winds, slowing overnight ripening and lengthening the growing season. The bodega’s vineyards range in age from 50 to 80 years old. Norton’s flagship wine, 2011 Privada, is a blend of 40 percent malbec and 30 percent each cabernet sauvignon and merlot. Hand-harvested grapes are cold macerated for five days. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts occurs over the next seven days, followed by 25 to 30 days of all-natural malolactic fermentation. The wine spends 16 months in new French oak barrels and ages another 12 months in the bottle. In the glass, it offers intense aromas of wild berries, earth notes, a hint of tobacco and toasty oak. On the palate, taste complex flavors of cassis, currants, blackberry, espresso and mocha with firm tannins and good acidity. Decant 40 minutes before serving. Drink it with rare steak, duck confit, barbecued spareribs and mature cheeses. Buy it at: Costco and Rouses in Gretna. — BRENDA MAITLAND Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net

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7 p.m. Wednesday St. James Cheese Company, 5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737 www.stjamescheese.com The tasting features cow-, goat-, sheep- and buffalo-milk cheeses from the Lombardy and Piedmont areas of northern Italy as well as a sampling of fresh goat milk. Cheeses are paired with Italian wines. Reservations required. Tickets $30.

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6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday Martin Wine Cellar, Village Shopping Center, 2895 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081 www.martinwinecellar.com The double-blind tasting includes 18 wines and compares American and French bottlings. There also are hors d’oeuvres from Martin Wine Cellar’s kitchen. Admission $30.

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2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405

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The bananas Foster sundae features dark rum-cinnamon ice cream, bananas, crispy plantains and chantilly cream.

2 Crepes a la Cart

1039 Broadway St., (504) 866-2362 www.crepecaterer.com

This crepe shop’s sundae is a crepe filled with vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberries, chocolate chips and nuts.

3 Green Goddess

307 Exchange Place, (504) 301-3347 www.greengoddessrestaurant.com

The bacon sundae includes Creole Creamery coffee pecan brittle ice cream, creamy bacon caramel sauce, Nueske’s applewood-smoked bacon, smoked whipped cream and a Luxardo cherry.

4 Stanley

547 Saint Ann St., (504) 587-0093

Trends, notes, quirks and quotes from the world of food.

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3025 Magazine St., (504) 520-8311; 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 834 -2277 www.shopsucre.com

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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. To update information in the Out 2 Eat listings, email willc@ gambitweekly.com, fax 483-3116 or call Will Coviello at 483-3106. Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.

AMERICAN

BAR & GRILL

Ale — 8124 Oak St.; (504) 324-6558; www.aleonoak.com — Lamb sliders are served with feta and mint chi-

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ershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille.com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items including chicken wings and duck crepes with spiced cherry glaze. For brunch, there’s chicken and waffles with Pabst Blue Ribbon syrup. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BURGERS

Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar. com — This burger specialist’s House burger is dressed with cheddar, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, mayonnaise and mustard and served with house-made chips. The Cobb salad features romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, avocado, tomato, onion, applewood-smoked bacon, blue cheese, croutons and buttermilk ranch or honey-mustard dressing. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, po-boys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. Besides patty melts and chili-cheeseburgers, there also are seafood burgers featuring tuna, salmon or crabmeat. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAFE

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

CHINESE

Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT

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

CONTEMPORARY

Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 525-4455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise. com — The bar offers a large selection of wines by the glass and full restaurant menu. Mussels are steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. Chicken mofongo features plantains stuffed with stewed chicken. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Fulton Alley — 600 Fulton St., (504) 2085569; www.fultonalley.com — The kitchen at this upscale bowling alley offers Southern-influenced cuisine. The menu includes sandwiches, salads, meat pies, sliders, deviled eggs and smoked and fried chicken wings. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. House-made leek, ricotta and pumpkin seed ravioli are served with butternut squash cream sauce and grilled asparagus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$ The Tasting Room — 1906 Magazine St., (504) 581-3880; www.ttrneworleans.com — Sample wines or dine in the lounge or courtyard. The menu features noshing items such as truffle fries and entrees including a petit filet with Gorgonzola cream sauce and asparagus. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit Cards. $$

CREOLE

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

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oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner MonSat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 5927083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. The Cuban sandwich features housemade roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovative takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing as well as classics such as its signature bananas Foster. Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www.mamommashouse.com — Traditional home-style Creole dishes include red beans and rice, shrimp pasta, fried chicken, cornbread and more. Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and three or six fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www.memesbarandgrille.com — The menu of seafood and steaks includes double-cut pork chops, grilled veal T-bones, eggplant Parmesan and more. The fried seafood plate features catfish, shrimp and oysters, fries and garlic bread. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include

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

michurri. The Mexican Coke-braised brisket sandwich comes with coleslaw and roasted garlic aioli. Reservations accepted for large parties. Late-lunch Fri., dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 3029357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www. downthehatchnola.com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The house-made veggie burger combines 15 vegetables and is served with sun-dried tomato pesto. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves chips with salsa and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more. Fried catfish is topped with onion rings and served with mashed potatoes. Panko-crusted avacado is topped with shrimp salsa. The restaurant is dog-friendly. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill.com — The sports bar offers burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, steaks and a wide array of bar noshing items. Boiled seafood options include shrimp and crabs. Open 24-hours Thursday through Sunday. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.theriv-

The ham and honey-Dijon panino is topped with feta and watercress. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Breads on Oak — 8640 Oak St., Suite A, (504) 324-8271; www.breadsonoak.com — The bakery offers a range of breads, muffins, pastries and sweets. Pain au chocolat is a buttery, flakey croissant filled with dark chocolate, and a vegan version also is available. The breads include traditional, hand-shaped Parisian-style baguettes. No reservations. Breakfast Wed.-Sun., lunch Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret.com — Casual dining options include burgers, sandwiches and half and whole muffuletta rounds and daily lunch specials. Wednesday features steak night. Reservations accepted. Lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen. org — Students in the workforce development program prepare traditional and creative versions of local favorites. The Cajun Cobb salad features panseared shrimp, smoked sausage and blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $

OUT to EAT crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sunday. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans. com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Tableau’s updated Creole cuisine includes bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter and grilled Two Run Farm lamb chops served with New Orleans-style barbecue sauce. Balcony and courtyard dining available. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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DELI

Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www. koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 9478787; www.mardigraszone.com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven. The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna. Vegan pizzas also are available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole mustard on an onion roll. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

GOURMET TO GO

Breaux Mart — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, (504) 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, (504) 737-8146; www.breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

INDIAN

Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

INTERNATIONAL

Canal Street Bistro — 3903 Canal St., (504) 482-1225; www.canalstreetbistro.com — This

OUT to EAT Mid-City cafe’s menu draws from an array of global influences. Duck enchiladas feature corn tortillas filled with duck confit topped with red mole or chipotle-tomatillo sauce and served with black beans. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Fri., dinner Wed.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN

La Macarena Pupuseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 8625252; www.pupusasneworleans. com — The NOLA Special breakfast burrito is stuffed with hot sausage, organic eggs, refried black beans, hash browns and American cheese. Carne asada is marinated and grilled beef tenderloin served with saffron rice and tropical salad. Vegetarian and gluten-free dishes are available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$

JAPANESE

Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY

7 On Fulton — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton. com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with blonde ale. Oven-roasted lobster tail is topped with Louisiana crawfish and corn cream sauce and comes with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www. criollonola.com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis. Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www. dickandjennys.com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole and Italian dishes. Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and panfried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans. com — Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning’s restaurant’s sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504) 522-5478; www.martisnola.com — This brasserie serves traditional French and contemporary Louisiana cooking. The grande plateau fruits de mer features whole Maine lobster, chilled shrimp, marinated snow crab claws, oysters on the half shell and scallop ceviche. Grilled Texas quail

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN

Attiki Bar & Grill — 230 Decatur St., (504) 587-3756 — This restaurant and hookah bar serves an array of Mediterranean dishes. Tomato Buffala features baked tomatoes and mozzarella topped with basil and olive oil. Grilled filet mignon is topped with creamy mushroom sauce and served with two sides. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www.monascafeanddeli.com — These casual cafes serve entrees including beef or chicken shawarma, kebabs, gyro plates, lamb chops, vege-

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Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe. com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna and seafood dishes with shrimp, clams and mussels. Sicilian egg pie features eggs baked with cream and spices in puff pastry. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — House-made cannelloni is stuffed with ground veal, spinach and Parmesan, baked in Alfredo sauce and topped with house-made tomato sauce. Creamy corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread bowl. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

LATIN AMERICAN

is served with spaetzle, oyster mushrooms, corn and Pommery mustard sauce. Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Redemption — 3835 Iberville St., (504) 309-3570; www. redemption-nola.com — Bloody mary char-broiled oysters are served with pickled okra and Asiago cheese. Duck cassoulet includes roasted duck breast, duck confit and Terranova Italian sausage topped with foie gras. Reservations recommended. Dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www. tivoliandlee.com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine, with dishes ranging from andouille potato tots to fried oysters. The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stoneground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

OUT to EAT tarian options and more. There also are stuffed grape leaves, hummus, falafel and other appetizers. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN

Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook.com/ casaborrega — The cantina is decorated with folk art, and there’s seating in the back courtyard. Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — The eatery is known for its bean dip and spinach and artichoke quesadillas. The El General combo plate includes a beef burrito, beef chile relleno, chicken enchilada, a chicken taco and guacamole. The menu also includes fajitas, chimichangas and more. Kids eat free on Mondays. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Coyote Blues — 4860 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 301-3848; www. coyotebluesfreshmex.com — Shrimp and crawfish chimichanga is a fried burrito served with Mexican rice and chili con queso and served with two sides. The churrascaria platter features skewers of marinated beef, chicken, jumbo shrimp, jalapeno sausage, peppers and onions and comes with chipotle cream sauce, chimichurri, mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Del Fuego Taqueria — 4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797; www.delfuegotaqueria. com — The taqueria serves an array of house salsas, tacos and burritos with filling choices including carne asada, carnitas, chorizo, shredded chicken and others. Tostadas con pescada ahumada features achiote-smoked Gulf fish over corn tostadas with refried black beans, cabbage and cilantro-lime mayonesa. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito. com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD

The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Fiske’s Martini Bar and Restaurant — 301 Dauphine St., (504) 586-0972 — This French Quarter hideaway is is known for its martini menu. Louisiana crab and roasted Creole tomato fondue is finished with manchego cheese, scallions and grilled crostini. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola. com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler

rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2658855; www.siberianola.com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. Potato and cheese pierogies are served with fried onions and sour cream. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

NEIGHBORHOOD

Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant. com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb shank and lima beans with a ham hock. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA

Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — The pizzeria serves thin-crust pies topped with many local ingredients, including Chisesi ham and sausage from Terranova Brothers. Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings, or try a special such as the Mid City Meat Monster, loaded with pepperoni, ham, bacon, meat balls and hot sausage. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 4861600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS

Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 2526745; www.killerpoboys.com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop — 3454 Magazine St., (504) 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys. com — The Peacemaker layers fried local oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese on Leidenheimer French bread. Angus’ pot roast beef po-boy is served dressed on Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www. shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo, soups, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

SEAFOOD

Blue Crab & Oyster Restaurant — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www. thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 289-0504; www.

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

STEAKHOUSE

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

TAPAS/SPANISH

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

VEGETARIAN

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

VIETNAMESE

Pho Tau Bay Restaurant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Rolls-N-Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.facebook. com/rolls-nbowlsnola — This casual Vietnamese eatery serves spring rolls, pho, rice and vermicelli bowls, banh mi, stir fry entrees and bubble tea. The vermicelli bowl features noodles over lettuce, cucumber and carrots; shrimp are optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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The Kids are alright The Kid Carsons celebrates the release of its new album. By Alex Woodward

Bright, jangly guitars carry “The Weight,” dreamy lapsteel mends the broken hearts of “When the Light Shakes Through,” and gorgeous three-part harmonies (from Morgan, Alexis Marceaux and Dominique LeJeune) support polished layers of guitars, organ and fiddle. “It’s not like we wrote the songs to be a record — some I wrote when I was 17, some I wrote a month ago,” Chad says. “In a way it chronicles these kinds of experiences, and these things we were tying to do with all these myriad influences. We had so many roads we wanted to go down, and some weren’t the right roads.” As Mardi Gras parades crawled Uptown, the band held a listening party at its watering hole — the smoky, yellow bricked, low-ceilinged Brothers III Lounge on Magazine Street, where the album joined the bar’s jukebox alongside songs from Brenda Lee and Hank Williams. “I’d been listening to it on different speakers for months, in the van, on our nice monitors, on my phone,” Chad says. “It was nice just hearing it in the world.” “Everything just sounds better on that jukebox,” Morgan says. “A parade was going on outside, so we only sort of listened.”

For The Kid Carsons’ album The Kid Carsons MAR release show, Nashville musician album release feat. and songwriting partner W.B. GivW.B. Givens ens, who recently moved to New 9 p.m. Friday Orleans, will join the band to debut new material. Gasa Gasa, “I always thought of The Kid Car4920 Freret St. sons as a playground. That’s why the word ‘kid’ is in it,” Chad says. (504) 304-7110 “And Kit Carson, the frontiersman. I www.gasagasa.com had a painting of him in my hallway across from my room growing up and I looked at it every day when I opened my door. We’ve always allowed ourselves room for failure. We’ve always been an ambitious band. … With this new project, we’re putting it all together in a way that’s like, ‘All right, we’re going to make some good music.’ Not that we haven’t done it that way.” “We just did it in the longest possible route on purpose to come together as a group,” Morgan adds. “We needed to do that as players and musicians and with the people we’re working with. Now we’ve got the group, we know the kind of songs we want to write, and we know the kind of performers we want to be, and now that we’ve done this exploring, we’re ready to be a more focused band.”

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P H O T O BY B R I A N PA D D I S O N

had and Morgan Carson grew up in Westlake, Louisiana, on the west bank of the Calcasieu River near Lake Charles. If they weren’t performing as the New Orleans-based Americana outfit The Kid Carsons, the brother-sister duo might’ve had a career as competitive waterskiers. “There’s probably as much money in competitive water skiing as there is being a professional musician,” Chad says, laughing. “That close proximity to the water, that carried over here. That’s definitely important to us. Our entire childhood was framed by that experience.” “And fishing camps and hunting camps,” Morgan says. “That’s something special about that part of the country. Regardless of how you grow up, everybody has a friend or family members that have access to just being outside. You spend a lot of time sitting on porches or in fields, or in little shitty boats with not that much to do. And a lot of people play music out there.” The band bridges its North Carolina bluegrass chops with its love for songwriters like John Hartford, Gram Parsons and Townes Van Zandt (Chad has Van Zandt’s “For the Sake of the Song” tattooed on his right forearm) and rock ’n’ roll, from Big Star’s bright pop to Bruce Springsteen’s grand operas. The band celebrates the release of its latest self-titled album, out this month on its Bear America imprint, on March 6 at Gasa Gasa. “Our dad listened to a lot of Doc Watson, blues, Lightnin’ Hopkins,” Morgan says. “Louisiana is just so musically rich, there’s lots of points of influence.” After living in North Carolina for several years, the siblings moved to New Orleans, where their father is from and where their grandparents had their first date at The Roosevelt’s Blue Room. The Carsons started a studio and record label, Bear America, in their Uptown home, and debuted The Kid Carsons in 2012. For the band’s full-length follow-up to its 2012 EP Settle Down, the band whittled down more than 40 songs to a dozen and recorded at the remote Bogalusa studio A Studio in the Country with David Hart on keyboards and banjo, Derek Duplessie on pedal steel, and drummer David Shirley, among a host of guest musicians.

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TUESDAY 24 21st Amendment — Linnzi Zaorski, 7; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 8 Bacchanal — Mark Weliky Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Vivaz, 4:30; Dana & the Boneshakers, 8 Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Open Ears Music Series: Jasen Weaver Quintet, 10 BMC — Jack Hinson Band, 5; Eudora Evans & Deep Soul, 5; The Abney Effect, 11 The Building 1427 — Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 6:30 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7:30 Cafe Negril — Mumbles, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 10

Little Gem Saloon — Jon Roniger, 4:30; The Messy Cookers, 8 The Maison — Gregory Agid Quartet, 6; Loose Marbles, 9 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Amethyst Rome, 9 Old Point Bar — Isla Nola, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8

Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10

Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30

d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Katy & Shanece, 9 Ellis Marsalis Center for Music — Young Tuxedo Brass Band feat. Greg Stafford, 6:30 Gasa Gasa — Rocco Deluca, 9 House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — The Royal Dukes, 5:30 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — The Roamin’ Jasmine, 8 Jazz National Historical Park — Richard Scott, noon Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 9

Bamboula’s — Ben Fox Trio, 4; Benny D Band, 6:30; John Lisi Blues Band, 10 BMC — Bobby Love & Friends, 5; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 8; The Business, 11 Cafe Negril — Arsene DeLay, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9 Casa Borrega — Sasha Masakowski & Jenna McSwain, 6:30 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Johnny Azari, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Sam Doores & Casey McCallister, 6; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8 Circle Bar — Mike True, 6; Saucy Yoda, 10 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Norbert Slama, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10

Gasa Gasa — A Place to Bury Strangers, Creepoid, Dead Marshes, 9

Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8

House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys, 8

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

Siberia — JOY, The Well, Bipolaroid, Hairy Lamb, 9

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Lady Sings the Blues feat. Dana Abbott, 5; Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Ochestra Jam, 8

Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra feat. Delfeayo Marsalis, 8 & 10

Jazz National Historical Park — Tom McDermott, 1:30 Little Gem Saloon — Kyle Cripps, 5; Mario Abney & Friends, 8 The Maison — Jazz Vipers, 6; James Jordan & the Beautiful Band, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Smoker’s World feat. Mike Dillon, Jonathan Freilich, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Phil the Tremolo King, 9; Jonathan Tankel, 10 Old U.S. Mint — The Gumbo Trio, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Johnathan Richman & Tommy Larkins, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman, Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Rickie Monie, 8, 9 & 10

Spotted Cat — Chris Christy’s Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10 Three Muses — Leslie Martin, 5; Sarah McCoy, 7

THURSDAY 26 21st Amendment — Steve Pistorius Quartet, 8 Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Christopher Johnson Trio, 3; Messy Cookers Jazz Band, 6:30; Raddy Tattat & the Cats, 10 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Marco Benevento, Mike Dillon Band, 10; Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 BMC — Laura Dyer, 5; Crooked Vines, 8; Swamp Donkeys, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Tom McDermott, Aurora Nealand, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Neisha Ruffins, 7:30

Cafe Negril — Usurpers, 6; Soul Project, 10 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Bandicoot 4: Dave, Harry, Mark & Andre, 8

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Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; Kenny Claiborne, 11

Circle Bar — Laura Dyer Jazz Trio, 6; Joy, 10

Jonathan Richman — one of a dwindling handful of living musicians with a claim to the best 7-inch ever recorded (1976’s Beserkley split “Roadrunner/Pablo Picasso”) — might not play those Modern Lovers classics during this triennial-treasure visit. Or he might decide to. He might want to play The Maytals’ “Pressure Drop” instead, or something by Keith Richards, or maybe his Jonathan Richman FEB own something about Keith Rich9 p.m. Wednesday ards, “Keith Richards.” He will sing in multiple languages (English and One Eyed Jacks, Spanish, certainly; French, probably; 615 Toulouse St. Hebrew, if the stars align). He (504) 569-8361 should play at least four songs you might not have heard: “O Sun” www.oneeyedjacks.net and “Keith” (which may be about Keith Richards, in which case maybe you have heard it, or maybe it concerns an entirely different Keith), plus their respective B-sides, “Wait, Wait, Wait” and “Road to Bohemia.” He will release both singles this spring on the Cleveland label Blue Arrow Records, an offshoot of the Cleveland record store Blue Arrow Records, the owners of which started a label in order to release new records by Richman, whom they drove home after a Cleveland show 18 years ago. Those 7-inch records definitely will be good, likely not as great as “Roadrunner/ Pablo Picasso,” but maybe. And if you see Richman walking down Toulouse Street Wednesday night, pull over. Tickets $15. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

Snug Harbor — Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet, 8 & 10

Casa Borrega — Hector Gallardo’s Cuban Jazz Trio, 7

Chickie Wah Wah — Jon Cleary, 8

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Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels Brass Band, 11

Party, 5; Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton, 8

Old U.S. Mint — Diablo’s Horns, 2; Twangorama 2.0, 8

Little Gem Saloon — Monty Banks, 5; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 8

Bullet’s Sports Bar — Guitar Slim Jr., 7:30

One Eyed Jacks — Lost Bayou Ramblers, Gordon Gano, 9

Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott, 6; Higher Heights, 10

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Greg Stafford & Palm Court Jazz Band, 8

The Maison — Jon Roniger, 5; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Kevin & Didi, 8; Dave Easley, 9; Thomas Middleton, 10 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Lynn Drury, 6 Old U.S. Mint — Melanie Gardner Quintet, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Kristin Diable record release show, Baby Bee, 7 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Tim Laughlin & Crescent City Joymakers, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Louis Ford, 8, 9 & 10 Rivershack Tavern — Ched Reeves, 8 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Ruben Moreno, 8:30

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Checkpoint Charlie — Tay Hogg and Company, 7; Hellbenders, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Mulligan Brothers, 9 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 6; Mzda Otrok, Dummy Dumpster, Tomato Face, 10 d.b.a. — Tuba Skinny, 6; Debauche, 10

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Up Up We Go, 7

Three Muses — Matt Johnson Trio, 6; Glen David Andrews, 9

Gasa Gasa — Disciples of Christ, Sacridose, Gristnam, 7; Sweet Crude, England in 1819, 10

UNO Lakefront Arena — Big Easy Blues Festival: Mel Waiters, Tucka, Pokey Bear, Lenny Williams, Clarence Carter, Sir Charles Jones, 8

Hi-Ho Lounge — Doombalaya, Great Barrier Reefs, 10

Spotted Cat — Up Up We Go, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10

House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Jake Landry, 5

Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8; Black Pearl, 11

FRIDAY 27 21st Amendment — Jack Pritchett, 9:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 2; Carl Le Blanc, 5:30; Mem Shannon Band, 10 The BEATnik — Pope album release, New Lands, Grotto Girl, Keeping, 9:30 Blue Nile — Stooges Brass Band, 11 BMC — Lefty Keith & True Blues, 3; James Jordan & the Beautiful Band, 6; Zena Moses & Rue Fiya, 9; New Creations Brass Band, midnight Buffa’s Lounge — Michael Cerveris’ Come Home Soon

Siberia — Ecstatic Vision, Birthstone, Healing Milk, 9

Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10

House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — Shotgun Double, 9

Vaughan’s — Travis “Trumpet Black” Hill & the Heart Attack, 9

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Karma, 9:30

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Diablo’s Horns, 10; The Joe Krown Trio, 10

Spice Bar & Grill — Stooges Brass Band, 9

Tipitina’s — Homegrown Concert Series: Dronebaby, The Quintessential Octopus, Paper Bison, 8

Rivershack Tavern — Refried Confuzion, 10

Snug Harbor — Headhunters feat. Donald Harrison, Mike Clark, Bill Summers, 8 & 10

Snug Harbor — Wessell Anderson Quintet, 8 & 10

Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Luke Winslow-King, 7:30

Preservation Hall — Southern Syncopators, Steve Pistorius, 6; PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10

Dish on Hayne — Sharon Martin, 6:30

House of Blues — August Burns Red, Miss May I, Northlane & Erra, 5; Willard Hill album release, 9; Machine Head, Behemoth, August Burns Red, midnight

Siberia — Swingin’ Dicks, Die Rotzz, Before I Hang, Poor Dumb Pilgrims, 9

Casa Borrega — Los Caballeros del Son, 7:30

Howlin’ Wolf — Ladies Night feat. The Fake Carls, Abby Diamond, Daria & the Hip Drops, Nyce, The Cherry Bombs, 9:30 Hyatt Regency New Orleans — The Brent Rose Jazz Trio, 7 Irish House — Patrick Cooper, 6 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Tom Worrell, 5; Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Paul Ferguson, 5; Beth Patterson, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Joe Krown, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Leisa K, 5; Nayo Jones, 8 The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; The Messy Cookers, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 10; Jesse Smith Project, midnight

SATURDAY 28 21st Amendment — Chance Bushman, 9:30 Bamboula’s — Abby Diamond, 2; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 5:30; Smoky Greenwell Band, 10 The BEATnik — Underhill Family Orchestra, Holy Ghost Electric Show, 9 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 8; Wil Blades, 11 BMC — Lunetajazz, 3; Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9; Lagniappe Brass Band, midnight Buffa’s Lounge — Ruby Ross Trio, 5; Alexandra Scott, 8; The Amigos, 11 Cafe Negril — Jon Roniger, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7; Barry’s Pocket, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — Jonathan Brown Band, 7; King Snakes, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Andrew Duhon Trio, 9; Shinyribs, 10 Circle Bar — Richard Bates, 6; Laugh in the Dark, The Fifth Men, 10 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 8; Eric Lindell, 11

Maple Leaf Bar — Sonic Bloom feat. Eric “Benny” Bloom, 10:30

DMac’s — Chris Zonada, 7; Jeff Davis Project, 9

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Daniel Black, 7; Richard Bienvenu, 8; Rebecca Green, 9; Sydney Beaumont, 10

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10

Oak — Billy Iuso, 9

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 7; Ryan Viser, 10

Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Jamie & the Honeycreepers, 9:30

Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — White Colla Crimes, Felix, Downtown Brown, 10

MUSIC LISTINGS Freret Street Publiq House — Desert Noises, Sol Cat, 9

Three Muses — Debbie Davis, 6; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9

Gasa Gasa — Catharsis, Die Young, Thou, 7; A Tribute to the ‘90s feat. Close Enough, 10

Tipitina’s — Ryan Bingham, Lucero, Twin Forks, 8:30

Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hangar 13 — Flyy-By Nite, 1 a.m. Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — Jason Turner, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Trevarri, Dominic Minix Quartet, The Willie Green Project, 10 Hyatt Regency New Orleans — The Brent Rose Jazz Trio, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Derek Douget, 8 Jazz National Historical Park — Peter Nu, noon Kerry Irish Pub — Dave Hickey, 5; Roux the Day, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 Louisiana Music Factory — Anniverary Celebration: John Boutte, 1; Lost Bayou Ramblers, 2; Little Freddie King, 3; Shotgun Jazz Band, 4; Eric Lindell, 5 The Maison — The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Barry’s Pocket, 10; Street Legends Brass Band, midnight

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — The Olivia DeHavilland Mosquitoes, 7; Dan Rivers, 8; T.J. Sutton, 9; Hieronymus Bogs, 11 Old Point Bar — Diablo’s Horns, 9:30 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Brian O’Connell & Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Preservation Hall — Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Frank Oxley, 6; Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Rickie Monie, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Rilan, 8 Rivershack Tavern — Dave Jordan, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Mo’ Jelly, Dave Ferrato, Tchoupazine, 8:30 Saenger Theatre — Diana Ross, 8 Siberia — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 6 Snug Harbor — Headhunters feat. Donald Harrison, Mike Clark, Bill Summers, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Barry Stephenson, 2; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen St. All-Stars, 10

Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8

SUNDAY 1 21st Amendment — Tom McDermott, 4 Bacchanal — The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Ed Wells Blues 4 Sale, 7 Buffa’s Lounge — Jazz Youth Showcase feat. The Telegraph Salesmen, 3; Songwriter circle feat. Alexandra Scott, Kelcy Mae, Reece Sullivan, Stuart McNair, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 8 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Jeff Thompson, 10 d.b.a. — The Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Swamp Donkeys, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Russell Welch, 10; Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 House of Blues — Kalin & Myles, Golden, Anjali, Derek King, 5; Jazmine Sullivan, 7 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Gorilla Music Battle of the Bands, 2; Hot 8 Brass Band, 10

Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 8 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Anna Gaijin & the Organized Crime, 4:30; NOLA Swinging Gypsies, 7 BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10 Buffa’s Lounge — Antoine Diel, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Blind Spots, Ghandi Castle, 10 d.b.a. — Luke Winslow King, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Gasa Gasa — Faux Sheaux feat. Paul Thibodeaux, Martin Masakowski, Stephanie Nilles, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Hill Country Hounds, 10 Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; The Swamp Donkeys, 10 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10

Irish House — Patrick Cooper, 5

Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Germaine Bazzle & Peter Harris Trio, 8

Spotted Cat — Monty Banks, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

The Maison — Detroit Brooks’ Syncopated Percolators, 4

Three Muses — Joe Cabral, 7

Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat. Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Russell Batiste, 10 Old Point Bar — Employee benefit feat. Chief Smiley, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Siberia — Iron Reagan, Black Crown Initiate, Classhole, Most Heinous, 9 Southport Hall — Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra Benefit feat. Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Bruce Sunpie Barnes, 5:30 Spotted Cat — Pfister Sisters, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Three Muses — Raphael & Pascale, 5 Tipitina’s — Cajun Fais Do Do feat. Bruce Daigrepont, 5:30

Yuki Izakaya — Miki Fujii & Friends, 8

CLASSICAL/ CONCERTS Beethoven Emperor Concerto. www.lpomusic.org — Chelsea Tipton conducts the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Kumi Matsuo in music by Rossini, Delius, Ravel and Beethoven. Tickets start at $20. 7:30 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Kenner, 1400 Williams Blvd., Kenner; 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 220 E. Thomas St., Hammond; 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Slidell Municipal Auditorium, 2056 Second St., Slidell Jack Sander. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The New York-based classical guitarist performs a free recital. 2 p.m. Sunday.

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Maple Leaf Bar — Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, 10:30

Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Anais St. John, 6

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND Focus (R) — Con artist Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith) breaks off romantic involvement with his protege Jess Barrett (Margo Robbie), only to rediscover her on the opposite side of a scam. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal

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A la mala (PG-13) — Aspiring actress Maria Laura (Aislinn Derbez) finds a new career testing the fidelity of other women’s boyfriends in this Mexican romantic comedy. West Bank

The Lazarus Effect (PG-13) — Researchers Frank (Mark Duplass) and Zoe (Olivia Wilde) discover a serum to revive the dead, but then realize evil powers accompany reanimation. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (NR) — Filmmaker Michele Josue revisits the life of his friend Matt Shepard, a gay college student who was killed in 1998. Zeitgeist Young Bodies Heal Quickly (NR) — After they kill a young woman, a pair of brothers make an ill-planned escape to the isolated home of their estranged father. Zeitgeist

NOW SHOWING American Sniper (R) — Clint Eastwood’s drama is based on the autobiography of deadly Navy SEAL and Iraq war veteran Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Black or White (PG-13) — A widower (Kevin Costner) raises his biracial granddaughter and argues with her paternal grandmother (Octavia Spencer) over whether the girl should live in an African-American household. Elmwood, Kenner The Boy Next Door (R) — A psychological thriller about an affair between newly

divorced teacher Claire (Jennifer Lopez) and her teen neighbor Noah (Ryan Guzman). Clearview, Kenner The Duff (PG-13) — When Bianca (Mae Whitman) learns her friends call her the “Designated Ugly Fat Friend,” she sets out to revamp the social order. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Fifty Shades of Grey (R) — A student (Dakota Johnson) and a controlling businessman (Jamie Dornan) ignite a daring affair in the film based on E.L. James’ erotic romance novel. Clearview, Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place Foxcatcher (R) — Wealthy John du Pont (Steve Carrell) invites Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) to his estate to train a private team. Elmwood Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (R) — Buddies Nick (Craig Robinson) and Jacob (Clark Duke) use their time-traveling hot tub to find who murdered their friend Lou (Rob Corddry). Clearview, Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Imitation Game (PG-13) — British cryptographer Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbach) cracks the Nazis’ Enigma Code, but is prosecuted for homosexuality. Elmwood, Regal Jupiter Ascending (PG-13) — Ordinary cleaning woman Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) discovers her true identity as an alien princess when a space warrior (Channing Tatum) arrives on Earth. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Kingsman: The Secret Service (R) — Debonair super-spy Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recruits a wayward young man (Taron Egerton) to stop a diabolical tech mogul (Samuel L. Jackson). Clearview, Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place McFarland, USA (PG) — A coach (Kevin Costner) at a Latino high school leads the cross-country team to the championship.

Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place A Most Violent Year (R) — An immigrant entrepreneur (Oscar Isaac) and his family face corruption and violence in 1981 New York in director J.C. Chandor’s crime thriller. Chalmette Old Fashioned (PG-13) — Rik Swartzwelder wrote, directed and stars in a romantic story about an ex-frat boy who found religion and reluctantly courts Amber (Elizabeth Roberts). Elmwood, Regal Paddington (PG) — A young bear with a passion for marmalade finds a new home with Mr. and Mrs. Brown (Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins). Elmwood, Regal Project Almanac (PG-13) — Teens discover blueprints for a time machine, but soon realize their power has unintended consequences. Elmwood Selma (PG-13) — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) leads a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Elmwood, Chalmette Seventh Son (PG-13) — Apprenticed to a magical warrior (Jeff Bridges), a man (Ben Barnes) learns to battle the magic of Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore) in a fantasy tale based on a book by Joseph Delaney. Slidell The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (PG) — SpongeBob Squarepants (Tom Kenny) and friends battle a pirate named Burger Beard (Antonio Banderas). Clearview, Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Still Alice (PG-13) — Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, professor Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) must cope with the loss of her sense of self and her family. Elmwood, Slidell, Canal Place The Theory of Everything (PG13) — Facing a bleak diagnosis, a young Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) falls in love with Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones) and transforms the study of astrophysics. Elmwood Two Days, One Night (PG-13) — Sanda (Marion Cotillard) tries to convince former coworkers to give up bonuses and rehire her. Elmwood, Chalmette The Wedding Ringer (R) — Socially awkward Doug Harris (Josh Gad) is set to marry his fiancee (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting), but has to hire a best man (Kevin Hart) in this buddy comedy. Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Whiplash (R) — A young jazz drummer (Miles Teller) endures abuse from his teacher (J.K. Simmons) in hopes of achieving greatness. Elmwood

SPECIAL SCREENINGS The Babadook (NR) — A children’s book monster terrorizes

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Girlhood a boy (Noah Wiseman) and his mother (Essie Davis) in this psychological horror. 9:30 p.m. Friday and Sunday-Monday. Indywood Big Charity (NR) — Alexander Glustrom’s documentary explores the closing of Charity Hospital after Hurricane Katrina. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Joy Casablanca (PG) — An American expatriate is torn between his love for a woman and the need to help her husband. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place Dear White People (R) — Four black students at a fictional Ivy League school confront race and identity in Justin Simien’s acclaimed satire. 9 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday; 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Monday. Indywood The Duke of Burgundy (NR) — A pair of Victorian-era lesbian butterfly scholars try to recapture the spark of their S&M relationship in Peter Strickland’s drama. 5:30 & 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist

Good People Go to Hell, Saved People Go to Heaven (NR) — Holly Hardman’s 2012 documenatry looks at evangelical Christian culture along the post-Katrina Gulf Coast. 7 p.m. Sunday. Indywood King Lear (Stratford Festival) (NR) — Colm Feore stars in the Shakespeare tragedy. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood La Lengua de las Mariposas (Butterfly’s Tongue) (R) — Jose Luis Cuerda’s 1999 drama views the Spanish Civil War through the eyes of a boy whose family is divided between Republican and Nationalist sides. 7 p.m. Monday. Cafe Istanbul The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) — The cult classic film about a couple who seek help at a mansion full of strange inhabitants. Midnight Friday-Saturday. Prytania Salad Days (NR) — Prytania and WTUL screen the documentary about the 1980s punk scene in Washington, D.C., which produced bands like Fugazi, Bad Brains and Minor Threat. 7:30 & 10 p.m. Monday. Prytania

Slavery by Another Name (NR) — Sam Pollard’s PBS documentary studies the history of forced labor in the American South after the Civil War. A performance by the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park’s Freedom Singers follows. 1 p.m. Tuesday. Old U.S. Mint

Unsere Mutter Unsere Vater: Eine Andere Zeit (Generation War: A Different Time) (NR) — Five friends believe World War II will end quickly in the first part of the 2013 German TV miniseries. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deutsches Haus

Song of the Sea (PG) — A mysteriously silent young girl turns out to be a mystical creature who has a magical mission in this Irish animated film. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Indywood

War Zone (NR) — Director Maggie Hadleigh-West confronts men who harass her on the street in this 1998 documentary. Presented by CAC and the New Orleans Film Society. 7 p.m. Thursday. CAC

UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano Live (NR) — Chris Weidman fights Vitor “the Phenom” Belfort and “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey faces “Alpha” Cat Zingano at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. 8 p.m. Saturday at West Bank, 9 p.m. Saturday at Elmwood

AMC Clearview Palace 12: Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-1257; www.amctheatres.com AMC Elmwood Palace 20: 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, (504) 733-2029;

www.amctheatres.com AMC Westbank Palace 16: 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 263-2298; www.amctheatres.com Cafe Istanbul: New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola. com Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 304-9992; www.chalmettemovies. com Contemporary Arts Center: 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno. org Deutsches Haus: 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie., (504) 522-8014; www. deutscheshaus.org Entergy IMAX Theatre: 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www. auduboninstitute.org The Grand 14 Esplanade: 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 229-4259; www.thegrandtheatre.com The Grand 16 Slidell: 1950 Gause Blvd.

W., Slidell, (985) 641-1889; www.thegrandtheatre.com Indywood Movie Theater: 628 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 345-8804; www.indywood. org Joy Theater: 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www. thejoytheater.com Old U.S. Mint: 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www. louisianastatemuseum.org/ museums/the-old-us-mint Prytania Theatre: 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania.com Regal Covington Stadium 14: 69348 Louisiana State Hwy. 121, Covington, (985) 871-7787; www.regmovies. com The Theatres at Canal Place: The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 581-2540; www.thetheatres. com Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www. zeitgeistnola.org

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Exhibition OnScreen: Rembrandt (NR) — The exhibit curated by London’s National Gallery and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum focuses on the Dutch artist’s late years. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood, Regal

French director Celine Sciamma says she was unaware of Richard Linklater’s landmark film Boyhood when she decided to change the name of her film Bande de Filles (which translates as “Gang of Girls”) to Girlhood for U.S. distribution. Whatever the origins of the name, Sciamma’s film has little in common with Linklater’s. Girlhood While Boyhood effectively celebrates THRU the ordinary by showing how all lives are 7:30 p.m. daily FEB remarkable when viewed from the right Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, perspective, Girlhood confronts a specific 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. and little-seen world. One of a few European (504) 352-1150; www.zeitgeistnola.org films to feature a cast entirely of African descent, Girlhood tells a story of four embattled teenage girls from the Parisian banlieues, a term that refers to both France’s low-income housing projects and to the suburban communities outside major cities where many of the housing projects are located. (In 2005, rioting was centered in the banlieues of Paris and other French cities.) But Girlhood strays far from the pure social realism suggested by its setting. The story focuses on Marieme (Karidja Toure), a soft-spoken 16-year-old with an abusive older brother and two younger sisters she must care for thanks to almost completely absent parents. After she’s sent away from school for poor grades, she falls in with a band of three tough and streetwise girls, changes her name to Vic (short for Victory) and begins a tentative journey of self-discovery. In the male-dominated world of the banlieues, the girls’ growing solidarity becomes a lifeline for Vic and her friends — a means of survival and a source of purpose and meaning. Instead of painting a broad portrait of crime and despair with a sharp sociopolitical message, Girlhood celebrates the girls’ personal strength, attitudes and exuberance — the only tools they possess to ward off an otherwise bleak future. Sciamma has weathered sharp criticism because she’s a white and relatively privileged filmmaker trying to tell a story about disadvantaged teenagers of African descent. But Girlhood transcends issues of race with keen observations of teenage life in today’s world, rendering the film intimate and universal. The film’s central scene is a private one in which the four girls joyously lip-synch and dance to a full airing of Rihanna’s mega-hit song “Diamonds.” (Rihanna reportedly allowed inclusion of the song only after seeing the film’s purposeful use of it.) The scene speaks volumes about how the girls relate to each other and to the world around them. Once the story moves beyond its gang of girls, the film becomes far more conventional and loses steam. Even at its low point, Girlhood maintains a certain freshness, a sense that we are experiencing an entire range of characters free from movie stereotypes and seldom depicted on screen. Sciamma reportedly had to take to the streets to find her remarkable cast, if only because French talent agencies mostly don’t bother with actresses of color. But it’s hard to imagine anyone having trouble relating to Sciamma’s girls. Maybe the film’s not so different from Boyhood after all. — KEN KORMAN

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HAPPENINGS Heather Hansen performance drawing. The Foundation Gallery, 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — The artist creates a large-scale charcoal drawing in a performance featuring music by composer Peter Leonard. Suggested donation $10. 7 p.m. Friday.

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Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www. coleprattgallery.com — “New Paintings of New Orleans and Ocean Springs,” plein air oil paintings by Phil Sandusky, opens Tuesday; official opening reception 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 7.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Kongo Across the Waters,” art from western Central African and African American cultures, opens Friday. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — “Jim Roche: Cultural Mechanic,” drawings, sculpture and installation by Jim Roche, opens Friday; official opening reception March 7. Tulane University, Carroll Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2228; www.carrollgallery.tulane.edu — MFA thesis exhibition by Patch Somerville, opening reception 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

GALLERIES Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — “A Visit to Horn Island,” plein air paintings by Claude Ellender, Diego Larguia, Renee Mitchell, Mary Monk, Louis Morales, Auseklis Ozols, Phil Sandusky and Billy Solitario, through Friday. AFA New Orleans. 809 Royal St., (504) 558-9296; www. afanyc.com — “Dirty Little Secrets,” pop surrealism group exhibition, ongoing. Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161;

www.press-street.com/antenna — “Flowers for Tony,” paintings and drawings by Tony Csavas, through Monday. Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 3094249; www.antonart.com — “Outsider Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, through February. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — Jewelry by Betsy Meyers Green; paintings by Louise Guidry and Herb Roe; both through February. Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722 — “34 K FT, photographs from 34,000 feet,” photography by Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia, through March 15. Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Does Anyone Remember Laughter? Lost Landscapes and Lonely Men,” work by Dawn DeDeaux; “Circulation of Light,” mixed-media installation by Courtney Egan; both through February; “Random Precision in the Metric of Time,” prints and sculpture by Erwin Redl, through March 14. Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery.com — “Between Hope and Despair,” sculpture and drawings by Gary Oaks; “Life Size,” paintings by Rob Owen; “Peruvian Metaphysicals,” work by J. Castilla-Bambaren; all through March 7. Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — “Puppy Love with My Angels from Above,” paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing. Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Megalomania Three,” portraits of the gallery director by 37 artists, through February. Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com —

“Castles of the New World,” ceramic sculpture by Jenna Turner, through March 10. Bywater Art Lofts. 3725 Dauphine St., (504) 945-1883; www.bywaterartlofts.com — “My Spaceship Landed in New Orleans,” mixed media by Josh Hailey, through February. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www. callancontemporary.com — “Substructures,” paintings by James Kennedy, through March 28. Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery. com — 35th anniversary exhibition featuring work by Jere Allen, Jack Bartlett, Sandra Burshell, Cathy Hegman, Karen Jacobs and gallery artists, through February. Casell-Bergen Gallery. 1305 Decatur St., (504) 524-0671; www.casellbergengallery. com — Work by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, BellaDonna, Jamal and Phillip Sage, ongoing. Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing. The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www. foundationgallerynola.com — “Body Electric,” work by Pinky Bass, Doug Balous, Kelwin Coleman, Barbara Groves, Heather Hansen and Sadie Sheldon, through Sunday. The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — Abstract paintings by Corey Drieth; botanical-inspired art by Jonathan Taube and Tada Kono; furniture prototypes by Mike Garman; all through March 8. Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres.com — Mixed media by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “The Horizon Tries,” video exhibition by Lala Rascic, Fokus Grupa and Lana Cmajcanin, through March 8. Guthrie Contemporary. 3815 Magazine St., (504) 8972688; www.guthriecontemporary.com — “Big Appetites,” photographs by Christopher Boffoli; “Counting to Ten in French,” photo-based art by Aline Smithson; “She Can Leap Tall Buildings,” photographs by Heidi Lender; all through February. Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc.edu/departments/art-gallery — “Pass the Torch: The Art of Ellene Whiley,” through Thursday. Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — “Go to the Mardi Gras,” group

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exhibition of Carnival-themed paintings, through February. Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery. com — “Palimpsest,” collages and drawing by Michael Pajon, through March 28. J&S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, (504) 952-9163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing. Ken Kirschman Artspace. NOCCA Riverfront, 2800 Chartres St. — “Visiting Artist Exhibition,” featuring work by Judith Burks, Todd Maggio, Bill Price and Christopher Willey, through February. La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre.com — Mixed-media group exhibition featuring Jane Talton, LaTeefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden

and others, ongoing. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www. lemieuxgalleries.com — “Becoming Invisible,” paintings by Jesse Poimboeuf; “Excavations and Monuments: Works in Plaster” by Alan Gerson; both through February. Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — “En Plein Air,” works by Phil Sandusky, Peg Usner and Ken Hopel, through Sunday. Loyola University, Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery. Monroe Library, fourth floor, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5456 — “Mementos,” mixed media by Mary Jane Parker; “Stop Thinking So Much,” drawings by Christopher Deris; both through March 17. M. Francis Gallery. 1938 Burgundy St., (504) 931-1915;

www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing. Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www. martinechaissongallery.com — “Reconciled Beauty,” work by Yury Darashkevich, through March 28. New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave. — Work by Ray Cole, Randy Sanders, Corbin Swain and House of Frankenstein, through March 14. New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks. com — “Revelry, Royalty & King Cake,” glass sculpture by Kyle Herr and Jason Christian, prints by Jessica Normington, through February. New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.

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In the French Quarter, there have always been spots where you could look out across rooftops that hint at old Paris and feel transported to another time and place. Josephine Sacabo has lived most of her life in the Quarter, and her mysterious photographs evoke sensations of something between a seance and time travel. This Salutations series explores a rich vein of associations where her shadowy subjects appear fragmented, as if encountered in a cubist parallel universe she captured in her camera. Such images are fragile, so she printed them with an old wet collodion process that preserves their nocturnal aura in much the way dreams are Salutations: New Photographs nurtured by moonlight. THRU by Josephine Sacabo Essentially an attempt to APR see around corners, cubism New Orleans Museum of Art, depicted a subject from several City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle different angles at once, yield(504) 658-4100 ing geometrically patterned www.noma.org images that some say recall the true nature of reality before it is decoded by the brain. Ascending Torso (pictured) is a view into a protean, kaleidoscopic sea mist, a realm where dreams originate and all things are possible, or at least not constrained. This is the realm of the muse, not the cliche muse of popular culture, but rather the empathic feminine principle behind inspiration but not calculation, the realm cited by poet Robert Graves as the origin of all verse. In Leda and the Swan, the outline of a woman shimmers amid dark shadows. Look again and it’s a swan. In the Greek myth, Zeus assumes the form of a swan in order to ravish Leda, but here they are interwoven, transforming duality into unity while playing tricks on our eyes. Sunset takes us back to the rooftops, to the secret garrets of the French Quarter or the slate roofs of Montmartre, to the lost, onion soup and vetiver-scented bohemias of the past. In Sacabo’s world, such places are accessible by a darkly luminous Staircase to an attic filled with memories, or else down to a cellar where lost things are buried; things that haunt us with their absence. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

ART LISTINGS org — “Que Bola Asere, Celebrating Cuba,” group photography exhibition, through March 8. Oak Street Gallery. 111 N. Oak St., Hammond, (985) 345-0251; www.theoakstreetgallery.com — Work by Thom Barlow, Mark Haller, Pat Macaluso and John Robinson, ongoing. Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — Drawings by Grover Mouton, through February. Paintings by Edward Bear Miller, through February. Parse Gallery. 134 Carondelet St., (262) 607-2773; www.parsenola.com — Paintings by Anne Blenker, through February. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Works by Vitrice McMurry, Lauren Thomas, Sabine Chadborn, Cathy DeYoung and others, ongoing. River House at Crevasse of 1922. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras, LA; www.cano-la. org — “Crevasse 22: Surge,” outdoor sculpture garden by Louisiana artists; “Land-Scapes: Photography, Drawings and Paintings,” group show; both through February.

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Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Juju,” photographs by Sandra Russell Clark, through April 12; “Cemetery Walker,” ambrotypes of cemeteries by Euphus Ruth, through June 14.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “The Antiquarian Image: An Exhibition of 19th Century Photographic Processes,” group exhibition, through April 4. Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www. postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Indecent Intentions Leave Me Vulnerable and Voiceless,” new work by Katrina Andry, through March 8. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Straight From the Soul, Part II,” mixed media by Kevin Cole, through March. Steve Martin Studios. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www. stevemartinfineart.com — “Artisan Juncture,” group show featuring Gustavo Duque, Travis Linde, Amy Boudreaux, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Jedd Haas, Steven Soltis and others, ongoing. Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.facebook. com/nolaartsalon — “Duende,” paintings by Ida Floreak and Margot Denman; “To Wander,” group show of local artists curated by Jeff Rinehart; both through Sunday.

Three Rivers Gallery. 333 E. Boston St., Covington, (985) 892-2811; www.threeriversgallery.com — “Small Works: Group Exhibition,” featuring gallery artists, through February. UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno.edu — “Framed,” MFA thesis paintings by Nora See; “Isthmus=Anchovy,” MFA thesis installation by Bradford Willingham; both through March 8. Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www. vieuxcarregallery.com — Work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing. Whisnant Galleries. 343 Royal St., (504) 524-9766; www. whisnantgalleries.com — Ethnic, religious and antique art, sculpture, textiles and porcelain, ongoing.

MUSEUMS Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — “The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present,” an educational panel display, through February; “Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom,” commemorative art exhibition honoring Martin Luther King Jr., through March 7. George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art. 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com — “Queens Rule!” portraits, attire and art inspired by Mardi Gras Indian queens, through March 14. The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Andrew Jackson: Hero of New Orleans,” through March 29; hand-carved decoy ducks, ongoing. Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/nelson-galleries — “Recent Acquisitions in Louisiana Art, 2010-2014,” local paintings and decorative arts from the 1790s to the 2000s, through May 2. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “Unsung Heroes: The Secret History of Louisiana Rock’n’Roll,” music artifacts curated in partnership with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, through May; “From ‘Dirty Shirts’ to Buccaneers,” art, artifacts and documents from the Battle of New Orleans, through Jan. 8, 2016; “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and panel display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — “Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,” Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer sculpture and related work, through Sunday; “Emmet Gowin: Concerning America and Alfred Stieglitz, and Myself,” photographs by Gowin and excerpts from the book about Stieglitz; “Photo-Unrealism,” group exhibition of abstract and surreal photography; both through March 15; “Robert Rauschenberg and the ‘Five from Louisiana,’” Rauschenberg’s Melic Meeting (Spread) and work by contemparies, through March 29; “Salutations,” collodion tintypes by Josephine Sacabo, through April 5; “Forever,” mural by Odili Donald Odita, through April. Newcomb Art Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 3142406; www.newcombartgallery. tulane.edu — “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist,” works on paper by Degas and his circle, through May 17. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — “Before I Die...,” interactive installation by Candy Chang, through February; “South,” photography by Mark Steinmetz, through May 10; “Tennessee Williams: The Playwright and Painter,” paintings by the writer, through May. Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; louisianastatemuseum.org/museums/ the-old-us-mint/ — Pictures of the Year International, images from the Missouri School of Journalism’s photojournalism competition, through February; “Keeping Time,” photographs of Louisiana’s musical history, through Jan. 1, 2016; “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December 2016. Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane. edu — “Bungalows,” artifacts of bungalow and cottage architecture, through May 20. Southern Food & Beverage Museum. 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www. southernfood.org — “Antoine’s Restaurant: Celebrating 175 Years,” through June. Williams Research Center. 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/willcent.htm — “Studio, Street, Self: Portrait Photographs from the Historic New Orleans Collection,” through February.

STAGE LISTINGS

Bistro, 1011 Gravier St., (504) 606-6408; www.facebook. com/thewinebistrono — Mark Caesar and DJ Cousin Cav host the weekly showcase of local comedians. 8 p.m. Thursday. Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Tory Gordon and Paul Oswell host an open-mic night. 7 p.m. Saturday. The Magna Carta Show. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — A weekly improv and sketch comedy show. 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story. 10:30 p.m. Saturday. A Night of Comedy. Tacos & Beer, 1622 St. Charles Ave.; (504) 304-8722; www. tacosandbeer.org — Corey Mack hosts two stand-up showcases. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Saturday. NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts the series, which features a booked showcase and open mic. 9 p.m. Sunday. Sketchy Characters. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. sketchycharacters.net — The troupe performs sketch comedy. 9 p.m. Friday. Trailer Park Boys. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www. mahaliajacksontheater. com — TV comedy trio Ricky (Robb Wells), Julian (John Paul Tremblay) and Bubbles (Mike Smith) perform. Tickets start at $38. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

AUDITIONS Playmakers Theater. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 8931671; www.playmakersinc. com — The theater holds auditions for its May 8-24 production of the female version of The Odd Couple at 7 p.m. March 9-10. Email playmakerstheater@gmail. com for information. Rivertown Theater. Encore Dance Studio, 1999 Hickory Ave., Suite 102, (504) 737-5977 — The theater auditions singers and dancers for its May production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at 6 p.m. March 8. No appointment necessary. Email info@ rivertowntheaters.com for more information.

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Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform free weekly improv. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Catastrophe. Lost COMPLETE LISTINGS AT Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine WWW.BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM St., (504) 949-2009; www. lostlovelounge.com — CasContact Anna Gaca listingsedit@gambitweekly.com sidy Henehan hosts the weekly comedy showcase. 504.483.3110 10 p.m. Tuesday. FAX: 866.473.7199 DANCE Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Black Grace. Mahalia Den (upstairs), 435 EsplaJackson Theater for the nade Ave., (504) 940-5546; Performing Arts, 1419 Basin www.dragonsdennola.com pill for older women. Tickets THEATER St., (504) 525-1052; www. — Vincent Zambon hosts a $30 adults, $27 seniors and mahaliajacksontheater. showcase of rotating local Always… Patsy Cline. Namilitary, $20 students, $15 com — Neil Ieremia directs comedians. 8:30 p.m. Friday. tional World War II Museum, children. 7:30 p.m. Fridaya performance by the New Stage Door Canteen, 945 Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Zealand-based contempoMagazine St., (504) 528-1944; Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters rary dance company. Tickets She Kills Monsters. 30 by 90 www.stagedoorcanteen.org start at $24. 8 p.m. Saturday. St., (504) 529-5844; www. — The Victory Belles perform Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., thehowlinwolf.com — Local Mandeville, (844) 843-3090 — Narcisse Movement a musical inspired by the comedians perform. An open Young teacher Agnes Evens country singer. Dinner and Project and Meryl Murman. mic follows. 8 p.m. Thursday. (Calla Harper) reconnects show $65; show only $30; Dancing Grounds, 3705 St. to the memory of her late ComedySportz. La Nuit brunch $60. 6 p.m. FridayClaude Ave., (504) 535-5791; sister through Dungeons & Comedy Theater, 5039 Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday. www.dancingrounds.org — Dragons roleplaying in a play Choreographers-in-residence Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. The Amazing Acro-Cats. by Qui Nguyen. Tickets $18, nolacomedy.com — The Maritza Mercado-Narcisse AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. students $13. 8 p.m. Fridaytheater hosts an all-ages and Meryl Murman direct Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. improv comedy show. 8 p.m. new pieces. Tickets $20; stuwww.circuscats.com — The Friday-Saturday. dents, artists and members trained cat circus the CABARET, $15. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Friday Night Laughs. La “Rock-Cats” returns to New BURLESQUE & Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Orleans with a kitten named VARIETY OPERA Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. NOLA. Tickets $19, children nolacomedy.com — Jackie $16. 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. Beach Blanket Burlesque. Opera on Tap. Four Points Tiki Tolteca, 301 N. Peters St., by Sheraton, 541 Bourbon Jenkins Jr. hosts an open Camille. Mid-City Theatre, (504) 267-4406; www.facemic. 11 p.m. Friday. St., (504) 524-7611; www. 3540 Toulouse St., (504) book.com/tikitolteca — GoGo starwoodhotels.com — SingGive ’Em the Light Open-Mic 488-1460; www.midcitytheMcGregor hosts a burlesque ers from the New Orleans Comedy Show. House atre.com — A.J. Allegra and show. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Opera Association perform of Blues, 225 Decatur Ricky Graham star in The at the hotel’s Puccini Bar. 7 Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin St., (504) 310-4999; www. NOLA Project’s production p.m. Wednesday. houseofblues.com — Leon of Charles Ludlam’s comedy Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Blanda hosts the open mic. 8 about a Parisian courtesan Bourbon St., (504) 553-2331; COMEDY p.m. Tuesday. pursued by two suitors. www.sonesta.com/royalneTickets start at $25. 8 p.m. Accessible Comedy. Buffa’s Hannibal Burress. www. worleans — Trixie Minx stars Wednesday-Saturday, 6 Lounge, 1001 Esplanade Ave., hannibalburess.com — in a 1960s-style burlesque p.m. Sunday. (504) 949-0038; www.buffas- The stand-up comedian show featuring live music. bar.com — Jake Potter hosts performs at 9 p.m. Sunday Doubt: A Parable. Slidell 11:50 p.m. Friday. stand-up. Midnight Friday. at The Civic Theatre, 510 Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Creole Sweet Tease O’Keefe Ave. and 8 p.m. Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324; All-Star Comedy Revue. Burlesque Show. The Saint Monday at Tulane University, www.slidelllittletheatre.org House of Blues Voodoo Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 — The community theater Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) McAlister Auditorium Canal St., (504) 522-5400; performs John Patrick 310-4999; www.houseofHear My Train A Comin’. Shanley’s play about a priest www.thesainthotelneworblues.com — Leon Blanda Bar Redux, 801 Poland leans.com — Trixie Minx suspected of sexual misconhosts the stand-up comedy Ave., (504) 592-7083; www. duct. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, leads a burlesque perforshow with special guests barredux.com — Lane Lonion mance featuring music by 2 p.m. Sunday. and a band. 8 p.m. Thursday. and Luke Oleen-Junk host Jayna Morgan and the Creole open-mic stand-up comedy. One Act Play Festival. Old Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Syncopators Jazz Band. 9 Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., 9 p.m. Thursday. p.m. Friday. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; (504) 488-8114; www.faceJeff D’s Comedy Cabaret. The Dirty Dime Peepshow. www.elmtheatre.org — The book.com/twelve.mile.limit Bourbon Pub and Parade, AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Elm Theatre presents — Molly Ruben-Long and Julie 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; four new one-act plays by Mitchell host an open mic. 9 2107; www.bourbonpub. www.theallwayslounge. local writers, as well as p.m. Monday. com — Comedian Jeff D and com — The Lady Lucerne Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome drag performer Carla Cahlua A Brunch of Laughs. Banks and Vinsantos Defonte star Playground Injuries. Twostar in a weekly show. 10 Street Bar, 4401 Banks in a burlesque show hosted day pass $25; single-night p.m. Friday. by Ben Wisdom. Tickets $15. St., (504) 486-0258; www. tickets $15. 8 p.m. Thursday banksstreetbarandgrill.com Johnny Rock. C. Beever’s Midnight Saturday. - Sunday. — Bob Murrell hosts a free Bar of Music, 2507 N. WoodThe Southern Sideshow Sex Please, We’re Sixty. stand-up comedy showcase. lawn Ave., Metairie, (504) Hootenanny’s Amazing Teatro Wego!, 177 Sala Ave., 3:30 p.m. Sunday. 887-9401; www.facebook. Westwego, (504) 885-2000; All-Star Show. Cafe Istanbul, com/thenewcbeevers — Cowww.jpas.org — Respectable New Orleans Healing Center, Chris & Tami. The New median Johnny Rock hosts Movement, 2706 St. Claude guests at Mrs. Stancliffe’s 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) an open-mic comedy night. 8 Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. bed and breakfast get frisky 940-1130; www.southernp.m. Tuesday. after a mischievous neighbor sideshowhootenanny.com newmovementtheater.com obtains Venusia, a little blue — Magician Aye Jaye hosts — Comedy theater founders Laugh & Sip. The Wine a sideshow arts showcase featuring touring performers Reggie Bugmuncher, Zamora the Torture King, Mab Just Mab and others. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 10 p.m. Friday. Sunday School. The BEATnik, 1638 Clio St., (504) 6487998; www.facebook.com/ beatnikbookingnola — The burlesque and variety show features the Rev. Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls. Tickets $5. 9 p.m. Sunday.

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cookbook author Carolyn Shelton demonstrates a Southern dish. 2 p.m. White Glove Wednesdays. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum. org — Curator Eric Rivets gives visitors a chance to wear original military uniforms and equipment. 9 a.m.

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TUESDAY 24 Arts in Education Community Forum. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Center, 1225 N. Rampart St., (504) 558-6100; www. jazzandheritage.org — The Jazz & Heritage Foundation shares progress from its ongoing art in schools initiative and seeks community input. The KIPP McDonogh 15 Middle School Brass Band performs. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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French wine tasting. Alliance Francaise, 1519 Jackson Ave., (504) 568-0770; www.af-neworleans.org — Jodie Smith leads a tasting of French wines made from syrah, grenache, mourvedre, cinsault and carignan grapes. Tickets $22 for nonmembers. 6:30 p.m.

The Gala of the Royal Horses. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www.galaoftheroyalhorses. com — The choreographed equestrian show features trained horses performing with costumed riders and flamenco dancers. Tickets start at $34. 7 p.m. Ham radio course. West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 364-2660; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — The Crescent City Amateur Radio Group holds the first of eight free classes preparing participants to obtain an amateur radio license. 6:30 p.m. It’s All About the Music Bike Ride. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 6583200; www.nolasocialride.org — NOLA Social Ride cyclists cruise around the city, stopping along the way to enjoy live music. 6 p.m. Nature Walk. Jean Lafitte National Park, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — Participants explore the national historic park. There’s a free shuttle from Behrman Rec Center, 2529 General Meyer Ave., at 11:30am. Noon. Toddler Time. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.

org — The museum hosts activities for children ages 3 and under and their parents or caregivers. Non-members $8. 10:30 a.m. Yoga at the Cabildo. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — Yogis of all experience levels practice in the Cabildo gallery. Non-members $12. 7:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 25 Barbershop Meetings. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Peter Nahkid leads the men’s discussion. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Casino dance class. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Kevin Braxton of Cuban dance group Bookoo Rueda teaches a free class on the salsa-like dance. 7 p.m. Greater New Orleans Science & Engineering Fair. The University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000;; www.uno.edu — Four hundred middle and high school students display results of science and design projects. The fair is open to the public 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to noon Thursday. Jazz Pilates. New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 5894841; www.nps.gov/jazz/index. htm — Stephanie Jordan leads a free class incorporating Pilates, dance movements and jazz music. Noon. Nature Walk and Titivation. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Guests tour natural habitats and learn to prune plants along the trail. 1 p.m. SoFAB Cooking Demo. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www. frenchmarket.org — Chef and

Women’s networking seminar. Cole Pratt Gallery, 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — Sandra Lindquest of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce shares networking techniques for businesswomen at a free seminar with wine and hors d’oeuvres. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

THURSDAY 26 Andrea Komlosy. University of New Orleans (Lindy C. Boggs International Conference Center), 2045 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000; www.uno.edu — The Harvard international affairs scholar speaks on the topic, “Doing Global History: Potential Issues & Downfalls.” 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Bridge lessons. Wes Busby Bridge Center, 2709 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-0869 — Beginners and novices take free bridge lessons. 9 a.m. Covington Business Resource Workshop. Greater Covington Center, 317 N. Jefferson St., Covington, (985) 867-1206 — St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister and Covington Mayor Mike Cooper are among featured speakers at a development workshop for new and existing local businesses. 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Heart Health Fair. West Jefferson Medical Center, 1101 Medical Center Blvd., Marrero, (504) 349-1789; www.wjmc.org — The health event includes free EKG, blood pressure, glucose and BMI screenings. Call to RSVP. 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Heart health for kids. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias.org — Staff and students from LSU Health New Orleans teach kids about heart health with science demonstrations, coloring and activities. 4:30 p.m. Herb Society of America. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — Rachel Reeves of the Maypop Community Herb Shop speaks on “The History of Southern Herbs.” Contact DeeDee Mule at (504) 615-6103 or deemule333@ aol.com to RSVP. 11 a.m. Sistahs Making a Change. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Women of all experience levels dance, talk and dine together at this health-centered event. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

EVENT LISTINGS SkyWarn class. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The National Weather Service trains members of the public to spot and report severe weather. 6:30 p.m. Turn the Page. New Orleans Public Library, Main Library, 219 Loyola Ave., (504) 5962602 — Irvin Mayfield hosts an event celebrating the literacy campaign’s one-year anniversary with storytelling, music and cooking demonstrations. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. “What Motivates Us to Be Good?” University of New Orleans, Liberal Arts Building, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 2806657; www.uno.edu — Scholar Jennifer Baker discusses ethics, virtue and behavioral science as part of the Tocqueville Project’s seminar series. Email tocqueville@uno.edu to request a copy of the seminar paper. 5 p.m.

FRIDAY 27 Amazing Grapes. Hermann-Grima House, 820 St. Louis St., (504) 525-5661; www.hgghh. org — The benefit features food from Broussard’s Restaurant, wine pairings from Bizou Wines and live and silent wine and gift auctions. Tickets $150. 7 p.m.

Black History Month program. Cut-Off Recreation Center, 6600 Belgrade St., (504) 3644059 — The free health event features yoga, group exercise, meditation, biometric screenings and an opportunity sign up for Black Girls Run. 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — This week’s event celebrates the opening of African and African-American art exhibit Kongo Across the Waters with a lecture by curator Hein Vanhee and live music by Bamboula 2000. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Pontchartrain Home Show. Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 465-9985; www.pontchartraincenter.com — The home expo features home improvement, outdoor and solar vendors, as well as garden exhibits,

Starlight Racing. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 944-5515; www. fairgroundsracecourse.com — Evening racing kicks off with first post at 5 p.m. and there’s live music by the Top Cats and food pop-ups by The Fry Bar NOLA and Woody’s Fish Tacos. General admission $5. 5 p.m. Tulane Enviornmental Law Summit. Tulane University, Weinmann Hall, 6329 Freret St.; www.tulaneenvironmentallawsummit.com — The summit is open to the public and features speakers and panels on topics including energy independence, fracking, the Arctic corridor, endangered species and more. Friday-Saturday. World of Wheels. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3663; www.autorama.com/attend/ neworleans — The custom show car show features modified, classic and muscle cars, custom motorcycles, celebrity guests and live customization demonstrations. Admission $18, children $6, children 5 and under free. Friday-Sunday.

SATURDAY 28 African-American Heritage Tour. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 581-7032; www.prcno.org — The narrated bus tour surveys local African-American history and culture in the French Quarter, Marigny, Bywater, Seventh Ward, Treme and Central City. Non-members $40. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Al Briede Gold Cup Race. Bucktown Harbor and Marina, 325 Metairie-Hammond Hwy., Metairie; www.runnotc.org — Race day includes one mile, three mile and 10K races along the Lake Pontchartrain levee, benefitting the Chris Briede Fund and the LA/SPCA. Registration varies. 8 a.m. Arts Market of New Orleans. Palmer Park, South Claiborne and Carrollton avenues; www. artsneworleans.org — The Arts Council of New Orleans’ market features local and handmade goods, food, kids’ activities and live music. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. First-Time Homebuyer Training. Clifford N. Rosenthal Community Resource Center, 3401 St. Claude Ave.; www. prcno.org — The Preservation Resource Center’s two-day course prepares participants for the home purchase process and the demands of homeownership. Fee $75 individual or $90 household. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Galerie d’Absinthe Opening. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.southernfood.org — The museum celebrates its reopened absinthe exhibit with absinthe punch and a tasting of anise-flavored spirits and liqueurs. Belle Epoque costumes are encouraged. 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Jazz Yoga. Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841 — Susan Landry leads a free class featuring meditational jazz piano. 10 a.m. Lessons with Lee. City Park Botanical Garden, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9473; www. neworleanscitypark.com/ botanical-garden — Lee Rouse of the LSU AgCenter teaches participants about types of roses and their care. Fee $10. Call or email scapley@nocp.org to register. 10 a.m. Louisiana linguistic lecture. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias. org — Joseph Dunn of Laura Plantation discusses the development of Louisiana dialects from Native American, colonial and West African influences. 10 a.m. to noon. Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 456-5000; www.noma.org — The museum hosts Pilates classes in the sculpture garden. Non-members $5. 8 a.m. Renaissance Marketplace of New Orleans East. Renaissance Marketplace, 5700 Read Blvd. — The market offers cuisine from area restaurants, arts and crafts, children’s activities and more. 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Swap Meet NOLA. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola. com — The event includes a farmers market, flea market and art market. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Wiener dog racing. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 944-5515; www.fairgroundsracecourse.com — A total of 48 dachshunds compete, with first post at 1:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAR 1 Here Comes the Bride. Northshore Harbor Center, 100 Harbor Center Blvd., Slidell, (985) 781-3650 — The bridal expo features providers of dresses, beauty services, food, transportation, wedding entertainment and more, as well as cake tastings and prize giveaways. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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Ashe Power House Grand Opening. Ashe Power House, 1731 Baronne St.; www.ashecac. org — Ashe Cultural Arts Center celebrates the opening of their new performing and visual arts venue with two days of music and activities. Ribbon cutting is at 1 p.m. Friday and there’s a gala featuring the Uptown Jazz Orchestra and Dale Baxter and Jupiter Funk at 8 p.m. Saturday. Friday-Saturday.

cooking demonstrations and food and wine tastings. Admission $8, children 12 and under free. Noon to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

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Opera Orientation and Roundtable Discussion. New Orleans Opera Guild Home, 2504 Prytania St., (504) 267-9539; www.operaguildhome.org — Guests from the New Orleans Opera Association’s upcoming show Lucia di Lammermoor discuss the production and there’s themed refreshments. Non-members $30. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 8664916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The author reads and discusses her novel Glass House. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Recycled Fashion Show. Rock ’n’ Bowl, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-1700; www.rockandbowl.com — The fundraiser features fashions created from Bridge House Thrift Store purchases, food from local restaurants and a silent auction. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Contact Stephanie Clary at (504) 821-7134 or sclary@bridgehouse.org for details or to volunteer. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

FreeQuency. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 9401130; www.cafeistanbulnola. com — The spoken word artist celebrates the release of her poetry collection Becoming// Black with readings and performances by Akeem Martin, A Scribe Called Quess and Rebecca Mwase, plus music by Andrew Wiseman and Michaela Harrison. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Colleen Mooney. Robert E. Smith Library, 6301 Canal Blvd., (504) 596-2638; www.nutrias.org — The reads and signs the first book in her Go Cup Chronicle series, Rescued By a Kiss. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Unified Indian practice. Handa Wanda’s, 2425 Dryades St., (504) 813-3496 — Mardi Gras Indians gather for a weekly open practice to rehearse music and routines. 8:30 p.m.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www.nutrias. org — The sale features books, DVDs, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

Woofstock. Castine Center, Pelican Park, 63350 Pelican Drive, Mandeville, (985) 6267997; www.sthumane.org — The St. Tammany Humane Society event features adoptable animals, low-cost canine vaccinations and dog contests in categories including “Best Hippie Costume” and “Celebrity Look-a-Like.” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gayle Nolan. Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave., (504) 322-7479; www.neworleanspubliclibrary. org — The author discusses the book she wrote with Arthur Mitchell, What Love Can Do: Recollected Stories of Slavery and Freedom in New Orleans and the Surrounding Area. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

MONDAY, MAR 2 The Artist’s Way seminar. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Participants complete creativity exercises and discuss Julia Cameron’s Walking In This World, the sequel to The Artist’s Way. Free. 7 p.m. through April 6. Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 456-5000; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold leads the class in the museum’s art galleries. Non-members $5. 6 p.m.

WORDS Alexander McConduit, Melissa Wallace. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The children’s authors read from It’s Great to Be a NOLA Kid and Snoballs for All. 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Carolyn Kolb. Nix Library, 1401 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 596-2630; www.nutrias.org — The author reads and discusses New Orleans Memories: One Writer’s City. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Chris Wiltz. Maple Street Book

Good Night, Sleep Tight Storytime. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — Miss Holly reads children’s books including One Big Pair of Underwear and Wolfie the Bunny. 5 p.m. Friday. Jyl Benson and Sam Hanna. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — The author and photographer sign Fun, Funky & Fabulous: New Orleans’ Casual Restaurant Recipes, with salad samples from Coquette. 4 p.m. Tuesday. Keith Weldon Medley. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — The author discusses and signs Black Life in Old New Orleans. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Lorrie Moore. Tulane University, Lavin-Bernick Center, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, (504) 314-2188; www.tulane.edu — The author of novels and fiction collections including A Gate at the Stairs and Bark reads and discusses her work. 7 p.m. Monday. M.O. Walsh. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.

com — The author discusses and signs My Sunshine Away. 6 p.m. Thursday. Nonfiction writing workshop. Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., (504) 596-2667; www.nutrias.org — Sophie Johnson of Neutrons Protons leads a writing workshop on creative nonfiction essays. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Story Time with Miss Maureen. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — Miss Maureen reads children’s books including Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena. 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Storytelling with Brother Roscoe. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias.org — Actor Roscoe C. Reddix shares stories and songs from around the world. 2 p.m. Saturday. Suzanne Lewis. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The children’s book author presents A Penguin Named Patience: A Hurricane Katrina Rescue Story. 11 a.m. Sunday. Tawni Waters. Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, 631 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 491-9025; www.facebook.com/tubbyandcoos — The author reads from her novel Beauty of the Broken and her poetry collection Siren Song. 5 p.m. Saturday.

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

CALL FOR WRITERS Youth Writing Contest. The New Orleans Loving Festival seeks essays on race, racism and the multiracial experience by writers age 18 and under. Cash prizes are awarded. Visit www.charitablefilmnetwork. submittable.com/submit for guidelines. Deadline March 31.

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS Jazz in the Park Art Market vendors. Organizers seek artists and craft vendors for the Thursday concert series in Armstrong Park, which begins April 16. Visit www.pufap.org to apply. Deadline March 16. Swap Meet NOLA. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola. com — Artists, farmers, bakers and flea market vendors are invited to set up booths at recurring swap meets.

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1. For one thing, don’t make the mistake of waiting until you get a “pink slip” to start networking for a job! The economy is in a constant state of change and jobs that seem super-stable at one moment can be laying you off before you know it. 2. It takes quite a bit of time to build up a LinkedIn network… LinkedIn is a true network, not a job board where you simply sign up, post a résumé or profile, and hope for results. It can take the better part of a year, or even longer, to build a sizeable network. 3. LinkedIn can help you, even when you are not in the job market. Whether it’s someone inviting your to speak at their event, contacting you for an opportunity you never dreamed of, or wanting to pay for your expertise, LinkedIn is now the talent directory of choice. 4. When you are reaching out to look up an old colleague, find someone to join that fundraising committee you are organizing, or sourcing a vendor for a much-needed service or product, LinkedIn can be invaluable in finding the perfect person. 5. LinkedIn features an incredible newsfeed of cutting-edge articles and information for all industries. When you join LinkedIn, the areas you select and LinkedIn groups you join will provide an ongoing stream of on-topic articles for you to review.

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6. LinkedIn allows those with expertise in their fields to publish informational and topical posts that are distributed throughout the LinkedIn network. This can help you in terms of prestige when it comes time to negotiate your raise or promotion.

7. Someday, you may just consider the possibility of changing your career focus in your professional life. When that day comes, and statistics show it will for many, you want to have a healthy LinkedIn network to reach out to for contacts and informational interviews to tap the top minds in your new field. 8. It isn’t all about you! To be a great colleague or friend, put yourself in a position where you can help others. Even if your job is rock solid, a robust LinkedIn network will give you the ability and the reward of helping others when they need it most. That connection you almost deleted could be just the one to get your friend’s foot in the door. New Orleans Job Guru is New Orleans native Grant Cooper. President of Strategic Résumés®, Grant ranks within the top LinkedIn Résumé Writing Experts nationwide and has assisted the U.S. Air Force, Kinko’s, the Louisiana Dept. of Labor, the City of New Orleans, NFL/NBA players & coaches, as well as universities, regional banks, celebrities, and major corporations.

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Real Estate Company. Experience necessary. Good salary plus benefits. Please send cover letter & resume to: Richard Jeansonne, 1041 Esplanade, NOLA 70116

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A-Kot Farms, Marvell, AR, has 1 positions for oilseed crop & irrigation; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.18/ hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 4/1/15 – 11/1/15. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1089941 or call 225-342-2917.

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Buron Griffin Farms, Helena, AR, has 3 positions for wheat, soybeans, rice & corn; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.18/hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 4/1/15 – 10/31/15. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1091327 or call 225342-2917.

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F&F Companies, Searcy, AR, has 10 positions for strawberries, blueberries, sod, peas, watermelon & beans; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.18/ hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 4/1/15 – 12/10/15. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1089952 or call 225-342-2917.

Pitchfork Land & Cattle, Dickens, TX, has 2 positions for farmworker; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.35/ hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 4/1/15 – 2/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX2805568 or call 225-342-2917.

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Stephens Partnership, Helena, AR, has 5 positions for grain, corn & soybeans; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.18/hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/16/15 – 11/1/15. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1085955 or call 225342-2917.

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Tricotn, Shaw MS, has 2 positions for grain & oilseed crops; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.18/hr, may work nights and weekends; threefourths work period guaranteed from 4/1/15 – 12/1/15. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order MS119297 or call 225-342-2917.

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Victorian gem in super condition close to great bistros, parades and conveniences. Cove ceilings, handsome mantles, heart of pine floors. Large master bath in Carrera marble. Enviable kitchen with breakfast room that opens to nicely landscaped grilling patio and pool. Possible 5th bedroom or office on 3rd floor currently used as playroom. Good closets and outdoor storage. Secured parking for 2 cars behind electric gate. Move right in!

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504-524-JUDY (5839)

1900 - 1906 St. Ann Street 4,000 Sq Ft $175,000

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Development opportunity in historic Treme. Property consists of 2 buildings, one corner building and one Creole Cottage double with large garage extending from N Roman side. Close to the French Quarter, Lafitte Greenway, new biomedical complex, Interstate, CBD. Zoned B-1 commercial, corner building was a bar for many years with apartment above. Possible use of state & federal historic restoration tax credits- exciting possibilities await!

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53 Colony Trail Mandeville 4BR/3.5BA

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Gorgeous French European home w/all the bells & whistles. Renovated kitchen inc. double ovens in brick wall, 3/4 nail down wood floors, brick floors, tongue and groove cypress ceil., Lavish Master Suite w/travertine tile floors & shower. Flagstone patio, new detached Guest Cottage. Darlene Gurievsky

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50275 Huckleberry Lane, Folsom, LA

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3527 Ridgelake Dr., Metairie.

Country Estate in the rolling hills of Poplarville w/68.11 acres of rolling pastures, and multiple barns. Southern Traditional style home wrapped in brick w/ metal roof. Welcoming front and relaxing back porch. Two-car carport, over-sized two-car garage w/ elevator to second floor office with AC-heat. Three suites, one on first level and two on second level. Closets and storage galore! Huge kitchen w/ upgraded appliances.

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Office Space Metairie Luxury Great Location Approx 1,350 usable sq.ft. 2nd floor of 2 story office building. Parking, efficiency kitchen, storage room, mens and womens restrooms, reception area, conference rooms, private office.

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6000 Eads St., Gentilly 3/1 ....................... $1,075/mo 1269 Milton St., Gentilly 2/1 ....................... $850/mo 2028 Pauger St., B, Downtown 3/1 ................ $900/mo 3607 St. Ferdinand St., Downtown 2/1 ............. $950/mo 2625PineSt.,A,Broadmoor3/2 ........................ $3,750/mo

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2760 Athis St. (VLD) $33.5K 6961 – 3 Boston Dr. (VLD) $25K 2234 – 6 Delachaise St. $89K 4123 – 5 Downman Bl. (COMM) $525K 13110 Lemans St. $105K 1922 Marengo St. $900K 2025-7 Painters St. $119.9K 2625 Pine St. $675K 638 S. Rocheblave St. (VLD) $45K 2458 N. Tonti St. $150K 809 31st St. $80K UC 4001 Gen. Pershing St. (VLD) $110K U/C 2349 Maryland Av. $90K U/C 2124 Cadiz St. $164.9K SOLD 1210 – 12 N. Galvez St. $480K SOLD

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3 BR/2 BA, Sum Room, LR, DR, HW Floors, All appliances. No smoking/ pets. Lease & deposit. $2,250/ Mo. Gardner Realtors, Rowena Christensen (0) 504-891-6400 (c) 504-259-0635 rochristensen@cox.net

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CLASSIFIEDS LEGAL NOTICES CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

DOCKET NO. 2010-10938 SUCCESSION OF JOHNIE C. TYLER Whereas the Administratrix of the above estate has made an application to the court for the sale, at private sale, of the immovable hereinafter described, to-wit: A one-half interest in the following said property, located at 5640 N. Robertson St., New Orleans, Louisiana and more specifically described as follows:

The improvements on said property bear the Municipal No. 5640 North Robertson Streets. Being the same property acquired by the vendor herein, by purchase from Mr. and Mrs. Maurice N. Estopinal, as per act passed before the undersigned Notary, this, day, registered in the Conveyance office of this Parish in book 549, folio 608. Upon the following terms and conditions, to-wit: SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETEEN DOLLARS and SIXTY FOUR CENTS ($71,319.64) CASH; upon the following conditions, to-wit: all cash the act of sale, less the usual vendors cost, certificates and fees as provided in the agreement to sell, with this succession to receive fivesevenths (5/7) of the net proceeds. Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application, and that such order or judgment may be issued after expiration of Ten (10) days from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law. DALE N. ATKINS, Clerk Attorney: Warren McKenna III Address: 829 Baronne St. New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Telephone: 504-237-4897 Gambit: 2/3/15 & 2/24/15

TWENTY FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF TANGIPAHOA

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

NO. 2014-08629 DIVISION “H” DOCKET 1

NO.: 2014-0030377 DIVISION: “A”

NO. 743-603F

SUCCESSION OF CYNTHIA HICKEY

SUCCESSION OF EVELYN MCKENNA KING

NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

NOTICE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF MARGARET MARIE MATTHEWS NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas the Co-Executors, Mark E. Matthews, Bruce A. Matthews & Roger W. Matthews of the above Estate, has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit: 3630 Rue Mignon, New Orleans THAT PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining situated in the State of Louisiana, in that Parish of Orleans, Fifth Municipal District, formerly a portion of Aurora Plantation, as shown on plan of subdivision of Bocage Subdivision by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, C.E., dated January 7, 1966, revised August 9, 1966, which plan of subdivision was approved by the City Planning Commission on February 16, 1967, under Docket No. 176-65 and which subdivision plan as so approved has been registered in the Conveyance Records of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in COB 678, Folio 537, on February 17, 1967, and according to which plan said portion of ground is more particularly designated as Lot No. 85 of Square 131, Sec. B, Bocage Subdivision, which square is bounded by Rue Mignon, LaCour Monique, Rue Michelle and Carlisle Court. Said Square is situated in Section “B” of said subdivision. Commencing at a point 515.54 feet from the corner of Carlisle Court and Rue Mignon, Lot No. 85 measures 64 feet along and fronting on Rue Mignon, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 115 feet between equal and parallel lines and according to a survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated February 11, 1970, attached to an act passed before Paul Lapeyre, Notary Public, dated February 20, 1970, for reference, the said property has the same measurements, location and description as hereinabove stated forth and is designated by the Municipal No. 3630 Rue Mignon. UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: $145,000 Cash to Seller Seller will pay $5,800 towards buyer’s closing costs and pre-paids Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law. DALE N. ATKINS, Clerk Attorney: Brian E. Adorno Address: 1421 N. Causeway Blvd. Ste. 201, Metairie, LA 70001 Telephone: (504) 227-2280 Gambit: 2/24/15 & 3/17/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Rachel Williams L/K/A 9819 Stroelitz St., New Orleans, La, call P. Hamilton, 504-940-1883. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Robert E. Tillman, Jr. contact Dianne T. Alexander, Attorney, at (504) 450-0987

STATE OF LOUISIANA

The Administrator of the above Estate has made application to the Court for the sale, at private sale, of the immovable property described as follows: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, situated in the CITY OF KENNER, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as UNIVERSITY CITY SUBDIVISION, and in accordance with a plot of resubdivision by Frank S. Foster, Jr., Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor, dated September 30, 1971, approved by the City of Kenner, in Ordinance No. 1356, registered in COB 747, folio 974, designated as LOT 60, SQUARE 94E, bounded by Emerson, Northwestern and Georgetown Drives and Dartmouth Place, and separated from Square 94D by Furman Circle. Lot 60 commences at a distance of 300 feet from the Eastern corner of Furman Circle where it meets the circle adjacent to Lot No. 53, measuring thence 50 feet front on Furman Circle, same width in the rear and has a depth of 100 feet between equal and parallel lines. The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number: 44 Furman Circle. Restrictive covenants contained in COB 523, folio 513 as amended in COB 751, folio 865. Servitude to Louisiana Power and Light Company over the rear 5 feet of the property, dated January 31, 1962, registered in COB 548, folio 81. 5’ Servitude across the rear width of lot as shown on survey of Frank Foster & Associates, Inc. dated 7/21/72.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Valerie Landry and Robert M. Foster, co-executors of the Succession of Evelyn McKenne King, are applying for authority to sell at private sale on terms of one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000.00) a piece of immovable property described as follows: A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes advantages or appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the State of Louisiana in the Parish of Jefferson in that part thereof known now as TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION NO. 2-A, formerly part of Oakdale Subdivision, Section B, all in accordance with a survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., on June 3, 1959, revised September 16, 1959, and again revished on September 18, 1959, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 4706, registered in COB 514, folio 343, and according to which survey said property is more particularly described as follows: LOT 5 of SQUARE 3, bounded by Arrow Lane, Appletree Lane, Adonis Way and Amapola Circle which said Lot No. 3 forms the intersection of Arrow Lane and Amapola Circle and measures thence 75 feet front on Arrow Lane, by a depth and front alongside Amapola Circle of 75.04 feet, and a further depth and front alongside Amapola

Circle on a partly curved line of 15.24 feet, by a width in the rear of 80.96 feet, and a depth on the opposite side line nearest Appletree Lane of 100 feet; all as more fully shown on survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated September 19, 1961, a copy of which is annexed to an act passed before Louis G. Dutel, Jr., N.P., dated October 10, 1961. Improvements bear Municipal No. 1919 Arrow Lane, Terrytown, LA 70056. An order authorizing them to do so may be issued after 7 days from the date of the second publication of this notice. An opposition to the application may be made at any time prior to the issuance of such an order. By order of the court Lisa M. Cheramie, Clerk of Court Attorney: Robert M. Foster Address: 3629 Lake Aspen E. Dr. Gretna, Louisiana 70056 Gambit: 2/24/15 & 3/3/15

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 2012-1893 DIVISION “N” SUCCESSION OF RONALD PETER CANDIFF NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the creditors of this Estate and to all other persons herein interested to show cause within ten (10) days from this notification (if any they have or can) why the Tableau of Distribution and Final Account presented by the Dative Independent Testamentary Executrix of this Estate should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance herewith.

Clerk of Court Attorney: Robert P. Charbonnet Address: 3750 South Claiborne Ave. New Orleans, Louisiana 70125 Telephone: 504-897-3700 Gambit: 2/24/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of CURTIS M. LAURENT, JR. A/K/A CURTIS MARK LAURENT, JR. and/ or MYTOSHA N. LAURENT A/K/A MYTOSHA NICOLE LAURENT A/K/A MYTOSHA BARNES, L/K/A 7272 Endston Court, N.O., La, call R. Hamilton, 504-940-1883. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Eleria Taplin Adams a/k/a Eleria Taplin Henry Adams Waters L/K/A 2424 Pressburg St. N.O.,LA, call Peter Hamilton (504)940-1883. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of KARL M. ODRICK, please contact Carlos Ramirez Atty., 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Leonard Baudoin, Jr., please contact attorney Cory S. Grant at 504-4578659. Anyone knowing the Whereabouts of Ollie Antoine please contact Marcus DeLarge at (504) 264-5552. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of PATRICIA BRANDT COGNEVICH, please contact Carlos Ramirez Atty., 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Taiwan Lynn Grover, a/k/a Taiwan Grover, please contact Timothy P. Farrelly, Atty. (504) 832-4101 or 3445 N. Causeway Blvd., Ste 103, Metairie, LA 70002. PAGE 61

on the following terms and conditions, One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand and No/100 ($122,000.00) Dollars, less the usual expenses paid by Vendor, all in accordance with a Purchase Agreement attached to the original Petition for Authority to Sell. Notice is now given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedents and of this Estate, that they be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such Application at any time, prior to the issuance of the Order or Judgment authorizing, approving, and homologating that Application, and that such Order or Judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of this Notice, or in accordance with law. By Order of the Court. Julian E. Dufreche Clerk of Court, 21st Judicial District Court Attorney: Scott H. Sledge Address: P.O. Box 3045 Hammond, Louisiana 70404 Telephone: 985-345-5506 Gambit: 2/3/15 & 2/24/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to CITYWIDE MORTGAGE COMPANY, executed by Martin Umbra Curtis and Catina Porter Curtis and dated May 29, 2001, in the principal sum of $65,800.00, bearing interest at the rate of 7.250% from dated until paid, and providing reasaonble attorney fees, and all charges associate with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 873379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379. (225) 756-0373

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A CERTAIN LOT OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenance and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the THIRD DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, in Square No. 576, bounded by Caffin Avenue, Lamanche, North Villere and North Robertson Streets; which said portion of ground forms the corner of North Robertson Street and Lamanche Street and measures seventy-five feet, six inches (75’6”) front on North Robertson Street by a depth and front on Lamanche Street of one hundred twenty feet (120’), and which said portion of ground forms a part of a larger portion of ground designated by the letter “P” on a survey made by Gilbert & Kelly, Surveyors, of date April 4, 1944, a blue print of which is annexed to act before George C. Connolly, Notary Public, of date April 5, 1944, and according to revised survey by Gilbert & Kelly, Surveyors, of date August 24, 1944, a blue print of which is annexed to act before George C, Connolly, Notary Public, of date August 31, 1944, she said property is designated as Lot P-2. According to a survey by J.J. Krebs, Civil Engineer, dated September 20, 1944, a blue print of which is annexed to act before George C. Connolly, Notary Public, of date, January 17, 1947, the hereinabove described property is situated in the same District and has the same boundaries and measurements as detailed above.

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

NO.:309-533 DIVISION “O” SUCCESSION OF ROBERT U. BLUM NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE OIL, GAS AND MINERAL LEASE NOTICE IS GIVEN to the heirs, legatees and creditors of this Succession, and to all other interested persons, that Richard K. Blum, the duly appointed Administrator of the Succession of Robert U. Blum, has applied for an Order authorizing him to enter into an Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease in favor of Allen & Kirmse, Ltd. covering the interest of the Succession in the following described property:

LESS AND EXCEPT from the above described property is that ceratin tract or parcel of land containing 20 acres, more or less, situated in Section 23, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and described as all of Lot No. 1 of Said Section 23, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Leaving a balance of 120.00 acres, more or less being leased herein. NOTICE IS GIVEN that all terms of the proposed lease are fully set forth in the copy of said lease attached as Exhibit ìAî to the Petition for Authority to Execute Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease.

Jon A. Gegenheimer, Deputy Clerk Attorney: Dwight L. Acomb Address: 1515 Poydras Street Suite 2323 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Telephone: 504-524-2323 Gambit: 2/24/15

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

PROBATE NO. 739426 DIV. “K” SUCCESSION OF FRANK ERNEST CRUTTI, SR. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that EILEEN CRUTTI PARENT, Administrator of the SUCCESSION OF FRANK ERNEST CRUTTI, SR. has, pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure article 3281, petitioned this Court for authority to sell at private sale, for a purchase price of SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($75,000.00) DOLLARS, the Succession’s undivided one-half (1/2) interest in and to the following described property: Lot No. 2 on plan of HENFER PARK, as shown on a survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, dated April 26, 1954, annexed to an act registered in COB 358, folio 70, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana bearing Municipal No. 160 W. HENFER AVENUE. NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with law, notice is hereby given that EILEEN CRUTTI PARENT, Administrator, proposes to sell the aforesaid immovable property, at private sale, for the price and upon the terms aforesaid, and any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition to the proposed sale within seven (7) days, including Sundays and holidays, from the date on which the last publication of this notice appears. Aliesha Buckley, Clerk of Court Attorneys: Marguerite L. Adams and Keriann P. Langley Address: 701 Poydras St. Suite 5000 New Orleans, LA 70139 Telephone: 504-556-4012 Gambit: 2/3/15 & 2/24/15

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

NO. 741959 DIVISION: I SUCCESSION OF DOROTHY ALMA SCHLATER DARET NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given to the creditors of this estate and all other interested persons, including the heirs of the Decedent herein, that Gwendolyn D. Martinez, Executrix of the Estate, has filed a Tableau of Distribution with her Petition praying for homologation of the Tableau and for authority to pay debts and distribute assets of the Succession listed therein. The Petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this Notice. Any opposition to the Tableau of Distribution must be filed prior to homologation. Gretna, Louisiana, this 13th day of February, 2015. Patricia Ann Moore, Deputy Clerk of Court Attorney: Karen P. Holland Address: 755 Magazine Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone: 504-593-0624 Gambit: 2/24/15 Anyone knowing the Whereabouts of Bernice Bell Hunter please contact Marcus DeLarge at (504) 264-5552. Anyone knowing the Whereabouts of Robert Schiff please contact Marcus DeLarge at (504) 264 -5552 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of Elnora Wilson Johnson (Perry, Katie, John or heirs of the late Gloria Johnson) L/K/A 3111 Bacchus Dr., N.O., R. Hamilton (504)940-1883. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Viet Anh Le please contact Sondra Allen-Borne, attorney 504-905-1767.

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold public meetings in Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. These meetings will provide BOEM an opportunity to solicit comments from Federal, State, and Tribal governments and from interested citizens and organizations. Comments will be used to prepare the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas Lease Sales 241 and 247 in the Central Planning Area and proposed Lease Sale 226 in the Eastern Planning Area (EPA) off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The proposed CPA and EPA lease sales are a part of the current 2012-2017 Five-Year Program. The public meetings are scheduled as follows: New Orleans, Louisiana: Monday, February 23, 2015, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123, one meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CST; Panama City, Florida: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, Wyndham Bay Point Resort, 4114 Jan Cooley Drive, Panama City Beach, Florida, 32408, one meeting beginning at 4:00 p.m. CST; Mobile, Alabama: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn Mobile West, 828 West I-65 Service Road South, Mobile, Alabama 36609, one meeting beginning at 4:00 p.m. CST; and Gulfport, Mississippi: Thursday, February 26, 2015, Courtyard by Marriott, Gulfport Beachfront, 1600 East Beach Boulevard, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501, one meeting beginning at 4:00 p.m. CST.

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If you cannot attend the public meetings for the Draft Supplemental EIS for proposed CPA Lease Sales 241 and 247 and proposed EPA Lease Sale 226, you may submit written comments within 45 days following the publication date of the Notice of Availability of the CPA 241 and 247 and, EPA 226 Draft Supplemental EIS in the Federal Register in one of the following ways: 1. In an envelope labeled “Comments on the Draft CPA 241/EPA 226 Supplemental EIS” and mailed (or hand delivered) to Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief, Environmental Assessment Section, Office of Environment (GM 623E), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394; 2. Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to http://www.regulations.gov and search for “Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf; Central Planning Area Lease Sales 241 and 247 and, Eastern Planning Area Lease Sale 226”. (Note: It is important to include the quotation marks in your search terms.) Click on the “Comment Now!” button to the right of the document link. Enter your information and comment, then click “Submit”; or 3. BOEM email address: cpa241-epa226@boem.gov. If you have questions, please call Mr. Gary D. Goeke at 504-736-3233.

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That certain tract or parcel of land containing 140.00 acres, more or less, situated in Sections 14, 15 and 23, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana and located approximately 65 miles below the Town of Thibodaux, measuring 40 acres front, more or less, on the left descending bank of Bayou Lafourche by depth belonging thereto, and being bounded now or formerly by lands owned as follows: Northerly by James I. Griffin; Easterly by Estate of Desire LaGraize; South Louisiana Canal and Navigation Co. and/or H. Clifton; Southerly by R. L. Sanders and/or Lot 3 of said Section 23; and Westerly by said Bayou Lafourche. Said tract sometimes described as the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4 of SW/4) of said section 14, the South Half (S/2) of Lot No. 4 and all of Lot No. 5 of said Section 15, and all of Lot No. 1 of said Section 23, all in Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and being further described in that certain deed from Florida Lefort to Robert U. Blum, husband of Maxine G. Armfield, dated February 2, 1952, and recorded at COB 160, Page 10, Entry No. 103637 of conveyance records of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.

NOTICE of this application to lease is being published once in Jefferson Parish and once in Lafourche Parish. The Order authorizing the duly appointed Administrator to enter into said Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this Notice. Any opposition to the Application must be filed prior to the issuance of the Order.

BOEM Announces Public Meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales 241 and 247 in the Central Planning Area and Proposed Lease Sale 226 in the Eastern Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico

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