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April 8, 2014

EDITORIAL Editor | KEVIN ALLMAN Managing Editor | KANDACE POWER GRAVES Political Editor | CLANCY DUBOS Arts & Entertainment Editor | WILL COVIELLO Special Sections Editor | MISSY WILKINSON Staff Writer | ALEX WOODWARD Editorial Assistant | MEGAN BRADEN-PERRY Feature Writer | JEANIE RIESS Contributing Writers

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EAT + DRINK Review .......................................................................31 Oxalis Fork + Center ............................................................31 All the news that’s fit to eat 3-Course Interview .............................................33 Anthony Liuzza, strawberry farmer Drinks ........................................................................35 Beer Buzz and Wine of the Week Last Bites .................................................................37 5 in Five, Plate Dates and Off the Menu

JEREMY ALFORD, SARAH BAIRD, D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, RED COTTON, ALEJANDRO DE LOS RIOS, KEN KORMAN, BRENDA MAITLAND, NORA MCGUNNIGLE, NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS Contributing Photographer | CHERYL GERBER

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WHEN DNA GOES MIA A new law attempts to identify how many untested rape kits are in the state legal system. Louisiana has no idea.

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ily — brothers Caleb, Jared, Nathan and cousin Matthew — climbed from Southern garage rockers to big-in-Europe arena rockers and drew four Grammy nominations for 2008’s Only by the Night.

After it stumbled with 2010’s Come Around Sundown, the band regrouped with 2013’s Mechanical Bull. At 8 p.m. at the Smoothie King Center.

Mobb Deep

Tue. April 8 | The Queens hip-hop duo of MCs Havoc and Prodigy formed in 1992 and established itself as one of the lords of the East Coast rap kingdom with albums like 1995’s The Infamous. The rappers split up in 2012 but reunited for a 20th anniversary tour and a double album, The Infamous Mobb Deep, released this month. Ja So Rude and DJ Quickie Mart open at 9:30 p.m. at The Parish at House of Blues.

S. Carey with White Hinterland

Wed. April 9 | Justin Vernon’s right-hand man in Bon Iver, Sean Carey recorded his delicate second solo record, Range of Light (Jagjaguwar), at Vernon’s April Base Studios in Wisconsin. White Hinterland, whose new Baby (Dead Oceans) could be a cryonic Fiona Apple, opens at 10 p.m. at Circle Bar.

Thais Clark album release

Thu. April 10 | Thais Clark made a name for herself singing early blues (and starred in the original cast of One Mo’ Time) and traditional jazz. She releases a new album at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro with performances at 8 p.m and 10 p.m.

Brass Bed

Fri. April 11 | Lafayette’s Brass Bed, author of 2013’s breakout Louisiana rock record The Secret Will Keep You (Crossbill), has turned Freret Street into its own open studio. Likeminded New Orleanians Cardinal Sons and Vox and the Hound open at 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

Doug Stanhope

Fri. April 11 | The standup comic and lovable, devastatingly acidic misanthrope shines in his ninth hourlong special, Beer Hall Putsch, released in 2013. In his latest album, named after a failed Hitler coup, Stanhope is as personal as he is apt in his hilarious skewering. Joe Cardosi opens at 9 p.m. at The Howlin’ Wolf.

Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival

Fri.-Sun. April 11-13 | The festival features live music, strawberry eating contests, a strawberry bakeoff, a parade, vendors selling strawberry dishes and more. Visit www. lastrawberryfestival.com for schedule. In downtown Ponchatoula’s Memorial Park.

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John Lydon to star in Jesus Christ Superstar at UNO Lakefront Arena

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>> The former Sex Pistol and Public Image Ltd. frontman kicks off an arena tour of the musical June 9 in New Orleans.

Louisiana lawmakers aim to inventory the state’s backlog of untested rape kits.

But how many are out there?

The Carver Theater reopens April 30 with Big Chief Donald Harrison

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>> After a renovation, the historic theater on Orleans Avenue sets grand opening.

Morning, glory: A first look at Humble Bagel on Freret Street

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offenders and victims, instances The Louisiana in which the victim is incapable of Legislature is giving consent (for example, being considering a bill under age or under the influence of

by Sen. J.P. Morrell drugs or alcohol), and all versions that would require a of penetration. Beginning this year, statewide report on crime data reflects those changes. untested rape kits all In 2013, there were 176 reported over Louisiana. rapes in New Orleans — up nearly 30 percent from 2012, when 136 rapes were reported. Police Chief Ronal Serpas attributed the rise in cases to more victims being willing to speak out. Sarah Tofte, senior vice president of policy and advocacy for The Joyful Heart Foundation and End the Backlog (www.endthebacklog.org), notes that while the numbers are stark nationwide — thousands of untested kits and thousands of cold cases for thousands of victims — they shouldn’t undermine victims’ willingness and bravery to come forward. (The foundation and End the Backlog were founded by actress and activist Mariska Hargitay of TV’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.)

In New Orleans, doctors at LSU Interim Hospital administer DNA collection for a rape kit. The process includes several swabs for body fluids, collecting hair and clothing fibers, as well as debris from the body. The kit is then taken to NOPD’s central evidence and property room and transferred to the state crime lab for analysis. The transfer process and return typically take two weeks, according to Merricks.

New Orleans’ old crime lab at Tulane Avenue and South Gayoso Street never reopened after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures. According to a 2010 story in Gambit, more than 100 of PAGE 9

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Effective January 2013, the new definition of rape under the FBI’s uniform crime statistics includes both male and female

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When DNA goes MIA

n 2010, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) hailed the arrest of Jimmie Spratt, who was charged with raping three women in New Orleans — in 1994.

It took more than a decade after the crimes for law enforcement agencies to enter DNA evidence collected from rape kits into the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), which links federal, state and local criminal justice agencies. Before he was extradited to New Orleans, Spratt was serving time in Tennessee for another four aggravated rapes he committed in Memphis.

Also in 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice found a backlog of more than 1,000 untested rape kits in NOPD storage. Many of the kits — which contain fragile DNA evidence collected from victims — were from as far back as the 1980s and ’90s. With funding from the National Institute of Justice, NOPD hired Marshall University’s Forensic Science Center and the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab to test the kits. Over the last several years, NOPD gradually has tested and uploaded 256 DNA profiles to CODIS, which has led to 139 matches, 24 arrests and six convictions. The NOPD backlog is now virtually eliminated, according to sex crimes cold case Det. Merrell Merricks.

While New Orleans has had a public, federally mandated excavation of its rape kit backlog, there has been no effort to do the same statewide. Senate Bill 296, from state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, would require all criminal justice agencies that handle sexual assault collection kits to conduct an inventory and issue a report to the state crime lab by Jan. 1, 2015. The crime lab then would have to report to the Senate by March 1, 2015, the number of kits in each parish and within each local criminal justice agency. This includes police, coroners and clerks of court — the custodians for past and present evidence lingering in storage.

“We haven’t done a full catalog,” Morrell said. “Once we determine if there’s a backlog problem, we get into the nuts and bolts.

Then it might get thorny.”

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the 500 cases investigated during that time were lost. The city leased space at the University of New Orleans for a temporary lab.

Louisiana State Police (LSP) undertook a massive backlog elimination in 2008, when it began entering more than 30,000 DNA samples into the CODIS database. The state crime lab acts as a sort of clearinghouse database for multiple jurisdictions that lack crime labs of their own. “We take cases from anywhere,” public affairs commander Capt. Doug Cain said.

If Morrell’s bill passes, LSP crime lab commander Capt. Jim McGuane will send a letter to police chiefs and sheriffs throughout the state asking for compliance with the order to inventory rape kits statewide.

Rape kits typically are kept in a parish clerk of court’s evidence room when the local district attorney’s office accepts a case. Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Clerk Arthur Morrell told Gambit he’s unsure how many rape kits are sitting in his evidence room.

“We’re just the depositories,” he said.

“We respond to orders from the judge.”

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forensic evidence still in police custody and not submitted to a crime lab for analysis — yet 50 to 60 percent of kits test positive for biological material that isn’t the victim’s.

More than 44 percent of law enforcement agencies said that one reason they didn’t send evidence to the lab was because a suspect had not been identified, while 15 percent said they didn’t submit evidence because the prosecutors didn’t request it. The report also found that 43 percent of law enforcement agencies don’t use computer tracking of their evidence. The report similarly noted insufficient resources and funds for testing.

According to Tofte of Joyful Heart/End the Backlog, those gaps in testing leave out valuable information — even if a rapist is successfully convicted without DNA evidence, the complete DNA picture can reveal serial offenses.

“That assumption is shifting quite a bit,” she said. “Any criminal justice entity that doesn’t know what’s in its backlog doesn’t know what cases they are connected to.”

The tests also can reaffirm a victim’s story and “crack away the credentials of the offender,” she said. “If he’s lying about that, what else? It builds a stronger case for the jury.”

When a state realizes the size of its backlog of untested kits, agencies can get stuck trying to find resources and funds for testing, according to Tofte.

Last month, the foundation welcomed news announcing President Barack Obama’s proposal for $35 million in grants through the Justice Department to fund local authorities’ rape kit testing.

“Once a city or state acknowledges the problem, it’s hard not to act,” Tofte said. “It’s hard to choose inaction.”

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End the Backlog is a national effort to drive policy and advocacy for eliminating cities’ backlogs of untested rape kits. The program is a part of the Joyful Heart Foundation, a nonprofit organization for survivors of sexual assault and family violence.

In 2009, authorities discovered more than 11,000 untested rape kits sitting in Detroit Police Department’s storage area. Working with the National Institute of Justice, the foundation helped test more than 1,400 kits — linking 238 DNA samples to CODIS — and identified 100 potential serial rapists. Those tests also linked DNA with crimes in 22 other states.

In 2011, the Los Angeles Police Department announced it cleared its decades-old backlog of untested rape kits. (A 2009 Human Rights Watch report found more than 12,000 untested kits in storage throughout Los Angeles.) Last year, police departments in Houston and Memphis evaluated their backlogs; each found thousands of untested rape kits.

In 2010, Illinois became the first state to pass a rape kit tracking and testing bill, which called for an inventory of the state’s untested kits. Texas and Colorado followed suit. This year there are seven states — including Louisiana — considering similar legislation.

Advocacy groups and criminal justice agencies believe cases like Spratt’s are commonplace. In 2011, the National Institute of Justice released The Road Ahead: Unanalyzed Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases, which illustrated inconsistencies in reporting and analysis of rape kits across criminal justice systems. The report found that 18 percent of unsolved sexual assaults between 2002 and 2007 contained

State Sen. J.P. Morrell’s Senate Bill 296 would require Louisiana criminal justice agencies to conduct an inventory of their rape kits and turn over the information to the legislature.

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“We’ve got to repeal it. Take it out by its roots. The whole thing needs to go.” — Gov. Bobby Jindal, telling the National Review’s Jim Geraghty about his proposal to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a plan from America Next, the policy think tank he founded.

National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru, an Obamacare foe, praised part of Jindal’s proposal, but balked at creating a standard deduction “to create a level playing field between employer-provided and individuallypurchased insurance.” Ponnuru concluded, “Replacing Obamacare with this plan would probably result in millions of people losing their coverage, and I think that would doom it.”

Shot and a beer

Lawmakers consider mixing guns and alcohol

House Bill 10 from state Rep. Henry Burns, R-Haughton, would allow offduty officers to carry firearms inside bars and restaurants that serve booze.

A similar bill co-authored by Burns, House Bill 72, proposes permitting off-duty and retired law enforcement to carry firearms in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. It also would allow concealed-carry permit holders

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to carry their firearms in restaurants with booze. On April 2, the latter bill, by state Rep. Joseph Lopinto, R-Metairie, won approval from the House Criminal Justice Committee by a vote of 9-4. The measure now heads to the House floor.

State Rep. Terry Landry, D-New Iberia, a former head of the Louisiana State Police, prodded Lopinto as to why the legislation is necessary, asking, “You take your gun with you (to bars and restaurants)?” Lopinto, a former Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputy, reminded the committee that permit holders already can have their permit revoked if their blood alcohol concentration is above .05 percent. “If I go out and have drinks I won’t have my gun with me,” Lopinto said. “If something happens to me, and it’s called into question the alcohol in me …”

“But you’re the exception,” Landry said. “You know the consequences of irrational, under-the-influence behavior.

You’re not the rule. … We have irresponsible people [who believe] alcohol and a gun make them a bigger person.”

State Rep. Barbara Norton, D-Shreveport, also criticized the bill. “Louisiana puts nothing before guns,” she said.

“We’ll go at whatever costs we need to to make sure we can do everything and anything with our guns.”

In 2013, legislators attempted a similar measure, but it was killed in a Senate committee. Last year’s gun package — signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal — included seven bills that he said aimed to improve gun safety and “strengthen Second Amendment protections.” One of those measures included a bill that creates a lifetime concealed-carry permit.

Another measure prohibits the publication of permit holders’ information.

These bills arrived after the 2012 passage of a law — approved by more than 1.3 million Louisiana voters — that amended the state constitution to make gun ownership a “fundamental right under strict scrutiny of Second Amendment rights the strongest in the country. — ALEX WOODWARD

Safer at home

Legislature takes up domestic violence bills

Two more bills in a major domestic violence reform package survived the Louisiana Senate April 1. The bills — introduced by two New Orleans Democratic House members — passed 39-0 and now head to the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

Senate Bill 291, by state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, allows domes-

tic violence survivors to be awarded punitive damages in civil lawsuits.

Punitive damages currently apply only in drunk driving and statutory rape cases. Senate Bill 292 allows for an immediate divorce if a family member is physically or sexually abused or if there is an active protective order against the spouse.

On April 3, the Louisiana House overwhelmingly passed three bills from a House package introduced by state Rep. Helena Moreno, D-New Orleans. House Bill 753 prohibits a domestic violence offender from possessing a firearm while under a protective order. House Bill 747 adds “domestic abuse aggravated assault” to the Louisiana Criminal Code’s crimes of violence list and makes a second conviction for domestic abuse battery a felony. House Bill 750 requires judges to expedite protective orders into the Louisiana Protective Order Registry.

Moreno’s bills met no opposition and are pending approval by the state Senate. — ALEX WOODWARD

New abortion clinic regulations

House-passed rules could hinder access

The Louisiana House of Representatives last week summarily passed House Bill 388, aka the “Unsafe Abortion Protection Act.” The measure sailed through the House on a vote of 85-6, with no discussion (see Jeremy Alford’s column, p. 13).

The bill, authored by state Rep. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, and heavily supported by Gov. Bobby Jindal and bipartisan lawmakers, requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Jackson said her bill was about protecting women’s health, but pro-choice groups decried it and pro-life groups applauded the vote.

“The intent of this legislation is to restrict access to safe, legal abortion, plain and simple,” Melissa Flournoy, president of Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast, said in a statement. Benjamin Clapper of Louisiana Right to Life said, “This piece of common-sense legislation will ensure that women who may experience complications from a surgical or drug-induced abortion receive the best treatment available.”

All six of the dissenting votes on Jackson’s bill were cast by Democrats, including two from New Orleans: Rep. Jared Brossett

and Rep. Helena Moreno. Those from Orleans Parish voting for the measure were Rep. Jeffery Arnold, a Democrat, and Republicans Ray Garofalo, Christopher Leopold and Nick Lorusso.

Fourteen representatives were marked absent from the vote, including New Orleans-area Reps. Neil Abramson, Austin Badon, Wesley Bishop and Walt Leger III. — KEVIN ALLMAN

LGBT housing rights bill dies in committee Lawmakers say no to antidiscrimination additions

A bill that would have added LGBTrelated language to the Louisiana Equal Housing Opportunity Act was kayoed in committee last week.

House Bill 804, authored by Rep. Jared Brossett, D-New Orleans, died in the House Commerce Committee on a 13-5 vote.

Louisiana law already has language barring landlords from discriminating on several bases, including race, religion and familial status. Brossett’s bill would have added several new groups to the act’s anti-discrimination language, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and marital status.

The city of Shreveport passed a similar LGBT bill last year after much discussion, while New Orleans enacted its own gender and sexual orientation anti-discrimination language 15 years ago.

Brossett, who will join the New Orleans City Council on May 5 as the new representative from District D, won unanimous council support for his bill.

A similar bill, House Bill 871, filed by state Rep. Patricia Smith, D-Baton Rouge, adds sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, lawful source of income and status as a victim of domestic abuse to the anti-discrimination language in the Louisiana Equal Housing Opportunity Act. That bill is pending in the House Commerce Committee.

Meanwhile, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center will host an informational event, “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Expanding Housing Choice for Domestic Violence Survivors,” at the New Orleans Museum of Art from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. April 16.— KEVIN ALLMAN & ALEX WOODWARD

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donated $35,000 to the Autism Society of Greater New Orleans March 29. Proceeds from the donation came from the dance group’s fourth annual Sweet 610 Debutante Ball in February. The Autism Society of Greater New Orleans provides referral, support and advocacy to people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families.

Hammond High Magnet School and Lakeshore High School

won the management and culinary competitions, respectively, at the Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation’s 13th Annual Louisiana Seafood ProStart Student Invitational March 25-26. Culinary teams from each school competed among 20 high schools across Louisiana. The winners move on to compete in the National ProStart Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn., May 3-5.

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Desmond Pratt,

a former New Orleans Police Department homicide detective, pleaded guilty in Criminal District Court March 28 to two counts of sexual battery and one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

The charges stemmed from allegations as far back as 1998.

The victims were 13 to 15 years old at the time of the crimes. Pratt was sentenced to three years in prison but was credited for the past year he has spent in jail awaiting trial.

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awarded $50,000 in scholarships to Louisiana student winners of its annual art contest. New Orleans area winners include Riverdale High School’s Hailey Dupont, Vandebilt Senior High School’s Taylor Gonsoulin, Lakeshore High School’s Kelli Laderer, Archbishop Chapelle High School’s Amy Nguyen, and Academy of Our Lady’s Brittany Robichaux.

Since 2009, the foundation contest has awarded $228,500 in college scholarships.

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thinking out loud

Hot legislative topics tate lawmakers are debating many hot topics this spring, but two stand out for dealing with the perceived level of “federal intrusion” into the lives of Louisianans. The first is Louisiana’s compliance (or lack of it) with the REAL ID Act, a federal law that set new standards for state drivers’ licenses and identification cards after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The second is Louisiana’s continued participation in the Common Core State Standards Initiative, which is designed to raise the bar for student achievement and foster critical thinking skills in America’s school children.

Congress passed the REAL ID Act in 2005 with little controversy. While it has good intentions, its implementation has been a disaster at both the federal and state levels. That triggered an almostimmediate attempt to repeal the Act, and in recent years Congress has delayed implementation twice to give states more time to prepare for its consequences.

558 by state Rep. Cameron Henry, R-Jefferson, met the same fate. Henry’s bill would have barred school districts from using Common Core’s assessments, including the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC).

Louisiana adopted Common Core in 2010 with Gov. Bobby Jindal’s enthusiastic support, but the governor began crawfishing as soon as it became controversial. On the day of last week’s committee votes, Jindal finally showed his hand — sort of — by signing “green cards” signifying his support of Geymann’s and Henry’s bills.

The governor did not personally show up to speak for the bills, however; nor did anyone from his administration. Jindal was in Washington, D.C., promoting his new alternative to the Affordable Care Act — and his budding campaign for president.

Despite once embracing Common Core, Jindal now says he opposes a “one size fits all” approach to education — without saying what that means. The

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The governor began crawfishing on Common Core as soon as it became controversial.

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Not only is Louisiana unprepared for REAL ID, lawmakers in 2008 directed the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections not to implement it. (REAL ID foes claim the Act creates a federal database of citizens.) Now we’re about to deal with the consequences of refusing to comply with REAL ID. Within two years, a Louisiana driver’s license will no longer get you aboard a commercial airline — not even for domestic flights.

State Rep. Karen St. Germain, D-Pierre Part, hopes to broker a workable compromise. Her House Bill 907 would authorize two Louisiana IDs — one that complies with REAL ID and one that follows current state standards. Under St. Germain’s measure, Louisiana citizens could opt out of REAL ID, but doing so likely would require bringing a passport to board domestic flights. Those who choose to comply with REAL ID could continue using their drivers’ licenses to fly commercially.

The Common Core standards are even more contentious. Last week, after a marathon meeting, the House Education Committee rejected two proposals that would have fundamentally altered Common Core. House Bill 381, by state Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles (who’s also a leading opponent of REAL ID), would have sidelined Common Core’s benchmarks and formed a 32-member committee to set new educational standards. Despite fervent politicking by liberals as well as conservatives who dislike Common Core, the committee killed Geymann’s bill by a 12-7 vote. House Bill

governor can’t have it both ways. After all, the ACT test, which PARCC tracks, is a national benchmark that many high school seniors use to apply for college.

Moreover, Jindal’s newest position on Common Core puts him at odds with his handpicked state education superintendent, John White, who supports Common Core enthusiastically.

Like the REAL ID Act, Common Core had a troublesome rollout. Some school districts feel they did not get adequate support from the state Department of Education. Many parents gripe that kids who once brought home A’s and B’s are now falling behind because Common Core demands more that just the right answers. These are valid concerns.

Other criticisms of Common Core are unfounded, including the claim that it’s a federal takeover of public education. Common Core originated with a group of governors during the presidency of George W. Bush. It is not an initiative of President Barack Obama, although he (along with many Republicans and business leaders) supports Common Core.

Change is never easy. Common Core is complicated. A recent study by the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication showed that 49 percent of Louisiana residents are “not very familiar” or “not at all familiar” with Common Core. As lawmakers continue to debate Common Core, we hope they will find ways to improve it — not weaken it or abandon its standards.

JEREMY ALFORD report from red stick

The non-debate over abortion mandates that such applications be reported anonymously to the state Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), which already has a database for abortions that involve surgery.

Additionally, more private physicians would have to register with the state and make their contact information public under the legislation.

Right now, doctors only have to register if they perform five procedures in a given month; Jackson’s bill would apply that standard annually, which means many more doctors would have to register.

DHH Secretary Kathy Kliebert and Jackson argue the legislation is about women’s health, while opponents counter that it’s about closing abortion clinics. Melissa Flournoy, director of Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast, said three of Louisiana’s five clinics would be

Fourteen lawmakers took a walk when the votes were cast. Of those marked absent, 10 were Democrats. shuttered if the bill passes, leaving only a pair of facilities in northwest Louisiana. (Those seeking the procedure, however, would still be able to go to a private physician.) The expected clinic closures are due largely to the proximity clause, because there are no guarantees that hospitals will freely agree to give admitting privileges to physicians who perform abortions. In other states, attorneys general and the courts have had to get involved over the clause.

The bill now heads to the state Senate, where it likely will enjoy the same fast track.

But that won’t be the end of this year’s abortion debate. Other bills have been introduced that would prohibit abortion providers or their affiliates from distributing information in schools; cut off public funding for groups like Planned Parenthood; and require that women, prior to having an abortion, be provided with packets explaining the “increased risks of psychiatric and psychological harms associated with abortion.”

Those bills, like Jackson’s, will trigger opposition. But if you’re looking for an oldfashioned war of social values, don’t hold your breath. The conservative makeup of the Louisiana Legislature has made this issue a foregone conclusion — to the point that some opponents aren’t even bothering to show up.

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hen the Legislative Black Caucus’ chairwoman, who also happens to be a member of the Democratic Caucus, decides to author an abortion bill that has Gov. Bobby Jindal’s support, one can assume the die has been cast. Maybe that’s why state Rep. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, has had such an easy go at passing her bill to restrict access to abortion services in Louisiana.

While opponents of her bill trekked to the Capitol to speak out against it, the term “full force” doesn’t exactly describe their efforts.

Those who showed up when Jackson’s bill sailed through the House Health and Welfare Committee in mid-March reportedly offered conflicting testimony and differing sets of facts. The disorganized front wasn’t helped when opponents squabbled openly and noisily with the committee chair. In the end, not a single committee member, not even one of the panel’s nine Democrats, voted against the bill.

There was a time when abortion rights advocates could pack a committee room and make a lot of noise. Today, the odds are stacked against them, thanks to a political environment that makes many Democrats vote like Republicans amid the growing influence of faith-based groups like the Louisiana Family Forum.

When Jackson’s House Bill 388 was debated on the House floor last week, the vote was 85-6 in favor, with no exchanges whatsoever.

Maybe a few dirty looks here and there, but no pointed questions or heated debate. Fourteen lawmakers took a walk when the votes were cast. Of those marked absent, 10 were Democrats. While some may have needed a bathroom break or had other pressing business, it’s difficult these days to imagine a Democrat who lives in a conservativeleaning district or who harbors a desire to run for higher office being eager to cast a vote against restricting access to abortions.

Even before the legislative debate started in earnest, Jackson’s bill was making national headlines for its similarity to a bill passed not long ago by Texas lawmakers. That Lone Star law has resulted in the closing of facilities there, but Jackson’s bill isn’t exactly a duplicate measure, though, it’s close. The Texas version has some language about the stage at which a fetus can live outside the womb, which the bill being considered by the Louisiana Legislature doesn’t mention.

Jackson’s bill mirrors what’s in place in Texas in that it creates major hurdles for abortion clinics to remain open. For instance, her bill has a proximity clause that would require physicians who perform abortion procedures to have admittance privileges at a medical facility within 30 miles of their clinics. That could create problems in rural areas, where health care access is already a challenge.

It also includes a 24-hour waiting period for the use of inducing medications and

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POLITICS

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y late friend and mentor Joe Walker always cautioned that polls don’t predict the outcome of an election, particularly when they are taken months before Election Day. “They’re a snapshot in time,” Walker used to say. “They can give an accurate picture of voters’ attitudes and opinions at a given point in time — but it’s all subject to change.”

Bearing in mind Walker’s admonition, several recent polls reveal a lot about Louisiana’s high-profile politicos and their political ambitions. Here’s an overview, in chronological order: • U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, despite months of withering attack ads by a Koch brothers Super-PAC, leads her three announced GOP challengers and has more support than all of them combined. The open primary is Nov. 4.

• U.S. Sen. David Vitter and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu are virtually tied atop the field of potential gubernatorial candidates. Landrieu has not announced his candidacy; Vitter has.

• Gov. Bobby Jindal’s 2016 presidential prospects remain dim. He trails every possible Republican candidate nationally and in Iowa, the first caucus state.

Here’s a closer look.

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The Senate race — A statewide survey taken March 24-27 by the Republican polling firm Magellan Strategies shows Mary Landrieu leading with 39 percent of the vote.

She is followed by her main GOP rival, U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy of Baton Rouge at 26 percent; and retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness of Madisonville and state Rep. Paul Hollis of Covington at 3 percent each.

Landrieu’s 39 percent is hardly something for a three-term incumbent to cheer about, but coming after months of seemingly nonstop attack ads by Americans for Prosperity, a Super-PAC funded largely by the Koch brothers, it probably reflects her absolute bottom level of support. Her recent ascension to the chair of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee and her relative silence to attacks suggest she has room to grow.

Landrieu also can take comfort knowing her 39 percent share is still more than the combined 31 percent of her three announced GOP opponents. Remember, this survey was taken by a Republican polling outfit. It will be interesting to see if Landrieu improves after she starts consistently shooting back at her attackers.

The bad news for Landrieu is the same survey’s result showing her with an overall negative job rating among Louisiana voters:

Jindal calls his new think tank ‘America Next,’ but GOP voters seem to say, ‘Jindal never.’

42 percent approve of her performance; 53 percent disapprove.

The governor’s race — This one isn’t until October 2015, but already the candidates are posturing and preening. The early favorite is Vitter, who has been positioning himself to run (and raising lots of money) for at least a year. Interestingly, Mitch Landrieu runs nearly even with Vitter — and the mayor hasn’t even hinted at making the race. It shows that there’s a lot of anti-Vitter sentiment out there.

The same March 24-27 Magellan survey shows Vitter at 28 percent, Landrieu at 26 percent; Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne at 13 percent; Treasurer John Kennedy at 9 percent; and state Rep. John Bel Edwards at 5 percent.

Landrieu and Edwards are Democrats; the others are Republicans. It’s noteworthy that Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand recently endorsed Dardenne, which should give him some bounce in southeast Louisiana.

While this survey is good news for Mitch Landrieu, Ron Faucheux of Clarus Research notes that the potential GOP candidates collectively garner 51 percent of the vote, whereas Landrieu and Edwards get a combined 31 percent.

Meanwhile, the survey shows Jindal still has an overall negative job rating: 47 percent positive; 49 percent negative.

Jindal for president? — A March 26-30 survey by another Republican firm, Reason-Rupe, shows Jindal with just 1 percent among GOP voters nationwide. He trails eight other more notable GOP presidential aspirants, and the one right above him in this poll has five times Jindal’s support: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at 5 percent.

Yet another GOP polling firm, Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research, surveyed Iowa Republicans on March 30 and found Jindal again at the back of the back with only 2 percent — trailing 10 others.

Jindal calls his new think tank “America Next,” but GOP voters seem to be saying, “Jindal never.”

BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ Questions for Blake: askblake@gambitweekly.com

Dear Blake,

While walking from the Aquarium to Canal Place I found a monument oddly stuck on a sidewalk in the bend of the road leading to The Shops at Canal Place parking garage. Why would anyone put a statue there?

Geneva Dulac Cincinnati

Dear Geneva,

What you spotted was the controversial Liberty Place Monument, which was erected in 1891 at the head of Canal Street on a small neutral ground that was named Liberty Place in honor of some of the people who fought in the Battle of Liberty Place.

During Reconstruction, while the nation recovered from the Civil War and worked to reunify and reestablish order, there was still dissidence in the South. On Sept. 14, 1874, the Democratic Conservative White League attacked the Republican Metropolitan Police to stop Reconstruction efforts in Louisiana and to take control of New Orleans.

In a battle that killed more than 30 people from both sides, the White Leaguers defeated the police and deposed Gov.

William Pitt Kellogg. Their victory was short-lived, however. President Ulysses S. Grant ordered Kellogg’s reinstatement three days later. Nonetheless, the White League wanted to commemorate its victory with the monument.

In 1932, Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley appointed a commission of 28 members, descendants of men who fought for white supremacy, to maintain the Liberty Place Monument on Canal Street and to preserve the memory of those for whom the monument was erected. At that time, the Crescent City White League added inscriptions of the names of the leaders of the battle.

In 1974, some locals said the monument was a racist symbol and demanded its removal. In response, Mayor Moon Landrieu’s administration placed a marker at the monument that explained that the city’s philosophies were not those of the leaders inscribed on the monument.

Two years later, contention arose again when some, including the NAACP Youth Council, wanted the monument removed.

Others felt that would be an affront to history. In 1981, Mayor Ernest “Dutch” Morial attempted to remove the monument, but the City Council overruled him.

Because of street repairs and construc-

tion on Canal Street, the monument was relocated to a storage facility in 1989.

Some public office holders were content with leaving the statue there, but federal funds were used for the street improvements and the law stipulated that the monument had to be returned to a historically accurate location.

Mayor Sidney Barthelemy’s administration pledged to return the monument, but it was not done quickly enough for state Rep. David Duke, R-Metairie, a former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, who unsuccessfully ran for Louisiana governor in 1991. One of Duke’s supporters, a New Orleans pharmacist named Francis J. Shubert, was a descendant of one of the men who fought at the Battle of Liberty Place. Shubert sued the city, the state and the federal government for the monument’s return.

In 1993, the monument was relocated off Canal Street at its present location.

The city removed the plaque that honored white supremacy and added a new plaque that commemorates those who died while fighting with the integrated Metropolitan Police. The statue also reads, “A Conflict of the Past that Should Teach Us Lessons for the Future.”

The Liberty Place monument still stands but has lost its prominent location at the foot of Canal Street.

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Headliner Notes FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVAL

FEATURES FOUR DAYS

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f you can’t find a stage that’s right for you at the French Quarter Festival, then you probably don’t like music. As the free festival has ballooned in size and popularity, it has added stages throughout the French Quarter.

Main stages along the Riverfront and in Jackson Square have always featured a mix of New Orleans jazz and brass bands, rock and funk groups and more. Now with 21 stages, the festival features several smaller stages dedicated to traditional jazz on Bourbon and Royal streets.

There’s classical music at the Old Ursuline Convent, and if it’s too hot, festivalgoers can take refuge inside Preservation Hall, Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse or the Palm Court Jazz Cafe, which features cabaret performances.

More than 1,400 local musicians perform during the festival’s four days, and headliner Dr. John returns to the lineup for the first time since 1987. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet performs on the Cajun and zydeco stage at Bienville Place, and other acts from Acadiana include Feufollet, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band and www.fqfi.org/ Lost Bayou Ramblers. The Hot 8 and Treme brass bands perform on the brass band stage, which has been moved frenchquarter from the lawn in front of the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas to the Old U.S. Mint.

Besides musical entertainment, there are dance lessons at many stages. A large kids’ area with music and activities is located on the Riverfront. On Saturday and Sunday, the festival presents free film screenings (see “Cameo appearances,” page TK) at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, and there are panel discussions about local music at the Old U.S. Mint.

PJ MORTON | THURSDAY, APRIL 10; 4 P.M. | ABITA BEER STAGE Below is the festival schedule with added notes on some performers.

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CAPITAL ONE BANK STAGE Jackson Square

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Preservation Hall Brass This offshoot of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band features a brass band lineup and a repertoire of jazz and brass band standards.

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lionel Ferbos and the Louisiana Shakers 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. The Pfister Sisters 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Benny Grunch and the Bunch 4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Chris Owens 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. The Victory Big Band

ABSOLUT LOUIS - LOUIS PAVILION Riverfront at Toulouse Street

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Blues Masters featuring “Big Al” Carson 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Organic Trio 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Fredy Omar con su Banda 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Panorama Jazz Band

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Soul Project NOLA 5:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Bag of Donuts

ABITA BEER STAGE Riverfront at Berger Great Lawn

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Gravy 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. The Joe Krown Trio featuring Walter “Wolfman” Washington 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Irma Thomas 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. PJ Morton The Grammy-winning R&B songwriter and New Orleans native backed Maroon 5 on keyboards then broke out on his own with his Young Money EP Following My First Mind and his major label debut New Orleans in 2013.

5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Bonerama

GE CAPITAL/NEW ORLEANS TECH BIG RIVER STAGE Riverfront at Aquarium of the Americas 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Melody Cloud Singers

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Tank and The Bangas Tarriona Ball leads this spoken word-infused hip-hop and R&B ensemble, which released Think Tank late last year.

2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. New Birth Brass Band 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Eric Lindell 5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Flow Tribe

CHEVRON CAJUN/ZYDECO SHOWCASE Bienville Place at N. Peters Street

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Big Easy Playboys 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Waylon Thibodeaux Band 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Corey Ledet 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet The nearly four-decadelong Cajun outfit released its 25th album From Bamako to Carencro last year, connecting West African roots to Louisiana music — incorporating blues and jazz to the fiddles and flat-picked guitars of Cajun and zydeco music.

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ABSOLUT LOUIS - LOUIS PAVILION Riverfront at Toulouse Street

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Marc Stone 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sasha Masakowski 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Kid Merv & All That Jazz 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Tricia Boutte & the Bootleg Operation 5:45 p.m. - 7 p.m. Nigel Hall 7:15 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Brass-A-Holics 2044 MAGAZINE ST.

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The eclectic Louisiana indie rock band, with lyrics in Cajun French, features Alexis Marceaux and Sam Craft, whose Alexis & the Samurai (which performs 3 p.m. Sunday on the BMI Songwriter Stage) holds a Monday night residency at Chickie Wah Wah. Sweet Crude released a string of digital singles and an EP in 2013, featuring polyrhythmic percussion, bouncy riffs and big harmonies.

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12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Honey Island Swamp Band 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Dr. John and the Nite Trippers The big news from this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is who’s not playing: Dr. John won’t be featured on any of its stages. Instead, Mac returns to French Quarter Festival for the first time since 1987. Dr. John — who earned an honorary doctorate from Tulane University last year, making him Dr. Dr. John — released the Grammy-nominated Locked Down in 2012 with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.

6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. The Roots of Music 7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Rebirth Brass Band

GE CAPITAL/NEW ORLEANS TECH BIG RIVER STAGE Riverfront at Aquarium of the Americas

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Diablo’s Horns 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Paul Sanchez and Minimum Rage 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Davis Rogan 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Debauche

5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Davell Crawford The tender-voiced “Piano Prince of New Orleans” and grandson of James “Sugarboy” Crawford released the critically acclaimed My Gift To You in 2013, encompassing his church music roots and funky, piano-powered R&B — as well as a show-stopping cover of James Taylor’s “Fire & Rain.”

7:15 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners

CHEVRON CAJUN/ZYDECO SHOWCASE Bienville Place at N. Peters Street

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Brandon Moreau & His Cajungrass 1:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Dance Lesson 2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Dance Lesson 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Amanda Shaw 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Nathan and The Zydeco Cha Chas A French Quarter Festival freshman this year, the accordion-wielding frontman (father of Lil Nathan of the Zydeco Big Timers) and his zydeco band released the roadhouse-rocking A New Road in 2013 — showcasing how after nearly 30 years, the band is still a force in zydeco.

WWL-TV ESPLANADE IN THE SHADE STAGE 400 Esplanade Ave. 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Luke Winslow-King

The singer-songwriter encompasses jazz, blues and folk music in his repertoire celebrating bygone American music, featured on his acclaimed album The Coming Tide.

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Robin Barnes 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Camile Baudoin and the Living Rumors 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Rotary Downs The longtime indie rock band — which evokes equal parts Pavement and Built to Spill — releases its fifth full length album Traces on Rookery Records next month.

5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Dash Rip Rock The cowpunk trio and member of Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles record collective makes its first-ever French Quarter Festival appearance this year. In 2012, the band released Black Liquor and was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

POPEYES BRASS BAND JAM STAGE WITH OFFBEAT MAGAZINE 400 Barracks St.

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Audacity Brass Band

HARRAH’S THEATRE

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FRENCH MARKET TRADITIONAL JAZZ STAGE French Market Place at Gov. Nicholls Street

11:30 p.m. - noon NOLA Jitterbugs dance lesson Noon - 1:15 p.m. Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses These Spotted Cat regulars, fronted by saxophonist and vocalist Aurora Nealand, perform lively, playfully updated takes on traditional New Orleans jazz.

1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. NOLA Jitterbugs Dance Lesson 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Wendell Brunious 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. NOLA Jitterbugs Dance Lesson 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Shannon Powell & his Traditional All-Stars

INTERNATIONAL STAGE AT DUTCH ALLEY French Market at St. Philip Street

Noon - 1:15 p.m. Bernie & the Party Gators (Germany) 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Borderland Dixieband (Austria)

3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wild Turkey Washboard Band (Switzerland) 4:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Fred Dupin’s New Bumpers Jazz Band (France)

HOUSE OF BLUES VOODOO GARDEN 225 Decatur St.

Noon - 2 p.m. Minos the Saint 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tyler Kinchen & the Right Pieces 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Colin Lake Trio This singer/songwriter performs several times during the festival. The northwest transplant has made waves with his slick, thick lap steel and slide-guitar blues-funk.

7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. John Lisi and Delta Funk

IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE AT THE ROYAL SONESTA HOTEL 300 Bourbon St.

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Andrew Duhon

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The New Orleans native’s self-released 2013 album The Moorings was nominated for a Best Engineered Album Grammy — right up there with Daft Punk. The soulful singer-songwriter pairs his love-letter arrangements and contemporary folk-country with wailing harmonica.

5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Walter Wolfman Trio 8 p.m. - midnight Davell Crawford PAGE 20

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12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. One Mind Brass Band 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Leroy Jones’ Original Hurricane Brass Band 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Lagniappe Brass Band 5:45 p.m. - 7 p.m. Stooges Brass Band

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SATURDAY APRIL 12 CAPITAL ONE BANK STAGE Jackson Square

5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Glen David Andrews

ABSOLUT LOUIS - LOUIS STAGE Riverfront Pavilion at St. Louis Street

7:15 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & the Wild Magnolias

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Tim Laughlin 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. John Autin and Ex-Treme 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. The Ronnie Kole Show featuring John Perkins 3:45 p.m. - 5 p.m. Charmaine Neville 5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Irvin Mayfield and the Jazz Playhouse Revue

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Christian Serpas & Ghost Town 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Ovi-G and the Froggies 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. BRW 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Lena Prima and Band 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Zion Trinity Band 5:45 p.m. - 7 p.m. Erica Falls 7:15 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. OTRA!

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11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The Irene Sage Band 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Brother Tyrone & The Mindbenders 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. The Dixie Cups 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Renard Poche Band 5:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Tommy Malone Former subdude and Continental Drifter Tommy Malone impressed blues and rock fans with 2013’s Natural Born Days. His solo album Poor Boy will be released in late April.

7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington and the Roadmasters The Wolfman’s primary outfit — a masterfully swampy funk and R&B hybrid — released its electric live album Howlin’ earlier this year, recorded at its weekly Frenchmen Street spot d.b.a.

GE CAPITAL/NEW ORLEANS TECH BIG RIVER STAGE

Aquarium Plaza, Riverfront at Canal Street 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Dave Ferrato & Tchoupazine 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lynn Drury 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Russell Batiste & Friends with The Wild Tchoupitoulas featuring Jason Neville 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Egg Yolk Jubilee

The Treme Prince is a commanding, endearing personality on and off stage — not only is he a booming, massive vocalist and trombonist, he’s a charismatic cut-up. This month, he released his third album Redemption, a hard-edged selection of rocking brass and lyrics exploring the darker sides of his road to recovery.

CHEVRON CAJUN/ ZYDECO SHOWCASE Bienville Place at N. Peters Street

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Babineaux Sisters Band 1:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Dance Lesson 2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Lost Bayou Ramblers Scarlett Johansson earned some Louisiana bona fides when she recorded with the Cajun rock band on its 2012 album Mammoth Waltz. The album also features Dr. John and the Violent Femmes’ Gordon Gano.

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Dance Lesson 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Rusty Metoyer and The Zydeco Krush 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Sean Ardoin-n-Zydekool 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Roddie Romero & the Hub City Allstars

WWL-TV ESPLANADE IN THE SHADE STAGE 400 Esplanade Ave.

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The Bottoms Up Blues Gang 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Chegadao 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Chris Mule & The Perpetrators 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes

POPEYES BRASS BAND JAM STAGE WITH OFFBEAT MAGAZINE 400 Barracks St. 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Red Hot Brass Band 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Onward Brass Band 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Magnetic Ear 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet The fiery trombonist and Lil Rascals Brass Band founder brings his Treme Funktet to French Quarter Festival for the first time this year.

5:45 p.m. - 7 p.m. The Original Pinettes Brass Band

FRENCH MARKET TRADITIONAL JAZZ STAGE French Market Place at Gov. Nicholls Street

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. NOLA Jitterbugs dance lesson 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. NOLA Jitterbugs dance lesson 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Steve Pistorius & the Southern Syncopators 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. NOLA Jitterbugs dance lesson 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. The Smoking Time Jazz Club 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. NOLA Jitterbugs dance lesson 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Duke Heitger’s Steamboat Stompers

INTERNATIONAL STAGE AT DUTCH ALLEY French Market at St. Philip Street Noon - 1:15 p.m. Canal Creepers (Sweden) 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. New Orleans Red Beans (Japan) 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Kobe Next Winners Quartet with Matsuko Kawamoto (Japan) 4:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Happy Pals (Canada) 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Doc Houlind Revival All Stars (Denmark)

HOUSE OF BLUES VOODOO GARDEN 225 Decatur St.

11 a.m. - noon International House of Blues Foundation (IHOBF) 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Big Al and the Heavyweights 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Emily Kopp 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. The Scorseses 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Jonathon Boogie Long

JOE W. AND DOROTHY DORSETT BROWN FOUNDATION CLASSICAL MUSIC STAGE Old Ursuline Convent, 1100 Chartres St. 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Symphony Chorus of New Orleans 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Albinas

JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK CHILDREN’S STAGE Riverfront at Aquarium of the Americas

11 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. Kat Walker Jazz Combo Noon - 12:45 p.m. Songs for Junior Rangers 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Calliope Puppets 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Songs for Junior Rangers 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Dancing Grounds kids workshop 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Zohar Israel and the Free Spirit Dancers

CAMEO APPEARANCES Local music and French Quarter characters are the subjects of a slate of films presented at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre.

Filmmakers participate in Q&A sessions after the screenings, except for Always for Pleasure.

Saturday includes a selection of short films at 11 a.m. followed by Stevenson J. Palfi’s 1982 documentary Piano Players Rarely Play Together (1 p.m.) and Richard Barber and Andre Lambertson’s recent documentary The Whole Gritty City. Piano Players features footage of the only time its subjects — Isidore “Tuts” Washington, Professor Longhair, aka Henry Roeland Byrd, and Allen Toussaint — played together. The Whole Gritty City profiles New Orleans school marching bands and the lives of the students who march in them.

Sunday features the late Les Blank’s Always for Pleasure (11 a.m.), his 1978 documentary about brass bands, second-line parades and New Orleans’ cultural traditions. At 12:30 p.m., there’s a screening of Rick Delaup’s documentary Ruthie the Duck Girl.

At 3 p.m., Lily Keber presents her recent documentary, Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker.

THE LOUISIANA CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO-FREE LIVING Preservation Hall, 726 St. Peter St. Noon - 12:45 p.m. The Daniel “Weenie” Farrow Jazz Quintet 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Seva Venet and his Storyville Stringband 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. The Calvin Johnson Quintet 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Darryl Adams & The Tornado Four

ROUSES STAGE 700 Royal St.

Noon - 1:30 p.m. Rickey Pittman 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Royal & Dumaine Hawaiians 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Hot Club of New Orleans IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE AT THE ROYAL SONESTA 300 Bourbon St.

Noon - 12:45 p.m. Mayes2 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Tom McDermott & his Jazz Hellions 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Michaela Harrison 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Barbara Shorts

Noon - 2 p.m. New Orleans Jazz Institute’s Saturday Music School 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Salute to Service featuring the Navy Band New Orleans Jazz Ensemble and the Marine Corps 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Shannon Powell Band 8 p.m. - midnight Irvin Mayfield and the Jazz Playhouse Revue

HARRAH’S STAGE 400 Royal St.

RICK’S 315 STAGE 522 Bourbon St.

HOTEL MONTELEONE CABARET STAGE AT THE PALM COURT JAZZ CAFE 1204 Decatur St.

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. NOCCA Jazz Ensemble 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Jane Harvey Brown Trad Jazz Stars 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Riccardo Crespo and Sol Brasil 3:45 p.m. - 5 p.m. H.O.N.O.R. 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Battle of the Bands featuring: Sweet Substitute Jazz Band, The Original Pin Stripe Jazz Band and Jerry Embree’s Jazzman Band

BMI SONGWRITER STAGE AT THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION 533 Royal St.

Noon - 12:30 p.m. Sean Bruce 12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Rebecca Roubion 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Travis Meadows 2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Denton Hatcher 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Jalan Crossland 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Amy Trail 4:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Andrew Duhon 5:15 p.m. - 6 p.m. Colin Lake

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Some Like it Hot 1:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders 4 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. The New Orleans Jazz Vipers

NOLA DEFENDER STAGE 600 Bourbon St.

11:15 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. Jimmy LaRocca’s Original Dixieland Jazz Band 12:25 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Garden District Trio 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Rick Trolsen’s New Orleans Po’Boys 3:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Lars Edegran’s New Orleans Jazz Band

WHERE Y’AT STAGE 700 Bourbon St.

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Cori Walters and the Universe Jazz Band 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. The Last Straws 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Lisa Lynn PAGE 22

CRAWFISH IN THE COURTYARD MEL CHIN : REMATCH

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Mel Chin: Rematch is organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art. Major support for the exhibition is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Creating A Living Legacy Program of the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Suzanne Deal Booth and David G. Booth, the Bertuzzi Family Foundation, Susan and Ralph Brennan, Stephen Reily, Jeffery Beauchamp in honor of Toni Beauchamp, and Molly Kemp. Additional support is provided by Sabrina Franzheim, Kathy Grainger, Patricia Welder Robinson, Thomas P. W. Robinson, Mark and Lisa Sheridan, Frederieke S. Taylor, JoAnn Bass and Dr. David Russin, Storey Charbonnet, Ken Chin, Myrna and John Daniels, Ron Mills, and anonymous donors.

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SUNDAY APRIL 13 CAPITAL ONE BANK STAGE Jackson Square

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. James Andrews 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Leroy Jones and New Orleans’ Finest 3:45 p.m. - 5 p.m. Leif Pedersen’s 1944 Big Band 5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. The Uptown Jazz Orchestra

ABSOLUT LOUIS - LOUIS PAVILION Riverfront Pavilion at St. Louis Street 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The Friendly Travelers 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Ivoire Spectacle 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Susan Cowsill 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Wanda Rouzan and A Taste of New Orleans 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra 5:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Gina Brown & Anutha Level

ABITA BEER STAGE Riverfront, Berger Great Lawn

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11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lillian Boutte & Gumbo Zaire 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. The Bucktown All-Stars 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Donald Harrison Jr. with an appearance by Tipitina’s Interns 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Little Freddie King 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Raw Oyster Cult

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GE CAPITAL/NEW ORLEANS TECH BIG RIVER STAGE Aquarium Plaza, Riverfront at Canal Street

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Casa Samba Extravaganza 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Jeremy Davenport 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen 3:45 p.m. - 5 p.m. The New Orleans Suspects 5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. The Iguanas

CHEVRON CAJUN/ZYDECO SHOWCASE Bienville Place at N. Peters Street

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Les Freres Michot 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Dance lesson 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Dance lesson 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Feufollet 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters

WWL-TV ESPLANADE IN THE SHADE STAGE 400 Esplanade Ave. 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The Idlewild String Confederation 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Ingrid Lucia 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Los Po-Boy-Citos 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Creole String Beans 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Astral Project

POPEYES BRASS BAND JAM STAGE WITH OFFBEAT MAGAZINE 400 Barracks St. 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Andrew Hall’s Society Brass Band 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Storyville Stompers Brass Band 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Treme Brass Band 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Orleans Brass Band 5:45 p.m. - 7 p.m. Hot 8 Brass Band

FRENCH MARKET TRADITIONAL JAZZ STAGE French Market Place at Gov. Nicholls Street

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. NOLA Jitterbugs dance lesson 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Ben Polcer and the Grinders 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. NOLA Jitterbugs dance lesson 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. Tuba Skinny 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. NOLA Jitterbugs dance lesson 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Linnzi Zaorski 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. NOLA Jitterbugs dance lesson 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. New Orleans Moonshiners

INTERNATIONAL STAGE AT DUTCH ALLEY French Market at St. Philip Street

Noon - 1:15 p.m. Jerome Gatius New Orleans Big Four (France) 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Fats Jazz Cats (Germany) 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Pontchartrain Owls (International) 4:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Magnolia Brass Band (Canada)

HOUSE OF BLUES VOODOO GARDEN 225 Decatur St.

11 a.m. - noon International House of Blues Foundation (IHOBF) 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. The Mercy Brothers 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Mia Borders The New Orleans singer-songwriter’s latest album is 2013’s punny Quarter Life Crisis, which encompasses southern soul and searing guitar, from Borders and album collaborator Anders Osborne.

5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers

TULANE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN CHILDREN’S STAGE Riverfront at Aquarium of the Americas

11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. Kat Walker Jazz Combo.

Noon - 12:50 p.m. Miss Claudia’s Sing-aLong Americana 1 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Funny Bones 2 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Red Wolf Brass Band 3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Jason Rhein & Friends 4 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. Johnette Downing

JOE W. AND DOROTHY DORSETT BROWN

FOUNDATION CLASSICAL MUSIC STAGE Old Ursuline Convent, 1100 Chartres St.

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Jee Yeoun Ko 2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Rachel Van Voorhees 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Thomas Kientz and Amy Pfrimmer

THE LOUISIANA CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO-FREE LIVING Preservation Hall, 726 St. Peter St.

Noon - 12:45 p.m. Gregg Stafford & The Jazz Hounds 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Jeffrey Hills and Survivors Brass Band 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Kevin Louis & St. Peter Street Jazz Band 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Mari Watanabe and Her Chosen Few Jazz Band

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HARRAH’S STAGE 400 Royal St.

11 a.m. - noon Don Jamison Heritage School Of Music 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Bamboula 2014 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Anais St. John 3 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Young Reliance Brass Band 4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Miss Sophie Lee 6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Dancing at Dusk with Tom Saunders and the Tomcats

Noon - 12:30 p.m. The Believers 12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Peter Novelli 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. John Fohl 2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Nasimiyu Murumba Band Globetrotting, NYC-based songwriter Nasimiyu Murumba (and one of Gambit’s artists to watch in 2012) returns to her former home after debuting new tracks via Vogue, Rookie and Interview magazines — including a self-shot video for “The Biggest Drum,” an empowering, big beat blast of her powerful vocals and looping piano thuds. Her latest EP is January’s Dirt.

3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Alexis and the Samurai 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Daria and the Hip Drops 4:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Kristin Diable Recently featured in American Songwriter, the homegrown singer-songwriter released Kristin Diable & The City in 2012, recorded in a loft overlooking the Mississippi River, which you can practically hear in the album’s airy, bluesy slices of soulful, south Louisiana Americana.

5:15 p.m. - 6 p.m. Baby Bee

ROUSES STAGE 700 Royal St.

Noon - 1:30 p.m. Helen Gillet’s Wazozo Zorchestra 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Harmonouche 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Jimmy Robinson

IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE AT THE ROYAL SONESTA 300 Bourbon St.

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Red Hot Jazz Revue with the New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Jass Band 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Colin Lake 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Glen David Andrews

RICK’S 315 STAGE 522 Bourbon St.

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Paulin Brothers Jazz Band 1:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Rhodes Spedale & Cool Breeze 4 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Orange Kellin’s New Orleans Deluxe Orchestra

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WHERE Y’AT STAGE 700 Bourbon St.

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Water, water everywhere

By Della Hasselle

Water births are more popular than ever. Here’s what you need to know about the delivery method.

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Moms and midwives say laboring in water makes the process gentler and less painful.

designed clinical trial with informed consent.”

Proposed benefits during underwater immersion, according to the study, include decreased maternal stress and stress-associated hormone levels, and a “gentler” transition from the in utero to ex utero environment. But the opinion says those don’t necessarily offset some reported complications, which include higher risk of infections, umbilical cord rupture, respiratory distress or drowning.

In conclusion, the opinion essentially says that immersion should only be used during light labor — and even then, doctors advise the procedure should be closely monitored.

“Although not the focus of specific trials, facilities that plan to offer immersion in the first stage of labor need to establish rigorous protocols for candidate selection, maintenance and cleaning of tubs and immersion pools, infection control procedures, monitoring of mothers and fetuses

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hen Annie Zeller had her first baby a few years ago, she really wanted a water birth. But she was at a local hospital, and the doctors wouldn’t let her do it.

“I knew if could just get in the water, then the baby would come,” she said of her first labor and delivery, which she said was prolonged and not the best possible experience.

So Zeller, 31, decided to do things differently when it was time to have baby number two. Two and a half months ago, she gave birth to a girl, Lia, in a birthing tub at home, under the care of a licensed midwife.

“The water helped me so much to relax.

I was even able to doze off a little bit,” Zeller says. “It was 1,000 times better than my first.

I was so much more comfortable, physically and emotionally.”

Other New Orleans moms like Zeller have requested water births in recent years, according to Zeller’s midwife, Emmy Trammell — so much so that major New Orleans hospitals have catered to their demands by offering water deliveries in addition to the more traditional bed deliveries.

The new Perkin Alternative Birthing Center, which opened in Ochsner Baptist Women’s Pavilion in January, is one of those facilities offering water births for laboring mothers.

With its staff of certified nurse midwives, a home-like environment and personalized options that include water births, the Perkin staff says that because of the new center, New Orleanians now have more options when it comes to birthing choices.

“The hospitals are finally coming around to listening to public demand,” Trammell says about Ochsner and other regional hospitals that offer water birth as an option.

However, a new opinion from the American Academy of Pediatrics says that while immersion in the first stages of labor may “be associated with decreased pain or use of anesthesia and decreased duration of labor,” immersion during the second stage of labor is more questionable as a practice.

“The safety and efficacy of immersion in water during the second stage of labor have not been established, and immersion in water during the second stage of labor has not been associated with maternal or fetal benefit,” reads the opinion, written by the academy’s Committee on Obstetric Practice for an April 2014 journal article.

“Given these facts and case reports of rare but serious adverse effects in the newborn, the practice of immersion in the second stage of labor (underwater delivery) should be considered an experimental procedure that only should be performed within the context of an appropriately

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at appropriate intervals while immersed, and protocols for moving women from tubs if urgent maternal or fetal concerns develop,” the opinion concludes.

Mary Alice DeCoursey, a licensed midwife who works in the West Jefferson Medical Center, is one of several local midwives who disagree with the overall conclusion of the American Academy of Pediatrics opinion.

DeCoursey says that, at this point, water birth has been established as an acceptable way to deliver for any healthy mother.

Moreover, she says, any labor or delivery can present complications, and several hospital practices which are done in absence of clinical trial study aren’t labeled “experimental.”

“The bottom line is, there are a number of practices in obstetrics, such as continuous electronic fetal monitoring for low-risk women in labor that have not been rigorously studied in clinical trials, yet continue to be used,” DeCoursey said.

“It’s distressing to have a practice, such as hydrotherapy, singled out and labeled as experimental when there is a large and growing body of research that supports hydrotherapy as a reasonable choice for healthy women expected to have a normal labor and birth.”

DeCoursey and two other New Orleans midwives cite a website called Waterbirth International (www.waterbirth.org), a resource and referral service founded and directed by award-winning author, midwife and childbirth educator Barbara Harper.

In an article called “Waterbirth Basics,” which was published in Midwifery Today Magazine in summer 2000, Harper addresses questions about water births, including the risk of drowning, infection and when an expectant mother should enter the water.

According to Harper, a newborn will not take a breath before exiting the water because the environment is so similar to the one in utero. Inhibitory factors and fluid already present in the infant’s lungs upon birth contribute to this phenomenon. Bringing the baby out of the water shortly after it’s born, she added, prevents asphyxiation.

Infection is another oft-cited concern, but Harper and local midwives say the chances aren’t any higher than with any “normal” hospital-setting birth.

According to Harper’s research, of 150,000 water births given worldwide from 1985 to 1999, there were no reports of infant deaths due to water inhalation. And a 2012 Cochrane study found no harm to babies when studying labor or birth involving 3,243 women.

Trammell, who holds degrees as both a licensed midwife and a certified professional midwife, says she’s never had a mother regret giving a water birth. Trammell handles an average of 30 births a year.

So far this year, she’s assisted in nearly 10 births, and about half of those have been water births. And they’ve all been healthy experiences, she says.

“I’ve never experienced any of my mothers getting an infection,” Trammell said. “You have a clean tub with a clean source of water and sterile gloves.”

Trammell also suggests that moms get in the tub only for active labor, so the water helps advance the process, rather than slow it down.

Midwives in the city implement a number of practices to ensure healthy delivery, according to Catherine Badeaux, a licensed midwife who works in the Perkin facility and who recently attended her own daughter’s water birth.

“We have specific guidelines,” Badeaux says, which include making sure that only women with low-risk pregnancies do water births, and that neither mom nor baby has diseases or infections.

Midwives keep the temperature of the water at 95-100 degrees, and the tubs are sanitized between each patient, Badeaux and other midwives say.

“In my career, I’ve never had a problem,” Badeaux says, adding that water births don’t always result in a crying baby being born “because a water birth is a gentle birth.”

DeCoursey reiterated that all of this water birth popularity was driven by patients’ requests.

“What’s much more telling is [the] consumer side of it — that’s what driving this,” DeCoursey said. “If they didn’t want it, it wouldn’t be out there. They started doing this at home because it wasn’t available at hospitals and so hospitals started offering [water births].”

A new birth

How Birthmark Doula Collective is improving local birth outcomes one baby at a time.

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here are a lot of misconceptions about doulas, according to Latona Giwa and Dana Keren, co-founders of Birthmark Doula Collective (www.birthmarkdoulas.com). Many people wrongly believe doulas only assist with natural births, for example. Others just don’t understand exactly what a doula does.

A doula is a trained health advocate who helps women through pregnancy, labor and birth. “We are health advocates, educators, labor support, labor coaches. …

A lot of what we do is help with decision Doulas Dana Keren (left) and Latona making,” Giwa says. “A doula is the only proGiwa opened Birthmark Doula fessional that is with the family for the entire Collective three years ago. labor and birth process, from start to finish.”

Doula services improve birth outcomes, Giwa says. Women who use doulas are 50 percent less likely to have cesarean sections and unnecessary medical intervention. Postpartum depression is decreased, family bonding is improved, fathers are more involved and mothers are more satisfied, Giwa says.

“Doula services are really an essential part of maternal health care and an effective response to the poor birth outcomes in this region,” says Giwa, who adds that Louisiana has the second highest cesarian section rate and the lowest breastfeeding rate in the country.

The state lags behind the rest of the nation in other birth outcome indicators, too: “Louisiana performs worse than nearly every other state in the nation on measures of infant mortality, preterm birth, low birth weight, and cesarian sections,” according to a 2013 report for The Commonwealth Fund. This is one reason Keren, who is studying to be a nurse midwife, and Giwa, an MBA student at Tulane University, decided to open Birthmark Doula Collective. They saw a need doulas could fill. “The impact of doula services is so beneficial on birth outcomes, it is something all women deserve,” Giwa says.

Since opening three years ago, the collective has served more than 300 families through labor coaching, classes and support groups — all by word of mouth. There are 10 doulas with the collective, and at the time of this interview, every one was on call, and two were attending births. The collective also offers a student doula training program led by nurse midwife Nicole Deggins, “The demand [for training] is higher than we can fill,” Keren says.

“The interest in doula services is definitely growing,” Giwa says. “But for women to have more access to doulas, there have to be more doulas.”

Doulas at Birthmark Doula Collective do everything from explaining womens’ childbirth options to breastfeeding support to checking in with families during the weeks after childbirth, often a sensitive and sometimes turbulent time. There are also other providers who offer perinatal services, such as chiropractors, lactation consultants and massage therapists who do prenatal massage with fees based on income. Birth packages range from $700 to $1,500. The fee is not covered by major insurance plans, but Birthmark Doula Collective offers a “one-to-one” program: For every full-paying client the collective receives, it offers services to a client who cannot afford to pay. “[Every provider we partner with] shares our collective mission of supporting women regardless of income,” Giwa says.

Giwa and Keren are working to open New Orleans’ first freestanding birth center.

Birth centers are homelike environments where women with low-risk pregnancies can give birth outside of the hospital setting. There are 250 birthing centers in the U.S., which are staffed by midwives and accredited using national standards.

“We call it high-touch, low-tech care,” Keren says. “There’s a kitchen, large birthing suites, each with a tub. You can bring your kids, grandparents, eat when you want, wear what you want.”

They aim to open the center at a location in the Irish Channel, near Touro Infirmary, by the end of 2014.

“We are excited to complete the spectrum of birthing options,” Keren says.

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storage space Kosher Cajun upstairs to owner Joel Brown create a one-stop tucks into a kosher spot. deli meal.

Brown also P H OTO BY offers catering C H ER Y L G ER B ER and delivery.

“Any restaurant in the city that has customers coming in that need kosher [products] can come to us,” he says. “Our meals are on china, we are able to double-wrap and seal the food so it can go into a non-kosher oven.

That way, those guests feel included and part of whatever restaurant experience is happening.”

Brown recently launched a Friday sushi menu and this month, he starts a monthly delivery service to Memphis, Tenn., a community he was involved with post-Hurricane Katrina.

As a distributor, Brown sells raw products like uncooked meats and seafood to local grocery stores. He also outfitted this year’s Jewish Federations of North America’s TribeFest at the Sheraton New Orleans.

“People come into New Orleans and they want local food,” he says. “We’ve now developed gumbo, kosher fried shrimp, red beans and rice, jambalaya.

These Southern favorites are on our menu now. We had kosher king cakes during Mardi Gras. We try to copy as close as we can in a kosher fashion.”

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Rubensteins (102 St. Charles Ave., 504-5816666; www.rubensteinsneworleans.com) marks its 90th anniversary selling designer retail in the same location by the same family. This weeklong celebration takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, April 7 through Saturday, April 12 and features trunk shows, a vintage photo display, food and drinks.

The Art of Shaving (624 Canal St., www. retail.theartofshaving.com), a national chain of high-end barber spas launched in New York, will open downtown. The shaving supplies store has acquired a lease that will make it a neighbor of Rubensteins.

Whole Foods Market (300 N. Broad St., Suite 103., 504-434-3364; 3420 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-888-8225;

By Paige Rita Nulty

5600 Magazine St., 504-899-9119; www. wholefoodsmarket.com) is hosting a citywide T-shirt recycling drive through April to benefit Ugandan women in refugee camps through the nonprofit organization the African InKNITiative. Bring donated T-shirts to any Whole Foods Market in Louisiana.

Paris Parker Aveda Salons & Spas (citywide; www.parisparker.com) won spots in the categories of customer service, technology and recruitment and training in the national beauty industry contest SALON TODAY 200. The Hammond-baseded salon and spa franchise was honored with recognition in the fields of staff selection, expert education and training courses, inventive organization of business operations through technology and customer service plans.

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hen Joel Brown opened Kosher Cajun (3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, 504-888-2010; www.koshercajun.com) nearly 27 years ago, he had a clear vision of his ideal customer: everyone.

“When I started Day One, I knew the size of the Jewish community and I knew the focus wasn’t going to be on the very small religious part,” says owner Joel Brown. “I wanted to have everyone as customers, and I thought the New York deli would be a niche market. That was my mindset — be a New York deli, and we happen to be kosher.”

His clientele includes the local Jewish community, out-of-state visitors and anyone who craves a traditional New York deli experience. Jam-packed with sports memorabilia, Kosher Cajun embraces a neighborly atmosphere and has a small Judaica shop in the front of the space.

The grocery offers a wide selection of wines, meats and packaged products, and customers are invited to request items the store doesn’t carry. “We are very personalized,” Brown says. “People call us on the phone and we walk around to find them what they need. …

Everything is kosher, but everything is quality. We have a rabbi who comes in and gives us supervision. He makes sure the products we sell are kosher certified.”

Ten years after opening, Brown added the deli. He bought the property next to his grocery to house it. Later, he bought

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While it seems like you can’t walk two blocks without stumbling upon a craft cocktail bar in New Orleans, the streets of Metairie and Kenner have yet to be hit with a swarm of mixologists and house-made bitters.

The current overhaul of Martine’s Lounge (2347 Metairie Road, 504831-8637; www.facebook.com/martineslounge), an Old Metairie beer-and-

Whiskey and a splash of Bywater Oxalis offers a mix of cocktails and small plates.

Diners enjoy craft cocktails and small plates at Oxalis.

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allows for this often-overlooked vegetable to shine as a filling main course, with a sheep’s milk Gouda that grounds the dish with earthy undertones.

The bo saam — a popular menu item from Lestingi’s previous endeavor La Fin du Monde — doesn’t hold up in new environs. Odd, middle-ofthe-road portioning and less-than-tender pork belly makes the dish a weak link on a menu full of gems. A shareable jar of highly acidic pickles and kimchi is also a miss, with a tartness that would cause even the most fervent pickle fan to pucker.

Overall, it’s the small plates and items meant for sharing that stand out. The sweet potato poutine makes lowly cheese curds seem elegant, and the twice-fried Korean-style wings are well worth enduring a face smeared with kimchi sauce. The prices are pleasantly reasonable as well, with the majority of menu items ranging from $5 (for a generous helping of addictive Cajun spice hot buttered rum popcorn) to $15 (for a decadent duck confit).

While elevated bar food and hand-crafted drinks are increasingly common in New Orleans today, Oxalis makes both feel like a new discovery.

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bo saam featured tough pork belly and undercooked popcorn rice

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a-shot staple for 30 years, might just change that.

In August, Suzanne Accorsi, co-owner of Pal’s Lounge (949 N. Rendon St., 504-488-7257; www.palslounge.com), bought Martine’s from its longtime octogenarian owner and has been transforming the bare-bones bar into a space that’s both welcoming and refined.

“My philosophy is that Martine’s should be a neighborhood bar that’s comfortable and friendly, but also a place that serves great cocktails that aren’t too expensive or over the top,” Accorsi says.

The most popular cocktails thus far? The Pie-Eyed Pig — a whiskey and vermouth concoction with brown sugar-maple bacon simple syrup (say that five times fast) garnished with bacon and a cherry.

The Paloma Rosa — a blend of tequila, pomegranate liqueur and sparkling wine — is another eye-catching menu item as summer approaches.

Martine’s might be a lone wolf in the Metairie cocktail bar scene now, but before we know it, Veterans Memorial Boulevard could be crawling with mustachioed barkeeps serving up flights of mezcal. — SARAH BAIRD

Frerestaurant crawl

Dining host Dishcrawl resumes its roving restaurant tours in New Orleans with a triple stop on Freret Street beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9.

Participants learn which restaurants they will visit on the night of the event.

“We keep them secret so people will have an open mind [going in],” says New Orleans’ Dishcrawl organizer Michelle Mashon.

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ywater’s Louisa Street corridor has blossomed into a culinary hotbed in recent years, with restaurants drawing diners to this once-sleepy set of blocks using a combination of words with magnetizing power: small plates and craft cocktails.

While Oxalis — a recent addition to the scene — may offer these obligatory options, the restaurant’s fresh-yetcozy atmosphere (despite taxidermy) and attention to detail both at the bar and tableside create an engaging topto-bottom dining experience that few restaurants pull off with such aplomb.

Located in a space that has seen its share of crash-and-burn restaurant attempts, Oxalis uses the building’s unusual arrangement of labyrinthine dining nooks and cobblestone courtyards to its advantage.

Even on the busiest Friday night (after meandering out of the often-packed front room) the restaurant feels intimate and mysterious, as if a new surprise will be revealed after turning each corner. Dark wood and black accent walls are a bold choice for any restaurant that isn’t the size of an airplane hangar, but these touches only add to Oxalis’ secret-society feel. A recently opened second bar anchors the back set of rooms, ensuring no one has to retrace their steps to the front of the house for a fresh cocktail.

It’s heartening to see a whiskey-focused bar that pays equal attention to both top- and bottom-shelf offerings, and manager Sonali Fernando has assembled the finest collection of “plastic cap” brown liquors in the city. The cocktails are crisp and refreshing, and provide a strong jumping-off point for whiskey exploration.

The fruity, full-bodied Stiletto (now off menu, but still available) allows both lemon and lime juice to shine in a bourbon-based drink, while the Rattlesnake’s subtle licorice flavor will turn anyone into a rye-and-absinthe convert. Arrive early enough in the evening and expect a frothy Ramos gin fizz as a whistle-wetting amuse bouche.

While the majority of dishes at Oxalis have been designed to pair well with boozy indulgences, calling chef Jonathan Lestingi’s menu elevated gastropub cuisine would be a slight. The local tomato salad is exceptional, with the peppery notes of arugula cast in new light against the tanginess of tomato jam and a cool, rich dappling of burrata. (The jam alone makes a strong case for reviving tomato aspic.) The cauliflower steak

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experimental fare. “We encourage the chefs to try out something new and see how people respond,” Mashon says.

Diners can expect to sample different appetizers and entrees (about 12 ounces of food) at each stop, plus dessert at the tour’s end. Seating is family-style, and each 45-minute stop includes time for the restaurant owner or chef to mingle with guests. The pace also allows for lingering afterwards on Freret Street for a cocktail or coffee. Mojo Coffee House (4700 Freret Street, 504-875-2243) is offering Dishcrawlers half off any purchase that night. Dishcrawl tickets are $45 and include dinner, tax and tip but not drinks.

Mashon hopes to run another Dishcrawl in late May, possibly in the Irish Channel. Diners can follow @dishcrawlnola on Twitter and Instagram for daily clues to the restaurants’ identities. — ANNE BERRY

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After a March piece that launched a thousand kale salads, Gotham luminaries have yet again turned their attention toward the culinary habits of our swampy homestead.

The New Yorker blog this week spotlights Louisiana’s feral nutria population and the creative ways statewide officials have tried to make it a more appealing critter for the masses — outside of simply putting a bounty on tails. While its fur was once a prized commodity (Elizabeth Taylor was reportedly a fan), the majority of efforts have revolved around attempting to turn the orange-toothed rodent into a delicacy, according to The New Yorker. The article explained: “When the program began, [the Louisiana Department of] Wildlife and Fisheries developed a parallel campaign to promote nutria meat for public consumption. It established USDA-certified facilities to inspect the meat, and marketed it by its French name, ragondin, as a lean protein that tastes like turkey. The agency sponsored a regional chef to showcase ragondin recipes; diners were enthusiastic until they realized they were eating rodent. Although the nutria-meat campaign never achieved success, the ever-hopeful Wildlife and Fisheries devotes a page of its nutria-control program site to a recipe for ‘Heart Healthy ‘Crock-Pot’ Nutria.’”

I dined on my first nutria after the Golden Meadow Nutria Rodeo in 2011 and can say with authority that it is among the worst novelty wild game I’ve eaten. Nutria falls on the taste and texture scale somewhere between raccoon (which is much like gamey chicken) and squirrel (which should only be cooked down in stew).

Ultimately, it appears that recent innovations have proved nutria makes a better food for dogs than humans.

— SARAH BAIRD

First in glass

Local bartenders have fared very well in bartending competitions. In March, Ryan Gannon of Cure (4905 Freret Street, 504-302-2357; www.curenola.com) and Kent Westmoreland of the Windsor Court Hotel (300 Gravier Street, 504-523-

6000; www.windsorcourthotel.com) each won top prizes in cocktail contests.

Gannon took home $5,000 and first place in PAMA’s Are You Indispensable? competition in New York City. His Law-Abiding Citizen (PAMA pomegranate liqueur, amontillado sherry, lemon juice and simple syrup) beat more than 240 submissions from around the country.

Westmoreland’s Un Soborno Para Ustedes won Reyka vodka’s contest for the United States Bartenders Guild’s (USBG) New Orleans members. Westmoreland’s drink (translated as “a bribe for you”) used Carpano Antica vermouth and apricot brandy. Westmoreland won a free trip to Buenos Aires for a Tales of the Cocktail (April 26–29) event. He’ll assist William Grant & Sons brand ambassador Charlotte Voisey in tasting rooms and seminars.

Barmen Steve Yamada (Restaurant R’evolution, Bar R’evolution, 777 Bienville St., 504-553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com), Cole Newton (Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., 504-488-8114; www.facebook.com/twelve.milelimit) and Chris Hannah (Arnaud’s French 75, 813 Bienville St., 504-5235433; www.arnauds.com) advanced to the regional finals of Diageo World Class, arguably the world’s most prestigious bartending competition.

“World Class is like the bartending decathlon — many events, but only one winner,” says Yamada, president of USBG’s New Orleans chapter. “What sets World Class apart is that it covers the full scope of bartending.”

Bartenders had to write essays, finish coursework in spirits and service and create an original cocktail. Speed, accuracy, service and execution will be tested at the regional finals in Atlanta May 4. The U.S. finals are in New York City in June and the international finals are in the U.K. in June.

Newton submitted a Sazerac variation called the Lexington made with ginger liqueur, and it’s often on the menu at Twelve Mile Limit. Yamada’s salted cocktail was inspired by Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, and Hannah’s Greek mythology-inspired Thamyris is a gin sling pairing Tanqueray 10 and bitter, herbal Cynar. — ANNE BERRY

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New Orleanians may be familiar with bar consultant Jon Taffer and his Spike TV show Bar Rescue, which helped turn around Spirits on Bourbon (615 Bourbon St., 504-5246014; www.spiritsonbourbon.com). Spike TV announced a new show, Hungry Investors, in which Taffer, chef John Besh and frequent Bar Rescue consultant and Top Chef All-Stars contestant Tiffany Derry evaluate two restaurants side by side and decide in which one to invest. The show premieres May 11. — WILL COVIELLO

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Anthony Liuzza Strawberry farmer

The Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival (April 11-13; www.lastrawberryfestival.com) celebrates the state’s strawberry crops at the height of their historical growing season. Growers like Liuzza Produce Farm (www.louisianastrawberries.net) set up booths at the festival’s Farmers’ Row, where Liuzza sells fresh berries, chocolate-dipped berries, strawberry shortcake and strawberry lemonade. Owner Anthony Liuzza presides over the five-generation family business that typically plants 100 acres of strawberries in Tangipahoa Parish. He spoke with Gambit about strawberry farming and this year’s crop.

How much of your farm is dedicated to strawberries?

L: We grow more vegetables than berries. We raise a full line of vegetables and Creole tomatoes. We start cabbage at the end of April.

Cucumbers and squash we start mid-May. Peppers and tomatoes we start the last week of May. But strawberries are a very important crop to a lot of Louisiana farmers.

How are Louisiana strawberry farmers faring?

L: If people want to see us in business, they need to ask for Louisiana berries, not California berries. California has ideal conditions; they harvest berries for six to nine months.

Louisiana strawberries are not a giveaway. But they’re a good value.

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How is this year’s strawberry crop?

Liuzza: We’re picking a lot of berries (now). We had a really hard winter — a 50-year winter. It started in November: There were freezes and more freezes and then sleet and snow. We are fortunate to have what we have.

(Many growers) didn’t start harvesting berries until the end of March. (Liuzza Produce Farm) didn’t have any volume to harvest until March 22. Normally we start harvesting the first of November, but we were delayed by many months this year. We had a little harvest early, but the volume was so small that it wasn’t worth going out and picking them.

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BEER buzz The New Orleans craft beer scene continues to progress. Not only has 40 Arpent Brewing Company (www.40arpentbrewery.com) just opened in Arabi, but two local breweries in progress have seen their hard work pay off and are moving closer to opening.

Cajun Fire Brewing (www. drinkcajunfire.com), founded

by Jon Renthrope and partners in 2011, recently won the Big Idea Pitch Competition, which was the culmination of the annual New Orleans EntrepreCajun Fire Brewing’s Paul neur Week, sponsored by The Idea Taylor (left) and Jon Renthrope Village. The victory netted the brewery won the Big Idea Pitch coma $50,000 grant and the crowdsourced petition at last week’s New format of the competition exposed Orleans Entrepreneur Week.

Cajun Fire to many event attendees.

Referencing the torrential rain on the day of the event, Renthrope said of his team and of all the competitors, “We made it happen in the perfect storm.”

After serving samples of its Acadiana Honey Ale (my favorite) and Ol Yella American Pale Ale, Cajun Fire was one of the three top vote-getters of the 13 presenting that day. Renthrope made an impassioned pitch to the judges about New Orleans’ brewing history and Cajun Fire’s pride in being the first blackowned brewery in the city, and he and his team were awarded the grand prize.

Renthrope says the money will be used to purchase brewing equipment and secure a location. He and his partners hope to open in a space in the Lower Garden District. If successful, they will be neighbors of Courtyard Brewing, whose plans were approved by the New Orleans City Planning Commission March 11.

The New Orleans City Council is scheduled to vote on the plans at its April 10 meeting. — NORA McGUNNIGLE Email Nora McGunnigle at nora@nolabeerblog.com

2012 Castello di Gabbiano Solatio TOS C A N A , I TA LY RETAIL $11-$13

Castello di Gabbiano, built in the 12th century in the center of what is now the Chianti Classico region, produces this Super Tuscan. The 252-acre estate features vineyards and olive groves. Solatio means “sunny,” and that says a lot about the wine’s bright flavors. Fruit for this blend of 50 percent syrah, 45 percent cabernet sauvignon and 5 percent sangiovese was harvested at full, uniform ripeness. In the cellar, grapes were fermented in separate temperature-controlled tanks and for several weeks the juice was exposed to skin contact to achieve maximum color and flavor extraction, after which the wine rested for eight months. In the glass, it offers aromas of blackberry, black cherry and spicy notes. On the palate, one tastes red berries, a hint of licorice, herbal notes and well integrated tannins on the soft, acid-balanced finish. Decant 30 minutes before serving. Drink it with pasta dishes, game, veal, pork, stews, grilled or roasted vegetables, pizza, burgers and hard cheeses. Buy it at: Pearl Wine Co. and Dorignac’s.

Drink it at: Irene’s Cuisine. — BRENDA MAITLAND

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Dishcrawl: Freret Street

7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday Restaurants to be announced two days before event

www.dishcrawl.com/dinearoundfreret The progressive meal features courses at three Freret Street restaurants. Tickets $45.

A Taste of Covington

Thursday-Sunday Various locations in downtown Covington, (504) 439-2543

www.atasteofcovington.com There are wine tastings, wine dinners, a jazz brunch and an art walk. Prices vary.

Crescent City Homebrewers’ Pig Roast and Swap Meet

9 a.m. Saturday Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014 fermentationfollowers.brownpapertickets.com There’s a roasted pig, barbecue sauces, sides and beer.

Brewers, wine, cheese and kimchi makers and other fermenters bring equipment to trade or sell. Admission $20.

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“We have sincerely apologized for her experience. This obviously is not the type of experience we want to provide any of our customers, and is not representative of the customer service our partners provide to millions of customers every day.”

— Starbucks “social media team spokesman” Tom Kuhn, in a statement apologizing to Louisiana schoolteacher Megan Pinion. Pinion’s coffee drinks at a Mall of Louisiana Starbucks arrived with what she said were Satanic symbols: a five-sided star, or pentagram, along with the numbers “666” drizzled on top. “We’re not sure who served her or what kind of beverage it was,” Kuhn told The Daily Advertiser. “It looks sort of caramel-ish in the photos.”

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3224 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, (504) 875-4600 www.firehouse-burgers.com

A burger is sandwiched between two grilled American cheese sandwiches — with white bread on the inside and a bun on the outside.

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www.frencheezefoodtruck.com @frencheezetruck

7 DAYS A WEEK • 11 AM-5 AM 230 DECATUR ST.

11AM-5AM DAILY www.attikineworleans.com 504-587-3756

The menu of grilled cheese sandwiches on this food truck includes The Skinny B, featuring smoked Gouda and provolone cheeses, heirloom tomatoes and collard greens on multigrain bread.

3 Killer Poboys

Erin Rose Bar, 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745 www.killerpoboys.com

Both Hook’s sharp cheddar and Wild Flour whole grain bread are spritzed with Jameson Irish Whiskey before the sandwich is crisped on the grill.

4 Restaurant R’evolution

777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277 www.revolutionnola.com

Jumbo lump crabmeat is topped with fontina, Gruyere and white cheddar on grilled brioche bread and served with shoestring fries.

5 St. James Cheese Co.

5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737 www.stjamescheese.com

Aged Swiss Gruyere and caramelized onion confit fill grilled Wild Flour multigrain bread.

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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.

AFRICAN Motherland Cafe — 1535 Basin St., (504) 342-2996; www.facebook. com/motherlandcafe — This family restaurant serves Senegalese and Gambian food, and vegetarian dishes are available. Thiebou djenne is a fish and rice stew, and boulettes are fried balls of fish.

There also are house-made ginger drinks and wonjo, made with hibiscus. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Huh! A Restaurant & Bar — 3401 N. Hullen St., Metairie, (504) 2292484; www.huhrestaurant.com — This restaurant serves salads, sandwiches, burgers, entrees and sweet and savory crepes. The king cake crepes are available in plain and filled varieties topped with purple, green and gold icing and sugar. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., and open Sundays during New Orleans Saints games.

Credit cards. $$ Knuckleheads Eatery — 3535 Severn Ave., Suite 10, Metairie, (504) 888-5858; www.knuckleheadsnola.com — This casual eatery serves burgers, sandwiches, wraps, salads and bar noshes.

Mulligan Mike’s all-Angus chuck burger is topped with grilled ham and Swiss or cheddar cheese and comes with fries and a pickle. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ O’Henry’s Food & Spirits — 634 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 866-9741; 8859 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, (504) 461-9840; www.ohenrys.com — Complimentary peanuts are the calling card of these casual, family friendly restaurants. The menu includes burgers, steaks, ribs, pasta, fried seafood, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Somethin’ Else Cafe — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www.somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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. $$

BAR & GRILL American Sports Saloon — 1200 Decatur St., (504) 522-2410 — This sports bar serves burgers made with house-ground patties, chicken wings, 12 beers on tap and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 302-9357 — 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. $ Jigger’s Bar & Grill — 1645 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 828-3555 — The sports bar serves sandwiches and bar noshing items. Half or full-round muffulettas are filled with Italian ham, Genoa salami, provolone cheese and house-made olive salad and served toasted. No reservations.

Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $ Rendon Inn’s Dugout Sports Bar — 4501 Eve St., (504) 826-5605; www.therendoninn.com — The Boudreaux burger combines lean ground beef, hot sausage and applewood-smoked bacon on a ciabatta bun with cheese, onions and remoulade. Fresh cut fries are served with Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of truffle oil. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches overflowing with deli meats and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Shamrock Bar & Grill — 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 301-0938 — Shamrock serves an Angus rib-eye steak with a side item, burgers, shrimp or roast beef po-boys, grilled chicken, spinach and artichoke dip and more. No reservations. Dinner and late night daily. Credit cards. $

BARBECUE Boo Koo BBQ — 3701 Banks St., (504) 202-4741; www.bookoobbq. com — The Cajun banh mi fills a Vietnamese roll with hogshead cheese, smoked pulled pork, boudin, fresh jalapeno, cilantro, cucumber, carrot, pickled radish and sriracha sweet chile aioli. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat. Cash only. $ Hickory Prime BBQ — 6001 France Road, (757) 277-8507; www.hickoryprimebbq.com — Proprietors Billy Rhodes and Karen Martin have won several barbecue competitions. They serve Texas-style brisket, smoked chicken, ribs and more. The pulled pork platter features pork cooked for 12 hours over hickory and white oak and it comes with two sides. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Saucy’s — 4200 Magazine St., (504) 301-2755; www.saucysnola. com — Saucy’s serves slowsmoked St. Louis-style pork ribs, pulled pork, brisket, smoked sausage and grilled chicken.

The cochon blue is a sandwich of pulled pork, blue cheese and melted mozzerella on a bun. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

BURGERS Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar.com — This burger specialist’s patty options include beef, bison, shrimp and veggie. 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.

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. 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. No reservations. Breakfast Wed.-Sun., lunch Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $

OUT to EAT Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret.com — The cafe serves breakfast itemes like the Freret Egg Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage served on toasted white or wheat bread or an English muffin. Signature sandwiches include the Chef’s Voodoo Burger, muffuletta and Cuban po-boy.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. 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.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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. $$ Jung’s Golden Dragon — 3009 Magazine St., (504) 891-8280; www.jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine.

Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

COFFEE/DESSERT

Rue de la Course — 1140 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-4343; www.facebook. comruedelacourse — The coffeeshop offers a selection of bagels (plain, sesame, everything, honey whole wheat or cinnamon-raisin). No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily. Cash only. $ Pinkberry — Citywide; www.pinkberry. com — Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry topping choices including caramel, honey, fruit purees, various chocolates and nuts and more. There also are fresh fruit parfaits and green tea smoothies. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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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 an award-winning

Ivy — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 899-1330 — Chef Sue Zemanick offers a selection of small plates. Grilled lobster is served with arugula, roasted potatoes and corn. Warm snow crab claws come with truffle butter. No reservations.

Dinner and late-night Mon.-Sat. Credit Cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — The constantly changing menu includes vegan dishes and house-made pasta.

Sauteed sea scallops are served with fried green tomatoes, snap peas and sweet and spicy mango ginger ambrosia sauce. No reservations. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

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

Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended.

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

Saints & Sinners — 627 Bourbon St., (504) 528-9307; www.saintsandsinnersnola. com — Styled to reflect era of Storyville, the restaurant serves Creole and Cajun dishes, raw oysters, seafood, steaks, poboys, burgers and more. The Politician’s Special features a trio of jambalaya, crawfish pie and a cup of gumbo. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. 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 popular neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www.mardigraszone.com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven. The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna. Vegan pizzas also are available. No reservations.

Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

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Ignatius Eatery — 3121 Magazine St., (504) 899-0242; www.ignatiuseatery. com — The menu includes classic Creole dishes such as red beans and rice, speckled trout meuniere and crawfish etouffee as well as sandwiches, salads and pasta. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. 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. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. 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. $$

Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. 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. $$

FRENCH Baie Rouge — 4128 Magazine St., (504) 304-3667; www.baierougenola.com — Shrimp and risotto Milanese features jumbo shrimp cooked with lemon over saffron risotto served with hericots verts. Pig Dip features pork debris, caramelized onions and garlic aioli on French bread with a side of smoked pork jus.

Reservations accepted for large parties.

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

Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Palace Cafe serves creative Creole dishes. Crabmeat cheesecake is 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. $$

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 Schiro’s Indian Cafe — 2483 Royal St., (504) 944-6666; www.schiroscafe.com — The cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and

spices. Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or vindaloo and vegetarian saag paneer. Schiro’s also serves New Orleans cuisine. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ 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. $$

ITALIAN Amici Restaurant & Bar — 3218 Magazine St., (504) 300-1250; www.amicinola. com — Amici serves coal-fired pizza and Italian dishes. The broccoli rabe salsica Italiana pie is topped with marinara, mozzarella, sauteed bitter Italian greens and Italian sausage. Pasta carbonara features pancetta and green peas in white sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce.

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

Reservations accepted. Dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Maximo’s Italian Grill — 1117 Decatur St., (504) 586-8883; www.maximosgrill.com — Sit at the bar overlooking the open grill and watch chefs prepare dishes like the fish of the day pan-sauteed in habanero-infused olive oil and served with seasonal vegetables. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, lunch Wed.Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — 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. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare. Pork bracciole features pork loin stuffed with cheese, currants and pignoli nuts that is braised slowly in tomato sauce and served over house-made pappardelle. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Try house specialties like veal- and spinach-stuffed canneloni.

Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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

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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. $$

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leans.com — Asuka serves sushi and grilled items from the hibachi.

The Shaggy Dog roll features tempura-fried shrimp, snow crab and avocado topped with crabstick and eel sauce and spicy sauce.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans. com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Kakkoii Japanese Bistreaux — 7537 Maple St., (504) 570-6440; www.kakkoii-nola.com — Kakkoii offers traditional sushi, sashimi and Japanese cuisine as well as dishes with modern and local twists. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504) 522-5478; www.martisnola. com — The grande plateau fruits de mer features whole Maine lobster, chilled shrimp, marinated snow crab claws, oysters on the half shell and scallop ceviche.

Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$

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. $$

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.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — 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. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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Yuki Izakaya — 525 Frenchmen St., (504) 943-1122; www.facebook.com/ yukiizakaya — This Japanese tavern combines a selection of small plates, sake, shochu, live music and Japanese kitsch. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

LATIN AMERICAN La Macarena Pupseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 862-5252; www.pupsasneworleans. com — This cafe serves Latin and Caribbean dishes, tapas and appetizers like guacamole and chips. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY 7 On Fulton — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton.com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with blonde ale. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and pan-fried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$

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. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Sainte Marie — 930 Poydras St., Suite 101, (504) 304-6988; www. saintemarienola.com — Sam’s Yak A Mein combines braised beef, chicken, shrimp, egg noodles and a soft-boiled egg. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www. tivoliandlee.com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine in a small plate format, with dishes ranging from andouille potato tots to fried oysters. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons.

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

Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Attiki Bar & Grill — 230 Decatur St., (504) 587-3756 — This restaurant and hookah bar serves an array of Mediterranean dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle

Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www. facebook.com/casaborrega — Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves California-Mexican cuisine and the bar has a menu of tropical cocktails. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

MUSIC AND FOOD Bombay Club — 830 Conti St., (504) 586-0972; www.thebombayclub. com — This elegant French Quarter hideaway is styled like an English manor and is known for its martini menu. Reservations recommended.

Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns. com — 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. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris.

No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread.

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

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Little Gem Saloon — 445 S. Rampart St., (504) 267-4863; www. littlegemsaloon.com — Little Gem offers creative contemporary and Creole dishes and live jazz.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

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.

Reservations recommended. Lunch

OUT to EAT Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant. com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this MidCity restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. No reservations.

Lunch daily, Dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PAN ASIAN Lucky Rooster — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; www.luckyroosternola.com — The menu features a mix of Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese and Japanese dishes. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. 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. $ Mellow Mushroom — 1645 Hwy. 190, Covington, (985) 327-5407; 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 644-4155; 8827 Oak St., (504) 345-8229; www.mellowmushroom. com — The Holy Shiitake pie has shiitake, button and portobello mushrooms, carmelized onions, mozzarella, montamore and Parmesan cheeses and black truffle oil. Reservations accepted for large parties. 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. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS Bear’s Poboys at Gennaros — 3206 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 833-9226 — The roast beef po-boy features beef slow-cooked in house, sliced thin, soaked in gravy and dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo on toasted Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com

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. 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.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

SEAFOOD Acme Oyster House — 724 Iberville St., (504) 522-5973; 1202 N. Hwy. 190, Covington, (985) 246-6155; 3000 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 309-4056; www.acmeoyster. com — The full menu includes chargrilled oysters, cooked seafood dishes and New Orleans staples.

The Peace Maker po-boy combines fried shrimp and oysters. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Chad’s Bistro — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-9935; www. chadsbistro.com — The seafood Napoleon features fried eggplant medallions topped with crabmeat on a bed of angel hair pasta topped with shrimp au gratin sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri. dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Galley Seafood Restaurant — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 8320955 — Blackened redfish comes with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Grand Isle — 575 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 520-8530; www. grandislerestaurant.com — The Isle sampler, available as a half or full dozen, is a combination of three varieties of stuffed oysters: tasso, Havarti and jalapeno; housemade bacon, white cheddar and caramelized onions. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 8380022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Reserva-

tions available. 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. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

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STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www. austinsno.com — 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. Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — 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 — Paella de la Vega combines shrimp, mussels, chorizo, calamari, scallops, chicken and vegetables in saffron rice. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

THAI Thai Mint — 1438 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-9001; www.thaimintrestaurant.com — Basil eggplant features pork, chicken, beef or shrimp sauteed with eggplant, onions, bell peppers and basil in spicy sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

VIETNAMESE

Doson Noodle House —135 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-7283 — Traditional Vietnamese pho with pork and beef highlights the menu. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $$ Lin’s — 3715 Westbank Expressway, (504) 340-0178; www.linsmenu. com —The menu includes Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$ Pho Tau Bay Restaurant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Rolls-N-Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.facebook.com/rolls-nbowlsnola — This casual Vietnamese eatery serves spring rolls, pho, rice and vermicelli bowls, banh mi, stir fry entrees and bubble tea. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

— At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $

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Oliver with a twist

Oliver Thomas, Cynthia WillardLewis and Gail Glapion star in an updated version of Reflections.

By Will Coviello

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“Cynthia stood for the same things I stood for: people locked out of the system,” Thomas says.

Glapion is a familiar face at the Bean theater. She performed in its first production, Steal Away, a sort of Robin Hood story in which women turned down for a bank loan scheme to acquire the funds by other means. She also recently played Big Momma in the theater’s production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Thomas’ acting credits include playing a character similar to himself on the second and early third seasons of HBO’s Treme. But Reflections 2 digs back into reality and expands on some issues.

“We talk about the intersection of power and public service,” Thomas says. “Good people get caught up too. The beast is never satisfied. It will eat you up.”

In one scene, Thomas talks to the ministers about the bribe and what seems like a small amount of money weighed against his chance to become mayor. He describes his conflicted feelings about leaving events and lavish fundraisers hosted by wealthy Uptown families and going home to modest dinners.

Since the first version of Reflections, Thomas and his wife Angelle divorced. In the original play, she confroned him about prioritizing his political life over his family. This version addresses their divorce. There’s an unflinching quality to the work.

“I’m using my life as an example — good and bad,” Thomas says. “Anthony asked me: Could I only lead

when things were goFrom left: Cynthia Willard-Lewis, Oliver ing well?”

Thomas notes that Thomas, Gail Glapion and Will Williams Bean said, “I can get star in Reflections 2. somebody else to play you.”

APRIL Reflections 2 Bean says the end of 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 3 p.m. Sun. Thomas’ political career Anthony Bean paved the way for Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s election Community Theater, and a white majority 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., on the New Orleans (504) 862-7529; www.

City Council. anthonybeantheater.com “This talks about race and power,” Thomas says. “Let’s talk about who’s in charge.”

Bean and Thomas only recently started work on Reflections 2.

“We’re old high school friends,” Bean says. “We were having lunch at Li’l Dizzy’s and everyone was coming up to Oliver and shaking his hand.”

After noticing the appeal Thomas still has, Bean scrapped another play on the schedule and convinced Thomas to do Reflections 2. To Bean, there’s plenty of lingering hope in Thomas’ political prospects.

“I think if Oliver ran tomorrow (for mayor), he’d win,” Bean says.

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ormer New Orleans City Councilman Oliver Thomas hasn’t been a stranger to the stage at Anthony Bean Community Theater. He played the lead in No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs, which won a Big Easy Best Drama award in 2003.

In 2011, when Thomas starred in his own story, Reflections: A Man and His Time, a biographical piece cowritten and directed by Anthony Bean about Thomas’ 2007 conviction and jail time for taking a bribe, it attracted some new faces to the theater.

“One night we had a row of criminal court judges in here,” Bean says. The show also drew many local politicians and news reporters and was covered in The New York Times. The run was extended a couple of times, and was one of the theater’s most successful shows.

Reflections is based on a journal Thomas kept while in jail. It addresses the bribe, corruption, the toll crime takes on young black men, redemption and more. But one of the biggest points of discussion for many people who saw the show was the identities of some of the characters.

“Everybody was trying to guess who each of the ministers was,” Thomas says “These are powerful men,” Bean says during a rehearsal with the new cast. As the actors work on the tone of a scene in which several ministers convene at Thomas’ house the night before he resigned his council seat, Bean wants the actors to understand that the ministers have invested much in Thomas — expecting that he’d eventually become New Orleans’ mayor.

Audiences will get another chance to speculate about the ministers’ identities and contemplate the political impact of Thomas’ demise during a new version of Reflections, which opens Friday. This production updates Thomas’ story and features a new Act 2 and a narrator who puts some of the story in perspective.

Reflections 2 also features more veteran politicians. Clearly identifiable as themselves are former City Councilwoman Cynthia Willard-Lewis and former New Orleans School Board member Gail Glapion. It’s the theatrical debut for Willard-Lewis, whose father was a fan of Dashiki Theater and he always encouraged her to get involved in stagework, she says.

Thomas thought she would be a good cast member, but she had another qualification.

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MUSIC LISTINGS

Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old U.S. Mint — All Star Tribute to Clark Vreeland, 7 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lars Edegran, Topsy Chapman & Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Recovery Room Bar & Grill — Oscar & the Bluescats, 8:30 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Joe Krown, 8

COMPLETE LISTINGS AT WWW.BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM

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All show times p.m. unless otherwise noted.

TUESDAY 8 AllWays Lounge — Wasted Lives, 9 Banks Street Bar — Best of Street feat. Nathan Rivera, Shine Delphi, The Drunken Catfish Ramblers, 8 Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Open Ears Music Series, 9 Bombay Club — Lucas Davenport, 7 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Jon Cleary, 8; The Yakiniku AllStars, 10:30 Circle Bar — White Fang & Fungi Girls, 10 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9

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Dragon’s Den — Divergent Rhythms feat. The Real Steven, 10 Gasa Gasa — Progression hosted by Sasha Masakowski, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — The Most Wanted Brass Band, 21st Century Brass Band, 10 House of Blues (The Parish) — Mobb Deep, Ja So Rude, 8:30 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — New Orleans Jazz Institute’s Master Series, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Charlie Miller, 5 The Maison — Gregory Agid, 6; The Slackers, The Bandulus, 9 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall-Stars feat.

Shannon Powell, 8 Siberia — H.O.D., Abysmal Lord, Demonic Destruction, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10

Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4 Tropical Isle Original — Way Too Early, 1

WEDNESDAY 9 AllWays Lounge — Bustin Out, 10 Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 7; Caesar Brothers feat. Red Hawk Hunters Indians, 10 Bombay Club — Monty Banks, 7 Cafe Negril — Gettin’ It, 7; Sam Cammarata & Dominick Grillo, 7:30; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Grayson Capps, 8; Arsene DeLay, 11 Circle Bar — S. Carey, White Hinterland, 9 The Civic Theatre — Karmin, 7 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Leah Rucker, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Night Janitor, Simon Lott, Isidro, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Chris Sheard & the Transplanted Roots, 8 House of Blues — Brett Dennen, Jeremy Messersmith, 7; Jet Lounge, 11

Rusty Nail — Jenn Howard, 9 The Sandbar at UNO — Jazz @ the Sandbar: Detroit Brooks, 7 Siberia — Goddamn Gallows, My Graveyard Jaw, Blackbird Raum, Lynched, Morgan O’Hare, 8 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy, 4; The Orleans 6, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10 Three Muses — Micah McKee, 5; Bottoms Up Blues Gang, 7 Yuki Izakaya — Kanako Fuwa’s Moshi Moshi feat. Detroit Brooks, 8

THURSDAY 10

Banks Street Bar — Wasted Lives, 10 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 6 Bombay Club — Tony Seville, 7 Buffa’s Lounge — Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8; Greg Zola, 11 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Neisha Ruffins, 7:30 Cafe Negril — Chris Klein Trio, 5 Chickie Wah Wah — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 8 Circle Bar — King Louie One Man Band, 6; Saintseneca, Blessed Fathers, 9 Covington Trailhead — Rockin’ the Rails: Michael “Soulman” Baptiste, 5 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Jon Cleary, 7; Band of Elliots, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Loren Pickford, 9:30

House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Domenic, 6

Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Robert Eustis, 7

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jazz Band, 5; Irvin Mayfield’s NOJO Jam, 8

Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-A-Holics, 9:30

Kermit’s Treme Mother-InLaw Lounge — Kid Merv, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Glen David Andrews, 8

Gasa Gasa — Sol Cat, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Helen Gillet, The Plum Magnetic, 8 Howlin’ Wolf Music Club — The Lox, 9

The Maison — New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 7; Smoke-nBones, 10

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — TK & the Right Pieces, 2:30; Dysfunktional Bone, 5; James Rivers Movement, 8

Maple Leaf Bar — Maple Leaf Tribute Series feat. Raymond Weber, Eric Vogel, Nigel Hall, Andrew Block, 7

Little Gem Saloon — Andre Bohren, 5; Sarah Gromko Ensemble, 8

Kerry Irish Pub — Vali Talbot, 6

MUSIC LISTINGS PREVIEW

Slick Rick

“Just another case about the wrong path/ Straight and narrow or your soul gets cast.” Except the story of Richard Martin Lloyd Walters is not so cut and dried: a Jamaican-blooded Londoner who would reign supreme over Bronx rap battles, imbuing urban legends with Queen’s English diction, bit characters and a clarinetist’s singsong flow; a convicted felon whose ascent was curtailed in 1990 — two years after his classic splash The Great Adventures of Slick Rick — when he pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges and was sentenced to Rikers Island. To many, the explanation was irrelevant; the smooth-talking, eyepatch-clad MC known as Slick Rick had become his own cautionary tale, hip-hop’s master storyteller incapable of following his own Slick Rick advice. (The truth is more twisted: APR The man he shot, Mark Plummer, 10 p.m. Thursday his cousin and former bodyguard, The Maison, had tormented Rick with extortion 508 Frenchmen St. and death threats.) Rick served five years, plus another 17 months in (504) 371-5543 2001, the assault mushrooming into www.maisonfrenchmen.com a series of immigration conflicts due to his criminal record. Unlike “Children’s Story,” this one has a happy ending: artistic vindication via 1999’s The Art of Storytelling (featuring duets with indebted followers Nas, Snoop Dogg and OutKast), a clear name from a 2008 pardon by then-New York Gov. David Paterson and, now, a 19-date national tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of Great Adventures.

Just another case about a right turn. Tickets $20 general admission, $35 VIP. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

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The Maison — Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Slick Rick, 10

Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Andre Bohren, 6 Old Point Bar — Lunch Truck Specials, 8 Rivershack Tavern — Two Man Rubberband, 8 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Corey Ledet, 8:30 Roosevelt Hotel — Sasha Masakowski, 5:30 Siberia — Abigail Williams, Necrotic Priapism, Mehenet, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Thais Clark CD release, 8 & 10 Spice Bar & Grill — Stooges Brass Band, 9 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Luke Winslow-King, 7:30 Tulane University, Der Rathskeller — Jazz at the Rat: Tia Fuller, 7

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

FRIDAY 11

8 Block Kitchen & Bar — Anais St. John, 9 Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — Best of Street feat. The Good Gollies, Chris Christy, Sweet Deluxe, 9 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7; Brass-A-Holics, 10 Bombay Club — Monty Banks, 6; Right Rev. Soul Revue, 9:30 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Eudora Evans, 9 Buffa’s Lounge — Honor, 5; Honeypots, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Guitar Slim Jr., 7:30 Cafe Negril — El DeOrazio, 7 Capri Blue Bar at Andrea’s Restaurant — Phil Melancon, 8 Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge — Robin Barnes Jazz Quartet, 5 Carrollton Station Bar and

Music Club — Debauche: Russian Mafia Band, 10 Casa Borrega — Los Caballeros del Son, 7:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Paul Sanchez, 8 Circle Bar — Left of the Dial, 9 Columns Hotel — Ted Long, 6 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Linnzi Zaorski, 6; Chubby Carrier, 10 DMac’s — Vincent Marini, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Fitzpatrick, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Steve Cordts, 3 Gasa Gasa — Brass Bed, Cardinal Sons, Vox & the Hound, 9 Golden Lantern — Nighthawk, 7 Hi-Ho Lounge — Erika Flowers, 10 Howlin’ Wolf Music Club — Doug Stanhope, 9 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Andrew Duhon, 2:30; Piano Professor Series, 5; PAGE 47

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Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich & Friends, 10:30

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

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Davell Crawford, 8 Kermit’s Treme MotherIn-Law Lounge — Guitar Lightnin’ Lee, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 7 Le Bon Temps Roule — Chris Klein & the Boulevards, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Lucas Davenport, 5; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 8; Ra Ra Racket, 10:30

The BEATnik — Jason Neville Band, 9

Louisiana Music Factory — Cindy Scott, 3

House of Blues — Kid Ink, 6:30

Dmac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander, 8

Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Trio, 7; Stooges Brass Band, 10

Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9:30

Bombay Club — Lucas Davenport, 6; Alex Peters, 9:30

The Maison — Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7 Melius Bar & Grill — The Mustard Brothers & Peeches, 9

Gasa Gasa — Magnetic Mondays feat. Magnetic Ear, 8

Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Geo Bass, 9

Morning Call — Billy D. Chapman, 10 a.m.

Brazil Taco Truck — Chris Klein & the Boulevards, 10

Oak — Jenn Howard, 9

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jazz Band, 2:30; Colin Lake, 5; Lu & Charlie’s Revisited feat. Germain Bazzle, 8

Buffa’s Lounge — Staehle, Paxton & Stone, 8

The Maison — The Ramblin’ Letters, 4; Faux Barrio Billionaires, 7; 1-ounce Jig, 10; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, midnight

Cafe Negril — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7

Mandeville Trailhead — Mandeville Live: Eli Seals Band, 6:30

Capri Blue Bar at Andrea’s Restaurant — Phil Melancon, 8

Maple Leaf Bar — Raw Oyster Cult, 9

Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge — Luther Kent Band, 9

Oak — Aaron Wilkinson & Friends, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Jeb Rault, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Naughty Professor, Nasimiyu, 9 Pearl Wine Co. — Sarah Gromko Trio, 8-10 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Tab Benoit, 9 Roosevelt Hotel — Antoine Diel, 5:30; Luther Kent, 9 Marigny Brasserie — Buku Broux, 9 Siberia — The Scorseses, Madfro, New Rebel Family, 9 Smoothie King Center — Kings of Leon, 8

Spotted Cat — Andy J. Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 St. Roch Tavern — James Jordan & the Lonely Nights Band, 8 Three Muses — Matt Johnson Trio, 6; Glen David Andrews, 9 Tipitina’s — Lost Bayou Ramblers, Feufollet, 9 Treasure Chest Casino — Harvey Jesus & Fire, 7 Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Shannon Powell Trio, 5

SATURDAY 12 21st Amendment — Chance Bushman, Adam Arredondo, Russell Ramirez, Joseph Faison, 8 8 Block Kitchen & Bar — Anais St. John, 9 Banks Street Bar — Louisiana Modified Dolls, Bad Beth & Beyond, House of Goats, The Suspendables, 9

One Eyed Jacks — G-Eazy, Tory Lanez, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lionel Ferbos & Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 1 Rivershack Tavern — Coldshot, 10

Castle Theatre — Linda Wright & Phlavaz, 8

Rock ’N’ Bowl — Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, 9:30

Chickie Wah Wah — The Mercy Brothes, 9

Roosevelt Hotel — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9

Circle Bar — Zoltars, King Louie One Man Band, Bottomfeeders, 9

Marigny Brasserie — Buku Broux, 9

Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 8; Eric Lindell, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Stephen Lands, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Gary Acone, 7; Bunny Zoma, 8:30 Gasa Gasa — Andrew Duhon, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — DJ Soul Sister’s Hustle, 11 House of Blues — Better Than Ezra, JT Hodges, Matt Nathanson, 8 House of Blues (The Parish) — Zucchero, 7 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Jonathon Boogie Long, 8 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Salute to the Service feat. Navy Band New Orleans Jazz Ensemble, Marine Corps New Orleans Brass Band, 2:30; Shannon Powell Band, 5; Irvin Mayfield & the Jazz Playhouse Review, 8 Kermit’s Treme MotherIn-Law Lounge — Neshia Ruffins, 7 Kerry Irish Pub — Jon Roniger, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9

Siberia — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 6; Fat Stupid Ugly People, Classhole, Gristnam, Ossacrux, Criminal Slang, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Panorama Jazz Band, 6 Three Muses — Davis Rogan, 6 Tipitina’s — Rebirth Brass Band, 9 Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8; Montegut, 11

SUNDAY 13 Banks Street Bar — Isla NOLA, 4; Ron Hotstream & the F-Holes, 9 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; To Be Continued Brass Band, 10 Bombay Club — Tony Seville, 7 Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 11 a.m.

The Maison — Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste, 10 Morning Call — Billy D. Chapman, 10 a.m.

Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Tom Witek Quartet, 7

The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; The New Orleans Super Jam, 9:30

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Evan Christopher & Clarinet Road, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Pat Casey & the New Sounds, 10 Three Muses — Raphael & Norbert, 5:30; Linnzi Zaorski, 8

Siberia — Mahala Trio, 6

Tipitina’s — Cajun Fais DoDo feat. Bruce Daigrepont, 5

MONDAY 14 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 8 Banks Street Bar — South Jones, 9 BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10 Blue Nile — Higher Heights, 9 BMC — Lil’ Red & Big Bad, 6

Columns Hotel — Chip Wilson, 11 a.m.

Chickie Wah Wah — Alexis & the Samurai, 8

Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6

Circle Bar — Missy Meatlocker, 6

Hi-Ho Lounge — Biglemoi, 10

Little Gem Saloon — Evan Christopher’s International Jam Session, 7

Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr., 7

Bombay Club — Monty Banks, 7

DMac’s — Michael Pearce, 11 a.m; Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 6

Kermit’s Treme Mother-InLaw Lounge — Bobby Love & Friends, 7

One Eyed Jacks — Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin & Sunday Night Swingsters, 8 Ritz-Carlton — Armand St. Martin, 10:30 a.m; Catherine Anderson, 2 Siberia — Squidling Bros.

Sideshow, Pain Solution, Swing Shift Sideshow, Gogo & Friends, 9

Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 6

d.b.a. — The Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Feufollet, 10

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8

Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Luke Winslow-King, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10

Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Romy Kaye Jazz Trio, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Living Legends feat. Maynard Chatters, 8 The Roosevelt Hotel Bar — Jazz Factory Night with the James Partridge Septet, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 10 Three Muses — Joe Cabral, 7 Yuki Izakaya — Miki Fujii & Friends, 8

CLASSICAL/ CONCERTS Anode Contemporary Music Festival — Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105; www.tulane.edu — Katalin Lukacs, Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, Shanna Gutierrez and Jesse Langen perform pieces by internationally-renowned contemporary music composers.

Visit www.fociarts.com for details. 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Philippe Quint — Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — The violinist performs and Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts. Tickets start at $20. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

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Old Point Bar — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 9:30

Kermit’s Treme Mother-InLaw Lounge — Treme Brass Band, 7

Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8

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Kenner, Slidell Bad Words (R) — A spelling bee failure (Jason Bateman) competes again as a grownup. Canal Place Beyond All Boundaries (NR) — The museum screens a “4-D” film, bringing audiences into battle using archival footage and special effects. WWII Captain America: The Winter Soldier (PG-13) — Captain America (Chris Evans) battles a Soviet agent. Clearview, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place

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Divergent (PG-13) — In a world where being different means certain death, a young girl must learn why before it’s too late. Clearview, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place God’s Not Dead (PG) — A student’s faith is tested when his professor challenges that God does not exist.

Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell The Grand Budapest Hotel (R) — In Wes Anderson’s caper, a hotel concierge befriends a lobby boy. Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place Great White Shark 3D (NR) — Shark encounters are shared in the documentary.

Entergy IMAX

Muppets Most Wanted (PG) — The Muppets become involved in a heist while on a tour of Europe. Clearview, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell

Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq (NR) — Tanaquil Le Clercq revolutionizes ballet. 3:45 p.m.

Thursday, Prytania Alan Partridge (R) — A media conglomerate is taking over DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Prytania Anita (NR) — A young Auschwitz survivor is caught in a passionate affair. 2:45 p.m.

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Need for Speed (PG-13) — A street racer (Aaron Paul) plots revenge on the man who once sent him to prison. Slidell

Champions League Cheerleading Event (NR) — Thirty of the country’s most elite cheerleading squads compete to be named Grand Champion.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Elmwood, Slidell, Regal

Noah (PG-13) — A man takes drastic measures to protect his family in an impending flood. Clearview, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place

Cheap Thrills (NR) — In this cult comedy, a couple gets two guys at a bar to do dares. 9:30 p.m. Friday-Monday, Zeitgeist

Non-Stop (PG-13) — Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and Lupita Nyong’o star in a film about an air marshal fighting for his fellow passengers’ safety. Slidell

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (NR) — Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) struggles to balance his supervillian aspirations with his longing for the girl-next-door. Midnight Friday, Prytania

Penguins 3D (PG) — A king penguin returns to his native land in the sub-Antarctic to find a mate. Entergy IMAX Sabotage (R) — An elite DEA team is taken out after robbing a drug cartel. Clearview, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club (PG-13) — Single moms support each other. Clearview

OPENING FRIDAY Draft Day (PG-13) — The Cleveland Browns’ general manager (Kevin Costner) works hard to acquire the No. 1 draft pick. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D (G) — Morgan Freeman narrates a film about lemurs in Madagascar. Entergy IMAX

Oculus (R) — A woman tries to convince the authorities that a supernatural being, not her brother, committed a murder. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Kenner, Slidell

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (PG) — A boy and dog travel through time in this animated movie. Clearview, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell

Rio 2 (G) — In the 2011 animated film’s sequel, a family of blue macaws tries to adjust to life in the Amazon. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank

Finding Vivian Maier (NR) — Vivian Maier’s mysterious life and street photography collection are revealed. 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Prytania The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (NR) — A 1930s murder in the Galapagos archipelago remains a mystery.

5:30 p.m. Thursday, Prytania Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (NR) — Interviews with Vidal examine his contributions to film, politics and journalism. Noon Tuesday, Prytania Jimmy P. (NR) — Benicio Del Toro starts as Jimmy Picard, a WWII veteran who befriends the anthropologist trying to diagnose his post-war condition. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Prytania Liv & Ingmar (NR) — The actress and filmmaker’s 42-year friendship is shown through behind-the-scenes footage and love letters. Noon Thursday, Prytania Meatballs (PG) — Camp Northstar’s head counselor (Bill Murray) has fun with campers and fellow counselors in this 1979 comedy. 8 p.m. Thursday & Sunday, Canal Place PAGE 50

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It’s no wonder “paradoxFinding Vivian Maier APR ical” is the first word 5 p.m. Tuesday uttered in the documentary Finding Vivian Maier Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St. to describe its elusive (504) 891-2787 and mysterious subject.

Vivian Maier made her www.prytaniatheatreneworleans.com living as a nanny for upper middle-class families in Chicago and New York during the last half of the 20th century. Through a series of lucky accidents — and the relentless detective work of amateur historian John Maloof, who co-directed the film — we now know Maier was secretly one of the century’s great artists, a street photographer whose remarkable work deserves a place in the museums alongside that of Robert Frank and Walker Evans. But Maier never showed her work publicly, and even those who thought they knew her assumed her to be a mere hobbyist with a camera. Why did her life’s work remain a secret until after her death? And who was Vivian Maier, anyway?

Finding Vivian Maier seeks to shed light on these burning questions, and Maloof is the ideal person for the task. Looking for archival photos to illustrate a book he was writing about Chicago history in 2007, Maloof went to an auction and purchased a trove of old photographs removed from a self-storage facility because of unpaid bills. The images didn’t suit that project, but Maloof sensed he’d found something special even though he had no background in photography or visual art.

An address on an old envelope later led to him to locals who had known Maier — mostly because they had hired her to watch their kids — and to another huge trove of materials that was about to be put in a dumpster. In addition to his prints, Maloof amassed 100,000 negatives, 150 homemade movies and almost 3,000 rolls of undeveloped film. Amazingly, Maier had never seen much of her own work.

Maloof and co-director Charlie Siskel (who’s best known as a producer of documentaries including Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine and Bill Maher’s Religulous) devote much of their sturdy film to recounting Maloof’s personal quest to solve the multiple mysteries of Maier’s life. They interviewed more than 100 people, ranging from artists who admire her work to the now grown-up kids she raised for absent parents. The triumph of discovering and presenting Maier’s work to the world gives way to a final third of the film that dwells too long on the dark side of her character. This was fresh territory for the filmmakers to mine, but some of this material would be better suited to an exhaustive published biography. A 30-second montage of photos Maier took on an eight-month world tour only hints at a large subset of her work that deserved unrushed treatment in the film.

Finding Vivian Maier finds its true calling in advocating for Maier’s body of work, which predictably has not yet found full acceptance in the rarified world of fine art.

But Maier’s art is the kind that requires no formal training to understand or appreciate — she captured the people and places of her time with extraordinary depth, humor and insight. The chance to see her photographs projected on the big screen alone is reason enough to see the film. — KEN KORMAN

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In Alan Partridge, Steve Coogan stars as a conceited and petty newsman who haplessly becomes the news when a hostage crisis breaks out at his studio.

It screens at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Prytania Theatre as part of filmOrama.

Metropolitan Opera: La Boheme - Encore (NR) — Puccini’s Italian opera about young love is screened. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Elmwood, Regal

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The Missing Picture (NR) — Rithy Panh illustrates the horror associated with Cambodia’s communist party, Khmer Rouge, using claymation and historic footage. 7:30 p.m.

Friday-Monday, Zeitgeist

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Mistaken for Strangers (NR) — The lead singer’s brother filmed a documentary about The National. 6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Zeitgeist Southern Baptist Sissies (NR) — The film adaptation of Del Shores’ play is about four gay boys growing up Southern Baptist. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Zeitgeist Nymphomaniac: Volume I (NR) — A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic adolescent and young adult years. 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Prytania Nymphomaniac: Volume II (NR) — As a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her adulthood, she discovers unwanted complications. 9 p.m. Tuesday, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Prytania Obvious Child (NR) — A comedian is dumped, fired and impregnated before Valentine’s Day. 7:45 p.m.

Thursday, Prytania On My Way (NR) — Alone with financial problems, a woman in her early sixties finds answers during a road trip. 12:30 p.m.

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Rushmore (R) — A businessman (Bill Murray) and a student (Jason Schwartzman) compete for the affecction of a teacher in this 1998 Wes Anderson comedy. 10 p.m. Sunday, Prytania Spies (NR) — Fritz Lang’s German spy film is full of temptresses, deceit and nifty gadgets. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Deutsches Haus Stranger by the Lake (NR) — Some proceeds from the French gay erotic thriller screening benefit New Orleans Gay Pride Festival. 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday, Zeitgeist Student Video Screening (NR) — Students’ videos are screened. 4 p.m. Saturday, Zeitgeist TCM Presents: And the Oscar Goes To... (NR) — The documentary illustrates the history of the Academy Awards and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2 p.m.

Sunday, Elmwood, Slidell To Kill a Mockingbird (NR) — Gregory Peck stars in Robert Mulligan’s 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Prytania Trading Places (R) — A street hustler (Eddie Murphy) and an investment tycoon (Dan Aykroyd) switch places as part of a bet. 10 a.m. Sunday, Prytania Young & Beautiful (NR) — A 17-year-old girl works as a prostitute and develops a relationship with one of her clients. 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Prytania

AMC Clearview Palace 12: Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans 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; Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette., (504) 304-9992. www.chalmettemovies.com; 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; National World War II Museum Solomon Victory Theater: 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944. www.nationalww2museum.org; 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) 5812540. www.thetheatres.com; Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858. www.zeitgeistinc.net

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azine St., (504) 891-6789; www. coleprattgallery.com — “Altars and Monuments,” abstract paintings by Richard Johnson, through April 26.

Courtyard Gallery. 1129 Decatur St., (504) 330-0134; www. woodartandmarketing.com — New Orleans-themed reclaimed wood carvings by Daniel Garcia, ongoing.

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OPENING Buffa’s Lounge. 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www.buffaslounge.com — Festive photographs by Rita Posselt, opening 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront. org — “Grown Ass Kid,” mixed media group exhibition, opening 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Gradoux Gallery. 2117 Decatur St.; www.gradouxgallery.com — “Interconnect: An Exhibition of Ceramic Work by Sarah House,” opening 6 p.m. Friday.

Henry Hood Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 789-1832 — “New Paintings for Exotic Tastes,” by Jim Graham, opening 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “One Foot in the Swamp: Portraits & Daydreams as Photographs,” photography

by Zack Smith, opening reception 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www. arthurrogergallery.com — “The Swinging Pendulum,” mixed media by Edward Whiteman and “The People of New Orleans from A to Z,” cartoons by Bunny Matthews, through April 19.

Beneito’s Art. 3618 Magazine St., (504) 891-9170; www.bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings by Beneito Bernard, ongoing.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery. com — “Artists of Faith,” group exhibition, through April 20.

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

Chester Allen’s Oasis of Energy. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 292-8365; www.chesterallen-oasisofenergy.tumblr.com — “Universal Groove,” silversmithing by Chester Allen, ongoing.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Mag-

Freret Clay Center. 2525 Jena St., (504) 919-8050; www. freretclaycenter.com — “The Human Condition,” metal rusts, wood rots’ collage, ceramic tiles and vessels by Barbie L’Hoste and Bill Darrow, ongoing.

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

Garden District Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504) 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery. com — “Three Voices: New Work,” paintings by Kat Fitzpatrick, Susan Hotard and Kris Wenschuh, through April 27.

Graphite Galleries. 936 Royal St., (504) 565-3739; www.graphitenola.com — Group mixed media exhibition, ongoing.

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

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — “My New Orleans,” paintings by Adam K. Hall, through April.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www. jonathanferraragallery.com — “More Greatest Hits,” mixed media exhibition by Mel Chin, through Saturday.

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GALLERIES A Gallery For Fine Photography.

241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — Photographs and photo books from all eras by various photographers, ongoing.

Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www. noafa.com — “Closer Examination” by Ronna Harris and “New Work” by Butler Steltemeier, through May 2.

Alex Beard Studio. 712 Royal St., (504) 309-0394; www.alexbeardstudio.com — Drawings and paintings by Alex Beard, ongoing.

Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart.com — “Deep Blues,” Southern folk art group exhibition, ongoing.

Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodante-

This photo of President Abraham Lincoln is among more than 200 images in Photography and the American Civil War at the New Orleans Museum of Art through May 4.

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Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “The Simulated Tide,” paintings about water by Bonnie Maygarden, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

gallery.com — Mixed media craft exhibition by Abe Geasland, Craig Taylor, Jivita Harris Casey and Alix Travis, through April.

Du Mois Gallery. 4609 Freret St., (504) 818-6032; www.dumoisgallery.com — “Drinks from the River,” ceramics by Anthony Stellaccio and “Dream Series,” multimedia drawings by Caroline Hill, through April 26.

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Altars and Monuments and The Swinging Pendulum

Last week Jerry Saltz, the Altars and Monuments: influential New York magazine art THRU Recent paintings by critic, incited the masses to rebel APR Richard Johnson against the Museum of Modern Art’s plans for a new wing. His Cole Pratt Gallery complaint? Too little wall space 3800 Magazine St. for paintings: “I’m hearing that old (504) 891-6789 1980s ‘painting-is-dead’ attitude rearing its head again. It’s been www.coleprattgallery.com discredited everywhere else. ...

Painting is merely a medium, a The Swinging Pendulum: THRU place for the imagination, not Mixed-media paintings by APR a doctrine.” Exactly. Not only Edward Whiteman has painting remained relevant, abstract painting has come Arthur Roger Gallery back with a vengeance. That 432 Julia St. may help explain why a couple (504) 522-1999 of local abstract painters who www.arthurrogergallery.com have been around for decades are looking quite au courant these days. Richard Johnson’s new abstract-illusionist Altars and Monuments show is splashy and seductive, yet everyone will probably see it differently. Here the rich, velvety colors of Renaissance religious paintings appear in compositions that exude a secular, electric, pop sensibility. Yet there is something almost metaphysical about works like Altars and Monuments X (pictured), where a vaguely torchlike central armature engulfed in crimson suggests a Zoroastrian fire temple reduced to a pulsating electronic aura. In other compositions, red heartlike ovoids seem to melt as colors and forms take on mysterious lives of their own. It’s almost as if the lightning bolts that once symbolized the inscrutable power of mythic deities had been subsumed into the digital electronics that now surround us and demand our allegiance no less forcefully than the old gods of the pagan past.

In Edward Whiteman’s Swinging Pendulum exhibition of large-scale paintings on reconstructed paper, simple yet potent-looking forms resonate the aura of ancient hieroglyphics painted on stone. Look again and they appear quite modern. For all their decorous allure, Whiteman’s latest works are as psychological as Rorschach blots and, like all successful abstractions, what they have to tell us depends entirely on who we are and how we see them.

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La Madama Bazarre. 1007 St. Mary St., (504) 236-5076; www. lamadamabazarre.com — Group exhibition celebrating the whimsical and weird side of Louisiana, ongoing.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Color is a Vessel,” paintings by Benjamin J. Shamback, through April 19.

Lisa Victoria Gallery. 616 Royal St., (504) 315-0850; www.lisavictoriagallery.com — Mixed media group exhibition, ongoing.

Live Art Studio. 4207 Dumaine St., (504) 484-7245; www. liveartstudio.com — “Jazz Musicians,” giclee prints by Sarah Stiehl, and “Louisiana Waltz,” photography by Richard Weller, through May. M. Francis Gallery. 1938 Burgundy St., (504) 931-1915; www. mfrancisgallery.com — Acrylic on canvas by Myesha, ongoing.

Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www. michalopoulos.com — “Down and Dirty,” paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.

Morrison. 1507 Magazine St., (504) 451-3303; www.morrisonsculpture.com — Sculpture and drawings by Thomas Randolph Morrison, ongoing.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www. neworleansglassworks.com — Etching and screenprints by Greg Giegucz and inside-out glass sculptures by Jason Christian, through April.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., Second floor, (504) 523-7945; www. rhinocrafts.com — Contemporary crafts by Sean Dixson, Cathy Cooper-Stratton, Margo Manning and Nellrea Simpson and others Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “De Troit,” photographic homage to Detroit

by Joseph Crachiola, through June 7.

Sheila Phipps Studio & Gallery.

8237 Oak St., (504) 596-6031 — Oil and acrylic portraits and abstracts, ongoing.

Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.facebook. com/NOLAartsalon — “RCAA Redux,” art by RENew Cultural Arts Academy students curated

by Ryan Lindburg, through April 27.

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

SPARE SPACES Basin Street Station. 501 Basin St., (504) 293-2600; www. basinststation.com — Scale model of 1915 French Quarter, ongoing.

Bonjour Lingerie. 4214 Magazine St., (504) 309-8014; www. facebook.com/bonjournola — Mixed media black light art by Mario Ortiz, ongoing.

The Country Club. 634 Louisa St., (504) 945-0742; www.thecountryclubneworleans.com — “All Amzie All the Time,” group exhibition of art celebrating Amzie Adams, ongoing.

Hey! Cafe. 4332 Magazine St., (504) 891-8682; www.heycafe.biz — Cartoons from Feast Yer Eyes magazine, ongoing.

La Divina Gelateria. 621 St. Peter St., (504) 302-2692; www. ladivinagelateria.com — Art and photographs by Thom Bennett, Mary Moring and Rita Posselt, ongoing.

Top Drawer Antiques. 4310 Magazine St., (504) 897-1004; www.topdrawerantiques.net — Mixed media black light art by Mario Ortiz, ongoing.

Treo. 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 650-9844; www.treonola.com — Mixed media group exhibition, ongoing.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Fourth Annual Loving Festival.

The festival seeks original artwork about race, racism and the multiracial experience.

Visit charitablefilmnetwork. submittable.com for details.

Deadline Sunday.

The Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography.

New Orleans Photo Alliance, 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; neworleansphotoalliance.org — A $5,000 grant is awarded to a Gulf Coast photographer. Visit www.neworleansphotoalliance. org for details. Deadline April 15.

No Dead Artists. Art is sought for the 18th annual No Dead Artists. Visit www.jonathanferraragallery.com for details.

Deadline June 16.

MUSEUMS Contemporary Arts Center.

900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “hello I AM,” contemporary art by New Orle-

ans teenagers, through May 17.

“30 Americans,” group exhibition of black art from the past 30 years, through June 15.

Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 5234662; www.hnoc.org — “Shout, Sister, Shout! The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans,” mixed media exhibition about a local 1920s and 1930s girl group, through Oct. 26.

Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — “Every Tree Tells a Story,” photography of United States trees, through Sunday. “Simply Silver,” exhibition of three centuries of silver, through April.

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) 5686968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — “The Louisiana Photographs of Robert Tebbs,” photos of 1926 plantations, through June 1. “Images and Instruments: Medical History,” artifacts and images of 19th and 20th century medical eqipment, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “Krewe of Hermes: The Diamond Jubilee,” an overview of the Carnival organization, through Dec. 1. “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items and “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” ongoing.

Madame John’s Legacy. 632 Dumaine St., (504) 568-6968; www.crt.state.la.us — “The Palm, the Pine and the Cypress: Newcomb College Pottery of New Orleans,” ongoing.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Camille Henrot: Cities of Ys,” mixed media by Camille Henrot, through Sunday. “Photography and the American Civil War,” group exhibition, through May 4. “Rematch,” a retrospective of conceptual artist Mel Chin, through May 25.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — “I’ll Save You Tomorrow,” mixed media by Juan Logan and “Into the Light II,” Southern photography group exhibition, through July 20.

Williams Research Center.

Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 5234662; www.hnoc.org — “From Cameo to Close Up: Louisiana in Film,” the history of movie-making in New Orleans as seen in posters, photographs and more, Wednesday to Nov. 26.

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Newcomb Art Gallery.

Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 3142406; www.newcombartgallery. tulane.edu — “Early Modern Faces: European Portraits 1480-1780,” old master painting exhibition, through June 29.

Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www. vieuxcarregallery.com — “Urban Vignettes,” paintings by Sarah Stiehl, through April 15.

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THEATER The Golden Girls Return.

Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Varla Jean Merman, Ricky Graham, Brooklyn Shaffer, Brian Johnston and Becky Allen perform episodes of the sitcom. Tickets $30. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.

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Impressions: The Nature of Landscape. The Dodwell House, 1519 Esplanade Ave., (504) 218-8073; www.dodwellhouse.org — Founders of impressionism connect the environmental conservation of Louisiana’s natural environment. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

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The Normal Heart. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Kris Shaw directs Larry Kramer’s play about how some New Yorkers handled the AIDS crisis. Tickets $25. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

Pat Bourgeois’ Debauchery. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — A live soap opera about an uptown family with a downtown mom. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Reflections 2. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater. com — Oliver Thomas, Gail Glapion and Cynthia WIllardLewis star in Anthony Bean’s sequel to Reflections, the story of Thomas’ fall. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Spank! Harder. Harrah’s Casino (Harrah’s Theatre), 1 Canal St., (504) 533-6600; www.harrahsneworleans. com — The satirical show is geared toward women.

Tickets $45. April 10 to 13, 3 & 8 p.m.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY The Andrews Brothers. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — Three men fill in for The Andrews Sisters when a flu outbreak quarantines them.

Dinner show $65, brunch show $60, show only $30.

Friday-Sunday.

Beach Blanket Burlesque.

Tiki Tolteca, 301 N. Peters St., (504) 267-4406; www. facebook.com/tikitolteca — GoGo McGregor hosts a free burlesque show. 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Bits & Jiggles. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — The show mixes comedy and burlesque. 9 p.m. Monday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www.sonesta.com/royalneworleans — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly burlesque show featuring the music of Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio. Call (504) 553-2331 for details. 11:50 p.m. Friday.

Bustout Burlesque feat.

Dannie Diesel. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — The star of History Channel’s American Pickers performs. Tickets start at $22. 7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Friday.

Dita Von Teese’s Strip Strip Hooray!. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Dita Von Teese performs burlesque. General $40, balcony $100. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

New Orleans International Puppet Festival 2014.

Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998;

www.marignyoperahouse.org — Marigny Opera House and Mudlark Public Theatre host a puppetry festival that includes marionettes, shadow puppets, hand puppets and giant-scale puppets. Tickets $25. 8 p.m Thursday-Sunday.

Shoebox Lounge. Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.theshadowboxtheatre.com — Jen Pagan’s solo show merges memoir and stand-up. Tickets start at $10. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

The Victory Belles: Spirit of America. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Belles perform patriotic tunes from the American canon and from the songbooks of George M. Cohan and Irving Berlin. Cuisine from Chef John Besh’s American Sector is provided. Wednesday.

AUDITIONS Adventures in Dance Camp.

Lyons Center, 624 Louisiana Ave., (504) 658-3004; www. nola.gov/nordc — Kids ages 6 to 11 can register for New Orleans Ballet Association’s July day camp. Supply fee $75, extended day $60. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Crescent City Sound Chorus.

Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, Drama Hall, third floor, (504) 616-6066; www.dcc.edu — The Crescent City Sound Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, holds auditions. For details, visit www.crescentcitysound. com 7 p.m. Monday.

Reel Big Easy Young Actors On-Camera Demo. Du Mois Gallery, 4609 Freret St., (504) 818-6032; www.dumoisgallery. com — Lauren Gros teaches acting techniques to kids.

Visit www.reelbigeasy.com for details. Admission $10. 1 p.m. Saturday.

COMEDY Accessible Comedy. Buffa’s Lounge, 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www.buffaslounge.com — J. Alfred Potter and Jonah Bascle do stand-up shows on a rotating basis. 11:55 p.m. Friday.

Allstar Comedy Revue. House of Blues Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the standup comedy show with special guests and a band. Free admission. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf. com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase. Free admission.

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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8 p.m. Thursday.

Leon Blanda & Friends.

Castle Theatre, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 287-4707; www.castle501.com — Leon Blanda, Duncan Pace, Vincent Zambon and Ariel Elias perform stand-up comedy.

Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Friday.

Lights Up. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www. tnmcomedy.com — The theater showcases new improv troupes. Tickets $5.

9 p.m. Thursday.

The Megaphone Show.

The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www.tnmcomedy.com — Each show features a guest sharing favorite true stories, the details of which inspire improv comedy. Tickets $8. 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

NOLA Comedy Hour Open Mic & Showcase. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts the open mic series that features a booked showcase. Free admission. 8 p.m. sign-up, 9 p.m. show. Sunday.

Press Pass. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www. tnmcomedy.com — A multifaceted comedy show lampoons the news. Admission $5. 9 p.m. Saturday.

Sit-Down Stand-Up. Prytania Bar, 3445 Prytania St., (504) 891-5773; www. prytaniabar.com — Jonah Bascle hosts the stand-up comedy show presented by Accessible Comedy. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Monday.

Sketch Comedy. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The Sketchy Characters perform sketch comedy. Visit www. sketchycharacters.net for details. 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

Student Union. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www. tnmcomedy.com — A weekly improv for The New Movement students and alumni.

8 p.m. Thursday.

Think You’re Funny? Comedy Showcase. Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 8659190; www.carrolltonstation. com — The weekly open-mic comedy showcase is open to all comics. Sign-up 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.

The Night of the Iguana

Travelers can be lonely, The Night of the Iguana APRIL troubled people, especially 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun. when they are characters The Art Klub in a Tennessee Williams play. In Southern Rep’s 527 Elysian Fields Ave. production of The Night of For tickets call (504) 522-6545 the Iguana, a defrocked www.southernrep.com minister-turned-tour guide struggles with an impending breakdown while trying to keeping his tour group satisfied.

After being banned from his church, the Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon (Mike Harkins) became a tour guide and developed a habit of sleeping with women on his tours. On this trip to Mexico, a woman from his church accuses him of having slept with a 16-year-old girl, which could lead to a charge of statutory rape. Partly due to distress, Shannon leads his group of “Christian ladies” off the beaten path to newly widowed Maxine Faulk’s (Troi Bechet) hotel.

Harkins gave a riveting performance, his voice and hands quivering with unease. He’s a troubled man, and we see him bursting at the seams to keep his life together. Maxine is a jealous woman, but she offers him comfort in the form of companionship, and Bechet offered a bold and sometimes comical performance.

On the brink of losing his tour guide job, Shannon meets Hannah Jelkes (Aimee Hayes), who has arrived at the hotel with her “minor poet” grandfather Nonno (Bob Edes Jr.). The duo are world travelers and hustle money by selling paintings and reciting poems. Hannah is sly, and we are never sure of her intentions. Hayes portrays her with a mix of innocence and sadness. Hannah’s world is wrapped up in her dying Nonno, who can barely walk. Edes imbues him with a sense of resilience, but still, Nonno is largely confined to a wheelchair and stutters lines from his latest poem.

In the course of a day, Hannah and Shannon become friends and start to have a profound effect on each other. Harkins and Hayes share interesting chemistry. There’s a hint of avarice in both characters, and the actors’ interactions added frantic urgency to the drama.

At the high-ceilinged Art Klub space, David Raphel’s set featured a veranda festooned with lush tropical plants including an orange tree and shrubbery. The space, however, presents challenging acoustics, and at various points in Act 1, characters seemed to scream dialogue .

Directed by Phil Karnell, The Night of the Iguana is not uplifting, and it grapples with the somber issues of mental illness and mortality. But Southern Rep’s great production values helped craft a very affecting performance. — TYLER GILLESPIE

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Comedy Catastrophe.

Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 9492009; www.lostlovelounge. com — Cassidy Henehan hosts the weekly comedy showcase. Free admission.

9 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Local comedians perform, and amateurs take the stage in the open-mic portion. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Comedy Sportz. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an allages improv comedy show.

8 p.m. Thursday-Friday.

The Franchise: Brows. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www.tnmcomedy.com — Comedy troupe Brows performs at this weekly improv. Admission $5. 10:30 p.m. Friday.

Friday Night Laughs. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open-mic. 10 p.m. Friday.

GG’s 504 Comedy Hour.

Castle Theatre, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 287-4707; www.castle501. com — Gina Gomez showcases James Cuismano and up-and-coming comedians. Admission $15.

8 p.m. Saturday.

Give ‘Em The Light OpenMic Comedy Show. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the showcase.

Sign-up 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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

Jonah & Kevin, Yeah. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Jonah Bascle and Kevin Prockup perform sketch and musical comedy. 9:30 p.m. Friday.

The Lab. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www. tnmcomedy.com — The newest sketch comedy students perform. Admission $5. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Laugh & Sip. The Wine Bistro, 1011 Gravier St.; www. facebook.com/TheWineBis-

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EVENTS TUESDAY 8 Best Chefs of Louisiana 2014.

Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, (504) 5681702; www.generationshall. com — The American Culinary Federation and Children’s Hospital honor the Best Chefs of Louisiana. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Crescent City Farmers Market.

Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St., (504) 865-5000; www.tulane.edu — The weekly market features fresh produce, kettle corn, Green Plate specials and flowers. Visit www. crescentcityfarmersmarket.org for details.

Library Genealogy Series. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Sal Serio, curator of the library’s American Italian Research Center, leads a 13part genealogy series. Contact Chris at (504) 889-8143 or at wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us for a complete schedule. 7 p.m.

Reggae Night. The Other Place, 1224 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 9437502 — DJ Kush Master spins reggae tunes, there’s food from Coco Hut and there are cultural vendors. 8 p.m.

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

Yoga at the Cabildo. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968;

Marketplace at Armstrong Park. Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.pufap.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, Louisiana seafood, handmade beauty products, art, crafts and entertainment. Visit www.icdnola.

compulsive eating. For details, contact Sarah at (504) 4589965. 7 p.m.

Sistahs Making a Change.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Women of all levels of expertise are invited to dance, discuss and dine together at this health-centered event. 6 to 8 p.m.

FRIDAY 11 Crawfish Boil on the Lake.

Treasure Chest Casino, 5050

483-2918; www.communitychurchuu.org — There’s seafood jambalaya, cake and entertainment by Top of the Hill Players. Call (504) 484-0885 to RSVP. Suggested donation $5. 11 a.m.

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

3 to 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 9 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 to 8:30 p.m.

Friends of Jefferson the Beautiful Tree School. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Arborists, architects, landscapers, biologists and planners discuss trees. Lunch is provided. Register for free at www.friendsofjeffersonthebeautiful.org or at (504) 833-TREE. 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

The Boswell Sisters: Pioneers of American Popular Music.

Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662;

Centering Prayer Intro Workshop. Parker United Methodist Church, 1130 Nashville Ave., (504) 895-1222; www.parkerchurch.net — Maggie Dawson hosts the workshop. Cost $20.

RSVP at (504) 895-1222. Contact William at william.thiele56@ gmail.com with questions. 9 a.m.

Crescent City Farmers Market.

Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, (504) 861-5898; www.marketumbrella.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon.

Easter Eggstravaganza.

Clearview Mall, 4436 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 885-0202; www.clearviewmall. com — An egg hunt, face painting and balloon art await children in the Clearview Mall food court. Contact Kathy at (504) 885-0202 or info@ clearviewmall.com for more info. 9 a.m.

Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market, Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego — The market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art, live music and pony rides. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday and Saturday.

Art on the Rocks at W New Orleans. W Hotel New Orleans, 333 Poydras St., (504) 525-9444; www.wneworleans.com — Artists in residence showcase and sometimes demonstrate their work, there’s a DJ, drink specials and giveaways of lodging at W Hotels. Visit www. wneworleans.com/artontherocks for details. 5 to 8 p.m.

Celebration of the Young Child.

Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 671-5012; www.dcc.edu — WYES and National Association for the Education of Young Children host activities, face painting and a visit by Curious George for children ages 1 to 8. Call (504) 896-9591 for more info. 11 a.m.

Children’s Art Workshop.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., Second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — RHINO artists lead kids in art projects like origami, collages, bookmaking and more. Call or email artboxrhino@gmail.com to register.

Suggested donation for materials $5. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Covington Farmers Market.

Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 — The market offers fresh locally produced foods every week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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la.us — The free course is sponsored by the New Orleans Lettering Arts Association.

Register at www.neworleanscalligraphy.org. Contact Chris Smith at (504) 889-8143 for more info. 10 a.m.

org for details. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

NOLA TimeBanking, DyverseCity Etsy Training. DyverseCity, 3932 Fourth St., (504) 439-4530 — Attendees can set up TimeBank accounts, learn how to run Etsy shops or get computer coaching. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Overeaters Anonymous. Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, 3900 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-3431; www.rayneumc. org — Group members help each other utilize the 12-step method to recover from

Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www.treasurechest. com — There’s crawfish and live entertainment on the front lawn. 6 to 10 p.m.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The four-part weekly event includes an art activity, live music, a film and a food demo.

5 to 8:30 p.m.

Lakeview Golden Community Luncheon. Unitarian Church, 6690 Fleur de Lis Drive, (504)

SATURDAY 12 Boating Safety Class. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries hosts a six- to eight-hour course for vessel operators certification. Contact Chris at (504) 889-8143 or wcsmith@ jefferson.lib.la.us. 9 a.m.

Calligraphy Class. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.

German Coast Farmers Market.

Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features a wide range of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www. germancoastfarmersmarket. org for details. 8 a.m. to noon.

Gretna Farmers Market.

Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, (504) 362-8661 — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers.

Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www.growdatyouthfarm.org —

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It’s All About the Music BIke Ride. Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.pufap.org — As part of NOLA Social Ride, bicyclists cruise around the city, stopping a few times along the way to enjoy live music. Visit www. facebook.com/groups/nolasocialride for details. 6 p.m.

www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — Yoga classes for all experience levels are held in the Cabildo gallery.

7:30 a.m.

www.hnoc.org — The Historic New Orleans Collection’s 15th annual Bill Russell Lecture about New Orleans jazz features a performance by vocal trio The Pfister Sisters.

Admission $10. Call for reservations. 6 p.m.

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The Pfister Sisters perform the music of the Boswell Sisters at the Historic New Orleans Collection’s Bill Russell lecture 6 p.m. Thursday in conjunction with the collection’s current exhibit, Shout, Sister, Shout! The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans. Kayla Titus, granddaughter of Vet Boswell, will discuss the group.

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OCH Student Art Market.

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net — The third annual market features the city’s young talented artists. Contact Jessica at ochartmarket@gmail.com for more info. 10 a.m.

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Spring for Art. Columbia Street, Downtown Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — Live music, dance performances, food and drinks fill downtown Covington. 6 p.m.

St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi, (504) 278-4242; www.visitstbernard.com — The market showcases fresh seafood, local produce, jams and preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment and children’s activities. Call (504) 355-4442 or visit the website for details. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 658-4100; www. noma.org — The museum holds Pilates classes every fourth Saturday of the month, and yoga classes on every other Saturday. Call (504) 456-5000 for details. Free for NOMA and East Jefferson Wellness Center members. Admission $5. 8 a.m.

SUNDAY 13 Children’s Spring Party. New Orleans Opera Association’s Women Guild Home, 2504 Prytania St., (504) 899-1945; www. neworleansopera.org/guildhome — Children visit the Easter Bunny, hunt for eggs and perform with the MetroPelican Opera. $15 adults, $10 children, free for children under 2 years.

Call Gina at (504) 267-9527 for tickets. 2:30 p.m.

SoFAB cooking demo. French Market, Corner of Governor Nicholls and French Market Place; www.frenchmarket. org — Local chefs demonstrate cooking their signature dishes. 2 p.m.

Swing Dance Lesson With Amy & Chance. d.b.a., 618 Frenchmen St., (504) 942-3731; www. dbabars.com/dbano — The bar and music venue offers free swing dance lessons. 4:30 p.m.

MONDAY 14 MADD meeting. Old Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Road, (504) 838-4353 — This is a meeting of the Metairie/New Orleans chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. 6 p.m.

Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 6584100; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold presents the class in the museum’s art galleries.

Call (504) 456-5000 for details.

Free for NOMA and East Jefferson Hospital Wellness

Center members, $5 general admission. 6 p.m.

WORDS Barnes & Noble Jr. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 455-5135; www. barnesandnoble.com — The bookstore regularly hosts free reading events for kids. Call for schedule information.

Big Book Sale. Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 465-9985; www. pontchartraincenter.com — Friends of Jefferson Public Library hosts the sale of more than 65,000 books, puzzles, DVDs and CDs. Call (504) 4552665 or email friendsJPL@ yahoo.com for more info. 10 a.m. Thursday-Saturday, noon Sunday.

Cold•Cuts. Kajun’s Pub, 2256 St. Claude Ave., (504) 947-3735; www.kajunpub.com — The monthly poetry and performance series features three readers. Visit www. coldcutsreading.blogspot.com for details. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Creative Writing Spring Reading. NOCCA Riverfront, Nims Blackbox Theatre, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2875; www.nocca.com — NOCCA’s creative writing seniors have a reading. 7 p.m. Monday.

Daniel Black. New Orleans Public Library, Main Library, 219 Loyola Ave., 596-2602 — The author and associate professor at Clark Atlanta

EVENT LISTINGS University talks reads from, discusses and signs Perfect Peace: A Novel. Contact LaToya at ldevezin@neworleanspubliclibrary.org for more info. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Fair Grinds Poetry Event.

Fair Grinds Coffeehouse, 3133 Ponce de Leon St., (504) 913-9073; www.fairgrinds.com — Jenna Mae hosts poets and spoken-word performers. 8 p.m. Sunday.

Frances Mayes. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 8952266 — The author discusses and signs Under Magnolia.

6 p.m. Friday.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library Book Sale.

Latter Library Carriage House, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www.nutrias.org — The group hosts twice-weekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

Greg Alexander. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The author talks about The Holy Mark. Contact Chris at (504) 889-8143 or wcsmith@ jefferson.lib.la.us for more info.

7 p.m. Monday.

Musical Bard Rickey E. Pittman. Irish Cultural Museum, 933 Conti St., (504) 481-8593 — The bard reads from his Irish Alphabet Book and there are arts, crafts and face paintings.

Adults $5, children and members free. 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Open Mic. Drum Sands Publishing and Books, 7301 Downman Road, (504) 247-6519; www.drunmsandspublishing. com — The bookstore and publishing house hosts an open mic for writers of all genres. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Poets of Color. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., (504) 947-2121; www.stannanola.org — Poets participate in a writing circle. 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Story Time with Miss Maureen.

Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — Children’s books are read. 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Tao Poetry. Neutral Ground Coffeehouse, 5110 Danneel St., (504) 891-3381; www.neutral-

The Well: A Women’s Poetry Circle. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., (504) 947-2121; www.stannanola.org — The group for writers of all levels meets at 2 p.m.

Monday. Call (504) 655-5489 or email fleurdeholly@gmail.com for details.

Zachary Lazar. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266 — The author and assistant professor of English at Tulane University discusses and signs I Pity the Poor Immigrant.

6 p.m. Thursday.

CALL FOR WRITERS William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. Creative writers are invited to enter their novels, novellas, book-length narrative non-fiction, novels-in-progress, short stories, essays and short stories written by high school students. Visit www. wordsandmusic.org/competition for details and to enter.

Deadline Monday.

SPORTS Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Oklahoma City RedHawks at 7 p.m.

Tuesday.

New Orleans Pelicans.

Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www. neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Phoenix Suns at 7 p.m. Wednesday and the the Oklahoma City Thunder at 7 p.m. Monday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED American Cancer Society.

The American Cancer Society needs volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Visit www. cancer.org or call (504) 2192200 for details.

Another Life Foundation Volunteers. Another Life Foundation seeks volunteers recovering from mental illness to help mentor others battling depression and suicidal behaviors. Free training provided.

For details, contact Stephanie Green at (888) 543-3480, anotherlifefoundation@hotmail. com or visit www.anotherlifefoundation.org.

Bayou Rebirth Wetlands Education. Bayou Rebirth

seeks volunteers for wetlands planting projects, nursery maintenance and other duties.

Visit www.bayourebirth.org for details.

Bilingual Evacuteers. Puentes New Orleans and Evacuteer seek bilingual volunteers to assist the Spanish-speaking population with mandatory evacuations in New Orleans during hurricane season.

Email Luis Behrhorst at luis@ puentesno.org for details.

CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours per month. No special skills are required; thorough training and support is provided. Call Brian Opert at (504) 522-1962 ext. 213 or email info@casaneworleans.org for details.

Crescent City Farmers Market.

CCFM and marketumbrella. org seek volunteers to field shoppers’ questions, assist seniors, help with monthly children’s activities and more.

Call (504) 495-1459 or email latifia@marketumbrella.org for details.

Dress for Success New Orleans. The program seeks volunteers to assist clients in shopping, to manage inventory and to share expertise in its professional women’s group.

Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@dressforsuccess. org to register.

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

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

French Quarter Festival.

French Quarter Festival volunteers are needed from April 10-13. Visit www.fqfi.org/ frenchquarterfest/volunteer for more information. April 10 to 13.

Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running buddies, assistant coaches, committee members and race day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola. org to register. Visit www. gotrnola.org for details about the program.

Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center.

The center seeks part-time civil rights investigators with excellent writing skills, reliable transportation and no criminal convictions to help expose

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Local Writers’ Group. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 455-5135; www. barnesandnoble.com — The weekly group discusses and critiques fellow members’ writing. Google “Realms of Fiction” for more information.

7:30 p.m. Monday.

ground.org — The coffeehouse hosts a weekly poetry reading.

9 p.m. Wednesday.

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ONE BAR WILL WIN $1,000 FOR THEIR CHOSEN CHARITY

NOLA Wise. The program by Global Green in partnership with the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy that helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient seeks volunteers.

All volunteers must attend a 30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@globalgreen.org for details.

Operation REACH Volunteers.

Operation REACH and Gulfsouth Youth Action Corps seek college student volunteers from all over the country to assist in providing recreation and education opportunities for New Orleans-area inner-city youth and their families. For information, visit www.thegyac.org and www. operationreach.org.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of the radio show Star Talk and the Fox/National Geographic show Cosmos, speaks at 8 p.m. April 14 at Tulane University’s McAlister Auditorium.

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Call (504) 717-4257 or email mmorgan@gnofairhousing.org for information.

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Green Light New Orleans.

The group that provides free energy-efficient lightbulbs seeks volunteers to help install the bulbs in homes. Call (504) 324-2429 or email green@ greenlightneworleans.org to apply. Visit www.greenlightneworleans.org for details.

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HandsOn New Orleans. The volunteer center for the Greater New Orleans area invites prospective volunteers to learn about the various opportunities available, how to sign up for service projects and general tips on how to be a good volunteer. Call (504) 304-2275, email volunteer@ handsonneworleans.org or visit www.handsonneworleans.org for details.

Lakeview Civic Improvement Association. The association’s green space committee needs volunteers for the adopt-ablock program who will either pick up trash or trim trees.

Sign up with Russ Barranco at (504) 482-9598 or at rpbarranco@cox.net.

Louisiana SPCA Volunteers.

The Louisiana SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals and help with special events, education and more.

Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and complete a volunteer orientation to work directly with animals. Visit www.la-spca.org/volunteer to sign up. lowernine.org Volunteers.

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

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

Meal Delivery Volunteers.

Jefferson Council on Aging seeks volunteers to deliver meals to homebound adults.

Gas/mileage expenses will be reimbursed. Call Gail at (504) 888-5880 for details.

Jackson Barracks Museum Volunteers. The museum seeks volunteers to work one day a week for the Louisiana National Guard Museum. Volunteers prepare military aircraft, vehicles and equipment for display. Call David at (504) 837-0175 or email daveharrell@ yahoo.com for details.

National World War II Museum.

The museum accepts applications for volunteers to meet and greet visitors from around the world and familiarize them with its galleries, artifacts and expansion. Call (504) 527-6012 ext. 243 or email katherine. alpert@nationalww2museum. org for details.

Public School Volunteers.

New Orleans Outreach seeks volunteers to share their enthusiasm and expertise as part of the ARMS-Outreach after-school program.

Volunteers are needed in the arts, academics, technology, recreation and life skills. Email jenny@nooutreach.org or call (504) 654-1060 for information.

Senior Companion Volunteers.

The council seeks volunteers to assist with personal and other daily tasks to help seniors live independently. Visit www.nocoa.org or call (504) 821-4121 for details.

Start the Adventure in Reading. The STAIR program holds regular volunteer training sessions to work one-on-one with public school students on reading and language skills.

Call (504) 899-0820, email elizabeth@stairnola.org or visit www.stairnola.org for details.

Teen Suicide Prevention.

The Teen Suicide Prevention Program seeks volunteers to help teach middle- and upper-school New Orleans students. Call (504) 831-8475 for details.

Touro Infirmary Career Camp.

Touro Infirmary’s 7th annual summer Health Career Camp introduces rising juniors and seniors and recent high school graduates to healthcare professions. Apply at www.touro. com/careercamp or call Touro Volunteer Services at (504) 897-8107. Deadline June 2.

Touro Infirmary Junior Volunteer Program. Touro Infirmary seeks high school student summer volunteers. Apply at www.touro.com/juniorvolunteer or call Touro Volunteer Services at (504) 897-8107.

Deadline April 11.

Tulane Summer Volunteer Program. Tulane Medical Center needs dedicated high school students to join the volunteer program. Call (504) 988-5868 for details.

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Dear New Orleans Job Guru, “I see online that you not only write resumes, but also business plans. I work at a pharmaceutical company that is laying me off with a decent severance package. I was thinking of starting a small business here in New Orleans. Does that make sense in today’s economy? Also, what are my chances of getting a loan to do this?”

— Martin S., River Ridge, LA Dear Martin, In terms of the timing and location in launching a small business, you’re right on target.

The national economy appears to be climbing, with economic forecasts for the Greater New Orleans area brighter than ever. New Orleans has received plenty of accolades recently for its business climate, including “Coolest Start-Up City in America” (Inc. Magazine), “Most Improved City for Business” out of 100+ metro areas (The Wall St. Journal), Grant Cooper and the Brookings Institution recently reported that entrepreneurial activity in our city was 40% above the national average.

Although you mentioned that you have served as a pharmaceutical sales rep, you didn’t talk about your overall experience. In order to successfully launch, operate, and manage a small business, you will need to utilize a wide range of business skills, including Banking & Finance, Purchasing & Inventory Control, Customer Relations & Account Management, Safety Awareness & Quality Control, Permitting & Governmental Compliance, Marketing & Advertising, Sales & Business Development, Hiring & Training, Vendor & Contractor Selection, Strategic Planning, and Problem-Solving. If your background doesn’t demonstrate that you possess those capabilities, I suggest that you take business courses and get up to speed. You would also do well to find a job, even if it is at a lower level, in the exact industry you are targeting, in order to learn as much as you can from the ground up.

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Strategic Resumes created a business plan this Spring for a young client whose father was well known in the regional Oil & Gas service industry. He had worked on some oil rigs, as well. His goal was to open a business providing hard-to-get parts, equipment, and supplies to clients in that field. We wrote a business plan showing how he could leverage his family contacts, provide world-class service, and specialize as a niche-based supplier meeting the needs of the energy industry throughout Southeast Louisiana. A few weeks ago, we received a nice thank you note from him stating that he had “exceeded the plan’s sales projections by over 400%” and was doing great.

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In terms of obtaining a small business start-up loan, there are several factors to keep in mind. In general, no one will lend you start-up money simply based on a good business idea and your enthusiasm. There are several conditions a banker or funder will want to satisfy before betting on your new venture. First, you must have good credit. When you are asking others to place their funds in your care, you must show that you have done so with your money. Second, you should have a detailed business plan that covers everything, including your biographical profile, an executive summary of your project, marketing plans, capitalization needs, site selection, cost factors, breakeven analysis, and in-depth business research.

Finally, you must have collateral. You may ask why you should need collateral if the idea is great and you are a proven winner in your career. The simple answer is that most small businesses don’t make it, with failure rates as high as 85% in the first year. According to one study, here are the 10 most important reasons that small businesses fail: 1) Lack of experience, 2) Insufficient capital, 3) Poor location, 4) Poor inventory management, 5) Overinvestment in fixed assets, 6) Poor credit arrangements, 7) Personal use of business funds, 8) Unexpected growth, 9) Competition, and 10) Low sales.

But make no mistake about it, the bank or funding agency doesn’t want to repossess your collateral, they are very much hoping you succeed. Keep me posted on your progress.

New Orleans Job Guru is New Orleans native Grant Cooper. President of Strategic Résumés®, Grant has ranked in the Top 2% of 340 LinkedIn National Résumé Writing Experts worldwide, 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 corporations.

Send your questions to New Orleans Job Guru at: grant@resupro.com or 504-891-7222

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 606-128 DIV. L SUCCESSION OF CHARLES V. SCHINDLER NOTICE

BEAUTY SALONS/SPAS ALL ABOUT U SALON

Beautiful Salon has openings for 2 Booth Rentals. Also rental space for Masseuse. Set your own hours. We are open 9-7, Mon - Sat. Come or call:(504) 889-0010 4533 Airline Drive,Metairie, LA

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MODELING/ACTING PROMOTIONAL MODELS/ BRAND AMBASSADORS

Hiring promo models and brand ambassadors in the New Orleans area to represent major beer, wine and spirits brands. Prompt payment and direct deposit is available. Work based on your availability. On-going consistent work available. www.Elevate-Your-Event.com Jobs@Elevate-Your-Event.com

RESTAURANT/HOTEL/BAR BUS PERSONS

Set tables, carry food to tables, bus dishes to kitchen and otherwise assist with service in an upscale, fine-dining restaurant. Apply in person Monday -Friday from 2:00 - 4:30 at NOLA Restaurant - 534 St. Louis St. in the French Quarter.

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Now Hiring: Host/Hostess & Servers.

Apply in person, 11-2:30pm or 5-9pm, 1403 St. Charles Ave., NOLA

Make a difference in the lives of the terminally ill & their families. Services include: friendly visits to patients & their families, provide rest time to caretaker, bereavement & office assistance. School service hours avail.

Call Volunteer Coordinator @ 504-818-2723 #3006

Notice is hereby given that Oris Creighton, testamentary executor of this succession, and Jeffrey A. Jones, testamentary independent executor of the Succession of Alice Rooney Schindler, surviving spouse, have filed a petition for authority to sell the immovable property described below at private sale in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to pay the amount of $23,369.11 to Michael Schindler, and to pay the remaining sales proceeds, after payment of commissions, normal closing costs, $2500.00 toward purchaser’s closing costs, prorated taxes, and attorney’s fees and court costs necessary for the advertising and approval of the sale due to counsel for the Succession of Alice Rooney Schindler, to the Succession of Alice Rooney Schindler.

Description of Property ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF GROUND together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, prescriptions, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in Sections 19 and 30, Township 6 South, Range 13 East, St. Tammany Parish, State of Louisiana.

Being more fully described as follows, to wit: From the ¼ corner common to Sections 19 and 20, T6S, R13E, run S00 degrees, 37’W, 3962.74 feet; thence N89degrees, 51’W 1227.15 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. From the Point of Beginning, run N89degrees, 56’50”W 1412.28 feet to a point; thence N00degrees, 02’27”E 2090.37 feet to a point; thence S89degrees, 51’31”E 1406.4 feet to a point, thence S00degrees, 07’,13”E 2088.2 feet back to the Point of Beginning. Said tract contains 67.60 acres. All as shown on the survey by Land Surveying, Inc., dated October 9, 2003.

Being a portion of the same property acquired by Alice Carlys Meade, wife of/and Harold E. Meade from Great Southern Lumber Company, Inc., by act before Columbus H. Allen, Notary Public, filed November 14, 1940, and registered in COB 149, folio 168.

Being a portion of the same property acquired by Theda Alice Meade Hodges and Ann Carlys Meade Nalty Judgment of Possession in the Succession of Alice Carlys, wife of/ and Harold E. Meade in the CDC for Orleans Parish, No. 79-11748, dated May 5, 1980 and registered in COB 971, folio 715 and the Corrected Judgment of Possession thereof, dated May 5, 1980, and registered in COB 1001, folio 651; and the Amended Judgment of Possession thereof, dated June 2, 1981 and registered in COB 1017, folio 293; and the Amended Judgment of Possession thereof, dated October 11, 1996 and registered as CIN 1020186.

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POSITIONS WANTED I AM LOOKING FOR WORK!

I am a Certified Cross Trained Aide! II do menus, exercise, etc. If I can be of any service please call me, Joanie at (504) 891-4275, if no answer, please leave message.

Being a portion of the same property further acquired by Ann Carlys Meade Nalty from Theda Alice Meade Hodges

by Partition before Charles B. Meyer, Notary Public, dated June 10, 1981 and registered in COB 1018, folio 646.

THIS ACT IS MADE, EXECUTED AND ACCEPTED SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: Any and all restrictions, conditions, servitudes and encroachments that

may be contained in the chain of title and/or plan of subdivision.

Servitude of Passage, registered as CIN 1023145 and confirmed in Cash Sale from Cahill to Davidson dated September 3, 1999, registered at CIN 1166779.

The square footage or acreage of the subject property.

Encroachments, overlaps, boundary line disputes, or other matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or inspection of the premises.

Mineral reservation registered in COB 149, folio 168.

Reservation of Mineral Rights in favor of Seller.

All rights of ingress and egress are limited to those rights held by virtue of ownership of Servitude of Passage executed by Ann Meade Nalty registered in records of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.

Timber Sale registered as CIN 981640.

The reference to any mineral reservations, restrictions, servitudes, easements, rights-of-way or Other encroachments adversely affecting the title or physical condition of the hereinabove described property shall not be construed as an acknowledgement confirmation or reestablishment thereof.

Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within 7 days from the day on which the last publication of this notice appears.

Gretna, Louisiana, this 2nd day of April, 2014.

By order of the Court.

Attorney: Jeffrey Jones Address: 4700 LA Hwy 22, Suite 524 Mandeville, LA 70471 Telephone: (985) 845-0451 Gambit: 4/8/14 & 4/29/14 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of any heirs to the ESTATE OF JOHN B. PEULER please contact J. Benjamin Avin Atty, 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of AVENELLE ARCHILLE, please contact Lakeisha Jefferson Atty., at 225-3023209.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ernest James Riley, 3621 Lake Winnipeg Dr. Harvey, LA 70058, please contact Atty. Tony Dooley, 504298-0854.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ingrid Raboteau Kieffer (aka Ingrid Raboteau) 3524 Pin Oak Ave., New Orleans, LA 70131, please contact Atty. Tony Dooley, 504-298-0854.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jacques Robichaux, Sr. 4934 Charlene Dr., New Orleans, LA 70127, please contact Atty. Tony Dooley, 504-2980854 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jessie Henry Holmes 1677 Jo Ann Pl., New Orleans, LA 70114, please contact Atty. Tony Dooley, 504-298-0854 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Johnathan R. James please contact Atty Valerie Fontaine, 985-893-3333 Property Rights Involved.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lionel &/or Geraldine Joseph Green or their heirs, please contact Atty. Valerie Fontaine, 985893-3333 - Property Rights Involved.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of MARY MENANT LALA, MAMIE MENANT LEITER and STEVEN PAUL CHAUPPETTA, please contact Lakeisha Jefferson Atty., at 225-302-3209.

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CLASSIFIEDS COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 729-657 DIV. C SUCCESSION OF SHIRLEY E. LEMLEY ERNST NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY NOTICE is hereby given that Jorge A. Anchissi duly qualified Executor of the Succession of Shirley E. Lemley Ernst has made application to the Court for authority to sell the following immovable property at private sale, to-wit: THREE CERTAIN LOTS of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Block 111, Harlem Subdivision, bounded by Cypress, Bauvais Street, Athania Place and Harlem Avenue, designated by the No. 27, 28 & 29 on the blue print of survey made by J. J. Krebs, E. E. and S., dated August 20, 1949, annexed to act passed before Jennie Von Behren, dated September 27, 1947, according thereto said lots adjoin each other and measure each twenty-four feet (24’) front on Cypress Street, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of one hundred and twenty feet (120’). Said Lot No. 29 being nearer to and commences seventytwo feet (72’) from Athania Place.

According to survey made by Gilbert & Kelly, dated May 14, 1954, a white print copy of which is annexed hereto and made part hereof, the property hereinabove described is situated in the same Parish, Square and Subdivision, has the same measurements and boundaries as hereinabove set forth lot 29 being nearer to and commencing at a distance of 72’ from the corner of Cypress Street and Athania Place, lot no.

27 being nearer to and commencing at a distance of 246’ from the corner of Cypress Street and Harlem Avenue.

RESTRICTIONS

This property is subject to mineral reservation in favor of the State of Louisiana.

Being the same property acquired by Shirley Elise Lemley, wife of George C. Ernst, on the 21st day of May, 1954 before a Notary, Frank Macheca, which is registered in COB 357, folio 549, Jefferson Parish on May 26, 1954, and MOB 234, folio 426.

Being further acquired in the Succession of George C. Ernst. Jr., proceedings number 690484 of the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, Division “J’, this said Judgment being signed

Attorney: Irvy E. Cosse’, Jr. Bar No. #4424 Cosse’ & Cosse’, L.L.C. Address: 1130 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone: (504) 588-9500 Gambit: 4/8/14 & 4/29/14

FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 05-10929 DIV. F SECT. 10 SUCCESSION OF LLOYD AMBEAU WHEREAS the administratrix has made application to the Court for the sale of property belonging to the Succession of the decedent Lloyd Ambeau, as follows: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, Sixth District, City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, Square 167 St. Joseph, bounded by Peniston, Laurel, General Taylor and Constance Streets, designated by the Number 20, commences at a distance of one hundred fifteen feet, no inches, no lines (115’0”0”’) from the corner of Peniston and Laurel Streets, and measures thence thirty feet, no inches, no lines (30’0”0”’) front on Peniston Street, the same in width in the rear by a depth on the side line nearest to Laurel Street of one hundred fifteen feet, ten inches, no lines (115’10”0”’), and a depth on the opposite side line of one hundred fifteen feet, seven inches, three lines (115’7”3”’), all according to sketch of survey by Errol E. Kelly, Surveyor, dated December 5, 1964, a copy of which is annexed to an Act passed before Allain C. Andry, Jr., Notary Public, dated December 18, 1964.

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 716 Peniston Street.

Upon the terms and conditions set forth in the petition and the agreement to purchase filed in the record of this matter.

Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file their opposition within ten (10) days from the day on which the last publication of this notice appears.

Dale N. Atkins, Clerk of Court Attorney: Jason P. Hernandez Address: 7037 Canal Blvd.

New Orleans, LA 70124 Telephone: (504) 484-0700 Gambit: 3/4/14 & 4/8/14

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CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 11-9463(2) DIV.

NO.: 2014-2710 DIV. N

DIVORCE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION AND MAILING

ALVIN SMITH

CATHLEEN BAUDY VS. ADRIAN JOSEPH BAUDY, III

ZANA JONES and KATRINA SABRINA JONES

To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Petition for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce. The Petition is on file at the Court. You are hereby summoned and required to serve: Tanzanika Ruffin, 4000 Bienville St., Ste. C, New Orleans, LA 70119 your answer, if any, on or before 4/22/2014. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication on this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Clerk of Court.

Contact info: The Law Offices of Tanzanika Ruffin, 4000 Bienville St., Ste. C, New Orleans, LA 70119; (504) 259-6553.

Attorney: Tanzanika Ruffins, Address: 4000 Bienville St., Ste. C New Orleans, LA 70119 Telephone: (504) 259-6553 Gambit: 4/8/14 & 4/15/14

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 14-3217 DIV. IN RE: THE MINOR CHILD CIARA STEWARD NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS TUTOR Notice is Given that Jeremy Freeman has filed an application in the captioned matter to be appointed tutor of the minor, Ciara Steward, and that he may be appointed tutor after the expiration of ten (10) days from this date. Any opposition to his application must be filed in this Court prior to his appointment.

By Order of the Court, Dale N. Atkins Clerk of Court Attorney: Thomas G. Donelon Bar # 04999 Attorney for Mover Address: 2626 N. Arnoult Rd., Ste. 130 Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: (504) 887-1780 Gambit: 4/8/14

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NOTICE TO: Zana Jones and Katrina Sabrina Jones THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICATION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA DESCRIBED BELOW MAY BE TERMINATED BY OPERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. FIRST DISTRICT, SQUARRE 450, LOT C Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 2921-23 Thalia Street, New Orleans, LA Tax sale title to the above described property has been sold for failure to pay taxes. You have been identified as a person who may have an interest in this property.

Your interest in the property will be terminated if you do not file a lawsuit in accordance with law within six (6) months of the date of the first publication of this notice.

Attorney: Sean R. Dawson, LA Bar No. 19542

Vezina and Gattuso, LLC Address: 401 Weyer Streeet, P.O. Box 461 Gretna, LA 70054 Telephone: (504) 368-5223 Gambit: 4/8/14 & 4/15/14

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 2012-8210 DIV. N SUCCESSION OF JOSEPHINE J. PRICE NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that WILLIEMAE PRICE BROOKS, Testamentary Executrix of the Succession of Josephine J. Price, 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 the price of ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($165,000.00), the following described property: THAT CERTAIN LOT OF PARCEL OF GROUND, together with all of the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Third District of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, in Square No. 2329, bounded by Lafreniere Street, Pauger and Touro and Sere Streets and

designated by the Lot No. 9-A, which said lot measures according to a survey made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated January 24, 1969, which said map is registered in C.O.B. 693, Folio 97, as follows; LOT NO. 9-A commences at a distance of sixty feet (60’) from the corner of Touro and Sere Street and measures thence forty-five feet (45’) feet front on Touro Street, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of one hundred nine feet, eleven inches, no lines (109’11”0”’). Lot No. 9-A is composed of old Lot No. 9 and the adjacent fifteen feet (15’) of old Lot 8.

Being the same property acquired by Mrs. Josephine Jackson, divorced wife of Albert Price, from Commonwealth Savings Association by Act passed before Robert E. Jeffers, Jr., Notary Public, dated January 13, 1972 and registered in COB No. 708, folio 413.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 3530-3532 Touro Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122.

The Order granting such authority 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.

Dale Atkins, Clerk of Court Orleans Parish Attorney: Jane Ettinger Booth Bar No. 18594 Address: 138 N. Cortez St. New Orleans, LA 70119 Telephone: (504) 482-5292 Gambit: 3/18/14 & 4/8/14 PAGE 69

Scott B. Kiefer and William J. Sommers, Jr. of Courington, Kiefer & Sommers, LLC have been named to City Business’ Leadership in Law Class of 2014

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This property is subject to restrictions as set out in an act passed before J.F. Stafford on June 22, 1942, registered in COB 184, folio 490.

on the 28th day of July 2010.

Any creditors of the deceased who oppose the sale must do so within seven (7) days of the last date of publication issued. After seven (7) days from the last publication the court may issue an order authorizing the sale of the property for the price and sum of One Hundred and Ten Thousand and No/100 ($110,000.00) all cash to seller, at private sale.

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2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 2 LT Coupe 29,000 miles, excellent condition. Factory HUD and Kenwood Entertainment Unit added. Premium 18” front and 19” rear wheels. Price $31,257 For more info & to set up an appointment, contact 504-458-4741

IMPORTED AUTOS 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA

179,000 hwy miles. 1 owner. Excellent condition. $4900. Call (504) 208-8552

‘03 TOYOTA 4RUNNER LIMITED

Black/Tan, 66,351 mi, Anti-Lock Brakes, Driver Airbag, Passanger Airbag, Side Airbags, Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Power Locks, Power Windows, Power Seats. Excellent condition. By Owner, $7,500 OBO. (318) 405-2327, encemrphy@gmail.com

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A yoga and personal training studio Yoga • TRX • Personal Training Corporate Services

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MERCHANDISE

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CLOTHING ITALIAN LEATHER CAPE! Size M - 1X. NEVER WORN! $60.00.

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Women Liz Claiborne Jeans Size 8 and Women Size 8 Sandal $15. Call (504) 340-3429

SERVICES

SANDALS & SHOES

CLEANING/JANITORIAL

SANDALS AND SHOES FOR SALE. SIZE RANGES FROM 6-8. AM SELLING THEM FOR $8.00 A PAIR. IF INTERESTED, TEXT OR CALL ME AT 504-782-0593.

PAT’S HOUSEKEEPING Professional • Dependable 15+ Yrs Exp • References Wkly, Bi-Wkly or Monthly.

Free Est. Call Pat: (504) 228-5688 or (504) 464-7627.

FURNITURE/ACCESSORIES SLATE TABLE

Slate table with metal scroll legs, $100. Call (504) 488-4609

LAWN/LANDSCAPE

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& cheap trash hauling. Call (504) 292-0724

5th Annual Giant Indoor Garage Sale

April 19th 2014 8:00am-3:00pm Be a seller- We do all the advertising.

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NOTICE:

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

1 BR apt with new granite in kit & bath.

King Master w/wall of closets. Kit w/ all built-ins. Laundry on premises.

Offst pkg. NO PETS. Avail now. Owner/ agent, $699/mo. 504-236-5776.

1BR or 2BR APT AVAILABLE

Great location! 1BR $900 Utilities paid. 2 bedroom, $950. Call (504) 782-3133.

ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

High end 1-4BR. Near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750-$1200/mo. 504-362-7487

CARROLLTON

MISSISSIPPI

Old-Time N.O. Architecture

36 C NEWTON RD LUMBERTON, MS

Secluded, custom 3BR, 3BA w/ stocked lake & barn. 79.346 ac $449,000 or w/40.783 ac $371,500.

Ford Realty, Inc. www.fordrity.com (800) 354-3673.

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

SPECIAL EVENT RENTALS RIVERFRONT PENTHOUSE

With Million Dollar Views! Furnished, 2 Br + Loft Bed/2.5 BA, healthclub, pool, secured parking, All utilities & WiFi, $700 daily (3 day minimum).

Call (781) 608-6115.

CORPORATE RENTALS FURNISHED NEW ORLEANS RIVERFRONT PENTHOUSE

NON-PROFIT OFFICE SPACE

Uptown rental space for non-profits.

Rent runs from $200 to $2,000 per month. St. Charles Ave. Baptist Church, 7100 St. Charles Ave. Call (504) 891-9514 for information. www.scabc.org

ESPLANADE RIDGE 1208 N GAYOSO

2BR/1BA, lr, dr, kit, wood ceramic flr, high ceiling, CA&H, w&d hkkps. No pets. $1375 per month. Call (504) 432-7955

LRG 2 BR, 1.5 BA

Recently remodeled, kit, c-a/h, hi ceils, hdwd/crpt flrs, fncd bkyd. w/d hookups, off st pkg. $1150/mo. 1563 N. Galvez. Call 1-888-239-6566 or mballier@yahoo.com

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY SPACIOUS APARTMENTS

Spacious Studio & 1BR Apartments.

High ceiling, private balcony, ceiling fans, gated property in Faubourg St John/Esplanade Ridge Areas.

Walk to Fine & Casual Dining, City Park,Fairgrounds, French Quarter, Jazz Fest and more. (504) 208-8896.

LARGE APT IN MARIGNY

2 BR/1 BA, newly refurbished, freshly painted two-story Faubourg Marigny apartment. Newly finished hardwood floors, washer, dryer, fridge, garbage disposal, alarm system. Sweet neighborhood. Great location. Landlord pays water. $1,500/mo. (504) 9438138. shadow@well.com

5349 Prytania St. Location, $849,900

5000 WILTON DR. APT. A

Large 2 BR, 1 Bath Apt. Cent Air & heat, utilities incl, offst pkg. Near UNO & Dillard Univ, on bus line.

Call 504-994-4119..

MID CITY 4322 HAMILTON

2BR/1BA lower, 1000 + sf, hdwd flrs, furn kit, w/d, porch, fen yd, off st pkg, no smokers, pet negot. $1000/mo + dep. 488-2969.

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1205 ST CHARLES/$1095

Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/ gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry/3 mo. min. No pets. Avail June 2nd. Call 504-442-0573 or 985-871-4324.

1508 CARONDELET ST2 APTS

Studio Apt., newly remodeled all utilities included, $900/mo.

Huge Upper Studio Apt. Bright, spacious,high ceilings, hdwd flrs, water & garbage pd. $900/mo.

Both have Cent a/h, laundry facility avail 24 hrs. Walk 1 blk to St. Charles St Car, easy access to I-10, CBD & FQ. No pets/No smokers. 1-888-2396566. mballier@yahoo.com

2630 AMELIA ST.

1 living rm, 2 br, 2 ba, furn kit, cen a/h, half double, not shotgun. Wood floors, ceiling fans, $750. Call 891-3323.

UNIVERSITY DISTRICT

4916 Danneel. Large Lower, 1st floor.

2 BR + study, complete ba, kit, din area, C A&H, all appl, gated, drvwy, yd, off st pkg, 24-Hour Security $925/mo.

Perfect for prof’s. (504) 813-8186 or (504) 274-8075.

UPTOWN CONDOMINIUM

7444 St. Charles Ave., N.O., 2 BR, 1 BA, 901 Sq ft, w/off street pkg & sec gates. Laundry on premises. 1400/ mo. Call (504) 669-8043.

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

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

COVINGTON / MANDEVILLE TINY RUSTIC ARTIST’S RETREAT

At 118 Hickory St. in Old Lewisburg, 100 yards from Lake; water and electricity included. $800/mo. Tel. (504) 523-3456 or 352-5270.

117 S. Hennessey St., $ 329,900

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Large Uptown family home with desirable Prytania St address. 3 stories, 5 bedrooms, renovated kitchen and baths. Parking and more!

Move in cond, lots of architectural details, 1st block off Canal, off street pkng for several cars, garage. 2 br, 2 dens, encl porch/sun rm & wood flrs. Must see to appreciate.

Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 28 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

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WITH MILLION DOLLAR VIEWS! 2 BR + Loft Bed, 2.5 BA, Health Club, Pool, Secured Parking, All Util/ WiFi, $3,600 monthly. Special Events: Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, etc., $700 daily (3 day minimum).

Call (781) 608-6115.

Upper fl @ 7800 S. Claiborne Ave. 1400 Sq ft, 11’ ceilings, newly refinished hdwd floor, 2BR, CA&H, w/d/dw. $1600 per month. Call (504) 865-7040

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Picture Perfect Properties PICTURE YOURSELF IN THE HOME OF YOUR DREAMS!

Northshore FOR SALE

3701 Lake Winnipeg, Harvey $335,000 3/2.5

Heart of the Forest

Beautiful home on the Golf course w/in-ground pool. New Orleans charm w/doors, shutters, from N.O. homes; very unique! Master bedroom down, formal dining room, working fireplaces. Jack & Jill bath upstairs w/play room. Large Master suite w/separate tub and shower. Original owners. Circular driveway, carport + garage.

Front porch, side porch & patio to enjoy the great outdoors!

Two 4 Acre Lots Starting at 60K

Cecelia S. Buras

Ideally located 10 min. north of I-12 Goodbee Exit

Realtor GRIM, ABR, SRS, SRES 3725 MacArthur Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70114-6825 Ofc: 504.366.4511 • Cell: 504.583.2902 burasc@bellsouth.net

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LOUISIANA

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RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 3801 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite 207 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 504.833.7603

4526-28 Banks St. • $479K 4BR/3BA + 1BR/1BA

No expense spared! Custom renovation citing architectural details! 4/3 owners unit in hot Mid City location. Original wood moldings, exquisite master bath, custom kitchen, Frigidaire Pro appliances marble, granite, new floors, CA&H. All new electric, plumbing, roof. Camelback addition has Energy Efficient windows. Fully insulated, Ranai Tankless water heaters. New sidewalks, renovated 1/1 rental est $1,300/Mo. $1,500 Landscaping allowance.

For more information

For photos and map visit:

985.796.9130 www.lapolofarms.com 3329 Calhoun St.

OPEN HOUSE! SUN. APR. 6 • 1PM-3PM

New Price! $320,000

7821 Panola St.

Carrollton/Uptown 4 plex • $625K

4 Plex with PARKING in demand Carrollton area. Upper units have central air and heat, open floor planswith custom kitchens, granite countertops, island, cherry cabinets, tile backsplash, SS appliances, stained moldings and hardwood floors. covered parking in rear.

Garden District Townhouse Reduced! $449k

1204 Aline 3BR/3.5BA. 2490 SF 3 story Garden Dist Townhouse with Electric Garage Central A/H, luxury master bath, @ corner of Camp and Aline.

Andrew Severino Investment Specialist Sharpe Realty, LLC 1513 St. Charles Ave. #A New Orleans, LA 70130 504-571-9576 • (504) 684-4448

Picture Perfect Properties PICTURE YOURSELF IN THE HOME OF YOUR DREAMS!

133 Helios Avenue For Lease

Todd Taylor, Realtor,(504) 232-0362 RE/MAX & NOMAR Award Winning Agent

toddtaylorrealtor@yahoo.com • www.toddtaylorrealestate.com

24 Yosemite Dr. • $269K

FOR SALE

Old Metairie Two story House on large lot ( 75’ X160’) 4 BR, 3 BA, Liv. Rm, Den, Kitchen, Office, Landry room.

1st Floor: Liv. Rm. w/real oak hardwd flrs, Kitchen ceramic tile floor, gas stove, dishwasher, lg side by side refrigerator, Den & Office new carpet, bath & laundry rm w/lager capacity Maytag washer and gas dryer. 2nd Floor: Bedrms 1, 2 & 3 have oak flrs & two closets in ea. rm., Bedrm 4 has oak floors, one closet & 2 baths. New paint inside.Tenants pay all utilities. Off st pkg w/ 1 car carport + storage. No Smokers. No Pets. Grass incl in rent. $2,100.00 Mo + Dep.

Call 504-666-1823

7851 Buffalo St. $45K 6843 Glengary Rd. $182K 5237LakeviewCt.(Vac.Lot) $6.4K 13110 Lemans St. $116K 2021 - 3 Painters St. $48K 2427 Pauger St. $20K 2723 - 25 N. Robertson St . $33.6K 3026 – 8 Second St. $64.75K 24 Yosemite Dr. $269K 1301 Garden Rd. $75K

Solid, well built, spacious, & for sale, this 4 bd/2.5 ba hm awaits you in the Park Timbers subdivision on the WB. Large bedrooms PLUS large closets.

Sep. LR, DR+ lrg den; & parking for 4 - 6 vehs. AND, enjoy members only pool, clubhouse and tennis courts.

FOR RENT

1269 Milton St. $825/mo 2028 Pauger St., B $1,100/mo 3018 Second St. $775/mo.

3605 St. Ferdinand St. $975/mo 3607 St. Ferdinand St. $975/mo

RE/MAX Real Estate Partners (504) 888-9900 Each office individually owned and operated

13864 Hwy 23 • Belle Chasse

3724 Audubon Trace Building #37

$189,000 Absolutely beautiful condo located in demand Audubon Trace Condominiums.

Many amenities including GRANITE counter tops, hardwood floors, CATHEDRAL ceilings, chandeliers, 2 LARGE bedrooms, 2 FULL baths, office, and separate living and dining room and balcony complete this stunning home. Located in the heart of Jefferson Parish near Ochsner Hospital, easy access to downtown, Elmwood and Metairie. Visit www.audubontrace.com for more information.

504.722.7640 TriciaKing.com

3527 Ridgelake Dr., Metairie.

Elegant country manor awaits you! Feel like a true Southern Belle in this extravagant and luxurious home from the marble foyer to the grand double stairwell. With approximately 8,412 sq. ft. living in the main home, and 14,621 sq. ft. total this estate is perfect for you and your family, or to use as a Bed & Breakfast.

Also includes a guest home with approximately 1500 sq. ft. living. 12 car garage with heavy duty roll up doors allows for plenty of storage opportunities. Plus, option to purchase additional acres with roughly 300 producing citrus trees and barn that is furnished with electricity and water. Only minutes away from New Orleans, this is a wonderful chance to have the privacy of the country, but excitement of the city at the same time! Qualified buyers, please call today for a private viewing of this estate home.

Bonnie Buras 504-392-0022 OFFICE 504-909-3020 CELL BONNIEBURAS@AOL.COM

Each office independently owned & operated.

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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.

Available immediately. 1 year lease $1,700/mo.

(504) 957-2360.

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Pet Emporium CAT CHAT Gorgeous, Laid-back boy!

Romulus is a wonderful loving and completely laid back cat. He is totally gorgeous too! Romulus would be a fantastic addition to any home.

He is fully vetted & just waiting for a family to love. Visit Romulus at our Thrift Store Adoption Center: 6601 Veterans Blvd, Metairie or contact us: 504-454-8200; adopt@spaymart.org

PETS

PET ADOPTIONS CATAHOULA LEOPARD PUPS

Male & Female. Male is deaf. Vetted/ Trained/Sweet. Call (504) 358-3714.

MADDIE

10-month-old Schnauzer pup. Vetted/ Trained/Gentle/Playful (504)-8740598.

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PETS FOR SALE DR. STONE ALSO AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT FOR ALL YOUR VETERINARY NEEDS

PUPPIES FOR SALE

Shih-Tzu/Maltese, gorgeous 6-week-old white puppies, shots and wormed, $400 - $500. Call Janet at 504-3091703.

JOSEPHINE Kennel #A22061393

includes nail clip, ear cleaning and anal gland expression

Adult Blonde Pit Bull. Excellent Show Dog. Vetted/Trained/Sweet/Gentle.

Call (504) 975-5971.

Weekly Tails

NAPOLEON Kennel #A22061386

$25 Basic Bath

KITTENS

Blue Female. Black & White Tux male 12 weeks. Vetted/Trained/Sweet. Call (504) 358-3714.

SANDMAN

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Napoleon

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Puppy Love GROOMING

Josephine are

LYNN PERRY - OWNER/GROOMER CERTIFIED GROOMER OVER 13 YEARS

10-year-old, neutered/spayed, Lab mixes who are a bonded-pair that must be adopted together. Their owners were moving and couldn’t take them with them, so they’re a little confused in the shelter environment. Both walk nicely on a leash, will sit for treats, LOVE to be petted and would prefer a quiet household. These special friends deserve a special new home for their “retirement years.” To meet Napoleon & Josephine or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd.

(Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun. or call 368-5191.

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To look for a lost pet come to the Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), Mon-Sat. 9-5, Sun. 12-5 or call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org

Precious Cats and Kittens Available for Adoption: 3 locations Looking for a new best friend? Spaymart has three wonderful adoption locations in the New Orleans area. We have cats and kittens of all ages, colors and personalities available for adoption.

Contact us: adopt@spaymart.org, 504-454-8200 or visit our website: www.spaymart.org SPAYMART THRIFT AND GIFT & ADOPTION CENTER 6601 Veterans Blvd., Metairie

PETSMART Elmwood 1000 S. Clearview Pkwy #105 Harahan, LA

PETCO Uptown 6300 Tchoupitoulas St. New Orleans, LA

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 653-607 DIV. K SUCCESSION OF MABEL ANN POCHE’ LANDRY NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Notice is hereby given that Ryan Lawrence Landry, the duly appointed Administrator of the above entitled succession, has applied for an order granting him the authority to sell at private sale the following property to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Section 3, township 13 South, Range 23 East, Southeast District of Louisiana West of the Mississippi River, and in accordance with a plan of survey made by Wilton J. Dufrene, dated January 25, 1990, recorded at COB 2354, folio 113, said portion of ground is more fully designated as Parcel V2.

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 1137 Hwy 90 West, Bridge City, LA 70094. The sale price for this particular property is $145,000.00, cash payable at an act of sale, with the decedent’s estate receiving one half of the net proceeds. Pursuant to Civil Code of Procedure Article 3282, notice of the application of a succession representative to sell succession property needs to be published twice and in the Parish where the proceeding is pending or where the property is located, and shall state that any opposition to the proposed sale must be

filed within seven (7) days of the date of the last publication.

By Order of Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson Attorney: George S. Ruppenicker Address: 2325 Manhattan Blvd.

Harvey, LA 70058 Telephone: (504) 362-3861 Gambit: 3/18/14 & 4/8/14

17th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF LAFOURCHE STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 23241

DIV D.

SUCCESSION OF JAMES LESLIE COLEMAN NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE is given to all parties whom it may concern, including the creditors of the decedent herein and of his estate, that the Administratrix of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to sell at private sale that certain immovable property belonging to the decedent in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the sum $ 10,000.00 for the whole of said property, the succession to pay its pro-rata share of taxes, proper certificates, and vendors’ fee.

The immovable property to be sold at private sale is described as follows: LOT NO. FOUR (4), Square 503 and 620, FIRST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans.

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 1121 South Dupre

Notice of Hearing on Petition to Confirm Consent to Adoption and Terminate Parental Rights In re: Adoption of Emma Lynn Marie Simcic, No. A-133 of 2012 in the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

John A. Cavicchio III, 401 Wood St., 3rd Fl., Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Ph: 412-454-5500, Attorney for Petitioner.

Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of this notice.

Thibodaux, Louisiana, this 13th day of February 2014.

Attorney: Wallace H. Paletou Bar Roll No. 10278 Attorney for the Succession Address: 3601 North I-10 Service Road West Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: (504) 456-2626

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14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF CALCASIEU STATE OF LOUISIANA SUCCESSION OF DONALD P. DOWDY NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Pitrina Kimble, Administratrix of this Succession, has applied for authority to sell the following property for $108,000.00 cash consideration, for the entire property, at private cash sale, according to the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement to Purchase, annexed to the Petition for Authority: AN UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF INTEREST IN AND TO: TWO CERTAIN PIECES OR PORTIONS OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Town of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Highway Park Subdivision in Square No. 514 thereof, which said square is bounded by Idaho and Georgia Avenues, West Metairie, and Second Streets. Said lots are designated by the Numbers 9 and 10, which said lots adjoin each other and measure as follows: Lots Nos. 9 and 10 measure each 25 feet front on Georgia Avenue, same width in the rear and front on alley, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines.

All according to survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, dated October 31, 1960, and resurveyed to show improvements, dated November 30, 1960.

Acq. COB 3114, page 789 Any heir, legatee or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of last publication of this notice.

Lake Charles, Louisiana, this 26th day of February, 2014 Attorney: T. Robert Lacour Bar Roll No. 8077 Attorney for Petitioner Address: 3220 Williams Blvd.

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To: Brandon Lordeon, biological father of Emma Lynn Marie Simcic, born December 5 2006, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. A Petition has been filed asking to put an end to all rights you have to your biological daughter, Emma Lynn Marie Simcic. The Court has set a hearing to consider ending your rights to the child. That hearing will be held in the Orphans’ Court, 1700 Frick Bldg., 437 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219 on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child may be ended without your being present. You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, telephone the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help.

Lawyer Referral Service The Allegheny County Bar Association Koppers Building 436 Seventh Ave., 3rd Fl. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-261-5555 This is to inform you of an important option that may be available to you under Pennsylvania law. Act 101 of 2010 allows for an enforceable voluntary agreement for continuing contact or communication following an adoption between an adoptive parent, a child, a birth parent and/or a birth relative of the child, if all parties agree and the voluntary agreement is approved by the Court. If you are interested in learning more about this option, contact John A. Cavicchio III, Esq., 412-454-5500, or your attorney, if you have one.

Street. Being. the same property acquired from the Succession of Sanders Coleman, Sr. being Proceedings No.04-15522 of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans by Judgment of Possession dated October 28, 2004, registered as CIN 294662, NAB 0455067; and by Affidavit of Small Succession of Frank Robert Coleman, not yet of record; and by Affidavit of Small Succession of Frances Coleman Rhone, not yet of record.

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