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WED. APRIL 13 | If Deerhunter invents a new band on every record, then seventh outing Fading Frontier is the most inclusive one yet — a warm and tuneful embrace brought on by frontman Bradford Cox’s brush with death in a car accident in late 2014. “Living My Life” has a whole new meaning. Bitchin Bajas opens at 8 p.m. at the Civic Theatre.

Brass Bed album release THU. APRIL 14 | The fourth album from the Lafayette-New Orleans band, April’s In the Yellow Leaf (Modern Outsider), weaves energetic psychedelic- and krautrock-inspired dark garage with twangy, harmony-filled pop, all bristling with sharp-toothed introspection. Coyotes opens at 10 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

Comedian David Cross speaks his mind.

BY ALEX WOODWARD @ALEXWOODWARD

InFringe Fest DAVID CROSS ASKS THAT YOU DO NOT TAPE HIS SET, please. Cross is walking

his dog in Brooklyn while on a short break from his whirlwind standup tour, his first time on the road in seven years, hitting some 90 shows across North America with seemingly very simple rules for watching them.

(He pauses mid-sentence for a “poo false alarm.”)

“Here’s the deal, guys: you pay and come see the show, hopefully you enjoy it, the only thing you have to do is not tape it,” he says. “People act like, ‘I have no choice! I couldn’t help it!’”

As a comic actor and performer, Cross is well-known as the repressed, cutoffs-wearing Never Nude and mostly carefree but oblivious failure on Arrested Development, or a pathologically lying milquetoast businessman on The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, or his dozens of other absurd characters on the influential sketch series Mr. Show alongside Bob Odenkirk, who reunited with Cross for the series’ spiritual sequel W/ Bob & David in 2015.

Then there’s Cross onstage, as himself, with an intolerance for bad opinions, a focused rage and a streak of smart-dumb jokes. (“I start off pretty mildly, some anecdotes, throw in some jokes, some easy stuff, then I ease into the harder stuff and come out of it with some more ‘fun for the entire family’ stuff,” he says.) His tour stops at the Orpheum Theater on April 18. He’ll record a new hourlong special during the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival this month in Austin, Texas.

“I’m just talking out there and if they agree with me, then I’m sure it’s ‘Yeah!

You tell ’em.’ If they disagree with me, they think I’m condescending to them.

And I get that. But I’m just talking,” he says. “It’s like I’ve been given the mic at the bar. It’s a monologue. It’s not a dialogue. That’s the kind of shit I say to my like-minded friends who

THU.-SUN. APRIL 14-17 | The alternative theater festival features more than 30 shows, including comedy, drama, burlesque, drag, cabaret, dance, genre mashups and some risque content at venues in Bywater and Marigny. Visit www. infringefest.org for full schedule.

Gland tape release FRI. APRIL 15 | The women of Gland bash noirish surf rock and fuzz-covered garage rock into witchy pop punk on its debut full-length cassette Neurotica (Community Records), leading with the two-chord anthem “Cram It.” Princely future funk band Sexy Dex & the Fresh opens with Cult Babies, Casual and Rimjob at 10 p.m. at Saturn Bar.

Golden Girls Live wanna go out to a bar and grab a few pints and want to start talking about whatever heady issue there is that’s pretentious and annoying — that’s how we talk. I’m just filling mine with jokes.

Again, I have plenty of silly, stupid, non-offensive, easy, dumb jokes that are just silly and funny. I’m certainly a ‘strong-minded atheist with a liberalindependent bent,’ I’d say. People like George Bush and the people who think he’s great and people like Donald Trump and the people who think he’s great, I disagree with them.

For the next hour and change, it’s my microphone.”

Cross composed a set from material he’s performed over the last several years while recovering from shoulder surgery and during a break from another round of W/ Bob & David, which was postponed. (“I talked to Bob last night and we’re gonna figure out how to do it again, for sure,”

APRIL 18 DAVID CROSS: MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 8 P.M. MONDAY ORPHEUM THEATER, 129 ROOSEVELT WAY, (504) 274-4871; WWW.ORPHEUMNOLA.COM TICKETS $28-$45

FRI.-SUN. APRIL 15-17 | Ricky Graham, Varla Jean Merman, Kevin Murphy and Kyle Daigrepont present their version of Betty White and Bea Arthur’s 1980s sitcom about four older women living together in Miami. At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday at Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts.

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Cross says.) A behind-the-scenes documentary finale illustrates their writing and performing dynamic and the show’s liquid format.

“It could veer off,” he says. “We’re wide open. We’re not beholden to any format. That’s one of the great things about it. It’s not set in stone in any way.”

SAT. APRIL 16 | In Wolf Parade, Dan Boeckner is the (relative) straight man to Spencer Krug’s increasingly dangerous organ transplants.

Operators — his third side-project after Handsome Furs and Divine Fits — has the same driven melodic compass but also the frazzled ghosts of a damaged clubgoer. Bogan Via and Skelatin open at 10 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

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36% Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s approval rating among white New Orleanians who oppose efforts to remove Confederate monuments.

SOURCE: THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER’S 2016 QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT.

THE REPORT FOUND THAT “AMONG WHITES, approval of the mayor is largely a function of their opinions on the monument removal.” Sixtyseven percent of white respondents who support their removal also approve of Landrieu’s job as mayor, while 57 percent of white respondents who believe the monuments should stay disapprove of Landrieu.

On April 6, the state Senate’s Governmental Affairs Committee refused to back a bill from state Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, that would create a committee to ensure “that no memorial, as defined in proposed law, may be removed, renamed, relocated, altered, rededicated, or otherwise disturbed.” Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser argued that removing similar monuments would negatively impact tourism, while others said the decision to remove them is a symptom of “present-ism” and creates a slippery slope for examining other controversial figures. Former state Sen. Elbert Guillory also compared removing monuments to the actions of ISIS and Nazis.

The committee voted 4-5 against the bill — all five opponents are black Democrats, while the four supporters are white Republicans. A similar measure, Republican state Rep. Thomas Carmody’s House Bill 944, awaits action in the House. — ALEX WOODWARD

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Today is my one year anniversary in New Orleans and the city pulled together to give me the gift of a $500 traffic violation.

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Single-day tickets to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival are $65 before April 21 and $75 at the gate.

What do you think?

The Link Stryjewski Foundation raised $150,000 from its inaugural Bal Masque event in January to benefit Kingsley House and the Youth Empowerment Project.

Chefs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski created the foundation to address New Orleans’ crime, poverty and the lack of education and job opportunities.

Brian Sands

Jerry Ursin,

raised more than $30,000 in the past three years for Covenant House New Orleans by running in the Crescent City Classic.

Sands, a New Orleans playwright, also raised the most money among runners participating in the race’s Run For It initiative in 2016. He raised $9,080 in 2015 and more than $11,000 in 2016.

former Chief Deputy at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, resigned from his post in the wake of a Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s report that claimed Ursin and other deputies had been paid for working a private detail while also on the Sheriff’s Office clock. The detail company was owned by former Sheriff’s Office Col. Roy Austin.

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Clancy DuBos’ column ‘Another task force study on Louisiana budget issues?’ drew this comment: “While we’re talking about sin taxes, legalize and tax the sale of marijuana in Louisiana. Colorado netted $70 million in sales taxes on marijuana in FY 2015, which was more than they made taxing alcohol.

I know this proposition won’t fly north of I-10, but we need to be creative.”

— Campbell Hutchinson

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Gusman’s flawed management

TO PARAPHRASE WINSTON CHURCHILL, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s

Office (OPSO) is a failure wrapped in a tragedy inside a disaster. The latest bad news: a legislative auditor’s report claimed that Sheriff Marlin Gusman improperly disbursed more than $1 million in supplemental pay to ineligible employees. On top of that, his chief deputy resigned after being connected to federal fraud charges regarding an off-duty detail scheme. Gusman delivered a “state of the sheriff’s office” address last week, but his message was the same as always: Things are fine, despite appearances to the contrary — oh, and he could use more money.

Gusman has gotten more money in the past — yet little has changed, despite a new $145 million jail, a $60 million annual operating budget and plenty of time to work on systems that were broken when he was first elected in 2004. Gusman consistently claims to make progress, but he and his PR people seem to be the only ones who believe that.

Gusman’s flawed management of the office and jail put him under a federal consent decree in 2013.

Last month, there were new calls for him to step down after a fifth federal monitor’s report found “no progress” — despite the shiny new jail. “The day-to-day crisis environment observed by the Monitors in the agency’s operations does not evidence a professional, competent or informed leadership,” the report concluded. “The OPSO leadership vocalizes their commitment to achieving compliance, but their actions, observed for more than two years, don’t support the rhetoric.”

Translation: Gusman is inept.

He talks the talk of reform, but he doesn’t walk the walk.

The “rhetoric” cited by the monitor is familiar: Deny obvious facts and blame others. It reminds us of an-

A tier at the new $145 million Orleans Parish jail, which opened in September 2015.

Federal monitors say little has changed there under Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s watch, which he disputes.

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other failed local politician — former Mayor Ray Nagin. As the New Orleans Affordable Homeownership (NOAH) scandal unfolded in 2008, Nagin angrily denied anything was wrong and accused the media of “hurting the city” by discussing it.

Last week, Gusman insisted “the sheriff’s office has made so much progress. And sometimes it just doesn’t make the news.”

What did make the news recently was federal charges against a high-ranking former sheriff’s employee-turned-private contractor, Roy Austin, who coordinated off-duty details for sheriff’s deputies and cops. The feds say Austin billed businesses for shifts that no one worked. Austin pleaded not guilty but is expected to cooperate with the investigation. Meanwhile, Gusman’s chief deputy, Jerry Ursin, quit amid speculation the feds are investigating him as well.

All this comes after waves of horrible publicity for the sheriff’s handling of the prison, from videotapes of inmates brandishing guns and drugs to reports that some left the jail at will. At the new jail, reports of violence are up, rather than down.

Gusman says it’s because reporting has improved. That’s supposed to make us feel better?

In 2014, Gusman won a third term against weak opponents. New Orleans voters only can hope a qualified candidate for sheriff steps forward before the next election.

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1. ‘RAISE THE AGE’

RALLY IN BATON ROUGE

About 300 youth from New Orleans and Lafayette traveled to the state Capitol April 6 in support of the “Raise the Age Louisiana Act of 2016,” which would stop the prosecution of 17-year-olds as adults. Louisiana is one of only nine states that allows this, and Gov. John Bel Edwards told the rally that all the others are working to revise that policy. The bill is sponsored by state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, and the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on it this week, according to its chairman, state Sen. Gary Smith Jr., D-Norco.

“Louisiana is the incarceration capital in our country. We know this,” Edwards said.

“We are way behind in a lot of things. Let’s not be the last in the nation once again.”

“We as 17-year-olds deserve clarity,” said Carlos Wilson, a senior at the New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy.

“Are we adults, or are we still children?”

8. Saints preseason

opponents announced

The Black and Gold will kick off the team’s 50th season with road games against the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans, followed by two home games against the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens, it was announced last week. Dates and times will be announced later, but the first preseason game will be held the week of Aug. 11.

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2. Bourbon Street “I wish I could’ve sentenced you to more,” New Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Byron C. Williams told 22-year-old Trung Le after he was sentenced to 60 years in prison April 4 for the 2014 Bourbon Street shooting that killed one woman and wounded nine others. Williams called the shooting “horrific, callous and calculated.”

Following the sentencing, Mayor Mitch Landrieu issued a statement saying that “justice has been served. … Our justice system has sent a clear and resounding message about accountability to the community — if you engage in brazen acts of violence, you will be prosecuted, sentenced and punished to the fullest extent of the law.”

under 21 from performing topless. Under the city’s new law, people under 21 can’t expose anything. Senate Bill 191 from state Sen. Ronnie Johns, R-Lake Charles, “prohibits the employment of anyone under the age of 21 to work, perform or dance while clothed in a manner so as to expose the genitals, pubic hair, anus, vulva, or female breast nipples below the areola in the licensed premises.”

Supporters of both measures say the bills would protect women by combating sex trafficking, while opponents of both measures, including Rick’s Cabaret owner Robert Watters, who testified to the committee last week, argue they limit women aged 18-20 from making a living of their choice, denying women a job they otherwise might not have.

The bill now heads to the full Senate.

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4. Women’s

A statewide measure to ban people under age 21 from dancing at strip clubs met no objection April 5 when it was introduced to the Senate Judiciary B Committee. In January, the New Orleans City Council passed a similar measure, beefing up an ordinance preventing people

Supporters of Planned Parenthood plan to meet in Baton Rouge April 21 to lobby legislators about the clinic’s services. “Louisiana women and families depend on and support the vital health care services Planned Parenthood provides,” the group said in a

shooter sentenced

Bill to ban strippers under 21

health rally to be held in Baton Rouge

statement. Last week, the state House of Representatives voted 89-5 to approve House Bill 386, the “Women’s Enhanced Reflection Act,” which would extend the time between abortion counseling and the actual abortion from 24 to 72 hours for women who live within 150 miles of the abortion clinic. Five other states have similar waiting periods.

The bill is supported by Gov. John Bel Edwards.

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BP settlement: $20 billion A long court battle between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and BP has come to an end as the oil giant faces $20 billion in damages for its role in the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster that discharged countless gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier approved the $20 billion settlement, the largest-ever civil penalty awarded under the Clean Water Act. Critics say taxpayers might be subsidizing the majority of it because BP is likely to deduct more than $15 billion of the settlement on its U.S. tax return.

Only $5.5 billion is nondeductible as part of the Clean Water Act penalties.

6. Festival

season rolls on

Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo’s 2016 headliners include The Wailers, Lowrider Band, Buckwheat Zydeco, Irma Thomas and Lost Bayou Ramblers. Also on the lineup are George Porter Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners, CC Adcock, Motel Radio, Billy Iuso and Restless Natives, Nolatet, Truth Universal, Rory Danger and the Danger Dangers and others.

The May 20-22 festival will feature multiple music stages, an art market, food vendors and more along Bayou St. John, roughly from Dumaine Street to Lafitte Avenue. The 2015 festival featured more than 60 bands and drew more than 35,000 attendees.

7. Pedal to the job NOLA Bike to Work Day returns for its fifth installment Wednesday, April 13, when “bike trains” of commuters ride to work together. Riders can join neighborhood meet-ups (listed on the Bike Easy website, www.bikeeasy.org) or meet at Lafayette Square from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., where they can enjoy coffee and bike-related swag from sponsors.

The ride is part of the Bike Easy advocacy group’s Bike to Work Week, which encourages people to commute by bicy-

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Governor plans special session for summer Gov. John Bel Edwards announced last week that he will present his budget proposal for the next fiscal cycle April 12, and described it to reporters as “very tough.” Likely on the chopping block: full funding for TOPS, the statewide college sponsorship program that benefits many Louisiana students regardless of family need. In addition, Edwards said, he will call a second special session to deal with fiscal matters soon after the regular session ends in June.

10. A date switcheroo?

In November 2014, New Orleans voters agreed to move municipal elections — traditionally held early in the new year — back to the fall, where they would coincide with other state and federal elections and, presumably, save money. The rule was set to kick in with the municipal elections of fall 2017, but Senate Bill 434 — introduced last week by State Sen. J.P. Morrell — would move the date of the change, making it effective in the fall of 2021, after Mayor Mitch Landrieu is out of office (and the city’s 2018 tricentennial has passed).

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JANNELLE T.

Dear Jannelle, New Orleans has a well-known history as a city of international trade, but few people may know of its relatively short-lived entry into the chewing gum business.

Just after the turn of the century, the American Chicle Company, which was founded in New Jersey in 1899, opened a factory on Decatur Street. At that time, the company had factories in many other major cities including Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas City, Toronto and Portland, Oregon. New Orleans’ large sugar trade and its proximity to South America made it a logical choice, since the company often went south of the border to harvest chicle for its chewing gum.

Chicle is a natural, chewable form of tree sap found in several species of trees in the Yucatan and Guatemala. Using the chicle for its gum, the company sold nearly a dozen different varieties, including Chiclets, Adams’ Pepsin Tutti-Frutti and Adams’ Black Jack (named and originally marketed by the founder of the company, Thomas Adams).

In 1910, the company built a three-story factory at Dante and Fig streets, just off Earhart Boulevard. By 1918, the American Chicle Company had decided to close the New Orleans factory, calling it “only

The former American Chicle Company chewing gum factory now houses Landis Construction Company.

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one of a half-dozen which the company had been forced to abandon on account of climatic conditions unsuited to the manufacture of gum,” according to The Times-Picayune. Our heat and humidity may have caused stickier conditions than the company had expected, making it less conducive to chewing gum production.

The building off Earhart was sold to the Marine Paint Company and later housed a box factory and auto parts warehouse. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. In 2008, it was purchased by Landis Construction Company, which renovated it and located its headquarters there.

BLAKEVIEW THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, Ignatius J. Reilly might say the goddess Fortuna’s wheel spun in the right direction for John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces. On April 13, 1981, the New Orleans novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Toole’s mother, Thelma, told The Times-Picayune she was filled with “a transcendent feeling of literary glory” for her son’s prize, but was “heartbroken he isn’t here.” The author committed suicide 12 years earlier, and his mother worked tirelessly in the decade after his death to have his book published. She famously cornered writer Walker Percy at Loyola University, where Percy was teaching a creative writing course. After reading the manuscript and realizing its potential, Percy convinced LSU Press to release the book in 1980. A year later it became the first novel by a university press to capture the Pulitzer Prize. It remains beloved for its authentic dialects and eccentric but fantastically realistic cast of Crescent City characters.

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Suing Big Oil no longer ‘frivolous’ TURNS OUT JOHN BARRY WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE EFFICACY OF SUING BIG OIL

to foster discussions about paying for coastal restoration. That’s no surprise to anyone who has followed various environmental lawsuits brought by a few brave coastal parishes and the regional flood protection authority.

Back in 2013, when the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPA-E) filed its landmark lawsuit against scores of oil and gas companies, then-Gov. Bobby Jindal and other energy industry bootlickers breathlessly denounced the suit as “frivolous.” Barry, who was then vice chairman of the SLFPA-E board, predicted the litigation would prod energy companies to help pay for coastal restoration.

Jindal and a compliant Louisiana Legislature frantically passed a ham-fisted law seeking to derail the lawsuit retroactively. Jindal also contrived with egregiously conflicted “reformers” like oil-and-gas businessman Jay Lapeyre to purge the SLFPA-E board of litigation supporters. They almost succeeded.

Fortunately, the rule of law and a new governor soon could get things back on track.

That is, if Louisiana politics doesn’t get in the way.

Which brings us to the recent “intervention” by Attorney General Jeff Landry, long a faithful pawn of Big Oil, in dozens of environmental lawsuits brought against oil and gas companies by coastal parishes.

Here’s what’s happening: Three coastal parishes — Jefferson, Plaquemines and Cameron — filed a combined 39 environmental lawsuits against energy companies several years ago. The parishes all hired the same Baton Rouge environmental law firm.

During his campaign for attorney general last year, Landry said suing oil and gas companies is “asinine.” As a freshman congressman in 2011, he interrupted a presidential speech about jobs by holding up a sign that read, “Drilling = Jobs.”

Landry has never been discreet about his fealty to energy interests.

On March 15, as Louisiana’s new

John Barry predicted in 2013 that lawsuits could lead to Big Oil helping to pay for coastal restoration.

He was right.

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attorney general, Landry “intervened” in the 39 coastal parish lawsuits, seeking to take over the litigation — ostensibly to protect the state’s interests. Expecting a guy like Landry to protect the state’s interests against Big Oil is like expecting Donald Trump to defend the honor of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. Not gonna happen.

The more likely outcome would be a sweetheart settlement that lets the defendants off the hook for pennies on the dollar — with Landry cynically claiming that he stood up to the industry on behalf of the coast. It’s a page right out of Jindal’s playbook.

Fortunately, Gov. John Bel Edwards intervened in those same lawsuits last week, via the state Department of Natural Resources.

While the outcome of litigation is never guaranteed, at least Edwards has a record of not kowtowing to polluters. As a legislator, he fought to keep the SLFPA-E suit alive. As governor, he has tried to replace Jindal’s toadies on the SLFPA-E board with qualified, nonconflicted professionals. That fight, like the litigation, is ongoing.

Meanwhile, nobody — not even Big Oil or Landry — is calling coastal environmental lawsuits “frivolous” any more. And the industry appears poised to come to the table.

Barry was right.

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Can Louisiana support a tech industry with expiring tax breaks and lack of diversity?

FIVE-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO HARRIS PLUGS AWAY ON HIS PURPLE LAPTOP,

indifferent to the swirl of business pitches and presentations around him in the lobby of the Chicory on Fulton Street, the site of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week’s (NOEW) “Startup Alley.” As his father, Gregory, runs through the merits of Meusu, the “on-demand personal assistant” service he founded in 2013, Antonio’s only distraction is a black-and-white rescue dog named Bobbie McGee, whose owner, Pupular creator Harry Boileau, is explaining his “app for your social animal.”

Welcome to “Silicon Bayou.”

Though then-Assistant Secretary of State J. Robert Wooley appears to have coined the term in 1984 while discussing proposed legislation to enforce software copyrights, “Silicon Bayou” only gained traction in recent years, as Louisiana’s lucrative tax credits for digital media and software development, adopted in 2005, lured entrepreneurs, existing companies and venture capitalists. In particular, New Orleans has been the subject of glowing press describing it as the United States’ “biggest brain magnet,” “the coolest start-up city in America” and “the next great tech city.”

“We are the most cost-attractive place in America” for the tech industry, says Michael Hecht, CEO and

president of the regional economic development alliance Greater New Orleans Inc., citing labor and real estate rates as well as tax advantages. Along with the city’s distinctive cultural heritage and a sense of civic mission, Hecht adds, the boon to the bottom line has enticed a host of businesses to set up shop in New Orleans, even though the city’s competitors have a two- or three-decade head start.

“Austin has created an image of itself as a cultural destination,” Hecht says. “The culture in New Orleans is historic and indigenous. It’s not created. You will never see a ‘Keep New Orleans Weird’ campaign. That would be like having a ‘Keep Water Wet’ campaign.”

The Intellectual Property (IP) Building in the Warehouse District, conceived in 2009 by GNO Inc. and The Idea Village, is “the physical and symbolic heart for tech in New Orleans,” Hecht says. The 80,000-squarefoot, tech-friendly structure, located on Magazine Street near Lafayette Square, is home to the 3-D model marketplace TurboSquid, the collaborative workspace LaunchPad, and The Idea Village, which in 2009 organized the inaugural IDEAcorps Challenge, a forerunner to NOEW. Tech workers and companies also congregate at several other nodes throughout the city, including the New Orleans Exchange Centre and the incubator Propeller, where Operation Spark’s John Fraboni and Max Gaudin recently spent part of a stormy Friday, after the power went out in their offices near Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard. But the IP Building remains

John Fraboni, center, on beanbag chair, and his team at Operation Spark.

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Gregory Harris of Meusu.

the nerve center of “Silicon Bayou.”

On a typical weeknight, the bar at neighboring Capdeville features at least a few patrons typing away on laptops while sipping beer. The development of the property was part of a concerted effort to remake the city as a center for innovation.

“It was then that we began to develop the brand of New Orleans as an emerging hub for technology,” Hecht says. “We often say that New Orleans is Austin 20 years ago.

We’re going to be the new Austin.”

One measure of the tech world’s increasing interest in New Orleans is the addition of Collision, one of the fastest-growing tech conferences in the U.S., to the city’s busy festival season calendar. Founded in 2014 as an American counterpart to the popular European tech conference Web Summit, Collision is expected to attract more than 10,000 attendees when it takes place April 26-28, between the two weekends of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — and will feature, fittingly, a day of programming related to the intersection of technology and the music industry.

“Collision is growing at a greater scale and this requires a much larger community and ecosystem,” Collision’s Richard Forde wrote in an email. “Working with the local tech community and Collision cohost Chris Schultz [CEO of Launchpad] has shown that New Orleans is the perfect destination.”

Collision will distribute a number of free tickets to the conference through local organizations such as Son of a Saint, Operation Spark, Propeller and Benevolent Enabler, but the cost of accessing its full slate of talks, workshops, and networking events isn’t free (as

the programming for New Orleans Entrepreneur Week was). As of April 8, “General Attendee” passes run $1,799, while “Platinum” passes are $5,799.

As Silicon Valley giants like Facebook, Google, Twitter and Apple come under fire for gentrifying their footprint and their lack of gender and racial/ethnic diversity in the workplace, becoming a boomtown of the “knowledge economy” is not free of negative consequences.

The state’s ongoing budget crisis threatens to reduce or curtail digital media and software development tax credits, but the greatest challenge for “Silicon Bayou” isn’t the cost of subsidizing the nascent tech industry — it’s the unequal distribution of its benefits.

ESTIMATES OF THE INDUSTRY’S IMPACT ON THE LABOR MARKET

vary, depending on which occupations are deemed tech-related, but data compiled by the Louisiana Workforce Commission shows growth in tech-sector employment.

Between 2009, when the incentive expanded to include consumer and enterprise software and web-based and mobile applications, and 2014, the state added nearly 3,400 jobs in the “computer and mathematical occupations,” an increase of 20 percent. (Last year, the legislature approved a three-year, 28 percent rollback of the program, reducing the credit for in-state payroll to 25.2 percent and the credit for qualified production expenses to 18 percent.)

The Computer Industry Trade Association (CompTIA), which defines the tech sector in broader terms, is more bullish, reporting that Louisiana added 2,892 tech jobs between 2014 and 2015 alone.

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— GREGORY HARRIS CREATOR OF PUPULAR, AN APP FOR DOG OWNERS

Pupular founder Boileau, a Tulane graduate, created his app after moving back to New Orleans from Los Angeles in 2014 and realizing that meant “no more dog friends” for Bobbie McGee. In the course of developing the app, which facilitates dog meetups by connecting owners, he discovered the advantages of building an early-stage startup here, including a tighter-knit social and professional network than he might have found in California.

“For the size of the city, the fact that there are multiple accelerators, co-working spaces and mentorship opportunities is really great,” Boileau says. “The community believes in what’s going on very strongly.”

The state’s losses from the digital media and software development tax incentive reflect the growing number of companies claiming the credits, increasing from $377,000 in 2009 to $15 million in 2014. Ninety percent of the expenditures that qualify for the incentive are “workforce-related,” according to Chris Stelly, executive director of Louisiana Economic Development, which administers the program.

Advocates argue these costs — amounting to less than 10 percent of the $250 million outlay for the motion picture tax incentives in 2014, and an infinitesimal fraction of the $7.7 billion lost to all state tax exemptions — constitute an appropriate investment in high-paying jobs. For 2014, the Louisiana Workforce Commission counts

20,340 residents earning an average wage of $62,366 in computer and mathematical occupations statewide, while CompTIA’s latest report, which includes 2015, lists 49,151 tech jobs in Louisiana, with an average wage of $74,515.

“We’re not just trading money with the people next door,” says Matt Wisdom, CEO of TurboSquid and an author of the original digital media tax incentive. He estimates the collective revenues of the top 50 tech companies in New Orleans exceed $250 million per year.

“We’re adding new money to the economy here,” he says.

of the population and 48 percent of the labor force, comprise 39 percent of computer and mathematical occupations; minorities, 40 percent of the population and 38 percent of the labor force, fill a dismal 16 percent of those occupations. This disparity is not only present in Louisiana and New Orleans.

“This is a problem that we know is endemic to the software industry nationally, and because we are relatively late to the game, we can come at it from a starting point of wanting more diversity and more inclusion in innovation,”

IMPORTING THE TECH INDUSTRY INTO THE STATE also means im-

porting one of its most intransigent shortcomings. PBS NewsHour reports that the workforce at leading Silicon Valley tech firms is 71 percent male and 60 percent white, and Louisiana’s tech sector reflects a similar lack of gender and racial/ ethnic diversity, relative to both the total labor force and the population as a whole. According to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, women make up 51 percent of the population and 48 percent of the total labor force statewide, but only 34 percent of computer and mathematical occupations.

Minorities make up 36 percent of the population, 34 percent of the labor force and just 18.5 percent of those occupations.

The greater New Orleans region fares no better. Women, 51 percent

Pass It Down founder Chris Cummings.

Hecht says. “I think we’re seeing New Orleans taking on a very real local problem, beginning to address it and being seen as a model for the rest of the nation.”

Efforts to improve underrepresented groups’ access to tech-sector education and employment are underway, including PowerMoves.

NOLA, a New Orleans Startup Fund initiative to increase the number of venture-backed, minority-founded companies locally and nationally, and Operation Spark, a nonprofit organization offering courses in software engineering and appli-

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“I can’t change what people are doing, but I can help them find what they need,” Operation Spark founder John Fraboni says, noting that participants in the program, many of whom receive full or partial scholarships, receive networking opportunities in addition to technical instruction. “On the training side, we’ve got to mobilize,” he says.

Others cite the region’s relative dearth of tech talent as a major hurdle “Silicon Bayou” needs to clear if it wants to continue expanding.

“Steel sharpens steel,” says Bossier City native Chris Cummings, founder and CEO of Pass It Down, a kind of digital scrapbooking/social media hybrid that allows users to record and preserve their family histories online. “Two years ago, when I was in Baton Rouge, there weren’t a lot of tech companies. We left [for Chattanooga, Tennessee] at the time because we wanted to be able to find resources and build a platform where we could build next to other people.”

THIS SHORTAGE OF ENGINEERS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS is exacerbated

by the uncertain fate of the state’s digital media incentive, several people told Gambit. Established companies are less likely to move major operations to Louisiana — and, by extension, support investments in technical education as GE Capital did at the University of New Orleans and IBM did at Louisiana State University. Tech entrepreneurs are less likely to form and grow their businesses here. And venture capitalists are less likely to list New Orleans alongside Silicon Valley, Austin, San Francisco and Boston as breeding grounds for the next Facebook, Google or Twitter.

Indeed, the biggest homegrown successes have landed elsewhere. After management issues thwarted Perry Chen’s efforts to bring two DJs to New Orleans during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2002, he developed the idea for the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, which is now based in New York.

Kenner’s Kevin Lin sold his live video-game streaming site Twitch to Seattle-based Amazon in 2014 for $970 million.

“We’ve not had that big company that went public or had a big liquidation event that created the wealth and entrepreneurs, the halo effect, that an event like that inevitably does,” Hecht says.

The question is whether nonprofit organizations and public-private partnerships can find scalable solutions to the linked problems of skilled labor and diversity in tech without action from policymakers. Though the Board of Elementary and Secondary Educa-

more sustainable one: Of the 10 graduates from its first “senior class,” which completed the organization’s three-tiered training in January, all are now employed by or interning with companies in tech or tech-adjacent fields, including General Electric and 365 Connect. The problem is that such initiatives have limited resources and may not close the gap between supply and demand fast enough.

“Unless somebody gave me a shit-ton of money, I couldn’t make a dent,” Fraboni says.

The lack of diversity in tech is not simply a “pipeline problem,” of course: The New York Times reported in February that a combined 14 percent of bachelor’s or advanced degrees in engineering and computer science are awarded to Hispanic and black students, while Hispanic and black employees together comprise just 4 percent of the workforce at top tech companies.

Meusu’s Gregory Harris, who is black, suggests that unconscious racial/ethnic bias also contributes to the diversity gap, though he acknowledges this is not limited to the tech sector.

“One reason I keep my dreadlocks is I want the people coming up who look like me to have someone to identify with,” he says, adding that he feels he’s been unfairly “dismissed” in the past because of — MATT WISDOM his appearance. “It happens in CEO OF TURBOSQUID everyday life. It happens in pretty much any industry. We have to break down the barrier of entry and say, ‘Listen to these people. tion approved a proposal last month to count Give them a chance. Hear them out.’”

Advanced Placement Computer Science In a region where women comprise more toward the state’s high-school graduation than half of the population and nonwhites requirements, efforts to improve engineering more than one-third, the failure to encourage and computer science education in Louisiana diversity in tech education and employment is, public schools are still in the early stages, acby definition, the failure to ensure that “Silicon cording to Wisdom.

Bayou” becomes a permanent feature of the “What a lot of companies want is a pipeline local economy. Without such an effort, Louiof talent from the universities, which means siana’s tech sector may lose future employees you need curriculum alignment, and we have like International High School sophomore not had that in New Orleans,” he says. “It’s not Grace Clark, whose passion for the subject where it needs to be.” comes through as she describes creating a Magic Eight Ball application and a video game GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF TECH TALENT to character selection screen at Operation Spark. the future of “Silicon Bayou,” it’s reasonable The 16-year-old plans to pursue tech as a to ask if there’s a disconnect between the hobby and not as a career, but she’s clear-eyed seemingly piecemeal approach to training about the industry’s inclusion problem. and diversity and the taxpayer-funded incen“I find it disappointing that there isn’t more tives that have allowed tech companies themdiversity in the tech world, because I’m proof selves to thrive. that girls can do it, that African-Americans can Programs like Operation Spark — which is do it, that anybody can do it,” she says. “It’s not now piloting a project called High School to gender. It’s not race. I think it’s kind of silly that High Wage at four area schools — suggest that it’s set up that way.” a more inclusive tech sector also might be a

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Owner Lauren Prats provides eyebrow services for a customer.

BY ELEONORE FISHER

PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER

HI-BROW BEAUTY BAR (126 SIERRA COURT, METAIRIE, 504325-2222; WWW.HIBROWNOLA.COM) is located in an

unassuming house on a quiet street. Inside, the atmosphere is soothing, with music, scented candles and conversation.

“This is how it always is,” says owner Lauren Prats, who offers services ranging from brow waxes and tints to microblading and lash extensions. “You have people getting in the chairs and gossiping and chatting with each other.”

Born and raised in Kenner, Prats attended De La Salle High School. She explored her love of beauty — with an eye toward brows — while studying esthetics at the Aveda Institute in Metairie. Drawn to the instant gratification that a good wax provides, she founded Hi-Brow in 2014, after spending 10 years at Earthsavers Day Spa and two years at Glow Hair and Beauty Bar. “I was thinking, [high-end brow and lash services] are really big in New York and California, and there’s nothing like that here, so let me try and turn this into something,” Prats says.

In her first year at the Metairie location Prats serviced more than 10,000 clients. Employees are booked solid from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day. The most popular service is the signature brow wax, which lasts about 15 minutes and includes waxing, trimming, tweezing and an eyebrow

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THE UNIQUE GOODWILL (480 Metairie Road, Metairie, www.goodwillno. org) recently celebrated its grand opening. The resale shop features trendy clothing from high-end brands in a boutique atmosphere.

CRESCENT CITY COMICS (3135 Calhoun St., 309-2223; 4916 Freret St., 504-8913796; www.crescentcitycomics.com) recently opened a second location on Calhoun Street. The original Freret Street store reopened this month following renovations.

cosmetics application.

“They come in here and they know they’re going to get the best service and everybody genuinely cares and has a passion about every service that they do,” Prats says. “It’s truly humbling to have people come in and trust us with something on their face, whether it be brows or lashes.”

Prats emphasizes good brow and lash care. Her brow philosophy is simple. Brows should be wellgroomed and fit the individual’s face and personality.

“The perfect brow for me is one that is perfectly trimmed,” she says.

“No two brows look alike.”

Prats developed her own line of long-wearing products to enhance brows, which include a waterproof brow pen, brow mascara and clear brow gel. The products fill in gaps and add volume to sparse brows.

Though people have approached her about buying into the company, Prats has no plans to franchise. She wants to stay local.

“This business was literally built brick by brick, dollar by dollar,” she says. “And now we’re starting to make a name for ourselves, and it really has been such a humbling experience.”

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Prop engine TO CELEBRATE FIVE YEARS AT ITS BROADMOOR HEADQUARTERS,

social innovation incubator Propeller (4035 Washington Ave., 504322-3282; www.gopropeller.org) is throwing a pop-up party April 27.

“In past years (the event) has been a graduation ceremony, but this year is really a celebration of all the entrepreneurs that have come through our (program),” says Propeller Communications Manager Catherine Gans. Roughly 100 new ventures have been launched since its inception, she says.

Magasin Kitchen serves Vietnamese cuisine.

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bowls of pho. Bun bowls arrive with colorful vegetables, meat and seafood variations over vermicelli. The extensive banh mi selection features traditional and creative takes on the Vietnamese po-boy. All these are present at Magasin Kitchen, Kim Nguyen’s Central Business District offshoot of Magasin Cafe (4201 Magazine St.), but there also are dishes based on recipes passed down through generations of her family.

These include the rice porridge dish congee, an Asian breakfast staple and cold remedy from Nguyen’s childhood. The porridge is served in a large aluminum vessel — which looks more like a bucket than a bowl — with spicy bits of salted pork, thinly shaved onions and cilantro. It’s the gelatinous century egg that gives the otherwise tame dish its edge, although the fermented product might look off-putting with its translucent coffee-colored exterior and grayish-green center. The creamy yolk carries a funky, almost feral flavor that adds depth and umami layers to the dish.

The tables and long bar are set with the same chili sauces and pho accoutrement found at more traditional Vietnamese joints, but the restaurant space inside the Paramount building features a sleek and quasi-industrial decor and has a modern feel.

Appetizers include colorful spring rolls served with peanut dipping sauce, steamed pork buns and egg rolls. Crab rangoons are a tasty ren-

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dition in which fried cream cheesefilled triangles are served with sweet citrus marmalade dipping sauce.

Cooking vessels do double-time as serving dishes, as in fried rice selections, which arrive in miniature cast-iron skillets, rendering the bottom layer of rice crunchy and reminiscent of a Korean bibimbap or the socarrat in Spanish paella. Most of these fried rice dishes are topped with a fried egg, vegetables and a protein. In most cases they succeed, though in a few instances, the rice lacked flavor.

A garlicky shrimp-topped version featured bright green Chinese broccoli, steamed so the leaves impart soft, almost sweet flavor while the stems carry the snap of raw vegetables. A vegetarian alternative features rice beneath blistery green beans and fat wedges of avocado, and the yolk of a barely-set sunny side up egg provides the richness that ultimately ties the dish together.

Caramelized salmon embodies a popular method of Vietnamese

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Co-owner Luu Tran offers Vietnamese cuisine at Magasin Cafe.

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cooking. Served in a wide clay pot, thick strips of salmon fillet arrive with a sweet, syrupy sheen atop steaming jasmine rice and a bouquet of lightly pickled cucumbers, carrots and cabbage. It would feel like spa cuisine were it not for deliciously fatty pieces of glazed fish and the thick sauce, which seeps into the rice, giving it the consistency of pudding and rendering it like candy.

While there are many similarities between the Central Business District spot and Nguyen’s Uptown cafe, it’s fun to see her explore new culinary territory at the new space, and I hope she continues to do so.

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sleek Vietnamese cafe serves familiar dishes and explores with family recipes

The Propeller Pop event aims to promote new business ventures in the restaurant world. It features 12 up-and-coming pop-ups such as Filipino-focused Manila Village from Dean Lambert and Cristina Quackenbush, who formerly ran Milkfish.

Other vendors include Port City Pantry, Nola Foodsmiths, House of Dumpling, The Old Portage, Local Acres, Sparklehorse and Black Swan Food Experience.

A few pop-ups are coming off stints as vendors at St. Roch Market, including Koreole, PDR and Donna Maloney’s The Sweet Spot.

Menu items include bulgogi poboy sliders from Koreole, popcorn rice rolls with vegetables, pickled ginger, turmeric aioli and wasabi microgreens from Local Acres, pork shoulder with garlic-chili vinaigrette and cracklings from Sparklehorse and charred eggplant with crispy rice, vegetables and roasted pepper sauce from PDR. PAGE 22

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Attendees can sample a special cocktail by Kevin Augustine of Cochon Butcher, featuring Mister Katz’s Rock & Rye whiskey, peach soda, bitters and Pop Rocks. There also will be artwork by Brennan Steele, music by DJ Otto Orellana, a raffle and activities.

The event is 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., and tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door or $100 for a patron party before the main event.

— HELEN FREUND

High on the Hog HEAVY RAINS CAUSED ORGANIZERS TO CANCEL Hogs for the Cause’s

Friday events, but festivalgoers flocked to muddy New Orleans City Park Festival Grounds Saturday for the barbecue and pig roast extravaganza.

The festival is a fundraiser for families with children battling pediatric brain cancer. There were 95 teams competing in categories including best ribs, whole hog,

in 2015. Aporkalypse Now claimed victories in the categories of Best Pork Shoulder/Butt and Best Ribs.

Q Smokery won Best Whole Hog. Hog Dat Nation won Best Sauce.

Hogjammin’ won Porkpourri for creative use of pork in a dish with its Elvis pie, featuing peanut butter and bacon. Swine Spectators won Best Side, and Mr. Pigglesworth won Fan Favorite.

Other awards included Best Friday Night Party, which went to Deuce Pigalow, Pork Gigolo. Fleur de Que also won Best Booth for its massive structure, including a second-story tented deck overlooking the festival grounds, complete with a rotating pig snorting fog through its snout.

Fleur de Que also won top fundraiser, collecting more than $150,000. Other big fundraisers included Fox Brothers BBQ of Atlanta, which hauled in more than $75,000. Boar’s Nest BBQ, Puerco Rico and Deuce Pigelo all netted more than $50,000. Other major fundraisers were Mr. Pigglesworth, Piggy Stardust, 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Team March of the Pigs, Captain Porkenheimer, The Death Chefs, Hog Dat Nation, Sweet Swine o Mine, Frey Smoked Meats, Squeal of Fortune, Swine and Dine, Chits & Piggles, Magnum PIG and Pigs on Parade. — HELEN FREUND

Perking up PERKS COFFEE & CAFE (4300 Clear-

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shoulder, best sauce and others.

The festival has grown since its inception eight years ago, and this year its two music stages hosted Deer Tick, Tab Benoit, Greensky Bluegrass, Kristin Diable and others.

“It was without question the most humbling moment in my life to see every single one of our teams out there, knee-deep in water, just for the kids, for their love of Hogs for the Cause,” said Hogs for the Cause co-founder Becker Hall.

Organizers announced 2016 winners and top fundraising teams at the April 2 event. The High on the Hog Grand Champion was Aporkalypse Now, which also won the title

view Parkway, Metairie) opens this summer.

The cafe is the project of husband-and-wife team Ashley and David Varnado. Ashley is the chef behind the operation and David, a coffee industry veteran who has managed several cafes in the area, will handle the coffee.

Ashley says the idea for the cafe has evolved for years as she noticed a lack of healthy options at area drive-through restaurants. Perks joins a crop of nearby coffee shops, but the Varnados say their concept will focus on freshly prepared foods to go.

“As a parent, you just don’t always have time to cook,” she says, adding that the menu will feature classic cafe fare including breakfast pastries, soups, sandwiches and salads.

“We’ll do a lot of steamed vegetables and baked and grilled items,” she says. “Everything is fresh and local. Nothing is coming off of a Sysco truck.”

There will be inside seating as well, and they expect to offer coffee from a local roaster.

—HELEN FREUND

EAT+DRINK Mia Reade Baylor BAKER SELF-TAUGHT CHEF AND PHOTOGRAPHER

Mia Reade Baylor launched her pop-up Port City Pantry (www.portcitypantry.com) with friend and colleague Kaitlin Bray in 2015 while they were working at Good Eggs.

Baylor now runs the pop-up on her own, delivering home-baked cookies, biscuits and scones to coffeeshops including Solo Espresso, Arrow Cafe and Stumptown Coffee Roasters. Baylor spoke with Gambit about baking and running a business.

: How did you start baking?

Baylor: My background is not really in food; I went to school for photography. A few years ago, I was living in Seattle and working in a gallery and I started cooking a lot — I guess because it was just fun. I started thinking that I could take my career toward food photography; it seemed like a natural pairing. When I moved down here and started working at Good Eggs, the cooking thing just sort of fell in my lap. The company was growing so quickly and with that came a lot more responsibility. That’s where I met my friend Kaitlin … and we decided it would be fun to do projects together.

We thought it would be fun to do a cookie pop-up at Solo, so we built up the courage to ask (Solo owner Lauren Morlock) and she said they were actually looking for someone to bake full time. We started selling our cookies almost immediately. In the beginning, we would get together and make the cookie dough and split it between our freezers and take turns baking and delivering orders.

Everything that I do I’ve basically taught myself. My parents always cooked and I was always around food, and I think that subconsciously I have food and cooking in my blood.

: How much do you bake on an average day?

B: It varies day to day. Kaitlin ended up getting a job offer in New York, so now it’s basically just me, and my boyfriend helps me out a lot with errands and deliveries. I don’t think I could do it all by myself. It has proved to be a lot of work.

I deliver to Solo and Arrow three days a week, and I deliver to Stumptown five days a week. So, on my biggest day I’m probably delivering maybe around 130 pieces, and on my smallest day maybe just two dozen. But it does seem like there’s a big demand for pastries right now.

: Do you see yourself eventually expanding beyond pastries?

B: When Kaitlin and I came up with the name Port City Pantry, we wanted to come up with a name that didn’t pigeonhole us into just making pastries. We wanted to be open to doing dinners and events or catering. I still want that. But it is nice to have (pastries) as a constant. I didn’t bake a lot before this, and I never really had a sweet tooth; I’ve always been interested in more savory things. I love biscuits, so that’s why I started doing that. It seemed that everyone shared that love, so I kept doing that because it was working. I think all of the pastries I do are really more of a hybrid of sweet and savory. I really try to highlight all of the local produce in Louisiana and fresh ingredients and even chocolate and sugar — things you can get locally here.

I think that Louisiana has a unique type of cuisine. For me, it took a little bit of time to realize how special it was because when I first moved down here I didn’t really get it. Now I can see that there is something really special about the history of the food here. I think people like to indulge, so that’s where the sweet part comes in.

But I want to show that (pastries) can be really fresh and full of fruit and not sugar.

Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net

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RED RIVER BREWING COMPANY INCREASED THE SIZE OF ITS PRODUCTION FACILITY and jumped from

a five-barrel brewhouse system to a 20-barrel operation and added a large taproom in a renovated building at 1200 Marshall St. in downtown Shreveport.

The 23,000-square-foot facility has 17,000 square feet of brewing and production space, a 4,000-square-foot taproom, and a 2,000-square-foot private event space.

The taproom has an outdoor patio with views of the Shreveport skyline and is decorated with repurposed wood from area barn structures, brewery co-founder Beau Raines says. “There are even pieces from a smokehouse that was built by (Gov.) Earl Long himself,” Raines adds.

There will be five to 10 taps devoted to Red River beer, including brewery flagships Hay Ryed wheat and rye ale, Session 18 IPA and its variation of helles lager, Heliopolis.

Also available are specialty beers such as River Monster imperial red ale, Yellow Jack pale ale with lemon zest, and Captain’s Reserve porter aged on vanilla beans and bourbon wood chips, which was the first beer to run out during opening weekend festivities.

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Red River Brewing Company opened its new facility April 2.

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The brewery’s bottling line will be delivered and operational later this month. Initially, flagship beers will be available in six packs, and 22-ounce bombers of specialty beers will follow later this year.

The brewery’s products are named after important elements of the area, a spokesman said in a press release.

Beville also announced that full-time production brewer Steve Parks was brought on at the end of 2015. Parks is in charge of all brewing operations at the new facility. The brewery plans to add tours and yoga classes.

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BY BRENDA MAITLAND

2013 Santa Rita Secret Reserve Red Blend Maipo, Chile Retail $11

IN 1880, DOMINGO FERNANDEZ CONCHA WAS CONVINCED THAT CHILE’S MAIPO VALLEY COULD PRODUCE WINE GRAPES EQUAL IN QUALITY TO THE FINEST VINEYARDS OF BORDEAUX, FRANCE. Today the Maipo Valley,

the closest wine region to Chile’s capital of Santiago, often is called the Bordeaux of South America. The Secret Reserve derives its understated power from five grapes, four of which are mainstays of Bordeaux wines.

This bottling contains 53 percent cabernet sauvignon, 20 percent merlot, 15 percent syrah (which is not a Bordeaux grape), 7 percent petit verdot and 5 percent carmenere, the hallmark grape of the Chilean wine industry. The varietals are kept separate throughout harvesting and vinification. The result is an enchanting blend of red and black fruit, with strawberry yielding to raspberry, black currants and blackberry. There also are notes of vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, violets and cocoa. Decant 20 minutes before serving. Drink it with rare steak, pork tenderloin, veal chops and firm, aged cheeses. Buy it at: Rouses Market on Tchoupitoulas Street.

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Eatmoor in Broadmoor 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2660 www.myhousenola.com The food truck roundup features Burgers Ya Heard, King Creole, Grilling Shilling and Imperial Woodpecker Snoballs. There is music

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Sippin’ in Seersucker 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 522-9200 www.ogdenmuseum.org The fundraiser features a seersucker fashion contest, music by the Luke Winslow-King String Band and Smoking Time Jazz Club, an open bar and food by restaurants including Angeline, Banana Blossom Thai Cafe, Barcadia, Gordon Biersch, The Fountain Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel, Ms. Linda’s Yakamein, Silk Road and others. Call (504) 539-9616 for tickets. General admission $55 in advance, $35 for Ogden Museum members; $65 at the door, $45 Ogden members.

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Kids in the Kitchen: Chicken 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. & noon-1 p.m. Saturday Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 267-7490 www.natfab.org The kids’ cooking classes feature a lesson on making and breading chicken nuggets (10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.) for children ages 7-11 and a class on making barbecue sauce and baking drumsticks (noon-1 p.m.) for children ages 12-15. Tickets $15 per child, $10 for Southern Food & Beverage Museum members.

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

AMERICAN Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — The all-youcan-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood and dishes from a variety of cuisines. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

BAR & GRILL The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — The menu of American favorites includes a burger, oyster po-boy, Cobb salad, spaghetti and meatballs, fried chicken, Gulf fish and more. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Lucy’s Retired Surfers Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.facebook.com/lucysnola — This surf shack serves chips with salsa and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill. com — The sports bar offers burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, steaks and a wide array of bar noshing items. Open 24-hours Thursday through Sunday. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items.

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

BREAKFAST/BRUNCH Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 5618844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna and seafood dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$

BURGERS Dis & Dem — 2600 Banks St., (504) 9090458; Rue St. Louis Bar, 814 St. Louis St., (504) 509-7092; www.disanddem.com — The Hawaii 5-0 burger features a glazed patty, a hot sausage patty, a fried egg, bacon, cheese and grilled pineapple.

No reservations. Banks Street: breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun. St. Louis St.: lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $ Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys.com — The menu features burgers, cheeseburgers and bacon cheesburgers with toppings such as grilled onions or mushrooms, tomatoes, pickles, jalapenos, hot sauce and barbecue sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Ted’s Frostop — 3100 Calhoun St., (504) 861-3615; www.tedsfrostop. com — The menu features burgers with hand-made patties, chicken tenders, crinkle-cut fries and more. Pancakes are available with blueberries, pecans

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CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The coffee shop serves pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma. com — The cafe serves shrimp salad, chipotle-marinated portobello sliders, flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic and more. 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, pastries and desserts baked in house and a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — The wine bar offers cheese plates. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — Students in the workforce development program prepare traditional and creative versions of local favorites. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 5222233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — The New Orleans sampler features red beans and rice, jambalaya, a cup of gumbo, fried green tomatoes and a biscuit. Delivery available from Carondelet Street location. No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours. West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Cajun dishes include Catfish Mulalate’s, fried seafood platters, gumbo, boudin, stuffed shrimp, po-boys and more.

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

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CHINESE August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — The menu includes Chinese and Vietnamese dishes such as sweet and spicy tilapia glazed in tangy sweet-and-spicy sauce served with bok choy. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations to lo mein dishes. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Chez Pierre French Bakery & Cafe — 3208 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 467-3176; www.chezpierreneworleans.com — The bakery specializes in cakes and there is a breakfast menu and Vietnamese dishes. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

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CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include crispy smoked quail salad with pear and bourbon-molasses dressing. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Vinegar-braised grilled beef short ribs are served over stone-ground yellow grits with arugula and boiled peanut salad. A fried chicken breast is served over a Belgian waffle with smoked ham, aged cheddar and Steen’s mustard glaze. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sat-Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — The bar offers wines by the glass and full restaurant menu including mussels steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf.

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Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. Reservations accepted for large parties. 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 — Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The Cuban sandwich features housemade roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www.bistroorleansmetairie.com — Popular dishes include oyster and artichoke soup, char-grilled oysters and Des Allemands catfish. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Eggs Sardou is poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce.

Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/ cafegentilly — Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-

Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www. messinasterminal.com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features Gulf shrimp, Lake Pontchartrain crabmeat, crawfish, fresh herbs and angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes.

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

Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli offers corned beef and pastrami from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — 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. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 4566362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can

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Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — The New Orleans AK sandwich features a choice of four meats plus cheddar, provolone, pepper Jack and Swiss cheeses on a warm muffuletta bun. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. 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 topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

FRENCH Cafe Degas — 3127 Esplanade Ave., (504) 945-5635; www.cafedegas.com — The menu of traditional French dishes includes pate, cheese plates, salads, escargots bourguignons, mussles and fries, hanger steak with fries and garlic bordelaise and more. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Wed.Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $

GOURMET TO GO Breaux Mart — Citywide; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” and weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — The restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Silk Road — 2483 Royal St., (504) 9446666; www.silkroadnola.com — Samosas are potato and pea turnovers made with garlic and coriander and come with tamarind sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — The menu features tandoori dishes with chicken, lamb, fish or shrimp, mild and spicy curries, rice dishes such as chicken, lamb or shrimp biryani, and many vegetarian items. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Creative Italian dishes include roasted duck glazed with sweet Marsala and roasted garlic and served with garlic mashed potatoes. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. 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. Reservations accepted.

Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www. nonnamia.net — Shrimp Diablo features pan-seared shrimp, house-made fettuccine and spicy arrabbiata sauce.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines old world Italian favorites and pizza. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Osso buco features a veal shank with angel hair pasta and veal demi-glace. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 8913644 — “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include raw and cooked versions. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com —

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Diners enjoy burgers and fries at Atomic Burger (3934 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-309-7474; www. theatomicburger.com) PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER

Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, including sushi, hibachi dishes, teriyaki and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rockn-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www. auduboninstitute.org/visit/golf-cafe — Braised short rib is served with brandy roasted mushrooms, Parmesan grits and smoked tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola. com — Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus.

Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

SEASONAL SPECIALS! Crab Stuffed Fried Green Tomatoes with Basil Essence, Shrimp and Crawfish Cream Award Winning Gumbos ∙ Daily Seasonal Specials ∙ New Orleans Favorites 2309 N Causeway Blvd ∙ Metairie, LA 70001 GumboStop.com ∙ (504) 835-2022 ∙ Monday - Saturday 11am - 9pm

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. $$$ The Red Maple — 1036 Lafayette St., Gretna, (504) 367-0935; www.theredmaple.com — Gulf fish Pontchartrain is grilled and topped with crabmeat and sherry mushroom sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. 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. 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

Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce.

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

Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — The menu includes hummus, baba ghanoush, stuffed grape leaves, mousaka, seared halloumi, gyros, kebabs, shawarama dishes, wraps, salads and more. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www.monascafeanddeli.com — These casual cafes serve entrees including beef or chicken shawarma, kebabs, gyro

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 — Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Garcia — 8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 464-0354 — Chiles rellenos include one pepper stuffed with cheese and one filled with beef, and the menu also features fajitas, burritos, tacos, chimichangas, quesadillas, nachos, tortas and more. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — The El General combo plate includes a beef burrito, beef chile relleno, chicken enchilada, a chicken taco and guacamole. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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MUSIC AND FOOD 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. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros with corn tortillas, black beans, fried eggs, ranchero sauce, salsa and Cotija cheese. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily.

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. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote. Delivery available

OUT TO EAT Tuesday to Friday. No reservations.

Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — Stuffed gumbo features a hand-battered and fried catfish fillet atop chicken, sausage, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Koz’s — 515 Harrison Ave., (504) 4840841; 4445 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-2010; 6215 Wilson St., Harahan, (504) 737-3933; www.kozcooks.com — Red beans and rice with fried chicken is a Monday and Wednesday special.

The roast beef po-boy features housecooked roast beef on Gendusa Bakery bread and is dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. No reservations.

Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $

PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter and served over angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

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G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizza.com — Pies feature hand-tossed, house-made dough and locally sourced produce. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil.

No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www. theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — The menu of gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches includes a namesake triple-decker Big Cheezy with Gouda, Gruyere, pepper Jack, cheddar, mozzarella and Monterey Jack on challah bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks.com — The Buffalo chicken steak features chicken breast dressed with wing sauce, American and blue cheese and ranch dressing is optional.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ 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 slow cooked in its own jus. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo and more.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

SEAFOOD Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — The menu includes grilled whole fish, royal red shrimp with garlic butter and crab and crawfish beignets with remoulade. Reservations accepted.Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish, oysters from the raw bar and more. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Crab Trap Seafood Restaurant — 105 Peavine Road, LaPlace, (985) 224-2000 — The seafood house serves boiled seafood, barbecue shrimp or crabs, fried seafood platters, stuffed flounder, poboys and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped chargrilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations.

Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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.

Credit cards. $$$ The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — Crab au gratin features crabmeat in cream sauce topped with cheddar cheese and is served with garlic bread and soup or salad. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. 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 — The tapas menu includes barbacoas featuring jumbo Gulf shrimp in chorizo cream over toasted bread medallions. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

VEGETARIAN Good Karma Cafe — Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St., (504) 401-4698; www. swanriveryoga.com — The Good Karma plate includes a selection of Asian and Indian vegetables, a cup of soup, salad with almond dressing and brown or basmati rice. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7 BMC — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 9:30 Cafe Negril — The Four Sides, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Albanie Falletta, 6; Kristin Diable, 8 Circle Bar — The Pheasants, Twain, Kia Cavallaro’s Golden Hours, 10 d.b.a. — DinosAurchestra, 7; Treme Brass Band, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Blackbird Blackbird, Chad Valley, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — Jon Roniger Gypsyland, 7 The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30; Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Old Opera House — Creole Storm, 7:45 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Siberia — Ringo Deathstarr, Desert Mountain Tribe, Sprawling, 10 Snug Harbor — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Nekrogoblikon, 7 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10

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Josh Paxton, 5; Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy & Emily Robertson, 6; Nyce!, The Speedbumps, Ship of Fools, 9 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6 Columbia Street Taproom Grill — Rick Samson Acoustic, 8 Covington Trailhead — Luther Kent, 5 d.b.a. — Seth Walker, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Rockabilly, Bluegrass, Outlaw Country Jam, 8 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Dave Easley, 6 Gasa Gasa — Brass Bed, Coyotes, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Simple Sound Retreat, 9 House of Blues — Caitlyn, D.T., Groove Haus, Midnight Horizon, Trees and Storms, Young and Talented Brass Band, 7 Joy Theater — Umphry’s McGee, Tauk, 7 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Parsons, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 Little Gem Saloon — From Betty to Bessy, 7 The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; Roamin’ Jasmine, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 11 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Sarah Quintana, 6 Old Point Bar — Steve Mignano, 9 One Eyed Jacks — Fast Times ’80s and ’90s Night, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Tim Laughlin with Crescent City Joymakers and Steve Pistorious, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band with Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars with Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Danzon Ernan Lopez-Nussa & Dr. Michael White, 8 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Wayne Singleton & Same Ol’ 2 Step, 8:30 Siberia — EARLY DAY MINERS, Cary Hudson, Sunrise People, 10 Snug Harbor — Dave Stryker Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10

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ny, 5; Swamp Donkeys, 8; Ashley Blume’s Time Machine, 11 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — Domenic, 4 Chickie Wah Wah — Micheal Pearce, 6; Daria & the Hip Drops, Tank & the Bangas, 9 Circle Bar — Something/Anything, 6; Alligator Chomp Chomp with Pasta & Pals, 10 Columbia Street Taproom Grill — Boogiefalaya, 9 d.b.a. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Deslondes with the Kid Carsons, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Vincent Marini, 7; Dreaming Dingo, 9 Domino Sound Record Shack — Helen Gillet, 6:30 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) —Tuba Skinny, 6 Encore Music Club — Adam Pearce, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (Mid-City) — Lips & the Trips, 7 Gasa Gasa — Escondido, Renshaw Davies, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Valerie Sassyfras, 7 The Historic New Orleans Collection — Roddie Romero & the Hub City All-Stars, 6 House of Blues — William Singe, DJ Julez, 6; The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Levi Parham, Rachel Dean & Tim Paul Grey, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5; Van Hudson & Friends, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Piano Bob, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Monty Banks, 5:30; Detroit Brooks & the Natural Effect, 8 Mag’s 940 — Cedar Howard Organ Trio, 7 The Maison — DinosAurchestra, 1; Loose Marbles, 4; Asylum Chorus, 7; Soul Project, Street Legends Brass Band, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Cha Wa, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Mike True, Band In Da Pocket, 9 Oak — Jon Roniger, 9 Old Point Bar — Hill Country Hounds, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Armand St. Martin, 2; Burke Ingraffia, 7 One Eyed Jacks — Boyfriend, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — The K Hayes Project Band, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin & Palm Court Jazz Band with Kevin Louis, 8 Preservation Hall — The PresHall Brass with Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Cole Williams Band, 8 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Zomboy, Etc!Etc!, 11 Siberia — Poets with Bands with The Call Girls, Shock Patina, Rob Cambre, Donald Miller, 6; Brother Dege & His Brethren, Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Ray, Ryan McKern, Blake Bumpus, Sam Suicide, 10 Snug Harbor — Larry Siebert’s Estrella Banda, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 Tipitina’s — Gravity DeAd: Grateful Dead Tribute with Gravity A, Billy Iuso, Hipnosis, 10 Twist of Lime — Seeker, Wrvth, The Arbitrary, Forming the Void, 9

Ugly Dog Saloon — Johnny Angel & Helldorado, 7 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.; Bobby Love & Friends, 3; New Thousand Band, 6; Skool Daze Brass Band, midnight

SATURDAY 16 21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; Juju Child, 6; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 Abita Springs Town Hall — The Three Rivers Cooperative, Crispin Schroeder, The Deslondes, Tuba Skinny, 7 Apple Barrel — Ruby Moon, 6:30; Big Soul, 10:30 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Jenavieve & the Royal Street Winding Boys, 1; Keith Stone Blues, 10 Banks Street Bar — Caffetine, Switchblade Kid, whatismuz, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; D. Saunders & Friends, 4; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 8 Bei Tempi — Conga Queen, 10 Blue Nile — Andrew J. Forest with St. Louis Slim, 7 Bolden Bar, New Orleans Jazz Market — Johnny Vidacovich Trio, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Marc Stone, 5; The Royal Rounders, 8; Offensive Jazz Quartet, 11 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Mason Ruffner, 9 Circle Bar — No Scruples, 6; Touch Age, Foster Care, Repulsars, Amazing Energy, 10 d.b.a. — Ingrid Lucia, 7; Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 11 Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall — Bad Penny Pleasuremakers, Amedee Frederick, Amedee Frederick V, Big Daddy O, Wardell Williams, Cindy Van Duyne, Reg Sanders Jazz Trio, Hot Club of New Orleans, 4 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Jalin Malin, 6; Ricky T & the Rockets, 8 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 7; Baby Bats, YRSTRLY, Garbage Boy, 10 Encore Music Club — Nashville South, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (Mid-City) — Ajeanette and DJ Sounds, 7 Gasa Gasa — Operators, Bogan Via, Skelatin, 10 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — Amon Amarth, 7 Howlin’ Wolf — The Main Squeeze, Eric “Benny” Bloom, Khris Royal, Sexual Thunder!, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Dave Hickey, 5; Lonestar Stout, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 Louisiana Music Factory — Vivaz!, Warren Battiste, Junko Beat, 2 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; T’Canaille, Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 4; Royal Street Winding Boys, 7; Kumasi, The Big Easy Brawlers, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Cole Williams Band, 11 Oak — Andrew Duhon, 9

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MY FAVORITE KURT VILE STORY GOES LIKE THIS: Mid-concert last fall at San Francisco’s Fillmore, the crowd thought it a good idea to start clapping along to “He’s Alright,” a bonus track on the 2009 LP Childish Prodigy. Vile, literally without • April 17 missing a beat, shook his head and silently • 8:30 p.m. Sunday mouthed the word “No.” He wasn’t being a • Republic, 828 S. Peters St. jerk — simply letting the clappers know this particular song wasn’t the clap-along song.

• (504) 528-8282 It’s an easy mistake to make, given Vile’s • www.republicnola.com deadpan delivery and the way he buries crucial details in throwaway lines chewed up and spat out the sides of his mouth. On PHOTO BY MARINA CHAVEZ b’lieve i’m goin down…, Vile’s latest volume of ellipsed lowercase sapience, “Pretty Pimpin” — the opening song, lead single and one of his grooviest melodies ever — is actually the gut-check mirror stare-down; and “That’s Life, tho (almost hate to say),” which sounds improvised on Quaaludes, is the detail of a certified badass out for a night on the town, hang-gliding into the valley of ashes as all hell freezes over far below his feet. “I scrape my face on the clouds every time I get out / But that’s daytime,” he sings on “He’s Alright,” one verse after singing this: “Sometimes you cry like a child, still get up in the morning / I was a geezer just last night / Watching TV, no not understanding anything.” Sometimes clapping just won’t do. Motel Radio and Purling Hiss open. Tickets $22 in advance, $25 day of show.

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Old Point Bar — Barberella, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — The Lost Bayou Ramblers, Rory Danger & the Danger Dangers, 10 The Orpheum Theater — Chick Corea & Bela Fleck, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Brian O’Connell, 8 Pour House Saloon — The Key Sound, 9 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars with Will Smith, 8, 9 & 10 Siberia — Mae Dea, Kia Cavallaro, Free Feral, 6; SUPLECS, SideBurner, The Weakness, 10 Snug Harbor — The Headhunters with Michael Clark & Bill Summers, 8 & 10 Twist of Lime — Viva Las Vamps, 9 Ugly Dog Saloon — Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, 7 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.; R N R Jazz Group, 3; Sierra Leone Band, 6; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9; Skool Daze Brass Band, midnight

SUNDAY 17 Apple Barrel — Laura Dyer, 6:30; Vic Shepherd, 10:30

Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds Jazz, 1; Gentilly Stompers, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 BB King’s — D. Saunders & Friends, 11 a.m.; Marc Stone Band, 7 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7:30; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Nattie Sanchez Songwriter Circle, 7 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Bighorns, 8 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Slick Leo with Frank “Mr. Quiet Storm” Nitti, DJ Obi-1, 10 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Funk Monkey, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Ron Hacker, 11 a.m.; Simple Sound Retreat, 6; Lauren Sturm, 8 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 House of Blues — Dave East, Nick Grant, 7 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 PAGE 37

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MONDAY 18 21st Amendment — Dave Hennessy, 7 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 6:30; Roger Bowie & the Midnight Visions, 10:30 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30; Smoky’s Blues Monday Jam, 9 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King All-Stars feat.

Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7 Blue Nile — Brass-A-Holics, 10 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene DeLay, 5; Antoine Deal, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Alex Pianovich, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 6; The Poppy Field, 10 d.b.a. — Luke Winslow-King, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 Howlin’ Wolf — Lauren Desberg, 9 Joy Theater — Ben Folds & yMusic, Dotan, 7:30 Kerry Irish Pub — Claire Cannon & Kenna Mae, 8 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr., 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews & the Crescent City All-Stars, Bobby Love, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8

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The Maison — Chance Bushman & the NOLA Jitterbugs, 10 a.m.; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 1; Luneta Jazz Band, 4; Leah Rucker, 7; Higher Heights, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10 Old Point Bar — Isla Nola, 3:30; Romy Kaye & the Mercy-Buckets, 7 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — The One Stop Shop Band, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band with Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars with Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Kurt Vile & the Violators, Purling Hiss, 8:30 Siberia — Immortal Bird, Pyrrhon, Cikada, Her Name Whispers Murder, 9 Snug Harbor — Jason Marsalis presents Heirs of the Crescent City, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Tipitina’s — Dawes, Hiss Golden Messenger, 8:30 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.; Steve Mignano Blues Band, 4; Phyr Ply Band, 8; New Thousand Band, 11 The Willow — Leatherstrip, Ludovico Technique, The Tomb of Nick Cage, Evil Flying Chickens, 9

MUSIC Sidney’s Saloon — King James & the Special Men, 10 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Teddy’s Hole in the Wall — Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Joe Krown, 8 Vaso — Krawdaddy’s Band, 6; Terra Terra, 10

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Friends of Music Concert Series: Imani Winds. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105; www.tulane.edu/~theatre — The Grammy-nominated wind quintet performs “Tradition and the Experimental,” a program of original and classic compositions. Visit www.friendsofmusic. org or call (504) 895-0690 for information. Tickets $35, $18 young professionals and students, $5 Tulane students.

8 p.m. Monday.

Musaica Chamber Ensemble. St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church, 7100 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-9514; www.scabc.org — The classical group presents “Paris in the ’20’s,” a program of Gilded Age music written in France. $10 suggested donation, $5 suggested for students and seniors. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Musica Da Camera and Vox Feminae.

Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church, 2320 Paris Road, Chalmette — The orchestral group performs “The Red Book: Songs and Dances from the ‘Llibre Vermeil’ of the Shrine of Montserrat,” a program of 14th-century Spanish pilgrim songs. Free.

4 p.m. Sunday.

Osorio Plays Brahms. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio plays selections from Brahms, Beethoven and Bartok. Tickets $20-$115. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Pacific Requiem. St. Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, (504) 525-9585; www.stlouiscathedral.org — The Jefferson Chorale, the St. Martin’s Episcopal Children’s Choir and the University of New Orleans Choir present “Pacific Requiem,” Michael McNeill’s tribute to Pacific theatre veterans in World War II. Free. 7 p.m. Thursday, 6 p.m. Sunday.

Serenade to Music: Songs Near and Far. Loyola University New Orleans, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www. montage.loyno.edu — The Loyola choirs perform choral music with texts from Shakespeare. Free. 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Trinity Tenors. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 5220276; www.trinitynola.com — Alexander Sibley and Mark Anthony Thomas perform a program of musical theater and opera with pianist Albinas Prizgintas. Free. 5 p.m. Sunday.

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Barbershop: The Next Cut (PG-13) — A star-studded cast, including Ice Cube, tries to save the old neighborhood from marauding gang members. Clearview, Chalmette Black Mass (R) — The World’s Most Ubiquitous Men (Johnny Depp and Benedict Cumberbatch) star as Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger and his brother, Massachusetts senator Billy Bulger. Clearview Colonia (NR) — A woman (Emma Watson) and her boyfriend become embroiled in Chile’s 1973 military coup. Zeitgeist Born to Be Blue (NR) — A biopic of jazz musician Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke) deals with his love life and heroin addiction. Broad The Jungle Book (PG) — In this CGI-intense revival of the children’s story, the wild kingdom is voiced by Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley and Scarlett Johansson.

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NOW SHOWING 10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13) — Mystery shrouds the plot of this J.J. Abrams-produced horror film, but the presence of John Goodman is confirmed. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (PG-13) — Is Ben Affleck as Batman a sign of “peak superhero”? One can hope.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place The Boss (R) — Melissa McCarthy plays a mogul who stages a rebrand after doing time for insider trading. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Deadpool (R) — Self-aware super anti-hero Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) undergoes an ill-advised cancer treatment that renders his snark indestructible. Clearview, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Demolition (R) — An investment banker (Jake Gyllenhaal) experiences a

crippling brush with emotion. Elmwood, Canal Place The Divergent Series: Allegiant (PG-13) — Teens battle evil forces in a dystopian future, again. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Eye in the Sky (R) — Drone warfare has drawbacks in a thriller starring Aaron Paul and the late Alan Rickman. Elmwood, Canal Place God’s Not Dead 2 (PG) — Disappointingly, a courtroom drama and not a Christian zombie movie. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Hardcore Henry (R) — This shakycam “first person shooter” movie is filmed entirely through the eyes of the protagonist.

Barf bags optional. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Hello, My Name Is Doris (R) — Sally Field stars as a Brooklyn grandmother seeking a May-December romance. Elmwood High Strung (PG) — The dancer and the hip-hop musician come from different worlds! How will they win the final competition?! Elmwood Hurricane on the Bayou (NR) — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy Giant Screen I Saw the Light (R) — Your cheatin’ heart will break for this Hank Williams biopic.

Elmwood, Slidell, Regal Journey to Space 3D (NR) — Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) narrates a history of human space exploration. Entergy Giant Screen London Has Fallen (R) — In London for the Prime Minister’s funeral, Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) discovers a plot to assassinate the attending world leaders. Regal Marguerite (NR) — A tone-deaf woman’s vocal stylings are tested when she aspires to join the Paris opera. Prytania Meet the Blacks (R) — A family is greeted by a crime wave when they move to Beverly Hills, where Mike Tyson makes an onbrand cameo. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Midnight Special (PG-13) — The feds and a religious cult menace a little boy with otherworldly powers. Elmwood, Canal Place Miracles From Heaven (PG) — A child’s fatal illness is cured by mysterious means.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (PG-13) — The Portokalos clan deals with mishaps, marriage and moussaka. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Oopiri (NR) — A quadriplegic millionaire makes a friend in this Indian buddy comedy. Elmwood The Perfect Match (R) — A reformed lothario (Terrence Jenkins) and a free-spirited singer (Cassie Ventura) play will-they-won’t-they. West Bank

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Secret Ocean 3D (NR) — Filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau explores the ocean’s food chain from phytoplankton to the largest whales. Entergy Giant Screen Zootopia (PG) — Disney guns for another franchise with an animated feature about adorable talking animals (Happy Meal, anyone?). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

SPECIAL SCREENINGS City of Gold (R) — This documentary digs up hidden international cuisine in Los Angeles, hosted by food critic Jonathan Gold. 7:20 p.m., 9:20 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Broad Die Hard (R) — German terrorists seize a skyscraper in this heartwarming Christmas classic. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Kenner, Slidell Ghost Town to Havana (NR) — Eugene Corr directs a documentary about baseball coaches working with at-risk youth in West Oakland and Havana. 7 p.m.

Wednesday. Contemporary Arts Center King Lear (NR) — Ian Holm plays the title role in this screening of a critically-acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s tragedy. 5 p.m. Saturday. Zeitgeist Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: Live Aus Berlin (NR) — In this screening of a performance by Max Raabe’s orchestra, the band plays popular songs from 1920s-1930s Germany. In German with English subtitles. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Deutsches Haus The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux (NR) — A queen and a duchess vie for the love of the same man in a screening of the Italian opera. Elmwood, Regal Memoria (NR) — Want to know all about James Franco’s childhood memories?

Thought so. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Mr. Right (R) — A woman discovers her new boyfriend is an assassin, a vigilante,

The Patois Film Festival includes Sooner or Later, Somebody’s Gonna Fight Back, a documentary about the Louisiana State Chapter of the Black Panther Party (see page 46 for more on the Patois Film Festival).

or possibly both. 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday. Broad One More Time (NR) — A musician is forced to move back in with her Rat Packera lounge singer father (Christopher Walken). 7:10 p.m., 9:15 p.m. TuesdayThursday. Broad My Fair Lady (G) — The classic class-conflict musical stars Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania Panic in the Streets (NR) — This 1950 noir about a plague outbreak was filmed entirely in New Orleans. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania Peace Officer (NR) — A former sheriff investigates the death of his son-in-law, who was killed in a police standoff. RSVP to (504) 569-9070 requested. 5:30 p.m.

Friday. Ashe Cultural Arts Center (1720 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.)

Rams (R) — In Iceland, two feuding brothers are forced to reconcile when a deadly virus affects their sheep. In Icelandic with English subtitles. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Broad They Will Have to Kill Us First (NR) — Timbuktu musicians fight against radical Islam with a little help from Brian Eno. 9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist PAGE 40

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DISASTER MOVIES HAVE A LONG, RICH HISTORY IN HOLLYWOOD and beyond, beginning with a British film called Fire! that was made in 1901. The heyday of the • Opens April 15 disaster film was in the 1970s, when movies like The Poseidon Adventure and The • Showtimes TBA Towering Inferno struck gold at the box of• The Broad Theater fice and won Academy Awards. The genre • 636 N. Broad St. returned in the 1990s with special effects extravaganzas led by Titanic. Since that • (504) 218-1008 time, elements of the disaster movie have • www.thebroadtheater.com been blended with other forms (especially sci-fi) in films characterized by grand scale and outsized budgets — despite generally diminishing creative and financial returns.

The latest revival of the disaster movie comes not from Hollywood but Norway.

Director Roar Uthaug’s The Wave is the first Scandinavian disaster movie, and it arrives as the antidote to decades of failed attempts at mining catastrophe for edgeof-your-seat entertainment. Expertly crafted and riveting throughout, The Wave puts Hollywood to shame by reminding us that character and story are the essential building blocks for good films of every budget and type.

The Wave also bears a hidden advantage: Its disaster scenario is one that’s certain to occur in the future. The title refers to a deadly tsunami of the kind that threatens Norway every day, caused by unstable mountainsides that soar above deep and narrow sea inlets known as fjords.

There are 300 such unstable mountains in Norway. The most famous is Akerneset, which has a system of fissures more than 800 meters long and a gap that expands measurably with each passing year. When the mountainside fails, it will drop seven million cubic meters of rock into the fjord below and create a wave 80 meters high that will destroy the small seaside resort town of Geiranger. It’s only a matter of time.

The Wave focuses on a fictional family in the midst of moving away from Geiranger for the financial benefits of a larger city. Kristian (Kristoffer Joner) is a geologist working on a team that monitors the seismic shifts at Akerneset. His wife Idun (Ane Dahl Torp) works at a resort located in the path of potential destruction. They struggle to save themselves and their two children when disaster strikes.

Multiple heroes emerge in The Wave, but none of the type familiar from American action movies. Kristian is deeply conflicted about uprooting his family and wouldn’t be anyone’s first choice to carry a child to higher ground before a tsunami hits. Idun is strong and practical but in ways familiar from real life. The film makes it easy to identify with family members and relate to their struggles when tensions rise.

Shot mostly in Geiranger with extras from the local population, The Wave’s cinematography captures the majesty and destructive power of the natural setting. A helicopter fly-over of Akerneset as conditions worsen shows the mountain’s real and highly visible cracks. Joner and Torp performed their own stunts for the eventful final act, adding to the film’s seemingly effortless realism. The special effects are modest by today’s standards but entirely persuasive in the context of the film.

There’s nothing revolutionary about The Wave, but its effectiveness is an eyeopener all the same — especially given its $6 million budget, which represents 2.4 percent of the $250 million spent on current superhero-disaster movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which may be described as a disaster of another kind.

There’s a lesson in there somewhere. — KEN KORMAN

The Wave

OUR TAKE

A low-budget Norwegian disaster film catches a wave.

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OPENING A Gallery for Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — “Black & White and Kolor,” new photographs by Elliott Erwitt, opening reception 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Coup d’Oeil Art Consortium. 2033 Magazine St., (504) 722-0876; www. coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “And the Beat Goes On,” paintings of musicians and installation by Dona Lief, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Private residence. 1173 Magazine St. — “One Night Only,” new work by Rick Dobbs and Marcus Brown, opening reception 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery.

2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Follow the Music,” photographs of Louisiana by Michael P. Smith, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. “Tuff Enough,” work by Meg Turner, through June 12.

GALLERIES Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — “Recent Work,” paintings by Jerrod Partridge; “Tracks of Nature,” paintings

by Craig Brumfield; both ongoing.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “Looking Local: A Library of Place,” artists interpreting the idea of place through mixed-media work; “I Am An Important Giant,” mixed-media micro installations; both through May. Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — “Night Flying,” new work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing.

Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart. com — “Outsider Artist Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing.

Aquarium Gallery and Studios. 934 Montegut St., (504) 701-0511; www. theaquariumstudios.wix.com/theaquariumstudios — “Cutoff Jeans,” multimedia exhibition by David Hassell and Jason Christopher Childers, ongoing.

Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — Work by Carmen Lee Nance Gambrill, Hope Biba, Casey Lipe and Jerry Hymel, through April.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico.

901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 5283722; www.culturalagendaoftheconsulateofmexico.blogspot.com — “Origins,” new work by Ganthaus, ongoing.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — Work by Jim

Richard, Cheryl Donegan, Amy Feldman, Wayne Gonzales and Lisa Sanditz, through April 23.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery.com — “Momentum and My Muse,” new paintings by Aimee Farnet Siegel; “Stumps and Twigs,” audio and lighting experiments by Joel Scilley; both through May 7.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery.

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

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “What’s Going On,” mixed-media work honoring the Black Lives Matter movement, through April.

Callan Fine Art. 240 Chartres St., (504) 524-0025; www.callanfineart.com — “Landscapes,” oil paintings by Ronna S. Harris, ongoing.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Connections,” stoneware sculpture by Tinka Jordy, through April. New watercolors by Joan Dagradi, ongoing.

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

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

CJ Nero. 839 Spain St., (504) 875-2008; www.facebook.com/craig.who.dat.nero — “La Famille,” new work from gallery artists, through April.

Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “Diffusion of Color,” new work by Amanda S. Fenlon and Briana Catarino, through May 5.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery. com — “Recent Work,” new sculpture by Hasmig Vartanian, through April.

Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “Becoming Imperceptible,” new work and found objects by Adam Pendleton, through June 16. “Voice of a New Era,” exhibition of work by local teens and young adults, through May 1.

The Degas Gallery. 604 Julia St., (504) 826-9744; www.thedegasgallery.com — “Sea & Sky,” paintings by Marcia Holmes, Dolores Justus, Kelli Kaufman and Jim Seitz, through May 7.

The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — “Artemis Shift,” new work

by Jane Talton and Magda Boreysza, through April 24.

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Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “Recollections,” new paintings by Thomas Lofton, through April.

Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www.beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing.

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

Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Conquer the Beauty,” new work from Bosnian and Herzegovinian artists, through May 9.

Graphite Galleries. 936 Royal St., (504) 565-3739; www.graphitenola.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Hammond Regional Arts Center. 217 E. Thomas St., Hammond, (985) 5427113; www.hammondarts.org — “Recent Works,” new paintings by Michael Ledet, through May 1.

Hyph3n-Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 264-6863; www.hyph3n.com — Group exhibition with Polina Tereshina, Walker Babington, Charles Hoffacker, Garrett Haab, Jacob Edwards, Wendy Warrelmann and Amy Ieyoub, ongoing.

John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www. johnbukaty.com — Paintings and sculpture

by John Bukaty, ongoing.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “Friends and Neighbors,” painted and sewn fiber portraits by Gina Phillips; “Between the River and the Lake,” new paintings by Bonnie Maygarden; both through May 28.

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

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

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988 — “Song Paintings,” new work by musician Jon Langford; “Mama’s Nightingale,” new work by Leslie Straub; both through May 28.

M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing.

Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans. 433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www.martinlawrence.com — “Art With a Twist,” new paintings by Robert Deyber, through April 26.

Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwelchart. com — Paintings and mixed-media work

by Martin Welch, ongoing.

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

Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.

New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Duck Sauce,” new work from Dapper Bruce Lafitte, through May 8.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Mu-

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THE EXHIBIT SEEMS TO GENERATE ITS OWN SILENCE, and it is deafening. Dazed

Arthur Kern: The Surreal World of a Reclusive Sculptor

visitors shuffle about looking disoriented and maintaining a safe distance from the bloated legless horse carcass on the floor.

Some look away only to see it replicated • Through July 17 in miniature as a wall sculpture, Dancing on Trigger, replete with a ballerina on its • Ogden Museum of Southern Art distended belly. In Silent Myth (pictured), • 925 Camp St. a white horse stands commandingly as • (504) 539-9650 its nude female rider extends her wings.

Precisely rendered in pale resin that evokes • www.ogdenmuseum.org white marble, it suggests a seamless transition from classical mythology to science fiction. Such is the world of Arthur Kern, a prolific sculptor and former Tulane University art instructor whose hermitic lifestyle and aversion to exhibiting his work has made him this city’s most accomplished obscure artist.

His retirement in 1996 allowed him to pursue his vision with few interruptions, and he might have remained invisible if not for novelist John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, who curated this show after seeing photographs of Kern’s work, a chance encounter that led to this 40-year retrospective encompassing the entire fifth floor of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. It is unclear why Kern, 84, has been so shy about exhibiting. As a New Orleans native with a flair for fantastical creations, he should be a natural fit for this surreal, carnivalesque city, but tone may be a factor. While his sculptural vision has parallels with Louise Bourgeois, Rene Magritte and our own Eugenie “Ersy” Schwartz, his coolly cerebral outlook also harks to literary visionaries such as Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka. Even fantastical pieces like Abduction of the Queen — in which two short, paunchy male nudes carry a seemingly lifeless female over their heads like trolls on a caravan to never-never land — can seem remarkably matter of fact. Startlingly otherworldly, they linger in the mind like dreams, impressions forever relegated to the shadow realms where the familiar meets the unfathomable. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

OUR TAKE

A rare show of local sculptor Arthur Kern’s stark surrealist works.

sical glass sculpture by Jason Christian; copper enameled jewelry by Cathy DeYoung; both ongoing.

New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www. neworleansphotoalliance.org — “Mile O’ Mud,” photographs by Malcolm Lightner, through May 29.

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

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com —

“Nature Gathered,” new work by Sherry Owens and Suzi Davidoff, through April.

Overby Gallery. 529 N. Florida St., Covington, (985) 888-1310; www.overbygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists James Overby, John Goodwyne, Kathy Partridge, Linda Shelton and Ray Rouyer, ongoing.

Pamela Marquis Studio. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 615-1752; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New paintings by Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

Pedestal Gallery. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 645-3864; www. pamelamarquisstudio.com — New

MUSEUMS The Historic New Orleans Collection.

533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “Awash With Color: Seldom-Seen Watercolor Paintings by Louisiana Artists, 1789–1989”, through May 21.

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

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere.

751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www. lsm.crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4. “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing.

National Food & Beverage Foundation. 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — “Dirty Pages: Nashville Women and the Recipes That Tell Their Stories,” multimedia exhibition, ongoing.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Orientalism: Taking and Making,” European and American art influenced by Middle Eastern, North African and East Asian cultures, through December.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “Bright Fields: the Mastery of Marie Hull” retrospective, through May 28. “A Place and Time Part 1,” photographs from the permanent collection, through May 29. “The Surreal Work of a Reclusive Sculptor,” Arthur Kern retrospective, through July 17.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.louisianastatemuseum.org/museums/the-old-us-mint — “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December.

Southeastern Architectural Archive.

Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane. edu — “Medieval Louisiana,” exhibit about the region’s adoption of Byzantine, Romanesque, Hispano-Moresque and Gothic architectural forms from the antebellum period through the early 20th century, through May 20.

Williams Research Center. 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/willcent.htm — “At Home and at War: New Orleans, 1914-1919,” exhibition of documents, film reels and artifacts relating to World War I, through May 7.

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artwork by George Williams and Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

Pelican Bomb Gallery X. 1612 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; www.pelicanbomb. com — “False Flags,” exhibition of international artists curated by Noah Simblist, through May 29.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery.

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

RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075, (504) 450-2839; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass, metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing.

River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — Sculpture garden addressing environmental themes, ongoing.

Rodrigue Studio. 721 Royal St., (504) 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue.com — “Celebrating Music,” new work by George Rodrigue, through May 15.

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

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

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

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — “Finding the Thread,” new paintings by Karen Scharer, through April. Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Limited Space,” new work by William DePauw, through May 8.

Sutton Galleries. 519 Royal St., (504) 581-1914; www.suttongalleries.com — New work by Isabelle Dupuy, ongoing.

Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.tengallerynola. com — “Foreign Matter: A Narrative Account,” new work by Esther Murphy, through May 1.

Treo. 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 3044878; www.treonola.com — “Caught on Tape: Musicians and Mardi Gras,” duct tape portraits by Justin Lundgren, through April 29.

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

United Bakery Gallery. 1337 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — “Skin,” photographs by Daniel Grey and Liam Conway, through Saturday.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “It’s Always Better With a Good DM,” multimedia work by David Colannino; “Happy Trails,” mixed-media work about hair by Lizzie Agnes Derby; both through May 8.

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

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THEATER The Boxcar Children. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 6410324; www.slidelllittletheatre.org — This performance for young audiences is an adaptation of the children’s series about sleuthing orphans. Tickets from $10.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

FORGE Microfest. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave. — Goat in the Road and Skin Horse Theater present a slate of three shows including absurd comedy and drama and a drag cabaret.. Visit www.forgenola.com for information and tickets. Tickets $10, $25 for a three ticket package. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Wednesday-Saturday.

Golden Girls Live. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www. rivertowntheaters.com — Ricky Graham and Varla Jean Merman present episodes of the 1980s sitcom about four women who share a home. Tickets $26. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

The Gospel at Colonus. Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd. — The Oedipus myth is told as a gospel musical. Call (504) 8164857 for tickets and information. $15 general admission, $10 students and seniors, $5 Dillard students. 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday.

InFringe Fest. St. Claude Arts District, 2820 St. Claude Ave. — The alternative comedy festival includes dramas, comedies, burlesque, drag and more. Visit www.infringefest.org or call (800) 383-4989 for venues, showtimes and tickets. Tickets $7, $40 for weekend pass. Thursday-Sunday.

Julius Caesar. Tulane University, Dixon Hall; www.tulane.edu/~theatre — Guest artist Mel Cook directs Shakespeare’s tragedy about the Roman emperor and Marcus Brutus. Call (504) 865-5106 with questions. Tickets start at $10. 8 p.m.

Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

The Little Mermaid. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 6400333; www.cuttingedgetheater.com — A young mermaid longs for independence and romance in this stage production of Disney’s musical. Tickets start at $25. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Much Ado About Nothing. Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave. — Director Laura Hope reimagines Shakespeare’s comedy as taking place in post-WWII Italy. Call (504) 865-2074 for box office and information. Tickets $12, $8 students, seniors and Loyola affiliates. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Mudlark Giant Puppet Festival.

Mudlark Theatre, 1200 Port St. — Puppeteers, including Toybox Theater, the Mudlark Puppeteers and abandoned ship, perform in a variety of shows. Tickets $12. 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, 9 p.m.

Thursday-Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

A Night with Janis Joplin. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351;

www.saengernola.com — Mary Bridget Davies portrays Janis Joplin in this musical that includes several of the rock singer’s songs. Tickets $35-$55.

8 p.m. Monday.

Pat Bourgeois’ Debauchery. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 638-6326; www.thetheatreatstclaude com — Southern Rep presents the live soap opera, which features an uptown family with a downtown mom. Tickets $10.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Romeo and Juliet. Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, Delgado Theater — Michael Aaron Santos directs the tragedy about teenage lovers from feuding families. Call (504) 671-6360 with questions or to reserve tickets. Admission $10, students $8. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Tennessee Williams: Weird Tales. Metropolitan Community Church, 6200 St. Charles Ave. — A grieving widow enters therapy and a woman has a near-death experience in two lesser-known plays produced by the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company. Visit www.twtheatrenola.com or call (504) 264-2580 for tickets and information. Tickets $20-$50.

8 p.m. Friday-Sunday.

To Kill a Mockingbird. 30 by 90 Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville, (844) 843-3090; www.30byninety.com — A crime exposes an Alabama town’s racism in the adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel. Tickets $19, $17 seniors and military, $14 students, $10 children under 10. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY Bella Blue’s Dirty Dime Peepshow.

AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Bella Blue produces a boundary-crossing burlesque show hosted by Ben Wisdom. Tickets $15.

Midnight Saturday.

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

Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details.

Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Saturday.

Burgundy Burlesque. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 5225400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a weekly burlesque performance featuring live jazz. No cover; reserved table $10. 9 p.m. Friday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www.sonesta.com/imjazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque show featuring

music by Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio. Call (504) 553-2331 for details. Midnight Friday.

Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — A rotating lineup of comedians and burlesque dancers perform. Tickets $5.

9:30 Monday.

The Divas of Drag. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Acid Betty, Trixie Mattel, Jujubee, Latrice Royale, Alyssa Edwards, Kennedy Davenport, Milk, Mimi Imfurst, Vicky Vox, Yara Sofia and others perform in a drag revue. Tickets $20.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

Kitten & Lou: Overexposed. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net — A variety show about the romance between a burlesque star and a drag king. Tickets start at $18.

9 p.m. Sunday.

A Night Under the Big Topless. Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Slow Burn Burlesque performers present a circus-themed show. Tickets $15, reserved seats $25. 10 p.m. Friday.

Spotlight New Orleans with John Calhoun. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — The live talk show’s guests include women’s advocate Deon Haywood, comedian Kamari Stevens and The Deslondes. Admission $10.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

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

7 p.m. Saturday.

The Vice is Right. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546 — The Society of Sin’s game show-themed burlesque features contestants from the audience alongside performers. Visit www.thesocietyofsin.com for details.

Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door.

9 p.m. Tuesday.

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

Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details.

9 p.m. Thursday.

Yarr-lesque: A Pirate Strip Adventure.

Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — The Society of Sin presents a pirate-themed burlesque show. Tickets $10 or $8 with pirate costume. 9 p.m. Friday.

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

Block Party. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Nick Napolitano hosts an anything-goes open-mic.

9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Brady & Friends. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave.; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Comedian Mario P. performs with Mike Townsend, Shervey and Gutta Johnson. Call (504) 473-6368 for tickets. Tickets

$15 advance, $20 at the door, $25 VIP. 10 p.m. Friday.

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

9:30 p.m Wednesday.

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

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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

8 p.m. Thursday.

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

Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 9405546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon hosts. 8:30 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 5295844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts.

8 p.m. Thursday.

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

8 p.m. Saturday.

Conversations with Body Language.

The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Mike Spara and others practice wordless improv comedy.

9 p.m. Saturday.

Dean’s List. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone, Margee Green, Cyrus Cooper and Jonathan Evans perform improv.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

The Franchise. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The New Movement’s improv troupes perform.

9 p.m. Friday.

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

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

Go Ahead. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone and Shawn Dugas host a short lineup of alternative comics.

7:30 p.m. Saturday.

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

9:30 p.m. Monday.

Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a comedy showcase, with free food and ice cream.

8 p.m. Saturday.

The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story.

10:30 p.m. Saturday.

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An ambitious production of three little-known Tennessee Williams one-act plays.

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

NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 9454446; www.hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts. Sign-up at 6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Sunday.

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

Trew 2 the Game. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Chris Trew hosts writers and comedians, who discuss local sports.

7:30 p.m. Friday.

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IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: WEIRD TALES, a young boy spends a stormy night reading three of the playwright’s one-act plays. Love, loss and pathos intertwine in a fantastical production presented

by The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans at Metropolitan Community Church.

In the first play, Steps Must Be Gentle, poet Hart Crane (David Williams) lies in a bathtub at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Fifteen years earlier, Crane committed suicide by jumping off a boat, and now his mother Grace (Maggie Eldred) has contacted him via telephone to address their unresolved issues.

Crane, born in 1899, had taken male lovers and his mother disapproved.

Steps is an intense exploration of sexual repression and familial bonds.

Williams gives the poet heartbreaking emotion in Tennessee Williams’ account of Crane as a man who • April 15-17 wanted to please his mother but • 8 p.m. Fri.-Sun. never could. Eldred is outstanding as • Metropolitan Community Church of the simultaneously supportive and undercutting matriarch. Williams New Orleans, 6200 St. Charles Ave. and Eldred are dynamic together, • www.twtheatrenola.com and Steps is the most fully realized • Call (504) 264-2580 for tickets and moving portion of Weird Tales.

In the second part, the world P H O T O B Y R I D E H A M I LT O N premiere of Ivan’s Widow, the story’s emotional reality doesn’t materialize.

A young woman referred to as She (Alexandra Kennon) deals with her husband’s death by visiting a psychiatrist, He (John Giardina). Giardina is creepy and aggressive as he tries to take advantage of the young widow, whom Kennon plays with a mix of anxiety and fierceness. When she suffers a seizure, he administers a shot. They later have sex, and though the play seems to suggest the medicine influenced her consent, the work doesn’t treat it as assault, which makes the story’s emotional arc disconcerting.

In transitions between one-acts, the Boy (Andrew King) uses a flashlight to read the plays’ titles and also adds context. These short snippets, written by director Augustin J. Correro, are charming, but the Boy’s story is dropped, ultimately making them a distraction.

The show’s final part, The Strange Play — also a world premiere — is delightful and bizarre. Isabel (Emily Russell) sits in a garden watched by an eccentric trio of collectors: Olga (Williams), Florence (Kennon) and an old woman (Eldred). The three wear nightgowns and make birdlike noises. Isabel is visited by John (Christopher Grim), who says they must restart the world. She gives birth to an adolescent son and is visited by the son from the future. The components initially seem disparate, but they come together in a surprisingly touching story.

Grim also designed the excellent sets, which transformed the church’s small stage space into unique worlds for each segment.

This well-executed production, co-directed by Correro and Nick Shackleford, brings together iconic facets of the playwright’s work, and the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company continues to present ambitious productions of Williams’ lesser-known plays. — TYLER GILLESPIE

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An Edible Evening. Langston Hughes Academy Charter School, 3519 Trafalgar St., (504) 373-6251; www.langstonhughesacademy.org — Edible Schoolyard’s annual fundraiser features food from 30 local restaurants, drinks and music. Visit www.esynola.com for information and tickets. Advance tickets $50, $65 general admission. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Jazz in the Park. Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St. — A weekly concert series features musical performances, craft vendors and concessions from local restaurants. Free admission. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Susan Thurston’s Tea. Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum, 133 Mabel Drive, Madisonville, (985) 845-9200; www. lpbmaritimemuseum.org — A traditional tea raises funds for the on-site lighthouse keeper’s cottage, which was built in the late 1800s. Register by calling (985) 8459200. Tickets $38. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursdays at Twilight. City Park Botanical Garden, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9386 — The weekly concert series features music ranging from Motown to jazz, with a different musician or group each week.

Admission $10. 6 p.m.

You Drink, We Mend. Faubourg Wines, 2805 St. Claude Ave., (504) 342-2217; www.faubourgwines.com — The women of Armscye Handmakers Studio host a monthly garment mending clinic. Free admission; fees for mending projects vary. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Curator Russell Lord leads a gallery discussion of the exhibition “Vera Lutter: Inverted Worlds.” Artist Gina Phillips gives a talk on current museum exhibits.

Free admission. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Girod Street Stroll. Old Mandeville — The Old Mandeville Business Association presents the inaugural Girod Street Stroll through downtown shops, which will serve mint juleps and tasting plates from area chefs. Admission $35. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Grand Isle Migratory Bird Celebration.

Grand Isle — The Grand Isle Sanctuary Group celebrates the annual spring bird migration with birdwatching tours, arts and crafts, games and family-oriented activities. Visit www.grandisle.btnep. org for information. Hours and admission vary. Friday-Sunday.

Magazine Street Art Market. Dat Dog, 3336 Magazine St., (504) 324-2226; www.datdognola.com — Local artists sell crafts at the weekend market in Dat Dog’s courtyard. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

New Orleans Poetry Festival. Arts Estuary 1024, 1024 Elysian Fields Ave. — The inaugural festival features readings by local, national and international poets, panel discussions, a literary walking tour, a printmaking class and the Small Press Book Fair. Visit www.lavenderink.org/poetryfest for schedule and tickets. Tickets $25 per event, all-access pass $150, $60 students. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday.

Sippin’ in Seersucker. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 522-9200; www.theshopsatcanalplace.com — The Ogden presents its annual fundraiser featuring Southern art, cocktails, music, local cuisine, fashion and shopping. Advance tickets $50, $30 Ogden members, $60 at the door. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School Annual Golf Tournament. Audubon Park, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org — A golf tournament benefits the Sr. Mary Anne McSweeney O.P. Faculty Endowment Fund. Contact Steve Valdes at (504) 606-1616 or svaldes10@gmail.com with questions or to register foursomes. Registration starts at $50. 12:30 p.m. Friday.

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Cajun Festival. Visitation of Our Lady School, 3520 Ames Blvd., Marrero, (504) 347-3377 — The festival includes music, food vendors, games, a silent auction and a 5k run/walk through Barataria Preserve.

Visit www.vol.org/cajunfest for schedule of activities. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Concerts In the Courtyard. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662 — The spring monthly concert series showcases Louisiana musicians. Ticket includes three complimentary beverages (beer and wine).

Admission $10, free for THNOC members.

5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Crawfish Boil On the Lake. Treasure Chest Casino, 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000 — This series of free concerts on the front lawn of Treasure Chest Casino features music by Category 6. There’s lots of crawfish for sale.

6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Antique Auto Club of St. Bernard Cruise Night. Brewster’s, 8751 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 309-7548; www. brewstersrestaurant.com — Antique and classic cars are displayed with a retro music soundtrack. 6 p.m.

B’Earthday Party. New Orleans City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 488-2896; www.neworleanscitypark.com — The third annual community party hosted by Teaching Responsible Earth Education begins at the Couturie Forest trailhead and features outdoor activities, crafts and picnicking.

Free admission. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

Covington Uniques and Antiques Festival.

Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The festival offers antiques, vintage collectibles and crafts for sale, appraisals, auctions, architectural salvage,

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TUESDAY 12 Best Chefs of Louisiana Awards. Lakefront Airport, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 243-4010; www.lakefrontairport.com — The New Orleans chapter of the American Culinary Federation holds its awards gala featuring more than 30 chef-nominees serving their specialties, as well as music and an auction. Proceeds benefit the New Orleans Mission. Visit www.acfno.org for tickets. Tickets $100. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Bike to Work Week. Citywide — Bike Easy invites people to sign up for its weeklong bicycle commuting event, which includes community forums, a commuter happy hour, informational pit stops and bicycle commuter workshops.

See full schedule of events and register at www.bikeeasy.org. Tuesday-Monday.

China Lights. City Park Botanical Garden, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9386; www. neworleanscitypark.com/botanical-garden — More than 30 large silk-covered lanterns in ornate designs created by Chinese artisans light up the Botanical Garden. The festival includes live entertainment and Chinese food with New Orleans flair. Tickets $18, $12 kids 3-12, free for 3-under. 6 p.m. nightly except Monday.

Eatmoor in Broadmoor. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias. org — My House NOLA and the Broadmoor Improvement Association present a food truck fest. For details, visit www. myhousenola.com. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Louisiana Landmarks Society Awards for Historic Preservation. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — Awards honor architectural and community projects that excel in historic preservation, where the ceremony is followed by a catered reception. Visit www.louisianalandmarks. org for tickets. Admission $50. 5:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 13 Big Easy Toasters Meeting. New Orleans City Hall, 1300 Perdido St., (504) 6584000; www.nola.gov — The local chapter of Toastmasters meets in Suite 4W05.

Open to the public. Noon to 1 p.m.

Harrison Avenue Marketplace. Lakeview Grocery, 801 Harrison Ave., (504) 293-1201; www.lakeviewgrocery.com — Friends of Lakeview and the Lakeview Civic Improvement Association present a marketplace of arts and crafts, food, business and nonprofit vendors. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday at the Square. Lafayette Square, 601 S. Maestri Place — The evening concert series features New Orleans musicians, food, drinks and arts and crafts. Proceeds benefit the Young Leadership Council. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Gary Farrell Winemaker Dinner. Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse, 716 Iberville St.,

(504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com — The five-course meal pairs dinner with wines from Gary Farrell Winery. For reservations, call (504) 5222467. Tickets $85 per person plus tax and gratuity. 6:30 p.m.

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demonstrations, historic walking tours, food vendors and music. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Crawfest. Tulane Lavin-Bernick Center Quad, Tulane University, (504) 314-2188; www.tulane.edu — The fest features performances by ska and funk bands and 20,000 pounds of crawfish. Tickets $10, free for Tulane students. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Crawfish Cookoff. Fritchie Park, 901 Howze Beach Road, Slidell — Hospice Foundation of the South holds its all-you-can-eat event with 60 teams boiling crawfish. There’s also live music and food and drink vendors.

Tickets $35 in advance, $10 kids; kids $40 at the gate, $15 for kids. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Crescent Park Bazaar. Mandeville Wharf at Crescent Park; www.nola.gov/city/ crescent-park — The French Market Corporation presents an outdoor market featuring local artisans, food trucks and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Daughters of Charity Gala. Messina’s Runway Cafe, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www.messinasterminal.com — Daughters of Charity Foundation holds its annual fundraiser featuring music, food and drinks. Visit www.dcsno.org for information and tickets. Advance tickets $175 patron party and gala, $100 gala. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Heartworm Zero. Whole Foods Market, 300 N. Broad St., (504) 434-3364; www. wholefoodsmarket.com — Inner Pup of New Orleans sponsors a clinic where dogs can receive free heartworm medication. The clinic is first come, first served and dogs must be leashed and well-behaved. Noon to 3 p.m.

Kids in the Kitchen: Chicken!. National Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — At this cooking class, kids ages 7-15 can make chicken nuggets or barbecued chicken. Contact Jennie Merrill at jennie@southernfood.org with questions. Admission $15, $10 for SoFAB members. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Madisonville Art Market. Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River at Water Street, Madisonville, (985) 871-4918; www.artformadisonville.org — The monthly market features works by local artists including paintings, mixed media, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

New Orleans Film Society Patron Party & Gala. Private residence, 4717 St. Charles Ave. — The Film Society holds its annual gala featuring craft cocktails, cuisine, music and dancing. Visit www.neworleansfilmsociety.org for tickets. Tickets $250 patron party and gala, $150 gala.

7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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

Visit www.ochartmarket.com for details.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Progress and Promise Against Cancer.

Louisiana Cancer Research Center, 1700 Tulane Ave., (504) 525-4430; www.louisianacancercenter.org — The American Association for Cancer Research hosts a day of conversation about innovations in cancer research and treatment, kicked off by a 5K race. The event includes complimentary continental breakfast, lunch and parking. Registration at www.aacr.org/ NOLA is required. 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sista Strut. Spanish Plaza, 1 Poydras St. — Sista Strut holds its inaugural New

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MAJOR GRIFFIN-GRACY ISN’T A HOUSEHOLD NAME EVEN IN CIVIL RIGHTS CIRCLES, but the transgender activist more than earned the recognition, as Angela Davis suggests in the documentary profile Major! (9 p.m. Friday), one of the highlights of the Patois Film Festival, run• April 14-17 ning April 14-17 at The Broad Theater.

Griffin-Gracy grew up in Chicago, was kicked • The Broad Theater out of college for wearing dresses and moved to • 636 N. Broad St. New York City in the 1960s, where she worked • (504) 218-1008 in a drag revue. She was in the Stonewall Inn the night a police raid kicked off a riot leading to the • www.patoisfilmfest.org beginning of the LGBT rights movement. Griffin-Gracy went on to serve time in New York’s notorious Sing Sing and Attica prisons, the latter stint in the wake of the 1971 Attica riot, when she befriended one of the prison leaders, Frank “Big Black” Smith.

Griffin-Gracy later moved to California and has spent decades doing outreach and advocacy for HIV and most recently transgender issues. The film tracks her unbelievable odyssey and focuses mainly on her community of transgender friends and advocates.

Across from the Stonewall Inn in Christopher Park, there are statues of two couples, two gay men and two lesbians, commemorating the start of the gay rights movement. None of the figures appears to be a person of color or poor or transgender.

Griffin-Gracy, who has a building named after her, notes in the film that transgender people of color have been part of the LGBT movement from the beginning, but largely are still fighting for basic rights, particularly in terms of abuse in prisons.

Griffin-Gracy’s colorful and fearless personality shines through in extended, very candid interviews, and the film offers perspective on the way in which a marginalized community is being vilified in a wave of transphobic “bathroom bills” introduced recently in states including North Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi.

The Patois Film Festival also includes documentaries about Black Panther leaders in the 1960s (The Invaders), women race car drivers in the Middle East (Speed Sisters), New York sex workers (Red Umbrella Diaries) and other topics. Some filmmakers and film subjects will attend screenings. Visit www.patoisfilmfest.org for schedule.

— WILL COVIELLO

Patois Film Festival

OUR TAKE

Activists share insights into their personal plights and the struggles of marginalized communities.

Orleans rally and 3K walk to raise awareness of breast cancer in African-American women. Registration $25 per person, $30 per team member. 8 a.m.

features 53 floats and 350,000 pounds of produce, rolls down Judge Perez Drive.

Visit www.stpatricksdayneworleans.com/ islenos.html for route. Noon.

Soraparu Soiree. Raphael Academy, 517 Soraparu St., (504) 598-3227; www. raphaelacademy.org — A gala with food, drinks and an auction benefits Raphael Academy’s programs, which support students with autism-spectrum disorders and learning disabilities. Visit www.raphaelacademy.org/soraparu-soiree or call (504) 524-5955 for information. Tickets start at $50. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Tour de Cure. Tammany Trace Trailhead, 21400 Koop Road, Mandeville, (985) 8716971 — The American Diabetes Association holds its local cycling fundraiser along the Tammany Trace. The route ranges from 10 to 100 miles for cyclists of all levels and includes rest stops and food. Contact Candace Cargo at ccargo@diabetes.org with questions. Registration $25; $200 fundraising minimum. Check-in times vary.

St. Bernard Irish-Italian Islenos Parade.

Chalmette — The St. Bernard Irish-Italian Islenos Community Parade, which

Wonderful Indonesia Festival. Spanish Plaza, 1 Poydras St. — The Wonderful Indonesia Festival teaches attendees about

Abita Springs Busker Festival. Abita Springs Trailhead, 22049 Main St., Abita Springs, (985) 264-0528; www.townofabita.com — The Abita Springs Museum Committee sponsors an outdoor gathering with performances by New Orleans street musicians. Refreshments are sold.

Free admission. Noon to 7 p.m.

Music Under the Oaks. Newman Bandstand, Audubon Park, 6500 Magazine St. — An outdoor event with music, food and drinks benefits the Audubon Park Conservancy, which helps with park landscaping and upkeep. Free admission.

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

A Run Through History. Metairie Cemetery, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. — The 1-mile and 5K run/walk benefits Save Our Cemeteries. Registration $20-$25. 7:30 a.m.

MONDAY 18 Israeli dancing. Starlight Ballroom, 5050 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 5675090 — Israeli Dance of New Orleans meets weekly to learn folk dances. Call (504) 905-6249 for details. First class free; $4 per class thereafter. 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold leads the class in the museum’s art galleries. Call (504) 456-5000 for details. $5, NOMA members free. 6 p.m.

FARMERS MARKETS Covington Farmers Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Crescent City Farmers Market. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket.org — The market has fresh seafood, meat, baked goods, preserves, prepared food and cooking demos. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Crescent City Farmers Market Magazine.

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

Crescent City Farmers Market Mid-City.

American Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave. — Mid-City’s evening market features fresh produce and prepared items.

3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Crescent City Farmer’s Market Tulane.

Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St., (504) 865-5000; www.tulane.edu — The weekly market features produce, dairy items, kettle corn, plants and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday.

CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook. com/crispfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

EVENTS French Market. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket. org — The historic French Quarter market offers local produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, coffee and prepared foods.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details.

8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Gretna Farmers Market. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue between Third and Fourth streets, (504) 361-1822 — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 25 vendors offering fruits and vegetables, meats, prepared foods, baked goods, honey and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, New Orleans City Park, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www.growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

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

Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market, 922 Teche St., Algiers, (504) 362-0708; www.oldalgiersharvestfreshmarket.com — Produce and seafood are available for purchase. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.

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

Sankofa Mobile Market. Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave. — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday.

Sankofa Mobile Market Sunday. New Israel Baptist Church, 6322 St. Claude Ave. — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Vietnamese Farmers Market. Vietnamese Farmers Market, 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd.

— Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early morning market. 5 a.m. Saturday.

SPORTS AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. Laketown, end of Williams Boulevard, Kenner, (504) 468-7200; www.laketownkenner.com — AVP presents the New Orleans Open, featuring professional volleyball players and local standouts competing during a three-day beach festival with music, food and athlete appearances. Free admission; VIP seats available. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday-Sunday.

Big Easy Rollergirls. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www.arena.uno.edu — The women’s roller derby league plays Audio Assault and the Rock n Roller Girls. 5 p.m. Saturday.

New Orleans Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New

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Indonesia through its music, food and traditional dances, with a chance to win a vacation for two to Bali. Free admission.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Zumba in the Park. The Peristyle, City Park, 1 Palm Drive — Rain-or-shine Zumba classes are held. Free. 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

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Orleans Zephyrs play the Omaha Storm Chasers at the Zephyrs’ season home opening series. 7 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. Monday.

WORDS Amber Tamblyn. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The poet and actress reads from Dark Sparkler. 6 p.m. Monday.

Art of the Book Celebration. IDIYA, 2705 S. Broad St., 504-252-9327; www.myidiya. com — Winners of the annual Art of the Book competition will be honored at a reception hosted by the Women’s National Book Association of New Orleans. Tickets $10, $5 IDIYA members. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Blood Jet Poetry Series. BJ’s Lounge, 4301 Burgundy St., (504) 945-9256 — Several poets read, followed by an openmic. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Carolyn Hembree. Tete Auto Repair and Body Shop, 2231 St. Claude Ave., (504) 717-0750 — The poet and UNO professor reads from her new collection Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague. Sara Slaughter also reads. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Community Book Festival. Louisiana Humanities Center, 938 Lafayette St., Suite 300, (504) 523-4352; www.leh.org — The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities presents a celebration of its literacy program, including a discussion on civics education in schools as well as bookmaking and storytelling activities and complimentary snacks. 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Courtney B. Lance and Nikki D. Pope.

Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The authors sign Pruno, Ramen and A Side of Hope, a book of stories of innocent people who survived incarceration and eventually were freed.

6 p.m. Wednesday.

David Silverman. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The author discusses Fighting God: An Atheist Manifesto for a Religious World.

3 p.m. Saturday.

Erik Larson. Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Ave., (504) 388-0511; www.nojcc.org — The author discusses Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. Tickets must be pre-purchased from Octavia Books online or in-store for $18.50, which includes a signed copy of the book’s paperback edition. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Eso terotica. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Local writers read from erotic stories, poetry and other pieces. Visit www.esoterotica.com for details. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, (504) 529-7323; www. neworleanspubliclibrary.org — The group hosts twice-weekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

George Sanchez. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The author will read from and sign his new book A Place Unchanged. 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Katie Parla. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-

2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — The author discusses and signs Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City. Italian wines and cheese will be served. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Nature Poetry Workshops. Poet and teacher Delia Tomino Nakayama leads “Writing In and About Nature,” an outdoor poetry workshop series, at various locations throughout the city. All levels ages 15 and up welcome. RSVP required; contact poetryprocess@gmail.com.

2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Pizza Poetry Project Workshop. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www. nutrias.org — Writers ages 18 and under compose poems to be distributed on pizza boxes as part of the Pizza Poetry Project. For more information, visit www. bigclass.org/pizzapoetry. 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Poetry on Tap. Old Point Bar, 545 Patterson St., Algiers Point, 364-0950; www. oldpointbar.com — The public is welcome to read original poems or work by favorite poets in written, spoken or sung format. 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Poetry Performance with Peter Cooley.

Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., (504) 5962667; www.nutrias.org — Louisiana Poet Laureate Peter Cooley hosts a poetry reading by writers who attended his writing workshop. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Poets for Art. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 6584100; www.noma.org — Students in grades 6-12 can enter a free poetry workshop led by teaching artists Andy Young and Anne Marie Rooney. NOMA will create a book from the resulting poems. Contact Sheila Cork at (504) 658-4117 or scork@noma.org to sign up. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Rheta Grimsley Johnson. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author reads from and signs The Dogs Buried Over the Bridge: A Memoir in Dog Years. 2 p.m. Sunday.

Roberta Kaplan. Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-3693; www. templesinaino.org — The author signs copies of her book Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA followed by a talk. To reserve a signed copy from Octavia Books, visit www.octaviabooks.com. 6 p.m. Thursday.

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

Vivian Swift. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks. com — The author reads from and signs Gardens of Awe and Folly: A Traveler’s Journal on the Meaning of Life and Gardening. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED American Cancer Society. The society seeks volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Visit www.cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200.

Arc of Greater New Orleans. The organization for people with intellectual disabilities seeks donations of Mardi Gras beads. Visit www.arcgno.org for details and drop-off locations.

CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours per month.

No special skills are required; training and support are provided. Call (504) 522-1962 or email info@casaneworleans.org.

The Creativity Collective. The organization seeks artists, entrepreneurs, parents and teens to help with upcoming projects and events, including maintaining a creative resource directory and organizing charity bar crawls. Visit www.creativitycollective.com or call (916) 206-1659.

Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to manage inventory, help clients and share their expertise. Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@ dressforsuccess.org.

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

Edible Schoolyard. Edible Schoolyard seeks community volunteers and interns to assist in kitchen and garden classes and to help in school gardens. Visit www. esynola.org/get-involved or email amelia@esynola.org.

First Tee of Greater New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteers to serve as mentors and coaches to kids and teens through its golf program. Visit www. thefirstteenola.org.

Golden Opportunity Adult Literacy Program. GOAL seeks volunteers to conduct courses for reading comprehension, GED preparation and English language learning. Call (504) 373-4496 or email goalofgno@ymail.com.

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

Green Light New Orleans. The group seeks volunteers to help install free energy-efficient lightbulbs in homes.

Visit www.greenlightneworleans.org, call (504) 324-2429 or email green@greenlightneworleans.org.

Grow Dat Youth Farm. The youth farm welcomes individual volunteers to help with garden maintenance on select Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Visit www. growdatyouthfarm.org for dates.

HandsOn New Orleans. The volunteer center for the New Orleans area invites prospective volunteers to learn about the opportunities available and how to be a good volunteer. Call (504) 304-2275, email volunteer@handsonneworleans.org or visit www.handsonneworleans.org.

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

Lakeview Civic Improvement Association. The association’s green space committee needs volunteers to pick up trash or trim trees for the adopt-a-block program. Sign up with Russ Barranco at (504) 482-9598 or rpbarranco@cox.net.

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

National World War II Museum. The museum accepts applications for volunteers

to greet visitors and familiarize them with its galleries and artifacts. Call (504) 5276012, ext. 243, or email katherine.alpert@ nationalww2museum.org.

New Canal Lighthouse Museum. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation seeks volunteer docents. Visit www.saveourlake. org or call (504) 836-2238.

NOLA for Life Mentors. The city initiative’s partner organizations seek adults to mentor boys ages 15 to 18 who are at risk for violence. Visit www.nolaforlife.org/give/mentor.

NOLA Tree Project. The forestry organization seeks volunteers to adopt and trim trees around the city. Email info@ hikeforkatreena.org or visit www.hikeforkatreena.com.

NOLA Wise. The partnership of Global Green, the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient.

It seeks volunteers, who must attend a 30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@ globalgreen.org.

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

Refugee mentors. Catholic Charities of New Orleans’ Refugee Service Program seeks volunteers, especially those with Arabic, Burmese and Spanish language skills, to help newly arrived refugees learn about everyday American life.

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

SpayMart. The humane society seeks volunteers for fundraising, grant writing, data input, adoptions, animal care and more.

Visit www.spaymart.org, email info@ spaymart.org or call (504) 454-8200.

St. Thomas Hospitality House. The Catholic charity seeks individuals and groups of volunteers to serve people experiencing homelessness. Contact Daniel Thelen at nolacw@gmail.com or (517) 290-8533.

Start the Adventure in Reading. The STAIR program holds regular two-hour training sessions for volunteers, who work one-on-one with public school students to develop reading and language skills.

Call (504) 899-0820, email elizabeth@ stairnola.org or visit www.stairnola.org.

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

Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries.

The charity seeks volunteers to help disabled, wounded and senior veterans with food and clothing distribution, home improvement and beautification, social media and web design. Call (504) 340-3429 or visit www.veteranshousingoutreach.webs.com.

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

MEDICAL TURN YOUR PASSION INTO A CAREER

Planned Parenthood is looking for motivated and enthusiastic people to join our healthcare team. Full & Part-time available.

Medical experience a plus, but not required.

Apply at www.ppgulfcoast.org

RESTAURANT/HOTEL/BAR Gordon Biersch Is Seeking Professional and Experienced Servers, Host and Culinary Team Members to join our fast paced, high volume team. Please apply online at: http:// work4gb.com Red Dog Diner is looking for Line Cooks and Pantry Cooks for their new restaurant.

Must have experience working in a fast paced kitchen. Pay starting at $12.00/hr.

Please apply at 3122 Magazine St. Monday Thursday between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.

TEACHERS/INSTRUCTORS Empire Gymnastics

Temporary Farm Labor: Longoria Farms, Rufugio, TX, has 25 positions for assisting with cotton harvest, walking behind cotton harvest machines, picking up cotton, placing in trailers, hauling cotton from field to gin, irrigation maintenance; repair & maintenance of equipment & buildings; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.15/hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 5/25/16 – 3/5/17. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX5126911 or call 225-342-2917.

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Hiring qualified pre-school/developmental gym coaches. Part time/evening. 504-7340644 empireacademy@att.net Soccer Coach needed in New Orleans, LA. Will coach high school and lower school soccer, including teaching fundamentals, training, scouting, organizing camps; occasional travel to away games.

Must have high level of technical competency in both coaching and playing; two years’ experience coaching soccer at any level of K through 12 athletics; experience must include some experience with K-12 camps and clinics as well as goalkeeping coaching. Send CV & cover letter to Scott Western, Louise S. McGehee School, 2343 Prytania Street, New Orleans LA, 70130 within 30 days and refer to Job #15356 to be considered.

Temporary Farm Labor: Jerry Fuller Farms, Poplar Grove, AR, has 4 positions for farm labor with 3 mo. experience required for operating 300 HP tractors & combines w/ GPS equipment for cultivating, tilling, planting, & fertilizing fall grain & oilseed crops, operating hay equipment for hay production of swathing, raking, baling hay, installation & maintenance of irrigating systems for row crops, assisting w/ feeding & vaccinating grazing cattle, loading for sale; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 5/2/16 – 3/1/17.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1581196 or call 225-342-2917.

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ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

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Looking for stunning office space, with views of the city & Lafayette Square, that offer everything you need to operate immediately? Conveniently located at St. Charles Ave. & Poydras St. & within walking distance to the Pan Am Life Center, One Shell Square, Federal District Court & St. Charles Streetcar. All amenities included: phone, fax, copiers, internet, kitchen, etc. Furnished or unfurnished. Contact us with any inquiries.

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4 BR/2 BA Carrollton double. Sides rented for $1K+. Historic details intact. Rooms (14x 14x12) Fenced-in yard. Taking bids. $300K range. jsb70118@gmail.com

2 BR / 1 BA, LR, Kit w/ appliances, Off Street Parking, washer/dryer hookups. 1545 Crete St. $825/ mo. Call/Text 504-874-4330.

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2 BR/2 BA Rare offering in Historic Treme, steps to French Quarter. 20’ vaulted ceilings w/exposed beams; skylights; 2 master suites (1 lower level, 1 upper); lg private balcony exclusive to unit; huge combo kit, living & dining rooms; gated, remote assigned & covered offstreet parking for 1 vehicle; gorgeous mature tropical setting w sparkling inground pool & beautiful common areas - truly an Oasis on Esplanade! For Sale by Agent/Broker, $360K, Colette Meister (504) 220-1762 therealtormeister@gmail.com

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

2BR/1BA Upper Unit. 1380 sqft of open living space. Entertainer’s Dream featuring an additional 900 sqft private rooftop garden w/ wrap-around balcony, stunning city views. Beautiful hdwd floors, New A/C, S/S appliances. Includes W/D water pd. $2200/mo. A must see!

Contact Kelleye Rhein (504) 975-0649, Keller Williams Realty New Orleans.

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FOR RENT 5243 Tchoupitoulas commercial retail loc, Large space with parking ....................................................... $4500 1119 Dauphine #6 - 2/2.5 Balc on Dauphine, beds& full baths upstairs,ctrl ac/h .................................... $2500 539 Toulouse #A - Stu All utilities included, fully furnished. Updated ............................................. $1500 1233 Marais #15 - 1/1 3blks fr FQs/s apps, ceil fans, w/d hk ups, keyless gate ............................................. $975 724 Dumaine 2/1 Reno’d, wd flrs, new apps, Large street balc ........................................................... $2500 2110 Burgundy Unit A 3/2.5 newly reno’d, move in ready, new apps, could be an office ................... $2750 2110 Burgundy Unit B 3/2 new apps, ctrl ac, floor to ceiling windows, hdwd flrs ................................. $3000

FOR SALE 1233 Esplanade #12 2/1 conven loc s/s apps, w/d hookups, pool, patio, parking .............................. .$194,900 2538 Chartres 3/3 Updated former double, driveway parking ........................................................... $465,000 920 St Louis #4 - Studio condo,hi ceils, nat lite, wd flrs, s/s apps, granite, ctyd, pool .................. $275,000 280 Pi Street - Vacant Land Waterfront lot. Min. building rqm’t 2k sq. ft. 100 x 490. Lot extends into Intracoastal Wtwy. Dock can be built. .........$159,000 1029 Barracks #1 Spacious and warm FQ Condo. Grnd flr, French doors open to a saltwater pool oasis.

Steps from the soon to be Rampart Streetcar line.

Wd flrs, hi ceils. ......... $325,000 1139 Burgundy 1/1 wd flrs, hi ceils, ctyd, reno’d kit, blcks frm Royal St & Frenchmen .................. $350,000

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LEGAL NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS SOLICITING PROPOSALS FROM EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS OR PRIVATE FIRM(S) TO CONDUCT AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCESS ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE “BOARD OF REVIEW” CONCERNING TAXPAYER APPEALS OF THEIR 2017 PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS. THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IS AVAILABLE ON THE COUNCIL’S WEBSITE, www.nolacitycouncil.com OR MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL FISCAL OFFICE, ROOM 1E06, CITY HALL, 1300 PERDIDO STREET, (504) 658-1101. PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 4:00 P.M., TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PACKET, PLEASE CONTACT: DAVID GAVLINSKI, ASST. COUNCIL FISCAL OFFICER, 1300 PERDIDO STREET – ROOM 1E06 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 658-1101 OR EMAIL DSGAVLINSKI@NOLA.GOV LORA W. JOHNSON, CMC, LMMC CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: APRIL 3 AND 10, 2016

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, executed by Timothy J. Motes and Dawn Mareno Motes and dated December 30, 2005, in the principal sum of $174,165.00, bearing interest at the rate of 8.6000% from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of Edward J. and Joyce G. Hackett, please contact Paul C. Fleming, Jr., attorney, at 504-888-3394. Property rights involved.

Anybody knowing the whereabouts of the heirs, legatees or administrators of the Estate of Julie Menard Krambeer, AKA Julie Menard, Julie M. Krambeer, Julie Krambeer, please contact Atty. Deborah Lonker (504) 831-5616.

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TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

SUCCESSION OF ODILE CAMBRE, widow of JOSEPH DUFRENE NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE WHEREAS, the PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATOR, JOSEPH DUFRENE JR., of the above estates has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described to-wit:

A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the rights, ways, servitudes, privileges and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, forming part of the property formerly belonging to Murphy Allo and Thomas Allo, lying south of the right of way of the M. L. & T. R. R. & S. S. Company, and immediately in the rear of property belonging to the Planters’ Company (or Penrick & Ford), in the Parish of Jefferson, this state, designated as Lot Number Three (3) of Block Number One (1), as per plan of Zander & Quinlan, civil engineers and surveyors, dated Gretna, Louisiana, December 1, 1921, copy of which plan is attached to an act of sale by Murphy Allo to Mrs. Lena Acosta, widow of Richard Pertuit, executed before J. K. Gaudet, the undersigned notary, on the 3rd day of January, 1922, and which said plan is on file in the recorders’ office for this parish; Block Number One (1) is bounded by Fourth Street, Allo Avenue, Fifth Street, and the boundary of the Marrero Addition; said Lot Number Three (3) of Block Number One (1) measures fifty (50’) feet front on Allo Avenue, by a depth of seventy-two (72’) feet, two (2”) inches on the line dividing it from Lot Two (2), and seventy-two (72’) feet, seven (7”) inches on the line dividing it from Lot Four (4), and has a width in the rear of fifty (50’) feet on the line dividing it from the Marrero Addition.

Being the same property acquired by Odile Cambre Dufrene from the Judgment of Possession of the Succession of Joseph Dufrene, dated July 20, 1988, Proceeding No. 366-201, of the 24th Judicial Court, Parish of Jefferson, recorded in the Parish of Jefferson in COB 2005, folio 64.

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: For the full sum of THIRTY THOUSAND AND 00/100... ($30,000.00)... DOLLARS, all cash and all in accordance with the petition filed herein.

The total price for the entire property is THIRTY THOUSAND AND 00/100... ($30,000.00)... DOLLARS. Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of Seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

By Order Of The Court, Jon. A Gegenheimer, Clerk Rod Schouest, Deputy Clerk Attorney: Mr. Douglas L. Uzee, Jr. Address: 4701 Westbank Expressway, Suite 6, Marrero, Louisiana 70072 Phone: (504) 341-9451 Gambit: 04/12/16

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 1106 N. ARNOULT ROAD (formerly 3207 N. Arnoult Road).

Upon the following terms and conditions: Sales price of $75,000.00 cash; The Purchase Agreement is contingent upon the ability of the buyer to obtain a loan of 70% of the sale price by a mortgage at an initial interest rate not to exceed 6% per annum amortized over a period of not less than 30 years. The proposed sale is “As Is” without warranties, except that of title. Seller to pay 6% real estate commission. Seller to pay maximum of $400.00 home inspection fee of purchaser.

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

Giselle Leglue, Deputy Clerk Attorney: ALVIN J. DUPRE, JR. Address: 5150 Hwy. 22, Suite C-13 Mandeville, LA 70471 Telephone: (985) 845-7868 Gambit: 3/22/16 & 4/12/16

TWENTY FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 753-829 DIVISION: E SUCCESSION OF JAMES RICHARD NICHOLS, SR. NOTICE TO SELL MOVABLE OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY A PRIVATE SALE

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

Whereas the administrator of the above estate, has made application to the Court for the sale, at private sale, of the movable or immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit:

NO. 718-919 DIVISION “C”

1. BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together will all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision thereof known as LIVEOAK SUBDIVISION, all as per plan of subdivision planning engineers, Inc. dated March 16, 1959 revised June 9, 1959, approved under ordinance No. 4152 adopted by the Jefferson Parish Council filed under Entry No. 159352 in COB 486, folio 46669 and as per act of dedication before Harold J. Zeringue, Jr., Notary Public, dated September 16, 1959, filed of record under Entry No. 160982 in COB 488 folio 343, said lots being more particularly described as follows, to wit: LOT NO. 61, SQUARE NO. 22, bounded by Liska Street, Imogene Street (side), Willard Place (side), Hellis Drive (side) and Willard Place, and commences at a distance of 626.69 feet actual (626.79 feet plan) from the intersection of Liska Street and Place, and measures thence 55 feet along the arc of the curve across the rear, by a depth of 95 feet on each side line. All in accordance with a survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, C.E. & S. Dated January 13, 1984 and resurveyed April 10, 1984, April 17, 1984, and May 1, 1984, to show improvements; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rigt-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF SHIRLEY MELLING LAMULLE C/W NO. 719-404 DIVISION “C” SUCCESSION OF FRANK GREGORY LAMULLE, SR. NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

LESS AND EXCEPT:

WHEREAS, the Administratrix of the above Successions, has made application to the Court for the private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit:

A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the rights, ways, servitudes, privileges and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, forming part of the property formerly belonging to Murphy Allo and Thomas Allo, lying south of the rights of way of the M. L. & T. R. R. & S. S. Company, and immediately in the rear of property belonging to the Planters’ Company (or Penick & Ford), in the Parish of Jefferson, this state, designated as Lot No. Three of Block Number One (1), as per plan of Zander & Quinlan, Civil engineers and Surveyors, dated Gretna,

ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, State of Louisiana, in PLOT NO. 33, HESSMER FARMS, SECTION “C”, bounded by N. ARNOULT ROAD, 49TH STREET, EDENBORN AVENUE and CYPRESS STREET, designated as LOT NO. 33-F, on a survey made

by Gilbert, Kelly and Couturie Inc., Surveyors, dated April 22, 1980, a copy of which is annexed to an Act of Cash Sale dated

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 21 Willard Place, Waggaman, Louisiana 70094.

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO-WIT: Forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000.00) cash less commission and cost of sale.

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

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BY ORDER OF THE COURT, Kendra F. Pierre, Clerk Attorney: William H. Daume Address: 929 4th Street Gretna, LA 70053 Telephone: 504-366-1219 Gambit: 3/22/16 & 4/12/16

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 747-635 DIVISION “F” SUCCESSION OF ALVIN JOSEPH GOMEZ AND VERNON ANN ALLEMAN GOMEZ NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN that Herbert Gomez, Dative Testamentary Executor of the Succession of Alvin Joseph Gomez and Administrator of the Succession of Vernon Ann Alleman Gomez, has filed a petition for authority to pay debts, charges, and inheritances of these Successions in accordance with a tableau of distribution contained in the petition. The petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of this publication. Any opposition to the application must be filed prior to the homologation.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT Lisa M. Cheramie, Clerk of Court Attorneys: RAYMOND P. LADOUCEUR and JANE C. ALVAREZ Address: 22398 Highway 435 P. O. Box 1929 Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420 Telephone: (985) 898-2131 Gambit: 4/12/16

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ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the rights, ways, servitudes, privileges, and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, forming part of the property formerly belonging to Murphy Allo and Thomas Allo, lying south of the right of way of the M. L. & T. R. R. & S. S. Company, and immediately in the rear of the property belonging to the Planters’ Company, and immediately in the reward of property belonging to the Planters’ Company (or Penick & Ford), in the Parish of Jefferson, this state, designated as Lot Number Two (2) of Block Number One (1), as per plan of Zander & Quinlan, civil engineers and surveyors, dated Gretna, Louisiana, December 1, 1921, copy of which is attached to an act of sale by Murphy Allo to Mrs. Lena Acosta, widow of Richard Pertuit, executed before J.K. Gaudet, Notary, on the 3rd day of January, 1922, and which plan is on file in the recorders’ office in this parish, Block Number One (1) is bounded by Fourth Street, Allo Avenue, Fifth Street, and the boundary line of the Marrero Addition; said Lot Number Two (2) of Block Number One (1) measures fifty (50’) feet front on Allo Avenue, by a depth of seventy-one (71’) feet, nine (9”) inches on the line dividing it from Lot Three (3), and has a width in the rear of fifty (50’) feet on the line dividing it from the Marrero Addition.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 416 Allo.

05/16/80 as Instrument No. 924188 and according thereto, said LOT commences 1,852 feet from the corner of N. ARNOULT ROAD and CYPRESS STREET, measures thence 38 feet front on N. ARNOULT ROAD, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 103 feet between equal and parallel lines. The said 49TH STREET is now known as 47TH ST.

NOTICES

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 732-723 DIVISION: “O”

Louisiana, December 1, 1921, copy of which plan is attached to an act of sale by Murphy Allo to Mrs. Lena Acosta, widow of Richard Pertuit, executed before the notary, on the 3rd day of January, 1922; said plan being on file in the recorders’ office of this parish.

Block Number One (1) is bounded by Fourth Street, Allo Avenue, Fifth Street, and the boundary line of the Marrero Addition; said Lot Number Three (3) of Block Number One (1) measures ten (10’) feet front on Allo Avenue, by a depth of seventy-two (72’) feet, seven (7’) inches of the line dividing it from Lot Four (4), and seventy-two (72’) feet, six (6”) inches approximately, on an imaginary line dividing it form the other part or portion of Lot Number Three (3), and has a width in the rear of ten (10’) feet on the line dividing it from the Marrero Addition.

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Totally renovated Irish Channel gem! Duplex property with Brazilian hdwd firs, granite counters and hi cells. Each unit with 2BR/2 Full BA & private storage shed. Charming neighborhood!

Stunning circa 1820 Creole cottage beautifully renovated located in quiet residential area of Vieux Carre’. Main house 2682 sf has 2 beds down & huge Master suite up w/amazing bath/spa & closets. Gorgeous wood floors, spacious gourmet kitchen, 3 fireplaces, Free standing 968 sq ft 2-story guesthouse has balcony across front over lush courtyard with fountain. Behind guesthouse is heated salt water pool. This is an oasis not to be missed.

Contract parking avail ½ block away.

Fabulous Newly Renovated Cottage in the Treme area! This beautiful home features three bedrooms, two bathrooms, 12’ ceilings, beautiful wood floors, stainless steel appliances and much, much more!

Melissa McClendon • Realtor Delisha Boyd LLC • (504) 417-5131 Melissa.McClendon@Delishaboyd.com

Shelley Lawrence

Multi Million Dollar Producer Historic/Luxury Properties Specialist Investment Properties Condo & Condo Development

Lane Lacoy Historic Home Specialist

French Quarter Office 712 Orleans Ave. New Orleans, LA 70116

slawrence@latterblum.com shelleylawrence.info

4113 Tchoupitoulas St. $339,900

Asociate Broker/Realtor®

Large sidehall single with off street parking, central air and heat, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, double parlours and commercial style kitchen. Old wood floors, high ceilings, fireplace mantles and pocket door make for loads of 19th century charm but upgrades put this firmly in the 21 century.

840 Elysian Fields Ave N.O., LA 70117

504-957-5116 • 504-948-3011

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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 33 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

3712 CONSTANCE ST. • $3,300/MO.

1940 � 44 DUBLIN ST. • $395K

Spacious 4 bd/3ba Uptown home, 1 blk of Mag. All the charm one would expect: high ceilings; hdwd flrs; SS appls, incld’g a wine A RARE 4 metered multifamily property Uptown, behind Stuart Hall refrig,; & BRICK floors in kit. that up the character & appeal; claw School, sitting on a 50’ x 120’ lot, w/off street parking & solid bones. foot tub, sep. ceramic showers; 3 parlor spaces, 1 w/built in book Redesign into a large single family, w/over 3,400 sq. ft., or any other shelves; a formal DR, & an eating space in the kit., & lg yard w/wood combination you can conceive. Now, she needs a LOT of TLC, but deck. Add multi car off street parking, this home is a must see. don’t we all? Question is, what is she worth AFTER the work? Let’s talk.

FOR RENT: 7599 FOREST GLEN RD, $1,250/MO • 3810 N. PRIEUR ST, $1,050/MO. Todd Taylor, Realtor 504 232-0362

toddtaylorrealtor@yahoo.com www.toddtaylorrealestate.com

RE/MAX & NOMAR Award Winning Agent

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Garden District Condo

2337 Magazine St B $289,900

Two independent bedrooms, two full baths and two gated off street parking spaces. Rear unit on the ground floor in move-in condition. Located in a great walkable Garden District complex close to shopping, dining and transportation. Recent energy efficient renovation with low condo fees. Call now! It is easy to view this beauty.

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 33 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

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