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CONTENTS

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

May 5, 2015

Volume 36

Number 18

HEALTH + WELLNESS The Eyes Have Had It............................................29 Gambit writer Missy Wilkinson gets PRK surgery Expert Advice .........................................................30 Gray ribbons for brain cancer awareness

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

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ON THE COVER Abused and Evicted.............................................. 17 Victims of domestic violence often have to deal with eviction as well. A new law aims to help them

7 IN SEVEN Seven Things to Do This Week........................... 5 Limon Dance Company, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Stand-Up NOLA and more

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KIN IN THE GAME Review: Don’t call it fusion — just enjoy the quirky flavors of Kin

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News.............................................................................7 A New documentary, Looting Louisiana, highlights $2.4 billion in state tax exemptions for oil and gas drilling Y@Speak + N.O. Comment .....................................7 Overheard in New Orleans’ social media world Scuttlebutt...............................................................10 From their lips to your ears

C’est What? ..............................................................10 Gambit’s Web poll Bouquets & Brickbats ..........................................11 This week’s heroes and zeroes Commentary............................................................13 Keeping on par with Mississippi — that’s progress Blake Pontchartrain.............................................14 The N.O. It All answers your questions Clancy DuBos has the week off.

SHOPPING + STYLE Mother’s Day Gift Guide .....................................23 Hit the Mothering Heights with these presents What’s In Store ......................................................33 Antoine’s turns 175 years old

Fork + Center ...........................................................35 All the news that’s fit to eat — and drink 3-Course Interview .............................................37 Nina Compton, chef/restaurateur Drinks ........................................................................38 Beer Buzz; Wine of the Week Last Bites .................................................................39 5 in Five; Plate Dates; Off the Menu Feature ......................................................................41 American Craft Beer Week — a calendar and overview of events

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT Feature .....................................................................53 The NOLA Project stages Robin Hood: Thief, Brigand Music .........................................................................54 PREVIEW: Sufjan Stevens Film.............................................................................58 REVIEW: The Avengers: Age of Ultron Art ................................................................................61 REVIEW: Southern Work Stage..........................................................................65 Events .......................................................................67 PREVIEW: Independent Bookstore Day Crossword + Sudoku ...........................................78

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Limon Dance Company | Jose Limon’s

renowned modern dance company opens its 70th season and international tour in New Orleans with performances of several classic pieces from its repertoire: Mazurkas, The Moor’s Pavane and Missa Brevis, which will be performed with a local choir. At 8 p.m. at Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts.

Pixies Tue. May 5 | The seminal 1990s altrockers released their first new album in 20 years with 2013’s Indie Cindy. Since then, Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering have toured with bassist Paz Lenchantin in place of original member Kim Deal. The group says it’s playing new material on the final leg of this tour. John Grant opens at 8 p.m. at Civic Theatre.

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Wed. May 6 | Northern California’s influential 1990s purveyors of stoner metal reunited in recent years and there’s been talk of a new album, but releases have been limited to last year’s single “The Clarity.” Louisiana sludgy drone metalists Thou open at 9 p.m. at Civic Theatre.

Fri. May 8 | The showcase features comedians audiences may have seen opening local shows for Louis CK, Hannibal Buress and Bill Burr. Now headlining is a lineup including Matt Owens, Andrew Polk, Joe Cardosi, Katie East, Leon Blanda and Mary Devon Dupuy. At 8 p.m. at The Joy Theater.

Ava Luna and All People

The Soft Moon

Fri. May 8 | On its acclaimed 2015 album Infinite House (Western Vinyl), Ava Luna paints psychedelic swirls with jazz-influenced post-punk and curiously colorful shifts in tone and style. New Orleans quartet All People — the Fugazi to Community Records’ Dischord — celebrates the release of its second punk-powered full-length album Learn Forget Repeat. Pope and Boyfriend Material open at 10 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

Fri.-Sun. May 8-21 | Gary Rucker directs and stars in the musical comedy about two men who live by swindling money from rich women and enter a winner-take-all battle to charm $50,000 from an heiress on the French Riviera. At 8 p.m. (2 p.m. Sundays) at Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts.

Stand-Up NOLA

Sat. May 9 | On The Soft Moon’s third album, 2015’s Deeper (Captured Tracks), Luis Vasquez goes exactly in that direction, tunneling into moodier, darker and bleaker gothic pop. Album single “Far” retains the anxious, minimal motorik propulsion throughout his earlier records, then adds layers of industrial noise. Skull Katalog and DJ 9ris 9ris open at 10 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

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State audits of taxes owed by oil and gas companies plunged, along with collections, as the industry boomed. How much did Louisiana leave on the table?

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In 2010, the responsibility for performing those severance tax audits was moved from the Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR), which handles tax collections, to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which regulates the oil and gas industry and

hands out leases for stateowned lands. Critics have Filmmaker Mike Stagg has complained for years that produced a documentary titled Looting Louisiana, the energy industry enjoys which he says highlights far too cozy a relationship the state’s plummeting oil with DNR. and gas tax collections and Stagg says the decline royalty payments. in audits shows collusion P H O T O C O U R T E S Y W W L-T V between the regulators and the regulated, but DNR spokesman Patrick Courreges says it’s nothing so nefarious. Courreges said a special Streamlining Commission recommended DNR take over severance tax audits on private lands because it already was handling audits of oil fields on public lands that pay state royalties. “On paper it seemed like it should work, but the two functions just didn’t mesh,” Courreges said. The problems arose because DNR field auditors were looking in the wrong places. They tacked severance tax audits on top of the royalty audits they already were performing, mostly in south Louisiana, where the majority of state-owned water bottoms are located. But virtually all of the private oil and gas activity was elsewhere at that time — in the booming Haynesville Shale in northwest Louisiana, the Delhi Field in northeast Louisiana and the Austin Chalk and Wilcox fields in central Louisiana. “The royalty audits take longer and were slowing down the severance tax audits,” Courreges said. So, after three years under DNR, the severance tax audits were handed back to LDR — and annual severance tax revenues began to climb again. Those numbers strongly suggest that the state has left millions on the table. Some state lawmakers want to force the issue by demanding audits for the years that DNR handled oil and gas severance tax audits, but legislation to do that died on the House floor in the final days of last year’s legislative session. PAGE 8

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igher education, health care and solar and film tax credits are all on the chopping block amid Louisiana’s big budget crisis. Meanwhile, tax exemptions for oil and gas drilling, which have cost state coffers $2.4 billion since 2008, have gone unscathed. And this week marks the annual observance of Oil and Gas Industry Day at the State Capitol on Monday, May 4. That has environmental activist and filmmaker Mike Stagg seething. “If you’re getting $2.4 billion in severance tax exemptions and that’s not enough for you in an era when other people are getting cut … that’s greed,” said Stagg, a former gubernatorial and congressional candidate from Lafayette. Stagg released a documentary last week titled Looting Louisiana, which shines new light on a series of legislative audits and revenue reports that sounded an alarm years ago about plummeting oil and gas tax collections and royalty payments. It’s unclear how much revenue may have been lost, but Stagg pegged the potential amount at “hundreds of millions of dollars” — based on reports by the Legislative Auditor. The auditor’s reports found that tax audits of energy companies that previously had flagged tens of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes each year all but stopped for a period of about three years. Most eye-popping was the 2013 Legislative Auditor’s report that found a 99.8 percent drop in unpaid severance taxes identified via state tax audits between 2010 and 2012 — from $26 million to a little more than $40,000. Meanwhile, the state collected significantly less in total severance taxes for oil and gas production on private lands, in spite of an explosion in shale gas drilling. In 2010, revenue from severance taxes fell by $154 million, a 17 percent decrease from the previous year. What changed?

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Time is of the essence. The state faces a three-year “prescriptive period” (expiration date or statute of limitations) for collecting unpaid taxes. The three-year period typically encompasses an entire tax year and starts from the date that tax returns were filed. Thus, if a tax payment for the last quarter of 2011 was made in 2012, the entire year of 2011 can still be audited and unpaid taxes collected — this year. Taxes owed for 2010 are no longer collectible, unless no return was filed or there was a deliberate attempt by the taxpayer to under-report. If no audits (or too few of them) are conducted, the state will never know how much money has gone uncollected. For years, LDR officials have asked lawmakers for money to hire more auditors, citing the relatively low cost of auditors compared to how much more money they pull in for the state. There is no such expiration date for royalty payments due for oil and gas production on state-owned lands — and LDR does not need specific legislative authorization to go back and conduct audits for previous years. In that regard, though, there are also questions about which companies are getting audited for royalty payments. For example, the percentage of publicly owned oil fields audited had decreased from 23 percent to 12.75 percent while DNR also was handling the severance tax audits, the legislative auditor found. But it rebounded to hit a new high of 25 percent last year, Courreges said. The explanation? The legislative auditor directed DNR to audit some of the smaller players — not just the bigger companies — but when the DNR auditors did that, they didn’t have the resources to conduct robust audits on the big boys. “We were auditing more of the smaller companies, but it came at the expense of auditing that 20 percent of them who pay most of the royalties,” Courreges said. Courreges added that he could understand why some people would wonder if the historically cozy relationship between the state and the oil and gas industry was rearing its head again. “I know folks like to look at that, and Louisiana’s got its history, but it ain’t Huey Long and Standard Oil anymore,” Courreges said. “I understand the skepticism. But the findings in the audit have been a guiding light for us … to make things better.” Some legislators are concerned that oil and gas lobbyists continue to have too much influence over the process. State Sen. Rick Gallot, D-Ruston, proposed a resolution last year, based on the legislative

NEWS VIEWS audit findings, to urge the state agencies to perform a study and do everything possible to verify that all severance taxes and royalties were being collected. Gallot’s resolution passed unanimously in the Senate but was killed in the House near the end of the session. “The lobbyists who are paid to protect the oil and gas industry, they are the ones who were responsible for killing it,” Gallot said. Gifford Briggs of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association said industry lobbyists had nothing to do with killing Gallot’s resolution — and nothing to do with the state’s auditing issues. He said the industry is always ready to pay its fair share of taxes and royalties, but reductions in recent

delayed severance tax rebates. In the current fiscal climate, Gallot says, there’s growing political will to hold the industry and the regulators more accountable — and possibly to get rid of some tax exemptions. “Now I think it’s more critical than it’s been in recent times because our budget situation is so critical,” Gallot said. “The companies have done exceptionally well [because of the Haynesville Shale], but the state and people have not done so well.” This year, state Rep. Joe Bouie, D-New Orleans, has picked up that mantle. His House Concurrent Resolution 45 would direct the legislative auditor to conduct au-

Most eye-popping was the 2013 Legislative Auditor’s report that found a 99.8 percent drop in unpaid severance taxes identified via state tax audits between 2010 and 2012 – from $26 million to just over $40,000. dits to identify severance taxes owed but not yet paid to the state for fiscal years 2011 through 2014 — and report its findings by January 2016. The resolution also would require annual audits going forward. Finally, it would require DNR, which maintains a comprehensive database of oil and gas activity in the state, to send quarterly reports of oil and gas production to LDR so the tax-collecting agency can verify the accuracy of the data provided by the oil and gas companies. Bouie cites a “disconnect” between state agencies responsible for auditing and collecting back taxes and a “dysfunction” at DNR with regard to reporting the amount of oil and gas produced in Louisiana. “Given the $1.6 billion deficit that we face, we should be looking for ways to generate additional revenue and to collect monies owed to the state,” Bouie says. He adds that the state could reap a windfall “to the tune of a half-billion dollars” for the years 2011 through 2014 if the audits are thorough. “We need audits of those years and for the years going forward to get an accurate gauge of what’s owed,” he says. “We also need current reports for what’s being extracted so that we can know that we’re collecting all taxes that are owed going forward.” — This story was originally reported by our newsgathering partner WWL-TV. An earlier version of this story originally appeared on WWL-TV’s website. To see David Hammer’s video report, visit www.wwltv.com. — Clancy DuBos contributed to this story.

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years have had more to do with changes in production. “We’ve got a severance tax on oil of 12-and-a-half percent, the second highest in the nation, but if most of our production is moving over to gas, which it is because of the Haynesville Shale, you’re going to see a dropoff,” Briggs said, noting that natural gas severance taxes fluctuate with the commodities market. Briggs added the industry’s tax exemption for horizontal drilling, a big part of the shale gas and fracking boom, didn’t cost the state much money because those types of wells operated for relatively short periods of time. They never last the two years the exemption is available on each well, he said. On that front, Stagg also complains that oil and gas companies have been slow-walking their tax exemption applications because the state had been required to pay judicial interest of 4 percent on the rebates. Four percent is substantially higher interest than banks are paying these days on savings and money market accounts. The longer it took for a company to claim its rebate, the more interest the state would have to pay on top of the rebate itself. The legislative auditor found that the state overpaid $13 million in severance tax refunds from 2010 to 2012, then paid $24 million in interest on top of that. “One of the problems they found was that oil and gas companies were essentially gaming the severance tax process,” Stagg said. Courreges says that has been changed, so that now the companies must pay the high judicial interest on unpaid taxes and the state pays money market rates on

NEWS VIEWS SCUTTLEBUTT Quote of the week

“Remember, the experts built the Titanic.” — Louisiana Family Forum President Gene Mills, pooh-poohing experts who testified in Baton Rouge on the need for New Orleans students to be taught sex education. House Bill 359 by state Rep. Wesley Bishop, D-New Orleans, would include discussion of sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, parenthood and birth control, including abstinence. In 2012, Louisiana topped the nation in the number of congenital syphilis cases and came in second in gonorrhea cases. Baton Rouge and New Orleans now rank second and fourth, respectively, in the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases in the U.S.

Fahrenholtz: ‘I have a serious problem with alcohol’

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Former OPSB member charged with felony

On advice of counsel, former Orleans Parish School Board member Jimmy Fahrenholtz said he can’t discuss details of the bizarre case that resulted in his recent felony arrest by State Police. He said he can’t remember much about his April 22 visit to the state Capitol or returning to New Orleans with an iPad and other items — all reported stolen that day by a lobbyist in Baton Rouge. Fahrenholtz also said he can’t recall much about the State Police search of his Bayou St. John

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Former Orleans Parish School Board member Jimmy Fahrenholtz, charged with a felony in the alleged theft of an iPad and other personal items, says he’s had a drinking problem for years and doesn’t remember the details of that day. P H O TO BY C HERY L G ERBER

home five days later, when the iPad reportedly was found in a body of water in his backyard. Fahrenholtz, an attorney who has been suspended from the practice of law since 2009, said he agreed to an interview because he wanted the public to understand “why” he now faces criminal charges of theft and obstruction of justice. “In the last five days or so, I have admitted to myself — finally — that I have a serious problem with alcohol and it has been ongoing and serious for decades,” Fahrenholtz, 65, said in an interview at his home April 30. “I have serial episodes of very heavy drinking where I have absolutely no recollection of what I do. That is the case in this case.” Fahrenholtz said he has been drinking since he was 11 years old. “I am what they call a ‘blackout drunk’ or ‘oblivion drunk,’” he said. “I can drink a phenomenal amount of alcohol.” On the day of the the reported iPad theft, “I can’t remember that I drove home,” he admitted. “Vodka is my poison of choice,” Fahrenholtz said, adding he takes no prescription drugs other than “blood pressure medication.” He said he kept vodka in a water bottle. “People have no idea, literally, that I’m drunk,” he said. “Even though I can function at very high level, I have no idea that I’m doing it.” Fahrenholtz said he and his wife, Pamela Butler, will decide by Monday (May 4) whether he should seek inpatient or outpatient treatment for his alcohol abuse.

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Sex ed in NOLA schools gets closer

Comprehensive sex education is a step closer to being taught in New Orleans public middle and high schools. Education committees in the Louisiana House and Senate approved three bills last week — one allows seventh- through 12th-graders in New Orleans public schools to receive sex ed, while two other bills authorize schools to perform anonymous student surveys to determine risk behaviors and the kinds of education students should receive. The bills had the blessing of the New Orleans City Council, which urged their passage via a resolution on April 23. Last week, however, their reception in Baton Rouge wasn’t as warm. While his bill to allow risk surveys passed by a 9-1 vote, the bill by State Rep. Wesley Bishop,

D-New Orleans, allowing sex ed in New Orleans classrooms narrowly passed the House Education Committee on April 29 by a vote of 8-6. Bishop has attempted similar legislation in other sessions, but those bills were statewide. This year, his bills impact only New Orleans, which continues to face high rates of STDs and HIV. The bills’ strongest opposition came from the conservative religious group the Louisiana Family Forum and the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, which warned that teaching sex ed promotes abortion and a “contraceptive approach” to sexual health. State Rep. Patricia Smith, D-Baton Rouge, criticized the bishops for allowing sex ed in Catholic schools (but promoting abstinence) while lobbying against it for public schools, where little if any sexual health information is available. In a fiery line of questioning to the panel, Smith said doctors have approached her about students using Band-Aids on their bellybuttons or drinking Mountain Dew to prevent pregnancy. “These terrible myths — nobody is teaching them the other information,” she said. “How are we going to stop HIV, chlamydia, syphilis, teen pregnancy? And have you looked at states that have implemented these and their rates have dropped tremendously? … We are doing nothing. We are doing absolutely nothing.” A Senate version of the risk survey bill by state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, passed the Senate Education Committee on April 30. — ALEX WOODWARD

Mayor chooses New Orleans

Landrieu: I’m not running for governor

It was hardly a surprise at this point, but Mayor Mitch Landrieu made it official last week when he told the Press Club of Baton Rouge he had decided not to get into the governor’s race. “We have made tremendous progress,” he said of New Orleans, “but we have a very long way to go. And because of that, I don’t intend to be a candidate for governor in this fall’s election.” As of press time, three of the announced major candidates — Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle, State Sen. John Bel Edwards and Sen. David Vitter — were scheduled to appear at a gubernatorial debate sponsored by Crimefighters in Covington May 2. The Governor’s West Bank Luncheon, an annual public forum, will feature all three along with Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne at a June 17 meeting at 8 a.m. in Westwego’s John A. Alario Sr. Event Center. — KEVIN ALLMAN

Patricia Clarkson,

New Orleans native and acclaimed actress, was nominated for a Tony Award last week for her role in the Broadway revival of The Elephant Man. In other Tony news, part-time New Orleans resident Michael Cerveris was nominated for his acting role in Fun Home, and brothers Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick, who grew up in Baton Rouge, were nominated for co-writing the musical Something Rotten!.

The Louisiana Children’s Museum

was named one of 10 national recipients of the 2015 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This is the nation’s highest honor recognizing museums and libraries for their public service. The museum will receive the award at an event in Washington, D.C., on May 18.

The Louisiana Tumor Registry,

part of the LSU Health Science’s Center’s School of Public Health, was awarded first place by the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute for the registry’s 2014 and 2015 data submissions. The Louisiana Tumor Registry has now received the honor six times. The SEER Program gathers annual data on cancer cases and demographics, among other information.

Dr. Michael White

was named the 2015 Jazz Hero by the Jazz Journalists Association on April 22 at a ceremony at Cafe Istanbul. The award recognizes artists and jazz advocates for their work with local communities. White is a clarinetist and bandleader of the Original Liberty Jazz Band and is a professor of African-American Music and Spanish at Xavier University.

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A State Police spokesman couldn’t be reached for comment, and an arrest report was unavailable at press time. Fahrenholtz continues to defy the Louisiana Board of Ethics and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He denounced the state ethics board as a “political organization” with a “personal” vendetta against him. Kathleen Allen, executive director of the ethics board, said Fahrenholtz owes the state more than $28,000 for failing to file campaign finance reports during his eight years as a member of the School Board (2000-2008). “We’ve turned those records over to the State Attorney General’s office for collection,” Allen said. Fahrenholtz also insists he’s “retired” from practicing law. Charles Plattsmier, chief disciplinary counsel for the Louisiana Supreme Court, said Fahrenholtz is a licensed attorney. His license has been suspended for almost six years; he’s been ineligible to practice law since Oct. 31, 2005, for failure to pay bar dues and a fee for the disciplinary investigation. In October 2009, the Supreme Court suspended Fahrenholtz for one year and one day, finding he failed to cooperate with two separate bar investigations — including one concerning misconduct that allegedly took place while he was a School Board official. Fahrenholtz may apply for reinstatement of his law license, pending review of his recent arrest and the outcome of the iPad theft case. “We are going to be following the events to see if he is guilty of any criminal misconduct,” Plattsmier told Gambit. Fahrenholtz said he spent “a day and a half” in an East Baton Rouge Parish jail after surrendering on the criminal charges. He remains free on bond. — ALLEN JOHNSON JR.

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On par with Mississippi ear after year, some brave Louisiana legislators try to raise the state cigarette tax, which at 36 cents per pack is third lowest in the country. This year the idea is getting some traction — mostly because of the enormous hole in the state budget. State Rep. Harold Ritchie, D-Bogalusa, has long advocated hiking the state tax above $1 per pack. That would bring it into line with what other states charge, but it’s still far below the $4.35-per-pack tax in New York or the $3.50 tax in Rhode Island. Unfortunately, even bringing it on par with Texas ($1.41 per pack) has proved too much for squeamish legislators. In 2013, Ritchie’s bill didn’t even make it out of the House Ways & Means Committee. State Rep. Katrina Jackson, DMonroe, proposed a more modest tax hike of 68 cents that year. Her bill also died in committee. That was two years ago — before Louisiana hit the big budget iceberg. This year, Ritchie filed House Bill 77, which would have amended the state constitution to bring the tax to a total of $1.54 per pack. When it was clear that was a no-go, Ways & Means Chairman Joel Robideaux,

R-Lafayette, successfully amended one of Ritchie’s other bills, HB 119, so it would tax cigarettes at 68 cents a pack without amending the constitution. This time, Ritchie’s bill passed the committee on an 11-5 vote. It now goes to the House floor. If passed, HB 119 would make Louisiana’s tobacco tax equal to Mississippi’s. This represents progress, if you consider being on par with Mississippi “progress.” The Louisiana Budget Project (LBP), a left-leaning public policy group that offers recommendations on state spending, supported increasing the tax to $1.25 per pack, estimating it would bring in an additional $230 million per year. The 68-cent-per-pack tax will bring in about one-fourth of that. Many of the LBP’s arguments were solid — for instance, Louisiana has not raised its tobacco tax in more than 10 years — but no argument was strong enough to convince lawmakers to bump the price of a pack of smokes by more than a dollar. That was why Robideaux amended the bill before it could be voted down. Progress typically comes slowly in Louisiana, and even then in fits and starts. In 2011, when a temporary 4-cents-per-pack tax was set to expire, a bill was introduced to renew

Progress typically comes slowly in Louisiana, and even then in fits and starts. it. Four cents was an amount low enough for legislators of both parties to support, especially when consumers wouldn’t have noticed the difference (they’d been paying the 4 cents for a while). Nevertheless, Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed the renewal, calling it a tax increase. Lawmakers responded by amending a proposed constitutional amendment to restore the 4-cents-a-pack tax, thereby circumventing Jindal’s veto.

In recent months, Jindal has said he would support increasing cigarette taxes — if they were offset with cuts elsewhere to become “revenue-neutral.” We hope lawmakers muster the votes to override a veto should it come to that. For those content to merely be on par with Mississippi, HB 119 in its current form fits the bill. In the end, though, it merely keeps us on par with Mississippi.

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Hey Blake,

I remember in the early 1950s going with my dad to see wrestling matches. In particular I recall seeing the famous Gorgeous George in New Orleans. I remember going to see these events in what was called The Coliseum in the Garden District/Irish Channel. Is it a real place or a figment of my fertile imagination? Alan B. Borne

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Dear Alan,

The Coliseum arena definitely was a real place and was home to many important chapters in local sports history, including boxing and wrestling matches like the one you remember with the famously flamboyant “Gorgeous George” Wagner. The Coliseum wasn’t located in the Garden District or Irish Channel, however. It was at North Roman and Conti streets in the Tulane-Gravier neighborhood. It opened in July 1922 with a bout between local fighter Martin Burke and New Jersey boxer Charlie Weinert. The facility was the brainchild of businessmen and promoters John Dillon, Frank Edwards, Al Buja and Peter Judlin, and at the time The Times-Picayune billed the Coliseum as “one of the finest and most compact indoor auditoriums in the South,” with a seating capacity of 8,000. The 1938 WPA New Orleans City Guide listed its boxing matches among the highlights for visitors to the city. For a period in the 1940s, the building also was known as the Victory Arena. Many well-known boxers fought there, including Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis, Willie Pastrano, Ralph Dupas

The wrestler Gorgeous George enters the ring in this 1949 LOOK magazine photograph by Stanley Kubrick. P H O T O C O U R T E S Y L I B R A R Y O F C O N G R E S S

and Sugar Ray Robinson. Gorgeous George, the 1950s wrestler who was known as much for his hair and wardrobe as for his antics inside the ring, appeared at the Coliseum nearly a dozen times between 1951 and 1955. Many of those matches were broadcast on the city’s new TV station, WDSU. The Coliseum also hosted college and high school sports events and music performances. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. even spoke at an event there in 1957. The Coliseum closed in 1960 and today the site is home to a metal supply company.

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ay marks the 85th anniversary of the dedication of a New Orleans landmark, the Municipal Auditorium. The building was constructed in Beauregard Square (later Congo Square) and took eight years and $2.5 million to build. It was dedicated on May 30, 1930, although it hosted events, including an appearance by Al Jolson, in the months prior to the dedication. “The Municipal Auditorium provides a center for civic life that has herebefore not been available,” The Times-Picayune wrote, calling it “a building that is at once an opera house, a stadium, a concert hall, a Greek theater, an exhibition room, a setting for Carnival balls and a little theater for amateur dramatics.” The building offered seating for more than 10,000. Over the years, it also hosted school graduations and proms, concerts (Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Liberace and Louis Armstrong and many others), ice skating shows, dance revues, boxing, wrestling, New Orleans Jazz basketball games and an annual Shrine Circus. In the 1990s, the auditorium was home to the Brass hockey team and later a temporary casino. In 1994, it was renamed the Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Municipal Auditorium, honoring one of the city’s early Recreation Department leaders. It suffered severe flood damage when the levees failed following Hurricane Katrina, and plans for its future are uncertain.

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Domestic violence victims in Louisiana often do not have any recourse if they’re evicted from their rented apartments. New legislation hopes to end that cycle of revictimization.

manager told her she had to move out of her apartment. Six days later, Marilyn and her son were gone. According to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court late last year, Marilyn says her now-former property manager had threatened to evict her because of the apartment’s “zero tolerance” policy on domestic violence. The policy says that a “resident or any member of the resident’s household, or a guest or other person under the resident’s control, will not be involved in any aspect of domestic violence.” The lease agreement states that any violation of those terms gives the landlord permission to terminate the lease. “At first they were telling me I had to be out that Friday,” Marilyn says. “Then I begged — and I tell you, I begged just

* Marilyn asked her real name not be used for this story.

Marilyn, who is among the 5,000 women who are victims of domestic violence in Louisiana each year, hopes a new law will prevent landlords from evicting domestic violence victims.

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t was Christmastime at the apartment complex. On Dec. 2, 2014, Marilyn* and her 3-year-old son strung lights and hung ornaments on a tree inside her New Orleans apartment. Marilyn, a nursing student, moved into the apartment complex three years earlier. She liked her neighbors — they’d say hello and often tell her she was a good mother. That night, Marilyn’s ex-boyfriend knocked at the door. He was there to help decorate the tree and spend time with their son. But he wanted more. Marilyn refused his advances. He got angry. He grabbed her by her throat. He shoved her to the ground. He threw her against a bedroom mirror. Marilyn escaped. He left. Police arrived. She went to a nearby hospital for treatment. The next day, less than 24 hours after the attack, Marilyn’s property

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More than 5,000 women in Louisiana are victims of domestic violence each year, according to LCADV. In order to house those women, the state needs 700 shelter beds. It currently has 400, and only half the parishes in the state have shelters or an address where victims can safely go. Louisiana is, however, one of the most dangerous states for women facing domestic violence. The state has one of the highest murder rates for women killed by a husband, partner or ex-partner. “Women in Louisiana — our mothers, sisters, daughters — are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to either living with abuse or having a safe place to live,” says Monica Gerhart-Hambrick, policy advisor with the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. According to LCADV, nearly one in three women in shelters in Louisiana lost their housing because of the actions of an

abuser. In rental-heavy areas of the state, the numbers are even higher: nearly 50 percent of women in shelters in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, and 67 percent in St. Bernard Parish shelters, are homeless victims of domestic violence. Beth Meeks, executive director of the LCADV, says the state also has a high “turnaway” rate: Last year, nearly 2,700 women were turned away from shelters because “we just don’t have room for [them],” Meeks said. Rental agreements like Marilyn’s — which expressly forbid any involvement with domestic violence, whether the renter was the abuser or victim — are not uncommon, Gerhart-Hambrick says. “We were getting a sense that a more systemic issue was happening, but we

losing their deposits or interrupting their lives and livelihoods. “If I would have known that if I would have called the police I would be evicted,” reads one testimony from a SLLS client, “I would have just taken the beating.” State Sen. Sharon Weston Broome, D-Baton Rouge, introduced legislation to protect domestic violence victims. “Many individuals, when they are involved with domestic abuse, if they are trying to maintain a life but have an encounter, they have had several reported instances of individuals being evicted,” Broome says. “That can lead to homelessness. We want to try and work with the landlords but also provide protection for the person who is leasing.” Broome’s 2014 legislation attempted to

Women in Louisiana — our mothers, sisters, daughters — are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to either living with abuse or having a safe place to live.

— Monica Gerhart-Hambrick, policy advisor with the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center

wanted a way to tap into a pool of victims of domestic violence — there’s no easy way to outreach to survivors. What we got back was astounding,” she says. “It’s this unique category of criminal activity where we hold the victim accountable for a crime. No other category of criminal activity do we do that.” Legislative committees met on the issue before this year’s session started. In its report to a joint House and Senate committee last December, LCADV and its partner organization Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) pointed to two types of housing issues faced by victims: They won’t call police because they fear it violates a “zero tolerance” clause in their lease, and they just want to be able to leave without impacting their credit,

make domestic violence a protected class under the Louisiana Equal Opportunity Housing Act. “The legislature finds and declares that persons in this state who seek a place to live should be able to find such housing whenever it is available,” reads Senate Bill 233. “All persons should therefore be able to compete for available housing on an open, fair, and equitable basis, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, or whether a victim of domestic abuse.” Despite the bill passing the full Senate and a House committee unanimously, the measure was killed on the House floor by a wide margin of 34-63. How did it fail in a year that brought so many domestic violence protections to Louisiana?

The Apartment Association of Louisiana (AAL) sees it differently. The group represents more than 90,000 rental units. In committee hearings last year, AAL representatives said they’re just not seeing wrongful evictions of domestic violence victims. AAL also requested several changes to the legislation, including “reasonable documentation” that identifies a tenant’s domestic violence victim status. Landlords, they said, want to be removed from liability, whether that’s determining one tenant’s safety over another, or selecting one applicant over another. The organization raised several other questions: What about court-ordered restraining orders and protective orders? How do we determine whom we evict from a joint lease? What about computerized applications and background checks that overlook whether someone is a victim? AAL testified, “By treating everyone exactly the same way, it saves us all.” Broome didn’t reintroduce that same legislation in 2015. Instead, she and housing advocates started from scratch — with the landlords in mind. “One of the reasons it was defeated is because of the concern of landlords,” Broome says. “That is why we not only are attempting to assist victims of domestic violence and protect them, we’re also trying to protect the landlords in the process. Hopefully, it’ll make it more palatable for the landlords who had concerns last year.” This year Broome’s Senate Bill 174 does several things. It allows victims to end their leases early without forfeiting their deposits, provided they arrange a date at least 30 days in advance with the landlord (and pay through the mutually agreed-upon termination date). It gives victims the right to bifurcate the lease, lawfully excluding an abuser who also is on the lease and giving landlords the ability to evict them. It allows tenants to call police without posing a threat to their lease agreement. And it requires victims to show proof of their victim status, whether through a police report, a mental health professional or an agency or employee recognized by the Department of Children and Family Services. That requires a Certification of Abuse form, which asks for a victim’s description of the “incident giving rise to the claim of abuse,” as well as a signed declaration of their status. “We did get a lot of pushback last year from the landlords,” Broome says. “[They] felt that the prior bill was tying their hands if a person is not paying their rent. They could use the domestic violence as an excuse for not paying their rent or avoiding eviction. Now they have to have the certification of domestic abuse. That’s where the landlords are protected.” That form is based on paperwork required by the U.S. Department of

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for the end of the weekend — so they allowed me until that Monday.” She says the apartment complex security guard called the police the night of the attack, which tipped off the property manager. She had until the end of the week to leave before the landlord filed an eviction, she says. That threat of eviction was, essentially, the same as an eviction. In either case, she had to leave. The landlord kept her deposit. “They said I could stay a few extra days before the eviction proceedings could be filed,” she says. “I don’t want to have that on my record. So I just did what I had to do, which was turn in the keys.” The federal Fair Housing Act makes a person’s sex a protected class from discrimination in housing. Marilyn’s suit alleges that because a disproportionate number of women are victims of domestic violence, her former landlord discriminated against her in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The federal Violence Against Women Act protects domestic violence victims receiving housing vouchers or living in subsidized housing — about 20 percent of renters in Louisiana, according to the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (LCADV). That rule doesn’t extend to victims who rent with cash, like Marilyn. That could all change. One Baton Rouge legislator wants to expand the scope of that protection to all victims. In 2014, the Louisiana Legislature passed one of the most ambitious legislative packages ever to change how criminal justice agencies handle domestic violence. All the bills sailed through to the governor’s desk — except one: the bill to protect domestic violence victims from eviction. This year’s bill tweaks last year’s measure to satisfy concerns from the landlord lobby. Housing advocates and victims hope it’s enough.

We spent exhaustive hours discussing how we could address the concerns of the opposition. ... They said they’re concerned about victims of domestic violence. ... But if you’re really genuinely, authentically concerned, you had the opportunity in the interim to do that. What I’m hearing is not a good-faith effort. — State Sen. Sharon Weston Broome Housing and Urban Development for domestic violence victims. With a “Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence or Stalking,” those victims are afforded public housing protection. “Anything that happened — whether an ex-boyfriend showed up or they contact emergency assistance because of abuse happening in their apartment — they’re already protected,” GerhartHambrick says. “But their neighbor who is paying cash one door down, they’re not protected. This creates a more level playing field. … Legislators will have an important opportunity to stand with victims — or not.”

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The bill was introduced in a Senate committee last week, and it likely will face a similar battle as Broome’s measure did in 2014. On April 28, the AAL testified against Broome’s new bill at the Senate’s Judiciary B committee, which is chaired by state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans. Morrell has championed several domestic and sexual violence bills. Again, the AAL raised concerns over liability and being “judge and jury” for what are criminal offenses. “Most people I spoke with said, ‘Don’t come asking me to vote against domestic violence,’” said Jennifer Ansardi, a lobbyist for the AAL. “My presence here today isn’t asking you to vote against domestic violence. … I’m asking you to help us to be in the best position possible to help victims. … There are defects in the bill that

may put us in the position to make an assessment or judgment when we’re not qualified to do so.” Ansardi said she supports the bill requiring a document to identify victims (“That’s very clear-cut. We can work with that.”) but asked what happens if two or more people on a lease have those documents. “What do we do? Who do we appeal to for that?” “Who is a victim? How long are they protected?” asked Stacey ShaneSchott, who sits on the AAL board and owns 9,500 rental units in Louisiana and Mississippi. “Give me a simple bill to help me understand what I’m supposed to do.” Shane-Schott also took issue with punitive damages in the event of a suit against a landlord who violates the measure. “This punishes landlords more than the victims themselves,” she said. (Morrell later told her, “We put abusers in jail. … There are probably a lot of survivors in this room who were offended by your comment.”) Shane-Schott said the bill’s lease bifurcation clause “is really kind of going against what we were trying to achieve here,” she said. “We do not evict. We post eviction. … A judge is deciding.” “Bifurcation is easy: if you have two lessees, you put one person on the hook for the lease and kick the other person out,” Morrell said. “The reason the bill is messy is because life is messy. … If you make the bill too specific, landlords are going to use

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Wearing charcoal-colored nurse scrubs, Marilyn sits straight in a chair

at the head of a long desk and holds a sheet of paper. She has written down what happened to her last December. It’s too painful to recite from memory. “I’m trying to keep my son’s life from being disrupted … but getting evicted because of my ex’s violence made that very hard for me,” she says. Marilyn had only a few days to find somewhere to live after she left her apartment complex. She did find a place, but it was a more expensive apartment in New Orleans East, much farther from her job and her son’s school than her previous place. One night after working a shift at her second job, she was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of her apartment complex. “I moved from there. I was so afraid. They told us to run, and when they told us to run — it was my little brother and I — we were banging [on the doors], trying to get inside. They watched us. I was afraid they might come back. They had my purse with all my identification. I was sleeping uncomfortably.” Six months after her attack, Marilyn — her son now 4 years old — is buying a house. Her case does not yet have a hearing date. “I have a big heart,” she says. “That’s why I’m a nurse, and that’s why I’m going to school for nursing. I don’t want to see other women going through this.”

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specificity to get out of it.” H. Cameron Murray, who represents the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, called the bill “wonderful” but said protective orders in existing law can accomplish the same thing. “We want to protect victims from residing or being around their abusers, but right now we already have a system in place that does that,” he said. He also agreed the bill is “messy” as written, because terminating a victim’s lease could terminate the agreements for anyone else living in the home. Murray suggested instead of pushing a bill to terminate a lease, legislators should look at absolving victims from liability on a lease. “Think about college roommates,” he said. “Those two [or] three other people involved just had their lease terminated. … These are fairly easy to fix.” “We did our homework,” Broome said in her closing remarks. “We spent exhaustive hours discussing how we could address the concerns of the opposition. … They said they’re concerned about victims of domestic violence. … But if you’re really genuinely, authentically concerned, you had the opportunity in the interim to do that. What I’m hearing is not a good-faith effort.” The bill was reported favorably from the committee without any opposition.

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A diamond and sapphire art deco-style pendant adds timeless elegance to her ensemble, $2,950 at Wellington & Co. Fine Jewelry (505 Royal St., 504-5254855; www.wcjewelry.com).

The gardenia-, strawberry-, mimosaand sandalwood-scented candle within this decorative tin smells just as attractive as its container looks, $26 at Rushk (3113 Magazine St., 504-533-9668; www.facebook.com/rushknola).

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Put a bird on it with a whimsical set of four glasses by Todd Oldham + Charley Harper, $40 at Parish Ink (3926 Magazine St., 504-304-0430; www.parishink.com).

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Pre-surgery selfie. Note the black surgical markings on my eyeballs.

a week and you’re in pain for the first few days after surgery.” “In LASIK, a hinged flap is created to give the surgeon access to the treatment area,” says Dr. Jonathan Lappen of St. Charles Vision. “In PRK, the cornea’s entire epithelial layer is removed by the surgeon, which exposes the stroma layer right underneath. Then the laser is applied and reshapes the cornea.” With LASIK, once the hinged flap is replaced, epithelial cells regrow quickly. “You’re not destroying the whole central cornea,” Lappen says. Patients can see within a few hours and often return to work the next day. With PRK, the healing process is “a lot longer,” Lappen says. How much longer depends on the individual, but PRK patients should expect to miss at least a week of work. So why would anyone opt for the older, more painful PRK surgery when LASIK is available for the same price ($799 per eye at Singer Haley Vision)? Because not everyone’s a candidate for LASIK. Thin corneas, high degrees of myopia, dry eyes and overly large pupils can all be disqualifying factors. These conditions all are evaluated in patients who want laser eye surgery. When I scheduled my consultation with Dr. Michael Kleamenakis at Lakeview Vision Source, I had never heard of PRK. The consultation was like an eye exam: a lot of chart reading, a lot of “Is this better or worse? What about now?” He put in some drops and checked my

eyeball pressure and pupil size. Last, he measured my corneas’ thickness. “I’m going to call the surgeon,” Kleamenakis said, looking concerned. The surgeon confirmed I was not a candidate for LASIK. My degree of myopia was too high; my corneas were too thin; and my pupils were too big. But I could do PRK, he said, which happens to be the surgery of choice for military fighter pilots, martial artists and other individuals with what Leppen calls “a predisposition for trauma.” That’s because there’s no risk of corneal flap complications (such as dislocation following a blow to the head), since no flap is created with PRK. So I scheduled PRK. I wasn’t nervous, mostly because I’d heard what a breeze LASIK is. I thought PRK couldn’t be that different — it was probably similar to the difference between an iPhone 5 and an iPhone 6. When I laid down for the surgery, awake if loopy from a Valium the nurse supplied, I felt pumped. Singer had agreed to allow cameras in the operating room. I held a voice recorder and interviewed him while he performed the surgery (which I also posted on YouTube). The pain was minimal: a little burning watery sensation, a lot of crazy colorful lasers and the scent of burning eyeball tissue. Less than 10 minutes later, we were done. “Can you read the clock?” Singer asked me. “It’s a quarter to noon,” I said, jubilant. “I can’t believe my eyes are fixed. That was so fast.”

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his feature isn’t easy for me to write. Not because I’m grappling with writer’s block or a difficult subject. The reason is simpler: A blunt instrument resembling an electric toothbrush recently scraped two 9 millimeter slices from my corneas. I spent the following days wearing sunglasses in a room with foil covering the window. It’s all a blur of prescription benzodiazepines, antibiotic drops, hydrocodone and searing eyeball pain. Almost two weeks later, I’ve switched to steroid eye drops and artificial tears. I can see, but hazily: this font is cranked up to 500 percent. There’s still a long road to recovery, about three to six months before my vision stabilizes. But my surgeon says odds are good I’ll ultimately see better than 20-20. My name is Missy, and I am recovering from PRK eye surgery. When I talk about PRK, the most common response is, “What’s that?” PRK, or photorefractive keratectomy, is LASIK’s tough older brother and the very first laser eye surgery performed. The technology used in both PRK and LASIK procedures, the excimer laser, was created by IBM in the 1970s to make circuit boards, says Dr. Jeffrey Singer of Singer Custom Vision, who estimates he has performed more than 40,000 laser eye surgeries (mine included). In the 1980s, the excimer laser was adapted to reshape the cornea. “The first PRK [surgery] in the world was done around 1989 in New Orleans,” Singer says. “That’s because LSU has one of the premier eye departments, and they’d done a lot of research.” Coincidentally, this is around the time my vision declined. I had trouble reading the blackboard in kindergarten. In first grade, I got glasses. My eyes got worse and worse, finally settling at -8.5 power in my right eye and -7.5 power in my left eye, which also had astigmatism. “Don’t worry,” the eye doctors told my mother. “By the time she’s older and her vision stabilizes, we’ll have a surgery that’s even better than the one we have now.” They were right. That surgery is LASIK, which came out in 1994. In almost every way, it is superior to PRK. It was developed in response to some aspects of PRK that are less than ideal, Singer says. “It was the healing,” Singer says. “With the PRK surgery, you have an abrasion on your cornea, you don’t see well for at least

Reality — and intense, burning pain — set in quickly, while I waited in the Walgreens parking lot for my mom to fill my prescriptions. Doctors advise PRK patients to take Vicodin and Halcyon and go straight to sleep after surgery, which was what I did for the next 19 hours. Over the following days, I’d learn PRK recovery is to LASIK recovery what a 1990s flip phone is to the iPhone 6 Plus: not even close. I’d regret my decision many times. I’d listen to the Serial podcast in its entirety. I’d make three follow-up visits to Singer’s office and give zero f—s about appearing in public with a scarf wrapped around my head a la The Elephant Man. I’d yearn to leave my foil-wrapped nest of darkness, but when daggers of sunlight assaulted my corneal abrasions, I’d yearn just as passionately to return. Each day, the pain and sensitivity to light receded. After five days, I went back to work, where I sent typo-ridden emails and snapped at colleagues when asked to proofread. (“I physically can’t right now!”) Would I recommend PRK? It’s too soon to say. My world is out of focus still, like I’m viewing it from behind wavy panes of antique glass. Lappen also has considered LASIK. Like me, he’s not a candidate. So far, he has opted not to have PRK. “If I was having problems, I would absolutely explore it,” he says. Singer points out that the risk of corneal infection from wearing contacts is higher than the risk of infection from refractive surgery. He performs 200 surgeries per month (of which 10 to 15 percent are PRK), and 99 percent of his patients would do it again, he says. “Most people who get laser vision correction will see better than they did with glasses or contacts, because lasers are able to measure optical aberrations that can’t be corrected with glasses,” he says. “So [after] laser vision correction … people can see better than they ever saw before.” Though my corneas will continue to remodel over the next few months, I had a moment of clarity at Jazz Fest last weekend that gives me hope. I’d spent the afternoon in rain and muck, wearing a garbage bag. At 6 p.m., the clouds cleared and rose-gold evening light settled on the Fair Grounds. A palm tree’s fronds appeared crisp and hyperreal, as though lit from within. I saw the world in a way I do not remember ever seeing it before. The moment passed, and my corneal haze returned. But six months from now, I’m pretty sure I’ll be glad I had PRK. Like the rest of the 99 percent.

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When Mona Leingang lost her husband, Gary, to brain cancer in 2010, she wanted to honor his wish that something good come out of his illness. The next year, on his birthday, May 9, Leingang passed out gray ribbons to her students at St. George’s Episcopal School. She worked with Louisiana lawmakers to establish Louisiana Gray Day. Today, the New Orleans City Council, the Louisiana State Legislature and the U.S. Senate have all recognized Louisiana Gray Day on May 9 during Brain Cancer Awareness Month. — JEANIE RIESS

How did Louisiana Gray Day get off the ground? Mona Leingang: Gray Day started at my school. I teach at St. George’s School. I teach children with dyslexia, mostly, in small reading groups. It was my husband’s first birthday that I was back at work, and I didn’t know what I was going to do with myself. And I went to the headmaster and asked if I could distribute ribbons to everybody. So everyone in the school was wearing gray ribbons. I also went around and distributed them in the neighborhood. The following year, I was able to get proclamations issued by the New Orleans City Council, Harahan, Kenner and Jefferson Parish [city councils]. And then the next year, the Louisiana Legislature passed the day, making it an annual brain cancer awareness day. That was 2013. Then, in 2014, [U.S. Sen.] Mary Landrieu announced it in the Senate. I have a copy of that. She put it into the official record. What will you and your students do to observe Louisiana Gray Day this year? Mona Leingang: This year, my school will all be in gray again on May 8. On May 9, I am going to be throwing out the first pitch at the UNO baseball game. They will be in their gray uniforms, which is really cool. Gary and I both graduated from UNO. I’m an ambassador for a national organization called Voices Against Brain Cancer. This year they are coming in to host with us Louisiana Gray Day, and a press conference and rally in Duncan Plaza on May 12. Mary Landrieu will be the speaker, and we are going to pass out special recognition awards to St. George’s for starting it, and to members of my family.

This photo of Gary and Mona Leingang was taken shortly after Gary’s first cancer surgery.

What is the significance of honoring one special day within the month to raise awareness for the disease? Mona Leingang: It’s kind of like April, with Autism Awareness Month, and April 2 was Light It Up Blue Day. May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month, so May 9 is [designated] to give a special focus during the month, specifically on Louisiana Gray Day. Why is it important to raise awareness of brain cancer? Mona Leingang: There is nothing you can do to prevent (brain cancer) that’s known at this time. Research is desperately needed. With awareness, people start raising funds and then hopefully there’s enough funds in enough places to find a cure, or to extend life. It is a really dire prognosis. There are some people who live longer than others, but it seems to reoccur. Is there a place people can donate if they can’t attend the rally? Mona Leingang: Voices Against Brain Cancer is coming back in October to host a family walk/run for the LSU Health Sciences Center. When they go into a city and host an event, 100 percent of profits stays in that city. So I was asked to select where that money went, and I selected the LSU Health Sciences Center. I would encourage people to donate straight to Voices Against Brain Cancer. They are getting all the permits, they’re bringing in a PA system to Duncan Plaza, the head of the organization is coming in here to be at this event. So the money they have to put out comes directly from donations. They do not take any of the money that’s made in any of the cities, and they’re staffed mostly by volunteers.

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Antoine’s chef Mike Regua raises a glass to the restaurant’s 175th anniversary. P H OTO BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER

with limited wardrobes, the restaurant welcomed them back with a relaxed dress code during dinner service. The company also broadened the dining options it offered by opening Hermes Bar, which has a different food menu, and Antoine’s Annex coffee and pastry shop. Chef Mike Regua, who has worked at Antoine’s for four decades, models dishes on recipes once endorsed by Blount’s great-great-grandfather, as well as newer recipes. Antoine’s menu includes options like chateaubriand and baked Alaska. “In New Orleans we have our own cooking style. ... We cook and serve the classic New Orleans cuisine as if it is still 1890,” Blount says. “It is hard to find many 100-year-old things that are relevant to our lives today, but that is what sets us apart.” Several special events are planned to commemorate Antoine’s 175th anniversary. Blount recently served alligator as part of a special menu at a New York event. Locally, a Prohibition party, a re-enactment of the dinner celebrating the 1947 best-selling book Dinner at Antoine’s and more will occur over the year. “We are going to celebrate in high style our birthday in the first week of October,” Blount says. “If we can think of anything else that we can have fun with, we are going to do that too.”

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Magazine Street’s “Champagne Stroll” (www. magazinestreet.com) takes place from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 9. There will be complimentary drinks, trunk shows, live music and other events at stores on the street. Goodwill Week (citywide; www.goodwillno. org) takes place through Saturday, May 9. There will be online contests at Goodwill’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/goodwillindustriessela), an invitation-only career fair and more. For information about events, visit the website. Dillard’s (Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-

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833-1075; www.dillards.com) hosts a Duck Dynasty purse event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9. Missy, Miss Kay and Lisa Robertson will promote their new Dooney & Bourke Robertson Collection by signing luggage tags Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple St., 504-866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop. com) celebrates Children’s Book Week through Saturday, May 9 with readings and signings. Twenty percent of children’s book sales benefit local nonprofit Big Class, which supports young writers through school and community collaborations.

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t its weathered French Quarter address, Antoine’s (713 St. Louis St., 504-581-4422; www.antoines. com) maintains its seat as the grande dame of New Orleans restaurants. For 175 years, the restaurant’s dining room has hosted anniversary dinners, Carnival soirees and birthday parties for generations of New Orleanians. “We are the definition of the ‘old guard,’” says Rick Blount, CEO and descendant of founder Antoine Alciatore. “What we serve here is ... hugely inspired by the New Orleans Creole traditions.” As a teenager, Blount began his career by working at the restaurant’s reservations desk. Eventually he moved on to management and continued to advise the company during and after college. Over that time, Antoine’s assembled an operating board composed of family members. The board voted Blount as CEO six months before Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Blount led the company during and after the disaster, and says his experiences there helped him deal with that era’s challenges. “[After Hurricane Katrina], we worked hard to find our employees and get them back to New Orleans,” he says. “We used as many of our employees as we could to do the demolition, cleanup and reconstruction of the building to get back open. I didn’t realize it then, but I probably had more of a working knowledge of the back side of the business than anyone else in my generation.” The storm’s aftermath brought changes to Antoine’s traditional atmosphere. When residents returned

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Simon Beck and Dayne Womax opened Brown Butter Southern Kitchen and Bar (231 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant.com) in January and began serving Southern-style “Bible Belt cuisine” to a lunchtime crowd. In April they added dinner service, and the menu of classic comfort fare includes a fried oyster and heirloom tomato salad, rabbit and dumplings with cornbread gnocchi and vinegar-braised beef short ribs with grits. The restaurant just added a full bar stocked with Canebrake Ale and Shiner Bock on tap, along with several drink specials. Brown Butter serves lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and dinner from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The owners expect to add Sunday brunch soon. — HELEN FREUND

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Kin offers fine dining in an off-the-beatenpath location. By Helen Freund

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and topped with thin slices of fried lotus root, delivering the perfect marriage of acid, fat and crunch. White and green asparagus are served with a poached egg, puffed rice and a touch of spicy yuzu and are finished with miso hollandaise. Lightly battered and fried oysters are combined with crawfish tails and pan-fried gnocchi and nestled atop fennel-orange puree. The medley is draped in beurre blanc, sprinkled with nips of crispy prosciutto and decorated with an array of fresh greens. The result is decadent but not overly rich. A generous portion of braised short ribs and polenta feels heavy but is balanced by the addition of charred sweet red peppers, wilted greens, balsamic-glazed cipollini onions and bright green chimichurri. Most deserts come paired with homemade ice cream, such as the “tiramiso” — a creative take on the Italian classic. Miso is added to sponge cake that’s interspersed with layers of creamy mascarpone before getting topped off with a quenelle of smooth coffee ice cream and flakes of Maldon salt, an excellent mix of salty and sweet. While Kin’s culinary style and ambience evoke fine-dining quality, the prices won’t break the bank. Most appetizers hover around $10, and the most expensive entree on the menu was below $25. Despite some of the restaurant’s more oddball traits (currently, children under 10 are not permitted) and the slightly cramped communal seating, those hungry for a fresh dining experience are likely to find it here. A more casual lunchtime ramen program is in the works and may begin in May. The restaurant is still in the process of applying for a liquor license, and diners are encouraged to BYOB. Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com.

Lamb is served with garganelli at Kin. P H O T O BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER

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house-made bread with black garlic and sesame oil, shaved Brussels sprouts salad with pickled cherries, “tiramiso”

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modern American cuisine showcasing local ingredients in an industrial stretch of Gert Town

Several of the city’s growing number of pop-up restaurants will participate in a showcase event at Propeller’s Broadmoor headquarters (4035 Washington Ave., 504-322-3282; www. gopropeller.org) on May 20 to welcome a fresh batch of local entrepreneurs to the New Orleans business scene. The Propeller pop-up event honors recent graduates of its 2014-2015 Accelerator class. The local nonprofit helps support and promote social innovation initiatives, and graduates of the 10-month program are involved in 15 new business ventures. The list of 10 pop-up vendors includes Mexican brunch purveyor Chilango, ice cream newbie Laurel’s Licks, Seoul Shack, Congreso Cubano, Joie de Vie, Stickball, Upper 9 Doughnuts, Blue Oak BBQ, L’enfant Terrible and Burmese food pop-up Lahpet. Dishes include a “Cowboy Lunchable” from Blue Oak BBQ: chopped Texas-style brisket with onions, pickles, cheddar cheese and barbecue sauce served on a saltine cracker. Jamie Trent, who runs the meatball-centric Stickball, will serve gluten-free crab cake balls and remoulade. The event runs from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and features music from local DJ and WWOZ-FM host Brice Nice, a silent auction, a pop-up art installation and “pop-themed” activities such as a balloon dart competition. Proceeds support the organization’s 2015-2016 Accelerator and alumni programming. Tickets are $35 general admission, $100 VIP early admission. Abita Brewing Co. and Martin Wine Cellar provide beer and wine. — HELEN FREUND PAGE 36

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riving down Washington Avenue, past the Blue Plate Artist Lofts, one could easily miss the isolated yellow building in the middle of an awkward triangular stretch of concrete bordered by a canal and the residential streets of Gert Town. The jewel-box sized structure is home to the new restaurant Kin, where owner Hieu Than and chef Nate Nguyen have been turning out an ambitious menu of modern American dishes that showcase the wide talents of a kitchen crew unafraid of taking risks. The venture could appear risky to some: The semi-industrial surroundings make Kin an unlikely recipient of walk-in traffic, there is no permanent menu and the restaurant doesn’t advertise. Yet the petite dining room has remained mostly packed since the restaurant opened a month and a half ago, the likely result of strong word-of-mouth among curious epicures. Diners are encouraged to make reservations, as the space includes just one long communal table and a smattering of seats — enough to accommodate roughly 25 people. A lacquered wooden bar adjacent to the restaurant’s open kitchen works for couples but is awkward for larger groups. Than, who recently cooked at Gautreau’s under the helm of chef Sue Zemanick, and Nguyen, are both Vietnamese immigrants raised in New Orleans. While they shy away from the term “fusion,” the kitchen crew takes pride in showing off a wide swath of Asian ingredients while packing in flavors and techniques heavily influenced by French and Italian cuisines. Diners should be aware that menu options are likely to change on a weekly, and sometimes even nightly, basis as the chefs have developed an affinity for recreating dishes on a whim. On a recent visit, service began with warm, house-made bread nestled alongside an umamiladen duo of black garlic and sesame oil topped with a dollop of silky butternut squash. Most dishes are visual stunners, and the chefs make ample use of fresh, seasonal produce, decorating plates with a colorful array of baby greens, delicate pea shoot tendrils, petals of sorrel leaves and other items. A salad of shaved Brussels sprouts is tossed with Parmesan and a light poppy seed vinaigrette, paired with pickled cherries and pecans

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Kream (8116 Oak St.), the eagerly anticipated Oak Street ice cream shop, is now open. The petite, purple parlor offers several flavors made fresh weekly using little more than the basic ingredients: organic sugar, heavy cream, milk and eggs. Flavors, which rotate on a weekly basis, include Bourbon Street, made with a bourbon ice cream base and chunks of pralines; smooth and creamy “Bananas Fester,” a mixture of bourbon– infused vanilla, brown sugar and banana; and Rockiest Road, a spot-on interpretation of the childhood favorite, packed with pillowy marshmallows, rich chocolate ice cream and almonds. For those in search of a lighter treat, Kream makes several bracingly fresh fruit popsicles, which are two-for-one during the shop’s daily happy hour from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Flavors include strawberry-basil, pina colada and cucumber-mint, among others. While Kream’s original aspirations included an array of boozy pops and cones, the current options contain only minimal traces of alcohol, used mainly for flavoring, and are considered safe for children. Kream’s owners say they hope to roll out several specials within the coming weeks including a date-night offer featuring apple pie a la mode and ice cream sandwiches and homemade sundaes on Sunday evenings. Kream is open from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. — HELEN FREUND

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Live Oak Cafe’s new leaf

Live Oak Cafe (8140 Oak St., 504-265-0050; www.liveoakcafenola.com) reopened recently in a newly renovated and expanded space with a large kitchen, a live music area and a pastry and coffee counter. Chef/co-owner Clare Leavy says the cafe still wants to be a neighborhood hangout, but also a place for picking up morning pastries and coffee on the run or a quick plate lunch to go. The new kitchen space and equipment, she says, are a game-changer. Previously the cooktop, oven, prep and serving area were in the dining room. “With this new equipment … it is possible for us to get really creative,” Leavy says. “We’re working into doing plate lunch specials Monday through Friday. We’re trying to do something interesting — but hearty food that anyone would like. A lot of our lunch business is people on the street who are at work and don’t have time to wait for a sit-down meal, so the take-away lunch gives us the ability to feed these people.” She and chef/co-owner Helena Hjort are expanding their morning offerings, including strong coffee and freshly baked pastries. “Helena is a fabulous baker and she’s bringing some recipes that she perfected in Sweden (her homeland), but also trying her hand at a lot of New Orleans favorites, so we’ve got pecan pie, fresh baked cinnamon rolls, seasonal fruit muffins,” Leavy says. There’s live acoustic music daily by a changing slate of artists, generally playing a different genre every day. “We’re still experimenting as to what the space can do,” says Leavy, who credits Jason van Ness, a server at Live Oak Cafe who also books music, with finding a variety of New Orleans musicians to play for breakfast and lunch crowds. Live Oak Cafe closed for renovations in December 2014 and reopened in March. It serves breakfast and lunch daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Breakfast includes eggs Benedict and huevos rancheros (both made using cage-free eggs), Mama Leavy’s pancakes and more. Lunch includes daily specials, sandwiches and sides made with locally produced ingredients. The cafe also added a fresh juice bar, which has seating for 10. — KANDACE POWER GRAVES

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Nina Compton

After finishing as runner up on season 11 of Bravo’s cooking competition Top Chef, which took place in New Orleans, chef Nina Compton moved to the Big Easy and will open her first restaurant, Compere Lapin (www.comperelapin.com) in June in the Old 77 Hotel and Chandlery (535 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-527-5271; www. old77hotel.com). Compton grew up in St. Lucia, trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York and built her reputation in Miami. She spoke to Gambit about progress at the restaurant, Jazz Fest and dining in the Crescent City.

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How is Compere Lapin coming along? Compton: It’s going well. It’s nice to see all the equipment coming in. We have an amazing design team that got nominated for a James Beard Award. They worked with what we had in the building — with all the brick and wood. When you walk into the restaurant it feels rustic and industrial, because it used to be a factory. It’s not shiny. Too shiny doesn’t work in New Orleans; it works in Miami, not here.

New Orleans is sometimes called the Caribbean’s northernmost city. Does it seem so to you? C: When I first came to New Orleans, I told people that the architecture is very similar to architecture in St. Lucia — the old French buildings. The cooking style [in St. Lucia] is hearty. We don’t do a gumbo, but we do a bouillon. We do pig tails, yams, potatoes and we put in calaloo, which is basically collard greens. There are a lot of similarities in the cooking. It’s an easy connection. — WILL COVIELLO

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What are you doing with your menu to adjust to New Orleans? C: I was in Miami for 14 years. At Scarpetta, I did Northern Italian cuisine. When I left, it was hard for me to not cook Italian food. It really opened my eyes to cooking simple food. When I moved to New Orleans, I thought I had a blank canvas to do whatever I wanted. The approach is modern American, which encompasses all of my training and my background and where I am right now. There will be a little bit of French, Italian and ingredients from Louisiana, and I am going to make it fun and different. Eventually I will use crawfish. I love crawfish. I definitely want to make inhouse sausages. I am not going to try to make gumbo — I am not going to set myself up for that. The great thing about New Orleans is that it’s so traditional and so deep rooted. There’s such a connection to food here. I found that out when I went to Jazz Fest. It’s about food as much as it’s about the music. People said, ‘Oh, you have to go see this guy, he makes the best crawfish bread.’ For the amount of people that go to Jazz Fest, it’s pretty amazing that the food is so well-seasoned; if it’s meant to be hot, it’s piping hot; if it’s meant to be cold, it’s cold. It’s restaurant-style food, and you can tell people really care. I think the food culture here is a lot stronger than in Miami. Miami is still a very new city. It has come a long way foodwise. I think here the focus is neighborhood restaurants. In Miami, it’s hotels and bigger restaurants. People here support each other a lot. People say, “Have you gone to see David Slater at Emeril’s or Alon at Shaya?” It’s tight-knit and supportive. I have only been here for seven weeks, but everything is so good. I haven’t had anything (at a restaurant) that’s just OK. We’re eating out all the time. The level of cooking here has very high standards.

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BEER buzz The craft beer scene in Mississippi has grown steadily since bans against homebrewing and beer above 6 percent alcohol by volume were lifted in 2012. On May 9, Southern Prohibition Brewing (www.soprobrewing.com) is celebrating its second anniversary with a street party in the brewery’s Hattiesburg neighborhood. The party starts at 2 p.m. and includes music, tours, food from local vendors and food trucks, the opportunity to purchase the brewery’s anniversary Lazarus Abbey Quad ale (which otherwise won’t be available until July), and of course, plenty of of beer in the beer garden. Downtown Hattiesburg’s Mobile Street will be closed to automobile traffic during the event. Beers from new Gulfport brewery Chandeleur Brewing Company (www.chandeleurbrew.com) arrive in New Orleans this week through Southern Eagle Distributing. The brewery’s four core beers will be available on draft: Lil’ Smack IPA, Surfside Wheat Ale, Curlew’s Toasted Coconut Porter and Freemason Golden Ale. Co-founder and Gulfport, Mississippi native Cain Roberds is excited about entering the Louisiana market, since that’s where the company’s namesake island chain is located, and he spent years boating and fishing in the Chandeleur Islands. The names of all of the brewery’s beers reflect landmarks and islands in the chain. Chandeleur’s head brewer, Dave Reese, is from Milwaukee. Chandeleur Brewing has been in production since late 2014 with a 30-barrel brewhouse and five 30-barrel fermenters. The beers are only on draft, but Roberds says he expects to make them available in cans in June. Reese and the brewery owners will introduce Chandeleur’s beers at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Avenue Pub (1732 St. Charles Ave., 504-586-9243; www.theavenuepub.com). — NORA McGUNNIGLE

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Marlborough is New Zealand’s most significant wine region and produces more than three-quarters of the country’s wines. In the 1980s and ’90s, Marlborough sauvignon blancs burst on the global wine scene and impressed drinkers with pungent aromas, tropical fruit, vegetal notes and crisp acidity. In the glass, it exhibits citrus, melon, subtle herbaceousness and lemon grass aromas. On the palate, taste grapefruit, lime zest, kiwi, stone fruit and a mineral character. Drink it with Asian cuisines, raw or grilled oysters, crawfish, mussels, poached fish, salads, avocados, asparagus and artichokes. Buy it at: Lakeview Grocery, most Rouses, Whole Foods Market on N. Broad, The Fresh Market Uptown, some Robert Fresh Markets, Second Vine Wine, Prytania Liquor, Dorignac’s and Langenstein’s in Metairie. Drink it at: Hard Rock Cafe, The Court of Two Sisters, Little Tokyo, Maple Street Cafe, P.F. Chang’s, InterContinental New Orleans, New Orleans Marriott, Harrah’s New Orleans, The Saint Hotel, The Westin New Orleans Canal Place, Hilton New Orleans Riverside and Friends Coastal Restaurant. — BRENDA MAITLAND Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net

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Cinco de Mayo

5 p.m. Tuesday Casa Borrega, 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654

www.casaborrega.com The celebration of Mexican independence features a roasted pig, tequila cocktails, music by Los Caballeros del Son, Fredy Omar con su Banda and Aaron Lopez-Barrante Trio and more.

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Belgian Beer and Cheese

7 p.m. Wednesday The Grill Room, Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St., (504) 522-1994

www.grillroomneworleans.com Sommelier John Mitchell hosts a pairing of Belgian beers and Belgian cheeses provided by St. James Cheese Company, plus there is charcuterie from Cleaver & Co. and bread from Bellegarde Bakery. Call (504) 5221994 for reservations. Tickets $40 plus tax and tip.

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6 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 522-9200

www.ogdenmuseum.org The Ogden Museum of Southern Art fundraiser features live music, a raffle, an open bar and food from local restaurants including Acme Oyster House, Redemption, Tivoli & Lee, Chappy’s and others. Tickets $50 for non-members, $30 Ogden Museum members.

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

What the doctor ordered “It’s an indica-sativa mix, 59 days flowering. You’ll taste sweet evergreen with light hints of pepper-spiciness.” — The host of Luck Pot, a San Francisco restaurant pop-up dinner that includes pot samplings paired with dinner courses, introduces diners to a marijuana variation called Girl Scout Cookies, as reported in The New York Times. The dinner was organized by companies that produce medical-use cannabis, and attendees needed to show a California Department of Public Health medical marijuana program ID card to attend the event.

Five Cuban-inspired sandwiches

1 Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 321 N. Peters St., (504) 609-3811 www.latitude29nola.com

The Hawaiian Cuban includes crispy pork belly, ham, Creole mustard and cream cheese on signature pineapple bread.

2 Cochon Butcher

930 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 588-2123 www.cochonbutcher.com

House-cured ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, dill pickles, banana peppers and jalapeno-cilantro puree fill a pressed Dong Phuong roll.

3 Norma’s Sweets Bakery

2925 Bienville St., (504) 309-5401 The cafe and grocery’s traditional Cuban features shredded, roasted pork, thick slices of ham, Swiss cheese and mustard on a buttery white roll with pickles on the side.

4 The Rum House

3128 Magazine St., (504) 941-7560 www.rumhousenola.com

Pulled pork, sliced ham, Swiss cheese, tomatoes, pickles and Creole horseradish aioli fill house-made Cuban rolls.

5 Wayfare

4510 Freret St., (504) 309-0069 www.wayfarenola.com

Orange mojo pork, ham, salami and Swiss cheese are dressed with house-cured pickles, jalapenos, charred onions, yellow mustard, guasacaca (a type of avocado salsa) and spicy mayonnaise on a water roll.

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SATURDAY, MAY 9 The Bulldog Uptown (3236 Magazine St., 504-891-1516; www.bulldog.draftfreak.com) 10 a.m. — The second annual Founders Brewing Company KBS Beer Brunch includes All Day IPA, 2014 KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout), 2015 KBS, Founders CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout), Imperial Stout and breakfast. Tickets $40.

Gnarly Barley Brewing (1709 Corbin Road, Hammond, 985-318-0723; www.gnarlybeer.com) Noon-3 p.m. — The brewery’s first anniversary party features special beers, music by Will Vance & the Kinfolk and food trucks. Limited-edition anniversary glasses are available. Admission $10. Mellow Mushroom (1645 Highway 190, Covington, 985-327-5407; www.mellowbrewfest.com) 5 p.m. — The fourth annual Larry Fest Twisted Beer Competition and Mellow Brew Fest features music, beer from local breweries, home-brewed beer, crawfish and pizza. The party is a fundraiser for WWOZFM held in memory of home brewer and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival-lover Larry Hartzog. Tickets are $15 in advance at Mellow Mushroom in Covington, and $20 at the door. PAGE 42

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ince last year’s American Craft Beer Week (ACBW), four new breweries have opened in Louisiana — The Courtyard Brewery, Mudbug Brewery, Broken Wheel Brewery and Flying Heart Brewing — bringing the state’s total number of breweries to 15. While the array of local beer offerings keeps growing, ACBW brings a host of events and specially brewed beers to the New Orleans area. “ACBW is such an important week for craft breweries, craft bars and restaurants, and for the craft community,” says Buck Brown, the “Louisiana Beer Ranger” for New Belgium Brewing Company. “It allows breweries to feature one-off, specialty and rare beers that highlight the inventive nature of the business. It also allows bars and restaurants to do something fun and interesting for the craft community.” ACBW 2015 (May 11-17) marks an anniversary for Gnarly Barley Brewing in Hammond. “This will be our second American Craft Beer Week as a brewery, since we rolled out last year during it,” says Gnarly Barley co-founder Cari Caramonta. “We will always remember this time as a very important week for us as a brewery.” The brewery’s first anniversary party is Saturday, May 9, just before ACBW starts. ACBW officially begins Monday, May 11, but there are several beer events scheduled on the weekend

before, including Gnarly Barley’s party, the fourth annual Larry Fest Twisted Beer Competition and Mellow Brew Fest and The Avenue Pub and Bayou Teche’s annual Mother’s Day crawfish boil. Beer events kick off Monday at The Avenue Pub’s barrel-aged beer night. Owner Polly Watts says she moved the event to Monday to focus on big beers later in the week. A few brews to look forward to sampling are Southern Prohibition Brewing’s barrel-aged Ragana Baltic porter, Yalobusha bourbon barrel-aged Heavy Hitter and two versions of barrel-aged NOLA Brewing’s Irish Channel Stout — one aged in Four Roses barrels, and one called Rumplestoutskin, which is aged in Old New Orleans Rum barrels. Tuesday features several food-focused beer events, including a multi-course beer dinner at The Chimes in Covington, a New Belgium beer and cheese pairing at St. James Cheese Company and a Gnarly Barley event at Cochon Butcher highlighting the brewery’s special Buffalo Trace Eagle Rare barrel-aged Korova Milk Porter paired with small plates from the restaurant. On Wednesday, Palace Cafe hosts a beer dinner with Baton Rouge brewery Tin Roof Brewing Company, and The Avenue Pub taps the rising local interest in sour, wild and spontaneously fermented beers. Cooter Brown’s Tavern’s craft beer-focused nook, the Snooty Cooter, offers some of New Belgium’s rarer beers, and The Bulldog location on Magazine Street will tap a variety of hardto-find beers from Bayou Teche, Chafunkta Brewing Company, Tin Roof and Gnarly Barley. Local women’s beer appreciation group Girls Pint Out holds an event at SoBou on Thursday in conjunction with New Belgium. Mixologist Abigail Gullo will use New Belgium’s new Pear Ginger Beer in cocktails. Also on Thursday, Bywater burger joint Junction Bar & Grill hosts an outdoor crawfish boil featuring special beers from Bayou Teche and Tin Roof.

Deuce McAllister’s Ole Saint Kitchen and Tap (132 Royal St., 504-309-4797; www.olesaint.com) The restaurant has the largest American craft beer selection in the French Quarter. Happy Hour (3 p.m.7 p.m. Monday through Friday) features more than 50 American craft beers at two-for-one prices. Root (200 Julia St., 504-252-9480; www.rootnola.com) Beer and charcuterie pairing courses feature Great Raft Brewing’s three flagship beers. Crescent City Brewhouse (527 Decatur St., 504-522-0571; www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com) There’s an IPA made with Warrior and Magnum hops, and the Brewhouse sampler includes boudin balls, meat pies, hot wings and four beer samples for $13.95.

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Several new participants will host events at the end of ACBW. Ale on Oak has events scheduled most nights of ACBW and will throw a Brooklyn Brewery party on Friday. Courtyard Brewery taps a collaborative cask-conditioned version of Gnarly Barley’s Korova Milk Porter aged with port-deglazed currants and cacao nibs. The Metairie location of World of Beer co-hosts a crawfish boil with Bayou Teche on Saturday. Wood Pizza Bistro and Taphouse hosts a boil on its patio on Sunday and serves cask and draft versions of the brand new Chafunkta brew, Bayou Blaze. Local beer enthusiasts have many options to choose from at ACBW, including beers from new Louisiana breweries and their latest offerings such as NOLA Brewing’s Funk series and Abita Brewing Company’s barrelaged series. There also are new products from out-of-state breweries such as Oskar Blues Brewery and Lagunitas Brewing Company. On Saturday, The Avenue Pub hosts the sixth annual ACBW Grand Tasting, which features beers from across the country. “Every year I think I’m not going to be able to top the year before, and then it happens,” Watts says. “That’s a testament to the many more options and the increasing maturity of our regional craft breweries and their expanded offerings.” Scott Wood, co-founder and head brewer at Courtyard Brewery, says, “As a craft brewery and taproom, every week is craft beer week for us. American Craft Beer Week is about celebrating the hard work that brewers and industry members carry on day in and day out. Introducing new people to good things and making them a part of the beer community are our overriding goals.” “If alcohol is liquid courage, craft beer is liquid friendship and we’re just here to make friends,” he adds. But ACBW isn’t just for converted beer enthusiasts. “The week itself can get pretty hectic,” says Vanessa Gomes, craft brand manager at distributor Champagne Beverage Company. “But when you get that one person at that one event that says, ‘I don’t even normally like beer, but I like this!’ suddenly it was all worth it.” Abita President David Blossman sums it all up when he says, “American Craft Beer Week is a wonderful opportunity for Abita and other craft breweries across the nation to showcase the strength and creativity of the industry. …[A] s a pioneer in craft brewing, we are proud of what our movement has achieved.”

SUNDAY, MAY 10 The Avenue Pub (1732 St. Charles Ave., 504-586-9243; www.theavenuepub.com) 3 p.m. — At Bayou Teche’s Mother’s Day crawfish boil, moms get a free plate of crawfish and a pint of Bayou Teche or a “Mom’osa” (made with Passionne wheat ale brewed with Louisiana passion fruit). Several hard-tofind beers will be available on tap, including Syrup in the Sky, a rye ale aged in Evan Williams barrels and Cop-Cop, a French ale aged with local honey and elderflowers. Lager’s International Ale House (3501 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-887-9923; www.lagersmetairie. draftfreak.com) 5 p.m. — The Tin Roof crawfish boil and ACBW kick-off features Strawberry King Cake Killer, Smoke Stack smoked brown ale, Yonder Hefewizen and Turnrow Coriander Ale.

MONDAY, MAY 11 Ale on Oak (8124 Oak St, 504-324-6558; www.aleonoak.com) 7 p.m. — Great Raft Brewing party features Old Mad Joy Baltic porter on tap. The Avenue Pub 3 p.m. — Barrel-Aged Beer Night features Great Raft, NOLA Brewing, Southern Prohibition, Gnarly Barley, Bayou Teche, Founders, Goose Island Beer Company, Yalobusha and others. A $30 tasting ticket includes six pours. Due to demand, Founders’ KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) and CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) and Goose Island Bourbon Country Stout will be tapped at 7 p.m. and are available to ticket-holders until 8 p.m. The Barley Oak (2101 Lakeshore Drive, Mandeville, 985-7277420; www.thebarleyoak.com) 7 p.m. — The Release event for Chafunka Bayou Blaze and New Belgium Snapshot Wheat includes pint glass giveaways. The Bulldog Mid-City (5135 Canal Blvd., 504-488-4180; www.bulldog-midcity.draftfreak.com) 6 p.m. — Tin Roof Strawberry King Cake Killer is featured. 8 p.m.-10 p.m. — A tasting flight of St. Arnold Brewing Company brews includes Bishop’s Barrels No. 8 and No. 9, Pumpkinator and Boiler Room. The Bulldog Uptown 6 p.m.-8 p.m. — New Belgium Night features Cocoa Mole, La Folie, Pear Ginger Beer and New Belgium Brewery Love Cherry Oscar. The Chimes Covington (19130 Rogers Lane, Covington, 985-892-5396; www.thechimes.com/restaurants/3) 5 p.m. — Gnarly Barley presents its double dry-hopped Radical Rye P.A. Red White & Brew (120 E. Thomas St., Hammond, 985-345-1211; www.redwhitebrew.com) 6 p.m. — Beer 101 class. Reservations are required.

World of Beer (4100 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-266-2689; www.worldofbeer.com/ locations/metairie) 6:30 p.m. — East vs. West offers a free Louisiana brewery draft beer with the purchase of bottles of beer from the West and East coasts.

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Ale On Oak 5 p.m. — Chafunka’s new Bayou Blaze is released. The Avenue Pub 3 p.m. — American Brewers Do Belgium is an exploration of American interpretations of classic Belgian beer styles. Tickets are $15 and include six samples. All beers are available a la carte. The Barley Oak 7 p.m. — Founders Brewing is featured. The Bulldog Mid-City 8 p.m.-10 p.m. — The SweetWater Brewing Company tap takeover features 18th Anniversary Belgian tripel ale, Dank Tank, Blue and 420 Extra Pale Ale. The Bulldog Uptown 6 p.m.-8 p.m. — Southern Night features 40 Arpent double dryhopped IPA; Yalobusha Guard Your Heart saison and Testify barrel-aged milk stout; Great Raft Provisions and Traditions Volume 2 — Gose (a collaboration with the John Besh Foundation) and barrel-aged Old Mad Joy; and NOLA Brewing’s Hurricane Saison, which is dry-hopped With Belma hops, Sauvage Brett Pale Ale, which is dry-hopped with Galaxy, and a new stout aged in Four Roses barrels. 8 p.m.-10 p.m. — Saint Arnold beers are available in tasting flights. The Chimes Covington 7 p.m. — The third annual ACBW beer dinner features Brooklyn Brewery’s Greenmarket Wheat and K is For Kriek, Parish Brewing’s Grand Reserve, The Bruery’s Saison Rue, Oskar Blues’ Deviant Dale’s IPA and Sierra Nevada Barrel-Aged Narwhal. The dinner costs $50 plus tax. Cochon Butcher (930 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-5887675; www.cochonbutcher.com) 5:30 p.m. — Food is paired with Gnarly Barley’s Buffalo Trace Eagle Rare barrel-aged Korova Milk Porter. Lager’s International Ale House 7 p.m. — The Samuel Adams tap takeover features Boston Lager, Summer Ale, Curious Traveler, Angry Orchard, Grumpy Monk and Porch Rocker. Gordon Biersch (200 Poydras St., 504-552-2739; www.gordonbiersch.com/locations/new-orleans) PAGE 44

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5 p.m. — The brewpub’s new brewer, Sonny Day, will attend the $3 Super Tuesday happy hour. Red White & Brew 6 p.m. — A special keg of Tin Roof’s Smoke Stack smoked brown ale will be tapped.

St. James Cheese Company (5004 Prytania St., 504-899-4737; www.stjamescheese.com) 7 p.m.-9 p.m. — The New Belgium Brewing beer and cheese pairing features La Folie, Transatlantique Kriek, Snapshot, Slow Ride and Pear Ginger Beer. Giveaways include a New Belgium Bluetooth speaker and other items. Tickets $30. World of Beer 6:30 p.m. — The event features Tin Roof beers Yonder Hefeweizen and the limited-release Russian imperial stout, Smiling Ivan.

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The Avenue Pub 3 p.m. — Funk Night features sour beers and wild ales from NOLA Brewing, New Belgium, Evil Twin Brewing, Great Raft, Grimm Artisanal Ales, Destihl Brewery, The Bruery and more. Tickets are $16 for six pours and all beers are available a la carte. The Barley Oak 7 p.m. — Featured beers include NOLA Brewing’s Coffee Stout and Hurricane Saison dry-hopped with Belma, as well as beers from Sam Adams, Brooklyn Brewery and the Thibodeaux-based Mudbug Brewing. The Bulldog Mid-City 6 p.m.-8 p.m. — A cask of Abita Ginger Restoration Ale will be tapped. 8 p.m.-10 p.m. — Gnarly Barley Catahoula Common with a special infusion will be tapped. The Bulldog Uptown 6 p.m.-10 p.m. — Featured beers include Bayou Teche’s Bayou Peche double peach and barrel-aged Biere Joi; Tin Roof’s Smiling Ivan Russian imperial stout and Yonder Hefeweizen; Chafunkta Bayou Blaze Irish Red; Southern Prohibition Soul Glow Saison and 2015 IPA; and a specialty infusion of Gnarly Barley’s Radical Rye P.A. The Chimes Covington 5 p.m. — West Coast Flight Night features Sierra Nevada Ovila Abbey Quad, Sierra Nevada Ovila Abbey Tripel, North Coast Brewing’s 2013 Old Stock Cellar Reserve and Stone Brewing’s Old Guardian 2014. Admission is $10.50. Columbia Street Tap Room 6 p.m. — Lazy 10, the 10th anniversary ale from Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company, is featured. Cooter Brown’s Tavern (509 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-866-9104; www.cooterbrowns.com) 5pm — New Belgium Night features

EAT Abbey Ale, Skinny Dip, Trippel, Rampant Imperial IPA and more. Fat Harry’s (4330 St. Charles Ave., 504-895-9582; www.fatharrysneworleans.com) 6 p.m. — Gnarly Barley draft beers are featured.

Gordon Biersch 7 p.m. — A four-course dinner pairs dishes with the brewery’s beers. The meal costs $35. Palace Cafe (605 Canal St., 504-523-1661; www.palacecafe.com)

7:30 p.m. — The Tin Roof beer dinner features Louisiana crawfish gnocchi paired with Yonder Hefeweizen, lamb served with Perfect Tin Amber Ale and Tin Roof tart a la bouille paired with Parade Ground Coffee Porter. The dinner costs $60, including tax and tip.

Red White & Brew 6 p.m. — A keg of Founders’ Backwoods Bastard will be tapped. World of Beer 6:30 p.m. — SweetWater Brewery beers are featured.

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Gordon Biersch 5 p.m. — New head brewer Sonny Day taps a special beer, and there are free tastings. Junction Bar & Grill (3021 St. Claude Ave., 504-2720205; www.junctionnola.com) 6 p.m. — The crawfish boil features beers from Bayou Teche and Tin Roof. Bayou Teche taps a firkin of a specialty beer. In addition, Bayou Teche’s Biere Pale, Crawfish Saison and Bayou Peche Peach IPA will be available on tap. Featured drafts from Tin Roof include Yonder Hefeweizen, Juke Joint IPA and Strawberry King Cake Killer. Brewery staff from Bayou Teche and Tin Roof will offer giveaways. Lager’s International Ale House 6 p.m. — The bourbon barrel-aged beer night at Lager’s features a keg every hour such as Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout), Founders CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout), Yalobusha Testify and Great Raft barrel-aged Old Mad Joy. Red White & Brew 6 p.m. — Gnarly Barley presents Korova Milk Porter aged in a barrel from Donner-Peltier LA1 Whiskey. SoBou (310 Chartres St., 504-552-4095; www.sobounola.com) 6 p.m.-8 p.m. — The Girls Pint Out and New Belgium Brewing event features Pear Ginger Beer cocktails and a Gilligan’s Island theme. Costumes are encouraged. Admission is $15 and includes several beer cocktail samples and a full beer cocktail. There are copper mug and glassware giveaways.

FRIDAY, MAY 15 Ale on Oak 8 p.m. — the Brooklyn Brewery party features special kegs of Brooklyn beers. The Avenue Pub 1 p.m. — There are special kegs and casks from Abita, NOLA Brewing, Chafunkta, Parish Brewing and Great Raft. The Barley Oak 7 p.m. — There are featured beers from Abita, Yalobusha and Mudbug. Brady’s Wine Warehouse (1029 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., Suite. C, 504-662-1488; www. bradyswinewarehouse.com) 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. — Free beer samples are offered. The Bulldog Mid-City 6 p.m.-8 p.m. — New Belgium Transatlantique Kriek Cher-

NEW ORLEANS ry Sour, Abbey and La Folie are featured. 8 p.m.-10 p.m. — Highlighted beers are NOLA Brewing’s Coffee Stout Hurricane Saison dry-hopped with Belma and Orange You Glad You Didn’t Say… from the NOLA Funk series.

The Bulldog Uptown 7 p.m. — West Coast Night features Stone Brewing’s imperial Russian stout and Stone Delicious IPA; Lagunitas Waldo’s Special Ale and ScareCity; Green Flash Brewing’s Le Freak; and Sierra Nevada barrel-aged Yonder Bock, Hoptimum and Ovila Abbey Saison with Mandarin. The Chimes Covington 5 p.m. — A cask of Abita Ginger Restoration is tapped. Columbia Street Tap Room 6 p.m. — Founders Brewing’s KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) is featured. Courtyard Brewery (1020 Erato St.; www.courtyardbrewing.com) 6 p.m. — A collaboration with Gnarly Barley features cask-conditioned Korova Milk Porter aged with port wine-deglazed currants and cacao nibs. Cooter Brown’s Tavern 5 p.m. — Gnarly Barley serves a special cask-conditioned raspberry Korova Milk Porter. Evangeline (329 Decatur St., 504-908-8008; www.evangelineneworleans.com) 3 p.m. — Covington Brewery night features the brewery’s new Pale Ale, Anonymous IPA and its flagship pilsner on draft. Brewery staff will be on hand at 6 p.m. to give away swag and answer questions. Lager’s International Ale House 5 p.m. — Abita presents bourbon barrel-aged Bourbon Street Imperial Stout and cask-conditioned Ginger Restoration Pale Ale. Harrah’s New Orleans, HooDoo Lounge (8 Canal St., 504-533-6000; www.caesars.com/ harrahs-new-orleans) 7 p.m.-9 p.m. — Abita presents cask-conditioned Ginger Restoration Pale Ale. Red White & Brew 6 p.m. — The event features Bayou Teche’s Bayou Peche and Persimmon Sour.

SATURDAY, MAY 16 The Avenue Pub 1 p.m. — The Grand Tasting features specialty kegs and bottles

from local and national brewers. Last bottle will be opened at 7 p.m., and the last ticket sold at 8 p.m. Beers are available individually or 10 pours for $30.

The Bulldog Mid City 2 p.m. — Featured beers include 2014 Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) and 2014 Founders CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout). 6 p.m.-8 p.m. – A Shiner brewery specialty infusion is served. The Bulldog Uptown 7 p.m. — Parish Brewing Night features Ghost In the Machine double IPA, Dr Hoptagon black IPA and Grand Reserve 2014. The Chimes Covington 6 p.m. — Covington Brewery presents its summer seasonal release, Rock & Roll Summer Farmhouse Ale. Cooter Brown’s Tavern Noon — Oysters are served with four Lazy Magnolia beers including its 10th anniversary release. Lager’s International Ale House 5 p.m. — A tap takeover features Bayou Teche beers. Red White & Brew 6 p.m. — Covington Brewhouse taps a special beer. World of Beer 6 p.m. — Bayou Teche hosts a crawfish boil and serves Bayou Peche and Biere Joi. Crawfish are $10 per box.

SUNDAY, MAY 17 Junction Bar & Grill 2 p.m. — The backyard party features NOLA Brewing and 40 Arpent beers, including a specially brewed firkin of Raspberry Milk Stout from 40 Arpent. Also available on draft are 40 Arpent’s Delacroix Abbey Ale and Duckweed IPA. NOLA Brewing selections include NOLA Rebirth Pale Ale, 7th Street Wheat and its latest sour offering, Piety Sour. Brewmasters from both breweries will be on hand with giveaways. Wood Pizza Bistro and Taphouse (404 Andrew Higgins Drive, 504-281-4893; www.woodpizzaneworleans.com) 3 p.m.-6 p.m. — The Chafunkta Bayou Blaze release party and crawfish boil features Bayou Blaze on tap and in casks. World of Beer 11 a.m.-3 p.m. — The New Belgium Beerunch features “beer-mosas” made with Snapshot wheat and added ingredients through the infusion tower as well as several other special New Belgium beers.

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The Avenue Pub 3 p.m. — Hop Night includes IPAs and double IPAs from Parish Brewing, New Belgium, Southern Prohibition, NOLA Brewing, Great Raft, Yalobusha, Bayou Teche, Oskar Blues, Chandeleur and more. Tickets are $15 for six beer samples and all beers are available a la carte. The Barley Oak 7 p.m. — Lazy Magnolia and Parish Brewing beers will be offered. 8 p.m. — Gnarly Barley Buffalo Trace Eagle Rare barrel-aged Korova Milk Porter is served. The Bulldog Mid-City 6 p.m.-8 p.m. — Chafunkta’s Bayou Blaze Irish Red Ale, Kingfish Ale and Old 504 are featured. 8 p.m.-10 p.m. — Bayou Teche’s Peach Double IPA and barrel-aged Biere Joi are featured. The Bulldog Uptown 6 p.m. -8 p.m. — Abita Night features Bourbon Street barrel-aged Milk Stout, Amber, Strawberry Harvest Lager, Wrought Iron, Andygator and Purple Haze. 8 p.m.-10 p.m. — The Sam Adams showcase includes Porch Rocker, Grumpy Monk and Downtime Pils. The Chimes Covington 7 p.m. — 40 Arpent Chocolate Peanut Butter cask ale is served.

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AMERICAN Colonial Bowling Lanes — 6601 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, (504) 737-2400; www.colonialbowling.net — The kitchen serves breakfast in the morning and a lunch and dinner menu of sandwiches, burgers, chicken wings and tenders, pizza, quesdaillas and more. Daily specials include red beans and rice on Mondays and seafood platters on Friday. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino. com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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. Creole Italian pizza is topped with red sauce, spicy shrimp, Roma tomatoes, feta, mozzarella, red onions and pesto sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

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F E AT U R I N G

JUSTIN KENNEDY of Parkway MATT MURPHY of Irish House ERIC SAVOIE of Da Wabbit RENÉ BAJEUX of J.W. Marriott.

CATFISH + CORN SALAD + MAC AND CHEESE + DESSERT

Ale — 8124 Oak St.; (504) 324-6558; www.aleonoak.com — Lamb sliders are served with feta and mint chimichurri. The Mexican Coke-braised brisket sandwich comes with coleslaw and roasted garlic aioli. Reservations accepted for large parties. Late-lunch Fri., dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

bles and is served with sun-dried tomato pesto. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves chips with salsa and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more. Fried catfish is topped with onion rings and served with mashed potatoes. Panko-crusted avacado is topped with shrimp salsa. The restaurant is dog-friendly. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill.com — The sports bar offers burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, steaks and a wide array of bar noshing items. Boiled seafood options include shrimp and crabs. Open 24-hours Thursday through Sunday. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www. therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www. warehousegrille.com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items including chicken wings and duck crepes with spiced cherry glaze. For brunch, there’s chicken and waffles with Pabst Blue Ribbon syrup. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BURGERS

Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 302-9357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-ounce Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $

Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar. com — This burger specialist’s patty options include beef, bison, shrimp and veggie. The House burger is dressed with cheddar, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, mayonnaise and mustard and served with house-made chips. The Cobb salad features romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, avocado, tomato, onion, applewood-smoked bacon, blue cheese, croutons and buttermilk ranch or honey-mustard dressing. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www. downthehatchnola.com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The house-made veggie burger combines 15 vegeta-

Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, po-boys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. Besides patty melts and chili-cheese-

burgers, there also are seafood burgers featuring tuna, salmon or crabmeat. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. 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 topping options such as grilled onions or mushrooms, tomatoes, pickles, jalapenos, hot sauce and barbecue sauce. There also are hot dogs, grilled cheese and grilled cheese and vegetable sandwiches and fries. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines. com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. The ham and honey-Dijon panino is topped with feta and watercress. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret.com — Casual dining options include burgers, sandwiches and half and whole muffuletta rounds and daily lunch specials. Wednesday features steak night. Reservations accepted. Lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 4821264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — Students in the workforce development program prepare traditional and creative versions of local favorites. The

OUT to EAT Cajun Cobb salad features panseared shrimp, smoked sausage and blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 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. The seafood omelet contains crawfish, shrimp, tomatoes and mushrooms and is topped with cheese. 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. $

CHINESE 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 served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

CONTEMPORARY

The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — The bar offers a large selection of wines by the glass and full restaurant menu. Mussels are steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. Chicken mofongo features plantains stuffed with stewed chicken. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ Fulton Alley — 600 Fulton St., (504) 208-5569; www.fultonalley.com — The kitchen at this upscale bowling alley offers Southern-influenced cuisine. The menu includes sandwiches, salads, meat pies, sliders, deviled eggs and smoked and fried chicken wings. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. House-made leek, ricotta and pumpkin seed ravioli are served with butternut squash cream sauce and grilled asparagus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-

lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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

MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 6444992; www.memesbarandgrille. com — MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. New Orleans-style barbecue shrimp are prepared in their shells and served with peppery lemon, garlic and butter sauce. Char-grilled Louisiana oysters are topped with butter, Parmesan and parsley. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www. antoines.com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. The Cuban sandwich features house-made roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www.bistroorleansmetairie.com — Popular dishes include oyster and artichoke soup, char-grilled oysters and wild-caught Des Allemands catfish. Blackened redfish is served with jambalaya, coleslaw and garlic bread. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovative takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing as well as classics such as its signature bananas Foster. Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook. com/cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www. neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www. mamommashouse.com — Traditional home-style Creole dishes include red beans and rice, shrimp pasta, fried chicken, cornbread and more. Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and three or six fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and

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. The breakfast menu includes pain perdu, crab cakes Benedict, omelets, waffles and more. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Tableau’s updated Creole cuisine includes bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter and grilled Two Run Farm lamb chops served with New Orleans-style barbecue sauce. Balcony and courtyard dining available. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun. com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www.mardigraszone. com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven. The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna. Vegan pizzas also are available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 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-

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

night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

OUT to EAT made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole mustard on an onion roll. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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

INDIAN

1-800-Gambino www.Gambinos.com

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

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INTERNATIONAL

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

Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna and seafood dishes with shrimp, clams and mussels. Sicilian egg pie features eggs baked with cream and spices in puff pastry. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — House-made cannelloni is stuffed with ground veal, spinach and Parmesan, baked in Alfredo sauce and topped with house-made tomato sauce. Creamy corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread bowl. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www. japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN

LATIN AMERICAN

Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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

Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www. criollonola.com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato

coulis. Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www. dickandjennys.com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole and Italian dishes. Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and panfried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504) 522-5478; www.martisnola.com — This brasserie serves traditional French and contemporary Louisiana cooking. The grande plateau fruits de mer features whole Maine lobster, chilled shrimp, marinated snow crab claws, oysters on the half shell and scallop ceviche. Grilled Texas quail is served with spaetzle, oyster mushrooms, corn and Pommery mustard sauce. Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Redemption — 3835 Iberville St., (504) 309-3570; www.redemption-nola.com — Bloody mary char-broiled oysters are served with pickled okra and Asiago cheese. Duck cassoulet includes roasted duck breast, duck confit and Terranova Italian sausage topped with foie gras. Reservations recommended. Dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www. tivoliandlee.com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine in a small plate format, with dishes ranging from andouille potato tots to fried oysters. The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers. Half a roasted chicken comes with dirty spaetzle, sweet tea glaze and greens. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

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leaves, hummus, falafel and other appetizers. Patrons may bring their own alcohol. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

cream sauce, chimichurri, mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

Del Fuego Taqueria — 4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797; www. delfuegotaqueria.com — The taqueria serves an array of house salsas, tacos and burritos with filling choices including carne asada, carnitas, chorizo, shredded chicken and others. Tostadas con pescada ahumada features achiote-smoked Gulf fish over corn tostadas with refried black beans, cabbage and cilantro-lime mayonesa. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www. facebook.com/casaborrega — The barroom and cantina is decorated with folk art, and there’s seating in the back courtyard. Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — The eatery is known for its bean dip and spinach and artichoke quesadillas. The El General combo plate includes a beef burrito, beef chile relleno, chicken enchilada, a chicken taco and guacamole. The menu also includes fajitas, chimichangas and more. Kids eat free on Mondays. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Coyote Blues — 4860 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 301-3848; www.coyotebluesfreshmex.com — Shrimp and crawfish chimichanga is a fried burrito stuffed with shrimp and crawfish in cream sauce, Mexican rice and chili con queso and served with two sides. The churrascaria platter features skewers of marinated beef, chicken, jumbo shrimp, jalapeno sausage, peppers and onions and comes with chipotle

Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Fiske’s Martini Bar and Restaurant — 301 Dauphine St., (504) 586-0972 — This French Quarter hideaway is is known for its martini menu. Louisiana crab

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Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

The Queen & Crescent Hotel Bar (344 Camp St., 504-587-9700; www.qandc.com) serves pizzas and creative small plates.

OUT to EAT and roasted Creole tomato fondue is finished with manchego cheese, scallions and grilled crostini. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola. com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood poboys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 265-0050; www.liveoakcafenola. com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros with corn tortillas, black beans, fried eggs, ranchero sauce, salsa and Cotija cheese. Baked goods include pecan pie, cinnamon rolls and seasonal fruit muffins. There’s live acoustic music daily. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ 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. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. Potato and cheese pierogies are served with fried onions and sour cream. No reservations. Dinner and late-night 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 and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta. The menu also includes biscuits topped with gravy or chicken tenders with andouille and chorizo gravy. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb. com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant. com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb shank, lima beans with a ham hock and chicken fried steak served with macaroni and cheese. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this MidCity restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA 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. Roasted garlic pizza is topped with roasted whole garlic cloves, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, feta and mozzarella. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 483-6464; www.gspizza.com — Pies feature hand-tossed, house-made dough and locally sourced produce. The NOLA Greenroots pie features house-made sauce, mozzarella, black olives, mushrooms, onions, organic spinach, bell peppers, roasted red peppers, artichokes and roasted garlic. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza. com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — The pizzeria serves thin-crust pies topped with many local ingredients, including Chisesi ham and sausage from Terranova Brothers. Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings, or try a special such as the Mid City Meat Monster, loaded with pepperoni, ham, bacon, meat balls and hot sausage. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria. com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www. theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys. com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop — 3454 Magazine St., (504) 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com — The Peacemaker layers fried local oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese on Leidenheimer French bread. Angus’ pot roast beef po-boy is served dressed on Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www.traceysnola. com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo, soups, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

SEAFOOD 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. Char-broiled oysters are topped with garlic butter and Parmesan and served with garlic bread. Reservations accepted.Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola. com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted.

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Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 8380022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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

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

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Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www. austinsno.com — Austin’s serves

Good Karma Cafe — Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St., (504) 401-4698; www.swanriveryoga. com — The Malaysian curry bowl

features vegetables and soy protein over brown or basmati rice. 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. The cafe serves free trade and organic coffee. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Sat. Credit cards. $$ Seed — 1330 Prytania St., (504) 302-2599; www.seedyourhealth. com — Seed uses local, organic ingredients in its eclectic global menu, including soups, salads, nachos, sandwiches and more. Raw pad thai features shredded cucumber, carrots, peppers, jicama, bean sprouts and peanuts in house-made marinade. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

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Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www.halfshellneworleans.com — The Bayou Boogaloo breakfast features a three-egg omelet with sauteed shrimp and crawfish with fried oysters and shrimp sauce on top. Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped char-grilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$

Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar (7900 Lakeshore Drive, 504-284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com) serves a variety of seafood dishes.

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Game of thieves

The NOLA Project stages Robin Hood in NOMA’s sculpture garden. By Will Coviello

John (Jared Gore), Merry Men Alan A Dale (Becca Chapman) and Scarlet (Natalie Boyd), their nemesis Prince John, Friar Tuck (Cavan Hallman), the Sheriff of Nottingham (Jake Bartush) and Maid Marian (Kaitlyn McQuin). But Vaught also added Eleanor of Aquitaine (Trina Beck), mother of King Richard and Prince John, and he gave Marian a more meaningful role. “In a lot of the movies, she is either smiling gently or screaming crazily,” Vaught says. “I wanted to make sure she had more to do.” Vaught also starts the story with a very dramatic proposition. Rather than have Robin’s scheme neatly trim the wealth of royal classes in relatively small, harmless, staggered pieces, Robin unwittingly absconds with a huge sum — one whose absence cannot go unnoticed in the kingdom. Choosing what to do with it is a complicated responsibility. “It’s a story about Robin Hood overstepping his abilities,” Vaught says. “We’re exposing the notion of it’s all fine and good (to steal from the rich and give to the poor), but why are you doing it and whose interests are involved with you doing it? That’s something Robin has to figure out. Does he love the poor and want them to feel better? ... [O]r does it put those people he’s claiming to help in a larger conflict they aren’t ready for or don’t want to be in?” Director Beau Bratcher, who directed Peter and the Starcatcher (David Barry’s adaptation of the Peter Pan story) at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre in fall 2014, also sees the story as being about Robin Hood’s personal challenge. “We see a Robin who ... is impetuous and passionate and full of flaws,” Bratcher says. “He’s a little hot-head-

ed. We get to see him become someone who Kaitlyn McQuin, James Bartelle, Becca puts other people first.” Chapman and Jared Gore star in Robin The play is the second Hood: Thief, Brigand. non-Shakespeare work The NOLA Project will P H OTO BY J O HN B A RR O I S present in the sculpture garden. Allegra notes that its past ShakeMay 6-24 (No show May 8) MAY speare productions in Robin Hood: Thief, Brigand the garden, such as 7 p.m. Wed.-Fri. & Sun. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, have been friendSydney and Walda Bestly to young audiences, hoff Sculpture Garden but the company didn’t 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle want to institutionalize only doing Shakespeare (504) 658-4100 there. In choosing prowww.noma.org ductions, the company has looked for classic www.nolaproject.com works that offer broad Tickets $20 general admisappeal and are in the sion, $14 NOMA/Backstage public domain, relieving it of having to acquire Pass members rights and making it easy to adapt their own versions. The company recently released its 2015-2016 schedule, and it includes Don Quixote in the garden next spring. Also on the schedule are Marie Antoinette, to be directed by Mark Routhier, Adam Szymkowikcz’s immersive comedy Clown Bar, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale at NOMA, and Irish playwright John B. Keane’s Sive.

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he romantic defiance and vigilante social justice of Robin Hood stealing from the rich and giving to the poor has been recounted innumerable times — for centuries in British literature and often in American film. Errol Flynn starred in the 1938 classic The Adventures of Robin Hood, and the story was a hit for Disney animators in 1973, in a lively and sweet version narrated and sung by Roger Miller. But another version, not likely to endure as a classic, captured the imaginations of local actor/playwright Andrew Vaught and NOLA Project Artistic Director A.J. Allegra when they were young. “As a child of the ’90s, I did enjoy the Kevin Costner version,” Allegra says, while waiting for a rehearsal to begin. “But in my own defense, I now hear that that version is unwatchable.” Vaught, who makes the same disclaimer about liking Costner’s 1991 film, wrote Robin Hood: Thief, Brigand, the account The NOLA Project is presenting in partnership with the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) at the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. When Allegra approached him about writing the piece, Vaught was wrapped up in an actual classic, and the inspiration seemed perfect. “I had just started reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, so my head was in a swashbuckling vein anyway,” Vaught says. “It seemed like a pretty spot-on thing for me to attempt, and I really like sword fights, so this was an opportunity to add sword fights.” Allegra carried a sword in some scenes of Adventures in Wonderland, the adaptation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that The NOLA Project presented in the sculpture garden last spring. That show was particularly friendly to young audiences, and this piece is as well (ages 7 and up). Though the company roves around the trees and field in the clearing at the garden’s entrance, audiences do not travel through the garden and can set up chairs or blankets. Robin Hood is an adventure with swords, archery, mischief and chase scenes. It also features several songs and plenty of physical comedy. At one point, Prince John (Alex Martinez Wallace) has one of his goons relieve a man of his coins by hoisting him upside down and shaking him till his pockets empty. A bunch of lords, once relieved of their wealth, become a troupe of hilariously self-entitled but ineffectual buffoons. Robin Hood: Thief, Brigand features many familiar characters: Robin (James Bartelle), his sidekick Little

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Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 9 Lafayette Square — Wednesdays at the Square: Earphunk, Meschiya Lake, 5 Little Gem Saloon — Gary Negbaur, 5; The Listening Room, 7; Mario Abney Sextet, 8 The Maison — The High Bananas, 4; Jazz Vipers, 6:30; New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, 9:30

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TUESDAY 5 21st Amendment — Linnzi Zaorski, 7; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 8 AllWays Lounge — Magnetic Ear, 8 Bacchanal — Mark Weliky Trio, 7:30 Banks Street Bar — Mike Doussand Band, 9

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Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Open Ears Music Series: Mark Southerland & Helen Gillet, 10

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BMC — Jonny Kashner & the Hatchet Boys, Eudora Evans & the Abney Effect, 5 Cafe Istanbul — Philly Beamin, 9 Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; LA Blues Company, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 6; The Gents, 9 Circle Bar — Laura Dyer Jazz Trio, 6; Sun Abduction, Pheasants, F.R., 10 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 DMac’s — Chip Wilson, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9

Rare Form — The Acousticrats, 5; The Unnaturals, 8 Siberia — Sarah Quintana, Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Gina Forsyth, 9 Snug Harbor — Mitch Woods Club 88, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10

WEDNESDAY 6 21st Amendment — Marla Dixon, 7

Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8

Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8 & 10 Rare Form — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 5; Final Warning, 8 Recovery Room Bar & Grill — Oscar & the Blues Cats, 8:30 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Jerry Embree, 8 Rusty Nail — Jenn Howard, 9 Saenger Theatre — Oliver Dragojevic, 7:30

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

Banks Street Bar — Valerie Sassyfras, 8; Major Bacon, 10

The Spotlight Bar and Grill — Dr. Rock, 9

BMC — Adrian, Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, Shamaniacs, 5

Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10

Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; All Boy All Girl, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — John Rankin, 5:30; Meschiya Lake, 8; Andrew Duhon, 10:30

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Leah Rucker, 9

Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10

Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Mark Braud, 8, 9 & 10

Bamboula’s — Giselle Anguizola, 4; Benny D Band, 6:30; Big Al & the Heavyweights, 10

Little Gem Saloon — Gary Negbaur, 5; The Messy Cookers, 8

Old Point Bar — Isla Nola, 8

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman, Palm Court Jazz Band, Jason Marsalis, 7

Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30

Circle Bar — Mike True, 6; Sioux City Kid, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30

Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kid Merv, 7

Siberia — Keep It Wild benefit feat. Leila McCalla, Moose Jackson, Andi Young, Jeremy Jouce, Valentine Pierce, Ashely Beach, Laura Mattingly, 10

Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Gravel Sage, Monocle, Bianica, 10 Gasa Gasa — Swingin’ Utter, The Warning Shots, High, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 9

The Maison — Roamin’ Jasmine, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6; Chance Bushman & Friends, 9:30

One Eyed Jacks — Lydia, 8

The Civic Theatre — Sleep, 9 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 DMac’s — Elysian Feel, 8

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Gasa Gasa — Tennis, Kuroma, The Knew, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Guts Club, HAWN, Isidro, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hazy Ray Trio, Buhu, 8:30 The Jefferson Orleans North — Jay Zainey Orchestra, 6:30

THURSDAY 7 21st Amendment — Steve Pistorius Quartet, 8 Bamboula’s — Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 2; Messy Cookers Jazz Band, 6:30; John Lisi Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Rebecca Pearl, 8 BMC — Yisreal Family, Diedra Ruff, Water Seed, 5 Buffa’s Lounge — Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Cafe Negril — Soul Project, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — The Call Girls, Megan & the Glory Holes, 7; Shock Patina, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil Degruy, 6; Bandicoot 4, 9 Circle Bar — Rockin’ Robin & the Kentucky Sisters, 6; Stephen Elmer, 10 City Park Botanical Garden — Thursdays at Twilight: Ronnie Kole, 6

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Sufjan Stevens

The considerable power in Sufjan Stevens’ music is multi-sourced, drawing from intimacy and loneliness, hope and despondency, desperation and exaltation. It has big bands and a single singer/songwriter; it is third, second and first person, sometimes all at once. It’s a testament to Stevens’ ability that his wide swaths — awestruck, wholly inclusive songs of worship to his Christian faith (Seven Swans); a postcard opus about his home state (Michigan) minimized only by a staggering travelogue through a neighboring state (Illinois) — haven’t dampened his appeal or narrowed his audience. Just the opposite: With each increasingly fanciful turn, Stevens’ flock grows. His latest, the March release Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty), is dedicated to two people who influenced his life in different, converging ways (an absentee mother fraught with mental instability and substance abuse, and a Sufjan Stevens MAY stepfather who operates his record label). 8 p.m. Saturday It’s a critically acclaimed confessional of overcoming shortcomings and negaSaenger Theatre, tive personal space, set to the softest, 1111 Canal St. prettiest guitar and piano arrangements (504) 525-1052 since Elliott Smith. It is not for everyone; www.saengernola.com it is for someone. Most of it concerns Stevens’ attempts to make sense of his abandonment, both in the literal sense (“When I was 3, maybe 4 / She left us at that video store”) and the overwhelming grief and guilt that stem from a finite, unfulfilled relationship. It’s most impressive that he pulls so much detail from what for most would be an unreliable memory play (“Trace your shadow with my shoe / Now all of me thinks less of you”). On “John My Beloved,” Stevens becomes Christ, and Christ becomes his mother, and it’s not the least bit creepy, just incredibly moving. “So can we pretend, sweetly, before the mystery ends / I am a man with a heart that offends with its lonely and greedy demands / There’s only a shadow of me, in a manner of speaking, I’m dead,” he sings, finishing with a blatantly ambiguous plea: “Jesus, I need you / Be near me / Come shield me from fossils that fall on my head.” Moses Sumney opens. Tickets $35-$45. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

d.b.a. — Andrew Duhon, 10

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola, Crescent City Joymakers, 7

DMac’s — Simple Sound Retreat, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall feat. Lucien Barbarin, Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — 8, 9 & 10 The Todd Duke Trio, 9 Rare Form — Joey van LeeuwDragon’s Den (downstairs) — en, 4; Adam Everett, 7 Bayou Saints, 7 Rivershack Tavern — Joe Gasa Gasa — Creepoid, ArchAniKrown & Walter “Wolfman” mals, 9 Washington, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rock ’n’ Bowl — Leroy ThomRebels Brass Band, 11 as, 8:30 Louis Armstrong Park — Jazz Siberia — Alex McMurray, Luke in the Park: Tank & the Bangas, Allen, Ryan Scully, Greg Schatz, Preservation Hall Brass Band, 4 6; Conan, Mantar, Knight, 9 The Maison — Jon Roniger, 5; Snug Harbor — NOCCA Jazz Sweet Substitute Jazz Band, 7; Rue Fiya, 10 Ensemble, 8 & 10 Masquerade — Lance Ellis & Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & Friends, 6 the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Oak — Miles Cabecerious, 9 Vaughan’s — Corey Henry’s Old Point Bar — Jean Marie-HarTreme Funktet, 9:30 ris, 8 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders, 8

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

FRIDAY 8 21st Amendment — Jack Pritchett, 9:30 Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushmen’s Rhythm Stompers, 2; Carl LeBlanc, 5:30; Smoky Greenwell Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; The Honeypots, 8; The Telegraph Salesmen, 11 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott, 6; Higher Heights Reggae Band, 10 Center of Performing Arts — John “Papa” Gros & Friends, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — Vadsat Fashion, 4; The King Snakes, 7; Ocean Storm, Bad Moon Lander, 11

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Columbia Street Taproom Grill — Rick Samson Acoustic, 8

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The Civic Theatre — Lord Huron, Nikki Lane, 9

Tulane Ave. Bar — Vanessa Carr, 8

d.b.a. — Ike Stubblefield Trio feat. June Yamagishi & Jermal Watson, 10

The Willow — Hazlehurst, Bad Moon Lander, Holy Ghost People, 10

DMac’s — Zac and Trent, 7; Still Radio, 9

SATURDAY 9

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Vivaz!, 10

21st Amendment — Chance Bushman, 9:30

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

AllWays Lounge — Voltaire, 10

Gasa Gasa — Caroline Spence, Engine Twins, 9

Bamboula’s — Abby Diamond, 2; Swamp Donkeys, 5:30; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 10 Banks Street Bar — Diablo’s Horns, 10

Golden Lantern — Nighthawk, 7 Hi-Ho Lounge — Transplanted Roots, 7 Howlin’ Wolf — James Rose Trio, De Lune Deluge, Daniel Amedee, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Paul Ferguson, 5; Vincent Marini & One Tailed Three, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Dave Reis, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Jon Roniger, 5; Gary Negbaur, 8 The Maison — Ramblin’ Letters, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Los Po Boy Citos, The Business, 10 Oak — Jon Roniger, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Diablo’s Horns, 9:30

Pearl Wine Co. — Sarah Gromko, 8:30 Preservation Hall — PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Justin Donovan, 4:30; Vic Papa & Friends, 9 Republic New Orleans — Earl Sweatshirt, Remy Banks, 9 Rivershack Tavern — County Dry Whiskey, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — 90 Degrees West, 9 Saenger Theatre — Celtic Woman, 7:30 Siberia — David Liebe Hart, Betty White Tit F–k, 9 Snug Harbor — Delfeayo Marsalis Quartet, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Me & My Friends, 9 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 St. Roch Tavern — James Jordan & the Beautiful Band, 9:30

Buffa’s Lounge — Doyle Cooper & Friends, 5; Melanie Gardner Quintet, 8; Clint Johnson, 11 Cafe Istanbul — Rockin Da Flavor Jam feat. KB Bonus, Sebastian, Dana & Whitney and others, 7 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Andrew Duhon & Friends feat. Marty O’Riley, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — Olivia de Havilland Mosquitoes, 4; De France, 7; Sun Year, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Lynn Drury, 8; Sam Doores, 10:30 Circle Bar — Jeff Pagano, 6 The Civic Theatre — Tame Impala, Mini Mansions, 8 Dago’s — Jambelouzia, 9 d.b.a. — Little Freddie King, 11 Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall — The Last Straws, 6:30; Rocky’s Hot Fox Trot Orchestra, 8 DMac’s — Aaron Lopez-Barrantes, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 7 Gasa Gasa — Two Gallants, Black Range, 10 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — Phillip Phillips, 7:30 Howlin’ Wolf — Hazy Ray EP release, 9; Mississippi Shakedown, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5; Roux the Day, 9 Little Gem Saloon — The Write Brothers, 9:30

Bar — Bryce Eastwood & Friends, 9

O’Aces Lounge — The Strays, 9

Gasa Gasa — ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Your Favorite Enemies, 8:30

Oak — Scott Albert Johnson, 9 Old Point Bar — Prophets of Addiction, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — The Soft Moon, Skull Katalog, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Walter “Wolfman” Washington’s Mighty Men, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Brian O’Connell, Palm Court Jazz Band & Ernie Elly, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Freddie Lonzo, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Kristina Morales, 1:30; Marc Stone, 5; Gettin’ It, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Soul Express, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Raw Oyster Cult, 9:30 Saenger Theatre — Sufjan Stevens, 8 Siberia — The Relationship, Gringo Starr, Teenager, 6; Lightning Bolt, Mountain of Wizard, Heat Dust, Silver Godling, 9 Snug Harbor — Astral Project, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Shotgun Jazz Band, 2; Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

SUNDAY 10 21st Amendment — Tom McDermott, 4 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 2; Mem Shannon, 7 Banks Street Bar — Ron Hotstream & the Mid-City Drifters, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Swamp Kitchen, 3; Warren Batiste, 7 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott, 4; Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6 Chickie Wah Wah — Jimbo Mathus, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Stu Cole, 9 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Janky Nobodies, Marty O’Reilly, 10 The Civic Theatre — Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, 9 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; John Sinclair & Carlo Ditta Trio, 10 DMac’s — HollyRock, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar

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

Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 8 Little Gem Saloon — The New Orleans Swingin’ Gypsies, 10 a.m. The Maison — Loose Marbles, 4; Leah Rucker, 7; Soul Project, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat. Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Russell Batiste, 10 Marigny Opera House — Alluvium Trio, 5 Old Point Bar — Jelly Jazz, 3:30 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin, Sunday Night Swingsters & Kerry Lewis, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Nervous Duane, 1; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Shan Kenner, 7 Republic New Orleans — Lyfe Jennings, 8 Siberia — Night Demon, House of Goats, Big Pig, 9 Snug Harbor — Brent Rose Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Rites of Swing, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10

MONDAY 11 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Justin Donovan, 2; Albanie Falletta, 4:30; NOLA Swinging Gypsies, 8 Banks Street Bar — South Jones, 9 BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10 BMC — Mark Appleford, Lil Red & Big Bad, Smokey’s Blues Jam, 5 Buffa’s Lounge — Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6 Chickie Wah Wah — Alexis & the Samurai, 7; “5 O’Clock Charlie” Dennard, 10:30

Circle Bar — Cactus Thief, 6 d.b.a. — Lagniappe Brass Band, 10 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Gasa Gasa — David Torkanowsky, Shan Kenner, Jermal Watson, Chris Severin, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Kim Carson, 8:30 The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; The Business, 10 Old Point Bar — The Romy Kaye Jazz Trio, 7 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Troy Turner’s Blues Band, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Master feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Snake & the Charmers, 7; Terra Terra, 11 Rivershack Tavern — Buddy Francioni & Dave Ferrato, 7 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

CLASSICAL/ CONCERTS Organ & Labyrinth. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola. com — Albinas Prizgintas performs on the church’s 5,000-pipe tracker organ. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Swing in the Park. Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, (504) 838-4389; www.lafrenierepark.org — The New Orleans Concert Band and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra perform a free outdoor concert. Food bank donations are accepted. 6 p.m. Thursday (rain date Friday).

CALL FOR MUSIC Crescent City Sound Chorus. The women’s chorus holds auditions at 7 p.m. Mondays at Delgado Community College. Call (504) 442-7449 or (985) 8980951 or visit www.crescentcitysound.com. New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra. The orchestra seeks musicians at intermediate level or higher. Visit www.novorchestra.com for details.

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One Eyed Jacks — Ava Luna, All People album release show, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin, Palm Court Jazz Band & James Evans, 7

Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7

The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Brass-A-Holics, Musical Expression, 10:30

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND The D Train (R) — When he finds out a former classmate (James Marsden) is now a successful actor, Dan (Jack Black) tries to convince him to bring star power to their high school reunion. Elmwood, Canal Place Hot Pursuit (PG-13) — The dramatic wife of a drug kingpin (Sofia Vergara) and her police escort, the straight-laced Officer Cooper (Reese Witherspoon), find themselves on a chase through Texas. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Regal

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Welcome to Me (R) — A woman with a personality disorder (Kristen Wiig) uses lottery winnings to buy her own cable talk show, where she broadcasts her odd obsessions. Zeitgeist

NOW SHOWING The Age of Adaline (PG-13) — After 80 years of concealing her immortality, 29-year-old Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) meets Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman) and considers revealing her secret. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) — Iron Man (Roberty Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and the rest of the Avengers reassemble to battle supervillain Ultron (James Spader), who’s bent on eradicating humans. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Big Charity (NR) — A noted film at the 2014 New Orleans Film Festival, Alexander Glustrom’s documentary explores the closing of Charity Hospital after Hurricane Katrina. Canal Place Brotherly Love (R) — A star basketball player, his brother

and his sister struggle with life decisions and community pressures in a coming-of-age film set in West Philadelphia. West Bank Cinderella (PG) — Imprisoned by a cruel stepmother (Cate Blanchett), orphaned Ella (Lily James) meets a fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) and goes to the palace ball in an adaptation directed by Kenneth Branagh. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank The Divergent Series: Insurgent (PG-13) — Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) evade enemies and search for answers in post-apocalyptic Chicago in the second film based on science fiction novels by Veronica Roth. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Ex Machina (R) — Internet programmer Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) visits tech CEO Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac), who’s secretly testing Ava (Alicia Vikander), a stunningly intelligent and self-aware robot. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place Furious 7 (PG-13) — In the seventh installment of The Fast and the Furious series, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) face the angry brother of a previously defeated enemy. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Get Hard (R) — After he’s convicted of fraud, an obtuse hedge fund manager (Will Ferrell) asks a law-abiding black man (Kevin Hart) to teach him how to survive in prison. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell Great White Shark 3D (NR) — The documentary explores shark encounters. Entergy IMAX Home (PG) — A girl named Tip (Rihanna) hides from an alien invasion, but befriends an alien named Oh (Jim

Parsons) who’s different from the rest of his kind in this animated comedy. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Humpback Whales 3D (NR) — Scientists follow humpback whales as they migrate across the globe. Entergy IMAX Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (NR) — Two young Maasai warriors go on a ritual safari through Kenya. Entergy IMAX Leviathan (R) — When a corrupt mayor orders their seaside home demolished, Kolya (Aleksey Serebryakov) and his family attempt to fight back. Indywood Movie Theater Little Boy (PG-13) — Alejandro Monteverde’s World War II-era drama stars a seven-year-old boy with a deep, loving relationship with his father. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Longest Ride (PG-13) — A young couple whose divergent paths in life threaten to tear them apart are inspired by an older man’s long relationship in a drama based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Monkey Kingdom (G) — Disney’s nature feature stars South Asian monkeys Maya and Kip, who navigate the primate social hierarchy and learn to adapt when their home is invaded by neighboring monkeys. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG) — Hardworking mall cop Paul Blart (Kevin James) foils a criminal scheme at a Las Vegas security guard convention in the sequel to the 2009 action comedy. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal True Story (R) — Journalist Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) hopes to rebuild his career by winning an interview with alleged murderer Christian Longo (James Franco), who’s stolen Finkel’s identity. Canal Place Unfriended (R) — A dead teenager appears to her former high school classmates through Skype to seek revenge in this Internet-age thriller. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Water Diviner (R) — An Australian farmer (Russell Crowe) travels to Turkey PAGE 60

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Writer/director Joss Whedon’s 2012 The Avengers wasn’t the first film in what has become a cinematic juggernaut called the Marvel Universe, but it set a very high bar for the movies that followed. The Avengers was smart and funny and sacrificed none of the quirky individualism for which Whedon is celebrated; it’s also the third highest-grossing movie of all time and Disney’s biggest box office smash. The secret to the film’s success was the way Whedon’s screenplay integrated essential traits and backstories of all six Avengers into both the action and the banter during the film’s first hour, making the story sensible even to those unfamiliar with the sprawling Marvel Universe. That is no small achievement. But a lot has happened in the Marvel Universe since that time, including seven more feature films focusing on individual superheroes counted among the Avengers. That may be one reason why Avengers: Age of Ultron struggles for the delicate balance of the earlier film and appears overstuffed with characters, plot points and repartee that mostly seems forced. There’s no question the visual effects and action sequences are state-of-the-art, and those seeking a roller-coaster ride at the movies will scarcely find disappointment. But The Avengers’ seemingly effortless charm is nowhere in sight. Age of Ultron’s story doesn’t really add up, especially if you make the mistake of thinking about it too much. Iron Man Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) finds sophisticated artificial intelligence inside the scepter that belonged to the evil aliens in The Avengers and somehow blends it with his own innovations to accidentally unleash a foul-tempered and mentally unbalanced robot named Ultron (James Spader). How exactly did Ultron come into being and why does he hate people so much? How does artificial intelligence switch between robot forms like a ghost? There’s not enough sense underlying this primary source of conflict, and that is where the film’s problems begin. The focus of the story shifts repeatedly, from an unconvincing romance between two Avengers to the mind control powers of Ultron ally Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) to the all-powerful Infinity Stones, which are a thing in the Marvel Universe but mean little in the context of this film. Whatever works to move things along at any given moment seems to get the green light. The story goes off the rails early, as if to signal that we should strap ourselves in for the ride and not worry too much about the details. The constantly shifting perspectives of the Avengers movies’ action sequences have become a signature style for Whedon, and this can be wonderfully transporting (and disorienting), as in Ultron’s opening battle scene. The charisma of Avengers’ lead actors is impossible to miss, and the use of unusual locations for a movie of this type — including Seoul, South Korea and Johannesburg, South Africa — makes for some fresh visuals. It’s unclear which actors will return for the next two Avengers movies (currently scheduled for 2018 and 2019) but it seems like the band is breaking up for good. Ultron’s final scenes are devoted to the official introduction of a new generation of Avengers, who seem like they’ll have a tough time maintaining the broad appeal of their predecessors. But the juggernaut continues. — KEN KORMAN

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seeking his three sons, who fought in World War I’s Battle of Gallipoli and are presumed dead. Elmwood, Canal Place While We’re Young (R) — A middle-aged couple (Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts) find invigoration, turmoil and challenge through their friendship with a younger, hipper couple (Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried). Canal Place Woman in Gold (PG-13) — Holocaust survivor Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren) fights the government of Austria over a Gustav Klimt painting confiscated by Nazis in a drama based on a true story. Elmwood

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Buenos Aires Rap (NR) — The documentary looks at young Argentineans creating rap and hip-hop today. 7 p.m. Friday. Indywood Charade (G) — Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in the 1963 film that combines a Parisian romantic comedy with a gritty murder mystery. 10 a.m. Wednesday.

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Divergent (PG-13) — Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) navigate post-apocalyptic Chicago in the second film based on science fiction books by Veronica Roth. Field games at 6 p.m., movie at 7:15 p.m. Stallings Playground

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (NR) — Israeli woman Viviane Amsalem (Ronit Elkabetz) fights her estranged husband Elisha (Simon Abkarian) for a gett, the document that permits divorce under traditional Jewish law. Call for showtimes. Chalmette Grease Sing-Along (PG13) — The classic musical about 1950s high school sweethearts screens with on-screen lyrics. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place An Indonesdian Odyssey: Parts 1 & 2 (NR) — Brothers and explorers Lawrence and Lorne Blair produced a series of public television documentaries about Indonesia in 1987. 10 p.m. Wednesday. Indywood It’s Hard Being Loved By Jerks (NR) — The 2008 documentary discusses satirical French paper Charlie Hebdo, which was sued for reprinting controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist

Jurassic Park (PG-13) — Hold onto your butts. 8 p.m. Friday. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (NR) — Italian TV host Pierfrancesco Diliberto wrote, directed and stars in a comedy about a young man whose entire community appears infiltrated by the Mob. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Marley (PG-13) — The biographical film about Bob Marley includes rare footage and interviews. WWOZ presents the screening. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Indywood Monterey Pop (NR) — The concert film of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival includes performances by The Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix and The Who. 5 p.m. Saturday. Indywood My Favorite Wife (NR) — After years shipwrecked on a desert island, Ellen (Irene Dunne) returns to society and discovers her husband (Cary Grant) on a honeymoon with his new wife. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania Mystery Train (R) — Jim Jarmusch’s 1989 film revolves around foreigners at a Memphis motel and the sprit of Elvis Presley. 7 p.m. Monday. Indywood Operation Sussex (NR) — Director Bonnie Friedman screens a documentary about a secret Allied spy mission during World War II and author Dennis Ward presents his book Mademoiselle Gigi. 5 p.m. Friday. Alliance Francaise RiffTrax Live: The Room (NR) — Mystery Science Theater 3000 comedians offer commentary on Tommy Wiseau’s bizarre cult film. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal Roar (PG) — The re-release of the bloody 1981 thriller stars Tippi Hendren, Noel Marshall, their real-life children and the lions they kept at home. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Monday. The Royal Ballet - La Fille Mal Gardee (NR) — Natalia Osipova dances the lead role in the Royal Ballet’s new staging of Frederick Ashton’s choreography. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood, Regal The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) — It’s just a jump to the left… 12:15 a.m. Friday-Saturday. Prytania Saturday Morning Cartoons — Indywood screens classic and modern children’s cartoons and there’s

a cereal and milk bar. Noon Saturday. Indywood The Shining (R) — All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 7:45 p.m. Friday. The Brick Yard Spring (NR) — An American man (Lou Taylor Pucci) flees to Italy, where he meets a young woman hiding a dark secret. 10:30 p.m. Tuesday; 10 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday; 9:30 p.m. Monday. Indywood What We Do in the Shadows (NR) — Vampire roommates Viago, Deacon, Vladislav and Petyr struggle to adapt to everyday life in this comedy from New Zealand. 10:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Alliance Francaise: 1519 Jackson Ave., (504) 5680770; www.af-neworleans. org AMC Clearview Palace 12: Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-1257; www.amctheatres.com AMC Elmwood Palace 20: 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, (504) 733-2029; www.amctheatres.com AMC Westbank Palace 16: 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 263-2298; www.amctheatres.com The Brick Yard: Chartres Street at Montegut Street; www.neworleansfilmsociety.org Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 304-9992; www.chalmettemovies. com Entergy IMAX Theatre: 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org The Grand 14 Esplanade: 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 229-4259; www.thegrandtheatre.com The Grand 16 Slidell: 1950 Gause Blvd. W., Slidell, (985) 641-1889; www.thegrandtheatre.com Indywood Movie Theater: 628 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 345-8804; www. indywood.org Prytania Theatre: 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www. theprytania.com Regal Covington Stadium 14: 69348 Louisiana State Hwy. 121, Covington, (985) 871-7787; www.regmovies. com Stallings Playground: 1600 Gentilly Blvd.; www. nola.gov/nordc Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 658-4100; www. noma.org The Theatres at Canal Place: The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 581-2540; www. thetheatres.com Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www.zeitgeistnola.org

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HAPPENINGS The Music Box Roving Village. City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 482-4888; www. neworleansairlift.org — New Orleans Airlift’s multi-artist installation features interactive miniature musical houses near the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Wisner Boulevard. Regular hours are noon to 6 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Closing performances at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday feature Arto Lindsay conducting The Roving Village Orchestra and guest musicians (tickets $15). At 5 p.m. Sunday, artists and musicians hold a closing discussion titled “How Did You Make That?”

St. Claude Second Saturdays. St. Claude Arts District — Galleries surrounding St. Claude Avenue host coordinated monthly receptions. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Wetlands Art Tour. Various locations, New Orleans; www.wetlandsarttour. com — The daylong event includes art openings, an environmental festival, kayaking, a film screening and Cajun music and food. Locations include Clouet Gardens, All Souls Community Center and NOCCA. From 9 a.m. to noon, the Creative Alliance of New Orleans hosts a “Downriver” tour featuring Studio Inferno, The Ranch Studios, The Meraux Foundation and Crevasse 22. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

OPENING Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “After 20 Years,” new work by Masahiro Arai, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — Abstract paintings and mixed media by Randy Asprodites, opening reception 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Henry Hood Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 789-1832 — “This Is It,” group exhibition, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Newcomb Art Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartgallery.tulane.edu — “First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare,” touring exhibition, opens Saturday. Studio Inferno. 6601 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/infernonola — “East Meets West,” glass sculpture by Hiroshi Yamano; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Tulane University, Carroll Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2228; www. carrollgallery.tulane.edu — Bachelor of arts exhibition, opens Thursday. United Bakery. 1325 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — Group exhibition featuring Ben Aleshire, Will Brown, Liam Conway, Sarah Davis, Liz Grandsaert and others, opening reception 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts. uno.edu — “(De)tangled: A Living Salon,” interactive exhibition about hair presented by Pelican Bomb, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

A Gallery For Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — New work by Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor, through July 30. Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www. angelakinggallery.com — “The World According to Peter Max,” paintings by Peter Max, through May 20. Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www. antieaugallery.com — “Phantom Limb Illustrated,” work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing. Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart.com — “Outsider Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www. ariodantegallery.com — Art by Jacques Soulas; jewelry by Belle Bijoux; glasswork by Gerald Haessig; photography by Johnny Chauvin; all through May.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www. callancontemporary.com — “Recent Sculpture,” by Bradley Sabin, through June 27. Casell-Bergen Gallery. 1305 Decatur St., (504) 524-0671; www.casellbergengallery.com — Work by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, BellaDonna, Jamal and Phillip Sage, ongoing. Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 2207756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing. Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery. Loyola University, Monroe Library, fourth floor, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5456; www.loyno.edu/dibollgallery — Bachelor of fine arts senior exhibition, through Monday. Coup D’oeil Art Consortium. 2033 Magazine St., (504) 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “Crux,” paintings and installation by Blaine Capone, through July 10. Cutting Edge Center for the Arts. 767 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 649-3727; www. cecaslidell.com — “Tides of Evolution,” paintings and mixed media by Alicia Megison, through Saturday.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722 — “Personal Comments on Organic Abstraction,” paintings by Flor Pandal, through May 17.

The Exchange Center. 935 Gravier St., (504) 523-1465; www.artscouncilofneworleans.org — “Fertile Ground,” group exhibition, through May 17.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www. arthurrogergallery.com — Paintings by Amer Kobaslija, through May 30; “Coastal Paintings,” paintings by David Bates, through July 25.

The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola. com — “Etchynpufe,” group exhibition of prints by Andrew Schrock, Hugo Girl, Sarrah Danziger and Spring Sandstorm, through May.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery.com — “Never Enough,” work by Sue Ireland; “Oil and Water Don’t Mix,” work by Brooks Frederick; both through May 30. Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — “Puppy Love with My Angels from Above,” paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing. Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Failings of Spring,” abstract art by Michel Alexis; oil paintings by Brooks Frederick; “Rigged,” work by Errol Barron; all through June 3. Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com —

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 by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Gallery Twenty-One Fourteen. 2114 Decatur St., (504) 875-2110; www.gallerytwentyonefourteen.com — “Windbreaker Paintings,” art by Bean Blackett, through May 18. Garden District Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504) 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery.com — “Four Voices,” paintings by Patti Adams, Rolland Golden, Marcia Holmes and Kris Wenschuh, through May 24.

Henry Hood Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 789-1832 — “Dreaming Out Loud,” sculpture by Babette Beaullieu and paintings by Linda Dautreuil, through Thursday. Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg. com — Paintings of New Orleans bars by William B. Cowell, through May. 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 — “Strike Anywhere,” giant metal matchbooks by Skylar Fein; “Strong Medicine,” metal sculpture by David Buckingham; “Children of the Night,” collaborative paintings by Skylar Fein and MRSA; all through May 30. 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 — “Spring Altar” by Sea & Dagger; mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www. lemieuxgalleries.com — “Going for Broken,” mixed media by Shannon Landis Hansen; “Mystery of Memory,” paintings by Carolyn McAdams; both through May 30. Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — Tulane/Newcomb College glass art exhibition, through May 24. M. Francis Gallery. 1938 Burgundy St., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing. Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Happy Dogs,” work by J.T. Blatty, through May 30. Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com — New paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing. New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa. com — Louisiana Watercolor Society annual exhibition, through May 8. PAGE 62

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Ogden Museum free day. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — The Ogden Museum celebrates GiveNOLA Day with free admission and guided exhibition tours. From 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., visitors are invited to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy music by Paul Sanchez in the atrium. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — “Side By Side Wetlands Art Tour Exhibition,” art and installation about environmental justice, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.

5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 940-2900; www.5pressgallery.com — “Metaphyta,” group exhibition of work inspired by plants, through June 13.

“Keplar-62f,” pottery by Miki Glasser, through Wednesday.

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REVIEW

Southern Work

Growing up in south Louisiana’s sugar cane country, Debbie Fleming Caffery was immersed in the area’s annual harvest rituals. Although increasingly mechanized, sugar cane farming still features dramatic events like the pre-harvest burning of the fields to remove leaves from the stalks prior to processing. When seen from above, swaths Southern Work: Photography of Acadiana resemble a fiery THRU by Debbie Fleming Caffery apocalypse. Up close, plumes of MAY ash and smoke obscure the sun. Octavia Art Gallery, 454 Julia St. Like a Burning Man ritual on a (504) 309-4249 vast scale, this is a fact of life for the region’s traditional Cajun and www.octaviaartgallery.com Afro-Creole communities, so it may come as no surprise that much of Caffery’s work is imbued with a heightened sense of mystery and drama. Over the course of decades, her mythopoetic vision has encompassed not only those eerie cane country rituals, but also the lyrical and mysterious qualities of life as it is lived in places such as rural Mexico and, more recently, the stark expanses of the rural Mississippi countryside. If the title Southern Work suggests particular places, the dreamy and otherworldly nature of Caffery’s images evokes a more psychological realm where the ordinary boundaries between the heart, the psyche and the land seem to have dissolved. In Gerald’s Truck, 1999, a white pickup roaring down a road reflects rays of sun breaking through a black sky as smoke belching from distant mills and burning cane fields turns day into night. In Church Steeple and Cornfield, 2011, thunderheads gather over a horizontal landscape as a dislocated church steeple sits like an exclamation point on a road flanked by cornfields. Far from the bustle of the city, things inexplicable and incidental can assume a portentous aura. Caffery’s human subjects are no less mysterious. In Junior, 2014, a black man sits stoically in the shadows like a carved ebony saint fringed with snow-white hair. But her most symbolic figure may be Ventriloquist, 2013 (pictured). Like a mythic underworld trickster in a mirror, he reminds us that the world of appearances isn’t always what it seems. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www. neworleansglassworks.com — Glass sculpture by Curtiss Brock; enameled copper work by Cathy DeYoung; etchings by Tish Douzart; all through May 30. New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance. org — “Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music,” photographs by Henry Hohenstein, through May. New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 218-5319; www. nolatattoomuseum.com — “Folklore & Flash: Grand Opening of the New Orleans Tattoo Museum,” ongoing. Oak Street Gallery. 111 N. Oak St., Hammond, (985) 345-0251; www.theoakstreetgallery.com — Work by Thom Barlow, Mark Haller, Pat Macaluso and John Robinson, ongoing. Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octa-

viaartgallery.com — “Southern Work,” photography by Debbie Fleming Caffery, through May 23. Reynolds-Ryan Art Gallery. Isidore Newman School, 5333 Danneel St., (504) 896-6369; www.newmanschool.org — Artist-in-residence exhibition by Max Bernardi, through May 27. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Work by Vitrice McMurry, Lauren Thomas, Sabine Chadborn, Cathy DeYoung and others, ongoing. River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras, LA; www.cano-la.org — “Crevasse 22: Surge,” painting, photography and outdoor sculpture garden by Louisiana artists, ongoing. Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Cemetery Walker,” ambrotypes of cemeteries by Euphus Ruth, through June 14;

“Soiree d’Evolution,” still lifes by Sean Yseult, through Aug. 9. Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery.com — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www. sorengallery.com — “Shelter,” mixed media paintings by Gretchen Weller Howard, through May 30. St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www. sttammanyartassociation. org — “Plank and Feather,” work by John Atkins and Zach Slough, through May 23. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Evolution of a Warrior: Elizabeth Catlett in New Orleans,” through July 30. Steve Martin Studios. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www.

ART LISTINGS stevemartinfineart.com — “Artisan Juncture,” group show featuring Gustavo Duque, Travis Linde, Amy Boudreaux, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Jedd Haas, Steven Soltis and others, ongoing. Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www. tengallerynola.com — “HairBall,” drawings by Harriet Burbeck, through May. United Bakery. 1325 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — Group exhibition of paintings, photography, letterpress prints and more, through May 8. Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www. vieuxcarregallery.com — Work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing. Whisnant Galleries. 343 Royal St., (504) 524-9766; www.whisnantgalleries.com — Ethnic, religious and antique art, sculpture, textiles and porcelain, ongoing.

SPARE SPACES Cafe Luna. 802 1/2 Nashville Ave., (504) 333-6833; www. facebook.com/cafeluna504 — Paintings by Adrienne McFaul, through May. Fair Grinds Coffeehouse. 3133 Ponce de Leon St., (504) 913-9073; www.fairgrinds.com — “Famous Kittens,” prints by Kiernan Dunn, through May 30. Louis Armstrong Park. 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.pufap.org — “Turning Blight into Beauty,” group exhibition of art inspired by the Treme, through July 6.

Slidell Little Theatre. 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324; www.slidelllittletheatre.org — “Curtain Call,” group exhibition by gallery artists, through May 22.

MUSEUMS Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “En Mas: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean,” traveling exhibition of art influenced by Carnival traditions; “Pulp Fictions,” group exhibition of work using handmade paper featuring Dan Tague and more; all through June 7. George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art. 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 586-7432; www.theycallmebabydoll.org — “Contemporary Artists Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” group exhibition of new work inspired by Baby Doll masking traditions, through May 30. The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “From Winnfield to Washington: The Life and Career of Huey P. Long,” exhibition of documents, photo-

Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/nelson-galleries — “Recent Acquisitions in Louisiana Art, 2010-2014,” local paintings and decorative arts from the 1790s to the 2000s, through May 13. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www. lcm.org — Architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “Unsung Heroes: The Secret History of Louisiana Rock ‘n’ Roll,” music artifacts curated in partnership with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, through May; “From ‘Dirty Shirts’ to Buccaneers,” art, artifacts and documents from the Battle of New Orleans, through Jan. 8, 2016; “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and 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, 2016; “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Kongo Across the Waters,” art from west central African and African-American cultures, through May 25; “Self/Reflection,” group exhibition of photography from the permanent collection, through Aug. 9; “Forever,” mural by Odili Donald Odita, through December; “Orientalism: Taking and Making,” European and American art influenced by Middle Eastern, North African and East Asian cultures, through December 2016.

by Jim Roche; “Tina Freeman: Artist Spaces,” photographs of local artists’ workspaces; both through July 12. Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www. louisianastatemuseum.org/ museums/the-old-us-mint — “Keeping Time,” photographs of Louisiana’s musical history, through Jan. 1, 2016; “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December 2016. Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane. edu — “Bungalows,” artifacts of bungalow and cottage architecture, through May 20. Southern Food & Beverage Museum. 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.southernfood.org — “Antoine’s Restaurant: Celebrating 175 Years,” through June. Culinary photography by Sam Hanna, ongoing. Williams Research Center. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade,” manuscripts, photographs, oral histories and artifacts relating to slavery in New Orleans, through July 18.

CALL FOR ARTISTS BROAD+WATER. The Arts Council New Orleans and Broad Community Connections accepts proposals from artists, designers, architects or water management experts for an artistic installation themed around New Orleans’ water challenges. Visit www.artsneworleans.org for details. Deadline May 11. Louisiana Contemporary. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art accepts submissions for its juried exhibition of Louisiana art completed within the last two years. Visit www.louisianacontemporary.org for details. Deadline June 17.

Newcomb Art Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartgallery.tulane. edu — “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist,” works on paper by Degas and his circle, through May 17.

RHINO Contemporary Craft Company. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — The cooperative seeks craft artists in any medium for its Guest Artist Exhibition Series. Deadline May 15. Visit www.rhinocrafts.com for details and application.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “South,” photography by Mark Steinmetz, through Sunday; “Tennessee Williams: The Playwright and Painter,” paintings by the writer, through May; “Jim Roche: Cultural Mechanic,” drawings, sculpture and installation

Second Story Gallery. Second Story Gallery, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www. neworleanshealingcenter.org — The gallery reviews applicants for gallery membership. Visit the website, or contact Ron Bennett at rongbennett@cox.net or (504) 427-2719. Deadline June.

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THEATER Antigone. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www. theshadowboxtheatre.com — Joanna Russo directs Lux et Umbra’s production of Sophocles’ tragedy, which features an all-female cast. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Boudin: The New Orleans Music Project. Ashe Power House, 1731 Baronne St.; www.boudinmusicproject. com — The theatrical production is inspired by the question, “How has New Orleans music saved your soul?” Tickets $40; discounts available for seniors, students, teachers and people under age 35. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Goodnight Show with John Calhoun. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.thegoodnightshow.us — The live talk show hosts Shack Brown of the Big Easy Footwork Competition, Ana Zorilla of the Louisiana SPCA and guest musician Sarah McCoy. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Odd Couple. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671; www.playmakersinc.com — Ann Pourciau directs a version of Neil Simon’s comedy with female protagonists. Tickets $15, students $10. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

FAMILY The Magic of Disney on Broadway. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www. theshadowboxtheatre.com — Troupe Layaya salutes Disney musicals with selections from The Lion King, Aladdin, The Princess & the Frog, The Little Mermaid and Hercules. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 day of show. 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Play/Write Showcase. Dillard University, Samuel

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY The Blue Book Cabaret. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 5292107; www.thebellalounge. com — Bella Blue and a rotating cast including Darling Darla James, Nikki LeVillain, Cherry Brown, Ben Wisdom and others perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Wednesday, Friday & Saturday. Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2331; www.sonesta.com/royalneworleans — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque show featuring music by Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio. 11:50 p.m. Friday. Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2658855; www.siberianola.com — Corey Mack and Roxie le Rouge host a free comedy and burlesque show. 9 p.m. Monday. Creole Sweet Tease Burlesque Show. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 522-5400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a burlesque performance featuring music by Jayna Morgan and the Creole Syncopators Jazz Band. Tickets $10. 9:30 p.m. Friday. 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. 7 p.m. Saturday. Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St.; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue hosts the burlesque show. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday and Sunday.

DANCE Limon Dance Company. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — The touring dance

company founded by Jose Limon performs Mazurkas and Missa Brevis. Tickets start at $34. 8 p.m. Saturday.

COMEDY 1919. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Derek Dupuy, Chris Trew, CJ Hunt, Tami Nelson, Mike Spara, Chris Kaminstein, Mike Yoder, Cecile Monteyne, Jared Gore, Ian Hoch and James Hamilton perform improv comedy. Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Saturday. Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www.facebook. com/twelve.mile.limit — Molly Ruben-Long and Julie Mitchell host an open mic. 9 p.m. Monday. Book Club Presents. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Comedians perform a tribute to a famous novel. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts the weekly comedy showcase. 10 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www. dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon hosts a rotating showcase of local comedians. 8:30 p.m. Friday. ComedySportz. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Emily Heller. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The comedian performs her Please Consider This Tour. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 9 p.m. Sunday. Friday Night Laughs. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open mic. 11 p.m. Friday. Give ’Em the Light OpenMic Comedy Show. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www. houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the open mic. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Hear My Train A Comin’. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www. barredux.com — Lane Lonion and Luke Oleen-Junk host open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 p.m. Thursday. Jeff D’s Comedy Cabaret. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 5292107; www.bourbonpub. com — Comedian Jeff D and drag performer Carla Cahlua star in a weekly show. 10 p.m. Friday. Laugh & Sip. The Wine Bistro, 1011 Gravier St., (504) 606-6408; www.facebook. com/thewinebistrono — Mark Caesar and DJ Cousin Cav host the weekly showcase of local comedians. 8 p.m. Thursday. Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Tory Gordon and Paul Oswell host an open-mic night. 7 p.m. Saturday. The Magna Carta Show. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — William Benner, David Kendall, Nathan Sutter, Brian Tarney, Thomas Fewer and Annie Barry star in a weekly improv and sketch comedy show. 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Mother’s Day Hootenanny. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Tami Nelson, CJ Hunt, Mary Guiteras, Kristen Macaulay, Kristen Blaum, Liz Gore, Emily Skelding and others perform comedy about mothers. Tickets $5, moms free. 5 p.m. Sunday. A Night of Comedy. Tacos & Beer, 1622 St. Charles Ave., (504) 304-8722; www. tacosandbeer.org — Corey Mack hosts two standup showcases. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Saturday. NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts the series, which features a booked showcase and open mic. 9 p.m. Sunday. Stand-Up NOLA. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 5289569; www.thejoytheater. com — Matt Owens, Andrew Polk, Joe Cardosi, Katie East, Leon Blanda and Mary Devon Dupuy perform stand-up comedy at the showcase. 8 p.m. Friday. Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — All comics are welcome to perform at the weekly open mic. 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters. com — Rival con men challenge one another to swindle a young woman out of $50,000 in a musical set at a French Riviera resort. Adult tickets $37, seniors $35, students and military $32. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Pat Bourgeois’ Debauchery. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — The live soap opera stars an uptown family with a downtown mom. Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Red Light One Acts Festival. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St.; www. drowninginblue.com — Theater company Drowning in Blue presents six short plays themed around relationships and new beginnings. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Robin Hood: Thief, Brigand. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 658-4100; www.nolaproject. com — NOMA and The NOLA Project stage a new production of the classic tale about the outlaw hero of Sherwood Forest and his band of merry men. Adult tickets $20; members, students and children ages 7-17 $14. 7 p.m. WednesdayThursday and Sunday. Sex Please, We’re Sixty. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www. cuttingedgetheater.com — Respectable guests at Mrs. Stancliffe’s bed and breakfast get frisky after a mischievous neighbor obtains Venusia, a libido pill for women. Tickets start at $22. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

DuBois Cook Theatre, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 816-4857; www.goatintheroadproductions.org — Cripple Creek, Dillard University, KM Dance Project, Lux et Umbra and New Noise theater companies perform 10 plays written by fifth- and sixthgrade students. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Monday.

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TUESDAY 5 Brass & Glass. YAYA Creative Glass, 3924 Conti St., (504) 5293306; www.yayainc.com — Yaya celebrates Give NOLA Day with a live glass demonstration and music by Busty Brass Band. Admission by donation. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Give NOLA Day. www.givenola. com — The community fundraising day encourages the public to donate to any of more than 500 local nonprofits, with matching funds contributed by the Greater New Orleans Foundation and other sponsors. From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., a GiveNOLA Fiesta at Lafayette Square offers in-person donations, a live donation leaderboard, pet adoptions and food from Juan’s Flying Burrito. Minimum donation $10.

It’s All About the Music Bike Ride. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 6583200; www.nolasocialride. org — NOLA Social Ride cyclists cruise around the city, stopping along the way to enjoy live music. 6 p.m. Open house. Arts Estuary 1024, 1024 Elysian Fields Ave. — Junebug Productions, National Performance Network, KID smART and Make Music NOLA hold a reception in honor of Give NOLA Day. 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Position of Birth. New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, 514 Chartres St., (504) 565-8027; www.pharmacymuseum. org — Kate Paxton, Maida Owens and others hold a panel discussion on the history of birth attendants in Louisiana for the International Day of the Midwife. 6 p.m.

Yoga at the Cabildo. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — Yogis of all experience levels practice in the Cabildo gallery. Non-members $12. 7:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 6 Barbershop Meetings. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Peter Nahkid leads the men’s discussion. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Casino dance class. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Kevin Braxton of Cuban dance group Bookoo Rueda teaches a free class on the salsa-like dance. 7 p.m. Creative Grind. The Rook Cafe, 4516 Freret St., (618) 520-9843; www.neworleans. aiga.org/event/creative-grind — Designers, artists, writers and makers meet to share work and offer feedback. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Get Moving. Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www.growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly exercise class such as yoga, boot camp or CrossFit. Visit website to RSVP. 5:30 p.m.

Nature Walk and Titivation. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Guests tour natural habitats and learn to prune plants along the trail. 1 p.m. New Orleans Personal Computer Club. Gates of Prayer Synagogue, 4000 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie — Club member Richard Rowley demonstrates how to photograph and sell items online. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Small business discussion group. Five Happiness Imperial Room, 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-0820; www.fivehappiness.com — Small business professionals meet to network. RSVP required; call John at (504) 919-3484. 11:45 a.m. White Glove Wednesdays. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5276012; www.nationalww2museum.org — Curator Eric Rivets gives visitors a chance to wear original military uniforms and equipment. 9 a.m.

THURSDAY 7 Bridge lessons. Wes Busby Bridge Center, 2709 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-0869 — Beginners and novices take free bridge lessons. 9 a.m. Cocktails and Politics. Freret Street Publiq House, 4528 Freret St., (504) 826-9912; www. publiqhouse.com — State Sen. J.P. Morrell and state Reps. Helena Moreno and Walt Leger III discuss the ongoing legislative session at a public cocktail hour. Suggested donation $35, benefiting Kinsgley House. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Healthy eating demonstration. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — Nutritionist Karen Walker talks about healthy eating and prepares a seasonal salad. 7 p.m. Magic in Melpomenia. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.southernfood. org — Felicity Redevelopment’s fundraiser features a live art auction, live music and food from St. James Cheese Company and chef Ryan Hughes of Purloo. 6:30 p.m.

Jazz Pilates. New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 5894841; www.nps.gov/jazz/index. htm — Stephanie Jordan leads a free class incorporating Pilates, dance and jazz. Noon.

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

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Home Movies from Our Community. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — The New Orleans Film Society invites the public to bring their own 8mm home movies to their offices on the fourth floor of the CAC for a free happy hour and screening. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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

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on healthy home cooking. Visit website to RSVP. 5:30 p.m. World War II Discussion Group. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — UNO historian Gunter Bischoff discusses the effects of World War II in his native Austria. 7 p.m.

FRIDAY 8 Ben Smith Civil Liberties Award Dinner. Marriott New Orleans Convention Center Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 613-2886; www.marriott.com — The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana hosts a dinner honoring retired Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero Jr. for his service. Tickets $150. 6 p.m. Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — The museum is open late on Friday evening, with music by Victor Andrada, art by students in NOMA’s Mini Masters program and an outdoor screening of Jurassic Park. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Senior Fest: Get Into the Act. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www.arena.uno.edu — The New Orleans Council on Aging hosts a resource fair for seniors offering information about available services, plus food and door prizes. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Artist Portfolio Reviews. Tulane City Center, 1725 Baronne St., (504) 865-5389; www. joanmitchellcenter.org — Local curators offer free, 20-minute reviews of physical or digital

art portfolios. Email Beau Box at bbox@tulane.edu to sign up. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. & 1:30 to 5 p.m. B’EarthDay Party. TREE Outdoor Classroom (near Hwy 190 and Fitzsimons Road, Covington); www.treetalk. org — Teaching Responsible Earth Education holds a belated Earth Day celebration with forest walks, crafts and educational activities. Admission free; activities and food available for purchase. Visit the website for details and exact directions. 10 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. Bloomin’ on the Bayou Wildflower Walk. Jean Lafitte National Park, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 6893690 ext. 10; www.nps.gov/ jela — Walkers enjoy spring wildflowers and learn about botany. Call to RSVP. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Build By Ear workshop. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket.org — Kids create an art project inspired by a classic New Orleans jazz musician in PlayBuild NOLA’s workshop. 11:30 a.m. Children’s Art Workshop. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www. rhinocrafts.com — RHINO artists lead kids in a copper embossing workshop. Email artboxrhino@gmail.com to register. Suggested donation for materials $5. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Crawfish Mambo. The Cove at University of New Orleans, Founders Road, (504) 2802586; www.crawfishmambo. com — The festival features more than 50 crawfish boil teams, additional food and beverages and music by Tank & the Bangas, Stooges Brass Band, the Bucktown All-Stars, Shamarr Allen and Honey Island Swamp Band. Tickets $20 in advance, $25 day of event. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Diner en Blanc. www.neworleans.dinerenblanc.info — The “chic picnic” invites guests to dress in all white attire and bring their own dinner to a secret location announced the day of the event. Tickets $45. Registration ends May 4. Dragon Boat Festival. Water Street and Tchefuncte River, Madisonville — Dragon boat teams race colorful, 40-foot boats. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Girls on the Run 5K. City Park Festival Grounds, 1701 Wisner Blvd., (504) 482-4888; www. neworleanscitypark.com — Girls’ running organization Girls on the Run hosts a 5K run and an end-of-season celebration. Registration at 7 a.m., race at 8 a.m. Huey P. Long Bridge Run. Harahan; www.hueyprun.com — The 5K race crosses the Huey P. Long Bridge from Bridge City to Harahan. A post-race party features food and music. Registration $35. 8 a.m. Jazz Yoga. Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841; www.nps.gov/ jazz — Susan Landry leads a free class featuring meditational jazz piano. 10 a.m. Kinfolks Soul Food Festival. New Orleans City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 488-2896; www. neworleanscitypark.com — The touring festival features a soul food cooking competition and music by Salt’n’Pepa, Bell Biv DeVoe, El DeBarge and Loose Ends. Tickets start at $35. 2 p.m. Lake PontchARTrain Craft Fair. New Canal Lighthouse, 8001 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 282-2134; www.saveourlake.org — More than 30 vendors offer arts, crafts and household items. Snacks are available for purchase and attendees can also learn about summer water safety. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Let’s Grow. Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www.growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly class on home gardening. Visit website to RSVP. Noon. Magazine Street Champagne Stroll. Magazine Street, various locations; www.magazinestreet.com — Shoppers enjoy champagne, trunk shows and special deals as participating shops along Magazine Street stay open late. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. NOLA for Nepal. Cathedral Creative Studios, 527 Julia St., 3336713; www.cathedralnola.com — The benefit for earthquake relief in Nepal features a cash bar, silent auction, burlesque performances and music by NOLA Cherry Bombs, Sarah Quintana and DJ Brice Nice. Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 8 p.m. to midnight. NOLA Veggie Fest. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 9489961; www.nolaveggiefest. com — The vegetarian festival features food from local restaurants, cooking demos, vendor booths, a silent auction and talks by chefs and food activists. A vegan fashion show takes place on Saturday afternoon. One-day tickets $10, two-day pass $15. Moms

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the monthly literary event. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Piety Street Market. The Old Ironworks, 612 Piety St., (504) 908-4741; www.612piety.com — More than 50 vendors offer art, jewelry, crafts, vintage clothes, collectibles, used books and flea market treasures at this monthly market. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Carrie Rollwagen. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author discusses shopping locally and signs her book The Localist. 4 p.m. Saturday.

Rose and Plant Sale. City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9464; www.neworleanscitypark.com — The New Orleans Botanical Garden offers plants for sale at the Pelican Greenhouse. Call or email plants@nocp.org for details. 9 a.m. to noon. SoFAB Cooking Demo. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket.org — Local chefs cook their signature dishes. 11 a.m. Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 4565000; www.noma.org — The museum hosts yoga classes in the sculpture garden. Non-members $5. 8 a.m.

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Tipitina’s Foundation’s Sunday Youth Music Workshop. Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-8477; www. tipitinas.com — Kids jam with local band Cha Wa at a free session suggested for middle and high school music students. 1 p.m.

MONDAY 11 Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 456-5000; www.noma. org — Terry Rappold leads the class in the museum’s art galleries. Non-members $5. 6 p.m.

WORDS 1718 Society. Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns. com — Chris Chambers, author of Delta 88, reads at

Cinco de Mayo Festival. East New Orleans Regional Library, 5641 Read Blvd., (504) 596-2646; www.nutrias.org — The library celebrates with a kids’ storytime and pinata. 5 p.m. Tuesday. Esoterotica. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.esoterotica.com — Local writers read erotic stories, poetry and other pieces. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www.nutrias.org — The group hosts twice-weekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. Greg Iles. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — The author discusses and signs his novel The Bone Tree. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Independent Bookstore Day. Octavia Books (513 Octavia St.), Garden District Book Shop (2727 Prytania St.) and Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop (631 N. Carrollton Ave.) celebrate with author signings, a scavenger hunt, kids’ activities and exclusive books and collectables available for purchase. Saturday. Irvin Mayfield. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The musician signs his new coffee table book, New Orleans Jazz Playhouse. 3 p.m. Saturday. Kenny Harrison, Marti Dumas and Alex McConduit. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 8664916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The children’s authors hold a reading and signing. 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Kimberly Willis Holt. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529

Independent Bookstore Day Three local bookstores are celebrating Independent Bookstore Day on May 9 (the national observation was May 2, but they didn’t want to compete with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival). Octavia Books (513 Octavia St., 504-899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com), Garden District Book Shop (2727 Prytania St., 504-895-2266; www.gardenistrictbookshop.com) and Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop (631 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-598-5536; www.tubbyandcoos.com) host author signings, a scavenger hunt between bookstores and a writing event. All shops will offer a selection of Independent Bookstore Day items such as a literary map of the seas, special edition books, prints, literary-themed tea towels and more. The stores also will give away a limited number of Blackbird Letterpress notebooks with a map and “New Orleans” printed on the cover. Additional events unique to each store are listed on the shops’ respective websites. “Because we’re independent, we’re doing our own things but we’re doing some things together,” says Tom Lowenburg, co-owner of Octavia Books (pictured). “We’re all offering some of these exclusive literary and art items.” The inaugural National Independent Bookstore Day was last year, and 400 bookstores nationwide are participating this year. The American Booksellers Association, Penguin Random House and regional associations are supporting the event. — EMMA DISCHER Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The author signs her young adult novel, Dear Hank Williams. 5 p.m. Wednesday.

483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — Fleur de Lit and Pearl Wine Co. host a night of book readings, signings, hors d’oeuvres and drink specials. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Matt McCarthy. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www. octaviabooks.com — The author signs his memoir The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician’s First Year. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Sally Michelle Jackson. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — The author discusses and signs The Darkness Survives. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Mon and Jinks. Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., (504) 596-2667; www.nutrias. org — The author and illustrator discuss their book, an illustrated and abridged version of Silvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch. 7 p.m. Thursday. Muriel B. MacHauer. Robert E. Smith Library, 6301 Canal Blvd., (504) 596-2638; www.nutrias. org — The author discusses Lakeview Memories: Growing Up in Lakeview in the 1920s, 30s & 40s. 3 p.m. Thursday. Reading Between the Wines. Pearl Wine Co., 3700 Orleans Ave., (504)

Sarah J. Maas. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author signs her young adult novel A Court of Thorns and Roses. 6 p.m. Saturday. Story Time with Miss Maureen. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop. com — Miss Maureen reads children’s books. 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Teddy Bear Tea Party. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias. org — Children are invited to bring a teacup and a stuffed animal to enjoy

story readings and refreshments. 2 p.m. Saturday.

SPORTS Jesters. Pan American Stadium, City Park, 1 Zachary Taylor Drive — The New Orleans Jesters play Jacksonville United. 7 p.m. Saturday. VooDoo. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans VooDoo play the Arizona Rattlers. 7 p.m. Saturday,

FARMERS MARKETS Covington Farmers Market. www.covingtonfarmersmarket.org — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and live music twice a week: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington. Crescent City Farmers Market. www.crescentciPAGE 70

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Mother’s Day at Audubon. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www. auduboninstitute.org — Live music featuring Irma Thomas has become a Mother’s Day tradition for many families. The celebration also features food, craft vendors, family activities and access to the zoo. Free with regular zoo admission (adult $18.95, seniors $14.95, kids $13.95 and free for moms). 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Christophe Pourny. — The furniture restorer discusses and signs his book The Furniture Bible. 6 p.m. Thursday at Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St.; 2 p.m. Saturday at Gallier House, 1132 Royal St.; 6 p.m. Saturday at Balzac Antiques, 3506 Magazine St.

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tyfarmersmarket.org — The market offers produce, meat, seafood, dairy, flowers and prepared foods at four weekly events. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St.; 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place; 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at American Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave.; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Magazine Street Market, corner of Magazine and Girod streets. CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook.com/ crispfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday. 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.

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

Gretna Farmers Market. Huey P. Long Avenue at Second Street, Gretna; www. gretnafarmersmarket.com — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, 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; www.hollygrovemarket.com — 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. 400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner. la.us — The market features

fruits, vegetables, dairy products, homemade jams and jellies and cooking demonstrations. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

ing a creative resource directory and organizing charity bar crawls. Visit www.creativitycollective. com or call (916) 206-1659.

Sankofa Mobile Market. www.sankofanola.org — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden at several weekly stops. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave.; 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday at New Israel Baptist Church, 6322 St. Claude Ave.

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

St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi, (504) 355-4442; www.visitstbernard.com — The market offers seafood, produce, preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment and children’s activities. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Vietnamese Farmers Market. 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd. — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early market catering to New Orleans East’s Vietnamese population. 5 a.m. Saturday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED American Cancer Society. The society seeks volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Visit www.cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200. Another Life Foundation. The foundation seeks volunteers recovering from mental illness to help mentor others battling depression and suicidal behaviors. Training is provided. Contact Stephanie Green at (888) 543-3480, email anotherlifefoundation@hotmail.com or visit www.anotherlifefoundation.org. Bayou Rebirth Wetlands Education. Bayou Rebirth seeks volunteers for wetlands planting projects, nursery maintenance and other duties. Visit www. bayourebirth.org.

Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to help clients, manage inventory and share their expertise. Call (504) 8914337 or email neworleans@ dressforsuccess.org. Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest oneon-one mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www.eachonesaveone.org. Edgar Degas Foundation. The nonprofit seeks volunteers to contribute to foundation development. Call (504) 821-5009 or email info@degashouse.com. First Tee of Greater New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteers to serve as mentors and coaches to kids and teens though its golf program. Visit www. thefirsteenola.org. Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running partners, assistant coaches, committee members and race day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola.org or visit www.gotrnola.org. Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. The center seeks part-time civil rights investigators with excellent writing skills, reliable transportation and no criminal convictions to help expose housing discrimination in the New Orleans metro area. Call (504) 7174257 or email mmorgan@ gnofairhousing.org.

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

NO. 2014-1964 DIVISION “G” SECTION 11 SUCCESSION OF BARBARA JANE NELSON NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is here by given to the creditors of this estate and all other interested persons to show cause within seven days from the publication of this notice, if any they have or can, why the tableau of distribution filed by Willie E. Nelson and Sharon A Nelson Douglas, co-executors, should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance with it. Dale N. Atkins, Clerk of Court

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NO.2015-1312 DIVISION “B”

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DOCKET NO. 2015-4134 DIVISION “F”

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Notice is Given that the executor of the Succession of Emma Campbell (Orleans Civil District Court No. 20151312-B) will petition the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans for authority to sell immovable property of the decedent at private sale in accordance with the provisions of La. C.C.P. art. 3281 to Adam Campbell for fair market value and credit against his share of the estate. The immovable property proposed to be sold at private sale is described as follows: A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges servitudes and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, located in the 6th District, Square 313, bounded by Perrier, Coliseum, Upperline, and Robert Streets, being designated as Lot 7, measuring 30 feet front on Coliseum Street by 100 feet more or less B.P.L. Lot 7 commences 90 feet from the corner of Upperline Street, all as per the survey of Gilbert, etc. dated July 24, 1923. This property bears municipal address 4913 Coliseum Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. This publication will appear twice in accordance with law. Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file an opposition within seven (7) days from the day on which the last publication of this notice appears. Attorney: Carolyn B. Hennesy Address: 829 Baronne St. New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Telephone: (504) 581-9322 Gambit: 5/5/15 & 5/26/15

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DOCKET NO. 2015-4134 DIVISION “F” SUCCESSION OF MARVIN DURELLE TOLLIVER NOTICE OF FILING OF TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that the administratrix of this succession has filed a petition for authority to pay debts of the succession in accordance with the tableau of distribution contained in the Petition. The Petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of this publication; any opposition to the Petition must be filed prior to homologation. Jerry Wineski, Deputy Clerk Attorney: Robert J. Bergeron, Esq. (La. Bar #20697) Kendra L. Duay, Esq. (La.Bar #25652) Address: 7835 Maple Street New Orleans, La 70118 Telephone: 504-866-5151 Gambit: 5/5/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of CYI Investments, LLC and Joseph Robinson, Sr., please contact attorney Tony Dooley, 3701 Canal St. 4th Floor, Suite U, NOLA 70119 or (504) 298-0854.

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The DOROTHY JOHNSON, Executrix, the above estate has made application to the court for the sale, at private sale, of the movable or immovable property described, as follows: A CERTAIN LOT OR PORTION OF GROUND, with the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situated in the Second District of this City, in Square No. 146, bounded by Marais, St. Phillip, Ursulines and N. Liberty Streets, designated as Lot “A-1” pm the annexed sketch of survey by Guy J. Seghers, Surveyor, dates July 27, 1951; according to which survey, said lot commences at a distance of one hundred twenty feet from the corner of Ursulines and Marais Streets, by a depth on the side nearer Ursulines Street of fifty-eight feet three inches on line, a depth on the opposite side line of fifty-eight feet two inches, and a width in the rear of thirty-two feet six inches. The improvement on said property bear the Municipal No. 1024 Marais Street. THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: $30,000.00 in full and final sum. Notice is now given to all parties to whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of decedent, and of this estate, that they be ordered to make any opposition which they may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating that application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law. DALE N. ATKINS, Clerk Attorney: Cameron Landry Address: 405 S. Broad New Orleans, Louisiana 70119 Telephone: 504-861-7488 Gambit: 4/28/15 & 5/05/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Evelyn M. Curren a.k.a. Evelyn Mortensen Curren, please contact Paul C. Fleming, Jr. attorney at (504) 888-3394. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of John W. Leavell, please contact attorney Tony Dooley, 3701 Canal St. 4th Floor, Suite U, NOLA 70119 or (504) 298-0854. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Joynal C. Abdin, A/K/A Joynal Christopher Abdin or in the event of his death, the Estate of Joynal C. Abdin, A/K/A Joynal Christopher Abdin and any heirs of the unopened succession of Joynal C. Abdin, A/K/A Joynal Christopher Abdin, contact atty. Stacey Williams Marcel at (504) 581-9322.” Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Judy Frilot, please contact Atty. E. Appleberry at 405 Gretna Blvd., Ste. 104, Gretna, LA 70053; (504) 362-7800. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mavi, LLC, L&J Management, Inc., Bhanumati Nanji or Laxmi Jagani, call attorney Paul C. Fleming, Jr. at 504-888-3394. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Murphy Sterling please contact Ammon L. Miller, Jr. at (504) 525-5671

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SUCCESSION OF MARVIN DURELLE TOLLIVER NOTICE OF PRIVATE SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY WHEREAS, the Administratrix has made application to the Court for the sale of property of Decedent, Marvin Durelle Tolliver as follows: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Orleans, in the Seventh District of the City of New Orleans, in Square No. 448, bounded by Eagle, Colapissa, Fig and General Ogden Streets, which lot is designated by the Letter “I” on a plan of C. Uncus Lewis, D.C.S., dated May 21, 1920,, and according to said plan, said lot commences at a distance of Thirty (30’) feet from the corner of Eagle and Colapissa Street and measures thirty (30’) feet front on Eagle Street, by a depth of one hundred twenty (120’) feet and is composed of portions of the original lots no.s 1, 2, 3, and 4 of said square. For great certainty sketch of survey by B. J. Oliveira, dated April 24, 1928, is annexed to an act passed before Stanley V. Ray, late Notary Public, May 1, 1928. The improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 3032 Eagle Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Being the same property acquired by Doris Hunter Tolliver in the Judgment of Possession in the Succession of Kermit William Tolliver dated April 5, 2010 and registered in CIN 569768; Being the same property acquired by donation of partial interest to Marvin Durelle Tolliver in Act of Donation dated June 16, 1994 and registered in CIN88811;Being the same property acquired by Doris Tolliver and Kermit Tolliver in act dated July 13, 1993 registered in CIN 72130, records of Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Petition and the agreement to purchase filed in the record of this matter. Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file their opposition within ten (10) days from the day on which the last publication of this notice appears. By Order of the Court Dale N. Atkins, Clerk of Court Attorney: Robert J. Bergeron, Esq. (La. Bar #20697) Kendra L. Duay, Esq. (La.Bar #25652) Address: 7835 Maple Street New Orleans, La 70118 Telephone: 504-866-5151 Gambit: 5/5/15 Judith Hill Barton or anyone knowing the whereabouts of Judith Hill Barton, please contact the Law Office of Shalita K. Sanders, LLC at 504-331-1429. The Heirs of Mary Adams Tolbert, l/k/a 2106 Josephine Street, New Orleans, LA 70113 or anyone knowing their whereabouts, please contact Atty, Veleka Eskinde, 504-434-0030 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Rodney J. Williams please contact Attorney Ashley B. Schepens at (504) 301-0708. PAGE 75

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BOEM Announces Public Scoping Meetings for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales for 2017-2022 The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold public scoping meetings in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. These meetings will provide BOEM an opportunity to solicit comments from Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments, and from interested citizens and organizations. Comments will be used to prepare the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas Lease Sales 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257, 259, and 261 in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The proposed GOM lease sales are part of the proposed 2017-2022 Five-Year Program. The public scoping meetings are scheduled as follows: New Orleans, Louisiana: Tuesday, May 12, 2015, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123, one meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT; Houston, Texas: Thursday, May 14, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn Houston/Bush Intercontinental Airport, 15400 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, TX 77032, beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT; Panama City, Florida: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn Panama City, 1101 US Highway 231, Panama City, Florida, 32405, one meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. CDT; Mobile, Alabama: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn Mobile West, 828 West I-65 Service Road South, Mobile, Alabama 36609, one meeting beginning at 3:00 p.m. CDT; and Gulfport, Mississippi: Thursday, May 21, 2015, Courtyard by Marriott, Gulfport Beachfront MS Hotel, 1600 East Beach Boulevard, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501, one meeting beginning at 3:00 p.m. CDT.

CLASSIFIEDS TWENTY-NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ST. CHARLES

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.P-10, 792 DIVISION “E”

NO. 2015-2460 DIVISION F-7

SUCCESSION OF THERESA ANN PHILLIP

DOCKET NO. 738-181 DIVISION: “D”

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SUCCESSION OF JULI MCINNIS NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY given that Dianne Bernard, Executrix of this Succession, has petitioned the Court for authority to sell at private sale to Irene Ornelas the following described property in accordance with all terms and conditions contained in the Petition filed in this matter. A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the FIFTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, designated as LOT NO. 29 IN SQUARE 81, bounded by Alix, Eliza, Vallette and Olivier Streets, on a sketch and certificates of survey made by Edgar Pilie, Surveyor, dated June 26, 1894, annexed to an act passed on April 29, 1906. According to which sketch, said lot begins at a distance of 90 feet from the corner of Olivier and Alix Streets, by 113 feet, 11 inches in depth between equal and parallel lines. Improvements bear the Municipal No. 613 Alix Street, New Orleans, LA 70114. UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: Sale to be for the sum of $233,000.00 CASH.

If you cannot attend the public scoping meetings for the Draft EIS for proposed GOM Lease Sales 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257, 259, and 261, you may submit written comments within 30 days following the publication of the notice of public scoping meetings in the Federal Register in one of the following ways: 1. In an envelope labeled “Scoping Comments for the 2017-2022 GOM Multisale EIS” and mailed (or hand delivered) to Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief, Environmental Assessment Section, Office of Environment (GM 623E), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394; 2. Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to http://www.regulations.gov and search for “2017-2022 GOM Multisale EIS”. (Note: It is important to include the quotation marks in your search terms.) Click on the “Comment Now!” button to the right of the document link. Enter your information and comment, then click “Submit”; or 3. BOEM email address: multisaleeis2017-2022@boem.gov. BOEM does not consider anonymous comments; please include your name and address as part of your submittal. BOEM makes all comments, including the names and addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that BOEM withhold their names and/or addresses from the public record; however, BOEM cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. If you wish your name and/or address to be withheld, you must state your preference prominently at the beginning of your comment. All submissions from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses will be made available for public inspection in their entirety. If you have questions, please call Mr. Gary D. Goeke at 504-736-3233.

Attorney: Connie P. Trieu Address: 537 Holmes Blvd. Suite A Gretna, Louisiana 70056 Telephone: 504-301-4525

SUCCESSION OF E. RALPH LUPIN

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SALE OF PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PERFORM EXECUTORY CONTRACT

Notice is hereby given that Margaret P. Hunter and Marie P. Hogh, CoAdministratrixes of this Succession have applied for an order authorizing them to sell the following described property, for the price of $59,900.00, as is provided in the Petition filed in the record, and to execute any and all other documents which may be required:

Pursuant to La. C. Civ. Proc. art. 3229, notice is given that the Executrix of the Succession of E. Ralph Lupin has filed on April 29, 2015 a Petition for Authority to Proceed with Redemption of Shares. An Order may be issued after the expiration of 7 days from the date of publication, and an opposition may be filed at any time prior to the issuance of the Order.

That certain piece or portion of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Floral Acres Subdivison, being a portion of Live Oak Plantation, in Square No. 2, bounded by Azalea Drive, Aster Lane, Buttercup Drive, the Eastern line of Floral Acres and a public highway, and designated as Lot No. 22. All in accordance with survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated March 13, 1964, which said Lot commences at a distance of 484 feet from the corner of Azalea Drive and Aster Lane and measures thence 53 feet front on Azalea Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and parallel lines. All in accordance with survey of Adloe Orr, Jr., and Associates, C.E., dated September 21, 1967.

Attorney: Wade P. Webster and Jon W. Wise Address: 400 Poydras St., 30th Floor New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: 504-523-2600

Any heir, legatee or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of last publication of this notice. Hahnville, Louisiana, this 1st day of April, 2015. Lance Marino Clerk of Court

Gambit: 5/5/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ralph J. Hardy, IV, and Nicole Saucier Hardy, please contact Atty. E. Appleberry, at 405 Gretna Blvd., Ste. 104 Gretna, LA 70053; (504) 362-7800. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ruthie Mae Grady Jefferson, call J. Gainsburgh, attorney at 504-5822280. Anyone knowing their whereabouts of Ralph J. Hardy, IV A/K/A Ralph James Hardy, IV A/K/A Ralph J. Hardy and Nicole Saucier Hardy A/K/A Nicole S. Hardy, please contact Louise C. Higgins, Attorney, 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of Wilbert Washington please contact J. Benjamin Avin Atty, 2216 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500. Anyone knowing the whereabouts Tyamber S. Porea a/k/a Tyamber Shelby Porea and Thomas L. Porea, Jr. please call Shaun R. Mena, attorney at (225) 328-2034.

Attorney: T. Robert Lacour Address: 3220 Williams Blvd. Kenner, Louisiana 70065 Telephone: (504) 443-1353 Gambit: 4/14/15 & 5/5/15

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Notice is hereby given to all parties to whom it may concern, including the 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 used 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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