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May 10 2016 Volume 37 Number 19

POLITICS

Justice for kids 12 DINING

La Casita Taqueria 20 LIFESTYLE

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SEEKING

THIRD PARTIES Voters dissatisfied with presumptive presidential nominees are looking for new alternatives.

BY ROBERT MORRIS

PLUS: Mary Matalin turns Libertarian.

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TUE. MAY 10 | Freddie Gibbs can grill — check his self-released raw deal Shadow of a Doubt — and he can roast: He blamed a recent concert snafu on his DJ not getting laid, and he posted his Kanye West remix “Cocaine Parties in L.A.” on his site after Def Jam allegedly blocked it, tweeting, “Def Jam and Universal can eat a d—.” Enough said. Jay IDK and Grosser open at 9 p.m. at Republic.

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Brassy billing

Raw Honey: The Funeral THU. MAY 12 | New Orleans comedy duo Raw Honey (Molly Ruben-Long and Kate Mason) — finding smart, weird, gross and hilarious ways to smash the patriarchy — performs its farewell funerary rites with “The Funeral,” using filmed segments, live comedy and music for its multimedia sketch show. At 9:30 p.m. at The Broad Theater.

Comedian and former musician and cook Ralphie May returns to New Orleans.

Young Greatness

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THU. MAY 12 | New Orleans rapper Theodore Jones returns to the city following the 2015 smash single “Moolah,” the addictive, Jazze Pha-produced ode to the hustle that finally climbed into the Billboard Hot 100 last month after its music video blew up earlier this year. At 10 p.m. at The Howlin’ Wolf.

RALPHIE MAY, THE COMEDIAN OF LAST COMIC STANDING, NETFLIX AND COMEDY CENTRAL fame, met New

Orleans’ genre-mashing brass band The Soul Rebels in February during a shared bill at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. From their dressing room, The Soul Rebels watched May’s act from its first to last minute.

“It was awesome,” trombonist Big Paul Robertson says. “He’s hilarious and full of life, just like us.”

After May finished his 9:30 Club set, the comedian, a Soul Rebels fan, visited the band members in their dressing room.

“I hit them with Hall & Oates’ ‘I Can’t Go for That,’” May says. “They were like, ‘Yo. Why don’t you come up and sing that with us? That’s one of our jams.’”

May gave The Soul Rebels an awesome introduction and then, despite smoking a lot of marijuana earlier that night, returned during the band’s show to sing “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do).”

“Ralphie can sing very well,” Robertson says. “We pulled it out and it was magic.”

“I got into the music, having fun,” May says. “Then I took my shirt off. The Soul Rebels laughed their butts off.”

“Actually, that night, we were like, ‘We need to bring this to New Orleans,’” Robertson says. “Ralphie was like, ‘Yeah, most definitely. We’ve got to put something together, some day.’”

That day is Friday. May and The Soul Rebels are presenting a double bill of music and comedy at Tipitina’s.

“It’s so much fun to do something with a group of talented musicians who are so welcoming,” May says.

Explosions in the Sky

“They’re like, ‘Hey, man. You’re funny and you love brass.’ When that Soul Rebels brass hits you, it makes people move and shake and wanna do bigger, better things. It’s so cool, daddy.”

May loves The Soul Rebels in part because he played sousaphone and bass in a high school soul and rhythmand-blues band. He also lived in New Orleans in the mid-1990s, when he worked as a cook at Emeril Lagasse’s NOLA and lived a few doors down from the Degas House in Faubourg St. John.

“I was instantly inducted into New Orleans,” May says. “Everybody I met said, ‘Come to my mama’s house.’ And everybody’s related in New Orleans.

White, black or brown, just come on down.”

But the city didn’t help May’s comedy career. In this music town, the comedy gigs he got tended to be short, low-paying sets during band breaks. May realized if he was going to make it in comedy, he needed to leave.

“The women in New Orleans are beautiful, the music is wonderful, the food is amazing,” he says. “It’s too intoxicating! It was like, ‘Lord, Jesus.

If I don’t get out, I’m going to be here my whole life!’ New Orleans has a way of taking something you think is

The Soul Rebels’ Big Paul Robertson with comedian and former musician Ralphie May.

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temporary and making it real long.”

So May returned to Houston, then a comedy club hub that offered aspiring comics much opportunity to cultivate their skills.

“That switch from New Orleans to Houston made me into the comedian I am,” he said. “But I tell you what — for good times, man, there was never anything better than what I was getting in New Orleans. That was the most fun, Jack.”

FRI. MAY 13 | Texas instrumental band Explosions in the Sky has run its career in oddly parallel lines, crafting deeply subversive epics (The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place) alongside clear-eyed, full-hearted soundtracks (Friday Night Lights).

Current release The Wilderness (Temporary Residence) is more of a sparkler in the street, but it’s brilliant nonetheless. Disappears opens at 9 p.m. at The Joy Theater.

Sideshow troupes FRI.-SUN. MAY 13-15 | A pair of carny shows pass through town this weekend. Burlesque and sideshow duo Frankie Sin and Donny Vomit present a three-night stint of Sideshow and Tell at The Theatre at St. Claude. Members of the touring all-female freakshow troupe Demented Dolls of Sideshow swallow swords, breath flame, contort, pierce their bodies and perform other horrific feats at 8 p.m. Sunday at Mag’s 940.

Torche FRI. MAY 13 | On its fourth album, 2015’s Restarter (Relapse), Florida sludge masters Torche refine their heavy, down-tuned trips into bayou doom with arena-sized melodic metal. Mountain of Wizard and Something’s Burning open at 10 p.m. at Siberia.

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I-10 News on the move 1. JINDAL’S IN FOR TRUMP “He’s non-serious. He’s a carnival act. … Donald Trump is a narcissist and he’s an egomaniac. We can win right now, or we can be the biggest fools of all time.” That was former Gov. Bobby Jindal a few months ago, before he dropped out of the presidential race. At the time, Jindal bragged about his willingness to take on Trump, but now that The Donald is the presumptive GOP nominee, Jindal is more pragmatic — or would the right word be “opportunistic?” He told CNN last week, “If it comes down to a binary choice between Donald Trump, I’m supporting the party’s nominee. … I would vote for him over [presumptive Democratic nominee] Hillary Clinton.”

Jindal even had given a speech at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. lambasting Trump, and was so proud of it he gave the speech its own page on his website. That page was scrubbed as of last week.

2. Medical marijuana: closer to reality?

Medical marijuana could be made available to more people in Louisiana — if the Louisiana Senate approves state Sen. Fred Mills’ Senate Bill 271, which narrowly passed through the state House’s Health and Welfare Committee on May 3. Medical pot isn’t available yet.

Mills passed a measure last year that puts in motion the state’s cultivation of marijuana for medical use and prescribes how pharmacies could make it available. SB 271 allows “recommendations” (not prescriptions, as to avoid federal scrutiny) of medical cannabis to treat more diseases, including cancer and HIV/AIDS. The measure passed after moving testimony from Katie Corker, who shared two large Ziploc bags of medication used to control her 9-yearold son Connor’s debilitating seizures. “I can’t say for certain medical cannabis will free him from his seizures,” Corker said. “But I can say I will never stop fighting for

him. … If Connor were your child, what would you do?”

The measure faces opposition from the Louisiana District Attorneys Association and the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association.

Lincoln Parish Sheriff Mike Stone, who stated he has seen “families destroyed by marijuana,” said medical weed poses “an unnecessary risk to these people and the public health.” Speaking to reporters about medical marijuana May 5, Gov. John Bel Edwards said the state shouldn’t get between doctors and parents on what’s best for treating children.

3. State Senate votes

to triple waiting time for abortions

The Louisiana State Senate has voted 34-4 to pass a bill that would triple the waiting time for women seeking abortions. House Bill 386, sponsored by Rep. Frank Hoffmann, R-West Monroe, requires women to wait 72 hours between a state-mandated counseling session

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8. More planning ahead

5. RIP NOLA Patrol

The New Orleans City Planning Commission (CPC) will once again examine whether entire homes can be rented out via services such as Airbnb. The CPC already recommended whole-home rentals be prohibited in its report to the New Orleans City Council, with recommendations on new rules and regulations for short-term rentals. But on May 5, the council voted 6-0 to instruct the CPC to begin drafting those rules and regulations — and hold public meetings — with a provision from Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration to reconsider whole-home rentals. Council members repeated that the procedural step to get more input and public hearings on the whole-home rental issue was not an endorsement of such rentals. District A City Councilwoman Susan Guidry said she opposes whole-home rentals “period,” and Council President Stacy Head said if they were allowed, they’d likely be the most heavily regulated.

Within a year of its launch, the New Orleans Police Department’s latest enforcement wing, the NOLA Patrol, is no more. The city had planned to hire 50 civilians, paid for by $800,000 in earmarked hotel-motel taxes to handle traffic and quality of life issues in the French Quarter. The city pulled the plug last month, however, in the face of insufficient personnel to train and staff the program. The remaining funds will be redirected to other safety measures.

6. Legislators target “sanctuary cities”

and a scheduled abortion procedure. Current law says women must wait 24 hours.

Anti-abortion advocates dubbed the proposed wait time a “reflection period” between counseling and abortion. Abortion rights activists, however, say that the bill is an attempt to restrict women’s access to legal health care.

4. Beyonce to

New Orleans: get in formation

With New Orleans starring in her visual album Lemonade and music video “Formation,” it was only a matter of time before Beyonce announced a performance in the city. Her massive “Formation” world tour comes to the Superdome Saturday, Sept. 24.

Also coming to New Orleans in September: Drake (Sept.

2 at the Smoothie King Center), Kraftwerk (Sept. 9 at the Orpheum Theater), Dixie Chicks (Sept. 10 at the Smoothie King Center), Gary Clark Jr. (Sept.

The Louisiana House has backed a measure to punish “sanctuary cities” that don’t enforce federal immigration laws. On May 4, the House voted 67-27 to support House Bill 1148 from state Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Denham Springs, whose measure restricts cities with “sanctuary policies” from receiving certain funding.

Under its federal consent decree, the New Orleans Police Department prevents officers from inquiring about immigration status. NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison says immigration matters are a federal issue, not a local one; several legislators agree. State Reps. Walt Leger and Helena Moreno, both New Orleans Democrats, questioned whether there even is an issue with municipalities refusing to cooperate with immigration authorities.

7. Down with OPP? Facing federal intervention of his alleged mishandling of Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) and the stipulations of a sweeping consent decree, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has made a few personnel changes — and he announced last week he’ll begin transferring 600 inmates from the jail this month.

Gusman is due in U.S. District Judge Lance Africk’s courtroom May 25 for a hearing to determine whether to appoint a “receiver” at the jail.

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9. It’s raining so hard …

That second-weekend deluge at the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival put some bad juju on attendance numbers. This year, Jazz Fest saw 425,000 attendees — down 35,000 from 2015. Pounding rains and lightning cut short the second Saturday of Jazz Fest, which canceled performances from Stevie Wonder and Beck, among others.

10. Voter Registration Week is underway

Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler kicks off 2016 Voter Registration Week May 9. New voters can register on the Secretary of State’s website, by mail or at many state locations, such as any Office of Motor Vehicles, WIC or food stamp offices, disability centers or military recruiting offices. The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 8 presidential election is Oct. 11. For more information, visit www.geauxvote.com.

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# The Count The ratio of tourists to New Orleans residents in 2015.

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS HOSPITALITY RESEARCH CENTER, NEW ORLEANS AREA VISITOR PROFILE

NEW ORLEANS HOSTED 9.78 MILLION PEOPLE IN 2015, according to the New Orleans Area Visitor Profile from the University of New Orleans Hospitality Research Center, compiled for the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau and the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation. That is up nearly 3 percent from 2014.

City and tourism officials report that visitors to New Orleans made a $7 billion contribution to the state last year. Nearly a quarter of visitors earn a household income of $100,000-$149,000, and 10 percent of visitors earn at least $200,000 a year. Conventioneers account for roughly 13 percent of visitors and, predictably, springtime festivalgoers account for a third of the year’s total visitors.

The tourism numbers for 2015 inch closer to tourism’s 2004 peak, when more than 10 million people visited the city. The city hopes to attract 13.7 million visitors by 2018 for the city’s tricentennial — or more than 33 tourists for every resident. — ALEX WOODWARD

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was named a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education for its efforts to reduce its environmental impact and utility costs, promote health and the environment and other “green” efforts. The school is among 47 campuses nationwide receiving the honor in 2016, including three other schools in Louisiana.

under the will of Louis Feil donated $1 million to complete construction of Audubon Zoo’s elevated education pavilion for its elephant exhibit, which reopened April 26.

The pavilion allows a bird’s-eye view of the zoo’s Asian elephants.

The new enclosure also has trees and two large pools, including a 12-foot-deep immersion pool near the Cool Zoo water park.

Bobby Jindal once again proved he bows to the prevailing political winds. After spending nearly his entire failed presidential campaign trashing frontrunner Donald Trump, Jindal said during a May 3 appearance on CNN that he would vote for Trump if he becomes the GOP nominee. Last September, in an editorial for CNN, Jindal called Trump “a madman who must be stopped” and a “shallow, unserious, substance-free narcissistic egomaniac.”

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The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to put New Orleans jails into receivership, elbowing aside Sheriff Marlin Gusman. What do you think?

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Our Commentary on shortterm rentals drew this comment from a shortterm rental operator: “We continue to look forward to working with city officials to help make New Orleans a Model City for high compliance rates in this registration process.

And we would like to thank the Guests and Visitors for those 20,000-plus reservations over Jazz Fest..! Thank you for visiting, we hope you found old world southern hospitality was still indeed very much alive, and come see us again y’all..”

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The real ‘reefer madness’ Mills’ bill is both benign and a needed step toward getting people the medicine they need.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA WON’T BECOME LEGALLY AVAILABLE IN LOUISIANA FOR YEARS, even

though the state has legalized it in some form since 1991. That should reassure the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association and the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, both of which oppose even medical uses for cannabis. It’s less assuring to those who need it to combat the pain and symptoms of glaucoma, chemotherapy, cerebral palsy, seizures and a host of other maladies that have been treated effectively with cannabis oil.

Londyn Broussard is one of those people — a three-and-ahalf-year-old girl prone to frequent violent seizures. Last week, the Lafayette Advertiser profiled the Broussard family, for whom conventional anti-seizure drugs weren’t working. Londyn’s mother began giving her cannabidiol, an oil derived from the cannabis plant that has no psychoactive components (read: it won’t get anyone high). Londyn improved, but the family stopped using the medication when doctors said they didn’t have information about contraindications or side effects.

Louisiana doctors — and patients like Londyn — are in a catch-22 when it comes to medical use of marijuana. Last year, then-Gov. Bobby Jindal approved a law that would allow physicians to prescribe medical marijuana for only three conditions (spastic quadriplegia, glaucoma and side effects resulting from chemotherapy). But federal law outlaws such prescriptions.

Senate Bill 271, introduced by state Sen. Fred Mills Jr., R-Parks, would expand the number of maladies for which cannabis oil could be used, and it offers language that would protect doctors and patients who want to try it. The measure squeaked through the House Health & Welfare Committee after winning Senate approval. It now goes before the full House. We recommend its passage.

Even if Mills’ bill passes, use of medical marijuana is still years away in Louisiana. The state’s first stab

at legalizing medical marijuana came in 1991 — 25 years ago — but no mechanism has been put in place to make the law effective.

Even now, the law requires plants to be grown at one of two official ag centers in the state, which hasn’t begun.

Mills’ bill faces two political hurdles. One is legislators’ antipathy to appearing “soft on drugs,” even though no one is asking them to condone cannabis. The other is sheriffs and district attorneys, who invoke the “slippery slope” argument. Mike Stone, the sheriffs’ association president, called SB 271 “part of a well-financed agenda. …

Next year they’ll want smokable.”

The ultimate irony is that marijuana is readily available to those who want it to get high. Meanwhile, those who need it for medical purposes — like Londyn Broussard — can’t get it. That makes no sense.

California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana products in 1996. Only four states — Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Colorado — have legalized and taxed pot for recreational use.

Many others, including California, New York, Vermont and Minnesota, have found middle ground.

Mills’ bill is a long-overdue step toward getting people the medicine they need. Blocking it would be real “reefer madness.” We urge passage of SB 271.

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Dear Tony, Since New Orleans trivia is my game, you can imagine I am very familiar with The New Orleans Edition, the 1980s product of which you speak.

“The ultimate who, what, where y’at trivia game,” is how it was marketed.

It sold for $24.99 and was meant to be compatible with the Trivial Pursuit game that was all the rage then. The local version came in a purple box that resembled the box of cards that came with the Trivial Pursuit game and was marketed simply as The New Orleans Edition, presumably not to run afoul of intellectual property lawyers.

Lawyer and businessman Shea Dixon was the creator. (His father Dave Dixon was the man behind bringing the Saints and Superdome to New Orleans.) “We are 100 percent compatible with Trivial Pursuit,” Shea Dixon told The Times-Picayune in December 1984. “We are protected by a disclaimer on each box that tells the purchaser that the game was not produced by Trivial Pursuit. So long as that aspect is legally clear, we don’t have any problems.”

There were some 3,000 questions included on the cards for The New Orleans Edition, in six categories: geography, entertainment, history, lagniappe, food/Mardi Gras and sports. In addition to Dixon, question writers included sports columnist Peter Finney and music and arts writer Jason Berry. Here are a few questions: On which hip is the sword on Robert E. Lee’s statue? (left); Who is the “Appliance Giant?” (Tony Campo); and Where did Ignatius Reilly meet his mother at the beginning of his novel? (under the clock at D.H. Holmes).

In the 1980s the game was sold at D.H. Holmes, Jax Brewery, by mail and at local book and gift stores. Nowadays, copies sometimes turn up in secondhand stores, flea markets and on eBay.

BLAKEVIEW HERE’S A DELICIOUS NEW ORLEANS TRIVIA QUESTION FOR YOU:

who is the Foster in Bananas Foster? This year marks the 65th anniversary of the dish, created in 1951 by Brennan’s chef Paul Blange. According to Brennan’s lore, restaurant owner Owen Brennan challenged the chef to create a dish using bananas, since New Orleans was a major port of entry for the fruit shipped from Central and South America. At the same time, Brennan’s had been asked to provide a new recipe for an article on the restaurant in Holiday magazine.

The scrumptious recipe features bananas, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, rum, vanilla ice cream and banana liqueur — in a flaming dish best prepared tableside at the restaurant. As for Mr. Foster, he was Richard Foster, owner of Foster Awning Company, chairman of the New Orleans Crime Commission and a frequent Brennan’s customer.

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A server prepares Brennan’s famous bananas Foster in the restaurant’s courtyard.

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APPARENTLY ORLEANS SHERIFF MARLIN GUSMAN ISN’T THE ONLY JAILER WITH A ROGUE PRISON ON HIS HANDS. Last week, Orleans Parish Juve-

nile Court Judge Mark Doherty ordered officials from the state Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) to appear in his court on May 19 because conditions at their facility in Bridge City are “so out of control that they may rise to the level of being unconstitutional.”

Doherty’s “rule to show cause” is an extraordinary measure, but word has it he’s not alone in his concerns about egregiously unsafe conditions at the Bridge City Center for Youth (BCCY). His May 5 directive cites 15 reasons why he has ordered the release of two youthful offenders from BCCY. HERE’S A SAMPLE: E S T.

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“Frequent, often daily, fist fights” between individual youths or groups of youths of varying ages in virtually all areas of the campus, including dorms — on at least 10 specific dates in April alone.

The fights have caused major injuries, including broken bones, that required hospitalization.

On one occasion a youth was attacked while being transported out of the facility to a hospital after a fight.

Youths at BCCY have escaped their dorms by kicking out windows and “running around uncontrolled across the campus for extended periods of time” — once for more than five hours on a rooftop.

Extended periods of “lockdown” leave youths unable to attend education classes.

“BCCY is chronically understaffed,” which leads to unsafe conditions.

There are no security cameras in key parts of the campus.

BCCY fails to report fights and injuries to police and instead treats them as “administrative rule violations.”

Based on those findings of fact, Doherty declared BCCY “unsafe due to youth on youth violence … .

Specifically, the facility struggles to maintain and restore order, thereby endangering the youths from one another.”

Such conditions are horrendous enough on their face, but there’s a bigger story here. Given that state lawmakers are considering a bill to raise the age of “adult” offenders from 17 to 18, the notion of placing older offenders in facilities such as BCCY could wind up putting younger offenders in even greater danger.

For that reason, Orleans Parish DA Leon Cannizzaro is now “reconsidering” his support for the “raise the age” bill, according Orleans DA spokesman Christopher Bowman.

Elsewhere in the Legislature, a state Senate committee recently grilled OJJ head Dr. Mary L. Livers, who has led OJJ since 2007, about conditions at BCCY — and signaled that her reappointment by Gov. John Bel Edwards may not be confirmed. In Livers’ defense, all departments suffered severe budget cuts under former Gov. Bobby Jindal. On the other hand, that probably matters little to Doherty, whose rule last week cited the late Juvenile Judge Clarence Giarrusso’s advice to “do no harm” when trying to rehabilitate youthful offenders.

Doherty’s May 19 hearing, unlike most proceedings in Juvenile Court, will be open to the public. It’s a potential bombshell, and it could be just the beginning. Other area judges are said to be just as determined as Doherty to “do no harm.”

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Green Party Convention: Aug. 6, Houston Leading candidate: Dr. Jill Stein of Massachusetts

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Registered voters: 1,973 statewide; 546 in Orleans Parish 2012 Presidential nominee: Jill Stein Ballot access in 2012: 36 states Votes in 2012: 469,627 (0.4 percent of total)

Polls show voters dissatisfied with presumptive presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Libertarians and Greens would like to offer alternatives.

High-profile former candidate: Consumer advocate Ralph Nader Local chapter: www.lagreens.org

BY ROBERT MORRIS | UPTOWN MESSENGER @UptownMessenger

TWO TUESDAY PRIMARIES AGO,

after a rash of losses in large states on the Atlantic seaboard prompted the media to pronounce the Bernie Sanders campaign over, presidential candidate Jill Stein of the Green Party took to Twitter to invite Sanders to “build the revolution to last outside the rigged two-party system.”

Around 8 p.m. May 3, just as Ted Cruz was announcing he would drop out of the race for the Republican nomination, Google recorded a sudden spike in searches for “Libertarian Party.” Two days later, longtime Republican strategist Mary Matalin made national headlines by announcing she had changed her registration to Libertarian.

As Democrats and Republicans prepare to nominate two historically unpopular candidates, has the moment finally arrived for these third parties to give Americans another choice?

“Third parties tend to be most successful in times of economic concern,” said Brian Brox of the Tulane University department of political science. “When people are feeling economic dislocation, when they’re feeling economic anxiety, that’s when they’re most open to broader possibilities than just the steady state of Republicans and Democrats.”

“This election does seem to be begging for protest votes to be cast,” said Charlie Cook, the Louisiana-born publisher of the highly respected Cook Political Report, in an email to Gambit. “Democrats not happy about Hillary Clinton, traditional Republicans finding [Donald} Trump abhorrent — [they’re] looking for someone to throw a vote to as means of showing their displeasure with their choices.”

Voter dissatisfaction with the two major candidates is at an all-time high. Trump’s favorability rating

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Libertarian Party Convention: May 27-30, Orlando Leading candidate: Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson Registered voters: 11,748 statewide; 1,364 in Orleans Parish 2012 Presidential nominee: Gary Johnson Ballot access in 2012: 48 states Votes in 2012: 1,275,971 (1.0 percent of total) High-profile former candidate: Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas Local chapter: www.lplouisiana.org

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hovers around 30 percent, and Clinton’s maxes out around 40 (31 and 39 in Gallup’s April poll), suggesting millions of Americans long for another candidate. (By contrast, in May 2012, candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney had favorability ratings of around 50 percent each, and in April 2008, Obama and Arizona Sen. John McCain both were liked by about 60 percent of Americans.) Minutes after Texas Sen. Ted Cruz dropped out of the GOP presidential race May 3, there was a spike in Google searches for the term “libertarian party.”

Although the two presumptive nominees’ unpopularity may represent an extreme, it also is consistent with recent trends — perhaps a byproduct of the increasingly public nomination battles, says Ed Chervenak of the University of New Orleans (UNO) Department of Political Science, who also directs the UNO Survey Research Center. “The trend has been increasing unfavorables for major party candidates for a while,” Chervenak says.

The state of the country also may make the field ripe for the emergence of a third party, says Brian Brox, an associate professor in the Tulane University Department of Political Science.

“Third parties tend to be most successful in times of economic concern,” Brox says. “When people are feeling economic dislocation, when they’re feeling economic anxiety, that’s when they’re most open to broader possibilities than just the steady state of Republicans and Democrats.”

These facts — and this opportunity — are not lost on members of the Libertarian and Green parties, both of which already have won access to the ballot in Louisiana. Both have active chapters in Orleans Parish. But who are the Libertarians and the Greens, and what do they offer that’s different than Democrats and Republicans?

LIBERTARIANS MAY REPRESENT THE CLEANEST MARRIAGE OF A SINGLE GOVERNING PHILOSOPHY AND A POLITICAL PARTY IN AMERICAN POLITICS. At their core, they “advo-

cate for individual liberty in every aspect of life” from both social and economic standpoints.

As the torchbearers of a philosophy, local Libertarians view their most productive work in lobbying for laws that dovetail with that worldview. At their monthly meetings, they offer regular updates on lobbying efforts in Baton Rouge — advocating for the legalization

of the sale of raw milk directly from farmers, the expansion of medical marijuana, and strengthened gun rights laws. Libertarians recently spoke at the New Orleans City Council in support of recent laws decriminalizing marijuana as well.

“We were the only political party to support the ordinance, to have anyone there,” says Wendy Adams, executive director of the Libertarian Party of Louisiana.

Jill Stein addressed a Green party convention in New Orleans in 2014.

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Political strategist Mary Matalin has been rethinking her long relationship with the Republican Party for some time — insisting during an appearance at Loyola University Institute of Politics that she is a “conservative,” not a “Republican.” Her announcement Thursday on Bloomberg Politics made her affiliation official, though she framed her new registation as a Libertarian more in terms of general frustration with the Republican Party and less about the Trump nomination. When pressed by by the hosts as to when she changed her registration, Matalin said, “Today” — but insisted that while she refuses to vote for Clinton, she simply doesn’t know enough about Trump to support him.

“I’m a Republican in the Jeffersoninan, Madisonian sense. I’m not a Republican for a party or a person,” Matalin said. “The Libertarian Party continues to represent those Constitutional principals that I agree with.”

On social issues, Libertarians often appear liberal. They advocate for the legalization of drugs and have traditionally supported same-sex marriage rights (partly out of the belief that the government should not be regulating marriage or personal relationships at all). Some see abortion rights as another matter of individual choice. One obvious exception to that apparent social liberalism, however, is their ardent support of gun ownership rights —

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which they consider another issue of personal freedom.

On economics, Libertarians follow conservative patterns.

They advocate for the reduction or elimination of most government regulations and programs, supporting free trade over tariffs and opposing land-use laws such as zoning at a local level, environmental regulation, and even social safety-net programs such as Social

Security and Medicare. And to redress even obvious social ills that they condemn — from discrimination by private businesses to climate change — Libertarians prefer market pressure over government intervention, an idea that received a controversial national airing after Libertarian-leaning Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s remarks about his opposition to parts of the Civil Rights Act. The Green Party, in contrast to the Libertarians, is less focused on finding applications of a singular political philosophy and more interested in promoting a wide swath of progressive goals regarding long-term sustainability and social justice. Long associated with environmental protection, Greens also favor protections against economic injustice or mass incarceration while supporting initiatives that foster diversity in all its forms.

On many specific progressive issues, there already are activist groups in New Orleans that expertly articulate problems and solutions, said Bart Everson, who is organizing the Green Party in New Orleans. “There’s a ton of groups out there working on those things,” Everson says. “We don’t want to reduplicate their efforts; they’re already doing it better than we can.

But the missing piece is the electoral piece, and that’s what we aim to provide.”

Thus, much of the Greens’ local work to date involves networking

with other established progressive groups in New Orleans. The Greens have participated in protests against new oil drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico, and they see the work of the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition as a logical ally, even discussing the possibility of running candidates for Orleans Parish sheriff, specifically to protest the record of Sheriff Marlin Gusman. “At the national level, people are saying the most important thing that the Green Party can do is run Black Lives Matter candidates in local elections,” Everson says.

The Green Party in New Orleans flourished prior to Hurricane Katrina, Everson says, with a membership so large that it required two meetings per month — one general meeting to discuss the issues and priorities, and a coordinating committee to plan specific actions. The diaspora after the storm scattered many members across the country, though former Black Panther activist Malik Rahim drew some national support for his Green Party bid for Congress against Democratic incumbent Bill Jefferson and Republican Anh “Joseph” Cao in 2008.

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein attended the Louisiana state convention at Xavier University in 2014. She returned the following year for the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and hosted a discussion during the Rising Tide conference on organizing a progressive movement. During that discussion, Everson says, a member of the audience asked whether the Greens had a local chapter in New Orleans — they didn’t. He began organizing monthly meetings.

THE LIBERTARIANS AND GREENS WERE THE MOST POPULAR “THIRD” PARTIES IN THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, with former New Mexico

Gov. Gary Johnson garnering nearly 1.3 million votes (just shy of 1 percent of the total) for the Libertarians and physician Jill Stein winning nearly half a million votes for the Greens.

Johnson and Stein both are running again this year, and both are suing the Commission on Presidential Debates to be included alongside the Republican and Democratic nominees this year.

“Because of the oppression of the two parties, the only way to gain momentum is to have people vote for your candidate,” says Ryan Hargis, a member of both the state Green Party and the recently reorganized Orleans Parish chapter.

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While the Greens and Libertarians are by far the most prominent “third” parties in the United States and in Louisiana, they are not the only ones.

Reform Party The vehicle for Ross Perot in the 1990s, the Reform Party is the only other “third” party registered in Louisiana alongside the Greens and Libertarians. Technically, more than 1,000 Louisianans are still registered with the Reform Party, but the party’s website has not been updated since 2011, no local chapters are listed, and an email to their Louisiana representative was returned as undeliverable.

“Independent” A measure to create “Independent” as an official party registration in Louisiana — as opposed to “Other” or “No Party” — failed for the second time earlier this year. In California, many voters who thought they were registering as independents mistakenly registered for the conservative American Independent Party, which may exclude them from voting in next month’s Democratic primary.

Peace and Freedom A socialist, anti-war party with origins in the 1960s. Comedian Roseanne Barr won 67,000 votes as its nominee in 2012.

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Constitution Party The third-largest “third” party, and like the Greens and Libertarians, Constitution party nominee Virgil Goode was listed on 26 state ballots in 2012, enough to have plausibly won 270 electoral votes. With a platform heavy on social conservatism issues important to the religious right, it might appeal to some parts of Louisiana, but is not currently listed as an official party in the state

Justice Party Organized in 2011 around the issue of economic injustice, Justice Party candidate and former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson won the right to have his name on the ballot in 15 states in 2012. The party’s only involvement in the 2016 campaign is a possible endorsement of Bernie Sanders.

“Socialist” A term brought back into vogue by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign, socialists in the United States are split among a number of different parties. The most popular of these in the 2012 election, the Party of Socialism and Liberation, ran 28-year-old activist Peta Lindsay, who garnered 8,000 votes nationally from the 13 states where she was listed despite being too young to take office.

Working Families Another progressive party active in New York politics.

And then there’s the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, also in New York, with no known New Orleans affiliate despite the increasingly apt name.

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vote this year, which would make them eligible for federal matching funds for their parties’ campaigns in the 2020 presidential election.

“You couldn’t have a better year to be the first year to be on that stage,” says Kirk Coco, a member of the Orleans Parish Libertarians.

“I think if you could get on stage, it goes to 5 percent.”

A Monmouth University poll in late March tested Johnson against Clinton and Trump, and found him at 11 percent (even though 76 percent of the respondents did not know who he is) — drawing slightly more support away from Clinton than Trump, but performing best in Republicanleaning states.

“The big thing in this race is going to be the percentages,” says Mike Dodd, chairman of the Orleans Parish Libertarian Party.

Libertarians in Louisiana held their state convention in late April, and Adams was selected as the delegate from Orleans Parish to the national convention in Orlando at the end of May — though several other Orleans Parish members will attend as delegates in other capacities. Adams said she is still undecided how she will cast her vote, noting that Johnson has represented the Libertarians well since his nomination in 2012, but there are other appealing options.

“He’s appealing to the mainstream, which is very good when they’re looking at Trump or Hillary,” Adams says. “It’s hard. You want to look at who is the most Libertarian and who is going to do the best in mainstream America. I haven’t made up my mind.”

New Orleans will host the state Green Party convention July 30 at Xavier University. The delegates selected there have a similar option to vote as they see fit at the national Green Party convention in Houston, though Stein, a physician, remains a prominent voice in the party.

“It’s the thing that gets people charged up. Every four years, we have (the) opportunity to catch some of that energy,” Everson says. “Once Hillary [Clinton] gets the [Democratic] nomination, and [Bernie] Sanders encourages his supporters to vote for her, where does all that momentum go? Jill Stein will welcome those voters with open arms. She says she’s a better socialist than Bernie and a better woman than Hillary.”

In the meantime — despite their profound differences on many policies — the Greens and Libertarians are communicating with one another about how to raise awareness of additional options

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for voters. In late April, a small contingent of New Orleans Libertarians attended the monthly meeting of the Greens, and they discussed issues of voter registration drives, keeping membership rolls, and training members to speak on bills pending in the state legislature.

“We’ve established that there’s a huge amount of common ground,” Everson says.

“Libertarians have always been strong on the idea that we need competition of ideas,” Dodd says. “These ideas don’t need to be silenced by the major two parties as effectively they have been for so long, so we intend to be working with the Green Party and any other third parties that we happen to come across on ways to help each other get a platform.”

AMID REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC DOMINATION OF 20TH CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, the occasional rise

of third-party candidates has served only as a spoiler.

Theodore Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party split the Republicans in 1912, handing the election to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Twelve years later, Robert LaFollette ran as a progressive, splitting the Democrats to give the election to Republican Calvin Coolidge. Segregationists Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and George Wallace of Alabama broke away from the Democrats to run in 1948 and 1968, respectively, but each only had an impact in the South. Ross Perot’s independent bid in 1992 hurt incumbent President George H.W. Bush more than challenger Bill Clinton, enabling Clinton to win with a mere 43 percent of the vote.

Voters typically express their dissatisfaction with major-party candidates through low turnout, political scientists say. Turning to a third party is much less common, especially when those parties’ candidates lack name recognition.

“What typically happens, if a Democrat is unhappy with the Democratic candidate, they stay home. Same with the Republicans. You don’t see much of a defection rate for the two parties,” Chervenak says. “It’s really hard to vote for someone if you don’t know who they are.”

It also is important not to underestimate the structural ways that American elections favor a two-party system, Chervenak says. Governments where a sin-

gle representative is elected from each district on a ballot that only allows one choice (unlike a parliamentary election) tend toward the dominance of two parties in a principle so widely observed that it has become known as Duverger’s law, after the political scientist who first described it.

“There always seems to be this optimism that a third party will finally take root, and we’ll have more than just two choices,” Chervenak says. “But people are just socialized into identifying with the two parties. Given those kinds of social restraints and structural restraints, it’s hard to see how a third party is going to be successful.”

The concern of wasting one’s vote on a third party candidate who is unlikely to prevail — or worse, helps the opposite party — has been another traditional barrier to third-party candidates.

In some situations, when a particular election is all but decided in an extremely “blue” or “red” state (like Louisiana), voters who might favor a third party candidate are actually the ones “wasting” their votes if they support a major party over a third party trying to gain a foothold, Brox says.

Non-swing states such as Louisiana appeal to third parties for another reason, Brox adds — buying advertising for their candidates is more affordable than in states targeted by the major parties.

“To make the case like, ‘Your vote doesn’t matter in an already-decided state. Expand the base of interest. Expand the debate. Vote for a third party to make us part of the future’ — that would be persuasive,” Brox says. “But it’s just going to take a lot of resources to get that message out.”

The best-case scenario for the Greens or Libertarians in the presidential contest would be a major name on the ballot, like Rand Paul for the Libertarians or Bernie Sanders for the Greens.

But even then, an electoral win would be a long shot, Brox says.

More realistic, and more in line with what the local party activists are actually doing, is using this election cycle as a springboard for increased name recognition and party building.

“They just need a few more voters than they typically get to meet some of these benchmarks,” Brox says. “When they can start having consistent ballot access and better funding through federal matching funds, they can start recruiting better candidates.

Absolutely, this is a great year for them to start hitting some of those smaller benchmarks.”

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Former GOP consultant Mary Matalin on her switch to the Libertarian Party VETERAN REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT AND ADOPTED NEW ORLEANIAN MARY MATALIN SHOCKED THE POLITICAL WORLD LAST WEEK when she announced

on Bloomberg TV that she had switched to the Libertarian Party.

Matalin explained her switch in an email interview with Gambit.

You announced your new party affiliation May 5, but you had expressed some frustration in late March at the Ed Renwick Lecture Series at Loyola, describing yourself then as a “conservative” and a Libertarian at heart. How long have you been considering changing your party registration?

I became a Republican in 1980 because I rejected the groupthink identity politics of liberals. The essence of conservatism to me was — and will always be — personal responsibility predicated on time-honored values of the virtuous citizen, in the Socratic definition of such a person. We have demonstrated in New Orleans how people taking responsibility for themselves and their community is not only doable, but preferable.

You told Bloomberg that you are a “provisional Trumpster” pending an opportunity to hear more about Donald Trump’s platform. Is it possible you’d vote for some other candidate on the ballot?

A responsible citizen in a representative republic is not a slave to a party platform or person, but an adherent of first principles. See: American Creation by Joseph Ellis.

Our constitution has provided myriad checks and balances, separation of powers, etc., to preclude tyranny of intemperate leaders and times. If Trump embraces some modicum of first principles (e.g., a constitutional SCOTUS nomination), whatever other havoc he could wreak, we could survive. He did not hijack the GOP. We left the keys in the car and the motor running.

What is the role of the Libertarian Party in this election, specifically?

Would voting for a Libertarian candidate just be a protest vote, or is there an opportunity for real party building here?

The history of established parties has been one of an ongoing

struggle over two distinct governing principles. The founders loathed established parties ... but, the ongoing struggle persists with or without established parties.

The libertarian first principle of individual freedom and responsibility can never be wrong. ... What is always wrong is giving up on the fight for personal liberty.

What advice would you offer to local Libertarian Party activists moving forward?

Continue to fight for personal liberty, constitutional government and connect the principles to everyday examples of how an ever-encroaching centralized government is a kamikaze mission.

When Republicans who are frustrated with the Trump nomination talk about other options, they tend to mention a third party candidacy in general terms. Why hasn’t the Libertarian Party been a greater part of the discussion?

Third parties tend to elect the worst option. The better strategy is to convert hearts and minds in the party that was founded on liberty and has empirically proved its superiority for self-governance.

So far, we haven’t heard prominent Bernie Sanders supporters talk about switching to the Green Party, even though the Greens’ platform dovetails with Sanders’. Do you foresee a movement away from Democrats to the Greens?

Democrats have been moving toward consolidated, centralized autocracy since Hamilton.

Is the two-party system really threatened, or is this just a temporary moment personified

by Trump and Sanders?

Trump and Sanders are symptoms, not the disease. Again, parties are not inviolable sacrosanct institutions. They only exist, and can only survive to the extent that they represent the will of the people and with the consent of the governed. Americans rightly see both parties at the federal level either incapable or unwilling to govern sensibly, productively or morally.

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BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund THE ORIGINAL LA CASITA OPENED AS A PETITE CANTINA ON JULIA STREET.

The Mexican restaurant expanded to a second location on Oak Street with 4,000 square feet of space and an expanded menu focused on creative taco combinations.

Several hallmarks of the Julia Street location made it to La Casita Taqueria, including a happy hour with large $4 margaritas from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily and a list of signature tacos. The Oak Street restaurant’s more extensive menu is more fun and creative, but it seems like changes are afoot as the restaurant grows.

At first glance, the list of appetizers read like any standard Mexican joint. There are warm, caramel-colored tortilla chips, guacamole with avocado chunks and a simple-butfresh-tasting mild salsa. The most interesting item is the cebollitas, — grilled spring onions — which arrive deliciously charred and dusted in smoky chili powder.

Tacos hover around the $4 to $5 mark, which seems appropriate for their heft, and are served on warm, fresh corn tortillas.

One of the best surprises is the cochon de Mexicana taco, a spin on cochon de lait, which arrives under a pile of bright fuchsia pickled cabbage. The meat underneath is tender and almost creamy. A wedge of avocado and smoky ancho chili crema provide nice color and texture.

The El Fuego taco is packed with juicy shredded brisket, pico de gallo, fiery salsa verde that carries a warm

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heat, tickling the back of your throat, and torched Jack cheese on top.

The camaron y elote taco, a shrimp and corn medley, left something to be desired. What was advertised as “spiced creamed corn” tasted mild and almost sweet, despite the addition of serrano chili slivers.

A plate of pork belly nachos is what it sounds like: A glorious mess more akin to a college kid’s experiment than something you would find in a traditional Mexican cantina. Still, it hits the mark, especially if soaking up more than a few margaritas or shots of tequila is the goal. Charred bits of pork belly are crispy and soft, tucked under a blanket of white queso, and layers of grilled pineapple, guajillo chilies and cilantro cut through the richness.

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cochon de Mexicana taco, pork belly nachos

La Casita Taqueria serves margaritas and creative tacos.

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Both the menu and the restaurant have the look and feel of a new business, where things are settling.

Some items take longer to arrive from the kitchen than they should, and service — though friendly and accommodating — is still in flux.

These are the pitfalls of many new restaurants, and it will be interesting to see how La Casita evolves.

Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

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oversized margaritas and creative taco combinations highlight a simple menu

891-4213; www.shayarestaurant. com) the Best New Restaurant in the country at the James Beard Awards May 2.

The restaurant snagged the prestigious award following a blockbuster night for New Orleans chefs at the black-tie gala in Chicago. Justin Devillier of La Petite Grocery (4238 Magazine St., 504-891-3377; www. lapetitegrocery.com) and Balise (640 Carondelet St., 504-4594449; www.balisenola.com) took home the regional award for Best Chef: South, and Leah Chase received the foundation’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.

“We are so blown away by this,” Shaya said, when accepting the award. “Who would have thought, hummus in New Orleans?”

Shaya’s win comes after an impressive first year. The restaurant opened in February 2015 and Shaya won Best Chef: South last May. Shaya was listed among 50 nominees as one of America’s best new restaurants by Bon Appetit magazine, and was named the country’s best new restaurant by Esquire magazine last fall.

Shaya was born in Israel and emigrated to Philadelphia before making his way to New Orleans, where he quickly rose in the ranks at the John Besh Restaurant Group (www. chefjohnbesh.com) and became one of the best-known chefs in the city. Shaya and Besh co-own Shaya, rustic Italian stunner Domenica (123 Baronne St., 504-648-6020; www.domenicarestaurant.com) and its Magazine Street spinoff, Pizza Domenica (4933 Magazine St., 504-301-4978; www.pizzadomenica.com).

Before leaving the stage, Shaya thanked his restaurant crew and supporters for the award and gave a big shout-out to his hometown.

“New Orleans is the best food city in the world right now,” he said.

John Besh awarded Devillier the regional award for Best Chef: South, and other local nominees included Isaac Toups of Toups’ Meatery (845 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-252-4999; www.toupsmeatery.com) and Slade Rushing of Brennan’s New Orleans (417 Royal St., 504-525-9711; www. brennansneworleans.com). Devillier thanked his wife and partner

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Mia Freiberger-Devillier, along with the rest of his kitchen crew and supporters.

Leah Chase was honored during a heartfelt tribute, which noted her involvement in the country’s civil rights movement and her constant fight for equality. Her restaurant Dooky Chase (2301 Orleans Ave., 504-821-0600; www.dookychaserestaurant.com) was a well-known meeting place for civil rights leaders, crusaders and politicians.

The restaurant celebrated its 75th anniversary this year.

Chase, 93, who was in a wheelchair, was helped to the podium where she accepted the award, peppering her speech with characteristic charm and wit.

“Madisonville, just look at me now,” Chase said, referring to her hometown. “A long way from the strawberry patch.”

“I’m 93 years old,” Chase said.

“This gives me the courage to keep going for 10, 12 more years.”

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jam; ricotta gnudi with muscadine wine, mushrooms and Parmesan; seared snapper with avocado and citrus; and grilled strip loin served with chanterelles and bearnaise sauce and more.

Desserts from pastry chef Sydney Rainwater include tostones bread pudding with caramelized plantains and spiced rum brown butter caramel, and the “Fat Elvis” banana split: chocolate-peanut butter ice cream topped with candied bacon and bananas.

Bartender Adam Orzechowski’s drinks include a selection of boozy cocktails called “Hard Tails” and a group of low-alcohol drinks called “Soft Tails,” which include Borscht and Bubbles: vodka, lemon, beets and dill topped with champagne.

Trinity will serve dinner daily.

— HELEN FREUND

Trinity unveiled FRENCH QUARTER RESTAURANT TRINITY (1117 Decatur St., 504-

325-5789; www.trinityrestaurantneworleans.com) opens May 11.

Local real estate developer Hugh Uhalt’s restaurant took over the former Maximo’s Italian Grill space, following a monthslong, million-dollar renovation. The two-story space features an open kitchen, wraparound bar and a balcony overlooking Decatur Street.

The project originally was slated to open late last year with chef Scott Maki at the helm. Chef Michael Isolani, who formerly worked at Uptown gastropub Bouligny Tavern with Lilette chef/owner John Harris, replaced Maki earlier this year.

Isolani’s menu emphasizes locally sourced ingredients and is divided into sections for appetizers, shared dishes called “Fingers,” mid-course selections called “Forks,” and entrees. There are broiled and smoked oysters; crawfish and Fontina beignets with tarragon aioli; duck fat hushpuppies with green tomato

Pho Taulane MID-CITY VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT PHO TAU BAY (1565 Tulane

Ave., 504-368-9846; www.photaubayrestaurant.com) reopened for lunch May 5, following months of renovations to the space.

The restaurant closed its longstanding Gretna location in February 2015 after the building it occupied was slated for redevelopement. Before Hurricane Katrina, the restaurant had several locations, including the spot on Tulane Avenue, which has been closed since the storm and has undergone extensive renovations.

The restaurant has had a loyal group of regulars since the original Gretna location opened in 1982.

The spot is best known for its use of fresh ingredients and authentic Vietnamese fare, including bun, spring rolls, pho and banh mi.

According to an employee at the restaurant, most of the menu has stayed the same.

For now, the restaurant is open for dine-in customers from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and is open till 7 p.m. for takeout.

The owners plan to extend dine-in hours. — HELEN FREUND

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Matt Cronin COFFEE ROASTER LAST YEAR, MOJO COFFEE HOUSE (1500

Magazine St., 504-525-2244; 4700 Freret St., 504-875-2243; www.mojocoffeeroasters.com) joined the “third wave” coffee scene and jumped into the roasting business. Barista-turned-roaster Matt Cronin roasts beans at a 1,600-square-foot roasting facility in the Black Pearl neighborhood. Cronin and Mojo owner Demian Estevez roast around 600 pounds a week and plan to increase that. Cronin spoke with Gambit about the evolution of smallbatch coffee roasting in New Orleans.

Gambit: Is coffee roasting something you always aspired to do?

CRONIN: I’ve been working as a barista for over a decade now... and I think I wanted to move on to some part of the industry outside of the cafe itself. We had been working with different local roasters over the years … but all the while we featured different small-batch roasters from all over the country and that inspired us. We wanted to have complete control over our coffee program.

The small-batch thing has been pretty big on the coasts for a while, but it’s relatively new to New Orleans as a concept. With a lot of the new businesses opening up in town, our customer base has become a lot more interested and a lot savvier, so that’s been great for us because it allows us to introduce new concepts and new brewing methods without intimidating anyone. There’s just a greater level of interest in where the coffee comes from. It’s a wild time for (coffee) in New Orleans; a lot of things are changing.

How does direct trade work in the coffee business?

C: We are a very small company right now, and direct trade is outside of our grasp at the moment, but we work with some trading partners who are very transparent about the farms where they get their coffees from. Most of our coffees are single-estate coffees, which is to say, they’re not regional blends. They come from one place, and often the farmer’s name is attached to that coffee. In researching our coffees, we’re trying to be careful and take into account how that farm affects the surrounding community. We try to buy coffee

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that, through purchasing, we’re helping the communities that those coffees come from.

Our one-year plan is to go on an origin trip. Starting in Central America is obviously the least expensive. It’s really just a matter of establishing some connections, going down and spending some time on the farm, cupping with people and then arranging shipments.

That’s one of our next steps. Of the people I know who are doing this, they all take that into account. It’s an important facet of the industry.

What other projects are you working on?

C: A lot of my friends are involved in the cocktail scene, and they’re very comparable industries. You have your daytime and nighttime version of higher-level beverage service. We did a collaboration with a friend of mine, Ali Mills (Dash & Pony) who brought together a couple of cocktail bartenders (including) Ryan Gannon from Cure, and they made a couple of drinks with our coffees. They were really successful and we really liked them. So, Ryan decided to add a coffee-infused cocktail on the Cure menu. They call it the Red Money. We’ve also been working with Gnarly Barley (Brewing Company) in Hammond to design a coffee milk porter. We did a trial run at one of the Saturday tastings and it went really well. When you make a coffee porter … you brew the beer and after the fact add in a certain ratio of cold-brew iced coffee. So it’s a pretty simple process and you end up with a beer that has maybe a little more body to it and a little more richness, more chocolate and a more roasted flavor. It’s very subtle, but it’s a nice little touch.

— HELEN FREUND

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BY NORA McGUNNIGLE

@noradeirdre

THE PINK BOOTS SOCIETY

is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and connecting women who work in the beer industry. It also provides scholarships.

The Pink Boots Society uses social media to enable members to seek advice and arrange meetings at professional conferences such as the Craft Brewers Conference and Great American Beer Festival.

NOLA Brewing Company’s new brewer, Julie Pershall; the company’s taproom manager Nikki Turrey; and bartenders Lindsy Greig and Nina Leone spearheaded the first Louisiana Pink Boots Society brewing event for employees at NOLA Brewing.

The women brewed a smoked oatmeal porter based on a recipe distributed to breweries throughout the country by the Brewers Association. The association’s goal is to have one beer selected from breweries in each of the 50 states to showcase during American Craft Beer Week.

In other news, Michigan’s Bell’s Brewery launches in Louisiana on May 9. In the New Orleans area, there are events at The Avenue Pub, The Bulldog Mid-City, Court-

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Julie Pershall, Lindsy Greig and Nikki Turrey inspect the boil during a Pink Boots Society brew day.

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yard Brewery and World of Beer in Metairie on May 9. Bacchanal, Whole Foods Market in Metairie, Lager’s International Ale House and World of Beer in the Warehouse District hold events May 10. Cooter Brown’s Tavern, Ale on Oak, The Bulldog Uptown and Bayou Beer Garden hold festivities May 11.

Bell’s holds a second-line pub crawl on Frenchmen Street at 5 p.m. May 12. It visits Dat Dog, d.b.a., Blue Nile, 30/90 and Maison.

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2013 Vitiano Rosso Umbria, Italy Retail $10-$16

LOCATED IN CENTRAL ITALY AMONG HILLY TERRAIN, UMBRIA IS THE ONLY REGION WITHOUT A COASTLINE, which

means there are no maritime influences on its grapes.

The Cotarella family has made wines on its 188-acre Falesco estate for nearly 40 years. Vineyards sit at 1,000 feet above sea level and vines are planted in volcanic soils. Following September harvest, sangiovese, merlot and cabernet sauvignon grapes were vinified separately in stainless steel tanks. A blend of equal amounts of each was aged for three months in French oak barriques. In the glass, it offers aromas of blackberry, cassis, clove and peppercorns. On the palate, taste plum, red currants, black cherry, dried herbs, earthy notes, rounded tannins and fresh acidity. Drink it with meats, lasagna, pasta with pesto, dishes with tomato sauce, pizza, meatballs, grilled sausages, antipasti and ratatouille. Buy it at: The Wine Seller, Brady’s Wine Warehouse, Grand Krewe Fine Wine & Spirits, The Fresh Market on St. Charles Avenue and in Mandeville, Red Zone and Whole Foods Market in Metairie. Drink it at: Pascal’s Manale, Marcello’s Restaurant & Wine Bar, Il Posto Italian Cafe, Cibo Italian Eatery & Deli, Brisbi’s Lakefront Restaurant & Bar and Impastato Cellars.

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Eatmoor in Broadmoor 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday Rosa Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2660; www.facebook.com/kellerbranch www.myhousenola.com The food truck roundup includes La Cocinita, Theo’s Pizza Truck, Chef Johnson and Old School Eats. Shotgun Double performs.

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Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday; 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday F. Edward Hebert Boulevard off Woodlawn Highway, Belle Chasse www.plaqueminesparishfestival.com The festival features local seafood such as grilled oysters from food vendors, plus a Seafood Queen pageant, a car show, an oyster drop, craft vendors and helicopter rides. There is music by Lost Bayou Ramblers, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, Chas Collins, Boot Hill, Sledgehammer and others. Admission $5, free for children 12 and under.

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Filé Gumbo with Chicken, Shrimp, Crabmeat, Sausage, Okra & Tomato, Topped with Golden Fried Louisiana Shrimp

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Aioli Dinner Supper Club 6:30 p.m. Saturday Held at a private residence www.aiolidinner.com The fundraiser for the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts is named after an early Rodrigue painting (Aioli Dinner, 1971) depicting Cajuns dining in a field. Chef Peter Sclafani prepares hors d’oeuvres and a fivecourse meal including foie gras and porcini mushroom cappuccino, roasted beet and crab salad, mango-stuffed lobster, beef cheeks and strawberry shortcake. Wine pairings are provided by Moet Hennessy. Proceeds benefit the Louisiana A+ Schools program. Tickets start at $250.

Award Winning Gumbos ∙ Daily Seasonal Specials ∙ New Orleans Favorites 2309 N Causeway Blvd ∙ Metairie, LA 70001 GumboStop.com ∙ (504) 835-2022 ∙ Monday - Saturday 11am - 9pm

We take same day appointm ents and walk-ins.

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Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar

3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391 www.basinseafoodnola.com Grilled yellowfin tuna is served with chilled farro salad, Kalamata olives, tomatoes, cucumber and pesto.

231 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 609-3871 www.brownbutterrestaurant.com Farro risotto is topped with artichokes, mushrooms, spring onions and Parmesan.

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Josephine Estelle Ace Hotel, 600 Carondelet St., (504) 930-3070 www.josephineestelle.com Veal breast is served with farrotto, gremolata, fava beans and carrots.

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Zoe’s Kitchen

2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007 www.vegatapascafe.com Seared diver scallops are served over garlic butter farro.

701 Metairie Road, Metairie, Suite A103, (504) 304-5778; 1208 S. Clearview Parkway, Suite D, Harahan, (504) 7338995; 4234 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 883-3153; 69627 Stirling Blvd., Covington, (985) 893-6666 www.zoeskitchen.com The Live Med salad features zucchini and squash ribbons, farro, spinach, cherry tomatoes, Parmesan and pepper dressing.

EAT+DRINK American Craft Beer Week highlights special brews and tasting events

BY NORA MCGUNNIGLE NEW ORLEANS’ BEER SCENE HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY IN THE LAST SIX YEARS. During American

Craft Beer Week (ACBW) in 2010, there were five production breweries in Louisiana — Abita Brewing Company, Heiner Brau/Covington Brewhouse, NOLA Brewing Company, Bayou Teche Brewing and Parish Brewing Company. As ACBW (May 16-22) kicks off this year, there are 20 production breweries, three brewpubs and one nanobrewery.

There also are more beer-focused bars and brewery taprooms.

More national breweries are distributing beers in New Orleans, including Green Flash, the Bruery, Left Hand Brewing Company, New Belgium Brewing Company, Oskar Blues Brewery, Founders Brewing Company, Lagunitas Brewing Company, SweetWater Brewing Company, Terrapin Beer Company and Bell’s Brewery. As the capacity of all these breweries has increased, the beer market in New Orleans has welcomed them.

Beer has become more intertwined with New Orleans’ food culture, with beer pairing dinners at restaurants such as Cochon Butcher, Boucherie, Emeril’s Delmonico, Galatoire’s 33 Bar & Steak, Commander’s Palace and Restaurant August. The state’s first high-end beer and food event, Nuit Belge, debuted in February 2016. Restaurants including Shaya, Balise, Toups’ Meatery and Angeline offered small plates to accompany Belgian or Belgian-style beers.

Beer from local, national and international brewers have been embraced in a cocktail town.

Polly Watts, owner of The Avenue Pub, says that while consumer demand for hoppy beers like IPAs has always been strong, the quality of local breweries’ IPAs has improved, especially in the last year. She cites three reasons: “First, lots of breweries are dipping their toes into beers that four years ago would have been considered risky. Second, we have a lot of locals who have moved here since (Hurricane) Katrina and have created a much larger demand for those styles. Finally, I think our market is becoming less insular. We have breweries looking at and challenging PAGE 27

FIVE PICKS FOR ACBW EVENTS Gnarly Barley’s second anniversary party noon-7 p.m. Saturday, May 14 Technically, Gnarly Barley’s second anniversary party preceeds ACBW, but the event at the Hammond brewery features the first tapping of its double IPA, Big DIPA. The beer will be available on draft along with other specialty beers. Bombers of Big DIPA and Korova Milk Porter will be available for purchase. (1709 Corbin Road, Hammond, 985-3180723; www.gnarlybeer.com)

Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout vertical tasting 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 18 The Bulldog Mid-City hosts a Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) vertical tapping with 2014, 2015 and 2016 vintages of KBS available on draft. (5135 Canal Blvd., 504-488-4191; www.bulldog-midcity.draftfreak.com)

Louisiana craft beer dinner 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19 Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse hosts a five-course beer dinner. The meal includes Urban South Charming Wit (a Belgian-style white ale) with poached shrimp, avocado, citrus and caviar; Chappapeela Farmhouse Saison (barrel-aged Belgian-style saison) with raw oysters with mignonette and pickled Covey Rise Farms vegetables; Gnarly Barley Insidious Monk (Belgian-style tripel) with grilled white asparagus and fried poached egg with country ham; Parish Grand Reserve (American barleywine) with duck ballotine and muscadine saba salad; and Bayou Teche Miel Sauvage (whiskey barrel-aged imperial honey

beer) with buttermilk pie with fig compote. The dinner is $55 plus tax and gratuity. (716 Iberville St., 504-522-2467; www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com)

Abita Jockamo jazz funeral 6 p.m. Friday, May 20 Cooter Brown’s Tavern holds an Abita Jockamo Jazz Funeral. “In honor of the discontinuing of Jockamo IPA, we will be doing a jazz funeral for the beer,” says Cooter Brown’s co-owner Jeff O’Brien. The Young PinStripe Brass Band will lead a second-line parade on St. Charles Avenue on a route departing from and returning to Cooter Brown’s.

The band will play at the bar until the last Jockamo is poured, Bryon says.

Abita Big Easy IPA, the successor to Jockamo, also will be available on tap. (509 S. Carrollton Ave., 504866-9104; www.cooterbrowns.com)

Avenue Pub barrel-aged bottles and cheese pairing 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21 The Avenue Pub will close for two weeks for a staff trip to Belgium beginning May 26. Owner Polly Watts is bringing out some cherished and rare barrel-aged bottled beers at this tasting event. Beer enthusiasts can sample beers including North Coast’s rye barrel-aged Old Rasputin XVIII, Goose Island’s Rare Bourbon County aged in 36-year-old Heaven Hill barrels, Prairie Artisan Ales’ Okie imperial brown ale aged in whiskey barrels, Brooklyn Brewing’s Hand & Seal English barleywine aged in bourbon barrels, Evil Twin Brewing’s Cognac Barrel Aged Jesus 2015 imperial stout and others. Staff from St. James Cheese Company will lead a class pairing cheese and barrel-aged beers. (1732 St. Charles Ave., 504586-9243; www.theavenuepub.com)

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Bacon and Beer 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 The Bulldog Mid-City offers four pork dishes — praline bacon, peppered bacon, pork belly and Canadian bacon — which patrons can pair with any of the the Bulldog’s 61 beers available on tap. (5135 Canal Blvd., 504-488-4191; www.bulldog-midcity.draftfreak.com)

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themselves with styles from other parts of the country.”

Double or imperial IPAs, sour and wild fermented beers, saisons, barleywines, and barrel-aged stouts are all styles that barely existed here six years ago. Now, Parish’s Ghost in the Machine double IPA is eagerly anticipated in stores and bars by fans dubbed “Ghost Hunters.” Great Raft Brewing has the state’s first foudre — a very large wooden barrel used to ferment and age Belgian-style beers. NOLA Brewing has a dedicated sour program, which brews beer with lactobacillus and Brettanomyces bacteria to create tart, sour or earthy flavors.

Many beer fans want to drink local — for the sake of freshness, supporting local businesses or the pleasure of knowing the people who brew their beer.

“Each new brewery that pops up offers the consumer a snapshot of a sense of place and an increased sense of kinship,” says Tin Roof Brewing Company CEO Audra Gaiziunas. “If anything, people’s palates are being given a chance to hyper-localize.”

The New Orleans market has seen increased variety and competition on shelves and tap handles.

“The increase in local breweries means that everyone is looking for the latest, newest or hard-to-get local beer on tap,” says Ale on Oak proprietor Pat Winters. “That has to be hard on older breweries that have been around for a long time and helped introduce New Orleans to craft beers.”

During ACBW, new beers will be released: Great Raft’s Make Believer Session IPA, CottonPort’s America 1 Oktoberfest, Urban South Brewery’s double dry-hopped version of its Holy Roller IPA, Bayou Teche’s Giant Hop For Mankind double IPA with Galaxy, Simcoe and Centennial hops, 40 Arpent Brewing Company’s Orange Blossom O-Possum ale, Gnarly Barley’s first double IPA called Big DIPA and Second Line Brewing’s Route 47 Red IPA.

Chef Michael Gulotta of MoPho participated in the Belgian-style beer event Nuit Belge in February.

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Three local breweries are among the more than one hundred breweries participating in a project sponsored by the national Brewers Association called #BiggestSmallBeerEver. Each brewery created a smoked stout based on a shared recipe.

Chafunkta Brewing Company will release it as the second in its small batch beer series, the Dew Drop Series. Old Rail Brewing Company will sell it in the brewpub. At NOLA Brewing, four Pink Boots Society members — a professional organization for women in the beer industry — created a version as well. They envision it as the basis for a special brunch at the NOLA Taproom.

ACBW events and special tastings offer plenty of excitement to brewers and beer fans.

“Breweries release really special beers just for ACBW and it becomes this fun little arms race between breweries to have something even more fun, exotic, hoppy, fruity, or delicious than all of the other guys,” says Jeff O’Brien, the new co-owner of Cooter Brown’s Tavern Justin Boswell, founder of the soon-to-open Wayward Owl Brewing Company, agrees.

“It’s an opportunity to connect with the people out there who enjoy your beer as much as you enjoy making it. It’s also an opportunity to pay respect to all the hard work that had to happen far before many of us ever thought of brewing as a career.”

While the craft beer scene grows, it always takes on newcomers.

“Over the years the beer drinking culture has become more sophisticated so the events we do have evolved to more specialty beers,” Watts says. “I still long for the opportunity to introduce more novice beer drinkers to the wonderful wide world of beer.”

Cheese and Beer Extravaganza 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 NOLA Brewing Company beers are served with cheeses at St. James Cheese Company’s Warehouse District location. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance via St. James’ website. (641 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-304-1485; www. stjamescheese.com)

Brewers Dinner 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 18 The Warehouse District location of the national brew pub chain Gordon Biersch serves dinner with its German- and Czech-style beers.

Diners should make reservations by May 17. (200 Poydras St., 504-5522739; www.gordonbiersch.com/ locations/new-orleans)

NOLA Brewing Company at Cochon Butcher 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 18 NOLA Brewing Company takes over the taps at Cochon Butcher. (930 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-588-7675; www.cochonbutcher.com)

Chimes beer dinner 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18 Chimes Covington is holding its fourth annual ACBW beer dinner featuring a five-course meal and beers from Chappapeela Farms, Saint Arnold Brewing Compa-

ny, Founders, The Bruery, Bell’s Brewery and Wiseacre Brewing Company. The dinner is $55 plus tax. (19130 Rogers Lane, Covington, 985-892-5396; www.thechimes. com/restaurants/3)

Great Raft Brewing at Ale on Oak 5 p.m. Thursday, May 19 Great Raft Brewing offers its Mayhaw sour beer, double-hopped Commotion, and Near and Far, a dry-hopped American-style Kolsch, on tap. Ale serves sliders with beef braised in Commotion Pale Ale. (8124 Oak St., 504-3246558; www.aleonoak.com)

Copelands beer dinner 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19 Copelands hosts a beer dinner featuring brews from Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company, Chafunkta, Covington Brewhouse and Tin Roof. Brewers will discuss their beers. (680 N. Highway 190, Mandeville, 985-809-9659; www. copelandsofneworleans.com/details-covington-la)

Beignets and Beer 6 p.m. Thursday, May 19 The Bulldog Mid-City serves plain, fruit-flavored, crawfish etouffee and cinnamon beignets.

New Belgium beer brunch 11 a.m. Sunday, May 22 Cooter Brown’s Tavern serves brunch featuring New Belgium Brewing Company beers Juicy Mandarina, Lips of Faith series Hof Ten Dormaal golden ale, Heavy Melon Watermelon Lime Ale and possibly a Love Sour. (509 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-866-9104; www. cooterbrowns.com)

Urban South Brewery opened recently in the Lower Garden District.

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

BAR & GRILL The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ 701 Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.facebook. com/lucysnola — Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill. com — Open 24-hours Thursday through Sunday. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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

BURGERS Dis & Dem — 2600 Banks St., (504) 9090458; Rue St. Louis Bar, 814 St. Louis St.,

(504) 509-7092; www.disanddem.com — Banks Street: breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun. St. Louis St.: lunch, dinner and late-night daily.Credit cards. $

Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Ted’s Frostop — 3100 Calhoun St., (504) 861-3615; www.tedsfrostop.com — Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma. com — Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www. pearlwineco.com — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen. org — Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 5222233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — New Orleans locations are open 24 hours. West Napoleon Avenue:

Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

leansmetairie.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

Credit cards. $$$

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

CHINESE

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

August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — Delivery available. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Chez Pierre French Bakery & Cafe — 3208 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 467-3176; www.chezpierreneworleans. com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

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

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www.bistroor-

The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 6444992; www.memesbarandgrille.com — Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www. messinasterminal.com — Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter. com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — Lunch Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

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

Credit cards. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

OUT TO EAT

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

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN

GOURMET TO GO

Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www. hummusandmore.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www.monascafeanddeli.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

Silk Road — 2483 Royal St., (504) 9446666; www.silkroadnola.com — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN

Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 8366859 — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Hummus & More (3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, 504-833-3363; www.hummusnadmore.com) serves beef kebabs, hummus, moussaka and other Mediterranean dishes.

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Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$

Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 5938118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www. nonnamia.net — Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 4109997; www.japanesebistro.com — Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 5817253; www.rocknsake.com — Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY

The Red Maple — 1036 Lafayette St., Gretna, (504) 367-0935; www.theredmaple.com — Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$$

Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$

Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www. auduboninstitute.org/visit/golf-cafe — Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

JAPANESE

Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola. com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 8913644 — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Light dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 8852984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine. com — Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook. com/casaborrega — Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Garcia — 8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 464-0354 — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola. com — Lunch and early dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

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PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 483-6464; www.gspizza.com — Delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — Lunch Tue.Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — Delivery available. 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 — 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 — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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

SEAFOOD Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 2842898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Crab Trap Seafood Restaurant — 105 Peavine Road, LaPlace, (985) 2242000 — Lunch and dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno. com — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Oyster House — 1327 St. Charles Ave., (504) 267-0169; www. mredsrestaurants.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

STEAKHOUSE

Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $

Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS

Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 2526745; www.killerpoboys.com — Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks.com — Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

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BY COUNT BASIN™ WITH HELP FROM WILL COVIELLO, FRANK ETHERIDGE, JENNIFER ODELL, NATHAN MATTISE AND ALEX WOODWARD

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more than 425,000 people to the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, organizers said. Heavy rains on the second weekend caused an early close on April 30, canceling sets by Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg and Beck. But there were many touring headliners (Neil Young, Paul Simon, Bonnie Raitt) and a full slate of performers on a dozen stages to keep crowds entertained. Here are some of the notable moments from Jazz Fest 2016.

Scorched earth Over two hours on the wet, windy and mud-filled final day, Neil Young conjured lightning rods of droning atmosphere synchronized with the whipping rains and winds, turning the warm and humid weather into a cold, sun-absent afternoon. With Promise of the Real (featuring Willie Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah on guitars), Young built walls of sound emulating Crazy Horse’s layers of guitars and locked-in instincts for rising and falling moments through each song. The band performed Ragged Glory tracks heavy “F—kin’ Up,” “Country Home” and “Love & Only Love,” as well as a dizzying 20 minutes of waves of twisted metallic solos on “Cortez the Killer.”

Out of sight Stevie Wonder’s Saturday morning sound check included Prince’s “Purple Rain,” seemingly setting up his headlining set at the Acura stage for one of the biggest tributes to the late artist during the two festival weekends. Instead, Wonder sang it with the crowd through a megaphone from the stage after announcing his 5 p.m. show had been canceled.

High strung In the Blues Tent, former Carolina Chocolate Drop Rhiannon Giddens opened with Bob Dylan’s “Spanish Mary” and Dolly Parton’s “Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind.” Set highlights included two emotionally wrenching songs Giddens wrote based on slave narratives. One song was inspired by an 1828 advertisement from a newspaper, in which an enslaved woman’s 9-month-old baby also could be bought, “at the purchaser’s option.” Giddens imagined the life of a human being treated that way from such a young age: “You can take my body, you can take my bones / You can take my blood, but not my soul ... I was young, but not for long.”

Giddens focused on early blues and country songs, with a few tunes from the Chocolate Drops’ 2009 album Genuine Negro Jig. Giddens took up a fiddle and was joined by accordionist Dirk Powell for a Creole song credited to Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin, an accordionist influential in Acadiana’s Creole and Cajun music. While there was an impressive array of string players onstage, Giddens’ soaring vocals brought the crowd to its feet for several ovations.

Latest Hurray Returning to New Orleans for the first time since last fall, Alynda Lee Segarra’s Hurray for the Riff Raff (with a string section including Yosi Perlstein and Helen Gillet) opened with “Levon’s Dream” from the band’s 2014 breakthrough Small Town Heroes followed by “Ode to John and Yoko” from 2012’s Look Out Mama. Heroes’ “End of the Line” transformed from the album’s up-tempo folk to a heavier jam, finding a meatier groove in a

slowed-down take. The band also performed a song from an upcoming album, showcasing Segarra’s confident vocals that are able to belt out muscular lines and hit falsetto highs — the song glimpsed the next stage of Hurray for the Riff Raff’s evolution from Segarra’s intimate folk to its full-band, high-voltage country- and folk-inspired progressive rock ‘n’ roll.

The band closed early with “The Body Electric,” Segarra’s powerful prayer against violence and oppression. Thunder and lightning boomed behind the stage, and strings reached a crescendo as the song crashed into its stinging chorus. Segarra, who repeatedly thanked the crowd for enduring the rain, closed with three words: “F—k Donald Trump.”

Elvis impersonator It wasn’t clear why Elvis Costello & the Imposters started their set with fast and uninspired versions of “Watching the Detectives” (Costello added a siren noise from a bullhorn inscribed with his name — though the song says “don’t get cute”), “Mystery Dance” and “Radio Radio.” (The band later added a perfunctory version of “Everyday I Write the Book.”)

The 90-minute set had two highlights. Costello stopped to talk about the late Allen Toussaint, with whom he recorded the album The River in Reverse following Hurricane Katrina. Costello told the crowd that while recording, Toussaint never told him what he wanted. Instead, Costello would offer something for Toussaint’s approval, and often the response was, “Well, what do you think of that?” Costello said. Costello then played “Ascension Day”— part of which was a tribute to Professor

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Moonlighting Van Morrison arrived on the Gentilly Stage with a small band (organs, keyboards, drums, a background vocalist, bass and guitar, with Morrison also playing sax and harmonica) that seemed better suited to a twilight amphitheater or intimate jazz club than a sun-beaten crowd of thousands. But he was game to try, and to those paying attention, Morrison and his band delivered nuance, prayers and a weird-but-satisfying rendering of jazz and blues.

The boomer crowd sang along to “Brown Eyed Girl” but seemed to tune out for the rest of his hourlong set, where he was at his best performing solos on his sax and wrapping his vocals around the band’s intimate jazz grooves, eventually shaping into the low-key, seductive “Moondance,” which appropriately dipped into “My Funny Valentine.”

Yamamenem Arriving fashionably late to his set in a crisp, green polo and white hat, rapper Mystikal returned to Jazz Fest with a full band (dubbed “Hot Sausage”), bringing heavy horns and heavy metal to his wild raps.

From the Congo Square stage, he resurrected his No Limit hits, from “Here I Go,” “Make ‘Em Say Ugh,” “The Man Right Chea,” “It Ain’t My Fault” and “I Smell Smoke” to his mainstream successes “Move, Bitch” (sans Ludacris), “Bouncin’ Back,” “Danger” and “Shake Ya Ass.” He self-edited his set for PG baby ears, including his own three babies happily dancing onstage or in his arms.

He muscled James Brown contortions and dance moves to match his unpredictably voiced raps (he also gave a “Thriller” interlude) and his quick wit — whether the contents of his Instagram DMs or asking an offstage police officer if there was weed (New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison also was backstage).

He repeatedly thanked the crowd for years of support despite his “ups and downs” and that “for every youngster who don’t know who I am, ya mama know me.”

Simon says While Paul Simon has visibly aged, his abilities haven’t. During a

90-minute set, he largely remained the musician most remember (though sound problems at the stage marred some songs). A subdued whistling verse in “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” aside, Simon strummed the well-known riffs, gracefully handled high-note choruses, as in “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” and sustained multipart harmonies including an acapella opening to “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.” His greatest-hits setlist included “Duncan,” “The Boy in the Bubble,” “You Can Call Me Al” and “The Boxer.” Simon also snuck in two songs from Stranger to Stranger, his album due out June 2. “The Werewolf” had plenty of Simon DNA, with full choir moments juxtaposed against flourishes of Delta blues’ harmonica and guitar. He also dug out his Louisiana-inspired “That Was Your Mother.” Simon somehow proved to be both of a time and timely.

Irish bayou The Lost Bayou Ramblers started a set on the Gentilly Stage during a downpour and finished under sunny skies. Early set guest Rickie Lee Jones came onstage to play a couple of songs from her 2015 album The Other Side of Desire, named for street in her Bywater neighborhood.

“Valtz de Mon Pere” was inspired by Ramblers fiddler Louis Michot, who plays on the album.

The Ramblers performed several stomping, up-tempo Cajun tunes, including “Hot Shoes” and “Don’t Shake My Tree.” before being joined

by The Pogues’ Spider Stacy, who launched into Pogues songs, including a couple of raucous ones about drinking: “Boys From the County Hell” and “Streams of Whiskey.”

Andre Michot’s accordion drove the Pogues’ “Greenland Whale Fisheries.” One of the set’s brightest moments was its finale, when Aurora Nealand come onstage to sing “Fairytale of New York” with Stacy, exchanging a litany of insults (“You’re a bum, you’re a punk ... you scumbag, you maggot...”) from a couple’s drunken spat at Christmas.

But it came off like a cheerful duet.

All that jazz Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter are modern jazz royalty, having played in Miles Davis’ band before going on to their own headlining careers. Together, they entranced an eager jazz tent crowd with an hour and a half of avant-garde fusion jazz.

The audience leaned in, jumped back and stared in awe — often all within the same piece of music.

Hancock and Shorter constantly displayed virtuosity in subtle ways, with Shorter effortlessly reaching

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the higher echelon of his alto sax’s range to used quick triplets on top of a nimble, contradictory run of 16th notes from Hancock’s piano.

On his signature Kronos synth, Hancock used soaring, space-y voicings and added percussive effects and a loop pedal to craft a bold, almost abrasive beat. It established a rhythm that eschewed any downbeats, allowing Shorter to make screeching runs along the alto’s high register as Hancock soon followed suit on piano. The songs — or explorations — stretched 10, 12 and sometimes 20 minutes. Despite the large crowd, it felt like an intimate and relaxed brainstorming session between the two legends, complete with a moments of brilliance.

My morning kimono Dressed in a coloreful kimono, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James showed why he’s among the best frontmen in the business. Leading the band to wailing crescendos, accented by guitarist Carl Broemel’s sinister step-out leads, James impressed the crowd on Jacket staples such as “Believe.” He welcomed frequent collaborator Ben Jaffe and other Preservation Hall players to crush two Prince covers: “Sign o’ the Times” and a deep grooving “Purple Rain,” which the purple shirt-clad drummer closed delicately on the high hats. The band delivered an epic set-closing “One Big Holiday,” featuring James’ soaring vocals and shredding Gibson Flying V guitar play.

Take a bow In his Jazz Fest debut, violinist T-Ray got everyone moving at the Jazz and Heritage Stage. Dabbling in R&B, pop and classical sounds on electric violin meshes lots of influences, and T-Ray showcased them in cover tunes, including a Prince salute — a “Sometimes it Snows in April” rendition complete with a soaring ’80s-style guitar solo. T-Ray also revealed his love of French fusion electric violinist Jean-Luc Ponty.

True and natural woman In the middle of her hell-raising, soul-searching set of high-powered R&B and electric soul at the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do stage, Kristin Diable thanked the weather gods for the good fortune of an overcast sky. The crowd quickly stopped her lest she jinx it. Rain drizzled as the band conjured dueling Crazy Horse guitars with grinding organ, and Diable breathed Southern soul into her elastic voice on tender highlights “True and Natural Man” and “True Devotion” from her 2015 album Create Your Own Mythology. The

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The Queen Diva and Prince Armed with a purple-clad full band and ruffled white shirt and sparkling purple pants, queen of bounce Big Freedia led a massive crowd at the Congo Square Stage in a bandbacked sing-along of Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U” and “Purple Rain,” complete with tone-perfect guitar solos — while it rained. Freedia (also wearing a white jacket with several of Prince’s love symbols on it) unleashed an arsenal of dancers, including two of her nieces, as she emceed “Azz Everywhere.”

Pork and String Beans At the Fais Do-Do Stage, the folkish funky Creole String Beans shared the stage with T.K. Hulin.

The old-school South Louisiana blue-eyed swamp soul guitarist and singer launched into a rousing rendition of “Down Home Girl,” a festive field holler about stomping through cotton fields and smelling of pork and beans — first recorded by Alvin Robinson in 1964 and since covered by everyone from the Rolling Stones to Old Crow Medicine Show. Brian Rini’s slick organ groove lifted the cover to huge heights before the String Beans sailed into a jamming, up-tempo “Let the Money Drop” from the band’s new album Golden Crown.

The King is dead Blues maven Bonnie Raitt worked plenty of Afro-Caribbean rhythms into her funky set. As she did at this year’s Grammy Awards, Raitt paid tribute to lost legend B.B. King to close the Gentilly Stage following her own set, lending her slide-guitar prowess and voice to “Never Make Your Move Too Soon.” Also having performed at the Grammys’ King tribute, Gary Clark Jr. joined in the parade of stars to sing and bang his tambourine on “Let the Good Times Roll.” The set climaxed with Dr. John teaming up with blues/ rock guitarist Elvin Bishop for “My Baby’s Gone” followed by Buddy Guy joining in for a spirited rendition of “Sweet Little Angel.”

Mountain man Southern Mississippi/New Orleans troubadour Cary Hudson delighted a friendly crowd at the Lagniappe Stage with selections from his work with Blue Mountain — the seminal alt-country outfit he founded with New Orleans-area siblings Laurie and (Wilco bassist) John Stirratt.

“Blue Canoe” and “Soul Sister” set up an uplifting good time full of back-woods hippie praise and prayer tones early in the set. His

band, the Piney Woods Players, featured blistering electric guitar work by (Chris Stapleton doppelganger) Jackson Purvis of local Southern rockers South Jones.

Hudson switched to harmonica as he gave former touring companion Willie Nelson a birthday shout-out (82!), introducing “Mississippi Country Girl” from his superb sixth solo release Town and Country, recorded last year in New Orleans.

Sunny skies and heavy blues During sunny but balmy relief from Thursday thundershowers, Gary Clark Jr. told the Acura Stage crowd, “I’ve never sweated so much in my life. I feel sexy and gross at the same time.” He worked up a sweat with a screeching, distorted solo on “When My Train Pulls In.” Clark sang in his high falsetto over mellower sounds on “Our Love,” and the band ripped through his upbeat rocker “Give It Up Now” from Blak and Blu. Clark also impressed on the song “Grinder,” played slide on “Catfish Blues,” and the band turned many tunes into extended heavy blues-rock jams.

Houston, it’s a “po-boy” The Suffers’ singer Kam Franklin reminded the Congo Square Stage often that the band is from Houston.

With guitars, keyboards and a horn section, it bills its music as “Gulf Coast soul,” though it mostly was a jazzy soul band on Thursday. At times, it’s a little bit Latin, and at one point was “a little bit cumbia” on “Baila Esta Cumbia.”

In the middle of the sultry comeon “Make Some Room,” Franklin sang “Do you want a sandwich?”

The audience was quiet, and she stopped the band to say she was disappointed in New Orleans, which she expected would be more enthusiastic about eating — and whatever else the song offers. Several people screamed “po-boy” at her

to no avail. She made the band and audience do that part again, and the crowd roared when she asked if anyone wanted a sandwich.

Demolition project Honey Island Swamp Band celebrated the release of its major-label (Ruf Records) debut Demolition Day, produced in low-fi splendor by Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi All-Stars) at Parlor Studio in the Irish Channel. Aaron Wilkinson’s lyricism shined on the cut-throat optimism of “Head High Water Blues.” Trevor Brooks’ keys swirled on an outro highlighted by the pulsing horn trio of trombone, trumpet and the saxophone of ascendant local jazzman Brad Walker (who played with Sturgill Simpson on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).

New Movement Drummer Jack DeJohnette, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and bassist Matthew Garrison offered jazz fans an outstanding set culled mostly from their debut album In Movement. DeJohnette has known Coltrane and Garrison since they were children (Ravi is the son of John and Alice Coltrane; Matthew’s father was the bassist Jimmy Garrison), and he took the lead while leaving plenty of space for his colleagues to step out front. On “Atmosphere” Coltrane’s horn and Garrison’s rumbling bass added depth and color, and as it built to a climax, Garrison worked in a funk-laced riffs, shifting the texture of the piece. On “Blue in Green,” the band’s take on Miles Davis and John Coltrane’s famous track from Kind of Blue, DeJohnette switched to piano, exercising a light touch on the keys that bolstered Coltrane’s soft sound. He returned to long, complex soundscapes on drums for the trio’s original composition, “Two Jimmys,” written for Garrison’s father and Jimi Hendrix.

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SUNDAY 15 Apple Barrel — Sean Riley Blues Band, 6:30; Vic Shepherd, 10:30 Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds Jazz, 1; Carl Leblanc, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Ameriglow, Toonces, Biglemoi, 9 Bar Redux — T’Lark, Luke Oleen-Junk, Michael DiMarco, 8 BB King’s — D. Saunders & Friends, 11 a.m.; Marc Stone Band, 7 BMC — Snake & the Charmers, 6 Buffa’s Lounge — Jazz Youth Showcase, 4; Gerald French Trio, 7 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Country Night with DJ Pasta, 9:30 d.b.a. — Soul Brass Band, 3; Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Simple Sound Retreat, 6 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Armand St. Martin: Tribute to Allen Toussaint, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Gasa Gasa — Wild Nothing, Charlie Hilton, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 The Maison — Eight Dice Cloth, 1; Broadmoor Jazz Band, 4; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10 Old Point Bar — Isla Nola, 3:30; Romy Vargas & the Mercy Buckets, 7 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — The One Stop Shop Band, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Tom Fischer & Charlie Fardella with Sunday Night Swingsters, 8

Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band with Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars with Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Bruce Daigrepont, 5:30 Siberia — The Salt Wives, 6; Katey Red Birthday Bash feat. Big Freedia, SS Boombox, Cameron Kelly, 9 Snug Harbor — Jason Marsalis & Heirs to the Crescent City, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Linnzi Zaorski, 8

MONDAY 16 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 6:30; Roger Bowie & the Midnight Visions, 10:30 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30; Smoky’s Blues Monday Jam, 9 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene DeLay, 5; Antoine Deal, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; Whitney Alouisious & Mutiny Squad, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Albanie Falletta, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 6 The Civic Theatre — Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, The Steel Wheels, 8 d.b.a. — Colin Lake Duo, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 House of Blues (The Parish) — Oddisee, Slangston Hughes, 7:30 Howlin’ Wolf — Dick Dale, Mahayla, 9 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews & Crescent City All-Stars, Bobby Love, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters with Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 Sidney’s Saloon — King James & the Special Men, 10 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Teddy’s Hole in the Wall — Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Joe Krown, 8 Three Muses — Monty Banks, 5

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND The Darkness (PG-13) — Road-tripgame hero Kevin Bacon is plagued by a poltergeist when he visits the Grand Canyon. Chalmette The Dying of the Light (NR) — The lives and (end) times of movie theater projectionists are profiled. Zeitgeist The Man Who Knew Infinity (PG-13) — This biopic of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan focuses on his friendship with Cambridge scholar G.H. Hardy. Broad Money Monster (R) — Jodie Foster directs the hostage-scenario thriller, in which a TV personality (George Clooney) faces an unhinged viewer. Clearview, Elmwood, Slidell, Regal

NOW SHOWING Barbershop: The Next Cut (PG-13) — A star-studded cast, including Ice Cube, tries to save the old neighborhood from marauding gang members. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (PG-13) — Is Ben Affleck as Batman a sign of “peak superhero”? One can hope. Clearview, West Bank, Slidell, Regal, Elmwood The Boss (R) — Melissa McCarthy plays a mogul who launches a rebrand after doing time for insider trading. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell Captain America: Civil War (PG-13) — Members of Hollywood’s A-list (Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johannson, Elizabeth Olsen) reunite for another round of capes and spandex.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place, Prytania Criminal (R) — The Manchurian Candidate meets Mission: Impossible, with a soupcon of Hackers. What could go wrong? West Bank, Regal Finding Mr. Right 2 (NR) — In this Chinese romantic comedy, serendipity unites a Californian real estate agent and a professional gambler from Macau. Elmwood Green Room (R) — Punks go steel-toe to steel-toe with murderous neo-Nazi skinheads led by Patrick Stewart. Elmwood, West Bank, Canal Place A Hologram for the King (R) — In this adaptation of Dave Eggers’ novel, Tom Hanks plays a businessman with an appointment in Samarra. Er, Saudi Arabia.

Canal Place The Huntsman: Winter’s War (PG13) — In a frozen wasteland of sequels and reboots, a sequel and reboot about a frozen wasteland. Clearview, Elm-

THE SCIENCE-FOCUSED BIOPIC HAS EMERGED AS AN UNLIKELY SUBGENRE for movies in recent years. The trend reached a late-2014 peak with the release of The Imitation Game (which received eight Oscar nominations), the little-known story of computer science pioneer Alan Turing, and The Theory of Everything (five Oscar nominations), which focuses on the personal life of physics visionary Stephen Hawking.

Smaller in scale but still fitting the bill is The Man Who Knew Infinity, which tells the story of Srinivasa Ramanujan.

A largely uneducated Indian mathematician who worked primarily in the World War I era, Ramanujan’s genius was so complete that his ideas still guide the study of black holes, string theory and quantum gravity and inspired recent innovations in computer security.

The Man Who Knew Infinity isn’t especially interested in popularizing Ramanujan as a historical figure. Like The Imitation Game, it uncovers an engaging story known by few outside of academic circles. In the manner of The Theory of Everything, the film dwells on the personal by focusing on Ramanujan’s friendship and collaboration with British mathematician G.H. Hardy, along with the racism and classism Ramanujan suffered while working with Hardy at University of Cambridge.

But The Man Who Knew Infinity also targets something all its own: the rarified place where high-level theoretical science blurs the line with artistic achievement and becomes a source of aesthetic beauty, above and beyond its practical applications.

Despite the subject matter, there’s nothing daring or innovative about The Man Who Knew Infinity. Second-time writer/director Matthew Brown works methodically in clear, precise steps that never call attention to the film’s visual style or indie origins. The entire project seems conservative by nature, and there may be nothing more innately conservative than the culture of mathematicians in early-20th century Britain. The film reflects the even temperament of its subjects.

The story begins with a 25-year-old, recently married Ramanujan (Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire) desperately searching for work in his homeland, now the Tamil Nadu region at the southern tip of India. He has flunked out of college and lost a scholarship by neglecting all subjects other than math. He sends a sample of his theoretical work to famed mathematician Hardy (Jeremy Irons) and receives an invitation to Cambridge’s prestigious Trinity College, where the apple reportedly fell on Isaac Newton’s head centuries before.

The relationship that develops between Ramanujan and Hardy is

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largely a distant one. For Ramanujan, an equation only has meaning because it “expresses a thought of God.” Hardy is a confirmed atheist who has little in his life besides mathematics and considers himself no good at personal relationships. He recognizes the singular genius of his protege but must rein him in and teach him to craft the painstaking proofs that will legitimize his imaginative ideas. It’s fertile soil for two talented actors, and both Patel and Irons meet the challenge with fine characterizations.

OUR TAKE

The Man Who Knew Infinity was shot on location in India and England and was the first film ever granted access to the real Trinity College. Twelve years in the making — reportedly due to the hardships of financing what was perceived as a hopelessly noncommercial film — it lacks the epic sweep of big-budget historical dramas. But the film’s human scale suits the material, and much inspiration can be found in its emphasis on the value of creative vision in a purportedly dry and passionless field of study. — KEN KORMAN

A drama about a mathematical genius is more than the sum of its parts.

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wood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Hurricane on the Bayou (NR) — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy Giant Screen Journey to Space 3D (NR) — Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) narrates a history of human space exploration. Entergy Giant Screen The Jungle Book 3D (PG) — A CGI-intense revival of the children’s story features a wild kingdom voiced by Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley and Scarlett Johansson.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place, Chalmette Keanu (R) — Method Man plays a catnapping gangster in a slapstick offering created by comedy duo Key & Peele. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, The Broad Theater, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Miles Ahead (R) — Don Cheadle directs and stars in an embellished retelling of the life of Miles Davis.

Canal Place Mother’s Day (PG-13) — At about $10 a ticket, it’s cheaper than flowers.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (PG-13) — The Portokalos clan deals with mishaps, marriage and moussaka. Elmwood, Regal Papa: Hemingway in Cuba (R) — The writer beloved by college freshmen is profiled through the eyes of a journalist.

Elmwood, Canal Place Ratchet & Clank (PG) — “Based on the PlayStation video game franchise...”

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Secret Ocean 3D (NR) — Filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau explores the ocean’s food chain from phytoplankton to the largest whales. Entergy Giant Screen Sing Street (PG-13) — In the time-honored tradition of teenage boys everywhere, an Irish kid starts a band to get a girl. Canal Place Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe (NR) — The controversial film, made by a leading anti-vaccination activist, purports to show a link between vaccines and autism. Chalmette Zootopia (PG) — Disney guns for another franchise with an animated feature about adorable talking animals (Happy Meal,

anyone?). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal

SPECIAL SCREENINGS AAIC: Monet to Matisse (NR) — The documentary surveys the garden as subject in impressionist and modernist paintings. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Elmwood, Regal Deutschland 83 (NR) — This miniseries follows an East German soldier sent to spy on West Germany during the Cold War. In German with English subtitles.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deutsches Haus (1023 Ridgewood Drive, Metairie) The Family Fang (R) — When two performance artists who are known for their practical jokes disappear, their children (Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman) set out to find them. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2016 (NR) — The Dead’s fans rise again to take in archival footage from a 1989 concert. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood Guys and Dolls (NR) — Odd couple Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra star in the 1955 film version of this musical. 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania Jumanji (PG) — RIP, Robin Williams.

You deserved better. 7:15 Friday. Lemann Park (1700 Lafitte St.) Louder Than Bombs (R) — A family grieves for its matriarch, a photojournalist who covered war, after her untimely death. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Tale of Tales (NR) — Dragons, necromancers and a flea the size of a cocker spaniel populate this trio of surrealist fairy tales. 3:45 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Broad Top Gun (PG) — From the days when we were still charmed by Tom Cruise. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.

Kenner, Slidell Wall-E (G) — Sweet sci-fi love story, or propaganda from our robot overlords?

You decide. 7:15 Saturday. Oliver Bush Playground (2500 Caffin Ave.)

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HAPPENINGS Donuts & Daiquiris. The Front, 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — A fundraiser for The Front features an art raffle, a live art auction and musical performances. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Paint with Music. Black Label Icehouse, 3000 Dryades St., (504) 875-2876; www. blacklabelbbq.com — In a live painting performance, Marcus Brown uses self-crafted paint-producing musical instruments while providing hip-hop vocals. 9 p.m. Saturday.

St. Claude Second Saturdays. St. Claude Arts District, 2820 St. Claude Ave. — Galleries surrounding St. Claude Avenue host receptions. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

OPENING Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “American Muscle,” mixed-me-

dia exhibition curated by Dan Tague; “Sunflower Tourism Co.,” installation by Jason Chaffin; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “Muses & Musicians,” new work by Jason Kruppa, Garrett Haab, Briana Catarino and Lela Brunet; opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Lakeview Regional Medical Center.

95 E. Judge Tanner Drive, Covington, (985) 867-3800; www.lakeviewregional.com — “Healing Arts Exhibit,” new work by Art House Boston Street artists and others; opening reception 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.

New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Interpretations,” group exhibition including “New Heritage Trails” by Morgan Molthrop; opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Port. 2120 Port St.; www.2120port.com — “Spectacles,” installations by You Go Girl

and Read More; opening reception 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — “Scopomania,” new work

by Ron Bennett, Natori Green, Jane Hill, Mike Kilgore, Gina Laguna, Lauren Laguna, Rebecca Madura and others; opening reception 6 p.m. Saturday.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Imprinted Essence,” relief printmaking by LaToya M. Hobbs; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

United Bakery Gallery. 1337 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 908-9412 — “Piano & Poker,” new work by Daniel Grey, Liam Conway, Todd Lyons, Sarah Davis, Lauren Miller, Brianna Serene Kelly and Galen Cassidy Peria; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www. finearts.uno.edu — “Abracadabra (The Art of Gender Illusion),” mixed-media work by Maxx Sizeler; “The Scales Fell from Her Eyes,” abstract paintings by Francesca Koerner; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

GALLERIES A Gallery for Fine Photography.

241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — “Black & White and Kolor,” new photographs by Elliott Erwitt, ongoing.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelaking-

gallery.com — New work by Woodrow Nash and Tony Savoie, through Saturday.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “Looking Local: A Library of Place,” artists interpret place through mixed-media work; “I Am an Important Giant,” mixed-media micro installations; both through May. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — New mixed-media work by Erin Lee Gafill, Christophe and Barbara Hentz, through May. Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico.

901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 5283722; www.culturalagendaoftheconsulateofmexico.blogspot.com — “Abrazada a Lo Efimero,” work by Sofia Rodriguez Fernandez, through Saturday.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Distant Voices in a Foreign Language,” paintings by Vernon Fisher; “Drawing, Reading and Counting,” mixed-media work by James Drake; both through June 18.

“Night Vision,” photographs by Lee Deigaard, through May. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “A Basque Review,” new paintings by Jose-Maria Cundin, through May 30.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “House Ghosts,” new oil paintings by Michael Chambers, through May.

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worleans.org — “Trail Magique,” new work

by Dave Greber, through July.

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

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks. com — Fabric prints of New Orleans neighborhoods by Greg Giegucz; live glass sculpting demonstrations by Robert Stern; both through May. New Orleans Healing Center. 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 948-9961; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — “Fruit and the City,” new work by Belinda Tanno, ongoing.

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

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

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “Horizons in Space,” new paintings by Regina Scully, through May 28.

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

Pedestal Gallery. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 645-3864; www.pamelamarquis-

studio.com — New artwork by George Williams and Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

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

Red Truck Gallery. 938 Royal St., (504) 522-3630; www.redtruckgallery.com — “Arcana,” exhibition of occult-themed work by Liz McGrath, Camilla Rose Garcia, Jessicka Addams, Mab Graves, Souther Salazar, Ryan Heshka, Nicomi Nix Turner and others, ongoing.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery.

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

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

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

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

Rolland Golden Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 888-6588; www.rollandgoldengallery.com — “Finally Winter,” work by Rolland Golden, ongoing.

Rutland Street Gallery. 828 E. Rutland St., Covington, (985) 773-4553; www.

ART rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery. com — “Follow the Music,” photographs of Louisiana by Michael P. Smith; “Tuff Enough,” work by Meg Turner; both through June 12.

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

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — “Second Nature,” new mixed-media work by KOLLABS (Anke Schofield and Luis Garcia-Nerey), through May. St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “Expressions of Place: The Southeastern Louisiana Landscape,” new work by Louisiana artists, through May 21.

Steve Martin Fine Art. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart com — “Sex Death Unicorns,” anthropomorphic art and installations by Midori Tajiri Byrd, Christa Ougel, Ben Miller, Emily Lovejoy and Dee Robertson curated by Ames Bissell, through June 1.

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Coup d’Oeil Art Consortium. 2033 Magazine St., (504) 722-0876; www. coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “And the Beat Goes On,” paintings of musicians and installation by Dona Lief, through June 4.

Creative Alliance of New Orleans. 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — “Honoring William ‘Willie’ White,” retrospective of work by self-taught artist Willie White, through June 16.

Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “Town and Country,” landscapes and New Orleans scenes by Carol Hallock, through May 28.

Hammond Regional Arts Center. 217 E. Thomas St., Hammond, (985) 5427113; www.hammondarts.org — New mixed-media work by Hammond Art Guild artists, through May 27.

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

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

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

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by Mitchell Gaudet, ongoing.

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

Thomas Mann Gallery I/O. 1812 Magazine St., (504) 581-2113; www.thomasmann. com — “One.Two.,” functional sculpture by Hernan Caro and jewelry and metalsmithing by Co:Operation Garnish, through June.

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

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

SPARE SPACES Bar Redux. 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — New mixed-media work by Gill Smitherman, through May 22.

The Building 1427. 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 352-9283; www.building1427.com — Work by Daniel Jupiter, Mark Lacabe and Ted Ellis, ongoing.

Cherry Espresso Bar. 4877 Laurel St., (504) 875-3699; www.facebook.com/ cherry.espresso.bar — “Vibrational Art,” photographs by Tony Martin, ongoing.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — New photographs of wetlands wildlife by Darrell Pulliam, through June.

Poydras Center. 650 Poydras St. — “Spring: Art in the Heart of Downtown,” exhibition of Degas Gallery artists, through May. Tulane University (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library). 7001 Freret St., (504) 865-5605 — “John Edward Heaton’s Guatemala,” historic photographs of Central America, through May 27.

MUSEUMS Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “Becoming Imperceptible,” new work and found images by Adam Pendleton, through June 16.

The Historic New Orleans Collection.

533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “Merry as the Day is Long: Shakespeare’s Hand in New Orleans,” exhibition of Shakespeare-releated historical items from New Orleans, through June 4, and more.

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

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

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs

by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4, and more.

National Food & Beverage Foundation.

1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504)

THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER THE GUARDIAN RECENTLY CALLED BOB DYLAN “not only

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the Keats of rock ’n’ roll but the Lucian Freud as well.” It was nice to compare his canvases to Britain’s top painter, but then it said: “OK, we would not be looking at them if he were not famous ... but he does seem very serious about his art.” Despite British snark and occasional erratic brushwork, the paintings do visually complement the psycho-poetic insights of Dylan’s songs, and this New Orleans Series reflects the mystique of a city that has fascinated him for more than 50 years. His view is unique, with scenes that evoke vintage film noir and psychological quirks straight from the ether of the subconscious. In Masked Ball (pictured), a man in a tuxedo and mask dances with a vulnerable-looking woman and, sure enough, their charged, mottled tones do recall Freud even if the styling suggests a New Orleans version of John Huston’s 1941 movie, The Maltese Falcon. In true Dylan fashion, much is familiar but the ambiguities and nuances seem endless.

• Through July 31 It also may be noteworthy that Dylan • The New Orleans Series: currently sports a pencil-thin mustache not unlike the one in the picture, Paintings by Bob Dylan causing him to resemble a retired tango • New Orleans Museum of Art instructor or ghostly riverboat gambler.

• City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle In Rescue Team, a darkly dynamic man in a fedora carries an unconscious • (504) 658-4100 femme fatale in his arms, and it is hard • www.noma.org to say if it is a rescue or an abduction.

More psychically fraught ambiguities appear in Rope, as a voluptuous nude woman unwinds, literally, from a length of rope trussed around her torso. She looks almost too relaxed to be making an escape, so could it be something more recreational? Girl Scout knots, anyone? Some traditional French Quarter patio scenes could have come straight from Jackson Square, and as always, Dylan defies interpretation. In his lushly eloquent memoir, Chronicles, he describes New Orleans as “one very long poem,” an ongoing epic that also defies interpretation. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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Bob Dylan’s film noirish romanticization of New Orleans.

569-0405; www.natfab.org — “Dirty Pages: Nashville Women and the Recipes That Tell Their Stories,” multimedia exhibition, ongoing.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Bob Dylan: The New Orleans Series,” paintings by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, through July, and more.

Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www. newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “First Folio: The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare,” traveling exhibition of the first folio, through May. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Bright Fields: the Mastery of Marie Hull” retrospective,

through May 28, and more.

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

Southeastern Architectural Archive.

Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane.edu — “Medieval Louisiana,” exhibit about the region’s adoption of architectural forms, through May 20.

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THEATER Don Quixote. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle — The NOLA Project presents an adaptation of Cervantes’ tale of an idealistic knight and his constant companion. Visit www.nolaproject.com/ shows for information. Tickets $24, $18 students and NOMA members. 7 p.m.

Wednesday-Friday and Sundays.

Finding the Absent Crescent. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671; www.playmakersinc.com — Ken Richard directs a dramedy about an unfortunate chain of events that occurs before a funeral. Tickets $20, students $10. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www. rivertowntheaters.com — The musical comedy is a send-up of American office life in the 1960s. Tickets $36 and up. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Late Night Catechism. Fuhrmann Auditorium, 317 N. Jefferson St., Covington, (504) 892-2624; www.fpa-theater. com — The City of Covington presents the one-man show, which satirizes the disciplinarian teachings of Catholic nuns.

Tickets $15-$20. 8 p.m. Friday.

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

Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Spamalot. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324; www.slidelllittletheatre.org — This musical spoof of the Arthurian legend was inspired by the Monty Python comedy troupe. Tickets $26.50 and up. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY American Mess. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www. barcadianeworleans.com — Katie East produces a weekly series of stand-up and burlesque acts. Free admission.

8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Bella Blue’s Dirty Dime Peepshow.

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

Midnight Saturday.

The Blue Book Cabaret. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529-2107; www.bourbonpub.com — Bella Blue and a rotating cast including Darling

Darla James, Nikki LeVillain, Cherry Brown and Ben Wisdom perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag.

Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details.

Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Saturday.

Burgundy Burlesque. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 522-5400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a weekly burlesque performance featuring live jazz. Free admission; reserved table $10.

9 p.m. Friday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www.sonesta.com/imjazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque show featuring music by Romy Kaye & the Mercy Buckets. Call (504) 553-2331 for details.

Midnight Friday.

Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — A rotating lineup of comedians and burlesque dancers perform. Tickets $5. 9:30 p.m. Monday.

The Demented Dolls of Sideshow.

Mag’s 940, 940 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 948-1888; www.mags940bar. com — Female sideshow performers and contortionists swallow swords and glass and perform other stunts. Tickets $10.

8 p.m. Sunday.

Draguation. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Students at the New Orleans Drag Workshop present a capstone show. Tickets $15.

8 p.m. Tuesday.

Fleur de Tease presents Peter Pan. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks. net — The burlesque troupe’s show is inspired by the children’s story. Email info@fleurdetease.com for tickets. Tickets $15, $25 reserved seating. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday.

Burlesque Boozy Brunch: Legs and Eggs. SoBou, 310 Chartres St., (504) 552-4095; www.sobounola.com — Performances by Bella Blue and other burlesque dancers take place during the restaurant’s brunch service. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

Poison Cabaret. Encore Music Club, 2708 North Hullen St., (504) 875-4012; www. encoremusicclub.com — Ember Blaize, Remy Dee, Roux LaLa and Ri Diculous perform. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday.

Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 9405546; www.dragonsdennola.com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue features burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Saturday.

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

Marigny Opera Ballet. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www.marignyoperahouse. org — The company performs a program of audience favorites, choreographed by Nikki Hefko. Tickets $30, $20 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Jefferson Performing Arts Society, 1118 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, 8852000; www.jpas.org — The music from Mendelssohn’s score for ballet is based on Shakespeare’s play. Tickets $40-$60. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

COMEDY Billy Wayne Davis. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — The former Blue Angel and stand-up comedian performs.

Admission $10. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Blanket Fort Stand-Up Party. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Comic duo Josh & Steph host a show with improv, storytelling, sketch comedy, stand-up and performance art.

10:30 p.m. Sunday.

Dean’s List. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone, Margee Green and Cyrus Cooper perform improv. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

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

GG’s 504 Comedy Tour. Castle Theatre, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 2874707; www.castle501.com — Gina Gomez headlines a comedy show. Chris Trew, Allison Marie Hotard, Mary-Devon Dupuy and Cyril Morise open. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Go Ahead. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone and Shawn Dugas host a short lineup of alternative comics. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Greetings, From Queer Mountain. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — LGBTQ comics perform. Tickets $5, $8 at the door. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Ralphie May & The Soul Rebels. Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 8958477; www.tipitinas.com — The stand-up comedian and the brass band trade off sets. Admission $20-$25. 10 p.m. Friday.

Raw Honey: The Funeral. The Broad Theater, 636 N. Broad St., (504) 218-1008; www.thebroadtheater.com — The comedy duo (Molly Ruben-Long and Kate Mason) performs a farewell show with singing, multimedia elements and special guests.

9:30 p.m. Thursday.

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

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Women of Substance Luncheon. Audubon Tea Room, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 2125301; www.auduboninstitute.org — Bridge House/Grace House hosts its 21st annual luncheon honoring local women role models. Visit www.bridgehouse.org to register.

Tickets $100. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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TUESDAY 10 Ashley Kelly Swim Program. Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8652011; www.loyno.edu — Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation holds a week of swim classes for children over age 5 and adults, focusing on basic techniques and water safety. Bring a towel. Registration required; visit www.saveourlake.org. Free admission.

5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.

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

Kundalini Yoga. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Sally Dunn leads a kundalini yoga class.

Bring your own yoga mat and dress for the outdoors. Registration required; contact rue@northlakenature.org. Admission $5, members free. 1 p.m.

Move Ya Brass Exercise Series. Mandeville Wharf at Crescent Park, Elysian Fields at the Mississippi River; www.nola.gov/city/ crescent-park — An outdoor fitness series incorporates Zumba and bounce music.

Free admission. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

West Nile Virus Discussion. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — Kevin A. Caillouet of the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District discusses new insights into the virus. Free admission. 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 11 Harrison Avenue Marketplace. Lakeview Grocery, 801 Harrison Ave., (504) 293-1201; www.lakeviewgrocery.com — Friends of Lakeview and the Lakeview Civic Improvement Association present a marketplace with arts and crafts, food and nonprofit vendors. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Morning Mixer. Joan Mitchell Center, 2275 Bayou Road, (504) 940-2500; www. joanmitchellfoundation.org — Artists meet to network and learn about future artists-in-residence. Pagoda Cafe provides food and drinks. 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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

5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

THURSDAY 12 Green Games Awards Gala. Eiffel Society, 2040 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-2951; www.eiffelsociety.com — LifeCity hosts its fifth annual gala and awards ceremony for sustainability in business. Visit www.mylifecity.com/greengames2015 for details.

Tickets $25-$45. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Helen Brett New Orleans International Jewelry Show. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 582-3000 — The jewelry show features 500 booths with 270 wholesale exhibitors of jewelry, apparel, perfume, artwork, home decor and gifts. Visit www.helenbrett.com for details. 10 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Italian Renaissance Art Lecture. American Italian Cultural Center, 537 S. Peters St., (504) 522-7294; www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com — Greg Waldrop and Tom Cortazzo discuss “Mind & Matter: The Genius of Italian Renaissance Art.” Tickets $10. 6 p.m.

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

Lost Plantations Lecture. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — Author Marc Matrana gives a talk on lost plantations of the South. Free admission. 7 p.m.

Sex, Lies and Politics Panel. Shir Chadash Synagogue, 3737 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-1144; www.shirchadash.org — Experts in law, economics and health care discuss the economic and legal ramifications of state and federal legislation on women’s access to health care services. Contact (504) 231-6464 or annsandsc@aol.com for details. Tickets $5.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

FRIDAY 13 Anchor Classic Golf Tournament. Beau Chene Country Club, 602 N. Beau Chene Drive, Mandeville, (985) 845-3571; www. beauchenecc.com — The inaugural Anchor Classic golf tournament benefits the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum.

Visit www.lpbmm.org/anchor-classic-golf-tournament to sign up. Registration $500 per foursome. 10:30 a.m.

Freaky Friday Fundraiser. Beauregard-Keyes House, 1113 Chartres St., (504) 523-7257; www.bkhouse.org — A fundraiser for the Bring Your Own storytelling series has barbecue, drinks, celebrity storytellers, a raffle and a Prince-inspired DJ set. Visit www.bringyourownstories. com for details. Admission $10; includes two drinks. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Writer Richard Goodman delivers a lecture on selftaught outsider artist James Edward Deeds, who spent most of his life in a hospital. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Taste at the Lake. West Lakeshore Center, 135 Robert E. Lee Blvd. — The annual celebration features food and drinks from local restaurants and bars, musical performances and an auction. Visit www. tasteatthelake.com for details. Admission $40 and up. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Art Market. Press Street Gardens, 7 Press St.; www.pressstreetgardens.com — NOCCA hosts a nighttime art market. Visit www.

5pressgallery.com for details. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Bugs & Brew. Ernst Cafe, 600 S. Peters St., (504) 525-8544 — A festival with unlimited beer and crawfish benefits pediatric oncology at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. Visit www.bugsandbrew.com for details. Tickets $50 and up. Noon to 5 p.m.

Butterfly Project Family Workshop. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum. org — Ela Weissberger leads a ceramic butterfly workshop for kids ages 8-12 as part of the Butterfly Project, which memorializes children lost in the Holocaust. Email shelbie. johnson@nationalww2museum.org for information. Free admission. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Cafe Hope’s Local Food Fest. Cafe Hope, 1101 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 7564673; www.cafehope.org — The free West Bank festival features food, crafts, a car show, kids’ activities and music to benefit Cafe Hope students. 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.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 — Artist Maria Fomich leads a children’s craft workshop in decorating flower pots and making balls of flower and herb seeds.

Reservations recommended; $5 suggested donation. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cripple Creek Theatre Fundraiser. Lighthouse Glass, 743 Camp St. — The theater company’s fundraiser for its fall production has musical performances, a play by Andrew Vaught, an art auction, cuisine and cocktails.

Vist www.cripplecreektheatre.org for details. Tickets start at $50. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Eddyfest. Hotel Storyville, 1261 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-4800; www.hotelstoryville. net — An art market has paintings, pottery, jewelry, glass, metal art, sculpture, photography, textiles and crafts, and there’s music and food. Free admission. Noon to 5 p.m.

Feral Cat Trap-and-Release Class. Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., (504) 368-5191; www.la-spca.org — The class teaches the basics of trapping and releasing for feral cats. Registration is required; contact (504) 762-3306 or heather@la-spca.org. Free admission. 10 a.m. to noon.

Gillespie Memorial Community Breakfast.

First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5212 S. Claiborne Ave., (504) 866-9010; www. firstuuno.org — Social justice activists meet to network, and Robert Desmarais Sullivan leads a discussion on the Paris Climate Conference. Free admission. 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Gretna Maifest. Huey P. Long Avenue, between Fifth and Sixth streets, Gretna — Crafters, plant vendors and artists sell their wares, and the German-American Cultural Center serves brats and beer. 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Groundwork New Orleans Bike Tour. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 948-9961; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — A bike tour from

Bywater to Bayou St. John and back highlights green infrastructure projects and city waterways and is followed by a party. RSVP to aurielle@groundworknola.org or (323) 350-9053. Tickets $10. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

GWN New Orleans Dragon Boat Festival.

Water Street and Tchefuncte River, Madisonville — The festival and boating competition features live music, a beer garden, an athlete’s village, a family zone and food and drink concessions. Visit www.gwndragonboat.com for details. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Red Umbrella March. Treme Center, 900 N. Villere Street, (504) 658-0188; www.nola. gov/nordc — A march accompanied by brass bands raises awareness of HIV and AIDS in the African-American community. 11 a.m.

Safari After Dark Campout. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www. auduboninstitute.org — The educational overnight camp for families includes crafts, animal encounters, fireside activities and a night hike. Registration fee includes snack and continental breakfast; guests bring tents and dinner. Tickets $55. 5:30 p.m.

St. Rita Dad’s Club Crawfish Cook-off. St. Rita School, 194 Ravan Ave., Harahan, (504) 737-0744; www.school.stritaharahan.com — The St. Rita Dad’s Club holds a crawfish cook-off. Call (504) 442-5751 for details.

Tickets $20, kids $10. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Urban Gardening Workshop. Garden on Mars, 2435 Charbonnet St., (504) 6693814; www.gardenonmars.com — This three-week gardening workshop covers composting, building your own raised beds and growing citrus and peanuts. Contact erin@gardenonmars.com for details. Free admission. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

SUNDAY 15 Beneath the Weight: Addressing the Stress Causes of Weight Gain. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 948-9961; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — A three-week program addresses emotional eating and its causes.

Visit www.beneaththeweight.org for details. Free admission. 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Bowl-A-Palooza. Rock ’N’ Bowl, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-1700; www. rocknbowl.com — The fundraiser for Boys Town features musical performances, food, a silent auction and door prizes. Contact darrell.johnson@boystown.org for tickets.

1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Family Fun Eat & Run. City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 482-4888; www.neworleanscitypark.com — A 5K race is followed by an outdoor picnic and drinks. Proceeds benefit area children’s museums. Visit www.nolarunning.com for details. Registration $40 and up. 8:30 a.m. Sunday.

Faubourg Marigny Home Tour. Press Street Gardens, 7 Press St. — Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association’s self-guided walking tour includes entry to eight homes, the Project Lazarus Serenity Gardens, the Marigny Opera House and an after-party at the Den of Muses. Visit www.faubourgmarigny.org for itinerary. Tickets available at 11 a.m. at the corner of Press and Dauphine streets; $20, $15 members. Noon to 4 p.m.

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Garden Yoga. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 4885488; www.longuevue.com — Higher Power NOLA leads an all-levels yoga class in the garden. Guests may tour the gardens after class. Suggested donation $5. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Saints Hall of Fame Reception. New Orleans Saints Indoor Practice Facility, 5800 Airline Drive, Metairie — The reception includes an open bar, food, guided tours of the Saints facility, games for kids and a live auction with Sean Payton. Visit www.saintshalloffame.com/upcoming-events for tickets.

Tickets $50 per person. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Sharing Smiles Day. Kool Smiles, 6 Westside Shopping Center, Gretna, (504) 264-5309 — Uninsured children 18 years and younger can receive free dental care.

Visit www.mykoolsmiles.com/sharingsmiles for details. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

MONDAY 16 Local Burial Traditions Lecture. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — Author Mary LaCoste speaks to the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans. Free. 7 p.m.

Saints Hall of Fame Celebrity Golf Classic. Chateau Golf and Country Club, 3600 Chateau Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4671351; www.chateaugcc.com — Saints staff and players play golf with patrons, followed by an awards luncheon. To register, contact (504) 471-2192 or saintshalloffame@aol.com. Registration $300 per person, $1,200 per foursome or $1,500 per foursome (with a Saints celebrity). 9 a.m.

FARMERS MARKETS Covington Farmers Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and music.

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

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

Crescent City Farmers Market Magazine. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, (504) 861-5898; www.marketumbrella.org — The market features produce, flowers and food.

8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Crescent City Farmers Market MidCity. American Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave. — Mid-City’s evening market features fresh produce and prepared items. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Crescent City Farmers Market Tulane.

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

CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook. com/crispfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

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

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

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

8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market.

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

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

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

Southwick read, followed by an open-mic.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

Craig Bennett Hallenstein. Faubourg Marigny Art & Books, 600 Frenchmen St., (504) 947-3700; www.fabonfrenchmen. com — The author reads from and signs his thriller The Dolphin. 6 p.m. Saturday.

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

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

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Maple Street Book Club. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 8664916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — Local author Peyton Burgess guest-facilitates the discussion of A. Ignoni Barrett’s Blackass. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Nature Poetry Workshops. Poet and teacher Delia Tomino Nakayama leads “Writing In and About Nature,” an outdoor poetry workshop series, at various locations throughout the city. All levels ages 15 and up welcome. RSVP required; contact poetryprocess@gmail.com. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Robert Schwab. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author discusses and signs his novel Holy Water. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Sally Mann. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — The photographer discusses her memoir Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs. 2 p.m. Saturday.

Sonnets in the Gallery. Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — Louisiana poet laureate Peter Cooley hosts a poetry reading. 1 p.m. Monday.

Spring Poetry Workshop with Valentine Pierce. Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., (504) 596-2667 — New Orleans poet and performer Valentine Pierce leads a five-part poetry workshop for adults. Novice and experienced writers are encouraged to attend. 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Stella’s Open Mic. Community Commitment Education Center, 1923 Leonidas St., (504) 931-0549; www.communitycommitment.net — The monthly poetry showcase includes a featured poet and an open mic.

Tickets $5. 7 p.m. Saturday.

William Dunlap. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author discusses and signs Short Mean Fiction. 3 p.m. Sunday.

SPORTS New Orleans Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. 6 p.m. Tuesday, 11 a.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday.

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

DRIVERS/DELIVERY American Luxury Limousines is a locally-owned limousine company with an established reputation as a leader in the industry.

We are currently seeking full-time dispatchers to join our team. Responsibilities include: answering incoming calls, monitoring ongoing traffic and flight information to route work orders efficiently, and collaborating with reservationists and chauffeurs to ensure smooth operations and superior service.

The right candidate will have: •Excellent computer and communication skills •Ability to work quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment •Self-motivation •Working knowledge of New Orleans metropolitan area •Prior experience in hospitality or transportation industry a plus, but not required Our headquarters is located in Mid-City New Orleans. Training will be provided and benefits include health, paid vacation, and holiday pay schedules. Please email resumes to jobs@ americanluxury.com. Email only; no calls.

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Electrical Engineer (Multiple Openings).

Support start-ups, shutdowns, and continuous operation of turbines/generators, boilers and associated electrical generation equipment at fossil fuel power plants; provide other engineering services as needed.

Req’s: BS EE; proficient in or knowledge of: electrical power systems; engineering design involving industrial electrical equipment; microprocessor and electromechanical relays; government and industry regulations of electrical power industry; analysis of data; software programs for electrical distribution calculations including voltage drop, short circuit; electrical engineering calculations.

Willingness to work in emergency situations.

Location: La Place, LA. To apply send resume to Ms. Lori Hendler, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, 639 Loyola Ave. Flr. 22, New Orleans, LA 70113. Must apply within 30 days of publication & refer to Job#14111.

Electrical Engineer (Multiple Openings).

Will perform wide variety of detailed engineering analysis in electrical transmission related areas, such as planning, maintenance, design, project management and construction and operations. Will focus on engineering of electrical power substations. Req’s: BS, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering; academic background in, or in depth knowledge of power systems, power systems protection, power distribution. Location: New Orleans, LA. To apply send resume to Ms. Lori Hendler, Entergy Services, Inc. 639 Loyola Ave. Flr. 22, New Orleans, LA 70113. Must apply within 30 days of publication & refer to Job#12564.

MEDICAL TURN YOUR PASSION INTO A CAREER

Planned Parenthood is looking for motivated and enthusiastic people to join our healthcare team. Full & Part-time available. Medical experience a plus, but not required. Apply at www. ppgulfcoast.org

Large established clinics of various specialists, Occupational Medicine; Chiropractic, Physical Medicine; Interventional Radiology and Internal Medicine has an opportunity for a new or established medical practioners to do PRN shifts. Excellent salary and benefits. Email cv to Administrator: Rose.klein@ymail.com Fax: 504-304-0482

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IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR A FULL TIME ASSISTANT TO THE FURNITURE BUYER. THE IDEAL CANDIDATE MUST BE A TEAM PLAYER WHO IS PROFESSIONAL, DETAIL AND RESULT ORIENTED, FLEXIBLE AND ORGANIZED. APPLY IN PERSON. HURWITZ MINTZ FURNITURE, 1751 AIRLINE DR, 70001 www.hurwitzmintz.com

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS GARAGE/BAKE SALE

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CHURCH YARD SALE

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

NO. 753091 DIVISION: “L” IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF GERALD HENRY KLEIN NOTICE OF FILING OF AMENDED TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Administrator of this succession has filed a Petition for Authority to pay charges and debts of the succession, in accordance with an Amended Tableau of Distribution contained in the petition. The petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of publication; any opposition to the petition must be filed prior to homologation.

By Order of the 24th Judicial District Court April 29, 2016 J. Santos, Deputy Clerk Attorney: Patrick W. Pendley Address: 24110 Eden Street Plaquemine, Louisiana 70765 Telephone: 225-687-6396 Gambit: 5/10/16 Anyone knowing the whereabout of TROY SMITH and/or CAROLYN GAUNTT SMITH, please contact Patricia R. Bonneau, Attorney, at 633 N. Lotus Drive, Mandeville, LA 70471, (985) 966-9000.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Felipe Aguilar Ramirez please contact Lindon Bennett Magee, Attorney at Law, P.O. Drawer 1509, Hammond, LA 70404 or call (985)542-6848.

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 740-982 DIVISION I SUCCESSION OF PAMELA BERRY USSIN POLLARD NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that KENYA KEIONE BERRY, Administratrix of the Succession of PAMELA BERRY USSIN POLLARD, has, pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Article 3281, petitioned this Honorable Court for authority to sell at private sale, for the price of EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($88,000.00), the Succession’s interest in and to the property commonly known as 2306 Newton Street, Gretna, Louisiana, more particularly described as follows, to-wit: A. 2306 Newton Street, Gretna, Louisiana: THAT 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 City of Grenta, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Vicknair Addition Subdivision, all as per plan of Alvin E. Hotard, C.E., dated May 12, 1971, approved in Ordinance No. 1402 and registered in COB 749, folio 392, according to which said plan said portion is designated as Lot 126-A, in Square bounded by Newton Street, Twenty-fifth Street, Alattery Subdivision or Huey P. Long Avenue side and Twenty-third Street and commences at a distance of 128 feet from the corner of Newton and Twenty-third Streets and measures thence 46 feet front on Newton Street, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 143.20 feet on the side nearest to Twenty-third Street, by a depth of the opposite side of 143.39 feet, and is composed of the greater portions of former lots 125 and 126. More fully shown on survey of Alvin E. Hotard, C.E., dated December 1, 1971, redated November 16, 1972 annexed thereto.

BOEM Announces Public Meetings for the Draft Multisale 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 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 Final Multisale 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 meetings are scheduled as follows: Beaumont, Texas: Monday, May 9, 2016, Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Beaumont-Plaza, 3950 I-10 South at Walden Road, Beaumont, Texas 77705, beginning at 4:30 p.m. CDT; New Orleans, Louisiana: Thursday, May 12, 2016, Sheraton Metairie – New Orleans Hotel, 4 Galleria Boulevard, Metairie, Louisiana 70001, one meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT; Panama City, Florida: Tuesday, May 17, 2016, Bay Point Golf Resort and Spa, 4114 Jan Cooley Drive, Panama City Beach, Florida 32408, one meeting beginning at 4:30 p.m. CDT; Mobile, Alabama: Wednesday, May 18, 2016, Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel, 64 South Water Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602, one meeting beginning at 4:30 p.m. CDT; and Gulfport, Mississippi: Thursday, May 19, 2016, Courtyard by Marriott, Gulfport Beachfront MS Hotel, 1600 East Beach Boulevard, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501, one meeting beginning at 4:30 p.m. CDT.

The Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 2306 Newton Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053.

NOW THEREFORE, and in accordance with law, notice is hereby given that KENYA KEIONE BERRY, Administratrix, proposes to sell the aforementioned immovable property, at private sale, for the price and upon the terms aforesaid and the heirs, legatees, and creditors are required to make opposition, if any they have or can, to such sale, within seven (7) days, including Sundays and holidays, from the date whereon the last publication of this Notice appears.

CLERK OF COURT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON ATTORNEY: John J. Sullivan (Bar #: 2132) Address: 862 Camp Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: (504) 524-1421 Gambit: 4/19/16 & 5/10/16 Anyone having any information concerning the whereabouts of James A. Hayes or Lynette Benoit Hayes, please contact Lori A. Noto at (504) 512-0611.”

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Kenny L. Dupre, last known to be a resident of Marrero, Louisiana, please contact Attn. Deborah Lonker (504)831-5616.

If you know the whereabouts of Eric B. Williams, please contact the Law Office of Mark D. Spears, Jr., LLC at 504-347-5056.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the estate of Joseph C. Faulk contact Attorney Rudy Gorrell at 504-553-9588.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of William Keith Holden, please contact attorney Micahel A. McNulty, Jr. at 504 522-2889.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Maurice Morrell Caples and/or Antoinette Hutchinson Garrett A/K/A Antoinette Hutchinson A/K/A Antoinette Marie Hutchinson Augillard Garrett A/K/A Antoinette Marie Hutchinson Augillard please, contact attorney Michael Raspanti at (504) 339-0479.

If you cannot attend the public meetings for the Draft Multisale EIS for proposed GOM Lease Sales 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257, 259, and 261, you may submit written comments within 45 days following the publication of the Notice of Availability of the Draft 2017-2022 Gulf of Mexico Multisale EIS in the Federal Register in one of the following ways: 1. In an envelope labeled “Comments on 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.

TWENTY FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

NO.201-078 DIVISION: “E”

No. 753-501 DIVISION “I“

SUCCESSION OF JOACHIM J. COTTON, JR.

SUCCESSION OF FORREST J. STANLEY

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

Notice is hereby given that the Administrator of the Succession of Joachim J. Cotton, Jr. has petitioned this Honorable Court for authority to sell all of the successions right, title and interest in and to the following described immovable property in accordance with the provisions of Articles 3191 and 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure:

The improvements thereon bear Municipal Number: 5020 Antioch Street, Marrero, Louisiana.

Being the same property acquired by Wauteen Slay wife of/and Joachim J. Cotton, Jr. by Act of Credit Sale, dated September 18, 1974, registered in COB 823, folio 65, in the conveyance records of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

The proposed sale shall be subject to the price, terms and conditions as set forth in the purchase agreement, a copy of which is filed in these proceedings. Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his or her opposition within seven (7) days from the date on which the last publication of this notice appears.

Attorney: Timothy Thriffiley Bar No. 19808 Address: 8311 Highway 23, Suite 104 P.O. Box 7125 Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037 Telephone: (504) 394-1870 Gambit: 5/10/16 & 5/31/16

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

NO.726-699 DIVISION: “J” SUCCESSION OF BOBBY ALLEN GUNTER NOTICE OF FILING OF FIRST AND FINAL ACCOUNTING AND DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT Notice is hereby given to the creditors of this Estate and to all other person herein interested to show cause within (10) days from this notification (if any they have or can) why the First and Final Accounting and Distribution Statement presented by Debra Ipock the Administratix of the Succession of Bobby Allen Gunter should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance herewith.

By order of the Court Samantha Adam, Deputy Clerk Attorney: Carl J. Selenberg Bar No. 11925 Address: 3713 Airline Drive Metairie, Louisiana 70001 Telephone: 504-835-1053 Gambit: 5/10/16

Notice is hereby given that Denise Darcell Montgomery, Administratrix of the Estate of Forest J. Stanley, has, pursuant to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 3281, petitioned this Honorable Court for Authority to Sell at Private Sale for the price of assumption of the mortgage balance, approximately Sixty-Nine Thousand ($69,000) Dollars, the following described real property: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OFPORTIONOFGROUND, together with all the Buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges Servitude, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise Appertaining, situated in the STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, In that part thereof known as BAYOU ESTATES EXTENSION, all as shown on A plan of subdivision registered under Entry No, 525841, which said lot is described As Lot 38, SQUARE B, bounded by Coubra Drive, Caddy Drive, Glasco Drive and Sauvage Avenue; Lot 38, forms the corner of Coubra Drive and measures 54.30 feet front on Coubra Drive, a with in the rear of 50feet, with a depth and front on Caddy Drive of 110.08 feet, and a depth of 110 feet on the opposite sideline.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 5800 Coubra Drive.

This act is made and accepted subject to the following: 1. Any and all restrictions, conditions, and/or servitudes which may appear in the chain Of title; said reference thereto is not to be construed as an extension, recreation or Re-establishment thereof.

2. Any and all servitudes, encroachments, encumbrances, and/or exceptions that would Have been revealed by a current survey of the referenced property.

3. Restrictions as contained in act before Henry B. Hoppe, Jr., Notary Public, dated November, 1970, registered in COB 750, folio 18.

FORREST JEAN (HOWARD) STANLEY, (00000-6219, a person of the full age of Majority and a resident of the State of Louisiana, who declared under oath unto me, Notary, that she has been married but once and then to Ardis Stanley, from whom she Was divorced and that she has not since remarried MAILING ADDRESS: 5800 Coubra Drive, Marrero, LA 70072 Being the same property acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph James McGintey from Paulette Laurent div wife of Kenneth Watts, September 2, 1987, registered in COB 1804, folio 58.

JON GEGENHEIMER, Clerk Attorney: Charles R. Jones Address: 622 Baronne Street New Orleans, LA 70113 Telephone: (504) 525-7272 Gambit: 4/19/16 and 5/10/16

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

NO: 753-874 SECTION “I” SUCCESSION OF ALBERT J. DUDA, JR. NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas the Administrator of the Succession of Albert J. Duda, Jr. has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the

Lot 24, Square T, Section 3, Greater Holly Heights Subdivision, 676 Cameron Court, Kenner, LA 70065. Last acquisition: COB 1011, folio 87, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

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

Jon Geggenheimer, Clerk Attorney: James G. Maguire Address: 6059 Argonne Blvd.

New Orleans, LA 70124 Telephone: (504) 975-3038 Gambit: 5/10/16 & 5/31/16

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

NO.: 726517 DIVISION A SUCCESSION OF THERESA ROBERT WOLF NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas the testamentary executrix of the above estate has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit: I. THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, City of Kenner, in that part thereof known as Greenlawn Terrace Subdivision (Highway Park), designated as Lot P, in Square 63, bounded by Arkansas Avenue, California Avenue, 40th Street and 41st Street, and Lot “P” commences at a distance of 109 feet from the corner of 40th Street and Arkansas Avenue, and measures thence 51 feet front on Arkansas Avenue, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines; all according to a survey

by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie - Errol E. Kelly, Surveyor, dated July 19, 1977, a copy of which is annexed to another Act passed before me, Notary, dated this day, for reference.

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 4004 Arkansas Avenue.

RESTRICTIONS: The above described property was transferred in the chain of title subject to the restrictive covenants and conditions contained in Acts passed before L. G. Shushan, Notary Public, dated August 27, 1956 and registered in COB 408, folio 306; and August 10, 1960, registered in COB 513, folio 301, for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana; and this reference to those restrictive covenants and conditions is not to be considered as renewing or recreating them in any manner whatsoever. RIGHT OF WAY: The above described property is subject to a right of way for utilities over the extreme rear five (5’) feet of the depth of the lot by the entire width thereof.

Registered COB 903, folio 385.

Upon the following terms and conditions, to-wit: All cash to seller in accordance with Louisiana Residential Agreement to Buy or Sell filed herein and attached as Exhibit A to the Petition for Authority to Sell Immovable Property at Private Sale Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs, legatees and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they may have, or may have to such application, at any time prior to the issuance of the order or judgment

authorizing, approving and homologating such application, and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the lastpublication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT CLERK Attorney: Frank J. Achary Address: 4417 Craig Avenue Metairie, LA 70003 Telephone: (504) 638-6233

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 624-581 DIV G SUCCESSION OF LOUIS B. EVANS, JR. NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas the Administrator of the above estate has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable herein described to-wit: LOT 1, SQ 17, BARKLEY ESTATES SUBDIVISION 3300 ABBOTSWOOD DRIVE, HARVEY, LA 70058 UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO WIT: FIVE HUNDRED FORTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS and no cents ($ 549,000.00) less the usual and customary expenses of the sale, all as per the agreement to purchase and sell.

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

BY ORDER OF THIS COURT DEPUTY CLERK Attorney: Elaine Appleberry Address: 405 Gretna Blvd.

Gretna, LA 70053 Telephone: (504) 362-7800 Gambit: 4/19/16 & 5/10/16

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

NO. 756-740 DIVISION “F” SUCCESSION OF JOHN H. HUBER, III NOTICE OF FILING OF FIRST AND FINAL TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION NOTICE IS GIVEN that Stephen J. Austin, the Administrator of this Succession, has filed a Petition praying for homologation of the First and Final Tableau of Distribution for the Period 11/24/15 to 5/1/16, attached to the Petition, and for authority to pay the administrative charges and estate debts in the amounts listed therein; and that the First and Final Tableau of Distribution for the Period 11/24/15 to 5/1/16 can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this Notice. Any Opposition to the Petition and to the First and Final Tableau of Distribution for the Period 11/24/15 to 5/1/16 must be filed prior to homologation.

Gretna, Louisiana, this 5th day of May, 2016.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT Lisa Cheramie, Clerk of Court Attorney: John F. Shreves Address: SIMON, PERAGINE, SMITH & REDFEARN, L.L.P. 30th Floor, Energy Center 1100 Poydras Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70163-3000 Telephone: (504) 569-2030 Gambit: 5/10/16

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > M AY 1 0 > 2 0 1 6

All of the successions right title and interest in and to the following described property, to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the servitudes, rights and appurtenances thereunto applying situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson, in that part thereof known as WILLOWDALE PARK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 2.

According to a subdivision plan of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated October 6, 1970, recorded in Jefferson Parish Plan Book 78, folio 39, and also according to the survey of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated August 30, 1974, said property is designated As LOT 116 of SQUARE 12, and said square is bounded by Antioch Street, Cornell Drive, Bowdon Street and Grinell Drive, and said Lot 116 forms the intersection of Antioch Street and Grinnell Drive and measures 65 feet front on Antioch Street, by a width in the rear of 63.04 feet by a depth and front on Grinnell Drive of 90.02 feet, by a depth on its opposite side of 90 feet.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

immovable property hereinafter described, to wit:

NOTICES

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EMPLOYMENT/REAL ESTATE

FARM LABOR Temporary Farm Labor: BU Growers, Bay City, TX, has 6 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with processing harvested rice by auguring rice to dryers, using hot air to reduce moisture content, pull time samples for grading & checking moisture content, transfer dried rice to bins & transport rice to market; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $11.15/hr, may increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends, may be asked to work Sabbath; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 7/2/16 – 4/2/17.

Apply at nearest NM Workforce Office with Job Order TX8444906 or call 505-383-2721.

Temporary Farm Labor: Jackie Welch, Victoria, TX, has 4 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with olive orchard, operating mechanical pruner and hand pruning trees during growing season, operate mechanical shredder between rows, drip irrigation, operating GPS equipped mechanical harvesting equipment, operate tractor and machinery to cultivate & till ground to prepare for seeding; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $11.15/hr, may increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends, may be asked to work Sabbath; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 7/1/16 – 3/31/17.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX2912444 or call 225-342-2917.

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT OLD METAIRIE

NOTICE:

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

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > M AY 1 0 > 2 0 1 6

BROADMOOR 4223 EDEN ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125

3 BR/1.5 BA Absolutely adorable, super fresh + clean cottage w excellent floorplan; central air + heat; oak strip hardwood flooring (heart pine in kitchen) throughtout; covered ceilings vintage bathroom in excellent condition; brand new granite kitchen countertops, cabinets + backsplash; long driveway for several cars in tandem; large fenced backyard w cement pad for extra car storage or entertaining; storage shed; termite contract; roof approximately 5 years old. For Sale by Agent/Broker, $275K, Colette Meister (504) 220-1762. therealtormeister@gmail.com

WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS! We are always looking for additions to our wonderful team! Hospice volunteers are special people who make a difference in the lives of patients and families affected by terminal illness. Interested in a future medical career? Get on our exciting new track!

Many physicians and nurses receive their first taste of the medical field at Canon.

TREME 1260 ESPLANADE AVE. #4 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116

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

To become a hospice volunteer, call Paige at 504-818-2723 Ext. 3006 PEARL RIVER

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7 stunning Oak trees, 1 magnificent Magnolia tree, approx 1 mile from Brownswitch Rd., Slidell. $600,000 for the entire property.

Won’t last! Move Fast if you have interest!

62328 Hwy 1091, Pearl River, LA. For Sale

By Owner. Call (985) 774-8404.

MISSISSIPPI PORT GIBSON, MS 39510

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

HOUSE TO SHARE

Private home near Metairie Rd. $400/mo inclds util & some use of kit. Refs & dep. Avail now. Call 504-473-3296. Seminary students welcome.

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

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

ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

High end 1-4 BR, near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750-$1200/mo. 504-362-7487.

RIVER FRONT UPSCALE TOWN HOUSE

Spacious 1700 Sqft. 2BR, 2.5 BA. Walk-in closets, balcony, washer/dryer. Secured Parking. Internet, health club, pool! $2,000 monthly. Call 781-608-6115.

ESPLANADE RIDGE 2 BLOCKS TO JAZZ FEST

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

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY FRENCH QUARTER LUXURY

Furnished Apts $2,400$3,200/mo. Washer/ Dryer. Off street parking available for $250.

60 days min.

(504) 247-6736 bkdla@aol.com Bryan

HISTORIC MARIGNY RENOVATION CORNER OF FRANKLIN & RAMPART

2BR/1BA Upper Unit.

1380 sqft of open living space. Entertainer’s Dream featuring an additional 900 sqft private rooftop garden w/ wrap-around balcony, stunning city views. Beautiful hdwd floors, New A/C, S/S appliances.

Includes W/D water pd. $2,000/mo. A must see! Contact Kelleye Rhein (504) 975-0649, Keller Williams Realty New Orleans.

$1900 / 2BR LARGE ELEGANT CORNER APT. IN MARIGNY

840 Mandeville St. Charming restoration of large two-story, seven-room corner apt in the eclectic Faubourg Marigny. Great location across from Who Dat coffee shop.

Walk to night life on Frenchmen, restaurants, Crescent Park, St. Roch Market, easy access to St. Claude corridor. Three mantles, exposed brick, 12-ft ceil’s, tiled bath w sep tub & shower, enclosed lndry closet, W/D. Hdwd flrs, built-in bookcases, dishwasher, new refrig & stove. Alarm syst, cent air/heat, ceil fans. No smokrs, cats OK, dogs negotiable. Contact Michael at: shadow@well.com

OFF STREET PARKING

1713 BURGUNDY, 1 bd/1 ba, furn kit, all elec, ac, carpet, private patio wtr pd. 1 yr lse. No pets. $1,000 + dep. (504) 949-5518.

FOR SALE SMALL SPACE CALL 483-3100

French Quarter Realty

MID CITY 4228 ORLEANS AVE.

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1026 SONIAT STREET

2 BR/1.5 BA, Camelback Double. Newly renovated; furnished kitchen, washer/dryer.

2 year lease. No pets. $2,250/mo.

(504) 899-2386.

2 BLKS TO AUDUBON PARK

508 Henry Clay, 2BR, 1 BA, LR, DR, Kit with appl, HDWD flrs, High ceilings, Sunroom.

Washer/Dryer Hookups. Off Street Parking, $1200. 504-874-4330.

3219 PRYTANIA ST. A

2 bed/1.5 ba, walk-in closet, liv, din, kit, appls, wood flrs, hi ceils, balcony, cen a/h, security, off-street parking, pool privileges. $1,650.

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

NOLA SHORT TERM FURNISHED

SPACIOUS UPTOWN UPPER

3 BR/ 1 BA, Newly Renovated, Ctrl A/H, Hi Clgs, Wd Flrs, Porch, Range, MW, DW, Ref, W/D; see more online; $1,750/mo nolapurple@gmail.com

820 BELLECASTLE

1/2 dbl w/ 1BR, 1BA, hdwd flrs, new appls, ceil fans. No Pets. $750/mo+dep.

Call 504-899-5544.

FOR RENT 5243 Tchoupitoulas commercial retail loc, Large space with parking ....................................................... $4250 425 Burgundy #6 2/1.5 Furnished, reno’d, balcony and courtyard ............................................................ $2200 539 Toulouse #A - Stu All utilities included, fully furnished. Updated ............................................. $1350 1233 Marais #15 - 1/1 3blks fr FQs/s apps, ceil fans, w/d hk ups, keyless gate ............................................. $975 724 Dumaine 2/1 Reno’d, wd flrs, new apps, Large street balc ........................................................... $2500 2110 Burgundy Unit A 3/2.5 newly reno’d, move in ready, new apps, could be an office .................. $2800 2110 Burgundy Unit B 3/2 new apps, ctrl ac, floor to ceiling windows, hdwd flrs ................................. $3000

FOR SALE 1233 Esplanade #12 2/1 conven loc s/s apps, w/d hookups, pool, patio, parking .............................. .$194,900 2538 Chartres 3/3 Updated former double, driveway parking .......................................................... $440,000 920 St Louis #4 - Studio condo,hi ceils, nat lite, wd flrs, s/s apps, granite, ctyd, pool .................. $275,000 280 Pi Street - Vacant Land Waterfront lot. Min. building rqm’t 2k sq. ft. 100 x 490. Lot extends into Intracoastal Wtwy. Dock can be built. .........$159,000 2223 Franklin Lrg lot for sale. Home is certainly able to be reno’d, but if not there is value in the salvaging of historic and valuable components of the home if interested in a tear down. ............... $85,000 1139 Burgundy 1/1 wd flrs, hi ceils, ctyd, reno’d kit, blcks frm Royal St & Frenchmen .................. $350,000

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT/ IRISH CHANNEL 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

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

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT WAREHOUSE APT / W PARKING

1 BR/ 1 BA, 760 SF 1 designated off-street parking spot. All appliance include w/d. Water/incl.

Dogs welcome. $1,600/mo. (504) 669-4503.

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RESIDENTIAL RENTALS 825 Ursulines - 2bd/2ba ............................. $1800 1926 Burgundy - 2bd/2.5ba ................... $3000 1301 N. Rampart St. #207 - 1bd/1.5ba ..... $2400 823 St. Philip - 2bd/2ba .......................... $4750 1133 Kerlerec #1 - 1bd/1ba ....................... $1200 1133 Kerlerec #3 - 2bd/2ba ....................... $1600

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MERCHANDISE ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES BUYING OLD RECORDS

Buying vinyl records. Albums (LP’s), 45’s and 78’s.

Contact me at 504-329-5781 or via email at kullconanhunts@gmail.com Antique Chair; Mink Jacket (1/4 length sleeves); Antique Quilts; Beautiful Feminine Dresses ($30 ea.). Call 504-455-9522.

FLOWERS/PLANTS GREENHOUSES!

SAVE $750 ON FOOD EACH YEAR! 6’ x 8’ with Grow Sys-Irrigation. Reinforced and Weatherproof. $1,395 installed + Plants Del $395. TEXT: “GROW” to 504.810.3361

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FARM LABOR (CONT’D) Temporary Farm Labor: NTB Farms Partnership, Wheatley, AR, has 3 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equip with GPS for cultivating, tilling & planting of rice, soybeans & corn, walking fields to pull off type plants, transport corn to storage facilities, processing, drying, bagging & transporting rice & soybeans; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends, may be asked to work Sabbath; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 6/10/16 – 11/30/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1601361 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Siebert Custom Farming, Dalhart, TX, has 1 positions with 3 mo. experience for assisting with operating large farming equipment & machinery for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting & harvesting grain & oilseed crops, transporting grain & oilseed crops from field to storage, assist with irrigation maintenance & repair; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license with airbrake endorsement to drive grain transporter trucks within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans

HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST •Vinyl Siding / Wood / Fascia *Repairs • New Install • Patio Covers / Sun Rooms / Screen Rooms • Roofing Repairs / New Roofs •Concrete - Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios • Sod • Pressure Washing & Gutter Cleaning - New Gutters & Repairs • Plumbing - Repairs • Sinks • Toilets • Subsurface • Painting - Exterior & Interior • Sheetrock Repairs “We Do What Others Don’t Want to!”

Call Jeffrey (504) 610-5181 jnich762@gmail.com Reference Available

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TRASHING, HAULING & STUMP GRINDING Call (504) 292-0724

PETS PET SITTING GOD’S PAWS

I am an animal lover. I look after only a couple animals at a time. I live in Lakeview with plenty of space. Overnight stays also. Dogvacay. com cherylkempcakes@yahoo.com.

FOR SALE SMALL SPACE CALL 483-3100 provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $11.15/hr., may increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends, may be requested to work Sabbath; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 5/15/16 – 11/15/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX5132121 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Farm H2A, LLC, Marianna, AR, has 25 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating equipment & trucks for grain & oilseed crops including combines, cotton pickers & cotton modules from field to gins, perform safety checks, servicing equipment including tires; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69 - $11.15/ hr up to $2100/mo. depending on location, may increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends, may be asked to work Sabbath; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 5/14/16 – 12/31/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1561056 or call 225-342-2917.

FOR SALE SMALL SPACE CALL 483-3100

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > M AY 1 0 > 2 0 1 6

4810 St. Charles Av-Fab renovated upper floor $3750mo. All incl 24-hr security patrols WiFi 2BR/2BA Laundry JEAN HUNN RE/MAX N O Properties 504-2323570 Ea ofc ind owned & oper 864-2329 www.HunnProperties.com

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1/2 Two Story Dble 2BR, 1 BA, LR, DR, Renov Kitchen with New appliances, central air/heat, not pets. Off St. Pkg. $2100 mo. + 1 mo dep & 1yr lease. Call (225) 802-6554 or email: rlea18939@gmail.com

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UPTOWN / CARROLLTON 2115 BURDETTE ST.

1452 MAGAZINE ST.

NOW UNDER $200/sq ft! COZY COTTAGE built in 1981. Beautiful & C DU Spacious 3BR / 2.5BA home home RE features a Light & Airy, Open Floor Plan and Large Living Areas overlooking a Huge Backyard. Indoor and Outdoor living at their finest!

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4113 Tchoupitoulas St. RICKY LEMANN

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

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 33 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

504-460-6340 504-861-0100

Keller Williams Realty New Orleans Top Producer 2015 Keller Williams Gulf States Region Quadruple Gold 2015

rickylemann.com

Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226

Each office independently owned and operated.

2000-2004 BAYOU RD • 1,500,000 CLOSE TO FQ/JAZZ FEST!

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$339,900

2-2story non-conforming HISTORIC buildings in TREME. Lot is TRIANGLE block in Historic Urban 1 Family Residential District. Some uses of the commercial area could be office, art gallery, retail, restaurant specialty, commercial area 2306 sq ft, 2238 sq ft warehouse area. 5 apts - 2 1 BR / 1 BA; 2 2BR / 2 BA; 1 3BR / 2 BA. Some renov’d 2013 w/new carpet, appliances, fresh paint, hi ceilings, most central heat/AC, balconies, close to French Quarter, Jazz Fest, Bike paths, NEW MEDICAL COMPLEX, Esplanade Ave. Buildings can possibly be sold separately.

Betty Newman Associate Broker

A Victory Agency Real Estate Mandeville, LA 70471

985.290.5200 Cell 985.626.3300 Office betty@bettynewman.net Licensed in Louisiana

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