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June 28 2016 Volume 37 Number 26

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TUE. JUNE 28 | Just back from the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, a festival of Delta blues, singer-songwriter Cary Hudson is joined by his Mississippi-based band, the Piney Woods Players. At 8 p.m. at Chickie Wah Wah.

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TUE. JUNE 28 | Like Helena Christensen, Chris Isaak is the picture of aging gracefully. The classic-mold singer, actor and David Lynch muse — who turns 60 this week — issued his 12th rock-solid LP, First Comes the Night (Vanguard), in 2015. At 8 p.m. at House of Blues.

10 rising stars to watch at the 2016 Essence Festival

The Second City Improv All-Stars WED. JUNE 29 | The legendary Chicago comedy club’s improv troupe is a testing ground for rising comics. Six comics perform at 7:30 p.m. at Boomtown New Orleans.

BY ALEX WOODWARD @ALEXWOODWARD THIS YEAR’S ESSENCE FESTIVAL ARRIVES UNDER THE SHADOW OF PRINCE, whose magical, explosively

purple headlining appearance at Essence’s 20th anniversary is remembered among the festival’s best and, following his death in April, among its definitive moments. The 2016 Essence Festival — with headliners Mariah Carey, Ciara, Kendrick Lamar, Maxwell and Puff Daddy, among others — is July 1-3 at the Superdome, with speeches and seminars from writer/director Ava DuVernay, Tyra Banks and many others at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. There are likely to be multiple tributes to Prince. It’s a festival he cherished and embraced, savoring his stage time (at the 10th and 20th anniversaries) and supporting its artists and its offcampus events. In 2014, he sponsored a hackathon to teach New Orleans schoolchildren how to code and build mobile and web apps. He helped Essence book artists and encouraged them to take the intimidating spotlight inside the Superdome. It’s no coincidence then that his influence is all over the artists on this year’s bill — from powerhouse vocalist Ledisi, who sang with Prince on his late-career single “Ain’t Gonna Miss U When U’re Gone,” to several younger artists whose Princely influence is undeniable. Below are 10 rising acts to check out.

FRIDAY, JULY 1 Eric Bellinger The songwriter — who has penned hits for Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, among others — made his solo album

Lightnin’ Malcolm THU. JUNE 30 | Juke-joint blues guitarist and longtime sidekick to Cedric Burnside, Lightnin’ Malcolm released his latest album Foot Soldier (Shakedown) in April. He performs at 10 p.m. at d.b.a.

Venom Inc. Judith Hill worked with Prince on her 2015 release Back in Time.

debut with 2014’s ambitious double LP The Rebirth followed by 2015’s Cuffing Season, parts 1 and 2, channeling his big polished pop into sensual R&B party tracks. V. Bozeman Best known as Veronica on the hit Fox TV series Empire, the versatile singer teased her debut album Music Is My Boyfriend with the Timbalandbacked love anthem “Smile” and “Go,” a dramatic, trap-backed summertime single. Lion Babe On February’s Begin, the debut album from singer Jillian Hervey and producer Lucas Goodman as Lion Babe, the duo’s neo-soul and alt-R&B spans disco throwbacks (“Where Do We Go”) and simmering Pharrell-produced bangers (“Wonder Woman”). In June, Lion Babe released the sultry summer mixtape Sun Joint.

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THU. JUNE 30 | Celebrating/ hating Brexit? This offshoot of U.K. metal pioneers Venom — formed last year by cofounders Mantas and Abaddon with ’90s-era singer The Demolition Man — has everything you need: a divided monarchy (frontman Cronos soldiers on with Venom), a confused public and lots of screaming. Necrophagia, Sunlord and Six Pack open at 8 p.m. at Siberia.

Mystikal and Juvenile

SATURDAY, JULY 2 Judith Hill Judith Hill has described her music as a “time machine.” As a Prince protege, who recorded her appropriately titled 2015 album Back in Time at his Paisley Park, Hill inherits the Purple One’s PAGE 54

FRI. JULY 1 | With his return to the stage, the Taz of New Orleans rap brings with him a full band to keep a near-heavy metal pace with his unpredictable, unmatched flow. Juvenile still carries the torch for New Orleans rap — and he’s ushered his son into the family biz, performing on his latest “Peso.” At 9 p.m. at House of Blues.

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Mayor Mitch Landrieu held his annual State of the City report last week. How do you think New Orleans is faring compared to a year ago?

The percentage of Louisiana fourthgraders who are not ‘proficient readers.’ The good news? In 2007, it was 80 percent.

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THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION last week released its annual “KIDS COUNT Data Book,” which measures key factors in child development to come up with its ranking of “child-friendly states.” Among the study’s other findings is more bad news for the state: The percentage of Louisiana kids living in poverty is up (28 percent in the most recent study, as opposed to 25 percent in 2008). On a more positive front, the percentage of uninsured children is down (5 percent; it was 8 percent in 2008). Overall, Louisiana was ranked the 48th most “child-friendly” state. Only Mississippi and New Mexico had lower overall scores. — KEVIN ALLMAN

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And in breaking creative news, a focus group of tired 4-year-olds just submitted their list of names for the Zephyrs

New Orleans Pelicans

SARAH SILVERMAN

Cheron Brylski,

widow of the late New Orleans photographer Harold Baquet, arranged for the donation of Baquet’s impressive body of work to The Historic New Orleans Collection. Baquet died June 18, 2015. The donation includes prints, negatives and other materials, and it represents the organization’s first complete photographic collection by a black photographer.

The Emeril Lagasse Foundation contrib-

uted $15,000 to the Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation for its School Support Fund, which supports ProStart culinary programs in schools, as well as textbooks, field trips and other materials. The next round of ProStart School Support Fund awards will be distributed January 2017.

State Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Bossier

City, who opposes the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage, had filed a resolution requiring the Louisiana State Law Institute to hold any discussions on gay marriage at the Capitol. Johnson filed the resolution several days after the Orlando shooting that targeted LGBT people. The House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs rejected his resolution June 21.

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Comment

The proposed new names for the New Orleans Zephyrs (see p. 10) had few fans online: “These names are horrible! Keep the Zephyrs!” — Becky “All of these names are equally horrific and absolutely terrible!” — Johnny “New Orleans Mudbugs, New Orleans second line ,new orleans high waters, new Orleans Wild Hogs.” — big h

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ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF MARLIN GUSMAN CONTINUES TO LIVE IN AN ALTERNATE REALITY when it

comes to facing facts about his failure to properly run the city’s jail. After being in denial for months, if not years, Gusman last week maintained that he was still in control of the troubled facility, even though a federal judge stated in open court that Gusman is “relinquishing operational control and final authority for jail operations.” That statement came a month after one expert witness testified in the same courtroom that Gusman and his staff “have no clue” how to run a jail that is safe, secure and constitutional — the minimum standards under federal law. Gusman, the U.S. Department of Justice, a group of inmate plaintiffs and the City of New Orleans have been locked in contentious litigation for years trying to get the sheriff to comply with the terms of a 2013 consent decree designed to bring the city’s jails up to snuff. Independent monitors consistently have told U.S. District Judge Lance Africk that Gusman and his staff were not meeting benchmarks. In April, all three of Gusman’s courtroom adversaries asked Africk to appoint an independent “receiver” to take over the facility. Testimony in that matter was nearing conclusion when Gusman came to terms with the feds, the plaintiffs and the city. The terms of the settlement are clear: An independent “compliance director” (read: receiver by another name) will have “full and final authority” over all aspects of the jail — from budgeting to hiring and firing, from sanitation to safety. The feds, the plaintiffs and the city will screen applicants for the director’s job and submit up to three nominees to Gusman, who must choose one — but the judge will have the final say. Equally important, the director will report solely to Africk, not to Gusman. The judge, not Gusman, will set the director’s salary. At the end of the day, Gusman remains in charge of the “civil” side of the sheriff’s office — process serving

and auctioning properties in foreclosure. All aspects of the “criminal” side of the office will be run by the compliance director. Despite those stark terms, Gusman told reporters after the settlement was announced that he remains in charge of the jail because he will “appoint” the compliance director. That simply is not true. The judge has the final say, not Gusman. The sheriff’s lame attempt to save face politically last week speaks volumes not only about his break from reality but also about his misplaced focus — on himself rather than on the jail, its inhabitants and the community at large. Here is a dose of reality: We all face increased levels of violence when inmates are released back into society after spending time in Gusman’s custody. The settlement marks the beginning of a new era in New Orleans jails — one free of Gusman’s delusions, denials and incompetence. Unlike a judgment, this settlement cannot be appealed. We wish the compliance director Godspeed, and we hope Gusman stays out of the way.

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Gusman’s break from reality

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1. SATCHMO SUMMERFEST MOVES

hold New Orleans conference in July

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The 6th annual Desiree Alliance conference “Addressing Justice” will be held in New Orleans July 10-15. The national group describes itself as “a coalition of sex workers, health professionals, social scientists, professional sex educators and their supporting networks working together for an improved understanding of the sex industry and its human, social and political impacts.” Local hosts include the groups Women With a Vision, BreakOut and SWOP NOLA.

The 16th annual Satchmo SummerFest — the August festival celebrating its namesake’s birthday with jazz, brass and funk bands — will move to Jackson Square from its previous home at the Old U.S. Mint. The lineup for the Aug. 5-7 festival includes the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Big Sam’s Funky Nation (pictured), Bill Summers & Jazalsa, Kermit Ruffins, Brass-A-Holics, Catherine Russell, Yoshio Toyama & the Dixie Saints, Jeremy Davenport and a tribute to Louis Armstrong featuring James Andrews, among others. Music is spread across three stages, including a new “Back o’ Town” stage on the second floor of the Louisiana State Museum Arsenal (600 St. Peter St.), and two stages at Jackson Square. Satchmo Symposium panels and film screenings will be held at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, and there is a morning jazz Mass at Treme’s St. Augustine Catholic Church, second lines, dance lessons, children’s activities and other events. The formerly free festival started charging admission for its 2015 event. The festival charges $5 admission each day. For more information: www. fqfi.org/satchmo.

2. Quote of the week “These — are coconuts. In Louisiana, when someone has courage and fortitude and the ability to stand up when others stand back, we say that she or he has coconuts.” — Former state Sen. Elbert Guillory, now a candidate for Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District seat in Congress, in a strange online ad where he hoists a pair of coconuts and makes a notthinly-veiled plea for testicular fortitude in Washington D.C. Guillory made headlines a few years ago when he switched from Democrat to Republican, and made headlines again when he brought up the sport of “chicken boxing” in a discussion of cockfighting: “I’m not a fan of cockfighting,” Guillory told The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, “but I love to go and watch some chicken boxing.”

“Independent jail compliance monitor” in at OPP After years of wrangling over Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s management of the perennially troubled Orleans Parish Prison and threats of a takeover by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. District Judge Lance Africk announced Gusman would

give up day-to-day control of prison management and the duties handed over to a “compliance director.” Gusman will choose the monitor from three candidates selected by Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration, the DOJ and the MacArthur Justice Center. Landrieu, a frequent Gusman foe, called the move “transformative.” (For more, see Commentary, p. 9.)

4. “Baby cakes”? As promised, the New Orleans Zephyrs are renaming the team and giving fans the chance to select the new name. But when the seven finalists were announced last week, there wasn’t much enthusiasm for any of the choices: the Crawfish, the Po’boys, the Baby Cakes, the King Cakes, the Night Owls, the Red Eyes and the Tailgators. Voting continues through July 8 at www.zephyrsbaseball.com.

Hell Yes Fest scores Silverman, Minhaj New Orleans comedy festival Hell Yes Fest announced some of its 2016 lineup, which features a headlining set by Sarah Silverman at the Saenger Theater Oct. 16 and other performances by Nick Swardson,

WWL-TV: More trouble for Mayfield

Ron Funches and The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj, among others. The festival takes place Oct. 7-16 with hundreds of standup, sketch and improv shows staged at the Joy Theater, NOLA Brewing, The New Movement, Hi-Ho Lounge and Art Garage. For more information: www.hellyesfest.com.

NOPD makes progress on rape reports A devastating audit in 2014 detailed several New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officers’ mishandling of rape reports and sexual assault cases and a culture within the department that refused to believe rape is a crime. That report from the New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) brought sweeping changes to NOPD, including a city-led Sexual Violence Response Advisory Committee to recommend and oversee those changes. Last week, the OIG released a report detailing “significant improvements” and a dramatic turnaround within NOPD and its reporting of rapes. In its review of 154 sex crimes-related calls for service from October through December 2015, the OIG found NOPD included proper documentation for all cases and properly classified more than 99 percent of all

calls for service — and “upgraded” 78 of those calls to more serious offenses.

Fines for pot possession — unless you’re busted by State Police Getting caught with a joint by a New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officer is likely to land you a ticket, not in jail. Following the passage in March of a citywide ordinance introducing fines for simple pot possession, NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison told the New Orleans City Council last week his department intends to follow the new law (in effect June 22). The measure calls for a fine for possession of fewer than 14 grams of pot: $40 for a first offense, $60 for a second offense, $80 for a third and $100 for a fourth and subsequent offenses. Louisiana State Police, however, are likely to stick to state law, which calls for a penalty of 14 days in jail and a $300 fine for a first offense and up to eight years in prison for multiple offenses. The new city rules also don’t apply to minors, who can’t be issued a summons. New Orleans District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry, who introduced the law, said she also plans to draft a similar measure for juvenile offenses.

Former New Orleans Library Foundation President Irvin Mayfield spent more than $18,000 on a five-day trip to New York, WWL-TV’s David Hammer reported last week — including $1,400 on one breakfast at the Ritz-Carlton. It was the latest revelation regarding Mayfield, who had redirected more than $1 million of foundation money to his New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO). Mayfield has refused to comment. Meanwhile, a billboard urging “MAKE NOJO PAY” has gone up near the Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market, which Mayfield built and which houses the orchestra.

10. Record legis-

lative sessions end, more cuts coming

State lawmakers adjourned last week after spending a record 19 near-consecutive weeks in two special sessions and one annual session. The second special session ended June 23 with lawmakers giving Gov. John Bel Edwards less than half of the $600 million in additional taxes he sought. When Edwards took office in January, the state faced a current-year deficit of nearly $1 billion and a projected $2 billion deficit in the fiscal year that begins Friday, July 1. Lawmakers have passed nearly $1.5 billion in taxes this year, which means many state agencies — particularly higher education and health care — face an eighth consecutive year of significant budget cuts.

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NEWS

Raising the roofs Mayor Mitch Landrieu pledges 7,500 affordable housing units in the city by 2021 — but he wants to keep whole-house shortterm rentals as an option. BY ALEX WOODWARD | @alexwoodward CRIME, NEW ORLEANS’ CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND POVERTY

always top Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s list of shortcomings in his annual State of the City address. His 2016 address, delivered last week on the roof of the Whole Foods Market in Mid-City, was no different. But amid contentious debates over the future of short-term rental companies like Airbnb and the increasing creep of property developers, gentrification, rising rents and deplorable housing conditions — all wrapped in stagnant wages and dwindling jobs — Landrieu released a five-year plan for more affordable housing. According to the plan, the city will “build or preserve” 7,500 affordable housing units by 2021 — with 4,000 units available by 2018, followed by an additional 3,500 units in the ensuing three years. “People are flocking here, but rising demand and job growth means that housing costs have risen by 50 percent since 2000,” Landrieu said in a statement. “Now, due to a broader loss of income-affordable rental units along with low-wage jobs and inadequate public transit, many New Orleanians pay more than 50 percent of their income just on housing costs. That is unacceptable and unsustainable. ... We must ensure that working people do not get priced out of New Orleans — they are the backbone of our City.” More than 55 percent of New Orleanians live in rental housing, according to a recent report from the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority and the Center for Community Progress. That’s nearly 20 percentage points higher than the national average (36 percent) and an all-time high for nearly 50 years. In its recent “State of the Nation’s Housing” report, Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies found that thousands of households in the New Orleans area are cost-burdened, spending 30 percent or more of their income on housing. In New Orleans, 80 percent of people earning less than $15,000 a year spend more than half their income on rent. The Landrieu administration characterized the city’s current housing crisis as having “fewer public resources due to federal and state

budget cuts, coupled with loss of ‘income-affordable’ units, low-wage jobs, and inadequate transportation options” along with a rental market driven by “those who returned to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, families who lost wealth during the 2008 Recession, and demographic groups like Millennials” who have deferred “homeownership due in part to higher home values.” According to Landrieu’s plan, the city will increase affordable housing by focusing on city-owned property and other public land, reserving tax-adjudicated properties in “target neighborhoods,” and by increasing its use of “priority bids” at sheriff’s auctions and public sales. The city plans to increase the availability of “workforce housing” for two income levels: “service workers, artists, and culture bearers, who may require a deeper housing subsidy,” and “teachers, educators, and public safety officers, who may not be served through existing city programs.” The city will work with the Finance Authority of New Orleans to help homebuyers with down payments and closing costs, and with local employers on incentives for employees to live closer to their jobs. It also will work with the Regional Transit Authority to provide more public transit options in underserved neighborhoods. The administration pledged to push for changes to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance to demand more affordable units in market-rate developments. The city also wants to ensure “long-term affordability” in units receiving federal subsidies. The city says 1,200 subsidies expire by 2021, and nearly 4,900 expire by 2031. AS FOR THE CONDITIONS OF PRIVATE RENTALS, the city will push

for a rental registry program, which housing advocates have urged the City Council to put in place, but those plans were dropped last year. According to the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Coalition, of the more than 62,000 rental properties in the city, nearly 50,000 have needed some kind of major repair. In 2015, the city inspected

15,000 properties for code violation complaints. But that private market also is getting smaller. Airbnb alone lists more than 4,000 short-term rentals in New Orleans, and more than 70 percent of those listings are entire homes. Landrieu has pushed the New Orleans City Planning Commission to keep whole-home short-term rentals on the table as it plans for legalizing short-term rentals such as those listed on Airbnb. While the City Planning staff has kept the door open for those types of rentals in its reports to the commission, the commission has rejected them — and so have many residents, businesses, hospitality industry workers and members of the City Council. “New Orleans lacks a comprehensive policy to regulate and limit the use of short-term rentals,” the report says. “The City can ensure its policies balance the evolving nature of the sharing economy within New Orleans with the City’s goals to preserve affordable rental housing and prevent displacement. Regulating short-term rentals through thoughtful, clear policy would accomplish both.” Plans for this already are in progress. The City Planning Commission is expected to vote on short-term rental changes in August, and the City Council then will decide whether to adopt suggested changes in the law. “Under this approach,” the report reads, “all short-term rental operators would need a license to operate a rental property, with the fewest restrictions on owner-occupied properties and those in commercial districts.” The plan also will expand housing efforts for people experiencing homelessness and vulnerable populations, like people living with HIV/AIDS. The city has claimed it is the first in the U.S. to effectively eliminate homelessness among veterans, using a “housing-first” model praised by first lady Michelle Obama. The city expects to do the same for families by 2018. Landrieu’s term as mayor ends in 2018, leaving the rest of the plan up to his successor.

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BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ @GambitBlake | askblake@gambitweekly.com

Hey Blake, What is the Henriette Delille Inn? It looks like an old folks’ home more than a hotel.

Dear reader, You’re right to describe the Delille Inn as a home for senior citizens. The five-story facility at 6924 Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans East has housed local seniors and those with special needs since 1987. It is named for Venerable Henriette Delille, founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family. The religious order is said to be the oldest female-led AfricanAmerican organization in the United States. It runs the Delille Inn in partnership with Providence Community Housing and Christopher Homes. Born in New Orleans in 1812, Delille was a free woman of color. Though born into a life of privilege, the devout Catholic made it her work to care for the poor, sick and elderly, most notably slaves and free people of color. In 1837 she co-founded a religious order, the Sisters of the Presentation, whose name was changed to Sisters of the Holy Family in 1842. It was important since, at the time, black women could not enter allwhite religious orders. Delille died in 1862. In 1881, the order moved its convent to the French Quarter, also establishing a girls’ school, St. Mary’s Academy, at 717 Orleans Ave., which previously had been the Orleans Ballroom, a site for quadroon balls. It now is the Bourbon Orleans Hotel. In 1955, the nuns left the French Quarter for a convent on Chef Menteur Highway, across from

Venerable Henriette Delille I M AG E C O U R T E S Y S I S T E R S O F T H E H O LY FA M I LY

what now is the Delille Inn. They also relocated St. Mary’s Academy and their other well-known facility, Lafon Nursing Home. Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures in 2005 badly damaged the properties. The senior citizen complex reopened in 2009 after more than $7 million in renovations. The nursing home reopened the next year and a new $36 million school campus was dedicated in 2011. In 1988, the process to canonize Delille as a saint was launched. She was declared “venerable” by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. Two miracles attributed to her intercession need to be investigated and recognized in order for her to be named a saint.

BLAKEVIEW MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA STAYED WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY at their convent on Chef Menteur Highway when she visited New

Orleans in 1976. July marks the 40th anniversary of her first visit to the city. In 1976, Mother Teresa spoke to the Catholic Daughters of America convention here. She spent the night on the campus of St. Michael Special School in the Irish Channel. In 1984, Mother Teresa returned to New Orleans and spoke at the World’s Fair, the Roosevelt Hotel and the University of New Orleans. Earlier this year, Pope Francis announced that she will be named a saint in September.

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Winnas & Loozas redux AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF NONSTOP FISCAL FIGHTS, STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE FINALLY GONE HOME —

hopefully for the rest of the year — leaving behind a slew of new taxes and millions in budget cuts. That’s about the worst possible outcome, but it should surprise no one. Herewith a final installment of 2016’s “Da Winnas and Da Loozas.”

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1. House Republicans — For the first time in a while, House Republicans are truly a functioning caucus. They warned Gov. John Bel Edwards not to call a second special session right away. They told him he would not get everything he wanted — and they kept their promise. The House GOP leadership found its legs in this latest session, but the caucus also exposed its Achilles heel: House Republicans voted to cut TOPS, which is popular among their own constituents. Also, they’ve proved they know how to say “no” to taxes but can they find the will to say “yes” to real fiscal reform next year? That remains to be seen. 2. Individual taxpayers — They were spared any income tax hikes when the House declined to adjust the rates or tinker with itemized deductions, which is bad news for long-term fiscal (tax) reform but good news for middle-income taxpayers and folks earning more than $100,000 a year. 3. Oil & gas companies — Lawmakers passed a bill that rewrites the formula for calculating corporate income taxes owed by large companies — but only after amending the measure to exempt “integrated” oil and gas companies from the new calculations. Integrated oil and gas companies are those involved

in every step of oil and gas from extraction to final sale. Here’s the kicker: The lawmaker who offered the amendment — Rep. Jim Morris, a Republican from (where else?) Oil City — couldn’t explain it beyond saying that it would help oil and gas companies. That was good enough. 4. Small and medium-sized businesses — They now will be able to take full advantage of the state’s inventory tax rebate program, as lawmakers rolled back a law (passed earlier this year) that reduced inventory tax rebates for all businesses. 5. Higher education & public hospitals — The two most frequent targets for cuts got most of their funding restored. 6. Saints/Pelicans fans and nonprofits — Lawmakers cleaned up some messy sales tax provisions that were adopted in haste — and inadvertently — in the first special session. Now, tickets to Saints and Pelicans games won’t be taxed, nor will dues to nonprofit organizations (Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Mardi Gras krewes and others). Which brings us to …

DA LOOZAS

1. Gov. John Bel Edwards — He wanted $600 million in additional taxes and got less than half that. His one consolation: He can legitimately put the blame for any cuts to TOPS on House Republicans. On the other hand, if the state realizes more revenue than predicted from some of the just-passed taxes, he’ll have some explaining to do. 2. Big Business — The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) scored early wins by bottling up across-the-board cuts to various business tax breaks, but thereafter it was all downhill for big business-

es. A number of bills pitted large businesses against their smaller counterparts, and in the end the Big Boyz got hosed. Chemical companies failed to kill a bill reversing the impact of a state Supreme Court case giving chemical plants a major tax break. Elsewhere, lawmakers passed a measure to raise corporate income taxes paid by interstate companies; another bill forces large companies to choose between their inventory tax refunds and their industrial tax exemptions; and yet another bill cuts inventory tax rebates to large companies. 3. College students & their families — The TOPS college scholarship program was cut for the first time — from full funding to 70 percent funding, although (at the last minute) the program was “front-loaded” so it’s fully funded for the fall semester. It’s possible the governor will veto the “front-loading” language in the supplemental budget bill, but if he does, it could shift the “blame” for cutting TOPS to him. In any event, this first-ever reduction in TOPS funding may portend future cuts as lawmakers struggle to control the popular program’s runaway costs. 4. Homeowners — The tax credit that homeowners get for paying a “FAIR Plan” assessment on their homeowners insurance policies was reduced by almost two-thirds, from 75 percent of the assessment to 25 percent. 5. HMO subscribers — Technically, lawmakers raised the annual tax rate on HMOs from 2.25 percent to 5.5 percent, but there’s little doubt that the health insurers will pass on the added costs to their subscribers. This was the single biggest tax hike of the second special session and one of the biggest of the year. HMOs got a small tax credit in a separate bill, but it’s pennies compared to the impact of the tax hike. 6. The working poor — A bill to increase the amount of the Earned Income Tax Credit failed … again. 7. K-12 education — Another victim of cuts triggered by the House’s failure to raise more money and lawmakers thus being forced to allocate the pain rather than the money. Teachers and special ed students in poorer school districts could really feel the impact of this. In the end, lawmakers pleased almost no one. They taxed Big Business and cut services to the Little Guys. Better luck next year, y’all.

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Gentilly gem

Cafe Gentilly owner and chef Steve Herbert has 26 years of experience in the restaurant industry.

BY KATHERINE M. JOHNSON

PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER

WHEN CUSTOMERS ENTER STEVE HERBERT’S RESTAURANT, CAFE GENTILLY (5325 Franklin

Ave., 504-281-4220; www. thecafegentilly.com), he’ll ask their names, and the next time they visit, he’ll inquire about their “momma an’ dem.” “People come here because they know we’ll treat them right,” he says. Cafe Gentilly has served classic Creole breakfasts and lunches for nearly four years, along with daily specials like red beans and rice on Mondays and spaghetti on Wednesdays. The restaurant occasionally serves off-menu items like gumbo z’herbes — Herbert’s version placed third in the “Taste of Dillard” Cook-Off at Dillard University a few years ago. Customers should call ahead for this gumbo at the cash-only joint. On Sundays, his breakfast du jour (and personal favorite) consists of various riffs on eggs Benedict. He substitutes French bread for English muffins — the texture of toasted French bread provides a better base, he says. “We won the Battle of New Orleans — French bread, no English muffins here,” Herbert says. Herbert’s 26 years in the restaurant industry lend quality and depth to his cooking: mirepoix replaces New Orleans’ traditional trinity for his soups and stocks, and bechamel sauce accompanies fried catfish and shrimp. “If the rich people can eat like kings, why can’t we?”

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Herbert says. Having spent most of his life in New Orleans, Herbert uses local ingredients including Patton’s, Vaucresson’s and D&D’s sausages. He also sells Merlin “Piece of Meat” Fleury Sr.’s tamales (call ahead for those, too). Herbert says it’s a lot of work to run the cafe, especially since it’s far from the commercial tourist centers for restaurants. “It ain’t like the

SOPO (629 N. Carrollton Ave., 504609-2429; www.soponola. com) hosts a painting party with local artist Kristin Malone from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 29. Attendees will paint miniature wooden shotgun houses. Tickets are $45 and include all supplies, aprons, drinks and snacks. Call the store to register.

Food Network,” he says, laughing. However, he’s happy to create a neighborhood destination in the heart of the 8th Ward. “[The cafe] provid[es] a place and an occasion for families, friends, neighbors [and] co-workers to get together over food, at a table, and dine together,” Herbert says. “When they do that, they become closer to each other.”

STUDIO ARABI (6707 St. Claude Ave., Arabi, 504-945-1878; www.merauxfoundation.org) recently celebrated its grand opening. It features wood and metal working shops, painting and printmaking studios, and an art and antiques pocket gallery.

RANK & FILE BOOKS (5206 Magazine St., 504-510-4379) recently opened inside Mae’s Guitars and the Sisters in Christ record shop. It specializes in alternative, feminist and radical literature.

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How do I drink The Botanist? The Botanist is well suited to sipping neat or mixing in your favorite cocktail.

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2 oz. The Botanist Gin 2 oz. lemon juice 1 oz. simple syrup 1 dash bitters 1 cup ice cubes 1/4 cup club soda 1 slice lemon, for garnish 1 maraschino cherry Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and a dash of bitters. Cover and shake until the outside of the container is frosty, about 15 seconds. Strain into a highball glass full of ice. Top off with club soda and garnish with a lemon slice and maraschino cherry.

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NEW ORLEANS ISN’T A HARD PLACE TO FIND A DRINK, but locals have taken to an ever more diverse array of hangouts, from taprooms such as the recently opened Urban South Brewery to rooftop bars at The Pontchartrain and Ace hotels to courtyards and patios at places including Bayou Wine Garden and N7. Drink lists feature everything from craft beers and cocktails to daiquiris and shot and a beer combos. Gambit’s list of places to drink includes new places, old haunts, animated French Quarter spots, restaurant bars and more. CHEERS. PAGE 22 P H OTO BY S E R G E Y P E T E R M A N / T H I N K S TO C K .CO M

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Technology Updates Honorable Dale N. Atkins, Clerk of Civil District Court and Ex-Officio Recorder Office of the Clerk of Civil District Court for Orleans Parish

Announcing technological improvements to enhance public service, operational efficiencies and online accessibility CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Now Available All documents filed with the Clerk’s Office are electronically scanned into the Case Management System since December 14, 2015. REMOTE ACCESS SYSTEM - Effective July 1, 2016 The public can now remotely view images, print and pay for copies of office documents via the online Remote Access System, saving the time and costs associated with coming to the courthouse. Users must have a subscription. These records are available to view for free at public computers in our 421 Loyola and 1340 Poydras Street Offices.

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NEW AND NOTABLE The latest additions and updates to New Orleans’ drinking scene.

ALTO

@aceneworleans

Ace Hotel, 600 Carondelet St., (504) 9001180; www.acehotel. com/neworleans

The vibe: Lounge

chairs line the rooftop terrace and pool of the downtown boutique hotel.

What you’ll drink:

SCAN ON DEMAND The Clerk’s Office continues to scan cases and pleadings older than 2015. Cases have been scanned as far back as 2010. Scan On Demand allows the public to request any case or pleading that has not yet been scanned. Once scanned, the image is available through the Remote Access System.

Light wines and summer cocktails, such as El Camino Real, a blend of tequila, grapefruit, lime and ginger.

E-FILING - Coming December, 2016 Attorneys and litigants will have the ability to file civil court documents electronically by the end of 2016. By utilizing E-Filing through the enhanced Remote Access System, the public no longer has to come to the courthouse for filing.

BAR FRANCES

SUBSCRIPTIONS - Effective July 1, 2016 An Online Records subscription now includes Civil Records with images, Land Records with images, Conveyance and Mortgage documents: Annual at $700.00, Monthly at $100.00 or 24-hour at $25.00. The Office of the Clerk of Civil District Court for Orleans Parish is proud to bring these technological advancements and efficiencies to the public. Civil Division 421 Loyola Avenue Room 402 New Orleans, LA 70112 (504) 407-0000

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4525 Freret St., (504) 371-5043; www.barfrances.com

The vibe: The chic

contemporary wine bar and bistro has a sleek, modern look inside and shaded seating on the sidewalk.

What you’ll drink:

CAFE HENRI

@thehenricafe

800 Louisa St., (504) 302-2357; www.henri.cafe

The vibe: The casual

and airy Bywater bistro from the team behind Cure and Cane & Table is as good a place as any to enjoy classic cocktails and a streamlined menu of new American fare. What you’ll drink: No originals here: The short cocktail list features time-honored classics, including the Tom Collins, Moscow mule and rum and Coke.

CAVAN

@cavannola

3607 Magazine St., (504) 509-7655; www.cavannola.com

The vibe: The upstairs bar inside a former 19th-century Garden District home provides a more casual ambience than the downstairs dining rooms, but chandeliers, antiques and gilded touches give it a classy vibe.

Natural and organic wines highlight the list, and a few are on tap. Carafe cocktails provide a low-alcohol refresher, such as the Rebujito, made with manzanilla sherry, soda water, simple syrup and lemon.

New Orleans classics including Sazeracs or original drinks like Lucille’s Reviver, featuring silver tequila, Cocchi Americano, lemon and Herbsaint.

BAYOU WINE GARDEN

CHAIS DELACHAISE

315 N. Rendon St., (504) 826-2925; bayouwinegarden.com

7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise.com

@bayouwinegarden

The vibe: The spacious outdoor patio adjoins the Bayou Beer Garden, providing a lively outdoor scene. There’s an outdoor bar, shaded patio seating, an indoor bar and an impressive selection of housecured charcuterie.

What you’ll drink:

Wines on tap are the main draw here and include a mostly domestic selection. The bottle list is more eclectic and international. Try the slightly effervescent N2 Albarino blend or the chilled Cochon Old Vine Rose.

What you’ll drink:

@chaisdelachaise

The vibe: The Maple

Street offshoot of the St. Charles Avenue wine bistro features a seafood-forward, globally inspired small plates menu, a wide selection of wine and casual indoor-outdoor seating.

What you’ll drink:

Wine by the glass and craft cocktails.

HOT TIN

Pontchartrain Hotel, 2031 St. Charles Ave., (800) 708-6652; www.thepontchartrainhotel.com

The vibe: The just re-

opened hotel’s rooftop bar offers stunning views of the New Orleans skyline.

What you’ll drink:

Craft cocktails and Champagne.

1117 Montegut St.

The vibe: This charming, off-the-beatenpath 9th Ward wine bar occupies a former tire shop and there is a spacious covered patio decorated with pendant lights. The abbreviated menu features imported canned seafood, French bistro fare and Japanese accents. What you’ll drink: A short sake and shochu selection provides a nice primer on the Japanese spirits, and there is a quaint list of European aperitifs and wines by the glass.

PISCO BAR

Catahoula Hotel, 914 Union St., (504) 603-2442; www.catahoulahotel.com

The vibe: Peruvian-

inspired drinks and small plates anchor the menu at the swanky cocktail bar and lounge inside the Catahoula Hotel. There’s a contemporary Latin American feel, emphasized by cocktails made with pisco, a Peruvian brandy.

What you’ll drink:

Pisco sours and lesser-known concoctions, such as the refreshing Chilcano, made with ginger beer.

PALACE CAFE @palacecafe

605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com

The vibe: On the

second floor of the contemporary Creole restaurant, the swanky, rum-centric Black Duck bar features an expansive lounge, a wraparound bar and a kitchen serving small plates and charcuterie.

What you’ll drink:

There are more than

120 rums used in classic and original cocktails. The Carpe Noctum features Zaya 12-year rum, cane syrup, a Pernod rinse and Bittermens Tiki Bitters.

lian’s brightly lit MidCity bar offers a long list of classic cocktails and gin creations, and the kitchen serves a casual menu of small plates and sandwiches.

What you’ll drink:

PIROGUE’S WHISKEY BAYOU 6940 St. Claude Ave., (504) 676-3357

The vibe: Longtime

bartenders from Markey’s Bar and BJ’s opened the Arabi watering hole this spring, drawing some longtime Bywater regulars to the casual spot.

What you’ll drink:

Boilermakers — Jameson shots and beer — are the bartenders’ choice here. The no-fuss bar also features a selection of local draft beers, sangria specials and killer bloody marys.

REVEL CAFE & BAR

133 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-6122; www. facebook.com/revelcafeandbar

The vibe: Veteran

mixologist Chris McMil-

Cafe Henri serves classic cocktails, including a sherry cobbler.

What you’ll drink:

Original creations such as the Jean Deaux, featuring Plymouth gin, crystalized ginger, lemon juice, orange bitters and a splash of cranberry juice.

This is where the new Harvest beers Blueberry Wheat and Peach Lager were crowd-tasted and approved, so keep an eye out for the next big thing.

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ABITA BREWING COMPANY @TheAbitaBeer

166 Barbee Road, Covington, (985) 893-3143; abita.com

The vibe: The recently

expanded Abita taproom doubled its number of taps from 15 to 30 and serves many taproom-only experimental beers. There’s a growler filling station so customers can take beers to go.

@CourtyardBrew

1020 Erato St.; www. courtyardbrewing.com

The vibe: In the shad-

ow of the Pontchartrain Expressway in a converted loading dock, the brewery’s DIY approach means there are folding chairs inside and out, but beers on tap are a professional matter. There also are beers from other breweries and food trucks serving everything from tacos to banh mi.

What you’ll drink:

One of brewer Scott Wood’s hoppy cre-

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100+ BARS Warehouse District outpost of the national brewpub chain. It crafts German and Czechstyle beers. What you’ll drink: Try one of brewer Sonny Day’s hoppy offerings like Col. Klink German IPA or the new Session IPA. But don’t overlook the deceptively simple-looking Kolsch.

NOLA BREWING

@NOLATapRoom, @NOLABrewing

3001 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 896-9996; www.nolabrewing.com

The vibe: The two-story taproom includes deck seating on the second floor, tables made from large barrels and murals painted by local artists. What you’ll drink:

There’s live music and craft beer at d.b.a.

ations, such as Sonic Youth in 1983 or Baby IPA.

COVINGTON BREWHOUSE

@CovingtonBrew

226 E Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 8932884; covingtonbrewhouse.com

The vibe: Head brewer Brian Broussard, who also plays bass for Cowboy Mouth, keeps the brewhouse casual but cozy.

What you’ll drink:

Broussard’s experimental high-gravity beers, like Kitchen Sink Imperial IPA or Phat Bottomed Belgian.

CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE @crescentbrew

527 Decatur St., (504) 522-0571; www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com

The vibe: The French

Quarter brewpub and restaurant is easy to spot with its gleaming kettles behind the bar.

It focuses on German beer styles.

What you’ll drink: Owner and brewmaster Wolfram Koehler’s clean, refreshing pilsner.

GORDON BIERSCH

@GordonbierschNO

200 Poydras St., (504) 552-2739; www. gordonbiersch.com/locations/new-orleans

The vibe: Convention visitors may recognize the name of this

Sample beers in the NOLA Funk series of sour and wild ales, especially the dryhopped, Brettanomyces-fermented Sauvage, which just won a medal in the 2016 World Beer Cup.

OLD RAIL BREWING COMPANY @OldRailBeer

639 Girod St., Mandeville, (985) 612-1828; www.oldrailbrewery.com

The vibe: The restaurant and brewpub occupies an attractive modern space blocks from the Mandeville lakefront. What you’ll drink: Try summer seasonal Gandy Dancer Saison, the annually released Zest Fest Blood Orange

Black IPA (a collaboration by brew master Matt Horney and his former colleagues at Terrapin Brewing in Athens, Georgia) and flagship Cow Catcher Milk Chocolate Stout.

SECOND LINE BREWING

@SecondLineBrew

433 N. Bernadotte St., (504) 248-8979; www. secondlinebrewing.com

The vibe: The brew-

ery’s family-friendly beer garden setup features picnic tables and bright red umbrellas outside. Food trucks visit regularly.

What you’ll drink:

Brewers use the pilot system to try new brews, which can vary from a smoked peat Irish red ale to a coconut porter to a grapefruit-infused IPA.

URBAN SOUTH BREWERY

@UrbanSouthBeer

1645 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 517-4677; www. urbansouthbrewery.com

The vibe: The brewery

fills some of the converted warehouse space in the Lower Garden District, and the taproom has plenty of space for its picnic tables, a kid’s corner with games and an area with games for the grownups.

What you’ll drink:

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CRAFT COCKTAILS Try the finely crafted classic and original drinks at these bars.

BAR TONIQUE

820 N. Rampart St., (504) 324-6045; www.bartonique.com

The vibe: Seats at

the U-shaped bar fill up quickly as patrons pore through lists of spirits that highlight a raft of traditional cocktails. The list of rotating daily specials includes Moscow mules, Pimm’s Cups, mai tais and more.

What you’ll drink:

Sazerac, Corpse Reviver or Blanche Dubois (gin with curacao, orgeat and fruit).

BEACHBUM BERRY’S LATITUDE 29

@Latitude29_NOLA

321 N. Peters St., (504) 609-3811; www.latitude29nola.com

The vibe: Tiki expert

Jeff “Beachbum” Berry’s tiki oasis features carvings by Bosko and Berry's own collection of tiki art and relics. The kitchen serves its take on Polynesian food.

What you’ll drink:

The club has the largest martini menu in New Orleans. Creative concoctions include the NOLA Star, made with Laird’s Applejack brandy, Carpano Antica, maraschino liqueur, Peychaud’s bitters and a lemon twist.

COMPERE LAPIN @comperelapin

535 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 599-2119; www. comperelapin.com

The vibe: Bartender

Abigail Gullo presides over the cocktails at Top Chef runner-up chef Nina Compton’s Caribbean-inspired restaurant in the Warehouse District.

What you’ll drink:

Strawberry daiquiris, Sazeracs, original cocktails.

CURE

@cureNOLA

4905 Freret St., (504) 302-2357; www.curenola.com

The vibe: This local

pioneer of the craft cocktail movement occupies a renovated firehouse, and features exposed brick behind a sleek, backlit bar.

What you’ll drink:

The Culture Vulture is a hybrid of mai tai and margarita and features notes of roasted agave and pumpkin seed.

What you’ll drink:

Berry rolls out a new menu in July featuring the Banshee (a blended drink of Jamaican dark rum, coconut milk, banana and lime), Hell in the Pacific (dark rums, guava puree, pomegranate syrup, lemon and lime) and a couple of virgin tiki drinks.

Live Music FRIDAY- SATURDAY

BOMBAY CLUB

@bombayclubnola

Est. 1985

Northern Italian & Seafood Restaurant & Catering OPEN LUNCH & DINNER 7 DAYS A WEEK

3100 19TH STREET - METAIRIE (At Ridgelake & North Causeway)

504.834.8583

www.andreasrestaurant.com

3700 ORLEANS AVENUE 483-6314 PEARLWINECO.COM OPEN EVERYDAY AT NOON

830 Conti St., (504) 577-2237; www.bombayclubneworleans.com

The vibe: This British

manor-inspired martini bar and restaurant features leather chairs and a grandfather clock for an Old World feel. There is live jazz nightly.

EMPIRE BAR

Broussard’s, 819 Conti St., (504) 581-3866; www.broussards.com

behind a drab grey exterior in the Marigny, and the bar offers a menu of original cocktails and a well-curated selection of spirits.

What you’ll drink:

Try the caipirinha with seasonal fruit such as watermelon.

FRENCH 75

@thefrench75

Arnaud’s Restaurant, 813 Bienville St., (504) 5235433; www.arnaudsrestaurant.com/bars/ french-75

The vibe: The elegant bar and cozy lounge is tucked among the dining rooms of the century-old Creole grande dame Arnaud’s Restaurant.

What you’ll drink:

The namesake cocktail, a definitive Sazerac or The Contessa (Boodles Gin, Aperol, ruby red grapefruit juice, cranberry cordial, orange bitters).

LOA BAR

@IHHotel

221 Camp St., (504) 553-9550; www.ihhotel. com/loa/seasonal-list

The vibe: This apothecary-inspired bar is named after divine spirits in the Vodou faith. Red satin furniture, antique glasses and a hand-painted ceiling show the bar’s mixture of European, Caribbean and African influences. What you’ll drink:

Sazeracs, Ramos gin fizzes, Gusting’s version of a Pimm’s Cup, punches and English milk punches.

Drinks incorporate local ingredients, including honeycomb, herbs, native flora, local citrus, bamboo, clover and even Spanish moss. Bona Dea is named after the Roman goddess of fruitfulness and ecstasy, and includes St. George Terroir gin, Absentroux herbal wine, Suze, thyme liqueur and fresh dill.

THE FRANKLIN

TREO

The vibe: The cozy

3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 304-4878; www.treonola.com

The vibe: Veteran bartender Paul Gustings serves classic and original cocktails at the bar at the modern Creole restaurant.

What you’ll drink:

2600 Dauphine St., (504) 267-0640; www. thefranklinnola.com

but sophisticated restaurant and bar hides in plain sight

@TreoNOLA

The vibe: The cocktail lounge features spare modern decor

and work by local artists on the walls. What you’ll drink: The Catching Flights cocktail features Bank Note Blended Scotch, Fruitlab ginger liqueur, cardamom powder and angostura. The “beer drinker’s” cocktail combines Casoni 1814 Apertivo, Montenaro Bianco Vermouth, Amaras Mezcal and housemade hops tincture.

OUTDOOR DRINKING Catch a breeze and grab a drink in these courtyards and patios.

BACCHANAL

@Bacchanalwine

600 Poland Ave., (504) 948-9111; www.bacchanalwine.com

The vibe: The wine shop’s once lushly overgrown backyard has been tamed with gravel ground cover, more neatly strung lights and densely packed tables, but the space retains its rustic and bohemian charms. What you’ll drink: Choose from European wines in the wine shop, craft beers from a kiosk in the backyard or craft cocktails from the upstairs bar.

BAYOU BEER GARDEN

326 N. Jefferson Davis Parkway, (504) 302-9357; www.bayoubeergarden.com

The vibe: The sprawling back patio features a full bar, roofand tent-covered areas and abundant seating clustered around large-screen TVs. It's also dog friendly. What you’ll drink: There’s a wide selection of crafts beers on tap and in bottles.

CASA BORREGA @casaborrega

1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.casaborrega.com

The vibe: It’s easy to settle into the restaurant’s main room with its folk-art decor and repurposed architectural pieces crafted by artist/owner Hugo Montero, but there’s also plenty of tables and space on the rear patio, which is framed by columns, French doors and remnants of New Orleans homes. What you’ll drink: There’s a long list of tequilas and mescals, and the spirits are used in margaritas and palomas. Try the Diablo, made with mezcal, cassis and ginger beer. PAGE 28

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THE RUSTY NAIL @Rustynailnola

1100 Constance St., (504) 525-5515; www.therustynail.biz

The vibe: This hub on

the outer rim of the Warehouse District has a cool, wood-walled, high-ceilinged room with plenty of tables and a roofed-in area on the spacious patio, which has many largescreen TVs for watching sports.

What you’ll drink:

Craft beers on draft and a wide selection of brown liquor, especially Scotches and bourbons, classic cocktails (Negronis, rusty nails) and original cocktails, such as the Cool Brees, made with rum, Firefly Sweet Tea vodka and lemonade.

WAREHOUSE GRILLE

@WarehouseGrille

869 Magazine St., (504)

322-2188; www.warehousegrille.com

The vibe: There once was a volleyball court behind this spacious Warehouse District restaurant and bar, but it’s been paved over and replaced with ample seating at umbrella-covered tables.

What you’ll drink: Choose from 40 beers on tap, including many Abita brews, Guinness and craft beers, mimosas and creative spins on classic cocktails.

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BATCH BAR

only revolving bar features a 25-seat, circus-themed merry-goround, complete with an authentic carousel top and hand-painted chairs. Photographer Alfred Cheney’s portraits depict jazz and Ziegfeld Follies icons from the 1920s and ’30s.

Three signature cocktails are batched and served on tap, including 43 Degrees South, which features black tea-infused Bombay Sapphire East gin, Liquor 43, lime juice, agave nectar and bitters.

@HyattFQ

Hyatt French Quarter New Orleans, 800 Iberville St., (504) 5860800; www.frenchquarter.hyatt.com

The vibe: The roomy

HOTEL BARS Check in to these refined hotel bars.

AC LOUNGE

@achotelbourbon

AC Hotel, 221 Carondelet St., (504) 962-0700

The vibe: The sleek contemporary bar offers craft cocktails and European-inspired small plates.

lounge overlooks Iberville Street.

What you’ll drink:

Try infused liquors and artisan whiskies. House concoctions include the bacon-bourbon Manhattan.

CAROUSEL BAR

@hotelmonteleone

Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 5233341; www.hotelmonteleone.com/entertain-

The vibe: The city’s

What you’ll drink:

The signature Vieux Carre combines Bulleit rye, Hennessy, sweet vermouth, Benedictine, Angostura and Peychaud’s Bitters — first mixed by Walter Berferon in 1938.

THE COLUMNS HOTEL

3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www. thecolumns.com

The vibe: Inside the Columns Hotel, a 19th-century Garden District landmark, the Victorian Lounge is marked by a mahogany bar and

Queen Anne-style furnishings. Or patrons can find a spot on the veranda and enjoy views of St. Charles Avenue.

What you’ll drink:

Classic cocktails and spirits including single-malt Scotches, cordials, cognacs and small-batch bourbons.

Q&C HOTEL BAR @QCHotel

Queen and Crescent Hotel, 344 Camp St., (504) 587-9700; www.qandc.com

The vibe: The swanky

bar in the CBD boutique hotel boasts craft cocktails and a menu of small plates such as boudin and woodfired pizza. What you’ll drink: Craft beers and daily happy hour specials such as French 75 cocktails.

SWIZZLE STICK BAR

@CafeAdelaide

Loews Hotel, 300 Poydras St., (504) 595-3305; www.cafeadelaide.com

The vibe: The bar is

named for the gold swizzle stick that Adelaide Brennan, one of the matriarchs of the restaurant dynasty, wore around her neck. The craft cocktail bar emphasizes fresh ingredients.

What you’ll drink:

The namesake Adelaide Swizzle features Rougaroux Full Moon dark rum, Peychaud’s bitters, lime, soda and a secret ingredient. Wines are from Commander’s Palace “Wine Guy” Dan Davis’ list.

WXYZ

@AloftNOLA

Aloft New Orleans Downtown, 225 Baronne St., (504) 581- 9225; www.aloftneworleansdowntown.com/neworleans-bar

The vibe: The groundfloor bar features modern design and is

Time For

Another

Round Whether your night in the French Quarter is winding up or down, take a spin at the famous Carousel Bar & Lounge. Enjoy live music, gorgeous views of Royal Street, and a seat at the Carousel itself — where for 65 years patrons like Capote, Hemingway, and Tennessee Williams have spun their evenings and their stories.

214 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA

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home to DJs spinning eclectic playlists.

BLUE NILE

What you’ll drink:

532 Frenchmen St., (504) 948-2583; www. bluenilelive.com

Popular drinks include the Blue Bontemps, a blueberry-basil cosmopolitan, and the pineapple chipotle margarita.

BARS WITH MUSIC Raise a glass to the band at these music spots.

BAMBOULA’S

@Bamboulasnola

514 Frenchmen St., (504) 944-8461; www.bamboulasnola.com

The vibe: A mix of live jazz, blues and other local sounds draws passersby into this restaurant, bar and music hall in the middle of the Frenchmen Street hub.

What you’ll drink: Abita beers on draft, classic cocktails.

@BlueNileLive

The vibe: Upstairs find

experimental music from the Open Ears series, reggae, DJ-led partner-grinding dance parties, with a balcony overlooking Frenchmen Street’s lively music corridor and people-watching nightlife. Downstairs, new school brass and funk bands dominate the main room, anchored by a whimsical bar and moon mural ceilings.

What you’ll drink:

Cocktails in blue plastic cups and bottles of water.

CIRCLE BAR

@circlebarnola

1032 St. Charles Ave., (504) 588-2616; www. circlebarneworleans.com

The vibe: No stage? No problem. Bands gather ’round a fire-

A Blue Hawaiian is one of the tropical rum drinks at Cane & Table.

place by candlelight at the Lee Circle hideaway, and crowds vie for a window seat in cozy booths. With a stacked jukebox, exposed brick and nightly rock ’n’ roll, it’s the bar of your retired punk uncle’s dreams.

What you’ll drink:

Beer and a shot.

D.B.A.

@dbaneworleans

618 Frenchmen St., (504) 942-3731; www.dbaneworleans.com

The vibe: Through a narrow passageway, find a not-so-small stage draped in red curtains hosting an all-star lineup of the city’s more offbeat blues, R&B, trad jazz

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from 3 Fonteinen, La Brasserie Senne, Hof ten Dormaal or Brasserie de Blaugies. De La Senne Taras Boulba is a great introduction to Belgian beer.

and roots rock outfits. The headliners are the beers on the chalkboards behind the bar.

What you’ll drink:

Any (or many) of the rotating draft and imported beers.

BLACK PENNY

@BlackPennyBar

700 N Rampart St., (504) 304-4779

GASA GASA

@GasaGasaNOLA

The vibe: Head to the

4920 Freret St., (504) 304-7110; www.gasagasa.com

crumbling elegance of this bar on the edge of the French Quarter for a large selection of canned beer.

The vibe: Uptown’s

buzz band venue features weird art and a long bar with a colorful stage hosting up-andcoming locals and touring electronic, punk, hip-hop and indie rock bands. Food trucks park in front of the adjoining courtyard, where there are plenty of seats and a small bar (don’t dunk on the patio bartender even though there’s a hoop above the bar and a Harry of Harry and the Hendersons mural seemingly smiling at you to do so).

What you’ll drink:

Red Stripe, Pabst Blue Ribbon tall boys, house cocktails.

HOUSE OF BLUES @HOBNOLA

225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/ neworleans

The vibe: The pol-

ished, juke joint-inspired rooms at the French Quarter’s mega venue host modern rock radio stalwarts and rising pop and country acts. Wednesdays belong to Curren$y’s Jet Life crew and Leon Blanda’s stand-up comedy showcases. Tip your bathroom attendant.

What you’ll drink:

Beer in aluminum bottles, Stella Artois tallboys and mixed drinks.

KERRY IRISH PUB 331 Decatur St., (504) 527-5924

The vibe: Bric-a-brac

hung on the walls and ceiling give the Kerry the look of a French Quarter dive, but the bar has a strong Irish

What you’ll drink:

One of the 100-plus canned selections, which include local beers by NOLA Brewing Company and Urban South Brewery, as well as national brands like Oskar Blues Brewery and Destihl Brewery.

THE BARLEY OAK @BarleyOak

Patrons enjoy craft cocktails and beer at Martine’s Lounge.

ONE EYED JACKS @oejnola

615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net

The vibe: More Black accent, and it’s home to local folk musicians and singer-songwriters.

What you’ll drink: Guinness, Harp, Smithwick’s ale, Irish whiskies.

MAPLE LEAF BAR @MapleLeafNOLA

8316 Oak St., (504) 8669359; www.mapleleafbar.com

The vibe: The legendary Uptown venue has been home to James Booker, Jon Cleary, Walter “Wolfman” Washington and the Rebirth Brass Band. Its calendar continues to honor New Orleans music traditions with a nightly lineup of torch-wielding local artists. It’s also a neighborhood dive, home to crawfish boils and poetry readings.

What you’ll drink: Simple mixed drinks, local draft beers and water.

Lodge than brothel, the French Quarter’s designated rock ’n’ roll venue has two bars — a plush lounge in the front and a horseshoe oasis serving the middle of the black-and-white checkerboard-floored venue bordered with dramatic red stage curtains to complete the Twin Peaks-y appeal.

What you’ll drink:

Heineken? F— that shit. Pabst Blue Ribbon. Also, help yourself to water in the Gatorade cooler.

SATURN BAR

3067 St. Claude Ave., (504) 949-7532

The vibe: Downtown

punk and garage bands make their second or third home under the city’s dustiest ceiling fans in the kitschy, beloved Bywater dive. Sink into a worn leather couch, hide upstairs behind the balcony, or pull up to the bar

in a twirly stool and count the ever-growing knickknacks.

What you’ll drink:

Cheap domestic beers and whiskey.

SIBERIA

@siberiaNOLA

2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com

The vibe: A late-night pierogi-scented black metal hunting lodge home to gauntlet-wearing corpse-painted warlocks, punks, scuzzy garage rock bands and budding bounce stars. Free or cheap weekly and monthly events span comedy, burlesque, singer-songwriter nights, trivia and DJs, from classic country to international psychedelics. What you’ll drink:

Draft and bottled craft, imported and domestic beers.

ALE ON OAK @AleonOak

8124 Oak St., (504) 324-6558

The vibe: The sleek,

modern pub features cool tones and a warm wood interior suggesting sophistication and comfort at the same time. It shares a patio with neighboring Oak wine bar.

What you’ll drink:

Try the latest offerings from breweries including Bell’s Brewery and Evil Twin Brewing.

THE AVENUE PUB

@AvenuePubNOLA

1732 St Charles Ave., (504) 586-9243; www. theavenuepub.com

The vibe: This two-

floor beer bar features dark wood downstairs and shiny chrome upstairs, plus a beer garden in back. It’s a comfortable setting to drink some of the best beers in the world.

What you’ll drink:

CRAFT BEER HALLS Check out the wide selection of canned and draft beers at these bars.

There’s a variety of Louisiana and American craft beer, but explore one of the best Belgian beer lists in the South with something

2101 Lakeshore Drive, Mandeville, (985) 7277420; www.thebarleyoak.com

The vibe: Between the plush leather couches surrounding the fireplace and the expansive deck overlooking Lake Pontchartrain, there’s a comfortable spot for everyone here, and dogs are welcome.

What you’ll drink:

Try beer from nearby Northshore breweries Covington Brewhouse, Abita Brewing Company and Chafunkta Brewing Company.

THE BULLDOG

@Bulldog_Uptown, @Bulldog_MidCity

3236 Magazine St., (504) 891-1516; 5135 Canal Blvd., (504) 488-4191; www.bulldog. draftfreak.com

The vibe: Not only

dog-friendly, but dog-focused, both Bulldogs have courtyards where patrons can bring their pooches. There’s also a huge selection of craft beers on tap and bottles from around the globe.

What you’ll drink:

Try Lagunitas Brewing Company’s A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’, North Coast Brewing Compa-

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COOTER BROWN’S TAVERN

@CooterBrowns504

509 S Carrollton Ave., (504) 866-9104; www.cooterbrowns.com

The vibe: Sports bar

meets craft beer bar meets neighborhood joint. This Riverbend institution has rows of long tables, plenty of TVs and a huge selection of beer.

What you’ll drink:

Try beers from one of

the newer breweries to hit the state, like Bell’s Brewery’s Oatmobile or Left Hand Brewing Company’s Milk Stout on Nitro.

DEUCE McALLISTER’S OLE SAINT KITCHEN AND TAP @olesaintnola

132 Royal St., (504) 309-4797; www.olesaint.com

The vibe: A bright,

airy bar and restaurant sits in a hotel just off Canal Street. The bar’s 54 taps are dominated by American craft beers.

What you’ll drink:

During happy hour (3 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Friday) enjoy two-for-one pints of local and regional beers such as Gnarly

Barley Brewing Company’s Radical Rye or Great Raft Brewing’s Commotion.

LAGER’S INTERNATIONAL ALE HOUSE

@Lagers_Metairie

3501 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-9923; www.lagersmetairie.draftfreak.com

The vibe: Located on bustling Veterans Memorial Boulevard, this Old World-inspired bar has a wall of taps and a menu of pub fare.

What you’ll drink: Try one of the new flights ($8-$9) — “The Dark Side,” “Mo’ Hop Mo’ Betta,” “Drink Local” or “Light and Bright” — each featuring samples of four beers.

WORLD OF BEER @wob_usa

300 Julia St., (504) 2993599; www.worldofbeer. com/locations/warehousedistrict; 4100 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 2662689; www.worldofbeer. com/locations/metairie

The vibe: Both loca-

tions of this national chain feature a long wooden bar, exposed brick walls and shiny tap handles.

What you’ll drink:

See what’s available in the infusion tower, a 6-foot-tall tube into which hops, fruits or other flavor additives are placed to enhance the beer running through it.

FRENCH QUARTER BARS From raucous Bourbon Street hubs to refined lounges, there’s a bar in the French Quarter to suit every whim.

CHARTRES HOUSE

in color but mercifully not in impact.

601 Chartres St., (504) 586-8383; www.chartreshouse.com

ST. LAWRENCE

@chartreshouse

The vibe: Prep for a

night in the French Quarter or a concert next door at One Eyed Jacks at this low-key outpost. There’s plenty of seating and a lighthearted but enjoyable cocktail menu.

What you’ll drink:

@BackspaceNola

The vibe: The lit-

erary-themed bar’s kitchen is open late, and the bar is just quiet enough to hold a conversation — a rare find in this part of the Quarter.

What you’ll drink:

Try the Death in the Afternoon cocktail, made with absinthe and Champagne, supposedly invented by Ernest Hemingway.

LE BOOZE

TROPICAL ISLE

The vibe: Revelers

The vibe: There are

Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2122; www.sonesta.com

can grab a seat at Le Booze’s island bar and enjoy a birds-eye view of a busy block of Bourbon Street before entering the fray.

What you’ll drink:

Whiskey, craft beers and cocktails.

NAPOLEON HOUSE

@NapoleonHouseNO

500 Chartres St. (504) 524-9752; www.napoleonhouse.com

The vibe: With faded

walls and dark wood trim, the bar is like a turn-of-the-century American speakeasy — with a shaggy but inviting Parisian courtyard.

What you’ll drink:

Champagne cocktails, signature Pimm’s Cup and Sazeracs.

PAT O’BRIENS

Cafe Giovanni, 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com

718 St. Peter St. (504) 525-4823; www.patobriens.com

The vibe: The jewel-toned space has a date-night feel and is a good place for drinks before dinner at chef/ proprietor Duke LoCicero’s inventive Italian restaurant or en route to other adventures.

The vibe: The piano

What you’ll drink:

Signature flavored martinis, or something from the respectable list of Italian red wines.

What you’ll drink:

frozen Pimm’s Cup slushies.

BELLI BACI

@CafeGiovanni

The vibe: Relaxed ambience, gourmet pub fare and craft cocktail daiquiris make this a good destination or launching point for an evening in the Quarter.

The Cajun martini is a vodka martini spiked with hot sauce.

BACKSPACE BAR 139 Chartres St. (504) 322-2245; www.backspacenola.com

@StLawrenceNola

219 N. Peters St., (504) 525-4111; www.saintlawrencenola.com

@PatOBriensBar

bar and courtyard are mainstays of brochures and concierge recommendations. Special-event parties (notably, St. Patrick’s Day and Derby Day) attract plenty of locals as well.

What you’ll drink:

The company’s iconic hurricane, which resembles jungle juice

435 Bourbon St.; 600 Bourbon St., 504-5291702; 721 Bourbon St.; www.tropicalisle.com

several locations of the brightly colored, neon-lit oases beckoning Bourbon Street revelers with potent frozen drinks and more. What you’ll drink: A frozen or iced Hand Grenade in a signature molded plastic cup.

TUJAGUE’S @Tujagues

823 Decatur St., (504) 525-8676; www.tujaguesrestaurant.com

The vibe: The

160-year-old restaurant has one of the Quarter’s oldest stand-up bars, where eminence grise bartenders talk about cocktails when cocktails were young.

What you’ll drink:

A classic foamy Ramos gin fizz, made with egg white.

WHISKEY BARS Take your best shot at these whiskey bars.

BARREL PROOF

@BarrelProofNola

1201 Magazine St., (504) 299-1888; www.barrelproofnola.com

The vibe: Just out-

side the Warehouse District, this corner bar has a rough-hewn roadhouse look, with long rows of table seating. The bar stocks a global selection

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founded the Kentucky port town from which whiskey was first shipped.

What you’ll drink:

Kentucky bourbons, rye whiskies and aged Scotches; classic whiskey cocktails include Sazeracs and Manhattans.

The house old fashioned, creative whiskey cocktails like the All the While, made with bourbon, plum brandy, ginger beer and lime.

BOURBON HOUSE

@BourbonHouse

144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com

The vibe: A Bourbon

Street address can be a draw or drag for fans of the like-named spirit looking for rare smallbatch offerings, but you can try the hotel entrance and head to the adjoining bar and seafood raw bar.

What you’ll drink:

Classic and frozen bourbon milk punches, Louisiana craft beers, small-batch and single-barrel bourbons and bourbon sampling flights.

THE IRISH HOUSE @IrishHouseNOLA

1432 St. Charles Ave., (504) 595-6755; www.theirishhouseneworleans.com

The vibe: Chef Matt

Murphy’s restaurant has limited seating at the bar, but it’s a hub for all things Irish, including gourmet pub fare, imported whiskies and Monday night music sessions.

What you’ll drink:

Irish beers on draft, house whiskey infusions and a large selection of whiskies, from Bushmills and Jameson to Knappogue and Tullamore Dew.

What you’ll drink:

OXALIS AND THE BRANCH BAR @OxalisBywater

3162 Dauphine St., (504) 267-4776; www.oxalisbywater.com

The vibe: The casual

restaurant has a separate back bar and seating in a couple of small rooms and patios. The list of bourbons, ryes and imported whiskies ranges from refined spirits to “plastic cap” bottles.

What you’ll drink:

Classic whiskey cocktails or a range of choose-your-spirit creations available at the back bar.

LATE-NIGHT BARS You don’t have to go home while these places are open.

BUFFA’S

1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www. buffasrestaurant.com

The vibe: Step into

one of two worlds here: the front bar’s quiet(ish) watering hole or the rowdier music venue in back. The former is a reliable place to get a drink during big downtown holidays like Halloween.

What you’ll drink:

No-frills cocktails or cheap mimosas on Sundays.

KENTON’S

COPPER MONKEY

The vibe: There’s

The vibe: The casual,

5757 Magazine St., (504) 891-1177; www. kentonsrestaurant.com

a wall of whiskey behind the bar in this elegant restaurant, which boasts polished wood and leather banquettes. It’s named for Simon Kenton, who

725 Conti St., (504) 5270869; www.coppermonkeygrill.com

Christmas light-festooned space has booth seating and a courtyard in which one can enjoy a menu of burgers and bar food standards.

What you’ll drink:

Limited-edition beers from regional breweries such as Abita Brewing Company and Shiner Brewery.

DEJA VU

400 Dauphine St., (504) 523-1931; www.dejavunola.com

The vibe: Not to be

confused with the gentlemen’s club of the same name, the bar is a modest before- and after-hours hangout for service industry types and has nightly blue plate specials.

What you’ll drink:

Canned or draft beer or a signature bloody mary.

ERIN ROSE

811 Conti St., (504) 522-3573; www.erinrosebar.com

The vibe: The nominally Irish bar attracts a cadre of dedicated regulars, many of whom show up for the morning happy hour and stick around for late-night bites from Killer Poboys’ pop-up in back. What you’ll drink:

At least one Irish coffee, in regular or frozen form.

KAJUN’S PUB

2256 St. Claude Ave., (504) 947-3735; www. kajunpub.com

The vibe: The

neighborhood bar and karaoke joint has spruced up a lot in recent years, with new craft beer and food offerings. The downside? It’s more popular with the tourist and bachelor-party set.

What you’ll drink:

Pitchers of domestic beer are the best bet for avoiding long lines.

MOLLY’S AT THE MARKET

@mollysdecatur

1107 Decatur St., (504) 525-5169; www.mollysatthemarket.net

The vibe: All roads lead to this stalwart Irish pub and flagship of the Monaghan empire, where cool kids

and Quarter rats brush up against curious tourists and suit-andtie types. What you’ll drink: High Life and a Jameson at night; frozen Irish coffee in the morning.

THE SAINT @saintbar

961 St. Mary St., (504) 523-0050; www.thesaintneworleans.com

The vibe: The hipster

hotspot is known for sweaty summer dance parties and makeout sessions. A tiki-themed back patio has more personal space.

What you’ll drink:

Daily cocktail specials and tiki drinks on infamous “tiki-oke” karaoke nights.

ST. CHARLES TAVERN

1433 St. Charles Ave., (504) 523-9823; www. stcharlestavern.com

The vibe: The

all-hours bar and restaurant is a favorite among ER nurses, hotel clerks and other graveyard shift workers. Recent cosmetic improvements have brightened a formerly drab space.

What you’ll drink:

Domestic bottles and two-ingredient cocktails.

SNAKE & JAKE’S CHRISTMAS

CLUB LOUNGE

@snakeandjakes

7612 Oak St., (504) 8612802; www.snakeandjakes.com

The vibe: Strings of red lights allow patrons to see all they need to see of this dark, dank, no-frills den. If you want to see more, stay til sunrise, along with the regulars. What you’ll drink:

Shots, Schlitz in a can, whatever’s cheap.

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DELACHAISE

3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com

The vibe: A streetcar-narrow, holiday light-hung Uptown hangout with patio seating. A late-night kitchen turns out small plates. What you’ll drink:

One of 80-plus wines by the glass (there’s always a $5 option), a French 75 or old fashioned cocktail.

Black Penny offers a wide array of craft beers in cans.

and lush courtyard are a stone’s throw from Bourbon Street. What you’ll drink: A solid menu of international red, white and sparkling wines, plus signature cocktails and Belgian beers. The Bar Vin Kiss is a shot of Champagne.

PEARL WINE CO. @pearlwineco

3700 Orleans Ave., Suite 1C, (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com

The vibe: With an

adjoining wine, beer and liquor shop, Pearl Wine Co. offers more than 200 vintages in a modern loft setting. Weeknight events range from trivia night on Tuesdays to free wine tastings on Thursdays.

What you’ll drink:

PATRICK’S BAR VIN

Try one of eight specialty cocktails or explore the wine selection (there is a $5 corkage fee for bottles from the wine shop). Usually there is sangria or a wine punch during summer months.

730 Bienville St., (504) 200-3180; www.patricksbarvin.com

THE TASTING ROOM

@PatricksBarVin

The vibe: It’s easy

to forget the elegant wood-paneled space

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1906 Magazine St., (504) 581-3880; www.ttrneworleans.com

The vibe: Loungy and luxurious, this intimate wine bar is dimly lit by chandeliers and furnished with deep, upholstered chairs.

What you’ll drink:

THE HOLY GROUND IRISH PUB

Find a new favorite wine through tasting flights — featuring three half-glasses of wine.

3340 Canal St., (504) 821-6828; www.facebook.com/ theirishgroundpub

The vibe: Regulars

gather at this pub to play darts and pool and watch sports on TV.

TOMMY’S WINE BAR

752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 581-1103; www. tommysneworleans.com

What you’ll drink:

Guinness on draft.

The vibe: The upscale

wine bar connects to Tommy’s Cuisine and offers more than 150 bottles, cocktails and beer in a swanky but comfortable wood-paneled setting.

KINGPIN

@KingpinNola

1307 Lyons St., (504) 891-2373

The vibe:

Sports-watching and shuffleboard are the main attractions at this low-frills Uptown bar. There often are food trucks parked outside.

What you’ll drink:

Women can enjoy the $10 bottomless sparkling wine special on ladies’ nights (4 p.m.–11 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) or a Euphrosine gin cocktail.

What you’ll drink:

PBR or a White Russian made with Jameson.

MARKEY’S BAR

W.I.N.O.

640 Louisa St., (504) 943-0785; www.facebook.com/ MarkeysBarNOLA

@winoschool

610 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 324-8000; www.winoschool.com

The vibe: Bywater

neighbors pop into the corner bar to watch sports and play shuffleboard.

The vibe: A low-key but

high-tech place to learn about vino, this brickwalled, self-service wine bar lets patrons sample wines by the ounce from an automated Enomatic pouring system. Patrons can take a class for fun or professional certification: an introduction to wine (four reds and four whites of different styles) is among upcoming offerings.

What you’ll drink:

Sample 120 wines from around the globe.

NEIGHBORHOOD BARS Join the regulars at these local spots.

BAR REDUX @BarRedux

801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com

Abigail Gullo pours a cocktail at Compere Lapin.

The vibe: The casual bar replaced The Joint and has a back patio and a full roster of weekly events to appeal to a new generation of Bywater residents.

What you’ll drink: Regulars opt for a shot and a beer (think the standard Jameson and High Life) or maybe a Moscow mule, and there’s a special

“Funny Punch” for comedy night.

BOULIGNY TAVERN

3641 Magazine St., (504) 891-1810; www.boulignytavern.com

The vibe: Vintage

chairs and modern lighting distinguish chef John Harris’ swank tavern, and there’s patio seating between the bar and neighboring Lilette. The bar offers small plates and charcuterie.

What you’ll drink:

Murgo Brut Rose stands out on the wine list. Seasonal cocktails

include the Eddie Taylor with Scotch, lime, tawny port, ginger beer and bitters.

CELLO’S

6401 N Hullen St., Metairie, (504) 456-5596; www.facebook.com/ cellos.catering

The vibe: Johnnie’s Steakhouse closed, but patrons still come to the location’s long mahogany bar to listen to oldies and visit with their favorite bartender, Diana “Wee Wee” Geier, who built a following during her tenure at the restaurant.

What you’ll drink:

Join the ex-pats looking to continue the restaurant’s good times by sipping Manhattans and old fashioneds.

FINN MCCOOL’S IRISH PUB

@finnmccoolspub

3701 Banks St., (504) 486-9080; www.finnmccools.com

The vibe: Soccer fans

gather here at all hours to watch games from around the globe, but Finn’s is a busy neighborhood hub for nonsports fans as well.

What you’ll drink:

What you’ll drink: A Dark and Stormy or a shot of well whiskey and a bottle of Miller High Life.

MARTINE’S LOUNGE

@MartinesLounge

2347 Metairie Road, (504) 831-8637; www.facebook.com/ martineslounge

The vibe: Patrons

can smoke at this Old Metairie bar, remade by the owners of Pal’s Lounge. It’s outfitted with red accents and patrons enjoy board games, free snacks, darts and video poker.

What you’ll drink:

The blueberry basil margarita and mango mojito are stars of

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What you’ll drink:

Try the frozen rum margarita or locally brewed beers.

TWELVE MILE LIMIT

@twelvemilelimit

500 S Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www.facebook.com/ twelve.mile.limit

The vibe: A little bit

off the beaten path, Twelve Mile Limit offers a relaxed bar atmosphere and a hidden gem of a craft cocktail list from owner and cocktail consultant T. Cole Newton.

What you’ll drink:

The Baudin, a spicy mix of bourbon, honey, lemon and Tabasco, or grab a $2 PBR, High Life or Rolling Rock. marigny.com Patrons enjoy wine and cocktails at Ralph’s on the Park.

the cocktail menu. Regulars know to look for their names on the board, because someone may have bought them a drink already.

MID-CITY YACHT CLUB

@MCYCNOLA

440 S. St. Patrick St., (504) 483-2517; www. midcityyachtclub.com

The vibe: Across from St. Patrick’s Park and its field of kickball and softball dreams is this casual corner bar, where patrons watch sports on large-screen TVs or play corn hole on the patio.

What you’ll drink:

Get a bucket filled with iced beers (Miller Lite or Budweiser) or opt for rotating specials of craft beers on draft.

MIMI’S IN THE MARIGNY

@MimisMarigny

2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868; www.mimis-

The vibe: Two floors

offer different experiences at this Marigny watering hole, which serves hot and cold tapas well into the night. There’s a pool table and livelier vibe downstairs and a smattering of cocktail tables in the more loungy upstairs.

What you’ll drink:

Wine by the glass.

OLD POINT BAR

545 Patterson Drive, (504) 364-0950; www. oldpointbarnola.com

The Vibe: Tucked behind the levee in Algiers Point is this local spot, featuring live music, dartboards and more. What you’ll drink:

Blue Moon on draft or Miller Lite.

PAL’S LOUNGE @PalsLounge

949 N. Rendon St., (504) 488-7257

The vibe: This Mid-

City dive is almost as well known for its steamy bathroom decor as it is for the neighborhood vibe

and patrons enjoying cheap drinks and popup dining.

What you’ll drink:

The signature Gingerita, similar to a Moscow mule.

bar boasts plenty of indoor and outdoor seating with river views. It’s a locals spot for both music and sports viewing.

What you’ll drink:

RIVERSHACK TAVERN

Abita on tap and changing daily specials, like the two-forone margarita or $2 draft beers.

3449 River Road, Jefferson, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com

ST. JOE’S BAR

@TheRivershack

The vibe: From the

outside, Rivershack looks like a roadhouse, but inside there’s more of a homey vibe, with kitschy decor and a gourmet comfort food menu that makes it a busy lunchtime spot. Local bands perform many nights.

What you’ll drink:

Abita beers and popular imports on draft, margaritas.

THE RIVERSHACK TAVERN – GRETNA

5535 Magazine St., (504) 899-3744; www.stjoesbar.com

The vibe: There’s a

spiritual vibe to St. Joe’s, whether it’s the iconography hung in the corner barroom or the Asian templelike vibe of the back bar and patio.

What you’ll drink:

Blueberry mojitos, Abita and NOLA Brewing beers on tap and a wide selection of craft beers in bottles.

SIDNEY’S SALOON

714 1st St., Gretna, (504) 325-5530; www.facebook.com/ GretnaShack1

1200 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 224-2678; www.sidneyssaloon.com

The vibe: This

on the night, the crowd ranges from inked

spacious West Bank

The vibe: Depending

WIT’S INN

141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com

The vibe: The Mid-

City tavern serves pizza as well as fruity, tropical drinks. There’s plenty of seating indoors for patrons watching sports and outdoor seating.

inspired by pre-Prohibition-era drinks featuring handcrafted ingredients such as Creole bitters, Cherry Bounce, absinthe and ratafias infused with flavors such as camellia and persimmon. Seasonal craft beer specials such as The Bruery’s Tart of Darkness feature sour stout aged in red wine barrels.

BAYOU BURGER @bayouburger

503 Bourbon St., (504) 529-4256; www.bayouburger.com

The vibe: In the heart

of the French Quarter, this restaurant doubles as a sports bar with plenty of large-screen TVs mounted above the crowd.

What you’ll drink:

There are seven Abita beers and brews from regional breweries, including sweet potato cream stout and golden honey ale from Mississippi-based Lazy Magnolia.

CAPRI BLU BAR

Andrea’s Restaurant, 3100 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www. andreasrestaurant.com

The vibe: Andrea

What you’ll drink:

Apuzzo’s Italian-inspired upscale piano bar alternately features live music, an eclectic jukebox and happy hours.

RESTAURANT BARS

Cocktail highlights include the pumpkin spice white Russian, Andrea’s espresso martini and the Parisian Sazerac.

Potent drinks including the monsoon or Long Island iced tea.

For dinner and drinks, or just drinks.

BAR R’EVOLUTION

@RevolutionNOLA

Restaurant R’evolution, 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com

What you’ll drink:

CASA GARCIA MEXICAN RESTAURANT

8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 9, Metairie; (504) 464-0354; www.casa-garcia.com

The vibe: Chefs

The vibe: Bright

What you’ll drink:

The house sangria combines red wine, liqueurs and fruit juices.

John Folse and Rick Tramonto’s sophisticated restaurant features antiques showcased in glass cabinets, gas lanterns and a dark wood bar.

Seasonal cocktails

yellow walls and red tables have made the casual dining spot popular with locals for more than 30 years.

What you’ll drink:

Top-shelf margaritas can be made with Herradura, Patron Silver, Don Julio Silver or Tres Generaciones tequilas.

HERMES BAR

@AntoinesNOLA

Antoine’s Restaurant, 725 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com/ hermes-bar.html

The vibe: Once a

dining room festooned with photos and memorabilia from the Krewe of Hermes, the bar features its own menu and lively atmosphere.

What you’ll drink:

The restaurant wine list features more than 500 bottles and the bar offers classic cocktails such as the Ramos gin fizz and French 75.

KINGFISH

@kingfishnola

337 Chartres St., (504) 598-5005; www.kingfishneworleans.com

The vibe: This French

Quarter restaurant and watering hole gives a nod to Gov. Huey P. Long with “Governor Hours,” aka happy hour. Bartender Justin Gehrmann presides over a menu of New Orleans classics.

What you’ll drink:

The Sazerac features Overholt Rye, sugar, Herbsaint Legendre, bitters and lemon. The Amelia Earhart features Ford’s Gin, lemon, Luxardo, Rothman’s Creme de Violette and fresh basil.

LOUISIANA PIZZA KITCHEN

95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www. lpkfrenchquarter.com

The vibe: Louisiana

Pizza Kitchen is a gourmet pizza restaurant near the bustling French Market, and works by New Orleans artists underscores its local vibe.

What you’ll drink:

There are 28 wines available by the glass, plus locally brewed beers.

LUCY’S RETIRED SURFERS BAR & RESTAURANT

@LucysNewOrleans

701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www. lucysretiredsurfers.com

The vibe: The

restaurant features wood polished like a surfboard and bright beach shack decor.

What you’ll drink:

The Shark Attack features vodka, gin, rum, tequila, sour mix and “the blood of a few innocent victims.” The Reckless Willy includes Gosling’s dark rum, ginger beer, fresh lime and ginger simple syrup.

MULATE’S @Mulates

201 Julia St., (504) 5221492; www.mulates.com

The vibe: The spa-

cious restaurant is designed to invoke rustic Acadiana eateries, with heavy wooden beams and exposed wood, red-and-white checkered tablecloths, a dance floor and live Cajun music.

What you’ll drink:

Abita beers on draft, Cajun bloody mary, cognac cosmopolitan.

RALPH’S ON THE PARK

www.sobounola.com

The vibe: The restaurant’s modern concept has some notable amenities: A front beer garden features three tables with local craft beers on self-serve taps, and two Napa Technology machines dispense wine by the ounce, half glass or full glass. What you’ll drink: The cocktail menu’s Screwjack features Jameson Caskmate, Hoodoo chicory liqueur, house-made cold brew coffee and cream.

THE STEAK KNIFE

888 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-8981; www.steakkniferestaurant.com

The vibe: This Lakeview institution has been run by the Roth family since the 1970s, and features a long, L-shaped bar where patrons can enjoy a martini before dinner or linger afterward.

What you’ll drink: The signature frozen brandy Alexander is a classic dessert drink made of dark creme de cacao, brandy and ice cream.

@Ralphsonthepark

900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com

The vibe: Patrons can

gather in the 30-seat bar on the restaurant’s ground floor or enjoy dining room and balcony views of the oak trees in New Orleans City Park.

What you’ll drink:

The lemon-basil bloody mary features lemon- and basil-infused vodka, house bloody mary mix, basil and lemon. The chipotle version features smoked jalapenos, Ketel One vodka, housemade mix, jalapeno, lemon and lime.

SOBOU

@SobouNola

310 Chartres St.; (504) 552-4095;

TABLEAU

@TableauNOLA

616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com

The vibe: Dickie Brennan’s restaurant offers several spots to enjoy a drink by the fountain in the courtyard shared with Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, on the wide balcony overlooking Jackson Square, or at the first- or second-floor bars.

What you’ll drink: Classics such as the Pimm’s Cup or Dark and Stormy, and original cocktails, like the Sloe Burro, an updated Moscow mule with tequila, sloe gin, ginger beer and lime.

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

treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — The wine bar offers cheese plates. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Chez Pierre French Bakery & Cafe — 3208 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 467-3176; www.chezpierreneworleans.com — The bakery specializes in cakes and there is a breakfast menu and Vietnamese dishes. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CAJUN Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 5222233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — The New Orleans sampler features red beans and rice, jambalaya, a cup of gumbo, fried green tomatoes and a biscuit. Delivery available from Carondelet Street location. No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours. West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

AMERICAN

BURGERS

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

Dis & Dem — Rue St. Louis Bar, 814 St. Louis St., (504) 509-7092; www. disanddem.com — The Hawaii 5-0 burger features a glazed patty, a hot sausage patty, a fried egg, bacon, cheese and grilled pineapple. No reservations. Banks Street: breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun. St. Louis St.: lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

BAR & GRILL

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

Tres Bon Cajun Meats — 10316 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, (504) 405-5355; www.tresbonmeats.com — The market serves brisket, pulled pork, house-made sausages and cracklings with layers of skin, fat and meat fried in hog lard. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAFE

August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — The menu includes Chinese and Vietnamese dishes such as sweet and spicy tilapia glazed in tangy sweet-and-spicy sauce served with bok choy. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — The menu of American favorites includes a burger, oyster po-boy, Cobb salad, spaghetti and meatballs, fried chicken, Gulf fish and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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

Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The coffee shop serves pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma. com — The cafe serves shrimp salad, chipotle-marinated portobello sliders, flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic and more. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees, pastries and desserts baked in house and a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. No reservations. Breakfast

Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Cajun dishes include Catfish Mulalate’s, fried seafood platters, gumbo, boudin, stuffed shrimp, po-boys and more. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

CHINESE

Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations to lo mein dishes. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other

CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include crispy smoked quail salad with pear and bourbon-molasses dressing. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Vinegar-braised grilled beef short ribs are served over stoneground yellow grits with arugula and boiled peanut salad. A fried chicken breast is served over a Belgian waffle with smoked ham, aged cheddar and Steen’s mustard glaze. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sat-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines. com — Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The Cuban sandwich features housemade roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Eggs Sardou is poached eggs over crispy artichokes with ParmePAGE 44

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san creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/cafegentilly — Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4675611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www. memesbareandgrille.com — MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www.messinasterminal.com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features Gulf shrimp, Lake Pontchartrain crabmeat, crawfish, fresh herbs and angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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

lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Tableau’s contemporary Creole cuisine includes marinated crab claws in white truffle vinaigrette. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$

Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — The New Orleans AK sandwich features a choice of four meats plus cheddar, provolone, pepper Jack and Swiss cheeses on a warm muffuletta bun. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

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

FRENCH

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — This New Yorkstyle deli offers corned beef and pastrami from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine. com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with

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

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

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — The restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$

Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — The menu features tandoori dishes with chicken, lamb, fish or shrimp, mild and spicy curries, rice dishes such as chicken, lamb or shrimp biryani, and many vegetarian items. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Creative Italian dishes include roasted duck glazed with sweet Marsala and roasted garlic and served with garlic mashed potatoes. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www.nonnamia. net — Shrimp Diablo features pan-seared shrimp, house-made fettuccine and spicy

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Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Osso buco features a veal shank with angel hair pasta and veal demi-glace. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include raw and cooked versions. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, including sushi, hibachi dishes, teriyaki and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

KOREAN Little Korea BBQ — 2240 Magazine St., (504) 821-5006 — Dolsot bibimbap features rice, seasoned vegetables, egg, chili paste and a choice of meat or tofu in a hot stone pot. No reservations. Lunch Mon. & Wed.-Sat., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/visit/clubhouse-cafe — Crispy duck features citrus glaze, boudin, Brussels sprouts, pickled mirliton slaw and duck demi-glass. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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

Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola. com — Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

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

Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes≈like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — The menu includes hummus, baba ghanoush, stuffed grape leaves, mousaka, seared halloumi, gyros, kebabs, shawarama dishes, wraps, salads and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such

OUT TO EAT favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook. com/casaborrega — Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Garcia — 8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 464-0354 — Chiles rellenos include one pepper stuffed with cheese and one filled with beef, and the menu also features fajitas, burritos, tacos, chimichangas, quesadillas, nachos, tortas and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns. com — The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes

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Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — Stuffed gumbo features a hand-battered and fried catfish fillet atop chicken, sausage, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros with corn tortillas, black beans, fried eggs, ranchero sauce, salsa and Cotija cheese. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dish-

Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Koz’s — 515 Harrison Ave., (504) 4840841; 4445 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-2010; 6215 Wilson St., Harahan, (504) 737-3933; www.kozcooks.com — Red beans and rice with fried chicken is a Monday and Wednesday special. The roast beef po-boy features housecooked roast beef on Gendusa Bakery bread and is dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $

PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www. lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter

OUT TO EAT Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

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basinseafoodnola.com — The menu includes grilled whole fish, royal red shrimp with garlic butter and crab and crawfish beignets with remoulade. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Oyster House — 1327 St. Charles Ave., (504) 267-0169; www. mredsrestaurants.com — The menu includes raw oysters, seafood, steaks, fried chicken, crawfish etouffee and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $

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

Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks.com — The Buffalo chicken steak features chicken breast dressed with wing sauce, American and blue cheese and ranch dressing is optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Po-boy fillings include everything from fried seafood to corned beef. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef slow cooked in its own jus. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

SEAFOOD Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.

STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — The house filet mignon is served atop creamed spinach with fried oysters and Pontalba potatoes. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe.com — The tapas menu includes barbacoas featuring jumbo Gulf shrimp in chorizo cream over toasted bread medallions. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Southern-inspired restaurant inside the Southern Food & Beverage Museum (1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 504-569-0405; www.natfab. org), has closed. Hughes (pictured) opened the restaurant in January 2015. A post on the restaurant’s Facebook page confirmed the news, and implied the restaurant may reopen at a new location in the future. No word on when or where. A call to Hughes was not immediately returned. — HELEN FREUND

Choices abound at LA Smokehouse. BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund AT LA SMOKEHOUSE, YOU ARE THE BOSS.

While most barbecue places stick to a standard meat-side-sauce regimen, the layout here is a little different. Diners pick a meat (or any number of meats) and a vehicle — such as a salad or bowl of grits — and maybe a topping or two (fried egg or bacon bits). Mix, match, repeat. Maybe throw barbecue on a po-boy. Maybe add chili. It’s up to you. This approach can mean the finished product isn’t entirely in the chef’s hands but at the customer’s whim, which can end with varying degrees of success. Would you top a Caesar salad with chopped smoked chicken or a mountain of pulled pork? (The former is the way to go). If you decide to top a deli-style sandwich on marbled rye with sopping, wobbly slices of brisket, you better grab some napkins — and leave anyone you’re trying to impress at home. This is all good fun, but where the barbecue is concerned, the kitchen gets serious and takes a more traditional approach. Chef and owner Daniel Wender grew up in New Orleans and Memphis, and his cooking style reflects reverence for Creole comfort food and the slow-smoked meats of the South. Pork spare ribs are the best bet. Giant slabs arrive with moderate char and the rosy-hued meat easily slips from the bone. Smoked sausages carry a little bit of heat, but boudin links are rice-heavy and under-seasoned. Pulled pork could be moister, but it’s elevated to a perfectly acceptable level with one

WHERE

8300 Earhart Blvd., Suite 103, (504) 265-8905; www.lasmokehouse.com

of the many house-made sauces. The restaurant provides a counter spread of six sauces, ranging from a saffron-colored mustardy Carolinas version to a hot and smoky vinegar-forward dip. Choosing what sauce to use with a particular meat and base can go any number of ways, but the acidic peach habanero version doesn’t seem to add much dimension in any scenario. The standard barbecue sauce is thick, deeply sweet and smoky. It’s a great addition to many of the meats but goes especially well with the smoked chicken and pulled pork. There’s an excellent salsa verde that has a dark emerald hue and distinct charred flavor, thanks to the addition of smoked poblano peppers. Those poblanos just might be the kitchen’s secret weapon. Folding the salsa verde into the creamy, almost nutty-tasting Caesar dressing (on a salad topped with buttery cornbread croutons) makes the dish utterly delicious.

WHEN

HOW MUCH

lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat.

moderate

WHAT WORKS

burnt end black-eyed peas, pork spare ribs, Caesar salad

Owner Daniel Wender serves a barbecue sandwich at LA Smokehouse. P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R

Some of the sides offer a peek into the kitchen’s creativity and unorthodox approach, including the excellent black-eyed peas made with burnt ends — a soupy, smoky, campfire-appropriate dish. Coleslaw gets a burst of color and spicy heat from pickled peppers interspersed throughout the creamy medley. Creamy, cheese-capped stoneground grits are good enough on their own, but when topped with smoked meat and gravy, they enter an entirely decadent realm. Barbecue houses aren’t known for adventurous menus, but the choose-your-own-adventure model adds creativity and fun at LA Smokehouse. Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

WHAT DOESN’T

peach habanero sauce

CHECK, PLEASE

variety is king at this choose-your-ownadventure barbecue and sandwich shop

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Seoul food LITTLE KOREA BBQ (2240 Magazine St., 504-821-5006; www.facebook. com/lkbbqnola) opened June 21. The restaurant is run by Joyce Park, the daughter of Miyoung Cho and Han Park, owners of the former South Claiborne Avenue spot Little Korea, which closed last month. The restaurant offers Korean-style barbecue, in which diners cook beef or pork on tabletop grills. Other traditional dishes include bibimbap rice bowls, fried dumplings, tofu salads, kimchi and seafood pancakes and stews, including the former restaurant’s signature oxtail medley. Little Korea BBQ is open for lunch Monday and Wednesday through Saturday and dinner daily. — HELEN FREUND PAGE 50

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Banks St., 504-324-6090) in MidCity in the space formerly occupied by Dis & Dem, which is expected to open at 2600 Banks St. in the fall. Fharmacy serves a menu of comfort food including snacks (mussels and fries, boudin balls), sandwiches, wraps (Chicago-style Italian beef, lemon grass chicken), salads (steak frites on frisee with bacon bits) and burgers (topped with giardiniera, bacon jam and provolone). There’s also a kid’s menu and a short selection of draft and bottled beers and wine by the glass. Fharmacy is open from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. — HELEN FREUND

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quette launches its “No Menu Tuesday” series. For $45, diners received a five-course meal based on a theme, which changes every week. The June 28 dinner is called “Breakfast for Dinner.” Future themes include Louisiana Tomatoes (July 4), Provence (July 11) and “Cocktails for Dinner” (July 19). — HELEN FREUND

Southern culture SOUTHERN PROHIBITION BREWING (www.soprobrewing.com) in

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, announced the creation of a sour beer program. Head brewer Benjamin Green says that although the brewery is well-known for barrel-aging beer in bourbon barrels, he has acquired white and red wine barrels and set up a separate area to work with wild yeasts. “Sour beer is one of those things that’s really taken off, but we held off because we wanted to do it right,” Green says. Green plans to make a 100 percent Brettanomyces-fermented beer as well as mixed-fermentation brews in the sour program. “I’ve been working with our lab, isolating different strains [of fermenting bacteria] so we can set up everything for the barrels to succeed,” Green says. Currently, he’s working on fermenting the brewery’s saison, Soul Glo, in barrels inoculated with various combinations of four Brettanomyces strains, which will be blended at a later stage. Green says it’s difficult to predict the timeline for the fermentation he wants, but he estimates the first wild-fermented saison will be available in three to six months. — NORA McGUNNIGLE

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Back in the kitchen

MID-CITY IS NOW HOME TO A WAFFLE HOUSE (2500 Canal St.,

KRISTEN ESSIG (pictured) left exec-

504-827-5960; www.wafflehouse. com). The diner opened June 13, bringing the number of Waffle House locations in the metro area to 20. Like other branches in the national chain, the Canal Street restaurant is open 24 hours daily and will serve omelets, Texas melts and, of course, waffles. What initially was reported to be the national retailer’s “fanciest” Waffle House in the country doesn’t appear all that different from other franchise locations. The spot has outdoor seating, which no other location has, though the narrow walkway in the front and side of the building doesn’t look like the outside “bistro courtyard” initially proposed. — HELEN FREUND

utive chef positions at both Meauxbar and Cavan two months ago and now joins the team at Coquette (2800 Magazine St., 504-265-0421; www.coquettenola.com) as a chef and equity partner, according to an announcement. The business is helmed by executive chef and owner (and Essig’s boyfriend) Michael Stoltzfus, who opened the restaurant in September 2008. Stoltzfus and Essig created the Southern pop-up Little Bird at whiskey haunt Barrel Proof, owned by the restaurant group LeBlanc + Smith (www.leblancandsmith.com), which also owns Meauxbar, Cavan and Sylvain. Essig’s arrival comes as Co-

3-COURSE INTERVIEW

Becky Wasden OYSTER SHUCKER

women have brought their shucking skills to birthday parties, weddings, crawfish boils and a summer residence at Curious Oyster Co. inside Dryades Public Market, which begins in July and runs through August. Wasden spoke with Gambit about her company and the craft of oyster shucking.

How did you hatch the idea for a femaledriven oyster shucking company? WASDEN: I initially saw it as a party trick. We’d bring a bunch of friends and go to someone’s backyard and socialize … and really, who doesn’t love two women shucking oysters? I remember the first oyster I ever shucked — I just loved it immediately. It’s a very rewarding feeling. That was November of 2013. It took a few months for the idea (for the company) to settle in, because at the time, I was finishing my [master’s degree]. But I’ve always kept restaurant and bartending jobs, and I realized that shucking oysters and talking to people is just like bartending, really. It’s the same concept of community and a safe space for people to come in and talk. We kind of steal the show — in a good way. Everything we do right now is catering-based. I’m really interested in doing a shuck truck — something we could sell seafood out of. The Gulf shells that we get are true rocks. They’re pretty sturdy, really rocky and strong. They’re amazing for recycling. We give them to CRCL (Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana) and we know they’re using them to build beds. Oysters love to grow on oysters. I think there are now 24 area restaurants that (donate) their shells. They get picked up five times a week and are taken out to New Orleans East where they are baked in the sun for six months. Then they’re taken out to different distribution areas to make (oyster beds). Every little bit helps.

Why aren’t there more women oyster shuckers? W: That’s such a hard question to

answer. The truth of the matter is that there are many, many women in the backend of the oyster industry. A lot of male oyster shuckers just kind of fall into it because they’re charismatic and it’s kind of a show. People think it’s just a flick of the wrist, but it’s physically demanding. There’s a lot of upper body strength needed. And it’s disgusting. ... I think that each and every oyster is beautiful gem — a little pearl of the sea. But it’s a dirty, dirty job. I think the ambience of the job is messy, but that’s kind of what we love about it. The teacher in me wants to educate both men and women about shucking oysters. We’ve been talking to a few culinary school locations about doing some oyster shucking classes. There’s nothing you can do but try to learn as much as you can, especially in the culinary arts. It’s really an oral tradition. There’s no written instruction, you just have to hold that oyster and try your best over and over and over. It gets passed down generation by generation. But it’s also a dying art, and I worry about that. There’s a lot of mechanical oyster shucking contraptions out there.

What’s your take on competitive oyster shucking? W: I think it’s fantastic, and competitive oyster eating is hilarious. To me, it would be scary to shuck competitively because you really have to leverage the things to pop them open and I would worry that my knife might go under. If you can make it presentable, that’s all that matters. Show a beautiful product. I’m not a fast shucker — but my goal is to have the cleanest, prettiest oyster, and I guess that’s a very female trait. — HELEN FREUND

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JUSTIN BOSWELL, THE FOUNDER AND HEAD BREWER OF WAYWARD OWL BREWING COMPANY (3940 Thalia St.;

www.waywardowlbrewery. com), ponders the title master brewer. “I don’t tout myself as the master of anything, but I really love to make beer,” Boswell says. “That’s one thing I can say that I’m pretty good at. Not the best — I’ve got a lot to learn, just like everybody else does. I hear ‘master brewer’ and [I think] it means you don’t have much to learn.” Boswell wants to build a place where everyone is comfortable and plans to listen to his clientele when deciding what beers to brew. Initially, Wayward Owl will produce three beers: an IPA, a gose and a krystalweizen. But he says he also will brew other beers. “Variety is the spice of life,” Boswell says. “I don’t believe in flagship beers. It’s a piece of advice my mentor gave to me: ‘Don’t make flagship beers; build a flagship brewery. Forget about national trends; pay attention to your neighborhood.’” Because Wayward Owl occupies a historic building, the former Gem Theater, Boswell

and his construction team have had some additional renovation requirements. There is theater seating lining the divide between the brewhouse and the taproom. Signage will include the large old-fashioned neon letters for the Gem Theater. Citing city permitting issues in working on a historic building, Boswell declined to project an opening date. He says the team has been working steadily to restore small historic details while completing installation of brewing equipment.

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BY BRENDA MAITLAND

2011 Oveja Negra Single Vineyard Carmenere Maule Valley, Chile Retail $17

IN THE 19TH CENTURY, MERLOT (AKA CARMENERE), SAUVIGNON BLANC AND CABERNET SAUVIGNON were

among the first varietals European settlers planted in Chilean soil. Roughly 150 miles south of Santiago lies the Maule Valley, where red and white grapes enjoy a range of distinct microclimates featuring warm, dry summers, cool zones and winter rainfall. Soils are comprised of volcanic ash, slate, black stones, clay and sandy loam. Hand-harvested grapes for this wine were sourced from 1,160 acres of estate vineyards, and the carmenere came from Plot 7 of the San Rafael Estate. The wine is a blend of 95 percent carmenere, 2 percent petit verdot and 3 percent pais, a native grape. The fruit was warmfermented in open stainless steel tanks for three weeks, and the wine aged for 18 months in 90 percent French oak and 10 percent American oak. In the glass, it offers aromas of black cherry, mocha, pepper and cedar with some herbal notes. On the palate, taste blackberry, plum, spice, earthy undertones, fine tannins and good acidity. Decant 20 minutes before serving. Drink it with rare steaks, game, lasagne and meaty dishes. Buy it at: Grande Krewe Fine Wine & Spirits and Bin 428.

Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net

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Dinner with a Curator 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.Tuesday National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944 www.nationalww2museum.org The National World War II Museum’s Walt Burgoyne discusses Coastwatchers, which chronicles Australia’s network of lookouts on Pacific islands in the years before Japan initiated war in the Pacific in World War II. The menu includes curried cauliflower soup, pineapple-avocado salad with chili-lime vinaigrette, mango-glazed salmon or slow-roasted pork shoulder and cinnamon baked apples. Wine and nonalcoholic drink pairings are included. Tickets $57.

JUNE 28

Tiki dinner 6 p.m. Tuesday Cafe b, 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700 www.cafeb.com The four-course dinner features Asian-inspired dishes and Southerninspired takes on classic tiki cocktails such as the Pain Killer, Southern Tai and Mr. Bali Hai. Dishes include coconut shrimp, pork spring rolls, crab rangoon, five-spice pork belly with mirin-glazed scallops, ahi tuna and pickled shrimp lettuce wraps and more. The dinner costs $65 plus tax and tip.

JUNE 29

America! 8 p.m. Wednesday St. James Cheese Co., 641 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 304-1485 www.stjamescheese.com The tasting event features artisan cheeses from the East Coast, wines from the West Coast, charcuterie by St. James Cheese Company’s Becky Mumaw and bread from Bellegarde Bakery. Tickets $35.

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800 Louisa St., (504) 302-2357 www.henri.cafe Heirloom tomato salad is served with roasted garlic aioli, onions and basil.

716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467 www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com Thick tomato slices are topped with Danish blue cheese, shaved red onion, garlic croutons and remoulade.

Kenton’s 5757 Magazine St., (504) 891-1177 www.kentonsrestaurant.com Heirloom tomato and watermelon salad includes cucumber, lime and purslane.

Doris Metropolitan 620 Chartres St., (504) 267-3500 www.mintmodernbistro.com Tomato salad features four types of tomatoes, Kalamata olives, greens, egg yolk, labneh and manchego.

Meauxbar 942 N. Rampart St., (504) 569-9979 www.meauxbar.com Tomato crudite is served with herbs and lemon yogurt.

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late-era elastic funk, combined with her classically trained piano-driven R&B and soul. He knighted her a “superstar” and backed her on drums, bass, guitar and vocals — she revealed to The New York Times last week how she continues to lean on his lessons. St. Beauty Alexe Belle and Isis Valentino — an angelic duo for Janelle Monae’s otherworldly Wondaland Records — made their debut on the imprint’s 2015 EP The Eephus with the slowmotion New Romantic synth-pop single “Going Nowhere.”

SUNDAY, JULY 3 Chloe x Halle Teenaged disciples of the church of Beyonce, Atlanta sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey were discovered on YouTube by the queen’s camp and signed to her Parkwood Entertainment for their April debut EP Sugar Symphony, a haunting and hypnotic slice of pop future. Little Simz Following a string of mixtapes and EPs, the shapeshifting English artist released her debut album A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons in 2015, embodying an array of characters and narratives for her multilayered raps. Andra Day Following her breakout 2015 Essence appearance, Andra Day

Andra Day returns to Essence Festival.

returns with a debut full-length album, Cheers to the Fall, which earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B and acclaim for her Amy Winehouse-inspired retro soul. Dej Loaf The Detroit rapper’s unassuming, icy breakthrough “Try Me” glimpsed 2015’s #AndSeeThatsTheThing and her straight-forward confidence and nimble rap-singing is both antisocial and a firm “Back Off.” Robert Glasper Experiment Following a sold-out Mardi Gras late-night set at Gasa Gasa with DJ Soul Sister’s Good Foot Ball, New Orleans (and Essence) welcomes the return of jazz artist Robert Glasper, who has backed Kendrick Lamar on his masterful To Pimp a Butterfly and transformed songs from artists ranging from Joni Mitchell to Radiohead, when not confirming the elasticity of his own wildly versatile outfits. Now Glasper has turned to another vault for inspiration: Miles Davis. Glasper supervised songs on the biopic Miles Ahead, directed by and starring Don Cheadle, and on 2016’s Everything’s Beautiful, he revisits his archives for remixes featuring Erykah Badu, Bilal, Ledisi, Laura Mvula and Hiatus Kaiyote, among others.

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21st Amendment — 30x90 Blues Women, 7:30 30/90 — Bayou Saints, 5; Blues 4 Sale, 9 Bacchanal — Mark Weliky Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Dave Hammer & the Cans, 2; Dana & the Boneshakers, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — Gypsy Elise & the Royal Blues, 8 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King AllStars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Open Ears Music Series feat. Jason Weaver Band, 10:30 BMC — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 10 Bombay Club — Matt Lemmler, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic Benefit feat. Squirrel Nut Zippers, 6 Cafe Negril — The Four Sides, 6; Marc Stone Band, 9:30 Casa Borrega — Geovane Santos, 7 Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; Kaya Nicole, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Carey Hudson & the Piney Woods Players, 8 Circle Bar — Carl LeBlanc, 6; Crud Night (Light) with DJ MB, 9 Columns Hotel — John Rankin & Friends, 8 d.b.a. — DinosAurchestra, 7; Treme Brass Band, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — The Last Honky Tonk Music Series with Bridgette London, 8; Jeff Hopson, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Burke Ingraffia, 9 House of Blues — Chris Isaak, 8 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Adonis Rose Quintet, 8 Jazz National Historical Park — Richard Scott, noon Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30; CoolNasty, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Old Opera House — Creole Storm, 7:45 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 RF’s — Lucas Davenport, 7 Siberia — Sea Battle EP Release, Natalita, Naughty Palace, Commodity, DJ Pompeii, 9 Snug Harbor — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10

21st Amendment — Royal Street Winding Boys feat. Jenavieve Cook, 8 30/90 — Justin Donovan, 5; Jamey St. Pierre, 9 Ace Hotel (3 Keys) — Kettle Black, 8 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat. Giselle Anguizola, 2; Mem Shannon, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Mark Appleford, 5 Bombay Club — John Royen, 8 Bourbon O Bar — New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, 8 Cafe Negril — Wil Funk, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Carousel Bar & Lounge — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 8:30 Casa Borrega — Leonardo Hernandez, 6:30 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Payo, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Dave Hickey & Jacob Tanner, 6; Colin Lake & Myles Week, 8 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 6; Dead Marshes, Black Liquid Drop, Bipolaroid, 10 Columns Hotel — Andy Rogers, 8 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 French Market — Patrick Cooper, Natasha Sanchez & Ruby Ross, 2:15 Hi-Ho Lounge — Knomadic, Biglemoi, DJ Doug Funnie, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Den — The Rooks, One Love Brass Band, Water Seed, 9 Irish House — Ruby Ross, 6 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Jeronne Amari Ansari, 5; Irvin Mayfield & the NOJO Jam, 8 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 7:30 The Jefferson Orleans North — Jerry Embree & the Heartbeats, 6 Kerry Irish Pub — Vincent Marini, 8:30 Loa Bar — Alexandra Scott, 8 The Maison — Up Up We Go, 4; Eight Dice Cloth, 6:30; TK Groove, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Khris Royal & Dark Matter ’80s Night, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Cole Williams, 8 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & the Next Generation, 8 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 RF’s — Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7

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THURSDAY 30 21st Amendment — G & Her Swinging Three, 5:30; Caesar Brothers, 9 30/90 — Andy J. Forest, 5; Smoke N Bones, 9 AC Marriott — DJ Raj Smooth, 7 Ace Hotel (3 Keys) — Kenny Don’t Lose That Number, 9 Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30 Banks Street Bar — ASD, 9 Bar Redux — T’Lark, 8 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 Bombay Club — Davy Mooney Duo, 7 Buffa’s Lounge — Alexandra Scott & Josh Paxton, 5; Doyle Cooper Jazz Band, 9 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Casa Borrega — Geovane Santos, 7 Checkpoint Charlie — Gre Gre, 7; House of Cards, 11 Chiba — Tom Worrell, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil Degruy & Emily Robertson, 6; Max Moran & Neospectric, 8 Circle Bar — Jeremy Joyce, 7; Egg Yolk Jubilee, 9:30 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Alexis & the Samurai, 7; Lightnin’ Malcolm, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Outlaw Country Jam with Jason Bishop, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Iguanas, 9:30 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Ashlin Parker Trio, 5; The James Rivers Movement, 8 Jazz Cafe — Louise Cappi, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Parsons, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 Loa Bar — Lilith Singer-Songwriter Showcase feat. Kathryn Rose Wood, 8 The Maison — The Good For Nothin’ Band, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 11 Marigny Brasserie — Jamey St. Pierre & Dave Freeson, 7 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 One Eyed Jacks — Fast Times ’80s and ’90s Night, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Muevelo, 8 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 RF’s — Will Kennedy, 4; James Martin Band, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, 8:30 PAGE 56

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Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Tom Hook, 5:30 Siberia — Venom Inc., Necrophagia, Sunlord, Six Pack, 8 Snug Harbor — Ed Peterson & the Test, 8 & 10 Spice Bar & Grill — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Three Muses — Dave Hull, 5 Tipitina’s — Reverend Horton Heat, Unknown Hinson, Koffin Kats, Lincoln Durham, 9 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 5

FRIDAY 1 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1 Banks Street Bar — Ugly, 10 Bar Redux — Ben Hemming, Marsellus Fariss & the Revelators, 8 Batch — Yisrael, 5 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King AllStars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 8 Blue Nile — Stooges Brass Band, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. BMC — The Key Sound, 6 Bourbon O Bar — Eight Dice Cloth, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Simon Burke, 5; Jane Harvey Brown Trad Jazz Stars, 8; Laelume, 11 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Carousel Bar & Lounge — Robin Barnes Jazz Quartet, 5 Checkpoint Charlie — Domenic, 4; Kenny Claiborne, 7; The Lost Project, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6; Space Bass, DJ Obi-1, Slick Leo, 10 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 7; Funk Monkey, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Noisewater, 9; DJ Fireworks, 1 a.m. Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Joe Krown Trio, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 8 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Buena Vista Social Latin Dance Party, 10 Heaven’s Gate — Pope, Planet Manhood, Sharks’ Teeth, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Relapse: ’80s, ’90s, ’00s with DJ Matt Scott, 10 House of Blues — Mystikal, Juvenile, 9 Irish House — Ruby Ross, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Piano Professor Series feat. Joe Krown, 5 Jazz Cafe — Louise Cappi, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Jeff Snake Greenberg, 7 The Maison — Broadmoor Jazz Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, TK Groove, 10

SATURDAY 2 Avant Garden — Black Hole Kids, 35psi, 6 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — G & the Swinging Three, 1; Christopher Johnson Jazz, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — Thunderosa, 7; The Bills, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 8 Bei Tempi — Conga Queen, 10 Blue Nile — Tank & the Bangas, Water Seed, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. Bourbon O Bar — R&R Music Group, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Jon Roniger, 5; The Royal Rounders, 8; Keith Burnstein, 11 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Debauche, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — The Ubaka Brothers, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Bobby Charles Tribute feat. Dave Malone, Jake Eckert, John Gros, Reggie Scanlan, 9 Circle Bar — The Soft Shoe Shufflers, 7; Chance Casteel & Beware of Bear, The Bleeding Volcanoes, 9:30 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Watson’s Theory feat. Caren Green, 11 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Vincent Marini, 7; Gate Band, 9; The 2 Pistols Jam Session, 2 a.m.

MUSIC Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Antonio!, 10 Fritzel’s — Red Hot Jazz Band, 7 Gasa Gasa — Jessy Lanza, DJ Taye, 7 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — Chrisette Michele, 10:30 Hurricanes Sports Bar — The Strays, 10 Jazz Cafe — Louise Cappi, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Crossing Canal feat. Ruby Ross & Patrick Cooper, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Kumasi Afrobeat Orchestra, No Good Deed, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Danny Abel’s Birthday Blowout feat. Gravity A & Friends, 11 Marigny Brasserie — The Key Sound, 3 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Diablo’s Horns, 9:30 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kristina Morales & Inner Organ Trio, 8:30 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Big Freedia’s Bounce Shakedown, 11 RF’s — Lucas Davenport, 6; Hyperphlyy, 9 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 1 Rivershack Gretna — Joe Cave & the Soul Shakers, 9 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Karma, 9:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Amanda Ducorbier Trio, 9 Siberia — Christian Kuffner (Zydepunks), Shannon Jae, 6; Humut Tabal, Arbre Mort, Eldre, Art of the Process, 9 Snug Harbor — Donald Harrison Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Panorama Jazz Band, 6 Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Russell Welch, 6; Tyler Thomson Experience, 9 Twist of Lime — Intrepid Bastards, The Cybin Project, Heathens Blood, 10 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.

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Maple Leaf Bar — Pirate’s Choice feat. the Crescent City Horns, 11 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Genocide Pact, Dentist Rodman, 9 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Truman Holland & the Back Porch Revival, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Dreux Antoine, 7 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Sturmlandia, 8:30 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band with Wendell Brunious, 6; The PresHall Brass feat. Daniel “Weenie” Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Doug E. Fresh, 11 RF’s — John Marcey Duo, 6; Mario Abney Quartet, 9 Rivershack Gretna — Mikey B3, 9 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Soul Track Mind, The Benchwarmers, 9 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Antoine Diel Trio, 5:30; Amanda Ducorbier Trio, 9 Siberia — Lost Bayou Ramblers, Daikaiju, Liquor & Lies, 9 Snug Harbor — Ellis Marsalis Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 Three Muses — Royal Roses, 5:30; Linnzi Zaorski, 9 Tipitina’s — Foundation Free Fridays feat. Brass-A-Holics, N’awlins Johnnys, 10 Twist of Lime — As Above/So Below, The Absence Project, The Other LA, Mother Liquor, 10 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.; Bobby Love & Friends, 3

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30/90 — Ted Hefko, 5 Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds Jazz, 1; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Kyle Smith Band, 4; Chilled Monkey Brains, Joystick, I’m Fine, Name Calling, 8 BB King’s — D. Saunders & Friends, 11 a.m. Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7:30; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — Snake & the Charmers, 6 Bombay Club — David Boeddinghaus, 8 Bourbon O Bar — Chris Christy Jazz Band, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 10:30 a.m.; Steve De Troy, 4; Twerk Thomson Quartet, 7 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Pat Flory & Friends, 8 PAGE 58

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Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Country Night with DJ Pasta, 9:30 Columns Hotel — Chip Wilson, 11 a.m. d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Blues Brunch with Michael Pearce, 11 a.m. Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Gasa Gasa — Gentlemen Commoners Smiths Tribute, Jamaican Me Breakfast Club, 9 Heaven’s Gate — Goth Babe, Fishplate, Ize, 8 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Irish House — Patrick Cooper, 6 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 7:30 The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30 Kermit’s Treme Mother-In-Law Lounge — Kermit Ruffins, Paris Harris, DJ Sugar Ray, 4 Little Gem Saloon — Cecile Savage Duo, 10 a.m. The Maison — Chance Bushman & the NOLA Jitterbugs, 10 a.m.; Slick Skillet Serenaders, 1; Too Darn Hot, 4; Leah Rucker, 7; Higher Heights, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Gregg Martinez, 3:30; Jean Marie Harris, 7 Oz — Sunday School with Cameron Kelly, 4 a.m. Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 RF’s — Will Kennedy, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 2 Siberia — Valerie Sassyfras Birthday Blowout feat. Daria & the Hip Drops, Batebunda, Plan Z, 8 Snug Harbor — Ricky Sebastian Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Superior Seafood — Superior Jazz Trio feat. John Rankin, Harry Hardin, Tim Paco, 11:30 a.m. Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Salvatore Geloso, 8 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.

MONDAY 4 30/90 — Perdido Jazz Band, 5; New Orleans Super Jam, 9 Avant Garden — Debauche, Shark Attack, 9 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30; Smoky’s Blues Monday Jam, 9 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7

Blue Nile — Brass-A-Holics, 10 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay & the Firecrackers, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; Whitney Alouisious & Mutiny Squad, 9:30 Circle Bar — Manateees, 9:30 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Brass Lightning, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 9 Old Point Bar — Hill Country Hounds, Rick Trolsen, 8 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews & the Crescent City All-Stars, Bobby Love, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — David Bach, 4; John Marcey Duo, 7 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

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 5220276; www.trinitynola.com — The organist’s program includes patriotic selections from John Philip Souza and others. Free. 5 p.m. Sunday. New Orleans Concert Band. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — The band plays patriotic songs. Free. 2 p.m. Monday.

CALL FOR MUSIC Crescent City Sound Chorus. Singers of all levels are welcome to join the women’s chorus for a variety of vocal exercises. Reading music is not required. Contact Corinna at (601) 550-0983 or email corinna@ccschorus.org with questions. Kinderchor. Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014 — The New Orleans German-American Children’s Chorus meets Saturday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Membership is open to all ages and no prior experience in German or singing is necessary. Visit www.neworleanskinderchor.blogspot.com for details. New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra. The orchestra seeks musicians at intermediate level or higher. Visit www.novorchestra. com for details.

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JESSY LANZA SOUNDS LIKE SHE WAS BUILT IN A LAB, Weird Science-style — with the twilit electro of Junior Boys, the • July 2 pop-savant savvy of Grimes, the FUBAR • 9 p.m. Saturday art direction of FKA twigs. The first input • Gasa Gasa, 4920 Freret St., is real: Junior Boys’ Jeremy Greenspan has production and cowriting credits on both of (504) 304-7110; the Ontarian’s LPs, 2013’s Pull My Hair Back www.gasagasa.com and the current Oh No (Hyperdub). The next two are more associative, though it would be hard not to place this latest release in the empty space between Grimes’ acute chart attack on Art Angels and twigs’ overall aversion to anything resembling mainstream on the M3LL155X EP (Melissa for those not fluent in leetspeak); just listen to the nose-thumbing pitch shifts on “VV Violence” and “It Means I Love You” for the former, or the breathy lightbulb strikes on “I Talk BB” and “Vivica” for the latter, and the signposts are unmistakable. This is not a bad thing, particularly when the source materials are so hotly dichotomous and the conduit is this obviously talented. Throw in a perfectly crisp and inventive production touch that frames bookends “New Ogi” and “Could Be U” as an estranged sister record of Junior Boys’ So This Is Goodbye, and you have all the makings of a dream girl. DJ Taye opens. Tickets $10. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

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NOW SHOWING Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG) — Off with the head of whoever ordered this stilted return to Wonderland. Elmwood, Regal The Angry Birds Movie (PG) — The video game origin story you never knew you wanted. Elmwood Captain America: Civil War (PG-13) — Members of Hollywood’s A-list (Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen) reunite for another round of capes and spandex. Regal Central Intelligence (PG-13) — Guns are dutifully a-blazin’ in this odd-couple action comedy with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Conjuring 2 (R) — Haints turn up in a London townhouse. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Finding Dory (PG) — Ellen Degeneres and Albert Brooks voice colorful fish on a quest in this sequel to Finding Nemo. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place The Fits — In a well-reviewed drama, a tomboy’s arrival on a dance team coincides with mysterious episodes among the dancers. Broad Free State of Jones (R) — Matthew McConaughey rises again to lead a rebellion against the Confederacy. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

Genius (PG-13) — Brits Jude Law and Colin Firth inexplicably star in this drama about Great American Novelist Thomas Wolfe and his New York editor. Canal Place Hurricane on the Bayou —Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy Giant Screen Independence Day: Resurgence (PG13) — Cue inspiring speech that saves humanity in five... four... Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Jungle Book (PG) — A CGI-intense wild kingdom is voiced by Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley and Scarlett Johansson. Kenner, Regal The Lobster (R) — Single people have 45 days to find a partner or be turned into an animal in a surrealist modern fable. Broad Love & Friendship (PG) — Lady Susan hunts for a man at an English manor in this Jane Austen-inspired comedy of manners. Canal Place Me Before You (PG-13) — High tea meets high treacle when an Englishwoman becomes the caretaker for a handsome paralyzed banker. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Regal The Meddler (PG-13) — In this terrifying portrayal, Susan Sarandon is a chatty mom who calls 10 times a day. Chalmette The Neon Demon (R) — Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks and Keanu Reeves star in a chilly thriller set in the world of high fashion. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Canal Place Now You See Me 2 (PG-13) — A Harry Potter sequel? Nope, just poor Daniel Radcliffe typecast as a magician again. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Secret Ocean 3D — Filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau explores the ocean’s food chain from phytoplankton to the largest whales. Entergy Giant Screen The Shallows (PG-13) — Gossip Girl meets Open Water. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (PG-13) — The sewer-dwelling martial arts experts lose their battle against evil studio executives and their Franchise Reboot Machine. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Warcraft (PG-13) — O come all ye orcs, trolls and tauren. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Wild Cats 3D — Big kitties roam the African plains and Victoria Falls. Entergy Giant Screen X-Men: Apocalypse (PG-13) — According to The New York Times, “where traditional movie stardom goes to die.” Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell PAGE 62

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IT IS EASY TO ASSUME THAT ALL ESSENTIAL STORIES FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ALREADY HAVE BEEN TOLD. Interest in the era was rekindled by Ken Burns’ career-making, 10-hours-plus 1990 • Directed by Gary Ross documentary Civil War — still the mostwatched series presented by PBS — and • Starring Matthew McConaughey, has only grown since that time through Gugu Mbatha-Raw and countless historical works, novels and feaKeri Russell ture films from Cold Mountain to Lincoln. Ten years’ worth of original research • Wide release by filmmaker Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games) resulted in Free State of © 2016 STX PRODUCTIONS Jones, which tells the little-known but extraordinary tale of Newton “Newt” Knight. (Ross even created a sprawling website — www.freestateofjones.info — devoted to his research and intended to prove the veracity of Knight’s story as told in the film.) An enlisted man and medic in the Confederate army, Knight went on to lead an armed uprising against rebel forces during the war in rural Jones County, Mississippi and founded a mixed-race community. His story undermines cultural stereotypes and supports a more complex understanding of the Civil War-era South. All that history seems like more of a burden than an asset to the oddly constructed Free State of Jones. It begins as a character-driven historical drama but loses its way trying to cover more ground than a 139-minute film can handle. In its final third, the film repeatedly jumps forward a year or two at a time to impart historical information that doesn’t mix with scenes of raw emotion — like a Wikipedia page with dramatic re-enactments. The film is full of powerful moments and performances, but Ross ultimately can’t settle on a single method for telling his story. Those late scenes address the Reconstruction era, a complicated time seldom depicted accurately in Hollywood movies. But that only makes Free State of Jones seem like more of a missed opportunity. Further complicating matters is Ross’ decision to flash forward to 1948 throughout the film for scenes involving Knight’s great-grandson, Davis Knight, who was put on trial in Mississippi under miscegenation laws that barred interracial marriage. (Though he appeared white, Davis Knight would be considered African-American if the state could prove that his great-grandmother was the freed slave Rachel Knight, who became Newt Knight’s common-law wife.) This material is an awkward and long-winded way to show how slowly real progress came to Mississippi after the war. Matthew McConaughey was an obvious choice to play Newt but that doesn’t make him any less effective in the role, though he occasionally overplays the heroics at the heart of Knight’s story. The supporting cast makes the most of often-disjointed material. The film was shot in and around New Orleans and Lafayette and features actors familiar from local stages and hundreds of extras from the region. Ross did an excellent job finding locations and structures that pass for 19th-century Jones County, an area less than 150 miles from New Orleans. As written by Ross, Free State of Jones forges a connection to today’s world through a dual emphasis on racial equality and economic disparity — the latter famously encapsulated in a description of the conflict as “a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight.” There’s a Robin Hood aspect to Knight’s story that is hard to resist. It serves as a welcome reminder that some issues transcend even long-held political divisions. — KEN KORMAN

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In director Anna Rose Holmer’s debut feature, The Fits, an 11-year-old tomboy tries to join a dance troupe.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS 54 — A new director’s cut of the very ’90s film about the ’70s dance club. 9:20 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and 9:35 p.m. Thursday. Broad Chevalier — Six men on a yacht begin a series of increasingly bizarre games. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (PG-13) — John Hughes’ love letter to Chicago stars Matthew Broderick as the irrepressible Ferris. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Orpheum Theater The Fifth Element (PG-13) — Jean Paul Gaultier designed the costumes for this stylish sci-fi classic. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Black Label Icehouse (3000 Dryades St.) The Goonies (PG) — The ’80s never say die in this swashbuckling adventure film. 10 a.m. and midnight Friday-Saturday. Prytania Jules et Jim — Truffaut’s Continental love triangle set during World War I is screened. 6 p.m. Sunday. Yve Gallery (1000 Royal St.) L’Elisir d’Amore Met Summer Encore — A comic opera about a love potion has a

romantic comedy’s beats. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep — Bogey is tight-lipped and hard-boiled in the noir double feature. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Bar Redux My Internship in Canada — A Haitian intern comes to the aid of his overwhelmed politician boss. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion — Original Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members reunite for a night of dork snark. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood, Regal Upstairs Inferno — Director Robert L. Camina’s documentary remembers the deadly 1973 fire at the UpStairs Lounge, a French Quarter gay bar. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Chalmette Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) — The river in this movie’s creepy boat scene was allegedly made with real chocolate and cream, which spoiled during filming. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Wrong Man — Hitchcock’s Kafkaesque thriller involves a man wrongly accused of a crime. 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania

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HAPPENINGS Julia Street art walk. New Orleans Arts District, Galleries on Julia and Camp streets and St. Charles Avenue — Galleries in the Warehouse District host free openings from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

OPENING Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “Finite and Infinite,” paintings by Carol Scott; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. “Under the Majestic Oaks,” oil paintings of Louisiana farming communities by Kip Hayes, through Thursday. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Luminescence,” new work by Deedra Ludwig; “Memento Wild,” new work by Marcy Lally; opening reception 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

GALLERIES 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 9402900; www.5pressgallery.com — “The Colors Bordering Earth and Sky,” work by NOCCA alumni, through July 30. A Gallery for Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www. agallery.com — “Black & White and Kolor,” new photographs by Elliott Erwitt, through Thursday. Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.pressstreet.com/antenna — “Controls and Counter Reactions,” work about blight by New Orleans artists curated by Carl Joe Williams, through Sunday. “The Midden Heap Project,” experimental work about Finnegan’s Wake, through July. Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — “Night Flying,” new work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing. Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart. com — “Outsider Artist Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — New work by New Orleans artist Annie Lousteau, through Thursday. Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St., (985) 288-4170; www.beatasasik.com — “Trees and Leaves,” new paintings and jewelry by Beata Sasik, through Thursday. Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing.

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 5812440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Photographs,” Curtis Knapp retrospective, through Thursday. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Coastal Cartography,” mixed-media Georgia coast landscapes by John Folsom, through July 30. Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Transformation,” new work by Nell Tilton, through Thursday. Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing. Frank Relle Photography. 910 Royal St., (504) 388-7601 — “Until the Water,” photographs by Frank Relle, ongoing. The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Bayou: By Us,” group exhibition about the experience of living near the Gulf of Mexico, through Sunday. Gallery 308. 308 Magazine St., (504) 258-6867 — Exhibition by local artists Richard Z. Wilson, Decima Quillen and others, through Thursday. Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www.beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing. Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres. com — Mixed-media work by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www. goodchildrengallery.com — “Evil Earth System,” installation based on language and data visualization by Lala Rascic, through Sunday. Exhibition by gallery artists, through Thursday. Hammond Regional Arts Center. 217 E. Thomas St., Hammond, (985) 542-7113; www.hammondarts.org — “Stitched Together,” fiber work by Hannah P. Joyce, Laura Gipson and Kathryn Hunter, through Thursday. Hyph3n-Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 264-6863; www.hyph3n.com — Group exhibition by Polina Tereshina, Walker Babington, Charles Hoffacker, Garrett Haab, Jacob Edwards, Wendy Warrelmann and Amy Ieyoub, ongoing. Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc.edu/ departments/art-gallery — “Delgado Open,” new work by non-art faculty and staff, through July 14. John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www. johnbukaty.com — Paintings and sculpture by John Bukaty, ongoing. PAGE 64

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Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “Exchange,” work of eight German artists as part of cultural exchange between New Orleans and Berlin, through July. “Art Hysterical,” New Orleans artists curated by Matthew Weldon Showman; “Web of Life,” abstract paintings by Richelle Gribble; “Mother Vision,” dimensional photographs by Rosemary Scott-Fishburn; all through July 30. La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre.com — Mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing. M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing. Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans. 433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www. martinlawrence.com — Rene Lalonde retrospective, through Thursday. Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwelchart.com — Paintings and mixed-media work by Martin Welch, ongoing. May Gallery and Residency. 750 Carondelet St., (504) 316-3474; www.may-neworleans.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 Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Connections,” exhibition by Sharon Jacques, Jan Gilbert, Gary Oaks, Mario Padilla and others, through Sunday. New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www. neworleansphotoalliance.org — “All the Place You’ve Got,” new photographs about land and water by Cate Sampson, through Thursday. 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 — “Lumen,” oil paintings by Jerry Cabrera, through Saturday. Overby Gallery. 529 N. Florida St., Covington, (985) 888-1310; www.overbygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists James Overby, John Goodwyne, Kathy Partridge, Linda Shelton and Ray Rouyer, ongoing. Pamela Marquis Studio. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 615-1752; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New paintings by Pamela Marquis, ongoing. 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, through Thursday. 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; 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 — The sculpture garden addresses environmental themes, ongoing. Rodrigue Studio. 721 Royal St., (504) 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue. com — “The Spirit of the Game,” work about sports by George Rodrigue, through Sept. 18. 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. rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing. Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — Exhibition of gallery artists including

debut showings by Ashley Pridmore, Glenn Vatshell and Gretchen Weller Howard, through Thursday. Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “On My Way,” new work by Ernest Joshua Littles; “Di(vision),” new work by Kateri Tolo; both through Sunday. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Raw,” mixed-media abstract works by Antonio Carreno, through July. Steve Martin Fine Art. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart. com — “Perspectives,” sculptures by Garrett Haab, through Thursday. Studio Inferno. Studio Inferno, (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/infernonola — “Seven Deadly Sins,” new work by Mitchell Gaudet, through Thursday. Sutton Galleries. 519 Royal St., (504) 581-1914; www.suttongalleries.com — New work by Isabelle Dupuy, ongoing. Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.tengallerynola.com — “Transformed Visions,” collaborative work by Jono Goodman and Aidi Kansas, through Thursday. 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 Thursday. Tripolo Gallery. 401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-1441 — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

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SPARE SPACES Bar Redux. 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — “Hey, Ho, Let’s Go to the Art Show,” pop art by Steve What Style, through Thursday. The Building 1427. 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 352-9283; www.building1427.com — Work by Daniel Jupiter, Mark Lacabe and Ted Ellis, 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 Thursday. Lakeview Regional Medical Center. 95 E. Judge Tanner Drive, Covington, (985) 8673800; www.lakeviewregional.com — “Healing Arts Exhibit,” new work by Art House Boston Street artists and others, ongoing. Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www. longuevue.com — “Carnival Conservato-

ry,” indoor garden with Carnival-themed mixed-media pieces by local artists, through Thursday. M. Furniture Gallerie. 2726 Royal St., Suite B, (504) 324-2472; www.mfurnituregallerie.com — Paintings by Tracy Jarmon; copper work by Giovanni; watercolors by Bill James; furniture by John Wilhite; all ongoing.

MUSEUMS The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “Money, Money, Money! Currency Holdings from the Historic New Orleans Collection,” coins, paper notes, counterfeit detectors and political cartoons dealing with currency, through Oct. 29. “Voices of Progress: 20 Women Who Changed New Orleans,” photographs, films and ephemera from women’s rights activists, through Sept. 11. Hand-carved decoy ducks, ongoing. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — “Voyage to Vietnam,” family-friendly video, materials and crafts saluting the Tet Festival and Vietnamese culture, through Sept. 11. Historic French Quarter life and architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4. “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing. National Food & Beverage Foundation. 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — “Tujague’s: 160 Years of Tradition,” photographs, awards and memorabilia about the restaurant, ongoing. National World War II Museum. 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www. nationalww2museum.org — “Tom Lea: LIFE and World War II,” paintings and illustrations by the war correspondent; through July. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — “The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction,” everyday objects covering 100 years of design history, through Sept. 11. “Bob Dylan: The New Orleans Series,” paintings by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, through July. “Inverted Worlds,” photographic experiments by Vera Lutter, through July 17. “Orientalism: Taking and Making,” European and American art influenced by Middle Eastern, North African and East Asian cultures, through December. “Unfiltered Visions: 20th Century SelfTaught American Art,” modern and con-

ART temporary works by self-taught artists, through Oct. 9. Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — New work by Syrian-born artist Diana Al-Hadid; “Syria’s Lost Generation,” portraits and audio recordings by Elena Dorfman; “Women of Newcomb,” recent acquired work by Newcomb College alumnae; all through July 24. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Paper,” paper arts and works on paper from the permanent collection; “In Time We Shall Know Ourselves,” photographs by Raymond Smith; “Top Mob: A History of New Orleans Graffiti,” New Orleans-based graffiti collective Top Mob retrospective; all through Nov. 6. “The Surreal Work of a Reclusive Sculptor,” Arthur Kern retrospective, through July 17. Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.louisianastatemuseum.org/museums/the-old-us-mint — “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December.

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Dryades Public Market 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. $4 drink special and $5 small plates at the bar 4-8pm

Restaurant Primitivo 1800 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. $5 drinks and wine 11:30am-10pm, valet parking in the evening

Brady’s Wine Warehouse 1029 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Special discounts on bottles of wine featured by the glass at the bar 10am-8pm

Charlie Boy 2043 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. The men’s fashion store will have a sidewalk sale 10am-7pm, 15% off sunglasses and accessories

International Vintage Guitars 1430 Baronne St. Open house ‘til 8pm with refreshments, Try out an electric guitar, all guitar strings half price

Southern Food & Beverage Museum 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Half-price museum admission and free cocktail tastings with El Guapo Bitters in the demonstration kitchen 5-8pm Casa Borrega 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Free live music starts at 7pm with Papa Guevara y Son Mandao Creative Alliance of New Orleans 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. (3rd floor gallery, Dryades Public Market) Exhibits: Willie White, and “Songs of Home Songs of Change” Light refreshments served, open until 8pm

july 1st Ashé Power House 1731 Baronne St. Poetry reading and live music with poet, author, and teacher Dr. Sonia Sanchez featuring the Nicholas Payton Trio, free and open to the public 6-8pm Ashé Cultural Arts Center 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Photo Exhibition: “MAAFA: The Past We Inherit; The Future We Create” open 10am-5:30pm Roux Carre: The Food Port of New Orleans 2000 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Happy Hour, half-priced drinks from the bar 4-7pm, Joy Clark performs 5-7pm Enjoy great food from Johnny’s Jamaican Grill, Splendid Pig, Estralita’s Express, The Pupusa Lady and The Juice Box.

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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, ongoing. UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Presences,” mixed-media work by current Master of Fine Art degree candidates, through Aug. 7. Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www.vieuxcarregallery. com — Work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing.

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ARE YOU A FACEBOOK (OR TWITTER OR TINDER) ZOMBIE? Social media sites are handy for helping us stay in touch with friends, but in a recent article in The • Through July 3 Atlantic, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams • Evil Earth System: Multimedia raised concerns that the internet is now installation by Lala Rascic dominated by a few companies that herd people into literally “Like”-minded masses, • Good Children Gallery, in contrast to the more freewheeling 4037 St. Claude Ave., “open web” of the past. New technologies (504) 975-1557; often have unintended consequences, and this expo by Lala Rascic is a rumination on www.goodchildrengallery.com that problematic legacy. In her Evil Earth System video, she telescopes time and space with remarks including, “Mountains are deposits of minerals and ores — iPhones subsume elements from 40 different mountain tops.” Here the mountains are both rhetorical and physical as she recalls mankind’s history of treating nature as a threat to be conquered with technology. But it is social media’s effect on human nature that inspired her work with Slovenian programmer Marko Plahuta exploring 8.6 million tweets that featured prefixes like, “anti, pro, pre, post or contra” — words that suggest rhetorical peaks and valleys in our symbolic mental landscapes even as they reflect the algorithms employed by social media companies to determine what we see, feel and experience when we log on. Even words that seem chaotic in conversation appear neatly ordered when reduced to the algorithmic patterns strategically employed by leading social media sites. This invocation of cybernetic speculation in relation to cultural and scientific history may not be easy to follow, but what it comes down to is perspective. Data algorithms can be represented as rays and circular forms suggested by multimedia pieces like Neosphere (pictured), where deft arrangements of lights, lenses and mirrors illustrate how appearances can change significantly depending on your point of view. Here luminous optical geometry suggests a sense of continuity with the 20th-century science fiction ideal of techno-utopias, where devices were our servants and houses were “machines for living.” The question today is whether our seductive devices serve us, or we serve them. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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St. John’s Bastille Day block party. Contact monamcmahon@yahoo.com. The Heart of City Park. City Park sponsors a photo contest for pictures of park landscapes, people enjoying the park and architectural points within. All photos must be taken during contest period. For details, visit www.neworleanscitypark. com/the-heart-of-city-park-photo-contest-2016. Mandeville’s Marigny OctoberFeast event poster contest. The festival seeks designs for its promotional poster. Email acasborne@cityofmandeville.com or visit www.cityofmandeville.com for details.

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THEATER The House of Bernarda Alba. The Tigermen Den, 3113 Royal St. — In Good Company presents Federico Garcia Lorca’s play about a grieving matriarch whose controlling ways begin to oppress her daughters. Visit www.facebook.com/ingoodcompanytheatre for details. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. The Killing of a Lesbian Bookie. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 638-6326; www.thetheatreatstclaude.com — Jim Fitzmorris’ crime drama stars a burlesque dancer (Bunny Love) who is visited by a mysterious stranger the night before her nightclub opens. Tickets $25-$40. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday. The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Tulane University, Lupin Theatre, 16 Newcomb Place — The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane presents Shakespeare’s cross-dressing romantic comedy. Visit www.neworleansshakespeare.org for details. Tickets $20-$30. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY American Mess. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www. barcadianeworleans.com — Katie East hosts local and touring comedians alongside burlesque performances. 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. 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)

The Second City Improv All-Stars from Chicago perform at Boomtown Casino June 29. 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. Burlesque Boozy Brunch: Legs and Eggs. SoBou, 310 Chartres St., (504) 552-4095; www.sobounola.com — A burlesque performance by Bella Blue and friends accompanies brunch service. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. Risq. Harrah’s Casino (Masquerade), 8 Canal St., 533-6000; www.masquerade-nightclub.com — Bella Blue and the Foxglove Revue perform in the burlesque series. 8 p.m. Friday. Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola. com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue features burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Saturday. Theatre Nouveau. Jax Brewery, 600 Decatur St., (504) 299-7163 — Cherry Bombshell and Queenie O’Hart produce the burlesque revue. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Monday. Vincent Vile & the Vaudeville Revue. Avant-Garden District, 2901 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 205-8001; www.avant-gardendistrict.yolasite.com — Comedy, burlesque and sideshow acts perform in the revue. 9 p.m. Saturday. Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629;

COMEDY All Together. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3028264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Storytellers and comedians come together for a monthly showcase. 8:30 p.m. Friday. Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www. facebook.com/twelve.mile.limit — Julie Mitchell and Laura Sanders host an openmic comedy show. Sign-up at 8:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Monday. Broadcast Delay. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3028264; www.newmovementtheater. com — The comedy show incorporates taped materials and live performances. 8 p.m. Thursday. Celebrity Comedy Cookout Day-Party. Apres Lounge, 608 Fulton St., (504) 6287721; (504) 610-2480; apresnola.com — Rip Micheals hosts the afternoon comedy performance and barbecue. Tickets start at $30. 2 p.m. Sunday. Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform improv weekly. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Close Me Out. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Local storytellers recount inebriated adventures. Andrew Healan hosts. 8 p.m. Saturday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Massive Fraud presents stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 9492009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show. 10 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Cup. Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (St. Claude), 2221 St. Claude Ave., (504) 913-9073; www.fairgrinds.com — Area comedians appear at the open mic. 7 p.m. Saturday. Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola. com — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8:30 p.m. Friday. Comedy Gold. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www. houseofblues.com/neworleans — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts a stand-up show. 8 p.m. Thursday. ComedySportz. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m. Saturday. 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. PAGE 68

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona CONTEMPORARY ADAPTATIONS OF CLASSICAL PLAYS CAN BE PERILOUS ENDEAVORS, suffering from stilted prose and contrived action, but The Two Gentlemen of Verona, mounted by New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, succeeds with aplomb. The sole anachronisms — not easily substituted — are amorous, handwritten letters secretly delivered back and forth. Text messages simply would not do. This lighthearted romantic comedy, one of Shakespeare’s earliest works, probably written while the playwright was in his twenties, speaks to the inexplicable power of youthful infatuation. In this production, the actors’ smart, quick-paced repartee captivates the audience as the plot intertwines two love triangles, threatening a lifelong friendship. Jessica Podewell’s keen direction allows every actor to shine. Ensemble members play off one another’s lines with passionate delivery and spirited animation that illuminate the meaning of Shakespeare’s dense dialogue. Lyrical accordion music accompanies scene changes, and inventive costuming and props allude to contemporary Italian cafe society. Two Gentlemen of Verona is a story of two close friends who choose divergent paths —love and adventure. In the opening scene, Proteus (Kyle Woods) and Valentine (Levi Hood) convey their easy, longstanding camaraderie, bantering and sharing confidences on a set that might be a dormitory. Proteus is smitten by the charming Julia (Devyn Tyler), who has “metamorphosed” him. He believes pursuing true love is of utmost importance, while Valentine belittles romance, seeking worldly experiences befitting his noble birth. “Love is your master, for he masters you; And he that is so yoked by a fool methinks should not be chronicled for wise,” Valentine chides. When the servant Speed delivers Proteus’ secret missive to Julia, she feigns disinterest, tearing his letter into pieces even

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The Franchise. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The New Movement’s improv troupes perform. 9 p.m. Friday. Friday Night Laughs. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 10 p.m., show at 11 p.m. Friday. 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. Hot Sauce. Voodoo Mystere Lounge, 718 N. Rampart St., (504) 304-1568 — Vincent Zambon and Leon Blanda host a comedy showcase. 8 p.m. Thursday. The JetBlacks!. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-

though she secretly admires him. Girlish prattle between Julia and her maid Lucetta (Mary Guiteras) weighs the merits of one suitor over another. Julia finally responds to Proteus’ advances and, following a romantic encounter, he reluctantly sets off to join Valentine. In Milan, Valentine and Proteus meet the alluring Silvia (Julia DeLois), daughter of the Duke of Milan (Silas Cooper), and the men’s romantic competition ensues. Having now discovered love himself, Valentine renounces his freedom, declaring, “Love is a mighty lord.” Speed counsels his master: “If you love her, you cannot see her. Because love is blind.” The story pits loyalty to friendship against the impulsive nature of love. Other cast members adding comic diversions include Silvia’s boorish suitor Sir Thurio (Graham Burk), clad in preppy attire, Proteus’ servant Launce (Brendan Bowen) in gondolier ensemble and accompanied by his pokerfaced Dachshund Crab, who never misses a cue. Unlike many of Shakespeare’s later plays, Two Gentlemen of Verona is pure fun, exploring the vagaries of human behavior and the intoxicating springtime of love. — MARY RICKARD

8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Shawn Dugas joins a group performing Harold format improv. 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Knockout!. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Two comedy acts compete to win an audience vote. 9:30 p.m. Monday. Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a comedy showcase with free food and ice cream. 8 p.m. Saturday. The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story. 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Night Church. Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 947-2379; www.

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sidneyssaloon.com — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host a standup show, and there’s free ice cream. 8:30 p.m. Thursday. NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Duncan Pace hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Sunday. The Second City Improv All-Stars. Boomtown Casino, Boomers Saloon, 4132 Peters Road, Harvey, (504) 366-7711; www.boomtownneworleans.com — The touring company from Chicago’s Second City comedy club performs improv. Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Spontaneous Show. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — A comedy show and open mic includes periodic rounds of bingo. Signup 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tuesday. Stage Time. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.

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Dinner with a Curator. American Sector, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — Walt Burgoyne presents a discussion of World War II’s Coastwatchers Pacific Island forces during a fourcourse meal. RSVP required. Tickets $57. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Toning Tuesday. Piazza d’Italia, 377 Poydras St. — The Loews Hotel hosts a bootcamp-style outdoor workout that incorporates kickboxing and strength training techniques. Visit www.thesweatsocial.com/theworkouts for details. Registration $20. 7 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 29 Cancer Moonshot Summit. Louisiana Cancer Research Center, 1700 Tulane Ave., (504) 525-4430; www.louisianacancercenter.org — LSU Health Cancer Center director Augusto Ochoa hosts the summit and discussion, which includes livestreamed remarks from Vice President Joe Biden. Open to the public. Free admission. Noon to 4 p.m. MK Wegmann Retirement Party. Arts Estuary 1024, 1024 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 595-8008; www.npnweb.org/ae1024 — The career of Visual Arts Network and National Performance Network president MK Wegmann is celebrated at a cocktail party and dedication of a courtyard in her honor. RSVP to info@npnweb.org. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays on the Point. Algiers Ferry Landing, 200 Morgan St., Algiers — The concert series has musical performances, wine and concessions from local restaurants. Visit www.wednesdaysonthepoint. com for details. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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FOURTH OF JULY Bucktown Bash & Shrimp Festival. Bucktown Harbor and Marina, 325 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie — The festival has live music, art vendors, boat blessings, shrimp dishes and a fireworks display. Admission $5, kids free. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. Feed the Multitudes. Victory Fellowship, 5708 Airline Drive, (504) 7335005 — Victory Fellowship’s community gathering has food, live music and kids’ activities. Free haircuts and a shoe giveaway also are available for homeless and low-income visitors. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday. Fourth of July Barbecue. Indian Hills Resort, 2484 Gause Blvd W., (985) 641-9998 — The clothing-optional camp hosts an Independence Day cookout, followed by poolside karaoke. Noon to 10 p.m. Saturday. Go 4th on the River. Woldenberg Riverfront Park, Canal Street at the Mississippi River, (504) 565-3033 — The Independence Day celebration features dueling barges on the river, which stage a fireworks display to patriotic music. Free admission. 9 p.m. Monday. Happy Third of July. New Orleans City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 488-2896 — The pre-Independence Day festival includes

fireworks from the Peristyle, music by the Marine Corps Band and concessions. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Krewe of Kolossos Fourth of July Flotilla. Bayou St. John at Orleans Ave. — The parading krewe hosts a group outing on the bayou for canoes, kayaks and small watercraft. Bring your own boat. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Rock ’N’ Roll Barbecue. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The bar hosts a barbecue with rock DJs and food from the C&C Meat Factory pop-up. 5 p.m. Monday. Slidell Heritage Fest. Heritage Park, 1701 Bayou Lane, Slidell, (985) 646-4371 — The fest has live music, kids’ activities and regional cuisine, followed by a fireworks display. Admission $10, kids free. 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. Sparks in the Park. Bogue Falaya Park, downtown Covington, (985) 892-1811 — Guests enjoy patriotic music, face painting and a fireworks display. Free admission. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Uncle Sam Jam. Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, (504) 838-4389 — The event features food vendors, live music, games and a fireworks display. Free admission. Noon to 10 p.m. Sunday.

THURSDAY 30 Dinner After Dark: A Night with Wild Turkey. American Sector, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — A fivecourse meal features dishes and pairings inspired by Wild Turkey whiskey. Tickets $65-$85. 7 p.m. Essence Festival. Citywide — The festival has musical performances by local and national acts, seminars, speakers, activities and after-parties. Visit www.essence. com/festival for details. Times and admissions vary. Thursday-Sunday. Italian Cooking Class. National Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www. natfab.org — Chef Andrea Apuzzo of Andrea’s Restaurant teaches students to prepare a three-course Italian meal with wine pairings. Tickets $65-$75. 6:30 p.m. Juiceology 101. Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www.growinglocalnola.org — Omi Beverages’ hands-on class covers the benefits of juicing, juicing equipment and recipes. Snacks and drinks provided. RSVP to gstewart@recirculatingfarms.org. Free admission. 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Ladies Night Out: Farm-to-Table Kitchen Cooking Demo. Cafe Noma, New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www. cafenoma.com — Chef Chris Montero and dietitian Liz Cabrera lead a cooking demonstration and discussion of the benefits of locally sourced food. Visit www. touro.com/events for details. Registration

$10; includes hors d’oeuvres and wine. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Ogden After Hours. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — Author and curator John Behrendt leads a tour of current sculpture exhibits, and there’s live music. Admission $10. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Physical Activity Leader Training. Xavier University Convocation Center, 1 Drexel Drive, (504) 669-3074; www.xula.edu — Let’s Move! Active Schools presents a training for physical education teachers, classroom teachers, principals, administrators and parents. Registration free; RSVP to rsvp@iplag.org. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Revolution: Modernizing the New Orleans Fashion Girl. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www. gravierstreetsocial.com — A fashion show features modern looks inspired by retro designs. Contact girlsguidetoneworleans@gmail.com for details. Tickets $10$30. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Summer Mixer. Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance St., (504) 525-5515; www. therustynail.biz — A social hour with drink specials benefits the Greater New Orleans Water Collective, which improves urban water management practices. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Treme Coffeehouse Art Market. Treme Coffeehouse, 1501 St. Philip St., (504) 264-1132 — Local artists sell crafts at the weekly market. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Vegetable Growing Basics. Southbound Gardens Nursery, 4221 S. Robertson St.; www.southboundgardens.com — Southbound Gardens presents a practical guide to vegetable gardens, including bed building and soil preparation, watering and plant selection. Suggested donation $10. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Workplace Wellness Luncheon. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — AARP Louisiana sponsors the health and well-being luncheon. Free admission; RSVP requested. Noon to 1:30 p.m.

FRIDAY 1 First Fridays on the Boulevard. Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, 1000-2100 blocks — Restaurants, music venues and businesses along the boulevard offer discounts and stay open late for special events. 4 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 — The museum stays open late for artist talks, activities and live music. Free with museum admission. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. National Park Service Centennial. Ashe Power House, 1731 Baronne St., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — The celebration toasts the National Park Service’s anniversary with activities and live music. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

SATURDAY 2 Aquarium Gallery Fundraiser. Dat Dog, 3336 Magazine St., (504) 324-2226; www.datdognola.com — A fundraiser with raffles, art sales and drink specials benefits Aquarium Gallery, which was recently damaged by fire. Art supply donations accepted. Free admission. 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Bienville Saturday Market. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-

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EVENTS 5370; www.swapmeetnola.com — The pet-friendly weekly market features arts, crafts, a flea market and food. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Covington Art Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The market features a variety of work from local and regional artists, including jewelry, crafts, photography, paintings and more. Visit www.sttammanyartassociation.org for details. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Euphoria. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 3019006; www.phnojm.com — Women with a Vision and the Gentlewoman Redefined host a party celebrating queer women of color with music, dance, drinks and fellowship. Tickets $10-$25. Noon. Maafa Commemoration & Procession. Congo Square, Louis Armstrong Park, North Rampart and St. Ann streets — A procession leads to the Tomb of the Unknown Slave and other points of interest associated with the slave trade. White attire preferred. Free admission. 7 a.m. Stars & Strikes. Fulton Alley, 600 Fulton St., (504) 208-5569; www.fultonalley. com — The daytime bowling bash features celebrity hosts PJ Morton, Keenan Lewis and GooGoo Atkins, bowling, food and drinks. RSVP required. Advance tickets $55. 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Super Saturday Volunteer Day. City Park Volunteer Center, 1009 Harrison Ave., (504) 300-6394; www.neworleanscitypark.com — The park’s one-day volunteer event invites community groups to paint, prune, rake, mulch and perform other basic maintenance tasks . 9 a.m. to noon.

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 Mid-City. American Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave. — Mid-City’s evening market features fresh produce and prepared items. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. Crescent City 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. 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, Gretna, (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. The truck also stops at 6322 St. Claude Ave. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Vietnamese Farmers Market. Vietnamese Farmers Market, 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd. — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early morning market. 5 a.m. Saturday. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market, Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego, (504) 341-9083; www.cityofwestwego. com/content/westwego-farmers-market — The monthly West Bank market offers produce, eggs, pickles, baked goods, art, live music and pony rides. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

SPORTS New Orleans Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Round Rock Express. 6 p.m. Monday.

WORDS Bethanne Patrick. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The editor discusses The Books That Changed My Life: Reflections by 100 Authors, Actors, Musicians, and Other Remarkable People. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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BSB Open Mic. Banks Street Bar, 4401 Banks St., (504) 486-0258; www.banksstreetbarandgrill.com — Gina Ferrara is the guest host at the poetry open mic. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (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 Leaf Poetry Reading. Maple Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak St., (504) 866-9359; www.mapleleafbar. com — The Maple Leaf hosts the longest continuously running poetry reading series in the country. 3 p.m. Sunday. Team SNO. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — The spoken-word champions host a monthly open mic and performance night. For details, contact slamneworleans@gmail. com. Open mic sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.

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NO.758-748 DIVISION “K” SUCCESSION OF MYRTLE BOURQUE KILDAY NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that JOHN T. KILDAY, Executor of the SUCCESSION OF MYRTLE BOURQUE KILDAY, 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 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($120,000.00). The Succession’s interest in and to the following described property: Family Residence being more particularly described on tax notice as follows:

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 224 Anthony Avenue. Being the same property acquired by Mona Ducote, wife of, and Gary M. Leingang from Sandra Baker, wife of, and Gary P. Carter, by an Act passed before Marvin Opotowsky, Notary Public, dated July 1, 1981, registered in Conveyance Office Book 1007, folio 377, for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana. NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with law, notice is hereby given that JOHN T. KILDAY, Executor, proposes to sell the aforesaid 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. Jessica Santos Deputy Clerk of Court 24th CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON Respectfully submitted: BETSY A. FISCHER, L.L.C. Attorney: Betsy A. Fischer (LBRN 21588) Address: 3636 South I-10 Service Rd. W. Suite 216; Metairie, LA 70001 Telephone: (504) 780-8232 Gambit: 6/07/16 & 6/28/16 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Marla C. Conley A.K.A. Marla C. Hawkins, NOLA Community Development, LLC, and Precept Credit Opportunities Fund, LP, please contact Attorney Branden Villavaso, 631 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70130 or (504) 812-1762.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.760-031 DIVISION “E”

NUMBER: 734-061 DIVISION: K

SUCCESSION OF CURTIS J. CONEY, JR.

SUCCESSION OF DAROLD LOUIS POULIN

consolidated with

NOTICE PURSUANT TO LSA-C.C.P. ARTS. 3198, ET SEQ.

NO.760-462 DIVISION “G” SUCCESSION OF MARGARET GUSTAVSON CONEY NOTICE TO SELL REAL ESTATE - AT PRIVATE SALE WHEREAS, Michael Coney, testamentary executor of the Succession of Curtis J. Coney, Sr. and executor of the Succession of Margaret Gustavson Coney, has made application to the Court for sale at private sale of the real estate herein described, to-wit: 853 Phosphor Ave., Metairie, LA 700052017, ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways privileges, servitudes, appurtenances, prescriptions and advantages thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining or affected, situated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in that position thereof known as BONNABEL PLACE SUBDIVISION, in SQUARE NUMBER 53, bounded by Phosphor Avenue, Pomona Street, the Eastern Boundary Line of the said Subdivision (Old Homestead Subdivision side), and the Veterans’ Memorial Highway (formerly Canal Street side), and which said lot of ground is designated by the LETTER “G”, and commences at a distance of one hundred (100’) feet from the corner of Phosphor Avenue and Pomona Street, and measures thence fifty (50’) feet front on PHOSPHOR AVENUE, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of one hundred eight (108’) feet, between equal and parallel lines; and is composed of portions of original Lots “13-A”, “13-B”, “14-A”, and “14-B”, all according to sketch of survey made by Errol E. Kelly, Surveyor, dated January 22nd, 1966, a blue print copy whereof is attached to and made part of another Act of Sale passed before me, Notary, this date, for reference. Upon the following terms and conditions, to-wit: Purchase price of $217,000.00, to be divided 50% to the Succession of Curtis J. Coney, Sr. and 50% to the Succession of Margaret Gustavson Coney. Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern including the heirs and creditors of the decedents, Curtis J. Coney, Sr. and Margaret Gustavson Coney, and these successions that they are ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have at any time prior to the issuance of the order of judgment authorizing 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 publications of such notice, all in accordance with law. BY ORDER OF THE COURT: Rod Schouest, Deputy Clerk JON A. GEGENHEIMER Honorable Clerk of Court 24th Judicial District Court Parish of Jefferson Attorney: Don M. Richard Kinney, Ellinghausen, Richard & DeShazo Address: 1250 Poydras Street Suite 2450; New Orleans, LA 70113 Telephone: 504-524-0206 Gambit: 6/07/16 & 6/28/16 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of JULES GREEN please contact Deborah E. Dugas, Attorney at Law, P.O. Drawer 554, Reserve, LA 70084 or by phone at (985) 536-8770 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of Walter T. Souvinette, Jr., please contact atty Leigh Melancon at (985) 687-1279.

The Administratrix of this succession, Deborah Poulin Greengard, has made application with the court for an order allowing the succession to settle and compromise the litigation between the estate, Brenda Kraemer Poulin and Erika Kramer in the matter, which is consolidated with civil action No. 743-528. The order allowing the settlement and compromise of this matter may be homologated after the expiration of seven days from the date of publication (6/28/16) hereof and any opposition thereto must be filed before homologation. Jessica Santos Deputy Clerk of Court Attorney: Sarabeth Bradley Address: 207 E. Gibson Street Covington, LA 70434 Telephone: (985) 893-7550 Gambit: 6/28/16

TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 2014-30315 DIVISION: “C” SUCCESSION OF JEFFERSON L. SULZER NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas, the Administrator of the above captioned Succession has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the following immovable property, to-wit: An undivided one-half (1/2) interest in and to: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Cannes-Brulees Subdivision and according to a plan of subdivision by Roessle & Cartier, Inc., C.E. dated June 20, 1975, revised August 6, 1975, approved by Ordinance No. 1750, adopted by the City of Kenner Council on August 11, 1975, in COB 842, folio 234 and in Plan Book 89, folio 3A, has the following designation and measurements: LOT NUMBER 21 in SQUARE NUMBER 2, which square is bounded by Canard Road, North Bayou Road, Irish Bend Road and South Bayou Road. Lot Number 21 measures 60 feet front on Irish Bend Road, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 115 feet between equal and parallel lines. And according to survey made by J, J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E., dated October 27, 1976, resurveyed September 22, 1977, a copy of which is annexed to and made part of another Act passed before me, Notary, dated this day, for reference. The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number : 3233 Irish Bend Road. Being the same property acquired by Christine Sulzer Evans and Jefferson L. Sulzer from Geoffrey B. Katz in act dated 3-14-08 and recorded in COB 3227-127. Upon the following terms and conditions, to-wit: $112,500 (the purchase price for the entire property being $225,000), pursuant to the following terms and conditions: cash. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the Decedent herein, and

of this Succession, to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application, and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law. BY ORDER OF THE COURT: Deputy Clerk

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Attorney: Elsbet C. Smith Address: 200 N. Cate Street Hammond, LA 70401 Telephone: 985-542-8500 Gambit: 06/28/16 & 07/19/16

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

NO. 746476 DIVISION “G” SUCCESSION OF DOROTHY ATHERTON CARTER NOTICE IS GIVEN to the creditors of this Succession and to all other interested persons, that a First and Final Accounting and First and Final Tableau of Distribution for the SUCCESSION OF DOROTHY ATHERTON CARTER has been filed by the acting Independent Executrix of this Succession with her Petition for filing same, praying for homologation of the said Accounting and Tableau of Distribution for the Succession, and for authority to pay the debts and charges of the Succession and to make the final distributions to the residuary legatees as listed thereon; and that the said Tableau of Distribution can be homologated after the expiration of ten (10) days from the date of the publication of this Notice and the said Accounting can be homologated after the expiration of ten (10) days from receipt of same by the legatees. Any opposition to the Petition and the said Accounting and Tableau must be filed prior to homologation. By Order of the Court: DEPUTY CLERK Attorney: Max Nathan, Jr. Address: 201 St. Charles Avenue Suite 3815; New Orleans, La 70170 Telephone: (504) 582-1500 Gambit: 06/28/16 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of H.H. Investment Partners, L.L.C please contact Atty. Rudy W. Gorrell @504-553-9588. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Bridget Trapani Joerger and Michael S. Joerger, please contact Atty. D. Nicole Sheppard, at 4224 Canal Street NOLA, 70119, 504-234-4880.

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ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together will all of the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the City of Harahan, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Colonial Park Subdivision, in Square A, bounded by Anthony Street, Jefferson Highway, nor or formerly Plot 15 of Riverfront Farms and Mary Street, (formerly14 Reserved Strip), which said lot of ground is designated as Lot Number 7 and commences at a distance of two hundred eighty two (282’) feet from the corner of Anthony Street and Jefferson Highway and measures thence forty seven (47’) feet front on St. Anthony Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of one hundred two (102’) feet between equal and parallel lines. All in accordance with a survey by Gilbert, Kelly and Couturie, Inc., Errol E. Kelly, Land Surveyor, dated October 4, 1984, a copy of which is annexed hereto and made part hereof for reference.

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4113 Tchoupitoulas St.

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

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.

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BESTVALUE 1BR $925

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Furnished Apts $2,400$3,200/mo. Washer/ Dryer. Off street parking available for $250. 60 days min. (504) 2476736 bkdla@aol.com Bryan

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1 BR EFF. CLOSE TO UNIVERSITIES

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