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Davell Crawford CD release FRI. JULY 29 | Davell Crawford celebrates the release of the CD version of his latest album, Piano in the Vaults, Vol. 1 (Basin Street), a collection of songs with nods to New Orleanians including his grandfather, R&B legend James “Sugarboy” Crawford, James Booker, Jelly Roll Morton and others. At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. at Snug Harbor.
Squirrel Nut Zippers SAT. JULY 30 | Perennial favorite (but only sporadically active) blastfrom-the-past swing revivalists Squirrel Nut Zippers return for the first time since 2009’s live Lost at Sea, promising Jimbo Mathus, Chris Phillips, Ingrid Lucia and “other members.” Andrew Bird-watching, anyone? At 10 p.m. at Tipitina’s.
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Super girl group Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs come to the Joy Theater. BY JOHN WIRT |
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all supergroups by virtue of their members being stars before the new bands formed. Case/lang/Veirs deserves the supergroup title. The trio features Neko Case, indie-noir solo star and member of the mostly Canadian music collective The New Pornographers; k.d. lang, the Canadian chanteuse who commands one of music’s most impressive voices; and Laura Veirs, a Portland, Oregonbased singer-songwriter who is the least known but stands her ground among her formidable bandmates. Case, lang and Veirs are following the June 17 release of their self-titled album debut with a tour, which comes to The Joy Theater on July 31. The album contains 14 original songs, none of them clunkers. “We worked really hard,” Case
told Gambit. “Sometimes, when you make music, you’re so close to it that you don’t know how musical it really sounds. The only way to find out is when people hear it. So it’s super nice to hear that people like it.” Case’s loud and clear tones ring through on the throbbing, psychedelic “Delirium” and swooping melody in “Behind the Armory.” Lang sings lead for the lush torch songs “Honey and Smoke” and “1000 Miles Away.” Veirs’ complementary work may sway Case and lang fans her way. Sparingly placed, chiming, cooing backup vocals decorate the songs throughout the nicely detailed, never overdone production. It wouldn’t be a surprise if any one of these singers made another beautiful solo album. The surprise is that they’ve made one together. Seeds for the alliance sprouted when Case met lang in Portland. Case was recording her 2013 album
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— The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You — with Veir’s husband, indemand producer Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse). “I was getting to know Laura Veirs because I was hanging out in Portland so much,” Case says. “I’d sang on her Warp and Weft record. k.d. had just moved to Portland. She was really liking it, but she didn’t know a lot of people in town. I suggested she get together with Tucker and Laura. They’re really nice people and Tucker had a great studio. So they started hanging out.” Lang later sent an out-of-the-blue invitation via email to Case and Veirs. “I think we should make a record together,” the message read. “Laura and I answered the email before we finished reading it,” Case says. “It was like, ‘Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Yes, we want to do that.’ There was no way we weren’t gonna say, ‘Yes.’” PAGE 36
SUN. JULY 31 | A cage-rattling opener in recent years for metal heavies Black Tusk, KEN mode and Russian Circles, Richmond, Virginia hangmen Inter Arma get their New Orleans spotlight with this headlining gig for Paradise Gallows (Relapse), sure to be among the loudest in Gasa Gasa’s existence. Withered and Something’s Burning open at 9 p.m.
KARATEFIGHT SUN. JULY 31 | Denver comic Dave Losso and New Orleans comics Cassidy Henehan, Addy Najera and Bob Murrell perform at Massive Fraud’s flagship, manic, booze-filled filmed sketch and live stand-up comedy showcase hosted by Joe Cardosi and Vincent Zambon. At 8:30 p.m. at The Broad Theater.
Happy Diving MON. AUG. 1 | From the first of several feedback-ridden introductions to each nasally, heart-onsleeve verse, August’s Electric Soul Unity (Top Shelf Records) has all the huge, quiet-loud guitars and endless hooks of ’90s nostalgia worship without the saccharine aftertaste. New Orleans punks and Top Shelf labelmates Donovan Wolfington also are on the bill with Boyish Charm and Foozle at 10 p.m. at Saturn Bar.
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Singer-songwriters Beck and Joanna Newsom (pictured) bring their tours to New Orleans this fall, adding to a heavy September schedule that includes Alabama Shakes, James Blake, Beyonce, Dinosaur Jr., Dixie Chicks, Drake, Gary Clark Jr., Kraftwerk, Sturgill Simpson and other high-profile acts. Beck begins his U.S. tour at the Saenger Theatre Sept. 15 in advance of an album release in October. Heavy rains forced organizers to cancel his headlining set at the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Newsom performs Friday, Sept. 9 at the Civic Theatre amid a short, rare string of Southern dates following 2015’s acclaimed Divers. Her last performance in New Orleans was at Tipitina’s in 2010 on the final heels of Have One on Me.
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2. Quote of the week “That’s bullshit. I’ll pay for the polygraph test. They’re not stopping and frisking people at random. Just do what is expected of you and you won’t be stopped and frisked.” — Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden to Buzzfeed, dismissing Baton Rouge residents’ complaints that the Baton Rouge Police Department has systematically profiled and performed arbitrary searches on African-American residents. Buzzfeed cited a 2014 database of arrest statistics that showed 284 arrests per 1,000 black citizens versus 105 per 1,000 white citizens.
3. NBA All-Star
Game heading to New Orleans?
New Orleans could host the 2017 NBA All-Star game following the league’s objections to LGBT discrimination laws in North Carolina. The game had been scheduled to be played in Charlotte next February. North Carolina’s House Bill 2 requires transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding to the sex
on their birth certificates, and it omits and limits LGBT protections from statewide anti-discrimination laws, including workplace discrimination. New Orleans hosted All-Star games in 2008 and 2014. The 2017 game falls Feb. 19, during the first weekend of major Carnival parades and nine days before Fat Tuesday.
4. Landrieu asking for property tax hike for firefighters, again
New Orleans voters will go to the polls in December to take another crack at Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s pitch for a tax hike to pay a multimillion-dollar settlement with New Orleans firefighters. The New Orleans City Council filed a motion July 21 to put the 2.5-mill property tax hike to a vote on the Dec. 10 ballot. The city estimates the measure will bring in nearly $9 million annually to fund a $75 million settlement reached between the firefighters union and City Hall after a decadeslong battle over back pay and retirement benefits. More than 53 percent of voters rejected the tax hike when it appeared on the ballot in
he said, “It seems like we’ve traded great for good enough” since he sold SDT. SDT’s post-Hurricane Katrina cleanup famously sprayed French Quarter streets with a lemon-scented cleaner and elevated Torres to a minor national celebrity, with ads starring Kid Rock and Lenny Kravitz. Torres also created the French Quarter Task Force app and is developing several large-scale real estate projects, including an apartment complex in Mid-City and an assisted living center in the former Carmelite monastery on North Rampart Street.
April — tethered to a millage for police. In a statement last week, Landrieu Press Secretary Hayne Rainey said the failed ballot measure could result in budget cuts elsewhere in order for the city to pay the settlement. “The City has additional long-term obligations that we must honor, including the obligation to pay the firefighters what they are owed according to the agreement in place,” he said. On that same December ballot, New Orleans voters also will vote on whether to renew a Sewerage and Water Board millage to continue drainage system maintenance and construction.
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‘Trashanova’ rides again “Trashanova” — and lemon-scented streets — will return to the garbage business this week. New Orleans real estate mogul and celebrity trash man Sidney Torres launches IV Waste on Aug. 1, his return to trash hauling and cleanup since selling SDT Waste & Debris in 2011. Torres announced the company’s launch last week on his website and in a YouTube video in which
A total of 24 people entered the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by twoterm U.S. Sen. David Vitter as qualifying ended last week. Qualifiers include a handful known to New Orleans area voters: attorney Caroline Fayard, a Democrat who ran for lieutenant governor in 2010; former U.S. Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, a Republican; Democrats Derrick Edwards, an attorney; and Gary Landrieu, a cousin of the mayor who is not politically aligned with him; retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness, a Republican who finished third in the race that led to Mary Landrieu’s defeat in the U.S. Senate race of 2014; and Republican Abhay Patel. New Orleans comedian Kaitlin Marone is running with no party affiliation. Others who qualified include U.S. Reps. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette and John Fleming, R-Minden; State Treasurer John Kennedy, a Republican from Zachary; Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Shreveport, a Democrat who has Gov. John Bel Edwards’ support; former state Sen. Troy Hebert of Jeanerette, now a no-party independent; and Peter Williams, who ran for the 6th Congressional District in 2014. Former KKK leader and convicted felon David Duke also qualified.
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Health director leaving City Hall New Orleans Health Department Director (NOHD) Charlotte Parent — who helped launch the city’s anti-smoking efforts in bars and casinos, the opening of New Orleans East Hospital, and a citywide
domestic violence policy — will leave City Hall July 29. Parent, who became NOHD head in 2014 following Karen DeSalvo, will serve as vice president of community affairs at LCMC Health, the hospital network that includes Children’s Hospital, Touro and University Medical Center.
8. OPSB: Bloom won’t run
One day before qualifying for the fall elections began, Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) President Seth Bloom announced he would not seek re-election. Bloom, a lawyer who has served on OPSB for eight years, was elected board president in 2015. He represents District 5, which includes much of Uptown. In a statement, Bloom said he will be “exploring ways I can best serve our community,” but did not outline any specific plans.
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An extra buck for the Causeway? Would you pay an extra $1 to come back from the Northshore? The Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission (GNOEC) is considering a hike in toll prices to cover safety improvements on the 24-mile causeway over Lake Pontchartrain, the original span of which opened in 1956. The current toll is $3 for southbound drivers. Consideration of a toll hike likely will be discussed at the GNOEC’s August meeting, tentatively set for Aug. 17.
10. ‘Museum Month’ returns this week
New Orleans’ annual “Museum Month” returns Aug. 1. During the event, major local museums offer free admission with an active membership at another participating institution. For example, buying a membership to the Contemporary Arts Center gets you in to the New Orleans Museum of Art, the National World War II Museum, Le Musee de Free People of Color and several other local museums. Budget-friendly memberships include Ashe Cultural Arts Center (from $25), the Historic New Orleans Collection (from $35) and Longue Vue House & Gardens (from $35). A complete list of participating museums is available at www. touristathome.com.
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P H O T O S B Y G AG E S K I D M O R E / ONE DAY BEFORE TEXAS SEN. TED C R E AT I V E C O M M O N S CRUZ (pictured, left) enraged RNC attendees by refusing to endorse GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump (right) during Cruz’s prime-time speech, Louisiana Republicans — led by delegation chair Jeff Giles — cast their votes at the party’s presidential convention in Cleveland. Trump received 31 votes, while Cruz got 15. In the March 5 Louisiana Republican presidential primary, Trump received 41 percent of the vote, while Cruz picked up 38 percent. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio came in third, with 11 percent. Due to the complicated formula used to apportion Louisiana’s GOP convention delegates, Trump and Cruz originally had the same number of delegates: 18 apiece. Trump threatened (via a tweet), “Just to show you how unfair Republican Primary politics can be, I won the State of Louisiana and get less delegates than Cruz- lawsuit coming.” Trump eventually picked up several uncommitted delegates. — KEVIN ALLMAN
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A community memorial service for the three slain officers has been scheduled for July 28 at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge #BRShooting
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I’m hopeful that my lawyers can get my bookbag back from the Baton Rouge police department soon.
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Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, was named one of 10 White House Champions of Change for Climate Equity July 15. The nonprofit center promotes social, political and economic equity and has developed programs focused on climate justice, disaster recovery and economic development.
The Emeril Lagasse Brandon Licciardi, a former St. Bernard Foundation celebrated the millionth meal funded through Second Harvest Food Bank’s Summer Feeding program this month, a summerlong program delivering healthy meals to 60 New Orleansarea summer camps. Four thousand at-risk campers will benefit from the program this summer. Since 2010, the foundation has provided $250,000 to the program.
Parish deputy sheriff, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court July 15 to conspiracy to distribute drugs with the intent to commit rape as part of a sexual assault case involving former New Orleans Saints star Darren Sharper. Licciardi faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s sentenced Oct. 13. Sharper’s sentencing is set for Aug. 18.
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WHILE THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND LOUISIANA’S CONTEST FOR THE U.S. SENATE WILL DOMINATE LOCAL POLITICAL NEWS CYCLES
between now and Nov. 8, there are plenty of other important elections on the ballot — in fact, there are hundreds of them spread among the state’s 64 parishes. All six congressional seats in Louisiana are contested, and two of them are “open” because the incumbents in those districts are running for the Senate seat that will be vacated by two-term U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, early next year. In addition to those hotly contested federal elections, voters across Louisiana will choose two members of the Public Service Commission, two members of the Louisiana Supreme Court, a handful of district and appellate judges, and hundreds of local and parochial office holders. Of particular local importance are the races for Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) and two special elections in Kenner. The seven OPSB members to be elected this year will begin overseeing the return of all state-run Orleans Parish public schools before the next round of elections, thanks to a state law mandating the return of once-failing schools that were placed under state control in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Kenner elections will fill vacancies created by the election of former Mayor Michael Yenni as Jefferson Parish’s president and Yenni’s appointment of former At-Large Councilman Keith Conley as the parish administration’s chief operating officer. Since 2005, New Orleans’ many failing public schools have been managed by the Recovery School District (RSD). Created during the tenure of former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the RSD has presided over vast improvements in student test scores and graduation rates while converting virtually all of its local schools into charter schools. This was a bold step and was not always a rousing
success. Overall, however, a majority of public school parents and taxpayers have expressed confidence in the track record of local charter schools. That said, it’s time to begin implementing a plan to put all local public schools back under local control. For its part, the OPSB has cleaned up its finances, improved its bond rating significantly and earned voters’ trust — although that road has not always been smooth. Former District 1 board member Ira Thomas’ conviction on federal corruption charges last year stands as a stark reminder that voters as well as prosecutors need to keep a close watch on the school system. Meanwhile, in Kenner, voters face important choices in the coming years in terms of upgrading the city’s aging infrastructure with limited resources. Kenner has been blessed with responsible leadership in recent years, and these special elections afford that city’s voters a chance to continue that track record. We hope voters across Louisiana will pay as much attention to local elections as the contests for president, U.S. Senate and Congress. The latter have more prestige and visibility, but the local elections on the Nov. 8 ballot have a far greater — and more direct — bearing on the quality of life in all our communities.
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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT POLITICS COULDN’T GET ANY CRAZIER ,
neo-Nazi and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke resurfaced to run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican. Actually, I need to add two more items to Duke’s resume: convicted felon and admitted fraud. Duke pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion in 2002, after defrauding his own political supporters for years. He was sentenced to 15 months in jail. He served his time, wrote a political tome that he doubtless hoped would be his version of Mein Kampf (he is known to have celebrated Adolf Hitler’s birthday), then left the country for several years to purvey his brand of racism and anti-Semitism in the friendlier environs of Russia and the Middle East. In 2005, he got a Ph.D. from a Ukrainian private university that has been dubbed “the University of Hate.” These days he refers to himself as Dr. David Duke. Now he’s returned to Louisiana and apparently feels the time is right for his political comeback. For those too young to remember, Duke gained political legitimacy in 1989 by registering as a Republican and winning a special election to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He served less than one term before losing a U.S. Senate race in 1990. Sensing he could not win his House seat again, Duke ran for governor in 1991 against incumbent Gov. Buddy Roemer and former Gov. Edwin Edwards. He made the runoff against Edwards, giving rise to one of the most memorable bumper stickers in American
history: “Vote for the crook — it’s important.” Duke also ran for president in the Republican primaries in 1992 — winning not a single delegate. He later lost more races for president, Congress and the U.S. Senate. If Duke manages to squeeze into the Senate runoff this year — and that’s a distinct possibility with so many candidates in the race — we could see a new twist on that famous bumper sticker: “Vote against the crook — it’s important.” This much is certain: Duke will not be Louisiana’s next U.S. senator. He could, however, play a major role in electing our next senator. If he should make the runoff, his opponent — whoever he or she might be — will be a shoo-in. I don’t often make such predictions, but this one is easy. If Duke couldn’t beat Edwin “The Crook” Edwards at the height of his own popularity, how’s he going to win now with a federal felony conviction hanging around his neck? Remember: The people Duke defrauded were his own supporters. They sent him money when he claimed to be in financial straits — then he used the loot to go on gambling sprees. Real classy guy. His candidacy could be a boon to Democrats, because there are far more high-profile Republicans than Democrats in the Senate race. In the meantime, Duke will do what he always has done: raise money by spreading lies, hate, fear and anger — while claiming he’s a victim. It will be interesting to see how many suckers are still out there.
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Hey Blake, What is the story with the great-looking Rhodes Funeral Home building on Washington Avenue near Broad Street? SILAS
Dear Silas, Like many historic buildings in New Orleans, the one you ask about has been creatively restored into a building with a purpose. The original and the current uses of an old building often are very different, and that’s the case here. The structure at 3933 Washington Ave. opened in May 1926 as the Tivoli Theatre. The movie theater was imposing and distinctive, with a striking exterior that includes a terra cotta frieze on the arch above the entrance. It was designed by noted architect Emile Weil, who also designed the Saenger and other local theaters, Touro Synagogue and the Whitney Bank building on St. Charles Avenue. Newspaper ads of the day called the Tivoli “the wonder suburban theater” with a seating capacity of 1,800. Promotions proclaimed “a king could have no better” than the Tivoli, which offered “wide, full-carpeted aisles and plenty of elbow room to move around.” Like most theaters of the time, the orchestra section was reserved for white patrons, while African-Americans were seated in the balcony. The theater closed in 1969 and was purchased by Duplain Rhodes Jr. as a new location for
The former Tivoli movie theater is now a funeral home and events space. P H OTO B Y K A N DAC E P O W E R G R AV E S
his family’s Rhodes Funeral Home. The business was established by Rhodes’ father in 1884 as a funeral and mortuary concern catering to African-Americans. The building on Washington Avenue was the company’s third funeral home in the area. The building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, has had some bad luck with Mother Nature. Hurricane Cindy tore off the structure’s roof in 2004, then floodwaters from the federal levee failures after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 swamped the building and the surrounding Broadmoor neighborhood. The Rhodes family rebuilt the funeral home at a cost of more than $4 million. It reopened in August 2009 as a multipurpose facility that can be rented for family celebrations, christenings, weddings and receptions as well as funerals.
BLAKEVIEW THIS WEEK WE REMEMBER A NEW ORLEANS BASEBALL GREAT on what
would have been his 100th birthday. Albert “Al” Flair was born on July 24, 1916. The Fortier High School graduate played in the major leagues from 1937 to 1941, most notably with the Boston Red Sox. His last game with Boston came on the last day of the 1941 season, when he played in a doubleheader with Ted Williams. Flair then entered the Army, serving in the Pacific during World War II. When he returned to his hometown, he played with the New Orleans Pelicans in the 1947 and 1948 seasons. He’s remembered for hitting one of the longest home runs in the history of Pelican Stadium — one that went over the 407-foot mark of the centerfield scoreboard. He later retired from baseball and started a business. Flair died in 1988. The Zephyrs inducted him into their New Orleans Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Sous chefs keep restaurant kitchens running BY HELEN FREUND PHOTOS BY ROMNEY PHOTOGRAPHY IN A SCENE FROM THE HBO SERIES TREME, Eric Ripert, celebrity
New York chef and owner of Le Bernardin, takes aside Janette Desautel, a fictional character loosely based on New Orleans chef Susan Spicer, to pepper her with some words of wisdom from his career. “Friends, lovers, marriage — they come and go,” he says. “But your sous chef — that’s a lifelong relationship.” Though those words are from a script, the sentiment is the real deal, echoed by chefs all over the world when reflecting on their second in command. “It’s like a marriage in many ways,” says chef Frank Brigtsen, whose longtime sous chef Larry Herbert has worked beside him at his Riverbend restaurant for 25 years. Together, they’ve been through thick and thin, from broken plumbing to hurricanes. “You have these unspoken understandings and synchronicity,” Brigtsen says. “It’s made my life so much easier. He’s like family.” In our food-obsessed times, when cooking can generate cult celebrity status, the names of famous chefs roll off the tongue like a slippery pearl of caviar.
But sous chefs — even at the best-known restaurants — remain relatively unknown. Sous chefs may toil behind the scenes before gaining recognition. Trey Herty was the executive sous chef at John Besh’s Restaurant August, a sous chef at Phillip Lopez’s Root and worked at Chicago’s Blackbird and The Publican restaurants, before moving to the Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar last year. “The best thing about being a sous chef is that you’re still kind of grounded and able to work behind the scenes,” Herty says. “Every restaurant is different, but sous chefs generally still work the line shifts, which is what lures most of us to stay in the kitchen anyway.” While the big names and executive chefs may dominate conversation about the restaurant world, many people don’t realize how the structure in professional kitchens actually works — and that the person running the show isn’t always who you think it is. Together with the executive chef or chef de cuisine and general manager, the sous chef helps communicate the kitchen’s needs to the front of the house so the restaurant runs harmoniously. On good days, it is akin to a well-
oiled machine; on others, it can be closer to a mess of grinding gears. Not all kitchens have the same structure, and depending on the restaurant’s size and the scope of the menu, the chain of command can vary. Still, chef August Escoffier’s time-honored brigade de cuisine is still the most widely mimicked setup in the industry and breaks down the kitchen hierarchy in a flow chart of positions starting with the commis chefs, junior cooks usually saddled with a number of tasks and prep work, to the restaurant’s top dog, the executive chef. The trajectory of any given chef varies. Some attend prestigious culinary institutions, some learn everything in their mother’s kitchen and others get a foot in the door by starting as a dishwasher or at the salad station before working their way up the hot line. In its most perfect form, the kitchen line is a meritocracy, where ability, hard work and dedication are rewarded. “Sous chefs are grown from within,” Brigtsen says. “That speaks to their quality and their value. So much more so than any other position, it’s a position that’s earned.” So, what does a day in the life of a sous chef look like? To start, sous chefs are looking at a 60- to 70-hour workweek. There’s never been much beating around the bush when it comes to describing the hardships and long hours of kitchen life, but sous chefs have a particularly long haul. Because the position tends to be a salaried job, sous chefs often make less while
Their colleagues know them as the workhorses and backbones of the industry, but sous chefs tend to stay out of the spotlight. Here’s what a few sous chefs and notable chefs say about the job:
“They’re the blood and veins of the kitchens. Without them, we wouldn’t exist. (Your chef) is someone that you are inspired by and look up to and who really wants to help you grow. (As a sous chef), I always looked to my chefs as teachers and as mentors. There are good chefs and bad chefs, and I had both.” — ALON SHAYA, SHAYA
“They’re the backbones of my restaurants. These are the folks that run the kitchens and, like anything, chefs without great staffs are nothing. Although food is our medium, it really, truly is a people business. — FRANK BRIGTSEN, BRIGTSEN’S
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14 working longer hours than some of the staff they supervise. Ross Dover, a sous chef at Restaurant August, says his 70hour work week often rolls into his days off. “It can get really tough,” Dover says. “Your free time is mainly spent thinking about the restaurant. You have days off, but there are always people calling you, asking you questions.” The position also is very much a managerial one, from making sure orders from vendors and foragers arrive on time to last-minute menu tweaks when they don’t, to dealing with scheduling and staffing issues and overseeing dinner service. Coquette chef Michael Stoltzfus says that while he was a sous chef at Restaurant August, his job was “basically making sure that the restaurant was ready to go every day.” That meant getting to the restaurant in the morning before everyone else and assembling a long — and seemingly neverending — checklist: Did the produce orders
Best thing about being a sous chef “Being able to try different things, being able to work on different levels with people and being able to be creative and having the time to be creative. As a line cook you don’t always get those opportunities.”
get delivered on time? Is the fish fresh enough? What to do with that extra stock from yesterday? Is the new line cook working out? “It’s always been the hardest job in the kitchen,” says Alon Shaya, executive chef and partner of Shaya, Domenica and Pizza Domenica restaurants. “Middle management is always the toughest position.” But the job is a highly coveted one, giving chefs the ability to grow while working one-on-one with their mentor. It enables them to learn while testing their creative boundaries, helping out with menu design while simultaneously learning how to manage the day-to-day operations at the restaurant in case they might want to run their own one day. “It’s really such a great way to learn,” says Katie Juban, who works as the sous chef at Sylvain under chef Martha Wiggins. “When you’re finally in that position where you can spread your wings … It’s a real feeling of accomplishment.”
Worst thing about being a sous chef “The hours.” ROSS DOVER , HOLLIER & JUBAN
DANNY HOLLIER, SHAYA
“Those little moments, when you’ve brought up a line cook and you’ve worked so hard to bring them up to another level. When you see that they’ve gotten there, that something’s clicked, that’s such an amazing thing. K ATIE JUBAN, SYLVAIN
“You have a lot more responsibility, so if something goes wrong, you’re held accountable for the whole restaurant and not just one station.” JUBAN
“Working with different personalities and figuring out how to manage each person in the best way, with all of their different learning capabilities. And being able to be creative.” JUSTIN ROSS, PECHE
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Gambit’s Emerging Chefs Challenge Sous chef Trey Herty of Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar won Gambit’s fourth annual Emerging Chefs Challenge July 13 at The Cannery. The competition featured sous chefs from 15 New Orleans restaurants including Restaurant August, Shaya, Brennan’s New Orleans, Peche Seafood Grill and Dick & Jenny’s. Herty prepared slow-roasted pork belly with peaches, peas and ricotta. “The chefs (at Brown Butter) told me to try to figure out something that would be accessible but original,” Herty said after claiming his trophy and the $1,000 prize. “Peaches and peas are in season, so I did that,” Herty added. Herty developed the dish in the kitchen at Brown Butter and it was added to the menu last week.
Chris Roberts SAC-A-LAIT
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Smoked Louisiana bullfrog with corn bisque, shaved Celeste figs, Sichuan pepper and whipped goat creme
Danny Hollier SHAYA
Short rib pastrami on rye bread
Second place went to Chris Roberts of Sac-A-Lait, who served smoked Louisiana bullfrog with corn bisque, whipped goat creme, shaved Celeste figs and Sichuan pepper. He has worked with bullfrog at the restaurant, including highlighting smoked bullfrog in a gumbo, but the dish at Emerging Chefs Challenge was original (it is not on the menu at the restaurant). “I was trying to do the most off-thewall thing I could think of,” Roberts said. “They told me to do something that everyone would remember.” Sous chef Justin Ross of Peche Seafood Grill won third place for his chilled corn soup with crab and farro. Winners were determined by ballots cast by attendees after sampling dishes. More than 500 votes were cast. — WILL COVIELLO
CHEFS and DISHES Justin Ross
PECHE SEAFOOD GRILL
Chilled corn soup with crab and farro
Bryan Johnson AVO
Tuna crudo, Calabrian chili, pear, nori and shiso
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Trey Herty
BROWN BUTTER
Slow-roasted pork belly with ricotta, peaches
Ross Dover
David Harrower
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RESTAURANT AUGUST
Katie Juban SYLVAIN
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Taylor Lorio
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Ian Sugarman
RALPH’S ON THE PARK
BRENNAN’S NEW ORLEANS
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DOMENICA
Smoked salmon and caviar-stuffed fingerling potato with broken gribiche and Louisiana caviar
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Chris Vazquez
Michael Vissicchio
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Plaquemines Parish redfish ceviche with jalapeno, cucumber and Creole tomato
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Camille Chiarella stands in the newly redecorated dining room at Riccobono’s Peppermill.
BY PADMINI PARTHASARATHY AMID THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS AT RICCOBONO’S PEPPERMILL (3524 Severn Ave.,
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Metairie, 504-455-2266; www. riccobonospeppermill.com), there is a changing of the guard. Another generation of Riccobonos is ready to leave its mark on the neighborhood restaurant. “We’re sharing a new vision we have for the restaurant — totally respecting the food tradition, of course, but trying to bring forward the style and the essence of our generation,” Camille Chiarella says. Chiarella, Joe Riccobono and Lizzy Randol are the third generation of Riccobonos to run the restaurant, which was founded by their grandparents Joe and Josie Riccobono in 1976. Cousins Chiarella and Joe Riccobono worked in different professions before they regrouped to run Peppermill. Chiarella had experience in the food industry, having operated a meal preparation company called DinnerBelle and a catering company. Riccobono came from technical consulting. “We’ve got a close family and we’ve managed to bring complementary skill sets,” Riccobono says. “She’s got restaurant experience and I’ve got some management experience and between us it’s really working out well.” The new team did away with the dark burgundy ceilings and solid wood furniture for a lighter, more modern look. They also refurbished the private dining room. Though the restaurant’s management and decor have changed, its hearty Italian classics remain the same. “We bring in some other dishes that we think complement those,” Riccobonno says. “Our customers are so regular. We certainly want
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them to still feel like they’re at the Peppermill, so even if we’re changing the menu around, it’s still got a core base of who we are.” The menu features hearty Italian entrees like veal parmesan, as well as New Orleans seafood dishes. Catfish and crawfish dishes are mainstays on both the breakfast and dinner menus. “We have a crawfish bisque that was actually our great-grandma’s recipe, redfish amandine, an eggs Benedict made with crawfish,” Chiarella says. The Riccobonos employ two cooks who were hired when the restaurant opened in 1976. “They’re two brothers,” Chiarella says. “They started out as dishwashers and worked their way up to cooks. They’re really talented.” When Chiarella and Riccobono talk about memories of the Peppermill, their eyes light up. “This is home cooking for us.
Modern Market (3138 Magazine St., Suite C, 504-896-2206; www.modernmarket.com) holds a summer sale through Aug. 14. Sofas, sectionals, ottomans, accent chairs and beds are discounted 20 percent.
The Cool Down Block Party takes place in the 4100-4300 blocks of Magazine Street from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, July 29. There will be special sales, trunk shows, refreshments, pop-ups and a roaming sixpiece jazz band.
We grew up in the place with the employees and the customers,” Riccobono says. “Forty years later, this is the beginning of our leg of the journey, essentially. This is the start of our run, so we’re looking to be celebrating decades more in the business.”
Riverbend Creative Collective (8117 Oak St., 615268-2495; www. riverbendcollective. com), a coworking office, provides free access to the coworking space on Friday, July 29, as well as free iced coffee from Revelator Coffee Company.
Little Pnuts (209 Harrison Ave., 504-2675083; www. littlepnuts.com), an eco-friendly toy shop, now offers gift wrapping and curbside pickup. Customers can order an item online and pick it up from the shop an hour later.
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Tal’s Hummus serves casual Israeli food. BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund IT SHOULDN’T COME AS A SURPRISE THAT UPTOWN’S NEWEST ISRAELI SPOT, Tal’s Hummus, is already
enjoying a modicum of success, considering the accolades racked up by nearby Shaya. While Shaya’s approach is polished and elegant, Tal’s is much more casual. Here, the concept is based on quick and fresh Israeli street food. Diners order at a counter and can bring their own alcohol, which helps keep the tab low. Service is limited and can slow down when the tiny place is packed. Since opening in May, the airy Magazine Street restaurant, owned by Doris Metropolitan alum Tal Sharon, has offered a small and simple selection of platters, sandwiches and salads. Though fairly straightforward, the food is fresh and lively, and there’s clear dedication to quality. The menu is modeled on street food, but that shouldn’t imply fast food decorum. Food is fresh, filling, flavorful and made to order. Pingpong ball-sized orbs of falafel have a coffee-colored crust that gives way to bright green, moist and cohesive interiors with a toasted, nutty flavor. A colorful mix of diced tomatoes, cucumbers and onions forms the backbone of an Israeli salad tossed with bright green parsley leaves and drizzled with peppery lemon and olive oil dressing — a refreshing medley that decorates many platters and pita sandwiches. On one visit, borek — buttery puff pastry triangles — were filled with a thin layer of sauteed mushrooms. On other visits, they were stuffed with soft farmers cheese and served with
WHERE
4800 Magazine St., (504) 267-7357; www. talshummus.com
hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, pickles and yogurt. Somewhere in the late 1990s, hummus (remember the grainy stuff?) fell into favor with the Birkenstock-wearing crowd, but it took a while to reach mainstream grocers’ shelves in the U.S., let alone trendy restaurants. A few years ago, a hummus renaissance ushered in a new breed of velvety spreads, and the Middle Eastern chickpea dish finally got the respect it deserves. The version at Tal’s is in the second camp — a garlicky, silky dip with a faint hint of tahini that doesn’t taste smoky or heavy on sesame paste. Mushroom lovers will swoon for a version topped with heaps of sauteed champignons and slivered onions. Warmed, fluffy pita envelopes a number of pocket-like sandwiches including the excellent sabich, which brims with smoky ribbons of charred eggplant, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, cucumbers, a healthy slathering of tahini and amba, a sweet and briny pickled mango condiment. Beef kebabs are presented like miniature patties, blackened and crispy on the outside and cooked to a juicy, barely medium on the inside. They fill pita along with parsley and Israeli salad, tahini and fat pickle wedges — a combination of tart and bright flavors that balance the rich elements of the grilled meat. Besides a handful of chicken and beef kebab dishes, Tal’s is a mostly vegetarian joint, and vegetable sides don’t disappoint, with the exception of a lightly fried, poorly seasoned cauliflower dish.
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lunch and dinner daily
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hummus, sabich, beef kebabs
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Tal’s Hummus serves stuffed pita, hummus and other Middle Eastern favorites. P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R
St., 504-930-3071; www.seaworthynola.com) begins regular service this week, following a soft opening with a limited menu. The new spot, located next to the boutique hotel, occupies a renovated historic Creole townhouse and is connected to the hotel property. It has bars on two floors as well as several dining areas, including a spacious patio. New Orleanians Alex and Miles Pincus and partner Adrien Gallo are behind the project — the group also oversees New York’s floating oyster bar Grand Banks along with executive chef Kerry Heffernan. Heffernan and chef Daniel Causgrove (formerly of the Windsor Court Hotel’s Grill Room) oversee Seaworthy’s menu, which features sustainably harvested oysters from across the country along with other seafood-centric dishes, including an East Coast-style lobster roll. Grand Banks’ Lauren Schell is in charge of the drinks program, which features a session, or low-alcohol, cocktail-focused menu. Steve Yamada, formerly of Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29, is the restaurant’s general manager. — HELEN FREUND
Kitchen remodel BARREL PROOF (1201 Magazine St., 504-299-1888; www.barrel-
There’s a small rotating selection of desserts, but one sweet Middle Eastern standby is always a good end to a meal here: syrupy baklava cigars, with thin, honey-drenched threads of phyllo wrapped around a dense walnut center. New Orleanians have made it clear that modern Israeli food is not only welcome but celebrated, and Tal’s Hummus is a fun and casual addition to the scene.
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announced the lineup of restau-
The lineup has discounted menus at more than 65 restaurants, including Angeline, Carrollton Market, Commander’s Palace (pictured), Cafe Degas, Galatoire’s, Restaurant R’evolution, Trenasse, The Pelican Club and Tujague’s, among others. Visit www.coolinaryneworleans. com for details. — HELEN FREUND
Beard grooming GRAND ISLE (575 Convention Center Blvd., 504-520-8530; www.grandislerestaurant.com) executive chef Ryan Haigler will present a six-course dinner at the James Beard House in New York Aug. 19. The restaurant is offering a four-course preview to local diners at 7 p.m. Aug. 5. The preview menu includes passed hors d’oeuvres such as Creole tomato pie with pimiento cheese and tomato jam. The fourcourse meal features cured cobia with Steen’s cane vinegar and black pepper syrup; she-crab soup with fried soft-shell crab; duck sausage with foie gras and aioli; and cafe brulot with coconut cake. The dinner costs $65 plus tip. Beverage pairings cost $30 and include a special cocktail and wines with each course. — WILL COVIELLO
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rants for its 12th annual restaurant Coolinary New Orleans promotion, which features prix-fixe menu deals at participating eateries throughout the city. The promotion runs throughout August. “It’s no secret that New Orleans is home to a wealth of culinary heritage and creativity, and COOLinary New Orleans is the perfect opportunity for both visitors and locals to experience our world-renowned cuisine,” says Kim Priez, senior vice president of tourism for the NOCVB. Deals include two and threecourse lunch menus for $20 or less, and three-course dinners or brunch options for $39 or less.
Convention Center at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 6. The competition features 11 chefs, each representing a state. Chef Blake Phillips of Restaurant Sage in Monroe represents Louisiana. Competitors include Colette Nelson from Ludvig’s Bistro in Sitka, Alaska; Chris Sherrill of the Flora-Bama Yacht Club in Pensacola, Florida; Peter McCarthy of EVOO in Cambridge, Massachussetts; Bethy Rossos, a catering chef from Oregon; and Santiago De La Cruz from Woodlands Country Club outside Houston, Texas. Judges include chef Jennifer Cole-Ruiz, winner of season eight of Food Network’s Chopped, John State, executive chef of Disneyland Resorts and Parks, and others. The annual competition began in 2004 and highlights the use of domestic seafood. Chef Beau Schooler of Juneau, Alaska won the 2015 competition. Michael Brewer, who owned the now-shuttered restaurant The Sammich, placed third last year. Tickets to the competition are $5. — WILL COVIELLO
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LeBlanc + Smith restaurant group (www.leblancandsmith.com), has new bar food. Barrel Proof Kitchen replaces Little Bird, the pop-up from chefs Kristen Essig and Michael Stoltzfus. Chef John Sinclair, who oversaw the pop-up, is in charge of the new kitchen. The new menu features rotating bar food and small plate specials, including fries served with a choice of aioli, sausage, piperade and Gouda, or mushrooms with gravy and chevre. There also is flank steak with bibb lettuce, peanuts, shallots and tamarind, and a dish featuring roasted eggplant, harissa pancakes, fennel, radishes and green tomatoes. Barrel Proof Kitchen is open 4 p.m. to midnight Wednesday through Saturday. — HELEN FREUND
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Mandy Simpson OWNER OF NOLA BOARDS MANDY SIMPSON AND HER HUSBAND DAREN SUMROW OWN THE ARTISANAL CUTTING BOARD STORE NOLA BOARDS (4304 Mag-
azine St., 504-516-2601; www.nolaboards. com). Together, the couple makes and sells kitchen cutting boards using local and exotic woods treated with mineral oil and beeswax. Simpson spoke with Gambit about the benefits of using wooden cutting boards and how to take care of them.
How did you start making cutting boards? SIMPSON: My husband Daren owns New Orleans Woodworking, and they do a lot of restaurant and residential projects. At the time, one of our friends came and asked him to build a cutting board as a wedding present. He built that and I put it on social media. … Everything just kind of blew up from there. In fall of 2014, we started doing more and we got a great response. Everything now is so disposable. We throw everything away — from plastic cups to cutting boards. We just wanted to make something that was good quality and that was going to last a long time and we knew that families would pass them around and use them for entertaining. We like to call them functional art — making something that’s good quality and beautiful but something that you can actually use at the same time.
What’s the difference between using wooden and plastic boards? S: There’s always the debate about using wooden versus plastic cutting boards, and it comes and goes and people go through phases. I think it looks better, honestly. I love the different colors of the wood. We have a board called the Atchafalaya board, and that’s made out of local sinker cypress, so the colors in the board come out really pretty — swampy green and brown. It’s also better for your knives. The end-grain boards are better for not dulling your knives. It’s about the way the wood grain is facing, so it’s just a little bit softer on your knives. It won’t dull them so much when you’re chopping
something repeatedly. We’re in this society where everything is plastic, plastic, plastic, and I just like working with things that are going to last longer than myself — that are going to be around for a long time. I like the idea of cutting boards that you’re really making your memories on, like when you’re cooking for your family. We have three teenagers in the house, so it feels like we’re always making food. We want people to make memories on them, maybe even pass them on to family members. Wooden cutting boards can last years, even decades.
What’s the best way to care for wooden cutting boards? S: We coat all of our cutting boards with a locally made mineral oil and beeswax conditioner. It’s made by Fleur de Bees on the West Bank. She raises all of her own bees and makes this special for us. If you’re an avid cook, you’re going to want to take care of your board, and we encourage people to do that. It will make it last longer and help the quality. It will help make it look better too. You can use a (mineral oil) conditioner like that three or four times a year. You also could buy mineral oil and beeswax at stores, and there are basic cutting board conditioners (for sale) out there. It’s not as hard as people think. For everyday use, as long as you don’t put it in the dishwasher, you’ll be fine. If you put it in the dishwasher, it will start to break apart. But it can handle your sink water for quite a long time. (Wood) is very sustainable. Just hand wash it, oil it and wax it every couple of months and you’ll be good. — HELEN FREUND
EAT+DRINK BY NORA McGUNNIGLE
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ERIC AND LEAH JENSEN CREATED THE NAME PARLEAUX BEER LAB (4224 ROYAL ST.; WWW.PARLEAUXBEERLAB. COM) because it reflects the
forthcoming brewery’s surrounding neighborhood as well as Eric’s previous work as an educator. “Parleaux” joins the French words for “by” and “water,” and Eric says “lab” evokes the kind of brewing he plans to do when the brewery opens later this year. “Labs are used to describe experimental processes,” Eric says, “That’s how I approach brewing.” A large backyard features 17 fruit trees — including satsuma, fig and kumquat trees — which will inspire the types of beers brewed. The space also will serve as a beer garden. Eric and friends home-brewed under the name Neutral Ground Brewing before he and Leah decided to purchase the shotgun house on the corner of Royal and Lesseps streets to build their brewery. After the school year ended in May, he turned his attention to the project full time. The first phase of construction is building the brewing space in the area behind the house. A 10-barrel brewhouse system and tanks will take up much of the indoor space, OF WINE THE WEEK
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but there will be room for a service bar and tables. Future phases will develop the upstairs and front of the house. The Jensens think the outdoor area will shine, with a shaded green space bordering railroad tracks serving as Parleaux’s beer garden. The Jensens plan to start with four to six beers that will be available only at the brewery, and add other beers later. “We want to be a part of the neighborhood and serve the community,” Eric says. “For us, that’s what beer is all about.”
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2015 Reunion Malbec Mendoza, Argentina Retail $12-$14
THE POPULARITY OF MALBEC WINES has placed the city of Mendoza and Argentina’s largest wine region, also called Mendoza, on the world’s wine map. This wine is from the family-owned estate founded by Raul Joffre 20 years ago and operated with his four daughters. Malbec grapes were hand-harvested from 15-year-old vines cultivated in sandy and stony soils at altitudes from 3,300 to 4,100 feet above sea level. In the cellar, the wine was vinified with pre-fermentation maceration in temperature-controlled vats. The wine matured for four months in 70 percent French oak barrels and 30 percent American oak and then aged in the bottle for four months. In the glass, it offers aromas of cassis, oak and leather with chocolate notes and some spice. On the palate, taste blackberry, cherry and some mushroom and earthy qualities. Decant 30 minutes before serving. Drink it with grilled beef, roasted venison, poultry and firm cheeses. Buy it at: Grande Krewe Fine Wine & Spirits, Brady’s Wine Warehouse, Bin 428, Faubourg Wines, Dorignac’s and Acquistapace’s Covington Supermarket. Drink it at: Desi Vega’s Steakhouse, Tujague’s, Kyoto Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar, Bacchanal and Andy’s Bistro.
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Boudin Boogaloo 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday Ace Hotel, Barnett Hall, 600 Carondelet St., (504) 900-1180 www.acehotel.com/neworleans Lucky Peach editor Chris Ying celebrates the release of The Wurst of Lucky Peach. There are sausages by chefs Donald Link of Cochon and Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman of Josephine Estelle. Two drinks are included. Bon Bon Vivant performs and there is drag bingo. Tickets $40.
JULY 29
Light Night 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday Martin Wine Cellar, 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7300; Village Shopping Center, 2895 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411 www.martinwine.com The wine tasting features 20 white wines, including sparkling wines, plus cheeses and hors d’oeuvres. Wines include Chateau Poiron Dabin Muscadet, 2015 Hermanos Torrontes, 2015 Saint-Peyre Picpoul de Pinet, 2014 Domaines Schlumberger Pinot Blanc Les Princes Abbes, 2014 Elk Cove Vineyards Pinot Gris, 2015 Casa Silva Sauvignon Gris and others. Tickets $12.
JULY 30-31
Abita Brewing Company’s 30th Birthday Festival 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday Abita Brewery, 166 Barbee Road, Covington, (985) 893-3143 www.abita.com Abita Brewing Company celebrates its 30th anniversary with live music, food trucks and brewery tours. The Purple Truck, Dat Dog, Mr. Choo, Sweet Daddy’s BBQ, Stuftstream and City Gelato offer food. Performers include The Kid Carsons, Rayo Brothers, Humble Kind and Ship of Fools. Admission is free but attendees must register via Eventbrite (www.bit.ly/Abita30th).
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514 City Park Ave., (504) 482-6845 www.mophonola.com Som tam salad includes fresh and pickled watermelon, seasonal vegetables, cilantro, spicy peanuts, sweet cured sausage and Thai chili peppers.
Press Street Station 5 Press St., (504) 249-5622 www.pressstreetstation.com Grilled Gulf fish is served with watermelon, haloumi, olives and basil vinaigrette.
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Rebellion Bar & Urban Kitchen 748 Camp St., (504) 298-7317 www.nolarebellion.com Chilled watermelon and crabmeat soup features ginger, lime and smashed avocados.
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Contact Will Coviello willc@gambitweekly.com 504.483.3106 | FAX: 866.473.7199 C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S AT W W W. B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S .C O M Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, addresses are for New Orleans. Dollar signs represent the average cost of a dinner entree: $ — under $10; $$ — $11 to $20; $$$ — $21 or more. To update information in the Out 2 Eat listings, email willc@gambitweekly.com, fax 483-3116 or call Will Coviello at 483-3106. Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.
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Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 5615171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours. West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $
BAR & GRILL The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1950; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.Sun. Credit cards. $
BREAKFAST/BRUNCH
Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tres Bon Cajun Meats — 10316 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, (504) 405-5355; www.tresbonmeats.com — No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $
CHINESE August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 5618844; www.redgravycafe.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$
Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
BURGERS
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Dis & Dem — Rue St. Louis Bar, 814 St. Louis St., (504) 509-7092; www. disanddem.com — No reservations. Banks Street: breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun. St. Louis St.: lunch, dinner and late-night daily.Credit cards. $
Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $
Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — 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 — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $
Chez Pierre French Bakery & Cafe — 3208 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 467-3176; www.chezpierreneworleans. com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch SatSun. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$
CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis
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Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$
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Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/ cafegentilly — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www.memesbareandgrille.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www. messinasterminal.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$
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St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines. com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$
Bagels & Bytes — 1001 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 831-7968; www.bagelsandbytes.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 592-0223; www.weltysdeli.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.Fri. Credit cards. $
FRENCH Cafe Degas — 3127 Esplanade Ave., (504) 945-5635; www.cafedegas.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $
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INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www. andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$
Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ The Red Maple — 1036 Lafayette St., Gretna, (504) 367-0935; www.theredmaple.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN
Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$
Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www. nonnamia.net — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN
Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
JAPANESE Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
Runway Cafe
Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$
Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
KOREAN
House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$
Little Korea BBQ — 2240 Magazine St., (504) 821-5006 — No reservations. Lunch Mon. & Wed.-Sat., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$
LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/visit/golf-cafe — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ PAGE 35
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Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
The Rum and the Lash at Finn McCool’s Irish Pub (3701 Banks St., 504-265-8997; www.finnmccools.com) serves burgers and a menu of pub fare. PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER PAGE 32
Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Koz’s — 515 Harrison Ave., (504) 4840841; 4445 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-2010; 6215 Wilson St., Harahan, (504) 737-3933; www.kozcooks.com — No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $
PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — No reserva-
tions. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — 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 — 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 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $
Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — No reservations. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $
Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno. com — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Oyster House — 1327 St. Charles Ave., (504) 267-0169; www.mredsrestaurants.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $
STEAKHOUSE
Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $
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The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www. dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
TAPAS/SPANISH Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe.com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
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Case is a longtime lang fan. “I’m so familiar with everything k.d. has done,” she says. “There wasn’t anything she couldn’t do. She’s this great singer who made those beautiful torch records and country records. She’d be on The Larry Sanders Show being hilarious and on the Pee-wee Herman Christmas special with Grace Jones. And, oh, she’s an out lesbian and she owns it. k.d. is so joyously herself. So bold and so beautiful. She inspired me (during) my entire musical career.” Case, lang and Veirs originally considered making an album of other people’s songs but decided to make their own music for the project. “Write them together as three alpha personalities, who normally are the bosses of their projects,” Case says. “We wanted to make it for fun. We wanted to please ourselves as well as serve the songs.” Because Case, lang, Veirs and Martine already had busy careers, their collaboration happened in spurts during a two-and-a-half-year period. “Everyone was so busy,” Case says. “But we wanted it. That’s the part that means the most to me. I love people who are the real deal, who do what they say they’re gonna do. We all showed up. We committed. And it feels so good.” Hoping not to inspire preconceived notions, the singers kept the collaboration quiet. As simple as their objectives were — having fun and making an album they loved — making music together was challenging. “It was like master class for me,” Case says. “Like, ‘OK. You better be ready to learn something here. You can’t just half-ass show up. You gotta really be a part of this to your core.’” The trio didn’t know if a tour would follow the album’s release. “We all really cared about the songs,” Case says. “We thought it would be a shame if we didn’t tour with them.” It’s too early to say if a follow-up to case/lang/veirs will happen. “The only reason I wouldn’t is because we couldn’t get together, not because I don’t think it wouldn’t come out great,” Case says. “I love working with them. I’ve learned more working with them than I could have learned doing anything else.”
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TUESDAY 26 30/90 — Bayou Saints, 5; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Bacchanal — Mark Weliky Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Justin Donovan, 2; Dana & the Boneshakers, 6:30; Willie Lockett & the Blues Krewe, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars Rhythm Section feat. Larry Johnson, noon; BB King All-Star Band feat. Jonte Mayon, 6:30 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Open Ears Music Series feat. Bruce Menses & the Offensive Jazz Quartet, 10 Cafe Negril — The Four Sides, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; August Is Ours, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Nyce, 6; Greg Schatz Trio, 8 Circle Bar — Carl LeBlanc, 6; Cantalouper, Ize, Dusty Tupelo, 9:30 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 DMac’s Bar & Grill — The Last Honky Tonk Music Series with Bridgette London, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Burke Ingraffia, 9 Gasa Gasa — Wray, GT, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Baio, Luxley, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30; Willie Green Project, 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 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Siberia — Heavy Children, Year of the Vulture, The Quintessential Octopus, 9 Snug Harbor — Phil Degruy, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10 St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church — Hector Gallardo’s Cuban Jazz Trio, 7
WEDNESDAY 27 30/90 — Justin Donovan, 5; Jamey St. Pierre, 9 Ace Hotel (3 Keys) — Colin Lake, 8 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat. Giselle Anguizola, 2; Gentilly Stompers, 6; Mem Shannon, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars Rhythm Section feat. Jonte Mayon, noon; Lacy
Blackledge, 3:30; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson, 6:30 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Mark Appleford, 5; Doc Lovett’s Louisiana Remedy, 6 Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski, 8 Cafe Negril — Wil Funk, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Dave Hickey & Jacob Tanner, 6 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Holly Rock, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The George French Trio, 9:30 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Gasa Gasa — Marissa Nadler, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Muscle & Marrow, 8:30 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 7:30 The Jefferson Orleans North — Jerry Embree & the Heartbeats, 6 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 8:30 The Maison — Roamin’ Jasmine, 4; Jazz Vipers, 6:30; Mutiny Squad, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Charlie Wooton Project feat. Jason Ricci, Doug Belote, Keiko Komaki, Jamison Ross, James Southwell, 9 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & the Next Generation, 8 & 10 Rivershack Tavern — Dave Ferrato, 7 Siberia — Sete Star Sept, Scum Human, Fat Stupid Ugly People, Room 101, 9 Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra feat. Terrance Taplin, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Chris Christy’s Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 10
THURSDAY 28 30/90 — Andy J. Forest, 5; Smoke N Bones, 9 AC Marriott — DJ Raj Smoove, 7 Ace Hotel (3 Keys) — Slay City, 10 AllWays Lounge — Reverend Yogi, Simon Lott, Rob Cambre, 10 Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Kalas Swing Society, 2; Chip Wilson & the Style A’s, 6:30; Keith Stone, 10 Bar Redux — Michael “Mojo” Wilder, 8 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars Rhythm Section feat. Jonte Mayon, noon; Stevie
J, 3:30; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 6:30 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Marla Dixon Trio, 9 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — The Hubcap Kings, 7; The March Divide, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil Degruy & Friends, 6; Bassonic feat. Albey Balgochian, Jane Grenier, Reggie Scanlan, Raymond Weber, 8 Circle Bar — Jeremy Joyce, 7; Big Huge, Glut, Benni, 9:30 City Park Botanical Garden — Ladies of Soul, 6 d.b.a. — Young Seminole Hunters Gang, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Haruka Kikuchi & the Big 4Tune, 9:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — The Sufficients CD Release, 9 Jazz Cafe — Louise Cappi, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Vincent Marini, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 Little Gem Saloon — V-Tones of Charleston, 7 The Maison — The Good For Nothin’ Band, 4; Slick Skillet Serenaders, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 11 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Motel Radio, 6 Old Point Bar — Jean Marie Harris, 9 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Merengue 4, Jose Fermin Ceballos, 8 & 10 Siberia — Solstice, Fetom, Warsenal, Tombstalker, Big Pig, 8 Snug Harbor — Betty Shirley & Will Thompson Bessie Smith Tribute, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Vaughan’s Lounge — Surtain Nawlins Band, 10
FRIDAY 29 21st Amendment — Jim Cole & the Boneyard Navigators, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 9:30 30/90 — Jon Bauer, 2; Jon Roniger & the Good for Nothin’ Band, 5; Muevelo, 8; Soul Project, 11 AC Marriott — Erika Flowers, 7 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Smoky Greenwell, 10 Bar Redux — Lily Virginia, T’Lark, 8 Batch — Yisrael, 5 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars Rhythm Section feat. Larry Johnson, noon; Stevie J, 3:30; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7:30 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Water Seed, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. Buffa’s Lounge — Jerry Jumonville, 5;
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Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10
Jazz Cafe — Louise Cappi, 8
Checkpoint Charlie — Domenic, 4; Freedom, 7; Jonathan Brown Band, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Ship of Fools, 8:30 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6; Goldbloom, Mahayla, The O-Pines, 9:30
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The Maison — Luneta Jazz Band, 1; G & the Swinging Three, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Los Po-Boy-Citos, Resident Aliens, 10
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Maple Leaf Bar — Dirty Bourbon River Show, 11
Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Fitzpatrick & Turning Point, 10
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Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Buena Vista Social Latin Dance Party, 10 Gasa Gasa — CBDB, 10 Hey! Cafe — Winter Break, All People, Brent Houzenga, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Relapse: ’80s, ’90s, ’00s with DJ Matt Scott, 10 House of Blues (The Parish) — Southern Smoke, 10 Howlin’ Wolf Den — C. Shreve the Professor, Elespee, Baron Amato, YDS,
Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Wendell Brunious, 6; The PresHall Brass feat. Daniel “Weenie” Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Tchami, 10 Rivershack Gretna — Austin Sicard & the Medics, 9 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Lil Nathan, 9:30 Siberia — Hondo Beyondo Classic Country with DJs Robin Rubbermaid and Matty, 6; Dingus Tron, Plan Z, Merkabah, TV Pole Shine, 9
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MARISSA NADLER’S VOICE IS AN OPEN INVITATION TO HYPERBOLE. It’s been called both angelic and something you would follow straight into Hades. Her local paper, The Boston Globe, fancifully opined that, in mythological times, it could have lured men to their deaths at sea. (Talk about a Homer.) While that vaporous soprano has dominated discussion of her seven recordings, the moods and methods behind each one are impressively varied, ranging from finger-picked acoustic folk to slippery slide-guitar country to torch-lit noir rock. Her May release Strangers (Sacred Bones) moves through a four-song stretch that connects Pink Floyd’s ominous machinations (“Katie I Know,” “Skyscraper”) to Beach House’s dune-eroding drones (“Hungry Is the Ghost,” “All the Colors of the Dark”); the • July 27 title track backgrounds the rhythm guitar in favor of a slow-hand electric lead, and “Janie • 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Love” courts a bad romance with a diaph• Gasa Gasa anous 1950s slow dance. Working again with • 4920 Freret St. audio engineer Randall Dunn — best known for his expansive productions of elemental • (504) 338-3567 metal bands Sunn O))) and Earth — Nadler • www.gasagasa.com takes the heavy oppression of hard rock and applies it to the softest of sounds, making for a truly disconcerting and disorienting listening experience. “You touch and the earth will crumble,” she lulls on “Janie”; “You speak and hurricanes attack.” Maybe the siren calls aren’t so far off after all. Wrekmeister Harmonies and Muscle and Marrow open. Tickets $10. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS
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Tipitina’s — Squirrel Nut Zippers, 10 Twist of Lime — Dead Earth Politics, Choke, The Void, Art of the Process, 10
SUNDAY 31 30/90 — Revival, 2; Sam Shahin, 5; Doc Lovett’s Louisiana Remedy, 9 Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bar Redux — Alex Bosworth, Dave Geare, Sean Markey, 8 BB King’s — Keith Stone Band, 11 a.m.; Jeremy Joyce, 6:30 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — Snake & the Charmers, 6 Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 10:30 a.m.; Gerald French Trio, 7 Cafe Negril — All 4 One Brass Band, 6; Corporate America, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Friends, Blind Texas Marlin, 6 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Gasa Gasa — Inter Arma, Withered, Something’s Burning, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 7:30 The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30 Joy Theater — case/lang/viers, Andy Shauf, 9 Kermit’s Treme Mother-In-Law Lounge — Kermit Ruffins, Paris Harris, DJ Sugar Ray, 4 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 8 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the NOLA Jitterbugs, 10 a.m.; Eight Dice Cloth, 1; Asylum Chorus, 4; Brad Walker, 7; Higher Heights, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Jean Marie Harris, 7 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Gregg Stafford, 6 Saenger Theatre — Ray LaMontagne, 7 Siberia — Early Day Miners, The Want-
ing, 6; Gay Cum Daddies, Three Brained Robot, Gardenella, 9 Smoothie King Center — Guns N’ Roses, The Cult, 8 Snug Harbor — NO Trad Jazz Camp Faculty All-Stars, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10
MONDAY 1 30/90 — Perdido Jazz Band, 5; New Orleans Super Jam, 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 Black Label Icehouse — Teeth, Barghest, 8 Blue Nile — Brass-A-Holics, 10 Buffa’s Lounge — Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; In Business, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Albanie Falletta, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — White Night, 9:30 d.b.a. — Glen David Andrews, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 9 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 Sidney’s Saloon — King James & the Special Men, 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 “Organ & Labyrinth” performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock by candlelight. Free. 6 p.m. Tuesday. David Bode. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — The saxophonist plays 20th century Russian, German and American compositions with pianist Jesse Reeks. Free. 5 p.m. Sunday. New Orleans International Piano Competition. Loyola University New Orleans, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www. montage.loyno.edu — Competition finalists lead master classes and give recitals at this celebration of classical piano. Tickets $22-$150. 10:45 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
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4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, No Good Deed, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — New Orleans Suspects, 11 Northshore Harley-Davidson — The Strays, 3:30 Oak — Tom Leggett, 9 Old Point Bar — Chris Klein, 9:30 Oz — Sunday School with Cameron Kelly, 4 a.m. Preservation Hall — The Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Jamie Wight, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Rivershack Gretna — South, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Vance Orange, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Eric Lindell, 9:45 Siberia — Alex McMurray, 6; Merle Swaggard, Royal Skyy, Garbage Boy, Scarecrow Sonic Boombox, 9 Snug Harbor — Chris Washburn & SYOTOS, 8 & 10 Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9
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OPENING THIS WEEKEND Bad Moms (R) — Moms (Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn and Kristen Bell) revolt against the tyranny of gluten-free bake sales. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Gleason (R) — The former New Orleans Saints player and local cause celebre’s experience with ALS is profiled. Elmwood, Canal Place Into the Forest (R) — When apocalyptic blackouts destroy America’s electricity, gas and iPhones, two young women (Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood) struggle to survive. Zeitgeist Jason Bourne (PG-13) — Matt Damon returns to the world of combat sequences and special effects. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place
NOW SHOWING Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (R) — Watch for cameos by fashion bigwigs Jean Paul Gaultier and Kate Moss in this screwball comedy based on the British TV show. Elmwood, Canal Place Carnage Park — Up-and-coming director Mickey Keating’s true crime-inspired horror movie features a sniper in pursuit of his quarry. Broad Central Intelligence (PG-13) — Guns are dutifully a-blazin’ in this odd-couple action comedy with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Equals (PG-13) — Two teens fall in love in a world in which emotions have been genetically suppressed. Elmwood, West Bank Finding Dory (PG) — Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks voice colorful fish on a quest in this sequel to Finding Nemo. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Flight of the Butterflies 3D — A scientist chronicles lepidopteran migration. Entergy Giant Screen Francofonia — A meditative tour of the Louvre discusses the museum’s history during the Nazi occupation of France. Prytania Ghostbusters (PG-13) — Funny girls Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig star in a remake of the cult classic with an all-female cast. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (PG-13) — The film by conservative ideologue Dinesh D’Souza rehashes Clinton-related conspiracy theories. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Hurricane on the Bayou — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy Giant Screen Ice Age: Collision Course (PG) — The series’ fifth installment involves a worldending asteroid, which probably would
be merciful at this point. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Independence Day: Resurgence (PG13) — Cue inspiring speech that saves humanity in five ... four ... Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner The Infiltrator (R) — Former Breaking Bad meth kingpin Bryan Cranston switches teams to portray an FBI agent pursuing Pablo Escobar. Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Kenner, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place The Innocents (PG-13) — During the end days of World War II, a French doctor discovers a convent full of pregnant nuns. Broad Kabali — In India, an aging mob boss tries to secure his family’s future. Elmwood The Legend of Tarzan (PG-13) — Shirtless Alexander Skarsgard takes on civilization. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Lights Out (PG-13) — Reawaken childhood phobias at this horror movie about things that go bump in the night. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (R) — Two dudes discover too late that their dates are girls gone wild. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble (PG-13) — The documentary about the cellist and other international musicians features euphoric performances. Broad Nerve (PG-13) — A modern twist on “truth or dare” has increasingly high stakes in this thriller starring Emma Roberts. Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Purge: Election Year (R) — The third (!) installment of the campy franchise in which citizens celebrate “Purge Night,” a lawless evening of mayhem. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell The Secret Life of Pets (PG) — Comic luminaries Louis C.K., Hannibal Buress, Kevin Hart and Jenny Slate provide voices for this animated animal adventure. Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Shallows (PG-13) — Gossip Girl meets Open Water. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell Star Trek Beyond (PG-13) — The franchise lives long and prospers with another installment directed by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Wars: The Force Awakens). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place
SPECIAL SCREENINGS Angel’s Egg — The art-house anime by Oshii Mamoru (Ghost in the Shell) plays with ideas of reality. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burgundy Picture House Barbie: Star Light Adventure — Space princess Barbie rides a hoverboard to save the universe. 10 a.m. Saturday. Elmwood, Regal
Belladonna of Sadness — The hallucinogenic adults-only anime is about a beautiful woman who makes a Faust-like bargain. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Broad Charlotte’s Web (G) — That’s some pig. 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania Cocktail (R) — A men’s Coyote Ugly? The early Tom Cruise vehicle about the bartender’s life is screened. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Orpheum Frozen (G) — Just in case you hadn’t yet memorized all the songs. 1 p.m. Sunday. Orpheum L’enfer — A meta-documentary about the making of a 1964 film that was never completed. 8 p.m. Monday. Good Children Gallery (4037 St. Claude Ave.) Lincoln Center: Alvin Ailey Incl. Revelations — Filmed performances and interviews comprise this documentary about the acclaimed dance company. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood Maciste in Hell — The Italian silent comedy is screened. 6 p.m. Wednesday. American Italian Cultural Center (537 S. Peters St.) Microbe and Gasoline (R) — The French road trip movie is by Michel Gondry, whose films use puppetry and surreal images to create dreamlike riffs. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Minions (PG) — The creatures from the internet’s favorite meme get an origin story. 3 p.m. Sunday. Orpheum The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG) — Tim Burton’s joyfully deranged stop-motion classic is screened. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday. Black Label Icehouse Parisienne — A young Lebanese woman studies in Paris in a coming-of-age movie that muses on the immigrant experience. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Planet of the Apes (1968) — Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) wrote the screenplay for this seminal film. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) — An engaged couple comes across a mansion in the woods and meets strange people. Midnight Friday-Saturday. Prytania Saturday Night Fever (R) — When lapels were wide and men wore heels. 7 p.m. Saturday. Orpheum The Sound of Music (G) — An woman brings new life to the home of a widowed naval captain and seven children. 10 a.m. Friday-Sunday and Wednesday. Prytania The Spongebob Movie: Sponge out of Water (PG) — Everyone’s favorite quadrilateral in shorts tries to recover the Krabby Patty recipe from a pirate. 8 p.m. Friday. Audubon Zoo Tickled — A journalist investigates the world of “competitive endurance tickling.” 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday-Monday. Chalmette Vivir Es Facil Con Los Ojos Cerrados — In Spain, an English teacher aspires to meet John Lennon. 7 p.m. Monday. Cafe Istanbul The Wall — The German-language film (originaly Die Wand) is about survivalism in remote locations. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deutsches Haus (1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie)
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IT’S NOT BREAKING NEWS THAT THE RECORD INDUSTRY IS NOT WHAT IT WAS IN ITS HEYDAY. The music streaming freely to smartphones and computers across the globe tells the tale, along with the industry’s ever-plummeting sales figures. But remnants of the old record business remain, from the grooming and packaging of promising young artists to big-time recording contracts that don’t necessarily prove beneficial — artistically or financially — to those same artists. For many viewers, the continued existence of that age-old system is the first revelation found in director Luke Meyer’s insightful Breaking a Monster. It’s a fly-on-the-wall documentary that tells the story of Brooklyn heavy metal band Unlocking the Truth, which consists of three African-American boys who were 12 and 13 when the film was shot. Heavy metal is not a field widely known for its racial diversity. When we first meet the band, it has just come under the wing of record-industry veteran Alan Sacks, who was the force • Opens July 29 behind the Jonas Brothers’ multimilliondollar teen-rock empire. Sacks is about to • The Broad Theater shepherd Unlocking the Truth into the offices • 636 N. Broad St. of Sony Music Entertainment to sign a $1.8 million, five-album recording contract. The • (504) 218-1008 slow-building conflicts that arise from that • www.thebroadtheater.com celebratory event initially seem like something we’ve seen many times before. But Breaking a Monster has something more to offer: A real world coming-of-age story about three spirited kids gradually learning to forge their own path through the adult world of big money and high expectations. Unlocking the Truth’s story began when lead singer-guitarist Malcolm Brickhouse, drummer Jarad Dawkins and bassist Alec Atkins decided to take their original thrash metal — inspired by bands ranging from Slayer to Disturbed — to the streets of Manhattan’s Times Square. Video posted to YouTube by a fan garnered more than a million views, attracting the attention of national entertainment media and future manager Sacks. Though technically adept far beyond their years, band members were self-aware enough to admit they were still developing their own style and unique voice. Of course, Sacks and Sony Music had their own ideas about how to shape the band’s music and, more important, their brand. Tensions mount as the label continually delays the band’s first recording sessions, waiting for Brickhouse’s vocals to improve even as the band scores a high-profile gig at the massive Coachella festival and a by-request opening slot for Metallica at Heavy Montreal. It’s a pleasure to witness the kids’ budding rebellion as they begin to understand that making music and staying true to themselves are the only things that matter. Meyer keeps Breaking a Monster moving briskly and does an admirable job of capturing the stress and eventual triumph of the band’s early breakout shows. The director made a short documentary portrait called Unlocking the Truth in 2013 (still available on YouTube), which allowed him to earn the band’s trust early on and avoid for-the-camera staginess in Breaking a Monster. The only thing missing from the film is a postscript revealing what happened in the period just after the shoot. Frustrated by endless delays in getting their music out to the world, Unlocking the Truth negotiated its way out of both the Sony contract and Sacks’ management. Independent at last, the band finally released its first album, Chaos, last month. High school finally looms ahead for the band, but so does a shot at self-determined success. — KEN KORMAN
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GALLERIES 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 9402900; www.5pressgallery.com — “The Colors Bordering Earth and Sky,” work by NOCCA alumni, through Saturday. Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Conversations with Color: Contemporary Abstract Artists,” new work by Mark Erickson, Paul Tamanian, Patterson & Barnes and Michelle Gagliano, through Aug. 13. Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.pressstreet.com/antenna — “KOKO’s Love: A Soap Opera Tale of One Family,” multimedia exhibition by Yoshie Sakai, through Aug. 7. “The Midden Heap Project,” experimental work about Finnegan’s Wake, through Sunday. Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — “Birds of Prey,” 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. Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722; www.culturalagendaoftheconsulateofmexico.blogspot.com — “Los Demonios de Mi Tierra,” photographs by Mauricio Silerio, through Sunday. Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — “Maafa: The Past We Inherit, the Future We Create,” photographs by Gason Ayisyin and Peter Nakhid, through Sunday. Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing. Brand New Orleans Art Gallery. 646 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 251-2695; www. brandartnola.com — “Dream,” mixed-me-
dia work by Russian contemporary artist Olesya, through Sunday. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Coastal Cartography,” mixed-media Georgia coast landscapes by John Folsom, through Saturday. Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Summer Group Exhibition,” new work by gallery artists, through Aug. 27. Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing. CJ Nero. 839 Spain St., (504) 875-2008; www.facebook.com/craig.who.dat.nero — “Le Jardin,” watercolors by Joleen Arthur Schiller, through Aug. 6. Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “Defining Identity,” works about identity by emerging artists Dan Branch, Darneice Floyd, Emily Lovejoy and Leroy Miranda Jr., through Aug. 4. Ellen Macomber Fine Art & Textiles. 1720 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-9414; www.ellenmacomber.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, 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 — “Summer Crush,” depictions of summer in the media by Vanessa Centeno; “Blue Arrowheads of the Barataria,” landscapes by Stephen Rooney; “Buffet,” work about
appetite by Claire Rau; “There Is No Knife Connection,” work about memory by Madeleine Wieand; all through Aug. 7. Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia. com — “Finite and Infinite,” paintings by Carol Scott, through Sunday. 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. 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. John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www. johnbukaty.com — Paintings and sculpture by John Bukaty, ongoing. Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “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 Saturday. “Exchange,” work of eight German artists as part of a cultural exchange between New Orleans and Berlin, through Sunday. La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre.com — Mixed-media group exhibition by Jane
Robert Kelly; metal sculpture by Devon Murphy; both ongoing. New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 2185319; www.nolatattoomuseum.com — “Folklore & Flash,” tattoo designs and artifacts, ongoing. Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery. com — “A Glimpse Within,” oil, watercolor and collage works by Alex Hernandez Duenas, Martha Hughes, Kathryn Keller, Grover Mouton and Pierre Bergian, 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. Rabbit Ears. 8225 Oak St., (985) 2120274; www.facebook.com/rabbitearsnola — New work by New Orleans outsider artist Al Weidenbacher, through Sunday. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — “Hands of the Maker II: Collaboration,” collaborations by glass artists, through Sept. 10. 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
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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) 5814244; 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. Salon Gallery. 2334 Marengo St. — “Engrained,” wood panel paintings by Sarah Nelson, through Aug. 24. ShiNola Gallery. 1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “National Juried Summer Show,” work by emerging artists, through Aug. 20. 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 Sunday. Studio Inferno. 6601 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/infernonola — “Annual Open Art Show,” group exhibition by local artists, through Sunday. Sutton Galleries. 519 Royal St., (504) 581-1914; www.suttongalleries.com — New work by Isabelle Dupuy, ongoing. Thomas Mann Gallery I/O. 1812 Magazine St., (504) 581-2113; www.thomasmann. com — “Glass with a Twist,” group exhibition of artisan-made glass jewelry and cocktail ware, through Sept. 10. Tripolo Gallery. 401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-1441 — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. 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.
MUSEUMS The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.
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Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Luminescence,” new work by Deedra Ludwig; “Memento Wild,” new work by Marcy Lally; both through Saturday. M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing. 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 Sunday. Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos. com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing. Myrtle Banks Building. 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — “Mixed Messages,” new work by Jose Torres-Tama, Sean G. Clark, Iris Crey, Belinda Shinshillas, Leona Strassberg Steiner, Donna Woodley and Bottletree, through Aug. 28. New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Of Myth, Fun and Folly,” group exhibition by New Orleans artists, through Sunday. New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 5297277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Glass sculpture by Thomas Kelly and
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hnoc.org — “Money, Money, Money! Currency Holdings from the Historic New Orleans Collection,” through Oct. 29. “Voices of Progress: 20 Women Who Changed New Orleans,” photographs, films and more from women’s rights activists, through Sept. 11. Hand-carved decoy ducks, and more. 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, and more. 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 December. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Bob Dylan: The New Orleans Series,” paintings by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, through Sunday. “The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction,” everyday objects covering 100 years of design history, through Sept. 11. 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. 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.
CALL FOR ARTISTS Clarence John Laughlin Award. New Orleans Photo Alliance requests submissions for the $5,000 award, which honors artistic excellence and sustained creative vision. Visit www.neworleansphotoalliance.org for details. Copycat. Hammond Regional Art Center’s juried contest seeks work that engages with ideas of copying, forgery, authorship and copyright. Visit www.hammondarts. com for details. Mandeville’s Marigny OctoberFeast event poster contest. The festival seeks
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often complicated processes of adjustment are epitomized in California, that state with America’s largest Asian population. In KOKO’s Love: A Soap Opera Tale of One Family expo (pictured), Los Angeles artist Yoshie Sakai pro• Through Aug. 7 vides a colorful look at the unexpected results • KOKO’s Love: A Soap Opera of encounters between Asian traditions and Tale of One Family: multimedia Western pop culture in an immersive gallery setting that resembles an old-time, low-budget exhibition by Yoshie Sakai TV game show set. In melodramatic snippets • Antenna Gallery, 3718 Saint inspired by Korean- and Asian-American Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; soap operas shown on monitors and projection screens in gaudy alcoves throughout www.press-street.com the gallery, Sakai plays each character in a • Summer Crush: New work Japanese-American family, whose patriarch is by Vanessa Centeno, Stephen a Los Angeles liquor store owner who insists on having a male heir for his business even, Rooney, Claire Rau and Madethough his only child is a girl. Sakai’s pointedly leine Wieand melodramatic and kitschy narrative sequences • The Front, 4100 St. Claude amount to an anarchic tale of assimilation in a mass-media universe where sushi coexists Ave., (504) 383-4075; www. with Wonder Bread, and like any visit to a large nolafront.org multi-ethnic city, the competing narratives and psychodramatic babble can seem overwhelming. Sakai says she uses “soap opera tropes to challenge the myth of the ‘model minority’ and to reveal complexities that underlie the guise of superficial ‘perfection’ of being both Asian-American and a woman.” The Summer Crush installations at The Front are arguably more conventional — if your idea of conventional includes being stared at by the officious owl in Stephen Rooney’s swampscapes or confronting Claire Rau’s wall of sculpted chicken parts. But Vanessa Centeno’s mixed-media wall sculptures take us to an abstract wilderness of consumer culture reduced to Freudian recesses and protrusions that taunt the viewer like digital click bait — seemingly lurid secrets that intrigue yet are never revealed. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT
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A kitschy and melodramatic portrait of assimilation and a fantastical group show.
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Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Tulane University, Dixon Hall — The Summer Lyric Theatre presents a musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s tale. Visit www.summerlyric. tulane.edu for details. Tickets $26-$46. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Exterior. Pool-Night. Aloft New Orleans Downtown, 225 Baronne St., (504) 312-7750; www.aloftneworleansdowntown.com/new-orleans-bar — The NOLA Project presents a Hollywood “backstage” immersive drama that takes place in and around a swimming pool. Visit www.thenolaproject.com for details. Tickets $20-$30. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. Ice Scream Theater. Mudlark Theatre, 1200 Port St. — C.M. Soto’s play about a woman’s drug addiction has multimedia elements, ballads and burlesque-inspired dance. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday. The Illusion. Tulane University, Lupin Theatre — The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane presents Tony Kushner’s adaptation of the 17th-century play, in which a desperate father seeks the help of a sorcerer. Visit www.neworleansshakespeare.org for details. Tickets $20-$30. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Imposters. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — Playwright Mark Chrisler retells the life of scientist Alan Turing with help from two robots and mathematician/anarchist collective Nicolas Bourbaki. Email greatbeasttheater@yahoo.com for details. Tickets $10 or pay-what-youcan. 11 p.m. Saturday, 9 p.m. Sunday. Make Beautiful Things. Mudlark Theatre, 1200 Port St. — Michelle Embree writes and stars in the fantasy-inspired one-woman show. Tickets $5-$10 or paywhat-you-can. 8 p.m. Sunday. Matt & Ben. Ugly Dog Saloon, 401 Andrew Higgins Dr., (504) 569-8459; www.uglydogsaloonandbbq.com — LL Production Company presents a comedy about the imagined writing of Good Will Hunting. Visit www.facebook.com/mbinboston for details. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. The Rose Tattoo. Dillard University, Samuel DuBois Cook Theatre, 2601 Gentilly Blvd. — The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans presents Williams’ play about a grieving widow, her daughter and their love affairs. Visit www.twtheatrenola.com or call (504) 264-2580 for tickets. Tickets $20-$25. 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday. See How They Run. St. Philip Neri School, Parishioners’ Center, 6600 Kawanee Ave., Metairie, 887-5600; www.stphilipneri. org — The British farce is about mistaken identities involving a maid, a vicar, a former actress and a Russian spy. Tickets $5-$10. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY American Mess. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www.barcadianeworleans.com — Katie East hosts local and touring comedians alongside burlesque performances. Free admission. 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 perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag. Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Saturday. 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. By Any Scenes Necessary. Tulane University, Lupin Theatre, 16 Newcomb Place, (504) 865-5106; www. tulane.edu/liberal-arts/theatre-dance — The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival and The NOLA Project host an improv performance of scenes from Hamlet. Visit www.thenolaproject.com for details. Tickets $15. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. An Evening with Vinsantos. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Harlequeen Productions’ cabaret features Vinsantos, Angie Z, Felicia Phillips and Nicole Lynn Foxx. Proceeds benefit the Southern Decadence Foundation. Tickets $15-$25. 9 p.m. Friday. Gag Reflex. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Neon Burgundy and guests star in a drag show. Tickets $5-$10. 10 p.m. Saturday. Monday’s a Drag. House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge), 229 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Nicole Lynn Foxx hosts local drag performers. Free admission. 8 p.m. Monday. The Naked Magic Show. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — Magicians perform illusions in the buff. Tickets $25-$55. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Sex Bomb Burlesque. Gasa Gasa, 4920 Freret St., (504) 304-7110; www.gasagasa. com — Xena Zeit-Geist, Cherry Bombshell and others perform in the neo-burlesque show with music by Dr. Sick’s Sextette. Tickets $15. 9 p.m. Thursday. Space Oddi-Tease: A Burlesque Tribute to David Bowie. Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Bella Blue produces the burlesque Bowie tribute accompanied by local bands. Tickets $15. 10 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.
COMEDY Bar Politics. Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance St., (504) 525-5515; www.therustynail.biz — Kathryn Talbot, Margeaux Fanning, Charles Shully and Khiry Armstead are the panelists at the satiric roundtable about sewage and water issues. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. 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. Friday Night Laughs. NOLA 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. I’m Listening. Voodoo Mystere Lounge, 718 N. Rampart St., (504) 304-1568 — Andrew Healan and Isaac Kozell offer armchair analysis of a rotating cast of comics. 9 p.m. Friday. Jeff D’s Comedy Cabaret. Oz, 800 Bourbon St., (504) 593-9491; www.ozorleans. com — Jeff D hosts the comedy showcase. 10 p.m. Friday. Karatefight. The Broad Theater, 636 N. Broad St., (504) 218-1008; www.thebroadtheater.com — Massive Fraud hosts the evening of sketch comedy and standup. 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Megaphone Marathon. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3028264; www.newmovementtheater.com — It’s an improv and sketch comedy marathon. 7 p.m. to midnight Tuesday-Saturday. Southland Comedy Showcase. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Richard Dubus hosts three stand-up comics. Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Stage Time. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues. com/neworleans — Leon Blanda hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 7 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 8659190; www.carrolltonstation.com — Cassidy and Mickey Henehan host an open mic. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday. Trojans. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — The comedy show features performances by Mario P, Shock Brown and others. 8 p.m. Friday.
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IF YOU WANT TO DIP A TOE INTO THE NOLA PROJECT’S LATEST IMMERSIVE THEATER EXPERIENCE, be sure to wear a bathing suit, because you might get wet (swimming is welcome after the show). Exterior. Pool-Night, an original play written • July 28-31 and directed by founding artistic director • 8:15 p.m. Thursday-Sunday Andrew Larimer, is staged in and around the pool on the 11th floor of the Aloft New • Aloft New Orleans DownOrleans Downtown hotel, as well as in the town, 225 Baronne St. streets of the CBD. The location looks like a movie set, and the audience is almost part • (504) 302-9117 of the action. • www.nolaproject.com At the elevator of the Aloft, theatergoers • Tickets $20-$30 are given headphones and tiny radios tuned into Beach Boys music, setting the scene. Poolside, a starlet (Audrey Wagner) treads PHOTO BY JEREMY BLUM water, sporting a vintage red and white bikini as people arrange themselves on lounge chairs or sit at the pool’s edge. Veronica (Natalie Boyd), excitedly tells her agent she sold her screenplay, and their conversation is captured through a shotgun microphone as she moves around the pool deck. Images projected onto the hotel wall come from a live camera feed and pre-edited videos. Larimer and sound designer Nick Frederick, an experienced ham radio operator, found radios, FM transmitters and open broadcast channels to facilitate long-range clarity. The play’s film director, actor and celebrity Shia LeBeouf (Alex Martinez Wallace) mangles Veronica’s screenplay about her grandfather Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, injecting sex scenes and monsters for greater marketability. Boyd is terrific as the naive writer, jockeying with the egotistical Hollywood director to redeem her distorted script. In Act 2, actors lead the audience off-site in different directions. Radios and headphones allowed our group to listen in as Tucker (Alec Barnes) gave Veronica a pep talk, while we walked on the other side of Roosevelt Way. Tucker and Veronica improvised as they passed a jazz combo on the street. Trailing the couple allowed the audience to get a “wide shot” of the characters against an urban backdrop, recalling memorable movie scenes with another exasperated screenwriter, Woody Allen, frustrated by B-list Hollywood directors in a traveling conversation with actress Diane Keaton. Mikey (A.J. Allegra) plays the nerdy, Woody Allen-like love interest opposite the luscious starlet Mia. Larimer described his approach: “The show, visually, is trying to compare the tool sets of theater (spontaneity, intimacy and being a singular unrepeatable moment) and film (use of multiple locations, greater visual control, special effects, etc.).” Immersion theater has proved popular in New York and London, where large budgets can create elaborate experiences for audiences to freely explore, some at their own pace. But in trying to imitate these high-rolling shows, the technology used in Exterior. Pool-Night added little to the comedy. Veronica and Tucker led the group to a tourist shop, but there was no actual point to being there. While interesting and offbeat, the mechanics transformed a play into performance art. Exterior. Pool-Night is an evening of enjoyable kitschy comedy, but it would have benefited from a greater emphasis on plot and less on gadgetry. — MARY RICKARD
Exterior. Pool-Night
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TUESDAY 26 Agricultural Practices Workshop. Propeller Incubator, 4035 Washington Ave., (504) 564-7816; www.gopropeller.org — LSU AgCenter leads the workshop for produce growers and distributors. RSVP to Kristine Creveling, (619) 888-0605 or kcreveling@gopropeller.org, or Achyut Adhikari, (225) 578-2529 or acadhikari@ agcenter.lsu.edu. Reservations required. Free admission. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Boudin Boogaloo. Ace Hotel, 600 Carondelet St., (504) 900-1180; www.acehotel. com/neworleans — The book release party toasts The Wurst of Lucky Peach with drag bingo, live music and boudin. Visit www.acehotel.com/boudinboogaloo for details. Tickets $40. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nutrition Class. Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190 — Nutritionist Karen Walker leads the class covering fruits and vegetables. Free admission. 7 p.m. Pint for a Pint Night. NOLA Brewing Taproom, 3001 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 301-0117; www.nolabrewing.com — The taproom hosts a blood drive with beer vouchers (to be used at a later date) and other giveaways. 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Social Media Summer Camp. StayLocal, 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., Suite 309, (504) 252-1259; www.staylocal.org — At a workshop, attendees learn about social media and business-to-business marketing. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
WEDNESDAY 27 Bar Exam Pub Quiz. Eiffel Society, 2040 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-2951; www. eiffelsociety.com — Southeast Louisiana Legal Services hosts the fundraising trivia night with drink specials and free food. Visit www.facebook.com/ events/1012406122174400 for details. Tickets $15-$20. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Common Praxis. Ace Hotel, 600 Carondelet St., (504) 900-1180; www. acehotel.com/neworleans — Professionals of color meet for an informal happy hour in the hotel lobby. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Crystal Collective Workshop. Raw Republic, 4528 Magazine St., (504) 324-8234; www.rawrepublicjuice.com — At a workshop, attendees learn about crystals and use them in embroidery projects. Juice refreshments served. Tickets $35. 5:30 p.m. Newcomb Summer Hours. Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 3142406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane. edu — The galleries stay open late for artist talks, receptions and special exhibits. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Women’s Professional Network Meeting. The Coffee House, 7265 St Claude Ave., (504) 252-1151; www.thecoffeehousearabi.com — The Women’s Professional Network meets for networking. Free admission. 8 a.m.
THURSDAY 28 Bring Your Own Story Series. Homer A. Plessy Community School, 2021 Pauger St., (504) 503-0055 — BYO Story Night hosts the evening of storytelling, in which young people share stories about fatigue. Free admission; cocktails and food available for purchase. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Buffalo Soldiers 150th Anniversary Celebration. St. James A.M.E. Church Fellowship Hall, 222 N. Roman St. — A symposium celebrates the history of African-American regiments of the U.S. Army, including the 9th Cavalry and 25th Infantry. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Deep Relaxation and Mindfulness in Motion. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Barbara Maheu guides participants through relaxation techniques followed by a nature walk. Contact rue@northlakenature.org for reservations (required). Registration $5. 6 p.m. Dining Out for Life. Citywide — As a fundraiser, restaurants donate a portion of proceeds to Food for Friends, which delivers meals to individuals affected by cancer and HIV. Visit www.noaidstaskforce.org for list of participating restaurants. FestiGals. JW Marriott New Orleans, 614 Canal St., (504) 527-6752; www. marriott.com — The women’s empowerment weekend offers seminars, networking events, city tours and dining highlighted by Saturday’s “Stiletto Stroll” second line parade. Visit www. festigals.org for details. Hours and admission vary. Thursday-Sunday. Fiddlehead Cellars Wine Dinner. Galatoire’s 33 Bar and Steak, 215 Bourbon St., (504) 335-3932; www.galatoires33barandsteak.com — Fiddlehead Cellars owner and winemaker Kathy Joseph hosts the seven-course dinner with wine pairings. Tickets $125. 7 p.m. Grand Isle International Tarpon Rodeo. Grand Isle — The country’s oldest fishing tournament includes live music, family activities, crab racing, contests, arts and crafts and food vendors. Visit www. tarponrodeo.org for details. Hours and admission vary. Thursday-Saturday. How to Fix the Affordable Care Act. Propeller Incubator, 4035 Washington Ave., (504) 564-7816; www.gopropeller.org — Health care management consultant Michael Bertaut discusses the Affordable Care Act. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. PAGE 51
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FRIDAY 29 Columbia Street Block Party. North Columbia Street, Covington — This family-friendly monthly block party has music, food and classic car displays. Car owners interested in showing their vehicles can call (985) 892-1873 or email gottaluvcov@covla.com. Free admission. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Cool Down Block Party. Magazine Street and Napoleon Avenue — The block party has food, drinks, live music and pop-up sales from local merchants. Visit www. magazinestreet.com for details. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Einstein Charter High Ribbon Cutting. Einstein Charter School, 5316 Michoud Blvd., (504) 503-0470; www.einsteincharter.org — Einstein Charter School holds a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new high school. Tours and light refreshments provided. Free admission. 10 a.m. Freelance Friday. The Blue House, 1700 S. Rampart St.; www.thebluehousenola.com — Freelancers meet for a pop-up coworking event. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 2 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 live music, a minimalist cooking demonstration and a screening of Eames: The Architect and the Painter. Free with museum admission. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Grapes & Grain. Castine Center, Pelican Park, 63350 Pelican Drive, Mandeville, (985) 626-7997 — The wine and beer
SATURDAY 30 Abita’s 30th Birthday Festival. Abita Brewing Company, 21084 Highway 36, Covington, (985) 893-3143; www. abita.com — The family-friendly festival includes live music, food trucks, games, brewery tours and beer samples. RSVP required at http://bit.ly/Abita30th. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Arts Market of New Orleans. Palmer Park, S. Claiborne and Carrollton avenues — The Arts Council of New Orleans’ market features local and handmade goods, food, kids’ activities and live music. Visit www.artsneworleans.org for details. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Beekeeping Class. City Park Botanical Garden, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 4839386; www.neworleanscitypark.com/ botanical-garden — Russell Harris teaches the class on the basics of beekeeping. Call (504) 483-9473 or email scapley@ nocp.org to register (required). Registration $10. 10 a.m. Black Light Workout. Revolution Fitness NOLA, 2800 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 321-7670; www.revolutionfitnessnola.com — The fitness event benefits Whole Planet Foundation and includes music, food and giveaways. Bright colors and body paint encouraged. Donation $15. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fazendeville Legacy Forum. Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, (504) 589-3882 — Attendees share ideas on how the National Park Service can honor Fazendeville, an African-American community founded in 1867 where Chalmette Battlefield now stands. Call (504) 281-0511 ext. 31 for details. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Green Party of Louisiana State Convention. Xavier University Library Resource Center, 1 Drexel Drive, (504) 520-7305 — The convention covers ranked-choice
voting, environmental issues and Green Party values. Visit www.lagreens.org for details. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. National Dance Day Celebration. NORDC Treme Center, 900 N. Villere St., (504) 658-3160; www.nordc.org — There are youth performances, a flash mob and class demonstrations at this daylong celebration of dance. Visit www.noladancenetwork.org for details. Admission varies. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. White Summer Night. Pontchartrain Yacht Club, 1501 Lakeshore Drive, Mandeville, (985) 626-3192 — The garden party with food and drinks benefits the Safe Harbor Northshore, a domestic violence victims group. Visit www.safeharbornorthshore.org for details. Tickets $50-$60. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Y’Heard Me Music Business Summit. Music Shed Studios, 929 Euterpe St., (504) 412-9995; www.musicshedstudios.com — Music industry professionals lead small group discussions with mentees. Visit www.yheardmemusic.splashthat.com for details. Free admission. Noon.
SUNDAY 31 Christmas in July. Bridge House/Grace House, 1160 Camp St., (504) 522-2124; www.bridgehouse.org — The event provides a holiday meal from Mother’s Restaurant, toiletries, clothing and fellowship to individuals experiencing poverty or homelessness. Contact sclary@bridgehouse.org or (504) 8217134 for details. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sharkfest. Pizza Nola, 141 W. Harrison Ave., Suite A, (504) 872-0731; www. pizzanola.com — The event celebrates the release of Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens with actor and director appearances, film screenings, shark-inspired food and cocktail demonstrations, and lectures about sharks by Audubon scientists. Bring a chair. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
MONDAY 1 Wellbeing in Dating & Relationships. Broadmoor Arts & Wellness Center, 3900 Gen. Taylor St.; www.broadmoorimprovement.com — Adi Cecile presents a workshop for women that covers online dating and general relationship issues. Free admission. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
SPORTS New Orleans Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Iowa Cubs and the Nashville Sounds. 6 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, Saturday and Monday, 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 4 p.m. Sunday.
WORDS Banks Street Bar Open Mic. Banks Street Bar, 4401 Banks St., (504) 4860258; www.banksstreetbarandgrill. com — Maurice Carlos Ruffin reads and hosts the poetry open mic. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Book Brunch. Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, 631 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 491-9025; www.facebook.com/tubbyandcoos — The monthly discussion group meets to talk about news, events and recommendations; there’s free breakfast. 11 a.m. to noon Saturday.
EVENTS Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 5297323; 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. Harry Potter Midnight Release Party. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The bookstore celebrates the release of the script of the new West End stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, with an evening of games and costuming. Pre-order the book to reserve admission. 10 p.m. Saturday. Pamela Tyler. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — The historian and author discusses and signs New Orleans Women and the Poydras Home. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Sexmas in July. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — The Esoterotica erotic reading series holds its annual Christmas-in-July reading. 7 p.m. Wednesday.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED American Cancer Society. The society seeks volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Visit www.cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200. CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer court-appointed special advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours per month. No special skills are required; training and support are provided. Call (504) 522-1962 or email info@ casaneworleans.org. The Creativity Collective. The organization seeks artists, entrepreneurs, parents and teens to help with upcoming projects and events, including maintaining a creative resource directory and organizing charity bar crawls. Visit www.creativitycollective.com or call (916) 206-1659. Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest one-on-one mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www.eachonesaveone.org. First Tee of Greater New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteers to serve as mentors and coaches to kids and teens through its golf program. Visit www. thefirstteenola.org. Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running partners, assistant coaches, committee members and race-day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola.org or visit www.gotrnola.org.
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New Orleans Tennis Fest. City Park Tennis Center, Corner of Victory and Anseman avenues — The tennis tournament is open to men and women and has singles and doubles competitions. Proceeds benefit Legacy Donor Foundation. Visit www. tennislink.usta.com for details. Registration $86.50-$160. 6 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 8 a.m. Saturday-Sunday. Ogden After Hours. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The galleries stay open late, and there’s live music. Admission $10. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. OPSB Unification Transition Plan Meeting. Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 2515 Franklin Ave., (504) 488-8488 — The Orleans Parish School Board invites community feedback on a draft of the plan to unify Orleans Parish public schools. 5:30 p.m. Senior Dance. Spitzfaden Community Center, 3090 E. Causeway Approach, Mandeville, (985) 624-3127 — The City of Mandeville hosts a monthly dance for senior citizens. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Strikes for Sight. Rock ’n’ Bowl, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-1700; www. rocknbowl.com — The blindfolded bowling tournament benefits eye-donor awareness programs. Visit www. southerneyebank.com for details. Tickets $38. 7 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. Workplace Wellness Luncheon. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — AARP Louisiana hosts the luncheon on workplace well-being. Free admission; RSVP requested. Noon.
tasting benefits cystic fibrosis initiatives. There also are food vendors and live music. Visit www.cff.org for details. Tickets $50-$100. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Juvenile Justice Awareness Day. Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, 1100-B Milton St., (504) 658-9500; www.nola.gov/juvenile-court — The court offers food, drinks, free school supplies and time with the court’s emotional support dog at an event highlighting the importance of supporting youth during legal proceedings. 10 a.m. MechaCon. Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras St., (504) 561-0500; www. hilton.com — The MechaCon anime convention features panels, gaming, cosplay, a scavenger hunt, charity auction, art vendors and more. Visit www.mechacon. com for details. Hours and admission vary. Friday-Sunday. Sip and Shop on Bayou Road. Kitchen Witch Cookbooks, 1452 N. Broad St., (504) 528-8382; www.kwcookbooks. com — Kitchen Witch Book Shop hosts a block party for neighborhood businesses with complimentary wine and beer. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Stargazing. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — The Pontchartrain Astronomy Society provides stargazing equipment and guidance. Contact rue@northlakenature.org for reservations (required). Tickets $5. 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
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IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR A FULL TIME ASSISTANT TO THE FURNITURE BUYER. THE IDEAL CANDIDATE MUST BE A TEAM PLAYER WHO IS PROFESSIONAL, DETAIL AND RESULT ORIENTED, FLEXIBLE AND ORGANIZED. APPLY IN PERSON. HURWITZ MINTZ FURNITURE, 1751 AIRLINE DR, 70001 www.hurwitzmintz.com
WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS! We are always looking for additions to our wonderful team! Hospice volunteers are special people who make a difference in the lives of patients and families affected by terminal illness. Interested in a future medical career? Get on our exciting new track! Many physicians and nurses receive their first taste of the medical field at Canon.
To become a hospice volunteer, call Paige at 504-818-2723 Ext. 3006
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Mr. Ed’s Restaurant Group has locations throughout New Orleans, Metairie, & Kenner. We are currently seeking experienced General Managers, FOH & Kitchen Managers, Bartenders, Line Cooks, Servers, Bussers, and Dishwashers to join our team throughout the area. Apply, in person, Monday - Friday from 12-4pm at Austins Seafood and Steakhouse, 5101 W. Esplanade Ave in Metaire or email your resume to StacieEMeyer@yahoo.com
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Due to growth we are currently seeking both FOH and BOH Management Attention to service and guest hospitality are paramount. We are looking for the best managers throughout the New Orleans area! Are you a leader with an eye for talent, strong work ethic, and drive to succeed? We strive for guest service excellence with family core values of Integrity, Commitment, Generosity, & Fun – if this fits you, then you are the key to success!
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at 208 Bourbon Street Is having open interviews for professional and reliable servers, cooks, oyster shuckers and greeters. Please come by Monday - Friday between 2pm 4pm to complete an application.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ollie Foxworth Hunter, also known as Ollie Foxworth Brown Quinn Boyd Hunter, whose last known residence was 623-625 Second St., New Orleans, LA 70130, please contact attorney John Mason at (504) 723-4997.
TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA
NO.759-158 DIVISION: “M” SUCCESSION OF CHRISTY SUTHERLIN LANKSTON
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Seeking Mature, Exp Sales Staff. Full/Part time. References. Send Resume to 729 Royal St. NOLA 70116.
MISCELLANEOUS PIT BULL SITTER
POSITIONS WANTED ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Wants to come home to NOLA area. 15+ years Exp designing Indst and Bldgs. Call (940) 704-4658.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCED CASHIER
Hurwitz Mintz has an immediate opening for a full time cashier with previous retail experience. Candidate must be professional, detail oriented, flexible with good communicative skills. Some nights and weekends are required. Apply in person 1751 Airline Dr, Metairie, LA (504) 378-1000.
NOTICES ANNOUNCEMENTS FAMILY BUSINESS FOR SALE
Providing gift baskets, crates, etc. to the hotel industry and conventions. Current owner will assist and train. Only serious purchasers need apply. Contact Dominick Savona at 504-715-7128
ATTORNEY NEEDED
For help in an ongoing law practice of 46 years; only overhead is rent of $600; opportunity of a lifetime. Apply/resume to 504-715-7128.
FOR SALE SMALL SPACE CALL 483-3100 GAMBIT EXCHANGE
By virtue of an order rendered by the 24th Judicial District Court on June 27, 2016, in these proceedings, notice is hereby given that Deborah Sutherlin Kuhlman, Administratrix of the succession has applied for authority to sell the following described real property at private sale, together with all of its fixtures therein, to Anastasia Kingery for the total sum and price of ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/100 ($119,500.00) DOLLARS, cash, with seller to pay towards buyer’s closing costs and prepaid the sum of FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($5,000.00) to vendor on the terms and conditions of the purchase agreement. THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND LOCATED IN JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, in the City of Kenner thereof, in Chateau Estates NOrth, Section 3 and according to the plan of resubdivision of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Surveyors, dates October 5, 1976, registered COB 879, Page 830, the property is designed as Lot 22 of Bourdeaux Village Townhomes, Bounded by Bourdeaux Drive, Vintage Drive, Canal 10 (Side) and Loire Drive, all as more fully shown on survey of Sterling Mandel, Land Surveyor, dated June 11, 1980. The improvements thereon bear the municipal number 4129 Loire Drive, Unit D, Kenner, Louisiana 70065. Being the same property acquired by CHRISTY S. LANKSTON from EMC Mortgage Corporation, a Delaware corporation authorized to do and doing business in the State of Louisiana, by Act dated December 14, 2007, executed by Kathryn L. Berthlaume, Vice President of EMC Mortgage in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, before D. Mathis, Notary Public in and for the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, executed by Christy S. Lankston at Kenner, Louisiana on January 4, 2008, before Ellen Mullins, Notary Public in and for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, and recorded as Instrument No. 108029173 on January 11, 2008 in the records of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in COB 217, Page 73. All those whom it may concern are required to present any opposition which they may have within seven days from the day on which the last publication of this Notice appears. Gretna, Louisiana, this 27th day of June, 2016. Michael Mentz, Judge Attorney: Emile J. Dreuil, Jr. Address: 1309 Papworth Ave. Metairie, LA 70005 Telephone: 504-909-6381 Gambit: 7/05/16 & 7/26/16
METAIRIE CONDO FOR SALE WHITNEY PLACE METAIRIE
1 Bedroom 1 Bath All New Appliances 1st Floor Near Main Gate. Offers: 24 hr. Security, Laundry Room, Pool. Call: 504-439-0684
MISSISSIPPI PORT GIBSON, MS 39150
509 Church St. ~ McDougall House 1820’s Historic, Renovated Greek Revival Raised Cottage 5 beds/3 baths, pool. $185,000 1201 Church St. ~ Anderson House 3 beds/3.5 baths, Studio apt + bldg w/4 beds/4 baths. Recently used as a B&B. $245,000 1207 Church St. ~ On National Register Re-creation of Antebellum Mansion 6 beds/4baths + 2 bed Carriage House. $395,000 Call Realtor Brenda Roberts Ledger-Purvis Real Estate 601-529-6710
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All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718
OLD METAIRIE OLD METAIRIE 1&2 BDRM. APTS SPARKLING POOL & BIKE PATH
New granite in kit & bath. 12 x 24ft lr, King Master w/wall of closets. Furn Kit. Laundry on premises. Offst pkg. NO PETS. O/A, $748-$888/mo. 504-236-5776.
ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT
High end 1-4 BR, near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750-$1200/mo. 504-362-7487.
CARROLLTON 1827 S. CARROLLTON AVE.
Small effeciency, 2nd floor, microwave & small fridge only. Single bed. No pets/smoking. LEASE $625/mo. Call (504) 913-6999.
208 MAIN ST
over 6 thousand sq. ft., hot location downtown Natchez, Ms. Restaurant, bar, condo, parking lot for sale. Total renovation in 2014 from the roof down. business grossing 1.2 million. perfect for chef owner operator team. building, condo, business and parking lot included!!!!! For Sale by Owner, $1,200,000 cottonalleycafe.com guybass@bellsouth.net
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT HARAHAN/RIVER RIDGE QUIET DUPLEX - RIVER RIDGE
Freshly updated 2BR / 2Bth. Alarm, full kitchen, W/D, ceiling fans. Plenty of closets. Large yard with deck & covered parking. $900 225-572-7459
CITY PARK/BAYOU ST. JOHN BESTVALUE 1BR $925
1 Occupant, 3143 Maurepas (rear) Yard, Garage, Office Nook, Cent A/H, Restaurants, Streetcar, City Park, NO PETS realcajuns@gmail.com
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ROOMS BY WEEK. Private bath. All utilities included. $175/week. 1 BR avail. Call (504) 202-0381 or (504) 738-2492.
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Rey is still at the Spaymart shop waiting to find a home of her own. Sweet Rey is a very affectionate and loving tabby cat. To learn more or meet her, call us at 504-454-8200 or come in to the shop at 6601Veterans Blvd from 10am-4pm Mon-Fri.
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Snowbell is a 3-year-old, neutered, American Eskimo mix. This very smart young man has already mastered a few basic commands thanks to the efforts of his foster family. Snowbell is also housetrained and gets along great with other dogs. He loves going on walks and exploring, then snuggling up for some relaxing. Snowbell is in foster care. Contact foster@la-spca.org to meet him. Receive 50% off my adoption fee by mentioning I’m Pet of the Week!
1201 Church Street
3 beds/3.5 baths, Studio apt + bldg w/4 beds/4 baths. Recently used as a B&B. $245,000
Call Realtor Brenda Roberts Ledger-Purvis Real Estate • 601-529-6710
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FOR SALE SMALL SPACE CALL 483-3100 GAMBIT EXCHANGE
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HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST •Vinyl Siding / Wood / Fascia *Repairs • New Install • Patio Covers / Sun Rooms / Screen Rooms • Roofing Repairs / New Roofs •Concrete - Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios • Sod • Pressure Washing & Gutter Cleaning - New Gutters & Repairs • Plumbing - Repairs • Sinks • Toilets • Subsurface • Painting - Exterior & Interior • Sheetrock Repairs “We Do What Others Don’t Want to!” Call Jeffrey (504) 610-5181 jnich762@gmail.com Reference Available
Kennel #A30495887 Petey is a 8-year-old, spayed, Domestic Shorthair mix. This wonderful little girl has been searching for her forever home for a long time with no luck, despite being a very affectionate and friendly gal. Petey knows there are lots of kittens that might be a little younger and cuter, but she is confident that if you get to know her you’ll just fall in love. Receive 50% off my adoption fee by mentioning I’m Pet of the Week!
YOGA & MEDITATION PROGRAMS Summer sessions. 8-week programs in Yoga, Meditation, Prenatal, Weight Challenged, Breathwork, Kriya and TriYoga. Small classes/personal attention. (504) 450-1699. www.nolayogacenter.com
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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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1207 Church Street
On National Register. Recreation of Antebellum Mansion, c. 1906. 6 beds/4baths + 2 bed Carriage House. $395,000
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