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AUGUST 9, 2016

VOLU M E 37

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FRI. AUG. 12 | A veteran of both the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and Comedy Central specials, Ron “Tater Salad” White brings his gravel-voiced, cigar-chomping, whiskey-swilling storytelling to New Orleans. At 8 p.m. at Saenger Theatre.

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Helter Swelter 2016 FRI.-SAT. AUG. 12-13 | Local infant-imprint Pelican Pow Wow Records hosts this soiree, a get-inthe-kitchen throwdown and bizarro bazaar with some of punk rock’s sweatiest lodgers: NOTS, Gary Wrong Group and Trampoline Team on Friday; Country Teaser Ben Wallers, Spray Paint and Giorgio Murderer on Saturday. At 9:30 p.m. at Siberia.

Dirty Linen Night SAT. AUG. 13 | Art galleries open on the 200 through 1000 blocks of Royal Street for a party in the streets featuring live music, food trucks and more. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the French Quarter.

Liz Callaway

Killer tunes A rock musical about Lizzie Borden BY WILL COVIELLO “WHY ARE ALL THESE HEADS OFF?”

wail four women in an ominous tune infused with punk fury in Lizzie, a musical about ax murderer Lizzie Borden. Lizzie and her sister Emma Borden are flanked by their neighbor Alice Russell and the family maid, Bridget. They’re upset about decapitated pigeons — birds that Lizzie tended but her father wanted removed from their barn. The song has an entertaining rage and sultriness to it. With a cast of Leslie Claverie, Idella Johnson, Kali Russell and Abbey P. Murrell, it’s a dramatic musical highlight in See ’Em On Stage’s production of Lizzie, which runs at the New Orleans Arts Center Aug. 11-28. The infamy of Lizzie Borden is perhaps best preserved by the child’s rhyme, “Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks / When she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41.” There were far fewer blows, and it actually was her stepmother, not her mother, but the rest of that account is likely accurate. In 1892, Andrew Borden and his second wife were murdered in their

home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Lizzie was tried for the crimes and acquitted, but suspicions lingered. Other leads were investigated and there were rumors about motives, but the case was never solved. “Lizzie is the O.J. Simpson of her times,” says Christopher Bentivegna, director and founder of See ’Em On Stage. The story inspired a musical, written in the early 1990s by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner and Alan Stevens Hewitt. They launched several productions in New York, and after Bentivegna saw scenes from it on YouTube two years ago, he reached out to secure the rights for a New Orleans production. The playwrights asked a bunch of questions, but said no, Bentivegna says. Undeterred, Bentivegna bought the show’s songs on iTunes, formulated local casting and even visited the Borden home in December 2015, certain that he’d produce the show sooner or later. He got permission just as See ’Em On Stage was ready to announce its 2016-2017 season several months ago. Lizzie fits with what See ’Em On Stage is best known for. It produced blood-spattering productions of Evil Dead: The Musical and Musical of the Living Dead. At the 2015 Faux Real New Orleans Festival of Arts, the company presented Terminator: The Musical, a raucous send-up of the first two Terminator films. Lizzie is a rock musical backed by a five-piece band. It’s not a comedy or

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even campy (and there’s no spraying blood). The music is inspired by the bands Nirvana and Heart and singers including Courtney Love and Blondie, Bentivegna says. It features loud rocking tunes as well as a few ballads, all powered by a smoldering girl group approach. The musical begins with a song describing life under the stifling Victorian mores of the wealthy Borden clan: “In the house of Borden, there’s a lock on every door / In every room a prisoner of a long silent war. … There are no wedding bells in the house of Borden.” What went on in the Borden family remains a mystery, but Lizzie’s vision gives the young women much more than a voice.

SUN.-MON. AUG. 14-15 | Star of Broadway (Cats, Miss Saigon, Baby) and voice for animated films (Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Beauty and the Beast, Anastasia), Liz Callaway performs Broadway hits, Stephen Sondheim songs and more in a cabaret show benefiting Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre. At 6 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Monday at Le Petit.

They Say the Wind Made Them Crazy SUN. AUG. 14 | Texas prog-hoppers Sarah Ruth Alexander and Gregg Prickett join forces for this windwhipped duo, whose spectral debut Far From the Silvery Light (Tofu Carnage) merges classical oratorios with endless metal intros. Proud/ Father, The Death Posture and Odom and Cambre open at 10 p.m. at Siberia.

Touche Amore and Ceremony MON. AUG. 15 | If you like emotional punk that spills its guts and rolls around on them onstage in short bursts, there’s Touche Amore, whose 2016’s Stage Four (Epitaph) is a brutal, post-hardcore cancer diary. For Ian Curtis types, there’s reformed hardcore punks Ceremony, whose 2015 album The L-Shaped Man (Matador) is a dead ringer for Joy Division despair. Gouge Away and I’m Fine open the all-ages show at 8 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

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I-10 News on the move New Orleans officials haven’t reported any local transmissions of the Zika virus, but Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the allocation of $500,000 last week to “aggressively target” the virus carried by mosquitoes. State officials have counted 17 travel-related cases in Louisiana. The announcement followed last week’s travel warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advising pregnant women and their partners to avoid the downtown Miami area. New Orleans will up its insecticide spraying, and teams from the New Orleans Health Department and Mosquito & Termite Control Board are “literally going door to door,” Landrieu said, to remind residents how to help prevent mosquito breeding and bites: Dump standing water at least once a week, properly dispose of trash (particularly old tires) and limit outside activity and/or wear long sleeves outdoors. Interim Health Director Jeff Elder warned people traveling to or from South America to use mosquito repellent for up to two weeks after their return to avoid transmitting the disease to local mosquitoes. In May, Landrieu urged the U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Steering and Policy Committee to approve President Barack Obama’s request for nearly $2 billion for a national Zika-related response. “Mosquitoes don’t respect politics,” Landrieu said Aug. 3.

“Violence is everywhere, that’s a given. However, when you give a baby a trumpet, that is their peace. When you give a baby a pair of drumsticks, that is their healing.” — New Orleans native, teacher and The Voice star Tonya Boyd-Cannon in “The Fight to Salvage New Orleans’s Music Identity,” The Atlantic’s Aug. 2 story on the city’s charter-dominated school system and its lack of music education programs that “embrace the city’s jazz roots.”

3. Short-term rentals

debate continues Aug. 9

The New Orleans City Planning Commission (CPC) is expected to vote this week on a set of recommendations from its staff outlining proposed changes in the city’s zoning laws to allow shortterm rental services such as Airbnb. The proposals will include ideas for how the city can enforce the regulations. The latest draft of the report suggests four types of short-term rentals, including the controversial use of entire

homes or apartments not occupied by the owner. The CPC will then vote on those recommendations before they’re sent to the New Orleans City Council, which has the final say. In a July Gambit cover story, City Council members Jared Brossett, Susan Guidry and Stacy Head expressed concerns over whole-home rentals. Guidry said they pose the “biggest threat to the quality of life of our long-term residents.” Councilwomen LaToya Cantrell and Nadine Ramsey said they want input from the CPC and the public before voting on recommendations. The CPC meets at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9 in the City Council Chamber.

4. Big Freedia

sentencing scheduled Aug. 11

U.S. District Court Judge Lance Africk is scheduled to sentence bounce artist and reality TV star Big Freedia, who pleaded guilty in March to using Section 8 housing vouchers despite earning an income that disqualified the artist from receiving them. Following her March hearing, Freedia was ordered to submit to drug testing.

property assessments

Property owners in New Orleans have one week to discuss or appeal taxable assessments on their properties with the city’s Assessor’s Office. The last day to have a discussion in person during the open rolls period is from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Online appeals are accepted through Thursday, Aug. 18 via www.nolaassessor.com. Assessor Erroll Williams clarified in a statement that property owners shouldn’t dispute their assessment because they believe their taxes are too high. “That is a discussion to take up with the taxing authorities,” he said. “You should see me because you think the value placed on your property is inaccurate due to estimations on its size, comparable sales or market values.” Here’s where to go: New Orleans City Hall (1300 Perdido St., fourth floor), Algiers Courthouse (225 Morgan St., first floor), Lakeview Christian Center (5885 Fleur De Lis Drive, secnd floor), and Uptown River Garden (1851 Rousseau St.).

1. CITY ADDS $500,000 TO ZIKA DEFENSE

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According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Freedia tested positive for marijuana and methamphetamine. In July, Freedia was ordered to a Volunteers of America halfway house and told to suspend all upcoming shows and tours unless approved by the court. Freedia is set to be sentenced at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. She faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

VP candidate Tim Kaine headed to N.O. Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, will make an appearance in New Orleans at a Clinton campaign fundraiser Aug. 10. The stop marks Kaine’s first appearance in Louisiana after his acceptance of the Democratic vice presidential nomination, and it’s among only a handful of Clinton campaign stops in New Orleans. Clinton spoke to supporters in Baton Rouge last September, and Bill Clinton spoke to several hundred supporters at Ashe Power House Theater in March. The fundraiser is at chef Donald Link’s private events space, Calcasieu, in the Warehouse District.

7. Cade disqualified

from school board race

Ethan Ashley of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans will likely represent District 2 on the Orleans Parish School Board after incumbent Cynthia Cade’s disqualification last week, just days after qualifying in the November race had ended. Orleans Civil District Judge Kern Reese ruled that Cade hadn’t filed her taxes and had falsely signed paperwork claiming she did. District 2 represents parts of Gentilly and Lakeview. Ashley joins several other candidates running unopposed. In Uptown’s District 5, Eldon Anderson withdrew from the race against Ben Kleban, making Kleban the victor. Incumbents John Brown in District 1, which includes New Orleans East and the Lower 9th Ward, and Sarah Usdin in District 3, which includes parts of Gentilly and Lakeview, won re-election when no one qualified to run against them.

Sidney’s coming to CNBC In a June Gambit cover story, garbage mogul and developer

Sidney Torres — who launched his second foray into trash services with his IV Waste this month — teased several upcoming TV projects. There’s the Fox cop drama APB, based on his “Uber of policing” app French Quarter Task Force; there’s a series from Langley Productions (the company that developed Cops); and last week, CNBC announced it will air a reality series in prime time based on the businessman in 2017. CNBC announced the series with a profile on Torres with the headline “New Orleans’ ‘trash king’: How private entrepreneurs can help the public.” Meanwhile, the Vieux Carre Commission cited Torres last week for several unpermitted additions, including skylights, to a historic renovation in the French Quarter.

DeRay vs. Baton Rouge police Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson is suing the Baton Rouge Police Department in the wake of his July 9 arrest during a weekend of protests after the police killing of Alton Sterling. Mckesson was among nearly 200 protesters who were arrested that weekend. Last month, Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore announced that some 100 protesters, including Mckesson, won’t be prosecuted. The Louisiana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union also led a lawsuit against several Baton Rouge officials last month, along with the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice, Black Youth Project 100 and the Louisiana chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.

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Free movies at the Orpheum The Orpheum Theater is running a second round of films as part of its free Summer Film Series Aug. 8-23. Doors open at 6 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, Aug. 8-23 and tickets are free — concession sales on Monday nights benefit the Tipitina’s Foundation. Here’s the schedule: West Side Story (Aug. 8), Caddyshack (Aug. 9), An American in Paris (Aug. 15), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Aug. 16), Mary Poppins (Aug. 22) and Raider of the Lost Ark (Aug. 23).

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? The New Orleans Assessor’s Office updated the rolls for taxable assessment on properties. Homeowners can contest those assessments through Aug. 15. Have you checked?

PRESENTING HIS DEPARTMENT’S MID-YEAR BUDGET TO MEMBERS OF THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL LAST MONTH, New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said NOPD has made strides in its use of body-worn cameras, which have doubled from 400 in early 2015 to 800 as of the July 27 Council Criminal Justice Committee meeting. Last week, NOPD announced it has made available the raw data from body cameras from as far back as 2010. As part of the city’s “open data portal,” NOPD also has raw numbers from calls for service and reports from “major aspects of the federal consent decree,” including bias-free policing, sexual assaults and domestic violence. But in a report this month looking at body cam programs in police departments in 50 cities, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights gave mixed marks to NOPD and discovered a “nationwide failure to protect the civil rights and privacy of surveilled communities.” Among eight categories, NOPD scored highest in making its policies accessible to the public, scored passing marks in three other categories and failed in four. — ALEX WOODWARD

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The Rockefeller Foundation and Jazz at Lincoln Center

will expand its Jazz for Young People: The Resilient Cities Tour to reach 1,500 students at 10 schools in the New Orleans area as part of a $1 million grant. The program, which teaches American history through jazz and live performance, has presented more than 1,000 performances to more than 160,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade since 2013.

The National Council of Jewish Women

celebrated the sixth anniversary of its Fox 8 Defenders program with WVUE-TV and its volunteer-run consumer advocacy hotline, which has handled more than 10,000 calls and online complaint forms. Director Susan Tramontana says the program has saved consumers more than $2 million.

Central City Housing Development Corp.

“subjected elderly and disabled tenants to dangerous health and safety risks” at Satchmo Plaza, a federally funded complex run by the housing group headed by Orleans Parish Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell, according to a July report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The report cites mold, pests, electrical hazards and other issues throughout the complex.

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Comment

In response to Helen Freund’s review of Feelings Cafe & Courtyard in the Faubourg Marigny, one reader wrote: “this place just reopened like 2 months ago. who writes a review of a restaurant thats still so new? havent been yet and have no idea what theyre talking about but good god give them a chance to get their legs!” — prty-time.

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COMMENTARY

fluid OUR COVER STORIES THIS WEEK COMPLETE A MULTI-PART SERIES THAT BRINGS INTO SHARP FOCUS THE PRECARIOUS STATUS OF WOMEN IN LOUISIANA. By any

yardstick — financial, legal, medical or other quality of life indicators — Louisiana women are treated as second-class citizens. The evidence is overwhelming and irrefutable, yet a majority of our lawmakers in Baton Rouge and Washington do nothing about it. Some even rub women’s faces in it, as when Louisiana House members — Democrats and Republicans — indulged in frat-house “humor” during debate of a very serious bill to curb human trafficking. The bill set a minimum age of 21 to work in strip clubs. Rep. Kenny Havard, R-Jackson, offered a “joke” amendment to put age and weight limits on strippers. Some of Havard’s colleagues yukked it up by tossing $1 bills onto a table while he talked about “trimming the fat.” When women House members rightfully called out their male colleagues, Havard cried “political correctness” and refused to apologize. That incident encapsulates the predicament women face in Louisiana. Any attempt on their part to achieve parity with men can be turned into a joke — or a partisan wedge. Rep. Helena Moreno, D-New Orleans, has launched a social media campaign — #ItsNoJoke — in response to the Havard incident and to draw attention to the barriers Louisiana women face. “There’s a real, significant problem of how women in our state are being treated,” Moreno says. “There’s just not an even playing field.” One of Moreno’s Republican colleagues, Rep. Julie Stokes of Kenner, adds, “In terms of the gender question: How did women’s issues become more of a liberal thing? When over 50 percent of a population of a state is women, they’re not all liberal issues.” We couldn’t agree more. No issue highlights the challenges women face more than pay equity.

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Louisiana women earn, on average, roughly 67 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts in comparable jobs. That disparity is even more pronounced among African-American and Latina women. Sadly, the state House of Representatives shot down a pay equity bill this year, after state senators and Gov. John Bel Edwards supported it. The issue of pay equity goes beyond women in the workplace, however. Because Louisiana has so many poor households headed by women, the disparity hurts children as well — because it keeps them in poverty. Too often, politicians use the abortion issue as a red herring to distract voters’ attention from other equity issues or to divide and conquer women’s advocates. We recognize that people on both sides of the abortion question harbor deep religious, legal and moral convictions, but the furor over abortion rights has adversely affected women’s ability to access health care across the board. Case in point: attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, which offers women many medical services unrelated to abortions. Unlike abortion, there is only one “moral” side to the issue of pay equity. It’s time our elected officials recognize what so many women already know: Gender inequality is no joke; it hurts women and kids.

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Suppressing free speech on the bayou FORMER LSU LAW DEAN JACK WEISS,

a highly respected First Amendment lawyer, taught me a valuable lesson about some of our most cherished freedoms. “First Amendment freedoms, including free speech, freedom of the press, open meetings and public records, don’t get eroded in large cities where big news organizations can fight back,” he said. “They die in small towns, where entrenched politicians control virtually everything and most people are too afraid or too poor to fight back.” I thought about Jack’s lesson when I read about Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter’s deputies executing a search warrant on the home of Houma police officer Wayne Anderson in hopes of learning the identity of an anonymous blogger who had the audacity to criticize Larpenter and other Terrebonne bigwigs. Deputies took two computers and five cellphones from Anderson’s home. Worst of all, the warrant was obtained under a dubious legal pretext called “criminal defamation” — a law that, as applied in this case, is patently unconstitutional. If Louisiana’s criminal defamation law exists at all, it has been voided in cases involving public officials or people performing public duties. Not that such quaint notions mean anything to Larpenter. The sheriff told WWL-TV, “If you’re gonna lie about me and make it under a fictitious name, I’m gonna come after you.” The alleged lies that got under Larpenter’s and others’ skin appeared on a blog called “Exposedat” (www.exposedat.in/wp), which bills itself as “Terrebonne Parish’s Underground Watchdog.” The blogger, who uses the pseudonym John Turner, posted stories about local pols and their business entanglements. That apparently hit a nerve. So did raiding a private residence

to suppress free speech — especially political speech, which is the most protected form of speech in America. One would think that a judge, if not the sheriff, would know such black letter law. In this case, Judge Randall Bethancourt, who was not even the duty judge that day, signed the search warrant authorizing the raid anyway. To Bethancourt’s (belated) credit, he issued a stay order directing the seized evidence be secured by the Terrebonne Parish Clerk of Court — after Anderson’s attorney called him. Nonetheless, at a hearing last Friday, the judge ruled the warrant was valid even though Anderson’s attorney pointed out several glaring flaws in the warrant application. Anderson’s attorney promised to appeal and to file a federal civil rights case against the sheriff’s office. Regardless of how the courts ultimately rule in this case, the damage has been done. Anderson, a veteran cop who denies any connection to Exposedat, was suspended from the Houma police force indefinitely, and the chilling effect of Larpenter’s raid doubtless will echo up and down the bayou. Which is exactly what the sheriff and the other parish politicos want. One can only hope that Anderson’s appeal and anticipated civil rights case will succeed. Who knows, maybe there’s even a federal criminal statute that applies here. That would be a nice twist.

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Dear reader, Many years ago at this time of year, Lincoln Beach would be just about concluding its peak summer season, a time when thousands of New Orleans African-Americans would flock to the lakefront beach and amusement area for swimming and entertainment. Many may remember the long ride to Lincoln Beach, which was located on Lake Pontchartrain near where Hayne Boulevard meets Paris Road in New Orleans East — or more precisely, in Little Woods. During segregation, the swimming area and amusement park catered to the city’s black community, as a companion to the whites-only Pontchartrain Beach. Lincoln Beach originally was developed on 2.3 acres of land given to the Orleans Levee Board by Samuel Zemurray, the United Fruit Company magnate. In 1939, the Levee Board built a sand beach and small amusement park at the site. In later years, the board spent more than $1 million enhancing and expanding the Lincoln Beach facilities to more than 17 acres. The redeveloped area was formally dedicated and opened on May 8, 1954. The area included three swimming pools, two shelters, a restaurant (called The Carver House Terrace) and an amusement area. From 1954 to 1964, Lincoln Beach became a center of entertainment

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anniversary of the opening of the Riverwalk. Opened on Aug. 28, 1986, the mall was built on the former site of the International Pavilion of the 1984 World’s Fair and cost $60 million. Originally called The Riverwalk Marketplace, it was developed by The Rouse Company (no relation to the local grocery chain), best known for similar waterfront developments in Boston, Baltimore and St. Louis. Stretching half a mile along the Mississippi River, the 180,000-square-foot Riverwalk opened with 136 shops and restaurants. In 2014, after an $82 million renovation, it was rebranded as The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk. Now owned by The Howard Hughes Corp., it is billed as the nation’s first upscale outlet mall in a downtown setting.

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St., 504-310-4999; www.houseofblues. com/neworleans) celebrates New Orleans’ burgeoning local brew scene with the Brewsiana Craft Beer and Music Festival at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. Now in its third year, the event features more than 30 local beers. “There are some great craft beers in the area — it’s all about local,” says House of Blues general manager Robert Rizzuto. Second Line Brewing celebrates its one-year anniversary and will be joined by 12 local brewers: 40 Arpent Brewing Company, Abita Brewing Company, Bayou Teche Brewing, Chafunkta Brewing Company, Covington Brewhouse, Gnarly Barley Brewing Company, Great Raft Brewing, Mudbug Brewery, NOLA Brewing Company, Parish Brewing Company, Tin Roof Brewing Company and Urban South Brewery. Representatives will be on hand to talk water, malt, hops and yeast. “We try to pick more select and seasonal beers, and ask breweries to hold some for us so we can have it at the festival,” Rizzuto says. There will be two stages with music by Robin Barnes, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Gypsy Elise, Jake Landry & The Right Lane Bandits and Ku-

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masi. Tastings and full-beer pours flow across the venue, and patrons can explore the entire space, which includes the Voodoo Garden, music hall (upstairs and downstairs), Foundation Room and the House of Blues Restaurant and Bar. “It’s like a circus tent,” Rizzuto says. Interactive crowd games like the “Craft or Crap” blind tasting and “man-boob” tassel twirling contest take place between music sets. There also will be a hot chicken tender eating contest, beer pong and other beer games. Locally produced treats like cigars rolled

Journeys Outlet (The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, 500 Port of New Orleans Place, 504-523-7782; www.journeys.com/ outlet) holds a shoe sale through Aug. 31. Select shoes and school uniform-approved footwear are discounted 50 percent.

in Mid-City, Lick Our Pops organic liquor-infused Popsicles and beer bottle cap art also will be for sale. General admission tickets are $12 or $15 for a wristband that includes five beer pours. Tickets can be purchased at the House of Blues box office or by calling the venue. New this year is the “Booziana” craft cocktail tasting upstairs in the Foundation Room. These cocktails are made from local liquors. “We want to celebrate because in New Orleans there are a lot of local guys with interesting products,” Rizzuto says.

Sopo (629 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-609-2429; www.soponola.com) holds storewide markdowns through Aug. 13 in preparation for its move. This fall, Sopo relocates to inside Ellen Macomber’s Fine Art and Textiles (1720 St. Charles Ave., 504-314-9414; www. ellenmacomber.com).

Discoveries Furniture & Finds (2850 Magazine St., 504-267-2000; www.discoveriesla. com) holds a sale on select inventory, which is discounted 30 to 80 percent through Sept. 5.

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that Louisianans often have a hard time just uttering the word in public. That’s according to abortion rights advocate Amy Irvin, who underscores that it’s been 43 years since Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that gave women a constitutional right to medically safe abortions. That right is mitigated by states’ interests in protecting the potential lives of the unborn. While abortion still is a fundamental right of American women, the issue is far from settled. Over the years, Louisiana lawmakers have imposed so many restrictions that

today it is more difficult, not easier, for women in the state to have the procedure. In 2015, an annual report from Americans United for Life ranked Louisiana No. 1 — for the sixth year in a row — for its anti-abortion policies. (This year Louisiana fell to third.) The number of abortions in Louisiana decreased by 10 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to the anti-abortion organization Louisiana Right to Life. A total of 9,311 abortions were performed in Louisiana in 2015, compared to 10,211 in 2014. According to figures provided by the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights think tank, abortion

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has become a common procedure. Using the most recent data available from 2008, the institute estimated that nearly one out of three American women seek an abortion before the age of 45. During the recently concluded legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers passed seven abortion restriction laws, including one that triples the waiting time between a mandatory counseling session and the procedure. It was signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Catholic Democrat who made his anti-abortion stance a central campaign issue. Although a new Planned Parenthood center has opened in New Orleans, it has not secured a license to perform abortions — and if it does, it’s unclear whether it will be able to provide other Medicaid-reimbursable services. In 2011, Louisiana had seven facilities where women could obtain an abortion; today there are four. Mississippi now has only one. AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW ORLEANS ABORTION FUND, an organization founded

in 2012, Irvin helps pay for abortions for women facing financial hardships. She said her goal is to help change an environment in which many women find gaining access to the procedure difficult. She recently discussed her own experience, which led her to create the Abortion Fund. “Perhaps it emboldens women so they can talk about it with friends and family and daughters, and to normalize it a little,” Irvin said. “The silence around this issue —

the shame and stigma — has been what’s most hurtful to our movement, [besides] legislation.” It was five years ago, and Irvin had just moved to New Orleans after finishing graduate school with a master’s degree in social work. At the age of 42, she became pregnant. After considering her options, Irvin decided to get an abortion. The procedure was safe, but she remembers being jarred by a large sign at the clinic stating that the facility did not accept any form of public funding. Irvin was able to come up with the hundreds of dollars needed to cover the cost. She knew, however, that many women in Louisiana, where 20 percent of working-age women live in poverty, were not so fortunate. She said demographics collected by the local fund are on par with national statistics: the average age of a client is 27; about 80 percent say they are religious or spiritual; more than 71 percent have children already; and 70 percent are employed. Louisiana is one of 25 states that ban insurance coverage for abortions by state insurance exchanges. Nor does Medicaid cover abortion, making economically disadvantaged women most at risk for being restricted by issues such as cost. At the Women’s Health Care Center, the only abortion provider in the New Orleans area, abortion procedures now cost $525 or more. Irvin had worked with abortion rights nonprofit organizations in other states in the past and knew that private assistance with abortion costs was available in other places. She decided something needed to PAGE 17

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ABORTION RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAVE CLAIMED A FEW VICTORIES IN RECENT YEARS. In June, the

U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Texas law that required admitting privileges at a nearby hospital for doctors who performed abortions, which would have severely limited women’s access to the procedure. The court had blocked enforcement of a similar law in Louisiana in March that effectively would have shut down all but one abortion clinic in the state. Before that, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast won a court battle that could help the organization

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provide abortions in the future at its new location on South Claiborne Avenue. On another front, a federal judge last year blocked then-Gov. Bobby Jindal’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood by canceling its Medicaid contracts with the state after the release of controversial videos concerning fetal tissue donation. A Louisiana law passed this session prohibits state agencies from contracting with entities that provide abortions. Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast spokeswoman Kirby Smith said it’s unlikely that law will hold up in court. She notes that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services doesn’t allow states to block a patient from a provider simply because the provider offers the “full range of reproductive health care.” “The fact that we are even debating this issue is the result of an all-out political war waged on a woman’s right to access the reproductive health care she needs, including safe, legal abortion,” Smith said. Despite those developments, Irvin and other abortion rights activists predict that new laws in Louisiana will make it more difficult for poor women to access abortion. Anti-abortion activists have hailed the laws, particularly House Bill 386, the

“Women’s Enhanced Reflection Act,” which triples the waiting period — from 24 to 72 hours — between a mandatory counseling session and the procedure. During a hearing on the bill, Louisiana Right to Life’s Wallace said it was imperative women have a “reflection period” after counseling to decide if they’re making the right decision. “Abortion is a life-changing and life-ending decision, and one that the [U.S.] Supreme Court recognizes many women come to regret,” Wallace said. Louisiana legislators also limited the kind of procedures that can be done once women enter the second trimester of pregnancy. The “Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act,” another new law, prevents an abortion that removes fetuses “one piece at a time.” Some, like abortion rights activist Michelle Erenberg, said the law prohibits the safest procedure during the second term, also known as a D&E (dilation and evacuation). State Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Bossier City, who authored the bill, said the legislation reflects “who we are as a people.” “In Louisiana, we believe every human life is valuable and worthy of protection, and no civil society should allow its unborn children to be ripped apart,” said Johnson,

a constitutional lawyer who has litigated abortion issues. “Incredible as it seems, we needed a law to say that.” Other laws now require that fetal tissue be cremated or buried following abortion, limit which kinds of doctors can perform abortion procedures, tighten restrictions regarding medicated abortions and ban abortions in cases of genetic abnormalities. Wallace praises legislators for writing those laws and Edwards for signing them. “I think that the goal of our organization is to one day see a world in Louisiana where abortion is not only illegal but unthinkable — where there are resources, where there is access to choose life,” Wallace said. “It’s not just about making it illegal, it’s about making it unthinkable.” Last month, the Center for Reproductive Rights sued the state over those latest restrictions. The group’s CEO Nancy Northup called the laws “a web of red tape” that puts women’s “health and well-being at risk.” Erenberg, director of an organization called Lift Louisiana, concurs. “Every barrier that you put up in the path of a woman seeking an abortion puts emotional stress on her, can put economic stress on her and can be physically dangerous if a woman is in a relationship where there’s violence,” she told Gambit. RECENTLY, WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO TELL THEIR STORIES ABOUT ABORTION. Many describe the process as

complex — and often traumatic. Such was the case with Bess, a 33-year-old who shared her story with The Abortion Diary, a collection of audio recordings by archivist Melissa Madera. Bess, who didn’t give her last name, said she came to regret an abortion she had in New Orleans when she was 28. She describes herself as a feminist who advocates for abortion rights as part of normal gynecological care. Since then, Bess has become a social worker who hears women share their abortion stories. It helps them, she said, if they’re given a safe space to talk, a support system and, most important, education about all of their options. “Those were the scary things,” Bess said. “The not knowing, and the shame and taboo. I think all of that is from people not talking about pregnancy, about abortion, about sexuality and reproductive health.” PAGE 18

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be done for poor women in Louisiana. “I saw a need,” she said. Since 2013, her organization has helped more than 600 women make abortion payments, 229 of them in the past year. The average level of assistance currently is just $111, she said, which covers about one-fifth of the cost of an abortion. Women usually put off rent, buy fewer groceries and borrow money from friends or family to make up the difference. Irvin said she’s heard of women selling televisions, jewelry and smaller items — even a toolbox. Such stories are a testament to why many women choose abortion in the first place, Irvin said, a statement supported by data from the Guttmacher Institute. That organization reports women usually seek abortion because they can’t afford to support a child or believe having a baby would prohibit them from caring for other dependents or would interfere with work or school. “We are really helping the neediest in the community,” Irvin added. Anti-abortion activists, meanwhile, point to public and private services that help women who choose not to have abortions. For example, Louisiana offers free or low-cost health care coverage to children or families and children who qualify, and the state Department of Child and Family Services provides adoption resources. Louisiana also is a Safe Haven state, which means parents who cannot take care of a newborn can bring an infant up to 60 days old to any emergency medical facility and give up custody with no questions asked. Many faith-based institutions also provide maternity homes and some offer temporary housing to new mothers as an alternative to abortion. Deanna Wallace, legislative director for Louisiana Right to Life, said her organization helps connect mothers to resources such as parenting classes and free diapers.

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JESSICA UHLS LONGS FOR A HOME OF HER OWN , one where she can

raise her two children, 18-month-old Aiden and 3-week-old Abigail. Getting her own home has been a priority since before Aiden was born, when she moved into Danielle Inn, a maternity home in Covington. There, she was given a place to live and help paying for child care and other bills. Danielle Inn helped Uhls when she was in an unstable relationship, was pregnant and didn’t know where to turn, she said. It saved her from a “tense” situation at her mother’s house, where she turned after leaving her boyfriend. Her stay at Danielle Inn was temporary, and soon Uhls found herself alone in the world with two small children. Uhls has come a long way in 18 months. She has a job at an insurance company and a loving fiance. His family has opened their home to her, but her future is precariously balanced. The fate of one application for child care assistance filed with the state of Louisiana means that within weeks, many of her plans could evaporate.

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meant to help at-risk families afford care and education for children before they reach kindergarten. Like many women in Louisiana, Uhls earns less than $25,000 a year and can’t afford the full price of licensed day care in her area. But she soon could be stuck in a catch-22: If they can’t go to day care, she can’t work. Her odds of getting help are slim. As of last year, only 3.5 percent of at-risk infants who qualified for public assistance were served, according to the state’s Early Childhood Care and Education annual report. That percentage is expected to get even smaller this year because an increase in benefits has led to increased demand. “I’m freaking out about it,” Uhls said. For children under age 4 in Louisiana, especially at-risk children, high-quality early child care is severely underfunded, according to Melanie Bronfin, executive director of the Policy Institute for Chil-

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dren. Bronfin’s organization found less than 15 percent of at-risk children under age 4 have access to a publicly funded program, which she said can have a huge impact on women’s abilities to progress in their careers, complete their education or earn a living that keeps their families above the federal poverty line. ACCORDING TO A 2015 REPORT BY THE DATA CENTER, ABOUT 39 PERCENT OF NEW ORLEANS CHILDREN LIVED IN POVERTY IN THE YEAR 2013. Statewide, the number was 28

percent. Under the federal government’s threshold of “poverty” for that same year, vast numbers of Louisiana families comprising two adults and two children live on $23,624 or less. Single mothers and families where both parents work are hit the hardest, especially when they have limited resources. In New Orleans, about 48 percent of children live in single-mother families, according to The Data Center, and 66 percent of children age 5 and under spend significant time in child care because their parents work. For many parents, good child care is not affordable. In 2014, the average cost was $130 a week for a day care center, according to a Louisiana Child Care Market Rate Survey. As of last year in New Orleans, it was as high as $275 a week for places that scored well under the state’s quality rating system. Parents making the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) would have to work nearly 39 hours a week to pay for child care alone.

Here’s the really bad news: Unlike other states, Louisiana has substantially decreased its spending on early care and education over the last eight years — the tenure of former Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Republican-dominated Louisiana Legislature. One bright spot can be found among the state’s 4-year-olds, Bronfin said. Louisiana has a number of quality public programs for at-risk kids. Altogether, 87 percent of at-risk 4-year-olds in Louisiana can access those programs. Unfortunately, the Child Care Assistance Program, the state’s only publicly funded early care program for children under age 4, has been cut by 70 percent in the last six years. Bronfin said about 12,000 children currently receive assistance under the program — down from 40,000 six years ago. Last year, the state Department of Education found that an additional 149,000 children qualified for the program but went unserved. The state has increased the amount of the subsidy per child, which is good for qualifying parents who can’t afford the required copay. Now, parents in poverty have a co-pay of as little as $22.50 a week, down from $60 or more. Kathy Pinillo, a 33-year-old baker, and her husband, a cook at IHOP, were able to get assistance for both of their children. Pinillo said it’s the only reason her family stays afloat financially. “I can’t imagine paying $350 week for these kids to go to a day care I’m comfortable leaving them in,” she said. “And who can

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work off one income these days?” Because the state relies on limited federal funds for the program, there are fewer slots for future parents. According to Bronfin, there are two ways to think about how child care security affects future generations. The obvious way is to consider the child’s education and the impact it has on his or her success. Then there are the broader economic and public policy factors. Economist James Heckman, citing well-documented studies that show 90 percent of a child’s brain development takes place before age 5, said investing in early education is “the most efficient use” of state funds. In Louisiana, poor early education policies have a dramatic impact on kids, even by age 5: Nearly 46 percent of kids enter kindergarten already behind. “A child’s experiences from birth through age 4 wire a child’s brain for success or failure in school, work and life,” Bronfin said. “The question becomes, where are these children? Where are they being taken care of?” Another consideration is the money lost when working women are forced out of the market because of child care dilemmas. Bronfin has contracted a study to examine how often women have had to miss work because they couldn’t find stable child care and what that has meant for their employers. Sometimes, Bronfin said, women with children refuse to move from part-time to full-time

work because they’re too afraid they won’t be able to meet the extra obligations. Then there’s loss of opportunity and underemployment. Mothers sometimes stop working altogether if they can’t get child care assistance. Lack of assistance isn’t the only thing harming mothers’ productivity. According to a brief published by professor Phyllis Raabe of the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the Mary Amelia Women’s Center, a lack of paid leave policies also hamper women’s employment opportunities. Only about half of employed U.S. mothers have any paid leave after giving birth, the brief found. That contributes to the quarter of U.S. women who leave the workforce before or after having a baby. Raabe has called for a family and medical leave insurance program in Louisiana, arguing it not only would help women and their families but also would reduce turnover costs for businesses and boost the state’s economy since women are likely to buy more products if they feel economically stable. “In all these respects, it is a ‘winwin’ policy,” Raabe said. Bronfin agreed, calling for better investment in infant and toddler care so women can feel secure about going to work until their children are in kindergarten. “It’s a worker productivity issue,” Bronfin said. “And inevitably, we have to speak of women — because it’s women who are bearing the brunt of this.” PAGE 20

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whether they are stay-at-home or working mothers, whether they live in poverty or are just trying to get equal pay in their careers, or whether they are average citizens or elected officials. But there is good news, health experts say, in the form of newly expanded health care. More than 250,000 Louisianans signed up for Medicaid after eligibility expanded June 1 under an executive order from Gov. John Bel Edwards. Called Healthy Louisiana, the expansion is a step state officials say will “dramatically” improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of women and their families. Medicaid now covers adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, according to the Henry K. Kaiser Family Foundation. That means individuals making less than $16,394 a year are eligible, as are families of four earning less than $33,500. Among the newly qualified is New Orleans singer Lisa Lynn Kotnik. Regular gigs around town don’t necessarily mean a steady income for Kotnik. Like many musicians, she often had to go without health insurance, she recently told NPR. She noted that she has had at least five surgeries for a series of health complications that include ovarian cysts and a brain aneurysm. She had to pay for the procedures out of pocket because she couldn’t afford health insurance. “It was unaffordable,” she told NPR. “Completely unaffordable.” Dr. Rebekah Gee, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), says the expanded care couldn’t come soon enough for women like Kotnik. Gee points to America’s Health Ranking, an initiative of the United Health Organization, which in 2015 ranked Louisiana

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LUNG CANCER last among the 50 MORTALITY RATE states for residents’ MORTALITY RATE PER 100,000 PEOPLE overall health. The PER 100,000 PEOPLE Institute for WomRANK 50 RANK 40 OF 51 en’s Policy Research OF 51 this year gave Louisiana a grade of “F” for women’s health and well-being. DIABETES “Some women, RANK 48 we really gave them OF 51 a death sentence, frankly,” Gee said. “We created a sentence of poor health for women.” About 24 percent of Louisiana women * THE MOST RECENT 18 and older reported COMPREHENSIVE fair or poor health, BREAKDOWN OF HOW according to a 2014 LOUISIANA RANKED report from the BeIN EACH CATEGORY IN havioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, RELATION TO OTHER an indicator used by STATES IN 2013, IN WHICH DHH to learn about THE STATE RECEIVED AN at-risk residents. In Louisiana, 27.4 percent of women LOUISIANA ALSO SCORED AN F IN 2016. are overweight and 35 percent are obese. More than 40 percent I L L U S T R AT I O N B Y LY N V I C K N A I R of all women have been diagnosed with hypertension and 41 ed, 19 percent of non-elderly womer look shows a large racial gap in percent have high cholesterol, en were uninsured — the nation’s access to health care. the organization found. ninth-worst rate. In addition, a study According to that same risk factor Louisiana also is first in the nation cited by Talk Poverty, a project of report, only about 38 percent of for rates of gonorrhea and conthe Center for American Progress, black women received a recomgenital syphilis, and second in the found that 20 percent of all adult mended yearly checkup between nation in HIV and AIDS case rates, women below age 65 live below the 2011 and 2014. Twenty-two percent according to the Louisiana STD/HIV federal poverty level. Those two figof women who do not see a doctor Annual Report from 2014. ures give Louisiana women and girls said it was because of the cost. Many of the conditions that affect very poor prospects for leading Not having regular care makes a women’s health are preventable, healthy lives. big difference in a woman’s health, Gee told Gambit. Until recently, On average, about 70 percent of according to the New Orleans however, a large percentage of Louisiana women ages 18-44 have Health Department, which found women weren’t getting regular had a routine medical checkup in African-Americans in the city are health care or any help from the the past year, the DHH behavioral three times more likely than whites state, unless they were pregnant. risk factor report found. But a closto die of diabetes and twice as likely She said until Medicaid was expand-

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to die of kidney disease or HIV. In New Orleans, there is a 25year difference in life expectancy between those living in the 70112 ZIP code, which encompasses the Tulane-Gravier, Iberville and Treme neighborhoods, and the 70124 ZIP code, which includes Lakeview and West End. Gee said improving women’s health is important not only for adults, but also is a major factor in the health of Louisiana’s children. She notes that poor preconception health, inadequate birth spacing and lack of inter-conception care, particularly for women who have had prior birthing complications, are linked to low birth weight. In Louisiana, 11 percent of all babies had low birth weight in 2014 and 12 percent of women had a pre-term birth, Gee said. The state ranked seventh-worst in infant mortality and maternal mortality, and fifth-worst in the number of women per obstetrician/gynecologist, according to recent statistics from the Center for American Progress. “That struggle is resulting in a difficult start for many children,” Gee said. Nor is Louisiana a good state for women’s mental health. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System found 39 percent of women in Louisiana reported having poor mental health. Gee offered a ray of hope: In states that recently expanded Medicaid, studies showed those numbers vastly improved. Depression rates, for example, went down by up to 30 percent, she said. Gee said her office has worked over the past few years to expand access to preventive health services and tried to improve some of the poor health statistics in the Pelican State. Last year, the U.S. Depart-

ment of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health awarded Louisiana a five-year grant to help prevent obesity in minority communities and increase access to physical activities and healthy food. Before Medicaid expansion, DHH expanded coverage for reproductive health services through a program called Take Charge, which covered preventive visits and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. As of July, Louisiana became the 31st state in the nation (and the first in the Deep South) to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Louisiana also is the first state to mine data from SNAP, the federal food stamp eligibility program, to qualify people for Medicaid — a measure Gee attributed to the early success of enrolling more than 200,000 citizens. According to state data, as many as 450,000 people may be eligible for the expansion. If 375,000 enroll, the state could save more than $180 million in general funds in 2017. Ruth Kennedy, the Medicaid expansion project director, said in mid-July that 100,000 eligible adults still need to be enrolled to meet that goal. “While these numbers reflect a remarkable achievement that we are very proud of, our work is far from finished,” Kennedy said. Gee said dramatically increasing the number of women covered under Medicaid or other insurance will ensure that future generations of Louisianans will be significantly healthier, because they will have the tools needed for healthy living from the time they are born to when they become parents. “It’s a quilt that’s connected,” Gee said. “Every piece has to be strong for women’s health to be optimal.”

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NolaNica serves Nicaraguan food. BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund

IN RECENT YEARS, KENNER HAS BUILT A SOLID REPUTATION AS A MULTICULTURAL DINING DESTINATION FOR ADVENTUROUS EATERS. Joining the mix

of Brazilian, Honduran, Middle Eastern and other international eateries is NolaNica, a Nicaraguan restaurant tucked away in a nondescript strip mall on Airline Drive. Gean Carlos Reyes opened the small restaurant last summer, offering creative takes on the traditional Central American dishes he grew up eating. Reyes attributes his cooking style to his New Orleans upbringing as much as his Nicaraguan roots. His parents left that country during the 1979 Sandinista Revolution when he was six months old, and his culinary style reflects time spent in his mother’s kitchen as well as a career working catering gigs around the city. Dishes fall within typical Central American parameters — grilled meats, rice, beans and plantains abound — but there are several standout dishes specific to Nicaragua. Vigoron features thick slices of boiled yuca underneath fresh cabbage slaw doused in red chili sauce and topped with large, fatty hunks of chicharron. It’s a fascinating dish full of unexpected layers, from the soft, doughlike yuca to the spice and crunch of the slaw to the rich flavor of fried pork belly. Repochetas — Nicaragua’s answer to the quesadilla — are made with fragrant corn tortillas and Cotija cheese and fried until the oily crescents are crispy and oozing. Grilled meat kebabs sidle soft, charred onions, which are almost as flavorful and addictive as the skewered meat. The steak version arrives blackened

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16 W. Airline Drive, Suite B, Kenner, (504) 405-0375; www.facebook. com/nolanica

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breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat.

on the outside with a juicy mediumrare inside. Pork is a coral shade, the result of an achiote rub made with sour orange and pineapple juices that tenderize the meat and impart citrus notes. That same marinade is used to coat perfectly grilled pollo al carbon, which has a deep orange and charred exterior that gives way to juicy, smoky meat. Gallo pinto, the country’s most common dish of rice and kidney beans, features prominently. Reyes subsituted plump black beans and serves the dish with grilled meats and other additions, and he also uses it in breakfast bowls topped with bacon, eggs and thick slices of avocado. Despite the mostly traditional menu, there are a few instances where Reyes gets creative. Though most dishes don’t carry a lot of heat on their own (Nicaraguan food isn’t known for spicy heat), the kitchen uses a liberal hand when dispensing a fiery paste made with jalapenos and cilantro, and a little goes a long way. Jalapenos also are tucked into mashed yuca fritters, which are fried crispy and topped with an addictive

Gean Carlos (left), Giselle and Randy Reyes run NolaNica. P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R

avocado and sour cream sauce. The NolaNica burger, sandwiched between giant slices of grilled Jamaican coconut bread, features a griddled beef and pork patty, thick slices of fried cheese, fried sweet plantains and a generous dollop of tart cabbage and carrot slaw — a salty, creamy, fatty and delicious detour. There is no seafood, and drinks are limited to standard soft drinks, bottled water and a couple of agua frescas. Diners at a loss for what to order can try the fritanga, which serves as the perfect primer on the cuisine, incorporating some of the restaurant’s most popular dishes on a giant aluminum tray. Reyes jokingly refers to it as the “tour of Nicaragua,” and at $13.37, it’s a lot cheaper than a plane ticket, though you have to drive past the airport to get there. Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

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moving to the bar at their restaurant Coquette (2800 Magazine St., 504265-0421; www.coquettenola.com). The restaurant offers an abbreviated Little Bird menu at the bar, as well as wine, Champagne and cider pairings Sunday through Thursday. The previous menu was focused on Southern staples, but the new iteration is strictly chicken. A cold fried chicken sandwich with bread and butter pickles, tomatoes and sauce is $10, and there’s an optional pairing of Chappapeela Farmhouse Saison for $15. There’s also a half bottle of Paul Clouet Champagne recommended with fried chicken wings served with togarashi, peach hot sauce and ranch dressing. Last year, the couple launched Little Bird at Lower Garden District bar Barrel Proof (1201 Magazine St., 504-299-1888; www.barrelproofnola.com) with the help of friend and chef John Sinclair. Last month, the bar owners announced Little Bird had been replaced with Sinclair’s bar food concept Barrel Proof Kitchen. — HELEN FREUND

Tryst without Dominique Macquet UPTOWN RESTAURANT SAVEUR

(4128 Magazine St., 504-304-3667) is now Tryst (www.facebook.com/ trystnola). Following the departure last month of chef Dominique Macquet, owner Kimble Donington-Smith changed the restaurant’s concept to a more casual and international menu, though some of Macquet’s dishes remain. Tryst is focused on small plates and bar food, with lower prices and a new cocktail program. “I wanted to do something more casual and in line with the neighborhood,” Donington-Smith says. The previous restaurant’s sous chef, Son Tran, is now the executive chef. Tran was a longtime chef at La Crepe Nanou. Guests can expect a French influence on the menu, which features several crepes, including a duck confit version filled with sauteed mushrooms, carrots and red wine reduction. Bar snacks include Buffalo wings, flatbreads and pork potstickers with Thai chili-orange sauce.

Theodore ‘Ted’ Brennan dies LONGTIME BRENNAN’S PROPRIETOR THEODORE “TED” BRENNAN DIED JULY 3. He was 68.

Brennan passed away at his home, and the cause of death has not yet been determined, his son Teddy Brennan told The New Orleans Advocate. Brennan was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The son of legendary restaurateur and Brennan family patriarch Owen Brennan, Ted Brennan — together with his brothers Pip and Jimmy — ran the French Quarter institution for 40 years before it closed in 2013. Brennan’s cousin Ralph Brennan and local businessman Terry White purchased the building and reopened following a $20 million renovation. For the past several years, Ted was working on opening a new French Quarter restaurant in homage to his late father. His children plan to open it in fall. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home. Details were not available at press time. — HELEN FREUND

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randcrane.com), a buying club offering fresh produce, prepared foods, home goods and personal care items. The Greiwes also offer party, wedding and catering services. Greiwe previously served as manager of Bin 428 on Magazine Street. Martin Wine Cellar operated a store at 3500 Magazine St. following Hurricane Katrina, before reopening its flagship store at 3827 Baronne St. Philippe’s owner, Philippe Simon, continues to operate the original Philippe’s Wine Cellar in Lafayette. — BRENDA MAITLAND

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Macquet and Donington-Smith say the split was amicable but that they had “different visions” for the restaurant. Macquet was the longtime chef at The Maison Dupuy hotel in the French Quarter before opening two namesake Dominique’s on Magazine restaurants, both of which have closed. Prior to Saveur, the space was occupied by Baie Rouge, which Donington-Smith shuttered in 2015 and reopened in three days when Macquet came aboard. Fans of the casual, colorful bistro can expect a few popular items to appear on the Tryst menu, including bacon beignets and the vegetarian Lundi burger made with red beans, rice, zucchini, squash and Parmesan cheese. Tryst serves dinner Tuesday through Sunday, and there is a daily 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. happy hour with drink and food specials. The restaurant will add lunch and a late-night happy hour on weekends. — HELEN FREUND

Bon temps BON APPETIT ANNOUNCED ITS 50 BEST NEW RESTAURANTS IN AMERICA, and three New Orleans eateries

made the cut. Besh Restaurant Group’s bakery and cafe Willa Jean (611 O’Keefe Ave., 504-509-7334; www.willajean.com) the Ace Hotel’s new Italian stunner Josephine Estelle (600 Carondelet St., 504930-3070; www.josephineestelle. com) and 9th Ward French bar and bistro N7 (1117 Montegut St.) are on the 2016 list, a collection of the country’s most buzzed about restaurants compiled by magazine staffers Andrew Knowlton and Julia Kramer. A list of the top 10 will be announced Aug. 16. Lafayette’s Pop’s Po-boys was the only other Louisiana restaurant to make the list. In recent years Shaya and Michael Gulotta’s MoPho made the best 50 list, though neither made it to the Hot 10. — HELEN FREUND

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SPIRIT WINE (3500 Magazine St., 504-304-8977; www.spirit-wine. com) replaced Philippe’s Wine Cellar after the shop’s former manager Darrell Greiwe and his wife Emily bought the business. Spirit sells wine, spirits, beer and plans to hold weekly tastings, classes, wine dinners and special events. It also is a food market in partnership with Gator and Crane (www.gato-

the oldest continually operating brewery in the country, but its beer arrived in Louisiana just last week. Fans can find its Black & Tan, lager and light beer at area locations including The Bulldog in Uptown and Mid-City, Sovereign Pub, Finn McCool’s Irish Pub, The Avenue Pub, Pearl Wine Co. and World of Beer. It’s also available at Breaux Mart and Rouses. — NORA McGUNNIGLE

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Leighann Smith BUTCHER LEIGHANN SMITH WAS THE RESIDENT “MEAT MAMA” AT COCHON BUTCHER where she ran the butcher

and charcuterie department for five and a half years. She recently left to open the pop-up Piece of Meat Butcher (www.facebook.com/pieceofmeatbutcher) with partner Dan Jackson. Together they’ve been popping up at new Irish Channel beer garden The Tchoup Yard, selling handmade sausages, smoked meats and other snacks. Smith spoke with Gambit about the craft butchery scene.

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SMITH: I’ve always cooked. I’m from San Francisco … but I came here to try to be a butcher. I felt like New Orleans was so much smaller, so there were a lot more opportunities where you could drive for just an hour and be on a farm. I was really interested in that aspect of getting to talk to the person who was raising my pig. Donald (Link) and Stephen (Stryjewski) had already paved the way for that to happen. With (Piece of Meat Butcher), we decided that we didn’t want to have conventional jobs anymore. Slinging meat on the sidewalks was the best kind of idea and way more successful than I thought when we first got started. We’ve been talking about opening up a butcher shop-style restaurant ... and this is kind of our gateway into that. There are few places besides Cochon (Butcher) and Cleaver & Co. where you can get really highquality handmade sausage at a reasonable price. We’re trying to give people the opportunity of (being) at a bar and being able to get high-quality handmade meats instead of a hot dog or hamburger. I think the hardest part is finding ways to get sustainable, happy, healthy animals to people at a price that they can afford … and then finding a way to convince people how much better it is for them.

Is the craft butchering movement growing in New Orleans? S: It’s growing everywhere. Butcher shops are getting a lot more popular. In the past five or six years, people are becoming a lot more knowledgeable of how their meat is raised ... and the craft of being a butcher is growing dramatically. The only problem is

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that to solely open a butcher shop is almost like restaurant suicide. The margins are still not anywhere near where they are on a plate of food. I’ve noticed that a lot more (restaurants) are (butchering) their own animals, but it’s still more of a restaurant-style setting as opposed to the more Old World meat market. The boucherie style of butchering is so fascinating to me. I like the fact that, especially in Louisiana, animals are really valued. Let’s get a large group of people together, pay our respects to the animal and then use every single part of the animal to make a feast and a party.

How accessible is butchery for a home cook? S: The best part about butchering is that there are zero limits to what you can do. I’ll forever be learning about breaking down pigs and cows, or finding easier ways to do it. ... Pigs are the easiest for me to break down because they have such large muscle structure. Cows are too big, but a pig is still manageable for one person on a table. Sausage isn’t the easiest thing to make. You have to make sure you mix the proteins and the fat together, but you can’t over mix it because then it will break. It’s better to start making loose sausage and learning like that. If you follow a recipe and do everything it tells you to and keep everything cold, you should be fine. You can put anything in sausage. ... It doesn’t mean that it’s going to taste good all the time, but it’s forgiving. You can pretty much try anything: Every piece of salami tastes different, even if it’s in the same room. It can depend on the temperature in the room when you made it or what time of year it was made. Everything will taste different, which is fun and rewarding. — HELEN FREUND

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Gnarly Barley Brewing Company released its reworked Radical Rye P.A. in the New Orleans area. The recipe removed crystal malts from the grain bill, added hop resin for the Columbus and Cascade bittering hops and added Citra whirlpool and dry-hopping. Gnarly Barley founder and head brewer Zac Caramonta says when the brewery opened with its Radical Rye flagship in 2014, there weren’t any other rye beers in the area. “As palates in the market — including our own — quickly evolved, I realized that we weren’t doing the beer justice,” Caramonta says. The new version of Radical Rye is paler in color and hazy in appearance. Caramonta describes the beer as crisper and spicier. The new Radical Rye is available on draft at bars and restaurants including Cochon, The Bulldog Mid-City, Bourbon House, Mopho and R Bar. Mudbug Brewery increased its capacity in 2016 with a new 30-barrel brewhouse and can-

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ning line. It released Cafe Au Lait coffee milk stout and White Boot blonde ale in cans and on draft. Head brewer Leith Adams says Mudbug’s newest beer, Intracoastal IPA, is scheduled for release in cans and kegs on Aug. 15. Mudbug releases Pelican Pilsner cans and kegs next month, followed by its draft-only Oktoberfest beer. In November, Mudbug will release a limited amount of Imperial Chocolate King Cake Stout, Adams says.

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The Wines of Southern Rhone 6 p.m. Tuesday Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St., (504) 523-6000 www.windsorcourthotel.com Windsor Court Hotel sommelier Bill Burkhart hosts a class exploring wines from France’s Rhone region, including Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Cotes du Rhone and Vacqueyras, and the area’s grapes — syrah, grenache, mourvedre, cinsault and counoise. Tickets $45.

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Seersucker & White Linen Wine Dinner 6 p.m. Thursday Restaurant R’evolution, 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277 www.revolutionnola.com Bill Haltom, author of Milk & Sugar: The Complete Book of Seersucker, and Laurie Aronson, owner of Lipsey’s & Haspel, speak at a fivecourse dinner celebrating seersucker. The meal includes passed hors d’oeuvres, chilled melon and mint soup, radicchio and kale salad, trout with crawfish stuffing and Nantua sauce, veal with blueberry demi-glace, fig and hazelnut tart and wine pairings. The dinner costs $125 plus tax and tip.

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Kids in the Kitchen: Noodles! 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. & noon-1 p.m. Saturday Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405 www.natfab.org There are two cooking classes for children, focusing on pasta. Kids 7 to 11 years old learn to cook macaroni and cheese at 10:30 a.m., and kids 12 to 15 make pad thai with both wheat and rice noodles at the noon session. Tickets $20 per class; $15 for Southern Food & Beverage Museum members.

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300 Poydras St., (504) 595-3305 www.cafeadelaide.com The Crescent City Smash includes the Brazilian sugar cane liquor cachaca, lime and orange juices, Benedictine, Pimm’s and Hoodoo chicory liqueur.

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Carmo 527 Julia St., (504) 875-4132 www.cafecarmo.com Brazilian specialties include salpicao, a chicken salad made with raisins, peas, pep-

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3712 Williams Blvd., Suite A, Kenner, (504) 467-9595 Options include churrascaria-style grilled meats and a buffet salad bar with fried yuca and Brazilian pastries. 614 Canal St., (504) 412-8900 www.fogodechao.com The Brazilian steakhouse chain serves the specialty picanha cut, a fatcapped sirloin steak.

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.

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

BAR & GRILL The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1950; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — Chef Eric Cook’s menu features all-American and Southern favorites. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershack-

tavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille.com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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

Dis & Dem — Rue St. Louis Bar, 814 St. Louis St., (504) 509-7092; www.disanddem.com — The Hawaii 5-0 burger features a glazed patty, a hot sausage patty, a fried egg, bacon, cheese and grilled pineapple. No reservations. Banks Street: breakfast Sat.Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun. St. Louis St.: lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys.com — The menu features burgers, cheeseburgers and bacon cheesburgers. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The coffee shop serves pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic and more. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $

— The wine bar offers cheese plates. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 5615171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 8835513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — The New Orleans sampler features red beans and rice, jambalaya, a cup of gumbo, fried green tomatoes and a biscuit. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $ Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Cajun dishes include Catfish Mulalate’s, fried seafood platters, gumbo, boudin, stuffed shrimp, po-boys and more. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tres Bon Cajun Meats — 10316 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, (504) 405-5355; www.tresbonmeats.com — The market serves brisket, pulled pork, house-made sausages and cracklings with layers of skin, fat and meat fried in hog lard. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $

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Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees, pastries, desserts, specialty sandwiches and salads. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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

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Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter. com — Tableau’s contemporary Creole cuisine includes marinated crab claws in white truffle vinaigrette. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Bagels & Bytes — 1001 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 831-7968; www.bagelsandbytes.com — The bagel selection includes whole wheat, poppy seed, pumpernickel, garlic, blueberry and other varieties from Davidovich Bakery in New York City. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations to lo mein dishes. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

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

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines. com — Signature dishes include oysters

Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The Cuban sandwich features roasted pork loin, Chisesi ham and Swiss cheese on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans. com — Eggs Sardou is poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/cafegentilly — The creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www.memesbareandgrille.com — MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www. messinasterminal.com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features shrimp, crabmeat, crawfish and angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.

Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli offers corned beef and pastrami from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — The dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — The New Orleans AK sandwich features a choice of four meats plus cheddar, provolone, pepper Jack and Swiss cheeses on a warm muffuletta bun. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

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

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

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

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Creative Italian dishes include roasted duck glazed with sweet Marsala and roasted garlic and served with garlic mashed potatoes. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www.nonnamia.net — Shrimp Diablo features panseared shrimp, house-made fettuccine and spicy arrabbiata sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines old world Italian favorites and pizza. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Osso buco features a veal shank with angel hair pasta and veal demi-glace. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Sushi choices include raw and cooked versions. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 4109997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, including sushi, hibachi dishes, teriyaki and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/visit/clubhouse-cafe — Crispy duck features citrus glaze, boudin, Brussels sprouts, pickled mirliton slaw and

Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ The Red Maple — 1036 Lafayette St., Gretna, (504) 367-0935; www.theredmaple.com — Gulf fish Pontchartrain is grilled and topped with crabmeat and sherry mushroom sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

OUT TO EAT MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Panseared jumbo shrimp top a grit cake and are served with chipotle-garlic cream sauce and tomatoes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros with corn tortillas, black beans, fried eggs, ranchero sauce, salsa and Cotija cheese. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD

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

biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$

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

Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EASTERN

Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.gumbostop.com — Stuffed gumbo features a hand-battered and fried catfish fillet atop chicken, sausage, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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

Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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

Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN

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 — The roast beef po-boy features housecooked roast beef on Gendusa Bakery bread and is dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $

Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter and served over angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — The menu of gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches includes a namesake triple-decker Big Cheezy with Gouda, Gruyere, pepper Jack, cheddar, mozzarella and Monterey Jack on challah bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks. com — The Buffalo chicken steak features chicken breast dressed with wing sauce, American and blue cheese and ranch dressing is optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Po-boy fillings include everything from fried seafood to corned beef. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef slow cooked in its own jus. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

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

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Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. $$$

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Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Oyster House — 1327 St. Charles Ave., (504) 267-0169; www. mredsrestaurants.com — The menu includes raw oysters, seafood, steaks, fried chicken, crawfish etouffee and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — Crab au gratin features crabmeat in cream sauce topped with cheddar cheese and is served with garlic bread and soup or salad. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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

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

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21st Amendment — 30x90 Blues Women, 7:30 30/90 — Bayou Saints, 5; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Apple Barrel — Josh Benitez, 6:30; Steve Mignano Band, 10:30 Banks Street Bar — See Bright Lights, Slowriter, 9 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars Rhythm Section feat. Larry Johnson, noon; BB King All-Star Band feat. Jonte Mayon, 6:30 BMC — Trad Stars Jazz Band, 5; Tyler Kinchen & the Right Pieces, 8; New Creations Brass Band, 11 Cafe Negril — The Four Sides, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; Important Gravy, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Dr. Sick’s Sextette, 8 Circle Bar — Carl LeBlanc, 6; The Inspected, Boy Scouts, The Geraniums, 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 — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Gasa Gasa — Casme, Elliott Luv, BLK, 9 Jazz National Historical Park — Richard Scott, noon Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — Charlie Miller, 7 The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30; Swamp Kitchen, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Old Arabi Bar — Nervous Duane, 8 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 Rare Form — The Unnaturals, 8 Siberia — The Mystery Lights, Surveillance, Bipolaroid, 9 Snug Harbor — Tom McDermott & Mazz Swift, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Audiotopsy, 8 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10

WEDNESDAY 10 21st Amendment — The Roamin’ Jasmine, 8 30/90 — Justin Donovan, 5 Apple Barrel — Dre, 6:30; Mojo Combo, 10:30 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 BMC — Lefty Keith, 6; Zena Moses & Rue Fiya, 9:30 Cafe Negril — WilFunk, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Dave Hickey & Jacob Tanner, 6; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8 Circle Bar — Jeremy Joyce, 7; Druids, 10 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 — The Kickback, Heyrocco, Paper Bison, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Lifted Deezie, 9 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 8 The Jefferson Orleans North — Jerry Embree & the Heartbeats, 6 Kerry Irish Pub — One Tailed Three, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — David L. Harris Jr. Duo, 7 The Maison — As You Like It, 4; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 6:30; Wilfunk, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Gravity A & Friends, 10 Old Arabi Bar — Marc Stone, 8 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & the Next Generation, 8 & 10 Rare Form — Wild Animals, 4; Damn Dirty Apes, 8 Rivershack Tavern — Dave Ferrato, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Boogie Men, 8 Siberia — Slowriter, See Bright Lights, Paris Avenue, 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 11 21st Amendment — G & the Swinging Three, 5:30; Bon Bon Vivant, 9 30/90 — Andy J. Forest, 5; Smoke N Bones, 9 Apple Barrel — Ashley Blume, 6:30; Big Soul, 10:30 Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30

FRIDAY 12 21st Amendment — Jim Cole & the Boneyard Navigators, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 9:30 30/90 — Interrobang Brass Band, 2; Jon Roniger & the Good for Nothin’ Band, 5; Ruby & the Rogues, 8; Muevelo, 11 Apple Barrel — Kala Bazaar Swing Society, 3; Sean Riley Blues Band, 6:30; Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys, 10:30 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30

Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1 Banks Street Bar — Chris Zonada, 7; Tangerine Dreams, 9 Bar Redux — Aziza & the Cure, Ronald Peet, 9 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 Black Label Icehouse — Narrowed, Patrick Stumped, Too Soon, The Noise Complaints, 8 Blue Nile — MainLine, 11 BMC — Steve Mignano Blues Band, 3; Juju Child Blues Band, 6; Josh Kagler Band, 9; All for One Brass Band, midnight Buffa’s Lounge — Alan Bailey & Friends, 5; Arsene Delay & Friends, 8; Offensive Jazz Quartet, 11 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Casa Borrega — Papo Guevara & Son Mandao, 7 Checkpoint Charlie — Domenic, 4; Woodenhead, 7; Bayou, St. Roch, 5th South, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Paul Sanchez, 8:30 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6; Candace, Baby Bats, 10 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Trad Stars Jazz Band, 7; Chubby Carrier, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — JT Lewis, 9; DJ Fireworks, 1 a.m. Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Wayne Maureau Quartet, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 8 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Buena Vista Social Latin Dance Party, 10 Gasa Gasa — Yeah You Right! Louisiana Dance Party, 9 Harrah’s Casino (Masquerade) — Mike Swift, 007, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Relapse: ’80s, ’90s, ’00s with DJ Matt Scott, 10 House of Blues (Voodoo Garden) — Moon Germs, 4; Marcos & Crescent Citizen, 7 Howlin’ Wolf Den — The 9 Songwriter Series feat. Lauren Sturm, Meschiya Lake, Mark Farmer, Joshua Paul, Jeremy Johnston, John Hebert, Kelsi B, 10 Irish House — Beth Patterson, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Piano Professor Series feat. Joe Krown, 5 Jazz Cafe — Jeff Chaz, 12:30; Louise Cappi, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5; Hurricane Refugees, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Steve DeTroy, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Nayo Jones Experience, 8 Mahogany Jazz Hall — John R. Smith, 9 The Maison — Shynola Jazz Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; The Resident Aliens, Big Easy Brawlers, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Tank & the Bangas, 11 Marigny Brasserie — The Key Sound, 5:30 Oak — Bon Bon Vivant, 9 The Office Sports Bar — Signal 21, 9 Old Arabi Bar — Chapter Soul, 9:30 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; The Business, 9:30

MUSIC Pontchartrain Hotel (Bayou Bar) — Philip Melancon, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Wendell Brunious, 6; The PresHall Brass feat. Daniel “Weenie” Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Justin Donovan, 4 RF’s — John Marcey Duo, 6 Rivershack Gretna — Refried Confuzion, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Big Daddy O, 9 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Groovy 7, 9:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Antoine Diel Trio, 5:30; Amanda Ducorbier Trio, 9 Saturn Bar — Bent Denim, Hovvdy, Grosser, Fishplate, 10 Siberia — Plebian Grandstand, Pyrrhon, Sounding, 6; Helter Swelter Fest feat. Nots, Gary Wrong Group, Andy Human & the Reptoids, I Get Mynze, Trampoline Team, Casual Burn, DJ Hoppe, 8 Snug Harbor — Ellis Marsalis Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 Three Muses — Matt Johnson, 5:30 Tipitina’s — Foundation Free Fridays feat. Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, Hill Country Hounds, Idlewild String Confederation, 10 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.; Bobby Love & Friends, 3

SATURDAY 13 21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; Juju Child, 6; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 30/90 — Organica, 2; Epic Proportions, 5; Maggie Belle Band, 8; Cole Williams, 11 AC Marriott — DJ Dirty Red, 7 Apple Barrel — Dan Beaudoin, 6:30; Rick Tobey, 10:30 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — G & the Swinging Three, 1; Christopher Johnson, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — On a Fox Hunt, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J, noon; Lacy Blackledge, 3:30; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7:30 Bei Tempi — Conga Queen, 10 BMC — Messy Cookers, 3; J Monque’D Blues Band, 6; No Good Deed, 9; Dysfunktional Bone, midnight Bolden Bar, New Orleans Jazz Market — Marcus Anderson, 7 Bombay Club — Kitt Lough, 8:30 Buffa’s Lounge — Al Farrell, 5; The Royal Rounders, 8; Gettin’ It, 11 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7; Another Day in Paradise, 10 Casa Borrega — Pepe Coloma & Friends, 7 Checkpoint Charlie — Bach Jerrigan, 4; Kenny Triche, 7; Bad House Band, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — The Song Dogs, 8:30 Circle Bar — Circle on the Circle feat. Todd Voltz, Gwendolyn Knapp, 6; U.S. Nero, Bad Molly, The O-Pines, 9:30 Coscino’s Italian Grill — Bag of Donuts, 9:30 PAGE 34

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Bamboula’s — Kalas Swing Society, 2 Banks Street Bar — Vanessa Silberman, 7; One Percent, 9 Bar Redux — Mojo Wilder, 9 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 feat. Higher Heights and DJ T-Roy, 11 BMC — St. Roch Syncopators, 5; Shotgun Jazz Band, 8; Blind Tiger feat. Xena ZeitGeist & Dapper Dandies, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Gumbo Cabaret, 5; Tom McDermott & James Evans, 9 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Mark Wayne Band, 7; Bad Mimosas, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil Degruy & Emily Robertson, 6; Alvin Youngblood Hart, 8:30 Circle Bar — Aziza & the Cure, The Landing, 6; Psychic Temple, Dummy Dumpster, 10 City Park Botanical Garden — Julio & Cesar, 6 d.b.a. — Slick Skillet Serenaders, 7; Mississippi Rail Company feat. McGregor, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Outlaw Country Jam with Jason Bishop, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Carl LeBlanc Trio, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Oh Jeremiah!, Cactus Thief, 9 Jazz Cafe — Jeff Chaz, 12:30; Louise Cappi, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 The Maison — The Good For Nothin’ Band, 4; New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 11 N’tini’s — Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 6 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 6 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Sweet Jones, 9 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Geno Delafose, 8:30 Siberia — Culture Abuse, Neat, 35PSI, 9 Snug Harbor — Mark Brooks Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10

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IF ONE OF THE SUREST SIGNS OF GREAT ART IS GREAT DISAGREEMENT AMONG ITS OBSERVERS, THEN DEERHOOF HAS • Aug. 13 TO BE AN ACT FOR ALL TIMES. The San Francisco band’s 2005 LP The Runners • 10 p.m. Saturday Four is — like most of its LPs — one of • Gasa Gasa the most beloved and reviled albums • 4920 Freret St. released that year. How can something be “a no-half-stepping opus, a defining • (504) 338-3567 statement” and “crap” at the same time? • www.gasagasa.com Deerhoof’s music seems to ask: How can it not? Beauty may be in the ear of the beholder, but identity and inspiration are locked boxes to which there is only one key (and sometimes none at all). This is the jigsaw puzzle Satomi Matsuzaki and Greg Saunier have been scattering for 20 years. In only eight words, the band’s bio (of all things) pretty much nails it: “What is Deerhoof really? Hell if we know.” I’ll give it a shot: Deerhoof is slumber-party soundtracking, hair flying and pillow fighting. Deerhoof is on-kilter. Deerhoof is papier-mache and pyromania, accidental mastery and intentional flatulence. Deerhoof is the hack and the hacksaw, The Magic (Polyvinyl) and the trick. Blank Spell and Corpus Cambre open. Tickets $14. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

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Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 7; Soul Rebels, 11 DMac’s Bar & Grill — The Cosmic Grove & Iceman Special, 8; The 2 Pistols Jam Session, 2 a.m. Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Vivaz, 10 French Market — P-Town Ramblers, 1 Gasa Gasa — Deerhoof, Blank Spell, Corpus Cambre, 10 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Harrah’s Casino (Masquerade) — G-Cue, Lemonhead, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — Heart Shaped Box Nirvana Tribute, 9 House of Blues (Restaurant & Bar) — Jon Roniger Gypsyland, 3 House of Blues (Voodoo Garden) — Right Lane Bandits, 7 Irish House — Beth Patterson, 7

Jazz Cafe — Jeff Chaz, 12:30; Louise Cappi, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Will Dickerson, 5; Misfit Toys feat. Chris Pylant & Mark Carson, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Little Freddie King, 7 Louisiana Music Factory — Honeyboy Carencro, Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 2 Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts — Gipsy Kings, Galen Weston Band, 8 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 4; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 7; Kumasi, Street Legends Brass Band, 10 Mandeville Trailhead — Patrick Cooper, 10:30 a.m. Maple Leaf Bar — BrasiNOLA, 11 Oak — Dapper Dandies, 9 The Office Sports Bar — Signal 21, 9 Old Arabi Bar — 30x90 Blues Women, 9:30 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Revival, 9:30 Oz — Sunday School with Cameron Kelly, 4 a.m.

SUNDAY 14 21st Amendment — Christopher Johnson Quartet, 7 30/90 — Revival, 2; Ted Hefko & the Thousandaires, 5; Voo Davis, 9 Apple Barrel — Buku de Choro, 6:30; Mojo Combo, 10:30 Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Kyle Smith Band, 4; The Kenny Triche Band, 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 — Mark Appleford, 3; J Monque’D Blues Band, 7; Wilfunk, 10 Bombay Club — David Boeddinghaus, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 10:30 a.m. Cafe Istanbul — Bamboula 2000, 6 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 10 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Friends, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Country Night with DJ Pasta, 9:30 Columns Hotel — Chip Wilson, 11 a.m. Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Soul Brass Band, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Blues Brunch with Michael Pearce, 11 a.m. Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Peter Nu, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Friends Coastal Restaurant — Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 1 Gasa Gasa — James Hall, 8 House of Blues (Restaurant & Bar) — Vic Shepherd, 6 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Irish House — Roy Gele, 6 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8

The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30 Kermit’s Treme Mother-In-Law Lounge — Kermit Ruffins, Paris Harris, DJ Sugar Ray, 4 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Cecile Savage Duo, 10 a.m. The Maison — Chance Bushman & the NOLA Jitterbugs, 10 a.m.; DinosAurchestra, 4; Higher Heights, 10 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Jean Marie Harris, 7 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 Rare Form — Mark Appleford, 4; Shan Kenner Trio, 8 RF’s — Will Kennedy, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 2 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Paul Varisco & the Milestones, 5:30 Saenger Theatre — Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, 8 Siberia — Max & the Martians, 6; They Say the Wind Made Them Crazy, The Death Posture, Proud/Father, Odom & Cambre, 9 Snug Harbor — John Mahoney Big Band, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Pelicanpalooza feat. Bag of Donuts, The Topcats, Paris Avenue, 1 Spotted Cat — Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Superior Seafood — Superior Jazz Trio feat. John Rankin, Harry Hardin, Tim Paco, 11:30 a.m. Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Linnzi Zaorski, 8 Trinity Episcopal Church — The Truffle Honeys, 5 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Gasa Gasa — Touche Amore, Ceremony, Gouge Away, 7 House of Blues (Restaurant & Bar) — Cary Hudson, 6 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Rookie of the Year, Various Hands, Paris Avenue, 9 Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Organami, 10 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 Rare Form — Miss Laurie & the Band Aids, 8 RF’s — David Bach, 4; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7 Sidney’s Saloon — King James & the Special Men, 10 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Whitney Peyton, 8 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 10 Three Muses — Bart Ramsey, 5; Washboard Rodeo, 7

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Pontchartrain Hotel (Bayou Bar) — Philip Melancon, 8 Rare Form — Justin Donovan, 5; Steve Mignano, 8 RF’s — Lucas Davenport, 6; Hyperphlyy, 9 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 1 Rivershack Gretna — Paul Molinaro, 9 Rivershack Tavern — John Lisi & Delta Funk, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Wiseguys, 9:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Amanda Ducorbier Trio, 9 Siberia — Ben Wallers, Spray Paint, Giorgio Murderer, Nag, Gino & the Goons, Mea Culpa, DJ Bateman, 8 Snug Harbor — Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Shotgun Jazz Band, 2; Ecrib Mueller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 10 Suis Generis — DJ DMFX, 10:30 a.m. Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Debbie Davis, 6; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9 Tipitina’s — Lost Bayou Ramblers, Poguetry, 10 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.

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30/90 — Perdido Jazz Band, 5 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 6:30; Roger Bowie & the Midnight Visions, 10:30 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30; Smoky’s Blues Monday Jam, 9 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; Rev Yogi, 9; South Jones, 10 Blue Nile — Brass-A-Holics, 10 BMC — Lil’ Red & Big Bad, 6; Jason Neville, 10 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; In Business, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Benny Maygarden, Thomas “Dog” Walker, 6 Circle Bar — Black Pussy, Corey Mack, 9:30 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander, 8

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

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. Victory Swing Orchestra. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www. stagedoorcanteen.org — The band’s “Sentimental Journey: The Big Bands of World War II” program has selections from Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington. Tickets $29-$54. 8 p.m. Saturday.

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND Five Nights in Maine — In this quiet family drama, a man visits his mother-in-law after his wife dies. Zeitgeist Florence Foster Jenkins (PG-13) — A husband conspires to thwart his tone-deaf wife’s opera ambitions. Elmwood, Slidell Life, Animated (PG) — Disney movies help an autistic man connect with the world in this documentary. Zeitgeist Pete’s Dragon (PG) — A woman discovers a wild boy and his dragon living in the woods. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Regal, Chalmette Sausage Party (R) — A hot dog discovers his true purpose in life, much to his dismay. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Chalmette

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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. Canal Place Bad Moms (R) — Moms Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn and Kristen Bell revolt against the tyranny of gluten-free bake sales. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, The Broad Theater, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Bazodee (PG-13) — A Bollywood love triangle is transported to the Caribbean. Elmwood Cafe Society (PG-13) — Jesse Eisenberg is a nebbish naif in Woody Allen’s latest offering. Elmwood, Canal Place Captain Fantastic (R) — An off-the-grid family emerges from seclusion after a tragedy. The Broad Theater Finding Dory (PG) — Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks voice colorful fish on a quest in this sequel to Finding Nemo. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner Flight of the Butterflies 3D — A scientist chronicles lepidopteran migration. Entergy Giant Screen Ghostbusters (PG-13) — Funny girls Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig star in a remake of the cult classic with an all-female cast. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

Gleason (R) — The former Saints player and local cause celebre’s experience with ALS is profiled. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, 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. Clearview, 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 world-ending asteroid, which probably would be merciful at this point. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Jason Bourne (PG-13) — Matt Damon returns to the world of combat sequences and special effects. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, The Broad Theater, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place League of Gods (PG-13) — An evil spirit bewitches a king in a visually arresting Chinese fantasy. Elmwood Lights Out (PG-13) — Reawaken childhood phobias at this horror movie about things that go bump in the night. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (R) — Two dudes discover too late that their dates are girls gone wild. Kenner Nerve (PG-13) — A modern twist on “truth or dare” has increasingly high stakes in this thriller starring Emma Roberts. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Nine Lives (PG) — A stuffy businessman (Kevin Spacey) finds himself trapped inside the body of his family’s cat. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal 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. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Secret Ocean 3D — Filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau explores the ocean’s food chain from phytoplankton to the largest whales. Entergy Giant Screen 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, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Suicide Squad (PG-13) — Superstar supervillains (Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Will Smith) are recruited by the government in this muddled effects bonanza set in the DC Comics universe. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, The Broad Theater, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place

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Wild Cats 3D — Big kitties roam the African plains and Victoria Falls. Entergy Giant Screen

SPECIAL SCREENINGS An American in Paris — Gene Kelly stars in the film version of the Gershwin musical. 7 p.m. Monday. Orpheum Animal House (R) — According to Hollywood lore, the original screenplay for this classic frathouse comedy featured a teenage Charles Manson. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday. Elmwood, Regal Closet Monster — In this original coming-out tale, a creative teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and turbulent childhood. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist DCI 2016: Big, Loud & Live 13 — Marching bands perform at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium. 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal

NEW ZEALAND ISN’T KNOWN AS A HOTBED OF REGIONAL FILM PRODUCTION. But this country of 4.4 million people recently found its top native filmmaker in the unlikely form of 40-year-old comedian and actor Taika Waititi. • Thru. Aug. 11 A longtime comedy collaborator of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie — best • 5:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. daily known as the semi-fictional band Flight of • Zeitgeist Multi-Discipinary the Conchords from the HBO series of the same name — Waititi fell into filmmaking Arts Center, 1618 Oretha when a short film he made for the 48 Hour Castle Haley Blvd., Film Project was nominated for an Acade(504) 352-1150; my Award. His second feature, Boy, became the most successful homegrown film ever in www.zeitgeistnola.org New Zealand, at least until the endearingly warm and funny Hunt for the Wilderpeople smashed all box office records for regional films in that country. Hunt For the Wilderpeople’s kiwi pedigree is near complete — Waititi based his screenplay on Wild Pork and Watercress, the 1986 novel by famed New Zealand outdoorsman and literary lion Barry Crump. The film also stars fourth-generation kiwi Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), who reportedly was eager to return to his roots via the film. But Wilderpeople’s appeal transcends international boundaries. A surprise hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, it’s a feel-good movie for indie film fans accustomed to grittier fare. Thirteen-year-old orphan and perennial “bad egg” Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) finds his latest foster home at the rural farm owned by big-hearted Bella (Rima Ti Wiata) and quietly cantankerous old Hec (a grey-bearded, barely recognizable Neill). An unexpected event spurs Ricky to run away from home and into the vast wilderness and endless beauty of the New Zealand bush. Hec follows, as does a series of mishaps that turns the two of them into celebrity fugitives. It’s like Thelma and Louise as directed by Wes Anderson if he’d made films in the 1970s. There’s a free-spirited quality to Wilderpeople that’s hard to resist. It’s unencumbered by grand statements or high expectations and manages a delicate balance between humor and drama. It’s about family and friendship and finding your place in the world even when you’re not like everyone else, and it makes those familiar themes appear new. It’s no accident that the film is divided into chapters in a way that recalls children’s books. In a better world, Wilderpeople would have kids lining up at the mall for repeat viewings — no princesses or talking animals required. Like many emotionally gratifying films, Wilderpeople spends much of its time and energy developing its characters. Neill and Dennison make a wonderfully unlikely, generations-spanning pair, but a series of equally memorable supporting characters and cast keep things humming. (A series of well-chosen, mood-changing songs on the soundtrack also helps.) Waititi has one hilarious scene playing a rhetorically challenged minister presiding over a sparse and deeply unimpressed congregation. The international success of Waititi’s film already has brought the director to Hollywood to make the next Thor movie, due in 2017. It’s a long way from the wilds of New Zealand to the Marvel Universe, but Wilderpeople leaves no reason to doubt Waititi’s Hollywood potential. — KEN KORMAN

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

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An endearing comedy adventure from the wilds of New Zealand.

El Clan — The Spanish-language film profiles the Puccio clan, a 1980s criminal family. 7 p.m. Monday. Cafe Istanbul Frankenstein’s Army and Dead Snow — Nazi zombies and Frankenstein’s progeny shuffle onscreen in this pair of over-thetop horror movies. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Bar Redux Harvey — James Stewart plays an alcoholic whose BFF is a giant invisible bunny. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG-13) — A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid (Julian Dennison) and his foster uncle (Sam Neill) who go missing in the New Zealand bush. 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Lincoln Center: SF Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet — In a filmed performance, the ballet company interprets Shakespeare’s teen melodrama. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood The Loving Story — The documentary describes the legal struggles of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple. 6 p.m. Thursday. Old U.S. Mint My Best Friend’s Wedding (PG) — The film is a Chinese-language remake of the popular ’90s rom-com. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood Slaying the Badger — The documentary about Tour de France winner Greg LeMond details his rivalry with Bernard Hinault. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Rouler (601 Baronne St.) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (G) — In the script for this 1971 film, many of Wonka’s non sequiturs are literary quotes (from Keats, Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare, among others). 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania Zootopia (PG) — A rabbit joins the police force to defend an animated “mammal metropolis.” 8 p.m. Friday. Audubon Zoo

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HAPPENINGS Dirty Linen Night. Royal Street — Royal Street galleries host a block party and open house with art openings, food vendors, live music and more. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. St. Claude Second Saturdays. St. Claude Arts District — Galleries surrounding St. Claude Avenue host receptions. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

OPENINGS 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; opening reception 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “A Beginning, An End and the Nothing in Between,” prints, drawings and installations by Ben Fox-McCord; “Soft Science,” new work by Kate Lacour; opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — “Muggers, Sluggers and Other Buggers,” ink drawings by John Pappas; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. “Birds of Prey,” new work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing. Axiom Art Gallery. 4613 Freret St., (504) 419-0202 — New work by Paul Wright; opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “LA Visions,” work about Louisiana landscapes and architecture by Michael Eble, Frances Rodriguez and

Ashley Rouen; opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Pull,” works inspired by canoe trips by Kelly Mueller; photographs by Kathleen Saunders; “HEKS/SMUK,” work about voyeurism by Michael Arcos and Ryn Wilson; opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Transcendence,” paintings, photography and sculpture by Jim Grice, Mitchell Gaudet, Barbie L’Hoste, Gary Michael Smith, Michael Fedorn, Leona Strassberg Steiner, Muffin Bernstein, Britney Penouilh and others; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — “Big (un)Easy,” work about cultural tension by Natori Green, Jessica Normington, Ron Bennett, Belinda Tanno, Gina Laguna and Rebecca Madura; opening reception with live painting 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation. org — “Members’ Gallery,” new paintings, sculpture, jewelry and digital designs by St. Tammany Art Association members; opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. “National Juried Summer Show,” work by emerging artists, through Aug. 20.

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

lenmacomber.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Frank Relle Photography. 910 Royal St., (504) 388-7601 — Selections from “Until the Water,” “Nightscapes” and “Nightshade,” night photographs of Louisiana by Frank Relle, ongoing. Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “In the Shadow of a Beausoleil,” Louisiana landscapes by Chuck Broussard, through August. 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. Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett.com — New work by gallery artists, 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 — “Grit & Grace: Meditation in Colors,” abstract paintings by John Bukaty, through October. Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “No Dead Artists,” annual contemporary art exhibition by Alex Braverman, Nate Burbeck, Jennifer Day, Sarah Nouse, Ben Long & Jack Schooner, Ti-Rock Moore, Christopher Rico, Larry Simons and others, through Sept. 17. La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre.com — Mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Near and Far,” photographs by Lee Deigaard; “In Our Veins,” paintings by Amy Guidry; both through Sept. 24. 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.

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Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — New work by David Lumpkin; jewelry by Nancie Roark; both through August. Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “From the Estate,” work by George Dureau, through Sept. 17. “New Wave,” work by Jenny LeBlanc and Kyle Bravo, ongoing. Arthur Roger@434. 434 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery. com — “Bunny Matthews: Before and After,” drawings by the local cartoonist, through Sept. 17. Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St., (985) 288-4170; www.beatasasik.com — “Collections,” new work by Beata Sasik, ongoing. Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing. Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery. com — “Sputnik 3,” new work by Errol Barron, Blake Boyd, Elizabeth Fox, Charles Hoffacker, Peter Hoffman, Deborah Pelias, Pat Phillips, Robert Tannen and John Isiah Walton, through Sept. 27. Brand New Orleans Art Gallery. 646 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 251-2695; www. brandartnola.com — “Best of Brand,” new work by Bob Graham, Herb Roe, Olesya, Kelly Guidry, Brandon Delles and Eugene Weber, ongoing. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Quantum Nous,” optical illusions and graphic experiments about quantum physics by James Flynn, through Sept. 24. 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. Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “A Building with a View: Experiments in Anarchitecture,” group exhibition by regional artists, through Oct. 1. Ellen Macomber Fine Art & Textiles. 1720 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-9414; www.el-

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ART 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 Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Glass sculpture by Fabian Picaud; prints by Jessica Normington and Madeline Wieand; both ongoing. New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 218-5319; www.nolatattoomuseum.com — “Folklore & Flash,” tattoo designs and artifacts, ongoing. Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “Pop Abstraction,” works in oil, acrylic and mixed-media and prints by gallery artists, through Sept. 24. 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. Pelican Bomb Gallery X. 1612 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; www.pelicanbomb.com — “2 Freaky 2 Friday,” new work about celebrity and images of women in the media by Hannah Black, Sara Clugage, Raque Ford, E. Jane, Faith Holland, Jennifer Mills, Tameka Norris and Brice Peterson, through Sept. 18. 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 and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing. River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — The sculpture garden addresses environmental themes, ongoing. Rodrigue Studio. 721 Royal St., (504) 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue. com — “The Spirit of the Game,” work about sports by George Rodrigue, through Sept. 18. Rolland Golden Gallery. 317 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 888-6588; www. rollandgoldengallery.com — New 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.

Severio’s Gallery. 834 Chartres St., (917) 318-4300; www.ladylunaphotography.com — “French Quarter Fabulous,” photographs by Linda Minutola, through Aug. 20. ShiNola Gallery. 1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery. com — “On the Fabric of the Infinite,” mixed-media paintings by Melissa Herrington, ongoing. The Spielman Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504)-899-7670; www.davidspielman.com — Travel, Hurricane Katrina and Gulf South black-and-white photographs by David Spielman, ongoing. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “INspired: 20 Years of African-American Art,” exhibition by gallery artists, through September. Steve Martin Fine Art. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart.com — “Dream Team,” painting and photography collaborations by pop artists Olesya and Brent Houzenga; through August. 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. Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www.vieuxcarregallery. com — Work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing.

SPARE SPACES The Building 1427. 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 352-9283; www.building1427.com — Work by Daniel Jupiter, Mark Lacabe and Ted Ellis, ongoing. Lakeview Regional Medical Center. 95 E. Judge Tanner Drive, Covington, (985) 867-3800; www.lakeviewregional. com — “Healing Arts Exhibit,” new work by Art House Boston Street artists and others, ongoing. Little Vic’s. 719 Toulouse St., (504) 3041238; www.littlevics.com — “The Lights of Sicily,” paintings and sculpture by Mariano Pietrini, through August. M. Furniture Gallerie. 2726 Royal St., Suite B, (504) 324-2472; www.mfurnituregallerie.com — Paintings by Tracy Jarmon; copper work by Giovanni; watercolors by Bill James; furniture by John Wilhite; all ongoing. Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery. 535 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-5271; www.old77hotel.com — “Fairer Sex:

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MUSEUMS The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “Voices of Progress: 20 Women Who Changed New Orleans,” photographs, films and ephemera from women’s rights activists, through Sept. 11. “Money, Money, Money! Currency Holdings from the Historic New Orleans Collection,” coins, paper notes, counterfeit detectors and political cartoons dealing with currency, through Oct. 29. Hand-carved decoy ducks; “The Seignouret-Brulatour House: A New Chapter,” model of a 200-year-old French Quarter building and historic site; both ongoing. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — “Voyage to Vietnam,” family-friendly video, materials and crafts saluting the Tet Festival and Vietnamese culture, through Sept. 11. Historic French Quarter life and architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4. “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing. National Food & Beverage Foundation. 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — “Tujague’s: 160 Years of Tradition,” photographs, awards and memorabilia about the restaurant, ongoing. National World War II Museum. 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www. nationalww2museum.org — “Tom Lea: LIFE and World War II,” paintings and illustrations by the war correspondent, through December. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction,” everyday objects covering 100 years of design history, through Sept. 11. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Photography Camp,” images by Aubrey Edwards’ students, through Sept. 4. “Louisiana Contempo-

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George Dureau is finally getting the recognition he deserved but never really pursued. For an art photographer, having an Aperture Foundation large-format monograph devoted to your work is the gold standard of recognition, and when Aperture published George Dureau, The Photographs last month, it assured his place in photography’s pantheon, a position further enhanced by his inclusion in upcoming museum symposiums at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and elsewhere. Now this sprawling show of his photographs and paintings at Arthur Roger Gallery provides further insights into the many facets of his persona — facets that can seem more complex in retrospect than when he was alive. Never has someone so otherworldly blended so easily into the background. A colorful French Quarter character known for his flamboyant paintings populated by stylized mythic creatures rendered in Creole earth tones, Dureau • Through Sept. 17 also was an influential photographer who • Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia in the 1970s mentored the iconic New St., (504) 522-1999; York art star photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. What set them apart and www.arthurrogergallery.com led to Dureau’s posthumously elevated status was his remarkably empathetic vision. The prosthetic arm in his portrait of Wilbert Hines (pictured) is initially jarring, but its cold presence provides a contrasting foil to Hines’ stoic yet fiery pathos. Bohemians and street people provided a steady supply of athletic or voluptuous models for his paintings, and his photographs of hunky, sculptural black men were celebrated as more sensitive counterparts to Mapplethorpe’s colder sensationalism. It was Dureau’s ability to show us the strength and dignity amid the vulnerability of marginalized people that ensured his place in art history. His theatrical personality could come across as a pompous artist-aristocrat in a Marcel Proust novel despite his modest Mid-City roots, but his disarmingly extroverted playfulness enabled him to incorporate whomever he met into his operatic universe in which everyone was a magical creature. That quality made him easy to take for granted even as he created some of the most psychologically profound photographs of the latter 20th century. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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rary,” mixed-media work by 47 Louisiana artists, through Sept. 18. “Xavier University Student Art Exhibition,” new work by Xavier students, through Oct. 2. “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.

CALL FOR ARTISTS 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. Utility box street gallery artists. Community Visions Unlimited seeks artists to paint public utility boxes around the city. Visit www.cvunola.org or email cvunola@ gmail.com for details. Wild Things Youth Art Contest. Artists ages 5-18 are invited to submit work depicting plants and animals found in Louisiana National Wildlife Refuges for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual contest. Email diane_barth@fws.gov for details.

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THEATER Disenchanted!. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www.cuttingedgetheater.com — Princesses misbehave in this musical parody of fairy tales. Tickets $22-$30. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. The Flick. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — The Pulitzer Prize-winning play centers on the conversations of three movie-theater employees. Tickets $20-$25. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Lizzie. New Orleans Art Center, 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — See ’Em on Stage presents the rock musical based on the infamous accused ax murderer Lizzie Borden. Visit www.seosaproductioncompany.com for details. Tickets $25-$30. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday and Sunday, 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Ragtime. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www.marignyoperahouse.org — Cripple Creek Theatre Company presents the musical based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel, which tells the story of early 20th century America. Free admission. 8 p.m. Friday-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 including Darling Darla James, Nikki LeVillain, Cherry Brown and Ben Wisdom perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag. Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Saturday. Burgundy Burlesque. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 5225400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a weekly burlesque performance featuring live jazz. Free admission; reserved table $10. 9 p.m. Friday. Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www.sonesta.com/imjazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque show featuring music by Romy Kaye & the Mercy Buckets. Call (504) 553-2331 for details. Midnight Friday. Burlesque Boozy Brunch. SoBou, 310 Chartres St., (504) 552-4095; www. sobounola.com — A burlesque performance by Bella Blue and friends accompanies brunch service. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — Comedians and burlesque artists perform at an open mic. Tickets $5. Signup 9 p.m., show 9:30 p.m. Monday. Liz Callaway. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com — The Broadway singer performs a selection of songs in a cabaret show. Tickets $50. 6 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Monday. Midnight Rouge Burlesque. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Local burlesque and drag artists perform. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Friday. 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. Strip Roulette. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Bella Blue produces the improvised burlesque show. Tickets $10. 11 p.m. Saturday. Stripped into Submission. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — The Society of Sin presents a sex-positive evening of fetish-inspired burlesque, raffles for sex toys and toy demonstrations. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Thursday. Sunset Strip. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — Loretta Dean, Xena Zeit-Geist, Foxy Flambeaux, Ms. Monarch M., Nikki LeVillain and others perform in a burlesque tribute to Alice Cooper. Tickets $5. 11 p.m. Saturday. Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 9405546; www.dragonsdennola.com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue features burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Saturday. 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. Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www.gravierstreetsocial.com — Bella Blue hosts a burlesque show. Visit www. thebellalounge.com for details. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday.

COMEDY Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www. facebook.com/twelve.mile.limit — Julie Mitchell and Laura Sanders host an openmic comedy show. Sign-up at 8:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Monday. Brown Improv. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — The local improv troupe performs. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform improv weekly. 9:30 p.m Wednesday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Massive Fraud presents stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show. 10 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Cup. Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (St. Claude), 2221 St. Claude Ave., (504) 917-9073; www.fairgrinds.com — Area comedians perform at the open mic. 7 p.m. Saturday. Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8:30 p.m. Friday. Comedy Gold. House of Blues (Voodoo Garden), 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts a stand-up show. 8 p.m. Thursday. ComedySportz. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m. Saturday. Cult Following. The Broad Theater, 636 N. Broad St., (504) 218-1008; www. thebroadtheater.com — The film-inspired stand-up show’s theme is “Back to School.” 9 p.m. Monday. Dean’s List. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone, Margee Green and Cyrus Cooper perform improv. 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Duplex. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Two hosts and two improv troupes perform. 8 p.m. Thursday. The Franchise. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The New Movement’s improv troupes perform. 9 p.m. Friday. Friday Night Laughs. 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. Go Ahead. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone and Shawn Dugas host a short lineup of alternative comics. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Greetings, From Queer Mountain. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — LGBT comics perform. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Hot Sauce. Voodoo Mystere Lounge, 718 N. Rampart St., (504) 304-1568 — Vincent Zambon and Leon Blanda host a comedy showcase. 8 p.m. Thursday. 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.

Knockout!. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Two comedy acts compete to win an audience vote. 9:30 p.m. Monday. Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a comedy showcase with free food and ice cream. 8 p.m. Saturday. The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3028264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story. 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Night Church. Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 947-2379; www sidneyssaloon.com — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host a stand-up show, and there’s free ice cream. 8:30 p.m. Thursday. NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Duncan Pace hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Sunday. Ron White. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www. saengernola.com — The comedian’s show features tales from his Texas upbringing. Tickets $57-$82. 8 p.m. Friday. The Spontaneous Show. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — Young Funny comedians host the comedy show and open mic. Sign-up 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tuesday. Stage Time. House of Blues (Voodoo Garden), 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Leon Blanda hosts an open mic. Sign-up 7 p.m., show 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Stand Up or Shut Up. Black Label Icehouse, 3000 Dryades St., (504) 8752876; www.blacklabelbbq.com — Garrett Cousino hosts an open mic. 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — Brothers Cassidy and Mickey Henehan host an open mic. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday. Why So Serious? Lucky’s, 1625 St. Charles Ave., (504) 523-6538 — Dante Hale hosts the open mic. Sign-up 8:30 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.

CALL FOR THEATER 1776: The Musical. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts hosts appointment-only auditions for men ages 16 and up and women ages 20-50 for all roles in 1776: The Musical. Prepare 32 bars of song from a Broadway musical. Email info@rivertowntheaters.com for details. Sugar. Sandi Roads Theatrical Productions seeks male actors ages 21 to 71 for a November production of Sugar, the musical based on the film Some Like It Hot. Call (504) 362-4451 for details.

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TUESDAY 9 Apero Francophone. Avenue Pub, 1732 St. Charles Ave., (504) 586-9243; www. theavenuepub.com — Alliance Francaise hosts informal French conversation over cocktails. Drink specials available. Free admission. 7 p.m. Barkaid Paul Mitchell Cut-A-Thon. Vanguard College of Cosmetology, 3321 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, (504) 212-3321; www.vanguardcollege.edu — Stylist Paul Lomantini gives haircuts as part of a fundraiser that includes a pet costume contest, grooming, adoptions and food trucks; all proceeds benefit the SPCA. 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner and a Seance. Cafe Soule, 720 St. Louis St., (504) 304-4636; www. cafesoule.com — A three-course dinner is followed by a seance led by Willow Le Mechant. Tickets $75. 7 p.m. Habitat for Humanity Homebuyers Presentation. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias.org — The organization shares information on buying a home through Habitat for Humanity. Free admission. 6 p.m. Intro to Food and Wine Pairing. Brady’s Wine Warehouse, 1029 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 622-1488; www.bradyswinewarehouse.com — A workshop introduces patrons to the art of pairing food with wine. Tickets $65. 12:30 p.m. Reading to Rover. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias.org — Children practice reading aloud to visiting therapy dogs. Free admission. 6 p.m.

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Big Easy Toasters Meeting. New Orleans City Hall, 1300 Perdido St., (504) 6584000; www.nola.gov — The local chapter of Toastmasters meets in Suite 4W05. Open to the public. Noon to 1 p.m. Bookoo Rueda. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Baba Luther Gray leads music and dance classes based on Afro-Cuban and New Orleans rhythms. Visit www.bkrueda. com for details. Donations appreciated. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Caribbean Cruising. Cane & Table, 1113 Decatur St., (504) 581-1112; www.caneandtablenola.com — The restaurant’s neighborhood social has drink specials and a late-night drag performance in the courtyard. Free admission. 9 p.m. Creole Neighborhoods Tour. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 5686993; www.louisianastatemuseum.org/ museums/the-old-us-mint — A walking tour points out architectural highlights and cottages in the Faubourg Marigny.

Reservations required; call (504) 5233939. Tickets $20-$25. 10 a.m. The French Quarter: A History of Decadence. Cafe Lafitte in Exile, 901 Bourbon St., (504) 522-8397; www.lafittes.com — Historian Frank Perez leads a walking tour of the French Quarter to benefit the Southern Decadence Foundation, Animal Rescue of New Orleans and New Orleans Advocates for LGBT Elders. Tickets $30. 10 a.m. Hispanic Business Conference & Trade Show. Harrah’s Hotel, 228 Poydras St., (504) 533-6000; www.harrahs.com — The conference discusses marketing to Hispanic groups, legal matters for small businesses and leadership topics. There’s also a trade show. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Newcomb Summer Hours. Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; 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. Summer Dine-In Series. Bourbon House, 144 Bourbon St., (504) 5220111; www.bourbonhouse.com — The restaurant donates a portion of evening proceeds to the Tipitina’s Foundation, and there’s live music.

THURSDAY 11 ABCs of Medicare. St. Tammany Parish Hospital, 1202 S. Tyler St., Covington, (985) 898-4000; www.stph.org — Christy Levy leads the Medicare basics workshop. Call (800) 561-4127 or visit peopleshealth.com/wellness for details. Free admission. 9:30 a.m. Janet Allured. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — The McNeese professor’s talk covers the women’s rights movement in Louisiana. Contact wrc@ hnoc.org for details. Free admission; registration recommended. 6 p.m. Lafitte Greenway Walking Workshop/ Green Drinks on the Greenway. The Broad Theater, 636 N. Broad St., (504) 218-1008; www.thebroadtheater.com — Friends of Lafitte Greenway hosts a 2-mile walking tour of the greenway, followed by a cocktail hour. Free admission. 4:30 p.m. Light Up the Levee 5K. Bucktown Harbor and Marina, 325 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie — Runners carry glowsticks at the free 5K group run series. Bring water. 7:30 p.m. Longue Vue After Hours. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — The gardens stay open late for family activities and Pokemon hunting. Tickets $8.50, members of local museums free. 5 p.m.

FRIDAY 12 Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — At the museum’s after-hours event, the typography documentary Helvetica is screened and Brennan’s New Orleans lead bartender Lu Brow teaches a mixology class. Free with museum admission. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. National Society of Black Engineers Leadership Conference. The University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000; www.uno.edu — Professional and aspiring engineers meet to network and attend panels, lectures and discussions. Visit www.nsbe.org for details. Friday-Sunday. Sip and Shop on Bayou Road. Kitchen Witch Cookbooks, 1452 N. Broad St., (504) 528-8382; www.kwcookbooks.com — The bookstore hosts a neighborhood shop-and-stroll with complimentary wine and beer. Free parking and bike racks available. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Slidell Looking Glass & Antiques Show and Sale. Northshore Harbor Center, 100 Harbor Center Blvd., Slidell, (985) 781-3650; www.northshoreharborcenter. com — Looking Glass Productions holds a sale of antique glass, china and pottery. Admission $5; good for both days. 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

SATURDAY 13 Back to School Bike Repair & Safety Workshop. Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., (504) 596-2667; www.nutrias.org — Bike Easy leads a bike maintenance and repair workshop. Free admission. 2 p.m. Children’s Art Workshop. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at

EVENTS Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Tamra Carboni and Natalie Nichols lead children in making handmade books at a workshop. Suggested donation $5. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community Health & Wellness Expo. Magnolia Physical Therapy, 5606 Jefferson Highway, (504) 733-0254; www. magnoliatherapyla.com — The clinic hosts a health expo with free information, giveaways and refreshments. Free admission. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Delete Your Account. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — An Edenthemed fundraiser for New Orleans Family Justice Center has comedy performances, photo opportunities with “Eve” (Xena Zeit-Geist), food and raffles. Suggested donation $7. 7:30 p.m. German Regional Dinner. Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014; www.deutscheshaus. org — The dinner series features cuisine of Hannover and Lower Saxony, including pumpkin soup and schnitzel. Tickets $27-$32. 7 p.m. Gillespie Memorial Community Breakfast. First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans, 2903 Jefferson Ave., (504) 866-9010; www.firstuuno.org — Local Catholic peace activist Kevin Cahalan is the guest speaker at the breakfast and networking session for social justice activists. Free admission. 9:30 a.m. to noon. Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Back to School Health Fair and Family Health Expo. Dryades YMCA, 2230 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 609-2284; www. dryadesymca.com — Health screenings, entertainment and school supply giveaways take place at the fair. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kayaking the Bayou. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature. org — David Woodard leads two-hour kayak trips down the bayou. All gear provided. Reservations required; rue@ northlakenature.org. Registration $5. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Life on Paper Creative Workshop Series. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www. northlakenature.org — Mia Kaplan leads the art workshop for students ages 9-15. Registration required; email rue@northlakenature.org. Free admission. 10 a.m. A Night in Dakar. Andrew “Pete” Sanchez Community Center, 1616 Caffin Ave., (504) 658-3000; www.nordc.org/parks/ sanchez — The Tekrema Center for Art and Culture celebrates the city of Dakar and Senegalese culture with an evening of dance, regional cuisine and storytelling. Tickets $35-$100. 7 p.m. Orphaned Wildlife Training. Clearwater Sanctuary, Covington; www.clearwatersanctuary.org — The two-part workshop teaches attendees how to care for orphaned wildlife. Email info@clearwatersanctuary.org to register. Registration $125. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Red Dress Run. Louis Armstrong Park — New Orleans Hash House Harriers presents its annual red dress-clad fun run with pre- and post-event festivities. Visit www. nolareddress.com for details. Registration $70-$80. 9:30 a.m. PAGE 46

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Ogden After Hours. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The galleries stay open late for artist talks, receptions and live music. Admission $10. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. OPSB Unification Transition Plan Meeting. McDonogh 35 High School, 4000 Cadillac St., (504) 324-7601 — The Orleans Parish School Board invites the community to comment on a working draft of the plan to unify Orleans Parish public schools under local governance. 5 p.m. Photography Society Meeting. St. Tammany Art Association, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — Professional and amateur photographers meet to brainstorm and discuss technical skills. 7 p.m. Sangria & Savasana. Treo, 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 304-4878; www.treonola. com — Guests enjoy yoga, Spanish music and sangria at a cocktail hour and yoga practice. Tickets $25; includes a glass of sangria. 6:30 p.m. Seersucker & White Linen Wine Dinner. Restaurant R’evolution, 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Seersucker experts Bill Haltom and Laurie Aronson host the five-course dinner with wine pairings. Summer attire encouraged. Tickets $125. 6 p.m. Shadows of Steam Steampunk Social. House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge), 229 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Steampunk enthusiasts meet to discuss fashion and culture. Free admission. 5 p.m.

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THERE ARE HASH HOUSE HARRIER RUNNING CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD, and they bill themselves as “a drinking club with a running problem.” Many hold annual Red Dress Runs, and in New Orleans there is • Aug.13 a 2-mile Red Dress Run, which participants • 9 a.m. Saturday can enjoy in a red dress or costume and take at whatever pace they choose. There • Louis Armstrong Park also are additional weekend runs for regular • 701 N. Rampart St. “Hasher” members. The Saturday event • www.nolareddress.com includes a party in Armstrong Park with beer, barbecue and music by The Topcats and The Mixed Nuts. Proceeds benefit PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER local charities and organizations. In 2015, the group donated more than $165,000 to area groups including Animal Rescue New Orleans, Bridge House/Grace House, Crimestoppers, Inc., Lowernine.org, NO/AIDS Task Force, New Orleans Veterans of Foreign Wars, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and others. Visit the website for details. Registration is $70 in advance, $80 on the day of the run. — WILL COVIELLO

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SUNDAY 14 Beneath the Weight. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — SelfCare Health Initiatives’ lecture series combats stress-related eating habits. Visit www.beneaththeweight.org for details. Free admission. 1:30 p.m. Elvis Lives On. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — A party with movies, live music, specialty cocktails and peanut butter and banana cupcakes commemorates The King. Free admission. 8 p.m. Itchin’ 4 Ink Tattoo Fest. City Park Festival Grounds, 1701 Wisner Blvd., (504) 482-4888; www.neworleanscitypark. com — The Gulf South’s inaugural tattoo festival has tattooing, contests, live music and refreshments. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Awards Banquet. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 5699070; www.ashecac.org — A reception celebrates Mardi Gras Indian culture. Free admission. 2 p.m.

NOTC 53rd Anniversary Race. Garden of Memories Cemetery, 4900 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 833-3786; www.gardenofmemoriesmetairie.com — New Orleans Track Club commemorates its founding with a 3-mile race. Registration $30. 8 a.m. Piety Street Market. The Sanctuary, 924 Moss St. — More than 50 vendors offer art, jewelry, crafts, vintage clothes, collectibles, used books and flea market treasures at this monthly market. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

MONDAY 15 BYOB Wine & Coloring. Norman Mayer Branch Library, 3001 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 596-3100; www.neworleanspubliclibrary. org — The library invites patrons to color while enjoying wine. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Pet Trusts Seminar. Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., (504) 368-5191; www. la-spca.org — The workshop with light refreshments covers estate planning for pets after an owner’s death. Free admission; registration required. 5:30 p.m. Wellbeing in Dating & Relationships. Broadmoor Arts & Wellness Center, 3900

FARMERS MARKETS Covington Farmers Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday. Crescent City Farmers Market Magazine. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, (504) 861-5898; www. marketumbrella.org — The market features produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Crescent City Farmers Market Mid-City. American Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave. — Mid-City’s evening market features fresh produce and prepared items. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. Crescent City Farmers Market Tulane. Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St., (504) 865-5000; www.tulane.edu — The weekly market features produce, dairy items, kettle corn, plants and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook. com/crispfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday. French Market. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket. org — The historic French Quarter market offers local produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, coffee and prepared foods. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Gretna Farmers Market. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, (504) 361-1822 — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 25 vendors offering fruits and vegetables, meats, prepared foods, baked goods, honey and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, New Orleans City Park, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www.growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Hollygrove Market. Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., (504) 483-7037 — The urban farm operates a daily fresh market. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market, 922 Teche St., Algiers, (504) 362-0708; www.oldalgiersharvestfreshmarket.com — Produce and seafood are available for purchase. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. ReFresh Project Community Garden Farmers Market. ReFresh Project, 300 N. Broad St.; www.broadcommunityconnections.org — The weekly Monday market offers local produce, homemade kimchi, cocoa-fruit leather, pesto and salad dressing. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday. Rivertown Farmers Market. Rivertown, 400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner.la.us — The

market features fruits, vegetables, dairy products, preserves and cooking demonstrations. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Sankofa Mobile Market. Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave. — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday. The truck also stops at 6322 St. Claude Ave. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday. St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi, (504) 278-4242; www.visitstbernard.com — The market offers seafood, produce, jams, preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment and children’s activities. Call (504) 355-4442 or visit the website for details. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Vietnamese Farmers Market. Vietnamese Farmers Market, 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd. — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early morning market. 5 a.m. Saturday.

SPORTS New Orleans Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Memphis Redbirds. 6 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Diamond Gloves Tournament. Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., (504) 561-1234; www.neworleans. hyatt.com — Avondale Legends Boxing Team hosts a boxing tournament. Admission $15, boxer registration $25. 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

WORDS BSB Open Mic. Banks Street Bar, 4401 Banks St., (504) 486-0258; www. banksstreetbarandgrill.com — Laura Mattingly is the guest host at the poetry open mic. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Charlie Spillers. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www. octaviabooks.com — The author reads from and signs his memoir Confessions of an Undercover Agent: Adventures, Close Calls, and the Toll of a Double Life. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.neworleanspubliclibrary.org — The group hosts sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Guy Carwile. Louisiana Humanities Center, 938 Lafayette St., Suite 300, (504) 523-4352; www.leh.org — As part of the New Orleans Architecture and Design Film Festival, the author reads from and signs The Modernist Architecture. 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. La Puce a L’Oreille. Alliance Francaise, 1519 Jackson Ave., (504) 568-0770; www.af-neworleans.org — The advanced French book club meets to discuss Claude Duneton’s book in French. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. Maple Street Book Club. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 8664916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — Elizabeth Gross leads a discussion of Maggie Nelson’s memoir The Argonauts. 6 p.m. Thursday. Nicole M.K. Eiden and Alison Pelegrin. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The poets read

from their collections I Am One of You and Waterlines. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Pres Kabacoff. Carver Theater, 2101 Orleans Ave., (504) 304-0460; www. carvertheater.org — As part of the New Orleans Architecture and Design Film Festival, the co-author discusses and signs Revitalizing Cities: The HRI Vision. 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Queer Heartache Summer Tour. Mudlark Theatre, 1200 Port St. — Poets Kit Yan and Jess X. Chen read. 11 p.m. Friday. Stella’s Open Mic. Community Commitment Education Center, 1923 Leonidas St., (504) 931-0549; www.communitycommitment.net — The monthly poetry showcase includes a featured poet and an open mic. Tickets $5. 7 p.m. Saturday. Tubby & Coo’s Fantasy Book Club. Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, 631 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 491-9025; www. facebook.com/tubbyandcoos — The book club discusses selected fantasy books. 6 p.m. Monday.

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 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. Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to manage inventory, help clients and share their expertise. Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@ dressforsuccess.org. Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest one-on-one mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www.eachonesaveone.org. 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. Golden Opportunity Adult Literacy Program. GOAL seeks volunteers to conduct courses for reading comprehension, GED preparation and English language learning. Call (504) 373-4496. Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111. Louisiana SPCA. The LA/SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals, at special events and more. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and complete an orientation to work directly with animals. Visit www.la-spca.org/volunteer. National World War II Museum. The museum accepts applications for volunteers to greet visitors and familiarize them with its galleries and artifacts. Call (504) 5276012, ext. 243, or email katherine.alpert@ nationalww2museum.org. New Canal Lighthouse Museum. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation seeks volunteer docents for its museum and education center. Visit www.saveourlake.org or call (504) 836-2238.

EVENTS NOLA for Life Mentors. The city initiative’s partner organizations seek adults to mentor boys ages 15 to 18 who are at risk for violence. Visit www.nolaforlife.org/ give/mentor. NOLA Tree Project. The forestry organization seeks volunteers to adopt trees around the city and trim them. Visit www. nolatreeproject.org. NOLA Wise. The partnership of Global Green, the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. It seeks volunteers, who must attend a 30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@globalgreen.org. Parkway Partners. The green space and community garden organization seeks volunteers for building, gardening and other projects. Email info@parkwaypartnersnola.org, call (504) 620-2224 or visit www.parkwaypartnersnola.org. Refugee mentors. Catholic Charities of New Orleans’ Refugee Service Program seeks volunteers, especially those with Arabic, Burmese and Spanish language skills, to help newly arrived refugees learn about everyday life in America. Senior companions. The New Orleans Council on Aging seeks volunteers to assist seniors with personal and daily tasks so they can live independently. Visit www.nocoa.org or call (504) 821-4121. SpayMart. The humane society seeks volunteers for fundraising, grant writing, data input, adoptions, animal care and more. Visit www.spaymart.org, email info@spaymart.org or call (504) 4548200. St. Thomas Hospitality House. The Catholic charity seeks individuals and groups of volunteers to serve people experiencing homelessness. Contact Daniel Thelen at nolacw@gmail.com or (517) 290-8533. Start the Adventure in Reading. The STAIR program holds regular two-hour training sessions for volunteers, who work one-on-one with public school students to develop reading and language skills. Call (504) 899-0820, email elizabeth@stairnola.org or visit www. stairnola.org. Teen Life Counts. The Jewish Family Service program seeks volunteers to teach suicide prevention to middle school and high school students. Call (504) 831-8475. Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries. The charity seeks volunteers to help disabled, wounded and senior veterans with food and clothing distribution, home improvement and beautification, social media and web design. Call (504) 340-3429 or visit www.veteranshousingoutreach.webs.com.

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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.

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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

LEGAL NOTICES Big Cheezy Kenner LLC, D/B/A Big Cheezy Kenner is applying to the Ofﬁce of Alcohol & Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell beverages of high and low alcohol content at a retail in the Parish of Jefferson at the following address: 3232 Williams Blvd, Kenner LA 70065. Big Cheezy Kenner LLC Member: Thomas Jacobs.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE CEMETERY PLOTS/ FUNERAL ITEMS METAIRIE CEMETERY PLOT

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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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Precious is a 7-year-old, spayed, Shih Tzu mix. Precious was surrendered by her family, who could no longer afford her. She jumps and spins for treats and food and gets along well with other dogs. Precious will require a vet consult at the shelter to discuss her periodontal disease and cataracts Receive 50% off my adoption fee by mentioning I’m Pet of the Week!

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509 Church St. ~ McDougall House 1820’s Historic, Renovated Greek Revival Raised Cottage 5 beds/3 baths, pool. $185,000 1201 Church St. ~ Anderson House 3 beds/3.5 baths, Studio apt + bldg w/4 beds/4 baths. 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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To meet these or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun., call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org

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

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1726 FOUCHER ST.

CLARA BY NASHVILLE CLOSE TO UNIVERSITIES

1BR Efﬁciency w/appliances liv room, a/h unit, ceil fans, wood/tile ﬂoors, w/d onsite. Clara by Nashville. Avail AUG. $700/mo. 504-895-0016.

CITY PARK/BAYOU ST. JOHN

1300 SQ FT Deluxe 2 BR. 10x12 BA w/Jacuzzi. Extra lg Kit w/gas appliances & builtin dishwshr. Walk-in closets. Cent a/h, wd & tile ﬂrs, ceil fans, mini blinds, yd, private screened prch, full size w/d. 5300 Freret at Valmont. $1500/mo includes gas/heat/wtr. Call 504-899-3668.

BESTVALUE 1BR $925

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MAGAZINE AT JEFFERSON

UNIVERSITY AREA 6319 S. PRIEUR

2 bedroom, living room, dining room, furn kitchen, tile bath. No pets. Off Calhoun. $900/mo. Call Gary 504-494-0970.

UPTOWN/ GARDEN DISTRICT 1205 ST CHARLES/$1150

Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/gtd pkg/ pool/gym/wiﬁ/laundry/3 mo. min. Avail Aug. 29th Call 504-442-0573 or 985-871-4324.

1422 FELICITY ST.

Large 1 or 2 BR, 1 BA, 1 blk off St.Charles. Cent. a/h, high ceilings, hdwd ﬂrs, W/D, newly painted throughout. No pets, $900/ mo. Call 504-495-8213 Richard.

Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150

Reovated Downstairs Apt. 1 BD, LR, DR. Fur Kit, W/D. No Pets. $800/mo + deposit. Call (504) 650-4358.

Small effeciency, 2nd ﬂoor, microwave & small fridge only. Daybed. No pets/smoking. LEASE $625/mo. Call (504) 913-6999.

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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1 BD, Nr Tulane Univ., hdwd ﬂrs, hi ceils. Non-smoker. Not pets. Ref’s. $835/mo. (504) 581-9077.

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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4113 Tchoupitoulas St. $339,900

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.

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

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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1207 Church Street

On National Register. Recreation of Antebellum Mansion, c. 1906. 6 beds/4baths + 2 bed Carriage House. $395,000

513 PICTURE PERFECT PROPERTIES

Historic Algiers Point Renov Victorian Hm. NOLA skyline view. Shared N.O. style courtyard. Ferry - 2 blks. 3/2, W/D, 12’ ceilings, Fully furn. Move In ready. Adults only/no pets. $2,500/ mo. includes internet & cable. Info (228) 348-1754.

1042 SONIAT ST • CLOSE TO MAGAZINE ST. SHOPPING

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

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

2100 SQ FT • $685,000

Treme’s baby, a newly constructed Creole Cottage w/everything imaginable. Old architectural elements & antique lighting. Gorgeous stainless & granite kit opens to Great Rm w/ flr length windows along historic brick facade. Gleaming hdwd flrs, 3BR & 2.5 baths, Master downstairs. Beautiful staircase leads up to landing that can be den area. Huge closets w/ lots of storage. Quality sound system & security cameras. Huge back yard w/ room for pool. Steps to Quarter & new streetcar line.

1743 N DORGENOIS ST. 1853 SQ FT • 3BR/2.5BA • $379,000

Classy new construction and w/new home warranty. Be ahead of maintenance cost for many years to come. Columns across a front porch frames a front facade with elegant floor length windows. Camelback rear soars upward over a private back yard w/ gated pkng. Oak lined street is an easy walk to the fairgrounds & JazzFest or a quick bike ride to the FQ or City Park via bike lanes. Convenient location + Superb amenities. MOTIVATED Seller. R. PAUL NELSON

Benchmark Realty & Auctions, LLC 2930 Laurel St., New Orleans, LA 70115

Direct Cell: 504-908-0529 Oﬃce Phone: 504-895-7996

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