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CONTENTS

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

October 28, 2014

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Editor | KEVIN ALLMAN Managing Editor | KANDACE POWER GRAVES Political Editor | CLANCY DUBOS Arts & Entertainment Editor | WILL COVIELLO

EAT + DRINK

Special Sections Editor | MISSY WILKINSON Staff Writer | ALEX WOODWARD

Review: Arana Taqueria y Cantina .................21 A new option for Mexican food and drinks in the Irish Channel Fork + Center ............................................................21 All the news that’s fit to eat — and drink 3-Course Interview .............................................23 Sarah Fouts, graduate student in Latin American studies Drinks ........................................................................24 Beer Buzz and Wine of the Week Last Bites .................................................................25 5 in Five, Plate Dates and Off the Menu

Feature Writer | JEANIE RIESS Calendar & Digital Content Coordinator | ANNA GACA Contributing Writers SARAH BAIRD, ANNE BERRY, D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, RED COTTON, ALEJANDRO DE LOS RIOS, KEN KORMAN, BRENDA MAITLAND, NORA MCGUNNIGLE, NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

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ON THE COVER Voodoo Music + Arts Experience ..........PULLOUT Profiles, interviews, schedule, cubes and a map: Everything you need to know to get your Voodoo on

7 IN SEVEN Seven Things to Do This Week .......................... 5 I’d Rather Be Rich, Mystikal and more

NEWS + VIEWS Y@Speak + N.O. Comment .....................................7 Overheard in New Orleans’ social media world Scuttlebutt...............................................................10 From their lips to your ears

C’est What? ..............................................................10 Gambit’s Web poll Bouquets & Brickbats ..........................................11 This week’s heroes and zeroes Commentary............................................................14 It’s time for a hike in the minimum wage The Gambit Ballot ..................................................15 Our recommendations in the Nov. 4 election Blake Pontchartrain.............................................16 The N.O. It All answers your questions Clancy DuBos........................................................... 17 Hard-won reforms in Jefferson schools

SHOPPING + STYLE What’s in Store .......................................................19 John J. Hainkel Home & Rehabilitation Center

Music .........................................................................33 PREVIEW: Thundercat Film.............................................................................37 REVIEW: Birdman Art ................................................................................41 REVIEW: Prospect.3’s Basquiat and the Bayou Stage..........................................................................44 REVIEW: Musical of the Living Dead Events .......................................................................46 PREVIEW: More Halloween activities around town Crossword + Sudoku 56

CLASSIFIEDS Market Place ...........................................................50 Employment ............................................................51 Legal Notices...........................................................51 Picture Perfect Properties................................52 Real Estate .............................................................53 Mind + Body + Spirit...............................................54 Home + Garden .......................................................55 Halloween Happenings .....................................58 Holiday Helpers .....................................................59

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Quintron & Miss Pussycat

Fri. Oct. 31 | Three days after issuing Spellcaster II: Death in Space (Pizza Burglar) — a sort-of sequel to 1997’s Spellcaster featuring a new drone-vention, the Weather Warlock — Quintron and Miss Pussycat go where everyone can hear you scream: the annual Halloween bash at One Eyed Jacks. Manatees and self-appointed West Bank royalty Ballzack and Odoms open at 10 p.m.

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Sat. Nov. 1 | Dave Catching, guitarist for Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age and founder of Rancho de la Luna studio in Joshua Tree, California, headlines a late-night bill with Bingo, Barrett Martin and DiNOLA at 2 a.m. at d.b.a.

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Halloween | Halloween weekend offers those who are all dressed up

plenty of places to go. There are haunted houses, concerts, Day of the Dead celebrations, Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (see pullout section), parading in the streets and more. For a rundown of events, see pages 31 and 47.

Sat. Nov. 1 | Whoever’s brainchild it was to have metal brutalists Thou play a spine-tingling All Saints’ Day matinee inside the main branch of the New Orleans Public Library (219 Loyola Ave.): a thousand bravos. Rough Shape, picking a great spot for its debut show, opens at noon.

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Mon. Nov. 3 | Guitarist/vocalist Ruben Dobbs and upright bassist/kick drummer Joey Mitchell are the bare-bones, relentlessly touring hill country blues duo Swampcandy.

Its third album, 2013’s Midnight Creep/NoondaySwamp, is a broad sweep of Americana, from dirty, foot-stomping blues to Southern folk ballads. The band makes its New Orleans debut at 10 p.m. at Circle Bar.

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Fri. Oct. 31 | Portland, Oregon, duo Eric Phipps and Rocky Tinder started playing together in 2001 but didn’t release their first album, Curiosity, until 2012. For September release Bazaar, they expanded Wampire’s lineup and continued evolving from an electronic music focus to psychedelic-tinged, noirish rock.

TOPS and DiNOLA open at 10 p.m. at Circle Bar.

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officially named NOPD chief in New Orleans Police mid-October after taking the Superintendent Michael interim spot in August followHarrison spoke at the ing Ronal Serpas’ retirement.

Independent Police “Our No. 1 priority is reducing Monitor forum last week in the New Orleans City citizen fear of retaliation, Council chambers. reducing officer fear of retalP H OTO BY iation, and being transparent A L E X W O O D WA RD about the whole process — being open to suggestions and inviting, so citizens and police officers can give us input as to what this policy should look like, and getting feedback as to the policy we make, and proving we used their feedback to make that.”

According to the report, the OIPM found only 12 complaints (from the public and within NOPD) referencing fear of retaliation in Public Integrity Bureau (PIB) records. Some complaints involving several officers were recorded in investigations as only one officer.

Between 2011 and 2013, the OIPM found 63 “contacts” from the public with complaints or fear of retaliation, with the most common complaints including allegations of harassment, retaliatory police action (like arrests and tickets), and police making threats against people to keep them from filing a complaint. In that same time frame, OIPM received 26 “contacts” from NOPD PAGE 8

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ithin his first official week as Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), Michael Harrison endured a twohour autopsy of his department’s history of retaliation, led by the Office of the Independent Police Monitor (OIPM). Harrison agreed there is a problem.

“They’re absolutely right,” Harrison told Gambit. “It’s about changing the culture.”

Twenty years following the death of Kim Groves, who was murdered as a result of filing a police brutality complaint against NOPD officer Len Davis, Groves’ daughter Jasmine — wearing an “I Am Kim Groves” T-shirt — addressed a crowd inside a packed City Council chambers Oct. 20. Days before, Jasmine (who was 12 years old when her mother died) received a proclamation from the city honoring her mother.

In 1994, Kim Groves witnessed Davis beat a young man in her neighborhood, and she filed a complaint with NOPD. Davis retaliated — he hired gunman and alleged drug dealer Paul Hardy, who shot and killed Groves on Oct. 14, 1994. Davis’ case is one of NOPD’s lowest points, with a years-long investigation revealing not only Groves’ execution but a drug trafficking ring involving several NOPD officers. In 2011, U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan sentenced Hardy to life in prison. In 2005, a jury in Berrigan’s court handed Davis the death penalty.

A 2014 report from the OIPM, headed by Independent Police Monitor Susan Hutson, reviewed complaints and reports of retaliation from within NOPD and from citizens between 2011 and 2013. The report (“NOPD Retaliation Policy, Pattern and Practice”) charted much-needed progress following the Davis case and the federal consent decree handed down by the U.S. Justice Department in 2012 — but, Hutson says, “More needs to be done.”

“There are incidents that happened a long time ago, and there are some that are quite recent,” said Harrison, who was

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employees fearing or reporting retaliation from other officers.

Common actions include intimidation of complainants or potential witnesses, and reassignment or threat of reassignment.

Of the 63 complaints filed by civilians, only 5 percent were “proven” allegations by the PIB — while the PIB had a proven rate of 40 percent for the 26 interdepartmental complaints.

The report found that NOPD’s retaliation policy doesn’t define how officers can be protected from retaliation or offer defined categories of retaliation, nor does it “protect civilians for any protected activities they may engage in outside of the official PIB process.”

“Without clear guidance on which specific acts may constitute retaliation,” the report says, “NOPD employees and PIB investigators lack direction to judge their own or others’ actions.”

The OIPM recommends that NOPD adopt training for retaliation policy and develop a “more detailed definition” of retaliation with specific examples. The report also says NOPD employees should be able to report misconduct directly to supervisors, the PIB or to the OIPM, and that those reports of misconduct should not be used against complainants for retaliation. The OIPM says the PIB should be responsible for tracking complaints, and employees who have endured retaliation should be given access to counseling and NOPD assistance.

“I’m not going to tell you there aren’t flaws of character, I’m not going to tell you there aren’t bad cops. There are,” said Michael Glasser, president of the Police Association of New Orleans (PANO). “There’s bad city councils, bad mayors, bad senators; human nature is human nature. We do our best to screen and vet and train and monitor our cops. We don’t always succeed. We try to. If we don’t, we make it better.”

Glasser, who has accused former chief Serpas and Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration of mismanaging NOPD and significantly lowering department morale, said he had been a victim of retaliation after Hurricane Katrina.

“We were placed out in a FEMA trailer after Katrina so we wouldn’t be involved in the things that were going on in the police department,” he said. “People like (NOPD Captain) Bruce Adams, (Major Raymond) Burkhart, myself and other colleagues, we were placed there so we could not be effective in affecting the change we want.”

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The Oct. 20 forum (“Blow the Whistle: Residents and Officers Raise Voices to End NOPD Retaliation”) also offered a platform for current and former NOPD officers to offer suggestions for drafting NOPD policy. Simon Hargrove, president of the Black Organization of Police, condemned the officers in the Davis case.

“I don’t want the public to think we didn’t care,” he said. “We were sickened.

They wear the same uniforms as us.”

Hargrove suggested NOPD implement an anonymous tip line for officers, who often fear retaliation even if they’re not involved with another officer’s misconduct but are asked to keep quiet — effectively making them an accessory.

Ira Thomas — who retired from NOPD after nearly 30 years on the force and currently is chief of police at Southern University at New Orleans — said once officers graduate from the academy, they are “introduced to police subcultures” and told to “forget what you learn in the academy, I’ll teach you the real rules.”

“I know you’re going to do the right thing, but reform starts from the top

“Our No. 1 priority is reducing citizen fear of retaliation, reducing officer fear of retaliation, and being transparent about the whole process.” — Police Superintendent Michael Harrison

down,” he told Harrison, adding that Harrison needs “to create an environment where NOPD is reminded to honor its code of ethics.”

Retired NOPD officer Roland Doucette said the police department does not have a policy protecting citizens from contact from officers after citizens have filed a complaint against them. PIB Deputy Superintendent Arlinda Westbrook said changing that policy “is not something we’re waiting for the consent decree to start. I can commit to you today that will be part of the policy,” she said.

“I spent 10 years working at PIB,” Harrison told Gambit. “I worked side by side with Chief Westbrook. I worked for her and I understand her job and the job I used to do, and I’ve also heard those citizen complaints before. What a lot of people don’t realize is a lot of PIB cases are the result of police officers, but we are compelled to keep them anonymous so there is no retaliation against [the officer]. While some officers may feel like that, we believe we’ve protected many and we want to do a better job of doing that. It’s about changing culture, and it’s going to be difficult at times, but we’re up for that challenge. …

“I think police officers feel a lot better now than when we first brought [Hutson] in, and feel a lot better about making complaints about things that aren’t so right, but we still have a ways to go. We want to make sure nobody has any fear of retaliation — no police officer, no citizen.”

Hutson and the OIPM plan to release a report on racial profiling next year.

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Service Commission reported to NOPD that those officers — who, as the “Administrative Support Unit,” reviewed officer complaints in that City Park FEMA trailer for years — must be laid off or demoted by the end of the month. PANO believes Serpas’ policy of arranging his “commanders” in place of those ranked lieutenants created a loophole around civil service and effectively banished the captains to their self-described “trailer trash.”

“The retaliation that you fear sometimes is also within, and we are still dedicated to making this police department the kind of police department that works for you,” Glasser told the crowd. “We are entrusted with your safety and that trust goes a long way and it means something to a lot of us.”

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NEWS VIEWS BOUQUETS + brickbats ™ heroes + zeroes Dwayne Boudreaux, Bart Everson and Lee Stafford

were named 2014 Urban Heroes by the Urban Conservancy and StayLocal. The award recognizes the New Orleanians’ contributions to the city: Boudreaux owns the newly reopened Circle Food Store; Everson founded the Friends of the Lafitte Corridor; and Stafford co-founded NOLA Locavores and the Eat Local Challenge.

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Home Depot’s volunteer program, along with the Preservation Resource Center and Rebuilding Together New Orleans, renovated the home of U.S. Army veteran Durel Freeman in New Orleans Oct. 10. The effort was part of Home Depot’s fourth annual Celebration of Service, which aims to renovate more than 1,000 homes through Veterans Day.

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donated more than $20,000 to Share Our Strength’s Dine Out for No Kid Hungry campaign to end childhood hunger.

The funds were raised throughout September at Walk-On’s locations in Louisiana. This month, in honor of breast cancer awareness, the restaurants will donate $3 from the sale of every “Tata-Tini” Cosmo to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

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a candidate for family court judge in Jefferson Parish, twice violated the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct when she posted several comments on Facebook about a pending custody case, according to the Louisiana Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee. The committee, which was established by the Louisiana Supreme Court to investigate improper conduct by judicial candidates, said McCool made two comments that “would reasonably be expected to affect the outcome or impair the fairness” of a pending matter.

SCUTTLEBUTT Quote of the week

“I am thinking about what I do next. And if I were to stay in politics, it would involve, in 2016, running for president. There’s no other elected office I would seek. I am not interested in going back to Congress or the Senate or any other elected position.”

— Gov. Bobby Jindal at a Baton Rouge press conference last week.

Earlier in the month, he said he’d been “thinking and praying” about the presidency and would announce his decision sometime after the holidays.

NOPD expands recruiting Has glut of candidates and consent decree restrictions

With an aggressive recruitment campaign underway to bolster its ranks, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) now has too many qualified applicants to fit in academy classrooms. NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison told the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee Oct. 22 that the current federal consent decree allows the department to train no more than 30 recruits at a time.

“Logistically we probably could handle 40 to 50 per class,” Harrison said. “The space is small, and at some point we would probably need to look for another facility.”

Council President Stacy Head said that having more qualified recruits than the court-ordered limit is a “great problem to have.” Head expressed hope the number could be expanded.

Harrison assured the council that expanding that number would come at no detriment to the quality of the training the recruits would receive.

Harrison said the NOPD is poised to hire three new recruit classes this year and 150 new recruits in 2015. Fifty-nine new recruits have been hired so far this year.

Melanie Talia, chief executive officer of the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation, said getting up to date with “antiquated” technology and practices has been a huge part of the increase in recruits. Until recently, applications had to be filled out by hand and delivered by U.S. Postal Service.

The application process moved online this year.

In addition to installing a 5 percent pay increase departmentwide, the NOPD also launched an online marketing campaign, held recruitment and application events at local high schools and reallocated overtime to handle an increase in background

investigations. It also removed certain barriers to joining the force, such as the requirement that all recruits live within Orleans Parish.

RecruitmentSTAT, the latest in the department’s series of statistically focused meetings, will report to Harrison every other week.

The improved stats failed to impress James Gallagher of the Fraternal Order of Police, however. Gallagher emphasized the importance of retention, a measure that Sandy Shilstone of the Police and Justice Foundation said was next on the department’s agenda.

“We’ve lost close to 100 police officers in 2014,” Gallagher told the council.

“If we hire 150 police every year, and 80 percent of those complete the process, and we lose 110, we’ve gained 10 police officers. If we need 400, it will take us 40 years to accomplish that goal. … We’re going to need more than a 5 percent raise to accomplish that.”

— JEANIE RIESS

Domestic help

Landrieu announces blueprint against violence in the home

Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced on Oct. 22 a “Blueprint for Safety” that would involve the criminal justice systemwide to combat domestic violence in New Orleans. The project, funded by the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Violence Against Women (OVW), includes new guidelines for a wide range of services in domestic violence cases.

That includes new guidelines for 911 operators, NOPD Domestic Violence Unit investigations, witness protection, warrant processing, pre-trial services and other elements in the criminal justice system. The blueprint has been a work in progress following the creation of the Domestic Violence Program in the city Health Department, under program director Kati Bambrick Rodriguez. In 2011, the Health Department — under former Health Director Karen DeSalvo — received $396,500 in federal funding for the project.

“The criminal justice system has the ultimate obligation to keep communities safe, yet its sheer size and complicated structure can prevent domestic violence cases from being handled as effectively as they could be,” OVW Deputy Director Bea Hanson said in a statement. “The Blueprint changes this.”

In a statement, Health Director Charlotte Parent said, “We had to take proactive steps to put an end to the patterns of abuse in the homes of

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our city’s residents. This new coordinated approach allows us to truly assess all the risks and determine the best way to protect the victims.”

Louisiana consistently ranks among the most dangerous states for women with one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the U.S., according to FBI data collected from statewide crime stats. Read more about Louisiana’s domestic violence problems at bestofneworleans.com/ dv. — ALEX WOODWARD

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Though Women with a Vision (WWAV) began in 1989 as a nonprofit to address the spread of HIV/AIDS within the African-American female community, its work over the past 25 years has included a much wider array of services geared toward all marginalized women in New Orleans.

The group’s most recent project, the Crossroads Sex Workers Diversion Program, aims to release female sex workers who have been charged with nonviolent offenses and provide them with access to social services and other assistance.

At an Oct. 22 Criminal Justice Committee meeting of the New Orleans City Council, program coordinators Rebecca Atkinson and Leslie Davis presented the details of the program, which began in June and currently is piloted in Municipal Court under the direction of Judge Desiree Charbonnet. The program was a joint effort by the Racial Justice Improvement Taskforce, which includes New Orleans Municipal Court, WWAV, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, the City Attorney’s Office, Orleans Public Defenders and the New Orleans Police Department.

Women who participate in the program report to WWAV within 10 days of release. Case managers develop individual plans that include goal setting, job planning, educational goals, addressing drug and alcohol issues, children and emotional trauma.

In the four months since the program launched, 23 clients have graduated with no re-arrests. More than 50 percent of graduates maintain a relationship with the program.

But WWAV says the program needs more funding.

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resources and tools that these women use when they come into these sessions, are provided on a donation basis. We never know if or when we are going to get donations, or what they will be. … We also really need advocacy for increased harm reduction approaches. There are a lot of services available, but women feel uncomfortable using these services if they’re going to be judged as soon as they come in the door.”

District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry, who chairs the Criminal Justice Committee, said she asked WWAV to provide the committee with a list of needs, and added, “If you know someone who has resources,

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Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration wants to reduce Baronne Street from Canal to Calliope streets into one lane of vehicular traffic and add one lane dedicated to bikes instead.

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THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:

The New Orleans City Council has deferred action on NOLA Patrol, Mayor MItch Landrieu’s plan to add 50 uniformed, unarmed officers to help NOPD by patrolling the French Quarter. What do you think of the NOLA Patrol concept?

whether it’s in housing or mental health, donations, supplies for the program … and any of these advocacy services available, I believe that with added resources, it would be an incredible number of very vulnerable women, many of whom have children, in our community that could be served.” — JEANIE RIESS

Calling an audible

Buffa’s, Torres reach temp compromise — again

Following a 60-day compromise between Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant owners and neighbor Sidney Torres IV over noise levels at the bar, the parties met back at Orleans Parish Civil District Court last week — and agreed to another 30-day compromise. “We talked in the chambers ... and tried to work something out temporarily,” Civil District Court Judge Paulette Irons told the courtroom.

The agreement continues this summer’s consent judgment, which followed Torres’ lawsuit against the bar for alleged sound violations, and against the city for allegedly improperly issuing Buffa’s a live music permit in 2012. The agreement continues limited performance hours and ensures soundproofing is in place. Two sound measurements will be taken — one announced, another at random — and measurements also will be taken at the exterior and interior of Torres’ property.

In September, Buffa’s owner Chuck Rogers hired Oxford Acoustic sound expert David Woolworth (who drafted recommendations to the city for its still-pending sound ordinance, which has gone back to the drawing board). According to a statement from Buffa’s, Woolworth’s measurements at the bar “did not

exceed the sound level limits” of the city’s noise ordinance.

While the parties had agreed to the initial 60-day compromise, Buffa’s owners had no other choice without stopping music at the bar. As part of the agreement, Torres will put up a $7,000 bond that will be forfeited to Buffa’s if the bar and restaurant is found not to be in violation of the city’s noise ordinance.

Rogers says he will give 30 percent of that to the Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MACCNO) to distribute among musicians who lost income due to the schedule shuffling at the bar. According to Rogers, Buffa’s lost nearly $14,000 during the 60-day compromise. Rogers says he has spent more than $20,000 on legal fees and soundproofing, which includes sound-dampening curtains and a “yacker tracker” device that shows musicians and bartenders how loud they are (with green, yellow and red alert lights). The bar has started a crowdfunding campaign to pay for losses, and additional money raised will also benefit MACCNO. — ALEX WOODWARD

Scuttlebits

All the news that doesn’t fit

• Retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness may have “small-t” tea party support in the Nov. 4 election, but he doesn’t have the support of the official Tea Party of Louisiana. Bob Reid, one of the group’s founding members, told LaPolitics publisher Jeremy Alford last week that the “capital-T” Tea Party wouldn’t be endorsing Maness. The problem? After fellow Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ran the government like a “plantation,” Maness not only didn’t have Cassidy’s

back, but he also criticized the comment. “We told him that was the last straw with us,” Reid told LaPolitics …

• The Robertson family of Duck Dynasty fame has attracted more attention lately for their politics than their once-smash TV show. Ratings have been down significantly (4.3 million viewers for the premier of Season 6, well below the 8.5 million for the premiere of Season 5), so the Season 7 premiere Nov. 19 will feature a gimmick — the camo-wearing clan travels to Scotland to meet their ancestors. No word if they’ll dabble in Scottish politics …

• Speaking of Robertsons: Zach Dasher, the Robertson relative looking to unseat U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District, got more attention last week when a podcast he recorded before entering politics became public. In the podcast, Dasher fretted that America was “in danger of a Mussolini-Hitler-Stalin-type regime” and declared the cable network MSNBC to be “a major piece of the propaganda machine of the central planners or of the Marxists.” Dasher has been endorsed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and the Family Research Council, but he’s consistently polled behind McAllister and Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo in the race …

• Meanwhile, McAllister, no fan of Gov. Bobby Jindal (and vice versa), took a verbal stick to Jindal in “The Passion of the ‘Kissing Congressman,’” a story published last week

by POLITICO. At an event in Poverty Point, McAllister sneered at Jindal’s globetrotting ways and said, “I’ll stay here in the state and talk smack about him all day. It is pathetic our governor isn’t here today.”

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ouisiana is one of only five states with no minimum wage law.

Not surprisingly, the other four also are Southern states — Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina.

All five use the federal minimum wage law, which mandates a minimum of $7.25 an hour for most jobs (the exceptions include tipped employees, such as servers, who earn less by the hour). The federal minimum wage has not moved in more than five years, even as the cost of living has risen. In fact, adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage has fallen since the 1960s.

Some other states pay more — mostly the solidly blue states of the West Coast and Northeast, though even a couple of right-trending states (Alaska, Arizona) are a bit above the federal baseline. Washington state has the highest state minimum wage — $9.32 — but the city of Seattle is one of few municipalities to impose an even higher rate. By 2017, Seattle workers will earn $15 an hour without health care; those with health care will hit the $15 mark the following year.

Last month Mayor Mitch Landrieu signed his name to a letter addressed to Congress supporting passage of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, which would set the federal minimum wage at $10.10 an hour. That’s the same figure quoted by President Barack Obama in his 2014 State of the Union address, in which he advocated raising the minimum wage to $10.10. In his 2015 budget presentation to the New Orleans City Council this month, Landrieu introduced a minimum wage hike for city employees that would bring them to the $10.10 figure — which, if approved, will add $596,000 to the proposed $537 million budget.

So if it’s good enough for New Orleans city employees, why not the rest of us? Unfortunately, no Louisiana city can make that change because Louisiana law forbids municipal governments from setting their own minimum wage.

The New Orleans City Council passed a resolution in January urging Gov. Bobby Jindal and state legislators to raise the minimum wage statewide, but it was largely a symbolic act. Minimum wage hikes are discussed before every legislative session, but they never get very far. This year, then-State Rep. Jared Brossett’s bill to make the state minimum wage $10.10 an hour was rejected in committee, as was another proposal to let local governments set alternative minimum wages.

Any change in the state or local minimum wage, therefore, will have to come at the federal level. In April, the U.S. Senate, led by Republicans, quashed a bill that would have phased in the first

minimum wage hike since 2009. As they often do, Louisiana’s senators fell on opposing sides of the issue; David Vitter voted no, while Mary Landrieu voted to continue debate. At election forums this fall, Landrieu has said she supports an increase in the minimum wage. One of her opponents, U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, opposes raising the minimum wage. Rob Maness, who enjoys tea party support against Landrieu, said he thinks states “should be able to experiment with setting a minimum wage under their conditions.” That’s a recipe for even more poverty — and precisely why the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established a national minimum wage.

A $10.10 minimum wage would mean a pay raise for more than 500,000 workers in Louisiana. The Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) estimates a higher minimum wage would pump $689 million into the state’s sluggish economy

Any change in the state or local minimum wage will have to come at the federal level. by giving workers more spending power.

Critics of a higher minimum wage say it would discourage employers and lower employment, while the LBP cites the example of Oregon, which lured eager Idaho workers with a minimum wage of nearly $2 per hour more. Both sides can point to statistics, but it’s worth noting that states with no minimum wage laws, like Louisiana, are some of the poorest in the nation — and the most dependent on federal aid.

Unlike the Affordable Care Act, this isn’t a partisan issue. A survey last year

by LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab found 86 percent of Louisiana Democrats and 62 percent of state Republicans supported a minimum wage hike.

In a 1938 speech defending the original minimum wage — which also was controversial — President Franklin D. Roosevelt warned, “Do not let any calamityhowling executive with an income of $1,000 a day … tell you … that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry.”

The same holds true for a wage of less than $11 an hour. It’s time to hike the minimum wage.

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Gambit ENDORSEMENTS U.S. Senate: Mary Landrieu U.S. Congress, 1st District: Steve Scalise U.S. Congress, 2nd District:: Cedric Richmond Public Service Commission, DIstrict 1: Forest Bradley Wright City of Harahan — Mayor: Eric Chatelain

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS #1 —Medical Assistance Trust Fund: YES #2 —Hospital Stabilization Fund: YES #3 —Tax Sale: NO #4 —Investment of Public Funds: YES #6 —Fire and Police Protection, Orleans Parish: YES #7 —Disabled Veterans: YES #8 —Artificial Reef Development Fund: YES #9 —Special Assessment Level, Disabled: YES #10 —Redemption Period, Abandoned Property: YES #11 —Executive Branch Departments: NO #12 —Wildlife and Fisheries Commission: NO #13 — Lower 9th Ward Property Sale: NO #14 — Tax Rebates, Incentives, Abatements: YES

LOCAL PROPOSITIONS ORLEANS PARISH ONLY Law Enforcement District – 2.9 mills – Sheriff: YES Home Rule Charter Amendment – Inauguration Date: YES Home Rule Charter Amendment – Contracting: YES

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#5 —Remove Mandatory Retirement Age of Judges: YES

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I saw an old document that referred to a town of Mechanikham, I think on the West Bank. Where was that and what does that name mean?

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When you say you think this oddly named town was somewhere on the West Bank, you’re halfway there. Now, if Ol’ Blake told you it was an early name for part of what would become the parish seat of Jefferson Parish, would that give you a hint?

Mechanikham and other small communities on the West Bank became what we now know as the city of Gretna.

According to historian and author Betsy Swanson’s book, Historic Jefferson Parish: From Shore to Shore, the village of Mechanikham was first developed in 1836. Nearly a century before that, the land was owned by the Ursuline nuns, who were given the property by Spanish Gov. Estevan Miro. The property changed hands several times before it ended up with the Destrehan family, according to Swanson.

The Destrehans hired a surveyor to draw up plans for a Mechanick’s Village or Mechanikham.

The names hint at both the area’s large German population and its early industry, which included a railroad, foundry, sawmills, ferry landing and other business conducted along the nearby Mis-

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Mechanikham is commemorated on this sign on Huey P. Long Avenue on the West Bank. The village was eventually absorbed into Gretna.

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sissippi River. Mechanikham is described as being little more than rows of buildings lining Copernic Street (later Huey P. Long Avenue) and the two streets on either side. In 1838, the town of Gretna developed below and adjacent to Mechanikham, and the Gretna name eventually applied to both villages. Gretna was incorporated as a city in 1913, and just last year celebrated its 100th anniversary.

ot that long ago, when someone said the words “Halloween haunted house” in New Orleans, chances are the conversation included Orleans Parish Sheriff Charles Foti’s large display in City Park or the one staged by the Chinchuba Institute on the West Bank.

Chinchuba, a school on Barataria Boulevard in Marrero, was the site of one of the most popular local haunted houses. The Halloween project was a major fundraiser for the school, whose history stretches back 100 years.

The Chinchuba Institute for the Deaf staged the annual haunted house on its school grounds from 1988 until 2008.

Chinchuba, whose name comes from the Choctaw word for alligator, opened in the 1890s in a rural area of northern Mandeville. The school operated there until a fire destroyed the property in 1934.

For many years, the institute was the only private facility of its kind to teach deaf, mute and hearing-impaired children from birth through age 16. It was run for many years by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, the same nuns who opened St. Michael Special School in New Orleans in 1965.

Chinchuba moved to the West Bank in 1940, near Hope Haven and Madonna Manor, two other children’s facilities operated by the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

The school was operated with help from Catholic Charities and other nonprofit agencies until 1988, when a private group took over. Facing financial challenges and a changing education system for children with special needs, the school closed in 2010, ending more than a century of service to local children but leaving behind some special memories of a local Halloween tradition.

CLANCY DUBOS

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POLITICS

Hard-won reforms in Jefferson schools our years ago, the Jefferson Parish Public School System was in shambles. The previous school board had run up a $30 million deficit, nearly twothirds of parish public schools were rated “D” or “F,” and the system overall scored a “D” — making it one of the worst in the state.

Today, some of Jefferson’s public schools rank among the best in the state. The $30 million deficit became a surplus large enough to give teachers a pay raise, Jefferson schools overall scored a “B” in the latest rankings, and the system is on track to become a national model for educational turnarounds.

What happened?

It started with Jefferson Parish voters’ decision in 2010 to elect five reform-minded school board members — barely enough for a majority of the nine-member board. In 2011, the new board named Jim Meza school superintendent — and let him do his job without political interference. Those decisions changed the landscape.

When the new board took office in 2011, fewer than 5,700 Jefferson Parish public school students attended schools rated “A” or “B.” Today, more than 22,400 students

attend “A” or “B” schools in Jefferson — more than in any other parish in Louisiana.

Improvement on the lower end of the scale has been equally dramatic. In 2011, more than 32,000 students in Jefferson attended “D” or “F” rated schools. Today, fewer than 9,000 attend such schools. That’s still too many, but the trend is very positive.

Other statistics from the recent statewide rankings tell a similar story: • Jefferson has 10 of Louisiana’s top 25 schools.

• Jefferson’s public high schools are in the state’s Top 10 in graduation rates and students earning college-eligible ACT scores.

• Louisiana’s best public elementary school and best public middle school are both in Jefferson Parish.

• The No. 2 and No. 3 public high schools are both in Jefferson Parish.

• Perhaps most profound of all, seven of Jefferson’s 15 “A” schools have open admissions and serve students who largely come from poor communities. Two of those schools — Ella Dolhonde Elementary in Metairie and Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary in Lafitte — were rated “D” in 2011.

Improvements like those should make voters stand up and cheer, but for some reason they have displeased the Jefferson Federation of Teachers (JFT) and its national counterpart, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The teacher unions are backing candidates against the reformers in the Nov. 4 elections. The reformers are backed by business and civic leaders organized as the Committee for a Better Jefferson (CBJ).

The teachers union is so intent on ousting the reformers that the local union president herself is running against one incumbent. The AFT has poured nearly $450,000 into the local races — to convince voters to turn back the clock on progress.

Voters need to pay close attention. Here’s a look at the candidates: • District 1 board member Mark Morgan is unopposed.

• District 2 is a new minority district with no incumbent. Rickeem Jackson (son of former Saints player Ricky Jackson) has CBJ backing. Ricky Johnson is backed by the union. Also running is April Williams.

• District 3 incumbent Ray St. Pierre is backed by the union. His challenger, Ray Griffin Jr., is backed by the CBJ.

• District 4 incumbent Pat Tovrea decided not to seek re-election. The CBJ backs business owner Melinda Bourgeois; the union supports former teacher Glenn Mayeaux.

• District 5 incumbent Cedric Floyd has the union’s backing. The CBJ backs Sharlayne Jackson-Prevost. Also running is former board member Karen Barnes.

• District 6 incumbent Larry Dale has the CBJ’s backing. His opponent, Meladie Munch, is the local union president.

• District 7 incumbent Mark Jacobs is endorsed by the CBJ. Melinda Doucet has the union’s support. Jo Ann Scott is also running.

• District 8 incumbent Mike Delesdernier has CBJ support. His opponent, Marion “Coach” Bonura is the union candidate.

• District 9 incumbent Sandy DenapolisBosarge is backed by the CBJ. Former board member Gene Katsanis, who lost to Denapolis-Bosarge in 2010, has the union’s backing.

Education reform is not easy. Sustaining reforms can be even more difficult. Voters will decide Nov. 4 if they want the improvements to continue.

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Homey LIVING

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Rodrigue says.

“This mixes it Residents and staff up, fostering the congregate outside Hainkel Home. sharing of ideas and changing the P H OTO BY flow of the day.”

C H ER Y L G ER B ER Hainkel Home features a beautiful courtyard with winding paths suitable for wheelchairs or walkers.

Two porches provide residents and visitors the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. There are wheelchairaccessible picnic tables. The facility houses its own laundry, kitchen, offices and staff break rooms.

Services for residents and visitors include social rooms for games and television, physical therapy, faith services, a library and a beauty parlor.

The facility is equipped with private and shared rooms. Activities are voted on during monthly meetings of the residents’ council. Options range from daily exercise and morning coffee to bingo games and music performances.

“Everything is geared towards residents’ rights,” Rodrigue says. “It is whatever the residents want to do.”

Current highlights include a Halloween trick-or-treat visit from the students at the nearby French immersion school. Residents of Hainkel Home also get a special treat during the Carnival season when they are visited by the revelers of the Krewe of Thoth, which hosts a ball in their honor.

SHOPPING

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Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop (631 N. Carrollton Ave.; www.facebook.com/tubbyandcoos) celebrates its grand opening from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31. There will be food trucks, 10 percent off purchases, book signings and more.

ICONIC (www.drinkiconic.com), a locally made protein drink, will partner with JetBlue in 2015 as a featured product on some of the airline’s flights. ICONIC is sold at supermarkets citywide.

Fraques (821 Baronne St., 504-373-6153; www.fraques.com) celebrates its one-year

by Coreyiel Ellis and Missy Wilkinson

anniversary from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2. There will be pop-up shops by Freret & Napoleon, A Tribe Called Pretty, Mama Roux, Minna Frank Vintage and Repurposing NOLA Piece by Peace, as well as live music, giveaways, door prizes and contests.

Tickets are on sale for Southern Design Week, a collection of runway shows, workshops and presentations across the greater New Orleans area Nov. 3-9. Visit www.southerndesignweek.com to view the schedule and buy tickets.

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t John J. Hainkel Jr. Home and Rehabilitation Center (612 Henry Clay Ave., 504-8965900; www.hainkelhome.com), older adults who are critically ill or disabled receive care for a range of health issues both short- and long-term from a team of professionals.

President since 1997, Mary Brooks Rodrigue is an advocate for Hainkel Home’s patients and their families.

“Our mission has always been to take care of the critically ill and disabled,” Rodrigue says. “We were the only place that would take care of them and love them.”

The facility was created in 1891 and currently functions as a not-for-profit 501(c)3 leased from the state. In 2006, the facility was renamed in honor of the late state Sen. John Hainkel for his efforts to keep the facility running despite political disputes. In 2009, the facility was returned from the state to take on its current form.

Hainkel Home offers both long-term care and activities and programs for older adults who have home care but need assistance during the day. The center provides health care services to New Orleans area Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Affairs patients, although private pay and individuals with private insurance also are accepted.

“The neat thing about the adult day care is that although they are in a separate area, they share activities and parties with the residents,”

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Arana adds to New Orleans’ Mexican dining options.

By Sarah Baird

The Great Leap Forward

An array of taco fillings are Arana serves tostadas and margaritas. offered up on unremarkable corn tortillas, but al pastor (with bright P H O T O BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER pineapple salsa), tender pan-roasted corn and lightly beer-battered fish drizzled with the smooth bite of jalapeno what cream sauce make a fine trio.

Arana Taqueria y Cantina A good selection of mezcal and tequila where drinks will attract agave fans, with a shot 3242 Magazine St., (504) 894-1233; triptych of sangrita — featuring tequila, spicy www.facebook.com/arananola bloody mary mix and tart lemonade — and a thick, sweet horchata serving as perfect when boozy bookends to the meal. lunch and dinner daily Service is attentive and considerate, if somewhat green. Lags in the pacing of the how much meal resulted in a couple of dishes arriving moderate cold, and order mix ups — with drinks and food — reveal kinks that need to be ironed out. what works Overall, Arana has found a sweet spot flavorful tortas; impressive selecas a formidable option in a busy stretch of tion of agave-based drinks Magazine Street, with dishes that will please what doesn’t a crowd hankering for familiar Mexican and consistency and timing of meals more adventurous flavors. need improvement Contact Sarah Baird at sarahgambitdining@gmail.com

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The spread of Chinese food in New Orleans continued last week as Ming’s Chinese (7224 Pontchartrain Blvd., 504333-6341) opened in West End. Located in the former home of Zachary’s by the Lake, Ming’s is owned and operated by Ming Joe, whose family ran two Uptown Chinese restaurants in the 1980s and ’90s. Ming’s focuses on Cantonese-style dishes such as stirfried black bean chicken and pan-fried noodles and also offers some Sichuan dishes. The menu includes popular Americanized Chinese dishes such as honey-walnut shrimp and sesame-crusted chicken. Ming’s is open for lunch and dinner daily and offers take out and delivery services.

Bao & Noodle (2700 Chartres St., 504-272-0004; www.baoandnoodle.com) opened recently in Bywater, and Red’s Chinese (3048 St. Claude Ave., 646-5150538; www.redschinese.com) is expected to open this fall. — SARAH BAIRD

Local preserves

Food is intertwined in all aspects of New Orleans life, including preservation and art. Foodways, an exhibition created

by New Orleans online art magazine and collective Pelican Bomb, (www. pelicanbomb.com), uses food to examine preservation and maintenance of local and regional cultures in an increasingly homogenized world.

Works including photography, sculpture and video show how growing, preparing and sharing food can be a means of maintaining and passing on traditions. Participating artists include Rush Jagoe, Jenny LeBlanc, Michi Meko, Clare Crespo, Denny Culbert and others.

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ewfangled Mexican food has been received in New Orleans this year with the kind of fervor once reserved for pop groups and teen heartthrobs. Arana (Spanish for spider) is in the middle of this culinary wave, and it seems designed to attract diners eager to venture just outside of their Tex-Mex comfort zone.

Arana sits in a heavily trafficked section of Magazine Street full of 20-something clientele partial to Oxford cloth shirts and flip-flops, as well as out-of-town guests looking to snag a bite between shopping destinations. (Tarek Tey, one of the restaurant’s co-owners, also is behind several of the dining hubs on this stretch of street.) While there are some Americanized Mexican choices on the menu (nachos, American-style tacos), those looking for more diverse Mexican options will not be disappointed.

The space has been upgraded since it housed Nacho Mama’s, with a looming, quirky spider sculpture spinning a web over an entire wall and jewel-toned lights peeking through a cluster of Moravian punched-tin stars that dangle whimsically over the bar.

Tortas are some of Arana’s strongest menu offerings, and the restaurant is one of a handful of Uptown spots that serve the decadent Mexican-style sandwiches. Using crunchy, oval-shaped loaves of traditional bolillo bread, smears of crema, thick black bean spread and avocado with a snowy sprinkle of Cotija cheese, the tortas are sloppy and big enough to rival the messiest po-boy. The torta ahogada is very flavorful, with succulent pork and tangy cumin-pickled onions offset by a mouth-singeing, scarlet-colored chili dipping sauce. The sauce should be carefully explored until the appropriate heat level is reached.

Mole-smothered chicken is properly smoky and generously portioned, with almost a quarter of a bird served with thin, sweetly spiced sauce with the kind of familiar-meets-exotic flavor profile that won’t scare off those taking an initial toe-dip in mole waters. Queso fundido also successfully walks the line between the known and the novel, with a thick brick of milky, mellow Oaxacan cheese grilled and dappled with peppery ground chorizo. This dish is a strong jumping-off point for those looking to abandon the gluey cheese dip ubiquitous at Mexican restaurant chains.

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The breakfast/lunch spot Live Oak Cafe (8140 Oak St., 504-265-0050; www.liveoaknola.com) is putting a new emphasis on its daily music offerings and providing a space for emerging and familiar musicians to spread their wings. “(Our music booker is) determined to have as much variety in here as possible,” says Clare Leavy, chef/co-owner of Live Oak Cafe, which opened in January. “We try to have a different genre every day, and it’s really interesting. The focus is on emerging artists that most people haven’t heard about yet.”

The diversity in music genres melds with Live Oak’s customer base, which ranges from young families to college students to neighborhood regulars and tourists attracted to the burgeoning restaurant, entertainment and retail scene on Oak Street. Leavy and her partners decided to take the music schedule in a different direction after the retirement of pianist Charles Farmer, who had performed daily for eight years at Live Oak and its predecessor Oak Street Cafe, retired.

“We did it for the idea of it, really,” Leavy says of changing up the music schedule. “New Orleans is all about music and should be a playground for musicians to play whatever kind of music they want to play — bring whatever they have to the table.”

There will be regular appearances by musicians such as Sarah McCoy, who is scheduled to play once a month; and Katarina Boudreaux, who plays Mondays and Tuesdays for the next month; as well as some musicians who play regularly in clubs around town, such as Dave Easley (Nov. 2) and Norbert Slama. For a daily schedule, visit the restaurant’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/liveoakcafenola).

Live Oak, which offers home cooking with Creole and Cajun influences, plans other updates, starting with expanding the cafe with a new kitchen and doubling the size of the dining room. The cafe is open 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Monday through Saturday, and 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

— KANDACE POWER GRAVES

Court is in session

Friday, Nov 14th schedule Louisiana Lagniappe ~ 5:00-6:00pm: Captain Clarke (Doc) Hawley will discuss the history of jazz on the Mississippi River, aboard the Steamboat Natchez, based on his long career as a steamboat captain (Benefiting The Historic New Orleans Collection).

“FIRST NOTE” Music Festivities ~ 7:00-10:30pm: Royal Sonesta Hotel.

For the full schedule visit www.steamboatstompneworleans.com

Food courts aren’t just for malls anymore. Construction begins Oct. 30 on Good Work Network’s Roux Carre (www.goodworknetwork.org/foodcourt), a Central City food court focusing on African-American, Caribbean and Latin American cuisines with culinary offerings and performances.

The space is located at 2000 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., and there will be six enclosed vendor stalls, a commercial kitchen, covered outdoor seating, a cooking demonstration area and a performance stage.

“We’re excited to restore this area of Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard to commerce while incubating emerging food entrepreneurs,” Good Work Network Executive Director Phyllis Cassidy said in a news release. “We believe this project is a reflection of our diverse community.”

The food court seeks to promote community development by providing low-cost, low-overhead market entry for aspiring food service businesses, with a special focus on minority- and women-owned ventures.

A launch party and groundbreaking ceremony begins at 4 p.m. Oct. 30.

The ceremony features food from applicants for Roux Carre vendor spots.

— SARAH BAIRD

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Sarah Fouts Sarah Fouts is a graduate student at Tulane University’s Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies, who studies New Orleans’ changing Latino populations through the lens of food. Fouts spoke with Gambit about the history of grocery stores, the diversity of Latino food in the city and her favorite Honduran dishes.

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Graduate student

How did you become interested in using food as a way to study Latino culture?

Fouts: My research focuses on the historical presence of Latino communities in New Orleans and how it is pan-ethnic — with a number of different cultures from Central America and Mexico — using food as a lens.

A big part of what I do is looking at old newspapers to find out where old grocery stores and restaurants were located and what they were selling to these populations. When I’m looking at post-(Hurricane) Katrina Latino populations that have moved in, I look at the political economies that they brought with them around food, from the tamale vendor on the street to brick-and-mortar Mexican restaurants and how they’re either integrating or resisting New Orleans food trends.

What’s your favorite Honduran dish that’s served in New Orleans?

F: Baleadas is one of them; they have a thicker tortilla shell, beans, egg, cheese meat and avocado. It’s a street food, traditionally. There also are a lot of really great soups, like conch soup. — SARAH BAIRD

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Historically, where are the majority of Latino food vendors located?

F: Kenner has a huge historical connection as well as the West Bank, specifically the Algiers Market every week.

One of the biggest populations in New Orleans are Hondurans, but you really don’t have much scholarship at all on Hondurans in the city, and to sell food, they often try to take a pan-Latino approach. In Abita Springs, there’s a sign at a restaurant that says “Mexican restaurant” in English and in Spanish it says, “Honduran food.” So, they’re really trying to present themselves as something else for the mainstream.

Post-Katrina, you find these foods on the edges of the city, under overpasses and the backs of buildings. It’s not because of permitting or anything, it’s just because that’s where that population is living or working — day laborers and such.

New taco places that charge $8 for a taco — that’s really trying to marry New Orleans food culture with Mexican food. That’s more of an intentional effort, and I don’t think any of that influence will trickle down.

I’m able to look at menus to gauge who’s here and who has been here over the decades. For instance, you can tell the difference between Mexican tacos and Honduran tacos. At Norma’s, they have a spread of tamales, but they’re all from different cultures — Mexican, Cuban, Honduran, Guatemalan.

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Now that temperatures are dipping below 80 degrees, it’s time to focus on beers for cooler weather. Scott Wood, co-owner and head brewer at Courtyard Brewery, says Louisiana breweries seem to do their best work with stouts and porters, suggesting the mineral content of the water lends itself to darker, heavier styles.

Here are some of the current offerings and upcoming releases from Louisiana breweries: • Gnarly Barley Brewing’s Cari Caramonta says of its newly released Korova Milk Porter: “What makes this beer Abita Brewing Company unique is the fact that it’s cold fermented. It’s released Bourbon Street a Baltic oatmeal milk porter that comes in at Imperial Stout, the first beer 6.4 percent (alcohol by volume).” in its Bourbon Street series.

• Abita Brewing Company has bottled the P H O T O BY N O R A M C G U N N I G L E first beer in its Bourbon Street series: a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout. The 10 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) stout is cold aged for six weeks and then aged in bourbon barrels for several months to develop and mellow the flavors.

• NOLA Brewing’s Irish Channel Stout has been a local seasonal favorite for years and is now available year round on draft and in cans.

• 40 Arpent Brewing Company’s flagship New Basin milk stout was the first beer the brewery released in March. Co-owner and head brewer Michael Naquin says the brewery plans to offer it in 22-ounce bottles beginning in November.

• Chafunkta Brewing Company’s Old 504, one of the Mandeville brewery’s first beers, is a coffee-infused vanilla porter, which incorporates vanilla beans and Orleans Coffee Exchange coffee.

• Bayou Teche Brewing Company’s Belgian-inspired imperial stout, Loup Garou, is part of its barrel-aged series. Brewed with chocolate-roasted Belgian hops and French yeast, the beer is aged in oak for several months before release. It is available in 22-ounce bottles and a limited number of kegs.

• Covington Brewhouse plans to release its first winter seasonal, Electric Porter, within a month, and Tin Roof Brewing Company will release Parade Ground Coffee Porter in November. — NORA McGUNNIGLE

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WINE of the week 2012 Skeleton Gruner Veltliner BURGENLAND, AUSTRIA RETAIL $11-$15

Don’t be put off by the skeletal figure on the label. Although the name and the image suggest Halloween, there’s nothing scary about this wine. Austria’s warmest growing region, Burgenland, is renowned for producing well-structured red wines, such as Blaufrankisch and Zweigelt. The southeastern region also produces the country’s most famous indigenous white grape, gruner veltliner. Gruner means green, and “Veltin” was the name for an area in the lower Austrian Alps in the 1600s. Today the area lies around Valtellina, Italy, but the grape is inextricably associated with Austria. The closest expression to the grape is sauvignon blanc, and the Skeleton’s dry, lime and green bell pepper characteristics are bold enough to be unmistakably gruner. There also are pear notes, clean minerality, green apple tones on the bouquet and characteristic acidity on the crisp finish. Drink it with Asian dishes and spicy cuisines, artichoke, asparagus, cauliflower, egg dishes, rich sauces and soft cheeses. Buy it at: Cost Plus World Markets, Dorignac’s, The Fresh Market, Prytania Liquor Store and Voodoo Mart. — BRENDA MAITLAND Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net

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French Market Fare

Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., (504) 613-3860

2:30 p.m. Wednesday French Market, French Market Place between Ursulines Avenue and Gov. Nicholls Street

www.borgnerestaurant.com

Whole flounder is stuffed with shrimp and crab.

www.southernfood.org/french-market-fare During the Crescent City Farmers Market’s Wednesday market, Greg Augarten and Mike Freedman of Pizza Delicious demonstrate how to make a New York-style thin-crust pizza topped with kale.

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Five whole fish dishes

5 p.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2660 www.facebook.com/kellerbranch The food truck roundup features live music and La Cocinita, NOLA Cluck Truck and Grilling Shilling.

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Day of the Dead dinner

709 St. Charles Ave., (504) 558-8990

7 p.m. Saturday 3308 Magazine St.

www.cibugnu.com

A wood-fired whole fish is served with tomato and herb salad.

www.mosquitosupperclub.com The Cajun-inspired supper club offers a multicourse meal featuring raw oysters, crab claws, smoked fish, shrimp and eggplant fritters, stuffed peppers, smoked rabbit, dark chocolate tart and more. Tickets $100.

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Fried whole Gulf fish is served with citrus, spicy soy sauce, cilantro and coconut popcorn rice.

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

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— Jeff “Beachbum” Berry quoted in Robert Simonson’s Eater.com story about tiki drinks, tiki culture and Berry’s soon-to-open French Quarter tiki restaurant and lounge Latitude 29.

Nile Ethiopian

2130 Magazine St., (504) 309-1872 www.nileneworleans.com

Ethiopian-style pan-fried whole fish comes with spongy injera bread and vegetables.

P H O T O B Y O L I V I ER KO N I G

“Craft cocktail people in 2002, 2004 didn’t want to touch tiki with a 10-foot pole. It was the worst thing you could do if you’re trying to do the lost art of the cocktail and present it to customers as worth their time. They don’t want any slushy drinks on their menu.”

5 The Pelican Club

312 Exchange Place, (504) 523-1504 www.pelicanclub.com

Cripsy whole flounder is served with sea scallops and jumbo shrimp on a bed of jasmine rice.

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514 City Park Ave., (504) 482-6845

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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.

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BAR & GRILL Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 302-9357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www.downthehatchnola.com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The house-made veggie burger combines 15 vegetables and is served with sun-dried tomato pesto. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $ Jigger’s Bar & Grill — 1645 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 828-3555 — The sports bar serves burgers, chicken wings, wraps, salads and bar noshing items. The Jiggers burger is a 10-ounce patty stuffed with pepper Jack cheese and topped with tasso and hot sausage. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www. perryssportsbarandgrill.com — The sports bar offers burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, steaks and a wide array of bar noshing items.

Boiled seafood options include shrimp and crabs. Open 24-hours Thursday through Sunday. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.

therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www. warehousegrille.com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items including chicken wings and duck crepes with spiced cherry glaze. For brunch, there’s chicken and waffles with Pabst Blue Ribbon syrup. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BURGERS Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar.com — This burger specialist’s patty options include beef, bison, shrimp and veggie.

The House burger is dressed with cheddar, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, mayonnaise and mustard and served with housemade chips. The Cobb salad features romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, avocado, tomato, onion, applewood-smoked bacon, blue cheese, croutons and buttermilk ranch or honey-mustard dressing. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, poboys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. Besides patty melts and chili-cheeseburgers, there also are seafood burgers featuring tuna, salmon or crabmeat. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CHINESE Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup

to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www. angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Rue de la Course — 1140 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-4343; www.facebook. comruedelacourse — The Downtown sandwich includes turkey, bacon, Swiss cheese, avocado, tomato, lettuce, sprouts and mayonnaise on a choice of bagel and comes with chips, potato salad or coleslaw. The Lakeview features chicken or tuna salad dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise on a bagel and comes with a side. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Cash only. $

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

Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — The bar offers a large selection of wines by the glass and full restaurant menu. Mussels are steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. Chicken mofongo features plantains stuffed with stewed chicken. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Fulton Alley — 600 Fulton St., (504) 208-5569; www.fultonalley.com — The kitchen at this upscale bowling alley offers Southern-influenced cuisine. The menu includes sandwiches, salads, meat pies, sliders, deviled eggs and smoked and fried chicken wings. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Ivy — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 8991330 — Chef Sue Zemanick offers a selection of small plates. Grilled lobster is served with arugula, roasted potatoes and corn. Warm snow crab

claws come with truffle butter. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Mon.-Sat. Credit Cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — The constantly changing menu includes vegan dishes and house-made pasta. Sauteed sea scallops are served with fried green tomatoes, snap peas and sweet and spicy mango ginger ambrosia sauce. No reservations.

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 — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. The Cuban sandwich features house-made roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/ cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise.

Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Ignatius Eatery — 3121 Magazine St., (504) 899-0242; www.ignatiuseatery. com — The menu includes classic Creole dishes such as red beans and rice, speckled trout meuniere and crawfish etouffee as well as sandwiches, salads and pasta.

Crawfish Ignatius pasta features crawfish cream sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes, onion and bell peppers topped with grated Parmesan. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner,

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Colonial Bowling Lanes — 6601 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, (504) 737-2400; www.colonialbowling.net — The kitchen serves breakfast in the morning and a lunch and dinner menu of sandwiches, burgers, chicken wings and tenders, pizza, quesdaillas and more. Daily specials include red beans and rice on Mondays and seafood platters on Friday. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Somethin’ Else Cafe — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www.somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. There are burgers, po-boys and sandwiches filled with everything from cochon de lait to a trio of melted cheeses on buttered thick toast. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino. com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines. No reservations. Lunch

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

Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette.

The ham and honey-Dijon panino is topped with feta and watercress.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Breads on Oak — 8640 Oak St., Suite A, (504) 324-8271; www.breadsonoak. com — The bakery offers a range of breads, muffins, pastries and sweets. Pain au chocolat is a buttery, flakey croissant filled with dark chocolate, and a vegan version also is available. The breads include traditional, hand-shaped Parisian-style baguettes. No reservations.

Breakfast Wed.-Sun., lunch Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret.com — Casual dining options include burgers, sandwiches and half and whole muffuletta rounds and daily lunch specials. Wednesday features steak night. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www. cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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(504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options.

Louisiana crab cakes are popular.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www.mamommashouse.com — Traditional home-style Creole dishes include red beans and rice, shrimp pasta, fried chicken, cornbread and more. Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and three or six fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sunday. Credit cards. $$$ Olivier’s Creole Restaurant — 204 Decatur St., (504) 525-7734; www.olivierscreole.com — Eggplant Olivier features flash-fried eggplant medallions served with shrimp, chicken, andouille and crawfish tails in garlic, basil and brandy sauce. Braised Creole rabbit is served with Creole gravy, oyster dressing and rice pilaf. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans. com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Tableau’s updated Creole cuisine includes bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter and grilled Two Run Farm lamb chops served with New Orleans-style barbecue sauce. Balcony and courtyard dining available. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken.

Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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PoBoys PoBoys PoBoys 3939 Veterans • 885-3416

(between Cleary Ave & Clearview) Mon-Tues 11-3 • Wed-Thurs 11-7:30 Fri 11-8:30 • Sat 11-8:00 www.parranspoboys.com

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

are available. No reservations.

Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine. com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole mustard on an onion roll. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches.

The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

FRENCH Martinique Bistro — 5908 Magazine St., (504) 891-8495; www.martiniquebistro.com — Gulf fish is served with soba noodles, Vidalia onions, shiitake mushrooms, charred scallions and miso-mussel broth. Barbecued Chappapeela Farms duck features Louisiana plum glazed duck breast, duck leg confit napa slaw, house-made pickles and a sesame pancake.

Reservations recommended.

Dinner Tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes.

Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

INTERNATIONAL Canal Street Bistro — 3903 Canal St., (504) 482-1225; www. canalstreetbistro.com — This MidCity cafe’s menu draws from an array of global influences.

Duck enchiladas feature corn tortillas filled with duck confit topped with red mole or chipotle-tomatillo sauce and served with black beans. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Fri.,

dinner Wed.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$

ITALIAN Amici Restaurant & Bar — 3218 Magazine St., (504) 300-1250; www.amicinola.com — Amici serves coal-fired pizza and Italian dishes. The broccoli rabe salsica Italiana pie is topped with marinara, mozzarella, sauteed bitter Italian greens and Italian sausage. Pasta carbonara features pancetta and green peas in white sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 8348583; www.andreasrestaurant. com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce.

Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contemporary Louisiana cooking. Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tasso-mushroom sauce. Belli Baci is the restaurant’s cocktail lounge.

Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946.

Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted.

Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe. com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna and seafood dishes with shrimp, clams and mussels. Sicilian egg pie features eggs baked with cream and spices in puff pastry.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 8852984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — House-made cannelloni is stuffed with ground veal, spinach and Parmesan, baked in Alfredo sauce and topped with house-made tomato sauce. Creamy corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread bowl. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls.

Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.

OUT to EAT mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked.

The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available.

Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake. com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Yuki Izakaya — 525 Frenchmen St., (504) 943-1122; www.facebook. com/yukiizakaya — This Japanese tavern combines a selection of small plates, sake, shochu, live music and Japanese kitsch. Dishes include curries, housemade ramen soups, fried chicken and other specialties. Reservations accepted.

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LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY 7 On Fulton — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton. com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with blonde ale. Oven-roasted lobster tail is topped with Louisiana crawfish and corn cream sauce and comes with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www. dickandjennys.com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole and Italian dishes.

Pan-seared scallops are served with fennel-grapefruit salad, arugula pesto and jalapeno-infused olive oil. Reservations recommended. Lunch Thu.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www. heritagegrillmetairie.com — This

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.

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MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EASTERN Attiki Bar & Grill — 230 Decatur St., (504) 587-3756 — This restaurant and hookah bar serves an array of Mediterranean dishes.

Tomato Buffala features baked tomatoes and mozzarella topped with basil and olive oil.

Grilled filet mignon is topped with creamy mushroom sauce and served with two sides.

Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www.monascafeanddeli.com — These casual cafes serve entrees including beef or chicken shawarma, kebabs, gyro plates, lamb chops, vegetarian options and more. There also are stuffed grape leaves, hummus, falafel and other appetizers. Patrons may bring their own alcohol. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook.com/casaborrega — The barroom and cantina is decorated with folk art, and there’s seating in the back courtyard. Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Coyote Blues — 4860 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 301-3848; www.coyotebluesfreshmex.com — Shrimp and crawfish chimichanga is a fried burrito stuffed with shrimp and crawfish in cream sauce, Mexican rice and chili con queso and served with two sides. The churrascaria platter features skewers of marinated beef, chicken, jumbo shrimp, jalapeno sausage, peppers and onions and comes with chipotle cream sauce, chimichurri, mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Del Fuego Taqueria — 4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797; www.delfuegotaqueria.com — The taqueria serves an array of house salsas, tacos and burritos with filling choices including carne asada, carnitas, chorizo, shredded chicken and others.

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La Macarena Pupuseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 862-5252; www.pupusasneworleans.com — The NOLA Special breakfast burrito is stuffed with hot sausage, organic eggs, refried black beans, hash browns and American cheese. Carne asada is marinated and grilled beef tenderloin served with saffron rice and tropical salad.

Vegetarian and gluten-free dishes are available. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$

power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and pan-fried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504) 522-5478; www.martisnola.com — This brasserie serves traditional French and contemporary Louisiana cooking. The grande plateau fruits de mer features whole Maine lobster, chilled shrimp, marinated snow crab claws, oysters on the half shell and scallop ceviche. Grilled Texas quail is served with spaetzle, oyster mushrooms, corn and Pommery mustard sauce. Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death

by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www.tivoliandlee.com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine in a small plate format, with dishes ranging from andouille potato tots to fried oysters. The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers.

Half a roasted chicken comes with dirty spaetzle, sweet tea glaze and greens. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers

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Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves California-Mexican cuisine and the bar has a menu of tropical cocktails.

Todo Santos fish tacos feature grilled or fried mahi mahi in corn or flour tortillas topped with shredded cabbage and shrimp sauce, and are served with rice and beans. No reservations.

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The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Fiske’s Martini Bar and Restaurant — 301 Dauphine St., (504) 586-0972 — This French Quarter hideaway is is known for its martini menu.

Louisiana crab and roasted Creole tomato fondue is finished with manchego cheese, scallions and grilled crostini. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola. com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers.

No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. Potato and cheese pierogies are served with fried onions and sour cream. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

NEIGHBORHOOD Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms,

spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb shank, lima beans with a ham hock and chicken fried steak served with macaroni and cheese. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 8328032; www.marktwainspizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations.

Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria. com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more.

The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www. theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings.

The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal.

There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop — 3454 Magazine St., (504) 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com — The Peacemaker layers fried local oysters, bacon and

cheddar cheese on Leidenheimer French bread. Angus’ pot roast beef poboy is served dressed on Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno. com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo, soups, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Galley Seafood Restaurant — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-0955 — Galley serves Creole and Italian dishes. Blackened redfish is served with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes.

Galley’s soft-shell crab po-boy is the same one served at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 289-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — The Bayou Boogaloo breakfast features a three-egg omelet with sauteed shrimp and crawfish with fried oysters and shrimp sauce on top.

Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped char-grilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno. com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled

redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

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. Veal Austin features paneed veal topped with Swiss chard, bacon, mushrooms, asparagus, crabmeat and brabant potatoes on the side. Reservations recommended.

Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www. dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — The house filet mignon is served atop creamed spinach with masa-fried oysters and Pontalba potatoes. Popular starters include the jumbo lump crabcake made with aioli. Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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

VEGETARIAN Seed — 1330 Prytania St., (504) 302-2599; www.seedyourhealth.com — Seed uses local, organic ingredients in its eclectic global menu, including soups, salads, nachos, sandwiches and more. Raw pad thai features shredded cucumber, carrots, peppers, jicama, bean sprouts and peanuts in house-made marinade. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

VIETNAMESE Lin’s — 3715 Westbank Expressway, (504) 340-0178; www.linsmenu. com —The menu includes Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai dishes. Vietnamese “Shakin’” beef features beef tips and onions served with rice.

Singapore-style vermicelli is a stir fry of noodles, shrimp, pork, bean sprouts, carrots and bamboo shoots. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$ Pho Tau Bay Restaurant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls and more.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Rolls-N-Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.facebook. com/rolls-nbowlsnola — This casual Vietnamese eatery serves spring rolls, pho, rice and vermicelli bowls, banh mi, stir fry entrees and bubble tea. The vermicelli bowl features noodles over lettuce, cucumber and carrots; shrimp are optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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to share writing credits with he Melvins’ first time in New Osborne. “He likes to get submissive Orleans might have saved the every now and then,” Pinkus says, group’s life. The band, which laughing. “I put in earplugs so I don’t married sludge and punk in the fertile have to listen to these guys. They can northwest before “alt-rock” vomited play whatever I’m playing. I think it’s into the ’90s, suffered through one of worked out this way. I’m usually a its worst tours in 1986. “They weren’t control freak, but not today. I’m an outinterested in our long-haired shit at all,” says singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne. “We of-control freak.”

While Melvins is mostly Osborne’s lived in Seattle and they didn’t like us effort (with drummer Dale Crover), he there either. … We had a horrible tour. It was horrendous. Bad news everywhere doesn’t mind handing over the reins.

“I’m not really precious with the whole we went, bunch of assholes, all skinheads, people who didn’t give a shit. thing,” he says. “Before we do anything, Jeff yells at us for 20 minutes about Everything in Texas sucked.” what we’re doing wrong. Then he melBut New Orleans, where Melvins has lows out, once his meds kick in, then made frequent stops in its nearly 30it’s all good.” year career (including Osborne’s Before he found punk rock (Sex intimate solo acoustic performance Pistols, The Stooges, earlier this year), helped MC5 and early ’80s avert a complete hardcore bands), tour disaster.

Osborne grew up “They were just normal punk rock people.

8:30 PM • FRIDAY listening to KISS, Ted Nugent and David They seemed like they Bowie. “I never really had a bit more of an CARNIVAL STAGE looked back from that,” open mind. We had a he says. “I didn’t grow great show there, and out of that. When you’re 14 years old that was the only one, and we continlistening to Diamond Dogs, it’s kind of a ued to always have a good time in New head spinner.”

Orleans,” he says. “Then we get on the Melvins’ sprawling back catalog East Coast, Philadelphia or something, and went home. We had had it. We were includes more than two dozen albums, including 1993’s influential Houdini playing with some horrible band, this and several live albums, compilations generic-sounding hardcore band. We and one-off collaborations with artists were like, ‘F— this.’” from dark ambient composer Lustmord The band’s return to New Orleans at to Jello Biafra.

Voodoo Music + Arts Experience follows Osborne often is credited with inthe release of Hold It In, which features troducing Dave Grohl to Nirvana’s Kurt guitarist Paul Leary and bassist Jeff Cobain and Krist Novoselic. Osborne Pinkus of longtime noisemakers Buttcaught some flak during his recent hole Surfers. The album includes Ossolo tour for an anecdote about trying borne’s signature grizzly guitar-stabs, to meet with Grohl, which hasn’t hapchugging alongside Leary’s offbeat pened (not for lack of Osborne’s trying) space-rock.

“I don’t think we can do anything oth- following Grohl’s post-Nirvana success.

Melvins performs the same weekend er than a Melvins album,” Osborne says. as Grohl’s multi-platinum, Grammy “It was great to do this with them and Award-winning Foo Fighters. have it work out this way. I’ve always “Not the same night though,” been a Butthole Surfers fan. I think I Osborne says. “I won’t have to worry first saw them in ’83. I always thought about Dave Grohl.” they were one of the good guys, doing Osborne isn’t counting on Grohl to lots of weird shit, and I was all over it. watch the Melvins’ set.

It’s like a dream come true.”

“F— no. They never have. Why would Pinkus, who says his driver’s they now? They’re busy doing whatlicense still says he lives ever millionaires do.” in New Orleans, is happy

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VOODOO

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10:00am

10:00am

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10:30am

11:00am

11:00am

11:00am

11:30am

11:30am

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Noon-12:45pm

12:00pm

Veridia

12:30pm-1:30pm

12:30pm

1:15pm-2:15pm

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St. Cecilia’s Asylum Chorus

FSQ

Sturgill Simpson

12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm

2:15pm-4:15pm

2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm

3pm-4pm

Royal Teeth

Hello Negro

2:45pm-3:45pm

4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm

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Twenty One Pilots 6pm-7pm

Rise Against

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3:30pm-4:30pm

4:15pm-5:15pm

The Soul Rebels

7:30pm-8:45pm

Slayer

10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm

MAKJ

5:45pm-6:30pm

6:15pm-7:15pm

Bleachers

Galantis Thomas Gold 8:30pm-10pm

9:20pm-11pm

Outkast

Wild Cub

5:15pm-6:15pm

7:15pm-8:30pm

9:00pm 9:30pm

Le Youth

Zedd 10pm-11pm

Booka Shade DJ set

Bonerama

Yung Nation

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5pm-6pm

Red Baraat

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Action Bronson

Fishbone 8pm-9pm

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Rebirth Brass Band

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JD & The Straight Shot

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Carmine P. Filthy & A Boy Named Ruth

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Flow Tribe

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Death From Above 1979

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Thomas Newson 4:30pm-5:30pm

Congorock

Naughty Professor

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Desert Noises

TYSSON 3:15pm-4:15pm

MarchFourth Marching Band 4:45pm-5:30pm

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Ms. Lauryn Hill 7:45pm-9pm

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Peelander-Z

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Flux Pavilion 9pm-10:45pm

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Arctic Monkeys

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Barcelona

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City and Colour

GIVERS 8:30pm-9:30pm

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Big Freedia

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Benjamin Booker

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Dirty Bourbon River Show

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John Butler Trio

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AWOLNATION

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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

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Church with Unicorn Fukr & Innerlign

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Foo Fighters

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Monica Heldal 12:30pm-1:30pm

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1pm-2pm

Lindsay Lowend

Crass Mammoth

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World/Inferno Friendship Society

Barely Alive 4pm-5pm

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Fuel

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The Revivalists

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Fedde Le Grand

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors

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Griz

The Suffers 2pm-3pm

Manic Focus

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CARNIVAL

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Pete Tong VonStroke

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ASTR

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Trent Cantrelle

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Gogol Bordello

Manchester Orchestra 6:30pm-7:30pm

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The London Souls

Pretty Lights MARCHFOURTH MARCHING BAND

The Tontons 8pm-9pm

Quintron and Miss Pussycat

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• Shuttle service is available from the Hyatt Regency New Orleans (601 Loyola Ave.). Threeday shuttle passes are $60.

• Gates open daily at 10:30 a.m.

• Three-day wristband holders and VIP credential holders may exit and re-enter the grounds. Single day ticket holders may not re-enter.

• Voodoo accepts credit cards and debit cards.

ATMs are available.

• Bike parking is available near the main entrance.

• Voodoo is accessible for the disabled.

• Voodoo offers camping onsite in a general camping area or the VIP camping area, which includes a safari tent for two and other amenities. Visit the website for details.

• Lockers are available on the grounds.

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Small blankets and towels Small backpacks and purses Small flashlights Collapsible chairs (in designated areas only) • Flags

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• Illegal substances and drug paraphernalia • Framed or large backpacks • Outside food and beverages • Weapons, fireworks and explosives • Coolers • Eyedrops • Kites • Umbrellas and tents (except in designated camping areas) • Pets (except service animals) • Professional video or camera equipment • Audio or video recording equipment • Unauthorized/unlicensed vendors

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• Single-day tickets are $73, a three-day festival wristband costs $195, VIP packages are $500 and up and are available online and through Elevate (877569-7767). Additional camping options are available. Children 10 and under are allowed in free when accompanied by an adult ticket holder.

Tickets available at www.worshipthemusic. com (fees apply).

Admission prices subject to change and availability.

• Parking is available onsite for $50.

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Galantis 6:15 p.m. Friday The Swedish electronic duo Galantis features Miike Snow’s Christian “Bloodshy” Karlsson and Style of Eye’s Linus Eklow, co-writer and producer of Icona Pop’s hit “I Love It.” Two of the duo’s biggest songs, “You” and “Smile,” have been remixed and referenced by some of electronic music’s biggest DJs including Tiesto, Diplo and Kaskade.

Skrillex 9 p.m. Saturday One of the most influential and prolific electronic producers and DJs, Skrillex has been at the forefront of the genre since 2010’s Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP. He has collected six Grammy Awards and has co-produced hits with Ellie Goulding and rapper A$AP Rocky.

Flux Pavilion 7:45 p.m. Saturday As a co-founder of Circus Records, Joshua Kierkegaard G. Steele was instrumental in bringing dubstep into the mainstream. As the DJ behind Flux Pavilion, Steele’s bass-heavy, synth-laden tracks have been used in movie trailers and video games, and sampled

by Kanye West and Jay Z. Pete Tong 5:30 p.m. Saturday Pete Tong is one of the elder statesmen of the electronic scene, and his presence at Le Plur Saturday acts as an

SUNDAY, NOV. 2 Church with Unicorn Fukr 11:30 a.m. Sunday The weekly Church parties at Dragon’s Den have been at the center of the New Orleans electronic music scene since 2010. As the organizer, Unicorn Fukr has been at the forefront of the development of the local electronic dance music (EDM) community, working with local DJs including Carmine P. Filthy to bring nationally known DJs to the city and promote New Orleans EDM. Fedde Le Grand 6 p.m. Sunday The electronica anthem EE 3 “Put Your Hands Up 4 DePA G E troit” sent Dutch house DJ and producer Fedde Le Grand to the top of the dance charts in 2006. Considered by many to be the contemporary face of house music, Le Grand’s production talents have been used by Madonna, Will.i.am and Coldplay.

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Zedd 8:30 p.m. Friday With a background in classical music, Zedd began his career as an electronic producer and DJ in 2009, with a series of acclaimed remixes including Skrillex’s “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.” One of the Le Plur artists with the most crossover success, Zedd has climbed charts internationally with hits “Clarity,” “Stay the Night” (featuring Paramore’s Haley Williams) and “Break Free” with Ariana Grande.

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anchor for devoted fans of the genre.

As a DJ for BBC Radio 1, Tong has been a global ambassador for electronic music since the early 1990s and is considered one of the genre’s most respected tastemakers.

Pretty Lights 7:30 p.m. Sunday Pretty Lights is the performance moniker for American EDM artist Derek Vincent Smith, whose combination of digital samples and organic beats earned him a nomination for Best Dance/ Electronica Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards. The album, A Color Map of the Sun, used groundbreaking production techniques and was partially recorded in New Orleans with Preservation Hall producer Earl Scioneaux.

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he Le Plur stage has been home to electronic music since Voodoo Music + Arts Experience began in 1999, but only recently has the once-small dance area become one of the festival’s major draws. From Deadmau5 and Bassnectar to this year’s headliners Skrillex and Pretty Lights, the stage has hosted the biggest artists of an increasingly popular genre.

“New Orleans has this unique perspective on electronic music because Disco Donnie was based out of here and he kind of created the whole scene in the U.S.,” says Voodoo founder and producer Stephen Rehage, who is currently the president of North American festivals for Live Nation Entertainment. “It happened, and then it kind of faded away and then came back stronger than ever. Throughout those years, you could see the effect on Voodoo, where it was a smaller part of the event with a very dedicated audience up to the point where a lot of the resources that we have now — which six years ago would have gone into the second and third acts on the main stage — are now going into the Le Plur stage.”

In describing the recent rapid growth of Le Plur, Rehage recounts the experience of watching Jack White’s performance on the main stage from the crowd two years ago as 15,000 fans flooded out of the gates at the end of Skrillex’s set.

“Le Plur, in and of itself, takes a lot more energy to produce than all the other stages combined,” Rehage says. “The nuances that go into it … there is a lot of attention to detail that goes into the production, and it’s certainly not something that we treat as a secondary stage. It is a main stage for all intents and purposes. It takes more time and energy than any stage out there.”

This year, the Le Plur lineup was curated for the first time by Hard, a concert brand best known for large-scale electronic events such as the Hard Day of the Dead festival in California and the Holy Ship! electronic music cruise. As a DJ on the stage last year, Hard CEO Gary Richards says he noticed a few things at Le Plur that could be done differently. “I put my two cents into it this year, but they seem to know pretty well what they’re doing,” Richards says. “They’ve been very successful for a long time.”

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hicago’s Rise Against arrived late “I didn’t expect to be the punk band to its 2002 show at New Orleans’ defending major labels, that’s for sure,” Shim Sham Club, where a handful McIlrath says, laughing. “It was never of people showed up to see the melodic, something we had planned for. It socially and politically conscious punk was something we took head on and band just before the release of its jumped on the opportunity. It’s not just breakthrough album Revolutions Per great for our band and who we are, Minute. “It was back in the van and trailer but it’s great for the messages we’ve days,” says singer/guitarist Tim McIlrath. been trying to pass down from our Ten years later, the band broke off from favorite punk bands to a much wider its massive arena tour to play an intimate scene. Therein lies the challenge: to go gig at House of Blues. from playing in a punk and hardcore “Everyone was telling us, ‘There’s not scene, which is open to a lot of ideas, much of an all-ages punk scene in New to playing a ‘shut up and play’ commerOrleans. There’s not a lot of clubs to cial scene.” play. You’re too big for House of Blues, The Black Market’s first single, “I too small for the Superdome. You can’t Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore,” is as even fit.’ We roll with two semis and much a song about a failing relationtwo buses. You can’t ship as it is response fit that in the French to gun violence fatigue Quarter,” he says. “We and the hopelessness parked our trucks of being witness to 6 PM • FRIDAY in the Superdome seemingly constant parking lot, rented murders in the barrage vans, and took whatRITUAL STAGE of breaking news ever gear we had and headlines in the band’s played House of Blues. hometown. Black MarIt was the smallest show we played in ket is similarly introspective, broadenprobably five or six years.” ing McIlrath’s visceral stabs at themes That tour followed 2011’s Endgame, of death, apathy and frustration with which includes the single “Help Is on the world at large. McIlrath doesn’t the Way,” inspired by McIlrath’s time hold back on “The Eco-Terrorist in Me,” working alongside activists in New in which he sings, “When it all comes Orleans following Hurricane Katrina down, will you say you did everything and the BP oil disaster. you could?”

“We got to hear a lot of stories that “We came into the major-label world night from people and the crowd after in an industry that is different than the show,” he says. “We got to walk the one Steve Albini was writing about around and get a little perspective on in the early ’90s, than the one with the that song and the journey it took us labels that ruined our favorite bands, all on and bring it back to the city that like Jawbreaker, and chewed up and birthed that.” spit back out,” he says. “We came in The band’s latest effort is The Black with our fists up, like, ‘Hey, we’re music Market, its fifth album on a major label (Interscope). Rise Against emerged from fans, we’ve been reading the ’zines, we know all about you people, and you’re Chicago’s hardcore punk scene with a not going to change this and that.’ … politically and socially charged voice, We came here looking for a fight. with McIlrath’s acerbic clarion calls to We never found that fight. We action and emotional spitfire — the found, ‘Do whatever you kind of band that scoffs at want, and do it on “the music industry” our dime.’” and steadfastly defends DIY.

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“We eat your The smile,” Hioki Peelanders’ says. “I am just a relentless enthusihuman being, but I can asm spreads infectiously eat everybody’s smile and that at shows, and it can be hard to makes me happy, which lets me make resist their pure, childlike, hyperactive more happy shows. We need everybody. glee. Even when the faces behind the They are my energy.” personas change, the group’s guileThe off-the-wall less punk joy drives the show. concerts don’t just invite “We are not crowd participation, they your guests,” Hioki says. demand it.

“You are our guests. Our “We play a lot of 6PM • SATURDAY stage is a little bit higher songs at a medium from you, but it’s open. tempo with yelling, like CARNIVAL STAGE We are the audience the Ramones,” Hioki said. and you can be the “Even if you don’t know stage. Come on and join our songs, it’s very easy our show. Scream your mom’s name, to join in. We’ll be screaming, ‘Mike! Mike! scream your boyfriend or girlfriend or Mike!’ or ‘Medium rare! Medium rare! Medidad’s name. Scream anything, and we’ll um rare!’ or ‘Taco! Taco! Taco!’ so anyone make a show together.” can understand, like a baby.”

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BY ALEX WOODWARD mixture of punk and gospel and R&B and all these things I grew up listenecent New Orleans resident ing to.”

Benjamin Booker released his Booker grew up in Florida, home of debut self-titled album on ATO sweat-stained punk festival The Fest — Records in August. a far cry from where he In his interview landed this year, with a with Gambit, Booker record deal and touring said he fell in love dates with Jack White. with turn-of-the8:30 PM • SATURDAY Booker’s bluesy, throaty century blues and howl and permanently Southern soul with FLAMBEAU STAGE fuzzed-out guitar partthe aid of WWOZ-FM, ners with drummer Max and his lo-fi punk Norton and bassist Alex rock songwriting got a boost from his Spoto. This Voodoo Music + Arts Experience headlining slot is the trio’s first new New Orleans bonafides. Breakout track “Have You Seen My Son?” — which New Orleans show following Booker’s created buzz when an early bathroom- critically acclaimed debut.

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he winds of change blow strongly and consistently on planet Peelander. Over the past few years, Peelander-Z, the Japanese punk band formed in New York, has undergone a number of personnel changes. Originally founded by Peelanders Blue, Red and Yellow, the group of selfproclaimed extraterrestrials has since lost Blue (to fatherhood) and Red (who claimed he accepted a teaching position at Ninja High School). When Peelander-Z takes the stage at Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, Yellow will be joined by recent additions Green, Pink, Black and Purple.

Roster shakeups often change a band’s identity, but the aliens of Peelander-Z appear to have it all figured out. The brilliance of Peelander-Z lies in its members dedication to being part of a larger vision.

“Our music is 10 percent of the show,” frontman Kengo Hioki, aka Peelander Yellow, says. “What happens onstage is 90 percent. We do human bowling, we do the limbo dance, we do the jumping-a-longrope, we do baseball, football, all kinds of craziness on the stage. We don’t play music, we want to play with the audience.”

Inspired by the larger-than-life theatricality of professional wrestling, the band packs its live shows with goofy stunts, ranging from mimicking the games mentioned above to a full-blown kaiju (Japanese for monster) battle over a miniature Tokyo. With the band’s spontaneous antics, no two Peelander-Z concerts should be the same.

The show the group presents at Voodoo will bear only the slightest resemblance to its performance at the festival’s 2011 iteration, at New Orleans’ 2010 Foburg Fest or any of the 1,300 North American gigs Peelander-Yellow says the band has played. The key to such inexhaustible touring goes back to the group mission and communion with the audience.

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“All bands should break up for five years minutes and full of unexpected twists between making records,” Keeler says. and turns. Keeler says the project has “It works out great. We’re going to break made live performances more fun — even up for another five years before we make if it all was unintended. anything else.”

“We tried to go a different direction, There are circumstantial benefits, but when the record was done we were he adds. listening to it… ‘Maybe this is just how our “I wish I could take credit for that, band sounds. This is just how we play,’” but it’s a happy set of Keeler says. “I really like circumstances,” Keeler AC/DC, but their records says. “If you get out of very much sound the the race while you’re same. So when we still going up, you 4:30 PM • SATURDAY finished this record, I didn’t have a chance to wondered if maybe they decline in people’s eyes. really were trying to RITUAL STAGE So some bands break push the envelope every up cause things are time. It’s their signature; going bad; we broke up because things they have such a distinct way of playing. were going good but we weren’t happy.

Maybe we’re one of those bands where And because we weren’t happy, it didn’t the form is a big part of the band itself. matter if things were going good.”

But that’s not a problem, because I don’t If DFA 1979’s return so far is any inmind the company if it’s us and AC/DC.” dication, it has maintained what DFA 1979 comes to Voodoo Music + Arts Keeler calls the Marilyn Experience fresh off a string of dates at Monroe gloss: “A intimate European clubs and an appearperfect snapshot ance on Late Show with David Letterman. still exists.” The Keeler says it’s shaping up to be the duo’s duo remains on first proper tour since reuniting. the upswing, “With these club shows, people are courtesy of a new there because they came for the moment album featuring a you’re going to have with them,” Keeler flurry of blossomsays. “You can hear them yelling and it’s ing signatures: been f—ing crazy. But we’ll see. Maybe driving, cymbal-lad- at Voodoo it’ll be just crickets. ‘There’s en percussion; only two of them up there with that big harmony-filled stage?!’ We’ll just get a bunch of cardhooks; tight songs board and put it around stage, then burn that are under four the cardboard. It’ll be cool.”

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here’s a planned chaos to Gogol called gypsy punk, it incorpoBordello’s raucous performances, says rates percussion, violin, guitar, frontman Eugene Hutz. bass, accordion and riotous “[It’s] carefully crafted,” Hutz says. group vocals. The band fuses “We’re very much a band, and we’re dub music with Eastern Euroindebted to each other for the music and pean and Balkan music with arrangements. I mean, sometimes I’ll punk rock fury more typical come up with a song that I think is shit, of bands like The Clash and and the band gets it Fugazi. The and makes into somegroup also thing beautiful.” has a theatrical bent, with Despite the seeming anarchy, Hutz says 5:30 PM • SUNDAY the members often wearing the band’s music and costumes or colorful stage performance CARNIVAL STAGE clothes and performing are organized, positive, with props. propulsive and organic.

Gogol Bordello can kick Hutz formed the band into a frenzy like a brass band or the New in lower Manhattan, but its name references Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol, who Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, and the simwas famous for his satire and use of his ilarity is not lost on Hutz. He has been native culture and folklore; combined with splitting his time between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Hawaii and other far-flung ports, the whorehouse term, it aptly describes but Hutz is considering moving to New the octet’s wild party music. Sometimes

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What happened since literally turned into a movie. To the surprise of many, DFA 1979 reunited to play a handful of festivals in 2011, prompting drummer Sebastien Grainger and bass/synth-man Jesse Keeler to reconsider. A decade without new music ended in 2014 with the well-received Physical World, and the recent documentary Life After Death From Above 1979 chronicles the duo’s journey blowby-blow. The lesson?

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may have to wait.

“There’s no rest for the wicked,” Karpelman says.

House of Shock organizers won’t decide what to do next until they strike the set in November.

The closure leaves New Orleans with one major haunted house, the former funeral home The Mortuary (4800 Canal St., 504-483-2350; www. themortuary.net). The three-story home is overrun by zombies and ghouls, and guests venturing inside make their way through narrow corridors and tactile areas as creatures jump out at them and horrific scenes are revealed.

Brain-eating zombies and squirting blood are among the more comic elements offered as local theater companies have embraced the haunting season.

Following the success of last year’s production of Evil Dead: The Musical, the production company See ’Em on Stage mounted Musical of the Living Dead at The Shadowbox Theatre this year (see “Musical of the Living Dead,” page 45). Southern Rep presented the local premiere of John Biguenet’s witch story, Broomstick.

It features an aging witch (Liann Pattison) wielding a cleaver as she cooks for a guest, reminisces about departed souls and explains away rumored connections to a girl found at the bottom of a well. At AllWays Lounge, The Rocky Horror Show celebrates campier horrors at the estate of Dr. Frank N. Furter, who takes in helpless travelers Brad and Janet (see stage listings, page 44.)

While some people prefer the unholy and gruesome, or playing with such ideas on Halloween, there are observations for reverent revelers as well. Some New Orleanians observe All Saints Day by visiting and cleaning family grave sites. In Mexico, Nov. 1 is Dia de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead, during which

people honor lost family members and ancestors.

The House of Shock welcomes visitors to its fiery gates.

There is a Day of the Dead celebration at Casa Borrega P H OTO C O U R T E S Y H O U S E O F S H O C K and Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center on House of Shock Saturday. At Casa Borrega OCT (1719 Oretha Castle Haley 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m.

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Wed.-Sat. casaborrega.com), owner NOV 319 Butterworth St., and artist Hugo Montero Jefferson has created a Day of the Dead altar. Zeitgeist (1618 www.houseofshock.com Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 504-352-1150; www.zeitgeistinc.net) hosts a concert by Fredy Omar Con su Banda and The Iguanas beginning at 7 p.m. At Ogden Museum of Southern Art (925 Camp St., 504-539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org), artist Cynthia Ramirez created a Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artist George Dureau, who died April 7. It’s on display through Nov. 10, and the museum celebrates the Day of the Dead on Thursday at Ogden After Hours (6 p.m.-8 p.m.) with Rumba Buena raising more lively spirits.

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he script and the setup change every year at the House of Shock, but Ross Karpelman has long been one of the Satanic figures standing amid blasts of flame, raging at the people about to enter the Jefferson house of horrors. But beneath the demonic robes and pentagrams, he gets a little bit sentimental about the attraction as it enters its final weekend.

“My favorite moments are after we close and seeing all my friends in their makeup, smiling and taking off their costumes after six hours of scaring the masses,” Karpelman says. “And the incontinence incidents are always good,” he adds with a laugh.

House of Shock is one of New Orleans Halloween season’s most frightening attractions. It ends a 22year run this year, Karpelman says, and there’s a final weekend to catch it. There also are other Halloween traditions, and options offering other tricks and treats with lower levels of intensity.

Karpelman, heavy metal rocker Phil Anselmo and Jay Gracianette created their first haunted house for friends in Gracianette’s backyard in Metairie. Over the next two decades, it grew steadily to its current scope of operation, which involves 400 combined staff and volunteers, a 25,000-square-foot space and a professional prop shop.

The House of Shock is one of the nation’s only haunted houses with a strong focus on the occult, making it the “black sheep” of the family, Karpelman says. But it also is one of the most acclaimed, and its prop shop makes pieces for other attractions. Called Dead House Designs, it’s a business that started at House of Shock and spun off into its own entity. Last year, it created a six-trailer mini hall of horrors to promote the horror movie The Purge. The convoy traveled to cities where the film was opening, and guests had to figure out how to escape its maze.

House of Shock has always had a heavy metal vibe, both in its occult imagery and themes and its added entertainment. There are concerts outside the maze on weekend nights, and this year’s lineup featured Goatwhore, Chicago doom metal band Trouble and the Florida-based Pantera tribute band Good Friends and a Bottle of Whiskey. The final weekend features The Topcats. If the local cover band has more general appeal, it just shows the creators’ local colors. Karpelman jokes that he’d like to contact Benny Grunch to get the House of Shock added to the list of things in his song “Ain’t Dere No More.” But that

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MUSIC LISTINGS

Burbridge, Ivan Neville, Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7 One Eyed Jacks — Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, 9 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8

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Recovery Room Bar & Grill — Oscar & the Blues Cats, 8:30 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Tony Seville, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl— The BoogieMen, 8 Rusty Nail — Jenn Howard, 9 The Sandbar at UNO — Jorge Pacheco, 7

TUESDAY 21st Amendment — Linnzi Zaorski, 7

Siberia — Microshards, Shock Patina, Lazlo’s Burrito, SS Boombox, 9

Bamboula’s — Jon Roniger, 2; Vivaz!, 4:30; Dana & the Boneshakers, 8

Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10

Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Ricio Fruge, 10

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Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Jeff Chaz, 7; Saphire Rebellion, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Smoke & Bones R&B All-Stars, Billy Franklin, Mykia Jovan & Friends, 10:30 Circle Bar — Laura Dyer, 6; All Eyes West, Typesetter, We Need to Talk, 10 The Civic Theatre — Neon Trees, Echosmith, Fictionist, 7 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9

Gasa Gasa — John Michael Bradford & the Vibe, Apple Tree, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Pueblo Mutando, 9 House of Blues — Joey Bada$$, 5:30 Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts — Straight No Chaser, 7:30 The Maison — Gregory Agid, 6; The Swamp Donkeys, 9 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Michael Liuzza, 10 One Eyed Jacks — Mojave Lords record release party feat. Star & Dagger, Gnarltones, 9 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall-Stars feat.

Shannon Powell, 8 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Lucas Davenport, 7

Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30 Bamboula’s — Justin Donovan, 3; Messy Cookers Jazz Band, 6:30; Big Pearl Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, Rebirth Brass Band, New Breed Brass Band, DJ Black Pearl, 7 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Geo Bass, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Steve Tanton, 6 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Common Tongue, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8 Circle Bar — Zoom, 10 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dragon’s Den — Dancehall Classics with DJ T-Roy’s Bayou International Sound System, 10 Gasa Gasa — Neospectric, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hill Country Hounds, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Domenic, 6 House of Shock — Consortium of Genius, 8 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Pocket Aces Brass Band, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kyle Cripps, 5; Meghan Stewart, 8 The Maison — Dapper Dandies, 6; Smoke ‘N’ Bones, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Oteil

Siberia — Miss Martha & the Goodtime Gang, Pat Reedy & the Longtime Goners, 9 Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10 The Spotlight Bar and Gril — Dr. Rock, 9 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy, 4; Orleans 6, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10

THURSDAY 21st Amendment — Steve Pistorius Quartet, 8 Bamboula’s — Deltaphonic Duo, 3; Carl LeBlanc, 6:30; Mem Shannon Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes, 9 The BEATnik — This Legend, Counterpunch, 8 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7 Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Dappa, K.MorGold, Princess Denisia, DJ PK1, 10 Buffa’s Lounge — Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Neisha Ruffins, 7:30 Cafe Istanbul — Geniusas & Mockunas, 10 Cafe Negril — Chris Klein and the Boulevards, 6 Checkpoint Charlie — Domenic, 7; Viva La Concini, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Grayson Capps, 9 Circle Bar — Rockin’ Robin & the Kentucky Sisters, 6; Wooden Wings, Hello Nomad, Nyce, 10 Dragon’s Den — Adventures of the Interstellar B-Boy, DJ Housefly, 10 Gasa Gasa — Knower, Hildegard, 8 House of Blues — Moon Taxi, Bright Light Social Hour, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels Brass Band, 11 Louis Armstrong Park — Jazz in the Park: Rebirth Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins, 4 PAGE 34

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 BERNARDO’S HALLOWEEN PARTY feat. New Orleans Rhythm Devils, Rebirth Brass Band, New Breed Brass Band + DJ Black Pearl 8PM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 MICAH MCKEE & LITTLE MAKER 7PM REGGAE NIGHT WITH DJ T-ROY 11PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 KERMIT RUFFINS & THE BBQ SWINGERS 7PM BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION 11PM GRAVITY A 1AM BALCONY ROOM

Yojimbo 10 PM DJ Black Pearl 1 AM

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 WASHBOARD CHAZ BLUES TRIO 7PM DUMPSTAPHUNK 11PM TAUK 2AM BALCONY ROOM

Strange Roux 10PM DJ Black Pearl 1 AM

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Dragon’s Den — Interior Decorating, Mystery Girl, The Noise Complaints, 10

21st Amendment — Marla Dixon, 7

Saucy’s — Mark Appleford, 6

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The Maison — Jon Roniger, 5; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10

Drazr, Killahouse, C-Lab, Herb Christopher, Unicorn Fukr, Beatbot, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — Oteil Burbridge, Nicholas Payton, Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30

Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Sam Cordtz, 3

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Kyle Flynn, 9 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat.

Lucien Barbarin, 8 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Mississippi Hyperfly, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Geno Delafose, 8:30 Siberia — Timmy’s Organism, Thing, Heavy Lids, Planchettes, 9 Spice Bar & Grill — Stooges Brass Band, 9 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6

Gasa Gasa — Flow Tribe, Valerie Sassyfras, 8 Golden Lantern — Nighthawk, 7 Hangar 13 — Pulse Friday: Rroid Drazr, Kidd Love, 1:30 a.m.

Hi-Ho Lounge — Hurray for the Riff Raff, Clear Plastic Masks, Dante the Magician, 10 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Donde Wolf, Blind Dumb Pilgrums, Charles Bronson’s Bronze Sons, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Music Club — Reverend Horton Heat, Suplecs, 10

Tipitina’s — Galactic, 10 Treasure Chest Casino — Harvey Jesus & Fire, 7 Tulane Ave. Bar — Vanessa Carr, 8 Twist of Lime — Mrz Crowley (Black Sabbath tribute), 10

SATURDAY 21st Amendment — Chance Bushman, 9:30 Bamboula’s — Abby Diamond, 2; Big Pearl feat. Chief Doucette, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — Rival, Nova, Girl Power, 8 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Dumpstaphunk, 11; Tauk, 2 a.m.

Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Strange Roux, 9

Tipitina’s — Mystikal Masquerade Ball, 11 Vaughan’s — Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet, 9

Le Bon Temps Roule — Joe Krown, 7; Gravy Flavored Kisses, 11

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

Louisiana Music Factory — Hill Country Hounds, 8

Cafe Istanbul — Nell Simmons, 10

The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; The Swamp Donkeys, 7; Debauche, Dirty Bourbon River Show, Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, Matt Scott, 10

Cafe Negril — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — Johnny Vidacovich, Oteil Burbridge, June Yamagishi, Terence Higgins, 10:30

Checkpoint Charlie — Stephanie Mills, 7; The Hellbenders, 10:30; The Rotten Cores, 12:30 a.m.

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Ladybird and the Unknown Universe, 10

Chickie Wah Wah — Steve Leftwich Tribute, 9

21st Amendment — Jack Pritchett, 9:30 Bamboula’s — Christopher Johnson Trio, 2

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Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club — Russell Batiste, Wild Magnolias, 10 & midnight

Joy Theater — Fishbone, MarchFourth Marching Band, Quickie Mart, The Scorseses, 10

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The Frenchmen Theatre — Soul Rebels Brass Band, 5:30; Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, 10

dan & his Beautiful Band, 9:30

Banks Street Bar — The Colossal Heads, Skies Gone Mad, Jawa Command, 10 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffin & the Barbecue Swingers, 7; Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 10; Gravity A, 1 a.m.

Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Yojimbo, 9; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m.

Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Doyle Cooper & the Red Hot Jazz Band, 5; Dr. Sick & His Stunted Sextet, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Guitar Slim Jr., 7:30 Cafe Istanbul — Claude Bryan & the All Stars, 10 Cafe Negril — El DeOrazio, 7 Checkpoint Charlie — Dirty Mouth, 5; Gal Holiday, 7:30; The Unnaturals, 10 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Chegadao, 8; Soul Creole, 10 Circle Bar — Shane, 6; Wampire, TOPS, DiNola, 10 Columns Hotel — Ted Long, 6 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Dragon’s Den — The Madd Wikkid, Cease, Phedusha, Rroid

Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Hill Country Hounds, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Ballzack, Manatees, 9 Pat O’Brien’s — Emelie Guidry, 4 Pearl Wine Co. — Sarah Gromko Trio, 8 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jorge Luis Pacheco Trio, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Broken Heart Pharaohs, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Bucktown All-Stars, 9:30 Siberia — OBN III’s, Data Drums, Trampoline Team, 6; Leftover Crack, Potato Pirates, Juicy Karkass, Rats in the Wall, Mea Culpa, 9

Buffa’s Lounge — Jerry Jumonville & the Jump City Band, 5; Swamp Donkeys Original Jass Band, 8

Circle Bar — Richard Bates, 6; Mannequin Pussy, Beth Israel, 10 d.b.a. — Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Rotary Downs, 11; Rancho de la Lunatics feat.

Dave Catching, 2 a.m.

Dragon’s Den — Kompression feat. Christian Martin, 10 The Frenchmen Theatre — Earphunk, 5:30; Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, 10 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hangar 13 — Flyy-By Nite, 1 a.m.

Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hazy Ray, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Music Club — Monsters of Funk II feat.

George Porter Jr., Stanton Moore & more, 11

Spotted Cat — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10

Le Bon Temps Roule — Chris Klein & the Boulevards, 10:30

St. Roch Tavern — James Jor-

Little Gem Saloon — Kermit

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Thundercat Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers, 7 & 9

Stompers, 6

Louisiana Music Factory — Ladyfest feat. Pearl Ricks, David & Roselyn, Sharon Martin, Ingrid Lucia, 2; Debauche, 4

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sean Riley Blues Band, 9

The Maison — Dapper Dandies, 4; The Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Rebirth Brass Band, Mannie Fresh, 5th Ward Weebie, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Bayou Gypsies: Jimi Hendrix Tribute, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Igor, 7; Kerry Cox, 8; Patsy Grace, 9; Roger Ferrera & Maggie Havens, 10 Oak — Hazy Ray, 9 Old Point Bar — Gal Holiday, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Thundercat, Peanut Butter Wolf, 11 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Bran O’Connell, Palm Court Jazz Band, Chuck Badie, 8 Pontchartrain Vineyards — Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, 6:30

DMac’s — Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 6

Dragon’s Den — Church feat.

J:Kenzo, Thelem, Eshone, Sleeper, 10 Hangar 13 — Bass Massive Mob, 10 Heritage Park — Vince Vance & the Valiants, 5:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Maison — Melanie Gardner Trio, 4; Messy Cookers Jazz Band, 7; Soul Project, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste, 10; London Souls, 1:30 a.m.

Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin, Sunday Night Swingsters, Duke Heitger, 8 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Chuck Cavet and Flip Side, 4

Preservation Hall — Joint Chiefs of Jazz, 6; St. Peter St. All Stars, 8

Siberia — Helen Gillet & Wazozo Orchestra, Mark Southerland, 9

Republic New Orleans — R3hab, 10

Snug Harbor — Roland Guerin Quintet, 8 & 10

Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Lucas Davenport, 6; Marc Stone, 9

Spotted Cat — Pfister Sisters, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, Every other Sunday, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10

Rivershack Tavern — Mo Jelly, 10

Siberia — Debauche, Hollow Point Stumblers, 9 Snug Harbor — Tom McDermott, Banu Gibson, Debbie Davis, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 2; Jazz Band Ballers, 6; Davis Rogan, 10; Dr. Sick & the Late Greats, 2 a.m.

Tipitina’s — The Revivalists, Naughty Professor, 11 Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8; Montegut, 11

SUNDAY Banks Street Bar — Ron Hotstream & the Mid-City Drifters, 7 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Debauche, 10 Chickie Wah Wah — Feufollet, 8; Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun, 9 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6 d.b.a. — The Palmetto Bug

MONDAY Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 8 Bamboula’s — Alexander, 3; Mem Shannon Band, 7 Banks Street Bar — The Bathrobe Banditos Jazz Band, 7; South Jones, 9 BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10 BMC — Lil’ Red & Big Bad, 6 Checkpoint Charlie — Clyde & Iggy, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Missy Meatlocker, 6; Swampcandy, Bon Bon Vivant, 10 d.b.a. — Glen David Andrews, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Gasa Gasa — Panorama Jazz Band, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hill Country Hounds, Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8 The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; The

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CLASSICAL/ CONCERTS Brahms and Bartok.

Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — The Louisiana Philharmonic performs.

Tickets start at $20. 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Fleur de Lys Chamber Orchestra. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www. marignyoperahouse.org — The orchestra perform pieces by Telemann, Bridge, Debussy, Mahler and Janacek. Suggested donation $20. 8 p.m. Thursday.

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Stephen Bruner is as slippery as popular musicians get: a nom-deplume that formatively recalls ’80s-anime feline superheroes; two solo albums skating through ’70s fusion jazz/funk and postmodern R&B; coolerthan-cool Los Angeles associations spanning visionary shooting star Flying Lotus and hardcore thrash veterans Suicidal Tendencies (with whom he spent a callusing decade on bass guitar); an exclusive hipster following and inclusive, hippie-fied free-love message including a devotional sung to his cat (“Don’t you know you rock my world/ Don’t you ever leave me Turbo Tron”). It’s reductive to call Thundercat Thundercat a gateway to NOV Flying Lotus’ future-proof 11 p.m. Saturday Brainfeeder record label, One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St. but it’s not off base — (504) 569-8361 and, for some, reduction may be necessary when www.oneeyedjacks.net first encountering the everything-at-once sounds that Lotus (aka Steven Ellison) and Bruner throw together. If the former’s recent You’re Dead! is too much of a scatter-brainiac, start with the latter’s 2013 release Apocalypse, on which the co-producers dial down the aural assault and amplify the soul. “Heartbreaks + Setbacks” and “Oh Sheit It’s X” require no learning curve, a beautifully spaced electro-ballad and elemental Earth, Wind & Fire party starter, respectively. Closing suite “We’ll Die” and “A Message for Austin/Praise the Lord/Enter the Void” seek solace in the loss of Brainfeeder pianist Austin Peralta, who died in 2012 at age 22. This show is the last in Pitchfork’s Nightcap series, a string of late-night showcases in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Portand, Ore., and Austin, Texas. Peanut Butter Wolf (DJ and Stones Throw founder Chris Manak) opens. Free admission with RSVP to rsvp@pitchfork.com. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — Pianist Viktor Valkov and LPO musicians perform chamber music by midcentury composers.

Tickets $35. 4:30 p.m.

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Organ & Labyrinth.

Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola. com — Albinas Prizgintas performs on the church’s 5,000-pipe tracker organ. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

CALLS FOR MUSIC French Quarter Festival.

The festival seeks musicians to perform April 9-12, 2015. Visit www.fqfi.org for details and to submit an application. Deadline Saturday.

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JOEL OSTEEN DECEMBER 5 @ 7:30 PM

USHER DECEMBER 6 @ 7:30 PM

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA DECEMBER 17 @ 7:30 PM

ERIC CHURCH JANUARY 8 @ 7:30 PM

MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE! JANUARY 15 - 17

SAINTS VS. 49ERS NOVEMBER 9 @ 12:00 PM

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND Before I Go to Sleep (R) — Suffering anterograde amnesia, Christine Lucas (Nicole Kidman) cannot form new memories, but by keeping a diary, she discovers the truth of her past. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (R) — A washed-up actor (Michael Keaton), whose previous claim to fame was his portrayal of a popular superhero, attempts to recapture his past glory by mounting a Broadway play.

Prytania Listen Up Philip (NR) — Jason Schwartzman stars as an angry, self-absorbed novelist in Alex Ross Perry’s latest film. Zeitgiest

Through A Lens Darkly (NR) — Allen Harris’ documentary examines the significance of historically under-appreciated black photographers. Zeitgiest

NOW SHOWING 22 Jump Street (R) — The comedy stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as old friends who face new challenges as undercover police officers.

Elmwood, Regal

Annabelle (R) — A cult invades the home of a man (Ward Horton) and his pregnant wife (Annabelle Wallis), turning a vintage doll into a conduit for ultimate evil. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Best of Me (PG-13) — Former sweethearts Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) and Dawson (James Marsden) return to their hometown for a funeral, but the reunion is bittersweet. Based on the novel

by Nicholas Sparks. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Book of Life (PG) — The love triangle between Manolo (Diego Luna), Maria (Zoe Saldana) and Joaquin (Channing Tatum) has celestial stakes in this animated adventure set in Mexico. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Boxtrolls (PG) — When Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) hatches a plan to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) teams up with feisty Winnifred (Elle Fanning) to save them. Elmwood, Westbank, Slidell

23 Blast (PG-13) — High school football star Travis Freeman (Mark Hapka) is struck blind by an infection, but perseveres and returns to the field.

Elmwood, Westbank, Regal

Dear White People (R) — Four black students at an Ivy League school confront race and identity in Justin Simien’s critically-acclaimed satire.

Elmwood, Westbank, Slidell, Canal Place

Addicted (R) — Successful businesswoman Zoe Reynard (Sharon Leal) has a need for constant sexual gratification that puts her family, career and life on the line. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell

Dracula Untold (PG-13) — Prince Vlad III (Luke Evans) makes a deal with a monster that will enable him to defeat the Turks, but cost him his humanity. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

Fury (R) — A battle-hardened Army sergeant (Brad Pitt) leads a mission behind Nazi lines in the final months of World War II. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Gone Girl (R) — Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike) goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, and her husband Nick (Ben Affleck) becomes the prime suspect. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Great White Shark 3D (NR) — The documentary goes underwater with the misunderstood predator. Entergy IMAX Guardians of the Galaxy (PG13) — Space adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) steals an orb, setting off a bounty hunt by the evil Ronan. Elmwood Haunted Castle 3D (PG) — A teenage rocker (Jasper Steverlinck) meets the devil (Harry Shearer) while visiting the seaside estate of his late mother. Entergy IMAX Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D (G) — Morgan Freeman narrates a film about lemurs in Madagascar. Entergy IMAX John Wick (R) — Legendary assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) returns to his violent career after his wife dies suddenly and the mobster Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen) kills his puppy. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Judge (R) — Judge Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall) does not approve of his son’s (Robert Downey Jr.) morally ambiguous career as an attorney, but soon needs his help in court. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (NR) — Two young Maasai warriors go on a ritual safari through Kenya. Entergy IMAX Left Behind (PG-13) — The entire planet is thrown into darkness when millions of people disappear without a trace. Chalmette The Maze Runner (PG-13) — A teen awakes in a massive maze with a group of other teens and with no memory of his past other than dreams about an organization known as W.C.K.D. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal Men, Women & Children (R) — Teenagers and parents try to cope with the ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communiPAGE 38

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Nightcrawler (R) — Lowlife character Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) stumbles into a new career videotaping Los Angeles’ most horrifying crimes. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Regal

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG) — Eleven-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould), his mother (Jennifer Garner), father (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette) and sister (Kerris Dorsey) are all having bad days. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal

The Equalizer (R) — Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) helps Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz), a girl chased by Russian mobsters.

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cations and their self-image.

Elmwood Ouija (PG-13) — Friends confront their deepest fears after they awake the dark spiritual powers of the occult board game. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Santa vs. the Snowman 3D (G) — The familiar characters appear in a holiday-themed CGI short. Starts Saturday.

Entergy IMAX St. Vincent (PG-13) — Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) leaves 12-year-old Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher) in the care of misanthropic neighbor Vincent (Bill Murray), and the two forge an unlikely friendship as they visit dive bars and strip clubs. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

is delighted when his late girlfriend Beth (Aubrey Plaza) comes back to life, but everything is not what it seems in this zombie comedy.

7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.

Indywood Movie Theater The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen (NR) — The opera performs Georges Bizet’s libretto. 11:55 a.m. Saturday.

Elmwood National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (NR) — Frankenstein’s friendless creature strikes a terrifying deal with his creator. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Elmwood Psycho (R) — Norman Bates manages an eerie motel in this Alfred Hitchcock classic.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday; 2 p.m., 7 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place

complete his perverse puzzle to live. Elmwood, Westbank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Silence of the Lambs (R) — On the trail of a serial killer, FBI Agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) interviews Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in Jonathan Demme’s 1991 thriller. 10 p.m.

Wednesday. Prytania Space Jam (PG) — Families enjoy field games and the 1996 live action and animation film starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny. Movie starts at sunset. 6 p.m. Friday.

Bodenger Park Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG) — Jack Skellington, Halloweentown’s beloved pumpkin king, is bored with the same annual routine of frightening people when he discovers Christmastown. 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

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To Have and Have Not (NR) — Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in director Howard Hawks’ 1944 adaption of Ernest Hemingway’s romance and adventure novel. 10 a.m.

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In Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a man who prowls Los Angeles’ streets at night to capture crimes on video.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Björk: Biophilia Live (NR) — Striking visuals accompany Icelandic musician Björk as she performs at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2013.

9:15 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday.

Zeitgeist Dark Passage (NR) — A man (Humphrey Bogart) attempts to prove his innocence with the help of a young artist (Lauren Bacall) in this 1947 film noir. 10 a.m. Sunday.

Prytania Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead (R) — The sequel to Tommy Wirkola’s Norwegian zombie splatter film features axes, chainsaws and zombie Nazis.

9 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 7 p.m. Thursday. Indywood Movie Theater Life After Beth (R) — Bereaved boyfriend Zach (Dane DeHaan)

Rhymes for Young Ghouls (R) — This Canadian drama about the abuse of First Nations people in government-run schools plays in just 10 American theaters this fall. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.

Zeitgeist RiffTrax Live: Anaconda (NR) — Mystery Science Theater 3000 comedians mock the 1997 movie about a giant snake. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Elmwood, Slidell, Regal The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) — The original midnight movie about the outrageous Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a pair of unsuspecting newlyweds returns for Halloween weekend. 12:15 a.m.

Friday-Saturday. Prytania Saw (10th Anniversary Re-Release) (R) — Two men regain consciousness, only to realize they are trapped by a sadistic serial killer and must

AMC Clearview Palace 12: Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie., (504) 887-1257; www.amctheatres. com AMC Elmwood Palace 20: 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan., (504) 733-2029; www.amctheatres.com AMC Westbank Palace 16: 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey., (504) 263-2298; www.amctheatres. com Bodenger Park: 3400 Kansas St.; www.nola.gov/ nordc Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette., (504) 304-9992; www.chalmettemovies.com Entergy IMAX Theatre: 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www. auduboninstitute.org The Grand 14 Esplanade: 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner., (504) 229-4259; www.thegrandtheatre.com The Grand 16 Slidell: 1950 Gause Blvd. W., Slidell., (985) 641-1889; www. thegrandtheatre.com National World War II Museum Solomon Victory Theater: 945 Magazine St., (504) 5281944; www.nationalww2museum.org Prytania Theatre: 5339 Prytania St., (504) 8912787; www.theprytania.com Regal Covington Stadium 14: 69348 Louisiana State Hwy. 121, Covington., (985) 871-7787; www.regmovies. com The Theatres at Canal Place: The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 5812540; www.thetheatres.com Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (R) Directed by Alejandro Inarritu Starring Michael Keaton and Edward Norton

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Any experienced filmmaker will tell you that movies are made in the editing room.

Directors and cinematographers use a method known as “coverage” to get multiple shots and takes of individual scenes from a variety of angles and distances so even the most troublesome scene can be reimagined and assembled later from scratch. Anything else would seem risky to the point of negligence, especially for a big-budget Hollywood movie.

Co-writer/director Alejandro Inarritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is the fictional story of washed-up superhero movie star Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) and his desperate attempt at redemption through the creation of a highbrow Broadway play. It gleefully turns accepted filmmaking practice on its ear.

In an era when most feature films are cobbled together with edits that number well into the thousands, Inarritu constructed his film from a handful of carefully choreographed shots that all appear to be 10 to 15 minutes long. (The technique is so skillfully executed it’s hard to say for sure.) Those shots are stitched together to achieve the illusion of an almost two-hour movie without cuts of any kind.

This massively complex undertaking required an unprecedented level of precision — acting, sets, props, stunts and camera moves all had to come off exactly as planned or the entire shot would have been rendered unusable. In at least one instance, a single shot actually jumps forward into the next day without missing a beat.

The effect is dazzling.

All those efforts add up to something that functions as a hybrid of film and theater while neatly reflecting the content and themes of the story. Much of the film takes place inside a Broadway theater, where Riggan is trying to direct and star in his own adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Birdman is the superhero movie character that has defined Riggan’s life and now speaks to him as a voice inside his head. Or does it?

A touch of magical realism from Inarritu complicates the answer and enriches the film immeasurably.

The filmmaking method creates an extremely stressful situation for actors, and each brings an unmistakable intensity to the film. Both Keaton and Edward Norton — who plays Mike Shiner, the brilliant but pretentious young actor brought in to save the production — manage career-defining performances. Birdman skewers Hollywood, Broadway and the critics, balancing its drama with scenes that are laugh-out-loud funny. It’s a uniquely propulsive character study about the search for love and adulation, and how each of us defines those words in a world that measures success in Twitter followers. It may be about actors and celebrities, but it’s not hard to relate to their struggles.

Each of Inarritu’s four previous features has received major Oscar nominations along with numerous additional accolades. (21 Grams and Amores Perros are the most widely seen of the Mexican director’s films.) It won’t be a surprise if Birdman extends that streak. If it does, it won’t be just for the film’s considerable technical achievements. Birdman’s one-shot illusion exists only to serve the larger aims of the film — mainly to take us deep inside the story so it feels like real life. We experience our days without edits, after all. — KEN KORMAN

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HAPPENINGS Prospect.3 Artist Talk: Hew Locke. Newcomb Art Gallery, Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2406; www. newcombartgallery.tulane. edu — London-based contemporary artist Hew Locke discusses his sculpture and work in other mediums.

Free and open to the public.

6 p.m. Tuesday.

Prospect.3 Artist Talk: Remy Jungerman. Chateau Curioso, 641 Caffin Ave., (718) 757-8119 — The Suriname-born Dutch artist discusses the influence of Afro-Surinamese spirituality on his work. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

“Live and Live Again,” one-night exhibition by Soren Vandegaard. Royal Menagerie, 2750 Bienville St.; www.royalmenagerie. com — The artist shows 10 new paintings inspired by the Day of the Dead.

5 p.m. Sunday.

OPENINGS Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — Work by Matilde Alberny, Chester Allen, Karen Ocker, Pat and Andre Juneau, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery. com — “Painting Out Loud,” paintings by Luis Cruz Azaceta; “Unique Observations of the Natural World,” work

by John Alexander; both open Saturday.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center.

1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — “The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present,” an educational panel display, opens Saturday.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery. com — “Transcendence,” pastels by Sandra Burshell, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — Paintings by James Beaman, opening reception 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

The Foundation Gallery.

1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola. com — “Cosmos Transition,” paintings by Jon Coffelt, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday.

Garden District Gallery.

1332 Washington Ave., (504) 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery.com — Degas Pastel Society 15th Biennial, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg. com — “Acadiana Asteur,” paintings by Chuck Broussard, opens Saturday.

Loisel Vintage Modern. 2855 Magazine St., (504) 899-2444; www.loiselvintagemodern. com — “NUDES,” photographs

by Jonathan Kane, opens Monday; opening reception 6 p.m. Nov. 8.

PROSPECT.3 Prospect.3: Notes for Now, citywide, www.prospectneworleans.org — The third edition of New Orleans’ international contemporary art biennial includes official shows at many local museums and institutions. through Jan. 25, 2015.

GALLERIES A Gallery For Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — “WHERE: The Exploration of

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Prospect.3: Basquiat and the Bayou Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St. (504) 539-9650 www.ogdenmuseum.org

He was a Roman candle whose arc over the New York art world blazed too briefly; he died from a heroin overdose when he was 27. The son of a Haitian father and a New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent, Jean-Michel Basquiat came of age in the early 1980s, when New York was still a center of intense artistic ferment, and the neoexpressionist movement was ascendant. But he also was very affected by Southern folk art, as this resonant selection makes clear. His emotionally charged style may recall the inchoate fury of disturbed, self-taught visionary artists, but he was crazy like a fox, and the opposites often found in his work — for instance, violence and the sublime — hark to the Afro-Caribbean parables of his ancestors. Consequently, Basquiat’s interweaving of fierce emotional energies has as much in common with voodoo, or even jazz, as with the expressionist legacies of Europe and America.

Exu, a Macumba spirit of the crossroads, is a vortex of eyes, spears and slashing strokes of yellow and crimson within which we see the snarky demon himself leering amid the chaos. Dating from 1988, Exu is one of Basquiat’s last works but recalls his early days as a graffiti artist. Zydeco (pictured), a vast, wall-size painting, is more lyrical and harks to Louisiana’s Creole-Cajun heritage as an accordion-playing figure appears amid an array of vintage audiovisual equipment that resonates a cryptic mythic significance. Also vast is King Zulu, his 1986 wall-size opus featuring a grinning, tragicomic black-man-in-blackface mask floating in a field of blue flanked by horn-playing jazz musicians, perhaps a reference to Louis Armstrong’s reign as King Zulu in 1949. As iconic as Giacometti figures wearing shades and zoot suits, the jazzmen seem to almost hover around the mask, and once again we sense an invisible system at work, an erudite universe of symbols that can only be understood intuitively — never cerebrally — in what may amount to Basquiat’s final, unspoken challenge to late 20th-century culture. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT Photographs and Place, 18432014,” through Jan. 31, 2015.

Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — “Harboring Paradox,” oil paintings by Garth Swanson; oil paintings

by Nancy Dawes; both through October.

AFA New Orleans. 809 Royal St., (504) 558-9296; www. afanyc.com — “Dirty Little Secrets,” pop surrealism group exhibition, ongoing.

AIA New Orleans Center for Design. 1000 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-8320; www.aianeworleans.org — Prospect.3: work by Mary Ellen Carroll, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www. angelakinggallery.com — New work by Andrew Baird, through Monday.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-

3161; www.press-street. com/antenna — “Buick on Fire,” group exhibition with work by gallery members, through Sunday.

Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www. antieaugallery.com — Works by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing.

Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www. ariodantegallery.com — “The Space Between,” new work

by Gustavo Duque, Debbie Villa and Ben Hamburger, through October.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722 — “Shooting from the Hip,” photography by Michael Alford, through Thursday.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center.

1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Prospect.3: work

by Kerry James Marshall, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — Paintings by Amy Guidry and Jessica Goldfinch; “Tandem Beasts,” paintings by Nikki Maxwell; both through Saturday. “American Conversations,” new work by Gin Taylor, through Sunday.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — “Puppy Love with My Angels from Above,” paintings

by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing.

Boyd | Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Checking Out,” installation by Nina Schwanse, through Nov. 29.

Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com —

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Julia Street Art Walk.

New Orleans Arts District, galleries on Julia and Camp streets and St. Charles Avenue — Galleries in the Warehouse District host free openings the first Saturday of the month.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www. callancontemporary.com — “Back to Bogalusa,” painting and sculpture by George Dunbar, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

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ART LISTINGS “on the inbetween,” mixed media and photography by Kate Hanrahan, through Nov. 4.

Cafe Istanbul. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — “Magical Realism,” an Anba Dlo exhibition in collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico, through Nov. 19.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “The Archaeology of Solitude,” new work by Bernard Mattox, through Tuesday.

Casell-Bergen Gallery. 1305 Decatur St., (504) 524-0671; www. casellbergengallery.com — Works

by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, BellaDonna, Jamal and Phillip Sage, ongoing.

Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www. catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing.

Chateau Curioso. 641 Caffin Ave., (718) 757-8119 — “Paper/ Weight,” photo-based work by Stacy Greene, Jill Stoll and Maria Levitsky, through Dec. 15, 2014.

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Coup D’oeil Art Consortium.

2033 Magazine St., (504) 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.

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com — “La Petite Mort,” installation by Blaine Capone, James Taylor Bonds and M. Silver Smith, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Dillard University. Art Gallery, Cook Communications Center, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 8164853; www.dillard.edu — Prospect.3: work by Terry Adkins and William Cordova, through Jan. 25, 2015.

The Exchange Center. 935 Gravier St., (504) 523-1465; www. artscouncilofneworleans.org — Prospect.3: work by Liu Ding, Lisa Sigal and Tavares Strachan, through Jan. 25, 2015.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront. org — “Back to the Front,” new work by member artists, through Sunday.

Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres.com — Mixed media

by Ally Burguieres, ongoing.

Gallery Twenty-One Fourteen.

2114 Decatur St., (504) 875-2110; www.gallerytwentyonefourteen. com — “Things That Go Bump in the Night,” work by Ben Gregory, Margaret Minezer, MRSA, Pauly Lingerfelt, Senan O’Connor, Katy Weidemann and Chez Marie, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www. goodchildrengallery.com — “Crowning Glory,” new work by Good Children artists, through Jan. 4, 2015.

La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www. lamadamabazarre.com — Group exhibition celebrating the whimsical and weird sides of Louisiana, ongoing.

Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www. hallbarnett.com — “Stop Crying,” mixed media by Camille Iemmolo, B. Moody and Marzia Faggin, through Nov. 23.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Art, Environment & Observations,” paintings by Deedra Ludwig, through Nov. 15.

J & S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, (504) 9529163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing.

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — Oil paintings by Charles G. Smith, through October.

Joan Mitchell Center. 2275 Bayou Road, (504) 940-2500; www. joanmitchellfoundation.org — Prospect.3: work by McArthur Binion, Los Jaichackers, Akosua Adoma Owusu and Hayal Pozanti, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.

400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery. com — “Guns in the Hands of Artists,” decommissioned guns repurposed as art, through Jan. 24, 2015.

M. Francis Gallery. 1938 Burgundy St., (504) 931-1915; www. mfrancisgallery.com — Acrylic on canvas by Myesha, ongoing.

Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans. 433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www.martinlawrence. com — New work by Ali Golkar, through October.

Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www. martinechaissongallery.com — “Before the Song, the Enigma: Mathematics, Myth, Sculpture,” mixed media by Alex Mollere, through Nov. 29.

May Gallery and Residency.

2839 N. Robertson St., Suite 105, (504) 316-3474; www.themayspace. com — Prospect.3: work by Tameka Norris, through Jan. 25, 2015.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleans-

glassworks.com — Blown glass sculptures by Kyle Herr; glass shrines by Robert Burch; both through October.

Oak Street Gallery. 111 N. Oak St., Hammond, (985) 345-0251; www.theoakstreetgallery.com — Works by Thom Barlow, Mark Haller, Pat Macaluso and John Robinson, ongoing.

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www. octaviaartgallery.com — “Alluvial Constructs,” mixed-media group exhibition curated by Laura Sandoval, through Nov. 29.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Works by Peggy Bishop, Jerry Hymel, Sean Dixson and Caren Nowak, through October.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Borrowed Relics: The Last of the Large Polaroid Transfers,” photography by Anna Tomczak, through Nov. 30.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www. thesecondstorygallery.com — “SUSPECT.7,” new work by Karen Abboud, Ron Bennett, Amy Bryan,

Gina Laguna, Rebecca Madura, Cynthia Ramirez and Belinda Tanno, through Nov. 29.

Siberia. 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — “For When Goblins Sit Down,” mixed media by MILAGROS and Miss Pussycat, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery. com — New work by Evie Clinton, Alexandra Gjurasic, Eddie Granger, David Rex Joyner, Caroline Sokol, Wanda Sullivan and Jimmy Block, through Nov. 4.

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www. sorengallery.com — “Brand Loyalty,” paintings on paper by William Dunlap; “Water’s Edge,” paintings by Steven Seinberg; both through Thursday. “Untamed Empire,” collaborative paintings

by Anke Schofield and Luis Garcia-Nerey, ongoing.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Check Out,” mixed media by Katrina Andry, Thomasine Bartlett, Aaron Collier, Elizabeth Chen and others, through Sunday.

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.

ART LISTINGS stellajonesgallery.com — “Seven African Powers,” mixed media by Anne Bouie, through Nov. 16.

Steve Martin Studios. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www. stevemartinfineart.com — “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” oil paintings and sculptures by Steven Soltis, ongoing.

Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.facebook.com/ nolaartsalon — “Where You Stay At?,” group exhibition curated by Jonathan Mayers, through Nov. 30.

Tulane University, Carroll Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2228; www.carrollgallery.tulane.edu — “Tulane Contemporary.3,” new work by seven professors in Tulane’s Newcomb Art Department, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Tulane University (Jones Hall).

7801 Freret St.; www.tulane.edu — “Guantanamo Public Memory Project,” a traveling exhibit of stories, photographs and documents about the U.S. naval base, through Thursday.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www. finearts.uno.edu — Prospect.3: work by Christopher Myers and the Propeller Group: Phunam, Matt Lucero and Tuan Andrew Nguyen, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Upstairs at 3308 Magazine Street. 3308 Magazine St. — “The Nature of Now,” new work by a dozen artists addressing Louisiana’s at-risk ecology, through Jan. 24, 2015.

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

Whisnant Galleries. 343 Royal St., (504) 524-9766; www.whisnantgalleries.com — Ethnic, religious and antique art, sculpture, textiles and porcelain, ongoing.

Xavier University. 1 Drexel Drive, (504) 486-7411; www.xula.edu — Prospect.3: work by Lonnie Holley, through Jan. 25, 2015.

523-4662; www.hnoc.org — Handcarved decoy ducks, ongoing.

Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/ nelson-galleries — “Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere,” by Richard Sexton, through Dec. 7.

Le Musee de F.P.C.. 2336 Esplanade Ave., (504) 233-0384; www. facebook.com/lemuseedefpc — “Revelations of Goddesses,” paintings by Eleanor Merritt, through Jan. 25, 2015.

MUSEUMS

Longue Vue House and Gardens.

7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — Prospect 3: work by Shigeru Ban, Camille Henrot and Jose Antonio Vega Macotela, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www. cacno.org — Prospect.3, work by more than a dozen artists, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Louisiana Children’s Museum.

420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www. lcm.org — Architecture exhibit

by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art. 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com — Prospect.3: work by Carrie Mae Weems, through Jan. 25, 2015.

The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504)

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — “Krewe of Hermes: The Diamond Jubilee,” an overview of the Carnival organization, through December. “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Car-

nival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing.

New Orleans African American Museum. 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., (504) 566-1136; www.noaam.com — Prospect.3: work by Zarouhie Abdalian, through Jan. 25, 2015.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.crt.state.la.us/ museum/properties/usmint — “Keeping Time,” photographs of Louisiana’s musical history, ongoing.

Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; New Orleans Museum of Art. www.seaa.tulane.edu — “BungaCity Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, lows,” artifacts of bungalow and (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — cottage architecture, through May Prospect.3: work by Tarsila do Am20, 2015. aral, Frederick J. Brown, Huguette Sydney and Walda Besthoff Caland, Ed Clark, Andrea Fraser, Sculpture Garden. New Orleans Paul Gauguin, Jeffrey Gibson and Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Alma Thomas, through Jan. 25, Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.

2015. “Sphere of Influence: Pictonoma.org — Prospect.3: work by rialism, Women, and Modernism,” Will Ryman, through Jan. 25, 2015. influential turn-of-the-century women’s photography, through Williams Research Center. The Nov. 23, and more.

Historic New Orleans Collection,

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Basquiat and the Bayou,” paintings and paper work by Jean-Michel Basquiat; Prospect.3: work by Herbert Singleton, Keith Calhoun, Chandra McCormick and Benny Andrews; both through Jan. 25, 2015. “Pastoral Universe,” immersive art installation by Shawn Hall, through Sunday. “Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort,” ceramic cups and teapots by more than 70 artists, through Dec. 7, and more.

410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “From Cameo to Close Up: Louisiana in Film,” the history of moviemaking in New Orleans as seen in posters and photographs, through Nov. 26.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Art of the Book. The Women’s National Book Association seeks submissions that use recycled materials to represent books. Visit www.artofthebooknola.wordpress. com for details. Deadline Nov. 7.

French Quarter Festival. The French Quarter Festival seeks submissions for its 2015 poster.

Interested artists should send submissions to erin@fqfi.org. Visit www.fqfi.org for details. Deadline Nov. 7.

Magdalena. The International House Hotel, PhotoNOLA and Prospect.3+ seek photography and mixed media about Mary Magdalene. Visit www.whoismagdalena. com for details. Deadline Friday.

Spirit of Carrollton Photo Contest. The Carrollton Area Network seeks photos that capture the spirit of the Carrollton neighborhood from the area’s residents.

Call (504) 453-0789 or visit www. carrolltonareanetwork.org for details. Deadline Friday.

St. Tammany Art Association.

St. Tammany Art Association, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — The association seeks work by its members that is no more than 144 square inches for its “Put Your Best Square Ft. Forward” show. Deadline Nov. 5.

Swap Meet NOLA. St. Margaret’s at Mercy, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 279-6414; www.stmargaretsno. org — The art and farmers market seeks artists.

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new show by Rosie Bitts touches on loss of virginity, orgies, pregnancy and sex work through cabaret, burlesque and storytelling. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Sunday School. The BEATnik, 1638 Clio St. — The burlesque and variety show features the Rev. Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls. Cover $5.

9 p.m. Sunday.

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Taboo Masquerade & Fetish Ball.

Lucky Pierre’s, 735 Bourbon St. — The ball includes demonstrations of fetish gear and performances

by Angela Ryan, Victoria Sapphire, Oni, Dahlia Rouge, Bella Blue and Vita DeVoid. 8 p.m. Saturday.

COMEDY THEATER Art. Playhouse Nola, 3214 Burgundy St. — A difference of taste in modern art challenges a friendship in Yasmina Reza’s comedy. Scott Anderson, Michael Martin and Dustan Costine co-star. Tickets $10.

8 p.m. Sunday.

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Broomstick. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Southern Rep Theatre presents a play about a witch who reflects on the way she has used her powers.

General admission $40; teachers, students, seniors, military and theater professionals $35. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

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I’d Rather Be Rich. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater. com — Money and greed lead to chaos between friends in this original comedy. Adults $20; students and seniors $18. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Island of Dr. Fitzmorris. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Jim Fitzmorris returns as a mad scientist, exploring his 1970s childhood in New Orleans. 8 p.m.

Tuesday-Wednesday.

Musical of the Living Dead.

Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.theshadowboxtheatre. com — Christopher Bentivegna directs the musical based on the horror film Night of the Living Dead. Tickets start at $25.

8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.

The Mysterious Wisterias.

National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — Features local favorite Ricky Graham, a cast of eight and WWII-era songs. Dinner by The American Sector restaurant.

Tickets start at $30. 6 p.m. & 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Sunday.

Orphans. Marigny Theatre, 1030 Marigny St., (504) 758-5590; www.allwaystheatre.com — A pair of troubled brothers find their lives upturned when one

of them kidnaps a Chicago mobster. Frederick Mead directs a play by Lyle Kessler. Tickets $15 Thursday, $20 Friday-Saturday.

8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

The Rocky Horror Show.

AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Dennis Monn directs a stage adaption of the cult classic film about a naive couple who happen upon a mansion of strange characters. Mac Taylor, Ratty Scurvics, GoGo McGregor and Owen Ever perform.

Tickets start at $10. Midnight Saturday, 8 p.m. Monday.

Trek-A-Go-Go: “The Return of the Archons.” Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Jim Fitzmorris narrates Episode 21 of the original Star Trek series.

Tickets $10; VIP reserved seating $15. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Waiting Around: The Restaurant Musical. Teatro Wego!, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego, (504) 885-2000; www.jpas.org — The musical comedy about restaurant servers features Bob Edes Jr., Darcy Malone, Allee Peck and Chris Wecklein. Adults $30; senior citizens and military $27; students $20; children 12 and under $15. 7:30 p.m. FridaySaturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY Beach Blanket Burlesque. Tiki Tolteca, 301 N. Peters St., (504) 267-4406; www. facebook.com/tikitolteca — GoGo McGregor hosts a burlesque show. 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Bits & Jiggles. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — The show mixes comedy and burlesque. 9 p.m. Monday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Royal Sonesta Hotel (Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse), 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2331; www. sonesta.com/royalneworleans — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly burlesque show featuring the music of Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio.

11:50 p.m. Friday.

Stories of Love and Passion.

The BEATnik, 1638 Clio St. — The

Accessible Comedy. Buffa’s Lounge, 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www.buffaslounge. com — J. Alfred Potter and Jonah Bascle do stand-up shows on a rotating basis. Midnight Friday.

All-Star Comedy Revue. House of Blues Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www. houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the stand-up comedy show with special guests and a band.

8 p.m. Thursday.

Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114 — Molly Ruben-Long and Julie Mitchell host an open mic.

9 p.m. Monday.

Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Comedy theater founders Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform free weekly improv. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 5295844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase.

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www. lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts a weekly comedy showcase. 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Local comedians perform, and amateurs take the stage in the open-mic portion.

8 p.m. Thursday.

Comedy Sportz. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

Cram It In. The BEATnik, 1638 Clio St. — Massive Fraud presents an open-mic comedy show hosted by Joe Cardosi. 7 p.m. Friday.

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

Give ’Em The Light OpenMic Comedy Show. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 3104999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the showcase.

8 p.m. Tuesday.

STAGE LISTINGS REVIEW

Musical of the Living Dead

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A young zombie girl rips intestines out of her mother, then licks a giant, multicolored lollipop. Minutes later, she eats her father and blood spurts into the front row seats. In the “splatter zone,” a couple wearing ponchos is hit with the spray, and front row spectators are guarMusical of the Living Dead OCT anteed to get splashed with 8 p.m. Thu.-Sun. gore during See ’Em On Stage’s Musical of the Living Dead at The Shadowbox Theatre, NOV 2400 St. Claude Ave. The Shadowbox Theatre.

On a foggy night, Barbra (504) 298-8676 Flowers (Kali Russell) and her foul-mouthed brother Johnny www.theshadowboxtheatre.com (Edward Simon) visit the cemetery where their grandfather is buried. A zombie, who Barbra thinks is a harmless old man, bites Johnny and all hell breaks loose. After her brother is attacked, an unhinged Barbra babbles about Jesus and her prized music box. Russell’s comedic timing is perfect, and her voice is one of the strongest in a talented cast. Simon plays several characters, and as Johnny-turned-zombie, he’s menacing and charming.

In an effort to save herself, Barbra runs into a house where she meets Ben Blackman (Averis Anderson), who boards up the windows before he realizes the Cooper family is hiding in the basement. Most of the action takes place in the house, where we meet characters that include three cousin-siblings and a TV reporter.

Some may consider a few bits to be in poor taste, such as racially charged jokes about “Blackman.” But zombies only have tastes for brains, and this show doesn’t claim to offer clean fun. While the survivors dodge zombies, they cannot help but break into song. The book and lyrics by Marc Lewallen and Brad Younts feature catchy songs. Women sing about men they no longer love, and the men celebrate the weapons (pipes, guns) they love most. They all sing about sex. Married couple Harry (Kevin Murphy) and Helen (Andrea Watson) share a great number as they tango across the stage proclaiming their mutual hatred.

As a parody and homage to George Romero’s cult-classic zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968), the show’s looseness adds to its energy. Actors liberally squeezed bottles of red liquid to spray the audience. There were flimsy transitions, such as an actor holding up a sign saying “cemetery.” There were technical difficulties, including a faulty projector, but these rough edges didn’t slow the pace.

There are no dull moments in director Christopher Bentivegna’s musical. A show about zombies means most characters won’t survive, and with all the blood splatter, the audience becomes part of the show. If irreverent humor and gore don’t turn you off, Musical of the Living Dead is a diabolically enjoyable experience.

— TYLER GILLESPIE

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Karatefight! Indywood Movie Theater, 628 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 345-8804; www. indywood.org — Local comedians Joe Cardosi and Andrew Polk gather footage and live guest performances at this monthly BYOB comedy show.

9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Laugh & Sip. The Wine Bistro, 1011 Gravier St., (504) 606-6408; www.facebook.com/thewinebistrono — Mark Caesar and DJ Cousin Cav host the weekly showcase of local comedians.

Tickets $7. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-

5590; www.theallwayslounge. com — Tory Gordon and Paul Oswell host an open-mic night.

7 p.m. Saturday.

The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story at this weekly show.

10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Sketch Comedy. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.sketchycharacters.net — The Sketchy Characters perform sketch comedy.

9:30 p.m. Saturday.

Soda City Stand Up. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — The comedy group from Columbia, S.C. visits NOLA Comedy Hour on its Wasted

Life Tour. 8 p.m. Sunday.

Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — The weekly open-mic comedy showcase is open to all comics.

9 p.m. Wednesday.

CALL FOR THEATER Ruby Prize. Southern Rep Theatre seeks play submissions from women playwrights of color for consideration for the 2015 Ruby Prize. The award includes $10,000, a development workshop, a sponsored trip to New York and a 10-day writer’s residency near Seattle.

Visit www.southernrep.com/ plays/the-ruby-prize for details.

Deadline Nov. 25.

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Johnny Rock. C. Beever’s Bar of Music, 2507 N. Woodlawn Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-9401 — Comedian Johnny Rock hosts an open-mic comedy night.

8 p.m. Tuesday.

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TUESDAY Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar. Northshore Harbor Center, 100 Harbor Center Blvd., Slidell, (985) 781-3650 — The seminar includes an expert panel, health screenings, a healthy lunch and fashion show. 10 a.m.

Gathering of the Silverbacks.

George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art, 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com — The men’s mentorship group holds its annual meeting and membership drive. 6 p.m.

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Inventors Workshop. Propeller Incubator, 4035 Washington Ave., (504) 564-7816; www. gopropeller.org — Lisa Lloyd leads this workshop for aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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It’s All About the Music Bike Ride. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 6583200; www.facebook.com/ groups/nolasocialride — The cyclists of NOLA Social Ride cruise around the city, stopping along the way to enjoy live music. 6 p.m.

Music Technology Education Session. New Orleans Music Office Co-Op, 4040 Tulane Ave., (504) 483-2880 — The session teaches musicians to market themselves via social media. 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Standing in the Shadows (No More). Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Jacquelyn Hughes Mooney leads a quilting and fiber art workshop. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Genealogy Program. West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 364-2660; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Sal Serio leads a 14part series about conducting family research. 1 p.m.

Senior Voters Caucus. St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church,

7300 Crowder Blvd. — Members discuss politics, candidates and issues affecting seniors in the New Orleans area. RSVP to mchirdon@ nocoa.org or (504) 821-4121. 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

THURSDAY Art on the Rocks. W Hotel New Orleans, 333 Poydras St., (504) 525-9444; www. wneworleans.com — Artists showcase their work alongside a DJ, drink specials and giveaways from W Hotels.

Visit www.wneworleans.com/ artontherocks for details. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Bridge lessons. Wes Busby Bridge Center, 2709 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-0869 — Beginners and novices take free bridge lessons. 9 a.m.

Jazz in the Park Marketplace.

Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.icdnola.org — The market features produce, baked goods, Louisiana seafood, handmade beauty products, arts, crafts and entertainment to go with the Jazz in the Park concert series. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Morning Birding. Bayou Segnette State Park, 7777 Westbank Expressway, Westwego, (504) 736-7140; www. bayousegnettestatepark.com — Birders of all experience levels join a ranger to watch avians. 9 a.m.

St. Claude Food Truck Park. St. Claude Ave. and Feliciana St., 3033 St. Claude Ave.; www.facebook.com/ events/1477852932464385 — A rotating selection of food trucks and live entertainment liven up a vacant lot on St. Claude. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

FRIDAY Fridays on Fulton. 500 block, Fulton St. — Harrah’s presents live music at the gazebo every Friday. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Ponchatoula’s Antique Trade

Days and Arts and Crafts Fair.

160 S.E. Railroad Ave., 160 S.E. Railroad Ave. Ponchatoula — More than 125 vendors sell art and crafts at this biannual festival featuring food and live music. Admission free. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Swamp Pop Music Festival.

Hidden Oaks Family Campground, 21544 Highway 190 E, Hammond — The two-day festival focuses on swamp pop and Louisiana musicians and also offers arts, crafts, food and more. Admission $15 adults, $10 children. 10 a.m. to 11 p.m Friday-Saturday.

Voodoo Music + Art Experience.

New Orleans City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 488-2896; www. neworleanscitypark.com — The festival presents musical performances in a range of genres, as well as food booths and an arts market. The Foo Fighters, Outkast, Skrillex and Arctic Monkeys headline.

Single-day tickets start at $73.

Friday-Sunday.

SATURDAY Asian Pacific American Society Festival. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org — This Asian heritage event features live entertainment, Asian cuisine and costumed performers. Free with zoo admission (Adults $17.50, seniors $13, kids $12, members free). 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Buccaneer Bash. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.crt.state.la.us/ museum/properties/usmint — Guests enjoy food, drink, a screening of the 1938 film The Buccaneer, and live music

by Alex McMurray at this pirate-themed event benefitting the Louisiana Museum Foundation. 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Delachaise-Calvary Community Health Fair. Walter Cohen High School, 3520 Dryades St. — Attendees receive free health screenings, wellness information and demonstrations while enjoying live music, food and celebrity guests. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fall Fun Fest. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www. nutrias.org — The library celebrates the season with games, crafts, stories, music and a performance by the New Orleans Hispano America Dance Group. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Grow the Block Workshop.

Various locations, New Orleans — NOCCA hosts a series of free public workshops about urban gardening, weed control and green land reclamation.

Location will be announced to participants. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Gun Buyback. New Home Ministries Administrative Office, 1605 Carondelet St. —

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H ALLOWEEN Boo at the View. Clearview Mall, 4436 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 885-0202; www.clearviewmall.com — Kids celebrate Halloween with mallwide trick-or-treating at participating retailers. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.

Columbia Street Halloween Block Party. Columbia Street, Downtown Covington; www.covla.com — Covington’s Halloween party includes live music, a jack-o’-lantern contest and a classic car show. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday.

Deities and Demons Ball. Carver Theater, 2101 Orleans Ave., (504) 304-0460; www.dadsballnola.com — Organized

by New Age visual artists Alex and Allyson Grey, this All Saints’ Day “Celestial Circus” includes live music and painting, dance, circus arts, storytelling, and a food and craft market. 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Dia de los Muertos Block Party. Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 1600-1700 blocks; www.casaborrega.com — Casa Borrega celebrates the Day of the Dead with a multimedia altar installation. Zeitgeist Multidisciplinary Arts Center presents a masquerade ball, with music by The Iguanas and Fredy Omar. Ball tickets $10. 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday.

The Feast of All Saints and Sinners.

AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.freaksheaux2geaux.com — Circus vaudevillians Freaksheaux to Geaux celebrate All Saints’ Day with an act based on iconic Catholic martyrs, with live accompaniment. Tickets $15. 9 p.m. Saturday.

Halloween Costume Ball. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.pufap.org — Rebirth Brass Band performs at this Halloween event, hosted by People United for Armstrong Park and benefitting the restoration of the park’s Perseverance Hall. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Halloween Pub Crawl. Hard Rock Cafe, 125 Bourbon St., (504) 529-5617; www. pubcrawls.com/new-orleans-pubcrawls.php — Professional pub crawl organizers lead drinkers on a three-day Bourbon Street binge. 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

Jim Monaghan’s 19th Annual Halloween Parade. Molly’s at the Market, 1107 Decatur St., (504) 525-5169; www. mollysatthemarket.net — The annual parade proceeds through the French Quarter, featuring costumed riders in horse-drawn carriages and Halloween-themed throws. 6 p.m. Friday.

The Killer Krewe. Bernie Baxter’s Traveling Sideshow, 44 Vivian Ct.; www. berniebaxter.com — The neighborhood haunted attraction tells the story of the Krewe of Clockwork, a Mardi Gras

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krewe that turns to murder. By donation. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.

Krewe of Boo. French Quarter & CBD; www. kreweofboo.com — Krewe of Boo, New Orleans’ official Halloween parade, kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, proceeding from Elysian Fields Avenue to Henderson Street. After, the Krewe holds a costume party at Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, with music by Destructo and Big Sam’s Funky Nation. Party tickets $50; free to Krewe members. 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday.

Mortuary Haunted House Blood Drive.

Mortuary Haunted House, 4800 Canal St., (877) 669-3327; www.hauntedmortuary.com — The Mortuary partners with the Blood Center to collect blood donations. Donors receive a free VIP pass to the haunted house. Visit www. thebloodcenter.org for more information.

Tuesday-Friday.

New Orleans Haunted History. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — Local ghost hunter David Laville discusses paranormal experiences and the city’s ghostly history.

7 p.m. Wednesday.

Yen Ve Lou Hallow’s Eve Voodoo Ball. Voodoo Spiritual Temple, 828 N. Rampart St., (504) 522-9627; www.voodoospiritualtemple.org — The temple hosts a Voodoo Ball at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday and an open house from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, with a lecture at 1 p.m. Ball tickets $50; lecture $25.

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Ghostly Gallivant Gala. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — Costumed guests enjoy food and drink from French Quarter restaurants at the Friends of the Cabildo’s Halloween party. Tickets $25 adults, $10 students.

6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.

Halloween. There are several opportunities to don Halloween costumes and join the revelry in the French Quarter this weekend. The annual Jim Monaghan’s Halloween Parade departs from Molly’s at the Market (1107 Decatur St.) at 6 p.m.

Friday and winds its way through the historic district.

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NOPD and Jonathan Ferrara Gallery partner to buy back guns from the public. $75 per handgun, $200 per rifle or shotgun. All weapons must be operational, unloaded and in a container or case. 8 a.m.

Louisiana Renaissance Festival. 46468 River Road, Hammond, (985) 429-9992; www. larf.org — The festival includes live jousting and falconry, medieval entertainment, craft demonstrations, music, food and shopping. One-day admission $18 adults, $10 kids ages 6-12, free for kids under 6.

Saturday-Sunday.

Northshore Gladiator Games. Fritchie Park, 901 Howze Beach Rd., Slidell; http://www. northshoregames2014.com — The games include basketball, softball, bike races, tugof-war, obstacle courses and a 3K walk.

Register online. 7 a.m.

Pharmacy Past and Present Gala. Loews Hotel New Orleans, 300 Poydras St., (504) 595-3300 — The Pharmacy Museum’s gala features live music, dinner, dancing and a silent auction. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Poydras Home Art Show & Sale. Poydras Home, 5354 Magazine St., (504) 897-0535; www.poydrashome.com — The sale features traditional and contemporary painting, photography, sculpture, metalwork, pottery, jewelry and crafts. Juried and non-juried exhibitions. Admission free.

Proceeds benefit Poydras Home. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Scandanavian Festival. The Norwegian Church in New Orleans, 1772 Prytania St., (504) 525-3602 — Scandinavian Festival is a continuation of the traditional christmas sale and is perhaps the year’s biggest event at the Norwegian church in New Orleans. Saturday-Sunday.

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Sealed in Style Gala. Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 522-9200; www. theshopsatcanalplace.com — Guests enjoy dinner, drinks, a silent auction and style contest benefitting Easter Seals Louisiana.

Cristina Perez performs. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Son of a Saint Gala. Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St., (504) 523-6000; www.windsorcourthotel.com — The fundraiser for the boys’ mentorship organization features live music, dinner, and live and silent auctions.

6 p.m.

StoryQuest. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Authors, actors and artists read children’s books and send kids on art quests through the museum.

11:30 a.m.

Strike for STEM. Rock ’n’ Bowl, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-1700; www. rockandbowl.com — The event includes a bowling competition, raffle and live music, benefitting Core Element, a nonprofit organization for science and math education.

Visit www.strikeforstem.org for details. 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Swap Meet NOLA. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www. swapmeetnola.com — The event includes a farmers market, flea market and art market. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.

Walk to Stop Diabetes. www.stepout. diabetes.org — Walkers raise funds for the American Diabetes Association. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Audubon Park, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Highway 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668.

EVENT LISTINGS Yoga. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 456-5000; www.noma. org — The museum hosts yoga in the sculpture garden three Saturdays a month. Non-members $5. 8 a.m.

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Tickets start at $20. 4:30 p.m.

Mingle with Mercy. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www.barcadianeworleans.com — Mercy Family Center hosts family fun and a silent auction, benefitting its mental health services. Adults $30, kids $5. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

New Orleans Kidney Walk.

Audubon Park, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www. donate.kidney.org/nola — More than 1000 participants walk to support the National Kidney Foundation. Check-in begins at 8 a.m. 9:30 a.m.

Pet Fest 2014. Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, (504) 838-4389; www.jeffersonspca.org — Pets and their humans enjoy games, vendors, a healthy heart walk, bake sale, live music and adopt-athon at this event hosted by LA/SPCA and Jefferson SPCA. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Stained Glass Tour of Chalmette & St. Bernard Parish.

Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church, 2320 Paris Road, Chalmette; www.prcno.org/events — Preservation Research Center hosts a bus tour of stained glass and historic buildings in St. Bernard Parish. Nonmember tickets $20 in advance, $25 day-of. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

First-Time Homebuyer Training. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 581-7032; www.prcno. org — The four-day course prepares participants for the home purchase process and the demands of homeownership. Fee $75 individual/$90 household. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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

Non-members $5. 6 p.m.

WORDS Anne Byrn. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author of the Cake Mix Doctor series signs her new Saves the Day! Cookbook.

6 p.m. Wednesday.

Anne Rice, Christopher Rice.

Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — The authors discuss and sign their books: Prince Lestat by Anne Rice and The Vines by Christopher Rice.

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Anny Bloch-Raymond, Carol Mills-Nichol. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323 — The authors of From the Banks of the Rhine to the Banks of the Mississippi and Louisiana’s Jewish Immigrants discuss their work. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

ARVLFC UndeadCon. Marriott New Orleans Convention Center Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 613-2888; www.arvlfc.com — Anne Rice is the featured author at the Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club’s 2014 vampire and fantasy convention. Ticket prices vary. Thursday-Sunday.

Cari Lynn. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323 — The author discusses Madam, a novel set in Storyville-era New Orleans. 4 p.m. Sunday.

Dat Truck Mondays. Dat Dog, 5030 Freret St., (504) 899-6883; www.myhousenola.com — Dat Dog and My House NOLA present a gathering of food trucks, with drink specials and live music. 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Children’s Author Panel. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Three local children’s authors - Ryan Adam, Cecilia Casrill Dartez and Johnette Downing - discuss their writing process. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Drink the Harvest Wine-Making Workshop. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www. longuevue.com — Herbalist and author DeNeice Guest explains how to make wine and mead with ingredients

Edward E. Baptist. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323 — The historian and author of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism discusses his work. 2 p.m. Sunday.

MONDAY

Eli Horowitz.

Room 220, 3718 St. Claude Ave.; www.press-street.com/ room220 — The author and former McSweeney’s publisher reads from The Silent History. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Jesmyn Ward, Thomas Beller, Peter Cooley, Zachary Lazar.

Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-2200; www. tulane.edu — Four acclaimed members of Tulane’s creative writing faculty read from their work, including National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. 7 p.m. Monday.

Kevin Fortuna. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author discusses and signs The Dunning Man: Stories. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Kit Wohl. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author signs New Orleans Classic Creole Recipes. 1 p.m. Saturday.

Leigh Bardugo. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323 — The author signs Ruin and Rising, the third in her Grisha series of young adult fantasy.

5 p.m. Saturday.

Mamie Sterkx Gasperecz.

Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — The director of the Hermann-Grima & Gallier Historic Houses discusses Kerri McCafferty’s Luxury, Inequity, & Yellow Fever, which features photographs of the houses. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Natalie C. Parker, Tessa Gratton, Julie Murphy. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323 — A trio of young adult fiction authors sign their books. 5:30 p.m. Monday.

“Take Back the Night” Poetry Slam. Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 283-8822; www.dillard.edu — Slam artists perform as part of Dillard’s domestic violence awareness event series. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Tina Freeman. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Patrick F. Taylor Library, 925 Camp St., 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The photographer presents Artist Spaces, a peke into the personal environments of over a dozen New Orleans artists. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

SPORTS Green Wave. Yulman Stadium, Ben Weiner Drive, (504) 8619283; www.yulmanstadium. com — The Tulane Green Wave play the Cincinnati Bearcats. 7 p.m. Friday.

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Located just outside of Covington in Abita Springs right next to Abita Lakes Subdivision, this property has the benefits of being in a country atmosphere while still conveniently located just minutes away from all the city amenities. For Sale By Owner, $106,000. Call (504) 638-1693.

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2 BR/1BA Renovated 2 bd/1ba 1200 sq ft. Walk to Tulane, bike to Loyola or park. 5 minutes to downtown, hospital corridor. Wd flrs, central heat/air, granite in kitchen, alarm, off-street covered gated parking. W/D in unit, yard. Pets ok. $1650/mo. (504) 460-6053.

1BR, furn kitchen, hdwd floors, o/s pkng. $500 + $500 security. 504-7151662. Email 1rentball@gmail.com

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NO PETS. O/A, $724-$848/mo. 504236-5776.

LRG 2 BR, 1.5 BA

Recently remodeled, kit, c-a/h, hi ceils, hdwd/crpt flrs, fncd bkyd. w/d hookups, off st pkg. $1150/mo. 1563 N. Galvez. Call 1-888-239-6566 or mballier@yahoo.com

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

5129 Magazine St. Owner pays S&WB charges. $1175 per mo. Pets considered. Wide Pine floors, hi ceil, w/d hkps. Gail Ruddock 897-6000 or Gardner Realtors 891-6400.

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1908 SPAIN ST.

1BR/1BA, living room, dining room, kitchen with hardwood floors throughout the unit. Off Street Parking and Walking Distance to the French Quarter. Call (504) 338-4919 (mobile).

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2 BD/1 BA ON FONTAINEBLEAU DR

Single house, c-a/h, 2br, 1ba, w/d hkps, lrg fncd yd, pets ok. $1200/mo.

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1/1 Newly renov w/balcony.Offstrt Prking avail w/$300 $2400

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2/ 1.5 fullyfurnaptinFQw/streetbalcony!Courtyard&more $2800

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2/1 furnished apt in the FQ. W/D. possible parking

923 St Peter

2/1 shotgun style FQ apt. courtyard. Great location $1500

$1695

632 ½ St Peter

2/1 Hdwd Flrs, Renovated Kit/Bath. Washer/Dryer ...... $2750

917 Toulouse #11

3/2.5 PENTHOUSE w/ balcony , POOL, PARKING ............. $5,000 1/1 newly renov, w/d, central ac/heat,fireplace ........ $1,200

1025 Dumaine #4

2/1 no pets Renov, wd flrs, w/d in unit ...................... $1400

914 Rampart St

7/8 Commercial Lease- can be B&B or Office ........... $6,000

1231 Decatur “D”

Studio Furn. exposed brick. marblein bath. crtyrd..... $149,000

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3/3,5 Renovated double in MidCity. Apt in rear. grea loc $359,000

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2/2 Renov lower garden district condo w/pool&parking $249,500

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2/1 Grnd flr condo. SS appls Prkng. Common patio&pool $159,000

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2/2 1,600 sqft, brand renovation, balcony ............ $599,000

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SWF, highly educated, world traveler, references, great cook, dog lover seeking accommodations. Call Zoey & leave message, (504) 450-8378

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1508 CARONDELET ST

642 Camp - 3bd/2.5ba ...........................$3350 1030 Orleans - 1bd/1ba ....................... $2500 1439 St. Andrew - 1bd/1ba ..................$1895 1137 St. Andrew - 2bd/2ba ..................$1450 3046 Maurepas - 1bd/1ba ....................$1100 1030 St. Peter - 1bd/1ba .......................$1000

Huge Upper Studio Apt. Bright, spacious, high ceilings, hdwd flrs, cent a/h, laundry facility avail 24 hrs. Walk 1 blk to St. Charles Street Car. Easy access to I-10, CBD & FQ. No pets/No smokers.

Water & garbage pd. $900/mo. 1-888239-6566 or mballier@yahoo.com 2 BR/1BA Renovated 2 bd/1ba 1200 sq ft. Walk to Tulane, bike to Loyola or park. 5 minutes to downtown, hospital corridor. Wd flrs, central heat/air, granite in kitchen, alarm, off-street covered gated parking. W/D in unit, yard. Pets ok. $1650/mo.

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NO FLOOD with low flood insurance rates.

Viking stove, marble baths, great open entertaining area, huge front porch, master suite with walk-in closet and sitting room. French Bath fixtures in mint move-in condition. Owner/Agent.

Five (5) bedroom home just off Jefferson Ave on Prytania. Awaits your persoanl touches.

Large front porch, double parlours, renovated kitchen, high ceilings, wood floors. Best price in this great uptown neighborhood.

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 645-492 DIVISION “O” SUCCESSION OF KENNETH EUGENE CARROLL NOTICE IS GIVEN to the creditors of this Estate and to all other interested persons, that a Tableau of Distribution has been filed by the acting Independent Executrix of this Succession, with her Petition for Filing of First Tableau of Distribution praying for homologation of the Tableau and for authority to pay the debts and charges of the Succession listed thereon; and that the Tableau of Distribution can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this notice. Any opposition to the Petition and Tableau of Distribution must be filed prior to homologation.

Attorney: Eric M. Schorr Address: 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 3815, New Orleans, Louisiana 70170 Telephone: 504-582-1500 Gambit: 10/28/14

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 729-065 DIVISION: “L” SUCCESSION OF ALVIN EDWARD PRITCHETT, JR. NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION

By order of the Court.

Attorney: Robert T. Weimer, IV Address: 1615 Poydras St., Ste. 1275, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Telephone: (504) 561-8700 Gambit: 10/28/14

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 1989-27202 DIVISION “F” SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH J. ROMANT, SR. NOTICE OF SUCCESSION NOTICE IS GIVEN that Charlotte Romant, Administratrix of the Succession of Joseph J. Romant, Sr., is applying for authority to sell at private sale, on terms of TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($268,000.00) DOLLARS all cash, the immovable property owned by the Succession of Joseph J. Romant, Sr., described below: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 1610-1612 North Claiborne Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

AND A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, etc., situated in the Third District of this City, in the irregular Square Nos. 633-34, bounded by St. Bernard Avenue, Robertson, Claiborne Streets, Claiborne Circle and Annette Street. Which said portion of ground measures 35’ front on Claiborne Circle, by a depth and front on St. Bernard Avenue of 72’2”4’’’ and of 91’5” on the opposite side line on a first depth, at which point it has a second depth of 7’8” on an entering line towards Robertson Street, with an irregular width in the rear of 21’1” on a first line perpendicular to St. Bernard Avenue, thence on an oblique line running towards Robertson Street, 18’4”6’’’ and thence 29’8”4’’’ on a third line perpendicular to St. Bernard Avenue. Said piece or portion of ground described by the Letter “A” on a sketch made by Paul D’Hemecourt, D.C.S., on June 11, 1889, annexed to an act before James Fahay, late Notary, on August 14, 1889, and is formed of the whole of the lots designated by the Nos. 1,2.4 and a part of Lot No. 4, on a plan of Alou D’Hemecourt, Engineer, dated May 14, 1854, deposited in the office of Felix Grinz, late Notary, in this City.

with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privilege, servitudes and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the First District of the City of New Orleans, in Square Number 318, bounded

by Franklin (now Simon Bolivar), Euterpe, Saratoga and Felicity Streets, said lot is designated by the Number One on a plan drawn by L.H. Pilie, Surveyor, on the 20th day of July 1840, and deposited on the offices of A. Nazareau, late Notary, in this City, which lot forms the corner of Felicity and Saratoga Streets and measures thirty-eight feet front on Saratoga Street by ninety-nine feet seven inches and seven lines front on Felicity Street, fifteen feet one inch six lines in width in the rear and ninety-seven feet deep on the other sideline. Improvements bear the Municipal Numbers 1709-11-13 Saratoga Street and 2033-35-37-39 Felicity Street, subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

On the following terms and conditions, to-wit: A sale for the amount of $127,000.00 of which $6,350.00 will be paid as a down payment by Amanda Zelaya and Tim Pew, and the remaining $120,650.00 will be paid by a mortgate loan resulting in all cash to the Sellers, the Succession of Isaac Haley and the Succession of Juanita Cowart Haley.

NOTICE IS NOW GIVEN TO ALL PARTIES to whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent and of this estate, that they be ordered to make any opposition which they may have to such Application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the Order or Judgment authorizing, approving and homologating that Application and that such Order or Judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of such Notice, all in accordance with law.

By Order of the Court Dale N. Atkins Clerk of Court Attorney: Lloyd N. Frischhertz Address: 1130 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: 504-523-1500 Gambit: 10/28/14 & 11/18/14

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 1600 N.Claiborne Street (formerly known as 1507-09 St. Bernard Avenue), New Orleans, Louisiana.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

An order authorizing Administratrix to do so may be issued after seven (7) days from the date of the second publication of this notice. An opposition to the application may be filed at any time prior to the issuance of such an order.

NO. 2014-4190 DIVISION: “N”

By Order of the Court, Clerk of Court

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE SUCCESSION OF ADOLFO JUAREZ

Attorney: Brent J. Laliberte Address: 1820 Belle Chase Highway, Suite 2015, Gretna, LA 70056 Telephone: (504) 393-0315

Whereas, the Administrator of the above Estate, has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the movable or immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit:

Gambit: 10/28/14 & 11/18/14

The Joint Administrators of the Succession of Isaac Haley and Juanita Coward Haley, have made application to the Court for the sale, a private sale, of the immovable property described as follows:

THAT PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the FIRST DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana in SQUARE NO. 113, bounded by RACE, CONSTANCE, EUTERPE and ANNUNCIATION STREETS and designated as LOT 4, on a survey by Gilbert and Kelly, Surveyors, dated March 14, 1953 and commences ninety-five feet, eleven inches (95’11”) from the corner of Annunciation and Race Streets and measures thirty-one feet, eleven inches, five lines (127’10”5”’) between equal and parallel lines, as shown on survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Surveyors, dated July 13, 1953 and annexed to an act before E.G. Miranne, Notary Public, dated July 22, 1953.

A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 917 Race Street, New

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2003-01228 DIVISION ‘C’ SECTION: 10 SUCCESSION OF ISAAC HALEY NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

Orleans, Louisiana 70130.

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($425,000.00) DOLLARS, Cash, for the property “AS IS” for its undivided 100% interest and subject to the terms and conditions, all as more fully set forth in this petition and as per Copy of Agreement to Purchase/Sell filed in these same succession proceedings.

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

By Order of the Court Attorney: Robert P. Charbonnet Address: 3750 South Claiborne Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70125 Telephone: (504) 897-3700 Gambit: 10/28/14 & 11/18/14

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 2005-7879

DIV. I

SUCCESSION OF RUTH ROBINSON KRAUS-CAMPO NOTICE OF PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that David L. Campo, the duly appointed Executor of the Succession of Ruth Robinson Kraus-Campo, in proceeding No. 2005-7879, has, pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Civil Code Article 3281, petitioned the Court for authority to sell, at private sale, the interest of decedent in the following described property for ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE THOUSAND AND N0/100 ($169,000.00) DOLLARS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement filed in these matters, which property is more fully described as follows, to-wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, servitudes, appurtenances thereunto applying, or in anywise belonging, situated in the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, in the Third District oft he City of New Orleans, in Vista Park Subdivision, in Square No. 15, bounded by Charlotte, Burbank, and Pratt Drives and Robert E, Lee Boulevard, designated as Lot No. 15, all in accordance with a survey of F.G. Stewart, Surveyor, dated September 10, 1956, revised October 18, 1956, which said lot measures 60.02 feet front on Charlotte Drive, by a depth and front alongside Robert E, Lee Boulevard of 120 feet, by a depth along the opposite side line of 120.83 feet, by a width in the rear of 60.05 feet; all in accordance with a survey of F.G. Stewart, Surveyor, dated August 26, 1959.

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 6151 Charlotte Drive.

Being the same property acquired by Ruth Robinson, wife of/and Gustave W. Kraus by act before Charles J. Lange, Notary Public, dated August 14,1985, registered in C.O.B. 803, folio 360. Being further acquired by Ruth Robinson Kraus by virtue of Judgment of Possession in the Succession of Gustave W. Kraus, No. 92-11635, on the docket of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, registered in the Orleans Parish Conveyance Office under Instrument No. 61362 on December 1, 1992.

Any heir, legatee or creditor who opposes

the proposed sale must file his or her opposition within seven (7) days from the day on which the last publication of this notice appears.

Angelia Bell, Deputy Clerk Attorney: John A. Occhipinti Bar #10154 Address: 110 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Suite 360 Metairie, Louisiana 70005-4930 Telephone: (504) 833-1230 Gambit: 10/7/14 & 10/28/14

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT ORLEANS PARISH STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 2014-7047 DIV. L6 SUCCESSIONS OF GLADYS JACKSON AND WILLIE JACKSON Notice is hereby given to all creditors of this estate and all other interested persons to show cause within seven (7) days from the publication of this notice, if they have or can show cause why the Petition for Public Sale of Real Estate filed

by Naomi Williams, Administrator, should not be approved and the sale should not take place.

Attorney: L. Gerome Smith Address: 2640 Amelia Street, New Orleans, LA 70115 Telephone: (504) 891-3323 Gambit: 10/28/14 & 11/18/14

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 2010-6249 DIVISION “C” SECTION: 10 RE: SUCCESSIONS OF RAYMOND STANSBERRY AND IOLA STANSBERRY NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas Sabrina Grimes Dillon, the Administratrix of the above Estate has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit: Square 165, Lot R PT S OR LOT R-1 in the Fifth Municipal District of the City of New Orleans, bearing municipal number 916 Whitney Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: FIFTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($50,000.00) DOLLARS, ALL CASH Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they may have or may have to such application at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application, and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of ten (10) days, from the date of publication of this notice, all in accordance with law.

Attorney: Kevin K. Gipson Address: 3920 General DeGaulle Drive, New Orleans, LA 70114 Telephone: (504) 368-4101 Gambit: 10/28/14 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Chris Ferrand, Sr., or any heirs or surviving spouse(s), please contact Attorney Tiffany A. Boveland at (504) 812-4173.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Craig Howard please contact Atty. Gevin Grisbaum at 504-610-3479.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of David M. Stiles, Jr., L/K/A 3500 Rue Denise, New Orleans, La, please call R. Hamilton, 504-940-1883.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Dennell Lynn Gros, please contact Attorney John J. Buckman at (504) 837-4950.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Earl B. Guyton aka Earl Guyton, please contact atty. Michael Hall at (504) 383-5294.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Eric C. Bogren and Laura R. Bogren, call J. Gainsburgh, atty at (504) 582-2280.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ervin Smith, Jr. 33 Camellia Lane, Waggaman, LA 70094 and/or 23 Halle Place, Westwego, LA. 70094 or his heirs please contact Geralyn Garvey (504) 838-0191.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of J. C. Anderson and Rachel Anderson, please contact atty. Michael Hall at (504) 383-5294.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Joshua David Zantello, a/k/a Joshua D. Zantello, a/k/a Joshua Zantello or Shannon Burt Zantello, a/k/a Shannon B. Zantello, a/k/a Shannon Zantello contact Carl V Williams, Esq., at 504.586.9177 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lionel Arthur Johnson, Sr. and Marion Alexander Johnson please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 5539588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Michael Romero of Westego, please call Attorney, Joan Benge at 504 462-1530.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Nicole Fagocki Gautreaux, please contact J. Benjamin Avin Atty, 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Quentin Joseph Buras and/or Shirley Thomas Buras A/K/A Shirley Thomas Fisher Buras, please contact Attorney John J. Buckman at (504) 837-4950.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of RASHAAD JOHNSON, please contact attorney Theresa Robertson @ 504.782.8553.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Rodrick Green call J. Gainsburgh, atty at (504) 582-2280.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Shareen Smith McCoy, please contact Atty. Naomi Kim at 504-528-9500.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the succession representatives of Marion Rosetta Johnson Alex L/K/A or owner 4633 St. Roch Ave, New Orleans, La, 70122, please call R. Hamilton 504-940-1883.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Luckmore Finance Corporation dated October 25, 2013 in the amount of $1,000.00 and signed by a C. Rivers please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-581-9545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Luckmore Finance Corporation dated August 5, 2013 in the amount of $876.00 and signed by a C. Bourgeois please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-5819545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Bobby K. Curtis, L/K/A 3329 General Taylor St., New Orleans, La, please call, Peter Hamilton 504-940-1883.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Cary J. Reese, Sr. and/or Ellen Purvis Reese, please contact attorney John J. Buckman at (504) 837-4950.

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NOTICE IS GIVEN to the creditors of this Estate and to all other interested persons, that a First and Final Tableau of Distribution has been filed by the coadministrators of the succession of Alvin Pritchett, Jr. praying for homologation of the Tableau and for ratification of the payment of the liabilities of the Succession listed therein, for authority to pay the remaining administrative expenses of the Succession and for authority to distribute the remaining balance of the Succession funds to the Decedent’s legatees as listed thereon; and that the First and Final Tableau of Distribution can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this notice.

Any opposition to the Petition must be filed prior to homologation.

and advantages thereunto belonging or anywise appertaining, situatedin the Third District of the City of New Orleans, fronting on Claiborne Circle, in square comprised within Claiborne, St. Bernard Avenue, Annette and Robertson Streets, forming the corner of Claiborne Street and Clairborne Circle, measuring twenty-two feet, seven inches and five lines (22’7”5’’’) front on said Claiborne Circle, by a depth and front on Claiborne Street of fifty-eight feet, seven inches and three lines (58’7”3’’’) and a depth of sixty-two feet, four inches (62’4”) on the line towards St. Bernard Avenue, dividing it from Lot No. Seven on the plan hereinafter referred to, and forty feet, seven inches and five lines (40’7”5’’’) in width in the rear, on a line running from Claiborne Street. Said lot of ground being designated by the No. Six on plan drawn

by A. D’Hemecourt, Surveyor, dated May 14, 1864, deposited in the office of F. Grima, late Notary. Said property is designated on the Assessment Roll as Lot No. 30 of Square Nos. 633 and 634.

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