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CONTENTS

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FEBRUARY 23 , 2016

VOLU M E 37

NUMBER 08

STAFF President & CEO | MARGO DUBOS Publisher | JEANNE EXNICIOS FOSTER Administrative Director | MARK KARCHER

NEWS

Staff Writer | ALEX WOODWARD Contributing Writers

THE LATEST

COMMENTARY

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D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, RED COTTON, ALEJANDRO DE LOS RIOS, HELEN FREUND, KEN KORMAN, BRENDA MAITLAND, NORA MCGUNNIGLE, ROBERT MORRIS, NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

Contributing Photographer | CHERYL GERBER Intern | STEPHANIE METHERALL

PRODUCTION

Production Director | DORA SISON

LETTER

BLAKE

CLANCY DUBOS

WHAT DESAIX

Assistant Production Director | LYN VICKNAIR Pre-Press Coordinator | JASON WHITTAKER Web & Classifieds Designer | MARIA BOUÉ Graphic Designers | DAVID KROLL, EMILY TIMMERMAN, WINNFIELD JEANSONNE

DISPLAY ADVERTISING

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FEATURES

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Senior Sales Representatives

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LISTINGS MUSIC

FILM

ART

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EVENTS

EXCHANGE

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Class of ’81

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Looking back at New Orleans on Gambit’s 35th anniversary

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COVER DESIGN BY DORA SISON

ALICIA PAOLERCIO

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Chairman | CLANCY DUBOS + President & CEO | MARGO DUBOS Gambit (ISSN 1089-3520) is published weekly by Gambit Communications, Inc., 3923 Bienville St., New Orleans, LA 70119, (504) 486-5900. We cannot be held responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts even if accompanied by a SASE. All material published in Gambit is copyrighted: Copyright 2016 Gambit Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

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SEVEN THINGS TO DO IN SEVEN DAYS

Dry Martina

TUE. FEB. 23-SUN. MAY 1 | It’s another kind of celebration in the oaks — this time, artists from Zigong, China illuminate the Botanical Garden with dozens of colorful, lighted silk sculptures and brilliant lanterns, from massive dragons and a three-story pagoda to hanging flowers and animated windmills. 6 p.m.- 10 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday-Thursday, 6 p.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday at New Orleans City Park.

Pell TUE. FEB. 23 | New Orleans-raised rapper Jared Pellerin had his head in the clouds on 2014’s decidedly Richard Linklater-inspired Floating While Dreaming, and his quirky wordplay meets effervescent hooks on 2015’s Limbo. Daye Jack opens at 8 p.m. at House of Blues.

Dina Martina wants your rare coins. And your Dulcolax. BY KEVIN ALLMAN @KEVINALLMAN

The Fred Hersch Trio LAST YEAR, CABARET STAR, PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND “SURREAL RACONTEUR” DINA MARTINA sold out

WED. FEB. 24 | The innovative jazz pianist and bandleader emerged from AIDS-related dementia, a coma and intensive therapy with a theatrical masterwork, My Coma Dreams, and his latest efforts: Free Flying’s introspective duets, and, with his trio, the playful, delicate dreamworld of Floating. At 7:30 p.m. at NOCCA

One Eyed Jacks with an evening of dubious entertainment that included the world’s shortest version of “The Rose” (“Some say love/Becomes the rose”) and an energetic take on Duran Duran’s “Rio,” during which the performer simply gave up and ate a plate of spaghetti while the music played. The self-described “old-time hoofer with a ballpark figure” returns to Cafe Istanbul this week for a return engagement.

Melissa Etheridge WED. FEB. 24 | Melissa Etheridge has beaten breast cancer and the pop-culture peanut gallery that used her heartland-ish rock as a kind of musical LGBT shorthand. The artist and activist self-released her 13th LP, This is M.E., in 2014. At 8 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater.

On your last visit, you complimented New Orleans’ RadioShack. What else impressed you about the city? Dina Martina: The video games and the track lighting. We’re known as a culinary capital. Are there any foods you look forward to trying? DM: Yes! Coming from the Pacific Northwest, I’m really interested to see how your Cheerios differs from ours. And I bet your day-old bakeries are real good, are they? What songs have caught your ear lately? What can New Orleans look forward to hearing you interpret? DM: I like free songs best, so “Happy Birthday” has really been stuck in my head a lot now that it’s back in the public domain. And although I don’t like to give away too much about my show in advance, you can bet that whatever I do sing, it’ll be in English. Your look is instantly recognizable. Do you have a stylist, or are you your own creation?

DITZYLAND FEB. 27

DM: Thank you so much. I don’t think I have a stylist. But as a woman, I’ve always aspired to be recognizable. For the children. Does Dina Martina have superfans? If audience members want to please you, what should they bring as an offering? DM: I think I have super fans, definitely. And although I certainly don’t expect them to bring me anything, I would never dream of depriving them of that pleasure. So if they really wanted to bring me something, I would like toffee, fried rice, clogs, rare coins, Dulcolax and Lark Voorhies. Is Dina Martina political? DM: Sure, if I’m provoked.

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What do you think of the 2016 presidential candidates? DM: I was just making a pie chart about them this morning. I think that if they were bananas, it’d be time to make banana bread. What do you hope audiences take away from your shows? DM: The silverware.

FRI. FEB. 26 | Campy satirists-gone-Mouseketeers Ricky Graham, Varla Jean Merman and Sean Patterson rip apart the house of mouse with pianist Jefferson Turner. At 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday at Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts.

Radiation City with Deep Sea Diver and Mariine FRI. FEB. 26 | This indie-pop triptych teams Pacific Northwest lights Radiation City and Deep Sea Diver — each fresh off new releases, Synesthetica (Polyvinyl) and Secrets (High Beam), respectively — with New Orleans breakout candidate Mariine. At 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

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7 SEVEN

China Lights

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THE LATEST O R L E A N S

Speak NEW ORLEANS’ WEEK IN TWITTER

Gov John Bel Edwards

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C’est What

# The Count

21% New Orleans’ purported “child-friendliness,” in a new study of the best American cities for young families.

Gov. John Bel Edwards says solving Louisiana’s budget shortfall will require not just cuts, but also raising taxes. What do you think of tax hikes in this case?

24% NO WAY

YOUNG FAMILIES, LOOK AWAY FROM NEW ORLEANS: That was the message from a new study by the apartment-rental website Apartment List, which ranked the Crescent City a miserable 461 out of 474 American cities when it came to raising children. New Orleans barely escaped being on the 10 Worst Cities for American Families, a list that included Atlanta, Detroit and Flint, Michigan. Criteria included safety, housing costs, school quality and “child-friendliness,” which included U.S. Census data about the number of minors in each city. The best cities for young families? Four out of the Top 10 were suburbs of Dallas, while two were just outside Indianapolis. — KEVIN ALLMAN

Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down

76% ABSOLUTELY

@RobertMcClendon Head comes to the defense of Carrollton Boosters. Crowd boos her. “Boo all you want,” she says.

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Jon Cleary

Boat_Lawyer

@Boat_Lawyer NOPD has a ticketing checkpoint set up on the Baronne Street Bike Lane. Heckuva job guys.

Orleans Pub Defender

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won Best Regional Roots Music Album at the 58th annual Grammy Awards Feb. 15 for his acclaimed 2015 album GoGo Juice. It’s the New Orleans pianist and songwriter’s first Grammy. Cleary thanked the late Allen Toussaint, who arranged horns on the album. Cleary performed at Toussaint’s November tribute at the Orpheum Theater.

Girls on the Run New Orleans

was awarded a $18,400 grant from the Amerigroup Foundation to expand the group’s 10-week Heart & Sole program to girls in six New Orleans area middle schools. The program’s education, fitness, team building and empowerment initiative culminates in the Girls on the Run 5k.

U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy and David Vitter,

following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, both said the president who takes office in 2017, rather than President Barack Obama, should nominate Scalia’s successor — in direct contradiction to the U.S. Constitution, which specifies the president has the right and duty to nominate justices. The Senate Judiciary Committee, on which Vitter sits, will hold a hearing on Obama’s nomination, which he has yet to announce.

N.O.

Comment

“Gov. Edwards to address budget crisis in live statewide address Feb. 11” drew this comment: “Legalize marijuana. Look at the $$$ Colorado has made from 2015 compared to 2014 since legalizing weed. There’s $$$ to be made and we’re doing nothing about it. ” — henry

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The first issue of Gambit, photographed from our bound archives.

WITH THIS ISSUE, GAMBIT CELEBRATES 35 YEARS OF COVERING NEW ORLEANS. Thirty-five years

is a long time, but compared to New Orleans itself — which soon will turn 300 — we’re still young. Looking back at our early issues, it’s striking how little has changed in the city. Many of the problems that challenged us in 1981 still challenge us today. In its first issue of 1981, Gambit wrote about President Ronald Reagan’s educational policy task force, whose recommendations included, “Congress should pass either a tuition tax credit or a voucher plan for parents of children who attend non-public schools.” Vouchers remain controversial today. Crime, poverty, institutional racism, corrupt politics, flood protection, education and the impact of tourism on local life were among the topics Gambit covered that year. Clancy DuBos’ first Politics column appeared as well. All that year, we wrote about government finances, which continue to vex our city and state today. We’ll keep writing about the hot political topics and about the cultural life of this multicultural city, but this week we’re looking back a bit. On page 21, Kevin Allman looks at what was going on nationally and locally when Gambit debuted. Longtime contributor Blake Pontchartrain has come up with a 35-question New Orleans trivia quiz (p. 30) to mark the occasion. (In response to

a frequent query, we’ve compiled a list of 35 people who absolutely, positively are not Blake Pontchartrain.) Food coverage has been a Gambit hallmark from Day One, and this week Helen Freund (p. 34) talks to three fixtures on the New Orleans culinary scene — Frank Brigtsen, Ti Adelaide Martin and Wayne Baquet Sr. — about changes they’ve observed over the years, for better and for worse. Also in this issue, Gambit co-owners Clancy and Margo DuBos reflect on our readers’ (and our own) passion for New Orleans, and why our city needs a print alternative — owned by locals, written by locals, devoured by locals (p. 12). In other respects, today’s New Orleans would seem foreign to the readers of 1981. Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods marked a dividing line in the city’s history, and we’re now in Year 11 A.K. (After Katrina). One year before Gambit appeared, the New Orleans Saints had the nadir of all seasons, starting 0-14; would the fans who wore paper bags on their heads that year have believed it if they saw the Black and Gold go to the Super Bowl — and win? The city has always welcomed bohemians, artists and musicians, but the number of celebrities and well-known performers settling here in recent years would have been incomprehensible in the 1980s (or 1990s). Housing prices, once New Orleans’ great bargain tradeoff for miserable summers and spotty city services, now are no bargain at all. In the months after Katrina’s floodwaters receded, many wondered whether New Orleans could survive. Today, just as many wonder if this fragile, unique city can survive rapid gentrification. As we move forward, we’ll continue to keep an eye on all these things with you, our readers — and we thank you for three and a half decades of loyal support.

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Gambit at 35: Still young

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I-10 News on the move

its production, but the council did renew the facility’s special use permit Feb. 17 — as long as the facility reins in its noxious odor problems. Vertex came under fire in recent months from local and state officials as the company awaits approval from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, which will determine whether the facility can process up to 6,000 barrels of oil a day (up from the 3,000 to 4,500 barrels it currently processes). State reports found the refinery sending out high levels of sulfur dioxide and hydrochloric acid. Company representatives say the Jefferson Parish ordinance is too broad and that the state permit will allow for site upgrades at the Gulf Coast’s only oil recycling facility.

1. FRENCH QUARTER FEST LINEUP

The 33rd annual French Quarter Festival returns April 7-10 with more than 1,700 musicians on several stages throughout the Quarter. The lineup at the free fest spans jazz, funk, brass, rock ’n’ roll, bounce, Latin, world music, singer-songwriters and Americana. The fest will feature familiar New Orleans favorites like Irma Thomas and Walter “Wolfman” Washington as well as festival freshmen Cha Wa, Little Maker and Sarah Quintana. Also performing for the first time at the fest are Buckwheat Zydeco (pictured), Cowboy Mouth and Jean Knight. For full lineup, visit www.fqfi.org.

2. “Tooth fairy ideas” “Unlike Senator Sanders, who has come up with tooth fairy ideas and who does not have a long record fighting for underserved, predominately African-American communities like New Orleans, Hillary’s a proven leader who understands that being president means doing all parts of the job and delivering for working families.” — Mayor Mitch Landrieu, endorsing Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination while taking a swipe at her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

3. Bleak forecast

for foster care

Louisiana has more than 4,000 children in foster care but not enough foster homes for them — and looming budget cuts likely will hit the state’s foster care and food stamps programs. Gov. John Bel Edwards already cut more than $4 million from the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in the face of the state’s $900 million shortfall in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. The state faces another $2 billion hole next fiscal year. The department is expected to see a $14 million budget cut. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters told the

state House Appropriations Committee that children often sleep in DCFS offices when there’s nowhere to house them. “I am not trying to paint scare tactics,” she said. “This agency has been cut and cut and cut and I simply don’t know where else to take this without staff.” Under Gov. Bobby Jindal’s eight-year administration, the department budget was slashed from $1.2 billion to less than $700 million. DCFS also administers the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, aka food stamps), and its federal matching dollars will drop significantly if the state puts up less money. Walters said the cut won’t necessarily impact benefits, but layoffs will delay enrollment and delivery of benefits.

4. Chaz has left the building

Organizers have announced the end of Chaz Fest, the locals-only answer to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Chaz Fest was a daylong neighborhood hangout that would have held its 10th annual edition this year. Chaz Fest won’t return to its home at The Truck Farm on St. Claude Avenue, which is going up for sale, and organizers don’t have plans to relocate to another space.

8. Short-term rentals,

weed on Council agenda

“The real star of the show was the property,” founder Alex McMurray told Gambit. “Any new place would have to be pretty special. … If there was some magical spot that appeared out of thin air, sure, we’d entertain the idea.” The festival offered Jazz Fest “rejects” a laid-back neighborhood festival on one day between Jazz Fest weekends. Tickets for the 10-hour event were $35.

5. Tennessee in Louisiana

The Tennessee Williams/ New Orleans Literary Festival hosts its 30th anniversary series of literary and theater events from March 30-April 3. Speakers include Dorothy Allison, Dick Cavett, Rick Bragg, Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon, playwright Lisa D’Amour (Airline Highway), Beth Henley, Estelle Parsons, Rex Reed and The New Yorker’s John Lahr, who wrote the 2014 biography Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh. There also are music and food events and the annual Stella! and Stanley! shouting contests, as well as the concurrent Saints and Sinners LGBT literary conference. For full schedule, visit www. tennesseewilliams.net.

6. A call for detox help Last month, New Orleans public health officials issued a public health advisory following a rise in heroin and opiate-related overdoses and deaths. New Orleans Coroner Jeffrey Rouse has attributed the rise in overdoses to the lack of a public detox facility. At a Feb. 17 City Council Community Development Committee meeting, New Orleans District B Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell urged the creation of a low-barrier public detox shelter. The city has made Narcan, which treats and reverses the effects of an overdose, available without a prescription from the University Medical Center pharmacy (2000 Canal St.) and has since added a second location at Crescent City Pharmacy (2240 Simon Bolivar Ave.). Rouse’s office responded to seven accidental overdose deaths last month. More than 100 people were treated for overdoses by the city’s Emergency Medical Response team and area hospitals — compared to 78 at the same time last year. Fentanylrelated overdoses, when the drug is mixed with heroin, also are on the rise.

7. Refining controversy The Jefferson Parish Council opposes a Marrero oil recycling facility’s plans to nearly double

Marijuana and Airbnb are topics du jour at the New Orleans City Council. The council formally received the City Planning Commission’s shortterm rental report this month, outlining its recommendations that effectively would legalize the controversial vacation rental service and provide a framework for taxing and permit fees. At an upcoming meeting, council members will consider the recommendations and open the floor for public comment. Meanwhile, District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry’s ordinance to curtail penalties for casual pot smokers will be up for a vote as early as March 5.

9. Rihanna, rescheduled Rihanna’s New Orleans stop on her “ANTI” world tour, originally set for March 8 at the Smoothie King Center, has been rescheduled for May 17. Tickets for the earlier engagement still are valid, and refunds are available at the point of purchase.

10. Former judge gets probation

Former Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Yolanda King was sentenced to two years inactive probation and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine by ad hoc Judge Michael Kirby. King had been found guilty last year of falsifying residence papers in her 2013 election. She must also perform 100 hours of community service.

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12 OWNERS’ LETTER

Bullish on New Orleans IN A CITY THAT THRIVES ON CELEBRATIONS, it’s fitting

that we celebrate Gambit’s 35 years of giving New Orleans an alternative voice. This issue is about much more than our company’s milestone, however; it’s a celebration of all things New Orleans. While media companies the world over face daunting challenges from new technologies, we are blessed to be able to continue covering America’s most interesting city in print — and online — because our readers are as passionate as we are about New Orleans. That makes our city, and our paper, truly blessed. Along the way, we have covered the biggest stories of the past three and a half decades — fights over utility regulation and environmental enforcement, the 1984 World’s Fair, the revitalization of downtown, a burgeoning artistic, culinary and cultural scene, a devastating hurricane and flood and a Super

Bowl victory by the New Orleans Saints. We’ve seen political reforms and sweeping indictments for political corruption. We’ve celebrated new generations of musicians, artists and chefs. We’ve seen some neighborhoods demolished and others rejuvenated. Through it all, like our readers, we have always believed passionately in New Orleans. That will never change. As Gambit celebrates its 35th anniversary, we acknowledge other local businesses and institutions — and the years that they have served New Orleans. In the following pages, many of our advertisers are promoting their own milestone achievements. New and old, locally owned businesses keep New Orleans unique and help support our award-winning efforts here at Gambit. We thank and congratulate them all. We also thank our talented and dedicated staff of editors, writers, artists, sales execs,

business and administrative staffers and contributors. Week after week, they fulfill our company’s motto: Work hard, have fun, publish smart media. We hope every issue of Gambit shows our readers just how much we love what we do. How could we not, in a city dedicated to having a good time? Although we love what we do, we also take very seriously our mission of covering the arts, entertainment and culture of New Orleans. In addition to covering these topics, we also celebrate and advocate for them. That’s why Gambit created and continues to sponsor the annual Big Easy Entertainment Awards, which celebrate the best in local theater and music, along with the annual Tribute to the Classical Arts, honoring the best in local dance, classical music and opera. Our Commentary this week (p. 9) notes that many of our city’s current challenges are

the same ones that confounded us when Gambit first appeared as an alt-weekly. Despite those challenges, we remain fiercely bullish on New Orleans. Our economy is stronger, our public schools are significantly better, our streetcar grid is expanding and we’re making great strides toward becoming one of America’s most bike-friendly

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cities. All these things make New Orleans significantly more livable than it was in 1981. Looking to the future, we are filled with hope for New Orleans. We’re proud and grateful to be a part of the city’s landscape by telling the stories that define its heart and soul. Our commitment to telling those stories will never waver.

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Hey Blake, Why do we call the medians of divided streets neutral grounds? SARA

Dear Sara, This is one of my favorite terms, one that many of us use every day, often without even realizing why. It is a term used only in New Orleans, one whose origins date back to the city’s earliest days. Initially it meant a common or “neutral” piece of ground, most notably on New Orleans’ main thoroughfare, Canal Street, where it was an unofficial dividing line between the French-speaking Creole natives of the French Quarter and the newly arrived “Americans” who lived and worked on the other side of Canal Street. A paragraph from author George Washington Cable’s 1885 book The Creoles of Louisiana is most often cited as an early explanation for the term. “The people of New Orleans take pride in Canal Street. ... Its two distinct granite paved roadways are each forty feet wide, and the tree-bordered ‘neutral ground’ measures fifty-four feet across,” Cable wrote. “It was ‘neutral’ when it divided between the French Quarter and the Americans at the time when their municipality governments were distinct from each other.” While Cable is commonly quoted,

This drawing of Canal Street in 1857 by Dr. Ballou Kilburn shows the neutral ground before it became a corridor for streetcars. P H OTO C O U R T E S Y G B

the term “neutral ground” existed well before 1884. Historian and geographer Richard Campanella surmises it first appeared in 1806 as part of a resolution to a dispute between Spanish and French authorities over territory in southwest Louisiana. They settled the dispute by calling the area neutral ground. You could find the term in the pages of The Picayune as early as 1837, the first year of its publication. On March 11, the newspaper griped about the muddy condition of Canal Street and the neutral ground, which had been besieged by rain. “This fair portion of our beautiful city is becoming daily, more and more, an object of deep interest,” the paper wrote, joking that the neutral ground should be called Frog Town because of the large number of “emigrants from the neighboring marshes” that had settled there. The paper continued to use the term throughout the 1830s, and it soon came to represent the term for medians all over town.

BLAKEVIEW WHILE MUSES, NYX, IRIS AND OTHER ALL-FEMALE KREWES WERE RIGHTLY CELEBRATED EARLIER THIS MONTH for embodying the women’s move-

ment in Carnival, we can’t forget the grandmother of them all: the Krewe of Venus. It paraded for the first time 75 years ago this week. “Carnival in New Orleans has long been the male’s domain,” The Times-Picayune wrote at the time. “Imagine what his surprise will be this year when he watches women parading on floats over the streets where he has hitherto held full sway!” The krewe’s initial membership was 75 women, and its first parade, on Feb. 23, 1941, rolled with nine floats. It was followed by a ball at the Municipal Auditorium. Venus did not parade for the next four years because of World War II, but it returned in 1946 and remained active until 1992.

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CSI: Baton Rouge “They didn’t just steal taxpayers’ money, they stole young people’s futures. This is the ultimate immorality.” — James Carville

not likely. Louisiana has one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates, which proves that Jindal’s trickle-down policies didn’t work. More likely, the real “paperwork” behind Team Jindal’s corporate handouts is the former governor’s campaign finance reports. If history is any guide, there’s likely to be a high correlation between the A COMMON REFRAIN former governor’s campaign AMONG SOME LAWMAKERS finance reports and a list of IN BATON ROUGE THESE companies that received tax DAYS IS THAT WE SHOULD incentives. At a minimum, “LOOK FORWARD” and Jindal committed malfeastop blaming former Gov. sance by consistently telling Bobby Jindal for Louisiana’s lawmakers and the public unprecedented fiscal crisis. that his budgets for the past If those lawmakers were to seven years were “balread the latest annual report anced.” They were not. of the legislative auditor, The victims of Jindal’s they’d change their tune. fiscal Ponzi scheme aren’t According to the auditor, P H O T O C O U R T E S Y C R E AT I V E C O M M O N S / B L U E P O I N T 9 5 1 just Louisiana taxpayers, the Jindal Administration they’re our children and grandchilthat respect, we can all agree that failed to timely file the vast majority dren who’ve been robbed of their Louisiana indeed has “a spending of statutorily required reports on futures by gutting public colleges problem.” We’re spending way too more than $1 billion a year in tax and universities. much on corporate giveaways. incentive giveaways for fiscal years The auditor’s report summarizHigher-ed officials painted a 2013 and 2014. es 36 audits conducted in 2015 stark picture of the crime scene “We found that three of the six and identifies some $1.8 billion in last week: agencies that administer tax incenquestionable expenditures — the • Under Jindal, Louisiana led the tives submitted reports as of March vast majority of them corporate nation in higher education disin23, 2015,” the auditor’s report tax incentives. That should outrage states. “As a result, the Legislature vestment, cutting state support every Louisiana taxpayer. only received information on five of to public colleges and universiWhat’s even more outrageous the 79 tax incentives administered ties by 44 percent. is seeing some lawmakers now by these agencies. • Increases in tuition have not browbeat university presidents who “In addition, of the 79 tax incenkept pace with those cuts. dare to speak the truth about the tive reports agencies were required • Sixty-three cents of every dollar repercussions of the current fiscal to submit to the Legislature by spent on higher education in crisis. Some lawmakers even have March 1, 2014, 70 [89 percent] Louisiana goes back to the state the gall to blame universities for either were not submitted or did in the form of mandated costs their predicament. That’s like telling not comply with all of the reporting (audit fees, retirement costs, crime victims they had it coming. requirements. According to the Deetc.). At least one university, James Carville, one of Louisiana’s partment of Revenue’s Tax ExempNicholls State, gives back more most passionate advocates for tion Budgets, the revenue loss from than it gets. The University of higher education, summed up the tax incentives claimed in fiscal years New Orleans gives back 76 situation perfectly: “They didn’t just 2013 and 2014 for which agencies cents on every state dollar steal taxpayers’ money, they stole provided no information or did not received. young people’s futures. This is the comply with reporting require• If lawmakers fail to stem the ultimate immorality. Somebody ments totaled approximately $1.1 bleeding, Louisiana’s public should wrap the state Capitol in billion and $1.3 billion, respectively.” universities risk loss of accredicrime scene tape. It’s that bad.” You read that correctly: $1.1 billion tation, mass layoffs — and yes, When you consider that more for fiscal year 2013 and $1.3 billion possibly not being able to field than $1 billion a year has gone to tax for fiscal year 2014. NCAA sports teams. That’s realincentive programs for which there There’s our budget deficit right ity, not a scare tactic. has been little or no accounting — there, folks. College students are planning a at the same time that lawmakers Jindal didn’t create this mess and Jindal cut higher education by rally at the Capitol on Wednesday, alone, however. Democratic as well almost $1 billion — Carville’s logic Feb. 24, to call attention to the crias Republican legislators aided and is unassailable. sis. They’re calling it “Bring HEAT” abetted his malfeasance. To be fair, it’s possible that those (Higher Education All Together). To be clear, those “tax incenerrant reports would show that the They ought to consider calling tives” are actually expenditures. If tax incentives were all administered it “CSI: Baton Rouge” — and heed lawmakers opt to eliminate any of properly and achieved the desired them, it won’t be a tax increase, it Carville’s suggestion of wrapping result of job creation. Possible, but will be a reduction in spending. In the Capitol in crime scene tape.

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WHAT DESAIX | BY KEVIN ALLMAN @kevinallman

New Orleans in the news This week: A Beyoncéfree — but not a Solange-free — zone. SOLANGE ON ZULU Solange Knowles talked to Vogue at New York Fashion Week. Topic A: New Orleans. “When I’m there, my style is different than when I’m anywhere else,” Knowles said. “It definitely brings out your inner bohemian.” As for the city itself? “I really, really love it there. It is also one of those things you can’t put into words, you can’t really put your finger on what is so magical about it.” Knowles also took a stab at explaining the Krewe of Zulu: “On Fat Tuesday there is a huge parade called Zulu, and it’s really interesting because way back in the city’s history, black people were only allowed to be in the parade if they were in grass skirts or other stereotypical costumes. So Zulu satirizes that, and those stereotypes are taken back. There’s a big ball with 30,000 black people in ball gowns. You get your table and hang with your friends — it’s awesome.” …

BOURBON, BARBECUE AND TESTOSTERONE At The Bitter Southerner, veteran food writer Kathleen Purvis dropped a (polite) grenade when she called for more gender parity in — well, here’s what she said: “Men are the new carpetbaggers of Southern food writing.” Purvis makes a pretty good case that men now are the loudest and most numerous voices in the kitchen. Again, she deserves to be quoted: “The Southern food-writing world has been unduly influenced, usurped, yes, even invaded, by a barbecue-entranced, bourbon-preoccupied and pork belly-obsessed horde of mostly testosterone-fueled scribes from outside the region of my birth.” Purvis calls out the editors of Cornbread Nation, the anthologies of food writing issued by the Southern Foodways Alliance — including New Orleanians Brett

Anderson and Lolis Eric Elie. “Of the 353 authors I counted in seven books, 167 were male, 151 female,” Purvis wrote. “Some years were downright unbalanced: Book 6, edited by Anderson (Brett, Brett, Brett!) featured the work of 34 male authors and 16 female.” …

THE DEW DROP TO RISE AGAIN? “What Will It Take to Resurrect Legendary New Orleans R&B Venue the Dew Drop Inn?” Shelby Hartman asked in VICE. Hartman talked to Irma Thomas and the late Allen Toussaint (before his death in November 2015) about their memories of the Central City club/hotel, which was an oasis for African-American entertainers and audiences during the mid-20th century years of segregation before it closed in 1972. “If you were of any status, you played the Dew Drop,” Thomas said. “This was the place during segregated times.” Toussaint remembered R&B singer Etta James “strutting in wearing a sparkling white dress with platinum blonde hair and a white rhesus monkey on a diamond chain.” Hartman talks with Kenneth Jackson about his hope of reopening the Dew Drop: “For now, they’re depending on word of mouth to get the momentum going,” she reports. The goal is $1.5 million for repairs; in January, the city loaned Jackson’s working group $6,000 …

DRESS FOR SUCCESS Promoting his new movie Hush Up, Sweet Charlotte, New Orleans entertainer Varla Jean Merman (aka Jeffery Roberson) described how he got his start in the 1980s: “I’d just go to the bars and dress in crazy housewife drag,” he told Out magazine. “And I had a baby in a baby carriage and I’d lock it up outside the bar like a bike and have people watch the plastic baby. And people would watch the baby for hours, just playing with him. It was so bizarre. I love New Orleans.”

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by neighbors against the Carrollton Boosters’ proposed new soccer complex on The Fly garnered little more from the New Orleans City Council than a promise to provide better advance notice in the future — and a scolding for the tenor of some of the complaints about it. Last year, the Audubon Commission signed an agreement allowing the Carrollton Boosters to build a new complex with an Astroturf field for soccer and other sports adjacent to its baseball facility on the Riverview area known as The Fly. The plan attracted little attention until last month, when the Carrollton Boosters sought to tear down an old cinderblock bathroom building in the site’s footprint — leading to the formation of a Save The Fly activist group, a formal expression of concern from the Carrollton-Riverbend Neighborhood Association and a picnic rally at the public art structure that also will be removed to make way for the complex. On Feb. 17, District B City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell summoned the Audubon Commission and Carrollton Boosters leadership to appear before her Community Development Committee to explain the project. She began with stern words of displeasure about the lack of information shared by either entity about their plans — even with the City Council. “We were not given a presentation,” Cantrell said. “We were not asked for input.” David Sumrall, past president of the Carrollton Boosters, explained the 75-year-old club is an almost all-volunteer organization. They have only two paid full-time employees, in maintenance and concessions, and most of the leadership donates to the club, rather than receiving money from it.

Over the years, the club replaced an old regulation baseball field on The Fly with its current baseball complex, and took over the nearby Avenger Field for other sports, including lacrosse and flag football. Every year, especially since Hurricane Katrina, the club has grown to accommodate the increasing number of families who register, Sumrall said, and the need for even more space became apparent. “The growth of our programs were exponential,” Sumrall said, noting that anyone who registers is allowed to play, regardless of ability to pay the fees. “We’ve never turned anyone away that I’m aware of.” Audubon Commission Chairman J. Kelly Duncan and Audubon Institute CEO Ron Forman emphasized the agreement with the Carrollton Boosters for the current project was signed in an open and publicly noticed meeting of the Audubon Commission in April 2015. Nearly twothirds of The Fly will remain green space, they said, and will remain a popular feature of the city — just like all the commission’s other expansions over the decades. “The battle cries, all the yelling and screaming — at the end of the day, we worked together,” Forman said. With that, Cantrell’s committee opened the floor for more than two hours of public comment. While a number of speakers expressed their support for the new complex, District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry noted the overwhelming majority said they preferred a different arrangement that would preserve The Fly in its current condition. The opponents — who largely said they support the Carrollton Boosters — said they wanted the complex to find a different location. Their arguments generally followed one or more of the following reasons:

• The area of the Fly proposed for the complex is a “sacred space,” one of the best views of the river available to the public. Architect Michael Nius, one of the designers of the public art structure that will be removed, said that location was chosen for that very reason. “It just absolutely is the wrong spot,” said Bart Shank. “It does have a magical feel. That soccer field can go a lot of places, but I can’t get that magical feel a lot of places.” • Fields for team sports are no replacement for open green space, and the sports complex could be located anywhere. “Fenced-in areas do not allow free play,” said Dr. Holly Groh. “In general, I believe we need to have as much open green space as possible. The health of our community needs it both mentally and physically.” • Handing control of that portion of the property amounts to the privatization of open space. “What’s going to happen 10 years from now?” asked Tom Fitzpatrick. “Are they going to want a little more?” • Though the Audubon Commission meeting followed the legal requirements, most of the public was unaware of it, some said. “You’re about to break ground, and we just heard of it?” said Maggie Carroll. • Several speakers criticized the Carrollton Boosters for a lack of diversity in their participants, while noting that the rest of The Fly is enjoyed by members of all races. “There are some cultural issues that need to

The group Save The Fly held a picnic protest on the site where the Audubon Commission and Carrollton Boosters plan to build a new youth soccer complex. PHOTO BY ROBERT MORRIS

be addressed before we the public give more public land to an entity like this one,” said Tillman Hardy. • A handful of speakers said the impact of the stadium on quality-of-life issues like traffic congestion and stormwater runoff has not been adequately studied or described. At the conclusion of these arguments, the City Council members present — Cantrell, Guidry, District E Councilman James Gray and Council Vice President Stacy Head — gave their own thoughts. Gray, a former Carrollton Boosters coach himself, spoke at length about both sides of the issue. He said the city does a poor job of making its recreation opportunities available to low-income residents, but that the Carrollton Boosters shouldn’t be held solely responsible for that problem. If those residents are truly concerned that the Carrollton Boosters overserve affluent families instead of the poor, Gray said, there are plenty of parks in the Lower 9th Ward that lack booster club support and could use volunteers from among the opponents of the project on The Fly. Head took Gray’s comments further. She applauded the Boosters for their commitment to accepting all children who register for team sports and waiving fees for those who say they can’t afford them. Head said she

might have been inclined to agree with the arguments about public notice or even the privatization of public space, but was turned off by the “thinly guised race-baiting” arguments by some of the speakers. Guidry — noting the broad opposition to the complex — said she hoped Wednesday’s meeting could be the first step toward a compromise. “Obviously, the people who came here today are overwhelmingly in favor of keeping that portion of The Fly as it is,” Guidry said. “I think there should be further discussion.” The City Council already approved the demolition of the bathrooms Feb. 4, however, and Guidry did not revisit that motion. No compromise location was proffered, either by the Audubon or Carrollton leadership at the meeting. Finally, Cantrell repeated her concerns about the lack of public input into the process, to which Duncan and Forman replied that they had been taking extensive notes on how to improve their communication. Giving the public a forum to express their opinions was the point of Wednesday’s committee meeting, Cantrell concluded — and with that, promptly adjourned it. — This story was produced with our partners at Uptown Messenger. To read more, visit www.uptownmessenger.com.

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1981 was a consequential year in America.

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WAS INAUGURATED and was shot two months later by John Hinckley; the Iranian hostages were released; Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court; and the first cases of what soon would be known as AIDS were popping up, perplexing doctors in New York and San Francisco. Widespread adoption of email was more than a decade in the future; a first-class stamp was 15 cents. Punk and New Wave were influential, but the biggest songs of the year were a lot more conventional: “Lady” by Kenny Rogers, “Endless Love” by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie and “I Love a Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbitt were three of 1981’s top hits. That year, HBO began broadcasting around the clock, and MTV made its debut. Back then, the music channel played videos 24/7, and the very first

GAMBIT MADE ITS OFFICIAL DEBUT FEBRUARY 15, 1981 with a 24-page paper tabbed “Volume Two, Number One” (Volume One, Number One was a stand-alone two-section issue that had been printed the previous December). Circulation that first year was 25,000 per week, bumped up to 35,000 after Figaro’s demise. The paper cost 25 cents, and was available at newsstands around town, as well as at universities, in street boxes and at K&B Drug Stores. In that first weekly issue of Gambit, readers learned the long-vacant Jax Brewery building overlooking the Mississippi River was for sale, possibly becoming “a family amusement park” to complement other construction in town, including the Sheraton Hotel that was being built on Canal Street, along with all the exciting plans for the 1984 World’s Fair. Gambit reported on the deaths of local poet Robert Stock and New Orleans preservationist Margaret Robinson, as well as on the main attraction at the Prytania Theater — a double bill of Lina Wertmuller’s Swept Away and Seven Beauties. Sammy Davis Jr. was playing at the Theatre for Performing Arts (with opening act Florence Henderson). At the Beverly Dinner Playhouse in Jefferson (dinner theater still was a hot ticket in 1981), TV star Martin Milner (Adam-12) was on the boards in a screwball comedy called There Goes the Bride. Mardi Gras was March 3 that year, and Popeyes promoted “Mardi Gras in the Superdome” with performers Kansas, Molly Hatchet, the Charlie Daniels Band, Delbert McClinton, Hank Williams Jr. and the New Orleans Pops Jazz Band — all for $12. The Saenger Theater had a week of Carnival-related shows, including Dr. John with the Original Meters and a Jimmy Cliff engagement (top tickets: $10). The Dream Palace on Frenchmen Street was hosting the Radiators and Li’l Queenie and the Percolators, along with the Krewe of Kosmic Debris’ king cake party. At Tipitina’s, you could see Spencer Bohren, Astral Project, the Radiators or Taj Mahal. At Jimmy’s Music Club, Joe “King” Carrasco and the Crowns presented “Tex-Mex New Wave,” and there was a double bill featuring Jessie Hill and Huey “Piano” Smith. Nearly every week, you could see one or both of the city’s big contributions to the New Wave scene: The Cold and the Red Rockers. (The Red Rockers became a hit on MTV with the video for their song “China,” which featured a brief shot of the Cabildo.) Gambit’s first Jazz Fest issue carried a complete calendar of performances that was brief by today’s standards (back then, the main stages were still numbered and didn’t carry PAGE 24

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corporate sponsorships), and in June, the paper took its first notice of WWOZ, saying, “Only six months old, WWOZ has attracted attention from musicians and listeners around the city.” Life was cheaper then. Harkins the Florist had “Friday flowers” for $2.95 a bunch. A veal parmigiana dinner at Turci’s was $6.25. At Clyde’s Comedy Corner in the French Quarter, you could enjoy a $1.95 plate lunch and then come back in the evening for performances by Marsha Warfield or Gary Mule Deer. Leisure Landing on Magazine Street was selling Toto’s Turn Back for $5.99 and Journey’s Captured (“Two-Record Set”) for $9.99. The Record Connection on St. Charles Avenue introduced its “Video Cassette Trading Club” ($4 got you All That Jazz or Urban Cowboy for 4 days), which you could watch on a new Sony 26-inch color TV with remote control and “simulated stereo sound,” for the low, low price of $1,095. (OK, not everything was cheaper then.) As the year went on, Gambit (still 25 cents) had a cover story on Moon Landrieu, in which the first Mayor Landrieu told the paper, “I’m a politician; that’s been my life, and I’d love to be president of the United States.” U.S. Rep. Lindy Boggs talked about women in politics. State Sen. Bill Jefferson announced his plans to run for mayor, and Dutch Morial argued the reasons he deserved a second term. The paper had several cover stories on the World’s Fair, all of which signaled there was financial and other trouble on the horizon (and there was). Buddy Diliberto covered the New Orleans Saints. Jason Berry chronicled jazz. Doug MacCash contributed features. And in December 1981, political reporter Clancy DuBos made his debut in Gambit’s pages with an interview with Sherman Copelin, who was announcing his candidacy for the City Council’s District E seat. Ten years later, Clancy and his wife Margo (then publisher of Gambit) became partial owners of the paper before buying it outright in the mid-1990s. It’s been a busy 35 years. To see how much of it you remember, take Blake Pontchartrain’s 35-question New Orleans history quiz on page 30.

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Where she keeps the ducks, nobody knows. Not much is known about Ruthie. Some stories say she is a ward of the state, others say she is the heiress of a wealthy family. … French Quarter locals watch over the areas of her innocence, and several gay bars give her a place to drink and sleep. She never goes hungry for attention.

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RON CUCCIA ON RUTHIE THE DUCK LADY “THERE’S NO SUCCESS LIKE FAILURE” OCT. 3, 1981

If we are headed for 20 years of Republicanism, maybe [the Moral Majority will] continue to be a force, but you know, they aren’t even effective with Ronald Reagan. He didn’t do much for them. So maybe they’ll just remain on the fringe. But I don’t think they can keep themselves organized for a political effort that long because I don’t believe their followers are that genuinely interested in politics. I don’t know.” IRIS KELSO PIONEERING POLITICAL JOURNALIST OCT. 24, 1981

To real estate speculators, Treme is the future Vieux Carre, a neighborhood where moneyed young renovators will flock to transform the now-ramshackle dwellings into pristine museum pieces valued in the lower six-figure range.” MARK THOMPSON “TREME AT THE CROSSROADS” AUG. 6, 1981

The danger in handing over transit to a regional authority is that it will fail to protect the apparently uneconomical but badly needed routes into poorer areas of the city, dropping them in favor of main lines to the suburbs which are also needed. If that happens, the social fabric of New Orleans will be torn apart, nothing less. STANDPOINT, DEC. 5, 1981

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… and 20 years of

BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM On Jan. 1, 1996, Gambit went online. (The New York Times went online 18 days later, on Jan. 19.) “For starters,” wrote Sean Doles in that week’s paper, “Gambit’s online readers will soon be able to listen to sound files of music reviews — and find their favorite music performances through an automated search feature.” Doles also noted Gambit had “established email addresses on the Internet and America Online.” Saying it was “less like a quirky innovation and more like a necessity of survival,” Doles assured readers, “With its venture into this new media, Gambit is poised to lead New Orleans into the next phase of the Information Age.” The site itself was “optimized for Netscape 3.0.” By the way: The paper’s original URL (www.gambit-no.com) still works, 20 years later, long after it officially was changed to www.bestofneworleans.com.

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That’s the question we — and Blake — get asked most often. The answer: Blake Pontchartrain is as real as Mr. Bingle. Nevertheless, literal-minded people still quiz and badger us about the identity of “Blake.” For those nosy types, we’ve compiled this list of New Orleanians who absolutely, positively, guaranteedly are not Blake Pontchartrain. Anyone else in town ... we will neither confirm nor deny.

1. T-Bob Hebert

12. Big Freedia

2. Chris Owens

13. Angela Hill

3. Spud McConnell

14. Wild Wayne

4. Terrence Osborne 5. Cynthia HedgeMorrell 6. Greg Meffert 7. Margarita Bergen 8. Walter “Wolfman” Washington 9. Sean Payton 10. Ronnie Lamarque 11. Kermit Ruffins

15. Richard Campanella 16. Linda Green, the Ya-KaMein Lady

25. Pres Kabacoff 26. Jeremy Davenport 27. Sandra “18-Wheeler” Hester 28. Verna Landrieu

17. Ella Brennan

29. Sybil Morial

18. James Karst

30. Fleurty Girl

19. Julia Street

31. Norman Robinson

20. Archie Manning 21. Bob Breck 22. Rita Benson LeBlanc

32. Al Scramuzza 33. Leah Chase

23. Irvin Mayfield

34. Anyone with the last name Neville

24. Kandace Power Graves

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Jimmy’s Music Club featured an eclectic roster of acts in two weeks in 1981, including the Neville Brothers, the Wild Tchoupitoulas, New Wave band the Cold, the Meters, SoCal punk rockers Black Flag and rockabilly revivalists the Rockats.

1981 music fans piled aboard the riverboat President to see... Iggy Pop?

ADS of ‘81 In 1981, the Bank of New Orleans bragged on its “Expres’ Banque” ATM cards, which allowed customers to “bank 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”

Reggae was hot in 1981, and Toots and the Maytals played Tulane University’s McAlister Auditorium.

Dixie Beer was still a neighborhood tavern favorite in 1981.

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Gambit film critic Rick Barton dubbed 1981 “a fine year” for Hollywood, saying, “There are perhaps a score of films that I’m genuinely enthusiastic about.” Barton’s list encompassed movies that were released in New Orleans in 1981 (though some were 1980 movies). Here were his Top 10 and Bottom 10 of 1981, with an unnumbered citation for the

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megaflop Heaven’s Gate, which stood alone in its awfulness. Mommie Dearest has become a classic of sorts — but when was the last time you heard about Soggy Bottom, USA? Atlantic City and Breaker Morant were two of 1981’s best movies, while Goin’ Ape and Mommie Dearest were two of the year’s worst.

GAMBIT’S BEST FILMS OF 1981 10. Heartland 9. The Last Metro 8. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears 7. Breaker Morant

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PONTCHARTRAIN’S 35TH ANNIVERSARY

QUIZ In honor of Gambit’s 35th anniversary, longtime historical columnist Blake Pontchartrain has come up with a 35-question trivia quiz. See how many you can get right. CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ONLINE AT:

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PERSONALITIES 1. What was legendary WWL-TV and WWL-Radio sportscaster Hap Glaudi’s real name? 2. Match the New Orleans legend

with the neighborhood in which he or she grew up. Ella Brennan Leah Chase Al Copeland Tom Benson A. St. Thomas Housing Project B. St. Roch C. Irish Channel D. Madisonville

3. HEK (aka ByHEK) was a wellknown columnist for The StatesItem and The Times-Picayune for nearly 20 years. What was his beat? 4. Before she died in 2008,

“Ruthie the Duck Girl” Moulon became well-known for traversing the French Quarter, often with her ducks in tow. What was her mode of transportation?

5. In honor of Gambit’s 35th anniversary, match these former contributors with the names of their column. Al Shea Errol Laborde Andrei Codrescu Ronnie Virgets A. Streetcar B. Razoo C. Proscenium D. Penny Post 6. A well-known writer and regular customer of the Maple Leaf Bar remains there forever, with his ashes interred in the patio. He lies beneath a sign that reads “He was a mess.” Who is he?

7. Drew Brees wears the number 9 on his Saints jersey in honor of what sports legend?

MUSIC 1. According to biographer Rick Coleman, what was music legend Fats Domino’s first job? A. Iceman’s helper B. Milkman C. Cab driver D. Bartender 2. At Preservation Hall, a sign

explains that a traditional song request will cost you $5; others, $10. How much for “When the Saints Go Marching In?”

3. Music legend Irma Thomas and her husband operated a nightclub in New Orleans up until Hurricane Katrina. What was its name and where was it located?

4. Quint Davis famously dropped out of Tulane University to help producer George Wein organize the first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Before he left Tulane, what was Davis’ major?

5. Musician Henry Roeland

Byrd became better known by what name? A. Professor Longhair B. Fats Domino C. Tuba Fats D. Benny Grunch

6. The New Orleans house where Louis Armstrong was born, on a street called Jane Alley, was demolished in 1964. What stands near the spot now? A. Mercedes-Benz Superdome B. City Hall

7. Cajun Pete was the singing spokesman for what New Orleans-based product?

PLACES 1. What was the original name for General Pershing Street Uptown, and why was it changed? 2. From 1983 until 1990, Gambit’s offices were located in what local landmark? 3. There are three statues of well-

known figures in Lafayette Square near Gallier Hall. Which one of these is not one of them? A. Benjamin Franklin B. Henry Clay C. John McDonogh D. Marquis de Lafayette

4. Match the mascot with the appropriate local school. These represent the city’s five oldest high schools. Ursuline Academy Warren Easton Jesuit Holy Cross Academy of the Sacred Heart A. Cardinals B. Lions C. Tigers D. Eagles E. Blue Jays

5. From 1838 until 1909, the U.S.

Mint on Esplanade Avenue produced gold and silver coins for the federal treasury. What letter stamped on the coins signified they were made in New Orleans?

6. Several Uptown streets are named for famous battles waged by Napoleon Bonaparte. Which of these isn’t one of them? A. Milan B. Austerlitz C. Foucher D. Marengo 7. There are no statues of or streets

named in honor of former Mayor Moon Landrieu, but there is a spot in town named for him. What is it?

FOOD & DRINK 1. What do the R&O in the favorite Bucktown restaurant stand for? 2. Commander’s Palace has a reputation for turning out superstar chefs. Which of these chefs never worked there? A. Emeril Lagasse B. Paul Prudhomme C. John Besh D. Frank Brigtsen 3. Before she opened her famous

Ruth’s Chris Steak House on North Broad Street, what was Ruth Fertel’s occupation?

A. Lab technician B. Housekeeper C. Secretary D. Waitress

4. What was Benny

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and Clovis Martin’s contribution to New Orleans’ food history? A. Po-boy B. Sazerac C. Snoball D. Crawfish bread

5. Café Du Monde prouds itself on being open 24/7, but closes one day each year. Which day is it? A. Christmas B. Mardi Gras C. Thanksgiving Day D. Ash Wednesday

6. Chicory has long been a staple of New Orleans coffee. By what name might you know it outside of your coffee cup? 7. St. Bernard landmark restaurant Rocky & Carlo’s is named for Rocky Tommaseo and Carlo Gioe. How were they related? A. Brothers-in-law B. Brothers C. Father and son D. Cousins

CARNIVAL 1. Match the motto with the Carnival krewe. Sic Volo Sic Jubeo Vivite Ut Vehatis, Vehite Ut Vivatis In Vino Veritas Pro Bono Publico A. Rex B. Bacchus C. Comus D. Le Krewe d’Etat 2. What TV show broadcast live from Mardi Gras 1977, though with somewhat disastrous results? A. Saturday Night Live B. The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson C. Today D. Monday Night Football

3. Before he began publishing his Mardi Gras Guide 40 years ago, what was Arthur Hardy’s occupation?

4. Who was Bacchus in 1979, the year the parade didn’t roll because of the New Orleans Police strike?

5. Which krewe refers to its monarch as King Sargon?

6. Which krewe is organized by the Jugs Social Club?

7. Which krewe was the first to introduce neon lighting on its floats?

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Aloft Hotel’s lobby connects to a bar with a free music series. PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER

BY MISSY WILKINSON

ALOFT NEW ORLEANS DOWNTOWN (225 Baronne

St., 504-581-9225; www. aloftneworleansdowntown. com) curates a live music series featuring local bands including Renshaw Davies, Dana Abbott, Alexis and the Samurai and Andrew Duhon. “You never know who you’ll find here,” says New Orleans sales manager Maureen Greany. “And we’re always looking for new performers.” With 100 locations worldwide, the hotel is a chic cocktail bar dressing as a concert venue dressing as a hotel. It offers a bright, open lobby and bar along with its free Live At Aloft music series. Its 24-hour Re:Fuel market is a grab-and-go cafe catering to guests and locals in neighboring apartments. Connected to a lobby with free WiFi, pool tables and local art, the WXYZ bar serves craft and traditional cocktails. During Carnival season, the bar featured a traditional Bramble — a festive concoction of Beefeater gin, creme de cassis and house-made sour mix rimmed with gold sugar flakes. There are bloody mary and mimosa specials on game days. There’s also a rooftop pool and gym at the pet-friendly hotel. “I think our hotel was the first in the city to really focus on the millennial traveler,” Greany says. “Aloft New Orleans is perfectly po-

SHOPPING NEWS BENJAMIN BULLINS is a local artist and photographer who offers workshops on dumpster diving and art at the New Orleans Home & Garden Show March 11-13 at the Superdome. The daily workshops are free with a ticket to the show, and attendees can register at www.smartpromos.net/ dumpster-dive.html. THE BARRE CODE (787 Harrison Ave., 504-900-1770; www. thebarrecode.com/studio/ lakeview-nola), a Chicago-based barre fitness chain, recently opened in Lakeview. The studio offers barre classes and boot camps.

sitioned to serve today’s successful young professional.” For instance, guests can check into the hotel and pay via smartphone. Price is another way Aloft appeals to younger travelers. “We stand among our competitors by offering an energetic and social experience to the modern guests at a ‘style at a steal’ price point,” Greany says.

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Summer and holiday staycation packages are listed on the hotel’s website and Facebook page. “It’s a hotel that celebrates the individual and gives you freedom to control and customize your travel adventure to fit your style,” Greany says. “Aloft is just like New Orleans — a place where anything can happen and everyone is welcome.”

TREASURE TATTOO (2350 St. Claude Ave., 504-344-7989; www. jamieruth.com) hosts a pop-up show by La Madama Bazarre (www. lamadamabazarre.com) through March. Art, jewelry and handmade items by artists including Sean Yseult, Lateefah Wright, David Catching and more are for sale.

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35 delicious years

Three veterans of the New Orleans dining scene talk about what’s changed since 1981. BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund

OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS, New Orleans’ fine-dining establishments have increasingly made way for more casual eateries, and the influx of newcomers following Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods has resulted in a restaurant boom of epic proportions: There now are more restaurants in the city than ever before. Gambit spoke with three culinary fixtures in New Orleans about the changes they observed over the years and how those have redefined the way New Orleanians think about food and dining, for better or worse.

Ti Adelaide Martin COMMANDER’S PALACE

Frank Brigtsen BRIGTSEN’S

“Life has a way of presenting us with change in ways that we don’t expect. I think Hurricane Katrina did that; even in adversity and disaster, there’s opportunity. In our case, the main difference is the shift in demographics. The population in the city of New Orleans is a lot more diverse than it used to be … and the restaurant landscape has changed in a very similar way. “We now have hundreds more restaurants than we did before, and that’s a good thing. The diversity of our restaurant landscape has exploded, but in all of these restaurants, it would be hard to say that any of these fit what we know as Creole cuisine. Creole cuisine and culture has always been multicultural … and I think we need to realize now that Creole is a very expandable concept. “I personally have a tremendous love for classic Creole cuisine — if I could make gumbo all day and go home, I’d be a very happy guy. If there’s one thing that rubs me the wrong way, it’s that it’s become easier to find a taco in New Orleans than it is a po-boy, and I say that only half-joking. Even in my own cooking life, I’m always embracing diversity and letting it evolve. We (now) have this diverse restaurant landscape, and it’s really a cause for celebration.”

be there, because the price of the booths has gone up so high. A lot of small businesses just can’t afford to do that. “I think it’s much, much harder for minorities in every aspect, even just living here. A lot of people don’t like to hear the word gentrification … but when I opened (Lil’ Dizzy’s Cafe) in Treme about 12 years ago, this was a black neighborhood. Now, this is a 90 percent white neighborhood, and I’m not mad about that, but can everyone survive that? No.”

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Wayne Baquet Sr. LIL’ DIZZY’S CAFE

“Creole soul food is sort of a lost art. I think some of the things that I still do, not a lot of people are doing. But I think people are still eating down-home real New Orleans food: gumbo, fried chicken, smothered pork chops. “I do see a lot more restaurants — more than we’ve ever had. I see a lot of people coming to New Orleans from the North with new ideas. What would not have been accepted a while back is accepted now. It’s a new generation. “I’ve also noticed that the mortality rate for a lot of smaller restaurants has gone up. It was a lot easier to run restaurants back then. I know a lot of people who tried opening up restaurants that didn’t make it. There (are) just so many restaurants (now). If you have deep pockets … you can survive it. A lot of the minority vendors at (the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival) aren’t there any more because they can’t afford to

“I remember when it was front-page news that Antoine’s put English on their menu and that Galatoire’s started taking credit cards; these were all big things that happened. The truth is, we couldn’t (hire) girl cooks in any quantity until the last couple of years, and now there will be many a night when there are more girls than guys in the kitchen. We’ve finally gotten there, but it really took a long time. It doesn’t feel that long ago for me — maybe 15 years — but we (used) to have certain guests call and make a reservation and say, ‘And we do not want a female server.’ All that has changed, and those are some great changes. “New Orleans always had a great depth of history in cooking, but I don’t know that we had really capitalized on it yet (in 1981). The shift (for us) came … when Paul Prudhomme was the chef at Commander’s (Palace). New Orleans has always served Creole food, but not Cajun. But then Cajun and Creole crashed in the kitchen, with Paul pushing Cajun and my mom (Ella Brennan) pushing haute Creole at Commander’s (Palace) and fantastic things have been happening ever since. Paul really pushed to highlight our cuisine and for us to be proud of our cuisine. “Even before (Hurricane) Katrina, there was absolutely no reasonable explanation for the number of restaurants in New Orleans. If we look at the number of restaurants (now) and the number of restaurants in general and the number of types of restaurants that are just so good … it’s just been very, very good for New Orleans and for cooking, because we’re all pushing each other.” Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

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James Beard Awards semifinalists named THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION has

announced semifinalists for the 26th annual James Beard Foundation Awards. The 21 award categories include more than a dozen New Orleans restaurants, chefs and restaurateurs. Final nominees will be announced March 15, and the 2016 James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards are April 26 in New York. The awards gala is May 2 in Chicago. The New Orleans semifinalists: • Best New Restaurant: Shaya • Outstanding Bar Program: Arnaud’s French 75; Cure • Outstanding Chef: Donald Link (Herbsaint) • Outstanding Pastry Chef: Kelly Fields (Willa Jean) • Outstanding Restaurateur: JoAnn Clevenger (Upperline) • Outstanding Service: Brigtsen’s; Restaurant August • Outstanding Wine Program: Commander’s Palace • Best Chef, South: Justin Devillier (La Petite Grocery); Michael Gulotta (MoPho); Slade Rushing (Brennan’s); Michael Stoltzfus (Coquette); Isaac Toups (Toups’ Meatery). — KEVIN ALLMAN

Warehouse District Farmers Market looking for new home OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET sets up on Saturdays are

redeveloping the site and the market will have to move from its 700 Magazine St. site mid-year. The news blog Canal Street Beat reported last month that Reily Foods Company and developer Brian Gibbs proposed converting the buildings at 700, 640 and 618 Magazine St. into a mixed-use residential, retail and parking structure. Kathryn Parker, executive director of Market Umbrella, which oversees the farmers market, says her company was notified recently that the market would be displaced in the near future, leaving the longstanding Saturday farmers market searching for a new home. “We’ve been super blessed,” Parker says. “We’ll be sad to go, but we realize it’s an opportunity to broaden our reach and our customer base … and possibly our vendor footprint.” The market usually features 25 to 30 vendors, she says.

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Cocktail pop-up series at Bellocq PAIRING THE HERBACEOUS ITALIAN LIQUEUR AMARO with the bitter-

sweet flavors of chocolate might not be the first combination that comes to mind when mixing drinks, but for Bellocq bartender Brian Kientz, it was a natural fit. An event last week featuring those flavors was the first in a series of cocktail-related pop-up events planned at the St. Charles Avenue craft cocktail bar at Hotel Modern (936 St. Charles Ave., 504-962-0911). Future events in the series will take place the third Tuesday of every month. Next month’s theme is still being finalized, but Kientz says there’s a good chance guests can expect frozen interpretations of classic 20th-century cocktails. Kientz says he was inspired to do the first event after reading about the Italian tradition of pairing a piece of chocolate with an amaro in the late afternoon. “(The) combination of flavors really stuck with me,” Kientz says. “(It’s) such a natural combination — bittersweet chocolate and a bitter amaro.” Featured drinks are priced similar to the bar’s regular menu, which also is available during the events, ranging from $8 to $14. — HELEN FREUND

Screening Ella NEW ORLEANS RESTAURATEUR ELLA BRENNAN IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY. The so-

called grande dame of the New Orleans dining scene is the highlight of filmmaker Leslie Iwerks’ new movie, which is set to be released this fall. Brennan, 90, started working in her brother Owen’s restaurant and bar in the French Quarter when she was a teenager, then became the proprietor of Commander’s Palace and the matriarch of her family’s restaurant dynasty. A two-minute trailer for the film includes several cameos from local and national chefs and restaurateurs touting Brennan’s expertise, including Emeril Lagasse, Tory McPhail, Danny Meyer and Daniel Boulud. “I don’t even know if she owns a pan,” Lagasse says, “but she has one of the most amazing palates that I’ve ever ran into, ever.” — HELEN FREUND

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The market will remain open at 700 Magazine St. until spring or early summer. In the meantime, Market Umbrella is crowd-sourcing to find the market’s new location, which Parker hopes will be bigger, with visibility from the street and access to public transportation. — HELEN FREUND

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an urban farmer, tends to the half-acre plot of land that surrounds the restaurant and neighboring Rock ’n’ Bowl. It’s where he grows the produce served at both establishments, including tomatoes, lettuces, herbs, wild peppers and berries. Myers spoke with Gambit about what farming for a restaurant entails and the importance of educating people about urban farming.

Why garden exclusively for a restaurant?

How did you get into gardening?

Myers: I worked in kitchens for 10 years, so the connection is pretty important to me. My culinary background is mostly Creole and Cajun (cooking), so it aligns nicely with that of the College Inn. It definitely helps to know where the food is coming from that you’re cooking. It helps with the flavors, too. The more local it is, the better it tastes. If you cut something the same day, it’s just going to taste better. I think farming is only one side of the equation. The cycle really goes all the way from the seed to the plate, and I feel that it’s more beneficial to understand, not just the process before I harvest the vegetables, but also after, once I leave them (for the chef). It’s much easier to coordinate with (the chef) when I understand both the demands of the kitchen and the supply of the farm. (It tells me) for instance, when to harvest, and how much — how long (the) herbs and vegetables will stay optimally fresh post-harvest. Our main focus here is on lettuces and salad mixes and herbs. But we pretty much do everything. … We had chickens at one point and we’ve got bees, too. When farming on such a small scale, it’s almost impossible to grow everything for a restaurant. So we try to focus on things that are harder to get, things you can’t always find at the produce stand or grocery market. Growing in (Southeast Louisiana) is easier in ... that you can grow all winter long. On the other hand, it’s so wet here and as soon as May comes, all the diseases start hitting. If you’re trying to be organic, it’s almost impossible to control that.

M: When I grew up, I never had a garden. All through my twenties the only thing I ever grew were maybe a couple of cactus plants. One summer, I was up in the mountains in Virginia, and my buddy had a little minifarm up there and we would do farmers markets every week and I found that I just naturally loved it. I got my bachelor’s (degree) in English, but I have a lot of friends who are horticulturalists, and during the summers when I was off from college I’d go help them out and work at farmers markets. When I started here, I just went to the library and got a bunch of books. In gardening, there’s exhaustive knowledge; you’ll never stop learning. There’s definitely a small network of urban farmers in the city, but there could always be more.

How would you like to see the urban farming movement in the city take off? M: Education is the best thing. The more people know about gardens the more people are going to plant gardens. I live in Bywater and you see little plots popping up everywhere now, which is great. We have a relationship with Xavier University, so we help out at a few of the freshman seminar classes. I’ll go there and talk to them and then they’ll come here and do their service hours and I’ll try to teach them as much as I can about permaculture. The best thing about this garden is there are no fences around it, like in a lot of other places; it sort of just makes people implicitly curious about it. People are constantly walking by and they always have gardening questions.

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

BAR & GRILL 701 Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995 — This surf shack serves chips with salsa and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — The menu of American favorites includes a burger, oyster po-boy, Cobb salad, spaghetti and meatballs, fried chicken, Gulf fish and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ 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 more. Open 24 hours Thursday through Sunday. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Revival Bar & Grill — 4612 Quincy St., Metairie, (504) 373-6728; www.facebook. com/revivalbarandgrill — The bar serves burgers, po-boys, salads and noshing items. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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

BURGERS 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, po-boys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Dis & Dem — 2540 Banks St., (504) 909-0458; www.disanddem.com — The Bienville Street slider is a burger BLT topped with ranch dressing. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys.com — The menu features burgers, cheeseburgers and bacon cheesburgers with topping options such as grilled onions or mushrooms, jalapenos and sauces. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

rant.com — The New Orleans sampler features red beans and rice, jambalaya, a cup of gumbo, fried green tomatoes and a biscuit. Delivery available from Carondelet Street location. No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours. West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Catfish Mulate’s features a grilled fillet topped with crawfish etouffee and served with jambalaya, coleslaw and a twice-baked potato. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

CHINESE August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — The menu includes Chinese and Vietnamese dishes. Sweet and spicy fish is tilapia glazed in tangy sweet-and-spicy sauce garnished with bok choy. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT

Ted’s Frostop — 3100 Calhoun St., (504) 861-3615; www.tedsfrostop.com — The menu features burgers with handmade patties, chicken tenders, crinkle-cut fries and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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

CAFE

CONTEMPORARY

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. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include crispy smoked quail salad with pear and bourbon-molasses dressing. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

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. 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. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — The wine bar offers gourmet cheese plates. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — Students in the workforce development program prepare traditional and creative versions of local favorites. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 5222233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestau-

Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Vinegar-braised grilled beef short ribs are served over stone-ground yellow grits with arugula and boiled peanut salad. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sat-Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — The bar offers a large selection of wines by the glass and full restaurant menu. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines. com — Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

OUT TO EAT

Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www.bistroorleansmetairie.com — Popular dishes include oyster and artichoke soup, chargrilled oysters and wild-caught Des Allemands catfish. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovative takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing as well as classics such as its signature bananas Foster. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ 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. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 6444992; www.memesbarandgrille.com — MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www. messinasterminal.com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features Gulf shrimp, Lake Pontchartrain crabmeat, crawfish, fresh herbs and angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ 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. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter. com — Tableau’s updated Creole cuisine includes bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New

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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. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

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OUT TO EAT 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. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with housemade boudin stuffing, No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — The New Orleans AK sandwich features a choice of four meats plus cheddar, provolone, pepper Jack and Swiss cheeses on a warm muffuletta bun. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

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

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

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — 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. $$ Silk Road — 2483 Royal St., (504) 9446666; www.silkroadnola.com — Thai red chicken curry is served with basmati rice. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — The menu features tandoori dishes with chicken, lamb, fish or shrimp; curries and vindaloo dishes; rice dishes; and vegetarian dishes. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www. andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include

speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Creative Italian dishes include fried oysters Giovanni served on a bed of five sauces. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www. nonnamia.net — Seared Atlantic salmon is served with lemon-butter caper sauce, spinach and sauteed vegetables. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines old world Italian favorites and pizza. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Osso buco features a veal shank with angel hair pasta and veal demi-glace. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — “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. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ 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 and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 5817253; www.rocknsake.com — Rockn-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/clubhouse-cafe — Smoked beef belly is served with potato hay, a fried egg, beef roti and kumquat jam. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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

Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$

Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates, appetizers and salads. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans. com — A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ 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, housemade salumi, pasta dishes and more. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www.tivoliandlee.com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine in a small plate format. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — The El General combo plate includes a beef burrito, beef chile relleno, chicken enchilada, a chicken taco and guacamole. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — Entrees such as rack of lamb are served with two sides. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 4827743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www.monascafeanddeli.com — These casual cafes serve entrees including beef or chicken shawarma, kebabs, gyro plates, lamb chops, vegetarian options and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.face-

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. $$

Casa Garcia — 8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 464-0354 — Chiles rellenos include one pepper stuffed with cheese and one filled with beef and served with Spanish rice. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Favorites include sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. 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. $

MUSIC AND FOOD 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. $$

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. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 265-0050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros with corn tortillas, black beans, fried eggs, ranchero sauce, salsa and Cotija cheese. Baked goods include pecan pie, cinnamon rolls and seasonal fruit muffins. There’s live acoustic music daily. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or poboys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on poboy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ PAGE 46

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

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NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta. The menu also includes biscuits topped with gravy or chicken tenders with andouille and chorizo gravy. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.gumbostop.com — Stuffed gumbo features a hand-battered and fried catfish fillet atop chicken, sausage, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo. Fried chicken is cooked to order. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. 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 Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www. lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter and served over angel hair pasta. Roasted garlic pizza is topped with roasted whole garlic cloves, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, feta and mozzarella. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizza.com — Pies feature hand-tossed, house-made dough and locally sourced produce. The NOLA Greenroots pie features house-made sauce, mozzarella, black olives, mushrooms, onions, organic spinach, bell peppers, roasted red peppers, artichokes and roasted garlic. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies

like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — The pizzeria serves thin-crust pies topped with many local ingredients, including Chisesi ham and sausage from Terranova Brothers. Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings, or try a special such as the Mid City Meat Monster, loaded with pepperoni, ham, bacon, meat balls and hot sausage. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. 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; www.witsinn.com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Creole Italian pizza is topped with red sauce, spicy shrimp, Roma tomatoes, feta, mozzarella, red onions and pesto sauce. Reservations accepted for

large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — The menu of gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches includes a namesake triple-decker Big Cheezy with Gouda, Gruyere, pepper Jack, cheddar, mozzarella and Monterey Jack on challah bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. 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. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks. com — The Original is a Philly-style cheesesteak filled with chopped New York strip steak, caramelized onions and melted provolone. The Buffalo chicken steak features chicken breast dressed with wing sauce, American and blue cheese and ranch dressing is optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — 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. $

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 Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — The menu includes grilled whole fish, royal red shrimp with garlic butter and crab and crawfish beignets with remoulade. Char-broiled oysters are topped with garlic butter and Parmesan and served with garlic bread. Reservations accepted.Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. 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. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Crab Trap Seafood Restaurant — 105 Peavine Road, LaPlace, (985) 224-2000 — The seafood house serves boiled seafood, barbecue shrimp or crabs, fried seafood platters, po-boys and more. Flounder is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat, topped with barbecue sauce and served with salad and a side. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — The Bayou Boogaloo breakfast features a threeegg omelet with sauteed shrimp and crawfish with fried oysters and shrimp sauce on top. Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped char-grilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ 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. $$$ The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — Crab au gratin features crabmeat in cream sauce topped with cheddar cheese and is served with garlic bread and soup or salad. The menu includes seafood platters, po-boys, burgers, salads and more, No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. 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

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TAPAS/SPANISH Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — 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 — The tapas menu includes barbacoas featuring jumbo Gulf shrimp in chorizo cream over toasted bread medallions. Paellas and fideos (made with pasta instead of rice) are available with meat and seafood. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

VEGETARIAN Good Karma Cafe — Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St., (504) 401-4698; www. swanriveryoga.com — The Malaysian curry bowl features vegetables and soy protein over brown or basmati rice. The Good Karma plate includes a selection of Asian and Indian vegetables, a cup of soup, salad with almond dressing and brown or basmati rice. The cafe serves free trade and organic coffee. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Sat. Credit cards. $$

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WEDNESDAY 24 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat. Giselle Anguizola, 2; Ben Fox, 6:30; Mem Shannon Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 BB King’s Blues Club — BB King All Stars, 4 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11

BMC — Mark Appleford, 5 Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Jamie St. Pierre, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — John Rankin, 6; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 6; Carl LeBlanc, 10 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 DMac’s — Nawlins Johnnys, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — George French Trio, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 French Market — National Park Service Centennial Jazz Band, 3 Gasa Gasa — Protomartyr, Spray Paint, Black Abba, 7 Hi-Ho Lounge — Shamarr Allen, DJ Chicken, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 7:30 The Jefferson Orleans North — Jerry Embree & the Heartbeats, 6; Jerry Embree, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Lynn Drury, 7 Loa Bar — Alexandra Scott, 8 The Maison — Royal Street Winding Boys, 4; Jazz Vipers, 6:30; Mutiny Squad, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Nigel Hall, 9 Mo’s Chalet — The Nite Owl, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Jonathan Tankel, 9; West King String Band, 10 NOCCA Riverfront Lupin Hall — Fred Hersch Trio, 7:30 Old U.S. Mint — Joe Kennedy, 2 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman, 7 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Mark Braud, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8 & 10 Recovery Room Bar & Grill — Oscar & the Blues Cats, 8:30 Republic New Orleans — Alison Wonderland, Golden Features, 10 RF’s — Pickin’ & Grinnin’ Country Jam, 7 Rivershack Tavern — Deve Ferrato, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Boogie Men, 8 Saucy’s — Mark Appleford, 6 Siberia — Professor Gall, The Royal St. Winding Boys, Dimestore Troubadours, 9 Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra feat. Delfeayo Marsalis, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Chris Christy’s Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10 Three Muses — Leslie Martin, 5; Sarah McCoy, 7 PAGE 51

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THURSDAY 25 21st Amendment — G & the Swinging Three, 5:30; Caesar Brothers, 9 AllWays Lounge — Anna Pardenik, Accordianistan, 9 Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Sal, 2; Royal Street Windin’ Boys feat. Jenavieve Cook, 6:30; Keith Stone Blues Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Kelcy Mae Band, 9 Bar Redux — West King String Band, 8 BB King’s Blues Club — BB King All Stars, 4 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Alexandra Scott & Josh Paxton, 5; Tom McDermott & Friends, 9 Checkpoint Charlie — One Tail Three, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy & Emily Robertson, 6; The Rotten Cores, 8 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6; DiNOLA, National LaGarde, 10 City Park Botanical Garden — Thursdays at Twilight feat. The New Orleans Moonshiners & Christina Perez, 6 DMac’s — Outlaw Country, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Iguanas, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — DJ Matt Scott, 10 Frenchy Gallery — Josh Paxton, 7:30 Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-AHolics, 9:30 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Ashlin Parker Trio, 5; The James Rivers Movement, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Brass-A-Holics, Soul Rebels, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Marc Stone Duo, 7 The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; Dinosaurchestra, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Zack Joseph & Joanna Barbera, 7; Jimmy Robinson, 9; Dave Easley, 10 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Ogden After Hours feat. Carol Fran, 6 Old Point Bar — Palomino Darling, 9 Old U.S. Mint — David L. Harris Quartet, 7 One Eyed Jacks — Fast Times ‘80s and ‘90s Night, 10 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation All-Stars feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Max Moran & Neospetric, 8 & 10 RF’s — James Martin Band, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Horace Trahan, 8:30 Siberia — Hellbastard, Warwound, Nerve Damage, Gasmiasma, 9 Snug Harbor — Larry Siebert Quartet, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Saturate, The Absence Project, Gethsemani, 9 Spice Bar & Grill — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10

St. Mary’s Catholic Church — Ebonee Jewel Davis and Dr. Wilfred Delphin, 6 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Luke Winslow King, 7:30 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 5 Verret’s Lounge — Chapter:SOUL, 9

FRIDAY 26 21st Amendment — Lisa Pinney, 2:30; Reid Poole Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & New Orleans Misfit Power, 9:30 AllWays Lounge — David J, Vinsantos, Damien Youth, 7:30 Andrea’s Restaurant, Capri Blu Piano Bar — Ruth Marie & the Walter Martin Group, 8 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Swamp Donkeys, 5:30; Smoky Greenwell, 10 Banks Street Bar — Chris Zonada, 7; The Fruit Machines, Kill Ida Belle, Bad Misters, 9 Bar Redux — Anglo A Go-Go: All British Dance Party, 9 Batch — Yisrael, 5 BB King’s Blues Club — BB King All Stars, 4 Black Label Icehouse — Yard Dog, Yuppie Teeth, The Painted Hands, 9 Blue Nile — Treme Brass Band, 7; Kermit Ruffins, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Waterseed, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. Boomtown Casino — The Stranger (Billy Joel tribute), 9 Bourbon O Bar — Eight Dice Cloth, 4:30; R&R Music Group, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Jenny Guidry, 5; Paul Sanchez & Alex McMurray, 8; Sweetwater & Company, 11 Carousel Bar & Lounge — Robin Barnes Jazz Quartet, 5 Casa Borrega — Javier Gutierrez & Vivaz, 7 Checkpoint Charlie — Domenic, 4; Ruby & the Rogues, 7; Janelle the Gentleman, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; The Blue Runners, 8; Mike Dillon Band, 10:30 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 6; Future Hate, Dummy Dumpster, All Rise, 10 Columns Hotel — Ted Long, 6 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 DMac’s — Vincent Marini, 7; No Tell Motel, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Eric Traub Trio, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Zobin Baygan, 5; Loose Marbles, 7 Encore Music Club — Crescent City Soul, 10 Fountain Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel — Antoine Diel Trio, 5:30; Amanda Ducorbier Trio, 9 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Gasa Gasa — Radiation City, Deep See Diver, Mariine, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — The Wooden Wings, South Jones, West Without, 9 Irish House — Four Shillings Short, 7 PAGE 51

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PUTTING ASIDE THE QUESTIONABLE NEXUS OF INTERNET FAN SITES and judging books by their covers, Detroit rockers Protomartyr have inspired a minor miracle (for lovers of music and comedy, anyway): descriptionsofjoecasey.tumblr.com. Joe Casey is the band’s deadpan, 10-years-older-than-his-mates frontman, and he looks like “the guy who’s always hanging out in any office building’s copy room,” “a Belgian lorry driver,” “an alcoholic uncle,” “a disgruntled middle manager after a cocaine breakfast” and “my loan officer on my condo.” How does a “business casual Jeff Daniels” “about to do your taxes” end up leading the charge of 20-something post-punks on a Motor City march through the valley of the shadow of death? Skip straight to album three (The Agent Intellect, issued last year by Hardly P H O T O B Y Z A K B R AT T O Art), track 10 (“Why Does It Shake?”), for -Protomartyr the spoiler. Over chalkboard-nailed guitar scrapes and circle-of-hell drums — all -Feb. 24 snare and tom, no cymbal — Casey schools -9 p.m. Wednesday anyone willing to listen on what perspective means when you are staring down 40, lost -Gasa Gasa, 4920 Freret St.; your father to heart failure and your mother www.gasagasa.com to the fog of Alzheimer’s, and have only one working outlet: “Sharp mind, eternal youth / I’ll be the first to never die / Nice thought, and I’m never gonna lose it,” he mono-intones before steering it headfirst into a cultish, bark-chant call and response (“Why does it shake? / The body, the body … Why does it move? / The fear, the fear”). And just that quickly, a fashion-satire Tumblr blog feels like mass whistling past a graveyard. Spray Paint and Black Abba open. Tickets $10. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

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Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Joe Krown, 5; Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Tom Worrell, 7; Crazy Whisky, 10 Little Gem Saloon — Circular Time, 8 The Maison — The Roamin’ Jasmine, 1; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Soul Project, 10; Musical Expression, midnight Maple Leaf Bar — Johnny Vidacovich & John Medeski, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Daniel Black, 7; Richard Bienvenu, 8; Rebecca Green, 9; King Mulhacen, 10 Oak — Tom Leggett, 9 Old Point Bar — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Abby Diamond, 2; Billie Davies, 7 One Eyed Jacks — Meschiya Lake, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Just Judy, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Lucien Barbarin, 7 Preservation Hall — PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — Lynn Drury, 6; Meghan Stewart Jazz Quintet, 9 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Bag of Donuts, 9:30 The Roosevelt Hotel Bar — Moon Germs, 7 Siberia — Hondo Beyondo: Classic Country with DJs Matty & Robin Rubbermaid, 6; Unknown Hinson, The Rotten Cores, The Unnaturals, 9 Snug Harbor — Ellis Marsalis Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; Cottonmouth Kings, 10

Three Muses — Matt Johnson, 5:30; Glen David Andrews, 9 Tipitina’s — The Low End Theory Players present A Tribute To A Tribe Called Quest feat. Mr Smoker, M@ Peoples, Sean C, MC Koan, Gravity A, Mike Dillon & Jermaine Quiz, 10 Twist of Lime — Twinspan, Cerebral Drama, Traded Moments, 9 Ugly Dog Saloon — Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 7 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 3

SATURDAY 27 21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; Juju Child, 6; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Hilary Johnson, 1; Caesar Brothers, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — Josh Richoux, Ugly, Cerebral Drama, 10 Bar Redux — DJ Andy Average’s Rock ’n’ Roll Pipeline, 9 Batch — Yisrael, 6 BB King’s Blues Club — BB King All Stars, 4 Bei Tempi — Conga Queen, 10 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; New World Order Brass Band and Tonya Boyd-Cannon, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Ambush Reggae Band, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. Bolden Bar, New Orleans Jazz Market — Leroy Jones Quintet, 8:30

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MONDAY 29 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30; Blue Monday Jam feat. Chris Polacek, 9 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 10 Bar Redux — Dreaming Dingo with Ryan Gregory Floyd, 9 BB King’s Blues Club — BB King All Stars, 4 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Alex Pianovich, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Something/Anything with DJ Buy-It-Now, 6; JP Dufour, 10 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Gasa Gasa — Dylan Earl, Renshaw Davies, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — The Genial Orleanians, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews and the Crescent City All-Stars with Bobby Love, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — Monty Banks, 7 Sidney’s Saloon — King James & the Special Men, 10

Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Teddy’s Hole in the Wall — Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Joe Krown, 8 Three Muses — Kyle Nachtigal, 5; Joe Cabral, 7

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CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Ebonee Jewel Davis. Old Ursuline Convent, 1100 Chartres St., (504) 529-3040 — Operatic soprano Ebonee Jewel Davis performs a selection of arias with accompaniment by pianist Wilfred Delphin as part of the Bishop Perry Center’s “Musical Prelude to the Celebration of Easter.” Free; donations accepted. 6 p.m. Thursday Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 8655105; www.tulane.edu/~theatre — Friends of Music presents a performance by the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio. Tickets $35, $18 young professionals, $5 students, free for Tulane students. 8 p.m. Wednesday. Louis Moreau Institute. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 9489998; www.marignyoperahouse.org — The Louis Moreau Institute and conductor Morris Rosenzweig present a concert with selections by Joan Tower, Arnold Schoenberg, Stravinsky and others. Tickets $20, $10 students. Fri., Feb. 26, 8 p.m. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105; www.tulane.edu/~theatre — The Louis Moreau Institute and conductor Morris Rosenzweig present a concert with selections by Debussy, Mario Davidovsky, Dennis Miller, Bartok and others. Free admission. 7:30 p.m. Monday. New Orleans Black Chorale. Xavier University, Administration Building Auditorium), 1 Drexel Drive, (504) 520-7525; www.xula.edu — TheNew Orleans Black Chorale performs “In the Name of Freedom Songs” in celebration of Black History Month. Free admission. 5 p.m. Sunday Singers of United Lands. Academy of the Sacred Heart, 4521 St. Charles Ave., (504) 269-1213; www.ashrosary.org — The Symphony Chorus of New Orleans performs with Singers of United Lands. Tickets $20, $10 students. 7 p.m. Friday.

CALL FOR MUSIC Crescent City Sound Chorus. The women’s chorus holds auditions at 7 p.m. Mondays at Delgado Community College. Call (601) 550-0983 or visit www.crescentcitysound.com. Kinderchor. Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014 — The New Orleans German-American Children’s Chorus meets Saturday afternoons from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. No prior experience in German or singing is necessary. Visit www.neworleanskinderchor. blogspot.com for details.

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OPENING Eddie the Eagle (PG-13) — Cut from the Olympic ski team, British athlete Michael “Eddie” Edwards (Taron Egerton) travels to Germany to test his skills at ski jumping, where he meets an unlikely coach (Hugh Jackman). Kenner, Slidell

NOW SHOWING 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (R) — Blow-’em-up action director Michael Bay steps into the 2016 presidential race. Elmwood, Regal 45 Years (R) — Andrew Haigh directs this drama about a couple (Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary when they receive shattering news. Canal Place The 5th Wave (PG-13) — An apocalyptic Earth once again entrusts its survival to the romantic leads (Chloe Grace Moritz and Alex Roe) of a young adult novel. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner The African Queen (PG) — In Africa during World War I, a gin-swilling riverboat captain (Humphrey Bogart) is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary (Katharine Hepburn) to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Prytania The Boy (PG-13) — Just because you’re nanny to a creepy porcelain doll doesn’t mean you don’t have to take care of him. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal The Choice (PG-13) — Fall hopelessly into the arms of endless melodrama at the latest Nicholas Sparks book to become a tearjerker movie. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Daddy’s Home (PG-13) — Professional actors (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) demonstrate the dangers of performing masculinity. Do not attempt. Elmwood, Slidell Deadpool (R) — Self-aware super anti-hero Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) undergoes an ill-advised cancer treatment that renders his snark indestructible. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Dirty Grandpa (R) — “The greatest gift a grandson can give his grandfather is a hot college girl who wants to have unprotected sex with him before he dies.” — Robert De Niro Kenner

An Evening With Neil Young Live Q&A (NR) — Neil Young stars in the comedy Human Highway and performs in the concert film Rust Never Sleeps. The screening includes a live Q&A with the musician, moderated by filmmaker Cameron Crowe. Elmwood Fifty Shades of Black (R) — Kinky businessman Mr. Black (Marlon Wayans) doesn’t hesitate to whip out a few lines from another well-known movie. West Bank The Finest Hours (PG-13) — The Coast Guard’s dramatic rescue of the crew of the SS Pendleton, a tanker ship split in a half by a storm in 1952, gets the Disney treatment in 3D. Kenner, Slidell Gods of Egypt (PG-13) — The survival of mankind hangs in the balance when Set (Gerard Butler), the merciless god of darkness, usurps Egypt’s throne and plunges the prosperous empire into conflict. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Hail, Caesar! (PG-13) — A bevy of movie stars develop a sense of humor about their profession long enough to send up Old Hollywood in the Coen brothers’ comedic mystery. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Prytania, Canal Place How to Be Single (R) — You do want to be single, right? Then take Rebel Wilson’s advice. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Hurricane on the Bayou (NR) — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy Giant Screen Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening With Puccini (NR) — German operatic tenor Jonas Kaufmann performs works from Puccini at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. Elmwood Journey to Space 3D (NR) — Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) narrates a history of human space exploration. Entergy Giant Screen Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG) — Coming January 2037: Kung Fu Panda 14. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Lady in the Van (PG-13) — A man (Alex Jennings) forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman (Maggie Smith) living in her car that’s parked in his driveway. Elmwood, Canal Place Macbeth (R) — Macbeth (Michael Fassbender), consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife (Marion Cotillard), murders his king and takes the throne for himself. Chalmette PAGE 59

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THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF MAJOR FILMS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST produced in every corner of the globe over the last 70 • 12:15 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 7 p.m. & years, all appearing with increasing frequen10 p.m., through Thursday cy from one decade to the next. The last • The Theatres at Canal Place two years have brought a pair of acclaimed films from Europe — Ida and Phoenix — that • 333 Canal St., third ﬂoor derive high art from the subject by focusing • (504) 493-6535 on its aftermath. Despite all these efforts, • www.thetheatres.com the enormity of the Holocaust and its horrors have remained impervious to full cinematic interpretation. The medium of film — for all its strengths and glories — always falls P H OTO C O U R T E S Y short when addressing that which can never SONY PICTURES CLASSICS be grasped or explained. Son of Saul, the debut feature from Hungarian filmmaker Laszlo Nemes, aims to break through that invisible barrier by stripping away the rules that typically underlie narrative movies. Given Nemes’ radical methods and the results they yield, Son of Saul can only be described as an experimental film — and a successful one by any measure. Its accolades include the Grand Prix at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, more than a dozen Best Foreign Language Film awards from American critics’ associations and an Oscar nomination in that category. But Son of Saul exists in a cinematic world of its own device, making comparisons to the year’s many great international films superfluous. The film takes us deep inside the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. It follows a day-and-a-half in the life of Saul Auslander (Geza Rohrig), a member of the Sonderkommando — work units of imprisoned Jews whose presence reassures new arrivals even as they guide them to their deaths, clean the gas chambers immediately after each mass murder (which totaled an estimated 1.1 million people at Auschwitz alone), burn the corpses and dispose of the ashes. The Sonderkommando perform their duties for four months before being killed and have no choice about their roles in the camp. After seeing a teenage boy briefly survive the gas, Auslander believes him to be his son and spends the entire film searching the camp for a rabbi who can say Kaddish and help with a proper and clandestine burial. That mission allows Auslander to manufacture meaning in a place where all sense of purpose has been systematically destroyed. He struggles with his ultimately pointless task even as his fellow Sonderkommando prepare for a secret armed rebellion, a real-life event that occurred at Auschwitz in 1944. But there are no heroes in Son of Saul. Nemes keeps his camera in tight close-up and sharp focus on his central character throughout the film’s 107-minute running time, with only a few respites for very brief scenes that further the storyline. The chaotic horrors of Auschwitz swirl around Auslander in various states of blur on the edges of an almost square image, with much information communicated though dense and detailed sound design. The idea was to remove all cinematic artifice — including any notion of visual style — leaving us with nothing but the bare bones of Auslander’s experience. The results are claustrophobic, disorienting and uniquely disturbing, but the film comes closer to capturing the realities endured by victims of the Holocaust than anything that has come before. Nemes lost much of his family at Auschwitz, which helps mitigate the philosophical quandary of crafting experimental art from the horrors that occurred there. No catharsis is possible for filmmaker or audience, but that is central to the idea of making Son of Saul. — KEN KORMAN

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The Maltese Falcon 75th Anniversary (1941) Presented by TCM (NR) — Archetypical private eye Sam Spade (“Humphrey Bogart, as the most ruthless lover you’ve ever met!”) hunts a mystery bird that’s fallen in with the wrong crowd. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PG13) — A woman must have a thorough knowledge of singing, dancing and the art of war. Elmwood Race (PG-13) — In this biopic, Jesse Owens (Stephan James) strives to become the greatest track and field athlete in history during the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Revenant (R) — In the uncharted wilderness of the Dakotas, a bear mauls a frontiersman (Leonardo DiCaprio, himself rapidly approaching bear status). Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal

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Risen (PG-13) — A skeptical Roman soldier (Joseph Fiennes) investigates the disappearance of a dead prisoner named Jesus (spoiler: it’s a Christian movie). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Secret Ocean 3D (NR) — Filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau explores the ocean’s food chain from phytoplankton to the largest animals. Entergy Giant Screen Son of Saul (R) — In Auschwitz, a prisoner (Geza Rohrig) forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds the body of a boy he takes for his son. Canal Place Spectre (PG-13) — James Bond (Daniel Craig) opens his closet looking for a white dinner jacket and an international conspiracy’s worth of skeletons falls out. Elmwood Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) — No spoilers! Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell Triple 9 (R) — A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer (Casey Affleck) in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Two Day Best Picture Showcase 2016 (NR) — AMC Elmwood screens nominees for the 2016 Academy Award for Best Picture. Elmwood Where to Invade Next (R) — Michael Moore visits various countries to examine how people who are not Americans view work, education, health care, sex and equality in his latest documentary. Elmwood The Witch (R) — A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie. Clearview, Elmwood,

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS 12 Years A Slave (R) — In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. The screening includes a brief talk by Barbara Trevigne. 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Old U.S. Mint. The Beguiled (R). The Civil War movie stars Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page. 7 p.m. Tuesday. New Orleans Lyceum. Lamb (NR) — In this Ethiopian film, a boy tries to save his pet lamb from being sacrificed for a religious feast. Time TBA Friday. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. Of Mind and Music (PG-13) — In a golden-hued French Quarter, a neurologist meets an aging street musician whose struggle with memory loss illuminates his own mother’s Alzheimer’s disease. 6 p.m. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. Rain the Color of Blue With a Little Red in It (NR) — Musician Mdou Moctar stars in a remake of Prince’s Purple Rain by filmmakers from the Tuareg, a North African group whose native language has no synonym for “purple.” 9:30 p.m. Tues.-Thurs., Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. Requiem for the American Dream (NR) — Noam Chomsky discusses the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Showtime TBA Friday. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. Rolling Papers (NR) — Mitch Dickman looks at how society and the media are adapting to the legalization of marijuana in this documentary. 8 p.m. Tues.-Thurs., Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. Star Wars in German (PG) — Experience the original StarWars in German with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deutsches Haus. Wings (NR) — The Historic New Orleans Collection presents a free screening of the 1927 classic silent film (starring Clara Bow and Charles “Buddy” Rogers) with live, improvised musical accompaniment by St. Louis Cathedral’s artist-in-residence pianist, Pierre Queval. 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The Historic New Orleans Collection Williams Research Center.

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HAPPENINGS Gene Koss gallery talk. St. Tammany Art Association, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — Exhibiting artist and glass program director Gene Koss leads a gallery walk-through. 2 p.m. Sunday. Paintings by Becky Fos. Gallery B. Fos, 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www.beckyfos.com — Gallery B. Fos celebrates its first anniversary 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 27 with surprise raffles for kids and adults and a silent auction, including original works of art. The Pancakes & Booze Art Show. Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — The traveling art show features works by more than 55 artists, live music, body painting and free pancakes. Admission $5. 8 p.m. Friday.

OPENING Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans. 433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www.

martinlawrence.com — Special exhibit of works by Pablo Picasso, Feb. 27-March 5.

GALLERIES 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 9402900; www.5pressgallery.com — Work by Miro Hoffman, through March 5. Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — Faculty showcase, through February. Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Beautiful Chaos,” portraits by Andy Baird, through February. Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “Swimming to Inishkeel,” sculpture and video art by Malcolm McClay, through March 5. Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — Work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing. Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart.

com — “Outsider Artist Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — Paintings by David Lumpkin and Dana Manly; mixed-media work by Nancy Susaneck; jewelry by Kathy Bransfield; photography by Belinda Tanno; work by Grace Hogan and Kim Zambia, through February. The Art Garden. 613 Frenchmen St., (504) 912-6665; www.artgardennola. com — Sculpture garden by Andre LaSalle, through February. Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “City Portraits — New Orleans,” paintings by John Hartman; “From a Distance,” sculpture by Gene Koss, both through Feb. 27. Atrium Gallery at Christwood. 100 Christwood Blvd., Covington, (985) 898-0515; www.christwoodrc. com — “The Barranger Family: A Mid-Century Collection,” through Feb. 26. Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www. barristersgallery.com — “Bible Bel Buckle,” work by Silkey Thoss and Bob Tooke; “Paris, America: The ManoMano Group,” featuring Beau Tardy, Mara Marich, Cyr Boitard, Louis J. Gore and Sebastian Birchler, both through March 6. Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St. (985) 288-4170; www.beatasasik com — “Feathers,” paintings and jewelry by Beata Sasik, through February.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing. Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com — “Doll Show,” group exhibition featuring Aguamala, Alice Aster, Al Benkin, Andre LaSalle, Betsy Sharp, Eriko Hatori, Jessica Radcliffe, Kiernan Dunn, Mama Yemi, Otto Splotch, Sean Dixon, Shannon Atwater and Shannon Tracy, through March 8. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Living Energy,” mixed-media sculpture by Key-Sook Geum, through Feb. 27. Casell-Bergen Gallery. 1305 Decatur St., (504) 524-0671; www.casellbergengallery.com — Work by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, Bedonna, Gamal Sabla, Phillip Sage and others, ongoing. Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart. com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing. Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — “Wish You Were Here,” paintings by Mac Ball, through Feb. 27. The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — “Momentum Indumenta: Kinetic Costume Show and Shop,” curated by Nina Nichols and Alice McGillicuddy, through Feb. 28. The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Compulsion,” work by Rosa Byun, Steph Marcus and Sean Starwars, through March 6. “Fully Loaded,” work by Vanessa R. Centeno; “Rodeo,” work about Louisiana’s prison system by John Isiah Walton, both through March 6.

Haab, Jacob Edwards, Wendy Warrelmann and Amy Ieyoub, ongoing. Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc.edu/ departments/art-gallery — “A Celebration of the Life and Work of Gus Bennett Jr. featuring The Blak Code Series,” through Feb. 25. John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www. johnbukaty.com — Paintings and sculpture by John Bukaty, ongoing. J&S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, (504) 952-9163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing. Ken Kirschman Artspace. NOCCA Riverfront, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — Group exhibition featuring James Flynn, Karin Burt, Keith Duncan, Andy Holton and Yuka Petz, through Feb. 27. La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre.com — Mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries. com — “Let Them See Cake,” paintings on copper by Benjamin Shamback, through March 26. M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing. Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwel-

chart.com — Paintings and mixed media by Martin Welch, ongoing. Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — Group exhibition featuring gallery artists, through June 25. Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing. New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Le Melange Speciale,” group exhibition featuring Keith Duncan, Jon Schooler, Colleen Shannon, Christina Juran, Bruce Davenport Jr., Amy Bryan, Mike Kilgore, Wallen Warren, Ray Cole, Jill Shampine and Alan Zakem, through March 5. New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www. neworleansglassworks.com — Screenprints by Julianne Merino, through February. New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 218-5319; www. nolatattoomuseum.com — “Folklore & Flash,” tattoo designs and artifacts, ongoing. Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 3094249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — Recent watercolors, mixed-media work, mosaics and sculpture by Nall, through Feb. 27. Overby Gallery. 529 N. Florida St., Covington, (985) 888-1310; www.overbygallery. com — Group exhibition by gallery artists featuring James Overby, John Goodwyne, Kathy Partridge, Linda Shelton and Ray Rouyer, ongoing. Pedestal Gallery. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 645-3864; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New artwork by George Williams and Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

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Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www. rhinocrafts.com — Work by Natalie Nichols, Kalaya Steede, Alison Ford, Erin Gesser and others, ongoing. RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075, (504) 450-2839; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass and metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing. River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras, ; www.cano-la.org — Sculpture garden addressing environmental themes, ongoing. Rolland Golden Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 888-6588; www.rollandgoldengallery.com — “Finally Winter,” work by Rolland Golden, ongoing. Rutland Street Gallery. 828 E. Rutland St., Covington, (985) 773-4553; www.rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing. Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 6100581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Tuff Enough,” work by Meg Turner, through June 12; “Queen Selma,” photographs of Selma, Alabama, by Roman Alokhin, through April 10. Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter. org — “Unpacking Identity Through Art: An Exhibition of Children’s Suitcase Self-Por-

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Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “persoNOLAties,” group exhibition of portraits featuring paintings by Will Smith Jr., through Feb. 28. Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres.com — Mixed media by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Mutations,” works by Maddie Stratton and Selina Trepp; “Night Clinic,” paintings by Peter Hoffman, both through March 6. Graphite Galleries. 936 Royal St., (504) 565-3739; www.graphitenola.com — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Guthrie Contemporary. 3815 Magazine St., (504) 897-2688; www.guthriecontemporary.com — “Developer Drawings,” photographic manipulations by Lisa McCarty, through March; “Self & Others,” portrait photography by Aline Smithson; “Wish You Were Here,” photographic dioramas by Ayumi Tanaka, both through March 30. Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett.com — Group exhibition featuring 27 artists, through February. Hammond Regional Arts Center. 217 E. Thomas St., Hammond, (985) 542-7113; www.hammondarts.org — “The Last Islands,” group exhibition of artwork about Louisiana’s vanishing coastline featuring Gary Lafleur, Daniel Kariko, Ernest Milsted and Dennis Sipiorski, through Feb. 26. Hyph3n-Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 264-6863; www.hyph3n.com — Group exhibition featuring Polina Tereshina, Walker Babington, Charles Hoffacker, Garrett

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LANDSCAPES ARE AN ANCIENT GENRE dating back to Europe’s Stone Age cave paintings, but Miro Hoffman’s canvases at 5 Press Gallery reflect more current and local concerns. Referencing both urban farming and art history, they suggest that what we call “sense of place” results from a fusion of aspiration, aesthetics and nature. For instance, Veggi Farms III depicts a community garden designed to provide work for the Vietnamese residents of New Orleans East who were affected by the BP oil disaster. Sparkling with crisp forms and colors, it whimsically exudes the aspirations of the garden’s creators. Similar qualities appear in Press Street Gardens, where students learn to grow produce to be sold to local restaurants. Andi’s Permaculture Sustainable Development: Paintings Garden, pictured, a view of the artist’s by by Miro Hoffman father’s backyard, is more personal, but the scientifically and socially -Through March 5 innovative tone of all of these scenes makes them very different from tra-5 Press Gallery, 5 Press St. ditional landscapes. A recent artist in residence at the Joan Mitchell Center, -(504) 940-2900 Hoffman is a deft colorist who uses a -www.5pressgallery.com kind of abstract shorthand to create quasi-realistic landscapes that reflect Saturate: Recent Animations by Nathe post-Katrina movement toward tional and International Artists community-oriented visual art. How we see our surroundings is -Through March 6 something we take for granted, but Albert Einstein revealed that light -UNO-St. Claude Gallery, actually is energy transmitted in 2429 -St. Claude Ave. waves and particles that our mental processes shape into recognizable -(504) 280-6493 everyday reality. Jake Fried’s Brain -unostclaudegallery.wordpress.com Lapse — a psychedelic video animation cobbled from ink, Wite-Out and coffee showing at the UNO-St. Claude Gallery— provides intriguing parallels to Einstein’s mental construction-deconstruction hypothesis. But The Blown Town in Tea, a mythico-surreal video animation by Japanese artist Saigo No Shudan, depicts a surreal fable in which an elderly savant levitates a bowl into the hands of a nubile maiden who vanishes into its otherworldly contents, recalling Einstein’s description of quantum entanglement: “spooky action happening at a distance.” Curated by Dan Rule, these and others provide a colorful sampling of some of the more intriguing experimental animations being made in the world. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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traits,” mixed-media art by children, through March 4. Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery.com — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery. com — Group exhibition of gallery artists, ongoing. St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “Tulane Contemporary Glass,” work by faculty, alumni and graduate students from the Tulane/Newcomb College Glass Art program, through April 2.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Mysteries of the Palais Royale: The Minor Works,” art inspired by historic French wallpaper by Norah Lovell, through March 6. Steve Martin Fine Art. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart.com — “Candy Shop,” work by Olesya, through Feb. 27. Tripolo Gallery. 401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-1441 — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. United Bakery Gallery. 1337 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — Group show with work by Lauren Marie Breaux, Eli Roberts Casados, Sarah Davis, Lauren J. Andrews, Brianna Serena Kelly,

MUSEUMS Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — “Repurposeful Delights,” group exhibition of mixed-media art curated by D. Lammie-Hanson, through March 18. Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “B-R-I-C-K-IN-G,” work by James Hoff work by Jacqueline Humphries, both through Feb. 28. The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “An Architect and His City: Henry Howard’s New Orleans, 18371884,” exhibition of photography and documents, through April 3. Hand-carved 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 — “Awash with Color: Seldom-Seen Watercolor Paintings by Louisiana Artists, 1789-1989,” through May 21. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Historic French Quarter life and architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4. “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts, ongoing. “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items, ongoing. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Orientalism: Taking and Making,” European and American art influenced by Middle Eastern, North African and East Asian cultures, through Dec. 31. Photographs by Tina Barney; “Time/ Frame,” photography from the permanent collection, both through Feb. 28. “Pierre Joseph Landry: Patriot, Planter, Sculptor”, through March 20. Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “I Wonder,” tunnel books, ceramics and work on paper by Andrea Dezso; “Mysterious Presence,” taxidermy sculptures by Kate Clark, both through April 10. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.

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ogdenmuseum.org — “Bent, Not Broken,” drawings by Michael Meads, through Feb. 28. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “A Place and Time Part 1: Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” through May 29. Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.louisianastatemuseum.org/museums/the-old-us-mint — “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December. Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane.edu — “Medieval Louisiana,” exhibit about the region’s adoption of Byzantine, Romanesque, Hispano-Moresque and Gothic architectural forms from the antebellum period through the early 20th century, through May 20. Southern Food & Beverage Museum. 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.sofabinsitute. org — “The Photography of Modernist Cuisine,” large-format photography by Nathan Myhrvold, through March 1. “Dirty Pages: Nashville Women and the Recipes That Tell Their Stories,” multi-media exhibition, ongoing. Williams Research Center. 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/willcent.htm — “At Home and at War: New Orleans, 1914-1919,” exhibition of documents, film reels and artifacts relating to World War I, through May 7.

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THEATER Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party. Mag’s 940, 940 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 948-1888; www.mags940bar. com — Rockfire Theatre presents Aaron Loeb’s comedy about an elementary school teacher who rewrites the school’s Christmas pageant to feature American presidents and insinuates Abraham Lincoln was gay. Matt Reed directs. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday. The Amorous Ambassador. Teatro Wego!, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego, (504) 885-2000; www.jpas.org — Jefferson Performing Arts Society presents Michael Parker’s comedy about the shenanigans of an American diplomat (David Jacobs) and his family. Tickets $25-$30. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through March 6. And Then There Were None. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671; www. playmakersinc.com — Anysia M. Genre directs this Agatha Christie mystery about 10 strangers on an island who suspect each other of murder. Tickets $20, $10 students. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through March 13. Be a New Orleanian: A Swearing-In Ceremony. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 638-6326; www.thetheatreatstclaude.com — Jim Fitzmorris performs a solo piece about being a New Orleanian. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday. Dina Martina. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130 — Daniel Nardicio presents his all-new drag show about a tragic singer, horrible dancer and surreal raconteur. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at door. 10 p.m. Saturday. Ditzyland. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — Ricky Graham, Varla Jean Merman and Sean Patterson skewer Walt Disney’s most treasured animated features for an adult audience. Tickets $26. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Jungle Kings. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater. com — With a parole hearing approaching after 10 years in prison, 25-year-old Jason “Baby Cockroach” Watts (Martin Bats Bradford) struggles to choose a new path in Rain Denise Wilson’s play. Tickets $20, students and seniors $18. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Little Shop of Horrors. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www.cuttingedgetheater.com — Cutting Edge Theater presents a 30th anniversary production of the cult musical comedy about a meek flower shop employee (Jordan Leggett) who discovers an unusual plant. Tickets $22.50-$30. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through March 5.

No Exit. Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, Delgado Theater, (504) 616-6066; www.dcc.edu — Delgado Community College Theatre presents Sartre’s existential classic about the hell of other people. Tickets $10, $8 Delgado students, faculty and staff. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. One Woman Show Starring Trinese Duplessis. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola. com — Actress and playwright Trinese Duplessis returns with an encore performance of her one-woman show featuring characters Deedy Dee the Chess Playing Hooker, Mama Tee the 9th Ward Lady and others. Tickets $20. 6 p.m. Sunday. Songs that Won the War. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5281944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Belles perform classic World War II-era songs like “The White Cliffs of Dover,” “The Last Time I Saw Paris” and “La Vie en Rose.” Dinner and show $65; show only $30; brunch matinee $40. 11:45 a.m. Wednesday. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. 30 by 90 Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville, (844) 843-3090; www.30byninety.com — Courtney Calato directs the Tony Award-winning play about bickering middle-aged siblings who share a home. Tickets $19, seniors and military $17, students $14, children $10. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Victory Swing Orchestra Salutes Ol’ Blue Eyes. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Swing Orchestra and vocalist Clint Johnson pay tribute to Frank Sinatra and other big band artists including Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Dinner and show $65; show only $30; brunch show $60. 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. The Women. Gretna Cultural Center For The Arts, Huey P. Long Avenue and Fourth Street — Dane Rhodes and Sandy Bravender direct Clare Boothe Luce’s all-female comedy starring Andrea Watson, Ashton Abridge, Denise Ponce and Margaux Fanning. Tickets $37, dinner and show $52. Dinner at 7 p.m., show at 8:30 Friday, lunch at 12:30 p.m., show at 2 p.m. Sunday, through March 6.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY Big Deal Burlesque. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www. siberianola.com — Roxie le Rouge hosts Cherry Brown, Morgan La Rue and Ruby Tesla in a burlesque performance. Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The Blue Book Cabaret. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 5292107; www.bourbonpub.com — Bella Blue and a rotating cast including Darling Dar-

DANCE Ailey II. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105 — The New Orleans Ballet Association presents a performance by scholarship students from New York City’s Ailey School. Tickets $40-$60. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Love Taps: An Evening of Romance and Rhythm. NOCCA Riverfront, Nims Blackbox Theatre, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2875; www.nocca.com — Theatre on Tap presents a revival of its award-winning tap dance program directed by Heidi Molnar, with music by Ainsley Matich and Arsene DeLay. Tickets $18-$35. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

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5488; www.longuevue.com — A vigorous all-levels yoga class is followed by a wine tasting. Suggested donation $5. 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. White Wines of Burgundy Class. The Grill Room at the Windsor Court, 300 Gravier St., (504) 522-1992; www.grillroomneworleans.com — Sommelier Bill Burkhardt hosts a tasting of the white wines of Chablis and the historic vineyards of Cote de Beaune, paired with cuisine by Chef Daniel Causgrove. Tickets $45, plus tax and tip. 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 24 Art In Motion. Treo, 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 304-4878; www.treonola.com — Treo and Footprints To Fitness host a health happy hour featuring a yoga/ Pilates class, cocktails and food. Tickets $20. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. College Essay Seminar. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — College guidance counselor Carol Langston discusses the importance of the college application essay. Free admission. 7 p.m. Girl Power Group. Jewish Family Service, 3330 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 600, Metairie, (504) 831-8475; www.jfsneworleans.org — Jewish Family Service holds a weekly group where young women can learn skills to handle peer pressure and bullying and create positive friendships. Contact Tracy Kinamore at (504) 8318475 or tracy@jfsneworleans.org for details. Fee $240. 4:30 p.m. The Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 8655105; www.friendsofmusic.org — New Orleans Friends of Music and Tulane University present the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio, an ensemble of clarinet, cello and piano performing pieces by Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Bloch and Shulamit Ran. 8 p.m. Greater New Orleans Science & Engineering Fair. University of New Orleans, Human Performance Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6683www. gnosef.tulane.edu — The 60th annual fair features the results of 400 local, middle and high school students’ independent research in science, technology, engineering and math. Open to the public. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. New Orleans Magazine: Tops of the Town. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, (504) 568-1702; www. topsofneworleans.com — New Orleans Magazine presents Tops of the Town, celebrating 50 years of publication. There will be performances by The Yat Pack, Robin Barnes and The Jailhouse Rockers. Proceeds benefit the Louisiana SPCA. Tickets $50 in advance, $75 at the door. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Roch The Cause: A Benefit for the Foundation for Entertainment Development

THURSDAY 25 Fight for Double Victory Panel. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — Panelists Leah Chase, Raphael Cassimere and Norman Francis recount their experiences during the civil rights movement through the story of the African-Americans who fought in World War II. 5 p.m. Go Red For Women Luncheon. JW Marriott New Orleans, 614 Canal St., (504) 527-6752; www.jwmarriottneworleans. com — The luncheon educates women about heart health and includes health screenings, a silent auction, a healthy lunch and motivational speakers. Tickets $150. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Homebuyer’s Program Presentation. Norman Mayer Branch Library, 3001 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 596-3100; www.neworleanspubliclibrary.org — Habitat for Humanity presents an information session about its homebuyer’s training program. Free. 6 p.m. Nunez Community College Foundation Gala. Nunez Community College, 3710 Paris Road, Chalmette, (504) 278-7497; www.nunez.edu — The gala includes cuisine from local restaurants, a silent auction, live music, wine and beer. Tickets $50. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Senior Dance. Spitzfaden Community Center, 3090 E. Causeway Approach, Mandeville, (985) 624-3127 — The City of Mandeville hosts a monthly dance for senior citizens. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Treme Coffeehouse Art Market. Treme Coffeehouse, 1501 St. Philip St., (504) 264-1132 — Local artists sell crafts at the weekly market. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

FRIDAY 26 Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The museum stays open late and has live music by the Shotgun Jazz Band, a lecture on the current exhibition “Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum” by curator Stacy Hollander, kids activities and more. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Got Gumbo? Cook-Off. Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 586-0300; www.sonesta.com/royalneworleans — United Way hosts its annual fundraising gumbo cook-off with food from local restaurants. Tickets $25, $30 at the door. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Magazine Street Art Market. Dat Dog, 3336 Magazine St., (504) 324-2226; www. datdognola.com — Local artists sell crafts

EVENTS at the weekend market in Dat Dog’s courtyard. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Nuit Belge. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, (504) 568-1702; www. nuitbelge.com — Rhizome Productions presents a pairing of Belgian beers with small plates from local restaurants. Tickets $99-$149. 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Spring Pontchartrain Home Show. Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 465-9985; www.pontchartraincenter.com — The three-day show includes home-improvement vendors, a gardening section, a cooking stage and free samples of locally grown and bottled wine, craft beer and spirits. Tickets $10, free for kids 12-under. Starlight Racing. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 944-5515; www.fairgroundsracecourse.com — The Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots hosts a nighttime racing event with live music, DJs and food trucks. General admission $5; clubhouse and beer garden admission is an additional $5. 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Toast for the Coast. Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, 1 Canal St., (504) 5814629; www.auduboninstitute.org/visit/ aquarium — The New Orleans Pelicans host a fundraiser for coastal restoration education featuring Pelicans players, hors d’ouevres, cocktails and a silent auction. Tickets $100. 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 27 Arts Market of New Orleans. Palmer Park, South Claiborne and South Carrollton avenues; www.artsneworleans.org — The Arts Council of New Orleans’ market features local and handmade goods, food, kids’ activities and live music. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bienville Saturday Market. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola.com — The pet-friendly weekly market features arts, crafts, a flea market and food. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Black History Celebration. Andrew “Pete” Sanchez Community Center, 1616 Caffin Ave. — The Tekrema Center presents a history quiz game, African dance, movement classes and a book club launch. Donations encouraged. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Chili in the Channel Cook-Off. ReNEW SciTech Academy, 820 Jackson Ave., (504) 367-3307; www.renewschools. org — The cook-off benefit for ReNEW features professional and amateur divisions and NOLA Brewing beer. Tickets $5, chili-tasting tickets $2 each or $5 for three. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enslaved Life Program. Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, 12501 Highway 10, St. Francisville — The plantation presents “Enslaved Life at Rosedown,” an overview of the history of African-American enslavement with a discussion of the site’s outbuildings, home sites, work areas. 11 a.m. Exotic Reptile and Pet Show. John A. Alario Sr. Event Center, 2000 Segnette Blvd., Westwego, (504) 349-5525; www. herpshow.net/new-orleans-la — The show brings thousands of reptiles, amphibians, insects, housing and feeding supplies for purchase, and has a kid’s education corner. Tickets $10, $5 kids 10-under, free kids 3-under. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Family Day. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www.phnojm.com — There PAGE 71

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gala; $50 for after-party. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The museum hosts a Pilates class in the sculpture garden. Call (504) 456-5000 for details. Nonmembers $5. 8 a.m.

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are crafts at 10 a.m., jazz story time at 12:30 p.m., a singalong at 1 p.m. and a solo pianist from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Gretna Jubilee. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue between Third and Fourth streets, (504) 361-1822; www.facebook.com/gretnajubilee — The fundraiser for the Westbank Advanced Study Academy Schools features music from Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes, an open bar and food from more than 35 restaurants. Tickets $60. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Immigration Community Gathering. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Taco Truck Theater/Teatro Sin Fronteras presents “Immigration, Activism & the Arts,” a forum on immigration in New Orleans. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Intro to African-American Genealogy Research. New Orleans Public Library, Main Library, 219 Loyola Ave., (504) 596-2602; www.nutrias.org — Greg Osborne discusses African-American genealogy resources available in the Louisiana Division/City Archives. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Kinder Garden. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 4885488; www.longuevue.com — This handson nature class is designed for kids ages 18 months to 5 years and an accompanying adult. Fee $10 members; $12 nonmembers. 9:30 a.m. Kitten Adoption Benefit. University of New Orleans, Homer L. Hitt Alumni Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000; www.uno.edu — SpayMart hosts a benefit gala featuring music, food, prizes, a silent auction, raffles and a cash bar. Tickets $25. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Leap Year Celebration. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 5231357; www.lcm.org — Kids will learn about the history of Leap Day and calendars and make their own Leap Day frog mascot. Tickets $8.50, free for members. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mother’s Circle Discussion. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — The Welcome Table New Orleans Mother’s Circle holds a conversation for mothers who have lost children to gun violence. 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Murder Mystery Company. Boomtown Casino, 4132 Peters Road, Harvey, (504) 366-7711; www.boomtownneworleans.com — The Murder Mystery Company presents a night of intrigue and food, as guests attempt to become the night’s top detective. Tickets $60. 7 p.m. New Orleans Lyceum Talk. Private residence, 4434 Baronne St. — Shane Lief discusses the Native American contribution to the origins of New Orleans music. Free admission. 3 p.m. Raising Chickens Workshop. Southbound Gardens Nursery, 4221 S. Robertson St.; www.southboundgardens.com — The workshop covers how to raise chickens for eggs. Suggested donation $10, free to Hollygrove residents. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. SweetArts Gala. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www. cacno.org — The CAC celebrates 40 years with a “Disco Throwback” theme featuring a performance by Anais St. John, an open bar and local cuisine. 1970s-chic attire suggested. An after-party follows with music by Bouffant Bouffant, food trucks, an open bar and dessert. Tickets $100 for

SUNDAY 28 Bicycling the Back Trails. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Bike path owner David Moeller shares tips for riding the back trails. Mountain bike or wide tires recommended. Reservations and bike helmet required; call (985) 626-1238 or email rue@northlakenature.org. Tickets $5, free for members. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Container Gardening Workshop. Southbound Gardens Nursery, 4221 S. Robertson St.; www.southboundgardens.com — The workshop covers best practices for growing produce in containers. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pet First Aid & CPR Course. Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., (504) 368-5191; www.la-spca.org/cpr — This instructional course covers the basics of pet first aid and CPR using realistic animal mannequins. Registration required. Fee $65. 9 a.m. to noon. Woofstock. Castine Center, Pelican Park, 63350 Pelican Drive, Mandeville, (985) 626-7997; www.sthumane.org — St. Tammany Humane Society holds its annual pet adoption festival and low-cost vaccine clinic featuring kids’ activities, costume contests, food vendors and music. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

MONDAY 29 Israeli dancing. Starlight Ballroom, 5050 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 5675090 — Israeli Dance of New Orleans meets weekly to learn folk dances. Call (504) 905-6249 for details. First class free; $4 per class thereafter. 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold leads the class in the museum’s art galleries. Call (504) 456-5000 for details. Nonmembers $5. 6 p.m.

WORDS Carole Boston Weatherford. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — The author discusses and signs Freedom in Congo Square. 2 p.m. Sunday Cheryl Gerber. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., (504) 486-6331; www.lakelawnmetairie. com — Save Our Cemeteries presents a lecture and book signing with the author and photographer of New Orleans: Life and Death in the Big Easy. Free admission. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Laura Mullen. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks. com — The poet reads from and signs Complicated Grief. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Marisa Acocello Marchetto. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author

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Team SNO. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — The spoken-word champions host a monthly open mic and performance night. For details, contact slamneworleans@gmail.com. Open mic sign-up, 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED American Cancer Society. The society seeks volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Visit www.cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200. Arc of Greater New Orleans. The organization for people with intellectual disabilities seeks donations of Mardi Gras beads. Visit www.arcgno.org for details and dropoff locations. CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours per month. No special skills are required; training and support are provided. Call (504) 522-1962 or email info@casaneworleans.org. The Creativity Collective. The organization seeks artists, entrepreneurs, parents and teens to help with upcoming projects and events, including maintaining a creative resource directory and organizing charity bar crawls. Visit www.creativitycollective. com or call (916) 206-1659. Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to manage inventory, help clients and share their expertise. Call (504)

891-4337 or email neworleans@dressforsuccess.org. First Tee of Greater New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteers to serve as mentors and coaches to kids and teens through its golf program. Visit www.thefirstteenola.org. Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running partners, assistant coaches, committee members and race-day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola.org or visit www. gotrnola.org. Golden Opportunity Adult Literacy Program. GOAL seeks volunteers to conduct courses for reading comprehension, GED preparation and English language learning. Call (504) 373-4496 or email goalofgno@ ymail.com. Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111. Louisiana SPCA. The LA/SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals and help with special events, education and more. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and complete an orientation to work directly with animals. Visit www.la-spca. org/volunteer. New Canal Lighthouse Museum. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation seeks volunteer docents for its museum and education center. Visit www.saveourlake.org or call (504) 836-2238. NOLA Wise. The partnership of Global Green, the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. It seeks volunteers, who must attend a

30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@ globalgreen.org. Refugee mentors. Catholic Charities of New Orleans’ Refugee Service Program seeks volunteers, especially those with Arabic, Burmese and Spanish language skills, to help newly arrived refugees learn about everyday American life. Senior Companions. The New Orleans Council on Aging seeks volunteers to assist seniors with personal and daily tasks so they can live independently. Visit www. nocoa.org or call (504) 821-4121. Teen Life Counts. The Jewish Family Service program seeks volunteers to teach suicide prevention to middle school and high school students. Call (504) 831-8475. Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries. The charity seeks volunteers to help disabled, wounded and senior veterans with food and clothing distribution, home improvement, beautification, social media and web design. Call (504) 340-3429 or visit www.veteranshousingoutreach. webs.com.

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FARM LABOR Temporary Farm Labor: Brad Ashburn Farms, Plains, TX, has 2 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equip for tilling, fertilizing & planting of corn, daily irrigation maintenance, operating harvest equipment, harvesting & transporting ; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $11.15/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/15/16 – 1/1/17. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX2888127 or call 225-342-2917. Temporary Farm Labor: Coffee Creek Farms, Marvell, AR, has 3 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equip for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting & harvesting grain & oilseed crops, transporting grain & oilseed crops from field to storage; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/15/16 – 12/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1483156 or call 225-342-2917.

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Temporary Farm Labor: M&M Leasing Co., Cleveland, MS, has 4 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equip for cultivating & preparing ground for fertilizing & plating grain & oilseed crops, operate row crop tillage equipment for cultivating for weed control, operating harvest equipment for harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops to storage facilities; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/20/16 – 12/20/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order MS158430 or call 225-342-2917. Temporary Farm Labor: Rustin Knight, Tokio, TX, has 2 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large tractors, row planters, cotton stripper, peanut digger, combines for tilling, planting & harvesting grain & oilseed crops, checking water wells & circle systems, transport grain & oilseed crops; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $11.15/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 4/11/16 – 2/11/17. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX7084606 or call 225-342-2917. Temporary Farm Labor: Stephens Partnership, Helena, AR, has 5 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equip for cultivating, tilling, planting & harvesting of corn & soybeans, transporting corn & soybeans form bins to storage; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.69/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/10/16 – 11/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1462393 or call 225-342-2917. Temporary Farm Labor: Panhandle Harvesting Services, Amarillo, TX, has 14 positions with 6 mo. experience for operating self-propelled custom harvesting machinery to harvest a variety of grain & oilseed crops, adjust speed of cutters, blowers & conveyers & height of cutting head using hand tools, change cutting head for appropriate crops, drive heavy truck to transport grain; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days with air brake endorsement to drive grain transporter trucks; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $11.15 – $13.80/hr up to $2100/mo. plus room & board depending on crop and location from TX, OK, KS, CO & MT, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/15/16 – 12/20/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX3367185 or call 225-342-7294.

Once in a Lifetime Opportunity. Established, upscale local restaurant is looking for an experienced General Manager who can maintain and increase the success of the current brand. This candidate will have proven leadership abilities, the ability to drive sales and control cost and have the desire to create an unforgettable experience for the guests.

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www.amtservicesla.com Obtain your State Approved Responsible Vendor permit by taking the course online. We offer you the opportunity to take the course and learn from any location with an Internet connection. Our online course offers benefits such as convenience and flexibility. The course includes video instruction and covers all of the topics and material you will need in order to pass the Responsible Vendor exam. Full details are explained on the web site. Instructor Led Classes are also available to book at your establishment. Fee: $25 Course Length: Approximately 2 hours

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

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LEGAL NOTICES No. 31,851 IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF OBION COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN THE MATTER OF: LUCY KATHERINE MARTIN (DOB: March 23, 2015), A Minor JERRY PRESTON MARTIN and ASHLEY ELIZABETH MARTIN Petitioners vs. TROY A. GRAHAM, MICHAEL “LAST NAME UNKNOWN” and ANY UNKNOWN FATHER, Respondents.

It is therefore ordered that Respondents, Troy A. Graham, Michael “Last Name Unknown and Any Unknown Father, make their appearance herein at the Chancery Court of Obion County, Tennessee, 6 Bill Burnett Circle, Union City, Tennessee on Monday, the 18th day of April, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. and answer petitioners’ petition for adoption and termination of parental rights or the same will be taken for confessed as to Respondents and this cause proceeded with ex parte, and that a copy of this order be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in The Gambit of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. This 10th day of February, 2016.

Kevin W. Weaver WEAVER & CRAIG, P.C. Attorneys for Petitioners 51 Germantown Court, Suite 112 Cordova, Tennessee 38018 (901) 757-1700 Gambit: 2/23/16, 3/1/16, 3/8/16, 3/15/16

SALE BY CONSTABLE JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THAT PORTION OF GROUND, BEARING MUNICIPAL NO. 7444 St. Charles Avenue, Unit 109, this city, in the matter entitled 7444 ST. CHARLES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. vs SONYA DAVID First City Court for The City of New Orleans Case No: 2015-01129 By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to me directed by the Honorable The First City Court for the City of New Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will proceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First District of the City on March 29, 2016, at 12:00 o’clock noon, the following described property to wit:

NOTICE of this application to lease is being published once in Jefferson Parish and once in Lafourche Parish. The Order authorizing the duly appointed Administrator to enter into said Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this Notice. Any opposition to the Application must be filed prior to the issuance of the Order.

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Lambert C. Boissiere, Jr Constable, Parish of Orleans Gambit: 2/23/16 & 3/22/16 Temporary Farm Labor: Panhandle Harvesting Services, Amarillo, TX, has 14 positions with 6 mo. experience for operating self-propelled custom harvesting machinery to harvest a variety of grain & oilseed crops, adjust speed of cutters, blowers & conveyers & height of cutting head using hand tools, change cutting head for appropriate crops, drive heavy truck to transport grain; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days with air brake endorsement to drive grain transporter trucks; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $11.15 – $13.80/hr up to $2100/mo. plus room & board depending on crop and location from TX, OK, KS, CO & MT, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 3/15/16 – 12/20/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX3367185 or call 225-342-7294.

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

IN THE INTEREST OF JASMYN NGOC TRUONG NOTICE FOR APPOINTMENT AS TUTOR WHEREAS the petitioner, has made application to the court to be appointed tutor of the minor child, Jasmyn Ngoc Truong; and that she may be appointed tutor after the expiration of ten (10) days from this date. Any opposition to his application must be filed in this Court prior to his appointment. Attorney: Ellen Daigle Doskey Address: 7932 Park Avenue Houma, LA 70364 Telephone: 985-851-0033 Gambit: 2/23/16

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

NO. 757-305 DIVISION “E” SUCCESSION OF MURIEL VALENTINO BODENHEIMER Notice is hereby given that the Administrator of this Succession plans to sell decedent’s interest in the following immovable property at private sale.

Municipal No.: 7444 St. Charles Avenue, Unit 109, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118

ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all improvements thereon, situated in the SECOND DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, in SQUARE NUMBER 399, bounced by North Salcedo, Iberville, North Gayoso, and Bienville Streets, designated by the NUMBER ELEVEN on a survey made by E. L. Eustis & Sons, C. E. and S., dated 7-3-53. It measures Thirty-two feet, nine inches and two lines front on North Salcedo Street, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of One hundred forty-one feet, eight inches and three lines.

Acquisition: CIN 56967, dated 08/27/1992, filed 8/27/1992, NA# 947095.

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 212-14 North Salcedo Street.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 109 7444 ST. CHARLES CONDOMINIUMS 03/18/1987, CIN 698169, COB 813-F/640-662 and 04/14/1987, COB 812/479 Seventh District Square 61, Lots “D” and “E-1”

Attorney: Paul G. Mayoral, Esq. Address: 8 Killdeer St. New Orleans, LA 70124 Telephone: 504-282-3024

Attorney: David Silverstein Telephone: 504-362-3692

DOC #755828-P CHANCERY COURT OF OBION COUNTY By: Paula Rice, Clerk & Master

Way And Servitudes Incident To Oil, Gas and Mineral Leases.

NO.: 309-533 DIVISION “O” SUCCESSION OF ROBERT U. BLUM NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE RIGHTS OF WAY AND SERVITUDES INCIDENT TO OIL, GAS AND MINERAL LEASES

JON A. GEGENHEIMER, Clerk Attorney: Dwight L. Acom Address: 1515 Poydras Street, Suite 2323 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Telephone: 504-524-2323 Gambit: 2/23/16

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

NOTICE IS GIVEN to the heirs, legatees and creditors of this Succession, and to all other interested persons, that Richard K. Blum, the duly appointed Administrator of the Succession of Robert U. Blum, has applied for an Order authorizing him to enter Rights Of Way And Servitudes in favor of Shoreline Southeast, LLC covering the interest of the Succession in the following described property: That certain tract or parcel of land containing 20.00 acres, more or less, being described as Lot 1 of Section 23, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana and located approximately 65 miles below the town of Thibodaux fronting on the left descending bank of Bayou Lafourche, being bounded by lands owned, now or formerly, as follows: North by other lands of Rose Lefort Valence, et al; East by South Louisiana Canal and Navigation Company; South by Rose Valence Lefort, et al; and West by Bayou Lafourche. Said tract being a portion of those lands described in that certain deed dated May 28, 1896, and recorded at COB 30, Page 57 of the conveyance records of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. AND Tract 14: That certain tract or parcel of land containing 3.00 acres, more or less, measuring 96 feet in width, more or less, located near the East Bank of Bayou Lafourche in Section 23, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Said tract being bounded, now or formerly, as follows: Northerly by J. Noel Lefort, Jr.; Easterly by Clarence C. Clifton, Jr.; Southerly by Beauregard Bouziga; and Westerly by Clifton Eserman. Said tract being a portion of the same property described in that certain sale dated June 9, 1900, recorded at COB 34, Page 221 of the Conveyance Records of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. NOTICE IS GIVEN that all terms of the proposed Rights of Ways and Servitudes are fully set forth in the copy of said lease attached as Exhibits “A” and “C” to the Petition for Authority to Execute Rights Of

753

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NUMBER: 755-527 DIVISION “A” SUCCESSION OF MICHAEL TERRENCE BRADY, JR. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL MOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that Christina S. Anderley, as succession representative of the Succession of Michael Terrence Brady, Jr., has, pursuant to the provisions of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3281, petitioned this Court for authority to sell at private sale the movable property listed in the Petition for Authority to Sell Movable Property at Private Sale for the terms and conditions contained therein. The Order granting such authority may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this Notice. Any Opposition to the Application must be filed prior to the issuance of the Order. Clerk Attorney: Robert T. Weimer, IV Address: 400 Poydras St. Suite 1125 New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: 504-561-8700 Gambit: 2/23/16 LEGAL NOTICE Anyone knowing the whereabouts or how to contact TAMMY ROSSI, please contact Susan H. Neathamer, APLC, 920 Fifth Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053, (504) 367-2143 immediately concerning a very important legal matter. Be advised that anyone knowing the whereabouts of MIRNA CASTELLANO whose last known address was 520 East Louisiana State Drive, Kenner, Louisiana 70065, please contact Harold E. Molaison Esq. at (504) 834-3788. LEGAL NOTICE Anyone knowing the whereabouts or how to contact BRITTANY ROSSI, please contact Susan H. Neathamer, APLC, 920 Fifth Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053, (504) 367-2143 immediately concerning a very important legal matter.

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It appearing from the sworn petition for adoption and termination of parental rights filed in this cause that the whereabouts of the Respondents Troy A. Graham and Michael “Last Name Unknown” may be known, but the whereabouts of Respondent Any Unknown Father are unknown and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry. It further appearing that Respondent Troy A. Graham is an African-American male who has no permanent address may be residing in either Baton Rouge, Louisiana or New Orleans, Louisiana. It further appearing that Respondent Michael “Last Name Unknown” is an African-American male, 5’7” tall, approximately 150 pounds, with brown eyes, with no piercings or tattoos and may be residing in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Note: All deposits must be Cash, Cashier’s Check, Certified Check or Money Order; No Personal Checks.

Any opposition must be filed within seven days from the date of last publication.

LEGAL NOTICES

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

WRIT AMOUNT: $2,543.33 Seized in the above suit, TERMS-CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a deposit of ten percent of the purchase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

METAIRIE

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2 Br Townhouse. Nice, quiet location in Metairie. Close to grocery stores & busline. Furn kit w/laundry connects. Private patio w/off st pkg. $895 per mo. 1st month 1/2 price. (504) 834-2440 or 504-919-9158. www.angeleapartments.com

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1st flr condo, exc cond. 2BR/1 BA, all appliances. 1,000/month. Call 504 390-1291.

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

BYWATER 3009 ROYAL STREET

Newly renov’d, 2br/1ba, LR, kit w/appls, wash/dry, water included, nice backyard, $1175/mo + $1175 dep. 504-231-0889 or 817681-0194. Now Showing. Avail 3/1/16.

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY BEAUTIFUL 2 BEDROOM IN BYWATER!

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504-861-0100

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3 BR/ 2 BA by lake b/w Bnbl. See Craigslist $1,700. (504) 782-7649.

201 CANAL OLD METRY

3 BR/2 BA 1100 sq ft. Full kitchen with new appliances. $1150 per month. No pets, no smoking. Tenant pays utilities. (225) 572-7459.

504-460-6340

LOVELY SUPER CLEAN & QUIET METAIRIE SINGLE FAMILY HOME

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE HARAHAN/RIVER RIDGE

RICKY LEMANN

2 BR/ 1 BA, Beautiful 2 bedroom rental located in the historic ByWater II neighborhood (1505 Clouet Street NOLA 70117). Off-street parking, backyard, central air & heat. Please call Donyale at (504) 274-2806 or (504) 488-8988. A must see!!! $750/mo. (504) 274-2806.

FOR RENT

NEW ORLEANS RIVER FRONT RESIDENCES SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM, 2 OR 2.5 BATHROOMS 1700 SQ. FT. 1 or 2 level floor plans. Gated Historic Renovation Huge Walk in closets, washer & dryer, stainless steal appliances Gym, pool, work out classes, parking, Internet included. $2,000. per month. Tenant pays utilities & water. Desirable Algiers Point Neighborhood Near Ferry. Minutes to Downtown, French Quarter 323 Morgan Street, N.O. LA • 504-366-7374 or 781-608-6115

Beautiful 5 bedroom/5 bathroom home with open floor plan. Ten foot ceilings downstairs and nine foot ceilings upstairs. Home also has a mother-in-law suite and paved backyard with pool. Tolmas Dr. is an extra wide street with many amenities close by. It’s a must see! OPEN HOUSE: February 28, 2016 • 2 - 4 pm

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LAKEFRONT

ADORABLE SINGLE HOME

2 BR/ BA, Beautifully renovated w/ lg LR, breakfast area, DR, 2 full baths, Kit w/ stove, refrig and d/w, laundry room w/ wash/ dry, Lg yard with covered seating area. Wood ﬂoors and lots of light. Alarm/storage. $2,000/mo. (504) 812-4660 otno@cox.net.

AUTOMOTIVE ‘04 TOYOTA TACOMA

Red/Tan, 75,901 mi. Good condition. By Owner, $3,000. (318) 800-3068.

PET ADOPTIONS

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LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT/ IRISH CHANNEL LARGE ATTRACTIVE APT

Newly Renovated 2BR, 2BA w/appls. Beautiful balcony & courtyard setting w/swimming pool. Quiet neighborhood. $1100/mo. Call 504-756-7347.

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 3221 PRYTANIA STREET

1 BR EFF. CLOSE TO UNIV

Efﬁciency w/appliances liv room, a/h unit, ceil fans, wood/tile ﬂoors, w/d onsite. Clara by Nashville. Avail March 1. $675/mo. 504895-0016.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT JULIA AND BARONNE OFFSTREET PARKING

1BR/1BA, Unit is 760 SF located on the 3rd ﬂoor with a west view of the Superdome. 1 Off-street parking spot. All appliances including washer/dryer. Lots of light and quiet. Water is included. $1,850/mo. 504-669-4503.

FOR RENT/OTHER GREAT LOCATION SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE

2 BR/2 BA, 1000 sq’ shotgun dbl converted to single. Additional rm for ofﬁce. Nice back yard, close to shopping, dining, nightlife, and universities. Utilities NOT included. $1,285/mo. (504) 261-6312.

MERCHANDISE

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

SOPHIA

Kennel #A30444563

Sophia is a 2 year old, spayed, Pit Bull Terrier mix. This wonderful mama cared for her puppies, who have all been adopted, and is now searching for her own forever home. She’s gentle, playful, and fun. Receive 50% off my adoption fee by mentioning I’m Pet of the Week!

BARATHEON

Kennel #A30710719

Baratheon is a 11 month old, neutered, Domestic Shorthair mix. Sweet, curious, and cuddly, Baratheon is an all-around fantastic feline companion and will make a great addition to any home. Receive 50% off my adoption fee by mentioning I’m Pet of the Week!

To meet these or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun., call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

CAT CHAT Larry

BUYING OLD RECORDS

Buying vinyl records. Albums (LP’s), 45’s and 78’s. Contact me at 504-329-5781 or via email at kullconanhunts@gmail.com

APPLIANCES KENMORE ELITE

Front load washer and dryer...Like new. Excellent condition! $800 OBO. Must sell! (850) 218-2395.

BABY ITEMS DOUBLE STROLLER By MACLAREN

Side by Side. Great for parades & festivals! $50. Call (504) 666-1282.

FOR SALE SMALL SPACE

CALL 483-3100 GAMBIT EXCHANGE

Larry is one of the biggest sweethearts at the Sanctuary who desperately deserves a home. He enjoys cuddling and good head rubs. Would you like to meet him? Call us at 504-454-8200 or fill out a pre-adopt form at Spaymart.org.

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Large Victorian 3 bed/2 ba, 2,200 sq. ft, 2 EXTRA ROOMS for liv/din/bed, furn kit, w/d, wood ﬂs, lg closets, hi ceils, porch. Gated w/ security, off-street pkg, pool privileges. $1,775. 3219 PRYTANIA STREET 2 bed/1.5 ba, walk-in closet, liv, din, kit, appls, wood ﬂs, hi ceils, balcony, cen a/h, security, off-street parking, pool privileges. $1,500. CALL 504-813-8186 or 504-274-8075

1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

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

HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST •Vinyl Siding / Wood / Fascia *Repairs • New Install • Patio Covers / Sun Rooms / Screen Rooms • Rooﬁng Repairs / New Roofs •Concrete - Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios • Sod • Pressure Washing & Gutter Cleaning - New Gutters & Repairs • Plumbing - Repairs • Sinks • Toilets • Subsurface • Painting - Exterior & Interior • Sheetrock Repairs “We Do What Others Don’t Want to!” Call Jeffrey (504) 610-5181 jnich762@gmail.com Reference Available

773 GOODS & SERVICES

3 BR/ 1BA Completely Renovated. Furn Kit, w/d hookups. Lots of closets. No pets or smoking. $1,200/ mo + $1,200 deposit. Call 504-470-3722.

AMAZING LOCATION FURNISHED APT

1 BR/ 1 BA, Renovated, fully furnished Nashville and Magazine - LR, Kit, w/ lots of closet space and ofﬁce area, off street parking for one, RENT INCLUDES all utilities, wiﬁ, cable. $1,850/mo, (504) 812-4660 or otno@cox.net.

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GRAND-SLAMMERS: Emmy/Grammy/Oscar/Tony winners by Matthew Sewell 30 “Whatever you say” 32 Allergic reaction 33 Big wheels, for short 34 Modern video transmission 36 Roman poet 39 __ plan (wireless user’s subscription) 42 “It’s not wise to upset a Wookiee” speaker 45 Groom carefully 49 Grand Slammer comic/director 52 Tease gently 53 Private theater box 54 Means __ end 55 Moves toward

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Luxurious home with the beautiful features of truly elegant New Orleans architecture. 14’ ceilings on 1st floor and 13’ ceilings on 2nd floor. Heart of Pine floors throughout. Large Upscale Kitchen features 6 burner stove. Gorgeous Double Parlor with original medallions. Mother-in-Law Suite and more…! Balcony, Rear Covered Deck, Entertainment Kitchen/Bar. Great location - convenient to Uptown, Downtown and I-10. $949,000

711 Napoleon Ave. $1,179,000

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Huge success 6 “’Twas not to be . . .” 10 Site of a Herculean labor 15 Setting for a senior moment 19 Burrito bean 20 Sacred ceremony 21 Phrase in many psalms 22 Slick 23 Electric-guitar wood 24 Toothy reptile, for short 25 “Don’t let those fellas escape!” 26 Mushroom part 27 Grand Slammer composer

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56 Trait transmitter 57 Twin of Artemis 59 Garage service 62 Easter egg dip 63 Abe Lincoln-like 64 “As you command” 65 Les __-Unis 67 Clueless 69 Grand Slammer actress 73 Knock off at a Ren Faire 77 Friar canonized by Francis 78 Energetic 83 Some South Africans 84 Mushroom part 87 Hidey-hole 88 Royal attendant

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89 Impressive head-turners 90 Become preoccupied with 92 Some 3-D pictures 94 Small iPod 95 Info on a day-care application 96 Grand Slammer songwriter 99 Battlers of long standing 100 Monk’s hairdo 102 Ten Benjamins 103 Drip source 105 Badger or hound 107 “Incidentally” in a chat room 109 Opposite of “smash” 114 Fitness 116 Grand Slammer comic/actress 121 The Cherry Orchard girl 122 Bahraini or Bhutanese 124 Interoffice directive 125 Took up the challenge 126 Topped, as a torte 127 Italian alp 128 Smallest euro coin 129 Piano piece 130 A smaller portion 131 Fringes 132 Energy measures 133 Bundle of energy DOWN 1 Inundates inboxes, perhaps 2 Italian fashion center 3 Agassi of tennis 4 Actor Carell 5 Where the sea meets the sky 6 What a keystone tops 7 Turkish money 8 Makeup of matter 9 Isolate 10 Winter party concoctions 11 Basic util. 12 They fly by night 13 Poetic preposition 14 Fleet bosses 15 Impersonate 16 Grand Slammer actress 17 World Cup cheers 18 “Very interesting!” 28 The Silver St. 29 Russian royal name 31 Clothing category 35 Friend of Emerson 37 Texter’s qualification

38 Telemarketer’s tool 40 Malleable metal 41 Passed with ease 43 Web article references 44 Complies 45 Wiggle room 46 Wild West show prop 47 Head swellers 48 Reef wrigglers 50 Notre Dame legend Rockne 51 Pitchfork fodder 54 Donut shape 56 Hoedown participant 58 They’re not true 60 Sheltered waters 61 I Love Lucy character 63 Ren Faire weapon 66 Emilio’s evening 68 Photocopier attachments 70 Earplug effectiveness measure 71 Groom carefully 72 Wild West show prop 73 Battle of the Atlantic participant 74 “The door is that way” 75 Grand Slammer actress 76 Workplaces for MDs 79 Muscle quality

SUDOKU

80 Huge film screen 81 Windsock alternative 82 Grandson of Adam 85 Cleaver kin 86 Flash drive plug-in place 90 Reproachful remark 91 Ultimate degree 93 Ideal ending 96 Reddish brown 97 Timber wolf 98 Leave in the dust 99 Hit an icy patch, perhaps 101 Leafy lunches 104 CIO partner 106 Dallas surname 108 Having learned from experience 110 Fall off 111 Salk vaccine medium 112 Belief, in brief 113 City near the Great Salt Lake 114 Greet enthusiastically 115 Ending for prefer 117 Enmity 118 Change-machine input 119 Social or antisocial group 120 Withdraws, with “out” 123 Landscaper’s rolls

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