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Blake Pontchartrain .....................................15 The New orleans know-it-all H + W ...................................................PULLOUT The Bike Issue

Seven Things to Do This Week ................ 5 french Quarter festival, Dick Dale, Kylesa and more

Review .................................................................25 Maurepas foods Fork + Center .................................................25 all the news that’s fit to eat 5 in Five .............................................................27 five slam-dunks for delicious donuts 3-Course Interview ......................................27 Jared ralls of La Boca

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A + E News .......................................................39 What to expect at this year’s french Quarter festival Music....................................................................41 PrEVIEW: Hurray for the riff raff ............. 45

Film .......................................................................46 rEVIEW: Bully ................................................. 47 rEVIEW: Chico and Rita .............................. 48 Art ..........................................................................51 rEVIEW: Paintings by David Bates ............53 Stage ....................................................................55 rEVIEW: Kiss Kiss Julie .............................. 57 Events ..................................................................58 PrEVIEW: Ben sandmel’s new biography of Ernie K-Doe ..................................................62 Crossword + Sudoku .................................70

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seven things to do in seven days Delta Spirit Tue. April 10 | Visited by the ghosts of four decades of classic (and soon-to-be classic) rock, SoCal-cum-Brooklyn band Delta Spirit justifies the reams of early praise on its eponymous March release (Rounder), balancing West Coast vibes with East Coast energy. Waters and KG Accidental open at One Eyed Jacks.

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Kylesa Thu. April 12 | One-third of Savannah, Ga.’s unholy hard-rock trinity (with Baroness and Black Tusk), Kylesa obliterates all notions of metal pretense and stereotype on 2010’s killer Spiral Shadow (Season of Mist), moving from sludge to speed to psychedelia, often within the same song. At the Parish at House of Blues. PAGE 41.

Blues for an Alabama Sky Fri.-Sun. April 13-29 | Set in New York during the Harlem Renaissance, Blues for an Alabama Sky captures the social and artistic aspirations of a group of friends drawn to the work of historic figures including Josephine Baker, Langston Hughes and family-planning pioneer Margaret Sanger. At Anthony Bean Community Theater. PAGE 55.

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Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans release Ben Sandmel’s biography of K-Doe chronicles the self-declared Emperor of the Universe’s life and career, from the heights of his No. 1 hit “Mother-In-Law” to his later years and antics on WWOZ-FM and at the Mother-in-Law Lounge. The book also includes a wonderful collection of photos from throughout his life (like this one by Syndey Byrd). The book’s release party is at the Historic New Orleans Collection. PAGE 58.

The Music Box Sat. April 14 | The Music Box reopens during the St. Claude art district’s monthly gallery opening night. A collaboration between visual artists and musicians, the installation features a cluster of shanty-sized, musically-equipped structures made with materials salvaged from the dilapidated home that used to occupy the Bywater lot. At 1027 Piety St. PAGE 51.

Dick Dale Mon. April 16 | The first time Dick Dale beat cancer was in 1966. He’s better known as the creator of the speedy, reverb-heavy sound that defined surf guitar. Dale gave cancer another beating in 2008, and he’s still riding a wave of post-Pulp Fiction (“Misirlou”) popularity. At the Howlin’ Wolf. PAGE 41.

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Jailhouse Law The past month has seen a flurry of legal action directed at Orleans Parish Prison and Sheriff Marlin Gusman.

will be honored by the Southeast Louisiana Council of the Boy Scouts of America at its Golden Eagle luncheon Tuesday, April 10, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel.

Henderson retired earlier this year after more than three decades as the sports director at WWL-TV — but, luckily for us, he remains the play-by-play broadcaster for New Orleans Saints radio broadcasts. local author and occasional Gambit contributor, won the 2011 Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Book Award for his book Render Unto Rome: The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church, which chronicled the finances of the church in America and abroad. The IRE also honored WVUE-TV with a Broadcast Journalism Award for the station’s eight-month investigation into former Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Jiff Hingle.

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Orleans Parish “You’re right that they’re disSheriff Marlin missed,” Schwartzmann says. “And Gusman is a the reason that they’re dismissed is defendant in 32 that these cases are incredibly hard pending lawsuits to bring. There is a federal statute alleging abuses of called the Prison Litigation Reform prisoners’ rights.

Act, and it prevents a prisoner from The plaintiffs in such bringing a case challenging the cases usually lose. conditions of his or her confinePHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER ment without satisfying certain prerequisites. And it also imposes some pretty substantial procedural hurdles.” (Gambit found only two closed cases since 2010 in which the plaintiff had an attorney. Both were settled.)

The SPLC’s timing could be fortuitous. The past month has seen a number of major actions against the jail.

On March 23, the U.S. Marshals Service pulled 20 federal inmates out of OPP, citing unsafe conditions. page 9

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former defensive coach of the New Orleans Saints, urged players to take out opponents’ ACLs and commit other foul plays, as heard on a locker room tape made public this week. News of Williams’ blustering exhortations can do nothing but hurt the Black and Gold as they attempt to repair their reputations from the bounty scandal.

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Many lawsuits are filed every year against the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office (OPSO) and Gusman. As of this writing, Gusman is a named defendant in 32 pending federal lawsuits charging various civil rights violations, federal court records show.

The plaintiffs in these suits usually lose. Between January 2011 and April 2012, Gusman was named in 50 suits. Of those, 30 are still pending. The remaining 20 were either dismissed — often as frivolous and generally after only a few hearings — or the plaintiffs ceased prosecuting the cases. Of 50 suits filed in 2010 and since closed, 46 were dismissed or dropped by the plaintiffs. Four were settled without a trial.

Schwartzmann points out that in the vast majority of those cases, inmates were pursuing complex federal litigation without

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By Charles Maldonado he ashtray outside the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Canal Street office is overflowing with cigarette butts — a reliable signal of stress — when Katie Schwartzmann sits down. Schwartzmann, the organization’s local managing attorney, has asked to meet outside rather than in the office’s conference room. It’s not so she can smoke (though she does) nor is it because the rain’s finally letting up a bit (though it is).

Schwartzmann insists on speaking outside because there’s far too much sensitive material inside.

On April 2, SPLC filed a federal class-action lawsuit against a formidable opponent — Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman — and Orleans Parish Prison (OPP), the massive jail complex for which he’s responsible. Also named in the suit are the six wardens who run OPP facilities — the House of Detention (HOD), Old Parish Prison, the Temporary Jails (aka “The Tents”), Conchetta and the newly opened Temporary Detention Center (TDC).

The alleged details of daily life in OPP — including charges of dangerously overfilled cells, inadequate medical care and a culture of indifference to the inmates’ welfare on the part of guards, supervisors, wardens, all the way up to Gusman himself — have inundated SPLC’s office. On an average day, OPP is home to more than 3,200 inmates, or the equivalent of nearly 1 percent of New Orleans’ total population. There’s a lot of material.

“The conference room is covered in papers and files and sticky notes,” Schwartzmann says. “You know, because we just lodged this thing, so we have our clients’ information everywhere. It’s not something we really want to have visible. There are, what, 3,400 people in there. Our phone’s been ringing off the hook.”

Schwartzmann has just returned from the jail after a full day of meeting with some of the plaintiffs named in the suit. She believes this lawsuit will succeed, that OPP will be found to be an unacceptably dangerous place, a settlement will be reached and reforms will be made.

Schwartzmann believes this, or claims to, even though history suggests she’s wrong.

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Three days later, the office of Orleans Public Defenders (OPD) filed a motion for an injunction in Orleans Parish Civil District Court seeking immediate improvements to client access. The filing is part of a lawsuit OPD filed last fall claiming a lack of privacy, restrictive visiting hours and lack of facilities that would allow attorneys and clients to view court documents together in OPSO-controlled facilities. Since the tent facility opened on March 1 (which defense attorneys say they were not told about for five days), those conditions have worsened, they claim. When they finally were informed that some of their clients had been transferred there, OPD claims that lawyers were only allowed to consult with their clients intermittently and without privacy, a violation of the attorney-client privilege.

(OPD’s Jee Park, lead counsel in the lawsuit, did not return Gambit’s requests for comment by press time.)

On March 27, before filing the class-action suit, SPLC sent a letter to Gusman on behalf of an unnamed transsexual client, who is not a plaintiff in the suit. The client identifies as female, but was placed in a male tier in Orleans Parish Prison. According to the letter, the woman was gang-raped by other inmates on Feb. 27.

Despite seeking help, she wasn’t seen by medical staff until Feb. 29 and then was placed in HOD’s psychiatric unit — known as HOD10 — on the 10th floor of the building, again in a male tier. There, the letter says, she was raped repeatedly. Weeks went by before an OPSO nurse intervened. The woman was taken to Interim LSU Hospital where she tested positive for HIV. According to the letter, page 10

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Through spokesman Marc Ehrhardt, OPSO officials declined to grant an interview for this article. However, on March 26, Ehrhardt emailed a prepared statement attributed to Gusman. It says, in part: “The OPSO is ready and willing to work with the Public Defender’s Office to address their needs and ensure that all defendants are able to meet with their designated counsel. We are making every effort to create a safe environment that allows public defenders and all attorneys to meet with their clients and conduct their business in an efficient manner.”

Schwartzmann says the recent actions taken against the jail and Gusman suggest a certain momentum. “It is definitely accurate that there has been a lot of movement around the jail lately in terms of different facets of the communities that are affected by OPP speaking out against it or taking action against it,” Schwartzmann says.

Still, the important thing for SPLC and other plaintiffs is the quality of their evidence, which Schwartzmann calls “overwhelming.”

Attached to the 38-page lawsuit are 19 affidavits signed by current or former inmates, including 10 named plaintiffs. The witnesses paint a picture of an institution where brutal violence is the norm, with little intervention from guards, and where medical attention arrives late if at all.

In one affidavit, inmate and plaintiff Greg Journee describes being attacked by a group of men shortly after he was transferred from Old Parish Prison to HOD. “Some of them held me while another one stabbed me over and over,” Journee writes. “I was bleeding all over and yelled for a deputy. No one came until the next day.”

Another plaintiff, Leonard Lewis, a former Old Parish Prison inmate who’s a witness in a criminal trial, says guards consistently have placed him in close proximity to inmates against whom he’s testifying — and he’s been beaten and stabbed as a result. Lewis, whose affidavit states that he’s now in protective custody in HOD and locked in his cell 23 hours a day, says that recently he was temporarily moved into general population while waiting to go to court.

“Someone yelled out, ‘I heard you were a rat.’ The cells were open and this guy came into my cell and started fighting me.”

An OPSO deputy allegedly locked down the tier so Lewis couldn’t get away. “My whole face was swollen from the fight and I think my nose was broken,” the statement reads. “A nurse just gave me an ice pack.”

“The deputies and staff of the OPSO are working daily to address the care, custody and control of the inmates in our custody,” reads a statement provided by Ehrhardt, again attributed to Gusman. “Our health care within the jail system is recognized for the work it does every day.”

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she was Hiv-negative when she entered the jail.

Yet another prepared Gusman statement delivered by ehrhardt claims that “preliminary results of the examination by LsU’s medical staff indicates (sic) no forced sexual assault.” Asked about the other claims, ehrhardt provided a statement from Gusman which reads: “The sPLC repeats lies without any regard to the findings of the Orleans Parish sheriff’s Office and independent medical and law enforcement agencies. we have asked the sPLC repeatedly to allow the OPsO to release the medical records and accompanying information related to the complaints made by individuals working with the sPLC, so that the public could have the most accurate information about the situations in question.

The sPLC continues to refuse each request. The sPLC is stonewalling investigations involving the very people they claim to help.

“The OPsO has a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual activity and assault in our facilities. The OPsO investigates every allegation of sexual assault and violent behavior immediately and thoroughly. we are open, transparent and accountable to the public.” schwartzmann says OPsO hasn’t made any requests for those records. if it had, she adds, she would refuse, citing client privacy rights. The relevant records — pertaining to specific claims against the jail — will be made available when the case moves into the discovery phase.

As to the unnamed woman, LsU’s doctors didn’t actually determine whether she was sexually assaulted, schwartzmann says.

They simply examined her injuries, gathered evidence and submitted it for forensic review, which hasn’t been completed. “we have the same medical report that the sheriff’s office does, and we read it completely differently. There are things in the medical report that substantiate our client’s allegations. And i’m going to leave it at that because i don’t want to release her medical stuff. i don’t think that’s appropriate,” she says. “we’ve seen the medical records, and we’ve done additional fact-finding. we’ve talked to people who were in there with her. That’s not an allegation that we’re going to make lightly. we stand by it.”

As of this writing, Gusman and the other defendants in the sPLC lawsuit have not filed answers to the complaint. They were served summonses on Thursday, April 5, court records show, and have until April 26 to respond.

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“Kill the head and the body will die.

Kill the head and the body will die. we’ve got to do everything in the world to make sure we kill [san Francisco 49ers halfback] Frank Gore’s head. we want him running sideways. we want his head sideways. Little 32 [halfback Kendall Hunter], we want to knock the f— out of him. He has no idea what he’s in for. when he’s on the sidelines we’ve gotta turn that motherf— over, turn their coaches over, turn the spectators over, go get that motherf— on the sidelines. it’s a great game. it’s a production business.”

— Former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, addressing the team before the Saints played the San Francisco 49ers in the 2011 postseason. The taped speech was released by filmmaker Sean Pamphilon, who was in the locker room making a film about former Saint Steve Gleason. The recording surfaced just as Saints coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis were preparing to meet NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to appeal their sanctions in the Saints bounty scandal.

smoke signals State repS File FOUr SmOKinGrelateD billS Those “smokers’ chimneys” ashtrays directly outside the doors of New Orleans businesses may be moving farther away, now that a legislative committee has sent House Bill 379 to the Louisiana House of Representatives for floor debate. Rep. Frank Hoffmann, R-west Monroe, filed the bill, which would make it illegal for anyone to smoke within 25 feet of a building entrance that isn’t a bar, casino or private residence. Hoffman’s HB 307 would also apply the same regulation to the exteriors of state buildings.

Hoffman’s bills are among several in the 2012 legislative session that attempt to regulate smoking in Louisiana. HB 80,

by Rep. tim burns, R-Mandeville, would allow the state Department of Health and Hospitals to make its psychiatric facilities smoke-free, while HB 127, the “Louisiana workforce Health improvement Act,”

by Rep. Herbert Dixon, D-Alexandria, would repeal existing laws “prohibit[ing] an employer from requiring an employee to abstain from smoking.” mary martin Fein, communications manager for the Louisiana Public Health

speakers’ corners City COUnCil reGUlateS ampliFieD mUSiC in QUarter, CbD The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to approve a new “speaker ordinance” regulating amplified music in French Quarter and CBD businesses.

The April 5 vote, which came after months of discussion and testimony from vieux Carre residents, business owners and musicians, will take effect April 15 assuming it is signed by Mayor mitch landrieu, which is likely.

Under the terms of the ordinance, businesses with Class A alcoholic beverage sale permits must keep speakers at least 10 feet from any open door or window — and pointed back into the club, not at the street. The distance for businesses without a liquor license is 20 feet. Nothing in the new ordinance expands upon existing laws about decibel levels, which have hamstrung other noise abatement efforts in the past. meg lousteau, a French Quarter activist and spokeswoman for the group Hear the Music, stop the Noise, called the new ordinance a “significant first step” and added, “As Councilmember [Kristin Gisleson] palmer said, regulations over speaker placements in a Bourbon street club cannot kill our culture, just like Katrina couldn’t.”

Among the other supporters of the bill was musician Deacon John moore.

Opponents, including Offbeat magazine publisher Jan ramsey, have worried that noise abatement may lead to curbing the music scene in other mixed entertainment/residential districts, like the Frenchmen street corridor. — KeviN ALLMAN

so-called ‘sex Offenders’ no longer ‘CrimeS aGainSt natUre’ nameS remOVeD FrOm State reGiStry People convicted under Louisiana’s centuries-old law against solicitation of “crimes against nature” no longer have to register as sex offenders, thanks to Gov. bobby Jindal’s signing of HB 141 last year — and to a recent federal court decision.

The law passed last year equalizes the penalties for prostitution and solicitation of “crimes against nature” (oral and anal sex), including not having to register as sex offenders — but that law was not

retroactive. That meant that persons previously convicted of solicitation of crimes against nature remained on a long list of sex offenders. Persons convicted of prostitution never had to register.

All that changed in late March when U.s. District Judge martin l. C. Feldman, who was appointed by President ronald reagan, granted a motion by unnamed plaintiffs challenging the unequal treatment of persons previously convicted of solicitation. The judge agreed that it was unconstitutional to leave persons previously convicted of the offense on the list, while those convicted of solicitation after the law took effect are not listed. The federal suit was filed last year against Jindal, in his capacity as governor, and others.

“The defendants fail to credibly serve up even one unique legitimating governmental interest that can rationally explain the registration requirement,” Feldman wrote. The judge added, “The issue presented in this case is not about approval or disapproval of sexual beliefs or mores. it is about the mandate of equality that is enshrined in the Constitution.”

Unless overturned by a higher court, Feldman’s ruling will remove the plaintiffs’ names as well as hundreds others from the state’s sex offender registry.

The 2003 U.s. supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas declared sodomy laws unconstitutional, yet eight states, including Louisiana, still prohibit crimes against nature. The Louisiana statute is more than 200 years old. in 2005, the Louisiana supreme Court struck down a statute criminalizing certain consensual sex acts, but the court upheld the solicitation statute. — ALex wOODwARD

George F. will: Jindal for Vice President WASH POST COlUmniSt UrGeS rOmney tO piCK bObby Citing what he sees as President barack Obama’s “intellectual sociopathy — his often breezy and sometimes loutish indifference to truth,” venerable Washington Post columnist and sundaymorning talking head George F. Will suggested last week that presumptive GOP presidential nominee mitt romney should look at Gov. bobby Jindal to round out the Republican ticket.

“Romney’s running mate should have intellectual firepower, born of immersion in policy complexities, sufficient to refute Obama’s meretricious claims and derelictions of duty,” will wrote, suggesting Jindal and Rep. paul ryan, R-wisc., would be good picks for the veep slot.

“Romney’s choice of running mate should promise something washington now lacks — adult supervision,” will concluded. (A commenter riposted: “As a Democrat, i would love to see either Ryan or Jindal on the ticket.”)

Despite his widespread fundraising around the country, Jindal has repeatedly said he has no designs on any position on the GOP ticket — at least, not in 2012.

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“insurance companies are the absolute worst people to handle this kind of business. i trust the government more than insurance companies. if the government wants to put forth a policy where they will pay for everything and you won’t have to go through an insurance policy, that’d be a whole lot better.” — Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, explaining to the website ThinkProgress.org that his stated opposition to the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) seems to be that it’s not a single-payer health care system.

institute (LPHi) and Tobacco-Free Living, says the group “supports policies that protect all Louisianans from secondhand smoke. However, we do not support discriminatory labor laws.” As for Hoffmann’s proposals, Fein says the group is taking no position while it looks into the specific language of the bills.

A smoking ban for Louisiana bars, which was proposed in the 2010 and 2011 sessions, doesn’t seem to be in the cards this year. since last year’s bill failed, Alexandria became Louisiana’s first city to prohibit smoking in bars. The law took effect in January. — KeviN ALLMAN

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a Herculean task ith the passage of his two education reform bills last week, Gov. Bobby Jindal essentially got everything he wanted in his push to overhaul Louisiana’s primary and secondary public education system. The governor and his allies rewrote the rules for teacher tenure, made student performance the lynchpin of teacher evaluation programs, gave superintendents more authority to hire and fire personnel, made it easier to establish charter schools and vastly expanded the fledgling voucher program in New Orleans. Such sweeping changes were bound to bring the governor praise as well as criticism. Some measure of each is warranted, in our view.

As a starting point, Jindal deserves credit for taking on a Herculean task. No one can defend Louisiana’s public education record. Unfortunately, the governor placed a disproportionate share of the blame on classroom teachers. In doing so, he picked a convenient political target.

The teachers union is a powerful force in Louisiana, but teacher tenure was ripe for change. Most voters believe teachers should be held accountable for student achievement and that tenure should not be granted or retained automatically. In that respect, making it more difficult for teachers to earn — and keep — tenure makes some sense, as does tying teacher evaluations to student performance. We note that student performance will constitute only part of a teacher’s evaluation under the Jindal plan. Ultimately, evaluations must reflect standards that are reasonable — and achievable — and teachers should be empowered, not scapegoated.

Critics of Jindal’s plan correctly note that the teacher evaluation changes were adopted hurriedly and contain vague parameters. Thus, the success of Jindal’s reforms will depend on the integrity of those who implement them. Just as there have been abuses in the current system, there is potential for abuse under the new rules.

Giving school superintendents more authority ranks among the better ideas in Jindal’s plan. Elected school board members too often meddle in the day-to-day affairs of public school systems. The governor’s plan gives school superintendents the authority and independence they need to hire and fire principals and teachers — and to adjust salary scales when needed to attract good teachers. Board members now must focus on education policy and fiscal integrity, leaving superintendents to function as CEOs. The governor’s plan also expands the role of charter schools, which have been a cornerstone of the education reform movement in New Orleans. Many — but by no means all — local charter schools have produced higher student test scores and have proved popular among public school parents. But charters are not a silver bullet. While we have seen tremendous

progress at many charter schools, we also have seen some disasters.

Outside of New Orleans, opening a charter school in Louisiana has been unnecessarily difficult. Prospective charter operators have had to seek approval first from local school boards, which tend to view charters as competitors rather than partners. Jindal’s plan allows charters with a proven track record to apply directly to the charter-friendly Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to open new schools. We like that part of the plan, but we worry that Jindal’s plan also allows BESE to significantly increase the number of charter “authorizers” in Louisiana — potentially opening the floodgates to new charters and thereby lowering standards. While the governor’s plan places high financial standards on new authorizers, many fear that the Louisiana Family Forum, a bastion of religious fundamentalism and a proponent of teaching creationism, will become an authorizer

Passing ‘reform’ legislation alone will not automatically make things better. of publicly funded Bible schools. At a minimum, this part of the plan bears close scrutiny as it is implemented.

Last but by no means least in terms of controversy, the governor’s plan expands the New Orleans-based voucher program that he pushed through in 2008. While hundreds of thousands of students theoretically will be eligible under the new plan, as a practical matter only a few thousand actually may get to use public funds to attend participating private schools. Our main concerns are the lack of sufficient accountability provisions at participating private schools and the fact that this change will, indirectly at least, redirect locally generated public school funds to private schools. The new law directs the state Department of Education to write accountability provisions for participating private schools, but the law sets no standards.

At the end of the day, a shakeout of Louisiana’s public education system was long overdue. But passing “reform” legislation alone will not automatically make things better — as we saw with Jindal’s “gold standard” of ethics reform in 2008.

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at the same time, some public records requests can be burdensome if they are overly broad in scope. after all, a democrat colluding with teacher unions is no more unusual than, um, Jindal conspiring with the louisiana family forum.

Given recent events, where a New orleans cop was disciplined for commenting on WWlTV.com and a federal prosecutor resigned for doing the same on Nola.com, the Internet has become a major political player.

New bills — lawmakers filed their final round of bills last week, a total of 1,189 in the House and 746 in the Senate.

A Democrat colluding with teacher unions is no more unusual than, um, Jindal conspiring with the Louisiana Family Forum.

Some could spur interesting debates, like Senate Bill 738 by Sen. J.P. Morrell, d-New orleans, which redefines what “self defense” means, and House Bill 1072 by rep. Cameron Henry, r-Metairie, which would allow the NBa Hornets to take part in the state’s Quality Jobs Program.

House Bill 1170 by rep. Bob Hensgens, r-abbeville, would regulate the retail sale of cigarette rolling machines. Why not just call this one “the doobie law?” of course, some are just of the same old flag-waving variety. Senate Bill 641

by Sen. a.G. Crowe, r-Pearl river, would require public school students in fourth through sixth grades to be able to recite passages from the declaration of Independence. When in the course of legislative events …

It’s doubtful that any of those bills will be as controversial as Jindal’s education and retirement packages, but they’re a reminder of what some lawmakers consider their real priorities — as well as their targets.

Jeremy Alford is a freelancer in Baton Rouge. He can be reached at jeremy@jeremyalford.com.

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he old adage that no one is safe in life or property as long as the louisiana legislature is in session certainly applies this year. Just ask schoolteachers and state employees, who are the latest targets of “reform” efforts led by Gov. Bobby Jindal as he positions himself for more national attention.

This year’s targets include public officials themselves — even lawmakers.

Here’s a look at some of the latest controversies: Retirement on the rocks — While Jindal’s education reform package sailed through both chambers, the governor’s retirement package entered rough waters. last week, we reported in this space that Jindal bought 2.2 years worth of service from the louisiana State Employees’ retirement System (laSErS) to enhance his own retirement plan — just as he was trimming the sails on the retirement programs of state workers.

The Advocate of Baton rouge, following up on Jindal’s pension maneuvers, learned that Jindal also began to purchase another two years of retirement benefits through the Teachers retirement System of louisiana. (He formerly served as president of the University of louisiana System.) on top of that, a Jindal bill that would make laSErS participants pay 3 percent more toward their retirement exempts the governor. Team Jindal offered the flimsiest of excuses: The constitution bars a “reduction” in the “compensation” of elected officials during their terms of office.

Critics howled, and no doubt George orwell would love Jindal’s logic. We’ll see how it plays with lawmakers.

Back away from the keyboard — Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, d-New orleans, has drifted into an Internet controversy. a conservative blogger has requested copies of “any and all electronic and written correspondence” between her and the teacher unions dating back to January.

Several other democratic lawmakers were targeted by the public information request, but Peterson has been the most vocal. She says the request will “cause significant strain on legislative staff and incur considerable costs to the taxpayers.”

Senate Secretary Glenn Koepp says the request will take 446 calendar days of work to fulfill. Peterson, for her part, has been holding forth from the Senate floor and complaining about “shameful political attacks.”

Politicians’ emails on their taxpayerfinanced computers and smartphones are part of the public record, however.

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Modern-Day Segregationists tate senators this week will have the opportunity to show where they stand on Louisiana’s latest incarnation of 1950s-style segregation laws. I’m not making this up, and I’m not exaggerating. on its face, senate Bill 217 by sen.

A.G. Crowe, R-Pearl River, may strike some as benign — as did many of the “states rights” bills in the 1950s and ’60s.

However, the real intent of the bill and its supporters came out on March 29, when the bill was heard by the senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, which Crowe chairs. sB 217 aims to prohibit the state and all local governments from protecting persons against discrimination based on sexual orientation, proficiency in English, special needs and other factors not already enumerated in state law.

If passed, the bill would allow charter schools, for example, to discriminate against kids who are gay, who aren’t proficient in English, who have special needs or who simply aren’t the best students. All this — despite federal laws that require public schools to be open to all kids.

If you think I’m exaggerating, watch the archived online video of the committee’s March 29 meeting. only two people spoke in favor of the bill — Lsu professor Randy Trahan and local charter school board member Leslie Ellison. Both, without prompting, framed their support of the bill in terms of charter schools. Trahan expressly stated that sB 217 would apply “across the board” to teachers and kids alike. some charter school proponents have since tried to distance themselves from sB 217 by saying it has nothing to do with charter schools. They are wrong. sB 217’s proponents include the Louisiana Baptist Convention, the Louisiana Family Forum (LFF) and the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops. It’s interesting that LFF leader Gene Mills did not testify in committee. Perhaps he did not want to be outed as an architect of the bill.

He did, however, tell reporters afterward that he wanted to “send a message” to Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Mills generally is an ardent supporter of Jindal. In this case, LFF apparently feels Jindal is not homophobic enough. Dur-

ing his testimony, Trahan said the Jindal administration protects gays through the state Department of Education’s contracts with charter schools. Those contracts bar discrimination based on, among other factors, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, athletic performance, special needs, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement.

Trahan, who presented the bill for Crowe, said he thinks charter schools should be able to discriminate against gay kids. Crowe made no move to object or clarify. Trahan also admitted that he got his info about charter schools’ anti-discrimination provisions from LFF. so much for Mills not being outed.

Crowe added that sB 217 will apply to local governments, which means it could undermine New orleans’ human relations ordinance. so, let there be no doubt about the bill’s aim.

And what of Jindal?

Trahan told the committee he thinks parts of the Jindal Administration are “going off sort of on a rogue basis making these policy decisions.”

Jindal’s position on sB 217 is typically mealy-mouthed. “We’re watching the bill through the process,” said a spokesman.

“We’re against discrimination, but we don’t believe in special protections or rights.”

That’s a frequent meme of modern-day segregationists. They frame anti-discrimination laws as bestowing “special protections” on gays, the handicapped and others. Let’s be clear: Anti-discrimination laws are about equal protection, not special protection.

It will be interesting to see if Jindal can continue to hide on this issue, particularly as he positions himself as a potential vice presidential candidate. Does he really think he can sidestep this one and go national?

Jindal has always shown a taste for the orwellian, but his cowardly position on sB 217 may prove particularly troublesome in light of the undeniable fact that, had his parents moved to the u.s. from their native India a generation earlier, his father might not have been able to attend Lsu — and young Piyush Jindal might not have been accepted at Baton Rouge Magnet High — because the Jindals were not sufficiently “white.”

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BlAkePONTCHARTRAIN Hey Blake,

I live on Burdette and have been trying to figure out the namesake of my street. The best explanation I’ve found is that Burdette is a corruption of Bernadotte Street, which (Charles) Zimpel named after one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s marshals.

But I don’t buy that because there’s also a Bernadotte Street in New Orleans. What’s the deal?

Andrew Dear Andrew, I’m afraid you’ll have to accept the fact that the name of your street is a corruption of the name Bernadotte. Bernadotte Street was named in honor of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (1763-1844), one of Napoleon’s field marshals. Bernadotte was elected crown prince of Sweden in 1810 and ruled that country as king under the name Charles XIV from 1818 to 1844.

Hey Blake,

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botanical gardens. The stone memorializes two men killed in France during World War I. What is the story behind this? Is this their final resting place?

Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was revered as a field marshal under Napoleon Bonaparte and went on to become king of Sweden and Norway. New Orleans has commemorated him with streets named Bernadotte and Burdette.

Colin D. Dear Colin, Lots of resting goes on in City Park, but it’s not the final resting place of anyone, not legally anyway. On Victory Drive in front of the entrance to the Pavilion of the Two Sisters at the New Orleans Botanical Garden, however, there are three small stone and brass markers. Each was placed there in memory of young soldiers — Walter and Wallace Cox, Thomas A. Gragard and Donald Bradburn — who were killed in action in 1918, the last year of World War I. There is another monument to World War I veterans, this one located on City Park Avenue near the McDonogh Oak. At the top the the tall obelisk-like structure are insignias of the four branches of the military. On one side are the words “In memory of our comrades who made the supreme sacrifice.” The other side bears the inscription “To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high!”

Hey Blake,

Why are Tulane athletic teams called the Green Wave?

Tommy Merrick Dear Tommy, The name came about because Earl Sparling, editor of The Tulane Hullabaloo, a student newspaper, wrote a football

song titled, “The Rolling Green Wave.” It was printed in the newspaper on Oct. 20, 1920. The nickname was not immediately accepted, but a month later the Hullabaloo reported on a game between Tulane and Mississippi A&M and referred to the Tulane team as the Green Wave. By the end of the season, the Hullabaloo was referring to all Tulane teams as the Green Wave.

From 1893 to 1919, the sports teams of Tulane were known as “the Olive and Blue” for the official school colors. But in 1919, another student newspaper at the university started calling the football team the “Greenbacks.”

The Green Wave caught on, however, and remained the “official” nickname of the team, but for years players also were called Greenies or Greenbacks because of the color of their jerseys.

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albums — including her debut, 1996’s Vibes, 2002’s No Regrets, and 2004’s Shine, her first for Basin Street Records (her current label), which was recorded in Nashville, Tenn. “(Shine) was a nice try, but it didn’t really do anything,” she says, disappointed. “I’ve sort of buried it and I don’t like to talk about it. … It was just, for me, a stepping stone for finding out what I needed to be doing.”

She moved to Austin, Texas, then back to New Orleans, and played with other bands and performers — she didn’t craft her one-woman show until Hurricane Katrina, which “threw me into this different space,” she says.

“Those things that might’ve been too complicated to get to before, or those relationships that were too hard to change before, all of a sudden everything was open and rearranged, and it was easier to make those choices, and I think a lot of people did.”

With a tour in Sweden looming, Andersson couldn’t afford to take a band with her. Instead, she bought a looping pedal, a device that records, or samples, segments of music.

She stands over her setup and explains its parts, pointing to a purple trunk that houses her labyrinthine mixing boards and other electronics. “Airports do not love me,” she says, laughing. “There’s always that little note on there, ‘This bag has been checked for explosives.’” It’s now her nerve center.

“Different instruments I dabbled with, now I can start developing them,” she says. “My mind is pretty good at organizing, so I can organize arrangements in my head and keep them there. … It feels like painting a bit. It inspired a whole new way of writing for me that’s more panoramic, not too pointed, like when you sit down with a guitar and try to struggle with your fingers. … It wasn’t easy or inspired to write like that.”

She filmed a few videos using her new arrangements — Hummingbird tracks “Na Na Na” and “Birds Fly Away” — and uploaded them on YouTube.

“Really it was hard to explain to bookers and promoters what I was doing, for getting a gig, so I filmed it,” she says.

“Then it just went zoom. … When I did that video, I sort of scaled everything down to center around me more and what I wanted to do. I think Katrina did that to me, too: ‘I don’t care what people think. If I’m going to be out there working my ass off to bring this to people and doing what I do, it has to really matter to me, and I have to do it on my own terms.’ I realized it was perhaps bold or a little bit stupid, because I might lose a lot of fans maybe, and perhaps I was a little worried that people who were used to seeing me a certain way wouldn’t like this.

“That was a risk I was willing to take.”

When performing, Andersson dances on her electronics.

She taps buttons and turns knobs with her toes, while letting loose haunting high notes with her voice, sometimes doubled, tripled or quadrupled in harmony. It’s clearly her show, and hers only.

But if she has a counterpart, it’s Chalmette native Jessica Faust, the poetry editor for The Southern Review.

Andersson asked Faust to enlist the help of Southern women poets to write lyrics for Hummingbird. Faust sent a few samples to her and sneaked in a few of her own. “I read (her poems) and they just grabbed my heart immediately,” Andersson says. “It made me cry. I thought, ‘This is the woman who’ll write my lyrics.’ She lives here, she’s a woman, she’s had similar life experiences and some totally different from me, but I think we can relate.”

“She gave my snippets of songs — literally, four seconds,” Faust says. “We’d talk about mood and tone, and we’d go back and do something completely different. … She eventually had a disc of songs, just music. I drove around listening to the music for three weeks and wrote all the lyrics.”

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The album balanced Swedish pop with Southern neo-soul, rooted in Andersson’s passion for New Orleans (she collaborated on a track with Allen Toussaint). Following Hummingbird’s release in 2008, Andersson spent the next four years on tour, fielding offers for TV appearances in the U.S. and Europe and recording with David Byrne — but she hit a creative low. There was no new record in sight, and a one-year promotional tour turned into a whirlwind, globetrotting four-year phenomenon.

“The day I learned I was pregnant with Elsie and we decided we were going to have a family, it was like some weird weight was lifted off my shoulders,” she says. “I hadn’t realized how much I was resisting parenthood and going into that phase of life, and how I had been resisting taking that step because of all the fears involved, all these unknowns as an artist — as a female artist, how is that going to affect my career? How is it going to affect everything? Am I going to step backwards for a few years now and not be able to continue working for what I have been working so hard for?”

For Street Parade, Andersson

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Catch Theresa Andersson at these upcoming performances.

She’ll share the stage for a rare full-band performance for some songs. “There’s some songs that just sound better with a ‘band,’” she says. “And of course I’ll be looping, because that’s my thing.”

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remembered a Mardi Gras parade she viewed after coming home from a tour — exhausted, road-weary and out of place.

The highs and lows of the parade — and the anticipation for the one that followed — set the tone for Street Parade.

“It was a little weird to be at home with friends and at a party,” she says.

“I was used to being alone. It’s a strange feeling when you’re by yourself, go onstage and have an amazing experience onstage and — poof, you’re alone again. All of a sudden the parade is gone and you’re standing there like, ‘Whoa. What happened?’ You find yourself in the middle of the street, there’s litter everywhere, and people are oddly quiet, walking around. And the next parade is coming, but you’re not sure when. It was a huge parallel to my own life. I found that space between parades to be incredibly inspiring.”

(She pauses, briefly, and snaps her fingers.)

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between two amazing events, getting out of one phase of life into the next.”

Andersson studied horn arrange-ments by Duke Ellington and Gil Evans and drumline patterns. The drums on Street Parade were recorded individually — no kits, just disassembled snares, bass drums and toms, like in a marching band. Andersson handled vocals, percussion, guitar, bass and violin, while a host of horn players (from sousaphonist Kirk Joseph and trombonist Rick Trolsen to trumpeter Mark Braud and clarinetist B.J. Blue) fill her arrangements — haunting, sometimes sparse, and nowhere as wild as Mardi Gras.

Swedish musician Tobias Fröberg, who helmed Hummingbird, returned to produce, and Andersson again collaborated with Faust. (Faust was seven months pregnant while writing lyrics for Hummingbird, and Andersson was pregnant while working on Street Parade.)

The album’s centerpiece and first single, “What Comes Next,” is its most literally titled, and its most marching band-driven track.

Rolling snares and a simple horn line fade in, as Andersson sings, almost hesitantly, “I have been waiting for something to change.”

“The idea of ‘What Comes Next’ was originally about being pregnant, and embracing everything, even though you know your life is going to change, whatever it’s going to be,” Faust says. “And that applies to anything.” (The chorus, a duet with Peter, Bjorn and John’s Peter Moren, is a pure call-and-response love song: “I’m not afraid to give all my love to you. If you are falling, hold tight, we’ll rise again.”)

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In Andersson’s recording room, a rack of glittering silver outfits is propped against the wall. The clothes are leftovers from when Andersson performed album tracks “Listen to My Heels” and “Hold On To Me” atop a giant, swan-like bird during February’s Krewe of Muses parade. She was surrounded by a 50-person marching band with dancers from New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts and Academy of the Sacred Heart — a fitting way to release the album.

“I really wrote everything based on a marching band, like when you listen to the record, harmonically it doesn’t sound like what you hear in a street parade,” she says. “It’s more from my Scandinavian roots harmonically. It’s more pop-based.”

Andersson admits her roots are growing on both ends — she’s lived in New Orleans for more than half her life, yet her frequent visits to Sweden affirm her heritage. The album borrows from and is inspired by New Orleans’ parade culture: Mardi Gras Indians, parades and their afterglow and the joy found in darkness at jazz funerals. That darkness also overlaps with her melodic sense — she likes “relishing in minor keys,” embracing her Swedish melancholy, she says.

“It’s like when you’re getting married,” she says. “You’re trying to get your families together.

You want to show both sides of your new life where you come from. I’ve matured musically here in New Orleans, playing with people. We’d have jam sessions with Johnny Vidocovich, George Porter, Ivan Neville, whoever else ends up showing up. Situations like that, and every musical situation I’ve been in here, have taught me. That’s been my schooling. In later years, I’ve spent more time touring in Sweden, reconnecting with my Swedish roots. That sounds and feels familiar for me as well. … The world seems a little smaller in some way. … It’s not so strange to be from two places.”

In March, Andersson performed a string of dates in Sweden promoting her album before its U.S. debut. Gambit caught her via Skype in Helsinborg before her performance at Dunkers Kulturhus, southern Sweden’s largest performance space, which lies across the sound from Denmark.

“I’m more subtle than the average New Orleanian,” she says. “I’m not so subtle as a Swede anymore I’ve noticed when I’m over here touring. I’m becoming more American than I realized.”

Days earlier, she wrapped a performance of “Fiya’s Gone” for Sweden’s Efter Tio — with her signature looping station surrounding her. The track is the album’s bluesy center, following the optimistic “What Comes Next” and introducing a sleepier, dreamier B-side to the album’s (subtly) charging A-side.

“It feels good to be working again, to be working live again, having a little baby and spending time with the baby, and transitioning from the first few months of no sleep, and still no sleep but trying to work, and getting that part of the brain going, it’s been fun and good,” she says. “And I’m happy to be back.”

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is bloomiNG used to be an underpass. It was Jacques de overnight parking rouen, an employee at for trucks.”

Green Parrot Specializing in Nursery, tends to plants, gardening a pot of flowers. products, supPHOTO By CHERyL GERBER plies and accessories, the store aids people with a green thumb, as well those who love flowers but wish to sidestep the dirty work.

“We provide consultations, potting services and limited grounds keeping,” says Richards, whose company has redeveloped and maintains the herb and vegetable garden for French Quarter restaurants Stella! and Stanley. “We’re the only (gardening store) in the city with a wide variety of organics. We carry (organic fertilizers) Espoma and Happy Frog, and we’re getting Doctor Earth.”

Prices for organic fertilizer and pesticides range from $5.99 to $15.99. “We’re on average 40 to 60 cents per plant cheaper than our average competitor,” Richards says.

“And we are cheaper for the quality than big-box stores.”

As business continues to blossom, the shop focuses on improving its layout inside and out and bringing on talented garden specialists. “We just hired an individual who’s worked at different arboretums around the country and knows about butterfly gardens,” Richards says. “The garden center’s always evolving.”

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long with the occasional squawk from Duke, a lime green parrot, shoppers at Green Parrot Nursery (201 Nashville Ave., 894-1100; www.greenparrotnursery.com) will hear the sound of water cascading from a large fountain dedicated to Roberta Sklar, a beloved employee, and Mary Louise Richards, the owner’s mother.

“My mother was an avid gardener,” says owner and Uptown native Nicholas Richards. “My mother and I had always talked about starting this (store) when we drove around. There just wasn’t a quality garden in Uptown that was easy to get to.”

A bastion of horticultural wisdom, Richards started his vocation early in life. “When I was little, I was real mischievous and got in trouble with a kid named Leon Sarpy, who had an extensive topiary garden behind his residence,” he says. “As punishment for my mischievousness, I helped him in his garden trimming, digging and pruning.

He taught me a lot. “ Richards used those skills by tending his mother’s Shasta daisy garden bed, along with his entrepreneurial spirit.

“My dad got me a lawn mower — the old-fashioned kind, a red McLane reel mower. I’d garden and cut grass in the neighborhood with my Radio Flyer wagon, head shears and grass shears.”

Richards opened Green Parrot Nursery in 2001 on Tchoupitoulas Street and relocated in 2008 to its current site near the Port of New Orleans. “Our lease had expired and we moved here and developed,” Richards says. “This

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The stage at Siberia (2227 St. Claude Ave., 265-8855) is a haven for all sorts of punk and metal bands that don’t fit the most conventional notions of New Orleans music. So maybe it’s appropriate that you won’t find a remoulade or roux anywhere on the new menu of its kitchen.

Siberia recently introduced Eastern European eats like pierogi, kielbasa, blini and beet salad. The new kitchen operation at the hard-rocking St. Roch venue is called Kukhnya and Matt Ribachonek calls his cooking “Slavic soul food.”

“My grandma would be very proud,” he says with a laugh.

Ribachonek is a veteran of many local restaurant kitchens, including Fiorella’s (1136 Decatur St., 553-2155) when it was the launching pad for the New Orleans Bingo! Show. More recently, he was doing pop-ups, street food and catering under the moniker Streats McGee. Those other gigs are on hold as he develops Kukhnya, which serves from 5 p.m. to midnight every night except Tuesday. In addition to the Slavic staples page 27

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ny neighborhood would welcome a place like Maurepas Foods. It’s affordable, casual, artfully refurbished, creative at the bar and serious in its sourcing and cooking.

As it happens, Maurepas Foods feels particularly at home deep in the Bywater. Theatrically bohemian here, solidly working class there and under rapid renovation just about everywhere, there is a lot going on in this neighborhood, and Maurepas Foods keeps pace with its energy and idiosyncratic style.

Mike Doyle opened the restaurant in January after a tenure as sous chef at Dante’s Kitchen, and he’s brought the same farmto-table aesthetic of that Riverbend standout to his own kitchen.

This is why at Maurepas Foods a simple plate of purple kohlrabi becomes a conversation piece, and why a head of romanesco, that trippy, fractal-like cauliflower cousin, can get a table pondering appropriate wine pairings.

Doyle’s menu is designed for quick service and low prices, and it achieves both. Most dishes are under $10, and while you’ll likely have to wait for a table (this restaurant has been rolling from the get-go), orders come out at the rapid clip of bar food. This makes it feasible to build a meal as you go. That’s good, because the standard appetizer/entree format doesn’t work. Most of the dishes are somewhere between appetizers, sides or really small entrees in size. My advice is to order three dishes for two people and take it from there.

The menu is always changing, though some mainstays include the grilled, head-on shrimp over large-bore Israeli couscous, and steamed mussels, which were excellent with a sharp, sauce-like broth of Stilton and brown ale. Golden pastry caps a stew of plump, nearly-raw oysters that continue cooking in the bowl as you eat.

Diners generally can discern the size of a dish by its price, but the menu doesn’t give much description, and that is a problem with the fish and chips. A tidy assemblage of sauteed drum with soggy Lyonnaise potatoes, it didn’t satisfy the notion of fish and chips for anyone at our table.

The cheese boards and house-made pickle plates fit the concept here. If it sounds like a sausage sandwich doesn’t, well, you just have to see this sandwich. The sausage — thick, spicy, encased in a blackened shell — keeps company with tiny bits of squid in a way that seems odd but proves delicious between aioli-smeared hollows of crusty bread. Tiny mint ice cream sandwiches make a fun dessert, though so does another dive into the inventive cocktail list.

Picture windows around this old corner building frame Bywater streetscapes, and it seems half the neighborhood is inside on any given night. It also sounds that way. It’s boisterous and lively, which is good if you’re in the right mood, but rather hard acoustics make Maurepas Foods the wrong choice for an intimate dinner. This is a very social spot. If it were in your neighborhood, you’d be here eating and chatting all the time too.

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interview mentioned above, the menu includes a “Russki” burger with Russian dressing, a vegetarian beet burger with goat cheese, egg noodles and lots of pickled vegetables and the “Polboy,” a po-boy made with Polish sausage, fried onions and kapusta — spicy cabbage similar to sauerkraut.

Many of the recipes come from his family’s traditions, but Ribachonek has modified them.

“Lots of Polish and Ukrainian food is basically pretty bland,” he says. “But working at restaurants for as long as I have I learned to add garlic and herbs and things like that.”

He’s working on a brunch menu to serve on Sundays, though this will not be your typical jazz brunch. Called the “King James Whiskey Brunch,” it features R&B rocker King James on stage and it starts at 5:30 p.m.

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teak is the national obsession of Argentina, and for the last six years grilling steaks the Argentine way has been the calling of Jared Ralls, chef and partner at La Boca (857 Fulton St., 525-8205; www. labocasteaks.com). A New Orleans native, Ralls got his start in the restaurant business at age 15 at Teddy’s Grill, a long-gone po-boy joint his uncle ran in Gentilly. He later worked as a general manager for Sun Ray Grill and was chef at Vega Tapas Cafe before joining business partners Adolfo Garcia and Nicolas Bazan to open La Boca in June 2006.

How is the cooking at La Boca different from what you’d find at an American-style steakhouse? ralls: The idea here is not to mess with the meat at all, just add salt and pepper. Let it speak for itself. If you buy good meat, it’s not necessary to put butter and bordelaise all over it. And it’s about the type of cuts we use and the intensity of the heat. For instance, the skirt steak, we put it on indirect heat and it might cook for half an hour like that. You can’t just slap it on the grill and expect it to come out right.

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Blue Dot Donuts 4301 Canal St., 218-4866 Bacon-maple sticks and donut ice cream sandwiches keep things interesting.

The Buttermilk Drop Bakery and Cafe 1781 n. dorgenois St., 252-4538 The former Henry’s Bakery relocated and is as good as ever, especially the namesake drops.

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Do customers ever need a little coaching with this style of steak? r: The staff is trained on how to work with the customer and explain our menu. It starts with finding out what they usually eat at a steakhouse and then guiding them accordingly. If you like filet mignon, they might say, “Get the teres major,” which is the most tender cut in the house. We just try to keep them in their comfort zone. That’s part of the identity of this restaurant, not forcing something on them but showing them something else in our style.

The Warehouse District has become a hotbed for restaurants.

What’s it like to work in this part of town these days? r: It’s great, it really is. People eat with us and they say, “We like what you do, so tell us where to go next.” And we love being able to send them to other restaurants right here in our neighborhood. — IAN MCNULTY

J’anita’s reopens

After closing J’Anita’s kitchen inside the Rendon Inn, J’anita’s proprietor Craig Giesecke said he was looking for another line of work, but he left the door open to reopneing the bar food operation somewhere else. It’s taken two months for the next opportunity to walk through that door.

Giesecke and his wife Kimmie are now running the kitchen at the Blind Pelican (1628 St. Charles Ave., 5589399), a newly revamped tavern in the Lower Garden District. This doesn’t exactly signal the return of J’Anita’s, though Giesecke plans to serve some of its greatest hits.

“This will not be another version of ‘J’anita’s at someplace,’ but staples like the St. Chuck Duck, the Best Fish Sammich and a few others will certainly be on the menu,” he says. “We’ll start with a small menu and work our way into things.

At this point, at least, I might be a little more seafoody than in the past. I’ll also have the smoker out back, so the pulled pork and

house-smoked cheeses will certainly be in the mix. The place also has a pizza oven, so that opens all kinds of possibilities.”

Their plan was to start cooking at the Blind Pelican this past weekend and continue with lunch and dinner hours.

The Blind Pelican opened earlier this year at the address previously occupied

by Samuel’s. The new bar boasts 36 beers on tap, including a good selection of local and regional beers.

Broadmoor brunch

The Rendon Inn (4501 Eve St., 826-5605; www.therendoninn.com) has started a new menu of bar snacks and sandwiches, served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily. In late March, the tavern added what it calls Broadmoor brunch, with a menu served all-day on Saturdays and Sundays. It includes omelets and such extravagances as Nutella and bacon French toast. Rendon Inn manager Jeremiah Lavelle says more items and specials are being added to the roster.

2051 Caton St., 283-3388 Humongous apple fritters are the draw at this Gentilly spot.

Freret Street Po-Boy & Donut Shop 4701 freret St., 872-9676 www.freretstreetpoboys.com The corner spot offers lunch plates and donuts.

Tastee McKenzie’s 901 harrison ave., 483-9080 Buttermilk drops and other confections rekindle the legacy of the long-gone McKenzie’s chain.

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

“Every new opening I deal with wants to have a catchy name. There are three rules: Make sure it’s not rude, people can spell it, and it’s not in an obscure language.”

— Restaurant PR specialist Maureen Mills, quoted in a recent story in Intelligent Life magazine on the trend of restaurants choosing unusual names. Some examples cited: a London restaurant called Beagle, named for the famous vessel on which Charles Darwin journeyed; an Arizona eatery called Aunt Chiladas; and Untitled, New York restaurateur Danny Meyer’s eatery located inside the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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When chef Guillermo Peters started cooking at the Eco Cafe last summer, he predicted that some significant changes were in store for what at the time was a combination coffee shop/breakfast and lunch spot in Mid-City. The name was changed to Canal Street Bistro (3903 Canal St., 482-1225; www.canalstreetbistro. com) and the chef created an upscale Mexican menu for new dinner service on weekends.

Dinner is now offered Wednesday through Saturday. Breakfast and lunch continues every day except Tuesday, and more twists to the restaurant’s lineup could be on the way soon.

Peters’ changes have given the restaurant something of a dual personality.

At breakfast and lunch, it’s a mid-range neighborhood joint, with omelets, salads, panini and such, and most prices for main dishes are around $10. In the evening, it’s home to what is easily the most ambitious Mexican cooking in town, with prices to match — most entrees are more than $25.

Such a varied operation is familiar terrain for Peters. A native of Mexico City, he originally opened his restaurant Taqueros in a Kenner strip mall, and his menu combined tacos with much more elaborate regional Mexican cuisine. In 2004, he moved to a large St. Charles Avenue property (now home to Irish House) and opened Taqueros/ Coyoacan, which offered a polished cantina atmosphere downstairs and a fine-dining Mexican restaurant upstairs.

It reopened after Hurricane Katrina, but went out of business in 2007.

At Canal Street Bistro, Peters says he may designate one weeknight as a sort of taco night, with various tacos from his old repertoire at Taqueros featured beside the upscale entrees.

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AMERICAN CAFE BEIGNET — 311 Bourbon St., 525-2611; 334B Royal St., 524-5530; www. cafebeignet.com — The Western omelet combines ham, bell peppers, red onion and white cheddar, and is served with grits and French bread. The Cajun hash browns are made with andouille sausage, potatoes, bell peppers and red onions and served with a scrambled egg and French bread. No reservations. Bourbon Street: Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Royal Street: Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $

SOMETHIN’ ELSE CAFE — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www. somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. There are burgers, po-boys and sandwiches filled with everything from cochon de lait to a trio of melted cheeses on buttered thick toast. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ TED’S FROSTOP — 3100 Calhoun St., 861-3615 — The Lotto burger is a 6-oz. patty served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and Frostop’s secret sauce and cheese is optional. There are waffle fries and house-made root beer. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

BAR & GRILL BAYOU BEER GARDEN — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., 302-9357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch

DMAC’S BAR & GRILL — 542 S. Jefferson Davis Pkwy., 3045757; www.dmacsbarandgrill. com — Stop in for daily lunch specials or regular items such as gumbo, seafood-stuffed po-boys or pulled-pork sliders topped with barbecue sauce. Bar noshing items include seafood beignets with white remoulade.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ THE RIVERSHACK TAVERN — 3449 River Road, 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches overflowing with deli meats and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ SHAMROCK BAR & GRILL — 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., 301-0938 — Shamrock serves burgers, shrimp or roast beef po-boys, Reuben sandwiches, cheese sticks and fries with cheese or gravy. Other options include corned beef and cabbage, and fish and chips. No reservations. Dinner and late night daily. Credit cards. $ ZADDIE’S TAVERN — 1200 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson, 8320830 — Zaddie’s serves burgers, alligator sausage, boudin, tamales and meat or crawfish pies.

Thursday’s steak night special features a filet mignon, buttergarlic potatoes, salad, grilled French bread and a soft drink for $15. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

BARBECUE BOO KOO BBQ — 3701 Banks St., 202-4741; www.bookoobbq. com — The Boo Koo burger is a ground brisket patty topped with pepper Jack cheese, boudin and sweet chile aioli. The Cajun banh mi fills a Vietnamese roll with hogshead cheese, smoked pulled pork, boudin, fresh jalapeno, cilantro, cucumber, carrot, pickled radish and sriracha sweet chile aioli. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., latenight Fri.-Sat. Cash only. $ SAUCY’S BBQ GRILL — 3244 Severn Ave., Metairie, 322-2544; www.saucysbbqgrill.com — Saucy’s serves slow-smoked St. Louis-style pork ribs, pulled pork, brisket, smoked sausage and grilled or jerk chicken. Side items include smoked beans, mac and cheese, coleslaw and Caribbean rice. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

BURGERS BEACHCORNER BAR & GRILL — 4905 Canal St., 4887357; www.beachcornerbarand-

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CAFE CAFE FRERET — 7329 Freret St., 861-7890; www.cafefreret. com — The cafe serves breakfast itemes like the Freret Egg Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage served on toasted white or wheat bread or an English muffin.

Signature sandwiches include the Chef’s Voodoo Burger, muffuletta and Cuban po-boy.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.Wed., Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

PARKVIEW CAFE AT CITY PARK — City Park, 1 Palm Drive, 483-9474 — Located in the old Casino Building, the cafe serves gourmet coffee, sandwiches, salads and ice cream till early evening. No reservations.

Lunch and early dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ PRAVDA — 1113 Decatur St., 581-1112; www.pravdaofnola. com — Pravda is known for its Soviet kitsch and selection of absinthes, and the kitchen offers pierogies, beef empanadas, curry shrimp salad and a petit steak served with truffle aioli. No reservations. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

FReNCH FLAMING TORCH — 737 Octavia St., 895-0900; www.flamingtorchnola.com — Chef Nathan Gile’s menu includes pan-seared Maine diver scallops with chimichurri sauce and smoked bacon and corn hash. Coffee- and corianderspiced rack of lamb is oven roasted and served with buerre rouge and chevre mashed potatoes. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JUNG’S GOLDEN DRAGON — 3009 Magazine St., 891-8280; www. jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, thai and Korean cuisine. Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans.

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

MARTINIQUE BISTRO — 5908 Magazine St., 891-8495; www. martiniquebistro.com — this French bistro has both a cozy dining room and a pretty courtyard. try dishes such as Steen’s-cured duck breast with satsuma and ginger demi-glace and stone-ground goat cheese grits.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

COFFee/DeSSeRt ANTOINE’S ANNEX — 513 Royal St., 581-4422; www.antoines.com — the Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. the Royal Street salad features baby spinach and mixed lettuces with carrots, red onion, red peppers, grapes, olives, walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

GOURMet tO GO BREAUX MART — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, 737-8146; www.breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials.

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

PINKBERRY — 300 Canal St.; 5601 Magazine St., 899-4260; www.pinkberry.com — Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry topping choices including caramel, honey, fruit purees, various chocolates and nuts and more. there also are fresh fruit parfaits and green tea smoothies.

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

CONteMPORaRY BAYONA — 430 Dauphine St., 5254455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

ONE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE — 8132 Hampson St., 301-9061; www. one-sl.com — Chef Scott Snodgrass prepares refined dishes like chargrilled oysters topped with Roquefort cheese and a red wine vinaigrette, seared scallops with roasted garlic and shiitake polenta cakes and a memorable cochon de lait. Reservations recommended. Lunch tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

CReOLe ANTOINE’S RESTAURANT — 713 St. Louis St., 581-4422; www. antoines.com — the city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ MELANGE — 2106 Chartres St., 309-7335; www.melangenola.com

MONTREL’S BISTRO — 1000 N. Peters St., 524-4747 — this casual restaurant serves Creole favorites. the menu includes crawfish etouffee, boiled crawfish, red beans and rice and bread pudding for dessert. outdoor seating is adjacent to Dutch Alley and the French Market. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ REDEMPTION — 3835 Iberville St., 309-3570; www.redemption-nola. com — Chef Greg Piccolo’s menu includes dishes such as the crispy avocado cup filled with Louisiana crawfish remoulade. Roasted duck breast is served with red onion and yam hash, andouille, sauteed spinach and grilled Kadota fig jus. Reservations recommended. Lunch tue.-Fri., dinner tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ STEAMBOAT NATCHEZ — Toulouse Street Wharf, 569-1401; www. steamboatnatchez.com — the Natchez serves Creole cuisine while cruising the Mississippi River. At dinner, the Paddlewheel porkloin is blackened pork served with Creole mustard sauce or Caribbean butter spiked with Steen’s cane syrup. Bread pudding is topped with candied pecans and bourbon sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily.

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DeLI CG’S CAFE AT THE RUSTY NAIL — 1100 Constance St., 722-3168; www. therustynail.biz — Inside the Rusty Nail, CG’s offers a menu of sandwiches. the Piggly Wiggly features pulled pork on a sesame seed bun with coleslaw and pickle chips on the side. the Wild turkey is layered with Granny Smith apple slices, provolone, bacon and garlic mayo. No reservations. Dinner and late-night tue.-Sat. Cash only. $ KOSHER CAJUN NEW YORK DELI & GROCERY — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, 888-2010; www.koshercajun. com — this New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-thu., dinner Mon.-thu. Credit cards. $ MARTIN WINE CELLAR — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , 896-7350; www. martinwine.com — the wine emporium offers gourmet sandwiches and deli items. the Reuben combines corned beef, melted Swiss, sauerkraut and Russian dressing on rye bread. the Sena salad features chicken, golden raisins, blue cheese, toasted pecans and pepper jelly vinaigrette over field greens. No reservations. Lunch daily,

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NIRVANA INDIAN CUISINE — 4308 Magazine St., 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ TAJ MAHAL INDIAN CUISINE — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, 8366859 — the traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended.

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ItaLIaN ANDREA’S RESTAURANT — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie 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. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ CAFE GIOVANNI — 117 Decatur St., 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contemporary Louisiana cooking. Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and page 33

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

Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ RED GRAVY — 125 Camp St., 561-8844; www.redgravycafe. com — The cafe serves breakfast items including pancakes, waffles and pastries. At lunch, try meatballs, lasagna and other Italian specialties, panini, wraps, soups and salads. Open Sundays before New Orleans Saints home games. Reservations accepted for large parties.

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KYOTO — 4920 Prytania St., 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads.

“Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$ MIKIMOTO — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ MIYAKO JAPANESE SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE — 1403 St. Charles Ave., 410-9997; www.japanesebistro. com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY BOUCHE — 840 Tchoupitoulas St., 267-7485; www.bouchenola.com — This wine bar and restaurant serves creative dishes like tasso truffle mac and cheese with three cheeses and Mornay sauce, baby spinach salad with Maytag blue cheese and bacon lardons, and crispy duck breast with Grand Marnier sweet potatoes and vanilla-balsamic extract.

Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ K-PAUL’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN — 416 Chartres St., 596-2530; www.chefpaul.com — At chef Paul Prudhomme’s restaurant, signature dishes include blackened Louisiana drum, Cajun jambalaya and the blackened stuffed pork chop. Lunch service is deli style and changing options include po-boys and dishes like tropial fruit salad with bronzed shrimp. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ MANNING’S — 519 Fulton St., 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ RALPH’S ON THE PARK — 900 City Park Ave., 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include baked oysters Ralph, turtle soup and the Niman Ranch New York strip.

There also are brunch specials.

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TOMMY’S WINE BAR — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily.

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Chicken shawarma salad is a salad topped with olives, feta and chicken breast cooked on a rotisserie. Reservations accepted for large parties.

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Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ JUAN’S FLYING BURRITO — 2018 Magazine St., 569-0000; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., 4869950; www.juansflyingburrito. com — Mardi Gras Indian tacos are stuffed with roasted corn, pinto beans, grilled summer squash, Jack cheese and spicy slaw. Red chile chicken and goat cheese quesadilla features grilled Creole chicken breast, salsa fresca, chile-lime adobo sauce, and Jack, cheddar and goat cheeses pressed in a flour tortilla. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ LUCY’S RETIRED SURFERS’ BAR & RESTAURANT — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders. com — This surf shack serves page 35

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WASABI SUSHI — 900 Frenchmen St., 943-9433; 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd., 267-3263; www.wasabinola.com — Wasabi serves a wide array of Japanese dishes. Wasabi honey shrimp are served with cream sauce. The Assassin roll bundles tuna, snow crab and avocado in seaweed and tops it with barbecued eel, tuna, eel sauce and wasabi tobiko. No reservations. Frenchmen Street: Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily. Pontchartrain Boulevard: lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

TOMAS BISTRO — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes like semiboneless Louisiana quail stuffed with applewood-smoked bacon dirty popcorn rice, Swiss chard and Madeira sauce. The duck cassoulet combines duck confit and Creole Country andouille in a white bean casserole. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

ROCK-N-SAKE — 823 Fulton St., 581-7253; www.rocknsake. com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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uses homemade dough for pizza served by the slice or whole pie and offers salads, pasta dishes and panini. Gourmet pies are topped with ingredients like pancetta, roasted eggplant, portobello mushrooms and prosciutto. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ THEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA — 4218 Magazine St., 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., 302-1133; www.theospizza. com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies or build your own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. Also serving salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ WIT’S INN — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., 888-4004 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS DRESS IT — 535 Gravier St., 571-7561 — Get gourmet burgers and sandwiches dressed to order. Original topping choices include everything from sprouts to black bean and corn salsa to peanut butter. For dessert, try a chocolate chip cookie served with ice cream and chocolate sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ MAGAZINE PO-BOY SHOP — 2368 Magazine St., 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of poboys 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. Cash only. $

PARRAN’S PO-BOYS — 3939 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 885-3416; www.parranspoboy.com — Parran’s offers a long list of po-boys plus muffulettas, club sandwiches, pizzas, burgers, salads, fried seafood plates and Creole-Italian entrees. The veal supreme po-boy features a cutlet topped with Swiss cheese and brown gravy. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $

SEAFOOD GALLEY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-0955 — Galley serves Creole and Italian dishes.

Blackened redfish is served with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes. Galley’s popular soft-shell crab po-boy is the same one served at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ GRAND ISLE — 575 Convention Center Blvd., 520-8530; www.grandislerestaurant.com — The Isle sampler, available as a half or full dozen, is a combination of three varieties of stuffed oysters: tasso, Havarti and jalapeno; house-made bacon, white cheddar and carmelized onions; and olive oil, lemon zest and garlic. The baked Gulf fish is topped with compound chili butter and served with local seasonal vegetables and herbroasted potatoes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ RED FISH GRILL — 115 Bourbon St., 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. $$ VILLAGE INN — 9201 Jefferson Hwy., 737-4610 — Check into Village Inn for seasonal boiled seafood or raw oysters. Other options include fried seafood platters, po-boys, pasta and pizza. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

SOUL FOOD BIG MOMMA’S CHICKEN AND WAFFLES — 5741 Crowder Blvd., 241-2548; www. bigmommaschickenandwaffles. com — Big Momma’s serves hearty combinations like the six-piece which includes a waffle and six fried wings served crispy or dipped in sauce. Breakfast is served all day. All items are cooked to order. No reservations.

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

STEAKHOUSE

SLICE — 1513 St. Charles Ave., 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria. com — Slice is known for pizza on thin crusts made from 100 percent wheat flour. Other options include the barbecue shrimp po-boy made with Abita Amber and the shrimp Portofino, a pasta dish with white garlic cream sauce, shrimp and broccoli. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — 322 Magazine St., 522-7902; www.centraarchy. com — This traditional steakhouse serves USDA prime beef, and a selection of super-sized cuts includes a 40-oz. Porterhouse for two. The menu also features seafood options and a la carte side items. Reservations recommended. Diner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

THE STORE — 814 Gravier St., 322-2446; www.thestorenewor-

CRESCENT CITY STEAKS — 1001 N. Broad St., 821-3271;

www.crescentcitysteaks. com — Order USDA prime beef dry-aged and hand-cut in house.

There are porterhouse steaks large enough for two or three diners to share. Bread pudding with raisins and peaches is topped with brandy sauce.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri. and Sun., dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH MIMI’S IN THE MARIGNY — 2601 Royal St., 872-9868 — The decadant Mushroom Manchego Toast is a favorite here. Or enjoy hot and cold tapas dishes ranging from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties.

Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ SANTA FE TAPAS — 1327 St. Charles Ave., 304-9915 — The menu includes both tapas dishes and entrees. Seared jumbo scallops are served with mango and green tomato pico de gallo. Gambas al ajillo are jumbo shrimp with garlic, shallots, chilis and cognac. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE HEALTH NUT TURKEY SANDWICH FRESH TURKEY BREAST SEASONED, ROASTED & HAND SLICED BY US.

NOW THAT’S FRESH! VEGA TAPAS CAFE — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, 8362007; www.vegatapascafe.com — Paella de la Vega combines shrimp, mussels, chorizo, calamari, scallops, chicken and vegetables in saffron rice.

Pollo en papel features chicken, mushrooms, leeks and feta in phyllo pastry. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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VIETNAMESE AUGUST MOON — 3635 Prytania St., 899-5129; www. moonnola.com — August Moon serves a mix of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine. There are spring rolls and pho soup as well as many popular Chinese dishes and vegetarian options. Delivery available. No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $ DOSON NOODLE HOUSE —135 N. Carrollton Ave., 3097283 — Traditional Vietnamese pho with pork and beef highlight the menu. The vegetarian hot pot comes with mixed vegetables, tofu and vermicelli rice noodles.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $$ LE VIET CAFE — 2135 St. Charles Ave., 304-1339 — The cafe offers pho, banh mi, spring rolls and rice and noodle dishes.

Pho is available with chicken, brisket, rare beef or meatballs and comes with a basket of basil, bean sprouts and jalapenos.

Vietnamese-style grilled beef ribs come with a special sauce.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ PHO TAU BAY RESTAURANT — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls with peanut sauce and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Tropical Isle is proud to sponsor the FIREWORKS display for French Quarter Fest -the first time since Katrina!

Sat., April 14th 9PM

The Hand Grenade or Skinny Grenade available only at Tropical Isle locations:

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MAHONY’S PO-BOY SHOP — 3454 Magazine St., 8993374; www.mahonyspoboys. com — Mahoney’s serves traditional favorites and original poboys like the Peacemaker, which is filled with fried oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese. There are daily lunch specials as well. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

leans.com — The Store serves sandwiches, salads and hot plates, and there is a taco bar where patrons can choose their own toppings. Red beans and rice comes with grilled andouille and a corn bread muffin. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$

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Four Quarter Time The French Quarter Festival brings four days of free live music.

By Will Coviello

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Louisiana Music Factory there, the first few blocks of Decatur Street didn’t see much daytime traffic, so the festival put a stage on the corner of Iberville Street last year. This year it features the blues rock of John Lisi and Delta Funk, new wave revivalists The Help, singer/songwriter Luke Winslow-King and others.

The festival also spread out its Riverfront stages, which now stretch from the Old U.S. Mint to the Cajun and Zydeco stage in front of the Aquarium of the Americas at Canal Street.

Some growth depends on sponsorship.

With its recently renovated Carousel Lounge, the Hotel Monteleone expressed interest in sponsoring cabaret entertainment. A business on Bourbon Street wanted to see more traditional jazz on the street, so another stage was added and there’s an array of traditional and contemporary jazz and brass band music on the strip Saturday and Sunday. The festival also respects the historic district’s residents, and after 7 p.m. music is mostly confined to the Riverfront and Bourbon Street.

Children’s programming also has been expanded. There is a kid’s stage on the Riverfront with music, comedy and magic, and a second area at the Hermann-Grima House (820 St. Louis St.) features children’s activities in the courtyard.

Growth has followed a simple guideline.

“We only produce New Orleans music,”

Schramm says. “It has to make sense.”

Opera is not common at most outdoor music festivals, but the French Quarter was home to historic opera houses, and there are operatic performances at 6 p.m.

Saturday on the 300 block of Chartres Street. The classical music stage is at the Ursuline Convent (1116 Chartres St.).

For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, there will be fireworks at the festival.

The display is at 9 p.m. Saturday over the Mississippi River.

There are many special events and a wide array of stages and festival food vendors. Free festival schedule apps are available for both iPhone and Android phones. visit the festival website for for the download and further information.

The Society Brass Band second lines during French Quarter Festival.

PHOTO By CHERyL GERBER

APR

12 THRU 15

French Quarter Festival 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Thu.; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.-Sun. French Quarter, 522-5730; www.fqfifi.org

The French Quarter Festival daily highlights Thursday Rebirth Brass Band Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys Preservation Hall All-Stars Charmaine Neville

Friday Soul Rebels Bonerama The Pine Leaf Boys Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes

saTurday

sunday

Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra George Porter Jr. and Runnin’ Pardners Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers Walter “Wolfman” Washington Lost Bayou Ramblers Hot 8 Brass Band

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Theresa Andersson Royal Southern Brotherhood Zydepunks Ivoire Spectacle Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds

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ome complaints are flattering. The French Quarter Festival, a free event staffed by roughly 2,000 volunteers, decided to take a risk and expand programming to Thursday last year. Organizers scheduled a half day of performances and encouraged locals to leave work early. The response: “People said, ‘Why didn’t you give us a whole day?’” says festival director Marci Schramm. The festival was founded in 1984 to bring locals back downtown, but it has grown into a tourist attraction in its own right, and visitors sent the same message last year. Many said they would have extended their visits if they had known about the schedule additions before they booked hotels and flights.

This year, Thursday features a full day of music on the Riverfront and Jackson Square stages, and headliners include Rebirth Brass Band, Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys, Charmaine Neville and others.

Under Schramm’s direction since 2007, the festival has grown steadily. On Saturday and Sunday, a total of 22 stages will feature live music. Stages occupy Bourbon and Royal streets as well as the entire stretch of Riverfront between Esplanade Avenue and Canal Street. While many festivalgoers want to enjoy the Riverfront, the other stages have helped relieve the crowds there by drawing people to less trafficked blocks.

“We walked the blocks of the French Quarter and asked businesses for their input,” Schramm says.

Even with the House of Blues and the

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1419 Basin Street • Doors at 8pm / Show at 8:30pm

FRIDAY - May 4th

TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE

(Trombone Shorty's only performance on the 2nd weekend of Jazzfest)

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Joy Theatre

1200 Canal Street / Doors 9pm

SATURDAY - May 5th

PRESERVATION HALL CRESCENT CITY REVUE featuring PRESERVATION HALL & FRIENDS

SPECIAL GUESTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED! Lineup Subject to change

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MUSIC listings

vation Hall Jazz band feat. mark braud, 8

Rock ’N’ Bowl — Joe Krown, 8:30 Rusty Nail — opera on tap, 7 Siberia — Demonic Destruction, rottenness, fat stupid Ugly people, necrotic priapism, 9

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LINEUP

FrenCh QuarTer FesTiVaL at the Playhouse APRIL 11TH-15TH Wednesday 4/11 5pm Kipori Woods

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Delfeayo marsalis & the Uptown Jazz orchestra, 8 & 10 Stage Door Canteen at The National World War II Museum — Victory belles, noon

THURSDAY 12

8:30pm Grammy Award-winning

7 NIGHTS

Irvin Mayfield’s NOJO Jam

A WEEK

$15 cover

8PM MON-SAT 7PM SUNDAYS

Thursday 4/12 2:30pm The Masakowski Family Reunion

12 Bar — tarrah reynolds, n’awlins Johnnys, 9

TUeSDAY 10 Big Al’s Deckbar Seafood & Blues — redfish blues band, 8 Blue Nile — the big way, 10 BMC — Carolyn broussard, 5; eudora evans & Deep soul, 8; st. legends brass band, 11 Bombay Club — monty banks, 7:30 Chickie Wah Wah — sweet olive string band, 5; tommy malone & bill malchow, 8 The Cypress — Chelsea grin, attila, for the fallen Dreams, Vanna, Volumes, Chunk! no, Captain Chunk!, 5:30 d.b.a. — treme brass band, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — tom Hook, 9:30 The Famous Door — Darren murphy & big soul, 3

Big Al’s Deckbar Seafood & Blues — oscar & the blues Cats, 8 Blue Nile — mike paille, brandon brunious, Dr. Jimbo walsh, James williams, 8; gravity a, 11 BMC — andre bouvier band, 5; blues4sale, 8; Deja Vu brass band, 11 Bombay Club — monty banks & tony seville, 7:30 Cafe Negril — Jamey st. pierre & the Honeycreepers, 9 Checkpoint Charlie — neslort, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — meschiya lake & tom mcDermott, 7 d.b.a. — tin men, 7 DMac’s — ernie Vincent & the top notes, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Cristina perez, 9:30 The Famous Door — Darren murphy & big soul, 3

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Jason marsalis, 8

Funky Pirate — blues masters feat. big al Carson, 8:30

The Maison — gregory agid Quartet, 6 Maple Leaf Bar — rebirth brass band, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — sazerac the Clown’s Cabinet of wonders, 10 Old U.S. Mint — John ellis, 3 One Eyed Jacks — Delta spirit, waters, Kg accidental DJ set, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — maryland Jazz band, 7 Preservation Hall — preservation Hall-stars feat. shannon powell, 8 Siberia — Digital leather, super nice bros., indian givers, 10

House of Blues (Voodoo Garden) — songwriter showcase feat. Colin lake, 7 Howlin’ Wolf (The Den) — Hillbilly Hotel, 10 Irvin Mayfield’s I Club — mia borders, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Denise marie & marcel Koster, 9 Lafayette Square — wednesday at the square feat. ivan neville’s Dumstaphunk, brass-a-Holics, 5 The Maison — those peaches, 6; Upstarts, 9 The Maison (Penthouse) — improvisational Jazz Jam, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Khris royal & Dark matter feat. nicholas payton, 10

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — ed peterson & the test, 8 & 10

Old Point Bar — mumbles, 8

Spotted Cat — brett richardson, 4

Old U.S. Mint — Jim Hession, noon

University of New Orleans — maurice brown, 7

One Eyed Jacks — red elvises, 9

WeDneSDAY 11

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — lars edegran, topsy Chapman & palm Court Jazz band, 7

12 Bar — brass-a-Holics, 9

Preservation Hall — preser-

Bombay Club — matt lemmler & evan Christopher, 7:30 Buffa’s Lounge — tom mcDermott & aurora nealand, 8

5pm A Piano Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton feat. Tom McDermott 8pm Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown with special guest

Topsy Chapman

saTurday 4/14 2:30pm Hot 8 Brass Band 5pm A Piano Tribute to James Booker feat. Joe Krown 8pm Germaine Bazzle & George French feat. James Rivers and

The Melody Clouds

5pm Room Blessing feat.

Chickie Wah Wah — alvin Youngblood Hart & Camile baudoin, 8

Bill Summers & Orchestra Yoruba Afro America 7pm Glen David Andrews

Circle Bar — Jerry giddens, rod Hodges, 10

d.b.a. — Jon Cleary, 7; mark mullins, June Yamagishi, nori naraoka & alvin ford, 10

Steve Masakowski, Ed “Sweetbread” Petersen, and Victor Atkins

5pm A Piano Tribute to Professor Longhair feat. Tom Worrell 8pm Wess Anderson presents THE SAX SUMMIT Paul Longstreth feat. Derek Douget, sunday 4/15 Khari Lee & Khris 2:30pm Leo Jackson & Royal

BMC — soulabilly swamp boogie band, 5; andy J. forest, 8; Young pinstripe brass band, 11

Covington Trailhead — Deacon John, 5

2:30pm NOJI Masters Series feat.

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DMac’s — friends of Country feat. Kim Carson & Corey michael, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — los tres amigos, 9:30 Dragon’s Den — Joyce manor, Vapo-rats, i’m fine, Donald wolfington, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — stooges brass band, 10 House of Blues (Parish) — Kylesa, 8:30 Irvin Mayfield’s I Club — Khris royal & Dark matter, 8 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — masakowski family reunion, 2:30; tom worrell, 5; wess anderson, Derek Douget, Khari lee & Khris royal, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — beth patterson, 8

TUE

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WED

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4/11

Maple Leaf Bar — the trio, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — mike Duran, 8 Oak — Colin lake, 9 Old Point Bar — blues frenzy, 6:30; Kim Carson, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Duke Heitger & Crescent City Joymakers feat. Hal smith & bob Havens, 7 Preservation Hall — tornado brass band feat. Darryl adams, 8 page 42

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SUPLECS & HONKY 9PM DAVE & TOM MALONE 10PM

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Louisiana Music Factory — maryland Jazz band, 6 The Maison — erin Demastes, 5; no name trio, 7; Doombalaya, 10

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THU TARRAH REYNOLDS 9PM

4/28

THU

FEAT. CYRIL NEVILLE, DEVON ALLMAN & MIKE ZITO

4/12

W/ THE N'AWLINS JOHNNYS

FRI

BRASSAHOLICS 10PM

KHRIS ROYAL & DARK MATTER

5/4

FRI

SUPAGROUP 10PM

SAT

MIA BORDERS & DIANE DURRETT 9PM

SAT

JOHNNY SKETCH & THE DIRTY NOTES 10PM

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W/ JERMAL WATSON & ROBERT WALTERS

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Funky Pirate — blues masters feat. big al Carson, 8:30

Blue Nile — micah mcKee & little maker, 7

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Kid Carsons, Julie Odell, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Daryl Sherman Trio, 8 & 10 St. Roch Tavern — J.D. Hill & the Jammers, 8:30 Triage — Old School Band, 9 Vaughan’s — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 8:30

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Showcasing Local Music MON 4/9

Papa Grows Funk

TUE 4/10

Rebirth Brass Band

WED 4/11

Khris Royal & Dark Matter

THU 4/12

The Trio featuring Johnny V, & Special Guests

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FRI George Porter Jr. 4/13 & his Runnin’ Pardners,

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AllWays Lounge — Hurray for the Riff Raff album release, 9 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7; Zena Moses & Rue Fiya (upstairs), 10; Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, 11 BMC — El DeOrazio & Friends, 3; Lil Red & Big Bad, 6; Dana Abbott Band, 9; Deja Vu Brass Band, 12:30 a.m.

Bombay Club — Don Vappie Quartet, 6 Carrollton Station — Kiley Michael, The Drew Young Band, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Magos, 5; Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show, 8; Creole String Beans, 10:30 Circle Bar — Terry Malts, Die Rotzz, 10 Columns Hotel — Alex Bachari Trio, 5 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Soul Rebels Brass Band, 10 DMac’s — Faith & Chaos, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Eric Traub Trio, 10 Emeril’s Delmonico — Bob Andrews, 7 Funky Pirate — Blues Masters feat. Big Al Carson, 8:30 Hermes Bar — Shannon Powell Trio, 9:30

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9; Devin the Dude, Coughee Brothaz North, Corner Boy P, midnight

Irish House — Aine O’Doherty, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s I Club — Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 8 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Steve Masakowski, Ed “Sweetbread” Petersen & Victoria Atkins, 2:30; Tom McDermott, 5; Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown, Topsy Champman, 8 JuJu Bag Cafe and Barber Salon — Michaela Harrison, Todd Duke, 7:30 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 4:30; Rites of Passage, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Bill Malchow, 7 Le Roux — The Bobby Love Band, 7 The Maison — Those Peaches, 5; Ingrid Lucia, 7; Magos, 10; Debauche, 11; Lagniappe Brass Band, 1 a.m.

Maple Leaf Bar — Andrew Hall, 8; George Porter Jr. & the Runnin’ Pardners, 10 Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill — Smoking Time Jazz Club, 12:30; Fredy Omar con su Banda, 7:30; Javier Olondo & AsheSon, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — High Ground Drifters, 7; Joe Barbara, 9; John Parker, 10 Oak — Mumbles, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; J.D. Hill & the Jammers, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Joe Hopkins & the 52nd Street Jazz Band, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Earphunk album release, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Wendell Brunious & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Preservation Hall — New Orleans Old Style Open Jam Session feat. Darryl Adams, 8 Republic New Orleans — Royal Teeth, 10

Saturday 14 12 Bar — Mia Borders, Diane Durrett & Soul Suga, 9 3 Ring Circus’ The Big Top Gallery — Fat Camp, A Hanging, Cape of the Matador, Red Shield, 7 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Voodoo Town (upstairs), 10; Big Sam & Friends, 11 BMC — Chris Polacek & the Hubcap Kings, 3; Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Jazz Band, 6; Paula & the Pontiacs, 9; Ashton & the Big Easy Brawlers Brass Band, midnight Bombay Club — Monty Banks, 6; Lillian Boutte, 9:30 Buffa’s Lounge — Royal Rounders, 8 Cafe Istanbul — Evan Christopher, 9 Cafe Negril — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Carrollton Station — Juniper Row, Linoleum Blownaparts, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Eden Brent, 10 Circle Bar — Mahayla, David Dondero, James Hayes, 10 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 8; Roddie Romero & the Hub City All-Stars, 11; Lightnin’ Malcolm & Cam Kimbrough, 2 a.m.

DMac’s — Big Willy & the AllPurpose Blues Band, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Jonathan Roniger, 8 Hermes Bar — Sasha Masakowski, 9:30 & 11 Hi-Ho Lounge — Zydepunks, Debauche, Sweet Street Symphony, 10 House of Blues — Umphrey’s McGee, 9 Howlin’ Wolf (The Den) — Batam Foxes, Areal Attack, 8 Irish House — Aine O’Doherty, 7

Rock ’N’ Bowl — Top Cats, 9:30

Irvin Mayfield’s I Club — George Porter Jr. Trio, 8

Siberia — Chilldren, Pr_ck, Otto, 10

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Hot 8 Brass Band, 2:30; Joe Krown, 5; Germaine Bazzle & George French feat.

James Rivers & Paul Longstreth, 8

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Dr. Michael White & the Liberty Jazz Band, 8 & 10

Kerry Irish Pub — Wheelhouse feat. Heidi Campbell & Paul Tobin, 4:30; Lynn Drury Band, 8:30

Hi-Ho Lounge — Maurice “Mobetta” Brown, Nikki Glaspie, Nick Daniels, Josh Connely and others, 9

Southport Hall — Disciples of Thrash, 10

House of Blues — Tab Benoit & Royal Southern Brotherhood feat. Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooton & Yonrico Scott, 9

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Mumbles, 12:30; Alabama Slim Blues Revue, 4; eudora & Deep Soul, 7:30; Soulabilly Swamp Boogie Band, 11

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Lilli Lewis, 8; Clyde Albert, 9; Mario Ortiz, 10 Oak — Cristina Perez Trio, 9 Old Point Bar — Ian Cunningham, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Lost Bayou Ramblers album release, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lionel Ferbos & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Preservation Hall — New Orleans Old Style Open Jam Session feat. Tommy Sancton, 8

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Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Leo Jackson & the Melody Clouds, 2:30; Room Blessing feat. Bill Summers & Orchestra Yoruba Afro America, 5; Glen David Andrews, 7 Kerry Irish Pub — Hurricane Refugees, 8:30 The Maison — Dave easley, 5; Courtyard Kings, 7; Soul Project, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat. Russell Batiste & Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 10 Old Point Bar — Brent Walsh Jazz Trio feat. Romy Kaye, 3:30

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Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Happy Pals, 7; Lucien Barbarin & Sunday Night Swingsters, 8

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Wess Anderson Quintet, 8 & 10 Tequila Blues — Javier Tobar & elegant Gypsy, 7 Three Muses — Mumbles, 6:30; Frenchmen Street Jug Band, 10 Tipitina’s — Rebirth Brass Band, 9 Tommy’s Wine Bar — Julio & Caesar, 10

Siberia — King James, 5:30; Ghoul, Pallbearers, Toxic Rott, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Tom McDermott & His Jazz Hellions, 8 & 10 Three Muses — Raphael Bas & Norbert Slama, 5:30; Jayna Morgan & Miss Sophie Lee, 8 Tipitina’s — Bruce Daigrepont, 5:30 Triage — Gypsy elise & the Royal Blues, 6

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Scan the inside cover of Look Out Mama (Born to Win), the new album by New Orleans country/ folk band Hurray for the Riff Raff, and you’ll find the expected country/folk voices that play out the record: guitar, piano, organ, harmonica, fiddle, bass and drums. Two you won’t find — banjo and accordion — may reveal more about the band’s direction on this third ravishing LP. On 2008 debut It Don’t Mean I Don’t Love You, those distinctive instruments are omnipresent, like training wheels for former street busker and first-time recording artist Alynda Lee Segarra.

They’re two of the first sounds you hear (along with Segarra’s come-hither contralto) on 2010’s Young Blood Blues, though they eventually APRIL Hurray for the Riff Raff album release cede ground to violins and guitars, following the band’s transition from 10 p.m. Friday junkyard recyclers to first-order AllWays Lounge country players. Here, they’ve been 2240 St. Claude Ave. swept out completely, along with another of Segarra’s early crutches, the waltz-time 218-5778 rhythm (it’s present on only one Look Out www.theallwaysMama song). In their place are tender lounge.com swings and light-foot shuffles, the easy paces of a metamorphosed band increasingly comfortable in its new skin. Segarra’s twanged consonants and bowed vowels on the title track are bested only by her pitch-perfect yodeled finish, and on “Lake of Fire,” over the album’s most giddyap arrangement, she hurdles over two octaves like a warmup jog. Then there’s her “Ode to John and Yoko,” which honors rock’s first couple with a lovingly psychedelic tribute, its warped backward-guitar bridge leading to a delightful final 90 seconds, voices upon voices singing in a double-timed shimmy, “I don’t know why.” Sometimes, Segarra seems to have figured out, it’s best just to go with it. Tickets $8. — NOAH BONAPARTe PAIS

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It’s hard to imagine a better time than right now for a high-profile documentary about bullying in our schools. As detailed in Alex Woodward’s “Bullied to Death” (Cover story, March 27), public outrage over bullying has surged in the wake of teen suicides — along with the partisan politics that currently hamper efforts to enact anti-bullying laws in Louisiana and beyond.

So it was a terrible irony when the Motion Picture Association Bully of America (MPAA) slapped director Lee Directed by Hirsch’s powerful Bully with an “R” rating Lee Hirsch as a result of the harsh language used by real-life bullies in the film, thereby limiting Limited release access for those who most need to see it and extending the damage caused by bullying.

Celebrities from Justin Bieber to Meryl Streep joined a huge public campaign to overturn the rating. And in a rare bipartisan effort, more than 20 members of Congress signed a letter urging the MPAA to reconsider its decision. An appeal failed by one vote, but last week a compromise was reached. Hirsch removed a few inconsequential instances of strong language in the film, but left intact a single bullying scene at the heart of the ratings conflict and that he sees as central to the integrity of the film. The MPAA agreed to a PG-13 and waived the usual 90-day ban on showing a film after a ratings change.

All of which seems a like a rare happy ending for a bullying-related story, especially those found in Bully. Shot over the course of a single school year in several locations, the film wisely avoids facts and figures in favor of putting five young faces on a complex problem. Two of those young people are no longer with us, and their families’ unspeakable devastation and regret permeate the film. Hope can be found in the three other stories, along with some insight into how each of us can play a role in making things better. Bully is long and sometimes repetitive, but its crucial message comes through loud and clear.

Be sure to send the kids. — KEN KORMAN

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OPENING FRIDAY BULLY (PG-13) — Lee Hirsch’s documentary takes a look at how bullying has affected five kids and their families.

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (R) — A group of college friends encounters backwoods zombies and other horrors while vacationing in a remote cabin.

LOCKOUT (PG-13) — While leading a mission trip to the planet where the most dangerous criminals are kept, the daughter of the American president faces a rebellion by the planet’s prisoners.

THE THREE STOOGES (PG) — The famous TV trio is faced with losing their home, and a quest to earn the money they need finds them in a murder plot and as stars on a reality TV show.

WOMAN THOU ART LOOSED: ON THE 7TH DAY (PG-13) — A family with a seemingly perfect life is threatened when a daughter is kidnapped and old secrets emerge.

sPEcIAl scREENINGs THE BEAT HOTEL (NR) — Alan Govenar’s documentary follows American beat poets Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso in 1950s and ‘60s Paris, who fled the obscenity trials in the United States surrounding the publication of Ginsberg’s poem Howl and sought sanctuary in a cheap hotel. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members. 7:30 p.m.

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CHANGE (NR) — The center screens the first episode of the 2012 season of the PBS art documentary series Art in the Twenty-First Century. Free admission. 6:30 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. screening, Tuesday, Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www.cacno.org CHICO & RITA (NR) — Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal’s animated film follows a romance between a piano player and a singer that takes them to Havana, New York City, Las Vegas, Hollywood and Paris in the late 1940s and early ’50s. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members. 6:30 p.m.

Friday-Monday, then nightly through April 19, Zeitgeist MultiDisciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 8275858; www.zeitgeistinc.net EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (R) — In the documentary, an eccentric French shopkeeper trying to locate the street artist Banksy has the cameras turned on him.

The film also features graffiti artists Shepard Fairey, Invader and others. Reservations are recommended. Email mail@ charitablefilmnetwork.org for details. Free admission. 6 p.m.

Sunday, Antenna Gallery, 3161 Burgundy St., 298-3161; www. press-street.com GUYS AND DOLLS (NR) — Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra star in the movie musical that follows the activities of New York’s petty criminals and professional gamblers in the late 1940s. Free admission.

7:30 p.m. Monday, La Divina Gelateria, 621 St. Peter St., 302-2692; www.ladivinagelateria.com KEYHOLE (R) — In Canadian filmmaker Gay Maddin’s dark comedy, gangster and absent father Ulysses Pick returns to his home and embarks on an odyssey through the house, one room at a time. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members.

8:30 p.m. Friday-Monday, April 17 and April 19, 9:30 p.m. April 18, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net NATIONAL VELVET (NR) — Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor star in the 1944 drama about a jaded former jockey who aids a young girl in preparing a wild, but gifted, horse to race. Tickets $5.50. Noon Saturday-Sunday and April 18, Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 891-2787; www.theprytania.com THE SNOWTOWN MURDERS (NR) — Based on a series of murders in South Australia, Justin Kurzel’s film follows a 16-year-old who falls into a violent culture via his mother’s bully boyfriend.

Tickets $6.50 New Orleans Film Society members, $8.50 general admission. 2:30 p.m.

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Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members. 9 p.m. Tueday-Thursday, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (G) — The museum screens the 1971 movie musical in “candyvision,” meaning there will be bags of candy for sale to be eaten at specific times in the film. Admission $3 NOMA and New Orleans Film Society members, $6 nonmembers.

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OPENING ANTENNA GALLERY. 3161 Burgundy St., 2983161; www.press-street. com — “Spaceward-Ho! (Our Disposable Life),” works by gallery artists, through April 29. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

BARRISTER’S GALLERY. 2331 St. Claude Ave., 5252767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Crimes Against Faith and Other Tales of Compulsion,” works by Jessica Goldfinch, through May 5.

Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

DU MOIS GALLERY. 4921 Freret St., 8186032 — “Epigrammatic,” works by Caroline Hill, Jonathan Mayers and Sam Provenza, through May 6.

Opening reception 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

GALLERY ORANGE. 819 Royal St., 701-0857; www. gallery-orange.com — Oil paintings by Guus Kemp, Grant Schexnider and Carlos Lopez. Artists’ reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

JAZZ & HERITAGE GALLERY. 1205 N. Rampart St., 558-6100; www.jazzandheritage.org — “Femme Fest,” an exhibit by the Jazz and Heritage Foundation and organized by the Women’s Caucus for Art of Louisiana, through April 21. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

MUSIC BOX. 1027 Piety St., (347) 784-5226; www. dithyrambalina.com — “The Music Box: A Shantytown Sound Laboratory,” an interactive installation, through June 2. Opening 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

SCOTT EDWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY. 2109 Decatur St., 610-0581 — “Photosmith’s Quintet,” music photographs by Zack Smith, Chris Felver, Barry Kaiser, Greg Miles and Bob Compton, through June. Opening reception 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday.

ST. TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www. sttammanyart.org — “The Basque Syndrome: An Impertinent Selection of Work,” works by Jose-Maria Cundin, through May 5.

Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

STAPLE GOODS. 1340 St. Roch Ave., 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Thresholding,” works by Daniel Kelly, through May 6. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

UNO-ST. CLAUDE GALLERY. 2429 St. Claude Ave. — MFA exhibitions by Nina Schwanse and Chen Gu, through May 5. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

GallErIEs 3 RING CIRCUS’ THE BIG TOP GALLERY. 1638 Clio St., 569-2700; www.3rcp.com — “Our Waters,” works by Jillian Gibson, through May 5.

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ANTIEAU GALLERY. 927 Royal St., 304-0849; www. antieaugallery.com — “Black White & Blue,” portraits by John Pappas; works by Bryan Cunningham, John Whipple and Chris Roberts-Antieau, through April 21.

ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., 524-3233 — Works by the Surrealist Automat, jewelry by Chester Allen and paintings by Louise Guidry, through April.

ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY. 432 Julia St., 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — Video

by David Sullivan, through May 5. “Down Highway 23,” paintings by David Bates; sculpture by Joseph Havel; both through May 19.

ATELIER-MAGASIN. 3954 Magazine St. — Wood and metal sculpture by Kelly Guidry; photographs by Amy James; portraits by Clay Judice Jr.; paintings by George Marks; all ongoing.

THE BEAUTY SHOP. 3828 Dryades St. — Works by Rebecca Rebouche, ongoing.

BEE GALLERIES. 319 Chartres St., 587-7117; www.beegalleries.com — Works by 15 local and regional artists including Martin LaBorde, ongoing.

BENEITO’S ART. 3618 Magazine St., 891-9170; www.bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings, prints and postcards by Bernard E. Beneito, ongoing.

BIG BUNNY FINE ART. 332 Exchange Alley, 309-2444; www.lineartgallery.com — Drawings and monoprints by Greg Giegucz, through May 7.

CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY. 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Artists of Faith,” works by Jack Bartlett, Sonia Kouyoumdjian, Nell Tilton, David Goodman and Jean Geraci, through April 14.

CASELL GALLERY. 818 Royal St., 524-0671; www. casellartgallery.com — Works

by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, Phillip Sage and Jack Miller, ongoing.

COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., 8916789; www.coleprattgallery. com — “Open Space,” paintings by Stephen Strickland, through April 28.

COUP D’OEIL ART CONSORTIUM. 2033 Magazine St., 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “Modern Ritual,”

photographs by Mark Glaviano, through May 12.

D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 — “A Murmuration,” mixed-media sculpture by Thor Carlson, through May 3.

GALLERY VERIDITAS. 3822 Magazine St., 2675991; www.gvnola.com — “Skin and Bone,” works by Joseph Holmes, Tracy McKay and Francisco Magallan, through April.

THE GARDEN DISTRICT GALLERY. 1332 Washington Ave., 891-3032; www. gardendistrictgallery.com — “Twelve,” a group exhibition of 12 artists presenting 12inch square works, through April 15.

HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY. 440 Julia St., 525-7300; www.heriardcimino.com — Paintings by Jose Bedia, through May 1.

JACK GALLERY. 900 Royal St., 588-1777 — Paintings, lithographs and other works by Tom Everhart, Gordon Parks, Al Hirschfeld, Stanley Mouse, Anja, Patrick McDonnell and other artists, ongoing.

JEAN BRAGG GALLERY OF SOUTHERN ART. 600 Julia St., 895-7375; www. jeanbragg.com — “Run up the Colors,” paintings by Ann Cox Strub, through April.

GALLERY. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, 523-7945; www. rhinocrafts.com — Works by Cathy Cooper-Stratton, Margo Manning, Chad Ridgeway and Teri Walker and others, ongoing.

SIBLEY GALLERY. 3427 Magazine St., 899-8182 — “Perceptions,” works by Julie Robinson, through May 9.

SOREN CHRISTENSEN GALLERY. 400 Julia St., 569-9501; www.sorengallery. com — “Conversations,” collaborative mixed-media paintings

by Kollabs (Anke Schofield and Luis Garcia-Nerey); “A Shallow Home,” mixed-media paintings by Daniel Minter; both through April.

TAYLOR/BERCIER FINE ART. 233 Chartres St., 5270072 — “Blood Relatives,” works by Fred Stonehouse; “Drips, Drops and Ink Blots,” works by Mark Hosford; both through April.

THREE RIVERS GALLERY. 333 E. Boston St., (985) 892-2811; www. threeriversgallery.com — Works by Gail Glassman, through May 10.

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JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY. 400A Julia St., 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — Works by Tony Fitzpatrick, Michael Pajon and Catherine Brooks in conjunction with Southern Graphics International convention, through April 13. “Game Room,” works

by Michael Combs, through May 19.

FRIENDS OF THE HARBOR CENTER. Adult and student artists living in St. Tammany Parish are invited to create and submit pinatas to be showcased at a gala May 5. Cash prizes also will be awarded to first, second and third place winners in adult and student categories. Call (985) 7813650 for details. Submissions deadline is April 23.

LEMIEUX GALLERIES. 332 Julia St., 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries. com — “Primordial and Sacred,” works by Deedra Ludwig, through April 14.

“Lithographs,” works by Billy Hassell, through April 28.

MID-CITY BAYOU BOOGALOO. The annual festival (May 18-20) seeks artists to participate in an art market during the event. Email art@ thebayouboogaloo.com or visit www.thebayouboogaloo.com for details.

NOUVELLE LUNE. 938 Royal St., 908-1016 — Works using reclaimed, re-purposed or salvaged materials by Linda Berman, Georgette Fortino, David Bergeron, Kelly Guidry and Tress Turner, ongoing.

NEW ORLEANS BY NEW ORLEANS. Artwork is needed to illustrate the upcoming community anthology of short stories and poetry. Visit www.bookbyauthors.org for details. Submission deadline is April 15.

OCTAVIA ART GALLERY. 4532 Magazine St., 3094249; www.octaviaartgallery. com — “Invisible Connections,” mixed media by Sheila McInerney, through April 28.

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OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. Patrick F. Taylor Library, 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “How To Build A Forest,” installation/ performance by Shawn Hall and PearlDamour, noon to 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday and April 21-22.

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NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www. noma.org — “Self-taught Artists from NoMA’s Permanent collection,” an exhibition curated

by Alice Yelen, through April 15. “Hard truths: the Art of thornton Dial,” through May 20.

“Mass Produced: technology in 19th century English Design,” through June 24.

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NEWCOMB ART GALLERY. Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, 865-5328; www. newcombartgallery.tulane. edu — “tamarind touchstones: Fabulous at Fifty,” a retrospective exhibition of lithographs from the tamarind institute, through April 15.

SOUTHEASTERN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE. Jones Hall, Tulane University, 6801 Freret St., 865-5699; seaa.

tulane.edu — “Following Wright,” an exhibit highlighting Frank Lloyd Wright’s influence with drawings by architects Edward Sporl, Albert c. Ledner, Philip Roach Jr. and Leonard Reese Spangenberg, through Dec. 7.

SOUTHERN FOOD & BEVERAGE MUSEUM. Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www. southernfood.org — “illuminEAting,” photographs by Meredith Beau, through June 10. “tanqueray olive” and “Guinness Pint,” prints by tom Gianfagna, through Jan. 21, 2013. “Lena Richard: Pioneer in Food tV,” an exhibit curated by Ashley Young; “then and Now: the Story of coffee”; both ongoing.

TULANE UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ROOM. Jones Hall, room 205, Tulane University, 6801 Freret St., 865-5000; www.tulane. edu — “the Art of Proteus,” an exhibition showcasing the krewe’s costume and float designs from 1882-1907, through May 30.

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Dallas artist David Bates may be the finest painter his hometown has ever produced, but when it comes to his favorite sport, he heads to Louisiana and the remote extremities of Plaquemines Parish. While the paintings in this Down Highway 23 series reflect the everyday lives of fishermen, they were inspired by a trip he made in 2010, when instead of the usual scenes of shrimpers, oystermen and boats laden with the day’s catch, he encountered a coastal dystopia defined by reporters, politicians, tar balls, oil slicks and clean up crews in hazmat suits. Evidence of the BP oil disaster was everywhere in a coastal landscape transformed into something nightmarish, but amid the chaos he began to spot the familiar faces of those who derived their living from those waters. What he saw in them was not defeat but the same resilience that had faced many hurricanes and come back for more.

Net Fishermen (pictured) is emblematic. Painted in a style that recalls the stoic strength of Diego Rivera’s peasants, or Lynd Ward’s starkly monumental images of 1930s American workers, it’s a view of three men in a boat culling fish from a net — but the hovering gulls and stormy sea transform a prosaic scene into something far more iconic. Similar sensibilities are seen in Bait Fishing II, a view of two guys working a seine net, and Cleaning Fish, Venice Louisiana II, both timeless scenes of the sort that have been reenacted repeatedly since the Stone Age. Both also are defined by the stoic resolve seen in the faces of the figures. But his Refinery — Port Sulphur — Night is a hellish vision that

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ThEATEr THE AMERICAN DREAM. New Orleans Healing Center, movement room, 2372 St. Claude Ave.; www. neworleanshealingcenter.org — the new York-based agnes de garron directs edward albee’s one-act satire on american family life, in which a visit from two guests turns a married couple and their elderly mother’s lives upside down. Call (917) 703-1689 for reservations. tickets $10 general admission, $5 students and seniors. 8:30 p.m. friday-saturday through april 21.

BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater.com — pearl Cleage’s drama follows an eclectic group of characters struggling to survive amid the Harlem renaissance. tickets $20 general admission, $18 students and seniors, $15 children 14 and under. 8 p.m. friday-saturday, 3 p.m. sunday through april 22.

DREAM STORIES. Dillard University, Cook Theatre, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., 816-4857; www.dillard.edu — Journalist and author monica pierre’s one-woman show follows nine characters through their struggles. Visit www.monicapi-

IT’S ALWAYS MARDI GRAS IN PURGATORY. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — Disowned Daughter productions’ commedia dell’arte-style absurdist play skewers Carnival traditions. tickets $15. 10 p.m. friday-saturday.

KISS KISS JULIE. Joan Mitchell Center, 2275 Bayou Road — based on the august strindberg play Miss Julie, artspot productions’ interactive performance takes the audience on a sensory romp through a 200-year-old home. the show contains nudity. no one under 18 admitted. Call 826-7783 or visit www.artspotproductions.org for details. tickets $20 general admission, $15 students/seniors. 8 p.m. thursday-sunday.

THE LION KING. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — animals are brought to life in the tony award-winning stage production based on the animated Disney film. tickets $40-$153 (plus fees). 8 p.m. tuesdaysaturday, 2 p.m. saturday and 1 p.m. sunday.

THE MOMENTS THAT SHAPE US. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 2185778; www.theallwayslounge. com — the characters in stylist b.’s play struggle with abuse, addiction and absentee parents. tickets $15. 8 p.m. friday-saturday, 5 p.m. sunday, through april 22.

ON THE AIR. Stage Door Canteen at The National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — bob edes Jr., troi bechet, gary rucker and others star in the musical that pays tribute to the heyday of radio broadcasts. 8 p.m. friday-saturday, 11 a.m. sunday.

TRYING TO GET TO YOU. Cutting Edge Theater at Attractions Salon, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 290-0760; www. cuttingedgeproductions.org — peggy aultman’s play is about two 16-year-olds in 1964 trying to win tickets to a sold-out beatles show. tickets $17. 8 p.m. friday-saturday.

VISITING HOURS. Mid-City Theater, 3540 Toulouse St., 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre. com — the theater premieres David Caudle’s play, in which a lesbian couple’s longtime relationship is threatened by the re-appearance of an estranged son with a criminal past. tickets $30. 8 p.m. thursday-saturday through april 21.

BurlESquE & CABArET BURLESQUE BALLROOM. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., 553-2270; www.sonesta.com — trixie minx stars in the weekly burlesque show featuring the music of leon “Kid Chocolate” brown.

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THE DIVAS OF ILLUSIONS. Anything Geauxs, 1540 W. Lindberg Drive, Slidell, 7222101 — starr alexander hosts the drag show. tickets $5. 11 p.m. saturday.

FAMIlY HOW I BECAME A PIRATE. Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox St., Metairie, 885-2000; www.jpas.org — Jpas’ theatre for Young audiences presents the musical based on melinda long’s children’s book about the ins and outs of pirate life. tickets $20 general admission, $15 children under 12. 7:30 p.m. friday, 11 a.m. saturday, 2 p.m. saturday-sunday.

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. St. Martin’s Episcopal School Solomon Theater, 225 Green Acres Road, Metairie, 736-9930 — Young actors perform in theater 13’s production of the musical, which follows a naive small-town girl who moves to new York amid the roaring twenties to find a new life for herself. tickets $12. 7:30 p.m. friday-saturday, 11:30 a.m. saturday, 2 p.m. sunday. page 57

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AN APOLOGY FOR THE COURSE AND OUTCOME OF CERTAIN EVENTS DELIVERED BY DOCTOR JOHN FAUSTUS ON THIS HIS FINAL EVENING. The Hatchery’s Garret Theater, 4210 St. Claude Ave., second floor — four Humours theater produces mickle maher’s tragicomedy featuring a rotating list of guest performers, including leon Contavesprie, gary rucker and otter, in the role of mephistopheles. Call 948-4167 or email fourhumourstheater@gmail.com for reservations. admission is “pay what you can.” 7 p.m. sunday, 9 p.m. mondaytuesday, through april 23, 7 p.m. april 29.

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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Michalopoulos Studio, 527 Elysian Fields Ave. — southern rep produces the tennessee williams drama at the same block where the play takes place. Visit www. southernrep.com for reservations. a free walking tour starts one hour prior to performances. tickets $29 thursday and sunday, $35 friday-saturday. 7:30 p.m. thursday-saturday and 3 p.m. sunday.

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What would Alice make of this Wonderland? Hard to tell. Alice is an innocent little girl, and ArtSpot Production’s Kiss Kiss Julie, currently running at the Joan Mitchell Center, is anything but innocent.

Or perhaps it expands “innocence” to include exploration of all manner of intimacies.

Lisa D’Amour is credited as the playwright, but exactly what’s written is hard to tell. there appears to be much improvisation within a prearranged structure.

Kiss begins in a large barroom, where the audience sits at tables as though in a cabaret. there are several odd devices PHOtO By MeLISA CARDONA with miniature windows. People are encouraged to pick a partner and stare at each other through tHRu 8 p.m. thu.-Sat. the windows while holding hands APR Joan Mitchell Center through other openings in the boxes.

2275 Bayou Road While awaiting the start of the show, a cowboy — actually a woman with 826-7783 a mustache — calls for volunteers www.artspotproducto do a line-dance, letting everyone tions.org know audience participation is part of the evening.

A synopsis of the show is difficult. Can one describe the logical relationship of patterns in a kaleidoscope? Most of the characters have several names and identities. Gender becomes flexible, and time is mutable as well.

Vigorous, enticing performances make this unlikely jumble entertaining. the line-dancing cowboy is Bear (Ashley Sparks), who says he gave up rodeo riding for truck driving. He meets Punchy (Lisa Shattuck), who is dressed as a male security officer but strips down to a sparkling short dress and striped stockings — transforming into a Storyville strumpet. there is singing and dancing about love and sex to Sean LaRocca’s tasteful electric guitar. the audience is invited to look around, pick out a lover in their mind and imagine being naked.

August Strindberg (Nick Slie) bursts in with his companion Caddo (Rebecca Mwase). Strindberg wears a frock coat and wants to know why his plays are twisted into perverse fantasies. the actual Strindberg wrote Miss Julie, which premiered at the end of the 19th century and brought a shocking new class-conscious naturalism into theater.

Strindberg says he’s come to New Orleans to unwind, and that means Storyville. there are more sexually charged high jinks, including a bit of sadomasochism. Caddo, who seems to be a Storyville madam, sings some low-down blues.

Fast forward to Miss Julie. Strindberg’s play takes place in a nobleman’s kitchen, so the cast of Kiss performs selected dialogue in the kitchen of the former Indigo restaurant, now part of the Mitchell Center. then the audience is invited into a grassy courtyard, where there are stations at which the cast gets intimate with them. these stations range from small tented pavilions to draped ladders to a spanking station, which I observed but decided to skip.

Kiss Kiss Julie is decidedly unconventional. Kathy Randels directs it with a sure hand, and the cast leads us through this maze of mirrors with admirable poise. Jeff Becker’s set and Hannah Adams’ lighting are spot on. the show sometimes seems to be looking for an ending before it actually finds one.

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WEDNESDay 11 CREOLE TEA FUNDRAISER. Private residence, call for details — the tea benefiting the new orleans musicians Clinic features live music.

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LOYOLA: 100 YEARS IN PHOTOS. Nunemaker Auditorium, Monroe Hall, Loyola University New Orleans, 6363 St. Charles Ave., 865-2011; www. loyno.edu — in conjunction with loyola’s 100-year anniversary, Harold f. baquet presents images from the university’s archive. free admission. 7 p.m.

MEN AND WOMEN OF FASHION PRIX D’ELEGANCE LUNCHEON. Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras St., 561-0500; www.hilton. com — the luncheon honors men and women who exemplify unique personal style and excellence and includes a runway show, auctions and raffle. proceeds benefit the ballet resource and Volunteer organization. Call 5220996 for details. tickets $100. 10:45 a.m.

SONAL SHAH LECTURE. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, 314-2200; www.tulane. edu — the economist and former director of the white House’s office of social innovation and Civic participation discusses “breaking Down barriers: real social Change requires revolutionary innovation.” free admission. 7 p.m.

CITY YEAR NEW ORLEANS’ SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK. Rosy’s Jazz Hall, 500 Valence St., 896-7679 — mayor mitch and Cheryl landrieu are the co-chairs of the education nonprofit’s fundraiser that features live music and a menu of gourmet twists on cafeteria favorites. email mlmurphy@ cityyear.org or visit www. cityyear.org/neworleans for details. admission $100.

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FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVAL. the festival features food and drink vendors and more than 22 music stages. Visit www. frenchquarterfest.com for details. free admission. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. thursday and sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. friday-saturday.

GREGG BRADEN LECTURE. University of New Orleans, Milneburg Hall — the author (the isaiah effect, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief) and expert on ancient wisdom traditions presents a lecture. 6 p.m.

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Historian bruce raeburn discusses “reflections of bechet, a new orleans Jazz original: the man and the music” and new orleans Jazzman band performs. reservations are recommended. email wrc@hnoc.org for details. admission $10. 6:30 p.m.

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Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www.noma. org — the lsU Health sciences Center’s new orleans school of medicine hosts the auction to benefit Camp tiger for children with disabilities.

Call 568-4874 or visit www.lsuhsc.edu/no/organizations/camptiger for details. admission $40 for the silent auction, $45 for silent and live auctions. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

GREER-HEARD POINT COUNTERPOINT FORUM.

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 3939 Gentilly Blvd., 2824455 — michael shermer and gary Habermas discuss “is there life after Death?” email knoles@

nobts.edu for details. admission $20. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. saturday.

HOLY NAME OF JESUS MEN’S CLUB GOLF CLASSIC. North Course, City

Park, 1 Palm Drive, 4839410 — proceeds from the event benefit the Holy name of Jesus school athletic Department. Call 861-1466 or visit www. hnjschool.org for details. admission $100. 11 a.m. registration and lunch, 1 p.m. tournament.

SaTURDay 14 AWAKENING THE DREAMER ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM. Loyola University, Danna Center, Audubon Room (second floor), 6363 St. Charles Ave., 861-5757; www.loyno.edu — the

multimedia symposium features myra Joines, communications director for the sisters of mercy in the gulf Coast region, and Jeannine burch, cofounder of resurrection Cottage. Visit www.awakeningthedreamer.org for details. free admission. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

BOX AND KELDA FONTENOT BENEFIT. Banks

Street Bar, 4401 Banks St., 486-0258; www. banksstreetbar.com — the bar hosts a benefit for box fontenot, a musician who drummed for fats Domino during his european tour, and his wife, whose personal belongings were recently stolen in a carjacking. the event features music, food, a raffle and items for sale. Call 858-4399 for details. free admission. 7 p.m.

BROAD STREET BAZAAR. 300 N. Broad St.,

corner of Bienville Street — the monthly market features health screenings, jewelry, food vendors and more. Call 561-7495 or visit www.broadcommunityconnections.org for details. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

EDIBLE BOOK FESTIVAL. Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., 596-2667 — participants create edible books that are exhibited, documented for the international edible book archive, judged for prizes, and then eaten by attendees.

Call (206) 697-2835, email info@siftarts.org or visit www.siftart.org for details. admission is free with edible book entry or donation of a canned

food item. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

HIKE THE LAFITTE CORRIDOR. Delgado

Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, Drama Hall, third floor, 616-6066; www.dcc.edu — the friends of lafitte Corridor hosts a hike through the proposed 3-mile linear green space linking the french Quarter, treme, mid-City and lakview. the event also includes a bicycle safety workshop and a culminating celebration featuring baby boys brass band and refreshments. Visit www.folc-nola.org for details. 9:30 a.m. bicycle workshop, 10 a.m. hike.

KIWANIS CHILD SAFETY AND HEALTH EVENT.

Mel Ott Park, 2310 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna — the Kiwanis Club of west Jefferson’s event features community resources, children’s activities, music and appearances from former new orleans saints cornerback mike mcKenzie and others. free admission.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS CRAFT MAFIA ART MARKET.

House of Blues (Voodoo Garden), 225 Decatur St. — the market features handcrafted art, jewelry, clothing, accessories and more, as well as live music by the sarah Quintana trio and missy meatlocker. Visit www.neworleanscraftmafia.com for details. free admission. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

NOVAC MAKING THE DEAL SEMINAR. Loyola

University College of Law, 7214 St. Charles Ave., 861-5668; www. law.loyno.edu — the seminar aims to educate independent filmmakers, lawyers and juris doctor candidates on the factors involved in financing independent films. Call 940-5780 or visit www.novacvideo. org/makingthedeal for details. admission $75 noVaC members, $125 general admission. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH HEALTH FAIR. St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, 455 Ames Blvd. — the church hosts its annual free health fair with screenings, seminars and other resources. free admission.

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ZUMBATHON. East Jefferson Family YMCA, 6691 Riverside Drive, 888-9622 — Ten instructors from the New Orleans metro area lead classes at the Zumba event benefiting the Strong Communities Scholarship Fund. Admission $15 YMCA members in advance, $20 non-members in advance, $25 at the door.

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INFORMATIONAL SESSION AND Q&A FOR NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS. Euclid Records,

3401 Chartres St.; www. euclidnola.com — Entertainment lawyer Bradley Black presents the free seminar discussing legal topics pertinent to musicians. A Q&A session follows. Email james@euclidnola.com or bradley.black@gmail.com for details. 5 p.m.

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Metairie Cemetery, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. — The Save Our Cemeteries fundraiser is a 1-mile and 5K run/walk that also features food, live entertainment, a raffle and more. Call 525-3377 or visit www. nolarunning.com for details.

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SIERRA CLUB PROGRAM.

Audubon Zoo, Dominion Auditorium, 6500 Magazine St. — Scott Eustis from the Gulf Restoration Network discusses “Healing the Marshes of the Louisiana Delta.” Call 307-0187 for details. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

SONGKRAN FESTIVAL AND THAI FOOD FAIR. Wat

Wimuttayaram Buddhist Temple, 1601 Stanton Road, 394-3599 — The Buddhist temple celebrates the Thai New Year with traditional customs, a food fair and more. Songkran customs 9 a.m. to noon, food fair 1:30 p.m. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday 16 BEST CHEFS OF LOUISIANA. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, 581-4367; www.generationshall.net — The New Orleans

chapter of the American Culinary Federation’s food awards features 30 chefs preparing signature dishes and benefits Children’s Hospital, The International School of Louisiana and the ACFNO Culinary Scholarship program. Visit www.acfno.org for details.

Admission $75. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

HEALTH POLICY CONFERENCE. Tulane University,

School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Collins C. Diboll Auditorium, 1440 Canal St. — The conference brings together scholars from economics, public health and medicine to present research on the best ways to improve health outcomes in Louisiana.

Email mlong2@tulane.edu for details. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

JEWISH STUDIES LECTURE SERIES. Jewish Community

Center, 5342 St. Charles Ave., 388-0511; www.nojcc. org — Loyola University’s College of Humanities and Natural Sciences presents the lecture from Emory professor Sander L. Gilman, who discusses “When Did the Jews Become Funny? A New Debate about the Limits of Representation After 9/11.” Free admission. 6:15 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. lecture.

SPoRTS BLACK & GOLD HOOPS CHALLENGE. Brother Martin High School, 4401 Elysian Fields Ave., 284-6700; www. brothermartin.com — The fundraising event for the We Stand As One anti-violence campaign features New Orleans Saints players competing with local police, fire fighters, radio and television personalities and others in a basketball game. Tickets $12 general admission, $5 students. 6 p.m. Friday.

MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., 587-3663; www.superdome.com — The Superdome

hosts the motorcycle racing event. Visit www.supercrossonline.com for details.

Admission $10-$50. 12:30 p.m. practice and qualifying, 7 p.m. main event. Saturday.

woRdS 17 POETS! LITERARY & PERFORMANCE SERIES. Gold Mine Saloon, 705 Dauphine St., 568-0745; www. goldminesaloon.net — Poet Bruce Andres and OffBeat editor Alex Rawls are the guests at the weekly series.

An open mic follows. Visit www.17poets.com for details.

8 p.m. Thursday.

ALEXANDER MCCONDUIT. Maple Street Book Shop, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., 304-7115; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — The author signs and reads from the children’s book Snowballs for All. 3 p.m.

Saturday.

ALEXANDRA STYRON. Maple Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — The author signs and discusses Reading My Father.

6 p.m. Tuesday.

AMERICAN HAIKU WORKSHOP. Sekisui Samurai Sushi, 239 Decatur St., 525-9595; www.sekisuisamurai.com — Delia Tomino Nakayama hosts the workshop on Mondays through April. Pre-registration is required. Call 289-9142 for details. Admission $50. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

BEN SANDMEL. Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — The author signs and discusses Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Sandmel also appears at Octavia Books (513 Octavia St., 899-7323) 6 p.m. Saturday.

FRANK PEREZ & JEFFREY PALMQUIST. Maple Street Book Shop, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., 304-7115; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — The authors discusses and sign In Exile:The History and Lore Surrounding New Orleans Gay Culture and Its Oldest Gay Bar. 6 p.m.

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JIM FRAISER & WEST FREEMAN. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — The authors discuss and sign The Garden District of New Orleans. 1 p.m. Saturday.

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PREVIEW

Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans

It should come as no surprise that the idea for a biography of Ernie K-Doe (born Ernest Kador), came from the man himself, while the selfproclaimed “Emperor of the Universe” sat on a barstool throne at his Mother-in-Law Lounge in 1999.

The writer was an easy choice for K-Doe because Ben Sandmel had just written a Gambit cover story about him titled “Mr. K-Doe Goes to Washington,” chronicling an appearance on the National Mall on the Fourth of July, where K-Doe delivered one of his trademark boasts, telling the crowd that “The Star-Spangled Banner” and his 1961 No. 1 hit “Mother-in-Law” were the only two songs that mattered.

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Wednesday “If you say K-Doe’s name to anyone in New Orleans, they smile,” Sandmel told Gambit Historic New last week. “He’s such a beloved figure. EveryOrleans Collection one has a K-Doe story.”

533 Royal St., In his later years, K-Doe was best known for 523-4662 his Muhammad Ali-style boasts and flourishes www.hnoc.org and his fired-up rants broadcast on WWOZ. But he lived a full and dramatic life, and Sandmel carefully details it from the heights of K-Doe’s early R&B recording success to his personal warmth presiding over the lounge.

“If he had been just a kook, that wouldn’t have been grounds for a book,” Sandmel says. “And one hit wouldn’t have been grounds for a book.”

Sandmel started work on the book before K-Doe died in 2001, but wasn’t able to really focus on it until later. His research and the book’s documentation are exhaustive and the book sheds light on more than K-Doe. It fills in the details on the decades between his mid-1960s descent into alcohol abuse and his rejuvenation once Antoinette Dorsey Fox (later Antoinette K-Doe) entered his life. The book features a large number of amazing photos (many provided by publisher The Historic New Orleans Collection), including shots of K-Doe masking as a Mardi Gras Indian in his younger years, conferring with Paul McCartney and Robert Plant at parties, and in countless flamboyant concert outfits. The book bears out the truth beneath the bluster and behind his one-hit-moment of wonder.

“His flamboyance and eccentricity were pronounced in his later years, and he traded on that,” Sandmel says. “But he was a really good singer — respected by his peers.”

It’s also a New Orleans story that Sandmel spotted as soon as K-Doe pitched it.

“It’s partly a biography, but it’s also about New Orleans grassroots surrealism,” he says. — WILL COvIELLO

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discusses and signs The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans. 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday. Powell also appears at Garden District Book Shop (The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266) 5:30 p.m. Thursday and The Catholic Book Store (3003 S. Carrolton Ave., 861-7504) 11 a.m. Saturday.

LEE MEITZEN GRUE & NIYI OSUNDARE. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — Poets Grue and Osundare read from Downtown and City Without People, respectively.

6 p.m. Tuesday.

RANDY FERTEL. Holy Cross College, Moreau Center, 4123 Woodland Ave., Algiers — The

author discusses and signs The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak: A New Orleans Family Memoir. 2 p.m. Sunday.

SALLY MICHELLE JACKSON. Faubourg Marigny Art & Books, 600 Frenchmen St., 947-3700; www.fabonfrenchmen.com — The poet signs and reads from Poems From a Transgendered Heart. 3 p.m. Saturday.

SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The group discusses Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

10:30 a.m. Saturday.

SUSAN HALTOM. Maple Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — The author discusses and signs One Writer’s Garden: Eudora Welty’s Home Place.

6 p.m. Thursday.

SUZANNE JOHNSON. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 8952266 — The author discusses and signs Royal Street. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

VINCE P. CAIRE. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 8997323 — The author discusses and signs Louisiana Aviation: An Extraordinary History in Photographs. 6 p.m. Thursday.

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Dear Sandra, You didn’t state your age, but age discrimination does exist and it can definitely affect careers. If you are over 55, it can be illegal according to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act / EEOC Act, if you can prove it. However, there are steps you can take to minimize your age.

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2) Constantly enhance your online presence by participating in social media that relate to your career field. In addition to your online presence, “get out there” and attend meetings and events. Young people are often in admiration of older colleagues who are active with high energy.

3) Upgrade your knowledge through evening courses, seminars, and conferences. On the Education section of your résumé, you can date these newer entries in order to overshadow your older degrees. Read journals, magazines, and online newsletters so that you can be a resource to others.

4) You can list dates on your résumé for your more recent jobs and delete the dates for your much older positions, or you can even omit the oldest positions entirely, if appropriate.

To appear younger, refrain from talking about “the old days” and if you do talk about yourself, describe a hiking trip you just took, new music you listened to, or a new movie you just saw, as opposed to pictures of the grandchildren or your latest medical issue. I have seen many older professionals get along great with young co-workers and bosses, while others have no clue.

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Free Local Delivery. (504) 888-6152

FURNITURE/ACCESSORIES $125 Full/Double Size Mattress Set, still in original plastic, unopened.

We can deliver. (504) 846-5122 $295 Brand New Iron Queen Bed with mattress set, all new. Can deliver.

(504) 952-8403 King Pillowtop Mattress, NEW!!!

ONLY $225. Can deliver. (504) 846-5122 NEW Pub Height Table Set all wood, still boxed. Delivery available. $250. (504) 846-5122

REWARD- LOST

(Mid City but could be anywhere by now),Ozzie, male, brown/black stripe (brindle), pit mix, sweet, call him & he will come, hold him & call me asap, Traci 504-975-5971.

PET ADOPTIONS BREES - BLACK LAB

perfect family, take me with yu BLACK LAB. Happy-go-lucky little boy, great with kids & other dogs & strangers!

Neutered & up to date on all shots.

Contact 504-975-5971

Brindle BOXER/PIT MX

Sweete Pie, 2 yr old, vetted, spayed & is up to date on all shots. Housebroken & gets along with everyone! Call Kathleen at (504) 931-6949

CARMEN- 5 yr old DSH

F, steel grey with white spots. Laid back. Loves attention. Waiting 4 years for a home. Adopted as a kitten but returned when family moved. Fully vetted. Call 601-749-0268 or email spaymart@hughes.net.

GORDY - Handsome DSH

2 yr. old, fully vetted & wants to join your family. Never meets a stranger, good with kids and other cats-sleek, shiny black coat, easy to love. If you’d like to adopt Gordy, call 601-749-0268 or email spaymart@hughes.net.

MAZIE

This sweet little girl is purrfect for your family, a definite TAKE HOME calico. Great with strangers and other cats. Easy going and fun loving, she is spayed, microchipped and vaccinated.

Contact Lynn at spaymart@hughes.net.

SIMONE-4 YR OLD DLH

Sophisticated and beautiful, orange tabby. OK with other cats, but would be happy living alone as a spoiled princess.

Enjoys love & attention. Fully vetted.

To meet Simone and other wonderful Spaymart cats, visit our Thrift Store Adoption Ctr at 6601 Vets or call 454-8200.

ROUX

Little over 1 yr petite side of medium.

Female, great with other dogs. LOVES PEOPLE - snuggler. 504-975-5971

SHITZU - ROCKY

Sweet & friendly, 7 years old. Very gentle, laid back, loves attention, other cats & dogs. Housebroken. (504) 975-5971

PETS FOR SALE FREE TO GOOD HOME

Male lab pt mix. 6 years old. All shots.

944-7733 ANNOUNCEMENTS

ADOPTIONS PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions 866-413-6293

ANNOUNCEMENTS NEED JAZZ FEST TICKETS

Seeking FOUR Jazz Fest Big Chief tickets for first weekend- at or above face value. Not to resell, for family of NOLA music lovers! jliaci@mindspring.com

SERVICES

HOME SERVICES Don’t Replace Your Tub REGLAZE IT

Chip/Spot Repair - Colors Available Clawfoot tubs for sale Southern Refinishing LLC Certified Fiberglass Technician Family Owned & Operated 504-348-1770 southernrefinishing.com

Weekly Tails

Garage-a-Rama Upscale Yard Sale

Newman Parents Association Fundraiser Sat. April 21, 8am-3pm early bird shopping - $10 fee Newman School - Touhy Gym - 5203 Danneel St. Furniture, Collectibles, Kitchen Items, China, Lamps, Clothing, Bicycles, Electronics, Jewelry At, Books CASH & CREDIT CARDS ONLY

Wilson is a 6-year-old, neutered,

MISC. FOR SALE OFFICE

10x16 Office trailer with HVAC. Call for details! (504) 888-6152

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Mario, loving & loyal friend - loves walks.

Dedicated to his owners. Loves toys Should be the #1 baby in the house & enjoys them thoroughly. (504) 975-5971.

LOST/FOUND PETS

GARAGE SALES/FLEA MARKETS

REAL ESTATE

SMALL TERRIER MIX

PETS

WILSON Kennel #A15580658

Dachshund who is very playful, loves toys & treats and extra attention. He’s such a happy, smiley, guy who deserves a great home! To meet Wilson 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. or call 368-5191.

Chris is a 1-year-old, neutered,

DSH with orange and white tabby markings. Chris is a spotted fellow with a waggle in his walk and a meow in his talk. To meet Chris 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. or call 368-5191.

CHRIS Kennel #A15413298

To look for a lost pet come to the Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd.

(Algiers), Mon-Sat. 9-5, Sun. 12-5 or call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org.

AIR COND/HEATING SUPERIOR AIRE

Trane 3 Ton Replacement System $3990 Installed Expires 4/30/12 504-465-0688 Air Conditioning Heating

FLOORS/CARPET/TILE GROUT WORKS, LLC

Tile Grout Cleaning, Color Sealing, Grout repair, Shower Restoration, Natural Stone Care, Tile Replacement, Recaulking. Commercial & Residential.

Free Estimates.

Jay Broadwell, 504-309-2509. www.grout-works.com

GENERAL CONTRACTORS MIKE’S REMODELING

Small & Big Jobs - We Do It All Custom cabinets, carpentry, painting, sheetrock, ceramic, roofs, kitchen & baths. Call (504) 324-9585

LAWN/LANDSCAPE DELTA SOD

Certified Grade “A” Turf St. Augustine, Tifway Bermuda Centipede, Zoysia.

WE BEAT ALL COMPETITORS! 504-733-0471

JEFFERSON FEED PET & GARDEN CENTER

GREEN GRASS - REAL FAST The Only Certified Grade A St. Augustine Sod For New Orleans Conditions.

Save with our Do-It-Yourself Lawn Maintenance Program. 733-8572.

THE CRACKED POT GARDEN CENTER

FREE LANDSCAPE ESTIMATES 2 mi west of Airport on Airline Hwy Mon - Sat, 9-5 504-466-8813

Warren Raymond Lawn Care Uptown Specialist www.warrenraymond.com 504-831-7411

PEST CONTROL Kills Bedbugs & Roaches

With Harris Bed Bug Killer & Harris Roach Killer. Odorless, non-staining formulas. Will rid your home of bed bugs & kill roaches for up to 1 year. Guaranteed.

Makes 2 gallons. Available at: Johnny’s True Value, 2001 Mirabeau Ave & United Hardware, 735 Elysian Fields.

TERMINIX

Home of the $650 Termite Damage Repair Guarantee! WE DO IT ALL...

Termites, Roaches, Rats & Ants Too. New Orleans Metro - 504-834-7330 2329 Edenborn, Metairie www.terminixno.com

PLUMBING ROOTER MAN

Sewer & Drain Cleaning Specialists Plumbing Repair Specialists New Orleans 504-522-9536. KennerJefferson 504-466-8581. Westbank 504-368-4070. Laplace 985-6520084. Mandeville 985-626-5045.

Slidell 985-641-3525.

MENTION GAMBIT FOR A DISCOUNT

POOL SERVICES MAGNOLIA POOLS

Specializing in Saltwater Systerms Service, Maintenance, Repair 504-270-7307 www.magnoliapools.org

LEGAL SERVICES Need Something Notarized?

24hrs/7days Traveling Notaries Melissa Culotta - (504) 473-1215 Isabelle Montelepre (504) 220-2503

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3627 First Street 3 BR/1 BA, 4 years old Driveway & great fenced yard Eligible for Orleans soft second Jana Hatheway 504-343-0641 Keller Williams 455-0100 Independently Owned and Operated

ALGIERS

922-24 Dauphine St. $875K Four 1 bedroom apartments.

Parking for 5+ cars.

WALK TO CITY PARK - $39K

3BR 2BA redone, all new, must see! $188,500 obo Great Algiers nbrhood Call Betsy Birdsong 504-376-7650 Value Plus Realty 504-780-9422

Vacant lot 50 x100, Castine St great neighborhood Re/Max Partners 888-9900. Each office independently owned and operated. Phyllis Seely 236-6464

ALGIERS POINT 113 Lavergne

Beautifully Restored! 2 Master Suites, 2.5 story shotgun Double interconnecting double parlors, $299K. Paul Shows - 504.944.3605. Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty 504.944.3605. Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated.

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835 Royal St. $349.5K Great location, secluded hideaway! Spac 2 br, 2 marble tile baths. Small rear balc overlooking garden.

617 Duphine St. $268K Spacious light filled condo. Great floor plan.

Fabulous pool and courtyard. Being sold furnished.

In the heart of the quarter.

Paula Bowler, Agent • French Quarter Realty o:504-949-5400 • c:504-952-3131 • www.frenchquarterrealty.com

CITY PARK/BAYOU ST. JOHN

3060 HUDSON PL.

938 Royal St. A $215K Great location for this condo. Perfect for your weekend getaways! Quaint & comfortable.

1 br, great kit & bath.

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY

333 JULIA

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT #208: New renov, beautiful hdwd flrs, granite cntrs & top of the lineapp. Lg 1br/1ba 720 sq ft on atrium! Rooftop pool & cabana. $229,000 #504: Beaut renv 5th fl corner. Chef’s kitc & open bar into lg liv & din w/ wall of windows. 1 pkng in int garage. $395,000. E.J. Maysonave (504) 554-6210

Esplanade Condo - 115K

214 Chartres #1 $849K

New Listing. Hidden Gem! Lg (2300sf) 2br/2ba, wet bar, spacious living & INTERIOR COURTYARD. E.J. Maysonave (504) 554-6210

JAX BREWERY French Quarter’s Finest

N * 1/1 Riverviews $495,000 J * Rare 3/3 1750 sq. ft $695,000 H * Jackson Square 2/2 $795,000 All easy access to River Terrace E.J. Maysonave (504) 554-6210

Two-story renovated townhouse condo with all the amenities. Tasteful kitchen with maple cabinets and stainless appliances, central A/H, pool and dedicated off-street parking spot, & 1 block to the French Quarter. Agents protected. Call 525-3067 O/A

520 St. Phillip #3 399K

FQ Townhouse Building. Fully renovated 1830’s. Spacious 2BR w/private patio.

Slate flrs, granite, ss, brick & beams.

Elevator access to rooftop terrace.E.J. Maysonave (504) 554-6210

GRETNA / HARVEY 830 Fifth St, Harvey

3BR, 2BA, right off WB Expressway.

Only 13 years old. Covered carport & patio. Cathedral ceiling in kitchen & breakfast area. $126,100 Kim Catalano 504-462-0734, GARDNER, REALTORS, 504-861-7575

Timberlane Golf Course

$150,000 Soaring ceilings, open entertaining area, beautiful view Pool, Needs Renovation. Gardner Realtors 891-6400 Gail Ruddock.com, 897-6000

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 2227 CHESTNUT ST.

Beautifully appointed 3/2, double parlor in Garden District. . Courtyard, cocktail pool. $525,000. Ricky Lemann, 504-460-6340. Keller Williams Realty N.O. 504-862-0100. Each office Independently owned & operated.

1302 JACKSON AVENUE

Historic Garden District luxury renov.

3 BR, 2.5 BA. Premium finishes & fixtures. Sophisticated & tasteful. $960,000. Ricky Lemann, 504-4606340. Keller Williams Realty N.O. 504862-0100. Each office Independently owned & operated.

1310 Eagle St

3BR, 2 BA, cute cottage near Oak St. $96K. Also avail - Unique property w/ 2 buildings at 1300 Eagle St and Vacant lot at 1304 Eagle St. Judy Fisher REALTORS 504-388-3023. www.JudyFisher.net

3000 St. Charles #102

2/2 condo. 1st floor. All the bells & whistles. One of a kind! $650K. Lauren Maginnis 504-220-4044.

Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s international Realty, 504-944-3605. Each office Independently owned & operated.

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718

3437 ST. CHARLES #C

Parades & streetcar at your doorstep!

Unique 2bd condo. Dramatic open flr plan w/cathedral ceilings & period stained glass windows Gated off street pkng. REDUCED TO $244,000. Josee Francher Kantak, (504) 427-3333. Gardner Realtors, (504) 891-6400. Licensed Realtor in Louisiana, Francher Perrin Group

3821 LAUREL ST. #5

1 BR, 1 BA, 2 blks to Magazine St. .

- Chic Condo Conversion. Offst pkg, ss appl, marble bath, intercom, w/d. $119K. Patrick Tucker, 504-908-6364.

Property New Orleans LLC 231-2445. www.propertyneworleans.com

Lakeview Appraisal Service LLC WHAT’S YOUR HOME WORTH? PROPERTY TAXES TOO HIGH? Residential Appraisals $300 Kevin T. LaGraize www.lakeview-appraisal.com 504-284-3445

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455 Phillip Street $ 239,000

Motivated Sellers: Want to know the value of your property?

Call today ... No obligation.

(504) 895-1493 (504) 430-8737

Residential /Commercial Sales and Leasing, Appraisals.

farmeran@gmail.com

Was gutted to the studs in 2004/05 and underwent a high quality renovation. 3 independent bedrooms, 2 full baths, master with whirlpool plus nice walk-in closet, off street parking in a great close to town location.

www.demontluzinrealtors.com

Building on a real estate heritage since 1905

THE FERNANDEZ HOUSE

927 DAUPHINE STREET $1,895,000 An excellent example of an early creole cottage set in a serene compound. Beautiful courtyard with mature plantings in a classic partere garden. Property consists of the main house, 4 income producing apartments and a large bonus space-- office, workshop, gym, etc. Parking for multiple cars. Great location.

Paula Bowler, Owner/Agent • French Quarter Realty o:504-949-5400 • c:504-952-3131 www.frenchquarterrealty.com

817 Amelia Street $ 239,900 Rustic charm on this unique home fashioned from joining two separate cottages. Great flowing floor plan and with a second front door that’s great for working from home. Off street parking.

Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226 Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 28 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

CLASSIFIEDS REAL ESTATE WESTBANK 118 LAVENDER COURT

Belle Chasse , $475,000.00 Custom built home w/4BDR,/3.5BA, approx.

3044 sq. ft living & 3921 sq. ft. total.

Very open layout,. Bonnie Buras COLDWELL BANKER TEC REALTORS 504909-3020 Each office independently owned & operated..

3205 Pansy Court - $81K

Lrg 4 bdrm/2 ba home, @2K sq. ft., w/open floor plan. Lrg bkyd w/rear yd access, driveway pkng. Subject to short sale lender approval. Major price reduction. Call Todd Taylor, (504) 232- 362, RE/MAX Real Estate Partners, (504) 888-9900. Each office independently owned and operated.

4100 Barataria

Spectacular Mediterranean-Style Villa on over 2 acres. Approx. 6,383 sf living; 9,100 sf total. 4 BR, 5 Full & 2 half BA, Saltwater pool, sauna, steam Room. Minutes from New Orleans.

Game room, intercom system, hurricane shutters, central vac system, 45kw nat/gas generator. $1,975,000.

Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty 504.944.3605. Dorian M. Bennett, 504.236.7688. Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated.

817 Matador Dr. Gretna

$140,000.00 1,972 SF 3 BR/2 BA. Large den off back, separate dining room and formal living.

Katherine Eley 985-373-2823, Beau Box Residential Real Estate 504-5255354

WOODMERE - 4BDRM

Great 4 Bdrm only $83,000. 3004 Keith Way Dr. Luis Ramos 504400.9899 Luis Ernesto Ramos Jr. Office: 504-456-7890 GULF SOUTH INTERNATIONAL REALTORS, Licensed in La.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH APPROX. 82 ACRES

In Washington Parish, close to St. Tammany Parish line. Beautiful land has been used for commercial vegetable production, livestock and hay. Small pond, some timber, deer, hogs and turkey. $5,000 per acre. Owner/agent.

504-352-4934

Representing your best interests.

504-232-3570. www.HunnProperties.com Serving St. Tammany, Orleans & Jefferson Parishes RE/MAX N.O. PROPERTIES. 504-8642329. Ea ofc independently owned & operation

COVINGTON 622 SOUTH AMERICA STREET

5 BR/5BA. Magnificent white columned historic mansion on 1.3 acres. Built by Covington founder John Wharten Collins. Beautiful pool setting.

Outbuildings include guesthouse, workshop & greenhouse. $1,675,000. Janet Favrot, 504-615-0813. Coldwell Banker TEC Reators, 899-4040. Ea office independently owned & operated.

ELEGANT COUNTRY LIVING

Mins. from downtown Covington. Custom European estate on Bogue Falaya River. Main hse 3500 sf, 3 br, 3.5 ba.

Guest hse 1000 sf, 2 br, 1 ba. On 4.66 acres. $1,050,000. By Appt. 985-5022882. CovingtonRiverEstate.com.

TCHEFUNCTA COUNTRY CLUB

#10 Greenbriar Rd. Lovely home on large lot. Newly renovated, 4 or 5 BR, 3 BA. Gourmet kit . Whirlpool bath & separate Italian shower in master.

4000+ sf living. $549,000. Suzy McDaniel, 985-640-1836. Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty, 504.944.3605 Each office Independently owned & operated.

Classic beauty on acre. Meticulously kept with 4 or 5 BR, 3 BA, gameroom, bonus rm above 3 car garage, screened porch. 3000+sf living.

Owner financing avail. $369K. Suzy McDaniel, 985-640-1836. Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty – 504.944.3605 Each office Independently owned & operated.

FOR SALE/OTHER 51287 LAMARCA LANE INDEPENDENCE, LA

Great Country Living on 9.3 Acres 3100 sq ft, 3BR/3BA, full length porches front and back. 3 attics. Granite in kit. Built-in surround sound & gas firepl in den. Pond stocked with bass & catfish and visited by ducks, deer & birds. Cen alarm, 500 gal undergrnd propane tank. Huge fenced yard. $475K. Call Bill, 504-669-1052. View at www.SharpMLS.com/114799.

MISSISSIPPI

COMMERCIAL RENTALS 1014 HARMONY

OFF MAGAZINE. COMMERCIAL. $1850 PER MONTH. Call (504) 895-6394 or (504) 289-9977.

Kenner Warehouse & Office

6420 sq ft warehouse with office 20 x 60 ft fenced yd 625 Maria. Nr airport.

1 yr lease. $1850/mo. 504-421-3135, jaymclellan@cox.net.

MARRERO - WESTBANK

2273 Barataria Blvd.

900 sq ft office + half bath. 2 rms, prof’l mgmt. Easy free parking. Desks avail. $800/month. 781-608-6115

Professional Office Space

Near Causeway & Vets. Rent includes use of 2 conference rooms, kitchen & reception area. Ground floor space, hardwood floors, crown moldings, drive up parking. Call Albert 504-837-1304.

RETAIL, OFFICE & FLEX SPACE

MULTI-USE FACILITY LOCATED 1995 GENTILLY BLVD. AT DESAIX CIRLCE CAN ACCOMMODATE A RETAIL USER & 1 OR MORE OFFICE TENANTS W/ WHSE SPACE ADJACENT. TOTAL OF 8,625 SQ. FT. CALL 504-583-5969

HIDE-AWAY-LAKE

Move-in ready. On the Water. 3 BR, 2 BA, split level, boat launch, great backyard deck. $199,000. Call 504887-4191

HOUSE & 1 ACRE

2 or 3 BRMS/1BA. House liveable but needs work. More acreage availe. 3 miles east of Magnolia & 100 miles from NO. $17,000. (601) 248-0888

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES 12.73 ACRES - Harvey

High visibility. Previously used as a golf driving range. Peters Road and Lapalco Blvd. Zoned M3. $2,000,000. Angela Dennis, cell 504-784-2833. Mazier Realty, 504-309-1700 ext 247. www.

AngelaDennis.com

1929 Hickory Ave., Harahan.

Two-story office building approx.

2,160sf. REDUCED price of $249,000.

Can also be for lease $1,900/mo., triple net. Emily Kramer, Corporate Realty 581-5005

New Orleans Office Condo

$100,000 or best offer. Motivated Seller. 1,200 sf. Ample parking. Picturesque office park. Emily Kramer, Corporate Realty 504-581-5005

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

GARDEN DISTRICT

1, 2, 3 & 4 ROOM OFFICES STARTING AT $495 INCLUDING UTILITIES

CALL 899-RENT

Final 4 & Jazz Fest Condos

N.O. Algiers Point River front Upscale 2 bedroom, 2.5 baths. Nicely furnished. Secured parking. $375 night. 3 night minimum. 781608-6115

CORPORATE RENTALS New Orleans Area (Metairie) 10 Min to Downtown N.O. 1 & 2 Br Apts, 1 Ba, furn. Qn bed, WiFi, Cbl. Pkg.Util Incl. Lndry Fac. Sec Cameras From $1200/mth. 1 mth min. 2200 Pasadena, Met. 781608-6115..

NEW ORLEANS RIVERFRONT

2 BR, 2.5 BA. Furn, healthclub, pool, parking. All util incl, wifi. Minimum 1 month. $3000/mo. Also 3 BR Penthouse $3800/mo. 781-608-6115.

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REAL ESTATE Call (504) 483-3100

ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

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

CARROLLTON 1028 SO. CARROLLTON

Grt for prof/med student, 2BR/1.5 BA, LR, DR, furn kit, central air, off st prkg, Univ. area. No smkrs/pets. $1250/mo + 1 yr lse. 504-522-7218

CITY PARK/BAYOU ST. JOHN 3324 DESOTO

Living room, large bedroom, tile bath, furnished kitchen. Private fenced backyard. No pets. $800/month + deposit.

504-494-0970

METROWIDE APTS

1, 2 & 3 BDRM apt homes $530 $3000+. Free wifi incl.

Free I Pad w/any rental! (504) 304-HOUSe (4687) www.BrunoInc. com

LAKEVIEW/LAKESHORE 6233 CATINA

3/2, furn kit, w/d hkps, ca/h, carport w/storage in back alley. All renov’t. No pets, no smoking. $1200 + $1200 sec. dep. 1 yr lease, refs. 455-2674

LAKEFRONT Beautiful Marina Living

In a boathouse $1800/mo One bed 1350 sq ft 40 ft slip Jennifer LaNasa Evans HGI Realty 504 207-7575

MID CITY SMALL OFFICE SPACE

MID CITY - Offstreet parking for one vehicle. Separate entrance. Available Now. Contact Jane, (504) 482-5292

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1205 ST CHARLES/$1075

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY 941 ROYAL

2 BR, 1 BA, $1450/Mo. ALSO 1 br loft , 1ba, $1200/mo. All fully furn, pool, w/d onsite, shared balc, elevator, no pets. 504-236-5757, 236-7060.

FQRental.com

Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/ gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry. Avail NOW. 985-871-4324, 504-442-0573.

FURN CORP. APT

Beautifully furn 1 BR/1.5 BA apt. w/ hdwd flrs, nice kit, lg patio, pool, pkng & laundry. Avail now! Maselli Properties, (504) 891-2420.

1508 CARONDELET ST- 2 APTS Studio, newly remodeled kit & ba, hdwd flrs. $750 mo.

Huge 2 BR Apt. Bright, spacious,, high ceilings, hdwd flrs, $1095.

Both have Cent a/h, laundry facility avail 24 hrs. Walk 1 blk to St. Charles St Car, easy access to I-10, CBD & FQ. No pets/No smokers. 1-888-2396566. mballier@yahoo.com

2 BEDROOM APT

2511 S Carrollton Ave. 2/1 Furn kit, cen a/h, off st pkg. $825/mo, wtr pd.

Background ck required. 504-4507450.

3222 Napoleon Rooms For Rent

Spacious house, 6 large private bedrooms. Large equipped kitchen, 3 baths, dining room, front porch. Central heat & air. $625 each includes all utilities & internet, cable & laundry facilities. No Pets + Deposit 504-376-4676. Grad students welcome.

512 Lowerline St

Furn, short-term rental. 3/3, cable, security, wetbar, all appl incl w/d, ctyd, fence. $3500. Jean Hunn, 504-2323570. www.HunnProperties.com. RE/ MAX N O Properties 504-864-2329. Ea Ofc Ind Owned & Oper.

LA AVE, NEAR MAGAZINE

801 Louisiana, furn kit, w/d, 2 brs, 2-1/2 ba, lr, dr, alarm, cen a/h, ceil fans. No Pets. $1300mo, 891-1220

RENTALS TO SHARE ALL AREAS - ROOMMATES.COM. Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: http:// www.Roommates.com.

KENNER 3BR/2.5BA TOWNHOUSE

O/S prkng, wtr paid, all kit appls, priv yard, conv. location, cable ready, Pets ok. $950/mo. 504-913-4803.

METAIRIE 1 MONTH FREE RENT!

Modern 1 BR Apt. $775/mo incl free wifi & assigned pkg. 1 yr lease. $400 sec dep & rental application. 2325 Pasadena Ave. (nr Clearview & I-10).

504-366-7374 or 781-608-6115.

A HIDDEN GEM

SPECIAL EVENT RENTALS

9500 River Road

Beautiful 5 BR, 3.5 BA. 3800 sft, Fr. Country Estate w/ equestrian facilities.

1.5 mi. past Eng. Turn 1.5 mi from the CBD. $3800/mo. Des Crain, 504232-0221. Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty 504.944.3605.

Each Office Independently Owned & Operated.

Near heart of Metairie, dead end street. Wtr pd., Rsvd pkg, 1 car. No smoking/pet 504-780-1706 or visit us at orrislaneapts.com

FOR RENT OR SALE

2511 Metairie Lawn. 2BR/2BA, w/d, pool, security. No pets. Rent $950/ mo. Sale $149,000. Call 427-1087

FURNISHED 1 BRDM CONDO Great location, w/d, gated, nr Causeway & Veterans. $900/mo incls utils.

Call 504-957-6456 or 504-838-9253

WEST BANK 5029 Eighty Arpent Rd

3Bd/2.5Ba.,Country living, yet 15 min to CBD & another 15 to the fishing hole! B brick, new A/C, Lg fenced yard. Dbl Carport. Never flooded, $1500/mo. & deposit. Call Brent 458-1205.

METROWIDE APARTMENTS

NOLA * Gretna * Metairie * Kenner.

Affordable Luxury Living, 1, 2, 3 BDs, $545 & up! Gtd. Pkng, Lndry, Courtyards, FREE WI FI. 504-304-4687 www.BrunoInc.com

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(4BDRM/2.5BA) ..................... $469,000 Grand Mansion.......................$2,100,000 (3 bdrm/3.5ba w/pkg) ............$1,559,000 Commercial ............................. $349,000 (2 bdrm/2ba w/pkg).................. $229,000 (1 bdrm/1ba) ............................ $139,000 (Only 3 Left!) ............starting at $149,000 TOO LATE! ................................ $169,000 TOO LATE! ..............................$2,495,000 TOO LATE!.............................. $1,300,000 TOO LATE! ................................ $429,000 TOO LATE! ................................ $315,000 TOO LATE! ................................ $159,000

LAKEVIEW SOLD IN 2 DAYS!

4850 MAGAZINE

6901 GENErAL hAIG

Newly reNovated 1bedroom, 1 bath, open floor plan. Beautiful original hardwood floors, 12ft ceilings, updated kitchen - everything new! on a quiet block of Magazine, close to everything. eaSy to ParK. $135,000

Complete this 3 bdrms 2 ba home on corner lot. roof, siding & foundation complete. Plumbing, electrical & HvaC partially complete. raised in ‘09 w/new piers. all work professionally done. add personal touches to this fabulous home in a highly sought after location. Huge master suite. large kit & baths.

Most important part of renovation complete. don’t miss the chance to buy! $195,000

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