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NEWS: Is the Indy Grand Prix

worth the state’s investment? >> 9

FOOD: New and renewed dining options for French Quarter Festivalgoers >> 37

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STAGE: The Anthony Bean Community Theater stages The Glass Menagerie >> 51

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CONTENTS

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

April 7, 2015

EDITORIAL Editor | KEVIN ALLMAN Managing Editor | KANDACE POWER GRAVES Political Editor | CLANCY DUBOS Arts & Entertainment Editor | WILL COVIELLO Special Sections Editor | MISSY WILKINSON Staff Writer | ALEX WOODWARD Feature Writer | JEANIE RIESS Calendar & Digital Content Coordinator | ANNA GACA Contributing Writers

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Wellspring ...............................................................29 Health news briefs

STYLE + SHOPPING

D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, RED COTTON, ALEJANDRO DE LOS RIOS, KEN KORMAN, BRENDA MAITLAND, NORA MCGUNNIGLE, NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS Contributing Photographer | CHERYL GERBER

What’s In Store ......................................................35 NOLA Motorsports Park

EAT + DRINK

Intern | EMMA DISCHER

Fork + Center ...........................................................37 All the news that’s fit to eat — and drink 3-Course Interview .............................................43 Jordan Bantuelle of Southbound Gardens Drinks ........................................................................44 Beer Buzz and Wine of the Week Last Bites .................................................................45 5 in Five, Plate Dates and Off the Menu

PRODUCTION Production Director | DORA SISON Web & Classifieds Designer | MARIA BOUÉ Senior Graphic Designer | LYN VICKNAIR Graphic Designers | PAIGE HINRICHS, JULIET MEEKS, DAVID KROLL, JASON WHITTAKER Pre-Press Coordinator | KATHRYN BRADY

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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

FRENCH QUARTER FEAST Renovations and new places to dine await visitors to the French Quarter Festival

BY WILL COVIELLO | PAGE 37

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Billing Inquiries 483-3135 Controller | JULIE REIPRISH Assistant Controller | MAUREEN TREGRE Credit Officer | MJ AVILES

ON THE COVER French Quarter Festival ......................................19 Gambit’s picks for music, bars and events at the festival, plus a Blake Pontchartrain music quiz

7 IN SEVEN Seven Things to Do This Week............................7 Welcome to Night Vale, Dick Dale, American Aquarium and more

NEWS + VIEWS News............................................................................ 9 The state invested $4.5 million in the Indy Grand Prix. Is it worth it?

Y@Speak + N.O. Comment .................................... 9 Overheard in New Orleans’ social media world

C’est What? ..............................................................12 Gambit’s Web poll Scuttlebutt...............................................................12 From their lips to your ears Bouquets & Brickbats .........................................13 This week’s heroes and zeroes Commentary............................................................14 We need a new approach to crime Blake Pontchartrain.............................................16 The New Orleans N.O. It All Clancy DuBos........................................................... 17 Lawmakers still grapping with $1.6 budget deficit

HEALTH + WELLNESS Feature .....................................................................28 New workouts make exercise fun

Big Easy Theatre Awards .................................31 Gambit’s FEDE names winners in performing arts Stage...........................................................................51 Preview: The Glass Menagerie Music .........................................................................53 PREVIEW: Amanda Palmer Film.............................................................................58 REVIEW: Merchants of Doubt Art ................................................................................61 REVIEW: Contemporary Artists Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls Events .......................................................................66 Crossword + Sudoku ...........................................78

CLASSIFIEDS Market Place ...........................................................70 Employment ............................................................71 Picture Perfect Properties................................ 72 Real Estate ............................................................. 74 Legal Notices..........................................................75 Home + Garden .......................................................79

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Tue. April 7 | The Canadian indie pop band may feel light years away from the buzz it garnered with early release Heart and follow up Set Yourself on Fire, but the fire’s still going and it released No One is Lost in October 2014.

At 9 p.m. at Republic.

Welcome to Night Vale

Thu. April 9 | If the paranormal happenings of The X-Files met NPR’s sleepy storytelling in a bizarre and hilarious deadpan radio show, it might sound something like Welcome to Night Vale, a popular podcast that broadcasts the news from the fictional desert town. Its live rendering — featuring creators Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor and special guests — returns to New Orleans at 8 p.m. at the Civic Theatre.

Naughty Professor album release

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Fri. & Sun. April 10 & 12 | In Mozart’s comic opera, the scheming in Count Almaviva’s court involves his interest in his servant Figaro’s bride Susanna and various attempts to expose his mischief. The New Orleans Opera Association presents the opera at 8 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts.

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Sun. April 12 | Dick Dale’s trembling Fender Stratocaster is the sound of every landlubber who’s ever tried standing on a surfboard; his Del-Tones’ roiling fills the sound of anyone who’s ever sustained it. Turning 78 in May, The King of the Surf Guitar is still riding high.

At 9 p.m. at The Howlin’ Wolf.

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Mon. April 13 | Named after a Wilco lyric, this Raleigh, North Carolina, band hews closer to the wider-brim stylings of Jeff Tweedy’s original outfit, Uncle Tupelo. Its fifth LP, 2012’s Burn.

Flicker. Die., was produced by Jason Isbell; a self-released sixth, Wolves, arrived in February.

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Fri. April 10 | The jazz-influenced instrumental sextet’s latest release is Out on a Limb (Ropeadope Records), which swings from multilayered brass to ecstatic, driving funk. The album was produced by Grammy Award winner Chris Finney, who has manned the boards for Dr. John, Gov’t Mule, Rebirth Brass Band and many others. At 10 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

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S C U T T L EB U T T 12 C ’ ES T W H AT ? 12 B O U Q U E T S & B RI C K S 13 C O M M EN TA RY 1 4 B L A K E P O N TC H A RT R A IN 16 CL ANCY DUBOS 17

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Tracking the money

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Bollinger buys into Galatoire’s. Ralph Brennan buys the Napoleon House.

It’s French Quarter Monopoly season.

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In a long time tradition, part of Galatoire’s ownership must always be in hands of someone with more money than they know what to do with.

The inaugural Indy Grand Prix comes to Avondale next weekend, bolstered by $4.5 million in state appropriations.

Organizers say it’s a small investment that may pay off big time for Jefferson Parish.

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By Matt Brennan This multifaceted approach Drivers participate in an is necessary not only IndyCar aero kit test. because Louisiana is new to P H O T O B Y C H R I S O W EN S the schedule, but also as a ( I N DY C A R ) function of IndyCar’s reliance on last-minute ticket sales.

Engeron estimates that up to 70 percent of tickets for race weekend will have been purchased in the two weeks preceding the event, and the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Florida, now in its 11th consecutive year, still sells 60 percent of tickets this way, according to former Grand Prix of St. Petersburg President and current Grand Prix of Louisiana General Manager Tim Ramsberger.

“The fragile model is really the result of the fact that IndyCar racing in and of itself is a highly walk-up market to begin with,” Ramsberger said. “For long-term stability, we’ve got to get people to show up here. ... We don’t want them to sit home in Mobile or Pensacola and watch it on TV.” In order to secure the current three-year sanctioning agreement with IndyCar, the nonprofit NOLA Motorsports Host Committee, headed by Engeron, requested $4.5 million in state appropriations, which the Legislature approved as part of the $24.6 billion budget passed last May. According to Engeron, $2.8 million went toward track improvements, including safety upgrades, and the remainder was devoted to marketing and advertising.

Despite the “fragile model” on which IndyCar depends, the preliminary economic impact assessment cited in the request to the Legislature predicts the event will create “significant positive returns for New Orleans, the surrounding civic municipalities, tourism and hospitality vendors and other stakeholders.” The two-page report, prepared for the host committee PAGE 10

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uilt on 750 acres of former cypress swamp, NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale is an unlikely stage for the stars and cars of the Indianapolis 500. Though the $70 million facility is in a part of the country traditionally associated with NASCAR, the park’s twisting, 2.74-mile road course will instead play host to the Verizon IndyCar Series, which draws a fraction of the popular stock car association’s TV ratings. As organizers make final preparations for the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana April 10-12, the challenge is clear: Can open-wheel racing attract enough interest to fulfill the high expectations for the event’s economic impact and justify the $4.5 million in public funding that helped bring the race to the state?

“To outsiders not familiar with the series, you do think to yourself, ‘Why would IndyCar be interested in New Orleans?’’’ said Mike Kitchel, IndyCar’s director of communications. “But if you’re a sports fan, once you get a chance to come out to the racetrack to see those cars race at 200 mph wheel to wheel, you can’t come out to one of these races for a weekend and not want to come back.”

To appeal to potential spectators who may have little or no prior exposure to IndyCar, particularly in a market already saturated with entertainment options, organizers have planned a full complement of ancillary attractions, including midway rides, music and food, all with a focus on local culture.

“Even if you’re not into racing, we’ve got all the festival components,” said NOLA Motorsports Park President Kristen Engeron.

“In order to convert [attendees] to IndyCar fans, they need to experience what they know, which is south Louisiana festivals.

And if we don’t do that, we won’t be able to appeal to that 80 percent who are nonracing fans, who are looking for a new festival to go to.”

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by the consulting firm Formula LLC, projects an annual economic impact of $27.8 million, or more than $83 million over the course of the current three-year deal. (A second economic impact assessment will be conducted after the race, Engeron said.)

As a result, the event has won the support of elected officials, including Gov. Bobby Jindal and Senate President John A. Alario Jr., as well as the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Jefferson Convention and Visitors Bureau (JCVB).

“The event is, of course, an international event, it’s going to be internationally televised, so the kind of exposure that Jefferson Parish, as well as the New Orleans region, is going to get is going to be tremendous,” said JCVB President and CEO Violet Peters, noting that Jefferson Parish hoteliers already have seen an impact from IndyCar teams holding test sessions at the NOLA Motorsports Park.

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The predicted fiscal impact appears to be less rosy. The Formula study cites an estimated attendance of 75,000, with 30 percent predicted to come from outside the New Orleans metropolitan area, which is on the high end of the 60,000 to 80,000 spectators Engeron said she anticipates. Even with this sanguine view of potential attendance, the report’s authors forecast that this year’s race will generate just $2.2 million in taxes, or less than half the amount granted by the Legislature. And while the one-time payout is a tiny portion of the overall budget, such subsidies have come under scrutiny as the state grapples with an ongoing fiscal crisis.

“Four and a half million dollars doesn’t make or break the state budget, but all of these things do add up, and when you have a $1.6 billion shortfall, spending money on IndyCar racing is probably not a luxury the state can afford,” said Jan Moller, director of the Louisiana Budget Project. “I have no doubt there will be money flowing into the state ... but in general I’m skeptical that spending $4.5 million to subsidize a privately owned and operated IndyCar event is going to have a positive net return” on the state’s fiscal outlook.

Though NOLA Motorsports Park owner and developer Laney Chouest, of the offshore support company Edison Chouest Offshore, is not a member of the NOLA Motorsports Host Committee, which owns the event, he stands to benefit from the race. In addition to paying IndyCar a sanctioning fee, the committee entered contracts with Andretti Sports Marketing, which employs Ramsberger, to manage race weekend logistics, and with NOLA Motorsports Park to rent the facility for the duration of the event. Engeron said

NEWS VIEWS the park will charge the host committee the same rate that corporations such as Lexus, Ducati and Michelin have paid to hold events at the park.

“It’s very transparent,” Engeron said. “Anybody could come and audit that and we are clean as a whistle.”

Drivers participate in an IndyCar aero kit test.

P H O T O B Y C H R I S O W EN S ( I N DY C A R )

financial trouble and attendance failed to return to 2011 levels in two subsequent editions, scheduling conflicts have kept the race off the calendar two consecutive seasons. A Grand Prix of Baltimore in 2016 now appears unlikely.

With firm data on attendance and economic impact still pending, there are no guarantees, but the Grand Prix of Louisiana does enjoy several advantages.

Holding the event at a permanent road course protects against variables such as street closures, roadwork, and the scheduling conflicts that have plagued the Grand Prix of Baltimore, Ramsberger said. The widespread political support for the race also bodes well, according to James of USA Today.

“One thing that was really on the side of the [Grand Prix of St. Petersburg] promoters was political,” he said, adding that the city’s mayor at the time of the inaugural race was “undoubtedly an open-wheel racing fan.”

“The politicians in St. Petersburg looked at this race as basically a twohour Chamber of Commerce ad that they were going to get on ABC or ESPN every year,” James added. “First and foremost, having a political base that’s really into it gets the ball rolling.”

As Kitchel notes, there are certain markers IndyCar will consider before renewing the sanctioning agreement for the Grand Prix of Louisiana in three years’ time.

“There’s always teething issues,” he said when asked about IndyCar’s definition of success. “Are we seeing those incremental improvements in attendance? How well is the event received locally? ... If there’s a continuation of the agreement, what are we projecting for that fourth, fifth, sixth year?”

Kitchel is nonetheless confident that IndyCar’s core product — racing — will make the Grand Prix of Louisiana a popular addition to the area’s entertainment landscape.

“Standing by a racetrack watching cars go by at 200 mph, what it does to you emotionally, what it does to you physically, you want to experience it again,” Kitchel said. “Once you get [spectators] to the racetrack, and they have the sensory experience that I’m talking about, that’s what gets the hooks in.”

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Engeron defends the state’s expenditure as a small investment in what could prove to be a major economic driver for Jefferson Parish, though she admits it’s premature to rule out further requests for public funding down the road.

“The Super Bowl Host Committee got just as much money and didn’t come back with a Super Bowl, so if you’re going to criticize us for asking for $4.5 million, we’ve delivered on a three-year event,” Engeron said. “Again, can I absolutely guarantee we’re never going to ask for any money in 15 years, in 10 years? I can’t answer that question because the future’s uncertain. ... We’re not looking for handouts, by any means.”

In addition, Engeron said, having an event in south Louisiana on the IndyCar schedule may induce teams to relocate their research and development facilities to the region. Jindal echoed this sentiment when plans for the race were announced last May. “Verizon IndyCar Series events serve as the gathering point for automotive industry leaders and IndyCar sponsors, most of which are Fortune 500 companies,” Jindal said in a statement. “As a result, NOLA Motorsports Park expects racing-related businesses and teams to locate to Louisiana once the race is scheduled, which will create more great jobs and economic momentum for Jefferson Parish and our state.”

But the logistical costs of such a move are likely prohibitive, according to Brant James, motorsports writer for USA Today.

“Given the sort of mid-level financial structure of IndyCar, I’d be surprised if they would split operations,” James said. “And I’d be surprised if anybody moved. The whole industry is based in Indianapolis.”

Though the potential relocation of IndyCar teams is not mentioned in the Formula report or the host committee’s request for funding, races themselves have fallen short of economic impact projections before and not all become fixtures on the calendar like the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Florida, or the long-running Grand Prix of Long Beach, California. For instance, the inaugural Grand Prix of Baltimore in 2011 created $47 million in economic activity, or two-thirds of the predicted $70 million.

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NEWS VIEWS SCUTTLEBUTT Quote of the week

“This is not about whether someone doesn’t want to sell a pizza to a person who is gay. It’s about discrimination by the government.” — State Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Bossier City, to NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on March 31, regarding his plans for a yet-to-be-filed bill to prevent the government from interfering with individuals’ or business owners’ beliefs on same-sex marriage, and other “religious” viewpoints. Johnson’s plans came as Indiana and Arkansas mulled similar legislation. Louisiana’s Preservation of Religious Freedom Act, passed in 2010, offers those protections. Johnson told Monroe’s The News Star that the NOLA.com article was incorrect but didn’t say why. He also told The News Star the measure “has no application at all to whether somebody who owns a restaurant (doesn’t) want to serve a sandwich to some patron for whatever reason,” he said. “This would be in some sense prospective legislation. … You try to prevent a crisis before it occurs.”

Protecting victims

Domestic violence bills return

State lawmakers passed a comprehensive package of bills last year to protect domestic violence survivors,

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Vote on “C’est What?” at www.bestofneworleans.com The new draft of the proposed New Orleans noise ordinance splits enforcement responsibilities between the city health department and NOPD. Who do you think should enforce?

48% 24% 14% 14%

No one NOPD Health Department Both

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:

State Rep. Harold Ritchie wants to raise Louisiana’s cigarette tax to $1.54 per pack (it’s currently 36 cents) to help fill the state budget hole. What do you think?

with measures strengthening protective orders, increasing penalties and restricting offenders from possessing firearms in certain circumstances (the NRA backed the legislation after some compromises were made). But the political battle over domestic violence isn’t over.

State Sen. Sharon Weston Broome, D-Baton Rouge, fought for anti-discrimination protections for domestic violence survivors who faced eviction when “disruptions” at their homes broke the terms of their leases. Broome’s measure failed, but she has returned with a similar measure this year. Senate Bill 174 aims to prevent lessors from discriminating against potential lessees who have been victims of abuse.

According to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, 50 percent of homeless women and children have fled domestic violence situations. In February, members of the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence told state senators that women in shelters often are refused rental housing if landlords discover they are domestic violence victims or are living in a shelter.

That problem is worse in parts of the state that don’t have shelters for women. While the New Orleans area has several domestic violence shelters, there are none between Baton Rouge and Monroe, nor any between Lafayette and Ruston. According to the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, leases that include a “zero tolerance” clause for domestic violence often provide grounds for eviction, even if the offender doesn’t live on the premises.

Broome’s proposed law joins a 2015 domestic violence legislative package that also includes measures from state Rep. Helena Moreno, D-New Orleans. Moreno’s bills will address stalking laws, protective orders and funding for a statewide fund to pay for rape victims’ emergency room visits.

— ALEX WOODWARD

Should Orleans sheriff and NOPD merge?

Morrell proposes accountability panel, cooperative district State lawmakers have authorized a study that could recommend reorganizing New Orleans’ law enforcement agencies — including the potential merger of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office.

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State Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, has filed a bill to create the Orleans Parish Law Enforcement Streamline and Accountability Commission, which would be tasked with determining the feasibility of merging NOPD with the Sheriff’s Office, and possibly even electing the police chief. Morrell’s bill calls for 11 commission members, including the mayor, some City Council members and the Inspector General, among others.

The commission would meet every other month, with at least two meetings in New Orleans a year. If approved by lawmakers, the commission would draft a report and make recommendations to the state Legislature.

Morrell also filed a measure to create the Law Enforcement Management District of Orleans Parish to “facilitate cooperative endeavor agreements and memorandums of understanding with various agencies having law enforcement jurisdiction” in the city in order to “provide better police protection.” Its board membership would include the mayor, City Council members, officers from local universities, levee and port police and other law enforcement groups in the city.

The bills are the latest in Morrell’s ambitious 2015 lineup, which includes measures to strengthen sex education in New Orleans and streamline procedures for sexual assault prosecution on college campuses. — ALEX WOODWARD

Committee recommends amendments to proposed law

The city could be another step closer to allowing ridesharing apps like UberX to operate in Orleans Parish. The New Orleans City Council Transportation and Airport Committee voted April 1 to send several amendments to a proposed ridesharing ordinance to the full council “without recommendation,” echoing the concerns that all parties have had since the ridesharing debate began last year.

The proposed ordinance, to be decided by the City Council April 9, would create a special class of vehicles-for-hire for newly designated “transportation network companies” (TNCs). These would include app-based transportation companies like Uber and Lyft, both of which had representatives and Uber T-shirt-clad supporters there.

At the meeting, Uber held up plastic bins with 10,000 ping-pong balls, which the company said represented the 10,000 signatures on a petition demanding the service in New Orleans.

Ryan Berni, who spoke on behalf of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration,

‘Bike to Work Day’ grows

Bike to Work Day, now in its fourth year, has been a staple of the growing cyclist and alternative transportation movement finding its legs in New Orleans. This year, from April 13-17, local cycling advocacy group Bike Easy is turning a single day into an entire work week, with cycling challenges, events, a happy hour and a community forum to promote the growing popularity of two-wheel motion. All Bike to Work Week events are free and open to the public, but participants must register online.

Visit www.bikeeasy.org for a schedule and details. — JEANIE RIESS

Richard Campanella

received the Louisiana Library Association’s Literary Award for his 2014 book Bourbon Street: A History. Campanella is a Tulane University geographer and author of the acclaimed 2008 book Bienville’s Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans and 2011’s Lincoln in New Orleans: The 1828-1831 Flatboat Voyages and Their Place in History.

He received the award March 26 at the Shreveport Convention Center.

Zachary Lazar,

associate professor of English at Tulane University, received the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Lazar’s works include Aaron, Approximately, Sway, Evening’s Empire: The Story of My Father’s Murder and 2014’s I Pity the Poor Immigrant. He has been a Creative Writing Department faculty member since 2011.

Jon Gegenheimer,

clerk of court for Jefferson Parish, recently received two national awards. The National Center for State Courts presented him with the G. Thomas Munsterman Award for Jury Innovation last month, and not long before that Gegenheimer received the 2014 Public Official of the Year Award from the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks. Both groups cited his office’s efforts to make jury service more convenient for citizens and to reduce juror costs.

Patricia Blanchard

pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court March 25 to embezzling $715,000 from Community Health Charities of Louisiana and Mississippi. Blanchard was hired as the organization’s bookkeeper in 2005, and between 2006 and 2011 she used its money to pay for gas and personal expenses and to pay off her credit card bills. She faces 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine when she’s sentenced in June.

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explained that no special license would be required for drivers of TNCs. Cab drivers require a special chauffeur’s license.

A TNC driver would need to pass a background check, but would not be required to undergo a fingerprint check, both of which are required of cab drivers. TNC vehicles also would not need commercial license plates, though the city requires taxis to have them.

Insurance would be handled via a twotiered coverage model. The first insurance period would cover the driver when a for-hire app is turned on but before he or she has been matched with a rider.

The second period would take effect from the time a driver is matched with a passenger to the completion of that ride.

TNC vehicles would not be allowed to sit at cabstands or be hailed by passengers on the street.

The meeting was a sounding board for many of the concerns taxicab drivers, supporters of ridesharing and other local stakeholders have aired for more than a year. Uber remains dissatisfied with how many regulations are being imposed on its potential UberX ridesharing service, while the taxicab industry says those regulations are not enough.

Trevor Theunissen, Uber’s public policy manager for the Southeast, said the ordinance is a step in the right direction, but the company “would have significant challenges and would not operate even with this amendment passing today.”

Among the issues raised by officials with Uber and Lyft were requirements for a mandatory drug test for drivers and the city’s proposed per-ride fee, which is set at $0.50 per ride.

The ordinance would create a driver registry, which potential TNC operators oppose for privacy reasons.

Dolores Montgomery, a cab driver and president of a local cab drivers union, told the council there is no perfect industry. “Uber has said ‘We cannot work with these regulations,’” she said, “and all we are saying is, ‘We have to.’“ — JEANIE RIESS

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ould you spend an extra quarter-cent on every dollar purchase you make in the French Quarter if the result were greater public safety? Mayor Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Michael Harrison and members of the French Quarter business community are all in on the concept. It’s all going to come down to French Quarter residents, who likely will be asked to go to the polls this fall to raise the sales tax in their neighborhood.

Late last month, the New Orleans City Council put the plan in motion by passing resolutions introduced by District C Councilwoman Nadine Ramsey, whose district includes the Quarter. The resolutions would begin the process of creating a special Economic Development District bounded by Canal Street, Esplanade Avenue, N. Rampart Street and the Mississippi River. The appeal of such a plan, according to city leaders, is that tourists would absorb most of the costs, which Landrieu’s office estimates would bring in $2 million a year.

That $2 million would be matched with $1 million from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and another $1 million

Mayor Mitch Landrieu and businessman Sidney Torres announce the plan to create a special taxing district in the French Quarter to fight crime.

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rape, two cases of battery and an armed robbery. Whatever the city’s doing now, it’s not working and it hasn’t worked for a long time.

If voters approve the plan, the French Quarter will be protected by several entities — NOPD officers, Louisiana State Police, detail cops hired by local businesses, the “NOLA Patrol” (unarmed civilian deputies that Harrison has told Gambit could hit the streets this month) and more off-duty cops whose eight-week employ-

Whatever the city’s doing now, it’s not working and it hasn’t worked for a long time. from the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation and the French Quarter Improvement Fund. The goal would be to create a contingent of 45 full-time Louisiana State Police troopers to patrol the Quarter.

Not surprisingly, New Orleans police unions slammed the idea, with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) calling it “another insult to NOPD,” while FOP attorney Donovan Livaccari said, “Augmenting the NOPD’s police presence in only one district at an additional cost to the taxpayers is just bad policy.”

The unions have a point, but no one with the power to do something about crime in the Vieux Carre has come up with a better idea — or the mechanism to fund it. The weekend before the plan was presented, the tourist-heavy Upper Quarter saw one shooting death, one aggravated

ment (past Jazz Fest) is being paid for by businessman Sidney Torres. Torres also has donated all-terrain vehicles for the offduty cops to use and funded the development of a smartphone app that allows anyone to quickly report a crime or trouble in progress.

It’s an oddly patchwork approach, but given current staffing levels at NOPD, it may be the only option right now. The Vieux Carre Commission is on board, as are the French Quarter Business Association and the French Quarter Business League.

The public is invited to weigh in on the plan at the council meeting April 23.

If the Economic Development District is created — and there’s no reason to believe it won’t be, given the current levels of support — the push will begin to convince French Quarter voters to join the chorus in the fall.

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After the Civil War, sagLuling Mansion on Leda Court near the Fair Grounds ging fortunes is one of the most intriguing and unique-to-New combined with Orleans buildings in the city. Can you tell me more the heartache about its history and present use? of losing two Mary Goldie young sons who drowned in Bayou St. Dear Mary, John, prompted I couldn’t agree more with your description of the Luling the Lulings to Mansion, and I think it’s fitting that your question comes sell the house right before the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, in 1871. The when many people on their way to the Fair Grounds Race buyer was Course & Slots may wonder about this historic Faubourg the Louisiana St. John structure.

Jockey Club, Located just off Esplanade Avenue on what originally which established the nearby thoroughbred racecourse was an 80-acre tract, the mansion was built in 1865 for about the same time. The Jockey Club mansion enterwealthy cotton merchant Florenz Luling. He spared no tained visiting dignitaries, including President Ulysses S. expense on the home, even hiring noted architect James Grant, impressionist painter Edgar Degas and the Grand Gallier to design it.

Duke Alexis of Russia, who included the club on his 1872 The 22-room house was constructed in the style of an itinerary, which also included viewing the first Rex parade.

Italian villa and remains one of the city’s most unusual The Jockey Club sold the home in 1899, and the property and lavish examples of the Italianate style of architecture, later passed into the hands of the Longshore and Soule according to the Friends of the Cabildo book New Orleans families. Some of the surrounding land was sold at one Architecture Volume V: Esplanade Ridge. point, and two new streets were added: Leda Court and Three and a half stories tall, with balconies, galleries and Verna Court, named after sisters. arched windows throughout, the plastered brick building In 1934, the building was divided into apartments, includes a massive granite staircase. The interior was just which remains its present use. It was purchased by C.J. as spectacular, with marble mantles, cypress millwork and Welcker in 1950. He died in 2006, but the property is still in his family’s hands. even a bowling alley and observatory.

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s huge crowds descend on the French Quarter this week for the free music festival that bears the area’s name, we remember Jacob and Mary Morrison, the husband-and-wife team who dedicated much of their lives to preserving the area for future generations. They moved to the Quarter in 1939, a time when the neighborhood was almost a slum, according to many accounts.

Just two years earlier, the Louisiana Legislature created the Vieux Carre Commission, and in 1941 the state Supreme Court granted the agency the authority to enforce building rules in the French Quarter. That set the stage for the efforts of the Morrisons and other citizen activists, who battled to preserve the delicate balance of life and business in the Quarter.

Jacob Morrison, a lawyer who provided legal counsel during many neighborhood battles, was a co-founder of the Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents & Associates group, which remains an important voice. He literally wrote the book on preservation legislation, publishing the first national book on the subject in 1957. A half-brother of Mayor Chep Morrison, Jacob died in 1974. Mary remained active in French Quarter causes until her death in 1999.

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POLITICS

Many ideas, no consensus t is now painfully obvious that the cornerstone of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed solution to the state’s $1.6 billion budget gap is going nowhere fast among state lawmakers. In fact, the governor’s proposal to scale back state refunds to businesses that pay local inventory taxes is pretty much DOA. As expenditure savings go, Jindal’s idea was big, even bold. I give him credit for that, because he otherwise has been among the most risk-averse governors Louisiana has ever had. Now, in his final year, he decided to step on the toes of the business community. The pushback has been enormous.

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) ranks among the most powerful lobbies at the Capitol, and LABI is railing nonstop against Jindal’s idea. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Jindal “park” his proposal, as he did with his ill-advised plan to eliminate the state income tax two years ago.

Meanwhile, there’s growing sentiment to repeal the inventory tax altogether. Repealing the tax will have no impact whatsoever on the state budget because it’s a local tax, but business owners love that idea. Repeal would, however, put some parishes in the same desperate budget straits that the

state is trying to navigate right now. Nothing like spreading the pain.

Politically, repealing the inventory tax would earn lawmakers points with LABI just in time for the fall elections. They’ll need all the points they can get if they don’t solve the larger problem of covering the $1.6 billion budget hole without doing further damage to higher education and health care. Voters are pretty upset about the cuts

Jindal, lawmakers are mostly throwing jelly at the wall and hoping something will stick.

Many are hoping Senate President John Alario, dean of the Legislature and the most knowledgeable (and most capable) budget fixer in the state, will come to the rescue — as he has done many times in the past.

Alario says he’s never seen things this bad.

Here’s a look at some of the better ideas being kicked around:

Lawmakers are mostly throwing jelly at the wall and hoping something will stick. already visited upon public universities and hospitals over the past six years.

Last Thursday (April 2) was the last day to pre-file bills, and the final hours saw all manner of ideas tossed into the hopper.

Some are intriguing. Others appear to be “placeholder” measures that were filed in case legislators think of something later and need a bill that can be amended to accomplish some yet-to-be-devised fiscal rescue.

In the absence of a palatable plan from

• State Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton, has filed bills that would generate revenue by eliminating various tax credits, tax exemptions and tax exclusions on everything from the inventory tax to sales taxes to income taxes. Adley’s bills will certainly please those who say Louisiana has been too generous with tax credits and exemptions.

• State Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, proposes a constitutional amendment similar to one that I suggested two weeks

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ago. It would eliminate most but not all constitutional revenue dedications, thereby freeing lawmakers to make cuts in places other than education and health care.

Voters would consider the amendment in October, so the idea does not address the immediate crisis.

• A tax study commissioned by lawmakers contains a plethora of recommendations. Among them: eliminating many sales tax exemptions; expanding sales taxes so they apply to services as well as goods; having one entity (the state) collect all sales taxes; eliminating many state income tax deductions and credits; reducing the top corporate income tax rate while reforming the corporate tax code; phasing out the corporate franchise tax; capping the industrial tax exemption, requiring local government approval of each exemption, and giving exemptions a shorter (seven-year) duration; putting a “sunset” provision on all of the tax credits; capping film tax credits; eliminating Enterprise Zone initiatives; eliminating the horizontal drilling tax exemption; and aligning taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and gasoline to national or regional averages.

All of these are good ideas for the long haul, but so far there’s no consensus solution to the immediate crisis.

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Thu., April 9 PresHall Brass 11:15 a.m.-12:25 p.m.

Capital One Bank Jackson Square Stage (at Jackson Square) Preservation Hall’s latest outfit is this brass band led by Maynard Chatters and featuring members of the Olympia and Young Tuxedo brass bands.

Partners-N-Crime & The Big Easy Bounce Band feat. DJ Jubilee 3:50 p.m.-5 p.m.

Tropical Isle Hand Grenade Stage (Woldenberg Park at Toulouse Street) A rare hip-hop event at French Quarter

rock ’n’ roll icons and a jam band whose catalog stretches to infinity?

Mayfield, a musical renaissance man, shouldn’t have a problem.

Fri., April 10 Lynn Drury 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.

GE Capital/New Orleans Tech Big River Stage (Canal Street at the river) The New Orleans singer-songwriter’s release Come to My House was one of 2014’s best local releases, a soulful, pop-forward Americana album with equal shades Patti Griffin and Liz Phair.

at French

The Masakowski family jazz band includes guitarist Steve Masakowski, his son Martin on bass and daughter Sasha, an accomplished jazz vocalist.

Sat., April 11 Helen Gillet’s Wazozo Orchestra Noon-1:30 p.m.

Omni Royal Orleans Hotel Stage (500 block of Royal Street) On the heels of her excellent March album Bangkok Silver, multiinstrumentalist Helen Gillet leads this all-French big band performing works by Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg and The Velvet Underground New Breed Brass Band integrates hip-hop, funk and brass band music for festgoers Friday.

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Quarter While FQF is famous for presenting familiar favorites, here are a few fresh spins you might enjoy.

BY ALEX WOODWARD

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here are roughly 1 million performances throughout the French Quarter and its surrounding venues during French Quarter Fest. First things first: dance lessons.

Keep up with the NOLA Jitterbugs on the French Market Traditional Jazz Stage on Saturday and Sunday. For something more low-key, the BMI Songwriter Stage at the Historic New Orleans Collection offers more than a dozen performances by rising New Orleans songwriters, from Kristin Diable and Alexis Marceaux to Andrew Duhon and Colin Lake. Otherwise, you can’t go wrong following your ears — here are several highlights that might be off your radar.

Fest, the New Orleans rap duo (Mr. Meana and Kango Slimm) pairs with bounce founding father DJ Jubilee.

PNC had a big local hit with 1994’s bounce-influenced “Pump tha Party” and has remained a steady presence in New Orleans hip-hop, with a live band featuring a funk lineup of horns, keys and guitars.

Irvin Mayfield and NOJO: The Music of Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and The Grateful Dead 5:20 p.m.-6:45 p.m.

Abita Beer Stage (Woldenberg Park at St. Louis Street) New Orleans Jazz Orchestra bandleader Irvin Mayfield takes a stab at a few sacred cows. An R&B legend,

New Breed Brass Band 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Popeyes Barracks St. Brass Band Jam with Offbeat Magazine (The Old U.S. Mint at Barracks Street) This next generation, three-yearold brass band combines hip-hop and funk with its powerful brass repertoire. A recent collaboration (“Watcha Workin’ It Fa”) with bounce rapper 5th Ward Weebie puts bounce energy into second-line grooves with tight, jazzy horn lines.

Steve, Sasha and Martin Masakowski 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta (300 Bourbon St.)

and others, including several of Gillet’s compositions.

King James & the Special Men 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk and Harrah’s New Orleans Stage (Spanish Plaza) Rolling barroom piano, smoky pipes, chunky guitars and drippy horns — that’s the sound of the Special Men’s rhythm and blues from their longstanding Monday night residency inside BJ’s Lounge in Bywater. Will they melt in the sunshine? We hope not.

Lost Bayou Ramblers 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.

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Jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra play music from the Beatles, Grateful Dead and Stevie Wonder on Thursday.

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Chevron Cajun/Zydeco Showcase (North Peters Street at Bienville Street) The stars of Cajun music’s current rock ’n’ roll love affair, the Ramblers released the live disc Gasa Gasa Live last year, capturing the band at its rowdiest, a snapshot of its ability to turn any setting into a Lafayette roadhouse.

Los Otros 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.

WWL’s Esplanade in the Shade Stage (Esplanade Avenue at the Old U.S. Mint) Among a small but growing roster of Brazilian and Latin bands in New Orleans, this octet, founded by Otra’s Sam Price, also performs Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz-inspired takes on popular music.

Sun., April 12 Cristina Perez 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Cafe Maspero’s Stage (400 block of Royal Street) The jazz singer’s latest single,

“The Sweetest Thing,” is a relaxed, contemporary but classic love song, featuring her warm, sultry voice in front of a loose combo with bluesy guitar.

Rory Danger & the Danger Dangers 3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.

WWL’s Esplanade in the Shade Stage (Esplanade Avenue at the Old U.S. Mint) The supergroup features Aurora Nealand, Andre and Spencer Bohren and members of Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes and others, all posing as their alter egos with Danger surnames.

The band performs frantic surf rock, rockabilly, doo-wop, sea shanties — and it all somehow works together in its madness.

Tuba Skinny 4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

French Market Traditional Jazz Stage (French Market Place) The New Orleans traditional jazz and busker blues outfit — banjo, clarinet, washboard, trombone, and, yes, tuba — released its fourth album, Owl Call Blues, in 2014.

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rench Quarter Festival can get crowded, sweaty, crowded, difficult to navigate — and did we mention crowded? When you need a break, check out one of these watering holes near (but not in) the action.

Just pick your favorite: a beer and a shot, a Pimm’s Cup or an exotic tiki drink.

Bartenders prepare a drink with a fire ball at Tiki Tolteca.

A beer and a shot A shot will wake you up and a beer will keep you going for a while after you’ve left one of these French Quarter haunts.

Black Penny 700 N. Rampart St. The newly opened neighborhood bar offers nearly 50 canned craft beers.

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PIMM’S CUPS

Kingfish 337 Chartres St., (504) 598-5005; www.kingfishneworleans.com This tall drink of Pimm’s is a colorful, sangria-like wine glass with lemon, berries, slivers of apple, mint and, of course, cucumber.

TIKI TIME The French Quarter streets facing the Mississippi River are New Orleans’ new tiki row, with specialty tropical cocktails being served at three destinations.

Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 321 N. Peters St., (504) 609-3811; www.latitude29nola.com Tiki authority Jeff “Beachbum” Berry’s restaurant/bar serves playful but sophisticated drinks like the “Hawaii 504” and the “Pontchartrain Pearl Diver.”

Cane & Table 1113 Decatur St., (504) 581-1112; www.caneandtablenola.com More “proto-tiki” than South Pacific tiki (think Cuban and Caribbean influences), Cane & Table’s exotic drinks list is augmented with wines and sherries.

Napoleon House 500 Chartres St., (504) 524-9752; www.napoleonhouse.com The signature drink at this longtime watering hole (now in the Brennan family) is a classic fix of Pimm’s topped with lemonade and lemonlime soda.

Tiki Tolteca 301 N. Peters St., (504) 267-4406; www.felipestaqueria.com This hidden tiki loft above Felipe’s features plenty of rum-based tiki favorites like Hurricanes and Zombies, along with “gummy tikis” (think gummy bears soaked in liquor).

St. Lawrence 219 N. Peters St., (504) 525-4111; www.saintlawrencenola.com Among the seasonal house-made daiquiri mixes served here is a frozen Pimm’s cup, a peach-colored treat with a telltale cucumber wedge around the rim.

The Alibi 811 Iberville St., (504) 522-9187; www.alibineworleans.com The dive bar has a wide-ranging list of international beers, not to mention poboys and burgers to compliment your drink special.

Pimm’s Cup is a signature drink at Napoleon House.

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Cosimo’s 1201 Burgundy St., (504) 522-9715; www.facebook.com/cosimosbar While you’re stopping by, take a break from the heat to throw darts and shoot pool.

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music

quiz

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Among his many credits, New Orleanian Harold Battiste

was credited as an arranger and musical director for what nationally known music act?

A. The Rolling Stones C. Sonny and Cher B. The Doors D. The Temptations

9. What musician was one of the opening acts for The Beatles

during their September 1964 concert at City Park Stadium?

A. Clarence C. Fats Domino “Frogman” Henry B. Ernie K-Doe D. Little Richard

3.

What song was recorded by both Irma Thomas & The Rolling Stones in 1964?

A. “Time is On My Side” B. “Come On”

C. “Ruler of My Heart” D. “It’s Raining”

4.

What New Orleans-based band has a family connection to Ellen DeGeneres?

A. Better Than Ezra B. The Radiators

C. Cowboy Mouth D. The Cold

5.

During a slump in their careers in the 1950s, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt both held the same non-musical job. What was it?

A. Cab drivers C. Exterminators B. Oyster shuckers D. Lucky Dog salesmen

6.

What is Fats Domino’s real name?

A. Clarence C. Herbert

B. Antoine

D. Louis

7. What well-known New Orleans musician went by the pseudonym Naomi Neville?

A. Allen Toussaint B. Dr. John

C. Irma Thomas D. Ernie K-Doe

23.

Which musician makes an uncredited appearance on 24.

Before she became famous as a Bourbon Street

entertainer, what was Chris Owens’ profession?

A. Teacher C. Hair stylist B. Bookkeeper D. Nurse

Allen Toussaint

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After premiering in 1970 at Beauregard Square (later called

D. Charles

D. Branford

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When not performing as a bounce artist or reality TV show star, what is Big Freedia’s line of work?

A. Teacher C. Interior designer B. Hair stylist D. Waiter

Fats Domino

11. Which musician’s real name is Ferdinand?

A. Pete Fountain B. Deacon John

C. Ernie K-Doe D. Jelly Roll Morton

12.

Who was the first New Orleans musician to win a

Grammy Award?

A. Al Hirt B. Louis Prima

C. Pete Fountain D. Fats Domino

13.

In which neighborhood was gospel great Mahalia Jackson born?

A. Black Pearl C. Treme B. Kenner D. Algiers

14.

What band was formed by classmates at Joseph S. Clark Senior High (now Preparatory) School?

A. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue B. The Meters C. Rebirth Brass Band D. Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Congo Square), the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival moved to the Fair Grounds in what year?

A. 1972 C. 1974 B. 1973 D. 1975

18.

What New Orleans music venue was originally called

The 501 Club?

A. Preservation Hall C. The Maple Leaf B. Tipitina’s D. d.b.a.

19.

Which of these musicians was first depicted on a Jazz Fest poster?

A. Fats Houston B. Sister Gertrude Morgan C. Louis Armstrong D. Professor Longhair

20.

What national celebrity was a part of the first

French Quarter Festival?

A. Ed McMahon C. Joan Rivers B. Dolly Parton D. Dom DeLuise

21.

Music is the family business for Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and many of his relatives.

Which 1960s New Orleans R&B singer is his grandfather?

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. Which of the following acts has never appeared as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live?

A. Neville Brothers B. Trombone Shorty C. Harry Connick Jr. D. Preservation Hall Jazz Band

26.

The call letters of radio station WWOZ stand

for “Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” True or false?

A. True B. False

27.

Filmmaker Woody Allen is a huge fan of New Orleans jazz and performs with his own band.

What instrument does he play?

A. Piano C. Clarinet B. Trumpet D. Drums

28.

Which of the following instruments has Dr. John not played during his career?

A. Piano C. Organ B. Saxophone D. Guitar

29.

Which musician has performed in or provided the musical score for several Clint Eastwood films?

A. James Rivers C. Irvin Mayfield B. Terence D. Harry Blanchard Connick Jr.

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A. Jessie “Ooh Poo Pah Doo” Hill B. Clarence “Frogman” Henry C. Al “Carnival Time” Johnson D. Eddie “Check Mr. Popeye” Bo

Lloyd Price’s 1952 recording of “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”?

C. Benny Spellman A. Ernie K-Doe D. Deacon B. Fats Domino John Moore

A. James Booker’s C. Professor eye patch Longhair’s head B. Banana D. Piano

1.A. Aaron Who is the oldest Neville brother?

C. Cyril 2.

Who is the oldest Marsalis son?

A. Wynton C. Jason

16.

Early in his career, which musician had a band called The Dirty Virgins?

C. Walter “Wolfman” A. Benny Grunch Washington B. Dr. John D. Jon Cleary

10.

The logo for Tipitina’s music club features what item?

Answers on pg. 26

B. Art

15.

Which of the following musicians did not perform for Pope John Paul II during his 1987 visit to New Orleans?

A. Al Hirt C. Ronnie Kole B. Pete Fountain D. Irma Thomas

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ajor League Eating President Richard Shea says there are two types of competitive eating: capacity and skill. One requires enough stomach room, and the other requires enough dexterity and familiarity with the food to get it out of your way so you can move onto the next mouthful.

The annual Rouses World Championship Crawfish Eating Contest is mostly skill, Shea says. That might be one reason Adrian Morgan, a competitive eater from New Orleans, finally ousted longtime champion (and out-of-towner) Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, Competitors in the Rouses a professional World Championship Crawfish competitive eater.

Eating Contest chomp down.

“Sonya is ranked No. 5 The competition has become a highlight of the French in the world,” Shea says.

Quarter Festival.

“She’s the second-ranked P H O T O BY D ER EK B R I D G E S / female eater in the world, C R E AT I V E C O M M O N S she’s a multiple Nathan’s Hot Dog female champ, she’s a multiple Acme veled across the country to enjoy New Oyster world champ and she’s a four-time Orleans’ regional cuisine, both competitively Rouses Market crawfish eating champ. But and recreationally. she lost to Morgan, a seventh-ranked eater.

“The top-ranked competitive eater is “If you look at their rankings, Sonya is somebody who is an epicurean and a a couple of spots higher than Adrian, and foodie and somebody who has a great that’s because she probably has greater affection for a variety of foods,” Shea capacity. But Adrian knocked her off says. “The eaters have often told me that because he understands the crawfish.” it’s a great luxury. They get to go across Morgan, a pastry chef at Domenica, the country and eat these regional foods, agrees. “I’ve grown up eating them my whole life,” he says. “I’m around them all the whether it’s oysters or crawfish in New time. Every crawfish season I have crawfish Orleans. That’s what the city is known for.”

The annual competition always takes three or four times. So over the years I’ve place at the French Quarter Festival just become accustomed to peeling them. and acts as a kind of season opener There’s definitely an advantage.” for competitive eating across the counMorgan says his process is simple, try. Major League Eating also sponsors though he doesn’t get to enjoy the crawfish very much while he’s eating them, the Acme Oyster Eating World Championship in New Orleans, and Shea says since he’s mostly focused on swallowing fast enough to put more tails in his mouth. Louisiana seafood is near and dear to the “I concentrated on hand speed and moving company’s heart.

Morgan says he’s always liked to from crawfish to crawfish,” he says. “Just compete. “I grew up playing sports my getting in a good rhythm. And just pinch whole life, and I don’t really have any sport and pull, as fast as I could.” to kind of fall back on right now,” he says.

There’s a Crawfish Cup trophy and a $2,000 cash prize divided between the top “It’s an outlet for that.” He says he feels confident about his chances this year: “I places in the competition, and a winner think I have a good shot. Last year I won is determined by the weight of his tray.

Morgan says last year he ate about three by a pretty good margin. She [Thomas] beat and half pounds of crawfish meat. That’s me three years before that, in a row. But I between 16 and 17 pounds, shell-on. The feel confident that I can win again.” competition lasts 10 minutes.

As to whether the competition has About 10 people compete for the title turned him off crawfish, or whether he each year, and most of them have trastops enjoying them after the 10 minutes

For competitive eaters, a crawfish boil is a sport

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are up, Morgan says no way: “Usually I eat, like, a few after, just to kind of enjoy them.”

Shea says it’s uncommon for competitors to lose a taste for what they’re eating, even after such an large amount of it enters their bodies. “If you eat three pounds of crawfish meat, you may be done for the day for crawfish,” he says, “but it doesn’t mean a week later you are.”

Sat., April 11 Noon

Rouses World Championship Crawfish Eating Contest Louisiana State Museum’s Old U.S. Mint

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f cold drinks and fans aren’t enough to help you beat the heat, head inside for the French Quarter Festival Film Festival. Timecode: NOLA and Le Petite Theatre du Vieux Carre bring afternoon schedules of films to the French Quarter each day of the weekend. The movies will be screened at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre (616 St. Peter St., 504-522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com).

The 44th Annual Ponchatoula

2015

Strawberry Festival

Memorial Park, Ponchatoula

You’re G Love Ionna t!

A Berry Good Time

The Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival is a FREE family friendly outdoor festival, filled with lots of great food, games, fun and entertainment for people of all ages to enjoy.

APRIL 10-12 lastrawberryfestival.com

Fri., April 10 11 a.m. — Buckwheat’s World, a behind-the-scenes look at the life of Buckwheat Zydeco Noon — Streetcar Stories, a documentary about the history of New Orleans and American streetcars.

1:30 p.m. — Always for Pleasure, highlighting the sensual pleasure of New Orleans cultural celebrations and traditions 3 p.m. — All on a Mardi Gras Day, the story of New Orleans’ black Carnival traditions

11 a.m. — Spend it All, a documentary about Cajun culture in Southwest Louisiana 12:30 p.m. — Fats Domino: Walkin’ Back to New Orleans, a montage of videos, interviews and concert footage of the New Orleans music legend 2 p.m. — He’s the Prettiest: A Salute to Big Chief Allison “Tootie” Montana’s 50 Years of Mardi Gras Indian Suiting, a documentary about the big chief’s life.

3 p.m. — Real New Orleans, a series of videos written by and starring Eddie Kurtz

Sun., April 12 11 a.m. — This Cat Can Play Anything, a movie about Emanuel “Manny” Sayles Noon — Louisiana Music Video Showcase, a collection of music videos from bands including the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and The New Orleans Bingo! Show 1:30 p.m. — A Tribute to Toussaint documents the life and career of Allen Toussaint 3 p.m. — Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, a history of the African-American neighborhood

13143 Wardline Rd., Hammond, LA 70401

1-800-542-7520 2015 Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival Entertainment Lineup Friday, April 10 SOUTH STAGE 5:30 - 7:00 ...............................Big Daddy T 7:30 - 9:30 ............................The Domino’s

4:00 - 4:30 ................................Sack Races 4:30 - 6:00 ....................................Nonc Nu 6:30 - 8:30 ..........................Chubby Carrier 9:00 - 10:30..................................Don Rich

NORTH STAGE 5:15...................Strawberry Eating Contest 5:30........................Introduction of Royalty 6:00 - 7:30......................Lindsey Cardinale 8:00 - 10:00 ..............................Category 6

NORTH STAGE 11:30 - 12:00 ................................Egg Toss 12:00 - 2:00............................Jacob Griffin 2:00 - 2:30.................................Strawberry Eating Contest 2:30 - 4:30 .........................Black Magnolia 4:30 - 5:30....................Strawberry Auction 5:30 - 7:30 ..............................Todd O’Neill 8:00 - 10:00 ...........................Trigger Proof

Saturday, April 11 SOUTH STAGE 11:30 - 1:30....................Monster Crawfish 2:00 - 4:00 ..........................Chris Lee Band

Sunday, April 12 SOUTH STAGE 12:00 - 1:30............................... Big Al and the Heavyweights 1:30 - 2:00 ................................Sack Races 2:00 - 3:30 ............................CJ Solar Band 4:00 - 5:30 ........................Christian Serpas and Ghost Town NORTH STAGE 11:00 - 11:30 ................................Egg Toss 11:30 - 1:00 .........................Quarter Notes 1:30 - 3:00 ......................5 Finger Discount 3:00 - 3:30.................................Strawberry Eating Contest 3:30 - 5:30 ...........................Bag of Donuts

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n Saturday and Sunday, April 11-12, local musicians, music writers and composers come together for “Let Them Talk: Conversations on Louisiana Music,” a panel and interview series about the history of music in Louisiana.

During the discussions, subjects will offer personal stories from the past and insight into recent collaborations and new music releases.

Acts participating in the series run the gamut from Swedish clarinetist Orange Kellin, who moved to New Orleans in 1966, to Cosimo Matassa, who will talk about his experiences recording classics like Lloyd Price’s “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and Little Richard’s “Tutti-Frutti.” Stalwarts like Grammy Award winner Irvin Mayfield will talk about his latest collaboration with publisher Mark Samuels — a coffee table book called New Orleans Jazz Playhouse. Lena Prima, daughter of legendary band leader Louis Prima, will talk about her father’s legacy on Sunday.

The series is free and takes place on the third floor of the Old U.S. Mint. A new talk begins every hour, starting at 11:30 a.m., with the last talk beginning at 4:30 p.m.

For a full schedule, go to www.fqfi.org.

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Sat.-Sun., April 11-12

Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., third floor 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Answers to

Blake Pontchartrain’s

quiz

from pg. 23

1. B – Art Neville was born in 1937.

2. D — Branford Marsalis was born in 1960.

3. A — “Time is On My Side” was released in 1963 by jazz trombonist Kai Winding. Thomas’ version came out in early 1964, and the Rolling Stones’ followed in October.

4. D — Ellen’s brother Vance DeGeneres played bass in The Cold.

5. C — These two titans of jazz briefly held jobs as exterminators in the early 1950s.

6. B — On his first hit record, he was called The Fat Man, but his mother named him Antoine.

7. A — Allen Toussaint used his mother’s maiden name (no relation to the Neville Brothers) as a pen name on songs including “Fortune Teller,” “It’s Raining” and “Lipstick Traces.”

8. C — Battiste arranged Sonny & Cher’s 1965 song “I Got You Babe” and was musical director for their 1970s TV show.

9. A — Frogman Henry toured with The Beatles, including the band’s 1964 performance.

10. B — Kathleen Joffrion put a banana in the Tipitina’s logo she designed in 1976. She told The Times-Picayune it was partly because the club originally featured a juice bar.

11. D — Composer, pianist and arranger Jelly Roll Morton was born Ferdinand LaMothe.

12. B — Louis Prima and Keely Smith earned a Grammy for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus at the first Grammy awards in 1958 for “That Old Black Magic.”

13. A — Mahalia Jackson was born on Oct. 26, 1911 in the Black Pearl.

14. C — Rebirth Brass Band was formed in 1983 by the Frazier brothers and classmates including Kermit Ruffins.

15. D — Irma Thomas didn’t perform for Pope John Paul II, but Hirt, Fountain and Kole did.

16. A — Before he teamed up with “The Bunch,” Benny Grunch Antin led a band called The Dirty Virgins while a student at Southeastern Louisiana University in the 1960s.

17. A — The Jazz Fest moved to the Fair Grounds in 1972.

18. B — The building that houses Tipitina’s was once The 501 Club, based on its address at 501 Napoleon Ave. 19. B – A Noel Rockmore painting of Sister Gertrude Morgan appeared on some of the posters advertising the first Jazz Fest in 1970.

20. A — The Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon hosted a battle of the bands at the first French Quarter Festival in 1984.

21. A — Jessie “Ooh Poo Pah Doo” Hill counted Trombone Shorty among his 50 grandchildren.

22. C — Big Freedia has an interior design business whose clients include former Mayor Ray Nagin.

23. B — According to Fats Domino biographer Rick Coleman, Domino performed on the record, which was produced by his longtime collaborator Dave Bartholomew.

24. D — Before making it big on Bourbon Street, Owens worked as a nurse in her native Texas and here.

25. B — The Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed on SNL in 1976, the Neville Brothers in 1986 and 1990 and Connick in 1990, but not Trombone Shorty.

26. True.

27. C — Allen began studying the clarinet as a child and took his stage name from clarinetist Woody Herman.

28. B — Dr. John, then known as Mac Rebennack, began his career on guitar but switched to piano when one of his fingers was shot off during a gig.

29. A – Clint Eastwood hired James Rivers for the movie Tightrope, filmed in New Orleans, The Bridges of Madison County and several other movies.

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MONTHLY

GUIDE

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BEING

WELL

Trending

WORKOUTS

From burlesque classes to obstacle races, new workouts make fitness fun.

By Kat Stromquist

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f reasons to skip the gym come to mind every time you reach for your sneakers, it’s time to revamp your workout plan.

Trying new fitness trends can help keep workouts fresh. Whether it’s a class, race or workshop, a number of fitness trends can get you off the elliptical and into a fresh and energizing regimen for spring.

Morgan Ford, a community manager at Yelp, watches trends in action as businesses rise in popularity on the crowdsourcing website. She highlights yoga as a preeminent local fitness activity. Though yoga, with its centuries-long history, can hardly be called a trend, it is finding creative permutations in New Orleans.

“I think people are getting away from the traditional gyms,” Ford says. “New Orleans has a lot of great [yoga] options and phenomenal instructors. … I think people are better understanding that there isn’t just one form of yoga.”

Some yoga offerings involve unique locations. The New Orleans Museum of Art (1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, 504-658-4100; www. noma.org) hosts a Saturday morning yoga class in its galleries or outdoor sculpture garden, using an aesthetically stimulating atmosphere to enliven a gentle workout.

Elsewhere in the city, instructors reimagine traditional classes, coming up with forms like acro-yoga, held at the Swan River (2940 Canal St., 504-301-3134; www.swanriveryoga.com) yoga studio. This class uses partner acrobatics and basic tumbling, like handstands, to increase balance and flexibility and to encourage interdependence and trust between students. Ford also says nontraditional workout options are on the rise. In this case, nontraditional refers to activities associated more with fun than fitness. Pop-up burlesque workshops held by the New Orleans School of Burlesque (Crescent Lotus Dance Studio, 3143 Calhoun St., 504-382-5199; www.nolaschoolofburlesque.com) are an offbeat way to take

up dance. (It doesn’t hurt that burlesque includes costuming, one of New Orleans’ unofficial pastimes.) Recess activities, like trampoline jumping and hula hooping, stimulate a wide range of muscle groups — along with nostalgia.

Julie Merritt, a longtime fitness instructor, has spearheaded many hula hooping activities in New Orleans. According to Merritt, hula hooping builds musculature in the lower back and the abdominal wall, which can be weak spots for many office workers. It also improves agility and overall coordination using dance-like maneuvers.

“Without even realizing it, you’ll be sculpting your waistline by flexing and strengthening the core muscle groups, while also developing balance, stamina, coordination and fluidity of motion,” Merritt says.

Merritt hosts fitness hoop classes on Thursday nights at Canal Boulevard Baptist Deaf Church (5320 Canal Blvd., 504-273-1152), where participants use a weighted hoop to refine their techniques. On the second and fourth Mondays of each month, she invites hoop dancers to shake their hips in the industrial environment of NOLA Brewing (3001 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-896-9996; www. nolabrewing.com/event/hoops-hops) at an event she calls “Hoops and Hops.”

Elsewhere in the city, longtime fitness professionals are updating their classes to reflect the current gym scene. At Salire Fitness (4209 Magazine St., 504-821-4896; www.salirefitness.com), owner Nolan Ferraro’s outdoor boot camp is well-known as a fast track to physical transformation. Though boot camp is still available, Ferraro’s latest offering is a smaller course called “Body Blitz.” During the hourlong circuit class, attendees work in teams of two, alternating between cardio work and strength training or conditioning. “[With “Body Blitz,” we] wanted to design a class that offered a greater sense of community,” Ferraro says. “Statistics show

OFFERED BY SWAN RIVER YOGA, ACRO YOGA CLASSES MIX YOGA POSES WITH PARTNER ACROBATICS.

that people are 60 percent more likely to stay consistent and achieve fitness results if they are working out with other like-minded individuals. [This class] is smaller, team-oriented, multilevel and community-based.”

Ferraro touches on two major aspects of current fitness: team-building and full-body workouts. It’s a more holistic approach to exercise. Instead of using weight machines to focus on specifics like triceps and biceps, a diverse range of exercises reinforces joint strength and integrates muscle groups.

Group participation develops camaraderie and fosters accountability.

This cohesion is also reflected in the growing popularity of team obstacle races.

Quirky races include a theme or gimmick, like the paint that spatters competitors during the Color Run 5K race. More physically demanding races require intense preparation. In the Spartan run series, runners face surprise obstacles like mud pits, barbed wire and fire jumping, with repercussions for those who can’t get past a hurdle.

“If you have tried and cannot complete an obstacle, you receive a 30 burpees (a strength-training progression) penalty be-

fore you can move on,” says Heathyr Stanics, a recent Spartan finisher. “It’s genius, really. It forces you to find a way mentally and physically to complete [the course], because 30 burpees is exhausting.”

Obstacle course races provide community support, with daily social media blasts, hashtags and a close-knit group of runners who travel to compete in different events.

In addition to the social support, this type of race reveals areas in need of improvement and promotes overall health. “[Since my most recent Spartan race], I’ve been focusing a lot of my workouts on my upper body and core strength, which is essential to pulling yourself up and over the obstacles involving walls, monkey bars and anything with a rope,” Stanics says. “The Spartan lifestyle has taught me there are no excuses for not being physically active or making healthy choices in the kitchen.”

Ford thinks New Orleanians may be catching up to a more contemporary interest in good nutrition and working out.

“I believe that locals are also trying to embrace a more healthy lifestyle,” she says. “[It] doesn’t just involve attending a class or hitting a gym.”

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BRAINS, HEALTHY BRAINS

Spectrum Neurology Center (4213 Teuton St., Metairie, 504-454-7246) opened in February. Helmed by neurologist Dr. Troy Beaucoudray, offers a multidisciplinary approach to treating, diagnosing and evaluating neurological disorders.

LSUHSC SEEKS STUDY PARTICIPANTS

OCHSNER PARTNERS WITH INNOVATORS FOR HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS

At the Health Innovation Summit at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), Ochsner Health System (www. ochsner.org) announced the start of innovationOchsner, or iO, an entity that will allow Ochsner to partner with innovators outside the health care industry to create new, high-tech ways to care for patients. Ochsner also will partner with GE Healthcare and The Idea Village for a three-year challenge to foster innovation in health care.

MARCH OF DIMES HOLDS ANNUAL WALK

The March of Dimes Foundation’s annual March for Babies (www. marchforbabies.org) walk begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 25 at City Park (1 Palm Drive). The event includes celebrity appearances, music, games and more. Funds benefit prenatal wellness programs, research grants, Neona-

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A state-of-the-art neurology center opened recently in Metairie.

tal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) family support programs and advocacy for healthy babies.

LOUISIANANS SAVE MONEY ON DRUGS

Since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, Louisianans with Medicare have saved more than $214 million on prescription drugs, according to information released by The Department of Health and Human Services.

Use of preventative services has increased, with an estimated 553,761 Medicare recipients using at least one preventative service in 2014.

GET READY FOR BABY

Touro Infirmary (1401 Foucher St., 504897-7319; www.touro.com) offers a free four-week childbirth education series covering topics ranging from stages of labor to car seat installation and safety. The classes, which take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays starting April 7, are held on the second floor in the President’s Room. Call or email babies@touro.com to register.

NATIONAL SPIKE IN HEROIN DEATHS

According to a survey by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the number of people dependent on heroin rose 10.7 percent in 2012, from 467,000 to 517,000. Deaths from heroin rose 34.8 percent, from 4,397 to 5,927, according to data collected by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while deaths from prescription medications decreased. This correlation suggests addicts are using heroin more frequently now that state and federal restrictions make prescription narcotics harder to get.

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LSU Health Sciences Center seeks 50 participants for a hyperbaric oxygen treatment study for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants must have persistent symptoms from TBI that occurred six months to 10 years ago. Patients will undergo tests and receive eight weeks of hyperbaric treatment. To learn more, contact Cara at (504) 427-5632, email cjoh26@lsuhsc. edu or visit www.hbottbistudy.org.

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WINNING WAYS Big Easy Theater Awards recognize achievement in dramas, comedies and musicals in 2014.

BY JE ANIE RIES S | PHOTOS BY JOSE GARCIA

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There also were performances from nominated productions. The stage became a smoky coven for the three witches in Macbeth, presented by Skin Horse Theater. Angelle Hebert won Best Choreography for her work on that production.

The FEDE awards grants to New Orleans arts education and development programs. The awards were sponsored by Gambit, Coleman Adler and Sons, Abita Brewing Company, Barefoot Wine and Bubbly, Sazerac, Harrah’s New Orleans and the Actors’ Equity Association.

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mong the big winners at the Big Easy Theater Awards ceremony at Harrah’s New Orleans March 30 was The NOLA Project’s production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which won five awards including Best Drama, Best Director of a Drama for Mark Routhier, Best Actress in a Drama for Amy Alvarez and Best Actor in a Drama for Alex Martinez Wallace. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts’ production of Young Frankenstein also collected five awards, including Best Musical, Best Director of a Musical for Ricky Graham and Best Supporting Actess in a Musical for Tracey E. Collins.

Combined, the two theater groups claimed a total of 18 awards, 10 for The NOLA Project and eight for Rivertown. Goat in the Road Productions took home three awards for its production Numb, including Best Original Work (Devised) and Best Ensemble.

The Gambit-affiliated Foundation for Entertainment, Development and Education (FEDE) also bestowed special honors. Actress Cecile Monteyne accepted the award for Entertainer of the Year, and the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Linda Fried, recognizing her long career in dance and theater, both onstage and in costume design. A Special Recognition Award went to The Patchwork Players, who performed one of their catchy children’s sing-alongs — slightly modified for an adult audience with a reference to the women’s underwear company Spanx.

SPECIAL HONOREES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Linda Fried

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Cecile Monteyne

SPECIAL RECOGNITION The Patchwork Players

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Trixie Minx and Chris Lane hosted the Big Easy Theater Awards.

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BIG EASY THEATER AWARD WINNERS BEST MUSICAL

Young Frankenstein Frankenstein, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts

BEST DRAMA

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Nest, The NOLA Project

BEST COMEDY

One Man, Two Guvnors Guvnors, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

Ricky Graham Young Frankenstein Frankenstein, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMA

Mark Routhier One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Nest, The NOLA Project

BEST DIRECTOR OF A COMEDY

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Chris Kaminstein accepted two awards for Goat in the Road’s production of Numb and presented Cecile Monteyne with the award for Entertainer of the Year.

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Jared Gore, Ricky Graham, winner of Best Director of a Musical for Young Frankenstein, and Jennifer Pagan, who was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy.

Andrew Larimer Adventures in Wonderland Wonderland, The NOLA Project/New Orleans Museum of Art

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Angelle Hebert Macbeth, Skin Horse Theater

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR

Alan Payne Young Frankenstein, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts

BEST SET DESIGN

David Raphel Young Frankenstein, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Tracey E. Collins Young Frankenstein, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Jermaine L. Keelan Shrek The Musical, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Dan Zimmer One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The NOLA Project

Jaune Buisson Hebert A Chorus Line, Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane University

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

BEST SOUND DESIGN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Cecile Casey Covert/Chris Arthur Adventures in Wonderland, The NOLA Project/New Orleans Museum of Art Kyle Sheehan Numb, Goat in the Road Productions

Best Director of a Comedy winner Andrew Larimer and AJ Allegra accepted the award for Best Original Work (Scripted) for The NOLA Project/New Orleans Museum of Art production of Adventures in Wonderland.

Wonderland

Joshua Brewer Zanna, Don’t!, See ’Em on Stage: A Production Company

Jessica Podewell The Totalitarians, Southern Rep

Chris Arthur and Cecile Casey Covert won Best Costume Design for Adventures in Wonderland.

Becky Allen presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Linda Fried.

The cast of Delgado Community College’s production Ain’t Misbehavin’ — Demetrius Wesley, Herbert Benjamin, Tiona Tyara Thompson, Farrell Ralph Matthews and Whitney Mixon — performed at the Big Easy Awards.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Keith Claverie Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, The NOLA Project/ New Orleans Museum of Art

Best Actress in a Musical Jaune Buisson Hebert with Joshua Wayne Brewer, who won Best Actor in a Musical.

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Liann Pattison Broomstick, Southern Rep

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Chris Marroy One Man, Two Guvnors, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts

Angelle Hebert won best choreography for Skin Horse Theater’s production of Macbeth.

Jermaine Keelen won Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Donkey in the Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts’ production Shrek The Musical, and he sang a song from the show with Kevin Murphy at the Big Easy Awards.

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Yvette Hargis Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The NOLA Project

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Sam Dudley The Normal Heart, The Allways Theatre

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Amy Alvarez One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The NOLA Project

Alex Martinez Wallace One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The NOLA Project

Big Easy Theater committee member Paul Broussard with Dorian Rush, who won Best Cabaret, and Amy Alvarez, who won Best Actress in a Drama.

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Yvette Hargis with Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Sam Dudley.

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Adventures in Wonderland Peter McElligott, The NOLA Project

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Numb, Goat in the Road Productions

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True Blue Bayou — A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt The Allways Theatre/ Dorian Rush

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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo David W. Hoover, University of New Orleans

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts’ Kelly Fouchi, Erin Cessna, Eric Porter, Chris Marroy, Ricky Graham, Matt Reed, Lara Grice and Gary Rucker won the award for Best Comedy and Marroy also won Best Actor in a Comedy for One Man, Two Guvnors.

The cast of Zanna Don’t! (kneeling) Kali Russell, Brian-Eric Lugo, Elyse McDaniel, (back row) Larry Johnson, Allee Peck, Joshua Wayne Brewer, Lloyd Meekins, Janie Heck and Price Provenzano performed at the Big Easy Awards.

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create the NOLA Motorsports 2.74-mile track Park event with 13 turns coordinator and a 5,200-foot Chelsea Severio straightaway. stands by one of IndyCar is the park’s cars. professional American openP H OTO BY wheel automobile C H ER Y L G ER B ER racing — and this track was made for professional racing.

“All of the cars and stars that will compete in the Indy 500 will be here for our race as well,” Engeron says. “It is names like Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Graham Rahal and Marco Andretti that represent the best in this sport. The drivers come from all over the world; some are just starting and others are very experienced.”

The IndyCar Fan Village will host driver autograph sessions, and visitors can purchase Paddock Passes, which allow access to the IndyCar Paddock where all the drivers, teams and their cars are. “You can walk up and see the cars and drivers firsthand,” Engeron says.

In addition to the main Indy event, there will be five other racing series from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on all three days, including Pro Mazda, USF2000, Porsche GT3, Prototype Lites and Mazda MX-5. For details, visit www.gpofnola.com.

The Indy Grand Prix will air internationally on NBC Sports Sunday, April 12.

General admission tickets start at $15.

“We will have this race for three years and possibly longer,” Engeron says. “This event has the possibility to become a staple of festivals for south Louisiana, like Jazz Fest.”

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Carr Drugs (citywide; www.carrdrugs.com) celebrates the grand opening of its new Gretna location (91 Westbank Expressway, Suite 550, Gretna, 504-366-1200; www.carrdrugs. com) with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, April 7. The family-owned, full-service pharmacy specializes in compounding.

Grandmother’s Buttons (2105 Magazine St., 504-249-5821; www.grandmothersbuttons. com) celebrates the grand opening of its second store (and first New Orleans location) from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 9. The company’s unique jewelry designs are handcrafted from antique buttons and vintage glass. There will be refreshments and gift bags for the first 50 customers.

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KREWE du Optic (800 Common St., 504-6842939; www.kreweduoptic.com) is the official sunglasses sponsor of the French Quarter Festival. The company will have a booth located on the river side of Decatur Street between H&M and Jax Brewery. Invite 10 people to the brand’s French Quarter Festival event on Facebook and receive 10 percent off a pair of shades.

The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk hosts a new French Quarter Festival stage at Spanish Plaza. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 10 through Sunday, April 12, it features Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Hot 8 Brass Band, Russell Batiste and the Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Upstarts, Egg Yolk Jubilee and others.

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he inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana will come to the West Bank April 10-12.

“This is a racing festival, and not just a race,” said Kristen Engeron, president of NOLA Motorsports Park (11075 Nicolle Blvd., Avondale, 504-302-4875; www. nolamotor.com).

In addition to the main 200-mile, 75lap IndyCar race, the three-day festival features five other racing series, live music from local bands, a family fun zone with rides and entertainment, go-karting, regional cuisine and an 80-foot-tall Ferris wheel.

Located 20 minutes from New Orleans, NOLA Motorsports Park opened in 2012, offering year-round automobile and motorcycle racing, go-karting, ride-alongs with professional drivers, a high-performance driving school and full-service corporate and special event space rental.

“We have something for everybody,” Engeron says. “Our karting facility is open seven days a week to the public to rent our go-karts. We also have events such as Track Day Light, where anyone can bring their everyday car on track and learn how to drive it. We have experiences such as our Mustang Experience, where you learn to drive a Mustang FR550S. You can .. choose from several exotic cars to drive on track, such as Ferraris or Lamborghinis.”

The 750-acre park also offers motorcycle racing, corporate team-building events and bachelor and bachelorette karting parties.

The park is owned by Laney Chouest, who turned his dream of building a safe place to drive fast into a worldclass racing and event facility. Chouest hired Alan Wilson, one of the country’s preeminent racetrack designers, to

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Station and Paladar 511 (511 Marigny St., 504-509-6782; www.paladar511.com).

Opened in an airy converted warehouse space in the building that used to house the alternative library known as the Iron Rail Book Collective, Paladar aims for refined cuisine and cocktails in a relaxed ambience, with seating at heavy wooden banquettes, a communal table and a food bar. The small menu features several pizzas topped with ingredients such as house-made sausage, and there are a few salads and appetizers and some housemade pastas and entrees. Press Street Station (5 Press St., 504-249-5622; www. pressstreetstation.com) was opened by the NOCCA Institute and is staffed by professional chefs and NOCCA culinary students. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., it offers the same inexpensive menu, including baked goods, eggs, bacon, a burger, salads and some creative salads and entrees.

The Franklin (2600 Dauphine St., 504-267-0640; www.thefranklinnola.com) is a stylish-on-the-inside (with art by Mitchell Gaudet and Dan Tague), unassuming-on-the-outside corner bistro with a boutique wine and spirits list. It emphasizes local produce and indulges in some culinary flourishes, such as “steak a la mode,” or seared steak with foie gras ice cream. The kitchen is open for dinner until midnight daily.

The CBD and Warehouse District also have welcomed a diverse group of new restaurants. Chef Justin Devillier of La Petite Grocery opened his second restaurant Balise (640 Carondelet St., 504-459-4449; www.balisenola.com), a sleek bistro with seating in the barroom and cozy back and

The renewed Brennan’s serves signature dishes such as bananas Foster.

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second-floor dining rooms. The relatively small menu focuses on local seafood and produce and includes artfully presented chilled seafood appetizers and small plates, such as roasted beets with ricotta and shrimp fritters in charred pepper sauce. There are sides such as hand-cut fries or blistered shishito peppers, and several entrees, including Gulf fish. It’s open for lunch Monday through Friday and dinner Monday through Saturday.

Chefs John Besh and Aaron Sanchez’s colorfully decorated gourmet taqueria Johnny Sanchez (930 Poydras St., 504304-6615; www.johnnysanchezrestaurant. com) serves whole grilled fish and lamb enchiladas, but tacos comprise the largest section of the menu. They’re served in pairs, with fillings including cabrito (roasted goat), Mangalitsa pork belly, carne asada, carnitas, beer-battered mahi-mahi and cauliflower with pecan chipotle.

Wood Pizza Bistro & Taphouse (404 Andrew Higgins Drive, 504-281-4893; www.woodpizzaneworleans.com) is a casual spot with outdoor seating and it’s open late. There are a couple of salads and a few seafood appetizers, but the bulk of the menu focuses on wood-fired pies. Some of the classic pizzas include margarita, bianca, a four cheese pie and one loaded with sausage and salumi.

Taps are devoted to American craft beers, particularly from Louisiana and Mississippi brewers.

its pink piggy macarons. A list of the top 10 finishers in each category is posted on www.hogsforthecause.com.

Hogs for the Cause is a nonprofit organization started by Rene Louapre and Becker Hall. It supports families with children fighting pediatric brain cancer, and in its seven years has made grants to more than 100 families.

There also is a Hogs event in Charleston. — WILL COVIELLO

Family affairs

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rench Quarter Festival debuted in 1984 to bring locals downtown after improvements had been made in the historic district prior to the opening of the Louisiana World Exposition. This year, festivalgoers may see some new and renewed dining establishments in the French Quarter and beyond.

The most conspicuous renovation is that of Brennan’s (417 Royal St., 504525-9711; www.brennansneworleans. com), re-opened by Ralph Brennan and Terry White in November 2014. Now, passersby can peer in the kitchen and watch James Beard Foundation Best Chef: South-nominee Slade Rushing at work. The menu updates some Brennan’s classics, and there are more contemporary approaches. Besides eggs sardou and turtle soup, Rushing’s breakfast menu includes egg yolk “carpaccio,” in which a warm egg yolk serves as a thin bed for grilled shrimp, sweet potato sticks and andouille vinaigrette.

The recently opened Angeline (Hotel Provincial, 1032 Chartres St., 504-3083106; www.angelinenola.com) occupies the space that formerly housed chef Scott Boswell’s Stella!. Chef Alex Harrell, formerly of the gastropub Sylvain, offers a refined, lighter, brighter vision of Southern cooking, finding common ground with the simplicity of Italian cuisine. Mississippi rabbit Milanese is served with smoked carrot puree, spoon bread, bacon-braised collard greens and tomato gravy. Much of the menu focuses on Gulf Coast seafood, including local oysters, crab and shrimp.

The restaurant serves dinner daily.

On the edge of the Quarter, chef Kristen Essig’s spring menu at Meauxbar (942 N. Rampart St., 504-569-9979; www. meauxbar.com) features a host of French bistro classics — hanger steak au poivre with Parmesan fries, moules frites, duck a l’orange — as well as Gulf fish amandine and fried oyster salad.

Faubourg Marigny has seen a host of new restaurants open in the past year.

The latest additions include Press Street

Hogs for the Cause, the barbecue festival and fundraiser held in New Orleans City Park March 26-28, drew nearly 30,000 attendees and raised $765,000, organizers said. The festival also announced winners in various cooking and fundraising categories.

More than 80 teams using clever puns for names (Piggy Stardust, Notorious P.I.G., Chits and Piggles) roasted whole hogs overnight and served a variety of items to festival goers on Saturday, including ribs, pulled pork, pork belly, boudin, pork-filled jambalaya and creative and candied items, such as chocolate-covered bacon and puffed rice treats filled with all sorts of pork as well as peanut butter and sweets.

The Fleur de Que team, which served char-grilled oysters topped with bacon, raised more than $130,000 and was named top fundraiser. The Aporkalypse Now team, from the local offices of the law firm Galloway Johnson, won in the categories of best whole hog and best ribs and was named High on the Hog Grand Champion. Captain Porkenheimer won best sauce. Bacon Rouge, helmed by chef/food writer Jay Ducote and Galen Iverstine of Kentwood, Louisiana’s Iverstine Family Farms, won best pork shoulder/butt. Past Grand Champion Swine Krewe claimed the Porkpourri prize for its bacon moon pie.

It won Porkpourri last year as well for

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the Impastato family since 1914. Proprietor Sal Impastato chose to sell the building and restaurant to Brennan, according to a press release.

The barroom at Napoleon House has long been known for its Pimm’s Cup, preference for classical music and tables perched at open French doors, offering views of French Quarter traffic.

Ralph Brennan and partner Terry White acquired the landmark Brennan’s (417 Royal St., 504-525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com) in late spring 2013 and reopened it in November 2014 after a substantial renovation. The Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group (www.neworleans-food.com) owns several area restaurants, including Red Fish Grill, Cafe B, Heritage Grill and Cafe NOMA. Brennan also acquired a historic property when he opened his namesake Ralph’s on the Park (900 City Park Ave., 504-488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com). That property was built in 1860 and served as a coffee house and concession stand across from an entrance to New Orleans City Park.

The historic French Quarter building was built as a home for New Orleans Mayor Nicholas Girod, who reportedly offered it as a residence for Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile. — WILL COVIELLO

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Ponchatoula is a hub for strawberry growers, and the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival, April 10-12 (www.lastrawberryfestival.com), is its annual extravaganza with small-town charm — there are sack races, egg tosses and strawberry eating contests and all sorts of sweets featuring strawberries. Events include a parade at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the center of town and a run/walk Sunday at Ponchatoula Junior High School. The festival takes place at Memorial Park (301 N. 6th St., Ponchatoula) all three days, and the band lineup includes Chubby Carrier on Saturday and Christian Serpas and Ghost Town and Bag of Donuts Sunday. All-you-can ride passes are available for the amusement rides. Abby Earles, the 2014 Strawberry Queen, reigns until the pageant crowns a new queen June 6. — WILL COVIELLO

New Orleans shut out of ‘Best New Chefs’ list

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Food & Wine magazine announced its 2015 list of the nation’s Best New Chefs, and it didn’t include anyone from Louisiana. The last local chef to make the list was Sue Zemanick of Gautreau’s (1728 Soniat St., 504-899-7397; www.gautreausrestaurant.com) in 2008. Past winners also include John Harris of Lilette (3637 Magazine St., 504-895-1636; www.liletterestaurant.com), Ian Schnoebelen of Mariza (2900 Chartres St., 504-598-5700; www.marizaneworleans.com), Susan Spicer of Bayona (430 Dauphine St., 504-525-4455; www.bayona.com), John Besh (www.chefjohnbesh.com) and others.

Food & Wine also posted a web poll to see who readers’ regional favorites are. New Orleans is in the Gulf Coast region, which stretches to include Puerto Rico, and nominees include Michael Doyle of Maurepas Foods (3200 Burgundy St., 504-267-0072; www.maurepasfoods.com), Kristen Essig of Meauxbar (942 N. Rampart St., 504-569-9979; www.meauxbar.com), Juan Carlos Gonzalez of SoBou (310 Chartres St., 504-552-4095; www.sobounola.com), Michael Gulotta of MoPho (514 City Park Ave., 504-482-6845; www.mophonola.com), Phillip Lopez of Root (200 Julia St., 504-252-9480; www.rootnola.com) and Square Root (1800 Magazine St., 504-309-7800; www.squarerootnola.com) and Ryan Prewitt of Peche (800 Magazine St., 504-522-1744; www.pecherestaurant.com). If the local chefs split the local vote, that opens up opportunities for Cory Bahr of Cotton in Monroe, Louisiana, Deme Lomas of Niu Kitchen in Miami, Jose Mendin of Pubbelly in Miami Beach and Jose Santaella of Santaella in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Voting is open through April 8 at www.foodandwine.com. — WILL COVIELLO

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Jordan Bantuelle and Ian Wilson started Southbound Gardens, a patchwork of urban farms spread throughout New Orleans, and the Urban Farmstead of New Orleans (www.facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead), a project to educate people about urban farming techniques and benefits. They sell vegetables, herbs and potted seeds at the Crescent City Farmers Market’s Wednesday market, at Hollygrove Market & Farm and Good Eggs. Bantuelle spoke with Gambit about his business’ Clio Street garden and operations.

How does Southbound Garden/Urban Farmstead work?

Bantuelle: There is a commercial operation called Southbound Gardens.

We sell herbs and veggies at the Crescent City Farmers Market, Hollygrove, the online market Good Eggs, and to a lot of pop-up restaurants and some restaurants around town. We’re at an in between time right now (at Clio Street). We have kale and lettuce. ... We do a lot of herbs out of here commercially. This is a bay laurel tree. ... We have four citrus trees, two peaches, two apple trees, two grapevines, a fig tree. The Urban Farmstead is an educational project that we’re trying to develop as a nonprofit ... DIY skills and ecological design education center. It’s for all ages, but we focus on high school and adults.

And you’re cultivating ideas here as well?

B: Part of what we are doing is an experimental form of agriculture known as “permaculture.” It’s a form of ecological design, and one of the tenets is that there is strength in diversity. If you build a diverse ecosystem like this and you’re not spraying herbicides and pesticides that are actually destroying the ecosystem, it makes it much more difficult for diseases to run unchecked because something else in the ecosystem is going to balance it out. … Healthy soil produces healthy plants.

The chicken tractor (a moveable pen) is a good example of ecological design. When you look at a system, you ask what are all the inputs and outputs? For chickens, the inputs are food, water, shelter. It’ll do better if it can eat greens. The main outputs are eggs, but you can also think of behaviors as outputs. They scratch around in the ground, there’s manure, they eat anything — they’re waste disposal units. It’s called “stacking functions.” Instead of a system where we have to clear up after them and feed them constantly, can we tie all this together in an elegant solution. The tractor has an open bottom. We pull it forward every few days. They eat all the weeds in that spot. They scratch the ground, which tills it. They get food at no expense to us. And they fertilize it. It’s small scale, but it’s an example of permaculture.

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If you’re interested in farming, why not find a tract of land in a nearby rural area instead of all the far-flung urban gardens?

B: We’re into education, which is going to be a bigger part of our business model at some point. We’re establishing credibility as urban farmers. If we can show people it’s sustainable to grow and sell like this, then we are qualified to teach people how to do it. We teach classes pretty frequently.

We’re also trying to go above and beyond. Urban farming has taken hold; we’d like to raise the bar on ecological design: How do we integrate this with sustainable building and storm-water management? This is being done around the world. ... There are education opportunites in urban areas.

Also, there is access to resources. There’s free stuff everywhere. We use cardboard a lot; it’s a great weed suppressant. There also is access to volunteers. We partner with the Tulane Hope Garden project. They come out here every week.

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BEER buzz Before Jonathan Knoll and Chris Pahl opened Broken Wheel Brewing in Marksville in January, there were no breweries between I-10 and Shreveport. Knoll owns Fresh Catch Bistreaux (109 Tunica Drive East, Marksville, 318-253-6543), and he opened the brewery at the restaurant.

Homebrewer Gary Guillory taught Knoll and brewery co-founder Pahl how to brew and Broken Wheel Brewbuilt their 30-gallon brewing system in the back ery opened inside of the restaurant.

Fresh Catch Bistreaux.

“We’re brewing every other day,” Knoll says.

The brewery name pays tribute to the founder of the city, Marc Eliche, who settled in central Louisiana just before 1800 after a wheel on his wagon broke.

Broken Wheel’s beer styles and names also reflect surrounding Avoyelles Parish and personal connections. The brewery’s signature Spring Bayou Blonde Ale references the nearby state park where locals swim and fish. Pachafa Pale Ale is a low-IBU (International Bittering Units) pale ale named for the area’s bogeyman, which parents used to scare their children. Grand Chien Milk Stout pays tribute to Guillory’s assistance, since his homebrew operation is called Big Dog Brewing, and he taught Knoll how to make the beer.

Muddy Waters Brown Ale takes its name from the nearby swamps and bayous. “We eat seafood from muddy water, hunt and fish the muddy water, and many Louisianians work on the muddy waters of our bayou state,” Knoll says.

There are no plans to expand production beyond serving at Fresh Catch.

“We’d eventually like to offer our beer to other local bars and restaurants,” he says. “But right now we want to be able to produce consistent and delicious beer.” — NORA McGUNNIGLE

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WINE of the week 2013 Henri Bourgeois Les Baronnes Sancerre LO IRE VA L L E Y, FR A NCE RETAIL $22-$26

Sauvignon blanc grapes love mild climates and yield good wines in regions around the globe. But many wine enthusiasts believe the most elegant sauvignon blancs come from France’s Loire Valley and its acclaimed Sancerre Appellation d’Origine Protegee (AOP). This high-quality wine from the prestigious winery Domaine Henri Bourgeois is a classic Old World sauvignon blanc. Its vineyards occupy the best spot in the appellation on a steep, rugged slope with chalk, limestone, clay, marl, gravel and flint, which provide the grapes’ distinct personality. The wine was vinified and matured on its lees for five months in stainless steel tanks. In the glass, it offers aromas of green apple, white peach, citrus, spice and vegetation. On the palate, taste grapefruit, lemon and lime, herbs, crisp minerality and lively acidity. Drink it as an aperitif or with oysters, shellfish, fish, salads, artichokes, asparagus, goat cheese and Asian cuisines. Buy it at: Pearl Wine Company, The Wine Sellar, Elio’s Wine Warehouse and Brady’s Wine Warehouse. Drink it at: Galatoire’s, Peche, La Petite Grocery, Luke and Bistro Daisy. — BRENDA MAITLAND Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net

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www.atasteofcovington.com The Covington Business Association sponsors the annual festival of food and wine events. Beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, there are four-course wine dinners at participating restaurants, including Dakota, Oxlot 9, Lola, Del Porto Ristorante and others. Acquistapace’s Covington Supermarket (125 E. 21st Ave., Covington, 985-893-0593) sets up two tents for wine and food tastings Friday, and the Southern Hotel (428 E. Boston St., Covington, 844-866-1907) hosts the Festa del Vino wine tasting Saturday. Visit the website for details and other events.

A Stroll Through Southern France 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Thursday Martin Wine Cellar, 714 Elmeer St., Metairie, (504) 896-7300

www.martinwinecellar.com The guided tasting features 15 red, white and rose wines from Cotes du Rhone, Languedoc-Roussillon and other areas of southern France. There also are gourmet cheeses, olives, pate and baguettes. Tickets $30.

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8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Saturday Crescent City Farmers Market, 700 Magazine St.

1 Cafe Abyssinia

3511 Magazine St., (504) 894-6238 Red lentils in spicy sauce come with several of the restaurant’s traditional Ethiopian dishes.

2 Lebanon’s Cafe

1500 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-6200

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Mujadara is a mix of brown lentils, basmati rice and sauteed onions.

3 Mat & Naddie’s 937 Leonidas St., (504) 861-9600

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Less is more “It’s a free-for-all, and you get the fish mixed in with the sweetbread mixed in with octopus. Nobody cares what the dish number is anymore, so it ends up across the table.

By the time you get it, it’s a smudge on a plate.”

— Restaurateur and Top Chef host Tom Colicchio quoted in a New York Times story about the rise of small plates after he eliminated main courses from his restaurant Colicchio & Sons and acknowledged he’s mulling the possibility of eliminating them at his other restaurants.

Roasted bananas stuffed with curried green lentil paste are served with cashew cream and mint-tomato relish.

4 Taj Mahal

923 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859

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Potatoes cooked with curry and mustard seed fill rice and lentil flour crepes.

5 Vega Tapas Cafe

2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007

www.vegatapascafe.com

Pan-roasted ahi tuna is served over marinated beluga lentils.

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www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org Maggie Heyn Richardson signs her book Hungry for Louisiana: An Omnivore’s Journey, in which she explores the state’s food culture through some of its most popular foods at locations including oyster beds, farmers markets, restaurants, roadside vendors and elsewhere.

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Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, addresses are for New Orleans. Dollar signs represent the average cost of a dinner entree: $ — under $10; $$ — $11 to $20; $$$ — $21 or more. To update information in the Out 2 Eat listings, email willc@ gambitweekly.com, fax 483-3116 or call Will Coviello at 483-3106.

Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.

AMERICAN Colonial Bowling Lanes — 6601 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, (504) 737-2400; www.colonialbowling.net — The kitchen serves breakfast in the morning and a lunch and dinner menu of sandwiches, burgers, chicken wings and tenders, pizza, quesdaillas and more. Daily specials include red beans and rice on Mondays and seafood platters on Friday.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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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. $$

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

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves chips with salsa and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more. Fried catfish is topped with onion rings and served with mashed potatoes.

Panko-crusted avacado is topped with shrimp salsa. The restaurant is dog-friendly. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines. com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. The ham and honey-Dijon panino is topped with feta and watercress. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill.com — The sports bar offers burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, steaks and a wide array of bar noshing items. Boiled seafood options include shrimp and crabs. Open 24-hours Thursday through Sunday.

No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino. com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines.

No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www. warehousegrille.com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items including chicken wings and duck crepes with spiced cherry glaze. For brunch, there’s chicken and waffles with Pabst Blue Ribbon syrup. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BAR & GRILL

BURGERS

Ale — 8124 Oak St.; (504) 324-6558; www.aleonoak.com — Lamb sliders are served with feta and mint chimichurri. The Mexican Coke-braised brisket sandwich comes with coleslaw and roasted garlic aioli.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Late-lunch Fri., dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 3029357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www. downthehatchnola.com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The house-made veggie burger combines 15 vegetables

Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar. com — This burger specialist’s patty options include beef, bison, shrimp and veggie. The House burger is dressed with cheddar, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, mayonnaise and mustard and served with house-made chips. The Cobb salad features romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, avocado, tomato, onion, applewood-smoked bacon, blue cheese, croutons and buttermilk ranch or honey-mustard dressing.

No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, po-boys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. Besides patty melts and chili-cheeseburgers, there also are seafood burgers featuring tuna, salmon or crabmeat.

CAFE

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

Lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www. cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette.

Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese.

Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — Students in the workforce development program prepare traditional and creative versions of local favorites. The Cajun Cobb salad features pan-seared shrimp, smoked sausage and blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www. daisydukesrestaurant.com — The New Orleans sampler features red beans and rice, jambalaya, a cup of gumbo, fried green tomatoes and a biscuit. The seafood omelet contains crawfish, shrimp, tomatoes

CHINESE Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available.

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

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 525-4455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — The bar offers a large selection of wines by the glass and full restaurant menu. Mussels are steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf.

Chicken mofongo features plantains stuffed with stewed chicken. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Fulton Alley — 600 Fulton St., (504) 208-5569; www.fultonalley.com — The kitchen at this upscale bowling alley offers Southern-influenced cuisine. The menu includes sandwiches, salads, meat pies, sliders, deviled eggs and smoked and fried chicken wings. Reservations recommended.

Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. House-made leek, ricotta and pumpkin seed ravioli are served with butternut squash cream sauce and grilled asparagus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$ The Tasting Room — 1906 Magazine St., (504) 581-3880; www.ttrneworleans.com — Sample wines or dine in the lounge or courtyard. The menu features noshing items such as truffle fries and entrees including a petit filet with Gorgonzola cream sauce and asparagus. No reservations.

Dinner daily. Credit Cards. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations

recommended. Lunch and dinner MonSat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. The Cuban sandwich features house-made roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www. bistroorleansmetairie.com — Popular dishes include oyster and artichoke soup, char-grilled oysters and wild-caught Des Allemands catfish.

Blackened redfish is served with jambalaya, coleslaw and garlic bread.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 5259711; www.brennansneworleans.com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovative takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing as well as classics such as its signature bananas Foster.

Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended.

Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/ cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www. mamommashouse.com — Traditional home-style Creole dishes include red beans and rice, shrimp pasta, fried chicken, cornbread and more. Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and three or six fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www.memesbarandgrille.com — MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. New Orleans-style barbecue shrimp are prepared in their shells and served with peppery lemon, garlic and butter sauce. Chargrilled Louisiana oysters are topped with butter, Parmesan and parsley.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www.messinasterminal.com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features Gulf shrimp, Lake Pontchartrain crabmeat, crawfish, fresh herbs and angel hair pasta. The breakfast menu includes pain perdu, crab cakes Benedict, omelets, waffles and more. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole

meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc.

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

There’s bread pudding for dessert.

No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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

The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna. Vegan pizzas also are available.

No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www. martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole mustard on an onion roll. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 4566362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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

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

INTERNATIONAL Canal Street Bistro — 3903 Canal St., (504) 482-1225; www.canalstreetbistro.com — This Mid-City cafe’s menu draws from an array of global influences. Duck enchiladas feature corn tortillas filled with duck confit topped with red mole or chipotle-tomatillo sauce and served with black beans. Reservations recommended.

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

ITALIAN

Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna and seafood dishes with shrimp, clams and mussels.

Sicilian egg pie features eggs baked with cream and spices in puff pastry. Reservations accepted.

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

Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 8913644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.

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

Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

LATIN AMERICAN La Macarena Pupuseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 8625252; www.pupusasneworleans. com — The NOLA Special breakfast burrito is stuffed with hot sausage, organic eggs, refried black beans, hash browns and American cheese.

Carne asada is marinated and grilled beef tenderloin served with saffron rice and tropical salad. Vegetarian and gluten-free dishes are available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY 7 On Fulton — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton.com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with blonde ale. Oven-roasted lobster tail is topped with Louisiana crawfish and corn cream sauce and comes with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis. Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www. dickandjennys.com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole and Italian dishes. Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus.

Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and pan-fried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.Fri. Credit cards. $$

Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans. com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504) 522-5478; www.martisnola.com — This brasserie serves traditional French and contemporary Louisiana cooking. The grande plateau fruits de mer features whole Maine lobster, chilled shrimp, marinated snow crab claws, oysters on the half shell and scallop ceviche.

Grilled Texas quail is served with spaetzle, oyster mushrooms, corn and Pommery mustard sauce.

Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended.

Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Redemption — 3835 Iberville St., (504) 309-3570; www.redemption-nola.com — Bloody mary char-broiled oysters are served with pickled okra and Asiago cheese. Duck cassoulet includes roasted duck breast, duck confit and Terranova Italian sausage topped with foie gras. Reservations recommended. Dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www. tivoliandlee.com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine in a small plate format, with dishes ranging from andouille potato tots to fried oysters. The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers. Half a roasted chicken comes with dirty spaetzle, sweet tea glaze and greens. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons.

Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ PAGE 48

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Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. 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. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted.

Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$

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.

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

Tomato Buffala features baked tomatoes and mozzarella topped with basil and olive oil. Grilled filet mignon is topped with creamy mushroom sauce and served with two sides. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 8949800; www.monascafeanddeli.com — These casual cafes serve entrees including beef or chicken shawarma, kebabs, gyro plates, lamb chops, vegetarian options and more. There also are stuffed grape leaves, hummus, falafel and other appetizers. Patrons may bring their own alcohol. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook.com/casaborrega — The barroom and cantina is decorated with folk art, and there’s seating in the back courtyard. Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — The eatery is known for its bean dip and spinach and artichoke quesadillas. The El General combo plate includes a beef burrito, beef chile relleno, chicken enchilada, a chicken taco and guacamole. The menu also includes fajitas, chimichangas and more. Kids eat free on Mondays. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Coyote Blues — 4860 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 301-3848; www.coyotebluesfreshmex.com — Shrimp and crawfish chimichanga is a fried burrito stuffed with shrimp and crawfish in cream sauce, Mexican rice and chili con queso and served with two sides. The churrascaria platter features skewers of marinated beef, chicken, jumbo shrimp, jalapeno sausage, peppers and onions and comes with chipotle cream sauce, chimichurri, mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Del Fuego Taqueria — 4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797; www.delfuegotaqueria.com — The taqueria serves an array of house salsas, tacos and burritos with filling choices including carne asada, carnitas, chorizo, shredded chicken and others. Tostadas con pescada ahumada features achiote-smoked Gulf fish over corn tostadas with refried black beans, cabbage and cilantro-lime mayonesa. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www. juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more.

Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw.

Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns.

The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

OUT to EAT Fiske’s Martini Bar and Restaurant — 301 Dauphine St., (504) 586-0972 — This French Quarter hideaway is is known for its martini menu.

Louisiana crab and roasted Creole tomato fondue is finished with manchego cheese, scallions and grilled crostini. Reservations recommended.

Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill. com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

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Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno. com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. Veal Austin features paneed veal topped with Swiss chard, bacon, mushrooms, asparagus, crabmeat and brabant potatoes on the side. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www. dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — The house filet mignon is served atop creamed spinach with masa-fried oysters and Pontalba potatoes.

Popular starters include the jumbo lump crabcake made with aioli.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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

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

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NEIGHBORHOOD

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

Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb shank, lima beans with a ham hock and chicken fried steak served with macaroni and cheese.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is

topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www. lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter and served over angel hair pasta. Roasted garlic pizza is topped with roasted whole garlic cloves, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, feta and mozzarella. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza. com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza. com — The pizzeria serves thin-crust pies topped with many local ingredients, including Chisesi ham and sausage from Terranova Brothers.

Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings, or try a special such as the Mid City Meat Monster, loaded with pepperoni, ham, bacon, meat balls and hot sausage.

Delivery available. No reservations.

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

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

reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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

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

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $

Willie Mae’s Grocery and Deli (7457 St. Charles Ave., 504417-5424) serves the classic Creole dishes offered at sister restaurant Willie Mae’s Scotch House (2401 St. Ann St., 504822-9503; www.facebook.com/williemaesscotchhouse).

P H O T O BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 8975413; www.traceysnola.com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo, soups, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

SEAFOOD

Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal.

There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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

Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop — 3454 Magazine St., (504) 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com — The Peacemaker layers fried local oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese on Leidenheimer French bread. Angus’ pot roast beef po-boy is served dressed on Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Cred-

it cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — The Bayou Boogaloo breakfast features a three-egg omelet with sauteed shrimp and crawfish with fried oysters and shrimp sauce on top.

Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped char-grilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www. mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials.

Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — Mushroom manchego toast is a favorite here.

Hot and cold tapas dishes range from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www. vegatapascafe.com — Grilled avocado salad is served with crispy onions and Mahon cheese in Portuguese chestnut-vanilla vinaigrette. Wild mushroom ravioli are served with Madeira and goat cheese creme. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat, late night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

VEGETARIAN Seed — 1330 Prytania St., (504) 3022599; www.seedyourhealth.com — Seed uses local, organic ingredients in its eclectic global menu, including soups, salads, nachos, sandwiches and more. Raw pad thai features shredded cucumber, carrots, peppers, jicama, bean sprouts and peanuts in house-made marinade. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

VIETNAMESE Pho Tau Bay Restaurant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls and more.

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

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biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www. biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta.

The menu also includes biscuits topped with gravy or chicken tenders with andouille and chorizo gravy.

Delivery available Tuesday to Friday.

No reservations. Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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decade-by-decade cycle of August Wilson’s plays about African-American life in the 20th century, and she appeared in seven of them. She also once played Stella in a Dashiki Project Theater production of A Streetcar Named Desire, and she appeared as Strega, an Italian term for an old woman viewed as a witch, in The Rose Tattoo. Anthony Bean recruited Foxworth to take on the rich and demanding role of Amanda.

“He called me and asked me if I was going to be in Shakespeare or this,” Foxworth says.

She’s worked with Bean since she first took an acting class with him 30 years ago.

Though Bean often directs or appears in productions, he’s minimally involved with this play.

He has been working on the theater’s next show, the musical version of The Color Purple, which opens May 22. It involves a cast of more than 30 and is currently in rehearsal.

Janet Spencer is directing The Glass Menagerie.

She and husband Lyn Caliva are in town to do the show. He’s handling lighting and technical work for the production, which he directed for the theater during its first 10 years, before the couple moved to Bastrop, Texas.

Spencer was the program coordinator at Tulane University’s Department of Theater and Dance from 2001 to 2006, and she directed The Member of the Wedding, featuring an interracial cast, at the Bean theater in 2009. She was in town last year during Bean’s production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, when she and Bean started talking about doing The Glass Menagerie.

Spencer thought the changes in the era and the casting would work well.

“Tennessee himself said you can produce this play ‘with unusual freedom of convention,’” she says.

Because it’s a memory play, she’s using a minimal set, with Gwendolyne Foxworth stars as Amanda Wingfield and Coti Gayles plays her just the furniture necessary daughter Laura in The Glass Menagerie. for the action and Laura’s glass figures.

“These are Tom’s memories,” The Glass Menagerie APR she says. “It’s episodic.”

8 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; But she has cast both a 3 p.m. Sun. younger Tom who interacts Anthony Bean with the family and an older Tom, who serves as narrator Community Theater, on the Wingfield apartment’s 1333 S. Carrollton Ave. fire escape.

(504) 865-7529 The older Tom (Albert Aubrey) highlights the diffiwww.anthonybeantculties he remembers from heater.com his mother’s insistence and sister’s detachment.

“It’s about families,” Spencer says. “Every time I see the final scene I tear up.”

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t Anthony Bean Community Theater, a rehearsal of The Glass Menagerie starts with the second act. Gwendolyne Foxworth plays Amanda Wingfield and Coti Gayles plays her daughter Laura, who’s shy and slightly physically handicapped with a minor limp. Amanda is eagerly awaiting the arrival of Jim, whom she hopes will be attracted to Laura.

Laura is nervous but Amanda is unyielding. She insists on stuffing her daughter’s bra as she coaches her on how to behave.

“You make it sound like we’re setting a trap,” Laura says.

“We are,” Amanda responds cheerfully. “We are. All pretty girls are traps.”

Amanda quickly, and not for the first time, reminds her daughter that she was once a cotillion queen. She won the cake walk twice, she adds.

The overbearing mother is a very accessible character, Foxworth says.

“When I think of Amanda, I think of people in my family,” Foxworth says. “Are you aware that you’re reliving the past, and that you’re trying to do things differently when you’re chastising your children?”

The Glass Menagerie was Tennessee Williams’ first major successful play. It’s a memory play told through the eyes of an older Tom Wingfield, who recalls the events when he brought a co-worker, Jim, to dinner to meet his mother, Amanda, and sister. Jim is taking public speaking classes in order to be more successful in his career and life. But he, Tom and Amanda all imagine greater things for themselves. Amanda’s husband left the family long before, and she’s struggled to provide for them. She also can’t stop herself from foisting her own memories and dreams onto the vulnerable Laura.

Elements of the play reflect Williams’ biography.

His mother harbored some of Amanda’s social background and aspirations, his sister had mental disabilities and Tom is a frustrated, aspiring writer.

This production features an all African-American cast, and the setting has been changed from St. Louis to New Orleans. It’s also been moved up to the 1950s instead of the ’30s, so Laura plays with a phonograph instead of a Victrola and the music is appropriate for the times. The text has been tweaked in a few places, such as Jim’s alarm when he reads the headline that Jackie Robinson might be retiring from professional baseball.

“We changed ‘mother’ to ‘momma,’” Foxworth says with a smile. “We don’t say ‘mother’ very much, except once where Tom is angry.”

Foxworth has been a very familiar face at the Bean theater. It has produced the entire 10-play,

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Circle Bar — Laura Dyer Jazz Trio, 6; Taraf de Locos, 10 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 DMac’s — Chip Wilson, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Gasa Gasa — Progression Music Series, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 9 Little Gem Saloon — The Messy Cookers, 8 The Maison — Gregory Agid Quartet, 6; Chance Bushman & Friends, 9 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — The Bureau, 8; Mike Liuzza, 10 Old Point Bar — Isla Nola, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall-Stars feat.

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Siberia — Black Monuments, Shitty Nights, Fez, DJ Gris Gris, 9 Snug Harbor — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10 Tasseology — Helen Gillet, 6:30

WEDNESDAY 8 21st Amendment — Marla Dixon, 7 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30

Little Gem Saloon — Kyle Cripps, 5; The Listening Room, 6; Mario Abney Sextet, 8 The Maison — New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 6; James Jordan & the Beautiful Band, 9:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Johnny O’Brian, 9; SAK, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kid Merv, 7 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman feat.

Palm Court Jazz Band, Jason Marsalis, Tom Sancton, 7 Paulie’s — Rule of Thirds, Ossacrux, Heat Dust, Space Cadaver, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Mark Braud, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Jerry Embree, 8 Rusty Nail — Jenn Howard, 9 Siberia — Seabound, Architect, 9

Bamboula’s — Benny D Band, 6:30; Troy Turner Band, 10

Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10

Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 BMC — Dave Mullen & Butta, Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, The Business, 5

Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10

Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski, 8

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21st Amendment — Steve Pistorius Quartet, 8 Bamboula’s — Tom Witek, 2; Messy Cookers Jazz Band, 6:30; Johnny Mastro Band, 10

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Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Strumlandia, 11

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Buffa’s Lounge — Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8; Josh Paxton, 11 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Jeff Chaz & the NOLA Blues Band, 7

Circle Bar — Mike True, 6; Black Laurel, 10 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 DMac’s — Zac & Trent, 8 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Captain Rob & the Seamen, Honeymooners Gun Club, 9; Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10

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Checkpoint Charlie — Mark Appleford, 4; Cockatoo, 7; Overserved Gentleman, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Soul Creole, 9 Circle Bar — Rockin’ Robin & the Kentucky Sisters, 6; John Michael O’Brien, 10

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Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott, 6; Higher Heights Reggae Band, 10 Center of Performing Arts — Tim Laughlin Trio, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — Taylor Lamborghini & Drew Laplante, 4; Johnny Azari, 7; Alabama Slim, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, 9

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Columbia Street Taproom Grill — Will Vance & Kinfolk, 9:30

Southport Hall — Heavygrinder, 9

d.b.a. — Tuba Skinny, 6; Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, 10

Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10

Rare Form — Joey VanLeeuwen Trio, 4; Adam Everett Trio, 7

DMac’s — Chris Zonada, 7; Three-Legged Man, 9

St. Roch Tavern — James Jordan & the Beautiful Band, 9:30

Red Bastille Lounge — Green River Band, 8

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Thomas & Theresa, 4

Rivershack Tavern — Two Man Rubberband, 8

Gasa Gasa — Bent Denim record release feat. Yelephants, Natural Blonde, Grosser, 10

Tipitina’s — Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, Dave Jordan & the Neighborhood Improvement Association, 10

Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Wayne Singleton & Same Ol’ 2 Step, 8:30

Golden Lantern — Nighthawk, 7

Tulane Ave. Bar — Vanessa Carr, 8

Sisters in Christ — Ostrov, Solid Giant, 7

Greater St. Stephen Full Baptist Church — The Showers, 7

Twist of Lime — Art of the Process, Cain Resurrection, Dark Effects, 9

Snug Harbor — Peter Harris Quintet, 8 & 10

Hi-Ho Lounge — The Transplanted Roots, 7; The No Shows, The Bills, 10

Ugly Dog Saloon — Andrew Duhon, 7

House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — Jake Landry, 10

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Tipitina’s — It’s a Family Affair: Drumming to the Same Beat feat. Eric Bolivar Band, Honey Island Swamp Band, Bonerama, John “Papa” Gros, Stanton Moore, Russell Batiste and others, 8:30

House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Big Easy Brawlers, noon; Sarah McCoy, 2:30; Colin Lake Trio, 5; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 7:30

21st Amendment — Chance Bushman, 9:30 Andrea’s Restaurant, Capri Blu Piano Bar — Phil Melancon, 8

Howlin’ Wolf — Glen David Andrews, Mississippi Rail Company, 10

Bamboula’s — Abby Diamond, 2; Carl Le Blanc, 5:30; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 10

Vaughan’s — Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 9:30

Joy Theater — Satisfaction (Rolling Stones tribute), 8

Banks Street Bar — Nick Name & the Valmonts, Ghostwood, 10

Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10

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Amanda Palmer

P H O T O BY S H ER V I N L A I N E Z

I first saw Amanda Palmer perform at Lollapalooza 2006. She was there as half of the Dresden Dolls, her cabaret punk act with Brian Viglione, and even then she was an oversharer — in her performance, an insides-out bare-all behind a piano and painted face; but also in The Dresden Dolls Companion, a soothsaying illumination of the lyrics, sheet music, compositional notes and creative process (via a candid interview on DVD) behind the duo’s eponymous 2003 debut. Much of what’s been said about Palmer since has little to do with her music (and that, in turn, has little Amanda Palmer APRIL to do with the fact that she hasn’t released 9 p.m. Saturday any since 2012’s Theatre is Evil). People would rather talk about that album’s ceiling-shatThe Civic Theatre tering $1.2 million Kickstarter campaign and 510 O’Keefe Ave. what it means for the future of crowdfunding, (504) 272-0865 and whether it’s ethical for a musician to openly solicit financial assistance from a fan www.civicnola.com base she built basically out of scratch (it’s called presales), and why Steve Albini gives a damn about what someone else and their fans choose to do or not do. So let’s not do Palmer’s art a disservice and get distracted by her New Orleans flash-mob nuptials with Neil Gaiman, or her current socially mediated pregnancy, or the dedication limits of her million Twitter followers, or her eight-times-over virtual audience for a TED talk (and ensuing bestseller) titled The Art of Asking, whose radical, sensational philosophy boils down to a simple message she’s been screaming for 15 years from behind a piano and painted face: If you need help, ask for it. If you can help, and you care, do something. How hard was that? Tickets $25 in advance, $40 at the door. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

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The Civic Theatre — Amanda Palmer, 9

Baudoin, Brad Orgeron, Rick Nick, 7

BMC — Alex Geddes Quartet, Luneta Jazz Band, Johnny Mastro, Caesar Brothers’ Funk Box, Dysfunktional Bone, noon

d.b.a. — John Boutte, 8; Little Freddie King, 11

Le Bon Temps Roule — Jon Roniger Gypsyland, 11

Bombay Club — David Boeddinghaus, 6:30; Hal Smith, 9

DMac’s — Charles Farmer Ensemble, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — The Loose Marbles, 7

Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9

Bourbon O Bar — Johnny Angel & the Swingin’ Demons, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Jenny Guidry, 2; Red Hot Brass Band, 5; Davis Rogan, 8; Arsene Delay, 11

Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Duppies, Bujie & the High-rise, Joystick, Flying Raccoon Suit, 10 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30

Cafe Istanbul — Angela Bell, 10

Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11

Cafe Negril — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7; Dana Abbott Band, 10

House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — Papa Phernilia, 10:30

Checkpoint Charlie — Bottoms Up Blues Gang, 4; March Divide, 7; J Monque’d Blues Band, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Mullins, Robinson, Gillet & Skinkus, 9 Circle Bar — Jeff Pagano, 6; Eric Lindell, 10

House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Brint Andreson Trio, 12:30; Hazy Ray, 3; Tyler Kinchen & the Right Pieces, 5:30; Burris, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Hurricane Refugees, 4; Roux the Day, 8 LA46 — Laugh in the Dark, Kitty

The Maison — Nyce, 1; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Kumasi, 10; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, midnight Maple Leaf Bar — Gravity A, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — The Shiz, 7; The Fens, 10 Old Point Bar — Diablo’s Horns, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Lost Bayou Ramblers, Shock Patina, DJ Gris Gris, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Walter “Wolfman” Washington’s Mighty Men, 9

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Band, Lester Caliste, Ernie Elly, Chuck Badie, 8

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10

Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All-Stars (Big Jim Robinson tribute), 8, 9 & 10

Gasa Gasa — Polica, Pony Bwoy, 9

Rare Form — Kristina Morales, 1; Marc Stone, 5; Sam Cammarata Gettin’ It, 9

Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10

Red Bastille Lounge — Stuart McNaire Piano Jam, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Pig Pen & the Porkchops, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys, Pelican 212, 8:30 Siberia — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 6; Twinki, Team Buffy, New Mercies, DJ Rusty Lazer, DJ Rotten Milk, 9 Sisters in Christ — Bloody Phoenix, Ossacruz, Fat Stupid Ugly People, 7 Snug Harbor — Herlin Riley Jazz Ensemble, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Shotgun Jazz Band, 2; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Tipitina’s — New Found Glory, This Wild Life, Turnover, 8 Twist of Lime — Ali Melissa, Second to None, Claude Hitt, James Quick, Foxhunter, Pulp Deception, Soul Savage Project, Kyndra Joi & the Moxies, 9

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Joy Theater — Crowder, Tim Timmons, Dan Bremnes, 7 Kerry Irish Pub — Kim Carson Band, 4; Paintbox feat. Dave James & Tim Robertson, 8 The Maison — Daniel Schroeder Trio, 1; Hot & Spicy Jazz Club, 4; Leah Rucker, 7; Corporate American, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat. Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Russell Batiste, 10 Old Point Bar — Jelly Jazz, 3:30; 12-Mile Limit, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin, Sunday Night Swingsters, Leroy Jones, Gerald French, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Nervous Duane, 1; Will Dickerson, 4; Shan Kenner Trio, 7 Red Bastille Lounge — All-Star Jazz Combo, 5

Union Station Pub & Grill — Valerie Sassyfras, 8

Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Tony Seville, 7

Vaughan’s — Dianne Durret & Junebug, 9

Siberia — Charlie Faye, Jeremy Joyce, Jo Morris, 6; Kevin Sekhani, My Graveyard Jaw, Lonely Lonely Knights, 9

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Howlin’ Wolf — Dick Dale, 9

21st Amendment — Tom McDermott, 4 Banks Street Bar — The Mighty Orq, Clint Boyd, 4:30; Ron Hotstream & the Mid-City Drifters, 7 BMC — Organized Chaos, The Jeff Davis Project, Soul Project NOLA, 3 Bombay Club — Tom Hook, 8

Snug Harbor — Evan Christopher’s Clarinet Road, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Rites of Spring, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10

MONDAY 13 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30

Buffa’s Lounge — Sherman Bernard Ole Man River Band, 3; Rebecca Zoe Leigh & the Crocodile Tears, 5; Jane Harvey Brown Trad Jazz Stars, 7

Banks Street Bar — South Jones, 9

Bullet’s Sports Bar — The Wiz, 7

Bombay Club — Jenna McSwain, 8

Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott, 4; Ecrib Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; Dr. Sick’s Stunted Sextette, 9:30

Buffa’s Lounge — Antoine Diel, 8

Checkpoint Charlie — Good Children, 4

Checkpoint Charlie — Clyde and Iggy, 7

Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 8

Chickie Wah Wah — The Little Things, 5:30; Alexis & the Samurai, 8; 5 O’Clock Charlie, 10:30

Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Wifey & the Husbands, 10 d.b.a. — The Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Strange Roux, 10

BMC — Mark Appleford, Lil Red & Big Bad, Smokey’s Blues Jam, 5

Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6

Circle Bar — Old Time Jam, My Wife’s Hat, 6; Boxcar Bandits, 10 d.b.a. — Glen David Andrews, 10

DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Gasa Gasa — Iska Dhaaf, Raspy Meow, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Hill Country Hounds, 10 The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 Old Point Bar — The Romy Kaye Jazz Trio, 7 One Eyed Jacks — American Aquarium, The Eastwood Smokes, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Trumpet Black Hill & the Heart Attack, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat.

Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Snake & the Charmers, 7 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Monty Banks, 7 Rivershack Tavern — Dave Ferrato, 7 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

CLASSICAL/ CONCERTS

Bach at the Organ. Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, 3900 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-3431; www.rayneumc.org — Marcus St. Julien performs a selection of Bach’s organ compositions at the free recital. 3 p.m. Sunday.

Imbroglio Sextet. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — The Latin-inspired sextet includes trumpet, clarinet, violins, viola and cello. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Jeanette Fang and Scott Bartlett. Loyola University New Orleans, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www.montage.loyno.edu — The pianist and bassoonist perform music by Lubos Sluka, Bret Bohman, Dave Biedenbender and Sergei Prokofiev at the free recital. 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday.

Salvadore Liberto. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The pianist and composer performs a free recital. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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FILM FESTIVALS French Quarter Festival Film Festival. Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com — Timecode:NOLA hosts free screenings of documentaries and music films about New Orleans’ music and culture.

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The Last Five Years (PG-13) — A young novelist and an actress recount the history of their relationship through song in the film based on the musical by Jason Robert Brown. Chalmette

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The Longest Ride (PG-13) — A young couple whose divergent paths in life threaten to tear them apart are inspired by an older man’s long relationship in a drama based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.

Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Welcome to New York (R) — Gerard Depardieu stars as Devereaux, a powerful businessman embroiled in a sex scandal, in a drama inspired

by Dominique StraussKahn. Zeitgeist What We Do in the Shadows (NR) — Vampire roommates Viago, Deacon, Vladislav and Petyr struggle to adapt to everyday life in this comedy from New Zealand. Zeitgeist Woman in Gold (PG-13) — Holocaust survivor Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren) fights the government of Austria over Gustav Klimt paintings confiscated from her relatives by Nazis in a drama based on a true story. Prytania

based on the autobiography of notorious Navy SEAL and Iraq war veteran Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), known for his high kill count. Elmwood Chappie (R) — A mechanized police robot named Chappie gains the ability to think and feel, creating a new kind of threat to the dystopian social order in this sci-fi drama. Elmwood Cinderella (PG) — Imprisoned by a cruel stepmother (Cate Blanchett), orphaned Ella (Lily James) meets a fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) and goes to the palace ball in an adaptation directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Divergent Series: Insurgent (PG-13) — Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) evade enemies and search for answers in post-apocalyptic Chicago in the second film based on science fiction novels by Veronica Roth. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Do You Believe? (PG-13) — A local pastor re-ignites his faith and takes action in his community in this faithbased drama. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Fifty Shades of Grey (R) — A literature student (Dakota Johnson) and a controlling businessman (Jamie Dornan) ignite a daring affair in the film based on E.L. James’ erotic romance novel.

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Focus (R) — Con artist Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith) breaks off romantic involvement with his protege Jess Barrett (Margo Robbie), only to rediscover her on the opposite side of a scam. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Canal Place

American Sniper (R) — Clint Eastwood’s war drama is

Furious 7 (PG-13) — In the seventh installment of The

Fast and the Furious series, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) face the angry brother of a previously defeated enemy. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Get Hard (R) — After he’s convicted of fraud, an obtuse hedge fund manager (Will Ferrell) asks a law-abiding black man (Kevin Hart) to teach him how to survive in prison. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Great White Shark 3D (NR) — The documentary explores shark encounters. Entergy IMAX The Gunman (R) — Former assassin Jim Terrier (Sean Penn) wants to unite with a former lover (Jasmine Trinca), but must go on the run as he realizes his past still follows him. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank Home (PG) — A girl named Tip (Rihanna) hides from an alien invasion, but befriends an alien named Oh (Jim Parsons) who’s different from the rest of his kind in this animated comedy. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Humpback Whales 3D (NR) — Scientists follow humpback whales as they migrate across the globe. Entergy IMAX It Follows (R) — Teenage Jay (Maika Monroe) is afflicted with a fatal curse after she sleeps with her new boyfriend Hugh (Jake Weary) in this indie horror film. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (NR) — Two young Maasai warriors go on a ritual safari through Kenya. Entergy IMAX Kingsman: The Secret Service (R) — Debonair super-spy Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recruits a wayward young man (Taron Egerton) to the service just in time to stop a diabolical tech mogul (Samuel L. Jackson). Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal The Lazarus Effect (PG-13) — Researchers Frank (Mark Duplass) and Zoe (Olivia Wilde) discover a serum to revive the dead, but when they use it on Zoe, they realize that evil powers accompany reanimation. Elmwood Run All Night (R) — Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), a semi-retired hit man, is torn between his estranged son and his former mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) — The sequel about British retirees in PAGE 60

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Merchants of Doubt

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It tells you much about the documentary APR showtimes TBA Merchants of Doubt that charismatic maThe Theatres at Canal gician Jamy Ian Swiss provides the film’s Place, 333 Canal St., first narrative voice. Swiss is underthird floor standably dismayed by the film’s primary subjects — under-qualified “experts” who (504) 493-6535 appear on TV news programs to cloud www.thetheatres.com or distort results of scientific research and sew doubt about the dangers of cigarette smoke, environmental chemicals and the film’s true focal point, climate change. After all, these pundits-for-hire transform the tricks Swiss uses to entertain audiences into weapons of mass deception, typically at the behest of large corporations who stand to profit from the ruse.

The presence of Swiss and his remarkable sleight-of–hand also are intended to make Merchants of Doubt fun and entertaining, which is a tall order for a film as serious as this. Director Robert Kenner also presents clips from The Twilight Zone and slick computer-generated images designed to make the photocopying of corporate documents appear captivating and mysterious. Ironically, this type of material was inspired by the fake-pundit playbook described in the film, which says to keep your arguments “short, simple and funny.” But it undermines a film that has an abundance of earth-shattering stories to tell.

Based on the book of the same name by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, Merchants of Doubt gets a lot of mileage from its detailed examination of the tobacco industry and its largely successful 50-year campaign to avoid government regulation. That’s where the techniques used to cast doubt on science-based issues were first developed, from the endless demands for additional proof of harm to the reframing of every call for intervention as an attack on personal freedom.

Vintage clips of tobacco industry representatives touting the health benefits of cigarettes never get old, but they also serve as an origin story for everything that follows in the film.

Chicago Tribune reporters Patricia Callahan and Sam Roe share a remarkable tale of their two-year investigation of fire-retardant chemicals. After a series of deadly house fires caused by cigarettes in the 1970s, the tobacco industry mounted a campaign to blame the tragedies on flammable furniture. The industry even infiltrated the National Association of State Fire Marshals with one of their operatives, leading to a California law requiring the use of these highly toxic chemicals in the manufacture of household furniture. A purported grassroots organization called Citizens for Fire Safety that supported the law actually had three members: the leading corporate manufacturers of the chemicals. Callahan and Roe’s uncovering of these stories helped bring about repeal of the California law, and they reveal much about the modern art of disinformation.

Unlike many films with a clear sociopolitical agenda, Merchants of Doubt allows the opposing side ample room to explain its actions and worldview. We are treated to the singular spectacle of Marc Morano, a former door-to-door salesman-turned-crackerjack oil-company shill. Morano counters irrefutable research on climate change with personal attacks on scientists. He sits for the camera and explains the he has “a lot of fun” with his smear campaigns, which often lead to death threats for researchers and their families after Morano posts their personal emails on his site. Scientists who deal in fine distinctions and must keep an open mind as research evolves are no match for combatants like Morano. That’s what makes even a flawed film like Merchants of Doubt indispensable. — KEN KORMAN

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India sees characters pursue romance and part-time jobs, while retirement home owner Sonny (Dev Patel) plans a business expansion and a marriage. Elmwood, Regal The Vatican Museums (NR) — Filmmaker Antonio Paolucci explores artistic masterpieces housed in the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. Prytania

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Bayou Maharajah (NR) — Director Lily Keber’s film follows the life of New Orleans R&B musician James Booker. 7 p.m.

Monday. Freeman Auditorium Ben-Hur (G) — Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is sent into Roman slavery, but later returns to Jerusalem to enact revenge in the tremendously successful 1959 historical drama. 10 a.m.

Wednesday. Prytania Beyond the World of Interstellar (NR) — The extended version of the 2014 sci-fi film includes interviews with Christopher Nolan and physicist Kip Thorne and a musical performance of the score. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (NR) — Zeitgeist screens the 1920 silent film starring John Barrymore, with a live score

by The Invincible Czars. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Zeitgeist

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Effie Gray (PG-13) — Effie Gray (Dakota Fanning) marries art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), a man many years her senior, in a drama based on the Victorian-era scandal. 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (PG) — Ten-year-old Elliot (Henry Thomas) helps a stranded alien return to his home planet in Steven Spielberg’s classic sci-fi film. The film screens as part of Friday Nights at NOMA. 7:30 p.m.

Friday. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden Four Blood Moons (NR) — Adapted from a book by John Hagee, the film argues that lunar eclipses correspond with Biblical prophecy. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (NR) — A lonely, skateboarding vampire hunts men who disrespect women in Ana Lily Amirpour’s “Iranian vampire spaghetti western.”

10 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday at Prytania; 7 p.m. Friday, 10 p.m.

Saturday & 9:30 p.m. Sunday-Monday at Indywood

His Girl Friday (NR) — Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell star in the 1940 comedy about a newspaper editor who attempts to prevent his ex-wife’s remarriage. 10 a.m.

Sunday. Prytania Li’l Quinquin (NR) — Police investigate absurd crimes and murders in a small French town, constantly tormented by a young prankster named Quinquin and his friends. 6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Million Dollar Arm (PG) — Sports agent J.B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm) discovers two promising young baseball pitchers in India, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel (Suraj Sharma and Madhur Mittal), in a Disney film based on a true story. Field games at 6 p.m., movie at 7:15 p.m. Friday. St. Roch Park Ornette: Made in America (NR) — WWOZ presents a screening of Shirley Clarke’s 1985 documentary about saxophonist Ornette Coleman.

7 p.m. Sunday. Indywood Richard Strauss’ Salome (NR) — Soprano Teresa Stratas stars in a well-regarded 1974 production of Richard Strauss’ opera, based on the play by Oscar Wilde. In German with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday. Deutsches Haus Saturday Morning Cartoons — Indywood screens classic and modern children’s cartoons and there’s a cereal and milk bar.

Noon Saturday. Indywood Spider-Man 2 (PG-13) — Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) faces the evil Doc Ock (Alfred Molina) and tries to patch up his relationship with Mary Jane (Kristen Dunst) in the 2004 installment of the Marvel film series. 10 p.m.

Sunday Prytania Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (PG) — Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and the crew of the Enterprise battle the villianous Khan (Ricardo Montalban) in the 1982 sci-fi sequel. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Wednesday. Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place The Tale of Princess Kaguya (PG) — Discovered inside a bamboo stalk, Princess Kaguya grows into a beautiful woman and challenges her suitors to impossible tasks in an animated film from Japan’s Studio Ghibli. 9 p.m. Tuesday, 7 p.m. Wednesday & 9:30 p.m.

Thursday. Indywood Timbuktu (PG-13) — In Abderrahmane Sissako’s

acclaimed drama, the Islamic militant group Ansar Dine occupies the city of Timbuktu and imposes repression on its residents. 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday. Chalmette The Wrecking Crew (PG) — Denny Tedesco, son of guitarist Tommy Tedesco, pays tribute to the core group of session musicians who played on many of the biggest hits of the 1960s and ’70s. 2 p.m. Tuesday; 2 p.m. & 6 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday. Prytania AMC Clearview Palace 12: Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-1257; www.amctheatres. com AMC Elmwood Palace 20: 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, (504) 733-2029; www.amctheatres.com AMC Westbank Palace 16: 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 263-2298; www.amctheatres. com Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 304-9992; www.chalmettemovies. com Deutsches Haus: 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014; www.deutscheshaus.org Entergy IMAX Theatre: 1 Canal St., (504) 5814629; www.auduboninstitute. org The Grand 14 Esplanade: 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 229-4259; www. thegrandtheatre.com The Grand 16 Slidell: 1950 Gause Blvd. W., Slidell, (985) 641-1889; www.thegrandtheatre.com Indywood Movie Theater: 628 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 345-8804; www.indywood. org Prytania Theatre: 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania.com Regal Covington Stadium 14: 69348 Louisiana State Hwy. 121, Covington, (985) 871-7787; www. regmovies.com St. Roch Park: 1800 St. Roch Ave; www.nola. gov/nordc Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org The Theatres at Canal Place: The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 581-2540; www.thetheatres. com Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium: 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-2200; www.tulane.edu Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www. zeitgeistnola.org

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HAPPENINGS Digital Native Film Festival. The Front, 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — The gallery screens 32 short art films addressing new and old methods of video production. 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Music Box Roving Village. City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 482-4888; www.neworleansairlift.org — New Orleans Airlift’s multi-artist installation features interactive miniature musical houses near the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Wisner Boulevard. Noon to 6 p.m. Friday-Sunday.

St. Claude Second Saturdays. St. Claude Arts District, 2820 St. Claude Ave. — Galleries surrounding St. Claude Avenue host coordinated monthly receptions.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 940-2900; www.5pressgallery.com — “Metaphyta,” group exhibition of work inspired by plants, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans. 433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www.martinlawrence.com — “Art with a Twist,” paintings by Robert Deyber, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos. com — New paintings by James Michalopoulos, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Octavia Books. 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — “Southern Work,” photography by Debbie Fleming Cafferty, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7104506; www.thesecondstorygallery.com — “Unclaimed,” work by Karen Abboud, Edla Cusick and Belinda Tanno, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Carol Robinson Gallery.

840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Orange Evenings/Blue Mornings,” new paintings by Jack Bartlett, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “Plank and Feather,” work by John Atkins and Zach Slough, opens Saturday.

The Foundation Gallery.

1109 Royal St., (504) 5680955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — “Etchynpufe,” group exhibition of prints curated by What Editions, opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “If Your Video Image Is Neither Here Nor There,” video, prints and collage by Brittan Rosdendahl, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Garden District Gallery.

1332 Washington Ave., (504) 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery.com — “Four Voices,” paintings by Patti Adams, Rolland Golden, Marcia Holmes and Kris Wenschuh, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Henry Hood Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington,

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Evolution of a Warrior: Elizabeth Catlett in New Orleans,” opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Three Rivers Gallery. 333 E. Boston St., Covington,

Tulane University, Carroll Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2228; www. carrollgallery.tulane.edu — “Absurd Divinations,” MFA exhibition by Ben Fox-McCord, opens Wednesday; official opening reception 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 17.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery.

2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Armchair Tourist,” MFA thesis exhibition by Brad Stire; “Esc,” MFA thesis exhibition by Craig Branum; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

GALLERIES A Gallery For Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — New work by Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor, through July 30.

Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart.com — “Outsider Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing.

Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www. ariodantegallery.com — Work

by Julie Breaux; jewelry by Jivita; crafts by Veretta Garrison-Moller, through April.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722 — “Maya Ruins and the Passage of Time: The Stephens & Catherwood Project,” photography by Jay A. Frogel, through April 15.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www. arthurrogergallery.com — Abstract kinetic sculpture by Lin Emery, through April 25; paintings by Amer Kobaslija, through May 30.

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

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Every Eventually,” work by Valerie Corradetti; “Rigged,” work by Errol Barron; both through April 29.

Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com — “A Ghost From the Future,” digital photography by Wade Pitre, through Tuesday.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www. callancontemporary.com — “Reconnaissance: Battle of

New Orleans,” paintings by Norah Lovell, through April 28.

Casell-Bergen Gallery. 1305 Decatur St., (504) 524-0671; www.casellbergengallery.com — Work by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, BellaDonna, Jamal and Phillip Sage, ongoing.

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

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — New landscape paintings

by Gaither Pope, through April 25.

Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery.

Loyola University, Monroe Library, fourth floor, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5456; www.loyno.edu/dibollgallery — Bachelor of Arts student exhibition, through Monday.

Cutting Edge Center for the Arts. 767 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 649-3727; www. cecaslidell.com — “Strong Yet Friendly,” mixed media sculpture by Jean Flint, through April.

Galerie Royale. 3648 Magazine St., (504) 894-1588; www.galerieroyale.net — “Feminist Facets,” photography by Heather Weathers, through April.

Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www. beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing.

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

Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc.edu/ departments/art-gallery — Interior design student show, through Thursday.

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — “Shoreline and Wetlands, Two Perspectives,” landscape paintings by Rhea Gary and Melissa Smith, through April.

John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www.johnbukaty.com — “NOLA Pot Holes: Impressions of Street Art,” sculpture by John Bukaty, through April 17.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.

400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery. com — “Strike Anywhere,” giant metal matchbooks

by Skylar Fein; “Strong Medicine,” metal sculpture by David Buckingham; “Children of the Night,” collaborative paintings by Skylar Fein and MRSA; all through May 30.

J&S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, (504)

952-9163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing.

La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre. com — “Spring Altar” by Sea & Dagger; mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others; both ongoing.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www. lemieuxgalleries.com — “The Mirror of Alchemy,” paintings and mixed media by Paul LeBlanc, through April 25; “From Our Shallow Waters: Still Lives From the Coast of New Orleans,” paintings by Billy Solitario, through Saturday.

Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www. longuevue.com — “On Your Mark,” paintings of Longue Vue’s Discovery Garden, through Saturday.

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

Martine Chaisson Gallery.

727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Happy Dogs,” work by J.T. Blatty, through May 30.

M.S. Rau Antiques. 630 Royal St., (504) 523-5660; www.rauantiques.com — “Innocence, Temptation and Power: The Evolution of Women in Art,” group exhibition of 19th-century impressionist paintings, through May 4.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks. com — Glass animal sculptures by Paul Bendzunas; musician portraits by Greg Giegucz; intaglio prints by Cora Lautze; all through April.

New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., ; www.facebook. com/nolatattoomuseum — “Folklore & Flash: Grand Opening of the New Orleans Tattoo Museum,” ongoing.

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

Reynolds-Ryan Art Gallery.

Isidore Newman School, 5333 Danneel St., (504) 8966369; www.newmanschool. org — Student exhibition, through Friday.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Work by Vitrice McMurry, Lauren Thomas, Sabine Chadborn, Cathy DeYoung and others, ongoing.

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(985) 789-1832 — “Dreaming Out Loud,” sculpture by Babette Beaullieu and paintings by Linda Dautreuil, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

(985) 892-2811; www.threeriversgallery.com — “Unfinished Business,” paintings by Tanya Dischler, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

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Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Juju,” photographs

by Sandra Russell Clark, through Sunday; “Cemetery Walker,” ambrotypes of cemeteries by Euphus Ruth, through June 14.

Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery.com — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art. 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 5867432; www.theycallmebabydoll. org — “Contemporary Artists Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls,” group exhibition of new work inspired by Baby Doll masking traditions, through May 30.

Soren Christensen Gallery.

400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — Group show by gallery artists, through April.

The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — Hand-carved decoy ducks, ongoing.

Steve Martin Studios. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www. stevemartinfineart.com — “Artisan Juncture,” group show featuring Gustavo Duque, Travis Linde, Amy Boudreaux, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Jedd Haas, Steven Soltis and others, ongoing.

Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/nelson-galleries — “Recent Acquisitions in Louisiana Art, 2010-2014,” local paintings and decorative arts from the 1790s to the 2000s, through May 2.

Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www. vieuxcarregallery.com — Work

by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing.

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

SPARE SPACES Fairynola. 5715 Magazine St., (504) 269-2033; www.fairynola. com — “Enchantment,” paintings by Tim Jordan and Louise Rimington, ongoing.

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LA46. 2232 St. Claude Ave., (504) 220-5177; www.louisiana46.com — “Jazz, Jazzland & All That Jazz,” photographs by Skip Bolen, ongoing.

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installations and sculpture by the artist; both through June 7.

M. Furniture Gallerie. 2726 Royal St., Suite B, (504) 324-2472; www.mfurnituregallerie.com — Paintings by Tracy Jarmon; copper work by Giovanni; watercolors by Bill James; furniture by John Wilhite; all ongoing.

New Orleans Public Library.

219 Loyola Ave., (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias.org — “From Common and Basin to Tulane and Loyola: 150 Years of Change in Our Neighborhood,” photographs and documents of neighborhood transformation, ongoing.

Surrey’s Cafe & Juice Bar. 1418 Magazine St., 4807 Magazine St., (504) 524-3828; www. surreyscafeandjuicebar.com — “21st Century Photographs,”

by Natasha Sanchez (at 1418 Magazine St.); group exhibition

by Will Smith, Mardi Claw and Tamar Taylor; both ongoing.

MUSEUMS Contemporary Arts Center.

900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “En Mas: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean,” traveling exhibition of art influenced by masquerading traditions; “Radcliffe Bailey: Recent Works,”

Louisiana Children’s Museum.

420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “Unsung Heroes: The Secret History of Louisiana Rock ‘n’ Roll,” music artifacts curated in partnership with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, through May; “From ‘Dirty Shirts’ to Buccaneers,” art, artifacts and documents from the Battle of New Orleans, through Jan. 8, 2016; “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt. state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4, 2016; “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Kongo Across the Waters,” art from west central African and African-American cultures, through May 25; “Forever,” mural

by Odili Donald Odita, through December; “Orientalism: Taking and Making,” European and American art influenced by Middle Eastern, North African and East Asian cultures, through December 2016.

Newcomb Art Gallery.

Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartgallery.tulane.edu — “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist,” works on paper by Degas and his circle, through May 17.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “South,” photography by Mark Steinmetz, through May 10; “Tennessee Williams: The Playwright and Painter,” paintings by the writer, through May; “Jim Roche: Cultural Mechanic,” drawings, sculpture and installation by Jim Roche; “Tina Freeman: Artist Spaces,” photographs of local artists’ workspaces; both through July 12.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www. louisianastatemuseum.org/ museums/the-old-us-mint — “Keeping Time,” photographs of Louisiana’s musical history, through Jan. 1, 2016; “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December 2016.

Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane. edu — “Bungalows,” artifacts of bungalow and cottage architecture, through May 20.

Southern Food & Beverage Museum. 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www. southernfood.org — “Antoine’s Restaurant: Celebrating 175 Years,” through June.

Williams Research Center. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade,” manuscripts, photographs, oral histories and artifacts relating to slavery in New Orleans, through July 18.

CALL FOR ARTISTS RHINO Contemporary Craft Company. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — The cooperative seeks craft artists in any medium for its Guest Artist Exhibition Series. Deadline May 15. Visit the website for details and application.

Spirit of Carrollton Photo Contest. The Carrollton Area Network seeks photos that capture the spirit of the Carrollton neighborhood from amateur photographers. Visit www. carrolltonareanetwork.org for details. Deadline Saturday.

St. Tammany Art Association.

St. Tammany Art Association, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — The association seeks artists for its 50th National Juried Artists Exhibition. Visit the website for details. Deadline May 1.

Wooden Boat Festival. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum seeks artists to create a poster for its annual festival. Visit www. woodenboatfest.org for details.

Deadline April 13.

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In 1912, a radical Carnival organization was born in New Orleans’ marginal black bordello district. In response to the Carnival balls of the legal Storyville district nearby, black sex workers — called “Baby Dolls” by their pimps — dubbed themselves the Million Dollar Baby Dolls and marched wearing tiny toddler skirts flashing garter belts fat with cash. Sexy yet transgressive, they smoked cigars and wielded batons or umbrellas that doubled as weapons. Imitators soon followed, and they became fixtures at Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club parades and Mardi Gras Indian and skull and bones gang gatherings.

Radical for 1912, Baby Dolls later were taken for granted as local color until historian Kim Marie Vaz conferred long overdue recognition by highlighting their role as pioneering black feminists and social activists in her book, The Baby Dolls: Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition.

This expo of Baby Doll-inspired contemporary art at the McKenna Museum of African American Art is populist in tone and kaleidoscopic in effect, like a mosaic of many pieces comprising a multifaceted totality.

Ruth Owens’ impressionistic Raddy Winner portrait of a Baby Doll dancer (pictured) shows almost as much flair as a Degas ballerina, but her formidable physicality recalls the indomitable original Baby Dolls of 1912.

Haitian-New Orleans history painter Ulrick Jean-Pierre’s nocturnal view of cigar-smoking Baby Dolls parading in Treme is as romantically elegant as Steve Prince’s wild procession print is powerful. Meryt Harding’s portrait of 80-year-old Tee Eva in her Baby Doll outfit celebrates the role of women like her and Merline Kimball in reviving the tradition after it faded in the 1960s. A painting by Keith Duncan illustrates the evolution from vintage to contemporary Baby Dolls even as other works involve folk art techniques like Annie Odell’s haunting Antoinette and Ernie K-Doe painted quilt, or an eerily elaborate procession of carved driftwood figures by Nate Scott in a room where Baby Doll photos by Charles Lovell, Richard Keller and others transform the walls into a parade. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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THEATER

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY Big Deal Burlesque. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2658855; www.siberianola.com — Roxie le Rouge produces the burlesque and variety show.

Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday.

The Blue Book Cabaret.

Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529-2107; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue and a rotating cast including Darling Darla James, Nikki LeVillain, Cherry Brown, Ben Wisdom and others perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2331; www.sonesta.com/royalneworleans — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque

DANCE Fly Movement Salon #4. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Movement artists including Sarah Waggener, Cohdi Harrell, Reese Johnson and others perform a free show. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

OPERA The Diary of One Who Vanished. Loyola University New Orleans, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www.montage.loyno.edu — Tenor Tyler Smith and pianist Carol Rausch perform Leos Janacek’s song cycle at a free recital. 7:30 p.m. Monday.

The Marriage of Figaro.

Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — The New Orleans Opera Association performs Mozart’s comic opera, based on Pierre Beaumarchais’ play about palace romance and intrigue. Tickets start at $40.

8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

COMEDY Accessible Comedy. Buffa’s Lounge, 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www.buffasbar.com — Jake Potter hosts stand-up. Midnight Friday.

All-Star Comedy Revue. House of Blues Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the standup comedy show with special guests and a band. 8 p.m.

Thursday.

Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www.facebook. com/twelve.mile.limit — Molly Ruben-Long and Julie Mitchell host an open mic.

9 p.m. Monday.

Block Party. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Nicky Napolitano hosts an open mic. Sign up online. 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Book Club Presents. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Comedians perform a tribute to a famous novel. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Brain Candy Live Reading.

The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Actor Kevin McDonald and local sketch comedy group Stupid Time Machine perform a live reading of the 1996 film

by Kids in the Hall. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

7 p.m. Sunday.

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

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

a stand-up comedy showcase.

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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

10 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www. dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon hosts a rotating showcase of local comedians.

8:30 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Local comedians perform. An open mic follows.

8 p.m. Thursday.

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

8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

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

11 p.m. Friday.

Give ’Em the Light Open-Mic Comedy Show. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the open mic. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Hear My Train A Comin’. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — Lane Lonion and Luke OleenJunk host open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 p.m. Thursday.

Jeff D’s Comedy Cabaret.

Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529-2107; www.bourbonpub.com — Comedian Jeff D and drag performer Carla Cahlua star in a weekly show. 10 p.m. Friday.

Johnny Rock. C. Beever’s Bar of Music, 2507 N. Woodlawn Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-9401; www.facebook.com/thenewcbeevers — Comedian Johnny Rock hosts an open-mic comedy night. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Kevin McDonald’s Sketch Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — The comedian performs sketch comedy with New Movement students and comedians. Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

9 p.m. Saturday.

Knock-Out. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Two comedy acts compete to win an audience vote. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Laugh & Sip. The Wine Bistro, 1011 Gravier St., (504) 606-6408;

www.facebook.com/thewinebistrono — Mark Caesar and DJ Cousin Cav host the weekly showcase of local comedians.

8 p.m. Thursday.

Lee Camp. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — The comedian performs stand-up.

Krish Mohan opens and Isaac Kozell hosts. Tickets $12 in advance, $14 at the door. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

Lights Up! The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3028264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Each weekly show features two of The New Movement’s local improv comedy troupes. 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7585590; www.theallwayslounge. com — Tory Gordon and Paul Oswell host an open-mic night.

7 p.m. Saturday.

Machine A. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — The improv duo consists of Chris Kaminstein and Cecile Monteyne.

9 p.m. Friday.

The Magna Carta Show.

Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — William Benner, David Kendall, Nathan Sutter, Brian Tarney, Thomas Fewer and Annie Barry star in a weekly improv and sketch comedy show. 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story at this weekly show. 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

A Night of Comedy. Tacos & Beer, 1622 St. Charles Ave., (504) 304-8722; www.tacosandbeer. org — Corey Mack hosts two stand-up showcases. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Saturday.

NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts the series, which features a booked showcase and open mic. 9 p.m. Sunday.

Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — All comics are welcome to perform at the weekly open mic. 9 p.m. Wednesday.

AUDITIONS 30 by Ninety Theatre. The theater company holds auditions for its June production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical at 3 p.m. April 12. Actors must prepare one show tune and one country song. Email 30byninety@gmail.com.

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The Glass Menagerie. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater.com — Janet Spenser directs Tennessee Williams’ play about a struggling, fatherless family whose grown daughter is absorbed by her collection of glass figurines.

Tickets $20. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Going to the Chapel. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www. cuttingedgetheater.com — Robin Costello, Michelle Burris, Celia Guillory and Dawn Mastascuso star in a jukebox musical celebrating female singers and girl groups of the 1960s.

Tickets start at $22; children $16.50. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Gone With the Breaking Wind.

Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www. midcitytheatre.com — Varla Jean Merman stars in a parody of the epic Southern Civil War drama. Tickets start at $30.

8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.

Into the Woods. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105; www.tulane.edu/~theatre — Tulane theater students perform the fairy tale musical about a couple who goes on a quest to break a witch’s curse. General admission $15, students $10.

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

The Lady with All the Answers. Teatro Wego!, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego, (504) 8852000; www.jpas.org — Advice columnist Ann Landers copes with heartbreak in a drama set in 1975. Tickets $30 adults, $27 seniors and military, $20 students, $15 children. 7:30 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

Never Swim Alone. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www. theshadowboxtheatre.com — Joanna Russo directs The Elm Theatre’s satirical play about two men who fight a 13-round

boxing match to win the title of “Top Dog.” Tickets $15. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

Pat Bourgeois’ Debauchery.

Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www. midcitytheatre.com — The live soap opera stars an uptown family with a downtown mom.

Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Two for Tennessee. NOCCA Riverfront Ellis Marsalis Jazz Studio, 2800 Chartres St., 940-2787; www.nocca.com — Second Star Performance Collective stages two one-act plays: Tropical Medicine by Bridget Erin and Dusk by Kerry Cahill. Tickets $20. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday.

The Vagina Monologues.

Tulane University, Lavin-Bernick Center, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, (504) 314-2188; www. tulane.edu — Tulane students perform Eve Ensler’s series of monologues about women’s sexuality. Tickets $10. 8 p.m.

Friday-Sunday.

show featuring music by Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio. 11:50 p.m. Friday.

Bustout Burlesque. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues. com — Elle Dorado, Ginger Valentine, Miss Stormy Gayle and others star in a 10th anniversary celebration for the 1950s-style burlesque show, featuring live music. 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Friday.

The Candie Coochie Show. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The show includes comedy, burlesque, games and audience participation. 9 p.m. Thursday.

Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — Corey Mack and Roxie le Rouge host a free comedy and burlesque show. 9 p.m. Monday.

Creole Sweet Tease Burlesque Show. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 522-5400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a burlesque performance featuring music by Jayna Morgan and the Creole Syncopators Jazz Band. Tickets $10.

9:30 p.m. Friday.

Love, American Style. Marigny Theatre, 1030 Marigny St., (504) 758-5590; www.allwaystheatre. com — Frederick Mead gives a cabaret performance of TV theme songs from the ’50s to the ’90s. Tickets $15. 8 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday.

Once More With Peeling. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.theshadowboxtheatre. com — Baron Reinhardt, May Hemmer, Miss Monarch M, Perse Fanny, Queenie O’Hart and Vincent Gallant star in a burlesque tribute to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and show creator Joss Whedon. Tickets start at $15. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Friday-Saturday and Monday.

A Purrfect Evening. Marigny Theatre, 1030 Marigny St., (504) 758-5590; www.allwaystheatre. com — Anais St. John performs the songs of Eartha Kitt. Tickets $25. 8 p.m. Friday.

Whiskey & Rhinestones.

Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St.; www.thebellalounge. com — Bella Blue hosts the burlesque show. Tickets $10.

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American Italian history lecture. American-Italian Museum & Research Library, 537 S. Peters St., (504) 5227294 — Curator Salvadore Serio discusses the role of American Italians during World War II. Non-members $10. 6:30 p.m.

Best Chefs of Louisiana 2015. Marriott New Orleans Convention Center Hotel, 859 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 400-4184; www.acfno.org — The American Culinary Federation and Children’s Hospital honor the award winners. Tickets $75. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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“Cemeteries of Sin.” Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., (504) 486-6331; www.lakelawnmetairie.com — Gordon Bond discusses the connections between Storyville and New Orleans’ historic cemeteries. 6:30 p.m.

Crossing Inner Borders with Cinderella. Parker United Methodist Church, 1130 Nashville Ave., (504) 895-1222; www. parkerchurch.net — Catherine Meeks discusses cross-cultural stories at the C.G. Jung Society’s meeting. Tickets $15, students $10. 7:30 p.m.

First-Time Renovator Training. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 581-7032; www.prcno.org — Potential home renovators learn about managing projects. Non-members $65.

RSVP to Suzanne at (504) 6363399 or sblaum@prcno.org. 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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

Kenneth Feinberg. Tulane Law School, 6329 Freret St., (913) 486-1939 — The lawyer known for high-profile disaster compensation work, including following the Sept.

11 attacks and the Deepwater

Horizon explosion, gives a talk. 5 p.m.

Louisiana Iris Day. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — Iris enthusiasts enjoy flowers, refreshments and music in the Wild Garden. Free with RSVP; visit the website or email elanieri@longuevue. com. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Toddler Time. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm. org — The museum hosts activities for children ages 3 and under and their parents or caregivers. Non-members $8. 10:30 a.m.

Yoga at the Cabildo. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — Yogis of all experience levels practice in the Cabildo gallery.

Non-members $12. 7:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 8 3D Printing Meetup. Archbishop Shaw High School, 1000 Barataria Blvd., (504) 340-6727; www.archbishopshaw.org — Unchained Thought Enterprises and 3D Print Hubs host a free demonstration of 3D printing with refreshments. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Barbershop Meetings. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 5699070; www.ashecac.org — Peter Nahkid leads the men’s discussion. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Casino dance class. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Kevin Braxton of Cuban dance group Bookoo Rueda teaches a free class on the salsa-like dance. 7 p.m.

Community Coffee. Joan Mitchell Center, 2275 Bayou Road, (504) 940-2500; www. joanmitchellfoundation.org — The social hour includes a meet-and-greet with Monica Ramirez-Montagut, the new director of Tulane’s Newcomb Art Gallery, and refreshments from Pagoda Cafe. 8:30 a.m.

Get Moving. Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www.growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly exercise class such as yoga, boot camp or CrossFit. Visit the website to RSVP. 5:30 p.m.

“The Golden Age of New Orleans Brass Bands.” Williams Research Center, The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc. org — Jazz drummer Barry Martyn discusses New Orleans brass music in the 1960s and the Society Brass Band performs. Tickets $10. 6:30 p.m.

Harrison Avenue Marketplace.

Harrison Avenue Marketplace, 801 Harrison Ave.; www.harrisonavenuemarketplace.org — The Lakeview market features local vendors of food, arts and crafts, plus music and kids’ activities. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Jazz Pilates. New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841; www.nps.gov/jazz/index.htm — Stephanie Jordan leads a free class incorporating Pilates, dance and jazz. noon.

Nature Walk and Titivation.

Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Guests tour natural habitats and learn to prune plants along the trail. 1 p.m.

PechaKucha Night. Treo, 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 650-9844; www.treonola.com — The rapid-fire discussion offers 20 creative professionals 20 seconds each to present their ideas themed around “renewal, reinvention and refinement.”

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Season Announcement & Reception. Purloo, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 3246020; www.nolapurloo.com — Southern Rep announces its 2015-2016 season and there’s hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Spirit Animal Run. Happy’s Irish Pub, 1009 Poydras St., (504) 3049537; www.happysirishpub.com — Happy’s Running Club hosts an animal-themed run through the French Quarter and Marigny, finishing with beer and pasta. Costumes encouraged.

Non-members $10. 5:48 p.m.

White Glove Wednesdays.

National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5276012; www.nationalww2museum.org — Curator Eric Rivets gives visitors a chance to wear original military uniforms and equipment. 9 a.m.

THURSDAY 9 “The Art of a Great Pitch.”

Loyola University, Joseph A. Danna Center, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-3622; studentaffairs.loyno.edu — Idea Village co-founder Tim Williamson discusses the development of

EVENT LISTINGS entrepreneurship in New Orleans. 5:30 p.m.

Bells Across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 6588 Barataria Blvd., (504) 589-3882; www. nps.gov/jela — The National Park Service commemorates the end of the Civil War with a simultaneous, nation-wide bell ringing and a history talk. 2:15 p.m.

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

Business Breakfast. Cafe Hope, 1101 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 756-4673; www.cafehope.org — The cafe hosts a business networking breakfast for West Bank professionals. By donation. 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Downton Goes to the Races.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 944-5515; www.fairgroundsracecourse.com — WYES-TV’s Downton Abbey-themed gala features food, drink, raffles and music by BRW. Tickets $250; under age 35 $100.

“The Endangered Historic Interior.” Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery, Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc.edu/departments/ art-gallery — Interior design professor Peter Dedek uses examples from the French Quarter to discuss the preservation of historic interiors at a free talk. 5 p.m.

French Quarter Festival.

French Quarter; www.fqfi. org/frenchquarterfest — The 32st annual festival features 23 stages for music and performances at the Old U.S. Mint, throughout the French Quarter and along the Mississippi Riverfront. Each day has a full and varied music schedule including jazz, blues, funk, brass, R&B and rock, plus food vendors, arts and crafts and children’s activities.

The lineup features Allen Toussaint, Ellis Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Rebirth Brass Band, The Dixie Cups, Eric Lindell, John Boutte, John Mooney and Bluesiana, Amanda Shaw, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Chubby

French Quarter Festival Gala. Antoine’s Restaurant, 713 St. Louis St., (504) 5814422; www.antoines.com — The opening-night gala features music by Charmaine Neville, food from Antoine’s and an open bar from Abita and Republic Beverages.

Tickets $150. 8 p.m.

Integrating New Orleans.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — Historian Graham Cooper discusses the history of integration at Benjamin Franklin High School, which in 1963 became the first integrated public high school in New Orleans. 6 p.m.

School House Rock. Rosy’s Jazz Hall, 500 Valence St., (504) 896-7679; www.rosysjazzhall.com — Education nonprofit City Year hosts a gala honoring Scott Cowen, Norman C. Francis and Mitch and Cheryl Landrieu. Tickets $100. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Sistahs Making a Change.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Women of all experience levels dance, talk and dine together at this health-centered event.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

A Stroll Through Southern France. Martin Wine Cellar Deli & Catering, 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — The tasting features wines from Cotes du Rhone, Languedoc-Roussillon and other regions in southern France paired with cheeses and pates. Tickets $30. 6:30 p.m.

A Taste of Covington.

Greater Covington Center, 317 N. Jefferson St., Covington, (985) 867-1206 — The four-day food and wine event is sponsored by the Covington Business Association.

Thursday-Sunday.

What’s Cooking? Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www. growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly class on healthy home cooking. Visit the website to RSVP. 5:30 p.m.

arts and crafts, games, inflatables and a teen game room in Delgado’s Joey Georgusis Center. Tickets $10 per child in advance or $12 day of event. Email esande1@dcc.edu for details.

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www. noma.org — This evening’s event includes gallery talks with artists Radcliffe Bailey and Dawn DeDeaux and a performance by the NOCCA Chorus. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The Great Louisiana BirdFest. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Birders observe spring migration on several field trips. There’s also a photo workshop. Trips start at $25 for non-members.

Visit www.northlakenature. org/birdfest for details.

Friday-Sunday.

St. Roch Market Grand Opening. St. Roch Market, 1200 block of St. Claude Ave.; www.strochmarket. com — Opening weekend includes a ribbon-cutting with Mayor Mitch Landrieu at 10 a.m. Friday and performances by local musicians and dance teams all weekend. See www.facebook. com/strochmarket for full schedule. Friday-Sunday.

SATURDAY 11 Alley Cat Bike Race. Duncan Plaza, 343-349 Loyola Ave.; www.commiekitsch.org — The alley cat-style bike race includes food-themed challenges and benefits Community Kitchen. Registration $10. Registration at 2 p.m., race at 3 p.m.

Art in April. St. Alphonsus Church, 2025 Constance St., (504) 524-8116; www.stalphonsusneworleans.com — The art auction benefits the Friends of St. Alphonsus and includes pieces by George Rodrigue and Peter Briant as well as drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets $40 in advance, $50 at the door.

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

FRIDAY 10

Bienville Saturday Market.

Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola.com — The pet-friendly weekly market features arts, crafts, a flea market and food. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Family Fun Fest. Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 671-5012; www.dcc.edu — The fest features food, face painting,

Brenda Owens Memorial Wellness Walk. Joe W. Brown Park, 5601 Read Blvd., (504) 355-7175; www. friendsofjoewbrownpark.

org — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority sponsors the 5K run/walk to support the American Lung Association.

Registration $25. Check-in at 8 a.m., 5K at 9 a.m.

Children’s Art Workshop.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — RHINO artists lead kids in creating a pottery craft.

Email artboxrhino@gmail. com to register. Suggested donation for materials $5.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“Essentials for Landscaping.”

Parkway Partners Greenhouse, 1137 Baronne St., (504) 620-2228; www.parkwaypartnersnola. org — Emily Bullock discusses principles of landscape design, and there are trees, shrubs and plants available for sale. 9 a.m. to noon.

An Evening of Country Elegance. Abita Springs Town Hall, 22161 Level St., Abita Springs, (985) 892-8111; www. womenscenterforhealing. org — The benefit for the Women’s Center for Healing & Transformation features music by Gemini Venture, food, drinks and a silent auction. Tickets $45. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Ezra Open Benefit Concert.

House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www. houseofblues.com — The Better Than Ezra Foundation’s annual benefit show features performances by Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies and Big Sam’s Funky Nation. Tickets $125. 8 p.m. #GetConnected Block Party. Lakeview Grocery, 801 Harrison Ave., (504) 293-1201; www.lakeviewgrocery. com — Google’s community block party offers training in digital tools, social media and marketing for small businesses, musicians and nonprofit teams. Noon to 3 p.m.

Jazz Yoga. Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841; www.nps.gov/jazz — Susan Landry leads a free class featuring meditational jazz piano. 10 a.m.

Let’s Grow. Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www.growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly class on home gardening.

Visit website to RSVP. Noon.

Myasthenia Gravis Walk.

Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, (504) 838-4389; www.mgwalk. org/neworleans — The one- or three-mile charity walk also includes food,

drinks, a photo booth and a DJ. Donations are accepted to support the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

New Orleans Spring Garden Show. City Park Botanical Garden, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9386; www.neworleanscitypark.com/botanical-garden — The Garden Show features exhibits and sales of plants and garden products. There’s educational programs, arts and crafts in the Azalea Garden and biology activities for kids.

Admission $8, children $4, free for children under 5. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Piety Street Market. The Old Ironworks, 612 Piety St., (504) 908-4741; www.612piety.com — More than 50 vendors offer art, jewelry, crafts, vintage clothes, collectibles, used books and flea market treasures at this monthly market. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rouses Crawfish Eating World Championship. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www. louisianastatemuseum. org/museums/the-old-usmint — Defending champion Adrian Morgan faces Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas and other competitors in the French Quarter Festival’s crawfish eating contest. Noon.

Spring For Art. Downtown Covington — Scheduled to coordinate with A Taste of Covington, the arts event includes gallery openings, art demonstrations, shopping and live music. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Synergy Dance Productions Gala. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — The gala features dance performances, hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.

Tickets $20 in advance.

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 4565000; www.noma.org — The museum hosts yoga classes in the sculpture garden.

Non-members $5. 8 a.m.

SUNDAY 12 Conservation program.

Audubon Zoo, Dominion Auditorium, 6500 Magazine St. — Audubon Zoo curator Joel Hamilton discusses the zoo’s species survival and breeding programs at the Orleans Sierra Club event.

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Duke Ellington: The New Orleans Connection. Xavier University (Administration Building Auditorium), 1 Drexel Drive, (504) 520-7525; www. xula.edu — The free event features a discussion and performance by Dr. Michael White and the Xavier University Jazz Ensemble. 7 p.m.

Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band and many others. The weekend kicks off with a second line from Bourbon Street to Jackson Square at 10 a.m.

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Irish, Italian, Islenos Parade.

Chalmette — St. Bernard celebrates its heritage with a parade along W. Judge Perez Drive featuring throws such as cabbage, carrots, onions, lemons and beads. 11 a.m.

Stained Glass Tour. Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-8000 — The Preservation Resource Center’s bus tour of Gulf Coast stained glass includes lunch at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Long Beach, Miss. Non-members $85. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Unified Indian practice.

Handa Wanda’s, 2425 Dryades St., (504) 813-3496 — Mardi Gras Indians gather for a weekly open practice to rehearse music and routines. 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY 13 Aces Against Aneurysms.

Pelican Athletic Club, 1170 Meadowbrook Blvd., Mandeville; www.brainsupportnola.com — The women’s tennis tournament supports patient education materials for survivors of brain aneurysm. Entry fee $50; email bfisher@thepac. com by April 8 to register.

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Fix Mix. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias.org — The DIY repair workshop offers materials and support to help fix clothing, appliances, bikes and other household items.

5:30 p.m.

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

Non-members $5. 6 p.m.

Yard to Table. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — AARP Louisiana and Green Light New Orleans host a free instructional workshop on vegetable gardening.

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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Amanda Palmer. The Civic Theatre, 510 O’Keefe Ave., (504) 272-0865; www.civicnola.com — The musician signs The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help at her concert. 9 p.m. Saturday.

Ava Leavell Haymon, Ralph Adamo, Andy Young. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The poets read their work. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Brian Boyles. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.

la.us — The author discusses and signs New Orleans Boom and Blackout. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Carolyn Brown. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The biographer discusses Song of My Life: A Biography of Margaret Walker and A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty.

6 p.m. Wednesday.

Dale Curry. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The cookbook author signs Gumbo and offers samples of chicken and andouille gumbo.

2 p.m. Saturday.

Esoterotica. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7585590; www.esoterotica.com — Local writers read erotic stories, poetry and other pieces. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale.

Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www. nutrias.org — The group hosts twice-weekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

Justin Nystrom. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author presents and signs New Orleans After the Civil War: Race, Politics and a New Birth of Freedom. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Katy Simpson Smith. Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns. com — The author reads from The Story of Land and Sea at the monthly 1718 Society event.

7 p.m. Tuesday.

Laura Kelley and James Nolan.

Louisiana Humanities Center, 938 Lafayette St., Suite 300, (504) 523-4352; www.leh.org — The authors of The Irish in New Orleans and You Don’t Know Me read and discuss their work. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Maggie Heyn Richardson.

Crescent City Farmers Market, 700 Magazine St., (504) 8615898; www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org — The author signs Hungry for Louisiana: An Omnivore’s Journey. 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Mike Curato. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The children’s author and illustrator signs Little Elliot, Big City.

4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Nonfiction writing workshop.

Room 220, 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.pressstreet.com/room220 — The workshop includes instruction, writing prompts and guided writing. This month’s theme is “Small Things.” Admission $10.

7 p.m. Sunday.

Story Time with Miss Maureen.

Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — Miss Maureen reads It’s Only Stanley by Jon Agee.

11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Stuart Woods. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author signs Hot Pursuit.

6 p.m. Monday.

Youth poetry workshop.

Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias.org — Poets Jordan Soyka and Brett Evans demonstrate erasure technique at a poetry workshop for young people age 10 and older. 2 p.m. Saturday.

SPORTS

Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana.

NOLA Motorsports Park, 11075 Nicolle Blvd., Avondale, (504) 302-4875; www.gpofnola.com — IndyCar racers Will Power, Helio Castroneves, Ryan Hunter-Reay and others compete.

The main event begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. General admission starts at $25 for one day or $50 for a three-day pass.

Friday-Sunday.

Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Golden State Warriors at 7 p.m. Tuesday and the Phoenix Suns at 7 p.m. Friday.

VooDoo. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans VooDoo play the Orlando Predators.

7 p.m. Saturday.

Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Omaha Storm Chasers at 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday and the Iowa Cubs at 6 p.m. Monday.

FARMERS MARKETS

Covington Farmers Market. www.covingtonfarmersmarket. org — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and live music twice a week: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington.

Crescent City Farmers Market. www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org — The market offers produce, meat, seafood, dairy, flowers and prepared foods at four weekly events. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St.; 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and

EVENT LISTINGS French Market Place; 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at American Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave.; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Magazine Street Market, corner of Magazine and Girod streets.

CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook.com/crispfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

French Market. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket. org — The historic French Quarter market offers local produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, coffee and prepared foods.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

German Coast Farmers Market.

Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan; www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items.

8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Gretna Farmers Market. Huey P. Long Avenue at Second Street, Gretna; www.gretnafarmersmarket.com — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www. growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market, 922 Teche St., Algiers, (504) 362-0708; www. oldalgiersharvestfreshmarket. com — Produce and seafood are available for purchase.

3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.

Rivertown Farmers Market.

400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner.la.us — The market features fruits, vegetables, dairy products, homemade jams and jellies and cooking demonstrations. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Sankofa Mobile Market. www.sankofanola.org — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden at several weekly stops. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave.; 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday at New Israel Baptist Church, 6322 St. Claude Ave.

Vietnamese Farmers Market.

14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd. — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early market catering to New Orleans East’s Vietnamese population. 5 a.m. Saturday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

American Cancer Society. The society seeks volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs.

Visit www.cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200.

CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours per month. No special skills are required; training and support are provided. Call (504) 5221962 or email info@casaneworleans.org.

The Creativity Collective. The organization seeks artists, entrepreneurs, parents and teens to help with upcoming projects and events. Visit www.creativitycollective.com or call (916) 206-1659.

Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to help clients, manage inventory and share their expertise. Call (504) 8914337 or email neworleans@ dressforsuccess.org.

Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest one-onone mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www. eachonesaveone.org.

Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running partners, assistant coaches, committee members and race day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola.org or visit www.gotrnola.org.

Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center.

The center seeks part-time civil rights investigators with excellent writing skills, reliable transportation and no criminal convictions to help expose housing discrimination in the New Orleans metro area. Call (504) 717-4257 or email mmorgan@gnofairhousing.org.

Green Light New Orleans. The group seeks volunteers to help install free energy-efficient lightbulbs in homes. Visit www. greenlightneworleans.org, call

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(504) 324-2429 or email green@ greenlightneworleans.org.

Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111.

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Louisiana SPCA. The LA/SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals and help with special events, education and more. Visit www.la-spca.org/ volunteer.

Meal Delivery Volunteers. The Jefferson Council on Aging seeks volunteers to deliver meals to homebound adults.

Call Gail at (504) 888-5880.

NOLA Wise. The partnership of Global Green, the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. It seeks volunteers, who must attend a 30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@globalgreen.org.

Parkway Partners. The greenspace and community garden organization seeks volunteers for building, gardening and other projects. Email info@ parkwaypartnersnola.org, call (504) 620-2224 or visit www. parkwaypartnersnola.org.

Senior Companion Volunteers.

The New Orleans Council on Aging seeks volunteers to assist with personal and daily tasks to help seniors live independently. Visit www.nocoa. org or call (504) 821-4121.

Teen Life Counts. The Jewish Family Service program seeks volunteers to teach suicide prevention to middle and high school students. Call (504) 831-8475.

Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries. The charity seeks volunteers to help disabled, wounded and senior veterans with food and clothing distribution, home improvement, beautification, social media and web design. Call (504) 3403429 or visit www.veteranshousingoutreach.webs.com.

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Hollygrove Market. Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., (504) 483-7037; www. hollygrovemarket.com — The urban farm operates a daily fresh market. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday.

St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi, (504) 3554442; www.visitstbernard.com — The market offers seafood, produce, preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment and children’s activities.

8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

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Dear New Orleans Job Guru, “My youngest (of 2 children) is just starting Kindergarten and I’m ready to jump back in to a real job. I haven’t worked full-time for about 7 years but I am a college graduate and I had a few great good jobs in the past. I would appreciate any advice you can give me on how to put my résumé together so that I will not have to take a low-wage job.”

— Julia M., New Orleans, LA Dear Julia, The issue of stay-at-home moms returning to the workforce has been a recurring theme during my two decades as a resume writer and career coach. The good news is that employer attitudes about this underappreciated talent pool have changed dramatically over Grant Cooper the past several years… in a positive direction. According to the Pew Research Center’s analysis of government data, the share of mothers who do not work outside the home rose to nearly one in three mothers (29%) in 2012, up from 23% in 1999.

Today’s employers have come to the realization that women who take time off for parenting retain many of their work-related skills and can be rehired at “bargain rates” relative to their experience and skills. This is due to the fact that women usually pay a heavy penalty when they take time off to raise children, particularly for the most educated, qualified women. Harvard economist Claudia Goldin found that women MBAs who take time off to be with children saw their pay drop 41% as compared to male MBA earnings, while The Center for Work-Life Policy estimated the loss at 18% for a wide range of other professional occupations.

A recent stay-at-home mom client came to us stating that she had not worked in many years, although she had returned to school to get medical training. We asked her if she had worked at all, or even assisted others. At first she said, no, but upon further discussion we discovered that she had a wealth of activities that we were able to present very attractively on her new résumé.

She volunteered in one of New Orleans’ leading charter schools for extracurricular and classroom activities for various grades, assisted teachers with classroom management as Room Mother, created bulletin boards and visual art projects, and participated in school events and parties. Served as classroom helper, read stories to children, and led arts & crafts projects.

Our client also assisted in fundraising activities, operated concession stands, and participated in bazaars, fairs, and other events. She chaperoned field trips to a variety of locations, including IMAX Theater, Audubon Zoo, Aquarium of the Americas, the Cabildo, Ursuline Convent, New Orleans Children’s Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, and numerous other educational destinations.

The #1 problem stay-at-home moms encounter in their résumé presentation is a gap in their employment. Some candidates attempt to hide this problem by using a functional résumé. The functional résumé does not highlight the chronological progression of a person’s career, but instead focuses on skill sets and areas of expertise, with job-related accomplishments and other information added in. While this sounds good, and was popular a number of years ago, the functional résumé has fallen out of favor with hiring directors and recruiters.

New Orleans Job Guru is New Orleans native Grant Cooper. President of Strategic Résumés®, Grant ranks within the top LinkedIn Résumé Writing Experts nationwide and has assisted the U.S. Air Force, Kinko’s, the Louisiana Dept. of Labor, the City of New Orleans, NFL/NBA players & coaches, as well as universities, regional banks, celebrities, and major corporations.

Send Your Questions to New Orleans Job Guru at: grant@resupro.com or 504-891-7222.

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BECAUSE THE ART OF HOSPITALITY NEEDS ARTISTS LIKE YOU. Anyone can learn to make a bed. Carry a bag. Mix a drink.

But the heart of hospitality is an art. That’s why we’re not looking for just anyone. We’re looking for you. Because you’ve got authentic style. A warm way with people.

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HURWITZ MINTZ FURNITURE IS LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED SALES PEOPLE. EARN 40K PLUS. WE OFFER TOP NOTCH BENEFITS INCLUDING PAID TRAINING, 401K, A COMPLETE INSURANCE PACKAGE AND EXCELLENT COMPENSATION. (504) 378-3265.

MODELING/ACTING BRAND AMBASSADORS NEEDED!

Elevated Events is adding BAs to represent high profile spirits brands. Day, night and weekend work available.

Choose when you work! $15-$25/hr. Direct Deposit. Must be 21+, outgoing and reliable. Jobs@Elevate-Your-Event.com

RESTAURANT/HOTEL/BAR Miyako Sushi Bar & Hibachi

Now Hiring: Part-Time Host/Hostess.

Apply in person, 11-2:30pm or 5-9pm, 1403 St. Charles Ave., NOLA

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We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic candidates to join our highenergy, and productive service staff.

RETAIL FRIENDLY FACES WANTED

Now accepting applications for several full, part time positions. Must be motivated, hard working & friendly.

Retail experience a plus. Apply in person Mon-Fri, 12-5pm only. Southern Candymakers, 334 Decatur St.

TEACHERS/INSTRUCTORS ARISE SCHOOLS

Superstar Kindergarten To 8th Grade Teachers For 2015-2016 School Year Visit careers.ariseschools.org.

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Offers Volunteer Opportunities.

Make a difference in the lives of the terminally ill & their families.

Services include: friendly visits to patients & their families, provide rest time to caretaker, bereavement & office assistance.

School service hours avail.

Call Volunteer Coordinator @ 504-818-2723 #3006

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It features an expansive Family Rm with floor to ceiling windows, dbl drs, built in shelves and 11ft ceilings. Hard WD flrs throughout. Huge Family Kitchen. Bricked Courtyard. Out bldg has water and AC, and is suitable for conversion to an outdoor Kitchen, Office or Studio. Has a 3rd flr Balcony, many Walk-in Closets, Tons of Storage, Off St Parking.

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Cntrl City: Classic double. Gorgeus renovation. Big owners side. 5 min to CBD, walk to OCH. Gtd parking.

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3432 sqft - $675,000 + 10K Bonus Country Estate in the rolling hills of Poplarville w/68.11 acres of rolling pastures, and multiple barns. Southern Traditional style home wrapped in brick w/ metal roof. Welcoming front and relaxing back porch. Two-car carport, over-sized two-car garage w/ elevator to second floor office with AC-heat. Three suites, one on first level and two on second level.

Closets and storage galore! Huge kitchen w/ upgraded appliances.

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LEGAL NOTICES CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 04-15522 DIVISION “D“ SUCCESSION OF SANDERS COLEMAN, SR. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE is given to all parties whom it may concern, including the creditors of the decedent herein and of his estate, that the Administratrix of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to sell at private sale that certain immovable property belonging to the decedent in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the sum of $10,000.00 for the whole of said property, the succession to pay its pro-rata share of taxes, proper certificates, and vendors’ fee.

Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of this notice.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this 13th day of March 2015.

Attorney: Wallace H. Paletou Address: 3601 North I-10 Service Road West Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: (504) 885-9222 Gambit: 3/17/15 & 4/7/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Dr. Kevin N. Holder and Erin M. Halsey call J. Gainsburgh, attorney at 504-5822280.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Dung Tran and Mang Vanbui please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Edward B. Bush and/or Kim Marie Bush please contact Attorney Marie A. Bookman at (504) 585-7350.”

Ledwin Tierrablanca, or anyone knowing his whereabouts, contact Loyola Law Clinic at 504-861-5599.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Humberto Suazo and Haluk Dogru call J. Gainsburgh, attorney at 504-582-2280.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

NO: 14-10870 DIVISION “ N-8 ”

NO: 2013-4167 DIVISION F

SUCCESSION OF EDWARD LEE ADAMS

SUCCESSION OF ALICE BARTHOMEW

NOTICE is hereby given that Sharon Adams duly qualified date of testamentary executrix of the Succession of Edward Lee Adams, has applied to the court for the authority to sell the decedents one-half interest in unto the following property at private sale described herein after to-wit:

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL IMMOVEABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, means, privileges, servitudes, Advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated In the SIXTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana in SQUARE No. 257 bounded by LYONS, CHESTNUT ST., BORDEAUX and CAMP STREET, designated as LOT 18 on a survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Civil Engineers and Surveyors dated May 2, 1962, a blue print of which is annexed to act before C.P. de Laup, Jr., dated May 15, 1962 and according to which said Lot commences at a distance of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FEET (120’) from the corner of BORDEAUX and CAMP STREET, same in width in the rear, by a depth of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FEET (120’) between equal and parallel lines.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal Numbers 4817-19 Camp Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115.

Being the same property acquired by Edward Lee Adams, et tux by act dated

by May 31, 1965 under Instrument Number 005427 of the official records of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Orleans.

Any creditors or heirs of this Succession who oppose the sale must do so within seven (7) days of the last date of publication issued. After seven (7) days from the last publication the court may issue an order authorizing the sale of the property for the price of and sum of four hundred and fifty thousand ($450,000.00) at private sale subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement to purchase and sell wherein the sale is conditioned upon the ability of the purchaser to borrow $250,000.00 at a rate not to exceed 6%.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS Attorney: Irvy E. Cosse, Jr. Address: 1130 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans, LA. 70130 Telephone: (504) 371-5700 Gambit: 4/7/15 & 4/28/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of ARTHUR BIAS please contact Justin A. Reese Atty, 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of VALERIE MARIE MCCAY please contact atty. Greg Murphy at 225-767-7151.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of VALERIE MARIE MCCAY please contact atty. Greg Murphy at 225-767-7151.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Victoria Moten Ferons, or her heirs, please contact Timothy P. Farrelly, Atty.

(504) 832-4101 or 3445 N. Causeway Blvd., Ste 103, Metairie, LA 70002.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Wayne Washington and/or Nakia M. Peterson, please contact Attorney Dennis W. Moore at (504)302-7324 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Joseph B. Robinson, Jr ., (AKA Joseph B. Robinson) contact Dianne T. Alexander, Attorney, at (504) 450-0987 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Robert John Hazelbaker contact Ann B. Steinhardt, Attorney 504-486-8246, 3715 Delgado Dr., NOLA 70119

STATE OF LOUISIANA

The duly appointed administrator of the Succession of Alice Bartholomew, has made an application to the court for the sale as private sale of the property belonging to the Estate of Alice Bartholomew described below: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the THIRD DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, in SQUARE NO. 1720, bounded by Allen, Industry, New Orleans and Agriculture Streets, designated by the LETTER “C” on plan of survey made by Gilbert & Kelly, Surveyors, dated March 30, 1947, a blueprint of whereof is attached to an Act before John R. Hammel, Jr., N.P., dated February 3, 1948, and according to which said lot commences at a distance of 73’7” from the corner of Industry Street and measures thence THIRTY-SEVEN FEET, SEVEN INCHES (37”7”) front on Allen Street, the same width in the rear, by a depth of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FEET (120’) between equal and parallel lines.

The improvements thereon bear the municipal address of 2852 Allen Street, New Orleans, La Being same property acquired by Alice Breaux Bartholomew

by Judgment of Possession dated September 17, 2007 in the Succession of Paul A. Bartholomew, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Docket No. 2007-65121, registered at CIN 370499, Orleans Parish, State of Louisiana.

Notice is now given to all parties whom it may Concern including the heirs and the creditors of the Estate or the decedent that they be ordered to make Any opposition which they may have to such Application at any tme prior to the issuance of The order or judgment authorizing and homologation of that application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven days after the date of the last publication of the notice all in accordance with law.

By order of the court Attorney: Juana Lombard Address: 650 Poydras Street Suite 2515 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone: 504-207-1370 Gambit: 4/7/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lester J. Arnaud III or Idell Woods Arnaud please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lorraine Marsh Bush or the heirs of Gary Gerard Bush, Sr., please contact Robert Louque, Attorney at Law, (504) 324-2807, 700 Camp St., New Orleans, LA 70130 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Monica Lynn Dawson, Don Michael Dawson or Erica Joy Dawson please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Luckmore Finance Corporation dated August 5, 2013 in the amount of $876.00 and signed by a G. Jones please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-5819545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of SHAWN D. BREAUD please contact Atty. D. Nicole Sheppard, at 4224 Canal Street NOLA, 70119, 504-234-4880.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 2009-7395 DIVISION “D” SUCCESSION OF DWAYNE TITUS TATE NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY given that Clara T. Brady, Provisional Administratrix of this Succession, has petitioned the Court for authority to sell at private sale to Salvatore Joseph Ciolino and Theresa Thompson Ciolino the following described property in accordance with all terms and conditions contained in the Petition filed in this matter.

1/2 INTEREST IN THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, in the THIRD DISTRICT, thereof, designated as LOT NO. 6, of SQUARE 4876 (being old Square No. 91), as per plat of Milneburg by L. Bringier, dated May 16, 1851, which square is bounded by FRANKLIN AND HIBERNIA (formerly Edinburg) AVENUES, PAINTERS AND MADRID (formerly Dublin) STREETS, and as will more fully appear by reference to a survey by L. J. Stewart, dated March 17, 1947, annexed to act before H. Charles Korn, N.P., dated March 31, 1947, the said Lot 6 begins 107 deg 5” 3’” from the corner of Madrid and Painters, measures thence 55 feet front on Madrid Street, same width across the rear, by a depth of 150 deg 10” 2’” between equal and parallel lines. And according to a survey by Errol E. Kelly, Surveyor, dated June 26, 1966, said lot is the same as heretofore described, except that Hibernia Avenue is now Robert E. Lee Boulevard.

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 2561 Madrid, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122.

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: Sale to be for the sum of $285,000.00 CASH (1/2 INTEREST = $142,500) Notice is hereby given to all parties to whom it may concern, including the creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application and that such order or judgment may be used after the expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

Attorney: Joseph C. Coates, III Address: 3421 N. Causeway Blvd.

Suite 300 Metairie, Louisiana, 70001 Telephone: 504-834-2977 Gambit: 3/17/15 & 4/7/15

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 90-21410 DIVISION “F” DOCKET 1 SUCCESSION OF VIRGINIA HELIS DROULIA NOTICE FOR AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE TWELFTH SUPPLEMENTAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT Whereas, the Provisional Administrator of the Succession of Virginia Helis Droulia, has made Application to this Court for Authority to supplement the Partnership Agreement of the Louisiana Partnership known as Estate of William G. Helis, and incident thereto to execute the Twelfth Supplemental Partnership Agreement substantially in the form annexed to Petitioner’s Application.

Notice is hereby given that an Order granting such Authority may be issued after the expiration of seven days from the date of this publication, and that an opposition may be filed at any time prior to the issuance of the order.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT, Dale N. Atkins CLERK CIVIL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA Attorney: DAVID A. KERSTEIN Address: 228 St. Charles Avenue Suite 902 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone: (504) 523-1831 Gambit: 4/7/15

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

NO: 738-181 DIVISON: “D” SUCCESSION OF E. RALPH LUPIN NOTICE OF FILING OF THIRD TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is given that the Executrix of the Succession has filed a Petition on March 27th, 2015 for authority to pay estate debts, and in accordance with the Third Tableau of Distribution filed with the Petition, the Petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven days from the date of publication. Any opposition to the Petition must be filed prior to homologation. March 27, 2015.

Attorney: Wade P. Webster and Jon W. Wise Address: 400 Poydras St. 30th Floor New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone: (504) 523-2600 Gambit: 4/7/15

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

NO. 746-544 DIVISION: “E” SUCCESSION OF CLAIRE D. PARSON NOTICE OF FILING PETITION TO PAY REOCCURRING MONTHLY EXPENSES, TO CONTINUE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES, TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE INVESTMENT ACCOUNT, AND TO PAY FUNERAL, ACCOUNTING, LEGAL AND APPRAISAL EXPENSES NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Testamentary Executor of this succession has filed a Petition to Pay Reoccurring Monthly Expenses, to Continue Business Activities, to Continue to Manage Investment Account, and to Pay Funeral, Accounting, Legal and Appraisal Expenses. The petition can be homolgated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of this publication; any opposition to the petition must be filed prior to homologation.

BY ORDER OF THE 24th JUDICIAL DISTRICT CIVIL COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON Kendra F. Pierre, Clerk Attorney: Randy Opotowsky Address: 201 St. Charles Avenue Suite 3201 New Orleans, Louisiana 70170 Telephone: 504-582-1199 Gambit: 4/7/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Arnold Scott, contact Dianne T. Alexander, Attorney, at (504) 450-0987 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Barbara Batteau Nelson L/K/A 1140 Parkwood Court N., New Orleans, La, call P. Hamilton, 504-940-1883.

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

NO.: 738-181 DIVISION: “D” SUCCESSION OF E. RALPH LUPIN NOTICE OF SALE OF JACOB PETIT PORCELAIN Pursuant to La. C. Civ. Proc. art. 3282, notice is given that the Executrix of the Succession has filed on April 1, 2015 a Motion for Authority to Sell two pieces of Jacob Petit Porcelain, each in the form of a horsehead. Any opposition to the proposed sale must be filed within seven days from the date of publication.

Respectfully submitted, Attorney: Wade P. Webster and Jon W. Wise Address: 400 Poydras St. 30th Floor New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone: 504-523-2600 Gambit: 4/7/15

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

NO.: 742705 DIVISION: “N” GAYNELL REGINELLI GAREY AND BRITTANY GAREY PEARSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL A. GAREY, DECEASED VERSUS LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL FIRST SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO THE LEGAL SUCCESSOR OF THE LATE STANLEY D. BLEICH - Pursuant to Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 803, the unknown legal successor of the Stanley D. Bleich, M.D., deceased, is hereby summoned and required to appear and substitute himself/herself for the deceased defendant in Civil Action No, 742705, Gaynell Reginelli Garey and Brittany Garey Pearson, individually and on behalf of the estate of Michael A. Garey, Deceased versus Louisiana Medical Mutual Company, et al, in the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, Division “N.” Pursuant to Article 803, the successor shall substitute himself/herself within sixty (60) days of this publication.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: GAINSBURGH, BENJAMIN, DAVID, MEUNIER & WARSHAUER, L.L.C. Deputy Clerk: Masie Comeaux Attorneys: ROBERT J. DAVID WALTER C. MORRISON, IV RACHEL A. STERNLIEB Address: 2800 Energy Centre 1100 Poydras Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70163-2800 Telephone: (504) 522-2304 Gambit: 4/7/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Davie Robinson please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jacqueline Mai Giffin and/or John Hung Tran, please contact Matthew Moghis, attorney, at (504) 836-6597, located at One Galleria Boulevard, Suite 1400, Metairie, A 70001 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jason Sutton contact Dianne T. Alexander, Attorney, at (504) 450-0987

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The immovable property to be sold at private sale is described as follows: LOT NO. FOUR (4), Square 503 and 620, FIRST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans.

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 1121 South Dupre Street.

Acquired June 6, 1967, COB 682, folio 093.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

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CLASSIFIEDS TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

NO.:736-333 DIVISION: “J”

NO: 710-154 Division: P

NO. 719-090 DIVISION “C”

SUCCESSIONS OF JOHN C. LEBLANC AND HELEN ROGERS LEBLANC

SUCCESSION OF MAURICE WEINSTEIN, SR. AND CULOTTA BELLIPANNI WEINSTEIN

SUCCESSION OF DONALD JAMES GUILLORY

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

The duly appointed Co-Administratrices of the Successions of John C. LeBlanc and Helen Rogers LeBlanc, has made an application to the court for the sale, as private sale, of the immovable property described as follows:

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Joy Gaspard, Testamentary Administratrix of the Succession of Maurice Weinstein, Sr. and Cullotta Bellipanni Weinstein has, pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, article 3281, petitioned this Honorable Court for authority to sell at private sale, for the price of One Hundred Seventy Seven Thousand ($177,000.00) and 00/100 dollars, the Succession’s interest in and to the following described property:

STATE OF LOUISIANA

THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances belonging or in any wise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in the City of Gretna, in that part thereof known as New Mechanicsham and according to a print of survey of Hotard and Webb, C.E., dated September 22, 1950, said lot is designated as follows: Lot 5, Square 15, Gretna Gardens, bounded by Stafford, 20th, 19th Streets and Hero Subdivision, side: Said Lot 5 commences at a distance of 120 feet from the corner of Stafford and 20th Streets, and measures thence 40 feet front on Stafford Street, a width in the rear of 40 feet, 1 line and a depth on the side line nearest 19th Street of 127 feet, 2 inches and 2 lines and a depth on the opposite side line adjoining Not No. 6 of 127 feet, 10 inches between parallel lines. Said lot also lies at a distance of 140 feet from the corner of Stafford and 19th Streets. All as more fully shown on a survey by Hotard and Webb, C.E. dated August 31, 1951.

The improvements thereon bear municipal number 1918 Stafford St., Gretna, LA.

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An offer has been made to the CoAdministratrices purchase the above property on the terms of $30,000 cash, subject to court approval of this sale, less the usual expenses to be paid by vendor.

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Notice is now given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedents, and of this estate, that they be ordered to make any opposition which they have and or may have to such application, at any time prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing and approving and homologation that application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven days from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

By Order of the Court, Aliesha Buckley Attorney: Dara L. Baird Address: 5523 S. Johnson Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70125 Telephone: 504-865-9004 Gambit: 3/31/15 & 4/7/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Brenda Lee Shepherd and Sherice M. Eaddy, heirs of Blanton Shepherd, Jr. please contact Carl V Williams, Esq. at 504-586-9177.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of CARSTIL MARIE AZEVEDO a/k/a CRYSTAL MARIE DOMINY, please contact attorney Krystena L. Harper at (504) 274-0500. Property rights involved Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Cecile Elvir Castello (AKA Cecile Elvira Castello) contact Dianne T. Alexander, Attorney, at (504) 450-0987 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of CVI Investents, LLC and Joseph Robinson, Sr., please contact attorney Tony Dooley, 3701 Canal St. 4th Floor, Suite U, NOLA 70119 or (504) 298-0854.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

That certain piece or portion of ground, together with all the buildings and Improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges , servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining¸ situated in the State Of Louisiana, in the Parish of Jefferson, in Airline Park North Subdivision, in Square No. 106, bounded

by Glenn Street, Frankel Avenue, Cristine Street, and Eisenhower Avenue, designated as Lot No. 1, all in accordance with the survey of S.K. Landry, C.E. dated April 24, 1961, which said lot forms the corner of Glenn Street and Frankel Avenue, and measures 41.44 feet front on Glenn Street, by a depth and front alongside Frankel Avenue, and measures 41.44 feet front on Glenn Street, by a depth and front alongside Frankel Avenue of 113.23 feet, by a depth along the opposite sideline of 105 feet, by a width in the rear of 83.82 feet.

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No 7037 Glenn Street, Metairie, La. NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with law, notice is hereby given that Joy Gaspard, Administratrix of the Succession of Maurice Weinstein, Sr. and Cullotta Bellipanni Weinstein, propose to sell the aforesaid immovable property, at private sale, for the price and upon the terms aforesaid, and the heirs, legatees, and creditors are required to make opposition, if any they have or can, to such sale, within seven (7) days, including Sundays and holidays, from date whereon the last publication of this notice appears.

JOHN GEGENHEIMER CLERK OF COURT CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE The Dative Testamentary Executrix of the above estate has made application to the court for the sale, at private sale, of the immovable property described as follows: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages, and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the subdivision of the LIBERTY TRACE in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, building in SECTION B of the LAKE VILLAS SUBDIVISION, in SECTION 44, TOWNSHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 10 EAST, SOUTHEASTERN LAND DISTRICT of LOUISIANA, designated as LOT SEVEN (7) of SQUARE TEN (10) on a survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Surveyors, dated May 5, 1969, and according thereto, said LOT 7 is bounded by LAKE VILLA DRIVE, WEST ESPLANADE AVENUE, in the line of the Manson Tract, and FAIRFIELD STREET commences ONE HUNDRED (100’) FEET from the intersection of WEST ESPLANADE AVENUE and LAKE VILLA DRIVE and measures thence FIFTY (50’) FEET front on LAKE VILLA DRIVE, same width in the rear by a depth of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE (135”) FEET between equal and parallel lines.

BOEM Announces Public Scoping Meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 248 in the Western Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold public scoping meetings in Texas and Louisiana. These meetings will provide BOEM an opportunity to solicit comments from Federal, State, and Tribal governments, and from interested citizens and organizations. Comments will be used to prepare the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas Lease Sale 248 in the Western Planning Area (WPA) off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. The proposed WPA lease sale is part of the current 2012-2017 Five-Year Program.

The public scoping meetings are scheduled as follows: Houston, Texas: Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn Houston/Bush Intercontinental Airport, 15400 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032, one meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT; and New Orleans, Louisiana: Thursday, April 16, 2015, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123, one meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT.

The improvements thereon bear Municipal Number 4311 Lake Villa Drive, Metairie, Louisiana.

Under the terms and conditions provided in the agreement to purchase filed in these proceeding.

Notice is now given to all parties to whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of decedent, and of this estate, that they be ordered to make any opposition which they may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuing of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating that application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with the law.

By order of the court, Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk of Court

Attorney: Daye H. Geigerman Address: 664 Rosa Ave. Metairie, LA 70005 Telephone: (504) 833-7000

Attorney: Jerry W. Sullivan Address: 3900 North Causeway Blvd.

Suite 1470 Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: (504) 830-3990

Gambit: 4/7/15 & 4/14/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Crescent Bank and Trust dated January 17, 2008 in the amount of $28,736.40 and signed by a S. Jones and T. Lewis please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-581-9545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Luckmore Finance Corporation dated October 29, 2013 in the amount of $1,000.00 and signed by a J. Roberson please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-581-9545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Luckmore Finance Corporation dated July 29, 2014 in the amount of $1,000.00 and signed by an A. Robinson please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-581-9545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Amanda Theriot please contact J. Benjamin Avin Atty, 2216 Magazine St. New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500.

Gambit: 3/17/15 & 4/7/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY, executed by ROSE JONES LAFRANCE, and dated October 29, 1999, in the principal sum of $60,375.00, bearing interest at the rate of 11.75% percent from the date until, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same, please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Anthony Smith Financial, Inc. dated April 10, 2014 in the amount of $1,189.35 and signed by a M. Robinson please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-5819545.

Any person having an interest in the estate of Ernest Johnson, Jr. please contact Robert A. Pearson at (504) 483-9050

If you cannot attend the public scoping meetings for the Draft Supplemental EIS for proposed WPA Lease Sale 248, you may submit written comments within 30 days following the publication date of the notice of public scoping meetings in the Federal Register in one of the following ways: 1. In an envelope labeled “Scoping Comments for the WPA 248 Supplemental EIS” and mailed (or hand delivered) to Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief, Environmental Assessment Section, Office of Environment (GM 623E), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394; 2. Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to http://www.regulations.gov and search for “Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf; Western Planning Area Lease Sale 248”. (Note: It is important to include the quotation marks in your search terms.) Click on the “Comment Now!” button to the right of the document link. Enter your information and comment, then click “Submit”; or 3. BOEM email address: wpa248@boem.gov.

BOEM does not consider anonymous comments; please include your name and address as part of your submittal. BOEM makes all comments, including the names and addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours.

Individual respondents may request that BOEM withhold their names and/or addresses from the public record; however, BOEM cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

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

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

NO. 367-525 DIVISION “D”

NO. 742-200 DIVISION “G”

SUCCESSION OF WILLIAM G. HELIS, JR.

SUCCESSION OF JIMMIE J. BRYARS

NOTICE FOR AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE TWELFTH SUPPLEMENTAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT Whereas, the Testamentary Executor of the Succession of William G. Helis, Jr., has made Application to this Court for authority to supplement the Partnership Agreement of the Louisiana partnership known as Estate of William G. Helis, and incident thereto to execute the Twelfth Supplemental Partnership Agreement substantially in the form annexed to Petitioner’s Application.

Notice is hereby given that an Order granting such Authority may be issued after the expiration of seven days from the date of this publication, and that an opposition may be filed at any time prior to the issuance of the order.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT, Bridgette Calonge CLERK 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA Attorney: DAVID A. KERSTEIN Address: 228 St. Charles Avenue Suite 902 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone: (504) 523-1831 Gambit: 4/7/15

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the LLOYD THOMAS BRYARS, JR., administrator, has petitioned for authority to sell the interests of the succession in to the immovable property bearing Municipal No. 101 Bailey Street, Harahan, Louisiana 70123, for the sum of $75,000.00.

Any opposition to the proposed sale must be filed within 7 days from the date of the last publication hereof.

Attorney: Irl R. Silverstein Address: 635 Lafayette Street Gretna, Louisiana 70053 Telephone: 504-362-3692 Gambit: 3/17/15 & 4/7/15 Anyone having any information regarding Elizabeth Porter Scott and/or the Succession of Olive Porter, please contact Richard Perque, Atty. (504) 681-2003.

Anyone having any information regarding Faye Carter Peters, please contact Richard Perque, Atty. (504) 681-2003.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Anjel N. Batiste, a/k/a Anjel N. Gallo, please contact Timothy P. Farrelly, Atty.

(504) 832-4101 or 3445 N. Causeway Blvd., Ste 103, Metairie, LA 70002.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Bernell R. Randall please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 5539588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lawrence J. Price, Jr. please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Allen E. Tate, Sr. possibly formerly residing at 45 Oak Street, Harahan, LA., 4833 Academy Dr., or 4724 Academy Dr., in Metairie, LA, please contact attorney Alex Lambert, 504-581-3301 Alex@ alexlambertlaw.com Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Andrel Michelle Jackson a/k/a Andrel M. Jackson a/k/a Andrel Jackson and/ or Beverly Jackson Buckner a/k/a Beverly J. Buckner a/k/a Beverly Buckner, please contact Atty. Jonique Hall at (504)383-5294

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