Gambit New Orleans, February 12, 2019 by Gambit New Orleans

February 12-18 2019 Volume 40 Number 7

Lane Lacoy Historic Home Specialist

N MOROE MOLD !

Asociate Broker/Realtor®

1927 BURGUNDY STREET-UNIT 17 $396,000

Mint Marigny Triangle 2 BR 2BA condo, 2 private patios, GATED OFF-STREET PARKING, in-ground pool, easy walk to the French Quarter.

Why remove your old bathroom and kitchen fixtures? Re-glaze them!

WWW.WILDLOTUSYOGA.COM 30 Days of Unlimited

UPCOMING EVENTS

CLASSES FOR $33 New Orleans’ home for heart-centered yoga + down-to-earth spirituality

FEBRUARY 14

Family Yoga Workshop: Be Your Own Valentine

Residential and Commercial • Our Refinishing Makes Cleaning Easier Most Jobs are Done in Hours • Certified Fiberglass Technician

southeRn

Refinishing

840 Elysian Fields Ave N.O., LA 70117

www.lanelacoy.com - ljlacoy@latterblum.com

RENEW… REFRESH… REFINISH...

Call us and prevent the high cost of replacement. New surfaces are durable, strong and easy to care for.

504-957-5116 • 504-948-3011

7 0 8 B A R ATA R I A B LV D .

504-348-1770

llc

Southernrefinishing.com

Cristina’s

FEBRUARY 16

Valentine’s Couples Workshop FEBRUARY 17

We RE-Glaze and REPAIR

Bathroom fixtures • Ceramic tile walls, floors and counters • Fiberglass bathtubs and enclosures • Formica countertops Claw foot bathtubs • Pedestal sinks Cast iron and tin bathtubs Marble walls and countertops

Conscious Connected Breathing

Downtown + Uptown

Weekly Tails

Cleaning Service

Let me help with your

cleaning needs!

Holiday Cleaning After Construction Cleaning Residential & Commercial Licensed & Bonded

LEVI

Kennel #13793883

Levi is a 7-year-old mixed breed, Levi is a pretty calm

504-232-5554 504-831-0606

Lakeview

BULLETIN BOARD

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F E B R UA R Y 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

older dog, chill and independent, but he also loves affection and just hanging out with you. He is laid back and not really playful (those days are behind him). He’s the perfect gentleman by gently greets other dogs and humans and loves to stroll down the street.

WE BUY MIGNON FAGET JEWELRY

Locally owned & serving the New Orleans area for over 25 years

CHRIS’S FINE JEWELRY 3304 W. ESPLANADE AVE., METAIRIE. CALL (504) 833-2556.

CLEANING SERVICE

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL AFTER CONSTRUCTION CLEANING HOLIDAY CLEANING LIGHT/GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING HEAVY DUTY CLEANING

Susana Palma

lakeviewcleaningllc@yahoo.com Fully Insured & Bonded

Southern

504-250-0884 504-309-6662

DWI - Traffic Tickets?

BUTTERSCOTCH

Kennel #38904643

Butterscotch is 6-year-old, DSH female cat. It doesn’t take long for Butterscotch to warm up to you after some gentle pets. She will rub against you for attention and has a little playful side for a right toy. She is a sweetheart in love with catnip and looking for a human to love.

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

Costume

Don’t go to court without an attorney! You can afford an attorney. Call Attorney Gene Redmann, 504-834-6430.

••• C H E A P TRASH HAULING Call (504) 292-0724 ••• FREE ESTIMATES. Proverbs 22:9

ADVERTISE HERE!

CALL 483-3100

Company

THOUSANDS of Mardi Gras costume rentals

Court & Krewe Manufacturing

951 Lafayette St. 523.4333

Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm

www.sccnola.com

$40,000 MARDI GRAS HOT SEAT

B O OMERS

LOA D E D LIVE AND

Every Saturday from 8p - 11p February 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2019 We are giving away $500 in Bonus Rewards™ every 10 minutes! Just play with your mychoice card to participate in this hot seat drawing. ®

Feb 14

Feb 15

CALLING ALL FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS! The birthday wheel is back for one night each month and all mychoice members with a February birthday get to take a free spin! PRIZES RANGE FROM FREE PLAY, GIFTS, $500 IN CASH AND MORE! Friday, February 22, 2019 3p – 9p

Brandon Bennett

$20

VALENTINE’S SHOW Doors Open at 7p

Junior & Sumtin Sneaky

Nashville South

Aaron Foret

Feb 23

Boothill

Mar 1

Junior & Sumtin Sneaky

Mar 2

Sugar Shaker

Feb 16 Feb 22

VARIETY

COUNTRY/ROCK

SWAMP POP

COUNTRY

VARIETY

PURCHASE TICKETS AT TICKETMASTER.COM

Must be 21 years of age or older. Management reserves the right to change, cancel or modify this program at any time with applicable Gaming Regulation. Offer not valid for persons on a Disassociated Patrons, Voluntary Exclusion or Self Exclusion List in jurisdictions which Penn National Gaming operates or who have been otherwise excluded from the participating property. ©2019 Penn National Gaming, Inc. All rights reserved.

GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 800.522.4700

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

BoomtownNewOrleans.com • 504.366.7711

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F E B R UA RY 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

CONTENTS

FEB. 12-18, 2019 VOLUME 40 | NUMBER 7 NEWS

OPENING GAMBIT COMMENTARY

7 10

CLANCY DUBOS

BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN

FEATURES

7 IN SEVEN EAT + DRINK

5 19

PUZZLES 34 GUIDE TO SUMMER PULLOUT CAMPS LISTINGS

MUSIC

GOING OUT

EXCHANGE

@The_Gambit @gambitneworleans

@GambitNewOrleans

WALK THIS WAY

@gambit.weekly

A preview of this weekend’s Mardi Gras walking krewes

COVER DESIGN BY DORA SISON COVER PHOTO BY ADVOCATE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER SOPHIA GERMER

STAFF

Publisher | JEANNE EXNICIOS FOSTER

EDITORIAL

ADVERTISING

Political Editor | CLANCY DUBOS

Advertising Inquiries (504) 483-3150 Advertising Director | SANDY STEIN BRONDUM (504) 483-3150 [sandys@gambitweekly.com] Sales Coordinator | MICHELE SLONSKI Sales Assistant | KAYLA FLETCHER

Arts & Entertainment Editor | WILL COVIELLO

Senior Sales Representative

(504) 483-3105// response@gambitweekly.com Editor | KEVIN ALLMAN Managing Editor | KANDACE POWER GRAVES

Special Sections Editor | KATHERINE M. JOHNSON

JILL GIEGER

Listings Coordinator | VICTOR ANDREWS

(504) 483-3131 [jillg@gambitweekly.com]

Contributing Writers | JULES BENTLEY, D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, HELEN FREUND, ROBERT MORRIS

Contributing Photographer | CHERYL GERBER

PRODUCTION Creative Services Director | DORA SISON Pre-Press Coordinator | JASON WHITTAKER Web & Classifieds Designer | MARIA BOUÉ Graphic Designers | WINNFIELD JEANSONNE SHERIE DELACROIX-ALFARO

Sales Representatives BRANDIN DUBOS (504) 483-3152 [brandind@gambitweekly.com] SAMANTHA FLEMING (504) 483-3141 [samanthaf@gambitweekly.com] ABBY SCORSONE (504) 483-3145 [abigails@gambitweekly.com] TAYLOR SPECTORSKY (504) 483-3143

[taylors@gambitweekly.com]

BUSINESS & OPERATIONS Billing Inquiries 1 (225) 388-0185 Administrative Assistant | LINDA LACHIN

MARKETING Marketing Coordinator | ERIC LENCIONI Digital Strategist | ZANA GEORGES

Gambit (ISSN 1089-3520) is published weekly by Capital City Press, LLC, 840 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70130. (504) 4865900. We cannot be held responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts even if accompanied by a SASE. All material published in Gambit is copyrighted: Copyright 2019 Capital City Press, LLC. All rights reserved.

7 SEVEN

SEVEN THINGS TO DO IN SEVEN DAYS

Le Cinema

Glenn Miller Orchestra TUE. FEB. 12 | Glenn Miller’s swinging big band released hits including “Moonlight Serenade” and “Pennsylvania 6-5000” in its first few years at the end of the 1930s. Those hits still propel the legacy band. At 7 p.m. at Orpheum Theater.

The New Orleans French Film Festival screens features and documentaries at Prytania Theatre

Slothrust and And the Kids WED. FEB. 13 | Massachussetts band And the Kids courts a darker image, but upbeat vibe permeates its indie pop. The band releases “When This Life is Over” next week. Grungy power trio Slothrust headlines at 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

BY WILL COVIELLO LOS ANGELES-BASED ARTIST AND PARIS NATIVE PASCAL GIACOMINI seems like an odd figure to participate in the Ghetto Biannale expo in Haiti, but speaking French helped him build relationships with street artists in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere. His documentary “Out of Chaos” is among 20 films in the New Orleans French Film Festival, and connections to Haiti are highlighted in the live music presented before screenings at the Prytania Theatre. The festival’s features and documentaries come from France and Francophone regions, including Acadiana and Canada, and touch on French culture around the globe. Giacomini’s hourlong “Out of Chaos” meanders in its narrative about his experiences in Haiti, but it offers a colorful tour of the back streets to meet folk artists and craftsmen, most of whom work with salvaged wood and metal, car parts and more. The film is set against the backdrop of the earthquake that devastated the nation in 2010; work in the 2011 Ghetto Biennale literally was built out of the rubble. The artists overcoming poverty and the disaster is set against the background of Haiti’s colonial history and the slave revolt that liberated it from France. After Giacomini began traveling in Haiti, he and his Haitian-born wife opened a gallery and began selling Haitian art in Los Angeles. As he built relationships, he spent more time on the island. For the Biennale, Giacomini made sculptures there. The film also includes traditional sequined Voodoo flags as well as self-taught and more formally established painters. “Out of Chaos” screens at 1:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 at Prytania Theatre. The Krewe of Kanaval, the Haitian carnival-inspired New Orleans group founded by Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Regine Chassagne, curated the festival’s musical program.

Arlo Guthrie SAT. FEB. 16 | “Alice’s Restaurant: Back by Popular Demand” is the name of the troubadour’s current tour, in which he appears with his singer-songwriter daughter Sarah Lee Guthrie. Expect a version of “City of New Orleans.” At 8:30 p.m. at Tipitina’s.

Fleetwood Mac The new Cajun music of the Lost Bayou Ramblers also gets a spotlight at the festival. Director Bruno Doria premieres his hourlong documentary “On Va Continuer!” about the band at 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17. Much of the film was shot during the recording of the band’s 2018 Grammy Award-winning album, “Kalenda.” After the screening, Doria will participate in a Q&A session and the band will perform a live set. Opening night features “Gaspard at the Wedding,” director Antony Cordier’s offbeat 2018 film about strained family relations. After years of polite estrangement, Gaspard returns to his family’s zoo for his father’s wedding to a new stepmother. On the way, he convinces a woman he meets to accompany him as if they are dating. (7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15.) The award-winning “Custody” is an expanded version of director Xavier Legrand’s Oscar-nominated 2013 short film “Just Before Losing Everything.” In it, Julien’s life is turned upside down when he is caught in the middle of his divorced parents’ custody battle. (8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 and noon Thursday, Feb. 21.)

FEB. 15-21 HEADLINE HERE NEW ORLEANS FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL PRYTANIA THEATRE, 5339 PRYTANIA ST., (504) 891-2787; WWW.THEPRYTANIA.COM/ FRENCHFILMFEST WWW.NEWORLEANSFILMSOCIETY. ORG/FRENCH-FILM-FESTIVAL

Among the documentaries is “Yellow is Forbidden,” about Chinese designer Guo Pei’s quest to ascend to the top of the Paris fashion world, beginning with the spectacle of the hand-embroidered yellow gown Rihanna wore to the Met Gala in 2015. (Noon on Sunday, Feb. 17 and Wednesday, Feb. 20.) The festival also includes short films, a screening of Jean Cocteau’s 1946 version of “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Image Book,” a cinematic collage released recently by filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard.

SAT. FEB. 16 | Among the false “Rumours” preceding this tour, was that Lindsey Buckingham would join Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie and John McVie for this concert. Instead, they’ve got Crowded House’s Neil Finn and Mike Campbell, formerly of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers. At 8 p.m. at Smoothie King Center.

Get Yah Praise On SAT. FEB. 16 | Gospel singers Isabel Davis, Robert Boyd, Drea Marie, Kim Chere and Jai Reed perform and there is a wellness fair at the annual event at the Audubon Zoo (free with zoo admission). Musical entertainment is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Jonathan Richman SUN. FEB. 17 | Jonathan Richman is best known as a former Modern Lover and influential figure in post punk rock, but he and drummer Tommy Larkins were forever linked as a duo in interludes in the Farrelly brothers’ movie “There’s Something About Mary.” They’re together again at 10:30 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F E B R UA RY 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

Creole Cuisine is growing and seeking hospitality professionals to join our family!

LOUISIANA DERBY

PREVIEW DAY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 POST TIME: 12:30PM 6 STAKES WORTH OVER

NOW HIRING Service Managers, Sous Chefs and Kitchen Managers

$1 MILLION!

Apply Online at www.creolecuisine.com/ join-our-family/ POSITIONS AVAILABLE WITH ALL RESTAURANTS

WIN A SHARE OF $75,000 CASH! ONE WINNER OF $1,500 EVERY HOUR.

MARCH 22 & 23, 2019 1PM - 10PM

PROGRESSIVE GRAND PRIZE DRAWING! MARCH 23, 2019 â&#x20AC;¢ 10PM

Entries will not carry over, must be earned every day. Winners may only win once per day. Daily winners will have 1 hour to claim their prize. If not claimed, prize will be added to the Grand Prize amount. Grand Prize winner has 5 minutes to claim their prize. If not claimed, another winner will be drawn. Must be 21 years of age and show proof of a valid government issued photo ID. Must be a member of the Twin Spires Slot Rewards Club. Management reserves all rights. See official rules for details.

www.creolecuisine.com

G A M B L I N G P R O B L E M ? C A L L 1 - 8 7 7 - 7 7 0 - S T O P.

N E W

O R L E A N S

N E W S

V I E W S

Parks & recreation … Landrieu for president? … Albright at Tulane … and more

# The Count

Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down

26.1

Jacques Rodrigue,

the owner of Lafayette’s Blue Dog Cafe, was named Restaurateur of the Year last week by the Louisiana Travel Association, which cited the Cajun food spot for making outstanding contributions to state tourism. Rodrigue, the son of the late “Blue Dog” artist George Rodrigue, oversaw an upgrade to the restaurant’s menu in recent years as well as an expansion to a second restaurant in Lake Charles.

The Nielsen rating in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIII.

P H OTO B Y C H R I S G R A N G E R

Nila Guhasarkar, 13, tosses bread in the air as she and her family feed the ducks and seagulls along Big Lake in New Orleans City Park. A millage on the May 4 ballot would reallocate some city funds to the park for the first time in its history.

CANTRELL MEETING IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS REGARDING PARKS & REC MILLAGE The New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board

took another hit last week when S&WB officials said they discovered $25 million of FEMA money in their coffers that had somehow been misallocated. The beleaguered agency had spent much of 2018 warning that it was running out of cash reserves and had told customers as well as city officials that it needed more money to keep operating. The S&WB said the money was in an account they didn’t realize could be spent on capital projects.

Dan Graziano,

the “Football Insider” for ESPN, called the Boycott Bowl and other New Orleans celebrations of the Saints “a tantrum for the ages.” A whole city pulling together and having a massive party to support their wronged NFL team is a “tantrum”? Earth to Dan — we had a lot more fun than the folks in Atlanta did that Sunday.

Slightly more than one out of four households in the Crescent City tuned in for last week’s Super Bowl as many in the city observed a boycott of the game. In contrast, the Nielsen rating for the 2018 Super Bowl was 53.0, meaning a majority of TV watchers were tuned in to watch the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the New England Patriots.

MAYOR LATOYA CANTRELL last week started a neighborhood meeting

tour in all five of New Orleans’ council districts to discuss a parks and recreation millage proposal which will appear on the May 4 municipal ballot. The millage, if passed, would not increase the overall property tax rate. Instead, it would redistribute existing revenues among the city’s various parks, decreasing the Audubon Commission’s millage from 3.31 mills ($10.9 million) to 1.95 mills ($6.6 million) while boosting funds for the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission and the Park & Parkways Commission. Most significant, it would allot .61 mills (more than $2 million) to New Orleans City Park, a state agency which never has been funded by the city. That money, according to the plan, would expand City Park security patrols, improve drainage and allow for infrastructure improvements. Changes would take effect in 2021, and the millage period would end in 2040. Cantrell’s neighborhood tour seems designed to draw a line between this millage plan and one that was on a 2014 municipal ballot. The 2014 proposal would have combined two separate millages that solely benefited the Audubon Commission and kept that plan in place for the next 50 years. Voters rejected that plan by a 65-35 percent margin. The council district tour began in District B Feb. 7 and will continue this week in District A on Feb. 12 (City Park, Parkview Terrace Room), District C on Feb. 13 (Algiers Regional Library), District D on Feb. 19 (Corpus Christi Community Center) and District E on Feb. 25 (East New Orleans Regional Library). All meetings are from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Landrieu on possible presidential run: ‘I don’t think so,’ but ‘never say never’

C’est What

? Would you support moving some Mardi Gras parades off St. Charles Ave. and back into the neighborhoods?

49% GREAT IDEA; LET’S DO IT

30%

The night after President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address — during which many of the seats were filled with declared and likely 2020 presidential candidates — former Mayor Mitch Landrieu appeared on CNN’s “New Day” morning show and said “I don’t think so” when asked if PAGE 9

BAD IDEA; ST. CHARLES IS IDEAL

21% GOOD IDEA, BUT NOT PRACTICAL

Vote on “C’est What?” at www.bestofneworleans.com

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F E B R UA RY 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

OPENING GAMBIT

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

REAL EXPERIENCE.

REAL RESULTS. BROCATO LAW FIRM, PLC

PERSONAL INJURY

DWI

CRIMINAL

METAIRIE, LA ˚ BROCATOLAW.COM

504-832-7225

14th 1 14 4th annual

EAGLE A AGLE EXPO FEB. 22–23

Morgan City, La. • Boat tours to view eagles • C.C. Lockwood Photography Workshop • Social with John Flores, author of Louisiana Birding • Water and Nature Expo • Birds of Prey program • https:bontempstix.com/events/14th-annual-eagle-expo

#cajuncoast

LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES

(800) 256-2931 www.cajuncoast.com ww www w. cajuncoast.com w.

PAGE 7

Greener Gras: Recyling program returns to Uptown parade routes Old-timers may remember the days when New Orleans used to judge the success of Mardi Gras by the amount of trash picked up off the streets. Now we have a better metric. Last year, during just one parade, volunteers from the Young Leadership Council (YLC) and the Arc of Greater New Orleans (ArcGNO) collected 2,500 pounds of beads, 10,000 cans and 2,000 plastic bottles during just one day of parades during the 2018 Mardi Gras season. That pilot program — YLC Recycles — will be expanded this year, according to the YLC, with volunteers from the Mardi Gras Recycling Initiative hitting the Uptown parade routes Feb. 23 and March 2 following the Krewe of Freret and Krewe of Tucks parades, respectively. Volunteers in lime-green vests will be in the crowds distributing two kinds of bags: one for aluminum, paper and plastic recyclables, and

another for unwanted beads. In addition, business owners along the parade route are asked to set up recycling stations at their businesses. On Feb. 16, during the Krewe du Vieux parade in the Faubourg Marigny and French Quarter, YLC volunteers also will set up temporary receptacles along the route for paper, plastic and aluminum recyclables only (no beads). Beads collected along the routes will be donated to ArcGNO for its ongoing program of recycling carnival throws. Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities sort and repackage beads for sale at the group’s store (925 Labarre Road, Metairie). “We are so excited to team up with ArcGNO once again for this year’s initiative,” said Rachel Skowyra, project leader for YLC Recycles. “The immense community support we received last year on the route was an inspiring reminder of what we can achieve when we work together.” YLC is looking for 200 volunteers for the project, and can be contacted at recycles@ylcnola.org.

Madeleine Albright to speak at Tulane Feb. 12 Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will be the featured speaker next week at the Tulane-Aspen Institute Values in America Speaker Series at Tulane University. Albright, who in 1997 became the first woman to serve as Secretary of State, will be interviewed by Tulane history professor Walter Isaacson about her 2018 book, “Fascism: A Warning.” The event will be held Tue. Feb. 12 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Dixon Hall on the Tulane University campus and is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session and book signing with Albright will follow.

Angela Hill to lead Nyx The Mystic Krewe of Nyx announced last week its 2019 grand marshal would be Angela Hill, the former WWL-TV anchor and WWL-AM radio show host. In a statement, Nyx founder and captain Julie Lea said, “Angela Hill is New Orleans. She is part of the fabric of this city and has obviously been a huge part of Mardi Gras over the years. I couldn’t be happier that she will lead this year’s parade.” Goddess Nyx VIII will be Shelby Ann Seuzeneau. In its eight years parading, Nyx has grown into the city’s largest parading krewe, according to “Mardi Gras Guide” author and Carnival historian Arthur Hardy. It currently has 3,348 women members. Membership currently is closed and has a waiting list. Nyx will roll at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27 on the Uptown route (following Ancient Druids).

9 G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

he was likely to jump into the race for the nation’s highest office. “The field is getting filled up. I think the Democrats have a lot of great candidates. I feel very comfortable that there are people who are going to get into this race,” Landrieu said, adding, “Each and every one of them, by the way, are better than what President [Donald] Trump is offering for the country right now.” Since leaving office last year, Landrieu has continued to promote his memoir “In the Shadow of Statues” and his nonprofit The E Pluribus Unum Fund, the mission statement of which is to “bring people together across the American South around the issues of race, equity, economic opportunity and violence.” His nationally acclaimed speech about the removal of Confederate monuments drew the attention of pundits speculating about the 2020 presidential race, and the publication of his memoir in his last weeks as mayor was taken by some as a rite of passage toward seeking higher office. He currently is serving as a visiting fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Politics through spring 2019. Landrieu, who is known to keep his options open, told “New Day” that he would “never say never” when it came to running for president. New Orleanians will remember the 2010 mayoral race, in which Landrieu entered at the last minute, upending the field and eventually winning his third bid for the office. As for Trump’s State of the Union address, Landrieu was dismissive: “Nobody believes anything that he said. You can’t kick your dog all day and then at night pat him on the head and tell him that you love him and expect him to believe it,” he told CNN.

OPENING GAMBIT

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

COMMENTARY

Yep, it’s (finally) Carnival time MARCH 9 IS THE LATEST POSSIBLE DATE ON WHICH MARDI GRAS CAN FALL , and Fat Tues-

day 2019 is March 5 — an awfully long time for Carnival-crazed New Orleanians to wait for parades. (Perhaps the late arrival of Carnival helped fuel all the Boycott Bowl parties around town two weeks ago.) This year, for the first time, we’re adding a third week to our Mardi Gras cover stories, as walking crews seem to have evolved from being an “appetizer” before the big parades roll to filling a weekend all by themselves. From Krewe du Vieux (now parading in its fourth decade) to the brandnew Krewe Boheme, we’re giving these mobile parties their due in this week’s cover story (p. 13). It’s also time to review Carnival practices — both violations of etiquette and violations of the law.

Locals know that, despite what tourists may believe, flashing for beads is illegal everywhere, and doing it anywhere outside the French Quarter probably will land you in jail. (Don’t even think about dropping your pants.) New Orleans cops are famously tolerant of minor infractions during Carnival, including public intoxication, but if you’re a danger to yourself or others, they’ll gladly haul you off to jail. This is especially important in the weekend leading up to Fat Tuesday; if you get arrested then, you may not get out of jail until Ash Wednesday. You may smell pot along a parade route, but state law still comes down hard on marijuana use. New Orleans cops have the discretion to issue a simple summons for a small amount of the green stuff, but

A DVO C AT E S TA F F P H OTO B Y S O P H I A G ER M ER

it’s best not to take chances. There’s a local song called “Ain’t No Place to Pee on Mardi Gras Day” that’s all too true — so find the nearest bathroom before you need to use it. There are public toilets on most parade routes, but most businesses will require a purchase if you want to use their bathrooms. Don’t even think about public urination;

that’s another quick way to land in jail. It’s illegal and obnoxious to block off public space on neutral grounds, whether you spray-paint your “territory” (just don’t), attempt to fence it off or set up tents for personal use. (If you hear parade-goers referring to “Chads,” they’re talking about rude people who think Mardi Gras is just

The numbers are really about making people healthier and that’s really all that matters. As a data scientist, I work with numbers. And I use them to figure out the best way to serve our members. Jack Holloway Data Scientist

01MK6968 01/19 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and is incorporated as Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company.

for them, not for the whole community.) Ladders for kids must be set back at least 6 feet from the curb. Erecting “ladder walls” has become common in recent years, but it’s not just rude — it jeopardizes free movement and public safety. Finally, there’s street wisdom: Bring only the bare essentials: your ID, cash, one credit or debit card and a phone. Costumes are a yes; dress shoes, a no. Cellphone service can be spotty as everyone tries to upload photos of all the floats, so designate a meeting place with your group in case someone gets separated. Step on any beads you plan to pick up before reaching down or risk getting your hand stomped. Give a kid your best throw. Above all, have fun. We’ll see you out on the route.

THE RACE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF NEW ORLEANS

is not until November 2020 — a year after this year’s race for governor — but already two of the leading potential candidates are taking political shots at one another. City Council President Jason Williams, a criminal defense attorney, co-authored a resolution Feb. 7 blasting two-term District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro for jailing victims of domestic violence and sexual assault to ensure they testify at trial. Williams, who finished third in the 2008 DA’s race, announced last year that he will seek the office again in 2020. Cannizzaro, who won the 2008 contest, has not yet announced his intentions — but he’s firing back at Williams. The council unanimously adopted Williams’ resolution

amid calls for state lawmakers to prohibit the practice of jailing victims on “material witness warrants” issued to compel their testimony. The DA has drawn fire on several fronts for his treatment of victims — from issuing “fake subpoenas” to jailing victims to compel testimony. Cannizzaro announced in 2017 that his office would cease issuing fake subpoenas, but the issue dogs him still. It triggered a federal lawsuit against him by a handful of plaintiffs, including a domestic violence (DV) victim who was jailed for five days. Cannizzaro was not present when Williams’ resolution passed. At a news conference later that day, he defended the practice of occasionally jailing DV victims — as a means of protecting them

from their abusers. “Orleans Parish [voters] thought they elected a Democrat named Leon to be the DA. … What we have instead is an embrace of President Trump’s ‘dog whistle phrases,’ ” Williams’ statement began. Later, it added, “The idea that a prosecutor would jail victims of domestic and sexual violence is misogynistic, barbaric, and despicable.” At-Large Councilwoman Helena Moreno, a leading advocate for DV victims as a state legislator, said, “At the end of the day, jailing innocent victims just sends the message to these victims that the criminal justice system isn’t here to protect you. It’s maybe even here to

@clancygambit

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

An advance peek at a white-hot DA’s race

CLANCY DUBOS A DVO C AT E S TA F F P H OTO B Y S O P H I A G ER M ER

City Councill President Jason Williams took issue with DA Leon Cannizzaro’s use of material witness warrants to compel crime victims to testify in court.

cause you deeper harm,” said Moreno, who co-authored the resolution with Williams and Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer. Cannizzaro called Williams’ resolution “theater” based on “stale” and “disingenuous” allegations. In a statement, the DA said his office cannot jail anyone — only judges can do that “in accordance with state law.” He said he knows of only 28 witnesses jailed out of more than 85,000 cases. “Of that number, 21 were involved in cases of murder or attempted murder; two

involved sex crimes. In each instance, the witness testimony was deemed critical to preventing a dangerous offender from walking free.” The DA called the council resolution “misguided” and predicted it would “greatly embolden domestic abusers, child abusers and sex criminals to intimidate, threaten, harass and coerce their victims and witnesses into staying silent.” The national debate over criminal justice reform focuses on how to reduce jail populations by rehabilitating non-violent offenders. In New Orleans, the DA’s race will be about how far prosecutors should go to put violent offenders behind bars. Stay tuned.

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ @GambitBlake | askblake@gambitweekly.com

Hey Blake, Where was the Playboy Club in New Orleans and when did it open for business?

Dear reader,

OFF!

MENTION THIS AD

The Playboy Club nightspot opened at 727 Iberville St. in October 1961. It was the third nightclub in a national chain started by magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Chicago was home to the first club, opening in 1960, with Miami and New Orleans opening the next year. Clubs followed in more than 25 other cities. Membership for admission cost $25, and a key (bearing the iconic Playboy logo) was required for entry. Ads recruiting women to work as one of the 50 Playboy Bunnies who served food and drinks at the club appeared in local newspapers in the months leading up to the opening: “Bunny girls selected to wait on keyholders and their guests must be extremely attractive, intelligent, personable young ladies of good

P H OTO B Y K A N DAC E P O W ER G R AV E S

moral character.” The ads promised an annual salary of between $9,000 and $12,000 for a position as one of “the world’s most famous, most glamourous, highest paid cocktail hostesses.” Besides the women who worked there, the New Orleans Playboy Club also is remembered as a hotspot for comedy acts and modern jazz. Piano legend Ellis Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie and drummer Johnny Vidacovich were just some of the musicians who performed there. New Orleans modern jazz saxophonist Al Belletto was director of entertainment for the chain, performed at the local club and booked music for nine other Playboy locations. The local club closed in 1974 and was replaced by the restaurant Anything Goes, and later by other businesses. The building (pictured) now is home to The Penthouse Club. ‌

BLAKEVIEW 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, New Orleans witnessed the first parade of the Krewe of Bacchus, one of the most influential and important krewes in Carnival history. Bacchus was founded in 1968 by leaders of the hospitality industry, including restaurateurs Owen “Pip” Brennan Jr. and his uncle Dick Brennan Sr., who hoped to give the weekend before Fat Tuesday a tourism boost. At the time, there were no major parades on that weekend. Bacchus succeeded by selecting a celebrity king and creating a parade with oversized animated floats (produced by Blaine Kern, also a founding member), first-rate bands, tons of throws and a post-parade party called the Rendezvous, open to all. Actor and comedian Danny Kaye was the first in a long line of Bacchus celebrity monarchs that includes Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Charlton Heston, Billy Crystal, Michael Keaton, Drew Brees, Will Ferrell, Anthony Mackie and last year’s Bacchus, J.K. Simmons. The first Bacchus parade, with the theme “The Best Things in Life,” rolled on Feb. 16, 1969, with 15 floats carrying some 250 male riders. The next day’s Times-Picayune proclaimed, “The brash newcomer had promised the biggest floats ever — bigger than Rex — and some exciting ideas in animation. Bacchus didn’t exaggerate. The floats were outstanding and the crowds, which turned out six deep along the entire parade route despite brisk winds and temperatures in the mid-40s, seemed to agree that Bacchus had lived up to its promise.” This year’s parade, with actor Jensen Ackles serving as monarch, rolls March 3.

THIS WAY:

Four walking krewes strut their Carnival stuff this weekend FOUR WALKING KREWES — Krewe du Vieux, Krewedelusion, ‘tit Rex and the new Krewe Boheme — will hit the streets this weekend with everything from raunchy satire to shoebox floats and a drag queen grand marshal. Here’s our preview of what you’ll find and where you’ll find it. Happy Carnival!

A DVO C AT E S TA F F P H OTO B Y S C OT T T H R E L K E L D

The Krewe du Vieux parades through the Faubourg Marigny Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, to the theme, ‘The Crass Menagerie.’ Cartoonist Bunny Matthews was the king of the parade, known for its wild satire, adult themes and political comedy. The group’s 17 sub-krewes wound through the Marigny and French Quarter before finishing in the Central Business District.

MOTLEY KREWE:

A Krewedelusion parade in the Faubourg Marigny.

How Krewe du Vieux developed its satirical, raunchy style of parading

BY KEVIN ALLMAN WHEN KEITH TWITCHELL, THEN-CAPTAIN OF KREWE DU VIEUX, WENT TO MEET THEN-DISTRICT C CITY COUNCILMAN TROY CARTER at City Hall, he found that Carter knew all about Krewe du Vieux: “You guys are the ones with the penises,” Carter told him. Body — and bawdy — parts are a big feature of the krewe’s annual Mardi Gras walking parade, which first staggered through the streets on Valentine’s Day 1987, with musician Charmaine Neville as grand marshal and the theme “Odd Couples” (among them: Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee and Tina Turner). The following year, Krewe

du Vieux settled in to its usual level of good taste; Chef Paul Prudhomme was grand marshal and the theme was “N’Awlins Eats Out.” Other themes over the years have included “Unnaturally New Orleans,” “Depraved New World,” “Crimes Against Nature” and, in the year following Hurricane Katrina, “C’est Levee.” This year’s theme is a backhanded salute to Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s positivity campaign. “LaToya is trying to brand us as the ‘City of Yes,’ ” Twitchell (now the krewe’s “Poobah of Publicity”) says, “so our theme this year is “The City of Yes Yes Oh God Yes.” Krewe du Vieux began as a spinoff of another popular walking krewe, the Krewe of Clones, which fell apart after the city tried to make it a bit more respectable during the year of the 1986 Super Bowl in New Orleans. Like Clones, Krewe du Vieux actually is a loosely organized group of sub-krewes, some of which — Underwear, Mama Roux, Seeds of Decline and C.R.U.D.E. — have been with the group since the beginning. The current membership also includes Krewe of Space Age Love, Krewe of L.E.W.D., Krewe of Drips and Discharges, Krewe of K.A.O.S., Knights of Mondu, T.O.K.I.N., Krewe Rue Bourbon, Krewe de C.R.A.P.S., Mystic Krewe of Spermes, Mystick Krewe of

KREWE DU VIEUX WHAT: The raunchy satirical parade rolls into its 32nd year WHEN: 6:30 p.m., Sat. Feb. 16 WHERE: Floats will depart from the corner of Chartres and Marigny streets and roll through the Faubourg Marigny and French Quarter before ending at 517 Toulouse St. for the annual “Krewe du Vieux Doo” ball. Tickets are $50 and available from krewe members, as well as at Up in Smoke, Peaches Records and the Louisiana Music Factory. THEME: City of Yes Yes Oh God Yes GRAND MARSHAL: Walter “Wolfman” Washington INFO: www.kreweduvieux.org

Comatose, Krewe of the Mystic Inane, Krewe du Mishigas and Krewe of SpanK. The parade is known for its homemade floats of various levels of sophistication, which are drawn through the streets of the Faubourg Marigny and French Quarter by mules. Most parody local officials and themes and PAGE 14

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

WALK

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

PAGE 13

FOOD DRINKS &FUN

KITCHEN & BAR ABSINTHE, WINE OPEN LATE + COURTYARD TV

WHO DAT!

725 CONTI ST. 504.527.0869 1/2 BLOCK OFF BOURBON IN THE QUARTER

range from PG-13 to decidedly X ratings. This year’s floats will include “Spermes Gets Entergy Customers Turned On,” “Pot for Potholes” and “The Lyin’ King,” a tribute to President Donald Trump. Has there ever been any pushback from city officials? Twitchell mulls the question. “Maybe a little,” he says, “the year we did ‘Mitch and Marlon Make a Porno.’ ” The float was a takeoff of the Seth Rogen comedy “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” and featured Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlon Gusman’s heads superimposed on a video screen that was showing a heavily censored gay porn flick. Suffice it to say: Parental guidance is suggested for Krewe du Vieux. “Only the most progressive parents want to take their kids,” Twitchell says.

LA VIE BOHEME: Krewe Boheme’s ‘artistic misfits’ join the Carnival parade BY KATHERINE M. JOHNSON WHEN COMING UP WITH A NAME FOR THEIR FLEDGLING CARNIVAL KREWE, Krewe Boheme‘s president and co-founder Francesca Brennan says she and the other members of the creative team “literally Googled ‘artistic misfit,’ ” a label they affectionately apply to themselves. “Google was like, ‘Oh, you mean you’re bohemian?’ ” she says. And the 1920s-Parisianabsinthe-dream-rendered-in-aToulouse-Lautrec-painting-inspired krewe was born. “[We] just wanted to do something different,” she says. “We wanted a more artistic krewe without a lot of the [specific sub-] themes, so each innerkrewe can do what they want and present [themselves] to the city in a way that makes sense to them.” The innerkrewes will shower the crowd with unique throws. Brennan says sustainability is a tenet of Krewe Boheme, so throws are a combination of handmade and upcycled goods, such as the Krewe of King James’ bejeweled

and beglittered 45 rpm records, the Krewe of Goddesses’ hand-painted oyster shells and the Merry Antoinettes’ deckedout hand fans. Paradegoers can expect to see handcrafted floats interspersed with brass bands as the procession winds its way through the French Quarter. The inaugural parade is helmed by the artist, musician and drag performer Vincent DeFonte, better known by his stage name Vinsantos. When the innerkrewe captains and board members came together to choose someone to reign as Krewe Boheme’s inaugural Supreme Fairy (“Grand Marshal” to us plebeians), DeFonte won the popular vote by a landslide. “He really encompasses a lot of what we stand for — body positivity, sex positivity,” Brennan says. “He’s a good community leader, he’s an advocate for some of the foundations that we want to align ourselves with, and he’s funny as shit. … It was just a natural fit.”

A DVO C AT E S TA F F P H OTO B Y S O P H I A G E R M E R

A throw from Krewe of King James, which pays tribute to James Brown. The krewe will march in Krewe Boheme this year.

A DVO C AT E S TA F F P H OTO B Y S C OT T T H R E L K E L D

The Merry Antoinettes (seen here in 2017 marching with Krewedelusion) are among the inaugural groups in the new Krewe Boheme.

KREWE BOHEME WHAT: New Orleans’ newest walking krewe hits the streets of the French Quarter for its debut WHEN: 7 p.m., Fri. Feb. 15 WHERE:The krewe assembles at the Love Lost Lounge on Dauphine Street in the Faubourg Marigny, parades down Royal Street, detours down Esplanade Avenue to Decatur Street before resuming its trek down Royal Street via Dumaine Street, and ends at Louis Armstrong Park after a final turn down St. Peter Street. THEME: La Vie Boheme GRAND MARSHAL: Vincent “Vinsantos” Defonte INFO: www.kreweboheme.com

‘tit Rex and its shoebox floats will roll through Marigny Feb. 17 BY KANDACE POWER GRAVES KREWE OF ’TIT REX CO-FOUNDER BRETT EVANS SAYS Carnival goers shouldn’t underestimate the power of small. The krewe, which first rolled in 2009, creates intricate shoebox floats that it pulls through the streets of Faubourg Marigny. The parade this year, on Sun. Feb. 17, includes 33 floats, four bands and a total of about 100 marchers. The krewe started as a response to super krewes and the progressively larger floats in parades like Endymion. What ’tit Rex has over those groups, Evans says, is that shoebox float designs aren’t

KREWE OF ‘TIT REX

cluttered with people. (’tit Rex “riders” actually walk alongside the floats and toss throws.) “Our miniature floats are like minis of the big parades, but there’s no riders and throwers in the way,” Evans says. “You can completely compose your scene as you want it, whether it’s a volcano or something else.” ‘tit Rex offers an opportunity for people to participate in Mardi Gras in a way that harkens to childhood when New Orleans schoolchildren decorated shoeboxes to look like floats. “It was sort of a response to the super krewes … to Endymion and how gi-normous it had become,” Evans says, “but also, we

WHAT: A parade of tiny shoebox floats rolls with big appeal. WHEN: 4:30 p.m., Sun., Feb. 17 WHERE: Neutral ground at Marais St. and St. Roch Avenue, left on St. Claude Avenue, right on Music Street, right on Franklin Avenue, right on Royal Street, right on Mandeville St., left on Burgundy St., right on Marigny Street and left on St. Claude Ave., ending at the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude Ave.) THEME: “A modicum of decency” GRAND MARSHAL: None INFO: www.titrexparade.com

all grew up making these floats and this is the grown-up version of that.” To keep the tradition alive, a couple of ’tit Rex members visit Homer A. Plessy Community School each year to teach students about float-making and help the students construct their tiny floats. “People just love miniatures in general, like dioramas and model trains and dollhouses, stuff like that,” he says. “If you grew up with [shoebox floats], you just have that thing, then people who completely didn’t grow up with it and just moved here five years ago, they can still enjoy the miniature rolling diorama aspect.”

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

THE POWER OF SMALL:

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

Join us for a savory and swe et walkabout t asting as we snack on swe et tre at s and delicious savory hors d'o eu vres while sipping on some of our favorit e roses and rieslings!

february 15th • all locations 6:30-8pm • $20 per person tickets · martinwine.com/calendar · eventbrite

www.martinwine.com

/MartinWineCellar1946

N E W OR LE A N S | M E TA I R I E M A N D E V I L L E | B ATO N R O U G E

@MartinWineCellar @MWCNOLA

Krewedelusion marches with creativity and a group of ‘Trashformers’

10 Off %

Dine in only. Must present coupon to receive discount. Expires March 12, 2019. Gambit

BY KATHERINE M. JOHNSON

2916 Cleary Ave.

Between Veterans & I-10 Overpass

IF NEW ORLEANS IS ONE BIG KREWE, LOIS ANDREWS NELSON may very well be its captain. As krewedelusion‘s appointed Ruler and Captain of New Orleans, Nelson chose the title “Mother of Music” — yet another apt moniker, as she is the mother of James Andrews and Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews. A longtime Treme resident, she also is a member of the Money Wasters Social Aid & Pleasure

Club, the Dumaine Gang Social Aid & Pleasure Club and the Gold Diggers Baby Dolls, of which a contingent will accompany Nelson during her royal ride. “The royalty is the most exciting part of the show,” says LJ Goldstein, the ad hoc (he stresses the “ad hoc”) special assistant to krewe captain Oscar Diggs. “For [the Baby Dolls, which] has over a 100-year history and that is intergenerational and primarily (a part of) the African American community to come and join forces with us is KREWEDELUSION exactly what krewedelusion has always WHAT: The krewe of more than a dozen hoped and aspired innerkrewes and nearly 200 members to do.” showcases its handmade floats and To celebrate Nelthrows during Carnival’s first big weekend. son’s reign and its 10th WHEN: 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 16 anniversary, krewedeWHERE: The krewe assembles at Franklin lusion is dismounting Avenue and Royal Streets, winds its from its floats at the end of the route, then way through the Faubourg Marigny to second-lining to Candlethe French Quarter and disbands at N. light Lounge, where the Rampart and Governor Nicholls Streets. THEME: Revealed the night of the parade GRAND MARSHAL: Lois Andrews Nelson INFO: www.krewedelusion.org

krewe’s afterparty, The Bedlam Ball, will commence. Antonio Garza, krewedelusion‘s head of security, and Goldstein are excited about how the krewe has combined tradition and innovation this year. In a nod to the krewe’s past, Garza’s security patrol will mask as Mexican luchadores and will tick things up a notch with the addition of Mexican wrestler Saul “Cassandro” Armendariz, who will serve as the krewe’s official Protector. The krewe also is keeping its eye on the future of Carnival and firming up its waste-reduction ethos. The group already constructs mule-free, fuel-free floats and limits its throws to handmade, recyclable or upcycled goods, but this year it’s added a new twist with the “Trashformers” krewe, who in a show of what Goldstein calls “interactive costume performance” will collect plastic, cans and beads for recycling.

METAIRIE • 504-889-7880

Open Lunch & Dinner Mon-Sat Closed Sundays Full menu at tandoorichickennola.com

7724 MAPLE ST. | OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

504.518.6735

A DVO C AT E S TA F F P H OTO B Y S C OT T T H R E L K E L D

The marching club krewedelusion parading through the Faubourg Marigny in 2017. This year will be its 10th anniversary.

3701 IBERVILLE ST•504.488.6582

katiesinmidcity.com

MON - THURS 11AM - 9PM•FRI & SAT 11AM - 10PM SUN BRUNCH 9AM - 3PM

THE BEST DAMN CHEESESTEAKS & SUBS

CHEESESTEAKS & SUBS

5041 FRERET ST. • 504.875.4447

OPEN 11AM DAILY • ‘TIL 1AM THURS - SAT

ORDER ONLINE!

LIBERT YCHEESESTEAKS.COM

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

GAUDY BUT GREEN:

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

Ridgeland, MS

E R AT E D. F A M IL Y O P

ned. F a m il y O w

s Wines

FROM

Eight Years in the Desert California Red Wine 750ML.

Orin Swift

Palermo NAPA VALLEY

Cabernet Sauvignon 750ML.

$49.99

$39.99

Machete California Red Wine 750ML .

$49.99

710 VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD. | METAIRIE | DORIGNACS.COM (504) 834-8216

Open 7am-9pm Everyday

1818 Veterans Blvd, Metairie, LA | 504.888.2300 | nordickitchens.com

The New American

Taste of Spain COSTERA (4938 Prytania St., (504)

Chef Thomas Hines’ world travels coalesce on the menu at Poydras & Peters. BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund THOMAS HINES HAD A LOT OF INSPIRATION from which to draw when

creating the menu at Poydras & Peters, which opened last fall inside the Loews Hotel. The chef may have cut his chops working at big-name local establishments like the Windsor Court’s Grill Room and a handful of Dickie Brennan restaurants, but more recently he had spent years working all over the world — from Colorado, New York and Chicago to as far away as Thailand and the Bahamas. Hines returned home to helm the new downtown restaurant, which replaced the space that was the longtime home of Cafe Adelaide, the more casual sister spot from the Commander’s Palace family that closed last August. The physical characteristics of the dining room and bar barely have changed, save for a new rotating display of colorful artworks by local painter James Michalopoulos, while the restaurant’s menu feels worlds away from the modern Creole fare served by its predecessor. Certain aspects of the restaurant feel inspired by local roots — including the name, a nod to a nearby farmers market in the 1830s — but most of the menu comes from the wide culinary brackets of contemporary New American cuisine. A striped bass comes served with hunks of confit fennel and is nestled in a bright and juicy mix of slow-roasted cherry tomatoes and caper berries, a sharp and acidic counter to the crispyskinned, buttery fish. A salad of roasted squash nestled

WHERE

300 Poydras St., (504) 595-3300; www.loewshotels.com

atop burrata and arugula comes drizzled with an earthy hazelnut dressing, wedges of tart Honeycrisp apples and a nutty pumpkin seed granola. Most elements of the dish deliver, though on one occasion the squash was unevenly cooked and could have benefited from more seasoning to stand up to the other items on the plate. The menu feels designed with the current season in mind, including a hearty starter of braised oxtail marmalade served atop a large marrowbone. The meaty medley is studded with golden raisins, which impart just the right amount of sweetness and acidity to temper the buttery richness of the marrow and oxtail. The dish is served with fat slices of toasted Bellegarde Bakery bread and topped with crispy fried shallots and a sprinkle of green onions — a dish that might seem out of place come summer, but feels like the perfect winter antidote. Similarly, a dish of homemade ricotta cavatelli is comforting and satisfying, wanting nothing beyond a large glass of red wine. The generous portion comes piled high, dusted with a cap of finely grated cheese and flavored with lemon and garlic. The pasta itself is bouncy, soft and

WHEN

HOW MUCH

breakfast, lunch, dinner daily

Email dining@gambitweekly.com

expensive

WHAT WORKS

bone marrow and oxtail, ricotta cavatelli

P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R

Sticky ribs at Poydras and Peters.

chewy in the way that only homemade pasta can be, studded with mushrooms and bits of purple kale, which add a nice cruciferous bite to the dish. The restaurant’s bar still imbues the same downtown charm as before, and a new list of craft cocktails is matched with a creative bar menu that includes deliciously sticky fallfrom-the-bone ribs, which arrive lacquered in a Vietnamese-style caramelized glaze made with nuoc cham, lime and red chilies. The restaurant’s business doesn’t seem to have quite caught up with its predecessor’s. For now, a steady stream of hotel guests appears to make up the majority of Poydras & Peters’ clientele — though the prime parade-watching spot could fill up quickly come Mardi Gras. Hines’ food game is strong. I’m guessing it’s just a matter of time before the locals catch on. Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

WHAT DOESN’T dining room crowds can feel sparse at times

CHECK, PLEASE

creative takes on contemporary New American dishes inside the Loews Hotel

302-2332; www.costerarestaurant. com), a new Spanish restaurant from a pair of Link Restaurant Group alums, opened last week in the Uptown space previously home to the long-running La Thai, which closed in December. Owners Brian Burns and Reno De Ranieri drew inspiration for Costera from their travels to coastal Spain. The menu is heavily rooted in rice and seafood dishes. “We loved the communal dining aspect and wanted to provide the neighborhood with a similarly inviting experience that showcases our respect for high-quality ingredients in the style of traditional Spanish recipes,” Burns said in a news release announcing the restaurant’s opening. Burns, Costera’s executive chef, was part of the team that opened Peche and later was its chef de cuisine. De Ranieri, another longtime Link Restaurant Group alum, has worked as a manager and sommelier and is overseeing front-of-house operations as well as the bar and wine programs at the new restaurant.

P H OTO B Y S A R A H P E T E R S / R O M AG U E R A P H OTO G R A P H Y

Seafood paella is a marquee dish at Costera, a Spanish-inspired restaurant in Uptown New Orleans.

Two large-format paellas feature Gulf seafood and a varying selection of game in a “nod to Louisiana’s sportsmen’s traditions.” Also on the opening menu are smaller and shareable plates. Larger plates include a red winebraised lamb shank with chickpeas and yogurt; a roasted chicken with braised beans, parsley and lemon; and tuna a la plancha. The 5,400-square-foot restaurant seats roughly 110 and is open for lunch and dinner Wednesday through Monday. — HELEN FREUND PAGE 20

19 G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F E B R UA RY 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

EATDRINK

FORK CENTER

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

EAT+DRINK PAGE 19

Smoke BBQ closes, cites highway construction COVINGTON BARBECUE SPOT SMOKE

BBQ will close March 9. Owners of the North Shore smoked meats hub made the announcement on the restaurant’s Facebook page last week, citing the pending Highway 190 expansion nearby as one of the reasons for the shutter. Owners Jeffrey and Amy Hansell, who also run the restaurant Oxlot 9 in downtown Covington’s Southern Hotel, said they started looking for alternate locations for the restaurant because they feared the highway construction would negatively affect their business. The couple first opened the casual smoked meats restaurant four years ago. Smoke BBQ’s last day at its current location will be March 9. The couple hopes to open a new location of the restaurant within the next year. In the meantime, the restaurant will continue catering and pop-up operations. — HELEN FREUND

Marie’s Kitchen opens in the Faubourg Marigny IN 2012 , Tres Barnard ran the Southern-inspired pop-up We’ve Got Soul at Marie’s Bar (2483 Burgundy St., 504-267-5869), a tiny bar in the Faubourg Marigny. Barnard, who is originally from Mississippi, later moved on to other pop-ups including the now-shuttered Jims in the Bywater, and eventually took over the kitchen at Riverbend bar Carrollton Station. Now Barnard is back where he started with Marie’s Kitchen, which opened Feb. 8 and is a new food concept inside the local watering hole. It will serve food Fridays through Sundays from 5 p.m. to midnight. The menu features local favorites like chicken and sausage gumbo and jambalaya as well as a collection of Barnard’s classic stick-to-your-ribs fare, including pork rind nachos topped with pickled jalapenos, olives, cheese sauce and green onions. A selection of sandwiches include a lemon butter chicken sandwich featuring a confit chicken thigh dressed with lemon aioli on a sesame bun; a fried bologna and cheese sandwich topped with chow chow on Texas toast; and the “At Home Sick” sandwich, which features a pork loin stuffed with Italian sausage, provolone, red onion marmalade, aioli, lettuce and tomato on a sesame bun. Marie’s Kitchen is cash only. — HELEN FREUND

3-COURSE INTERVIEW

Ian Hoch ACTOR, COMEDIAN AND CULINARY TOUR GUIDE ACTOR AND COMEDIAN IAN HOCH

recently helped launch the first local branch of Sidewalk Food Tours, walking tours of the French Quarter and the Lower Garden District that let guests sample some of the city’s most iconic dishes in one afternoon. The company, which started in New York, also has chapters in other cities. Hoch spoke with Gambit about his job and what the tours feature.

How are the tours structured? HOCH: We have two tours right now. I’m working on a third in the Marigny and St. Claude area, but I’m not ready to say yet when that’s ready to launch. The French Quarter tour is very much a one-stop shop for all the different foods — things that are the classic New Orleans dishes. If you’re coming to New Orleans, yeah, you could go get all that stuff on your own, but it would take you days and you would spend a lot of money. This way you’re going get a sample of everything in one afternoon. I think it’s a really accessible tour for people that are coming here and want to try everything but also for people with discerning foodie tastes. The French Quarter tour is a little bit longer — it’s about three hours. Right now we are serving char-grilled oysters, po-boys, pralines, muffulettas, barbecue shrimp and beignets. The Lower Garden District tour is a little bit more of international cuisine and wraps in around two, two and a half hours. There’s the kind of funky sandwiches from Turkey and The Wolf, there’s Juan’s Flying Burrito, we go to Stein’s Deli and Little Korea BBQ, so that’s really more reflective of the international appeal.

What challenges exist in running this type of tour in New Orleans? H: We did our first couple of tours in the week after Christmas and into New Year’s. That turned out to be an adventure in and of itself. The Sugar Bowl was that first weekend, so the first couple of tours we gave in the French Quarter were about as challenging as we expect they will ever be, just because there were so many people and the demand for our service was so great. Our first several tours were over

capacity, so it was definitely a trial by fire kind of moment. When you’re by yourself and just idling your way through the Quarter that’s one thing, but when you’re leading a group of more than a dozen people that can be a little more challenging. You have to really have a sense of what the timing is. Like, when is it really, really busy at Central Grocery? Is it different at noon than it is at 1 p.m.? And you have to kind of have a sense of what the heartbeat and the pulse of the French Quarter is so you can make sure that you don’t have to wait too long for your food and your guests are comfortable.

A lot of the guides have theater backgrounds. Is that something that comes in helpful as a tour guide? H: Absolutely, yes. There’s no question. If you have a sense of stage presence and you know what are the little things that you can do in your delivery and the timing of your words to keep people’s attention and make them interested in what you’re saying, then you can be a successful tour guide, full stop. After that it’s just kind of memorizing the facts about whatever it is you’re talking about, whether you’re talking about char-grilled oysters or po-boys or New Orleans architecture. You don’t have to be a history scholar, you don’t have to be the world’s most knowledgeable person about the food scene in New Orleans. The most important thing is that you just have to be fun to spend time with. To be able to make fast friends with someone who is just visiting from Boston or Des Moines [Iowa] or Shanghai and just to be able to spend an afternoon with them and make sure they’re at ease and they have a good time and get a sense of Southern hospitality. That’s the most important thing.

Contact Will Coviello willc@gambitweekly.com 504-483-3106 | FAX: 504-483-3159 C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S AT W W W. B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S .C O M Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, addresses are in New Orleans and all accept credit cards. Updates: email willc@gambitweekly.com or call (504) 483-3106.

BYWATER Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant — 738 Poland Ave., (504) 943-9914; www.jackdempseys.net — Reservations accepted for large parties. L Tue-Fri, D Wed-Sat. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. D WedSun, late Wed-Sun, brunch Sat-Sun. $$

CBD Public Service Restaurant — NOPSI Hotel, 311 Baronne St., (504) 962-6527; www. publicservicenola.com — Reservations recommended. B & D daily, L Mon-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. $

CARROLLTON/UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOODS Catalino’s — 7724 Maple St., (504) 6186735; www.facebook.com/catalinosllc — Reservations accepted. L and D daily. $$ Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise.com — Reservations accepted. L Sat-Sun, D daily, late Fri-Sat. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted for large parties. L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Riccobono’s Panola Street Cafe — 7801 Panola St., (504) 314-1810; www.panolastreetcafe.com — No reservations. B and L daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

CITYWIDE Breaux Mart — Citywide; www.breauxmart.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ La Carreta — Citywide; www.carretarestaurant.com — Reservations accepted for larger parties. Lunch and dinner daily. $$

FAUBOURG MARIGNY Kebab — 2315 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3834328; www.kebabnola.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L and D WedMon, late Fri-Sat. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal., (504) 947-8787 — No reservations. Open 24 hours daily. $

FRENCH QUARTER Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — No reservations. B, L, D daily. $ Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Reservations recommended. L, D Mon-

B — breakfast L — lunch D — dinner late — late 24H — 24 hours

$ — average dinner entrée under $10

show your love WITH THE

MON AMOUR MACARON & CHOCOLATE COLLECTIONS AT

$$ — $11 to $20 $$$ — $21 or more

Sat, brunch Sun. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Reservations accepted. B, L. D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans. com — Reservations recommended. B, L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $$$ Copper Monkey Bar & Grill — 725 Conti St., (504) 527-0869; www.coppermonkeygrill.com — No reservations. L, D and late daily. $$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — Reservations recommended. B, L, D daily. $$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ El Gato Negro — 81 French Market Place, (504) 525-9752; www.elgatonegronola. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — No reservations. L, early dinner daily. $$ Green Goddess — 307 Exchange Place, (504) 301-3347; www.greengoddessrestaurant.com — No reservations. L, D Wed-Sun. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — No reservations. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www. lpkfrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — No reservations. B, L, D daily. $$ NOLA Restaurant — 534 St. Louis St., (504) 522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/nola-restaurant — Reservations recommended. L Thu-Mon, D daily. $$$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations recommended. B, L, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, D Tue-Sun. $$ Salon Restaurant by Sucre — 622 Conti St., (504) 267-7098; www.restaurantsalon. com — Reservations accepted. D Tue-

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

OUT EAT

S! ES E K K A ! ES NGCA G OF ES INGC G ES K K A N A K GC F KI KIN K I K A OF S K NGC G OF KES C ! N O I S G K ING E KIN ING AKE F KI KIN GCA G K A K GC OF KES KKINGCING OAKES KIN KIN GCA N G I K NGC K KIN GCA KIN I K KIN

1-800-Gambino www.Gambinos.com We ship everywhere!

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

OUT TO EAT Sun, brunch Fri-Sun. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. B, L, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

HARAHAN/JEFFERSON/ RIVER RIDGE Heads & Tails Seafood & Oyster Bar — 1820 Dickory Ave., Suite A, Harahan, (504) 533-9515; www.headsandtailsrestaurant. com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 7333803; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $

KENNER The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — No reservations. B, L, D daily. $$ Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ — 3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 305-4393 — No reservations. L, D daily. $$

LAKEVIEW El Gato Negro — 300 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-0107; www.elgatonegronola.com — See No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations. B,

L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $ NOLA Beans — 762 Harrison Ave., (504) 267-0783; www.nolabeans.com — No reservations. B, L, early D daily. $$ Sala Restaurant & Bar — 124 Lake Marina Ave., (504) 513-2670; www.salanola.com — Reservations accepted. L and D Tue-Sun, brunch Sat-Sun, late Thu-Sat. $$

METAIRIE Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Banh Mi Boys — 5001 Airline Drive, Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5360; www.bmbmetairie.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L and D Mon-Sat. $ Casablanca — 3030 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2209; www.casablancanola. com — Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D Sun-Thu. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.gumbostop.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. L Sun-Thu, D Mon-Thu. $ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www. marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine. com — No reservations. B, L daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ R&O’s Restaurant — 216 MetairieHammond Highway, Metairie, (504) 8311248; www.rnosrestarurant.com — No

A DVO C AT E S TA F F P H O T O B Y I A N M C N U LT Y

Kebab (2315 St. Claude Ave., 504-383-4328; www.kebabnola.com) serves doner kebab sandwiches.

reservations. L, D daily. $$ Riccobono’s Peppermill — 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-2226; www. riccobonospeppermill.com — Reservations accepted. B and L daily, D Wed-Sun. $$ Rolls N Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.rollsnbowlsnola.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $ Sammy’s Po-boys & Catering — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0916; www.sammyspoboys.com — No reservations. L Mon-Sat, D daily. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.

specials THEOSPIZZA.COM 2125 Veterans Blvd. 4218 Magazine St. 1212 S.Clearview Pkwy. 4024 Canal St. 70488 Highway 21 • Covington

Sweetsofuorr Sweet y

shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. B, L, D Mon-Sat. $ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Reservations recommended. L, D Tue-Sun. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; www.

VOTED

TOP 3 PIZZA PLA CE IN NEW OR LEANS 13 YEARS IN A ROW!

MONDAY: $1.50 LONGNECKS TUESDAY: $1.50 DRAFTS WEDNESDAY: 1/2 OFF ALL BOTTLES OF WINE WEEKDAY LUNCH: $7.99 - 1 TOPPING SMALL PIZZA + DRINK

A G U I D E TO N E W O R L E A N S

Kissing Swans:

Cream puff pastry with vanilla custard and whip cream

WEDDINGS + UNIONS I S S U E DAT E :

MARCH 19

Cuore d’Amore:

Cream puff pastry shell with whip cream and strawberries.

214 N. CARROLLTON IN MID CITY

486-0078 • angelobrocatoicecream.com Open at 10am Tuesday - Sunday

A D S PAC E R E S E RVAT I O N :

MARCH 8

CALL SANDY STEIN TO RESERVE YOUR AD SPACE TODAY

504.483.3150

vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. L Tue-Sun, D Fri. $ Cafe Navarre — 800 Navarre Ave., (504) 483-8828; www.cafenavarre.com — No reservations. B, L and D Mon-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. $ Cupcake Fairies — 2511 Bayou Road, (504) 333-9356; www.cupcakefairies.com — B and L Tue-Sat. $ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$ Fullblast Brunch — 139 S. Cortez St., (504) 302-2800 — No reservations. Brunch Thu-Mon. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizzas.com — No reservations. L, D, late daily. $ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — No reservations. L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingbur-

UPTOWN Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 8948881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. brunch, D Tue-Sun. $$$ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, L Fri-Sat, D Mon-Thu, brunch Sun. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — No reservations. L Fri-Sun, D and late daily. $$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ G’s Kitchen Spot — Balcony Bar, 3201 Magazine St., (504) 891-9226; www.gskitchenspot.com — No reservations. L Fri-Sun, D, late daily. $ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$

Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.juansflyingburrito.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Le’s Baguette Banh Mi Cafe — 4607 Dryades St., (504) 895-2620; www.facebook. com/lesbaguettenola — No reservations. B Sat-Sun, L and D daily. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, L daily, early dinner MonSat, brunch Sun. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Reservations accepted for five or more. L, D Tue-Sun. $$ Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., (504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelateria.com — No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $ St. James Cheese Company — 5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737; www.stjamescheese.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L daily, early D Thu-Sat. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; www.slicepizzeria.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; www.theospizza. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; www.titoscevichepisco.com — Reservations accepted. D Mon-Sat. $$

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT El Gato Negro — 800 S. Peters St., (504) 309-8864; www.elgatonegronola.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Emeril’s Restaurant — 800 Tchoupitoulas

OUT TO EAT St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/emerils-new-orleans — Reservations recommended. L Mon-Fri, D daily. $$$

Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; www.juansflyingburrito. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Meril — 424 Girod St., (504) 526-3745; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/meril — Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$ St. James Cheese Company — 641 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 304-1485; www. stjamescheese.com — See Uptown section for restaurant description. Delivery available. No reservations. L Mon-Sat, early D Thu-Sat., brunch Sun. $ Vyoone’s Restaurant — 412 Girod St., (504) 518-6007; www.vyoone.com — Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

WEST BANK Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. D Tue-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Restaurant des Familles — 7163 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 689-7834; www.desfamilles.com — Reservations recommended. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www. specialtyitalianbistro.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Tavolino Pizza & Lounge — 141 Delaronde St., (504) 605-3365; www.facebook.com/ tavolinolounge — Reservations accepted for large parties. D daily. $$

23 G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

MID-CITY/TREME

rito.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 4838899; www.namese.net — Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Ralph’s on the Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Reservations recommended. L Tue-Fri, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola. com — No reservations. L Mon-Sat. $$ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. L, D, late daily. $

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

Contact Victor Andrews listingsedit@gambitweekly.com 504-262-9525 | FAX: 504-483-3159

C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S AT W W W. B E S TO F N E W O R L E A N S . C O M = O UR P I C K S

TUESDAY 12 Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — Think Less, Hear More, 8 BMC — Laura Dyer, 5; Dapper Dandies, 8; Abe Thompson & Drs. of Funk, 11 Bamboula’s — Christopher Johnson, noon; Rancho Tee Motel, 3; Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 6:30; Sierra Green and the Soul Machine, 10 Bombay Club — Matt Lemmler, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Joe Krown, 7 Checkpoint Charlie’s — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Johnny J & Benny Margarden, 6; Jon Cleary, 8 Circle Bar — Zac Maras & Cactus Thief, 7; Bob & The Thunder, 9:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Dragon’s Den — All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree, 9 House of Blues — Matthew Bartels and Nick Ferreirae (Foundation Room), 6; Michael Liuzza, (Restaurant & Bar) 6 The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — Alicia Renee aka Blue eyes with The Shannon Powell Trio, 7:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — River Gypsy Jazz, 8; Sazerac the Clown’s Cabinet of Wonder, 10 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Kristin Diable, 8 Orpheum Theater — The Glenn Miller Orchestra, 7 Prime Example Jazz Club — The Spectrum 6 Quintet, 8 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Sandy Hinderlie, 5 Rock n’ Bowl — Latin Night with DJ, 7 Santos Bar — Drunken Dragons of Decatur Street! A game night with Nixie, 10

Radar Upcoming concerts »» FAILURE AND SWERVEDRIVER, March 16, Republic »» LYNYRD SKYNYRD, May 17, Smoothie King Center »» YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, April 25, House of Blues »» GHOST LIGHT FEATURING TOM HAMILTON, HOLLY BOWLING, SCOTT ZWANG, RAINA MULLEN AND STEVE LYON, April 27, REPUBLIC »» WHILE SHE SLEEPS, May 4, House of Blues »» NEW FOUND GLORY, July 11, House of Blues »» MICHAEL BUBLE, July 17, Smoothie King Center »» KACEY MUSGRAVES, Sept. 27-28, The Fillmore at Harrah’s New Orleans

Failure performs March 16 at Republic. P H OTO B Y P R I S C I L L A S C OT T

WEDNESDAY 13 BMC — Abe Thompson & Drs. of Funk, 2; The Tempted, 5; LC Smoove, 8; Rebel Roadside, 11 Bamboula’s — Eight Dice Cloth Jazz Trio, noon; Bamboulas Hot Quartet, 3; Mem Shannon Band, 6:30; Smoky Greenwell Blues, 10 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Treme Brass Band, 7:30 Check Point Charlie — T Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Mark Carroll, 6; Jimbo Mathus, 8 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 7; Jean Bertrand, 10 Crescent City Farmers Market — Patrick Cooper and Natasha Sanchez, 1:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Carl LeBlanc & Ellen Smith, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Slothrust, 9 House of Blues — Michael Liuzza (Foundation Room), 6; Cary Hudson (Restaurant & Bar), 6; Jet Lounge, Curren$y (The Parish), 11 The Jazz Playhouse — Brass-AHolics, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — Kirk Duplantis, 7:30 Loa Bar — Lynn Drury, Carolyn Broussard, 6 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — Grayson Brockamp & the New Orleans Wildlife Band, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Borsodi’s Poetry Hour, 7; Ivor S.K., 8; Jeremy Regan, 9 One Eyed Jacks — Vixens & Vinyl, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman with Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride presents the Next Generation, 7 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 Rock n’ Bowl — Creole String Beans, 8

Santos Bar — Homewrecker, Creeping Death, Funeral Chic and Forged by Hate, 8 SideBar — Matt Booth, Gerald Watkins, Steve Lands & Bryce Eastwood, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Uptown Jazz Orchestra with Delfeayo Marsalis, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — In Flames, All That Remains and All Hail the Yeti, 6 The Starlight — Davis Rogan, 5; Tuba Skinny, 8; Nahum Zdybel’s Hot Jazz band, 11 Three Muses — Leslie Martin, 5 Hot Club of NO, 8

THURSDAY 14 BMC — Abe Thompson & Drs. of Funk, 2; Ainsley Matich & Broken Blues, 5; Nawlins Johnnys, 8; Kennedy Kuntz & Men Of The Hour, 11 Bamboula’s — Ben Fox Jazz Trio, noon; Jan Marie & the Mean Reds, 3; Marty Peters & the Party Meters, 6:30; City of Trees Brass Band, 10 Bar Redux — Clave E Canela, 9 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Marla Dixon Blues Project, 5; Tom McDermott and Aurora Nealand, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Ghalia & Mamas Boys, 8 Circle Bar — Dark Lounge featuring Rik Slave, 7; Kelly Duplex, Hydra Plane and Cicada, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Matt Lemmler Trio, 9:30 House of Blues— Shawan Rice (Foundation Room), 6; Jake Landry (Restaurant & Bar), 6; Whiskey Myers, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — The Nayo Jones Experience, 7:30 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — The Soul Rebels, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Mike Soulman Baptiste, 7:30 NOLA Brewing Company — Valentine Sexy Time with Whitney Alouisious and Luscious Duchess, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Justin Reuther, 8; Chris Robinson, 9; Michael Daughtry, 10 Old Point Bar — Hanna Mignano Trio, 8 One Eyed Jacks — Fast Times, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Duke Heitger & Time Laughlin with Crescent City Joymakers, 7 Pavilion of the Two Sisters — James Rivers Movement, 6 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 PAGE 26

25 G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

MUSIC

Siberia Lounge — Piano Night, Andre Bohren, 9 SideBar — Cyrille Aimee & Oscar Rossignoli, 7; Simon Lott & Andrew Elmo Price, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Jason Marsalis & 21st Century Trad Band, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Tom McDermott, 6; Duke Aeroplane, 9; Goodnight Starlight with Asher Danziger, 10 Three Muses — Arsene DeLay, 5; Mia Borders, 8

MUSIC

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

PAGE 25

Rock n’ Bowl — Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys, 8:30 Santos Bar — Berlin Taxi, People Museum and Boyish Charm, 9 Siberia Lounge — The Lonesome Heroes, 9 Siberia Lounge — Valentines Ball with Fantasy Non-Fiction, Sabine and The Dewdrops and The Lonesome Heroes, 9 SideBar — Helen Gillet Presents, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony Valentines Show, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Keith Burnstein, 5; Josh Paxton, 8; Tarrah Reynolds and Amani Black Pearl, 10; Shawan Rice, 11 Three Muses — Tom Mcdermott, 5; St. Louis Slim, 8 Tipitina’s — G. Love & Special Sauce, Ron Artis II & The Truth, 9 The Willow — Rebirth Brass Band, 9

WED 2.13

8:30PM

THURS 2.14

FRIDAY 15

7:30PM |

DOORS 8PM

11PM

FRI 2.15

NEW BREED BRASS BAND

WHERE Y’AT BRASS BAND CARIBBEAN NIGHT WITH DJ T-ROY

CAESAR BROTHERS FUNK BOX

KERMIT RUFFINS AND THE BBQ SWINGERS

BLUE NILE BALCONY ROOM

10PM

LATE

10PM

DOORS 7PM

SAT 2.16

NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM DEVILS

FEAT. DANCEHALL, AFROBEAT, SOCA & REGGAE

7:30PM | 11PM

BRASS FLAVOR DJ BLACK PEARL |

LOW END THEORY PLAYERS A TRIBUTE TO NAS

PRESENT

BLUE NILE BALCONY ROOM - DOORS OPEN AT 6:30PM

AFTER THE PARADE | THE ESSENTIALS 1AM | DJ BLACK PEARL

.BLUENILELIVE.

WWW COM 532 FRENCHMEN STREET • 504.766.6193

Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — G-Cue, 11 Andrea’s Restaurant (Capri Blu Piano Bar) — Butch Caire, 8 BMC — Lifesavers, 3; Winslow, 6; Jason Neville Band, 9; La Tran K Latin Night, 11:59 Bamboula’s — Jeremy Joyce Adventure, 11; Kala Chandra Jazz, 2; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 6:30; Tree-house Brass Band, 8:45; ACE Brass Band, 10 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Carmela Rappazzo, 6; Keith Burnstein, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — The Pinettes Brass Band, 9 Casa Borrega — Javier Gutierrez Duo, 7 Central City BBQ — Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Alvin Youngblood Hart, 8 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae & friends, 7; The Bush Hogs, 9:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Rick Trolsen & The Po’ Boys, 10 House of Blues — Jake Landry and the Right Lane Bandits (Foundation Room), 7; Dick Deluxe (Restaurant & Bar), noon; Captain Buckles (Restaurant & Bar), 3:30; Baby Boy Bartels and the Boys (Restaurant & Bar) , 7 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Valerie Sassyfras, 9:45 The Jazz Playhouse — Shannon Powell Quartet, 7:30; Burlesque Ballroom featuring Trixie Minx & Jazz Vocals by Romy Kaye, 11 Le Bon Temps Roule — Joe Krown, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Sharon Martin, 7:30 NOLA Brewing Company — Arsene DeLay & Charlie Wooton, 3; Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe and George Porter Trio, 6 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Damn Hippies, 7; Joshua Diggs, 9 New Orleans Jazz Museum — Cha Wa, 7 Oak — Genna and Jessa, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Gal Holiday, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Murder By Death with J. Roddy Walston and the Business and Jonny Fritz, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Kevin Louis & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Rock n’ Bowl — Chee Weez, 9:30 Santos Bar — Bass Church Dance Party, 11:59 Siberia Lounge — Friday Night Soul

Dance Party with The Essentials, 10 SideBar — Alex McMurray & Glenn Hartmann are The Kings of the Small Time, 7; Phil Degruy’s Happy/Sad Mardi-Gruy, 9 Smoothie King Center — Alabama 50th Anniversary Tour with Tracy Lawrence, 7 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Herlin Riley Quartet, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Shaye Cohn and Dr. Michael White, 5; Michael Watson, 8; Balkanique, 10 Three Muses — Royal Roses, 5:30; Doro Wat, 9 Twist of Lime — Rival Nola Album Release Party, 9

SATURDAY 16 Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — Muevelo! and Mambo Orleans, 9 Andrea’s Restaurant (Capri Blu Piano Bar) — Bobby Ohler, 8 BMC — The Jazzmen, noon; Abe Thompson & Drs. of Funk, 3; Alicia Renee aka Blue Eyes, 6; Crooked Vines, 9; New Creations Brass Band, 11:59 Bamboula’s — Sabertooth Swing, 11; G & The Swinging Gypsies, 2:30; Johnny Mastro Blues Band, 5:30; Crawdaddy T’s Cajun/Zydeco Review, 8:45; Jason Neville Funky Soul Band, 12 Bar Redux — Hook N’ Sling: Mardi Gras Mambo, 10 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Saturday Jazz Brunch w/ Red Hot Brass Band, 11; The Royal Rounders, 6; Marina Orchestra, 9 Casa Borrega — Clave y Canela, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Kristin Diable, 8 Church of Yoga — KatieCat Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ Tribute, 7 Circle Bar — Dick Deluxe, 5 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Joe Krown Trio, 10 House of Blues — Geovane Santos (Restaurant & Bar), noon; Baby Boy Bartels and the Boys duo (Restaurant & Bar), 3:30; Old Riley and the Waters (Restaurant & Bar), 7; Insane Clown Posse’s Juggalo Weekend, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — Chucky C & Clearly Blue, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the BBQ Swingers, 7 & 9 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Grace Russell, 7; Dr. Lo presents Loyola’s Finest, 8 Oak — Mo Jelly Band, 9 Old Point Bar — Hallelujah Hat Rack, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Naughty Professor Annual Krewe Du Vieux After Show with Miss Mojo, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Will Smith & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Rock n’ Bowl — Contraflow, 9:30 Santos Bar — Krewe du Vieux dance party with DJ’s Otto and Tristan, 10 Siberia Lounge — TV Pole Shine, Tasche and The Psychedelic Roses and Wit’s End Brass Band, 9 Smoothie King Center — Fleetwood Mac, 8 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Johnny Sansone Blues Party (Krewe Du Vieux), 9 The Starlight — Glenn Hartman, 5; HeidiPAGE 28

MUSIC

27 G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

P H OTO B Y S E A N M O O RE

PREVIEW Murdertits! with Primpce at Hi-Ho Lounge BY RAPHAEL HELFAND MURDERTITS! is one of the most exciting musical oddities in New Orleans. Her songs, most easily accessed on SoundCloud, are a strange blend of country, synth-pop kitsch and comedy blended into strange, beautiful artifacts. At her rare one-woman shows, she plays cello and synth keyboard, employs a backing track for percussion and auxiliary instrumentals and warbles uncannily into the microphone. Her sets are jarring and sometimes uncomfortable, but never boring. Now, for the first time, she’s playing with a backing band: Primpce, the high-visibility trenchcoated art rockers who have made a strong name for themselves on the local DIY scene. The collaboration makes sense. Murdertits! has shared bills with Primpce in the past, but more importantly, they share a flair for the absurd. Both acts could come off as gimmicky, but they’ve got the chops to back up their quirks. “Somehow, through very different existences and experiences, we met on some weird neutral ground with similar artistic and musical conclusions,” Murdertits! says. “It was just right!” — Murdertits! and Primpce will perform Wed. Feb. 13 at the Hi-Ho Lounge (2239 St. Claude Ave.), with support from Cauche Mar, Bad Bangs, Gertrude and The Three Brained Robot. Doors open at 8 p.m.

MUSIC

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

PAGE 26

CBD IN STOCK AT ALL LOCATIONS

1SHOP!

VO TED

SMOKE

FRENCH QUARTER COVINGTON 733 TOULOUSE ST. (504) 875-3067

2900 N. HWY 190 (985) 893 -2748

HAMMOND

NEW ORLEANS

MANDEVILLE

HATTIESBURG

METAIRIE

BATON ROUGE

LAFAYETTE

SLIDELL

BATON ROUGE

www.rashop.us

8128 OAK STREET (504) 864-8288 3828 VETERANS STE. B (504) 889-8436

PIPES - VAPES - KRATOM & MORE

2198 FLORIDA ST. (985) 647-1644

1000 N. OAK ST. (985) 902-8380 2706 HARDY ST. (601) 261-6961

5201 NICHOLSON DR. 1905 NW EVANGELINE STE C. TRWY. (225)-763-9091 (337) 232-0000

758 K I-10 SERVICE RD. 3275 HIGHLAND RD. (985) 902-8380 (225) 338-0081

jo, 8; Glen David Andrews, 10 Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Debbie Davis, 6; Shotgun, 9 Tipitina’s — Arlo Guthrie: Alice’s Restaurant Back by Popular Demand Tour Featuring Sarah Lee Guthrie, 8:30

SUNDAY 17 BMC — Shawn Williams, noon; Retrospex, 3; Jazmarae, 7; Moments Of Truth, 10 Bamboula’s — Eh La Bas Ensemble, 11; NOLA Ragweeds Jazz, 2; Carl LeBlanc Jazz, 6:30; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 10 Bar Redux — Toby O’Brien & Friends, 9 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Jazz Brunch with Some Like It Hot, 11; Al Farrell and Jerry Jumonville, 4; Steve Pistorius Jazz Quartet, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Brother Dege, 8 Circle Bar — Dick Deluxe, 5; Micah McKee & friends and Blind Texas Marlin, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Troi Atkinson, 9 House of Blues— Jason Bishop (Restaurant & Bar), 6; Insane Clown Posse’s Juggalo Weekend, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Gospel Brunch with Cynthia Girtley, 11:30 a.m.; G’s Corner, 7 Old Point Bar — Shawan Rice, 3:30; Romy Kay, Jeanne Marie Harris, 7 One Eyed Jacks — Jonathan Richman LIVE! and Tommy Larkins on drums, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Mark Braud & Sunday Night Swingsters, 7 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 11 Rock n’ Bowl — Paw Paw Howie’s Transplant Benefit — Live ‘n Onions, 1:30; Rabadash Bash, 6 Siberia Lounge — Sam Doores Presents: For The Sake Of The Song, 8 Smoothie King Center — The Valentine’s Love Jam, 7 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Betty Shirley Tribute to Bessie Smith and Nina Simone, 8 & 10 St. Roch Tavern — Valerie Sassyfras, 5:30 The Starlight — Yoshitaka Z2 Tsuji, 5; Gabrielle Cavassa Sessions, 8 Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; The Clementines, 8

MONDAY 18 BMC — Zoe K., 5; Lil Red & Big Bad, 7; Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, 10 Bamboula’s — Saint Louis Slim Trio, noon; Bann-Bau’s Hot 4, 3; G & The Swinging Gypsies, 6:30; Les Getrez N Creole Cooking, 10 Bombay Club — David Boeddinghaus, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Arsene DeLay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Jamie St. Pierre, 6; Papa Mali, 8 Circle Bar — Dem Roach Boyz, 7; G’d Up XVII: Crazy Doberman, Blank Hellscape, Dummy Dumpster and BENNI, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 House of Blues— Sean Riley (Restaurant & Bar), 6 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Edward Moseley, 8; Joseph Krafczynski, 9

One Eyed Jacks — Blind Texas Marlin, 10 Rock n’ Bowl — NOLA Swing Night with DJ Swiggs, 7 SideBar — Instant Opus Series, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Lulu and the Broadsides feat. Dayna Kurtz & James Singleton, 6; Shindig with Ian Wellman and Shelby Kemp, 9; Keith Burnstein and Amanda Walker, 10 Three Muses — Bart Ramsey, 5; Washboard Rodeo, 8

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — The organist’s Organ & Labyrinth performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock, played by candlelight. www.albinas.org. Free admission. 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Calico Club Cabaret. Little Gem Saloon, 445 S. Rampart St. — A New York-style nightclub cabaret evoking the 1940s with dancing, dining and variety acts and the Pat Barberot Orchestra playing Big Band swing. www.facebook. com/calicoclubcabaret. 7 p.m. Friday. Emmanuel Culcasi. St. Joseph Abbey Church, 75376 River Road, St. Benedict — The Young Artist in Residence at St. Louis Cathedral performs a concert of organ music. Free admission. 3 p.m. Sunday. The Light Set. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St. — A chamber folk-pop outfit sings at the Ogden After Hours program. www.ogdenmuseum.org. 6 p.m. Thursday. Music at Midday. Tulane University, Rogers Memorial Chapel, 1229 Broadway St. — Newcomb Department of Music presents Wilfred Delphin, piano. Free admission. Noon Wednesday. St. Stephen’s Band and Chorus. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — The Bradenton, Florida school presents a program of classical, popular and chamber music. www.trinityartistseries. com Free admission. 2 p.m. Sunday. “To Sir With Love”. Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, University of New Orleans, Lakefront Campus — The New Orleans Gay Men’s Chorus spring concert features music about love, relationships and breaking up. www. nogmc.com. $18. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Trinity Artist Series. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — The violin duo Natalia Cascante and Harry Hardin, with Andre Bohren on piano, play the music of Beethoven, Debussy and Shostakovich. www.ablinas.org. Free admission. 5 p.m. Sunday. Visions of Vienna & Salzburg. The Orpheum Theater, 129 Roosevelt Way — The Louisiana Philharmonic, with Orion Weiss on piano and Fracesco Lecce-Chong at the baton, provide a concert of music by Mozart and Strauss. Also Friday at First Baptist Church, 16333 LA-1085, Covington. www.lpomusic.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

MORE ONLINE AT BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM COMPLETE LISTINGS

bestofneworleans.com/music

GOING OUT

29 G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

WHERE TO GO WHAT TO DO

Contact Victor Andrews listingsedit@gambitweekly.com | 504-262-9525 | FAX: 504-483-3159 = O UR P I C K S | C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S A T W W W . B E S T O F N E W O R L E A N S . C O M

GOING OUT INDEX

EVENTS Tuesday, Feb. 12.................... 29 Wednesday, Feb. 13.............. 29 Thursday, Feb. 14.................. 29 Friday,Feb. 15......................... 29 Saturday, Feb. 16................... 29 Sunday, Feb. 17...................... 30 Monday, Feb. 18...................... 31

BOOKS.................................... 31 SPORTS.................................. 31 FILM Events....................................... 31 Openings.................................. 31 Now showing ......................... 32 Sepcial showings................... 33

ON STAGE............................ 33 ART Happenings....................... 33 Openings................................. 33

TUESDAY 12 Broadmoor After Hours. Broad Street Cider & Ale, 2723 S. Broad Ave. — Broadmoor Improvement Association hosts the neighborhood mixer with drinks, snacks and prizes. 4 p.m. Fiction Writers Group. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave. — A newly created writers group will move to the River Ridge library in April, but the initial four meetings will be held in Metairie, led by author Diana Watson. www.jplibrary.net. 7 p.m. Instigation Festival. — The improvisational jazz and dance festival kicks off at Sidebar. 9:30 p.m., through Saturday. Madeleine Albright. Dixon Concert Hall, 33 Audubon Blvd. — Former Secretary of State Albright will speak at the Tulane-Aspen Institute Values in America Speaker Series. Tulane professor of history Walter Isaacson will moderate the discussion, which will center on nationalism, populism and Albright’s new book, “Fascism: A Warning.” Free admission. 6 p.m. Thriving in Place. Broadmoor Community Church, 2021 S. Dupre St. — There’s a speaker and free lunch is served at the monthly series for seniors. Noon.

WEDNESDAY 13 Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Triangle Kayak Clean-Up. 40 Arpent Observatory, 8265 Benjamin St., Chalmette — Volunteers are needed for wetlands area cleanup, with a limited number of kayaks. www.neworleanskayakswamptours.com. 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Black History Month Service Honors Allen, Jones. Trinity Episcopal Church,

EVENTS

PREVIEW Krewe of Little Rascals parade BY WILL COVIELLO THE KREWE OF LITTLE RASCALS, with riders aged 4 years old through teenagers, parades in Metairie at noon Sunday, Feb. 17. A DVO C AT E S TA F F P H OTO The parade theme is “Little Rascals Loves the B Y S O P H I A G ER M ER Arts and Sciences,” and the procession features more than 15 floats, marching groups and more. Throws include krewe cups, doubloons, wooden nickels, throwing discs and bracelets. The parade starts at Clearview Center (4436 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie) and follows Veterans Memorial Boulevard to Martin Behrman Avenue. Visit www.kreweoflittlerascals.com for more information.

1329 Jackson Ave. — The Commission for Racial Reconciliation of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and Trinity Episcopal Church will celebrate the lives of pioneering ministers Richard Allen and Absalom Jones. www.trinitynola.com. 6 p.m. “Kate Chopin’s ‘Ripe Figs’: From 19th Century Short Story to 21st Century Short Film.” Gallier House Shop, 1128 Royal St. — Barbara C. Ewell discusses the Louisiana writer’s story, establishing its contexts in the then-popular genre of “local color,” and its adaptation as a film, which will be shown, highlighting issues of changing media and creating contemporary relevance. www.hgghh. org. $10-$12. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Mia X Remix Wednesdays. Overflow Market & Cafe, 432 N. Galvez St. — Rapper and chef Mia X hosts cooking classes on healthy remixes of favorite recipes. www. facebook.com. Free admission. 11 a.m. YLC Meet and Greet Project Leaders. Central City BBQ, 1201 S. Rampart St. — Volunteer project leaders mingle and answer questions about volunteerism and projects. www.ylcnola.org. 6 p.m.

THURSDAY 14 Black Orpheus Mardi Gras Ball. Music Box Village, 4557 N. Rampart St. — Casa Samba and the North Side Skull & Bones Gang bring to life elements of the original motion picture set against a Carnival background, with food and dancing. www. musicboxvillage.com $16-$80. 6:30 p.m. Italian Lecture. New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave. — “Touring the Spaghetti District: Turn of the Century New Orleans and the Birth of Creole Italian Cuisine” by Dr. Justin Nystrom of Loyola University will be part of the second Thursday Lecture Series presented by Friends of the Cabildo. www.friendsofthecabildo.org. Free admission. 6:30 p.m. Maya Symposium. Mexican Cultural Institute, 901 Convention Center Blvd. — The Ancient Maya and Collapse is the subject of a four-day symposium by Tulane’s Middle American Research Institute and

the Mexican Cultural Institute. www.tms. tulane.edu. A Sweetheart of a Valentine’s Show. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — Dine and dance with the museum’s Victory Swing Orchestra for a salute to the Big Band era of music. www.nationalww2museum.org. $25-$65. 6 p.m., also Saturday.

FRIDAY 15 Friday Nights at NOMA: Tulane Maya Symposium. New Orleans Musuem of Art, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park — Friday Nights at NOMA offers music, movies, children’s activities, and more. There’s a keynote at 6 p.m. by Jeremy A. Sobloff of the Santa Fe Institute titled “Is ‘Collapse’ a Useful Term in Understanding Pre-Columbian Maya History?” www.noma.org $15. 5 p.m. Mardi Gras Voodoo Ballerina Soiree. Michalopoulos Studio, 527 Elysian Fields Ave. — Costumes are mandatory for this annual event. Free admission. 9 p.m. New Orleans French Film Festival. Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St. — The New Orleans Film Society presents the showcase of contemporary and classic French-language films from France, Canada, Belgium and Switzerland. Feature-length and short films are on the calendar as well as live music and lectures. Times vary. $13-$125. Teen Mardi Gras Masquerade ball. Delgado Community College, Student Life Center, 916 Navarre Ave. — The New Orleans Recreation Development ball is for teens ages 12-17, and complimentary appetizers and refreshments are available. The 2019 Teen Council Royal Court will be selected and crowned. RSVP. Formal attire required. www.nordc.org. Free admission. 7 p.m. Friday.

SATURDAY 16 Back to Nature Heart Walk. Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, 11000 Lake Forest Blvd. — Friends of Joe W. Brown

Royal

WIND CHIME

5101 W. ESPLANADE

@Chastant • Ste. 17 Metairie • 504.407.3532 nolagiftsanddecor.com

GOING OUT

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

The Answer to Your Organization’s Communication and Leadership Needs

WHERE LEADERS ARE MADE LEARN MORE AT

VISIT: WWW.D68TM.ORG EMAIL: CGD@D68TM.ORG

Bywater Clothing

New Orleans Gifts Local Artists & Designers

TRY OUR

FAMOUS

SOFT SHELL CRAB

Coconuts, Purses and Shoes

SUNDAY 17

OH MY!

4432 MAGAZINE

1 block off Napoleon | Uptown 504.502.6206 BywaterClothing.com

Memorial Park and New Orleans East Hospital present a walk to the hospital, lectures, screenings, flu shots, refreshments and more. Register online. www. friendsofjoewbrownpark.org or www. neworleanseasthospital.org. $30. 9 a.m. Dominican Legacy Gala. St. Mary’s Dominican High School, 7701 Walmsley Ave. — “Diamonds are Forever” is the theme and there’s music, food, an auction and two raffles. www.stmarysdominican.org. $95. 8 p.m. Garden District Tour. 1452 Jackson Ave. — Explore the architecture and influence of culture, climate, political events and famous figures on the area as well as the enduring statements of mid-19th century Americans in New Orleans. www.friendsofthecabildo.com. $20-$25. 10 a.m. Get Yah Praise On. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St. — In celebration of Black History Month, the zoo features a gospel music showcase of soul-stirring gospel and contemporary music with local artists Kim Chere, Drea Marie, Robert Boyd, Pastor Jai Reed and Grammy-nominated gospel artist Isabel Davis. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Band of Excellence is the musical guest, and DJ SoCray will spin tunes. New Orleans radio personality Loretta Petit will emcee. 11 a.m. Saturday. Kids in the Kitchen. Southern Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — Three types of Southern cakes are on the menu — in cupcake form: red velvet, hummingbird and lemon pound cake. Ages 7-11. www.natfab.org $20-$25. 10 a.m. Mardi Gras Costume Sale. Kingpin, 1307 Lyons St. — Headdresses, handmade and vintage costumes, leather masks, fancy hats, sparkly shoes, weird accoutrements and more are for sale. Free admission. Noon. Michael Lewis and Walter Isaacson panel. 826 New Orleans Youth Writing Center, 1750 St. Bernard Ave. — “Origin Stories: A Discussion with New Orleanian Writers” hosts a panel featuring writers Lewis Isaacson with members of the Young Writers’ Council, local high schoolers that write and edit for two publications each school year. The event presents questions for the writers written by students in first to third grades in 826 New Orleans’s After School program. www.826neworleans.org. 2 p.m. “One Billion Rising” Solidarity 2019. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — Participants will be involved in story circles, conversations and movement. There’s also body work, self-defense tips and poetry. Lunch will be served. For information, call (504) 5699070. 11 a.m. Saturday. Parent Information Center School Expo. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive — Urban League hosts an event with resources and information to support families in making school choice decisions. (504) 620-2332. 10 a.m.

738 Poland Ave. 504-943-9914 www.jackdempseys.net

B’nai B’rith Mardi Gras Mitzva Makers Hospital Parade. Touro Hospital, 3525 Prytania St. — The Carnival event (rescheduled) is for patients in long-term care and rehabilitation, including Cura Health Hospital and Home Life in the Gardens nearby. Participants gather at 9:30 a.m. (504) 897-7011. 10 a.m. “Civil War Imagery in 21st Century Photography.” Louisiana State Museum

GOING OUT

MONDAY 18 Creole Identity and Experience in Louisiana Literature. St. Tammany Parish Library, Slidell Branch, 555 Robert Blvd. — RELIC program will be presented in conjunction with the Endowment for the Humanities to consider issues related to Creoles, with fiction and nonfiction books provided for those registered. www. sttammanylibrary.org. 6 p.m. Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery Installation. Southern Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — The reception features the unveiling of the permanent exhibit in Gallery of the South “States of Taste for Belle Meade Bourbon.” RSVP requested to simone@simonesez. com. 5:30 p.m.

BOOKS Aubrey Edwards, Ariya Martin and Elena Ricci as Southerly Gold. Mosquito Supper Club, 3824 Dryades St. — Photographers’ book contains six field guides from the farthest corners of the state as “God’s Country: A Collective Exploration of Louisiana’s Frontiers.” www.southerlygold. com. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Cathy Barrow. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. — The author discusses and signs her book “Irresistibly Easy Sweet & Savory Slab Pies.” www.octaviabooks.com. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Maurice Carlos Ruffin. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. — The author discusses and signs his novel “We Cast a Shadow.” www. octaviabooks.com. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Mike Fawer. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3414 Highway 190, Suite 10, Mandeville —

The defense attorney and author signs and discusses his book “From the Bronx to the Bayou: A Defense Attorney’s Odyssey, from Charles Evers to Edwin Edwards and Beyond.” www.barnesandnoble.com. Noon. Saturday. Nancy Penrose. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. — The author discusses and signs her book “A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925-1928.” www.octaviabooks.com. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Poppy Tooker. Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave., Algiers — The author discusses her book, “Pascal’s Manale Cookbook — A Family Tradition.” www.nolalibrary.org. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

EVENT VENUES

SPORTS Pelicans Basketball. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Dave Dixon Drive — The New Orleans team faces the Magic of Orlando. www.smoothiekingcenter.com $4-$366. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Pelicans Basketball. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Dave Dixon Drive — The New Orleans team faces the Thunder of Oklahoma City. www.smoothiekingcenter.com $4-$366. 7 p.m. Thursday. Louisiana Derby Preview Day. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd. — Six stakes are worth more than $1 million. www.fgno.com/tickets. 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

FILM Some national chains do not announce their opening weekend lineups in time for Gambit’s print deadline. This is a partial list of films running in the New Orleans area this weekend.

EVENTS French Film Festival — The 22nd annual showcase of contemporary and classic French cinema also features live music and lectures. Opening 7:30 p.m. Friday at Prytania Theatre and running through Feb. 21. For more information, visit neworleansfilmsociety.org.

OPENINGS “Alita: Battle Angel” (PG-13) — A young woman journeys to discover her true identity in this action-adventure from director Robert Rodriguez and writer James Cameron. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Broad Theater, Chalmette Movies, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Donnybrook” (R) — Men prepare to compete in a legendary bare-knuckle fight for $100,000 prize in this drama starring Frank Grillo and Jamie Bell. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. “Happy Death Day 2U” (PG-13) — A young woman dies over and over again, unraveling dangers and more mysteries about her life. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Isn’t It Romantic” (PG-13) — Rebel Wilson is disenchanted with love but finds

FEB 15 - ALABAMA

FEB 22 - KISS: END OF THE

FEB 16 - FLEETWOOD MAC

ROAD WORLD TOUR

MAR 9 - ZAC BROWN BAND

FEB 17 - THE VALENTINE’S LOVE JAM

MAR 17 - P!NK

Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster Outlets, the Smoothie King Center Box Office, select Wal-Mart locations or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. www.mbsuperdome.com | www.smoothiekingcenter.com | www.champions-square.com

31 G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

Cabildo, 701 Chartres St. — David Know shares images of Louisiana landscape photography and discusses printing processes including stereograph, tintype and wet-plate collodion. www.neworleansphotoalliance.org. Free admission. 2 p.m. Dames de Perlage. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St. — Displaying brightly-colored, intricate hand-stitched, beaded costumes depicting actual animals and insects found at the Audubon Nature Institute’s Zoo, Butterfly Garden and Insectarium and Aquarium of the Americas, the Dames will be accompanied by the Big Fun Brass Band. 11 a.m. Sunday. French Film Festival. Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St. — Movies, parties and presentations highlight this seven-day festival of Franco films. Passes and individual tickets are available. www.neworleansfilmsociety.org. $0-$15. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Master of the Craft: Boudin. Southern Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — Learn to make boudin at home, taught by Daniel Robert, curator of meat science programs at the museum. www.natfab.org $50-$55. 1 p.m. Sunday. Vietnamese New Year’s Celebration. Dutch Alley Performance Pavilion, 900 N. Peters St. — The Vietnamese New Year’s celebration features live music and authentic Vietnamese food. Free admission. 11 a.m. Sunday. “Walt Whitman at 200.” Louisiana Landamarks Society, 6330 St. Charles Ave. — Brad Vogel brings the poet’s months in New Orleans to life during the bicentennial year of Whitman’s birth. www.louisianalandmarks.org. $10. 5 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS’ PREMIER

GOING OUT

MARDI GRAS

2019

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

GET THE BEST OF

BOTH MARKETS

LOCALS +

VISITORS

72,000 COPIES

2 WEEK COMBO FEB 19 & FEB 26 ISSUES [PRINT + DIGITAL]

SPACE RESERVATION FOR PACKAGE BY CALL NOW! Sandy Stein 504-483-3150 or sandys@gambitweekly.com

herself stuck inside a fictional story in this comedic fantasy. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14.

NOW SHOWING “Aquaman” (PG-13) — Arthur Curry learns his true calling is under the sea as the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis in this new superhero movie starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Blackkklansman” (R) — Spike Lee directs this drama about Ron Stallworth, the real-life African-American police officer who infiltrated the Colorado chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Black Panther” (PG-13) — Chadwick Boseman stars as T’Challa, the heir to the kingdom of Wakanda, in this 2018 smash hit adaptation of the Marvel comic book series. Regal Grand Espalande 14 & GPX. “Bohemian Rhapsody” (PG-13) — Rami Malek (“Mr. Robot”) stars as Freddie Mercury in this biopic about the rock band Queen. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Bumblebee” (PG-13) — Hailee Steinfeld stars in this “Transformers” prequel about a young girl who discovers a battle-scarred robot. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16. “Cold Pursuit” (R) — A snow-plow driver (Liam Neeson) seeks revenge for the death of his drug-addicted son. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Cold War” (PG-13) — A music director and singer fall in love in Poland during the Cold War in this romantic drama written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. Broad Theater. “Destroyer” (R) — A detective’s past comes back to haunt her in this crime drama starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Karyn Kusama. AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “A Dog’s Way Home” (PG) — A dog named Bella goes on a 400-mile trek home after being separated from her owner. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Dragon Ball Super: Broly” (PG) — Based on the popular anime series, this animated action movie features Goku and Vegeta squaring off against a warrior who is unlike any fighter they’ve encountered. AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga” — In this Hindi romantic comedy, a woman copes with her family’s desire for her to get married. AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “Escape Room” (PG-13) — A group of strangers must find a way out of an escape room in this horror movie starring Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine and Taylor Russell. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “The Favourite” (R) — A frail queen’s feelings are toyed with by her close friend and a new servant in this historical comedy. Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz star. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Broad

Theater, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Glass” (PG-13) — The worlds of writer-director M. Night Shyamalan’s “Unbreakable” and “Split” collide in this mystery about humans with supernatural abilities. James McAvoy, Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson star. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade & GPX. “Green Book” (PG-13) — An Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist in this drama starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “If Beale Street Could Talk” (R) — Writer-director Barry Jenkins adapts James Baldwin’s novel about a pregnant woman fighting to prove her fiance’s innocence. Broad Theater. “The Kid Who Would Be King” (PG) — A kid discovers he could be the heir to Excalibur in this family-friendly fantasy from writer-director Joe Cornish. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” (PG) — Everything is not awesome in this sequel to the animated hit, featuring the voices of Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Broad Theater, Chalmette Movies, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Miss Bala” (PG-13) — Gina Rodriguez (“Jane the Virgin”) stars as a woman who is drawn into a world of crime to save her family. Anthony Mackie co-stars. AMC DineIn Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “The Mule” (R) — Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this crime drama about a 90-year-old World War II veteran who transports cocaine for a drug cartel. The Grand 16 Slidell. “On the Basis of Sex” (PG-13) — Felicity Jones stars as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this biographical drama about the U.S. Supreme Court Justice’s early career. Cinebarre Canal Place 9. “Oscar Nominated Shorts” — Exclusive presentations of Academy Award-nominated live-action, animated and documentary shorts are screened. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Prytania Theatre. “The Prodigy” (R) — A mother worries about her son’s disturbing behavior in this horror film starring Taylor Schilling (“Orange is the New Black”). AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Serenity” (R) — A fishing boat captain (Matthew McConaughey) reckons with his past as his ex-wife (Anne Hathaway) tracks him down with a plea for help. The Grand 16 Slidell. “Shoplifters” (R) — A family of small-time crooks takes in a child in this Japanese crime drama written and directed by Hiro-

GOING OUT REVIEW ‘Key to All Mythologies: Mixed Media Paintings by Nicole Charbonnet’ BY D. ERIC BOOKHARDT WHAT ARE MYTHS, REALLY? More than just old Greek and Roman legends for which our Mardi Gras parades often were named, myths are stories that unite past and present, universal ideas and intimate experiences — or so New Orleans artist Nicole Charbonnet suggests in her new mixed-media paintings. If the ideal forms of traditional Olympian deities belied their famously messy personal lives, Charbonnet cuts to the quick by mixing their iconic allure with a graphic goulash of modern grit and lurid innuendo. “Danae and the Shower of Gold” (pictured), based on Adolf Wertmuller’s 1787 painting of the Greek princess ravished by the great god Zeus disguised as a golden mist, somehow unites the legends of the Roman poet Ovid with messy modern graffiti and seductive mass media imagery that blurs the boundaries between advertising and soft porn. In so doing, Charbonnet infuses the ephemeral with the eternal, and maybe a hint of the infernal. Similarly, in “After Michelangelo,” the ghostly image of one of the Renaissance artist’s typically beefy, linebacker-esque torsos seems to be emerging from the painting’s dense texture, a surface that recalls a crumbling wall replete with splattered paint and pockmarks that amount to a record of time’s indignities over the ages. In “Amor Vincit Omnia — After Caravaggio,” contemporary chaos sets the tone in a scene where splatters of pink paint overwhelm green figurative swatches, recalling the iconic graffiti-riddled anarchy of a St. Claude Avenue streetscape. “After Modigliani” is more demure, an imprint of a sly Sibyl etched into a sun-bleached Italian rampart, but “After Giorgione” is more frontal, a modern-day Venus as an assertive soft porn princess. If the collective chaos of these works can seem disorienting at first, the way they really do appear to integrate the wild and colorfully humanistic aspects of the past with the digitally enhanced chaos of the present fulfills visual art’s role as a stimulant to the integrative processes of the imagination, processes without which there would be no resilience, and consequently no healing. Through Feb. 23. Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com

kazu Koreeda. Broad Theater. “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (PG) — In the new animated Spider-Man story, Miles Morales is a teen who gets Spidey senses and travels into different dimensions, meeting other heroes with similar powers. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “A Star is Born” (R) — Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga star in this remake about a ragged musician who falls in love with a young, undiscovered female singer. Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “They Shall Not Grow Old” (R) — Peter Jackson directs this documentary about World War I commemorating the centennial of the end of the war. AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “The Upside” (PG-13) — Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston star in this remake of the 2011 French film “The Intouchables,” in which a wealthy quadriplegic man hires an assistant with a criminal record. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Vice” (R) — Christian Bale stars as former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in this biographical drama from writer-director Adam McKay (“The Big Short”). AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “The Wandering Earth” — A Chinese science-fiction movie about a group of young people who fight to save Earth’s future as

the sun dies and the planet spins out of orbit. AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “What Men Want” (R) — Taraji P. Henson stars as a sports agent who can hear men’s thoughts. Tracy Morgan and Kellan Lutz co-star. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Broad Theater, Chalmette Movies, Cinebarre Canal Place 9, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14.

SPECIAL SHOWINGS “Beauty & the Beast” (1946) — A mysterious beast holds a young woman he wishes to marry captive in this fantasy directed by Jean Cocteau. At 10 a.m. Sunday at Prytania Theatre. “Best Picture Showcase Day” — All-day screening of 2019 Oscar-nominated best pictures, featuring “The Favorite,” “BlacKkKlansman” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” At 11 a.m. Saturday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “Casablanca” (PG) — A nightclub owner protects his former lover and her husband from Nazis in Morocco in this 1942 drama. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star. At 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday at Movie Tavern Northshore. “Dirty Dancing (1987)” (PG-13) — While vacationing at a resort, a young woman (Jennifer Grey) falls in love with the camp’s dance instructor (Patrick Swayze). At 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16; 7 p.m. only Wednesday at Cinebarre Canal Place 9, Regal Covington Stadium 14.

“Grease” (PG-13) — Summer lovers reignite their flame when they find out they attend the same high school in this 1978 musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. At 10 a.m. Wednesday and 8 p.m. Thursday at Prytania Theatre. “Josh Groban from Madison Square Garden” — The singer’s sold-out performance comes to the screen, with guest appearances from Idina Menzel and Jennifer Nettles. At 7 p.m. Wednesday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “My Fair Lady” (G) — A snobby professor agrees to make a flower girl more presentable to high society in this 1964 musical starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. At 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday at AMC Westbank Palace 16, AMC Elmwood Palace 20; 1 p.m. only Sunday at Cinebarre Canal Place 9, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “The Princess Bride” (PG) — A pirate (Cary Elwes) encounters fantastical obstacles to be reunited with his true love (Robin Wright) in this 1987 adventure from director Rob Reiner. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Broad Theater. “The Sons of Tennessee Williams” — A documentary about New Orleans men who created popular drag balls starting in the late 1950s. Directed by Tim Wolff. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Prytania Theatre. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (R) — A young couple has to stop at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry). A comedic/musical/cult classic co-starring Susan Sarandon. At 11:59 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Prytania Theatre. “To Kill a Mockingbird” — Gregory Peck stars as Atticus Finch, a lawyer defending a black man in the Depression-era South, in this 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel. At 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday at Movie Tavern Northshore.

ON STAGE Be/With Instigation Fest. Art Klub, 1941 Arts St. — In the performance series, artists with a practice in improvisation come together for impromptu dialogue. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Thursday. “Beyond the Grave.” Victory Fellowship Church, 5708 Airline Drive, Metairie — A multimedia production based on the 1999 Columbine school shooting examines the lives of multiple students. www.victoryfellowship. net. Free admission. 7:30 p.m. Friday. “The Color Purple.” Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell — Alice Walker’s story of Miss Celie and the experience of African-Americans in the South in the early 20th century. The Oscar-winning movie became the Tony-winning musical. www. cuttingedgetheater.com. Tickets $25-$35. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. “Dreamgirls.” Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, Metairie — The Jefferson Performing Arts Society presents the Motown-inspired musical about love and stardom at Jefferson Performing Arts Center. Tickets $25-$60. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. “Keely and Du.” University of New Orleans, Robert E. Nims Theatre Performing Arts Center, St. Anthony Avenue off 2000 Lakeshore Drive — A pregnant rape victim is confined by a right-to-life activist in an examination of passionate stories on the edge of everyday reality. Tickets $0-$15. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. “Life Sucks.” Loyola University New Orleans, Lower Depths Theater, 6363 St.

Charles Ave. — Loyola Presents stages a reworking of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” in which a group of friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws and lifelong enemies lurch between love and lust, laughter and longing. www.presents.loyno.edu. $10-$15. 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. “Love Letters.” Little Gem Saloon, 445 S. Rampart St. — As a Valentine’s Day benefit for the American Heart Association, media personalities Nell Nolan and Dennis Woltering perform A.R. Gurney’s duet that looks at the lives of two friends through their correspondence to each other. Tickets $25. 8 p.m. Thursday. “Shear Madness.” Teatro Wego!, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego — The Jefferson Performing Arts Society brings back the audience-participation murder mystery whodunit set in a salon and filled with laughs. www.jpas.org. Tickets $20-$35. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. “The Vagina Monologues.” Ashe Power House Theater, 1731 Baronne St. — A V-Day 2019 Campaign Event to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls, the show blends humor and grace into a piece that celebrates women’s sexuality and strength. Tickets $10-$20. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. “The Victory Belles.” National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — The vocal trio presents a look at the music from the 1940s in a show reminiscent of the USO tour shows. www. nationalww2museum.org Tickets $38-$41. 11:45 a.m. Wednesday and Friday. “The Wizard of Oz.” Saenger Theater, 1111 Canal St. — The musical production is an homage to the 1939 film starring Judy Garland as the girl whisked away from her home in Kansas to the magical world of Oz. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

DANCE “Territory of Man.” Art Klub, 1941 Arts St. — The evening of music and dance addresses the territorial behavior of men. Tickets $12$18. 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

ART HAPPENINGS Champagne & Art Tours. The Jung Hotel & Residences, 1500 Canal St. — Free champagne accompanies a weekly tour of the hotel’s commissioned artworks. 5 p.m. Friday. Pancakes & Booze Art Show. Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Peters St. — More than 100 emerging local artists display their work, with live body painting, a free pancake bar and music. www.pancakesandbooze.com. Tickets $10-$12. 8 p.m. Friday.

OPENINGS Royal Frenchman Hotel and Bar, 700 Frenchmen St. — “Diane Millsap Art Show” features the artist and her paintings; opening reception, 6 p.m. Friday.

MORE ONLINE AT BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM COMPLETE LISTINGS

bestofneworleans.com/events

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F e b r ua ry 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

ART

NEWLY BUILT CONDOS IN THE SEVENTH WARD

PUZZLES

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F E B R UA R Y 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

John Schaff

ERA Powered, Independently Owned & Operated

eliteNewOrleansProperties.com Your Guide to New Orleans Homes & Condos

2362 Camp Street • $3,949,000

1750 St. Charles #204 • $559,000

Spectacular Thomas Sully Private patio, at one of New E IC PR mansion in the heart of the Orleans’ premiere addresses. W NE Garden District has been LG 3 BR condo with 1,860+ immaculately renovated. Sits sq ft has great closet space on corner lot with orig wrought and 2 garage parking spaces. iron fence surrounding it. 24-hour security, wonderful Oversized rooms, beautiful fitness room and beautiful, mantles and amazing original details. Pool w/ cabana park-like common areas make this location very desirand 607sq.ft. 1-bedroom apt with separate entry. 3rd fl able. Living on the parade route and the streetcar line suite has own kit and ba. Eleva. serves all 3 floors. has never been easier. Vacant and easy to show! G

TIN

W NE

LIS

2833 St. Charles, #40 • $249,000

CRS

More than just a Realtor! (c) 504.343.6683 (o) 504.895.4663

326 Filmore • $685,000

Built in 2015, this beautiful, Lakeview home has 4 BR and 3.5 BA with a large master down. Downstairs has beautiful wood floors and 10 foot ceilings. Open floor plan is great for entertaining. The kitchen has beautiful marble, stainless appliances, 5 burner, gas stove and cabinets to the ceiling for ample storage. Great side yd and lg rear yd with plenty room for a pool. Rear yard access to the covered carport and storage. Well maintained; in move-in condition! PR

1750 St. Charles #417 • $299,000

Large 1 BR on the parade One of New Orleans’ TIN route! Beautifully renov 3 premiere addresses. Extra LIS W NE yrs. ago with new wood lg, 1 BR, condo with 1200+ floors throughout, new sq ft has great closet space kitchens with marble and a city view. 24 hr seand stainless steel, new curity and garage pkng. baths. Stackable W/D Living on the parade route in unit. Large in-ground and the streetcar line has never been easier. Vacant pool. Secure off-street parking and Fitness Room. and easy to show! G

W NE

901 Webster St.• 4BR / 3.5BA 4000+ SF • $1,449,000 Beautiful & Stately home on one of NOLA’s most sought after streets. Perfect for family &/ or entertaining! Chef’s kitchen w/finest appliances, beautiful granite & Wood-Mode cabinetry. Oversized master suite w/ incredible, air conditioned, cedar closet. Lg corner lot w wraparound pool & 2 car garage. O

WEIRD WARDROBE By Frank A. Longo

32 G-men, e.g. 33 Appropriate underwear in a law court? 35 Gemini, e.g. 37 Unwanted plant growth 38 “Oh, sure!” 39 Neckwear making people unable to move? 44 ICU tubes 45 Burnt residue 48 Yellow hue 49 With 72-Across, 1920s-’30s design style 50 Royal flush card 51 A Marx brother 53 — Zedong 54 Ukraine city

NEWLY BUILT CONDOS IN THE SEVENTH WARD.

57 Toadstool-shaped headwear? 60 Kilt wearer 62 Stew sphere 63 Moral errors 64 Actress Perlman 65 Women’s wear encircling a magazine? 71 Tooth filler 72 See 49-Across 73 Abbr. of fair hiring 74 Go bonkers 76 Beach where everyone dons athletic wear? 80 Do a tally of 82 Abbr. in personal ads 83 Sir Andrew — Webber

7225 ST. CHARLES

EMILE WEIL DESIGNED HOME NEAR AUDUBON PARK $1,500,000

TOP PRODUCER

TE LA

PREMIER CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Ill will 7 Accepted blame humbly 14 Creatures 20 Mafia code of silence 21 Person of the hour 22 Bill Clinton’s #2 23 Formalwear imparting a pleasantly optimistic feeling? 25 Flier Earhart 26 Tricky rascal 27 Some pipe shapes 28 Model of iPod 30 Weasel’s kin 31 Room, in Spanish

1629 • 1BR/1BA • $214,900 1631 & 1633 • 2BR/1.5BA • $259,000 ea.

(504) 895-4663

GARDEN DISTRICT OFFICE 2016 & 2017

ABR, CRS, GRI, SFR, SRS

Latter & Blum, ERA powered is independently owned and operated.

84 “— Day Will Come” 85 Be in debt to 86 Writer Joyce Carol — 88 Frequently, to a poet 89 Pull sharply 90 Waist wear inscribed with images of sunorbiting bodies? 94 Castle trench 96 ERA or RBI 97 Sit as a model 98 Outerwear with huge pockets to hold LPs? 102 Verbal gems 104 9-to-5er’s relieved cry 108 Telegraphic code creator 109 Slave away 110 Inside info 111 Pro at taking dictation 112 Frozen spike 114 Summer wear depicting cartoon scenes? 117 Weasels’ kin 118 Looked scornfully 119 Messenger of the gods 120 Rains cold pellets 121 Mean rulers 122 Big bother DOWN 1 Boulders 2 Oven brand 3 Sherpa land 4 Deep fissure 5 An Amerind 6 Brit. mil. fliers 7 Get — of (obtain) 8 Implements 9 Closing parts 10 Homer Simpson cry 11 Rusty color 12 Avenged 13 Singer — Marie 14 Sheep’s call 15 “Rum Punch” novelist Leonard 16 “Yeah, makes sense” 17 Nick of film 18 Heartache 19 Scorches 24 “Angie” star Davis 29 “Tommy” actor 32 E-I linkup 33 Royal flush card 34 They’re shot from air rifles 36 Modest reply to kudos

37 Comical sort 39 Scots’ toppers 40 Many Apples 41 Paperless novel, e.g. 42 Turkic language 43 Bit of lifting lingerie 44 I, to Freud 45 Curved line 46 Mani offerer 47 Quick trip 50 Helper: Abbr. 51 Gardening implements 52 Stock up on 55 As is fitting 56 Grabs the attention of suddenly 57 Cut to bits 58 Counteract 59 Buckeye State sch. 61 A bit drunk 63 Plaintiff 66 Regretted deeply 67 Lysol target 68 Jon who played Napoleon Dynamite 69 Join together 70 Studio prop 75 Earring part 76 “I’m Real” singer’s nickname

77 Pixie 78 Deteriorate 79 Kiss go-with, often 80 Stupefy 81 Seal schools 85 Mel who wore #4 87 Helpers in crime 89 — Mahal 90 Painter’s studio 91 Used a sofa 92 Elected (to) 93 Platform for Apple devices 94 Biceps, e.g. 95 Brunch dish 96 Thin 98 Slightly off 99 Regional 100 Hush money 101 Slide on a sled, say 102 Polyphonic choral piece 103 Opinion pieces 105 Lysol target 106 It’s gathered in recon 107 “Pippin” director Bob 110 Mend, as socks 111 Mets’ former stadium 113 Ending for lion or seer 115 — culpa 116 “Zip it!”

ANSWERS FOR LAST WEEK: P 35

4519 NEW ORLEANS ST.

3021 ANNUNCIATION ST.

2460 BURGUNDY STREET

MJ’s

propertymanagement@dbsir.com 2340 Dauphine Street (504) 944-3605

Mardi Gras Sequin Scarf $11.99

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS High-quality new construction with an open floor plan, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood floors, high ceilings and the energy efficiency that only New Construction can offer. Incredible value at $ 264,000

Upgraded Irish Channel cottage with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths & a large office loft. High Ceilings, wood floors and a cute rear yard in an excellent Irish Channel location. $439,000

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 35 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

to place your ad in the

GAMBIT EXCHANGE

call 483-3100

Two (2) separate renovated cottages on a large 48 x 127 Lot in an excellent Marigny location. Main house is a 2 bedroom camelback and 2nd cottage is a 2 bedroom rental. Off street parking for several cars and room for a pool in the rear. $829,900

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

921 RACE ST Unit #C - 3bd/2ba ...... $3750 2401 Prytania - 3bd/3ba .................... $3700 1140 Decatur #3 - 1bd/1ba ................. $2300

Mardi Gras Streetcar $20.99

4220 Jena - 1bd/1ba ........................... $1475 4025 S Derbigny St - 2bd/1ba ........... $950

CALL FOR MORE LISTINGS!

Mardi Gras Glass Bowl 18” $35.99

Mardi Gras Straw Hat $12.99

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, NOTICE: familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718.

Mardi Gras Sequin Purse $12.99 to $16.99

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

MJ’s

1 & 2 bedrooms available in ideal location and ROOMS BY THE MONTH with PRIVATE BATH. All utilities included monthly. Call 504-202-0381 for appointment.

FAUBOURG 2 BDRM APT

LAKEFRONT/LAKEVIEW APARTMENT NEAR LAKE

Lakefront 2bdrm,1ba. Walking distance to Robert’s, shops, cafes, lake. W/D in unit. $1200/mo w/dep. Call 985-377-9506.

EMPLOYMENT FARM LABOR TEMPORARY FARM LABOR

Poplar Ridge Farms, Bono, AR, has 3 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/GPS for tilling, cultivating, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops; building, irrigation installation & maint. grain bin & auger operation, building, equip & vehicle maint.; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.33/hr, increase based on exp., may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 3/01/19 – 11/15/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# 2371837 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504-838-5678.

ADVERTISE HERE!

CALL 483-3100

1513 Metairie Rd. • 835-6099 Metairie Shopping Center www.mjsofmetairie.com MJSMETAIRIE

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, L.L.C. REGARDING APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ELECTRIC AND GAS RATES PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RESOLUTION R-15-194 AND R-17-504 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, L.L.C. (“ENO”) WILL HOST PUBLIC MEETINGS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND ANSWER QUESTIONS SURROUNDING ENO’S APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ELECTRIC AND GAS RATES PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS R-15-194 AND R-17-504 (“2018 RATE CASE”). ENO FILED THE 2018 RATE CASE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 WITH THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (“COUNCIL”). THE 2018 RATE CASE INCLUDES ENO’S REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ELECTRIC AND GAS SERVICE RATES AND NEW/REVISED RATE SCHEDULES. THE COMPANY PROPOSES TO REDUCE THE OVERALL ELECTRIC REVENUE REQUIREMENT BY APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION. THE COMPANY ALSO PROPOSES TO REDUCE THE OVERALL GAS REVENUE REQUIREMENT BY APPROXIMATELY $142,000. ENO WILL ADDRESS VARIOUS TOPICS RELATED TO THE RATE CASE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING. THE PUBLIC MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FROM 6:00 P.M. UNTIL 7:30 P.M. (REGISTRATION 5:45-6PM) AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: • Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 Rosa B. Keller Broadmoor Library 4300 South Broad Street New Orleans, LA 70125

• Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 NORD Algiers Cutoff Recreation Center 6600 Belgrade Street New Orleans, LA 70114

• Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 New Orleans Mid City Library 4140 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119

• Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. NORD Andrew Pete Sanchez Center 1616 Caffin Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117

• Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 Corpus Christi Epiphany Community Resource Center 2022 St. Bernard Avenue, Bldg. C (Cafeteria) New Orleans, LA 70116

• Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 NORD Stallings Recreation Center 4300 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117

• Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 George & Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center 1225 N. Rampart Street New Orleans, LA 70116

• Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. East New Orleans Regional Library 5641 Read Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70127

REAL ESTATE / EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES

FAUBOURG MARIGNY Upper in fourplex. High ceilings, hardwood floors central a/c heat $1200. Call Henry 504-296-3343.

It’s Mardi Gras Time Y’all

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > F E B R UA R Y 1 2 - 1 8 > 2 0 1 9

DORIAN M. BENNETT, INC. 504-920-7541

SUMMER CAMP VO T E D B E ST

(((((

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION GOING ON NOW!

Friends. Fun. Franco’s. AGES 5-14

Swim Lessons Included • Waterslide • Tennis Weekly Field Trips • Arts & Crafts • and much more!

Call Today! 985.792.0200 WWW.FRANCOSMANDEVILLE.COM

100 BON TEMPS ROULE, MANDEVILLE