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BY LEO McGOVERN THE INAUGURAL BIG EASY CON is

a pop culture festival for fans of comics, movies and games at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Nov. 1-3. Attendees can meet comic book artists and actors who make and appear in myriad comic-based properties spanning screens big and small.

Guests include five-time Grammy Award-winning “Weird Al” Yankovic; WWE wrestlers Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods; and “Steven Universe” voice actors Zach Callison (Steven) and Grace Rolek (Connie).

Comic industry guests include Dan Parent, the long-time Archie Comics writer/artist and creator of Kevin Keller, the series’ first gay character, as well as “Rick and Morty” comic writer Kyle Starks, whose recent graphic novel “Kill Them All” was optioned by Paramount Pictures to become a feature film. Meg Cabot, New York Times bestselling author of “The Princess Diaries,” also will make an appearance.

“The Princess Diaries” isn’t being rebooted as a comic book — though a 2004 Disney-sanctioned manga sequel from TokyoPop does exist. Rather, Cabot has penned for DC Comics “Black Canary: Ignite,” a young adult graphic novel for DC Comics. “Ignite” sets 13-year-old Dinah Lance and her early-stage sonic cry against the backdrop of Gotham City, where she sings in a band, rides a scooter and wants to enter the police academy.

Adult versions of the character appear in TV’s “Arrow” and the upcoming “Birds of Prey” film, as well as DC Universe comics, but Cabot ensures teen readers will get much more mileage out of “Ignite.”

Fans may want to get a selfie or three with celebrities like Zachary Levi of “Shazam,” but they should be prepared to pay for the opportunity.

Procuring a photo or signature from many celebrity guests can require an additional ticket, available through the Big Easy Con website. Prices vary per celebrity.

Headlining the media guest lineup is New Orleans’ own Anthony Mackie, who plays Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He took steward-

ship of Captain America’s shield at the conclusion of “Avengers: Endgame” and is likely to assume the stars-andstripes mantle after the upcoming Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” This may be an opportunity to meet him before he goes from a beloved character actor to a national icon.

Artist’s alley typically doesn’t feature pay-tomeet opportunities, as it’s meant to be an area for up-and-comers and all-time greats alike to promote or hawk their wares. It won’t cost anything to shake hands with Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen artist Steve Lieber, but at any artist’s alley table one should expect to pay for detailed sketches or a large number of autographs.

Local talent includes writer Gabe Soria (“Megaghost”), Tim Lattie (“Ghostbusters”), Lafayette’s Kody Chamberlain (“SWEETS”) and Rob Guillory, whose recent transplant organ-growing series “Farmhand” is set to become a show on AMC. Post-con activities are a necessity for any burgeoning convention to solidify its place on the local calendar, and Saturday’s official after-party celebrates 10 years of parading by the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus (www.chewbacchus.org).

Republic NOLA hosts the Krewe’s annual costume contest (“Set Your Phasers to Stunning”), which serves as a fundraiser for the group.

Rescheduled from cancelled dates in June, Big Easy Con is the latest event from Leftfield Media, producers of Portland’s Rose City Con and

WED.-SUN. OCT. 30-NOV. 17 | An older couple with a prized English garden and new, younger neighbors who want to hold a barbecue find themselves in an escalating feud over their incompatible uses of their backyard in Karen Zacarias’ comedy. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Southern Rep Theatre.

THU. OCT. 31 | Galactic is joined by former “American Idol” contestant and Tank and the Bangas’ vocalist Anjelika Joseph for a Halloween show. Mellow rock band Motel Radio opens at 10 p.m. at Tipitina’s.

Bayou Road Balloon Festival FRI.-SUN. NOV. 1-3 | Nightly balloon “glow,” or the illumination of hot air balloons, is one of the highlights of the Bayou Road Balloon Festival. There also are tethered balloon rides, live music, carnival rides, food vendors, an art market and more. 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday, noon-10 p.m. Saturday and noon-8 p.m. Sunday at Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette.

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FRI. NOV. 1 | The salute to saxophonist Kidd Jordan features his family members Kent, Marlon, Rachel and Stephanie Jordan as well as Roger Lewis, Kirk Joseph, Herlin Riley, Carl LeBlanc, Don Paul and Michael Torregano Jr. At 7 p.m. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

Stiff Little Fingers FRI. NOV. 1 | Punk band Stiff Little Fingers has seen some lineup changes over the year, but founders Jake Burns and Ali McMordie remain the core of the band they formed in Belfast, Ireland during the height of the punk movement in the U.K. The Avengers open at 9 p.m. at House of Blues.

Starcrawler Washington D.C.’s Awesome Con, and expands the local comics and pop culture convention circuit as it joins Wizard World New Orleans, held in Januarys since 2010, and July’s MechaCon, which will hold its final event in 2020 after 10 years in New Orleans.

SAT. NOV. 2 | Los Angeles’ Starcrawler, a rough-edged pop-punk quartet drawing on metal and glam rock, released its sophomore album “Devour You” Oct. 11. Brooklyn-based indie pop outfit BODEGA and Dan Luke also perform at 10 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

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donated $10,000 to the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy (NOMMA) and McDonogh 35 Senior High School. Students joined krewe officials and others at Rex’s float den on South Claiborne Avenue for the presentation.

Cantrell said that figure didn’t include the loss to local workers and businesses in the area. The mayor’s CAO, Gilbert Montano, said the cost is coming out of the city’s general fund.

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Visitors explore the new three-story Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport at an open house. The airport is scheduled to open Nov. 6.

Parisite Skatepark, the

public skateboard park in Gentilly under Interstate 610, won a silver medal in the Rudy Bruner Awards for Urban Excellence, a design award “recognizing transformative places that contribute to the economic, environmental and social vitality of American cities.” Parisite opened in 2015.

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tion of 20,000 defense attorneys, held its annual meeting in New Orleans, where it partnered with HandsOn New Orleans to provide 1,000 backpacks to New Orleans foster children. The backpacks, assembled by DRI members during its conference, contained stuffed animals, grooming products, toys and other items.

NEW AIRPORT GETS A PREVIEW; OFFICIAL OPENING NOV. 6 AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION and four opening delays, the new Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport held an “open house” for the public last week, showing off the vast three-story airport to curious travelers.

Hundreds of people explored the swooping new facility, designed by architect Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, which will replace the existing 60-year-old airport Nov. 6.

The three-concourse building has departure desks on the top floor, with escalators leading down to a still-incomplete central TSA security area that will have more than a dozen lanes allowing passengers access to all terminals.

Concourse A, with six gates and a customs office, will handle international as well as domestic flights. Concourses B and C are designed for shopping, eating and drinking, with branches of New Orleans restaurants including Leah’s Table, Emeril’s Table, Folse Market, MoPho, Mondo, Cafe Du Monde and The Munch Factory, as well as national chains including Chick-fil-A and Panda Express.

The bottom floor includes luggage claim, a liquor store and the Jazz Garden, where local musicians will serenade arrivals.

Much of the area surrounding the airport was still under construction, with traffic cones and other barriers. Those going to the airport from New Orleans now will exit Interstate 10 at Loyola Drive and cross two intersections to get to the terminal, including busy Veterans Memorial Boulevard. A planned flyover, like the one that services the old facility, is not expected to be completed until 2022. — KEVIN ALLMAN

Gambit names new editor, hires two staff writers Gambit publisher Jeanne Exnicios Foster has announced the promotion of Kandace Power Graves, the paper’s managing editor, to editor-in-chief. Kevin Allman, the paper’s editor since 2008, is moving to the West Coast later this year to take care of family matters but will continue to write for Gambit as a contributing writer.

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Gambit also is adding frequent contributor Sarah Ravits as a staff writer and has hired Louisiana native Jake Clapp, most recently the editor of The Baton Rouge Advocate’s weekend section Red, as another staff writer.

They join arts & entertainment editor Will Coviello and staff writer Kaylee Poche.

Graves is a veteran journalist who has worked at Gambit for 23 years, first as a features editor and later as managing editor.

She started her career in 1979 by founding a weekly newspaper in a small community outside the college town of Fayetteville, Arkansas, then redesigning a newspaper in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She worked for United Press International as a reporter and editor for almost a decade in Dallas and New Orleans, covering stories ranging from the 1982 crash of Pan Am Flight 759 in Kenner to the trials of former Gov. Edwin Edwards and Mafia kingpin Carlos Marcello.

She worked in public relations at Tulane University, rising to assistant director at the Tulane School of Medicine, where she covered research and other issues before signing on at Gambit.

Ravits, a Seattle native, graduated from Tulane University and previously was managing editor at Renaissance Publishing. Her bylines have appeared at UPROXX, VICE, Consequence of Sound and Paste Magazine, Louisiana Life, New Orleans Magazine, The New Orleans Advocate and Gambit.

Clapp is a native of Lake Charles and a 2012 graduate of LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication. He worked for two years at Baton Rouge’s short-lived alt-weekly DIG, before becoming the arts & entertainment editor and a news reporter with CITY Newspaper, Rochester, New York’s alternative newsweekly. He moved back to Louisiana last year to work at The Baton Rouge Advocate as a writer and editor. — KEVIN ALLMAN

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The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s governing body is touting plans for a $557 million hotel abutting the center as a project that would bring jobs and tourism dollars to the city, but several residents have questioned whether the benefits of the hotel would outweigh its costs to taxpayers.

The residents’ questions came during a public hearing last week.

The proposed 1,200-room Omni Hotel would include a rooftop pool, 150,000 square feet of meeting and ballroom space, a bar, a fitness center and a spa. Exhibition Hall Authority officials say they expect to complete the design in 2020 and begin construction in 2021, with the hotel opening in 2024.

In June, Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into law a deal between the state, city and tourism leaders outlining the terms of the Convention Center hotel. Among the terms was a provision requiring the Convention Center to give the city $28 million from

its reserves to go toward its infrastructure needs and an agreement that the hotel would only receive property-tax breaks for a few years.

“The bill, when authored and finally passed, was supported unanimously by all members of the Legislature — Democrats, Republicans and independents,” State Rep. Walt Leger, D-New Orleans, said of the bill he authored.

“I believe that it achieved some very important things that each member of the Legislature from every geographic location across the state felt was important.”

Proponents of the hotel point to a 2018 study by the consulting firm HVS Global Hospitality Services, which estimated the project would bring 1,900 permanent jobs to the city and have a $282 million annual economic impact.

Civic leader Anne Milling questioned that conclusion, however, noting that convention centers across the country are not generating as much money nor as many out-of-state tourists as they did in the past because the internet allows people to livestream presentations. Milling said the project was a “folly” and “a far cry” from the convention center’s original mission of spurring “economic development by hosting trade shows and conventions.”

“Rather than acknowledge this change in paradigm, today the commission is suddenly modifying its mission,” she said. “No longer is it just about trade shows and conventions, but rather it now wants to be an entrepreneur, a developer, a kingmaker. But the commission wants to build hotels, parking garages, entertainment centers and even a golf driving range with taxpayer dollars and public subsidies.”

Milling said the money would be better put toward the city’s Sewerage & Water Board and other infrastructure issues.

Erika Zucker, a policy advocate at Loyola University’s Workplace Justice Project, said she didn’t have a position on the hotel development but recommended a community benefits agreement to ensure that workers at the new hotel would have “quality long-term living wage jobs.”

“There was $4.7 billion in tourism revenue in the last reporting, yet workers who work in the tourism industry and the service industries and related industries in this city still continue to live in poverty,” she said.

Around 60 people were in the audience but many were from organizations, such as New Orleans & Company (the former New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau), that support the project and had worked with the convention center previously. The authority did not answer questions about the project; the meeting was billed as a listening session. — KAYLEE POCHE

Governor’s race debate set for Oct. 30 Gov. John Bel Edwards and challenger Eddie Rispone will face off in a televised debate Wednesday, Oct. 30, according to Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) and the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL).

The debate, hosted by LPB and CABL, will air from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on LPB stations around the state. It will be held at LPB’s offices in Baton Rouge.

Last month the two organizations held a debate between Edwards, Rispone and now-defeated U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Election-watchers rate the runoff between the two men as a toss-up. — KEVIN ALLMAN

More shows move from Saenger to Mahalia Jackson Theater “Dear Evan Hansen,” the Tony Award-winning musical that is one of the linchpins of the 2019-2020 Broadway in New Orleans series at the Saenger Theatre, will be staged at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in Armstrong Park instead, the Saenger announced last week.

“Due to the ongoing situation at the Hard Rock Hotel on Canal St., for our patrons’ safety, we are moving all performances of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ to the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts,” Saenger management said in a statement, adding that ticketholders should check their email for new seating assignments.

“Evan Hansen” runs Nov. 5-10, and the date and time of each performance will stay the same. Two other shows, “Peppa Pig Live” and “We Will Rock You,” originally set for the Saenger, also have moved to the Mahalia Jackson Theater.

As of now, the Nov. 13 concert by Elvis Costello and the Imposters still is set to be performed at the Saenger.

This follows the cancellation of the run of “Wicked,” which suspended all performances at the Saenger from Oct. 12-20 due to safety concerns at the construction site.

— KEVIN ALLMAN

Preservation Hall adds daytime performance series Starting Nov. 1, famed French Quarter music venue Preservation Hall will host daytime shows that incorporate storytelling and history from the perspective of a few of its musicians — some of whom have been performing at the hall since its early days in the 1960s.

“If This Hall Could Speak” is open to all ages and will take place at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Shows will run approximately one hour and are designed to help audiences understand the history of New Orleans jazz.

Participants in the upcoming matinee program include honorees from the Preservation Hall Foundation’s Legacy Program, the nonprofit component that focuses on community engagement and education. Rickie Monie, Lester Caliste, Lars Edegran and Joe Lastie are among some of the local musicians who will share their experiences.

Preservation Hall’s regular hourlong nightly performances are 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. — SARAH RAVITS

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Orleans is not — particularly when the implosion is on the edge of the French Quarter and overlooking one of the city’s busiest intersections.

Given the logistical challenges of taking down the two unstable cranes at the site of the Hard Rock Hotel construction at Canal and North Rampart streets, last Sunday’s demolition — which ended with one crane dangling partially over Canal and a piece of the other speared into Rampart — has to be judged a success.

We were told the goal was to have the cranes collapse into themselves like an umbrella being folded. That would have been a neat trick, but the most important outcome was bringing down the increasingly unsteady cranes before they could fall and damage more buildings, including the Saenger Theatre. By that measure: mission accomplished. Kudos to the New Orleans Fire Department, led by Supt. Tim McConnell, and to Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration, which has kept the focus on the loss of three lives and the importance of recovering two bodies that remain in the rubble.

What happens next for the hotel project is uncertain. Hard Rock International chairman Jim Allen has made it clear the company is moving forward with plans for a hotel on the site, whether it’s through saving what can be saved there or beginning anew. Cantrell is firm: She wants the remaining structure demolished.

She’s right; not only is the workmanship in question, but a thorough review of the site itself also needs to be done at ground level — and below ground.

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Who pays for it remains an open question, but it shouldn’t be the taxpayers of New Orleans. Cantrell has said the city is ponying up $400,000 per day since the disaster happened, and that money needs to be repaid quickly.

We also commend the city for emphasizing the ongoing damage to the pocketbooks of people who live and work in the area near the site.

Dozens of people have had to move out of their homes. Workers at local businesses, restaurants and bars saw their livelihoods evaporate as establishments were forced to close. Now that many have reopened, people may be staying away from the area for fear of traffic jams.

To that end, the city has published a map showing all the open businesses near the evacuation zone and is urging people to patronize them. District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer, whose office worked hard to organize businesses to volunteer with first responders on the scene, is encouraging by example, tweeting out a photo of her family eating at Palm & Pine, a Rampart Street restaurant. We recommend our readers follow her lead.

If your livelihood has been adversely affected by the disaster, the city urges you to contact the Louisiana Workforce Commission to see if you’re eligible for unemployment compensation. The first step in that process is to file a claim at www. laworks.net or to call JOB1 at (504) 658-4500.

It’s going to be a long slog going forward, but the city response to the Hard Rock disaster in its early stages has to be commended.

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On top of that, Entergy New Orleans has the right to challenge the council’s anticipated ratemaking decision in court.

The fight over Entergy’s allowable profit margin appears far from over.

After a year of hearings and delays, the council utilities committee on Oct. 23 recommended a significant reduction in Entergy’s maximum allowable profit margin — from the current 11.1% to 9.35%.

Entergy wanted a smaller reduction, to 10%. Either way, Entergy’s earnings will go down; the debate is purely a question of how much.

For all the ratemaking sound and fury, the average customer’s bill would go down slightly less than $3 a month, or $34 a year — assuming the full council adopts the committee’s recommendation on Nov. 7. That seems certain at this point, though there are lots of whispers among council members, Entergy and the mayor.

Meanwhile, rates in Algiers would remain the same for a year, then begin rising to match those in the rest of New Orleans. Algiers used to be served by Entergy Louisiana, which has lower rates than Entergy New Orleans. The long-term plan is to equalize rates across the city.

Many New Orleanians live paycheck to paycheck, so every reduction helps. But here’s the catch: If Entergy challenges the council’s decision in court, ratepayers will wind up paying the legal fees for both sides. And, of course, when a matter goes to court there’s no way to predict what the outcome will be.

That’s why most legal disputes are settled out of court.

On top of that, ratepayers’ bills will increase next year to pay for the new gas-fired electric generating plant in New Orleans East — the city’s only generating plant — and to fund council-mandated investments in renewable energy (read: solar).

Past councils have relied on their experts to settle big legal cases with Entergy. This council will never accept Entergy’s 10% figure, as well it shouldn’t. However, the

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costs and uncertainties that go with litigation could prompt some council members to consider reopening settlement talks with Entergy. Such talks occurred for months, but ultimately lapsed.

Don’t get me wrong: The council committee made a case for the 9.35% figure. The committee also recommended a $1 million fine against Entergy for failing to make required (and long-promised) improvements to its distribution system. Studies have shown that weaknesses in Entergy’s grid contributed significantly to outages in recent years.

For its part, Entergy argues that 9.35% is below the national average and that the business faces challenges other utilities don’t, such as higher storm risk, a relatively small customer base and higher borrowing costs.

Interestingly, Mayor LaToya Cantrell has lobbied council members for the 10% figure, probably because she wants Entergy to help her solve some of the Sewerage & Water Board’s power issues.

As things stand, the full council is poised to go with 9.35% on Nov. 7.

Ratemaking is always grand political theater. This drama could have quite a run.

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BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ Hey Blake, Old-timers like me may remember that The Times-Picayune once owned a radio station — WTPS. I remember it was an FM station, but where was it on the dial and where were its studios?

Dear reader,

WTPS, which signed on the air in 1947, was owned P H OTO B Y F. H . M E T H E

by The Times-Picayune/ Old Howard Tilton Library, now part of New Orleans States, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, once which explains the call served as headquarters for WTPS-FM. letters. Originally an FM station at 94.5 on the New Orleans States police reporter dial, its studios were in the former Jack Dempsey later did double duty Howard Memorial Library building in on radio, providing news reports and the 900 block of Camp Street. The conducting a weekly interview show, building, now known as the Patrick F. “Off the Beaten Path.” Columnist Taylor Library, is part of the Ogden Charles L. “Pie” Dufour also was Museum of Southern Art. a WTPS host.

“Now you can hear radio at its Sports programming included natural best — not the slightest college and high school football and crackle of static, never a shade of basketball games, along with New interference or overlapping of other Orleans Pelicans baseball games. Fustations,” WTPS boasted in a 1947 ture Saints announcer Jerry Romig newspaper ad. However, since FM racalled football games on the station dio was still new and more AM radios in the 1950s. Larry Regan, better were in use, AM broadcasts were added to the station a year later. known as a talk show host, was WTPS’ premiere broadcast on another station personality, hosting Jan. 3, 1947 featured remarks from sports and music shows. Legendary Times-Picayune President Leonard disc jockey Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” K. Nicholson and music from a group Winslow was an early WTPS host, billed as the WTPS String Ensemble. presenting a gospel music show.

The station initially broadcast from The newspaper sold the station 2 p.m. until 10 p.m., and its proand it closed in 1958. Its AM frequengramming schedule featured mostly cy became WYLD-AM. The WTPS music, although newscasts were call letters now are used by a Virginia aired several times each afternoon. sports radio station.

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More gore, more mummies, more laser guns.

BY DOUG MACCASH

S TA F F P H O T O B Y S O P H I A G E R M E R

The new gory “Stitch” haunted house

DARE TO BE SCARED? Scout Island Scream Park, the 14-acre outdoor Halloween attraction in New Orleans City Park is open through Saturday with several new attractions and upgrades for Crescent City horror lovers.

The $2 million site was conceived as the autumn equivalent of City Park’s perennially successful Celebration in the Oaks winter holiday destination.

It drew 50,000 visitors in its first year last year, according to City Park spokeswoman Amanda Frentz. This year, Frentz said, roughly 80% of the attraction has been revised to enhance the hideous experience.

Attention aficionados of gore: The Scream Park’s new “Stitch’s Body Emporium” maze is jolting from beginning to end. According to the sketchy backstory, a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein lures the unwary to his lab, where he, uh, disassembles them into parts that he then uses in his quest to construct “perfected” people. The grisly attraction relies on elaborate props and live actors to frighten visitors.

Based on an opening night visit, this new house may rival any in the area for sheer grossness.

Another new feature to curse the Scream Park is an elaborate Egyptian-style indoor maze titled the “Pharaoh’s Fury.” The

claustrophobic trail is infested by rag-wrapped zombies, gigantic snakes, scorpions and death-dealing booby traps.

Some of the scares are mechanical, others are provided by costumed actors. The scary promenade is an inventive variation on the traditional haunted house formula.

For younger Halloween lovers, the new “Boogie Spooktacular” is a gentler haunted maze. Filled with theatrical fog and digital projections of animated ghosts, dancing skeletons and wicked witches, the experience is eerie enough to entertain small fry without provoking adult-level fear. Plus, the indoor attraction is air-conditioned. The “Boogie Spooktacular” is recommended for youngsters during daylight hours.

The Scream Park was produced by Jeff Borne, owner of “The Mortuary” haunted house on Canal Street. Like last year, the attraction will include small spooky performance tents, a lineup of local bands, a refreshment tent with late-night dancing and other awful amenities.

According to Frentz, this year’s Scream Park is meant to be more efficient than last year’s inaugural event. The malevolent management has added more guns to the “Zombie Breakout

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The new ‘Stitch’s Body Emporium’ Halloween haunted house is like a junkyard of human body parts.

HEY,

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The makeup is inspected on a witch during opening night for the second year of City Park’s Scout Island Scream Park.

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Battlefield” area, to speed up the wait time. Entrance into the lamp-lit “Devil’s Swamp” horror trail will be timed, to better spread out the clusters of visitors and preserve the surprises.

The Scream Park is located at 1034 Harrison Ave., near Marconi Drive. Tickets are: $54 for admission to all attractions, including haunted houses and trails, carnival rides and live entertainment; $39 for everything but carnival rides; $20 for admission to the site and live entertainment; $79 for express entry to all attractions. Admission to the KidZone children’s amusement and hayride $20, plus $5 for parent or chaperone.

The Scream Park days of operation are Oct. 29-31 and Nov. 1-2. Hours are: Fridays, 6 p.m. to midnight; Saturdays, 11 a.m. to midnight; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; weekdays, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Visit the Scream Park website, scoutislandscreampark. com, for tickets and details.

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A fortune teller waits for customers during opening night for the second year of City Park’s Scout Island Scream Park in New Orleans, Sept.

27, 2019. This year, a gory “Stitch” haunted house and the Egyptian mummy-themed haunted house were added.

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Scream Island.

Scout Island, 1034 HARRISON AVE. _________

Immersive Halloween festival experience with music, food, carnival rides, a Kid Zone and horror haunts.

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Visitors enter a new haunt at City Park’s Scout Island Scream Park.

Various days through Nov. 2. www.scoutislandscreampark.com $20-$79. 6 p.m.

The Mortuary.

Haunted House, 4800 CANAL ST.

_________ The haunted house, in a former mortuary, is themed “Scream No More: The Cult of 13,” and visitors will dodge ghostly serial killers and other monsters while wearing the protective Ivory Masks of Ether to see the ghosts and for protection; there are also escape rooms.

Various days through Nov. 2. www.themortuary.net $30. 7 p.m.

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New Orleans Nightmare.

319 BUTTERWORTH ST., JEFFERSON, _________

The Halloween horror experience with Clown, Rise of the Dead, Darkest Dreams plus phobia sensory overload and mini escape games.

Various days through Nov. 2. www.neworleansnightmare.com $20-30. 7 p.m.

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Concessions, games and rides are offered to visitors during opening night for the second year of City Park’s Scout Island Scream Park in New Orleans. This year, a gory “Stitch” haunted house and the Egyptian mummy-themed haunted house were added.

for Halloween + beyond ADULTS TUE., OCT. 29-SAT., NOV. 2 New Orleans Nightmare The haunted house has three main attractions centering around clowns, nightmares and zombies. There also are five-minute escape rooms and a pitch-black maze. Drinks are available at Bar 13. Admission and hours vary.

319 Butterworth St., Jefferson; www. neworleansnightmare.com.

TUE., OCT. 29-SAT., NOV. 2 The Mortuary The haunted house occupies a white columned Victorian mansion on Canal Street, built in 1872, which once was a funeral home. General admission is $30, $25 the final weekend, with VIP and “fast passes” available.

Donate blood to The Blood Center, which will be on site at the venue, and receive a free express admission ticket. Hours vary. 4800 Canal St.; www. themortuary.net.

WED., OCT. 30 Opening of Day of the Dead in Mexico The Mexican Cultural Institute and the Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans host the opening reception for a photo exhibition that explores the Day of the Dead and Mexicans’ beliefs about death. The exhibit includes photos of markets, altars, offerings, music and dance related to the holiday. It will be on display until Dec. 3. 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Mexican Cultural Institute, 901 Convention Center Blvd., Suite 118; www. mexicanculturalinstituteneworleans. blogspot.com.

WED., OCT. 30 Witchin’ Ball in the Twilight Room The spooky ball at the AllWays Lounge & Theatre features a performance by Kate Fagan & The Haunting in addition to a DJ and a costume contest. $20. 8 p.m. 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 321-5606; www.theallwayslounge.net.

WED., OCT. 30 Haunted Restaurants of New Orleans Culinarian, historian and radio host Poppy Tooker will discuss ghost stories that are intertwined with several New Orleans restaurants including Tujaque’s, Antoine’s, Arnaud’s and Vessel. At the East Bank Regional Library. Free admission. 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-8143; www.jplibrary.net.

THU., OCT 31 Thriller Flash Mob at City Hall

As part of an eight-year tradition, a costumed public flash mob will dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” at New Orleans City Hall, with participants from schools and dance studios around the city. Free classes to learn the dance routine will take place Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Dancing Grounds and Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. at the Schramel Conservatory Of Dance. Noon. 1300 Perdido St.; www.facebook.com/ flashmobneworleans.

THU., OCT. 31 VOODOOFEST Not to be confused with Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, VOODOOFEST is a free event that celebrates the impact the religion has had on New Orleans’ traditions and culture.

There will be talks by both Haitian and New Orleans Voodoo priests, historians and authors, and there’s a performance by Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes. 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Voodoo Authentica of New Orleans Cultural Center & Collection, 612 Dumaine St., (504) 522-2111; www.voodooshop. com/voodoofest.html.

THU., OCT. 31 Halloween Haunt Psychic medium Lucky Belcamino will lead three hours of ghost hunting in the Haunted Hotel courtyard, and guests will hear stories of the Axeman of New Orleans, a serial killer active in the early 1900s who was never caught. $20. 7:30 p.m.10:30 p.m. The Haunted Hotel, 623 Ursulines Ave., (504) 373-9319; www. hauntedhotelnola.com.

THU., OCT. 31 Parlor Poltergeist The Halloween concert at the Pontchartrain Hotel will have performances by J & The Causeways, Roadside Glorious and Juno Dunes and a costume contest, with the winner receiving a $100 gift certificate to Jack Rose restaurant or Hot Tin bar. $20. 9 p.m. to midnight. 2031 St. Charles Ave., (504) 323-1408; www. theparlornola.com.

THU., OCT. 31 Ghostbusters at Bourbon Orleans Hotel Who you gonna call? The Ghostbusters’ Ectomobile will be parked outside the Bourbon Orleans Hotel in the French Quarter, providing photo ops for guests. Guests who find a ghost on the premises and post a photo to social media will receive a free Slimer Cocktail, a spooky take on an apple martini, from the Bourbon O Jazz Bar. 717 Orleans St., (504)

As October comes to a close and Halloween looms on the horizon, there’s no denying the spooky spirit in the (slightly cooler) air. Whether you want to visit a haunted house, attend a costumed concert or celebrate the Day of the Dead, this week is packed with events around New Orleans that will give you an excuse to dress up.

523-2222; www.bourbonorleans.com/ghostbusters.

THU., OCT. 31 Three Keys Halloween Party The free Halloween party at the Ace Hotel’s Three Keys venue features Brooklyn-based Papi Juice, an art collective celebrating queer and trans people of color.⁠Costumes are encouraged, and musical guests include Oscar Nn, Denisia, HaSizzle and Dreamer. RSVP online. 10 p.m. 600 Carondelet St. (504) 900-1180; www. threekeysnola.com.

THU., OCT. 31 Halloween at the O! Louisiana residents get into the Ogden Museum of Southern Art free on Halloween from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., but if you don a costume, you’ll also get a free pass to return to the museum at another time. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9650; www. ogdenmuseum.org.

THU., OCT. 31-FRI., NOV. 1 Cabaret Macabre Meredith Owens, Elyse McDaniel, Matt Reed and Kevin Murphy will perform spooky songs from shows like “Murder Ballad,” “Sweeney Todd” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas” at Southern Rep Theater.

There will be an audience costume contest, and everyone who comes to the show in costume receives a treat. 10 p.m. each night. $20 general admission, $15 for students. 2541 Bayou Road, (504) 522-6545; www. southernrep.com.

FRI., NOV. 1 Day of the Dead Celebration/Fet Gede Celebration Voodoo, Mexico’s Day of the Dead and Haiti’s Fet Gede honor the spirits of dead ancestors. They’re the focus of a daylong celebration featuring altars for the dead created by artists of diverse faiths, and there is a Voodoo ceremony at 7 p.m. There also is a potluck supper and parade procession. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org/ day-of-the-dead-fet-gede.

SAT., NOV. 2 Batucada Day of the Dead Celebration Casa Borrega hosts its seventh Batucada Day of the Dead, with a special menu featuring two cocktails, smoky mezcal diablos and vampiros (tequila, grapefruit soda and sangria). Hugo Montero created an altar full of lights, candles and skeletons dedicated to

Sandia Pliego, a longtime friend of the restaurant who died recently. New Orleans-based Brazilian band Amigos do Samba performs. 7 p.m.-11 p.m.

1719 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 4270654; www.casaborrega.com.

SAT., NOV. 2 Pumpkin Smash Looking for something to do with your leftover pumpkins from Halloween? Compost NOW recommends smashing them instead of trashing them. The event at Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center will include composting pumpkins, collecting seeds for roasting and making soup out of pumpkins that are still edible to donate to people who are hungry. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 4300 S. Broad Ave., (504) 596-2660.

SUN., NOV. 3 Dia de los Muertos Festival The festival put on by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana at the New Orleans Baby Cakes Stadium will include an altar, live music from fiddler Amanda Shaw & The Cute Guys, food, kids’ activities, local vendors and a costume contest.

Noon-6 p.m. 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4262; www.hccl.biz.

KIDS/FAMILY TUE., OCT. 29-THU., OCT. 31 Crawloween The event at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium features information about creepy crawlers, the pumpkins that double as their habitats and bug-themed trick-ortreating. People in costume receive discounted admission rates of $3 off for adults and $2 off for children under 12. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 423 Canal St., (504) 524-2847; www.audubonnatureinstitute.org/crawloween.

THU., OCT. 31 Scare Fair The free family-friendly Halloween party at the Music Box Village has trick-or-treating, themed games, activities, food and drink specials. Attendees are free to explore the lit courtyard full of musical art installations. Costumes are encouraged, and donations are welcome. 5 p.m.-8 p.m.

4557 N. Rampart St.; www.musicbox-

village.com.

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Jewel of the South is a gem of a French Quarter lounge

BY RE B ECC A F R I E D M A N IT WOULD BE EASY FOR JEWEL OF THE SOUTH to rest on the strength of

its bar. Founders Chris Hannah and Nick Detrich are celebrated bartenders who opened Cuban-inspired Manolito in 2018. Hannah was the head bartender at Arnaud’s French 75, helping earn its bar program a James Beard Foundation Award.

Detrich was a managing partner at Cane & Table and worked at Cure and Bellocq.

At Jewel of the South, the pair has created a cocktail shrine that feels both contemporary and old-fashioned. The building is a stand-alone Creole cottage that dates to the 1830s. An inconspicuous alleyway entrance leads visitors to a rear flagstone courtyard. Inside, the shared bar and dining room are warmed by exposed brick, ceiling beams, wood floors and a copper-topped bar. Daily menus are displayed on chalkboards, and soft lighting creates an intimate ambience for drinks or dinner.

The cocktail menu is outstanding, resurrecting some historical recipes and offering new ones. The signature drink is the brandy crusta, created in the mid-19th century by bartender Joseph Santini, who owned the namesake Jewel of the South restaurant on Gravier Street. The crusta combines cognac, curacao, maraschino liqueur, lemon and Angostura bitters and is served with a heavily sugared rim. A French 75 and a house version of the Sazerac also are on the list.

The bar offers several original drinks, including the Tuxedo Tails, which plays on a martini by blending gin, manzanilla sherry, maraschino liqueur, orange bitters and a quail egg.

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Vivi and Kevin Zheng run Wishing Town Bakery Cafe in Metairie.

and Peychaud’s bitters. A selection of beer and well-chosen wines by the glass and bottle round out the beverage menu.

Jewel’s contemporary side is most evident in the kitchen overseen by chef Philip Whitmarsh, formerly the sous chef at Compere Lapin. The menu is composed mainly of small plates, infused with plenty of creativity, and vegetables figure prominently.

A bowl of summer squash took on the complex umami elements of mushrooms and seaweed and was topped with delicately shaved cured egg. Charred bok choy was accompanied by anchovies and a cooked whole egg with crunchy breading whose runny yolk transformed the dish into a deliciously deconstructed Caesar salad.

A generous ball of burrata was served with house-made rosemary focaccia for mopping up collard pesto and parsley oil. Another satisfying dish combined meaty king brown mushrooms with perfectly creamy white beans.

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Jewel of the South serves a whipped crab fat crumpet.

Among entrees, wagyu short ribs were nearly as tender as the layers of pommes dauphinoise alongside them. Pear and radish lent crisp flavor to a plate of sliced ox tongue.

A couple of dishes disappointed.

Parmesan croquettes with green olive tapenade had a nicely crunchy exterior but a doughy consistency inside. Whipped crab fat was an intriguing concept, but its texture was unappealingly grainy.

Prices range from $9 for the Parmesan croquette to $25 for the short rib, and small plates can add up to a hefty tab when paired with a couple of $15 brandy crustas.

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has been divided in half, and the other tenant is Sharetea, a Taiwanese shop offering milk teas, including boba varieties, and other beverages.

Wishing Town owners Kevin and Vivi Zheng hope to open in the new space by Jan. 1, 2020, as the lease on their current space expires at the end of December.

Wishing Town is known for its mille crepe cakes as well as dim sum and dumpling soup. The Zhengs hope the move will raise the business’ profile and attract younger customers.

Kevin says the location also will cut travel time for many patrons. “[In the current space] our customers sometimes say, ‘It’s a long way to come here from the West Bank,’ or wherever,” he says.

Kevin first worked in a bakery at age 19 when he was in college in Guangzhou, China. When he moved to the U.S., he found American baked goods too sweet and decided to try a more traditional Chinese approach, but the business got off to a slow start, he says.

“I believed, ‘People will love this if we keep going,’ ” Kevin says. “Business in the beginning was very slow.

People didn’t know what we did, and our English was not good.”

The introduction of a savory menu earlier this year, comprised of what Kevin calls Chinese street food, helped the restaurant gain traction.

“We try to do real Chinese food — not American Chinese food,” he says.

Though the new space is roughly the same size as their current location, the Zhengs intend to expand

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The Zhengs also operate the Yami Foods truck, which serves lunch near Unoversity Medical Center. — REBECCA FRIEDMAN

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The Dead Rabbit confirmed to The Times Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate that the bar will be located at 616 Conti St., but it declined an interview request.

The property is a three-story building adjacent to Exchange Place, a short pedestrian mall near the Louisiana Supreme Court. The long-vacant building dates to the 1830s, according to the Historic New Orleans Collection.

Dead Rabbit management told Drinks International it will open temporarily with a limited menu during the Tales of the Cocktail conference in July 2020, with a full opening a few months later.

Founded in 2013 by Irish expats Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon, The Dead Rabbit was conceived as an ode to drinking history (the name comes from a New York street gang of the 1800s). The bar’s ground level, dubbed the Taproom, has a floor strewn with sawdust and specializes in Irish coffee, beer and batched cocktails. The second floor is a cocktail lounge with a drinks list that weaves a narrative about the evolution of cocktails.

Drinks International reported the New Orleans location will be based on the original’s taproom concept.

The New Orleans location is planned as the first in a national expansion for The Dead Rabbit. The Drinks International story said “spiraling rents and fast-rising minimum wages” in New York prompted the company to look to other markets.

Dead Rabbit was awarded World’s Best Cocktail Bar and World’s Best Cocktail Menu at Tales of the Cocktail’s Spirited Awards in 2015. — IAN McNULTY/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/ THE ADVOCATE

Kenner Bra-zil A BRAZILIAN FLAG catches drivers’ attention just past the “Welcome to Kenner” sign heading west on West Metairie Avenue. It’s a beacon for Brazilian restaurant Rox & Drew (2508 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie; www.roxdrew.business.site).

The name refers to Rodrigo and

Endrew Carvalho, brothers from Sao Paulo, Brazil who moved to New Orleans six years ago with their family.

After arriving in the area, Endrew worked at restaurants Kanno and Nomiya and learned to make sushi and ramen before he pivoted back to his native cuisine.

The Carvalhos opened the restaurant in September and serve traditional Brazilian fare in a bright, casual setting. The restaurant’s walls are covered by Rodrigo’s pencil

P H OTO B Y RE B ECC A F R I E D M A N

Rodrigo and Endrew Carvalho opened Rex & Drew.

will expand and open in the location at 4510 Freret St. by December, following some renovations.

In 2013, Vincent Arnona and his family opened Wayfare with a menu of creative sandwiches, snacks and a large bar. Arnona still runs Vinnie’s Sports Bar and Grill (2766 Belle Chasse Highway, Gretna, 504-3930155; www.vinniesgretna.com).

Arcopolis opened in 2001 in a strip mall at on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie.

“You’ll recognize what we do here from Metairie, the same specialties, but we can do so much more here with the bigger kitchen and the bar,” said chef Manoli Kardoulias, who became a co-owner in 2015.

The Acropolis menu focuses on traditional Greek dishes such as moussaka, souvlaki and kebabs and also has a few Italian items. At Freret Street, the chef will add newer dishes, including a bar menu with Mediterranean “nachos” made with pita chips. — IAN McNULTY/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/THE ADVOCATE

Poseidon venture ROCKROSE (217 Camp St., 504-369-

drawings of famous figures, including American presidents, professional athletes and musicians.

Appetizers include a sampler plate of sausage, onions, fried yuca and farofa for $10 and crispy fried pasteles ($8) with fillings of beef, chicken, ham and creamy Catupiry, a Brazilian brand of soft cheese. Larger dishes include steak or chicken with rice, beans and fried banana as well as a creamy yuca dish with bacon, cheese and sausage. A large burger, the X-Tudo, includes lettuce, tomato, egg, bacon, sausage, ham and cheese for $11.75, and Endrew says the kitchen will add an even larger burger and other items.

For dessert, there is a Brazilian Coca-Cola float called a vaca preta.

The hula hula is a hollowed-out half pineapple filled with ice cream and toppings, and there also is acai with ice cream or other toppings. Beverage options include Brazil’s popular Guarana Antarctica soda in addition to fruit drinks in flavors such as cupuacu, guava and mango.

Rox & Drew is one of several recent additions to the local Brazilian restaurant scene, joining Quitutes Cuisine in Arabi and Carnaval Lounge in the Bywater.

Rox & Drew is open 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. — REBECCA FRIEDMAN

Greek revival UPTOWN EATERY WAYFARE closed Oct. 22, and Metairie Greek restaurant Acropolis (3841 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-8889046; www.acropoliscuisine.com)

3070; www.facebook.com/rockrosenola), a contemporary Greek seafood restaurant from chef Brian Doyle and business partner Nick Asprodites, was scheduled at press time to open Oct. 28 in the International House Hotel. It takes its name from a Greek herb.

Doyle’s menu draws from Mediterranean cooking, with an emphasis on fresh herbs, lemon and olive oil.

Seafood items include cobia cured with ouzo, tuna tartare with fennel confit, squid ink pasta with Cajun caviar, stuffed flounder and oysters roasted with spinach, fennel and ouzo egg yolk sauce. The lunch menu adds chicken, pork or shrimp souvlaki, lamb burgers and spinach pie with leeks.

The space formerly held Spanish tapas restaurant Rambla, which closed in 2012.

Rockrose serves lunch and dinner daily. — IAN McNULTY/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/THE ADVOCATE

Czech-Tex, please THE KOLACHE KITCHEN (www.thekolachekitchen.com) will open its fourth location in the Central Business District around the end of the year, according to a Facebook post from the restaurant.

Kolache Kitchen serves kolaches, which are doughy pastries filled with jam or savory combinations. The Czech-Texas hybrid dish is found across the Lone Star state.

The third location of The Kolache Kitchen opened at 4701 Freret St. in January. — IAN McNULTY/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/ THE ADVOCATE

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The challenge inspired him to perfect a moisture-resistant recipe and create an array of innovative treats for his Lord of Meringues (www.lordofmeringues.com) business.

Why did you focus on meringues?

ABBOTT: I first had the idea to try making them when I was in Gruyeres, Switzerland. A castle there has a cafe designed by the guy who did the art design for the “Alien” movies. It looks like a spaceship in this old castle. I saw meringues on the menu. I had had meringues before — in pie, classic American style — but that was the first time I had the crunchy confection.

I thought, “You don’t really see this much in the U.S. I wonder if I could do something with this?”

I researched it and saw that they are big in Latin America, Europe and parts of Asia. Why not work on introducing them here?

I worked on the recipe for over a year to get it right for the humidity of New Orleans. If there’s moisture in the air, it’s really difficult to make any kind of sugar work. Sometimes I was like, “Why couldn’t I have picked something else, a cookie?” People who do sugar work have a special type of insanity.

There was a lot of experimentation, trial and error — a lot of error. I tried to do a version of the scientific method where I changed one variable at a time. If a batch would fail, I would analyze what I did wrong and change one thing for the next batch. I finally figured out a way to manipulate the humidity for long enough to make some meringues.

At the time, I was a cook at Salon by Sucre during the day, and I worked on my meringues at night and on weekends. After Sucre, I went to graduate school for translation, then pivoted more toward meringues.

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A: I’ve always loved seasonal flavors and holidays, anything festive, and meringue is a vehicle for different flavors and textures.

You can have soft meringue in a pie, or crunchy, or chewy or a combination. I try to incorporate reliable flavors that everybody likes but also some you wouldn’t expect to see in a meringue. In the spring I was doing cassis and now pumpkin spice and pear. I love playing with flavor combinations and seeing what’s different but works.

I try to think about flavor, color, texture and shape. I do kisses with ridges on them, the standard meringue-shaped thing. I also do lollipops, mini lollipops and a bark.

That was an idea I had when I was trying to work with ingredients that degrade in meringue batter.

Anything with oil in it will immediately ruin a meringue. I wanted to add toffee, which has butter and ruins meringues. The result was a flat, crispy bark. Now I do shards of different flavors including birthday cake with vanilla, almond and a butter extract.

How do you see your business evolving?

A: I hope to keep growing my wholesale accounts. I’m at L. Delaney’s Imaginarium on Magazine Street, Relish on Metairie Road and Chez Pierre. One day I may outgrow my home kitchen and move to a commercial space. I want to see where it takes me, to grow it as much as possible.

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2038 Magazine St., (504) 522-2883; www.iheartmiette.com Miss Claudia’s Vintage Clothing & Costumes

4204 Magazine St., (504) 897-6310; www.facebook.com/m issclaudiasvintage The National WWII Museum 945 Magazine Store St., (504) 528-1944; www.store.nationalww 2museum.org

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“Vogue x Music,” $65 at Octavia Books.

Vintage early 20th-century silver, rose gold and niello art nouveau hunting case pocket watch, from $250 at Crescent City Auction Gallery Gallery.

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Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. D Tue-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Tavolino Pizza & Lounge — 141 Delaronde St., (504) 605-3365; www.facebook.com/ tavolinolounge — Reservations accepted for large parties. D daily. $$

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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) 6093871; www.brownbutterrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $$ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. L Tue-Sun, D Fri. $ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$ FullBlast Brunch — 139 S. Cortez St., (504) 302-2800; www.fullblastbrunch.com — Reservations accepted. Brunch Thu-Mon. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizzas.com — No reservations. L, D, late daily. $ Ikura Sushi + Hibachi — 301 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 485-5658; www.ikuranola.net — Delivery available. No reservations. L and D daily. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — No reservations. L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$

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Akira Sushi + Hibachi — 3326 N. Arnoult Road, Metairie, (504) 304-8820; www. akirametairie.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L and D daily. $$ Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. L Sun-Thu, D Mon-Thu. $ Mark Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations.

L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

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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. $$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com ­— No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ 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. $ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., (504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelateria.com — No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ The Trolley Stop Cafe — 1923 St. Charles Ave., (504) 523-0090; www.thetrolleystopcafe.com — Delivery available. No reservations. B and L daily, D and latenight Thu-Sat. $ Twisted Waffles — 1410 Annunciation St., Suite 2117, (504) 586-0573; www.twistedwaffles.com — Delivery available. No reservations. B, D daily, D Mon-Sat. $$

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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. $

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Cold Stone Creamery — 1130 S. Clearview Parkway, Suite F, (504) 736-5037; www. coldstonecreamery.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L, D daily. $ 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. $

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TUESDAY 29 30/90 — The Set Up Kings, 5; In Business, 9 BB King’s Blues Club — Batiste Family, 5&8 BMC — Will Dickerson Band, 5; Dapper Dandies, 8; Abe Thompson & Drs. of Funk, 11 Bamboula’s — Christopher Johnson, noon; Kala Chandra, 3; Chance Bushman & The Rhythm Stompers, 6:30; Budz Blues Band, 10 Blue Nile — Marigny Street Brass Band, 9 Carnaval Lounge — Antoine Diel and Daniel Schroeder, 6; Captain Green and Burris, 9 Checkpoint Charlie’s — Matt O’Ree & Eryn, 8 Circle Bar — Joe Kile, 7 d.b.a. — DinosAurchestra, 7; Treme Brass Band, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Kennedy Kuntz and Matt Schultz, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook and Wendell Brunious, 9 Fountain Lounge — Paul Longstregth, 5:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Smiloh and Brungo Jowl, 10 House of Blues — Michael Liuzza (Restaurant & Bar), 4; Sabrina Claudio, 7 The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 NOLA Brewing Company — Songwriters’ Rounds with Doc Lovett, 7 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 Prime Example Jazz Club — Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet, 8 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Jeff Pounds, 5 Republic NOLA — Gus Dapperton, 8 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — Latin Night, 7 Santos Bar — Daikaiju, 9 SideBar — Jason Marsalis and Simon Berz Percussion Jungle, 7; Aurora Nealand, Dave Easley and Michael Ward-Bergeman, 9 Smoothie King Center — The Chainsmokers, 5 Seconds of Summer and Lennon Stella, 7 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Bodysnatcher, Prison, Skullsplit, Raccoon City Massacre and DownCast, 7 Three Muses — Joshua Gouzy, 8 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 6

WEDNESDAY 30 30/90 — Justin Donovan, 5 BMC — Miss Tess, 5; R&R Smokin’ Foundation, 8; Keva Holiday, 11

Bamboula’s — Eight Dice Cloth Jazz Trio, noon; Bamboula’s Hot Jazz Quartet, 3; Mem Shannon, 6:30; Crawdaddy T’s Cajun Zydeco Review, 10 The Bayou Bar — Peter Harris Trio, 7 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8:30; New Breed Brass Band, 11 Carnaval Lounge — Tiffany Pollack & Co, 6; Hank West & Rat Brain Robot, 9 Check Point Charlie — T Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Mark Carroll & Friends, 6 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 7 The Cove at University of New Orleans — Jean-Yves Jung, 7 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & The Roadmasters, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Winslow, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Miss Anna A., 9:30 Fountain Lounge — Richard Scott, 5:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Mainline, 10 House of Blues — Or Shovaly Plus (Foundation Room), 6; Cary Hudson (Restaurant & Bar), 6:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Consider the Source & NuSpeak, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — Big Sam’s Crescent City Connection, 8:30 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — Grayson Brockamp and the New Orleans Wildlife Band, 7 New Orleans Botanical Garden — Geovane Santos Trio, 5 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lars Edegran, Topsy Chapman and Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Prime Example Jazz Club — Arthur Mitchell Quintet featuring Percy Williams, 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Tom Worrell, 5 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — Band of Gold, 8 Rusty Nail — Opera on Tap, 6 Santos Bar — Ape Shifter & Jeremy Colsen, 9; Swamp Moves & The Russell Welch Quartet, 10:30; Karaoke Shakedown with Alesondra, 11:59 SideBar — Phil Degruy and James Singleton, 7; Sasha Masakowski and James Singleton, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10 Tipitina’s — The California Honeydrops, 9

THURSDAY 31 30/90 — Kennedy & The Moth, 2; Carolyn Broussard, 5; Deltaphonic, 9; DJ Torch, 10; Big Easy Brawlers, midnight BMC — Matt O’Ree & Eryn, noon; Retrospex, 2; Category 3, 5; DK & The Jakes featuring Zena Moses, 8; Jason Neville FunkySoul Band, 11 Bamboula’s — Eh La Bas, noon; Ranch Tee Motel, 3; Marty Peters & the

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PREVIEW Screaming Females and Thou

BY RAPHAEL HELFAND SCREAMING FEMALES IS A FEARSOME FORCE in modern punk rock fronted by singer and guitarist Marissa Paternoster. Her guitar switches fluidly from pounding chords to virtuosic soloing. Her voice is similarly dynamic, fluctuating in volume and intensity and changing on a dime from melodic crooning to the screeching howl the group’s name implies. In fact, Paternoster is the only female in the band. Her rhythm section features drummer Jarrett Dougherty and bassist “King Mike” Abbate and together they propel their songs with the driving urgency all good punk needs.

New Orleans’ hardcore powerhouse Thou shares the bill at this show at Banks Street Bar. The group’s sound is generally classified as sludge metal, partly due to the reverberating power chords and doomy drums that set the foundation for Bryan Funck’s whisper-screamed vocals, and partly because the group is from the Gulf South, where the genre was created. Funck and company, however, come at their scary sound from an essentially punk perspective, so it’s no surprise that at this Halloween show they’ll play a set of songs by Misfits, the group that made punk spooky in the first place.

Dusk opens at 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, at Banks Street Bar, 4401 Banks St., (504) 486-0258; www.banksstreetbarnola.com. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

Party Meters, 6:30; DJ-Mingo, 9:30; John Lisi, 10 Banks Street Bar — Screaming Females and Thou, 10 Bar Redux — JD Hill & The Jammers, 9 The Bayou Bar — Simon Lott’s We Gon Do Dis, 7 Blue Nile — Strange Roux, 7; Where Yat Brass Band, 7; Bayou International Thursdays & DJ T-Roy, 10; Gravity A, 11:30 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Meryl Zimmerman, 5; Tom McDermott and Antoine Diel, 8 Carnaval Lounge — People Museum and

Whipcream, 9 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6 Circle Bar — Dracula’s Dark Lounge Ministries featuring Dracula, 8 Covington Trailhead — Lost in the ‘60s, 5 d.b.a. — Alexis & Samurai, 7; Cha Wa and Sexual Thunder, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Leo Keegan’s Rock ‘n Roll Jam, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Hanna Mignani Trio, 9:30 Fountain Lounge — Leslie Martin, 5; Ron Jones, 7:30 PAGE 26

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Hi-Ho Lounge — John Paul Carmody, 6; Lil Jodeci and special guests, 8 House of Blues— Jake Landry (Restaurant & Bar), 6:30; Jack Harlow (The Parish), 7; Helmet, 7 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Elephant Wrecking Ball featuring Neal Evans, Scott Flynn and Dan Africano, 11 The Jazz Playhouse — Brass-AHolics, 8:30 Lakefront Arena — Widespread Panic, 7:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — The Soul Rebels, 11 Old Point Bar — Crooked Vines, 8 One Eyed Jacks — Iceman Special and Voodoo Visionary, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Tim Laughlin, Clive Wilson & Crescent City Joymakers, 7 Pavilion of the Two Sisters — Panorama Spooktacular, 6 Ralph’s on the Park — Charlie Miller, 5 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — Rusty Metoyer & Zydeco Crush, 8 Santos Bar — Subject Matter & Fusion present: HEXXED Dance Party, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Walter “Wolfman” Washington & The Roadmasters, 10 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Gal Holiday, 9 Tipitina’s — Galactic with Anjelika Jelly Joseph and Motel Radio, 10

FRIDAY 1 30/90 — Matt O’Ree & Eryn, 2; Jon Roniger & The Good For Nothin’ Band, 5; Soul Project, 8; DJ Dot Dunnie, 10; Gene’s Music Machine, 11 Bamboula’s — Jeremy Joyce Adventure, 11 a.m.; Kala Chandra, 2; Smoky Greenwell Blues, 6:30; June Victory & the Bayou Renegades, 9:30; Sierra Green & the Soul Machine, 10 The Bayou Bar — Andre Lovett Band, 9 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Davis Rogan, 6; The Krewe Collective, 9 Carnaval Lounge — Secondhand Street Band, 6; Forro Nola, 9 Casa Borrega — Los Tremolo Kings, 7 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae & friends, 7; The Woolly Bushmen & more, 9:30 d.b.a. — The Russell Welch Hot Quartet, 4; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 7; Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles, 11 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Vance Orange, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Panorama Jazz Band, 10 Fountain Lounge — Sam Kuslan, 5:30; Antoine Diel, 9 House of Blues— Shawan Rice, 12:30; Captain Buckles Band (Restaurant & Bar), 4; Jake Landry & the Right Lane Bandits (Foundation Room), 7; Matt Bartels, 7:30; Stiff Little Fingers & The Avengers (Music Hall), 8; Tony Skratchere, 10 Howlin’ Wolf — Papa Plays the Nite Tripper: John “Papa” Gros’ Allstar Tribute to Dr. John feat. Theresa Anderson, Brad Walker, John Culbreth, Daniel Seriff, Matt Booth, Russ Broussard & more, 11; Elephant Wrecking Ball featuring Neal Evans, Scott Flynn & Dan Africano (Den), 11 The Jazz Playhouse — Chucky C & Clearly Blue, 7:30; Burlesque Ballroom featuring Trixie Minx and Romy Kaye, 11 Lakefront Arena — Widespread Panic, 7:30 The Lazy Jack — Rock N Soul, 7 Le Bon Temps Roule — Tom Worrell, 7 NOLA Brewing Company — Justin Molaison, 3 Oak Wine Bar — Jordan Anderson Band, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5 One Eyed Jacks — Like A Heartbeat: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, 9 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Wiseguys, 9:30 Santos Bar — Biglemoi, Biscuithound and The Foragers, 9; DJ Otto Late Night Dance Party, 11:59 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ellis Marsalis Quintet, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Noel, Soave and Nice & Wild, 9 Three Muses — Royal Roses, 5:30; Esther Rose, 9 Tipitina’s — Keller & The Keels and Handmade Moments, 11 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 3 PAGE 28

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SATURDAY 2 30/90 — Kettle Black, 2; Rebel Roadside, 5; Big Mike & The R&B Kings, 8; Jonathan Bauer Project, 11 Bamboula’s — Sabertooth Swing, 11 a.m.; G & The Swinging Gypsies, 3:30; Johnny Mastro, 7; Crawdaddy T’s Cajun/ Zydeco Review, 11:30; Glamarama with DJ-Mingo, 8 & 10 The Bayou Bar — Jordan Anderson, 9 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Loose Cattle, 6; Saltwives, 9 Carnaval Lounge — Fraulein Francis & The Sleazeball Orchestra, 6; Electric Blue Yonder & Ever More Nest, 9 Casa Borrega — Amigos do Samba, 7 Checkpoint Charlie’s — Matt O’Ree & Eryn, 4 Circle Bar — Gram Parsons’ 73rd Birthday Bash, 7 d.b.a. — Sabertooth Swing, 4; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 7; Soul Rebels, 11 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Miles Casella & Soul Thieves, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Betty Shirley Band, 10 Fountain Lounge — Leslie Martin, 5:30; Sam Kuslan, 9 Freret Market — Frenchie Moe, 2:45 Hi-Ho Lounge — Set de Flo featuring Lil Jodeci, 8 House of Blues— Sean Riley (Restaurant & Bar), noon; Jake Landry, 4; The Quickening (Foundation Room), 7; Electric Feels: Indie Dance Party (Music Hall), 9;DJ Matt Scott, 10 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Will & The Foxhounds, 10; Midnite Ramblers: Funkin’ The Stones NOLA Style feat. Marc Stone, Mark Rechler, Jordan Anderson, Eric Bolivar & Roadside Glorious (Porch), 10 The Jazz Playhouse — The Nayo Jones Experience, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5 Lakefront Arena — Widespread Panic, 7:30 The Lazy Jack — Tres Hombres, 3 Music Box Village — Damo Suzuki, Cooper Crain, Rob Frey, Maria Elena, Sultana Isham, Bride and Benni, 7

Oak Wine Bar — Ross Hoppe, 9 Old Point Bar — Cardboard Cowboys, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Stoop Kids with People Museum & Jank Setup, 9 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers and Chapel Hart Band, 8 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Herlin Riley Quartet, 8 & 10 Three Muses — Dan Schroeder, 5; Davis Rogan, 6; Shotgun, 9 Tipitina’s — Dumpstaphunk, 11

SUNDAY 3 30/90 — The Set Up Kings, 2; Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires, 5; T’Canaille, 9;Mikayla Braun, 11 BMC — Moments Of Truth, 10 Bamboula’s — Eh La Bas, 11; NOLA Ragweeds, 2; Carl LeBlanc, 6:30; Ed Wills Blues4Sale, 10 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Some Like It Hot, 11 a.m.; Pfister Sisters, 4; Steve Pistorius Jazz Quartet, 7 Carnaval Lounge — Anne Elise Hastings & Her Revolving Cast of Characters, 6; Sage Rouge & South Jones, 9 Circle Bar — Micah McKee, Friends & Blind Texas Marlin, 7 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Daniel Baudeoin, 7 Hi-Ho Lounge — Shake ‘em Up and Fantasy Non-Fiction, 5:30; Corey-oke and Corey Mack, 11 House of Blues — Shawan Rice, 6:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 11 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 The Lazy Jack — Crescent City Soul, 6 Old Point Bar — Tres Bien, 3:30; Romy Kay, Jeanne Marie Harris, 7 One Eyed Jacks — Anamanaguchi, 8 Ralph’s on the Park — Sandy Hinderlie, 11 Santos Bar — Chameleons Vox, Theater of Hate, Jay Aston and Missing, 8; DJ Unicorn Fukr, 10

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Evan Christopher and My Clarinet Heroes, 8 & 10 Three Muses — Raphael Et Pascal, 5; The Clementines, 8 Tipitina’s — Bishop Gunn & Magnolia Bayou, 9

MONDAY 4 30/90 — Margie Perez, 5; New Orleans Super Jam presented by Gene Harding, 9 Bamboula’s — St. Louis Slim Trio, noon; Perdido Jazz Band, 3; G & The Swinging Gypsies, 6:30; Les Getrez ‘n’ Creole Cooking, 10 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Arsene DeLay and Charlie Wooton, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Carnaval Lounge — Rebecca Leigh and Harry Maronne, 6 Circle Bar — James Rose, 7; Platinum Boys, Silver Synthetic & friends, 9 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 7; Funk Monkey, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander’s Blues Jam, 8 Fountain Lounge — Sam Kuslan, 5:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — No Frets featuring Amine Boucetta, 6; Bluegrass Pickin’ Party featuring Tucker Baker, Victoria Coy and Mark Andrews, 8; Ken Schwartz & The Palace of Sin, 10 House of Blues — John Paul Carmody, 6:30 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8:30 One Eyed Jacks — Russian Circles with Windhand, 8; Blind Texas Marlin, 10 Rock n’ Bowl — Swing Night & DJ Twiggs, 7 Santos Bar — Red Elvises, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Free Jambalaya Jam feat. Joshua Benitez Band, 8 Three Muses — Monty Banks, 5

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — The organist performans selections from baroque to vintage rock. www.albinas.org. Free admission.

6 p.m. Tuesday.

Ancient Spirits. The Orpheum Theater, 129 Roosevelt Way~ — The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra performs “The Isle of the Dead” by Rachmaninov, the Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2 and more. Tickets $20 and up.

7:30 p.m. Thursday.

German Romantic Partsongs. German-American Cultural Center, 519 Huey P. Long Ave., Gretna~ — The program includes romantics songs. www.symphonychorus.org. Tickets $10-$20. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Honoring the Kidd. New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave. — The musical tribute to Kidd Jordan is a benefit for the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp and features Kirk Joseph, Carl LeBlanc, Roger Lewis, Don Paul, Herlin Riley, Michael Torregano Jr., Rachel Jordan, Stephanie Jordan, Marlon Jordan and Kent Jordan. Tickets available on www.eventbrite.com. Tickets $21. 7 p.m. Friday.

Music at Midday. Tulane University, Rogers Memorial Chapel, 1229 Broadway St. —Violinist Lin He and cellist Denis Parker perform. Free admission.

Noon Wednesday.

“Songs of Comfort for the Holy Souls”. St. Peter Catholic Church, 125 E. 19th Ave., Covington~ — The Holy Souls sing prayers. www.stpeterparish.com. Free admission.

7 p.m. Saturday.

Trinity Artist Series. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — The New Aurora Saxophone Ensemble performs works from Gershwin to Sousa and Antonio Jobim. www.albinas.org.

5 p.m. Sunday.

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TUESDAY 29 Crawloween. Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, 423 Canal St. — Halloween “infestivities” include learning about scary creatures, pumpkins that double as animal habitats and Halloween-themed cookies.

Costumes encouraged. Through Thursday. www.auduboninstitute.org. 10 a.m.

Culinary Workshop. Kitchen in the Garden, New Orleans Botanical Garden — Chef Ericka Lassair of Diva Dawg leads a hands-on demonstration of jambalaya potatoes and etouffee sauce. www.neworleanscitypark. com. Tickets $40. 6 p.m.

Mourning and Interment Tours. Pitot House, 1440 Moss St. — There is a walking tour of the historic home and St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 with discussion of Creole rituals surrounding death in the 1800s. Reservations are required and available at info@ louisianalandmarks.org. Tickets $25. Also Thursday, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

a dinosaur adventure. Through Thursday. www.clearviewcenter.com. Tickets $5. 6 p.m.

The Mortuary. Mortuary Haunted House, 4800 Canal St. — The haunted house set in a former mortuary presents “Scream No More: The Cult of 13,” and visitors dodge ghostly serial killers and other monsters. There also are escape rooms. Through Saturday. www. themortuary.net. Tickets $30. 7 p.m.

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PREVIEW Oak Street Po-Boy Festival

BY WILL COVIELLO THE OAK STREET PO-BOY FESTIVAL features more than 60 types of creative and traditional po-boys from 30 vendors, plus there is an opening second line, live music and more.

P H OTO C O U R T E S Y OA K S T REE T P O - B OY F E S T Po-boys are filled with everything from boudin to lobster, pork belly, soft-shell crab and veal. Bienvenue’s Marrone features pecan-smoked prime rib topped with Gouda cheese and horseradish mayonnaise. Walker’s Southern Style BBQ serves its New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival-favorite cochon de lait po-boy. Bratz Y’all offers a vegan brat as well as pork sausage sandwiches. Red Fish Grill’s fried oyster po-boy includes blue cheese dressing and red onion. Nola Boils & Catering’s escargot po-boy is topped with garlic butter, arugula and Parmesan. There also are dessert po-boys such as Crepes A La Cart’s strawberry and Nutella tiramisu versions. Vendors also offer tacos, jambalaya and Mexican street-style corn on the cob.

There are four music stages, including one at the Maple Leaf Bar. The lineup includes John Mooney, Billy Iuso, Dave Jordan & the NIA, Indian Water featuring Big Chief Gerald Paige, Radio Zydeco and others.

The festival also has an art market and a kids’ area. Admission to the festival is free, but attendees must buy a $5 wristband to purchase food from vendors. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. Oak Street from South Carrollton Avenue to Eagle Street; www.poboyfest.com.

New Orleans Nightmare. 319 Butterworth St., Jefferson — The Halloween horror experience features Clown, Rise of the Dead and Darkest Dreams themes plus phobia sensory overload and mini escape games.

Through Saturday. www.neworleansnightmare.com. Tickets $20-30. 7:30 p.m.

“Poe, Hawthorne and Gothic Tradition.”

East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie — Thomas Bonner Jr. discusses the macabre writings. www. jplibrary.net. 7 p.m.

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Rock ‘n’ Bowl, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave. — New Orleans Chamber and 11 Louisiana

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WEDNESDAY 30 Haunted Restaurants of New Orleans. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie — Author and historian Poppy Tooker discusses eateries associated with ghost stories. www.jplibrary.net. Free admission. 7 p.m.

THURSDAY 31 HALLOWEEN Truck or Treat. Mandeville Trailhead, 675 Lafitte St., Mandeville — Halloween activities include live music, crafts, a costume contest and more. 5:30 p.m.

Trunk or Treat. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — There’s Halloween trick or treating in the center’s parking lot. www.ashecac.org. 5 p.m.

Voodoofest. Voodoo Authentica of New Orleans, 612 Dumaine St. — The festival celebrates the Voodoo religion’s contributions to New Orleans’ traditions with educational and cultural presentations, book signings, practitioner-made potion oils and gris gris bags, dolls and crafts, art, refreshments and more; ancestral ritual at 7 p.m. Free admission. 1 p.m.

Scream Island. Scout Island, 1034 Harrison Ave. — The Halloween attraction includes music, food, carnival rides, a kid zone and horror haunts. Through Saturday. www. scoutislandscreampark.com. Tickets $20-$79. 6 p.m.

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Spook Fest 2019. Clearview Center, 4436 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie — The Haynes Academy drama department hosts a haunted house with four themed, family-friendly experiences: an “It”-inspired sewer scene, a haunted doll room, a spider den and

The Bats of Barataria. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero — Loyola’s Craig Hood leads a bat presentation and walk through the preserve. www.nps.gov/jela. 6 p.m.

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Expected guests include Anthony Mackie, Brent Spiner, Kei Mitchell, Marina Sirtis, Weird Al Yankovic and Zachary Levi. Also Saturday and Sunday. www.bigeasycon. com. Tickets $7.50-$100. 2 p.m.

“Dancing For the Arts.” Harrah’s Casino, Harrah’s Theatre, 1 Canal St. — The gala for Young Audiences features a dance competition with community leaders paired with professionals, plus a live auction, food and beverages and entertainment. www.ya4la. org. Tickets $75. 7 p.m.

Day of the Dead/Fet Gede. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave. — There are activities and ceremonies based on Mexican and Haitian customs for revering the dead, with altars, a potluck supper and procession to feed the dead; white, purple or black attire requested. www.neworleanshealingcenter.org. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.

Fall Foodies & Festivities. Bucktown Harbor and Marina, 325 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie — The fundraising event for InclusiveCare features food, music, a kids’ area, health information and more. www.inclusivecare.com. Tickets $25. 6 p.m.

National Sandwich Day 2019. Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave. — Blue Plate Mayonnaise, Chisesi Brothers Meat Packing Co. and Leidenheimer Baking Company bring awareness to hunger and homelessness by serving po-boys. Suggested donations of $1 for regular and $5 for specialty sandwiches benefit the New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter. Free admission. 11 a.m.

Pontchartrain Film Festival. Mandeville Community Center, 3090 E. Causeway Approach, Mandeville — Two-night fest features films with Louisiana roots, discussions with filmmakers, a film competition and screenings. Also Saturday. www.pontchartrainfilmfestival.com. Tickets $5. 7 p.m. Friday.

Son of a Saint Gala. Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, 921 Canal St. — The fundraising gala includes dinner and entertainment for the mentoring program for fatherless boys. www.sonofasaint.org. Tickets $50-$500.

8 p.m. Friday.

SATURDAY 2 “All Saints & Souls.” Frenier’s Landing, 133 Dottie Lane, LaPlace — The River Region Arts & Humanities Council fundraiser honors a recently deceased founding member artist Marilyn Vicknair and there is an auction a piece of her original artwork, a silent auction, food and music. www.rrahc. org. Tickets $250-$499. 3 p.m.

Abita Fall Fest. Abita Springs Trailhead, 22049 Main St., Abita Springs — The festival includes music, a rock wall, a petting zoo, art and more. www.abitafallfest.com.

Tickets $20-$25. 11 a.m. Saturday.

Batucada Day of the Dead Celebration.

Casa Borrega, 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — There is an altar and music in observance of the Mexican Dia de Los Muertos. www.casaborrega.com. 7 p.m.

Bloody Mary Festival. Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Peters St. — The event includes a competition and tasting of bloody marys, local products, music and more. Also Sunday. www.thebloodymaryfestival.com. Tickets $45. Noon.

British Pub Night. Chapel of the Holy Comforter, 2220 Lakeshore Drive — There

is food and drink from the British Isles, sales of baked goods, boutique items, books and DVDs, live music and a raffle at the fundrasier for local charities and Mountbatten House. www.dbeinla.org. Tickets $5. 4 p.m.

Camp Parapet Day. Camp Parapet, 2801 Arlington St., Jefferson — The event celebrates the Civil War fortification listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and there are vendors, exhibitors, representatives of state parks and Louisiana history museums and sites, plus period music and dancing and military re-enactors. 10 a.m.

Chili Cook-Off. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1 N. Marigold Drive, Covington — There is a cooking competition, children’s activities, games, live music, food and chili tastings to benefit first responders. www. firstresponderschilicookoff.org. 11 a.m.

Crescent City Coin Show. Wyndham Garden New Orleans Airport, 6401 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie — The show features sale and appraisals of U.S. and foreign coins, paper money, doubloons, gold and silver bullion. Also Sunday. 9 a.m.

Dominican Makers Market. St. Mary’s Dominican High School, 7701 Walmsley Ave. — The marketplace features handmade local products, art and crafts. www. stmarysdominican.org. 9 a.m.

How to Homebrew Day. Urban South Brewing, 1645 Tchoupitoulas St. — Crescent City Homebrewers discuss the brewing process. www.crescentcityhomebrewers.org. Free admission. 11 a.m.

March For Recovery. Palmer Park, South Claiborne Avenue at South Carrollton Avenue — Bridge House/Grace House’s Second Line for a Second Chance honors people struggling with drugs or alcohol with a program and a walk, and there is food, speakers, music and more. www. bridgehouse.org. 9:30 a.m.

Special Needs Day. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St. — The zoo opens an hour early and offers animal encounters in quiet spaces and a wellness fair. Health and social service organizations offer information and resources. Admission for each special needs visitor and three guests is redeemed with a coupon available at the front gate, with complimentary carousel ride for special needs guest included. www.auduboninstitute.org. Tickets $3. 9 a.m.

Touch a Truck. Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner — Junior League of New Orleans gives children and their families an up-close look at “big trucks.” www. jlno.org. Tickets $15. 10 a.m.

Touro Infirmary Foundation Gala. NOCCA, 2800 Chartres St. — The gala honors the 2019 Judah Touro Society Award recipient with a dinner, program and after party. www.touro.com. Tickets $200. 5:30 p.m.

WYES Louisiana Hayride. Hood Home, 2441 Lakeshore Drive, Mandeville — The benefit for the local public television station has a country music theme and includes food, beverages and music. www. wyes.org. Tickets $100. 5 p.m.

SUNDAY 3 Dia de los Muertos Festival. Shrine on Airline, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie — The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana festival celebrates with food, music, kids’ activities, an ofrenda table, vendors, costume contest and more. www.hccl.biz.

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PREVIEW Abita Fall Fest

BY WILL COVIELLO ABITA FALL FEST presents live music, Abita beer, food, kids’ activities and more at Abita Springs Trailhead Saturday, Nov. 2. The music lineup includes Marc Broussard (pictured), Flow Tribe, The Mighty Melautans featuring Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, the Bruce Daigrepont Band, The Rayo Brothers and more. There’s also an art market and photo booths. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. Abita Springs Trailhead, 22049 Main St., Abita Springs; www. abitafallfest.com. Tickets $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the festival; children under 11 years old get in free.

Farm to Glass — A Four-Course Whole Hog Roast. Grow Dat Youth Farm, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive — Each course will be paired with a cocktail created by chefs and bartenders of Sylvain, Belle Epoque, Barrel Proof and The Franklin. www.growdatyouthfarm.org. Tickets $75. 4 p.m.

Fete du Jardin. Pitot House, 1440 Moss St. — The Louisiana Landmarks Society gala is themed “Les Rues de la Nouvelle Orleans” and includes food, wine, performances, music and more. www.louisianalandmarks. org. Tickets $75. 4 p.m.

Improv New Orleans — A Festival of Ideas.

Various venues, — Conference on improvisation features Michael Pollan, Jules Pfeiffer and others in discussions, workshops, performances and more at events throughout the city; through Nov. 10. www.improvconferencenola.com. Free admission.

Men Who Cook. St. Tammany Parish Justice Center, 701 N. Columbia St., Covington — The competitive cook-off raises funds for Children’s Advocacy Center-Hope House. www.cachopehouse.org. 4 p.m.

Nocturne XVII. Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, 921 Canal St. — The gala fundraiser for the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans features a salon recital by pianist Kenny Broberg, a Champagne reception and dinner. www. masno.org. Tickets $150-$250. 5 p.m.

Pet Fest. Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie — Jefferson SPCA, Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter, Jefferson Parish and the City of Kenner present an adopt-athon with more than 40 shelter and rescue groups offering hundreds of adoptable pets, as well as a pet health watch area, a costume contest, a raffle to benefit Jefferson SPCA, pet marketplace, food and entertainment. Free admission. 10 a.m.

BOOKS Claire Fullerton. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St. — The author discusses her book “Mourning Dove” at a meeting of the New Orleans chapter of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club. www.gardendistrictbookshop.com. 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Donald L. Miller. Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St. — The author discusses “Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign That Broke the Confederacy.” RSVP required. www. hnoc.org. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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Justin Devillier. New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute, 725 Howard Ave. — The chef discusses his cookbook, “The New Orleans Kitchen: Recipes and Modern Techniques for an Unrivaled Cuisine.” www.octaviabooks.com. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Paula Munier. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St. — The author discusses “Blind Search.” www.gardendistrictbookshop.com. 2 p.m. Sunday.

Ta-Nehisi Coates. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. — The author discusses “The Water Dancer” with Jesmyn Ward at a ticketed event that includes a copy of the book. www.octaviabooks.com. Tickets $30-$47. 7 p.m. Wednesday

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OPENINGS “Arctic Dogs” (PG) — An arctic fox (voiced

by Jeremy Renner) has bigger dreams than working in the mailroom in this animated adventure. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Gift” — This cinema verite-style film draws inspiration from Lewis Hyde’s classic “The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World.” Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge.

“Harriet” (PG-13) — Cnythia Erivo stars as Harriet Tubman in this biographical drama from director Kasi Lemmons. AMC DineIn Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Broad Theater, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Loro” — Paolo Sorrentino directs this drama about a tumultuous period in the career of Italian media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge.

“Terminator — Dark Fate” (R) — Sarah Conner (played by Linda Hamilton) and a hybrid cyborg human must protect a young girl from a newly modified liquid Terminator.

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NOW SHOWING “Abominable” (PG) — A Yeti must make his way home in this animated adventure featuring the voices of Chloe Bennet and Albert Tsai. AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “The Addams Family (2019)” (PG) — An animated comedy about the peculiar, ghoulish family features the voices of Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Always in Season” — Director Jacqueline Olive’s documentary focuses on a mother’s search for justice after her daughter is found lynched in rural North Carolina in 2014. Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge.

“Black and Blue” (R) — Naomie Harris stars as a New Orleans cop trying to balance her life as a woman and a police officer while corruption runs amok in her unit. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Burning Cane” — Writer, director and recent NOCCA graduate Phillip Youmans’ award-winning drama explores an aging mother’s religious convictions and love of her son. Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge.

“Countdown” (PG-13) — A nurse downloads an app that reveals she has three days to live.

AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “The Current War” (PG-13) — Thomas Edison (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) face off to determine whose electrical system will power the modern world. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16.

“Downton Abbey” (PG) — The Crawley family welcomes special guests in this theatrical continuation of the popular TV series, starring Maggie Smith and Matthew Goode. The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Gemini Man” (PG-13) — Will Smith stars as an over-the-hill hitman who battles his younger clone. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “The Great Alaskan Race” (PG) — A pack of work dogs travels 700 miles to save the children in Nome, Alaska, from a deadly epidemic. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Regal Covington Stadium 14.

“Hustlers” (R) — A savvy crew of former strippers (including Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez) bands together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX.

“It — Chapter Two” (R) — Nearly three decades after encountering the shape-shifting Pennywise, longtime friends must return to Derry, Maine. AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Jesus is King” — Kanye West’s Sunday Service concert series comes to the big screen in this limited theatrical event. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell.

“Jexi” (R) — In this comedy from the writers of “The Hangover,” Adam Devine stars as a man who falls in love with his new phone.

Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Joker” (R) — Joaquin Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck, the troubled man who becomes the iconic nemesis of Batman. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Broad Theater, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Prytania Theatre, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Judy” (PG-13) — Renee Zellweger stars as Judy Garland in this biographical drama chronicling the performer’s string of sold-out concerts in 1968. Regal Covington Stadium 14.

“The Lighthouse” (R) — Wilem Dafoe and Robert Pattison star as lighthouse keepers who begin to lose their minds the longer they stay on a remote, English island. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Broad Theater.

“Maleficent — Mistress of Evil” (PG) — Angelina Jolie returns as the evil queen, whose complex family ties pull at her relationship with her goddaughter. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (R) — Quentin Tarantino writes and directs this drama about a fading TV star (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double (Brad Pitt), looking to keep their careers going in 1969 Los Angeles. AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Parasite” (R) — Unemployed family members get involved in an unexpected incident in this comedic thriller from writer/director Bong Joon Ho (“Snowpiercer”). Broad Theater.

“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” (PG-13) — A group of teens faces their fears in this horror film based on the popular anthology

by Alvin Schwartz. AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Western Stars” (PG) — Bruce Springsteen stars and directs this live concert performance of his latest album. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20.

“Zombieland — Double Tap” (R) — Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone return as the wisecracking quartet that faces off against evolved zombies and growing pains. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Broad Theater, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX.

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to a magical land. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20.

“Beetlejuice” (PG) — After a new family moves into their home, a deceased couple hires a malicious spirit named Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton). At 7 p.m. Wednesday at Movie Tavern Northshore.

“Christmas Jars” — This drama tells the story of a reporter who uncovers a secret behind jars filled with money and given anonymously to people in need. At 7 p.m.

Monday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14.

“DanTDM presents The Contest” — The YouTube superstar brings an interactive gaming experience to cinemas. At 12:55 p.m. Saturday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14.

“Luzia — Cirque du Soleil in Cinema” — The new production brings acrobatic performances, music, faces and sounds of Mexico to theaters. At 7 p.m. Tuesday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14.

“Met Live — Manon” — This production of Massenet’s tale features soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Michael Fabiano. At 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20.

“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (PG) — George Lazenby stars as James Bond in this 1969 chapter of the spy’s saga. At 10 a.m.

Sunday at Prytania Theatre.

“One Piece — Stampede” — Pirates from around the world join for a big treasure hunt in this fantasy-action animated movie.

At 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (R) — After their car breaks down, a couple seeks help at the residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (played by Tim Curry). AMC Elmwood Palace 20; at 11:59 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, at Prytania Theatre.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (R) Fundraiser — Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell~ — The theater screens the cult classic film as a fundraiser and there is a 30-minute pre-show party. Also Saturday. www.slidelllittletheatre.org. 8:30 p.m.

“South Pacific” — Love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman in this 1958 romantic musical set against the backdrop of World War II. At 3 p.m. Sunday and Monday at Movie Tavern Northshore.

“Space Jam” (PG) — Michael Jordan teams up with Looney Tunes characters to take on an evil alien basketball team. At noon Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday at Movie Tavern Northshore.

“Spirited Away” (PG) — In this animated adventure from writer/director Hayao Miyazaki, a 10-year-old wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits. At 7 p.m. Wednesday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Regal Covington Stadium 14.

“The Tingler” — An obsessive pathologist captures a parasitic creature that grows as fear grips its host in this 1959 horror movie starring Vincent Price. At 10 a.m. Wednesday at Prytania Theatre.

“The Wizard of Oz” (PG) — In this 1939 fantasy, Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the young girl who is swept away from Kansas

Brel/Piaf Songs of Passion. Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Ave. — The cabaret performance by Heidi and Philip Melancon Jr. and Bremner Duthie features music by Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf, and there is a comedy routine by Chris Champagne. For reserved seats, email melonsongs@gmail.com. Tickets $20. 7 p.m. Sunday.

“Cabaret Macabre.” Southern Rep Theatre, 2545 Bayou Road — The Storyville Collective presents a variety of vocalists singing Broadway and popular tunes with a ghoulish glint, and there is a costume contest. www.southernrep.com. Tickets $15-$20. 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).” 30 by Ninety Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville — The show features 37 William Shakespeare plays in 97 minutes. www.30byninety.com. Tickets $14-$19. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

“Higgins: The Man, The Boat, The War.” National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — The show combining live-action newsreel recreation and music highlights the importance of boatbuilder Andrew Higgins’ contributions to the war. Dinner and brunch seatings are available. www.nationalww2museum.org. Tickets $34$67. 6 p.m. Saturday, 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

“The Legend of ‘Sleepy Hollow.’ ” New Orleans Museum of Art, Sydney and Walda Bestoff Sculpture Garden, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle — An outdoor comedic production explores “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and other short works by Washington Irving. www.nolaproject.com. Tickets $15-$30. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.

“Native Gardens.” Southern Rep Theatre, 2541 Bayou Road — Neighbors feud over uses of their respective backyards in the comedy. www.southernrep.com. Tickets $28-$45. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

“November.” Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St. — Bob Edes Jr. stars as the president in David Mamet’s drama. www.rivertowntheaters.com. Tickets $36-$40. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Other Desert Cities.” Playmakers, Inc., 19106 Playmakers Road, Covington — A writer returns home for the holidays after an extended absence and announces her intention to publish a memoir that will open old wounds from a tragic family event. www.playmakersinc.com. Tickets $15-$20.

8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Songs That Won the War.” National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — The Victory Belles sing songs such as “White Cliffs of Dover,” “Harbor Lights,” “The Last Time I Saw Paris,” “La Vie En Rose” and “I’ll Be Seeing You.” www. nationalww2museum.org. Tickets $41-$43.

11:45 a.m. Wednesday.

“Trixie Minx’s Burlesque Ballroom.” The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta, 300 Bourbon St. — The burlesque show with a live band features Trixie Minx and guests with vocals of Romy Kaye and the Mercy Buckets. www.sonesta.com/jazzplayhouse.

Tickets $20. 11 p.m. Friday.

“Van Ella Bordella.” The Allways Lounge , 2240 St. Claude Ave. — The show includes burlesque, comedy and music. www.theallwayslounge.net. Tickets $15-$20.

9 p.m. Thursday.

“We Will Rock You.” Mahalia Jackson

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REVIEW ‘The Cocktail Party’ and ‘…The Harder They Fall’

NOVEMBER 7-10

BY D. ERIC BOOKHARDT IN LATE SUMMER 2008, major banks began collapsing, ushering P H OTO B Y D . ER I C B O O K H A R DT in a period of global economic turmoil.

In autumn 2008, Prospect.1 New Orleans opened as America’s largest international art biennial and spawned a bevy of new galleries along St. Claude Avenue. Eleven years later, some of the St. Claude galleries’ founding members are exhibiting work that reminds us that global turmoil remains the order of the day, though even some of the edgier works on view appear surprisingly pristine.

At “The Cocktail Party” expo at Barrister’s Gallery, the long canvas strips hanging from multicolored bottles high on the walls in Dan Tague’s “Untitled (pink, lemon, aqua)” installation initially convey an austere warmth, perhaps a hint of meditative Japanese minimalism. The seductive, pale fruit colors of the glass bottles lend a buoyant aura, so it takes a moment to digest that one is looking at a very orderly and aesthetic display of Molotov cocktails, perhaps a gesture of solidarity with the protesters in Hong Kong. Hanging in mottled baroque counterpoint, Daphne Loney, Heathcliffe Hailey and Dan Tague’s messily incendiary tapestry “Assume the Apocalypse” suggests a deluge of fire and water as a kind of final elemental denouement.

If some current international news seems draconian, we can divert our attention to Generic Art Solutions’ “…The Harder They Fall” expo at Good Children Gallery, where a meticulously detailed video depicts Tony Campbell and Matt Vis deconstructing the flags of their respective homelands, the U.K. and the U.S. (pictured). If the tedium of the work is punctuated by our deep unease at seeing the Union Jack and Old Glory thoroughly dissected, any damage is healed by the magic of reverse video projection as the fragments seem to reassemble themselves in an allegory of how our respective democracies are eternally evolving works in progress. “The Cocktail Party” is on view through Nov. 2. Barrister’s Gallery, 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.barristersgallery. com. “…The Harder They Fall” is on view through Nov. 3. Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 975-1557; www.goodchildren.com.

Theater, 1419 Basin St. — With the music of Queen as the backdrop, the story follows Galileo and Scaramouche on a quest to save rock ’n’ roll in a post-apocalyptic world where there are no musical instruments. www.saengernola.com. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

to 10 people due to space restrictions. Email Tom Friel at spolisar@tulane.edu for reservations. Free admission.12 p.m. Friday.

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Academy Gallery, 5256 Magazine St. — “New Orleans Sanctuaries: Drawings About Community” includes pastels and drawings by Carol Peebles and Winston Labouisse; through Nov. 23; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

Ariodante Gallery, 535 Julia St. — The group exhibition includes Stephen Palmer’s mixed-media sculptures, Kim Zabbia’s paintings, Raenette Palmer’s mosaics and Chester Allen’s metalwork, through November; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

Callan Contemporary, 518 Julia St. — “Moon Gold” is an exhibition by George Dunbar, through Dec 20; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

Gallery 600 Julia, 600 Julia St. — “Louisiana Country Mile” is an exhibition by plein-air landscape artist Charles G. Smith, through Nov. 30; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

LeMieux Galleries, 332 Julia St. — “She Said” exhibition by Leslie Nichols and “The Rookery” exhibition by Pippin Frisbie Calder, through Nov. 16; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

HAPPENINGS “Danse Macabre —The Nightmare of History Tour.” The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St. — The Historic New Orleans collection offers special tours through the darker aspects of New Orleans lore in the Louisiana History Galleries. www.hnoc.org.

Tickets $15. 11 a.m. Tuesday to Thursday.

Dia de los Muertos altar. New Orleans Botanical Garden, 5 Victory Ave., City Park — Cynthia Ramirez, artist and SUNO professor, creates a Day of the Dead altar in the Enrique Alferez Sculpture Garden. www.neworleanscitypark.com. 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday.

Gallery Walk and Lecture. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St. — Joshua Mann Pailet and Ben Depp discuss Depp’s photographs in “Louisiana From Above — An Aerial Photography Exhibition”; on view through Nov. 15. www. agallery.com. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Julia Street Art Walk. Julia Street, 300 to 600 blocks — Warehouse District galleries open their doors for receptions for new shows. 6 p.m. Saturday.

Newcomb Pottery Tour. Newcomb Art Museum, 6823 St. Charles Ave. — A guided tour highlights the permanent collection and the history of the Newcomb Enterprise; limited

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