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“The Rising and Falling” WED. NOV. 6 | A cast from the U.S. Army Field Band stars in the new work (commissioned by the Seattle Opera, San Diego Opera and others) about a wounded soldier trying to recover and return home. Reservations are required for the free performance. At 7:30 p.m. at Jefferson Performing Arts Center.

Infringe presents 30 alternative theater shows Nov. 7-10 BY WILL COVIELLO THE INFRINGE FESTIVAL FEATURES 30 SHOWS, including drag performances, comedy, musicals and spoken word, as well as alternative theatrical projects involving genre mashups, surreal dance performances and original concepts. The slate features Jen Pagan’s treatise on pleasure relating food to sex; a retelling of the original sin story from Eve’s perspective; a Shakespearean rewrite of John Hughes’ “The Breakfast Club” and more. Visiting companies hail from New York to Florida and Vancouver, British Columbia. The festival includes two dozen jury-selected productions, and other presenters working in conjunction with the event as BYOV (“Bring Your Own Venue”) shows. Many venues are in Bywater and Faubourg Marigny, and shows also take place at Ashe Cultural Arts Center and Southern Rep Theatre. The festival has a party Saturday night at Art Klub featuring a puppet rock band from North Carolina’s Toybox Theatre and Edwin Salas’ Mexican Purgatory, as well as a DJ spinning disco and new wave music. A closing night party at midnight Sunday at d.b.a. features a tribute to glam music by Glamrock Superfoxx. Show tickets are $10 each (BYOV shows may be more), and a festival pass is $120. The box office is on the second floor of the New Orleans Healing Center, and it accepts credit cards. Cash only at the door. Here are some of the festival highlights. “Ask a Black Woman” Shanara Sanders’ show is based on her podcast of the same name, in which she invites people on the streets of Los Angeles to ask her anything, and she records her responses and conversations, often addressing sensitive subjects. Sanders combines the podcast’s content and spoken word in the performance. (7 p.m. Friday, 11 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday at Ashe Cultural Arts Center,

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“Bloodborne — Unmasking the Red Death” The Mudlark Puppeteers use several types of puppets to explore Edgar Allan Poe’s short story about the plague and fear of death, but from the perspective of a house servant instead of Poe’s Prince Prospero. (7 p.m. Thursday, 9 p.m. Friday, 11 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday at Mudlark Public Theatre, 1200 Port St.)

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“Larry” Canadian clown artist and performer Candice Roberts assumes her alter ego Larry in a comedic piece about a “hoser” — a Canadian stereotype of a beer-guzzling regular guy — who attempts to be a woke feminist without compromising his masculinity. (9 p.m. Thursday, 11 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at AllWays Lounge & Theatre, 2240 St. Claude Ave.) “Shitfarmer” Toybox Theatre has presented whimsical puppet shows at several New Orleans fringe festivals, and brings two shows and its puppet band this year. Using different types of puppets, “Shitfarmer” tells the story of a humble and downtrodden custodian who is helped by a mysterious stranger. (5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday and Sunday at Happyland Theater, 3126 Burgundy St.)

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WED.-FRI. NOV. 6-8 | Cuban jazz pianist Roberto Carcasses visits New Orleans for performances with several projects. His jazz trio is at the Sandbar at the Cove at 7 p.m. Wednesday; his quartet is at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro at 8 and 10 p.m. Thursday; and the Interactivo collective, a large band fusing musical genres popular in Cuba, is at the New Orleans Jazz Market at 8:30 p.m. Friday.

The Raconteurs THU. NOV. 7 | Among guitarist Jack White’s many projects is The Raconteurs, which released its first studio album in 11 years, “Help Us Stranger,” in June. At 7 p.m. at The Fillmore New Orleans.

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Candice Roberts presents “Larry” at the InFringe festival.

“Songs of Travel: Tiny Cabaret” Bremner Duthie has presented cabaret shows in New Orleans as well as a fringe show about cabaret. He sings tunes celebrating travel and wanderlust. (9 p.m. Saturday at AllWays Lounge & Theatre, 2240 St. Claude Ave.; 3 p.m. Sunday at Southern Rep Theatre, 2541 Bayou Road) “Wear and Tear” The Austin, Texas troupe The Back Pack has developed its own form of non-spoken comedy through movement, dance, music and the use of drawing on large pads of paper that are worn or carried by the performers. The show features a series of vignettes. (9 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 p.m. Sunday at Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.)

“Cabaret” FRI.-SUN. NOV. 8-24 | See ’Em On Stage: A Production Company presents the musical about cabaret singer Sally Bowles and visitors to the Kit Kat Klub as Berlin is beginning to change and the Nazis rise to power in the 1930s. At 8 p.m. Friday and Sunday and 9 p.m. Saturday at the New Orleans Art Center.

Kevin Gates SAT. NOV. 9 | Baton Rouge rapper Kevin Gates has had a busy year, releasing an EP, “Only the Generals Gon Understand,” and the album, “I’m Him,” a full-length follow-up to his well-received 2016 release “Islah.” Polo G, YK Osiris, Rod Wave and SDot Fresh open at 8 p.m. at UNO Lakefront Arena.

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guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20 or greater for his role in striking and killing two bicyclists in Esplanade Ridge shortly after the Krewe of Endymion parade passed in Mid-City last March. Toney already had pleaded guilty to 16 other charges related to the seven other people he injured. Criminal District Judge Laurie White sentenced Toney to 90 years in prison — 30 each for those who died and 30 more for the other victims.

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Rouge-based right-wing website, printed an essay titled “The Lack of Class in the Swamp” decrying those who booed President Donald Trump at the Washington Nationals game in the World Series Oct. 27. Just two years ago, however, the site’s owner Scott McKay held a contest offering a $500 prize for “sending us video of people booing and/or heckling [then-Mayor] Mitch Landrieu when he goes out in public.”

New Orleans City Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen is offering constituents the option to schedule a FaceTime meeting with her starting January 2020.

NGUYEN TO OFFER VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH CONSTITUENTS WHEN DISTRICT E CITY COUNCILWOMAN CYNDI NGUYEN scheduled meetings with constituents and stakeholders at New Orleans City Hall, she noticed many people showed up late, often citing traffic or problems finding a parking spot downtown. So starting in January 2020, she’s offering the option of conducting meetings via FaceTime. Anyone who wants to video chat with the councilwoman can schedule an appointment through her office, as they would for an in-person meeting. Nguyen plans to allot around 30 minutes per FaceTime call, she said, with some exceptions. Nguyen said since she took office in 2018, her staff has been looking at ways to make meeting with her more accessible. Earlier this year, they began offering monthly appointments with the councilwoman at the New Orleans East library for those who could not make it to City Hall. But it wasn’t until one day when Nguyen was FaceTiming her children that she thought of using the video-calling software for meetings. “When I was FaceTiming [my three children one day], I was like, wait, why can’t I FaceTime people that I meet with?” Nguyen said. “You don’t have to literally physically be there. It is just a matter of making sure that I’m not distracted with other things and I’m focusing on their issue.” Nguyen said she hopes the option makes it easier for people without convenient transportation, who live farther away or have busy schedules to communicate with her and have responsive city government. She also is considering offering call times after traditional work hours and on weekends to accommodate those who can’t meet with her during City Hall’s regular hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The councilwoman also conducts a weekly Facebook Live broadcast and is launching a weekly morning show for her district this week called “Wake Up District E” on a cable access channel. Nguyen will co-host the show, which will discuss events in her district; her office is working on making the show available on YouTube.

The John Couvillon poll for Louisiana Nexstar TV stations was conducted Oct. 24-26. Six percent of voters surveyed still were undecided, and the poll’s margin of error is 4 percent — leaving the race in a statistical tie. The poll also showed Louisianans in favor of President Donald Trump’s performance, 54%-41%.

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Did you hear the music from Voodoo Fest where you lived? District A City Councilman Joseph I. “Joe” Giarrusso III said his office fielded multiple noise complaints — as many as he did a year ago — during this year’s Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans City Park. The three-day music showcase, like other major events and festivals, often draws scrutiny from neighbors concerned with sound levels and other issues such as parking and littering. This year’s Voodoo, which attracted thousands of attendees, spurred phone calls numbering in the “tens,” Giarrusso said, adding that some of

his correspondences included people who complained multiple days. Sound checks — and grievances — began on Thursday night in advance of Friday evening’s Guns N’ Roses show, which also incorporated elaborate pyrotechnics. On the Nextdoor website, New Orleanians reported hearing music as far away as Old Metairie and Bucktown. Some enjoyed it, while others clearly did not. “Why is everybody bellyaching about Voodoo Fest music ... you folks live in New Orleans get with the flow and quit bellyaching,” one person posted on Nextdoor. “Wish I could relate but I live in Metairie and the music sounds like it’s next door ... Been in the same house 4 years and never heard it as loud as this year,” another responded. Giarrusso created the Quality of Life Committee earlier this year as a catch-all to encourage residents to share concerns about miscellaneous issues. He told Gambit some residents reported feeling their houses shake from noise over the weekend; meanwhile, one Nextdoor user noted that this year was the first year his windows didn’t rattle.

Giarrusso said his office hasn’t yet discussed the issue with the city’s health department, which is responsible for measuring sound levels, monitoring potential violations and working with festival officials. The issue of noise will continue in New Orleans and potentially spark a larger conversation, Giarrusso said, in regards to “What type of noise do we want emanating from the park?” Voodoo Music + Arts Experience officials and representatives from the Department of Health didn’t immediately respond to inquiries from Gambit. — SARAH RAVITS

Louis C.K. plans New Orleans appearance shortly after Gasa Gasa cancels T.J. Miller Controversial comedian Louis C.K. announced in an email to fans last week that the final stop on his 14city international comedy tour will be a show in New Orleans Jan. 31, 2020 at the Orpheum Theater. The announcement came two days after Gasa Gasa canceled a performance by comedian T.J. Miller

that was scheduled for Nov. 10. The venue faced criticism from the local comedy community over Miller’s booking because of allegations of physical and sexual assault against him by his former college girlfriend. Miller has denied the allegations. In 2017, The New York Times published an article that included the accounts of five women accusing C.K. of sexual misconduct in the late 1990s to 2005, three of whom said the comedian masturbated in front of them. In a statement a few days after the article was published, C.K. confirmed the allegations. “There is nothing about this that I forgive myself for,” the statement reads. “And I have to reconcile it with who I am. Which is nothing compared to the task I left them with.” In 2014, while shooting the movie “Trumbo” in New Orleans, C.K. made surprise appearances at local comedy shows and had several local comics open for him during two nights at The Joy Theater. In 2011, he sold out the Mahalia Jackson Theater. The show at the Orpheum is scheduled for 7 p.m. — KAYLEE POCHE

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between Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican challenger Eddie Rispone was a colossal bust, the political equivalent of a food fight, thanks to the moderators’ abject failure to keep the event on track — and Rispone’s determination to disrupt and distract rather than discuss and inform. Any objective scorer would have N AG I N : S TA F F P H OTO B Y L E S L I E W E S T B ROO K given Edwards the R I S P O N E : S TA F F P H OTO B Y J O H N M C C U S K ER “win” largely because he clearly knows what he’s talking summed up the evening with the about when it comes to how state debate’s best line, telling Rispone, government works, while Rispone “You don’t know what you don’t doesn’t have a clue. In fact, Rispone know — and what you don’t know doesn’t even appear to grasp such bais astounding.” sics as the separation of powers and The real losers were the voters who our constitutional system of checks might have watched the televised and balances. He blamed Edwards for debacle. They deserved an honest, taxes that the Republican-controlled thorough, robust but civil discussion House and Senate passed by twoof the challenges facing Louisiana thirds margins. and the two candidates’ opposing A lot of people, including many viewpoints. Instead, they got nearly who are going to vote for Rispone, a solid hour of Rispone interrupting have been waiting for him to unveil Edwards (and Edwards doing the the specifics of his vision for Louisame to Rispone — though nowhere siana. The sole runoff debate was near as often), while the two modeveryone’s opportunity to see if he erators sheepishly (and without suchas something of substance to offer, cess) tried to keep things on course. something other than vague promWhen he wasn’t disrupting and ises, shallow rhetoric and inartful deflecting, Rispone dodged virtually dodges of the real issues. every question put to him, resorting Instead of offering specifics, the instead to his tired mantras of “Trump, Republican insider and megadonor Trump, Trump” and “I’m a businessshamelessly unleashed what apman. I know how to fix things.” peared to be a contrived barrage of Speaking of businessmen who constant interruptions while continuthink they know how to fix governing his charade of casting himself ment, I wonder if anyone else sees as an “outsider” who promises to a parallel between Rispone and do “something different” — without another “businessman” candidate offering any hints as to what, exactly, who promised to fix all that was he would do differently. Or what he broken with New Orleans nearly two would do at all. decades ago: Ray Nagin. On one level, I guess I can’t blame Team Edwards says Rispone would Rispone for taking that approach. If return Louisiana to the dark days of you don’t know what you’re talking Bobby Jindal’s disastrous tenure, but about and your opponent plainly Nagin — who campaigned on big does, perhaps the best strategy is to ideas but turned out to be a clueless raise a ruckus at every turn in hopes dilettante — seems the more accuthat voters won’t notice the chasm rate comparison. In similar fashion, between your opponent’s knowlRispone seems far more interested edge and your ignorance. in being governor than actually An obviously frustrated Edwards doing the job.

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Our endorsements EARLY VOTING STARTED on Saturday, Nov. 2 and continues through Saturday, Nov. 9 across Louisiana. Voters will choose a governor, a state Supreme Court justice, state lawmakers and many local officials. They also will decide critically important local propositions, including taxes and a City Charter amendment in New Orleans. We do not endorse in judicial elections, but we do offer our recommendations in other important races — and we urge all our readers to vote in this very important election. Louisiana’s future is on the line. Every vote counts.

GOVERNOR John Bel Edwards John Bel Edwards has earned a second term as Louisiana’s governor. After inheriting a $2 billion deficit from former Gov. Bobby Jindal, he worked with Republicans as well as Democrats in the state Legislature to produce a $500 million surplus in less than four years. That surplus now can be used to reduce state debt, shore up some of Louisiana’s crumbling infrastructure and continue repairing our coastline. Edwards also expanded Medicaid, which made health care available to nearly half a million working Louisianans. That decision, because of federal funding for Medicaid, helped balance the state budget — and saved lives. He also built bipartisan support for increased investment in early childhood education, a much-needed pay raise for teachers, and a series of criminal justice reforms that have reduced crime and saved money. His opponent, Republican megadonor Eddie Rispone, has been deliberately vague about his plans for Louisiana’s future. He has consistently avoided questionnaires and debates — even those sponsored by his natural allies in the business community. It’s clear that Rispone either doesn’t have specific, thoughtful positions on critical issues or he harbors plans that he knows would be extremely unpopular. Either way, Rispone’s election would be an unwise U-turn on Louisiana’s road to fiscal stability and economic prosperity. We urge our readers to re-elect John Bel Edwards as governor. SECRETARY OF STATE Kyle Ardoin Incumbent Kyle Ardoin won this office in a special election last year and has served well since then. The Secretary of State’s office is a key resource for attorneys, businesses and citizens needing to access important records and data. The holder of this office also serves as Louisiana’s chief elections officer. The office has functioned well for decades and continues to do so. Ardoin has earned a full term.

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 3 Joe Bouie In two terms representing House District 97, Joseph Bouie served as a floor leader for Gov. John Bel Edwards and fought for criminal justice reform, a higher state minimum wage and letting municipalities set their own minimum wages. He also championed legislation establishing equal pay for women. Bouie seeks to replace term-limited state Sen. JP Morrell, who has been a leader in the Senate on these and other important issues. New Orleans needs a leader to fill Morrell’s shoes in the Senate, and we believe Bouie is the candidate to do that. STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 91 Robert McKnight Robert McKnight grew up in Gert Town and aspires to represent one of the city’s most diverse districts, which runs from the Irish Channel through Central City and into Hollygrove. He’s a staff attorney in the Orleans Public Defenders office who has worked in both the Louisiana and Texas state senates, and as a staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives. McKnight is a strong voice for LGBT and women’s rights. He also champions another teacher pay raise, further criminal justice reform, working to replace “school to prison” with “school to industry” programs, and a freeze in property taxes. We recommend Robert McKnight for District 91. STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 94 Stephanie Hilferty Stephanie Hilferty seeks a second term in this district, which straddles Orleans and Jefferson parishes near the lake. A former neighborhood association president, Hilferty helped secure state funding to repair major streets and called for improved accountability at the Sewerage and Water Board, a state-created agency. A Republican, she puts her district and her constituents first. We support Stephanie Hilferty for re-election. STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 97 Matthew Willard A lifelong resident of Gentilly, Matthew Willard is an elected member of the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee and a leader in the Seabrook Neighborhood Association. He supports letting New Orleans establish its own minimum wage and increase the homestead exemption, and he will fight to restore funding to mental health and substance abuse services. He serves on the board of Jason’s House, a nonprofit that helps finance low-cost housing for men following rehabilitation for chemical dependency. At age 30, he

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already has an impressive record of community service. STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 98 Aimee Adatto Freeman Aimee Adatto Freeman is a Tulane University adjunct professor, small business owner and civic activist who will bring a pragmatic approach to solving the state’s many problems. Her priorities as a state lawmaker will be pay equity, more money for infrastructure and early childhood education, and improved public safety. She also says she will work to reform auto insurance laws to make coverage more affordable. STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 99 Adonis Expose Businessman and RTA compliance manager Adonis Expose has worked with officials at the city and state level in his professional capacity. His years as a leader (and former king in 2017) of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club and other civic organizations attest to his community service. His priorities in the Legislature will be bringing more retail, public transportation and affordable housing to the district, and pushing for more money for early childhood education and a higher minimum wage.

NEW ORLEANS PROPOSITIONS CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT: NO This proposed amendment to the City

Charter aims to correct longstanding constitutional defects in the provisions governing the city’s Human Relations Committee. Unfortunately, many questions remain unanswered about how the proposed commission would operate. For example, what qualifications would commissioners be required to have to serve on this important body? What would be the extent — and limits — of the commission’s jurisdiction and authority? What appellate process would govern its decisions? We strongly support the concept of a Human Rights Commission for New Orleans, but citizens deserve to know in advance precisely how such a commission would function before they embed it in the City Charter. We respectfully urge our readers to vote “No” on this proposition — but we hope the mayor and council members bring it back in the future, with all the specifics available for voters to review. $500 MILLION BOND ISSUE — YES The city proposes to issue up to $500 million in new capital improvement bonds without raising taxes. The city’s capital planning process will determine the precise allocation, but the expectation is $250 million for drainage and streets, $225 million for public facilities and public safety equipment, and $25 million for affordable housing. That process requires public input and City Council approval. Citizens across New Orleans want more PAGE 12

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spending on streets and drainage improvements, and this proposition represents a step toward meeting those demands.

Early voting is Nov. 2-9.

3-MILL PROPERTY TAX: NO This is a new tax that comes at an inopportune time. Property owners in most of New Orleans recently saw their assessments spike — some more than doubling or tripling — and Mayor LaToya Cantrell also wants the council to “roll forward” at least part of the city’s existing millage. The vote on a roll forward won’t come until after the Nov. 16 election, which leaves voters in the dark and understandably anxious (if not angry) about property taxes. We think the mayor and the council should first decide whether a roll forward is necessary, then adopt a 2020 budget. As it stands, five existing millages will come up for renewal next year, and the mayor is considering a drainage fee. That’s enough to ask of voters already.

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John Bel Edwards SECRETARY OF STATE

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Legislative Races SE NATE DISTRICT 3

Joseph Bouie

HOUSE DISTRICT 91

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Jefferson Parish Elections J E FFE RSON COU NCIL DIST. 2

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SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX: YES This proposition should be an easy “yes” for all voters. It would authorize a permanent tax (up to 6.75%) on short-term rentals. State law requires the city to dedicate 75% of the revenue to a special infrastructure fund and 25% to the private, nonprofit New Orleans & Company to promote tourism. The city has informally agreed to dedicate 75% of the infrastructure money to the Sewerage & Water Board and use the remaining 25% for the Department of Public Works. This proposal is part of the mayor’s “fair share” package approved by state lawmakers. Best of all, it would be paid by tourists, not locals.

JEFFERSON PARISH ELECTIONS COUNCILMAN DISTRICT 2 Michael O’Brien This district straddles the Mississippi River and includes neighborhoods that have been adversely affected by odors and other problems associated with the parish landfill and chemical plants on the West Bank. Businessman Michael O’Brien emphasizes air quality and overall quality of life throughout Jefferson. His priorities will be improved drainage, reducing air and noise pollution, and monitoring the parish landfill and chemical plants. He is endorsed by the Alliance for Good Government and the Jefferson Parish Republican Executive Committee. COUNCILMAN DISTRICT 3 No endorsement

Hey Blake, Why is Pete Fountain’s name in the street tile outside the building at Bourbon and St. Ann streets? I assume he had a club or restaurant there?

Dear reader,

Jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain, who was known to music fans around the world, often joked that he attended the “Conservatory of Bourbon Street,” eschewing his studies at Warren Easton High School in favor of the musical education he received as a teenager playing in French Quarter clubs. In November 1960, he opened one himself. He purchased the club at Bourbon and St. Ann streets, which previously had been called La Lune. “We tried to call it the French Quarter Inn, but everyone ended up just calling it Pete’s Place,” Fountain told The Times-Picayune in 1987. “I think my name is still out on the sidewalk.” Fountain recorded two live albums in the club, “Pete Fountain: French Quarter Inn” and “Pete Fountain on Tour.” In 1968, Fountain relocated to a larger space at 231 Bourbon St. He continued performing there until 1977, when he moved to a club in the newly opened New Orleans Hilton Hotel, now the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Although Fountain died in 2016, he remains an icon on Bourbon

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Jazz legend Pete Fountain hits the streets to lead his Half Fast Walking Club on its Mardi Gras march Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1999.

Street. His life-sized statue is one of nine included in New Orleans Musical Legends Park at 311 Bourbon Street. Since your question asked whether Fountain had a club or restaurant, we should add that he did in fact once own an eatery. Peter’s Wieners and Famous Frozen Custard opened in the 1980s on Highway 90 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. As Times-Picayune columnist Betty Guillaud pointed out in 1988, the hot dog stand was “just a scoop of custard away” from the home Fountain and his wife Beverly shared on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The restaurant, formerly a Frostop, was co-owned and run by Fountain’s son Kevin.

BLAKEVIEW SEVENTY YEARS AGO THIS MONTH , Mel Leavitt, one of New Orleans’ all-time

favorite, most versatile and respected broadcasters, first signed on the air here. Born Mahlon Tirre Leavitt in St. Louis, Missouri, he joined the staff at WDSU-TV in November 1949, just 11 months after it began broadcasting. Leavitt, then 22, had worked in newspapers and as a radio sportscaster and play-by-play announcer for the Mutual network before being hired as WDSU’s sports and special events director. “The station feels that Leavitt’s vast experience will be a valuable asset in WDSU’s sports coverage,” general manager Robert D. Swezey told The New Orleans Item on Nov. 10, 1949. In an era when nearly all TV programming was live and local, Leavitt provided commentary for Channel 6 coverage of local basketball, football, boxing, horse racing and more. “We would televise anything then,” he said in a 1976 Times-Picayune interview. “Of course, there were only a few thousand (TV) sets in use then, and the telecasts weren’t considered a threat to attendance.” In addition, his work on WDSU editorials and documentaries won him an Emmy and George Foster Peabody award. In addition to sportscasting, Leavitt became well-known for his coverage of Carnival throughout the 1950s and ’60s, narrating parades as they rolled past WDSU’s French Quarter studios. Leavitt later worked at WVUE, WGNO, WLAE and hosted a radio show on WSMB. He also hosted “Prep Quiz Bowl” on WYES for 18 years and wrote a column for The Clarion Herald. Leavitt was fond of local history and wrote two books, “A Short History of New Orleans” and “Great Characters of New Orleans.” Leavitt died in 1997.

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and reenact some of the historOrleans City Councilman Oliver ical moments of the rebellion. It Thomas’ radio show on WBOK. will be filmed by Ghanian-born “It was a profound moment,” London-based artist John AkomArchery-McGowan says. “The size of the revolt was significant. They frah. The event concludes with had a vision to be free. It inspires a final leg from the New Orleans me, because there are so many Jazz Museum to a celebration in challenges we still face.” Congo Square. Scott, who has been planning “This is a freedom march,” Scott the reenactment for six years, says. “There will be people who are visits with volunteers, sharing that the army of the enslaved and they he’s excited to see full costumes. will be in period costumes. They One reenactor models a completwill have machetes, sickles, sabers ed outfit: a long and muskets. skirt, a brown There will be a turban and a battle scene with Until well into the vest and holds musket fire, and a machete. that’ll be cool, 20th century, the “That’s part but it’s about history of slavery of the outfit,” much more Scott tells than a battle and revolts was told the group of scene. It’s about almost exclusively the weapon. freedom and “The slaves from the point of view emancipation of were freepeople, not troop of the slave owners. dom fighters.” movements and Scott and costumes. an array of “Imagine this collaborators outdated army are seeking to match the size of in 19th-century clothing marchthe rebellion, which was estiing past Dominos Pizza, Norco mated to include 500 enslaved oil refineries, grain elevators and people marching from plantasmall churches — the people in tions in what now are St. John the local communities seeing this and Baptist and St. Charles parishes engaging with this.” toward New Orleans with the goal of overthrowing the system of When Scott began thinking enslavement and establishing a about doing a project based on black-run state. a slave revolt, he didn’t know The project is a large-scale about the 1811 Louisiana rebellion. durational performance, in which In 2013, he was invited to apply for the group will march 26 miles

a residency at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina. The residencies are project-based, and he pitched a slave rebellion concept. “I said I’d love to do a slave rebellion reenactment,” Scott says. “I was thinking that they would say no, especially when I told them it would probably not happen in Charlotte and probably not happen during the time of the residency. They said yes.” There were more than 250 incidents of 10 or more enslaved people rebelling in the U.S., Scott says. The best-known revolts include Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion in Virginia, and the 1739 Stono rebellion in South Carolina, in which rebels tried to escape to Spanish colonies in Florida. Turner’s rebellion may be the best known, both because many people, black and white, died — and an interview with Turner was recorded. At the residency, Scott learned about the 1811 rebellion from one of the residency directors, and it became the focus of his project. “It was the largest,” he says. “It was in many ways the most significant in that it had a chance of succeeding. If it was successful, it would have changed U.S. and world history. And success wasn’t just killing some white people and escaping with a few people. They wanted to seize all of Orleans Territory, which is modern-day Louisiana, and set up an African republic which would

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have outlawed slavery, which was a hugely radical vision of freedom and emancipation. Since it was a buried history, it made the most sense to reenact.” The prospect of a successful slave revolt may have seemed highly possible in Louisiana following the revolution in Haiti — then called Saint Domingue — which overthrew French rule in 1804. Slaves and slave owners had arrived in Louisiana from Haiti and the Caribbean with knowledge of it. The 1811 revolt started on a sugar cane plantation owned by Manuel Andry near what now is LaPlace. Charles Deslondes (who had taken the last name of a family of plantation owners) led the rebellion, which grew as the group moved from plantation to plantation. Many of the rebels carried the machetes used to cut sugar cane, but they also picked up guns and rode horses. They were reported to have appropriated military uniforms and marched under flags, though no record exists of what was on the flags. The group expected to continue to grow as it liberated enslaved peoples. The contingent was headed to New Orleans’ Fort St. Charles, which was where the Old U.S. Mint later would be built. On the third day, the rebel army reached a plantation in what is now Rivertown in Kenner, where they encountered federal troops. The rebels were turned back and defeated, and some members fled into the swamps.

The response to the rebellion was severe. Deslondes was tortured and killed. Many rebels who had fled into the swamps were hunted and killed. The heads of decapitated slaves were posted on spikes along miles of road along the German Coast to intimidate and deter any other slave revolts. Despite the gore, the episode faded into history. Scott says that may be because the territory was pursuing statehood, which was granted in 1812, and the territorial governor didn’t want the rebellion to interfere. “The spin from the governor was to downplay (the revolt’s) significance,” Scott says. “Locally they wanted to say, ‘Do not even think of this,’ but nationally, they wanted to send the message, ‘Oh everything is calm here. We’d be a perfect state.’ There wasn’t an AP wire service, there wasn’t Google. People took the word of the governor.” Scott draws heavily on the book “On to New Orleans: Louisiana’s Heroic 1811 Slave Revolt” written by Albert Thrasher and published by Leon Waters, who had relatives familiar with the revolt. (A detailed list of books, articles and films about slavery and subjects related to the reenactment is posted on the resources page of the project website, www.slave-revolt.com.) There were written records of the revolt in tribunal transcripts, correspondence between the territory’s governor and Wade Hampton, the top military commander in the Orleans Territory,

and in newspaper accounts in New York, Philadelphia and London. Until well into the 20th century, the history of slavery and revolts was told almost exclusively from the point of view of the slave owners. “On to New Orleans,” published in 1995, was the first book to focus on the 1811 rebellion. Influential contributions about slavery in Louisiana include Gwendolyn Midlo Hall’s 1992 book “Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century.” When he explored the history of the region, Scott visited plantations along the Mississippi River. At Evergreen Plantation in Edgard, the tour took visitors to what remained of slave quarters. On one of the cabin walls was a copy of a plantation inventory, listing the people enslaved there and a dollar value for each human. “I asked, ‘Can you tell me more about the lives of the people that were enslaved here?’ ” Scott says. “They said, ‘Well, we don’t know anything.’ “I said, ‘Actually, I can show you a database and you can see who was here.’ They said, ‘People aren’t interested in that.’ ” How the history of the antebellum South has been preserved and memorialized is an ongoing bone of contention. Monuments to Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Confederate generals were erected decades after the end of the Civil War. Three such monuments were removed from public display in New Orleans in

and performances addressing recent years, and other cities have injustice and police brutality, taken down some monuments to protesting racism and exploring the Confederacy. A lone referhistory and patriotism. He grew up ence to the 1811 revolt is posted on in Chicago, where he changed his a historical marker near Woodname from Scott Tyler to Dread land Plantation. Scott as homage to Dred Scott, “I am all for preserving history, an enslaved man who sued for but how you preserve it is importhis freedom. In an 1857 decision ant,” Scott says. “[Plantations] in that case, the U.S. Supreme stand in stark Court held that contrast to the Constitution how Germany did not extend remembers its It would have rights to black recent history people, free of fascism. changed U.S. and or enslaved. These plantaScott’s work world history. ... They tions, which is included in are better wanted to seize all the collections known as slave of the Whitney of Orleans Territory, labor camps, Museum of were sites which is modernAmerican Art, of genocide. the New Museday Louisiana, and That’s what um of Contemthey are. set up an African porary Art in Nobody would New York, The republic which have their Brooklyn Musewedding at um and others. would have outlawed Auschwitz or In 1989, Scott slavery, which was a Treblinka or gained national Bergen-Belsen. attention for an hugely radical vision The fact that installation at people rouof freedom the School of tinely come to the Art Institute and emancipation. do that here of Chicago. or rent out the “What is the spaces for corProper Way porate gatherings to Display a U.S. or use them as a bed and breakFlag” featured a photo montage fast — it’s disgusting. It poses of protests over a book in which serious moral questions for people viewers were invited to share their who do that. It reinforces and perthoughts about displaying the petuates an errant understanding flag, but they had to walk on an of history.” American flag spread on the floor Scott has created installations in front of the book in order to do

so. In an era when Republican senators, led by North Carolina’s Jesse Helms, attacked public funding for the arts based on the work of a handful of artists including photographers Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano, Scott’s work was panned by President George H.W. Bush as “disgraceful.” In 2012, Scott created the performance piece “Dread Scott: Decision” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He read and discussed the Dred Scott decision while guards with dogs corralled four naked black men. The audience became participants who had to walk by the men and the dogs to enter a voting booth where they answered questions about how they participate in the democracy of a country with a legacy of slavery and segregation. “Much of my art when I was younger was looking more directly at the present: murder by police or looking at a lynching that took place in 1998 (the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in Texas) or police brutality,” he says. “I have become more aware that it’s important to look at foundational assumptions in order to talk about America, hence ‘Slave Rebellion’ and ‘Dread Scott: Decision.’ ” His view of “Slave Rebellion” also has changed as he’s worked on it. “It’s not actually a project about slavery,’ Scott says. “It’s about people with a bold vision to get free from a society that is oppressive and exploitative with the only option they have. It’s not like they could form a Super PAC and say

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let’s get whipped only Monday attend his talk and did not want to through Friday. They had to overhear about slavery. throw the system of enslavement. “The more I talked, the more it The agency of enslaved people became clear they had a shame changes how people see this.” about slavery and even actually Creating “Slave Rebellion Reenabout being black,” Scott says. actment” has been like building a “They couldn’t understand why movement, Scott says. their ancestors were enslaved, He started formally working on but also why are black people the project at the McColl Center disproportionately in prison. Why and also developed it in a Spillare we the ones on welfare, even ways artist residency at New though most people on welfare Orleans’ Antenna Gallery in 2016. are white, but that’s the popuHe’s networked extensively with lar notion. Or why are we being participating groups. Actor Kararrested. … When they came to en-Kaia Livers serves as the projunderstand that this wasn’t about ect’s outreach coordislavery but about nator, and Scott has freedom fighting, had public meetings and that there was and forums at parish If [the resistance, and councils, churches, that their ancestors reenactment] art organizations, muwere not slaves, seums and universichanges they were people ties, including Xavier who were enslaved, how they see University, Tulane it was something University, Loyola themselves in that was done to University New Orthem — then they the present, leans and Louisiana were like ‘Wait, we State University, as that’s powerful. want to know more. well as other schools Why don’t we across the country, know more about including historically this event?’ It lifted black colleges. a sort of shame off of them. If it During recent months, 14 people changes how they see themselves have been working on the project in the present, that’s powerful.” full time and numerous particiScott also encountered relucpants have worked on compotance about the project, includnents such as weekly sewing ing from a white pastor in the circles in New Orleans and in River Parishes. outlying parishes. “The (pastor) said, ‘I can see why The project has garnered more you are interested in this; this is than $1 million in support from the your history. For me, I am a little Open Society Foundation, VIA worried,” Scott says. “I was like, Art Fund, the Ford Foundation, ‘You, a person who espouses JeSurdna Foundation, MAP Fund, sus in some form and turning the the Andy Warhol Foundation other cheek. You’re looking at the for Visual Arts and other groups color of your skin and siding with and individuals. enslavers who are white instead of The reenactment will be filmed by Akomfrah, and Scott expects looking at people trying to overthat project to debut at musethrow oppression and siding with ums in 2020. Akomfrah’s work them.’ Isn’t that the story that’s in has been presented at the Venice the Bible, or part of it? People are Biennale and the Tate Britain so caught up with skin color and museum. Locals may remember identification: ‘OK, I am going to “Precarity,” his film about Buddy side with the racists.’ Bolden, which was screened at the “Why would you do that?” Scott Ogden Museum of Southern Art as asks. “You are looking back in a part of the Prospect.4 internatime; you can take anything you tional art triennial. want from the story.” Due to concerns about event safety, information about the route was not posted in advance. Information about recommended viewing sites will be posted on the project website this week. Responses have ranged from the positive to a small amount of hate mail, Scott says. He was most surprised by the reaction of some students at the historically black Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte. Some were required to

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Cross Pollan-ated MICHAEL POLLAN (pictured) is known for his books on eating, including “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation,” and “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual.” “Cooked” became a popular Netflix series and “In Defense of Food” a documentary. He most recently turned his attention to the therapeutic use of psychedelic mush-

Acorn offers tasty food for adults and kids at the Louisiana Children’s Museum BY RE B EC C A F R I E D M A N ACORN, THE NEW ORLEANS CITY PARK CAFE operated by Dickie Bren-

nan and Co. inside the new Louisiana Children’s Museum, is designed to appeal to different audiences. Its offerings are family friendly, but the cafe sits in the heart of City Park and draws visitors unaccompanied by children. The space is contemporary and bright, with floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides to take advantage of being situated on the park’s “little lake.” An outdoor patio overlooks the water, and from that vantage point, the cafe appears to float on an island. Counter service is efficient and friendly. Built-in checkerboards on several tables and an enclosed play area in the center of the dining room offer amusement for little ones and their caregivers. The breakfast and lunch menus have regular and kids’ options and a good selection of healthy choices. At breakfast, avocado toast in a hole ($9) combined egg and avocado with seeded whole-grain toast and a sprinkle of everything seasoning for a satisfying, if pricey, start. A generous bowl of grits topped with cheddar cheese and two strips of bacon ($5) is a more economical option. Other choices include breakfast burritos with a variety of fillings ($4 to $6), a yogurt bowl with fruit and granola and chicken and waffles. Kids’ choices ($3 to $5) include oatmeal, a fruit cup and a waffle. During a kid-packed Saturday afternoon lunch visit, the scene was considerably less chaotic than one might expect; our meal arrived just 10 minutes after we ordered. Though the kids’ menu has a burger ($7), my son ordered the thin-patty double burger ($10) from the regular

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menu. It was tasty, served on a potato roll with chips. My 11-yearold wanted macaroni and cheese ($5), even though it was on the kids’ menu and she is “NOT A KID!” The portion was small but would be an appropriate size for most children and was jazzed up with radiatore pasta instead of elbow macaroni. An appealing selection of bowls ($9 to $13) included Cobb and kale Caesar salads as well as a mushroom, vegetable and tofu bowl and an avocado and grain bowl. Boiled shrimp, chicken or tofu can be added to any bowl for an additional charge. Pizzas are available whole and by the slice, and sandwiches include a shrimp roll ($11), a fried chicken sandwich ($10) and a tuna melt ($8). For dessert, there are massive chocolate chip cookies and brownies. The cafe serves a full menu of coffee and espresso drinks brewed with French Truck Coffee, as well as canned wine and local beers. The restaurant is serves breakfast and lunch and is open until 5 p.m. Acorn’s drawbacks are mainly logistical. Parking can be a challenge when the museum or park is busy. In-

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rooms in “How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence.” Pollan speaks at Loyola University New Orleans Nov. 8 as part of the Improv Conference New Orleans: A Festival of Ideas (www.improvconferencenola.com), which runs Nov. 8-10 at venues across the city. Pollan says food and psychedelics both have an improvisational component, though it wasn’t a link he had considered before being invited to participate in the conference. People improvise when cooking without a recipe, something Pollan tends to favor because he finds following strict instructions limiting. Psychedelics suppress the mind’s control mechanisms and “create an improvisational space of thought and perception,” he says. Pollan has written about modern approaches to producing and consuming food, addressing industrial agriculture and fast food companies and advocating for eating locally produced food and home cooking. He distilled his culinary philosophy into seven words. “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants,” and encourages people to choose whole foods over processed products and to use meat as a flavoring for dishes, rather than the central ingredient. He bases this belief on health considerations and the heavy use of natural resourc-

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es needed to produce meat on a large scale. “We need a whole kit of tools if we’re going to change habits around meat eating, which climate change makes it imperative we do,” Pollan says. In his television series “Cooked,” Pollan breaks down the history and pursuit of cooking into elements: fire, air, earth and water, traveling around the globe to explore the ways in which people maintain their culinary traditions. “It was an attempt to go back to the first principles of cooking, which is the transformation of nature — an exciting, dramatic thing,” Pollan says. While some viewers shared photos of their homemade sourdough loaves on social media, others accused “Cooked” of elitism, arguing that working people don’t have time to cook or resources to shop at farmers’ markets like the one Pollan showcased near his home in Berkeley, California. The Improv Conference covers many topics, and other speakers include illustrator and playwright Jules Feiffer, food writer Brett Anderson, conference founder Randy Fertel and others. — REBECCA FRIEDMAN

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CORY BAHR (www.chefcorybahr. com) is the chef/owner of Parish Restaurant & Bar and Heritage Catering in Monroe, Louisiana. He is interested in cuisine from the Mississippi Delta and is an advocate for sustainable Louisiana seafood. Bahr is the only chef based outside New Orleans to serve on the Audubon Nature Institute’s Gulf United for Lasting Fisheries Chef Council. Bahr will participate in the Emeril Lagasse Foundation’s Boudin, Bourbon & Beer (www.boudinbourbonandbeer. com) fundraiser Nov. 8 in Champions Square.

What will you be cooking at Boudin, Bourbon & Beer? BAHR: A whole hog boudin, kind of a truck-stop spread. We take locally raised pigs, brine them, smoke them, pull them and make boudin with local rice. We’ll have a spread of homemade crackers, hot sauce, pickles … the kinds of things you’d find in a south Louisiana truck stop but more our style. We’ll be pickling squash and okra and all these cool things we can find here. We’ll use fermented hot sauce we make, things that are just a little different and speak to where we’re from — more than south Louisiana. In years past we’ve done these very composed, pretty dishes. But this is boudin, something that satisfies your craving for a smoky, rich dish. That’s what we really wanted to put in front of people. In the South, some of our favorite ways to eat are picking and choosing, having little bites and snacks. We want people to have a good time with it.

What makes a north Louisiana chef get involved in the cause of sustainable seafood? B: One of the major things you have to fight in Louisiana is having New Orleans be part of your state. There’s good food all over Louisiana. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes a strong voice to bring that to the forefront. As far as being a fisherman, that’s my major passion: being out on the water and bringing that to customers. It’s highly important,

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especially outside New Orleans, because I don’t think people get enough credit for working their asses off to do that. A lot of times there is opportunity for chefs not to serve something that’s sustainable or regional in order to make a quick buck, but that harms our restaurants or the perception of quality in our restaurants across the state. If you come to Louisiana, you should be able to rest assured that (seafood you are served) came from our waters or the Gulf of Mexico itself. I just don’t think that’s done enough in our state or across the South. It supports your local and state economy and provides jobs and job security for generations down the road. It’s not only sustainable from an environmental stance but from an economic stance as well.

What brings you back to this event? B: It raises a lot of money and awareness for things we care about: education and feeding young people. We spend a lot of time as chefs giving away our time, energy and food to things that line other people’s pocketbooks. This is an opportunity to make an impact with youth, to inspire the next generation of people to eat great food and be healthy and more conscientious about how they treat themselves. Plus it’s a great time to see people you haven’t seen in a year. — REBECCA FRIEDMAN

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MID-CITY/TREME Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — L, D Tue-Sun. $ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $$ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — L TueSun, D Fri. $ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$ FullBlast Brunch — 139 S. Cortez St., (504) 302-2800; www.fullblastbrunch.com — Reservations accepted. Brunch Thu-Mon. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizzas.com — L, D, late-night daily. $ Ikura Sushi + Hibachi — 301 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 485-5658; www.ikuranola.net — Delivery available. L and D daily. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com

— L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 4838899; www.namese.net — Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Ralph’s on the Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Reservations recommended. L TueFri, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — L, D daily. $ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola. com — L Mon-Sat. $$ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — L, D, late daily. $

UPTOWN Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 8948881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. brunch, D Tue-Sun. $$$ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, L Fri-Sat, D Mon-Thu, brunch Sun. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — 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 — L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Le’s Baguette Banh Mi Cafe — 4607 Dryades St., (504) 895-2620; www.facebook. com/lesbaguettenola — 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. $$ Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., (504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelateria.com — L, D Tue-Sun. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; www.theospizza. com — L, D daily. $ The Trolley Stop Cafe — 1923 St. Charles Ave., (504) 523-0090; www.thetrolleystopcafe.com — Delivery available. B and L daily, D and late-night Thu-Sat. $ Twisted Waffles — 1410 Annunciation St., Suite 2117, (504) 586-0573; www.twistedwaffles.com — Delivery available. B, D daily, D Mon-Sat. $$

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Emeril’s Restaurant — 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/emerils-new-orleans — Reservations recommended. L Mon-Fri, D daily. $$$ Meril — 424 Girod St., (504) 526-3745; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/meril — Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$ Vyoone’s Restaurant — 412 Girod St., (504) 518-6007; www.vyoone.com — Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

WEST BANK Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. D Tue-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www. specialtyitalianbistro.com — L, D daily. $$ Tavolino Pizza & Lounge — 141 Delaronde St., (504) 605-3365; www.facebook.com/ tavolinolounge — D daily. $$

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30/90 — The Dapper Dandies, 5; New Orleans Super Jam presented by Gene Harding, 9 BMC — Zoe K., 5; Lil Red & Big Bad, 7; Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, 10 Bamboula’s — St. Louis Slim Trio, noon; Perdido Jazz Band, 3; G & The Swinging Gypsies, 6:30; Les Getrez ‘n’ Creole Cookin’, 10 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Arsene DeLay & Charlie Wooton, 5; Antoine Diel, 8

Carnaval Lounge — Alison McConnell, 6; Comic Strip, 9 Circle Bar — Dem Roach Boyz, 7; Curse & more, 9:30 d.b.a. — Robin Rapuzzi’s Sweet Olive 5, 7; Soul Brass Band, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander’s Blues Jam, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 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; Jesh Yancy Trio, 10 House of Blues — John Paul Carmody, 6:30; Reignwolf (Parish), 7:30 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 One Eyed Jacks — Monolord with Blackwater Holylight and Space Cadaver, 8; Blind Texas Marlin, 10 Rock n’ Bowl — Swing Night & DJ Twiggs, 7 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Jambalaya Jam featuring Joshua Benitez Band, 8 Three Muses — Bart Ramsey, 5; Washboard Rodeo, 8

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — The organist’s performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock. www.albinas.org. Free admission. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Kulturabend. Deutsches Haus, 1700 Moss St. — Symphony Chorus of New Orleans joins with the Deutsches Haus Damen and Sangerchor for a program featuring German Romantic Partsongs by Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms. www.deutscheshaus.org. Free admission. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Music at Midday. Tulane University, Rogers Memorial Chapel, 1229 Broadway St. — Newcomb Department of Music presents pianist Brian Usu and violinist Dawn Wohn. Free admission. Noon. Wednesday. Trinity Artist Series. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — The Lott String Quartet performs the music of Haydn and Brahms. www.albinas.org. 5 p.m. Sunday. Sean Tobin. St. Benilde School, 1801 Division St., Metairie — The composer of “Overshadow Me” performs at Torrent of Grace. www.ccrno.org. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Bulgarika — Masters of Bulgarian Music. Hotel Peter & Paul, 2317 Burgundy St. — The five-piece ensemble performs traditional instruments and music of Bulgaria. 6 p.m. Monday.

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TUESDAY 5 Old Garden Rose Society. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie — Horticulture enthusiasts discuss care of old garden rose varieties. 7 p.m. Wizard Fest. Southport Hall, 200 Monticello Ave. — The Harry Potter pop-up party includes a costume contest, beverages, trivia, games, sweepstakes for a trip to London and more. www.popuppartytours. com. Tickets $15-$35. 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 6 Cooking Demonstration. Kitchen in the Garden, New Orleans Botanical Garden, 5 Victory Ave. — Chefs Mike Friedman and Greg Augarten host a beer tasting and pizza-making class with hands-on demonstration. www.neworleanscitypark.com. Tickets $40. 6 p.m. Game Night. St. Tammany Parish Library, Slidell Branch, 555 Robert Blvd., Slidell — Participants play a rotating selection of board games. 6 p.m. Lagniappe Lunch. Hermann-Grima Historic House, 820 St. Louis St. — The brown-bag lunch series features discussion of an interesting item from the museum’s collection. Water and seating provided. www.hgghh. org. Free admission. 11:30 a.m. Media and Social Change Lecture. Tulane Lavin-Bernick Center, 29 McAlister Drive — “Boys Don’t Cry” producer Christine Vachon leads off the Bobby Yan Lectureship at Tulane series; the film is screened Tuesday in Stone Auditorium. www.tulane. edu. Free admission. 6 p.m.

RxBrew. Urban South Brewery, 1645 Tchoupitoulas St. — Prescription Joy shares info about its mission to entertain and aid healing through clowning, and the brewery donates a portion of beer sales to the organization. www.prescriptionjoy.org. 7 p.m.

THURSDAY 7 Adopt-An-Instrument Drive. Urban South Brewery, 1645 Tchoupitoulas St. — The fundraiser for Make Music NOLA’s string program includes food, music, raffles and more. www.makemusicnola.org. Tickets $5-$50. 6 p.m. “European Vacation — A Four-Course Tour.” Calcasieu, 930 Tchoupitoulas St. — Link Stryjewski Foundation serves a dinner by chefs Jacob Dureche, Bret Macris, Nicole Mills and David Rouse featuring food from their culinary research trip in France and Spain. www.linkstryjewski.org. 7 p.m. Les Dames d’Escoffier Soiree. Southern Food & Beverage Foundation, Gumbo Garden, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — The nonprofit women’s culinary organization fundraiser features food, beverages, entertainment, a silent auction and more. Tickets available on www.eventbrite.com. Tickets $40. 6 p.m. Open-Hearth Cooking Demonstration. Hermann-Grima House, 820 St. Louis St. — The demonstration features tools used in the 19th century and volunteers using recipes from historic cookbooks. www. hgghh.org. Tickets $15. 10 a.m. “Pass the Peas” Benefit Dinner. PAX Treme Hall, 810 N. Claiborne Ave. — The Made in New Orleans benefit features cocktails, dinner by chefs Martha Wiggins and Syrena Johnson, music and more. www.minofoundation.org. Tickets $75. 6 p.m. “Sequins and Sass Bingo Night.” The Cannery, 3803 Toulouse St. — The Dress for Success New Orleans benefit features Kookie and the Queens with bingo, a raffle, Champagne and cheese. www.bidpal.net/ dfsnodragbingo. Tickets $40 and up. 6 p.m. Strikes for Sight. Rock ‘n’ Bowl , 3000 S. Carrollton Ave. — The blindfolded bowling tournament is a fundraiser for Southern Eye Bank and includes music and food. www.SouthernEyeBank.org. Tickets $40. 7 p.m. Used Book Sale. University of New Orleans, Earl K. Long Library — Friends of UNO Library holds a sale. Early admission from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday is $5; free admission noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, also Friday and Saturday. www.libguides.uno.edu. Free admission. 10 a.m.

FRIDAY 8 Improv Conference New Orleans. New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave. — The three-day conference features workshops, panels and performances exploring improvisation across disciplines with sessions on urban planning, foodways and resilience, cinema, race, identity and

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PREVIEW Bianca Del Rio BY WILL COVIELLO BIANCA DEL RIO HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY busy since winning season six of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in 2014. Her 2019 “It’s Jester Joke” tour has hit five continents, she guest-starred for eight weeks in a musical in London’s West End and is working on the third “Hurricane Bianca” movie. But she’s always open to new projects. “If America is interested in a clown from a secondrate reality show, I may have a campaign,” Bianca, aka Roy Haylock, says. “You never know.” P H OTO B Y RE N E KOA L A Bianca Del Rio performs Sunday, Nov. 10, at the Orpheum Theater. The tour has taken her to Cape Town, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and across Australia, and she learned she had fans everywhere. Wherever Bianca goes, people know what to expect, and some even want to be subjected to her verbal abuse. “People will say, ‘Can you read me? Will you insult me?’ ” Haylock says. “You’re like, ‘This is a meet and greet. Give it time.’ I don’t just walk up to people in the grocery store and curse them out. I am the opposite of most people. I’m actually nice in real life and a total c—t on stage. It’s usually the opposite. I’ve heard horror stories about Julie Andrews.” Haylock performed in local theater productions in New Orleans, but it was Bianca Del Rio’s fame that drew an invite to fill in as an older drag performer in the British musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.” He starred as Hugo, a shop owner and former drag performer who mentors a young man who is coming out as gay. While Bianca Del Rio isn’t particularly fond of lip synching, Haylock sang two songs in the show. On “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Bianca Del Rio was best known for her self-described Joan Crawford meets Bozo the Clown looks and the cutting wit that drives her comedy. In 2020, Haylock will shoot the third installment of his “Hurricane Bianca” movie series. Former “Saturday Night Live” comedian Rachel Dratch returns, and the plot takes them to Africa, Haylock says. He also is talking about writing a follow-up to his 2018 book of advice, “Blame It on Bianca Del Rio.” Although Haylock says one of the best parts of doing the musical was having the same dressing room for eight straight weeks, he’s glad to be back in the U.S. “I was happy to get back to America because there were so many things I couldn’t talk about (elsewhere) because nobody cared.” At 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10. Orpheum Theater, 129 Roosevelt Way, (504) 274-4870; www.orpheumnola.com. Tickets $40-$203.

more. Through Sunday at various venues. www.improvconferencenola.com. Moonlight & Miracles Gala. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive — The Ochsner Cancer Institute benefit on the floor of the Superdome includes dinner and entertainment. www.oschner.org. Tickets $400. 5:30 p.m. Pallets with Purpose. Northshore Food Bank, 840 N. Columbia St., Covington — The fundraiser and preview party includes a look at new facilities, silent and live auctions, entertainment, a wine pull and more. www.northshorefoodbank.org. Tickets $75. 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 9 Audubon Charter School Fall Fete. Palmer Park, 8211 S. Carrolton Ave. — The community event includes food, drink and music. www.audubonfallfete.org. 11 a.m. Bayou St. John Home and Neighborhood Tour. Pitot House, 1440 Moss St. — New Orleans Architecture Foundation tour features five homes including an apartment at the newly renovated McDonogh 31 school, as well as access to an abbreviated tour of

the Pitot House hosted by the Louisiana Landmarks Society for an additional fee. www.noaf.org. Tickets $20-$35. 10 a.m. Big TREEsy Giveaway. Trinity Christian Community Center, 3908 Joliet St. — Orleans Parish residents of District A can receive free trees from NOLA Tree Project. www.nolatreeproject.org. 9 a.m. Crescent City Creative Carnival. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — The local nonprofit presents creatives, artists, entrepreneurs, musicians, filmmakers and a keynote address by singer- songwriter Teedra Moses. www.crescentcitycreative.com. Tickets $7.50-$50. 10 a.m. Lafayette Square and Warehouse District Tour. Lafayette Square, — The Friends of the Cabildo’s walking tour of Lafayette Square and the Warehouse District explores the history of the commercial district from its plantation beginnings through the present. www.friendsofthecabildo.org. Tickets $20-$25. 9 a.m. Native American Heritage Month Event. Bayou Lacombe Museum, 61115 St. Mary St., Lacombe — Native American veterans are

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SUNDAY 10 Marine Corps Birthday Block Party. Luke Restaurant, 333 St. Charles Ave. — Marines are invited to a block party with food, beverages and music on the corps’ birthday. www.lukeneworleans.com. 3 p.m. Sierra Club. Audubon Zoo, Dominion Auditorium, 6500 Magazine St. — Barry Kohl presents “Mercury Pollution in Louisiana: The Role of Oversight in Protecting Public Health and the Environment.” www.sierraclub.org/louisiana. 7 p.m.

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Champagne Kickoff Party and Hatmaking Demonstration. Pearl Wine Co., 3700 Orleans Ave. — Attendees make hats in preparation for the St. Catherine’s Day Hat Parade, inspired by the Catherinette parade in Paris, Nov. 24 at St. Charles Avenue and Pleasant Street. www.hatnola.com. 6:30 p.m. Monday. Children’s Hero Awards. Le Musee de F.P.C., 2336 Esplanade Ave. — The Children’s Bureau of New Orleans fundraiser honors John Nickens of Children’s Hospital, Roots of Music, Calvin Mackie of STEM NOLA and the Boh Center for Child Development. www.childrensbureaunola. org. Tickets $125. 6 p.m. Veterans Day at the Museum. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — The event includes Hands-On History, the American Legion Band, a commemoration ceremony, a scarf handout to veterans and panel discussion on Pacific cooperation and more. www.nationalww2museum.org. 10 a.m.

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Ellen Byron and Colleen Mooney. Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave. — The Louisiana mystery authors discuss and sign their books “Cajun Country Mystery” and the New Orleans Go Cup series. www.nolalibrary.org. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Jami Attenberg and Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. Hotel Peter & Paul, 2317 Burgundy St. — The authors discuss and sign their books “All This Could Be Yours” and “The Revisioners,” respectively. www. gardendistrictbookshop.com and www. octaviabooks.com. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Daniel Jose Older. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St. — The

author discusses “The Book of Lost Saints” with Jamie Hatley. www.gardendistrictbookshop.com. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Brad Richard and Jerika Marchan. University of New Orleans, Liberal Arts Building, Room 197, 2000 Lakeshore Drive — The University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop hosts a reading by the poets followed by a Q&A, book signing and receptions. 8 p.m. Wednesday. Katharine E. Wibell. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, 2028 Magazine St. — The author discusses and signs “The Incarn Saga.” www.rhinocrafts.com. 5 p.m. Thursday. Deb Jannerson. Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St. — The author discusses and signs “The Women of Dauphine.” www.nolalibrary. org. 6 p.m. Thursday. Susan Langenhennig, John Pope and Danielle Del Sol. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie — The authors discuss and sign “Building On the Past: Saving Historic New Orleans.” www.jplibrary.net. 7 p.m. Thursday. Thom Kolsea. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie — The author and veteran signs and discusses his book about World War II. www. barnesandnoble.com. 2 p.m. Sunday.

SPORTS Pelicans Basketball. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Dave Dixon Drive — The New Orleans NBA team takes on the Toronto Raptors at 7 p.m. Friday and the Houston Rockets at 7 p.m. Monday. www.nba.com/ pelicans. Tickets $35-$280. Saints Football. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive — The New Orleans Saints face the Atlanta Falcons. www.neworleanssaints.com Noon Sunday.

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OPENINGS “Doctor Sleep” (R) — In this follow-up to “The Shining,” Ewan McGregor stars as Dan Torrance, a man with strange powers who meets a young girl with similar powers. 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. “Greener Grass” — Suburban soccer moms compete against each other on and off the field in this indie comedy. Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge. “Jojo Rabbit” (PG-13) — Roman Griffin Davis stars as a young boy in Adolf Hitler’s army in writer/director Taika Waititi’s satire. Broad Theater. “Last Christmas” (PG-13) — A young woman who works as an elf in a department store during the holidays meets a promising, too-good-to-be-true love interest. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell. “Midway” (PG-13) — Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day”) directs this PAGE 32

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historical action-drama about the Battle of Midway. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Playing with Fire” (PG) — A crew of firefighters (including John Cena) meets its match when trying to rescue three rambunctious kids. 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. “Redoubt” — Through dance, characters communicate a mythological narrative set in the wilderness of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains in this new film from artist/director Matthew Barney. Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge.

NOW SHOWING “The Addams Family (2019)” (PG) — The animated comedy about the peculiar, ghoulish family features the voices of Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “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 Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “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 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 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. 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 Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, 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) — Cynthia Erivo stars as Harriet Tubman in this biographical drama from director Kasi Lemmons. AMC Dine-In 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. “Inside Game” (R) — This crime drama starring Scott Wolf and Eric Mabius explores the 2007 scandal when NBA referee Tim Donaghy got caught betting on games

he worked. AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “It — Chapter Two” (R) — Nearly three decades after encountering the shape-shifting Pennywise, long-time friends must return to Derry, Maine. AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell. “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 Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Broad Theater, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “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, Broad Theater. “Loro” — Paolo Sorrentino directs this drama about a tumultuous period in the career of Italian media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge. “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 Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Motherless Brooklyn” (R) — A private eye with Tourette’s (played by Edward Norton) investigates the murder of his mentor and friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16. “Parasite” (R) — Unemployed family members get involved in an unexpected incident in this comedic thriller from writer/ director Bong Joon Ho (“Snowpiercer”). AMC Elmwood Palace 20, 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. The Grand 16 Slidell. “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. 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. “Western Stars” (PG) — Bruce Springsteen stars and directs this live concert performance of his latest album. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12. “Zombieland — Double Tap” (R) — Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone return as the wise-cracking quartet that faces off against evolved zombies and growing pains. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Hammond Palace 10, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX.

SPECIAL SHOWINGS “Foreign Correspondent” — An American reporter tries to expose enemy agents on the eve of World War II in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 romantic thriller. At 10 a.m. Sunday at Prytania Theatre. “The Godfather — Part II” (R) — The early life of Vito Corleone is shown parallel to his son Michael’s rise in the family crime syndicate in this 1974 crime drama sequel starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. At

3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16; 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Homemade” — This documentary focuses on the five-year journey of a decorated marine and his wife as they navigate marriage and the effects of post traumatic stress disorder and addiction. At 7 p.m. Monday at Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge. “John Fogerty 50-Year Trip — Live at Red Rocks” — The legendary Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman performs in this concert movie that celebrates the 50th anniversary of his Woodstock performance. At 7 p.m. Monday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “KonaSuba — God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! — Legend of Crimson” — In this animated movie, a video game-loving shut-in is reincarnated in another world where he faces the Crimson Demon village. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Lynyrd Skynryd — Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour” — This concert movie features the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band performing during one of its final concerts. At 7 p.m. Thursday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Met Opera — Madama Butterfly” — Soprano Hui He tackles the title role of the doomed geisha in Anthony Minghella’s sweeping production of the Italian opera. At 11:55 a.m. Saturday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “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. Wednesday at Prytania Theatre. “Phantom of the Opera” — Pierre Queval provides a score for the 1925 silent classic. At Williams Research Center, The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St. www. hnoc.org. Tickets $5-$15. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

ON STAGE “A Doublewide Texas Christmas.” Gretna Cultural Center for the Arts, 740 Fourth St., Gretna — The comedy is set in a new Texas mobile home park as the residents struggle with the county, relationships and holiday happenings. Reservations (504) 362-4451. Tickets $40. 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday. “Cabaret.” New Orleans Art Center, 3330 St. Claude Ave. — See ‘Em On Stage presents the musical about singer Sally Bowles and the denizens of the Kit Kat Klub in Berlin during rise of the Nazis, with songs including “Willkommen,” “Money,” “Maybe This Time” and “Cabaret.” www.seasaproductioncompany.com. Tickets $22-$30. 8 p.m. Friday and Sunday, 9 p.m. Saturday. “Dear Evan Hansen.” Mahalia Jackson Theater, 1419 Basin St. — The Tony-winning musical is about a letter that was never meant to be seen as Evan Hansen tries to fit in at school. www.saengernola.com. Tickets $80-$224. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. “Higgins: The Man, The Boat, The War.” National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — The combination live-action newsreel recreation and musical revue highlights the importance of the boatbuilder to World War II. Dinner and

brunch seatings are available. www.nationalww2museum.org. Tickets $34-$67. 6 p.m. Saturday, 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Infringe Fest. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave. — The alternative theater festival features 30 plays, puppetry, musicals, dance, drag, monologues and more Nov. 7-10 at theaters throughout the area. The box office is on the second floor of the New Orleans Healing Center. www. infringefest.com. Tickets $10 per show. “James and the Giant Peach.” Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive — The Roald Dahl story is about a young man on a journey of self-discovery that crosses the Atlantic Ocean. www.slidelllittletheatre.org. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. “The Legend of ‘Sleepy Hollow’ . New Orleans Museum of Art, Sydney and Walda Bestoff Sculpture Garden, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle — The outdoor comedic production is based on “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and other stories by Washington Irving. www.nolaproject.com. Tickets $15$30. 7 p.m. Wednesday to Friday, Sunday. “Look Don’t Tell.” Secret location, French Quarter — The immersive theater and dining experience about the Pontalba family in the 1800s features dance, rituals, Voodoo and more; guests are notified of the meeting location prior to the event. www.lookdonttell.com. Tickets $350. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. “Native Gardens.” Southern Rep Theatre, 2541 Bayou Road — The comedy features neighbors feuding over their respective uses of their backyards. Tickets $28-$45. 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. “November.” Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St — Bob Edes Jr. is a foul-mouthed chief executive in David Mamet’s election drama. www.rivertowntheaters.com. Tickets $36-$40. 7:30 p.m. Thursday to 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. “Poof!” Beaubourg Theatre, 614 Gravier St. — NolaNOW Theatre Company’s oneact play is about an abusive husband who spontaneously combusts, leaving a pile of ashes and a life to reclaim. www.nolanowtheatre.com. Tickets $15-$25. 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, 3 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 World War II-era gems 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. “Spotlight New Orleans With John Calhoun.” Cafe Instanbul, 2372 St Claude Ave. — The talk show features guests including Jon Broder of Infringe Fest and a Infringe Fest, immigrant rights activist Homero Lopez from ISLA and musical guest George Porter Jr., with house band Steve Walkup and the Night People and The Beasts of Comedy acting skits to advertise sponsors. Tickets $10. 8 p.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,

GOING OUT University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St. — Visitors can meet staff, see updated rooms and view the current exhibit, “Captive Voices: Hearing, Seeing and Imagining Angola Prison,” and there is a book and music sale. www.tulane.edu. 12 p.m. Thursday. St. Claude Second Saturdays. St. Claude Arts District, St. Claude Avenue — Galleries in the St. Claude Art District hold receptions for new shows. St. Claude Avenue. 6 p.m. Saturday.

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BY D. ERIC BOOKHARDT LONG KNOWN AS A DEEP SOUTH COURTESY OGDEN MUSEUM O F S O U T H ER N A R T BASTION of resistance to social and political change, Alabama can seem like a quixotic caricature of lost causes. The reality is more conflicted in a place where well-meaning people have struggled to adapt to changing times. Only a deeply empathetic artist can convey how the region’s history of racial strife intermingles with the soulfulness of its land and people. The late Tuscaloosa native William Christenberry is celebrated for works reflecting those paradoxes. This Ogden Museum of Southern Art retrospective shines a brilliant new light on an artist who devoted his life to exploring Alabama’s — and America’s — conflicting impulses. With their focus on landscapes and structures that resonate with Southern Americana, Christenberry’s photographs, sculptures and paintings reflect a lifelong exploration of a place where time often seemed to stand still, and where some people preferred it that way — as seen in works that embody the perpetual conflict between past and present and the uneasy ties that bind them together. His 1964 Memphis, Tennessee-inspired painting “Beale Street” (pictured) melds abstraction, pop art and realism into a visually coherent cacophony that vividly captures old-time Southern hucksterism, creativity and repression. Depictions of antique, often whimsical, hand-painted signs hark to the region’s folk art traditions in a composition that might look buoyant if not for the jarringly intrusive presence of figures draped in the white robes and pointed hoods of the Ku Klux Klan. A more meditative minimalism defines “Facade of Warehouse, Newbern, Alabama, 1981,” in which a crumbling geometric structure recalls a ghostly repository of memories. Alabama’s unique rural minimalism defines works like his photographs “Red Soil and Kudzu, Near Moundville, Alabama, 1980,” where bands of earthy colors attain a bold level of painterly abstraction. Stark minimalism reaches a crescendo in his stunning sculpture “Dream Building Gothic” in which a white steeplelike structure mingles Gothic piety with unsettling hints of a pointed KKK hood in an iconic reminder of how a society’s spiritual aspirations can be undermined by its most misguided traditions. Through March 1, 2020. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9650; www.ogdenmuseum.org.

with vocals by 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 features burlesque, comedy and music. www. theallwayslounge.net. Tickets $15-$20. 9 p.m. Thursday. “The Wishbone Show.” Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave. — Varla Jean Merman, Deven Green and Handsome Ned perform a cabaret show of songs from the 1920s to today. www.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets $25$40. 8 p.m. Saturday.

OPERA “The Falling and the Rising.” Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, Metairie — The new opera is about the sacrifices and camaraderie of American soldiers, with members of the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus and a cast of active duty military. RSVP required. www.neworleansopera.org. Free admission. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

ART HAPPENINGS Closing Reception and Artist Talk. Claire Elizabeth Gallery, 131 Decatur St. — Ash-

ton Shaw Despot discusses her exhibition “Field Notes,” and refreshments are served. www.claireelizabethgallery.com. 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Exhibition Tour. Newcomb Art Museum, 6823 St. Charles Ave. — Tours are led by different individuals involved in current shows, including “Latoya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family” and “The American Dream Revisited: The Residents of Gordon Plaza’s Struggle to Leave the Agriculture Street Landfill Behind.” Free. Noon. Saturday. French Opera House Exhibition. Gallier House, 1132 Royal St. — A lecture and recital preview the opening of “The Rise and Fall of the French Opera House (1859-1919),” with OperaCreole performing historic music and speaking on the role of Creoles in New Orleans opera history. www.hgghh.org. Tickets $10-$12. 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Gallery Anniversary Concerts. Scene by Rhys Art Gallery, 708 Toulouse St. — There are two evenings of music in the gallery courtyard, and Emilie Rhys sketches during the performances. www.scenebyrhys.com. 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday. Mid-City Art Studios Open House. MidCity Art Studios, 4436 Toulouse St. — More than two dozen artists display their work, and there are food vendors. www.midcityartstudios.com. 10 a.m. Saturday. Special Collections Open House. Tulane

Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave. — “The Case of the Endless Yarn” is an exhibition by Candace Hicks of artist books and dioramas based on fiction, through Dec. 29; and “What Does The Water Taste Like?” by Juliana Kasumu, the gallery’s open call winner, through Dec. 8; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday. BrickRed Gallery, 3614 St. Claude Ave. — “I Know You, I Knew You,” features works by Sesthasak Boonchai, through Dec. 14; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday. Crescent City Brewhouse, 527 Decatur St. — The Degas Pastel Society’s Exhibition runs through Nov. 30; opening reception, 5 p.m. Wednesday. New Orleans Art Center, 3330 St. Claude Ave. — “neVertheless” group exhibition features work by more than 30 artists, through Nov. 30; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday. Staple Goods Gallery, 1340 St. Roch Ave. — “Did” is an exhibition of new ceramic work by William Depauw, through Dec. 8; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

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