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Elle Varner FRI. FEB. 7 | Pop and R&B vocalist Elle Varner’s 2012 debut album reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, earned her a Grammy nomination for the song “Refill,” and at the time, Rolling Stone named her an artist to watch. Varner finally released her sophomore studio, “Ellevation,” last summer and is now on a headlining tour. J. Brown opens at 8 p.m. at House of Blues.

The Krewe of Nefertiti brings Carnival parades back to New Orleans East BY WILL COVIELLO THE KREWE OF NEFERTITI has engaged in a bit of mystery in advance of its first parade. For its first coronation ball held in January, members went to the Municipal Auditorium to board buses to the event’s undisclosed location. Charter member Julie Greenburg was introduced as the first Queen Nefertiti. The Pavilion of Two Sisters stood in for the palaces of ancient Egypt, but Greenburg entered from a lush pathway through the Botanical Gardens flanked by two dancers. She carried golden scepters and wore a glittery blue modius, the flat-topped, cylindrical royal Egyptian headdress immortalized on a bust of Nefertiti. Greenburg was drawn to the krewe in part because of its emphasis on public service, but she also likes its style. “It’s very theatrical,” she says. “I’m very into costuming and regalia.” The all-women krewe also formed to bring Carnival pageantry back to New Orleans East. When it rolls at noon Sunday, Feb. 9, it’ll be the first krewe to parade in the east since the Krewe of Minerva in 1992. Nefertiti officers wanted to find a pretty street to highlight, so Lake Forest Boulevard is the main artery for the parade. The procession starts at Bullard Avenue and follows Lake Forest Boulevard to Read Boulevard, where it turns left and passes Joe W. Brown Park. The route takes the krewe to Chef Menteur Highway, where it makes a U-turn and returns on Read Boulevard to the park. Nefertiti Captain Zenia Smith grew up in Uptown, but now she lives in New Orleans East and wanted to bring a parade to the community. “Lots of kids from the area have marched in parades in Uptown and on the West Bank,” Smith says. “This will give a lot of families the chance to see the kids in a parade in their neighborhood.” The parade has eight marching bands, and seven are from schools in

WED. FEB. 5 | Judah Friedlander, professed “World Champ,” says he’s going to be the U.S. president, and then later may decide to become the prime minister of Canada. His first Canadian duty: move Hawaii to Lake Ontario — it’s an easier commute from Toronto. The stand-up comedian brings his stump speech to New Orleans at 8 p.m. at The Howlin’ Wolf.

the east, including Livingston Collegiate Academy, St. Mary’s Academy, ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Academy, Fannie C. Williams Charter School, Mildred Osborne Charter School and Robert Russa Moton Charter School. St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School’s marching band also is in the lineup, because a couple of krewe officers are alumnae of its predecessor, Xavier Prep. The parade theme is “The Birth of Nefertiti,” and beauty products entrepreneur Jesseca Dupart serves as grand marshal. The parade features 214 riders in black and gold costumes with Egyptian collars riding on 14 floats furnished by Kern Studios. Jewels and sun props adorn floats with Egyptian themes, such as “Queens of Nubia,” “Sapphires of Ra” and the more light-hearted “Make ’Em Say Ank.” The krewe’s signature throws highlight jewels. Members also will toss jeweled sunglasses, krewe-logo teddy bears, charm bracelets and footballs. Nefertiti was an Egytian queen married to Pharaoh Akhenaten. The two were often portrayed as equals, and Nefertiti may have ruled Egypt for a short period after his death. The couple preceded Tutankhamun (whose burial treasures once were displayed by New Orleans Museum of Art). Many krewe members have ridden with other krewes, and Smith was the Queen of the Krewe of Nyx in 2017. Nefertiti was founded in 2018, and

“Joan of Arc” FRI. & SUN. FEB. 7 & 9 | The New Orleans Opera Association presents an English language translation of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s operatic account of Joan of Arc’s heroism, leading the French to victory over the British to end the Hundred Years’ War, and her martyrdom. New Orleans native Casey Candebat stars as King Charles VII. At 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts.

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Captain Zenia Smith enters the Krewe of Nefertiti ball at the New Orleans Botanical Garden.

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FRI. FEB. 7 | Inspired by Bohemian Paris of a century ago and dedicated to chasing the Green Fairy (absinthe’s patron spirit), the subkrewes of Krewe Boheme celebrate the “Soaring Twenties” in a parade from Faubourg Marigny to the Absinthe Ball at the Joy Theater. The parade starts at 7 p.m.

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last year, 100 members rode two floats as a subkrewe in the Krewe of Freret parade. The krewe also participates in ongoing public service projects, and in the last year, members have volunteered at Girls on the Run and the Crescent City Classic, assisted homeless people, provided meals for the elderly and begun a nutritional assistance program, Greenburg says. Her coronation ball was in the middle of a weekend of events that included public service activities on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Ladies Night Out FRI. FEB. 7 | TV star and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” personality NeNe Leakes hosts a slate of standup comedians and TV sitcom veterans, including Adele Givens, Loni Love, Kym Whitley, B. Simone and Sherri Shepherd of “The View” and “Dancing with the Stars.” At 8 p.m. at Saenger Theatre.

Dawn Riding SAT. FEB. 8 | As Dawn Riding, trio Sarah Rose Janko, Jasmyn Wong and Hall McCann blend swaying altfolk with beautiful harmonies and a dose of renegade Southern gothic style. Hurray for the Riff Raff founder Alynda Segarra plays a solo set, and Little Death also performs at 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

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$730,000+ Tulane University has acquired the archives of New Orleans native Anne Rice, best known for the novel “Interview With the Vampire.” The archives will include her other novels, which include erotica and religious genres, short stories, letters, diaries, and collections of her late husband’s poetry, paintings and papers. The acquisition was made possible through a gift from Stuart Rose and the grant-making nonprofit Stuart Rose Foundation.

The amount the City of New Orleans overcollected in school zone traffic camera ticket payments from 2008-2019. P H OTO B Y C H R I S G R A N G ER / T H E T I M E S - P I C AYU N E | T H E N E W O R L E A N S A DVO C AT E

The City Council is launching its own investigation into the Hard Rock Hotel collapse.

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The figure comes from a report last week by the New Orleans Inspector General’s office. The payments from nearly 6,000 individual drivers were a result of camera tickets in school zone areas where schools no longer existed. Residents have yet to be refunded.

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her husband Jason Cantrell face more than $95,000 in federal tax liens on their home, according to a report by Fox 8 newsman Lee Zurik. This is not a new issue. The Cantrells had more than $27,000 in unpaid taxes — subject to a federal lien filed in 2014 — when she ran for mayor in 2017. That lien was later released, but a new lien filed Jan. 28 brings their total unpaid taxes since 2013 to $95,011. Cantrell’s office released a statement saying the matter is being addressed privately, but it is a serious public concern for a mayor to be that far behind in taxes.

the creation of a special committee focused on the Hard Rock Hotel collapse, ignoring persistent opposition from Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who said creating the committee would do more harm than good. The council also opened the floor for public comment. Council members said hearings held by the committee will provide both the City Council and the public with information about the Oct. 12 collapse and the subsequent response — with the ultimate goal of finding ways to improve safety conditions at construction sites. According to council members, each future hearing will include an opportunity for public comment. “It’s abundantly clear how important communication and transparency are to the public we serve,” said Councilman-At-Large Jason Williams, who brought forward the motion to create the committee. Cantrell has voiced strong objections to the council holding public hearings on the collapse and doubled down in a statement of opposition Jan. 28. She said council hearings would only “undermine” several investigations into the city’s Department of Safety and Permits and an investigation into the hotel collapse by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The Inspector General’s office, which is conducting its own investigation, issued a letter echoing Cantrell’s concerns. At the meeting, however, council members insisted the hearings would not affect existing investigations. Public pressure to deal with the site has mounted since a tarp on a collapsed part of the building blew off two weeks ago, revealing the legs of Quinnyon Wimberly, one of three men killed in the disaster. Photos circulated on social media, sparking outrage among residents who felt the city was not doing enough to rectify the situation. The mayor’s office urged residents not to share those photos. The Oct. 12 collapse killed three workers — Wimberly, Jose Ponce Arreola and Anthony Magrette — and injured dozens more. Magrette’s body was recovered a day after the collapse, but Wimberly and Arreola’s bodies remain in the rubble. The building is scheduled to be imploded in mid-March, following Mardi Gras. PAGE 8

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Representatives from the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC), the state agency for labor issues, attended the council meeting. Both LWC Secretary Ava Dejoie and OSHA Safety/Consultation Manager Corey Gaines said they could not provide information about the ongoing federal OSHA investigation or what a typical investigation of this type might look like because they’re only in contact with the state-level OSHA. Federal OSHA has been in New Orleans since the day of the Hard Rock Hotel collapse, working on a report scheduled to be released in April. Williams said the council plans to hear from the federal organization at future hearings. About 40 people attended the meeting, and tensions were high as public commentary lasted for an hour. Many expressed frustration that the building was still there and that two of the workers’ bodies had not been recovered — adding that passing by the building was psychologically distressing. Another area of public concern surrounded the deportation to Honduras of Delmer Joel Ramirez Palma, a construction worker who was injured during the collapse and arrested by Border Patrol just days later. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said that nine days before the collapse, Ramirez was denied a request to indefinitely delay his deportation. Mary Yanik, an attorney for Ramirez and a staff attorney at the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice, said the deportation “compounds the tragedy” and echoed concerns it could deter others from coming forward to participate in the investigation. The Cantrell administration said it opposed council hearings because she held “routine press conferences” providing updates on the collapse. But City Council members said they had learned things that were not revealed in these news conferences. Ashlee Pintos, of the New Orleans Workers Group, said Cantrell’s absence at the council meeting was “a public display of disrespect to the workers of this city.” Pintos said the New Orleans Workers Group plans to meet at the corner of Elk Place and Canal Street from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday to picket the site and “demand that the city’s top priority be to retrieve these bodies.” — KAYLEE POCHE

Study shows racial disparities in making medical appointments A newly published Tulane University study reveals that discrimination may cause black and Hispanic women to wait longer for primary care appointments than their white counterparts.

A research team led by Janna Wisniewski of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine recruited seven female callers who self-identified as non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white or Hispanic. Each invented a pseudonym they felt indicated their gender, racial and ethnic identities. Then they called 804 medical offices in urban areas of Texas to try and make appointments for a “common health problem that did not constitute as a medical emergency,” according to the study published Jan. 29 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open. The team chose to conduct research in Texas due to the availability of a list of active, licensed physicians. “We had three questions,” Brigham Walker, a co-author of the study and incoming research assistant professor, said. “How are groups treated in different ways? Were they offered different rates? And when they were offered appointments, was there any difference in how far out into the future it was?” Of the calls, 299 were from simulated white callers, 215 were from simulated black callers and 290 were from simulated Hispanic callers. The group found that black callers were 44 percentage points more likely to be asked about their insurance status than white callers, while Hispanic callers were 25.3 percentage points more likely than white callers. Walker explained that means black callers were asked more than double the rate, while Hispanic callers were about two-thirds more likely than white callers. Once insurance was confirmed, Hispanic callers on average received appointments three and a half business days further in the future than white callers, and black callers received appointments seven business days further in the future than white callers. Wisniewski said asking about insurance “may imply scheduling staff’s concern about the caller’s ability to pay.” The bottom line, Walker said, is “in a randomized field study, black and Hispanic patients were asked way more about their insurance status, and once that was accounted for, were offered later appointment times compared to white women.” He added, “It’s not speaking to intent [of the person answering the phone.] But the experience of the caller trying to get access to care is different, based on race and ethnicity... If you have to wait to get care, you might make different choices. Injury or sicknesses could worsen.” He said the team is interested in conducting a “national, more representative study and providing more variation on the insurance status of the caller” in the future. — SARAH RAVITS

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Forward looking: a progress report on City Hall THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO ASSESS THE PERFORMANCE of New Orleans’

elected leaders. Since 2010, a diverse coalition of 25 local civic, business, neighborhood and community organizations called Forward New Orleans (FNO) has created issue-based platforms tied to citywide elections. Every two years, the group releases a report rating the mayor and City Council’s progress (or lack thereof) toward meeting those commitments. During the 2017 municipal elections, FNO drafted a platform tailored to specific action on six priority areas — public safety, infrastructure, economic opportunity, city services, city finance and civil service. Most candidates for mayor and City Council agreed to support the FNO platform. In its 2020 report, released last week, FNO gave mixed reviews to the Cantrell administration and the City Council. A few examples: • Public Safety — NOPD gets high marks for developing and publishing a multi-year plan to reduce violent crime, for using the latest available technology to improve efficiency and to ease manpower demands, for staffing the Crime Analytics Unit, for hiring and empowering a top-tier police chief, for institutionalizing the reforms of the federal consent decree and for implementing a number of other important goals. The city fell short of expectations and promises in the key areas of development of human resources policies to reduce attrition, for failing to grow NOPD’s overall manpower by 50 officers a year and for improving the evidence storage facility. Overall, however, FNO found more progress than backsliding in this critical area of public concern. • Infrastructure — In this equally important area, the city scored well for incorporating stormwater management and coordinating with contractors, but FNO gave a number of failing grades in key areas: funding preventative maintenance at appropriate levels, spending appropriately on street repairs and educating the community on the need for additional funding. • Economic Opportunity — This is one area in which FNO gave mostly high marks. They include plaudits for empowering the NOLA Business Alliance as the city’s lead economic engine, supporting “foundational” and emerging industries, maintaining the Office of Supplier Diversity, preserving procurement reforms

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and increasing transparency on city projects. The one area that fell short was in paying city contractors in a timely manner. FNO leaders noted that their research was conducted before the December cyberattack crippled the city’s ability to deliver many key services. The three other areas of focus — city services, finances and civil service — also got mixed reviews. We encourage our readers to spend time with the report, which can be read online at www.forwardneworleans.com. “Forward New Orleans works to set high expectations on the issues that matter most in our city by demanding performance and accountability from the leaders we elect,” said Andreanecia M. Morris, president and chair of the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance, an FNO member. “The City’s elected officials deserve praise for their progress in several platform areas. And, for those areas where progress has stalled, FNO stands ready to support them in their efforts to improve the quality of life for all New Orleanians.” No doubt many will take issue with some of FNO’s conclusions, but the report is a good starting point for serious discussion about how our city leaders are performing less than halfway through their current terms.

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Troubles are mounting for Mayor LaToya Cantrell.

A WEEK AGO I WROTE THAT MAYOR LATOYA CANTRELL’S PLATE WAS FULL to the point of overflowing,

and not with Mardi Gras treats. In the intervening week, she appears to have taken my words as a gauntlet. Bless her heart. The December cyberattack, the Sewerage & Water Board’s many challenges, a juvenile crime spree and the Hard Rock Hotel collapse (and its aftermath) are enough to weigh down any mayor for months, if not an entire term. We all know that “stuff happens,” but Cantrell seems intent on putting even more political effluent on her mayoral plate. Consider what happened just this past week: • Cantrell doubled down on her insistence that the City Council had no business calling a public hearing on the Hard Rock Hotel collapse. She’s wrong about that on several fronts. First, the council always has the authority to hold public hearings. Second, the council steered clear of ongoing local and federal investigations — contrary to the mayor’s hyperbolic predictions to the contrary. Third, she blew the chance to take the high road by failing to participate in the council’s special meeting on Jan. 29 and give citizens an account of her administration’s efforts to mitigate the disaster. Instead, she made it all about herself, telling a reporter that the council had disrespected her, not just the families of workers killed in the collapse. In politics, it’s not enough to be right; you also have to look right. On the Hard Rock matter, Cantrell did neither. • A day later, the Office of Inspector General released a report lambasting the city’s traffic camera program for failing to refund more

than $700,000 collected from citizens for speeding in school zones where schools either were closed or had moved. Rather than refund money to folks who were clearly fleeced, a Cantrell spokesperson said the administration planned to “escheat” the money to the state treasurer for placement in his “unclaimed property” fund. Seriously? She plans to give people’s money to the state, using an arcane legal doctrine borrowed from English Common Law? • Also on Jan. 30, we got news that Cantrell and her husband Jason were hit with another federal tax lien on their home — for a total of more than $95,000 in unpaid income taxes dating back to 2013. This is not a one-off. When she ran for mayor in 2017, Cantrell had to explain a lien of more than $30,000 on her home for taxes that she claims were later paid off. How could Cantrell and her husband — who have a combined income of close to $240,000 a year, according to financial disclosures — fail to pay more than $95,000 in federal income taxes over the past six tax years? To paraphrase an old Eagles song, did they get tired, or did they just get lazy? In the coming months, Cantrell is expected to ask voters to impose a citywide “drainage fee” to help the beleaguered S&WB — and to renew several much-needed millages that are set to expire. Does she expect voters to forget her own unpaid taxes, or how cavalierly she handles refunds owed to people unfairly fined? More likely they’ll recall the time she headed for the escheatin’ side of town.

Hey Blake, There are plaques for several defunct Carnival krewes featured at the Mardi Gras fountain on the lakefront. One of them lists Orpheus 1937, meaning it’s not the krewe founded by Harry Connick Jr. What can you tell us about it?

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At least three local krewes have turned to the Greek mythological musical figure Orpheus for their name. The first was founded in 1937 but staged only balls, not parades. In his 1952 book “New Orleans Masquerade: Chronicles of Carnival,” Arthur Burton LaCour writes that “a reunion of university men in 1937 brought together many who had neglected friendships of school and college days. Although active in different Carnival groups, it was decided to form a new organization to foster kindred Carnival spirit.” LaCour lists the date of the krewe’s first ball as Jan. 12, 1938 at the Municipal Auditorium, although several newspaper accounts list 1939 as the first year. “Beginning with a burst of glory, the new organization … will open its career with one of the most ambitious efforts of the Carnival season,” reported The New Orleans Item on Jan. 10, 1939. “More than 10,000 invitations have been issued to the ball and it is expected that the auditorium will be packed with spectators.” Future balls depicted themes such as “The Merry Widow,” “Napoleon Bonaparte,” “Antony and Cleopatra,” “The Bayous of Louisiana” and even “The Sioux Indians Celebrate in Honor of the Buffalo Deity.” The last mention we could find of the ball in print was in February 1963. In 1987, a Mandeville group called the Ozone Social Pleasure Klub

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The Krewe of Orpheus was founded in 1937 and held balls but no parades.

formed a new, all-male Carnival krewe with the name Orpheus. Its first parade rolled Feb. 12, 1988. The krewe, which became coed in 2017, announced last year that it would not parade in 2020, with the goal of boosting membership during a hiatus. After 1993, the Mandeville krewe began calling itself the Original Krewe of Orpheus to distinguish itself from the super krewe founded that year by Harry Connick Jr., his father Harry Connick Sr. and captain Sonny Borey. “Why they weren’t creative enough to come up with another name instead of stealing ours, I don’t know,” Webb Williams, vice president of the Mandeville krewe, said in a May 1993 Times-Picayune article. Despite the name kerfuffle, Connick’s krewe made an immediate splash when it rolled in February 1994 with celebrity monarchs Dan Aykroyd, Little Richard, Carol Burnett and Vanessa Williams. In the years since, it has welcomed Sandra Bullock, Stevie Wonder, Whoopi Goldberg, David Copperfield and Joan Rivers as royalty. This year’s celebrity monarch is actor Bryan Cranston.

BLAKEVIEW IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS, now is a good time to visit the historic home on Bamboo Road that opened to the public 40 years ago. The former home of philanthropists Edgar and Edith Rosenwald Stern, the mansion was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2005. The Sterns named the house Longue Vue after the Hudson River inn where they stayed when they became engaged. The home was designed and built between 1939 and 1942. It features 20 beautifully furnished rooms, including the formal drawing room, which hosted Eleanor Roosevelt, John and Robert Kennedy, Jack Benny and Pablo Casals when they were in town. It also features 8 acres of gardens, including an interactive Discovery Garden. The house and gardens were opened to the public in January 1980 and offers tours daily.

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What to expect from a (mostly) fresh-faced New Orleans delegation when lawmakers convene in March BY KAYLEE POCHE

The year 1995 looms large among veteran Louisiana politicos — it’s when voters imposed term limits on state legislators. From that point on, lawmakers could serve only three consecutive terms in their respective chambers — but term-limited House members may run for Senate seats, and vice versa, without limit. In 2019, the impact of the now quarter-century-old constitutional amendment was particularly prominent, effectively ridding the Legislature of just about anyone who was around to see term limits implemented in the first place. The annual legislative session that begins March 9 will see a wave of new faces — 55 in all — among the Legislature’s 144 members. Forty-five of the 105 House members will be newbies, along with 20 of the 39 Senate members — 10 of them ascending from the lower chamber. In Orleans Parish, new representatives include House Democrats Mack Cormier (whose district is mainly Plaquemines Parish), Aimee Adatto Freeman, Jason Hughes, Mandie Landry, Candace Newell and Matthew Willard. New Orleans Democrats Joseph Bouie and Jimmy Harris, along with Metairie Republican Cameron Henry, all moved from the House to the Senate. For veterans, the issues that await all lawmakers will sound familiar. For the freshmen, it will be a trial by fire. For all of them, there will be no shortage of challenges. Here’s what to expect this legislative session, according to both new and returning members of the New Orleans delegation.

At the local level, delegation members cited rising housing costs and property taxes in the New Orleans area as two of their main concerns. Property values have skyrocketed since 2015, partially fueled by a proliferation of short-term rentals. Thousands of residents saw a significant increase in their property values — more than 200% in some cases — during last year’s citywide property assessment. A 2019 state constitutional amendment now requires that higher taxes based on assessments be phased in over four years if a property’s value increases by more than 50%. Community advocacy group Together New Orleans estimates that more than 5,000 households will see their taxes rise by more than $1,000 over the next several years. Legislators are looking at what else they can do to mitigate costs for residents. Willard, who is taking Bouie’s place in representing House District 97 after Bouie moved to the Senate, says he will bring a bill to cap the percentage a property’s value assessment can go up in a given year.

assessed value of a property with up to 15 residential units as a method of encouraging the creation of affordable housing. In January, the City Council approved its own set of rules to give property tax incentives for developers of low-cost housing.

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Candace Newell plans to address the food desert in New Orleans East.

And, with roads in disrepair and ongoing crises with the city’s sewerage and water system, New Orleans legislators plan to work with Mayor LaToya Cantrell to obtain additional funds for infrastructure projects — and hope to secure some federal dollars as well.

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Rep. Royce Duplessis says his priorities are early childhood education and affordable housing.

At the state level, Rep. Royce Duplessis, a New Orleans Democrat first elected to the Legislature in 2018, says the best strategy to address the city’s affordable housing crisis is to give local governments freedom to decide their own approaches. “I think a lot of these policies all boil down to local control,” he says. “Every housing market is different. New Orleans is different from New Iberia and New Roads.” Louisiana voters rejected a constitutional amendment last year that would have allowed New Orleans to exempt from property taxes some or all of the

Louisiana workers haven’t seen a minimum wage increase since 2009, when the federal government last increased it to $7.25 an hour. In 2019, Gov. John Bel Edwards rallied for the state to establish its own minimum wage at $9, upping his request from his original $8.50. (If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation since 2009, it would be roughly $8.68 in today’s dollars.) The push has come in several forms. Some want the state to set its own minimum wage at a higher rate; some want to allow local governments to set their own minimum wage; and others suggest a constitutional amendment to allow Louisiana voters to decide the issue. Sen. Troy Carter, a returning New Orleans Democrat, has fought for a minimum wage increase for years. He says he will introduce a combination of those approaches again this year. He also plans to present legislation to call a referendum giving voters a say on the issue — without the two-thirds legislative approval required of proposed constitutional amendments. So far, years of efforts by Democrats have fallen flat, despite overwhelming public support among voters in both

political parties. The main obstacle to getting the minimum wage increased, Carter says, is opposition from one of the state’s most powerful lobbying groups — the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI). LABI President Stephen Waguespack said last year that an increase to the minimum wage would be “a gut punch” to the economy and would hurt small businesses. “For whatever reason, they have made this a cause celebre for them to be opposed to increasing the minimum wage,” Carter says. “For the life of me, I can’t understand why.” A 2019 survey by LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab found that 81% of Louisiana residents support an $8.50 minimum wage, and 59% support an increase to $15 an hour. “The public has spoken,” Carter says. “We just need our elected officials to follow suit.”

from discussing wages. They have tried this in recent years, to no avail. Willard campaigned on the issue and counts it among his top priorities this session. “You could be doing the exact same work as a young man, you could even have more experience than him, and he could be making twice what you make — and you have no clue unless y’all talk about your pay,” Willard says. The federal National Labor Relations Act already prohibits pay secrecy, but experts say many employers aren’t aware that’s the case. And there are exceptions in the federal law carved out for small companies, agricultural workers and others. On its website, LABI says it supports men and women getting paid the same for the same work but says a new state law is not needed for this to happen.

EQUAL PAY Similarly, the New Orleans delegation will aid Edwards in his fight to address Louisiana’s gender pay gap, which is the largest in the country. That fight also failed to gain traction in the Legislature during Edwards’ first term. Current Louisiana law makes it illegal to “intentionally pay wages to an employee at a rate less than that of another employee of the opposite sex for equal work on jobs in which their performance requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility and which are performed under similar working conditions.” But a 2019 study showed that for every $1 men in the state made working full time, women still only made 69 cents. One way Democrats will try to close the gap is by introducing (again) a bill to eliminate “pay secrecy” — employers banning or discouraging workers

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‘The public has spoken. We just need our elected officials to follow suit.’ — Sen. Troy Carter, who says he will focus on increasing the minimum wage.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM Months after a bipartisan criminal justice overhaul package passed in 2017, Louisiana shed its title as the incarceration capital of the nation. But after Oklahoma released nearly 500 people from prison in October, Louisiana went back to the top of that list. “That means that we have more work to do,” Duplessis says, “not just to go back from one to two, but to make significant progress to where we’re no longer in contention for being at the top.” Areas of discussion likely will center around policies for those who re-enter society after serving a prison sentence, including the process of expungement, in which an arrest record or criminal conviction can be erased from public view. Currently, filing a motion for expunge-

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ment costs $350 — $400 for a DWI — not including potential lawyer’s fees. Duplessis says several of his colleagues are considering bills to “streamline” the process and decrease costs. Another potential hot topic will be the state’s care of prisoners who are old, sick or dying. As part of the 2017 judicial overhaul, a medical furlough program was implemented, allowing the release of prisoners who are terminally ill or disabled and no longer deemed a threat to society. The following year, legislators passed a law preventing anyone convicted of first-degree murder from being eligible for the program. Legislators may look at reintroducing a bill to implement a policy known as “geriatric parole,” which makes prisoners eligible for parole if they are at least 50 years old and have served a minimum of 30 years of their sentences. Those on parole are eligible for Medicare, while those in prison aren’t. Furloughing these most expensive inmates shifts the cost of their health care from the state to the federal government. New Orleans legislators say they anticipate bipartisan support for further criminal justice reform. The state’s reform package served as a model for similar measures passed at the federal level in 2018 with President Donald Trump’s support.

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Throughout his re-election campaign, Edwards touted early childhood education as his No. 1 priority for his second term, and the New Orleans delegation is fully on board. New investments are being made at the city, state and federal levels, but funding remains far below recommended levels. The state currently offers a Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), which helps low-income parents who are working or attending school pay for child care. A funding increase last year helped get 1,400 children off the waiting list for the program, but 3,000 others remain on the list. A federal grant awarded to the Louisiana Department of Education will help with that, though, bringing in more than $11 million each year through 2022 to create 600 new day care spaces for children in lowincome families from birth to age 3. The City of New Orleans also invested $3 million in public day care last November, with expectations that the state will match that funding this year.

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‘Budgets have to reflect priorities. At a time when we are about to invest $400 million into renovating a Superdome, we certainly must do more and step up our game around investing in human capital.’ — Jason Hughes addressing early childhood education

“That’s always going to be an ongoing challenge because there’s data that suggests that the seats that we are appropriating for, we’re still not spending enough,” Duplessis says. “Mostly we all agree that this is something we should invest in, but the question becomes: At what dollar amount?” Hughes, who succeeds Rep. John Bagneris in representing House District 100 in New Orleans East, says he plans to be “laser-focused” on early childhood education in his first term. “At the end of the day, budgets have to reflect priorities,” Hughes says. “At a time when we are about to invest $400 million into renovating a Superdome, we certainly must do more and step up our game around investing in human capital.”

TORT REFORM Blasting the state’s high car insurance rates, some politicians made “tort reform” a prominent subject in their 2019 campaigns. They say changing policies surrounding

individuals’ ability to sue companies and their insurers, such as in personal injury claims, will help lower individual rates. But many experts, politicians and insurance companies say the components being discussed — such as sending more trials to juries instead of to judges and doubling the time parties have to file a lawsuit to provide them with more time to settle outside of court — won’t lower car insurance rates. Part of the problem is that 40% of Louisiana drivers only have barebones insurance P H OTO B Y M A X B E C H E R E R / T H E T I M E S - P I C AY U N E | T H E policies, which N E W O R L E A N S A DVO C AT E makes it more likely The New Orleans delegation says it plans to work with a party will have to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to find additional sue because insurfunding for the city’s crumbling infrastructure. ance doesn’t cover all injuries and damages. Furthermore, between 13% and our roads, fixing our bridges, fixing 15% of drivers in the our infrastructure (and) getting state are uninsured. people good jobs, so that they Another piece of the conversacan afford to pay even for a tion is that insurance rates partially minimum policy.” depend on credit ratings. Reliance on this method is a disadvantage to people of color and poor people, who often are targets for predatory loans that ruin credit scores. “We know that this conversation around tort reform is going to hapNewell, who represents District pen,” Duplessis says. “But we need 99 after Harris won his Senate seat to make sure we’re talking about it without opposition, says she has in a way where we’re truthful and already started researching ways honest. We need to focus on fixing to address a lack of grocery stores in New Orleans East. The issue of a food desert in the area is one she highlighted during her campaign. She cites a Walmart on Bullard Avenue and a Winn Dixie on Chef Menteur Highway as two of the only grocery stores that service the area. The scarcity makes it harder for people who rely on public transportation to have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Tax breaks could help motivate local businesses to invest in the area, she says. “The money is there because the people are there,” Newell says, “and [the businesses are] going to be providing a service.” In November, Freeman, who P H OTO B Y G L A D E B I L B Y I I won the House District 98 seat Aimee Adatto Freeman has said vacated by term-limited Rep. Neil she will address the ‘tampon Abramson, announced her plans to tax’ and will work for women’s introduce a bill to address the soissues such as prenatal care, early called “tampon tax.” The bill would childhood education and access allow local governments to exempt to medical care. feminine hygiene products — pads, tampons and menstrual cups — as

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well as diapers from local sales tax. The idea was suggested to her by City Council President and former Rep. Helena Moreno and former Sen. JP Morrell, whose attempt to exempt the same items from state sales tax failed last year. Because it is not a “fiscal” year for the Legislature — lawmakers can only consider new taxes, exemptions and other money matters in odd-numbered years — Freeman can’t reintroduce Morrell’s bill until next year. But she can sponsor legislation to give local governments control over whether to tax the items. “As much as I’d like to see us have a pro-choice bill passed in the state, I’m very realistic that that is not the current option based on what I know of the body that I’m going to be part of,” Freeman says, recalling a meeting with Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, in which he told her she was probably one of about 11 House members who supports abortion rights. “As important to me as that is, I know it’s not able to be the defining issue, so I’d rather make women’s issues like prenatal care, early childhood education, (and) making sure that women have access to cures for cancer (the defining issue).”

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Elections always change the political environment at the state Capitol. Edwards is in his second term, so he no longer has to worry about re-election. On the other hand, those eyeing a bid for the governor’s seat in 2023 will look for

chances to preen politically to bolster their future cases to voters. Republicans increased their stronghold in both chambers, obtaining a veto-proof supermajority (two-thirds) in the Senate and coming within two seats of that mark in the House. A political action committee led by U.S. Sen. John Neely Kennedy and state Attorney General Jeff Landry (both Republicans) targeted Democrats in rural areas and moderate Republicans to form a more conservative Legislature. However, the results of the House speaker’s race last month suggest that despite being severely outnumbered, Democrats — including the governor — and Independents won’t be written out of the process entirely. The majority of House Republicans voted for Albany Republican Rep. Sherman Mack, but a coalition of 23 Republicans, all 35 Democrats and both Independents propelled Gonzales Republican Rep. Clay Schexnayder to victory. “At the end of the day, I think the results spoke volumes of what the public expects,” says Hughes, who has known Schexnayder for nearly a decade. “You had Democrats, Republicans and Independents that all decided who the Speaker of the House was going to be. “I think it’s a reflection of the mandate from the public, given that they elected a Republican legislature and a Democratic governor. There is a clear mandate that they want us to work together. They do not want us to become Washington. They do not want four years of dysfunction.”

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JEWEL OF THE SOUTH (1026 St. Louis St., 504-265-8816; www.jewelnola. com), the French Quarter destination for craft cocktails and British-inspired fare, opened an upstairs restaurant Jan. 29. Chef de Cuisine Philip Whitmarsh oversees the full-service restaurant. Seasonal dishes include burrata with winter greens, olive tapenade and fried shallots, and roasted carrots

Nola Caye takes inspiration from the tropics BY RE B EC C A F R I E D M A N WITH ITS TROPICALLY INSPIRED MENU, Nola Caye warms a corner

near Lee Circle. Brooke and Bryan Zar, who also own Restaurant des Familles in Crown Point, opened Nola Caye in December in the ground floor space of the hotel Domio. An inviting bar anchors the bright and airy restaurant. The fare at Nola Caye is inspired by the Caribbean but borrows from other cuisines to incorporate items such as tacos and a burger. Among starters, the dip duo ($8) combines mounds of chunky guacamole and a chilled, spreadable queso seasoned with roasted jalapeno and poblano peppers. They are served with a bowl of fried tortilla chips. Large coconut shrimp ($16) are fried to a golden crisp in a Red Stripe-laced batter and served with orange marmalade sauce. Ahi tuna street tacos ($14) feature four small corn tortillas filled with hefty strips of sesame-sprinkled seared tuna, ponzu slaw and wasabi mayonnaise. A bowl of zesty Sichuan dipping sauce finishes the plate. Back bean soup ($8) was creamy and well-seasoned. The menu offers several appealing entree salads, including an ahi tuna salad with mango and avocado that did not skimp on the fish. The taco section allows diners to mix and match quantities and varieties, and there’s mojo-braised pork and a vegetarian option with zucchini, avocado slaw and mango. Other satisfying choices include a fried oyster taco with chipotle remoulade slaw and garlic lime mayonnaise and blackened fish topped with guacamole, coleslaw and Cotija cheese. A lobster roll ($20) includes a hearty portion of butter-poached

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lobster in a bun hollowed out to resemble a boat. A side of black beans made a solid accompaniment. The veggie burger ($13) was moist and flavorful, topped with avocado and melted pepper jack cheese. The only disappointment was the steak and enchilada entree ($29), which paired a nicely grilled 5-ounce filet mignon with white cheddar and chicken enchiladas, which was overwhelmed by two very rich, salty sauces. An accompanying cucumber salad was a little mushy and dominated by the strong flavor of Cotija. Sides of fried plantains and “sidewinder” fries were outstanding. From the dessert menu, a perfectly sweet-and-tart Key lime pie ($9) was among the best in town, topped with a cloud of whipped cream and a dusting of graham cracker crumbs. A warm iron skillet cookie ($9) studded with macadamia nuts was tender and

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gooey beneath a scoop of vanilla ice cream and caramel drizzle. The bar serves an appealing selection of island-inspired cocktails such as a planter’s punch and the Climate Change, a hibiscus margarita over an orb of chili-infused ice. The beverage is tagged with the line, “The longer you wait, the hotter it gets” and was refreshing from start to finish. Happy hour is 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Service is friendly and attentive, and the restaurant offers valet parking. While nothing beats a trip to the Caribbean, Nola Caye is an appealing excursion close to home.

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with chervil and salad cream. The menu also has veal sweetbreads and fried shrimp. Breads and desserts, such as the British classic Eton mess with strawberries, meringue and whipped cream, are made in-house. Partners Chris Hannah (formerly of Arnaud’s French 75), Nick Detrich (of Cane & Table) and John Stubbs opened Jewel of the South in March 2019. Now, Hannah will oversee the downstairs bar, which serves drinks such as the French 75 and Brandy Crusta, which also are on The Grove’s extensive cocktail menu. The lounge also serves small plates such as gougeres with chicken parfait and prunes, and a new charcuterie selection is designed to complement the beverage offerings. The upstairs restaurant also has a roaming bar cart offering a tableside selection of spirits in addition to classic cocktails such as martinis, old fashioneds and French Quarter favorite Cafe Brulots. Hannah and Detrich also opened the Cuban-themed bar Manolito (508 Dumaine St., 504-603-2740;

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Baronne St., 504-766-7158; www. sorella5.com) lives up to its name. “Sorella” is the Italian word for sister, and the restaurant is owned by five of them. Sorella5 opened Jan. 11 and offers what co-owner Laurie Lagasse calls “home cooking and New Orleansstyle cuisine.” The menu is loaded with dishes cooked from family recipes such as red beans and rice, fried seafood po-boys and “Nana’s homemade cheesecake.” Sisters Lana, Laurie, Leslie, Linda and Lisa were born to the Mollere family and grew up in Lakeview,

where they all live today. Most are service industry veterans, having worked in restaurants including Acme Oyster House and Jacques-Imo’s. Sorella5 occupies a 1,700-squarefoot ground floor space, and there are condominiums on the upper floors. The sisters chose the spot because they thought the neighborhood lacked a restaurant with homestyle cooking. “There’s not a place you can get a really good po-boy around here,” Lagasse says. “Everything is white tablecloth and reservation. We’re not competing with any of that.” Starters range from $7 to $10 and include “Frankie fries” (named for their father), which are smothered in roast beef debris, cheddar cheese and scallions, as well as garlic bread baked with three cheeses and served with marinara. Po-boys are offered in two sizes and are available with fried seafood, alligator sausage and roast beef. A variety of salads is priced between $11 and $13 and can be topped with grilled chicken or fried shrimp for an additional charge. Lagasse says the menu will expand in coming weeks to include a meatballs and spaghetti appetizer and the sisters’ twist on a muffuletta. Sorella5 is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Wednesday; and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Happy hour is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. — REBECCA FRIEDMAN

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What’s in store for Grey Bird? M: I can’t tell you how many popups I did last year. [Two threemonth stints] at Pythian Market were the most consistent. It was the first place where I practiced formulating what I want my brand to be and playing around with different factors of having a restaurant or pop-up or any type of food business. I was able to treat it as a storefront and build clientele and brand exposure that way. A lot of people have storefronts, and that’s definitely a goal, but I want to make sure it makes sense. Right now, I’m having fun popping up and growing. Grey Bird turned 1 year old on Jan. 25. There’s just enough time for me to decide how I need to tackle 2020 and beyond. — REBECCA FRIEDMAN

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Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — B, L, D daily. $ Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — L, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — B, L. D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — B, L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — B, L, D daily. $$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — D daily. $$$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — . L, early dinner daily. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — L, D Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — B, L, D daily. $$ Mr. Ed’s Oyster Bar & Fish House — 512 Bienville St., (504) 309-4848; 821 Iberville St., (504) 265-8774; www.mredsrestaurants.com/oyster-bar — Delivery available. L and D daily. $$ NOLA Restaurant — 534 St. Louis St., (504) 522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/nola-restaurant — L Thu-Mon, D daily. $$$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — B, L, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — L, D daily. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — D daily. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — B daily, D Tue-Sun. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — B, L, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

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Carnaval Lounge — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.carnavallounge. com — D daily. $$ Kebab — 2315 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3834328; www.kebabnola.com — Delivery available. L and D Wed-Mon, late FriSat. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal., (504) 947-8787 — Open 24 hours daily. $

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METAIRIE Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Austin’s Seafood & Steakhouse — 5101 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.mredsrestaurant.com/austins — D Mon-Sat. $$$ Dab’s Bistro — 3401 N. Hullen St., Metairie, (504) 581-8511; www.dabsbistro.com — L Mon-Fri, D Tue-Sat. $$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — L Sun-Thu, D Mon-Thu. $ Mark Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $ Mr. Ed’s Oyster Bar & Fish House — 3117 21st St., Metairie, (504) 833-6310; www. mredsrestaurants.com/oyster-bar — Delivery available. L and D daily. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian — 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www. mredsrestaurantgroup.com — L and D Mon-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; www.theospizza.com — L, D daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

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 — L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $$ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — L Tue-Sun, D Fri. $ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — Delivery available. L, D daily. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 483-6464; www.gspizzas.com — L, D, late daily. $ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Mr. Ed’s Oyster Bar & Fish House — 301 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 872-9975; www. mredsrestaurants.com/oyster-bar — Delivery available. L and D daily. $$ Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 483-

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UPTOWN Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 894-8881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Brunch, D Tue-Sun. $$$ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — B daily, L Fri-Sat, D Mon-Thu, brunch Sun. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — L Fri-Sun, D and late daily. $$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — D daily. $$$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Mr. Ed’s Oyster Bar & Fish House — 1327 St. Charles Ave., (504) 267-0169; www. mredsrestaurants.com/oyster-bar — Delivery available. L and D daily. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — 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. $

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Emeril’s Restaurant — 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-new-orleans — L MonFri, D daily. $$$ Meril — 424 Girod St., (504) 526-3745; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/meril — L, D daily. $$ Nola Caye — 898 Baronne St., (504) 302-1302; www.nolacaye.com — Delivery available. L, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$ Vyoone’s Restaurant — 412 Girod St., (504) 518-6007; www.vyoone.com — L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

WEST BANK Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — D Tue-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Restaurant des Familles — 7163 Barataria Blvd., Crown Point, (504) 689-7834; www. desfamilles.com — L, D daily. $$$ 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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Rock ’n’ Bowl — Chubby Carrier & Bayou Swamp Band, 8 SideBar — Charles Brewer Trio with Georgi Petrov & Graham Robinson, 9 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Arsene deLay, 8 Tipitina’s — Squirrel Queen, The Canarys and Zita, 8 Treme Art and Music Lounge — Hot 8 Brass Band, 8

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CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — The organist’s performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock. www.albinas.org. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Honk Festival Visiting Brass Bands. Music Box Village, 4557 N Rampart St. — Bands from Texas, Georgia, Washington, New York and New Orleans perform. www.musicboxvillage.com. 10 a.m. Saturday. The Hummingbirds. The Allways Lounge, 2240 Saint Claude Ave — The a capella ensemble performs barbershop quartet-style tunes. Admission $5. 9 p.m. Friday. Keyboard Cornerstones of Bach and Faure. Munholland United Methodist Church, 1201 Metairie Road, Metairie — Musaica Chamber Ensemble performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations for string trio, Faure’s 2nd Piano Quartet in G minor, and other works by French and Baroque composers. Donations accepted. www.musaica.org. Free admission. 7:30 p.m. Monday.

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WEDNESDAY 5 Hidden Treasures: Carnival Edition. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo Collections

Facility, 1000 Chartres St. — Friends of the Cabildo and the Louisiana State Museum sponsor behind-the-scenes guided viewings of historic costumes and artifacts in the storage rooms; advance-purchased tickets are required. www.friendsofthecabildo.org. Tickets $30. 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Natural Beekeeping. Maypop Herb Shop, 2701 St. Claude Ave. — Learn the basics, tools and biology of tending bees. www.allyouneedinstitute.com. Tickets $30. 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY 7 Death by Chocolate (NOT Breast Cancer). Schoen Mansion, 3827 Canal St. — Krewe de Pink hosts a Champagne and chocolate tasting by Delgado’s Culinary and Pastry Arts program students to raise funds for breast cancer research at Tulane University Cancer Center. www.krewedepink.org. Tickets $25-$30. 5:30 p.m. Krewe of Boheme. — The walking krewe with an arts theme parades through Faubourg Marigny and the French Quarter to Louis Armstrong Park. kreweboheme. com. 7 p.m. Loyola Guitar Festival. Loyola University New Orleans, Monroe Hall, Nunemaker Auditorium, 6363 St. Charles Ave. — There are master classes, workshops, private lessons, performances and some free public events. www.loyno.regfox.com/ loyola-classical-guitar-festival. Through Sunday. Tickets $15-$50. 2:30 p.m. “The Professor Carl Nivale Show”. Ty Tracy Theatre, Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave. — Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy and NOLA Voice Theatre present the TV personality with co-star grand marshal Marty Graw in an interactive production about Carnival, with games, prizes, a parade and king cake; reservations requested. www.carlnivale.eventbrite.com. Free admission. 7:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday. “Someone You Love — The HPV Epidemic” screen and panel discussion. LSUHSC School of Public Health, 2020 Gravier St. — There’s a screening of the documentary about five women affected by HPV and a discussion afterward. RSVP to the event via www.eventbrite.com. Free admission. 9 a.m.

SATURDAY 8 Backyard Birding. French Quarter Visitor Center, 419 Decatur St. — Louisiana Master Gardener Marieanne Arata discusses ways to attract native and migrating birds with plants for food sources and nesting. www.nps.gov/jela. Free admission. 11 a.m. Saturday. Cars of Yesteryears Fundraiser. 4633 Fairfield St., Kenner — The Jefferson Dollars for Scholars fundraiser features food, a bar and a private viewing of more than 100 vintage cars. www.jefferson.dollarsforscholars.org. Tickets $100. 5:30 p.m. Cook-Off for the Coast — Wild Game Edition. Docville Farm, 5124 E. St. Bernard Highway, Violet — Teams compete in a variety of categories, and there is music, food samples and information about

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coastal restoration. www.coastcookoff. com. Free admission. 1 p.m. Front Porch Book Sale. Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave. — Friends of the New Orleans Public Library sell books $1 or less, children’s books $5 per bag. www.friendsnola.org. 10 a.m. “The Islenos of St. Bernard Parish”. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers — St. Bernard historian William deMarigny Hyland discusses the contributions of the Canary Islander settlers in the region at the meeting of the Algiers Historical Society. www.algiershistoricalsociety.org. 10 a.m. Kids in the Kitchen. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1609 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — Children ages 7 to 11 learn to make Cajun-style gumbo with potato salad. www.natfab.org. $20-$30. 10 a.m. Krewe du Vieux. — “Erection 2020” is the them for this satirical parade that includes floats and brass bands. The parade begins and ends at Royal and Press streets, looping through the Faubourg Marigny and the French Quarter, The Krewe du Vieux Doo ball follows. Tickets $50. www.kreweduvieux.org. 6:30 p.m. Krewe of Confetti Kids Mardi Gras Parade. Confetti Kids Park, Verret and Pelican streets — The annual Carnival procession through historic Algiers Point begins and ends at the park, where there is king cake and beverages. www.

confettikids.org. 10:30 a.m. Krewedelusion Parade. — Harry Shearer leads the walking parade through Faubourg Marigny and French Quarter under the theme “The Night of Delusion,” The parade starts at Franklin Avenue and Royal Street and ends at the Bedlam Ball at d.b.a. at 618 Frenchmen St. www. krewedelusion.org. 7:15 p.m. Saturday. Piety in Exile Carnival Market. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave. — More than 50 vendors offer creative art, jewelry, crafts, vintage clothing, collectibles, books and more. Call (504) 505-4113 for information; creemccree@gmail.com. 11 a.m. Red Beans and Rice Eating Championship. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd. — Blue Runner Foods sponsors the inaugural competitive eating event featuring Joey Chestnut; beans and rice will be provided for all. www.majorleagueeating.com. Free admission. 3:30 p.m. STEM Saturday. Andrew “Pete” Sanchez Community Center, 1616 Caffin Ave. — Participants design, build and test a Mardi Gras float with Calvin Mackie as he explains the chemistry, engineering and technology behind the lights and floats of Carnival; for ages 6 months to high school seniors. www.stemnola.com. 9 a.m. Special Needs Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball. Joe W. Brown Park Recreation Center, 5601 Read Blvd. — The inaugural event

by NORD Commission includes royalty selected and crowned, food, music, photography and entertainment; formal attire recommended. Free admission. 5 p.m. Sprouts — Mardi Gras Masks!. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road — Children make masks from recycled objects and natural materials, and there are activities, storytime and garden activities for ages 18 months to 8 years. www. longuevue.com. $5-$6. 9:30 a.m. “Yalta at 75 — From World War to Cold War” symposium. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — The symposium examines the historic gathering 75 years ago of President Franklin Roosevelt, Russia’s Josef Stalin and Britain’s Winston Churchill to end World War II and shape the postwar world. www.nationalww2museum.org. Tickets $200-$250. 9 a.m.

SUNDAY 9 Mardi Gras Costume and Clothing Sale. Hotel Peter & Paul, 2317 Burgundy St. —The sale includes costumes, clothes and shoes and proceeds benefit the Innocence Project New Orleans. www.ip-no.org. Noon. Mardi Gras headdress workshop and luncheon. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1609 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — Kathleen Robinson and Laura Joffrion of FAIT | NOLA lead a workshop on making Carnival attire, with materials and lunch included. www.natfab.org. Tickets $90$100. Noon. Music Box Village Carnival Market. Music Box Village, 4557 N Rampart St. — The Carnival art market features local, handmade and vintage costumes, headpieces and art and a bar with cocktails, wine and beer. www.musicboxvillage.com. Admission $5-$12. 11 a.m. Northshore Literary Society February meeting. Christ Episcopal Church community center, 120 S. New Hampshire St. — Culinary historian Sandra Scalise Juneau demonstrates how to make cucidata, the Italian fig pastry traditionally found on St. Joseph Day altars. www.northshoreliterarysociety.wordpress.com. Free admission. 2 p.m. Plessy Art Market. Homer A. Plessy Community School, 721 St. Philip St. — The Carnival market features costume pieces, gifts, clothes, student art, jewelry, plants, food and music. Noon to 5 p.m. ‘tit Rex parade. The krewe features shoe box-size miniature Carnival floats in a parade through the Faubourg Marigny, starting at St. Roch Avenue and Marais Streets and ending at St. Claude and Elysian Fields avenues. www.titrexparade. com. 4:30 p.m. Welcome to Heading for Extinction (And What To Do About It). Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St. — Ari Ofendenden discusses the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on global warming at the Sierra Club, Delta Chapter presentation. www.sierraclub.org/delta. 7 p.m.

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by Tyler Bamford; a reception precedes the presentation at 5 p.m. www.nationalww2museum.org. 6 p.m. Thursday. Erin Hunter (aka Gillian Phillip). Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St. — The author discusses “Bravelands — The Spirit Eaters.” www.gardendistrictbookshop.com. 6 p.m. Thursday. Julie Kane. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St. — The author discusses “Mothers of Ireland — Poems.” www.gardendistrictbookshop.com. 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Maurice Carlos Ruffins. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. — Daniel Jose Older interviews the author of “We Cast A Shadow” at the paperback edition launch. www.octaviabooks.com. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Mike Miley. Beaubourg Theatre, 614 Gravier St. — The author and Loyola film professor launches his book “Truth and Consequences: Game Shows in Fiction and Film,” presented by the New Orleans Film Society, and there is a trivia competition. www.neworleansfilmsociety.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Sarah Broom. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center Stone Auditorium, 6823 St. Charles Ave. — The New Orleans native and National Book Award winner speaks as part of the American Water and Actual Air series. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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Health and Fitness Expo. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Hall J, 900 Convention Center Blvd. — Two-day event precedes the Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans marathon and half-marathon, with vendors and information on technology, apparel, health and nutrition. www.rocknroll.com. Free admission. Doors open at noon Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. New Orleans Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Dave Dixon Drive — The New Orleans team hits the hardcourts against the Milwaukee Bucks. www.nba.com/pelicans/. $35-$280. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans 5K, 10K, Half-marathon and Marathon. City Park — The races start in the Warehouse District and CBD and follow courses through Uptown, the French Quarter and City Park. www.runrocknroll.com/en/Events/ New-Orleans. Registration. $49-$125. 7 a.m. Sunday.

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“Advocate” — Directors Philippe Bellaiche and Rachel Leah Jones profile Jewish, Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel, who defends any client needing representation, including Palestinians, feminists, militants and others. Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge. “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” (R) — Margot Robbie returns as the anti-hero who joins others to save a young girl from a crime lord. 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, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX

“Cane River” — A former football player returns to small-town Louisiana and strikes up a relationship with a spirited woman, despite the disapproval of her family. Broad Theater. “Color Out of Space” — A town is struck by a meteorite in this sci-fi flick starring Nicolas Cage, based on the short story by H.P. Lovecraft. Broad Theater. “Les Miserables (2019)” — A brigadier moves to Paris to be closer to his son, in the town where Victor Hugo wrote his famous 1862 novel. Chalmette Movies.

NOW SHOWING “1917” (R) — British soldiers in World War I must deliver a message deep in enemy territory in director Sam Mendes’s action thriller. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, 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. “Dolittle” (PG) — Robert Downey Jr. stars as the physician who discovers he can talk to animals. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, 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. “Earth Flight 3D” — Cate Blanchett narrates this documentary about a flock of birds’ flight across the world. Entergy Giant Screen Theater. “Ford v Ferrari” (PG-13) — Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in this biographical drama about a car designer and driver who join forces to build a revolutionary race car for Ford. AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Frozen II” (PG) — Elsa travels to an enchanted land to find the origins of her powers in this sequel to the 2013 animated hit. AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Gaza” — This documentary focuses on the everyday lives of people in Gaza amid the destruction of ongoing conflict. Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge. “The Gentlemen” (R) — Guy Ritchie writes and directs this action movie about a British drug lord trying to sell off his empire to Oklahoma billionaires, starring Matthew McConaughey and Charlie Hunnam. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, 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. “Gretel & Hansel” (PG-13) — A young girl leads her little brother into the woods, stumbling on a nexus of evil in this horror-tinged adaptation of the popular fairy tale. 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. “A Hidden Life” (PG-13) — In writer-director Terrence Malick’s (“The Tree of Life”) latest, a conscientious objector refuses to fight for Nazis in World War II. Chalmette Movies. “Hidden Pacific” — This 3-D presentation profiles some of the Pacific Ocean’s most beautiful islands and marine national monuments. Entergy Giant Screen Theater.

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PREVIEW ‘tit Rex BY WILL COVIELLO THE KREWE OF ’TIT REX has a few microaggressions in store for its “That’s a Little Much” parade in Faubourg Marigny Sunday, Feb. 9. Inspired in part by the shoebox floats New Orleans children make in schools at Carnival time, 35 artists or teams build tiny floats, many featuring satirical or humorous takes on the theme. Members distribute tiny throws, often resembling full-sized traditional items, such as beaded bracelets instead of necklaces and hand-painted nuts in the style of Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club’s coconuts. The parade features four bands: Egg Yolk Jubilee, Where Yat Brass Band, Panorama Brass Band and Slow Danger. The krewe lines up on St. Roch Avenue at Marais Street and the route proceeds to Franklin Avenue and Royal Street. The parade starts at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

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“Honeyland” (PG-13) — The last female bee-hunter in Europe fights to save the bees after nomadic beekeepers invade her land. Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge. “Jojo Rabbit” (PG-13) — In this satire from writer-director Taika Waititi, a young boy in Adolf Hitler’s army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Chalmette Movies, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Joker” (R) — Joaquin Phoenix stars as a troubled comedian named Arthur Fleck, who becomes the iconic villain of Gotham City. Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Jumanji — The Next Level” (PG-13) — Jack Black, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan return in this sequel about teenagers sucked into a magical but dangerous video game. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, 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. “Just Mercy” (PG-13) — Michael B. Jordan stars as Bryan Stevenson, a civil rights attorney who works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner (played by Jamie Foxx). AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Broad Theater, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Knives Out” (PG-13) — In this whodunit from director Rian Johnson, a detective (played by Daniel Craig) investigates the death of a wealthy mystery writer and the motives of his eccentric family members. The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “The Last Full Measure” (R) — This war drama revolves around airman William H. Pitsenbarger Jr., who was awarded the nation’s highest military honor 34 years after his death. AMC Westbank Palace 16. “Like a Boss” (R) — Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek and Tiffany Haddish star in this comedy about women who start a beauty company. AMC Dine-In Clearview Palace 12, AMC Westbank Palace 16, The Grand 16 Slidell, Regal Covington Stadium 14, Regal Grand Esplanade 14 & GPX. “Little Women” (PG) — Writer-director Greta Gerwig adapts Louisa May Alcott’s novel with a cast featuring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson and Florence Pugh. AMC

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SPECIAL SHOWINGS “2020 Oscar Best Picture Showcase Day Two” — Selections from this year’s Oscar best picture nominees screen back-toback. At noon Saturday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “Casablanca” (PG) — Humphrey Bogart stars as a cynical American expatriate who struggles with the decision to help his former lover escape French-controlled Morocco. At 10 a.m. Sunday at Prytania Theatre. “Gay Chorus Deep South” (PG-13) — The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus tours the American Deep South in response to a wave of anti-LGBTQ laws in this documentary. At 7:15 p.m. Wednesday and Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Chalmette Movies. “Groundhog Day” (PG) — A weatherman (played by Bill Murray) is inexplicably living the same day over and over again. At 7 p.m. Wednesday at Movie Tavern Northshore. “Love Story” — Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal star in this romantic drama from director Arthur Hiller. At 1 p.m. Sunday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Movie Tavern Northshore, Regal Covington Stadium 14. “Met Live — Porgy and Bess” — Eric Owens and Angel Blue star in director James Robinson’s production of the Gershwins’ drama. At 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, and 12:55 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20. “Only Angels Have Wings” — Cary Grant stars as a manager of an air freight company who is forced to risk lives to win an important contract. At 10 a.m. Sunday at Prytania Theatre. “Sleeping Beauty (1959)” (G) — A malevolent fairy curses a princess in this Disney animated classic. At Movie Tavern Northshore. “Titanic” (PG-13) — Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet play unlikely lovers who meet aboard the ill-fated ship. At 1 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday at Movie Tavern Northshore.

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Brechtfest 2. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave. — Bertolt Brecht aficionados celebrate the 122 birthday of playwright and poet with performances of music, spoken word and puppetry with music of Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler and others. Part of the proceeds will benefit Innocence Project New Orleans. www.ip-no. org Tickets $15-$30. 8 p.m. Monday. “Madea’s Farewell Play Tour.” Smoothie King Center, 1501 Dave Dixon Drive — Tyler Perry brings his tough-talking, gun-toting character, Madea, to New Orleans, along with Tamela Mann, David Mann and Cassi Davis Patton. www.smoothiekingenter.com. Tickets $55-$125. At 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. “Mother Courage and Her Children.”. Southern Rep Theatre, 2541 Bayou Road — Ntozake Shange’s adaptation of Brecht’s drama is set during the Civil War and features a woman who struggles to survive while profiting from both sides. www. southernrep.com. Tickets $25-$35. 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. “Something Rotten.”. Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St. — The musical comedy

features brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom in the late 1500s as they struggle to produce a successful play while working in the shadow of William Shakespeare, until a soothsayer suggests they create something new: a musical. www.lepetittheatre.com. Tickets $15-$60. 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. “The Mousetrap.” Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive — This Agatha Christie whodunnit features a group of strangers (one a murderer) trapped in a boarding house during a snowstorm. www.jpas.org Tickets $20-$60. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. “The Uninvited.” Gallier House Museum, 1132 Royal St. — Goat in the Road Productions stages immersive play about 1874 incident in New Orleans and how it affects people at the Gallier household. www. hgghh.org. Tickets $35. 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.

OPERA “Joan of Arc.”. Mahalia Jackson Theater, 1419 Basin St. — New Orleans Opera Association presents the English language premiere of Tchaikovsky’s story of the teenager who led the French to victory over the British and was burned at the stake for heresy. www.neworleansopera. org 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

COMEDY Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St. — Laura Sanders and Kate Mason host an open-mic comedy show. Sign-up at 8:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Monday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 901 S. Peters St. — Vincent Zambon and Cyrus Cooper host a stand-up comedy show. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Gold. House of Blues, Big Mama’s Lounge, 229 Decatur St. — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and touring comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Comedy in the Kennel. The Ugly Dog Saloon, 401 Andrew Higgins Blvd. — A stand-up comedy show features a variety of performers. Free admission. 9:30 p.m. Friday. Comedy Night in New Orleans. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave. — The New Movement comics perform. 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Comic Strip. Carnaval Lounge, 2227 St. Claude Ave. — Chris Lane hosts the stand-up comedy open mic with burlesque interludes. 9:30 p.m. Friday. Crescent Fresh. Dragon’s Den, 435 Esplanade Ave. — Ted Orphan and Geoffrey Gauchet host the stand-up comedy open mic. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Thursday. Haeg and Butts Presents. Parleaux Beer Lab, 634 Lesseps St. — The weekly standup, improv and sketch show features local performers. www.parleauxbeerlab.com. 8 p.m. Sunday. Jeff D Comedy Cabaret. Oz, 800 Bourbon St. — This weekly showcase features comedy and drag with Geneva Joy, Carl Cahlua and guests. 10 p.m. Thursday. Joy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave. — Geneva Joy hosts Bing-Oh! 6 p.m. Tuesday. Ladies Night Out. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St. — Nene Leakes hosts a touring entourage of funny women, with Sherri Shepherd, Adele Givens, Loni Love, Kym

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ART HAPPENINGS The Alchemist’s Palette — An Ink Workshop with Thomas Little. New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, 514 Chartres St. — The ink maker uses alchemical methods and substances with a focus on the vitriols, and he shares information on the cultural significance of pigment; RSVP required to thomas.little.films@gmail.com. Tickets $15. 1 p.m. Sunday. Art in the Bend. Nuance/Louisiana Artisan Gallery, 728 Dublin St. — The indoor popup market features art, jewelry, apparel, metal, pottery, accessories, food and cocktails. www.facebook.com/artinthebend. 10 a.m. Saturday. Artist discussion. Dutch Alley Artist’s Co-Op, 912 N. Peters St. — Stefano Velaska discusses his handcrafted work in “Reconstructing Katrina: Turning Tragedy into Beauty,” original jewelry recycled from Katrina debris. Sunday. Artist’s Perspective. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle — Photographer Ben Depp discusses “Tina Freeman: Lamentations,” the seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic. www.noma.org. Noon Wednesday. Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle — The event includes Art on the Spot, music by Bamboula 2000, performances by Akirash, live MassQing performance by Daniel Callahan, a panel discussion moderated by Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, curator of African Art, with artists Daniel Callahan, Akirash and multiple artists whose work is inspired by traditional African art practices. www.noma.org. 5 p.m. Friday. Mardi Grab & Craft Mini-Fundraiser. Green Project, 2831 Marais St. — The Green Project’s craft room exploration features items to create Carnival costumes. A donation is requested for items used. Information is availbale on www.facebook.com. At 9 a.m. Wednesday and 11 a.m. Thursday. Mardi Gras Brass Brunch. Music Box Village, 4557 N.Rampart St. — Sculpture garden of musical architecture holds a brunch

by Ravenous NOLA. www.musicboxvillage. com. Tickets $5-$12. 10 a.m. Saturday. St. Claude Second Saturdays. St. Claude Arts District, St. Claude Avenue — Galleries in the St. Claude Arts District open shows. 6 p.m. Saturday.

OPENINGS Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave. — “Better Than Me” — Abdi Farah, Akasha Rabut, Ashely Teamer and Dapper Bruce Lafitte, through March 8; opening reception 6 p.m. Friday. Staple Goods Gallery, 1340 St. Roch Ave. — “Fat Tuesday Salon” is a group photography exhibition of 18 local artists of Mardi Gras events below Canal Street, through March 1; opening reception, 6 p.m. Friday.

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MUSEUMS Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St. — “Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires” includes collages, montages, painting, film and photography exploring images of black women in art, through June 14. “Meg Turner: Here and Now” is a photography show exploring gender identity and sexuality, through April 12. www.cacno.org. Historic New Orleans Collection, 520 Royal St. — “Crescent City Sport: Stories of Courage and Change,” features artifacts and stories about amateur and professional sports in New Orleans since the Civil War, through March 8; “Enigmatic Steam: Industrial Landscapes of the Lower Mississippi River” features Richard Sexton’s photos of industry along the river, through April 5. www.hnoc.org. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere, 751 Chartres St. — “Grand Illusions: The History and Artistry of Gay Carnival in New Orleans” explores more than 50 years of gay Carnival culture. “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana” features Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items. “Living With Hurricanes — Katrina and Beyond” has interactive displays and artifacts. All shows are ongoing. www.louisianastatemuseum.org. New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave. — “The Wildest: Louis Prima Comes Home” celebrates the life and legacy of the entertainer, through May. www.nolajazzmuseum.org. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park — Site-specific immersive installation “Regina Agu: Passage,” runs through Monday; “The Quilts of Gee’s Bend” features five 20th-century quilts made by the women from Alabama, through March 15; “An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus and Beyond,” about the noted school of design, through March 8, and more. www.noma.org. Ogden Museum of Southern Art , 925 Camp St. — “Memory is a Strange Bell: the Art of William Christenberry” includes paintings, sculpture, found-object assemblage and photography, through March 1. www.ogdenmuseum.org.

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40 Wets a bit 41 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ew, gross!â&#x20AC;? 46 Marina del â&#x20AC;&#x201D;, California 48 PC screen type 49 Frigate, e.g. 51 Ralph of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Karate Kidâ&#x20AC;? 52 Duel weapon 53 Govt. med approver 54 Bona â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 55 Smoothed (out) 56 â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Heart Will Go Onâ&#x20AC;? singer Dion 57 Brokerage employee 58 Alpine abode 59 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ravenâ&#x20AC;? co-star Bela 60 Absorbed 61 Academy URL ending 62 Writ for court appearance 67 Arafatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gp. 69 Dayton-to-Toledo dir. 72 Trac II successor 74 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the essenceâ&#x20AC;? 75 Team VIP 76 Olden times 79 Clucking bird 82 â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; -haw!â&#x20AC;? (rodeo shout) 85 Bad deed 86 Swindle

88 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doggone!â&#x20AC;? 90 Penne â&#x20AC;&#x201D; vodka 92 Mental haze 93 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re oversharing,â&#x20AC;? in texts 97 They may run Windows 98 Some trig functions 100 Like â&#x20AC;&#x153;penneâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;graffitiâ&#x20AC;? 101 Seek pleadingly 102 Go ahead of 103 Went uphill or downhill 104 Baseballer Mays 105 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interested?â&#x20AC;? 106 Tone down 107 Have dinner 109 Liam of film 110 Author Hemingway 111 Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main airline 112 Force along 114 Kid-litâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Longstocking 119 Uppercut landing area 120 Part of QED 121 Windmill part 122 Healing sign 124 Columnist Bombeck 128 Socratesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hâ&#x20AC;?

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

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

PRIME LOCATION UPTOWN 3951 CONSTANCE

Gorgeous 3 bed/2.5 ba for lease $2,150. Sep bdrms, indoor lndry, fncd bkyrd. Tenant pays util. NO pets, NO smoking. Josh Walther, Realtor® (504) 717-5612, josh@wcnola.com, Witry Collective (504) 291-2022.

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340 MAPLERIDGE DRIVE MANDEVILLE • $949,900

Ever dream of owning horses or livestock, but want to be close to the Causeway. Your dream can come true w/ sprawling 5 acres, guest house with 2/1 bath eat-in Kit w/granite countertops, gas FP, covered porch & attached garage. The lovely main home offers 5/3 full baths & 2 half baths. A Master suite w/ its own sun room, separate jetted tub & shower. Gorgeous tile work done in Master Bath to awe you. Hard surface ﬂoors on main ﬂoor. Home is a Masterpiece. A must see too many amenities!

WEST BANK BELLE CHASSE APT

2 bedroom, 1 bath, $750/month, 121 K Street, call 504-366-7355.

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King or Queen Mugs $8.99each

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DOORS CLOSEOUT

2 & 4 panel fir doors 6/8 & 7/0. 822-0785.

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Platters $17.99-$18.99

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Graphic Designer

The New Orleans Advocate and Gambit are seeking a creative, detail-oriented and hard-working graphic designer to join our Creative Services team. This is a full-time entry-level position working with our multimedia advertising sales and marketing departments. Applicants must have an understanding of modern and relevant design as well as typography principles for both print and digital applications, 1-3 years of experience working in related field with a strong portfolio that demonstrates an advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), excellent written and verbal communication skills, excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize and manage projects on deadline and ability to work in a fastpaced environment while maintaining a high standard of quality with a positive attitude. Recent college graduates with a strong portfolio fitting criteria may apply. Compensation: base pay and benefits package (health, dental, life, disability, vision, 401k with company match, vacation, holidays and sick time). Apply at: http://www.theadvocate.com/site/careers.html Job ID 1229. Please attach a cover letter and resume.

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Weekly Tails

PEARL

Kennel #43427679 Pearl is a 3-year-old Pit Bull/Terrier mix who will simply make

your heart melt with her sweetness. When she first came to the shelter, she was scared but still doing everything she could to show us just how friendly she was. She would lay on her bed scared and slowly come to the front when she saw a staff member. She would offer some soft kisses to show her love and very gently take treats. Now that she has opened up a little bit, we see just how sweet she really is. Pearl is a people pleaser, and she will gladly take all of your love and give even more of hers back to you.

LUNA

Kennel #43641921

Luna is a 3-year-old, Domestic Medium Hair mix who has been

working to build up confidence with our staff. She has been living in one of our adoption counselor’s offices since she arrived so she could learn to become a little less scared. She has been doing extremely well and is ready to find her forever home. She may take a little bit of time to warm up upon your initial meeting, but once she warms up, she is the perfect buddy!

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

REAL ESTATE / EMPLOYMENT

Temporary Farm Labor: Webb Farms, England, AR, has 3 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/GPS for tilling, cultivating, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops; irrigation installation & maint. grain bin & auger operation; building, equip & vehicle maint.; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/ failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.83/hr, increase based on exp., may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 3/09/2020 – 11/27/2020. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# JO-A_300-20006234483 at nearest AR Workforce Office or call 501-472-9474..

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