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CONTENTS NOVEM B ER 21 , 2017

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Frankie and the Witch Fingers

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TUE. NOV. 21 | Paging 2047’s Ponderosa Stomp headliner: Los Angeles foursome Frankie and the Witch Fingers clamps jumper cables from flashback psychedelic pop to futuristic garage rock on the new Brain Telephone (Permanent), turning a junkyard lemon into electric lemonade. The Painted Hands and Loudness War open at 8 p.m. at Santos Bar.

Quiana Lynell channels Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan BY WILL COVIELLO

Juvenile

WHILE NEW ORLEANS HAS STARTED CELEBRATING its tricentennial, singer

Quiana Lynell is making sure the city marks a centennial before year’s end: Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th birthday. “Ella is one of my favorite vocalists,” Lynell says. “I didn’t realize I was studying (Fitzgerald) before I even knew what I was doing. I could sing ‘Blue Skies’ — it’s the first song I can remember. She scats in it and I could sing the whole song note for note.” Backed by a big band, Lynell has performed a Fitzgerald tribute in Baton Rouge. On Nov. 25, she’s joined by the Preservation All-Stars to perform songs from throughout Fitzgerald’s career, including “(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini),” “Dream a Little Dream of Me” and “A-Tisket, A-Tasket.” Lynell recently has been focused on the music of Sarah Vaughan. She won the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition Nov. 12, claiming a $5,000 prize and a recording contract with Concord Records. Lynell was selected as one of five finalists from more than 600 singers. The final round was judged at a concert in New Jersey (Vaughan’s home state). “These things can psych you out, because it’s jazz and everyone wants to show they have the best chops and prove they’ve been studying,” Lynell says. “The finalists (included) people who taught at Berklee (College of Music) for 12 years — you’re looking at all these singers, and I didn’t want to psych myself out. … You’ve got to be who you are. I picked songs I love to do. I was like, ‘Think of this as another night at Snug (Harbor).’” While the competition is for jazz vocalists, Lynell trained in classical music at LSU and draws on jazz, blues, R&B and other genres. She chose a trio of songs to perform as a sort of storytelling sequence. “I picked songs about love, but not happy love,” she says. “My first was my song ‘Love Me.’ The words are ‘Love me or leave me alone.’ If you’re not

THU. NOV. 23 | Audiences everywhere continue to drop whatever they’re doing as soon as they hear “Cash Money Records taking over for the ’99 and the 2000.” Juvenile celebrates the upcoming anniversary of his landmark 1998 album 400 Degreez, starring breakthrough singles “Ha” and “Back That Azz Up,” by performing the album in its entirety at 10 p.m. at The Howlin’ Wolf.

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going to love me, then leave me alone. Then I went into ‘After You’ve Gone.’ It says I am going to beg one more time for this to be right. ‘After you’ve gone and left me crying, there’s no denying you’ll be blue, you’ll miss the best thing you’ve ever had.’ At the end of the song, I get down and dirty, because the blues lives in everything I do. I slowed it back down. ‘You’re going to want some of this hugging / You’re going to miss this loving / Your key’s not going to fit in my lock no more.’ I got a standing ovation for that.” Lynell finished with Irma Thomas’ “Hip Shakin’ Mama.” The recording contract comes at an opportune time. Lynell has been working with trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard on her first full album, and they’ve already recorded a few songs. The album will include a new arrangement of “Love Me,” original songs and some standards, and Lynell expects to release it in July or August 2018. The competition follows a series of highlights for Lynell, who quit a fulltime teaching job last year to focus on her performing career. She is currently

Quiana Lynell won the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition in New Jersey Nov. 12.

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an adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans, but in the last year, she delivered a TED Talk that garnered attention and performed with Blanchard in Poland. She and Blanchard are scheduled to perform together in Detroit in December, and she’s looking to do more touring. “The stage is my thing,” she says. “(Under) the lights is when I come to life.”

FRI.-SAT. NOV. 24-25 | Ricky Graham, Varla Jean Merman (aka Jeffery Roberson), Sean Patterson and pianist Jefferson Turner reprise their musical mashup tribute to Broadway and New Orleans, with “Phantom of the Okra,” “West Bank Story,” “Les Miserardi Gras” and more. At 8 p.m. at Cafe Istanbul.

Partners-N-Crime and DJ Jubilee SAT. NOV. 25 | Partners-N-Crime released “Pump tha Party” in 1995 in the early years of bounce music. The rap duo and DJ Jubilee celebrate 25 years on the scene, along with Big Freedia, The Showboys, Shamarr Allen, Kermit Ruffins, Khris Royal and Dark Matter, 5th Ward Weebie, Keedy Black, James Andrews, Amanda Ducorbier and others. At 8 p.m. at Joy Theater.

Mega Ran SUN. NOV. 26 | Toggling between his chiptuned nerdcore persona and slick storytelling with lush production, Mega Ran’s 2017 album Extra Credit incorporates his velvet-smooth lyricism, 8-bit blips and dancefloor funk. Alfred Banks hosts with $leazy EZ, Kaye The Beast, James Seville and DJ Novi at 10 p.m. at the HiHo Lounge.

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1. TECH COMPANY SAYS IT PLANS TO HIRE 2,000 AT NEW ORLEANS OFFICE

A multi-billion-dollar IT company expects to open its New Orleans office in January 2018 and says it plans to hire 2,000 people within the next several years. At an announcement outside the Superdome Nov. 13, Mayor Mitch Landrieu called DXC Technology’s arrival a “game changer” and “a transformational moment.” Greater New Orleans Inc.’s Michael Hecht said it “emphatically validates New Orleans as a place for business and tech.” For its New Orleans office, DXC will begin hiring 300 IT and other staffers, aiming for 2,000 over the next five years. Average salaries in New Orleans will be around $60,000. Executive Vice President Stephen Hilton told Gambit that as DXC opens, “we’ll be hiring skilled IT professionals” — not necessarily recent graduates, but the company will look to the “huge influx” of students as it begins to scale. Gov. John Bel Edwards said the company’s arrival also will contribute $64 million in tax revenue from 2018-2023 with an estimated $3.2 billion regional economic impact and the creation of roughly 2,500 new indirect jobs. Hecht and business groups have pitched New Orleans as a “low cost, high culture alternative” to other tech cities — particularly as companies look to cut down on labor costs by moving to relatively “cheaper” areas with lower costs of living compared to saturated tech hubs. Earlier this month, DXC CEO John Michael Lawrie suggested the company was doing that. DXC was lured to Louisiana with a $115 million tax incentive package, parts of which the state will use to fund faculty and curricula within the state’s university systems to build a skill-specific jobs pipeline, along with nearly $19 million in performance-based grant funding. P H O T O B Y A L E X W O O D WA R D

2. Quote of the week “I’m the most investigated, stable man that the country could have ever given the keys to nuclear weapons to, so you can blow me!” — Rob Maness, candidate for the Northshore’s District 77 Louisiana House seat, on his weekly WGSO-AM “Iron Liberty News” program.

Maness was irked at a caller who referred to him as an “extremist.”

3. Church offers sanc-

tuary to man facing deportation

On Nov. 15, Jose Torres — standing among immigrant advocates and local faith

leaders, along with his two U.S.-born daughters, ages 2 and 8 — announced First Grace United Methodist Church would provide Torres sanctuary after he had been threatened with deportation by federal immigration authorities. First Grace provides meeting space for the immigrant advocacy group Congress of Day Laborers and offers

shelter to women and children through Hagar’s House. The church will provide Torres “a safe place to be in our community and have some degree of safety,” Pastor Shawn Anglim told Gambit. Torres arrived in the U.S. from El Salvador in 2005 and endured forced labor on a Texas ranch before arriving in New Orleans following the levee failures. He previously had sought a visa as a survivor of human trafficking and had been granted a stay of deportation to remain with his family in the U.S., but immigration authorities placed him in detention and sought his deportation after Torres received a DUI in 2013. Torres was placed on probation in connection with the traffic offense, paid fines and completed community service and substance abuse counseling. Congress of Day Laborers and local faith leaders spoke against strict immigration policy from the administration of President Donald Trump, and Torres called for strengthening anti-bias policing policies in New Orleans and expanding those protections to Jefferson Parish.

4. Louisiana senators

split on Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore

Sexual harassment allegations against Alabama GOP U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore roiled the party last week, with some Republicans defending Moore (and discounting his accusers), while others, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, called for Moore to step aside. Louisiana’s senators were split on the issue. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who had initially supported Moore, distanced himself from Moore’s campaign in a weekend tweet: “Based on the allegations against Roy Moore, his response and what is known, I withdraw support,” Cassidy wrote. As of press time last week, though, U.S. Sen. John Neely Kennedy stuck by Moore while leaving himself some wiggle room. “I don’t want to get into credibility,” Kennedy told Meet the Press Daily on Nov. 15. “I want to wait until there’s a full

investigation, then I’ll make a judgment about the facts and credibility at that time.” It’s not clear what “investigation” Kennedy referenced, and time is running out. The Alabama special election, in which Moore faces Democrat Doug Jones, is set for Dec. 12.

‘NOPD Online’ launches, allowing citizens to file their own police reports for non-emergencies New Orleans residents who need to report property damage, lost items or theft (including auto theft) now can do it themselves with “NOPD Online,” a website that guides victims of crime through the basics of filing a non-emergency police report with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). Reports filed will be given a case number so NOPD officers can follow up, and the reports can be downloaded for free for insurance purposes. Not included in the new service are crimes on an interstate or on the Crescent City Connection (which need to be filed with Louisiana State Police). Also not included are cases where there’s a known suspect. All such crimes must be reported in the traditional manner by calling the cops. In a news release, NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said, “The NOPD Online reporting system will allow citizens to report non-violent crimes quickly and easily, and enable our department to continue focusing manpower and resources on protecting public safety. It’s a win-win, for the city and for our officers.” To file a report, go to www.nola. gov/nopdonline.

6. Ugly attack mailers

in last days of the mayoral race

Mayoral candidates Desiree Charbonnet and LaToya Cantrell each were the subject of widely disseminated attack mailers in the final week of the New Orleans mayoral campaign last week. The “Truth in Government PAC” sent out an eight-page mailer

T-Swift to headline Superdome in 2018

Following the release of her sixth album reputation, pop music overlord Taylor Swift has announced dates for her 2018 stadium tour. She’ll make her first headlining visit to the Superdome on Sept. 22. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Dec. 13. A fan pre-sale event begins now through Nov. 28 via Taylor Swift Tix through Ticketmaster Verified Fan.

8. Thanksgiving turkey

giveaway from Cash Money Records founders

Cash Money Records founders Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams continue

their annual Thanksgiving tradition this week — giving away 1,500 turkeys to New Orleans families. The 21st annual giveaway is from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21 at New Home Ministries (1616 Robert C. Blakes Sr. Drive), with turkeys supplied by Walmart and sides and fixings from Rouses. Q93.3-FM DJs will supply the music, and there’s entertainment from NOLA Games on Wheels. 2017 is a milestone year for the label, founded in New Orleans in 1991 and edging past more than 20 years as a massively influential pop cultural heavyweight. Birdman, with house producer Mannie Fresh, recently celebrated 20 years as rap duo Big Tymers, and current label star Drake broke streaming records (also held by Drake) for his March album More Life. And on Nov. 23, Juvenile will perform his landmark third album 400 Degreez, which celebrates its 20th anniversary next year.

NPR’s Ann Powers to speak at Old U.S. Mint NPR music critic Ann Powers will head to New Orleans to discuss her latest book, Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music, with a Q&A and discussion with New Orleans music writer Alison Fensterstock. The book — named after the excised lyrics from Little Richard’s New Orleans-recorded hit “Tutti Frutti” — explores the history of pop music and its relationship to gender and sexuality, and how eroticism got wrapped up in American music. The free book talk is 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21 at the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint.

10. Trans Day of Remembrance at Congo Square Nov. 25

BreakOUT! New Orleans will hold its third annual “Trans Day of Remembrance, Resilience and Resistance Celebration” from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 25 at Congo Square in Armstrong Park. The event, which follows the national Trans Day of Remembrance Nov. 20, memorializes those who were killed as a result of transphobic hate crimes. This year’s event will include a shakedown dance contest, free HIV screenings, performances and food.

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bashing Cantrell in not-even-thinly-veiled racist language, with an angry-looking photo of Cantrell labeled “Straight Outta Compton” (Cantrell was born in the Southern California city) and noting both her husband, attorney Jason Cantrell, and her father-in-law, Criminal Court Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell, were born in Detroit. The mailer also addressed the credit card brouhaha that has dogged Cantrell, noting that an attendee at a San Francisco dinner hosted by Cantrell was from Oakland, California, and stressing that Cantrell used her city-issued credit card to travel to “Ghana, West Africa.” Meanwhile, the Not For Sale NOLA PAC, an anti-Charbonnet group which has been heavily funded by charter school supporter Leslie Jacobs, sent out a mailer titled “Desiree Charbonnet’s Corrupt Krewe.” The mailer was emblazoned with an image of Charbonnet wearing a crown and claimed “French Quarter strip clubs” were “pouring cash into Desiree’s campaign” and highlighted three of her supporters: attorney Ike Spears, bail bondsman Blair Boutte and political consultant Billy Schultz, referring to Schultz as “Desiree’s political hatchet man.”

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Police departments in 75 cities that allow people who filed police misconduct complaints to view body cam footage.

Do you think the city’s bike rental plan, which launches next month, will be a success?

A NOVEMBER SCORECARD from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Upturn used eight criteria to examine the efficacy of police body-worn cameras in 75 cities. Only four police departments “expressly allow people who are filing police misconduct complaints to view all relevant footage,” while only seven have limits on the use of facial recognition technology, and more than a third don’t make the material publicly available. No department required officers to write incident reports before watching their footage. The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) received a $237,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in 2015 for police body cams. The scorecard found that NOPD is required to record a broad range of incidents and must seek supervisory approval before turning the camera off, but there’s no policy for an officer’s failure to record. “If body-worn cameras are to help to drive consistency, fairness, and justice, it’s imperative for all police departments with camera systems to prohibit unrestricted footage review by officers,” the report says. The scorecard also included the report “The Illusion of Accuracy: How Body-Worn Camera Footage Can Distort Evidence,” which argues why police departments must limit officers’ review of body-worn camera footage. Find a copy of the report at www.bwcscorecard.org. — ALEX WOODWARD

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Ladee Hubbard

won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for her debut novel, The Talented Ribkins. The Gaines Award was established nine years ago by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to honor African-American fiction writers, and comes with a $10,000 prize. Hubbard teaches African studies at Tulane University.

Randy Jackson is

Mid-City Neighborset to receive the Bayou hood Association Classic’s inaugural (MCNO) awarded Lifetime Achievement Award Nov. 25, as the annual football matchup between Southern and Grambling universities kicks off in the Superdome. Jackson, a veteran record producer and onetime judge on American Idol, is a graduate of Southern University.

local radio station WHIV-FM a $2,500 grant to help replace equipment damaged during the Aug. 5 floods. WHIV, which is located at Broad Street and Orleans Avenue, signed on the air in 2014 with a mission of social justice and local music programming. Today it has more than 70 hosts and DJs and produces 12 hours of daily local content for New Orleanians.

Gambit is seeking nominations for its annual New Orleanian of the Year, a designation given to a local resident (or two) who has made outstanding contributions to the area in 2017. Elected officials are not eligible. All nominations must include a brief biographical sketch and the reasons you believe the person deserves recognition. Email entries to response@ gambitweekly.com (put “New Orleanian of the Year” in subject line). No phone calls. Nominations must be received by Monday, Dec. 4. The New Orleanian of the Year will be announced in our issue of Jan. 2, 2018.

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COMMENTARY

Preparing to turn 300 AS 2017 COMES TO AN END

— and with the mayor’s race finally over and the New Orleans Saints ascendant again — you’ll soon be hearing about a major citywide initiative that will encompass much of the city’s cultural life in 2018: the tricentennial of the founding of New Orleans, or what city leaders are calling NOLA 300. Last week, WYES-TV premiered New Orleans: The First 300 Years, a two-hour documentary narrated by John Goodman exploring the city’s history (the program repeats at 1 p.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 23), and there’s a coffee table book of the same name by Errol and Peggy Scott Laborde, with an introduction by historian Lawrence Powell. Also last week, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and more than a dozen local leaders held a symposium at the Orpheum Theater “to recount the past, discuss

the present and envision the future of New Orleans.” Commemorative, Instagram-worthy “NOLA 300” sculptures like the one pictured, near the Big Lake in New Orleans City Park, are going up around town, and even Prospect.4, the New Orleans art triennial (the topic of this week’s cover story by D. Eric Bookhardt) draws inspiration from the city’s history. After Jan. 1, opera, ballet, theater, art exhibits and concerts celebrating New Orleans history will be staged all over town. The celebration will culminate in late April 2018 (while New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival visitors are in town) with a tricentennial interfaith service, a weekend for international guests and dignitaries at the restored Gallier Hall, and a citywide celebration April 22. Naturally, all this will be a

A “NOLA 300” sculpture in New Orleans City Park. PHOTO BY KEVIN ALLMAN

major tourism draw and a chance for New Orleans to once again shine in front of the world. But NOLA 300 has to be more than a clever bit of marketing if it is to be a true celebration of New Orleans. Making sure that the city’s entire history — the good and the bad, the accomplishments and the still-imperfect — will be the challenge. We cannot give great New Orleanians like Leah Chase

or Norman Francis their historical due without also acknowledging the painful legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that codified segregation under the “separate but equal” rubric. We cannot acknowledge New Orleans’ greatest contribution to the world — jazz — without also showing the struggle that the city’s musicians had, and continue to have, making a living

from their talents. Nor can we celebrate the city’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures without acknowledging that the storm and the response also laid bare fundamental inequities that are older than any of us — inequities that remain. Every family history includes good times and bad, joys and sorrows, struggles and achievements. “NOLA 300” presents an unparalleled opportunity for New Orleanians to acknowledge and accept that none of us is perfect, but what matters most to us as a community — what ultimately unites us despite our differences — is our shared determination to face each day filled with joyful hope and determination no matter what life throws at us. It’s who we are, and who we’ll always be. And that’s worth celebrating.

ALTHOUGH THE 2017 MAYORAL ELECTION GAVE US A PAINFULLY UNINSPIRING FIELD OF CANDIDATES, it still

produced a political watershed in several ways. Here are my takeaways one day before the election, assuming LaToya Cantrell (pictured) wins easily, as suggested by every poll. (If Desiree Charbonnet somehow pulls off the biggest upset since Bienville hoodwinked the British Navy in 1699, I’ll eat what follows.) Our First Post-Katrina Mayor — Hurricane Katrina flipped the political script in New Orleans from a top-down to a bottom-up template. Before the storm, voters waited to see who the political organizations and City Hall mullahs anointed for coronation. After Katrina, voters became enraged and engaged, pushing for multiple reforms and electing New Orleans City Council members whose political bases were

rooted in neighborhood, civic and business organizations rather than political groups or officialdom. Cantrell’s election as mayor has taken the bottom-up paradigm to an unprecedented level. Her grassroots campaign evoked the best of Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders. Cantrell’s turnout effort mirrored Obama’s use of technology and social media, and her popularity among millennials, progressives, women and neighborhood groups — even in the face of withering attacks — mirrored the intense loyalty of Sanders’ supporters. Millennials’ emergence as a citywide political force is particularly significant, as is Cantrell’s support across geographic, racial, gender and economic lines. End of the Creole Era? — Until now, all of New Orleans’ African-American mayors were Creoles. While Charbonnet has deep roots in the

city’s Creole 7th Ward, she could not muster the kind of bi-racial appeal that elected Dutch and Marc Morial, Sidney Barthelemy and Ray Nagin. It’s also telling that the Creole mayoral streak was broken by a candidate who was born in Los Angeles. (Some mistakenly doubted that a non-native could win the mayor’s race, but such mayors are nothing new. Chep Morrison was born in New Roads, Louisiana; Vic Schiro in Chicago; and Martin Behrman in New York City.) Cantrell Didn’t Fire a Shot — I can’t recall a modern mayor whose campaign succeeded without having to attack or counterattack. Does Cantrell’s victory signal a new era? Probably not. Charbonnet was so badly wounded by the NotForSaleNOLA PAC’s

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About Those Allegations — The election may be over, but both Cantrell and Charbonnet are the subjects of criminal complaints now in the hands of state Attorney General Jeff Landry. Cantrell’s misuse of a city credit card may also draw the feds’ attention — and if that happens, several City Council members could also be in trouble.

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attack mailers in the primary that voters largely yawned in response to her runoff attacks against Cantrell for abusing her city-issued, taxpayer-funded credit card. Had Cantrell’s credit card debacle been exposed in the primary by another source, this election might have turned out differently.

Correction: In my column of Oct. 24, I suggested that the attacks against Charbonnet by NotForSaleNOLA failed because they did not keep her out of the runoff (assuming that was the PAC’s aim). In retrospect, the PAC clearly succeeded in undercutting Charbonnet’s credibility, which hobbled her runoff efforts. That said, I stand by my criticisms of the PAC’s heavy-handed tactics and racially insensitive optics — rich white business types blasting a cast of black political players.

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How in the world has the building near Canal and Derbigny Streets survived demolition when almost every other one there was destroyed? The new hospital is complete and yet this building was never touched. — DEE

Dear Dee, The former McDonogh No. 11 school building dates back to the late 19th century, which is one reason preservation groups were able to successfully lobby the state to save it, even as construction on the new University Medical Center consumed the area nearby. Its future remains uncertain. The three-story building originally sat at the corner of Palmyra and South Prieur. Constructed in 1878, it is one of only a handful of remaining schools designed by noted architect William Freret, the son of the mayor by the same name.

McDonogh No. 11 was renovated in 1951. In addition to the years it housed that school, the building also served as the Priestley School of Architecture and Construction and the New Orleans Center for Health Careers (hence the NOCHC letters still seen on the building’s exterior). It was restored before Hurricane Katrina, then repaired again after the storm, at a cost of $3 million. As plans developed for the 34-acre University Medical Center complex, preservation groups urged the state not to tear down the building, instead suggesting it be incorporated into the hospital plans, which state officials said was “impossible.” According to The Times-Picayune, New Orleans City Council members opposed the demolition. “The city of New Orleans, the state of Louisiana and the federal government would all appear to be walking in circles if we use taxpayer dollars to restore a building that, less than five years later, will be torn down for another taxpayer-funded project,” council members wrote in a letter to state officials. “It will make no sense to taxpayers, and, frankly, it

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The former McDonogh No. 11 school building, which has been moved three times since 2011 due to construction on the University Medical Center. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

doesn’t make any sense to us.” The state agreed to preserve the property and beginning in 2011, it was moved three times during hospital construction, finally ending up at its current location. A spokesman for the state Division of Administration said talks about the building are ongoing and the state is optimistic that a permanent home or use for the structure can be found.

ument to Venezuelan military leader Simon Bolivar, nicknamed “the Liberator” for his role in leading military campaigns that freed six countries from the Spanish Empire during the 19th century. A dedication was held at the site of the monument near Canal and Basin Streets on Nov. 25, 1957. The 12-foot high, seven-ton granite monument, created by sculptor Abel Vallmitjana, was donated by Venezuelan leaders and the Bolivarian Society of Louisiana. Venezuelan leaders presented the statue to Mayor deLesseps “Chep” Morrison, who made a point to highlight New Orleans’ trade connections to Latin America. The event featured a military parade and the raising of flags representing the United States and the six nations Bolivar is credited with liberating: Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Panama. In 1965 and 1966, statues of Mexican leader Benito Juarez and Honduran military hero Francisco Morazan were added to the plaza, forming what was called the Garden of the Americas.

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At home on the range BY JOE KELLY

SPECIALIZING IN MID-RANGE TO HIGH-END KITCHEN AND BATH SUPPLY AND DESIGN, Nordic Kitchens

& Baths (1818 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-888-2300; www.nordickitchens.com) serves the New Orleans area, bringing dream kitchens and bathrooms to life. Randy Shaw, who handles custom design, says Nordic has been successful in its more than 20 years in business by keeping things fresh. “Our goal is to be a one-stop shop where people can come in and see everything available on that luxury end,” Shaw says. He says Nordic carries every luxury line on the market, something that distinguishes it from similar stores in Metairie and New Orleans. Nordic’s story starts in the mid1990s when it was located in a strip across from Clearview Mall. The business moved to its current digs a little over six years ago. “It was very important for us to stay on [Veterans Memorail Boulevard],” Shaw says. The current showroom, he says, is about three times the size of the old one. With the expansion came more opportunities to develop Nordic’s design abilities and product lines. Featured brands of kitchen and bath appliances and fixtures include Sub-Zero, Dacor, Viking and Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet. The store also offers full design and installation services. Pizza ovens are trending at Nordic. “Those are really big right now,” Shaw says. “And they’re not the really big wood burning ones that can take hours to get up to temperature — these heat up in 15

The design team at Nordic can customize any kitchen, from appliances and cabinetry to backsplash tiles. PHOTO BY KARLA PHOTOGRAPHY

minutes.” Shaw says pizzas cook within a few minutes. Nordic also hosts in-store events a couple of times a year. “We’ll have a chef from Sub-Zero and Wolf come in and do a demonstration,” Shaw says. When New Orleans hosted the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, an annual event typically held in cities like Chicago, Orlando and Las Vegas, some attendees were transported to Nordic from the convention center for an exposition. The company offers products and services that specifically fit the New Orleans lifestyle, such as outdoor kitchens. “Outdoor kitchen design just keeps growing and growing,” Shaw says. Nordic got into the market about 12 or 13 years ago, before the trend really caught on. “But now, there’s hardly a house being built in New Orleans that doesn’t have some kind of outdoor kitchen element,” he says. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Shaw has called Jefferson Parish home since he was 5 years old, and he says he wouldn’t leave it for the world. The same goes for Nordic Kitchens & Baths. “We do some limited out-of-state work in places like Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia,” he says, “but Jefferson Parish is our community.”

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IN SPITE OF THE SWAMP,

EXPOSURE

the title of Prospect.4, the latest iteration of the Prospect New Orleans international art triennial, is as colorfully mysterious as its name implies. Like its predecessors, starting with Prospect founder Dan Cameron’s stellar, critically acclaimed Prospect.1 in 2008-09, Prospect.4 makes the city itself part of the show — sometimes to an extent that makes it hard to tell where the art begins and the city recedes. While it also has its share of art stars, Prospect.4’s artistic director Trevor Schoonmaker, curator at Duke University’s Nasher Museum of Art, saw the city’s upcoming 300th birthday as a way to artistically reunite the city with the broader world that made it a global city almost from the start. “New Orleans is the most European and the most African city in the United States,” Schoonmaker said while overseeing installation of works at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC). “It is called the northernmost Caribbean city and is still distinctly of, and in, the American South ... its rich history and culture provide boundless inspiration for artists from all over the world.” Indeed, many of their works were created with this city’s tumultuous history in mind. As Mayor Mitch Landrieu notes in his catalog essay, Prospect.4 “connects over three centuries of history through the work of 70-plus contemporary artists who have responded to the city’s unique cultural and natural landscape ... Drawing synergistic parallels between New Orleans and other parts of the world, P.4 aims to illuminate the interconnectedness of all things, both seen and unseen.” If such ideas sound idealistic, they also set the stage for a better understanding of what Prospect.4 is all about and what it represents. The triennial opened Nov. 18 and runs through Feb. 25, 2018, and there is much to see. Prospect exhibitions are in museums and galleries and there are installations and sculptures in public spaces and parks, including Crescent Park, Lafitte Greenway and Algiers Point. PAGE 17

MORE THAN 70 ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE EXPLORE THE ‘GLOBAL SOUTH’ IN PROSPECT.4 | BY D. ERIC BOOKHARDT PROSPECT.4: THE LOTUS IN SPITE OF THE SWAMP NOVEMBER 18 — FEBRUARY 25, 2018 VARIOUS LOCATIONS WWW.PROSPECTNEWORLEANS.ORG

TOP LEFT: Barkley Hendricks, Photo Bloke, 2016 TOP RIGHT: Tita Salina 1001st island - The Most Sustainable Island in Archipelago, 2015 BOTTOM LEFT: Louis Armstrong, Gems from Buenos, c. 1960 BOTTOM RIGHT: Njideka Akunyili Crosby "The Beautyful Ones" Series No. 1c, 2014

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Dawit Petros, Act of Recovery (Part I), Nouakchott, Mauritania from The Stranger’s Notebook, 2016

Maria Berrio, Aluna, 2017

Louis Armstrong, Leslie Caron Fan Club, 1953

from so many far-flung places, a good starting point is the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, where the familiar and the unfamiliar come together much in the way the Mississippi River connects the muddy waters of Middle America with the exotic Caribbean currents — the loop currents — of the Gulf of Mexico. Because we live with water in every aspect of our daily lives, it is easy to overlook its association with the otherworldly realms of dreams and rebirth. New York-based Katherine Bradford’s colorful near-hallucinatory canvases, like her Five Moons painting of a luminous ocean liner buoyantly plying a mythic sea, couldn’t be more appropriate for the way they remind us of the intimate connection between nature’s watery depths and our own psychic depths. In a related vein, New Orleans native and longtime New York resident Wayne Gonzales explores the way water’s inescapable presence has interacted with our more ephemeral human attempts to live with it. A painter influenced by photography and print media processes, Gonzales took his cues from the Ogden’s collection of 19th-century New Orleans paintings, pairing pastoral scenes like vintage maestro George Coulon’s picturesque rendition of a stately bayou home with his own, more recent view of an aging trailer home next to a bayou — a scene where Gonzales’ hazy, old newsmagazine photo quality complements Coulon’s atmospheric evanescence to explore how culture, time and technology influence our perceptions. That sensibility is reinforced in a different way in a nearby gallery filled with John Scott’s startlingly expressionistic urban landscapes. Though only a fraction of the artists in Prospect.4 are local, many of its international artists have connections to the global influences of New Orleans’ musical history. Schoonmaker has called jazz “arguably the preeminent art form of the 20th century,” so the pervasive presence of musical themes is no surprise. But even many New Orleans natives are hazy about how it all began, so it helps that London-based video artist John Akomfrah has created a beautifully rendered look at the life of the legendary “inventor” of jazz, Buddy Bolden, the tormented genius whose supersonic-wailing cornet blasted him from clubs into the limelight as New Orleans’ most popular musician, until the abrupt end of his career in 1907, when he was committed to an asylum. The visual lyricism of Akomfrah’s Precarity video gives us a dreamy look into the poignant story a man who forever changed New Orleans — and the world — yet is remembered mainly by music buffs today. A different take on art and music is provided by the dynamic New Orleans duo Quintron and Miss Pussycat, whose raucous “swamp tech” performances involve space-age garage rock

AS THE LATTER 20TH-CENTURY INTELLECTUAL FASHION of postmodernism continues its slow fade into the annals of art history, a new hybrid aesthetic is emerging. It fuses social awareness with a more meditative or even celebratory exploration of the broader and deeper meanings of the cultures of the former European colonies that, along with Latin America, comprise what is now called the Global South — places like New Orleans, where deeply rooted local traditions were often taken for granted, but never really died. Prospect.4’s abundant assortment of artworks based on those communities’ cultural reawakenings is prevalent throughout its venues, and epitomized by the works occupying all available exhibition spaces at the CAC. Often vividly quirky, many reveal an unexpected kinship with New Orleans’ longstanding traditions. Kolkata, India, native Rina Banerjee’s colorful sculptural concoctions seem eerily familiar for their suggestion of an Indian variation on our Carnival culture, which should come as no surprise considering that India’s traditional Hindu processions can look remarkably like Mardi Gras parades. Similarly, Colombian artist Maria Berrio’s gorgeous collage paintings combine the dreamy wildness of Colombian jungles and her own colorful mythologies into new psychic geographies where wild women and wild animals come together in a vivid new ecology of the imagination. Carnival culture is implicit in the work of London-based Afro-Caribbean artist Sonia Boyce, whose two-channel color video Crop Over focuses on a mythic figure named Moko Jumbie, a towering character associated with the Crop Over festival in Barbados. In the video, Moko Jumbie is represented by a costumed character on stilts who wanders around the Harewood House, a historic estate near Leeds, England, originally built with a fortune derived from colonial sugar plantations and the transatlantic slave trade. Here, bizarrely colorful figures from indigenous Barbados mythology reclaim Harewood House as their own in a scene that, despite its symbolic sociopolitical judo, actually looks not so different from a Mardi Gras costume party in the Garden District. It’s in yet another example of how scenes from faraway

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and ’80s techno-dance modulated by maracas. On the Ogden Museum’s terrace, Quintron’s latest iteration of his Weather Warlock electronic invention that translates atmospheric conditions into ambient music now channels the inner electro-biology of common local plants. His partner, Panacea Theriac, aka Miss Pussycat also is known for her colorful handmade puppets that look quite at home in a gallery of their own at the Ogden, a museum known for its insightful collection of Southern crafts.

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places associated with the Global South can seem oddly familiar to anyone who has come to know New Orleans. Well-known California-born, Chicagobased artist Cauleen Smith was inspired by a residency on Captiva Island, Florida, where the remnants of Native American ritual shell mounds were all that remains of the Calusa tribe, the island’s original inhabitants. Those shells struck her as a lingering ghostly reminder of a tribe that seemed to have much in common with the Yoruba people of Nigeria, which inspired her to make her film Egungun, in which an imposingly mysterious mythic figure known by that name appears in elaborate layers of cloth embellished with shells. In West Africa, costumed dancers inspired by the legend of Egungun are said to be possessed by the ancestors, and in Smith’s film, Egungun emerges from the ocean in a carnivalesque meditation on places like West Africa, Captiva Island and New Orleans that all share complicated histories with the sea.

OUR OWN CARNIVAL

mythology is addressed directly at the Old U.S. Mint Jazz Museum in the richly beaded suits and feathered ritual paraphernalia of Mardi Gras Indian Darryl Montana, long-time Big Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas tribe, which rose to prominence as the “modernist” Mardi Gras Indian movement that stressed aesthetic excellence under the long reign of his father, legendary Big Chief Allison “Tootie” Montana. Originally inspired by the Native Americans who gave sanctuary to runaway slaves in antebellum Louisiana, Mardi Gras Indians need no introduction to most New Orleans residents, but their presence at the Mint reminds us that their traditional chants, such as “Iko Iko” or “Hey Pocky Way,” are inseparable from the musical feedstock that gave us jazz, rhythm and blues and, ultimately, rock music. The most surprising, if not startling, music-related art offering at the Mint is the little-known collages by Louis Armstrong who, arising from humble origins and a troubled home, eventually led jazz’s conquest of America and the world. His collages are modest, homey concoctions he created to embellish the lids of the boxes that housed his

Prospect.4 Artistic Director Trevor Schoonmaker

massive collection of reel-to-reel tapes and photographs, but in their own unpretentious way they reflect something of Armstrong’s legendary improvisational genius. Other intriguing music-related artworks at the Mint include Berlin-based, British-Jamaican artist Satch Hoyt’s sculptural pyramid made of cymbals, each representing musical luminaries such as Jelly Roll Morton, Sun Ra, Prince and Alice Coltrane. Music and movement, time and space, set the tone at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) where the late Barkley L. Hendricks’ monumental portraits line the walls of the Great Hall. His intense colors and pop-culture sensibilities led to his first retrospective (curated by Schoonmaker at Duke’s Nasher Museum) being titled Birth of the Cool, but underlying all that sensory and somatic vivacity is an extraordinary technical precision that has caused him to be compared to northern Renaissance masters. Unfortunately, Hendricks died while working on a commission specific to Prospect.4, but his paintings live on, extending a lively personal greeting to visitors passing through the museum’s atrium. NOMA’s upper galleries feature works based on local history by well-known American mixed-media artist Xaviera Simmons, as well as some engagingly innovative and eerily psychological domestic interiors by Nigerian-Los Angeles artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby and a colorful array of poetic visual explorations by Alexis Esquivel, Dewit Petros and the graphical duo Gauri Gill and Rajesh Vangad. If the colorful variety and sheer abundance of Prospect.4’s varied offerings can seem overwhelming at first, it should be noted that this is the largest exhibition exploring the Global South to be staged in North America, and while it might be tempting to think of it as an unusually lively take on multiculturalism, it is really something far bolder and more pioneering than that. Multiculturalism mostly viewed ethnic identities as a sociological problem to be “solved,” but that rather dour clinical approach stands in stark contrast to the Creole traditions of New Orleans, Latin America and the Caribbean that took the most appealing and joyous aspects of European, African, Native American and Asian cultures and assimilated them into diverse communities where common ground was found in broadly shared cultures of celebration. The power of that process, known as “Creolization,” was vividly on view during south Louisiana’s cultural renaissance of the 1970s, as the rousing Afro-Creole sounds of once marginalized Mardi Gras Indians, zydeco musicians and formerly forgotten pioneers of local rhythm and blues like Professor Longhair provided a lively soundtrack for the civil rights and architectural preservation movements that arose from our shared cultural gumbo of wildly diverse ethnic traditions. Although most of the work in Prospect.4 reflects a varied range of views and approaches, it is hard to ignore its ebbing and flowing, yet pervasive, emphasis on the transformational power of music and the celebratory masking and carnivalesque traditions of cultures that, while different from most of Europe and North America, have much to offer anyone willing to take the time to look and listen.

MANY OF THE MORE ICONIC WORKS IN PROSPECT.4 ARE SCULPTURES AND INSTALLATIONS AT EASILY ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC SPACES. HERE ARE SOME OF THE EXPO’S OUTDOOR WORKS.

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ART DOORS Algiers Point 101-199 Mississippi River Trail, Algiers Point

• Environmental installation artist Mark Dion created Field Station for the Melancholy Marine Biologist, a structure that’s like a monument to the whimsical ruminations of a philosophical scientist confronted with the quandary of knowing how to save our rapidly deteriorating coast while lacking the means to do so. • Slated to appear in February at Algiers Point is art star Kara Walker’s Katastwof Karavan, a 30-note steam calliope that plays the songs and sounds associated with the newly arrived slaves who were held at Algiers Point prior to being taken across the river to be sold at slave auctions.

Lafitte Greenway Lafitte Avenue at Jefferson Davis Parkway • Louisiana’s troubled coastal ecology inspired Michel Varisco’s fivefoot-tall, cylindrical steel Turning, which appears like solar-powered Nepalese prayer wheels emanating blue light.

Citywide • Social ecology takes center stage in Odili Donald Odita’s colorfully interwoven abstract flags located at 15 sites about town. Rather than any one nationality, they symbolize his ideal of a world driven by the recognition that different cultures “need each other’s energy to exist in beauty and freedom.”

• Radcliffe Bailey’s stark steel cylinder like a tugboat smokestack enclosing a suspended conch shell resonating the ambient sounds of the waterfront. • The most powerful piece in the park is the Afro-minimalist Piety Street bridge designed by Ghanaborn, London-based architect David Adjaye. (Not part of Prospect.4.)

Old U.S. Mint 400 Esplanade Ave.

• Jennifer Odem’s Water Tables constructions (above) suggest visual puns left behind by playful water sprites, but look again, and their gracefully spindly forms are actually stacked wooden tables that not only suggest stylized Asian pagodas but also recall the huts on stilts built by 18th century Filipino mutineers from Spanish galleons in the waters of Lake Borgne at St. Malo, the oldest Asian community in North America.

• Hank Willis Thomas’ surreal yet stunningly gorgeous History of Conquest (below) is a large bronze sculpture of a Moorish boy warrior astride a giant snail located at the foot of Esplanade Avenue outside the Old U.S. Mint. It is based on 17th century German jeweler Jerimias Ritter’s much smaller decorative bauble, Snail with Nautilus Shell. Did Europeans really think Moorish boy warriors rode giant snails into battle? Considering Christopher Columbus was so insistent that America was India that Native Americans still are sometimes called “Indians,” anything is possible. But beyond how its dreamy lines might make for a dynamite Mardi Gras float, History of Conquest reminds us that even the most ignominious errors of history can be reborn, through the healing hands of artists, as sublime objects of wonder.

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announced the top sandwiches from its Nov. 12 event. Thousands of people packed Oak Street off Carrollton Avenue, where vendors offered traditional and creative po-boys, inlcuding Jacques-Imo’s Cafe’s slow-roasted duck po-boy, Mahony’s Po-boys’ Taiwanese pork belly po-boy, Oceana Grill’s oysters Rockefeller po-boy and DTB’s fried oyster and ham hock po-boy dressed with mustard greens and goat cheese. A panel of judges sampled more than 50 po-boys and announced

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covers and a blown-up photo of reporters banging away at typewriters in the early 1900s set a nostalgic scene at Picayune Social House in the Central Business District. Chris DeMers opened the restaurant in May, and the design — by local collector Joseph Makkos — fits the setting. The building once housed The Times-Picayune, and the street was known as Newspaper Row. It’s an intriguing design, and one that prompts curious diners to leave their chairs to peruse the space, which in some ways doubles as a history gallery. The “social house” theme is mirrored in the restaurant’s focus on the bar, its lively atmosphere and the casual and friendly waitstaff. The space can get loud with groups of tourists from nearby hotels and happy hour revelers getting off work from surrounding offices and gathering at the large U-shaped bar. While the decor pays homage to the city’s storied newspaper, the menu looks to the future with a global approach, which finds varying degrees of success. Naan flatbreads, dips and small plates designed for snacking anchor the casual, bar-friendly menu. The eclectic list of dishes has Indian and Middle Eastern influences and nods to regional standards. There’s a daily selection of “boudin balls,” although I didn’t notice anything besides their shape that

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tied them to the Cajun dish. Instead, these were more reminiscent of their Italian cousin, arancini — cheese and risotto balls fried to golden brown. On one visit, there was a delicious version filled with lump crabmeat, but it lacked boudin’s characteristically earthy flavor. The boudin balls were among the most successful of the smaller plates. Hummus was of the grainy variety, drizzled with olive oil but rough nonetheless. A dish titled “For the Love of Crab” was overly buttery, heavy on cream cheese and topped with a panko crust that was burnt in places. While the menu is shaky when it approaches some culinary themes, the section devoted to tandoor oven specialties is consistently good. One of the most interesting and delicious flavor combinations is found in the tamarind- and chipotle-flavored lamb T-bone steak cooked in the tandoor oven. It arrived tender with a heavy, flavorful crust draped in a creamy, tangy and smoky sauce. Side items — fresh and snappy tabbouleh, blistered tomatoes, lemony tahini and fennel seed-flecked rice —

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tamarind and chipotle lamb, prosciutto and blue cheese flatbread

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all worked well with the lamb. Tandoor-baked naan is available multiple ways — on its own or as the base for flatbreads. On some occasions, the bread was stale and tough, while on another visit a toasted version carried nice flavor and soft and chewy bounce. Blue cheese and prosciutto flatbread was successful, topped with an apple puree that complemented the sharp tang of the blue cheese, crispy strips of prosciutto, chiffonade of basil and syrupy balsamic. It seemed more like a dessert, but it worked. The gastropub setting makes Picayune Social House an enjoyable place to go for a drink and a bite. The menu covers a lot of ground, with some hits and some misses, but the kitchen is on the mark with its tandoor oven. Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

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hits and misses on an eclectic menu with Indian and Middle Eastern influences

their favorites mid-afternoon. Simone’s Market, which opened just after 2016 festival, won the categories for most original (“Lebacajun”) po-boy and best poultry for its smoked fried chicken version. The best overall sandwich was a repeat from years past, Red Fish Grill’s barbecue oyster po-boy. Here is the complete list of the 2017 winners: • Best overall: Red Fish Grill’s barbecue oyster po-boy • Best pork: Vincent’s Italian Cuisine’s Godfather po-boy • Best beef: Bienvenue Bar and Grill prime rib po-boy • Best sausage: Bratz Y’all’s drunk pig po-boy • Best poultry: Simone’s Market’s smoked, fried chicken po-boy • Best shrimp: Seither’s Seafood’s Peepaw po-boy • Best seafood: Red Fish Grill’s barbecue oyster po-boy • Most original: Simone’s Market Lebacajun po-boy —HELEN FREUND PAGE 22

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announced its 2017 Christmas New Orleans Style schedule of events and promotions, which includes concerts at St. Louis Cathedral and St. Augustine Catholic Church, dining specials and more. Many specials are available through Twelfth Night, Jan. 6, 2018. Many local restaurants offer reveillon dinner specials. The name comes from the Creole tradition of a late meal eaten after midnight Mass on Christmas eve. The promotion features special menus at participating restaurants. Commander’s Palace offers a seven-course meal including lobster, foie gras, flounder stew, Texas quail and a white chocolate dessert for $100. Upperline Restaurant offers a four-course menu with choices for several courses, such as fish meuniere, rack of lamb or roast duck for an entree, and prices are $46 to $58. There are 48 participating restaurants, and prices range from $25 to $100. Visit www. followyourjoy.com for a list of restaurants and menus. Reveillon on the Rocks is new this year. Roughly 75 participating restaurants and bars are offering holiday cocktail menus and specials. — WILL COVIELLO

Broken wings THE FOOD TRUCK Taylor Made Wings on the Geaux (@wings_ taylor) announced it will cease operations this week due to mechanical difficulties. Owner Ashon Ruffins made the an-

nouncement on the food truck’s Facebook page, and said he will try to offer its menu of wings and sauces through catering. — WILL COVIELLO

Capulets and Montebrews GOAT IN THE ROAD PRODUCTIONS

(www.goatintheroadproductions. org) presents a “Shakesbeer” production of Romeo & Juliet as a

OF WINE THE WEEK

The New Orleans Wine and Food Experience (www.nowfe.com) announced dates for 2018. The culinary festival will be May 2327. Events include wine dinners at local restaurants May 23 and Grand Tastings at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center May 2425. NOWFE draws vintners from around the globe, and more than 1,000 types of wine were served at the 2017 event. Other events include seminars on wine and food topics and culinary-themed excursions. — WILL COVIELLO

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BY BRENDA MAITLAND

Langlois Brut Rose Cremant de Loire Loire Valley, France Retail $22-$24 THIS AWARD-WINNING ROSE CREMANT is produced by the Langlois-Chateau winery, which has long specialized in sparkling wines. Maison Bollinger acquired majority ownership in the estate in 1973 and increased its capacity, expanding its vineyards to more than 175 acres on slopes overlooking the Loire River. This Cremant de Loire Brut is made with hand-harvested cabernet Franc grapes from vines planted in the chalky, clay terroir around Montreuil-Bellay and Le Puy-Notre-Dame. Fruit was gently pressed and vinified in temperature-regulated stainless steel tanks. A second fermentation occured in the bottle, and the wine matured on its lees for 18 months, followed by a year of bottle-aging before release. In the glass, it offers aromas of fresh red berries and yeasty notes. On the palate, taste delicate flavors of raspberry, strawberry, a hint of cranberry and vibrant acidity. Drink it with baked ham, deep-fried turkey or chicken, fleshy fish, shrimp remoulade, oysters and crabmeat ravigote. Buy it at: Swirl Wine Bar & Market and The Wine Seller. Drink it at: Galatoire’s Restaurant, Antoine’s Restaurant and Balise.

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AUTHOR AUTHOR, FOOD COLUMNIST AND RECIPE TESTER Kim Sunee was born in South Ko-

rea but adopted at a young age and grew up in New Orleans. Her love for food and writing was spawned during her childhood and blossomed after she moved to France. Her recently released Everyday Korean: Fresh, Modern Recipes for Home Cooks delves deeper into her Korean heritage. Sunee will be at Ancora Pizzeria & Salumeria (4508 Freret St.) 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 2 for a book signing with cocktails and small bites. She spoke with Gambit about her culinary influences.

How did you develop your passion for food and writing? SUNEE: Growing up in New Orleans gives you a foundation for loving food because of our culture and our obsession with eating and cooking. I went to university in France and stayed there for 10 years, which definitely influenced me. But more than anything, food for me is about nurturing. My friends call me a “food pusher.” In another life I was probably an Italian mamma and I’ve always loved cooking and eating with friends. I learned most of that from my grandfather, who was German and grew up in the Upper 9th Ward. I grew up with a lot of German influence and conviviality, and my grandfather was really the driving force. He would always pick up strangers and invite people in. We’d come back from church and whoever was hungry would show up, and we’d have like 15-20 people at the table on Sundays. That idea of eating and bringing people together was the base for me. I came back from France to New Orleans for a little bit and then went to work at Southern Living magazine as a food editor. For me it was always about food, words and writing.

How were you introduced to Korean food? S: Growing up in New Orleans, I think we had one Korean restaurant, but I can’t really even remember. I was never exposed to Korean food growing up, and I didn’t really start eating it until I was in my early 20s. I learned how to make kimchi … and I fell in love with all the flavors. I’ve always been drawn to the food in the sense that it’s so aesthetical-

ly beautiful. They take so much care and there’s a balance and a harmony in consideration of the body. There are very healthy components to it, but it’s also rustic and hearty at the same time. I love that combination. I think the flavors are bold, but we also tend to think of Korean food as being spicy and stinky. But it’s very varied and there are a lot of dishes that are quite mild.

How do you incorporate your own upbringing and experiences into the book? S: Everyday Korean is written with my co-author Seung Hee Lee, who was actually my interpreter in Seoul for (my first book) Trail of Crumbs. I went back to Korea on book tour for the Korean-language edition and I met her and she was just so passionate about food. She had studied royal Korean cuisine, and she was just about to go to Johns Hopkins (University). We’d kept in touch over the years and came up with the idea for Everyday Korean. It’s sort of an homage to her grandmother and the food she knew growing up with a true Korean heritage. For me, I’m more like the average Western reader, where it’s about recipes. A lot of the recipes are taken from my experiences and travels. For example, there’s a fritto misto with kimchi tartar sauce, which you would never find (in Korea), but it just paired really well. There’s also a fried chicken liver po-boy with an Asian pear slaw, so a little bit of Western (influence) and traditional Korean. We’ve got her grandmother’s pumpkin soup, and all of the kimchi recipes are very traditional. — HELEN FREUND

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EAT+DRINK PLATE DATES NOVEMBER 21-22

Hoppy Thanksgiving 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, 423 Canal St., (504) 861-2537 www.audubonnatureinstitute.org The insectarium’s Bug Appetit cafe offers buggy takes on Thanksgiving favorites, such as mealworm muffins, waxworm cranberry sauce and cricket pumpkin pie, as well as six-legged salsa and “chocolate chirp” cookies. Samples free with museum admission.

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Canal Street Lighting Ceremony 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Friday Astor Crowne Plaza, 739 Canal St., (504) 962-0500 www.astorneworleans.com The Downtown Development District and Astor Crowne Plaza host a reception for the lighting of Canal Street for the holidays. Guests can decorate their own cookies and there’s complimentary hot cocoa and apple cider. Attendees donating an unwrapped toy can have their picture taken with Santa Claus. Free admission.

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Wayward Owl Turns One! Noon-8 p.m. Saturday Wayward Owl Brewing Company, 3940 Thalia St., (504) 827-1646 www.waywardowlbrewing.com The brewery celebrates its first birthday with live music and special beers, including Dat Radler, Dunkelweiss, Macguffin Cascadian dark ale, My Funky Family with local strawberries, Megascops bourbon barrel-aged Scotch ale, and Wed-locked & Loaded bourbon barrel-aged coconut Irish coffee brown ale. There’s food from Taylor Made Wings on the Geaux beginning at 1 p.m. and Grita Tacos beginning at 4 p.m.

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FIVE THANKSGIVING TAKEOUT OPTIONS (ADVANCED ORDER REQUIRED)

Central City BBQ 1201 S. Rampart St., (504) 558-4276 www.centralcitybbq.com The barbecue hub offers hickory-smoked turkey with gravy, sweet corn spoonbread, green bean casserole, barbecue jambalaya and fruit cobbler.

Baked goods available via online ordering include buttermilk biscuits, apple tarts, butternut squash pie, lemon meringue pie and chocolate buttermilk pie.

Seither’s Seafood

Simone’s Market

Gracious Bakery 1000 S. Jefferson Davis Parkway, Suite 100; 2854 St. Charles Ave.; 4930 Prytania St.; (504) 301-3709 Ext. 3 (catering orders) www.graciousbakery.com The holiday takeout menu features rolls, herbed challah, satsuma icebox pie, banoffee pie and apple-maple custard pie.

Levee Baking Co. 3824 Dryades St. www.leveebakingco.com

279 Hickory Ave., Harahan, (504) 738-1116 www.seithersseafood.com Seafood options include oysters in their shells, shucked oysters, lump crabmeat, crab claws, seafood-stuffed mirlitons and oyster patties. 8201 Oak St., Suite 2, (504) 273-7706 www.simonesmarket.com The menu includes satsuma and cranberry relish, pecan-praline-sweet potato casserole, green chili cornbread dressing and organic turkey.

Contact Will Coviello willc@gambitweekly.com 504.483.3106 | FAX: 866.473.7199

C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S AT W W W. B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S .C O M Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, addresses are for New Orleans. Dollar signs represent the average cost of a dinner entree: $ — under $10; $$ — $11 to $20; $$$ — $21 or more. To update information in the Out 2 Eat listings, email willc@gambitweekly.com, fax 483-3116 or call Will Coviello at 483-3106. Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.

AMERICAN Vista Buffet — Treasure Chest Casino, 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

BAR & GRILL Queenies on St. Claude — 3200 St. Claude Ave., (504) 558-4085; www. facebook.com/queeniesonstclaude — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

BARBECUE Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ — 3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 305-4393 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

BURGERS Ben’s Burgers — 2008 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 889-2837; www. eatatbens.com — No reservations. Open 24 hours daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe Aquarius — 2101 Paris Road, Chalmette, (504) 510-3080 — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe Gentilly — 5339 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.thecafegentilly.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Cash only. $ Cafe Luna — 802 1/2 Nashville Ave., (504) 333-6833; www.facebook.com/cafeluna504 — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ NOLA Beans — 762 Harrison Ave., (504) 267-0783; www.nolabeans.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., , (504) 371-5074; www.spottedcatfoodspirits.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

CHINESE Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., (504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelateria. com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 894-8881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. Brunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Sat.-Sun., early dinner Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Emeril’s Restaurant — 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-new-orleans — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Meril — 424 Girod St., (504) 526-3745; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/meril — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ NOLA Restaurant — 534 St. Louis St., (504) 522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/nola-restaurant — Reservations recommended. Lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Rue 127 — 127 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 483-1571; www.rue127.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Salon Restaurant by Sucre — 622 Conti

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Ted Williams serves whole racks of ribs at Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ (3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-305-4393). PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER

St., (504) 267-7098; www.restaurantsalon.com — Reservations accepted. Brunch and early dinner Thu.-Mon. Credit cards. $$

cery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $

Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

CREOLE

Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Sammy’s Po-boys & Catering — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0916; Www.sammyspoboys.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., Dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 592-0223; www.weltysdeli.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.Fri. Credit cards. $

The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Breaux Mart — Citywide; www. breauxmart.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Gro-

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www. andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

OUT TO EAT

JAPANESE Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Capdeville — 520 Capdeville St., (504) 371-5161; www.capdevillenola. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Kingfish — 337 Chartres St., (504) 598-5005; www.kingfishneworleans. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Le Bayou Restaurant — 208 Bourbon St., (504) 525-4755; www.lebayourestaurant. com — No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night Mon.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Casablanca — 3030 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2209; www.casablancanola.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner Sun.-Thu. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN El Gato Negro — 81 French Market Place, (504) 525-9752; 300 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-0107; 800 S. Peters St., (504) 3098864; www.elgatonegronola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; 5538 Magazine St.; www. juansflyingburrito.com — No reservations.

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Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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OUT TO EAT Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ La Casita Taqueria — 8400 Oak St., (504) 826-9913; www.eatlacasita.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.

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

Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ R&O’s Restaurant — 216 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie, (504) 831-1248; www.rnosrestarurant.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

PERUVIAN Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; www.titoscevichepisco.com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards.$$

PIZZA G’s Kitchen Spot — Balcony Bar, 3201 Magazine St., (504) 891-9226; www. gskitchenspot.com — No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards.$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizzas.com — No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www. marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; www.slicepizzeria.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — No reservations. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www. shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

Heads & Tails Seafood & Oyster Bar — 1820 Dickory Ave., Suite A, Harahan, (504) 533-9515; www.headsandtailsrestaurant. com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant — 738 Poland Ave., (504) 943-9914; Www.jackdempseys. net — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant des Familles — 7163 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 689-7834; www. desfamilles.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

STEAKHOUSE Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ The Steak Knife Restaurant & Bar — 888 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-8981; www. steakkniferestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

SEAFOOD

VIETNAMESE

Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 4838899; www.namese.net — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Rolls N Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.rollsnbowlsnola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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TUESDAY 21 21st Amendment — Prohibition AllStars, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Gentilly Stompers, 3; Ruth Marie & Her Jazz Band, 6:30 Banks Street Bar — Ricky T & the Robots, 9 Blue Nile — Jeff Chaz & the NOLA Blues, 9 BMC — Jersey Slim, 5; Dapper Dandies, 8; Wonderland, 11 Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters Quartet, 8 Cafe Negril — 4 Sidemen of the Apocalypse, 6 Check Point Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Chip Wilson, 5:30; Sansone, Krown & Fohl, 8; Jamey St. Pierre, 10 Circle Bar — Carl LeBlanc, 6 Columns Hotel — John Rankin & Friends, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — DinosAurchestra, 7; Treme Brass Band, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Jenna McSwain, 9 Gasa Gasa — Unsane, Plaque Marks, AR-15, 9 Jazz National Historical Park — Richard “Piano” Scott, noon The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 Joy Theater — 21 Savage, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 Mag’s 940 — All-Star Covered Dish Country Jamboree, 9 The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 Paradigm Gardens — Margie Perez, 6 Preservation Hall — Preservation AllStars feat. Will Smith, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Queenie’s — Jackson Square All-Stars, 6:30 Ray’s — Bobby Love & Friends, 7 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Vincent Marini, 4; Lucas Davenport, 7 Saenger Theatre — Tigerama, 7:30 Santos Bar — Frankie and the Witch Fingers, 8 p.m. SideBar — Mike Dillon & Dave Easley, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Dave Geare, 3; Geovane Santos, 6

The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10 Three Muses — Sam Cammarata, 5; Josh Gouzy, 8

WEDNESDAY 22 Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — Soundbytes with PJ Morton, 9 The AllWays Lounge & Theater — Heidijo, 6 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat. Giselle Anguizola, 2; Mem Shannon, 6:30; Sunshine Brass Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Bianca Love, 5; Louise Cappi, 8; MainLine, 11 Bourbon O Bar — Shynola Jazz Band, 8 Cafe Negril — Maid of Orleans, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Check Point Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Ivor Simpson-Kennedy, 5:30; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8; Jason Ricci & Friends, 10 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 7 Columns Hotel — Andy Rogers, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The George French Trio, 9:30 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Gasa Gasa — Loucey, Spawns, Baby Bats, 9 House of Blues — Bamboleo (Latin club night), midnight House of Blues (The Parish) — Jet Lounge, 11 The Jazz Playhouse — Glen David Andrews, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8:30 The Maison — New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 6:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Khris Royal & Dark Matter, 10 Preservation Hall — Preservation AllStars feat. Will Smith, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & the Next Generation, 8 & 10 Rare Form — Nervous Duane, 1; Matt Galloway, 9 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — David Bach, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Boogie Men, 8 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 5:30

PREVIEW

Baauer with A-Trak and Mannie Fresh

HARRY RODRIGUES, THE ONCE-WUNDERKIND, now-entrenched DJ/producer better known as Baauer, summed up many people’s • Nov. 24 thoughts on electronic dance music (EDM) in his response to 2012’s • 10 p.m. Friday internet-breaking, meme-generat• The Metropolitan, ing “Harlem Shake”: “I didn’t want to be an EDM producer,” he told 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, The Guardian last year, “and I still (504) 568-1702; don’t want to be.” I feel you, Harry — I didn’t want to be writing about www.themetronola.com an EDM producer, and I still don’t want to be. As if to prove whichever contraflow-lemming came up with IDM (“intelligent dance music”) had a point, the vast majority of the genre — basically, raver marching orders photocopied beyond recognition — has made the term the most reviled e-word in music since emo. Luckily for Baauer (and for us), even “Harlem Shake,” billion-viewed lit wick that it is, incorporates too much thrift-store panache (trap menace, those lion growls) to be sardined in with the “When will the bass drop?” parodies. (Spoiler: Every damn measure.) It’s little more than a demo reel for his 2016 debut LP Aa (LuckyMe), which pulls together an impressive hip-hop posse (Future, Pusha T, M.I.A.) and pushes them out onto a neon-glowing, dry-ice skating rink. This month saw the release of “Fern Gully/Dumbo Drop,” a collaborative 45 with Fool’s Gold label head Alain Macklovitch, aka Kanye West foil A-Trak, the B-side to this A-list DJ set. Mannie Fresh opens to show the kids where it came from. Tickets $15-$35. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

SideBar — Aurora Nealand, Trapper Keeper, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Thriller vs. Bad (Michael Jackson tribute), 8 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Bart Ramsey, 3; Up Up We Go, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Chris Christy’s Band, 2; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 10 Three Muses — Leslie Martin, 5; Gal Holiday, 8 Twist of Lime — Stepping Sideways, Daemon Grimm, Matted, 10

6:30; Bon Bon Vivant, 10 Bar Mon Cher — Bats in the Belfry with DJs Mange and Emily Anne (goth night), 9 The Bayou Bar — Philip Melancon, 8 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night feat. Higher Heights and DJ T-Roy, 11 BMC — Felion, 5; Andre Lovett, 8; Claude Bryant & the All-Stars, 11 Bourbon O Bar — The Luneta Jazz Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Tom McDermott & Friends, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6

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Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30

Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — Bill Summers & Friends, 7

Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6

Bamboula’s — Kala Chandra, 3; Royal Street Windin’ Boys feat. Jenavieve Cook,

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Blue Nile Balcony Room — Airee feat. Dappa, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. BMC — The Jazzmen, 3; Willie Lockett, 5; All 4 One Brass Band, 9; Sierra Green & Soul Machine, midnight Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters & the Party Meters, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — James Evans Trio, 6; Calvin Johnson & Native Son, 9 Cafe Istanbul — Tori & Chantrisse, 9 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Casa Borrega — Merengue 4, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Ed Volker’s Lost Radio, 9 Circle Bar — Mod Dance Party with DJ Matty, 10 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 7; George Porter Jr. & His Runnin’ Pardners, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Pink Room Project, 11 House of Blues (The Parish) — Tre-G, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Shannon Powell Quartet, 8 Joy Theater — Partners N Crime, DJ Jubilee (25th anniversary), 8 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — New Orleans Suspects, 10 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — The Key Sound, 4 Oak — Burris, 9 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Marshland, 9:30 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Mark Braud & Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Preservation Hall — The Ella Fitzgerald Songbook feat. Quiana Lynell, Preservation All-Stars, 1; Preservation All-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Will Dickerson Band, 1; Justin Donovan, 6; Steve Mignano, 10 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Lucas Davenport, 6; Hyperphlyy, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Tab Benoit, 9:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Amanda Ducorbier, 9 Siberia Lounge — Bomb’s Ex Lover, Orange Juice, Landlocked Seas, Hydra Plane, 10 SideBar — Box 3.1 feat. Cliff Hines, Dan Oestreicher, Jeff Albert, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Sullivan Fortner Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Up Up We Go, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Panorama Jazz Band, 6 Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Debbie Davis, 6; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9 Tipitina’s — The Funkin’ Truth feat. Leo Nocentelli, Stanton Moore, Big Sam, John “Papa” Gros, Bill “The Buddha” Dickens, Khris Royal, Erica Falls, 10

Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Sam Kuslan, 5

SUNDAY 26 21st Amendment — Christopher Johnson Quartet, 8 Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — Juju Child & the Hypnotic Roots Band, Sierra Green, 9 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Carl LeBlanc, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Bar Redux — JD Hill, Domenic Fusca, 9 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — Foot & Friends, 3; Ruth Marie’s Jazz Band, 7; Migano, 10 Bourbon O Bar — G & the New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Gerald French Trio, 7 Cafe Istanbul — New Soul Inc., MC White, 7 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 8 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Friends, 6; Faith Healer, Cecil Frena, Melting Coffin, 10 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Michael Mason Band, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — LTJ Bukem, 10 Gasa Gasa — Unfortunate Side Effect, Phantom Fiction, The Fixers, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Mega Ran, $leazy EZ, Alfred Banks, Kaye the Beast, Kadesh Flow, 10 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 The Jefferson Orleans North — Cindy Van Duyne, The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 7 The Maison — Higher Heights, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat. Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 10 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Romy Vargas & the Mercy Buckets, 7 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Mark Braud & Sunday Night Swingsters, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation AllStars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — The Key Sound, 10 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Will Kennedy, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 Siberia Lounge — Sam Doores (songwriter showcase), 9 SideBar — James Singleton Trio, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Joe Dyson Quartet, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Kristina Morales & the Inner Wild, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Linnzi Zaorski, 8

MONDAY 27 21st Amendment — Kala Bazaar Swing Society, 7:30 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Co & Co Traveling Show, 2; G & the New Orleans Swinging Gypsies,

5:30; Smoky Greenwell, 9 Banks Street Bar — Chris Dibenedetto’s Piano Showcase, 7 Blue Nile — Jeff Chaz, 7; Brass-A-Holics, 10 BMC — Two Way Street, 5; Lil Red & Big Bad, 7; Joy Owens Band, 10 Bourbon O Bar — Shake It Break It Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Arsene DeLay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; In Business, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Justin Molaison, 5:30; Alex McMurray & Spencer Bohren, 8 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 7; Motown Monday with DJ Shane Love, 10 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 7; Egg Yolk Jubilee, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander’s Blues Jam Session, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Audiodope with DJ Ill Medina, 11 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Joy Theater — John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring, 7 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 Portside Lounge — The Meditations, 8 Rare Form — Nervous Duane, 1 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — John Marcey Duo, 4; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7 SideBar — Rod Hodges’ Micro-Iguanas feat. Joe Cabral, Anthony Cuccia, 8:30 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Psychostick, Raven Black, Arsonists Get All the Girls, Kissing Candice, 6:30 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Sam Cammarata, 3; Carolyn Broussard, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 2; Sarah McCoy, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 10

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — The organist’s “Organ & Labyrinth” performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock by candlelight. Free. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Deontria Gibson, Alexis McQuarter, Layla Lewis. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www. trinitynola.com — The vocalists perform classical and soul selections. Damien Gibson, Kevin Gullage and Kerry Lewis Jr. provide accompaniment. Free. 5 p.m. Sunday.

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FILM FESTIVALS Always for Pleasure Festival. The Court 13 Arts production company presents Brimstone & Glory and Italian Oscar nominee A Ciambra. Visit www.alwaysforpleasure.org for details. Tuesday.

OPENING THIS WEEKEND Coco (PG) — In this offering from animation powerhouse Pixar, a boy ventures through a Latin American-inspired Land of the Dead. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal, Broad Felicite — A singer looks for her 14-yearold son after he gets in a motorcycle accident. Zeitgeist The Man Who Invented Christmas (PG) — Dan Stevens (Matthew from Downton Abbey) plays Charles Dickens in a drama about the writing of A Christmas Carol. Elmwood The Man From Earth and The Man From Earth: Holocene — In the sci-fi films, a professor reveals his mysterious past. Zeitgeist Roman J. Israel, Esq. (PG-13) — In this legal thriller, Denzel Washington is your idealistic defense attorney thrust to prominence during a crisis. Slidell Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — A woman uses unconventional tactics to draw attention to her daughter’s unsolved murder. Broad

NOW SHOWING A Bad Moms Christmas (R) — “Bad moms” Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn return to wage war on Christmas under the watchful eye of their own mothers. Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Daddy’s Home 2 (PG-13) — Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell are feuding dads in this holiday-themed sequel. Chalmette, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre The Florida Project (R) — Breakout writer-director Sean Baker (Tangerine) presents the film about a precocious 6-year-old living at a run-down motel. Broad Happy Death Day (PG-13) — Like Groundhog Day, if Groundhog Day had been a slasher film. Regal Jigsaw (R) — The torture-porn franchise resurrects itself with the return of a killer once thought dead. Slidell Justice League (PG-13) — Superheroes join forces, again. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre, Broad The Killing of a Sacred Deer (R) — The film is Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to last year’s bleakly hilarious The Lobster. Broad The LEGO NINJAGO Movie (PG) — Plastic figurines experiment with martial arts. Slidell

Lady Bird (R) — A teen (Saoirse Roman) with punk sensibilities navigates a fraught time of life in this mother-daughter dramedy. Broad, Cinebarre Let There Be Light (PG-13) — An atheist responds predictably to a near-death experience. Slidell, Regal Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) — The film remakes the 1974 film adapted from one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels. Chalmette, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Cinebarre The Star (PG) — The animated film tells the story of the Nativity from the point of view of the animals. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) — Chris Hemsworth reprises his role as the Norse-inspired Marvel character. Chalmette, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre, Broad Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (PG-13) — Madea and friends must flee a haunted campground in Tyler Perry’s perpetual franchise. Chalmette, Slidell, Regal Wild Ocean 3-D — The ecology documentary explores marine life off the South African coast. Entergy Giant Screen Wonder (PG) — After several plastic surgeries, a young boy with facial differences starts fifth grade at public school. West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal

SPECIAL SCREENINGS The Birds (PG-13) — The Hitchcock film is adapted from a Daphne du Maurier (Rebecca) novella. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania The Departed (R) — Every bro’s favorite movie is screened. 10 p.m. Sunday. Prytania The Departure — In the documentary, a Japanese punk-turned-priest helps people with suicidal thoughts. 6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Eraserhead — David Lynch’s heartwarming tale of early fatherhood. 2 p.m. Saturday. New Orleans Museum of Art Howl’s Moving Castle — A young woman befriends a wizard who lives in a restless, magical house. 12:55 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Monday. Elmwood, West Bank, Regal Islenos, a Root of America — The documentary is about St. Bernard Parish residents with roots in the Canary Islands. 2 p.m. Tuesday. Chalmette Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey — Sally Sussman’s film is about the effect Midnight Express had on Turkey. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Miracle on 34th Street (1947) — A department-store Santa claims to be the real deal. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania

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Lady Bird

FOR A TOWN THAT PRIDES ITSELF on social awareness and progressive politics, • Directed by Greta Gerwig Hollywood recently has struggled to keep up with changing times. First came the • Starring Saoirse Ronan, 2015 #oscarssowhite campaign spotlighting the perennial lack of Academy Award Laura Metcalf and nominations (and screen time) for people Tracy Letts of color. The Academy responded with major changes to its membership and vot• Limited release ing policies, but more roles for nonwhite actors and those behind the camera have remained elusive. COURTESY A24 Sexual harassment and abuse scandals have rocked Hollywood in 2017, damaging or ending careers for powerful players such as Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey. More important, the scandals blew the lid off Tinseltown’s barely hidden old boys’ club and its deeply ingrained sexism. Self-deprecating jokes won’t be enough to clear the air on this subject at next year’s Academy Awards ceremony — we’ve come too far for that. Hollywood’s current predicament sets an unlikely stage for first-time solo writer-director Greta Gerwig’s beautifully realized Lady Bird, a coming-of-age story about a 17-year-old girl struggling to break free of her conservative upbringing in suburban Sacramento, California in 2002. One almost can hear Hollywood’s sighs of relief because a woman was greenlighted to make a debut film that will undoubtedly figure prominently in awards season, which begins in a couple of weeks and won’t let up until the Oscars ceremony on March 4, 2018. Any rush by the film industry to take credit for Gerwig’s creative success should be tempered by the real lesson of Lady Bird: It’s not impossible to make a great movie from the stuff of everyday life. Just about every scene in Gerwig’s small, deeply personal film rings true and makes standard-issue coming-of-age stories — as churned out by Hollywood — seem hollow and pandering by comparison. Best known for comedic performances in films Frances Ha and Mistress America (both of which she co-wrote with her partner, director Noah Baumbach), Gerwig hails from Sacramento but has said that Lady Bird is autobiographical only in broad emotional terms, not specifics. That emotional truth is central to Gerwig’s film and generated by a screenplay capturing the cycles of support and antagonism unique to intense family relationships — especially between mothers and daughters. Teens will surely recognize something of their lives in Lady Bird, but this is a coming-of-age story told with benefit of grown-up experience and perspective, and characters to which viewers of any age can relate. Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) plays Christine, a senior at a Catholic high school who has adopted the more individualistic name “Lady Bird.” She contends with her hypercritical mother (Laura Metcalf) and adores her sweet but severely depressed dad (Tracy Letts). Complicated relationships consume her and feed her dreams of escaping to New York City, though her grades and finances present obstacles. A self-described theater nerd, Gerwig surrounded herself with Broadway royalty to make Lady Bird. Metcalf won this year’s Tony Award for Best Actress (for A Doll’s House, Part 2) and inhabits a difficult role in ferocious style. Letts is a similarly accomplished actor and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for his play August: Osage County. Artists like these add depth to Lady Bird and seem an ideal match for Gerwig’s screenplay, which manages to reveal characters instead of explaining them. That is how a filmmaker shows respect for her audience — and thrives in an industry that would just as soon hold her back. — KEN KORMAN

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Come in your coziest pajamas to an exclusive Patrons-only, jazz brunch. Mix and mingle with Mr. Bingle, gather for a family photograph, then catch a special holiday performance at noon. Stay and play the entire day!

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Tickets: $12 per person for LCM Members; $15 per person for Non-Members

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HAPPENINGS Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp. Citywide — The international arts exhibition features shows at area museums and installation sites, art walks, a gala, artist panels and more. Visit www.prospectneworleans.org for details.

GALLERIES A Gallery for Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — “Barking at God — Retablos Mundanos,” hand-colored photogravures combining Mexican devotional art and New Orleans graffiti, through December. Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Raymond Douillet: 50 Years of Creativity,” retrospective of the surrealist artist’s works, through Dec. 4. Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “We Believe in Infinite Intelligence,” prints from Lacey Prpic Hedtke’s book of the same name, through Monday. “Antenna Part 1,” works by AnnieLaurie Erickson, Ben Fox-McCord, Avery Lawrence and Ashley Teamer, through Dec. 3. Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 3040849; www.antieaugallery.com — New work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing. Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 891-9080; www.antonart.com — Selected folk art by Mose Tolliver, Jim Sudduth, Howard Finster and others, ongoing. Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Queen of Mirth,” new works by Stephen Paul Day; “Spirit in the Dark,” new works by Douglas Bourgeois; both through Dec. 23.

Art Klub. 1941 Arts St., (504) 943-6565; www.artklub.org — “SCAVENGERS,” multimedia exhibition of works by St. Suzan Baltozer, Amy Bryan, Keith Duncan, Jacqueline Ehle Inglefield, Ryuta Iwashita and Chris Lawson, through Feb. 25, 2018. Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Requiem—American Splendor,” paintings and collage by Dennis Dawson; “Here Come the Warm Jets,” drawings and grotto installation by Jon Boles; both through Dec. 2. Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St., (504) 322-5055; www.beatasasik.com — New work by Beata Sasik, ongoing. Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing. Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 5812440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Water Land,” new work by Errol Barron, through Nov. 28. Brand New Orleans Art Gallery. 646 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 251-2695; www. brandneworleansartgallery.com — “Been Seeing You Go,” new paintings by Tim Cavnar, through November. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “New Sculpture,” new works by David Borgerding, through Dec. 21. Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Thanksgiving,” exhibition by gallery artists, through Saturday. Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “Lumineux,” abstract and natural paintings by George Marks, Lisa di Stefano and Ashton Shaw Despot, through Dec. 30. Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — “Inventory of the Possible,”

rary Mexican artists, through Dec. 30. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Slivers of Land,” new paintings by Billy Solitario, through Dec. 30. M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing. Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwelchart.com — Paintings and mixed-media work by Martin Welch, ongoing. Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Hello There,” new paintings by Logan Ledford, ongoing. Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos. com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing. M.S. Rau Antiques. 630 Royal St., (504) 523-5660; www.rauantiques.com — “Aristocracy: Luxury and Leisure in Britain,” art, furniture and objects from 19th-century England, through Jan. 20, 2018. New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (504) 383-4765; www. theneworleansartcenter.com — “Bywater Biennial 2017: Louisiana, A Celebration of Life,” group exhibition of more than 60 artists curated by Don Marshall, through Dec. 30. New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 5297277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Glass sculpture by Paul Bendzunas Sr. and Sy Dowling, through November. New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — “Self-Untitled,” new photographs by Samantha Geballe, ongoing. Oleander Gallery. 1000 Royal St. — “Femaissance,” works by contemporary women artists, through Dec. 10. Pamela Marquis Studio. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 615-1752; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New paintings by Pamela Marquis, ongoing. Pelican Bomb Gallery X. 1612 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; www.pelicanbomb. com — “Queer Tropics,” exhibition exploring interpretations of the tropics, through Feb. 25, 2018. Porter Lyons. 631 Toulouse St., (800) 585-0348; www.porterlyons.com — “Ritual Ritual,” group exhibition of works by artists including Lisette Chavez, Olesya Ianovitch, Cameron Quinlan, Austyn Sullivan and others, ongoing.

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abstract acrylic paintings by Evert Witte, through Saturday. Creason’s Fine Art. 831 Chartres St., (504) 304-4392; www.creasonsfineart.com — “Figures II: Jazz Portraits on Strings,” marionettes by Harry Mayronne, ongoing. Ellen Macomber Fine Art & Textiles. 1720 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-9414; www.ellenmacomber.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Frank Relle Photography. 910 Royal St., (504) 388-7601 — New selections from “Until the Water,” “Nightscapes” and “Nightshade,” night photographs of Louisiana by Frank Relle, ongoing. The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Full House,” exhibition of works by gallery artists, through Dec. 3. Gallery 2. 831 Royal St., (504) 513-8312; www.gallerytwonola.com — “The Needle Dance,” beadwork by Big Chief Demond Melancon of Young Seminole Hunters, through Dec. 7. Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “Louisiana Light,” plein air paintings of South Louisiana by Charles G. Smith, through November. Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www.beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing. Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres.com — Mixed-media work by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Gallery Orange. 819 Royal St., (504) 701-0857; www.gallery-orange.com — “Everything Now,” new works by Kurt Pio, ongoing. Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Avalanches Volcanoes Asteroids Floods,” site-specific installation by Brazilian collective Assume Vivid Astro Focus, through Jan. 28, 2018. Guy Lyman Fine Art. 3645 Magazine St., (504) 899-4687; www.guylymanfineart.com — “What We’re Made Of,” new work by Anne Lipscomb and Rachael Noto, ongoing. Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett.com — “WTF,” group show featuring James Kane, Caitlin Albritton and 25 other artists, through Dec. 5. Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “Sin Titulo (Untitled),” group exhibition of works by contempo-

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Reynolds-Ryan Art Gallery. Isidore Newman School, 5333 Danneel St., (504) 896-6369; www.newmanschool.org — “New Perspectives,” work by five Hispanic contemporary artists, through Dec. 1. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. 2028 Magazine St., (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Works by new members Michelle Benson Huck, Mike Boyle, Karina Stanton, Lizzy Carlson and 22 others, ongoing. RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass, metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing. Scene by Rhys Art Gallery. 708 Toulouse St., (504) 258-5842; www.scenebyrhys. com — Pen and ink drawings by Emilie Rhys, ongoing. Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter. org — “Perfection Is a Golden Swamp,” group exhibition about national ennui, through Dec. 2. ShiNola Gallery. 1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 223-5732; www.facebook. com/shinolagallery — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Slidell Cultural Center. Slidell City Hall, 2055 Second St., Slidell, (985) 646-4375 — Mixed-media juried exhibition, through Dec. 16. Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — “Passages,” oil paintings on linen by Saskia Ozols Eubanks, ongoing. The Spielman Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504) 899-7670; www.davidspielman.com — Black-and-white photographs by David Spielman cover travel, Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf South, ongoing. Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Buffer,” group exhibition about “buffer” as a noun and a verb, through Dec. 3, 2018. St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation. org — “Self/Reflection,” selections from New Orleans Museum of Art collections, through Dec. 3. Studio Inferno. 6601 St. Claude Ave., Arabi, (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/ infernonola — “Monuments and Momentos,” new works by Erika Larkin Gaudet and Mitchell Gaudet, ongoing. Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.tengallerynola.com — “FERTILE,” work about creation, renewal and rebirth by Cheryl Hayes, David Rex Joyner, Bryce Speed, Jeff Rinehart, Sarah Marshall and Peter Barnitz, through Nov. 29. Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www.vieuxcarregallery.com — New work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing. Zack Smith Photography Studio and Gallery. 4514 Magazine St., (504) 2517745 — “The Battlefield Oak,” landscape photography by Zack Smith, ongoing.

SPARE SPACES Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design. 1725 Baronne St., (504) 314-2330; www.architecture.tulane. edu/outreach/small-center — “Sites of

Resistance,” works highlighting activism in New Orleans throughout the city’s history, through Feb. 5, 2018. Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — “Things Imagined: Life Outside the Lines,” work about dreams and ideas, through Sunday. The Building 1427. 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 352-9283; www. building1427.com — Mixed-media works by Daniel Jupiter, Mark Lacabe and Eric Alugas, ongoing. Crescent City Brewhouse. 527 Decatur St., (504) 522-0571; www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com — Jim Sohr & Luis Colmenares retrospective, through November. Glitter Box. 1109 Royal St., Suite A; www. glitterboxno.com — “Strange Girls Never Die Community Altar,” collaborative community altar made with Minneapolis collective A Conspiracy of Strange Girls, through November. Pirate’s Alley Cafe. 622 Pirate’s Alley, (504) 524-9332; www.piratesalleycafe. com — Paintings, prints and mixed-media works by Joe Bostick, Mario Ortiz, Chris Holcombe, Nathan Durapau, Ernest Brown, Emily Stieber, Jennifer Laffin, Brandon Felix and others, ongoing. St. Louis Cathedral. Jackson Square, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, (504) 525-9585; www. stlouiscathedral.org — Artists including Ken Cook, Sher Stewart, Dayana Jordan, Joan Bonner, Lee Tucker and Nathan Pitts display works in front of the cathedral and around Jackson Square, ongoing. St. Tammany Parish Public Library, Mandeville Branch. 844 Girod St., Mandeville, (985) 626-4293; www.sttammany.lib.la.us — “Reading the World: Tablet to Tablet,” traveling exhibition about the evolution of books, through November. Treo. 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 304-4878; www.treonola.com — “Drifting,” work inspired by currents of air or water by Tricia Duffy Vitrano, Eva Maier and Susan Norris, through November. Tulane University (Jones Hall). 6801 Freret St. — “The Organic Modernism of Albert C. Ledner,” drawings, letters and photographs by the architect, through June 8, 2018.

MUSEUMS Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” exhibition of works by Prospect.4 artists, through Feb. 25, 2018. The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Storyville: Madams and Music,” photographs, maps, cards and objects from New Orleans’ one-time red-light district, through Dec. 2. “Giants of Jazz: Art Posters and Lithographs by Waldemar Swierzy from the Daguillard Collection,” jazz portraits by the Polish poster artist, through Dec. 17. “Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” exhibition of works by Prospect.4 artists, through Feb. 25, 2018. “The Seignouret-Brulatour House: A New Chapter,” model of a 200-year-old French Quarter building and historic site, ongoing. Le Musee de F.P.C. 2336 Esplanade Ave., (504) 233-0384; www.facebook.com/ lemuseedefpc — “Through His Lens,” Harold F. Baquet photography retrospective, through Dec. 15. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Historic French Quarter life and architecture

ART THE THING ABOUT THE DUTCH is that they are always, somehow, indelibly Dutch — especially their visual artists. I mean that as a compliment. Although if the precise realism of Johannes Vermeer, the post-impressionist brio of Vincent Van Gogh and the bold yet orderly abstraction of Piet Mondrian seem very different, look again. The common thread is their pristine lyricism, a lucidity tinged with a touch of mysticism despite being rooted in that most practical of nationalities. In 1993, Dutch artist Evert Witte took a road trip across the U.S. that led him to New Orleans. He has been here, more or less, ever since, painting in his unique manner, as if early Mondrian took a side trip through latter 20th-century America before ending up in a studio off Carrollton Avenue just in time for the post-postmodern new age of abstraction. The look is still preternaturally Dutch, but with coolly elusive, jazz fusion overtones. Casta Diva (pictured) is emblematic • Through Nov. 25 — a loose fandango of pale aubergine and zinfandel loop-de-loops cavorting • Inventory of the Possible: Abstract in an ethereal psychic safe space that paintings by Evert Witte suggests how Mondrian might have painted had he lived long enough to • Cole Pratt Gallery, hear David Bowie sing about “Quaaludes and red wine.” Despite looking 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; so wavy-gravy, everything is situated www.coleprattgallery.com in its proper place with deft Dutch perspicacity. Callas in Blue is almost like a painterly interpretation of George Gershwin’s jazz-inspired composition “Rhapsody in Blue,” but its indigo-infused polka dots and rectangular slashes on a shimmering sea of Curacao suggest a bluesy precursor to Mondrian’s own jazzy Broadway Boogie Woogie. Don’t Ask Willie is more like a rhapsody in beige and smudged umber, cappuccino and milk froth, all arranged in angular slashes that resonate like Charles Mingus playing a slow dirge on his string bass. Miles extends the beat in an angular composition that mingles the staggered angularity of lower Manhattan on a gray autumn day with hints of Japanese Zen drawing’s lyrical transcendence in a visual allegory of Witte’s journey from his old Holland home. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing. Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes and Culture. 1010 Conti St., (504) 218-4872; www.themardigrasmuseum.com — “Jours des Phantoms; Masks and Mayhem,” new paintings by Herb Roe, through Dec. 27. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “East of the Mississippi: 19th-Century American Landscape Photography,” vintage photographs of the American landscape, through Jan. 7, 2018. “Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” exhibition of works by Prospect.4 artists, through Feb. 25, 2018. “New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection,” selected ceramics, through April 2018. “Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the John E. Bullard Collection,” collection of NOMA director emeritus John Bullard, through June 2018.

Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists,” new work by seven U.S. abstract artists, through Dec. 23. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection,” exhibit about African-American contributions to visual art, through Jan. 21, 2018. “Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” exhibition of works by Prospect.4 artists, through Feb. 25, 2018. Tulane University (Woldenberg Art Center). 6823 St. Charles Ave. — “Tulane Contemporary.4,” work by current and visiting professors, through Feb. 9, 2018.

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THEATER & CABARET America’s Wartime Sweethearts: A Tribute to the Andrews Sisters. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5281944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The musical revue honors the Andrews Sisters, who often performed for World War II troops. Tickets $39.99. 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. The Happy Elf. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324; www.slidelllittletheatre.org — In Harry Connick Jr.’s jazz-infused holiday musical, Eubie the Elf tries to spread holiday cheer in the town of Bluesville. Tickets $25. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Hello Dawlin’. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www. cafeistanbulnola.com — Ricky Graham, Varla Jean Merman and Sean Patterson appear in the New Orleans-style spoof of Broadway musicals. Tickets $30. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Love School. Mudlark Public Theatre, 1200 Port St. — The three-day festival features performance artists and durational performances. Visit www.loveschoolneworlea.wixsite.com for details. Tickets $15-$40. 8 p.m. Friday, noon and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Sunday. On the Road with Bob Hope & Friends. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www. stagedoorcanteen.org — Bill Johnson stars as Bob Hope recreating Hope’s famous USO shows from World War II through Vietnam. Tickets $29.52-$64.99. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday. Peppa Pig Live! Surprise! Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — Peppa, George and friends sing, dance and play games in the stage version of the animated show. Tickets $15-$89. 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday. Thrill Me. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave. — See ’Em On Stage presents Stephen Dolgninoff’s account of murderers Nathan Leopold

BURLESQUE & VARIETY American Mess. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www.barcadianeworleans.com — Katie East hosts local and touring comedians alongside burlesque performances. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Bayou Blues Burlesque. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge. net — The weekly performance is a burlesque and variety show. 8 p.m. Friday. Burgundy Burlesque. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 5225400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a weekly burlesque performance featuring live jazz. Free admission; reserved table $10. 9 p.m. Friday. Burlesque Ballroom. The Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www. sonesta.com/jazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx and guests star in the late-night burlesque performance. 11 p.m. Friday. Burlesque Bingo. Bar Mon Cher, 817 St. Louis St., (504) 644-4278; www.barmoncher.com — Lefty Lucy is the emcee at this bingo night with burlesque performances. There’s a one-drink minimum to play a round of bingo. 7 p.m. Monday. Burlesque Boozy Brunch. SoBou, 310 Chartres St., (504) 552-4095; www.sobounola.com — A burlesque performance by Bella Blue and friends accompanies brunch service. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

Christmas Queens. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www. houseofblues.com/neworleans/restaurant — The drag and variety show is hosted by Peppermint and features Jiggly Caliente, Sharon Needles, Thorgy Thor, Ivy Winters and others. 8 p.m. Wednesday. Gag Reflex. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2185778; www.theallwayslounge.net — Neon Burgundy hosts the drag and variety show. 11 p.m. Saturday. High Profile Drag. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Drag artists perform at the variety show. 11 p.m. Friday. Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 9405546; www.dragonsdennola.com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue features burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Saturday. Vixens & Vinyl. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net — Miss GoGo McGregor hosts the evening of burlesque performances. DJ Shane Love performs. Free admission. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www.gravierstreetsocial.com — Bella Blue hosts a burlesque show. Visit www. thebellalounge.com for details. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

DANCE The Hip-Hop Nutcracker. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www. saengernola.com — Kurtis Blow performs in the reworking of the holiday tale set

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COMEDY Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www. facebook.com/twelvemilelimit — Laura Sanders and Kate Mason host an openmic comedy show. Sign-up at 8:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Monday. Black Girl Giggles Comedy Showcase. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.net — Members of the Black Girl Giggles comedy group perform. 7 p.m. Friday. Brown Improv. Waloo’s, 1300 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 834-6474; www.facebook.com/pages/thenewwaloos — New Orleans’ longest-running comedy group performs. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform improv weekly. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 901 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Massive Fraud presents stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www. lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show. 10 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8:30 p.m. Friday. Comedy Gold. House of Blues, Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 901 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts an open-mic standup show. 8 p.m. Thursday. Comic Strip. Siberia Lounge, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — Chris Lane hosts the standup comedy open mic with burlesque interludes. 9:30 p.m. Monday. Crescent Fresh. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Ted Orphan and Geoffrey Gauchet host the stand-up comedy open mic. 8 p.m. Thursday. Dean’s List. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone, Margee Green and Cyrus Cooper perform improv. 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Franchise. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The New Movement’s improv troupes perform. 9 p.m. Friday. Knockout. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Two comedy acts compete to win an audience vote. 9:30 p.m. Monday. Local Uproar. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.net — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a stand-up comedy showcase with free

REVIEW IN 2017, THE DEADLIEST SHOOTING IN U.S. HISTORY was committed by one person operating semi-automatic weapons, but 100 years ago, the “crime of the century” was committed by two promising university students wielding a chisel. The bizarre story of Nathan Leopold (John Fitzpatrick) and Richard Loeb (Eli Timm), two wealthy friends from Chicago who kidnapped, ransomed and murdered a teenage acquaintance in 1924, remains chilling for its cold-blooded senselessness. Dramatized by See ’Em On Stage and directed by Christopher Bentivegna at the AllWays Theatre, Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story by Stephen Dolginoff, is told from the perspective of Leopold, who tells police he went along with the crime because he would do whatever his friend asked. At a parole hearing 34 years later, Leopold still feels justified for his actions. The intense, two-person musical is performed a few feet from the audience, which is seated onstage. Keyboardist Ainsley Matich’s mesmerizing accompaniment intensifies the drama. It is odd to hear accused killers glamorizing murderous acts, though their grisly story is engrossing. Being in such close proximity to the actors psychologically draws the audience into the lovers’ off-kilter, codependent relationship. A genius, Leopold, is irresistibly attracted to the charismatic Loeb, who toys with his affections, bargaining sexual favors so Leopold will partake in his misadventures. The pair waltz, showing the dangerous dance they are beginning. The performance falls short on sexual sizzle, which would go a long way in explaining the overwhelming power Loeb holds over Leopold. Loeb is cruel and takes advantage of Leopold, who seems emotionally needy, but more like a fraternity pledge obliging a brother than a partner. The two brilliant minds seem to intellectualize the murder as if it is a game they are playing or a detective novel they are acting out. Crime soon becomes the essence of their relationship. Loeb loves the excitement and ego boost he gets from outsmarting police. In an era before the use of DNA evidence, the pair avoids suspicion merely by eliminating physical evidence. Their collaboration starts with “silly” crimes, such as robbing a fraternity house and setting fire to a high school office. After studying the nihilistic philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, Loeb believes himself to be a superior human being whose intellect places him above the law. He is inspired to commit the “perfect crime.” Murder is the “logical progression” to get the sensational newspaper headlines he craves. Leopold and Loeb choose to abduct a 14-year-old boy whose father is wealthy enough to pay their ransom, and they lure the teen into their roadster. As in any crime story, there are plot twists, shifting blame and, in this case, a trial with the accused defended by legendary attorney Clarence Darrow. Thrill Me is an intellectual drama that asks us to consider how an act of violence can become depersonalized. — MARY RICKARD

food and ice cream. 8 p.m. Saturday. The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true stories. 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Night Church. Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 947-2379; www.sidneyssaloon.com — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host a stand-up show, and there’s free ice cream. 8:30 p.m. Thursday. NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Duncan Pace hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sunday. Penalty Box. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Teams of improv comedians try to figure out rules devised by the audience. 9 p.m. Saturday.

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The Rip-Off Show. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Comedians compete in a live pop-culture game-show hosted by Geoffrey Gauchet. 8 p.m. Saturday. Something Like. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Improv comedians riff on songs from musicals, and audience members sing along. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The Spontaneous Show. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www. barredux.com — Young Funny comedians present the stand-up comedy show and open mic. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Stoked. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 901 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf. com — Mary-Devon Dupuy and Lane Lonion host the free stand-up comedy show. 9 p.m. Saturday. Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station

Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — Brothers Cassidy and Mickey Henehan host an open mic. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.

CALL FOR THEATER Victory Belles. Singers can audition for the National World War II Museum’s retro singing group The Victory Belles. Email a picture and resume to victoria.reed@ nationalww2museum.org.

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PREVIEW CELEBRATION IN THE OAKS features light displays in 25 acres of New Orleans City Park, including Storyland, Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, New Orleans Botanical Gardens and along the two-mile train ride circling the park’s lagoon near City Park Avenue. Displays feature Mr. Bingle, Louisiana and holiday themes, dinosaurs, mythical creatures and more. Visitors can get their picture taken with Santa Claus at the gazebo near the carousel through Dec. 23. Events include parties celebrating Mr. Bingle’s 70th birthday Dec. 1-3 and an afternoon run/walk Dec. 9. Admission $9, free for children ages 3 and under. — WILL COVIELLO

Celebration in the Oaks • Nov. 24-26 & Dec. 1-Jan. 1, 2018 • 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Thu.; 6 p.m.-11 p.m. Fri.; 5 p.m.-11 p.m. Sat.; 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Sun. • New Orleans City Park, 7 Victory Drive, (504) 482-4888 • www.neworleanscitypark.com/celebration-in-the-oaks

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BingOh!. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The monthly adults-only game night has a “Pimps-Givin’” theme. Admission $5. 8 p.m. Tech Tuesdays. Online Optimism, 1100 St. Andrew St., (504) 324-0065; www. onlineoptimism.com — The networking event features local professionals, talks from tech leaders and refreshments. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.

Thoroughbred Racing. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 944-5515; www.fairgroundsracecourse.com — There are several races at the annual Thanksgiving event at the race track. First post time is 11 a.m.

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dens Amusement Park, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 259-1509; www.neworleanscitypark.com — The annual holiday festival features amusement rides, refreshments and lights displays in the park’s botanical garden. Tickets $9. 6 p.m. Friday and Monday, 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, 500 Port of New Orleans Place; www.riverwalkneworleans.com — There’s free food and PAGE 51

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SATURDAY 25 Arts Market of New Orleans. Palmer Park, South Claiborne and South Carrollton avenues — The Arts Council of New Orleans’ market features local and handmade goods, food, kids’ activities and live music. Visit www.artsneworleans.org for details. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Black Pride Education Empowerment. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www. phnojm.com — At a TED talk-style event, people share stories, information and resources related to the experiences of black LGBTQ people in Louisiana. Free admission. 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. City Tours. Various locations — Friends of the Cabildo leads tours of notable sites for New Orleans rhythm & blues music (Saturday) and of the Garden District (Sunday). Visit www.friendsofthecabildo.org for details. Tickets $25. 10 a.m. Draw-a-Thon. Green Project, 2831 Marais St., (504) 945-0240; www.thegreenproject.org — Antenna hosts the 24-hour drawing marathon featuring workshops and free art supplies. This year’s event has a constellations theme. Visit www.antenna.works for details. 6:30 a.m. Hubbell Holiday Fest and Christmas Tree Sale. Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave., Algiers, (504) 322-7479; www.neworleanspubliclibrary.org — There’s a bake sale, an art fair, kid’s crafts and other activities at the Christmas tree sale. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Louisiana Renaissance Festival. 46468 River Road, Hammond — The festival harks back to the 16th century and includes hundreds of artisans, entertainers, demonstrations, participants in costumes, food, shopping, shows on falconry and jousting, tasting events, parties and weekend camping. Admission $20, children $12. 9:45 a.m. to dusk Saturday-Sunday. Sailing with Santa Cruise. Steamboat Natchez, 400 Toulouse St., (504) 586-8777; www.steamboatnatchez.com — There are Christmas activities including visits with Santa on board the steamboat at its annual benefit for St. Bernard Battered Women’s Shelter and Crescent House. Free admission with a new, unwrapped toy. 2 p.m. Soulgiving. Monkey Hill Bar, 6100 Magazine St., (504) 899-4800; www.monkeyhillbar. com — The party is a benefit for Camp SoulGrow, which provides enriching opportunities for kids. There’s an auction and drinks and hors d’oeuvres are served. 7 p.m.

SUNDAY 26 Bicycling the Back Trails. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Man-

deville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — The Bike Path owner David Moeller leads the trail ride and offers biking tips. Email rue@northlakenature. org for details. Registration $5. 3 p.m. The Holiday Bazaar. The Cannery, 3803 Toulouse St., (504) 486-8351; www.cannerynola.com — ALG Style and Gambit’s CUE host the shopping event featuring offerings from more than 25 local boutiques. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Holiday Brunch with the Snow Queen. Esplanade Mall, 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 468-6116; www.esplanademall. com — The family-friendly brunch features several winter characters, a dance party and an art market. Tickets $35. 10 a.m. Pet Fest. Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, (504) 838-4389; www. lafrenierepark.org — The theme is “Barks and Recreation” at this annual dog-friendly festival. There’s food, live music and a pet costume contest judged by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

MONDAY 27 Not So Friendly Neighbors: The Annexations of New Orleans. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-2200; www.tulane.edu — Richard Campanella delivers the lecture on annexations of New Orleans neighborhoods and how they shaped the contemporary city. A reception follows. Free admission. 7 p.m.

FARMERS MARKETS Covington Farmers Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Crescent City Farmers Market. Citywide — The market offers fresh produce, prepared foods, flowers and plants at locations citywide, including Tulane University Square (200 Broadway St.) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday; the French Market (1008 N. Peters St.) from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday; the American Can Apartments (3700 Orleans Ave.) 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and in the CBD (750 Carondelet St.) 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook. com/crispfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday. French Market. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket. org — The historic French Quarter market offers local produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, coffee and prepared foods. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Gretna Farmers Market. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, (504) 361-1822 — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 25 vendors offering fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, baked goods, honey and flowers.

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, New Orleans City Park, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www.growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Hollygrove Market. Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., (504) 483-7037 — The urban farm operates a daily fresh market. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. ReFresh Project Community Garden Farmers Market. ReFresh Project, 300 N. Broad St.; www.broadcommunityconnections.org — The weekly Monday market offers local produce, homemade kimchi, cocoa-fruit leather, pesto and salad dressing. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday. Rivertown Farmers Market. Rivertown, 400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner.la.us — The market features fruits, vegetables, dairy products, preserves and cooking demonstrations. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Sankofa Mobile Market. Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave. — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday. The truck also stops at 6322 St. Claude Ave. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Vietnamese Farmers Market. Vietnamese Farmers Market, 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd. — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early morning market. 5 a.m. Saturday.

SPORTS Bayou Classic. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive — Grambling State University plays Southern University in the annual bowl game. Visit www.mybayouclassic.com for information. 4 p.m. Saturday. New Orleans Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Dave Dixon Drive — New Orleans Pelicans play the San Antonio Spurs. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

WORDS Ann Powers. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www. louisianastatemuseum.org/museums/theold-us-mint — The author discusses her book Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Hugh Acheson. 5600 Magazine St.— The celebrity chef parks his trailer on Magazine Street to sign his recent cookbook and give a cooking demonstration. Tacos are sold. Noon Tuesday. Walter Isaacson. Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Ave., (504) 897-0143; www.nojcc.org — The author presents his new biography of Leonardo da Vinci. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED American Cancer Society. The society seeks volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Visit www.cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200. Arc of Greater New Orleans. The organization for people with intellectual disabilities seeks donations of Mardi Gras

EVENTS beads, volunteers to help sort beads and volunteers for Arc farm duties. Visit www.arcgno.org for details and drop -off locations. CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer court-appointed special advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours per month. No special skills are required; training and support are provided. Call (504) 522-1962 or email info@casaneworleans.org. Community Educators. Alzheimer’s Association Louisiana seeks volunteers to lead educational programs and classes. Email Stacey Denham at sdenham@alz. org for details. The Creativity Collective. The organization seeks artists, entrepreneurs, parents and teens to help with upcoming projects and events, including maintaining a creative resource directory and organizing charity bar crawls. Visit www. creativitycollective.com or call (916) 206-1659. Crescent City Farmers Market. CCFM and MarketUmbrella.org seek volunteers to field shoppers’ questions, assist seniors, help with children’s activities and more. Call (504) 495-1459 or email latifia@marketumbrella.org. Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to manage inventory, help clients and share their expertise. Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@ dressforsuccess.org. Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest one-on-one mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www.eachonesaveone.org. Edgar Degas Foundation. The nonprofit seeks volunteers to contribute to foundation development. Call (504) 821-5009 or email info@degashouse.com. Edible Schoolyard. Edible Schoolyard seeks community volunteers and interns to assist in kitchen and garden classes and to help in school gardens. Visit www. esynola.org/get-involved or email amelia@esynola.org. First Tee of Greater New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteers to serve as mentors and coaches to kids and teens through its golf program. Visit www. thefirstteenola.org. Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running partners, assistant coaches, committee members and race-day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola.org or visit www.gotrnola.org. Golden Opportunity Adult Literacy Program. GOAL seeks volunteers to conduct courses for reading comprehension, GED preparation and English language learning. Call (504) 373-4496. Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. The center seeks part-time civil rights investigators with excellent writing skills, reliable transportation and no criminal convictions to help expose housing discrimination in the New Orleans metro area. Call (504) 717-4257 or email mmorgan@gnofairhousing.org. Green Light New Orleans. The group seeks volunteers to help install free energy-efficient lightbulbs in homes. Visit www.greenlightneworleans.org, call

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drinks, face painting, live music and winter characters at the tree-lighting ceremony at the mall. 5:30 p.m. NOLA Made. Ace Hotel, 600 Carondelet St., (504) 900-1180; www.acehotel.com/ neworleans — The event features a job fair, a holiday market and free food and drinks. Visit www.504ward.com/nolamade for details. 1 p.m. Ten Commandments Hike. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 1031 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-3743; www.saesnola.org — The hike visits 10 houses of worship in Uptown, at which hikers learn about the 10 commandments. Visit www.bsa-selacouncil. org for details. Registration $8. 10 a.m.

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EVENTS (504) 324-2429 or email green@greenlightneworleans.org. HandsOn New Orleans. The volunteer center for the New Orleans area invites prospective volunteers to learn about the opportunities available and how to be a good volunteer. Call (504) 304-2275, email volunteer@handsonneworleans.org or visit www.handsonneworleans.org. Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111. Jackson Barracks Museum Volunteers. The museum seeks volunteers to work one day a week for the Louisiana National Guard Museum. Volunteers prepare military aircraft, vehicles and equipment for display. Call David at (504) 837-0175 or email daveharrell@yahoo.com. Lakeview Civic Improvement Association. The association’s green space committee needs volunteers to pick up trash or trim trees for the adopt-a-block program. Sign up with Russ Barranco at (504) 482-9598 or rpbarranco@cox.net. Longue Vue House and Gardens. Longue Vue seeks volunteers to assist with giving tours, garden maintenance and education outreach. Email info@longuevue.com or call (504) 293-4720 for information. Louisiana SPCA. The LA/SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals and help with special events, education and more. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and complete an orientation to work directly with animals. Visit www.la-spca. org/volunteer. Lowernine.org. Lowernine.org seeks volunteers to help renovate homes in the Lower 9th Ward. Visit www.lowernine.org or email lauren@lowernine.org. National World War II Museum. The museum accepts applications for volunteers to greet visitors and familiarize them with its galleries and artifacts. Call (504) 5276012, ext. 243, or email katherine.alpert@ nationalww2museum.org. New Canal Lighthouse Museum. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation seeks volunteer docents for its museum and education center. Visit www.saveourlake. org or call (504) 836-2238. New Orleans Airlift: The Music Box Village. Volunteers are needed for fabrication, education workshops, events and general duties. Visit www.neworleansairlift.org to apply. NOLA for Life Mentors. The city initiative’s partner organizations seek adults to mentor boys ages 15 to 18 who are at risk for violence. Visit www.nolaforlife.org/ give/mentor. NOLA Tree Project. The forestry organization seeks volunteers to adopt and trim trees around the city. Visit www.nolatreeproject.org. NOLA Wise. The partnership of Global Green, the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. It seeks volunteers, who must attend a 30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@ globalgreen.org. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The museum seeks docents to discuss visual arts in the South with adults and children.

Email ebalkin@ogdenmuseum.org for details. Parkway Partners. The green space and community garden organization seeks volunteers for building, gardening and other projects. Email info@parkwaypartnersnola.org, call (504) 620-2224 or visit www.parkwaypartnersnola.org. Refugee mentors. Catholic Charities of New Orleans’ Refugee Service Program seeks volunteers, especially those with Arabic, Burmese and Spanish language skills, to help newly arrived refugees learn about everyday life in America. SBP. The disaster recovery organization (formerly St. Bernard Project) seeks volunteers to help rebuild blighted homes. No construction experience is necessary. Email volunteer@sbpusa.org for details. Second Harvest Food Bank. Volunteers are needed to help prepare meals in the community kitchen at the food bank’s Elmwood location. Email vcaveherazo@ secondharvest.org for details. Senior companions. The New Orleans Council on Aging seeks volunteers to assist seniors with personal and daily tasks so they can live independently. Visit www. nocoa.org or call (504) 821-4121. SpayMart. The humane society seeks volunteers for fundraising, grant writing, data input, adoptions, animal care and more. Visit www.spaymart.org, email info@spaymart.org or call (504) 454-8200. St. Thomas Hospitality House. The Catholic charity seeks individuals and groups of volunteers to help people experiencing homelessness. Contact Daniel Thelen at nolacw@gmail.com or (517) 290-8533. Start the Adventure in Reading. The STAIR program holds regular training sessions for volunteers, who work oneon-one with lower elementary school students to develop reading and language skills. Call (504) 899-0820, email margo@ stairnola.org or visit www.stairnola.org/ how-to-help to register for training. Teen Life Counts. The Jewish Family Service program seeks volunteers to teach suicide prevention to middle school and high school students. Call (504) 831-8475. Touro Birthing Center. Volunteers are needed to give updates and help family members in the birthing center’s waiting room. Call (504) 897-8107 or email denise. chetta@lcmchealth.org for details. Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries. The charity seeks volunteers to help disabled, wounded and senior veterans with food and clothing distribution, home improvements and beautification, social media and web design. Call (504) 340-3429 or visit www.veteranshousingoutreach.webs.com.

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Maggie is an 11-year-old, spayed, domestic shorthair. Maggie is currently living in one of our staff members’ offices and is known to be super cuddly. She greets them every morning! Her adoption fee is $11 during the Aged to PAWfetion adoption promo.

Great for professional or law student. 1BR, 1BA, LR, DR, sitting rm, furn kit, cent a/h units, ceil fans, hdwd flrs, w/d avail. Off st. pkg. Univ area. Quiet n’hood, great location. No smokers/pets. $1,200. Call 504-723-7446.

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

1205 ST CHARLES/$1095

Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry/3 mo. min. Avail Now. Call 504-442-0573 or 985-871-4324.

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Temporary Farm Labor: Watkins Family Partnership, DeWitt, AR, has 2 positions, 3 mo. experience for operating large farm equipment with GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops, walking fields pulling weeds, install, maintain & repair irrigation equipment; repair, clean & maintain building & equip; 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.; $10.38/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights, weekends & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 1/15/18 – 11/15/18. Apply & review ETA790 requirements at nearest LA Workforce Office with JO# 2065219 or call 225-342-2917.

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