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WED. APRIL 4 | A week after the hyper-prolific New Orleans rapper released his nine-song EP Parking Lot Music, he celebrates his birthday at the weekly Jet Lounge showcase highlighting the MCs and producers in his Jet Life stable. At 11 p.m. at House of Blues.

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Virginia’s Harem FRI. APRIL 6 | Following appearances at SF Sketchfest and on FunnyOrDie.com, the absurd and bitingly satirical New Orleans all-women sketch comedy ensemble debuts a new hourlong show. Improv group Live Girls opens at 8 p.m. at the Valiant Theatre & Lounge.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago SAT. APRIL 7 | The company’s 40th anniversary tour features classic pieces from its repertoire, including fouder Lou Conte’s The 40s, Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato’s Jardi Tancat, the duet A Picture of You Falling and other works. At 8 p.m. at Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts.

Tainted Cabaret SAT. APRIL 7 | The New York-based burlesque and variety show stars burlesque dancer Ula Uberbusen, former Russian rhythmic gymnastics competitor and circus arts performer Miss Ekaterina, comedy performer Wilfredo and Canadian boylesque dancer James and the Giant Pasty. The troupe is joined by Trixie Minx and others. Midnight at AllWays Lounge and Theatre.

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Python and the Holy Grail spawned a litany of quotable lines. Many of them are so common, users may have no idea where they originated. Monty Python’s Flying Circus founder John Cleese is content that it turned out that way. “If you had actually watched us making (The Holy Grail) in Scotland in 1972, you’d have thought we’d be lucky to finish it,” Cleese says. “You never know what’s going to catch on. Sometimes people say ‘It’s just a flesh wound,’ from the Black Knight sketch, and they are unaware that

I had been in it. … It’s become part of the vocabulary.” Except for numerous reunion events and projects, the members mostly pursued independent projects after the 1983 film Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. But The Holy Grail has a life of its own. Python troupe member Eric Idle adapted it into the Broadway musical Monty Python’s Spamalot in 2004 (Cleese provided the voice of God). Cleese also continues his own tour of Holy Grail screenings, which comes to Saenger Theatre April 6. Following the movie, he’ll participate in a question and answer session

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moderated by his daughter, Camilla Cleese. He’s made it clear his least favorite question is to be asked to name his favorite Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch, but he’s willing to talk about anything. “The question that made me laugh most was in Florida when I was doing a show with (fellow Python member) Eric Idle,” Cleese says. “A woman — nice, welldressed, middle-aged woman — PAGE 28

SUN. APRIL 8 | From backyards to city streets to a musical village: Tunesfest, the local Littlepalooza organized by Midriff’s Kenny Watson, combines a storybook development path and homespun, grassroots appeal. This year welcomes Quintron and Miss Pussycat as headliners, with proceeds benefiting The Link Stryjewski Foundation. From 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Music Box Village.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark MON. APRIL 9 | Liverpudlian synthpop legends (and ’80s end-credits maestros) OMD reformed in 2006 and have gained strength on three albums since: History of Modern, English Electric and last year’s The Punishment of Luxury (White Noise). GGOOLLDD opens at 8 p.m. at Civic Theatre.

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$3.9 million Cost of running the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in 2017.

Hogs for the Cause raised

$1.45 million to fight pediatric brain cancer at its annual barbecue cook-off, according to organizers. The 10th annual pig-themed fundraiser, which was started by friends Rene Louapre and Becker Hall in 2008, was held March 23 and 24 at UNO Lakefront Arena. Two teams raised more than $340,000 for the cause: Fleur de Que and Boar’s Nest.

The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) received the

National Renewal Award from The Atlantic and Allstate for its work driving positive change in New Orleans. YEP, a nonprofit that works with underserved young people to provide education, mentoring and enrichment programs, was one of five winners chosen from a nomination pool of more than 3,000 organizations. The award comes with a $20,000 grant from Allstate.

The Louisiana Senate once again failed to pass bills related to equal pay for women and a modest hike in the minimum wage ($8.50 by 2020). The bills introduced by New Orleans Democrats Troy Carter and J.P. Morrell were backed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, who said after the vote, “Thousands of Louisianans are struggling to live off of $7.25 an hour, and unfortunately while the cost of living has increased over the years, their wages have not.”

ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL REPORT released last week by OIG

MINIMUM WAGE, EQUAL PAY BILLS FAIL IN STATE LEGISLATURE The Louisiana Senate last week failed to pass three bills designed to close gender-based pay disparities and lift families out of poverty. The defeated measures included a bill increasing the minimum wage by $1.25 an hour. New Orleans Democratic Sens. J.P. Morrell and Troy Carter sponsored a package of bills — one extending equal pay protections to women working with state contracts, a second establishing a state minimum wage of $8.50 by 2020, and another prohibiting employers from firing workers for discussing wages. The measures narrowly passed a Senate committee earlier this month but couldn’t muster a majority of the full Senate. Morrell’s extension of the Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act, which currently applies to state workers, would apply to businesses with state contracts. It failed by a vote of 18-20. Louisiana’s wage gap among men and women workers is among the highest in the U.S. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimates that gap won’t close until the year 2115. Republican Sens. Danny Martiny and Sharon Hewitt argued against the measure, which Hewitt believes already is addressed by federal law. Hewitt said the remedy is women entering “higherpaying careers.” “This is a lawyer’s bonanza,” said Martiny, adding that because businesses would “have to deal with the equal pay for women issue,” they would end up saying they’d “rather hire the man.” “I’m really embarrassed to be a citizen in the state of Louisiana,” said state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, who added she was nearly moved to tears after hearing comments from Martiny and Hewitt. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said, “A vote against equal pay is a vote against fairness, progress and against the hardworking women of our state who deserve to be compensated the same as their male counterparts for the same job.” A few days after the state Senate rejected the minimum hourly wage increase, state Rep. Joe Bouie, D-New Orleans, proffered a bill to bring it up to $15 by 2019 — the first-ever attempt in the Louisiana Legislature for a $15 minimum wage. The House Commerce Committee rejected Bouie’s proposal, with only three representatives voting in support. The same committee also rejected a House bill to extend the state’s equal pay protections to women who work for state contractors. PAGE 8

Derry Harper, the OIG cost the city $3.9 million last year, while identifying potential savings to the city of more than $2.2 million. Its funding is set at 0.55 percent of the municipal general fund operating budget. The same report said the OIG identified more than $97 million in potential savings to New Orleans between 2009 and 2017. — KEVIN ALLMAN SOURCE: OIG 2017 ANNUAL REPORT.

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Quote of the week “When I went to sleep, Mitch Landrieu was the mediocre mayor of New Orleans, facing lethargic public support and intense local disapproval. When I woke up, he was a future leader of the Democratic Party and a 2020 presidential contender. In New Orleans, many dissatisfied Democrats like me are now watching his ascension and wondering what the hell is going on.” — Michael Stein writing in The New Republic, adding, “If Mitch Landrieu has emerged as a player on the national stage, it’s because there is a yawning void where exciting young Democrats should be.”

‘Bulletproof backpacks’ bill clears hurdle in Baton Rouge Two days after students, teachers and parents marched across the U.S. for stronger gun control measures, a bill allowing Louisiana students to wear “bulletproof backpacks” cleared its first legislative hurdle. The bill — filed in the wake of nearly 300 school shootings across the U.S. since the killing of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School — was unanimously approved by the Louisiana Senate’s Judiciary C Committee March 26. That committee also narrowly rejected a separate bill that would allow schools to hire military personnel or reservists, as well as retired teachers and parents, as armed campus security. The committee voted 4-3 to shelve that measure. Teachers and students told committee members that schools need supplies and access to mental health and other health services on campus — not more weapons. Several parents and teachers argued the presence of more guns in schools likely will make students feel less safe. “What are we doing now?” said state Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, who sponsored the bill. “What’s transpiring? Nothing. To sit here and do nothing is not the answer.” State Sen. Mike Walsworth, R-West Monroe, introduced the bulletproof backpack measure but admitted feeling uneasy about its passage. “It at least gives our children some kind of protection,” he said. The bills are among several pieces of legislation dealing with guns. State Reps. Ray Garofalo, R-Chalmette, and J. Rogers Pope, R-Denham Springs, have filed similar bills allowing certain school employees with concealed weapons permits to carry guns on school grounds. Both bills are pending in House committees. State Sen. John Milkovich, D-Shreveport, has proposed the “Safe Schools Act,” giving schools authority to remove students they

believe to be a threat. Meanwhile, New Orleans Reps. Gary Carter and Helena Moreno, both Democrats, have proposed banning the sale of assault-type weapons in Louisiana or selling to people under 21 years old.

State Senate bill would ban abortions after 15 weeks As a legal battle rages over neighboring Mississippi’s recent ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, similar legislation and a lawsuit demonstrate ongoing tensions over the right to obtain an abortion in Louisiana. The Louisiana Senate Judiciary C Committee soon will consider two bills that could further restrict abortion access in the state, including a 15-week ban that mirrors Mississippi’s. During the current legislative session, state lawmakers will take up two bills filed by state Sen. John Milkovich, D-Shreveport, who cites “fighting abortion” as one of his signature issues. Senate Bill 325 would enhance district attorneys’ powers to permanently close clinics that provide abortion services after certain violations, including violations of recordkeeping laws. If enacted, his Senate Bill 181, proposing a ban on abortions after 15 weeks, would match Mississippi as the earliest-term ban in the country. (Louisiana already bans abortions in most cases after 20 weeks; that law was signed in 2012 by then-Gov. Bobby Jindal.) It’s not yet clear how much support these bills will garner among Louisiana legislators, but Milkovich has a key ally: Gov. John Bel Edwards. Though Edwards, a Democrat, has made a point in this session to support women’s causes (such as equal pay), he opposes abortion and announced on his monthly radio program that he’d likely sign a 15-week ban if the bill made it to his desk. “The idea that Gov. Edwards would say he was inclined to sign it is shocking,” says Rochelle Tafolla, vice president of communications and marketing for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast. “That is just a show of how extreme some politicians have become, and willing to cast aside the health care needs of the people in the state — and women in particular.” According to the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that tracks reproductive issues, there were seven clinics that performed abortions operating in Louisiana in 2011; today there are three.

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Report details short-term rental effects on New Orleans A lengthy report released last week by housing advocacy group the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative (JPNSI) says that less than 20 percent of short-term rental operators in New Orleans control nearly half of all listings. “Short Term Rentals, Long Term Impacts: The Corrosion of Housing Access & Affordability in New Orleans” follows extensive media reporting and debate over the impact of STRs in New Orleans, which spiked in the wake of a package of city laws that provide a legal framework to allow them to operate. City officials hailed it as a model compromise with the industry while extracting tax revenue from an already-existing practice. But JPNSI found that 18 percent of all operators control roughly half of all STRs in New Orleans. Gambit’s recent review of licenses issued by the city found the top 10 operators — including Sonder, Hosteeva and Stay Alfred — hold more than 400 licenses, with several operators holding several listings per license. JPNSI says those top 10 operators have 568 listings. “What is happening in New Orleans is not home sharing but the hotelization of residential housing,” JPNSI program manager Breonne DeDecker said. “The data is clear — our city’s permissive STR laws have enabled and encouraged intense disruption in the housing market due to speculative investments and spillover costs for residents, due to higher rents, higher purchase costs for homes, and higher property values.” In a statement to Gambit, Airbnb press secretary Laura Rillos said the study uses “unreliable scraped data to make false conclusions about our community, when the reality is the vast majority of New Orleans hosts are sharing the homes in which they

live.” Rillos also said Airbnb has removed roughly 3,000 illegal listings from its platform.

Landrieu to receive ‘Profile in Courage’ award Mayor Mitch Landrieu has been named the recipient of the 2018 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award “for his leadership in relocating four of the Confederate monuments in New Orleans while offering candid, clear and compassionate reflections on the moment and its place in history,” the Kennedy selection committee announced last week. In a statement, Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former President Kennedy, said, “Mayor Landrieu turned a difficult and divisive issue into an opportunity to reflect on our nation’s history and to recommit ourselves to our founding principles of equality and justice. The Mayor explained what the monuments represent — a dark chapter in our history that should neither be forgotten, misunderstood nor glorified.” Landrieu, who has been on a book tour for his memoir In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History, will receive the award May 20 at Boston’s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.

‘Fossil Free Fest’ highlights environmental justice issues A week of film screenings, panel discussions, performances and guided tours will highlight environmental justice and New Orleans’ seemingly inextricable link to oil and gas and how to move away from it. Fossil Free Fest debuts April 2-8, with a series of free film screenings April 2-5 at The Broad Theater and discussions and performances at the Joan Mitchell Center and Grow Dat Youth Farm April 6-8. The entanglement of oil and gas with art and culture creates a “silencing effect,” giving companies a social license to operate as the region faces climate change-related environmental crises, organizer Imani Jacqueline Brown says. The theme for events on April 6 is “Equity” with a focus on “entrenched injustice” and moving beyond an extraction-based economy to a sustainable and equitable society, Brown says. April 7 discusses “Complicity,” discussing the region’s social contract with oil and gas, how artists and cultural groups rely on funding from those industries and foundations, and the responsibility to address those things through art and education. April 8 discusses a “Vision to Action.” There’s also food provided each day and an after-party at the Ace Hotel April 8. Visit www.fossilfreefest.org for a schedule and more information.

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“town hall” at Andrea’s Restaurant in Metairie April 5. The event’s title: “Masters of the Universe: Big Tech vs. Free Speech and Privacy.” Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow will moderate the event. Other panelists include author Peter Schweizer (Clinton Cash, Throw Them All Out) and Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology. The event is sponsored by Free Our Internet, a group “whose mission is to educate citizens about how Silicon Valley giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter have been banning, blocking, and censoring conservative speech online,” according to a statement on the nonprofit’s webpage. Attendance is free, but those interested in going must RSVP via email. The town hall also will be streamed on Facebook Live.

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of Entergy New Orleans (ENO), the utility that provides electricity across the city. Each of those steps will impact ratepayers’ longterm ability to get reliable, affordable power. One measure also would enhance the city’s ability to harness the best available technology to deliver vital services and to protect the public. On March 8, acting on the recommendation of its utility advisors, the council approved Entergy’s request to build a 128-megawatt “peaking” plant in New Orleans East on the site of a much larger, outdated plant that was decommissioned several years ago. When completed, the new plant will become the only reliable source of electrical power located inside city limits. Last week, again on the recommendation of its advisors, the council’s five-member utilities committee unanimously adopted motions taking ENO to task for failing to live up to its promises on several fronts. The seven-member council is expected to adopt the committee’s motions at its April 5 meeting. The motions upbraiding ENO deal with three long-term issues that, in the opinion of the council and its advisers, the utility has failed to address adequately and in a timely manner: power outages caused by ENO’s aging distribution system, incorporating renewable energy sources into its power grid and making “smart meters” more available to residents and other customers so they can monitor and adjust their electricity consumption and save money. Two motions adopted by the committee last week represent the regulatory equivalent of a nuclear option. They are “orders to show cause” why ENO should not be found to have acted imprudently — a finding that could expose the utility to significant financial penalties. One order requires ENO to explain why it has not sufficiently reduced recurring power outages, as the council ordered 18 months ago. At that time, ENO agreed to spend

$50 million improving its distribution system, which is the network of poles and lines that deliver power to individual locations. The utility has spent about $25 million so far, but council members and customers say outages still occur too frequently — and for too long. The same order requires Entergy to upgrade its overall distribution system to prepare for the “smart cities” initiative the council adopted earlier this year. That initiative has the potential to make ENO’s citywide grid a hub for

Two motions adopted by the committe represent the regulatory equivalent of a nuclear option. improved communications technology, street lighting, traffic control and other critical services. The second order to show cause holds ENO’s feet to the fire on its promise to incorporate 100 megawatts of renewable energy sources into its local grid. Council members accused the utility of “slow-walking” its delivery on that promise. ENO will have to make regular reports to the council on both orders — or face monetary penalties. The council’s push for “smart meters” likewise pushes ENO to modernize its entire system — sooner rather than later. All in all, the council’s recent regulatory decisions will help it protect the interests of everyone who buys electricity by making sure ENO efficiently and effectively delivers safe, reliable energy.

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Hey Blake, While walking through the French Quarter, I noticed a plaque that referred to Governor Nicholls Street as Hospital Street. What’s the history of the name change?

Dear reader, Governor Nicholls is the third name that street has held since the city was founded. Maps from the 1750s and 1760s on view at the Historic New Orleans Collection show the street as Rue de l’Arsenal, so named because an arsenal was located on the street in the early days. While a 1764 map bears that street name, it also indicates a hospital was located on the street near the Mississippi River. By the 1770s, the name had been changed from Rue de l’Arsenal to Hospital Street. The street, which runs through the French Quarter and into Treme all the way to Broad Street, would keep Hospital as its name for more than 125 years. In the early 1900s, there was a move to rename the street to honor Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls, the first Louisiana governor elected after Reconstruction. Nicholls, who was born in Donaldsonville in 1834, graduated from Tulane and West Point and was a Confederate general during the Civil War, where he lost an arm and a leg in two different battles. He was elected governor in 1876. After serving two terms, he became a state Supreme Court justice. He died in 1912, three years after Hospital Street was renamed for him. It is not clear why Hospital Street was chosen for the name change, but a Sept. 26, 1909 editorial in

Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls was the first Louisiana governor elected after Reconstruction and later became a state Supreme Court justice. P H OTO C O U R T E S Y L I B R A R Y OF CONGRESS

The Daily Picayune applauded it. The newspaper called Nicholls a “venerable and eminent citizen,” but questioned whether the street would be called General Nicholls or Governor Nicholls. The next month, the City Council voted to call it Governor Nicholls. Some property owners decried the move, however, bemoaning the loss of a longstanding street name. Even cartoonist and historian John Churchill Chase seemed to criticize the decision in his landmark 1949 book, Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children ... and Other Streets of New Orleans. He explained that Nicholls has a “lonely fate among Vieux Carre streets, in eternal association with Dumaine, Toulouse, the Duke of Orleans, et al. Placing this patriotic Irish-American in this stuffy Bourbon company — even in name only — is a dubious honor,” Chase wrote.

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GAMBIT: Unlike other recent mayors, you will have more than five months to plan your administration. What is the first challenge you intend to tackle as soon as you take office?

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INTERVIEW BY KEVIN ALLMAN AND CLANCY DUBOS @KEVINALLMAN @CLANCYGAMBIT PHOTOS BY CHERYL GERBER

S NEW ORLEANS CELEBRATES ITS TRICENTENNIAL,

it also will inaugurate its first female mayor: LaToya Cantrell. A Los Angeles-born community organizer, Cantrell led the recovery of her flood-ravaged Broadmoor neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. From there, she captured a seat on the New Orleans City Council in 2012, making her mark as a councilwoman who personally returned constituents’ phone calls and emails. On May 7, Cantrell will inherit a host of challenges as the Crescent City’s next mayor. She sat down with Gambit in her transition headquarters at Xavier University on March 26 to discuss her vision, her style and her plans for leading New Orleans through the next four years.

CANTRELL: The first challenge will be the leadership around the Sewerage & Water Board (SW&B). The second is still affiliated with the Sewerage & Water Board — the support leadership that is needed right now, a chief financial officer and a chief operating officer. These will be critical hires even before focusing on an executive director.

The Sewerage & Water Board continues to have major problems and a lot of unfilled positions. Does that keep you up at night? It’s something that I’m constantly thinking about. Who in your administration is your point person working on that particular challenge? For that particular challenge, not one individual. Bruce Thompson, along with Troy Henry, are the two top-ranking individuals close to that issue.

They chair your transition committee on that. Will they be the ones going to S&WB meetings? They are involved in that now. Come May 7, I think they will continue to stay engaged as we hire up so that the work from the transition actually gets implemented. How will you get information as mayor? A briefing book, a face-toface meeting in the morning? I will be getting briefs every morning with key staff. The CAO (chief administrative officer), of course. The directors of various departments, too, but it will be my CAO, my executive counsel and police chief as well. It’s definitely going to start with clear briefings about the existing conditions, what has happened the day before, things that we are faced with. How would you describe your decision-making process? When you get news that needs to be addressed, how do you process that? I have to understand the problem and the information that I’m receiving, making sure that it’s credible. That has to be before any decision is made. If it is very clear, very pointed, we know that we are

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16 dealing with the facts of the matter, then it’s a matter of, what is the end goal? What is the result that we are looking to get? I think you have to know all of that in order to determine the decision that you are going to make. It’s also about having credible information from individuals who are aligned with that particular subject matter. I will think it through with them before making a decision. And it can’t be with haste.

And you expect to have that on or about May 7? Actually, I’m expecting to have that by April 15. That is being worked out right now. They are getting from the administration how the chief has been evaluated and then possibly adding to that tool, but in a way that will be conveyed to the chief so that it’s fair. I expect to sit down with him after April 15 so that we can get on the same page as to how he will be evaluated.

Has Michael Harrison been an effective police chief, in your opinion? I think Chief Harrison has been effective as it relates to one matter that I know, that you can measure him on, and that is the consent decree. When you look at the parties affiliated with the consent decree, whether it’s from the judicial standpoint, the DOJ (Department of Justice), the monitor, the force, the leadership within the ranks — measuring him based on those deliverables, he has proven to be effective implementing the consent decree and bringing about the policy changes that it has called for. In regards to crime reduction, under his leadership it’s gone up and down. You want to continue on a path where violent crime continues to go down, but we have had peaks. Those are areas that we will have to focus on.

You have said you plan to scrap Mitch Landrieu’s deputy mayor system. What will you use to replace it? Having a CAO and directors that are assigned to different departments. They will be a part of the executive team. Also, having a chief of staff who will also have some level of responsibility for managing the directors, but having a chief administrative officer in place.

Are you inclined to keep him or replace him? Right now, I am inclined to develop a measurement tool to be able to assess him over the next two quarters of the year once I take office. I’m looking at putting in place — and we are working with the transition leadership around this — a tool that we can use to measure and hold him accountable [for] some deliverables. What kind of tool are you talking about? I’m talking about goals and objectives that we are looking to address as it relates to crime, crime reduction, where it’s occurring, measurements that we can use to determine if we are moving in the right direction. Would response time be part of that? I would say response time would be a part of that, and morale — initiatives that we can put in place within 90 days from May 7 and tying them to something that you can measure.

That tracks the traditional approach, which closely follows the City Charter. That is what I’m getting back to, but also breaking down how I will be able to manage the information with a streamlined approach to building better communication. Everybody is different, but I need a top go-to person for building those accountabilities, how information will flow up to me — and how it flows back down as well. Your time on the City Council has given you insights into how a mayor works with the council — or not. What will you do differently? Well, one is to have consistent communication with council members. Was communication difficult while you were on the council? Well, there was really no structure, I guess, to how we communicated with the mayor, other than through legislative representatives in intergovernmental relations — but it wasn’t consistent. I meet with my colleagues, you know, once a month just to listen to what they have to

say, to identify particular matters that are critical. There was just no structure. It was no structure at all.

helps build trust within the body as well as my working relationship with the council.

Do you see yourself putting structure in place, like regular once-aweek or once-a-month meetings with some council members? Absolutely. I would like to at least once a month have a formalized process and structure where I’m engaging my colleagues, and not just in one-offs, but more as a body. [As a council member] I restructured meetings so that at least three council people can meet at one time without it being in violation of open meetings laws. I would use that structure, but I would like to structure it to where at least one at-large member could be present in each of those meetings. I want to create a process where we are building trust. And when you have some of the same folks throughout every meeting, it builds trust but also strengthens the relationships because you can always go back to what happened in the meeting. It gets out of the one-offs. It gets out of the miscommunication about who said what in a particular meeting. I would like to build a system and a structure to where we have effective lines of communication, but we are building trust as we communicate.

You have mentioned what you called “striking a balance” on short-term rentals. What exactly does that mean? It means that certain areas that have been inundated by short-term rentals, that there is some balance as it relates to block face, as it relates to affordability in a particular area, helping — because some of the short-term rentals also help — people build wealth. It’s balance on many different levels, and it’s not a cookie cutter approach. Every neighborhood fabric is different. People in the Bywater have been totally inundated. I think that policies for different areas may have to be considered.

Has trust been a problem with the mayor’s office? Well, when you have one-off meetings, it’s very difficult to know if the information is accurate or not because it’s just a one-off meeting. It’s easier for someone to say what happened or did not happen, but you don’t know if that is the case or not. I attribute it to my experience of divide and conquer, but not really knowing what was said in any of the meetings. So, yeah, it created a trust factor because of the lack of structure. It even created a lack of trust within the council. It’s very important to me to build a system and a structure, a communication process with my colleagues that

Would that include the French Quarter to take some of the pressure off Treme? It could. It could. I just asked the City Planning Commission to study the impact of short term rentals. April marks a year. I think it’s the best time to do a thorough review to determine which areas are seeing more pressure than others. Once you have a real assessment, then you can determine what balance looks like because every area is different. At one point you supported a homestead exemption requirement, but you voted as a council member for the current ordinance that does not have that. Should the new council revisit the idea of a homestead exemption requirement? Yeah, I think so. I put it up for a vote. It didn’t get passed. That doesn’t mean that if I didn’t get one thing, then I just don’t vote for regulations at all. I do believe a homestead exemption could strike some level of balance in areas. I think the new City Council should look at everything. That is why the study is so important, and that is why we commissioned it prior to May 7. Hopefully it will be closer to completion once the council takes office and will give them some real information about existing conditions to make their decisions. What areas of economic development will you focus on that are not connected to tourism and hospitality — and why those areas? I’m heavily focused on New Orleans East. There is a lot of opportunity there, and 90,000-plus people

a diverse, passionate team MAYORAL TRANSITIONS ARE TIMES OF GREAT ANTICIPATION AND INTENSE POLITICAL SPECULATION. Who will be the new

mayor’s top advisors? Who will be police chief, chief administrative officer, city attorney, executive counsel? Those appointments and others will shape LaToya Cantrell’s tenure as mayor, but, unlike all her modern predecessors, she enters the final weeks of her fivemonth-plus transition without giving the slightest hint of who will fill those critical jobs. Inside the Xavier University Convocation Center Annex, which has served as her transition headquarters, a diverse group of loyalists, newcomers and professionals has been busily planning Cantrell’s administration and counting the days till her May 7 inauguration. The team is led by John Pourciau, who served as Cantrell’s chief of staff in her City Council office until her election. Pourciau gets high marks from Cantrell for his steady demeanor and his ability to keep the mayor-elect informed and on message. If, as

there who do not feel that they have been part of the recovery of this city. They advocated heavily for the hospital, and that is pretty much what they received. But there is opportunity there. We have seen movement with the Dixie Brewery going to New Orleans East. I have been a champion for that. I’ve been working with the owners to realize that vision, and that is going to happen. But it’s really about how we repurpose properties that the city owns to further develop them. Those would be areas that I would start with — properties like the old [Six Flags] site. It would also be looking at the Grand Theatre site as well. There is a lien on that property now for about $22 million. I’m going

expected, he becomes the new mayor’s chief of staff, he will be the “go-to” person Cantrell describes in her Gambit interview. “We’re building it while we’re flying it,” Pourciau says of the transition. “As we fully engage in the personnel decisions, people will see announcements of things like CAO and other major appointments.” Other top transition leaders include Michelle Thomas, former deputy mayor for Mitch Landrieu and former chief administrative officer for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, when he served as mayor of Newark; and R. Erich Caulfield, who also served in Booker’s mayoral administration. Thomas is Cantrell’s lead consultant for the transition; Caulfield is director of policy development. “We’ve taken advantage of the time we’ve had in this transition to initially focus on policy development while separately working with the mayor-elect,” Thomas says. One early policy decision: getting rid of Landrieu’s deputy mayor system. “This team is a diverse and talented group of New Orleanians who have volunteered their

to change the strategy around developing that. It will not be looking for the developer on the front end to eat the cost of the $22 million, but possibly layering it with some other tax incentives to get that site developed. And on the back end, the city could recoup its resources if it’s done right. Do you think the city depends too much on tourism and hospitality? I think it’s a driver for our economy and it’s important and we have to play to our strengths and it’s one of our strengths. Do we need to diversify? Absolutely. But we do not need to dumb down or slow down growth as it relates to the hospitality industry, no.

Who will be your point people in the state Legislature? Right now, I’m looking to Rep. Neil Abramson, who has been very helpful in this transition period. He loaned me his legislative aide, who has created a briefing book for me with every piece of legislation that has an impact on Orleans Parish. But it’s the entire delegation, both on the House and Senate side. I lean very heavily on Sen. Karen Carter Peterson as well on the Senate side. Who are your top policy advisers right now? I lean very heavily on my chief of staff [John Pourciau], who has been very hands-on as it relates

Alana Harris

John Pourciau

to policy. He was my legislative director as well. Thinking through issues, doing research that is necessary, I lean very heavily on John. I also lean very heavily on Dr. Silas Lee. In terms of economic development and growth, I lean on the experts — I call them that — who are employed by the city. In terms of economic development, I lean on the New Orleans Business Alliance and Quentin Messer, who is the leader there. Who is your top budget adviser? I lean on those who have been real close to the budget — our council fiscal officer, Calvin Aguillard, and David Gavlinski, who is the interim

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time,” Caulfield adds. “Everyone is very passionate about this process.” Examples of that diversity and passion include Alana Harris, the transition administrator who’s also a member of the Creole Belle Baby Dolls marching group, and Justin Boone, the mayor-elect’s executive assistant and scheduler. “I’m the Radar O’Reilly of the transition,” Harris laughs as she ticks off an array of daily tasks. “As a Baby Doll, I’m also a culture bearer. My being here gives culture bearers a feeling that their voices will be heard.” Boone, a self-described LGBTQ millennial, only met Cantrell a year ago when he volunteered for her campaign. “My job is to be her gatekeeper and front door,” he says. “I have to make sure that I have a grasp of everything around her so that if she has a question, I can answer it for her.” All around them are 22 committees and sub-committees addressing topics from public safety to infrastructure to youth and family services. Cantrell wants full reports by April 15. “On the front end, it seemed we had a lot of time,” Pourciau says. “How quickly that time gets eaten up has been a big surprise. That, and managing expectations.” Coincidentally, “managing expectations” was cited by Landrieu as the biggest challenge of his transition eight years ago. Some things never change. — CLANCY DUBOS

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18 chief of staff for the City Council. We will be working also with [Assistant Chief Administrative Officer] Cary Grant, who is on the administrative side, on the expense side of the budget. You have talked about creating an Office of Youth and Families. How would that office function? It is a work in progress, but it’s coming together pretty nicely. We are determining how to create the office. On the front end, it will be through executive order where it will live under the mayor’s office, but we are aligning it with the Department of Human Services. Right now, the only thing that lives there (in the mayor’s office) is the Youth Study Center. What else would that office encompass? It will deal with the supportive services that the city currently offers. It will also work in conjunction with NORDC (New Orleans Recreation Development Commission), the New Orleans Public Library, the Health Department. It’s going to be a front door, kind of a one-stop shop to provide not only information for our citizens, but more leverage of the resources in these various departments and agencies. There is also a youth council that I have proposed, and that office will administer that. That will be for young people ages 10 to 24. Those young adults will have an opportunity to advise and weigh in on policy. It’s not uncommon for task forces or working groups in this city to advise on issues, but the very people whose lives they are impacting are not represented. We want to make sure that young people are represented in the policies that affect them. The present mayor is on a book tour talking race and the Confederate monuments. The issue of race has been around for centuries, but the monuments issue is one that Mayor Mitch Landrieu has admitted he is leaving unresolved in terms of what ultimately happens to the statues that have been removed. What do you think should happen to the monuments? The monuments that have been taken down, I plan to work with the people that care about them. I’m going to work with the Monumental Task [Committee]. I’m going to work with the lieutenant governor. I’m going to work with Frank Stewart. They are going to put together a working group, and they

will determine what that looks like. From there, develop a plan. I want the people who care about them to determine where they go. They are not going to be re-erected, in terms of the spaces where they came down. They understand that. But I want [monument supporters] to ultimately decide. And they have some thoughts about — I think it’s Jefferson Davis and one other — going to Greenwood Cemetery. … That is where the [Confederate] soldiers are. And it makes sense that if they wanted to put those [leaders] with their soldiers, I think it just makes sense. Reverence, you know, matters. And I just think that the people who care about them — just like those who cared about taking them down, their voices were heard, and the statues came down — it should be the people who care about them the most deciding where they go. Does that include the Battle of Liberty Place monument? I think that the consensus with that is that it will not be re-erected, based on what I’m hearing from them. And that was consensus. That one has no champions? Yeah. I mean, that was across the board. It didn’t have any champions. It didn’t. And it sounds like, from what I’ve talked with them about, it still doesn’t have a champion. They are mostly concerned about (Robert E.) Lee, (P.G.T.) Beauregard and (Jefferson) Davis. So, my plan is to work with those who care about them and come up with a plan that I could support. And they will pay for it. Beyond the monuments, there is always a question of race. How do you see race relations in the city right now, and what do you think you can do as mayor to improve them? I plan to address the issue of race by addressing the issue of equity. We know that disproportionately, African-Americans in this city

have been impacted, whether it’s through wages, transferable wealth, access to jobs that pay. The disparity study was just completed, and it’s pretty straightforward. It would be me using that document to address equity in this city. And I think if you do that, then everyone will win. I think by focusing on the people and the needs of this city, that is how I plan to deal with race. If you give people a fair shake, I think everyone wins — and that is all races. Shifting to RTA, do you feel that Veolia is doing a good job? What would you like to see improved or changed? I think that Veolia has done a good job in the post-Katrina environment, based on the conditions at the time. We needed someone to manage it, and I think that they have done that. I do think that it is time to revisit it now, since they have been in play for a while. … Their contract is coming up for renewal, and I think it’s an appropriate time to evaluate them and to determine if we want to outsource, or is it time now for us to build back internally and manage it ourselves? I think that has to be on the table. I hear from people all the time that say they can’t rely on a bus to get to work and I don’t know why that is, because I go to other cities and I take buses and subways, and they show up right on time. People talk about standing in the sun for an hour waiting for a bus. Well, we had over 450 pre-Katrina; and we have, what, 100 and I want to say 138, so — Sure, but that doesn’t reflect that the buses don’t get there on time. Well, they are supposed to be every hour, but people are waiting. And that has to be a part of the evaluation with Veolia. It really does seem like the best time to properly evaluate and to determine, you know,

can we do it better by ourselves; and not only with efficiency, but also with the use of public money. You know, can we be more effective and efficient with managing it ourselves? And an evaluation is needed to determine that. I don’t believe that it’s automatic the contract will be renewed. I can’t say that. And I think an evaluation is needed to determine that. One of the things you have consistently gotten very high marks on from your constituents is that you are accessible: When someone called your office, they got a call back from you. That will be difficult to do as mayor. How do you see yourself transitioning now to mayor, which requires a completely different skill set? Well, one, I’m going to work very hard to organize my schedule to where I can be intentional about being accessible. If that means one day a week I am meeting with constituents in a particular area of the city, I’m fleshing that out. Being accessible is something that I take very seriously, and I do want to uphold that. I do understand now that I will not be able to answer every email myself. As a council person I checked my own email, and my staff would beg me to allow them to help me with that. I was against it, for many reasons. … I do plan on being hands-on. I want to be a working mayor. I’m action-oriented. I want to get my hands dirty. That means I have to be with people. I’m very serious about creating a structure where I am in communities where people can have a face to face, if necessary. I want to utilize the Nextdoor tool in ways that it’s not currently being utilized within city government. I plan to have ongoing communications with people. I plan to utilize technology a great deal. So stay tuned. There will be many ways where people can reach me and get me information. I’m open. I’m open to ideas, feedback, constructive criticism. I have to create ways for people to get me information because I can’t just be talking this. I have to give them ways to plug in. It will be many different avenues. That should be fun — and painful. Because you can’t say you are open and then you don’t want to hear it. It goes back to how I process what I hear. — This interview was condensed and edited for clarity.

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Vyoone’s serves inspired French fare BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund ON A NONDESCRIPT STRETCH OF GIROD STREET, a set of bright green shutters beckons passersby. Step off the street into the narrow dining room at Vyoone’s and you’ll likely be greeted at the door by one or both of the women who run the charming Warehouse District restaurant. Friends and neighbors Vyoone Segue Lewis and Zoreh Khaleghi quietly opened their chic Frenchinspired bistro in January. The homey space instantly feels welcoming and there is a patio outfitted with cushioned couches and tables below hanging pendant lights, making for a romantic atmosphere and what may be one of the neighborhood’s best-kept secrets. A European undercurrent inspires much of the menu, though there are Creole influences throughout. Short ribs are served on a bed of creamy grits, New Orleans-style barbecue shrimp are served head-on and crawfish beignets grace the menu. French influences, however, speak the loudest. Restaurant staff recommend the French onion soup, a decadent homage to the Gallic classic. It is almost viscous with soft, glutinous onions, and the velvety broth tastes beefy. A crusty piece of toast is topped by a cap of melted cheese that’s broiled until crisp, giving diners the pleasure of cracking it open with the tip of a spoon, the way one might start a creme brulee. A bowl of steamed mussels with french fries takes a delicious detour, served in a rich and creamy curry broth enhanced by the flavors of alliums and white wine. The fries are thin ribbons of crunchy potatoes, which make for a beautiful presentation. Some diners may find many of the

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dishes familiar. Khaleghi is an industry veteran best known for running The Flaming Torch restaurant in Uptown until it shuttered following a fire early last year. Many of the dishes are holdovers from that restaurant, and Khaleghi’s international upbringing and travels inspired many of the dishes, from the French onion soup to a saffron ice cream. Thick slices of tomato fill a napoleon that includes layers of fresh, nutty basil and golden croquettes of fried goat cheese, and the salad is finished with sweet, syrupy balsamic reduction. The menu and the pricing are ambitious. The restaurant takes an elevated casual fare approach and dishes are artfully presented. Compared to the rest of the menu, however, a chicoryroasted rack of lamb seemed steep at $46. It was a gorgeous piece of meat that arrived with a thick char and crusted with warm spices, but it lacked salt. Even when not the focus of a dish, vegetables find their time in the spotlight. Golden roasted potatoes, crisp

WHEN

HOW MUCH

lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun.

expensive

WHAT WORKS

French onion soup, mussels, grilled salmon

Vyoone Lewis and Zohreh Khaleghi opened Vyoone’s. P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R

spears of asparagus and just barely wilted garlicky spinach all stood out. As a native of the Pacific Northwest, I wasn’t prepared to be as impressed as I was with grilled salmon, but the version here is excellent. The fish was cooked to a translucent medium rare and draped with buttery lemon-caper sauce. The soft flesh flaked off effortlessly with the prick of a fork. Vyoone’s has flown below radar during a long soft-opening period, but I doubt this will be the case much longer. Adding to the brimming roster of Warehouse District restaurants, Vyoone’s inserts a modern French bistro into to the mix.

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WHAT DOESN’T

rack of lamb needs seasoning

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contemporary French fare with Creole touches in a chic bistro

fundraising team was Fleur de Que. The festival’s 85 teams raised a total of $1.45 million, organizers said. There were awards for traditional barbecue categories and other food items. Silence of Da Hams won Best Whole Hog. Frey Smoked Meat Co. won Best Ribs. Hogjammin’ claimed Best Pork Butt/Shoulder. Hog Dat Nation had the Best Sauce. The Best Side was Chew Fork Farms’ Cuban croquettas, panko-coated ground pork balls with Swiss cheese, pickles and jalapeno relish. Piggy Stardust made the Best Sandwich. Lard and in Charge won the Friday night contest for Best Bacon dish. Mr. Pigglesworth was the Fan Favorite. The Fleur de Que and Boar’s Nest teams both raised more than $340,000. Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q raised more than $200,000. Piggy Stardust, Team March of the Pigs and Hog Dat Nation each raised more than $50,000. Topping $40,000 were Deuce Pigalow, Pork Gigolo, Swineaux and Mr. Pigglesworth. Swine and Dine, Pig Latin, Captain Porkenheimer, Up in Smoke/Hupigs, Frey Smoked Meat Co. and Blue Oak BBQ all raised more than $30,000. Hogs for the Cause supports families with children battling brain cancer. It has granted funds to more than 600 families and supported hospitals in New Orleans, Atlanta and South Carolina. — WILL COVIELLO PAGE 21

EAT+DRINK Bean counters THE KREWE OF RED BEANS hosted

a red bean cookoff with internet voting in a tournament bracket playoff (www.redbeansnola. com). The original 57-team field was narrowed to the “Final Fork” at press time. They included chef Cedric Lewis and the restaurants Joey K’s Restaurant & Bar, Ma Momma’s House of Cornbread, Chicken and Waffles and The Old Coffeepot Restaurant. The final

3-COURSE INTERVIEW

Wade Watson MUSHROOM FARMER WADE WATSON WORKED FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES as a chef, including stints at Borgne

and La Provence, before founding Pontchartrain Mushrooms (www.facebook.com/pontchartrainmushrooms). Now he cultivates a variety of mushrooms in Slidell. Watson was a finalist at the recent Startup St. Bernard pitch contest at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), where he presented his plan for a mushroom business that would supply restaurants and farmers markets and act as an agent in post-hurricane environmental cleanup, waste removal and coastal restoration efforts. Watson spoke with Gambit about his mushroom plans.

How did you get into the mushroom business?

two competitors meet each other in the championship 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 7 at the Southern Food & Beverage Museum (1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 504-569-0405; www.natfab.org). Attendees can vote for their favorite red beans dish. There’s music by Margie Perez’s Muevelo and WWOZ-FM’s DJ Alsky. Proceeds benefit Anna’s Place NOLA, which provides summer activities for children, and Make Music NOLA. Beer is included. Tickets are $15-$50. — WILL COVIELLO

Batard South AUSTRIAN-BORN CHEF MARKUS GLOCKER of the New York restau-

rant Batard (www.batardtribeca. com) joins New Orleans chef Isaac Toups for a collaborative dinner at Toups South (1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 504-304-2147; www. toupssouth.com) at 7 p.m. April 18. Hors d’oeuvres include Murder Point oysters with Georgia caviar, pickled shrimp, oxtail tarts and a bosner weiner with cabbage and a Reisetbauer Sloe Gin French 75 cocktail. A five-course meal features a charcuterie course, crawfish bisque with mousseline-stuffed heads, forelle blau (trout) with smoked fish broth and root vegetables, Wiener schnitzel with fingerling potatoes and lingonberries, Wiener palatschinken (a Viennese crepe) and Lubeck marzipan. The dinner costs $100 plus tax and tip, and wine pairings are available for an additional cost. — WILL COVIELLO

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WATSON: The mushroom business started from an idea my wife and I had while foraging for chanterelles in 2014. We always loved nature and loved being outside. We got really excited about cultivation and started educating ourselves about mushrooms. We have three young kids, and (in 2016) she went back to work, and I decided to pursue this full time. I’m a wholesaler at this point. Sac-A-Lait uses the product consistently. A lot of chefs purchase from us, but we’re more of a specialty provider at this point, because we don’t grow enough volume to supply on a consistent basis. We have up to 19 wholesale accounts, (including) Angeline, August, Johnny Sanchez, Trenasse, Toups South and Brigtsen’s, and I’ve sold to Simone’s Market.

What kind of mushrooms do you grow? W: We operate out of our house in Slidell. It’s a true homegrown operation. I grow them in a climate-controlled area that’s got humidity controls and a certain amount of fresh air exchange. A lot of people think growing mushrooms is something that happens in a damp basement, and that’s really not the case. Mushrooms don’t necessarily photosynthesize but they do use light. I grow a variety of oyster mushrooms and we specialize in king oysters, which are my favorite to grow. They are a higher quality than typical oyster mushrooms. Every part is 100 percent usable, and they’ve got a really long shelf life and ship well. So there’s a lot to like about growing those. We specialize in about six different va-

rieties of oyster (mushrooms), and I also grow a variety called lion’s mane, which is a pompom variety ... and it’s used a lot in vegetarian dishes. They’ll use it to replace jumbo lump crabmeat, and there are some who use it for medicinal value as well. Some studies have shown that it stimulates neurons in our brains, making them potentially significant to treatment of Alzheimer’s and even neurological damage caused by strokes. I’m trying to get into more medicinal (mushrooms), but that’s more for a hobby.

How can mushrooms help with coastal restoration efforts? W: The big thing that I was trying to sell at (NOEW) was not necessarily the mushroom business, which was a pitch in itself, but also as a secondary source about monetizing the waste stream. I would take the substrate, once it’s produced that fruit, and I was going to compost that with worms, turning that into nutrient-rich organic soil that would be used to repopulate our coast with native species of mangrove cypress and bulrush and things like that. In my time studying mycology, I’ve learned a lot. There’s mycoremediation, where I can use mycology to remediate things like chemical spills, oil spills, agricultural runoff. It can be used to filter out all these chemicals and heavy metals. Mushrooms are decomposers and what happens is that they’re kind of like filters inside the soil. There have been studies with oil spills and even the spill from BP where (it’s been shown that) they’ll basically absorb and filter out the chemicals and toxins and heavy metals. — HELEN FREUND

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Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant — 738 Poland Ave., (504) 943-9914; www.jackdempseys.net — Reservations accepted for large parties. L Tue-Fri, D Wed-Sat. $$

Kebab — 2315 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3834328; www.kebabnola.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L and D WedMon, late Fri-Sat. $

Queenies on St. Claude — 3200 St. Claude Ave., (504) 558-4085; www. facebook.com/queeniesonstclaude — No reservations. L, D daily. $

Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal., (504) 947-8787 — No reservations. Open 24 hours daily. $

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

CBD Public Service Restaurant — NOPSI Hotel, 311 Baronne St., (504) 962-6527; www. publicservicenola.com — Reservations recommended. B & D daily, L Mon-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 592-0223; www.weltysdeli.com — No reservations. B, L Mon-Fri. $

CARROLLTON/UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOODS Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise. com — Reservations accepted. L SatSun, D daily, late Fri-Sat. $$ La Casita Taqueria — 8400 Oak St., (504) 826-9913; www.eatlacasita.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted for large parties. L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Riccobono’s Panola Street Cafe — 7801 Panola St., (504) 314-1810; www.panolastreetcafe.com — No reservations. B and L daily. $

Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 371-5074; www.spottedcatfoodspirits.com — Reservations recommended. B, L daily, D Mon-Sat. $$

FRENCH QUARTER Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — No reservations. B, L, D daily. $ Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Reservations recommended. L, D MonSat, brunch Sun. $$$ Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504)5254455; www.bayona.com — Reservations recommended. L Wed-Sat, D Mon-Sat. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Reservations accepted. B, L. D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Reservations recommended. B, L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola. com — Reservations recommended. B, L, D daily. $$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ El Gato Negro — 81 French Market Place, (504) 525-9752; www.elgatonegronola. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — No reservations. L, early dinner daily. $$

Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

Green Goddess — 307 Exchange Place, (504) 301-3347; www.greengoddessrestaurant.com — No reservations. L, D Wed-Sun. $$

CHALMETTE

House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. $$

Cafe Aquarius — 2101 Paris Road, Chalmette, (504) 510-3080 — No reservations. L Tue-Fri, D Tue, brunch Sat-Sun. $

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

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. $ Le Bayou Restaurant — 208 Bourbon St., (504) 525-4755; www.lebayourestaurant. com — No reservations. L, D, late Mon-Sun. $ Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.

steakkniferestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. D Tue-Sat. $$$

The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — No reservations. B, L, D daily. $$

METAIRIE

NOLA Restaurant — 534 St. Louis St., (504) 522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/nola-restaurant — Reservations recommended. L Thu-Mon, D daily. $$$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations recommended. B, L, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, D Tue-Sun. $$ Salon Restaurant by Sucre — 622 Conti St., (504) 267-7098; www.restaurantsalon.com — Reservations accepted. brunch and early D Thu-Mon. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. B, L, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

GENTILLY Cafe Gentilly — 5339 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.thecafegentilly.com — No reservations. B, L daily. Cash only. $

HARAHAN/JEFFERSON/ RIVER RIDGE Heads & Tails Seafood & Oyster Bar — 1820 Dickory Ave., Suite A, Harahan, (504) 533-9515; www.headsandtailsrestaurant.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 733-3803; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $

KENNER The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — No reservations. B, L, D daily. $$ Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ — 3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 305-4393 — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Vista Buffet — Treasure Chest Casino, 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino.com — No reservations. L Mon-Fri, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

LAKEVIEW El Gato Negro — 300 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-0107; www.elgatonegronola. com — See No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations. B, L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $ NOLA Beans — 762 Harrison Ave., (504) 267-0783; www.nolabeans.com — No reservations. B, L, early D daily. $$

Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Banh Mi Boys — 5001 Airline Drive, Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5360; www.bmbmetairie.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L and D Mon-Sat. $

sonbanks.com — Delivery available TueFri. No reservations. L, brunch daily. $$

Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Reservations recommended. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. L Tue-Sun, D Fri. $

Ben’s Burgers — 2008 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 889-2837; www. eatatbens.com — No reservations. 24H $

Cafe Navarre — 800 Navarre Ave., (504) 483-8828; www.cafenavarre.com — No reservations. B, L and D Mon-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. $

Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Reservations recommended. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$

Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$

Casablanca — 3030 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2209; www.casablancanola.com — Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D Sun-Thu. $$

G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizzas.com — No reservations. L, D, late daily. $

Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. L Sun-Thu, D Mon-Thu. $ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — Reservations accepted. L Mon-Fri. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, L daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ R&O’s Restaurant — 216 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie, (504) 831-1248; www.rnosrestarurant.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Riccobono’s Peppermill — 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-2226; www.riccobonospeppermill.com — Reservations accepted. B and L daily, D Wed-Sun. $$ Rolls N Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.rollsnbowlsnola.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $ Sammy’s Po-boys & Catering — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0916; www.sammyspoboys.com — No reservations. L Mon-Sat, D daily. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. B, L, D Mon-Sat. $ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Reservations recommended. L, D Tue-Sun. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

MID-CITY/TREME

Sala Restaurant & Bar — 124 Lake Marina Ave., (504) 513-2670; www.salanola.com — Reservations accepted. L and D TueSun, brunch Sat-Sun, late Thu-Sat. $$

Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $

The Steak Knife Restaurant & Bar — 888 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-8981; www.

biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbun-

Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — No reservations. L daily, D MonSat, brunch Sun. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 4838899; www.namese.net — Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Ralph’s on the Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Reservations recommended. L Tue-Fri, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Rue 127 — 127 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 483-1571; www.rue127.com — Reservations recommended. D Tue-Sat. $$$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola.com — No reservations. L Mon-Sat. $$ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. L, D, late daily. $

NORTHSHORE Martin Wine Cellar — 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, L daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$

UPTOWN Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 894-8881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. brunch, D Tue-Sun. $$$

OUT TO EAT G’s Kitchen Spot — Balcony Bar, 3201 Magazine St., (504) 891-9226; www. gskitchenspot.com — No reservations. L Fri-Sun, D, late daily. $ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.juansflyingburrito. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — No reservations. B, L Mon-Sat. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, L daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 4109997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Reservations accepted for five or more. L, D Tue-Sun. $$ Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., (504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelateria. com — No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; www.slicepizzeria.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; www.theospizza. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; www.titoscevichepisco.com — Reservations accepted. D Mon-Sat. $$

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Capdeville — 520 Capdeville St., (504) 371-5161; www.capdevillenola.com — Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat. late Fri-Sat. $$ El Gato Negro — 800 S. Peters St., (504) 309-8864; www.elgatonegronola.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Emeril’s Restaurant — 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-new-orleans — Reservations recommended. L Mon-Fri, D daily. $$$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; www.juansflyingburrito. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Meril — 424 Girod St., (504) 526-3745; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/meril — Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$

Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$

Vyoone’s Restaurant — 412 Girod St., (504) 518-6007; www.vyoone.com — Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

Cafe Luna — 802 1/2 Nashville Ave., (504) 333-6833; www.facebook.com/cafeluna504 — No reservations. B, L, early D daily. $

WEST BANK

The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, L Fri-Sat, D Mon-Thu, brunch Sun. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise. com — No reservations. L Fri-Sun, D and late daily. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Reservations recommended. D Wed-Sun. $$$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$

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

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TUESDAY 3 Bamboula’s — Big Dixie Swingers, 3; Jan Marie & the Mean Reds, 6:30; Mofongo, 10 Blue Nile — Water Seed, 9 BMC — Dapper Dandies, 8; Captain Green, 11 Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters Quartet, 8 Cafe Negril — 4 Sidemen of the Apocalypse, 6 Check Point Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 8 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 — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Gasa Gasa — Rostam, Sam Buck, 9 House of Blues (The Parish) — Maxo Kream, Cuz Lightyear, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — D.W., 8 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 Poor Boys Bar — Some Kind of Nightmare, The Bills, 9 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Ray’s — Bobby Love & Friends, 7 Siberia Lounge — Marc Stone’s Back Porch Party feat. Micah McKee, Bobby Jr., Brittany Purdy, 8 SideBar — Mike Dillon & Marcello Benetti’s Percussion Jungle, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — The Unholy Trio feat. David Torkanowsky, James Singleton, Johnny Vidacovich, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10 St. Tammany Parish Library, Covington Branch — Jeff Bianchi, 6 Three Muses — Sam Cammarata, 5; Alexandra Scott, 8

WEDNESDAY 4 Autocrat Social & Pleasure Club — TBC Brass Band, 9 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat. Giselle Anguizola, 2; Ruth Marie & Her Jazz Band, 6:30; Sunshine Brass Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10

Radar Upcoming concerts » YOUNG VALLEY, April 12,

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» MIKE DILLON’S NEW ORLEANS PUNK ROCK PERCUSSION CONSORTIUM, April 27,

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House of Blues

» SON LITTLE, May 16,

The Joy Theater

» RF SHANNON, June 4,

The Mudlark Public Theatre

» THE POSIES, June 6,

House of Blues

» GUIDED BY VOICES, June 22,

One Eyed Jacks

Mike Dillon’s New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion Consortium performs at The Music Box Village April 27. P H OTO B Y Z AC K S M I T H

Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Demi, 5; Yisrael, 8; Funk It All, 11 Bourbon O Bar — Shynola Jazz Band, 8 Cafe Istanbul — She Wrote the Song feat. Raynel Shepard, Harry Mayronne, Ben Fox, Michael Skinkus (women songwriters tribute), 7 Cafe Negril — Maid of Orleans, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Check Point Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 8 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 7 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

THURSDAY 5 Bamboula’s — Kala Chandra, 3; Jenavieve & the Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 6:30; City of Trees Brass Band, 10 Bar Redux — Diako Diakoff, 9 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night feat. Higher Heights and DJ T-Roy, 11 BMC — Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues, 5; Andre Lovett Band, 8; Chrishira, 11 Bourbon O Bar — The Luneta Jazz Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Doyle Cooper Trio, 5; Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6 Circle Bar — Dark Lounge with Rik Slave, 7 Covington Trailhead — John “Papa” Gros Band, 5 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Forest Beutel, 7; Panorama Brass Band, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Todd Duke Trio, 9:30 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Trishes,

Xandra Wong, People Museum, 10 Gasa Gasa — Ella Blue’s Liberating Lingerie Party feat. The Darelilies, Richard Roark & the Voodoo Collective, Colorblock, 8:30 The Jazz Playhouse — Brass-AHolics, 8:30 Lafreniere Park — The Wise Guys, 6:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Monty Banks, 5 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 11 New Orleans Botanical Garden — Thursdays at Twilight feat. Phil Melancon, 5 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Jamaican Me Breakfast Club, 6 Old Point Bar — Lakeshore Drivers, 9 Old U.S. Mint (New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park) — John Royen, 2 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola, Crescent City Joymakers, 8 Poor Boys Bar — Justin Ready, Of the Goldmine, Primpce, 9 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, 8:30 Santos Bar — Real Cool Trash, 9 Siberia Lounge — Eastern Bloc Party feat. Klezervation Hall, Nu Klezmer Army, 9 SideBar — Mikey B3, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Pasquale Grasso Trio, 8 & 10 South Slidell Library — Jeff Bianchi, 1:30 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Sarah McCoy, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 St. Tammany Parish Library, Madisonville branch — Jeff Bianchi, 6 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Mia Borders, 8 Vaughan’s Lounge — Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 10

FRIDAY 6 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Smoky Greenwell, 5:30; Sierra Green & Soul Machine, 10 Bar Redux — Slow Coyote, 9 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. BMC — Lifesavers, 3 Bourbon O Bar — The Doyle Cooper Jazz Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Ben Fox Trio, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — The Pinettes Brass Band, 6 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Casa Borrega — Nebula Rosa, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae & Gina Leslie, 7 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 6; Jonathan “Boogie” Long feat. Samantha Fish, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Panorama Jazz Band, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Max & McKenna, 7; The Tipping Point with DJ RQ Away, 10

Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Buena Vista Social (Latin dance party), 10 Gasa Gasa — Thelma & the Sleaze, Craig Brown Band, Planchettes, 10 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Baby Boy Bartels & the Boys, 9 Howlin’ Wolf (Porch) — Good Tiger, Icarus the Owl, Megosh, The Arbitrary, My Heart Might Explode, 7:30 The Jazz Playhouse — Joe Krown, 4:30; Michael Watson, 7:30 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5 Le Bon Temps Roule — Joe Krown, 7 Mandeville Trailhead — Four Unplugged, 6:30 Mudlark Public Theatre — Cosma Dog, Tilloch, Color Block, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Agent 86, 7; Jeremy Rogan, Ashley Beach & Her Odd Ditties, 9 Oak — Keith Burnstein, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint (New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park) — Johnette Downing, 11 a.m; Grace Christian School, 1 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Kevin Louis & Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Poor Boys Bar — Lady Love feat. Mahlleh, Nondy, DJ AfroAnarchy, 10 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Wiseguys, 9:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Sam Kuslan, 5:30; Amanda Ducorbier, 9 Siberia Lounge — Sabra & the Rights, Crazy Arms, 99 Playboys, 10 SideBar — Lynn Drury, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Quiana Lynell, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30 The Starlight — Linnzi Zaorski Trio, 7 Terra Bella — Crooked Vines, 5:30 Three Muses — Royal Roses, 5:30; Doro Wat Jazz Band, 9 Tipitina’s — Nigel Hall, Khris Royal & Dark Matter, 10 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 3

SATURDAY 7 Bamboula’s — G & Her Swinging Gypsies, 2:30; Johnny Mastro, 7; City of Trees Brass Band, 11:30 Bar Redux — Black Laurel, 9 Bethany United Methodist Church — Jazz on the Greens feat. Sharon Martin, DEACON2SAV, 6 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Soul Brass Band, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. BMC — The Jazzmen, 3; Willie Lockett, 5; Funky Canoe 292, 9 Bombay Club — Leroy Jones, 8:30 Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters & the Party Meters, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Freddie Blue & the Friendship Circle, 6; Buddy Boys, 9 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Casa Borrega — Javier Gutierrez Duo, 7 Circle Bar — Eviscerated Zombie Tampon, Everlasting God Stopper, Fetus Omelet, Pussyrot, 9

MUSIC Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Tuba Skinny, 7; Little Freddie King, 11 Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall — Mark Mullins, 6:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Betty Shirley Band, 10 Gasa Gasa — Parole Violation, Hash Cabbage, Bob & the Thunder, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Pink Room Project, 11 Howlin’ Wolf (Porch) — Whores, Bummer, Forming the Void, Traded Moments, AR-15, Decoy, 7 The Jazz Playhouse — Tom Hook, 5; James Williams Jazz, 8 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — The Key Sound, 4 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Thibault, Crazy Whisky, Patsy Grace, Daniels & Baker, The Truehearts, 7 Oak — Jenn Howard Glass, 9 Old Point Bar — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint (New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park) — West African Drumming and Dance, noon One Eyed Jacks — ROAR!, Vox & the Hound, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Poor Boys Bar — Y2K with Kerem (millennium dance party), 10 Preservation Hall — Preservation Jazz Masters, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra, 9:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Amanda Ducorbier, 9 Santos Bar — Michigan Rattlers, 9 Siberia Lounge — Asylum Chorus, Colin Davis & the Night People, 9 SideBar — DEA Trio feat. Dave Easley, David Anderson, Kirk Duplantis, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Walter “Wolfman” Washington (album release), 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Panorama Jazz Band, 6 The Starlight — DJ Crushed Velvet, 10 Three Muses — Debbie Davis, 6; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9 Tipitina’s — JoJo Hermann, Kalu & the Electric Joint, 8

SUNDAY 8 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Carl LeBlanc, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Bar Redux — Toby O’Brien, Raina Bee, 9 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — Jazmarae, 7; Moments of Truth, 10 Bourbon O Bar — G & the New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Al Ferrell & Jerry Jumonville, 4; Steve Pistorious Quartet, 7 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Big Frank & Lil Frank, 6 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi, 9:30 PAGE 27

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Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Gasa Gasa — Jeff Beam, Julie Odell, Jack Donovan, 9 House of Blues (The Parish) — Jet Lounge, 11 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Melonaut, Schrubhub, Dana Ives, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — The Nayo Jones Experience, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Anais St. John, 7:30 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — Grayson Brockamp & the New Orleans Wildlife Band, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — King Taylor Project, Mike True & Phantom Band, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman, Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & the Next Generation, 8 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Turnover, Mannequin Pussy, Summer Salt, 7 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 5:30 The Sandbar at UNO — Pasquale Grasso, 7 SideBar — Mike Dillon & James Singleton, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Chris Christy’s Band, 2; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 10 St. Tammany Parish Library, Causeway Branch — Jeff Bianchi, 1:30 St. Tammany Parish Library, Slidell Branch — Jeff Bianchi, 6 The Starlight — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 7 Three Muses — Leslie Martin, 5; Hot Club of New Orleans, 8 Twist of Lime — Dauzat St. Marie, Parish Lines, Jaymz Talley, 10

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PREVIEW Rostam BY NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS P H OTO B Y A L E X J O H N B E C K

ROSTAM BATMANGLIJ has been inching into the spotlight for years — first as onehalf of the back-burnered, revisited synth-pop duo Discovery (with Ra Ra Riot’s Wesley Miles); then as a sonic architect and style editor behind Vampire Weekend’s English dramas and Oxford commas; and finally as the ivories-tinkling lily gilder on I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, 2016’s Rat-Packed partnership with The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser, and the first of many albums that bear Rostam’s stamp to also wear his name. Nine months before that deliverance, he announced he was leaving Vampire Weekend in a no-mincing declaration of independence (“My identity as a songwriter and producer, I realized, needs to stand on its own”), and one year later he delivered on the promise. September debut Half-Light (Nonesuch) is part fantastical aural playground, part flying-colors demo-reel C.V. and all whimsy-chasing one-man symphony. Supporting beams “Bike Dream,” “Never Going to Catch Me” and “Rudy” whisk up a slurry of head-spinning, breath-catching pleasures, thickening half-remembered romances via circular/recurring trains of thought presented in a reverie-curtained proscenium. Sam Buck opens. Tickets $15 in advance, $17 day of show. At 9 p.m. Tuesday. Gasa Gasa, 4920 Freret St., (504) 338-3567; www.gasagasa.com.

Bamboula’s — Co & Co Traveling Show, 2; Ruth Marie & Her Jazz Band, 6:30; Red Gravy, 9 Blue Nile — Jeff Chaz, 7; Brass-AHolics, 10 BMC — Lil Red & Big Bad, 7; Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, 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 Circle Bar — Dem Roach Boyz, 7 The Civic Theatre — Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, 7 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 7; Soul Brass Band, 10 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 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Sauveterre & Paul Vervaine, 7; MC Sig Duo, Elisa Sun, George Barber, Julie Keown, 9

One Eyed Jacks — Blind Texas Marlin, 10 Preservation Hall — Preservation Jazz Masters, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 SideBar — Soul O’ Sam feat. Sam Price, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 2; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 10 Three Muses — Meschiya Lake & Ben Polcer, 5; Leo Forde, 8 Tulane University — Mahmoud “Mood” Chouki Quartet, 3:30

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 5220276; www.trinitynola.com — The organist’s “Organ & Labyrinth” performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock, played by candlelight. Free. 6 p.m. Tuesday. David Bode. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www. trinitynola.com — The saxophonists performs works by Bach, Corelli and Darius Milhaud. Free. 5 p.m. Sunday. Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — Violinist Nigel Armstrong plays Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” and the concert concludes with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. Visit www.lpomusic. com for details. Tickets start at $20. 7:30 p.m. Friday. The orchestra also performs Wynton Marsalis’ “A Fiddler’s Tale,” which reimagines Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale,” at George & Joyce Weinstein Jazz & Heritage Center at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. New Orleans Ragtime Festival. Citywide — Several days of performances celebrate ragtime music. Visit www. theneworleansragtimefestival.com for details. Thursday-Monday. NOLA Chamber Fest. Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2011; www.loyno.edu — The festival includes a competition, masterclasses and a performance by Miro Quartet with clarinetist Stephen Cohen. Visit www.friendsofmusic.org for details. Saturday-Monday. Philippe Bianconi. Esplanade Studios, 2540 Esplanade Ave. — The pianist’s program is “The Golden Age of French Music.” Visit www.masno.org for details. Tickets $75. 7 p.m. Saturday. The Talea Ensemble. University of New Orleans, Performing Arts Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6381; www. uno.edu — The ensemble performs new work by student and faculty composers from University of New Orleans and Tulane University. Free. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The same program is performed at Dixon Hall at Tulane University at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Carousel Bar & Lounge — James Martin Band, 8:30 Casa Borrega — John Lawrence, noon Circle Bar — Preening, Special Interest, Oblivia, 10 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Matt Lemmler, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8 Metairie United Methodist Church — John Mahoney & Friends, 1:30 Newman Bandstand, Audubon Park — Music Under the Oaks feat. Loyola University School of Music, 5 Old Point Bar — Tres Bien, 3:30 One Eyed Jacks — Patrick Shuttleswerth Plays You Records, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Mark Braud & Sunday Night Swingsters, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — The Key Sound, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Harvey Jesus & Fire, Karma, 4 Siberia Lounge — Local Honey, Low Amp, Narcissy, Trapper Keeper, 8 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Stephanie Nilles 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

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asked, ‘Did the Queen kill (Princess) Diana?’ Two thousand people all gasped. I was the only person laughing.” Cleese is comfortable with absurdity, humorous and otherwise, which is on regular display on his Twitter feed. It’s full of quips and jokes and his comments about political and social matters. Cleese often weighs in on daily news, and he recently waded into a flurry of responses to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion to create a “humanitarian corridor” in war-torn Syria. “I thought this idea of a ‘humanitarian corridor’ was hypocrisy beyond any other I’d ever read,” Cleese says. “I made jokes about when he was head of the KGB he’d have a humanitarian break in the middle of the torture session. I thought that said quite a lot about Putin. People responded.” Does Cleese like getting into political spats on social media? “It’s good fun,” Cleese says. “It’s like having a lot of pals out there and swapping jokes. I don’t go back and forth with people very much. Sometimes they say things and I think they are wrong. In those cases, I try to point out humorously why what they are saying doesn’t make much sense. … Somebody came back on a very small point the other day and I did a little tweet about literal-mindedness and how there’s an operation for it these days. The rude people are usually pretty stupid. It’s interesting, the people who are most abusive — some of them are clearly (President Donald) Trump fans — they literally can’t write 140 letters without making mistakes.” Cleese was a teacher before co-founding the Monty Python troupe, and he later launched a company that made professional training videos, in which he often portrayed clueless businessmen. He says he enjoys both comedy and teaching, but there’s no crossover between the two. He’s also not terribly optimistic about people resolving great social challenges and problems. “I am deeply pessimistic about the state of the world,” Cleese says. “When I am not doing The Holy Grail show, I do this show called Why There is No Hope. I lay out all the reasons why there is no hope we will ever have an intelligent, fair, kind, well-organized society. There’s a chance. But we never had it. Occasionally something like that happens for a couple decades before it decays. ... You have to notice that. I think it was Bertrand Russell who said you have to accept what a very bad place the world is before you can enjoy yourself.

Once you say, ‘Yes, it’s ridiculous, it’s insane, it’s a madhouse,’ then you don’t spend unnecessary energy trying to improve it. There are certain things you can improve. You can be nice to everyone you meet tomorrow. … “If there’s distance you can laugh at something. But if you’re in the middle of it, you can’t. ... You can laugh at world history. It raises the question: Is life a tragedy or is it a comedy? I think it was (playwright) Arthur Miller who decided that on balance it’s a comedy because it’s so ridiculous.”

The rude people are usually pretty stupid. It’s interesting, the people who are most abusive ... literally can’t write 140 letters without making mistakes. Judging from his Twitter page, Cleese hasn’t lost his sense of humor. The page features a replica of The Last Supper populated by characters from his movies and TV shows. The party includes the Grim Reaper (with salmon mousse) from The Meaning of Life, an inquisitor from the Flying Circus’ Spanish Inquisition sketch, the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog from The Holy Grail, the waiter Manuel from Cleese’s sitcom Fawlty Towers and Kevin Kline’s bumbling weapons expert, Otto West, from A Fish Called Wanda. He may add more characters. Cleese’s first TV sitcom since Fawlty Towers recently launched in Britain. In Hold the Sunset, he plays a recently retired and remarried man. The couple plan to relax and enjoy their later years together, but her 50-year-old son gets divorced and moves back into his mother’s home. Twitter is part of Cleese’s plan to promote his work. “This is the reason I went on Twitter,” he says. “Because I don’t trust the British press. That’s across the board. I am not talking about the tabloid press. I am talking about The Mail, The Telegraph, The Times to a certain extent. I don’t trust them. But if I want to get my project mentioned in their papers, then I have to agree to do an interview with them. And then they will write a piece about what a charmless, curmudgeonly, rude, sour, bitter old man I am. With Twitter, all I have to do is say I am performing at such and such a time, and this is what I’ll be doing. I have five and three-quarters million followers.”

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EVENTS Tuesday, April 3 ................... 29 Wednesday, April 4 ............. 29 Thursday, April 5 ................. 29 Friday, April 6 ....................... 29 Saturday, April 7 .................. 29 Sunday, April 8 ..................... 30 Sports ..................................... 30 Words ..................................... 30

FILM Opening this weekend ......... 31 Now showing .......................... 31 Special screenings ................ 31

ON STAGE ........................... 32 Dance ...................................... 32 Comedy .................................. 32

ART Happenings ...................... 33 Openings ................................ 33

EVENTS TUESDAY 3 LGBTQ Interfaith Seder. Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-3693; www. templesinaino.org — Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans hosts the inclusive Passover seder. Free admission. 6 p.m. NOLA Pyrate Week. Pirate’s Alley Cafe, 622 Pirate’s Alley, (504) 524-9332; www. piratesalleycafe.com — Several days of pirate-themed events include a brunch, a ghost tour, parade viewings and more. Visit www.nolapyrateweek.com for details. Tuesday-Saturday.

WEDNESDAY 4 Evenings with Enrique. New Orleans Botanical Garden, 5 Victory Ave., (504) 4839386; www.neworleanscitypark.com/ botanical-garden — Musicians perform in the garden, and mojitos and Latin food are available for purchase. 5 p.m. Open House & Spring Mixer. Hotel Storyville, 1261 Esplanade Ave., (504) 9484800; www.hotelstoryville.net — Darryl Durham performs and there are free food and drinks at this garden party. 5:30 p.m. Winston Ho. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The historian’s four-part lecture series examines the role Chinese immigrants played in New Orleans history. 7 p.m.

THURSDAY 5 The Advocate of Extreme: An Evening with Paul Heyman. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www.thejoytheater.com — The WWE commentator speaks. 10 p.m.

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PREVIEW Freret Street Festival BY WILL COVIELLO THE FRERET STREET FESTIVAL has three music stages and more than 200 vendors on Freret Street between Napoleon Avenue and Valmont Street. The music lineup features the Jon Cleary Band with Walter “Wolfman” Washington, the Mike Dillon Band, Sexy Dex and the Fresh, Motel Radio, Cha Wa, Michot’s Melody Makers, Kumasi Afrobeat Orchestra, Margie Perez and others. Vendors offer food, crafts, clothes, jewelry, used goods, pet care products and more, and there are kids’ activities and pet adoptions. The festival is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 7. www.freretstreetfestival.org.

Big Book Sale. Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 465-9985; www.pontchartraincenter.com — Books including fiction, nonfiction, art, travel, history, military and Civil War titles are sold, as well as puzzles, DVDs, tapes and records. Proceeds benefit Friends of the Jefferson Public Library. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Bow Tie Bash. The Lighthouse, 743 Camp St. — The gala benefits programs for people in New Orleans with HIV and cancer. Kelcy Mae and Will Dickerson perform. Visit www.crescentcarehealth.org for details. Tickets $50. 6:30 p.m. Elizabeth Pearce. Loyola University, Thomas Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-3240; www.loyno.edu — The cocktail historian discusses the origins of the Sazerac cocktail. Free admission. 7 p.m. Louisiana Iris Day. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 4885488; www.longuevue.com — Greater New Orleans Iris Society hosts a free party in Longue Vue’s Wild Garden, and there are displays of Louisiana irises. 4 p.m.

FRIDAY 6 Beyond Incarceration Summit. St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church, 7100 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-9514; www. scabc.org — Lectures, panels, performances and workshops address the topic of mass incarceration in Louisiana. Visit www.thegraduates.net for details. Friday-Sunday. First Fridays on the Boulevard. Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard — Restaurants, music venues and businesses along the boulevard offer discounts and stay open late for special events. 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Indulge: A Vaudeville Dining Experience. Art Klub, 1941 Arts St., (504) 943-6565;

www.artklub.org — Vaudeville performances take place during a five-course dinner prepared by chef Alfred Thomas. Tickets $70. 8 p.m. Pastoral Anniversary Celebration. Magnolia Mansion, 2127 Prytania St., (504) 525-2743 — Abundant Life Tabernacle hosts the reception, which features comedy and live music performances. Email karmenmckinley@gmail.com for details. Tickets $50. 7 p.m. Studio 504: Disco for Dance. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www.phnojm.com — Big Freedia hosts Upturn Arts’ fundraiser with a disco theme, and the party is child-friendly. Visit www.upturnarts.org for details. Tickets $35. 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 7 Asian Heritage Festival. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org — The Asian Pacific American Society’s fest includes cultural performances, dancing, singing, Asian foods, a children’s tent and arts and crafts. Free with zoo admission. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Chef Kevin Belton’s Tasting and Meet and Greet. WYES Innovation Center for Educational Media, 916 Navarre Ave., (504) 486-5511; www.wyes.org — The host of Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen presents his recipes and cookbook, and there are chicken and pound cake tastings. Tickets $35. 2 p.m. Cochon Cotillion. Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, (504) 3617821; www.mardigrasworld.com — The fundraiser, which styles itself as a parody of black-tie galas, benefits Bridge House/ Grace House. Visit www.bridgehouse.org for details. Tickets $100. 7 p.m. PAGE 30

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PREVIEW Best F(r)iends with Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero BY WILL COVIELLO PLENTY OF BAD MOVIES are made every year, but it takes a special kind of awfulness to draw the lasting devotion of fans of bad movies. The Room, written, directed, produced by and starring Tommy Wiseau, found that strange alchemy. He plays a failing banker whose fiance has an affair with his best friend (Greg Sestero), and with the help of a drug dealer, a psychologist and a birthday party gone awry, his life is ruined. The Room bellyflopped when it was released in California in 2003, but it became a popular feature for midnight screenings at movie houses including The Prytania Theatre. The film was further mythologized in co-star Greg Sestero’s 2013 memoir The Disaster Artist. Based on that book, James Franco made last year’s The Disaster Artist, in which he starred as Wiseau making The Room. Wiseau and Sestero have collaborated on another film, Best F(r)iends, which was released in March. Sestero plays a strange drifter who arrives in Los Angeles and starts working for an offbeat mortician (Wiseau) who has discovered a profitable side enterprise. Wiseau and Sestero will participate in question and answer sessions at 7 p.m., before a screening of Best F(r)iends at 7:30 p.m., and at 10:30 p.m., before a screening of The Room at 11 p.m., at The Joy Theater. They’ll also greet fans after the screenings, and Bonafried food truck will be at The Joy. Single film tickets are $15-$30. Combination tickets for both movies are $25 to $50. The Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www.thejoytheater.com.

teams will boil more than 20,000 pounds of crawfish for festival attendees to eat. There also are carnival rides and live music. Tickets $25, ages 13-17 $15, kids free. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Southern Nights. Abita Springs Town Hall, 22161 Level St., Abita Springs, (985) 892-0711 — The gala for Women’s Center for Healing & Transformation offers food, Abita beer, DJs, auctions and more. Tickets $55. 7 p.m. Spring Garden Show. New Orleans Botanical Garden, 5 Victory Ave., (504) 483-9386; www.neworleanscitypark.com/ botanical-garden — The two-day expo features more than 50 horticultural exhibits, educational lectures, children’s activities, plant sales, a plant health clinic, live music and more. Tickets $8, kids $4. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Spring Wildflower Walk. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — Volunteers discuss basic botany and guide a trail walk. RSVP recommended, free admission. 10:30 a.m. Supersaurus Saturday. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — The museum hosts a day of dinosaur-themed activities, including fossil exploration and a scavenger hunt. Free with museum admission. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Covington Art Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The market features a variety of work from local and regional artists, including jewelry, crafts, photography, paintings and more. Visit www.sttammanyartassociation.org for details. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Disability Pride Festival. Advocacy Center, 8325 Oak St., (504) 522-2337; www. advocacyla.org — The festival celebrates people with disabilities and their friends and families. The fest includes a sensory-friendly quiet room. Free admission. 11 a.m. Freret Street Festival. Freret Street — There are three stages of live music, food courts and more than 200 vendors offering a range of products from clothing to art. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jemele Hill. John Georges Auditorium, Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 283-8822; www.dillard.edu — The

ESPN sports journalist speaks. Free admission. 7 p.m. Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Gala Dinner. University of New Orleans, Homer L. Hitt Alumni Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000; www.uno.edu — Former U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite Jr. is the keynote speaker at this gala hosted by the National Black MBA Association. Tickets $25-$500. 5 p.m. Leukemia Cup Regatta. Southern Yacht Club, 105 N. Roadway St., (504) 2884200; www.southernyachtclub.org — Sailors compete in a variety of sailing races to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. On land, there are food tastings, live music and rum drinks. Visit www.lls. org/msla for details. Saturday-Sunday. Louisiana Crawfish Boil Championships. Immaculate Conception School, 601 Avenue C, Marrero, (504) 347-4409; www.icschargers.com — Fifty cooking

St. Dominic Parish Fair. St. Dominic School, 6361 Memphis St., (504) 486-2824 — There’s food, drinks, kids’ activities, inflatables, school performances and raffles at the fair. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Survivor Day of Healing. STAR Mid-City, 123 N. Genois St., (504) 407-0711; www. star.ngo — Labyrinth walking, painting and yoga are offered at a healing day for survivors of sexual violence. RSVP to be served lunch. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vinyl Vibrations. Paradigm Gardens, 1131 S. Rampart St., (504) 344-9474; www.paradigmgardensnola.com — DJs perform at the outdoor dinner series, and food from local chefs and pop-ups is available for purchase. Guests may BYOB. Tickets $10. 6:30 p.m. Woofstock. Castine Center, Pelican Park, 63350 Pelican Drive, Mandeville, (985) 626-7997 — The dog festival offers food, drinks, vendors, kids’ activities, inflat-

ables, costume contests and a low-cost community vet clinic until 1:30 p.m. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. WrestleMania 34. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3663; www.mbsuperdome.com — A Hall of Fame Ceremony, parties and celebrity appearances take place around town in the days leading up to this wrestling event. Other events follow on Monday. Visit www.wwe.com for details. Admission varies. 4:30 p.m.

SPORTS New Orleans Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Memphis Grizzlies. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

WORDS Alan Gauthreaux. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The author discusses Bloodstained Louisiana: Twelve Murder Cases, 1896-1934. 7 p.m. Thursday. C.S. Harris. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 8952266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author discusses Why Kill the Innocent, the latest book in her Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series. 6 p.m. Tuesday. David Lanoue. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The Xavier University professor reads from his own poems. 7 p.m. Monday. Fire in the Hole: The Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — Editor Rachel Breunlin discusses the book and Mardi Gras Indian culture with Big Chief Victor Harris and photographer Jeffrey David Ehrenreich. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Jack Bedell. People Program, 2240 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 284-7678; www.peopleprogram.org — The Louisiana poet laureate reads, and there’s a Q&A. 3 p.m. Sunday. Karen Kingsley & Lake Douglas. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — The authors discuss and sign Buildings of New Orleans. 1 p.m. Saturday.

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FILM OPENING THIS WEEKEND A Bitter Legacy — This documentary explores secret prison camps that operated during the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Zeitgeist Blockers (R) — Buzzkill parents try to stop teens from swiping their V-cards on prom night. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Isle of Dogs (PG-13) — Wes Anderson’s latest, in which a boy visits an island populated by pups. Prytania, Broad A Quiet Place (PG-13) — The slightest noise attracts hangry monsters in this thriller. Elmwood, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre

NOW SHOWING Acrimony (R) — This Tyler Perry film jilts Taraji P. Henson, who vows revenge on her cheating lover. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Back to Burgundy — When a patriarch becomes ill, siblings try to save the family vineyard. Prytania Black Panther (PG-13) — Chadwick Boseman (James Brown and Thurgood Marshall, in other recent movies) is the eponymous Marvel-universe superhero. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre The Croods (PG) — A family of cavemen must venture into the dangerous world outside their cave. West Bank The Death of Stalin (R) — A bleakly comedic, loosely historical retelling of the days following an autocrat’s death. Elmwood, Broad, Cinebarre Flower (R) — A teen sexually experiments with her mom’s boyfriend’s kid and tries

to frame Adam Scott for pedophilia in this edgy indie. Cinebarre Game Night (R) — Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams are a couple attending a murder mystery night with a potentially dark twist. Elmwood God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (PG) — A pastor calls his atheist brother for help when his church burns down. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Greatest Showman (PG) — The musical is about the life of circus magnate P.T. Barnum and the creation of show business. Elmwood I Can Only Imagine (PG) — Based on the true story behind an apparently popular Christian rock song. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Midnight Sun (PG-13) — In this Sparksian melodrama, a young woman’s rare genetic condition means she can’t tolerate sunlight. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Pacific Rim Uprising (PG-13) — John Boyega (recent Star Wars films, Detroit) stars in the robot/monster mashup. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Paul, Apostle of Christ (PG-13) — Sensing potential for 11 sequels with this one. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Peter Rabbit (PG) — The bunny movie is a “contemporary comedy with attitude,” according to press materials. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell Ready Player One (PG-13) — Steven Spielberg directs the film about a race to find an Easter egg in a VR universe. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Red Sparrow (R) — Ex-ballerina Domenika (Jennifer Lawrence) goes to spy school; intrigue ensues. Elmwood, Cinebarre Sherlock Gnomes (PG) — Incredibly, a spinoff of 2011’s Gnomeo and Juliet. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Strangers: Prey at Night (R) — Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) is in this horror movie set in a trailer park. Elmwood, West Bank Tomb Raider (PG-13) — Alicia Vikander steps into Lara Croft’s boots. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Unsane (R) — A woman signs herself into

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REVIEW Carlos Rolon: Outside/In BY D. ERIC BOOKHARDT WHERE DID CITIES COME FROM? They seem to have happened as travelers at crossroads began trading what they had for what they needed. Some stuck around, and one thing led to another. That process has been infinitely repeated, especially in places with active street life such as Latin America, the Caribbean and New Orleans. When Carlos Rolon’s parents moved from Puerto Rico to Chicago, their living room became his mother’s nail salon while his father taught boxing in the basement. Later, in his travels as a widely exhibited artist, Rolon noticed how much New Orleans reminded him of Puerto Rico, and this Outside/In mixed-media installation at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) explores what they have in common, from tropical plants and architecture to the enduring tradition of street vendors. His Nomadic Habitat — Hustleman (pictured) is a kind of 21st-century pushcart outfitted with life’s essentials: trays of street food, sunglasses, salsa and hip-hop CDs, memorial portraits of Prince, customizable ID cards, you name it. Designed to be interactive, it features ongoing contributions from local arts and community activists and hosts tarot card readers and others. Visit NOMA’s web site for details. Much of the show reminded me of the way the families of the Cuban refugee kids with whom I grew up with turned living spaces and backyard cabanas into mini-Havanas with touches like ornate iron lattices and hanging baskets of flowers. Rolon also uses the decorative ironwork found on windows and doors in New Orleans and the Caribbean to frame mirrors so our reflections appear as time travelers traversing portals into the vestigial visual legacy of Spanish colonialism. A swirling vortex of crescent-shaped mirrors also comprises a powerful wall sculpture, Maria, named after the hurricane that devastated Puerto Rico like an even more apocalyptic version of Hurricane Katrina. Here again, mirrors bring us into the picture, reminding us that climate change is what we inflicted on ourselves by choosing dollars over the health and well-being of the world that sustains us. Throughout this show, Rolon’s mirrors allow us to see the true nature of “otherness” quite clearly and realize that it is us. Through Aug. 26. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org.

a mental institution in a questionable effort to avoid her stalker; Steven Soderbergh directs. Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre A Wrinkle in Time (PG) — Middle-schooler Meg travels via tesseract; Oprah, Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon are her spirit guides. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Kenner, Slidell, Regal

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Above & Beyond Acoustic: Giving Up The Day Job — The concert film covers of tour of sometimes-electronic group

Above & Beyond’s Acoustic album. 10 p.m. Wednesday. Prytania Ashish Avikunthak — Two films are screened by the experimental filmmaker, who has also worked as an activist, archaeologist and anthropologist. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Zeitgeist Best F(r)iends — Filmmakers Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero (The Room) appear at a screening of their new movie, and a screening of The Room follows. 7 p.m. Friday. Joy Theater Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle — The Muscovite company presents the tragic romance.

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Music & Poetry. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux. com — Musician Toby O’Brien hosts local and visiting poets. 9 p.m. Saturday. Sloane Crosley. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author (Look Alive Out There, I Was Told There’d Be Cake) is in conversation with Nathaniel Rich. 6 p.m. Friday.

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GOING OUT 12:55 p.m. Sunday. Elmwood Creed (PG-13) — The son of boxer Apollo Creed (Michael B. Jordan) enters the family business. 6 p.m. Friday. Taylor Park Easter Parade — In the 1948 musical, Fred Astaire and Judy Garland star as a Broadway actor and his new dance partner. 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. Slidell Eating You Alive (NR) — A documentary links chronic illness to the modern diet. 7 p.m. Thursday. Elmwood, Regal, Cinebarre Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day — Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s miniseries about a family explores postwar German capitalism. 7 p.m. Sunday-Monday. Zeitgeist Grease — Fifties teens contemplate sex, drag racing and beauty school. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday. Elmwood, West Bank, Cinebarre A Hard Day’s Night (G) — “ ... and I’ve been workin’ like a dog.” 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania Gremlins 2: The New Batch (PG-13) — Gremlins seize a skyscraper in the 1990 horror comedy. 9 p.m. Tuesday. Broad Gun Crazy and Detour — Noir films are screened on the bar’s patio. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Bar Redux The Metropolitan Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte — Mozart’s Italian opera about sisters and their lovers is screened. 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood, Cinebarre The Nun’s Story — Audrey Hepburn gets to a nunnery in this 1959 film. 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania

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The Room — Filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and actor Greg Sestero appear at screenings of their unintentionally funny cult classic. 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday. Prytania What We Started — Techno royalty Carl Cox spearheaded this documentary about the history of dance music. 10 p.m. Tuesday. Prytania

STAGE ON STAGE The Best of Sinatra. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www. stagedoorcanteen.org — Spencer Racca portrays Frank Sinatra in this tribute show. Tickets $39.99. 11:45 a.m. Wednesday. Buddy Holly Tribute Show. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen. org — Johnny Rogers stars in the tribute performance. Tickets $29.52-$64.99. 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday. Men on Boats. Lusher Charter School, Lusher-Fortier Campus, 5624 Freret St. — In The NOLA Project’s production, an all-female cast portrays a one-armed captain and his volunteers navigating the Colorado River. Visit www. nolaproject.com for details. Tickets $30$35. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. One Arm. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans presents the play about a former boxer turned hustler,

which is adapted from a Tennessee Williams story. Visit www.twtheatrenola.com for details. Tickets $20-$25. Through 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. The Stranger Disease. Madame John’s Legacy, 632 Dumaine St. — Goat in the Road Productions, Friends of the Cabildo and the Louisiana State Museum present the immersive performance set during a New Orleans yellow fever epidemic. Visit www.friendsofthecabildo. org for details. Tickets $25. 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Taco Truck Theater / Teatro Sin Fronteras. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 6584100; www.noma.org — The performance deals with issues related to immigrant rights, and there are food trucks. Tickets $12-$18. 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tainted Cabaret. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.net — The burlesque, boylesque and variety show features American, Canadian, European and Russian performers. Tickets $15-$30. Midnight Saturday. Your Words. They Move Me. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www. barredux.com — Nuri Infuri, Ember Blaize, Dick Jones Burly, Honey Tangerine and Picolla Tushy give burlesque performances inspired by the work of local poets. Tickets $7. 7 p.m. Sunday.

DANCE Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.

com — The contemporary dance company performs. Tickets start at $25. 8 p.m. Saturday.

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. 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. Close Me Out. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Local storytellers recount inebriated adventures. Andrew Healan hosts. 8 p.m. Saturday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 901 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Vincent Zambon and Cyrus Cooper host a stand-up comedy show. 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

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. 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. 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. Virginia’s Harem. Valiant Theatre & Lounge, 6621 St. Claude Ave., Arabi, (504) 298-8676; www.valianttheatre.com — The all-female sketch comedy group performs. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Friday.

ART HAPPENINGS Fossil Free Fest. Joan Mitchell Center, 2275 Bayou Road, (504) 940-2500; www.joanmitchellfoundation.org — The three-day festival features art, film screenings, music, food and roundtable discussions about the complexities of oil and gas companies funding the arts. Visit www.fossilfreefest.org for details. Free admission. Friday-Sunday. Jazz It Up. Pappion Artistry Gallery & Gift Shop, 528 Girod St., Mandeville — The show features the work of artists who will exhibit at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage

Festival. Tickets $28. 6 p.m. Friday. Julia Street art walk. New Orleans Arts District — Galleries in the Warehouse District host free openings. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. The Rent Is Too Damn High. Crescent City Boxing Club, 3101 Erato St., (504) 524-0660; www.crescentcityboxinggym. com — There’s visual art, performances and political satire at this celebration of the city’s tricentennial. A mock debate between historical figures takes place and DJ RQAway performs. 6 p.m. Saturday.

OPENING A Gallery for Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www. agallery.com — “Bayou’s End,” aerial photographs of the changing Louisiana landscape by Ben Depp; opening reception 5 p.m. Thursday. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — “Louisiana Aviary,” work by Krista Roche and Sergio Alvarez, jewelry by Nancie Roark and crafts by Juli Juneau; opening reception 6 p.m. Saturday. Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery. com — “Sanctuary,” abstracted wetland landscapes by Mike Williams; opening reception 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “Swamp and Circumstance,” paintings depicting swamp and New Orleans city life by Carol Hallock; opening reception with musical performances and live art 4

GOING OUT p.m. Saturday. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “The Antidote Series,” new works by Kate Samworth; “Passing Through the Blue,” new works by Carolyn Zacharias McAdams; “Sun and Silhouette,” new works by Emily Wilson; artists’ reception 6 p.m. Saturday. New Orleans Botanical Garden. 5 Victory Ave., (504) 483-9386; www.neworleanscitypark.com/botanical-garden — “Home Tweet Home,” creative, whimsical and architectural birdhouses; opening reception 5 p.m. Wednesday. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Made in LA,” art highlighting the accomplishments of black New Orleanians and Louisianans; opening reception 4 p.m. Saturday.

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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 — Corey Mack hosts the stand-up 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. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Thursday. John Cleese. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www. saengernola.com — A screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail precedes a Q&A with the comedian and writer. Tickets start at $59. 8 p.m. Friday. 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 food and ice cream. 8 p.m. Saturday. News with the Pist. Treo, 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 304-4878; www.treonola. com — Comedian Chris Champagne’s show lampoons local politics. Kelcy Mae is the musical guest. Tickets $15. 8 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.

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1638 Dufossat St. #1638 • $399,000

Off street parking and a private courtyard for enjoying beautiful evenings under the oaks! This grand, Greek revival is just one block from St. Charles Avenue. At 1300 square feet, it’s an oversized one bedroom condo that boasts beautiful wood floors throughout, lovely medallions and fire place mantels. Step back in time and enjoy a beverage on the spacious front porch… Uptown charm overload! A must see! G

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3721 St. Charles Ave. #B 3BR/4 BA • $939,000

Wonderful townhome, on the parade route! These don’t come up often! Don’t miss out! Over 2400 square feet of living area and a garage, with room for an elevator. This townhome is so well done, with beautiful crown moldings, fantastic living spaces and gourmet kitchen, complete with the finest of appliances and finishes. Too many amenities to list! This, second home has been cared for impeccably and is an entertainer’s delight, with a wonderful balcony on St. Charles!

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1129 ST. PHILIP ST. $1,925,000

The Jazz Quarters hotel is just steps from the French Quarter and Armstrong Park in the Historic Treme. This unique property consists of eight beautifully restored cottages surrounded by parking for 15+ cars, intimate courtyards, and lush grounds hidden behind high walls and an iron gate. Currently configured with ten guest rooms and an innkeepers suite with the potential to add more. Sale includes hotel license, business name and website. www.jazzquarters.com

2833 ST. CHARLES AVE #11 2BR/2BA $335,000

Location, location! Wonderful 2BR on parade route! Beautifully renov’d two yrs ago. New wd flrs throughout, new kit w/marble & stainless steel. Stackable W/D in unit and new central Air/Heat. Lg inground pool, fitness room, secure off-st pkg.

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Spectacular Renovated and New Construction in the Heart of Historic Gentilly with 3BR & 2BA. New addition and foundation. New Roof including structure. New plumbing, electrical and HVAC. Restored Heart of Pine floors. Stainless appliances. Open concept. Large kitchen and dining room. Lots of closet and cabinet space. Granite counter tops. Laundry Room! Conveniently located a block from Gentilly Blvd, near Dillard University, Walmart and the hwy. New deck & huge backyard. X Flood Zone. Off-street parking. $235,000

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2BR / 2BA • $529,000

Beautiful CBD condo w/ wonderful open floor plan. 12ft ceil’s and brick exposed walls make it a unique and stunning! Fantastic walk-in closet and beautiful marble bathrooms. Granite counters, stainless appliances and beautiful cherry wood flrs. Secured, garage, parking in the building.

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718 ALINE ST. 3BR/2BA • $435,000 E

Adorable 6-yr-old UPT cottage w/ ideal flr plan, 10’ ceils & reclaimed pine firs. Energy efficient. Hard wired sec. sys, tankless water htr, stainless appl’s. Pretty yd w/deck.

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EMPLOYMENT Temporary Farm Labor: Associated Cotton Growers, Crosbyton, TX, has 5 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating dryers, cleaners, gin stands, lint cleaners and bale presses, record weight of bale & seed; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver licence with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.87/hr, increase based on exp., may work nights, weekends & holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 5/10/18 – 1/31/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# TX8614208 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 225-342-2917.

LEGAL NOTICES 1919 VSR, LLC d/b/a Kwicky Mart, is applying to the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell beverages of high and low alcohol content including beer, wine and spirits on premises at a retail in the Parish of Jefferson at the following address: 1919 Airline Drive, Metairie, LA 70001. Member/ Owner: Venkateswarlu C. Kata. I Venkateswarlu C. Kata, for the business of 1919 VSR, LLC d/b/a Kwicky Mart, am applying to the Collector of Revenue for Jefferson Parish in the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell tobacco products as defined by law at the municipal address, located at 1919 Airline Drive, Metairie, LA 70001 in the Parish of Jefferson.

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

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504.233.0063 HilcoRealEstate.com/NORA 1% Broker Co-op. Properties are being sold on an “As is, Where is” basis. Paul A. Lynn, CCIM Broker #76068-ACT; Steven Mathis, LA Auctioneer 1834.

LOWER GARDEN DIST. 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

1 & 2 Bedrooms available in ideal location and ROOMS BY THE WEEK. 1 BR, private bath. All utilities included. $180/week. Call (504) 202-0381 for appointment

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