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The Mayor Responds ambit’s recent article, “Broken Record-Keeping” (Cover story, Nov. 15) was off base and riddled with inaccuracies. This story was out of tone and out of context, given the sweeping reforms we have instituted, specifically those related to the contracting process and open government.

To put this issue in context, shortly after taking office I signed Executive Order MJL 10-05 to completely overhaul and reform professional services procurement. It removes the mayor from the contracting process and helps ensure that contracts are awarded based on “what you know, not who you know.” Selection committee meetings are open to the public, with local press, government watchdog organizations and residents often in attendance. Contracts for important projects from the Lafitte Greenway to the Six Flags redevelopment have been and will be awarded through this process. It was a major reform in our efforts to make New Orleans a better place to do business.

Once contracts are executed, we post them to our website, www. nola.gov. And now, because of work we’ve done in recent months, the database of contracts and amendments signed since 2009 are posted in a searchable format.

While we post all contracts signed by me online, the crux of the article seemed to be that the city has not posted online all contracts signed by previous mayors, specifically those signed before 2009, and that these contracts are not available in a searchable database.

Unfortunately, we did not inherit a list of all active contracts or a document management system capable of producing one. As a point of fact — when we took office, the city did not even have a basic inventory of assets, including an accurate accounting of the number of cars or computers. We are changing all of that.

While we have a long way to go, we have made vast improvements across the board. Our long-term solution is moving finance, payroll and procurement systems into a coordinated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

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“While we have a long way to go, we have made vast improvements across the board.”

We did not stop improving transparency and accountability at the contracting process. We opened up the budget process and have engaged citizens at community meetings using a process called Budgeting for Outcomes.

We are also measuring our results and holding ourselves accountable.

City Hall is a much more open place for citizens to interact, from quarterly ResultsNOLA reports that document our successes and failures across departments to our many public Stat meetings, such as BlightStat, which open up often-messy government processes for vital services.

It is clear that we have a long way to go to be a model city government, but we are making significant progress as we deliver a better level of service for the residents of our great city.

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Paul to the L.A. Clippers. The Hornets picked up three solid players and a first-round draft pick, but fans will miss the beloved CP3. It probably was the best deal the team could get for Paul, who otherwise would become a free agent after this season.

Federal investigators posted another banner year, winning a string of convictions in high-profile political corruption cases and bringing indictments against several more local politicos. As busy as U.S. Attorney Jim Letten was this year, 2012 is shaping up to be even busier.

The local arts and culture scene continues to lead the city’s post-Katrina recovery. Preservation Hall turned 50 and proved that some things just get better with age.

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In the wake of the BP oil disaster, lawsuits mounted as locals complained that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility dragged its feet paying claims. Meanwhile, the feds have reopened deep-water drilling in the Gulf. Oil companies say the feds are imposing too many regulations; environmentalists warn that drilling is not regulated enough.

Violent crime spiraled out of control this year, thwarting what would otherwise be a great year for New Orleans. Mayor Mitch Landrieu launched Saving Our Sons, his anticrime initiative, but much remains to be done to change the city’s culture of violence. Finally, the city and the feds continue to negotiate a consent decree for federal oversight of much-needed, top-to-bottom reforms at NOPD. As we celebrate what went right in 2011, we know what we have to fix in 2012.

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his is the time of year we look back and reflect on the past 12 months in New Orleans. In many ways, our city continues to enjoy blessings amid tragedies. The post-Katrina recovery continues unabated. The Saints and LSU continue their winning ways. And the city’s artistic and cultural sectors continue to grow and inspire. But not all the news of 2011 was good. The city’s murder rate remains a national disgrace — and the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) remains one of the nation’s most troubled cop shops. Meanwhile, the local seafood industry struggles to recoup losses inflicted by the BP oil disaster.

Let’s start with the good news.

The Saints got off to a hit-and-miss start, but the team is peaking at just the right time as playoffs approach. The Black-and-Gold are 11-3 going into this week’s divisional showdown against Atlanta on Monday Night Football, at home in the Dome. Drew Brees is having a record-setting year, while new running back Darren Sproles and young tight end Jimmy Graham have delighted Saints fans — and confounded opponents — all season long. With two more wins at home to close out the season — and a little help from the San Francisco 49ers — the Saints can earn a No. 2 seed and a bye for the playoffs.

The LSU Tigers are headed for their third BCS championship appearance (and hopefully third championship) in eight years on Jan. 9. LSU has won each of its BCS championships in the Superdome, and Tiger fans hope the home-field advantage will work in LSU’s favor once again as the team plays No. 2 Alabama in a much-anticipated rematch of their grueling regular-season game.

The post-Katrina recovery gained more traction in 2011. Local public schools were awarded $1.8 billion from FEMA to build new campuses in 2010, and this year officials agreed on a plan to split the money between the Orleans Parish School Board and the Recovery School District. The new facilities will complement a new “can-do” atmosphere in local public schools, where a growing percentage of students are posting improved test scores. Meanwhile, the Hyatt Regency Hotel reopened after being shuttered for more than six years, part of Armstrong Park reopened to rave reviews, and Mercedes-Benz bought naming rights to the newly illuminated Superdome.

Also on the recovery front, area flood protection continues to improve as levees are raised and buttressed. And, in a case of “no news is good news,” no major storms hit the Louisiana coast this year.

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DEAR LANCE, Your ancestor played a significant role in the Revolution of 1768. But it was not he that Frenchman Bernard Marigny was thinking of when, 36 years later, he named a street in his faubourg Rue des Francais after the brave Frenchmen who defied Spanish rule. The beginning of Frenchmen Street is near the place where his countrymen were executed.

It all began when France gave New Orleans to Spain in 1763 in the secret treaty of Fontainebleau. Three years later, the first Spanish governor, Don Antonio de Ulloa, arrived, and the French were not pleased to see him. On Oct. 27, 1768, hundreds of New Orleans residents and settlers from the German Coast (a settlement upriver near LaPlace) assembled and took over the city. Ulloa didn’t have sufficient troops to put down the revolt and was forced to flee by ship.

As commandant of the German Coast, your ancestor — also known as Charles D’Arensbourg — was concerned about the commercial policies of the Spanish. He also was a close family friend of Nicholas Chauvin de Lafreniere, attorney general of the colony and leader of the revolution.

Days before the insurrection, Ulloa sent an emissary to D’Arensbourg with money to pay for grain that had been appropriated. D’Arensbourg refused the money — and any other gesture of good will from the Spanish — and arrested the emissary.

D’Arensbourg ordered Capt. Joseph Villere, head of the German Coast militia, to send 400 men to New Orleans to join the revolution. Unwilling to tolerate such behavior, Spain sent Alejandro O’Reilly as Ulloa’s replacement, accompanied by a huge force to crush the rebellion. They arrived in August 1769 and restored order, punished the rebels and organized a Spanish government. With the absolute power of the Spanish king

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Several Frenchmen who plotted the Revolution of 1768 against Spanish rule in New Orleans were executed at Fort St. Charles, near where the old U.S. Mint stands today and near where Frenchmen Street starts. (The fort is marked with an X on the sketch, which was published in 1796.)

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behind him, O’Reilly arrested many of the citizens who had opposed Ulloa. The principal conspirators were Lafreniere, Denis-Nicolas Foucault, Balthasar de Masan, Pierre Marquis, Jean Baptiste de Noyan, Bienville Noyan, Julien Doucet, Jean and Joseph Milhet, Pierre Caresse, Joseph Petit, Pierre Poupet, Pierre Hardi de Boisblanc and Villere.

After a trial for treason and rebellion, Lafreniere and four others were shot on Oct. 25, 1769, in the Champs de Mars, or parade ground, in front of Fort St. Charles, near the point where Chartres Street and Esplanade Avenue intersect today. Six others were imprisoned in Morro Castle in Havana. “Bloody O’Reilly,” as he came to be known, granted amnesty or pardoned some who had signed a petition to have Ulloa expelled, as well as others who were involved in the uprising.

The story goes that O’Reilly intended to have D’Arensbourg executed, but the commandant was spared. D’Arensbourg lived in St. Charles Parish until he died Nov. 18, 1777.

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because of these types of people not being held accountable. … It is reprehensible that the courts continue to send these men to the streets of New Orleans to be murderers or be murdered.” — NOPD Chief Ronal Serpas, following a bloody weekend in New Orleans in which 24-month-old Keira Holmes was killed in a hail of gunfire Sunday, Dec. 18.

“I am formally requesting that you direct the Louisiana National Guard to immediately return to the city of New Orleans. … The city is besieged by gun-toting criminals who have no regard for innocent citizens or law enforcement.”

— State Rep. Austin Badon, D-New Orleans, in a letter to Gov. Bobby Jindal Dec. 19. Badon also asked for “uniformed law enforcement to be proactive in this fight against crime.”

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his past year the feds continued to cast a wide net in their ever-expanding investigations into political corruption in southeast Louisiana. The GOP captured both houses of the Louisiana Legislature.

Gov. Bobby Jindal coasted to re-election while helping to orchestrate a purge on the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Lawmakers struggled with redistricting and a tight budget.

And those were just the headlines. The stories behind those headlines made this another year to remember.

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1. Federal Corruption Investigations — The indictments and convictions can’t come fast enough for citizens who are sick and tired of corrupt politicians, but the feds move at their own deliberate pace. Given the track record of U.S. Attorney Jim Letten & Co., you can’t fault the feds for taking their time. This year saw the convictions of some major political kingpins and the indictments of several more: • Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Jiff Hingle and post-

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raised $10,000 for gifts to send to children at Children’s Hospital via his Chef Duke’s Foundation for Kids. The Cafe Giovanni chef founded the organization in 1992 and since then has distributed more than $190,000 worth of toys to children. The foundation also focuses on funding children’s health and education programs.

The Louisiana SPCA’s Community Clinic surpassed its goal of 7,000 spay and neuter surgeries this year. The clinic performed 7,645 surgeries by mid-December (compared to its 2010 total of 5,127). The clinic also offers low-cost spay and neuter operations, microchipping and other veterinary services. Opened last year, the clinic increased the number of spay and neuter surgeries by more than 47 percent from its 2009 services.

The Winn-Dixie Foundation

awarded grants to 11 New Orleans charities as part of the organization’s $1.4 million investment in 116 groups throughout the southeast. Area charities receiving funds include Boys Hope Girls Hope, the Community Center of St. Bernard, Ladies Leukemia League, the Metropolitan Center for Women and Children, Second Harvest Food Bank and the St. Tammany Cancer Fund.

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and Operation People for Peace donated 14,000 pounds of food to underserved Gulf Coast communities affected by the BP oil disaster. The Florida congregation donated 200 care packages to families and last week delivered food to three Louisiana churches: New Mount Pilgrim Baptist in Houma, Moses Baptist in Thibodaux and Kenner Calvary Baptist in Kenner.

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THERE’S NEVER A RECESSION IN LOUISIANA POLITICS — THERE ARE ONLY ODD YEARS AND REALLY ODD YEARS. 2011 WAS NO EXCEPTION.

For a third month, the New Orleans Civil Service Commission has delayed a vote on a major change to city employment policies. The proposed change is an agreement between the Civil Service Department and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and would provide the OIG, as well the Independent Police Monitor (an autonomous office within the OIG), unfettered access to now-confidential personnel records.

The policy — opposed in its original form by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the Concerned Classified City Employees group — is scheduled for a vote during the commission’s January 2012 meeting.

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in defeating a large field of nobodies.

Team Jindal’s post-election spin failed to snuff out the glaring truth that the governor’s 65 percent “landslide” reflected a collective political yawn by Louisiana voters. The bigger story was the anemic turnout of just 31 percent. In hard numbers, Gov. Talking Points actually got only 23 percent of the total electorate to go to the polls and vote for him.

His 673,000-vote total on Oct. 22 was less than the 676,000-plus he got in his losing effort against Kathleen Blanco in the 2003 runoff — and less than the 699,000 he got in his 2007 open primary victory. And Team Talking Points calls that a man date?

8. Arnie Fielkow Resigns — The most likeable politician in town called it quits when offered the chance to get back into the sports arena. Fielkow, who previously worked for the New Orleans Saints, now heads up the National Basketball Retired Players Association. His resignation sets up a March 24 special election — and renews an ongoing examination of racial and cross-racial voting patterns in New Orleans.

9. The State Budget “Cliff” — OK, it turned out to be just a speed bump, but it was still news. The fact that a projected $1.6 billion shortfall wound up being covered so easily was largely a tribute to state Sen. John Alario’s working knowledge of the state budget (and his mastery of the legislative process).

Alario’s central role in reducing the fear factor associated with the budget shortfall probably made him a lock to become Jindal’s choice as Senate President.

10. UNO’s Move — The year began with Jindal proposing to merge the University of New Orleans with Southern University at New Orleans.

It was uncharacteristically bold of the governor, and in the end the merger died on the vine without so much as a floor vote. But the merger talks put enough of a spotlight on UNO’s historic troubles in the LSU System that the idea of shifting the lakefront campus to the friendlier University of Louisiana System sailed through both legislative chambers. The move became official earlier this month — on the same day that Dr. Peter Fos, a UNO alumnus, was named UNO’s new president.

In Other News — Other big stories vied for attention, including the Occupy NOLA movement, Jindal’s withering national ambitions (picking Rick Perry for president was almost as big a gaffe as his dreadful speech on national TV in 2009), and former Gov. Edwin Edwards’ release from jail.

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of course, there was the Danziger Bridge case, which saw five former officers convicted in connection with the shooting of unarmed civilians in the days after Katrina (and conspiring to cover up the shootings afterward). The feds continued to investigate a number of cops while negotiating a potential consent decree with Mayor Mitch Landrieu. The decree, which is still being hammered out, is expected to set the stage of a sweeping set of reforms at NOPD. It can’t come soon enough.

4. The 2011 Elections — Incumbents fared very well in the October primary, but most of those who remained on the ballot for the November runoffs (especially in St. Bernard and St. Tammany parishes) got doused. The exceptions: legislative Democrats. While the Party of Jefferson (Thomas, not Bill) failed to field a viable candidate for any statewide office, Democratic incumbents in the Louisiana Legislature fended off multimillion dollar assaults from Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Sen. David Vitter. In fact, every Democratic legislative incumbent that the GOP targeted won re-election, even though each was outspent threeto-one or more. Speaking of Vitter, his bid to build a statewide right-wing base for a possible governor’s race in 2015 fizzled as nearly every candidate he supported lost. Meanwhile, the local elections in St. Bernard Parish provided enough fireworks to light up the sky for a year. HBO could mine several seasons’ worth of material for a hit series on just the races for sheriff and parish president.

5. Big Changes at BESE — While Vitter focused on legislative races, Jindal looked ahead to the big push of his second term — education reform — and helped shake up the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). In past years, BESE races were largely ignored, which allowed teacher unions to stack the state’s education board. No longer.

Jindal and Baton Rouge contractor Lane Grigsby teamed up to sweep all but one of the contested BESE seats. Now the governor has 10 of the 11 BESE members in his corner (he appoints three of them) — a big change from the 6-5 majority he previously enjoyed.

6. Legislative Redistricting — It’s always a bloody, ugly process, and this year saw its share of cross-parish fighting, especially between Orleans and Jefferson. Metro New Orleans lost at least six legislative seats to reapportionment in the last vestige of Hurricane Katrina’s huge impact on local and state politics.

7. Jindal Re-elected in Yawn-slide — Normally, a governor’s re-election would automatically make the top 3, but Jindal didn’t make much of a splash

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changes for nearly a year, but so far, little has come. One proposal, backed

by Deputy Mayor/Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kopplin, would alter a longstanding layoff procedure known as “bumping.” That measure was deferred twice last summer and has not since come up for a vote.

The commission originally was scheduled to vote on OIG records access in October but opted to delay when FOP attorneys objected that they had not been given time to read the proposal and prepare a response. The commission delayed a vote again in November to give the employee groups and OIG staff an opportunity to negotiate a compromise.

Last week, OIG acting general counsel Suzanne Lacey Wisdom requested the vote be deferred again until the first meeting of the new year.

“We were unable to reach a consensus,” says FOP Secretary-Treasurer Jim Gallagher. Wisdom could not be reached for comment.

The confidential records in question include job counseling and evaluation reports and reports of internal investigations “on the character, personality and history of employees” covered by civil

service. According to an October letter from Lacey requesting the change, the OIG is mandated by city ordinance to investigate employee conduct, which, Wisdom argues, necessitates access to the records.

“The OIG will have its hands tied if it is unable to have full access to employee files in order to perform its investigations,” she wrote.

But Commissioner Joseph Clark, who in November said he would vote against the proposal, argues that OIG staff is given access to the records if a court decides it’s necessary. “If it’s cumbersome, that’s because there are safeguards (protecting employee privacy),” Clark said during the commission’s November meeting. “If it’s really cumbersome and you really need it, you’ll be motivated enough to get it.” — Charles Maldonado

Occupy prOtesters turn Over cOmplaints tO pOlice mOnitOr

The Occupy New Orleans legal team last week submitted more than 100 affidavits regarding New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) actions to Susan Hutson in the Office of the Independent Police Monitor (IPM).

In response to the complaints, Hutson,

Deputy Police Monitor Simone Levine and IPM spokeswoman Ursula Price attended the group’s Dec. 20 general assembly in Duncan Plaza, where protesters continue to convene for meetings even though their round-the-clock encampment was cleared from the park on Dec. 13. Hutson’s staff set up a table in the park, speaking to the group as a whole as well as to individual members.

“We have affidavits, I think, from a bunch of you guys,” Levine said to a group of about 30 protesters gathered in the park. She said the IPM’s office would record and assess each complaint before handing them over to NOPD’s Public Integrity Bureau (PIB), which is responsible for internal investigations of alleged police misconduct. The IPM office was designed, in part, to oversee PIB-initiated investigations, but Hutson says it’s not uncommon for members of the public to go directly to IPM rather than PIB itself.

“Some people may not be as comfortable (complaining to NOPD),” Hutson says.

“We project that IPM will have received between 250 and 275 complaints this year.”

The affidavits include allegations of harassment by two NOPD officers on Dec. 13, hours before the group was evicted.

According to some protesters, two police officers came into the park at 5:30 a.m. and told occupiers they must leave or they would be arrested. At the time, the city was prohibited by a federal court-issued temporary restraining order from evicting the group.

City officials acknowledge police entered the park and spoke to members of the group but deny officers told them to leave.

Other affidavits concern allegations of lost property from the first city-enforced eviction of the camp on the morning of Dec. 6, Levine says. Police gave protesters 30 minutes to leave the park that morning. If they were unable to gather their belongings in that time, the city carted off their possessions.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu and administration officials have defended the action repeatedly, arguing that it was peaceful and well-coordinated, with only one arrest. Levine says she is not aware of any reports of police violence during the eviction. In an email, mayoral spokesman Ryan Berni noted that police officers handed out hundreds of written warnings over the course of four days before proceeding with the initial eviction. — Maldonado

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Latin Class aribbean influenced, Creole inspired” is the tag Bruce and Carla Coury use to describe the sights, sounds and flavors at Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill (437 Esplanade Ave., 252-4800, www.mojitosnola.com). It’s a concept the Courys, who left the Midwest and careers in publishing and academia to move to New Orleans, have worked hard to perfect. The Latin-meets-Louisiana attitude is evident in the tropical decor, lush courtyard, full bar stocked with more than 50 kinds of rum, the menu and chef Luis Marin, from Spain.

“We didn’t want to be just another touristy place,” Carla says. “It was also our intention to cater to the local crowd. So we created a concept with Caribbean, Cuban and Creole cuisine that helped differentiate us from other places in the French Quarter and in the city.”

As a live music club offering everything from jazz to salsa, Mojitos also has the distinction of being located at the intersection of Esplanade Avenue and Frenchmen Street, home to some of the city’s renowned music venues. Passersby heading from the Quarter to the Marigny are regularly drawn in by the inviting view of the courtyard, an oasis of palm trees, ivy and umbrella-shaded wrought-iron tables that also serves as a dance floor. “Frenchmen Street starts here, and we fit right in with the music scene,” Carla says.

On Friday and Sunday nights, the Latin sounds of Fredy Omar’s and Javier Olondo’s bands lure dance enthusiasts. A New Year’s Eve dinner and dance party will feature an early dinner seating ($40) at 6 p.m. with Eudora & Deep Soul, and a celebration dinner seating ($50) at 9 p.m. with Fredy Omar and his band. Nearly a year after opening Mojitos, the Courys say their efforts to make the restaurant a consistent music and food “experience” that attracts both visitors and locals are working.

With a name like Mojitos and an owner (Bruce) who’s a rum connoisseur, it’s fitting that freshly made mojitos are the signature drink. The

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There’s also a rum dinner Photo by Cheryl Gerber tour and tasting that includes a trip to Old New Orleans Rum Distillery on Frenchmen Street.

The menu features small plates like Aruba scallops: seared scallops with white chocolate-chipotle sauce served with jalapeno cheese grits and seasonal vegetables. The NOLA Benedict — poached eggs, fried green tomato, alligator sausage and crawfish sauce on an English muffin — is a jazz brunch specialty.

“Our chef has been able to add quite a Latin flair to our menu,” Carla says. “Everything has a little kick to it.”

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he famous, the infamous, the people of substance and the flashes in the pan: this year brought them all.

These are 2011’s persistent headline-makers in New Orleans and south Louisiana, the people who at times seemed as ubiquitous as honey badgers, pop-up restaurants and pumped-up kicks.

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reNee Gill Pratt The rACKeTeer

The former District B rep on the New Orleans City Council went on trial in February on one charge of racketeering, but a lone holdout juror forced a mistrial. At a July retrial, a federal jury found Pratt guilty, and in November, she was sentenced to 87 months in prison. On Dec. 15, though, U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle ruled Pratt could remain free on bond while she appeals. Pratt was the girlfriend of the late Mose Jefferson (brother of former Rep. Bill Jefferson), who was convicted of bribery in 2009 and died in April. Pratt’s conviction was another blow to the crumbled Jefferson political empire.

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Varla JeaN MerMaN The enTerTAiner

The drag alter ego of local actor Jeffery Roberson began the year with a Gambit cover, went on to star in an off-Broadway musical (which closed quickly), toured the U.S. all year with his one-man show and saw the film festival premiere of his first starring movie, Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads.

Varla is ringing in the new year back in New Orleans with frequent co-star Ricky Graham at a show at MidCity Theatre.

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The Confounder

Fayard got the attention of state Democrats when she ran an exceptionally strong race for lieutenant governor in 2010 against Jay Dardenne. She was one of the party’s few bright rising stars — until an infamous appearance at a Washington Parish Democratic meeting where she declared, “I hate Republicans. They are cruel and destructive. They eat their young. They don’t think. They don’t allow people to think. They are bullies.” Despite the negative fallout, in May Fayard announced she’d run for secretary of state.

She dropped the bid in September.

The STAndArd-BeArerS

Band director Ben Jaffe, the son of Preservation Hall founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe, has demonstrated how the band can grow while still staying rooted in the hall’s famed jazz tradition, one Louis Armstrong once triumphed. With seemingly endless tours, music festival gigs, a starring role in Danny Clinch’s documentary Louisiana Fairytale and performances alongside Pres Hall superfans My Morning Jacket, last year also saw the release of the album Preservation, the band’s bestseller, showcasing its inimitable chops alongside the likes of Tom Waits and Pete Seeger. But 2011 wasn’t the band’s biggest year: the group enters 2012 celebrating its 50th anniversary at an all-star gig at Carnegie Hall with another roster of music stars — performers bowing to Pres Hall’s evolving legend. In June, Jaffe told Gambit, “The only moment you get to go into this creative cocoon is when you perform, and I want to amplify that. I want to make it bigger.”

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Harry sHearer The doCumenTAriAn

The actor/writer/radio host/multihyphenate New Orleanian continued to travel and promote The Big Uneasy, his 2010 documentary about the federal levee failures after Hurricane Katrina and the faults of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In May, he appeared in the musical adaptation of Dan Baum’s book Nine Lives.

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CedriC riCHMONd The repreSenTATive

Having defeated Anh “Joseph” Cao in November 2010, the former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives moved up to Washington, D.C. in January. A past controversy about the suspension of his law license seemed behind him — and in a truly surprising display of bipartisanship, Richmond forged a professional and personal friendship with Rep. Steve Scalise, his political polar opposite. Both men saw the sense of working together for the benefit of the metro New Orleans area and were a rare breath of cooperation in an increasingly bitter Congress. pAge 19

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In October, the remains of a collapsed Bywater cottage made some of the biggest noise in New Orleans, literally — a host of international musicians and artists brought the scraps back to life in the form of musical structures, from shacks to treehouses, each holding homemade instruments amid a playground of artful reconstruction. Jay Pennington (aka DJ Rusty Lazer) of the New Orleans Airlift kickstarted the installation with street artist Swoon, and orchestras (with maestro Quintron) performed a series of performances to overflow crowds. Guest musicians ranged from Hamid Drake to Andrew W.K. to Mannie Fresh, and the installation caught the attention of The New York Times and the imagination of its guests, who also were invited to play the houses for themselves.

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Kenneth Feinberg The AccounTAnT

Mounds of lawsuits have piled up against BP for damages following the Gulf oil disaster.

Managing BP’s Gulf Coast Claims Facility is Feinberg, whose firm Feinberg Rozen holds the purse: BP’s $20 billion escrow account set up for victims of the disaster.

In June, claims offices started closing and consolidating along the coast. Two months later, Feinberg announced that BP paid out $5 billion in claims and, “Overall, we’ve largely succeeded in getting money out to eligible claimants.” Meanwhile, hundreds of plaintiffs in lawsuits across the Gulf Coast accuse Feinberg of losing paperwork, having slow processing times, inconsistent or low-balling payments and more. By December, more than $1 billion of the fund has been paid to Louisiana fishermen, and Feinberg said he would double payments to affected fishing communities.

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Anh “Joseph” cAo The one-And-done

The congressman from eastern New Orleans who was vaulted into office after the resignation of Bill Jefferson did not survive re-election.

While in Washington, Cao stressed his closeness with President Barack Obama, but back in Obamaunfriendly Louisiana, Cao tried to put plenty of air between himself and the president. Cao flirted with running for state attorney general, then showed interest in running the state’s department of education, but neither panned out. Today, his Facebook page says he’d like to be a judge on Iron Chef: America.

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Arnie FielKow The Goodbye Guy

Fielkow surprised the local political establishment in August when he announced he would return to the private sector and the sports world as CEO of the National Basketball Retired Players Association. He had served on the City Council since 2006, when he’d left his job in the New Orleans Saints’ front office to try his hand at politics, where he often championed youth causes.

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curtis MAtthews The SlAin

The brother of Telly Hankton prosecution witness John Matthews was shot to death in October, three weeks after Hankton was found guilty of murder.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, NOPD chief Ronal Serpas and DA Leon Cannizzaro wasted no time condemning the murder and expressing their belief it was a hit carried out by Hankton associates. “I’m sending a message loud and clear to Telly Hankton and his family and anyone else associated with this,” Landrieu said at a press conference. “We’re coming to get you.” Matthews, 61, was a retired postal carrier who had relocated from North Carolina to New Orleans.

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The MoveMenT

The local Occupy movement pitched its tents in Duncan Plaza and lived there for two months with the passive blessing of Mayor Mitch Landrieu and NOPD Chief Ronal Serpas. In early December, Landrieu announced the city would begin enforcing the park’s curfew law; the protestors got an injunction, but the administration busted up the camp the morning before a hearing on the matter in Judge Jay Zainey’s courtroom.

Zainey issued a temporary restraining order against the city, and by that night, Occupy was once again occupying the plaza across from City Hall. Judge Lance Africk rescinded the restraining order Dec. 13, and the city gave protesters until midnight to leave the park.

Most did, but David D’Antonio and Mike Raso refused and were handcuffed and led from the park. They also were cited for minor city code violations.

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MAry lAndrieu The STudied ModerATe

With the defection of many top Democrats to the GOP in early 2011, and some disastrous elections for the Dems, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu became the most powerful Democrat in the state, even as she positioned herself as more centrist than leftist.

She locked horns with both fellow U.S. Sen. David Vitter and Gov. Bobby Jindal this year — including a major condemnation of Jindal after his administration rejected an $80 million federal grant to bring broadband Internet to northern Louisiana. Landrieu finished 2011 by securing $566 million in federal Medicaid reimbursements for the 2013 fiscal year — and, at last, starting a Twitter account.

JAcKie clArKson The veTerAn Pol

Clarkson entered her third decade of public service and became the president of the New Orleans City Council in May, a comeback of sorts for the veteran councilwoman who lost her bid for an at-large seat in 2006 to Arnie Fielkow. But three months later, she found herself defending remarks she’d made about the 1940s and 1950s in New Orleans being a “golden age” — which didn’t sit well with some of her African-American constituents. Clarkson pronounced herself baffled by the whole controversy.

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The art curator who brought Prospect.1 and Prospect.1.5 to New Orleans didn’t get his contract renewed by the Contemporary Arts Center in 2010, but he went on to curate Prospect.2 this fall. In October, Cameron announced he would take a curatorial position at California’s Orange County Museum of Art; the next month, we learned Franklin Sirmans of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art would coordinate The buzz bAnd Prospect.3 in 2013.

With his two-and Having met while students at the University of New Orleans, the members a-half biennials, of GIVERS moved back to Lafayette and made a name for themselves there before signing Cameron helped with Glassnote Records and getting a national push for their June album In Light and its established New sunshiney single “Up Up Up.” The song landed them a performance on Late Night With Orleans as an Jimmy Kimmel and is No. 17 on Amazon.com’s list of Best Songs of 2011. In Light is No. 29 on American center of Amazon’s list of 2011’s Best Albums. GIVERS will play at the 2012 Jazz & Heritage Festival. contemporary art.

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The Baton Rouge high school senior took on the Louisiana public school textbook committee on the question of including “intelligent design” in state schoolbooks — and won, becoming a young leader in the fight against creationism. He didn’t fare as well when he attempted to convince the Louisiana Legislature to repeal the prointelligent design Louisiana Science Education Act. In a December email to Gambit, Kopplin said he’s now a freshman at Rice University, but will return to Louisiana on his school breaks to organize high school students for his cause.

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AAron BroussArd The IndIcTed

The former Jefferson Parish president was indicted by the feds on payroll fraud charges Dec. 2. Also named: Broussard’s former wife Karen Parker and former parish attorney Tom Wilkinson, who employed Parker as a “paralegal supervisor.” The indictment alleged Parker “was not trained or certified as a paralegal, was hired and was paid a salary above and beyond the range authorized for civil service employees.” The three are each charged in all 33 counts of the indictment and have pleaded not guilty.

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mr. Ghetto The vIrAL SenSATIon

Gambit’s Alex Woodward wrote about Mr. Ghetto and his paean to the Tchoupitoulas Street Walmart on May 18. Fortyeight hours later, the song had become the subject of nearly 3 million Google searches, gossip blogger Perez Hilton had proclaimed it “the smash hit of summer 2011” and the world at large had tripped into New Orleans’ bounce culture, learning terms like “twerking” and “p-popping.” What created such a sensation?

The sight of booty-shaking dancers making their way down the aisles of “Wally Wally Wally Wally Wally Wally Wally Wally Wally Wally Wally Wally World” while Mr. Ghetto rapped about how the discount chain store was a great place to pick up women — while dropping props to both the Louisiana Purchase card and feminine hygiene products along the way. (The video became so viral it showed up on Comedy Central’s Tosh.0, even as local TV newsrooms struggled with how to cover it.) One group that wasn’t so amused: African-American women, who condemned it on sites like Bossip with terms ranging from “tomfoolery” to “coonery.”

Mr. Ghetto quickly cut several other videos on topics from the New Orleans Saints to the joys of being in da club, but none took off with the velocity of his tribute to the Tchoupitoulas (and Harahan) Wally Wally Wally World.

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John lABruzzo The cAMpAIgner

The ever-controversial state rep found himself in a tough fight against Nick Lorusso after the 2010 state redistricting changed the borders of his traditional district and kneecapped LaBruzzo’s re-election chances. With both men being conservative Republicans, holding nearly identical positions on traditional issues, the race came down to personalities and some of LaBruzzo’s more controversial ideas (supporting the drug-testing of public aid recipients; introducing legislation to declare a fertilized egg to be a person).

LaBruzzo, a tireless door-knocker and dogged campaigner, got his signs all over Metairie and Lakeview, but Lorusso ended up the victor.

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Buddy roemer The ATTenTIon-Seeker

The former governor and congressman launched a presidential campaign vowing to take only small donations, then fought to be included in the GOP debates, to no avail.

Later in the year, Roemer got some press when he allied himself with the Occupy Wall Street movement, put forward Sen. Joe Lieberman as a running mate (Lieberman demurred) and made several amusing appearances with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report.

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irvin mAyfield The IMpreSArIo

The jazz trumpeter and artistic director of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) received an honorary doctorate from Dillard University in May. He also opened the I Club in the JW Marriott Hotel on Canal Street, making it his second jazz club in the city.

In late December, Mayfield, NOJO and the New Orleans Hornets announced an Irving Mayfield’s I Club Stage would host a band of local musicians to play throughout Hornets games, starting Dec. 21. In August, Mayfield and Kermit Ruffins raised tens of thousands of dollars for local nonprofits during their 11-night “Love Sessions” performances.

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mArlon defillo The vAnIShIng AcT

The New Orleans Police Department’s No. 2 man — a three-decade veteran of the force and a familiar face to New Orleanians — came under fire for his lack of responsiveness in the case of Henry Glover, who was found to have been shot and his body burned by NOPD officers. But in July, just before NOPD chief Ronal Serpas was to open an investigation into Defillo’s role in the matter, the assistant superintendent abruptly and surprisingly retired from the force.

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Louisiana’s junior U.S. senator spent 2011 solidifying his position as The AntiObama and currying favor with the Tea Party back home with positions like capping funding for federal food stamps. Back in Louisiana, however, he was unable to deliver victories for Billy Nungesser and Jim Tucker, the candidates he endorsed for lieutenant governor and secretary of state, respectively. Vitter’s “very serious sin” bubbled up again in June during Rep. Anthony Weiner’s sex scandal, when the family-values group Family Policy Network issued a statement that Republicans would be hypocrites if they called for Weiner’s resignation while Vitter remained in office. Vitter didn’t go anywhere.

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mArk st. Pierre The WheeLer-deALer

At his May trial, the Imagine Software chief and former City Hall tech vendor was found guilty on all 53 felony counts against him. It took a federal jury less than a day to render its verdict. Despite emotional appeals from St. Pierre’s family and friends, in September U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon sentenced the erstwhile tech whiz to 17-and-a-half years in the pen.

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GArlAnd roBinette The MouTh

The WWL-AM radio host’s reputation took a body blow in September when it was revealed he had received a $250,000 personal interest-free loan from River Birch landfill magnate Fred Heebe — a topic he had discussed on his radio show without disclosing their relationship. Robinette denied all wrongdoing, and WWL kept him on the air, but much of the public remained skeptical. In November, Robinette turned over possession of a vacant lot he owned on the Northshore to pay the debt to Heebe.

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dArren sProles The neW FAvorITe

The running back was a fan favorite during his years with the San Diego Chargers, and he proved himself one of the most popular members of the 2011 Saints freshman class, dependably moving the ball down the field week after week and inadvertently coining a new adjective among fans: “Sprolesworthy.”

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Tara Hollis The Challenger

The Louisiana Democratic Party couldn’t even muster the strength to put up a seasoned opponent against Gov. Bobby Jindal, so a young teacher from Haynesville stepped up.

Jindal had millions in his re-election fund; Hollis only had a few thousand. Nevertheless, she got more than 180,000 votes, nearly 18 percent of the vote. Regardless of one’s political position, people all over the state should be grateful Hollis provided voters with a choice.

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Marlin GusMan The Sheriff

Unlike Mayor Mitch Landrieu and NOPD chief Ronal Serpas, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman isn’t the sort of official who thrives in front of the public, and the ongoing debate over the rebuilt Orleans Parish Prison took place without much public scrutiny. At issue: the number of beds in the facility, which is still in question though rebuilding of the complex is underway, and the ongoing per-diem compensation law, which allows the sheriff’s office to collect money for each prisoner held, a practice jail-reform advocates say introduces a profit motive into incarceration. The sheriff also had several high-profile embarrassments this year, including several deputies arrested on various charges. But he ended the year much as he began it: implacable as ever.

The free man

New Orleans’ most successful hip-hop star spent 2011 (unlike 2010) out of Rikers Island Prison, but he’s still on probation. In August, he released his longdelayed album Tha Carter IV, which most critics thought fell short of his acclaimed Tha Carter III. Nonetheless, IV hit double platinum, reaching No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 200, R&B and Rap charts.

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rafael DelGaDillo The Survivor

Delgadillo, a community organizer with the Hispanic organization Puentes New Orleans, spends his life preaching peace — so it was sadly ironic when he was shot in an attempted robbery in Mid-City. Friends, politicos and supporters organized and attended a benefit for him in November. He continues to recover.

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Telly HankTon The ConviCTed

Hankton went on trial in July for the 2008 second-degree murder of Darnell Stewart, but the jury was declared hung after just three hours of deliberation. Not so during his September retrial, when alibi witnesses did not show up and the jury found him guilty — an automatic life sentence for the man cops and prosecutors had portrayed as one of the most dangerous criminals in New Orleans.

GranT sTorMs The hypoCriTe

The tawdriest sex scandal of 2011 also echoed one of a generation ago: that of preacher Jimmy Swaggart and his “I have sinned” downfall in an Airline Highway motel. In February, Jefferson Parish deputies arrested a man in a van at Lafreniere Park in Metairie after two women claimed they saw him masturbating while looking into a playground area. The man turned out to be the Rev. Grant Storms, who had garnered national headlines a decade earlier during his annual Labor Day bullhorn tirades against the Southern Decadence celebration in the French Quarter.

Storms told deputies he had been urinating in a bottle, not masturbating, but he was booked on obscenity charges.

A day later, Storms held a bizarre press conference in the parking lot of a Metairie motel, where he said “I’m confessing to having my hand in my pants” and admitted he had been looking at pornography before going to the park — but did not admit to masturbating. “I’m familiar with sex addiction, being a pastor … I’ll just say: Do I have a problem? Yes,” Storms said, but insisted he was not a pedophile or child molester. Storms characterized his condemnation of the Southern Decadence crowds as “hateful” and said he’d been “prideful and arrogant.” Storms added, weeping, “I have deeply hurt my family, and I pray they can find it in their hearts to forgive me,” before leaving the motel parking lot with a man he called his pastor.

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eDwin & Trina eDwarDs The overexpoSed

The former governor left prison for a halfway house in January, and everything he did from that point seemed to make news — especially his July marriage to Trina Scott at the Hotel Monteleone. The bride was 32; the groom 51 years her senior. Trina Edwards has spoken openly of wanting to get a part-time home in the French Quarter, and there was talk of the couple starring on a reality TV show, but neither development had come to pass by year’s end. The thoroughly modern Edwin, however, has been active on Facebook, and he and Trina had a one-night shift as husband-and-wife bartenders at Molly’s at the Market in the French Quarter. The bar was thronged.

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Troy “TroMbone sHorTy” anDrews The Jazzman

Andrews followed up his critically acclaimed 2010 Backatown in September with For True, which topped Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart for weeks. He playedthe New Orleans House of Blues on Christmas Eve — and will be headlining at San Francisco’s prestigious Fillmore Theater for a two-night stand, concluding on New Year’s Eve.

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DaviD siMon The produCer

It was a clash of alpha males, one who prides himself on promoting New Orleans’ cultural economy and the other who has become a major part of the cultural economy. In April, Treme impresario David Simon clashed with Mayor Mitch Landrieu over a misunderstanding regarding a preservation group and some blighted houses — a misunderstanding that blew up in the local media, much to the chagrin of both men. The mayor and the producer were polite two weeks later at Gambit’s Big Easy Awards (Landrieu already had been scheduled to honor Simon), but at the Rising Tide bloggers’ conference four months later, the TV producer made it clear he hadn’t forgotten.

After rehashing the incident in detail, he told the crowd, “When the cameras hit him, your new mayor would have thrown anyone under the bus.”

Wherever the tension stands right now, Simon began filming the third season of Treme in late 2011, providing another major injection of cash into the city’s cultural economy and giving New Orleans musicians much-appreciated paychecks.

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ray naGin The enigma

The “author, public speaker, recovery expert, green advocate” (as he describes himself on his website) began to use Twitter this year (which he used to twit Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration). But Nagin’s big news was the June publication of Katrina’s Secrets, his self-published memoir, which surprised many by its billing as

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Chris Paul The Trade

After a rocky ride on a roller coaster of deals made and rejected, All-Star point guard Chris Paul finally moved to Los Angeles Dec. 15 to join the Clippers. It was a negotiation process that upset everyone involved (except perhaps the Clippers) and illustrated why the NBA shouldn’t be a franchise owner. Paul made no secret he wanted to be traded to a better team — and definitely would leave the Hornets when he became a free agent after the current season, so the Hornets began working out the best deal they could. The first proposal would have sent Paul to the L.A. Lakers (where he wanted to go) and given the Hornets some good players on which to rebuild a flagging team.

NBA commissioner David Stern nixed the deal, however, after owners of smaller teams complained it was unfair to them to amass too much star power in one team. Stern denied he was swayed by those owners, but he shot down a second trade proposal the same week. The third deal, which sent Paul to the L.A. Clippers and gave the Hornets a couple of solid players and a first-round draft pick next year, leaves New Orleans with a half-dozen returning players and several new ones, but no big standouts. As for Paul, he was a gentleman through it all, even spending more time talking about his six years in New Orleans and his love for the city than he did about his excitement to be in L.A. during a news conference the day he joined his new team. Paul also was a winner off the court, with his CP3 Foundation and CP3 Afterschool Zone benefiting the city’s children and their families. Whether Paul’s departure hurts or helps the Hornets, New Orleans has been blessed to have been home to CP3.

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tyrann mathieu The honey badger

The St. Aug grad and LSU football standout nicknamed the “Honey Badger” tended to take what he wanted all season — everything, that is, except the Heisman Trophy. But the cornerback with the dyed blond hair and flair for off-field fashion became a favorite of LSU fans — and a national celebrity for his punishing play on the field.

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CoCo roBiCheaux The SpiriT

On Nov. 25, the blues musician and Frenchmen Street regular had a heart attack and died at one of his regular haunts — the Apple Barrel Bar. Two second lines were organized in his honor, as well as a tribute concert at the House of Blues in December.

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leon Cannizzaro The d.a.

The Orleans Parish District Attorney had a rough year, culminating in a pillorying of his office by the U.S. Supreme Court in November. For decades, the D.A.’s office has been bedeviled by a lack of adherence to “Brady rules,” which require prosecutors to turn over any possibly exculpatory evidence to defense attorneys. The high court has yet to rule in the case of Juan Smith, who was convicted of murder in a 1995 home invasion but is now seeking a new trial on Brady grounds. Cannizzaro’s job is to restore confidence in the office among both the public and jurists.

charter versus anti-charter, traditional Democrat versus Republican big money, New Orleans natives versus outsiders — but the truth was more granular.

Both women were African-American Democrats, though Jones had backing from some conservative groups and had received donations from, among others, Baton Rouge businessman Lane Grigsby and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

For her part, Givens insisted she wasn’t a kneejerk detractor of charter schools (indeed, she was the sole BESE vote for not revoking the charter of the troubled Abramson Science & Technology School in eastern New Orleans). Then there was the mud, flung early and often: At the start of the race, word surfaced of a drunk-driving arrest and an IRS tax lien against Givens. As Jones climbed in the polls, attorney Tracie Washington filed a lawsuit demanding Jones stop claiming she voted for President Barack Obama in her campaign ads … and Jones’ voting record was indeed confusing. Givens ducked the press in the early part of the campaign, but toward the end it was Jones who was canceling appearances and not going in front of groups like the Urban League of New Orleans.

Jones swept to easy victory in November with 57 percent of the vote, reflecting the popularity of New Orleans charter schools — and Gov. Bobby Jindal, who was known to support Jones but had kept his distance during the campaign, sent his congratulations from Baton Rouge.

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the danziger defendants The diSgrace

On Aug. 5, Kenneth Bowen, Robert Faulcon, Robert Gisevius and Anthony Villavaso — four former NOPD officers — were found guilty in federal court of shooting and killing Ronald Madison and James Brissette on the Danziger bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and then covering up the crime. A fifth cop, Arthur Kaufman, was found complicit in the coverup. An attempt to try the officers on the same charges in 2008 under local jurisdiction produced memorable news footage of hundreds of NOPD officers lining the streets to show support for the men as they surrendered on state charges. This time, there was no such display.

Jim letten The UnToUchable

The mustachioed U.S. Attorney for Louisiana’s eastern district had a busy year of indictments and convictions. Among the most high-profile of them: obtaining a guilty verdict of racketeering against former City Councilwoman Renee Gill Pratt and indicting former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard, his former wife Karen Parker and former parish attorney Tom Wilkinson. But the major accomplishment of Letten’s office in 2011 was the August conviction of five former NOPD officers in the Danziger Bridge shooting case. The jury found the men guilty on all 25 counts brought against them.

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Kira orange Jones The lighTning rod

With no major races on the November ballot, most of the attention was on the contest for the District 2 seat on the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) — and the race became a stand-in for a referendum on the future of Louisiana education. Eight-year incumbent Louella Givens was challenged by Kira Orange Jones, a former Teach for America official and proponent of the charter schools movement. The race was quickly shorthanded in the press and in public perception — pro-

BoBBy Jindal The Second-Termer

The man who was America’s youngest governor when he took office in 2007 cruised to easy reelection this year, thanks in part to a feckless and adrift Democratic Party. Jindal spent much of the year denying he had an eye on the 2012 GOP vicepresidential nomination, while simultaneously traveling around the country, raising millions and promoting his 2010 book Leadership and Crisis.

One of his few missteps: When Jindal endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry for president, Perry flubbed his first major debate the same evening and kept flubbing until his poll numbers cratered. Bobby backed the wrong horse.

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Ronal SeRpaS The Chief

It was a bumpy year for the head of the NOPD, starting last spring when the now-infamous traffic camera paid detail scheme came to light. But Serpas had the public backing of Mayor Mitch Landrieu, and New Orleans Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux announced his office found no wrongdoing by Serpas — even before the IG’s office had completed its probe of the brouhaha.

Quatrevaux also came to the chief’s defense later in the year over a question about the paperwork signed on the chief’s hiring date. Serpas has been one of the most approachable police superintendents in recent memory, and has chalked up some successes in knocking down various crime rates, but under his watch the New Orleans murder rate hasn’t gone down or even held steady: It’s gone up. So far, the public has shown less patience with him than it has with Landrieu.

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Hannan served as Archbishop of New Orleans for 23 years. He was buried beneath the floor of St. Louis Cathedral.

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Landrieu ended his first full year in office with some good news: an October poll showed his favorability ratings among New Orleans voters to be a whopping 88 percent, with little difference in his popularity between white and black citizens. (One major exception: the New Orleans NAACP and several other largely African-American organizations.) Ambitious and energetic — and, sometimes, pugnacious — Landrieu ran his office crisply in 2011: steady clip, tight ship. In the last third of the year alone, he launched a sprawling anti-crime initiative, Save Our Sons, at a September crime summit; reopened Armstrong Park; steered his second municipal budget through the City Council vetting process with a minimum of drama; and ran the 26.2-mile New York marathon.

National press for the mayor was largely positive as well; a May profile of Landrieu on 60 Minutes was more a wet kiss than a grilling. Landrieu’s big challenges for 2012: guiding the city through a flurry of high-profile tourism events and getting the murder rate down; there were more killings in New Orleans in 2011 than there were in 2010. If anything could end his extended honeymoon with voters, it would be the city’s inability to turn around the stubborn homicide rate.

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“The challenges that I face are real.

This is no game. Physically, things have not gone my way, I’ve made mistakes in life and the experts tell me the clock is ticking. It’s scary to walk out on the field in front of 75,000 people when you’re half the man you used to be.

“I wanted to unravel, drop my poise and close up the playbook.

“But in the end, I think the formula is the same. I am staying close to the ones that I love, I am relying on support from my team and I am looking my fear in the eye and laying bare my chest.

“I’m fortunate because I am loved by my wife and family; boys like Will Smith and Drew Brees are powerful support, and the 75,000 in the crowd are on my team.

“I am not here to predict the outcome of my life, but deep within my soul, I have a calming sense of certainty.” —Steve Gleason, Sept. 27, 2011 Gleason is a retired New Orleans Saint whose acts on and off the field have made him a favorite among fans. In the fall he publicly acknowledged he has ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, a terminal illness that damages nerves and destroys muscle control.

The QB

Is Breesus the most popular guy in New Orleans? Probably — as much for his off-field reputation as his fearsome passing record. He began 2011 by being honored by his fellow NFL players with the Athletes in Action/ Bart Starr Award for outstanding character and leadership, becoming the first New Orleans Saint to win the award. His Brees Dream Foundation has raised more than $7 million to date, but despite his prowess on the gridiron and his largesse off it, what endears Brees to the city is his relatability. How many other Super Bowl QBs were photographed this year dressed in a centurion outfit, taking his son trick-or-treating?

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The Sugar Bowl still has the potential to be one of the more exciting matchups in college football, however.

Both teams sport defenses ranked in the top 20 of college football, and both have dynamic playmakers on both sides of the ball. Here are five reasons to not overlook this year’s Sugar Bowl:

FitzgeralD toussaint —Michigan’s red-shirt sophomore running back isn’t related to New Orleans-born composer Allen Toussaint. But that’s no reason for locals to ignore him. Toussaint, who was hampered by injuries last year, is the primary reason Robinson hasn’t piled up gaudy rushing stats for the second consecutive year.

Toussaint started out slow this year, but rushed for 120 or more yards in four of his last five games, including a career-best 192 yards rushing against Illinois on Nov. 12. Not bad for a player who wasn’t even the first-string running back at the start of the season because of knee and shoulder injuries. The biggest threat Toussaint poses is in his complementary role to Robinson in Michigan’s option offense.

Whereas last year Robinson

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DenarD robinson — The 6-foot junior quarterback for Michigan is the most dynamic player on both sides of the ball. He burst onto the scene last year when he threw for more than 2,500 yards and ran for more than 1,700 yards — though those numbers weren’t enough to keep Michigan from finishing 7-6 — all while being pictured in a full Heisman Trophy pose during a game against Notre Dame where he amassed 502 total yards.

Robinson, who also garnered attention for how he doesn’t tie his shoes, followed last year’s performance with slightly reduced numbers — just over 2,000 yards passing and 1,100 yards rushing — but managed to lead his team to 10 wins.

Despite the slight drop in stats, Robinson remains one of the most dangerous dual threats in college football.

He’s got large hands to control the football on pump fakes and elite speed to blow past defenders when he decides to tuck and run.

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however, Robinson is prone to turnovers. He threw interceptions in all but three games this season and lost a key fumble in a loss to Iowa in mid-November. But while Michigan fans probably pulll at their hair every time Robinson has the ball, neutral observers will be comforted knowing that more often than not, something exciting is about to happen.

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Tariq Edwards — The Hokies will have their hands full trying to contain the Michigan running attack, but luckily for Virginia Tech, it has one of the best sophomore linebackers in the country in Tariq Edwards.

Although Virginia Tech’s defense is among the best in the country, it was humiliated during a 38-10 loss to Clemson in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship game. In that contest, the Hokies gave up 217 rushing yards, not a good way to end the regular season before facing off against two 1,000-yard rushers. This kind of performance has been more the rule than the exception for the Hokies. The Virginia Tech defense gave up an average of 188 rushing yards per

game, hardly the numbers you’d expect from a BCS Bowl team. Look more closely, though, and you’ll see Virginia Tech is a classic bend-but-don’t-break defense that gives up big numbers in yards but has only allowed 17 points per game this season (good for eighth in the country).

For Edwards & Co., the chances of keeping Robinson and Toussaint from running wild are not as important as making sure they’re tackled before reaching the end zone. With his speed and strength, expect Edwards to run down Wolverines all game long.

Virginia TEch’s fans (or lack thereof) — As mentioned earlier, the Sugar Bowl selected Virginia Tech and Michigan over higher-ranked schools because of their traveling fan bases. But while Michigan has had no problem selling its allotment of tickets, Virginia Tech officials have

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Sweet DReamS had to make public appeals to fans urging them to come to New Orleans to support their team. With less than two weeks left until the game, Virginia Tech officials have said they’ll give unsold tickets to local charities.

The number of Virginia Tech tickets sold (or not sold) has not become one of the more compelling storylines of the Sugar Bowl. After all, if the Sugar Bowl committee selected the Hokies because their fans travel in big numbers, what does it say about the fans who don’t show up?

It could lend credence to the argument that a team like Baylor or Boise State was more deserving of a selection.

With mid-major schools like Utah and Cincinnati managing to bring fans out in droves in years past, who’s to say Baylor and Boise State fans wouldn’t have migrated en masse to see their teams play in a major bowl game?

BCS RepeRCuSSionS — For fans of college football,

divisive games like this year’s Sugar Bowl only add to the growing drumbeat against the structure of the sport, the BCS and the NCAA. While the bowl season provided some of the most compelling and exciting games in college football history, much of it often is lost in the flood of bowl games that stretch from mid-December to early January.

That makes the outcome of the Sugar Bowl that much more important.

If the game is a boring defensive struggle or a lopsided win for either team, it won’t help the status quo at a time when many people are pushing for changes in the current system. A close, exciting, back-and-forth game also won’t exonerate the BCS system, but it will give the Sugar Bowl committee something to hang its hat on when people say it doesn’t know how to pick good teams. Unfortunately for the status quo, recent trends haven’t been favorable for the Sugar Bowl: Four of the last six games have been blowouts.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) this month released a list of projects that will receive a total of $511 million in round three of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants.

Among the 46 nationwide grant recipients is the Port of New Orleans, which got $16.7 million to help pay for rail yard improvements.

Not on the list of approved TIGER III projects, however, was the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s (RTA) bid to extend its planned Rampart/St. Claude streetcar project from Canal Street to Poland Avenue. The grant would have covered nearly $80 million of the projected $98 million to extend the line.

Last year the RTA received $45 million in the first round of TIGER grants to pay for the new Loyola Avenue streetcar line now under construction. As The Lens reported in September, that earlier award likely made the second one, for the St. Claude extension, something of a long shot.

The Rampart/St. Claude streetcar project already has been cut back significantly from plans first conceived in 2009. When the Rampart/St. Claude streetcar was first proposed, RTA planned to extend rail service to Press Street. Last year, the agency issued $79 million in bonds to pay for that plan, but in November RTA officials scaled back the length of the line to Elysian Fields — a distance of just over 1 mile — citing insufficient funding. — Charles Maldonado

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More news for the green economy: Global Green USA announced NOLA Wise, its low-interest loan program for owners to make their houses more energy efficient, and Louisiana Green Corps graduated 32 young adults in its program that trains 18- to 24-year-olds to build energy-efficient buildings and use sustainable construction practices.

The inaugural Eat Local Challenge tasked participants to stick to a “locavore” diet, one consisting of foods sourced from within a 200-mile radius, for one month (beginning June 1) — but everything had to be local (for the die-hard participants, which included Mike Strain, the state’s agriculture and forestry commissioner). But organizers stressed how good Louisiana has it — down to the salt, which is harvested on Avery Island — when it comes to eating locally. There are local berries in spring and hardy citrus in winter, and diverse fruits, vegetables and grains thrive in the Gulf climate. The state also enjoys organic poultry farms and a bounty of fresh seafood. The challenge (www.nolalocavore.org) will return in 2012.

An increase in farmers markets and neighborhood gardens also has improved access to healthy food — the 9th Ward’s Sankofa Farmers Market expanded its offerings and moved to a larger space at the Holy Angels Complex (3500 St. Claude Ave.).

In 2010, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Sustainable Energy and Environmental Task Force transition team announced its agenda for the administration, and at the top of its list was resurrecting the city’s recycling program. Landrieu reached deals with two of the city’s garbage contractors, Metro Disposal and Richard’s Disposal, for weekly recycling pickup service. Only a quarter of residents have enrolled, but that diversion pAge 34

The New Orleans City Council this month voted unanimously in favor of a so-called “Complete Streets” ordinance, which creates within the city code new policies requiring all roadways to be compatible for all users — not just cars and buses. That means all future road work and resurfacing projects must include bike lanes, curb ramps and safe passage for people at bus stops and on sidewalks. New Orleans joins a growing list of more than 300 U.S. cities that have adopted the policy, and it’s the first municipal policy of its kind in Louisiana.

At November’s council transportation committee meeting, the Sustainable Transportation Advisory Committee (STAC), which helped draft the ordinance with District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer, urged the council to approve the policy, which the state adopted last year for all state-backed and federally funded projects.

University of New Orleans transportation institute director John Renne hailed the ordinance as a positive step in the city’s “sustainable future,” which includes alternative transportation and healthy, livable communities. — Alex Woodward

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Another unanimous council vote, this time in Jefferson Parish, secured a budget line to reinstitute a parishwide recycling program, a first for the parish since Hurricane Katrina. Parish officials admitted they aren’t sure whether the budget can accommodate funding the service, which has a price tag of more than $1 million, designated for IESI Corp. (at about $1.50 per household). Parish President John Young and councilmembers, however, agreed to cover the cost by halting some projects and collecting revenue from tax renewals and landfill fees.

Parish residents will receive 18-gallon recycling bins — smaller than the 64-gallon rolling bins used in neighboring Orleans Parish. (The Jefferson bins are similar to the pre-Katrina “blue” bins, which don’t have wheels.)

Service is expected to begin in July 2012. Meanwhile, the parish will hold regular recycling drop-off days on both sides of the river, typically from 9 a.m. to noon on designated Saturdays. — Woodward

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his being New Orleans, much of the city’s environmental and sustainable efforts start and end with food, including the New Orleans Food Co-Op, which opened its doors this year after almost a decade in the making. The grocery had a benefactor in developer Pres Kabacoff, who helped pay for the group’s space inside his New Orleans Healing Center. Co-op membership reached more than 1,000 in April, and the 4,800-square-foot store opened in October with more than 2,000 members.

The idea of the co-op was introduced in 2002, but founders went through several planning stages before finally agreeing on a space on Elysian Fields Avenue in 2005, before Hurricane Katrina scrapped its progress.

The intersection of St. Claude and St. Roch avenues, where the Healing Center sits, has been a go-to example of the city’s struggle to provide dense communities with access to fresh, healthy food following the rise of “food deserts” in post-Katrina New Orleans.

In 2007, the co-op introduced a mobile market with help from Crescent City Farmers Market. It also introduced a buyer’s club inside what later became the Healing Center (the former Universal Furniture building). In 2009, the co-op reached 500 members, while the neighboring St. Roch Market, a proposed site for another fresh foods grocery, was a blighted spot on the avenue. On its limited shelf space, the co-op, which was open on a weekly basis, offered foods from local farms, some bulk grains and other goods. Now the store is open daily, and each member can own a stake in the co-op, though the store is open to the public.

The Building Block, the co-op’s upstairs neighbor, opened its Healing Center location this year. The incubator focuses on developing and connecting sustainable businesses and entrepreneurs with other likeminded businesses. More than a dozen green-focused or environmentally friendly small businesses share The

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ambit has kept you apprised of just how busy Joseph Brock has been the past couple of years. When we first met Brock in 2010, he was laying soil at his first large-scale community garden, the Wise Words Community Garden near Tulane and Carrollton avenues. Over the last two years, he’s orchestrated urban renewal campaigns by building more community gardens and making his customers understand how easy, affordable and accessible fresh food can be. Now he’s giving them the dirt — literally, with a composting program he says is the city’s best.

From his office above an auto repair shop on Tulane Avenue, Brock enters a few more keystrokes into his gardening database (software he designed himself) before he sprints out the door and into the NOLA Green Roots store. Chrome racks display jars of pickles and sauces, boxes of onions and packages of fertilizer, “homemade” from Brock’s acrossthe-street garden, the first of several urban gardens in the NOLA Green Roots assembly. The neighboring garden’s massive, wood-lined composting boxes house several months’ worth of compost — pre-consumer food waste like orange peels, coffee grounds, potato skins and other organic material that otherwise would end up in a landfill, where their nutrients are wasted in bags of garbage.

Brock’s program picks up compost bins from participants and brings them to the garden, where the contents are weighed on a scale. That information is entered into a database, which can summarize how much each restaurant or household is saving from the landfill.

“I don’t think anyone knows what it means, ‘What’s composting?’” Brock says. “We’re thinking about waste, a new way of doing things.”

Brock waves and honks the horn of his Dodge Ram 1500 truck on his route from Mid-City to the CBD at rush hour. A parade on Canal Street is slowing down Brock’s otherwise perfected, block-byblock efficiency in this compost pickup.

He started the day at 4 a.m., when he typically does his pickups. “It’s like a paper route,” he says.

Shadowing Brock is Loyola University student Wolfgang Klein, a member of the university’s community action program (LUCAP), which is partnering with NOLA Green Roots. At each stop, full bins are loaded into the truck bed and replaced with fresh empty ones.

Brock explains to Klein a very specific method of loading and unloading. “You want it to look like you never knew it was there,” he says. One restaurant’s bin,

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a 64-gallon container on wheels, is full to its top. “That was landfill,” Brock says with a smile.

Restaurant bins are picked up three times a week. On this ride, after bin pickups at five restaurants, Brock collects more than 1,000 pounds of compostable material. Since the program started earlier this year, Brock says he has picked up nearly 20,000 pounds of compostable waste. Over a three-month process, that waste gradually is broken down and converted to compost (“It’s like making wine,” he says. “The longer it sits, the better”) and put back into the soil. Some is used in NOLA Green Roots gardens and the rest is packaged in 18-pound bags and sold at the store.

“I’m a nerd,” Brock says back at his office. Brock, who graduated from Loyola with a degree in forensic science, shows how rainwater collection barrels packed with compost are aerated to “get all the molecules working” to promote cell and bacteria growth. According to the LSU AgCenter, 20 percent to 30 percent of landfill waste is made up of organic materials. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates only 2.8 percent of organic materials were turned over for compost in 2010.

There currently are a dozen restaurants, ranging from fine dining establishments to neighborhood diners, enrolled in Brock’s service. Restaurants pay a monthly $50 fee to participate. Loyola University implemented the program for its campus, but Brock would like to see a citywide composting effort. “We need to do this jointly,” he says, adding that households composting individually would benefit from joining with others — and that’s where NOLA Green Roots steps in, he says. “We can do a lot more. … I’d love for City Hall to take a closer look at what we’re doing.”

The NOLA Green Roots store opens to the public Jan. 3, but a members-only soft opening is Dec. 30. The store will stock fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, mushrooms and other goods from the gardens. Customers will have to line up at the door, and the shelves will stock only what’s fresh that day. “Our motto is, ‘Our shelves are empty,’” Brock says.

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Irma Thomas flipped the switch for the Joy Theater marquee last Tuesday. The soul queen lights up the stage on Thursday, opening the renovated Canal Street venue with saxophonist Lance Ellis. Tickets $47.20 (includes fees). 8 p.m. Thursday. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., 528-9569; www.thejoytheater.com

Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews had a breakout year at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and on tour.

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Galactic closes out Tipitina’s 2011 calendar with a crystal New Year’s ball: a group residency with guests from forthcoming Anti- release Carnivale Electricos (Mannie Fresh, Rebirth’s Corey Henry) and assorted friends (Anders Osborne, Eric Lindell Trio, Living Colour’s Corey Glover) making a two-day trailer of Mardi Gras, two months in advance.

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A brass band extravaganza raises funds for the Dinerral Shavers Education Fund. The former Hot 8 Brass Band drummer was killed in 2006. The Hot 8 (pictured), Free Agents, Stooges, TBC and Pinettes brass bands are joined by 5th Ward Weebie, Magnolia Keedy Black, Tonya Boyd Cannon, DJ Captain Charles and others in honoring Shavers’ life and legacy. Admission $20. 9 p.m. Sunday. The Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Peters St., 522-9653; www. thehowlinwolf.com

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n 2011, an array of local performers and institutions marked milestones, but often arts and entertainment news was about location, location, location.

As the year draws to a close, the Joy Theater opens, bringing headlining entertainment back to the big marquees on Canal Street. New music clubs opened and other young ones blossomed. Several institutions had landmark anniversaries, and the international art biennial Prospect.2 and related exhibitions opened around the city.

On Thursday, Irma Thomas headlines an opening night concert heralding the reopening of the Joy Theater. Its reopening restores some of the boulevard’s activity absent since Hurricane Katrina, when downtown lost the use of the Orpheum, Saenger Theatre, Municipal Auditorium and Mahalia Jackson Theater (which reopened in 2009). The much anticipated reopening of the Saenger has been pushed back to 2013.

The landmark Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre struggled with financial woes and differences between its board of directors and supporters’ guild. The board opted to sell part of the theater’s space to the Dickie Brennan Restaurant Group, and the theater is expected to stage productions in fall 2012. Proprietor Barbara Motley closed her cabaret Le Chat Noir and put the building up for sale. Shows that might have run at Le Chat in the past were presented at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA), the new MidCity Theatre and in spaces in the burgeoning St. Claude arts district.

New music clubs opening downtown included Irvin Mayfield’s IClub in the JW Marriott, and the array of entertainment available in the CBD expanded with the reopening of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, a property including new restaurants, a music venue and sports bar. Champions Square opened outside the renamed Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and it’s right on time for the city to host a BCS bowl game and college football’s national championship between LSU and the University of Alabama.

A handful of local institutions marked major anniversaries. The New Orleans Museum of Art turned its first century on Dec. 16. The anniversary weekend featured a full schedule of arts events and concerts. With weekly events like Where Y’Art, the museum launched a much busier regular schedule, and some of the highlights included a trio of theatrical productions by the NOLA Project, including a spirited couple of runs of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Following up on a show and residency at NOMA, Quintron and Miss Pussycat released Sucre du Sauvage, an album recorded at the museum. The Contemporary Arts Center marked its 35th anniversary, and it celebrated with programming that featured juxtapositions of recent and old works by contemporary artists who were active at the space in its first year.

Preservation Hall marked its 50th anniversary, and it continues to grow. Plans are underway for a Preservation Hall West in San Francisco. Meanwhile, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band continues to explore new types of collaborations. One such endeavor resulted in a performance with the modern dance company Trey McIntyre Project, featuring works commissioned by the New Orleans Ballet Association. The groups went on a short tour with the pair of pieces and reprised them at the Voodoo Music Experience.

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Voodoo altered its configuration, downsizing from dueling mainstages to a single main stage, which hosted Soundgarden and Snoop Dogg. Some of the major acts were booked for more “intimate” shows on smaller stages, and fans of X, Ray Davies and Gordon Gano and the Lost Bayou Ramblers were rewarded with great live shows.

On the digital side, Girl Talk packed the festival’s increasingly popular dance and electronica stage.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival continues to book ever-bigger acts while maintaining a strong lineup from top to bottom. Some of the more legendary musicians on the bill included Tom Jones, Robert Plant and Sonny Rollins. Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and Orleans Avenue played the Gentilly Stage, but few local musicians had as big a year as Andrews, who put in guest appearances during the sets of Kid Rock, Jeff Beck, 5th Ward Weebie and many others.

The city’s wealth of festivals and concert events included a visit by Kanye West at the Essence Music Festival and a return appearance with Jay-Z in December. Nicki Minaj also came through twice, once with Lil Wayne and then with Katy Perry.

Other visiting headliners included Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Blondie, Sade and Brazilian jazz virtuoso Carlos Malta. On a smaller scale, the local club Siberia blossomed in its first full year, hosting a gritty slate of predominantly punk and metal bands.

On a sad note, the city lost Frenchmen Street’s beloved spiritual leader Coco Robicheaux, and legendary composer/arranger Wardell Quezergue died in September. The city also lost renowned bar owner Yvonne “Miss Dixie” Fasnacht.

After a year postponement, the art biennial Prospect.2 opened at venues around town (open through Jan. 29, 2012), and along with satellite shows it demonstrated continued development in the city’s contemporary art scene. One of the year’s best surprises was the creation of New Orleans Airlift’s Music Box, or Dithyrambalina project. Uniting the talents of visual artists and musicians, the remains of a blighted home were salvaged and recycled into a whimsical and bohemian array of musically equipped cottages and structures.

It was a uniquely inspired celebration of the city’s old charms and new creative energies.

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12 BAR — Brass-A-Holics, 9

BLUE NILE — Simon Lott’s Context Killer, 10 BMC — Mikey B3 Organ Combo, 5; H.G. Breland Band, 8; Lagniappe Brass Band, 11 BOMBAY CLUB — Monty Banks, 7:30 CHICKIE WAH WAH — Osborne, Fohl & Sansone, 8 CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — Bart Ramsey, 6:30 COLUMNS HOTEL — John Rankin, 8 CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE — New Orleans Street Beat, 6 D.B.A. — Treme Brass Band, 9 DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR — Tom Hook, 9:30 THE FAMOUS DOOR — Darren Murphy & Big Soul, 3

IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Jason Marsalis, 8 THE MAISON — Magnitude, 6; Gregory Agid Quartet, 9 MAISON DUPUY HOTEL — Aaron Lopez-Barrantes, 6 MAPLE LEAF BAR — Rebirth Brass Band, 10 MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — Smoking Time Jazz Club, 6; Mojo Combo, 9:30 OLD POINT BAR — Josh Garrett & the Bottom Line, 8 PRESERVATION HALL — Preservation Hall-Stars feat.

Shannon Powell, 8 RALPH’S ON THE PARK — Joe Krown, 5 ROCK ’N’ BOWL — Boogie Men, 8:30 SIBERIA — Thomas Johnson, Micah Mckee, Sarah Quintana, Denton Hatcher, Andrew Duhon, Dave Jordan & Carson Thielen, 10 SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Stanton Moore, 8 & 10

BIG AL’S DECKBAR SEAFOOD & BLUES — John Lisi & Delta Funk, 8 BLUE NILE — Upp, 8; Gravity A, 11 BMC — Bryce Eastwood, 5; Blues4sale, 8; Deja Vu Brass Band, midnight BOMBAY CLUB — Monty Banks, 7:30 CHICKIE WAH WAH — Rosita Kess & Richard Julian, 8 CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — George Keys, 6:30

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK — Jim Hession, noon OLD POINT BAR — Kim Cantwell, 6:30 PRESERVATION HALL — Preservation Hall Jazz Band feat. Mark Braud, 8 RALPH’S ON THE PARK — Joe Krown, 5 REPUBLIC NEW ORLEANS — Dee-1, Rantz Davis, 11 ROCK ’N’ BOWL — Vince Vance, 8:30 SIBERIA — Bills, Vignettes, William Stull One Man Band, 10 SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10 SOUTHPORT HALL — Models, Sexdog, The Ditty, Broken Heart Pharaohs, 6

ST. ROCH TAVERN — JD Hill & the Jammers, 7:30

COLUMNS HOTEL — Ricardo Crespo, 8 CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE — New Orleans Street Beat, 6

THREE MUSES — Monty Banks, 4:30; Jayna Morgan, 7

D.B.A. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10

VASO — Rebirth Brass Band, 9

THE FAMOUS DOOR — Darren Murphy & Big Soul, 3 FUNKY PIRATE — Blues Masters feat. Big Al Carson, 8:30 HI-HO LOUNGE — Anxious Sound’s Holiday Ho-Down feat. James Singleton, Helen Gillet, Shane Theriot’s Dirty Power Trio, Rob Cambre and others, 10 IRVIN MAYFIELD’S I CLUB — Mia Borders, 8 IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Kipori Woods, 5; Irvin Mayfield’s NOJO Jam, 8 THE MAISON — Pepper Jelly Jazz Band, 6; Upstarts, 9; Mario Abney Quartet (upstairs), 10

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DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR — Bob Andrews, 9:30

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MAPLE LEAF BAR — Flow Tribe, 10

BOMBAY CLUB — Matt Lemmler Duo, 7:30

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FUNKY PIRATE — Blues Masters feat. Big Al Carson, 8:30

BANKS STREET BAR — Micah Mckee’s Songwriters’ Showcase, 9; Major Bacon, 10

NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEEHOUSE — Among Giants, 9

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DELIVERY

Uptown’s Favorite Neighborhood Cafe Eggs Benedict · Huevos Rancheros · Crabcake Benedict Belgian Waffles · Pancakes · Omeletes · Hamburgers · Salads Grilled Chicken Sandwiches · Red Beans & Rice Lunch Specials Daily • Breakfast Served Anytime Monday - Sunday 7am - 2pm C O R N E R O F B U R D E T T E / U P T OW N

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N N ER PE N O DIN

SPECIALTY PIZZA PROSCIUTTO/ARUGULA Arugula, olive oil, mozzarella, thin sliced prosciutto

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BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER and WEEKEND BRUNCH

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POBOYS AND CUBANS PANINIS • CLUBS • SOUPS • SALADS Hours: OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 7am-3pm Dinner (Pizza Hours) Friday & Saturday 5-10:30PM Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 5-10pm Closed Tuesday Nights OUTDOOR COVERED PATIO with FLAT SCREEN TV Liquor

800 NAVARRE AVE. 504-483-8828 [ 1 BLOCK OFF CANAL BLVD. NEAR CITY PARK ]

MARGHERITA Fresh basil, mozzarella, tomatoes, parmesan, garlic basil sauce CARAMELIZED ONIONS/MUSHROOMS Caramelized onions, thinly sliced mushrooms, mozzarella, garlic basil sauce COMBO Pepperoni, sausage, mozzarella, black olives, onion, green peppers, mushrooms SPINACH & ARTICHOKE Tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, feta, spinach, artichoke, mozzarella, garlic basil sauce CHICKEN PESTO Pesto sauce, chicken, red onion, tomatoes, artichokes, mozzarella VEGETARIAN Tomato, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, black olives, mozzarella GORGONZOLA/WALNUT Olive oil, toasted walnuts, caramelized onions, gorgonzola, mozzarella

PET FRIENDLY!

VOTED ONE OF THE

BEST

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IN NEW ORLEANS WE’RE OPEN

NEW YEAR’S EVE LUNCH & DINNER NEW YEAR’S DAY LUNCH & DINNER

4308 MAGAZINE ST • 894-9797 OPEN TUESDAY-SUNDAY LUNCH: 11:30AM-2:30PM DINNER: 5:30-10:30PM

Serving the Greater N.O. Area since 1982 Gott Gourmet Cafe uses the freshest ingredients available for our homemade dressings, sauces & meats to make all of our signature recipes daily.

BRING YOUR FAMILY TO A LOCAL’S FAVORITE SPOT

OPEN NEW YEAR’S DAY 9AM-3PM BRUNCH ALL DAY

COME TRY OUR NEW DAILY MENU ITEMS AND NEW WINE LIST!

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New Orleans’ Best Home Cookin’

N EW M ENU ITEMS

· All You Can Eat Catfish

House Shaved Prosciutto & Grilled Asparagus over Honey Balsamic Dressed Organic Greens & Arugula with Tomatoes, Sea Salt, Shaved Parmesan, finished with a White Truffle Oil Drizzle

· Eggplant Napoleon fried

PROSCIUTTO & ASPARAGUS SALAD

FRESH CRAB & BRIE OMELET

A Fluffy Three-Egg Omelet folded over Lump Crabmeat, St. Andre Tripe-Crème Brie & Fresh Asparagus, Topped with a Velvety Lobster - Cognac Crème & Grilled Asparagus Spears

HAM & BRIE EGGS BENEDICT

Two English Muffin Halves topped with our Chisesi-Dr. Pepper Shaved Ham, Melted Brie, Basted Eggs & Green Onion Hollandaise. Served with Grilled Asparagus & Roasted Tomatoes

NOW SERVING BEER, WINE AND SPECIALTY COCKTAILS. DINNER SPECIALS WEEKLY. TUESDAY - FRIDAY 11 AM - 9 PM • SATURDAY - SUNDAY 8 AM - 5 PM

3100 MAGAZINE ST. • 504-373-6579 • WWW.GOTTGOURMETCAFE.COM

served w/ french fries & salad. eggplant medallions stacked w/ fried shrimp and topped w/ crawfish sauce.

· Shrimp Magazine large butterfly shrimp lightly floured & pan fried, then sauteed in olive oil, garlic, artichoke hearts, ham & green onions served over pasta.

DAILY SPECIALS FOR LUNCH OR DINNER

· Trout Tchoupitoulas seasonal fish lightly floured &pan fried, topped w/shrimp & crabmeat, served with mixed vegetables & new potatoes. · Fried Soft Shell Crab served with mixed vegetables & new potatoes.

· Grilled Salmon served with mixed vegetables & new potatoes.

PO-BOY · SALADS · PASTAS · GUMBO

RED BEANS & RICE EVERYDAY

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WARM UP WITH NEW DAILY SOUP SPECIALS.

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3001 MAGAZINE ST.

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SPECIAL

New Year’s Eve

2106 Chartres St. (corner of Frenchmen / Chartres)

Mélange is a 1920's themed restaurant and bar.

Classic New Orleans French creole cuisine is served nightly by Executive Chef Brady Broussard. Chef Broussard formerly served as executive chef at Camelot Club and chef at Broussard's. The Mélange Speakeasy Bar features 20 craft beers, a wide selection of wines and classic, old-school cocktails prepared by a skilled team of mixologists. $7.50 rooms Spinach and Mush ke iita Sh s, ion Baby Spinach, Red On ans, and Craisins 5.50 Mushrooms, Spiced Pec $1 essing ie Dr c Fo mi n lsa me Ba ch y en Fr in a Cream Liver, Herbed $6.25 Seared Grade A Duck Chutney, Sherry to Classic Caesar Crostini, Green Toma d maine Tosse Chopped Hearts of Ro Gastrique , Grated House Caesar Dressing ade r .00 $7 Ou h wit rs me de Ho Sli e, et ees BBQ Brisk Parmesan Reggiano Ch Q Brisket with Fried s Tender Raspberry BB ts cui French Bread Crouton Bis ar edd ary Ch $8.75 Onion Straws on Rosem $8.00 Grand Isle Okra r esa Ca in d sse Abita Beer Battered To Hearts of Romaine Tri-Pepper Ragout Roma Tomatoes On A Creole Tomato Dressing, Avocado and .75 mp Crab Sweet $9 Lu bo Jum h las wit dil esa Topped Smoked Duck Qu Corn Salsa with Goat and House Smoked Duck mato Mango Provolone Cheeses, To Chutney $25/$31 $10.50 Faubourg Filet Scallop Beef gus Pan Seared Diver An 8oz or 4oz o Vegetable Hash, Hand Carved Petite Market ke, On Spicy Sweet Potat Ca rn Co o tat Po , Tenderloin aze, Fried Sweet percorn Sauce Mandarin Orange Gl Vegetable, Brandy Pep rls Cu o tat Po $19.50 $11.50 Pork Orleans rk Po Ahi Tuna Tartar nch Ra n ma , Ni ame Shoyu Dressing 14oz Grilled Bone-In d Red Cabbage, Sushi Grade Tuna, Ses ise Bra ls, nti Le d Re ips , o Ch Chop Mango Puree, Fried Tar Demi Glace Shiitake Mushroom $12.75 ni $21.00 Seafood Marti Lapin au Vin p, Grilled Diver ne, Wi e Pepper Crusted Shrim hit W h wit li it Crab in Chipotle Aio Braised Leg of Rabb Scallop, Jumbo Lump ta, Potato Melange cet Pan ts, allo Sh ed Roast on Israeli Cous Cous $22.50 $9.50 Duck Duet lar ho , Sc age se bb ee Ch d Napa Ca Duck Confit on Braise yenne Lavender d and Local Cheeses, Ca Selection of Importe , ast Roasted Duck Bre ron Pecans y Fried Shallots Seasonal Fruit, Berge Balsamic Hoisin, Crisp $19.00 Mahi Mahi d ise 1 d On Bra le Gumbo $5.50/$1 Grilled Mahi Nestle Crab Duck and Andouil ed with Jumbo Lump ish ple Fin , Ma nel ux, Fen Ro y gan ho Ma rk Da al ion dit Tra Herbsaint Cream Louisiana Andouille $25.00 Leaf Farms Duck and s Tuna Tchoupitoula Sausage d ille Gr na, Tu i $5/$10 Black Pepper Crusted Ah Lemon sa, Sal ple Soup du Jour eap Pin p, Gulf Shrim A Daily Creation Beurre Blanc Drizzle .50 $6 $18.75 lad Sa e us Me’lange Ho Shrimp & Grits Red Onions, s, Crisp toe its, ma Gr To ar s, edd een Ch Gr d Fresh Gulf Shrimp, Smoke ad Croutons, Crushed ms, Grilled Green oo shr Mu ini im Cr Homeade French Bre , Bacon bita Butter Sauce Vinaigrette, Grated Onions and Red Chili-A Garlic Black Pepper Romano Cheese

Small Plates

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Entrees

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Soups and Salads

$85

• 4 course dinner • bottomless champagne

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6pm - am • 504 - 309 - 7335

MELANGE

speak5 easy bar pm - until

20 Craft Beers • Magic Hat #9

• Fancy Lawnmower

• Stone Smoked Porter • Nola Hopitoulas • Saison Dupont

• Buckle, Bury the Hatchet • Blonde Bombshell

• Samuel Smith Organic

Old Timey Cocktails • Hammer Crusta

• Blood & Sand

• The Capsize

• Old Fashioned

• Platinum Fizz • SS Triangle

• Hanky Panky • Side Car

Extensive Wine List 12 by the glass

Restaurant Open Nightly 5pm-11pm Brunch Saturday/ Sunday from 10am to 2pm

504-309-7335 • 504-239-0204 www.melangenola.com

n o w s e rv i n g d i n n e r o n

MonDay night • S TA R T E R S • STEAMED MUSSELS WHITE WINE, SHALLOTS, CHORIZO, CHARRED CHILIES, GARLIC, PARMESAN POMMES FRITES 9

GUMBO

• ENTRÉES • D I V E R S C A L LO P S PAN SEARED DIVER SCALLOPS, SOUR CREAM WHIPPED POTATOES, ROASTED FENNEL, OYSTER MUSHROOMS, ORANGE EMULSION 25

DOUBLE CUT PORK CHOP

DUCK CONFIT, ROASTED TURKEY, SPICY ANDOUILLE, HORSERADISH POTATO SALAD 9

C AU L I F LOW E R R I S OTTO CAULIFLOWER AND PARMESAN RISOTTO, CRISPY FLORETS, CAPERS, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 8

BUTTER LETTUCE SALAD BIBB LETTUCE, CANDIED PECANS, RICOTTA SALATA, DIJON VINAIGRETTE, FRESHHERBS 7

CHARGRILLED PORK CHOP, JACK DANIELS AND ROASTED CORN COUSH COUSH, ROASTED PEPPER JUS, CRISPY ONIONS 23

DUCK BREAST ROASTED FINGERLINGS, TURNIPS, PISTACHIOS, CORIANDER & BRANDY CHERRIES 24

CRISPY SALMON

PANKO BREADCRUMBS, DIJON, HERBS, ROASTED VEGETABLE COUSCOUS, LEMON BUTTER 20

127 NORTH CARROLLTON AVE. • NEW ORLEANS • 504-483-1571

Lunch: T uESdAy -F RidAy 11:30-2 • Dinner: M ON -T HuRS 5:30-10, F Ri -S AT 5:30-10:30 view full menu at www.rue127.com

STARTERS & TACOS

ENTREES

Smoked Pork Cakes (3) $8.95 Modeled after the New Orleans-style crab cake, seasoned pulled pork, lightly breaded and topped with chili sour cream & homemade salsa.

St. Louis Ribs; Four Bones $14.95 Half Rack $18.95 / Full Rack $27.95 Our thick cut ribs are dry rubbed, hickory smoked for 8 1/2 hrs & served glazed in our signature bbq sauce. Served w/ 2 sides. (Half Rack serves 1-2 / Full serves 2-3)

Black-Eyed Pea Egg Rolls $5.95 Crispy egg rolls stuffed with black-eyed peas, bacon & andouille sausage.

Served with a spicy ranch dipping sauce.

Gumbo sm $5.95; lg $9.95 New Orleans classic style, made with duck, chicken, & andouille.

Hickory Smoked Meats; 1 Meat $11.95 / 2 Meat $13.95 Pulled Pork, Brisket, Smoked Chicken or Green Onion Sausage. Served with 2 sides.

New Orleans' Best Bar-B-Q!

Squeal Nachos Full-$12.95; Half-$9.95 A large portion of fresh tortilla chips topped with pulled pork, black beans, jalapeños, and chedder cheese. Served with salsa and sour cream.

FEATURED ON

Havanero-Ginger BBQ Duck $9.95 Super-smoked barbeque duck with habanero-ginger sauce and habanero-ginger slaw.

Pork Grillades Over Grits $11.95 A local favorite, our creamy roasted corn cheese grits topped w/ a generous portion of barbeque pulled pork.

BBQ Pork Tacos $5.95 Pulled pork, topped with our horseradish coleslaw & finished with homemade chipotle sauce.

Black Beans & Rice with Half Jerk Chicken $15.95; Vegetarian Style $8.95 Cuban-style black beans over cilantro rice with a half jerk marinated chicken

SQUEAL is the result of our love for cooking and food in general.

We use only the freshest ingredients available, smoke our meats in-house and cook up our delicious Squeal Sauce daily.

THE COOKIN CHANNEL'S "UNIQUE EATS" TLC'S "THE FOOD BUDDHA" 3NET'S "BLOODY GOOD" NEW YORK MAGAZINE'S "BIG CITY BARBECUE - 101 PLACES TO SATISFY YOUR URBAN 'CUE CRAVING" WALL STREET JOURNAL'S "BBQ BLISS BEYOND THE KANSAS CITY LIMITS"

INDOOR & OUTDOOR DINING, FULL BAR FEATURING SPECIALTY COCKTAILS & OVER 30 AMERICAN CRAFT BEERS, 4 BIG SCREEN TVS, PRIVATE ROOM & CATERING AVAILABLE

Open Daily for Lunch & Dinner 8400 OAK ST (504) 302-7370 www.squeal-nola.com

"DBLT" Tacos $8.95 Chipotle-glazed duck with bacon, lettuce & sweet shrub tomatoes and finished with wasabi mayo.

Squeal Pie $11.95 Layers of pulled pork, corn maque choux, andouille mashed potatoes and topped with cheddar cheese.

Fresh Fish and Preparation of the Day - Market PriceSee our Daily Specials and/or ask your server about today’s.

SANDWICHES Served on freshly baked bread, delivered daily Pulled Pork Sandwich $10.95 Pulled pork po'boy topped with our signature barbeque sauce and cole slaw. Served with 2 sides.

Beef Brisket Sandwich $10.95 Green Onion Sausage Sandwich $9.95 Tender beef brisket po’ boy topped with Green onion sausage po’ boy style sandwich our signature barbeque sauce. Served topped with our signature barbeque sauce & cole with 2 sides. slaw. Served with 2 sides.

VIEW FULL MENU AT WWW.SQUEAL-NOLA.COM Please Note: All of our food is made to order. Certain dishes need extra time to prepare. We appreciate your patience.

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Marinated Grilled Pork Chop $15.95 10oz. pork chop over candied sweet potatoes, topped with collard greens.

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OPEN NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY Join Us New Year's Eve Special 5 Course Dinner $40 per person â&#x20AC;˘ Optional Wine Pairing for an additional $20 + tax & gratuity AMUSE: Sweet Potato Croquette with Fuji Apple Puree and Cider Gastrique FIRST: Tuna Tartar with Sweet Soy Glaze, Wasabi Caviar & Wonton Crisps SECOND: Baked Diver Scallop Wellington with Shitake MushroomAsparagas Relish, Parsnip Puree and Grilled Green Onion Oil THIRD: Choice of Seared Beef Tenderloin with Spice Cured Foie Gras,

Bacon Wrapped Gulf Shrimp, Green Peppercorn Reduction & Shaved Black Truffles OR Pan Bronzed Striped Bass with Blue Crab Gratin, Tempranillo Butter Sauce and Crispy Truffled Leeks FINAL: White Chocolate-Orange Truffles with Toasted Cashews, Raspberry Chutney & Godiva Syrup

3226 magazine st 371.5809 www.salurestaurant.com

THE ONLY GOLDEN DRAGON IN NEW ORLEANS

WE DO TAKE OUT, DELIVERY, CATERING AND ACCEPT PRIVATE PARTIES SERVING HEALTHY, LOW CALORIE, NO MSG & MICROBIOTIC COOKING

We have

Juicy Butts & FULL Racks ...and our Briskets are really nice too!

• Dry Rub Ribs • Juicy n' Tender Pulled Pork • Slooow Smoked Brisket • Nachos & Quesadillas

GAMBIT 2011 TOP 3 CHINESE RESTAURANTS CHINESE NEW YEAR MENU IN JANUARY

3244 Severn Ave

2012 CHINA TRIP NOW ACCEPTING DEPOSITS

The NEW Face of BBQ in New Orleans

@17th St, Metairie (504) 322-2544

3009 Magazine St. Uptown • 891.8280 WWW.JUNGSGOLDENDRAGON2.COM

• Baked Macaroni • Spicy Cole Slaw • Homemade Potato Salad

Cold Draft Fishbowls &Bottled Beer HAPPY HOUR

Monday-Thursday 11-8 Friday-Saturday 11-9

SUN - THURS 11 AM - 10 PM • FRI & SAT - 11 AM - 11 PM

• Smoked Beans

Monday- Friday 3pm-7pm

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book your DINNERor COCKTAIL private event now dining areas corporate parties rehearsal dinners business meetings

Call Our Special Events Planner Gift Certificates Available

mon-fri 9am-5pm 504.581.1103 or 504.525.4790

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Sacred Fingers Hand cut marinated chicken breast strips served with our homemade honey mustard Piggy Strips Lighting battered pork loin fried and served with our sausage gravy The Works “The Bourbon Street Hangover Cure” House cut fries smothered in cheddar & Swiss cheese topped w/ our homemade chili. Served w/ sour cream & green onions Alligator Corn Dog an original take on the corn dog served over a bed of fries and our secret sauce

SaladS THe ToWer Layered vine-ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, garlic oil, & balsamic vinaigrette WArm SPinACH Spinach tosses in our warm bacon vinaigrette, served with grapes, cranraisins, candied pecans, julienne apples, & bleu cheese crumbles

SandwicheS YArD BirD Grilled marinated chicken breast, pepper jack cheese, apple-wood bacon, lettuce, tomato and honey mustard SomeTHin elSe CHeeSeBurger Our juicy burger with a mound of cheddar cheese, smoked bacon, & carmelized onions HeArT SToPPer Two 8 oz patties with chicken fried bacon, choice of cheese, and fried truffle egg THe SHrimP Burger Shrimp patty, pepperjack cheese, avocado, bacon, Somethin Else Secret Sauce CoCHon De lAiT Slow roasted pulled pork served with our coleslaw and honey mustard

homemade SideS mac-n-cheese / Coleslaw / Hand cut French fries / Truffle fries / Potato salad/Fruit Bowl

Sunday - wedneSday 7am-10pm | thurSday - Saturday 7am-late

6 2 0 C o n T i S T. •

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Welcome Sugar Bowl and BCS Championship Fans!

Feel like a BITE?

Now Serving

Tuna Tataki & Escolar Carpaccio • DINE IN • CA RR Y

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The Locals Favorite

WE DELIVER!

Reservations Recommended

430 RUE DaUphinE • 504.525.4455

THE ALIgNMENT

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AWARd-WINNINg CHEfS SLAdE RUSHINg ANd ALLISON VINES-RUSHINg PUT A MOdERN SPIN ON SOUTHERN RECIPES.

MID-CITY

MAGAZINE

4024 CANAL ST. • 302-1133

4218 MAGAZINE • 894-8554

817 COMMON ST IN THE RENAISSANCE PERE MARQUETTE HOTEL 504.412.2580 | MILANEWORLEANS.COM

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3127 Esplanade Avenue • 504-945-5635 Café Degas Presents New Year’s Eve 2011 ✧ AMUSE✧

Duck foie gras w/ black truffles on toasted brioche Consommé of lobster w/ crispy parsnips and lobster quenelle

LUNCH

Seafood papillote of scallop & shrimp served w/ fried oysters in a satsuma & vanilla beurre blanc

11:30AM - 2:30PM

DINNER

5:30PM - 10:30PM

9 2 3 M E TA I R I E R D . 8 3 6 - 6 8 5 9

✧ SOUPE ✧

Lunch Buffet Daily

CLOSED TUES.

✧ POISSON ✧

✧ VIANDE ✧

Beef tenderloin Wellington w/ mushroom duxelle, bouquetiere of vegetables and a Perigourdine sauce ✧ SALADE ✧

Tango of bibb lettuce w/ a goat cheese purse, red bartlett pear and a Black pepper vinaigrette

RING OUT THE OLD • RING IN THE NEW

Live music by Tony Green Gypsy Jazz Duo

Reservations required

First seating (6:00pm) $71 Second seating (9:00pm) $78 w/ a glass of sparkling at midnight

LA OF ON SA A KINE G D NA

OPEN FOR LUNCH & DINNER NEW YEAR’S EVE & NEW YEAR’S DAY

✧ DESSERT ✧

Croquembouche and petits fours

RING IN THE

NEW YEAR

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ITALIAN STYLE

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BOILed CRAWFISH, SHRIMP & Crabs fresh louisiana softshell crabs call about oysters on the half shell & charbroiled 12 entree salads SEAFOOD DINNERS boiled, fried & blackened

JOIN US

NEW YEAR’S EVE 5-10PM NEW YEAR’S DAY NOON-9PM

SUPERB daily specials Roast Beef, Hot Sausage, Hamburger and Seafood Poboys Red and White Beans Daily Prime Angus Beef Filet Dinner Creole & Italian Cuisine

2535 METAIRIE ROAD 832-0955

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wed–sun > lunch + dinner • sat > dinner only • • dine in • carry out • • closed mon + tue •

•

488.7991 ENJOY N.O. SEAFOOD, COLD BEER & WATCH ALL YOUR FAVORITE GAMES

Our hours are: Tuesday-Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday 12 noon to 8:30p.m.

134 N. CARROLLTON

Celebrating 55 years in the same location.

After 18 years of delighting diners at Bistro Maison de Ville in the French Quarter, Executive Chef Greg Picolo brings his culinary expertise to Redemption Restaurant in Mid-City.

EST 1994

COME HANG OUT WITH OUR AWARD WINNING BARTENDER

Our mixes are always made fresh!

Come experience New Orleans’ time-honored culinary traditions with a contemporary flair at Redemption Restaurant.

Margaritas • Mojitos & Sangria by the glass or pitcher Hand Crafted Cocktails • Fresh Fuit Cellos's and Bellini's

OPEN NEW YEAR'S EVE & NEW YEAR'S DAY LIVE BELLY DANCING ON THURSDAY NIGHTS (Magazine St. location only) 3218 MAGAZINE ST. 894.1233

1501 METAIRIE RD 834.9773

2020 VETERANS BLVD 837.9777

LAKESIDE SHOPPING CENTER 830.7333

CHEF’S SpECialtiES Sizzling jumbo Shrimp

jumbo SCallop with aSparaguS & baby Corn Stuffed ChineSe eggplant– Chinese eggplant

– plump gulf shrimp sautéed with fresh mushroom, baby corn, and snow peas.

stuffed with grounded shrimp and pork with brown sauce.

CriSpy ginger Shrimp –

ChiCken almond CruSt with lemon SauCe – lemon

sauce over chicken breast with crusted almond slices.

fiSh filet with Chef’S SpeCial SauCe – light

battered Tilapia with fresh vegetables top with chef’s own blend of ginger, garlic and scallion sauce. aSparaguS Sautéed with Shrimp/ChiCken.

CriSpy beef with blaCk pepper and onion – crispy

beef in seasoned black pepper and onion.

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Salt and pepper fried Calamari (appetizer) CoConut Shrimp with Sweet and Sour honey muStard SauCe (appetizer)

banquetS &

private partieS 3605 South Carrollton ave.

Mon-Thurs 11am-10pm Fri & Sat 11am-11pm Sun 11am-10pm reServationS / take-out 482-3935 w w w.f i v eh a ppi n e SS.Com

To pay homage to great New Orleans restaurants of the past, Redemption Restaurant will offer weekly specials featuring recipes from the book “Lost Restaurants of New Orleans.”

HAPPY HOUR 5-7PM

1/2 price drinks & select appetizers [at bar only]

3835 Iberville St. in Mid-City Lunch Tuesday-Friday 11am-3pm Dinner Tuesday-Saturday 5-10pm Sunday Brunch 10am-3pm call for reservations or special events (504) 309-3570 visit www.redemption-nola.com for menu updates

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chef’s own sweet ginger sauce over light battered plump gulf shrimps.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 AT 8PM

IRMA THOMAS & LANCE ELLIS

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 AT 9PM

THE SOUL REBELS & CYRIL NEVILLE’S TRIBE 13 Black Lips with Jean-Eric

DEC

31

Black Lips with Jean-Eric 10 p.m. Saturday One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 AT 9PM

KERMIT RUFFINS & THE BARBECUE SWINGERS

PLUS SPECIAL GUEST BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION

UPCOMING SHOWS

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 AT 9PM THE SOUL REBELS & CYRIL NEVILLE’S TRIBE 13 CARROLLTON STATION — Boondoggles, Refried Confuzion, 9:30 CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — George Keys, 6:30 CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE — New Orleans Street Beat, 6 DAVENPORT LOUNGE — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 D.B.A. — World be Freeman, 10 DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR — Rick Trolsen, 9:30

THE FAMOUS DOOR — Darren

JOY THEATER — Irma Thomas, Lance Ellis, 8

FUNKY PIRATE — Blues Masters feat. Big Al Carson, 8:30

LE BON TEMPS ROULE — Soul Rebels, 11

Murphy & Big Soul, 3

HI-HO LOUNGE — Stooges Brass Band, 10 HOUSE OF BLUES — Zoso, 9

THE MAISON — Those Peaches, 5; Karikatura, 11 MAPLE LEAF BAR — The Trio, 10

IRVIN MAYFIELD’S I CLUB — Mem Shannon, 8

MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — Peter Novelli, 6; Smoky Greenwell’s Blues Jam, 10:30

IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Roman Skakun, 5; James Andrews, 8

NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM — Victory Belles Holiday Show, noon

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 AT 9PM GLITZ: THE ART OF FEMALE IMPERSONATION FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 AT 8PM JOINT’S JUMPIN’ PLUS SPECIAL GUEST JODI BORRELLO SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 AT 8PM COWBOY MOUTH THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 AT 8PM LITTLE RIVER BAND FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 AT 8PM PERCY SLEDGE

TICKETS AVAIL ABLE THROUGH AT 1- 800 -745 - 3000 OR AT THE BOX OFFICE. 1200 Canal Street • N ew Orleans, L A 70112 504.528.9569 • w w w.TheJoyTheater.com

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It’s either divine intervention or dumb luck that Black Lips’ tour van is passing through New Orleans on New Year’s Eve. There’s evidence on both sides: The Atlanta quartet did write a holy testament of hands-in-the-air gospel rock as the Almighty Defenders (in 2009, with Memphis mental cases King Khan and BBQ Show); they’re also known as much for their hedonistic, heathenistic swamp meets as for the regular setpiece of loosing their one-eyed jacks midsong. (For bouncers and managers, the lack of a merch-table fire and urinary extinguishers should be considered a moral victory.) The peaks on the new Arabia Mountain, Black Lips’ third studio album for Vice Records and sixth overall, excuse most misdemeanors and maybe a few felonies. Produced by Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Duran Duran) and Lockett Pundt (Deerhunter), the LP gleams like a beater with a fresh coat of wax: “Modern Art” surfs, “Mad Dog” skates and back-to-back bangers “Go Out and Get It” and “Raw Meat” twist and shout. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, here’s your eraser. Jean-Eric and KG Accidental open. Tickets $25. — Noah Bonaparte Pais

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OAK — Cristina Perez, 9

OLD POINT BAR — Blues Frenzy, 6:30; Big Al & the Heavyweights, 9

PRESERVATION HALL — New Birth Brass Band feat. Tanio Hingle, 8

TUE COMEDY NIGHT 8:30PM

RALPH’S ON THE PARK — Tom Worrell, 5

12/27 WITH JACKIE JENKINS

RAY’S — Bobby Love Band, 6

WED BRASS-A-HOLICS 9PM

REPUBLIC NEW ORLEANS — Big Easy Bounce Band feat.

Big Freedia, DJ Jubilee, Katey Red, Ricky B & Rusty Lazer, 11

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12 BAR — Chase McCloud, Heartbreak Therapy, United Seas, 10:30 BANKS STREET BAR — Lynn Drury, 10 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Philip Melancon, 8

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE LOUNGE — Frank Williams Jr. & Friends feat. Bobby Love, 8 BLUE NILE — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7; Soul Project (upstairs), 9; Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 11

BMC — El DeOrazio & Friends, 3; Peter Novelli, 6; Dana Abbot Band, 9; Soula Billy Swamp Boogie Band, 11; Lagniappe Brass Band, 12:30 a.m.

BOMBAY CLUB — Monty Banks, 6; Luther Kent, 9:30 BUFFA’S LOUNGE — Shotgun Jazz Band, 8

Trio featuring SUN Joe JoeKrown Krown SUN Russell batiste Trio & Walter 1/1 feat. Russell Batiste & Walter Washington 3/13 “Wolfman” Wolfman Washington

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EMERIL’S DELMONICO — Bob Andrews, 7

FUNKY PIRATE — Blues Masters feat. Big Al Carson, 8:30

HARRAH’S CASINO (HARRAH’S THEATRE) — Better Than Ezra

THREE MUSES — Tom McDermott, 4:30; Raphael Bas, 7:30

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DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR — Wendell Brunious, 10

SIBERIA — Split Lips, Indian Givers, Hairy Lamb, Fat Stupid Ugly People, Dummy Dumpster, 10

SPOTTED CAT — Brett Richardson, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10

W/ JOHN FOURCADE & MITCH GIBBS 3-6PM

D.B.A. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Eric Lindell & Colin Lake Band, 10

GALVEZ RESTAURANT — Campbell Perkins, 6:30

SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — John Ellis Band, 8 & 10

SUN IN THE REDZONE

DAVENPORT LOUNGE — Jeremy Davenport, 9

RIVERSHACK TAVERN — Brent & George, 8 ROCK ’N’ BOWL — Geno Delafose, 8:30

BROWN IMPROV COMEDY 8:30PM FRI 12/30 CHASE MC CLOUD 10:30PM HEARTBREAK THERAPY & UNITED SEAS

CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE — New Orleans Street Beat, 6

CHICKIE WAH WAH — Deacon John & the Ivories, 9 & 10

COLUMNS HOTEL — Kristina Morales, 5

GREEN ROOM — Night Came Quickly, Dromes, Haploid, 10

HERMES BAR — Panorama Jazz Band, 9:30 & 11

HI-HO LOUNGE — Zydepunks, Debauche, 10 HOUSE OF BLUES — Dr. John & the Lower 911, John Sansone, 9 HOWLIN’ WOLF — Rebirth Brass Band, New Orleans Suspects, 10 HYATT REGENCY NEW ORLEANS — Anais St. John, 9

IRVIN MAYFIELD’S I CLUB — Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 8

IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Joe Krown, 5; Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown, 8

JOEY K’S RESTAURANT — Maryflynn’s Prohibition Jazz & Blues, 5 JOY THEATER — Soul Rebels, Cyril Neville’s Tribe 13, 9

JUJU BAG CAFE AND BARBER SALON — Michaela Harrison, Todd Duke, 7:30 KRAZY KORNER — Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, 1

LE BON TEMPS ROULE — Dave Reis, 7; Mike Dillon, Johnny Vidocovich & James Singleton, 11 THE MAISON — Those Peaches, 5; John Doby, 7; Chapter: SOUL, 10; Kings of the Fauborg, midnight

& the People, 9:30

PRESERVATION HALL — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8 RIVERSHACK TAVERN — Skiipping Rocks, 9:30

ROCK ’N’ BOWL — Bucktown Allstars, 9:30

RUSTY NAIL — Jenn Howard & Crazy McGee, 10 SHAMROCK BAR — Epic, 9

SIBERIA — Big Freedia, Nicky Da B, Chilldren, Rusty Lazer, Boi Toi, Johnny 5ive, 10

SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Herlin Riley, 8 & 10 SPOTTED CAT — Brett Richardson, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; New Orleans Cotton Mouth Kings, 10

STAGE DOOR CANTEEN AT THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM — Victory Belles Holiday Show, noon THREE MUSES — Moonshiners Trio, 4; Debbie Davis, 6:30; Glen David Andrews, 10 TIPITINA’S — Galactic feat.

Corey Glover & Corey Henry, Mannie Fresh, 10 WINDSOR COURT HOTEL (POLO CLUB LOUNGE) — Larry Sieberth, 6

Saturday 31 BANKS STREET BAR — Egg Yolk Jubilee, 9 BAYOU BEER GARDEN — Rites of Passage, 9 BLUE NILE — Kristina Morales, 7; Zena Moses (upstairs), 9; Soul Rebels Brass Band, 10 BMC — Sweet Jones (patio), 3; Andre Bouvier, 3; Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Jazz Band, 6; Blues4sale, 9; Ashton & the Big Easy Brawlers Brass Band, midnight BOMBAY CLUB — Matt Lemmler Band, 9 BUFFA’S LOUNGE — Royal Rounders, 8 CHICKIE WAH WAH — Jon Cleary’s Philthy Phew, 10

MAPLE LEAF BAR — Chris Thomas King, 10

CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — Amanda Walker, 6:30

MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — Bryce Eastwood, 4; Jayna Morgan, 7; Fredy Omar con su Banda, 10:30

CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE — New Orleans Street Beat, 6

MELVIN’S — Blue Max, Billy Outlaw, 9

NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEEHOUSE — Richard Bienvenu & Christopher Gretchen, 8 OAK — Andrew Duhon, 9

OLD POINT BAR — Rick Trolsen, 5; Thomas Johnson

COLUMNS HOTEL — Alex Bachari, 9:30

DAVENPORT LOUNGE — Jeremy Davenport, 9 D.B.A. — Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 11 DRAGON’S DEN — Silver Apples, Os Ovni, Xander Harris, DJ Suzy Q, 9

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HI-HO LOUNGE — Big History, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Spooky Folk, 10

ANTOINE’S RESTAURANT — Luke Winslow-King, 11 a.m.

HOUSE OF BLUES — Dr. John & the Lower 911, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, 10 HOUSE OF BLUES (PARISH) — Scorseses, Luke Starkiller, xDefinition, 9 HOWLIN’ WOLF — Rebirth Brass Band, Papa Grows Funk, 10 HYATT REGENCY NEW ORLEANS — Anais St. John, 9

IRVIN MAYFIELD’S I CLUB — New Year’s Extravaganza, 8 IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Irvin Mayfield & the Jazz Playhouse Revue and others, 7:30 JOY THEATER — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 9 THE MAISON — Ramblin’ Letters, 5; Magnitude, 7; Brass-A-Holics, 10; Dj Jubilee (upstairs), 10; Revivalists, 12 a.m.; Lagniappe Brass Band, 2 a.m.

BMC — Soula Billy Swamp Boogie Band, 3; Gypsy Elise & the Royal Blues, 6; Chapter: SOUL, 9 BUFFA’S LOUNGE — Ted Hefko Band, 8

CAFE RANI — Courtyard Kings, 11 a.m.

CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — Amanda Walker, 6:30 COLUMNS HOTEL — Chip Wilson, 11 a.m.

D.B.A. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Tin Men, 10 DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR — Rick Trolsen, 9:30

HOWLIN’ WOLF (THE DEN) — Hot 8 Brass Band, 9 IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Glen David Andrews, 7 THE MAISON — Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 10

MAPLE LEAF BAR — Joe Krown Trio feat. Russell Batiste & Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 10

MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — Mumbles, 1; Kristina Morales, 4; Eudora Evans & Deep Soul, 7:30; Fredy Omar con su Banda, 11:30

PRESERVATION HALL — New Life Jazz Band feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8

OAK — Billy Iuso, 9 OLD POINT BAR — Dana Abbott, 9:30 OLD U.S. MINT — Tony Green & Gypsy Jazz, 2 ONE EYED JACKS — Black Lips, Jean-Eric, KG Accidental, 9 PRESERVATION HALL — A Creole Christmas feat. Lars Edegran’s St. Peter Street All-Stars & Big Al Carson, 2&4 RIVERSHACK TAVERN — Lil Red & Big Bad, 10 ROCK ’N’ BOWL — Tab Benoit, 9 SIBERIA — DJ Don Bolles, 2 a.m.

SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Astral Project, 8 & 10 SPOTTED CAT — Shotgun Jazz Band, 3; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 THREE MUSES — Mario Abney, 6:30; Frenchmen Street Jug Band, 10

OLD POINT BAR — Craig Paddock, 3:30

RALPH’S ON THE PARK — Joe Krown, 11:30 a.m.

ROCK ’N’ BOWL — Kermit Ruffins, 9

ROOSEVELT HOTEL (BLUE ROOM) — James Rivers Movement, 11 a.m.

SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Phillip Manuel Holiday Quartet, 8 & 10

SPOTTED CAT — Rights of Swing, 3; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey, 10; In & Out, 2 a.m.

Monday 2 APPLE BARREL — Sam Cammarata, 8

BANKS STREET BAR — N’awlins Johnnys, 10

BJ’S LOUNGE — King James & the Special Men, 10 BMC — Lil Red & Big Bad, 6; Smoky Greenwell’s Blues Jam, 9

CHICKIE WAH WAH — Word

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COLUMNS HOTEL — David Doucet, 8

D.B.A. — Glen David Andrews, 9

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THE FAMOUS DOOR — Darren Murphy & Big Soul, 3 GREEN ROOM — Todd Lemoine, 10

IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8

THE MAISON — Royal Roses, 6:30; New Orleans Super Jam, 9:30 MAISON DUPUY HOTEL — Aaron Lopez-Barrantes, 6 MAPLE LEAF BAR — Papa Grows Funk, 10

MAT & NADDIE’S RESTAURANT — Courtyard Kings, 7

MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — Meghan Stewart & the Reboppers, 6; Eric Gordon & the Lazy Boys, 9:30 NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEEHOUSE — Jay P. Dufour, 9; Mark Fernandez, 10

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OLD POINT BAR — Brent Walsh Jazz Trio feat. Romy Kaye, 7 PRESERVATION HALL — Preservation Players feat.

Maynard Chatters, 8 REPUBLIC NEW ORLEANS — Team Robot, The Flamez, Chad, Marty Mard, Ghazi Gamali, Sk David, 9

RIVERSHACK TAVERN — Dave Jordan, 7 SIBERIA — DJ Q, NOLA Fam, Solid Fuzz, 10

SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 SPOTTED CAT — Brett Richardson, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 10

THREE MUSES — Kristin Diable’s Songwriters Series, 7; Jayna Morgan, 7 WINDSOR COURT HOTEL (POLO CLUB LOUNGE) — Kirk Branch, 6

classical/ concerts TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 1329 Jackson Ave., 5220276; www.trinitynola. com — Organ & Labyrinth Organ Recital feat. Albinas Prizgintas, Tuesdays, 6; Jo “Cool” Davis & James “Sugar Boy” Crawford, Sun., 5

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MAPLE LEAF BAR — Khris Royal & Dark Matter, 10

MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — Tom Mcdermott & Kevin Clark, 11 a.m.; Ricardo Crespo, 3:30; Roberto Tammeta y su Grupo, 7

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JAN

Sunday 1

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SAT

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HERMES BAR — Mia Borders, 9:30 & 11

Connections showcase & open mic, 8

JAN

GREEN ROOM — Cathercist, -ish, 10

TIPITINA’S — Galactic feat.

Anders Osborne, Corey Glover & Corey Henry, Eric Lindell Trio, 10

JAN

FUNKY PIRATE — Blues Masters feat. Big Al Carson, 8:30

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NOW SHOWING ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (PG) — Steven Spielberg’s adapta-

tion of the classic comic book series is a vivid animated adventure. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) — The trio

‘‘ LISBETH IS A MARVELOUS

POP-CULTURE CHARACTEr, STRANGER AND MORE COMPLEX THAN THE AVERAGE SUPERHERO

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ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (PG) —

The 3-D computer animated film follows Santa Claus’ son Arthur, who must deliver an important present before Christmas morning. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 BEYOND ALL BOUNDARIES (NR) — The museum screens a 4-D

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THE DESCENDANTS (R) — In Alexander Payne’s (Sideways) movie, a recently widowed father (George Clooney) tries to reconnect with his daughters while in Hawaii. AMC Palace 20, Canal Place GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (R) — David Fincher

A DAVID FINCHER FILM

(The Social Network) directs the English-language adaptation of the wildly successful film and book series about a troubled computer hacker.

AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 HAPPY FEET 2 (PG) — The dancing CGI penguins are back for a sequel. AMC Palace 20, Entergy IMAX, Hollywood 9 HUGO (PG) — Martin

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Scorsese’s family-friendly film is a fantasy/adventure about an orphan who lives inside the walls of a magical train station in 1930s Paris. AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20

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J. EDGAR (PG) — Clint Eastwood directs Leonardo

Young Adult (R) (C) 2011 PARAMOUNT PICTURES

Teen lit author Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) returns to high school to try to rekindle a relationship with a former boyfriend and gets caught up with another old classmate instead.

DiCaprio in a candid look at the life of the FBI director, who harbored many of his own secrets. AMC Palace 20

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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL (PG-13) — Tom

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG-13) — Robert

Cruise returns — and stars alongside Jeremy Renner — in the latest installment of the thriller series, in which the IMF is implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin.

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THE MUPPETS (PG) — Some fans (Amy Adams and Jason Segel) team up with the Muppets to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon (Chris Cooper). AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Hollywood 14 MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (R) — A portrait of Marilyn

Monroe (Michelle Williams) at the peak of her fame is framed through the account of a 23-year-old’s weeklong romance with the star. AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies

NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG-13) — The romantic comedy’s star-studded cast includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele and many others.

Downey Jr. reprises the title role in the sequel, where the detective must try and stop a cunning criminal mastermind.

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THE SITTER (R) — Jonah Hill is a reluctant babysitter who doesn’t know what he’s getting into when he takes on three challenging charges.

AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 1 (PG13) — The mythical creature

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UNDER THE SEA 3-D (G) — Jim Carrey narrates the documentary exploring the Great Barrier Reef. Entergy IMAX WAR HORSE (PG-13) — Steven

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Cameron Crowe directs Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson in the true story of a family that purchases and moves into a dilapidated zoo and works to get it reopened.

AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 YOUNG ADULT (R) — Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman — the duo behind Juno — return for the comedy starring Charlize Theron as a divorced fiction writer who hopes to rekindle a romance with a married ex. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place

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Martin Scorsese directs a family-friendly 3-D adventure based on Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret, about an orphaned boy who lives in a Paris train station in the 1930s. He tends the building’s clock and tinkers with a machine left to him by his father, which he seeks to animate with the help of friends he meets.

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BY D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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third floor to rekindle some of the rugged allure of the warehouse it was prior to its late 1980s renovation. Like New York’s PS1, which it resembles right down to its 1976 origins, the CAC is one of America’s oldest institutions devoted to contemporary art, and Mackie believes the city’s bountiful crop of emerging artists provides an opportunity to explore “new work from a new creative class.”

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, which opened in its current form in 2003,

Prospect.1 biennial that opened in 2008.

Prospect.1 got great reviews but ran up a $1 million deficit, and plans for Prospect.2, originally slated for 2010, were put on hold after several financial backers withdrew.

The Prospect.2 that premiered in October was a much more modest affair, but even this was more than many thought possible for a new biennial with no city or state sponsorship in a time of global recession. Then on P.2’s opening night festivities, Cameron stunned those present

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N N E J Howard & weathered recent financial turbulence.

Last month the Ogden named current University of Mississippi Museum director William Pittman Andrews to take over in January 2012. In his two-year tenure at Ole Miss, Andrews oversaw a 35 percent increase in attendance, a feat the Ogden hopes he can replicate here.

The situation was less hopeful at Louisiana ArtWorks, which was shuttered last January when the board realized there wasn’t enough money to cover the cost of insuring the deluxe $25 million structure with its maze of artists studios and state-of-the-art facilities. While its problems partly can be blamed on an inadequate business plan, catastrophic flooding followed by a severe global recession obviously hurt. After closing up shop, the ArtWorks board dissolved itself, and while the Louisiana Artists Guild still officially owns the building, its future now rests with City Hall.

When it comes to making news, there are probably no local arts institutions that can match the wild ups and downs of Prospect New Orleans, the organization founded by former New Museum curator Dan Cameron in 2007 to launch the

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In 2011, Swoon installed work at the New Orleans Museum of Art and spaces in Bywater. by announcing he was stepping down as artistic director to accept a new post as chief curator at the Orange County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, and that the artistic director for the Prospect.3 expo in 2013 will be Franklin Sirmans, a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Cameron remains on the board, and his influence is expected to continue even as local observers try to make sense of the bizarre sequence of events. No stranger to controversy, Cameron has his critics, but few would deny that the Prospect biennials galvanized the visual arts community while putting New Orleans on the global art map for the first time since the 19th century. As independent curator John Otte remarked recently, “So much of what we see around us here in the St. Claude arts district never would have come as far as it has if the Prospect biennials hadn’t motivated artists to go the extra mile.”

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t’s been a hell of a year. That can be taken in a number of ways, but what stands out is that more changes have occurred in this city’s art scene over the past 12 months than typically would take place over many years in more normal times. While local galleries maintained their predictably stable status, 2011 was a mixed bag for arts institutions as directors and curators came and went. Champagne corks popped at some as others bled red ink. In this the city was hardly unique — arts institutions all over the world are still reeling from the global financial meltdown — and while some crises lead to unexpected opportunities, not everyone saw a silver lining.

The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) appears to be thriving on new energy and interest as it celebrates its 100th anniversary with an eclectic expo of new acquisitions ranging from bluechip golden oldies to iconic contemporary works by art stars like Matthew Barney and Anish Kapoor. Popular programs including performances by musicians such as Quintron and Irvin Mayfield also abounded in the first year under the directorship of Susan Taylor. A former Princeton University Art Museum director, Taylor has overseen incremental yet pervasive changes across the board, right down to the bold redesign of NOMA’s website. A new emphasis on recent art has been under way since Miranda Lash was appointed contemporary art curator in 2008, and this too seems to mesh with Taylor’s flair for, as she puts it, “engaging more completely in the cultural life of the city.” That was evident when New York-based street artist Swoon’s 20-foottall cut-paper sculpture Thalassa was suspended over the museum’s Great Hall last summer. Its presence suggested a new relationship with the edgy St. Claude Avenue arts district where Swoon’s work is more often found, and while the vibe may seem new, longtime NOMA watchers say Taylor is doing her version of the base broadening that former director John Bullard undertook so successfully during his 38-year tenure, only now the local avant garde is part of the mix.

Although New Orleans has long been considered America’s last bohemia, much of the youthful ferment that now characterizes its art community is a post-Hurricane Katrina phenomenon. Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) visual arts director Amy Mackie, now wrapping up her first year on the job, sees this new energy as reminiscent of the adventuresome spirit of the CAC’s freewheeling early days. She’s now using the building’s rough and rarely open

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ART EVENTS

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Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR by Cirque du Soleil

PROSPECT.2. Dan Cameron’s art biennial features works by 27 local, national and international artists on display in traditional and alternative venues. Visit www.prospectneworleans.org for details.

Through Jan. 29.

GALLERIES

UPCOMING EVENTS Harlem Globetrotters ........................................................................................... January 20 @ 7:00 PM Jeff Dunham ........................................................................................................... January 26 @ 7:30 PM Red Hot Chili Peppers........................................................................................... February 4 @ 8:00 PM Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR by Cirque du Soleil ..... February 15-16 SEC Men’s Men Basketball Tournament .................................................................... March 8-11 2011-2012 New Orleans Hornets Schedule announced!

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1022 GALLERY. 1022 Lowerline St., 301-0679; www.1022gallery. blogspot.com — “Urban Appeal: The Art of Graffiti”; “The Velvet Underground Railroad: A Psychedelic Slave Trade,” mixed media by the Bourghog Guild; both through Jan. 14.

3 RING CIRCUS’ THE BIG TOP GALLERY. 1638 Clio St., 5692700; www.3rcp.com — “@

Phonography: Dialogue in the Wireless Age,” a group exhibition of phone camera photographs for PhotoNOLA, through Saturday.

811 HOWARD GALLERY. 811 Howard Ave., 524-3872; www. francoalessandrini.net — “ID,

Picture Identification,” portraits by Franco Alessandrini, through Saturday.

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9TH STREET STUDIO. 1029 9th St., 899-6686; www.9thstreet-studio.com — “One: A

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Collaboration Between Paint & Metal,” works by Alexis Walter and Rachael Adamiak, through Friday.

A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY. 241 Chartres St., 568-1313; www.agallery.com —

Photogravures by Josephine Sacabo, through Saturday.

“Oyeme Con Los Ojos,” photographs by Josephine Sacabo for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 11.

ANGELA KING GALLERY. 241 Royal St., 524-8211; www. angelakinggallery.com — Paint-

ings by Terri Hallman, through Saturday.

ANTENNA GALLERY. 3161 Burgundy St., 957-4255; www. press-street.com — “There Was

a Forest: Jewish Life in Eastern Europe Today,” photographs

by Loli Kantor for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 8.

ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., 524-3233 — Paintings

by Myra Williamson Wirtz; jewelry by Erica Walker; photographic collages by Stirling Barrett; all through Friday.

ART HOUSE ON THE LEVEE. 4725 Dauphine St., 247-8894 — “Art

By Committee,” an interactive exhibit by Robert Tannen for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

BARRISTER’S GALLERY. 2331 St. Claude Ave., 525-2767; www. barristersgallery.com — “Vagi-

nas,” mixed-media sculpture

by Clifton Webb, through Jan. 4.

BIG BUNNY FINE ART. 332 Exchange Alley, 309-2444; www. lineartgallery.com — “New Orleans Walls,” photographs by Marie-Dominique Verdier for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 3.

BYRDIE’S GALLERY. 2422A St. Claude Ave., www. byrdiesgallery.com — “Frozen

Moments,” glass sculpture installation by Josh Cohen, through Jan. 10.

CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY. 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — Christmas group exhibition featuring Christina Goodman, Jere Allen, David Goodman, Mary Hardy, Beverly Dennis, Sandra Bershell and gallery artists, through Saturday.

COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789; www. coleprattgallery.com — Ab-

stract mixed-media paintings

by Randy Asprodites; “The Sugar Mill Sessions,” photography of New Iberia sugar mills by David Armentor; all through Saturday.

COLLINS C. DIBOLL ART GALLERY. Loyola University, Monroe Library, 6363 St. Charles Ave., fourth floor, 861-5456 — Mixed media by

Avish Khebrehzadeh, through Jan. 29.

COUP D’OEIL ART CONSORTIUM. 2033 Magazine St., 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “Babel,”

photographs by Miriam Waterman for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 7.

D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 5243936 — “The Bull and the

Dream,” figurative stone and wood sculptures by Thomas Glover W. and Marianne Lerbs, through Feb. 3.

DU MOIS GALLERY. 4921 Freret St., 818-6032 — “Faded/Fated

Fairytales,” photographs by Laura D’Alessandro for PhotoNOLA; “Vestiges,” mixed-media by Don Feis; “Sugarplum,” paintings by Amy Glisan; all through Jan. 7.

THE FRONT. 4100 St. Claude Ave.; www.nolafront.org — “I

vs. I,” works by Alex Podesta; mixed-media photomurals by Morgana King and Jonathan Traviesa; “In Search of the Cajun Prairie,” drawings and paintings by Megan Roniger; “Special Ellipse,” projectable works by Francoise Gamma and Rollin Leonard; all through Jan. 8.

GALERIE ROYALE. 3648 Magazine St., 894-1588; www.galerieroyale.com — Mixed media

on canvas and metal by Mike Klung, through Saturday.

GALLERY BIENVENU. 518 Julia St., 525-0518; www.gallerybienvenu.com — “Moving in

Colors,” sculpture by Key-Sook Geum, through Jan. 26.

GALLERY VERIDITAS. 3822 Magazine St., 267-5991; www. gvnola.com — “In the Spirit of Shozo,” a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Shozo Nagano, through Saturday.

THE GARDEN DISTRICT GALLERY. 1332 Washington Ave., 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery.com — A group exhibi-

tion featuring Kim Bernadas, Jacques Soulas, Jean Cassels and others, through Jan. 29.

GUTHRIE CONTEMPORARY. 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688; www. guthriecontemporary.com — Photo-based abstractions by Rodolfo Choperena for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 15.

GUY LYMAN FINE ART. 3645 Magazine St., 899-4687; www. guylymanfineart.com — Mixed media with mechanical light sculptures by Jimmy Block, ongoing.

HAROUNI GALLERY. 829 Royal St., 299-8900 — Paintings by

David Harouni, ongoing.

HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY. 440 Julia St., 525-7300; www. heriardcimino.com — “Washed (To the Sea and Other Waters),” paintings by Anastasia Pelias, through Saturday.

HOMESPACE GALLERY. 1128 St. Roch Ave., (917) 584-9867 — “Tintype,” photographs by Euphus Ruth, Jenny Sampson, S. Gayle Stevens and Bruce Schultz for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 8.

ISAAC DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY. Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, third floor, 615 City Park Ave., 361-6620 — “Below Sea Level,”

a panoramic video installation

by Pawel Wojtasik for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

ISABELLA’S GALLERY. 3331 Severn Ave., Suite 105, Metairie, 779-3202; www.isabellasgallery.com — Hand-blown glass works by Marc Rosenbaum; raku by Kate Tonguis and John Davis; all ongoing.

JACK GALLERY. 900 Royal St., 588-1777 — Paintings, litho-

graphs and other works by Tom Everhart, Gordon Parks, Al Hirschfeld, Stanley Mouse, Anja, Patrick McDonnell and other artists, ongoing.

JAMIE HAYES GALLERY. 621 Chartres St., 592-4080; www. jamiehayes.com — New Orleans-style art by Jamie Hayes, ongoing.

JEAN BRAGG GALLERY OF SOUTHERN ART. 600 Julia St., 895-7375; www.jeanbragg. com — “Sites and Sights

Scene,” oil paintings by Leslie Dudley, through Saturday.

“The Painter on An Extended Voyage,” paintings by Bernard Beneito, through Jan. 29.

JIMMY MAC POP-UP GALLERY. 802 Elysian Fields Ave. — “Mud-

colors,” mixed media on canvas

by Jimmy Mac, through Sunday.

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JON SCHOOLER GALLERY. 8526 Oak St., 865-7032; www. jonschooler.com — “Subliminal WOWs,” paintings by Jon Schooler, ongoing.

JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY. 400A Julia St., 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery. com — “P.2 Projects,” a group

exhibition curated in conjunction with Prospect.2, through Jan. 21.

JULIE NEILL DESIGNS. 3908 Magazine St., 899-4201; www. julieneill.com — “Facade,”

photographs by Lesley Wells, ongoing.

KAKO GALLERY. 536 Royal St., 565-5445; www.kakogallery.com — Paintings by Don Picou and

Stan Fontaine; “Raku” by Joy Gauss; 3-D wood sculpture by Joe Derr; all ongoing.

KURT E. SCHON. 510-520 St. Louis St., 524-5462 — The gallery

specializes in 18th and 19th century European oil paintings by artists from the French Salon and Royal Academy as well as French Impressionists.

L9 CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 539 Caffin Ave., 948-0056 — “Faces

of Treme,” works by Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun, ongoing.

LE PETIT SALON DE NEW ORLEANS. 906 Royal St., 524-5700 — Paintings by Holly Sarre,

ongoing.

LEMIEUX GALLERIES. 332 Julia St., 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Louisiana’s

Landscape and Grass Roots,” works by Philip Gould, through Saturday.

LIVE ART STUDIO. 4207 Dumaine St., 484-7245 — “Sunflowers,”

LOUISIANA CRAFTS GUILD. 608 Julia St., 558-6198; www.louisianacrafts.org — Group show featuring works from guild members, ongoing.

MALLORY PAGE STUDIO. 614 Julia St.; www.mallorypage.com — Paintings by Mallory Page,

ongoing.

MARTINE CHAISSON GALLERY. 727 Camp St., 304-7942; www. martinechaissongallery.com —

“Stamina in the Dream House,” oil paintings and sculpture by Elizabeth Fox, through Jan. 28.

MICHALOPOULOS GALLERY. 617 Bienville St., 558-0505; www. michalopoulos.com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.

MICHELLE Y WILLIAMS GALLERY. 835 Julia St., 585-1945; www. michelleywilliams.com — Works

by Michelle Y. Williams, ongoing.

NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO. 727 Magazine St., 529-7277; www.

NEW ORLEANS HEALING CENTER. 2372 St. Claude Ave., 9489961; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — Works by Keith

Duncan for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

NEW ORLEANS PHOTO ALLIANCE. 1111 St. Mary St., 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance. blogspot.com — “Silenced Suf-

fering: The Comfort Women Project,” photographs by Jungeun Lee for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 29.

NEWCOMB ART GALLERY. Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, 865-5328; www. newcombartgallery.tulane. edu — Works by Nick Cave and Joyce J. Scott for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

NOUVELLE LUNE. 938 Royal St., 908-1016 — Works using reclaimed, re-purposed or salvaged materials by Linda Berman, Georgette Fortino, David Bergeron, Kelly Guidry and Tress Turner, ongoing.

OCTAVIA ART GALLERY. 4532 Magazine St., 309-4249; www. octaviaartgallery.com — “For the Love of Flowers,” photographs by Elizabeth Kleinveld for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 14.

ONE SUN GALLERY. 616 Royal St., (800) 501-1151 — Works by local

and national artists, ongoing.

PEARL ART GALLERY. 4421 Magazine St., 228-5840 — Works by Cindy and Drue Hardegree, Erica Dewey, John Womack, Sontina, Lorraine Jones and S. Lee, ongoing.

PETER O’NEILL STUDIOS. 721 Royal St., 527-0703; www. oneillgallery.com — Works by

Peter O’Neill, ongoing.

PHOTO WORKS NEW ORLEANS. 521 St. Ann St., 593-9090; www. photoworksneworleans.com — Photography by Louis Sahuc, ongoing.

PRESERVATION RESOURCE CENTER. 923 Tchoupitoulas St., 581-7032; www.prcno.org — “Penn Station: A Distant

View,” large-scale photographs

by Becca Fitzpatrick for Prospect.2, through January.

REINA GALLERY. 4132 Magazine St., 895-0022; www.reinaart. com — “Vintage New Orleans

Artists,” watercolors, etchings and folk art; “Patron Saints,” works by Shelley Barberot; both ongoing.

RHINO CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS GALLERY. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Works by gallery members

Maria Fromich, Betsy MeyersGreen, Linda Rosamano, Sharad Mulchand, Jen Chenevert and others, ongoing.

RIVERSTONE GALLERIES. 719

Royal St., 412-9882; 729 Royal St., 581-3688; Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 36, 5660588; 733 Royal St., 525-9988; www.riverstonegalleries.net — Multimedia works by Ricardo Lozano, Michael Flohr, Henry Ascencio, Jaline Pol and others, ongoing.

RODRIGUE STUDIO. 721 Royal St., 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue.com — Works by George

Rodrigue, ongoing.

TRIPOLO GALLERY. 401 N. Columbia St., (985) 893-1441 — Works

by Bill Binnings, Robert Cook, Donna Duffy, Scott Ewen, Juli Juneau, Kevin LeBlanc, Ingrid Moses, Gale Ruggiero, Robert Seago and Scott Upton, ongoing.

UNO-ST. CLAUDE GALLERY. 2429 St. Claude Ave. — Works by Ivan Vezzoli for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

ROSETREE GLASS STUDIO & GALLERY. 446 Vallette St., Algiers Point, 366-3602; www.rosetreeglass.com — Hand-blown glass

UPTOWN POPUP ART GALLERY. 7835 Maple St. — Photographs

by Scott Domanski, Emily Ardoin, Anthony Schoenecker, Annie Peyton and Ishita Sharma, through Friday.

RUSTY PELICAN ART. 4031 St. Claude Ave., 218-5727; www.rustypelicanart.com — Works by

VENUSIAN GARDENS ART GALLERY. 2601 Chartres St., 943-7446; www.venusiangardens.com —

works, ongoing.

Travis and Lexi Linde, ongoing.

SALONE DELL’ARTES ARTEMISIA. 3000 Royal St., 481-5113 — “I

Genti H2O,” works by Shmuela Padnos, ongoing.

“Luminous Sculpture,” works by Eric Ehlenberger, ongoing.

WMSJR. 1061 Camp St., 299-9455; www.wmsjr.com — Paintings by

Will Smith, ongoing.

SCOTT EDWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY. 2109 Decatur St., 610-0581 — “Burlesque Ex-

A WORK OF ART GALLERY. 8212 Oak St., 862-5244 — Glass works

SHEILA’S FINE ART STUDIO. 1427 N. Johnson St., 473-3363; www. sheilaart.com — Works by

ZEITGEIST MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTS CENTER. 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net — “A Child’s View

posed,” a group photography exhibition, through Saturday.

Sheila Phipps, ongoing.

SOREN CHRISTENSEN GALLERY. 400 Julia St., 569-9501; www. sorengallery.com — “Home & Away,” photographs by Jack Kotz for PhotoNOLA, through Friday.

STAPLE GOODS. 1340 St. Roch Ave., 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Fresh Produce,” works by Thomasine Bartlett, Aaron Collier, Robyn Denny, William DePauw, Daniel Kelly, Anne Nelson, Laura Richens and Cynthia Scott, through Jan. 8. “Fresh Produce,” works by gallery members in conjunction with Prospect.2 St. Claude Satellites, through Jan. 8.

STELLA JONES GALLERY. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, 568-9050 — “Maha-

lia: Queen of Gospel Music,” a group exhibition of works inspired by Mahalia Jackson, through Jan. 6.

by Juli Juneau; photographs from the New Orleans Photo Alliance; both ongoing.

From Gaza,” art by children from Palestine for the New Orleans Middle East Film Festival, through Friday.

CALL FOR ARTISTS A NEW LANDSCAPE. Artists

are sought for the April juried exhibition in Grand Isle. Submissions deadline is Feb. 1. Visit www.gicdt.org for details.

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FOUNDATION ARCHIVE. The

foundation seeks student, amateur and professional photographers to document various aspects of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Applicants must be at least 18 years old. Call 558-6138 or email archive@jazzandheritage.org for details. Application deadline is December 31.

MUSEUMS

STEVE MARTIN STUDIO. 624 Julia St., 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart.com — Contemporary sculpture and paintings by Steve Martin and other Louisiana artists, ongoing.

1850 HOUSE. 523 St. Ann St., 5686968 — Works by Sophie Calle for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

STUDIO GALLERY. 338 Baronne St., Third Floor, 529-3306 — Works by YAYA artists, ongoing.

exhibits of jazz artists, a St. Joseph’s altar replica, the Louisiana Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame and a research library with genealogy records.

T-LOT. 1940 St. Claude Ave., (865) 567-9766; www.t-lot.tumblr. com — “Parallel Play,” a group

exhibition featuring works on paper, architectural installations, sculpture and performance, through January.

THOMAS MANN GALLERY I/O. 1812 Magazine St., 581-2113; www. thomasmann.com — “Where’s the Money?” group exhibit interpreting the economy, ongoing.

AMERICAN-ITALIAN MUSEUM & RESEARCH LIBRARY. 537 S. Peters St., 522-7294 — Permanent

ASHE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070; www.ashecac.org —

“Ashe in Retrospect: 1998-2008,” photographs by Morris Jones Jr., Eric Waters, Jeffrey Cook and others, ongoing.

BACKSTREET CULTURAL MUSEUM. 1116 St. Claude Ave.; www.backstreetmuseum.org — Permanent

exhibits of Mardi Gras Indian

suits, jazz funeral memorabilia and social aid and pleasure club artifacts, ongoing.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER. 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “NOLA Now Part I: Swagger for a Lost Magnificence”; Prospect.2 show featuring Jonas Dahlberg, George Dunbar, Karl Haendel and others; both through Jan. 29. “As We See It: Youth Vision Quilt,” student-created quilt with more than 400 patches, ongoing.

GEORGE & LEAH MCKENNA MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART. 2003 Carondelet St., 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com — “African Wisdom in Image

and Proverb,” photographs by Betty Press for PhotoNOLA; “Becoming Home,” photographs by Mariana Sheppard and Nakeya Brown for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 21.

GERMAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER. 519 Huey P. Long Ave., Gretna, 363-4202; www.gaccnola.com — Museum exhibits

depict the colonial experience, work, culture and religion of German immigrants.

HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION. 533 Royal St., 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “The 18th Star:

Treasures From 200 Years of Louisiana Statehood,” through Jan. 29. “Goddess Fortuna and Her Dunces in an Effort to Make Sense of it All,” outdoor installation by Dawn Dedeaux for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND PRESERVE. French Quarter Visitor Center, 419 Decatur St., 589-2636 — “Out of the

Muck,” masks inspired by local wetlands by members of the Contemporary Arts Center Teen Board, through Jan. 1.

LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS. 7 Bamboo Road, 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — “Audu-

bon’s Absence,” ecological artworks by Brandon Ballengee, through January.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM PRESBYTERE. 751 Chartres St., 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “The Louisiana Planta-

tion Photos of Robert Tebbs,” 60 gelatin silver prints by the architecture photographer, through Nov. 30, 2012. “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond”; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing.

LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT MUSEUM. Louisiana Supreme Court, 400 Royal St., 310-2149; www.lasc.org — The Supreme

Court of Louisiana Historical Society sponsors the museum’s exhibitions of the people and institutions that have contributed to the development of Louisiana law for 300 years.

MAIN LIBRARY. 219 Loyola Ave., 529-7323; www.nutrias. org — “Hidden from History:

Unknown New Orleanians,” photographs of the city’s working poor, ongoing.

MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN COCKTAIL. 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www.museumoftheamericancocktail.org —

“Absinthe Visions,” photographs

by Damian Hevia, ongoing.

NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM. 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — “Infamy: December 1941,” oral

histories, artifacts and images focusing on the attack on Pearl Harbor, through Feb. 19.

NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 566-1136; www.noaam.com —

Works by Lorraine O’Grady for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www.noma. org — “NOMA 100: Gifts for the

Second Century,” an exhibition with works by Anish Kapoor, Keith Sonnier, Matthew Barney, Jasper Johns, Sol LeWitt, Kathe Kollwitz and Gabrielle MUnter, through Jan. 22. Works by Bruce Davenport Jr., Nicole Eisenman and Jennifer Steinkamp for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. “Light to Dark/Dark to Light,” paintings

by Wayne Gonzales, through Feb. 26.

NEW ORLEANS PHARMACY MUSEUM. 514 Chartres St., 565-8027; www.pharmacymuseum.org — Exhibits about 19th-century

pharmacy, medicine and health care, all ongoing.

OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — Pho-

tographs from the museum’s permanent collection; works by George Valentine Dureau; both through Jan. 3. “Ersy: Architect of Dreams”; “Oyeme Con Los Ojos,” photographs by Josephine Sacabo, through Jan. 8. Works by Ashton Ramsay for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

OLD U.S. MINT. 400 Esplanade Ave., 568-6990; lsm.crt.state. la.us/site/mintex.htm — Works

by William Eggleston, An-My Le and Ragnar Kjartansson for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29.

SOUTHERN FOOD & BEVERAGE MUSEUM. Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www.southernfood.org — “The

Boudin Trail,” a travelling exhibit from the Southern Foodways Alliance, through Jan. 9. “Acadian to Cajun: Forced Migration to Commercialization,” a multimedia exhibit; “Laissez Faire — Savoir Fare,” the cuisine of Louisiana and New Orleans; “Eating in the White House — America’s Food”; “Tout de Sweet,” an exhibit exploring all aspects of the sugar industry in the South; “Barbecue Nation”; all ongoing.

WILLIAMS RESEARCH CENTER. Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “In Katrina’s Wake:

Restoring a Sense of Place,” photographs by Stephen Wilkes for PhotoNOLA, through March 3.

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hand-painted silk wall hangings by Ray Cole; watercolors

by Sean Friloux; “A 30-Year Retrospective of Photography,” photographs by Eliot Kamenitz; “Delta Dogs,” clay sculpture by Larone Hudson; all through Jan. 4.

neworleansglassworks.com — Sandblasted photographs by Drake Fuller; kiln-fired sculpture by Michele McManus; glass jewelry by Jane Block; all through Friday.

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tions and concerts. The 2011 Fringe Festival brought an array of exciting alternative theater productions to those venues and many more unconventional performance spaces around town.

In the CBD, Elm Theatre offered grim delights like Orange Flower Water. The Mid-City Theatre opened in the fall. Fred Nuccio launched the 80-seat auditorium in a former Doerr Furniture warehouse on Toulouse Street, just off Bayou St. John. It’s already hosted several shows that likely would have played at Le Chat

Bob Edes Jr. starred as painter Mark Rothko in Red at Southern Rep. PHOTO BY RIDE HAMILTON

in previous years, including Santaland Diaries, Theatre 13’s Play Dates and musical variety shows by Ricky Graham and friends.

Also of note are productions at the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park.

The NOLA Project just completed a run of Romeo and Juliet in the museum atrium, and it mounted two popular runs of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.

The group also presented Yasmina Reza’s Art in Stern Auditorium.

The Contemporary Arts Center hosted an array of intriguing puppet shows, including All Weather Ballads by Vermont’s Sandglass Theater and the satirical found-object puppetry of Paul Zaloom.

The imaginative production Darwin the Dinosaur by the local company CORBiAN Visual Arts and Dance was a total delight for both adults and children. Here’s hoping Darwin is a harbinger of the future for both the company and the underused space at CAC.

Then there were the tried-and-true standbys. The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane deserves a tip of the hat for its production of Julius Caesar set as a modern political thriller. Southern Rep maintained its high standards with challenging fare like the 2010 Tony Awardwinner Red, about abstract painter Mark Rothko, and a hilarious whirl through Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests.

Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage explored contemporary civilities. Southern Rep also provided a venue for shows by other companies, like Ricky Graham’s original holiday family musical The Pecan Cracker.

A second comic, Norman, entertained audiences at The Actor’s Theatre of New Orleans in Norman, Is That You? The Anthony Bean Community Theater presented The Good Negro, as well as August Wilson’s Jitney, but its most memorable production was Reflections: A Man and His Time, which starred former City Council President Oliver Thomas and was about his career and time in jail.

Local audiences were treated to classic musicals including Man of La Mancha and Into the Woods at Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre and touring Broadway shows included Shrek the Musical and Rock of Ages at the Mahalia Jackson Theater.

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society experienced repeated delays in construction of its new center on Airline Highway, but shows at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre included The Drowsy Chaperone and Jim Fitzmorris’ new work From a Long Way Off, which deals with local politics and culture.

The city is still an exciting incubator for new works. The 6x6 series is an ongoing monthly showcase of short pieces at Southern Rep. Before Le Chat closed, Carl Walker directed another installment of Native Tongues, this chapter dedicated to food.

An easily overlooked auditorium that has offered consistently entertaining shows is the Stage Door Canteen at the National World War II Museum.

While it’s disappointing that a couple of the city’s established theaters closed, it’s encouraging to see productions staged just about everywhere else. There’s so much, it’s hard to keep up with it all.

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In 2011, there was quite a bit of ringing, and some of the ringing out was disappointing. New Orleans lost one venerable institution and part of another.

Owner Barbara Motley closed her chic cabaret theater Le Chat Noir, which had provided a unique venue for cabaret shows and had hosted a variety of original drama, comedies and musicals since it opened in 1999. Le Chat went out in grand style, hosting local and national cabaret acts in a final flurry of showcases.

Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre found a solution to its financial woes, but 60 percent of its space will become a restaurant run by Dickie Brennan. It’s comforting to know the jewel-like main auditorium will return to activity, but the second stage (not part of the original theater) — which hosted more adventurous pieces and children’s plays — will be no more. How this division will affect the courtyard and lobby remains to be seen. The theater is scheduled to present plays again in 2012, but the distinction of being one of the nation’s oldest continuously operating theaters gets a footnote because the end of the 2010-2011 season was canceled, and the theater was dark in the fall.

Those closures aside, theater is flourishing in many venues, including relatively newer ones. Small theaters are cropping up around the Marigny and Bywater. The AllWays Lounge’s theater space is a popular spot for independent productions.

Cripple Creek Theatre finished a residency with the original coproduction The Future is a Fancyland Place. The AllWays also hosted Harry Mayronne’s restaurant musical Waiting Around and more exotic literary and theatrical events such as Esoterotica, a series of original erotic readings by local writers. The Shadowbox Theatre recently hosted Four Humours’ outdoor production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days.

Skin Horse Theater pumped punk-rock energy into its production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Backyard Ballroom.

Inside the New Orleans Healing Center, Cafe Istanbul is open.

A deconsecrated church on St. Ferdinand Street has served as a venue for the New Orleans Fringe Festival for several years and is now the Marigny Opera House. It is expected to host more theatrical produc-

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BIG BOSOM BUDDIES. MidCity Arts Theater, 3540 Toulouse St., 488-1460; www. midcitytheatre.com — Ricky Graham and Varla Jean Merman perform duets, cabaret favorites and pay tribute to Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in the original comedy revue. Tickets $25 general admission, $40 New Year’s Eve show. 8 p.m. ThursdaySaturday through Jan. 7.

MYSTERIOUS RABBIT PUPPET ARMY. Mudlark Theatre, 1200

Port St. — The group performs two shows, one using shadow puppets to outline the history of the prisonindustrial complex, and then a modern take on Hansel and Gretel. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

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BURLESQUE BALLROOM. Irvin

Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., 553-2270; www.sonesta.com — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly burlesque show featuring the music of Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown. Call 553-2331 for details. 11:50 p.m. Friday.

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Dragon’s Den, 435 Esplanade Ave.; www.myspace.com/ dragonsdennola — The troupe presents its “Red XMas” show with burlesque, weapon play, live music by Kitty Lazereyes and the Bills, and more. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Friday.

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A special three course menu by Chef John Besh with complimentary wine service and a glass of bubbly, plus Lullaby of Broadway starring The Victory Belles live on stage — the magical music of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Lerner & Loewe, and more!

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COMEDY CATASTROPHE. Lost

Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., 944-0099; www. lostlovelounge.com — The bar hosts a free weekly stand-up comedy show. 9 p.m. Tuesday.

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Howlin’ Wolf (The Den), 828 S. Peters St., 522-9653; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Local comedians perform, and amateurs take the stage in the open mic portion. 8 p.m.

Thursday.

GOD’S BEEN DRINKING. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039

Big Bosom Buddies Varla Jean Merman (pictured) is joined by Ricky Graham in a cabaret show including a tribute to starlets Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. The show runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday through Jan. 7, 2012, at the Mid-City Theatre.

Freret St.; www.nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts the long-form improv comedy show. Tickets $10. 8:30 p.m. Friday.

GROUND ZERO COMEDY. The Maison, 508 Frenchmen St., 371-5543; www.maisonfrenchmen.com — The show features local stand-up comedians. Sign-up is 7:30 p.m.; show is 8 p.m. Friday.

IVAN’S OPEN MIC NIGHT.

Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance St., 525-5515; www. therustynail.org — The Rusty Nail hosts a weekly open-mic comedy and music night. 9 p.m. Tuesday.

JACKIE JENKINS. 12 Bar,

608 Fulton St., 212-6476; www.12barnola.com — The stand-up comedian performs. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

LAUGH OUT LOUD. Bootleggers Bar and Grille, 209 Decatur St., 525-1087 — Simple Play presents a weekly comedy show. 10 p.m. Thursday.

MEGAPHONE OPEN MIC.

A Shotgun Near You, 2827 Chippewa St.; www.facebook.com/ashotgunnearyou — The New Movement presents the open mic showcase hosted by Drew Platt and Dane Faucheux.

Visit www.tnmcomedy.com for details. Free admission. 9 p.m. Monday.

NATIONAL COMEDY COMPANY. Yo Mama’s Bar & Grill,

727 St. Peter St., 522-1125 — The audience interactive comedy show features live local music. Call 523-7469 or visit www.nationalcomedycompany.com for tickets.

Tickets $8 online, $15 at the door. 10 p.m. Saturday.

OPEN MIC STAND-UP. La Nuit

Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St.; www.nolacomedy. com — The theater hosts the free open mic. 11 p.m.

Friday.

PERMANENT DAMAGE STAND-UP COMEDY. Bullets

Sports Bar, 2441 A.P. Tureaud Ave., 948-4003 — Tony Frederick hosts the open mic comedy show. 8 p.m.

Wednesday.

SIDNEY’S STAND-UP OPEN MIC. Sidney’s, 1674 Barataria

Blvd., Marrero, 341-0103 — The show features professional, amateur and first-time comics. Free admission. Sign-up is 8 p.m. Show starts 9 p.m.

Thursday.

THINK YOU’RE FUNNY? Carrollton Station, 8140 Willow St., 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — The weekly open-mic comedy showcase is open to all comics. Sign-up is 8:30 p.m. Show starts 9 p.m.

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Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., 523-1357; www.lcm. org — The museum hosts special Tuesday and Thursday activities for children ages 3-under and their parents or caregivers. Admission $8, free for members. 10:30 a.m.

Thursday 29 ART ACTIVITIES DURING AFTER HOURS. Ogden Museum of

Southern Art, 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The Ogden offers art activities for kids during the weekly After Hours concerts. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

EVENTS Tuesday 27 CREOLE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY HOME TOUR . 1850 House, 523

CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Tulane University

Square, 200 Broadway St. — The weekly market features fresh produce, kettle corn, Green Plate specials and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

HOLIDAY TEA & TOUR . Longue

FRENCH MARKET FARMERS MARKET. French Market,

French Market Place, between Decatur and N. Peters streets, 522-2621; www.frenchmarket. org — The weekly market offers seasonal produce, seafood, prepared foods, smoothies and more. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP. East Jefferson General Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 454-4000; www.ejgh.org — The American Cancer Society sponsors a group for people who have experienced the death of a loved one. Call 456-5000 for details. 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WESTWEGO FARMERS & FISHERIES MARKET. 484 Sala

Ave., Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego — The market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art and more, with live music and pony rides. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday and Saturday.

WWII PUB QUIZ . Stage Door

Canteen at The National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 528-1944; www. stagedoorcanteen.org — The quiz tests knowledge of general trivia as well as WWII questions. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday 29 FRESH MARKET. Circle Food

Store, 1522 St. Bernard Ave. — The Downtown Neighborhood Market Consortium market features fresh produce, dairy, seafood, baked goods and more.

EBT and WIC accepted. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

SISTAHS MAKING A CHANGE .

Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — The group offers lessons in African dance and more, along with nutrition, health and wellness seminars. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Monday.

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Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — Longue Vue hosts special tours and tea services for the holidays, when the house is decorated with lights and festive greenery. Reservations are required. Call 293-4701 or email ajones@longuevue. com for details. Admission $30 members, $35 nonmembers.

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Rampart and St. Ann streets — The weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, Louisiana seafood, natural products, art, crafts and entertainment. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Magazine Street

COVINGTON FARMERS MARKET. Covington City

Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 —

MARKETPLACE AT ARMSTRONG PARK . Armstrong Park, N.

Saturday 31 Market, Magazine and Girod streets, 861-5898; www. marketumbrella.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, flowers and food. 8

a.m. to noon.

GERMAN COAST FARMERS MARKET. Ormond Plantation,

13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features a wide range of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon.

GRETNA FARMERS MARKET.

Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, 362-8661 — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS SPRING FIESTA ASSOCIATION WINTER HOME TOUR . New Orleans Spring

Fiesta Association, 826 St. Ann St., 581-1367; www.springfiesta.com — Costumed docents lead tours of the historic Spring Fiesta home for the Victorian-themed event. Admission $8. Tours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday- Sunday.

SANKOFA FARMERS MARKET. Holy Angels Complex, 3500 St. Claude Ave., 875-4268; www. sankofafarmersmarket.org — The weekly market offers fresh produce and seafood from local farmers and fishermen. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Call 355-4442 or visit www. visitstbernard.com for details.

8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CENTER FELLOWS PROGRAM. The

group seeks area principals and assistant school leaders for its intensive professional and leadership development program. Visit www.slc-gno. org or email jbrown@slc-gno. org for details. Application deadline is Jan. 31.

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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

American Cancer Society, 2605 River Road, Westwego, 833-4024 or (800) ACS-2345; www.cancer.org — The American Cancer Society needs volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs.

Opportunities are available with Relay for Life, Look Good … Feel Better, Hope Lodge, Man to Man, Road to Recovery, Hope Gala and more. Call for information.

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St. Ann St., 568-6968 — The Friends of the Cabildo hosts the tour of five historic French Quarter homes. Fr. Jerome LeDoux also signs his book War of the Pews: A Personal Account of St. Augustine Church from noon to 3 p.m.

Visit www.friendsofthecabildo.org for details. Admission $20 FOC members, $25 nonmembers. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The market offers fresh locally produced foods every week.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

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ZOO YEAR’S EVE . Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org — The family-friendly celebration features a countdown to noon with a soft drink toast, games, contests and a dance party. Free with zoo admission. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Bourbon St., 586-1155; www.bourbonvieux.com — The event space with a balcony overlooking Bourbon Street hosts a party with an open bar, a buffet, a DJ, party favors and more. Admission $155. 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday. includes a midnight fireworks display above the Mississippi River and a concert in front of Jackson Square with Lagniappe Brass Band, MyNameisJohnMichael and Shamarr Allen and the Underdawgs.

Visit www.crescentcitycountdown.com for details. 9 p.m. Saturday.

Place, 100 Iberville St., 566-7006; www.starwoodhotels.com — The party includes music by Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys, DJ Aaron and Uncle Wayne Daigrepont, an open bar, dinner and a midnight Champagne toast. Admission $175. 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday.

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GEAUX ENTERTAINMENT NOLA NEW YEAR’S PARTY. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www.cacno.org — The annual party features music by 17th Floor and DJ Drew Ryan, an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, photo booths, party favors and more. A portion of event proceeds benefits the American Cancer Society. Admission starts at $145. Visit www.geauxentertainment.com/nola-yearseve-2012 for details. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday.

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IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH . Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., 553-2270; www.sonesta.com — Irvin Mayfield and the Jazz Playhouse Revue, as well as other guests, perform at the party that includes an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, a dinner with wine pairings, and a midnight Champagne toast. Admission $500 (all-inclusive). 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday.

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KREWE OF KOLOSSOS PARADE & APOCALYPSE BALL . The new krewe

has its inaugural street parade through the Bywater, Marigny and St. Claude arts district that culminates in a fundraiser ball at Siberia (2227 St. Claude Ave.). Call 905-2830 or visit www.kolossos.org for details. Ball admission $25. 8 p.m. parade, 10 p.m. ball. Saturday.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. The Country Club, 634

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Louisa St., 945-0742; www.thecountryclubneworleans.com — The Dapper Dandies featuring Caroline Fourmy perform during the restaurant’s four-course dinner service with Champagne. 5 p.m. to midnight. Saturday.

PARTY LIKE IT’S 1945. Stage Door Canteen at The National World

War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The museum’s 1940s-themed party features a threecourse menu with complimentary wine service and a performance by the Victory Belles at the early seating (5 p.m.) and the Victory Big Band at the late seating (9 p.m.). Reservations are required. Call 5281943 or visit www.stagedoorcanteen.org for details. Saturday.

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Foundation seeks volunteers recovering from mental illness to help mentor others battling depression and suicidal behaviors. Free training provided. For details, contact Stephanie Green at (888) 543-3480, anotherlifefoundation@hotmail. com or visit www.anotherlifefoundation.org.

AUDUBON AQUARIUM OF THE AMERICAS. The aquarium accepts

applications for the volunteer naturalists, education, husbandry and volunteer diver programs. Visit www.auduboninstitute.org/volunteers/aquarium for details.

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS ANNIVERSARY. Chalmette

Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — Volunteers are needed for the 197th

anniversary of the battle (Jan. 4-7) to set up and take down tents, distribute supplies, direct traffic and assist National Park Service staff.

Call 589-3882 ext. 228 for details.

BAYOU REBIRTH WETLANDS EDUCATION . Bayou Rebirth seeks

volunteers for wetlands planting projects, nursery maintenance and other duties. Visit www.bayourebirth.org for details.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS VOLUNTEERS. Big Brothers Big

Sisters of Southeast Louisiana, 2626 Canal St., Suite 203, 309-7304 or (877) 500-7304; www.bbbssela. org — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Louisiana needs volunteers to serve as mentors.

A volunteer meets two to three times a month with his or her Little Brother or Sister. You can play games, watch movies, bake cookies, play sports or plan any other outings you both would enjoy. Call for information.

CASA NEW ORLEANS. The orga-

nization seeks volunteer courtappointed special advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours per month. No special skills are required; thorough training and support is provided. Call Brian Opert at 522-1962 ext. 213 or email info@ casaneworleans.org for details.

CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET.

CCFM and marketumbrella.org seek volunteers to field shopper questions, assist seniors, help with monthly children’s activities and more. Call 495-1459 or email latifia@marketumbrella.org for details.

EDGAR DEGAS FOUNDATION . The

nonprofit seeks volunteers to contribute to the development of the foundation. Call 821-5009 or email info@degashouse.com for details.

GREATER NEW ORLEANS FAIR HOUSING ACTION CENTER . The

center seeks part-time civil rights investigators with excellent writing skills, reliable transportation

and no criminal convictions to help expose housing discrimination in the New Orleans metro area. Call 717-4257 or email mmorgan@gnofairhousing.org for information.

HANDSON NEW ORLEANS. The volunteer center for the Greater New Orleans area invites prospective volunteers to learn about the various opportunities available, how to sign up to attend service projects and general tips on how to be a good volunteer. Call 483-7041 ext.

107, email volunteer@handsonneworleans.org or visit www.handsonneworleans.org for details.

HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS. Harmony Hospice, 519 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-8111 — Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Jo-Ann Moore at 8328111 for details.

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PALM COURT NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA . Palm Court Jazz Cafe, 1204 Decatur St., 525-0200; www.palmcourtcafe.com — Lionel Ferbos performs with the Palm Court All-Stars and Topsy Chapman during the four-course dinner with Champagne and party favors. $120 includes meal, tax and tip. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday.

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seeks volunteers to work one day a week for the Louisiana National Guard Museum.

Volunteers prepare military aircraft, vehicles and equipment for display. Call David at 837-0175 or email daveharrell@yahoo.com for details.

JEFFERSON COMMUNITY SCHOOL . The charter school

that educates at-risk middle school students who have been expelled from Jefferson Parish’s public schools seeks adult mentors for its students.

Call 836-0808 for details.

LOUISIANA SPCA VOLUNTEERS.

Dorothy Dorsett Brown LA/ SPCA Campus, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., Algiers, 368-5191; www.la-spca.org — The Louisiana SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals and help with special events, education and more.

Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and complete a volunteer orientation to work directly with animals. Call or email Dionne Simoneaux at dionne@la-spca.org.

LOWERNINE.ORG VOLUNTEERS.

Lowernine.org seeks volunteers to help renovate homes in the Lower 9th Ward. Visit www.lowernine.org or email lauren@lowernine.org for details.

MEAL DELIVERY VOLUNTEERS. Jefferson Council on Aging seeks volunteers to deliver meals to homebound adults.

Gas/mileage expenses will be reimbursed. Call Gail at 8885880 for details.

volunteers ages 16 and older for its weeklong summer camps around the country.

Call (800) 572-1717 or visit www.mda.org/summercamp for details.

NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM . National World War

II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — The museum accepts applications for volunteers to meet and greet visitors from around the world and familiarize them with its galleries, artifacts and expansion. Call 527-6012 ext. 243 or email katherine.alpert@ nationalww2museum.org for details.

OPERATION REACH VOLUNTEERS. Operation

REACH and Gulfsouth Youth Action Corps seek college student volunteers from all over the country to assist in providing recreation and education opportunities for New Orleans-area inner-city youth and their families. For information, visit www.thegyac.org and www.operationreach.org.

PEOPLE PROGRAM. The nonprofit seeks volunteers to teach active seniors at its

PUBLIC SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS.

New Orleans Outreach seeks volunteers to share their enthusiasm and expertise as part of the ARMS-Outreach after-school program.

Volunteers are needed in the arts, academics, technology, recreation and life skills. Email jenny@nooutreach.org or call 654-1060 for information.

SENIOR COMPANION VOLUNTEERS. New Orleans

Council on Aging, Annex Conference Room, 2475 Canal St., 821-4121; www.nocoa.org — The council seeks volunteers to assist with personal and other daily tasks to help seniors live independently.

Call for details.

START THE ADVENTURE IN READING. The STAIR program

holds regular volunteer training sessions to work oneon-one with public school students on reading and language skills. Call 899-0820, email elizabeth@scapc.org or visit www.stairnola.org for details.

TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION .

The Teen Suicide Prevention Program seeks volunteers to help teach middle- and upperschool New Orleans students.

Call 831-8475 for details.

TOURO VOLUNTEER SERVICES. Touro Volunteer Services, 1401 Foucher St., 897-8107; www. touro.com/content/careercamp — The infirmary seeks adult volunteers to assist with the Family Surgery Lounge, patient information desk, book and goody cart, hospital tours and health screenings.

Call volunteer services at 8978107 for information.

VOLUNTEERS CAN LEAD PROGRAM . The program

allows residents to assist the New Orleans Police Department at its district stations. Email vocal@nola.gov for details.

FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE .

Latter Library Carriage House, 5120 St. Charles Ave., 5962625; www.nutrias.org — The group hosts twice-weekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

LOCAL WRITERS’ GROUP.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135 — The weekly group discusses and critiques fellow members’ writing. All genres welcome.

7:30 p.m. Monday.

POETRY MEETING . New Orleans Poetry Forum, 257 Bonnabel Blvd., Metairie, 835-8472 — The forum holds workshops every Wednesday.

8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

SPOKEN WORD. Ebony Square, 4215 Magazine St. — The center hosts a weekly spokenword, music and open-mic event. Tickets $7 general admission, $5 students.

11 p.m Friday.

TAO POETRY. Neutral Ground Coffeehouse, 5110 Danneel St., 891-3381; www.neutralground.org — The coffeehouse hosts a weekly poetry reading. 9 p.m. Wednesday.

THE WELL: A WOMEN’S POETRY CIRCLE . St. Anna’s Episcopal

Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., 947-2121; www.stannanola. org — The group meets at 2 p.m. Mondays. Call 289-9142 or email poetryprocess@ gmail.com for details.

CALL FOR WRITERS BOB KAUFMAN BOOK PRIZE IN POETRY. Trembling Pillow

Press presents the contest.

The winner will be published in 2012. Visit www.tremblingpillowpress.com/bobkaufmanbookprize.html for details. Submissions deadline is Jan. 31.

LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE.

WORDS BARNES & NOBLE JR . Barnes

& Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135 — The bookstore regularly hosts free reading events for kids. Call for schedule information.

COOKBOOKS & COCKTAILS SERIES. Kitchen Witch

Cookbooks Shop, 631 Toulouse St., 528-8382 — The group meets weekly to discuss classic New Orleans cookbooks.

4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday.

DINKY TAO POETRY. Molly’s at

the Market, 1107 Decatur St., 525-5169; www.mollysatthemarket.net — The bar hosts a free weekly poetry reading with open mic.

9 p.m. Tuesday.

For the national contest, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress seeks letters from 4th to 12th grade students to authors — living or dead, from any genre — explaining how those authors’ work changed the students’ way of thinking. Visit www. lettersaboutliterature.org for details. Submission deadline is Jan. 6.

SWAMP LILY REVIEW. Editors

seek fiction, poetry, nonfiction and creative nonfiction for the spring 2012 issue of the online publication. Editors are also open to some book reviews, interviews, photographs and artwork. Email swamplilyreview@gmail.com or visit www.swamplily.com for details.

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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION . The MDA seeks

campuses in Metairie, New Orleans and the West Bank.

Call 284-7678 for details.

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DIY dining, Bacchanal Wine, ran into trouble this year when City Hall temporarily shut down its popular, but inadequately licensed, outdoor food and music events.

The flap drew more attention to an ongoing complaint by some over confusing or heavy-handed regulation of food ventures, and that issue was the underlying theme of September’s inaugural Street Food Derby.

The event gathered mobile food vendors from around the region at the Fair Grounds Race Course and drew a huge crowd to sample them all in one place.

Some familiar names returned to the restaurant scene, with chef Rene Bajeux now at the Rib Room and Guillermo Peters bringing his upscale Mexican cooking to the Canal Street Bistro (formerly Eco Cafe).

The doors closed at Feast, after not quite a year, and Bacco, after nearly 20 years. But other ventures opened, including Root in the former Feast space, Ste. Marie in the CBD, Tomas Bistro in the Warehouse District, Vacherie in the French Quarter, Irish House in Uptown, Metairie’s Cafe B and Heritage Grill, both from the former Bacco’s team, and, late in the year, Apolline, a revamp of the former Dominique’s on Magazine, and Tamarind by Dominique, a new restaurant from Dominique’s former chef and namesake, Dominique Macquet.

The year also offered many examples of the heart and generosity running through the cooking scene.

The local restaurant industry stepped up to help people in need — in events like Liuzza Palooza, benefitting Michael Bordelon, Beasts & Brass for chef Nathanial Zimet and road trips to bring Louisiana hospitality to tornado-stricken towns in Alabama and Missouri. Restaurants across the spectrum proved that in our community it’s more than just what’s on the plate that counts.

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f you couldn’t find someplace new and different to eat in New Orleans in 2011 it was your own fault. Local chefs and restaurateurs did their part to bring new options, new flavors and new concepts to the scene, and if you had a very specific craving in mind when setting out to sample them it was all the better.

For instance, whether your ideal pizza follows the thin-crust style of New York, the deep-dish style of Chicago or the artisanal standards of Naples, Italy, new pies from Pizzicare, Midway Pizza and Ancora Pizzeria & Salumeria have you covered, respectively.

If you like your burgers thin, old-school and meticulously crafted, Tru Burger and the Company Burger emerged to sate your palate, and they were joined by stuffed burgers from Juicy Lucy’s and still more burgers from Cheeseburger Eddie’s in Metairie. If your hankering was more toward hot dogs, you had plenty of company at Dat Dog, a new wiener stand that’s proved so popular it’s already planning to move into larger digs across the street.

That street would be Freret Street, and it’s no coincidence that half of the new restaurants mentioned above opened along this resurgent, eight-block commercial corridor. After years of steadily building momentum, Freret Street broke out as the hot new restaurant row in 2011, with seven new eateries opening this year and more planned in 2012.

While Freret has centralized a lot of interesting new eats, another trend this year spread them all over town, often in unexpected venues. From just a few examples a year ago, pop-ups have exploded across New Orleans, and these unorthodox eateries were joined by more food trucks making the rounds too.

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UPTOWN FIREHOUSE TO BECOME RESTAURANT (AGAIN)

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Norma’s Sweets Bakery (3221 Georgia Ave., Kenner, 467-4309) has long been a favorite backstreet Kenner find for Mexican pastries, Cuban sandwiches and an occasional guava-filled king cake. The same family owners now have a second location in Mid-City.

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RABASA SWITCHES KITCHENS

Chef Baruch Rabasa has left Meson 923 (923 S. Peters St., 523-9200) and will begin next week as the new chef at Atchafalaya (901 Louisiana Ave., 8919626; www.cafeatchafalaya.com).

He’s the second chef to depart Meson 923 since it opened in March 2010. Its original chef, Emeril’s alum Chris Lynch, left in October 2010 and Rabasa, who had been his sous chef, then took the reins.

Meson 923 has been closed for the past two weeks. A spokesperson for Meson 923 says the restaurant is working on plans for a new chef.

Tony Tocco, owner of Atchafalaya, says his former chef Mark Springfloat left to join the local company Pigeon Caterers.

Rabasa’s international, modern cuisine at Meson 923 was markedly different from the upscale Creole neighborhood style at Atchafalaya. Tocco says that while Rabasa will bring a new influence Atchafalaya will still retain its current style and some of its more popular dishes.

“Baruch is bringing more sophistication to the menu here, but really we have to hang on to the things that brought us to the dance in the first place,” Tocco says.

He says Atchafalaya’s New Year’s Eve menu will showcase some of what is in store.

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Chef Chris Cody had a promising but too-brief run at Pellicano Ristorante, a fine-dining spot in Kenner that opened in 2008 and closed a year later. Now the chef has a new restaurant in the works for a historic property in the Lower Garden District.

Cody and an investor plan to open Dijon (1377 Annunciation St., phone n.a.) in a former firehouse in the next few months. He describes his culinary plans for Dijon as contemporary American/ Louisiana and says it “will be similar to Pellicano but with more of a local twist.” David Oser, who also worked at Pellicano, will be sous chef. One special feature of Dijon will be a chef’s table complete with its own small kitchen so guests can watch and interact with the chef as their meals are prepared.

Cody most recently offered upscale bar food at the Roosevelt Hotel Bar (116 University Place, 566-9444), a watering hole next to (but unrelated to) the Roosevelt Hotel. He left that gig earlier this year as he searched for a new finedining project.

Dijon’s future home has some history to it. The building dates to 1914 and was originally used by the New Orleans Fire Department. It sat empty from 1991 until 2003, when renovations began to turn the vintage space with its soaring, 30-foot ceilings into a tavern. It later became a California-inspired eatery called Fire! a Restaurant, though after Hurricane Katrina that business moved to Florida, where it is still in operation.

Next, the old firehouse housed Big Al’s Seafood, an offshoot of the Houma restaurant of the same name.

The building has a large hearth oven in the dining room, a remnant from its Fire! format, and Cody plans to use it to bake bread. Dijon will have a bar, a courtyard and off-street parking and it will serve Sunday brunch.

(2925 Bienville St., 309-5401) is a larger store with a full range of Latin American groceries, including a butcher section with bins of hot chicharones (or Latin American cracklin’s).

Norma Castillo opened the original Norma’s in 2003, and it has since grown into a supplier of baked goods for a network of small Latin groceries and restaurants around the area. Her son Jose Castillo says customer demand prompted the family to open this second location.

Like the original, the new Norma’s bakes bread, pies, cakes and pastries on premises. In addition to the sweets, there are Cuban sandwiches and graband-go savory options, like pasteles filled with beef or chicken and a selection of tamales. The Mid-City location also has a much larger kitchen for more hot food, including plate lunches.

As Carnival season gears up, look for Norma’s king cakes filled with sweet guava and cream cheese.

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DINO’S BAR & GRILL — 1128 Tchoupitoulas St., 558-0900 — Dino’s kitchen serves burgers, chicken tenders, salads and wraps. Happy hour is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards and checks. $

THE RIVERSHACK TAVERN — 3449

River Road, 834-4938; www. therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches overflowing with deli meats and changing lunch specials. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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SAUCY’S BBQ GRILL — 3244 Severn

S. Carrollton Ave., 866-9741; 8859 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, 461-9840; www.ohenrys.com — Complimentary peanuts are the calling card of these casual, family friendly restaurants. The menu includes burgers, steaks, ribs, pasta, fried seafood, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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S. Carrollton Ave., 301-0938 — Shamrock serves burgers, shrimp or roast beef po-boys, Reuben sandwiches, cheese sticks and fries with cheese or gravy. Other options include corned beef and cabbage, and fish and chips. No reservations. Dinner and late night daily. Credit cards. $

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son Hwy., Jefferson, 832-0830 — Zaddie’s serves burgers, alligator sausage, boudin, tamales and meat or crawfish pies. Thursday’s steak night special features a filet mignon, butter-garlic potatoes, salad, grilled French bread and a soft drink for $15. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $

BARBECUE BOO KOO BBQ — 3701 Banks

St., 202-4741; www.bookoobbq. com — The Boo Koo burger is a ground brisket patty topped with pepper Jack cheese, boudin and sweet chile aioli. The Cajun banh mi fills a Vietnamese roll with hogshead cheese, smoked pulled pork, boudin, fresh jalapeno, cilantro, cucumber, carrot, pickled radish and sriracha sweet chile aioli. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-

CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE —

527 Decatur St., 522-0571; www. crescentcitybrewhouse.com — Live jazz and German-style beers complement creative cooking at this brewpub. Crabmeat-stuffed jumbo shrimp, grilled baby back ribs, overstuffed po-boys and seafood gumbo are popular dishes. Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

BURGERS BEACHCORNER BAR & GRILL —

4905 Canal St., 488-7357; www. beachcornerbarandgrill.com — Top a 10-oz. Beach burger with cheddar, blue, Swiss or pepper Jack cheese, sauteed mushrooms or house-made hickory sauce.

Other options include a grilled chicken sandwich. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

BUD’S BROILER — Citywide; www.

budsbroiler.com — Bud’s Broiler is known for charcoal-broiled burgers topped with hickory-amoked sauce. The menus also includes hot dogs and chicken sandwiches. The Clearview Parkway and 24-hour City Park location also offer shrimp and catfish po-boys.

No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE CAFE FRERET — 7329 Freret St., 861-7890; www.cafefreret. com — The cafe serves breakfast itemes like the Freret Egg Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage served on toasted white or wheat bread or an English muffin.Signature sandwiches include the Chef’s Voodoo Burger, muffuletta and Cuban po-boy.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.Wed., Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ CANAL STREET BISTRO & ECO CAFE — 3903 Canal St., 561-6585; www.

ecocafeno.com — This cafe serves sandwiches like the veggie club, layered with Swiss cheese, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, spinach

and baby pickles. There are fresh squeezed juices, and Friday and Saturday evenings feature tapas dining. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $$

GOTT GOURMET CAFE — 3100

Magazine St., 373-6579; www. gottgourmetcafe.com — This cafe serves a variety of gourmet salads, sandwiches, wraps, Chicago-style hot dogs, burgers and more. The cochon de lait panini includes slow-braised pork, baked ham, pickles, Swiss, ancho-honey slaw, honey mustard and chili mayo. No reservations.

Breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

LAKEVIEW BREW COFFEE CAFE —

5606 Canal Blvd., 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. Breakfast is available all day on weekends. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

PARKVIEW CAFE AT CITY PARK —

City Park, 1 Palm Drive, 483-9474 — Located in the old Casino Building, the cafe serves gourmet coffee, sandwiches, salads and ice cream till early evening.

No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $

PRAVDA — 1113 Decatur St., 5811112; www.pravdaofnola.com — Pravda is known for its Soviet kitsch and selection of absinthes, and the kitchen offers pierogies, beef empanadas, curry shrimp salad and a petit steak served with truffle aioli. No reservations. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

VINE & DINE — 141 Delaronde St., 361-1402; www.vine-dine.com — The cafe serves cheese boards and charcuterie plates with pate and cured meats. There also is a menu of sandwiches, quesadillas, bruschettas, salads and dips.

No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

CHINESE CHINA ORCHID — 704 S. Carrollton

Ave., 865-1428; www.chinaorchidneworleans.com — This longtime Riverbend restaurant offers a wide array of Chinese dishes. Sizzling black pepper beef or chicken is prepared with onions, red and green peppers and brown sauce and served on a hot plate with steamed rice on the side. Other options include fried rice, noodle and egg foo young dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

FIVE HAPPINESS — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes.

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TREY YUEN CUISINE OF CHINA — 600 N. Causeway Approach.,

Mandeville, (985) 626-4476; 2100 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985) 345-6789; www.tryyuen. com — House specialties include fried soft-shell crab topped with Tong Cho sauce, and Cantonese-style stir-fried alligator and mushrooms in oyster sauce.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/ DESSERT ANTOINE’S ANNEX — 513 Royal

St., 581-4422; www.antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Royal Street salad features baby spinach and mixed lettuces with carrots, red onion, red peppers, grapes, olives, walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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rie Road, Metairie, 267-4990; 819 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 4648884; 6233 S. Claiborne Ave., 2673328; www.thekupcakefactory. com — Choose from a large selection of gourmet cupcakes. The Fat Elvis is made with banana cake and topped with peanut butter frosting. The Strawberry Fields tops strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream frosting. Other

MAURICE FRENCH PASTRIES — 3501

Hessmer Ave., Metairie, 885-1526; 4949 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 455-0830; www.mauricefrenchpastries.com — Maurice French Pastries offers an array of continental and French baked goods as well as specialty cakes, cheesecakes and pies. No reservations.

Hessmer Avenue: breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. West Napoleon: breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

PINKBERRY — 300 Canal St.; 5601

Magazine St., 899-4260; www. pinkberry.com — Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry topping choices including caramel, honey, fruit purees, various chocolates and nuts and more. There also are fresh fruit parfaits and green tea smoothies. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY 5 Fifty 5 — 555 Canal St., 553-5638;

www.555canal.com — New Orleans dishes and Americana favorites take an elegant turn in dishes such as the lobster mac and cheese, combining lobster meat, elbow macaroni and mascarpone, boursin and white cheddar cheeses. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

BAYONA — 430 Dauphine St., 5254455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$$ OAK — 8118 Oak St., 302-1485;

www.oaknola.com — This wine bar offers small plates and live musical entertainment. Gulf

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St. James Cheese Company (5004 Prytania St., 899-4737; www.stjamescheese.com) offers more than 100 varieties of cheese from around the globe.

PHOTO By CHERyL GERBER shrimp fill tacos assembled in house-made corn tortillas with pickled vegetables, avocado and lime crema. The hanger steak bruschetta is topped with Point Reyes blue cheese and smoked red onion marmalade. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ ONE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE —

8132 Hampson St., 301-9061; www.one-sl.com — Chef Scott Snodgrass prepares refined dishes like char-grilled oysters topped with Roquefort cheese and a red wine vinaigrette, seared scallops with roasted garlic and shiitake polenta cakes and a memorable cochon de lait. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

CREOLE ANTOINE’S RESTAURANT — 713 St.

Louis St., 581-4422; www.antoines. com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms.

Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

GUMBO SHOP — 640 St. Peter

St., 525-1486; www.gumboshop. com — Gumbo and New Orleans classics such as crawfish etouffee dominate the menu. Their spicy flavors meld into a dish that represents the city’s best and redefines comfort food. No respage 67

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JUNG’S GOLDEN DRAGON — 3009 Magazine St., 891-8280; www. jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine. Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes.

Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

options include white chocolate raspberry and a banana cupcake.

No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $

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Credit cards. $ MONTREL’S BISTRO — 1000 N. Peters St., 524-4747 — This casual restaurant serves Creole favorites. The menu includes crawfish etouffee, boiled crawfish, red beans and rice and bread pudding for dessert. Outdoor seating is adjacent to Dutch Alley and the French Market. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

CUBAN/ CARIBBEAN MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — 437 Esplanade Ave., 252-4800; www. mojitosnola.com — Mojitos serves a mix of Caribbean, Cuban and Creole dishes. Aruba scallops are seared and served with white chocolate chipotle sauce with jalapeno grits and seasonal vegetables. Warm walnut goat cheese is served with yuca chips.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Sat.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

DELI CG’S CAFE AT THE RUSTY NAIL — 1100 Constance St., 722-3168;

www.therustynail.biz — Inside the Rusty Nail, CG’s offers a menu of sandwiches. The Piggly Wiggly features pulled pork on a sesame seed bun with coleslaw and pickle chips on the side. The Wild Turkey is layered with Granny Smith apple slices, provolone, bacon and garlic mayo. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $ KOSHER CAJUN NEW YORK DELI & GROCERY — 3519 Severn Ave.,

MARTIN WINE CELLAR — 714 El-

meer Ave., Metairie , 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium offers gourmet sandwiches and deli items. The Reuben combines corned beef, melted Swiss, sauerkraut and Russian dressing on rye bread.

The Sena salad features chicken, golden raisins, blue cheese, toasted pecans and pepper jelly vinaigrette over field greens. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Fri., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

FRENCH FLAMING TORCH — 737 Octavia

St., 895-0900; www.flamingtorchnola.com — Chef Nathan Gile’s menu includes pan-seared Maine diver scallops with chimichurri sauce and smoked bacon and corn hash. Coffee- and coriander-spiced rack of lamb is oven roasted and served with buerre rouge and chevre mashed potatoes. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

MARTINIQUE BISTRO — 5908 Magazine St., 891-8495; www. martiniquebistro.com — This French bistro has both a cozy dining room and a pretty courtyard.

Try dishes such as Steen’s-cured duck breast with satsuma and ginger demi-glace and stone-

GOURMET TO GO BREAUX MART — 315 E. Judge

Perez, Chalmette, 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, 8855565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, 737-8146; www.breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

INDIAN JULIE’S LITTLE INDIA KITCHEN AT SCHIRO’S — 2483 Royal St., 944-

6666; www.schiroscafe.com — The cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and spices.

Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or vindaloo and vegetarian saag paneer. Schiro’s also serves New Orleans cuisine.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

NIRVANA INDIAN CUISINE — 4308 Magazine St., 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ TAJ MAHAL INDIAN CUISINE —

923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN ANDREA’S RESTAURANT — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

CAFE GIOVANNI — 117 Decatur St., 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni. com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contemporary Louisiana cooking. Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tassomushroom sauce. Belli Baci is the restaurant’s cocktail lounge. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

MOSCA’S — 4137 Hwy. 90 W.,

Westwego, 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946.

Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$

RED GRAVY — 125 Camp St., 5618844; www.redgravycafe.com —

The cafe serves breakfast items including pancakes, waffles and pastries. At lunch, try meatballs, lasagna and other Italian specialties, panini, wraps, soups and salads. Open Sundays before New Orleans Saints home games.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ RICCOBONO’S PEPPERMILL RESTAURANT — 3524 Severn Ave.,

Metairie, 455-2266 — This Italianstyle eatery serves New Orleans favorites like stuffed crabs with jumbo lump crabmeat with spaghetti bordelaise and trout meuniere with brabant potatoes. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

VINCENT’S ITALIAN CUISINE — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Try house specialties like vealand spinach-stuffed canneloni.

Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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JAPANESE KYOTO — 4920 Prytania St., 891-

3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads.

“Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

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MIKIMOTO — 3301 S. Carrollton

Ave., 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties.

Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ MIYAKO JAPANESE SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE — 1403 St. Charles

Ave., 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

ROCK-N-SAKE — 823 Fulton St.,

581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

WASABI SUSHI — 900 Frenchmen St., 943-9433; 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd., 267-3263; www.wasabinola. com — Wasabi serves a wide array of Japanese dishes. Wasabi honey shrimp are served with cream sauce. The Assassin roll bundles tuna, snow crab and avocado in seaweed and tops it with barbecued eel, tuna, eel sauce and wasabi tobiko. No reservations. Frenchmen Street: Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily.

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Metairie, 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $

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LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY BOMBAY CLUB — 830 Conti St., 586-0972; www.thebombayclub. com — Mull the menu at this French Quarter hideaway while sipping a well made martini. The duck duet pairs confit leg with pepper-seared breast with black currant reduction. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ BOUCHE — 840 Tchoupitoulas

St., 267-7485; www.bouchenola. com — This wine bar and restaurant serves creative dishes like tasso truffle mac and cheese with three cheeses and Mornay sauce, baby spinach salad with Maytag blue cheese and bacon lardons, and crispy duck breast with Grand Marnier sweet potatoes and vanilla-balsamic extract.

Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

MILA — 817 Common St., 412-2580; www.milaneworleans.com — MiLA takes a fresh approach to Southern and New Orleans cooking, focusing on local produce and refined techniques. Try New Orleans barbecue lobster with lemon confit and fresh thyme.

Reservations recommended.

Lunch Mon.-Fri. dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ RALPH’S ON THE PARK — 900

City Park Ave., 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include baked oysters Ralph, turtle soup and the Niman Ranch New York strip. There also are brunch specials. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

752 Tchoupitoulas St., 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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MIDDLE EASTERN ATTIKI BAR & GRILL — 230 Decatur St., 587-3756; www.attikineworleans.com — Attiki features a range of Mediterranean cuisine including entrees of beef kebabs and chicken shawarma. Reservations recommended. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ BABYLON CAFE

— 7724 Maple

St., 314-0010; www.babyloncafe.biz —The Babylon platter includes stuffed grape leaves, hummus, kibbeh, rice and one choice of meat: lamb, chicken or beef kebabs, chicken or beef shawarma, gyro or kufta. Chicken shawarma salad is a salad topped with olives, feta and chicken breast cooked on a rotisserie.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ PYRAMIDS CAFE — 3151 Calhoun

265-8855 — This music clubs serves dishes like fish and chips, spicy hot wings, tacos and more.

There are weekly specials and vegetarian and vegan options.

No reservations. Dinner and latenight Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — 626

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN COUNTRY FLAME — 620 Iberville

St., 522-1138 — Country Flame serves a mix of popular Mexican and Cuban dishes. Come in for fajitas, pressed Cuban sandwiches made with hickory-smoked pork and char-broiled steaks or pork chops. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ LUCY’S RETIRED SURFERS’ BAR & RESTAURANT — 701 Tchoupitoulas

St., 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves California-Mexican cuisine and the bar has a menu of tropical cocktails. Todo Santos fish tacos feature grilled or fried mahi mahi in corn or flour tortillas topped with shredded cabbage and shrimp sauce, and are served with rice and beans. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

NACHO MAMA’S MEXICAN GRILL — 3242 Magazine St., 899-0031;

1000 S. Clearview Pkwy., Harahan, 736-1188; www.nachomamasmexicangrill.com — These taquerias serve Mexican favorites such as portobello mushroom fajitas and chile rellenos. There are happy hour margaritas on weekdays and daily drink specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

SANTA FE — 3201 Esplanade Ave.,

948-0077 — This casual cafe serves creative takes on Southwestern cuisine. Bolinos de Bacalau are Portuguese-style fish cakes made with dried, salted codfish, mashed potatoes, cilantro, lemon juice, green onions and egg and served with smoked paprika aioli. Outdoor seating is available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$

MUSIC AND FOOD GAZEBO CAFE — 1018 Decatur St., 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola. com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

THE MARKET CAFE — 1000 Deca-

tur St., 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on poboy bread and gyros in pita bread.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Frenchmen St., 949-0696; www. snugjazz.com — Traditional Creole and Cajun fare pepper the menu along with newer creations such as the fish Marigny, topped with Gulf shrimp in a Creole cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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NEIGHBORHOOD ARTZ BAGELZ — 3138 Magzine St.,

309-7557; www.artzbagelz.com — Artz bakes its bagels in house and options include onion, garlic, honey whole wheat, cinnamonraisin, salt and others. Get one with a schmear or as a sandwich.

Salads also are available. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

Bringing you quality, consistency and value since 1971.

BRAXTON’S RESTAURANT — 636

Franklin St., Gretna, 301-3166; www.braxtonsnola.com — Braxton’s serves a mix of salads, poboys, deli sandwiches and entrees. Start a meal with oysters Louise, featuring fried oysters on a bed of spinach and cheese. The seafood platter includes fried shrimp, oysters, catfish strips, french fries, potato salad and vegetables. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

KATIE’S RESTAURANT — 3701 Iber-

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ville St., 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, Dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ OLIVE BRANCH CAFE — 1995 Bara-

taria Blvd., Marrero, 348-2008; 3700 Orleans Ave., 302-1220; 5145 Gen. de Gaulle Drive, 393-1107; www.olivebranchcafe.com — These cafes serve soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps and entrees.

Chicken and artichoke pasta is tossed with penne in garlic and olive oil. Shrimp Carnival features smoked sausage, shrimp, onion and peppers in roasted garlic cream sauce over pasta. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

HOUSE OF BLUES — 225 Decatur

St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

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832-8032; www.marktwainspizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

NEW YORK PIZZA — 4418 Magazine St., 891-2376; www.newyorkpizzanola.com — Choose from pizza by the slice or whole pie, calzones, pasta, sandwiches, salads and more. The Big Apple pie is loaded with pepperoni, Canadian bacon, onions, mushrooms, black olives, green peppers, Ital-

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TOMAS BISTRO — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes like semi-boneless Louisiana quail stuffed with applewood-smoked bacon dirty popcorn rice, Swiss chard and Madeira sauce. The duck cassoulet combines duck confit and Creole Country andouille in a white bean casserole. No reservations.

Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

St., 861-9602 — Diners will find authentic, healthy and fresh Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

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— Nonna Mia uses homemade dough for pizza served by the slice or whole pie and offers salads, pasta dishes and panini.

Gourmet pies are topped with ingredients like pancetta, roasted eggplant, portobello mushrooms and prosciutto. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

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REGINELLI’S — 741 State St., 8991414; 817 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 712-6868; 874 Harrison Ave., 488-0133; 3244 Magazine St. 8957272; 5608 Citrus Blvd., Harahan, 818-0111; www.reginellis.com — This New Orleans original offers a range of pizzas, sandwiches and salads. No reservations.

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7561 — Get gourmet burgers and sandwiches dressed to order.

Original topping choices include everything from sprouts to black bean and corn salsa to peanut butter. For dessert, try a chocolate chip cookie served with ice cream and chocolate sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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Magazine St., 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations.

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Magazine St., 899-3374; www. mahonyspoboys.com — Mahoney’s serves traditional favorites and original po-boys like the Peacemaker, which is filled with fried oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese. There are daily lunch specials as well. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Parkway serves juicy roast beef po-boys, hot sausage po-boys, fried seafood and more. No reservations. Kitchen open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $ PARRAN’S PO-BOYS — 3939 Vet-

erans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 885-3416; www.parranspoboy. com — Parran’s offers a long list of po-boys plus muffulettas, club sandwiches, pizzas, burgers, salads, fried seafood plates and

Creole-Italian entrees. The veal supreme po-boy features a cutlet topped with Swiss cheese and brown gravy. No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $ THE STORE — 814 Gravier St., 322-

2446; www.thestoreneworleans. com — The Store serves sandwiches, salads and hot plates, and there is a taco bar where patrons can choose their own toppings. Red beans and rice comes with grilled andouille and a corn bread muffin. No reservations.

Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$

TRACEY’S — 2604 Magazine St.,

899-2054; www.traceysnola.com — The roast beef po-boy dripping with garlicky gravy is the highlight of a menu transplanted from the former Parasol’s to this Uptown bar. Other options include fried seafood and bar noshing items. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Cash only. $

SEAFOOD GRAND ISLE RESTAURANT — 575

Convention Center Blvd., 5208530; www.grandislerestaurant. com — Grand Isle offers seafood options from raw oysters to lobster St. Malo with combines Maine lobster, shrimp and mussels in seafood broth. Baked Gulf fish are served with compound chili butter, potatoes and a vegetable. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ JACK DEMPSEY’S — 738 Poland

Ave., 943-9914 — The Jack Dempsey seafood platter serves a training-table feast of gumbo, shrimp, oysters, catfish, redfish and crawfish pies, plus two side items. Other dishes include broiled redfish and fried softshell crab. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat. and dinner Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ LA COTE BRASSERIE — 700

Tchoupitoulas St., 613-2350; www. lacotebrasserie.com — This stylish restaurant in the Renaissance New Orleans Arts Hotel serves an array of raw and cooked seafood. Tabasco and Steen’s Cane Syrup glazed salmon is served with shrimp mirliton ragout.

Reservations recommended.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ RED FISH GRILL — 115 Bourbon St.,

598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood creations by executive chef Brian Katz dominate a menu peppered with favorites like hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

VILLAGE INN — 9201 Jefferson Hwy., 737-4610 — Check into Village Inn for seasonal boiled seafood or raw oysters. Other options include fried seafood platters, po-boys, pasta and pizza.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

SOUL FOOD BIG MOMMA’S CHICKEN AND WAFFLES — 5741 Crowder Blvd.,

241-2548; www.bigmommaschickenandwaffles.com — Big Mamma’s serves hearty combinations like the six-piece which includes a waffle and six fried wings served crispy or dipped in

sauce. Breakfast is served all day.

All items are cooked to order. No reservations. Breakfast Sat.-Sun., Lunch daily, dinner Sun. Credit cards. $

STEAKHOUSE CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — 322

Magazine St., 522-7902; www.centraarchy.com — This traditional steakhouse serves USDA prime beef, and a selection of supersized cuts includes a 40-oz. Porterhouse for two. The menu also features seafood options and a la carte side items. Reservations recommended. Diner daily. Credit cards. $$$

CRESCENT CITY STEAKS — 1001

N. Broad St., 821-3271; www. crescentcitysteaks.com — Order USDA prime beef dry-aged and hand-cut in house. There are porterhouse steaks large enough for two or three diners to share.

Bread pudding with raisins and peaches is topped with brandy sauce. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Tue.-Fri. and Sun., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH BARCELONA TAPAS — 720 Dub-

lin St., 861-9696 — This Spanish restaurant serves paella and more than 50 tapas dishes with selections including patatas bravas, garlic shrimp, tomato with mozzarella and avocado shrimp tropical. No reservations. Dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ MIMI’S IN THE MARIGNY —

2601 Royal St., 872-9868 — The decadant Mushroom Manchego Toast is a favorite here. Or enjoy hot and cold tapas dishes ranging from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

SANTA FE TAPAS — 1327 St. Charles

Ave., 304-9915 — The menu includes both tapas dishes and entrees. Seared jumbo scallops are served with mango and green tomato pico de gallo. Gambas al ajillo are jumbo shrimp with garlic, shallots, chilis and cognac.

Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

VIETNAMESE AUGUST MOON — 3635 Prytania

St., 899-5129; www.moonnola. com — August Moon serves a mix of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine. There are spring rolls and pho soup as well as many popular Chinese dishes and vegetarian options. Delivery available.

No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

PHO NOLA — 3320 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, 941-7690; www.pho-nola.com — Pho NOLA serves spring rolls and egg rolls, noodle soups, rice and vermicelli dishes and po-boys. Beverages include boba teas, milk teas, coffee drinks and smoothies. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

PHO TAU BAY RESTAURANT — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls with peanut sauce and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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For Jay Susslin, keeping it simple is the key to success.

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738 Orion Avenue - $225K 3 BR/2 BA w/huge tree-cvrd bkyd in Met. - below Causeway. Mins from Lakeside Mall/CBD in NOLA. Oak flrs, tons of closet space, chef's kit. w/pro grade Viking stove/range hd, 2 drvwys.

939 Jefferson Avenue - $540K Steps from Mag./St. Charles Ave., 3-4 bd/3.5 ba, & @2800 sf. w/stately Oak flrs., open flr plan kit./den.

Mstr. bdrm on the 1st flr., all brdms are suites.

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Walk to Whole Foods/Audubon/JCC.

For Sale 4707 Baccich Street - $140K U/C 1 Belleville Court - $75K 2956 A/B Camellia Drive, Slidell - $119K 5946 Jamison Street - $40K U/C

2524 - 6 Jena Street - $185K SOLD 2682 Law Street - $40K 3205 Pansy Ct. - $96.1K 5600 Red Maple Drive - $140K 6640 Rue Louis Phillippe - $97K

7721 LaFourche Street - $80K A 2 bd/1 ba main home w/a 1/1 mother in law in rear. Main house has lots of original charm, gorgeous wood flooring, & generous rooms.

Includes a large lot (75'x157') with fruit trees, a boat cover, and a garage.

528 Tupelo Street - $99K 2253 Urquhart Street - $49K 107 West Park Court - $50K For Rent

2956A Camellia Dr., Slidell - $875/mo.

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REWARD!

LOST TEACUP CHIHUAHUA from Stall Dr in Harvey, Sat, Dec, 17. She is mostly black, with brown & white patches. She is very small (2-3 lbs) but chubby. VERY friendly. Answers to “Etta”. Call Ray 504-261-0364

INSTRUCTION

LEARN TO PLAY PIANO

BY EAR

Gideon is a 2-year-old, neutered,

Retriever mix who is a staff & volunteer FAVORITE! Gideon has eye/vision issues, so his new family will need to be prepared to take care of his special needs. To meet Gideon or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/ SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd.

(Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun. or call 368-5191.

Piano Lessons for Adults $60/Lesson www.ReekaRules.com

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Swedish, deep tissue, therapeutic.

Flex appts, in/out calls, OHP/student discounts, gift cert. $65/hr, $75/ 1 1/2hr. LA Lic# 1763 Mark. 259-7278

TYSON Kennel # A14454066

Alana is a 7-month-old, neutered, DSH, with gray tabby markings who likes to cuddle and cuddle and cuddle some more. Tyson has never met a stranger and thoroughly enjoys all people. To meet Tyson or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun. or call 368-5191.

To look for a lost pet come to the Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), Mon-Sat. 9-5, Sun. 12-5 or call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org

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Comfortable leather interior, cd player with amazing sound system, auto transmission & a great low price! For more info call Lawrence @ (504) 737-1558

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EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFIEDS

CLASSIFIEDS Looking for Benji

My neighbors found this dog in Luling Wednesday night (11/2) & brought him to Old Metairie because they thought he was lost. My neighbor put him in their shed, but he apparently got out overnight (on Aris between Canal Street & Metairie Road). The rightful owner in Luling was located Thursday morning.

The dog is 16 years old! Tan & white; red collar & cataracts in each eye.

Please call (504) 256-6553 if you have seen him. This is so heartbreaking!!!

Thank you. P.S. Two current photos can be seen at the link below.

SMALL TERRIER MIX

Mario loves walks. Loyal & loving friend, dedicated to his owners & loves toys! Should be the #1 baby in the house & enjoys them thoroughly. tbkestler@cox.net

SOCO - URGENT!

Very sweet Stafford, home or foster.

Very, very sweet boy, help asap to get him out of small confinement. tbkestler@cox.net

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Domestic short hair tabby. He is super sweet & deserves better than what he was given & despite being treated like trash, would be a gift in any home. tbkestler@cox.net

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION No. CH-11-2000-1 IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN THE MATTER OF: JALIYAA JADYN DECAY (DOB: July 24, 2011), A Minor, LIFE CHOICES OF MEMPHIS, INC., Petitioner, vs.

CHARLES PARKER and ANY UNKNOWN FATHER, Respondents.

It appearing from the sworn petition for termination of parental rights filed in this cause, that the whereabouts of the Respondents, Charles Parker and Any Unknown Father, are unknown and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry. It further appearing that Respondent Charles Parker is a 36-year-old African American man with black hair and brown eyes. It further appearing that conception occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana.

It is therefore ordered that Respondents, Charles Parker and Any Unknown Father, make their appearance herein at the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, 140 Adams Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee on Friday, the 17th day of February, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. and answer petitioner’s petition for termination of parental rights or the same will be taken for confessed as to Respondents and this cause proceeded with ex parte, and that a copy of this order be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in the Gambit of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

This 8th day of December, 2011.

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Culinary Store/Cooking School in the Riverwalk looking for enthusiastic retail sales person who has basic knowledge about New Orleans cooking. Must be able to work Saturday and Sunday. We will pay for parking. Email us if you are interested in an application or for further details: crescentcitycooks@ att.net

TEMPORARY FARM LABOR

Ag, Inc., Brickeys, AR, has 3 positions for grain; 3 mos. experience required for job duties listed: must able to obtain clean U.S. driver license in 30 days following hire; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided; trans & subsistence expenses reimb; $8.97/hr depending on location; 3/4 work period guaranteed from 1/20/12 - 11/20/12.

Apply at the nearest State Workforce Agency with Job Order 292776.

TEMPORARY FARM LABOR

Vieth Management, Amarillo, TX has 2 positions for grain; 3 mos. experience required for job duties listed: must able to obtain clean U.S. driver license in 30 days following hire; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided; trans & subsistence expenses reimb; $10.00/hr depending on location; 3/4 work period guaranteed from 1/16/12 - 5/1/12. Apply at the nearest State Workforce Agency with Job Order TX4853452.

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922-24 Dauphine St. $875K Four 1 bedroom apartments.

Parking for 5+ cars.

938 Royal St. A $215K Great location for this condo. Perfect for your weekend getaways! Quaint & comfortable.

1 br, great kit & bath.

617 Duphine St. $268K Spacious light filled condo. Great floor plan.

Fabulous pool and courtyard. Being sold furnished.

In the heart of the quarter.

835 Royal St. $349.5K Great location, secluded hideaway! Spac 2 br, 2 marble tile baths. Small rear balc overlooking garden.

Paula Bowler • French Quarter Realty o:504-949-5400 • c:504-952-3131 • www.frenchquarterrealty.com

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FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY 2231 N. RAMPART- MARIGNY Free standing cottage w/2 charming porches. Bright open fl plan, hdwd flrs throughout, ss appl, ceramic cntrr & bath. Huge bdrm w/skylights.

Secure offst. pkng. $159,000. Robert Armstrong 504-616-3615

Best Value in French Qtr

1020 ESPLANADE #103. Lovely 2 br, 2 ba condo, high ceil in den, sparkling pool, courtyd, fenced pkg. Private attached alley could be dog run. $339K. Lana Sackett, Gardner Realtors, 504352-4934. www.lanasackett.com

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Renovated, 2 blocks from the Fr. Quarter. 4 bedrooms/4baths, 2 story with courtyard - FANTASTIC! Call Aimee with DEMAND REALTY at 319-0443 or 837-3000.

MID-CITY 3924 B CLEVELAND $160K

Off Canal & Carrollton. 2br/1ba, CA&H, hdwd flrs, crown molding, ss appliances. Washer/Dryer/Fridge included. (504) 559-1993

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT

PRICED TO SELL NOW

427 ARABELLA Unique sgl. architectually designed interior, 2-3 BR, 2 BA, 2000+ sq ft.

Only $385K. 917 RACE Historical 1850’s gem. Beautiful stairway, orig pocket doors, L shaped yd, much more. Call for info. $350K 3655-57 TCHOUPITOULAS Ready to rent, nice dble, lg yd, new roof. $110K. Lois Landry Realty, 504-586-1019

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1323 Esplanade A&D $149,999$169,999

The gauntlet has fallen!

Seller & Lender want to sell! Quality & detail throughout this historic restoration. A :1BD/1BA grnd flr condo. D: 2BD/2BA 2nd lvl condo. Hi ceil & orig wd flrs. Granite counters & stainless appl in kitch.

Whirlpool tub. The pool is cool! In trendy Treme. Bank must approve short sale.

421 Burgundy Units 1 -5 $105k - $235k

Make this your Vieux Carre getaway!

5 charming condos for sale!

Common courtyard, common Washer/Dryer, Balcony overlooking Burgundy St. 3 guest quarter condos and 3 condos in the main house.

Ask agent about financing options. Owner/Agent.

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927 DAUPHINE STREET $1,895,000

Paula Bowler • French Quarter Realty o:504-949-5400 • c:504-952-3131 www.frenchquarterrealty.com 8309 Sycamore Street & 2214 Dante Street

Large executive sized home (5000 sq. ft.) on double lot with gourmet kitchen, chic master bath, huge den, 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, sutdio/game room/2nd den and an office plus a six (6) car garage and 3 bedroom/2 bath rental (great tenant at $1575 per month) on an adjacent property.

Package Price $ 699,000 Sycamore house may be sold separately for $ 529,000

Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 28 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

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Motivated Sellers: Wondering what your property is worth? Call me for a FREE CMA (Comparative Market Analysis).

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An excellent example of an early creole cottage set in a serene compound. Beautiful courtyard with mature plantings in a classic partere garden. Property consists of the main house, 4 income producing apartments and a large bonus space-- office, workshop, gym, etc. Parking for multiple cars. Great location.

This is a commercial ground floor condo presently outfitted for a commercial occupant but can be used residentially. Quaint street near Jackson Square in the heart of the French Quarter zoned VCC2. 1,680 sq. ft.

RENTALS 622 St Roch • $1,000 • 2BR/1BA Single family shotgun style house in the heart of the Marigny. Spacious home w HUGE backyard!!!

• 421 Burgundy #1• $750 1BR/1BA Ground floor just off of the courtyard. Central AC. Nice place!

Also for sale.

• 5224 Coliseum Upper • $1125 2BR/1BA Uptown apt with large back patio. Nice storage.

Samara D. Poché

2123-25 LAUREL ST $270K

Restored 2 unit Creole cottage in Lwr Gard Dist. Walk to Magazine St. Nr CBD. 6BR/2BA, all elec, cen a/h, 2900 sf liv area, porch. 30x158 lot.

John, 508-5799.

512 Wilkinson Row $465,000

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HISTORIC HOME RECYCLERS

Barataria Waterfront Property Vacant Lot in English Turn Westbank Dwellings Call Cecelia, 583-2902, Gardner Realtors

ST. BERNARD PARISH 523 Angela, Old Arabi

3 blocks from Marigny. 10 Min from The Quarter. 110 year old home, fully restored, 1200 sq ft, 12’ ceil, orig hdwd flrs, 2 firepl, 2 BR, 2 BA, granite in kit $145K. 504-554-4800

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Find historic homes & facilitate purchase. Move historic homes whole or in pieces. Renovate historic homes, Demolish historic homes & resell lumber. www.hhrno.com Home Recyclers or New Orleans, LLC. Robert (504) 236-8069

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

CORPORATE RENTALS New Orleans Area (Metairie) 10 Min to Downtown N.O.

1 & 2 Br Apts, 1 Ba, furn. Qn bed, WiFi, Cbl. Pkg.Util Incl. Lndry Fac. Sec Cameras From $1200/mth. 1 mth min. 2200 Pasadena, Met. 504491-1591.

GARDEN DISTRICT

1, 2, 3 & 4 ROOM OFFICES STARTING AT $495 INCLUDING UTILITIES

CALL 899-RENT NEW ORLEANS RIVERFRONT

2 BR, 2.5 BA. Furn, healthclub, pool, parking. All util incl, wifi. Minimum 1 month. $3000/mo. Also 3 BR Penthouse $3800/mo. 781-608-6115.

HARAHAN/RIVER RIDGE ELMWOOD CONDO

2/2, Appl inc. w&d, walk-in closets, pkng, priv. patio, pool, tennis crts.

Earhart - 1 mile. No smokers. $1050, Glenn, 504-450-5634

FABULOUS RENOV 4BR/2BA

Quiet cul-de-sac, walk to levee, new hdwd/ceramic floors, surround snd, recess lighting, sec sys, great backyd & deck for entertaining. Pets OK. Lse. $1600/mo Sylvia 504-415-6501

JEFFERSON NEAR OCHSNER

Beautiful 2 BR, 2 BA, large jacuzzi in master bath, high end appliances incl washer & dryer, pool. $1200/mo.

504-835-1577

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Wtr pd., Rsvd pkg,1 car. No smoking/ pets 504-780-1706 orrislaneapts.com

COMMERCIAL RENTALS LOW PRICED OFFICE

Central Met 2909 Division St. Approx 1385sf. $9/sf per yr + electric. Emily Kramer, Corporate Realty, 504-5815005. ekramer@corp-realty.com

CALL ME TODAY.

FOR RENT OR SALE

2511 Metairie Lawn. 2BR/2BA, w/d, pool, security. Rent $950/mo. Sale $149,000. Call 427-1087

MARRERO - WESTBANK

2273 Barataria Blvd.

900 sq ft office + half bath. 2 rms, prof’l mgmt. Easy free parking. Desks avail. $800/month. 781-608-6115

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OLD METAIRIE 1/2 OFF FIRST MONTH OLD METAIRIE SECRET

1 or 2 BR, Sparkling Pool, Bike Path, 12’ x 24’ Liv.Rm, Sep Din, King Master, No Pets, No Sect 8, $699 & $799 .

504-236-5776

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4716 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119 504-482-7897 carl.mixon.gxo3@statefarm.com

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CLASSIFIEDS REAL ESTATE METAIRIE TOWERS

1BR, 1-1/2 BA, pool. Elec & cable included, parking. 24 hr Concierge Service, Reduced to $880/mo 914882-1212.

ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

High end 1-4BR. Near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750$1200/mo. 504-362-7487

CITY PARK/BAYOU ST. JOHN 3324 DESOTO

Living room, large bedroom, tile bath, furnished kitchen. No pets. $850/ month + deposit. 504-283-7569

DOWNTOWN 1930 PAINTERS

Real nice 2 bdrms, carport, w/d hkkups, Sect. 8 OK. $800/month.

Utilities pd. Nice patio. Call Eddie, (504) 481-1204

ESPLANADE RIDGE 1208 N. GAYOSO

Upper 2 BR, LR, DR, 1 BA, KIT, wood/ ceramic flrs, high ceilings, cen a/h, w/d hkups, no pets. $1050 mo.

432-7955.

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1508 CARONDELET ST2 APTS

French Quarter Realty Wayne • Nicole • Sam • Jennifer • Brett • Robert • George • Baxter • Kaysie • Billy

504-949-5400 602 Dumaine

1/1 600sqft, pvt ctyd, offstreet pkg $1100

1201 Chartres 13

3/2.5 Hdwd Flrs, Renov Kit/Baths, Prkng $3500

838 Chartres

1/1 Balc over Chartres, Nice Arch Feat $1495

718 Barracks #5

1/1 lots storage, gated ent, com crtyrd $875

835 St Louis “F”

studio 3rd Flr. Cent AC, Hi Ceil Wd Flr Balc $900

1005 Josephine B 931 Bienville

3/2 newly renov, rftp deck, gated ent $1500 parking remote entry, well lit

$175

622 St. Roch

2/1 Shotgun in the heart of Marigny $1000

1722 Second Street

1/1 arge apt near streetcar line

421 Burgundy #5

1/1 cozy. granite counters. nice tile bath $700

1305 Decatur #3

1/1 Fullyrenov,balcony,prvtsundeck,w/d$1850

1434 N Johnson

3/2 Gorgeoussinglefamhousew/parking $1500

$850

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS 830 St. Philip - 1 bd/ 1ba pkg ............. $2300 713 Camp - 1 bd/ 1ba Furn ............. $2200 1301 N. Rampart - 1 bd/ 1.5ba ............. $1500 822 Touro - 1 bd/ 1ba pkg ............. $900 5446 Dauphine - 3 bd/ 2 ba .................. $900

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2340 Dauphine Street • New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 944-3605 FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY

CONDOS FOR SALE 421 Burgundy 1-6

DORIAN M. BENNETT • 504-236-7688 dorian.bennett@sothebysrealty.com

6 units. Ctyd & Balc. $105k - $235k

1014 Esplanade #4

1/1 Ground floor. 2 courtyards! $249k

512 Wilkinson Row

CommercialcondoonquaintstinFQ.$465k

919 St philip #6

1/1 spacious, nice floorplan, crtyd

$224k

1323 Esplanade A

1/1 grnd fl, hi ceil., pool. SHORT SALE $149,999

We have qualified tenants for your rentals. Call us!

Studio, newly remodeled kit & ba, hdwd flrs. $750 mo.

Huge 2 BR Apt. Bright, spacious,, high ceilings, hdwd flrs, $1100 Both have Cent a/h, laundry facility avail 24 hrs. Walk 1 blk to St. Charles St Car, easy access to I-10, CBD & FQ. No pets/No smokers.

1-888-239-6566. mballier@yahoo.com

929A ST. PETER

1BR, 1BA, Furn Kit, Heat/Cool Unit, Ceiling Fan. Shared Ctyd. Non-Smoking. Lse. $875/mo; $875 dep. Owner Occupied Bldg. Seek neat, resp, long term tenant. (504) 296-7126 for appt

OFF STREET PARKING

1713 BURGUNDY, 1 bd/1 ba, furn kit, all elec, ac, carpet, wtr pd. 1 yr lse. No pets. $750 + dep. 949-5518

GENTILLY Beautiful New Renovation

3838 Havana Place. 2 BR, quiet neighborhood, cent air & heat, alarm. granite counters in kit, fenced yd. $1025/mo. Call 504-430-1164

LAKEFRONT LARGE ATTRACTIVE APT

2BR, 2BA w/ appls, beautiful courtyard setting w/swimming pool, quiet neighborhood. $850/mo. 504-4956044 or 504-756-7347

MID CITY SMALL OFFICE SPACE

MID CITY - Offstreet parking for one vehicle. Separate entrance. Available Now. Contact Jane, (504) 482-5292

UNIVERSITY AREA 5512 Cucullu. Newly renov 2 br 1 ba, lr, din rm, kit w appl w\/d hkups, cent a/h, offst pking, hdwd flors. $1000/ mo. 504-874-4330

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1205 ST CHARLES/$1075

Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/ gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry. Avail 2/1. 985-871-4324, 504-442-0573.

1 BR, 2nd flr apt, walk-in closet, hi ceil, a/c, ceil fans, w/d, hdwd flrs. $800/ mo. No pets. MUST SEE! 908-9350, Remax RE Partners 504-888-9900

ST. CHARLES AVE & 6TH

Remodeled, on street car line in Garden District. 1 br, 1 ba, liv rm, kit w/ appl, offst pkg, coin operated w/d. $675/mo. 504-874-4330

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Furnished 1 Bedroom—1 Bath

Furnished Condo in Warehouse District.

Secure building, top floor, end unit.

Rent includes utilities, pool, gym, cable, internet. Apt has W/D, stainless steel appliances, central heat/air. Central to to French Quarter, West Bank, Uptown, parade route, streetcar. Loft with desk.

Available 11/1. Call Bonnie at Soniat Realty, 504-488-8988. $1600, negotiable.

PENTHOUSE LOFT

Gorgeous penthouse condo on top floor, unbeateable spot in the Arts and Warehouse dist. 2b-2b, Exquisitely furnished, located in a luxurious building, with amenities including : Gym, inground pool, events room, covered garage and 24 security/surveillance.

Walk to world class shops,restaurants, night life. Breathtaking views of New Orleans from huge outdoor terrace... a must live in! $4500.00/month Corporative leases are welcome. manageronellc@gmail.com 504-275-7772

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4 BLKS FROM TULANE

Spacious house, 4 large private bedrooms. Large equipped kitchen, 3 baths, dining room, front porch.

Central heat & air $625 each includes all utilities & internet, cable & laundry facilities. No Pets + Deposit 504-376-4676. Grad students welcome.

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Carmakers TaCkle susTaInabIlITy Recycling pRocess gaining attention fRom automakeRs B y J I L MCI N TO SH

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t’s no longer enough for automakers to simply build cars that are stylish or have all the latest options. Sustainability is now a driving force, as auto companies tackle such issues as fuel efficiency, alternative powertrains and how to recycle vehicles and components at the end of their lives.

“It’s about providing transportation to future generations without having it negatively impacting the environment,” says John Viera, director of sustainability for Ford Motor Company. He adds that it’s also about educating consumers on the new choices they face.

“We’re talking about different fuels, different batteries, and consumers are overwhelmed by the amount of information they need to know.”

Cost is a major issue, whether it’s the batteries in electric vehicles or extra engine components on vehicles that burn compressed natural gas. There also needs to be infrastructure to supply these fuels. This was always left to gas companies in the past, which refined the fuel and transported it to the stations; for possibly the first time, automakers are now involved in the process.

“The good news is that everyone has electricity at their house or work, so we’ve decided to work on how we provide charging equipment that is easily installable at home or at work,” Viera says.

“We don’t try to set up utility stations like gas companies putting in gas pumps, but we are working directly in getting people involved in home charging. These vehicles are parked there for long periods and that’s where our focus has been. We think the majority of charging will happen at home or work, not at a public station.”

the ford transit connect electric is a good example of a sustainable vehicle.

Photo courtesy of ford Motor coMPany

The batteries themselves present issues. Those that use lithium-ion are now becoming the electric vehicle standard. The easiest lithium to mine is in Bolivia, Chile and China.

Recycling batteries for their lithium isn’t cost-effective yet, and Viera says automakers will have to work on this.

“We’re not there yet, but we need to get together as an industry to address that issue,” he says, referringto a protocol for safely dealing with used batteries. “This is not a competitive advantage; this is something we’re all going to need.”

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