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A drinking odyssey

Requiem for Black Lives: A Comedy Benefit Show WED. JULY 20 | Kamari Stevens hosts a comedy show featuring New Orleans comics Jon Reaux, Kaitlin Marone, DC Paul and others to benefit Campaign Zero (www. joincampaignzero.org), a platform for reducing police violence and ensuring accountability. New Orleans Independent Police Monitor Susan Hutson also will participate in a Q&A. At 8:30 p.m. at Bar Redux.

Tales of the Cocktail celebrates spirits and shares pro tips.

BY WILL COVIELLO THE UNITED STATES WON THE SPACE RACE. But we may have enjoyed it less.

“Alcohol has been brought into space, particularly by the Russians,” says Tristan Stephenson from his home in London. A lone example of American drinking in space is an account of astronaut Buzz Aldrin sipping red wine as a sort of personal communion observance during the Apollo 11 mission.

Stephenson co-hosts a seminar on booze in space called Cosmic Cocktails (3 p.m. Saturday) at Tales of the Cocktail. He and TIME magazine science writer Jeffrey Kluger discuss little-known history about alcohol consumption in orbit, science (such as a 2012 Ardberg Distillery experiment barrel-aging whiskey in zero-gravity), how drinking will fit into the age of space tourism and more. There also will be four space-inspired cocktails, including an old fashioned-like cocktail based on the chemical make-up of a comet.

Contemplating space drinks is one of the more esoteric and fun seminars at Tales of the Cocktail — a hub for craft cocktail movement mixologists and fans — taking place around New Orleans July 19-24. Most of the conference focuses on practical topics for bartenders and bar owners and product presentations and tastings by liquor industry giants and small craft distillers. There also are celebrity bartender happy hours, parties, tours, dinners, tasting rooms and more.

Besides the space seminar, Stephenson is on the spot in an event called Liquipedia (1 p.m. Thursday). He owns bars and restaurants in Britain, competes in barista competitions and has published four books about coffee and liquor. Stephenson and fellow Brit Jake Burger, a gin expert and producer, will attempt to answer more than 90 questions about alcohol in 90 minutes. The two know

TUE. JULY 19 | Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs lost some fans in their flaming DeLorean commute from Motown wax-museum curators to the Katy Perry halftime-show spectacle of recent records, but the infectious energy of the Tantrums in concert should still give them fits. Zella Day opens at 8 p.m. at the Civic Theatre.

The Rose Tattoo FRI.-SUN. JULY 22-AUGUST 7 | The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans opens its second season with the playwright’s tale of a Sicilian woman living in the South who confronts infidelity, loss and new hope. At 8 p.m. at Dillard University’s Samuel Dubois Cook Performing Arts Center.

The Illusion SAT.-SUN. JULY 23-AUG. 6 | In Tony Kushner’s (Angels in America) adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s L’Illusion Comique, a man enlists the help of a sorcerer to learn what happened to his son and is shocked by what he finds. At 7:30 p.m.

Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Tulane University’s Lupin Theater. many of the subjects in advance, but audience members can toss out their own questions using a social media hashtag. Prepared topics range from alcohol lore (Can you assess a rum’s alcohol content by lighting gunpowder doused in it?), science (Bread involves yeasts and natural sugars, so why isn’t it alcoholic?), myth busting (Will milk line your stomach and keep you from getting drunk?), local trivia (What’s in Pat O’Brien’s Hurricane Mix?) and more. Some of the answers will feature demonstrations, such as the gunpowder inquiry.

“A lot of these are the sort of questions Jake and I have posed to each other after a drink,” Stephenson says. “A lot are of them are interesting things that couldn’t be a whole seminar at Tales.”

Many of the seminars and tastings focus on specific spirits and cocktail recipes. There are many presentations on common spirits such as whiskey,

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gin and rum, as well as offerings on vermouth, Japanese shochu and different varieties of bitters. New to the mix this year are craft beers and seminars on using beer in cocktails.

Bartender and author Jacob Grier is interested in craft beers and spirits such as aquavit, Scandinavian spirits flavored with caraway or other herbs or spices. At Tales, he hosts a seminar (10 a.m. Thursday) on beer cocktails.

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Omni MON. JULY 25 | Omni’s debut album, July’s Deluxe (Trouble In Mind Records), is the Atlanta postpunk band’s treble-riffing, awkward dance party fitting pitch-perfectly alongside Devo’s uncontrollable urges. New Orleans duo Video Age, whose debut LP Living Alone is out July 29 on Inflated Records, opens with Yikes at 10 p.m. at Siberia.

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The number of people in New Orleans who have died from opiate overdoses in the first five months of 2016.

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NEW ORLEANS CORONER JEFFREY ROUSE says overdoses in New Orleans have outpaced murders. Rouse has classified 47 deaths as homicides in 2016, but within the first five months of 2016, he classified 65 deaths as opiate overdoses — compared to 63 opiate overdoses for all of 2015. Overdoses for the synthetic opioid fentanyl have more than doubled.

Rouse presented his mid-year budget update to the New Orleans City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee July 13, where he said the additional toxicological tests for overdoses — done at St. Louis University — put the department $19,000 over budget. He tapped into the department’s reserve funds to cover their costs, but it’s not a long-term solution. “At any moment I am a broken X-ray machine away from stopping operations,” Rouse said.

As Rouse explained in a February Gambit cover story, his new multimillion dollar building has room for a state-of-the-art toxicology wing, but he can’t afford to hire staff or equip it, he said. “I’m looking at $200,000 to get the job done vs. $900,000 to do it in house,” he told the committee.

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Organizations didn’t rise up in Ferguson. Or in Baltimore. Or in Minn.

Or in Baton Rouge. Communities and the people did, just to be clear.

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Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Chief

of the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indian tribe, was named a recipient of a 2016 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship.

Boudreaux will be among nine artists receiving the honor at a ceremony and concert in Washington, D.C. in September along with a $25,000 award.

The American Kip Holden, Baton Rouge mayor, refused School Counselor Association donated to meet with protesters

1,000 backpacks to eight New Orleans schools during the association’s July conference via nonprofit group NetWork Volunteers.

or join black leaders at rallies in the wake of Alton Sterling’s death at the hands of Baton Rouge cops, saying, “Why should I put my hand in a hornet’s nest?” Holden also has not talked to Sterling’s family and says he doesn’t “want to set off a reverse firestorm by bashing police officers just because we had an incident with two.”

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Our interview with Jonathan Bachman, the New Orleans photographer who captured a widely broadcast image of Ieshia Evans, a woman in a long dress at a Baton Rouge protest, being arrested by police in military gear, drew these comments: “Pulitzer worthy” — Kathryn W Huff “Oh, if only Poise & Grace were as contagious as fear, rage and hate. Thank you Ieshia Evans for your beautiful example.”

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Kudos both to NOPD and the protesters for keeping it real — and respectful.

LAST WEEK’S PROTESTS IN NEW ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGE over

the death of Alton Sterling, the man who was shot to death by Baton Rouge cops, were a study in contrasts. In New Orleans, thousands gathered at Lee Circle July 8 for a peaceful protest, holding hands, hugging and listening to speeches. It later marched down St. Charles Avenue, with New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) cops — who were mourning five of their own killed in Dallas the night before — blocking off streets and providing protection. A “die-in” earlier in the day outside NOPD headquarters also drew cameras, but no trouble.

Two subsequent marches on July 10 brought home the message of putting an end to violence: one a “memorial second line” down St. Claude Avenue, the other a prayer vigil outside the Superdome that was attended by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Police Chief Michael Harrison. Kudos both to NOPD and the protesters for keeping it real — and respectful.

Compare that to the images coming out of Baton Rouge, where hundreds of people were arrested, including at least three journalists who were chronicling the protests. Many officers wore riot gear and brandished military rifles. An armored tank and a high-intensity siren were used to keep the largely peaceful protesters at bay. One officer had several teeth knocked out by a projectile thrown by someone in the crowd, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD), but that seemed to be the extent of serious police injury.

Most of those arrested were charged with blocking a roadway.

Lt. Gen. Russel Honore criticized the police tactics in Baton Rouge —

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as did Breitbart News reporter Lee Stranahan, a frequent critic of Black Lives Matter who spent much of the weekend in the Baton Rouge jail.

While Stranahan predictably blamed “a state that’s run by a Democrat governor … and a city run by a black Democrat mayor,” he also called it “an increasingly chaotic situation with no open lines of communication between police and protesters.”

He characterized his stay in jail as a “drawn-out process that seemed designed to intimidate people, not deliver proper justice.”

Many rightly wondered where Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden was during those tense days. Holden, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond for the 2nd Congressional District seat in this fall’s election, appeared at a press conference after the Sterling shooting and called for a U.S. Department of Justice inquiry — then left town. When he returned, Holden ducked the furor of the weekend’s protests. His explanation, as told to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report: “Why should I put my hand in a hornets’ nest?” Holden also said he didn’t want to “showboat,” but this isn’t about political posturing. It’s about leadership — and Holden’s lack of it.

New Orleans often is criticized for what it doesn’t get right, but everyone involved in last week’s protests in the city — from the protesters to the cops, from the mayor to the police chief — got this one right.

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I-10 News on the move 1. WEEZYANA RETURNS After reuniting most of the Hot Boys at his inaugural 2015 edition, rapper Lil Wayne’s Lil’ Weezyana Fest concert returns to New Orleans Saturday, Aug. 27 at Champions Square.

This year, Wayne will perform with 2 Chainz (the duo collaborated for 2016’s Collegrove, the Atlanta rapper’s third album, and they also appear on Chance The Rapper’s latest “No Problem”).

At last year’s event, in tandem with the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods, Wayne brought out Ms. Tee, Big Freedia, 5th Ward Weebie, Curren$y, Mack Maine, Master P, Mia X and Wayne’s Young Money superstar Drake, among many others.

Wayne reportedly has suffered several seizures in recent months, including a “false alarm” in Las Vegas earlier this month.

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2. Quote of the week “The whole event was very peaceful. They sort of carried her off. She wasn’t resisting; she was making her stand.”

— New Orleans photographer Jonathan Bachman on his Reuters photo of Ieshia Evans, a protester in Baton Rouge, being arrested by Louisiana State Police.

The image was picked up around the world, in part because of the contrast in their clothing; the police were dressed in full RoboCop-style riot gear, while Evans wore a long dress and had bare arms.

The Atlantic compared the photo to the famous image of a lone protester facing down Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Bachman, a Gambit contributor, said the cops were respectful as they arrested Evans: “I’ve had people ask me, ‘Well, why are police in full riot gear and this woman’s just in a dress?’ Well, five officers were killed in Dallas just the night before.”

3. ACLU vs.

Baton Rouge cops The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU) has sued Baton Rouge cops and city and state officials, alleging they violated the First Amendment rights of protestors and used “excessive force, physical and verbal abuse, and wrongful

arrests” as demonstrators faced law enforcement in the wake of the shooting deaths of black men by police. Black Youth Project 100, the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice, Together Baton Rouge and the Louisiana chapter of the National Lawyers Guild also joined the lawsuit filed July 13.

More than 200 people were arrested in Baton Rouge this month during protests against police brutality in the wake of the shooting death of Alton Sterling by Baton Rouge Police officers July 5. Social media captured the scope of local and state police response, including armored cars, gas masks, long guns and a “militarygrade assault on protestors’ bodies and rights,” according to the lawsuit. The ACLU also requested a temporary restraining order to prevent police “from interfering with people’s constitutionally protected right to gather peacefully moving forward.”

4. Louisiana pols in Dallas, D.C.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu and New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison traveled to Dallas last week for an interfaith service in honor of the five police officers who were slain July 7 at a peace march in downtown Dallas. Meanwhile, Gov. John Bel Edwards, Louisiana State Police Chief

Michael Edmonson and Urban League President (and former New Orleans mayor) Marc Morial went to the White House July 13 for a three-and-a-half hour round table with President Barack Obama, after which several dozen people discussed police and community relations.

“We can support our police officers better,” Edwards told the news media afterward.

“We can support the minority community better.”

5. Pot arrests

disproportionately high for AfricanAmericans

New Orleans police arrested black people for marijuana at “stubbornly high” rates from 2010 through 2015, according to a July report from the Vera Institute of Justice. The report examined arrests for pot possession with intent to distribute (a felony) as well as simple possession. At the time, simple possession was a misdemeanor for first- and second-time offenses and a felony for subsequent offenses. The New Orleans City Council recently passed a measure making all simple possession cases misdemeanors; the report mirrors the City Council’s analysis of pot arrests prior to its passage of the new law, which the New Orleans Police Department put into effect last month.

The report found that while rates of marijuana use are similar across all races, 85 percent of people arrested for simple possession in New Orleans are black, and 94 percent of people arrested for felony simple possession are black.

The report also notes the toll the criminal justice system takes on people who were arrested — people with felony pot arrests spent an average of 14 days in jail before trial at a cost of more than $1,400 a person. But in 2014 and 2015, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office charged fewer than 60 percent of the people with felony arrests; cases were dismissed or lowered to misdemeanors. “Racial disparity in policing — regardless of the causes — means that black members of our community too often face harsh and destabilizing criminal justice system involvement,” Jon Wool, director of Vera’s New Orleans office and co-author of the report, said in a statement.

6. A ‘cultural master plan’?

The Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MACCNO) is urging the city to include a chapter for protecting cultural activity in its comprehensive Master Plan, and for the creation of a community-driven Cultural Master Plan to further protect and empower the cultural community.

“The City of New Orleans needs to get serious about protecting and supporting its music and culture,” a MACCNO statement reads. “For most of the City’s history, cultural activity has been treated as a problem that needs to be managed, rather than an asset to be nurtured. … We need to ensure that cultural protections — not regulations — are enshrined throughout all aspects of city government, and the planning process in particular.” Visit www.maccno. org for more information.

7. ‘Freret Jet’ returns In September, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) will restore the “Freret Jet” bus route from Uptown to Canal Street. The RTA cut the line in 2013 with the opening of the Loyola Avenue streetcar, stopping the Freret bus at Union Passenger Terminal instead of Canal Street, with riders having to use the

streetcar to continue the route.

The restored route loops from Loyola to O’Keefe Avenue to Canal Street, then back down Baronne and Freret streets.

8. Lawsuit: take

down Andrew Jackson

Tulane University professor Richard Marksbury argues that if four local Confederate monuments come down, then Andrew Jackson’s statue in Jackson Square also must come down. Marksbury, who made this point in front of the New Orleans City Council as a protest against the city’s use of the “nuisance” ordinance to take down the monuments, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court this month arguing equal protection under the law should prevent any of the statues from coming down.

The city isn’t taking anything down yet because the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay order pending judicial review of a lower court’s decision allowing the removals.

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91% documentary to screen at Tulane New Orleans director John Richie’s acclaimed documentary 91%: A Film About Guns in America will screen at Tulane University’s Lavin-Bernick Center July 21, followed by a panel discussion featuring Richie, Jake Lundy of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Rev. Willie Muhammad of New Orleans Peace Keepers, Martha Alguerra of Moms Demand Action and others. Presale tickets are $10 and are available at www.91percentfilm.com.

10. Presidential debates set

With the Republican National Convention set to kick off in Cleveland July 18-21 and the Democrats set to convene in Philadelphia July 25-28, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CBD) has announced the three dates for the general election debates between presumptive nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The two will face off in Dayton, Ohio on Monday, Sept. 26; St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday, Oct. 9; and in Las Vegas Wednesday, Oct. 19. The St. Louis matchup will be structured as a town hall meeting with audience participation. The presidential election is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

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Emerson Hart of Tonic Emerson Hart, front man for the multi-platinum band Tonic, gives us a show that includes songs from his critically-acclaimed album that spawned two Top 20 singles.

Friday, July 29, 2016 – 9p Tickets are $10 and on sale at the ETC Gift Shop or charge by phone 504-364-8753.

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Ready, fire, aim LT. GOV. BILLY NUNGESSER OBVIOUSLY HASN’T READ THE LAW ON EARLY VOTING. Judg-

ing by his errant comments on that topic recently, he also isn’t familiar with the old adage, “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”

Holding his tongue is not in Nungesser’s nature.

Indeed, one of his sometimes endearing qualities is his willingness to speak directly from the heart, with great passion if not always great eloquence, as he did during the BP oil disaster. Unfortunately for Nungesser, he also has a tendency to bypass the filter between his brain and his mouth. When it comes to offering an opinion, his motto is “Ready, fire, aim.”

Such was the case earlier this month when Nungesser addressed a Republican women’s group in Ouachita

Parish. No doubt confident that he was in friendly territory, Nungesser let loose on Democrats for their “get out the vote” efforts during early voting.

“They don’t have to bring them to their precinct,” Nungesser said. “They bring them all to one place, and if they can’t find their name, they’re allowed to fill out a piece of paper and vote. And if the election is not contested, that vote will count. Now they have a whole week to bus people who have no idea why they’re going there but to pull a lever for someone.”

That’s a mouthful, even for Nungesser. He managed to insult not just Democrats but all Louisiana clerks of court and registrars of voters, Secretary of State Tom Schedler (who, incidentally, also is a Republican), all voters who need a ride to the polls and all

election workers.

Schedler, the state’s top elections official, called Nungesser’s comments “irresponsible” and “uninformed.” He noted that Louisiana actually has a “nationally recognized election process” and went

on to set the record straight.

State law requires early voters to go to their local Registrar of Voters Office or an approved early voting site, show a proper I.D. and be in the voter registration database in order to vote early.

“If they are not a registered voter, the process for voting on a machine does not move forward,” Schedler said.

“Louisiana does allow for provisional voting in federal elections, which allows voters to cast a conditional paper ballot if questions arise as to their eligibility. But make no mistake, by law, these votes are not counted until the voter is proven to be eligible, not before.”

Nungesser later apologized to Schedler and said his remarks were taken out of context. He said he was “not trying to discredit the Secretary of State or his staff’s handling of our elections in any way. I think Secretary Schedler does a great job.”

Schedler does do a great job. One reason why is because he doesn’t go around mindlessly kicking over political hornets’ nests. More often than not, he keeps his mouth shut — and no one thinks him a fool for it.

Nungesser could learn a lot from him.

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Hey Blake, Do you have any information about the art on the exterior of the fire station on Girod Street in the Warehouse District?

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Dear David, That outdoor art is part of a 1990s-era project by the Arts Council of New Orleans to bring works of art to nine of the city’s fire stations, recognizing their importance to local neighborhoods. The organization sponsored a juried competition to find an artist to design and create large outdoor banners.

The winner was Doug MacCash.

An artist long before he was art critic for The Times-Picayune, MacCash designed banners for the nine fire stations, each depicting a group of stylized firefighters battling a blaze.

The banner on the Girod Street fire station was installed in 1991.

MacCash worked with local sailmaker Charles Erickson to stitch together the designs on sailcloth, the canvas-like material you’d see

on a sailboat. “The specifications called for the materials to last 10 years,” MacCash told Gambit, “so we designed three identical sets of banners for each fire house, to be rotated every few years to keep things fresh.”

MacCash’s pride in the project is evident, even 25 years later. “The great thing about public art is that by its very nature, people actually see it,” he says. “Some artists may give everything to a project, only to have just a handful of people enjoy it. That’s why public art like this is so special.”

The banner on this downtown fire house was designed by local artist and art critic Doug MacCash and was installed in 1991.

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Since this was a pre-Katrina project, some of the banners have fared better than others. The ones on fire stations in New Orleans East and the 9th Ward are lost, though others in Algiers and on the fire station near the Municipal Auditorium are still on display.

we remember an event 50 years ago that brought a little bit of the city to southern California: Disneyland. The 3-acre section of the theme park called New Orleans Square opened July 24, 1966. New Orleans Mayor Vic Schiro traveled to Anaheim, California for the dedication ceremony, naming Walt Disney an honorary citizen of New Orleans before the two led a Dixieland jazz parade through the square. It would be one of Disney’s last public appearances before his death later that year. You can hear a wonderful audio recording of the two men speaking at the ceremony by reading this story at www.bestofneworleans.com. New Orleans Square, an $18 million project that took four years to design and build, was the first new addition to Disneyland since the park’s opening in 1955. Disney himself made trips to New Orleans during the research and design process. Promotional materials promised its “atmosphere and architecture will recall the Crescent City of a century ago. Along its winding streets and in courtyards will be fine shops, restaurants serving exotic foods, the excitement of Mardi Gras and the moonlit Blue Bayou lagoon.” Still open today, the area includes the well-known Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean rides.

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The debate over short-term rentals is about to take center stage — again — at New Orleans City Hall.

BY ALEX WOODWARD @ALEXWOODWARD

IN NEW ORLEANS, YOU CAN RENT A TENT IN A BACKYARD FOR $26 A NIGHT or a six-bed-

room mansion for $600. There are more than 4,000 local listings on Airbnb alone.

More than 70 percent of those listings advertise entire homes or apartments. The debate over short-term rentals in New Orleans isn’t so much over the city’s spare bedrooms and pull-out couches but the more than 3,000 entire homes that, with taxes and permits, have the potential to bring millions of dollars into city coffers. It’s in the city’s fiscal interest to wrangle a revenue stream from the thousands of listings sitting on a currently illegal market — but at what cost?

Monika Gerhart-Hambrick, policy advisor for the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, says if those rentals do generate revenue, and if the city is serious about affordable housing concerns, then figuring out how to get a handle on short-term rentals could be an important step toward longterm affordability.

“We’re less concerned with tourists and more concerned with New Orleanians,” she told Gambit. “There’s a whole host of issues driving affordability — short term rentals being one of them.”

Short-term rental maps largely mirror where visitors are going when they come to New Orleans. Most listings

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16 are in Uptown and the French Quarter and downtown areas, but listings in other neighborhoods are increasing. The number of listings in Treme and the Fairgrounds jumped 136 and 172 percent, respectively, from 2015 to 2016.

According to data-scraping website Inside Airbnb, more than half of Airbnb operators list more than one property and “are unlikely to be living in the property, and in violation of most short-term rental laws designed to protect residential housing,” according to the website. Stay Alfred Vacation Rentals, for example, has 40 listings.

Next month, the New Orleans City Planning Commission is expected to vote on recommendations from its staff outlining how to regulate short-term rentals — after six years of debate — while enforcement of laws already on the books has slacked. Short-term rentals aren’t going anywhere. Even its advocates admit too much regulation will push them underground, and it’s unlikely the city will ban them outright. After years of debate, with little to show for it, shortterm rentals could be legal by Jan. 1, 2017. What will the new rules look like, and what guarantees the city and industry will enforce them?

AS SHORT-TERM RENTALS INCREASE, RESIDENTS FEAR LOSING THEIR CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOODS — or their own

home — to de facto hotels. The hotel and restaurant industries fear losing rooms as well as staff that relies on affordable housing close to their hospitality gigs.

Housing advocates fear losing the battle for affordable housing. Neighborhood groups fear handing their tony blocks over to perma-beaded tourists.

It’s happening already in Marigny and Bywater. Last year, artist Caroline Thomas parodied bro and bachelorette party invasions with Coney Island-style, carnival barker-esque signs (“Who needs neighbors when we’ve got brunch?”) as her Royal Street block (where “you too can live like a local”) went full Airbnb. During the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, posters aimed at Airbnb tourists declared, “You are directly responsible for displac-

ing the last remaining long-time neighborhood residents.” Last month, the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association tacked up dozens of posters with Airbnb hosts’ phone numbers. Above them, the words “Airbnb destroys neighborhoods!”

New Orleans isn’t in new legal territory. Laws attempting to regulate short-term rental websites have been adopted and changed across the U.S. and Europe. Whole-home rentals are being phased out in Austin, Texas.

They’re banned in Berlin, Germany. When Airbnb’s hometown of San Francisco rolled out legalization plans last year, fewer than 300 people signed up, making more than 90 percent of listings illegal. San Francisco’s ordinance levies fines up to $1,000 a day for unregistered listings, though critics say the city isn’t collecting them.

State lawmakers, anticipating New Orleans’ adoption of new rules this summer, approved a 4 percent state hotel sales tax for short-term rentals — but they killed a bill that would give the State Fire Marshal authority to enforce fire codes and other basic safety requirements at those same rentals. The fire marshal supported the latter measure, but the industry opposed it.

New Orleans City Council members agree the current laws, which essentially allow only licensed and taxed bed and breakfasts, are unenforceable.

“It would be naive to expect that there is any rational scenario in which short-term rental websites would stop operating in New Orleans,” At-Large Councilwoman Stacy Head told Gambit in an email. “I believe that shortterm rental websites are in New Orleans to stay, like they are in all major tourist cities in the world (even in spite of attempted bans).

I believe, and have stated many times, that the most practical way to reduce the negatives of shortterm rentals is to regulate them and harness due tax and fee dollars for aggressive enforcement against bad operators or actors.”

PENDING BEFORE THE NEW ORLEANS CITY PLANNING COMMISSION (CPC) are nearly 200 pages

from its staff outlining changes to the city’s zoning codes, a framework for short-term rentals as

they’re being used now through websites like Airbnb. The staff report suggests four types of short-term rentals: “Accessory” or owner-occupied homes renting out two spare rooms or three rooms in half a shotgun double; “Temporary” homes rented for no more than 30 days a year; “Commercial” vacation homes in commercially zoned corridors; and “Principal Residential” rentals, or entire homes in residential neighborhoods.

Whole-home rentals would require a conditional use permit under the proposed zoning laws and would be subject to density restrictions. Four rentals would be allowed per residential block in Bywater, the French Quarter, Marigny and Treme. Three per block would be allowed in most other residential areas, and two per block in Lakeview, New Orleans East and Algiers.

Non-residential or “commercial” neighborhoods would have no restrictions. The CPC objected to whole-home rentals in a previous staff report, but another draft put them back on the table at Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s request.

Once the CPC votes on the latest recommendations, their fate lies with the New Orleans City Council. District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry told Gambit whole-home rentals pose “the biggest threat to the quality of life of our long-term residents.” Head says those types of rentals should be “heavily regulated.” Guidry and Head own rental property in New Orleans. Both say they have no plans to use them for shortterm rentals.

District D Councilman Jared Brossett says he has “many concerns regarding this issue, including the effects on the affordability of housing, preserving the integrity of neighborhoods, prioritizing adequate housing inspections, ensuring public safety, and preventing the commercialization of residential neighborhoods as a result of whole-house short-term rentals.”

In a statement from spokesman David Winkler-Schmit, District B Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell said she “is really interested in seeing what the City Planning Commission does” in the wake of a City Council motion directing the CPC to examine short-term rentals in the context of the city’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.

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SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPONENTS SAY THEY IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOODS, not disrupt

them. Head told Gambit that “whole-home short-term rentals can be appropriate and beneficial, particularly as a tool for addressing some of the [more than 10,000] blighted prop-

erties in our city.” Short-term rental industry group Alliance for Neighborhood (ANP) wants those density caps based on the city’s entire housing stock — including areas still struggling with vast swaths of blight like the Lower 9th Ward and New Orleans East, where tourists are unlikely to stay. “Is there a magic number on that density?

No,” ANP President Eric Bay said. “But we do think there is some way to manage those density restrictions.”

In a letter to the CPC and City Council, ANP has asked the city to refrain from “stiffening” density restrictions, such as banning whole-home rentals altogether in residential areas. Bay emphasized the group wants to “equalize the playing field” by adding a hotel-motel tax to shortterm rentals, along with other markers of “responsible home ownership,” from basic safety measures to potential “quiet” hours. ANP doesn’t want “every house on the block” listed as a short-term rental, Bay says, but too many density restrictions on whole-home rentals would kill hundreds of listings. “There are some bad actors — we’re not advocating for them,” Bay said.

“Sometimes the nicest house on the block is a short-term rental.”

In January, the travel website Expedia bought HomeAway, the umbrella short-term company for sites such as VRBO, adding it to its cache of travel options from planes to rental cars to hotel rooms. HomeAway’s newly launched “Stay Neighborly” program aims to identify those “bad actors” in its networks, but the program only relates to noise or other complaints, not whether the listing is operating without a permit or license.

Matt Curtis, HomeAway’s senior director of public policy and government affairs, says companies aren’t yet able to prevent people from joining or posting an ad if they don’t have a required permit — raising the question of how companies will police themselves if the city’s already-stressed legal and code enforcement departments aren’t able to keep up.

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James Gray did not respond to emails from Gambit requesting comment.

Councilwoman Nadine Ramsey, whose District C encompasses the French Quarter and Marigny, areas with a growing Airbnb footprint, still hasn’t decided (publicly at least) what to do about them. “Short-term rentals, and any governing legislation, involve the issues of enforcement, quality of life, property rights and availability of housing to name a few,” Ramsey said in a brief statement to Gambit. “This process is still unfolding and the Commission has not yet made its final recommendation. I am continually receiving the input of stakeholders and residents. All of this will be weighed as we move through the process.”

That “input” and “process” started as late as 2011, when New Orleans Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux said he “hoped to launch an inquiry” on shortterm rentals that year. Last week, Paula Pendarvis with the IG’s office confirmed to Gambit a report never was produced.

Landrieu, too, didn’t clarify his administration’s position on whole-home rentals, but he echoed the Council’s concerns about enforceability. “We are committed to seeking broad stakeholder input in order to establish regulations on shortterm rentals that are workable, equitable and enforceable,” Landrieu press secretary Hayne Rainey said in a statement to Gambit. “It is our goal to regulate, tax and limit short-term rentals in the city.”

Enforcement, however, hasn’t kept up with the volume. Shortterm rentals ballooned as the city hosted Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. Gambit filed a public records request for the number of subpoenas the city issued to illegal operators between June and September 2012. The answer: zero.

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19 to build the policy to achieve compliance,” Curtis said. “We want to get registration to be as compliant as possible. … If we get to a place where the policy says anything along the lines of, ‘You have to list a registration number’ … that’s a conversation we’re willing to have.”

Neighborhood groups have pressed short-term companies to share their data: where the listings are, who’s listing them, and how often. The industry is reluctant to share data. It shares some statistics — like the ages and average nights of stay — but not raw numbers.

THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW DESCRIBES PARIS AT THE CENTER OF AIRBNB’S “EXISTENTIAL EXPANSION,”

inviting tourists to live like a local and “belong anywhere” among the city’s 40,000 listings while dissolving the reasons people choose to live there in the first place. If tourists are the only people living in your city, why even go? New Orleans faces a similar outlook. In a state with some of the weakest renters’ protection laws in the country, what can you do if your landlord gives you notice to leave your home once your lease is up, only to put it on Airbnb? In a word: nothing.

The Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance estimates that the city will need to make available more than 33,000 affordable units over the next decade — at a rate of more than 3,000 a year — to meet the demand for new housing. If that projected need isn’t met, the Housing

Alliance claims, real estate costs (and rents) will continue to skyrocket, edging out lowerand middle-income residents.

But occupied addresses have climbed by only 2,211 a year since 2010. In his recent State of the City address, Landrieu unveiled his five-year housing plan, calling for 7,500 affordable housing units by 2021. “We must ensure that working people do not get priced out of New Orleans,” he said. “They are the backbone of our city.”

Until last month, housing advocacy groups largely had sidelined the short-term rental issue.

It’s not that they weren’t seeing the rise in short-term rentals as a threat, it’s that there was little commitment or promise from the city to focus legislation or funding on long-term rental issues in the city — where there are absolutely no renters’ rights or rent control and a slumlord-ruled stock of falling-apart housing with old pipes, faulty foundations, termites and dozens other issues low-income renters are ill-prepared to battle. Any potential threat to the affordable housing stock for residents still is a threat. As the Housing Alliance says, “Every unit counts.”

Following more than three hours of public comment from speakers representing hotels and the Garden District at a recent meeting, City Planning Commissioner Royce Duplessis noted “a lack of advocacy on behalf of poor people” despite concerns from the crowd about short-term rentals pushing out lower-income renters, particularly artists, musicians and hospitality workers. “Where’s the advocacy of people who can’t take off the entire day to be here?” he said. “Where are the advocates

for people struggling to survive in this city?”

The Housing Alliance proposes a 2 percent transaction fee on each rental to help fund the Neighborhood Housing Improvement Fund (NHIF), a city trust to potentially “offset” affordable housing concerns.

The Alliance also calls for a rental registry, which the City Council floated last spring but did not adopt, and for the city to leverage its existing publicly held land assets — which also are included in Landrieu’s housing plan.

The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center also clarified its position on short-term rentals last month, stating that such rentals “surely exacerbate the housing affordability crisis that existed prior to their proliferation in the New Orleans area.”

Public funds also have played a significant role in gentrifying New Orleans neighborhoods, from large investments in downtown’s St. Roch Market and Crescent Park to beautification efforts and “infrastructure improvements” including the expanded streetcar line on Rampart Street. But Gerhart-Hambrick says there are no parallel efforts for ensuring affordable housing for current residents as those neighborhoods see higher property values.

“Those investments are not coupled with investments to keep long-term residents in the homes they have, whether they’re renting or owning,” she said. “It definitely raises questions about who these neighborhoods are for.”

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Peru-sing the menu The Catahoula Hotel explores Peruvian cuisine

BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund IT’S NO SECRET THAT BOUTIQUE HOTELS RELY ON MORE THAN ROOM AMENITIES AND MINI-BARS STOCKED WITH PREMIUM PRODUCTS. Big bud-

get restaurateurs sign on to properties, and sometimes the restaurant’s buildup surpasses that of the hotel.

In the case of the Catahoula Hotel, a polished space tucked on a side street in the Central Business District, the Pisco Bar lives up to the hype. Food and Beverage Director Nathan Dalton built a bar program around pisco, the grape-based South American liquor, and drinks go well beyond the familiar pisco sour. The refreshing chilcano, made with ginger beer, is a great summertime drink.

The restaurant, on the other hand, has a way to go. The menu is limited in size and feels like an afterthought, though the hotel’s management has indicated that a larger, more sophisticated set-up is in the works. In the meantime, there is no table service, and diners order at the bar from a short menu of appetizers and small plates.

Starters include a beautiful palta rellena — avocado and Gulf shrimp nestled in a bowl of lettuce tossed with bright pink radish slices and ribbons of red bell pepper and carrots.

Also good is the gazpacho, a silky, sweet soup with glistening olive oil slicks on the surface that tastes like it was pumped full of sun-kissed tomatoes and red bell peppers.

Pisco finds its way across the bar and into the butifarra sandwich — a spirit-marinated roasted pork med-

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ley that fills a dense, flour-dusted roll.

The kitchen folds in butter lettuce, pickled radishes, onions, mayonnaise and salsa criollo, a tart mixture of thinly shaved red onions and sweet red peppers doused with lime juice and aji amarillo, Peru’s powerhouse hot pepper.

Potatoes, a pillar of the South American cuisine, feature strongly, forming the backbone of a list of causas — cold mashed potato cakes traditionally topped with hardboiled eggs and olives. Here, the kitchen offers six versions, using them as the base for a bounty of fresh and colorful ingredients. While I wasn’t impressed with the cakes (I couldn’t get over the mental image of eating leftover cold mashed potatoes the day after a major holiday), it’s the delicate arrangements crowning the mash that demonstrate the kitchen’s creative flair.

Bright crimson tomato confit is topped with thin ribbons of red and green bell peppers and thinly sliced pickled red onions, while another version packs on shiitake mushrooms and avocado slices slathered in a light pink crema de rocoto, a decadent sauce made with onions, red rocoto peppers, lime juice and olive oil.

Traditional Peruvian ceviche features thick wedges of sweet potatoes and puffed corn kernels, and the versions here adhere to that model. A Gulf tuna mix features citrusy chunks of the fish tossed with seaweed strips, chewy corn kernels, canchita (puffed corn bits) and cilantro — a colorful combination

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Freund wins national food writing award GAMBIT FOOD WRITER HELEN FREUND WON HONORS AT THE ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSMEDIA AWARDS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS EARLIER THIS MONTH.

Chef Alfredo Manzanares prepares Peruvian-inspired dishes at the Catahoula Hotel’s cafe.

Freund’s stories on blind culinary workers in New Orleans, as well as the restaurant scenes on Tulane Avenue and Kenner’s Williams Boulevard, won first place in the category of Food Writing among papers with a circulation of less than 45,000.

Freund is a veteran reporter who worked for the New York Post for four years as a general assignment and crime reporter. She covered crime for NOLA.com | The TimesPicayune before moving to Gambit in April 2015. Prior to New York, Freund reported on dining and nightlife in Seattle. Freund also has worked as a professional chef and attained a culinary degree at Paris’ Le Cordon Bleu.

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of flavors and texture. Best of all, though, is the leche de tigre pooled in the bowl at the end. For an extra $4, servers will add the juices to a shot of pisco — quite possibly the world’s best hangover cure.

Some items fall flat. On one occasion, the fish in the ceviche was tough and gummy, and the guacamole appetizer was overly spicy and arrived with stale tortilla chips.

Though the menu needs some fine-tuning, there’s a solid foundation here for a good primer on Peruvian cuisine.

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The festival is a fundraiser for the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation, which organizes the event. — WILL COVIELLO

Two New Orleans restaurants robbed TWO NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANTS WERE ROBBED AT GUNPOINT LAST WEEK.

Armed men held up a group of diners at Lakeview Harbor (911 Harrison Ave., 504-4864887; www.facebook.com/ lakeview.harbor) Tuesday, July 12. According to a preliminary report from New Orleans police, the robbery took place shortly before 11 p.m. when two men clad all in black wearing ski masks barged into the restaurant. Armed with a 9mm handgun and an assault rife, the assailants ordered 20 people who were inside the restaurant to lie on the floor. When one victim fled, one of the gunmen fired a shot and the intruders fled the scene, police said.

Two armed men robbed Noodle & Pie (714 State St., 504252-9431; www.noodleandpie. com) Thursday, July 14, police said. The masked men entered the back of the Uptown restaurant about 10:50 p.m. One of the men brandished a gun and demanded money from two employees. The employees handed the assailants money from the cash register as well as a moneybag, police said.

The incidents bring to mind a series of armed robberies at Patois, Atchafalaya and Monkey Hill Bar last summer. In January, four men were indicted on charges in those incidents.

— HELEN FREUND

of pre-Prohibition drinks. Grier reinvents tiki drinks with the addition of craft beers, such as his Mai Ta-IPA (IPA, rum, orgeat, orange Curacao and lime).

“The IPA adds texture and bitterness,” Grier says from his home in Portland, Oregon. “Tiki drinks tend to lack bitterness.”

Grier also reinvented the Harvey Wallbanger (vodka, orange juice and Galliano), a cocktail popular in the 1970s, as the Harvey Weissbanger, featuring wheat beer and Galliano. (He presents a mimosalike drink using Goose Island Brewing Company’s Belgian-style farmhouse ale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.)

Grier also is reviving flips, a common colonial-era warm drink made by sticking a hot poker in a mix of ale, rum and sometimes an egg or sugar. (Many of his modern flips are served cold.)

Beer drinks and punches were more common in the U.S. before technological changes and industrialization of the late 1800s brought about easy refrigeration, improved transportation and individual packaging.

Other Tales events include the annual cocktail competition, which features new versions of the Moscow mule. There also are guided tours of local breweries and distilleries.

Some Tales events are free and open to the public. Restaurants participating in Tales Restaurant Week offer special menus with cocktail pairings to all customers. Dynamic Duo events at local bars feature local mixologists teamed with visiting bartenders, drinks writers or brand representatives. Spirits writer and Esquire contributor David Wondrich joins bartender Paul Gustings at Broussard’s Empire Bar from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and highlighted cocktails feature Sazerac Rye and other spirits. On Thursday, 30 restaurants offer Spirited Dinners featuring multicourse meals and drinks, many built around a specific spirit or theme.

Tickets to seminars are available at the door and prices range from $60 to $130 (only credit or debit card payments accepted).

Tasting rooms and some special events require a wristband ($200), which offers unlimited access; only a limited number will be available at registration.

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CAMPBELL: I like that it has a really long distance, long-term vision.

I know that doesn’t play to a lot of people’s strengths, but I know that it is a good strength of mine.

I really love this ability to capture an experience in a bottle and give it to someone and share it in a cool way. That’s true in wine, but I think there’s something to the stability and the fact that spirits travel so well — that I can share something that I tasted in the cask with someone across the globe and have it taste nearly the same. Alcohol acts as a solvent; it absorbs the character of everything it comes in contact with, even the people.

The learning curve is steep, and it takes a long time when I distill something before I really begin to see it open and blossom years later, especially when you’re doing long-term cask aging. It takes a lot of patience and a lot of time to learn. If you think about what a winemaker or a brewer does, [distillers] do that, but on top of that we do all of the fermenting, all of the distillation and then all of this very intense aging as well. It is a multigenerational experience.

One of the things that I love about craft (distilling) is that I get to do things and make choices and share experiences that you just can’t do on mega scales. The character of a single cask bottling is going to be this really unique character, whereas if I’m turning out a really large volume and blending together a lot of batches to create high volume, that character is inherently going to be blended in a weird, diluted way.

What’s the state of women in the craft distilling industry?

C: I think visibility is an issue. In North America, we have this idea of distilling. … I think the story

excludes a lot of people who are actually making your spirit. I think there are women that are amazing (in the industry). In the rum industry … some of the top positions at some of the best companies are (held by) women and people of color. And you really can’t say that about a lot of spirits categories.

It’s a truly international spirit; it’s a truly inclusive spirit. It’s fantastic that people in the top positions of these companies are really varied.

I think it’s getting better … I think that women have the same role to play in spirits as men do.

There’s nothing that’s between our legs that should have anything to keep us from doing any job that anyone else does in our industry. And I think that it’s getting more inclusive.

What do you see as the future of craft distilling?

C: I think we’re still at the very early stages. ... It’s a multigenerational scene and we’re in the very early days. A lot of the spirits that are being released are greener or from people who maybe don’t have a lot of professional experience or technical training.

Don’t get me wrong: There are some great, top-notch distilleries out there today. But I think in the future, it’s only going to get better and more experienced and more technical with more professional training... I think the overall quality will continue to rise.

I think we’re going to keep seeing pretty innovative products, but I also think we’re going to see more people who are more interested in traditional stuff. I think there are going to be a certain amount of people returning to the basics and doing the basics really, really well. I think there is something exciting and something to be said about that: It takes a different type of hand to make something that is a little bit more bare and exposed, so I’m excited for that. — HELEN FREUND

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MANY BREWERIES WANT TO OFFER FOOD TO VISITORS AT THEIR TAPROOMS, but opening

a kitchen is a big leap.

Inviting food trucks to the brewery is one popular solution.

Mark Logan, owner of Second Line Brewing (433 N. Bernadotte St., 504-248-8979; www. secondlinebrewing.com), says food trucks are good for customers and breweries alike.

“The customers like that they can purchase food to go along with the beverages, and the nightly variety just adds to the attractiveness for our patrons,” Logan says.

Three local breweries have a rotating schedule of food trucks.

Second Line’s schedule is as follows: Wednesday features Bonafried Truck; Thursday is Frencheeze; Friday has Fete au Fete Streatery (formerly known as the King Creole truck); Saturday brings Saigon Slim’s; and Sunday is Dat Dog food truck.

Courtyard Brewery (1020 Erato St.; www.courtyardbrewing.com) hosts food trucks every night except Monday, when newcomer C&C Meat Factory barbecue pops OF WINE THE WEEK

Urban South Brewery invites food trucks to serve taproom visitors.

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up. On Tuesdays, Frencheeze sets up shop; on Wednesdays, it’s Taceaux Loceaux; Thursdays feature Taylor Made Wings on the Geaux; Fridays bring Saigon Slim’s; on Saturdays, it’s The Supper Dome; and on Sundays, La Cubana visits.

Urban South Brewery (1645 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-5174677; www.urbansouthbrewery. com) doesn’t have a set schedule of food trucks, but it has partnered with My House NOLA, to host a food truck roundup and may make it a monthly event. Between roundups, owner Jacob Landry says he’s partnering with Slice Pizzeria for delivery to the brewery.

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DYLAN LEBLANC’S CURRENT TOUR, a Southern swing for third LP Cautionary Tale (Single Lock), brings the 25-yearold singer/songwriter from Alabama to Louisiana and, after a few crooked detours, back again. It’s a familiar route.

LeBlanc has spent most of his life shuttling between his hometown of Shreveport and Muscle Shoals, where his father, a country songwriter and session player, stashed the surely wide-eyed and -eared child in the catbird corners of sundry recording studios and dive bars. It’s also a cautionary tale of its own: The hollowed-out soul on 2010’s Paupers Field and 2012’s Cast the Same Old Shadow came all too true, as a young artist grappling with positive press and negative sales fell victim to his worst self-destructive impulses. Merle Haggard taught LeBlanc that the singer is secondary to the song, but it was Single Lock co-founders and Cautionary Tale co-producers Ben Tanner (keyboardist for the Alabama Shakes) and John Paul White (one half of the defunct Civil Wars) who made him prove it.

Like Cat Power’s The Greatest, these lovely, lilting country/folk and soft-rock compositions celebrate a vintage sound without being subsumed by it, hoisting up the pained voice at their center instead of dragging it down. McGregor opens. Tickets $10.

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The country/folk singer-songwriter’s latest album reflects his struggles with early success.

King, 4; T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Drew, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — C.C. Adcock and Lil Buck Sinegal’s Cowboy Stew Blues Revue, 9 Circle Bar — Sam Vicari, Crescent Lights, 10 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 8; Lost Bayou Ramblers feat. Spider Stacy, 11 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Ugly, 9; The 2 Pistols Jam Session, 2 a.m.

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Crobot, The Virginmarys, Aeges, 35PSI, 10 Gasa Gasa — Tedo Stone, A. Sinclair, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — Straight Outta Oz, 8:30 House of Blues (The Parish) — The Fall of Troy, ‘68, Illustrations, 7:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — The Coldwater Electric, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Parsons, 5; Roux the Day!, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Leah Rucker, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Russell Batiste & Friends, 11 Old Point Bar — Isla Nola, 9:30 Oz — Sunday School with Cameron Kelly, 4 a.m.

Preservation Hall — The Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Jamie Wight, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Rivershack Gretna — Mustard Brothers, 9 Saturn Bar — Sexy Dex & the Fresh, U.S. Nero, Tomato Dodgers, 9 Siberia — Dr. Sick’s Stunted Sextette, 6; Drivin’ n’ Cryin’, The Unnaturals, Bayou, 9 Snug Harbor — Sasha Masakowski & Company, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Panorama Jazz Band, 6 Tipitina’s — Nigel Hall Band, Derrick Freeman’s Smokers World, 10

SUNDAY 24 Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Messy Cookers, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Bar Redux — Spider Murphy’s International Cosmic Band, 8 BB King’s — Keith Stone Band, 11 a.m.; Jeremy Joyce, 6:30 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — Snake & the Charmers, 6 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Pat Flory & Mike Kerwin, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 8 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker,

MONDAY 25 30/90 — Perdido Jazz Band, 5 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30; Smoky’s Blues Monday Jam, 9 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 10 Blue Nile — Brass-A-Holics, 10 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; In Business, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Mike True, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Albanie Falletta, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Bahamacide, 9:30 d.b.a. — Slick Skillet Serenaders, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Rick Trolsen, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Appleford, 8 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Resident Aliens, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews

MUSIC & the Crescent City All-Stars, Bobby Love, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 Siberia — Omni, Yikes, Video Age, 9 Sidney’s Saloon — King James & the Special Men, 10 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 5220276; www.trinitynola.com — The organist’s “Organ & Labyrinth” performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock by candlelight. Free. 6 p.m.

Tuesday.

Frederick George. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www.marignyoperahouse.org — The tenor’s “Danube Mississippi Flow” program mixes selections from Schubert with American spirituals. Donations accepted.

8 p.m. Friday.

Richard Rowley. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www. trinitynola.com — The classical guitarist plays songs from the ’20s through the ’50s, with pop, country, Dixieland, Irish, Italian and blues selections. Free.

5 p.m. Sunday.

The Russell Welch Quintet. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www.marignyoperahouse.org — The group plays original compositions inspired by classical and gypsy jazz. Donations accepted. 5 p.m. Sunday.

Victory Swing Orchestra. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The band’s “Sentimental Journey: The Big Bands of World War II” program includes selections from Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington. Tickets $29-$54. 8 p.m. Saturday.

CALL FOR MUSIC Crescent City Sound Chorus. Singers of all levels are welcome to join the women’s chorus for a variety of vocal exercises.

Reading music is not required. Contact Corinna at (601) 550-0983 or email corinna@ccschorus.org with questions.

Kinderchor. Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014 — The New Orleans German-American Children’s Chorus meets Saturday afternoons from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Membership is open to all ages and no prior experience in German or singing is necessary. Visit www.neworleanskinderchor.blogspot.com for details.

New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra. The orchestra seeks musicians at intermediate level or higher. Visit www.novorchestra. com for details.

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Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Country Night with DJ Pasta, 9:30 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; d.b.a.

16th Anniversary Bash feat. Happy Talk Band, Helen Gillet, Pilette’s Ghost with Louis Michot & Zach Smith, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Mark Coleman, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 House of Blues — Stephen “Ragga” Marley, 6:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 7:30 The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30 Kermit’s Treme Mother-In-Law Lounge — Kermit Ruffins, Paris Harris, DJ Sugar Ray, 4 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the NOLA Jitterbugs, 10 a.m.; DinosAurchestra, 7; The Soul Project, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 3:30; Romy Vargas & the Mercy Buckets, 7 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — Will Kennedy, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 2 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Bruce Daigrepont, 5:30 Saturn Bar — The Gal Lazer Show, Thee Agitator, Corpus Cambre, 10 Siberia — Salt Wives, 6; Pompeya, Baby Bats, Dronebaby, DJ Kerem, 9 Snug Harbor — Tom McDermott Scott Joplin Tribute, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (PG-13) — The film by conservative ideologue Dinesh D’Souza rehashes Clinton-related conspiracy theories. Elmwood, West Bank Ice Age: Collision Course (PG) — The series’ fifth installment involves a world-ending asteroid, which probably would be merciful at this point.

Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Chalmette Lights Out (PG-13) — Reawaken childhood phobias at a horror movie about things that go bump in the night. Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, West Bank Microbe and Gasoline (R) — The French road trip movie is by Michel Gondry, whose films use puppetry and surreal images to create dreamlike riffs. Zeitgeist Parisienne — A young Lebanese woman studies in Paris in a coming-ofage movie that muses on immigrant experiences. Zeitgeist Star Trek Beyond (PG-13) — The franchise lives long and prospers with another installment directed by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Wars: The Force Awakens).

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place, Chalmette

NOW SHOWING The BFG (PG) — Roald Dahl’s tale of a friendly giant and his cannibalistic foes is adapted for the screen. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, West Bank Central Intelligence (PG-13) — Guns are dutifully a-blazin’ in this odd-couple action comedy with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Conjuring 2 (R) — Haints turn up in a London townhouse. Kenner Finding Dory (PG) — Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks voice fish on a quest in this sequel to Finding Nemo. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Flight of the Butterflies 3-D — A scientist chronicles lepidopteran migration. Entergy Giant Screen Free State of Jones (R) — Matthew McConaughey rises again to lead a rebellion against the Confederacy. Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Canal Place Ghostbusters (PG-13) — Funny girls Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig star in a remake of the cult classic with an all-female cast. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Hurricane on the Bayou — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands.

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Independence Day: Resurgence (PG-13) — Cue inspiring speech that saves humanity in five ... four ... Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Infiltrator (R) — Former Breaking Bad meth kingpin Bryan Cranston switches teams to portray an FBI agent pursuing Pablo Escobar. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place The Legend of Tarzan (PG-13) — Shirtless Alexander Skarsgard takes on civilization. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Lobster (R) — In the surrealist drama, single people have 45 days to find a partner or be turned into an animal. Broad Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (R) — Two dudes discover too late that their dates are girls gone wild. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Now You See Me 2 (PG-13) — A Harry Potter sequel? Nope, just poor Daniel Radcliffe typecast as a magician again. Elmwood The Purge: Election Year (R) — The third (!) installment of the campy franchise in which citizens celebrate “Purge Night,” a lawless evening of mayhem. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Secret Life of Pets (PG) — Comic luminaries Louis C.K., Hannibal Buress, Kevin Hart and Jenny Slate provide voices for this animated animal adventure. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Secret Ocean 3-D — Filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau explores the ocean’s food chain from phytoplankton to the largest whales. Entergy Giant Screen The Shallows (PG-13) — Gossip Girl meets Open Water. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Sultan — A former wrestling champion emerges from middle-aged mediocrity to compete at the Indian Olympics. Elmwood Swiss Army Man (R) — Daniel Radcliffe plays a flatulent corpse in this oddball indie. Broad, Chalmette, Prytania Wiener-Dog (R) — A diminutive pup changes owners in a black comedy from the director of Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness. Broad Wild Cats 3-D — Big kitties roam the African plains and Victoria Falls. Entergy Giant Screen

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HOW MUCH TROUBLE DOES A FILMMAKER STIR UP BY REBOOTING A BELOVED FILM FRANCHISE IN THE INTERNET AGE? In most cases, none. Batman, James Bond and Star Wars are but three examples of cherished film series that have been reimagined and reintroduced to the delight of wildly receptive fans around the world.

Something else happened when writer-director Paul Feig announced that his reboot of Ghostbusters would feature an all-female primary cast. The response on message boards and social media was swift, brutal and often openly misogynist.

The vitriol reached a peak two months ago when popular YouTube film reviewer James Rolfe posted a long-winded refusal to even watch the film, citing multiple infractions while carefully avoiding any mention of the female cast. The film’s first trailer became the most disliked movie preview in YouTube history. It currently has nearly one million “thumbs down” votes and an endless stream of scathing comments, of which the most offensively sexist are deleted by Sony Pictures.

That’s a lot of venom for a blockbuster movie to absorb, especially one as mild and well-intentioned as Feig’s Ghostbusters. It’s not as funny or engaging as the original 1984 Ghostbusters, but that’s no surprise — it’s hard to imagine any actor of either gender matching Bill Murray’s droll, persona-making performance in that film. The reboot does recreate the silly-but-not-dumb tone of the original, scoring a lot of points by not taking itself too seriously. It’s a breezy, reasonably entertaining, family-oriented summer movie, which is something Hollywood has not managed to provide often in recent years despite the obvious demand.

The story doesn’t stray far from that of the original film.

New York City is about to be overrun by an army of unruly ghosts, and someone has got to mount enough ghost-fighting technology to stop them. Paranormal expert Abby (Melissa McCarthy) is the ringleader of the newly formed

OUR TAKE

Ghostbusters (so named by catchphrase-happy New • Directed by Paul Feig York media) with physicist and child• Starring Melissa McCarthy, hood friend Erin Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon (Kristen Wiig) at her and Leslie Jones side. Tech genius • Wide release Jillian (Kate McKinnon) is balanced by Patty (Leslie Jones), the nonscientist who knows the city’s every nook and cranny. Kevin (Chris Hemsworth) serves as the Ghostbusters’ ditzy receptionist.

The film adds a human villain in the form of vaguely psychopathic Rowan (Neil Casey).

With the exception of McCarthy, all the women are either former or current cast members of Saturday Night Live, which suits a film that functions as a two-hour comedy sketch with state-of-the-art special effects. The female leads play off each other nicely and have no trouble establishing the camaraderie that’s central to the Ghostbusters vibe. All the cameos fans hope to see are included, along with additional uncredited surprises. Interestingly, the two primary male roles are underwritten and don’t add a thing to the film.

While far from perfect, Ghostbusters finishes near the top of its summer action-comedy class. The film’s female stars seem not only to accept the challenges represented by that genre but to relish the chance to deliver highly physical performances. Maybe the lesson of Ghostbusters is an obvious one: It’s always wise to see a film before deciding what’s wrong with it. — KEN KORMAN

Female Ghostbusters get equal time and beat expectations.

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discusses background checks. Q&A with community leaders follows. 7 p.m.

Thursday. Tulane University, Lavin-Bernick University Center Belladonna of Sadness — The hallucinogenic adults-only anime is about a beautiful woman who makes a Faust-like bargain. 9:10 p.m. Tuesday. Broad The Book of Life (PG) — A love triangle between Manolo (Diego Luna), Maria (Zoe Saldana) and Joaquin (Channing Tatum) has celestial stakes in this animated story set in Mexico. 10 a.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Regal Charlotte’s Web (G) (1973) — That’s some pig. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania Cosi Fan Tutte Met Summer Encore — Mozart’s comic opera about fiance swapping has elements cribbed from Shakespeare and Ovid. 7 p.m.

Wednesday. Elmwood Endless Summer (PG) and Point Break (R) — Two surf classics fuel beach fantasies. 7 p.m. Monday. Gasa Gasa Heather Hansen at the Isidore Newman, Capturing Young Imaginations — A short documentary about the artist’s community work is screened. 7 p.m.

Thursday. Yve Gallery (1000 Royal St.) Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) — Dracula signs up his grandson for vampire boot camp to combat life in a human-tolerant world. 10 a.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.Regal The Intern (PG-13) — Robert De Niro is the new kid on the block at Anne Hathaway’s fashion magazine. 8 p.m. Friday.

Audubon Zoo Lucha Mexico — The documentary introduces fans and converts to the (very) colorful world of Mexican wrestling. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist NT Live: The Audience 2016 Encore — Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in this filmed National Theatre production. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood Nutriaman and Swamp Women — The B-movie double feature has a lab accident with Louisiana’s favorite rodent and female cops and robbers on the lam. 7 p.m. Saturday. Happyland Theater Our Loved Ones — A familial saga follows a Quebecois clan after its patriarch’s suicide. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Planet of the Apes (1968) — Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) wrote the screenplay for this classic film. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place SBK: The Movie — The documentary explores the world of professional SkeeBall. 7 p.m. Thursday. Broad Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) — A slightly less long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. 8 p.m. Saturday. Muss Bertolino Stadium (620 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner) Sur Mes Levres — An ex-con and a deaf secretary are an unlikely pair in this French-language film. 8 p.m.

Monday. Good Children Gallery (4037 St. Claude Ave.) The Wizard of Oz (G) — BYO copy of Dark Side of the Moon. 10 a.m.

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HAPPENINGS Low Road Art Walk. 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street — Galleries in the 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street stay open late. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday.

Tropical Abyss. Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www. press-street.com/antenna — The gallery’s summer-themed fundraiser has multimedia performances, specialty cocktails, readings about barbecue and a silent auction. Visit www.press-street.org/tropical-abyss for details. Tickets $30-$50.

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

OPENING Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery.

The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www. rhinocrafts.com — “Hands of the Maker II: Collaboration,” collaborations by glass artists; opening reception 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Salon Gallery. 2334 Marengo St. — “Engrained,” wood panel paintings by Sarah Nelson; artist reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Thomas Mann Gallery I/O. 1812 Magazine St., (504) 581-2113; www.thomasmann. com — “Glass with a Twist,” group exhibition of artisan-made glass jewelry and cocktail ware; opening reception 6 p.m. Thursday.

GALLERIES 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 9402900; www.5pressgallery.com — “The Colors Bordering Earth and Sky,” work by NOCCA alumni, through July 30.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Conversations with Color: Contemporary Abstract Artists,” new work by Mark Erickson, Paul Tamanian, Patterson & Barnes and Michelle Gagliano, through Aug. 13.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “KOKO’s Love: A Soap Opera Tale of One Family,” multimedia exhibition by Yoshie Sakai, through Aug. 7. “The Midden Heap Project,” experimental work about Finnegan’s Wake, through July.

Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — “Night Flying,” new work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing.

Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart. com — “Outsider Artist Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd.,

(504) 528-3722; www.culturalagendaoftheconsulateofmexico.blogspot.com — “Los Demonios de Mi Tierra,” underwater photographs by Mauricio Silerio, through July.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — “Maafa: The Past We Inherit, the Future We Create,” photographs by Gason Ayisyin and Peter Nakhid, through July.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery.

4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing.

Brand New Orleans Art Gallery. 646 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 251-2695; www. brandartnola.com — “Dream,” mixed-media work by Russian contemporary artist Olesya, through July.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Coastal Cartography,” mixed-media Georgia coast landscapes

by John Folsom, through July 30.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Summer Group Exhibition,” new work by gallery artists, through Aug. 27.

Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing.

CJ Nero. 839 Spain St., (504) 875-2008; www.facebook.com/craig.who.dat.nero — “Le Jardin,” watercolors by Joleen Arthur Schiller, through Aug. 6.

Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “Defining Identity,” works about identity by emerging artists Dan Branch, Darneice Floyd, Emily Lovejoy and Leroy Miranda Jr., through Aug. 4.

Ellen Macomber Fine Art & Textiles.

1720 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-9414; www.ellenmacomber.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Frank Relle Photography. 910 Royal St., (504) 388-7601 — “Until the Water,” photographs by Frank Relle, ongoing.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Summer Crush,” depictions of summer in the media by Vanessa Centeno; “Blue Arrowheads of the Barataria,” landscapes

by Stephen Rooney; “Buffet,” work about appetite by Claire Rau; “There Is No Knife Connection,” mixed-media work about memory by Madeleine Wieand; all through Aug. 7.

Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “Finite and Infinite,” paintings by Carol Scott, through July.

Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www.beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing.

ART artists James Overby, John Goodwyne, Kathy Partridge, Linda Shelton and Ray Rouyer, ongoing.

Pamela Marquis Studio. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 615-1752; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New paintings by Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

Rabbit Ears. 8225 Oak St., (985) 2120274; www.facebook.com/rabbitearsnola — New work by New Orleans outsider artist Al Weidenbacher, through July.

RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass, metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing.

River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — The sculpture garden addresses environmental themes, ongoing.

Rodrigue Studio. 721 Royal St., (504) 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue. com — “The Spirit of the Game,” work about sports by George Rodrigue, through Sept. 18.

Rolland Golden Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 8886588; www.rollandgoldengallery.com — “Finally Winter,” work by Rolland Golden, ongoing.

Rutland Street Gallery. 828 E. Rutland St., Covington, (985) 773-4553; www. rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing.

ShiNola Gallery. 1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “National Juried Summer Show,” work by emerging artists, through Aug. 20.

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Raw,” mixed-media abstract works by Antonio Carreno, through July.

Studio Inferno. Studio Inferno, (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/infernonola — “Annual Open Art Show,” group exhibition by local artists, through July.

Sutton Galleries. 519 Royal St., (504) 581-1914; www.suttongalleries.com — New work by Isabelle Dupuy, ongoing.

Tripolo Gallery. 401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-1441 — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

United Bakery Gallery. 1337 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 908-9412 — “Piano & Poker,” new work by Daniel Grey, Liam Conway, Todd Lyons, Sarah Davis, Lauren Miller, Brianna Serene Kelly and Galen Cassidy Peria, ongoing.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Presences,” mixed-media work by current Master of Fine Art degree candidates, through Aug. 7.

Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www.vieuxcarregallery. com — Work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing.

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Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres.com — Mixed-media work by Ally Burguieres, ongoing.

Hyph3n-Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 264-6863; www.hyph3n. com — Group exhibition by Polina Tereshina, Walker Babington, Charles Hoffacker, Garrett Haab, Jacob Edwards, Wendy Warrelmann and Amy Ieyoub, ongoing.

John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www. johnbukaty.com — Paintings and sculpture by John Bukaty, ongoing.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “Art Hysterical,” New Orleans artists curated by Matthew Weldon Showman; “Web of Life,” abstract paintings by Richelle Gribble; “Mother Vision,” dimensional photographs by Rosemary Scott-Fishburn; all through July 30. “Exchange,” work of eight German artists as part of a cultural exchange between New Orleans and Berlin, through July.

La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre.com — Mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Luminescence,” new work by Deedra Ludwig; “Memento Wild,” new work by Marcy Lally; both through July 30.

M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing.

Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwelchart.com — Paintings and mixed-media work by Martin Welch, ongoing.

May Gallery and Residency. 750 Carondelet St., (504) 316-3474; www.may-neworleans.org — “Trail Magique,” new work

by Dave Greber, through July.

Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.

New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www. theneworleansartcenter.com — “Of Myth, Fun and Folly,” group exhibition by Barbie L’Hoste, Beth Lambert, Molly Magwire, Brad du Puy, Muffin Bernstein, Britney Penouilh and others, through July.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 5297277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Glass sculpture by Thomas Kelly and Robert Kelly; metal sculpture by Devon Murphy; both ongoing.

New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 218-5319; www.nolatattoomuseum.com — “Folklore & Flash,” tattoo designs and artifacts, ongoing.

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “A Glimpse Within,” oil, watercolor and collage works by Alex Hernandez Duenas, Martha Hughes, Kathryn Keller, Grover Mouton and Pierre Bergian, through July 30.

Overby Gallery. 529 N. Florida St., Covington, (985) 888-1310; www.overbygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery

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The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Voices of Progress: 20 Women Who Changed New Orleans,” photographs, films and ephemera from women’s rights activists, through Sept. 11, and more.

Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — “Voyage to Vietnam,” family-friendly video, materials and crafts saluting the Tet Festival and Vietnamese culture, through Sept. 11, and more.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere.

751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www. lsm.crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs

by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4, and more.

National Food & Beverage Foundation.

1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — “Tujague’s: 160 Years of Tradition,” photographs and memorabilia, ongoing.

National World War II Museum. 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www. nationalww2museum.org — “Tom Lea: LIFE and World War II,” paintings and illustrations by the war correspondent, through December.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Bob Dylan: The New Orleans Series,” paintings by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, through July. “The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction,” everyday objects covering 100 years of design history, through Sept. 11.

Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — New work by Syrian-born artist Diana Al-Hadid; “Syria’s Lost Generation,” portraits and audio recordings by Elena Dorfman; “Women of Newcomb,” recently acquired work by Newcomb College alumnae; all through Sunday.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Paper,” paper arts and works on paper from the permanent collection; “In Time We Shall Know Ourselves,” photographs by Raymond Smith; “Top Mob: A History of New Orleans Graffiti,” New Orleans-based graffiti collective Top Mob retrospective; all through Nov. 6.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.louisianastatemuseum.org/museums/the-old-us-mint — “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December.

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had everything from frivolity to gravitas, and on that deliriously hot and steamy evening, the sight of a nude woman mingling nonchalantly with the crowd at the New Orleans Art Center initially seemed more pragmatic than provocative. She was a burlesque dancer from a just-concluded performance, an event topped off with an impromptu German opera aria sung by tenor Joseph Fedor, which complemented the diverse, yet cohesively buoyant and mostly affordable work on the walls. Bob Dylan once said that in New Orleans you could “almost see other dimensions,” and Ann Hornback’s dreamy paintings of women interacting with — or morphing into — oddly undulating beasts • Through July seemed to bear that out, as did Brad Dupuy’s in• Y’all Don’t Wanna Hear Us, You Just Wanna terwoven baroque nudes, Dance!!: Performance and installation Britney Penouilh’s deft • Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave., juxtapositions of human female and crystalline (504) 975-1557; www.goodchildrengallery.com mineral forms and Sergio • Of Myth, Fun & Folly: Group exhibition of paintAlvarez’s painterly exings, sculpture and mixed media plorations of fantastical visionary ecosystems.

• New Orleans Art Center, 3330 St. Claude Ave., Meanwhile at Good (707) 779-9317; Children Gallery, the Y’all www.theneworleansartcenter.com Don’t Wanna Hear Us, You Just Wanna Dance!! performance easily might have been mistaken for the hopping scene that it mostly was, as DJ Sissy Elliot’s steady stream of pulsating beats inspired slinky dance moves. At 10 p.m. sharp, the music went dead, replaced by flashing blue police lights and a deafening silence as a procession of 27 ghostly, umbrella-wielding figures filed solemnly through and out of the gallery in memory of the 27 unarmed black men killed by police so far this year. Currently 79 umbrellas occupy the gallery floor and ceiling (pictured) in memory of the 79 unarmed black men killed by police in 2015.

Produced by Kevin Brisco, Marta Anna Rodriguez Maleck and Ashley Teamer, the performance and installation poetically underscored that week’s deadly events, leaving the question of how we came to this point hanging wordlessly in the air.

— D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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Festive and somber displays at a night of gallery openings on St. Claude Avenue.

Copycat. Hammond Regional Art Center’s juried contest seeks work that engages with the idea of copying, forgery, authorship and copyright. Visit www.hammondarts.com for details.

End of the Rainbow, Paradise Imagined.

LGBT artists and allies are invited to submit works for Ashe Cultural Arts Center’s “End of the Rainbow” exhibition on cultural acceptance. Email karel.sloane@gmail. com for details.

Mandeville’s Marigny OctoberFeast event poster contest. The festival seeks designs for its promotional poster. Email acasborne@cityofmandeville.com or visit

www.cityofmandeville.com for details.

Utility box street gallery artists. Community Visions Unlimited seeks artists to paint public utility boxes around the city.

Visit www.cvunola.org or email cvunola@ gmail.com for details.

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THEATER Chicago. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road, Covington, (985) 893-1671; www.playmakersinc.com — Justin Lapeyrouse directs the musical about Prohibition-era women who commit murder and the society that celebrates their crimes.

Tickets $15-$30. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Exterior. Pool-Night. Aloft New Orleans Downtown, 225 Baronne St. — The NOLA Project presents a Hollywood “backstage” immersive drama that takes place in and around a swimming pool. Visit www.thenolaproject.com for details. Tickets $20-$30. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.

The High Priestess of Dark Alley. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre. com — Jackie Alexander directs her play about two sisters struggling to come to terms with their domineering mother.

7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Tickets $25-$40.

The Illusion. Tulane University, Lupin Theatre, 16 Newcomb Place — The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane presents Tony Kushner’s adaptation of the 17th-century play, in which a desperate father seeks the help of a sorcerer.

Visit www.neworleansshakespeare.org for details. Tickets $20-$30. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Imposters. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — Playwright Mark Chrisler retells the life of scientist Alan Turing with help from two robots and mathematician/anarchist collective Nicholas Bourbaki. Email greatbeasttheater@yahoo. com for details. Tickets $10 or pay-whatyou-can. 11 p.m. Saturday, 9 p.m. Sunday.

Mirror Images: Reflections Revisited. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave. — Soul + 40 Productions presents writer-director Kimberly M. Denesse’s play about a group of women seeking empowerment. Visit www.facebook.com/ events/1699655250300318 for details. Tickets $20-$25. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Rose Tattoo. Dillard University, Samuel DuBois Cook Theatre, 2601 Gentilly Blvd. — The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans presents Williams’ play about a grieving widow, her daughter and their love affairs. Visit www.twtheatrenola.com or call (504) 264-2580 for tickets. Tickets $20-$25. 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday.

Seussical: The Musical. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www.cuttingedgetheater.com — The musical is a mash-up of tales by Dr. Seuss. Tickets $13-$17. 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

The Wizard of Oz. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — Based

on the classic film, the story follows Dorothy’s quest to return to Kansas from the enchanted land of Oz. Tickets $36-$40. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY American Mess. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www. barcadianeworleans.com — Katie East hosts local and touring comedians alongside burlesque performances.

8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Bad Girls of Burlesque. House of Blues (The Parish), 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.hob.com — Miss Stormy Gayle, Elle Dorado, Chere Noble, GoGo McGregor, Nikki LeVillain and others perform at the leather-inflected burlesque show. Tickets $21-$33.

8 p.m. Friday.

The Blue Book Cabaret. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529-2107; www.bourbonpub.com — Bella Blue and a rotating cast including Darling Darla James, Nikki LeVillain, Cherry Brown and Ben Wisdom perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag.

Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details.

Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Saturday.

Burgundy Burlesque. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 522-5400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a weekly burlesque performance featuring live jazz. Free admission; reserved table $10.

9 p.m. Friday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www.sonesta.com/ imjazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque show featuring music by Romy Kaye & the Mercy Buckets. Call (504) 553-2331 for details. Midnight Friday.

Burlesque Boozy Brunch. SoBou, 310 Chartres St., (504) 552-4095; www. sobounola.com — A burlesque performance by Bella Blue and friends accompanies brunch service. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

Cocktail Cabaret. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — Trixie Minx produces the cocktail-themed show, which has acrobats, tap dancers, aerialists and burlesque. Chris Lane hosts. Tickets $20-$35. 9 p.m. Saturday.

Deus Sex Machina. New Orleans Art Center, 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 7799317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — Perse Fanny produces the “burlesque from the gods”-themed performance. 10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Jock Strap Cabaret. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — The drag show and cabaret has a “lube wrestling” contest. 10 p.m. Friday.

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An entertaining look at a 7th Ward family’s complicated relationships.

Monday’s a Drag. House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge), 229 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Nicole Lynn Foxx hosts local drag performers. 8 p.m. Monday.

Theatre Nouveau. Jax Brewery, 600 Decatur St., (504) 299-7163 — Cherry Bombshell and Queenie O’Hart produce the burlesque revue. Tickets $10.

8 p.m. Monday.

Strip Roulette. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Bella Blue produces an improvised burlesque dance-off.

10 p.m. Saturday.

Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www.gravierstreetsocial.com — Bella Blue hosts a burlesque show. Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details. Tickets $10.

9 p.m. Thursday.

Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 9405546; www.dragonsdennola.com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue features burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Saturday.

DANCE Bring It! Live. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola.

com — Miss D & Her Dancing Dolls perform in a live version of the dance television program. Tickets $33-$49.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

COMEDY Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www. facebook.com/twelve.mile.limit — Julie Mitchell and Laura Sanders host an openmic comedy show. Sign-up at 8:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Monday.

Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform improv weekly.

9:30 p.m Wednesday.

Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Massive Fraud presents stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show.

10 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Cup. Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (St. Claude), 2221 St. Claude Ave., (504) 917-9073; www.fairgrinds.com — Area comedians perform at the open mic.

7 p.m. Saturday.

Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8:30 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Gold. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts a stand-up show.

8 p.m. Thursday.

ComedySportz. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show.

8 p.m. Saturday.

Dean’s List. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone, Margee Green and Cyrus Cooper perform improv. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Dope Sofa. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The improv troupe presents a version of “living room”-style sketches that draw on events in performers’ lives. 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Franchise. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The New Movement’s improv troupes perform.

9 p.m. Friday.

Friday Night Laughs. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 10 p.m., show at 11 p.m. Friday.

Go Ahead. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone and Shawn Dugas host a short lineup of alternative comics.

7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Hot Sauce. Voodoo Mystere Lounge, 718 N. Rampart St., (504) 304-1568 — Vincent Zambon and Leon Blanda host a comedy showcase. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Jeff D’s Comedy Cabaret. Oz, 800 Bourbon St., (504) 593-9491; www.ozorleans.

STAGE com — Jeff D hosts the comedy showcase. 10 p.m. Friday.

Knockout!. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Two comedy acts compete to win an audience vote.

9:30 p.m. Monday.

Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a comedy showcase with free food and ice cream.

8 p.m. Saturday.

Megaphone Marathon. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3028264; www.newmovementtheater.com — An improv and sketch comedy marathon features local and traveling troupes and performers. 7 p.m. to midnight Monday.

The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story.

10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Night Church. Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 947-2379; www. sidneyssaloon.com — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host a standup show, and there’s free ice cream.

8:30 p.m. Thursday.

NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Duncan Pace hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Sunday.

The Rip Off Show. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Comedians compete in a live pop-culture gameshow hosted by Geoffrey Gauchet. 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Sklar Brothers. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www.thejoytheater.com — The twin brothers perform stand-up comedy. Tickets $29.50$34.50. 9 p.m. Thursday.

Stage Time. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues. com/neworleans — Leon Blanda hosts an open mic. Sign-up 7 p.m., show 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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

Why So Serious?. Lucky’s, 1625 St. Charles Ave., (504) 523-6538 — Dante Hale hosts the open mic. Sign-up 8:30 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.

CALL FOR THEATER Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 30 by 90 Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville, (844) 843-3090; www.30byninety.com — 30

by Ninety Theatre seeks actors for several roles in a September production of Tennessee Williams’ play. Readers will be asked to read cold from the script. Email 30byninetyauditions@gmail.com to sign up. 2 p.m. Sunday.

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ONE COULD IMAGINE JANEE MICHELLE CHANNELED KATHARINE HEPBURN for her depiction of the strong-minded Celeste Thibodaux in The High Priestess of Dark Alley, currently running at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre. The actress’ precise enunciation, aristocratic attitude and bouffant hairstyle elicit memories of another over-protective mother from the 1960s film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.

A force to be reckoned with, Celeste is trying to dissuade her light-skinned Creole daughter from becoming involved with a man who is “blacker than shoe polish.”

Written and directed by New Orleans native Jackie Alexander, the play is an entertaining and engaging portrayal of a 7th Ward family, exploring the • July 21-24 adult daughters’ intense relationships • 7:30 p.m. Thu.-Sat.; with their overbearing mother as well 3 p.m. Sat.-Sun. as their romantic partners.

The entire play takes place in the liv• Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, ing room of a traditional New Orleans 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081 ; home, a set ably designed by Patrice www.lepetittheatre.com Andrew Davidson. The cohabiting sisters Claire (Kris Sidberry) and Janee • tickets $25-$40 (Traci Tolmaire) have very different personalities and their sibling relaPHOTO BY JOHN BARROIS tionship is expressed through playful banter that is teasing yet affectionate.

Claire and Janee aptly personify the yin and yang of romantic relationships. Having separated from her husband, Claire feels disillusioned and longs for dependability, while the fun-loving Janee revels in the excitement over her boisterous boyfriend, Sweet (Nicoye Banks), who works offshore. A natural comic, Banks is spontaneous and unrestrained as her good-time beau; the young couple’s dancing and joking is exuberant and flirty.

Janee and Sweet’s obvious sexual attraction is appealing, but his street talk and common manners horrify Celeste. As the family prepares for a sit-down dinner, Sweet admits he’ll likely commit a few faux pas before the night is over.

At church, Claire meets Franklin (Zeb Hollins III), an assistant pastor offering to repair the roof of their house in hopes of winning Claire’s trust. Franklin is modest and genuine, albeit a “country-assed” guy, determined to overcome whatever obstacles are set in the way to romance. The penitent soon-to-be-ex-husband Charles (Dennis Dannel) seems somewhat stiff and unemotional when he arrives to reclaim his wife.

Alexander’s focus as a playwright has always been on examining the African-American experience, including last year’s production of Brothers from the Bottom — presented at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and starring Wendell Pierce. He has given High Priestess a real sense of place with local references and jazz riffs drifting in and out. — MARY RICKARD

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TUESDAY 19 BingOh!. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — This bingo night has an “Arabian Nights” theme and features short bits by local comedians between games. Admission $5. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Moonlight Hike and Snow and Ice. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — A 2-mile nighttime hike includes discussions of Native Americans in Louisiana and nocturnal animal sounds, followed by sno-balls. Bring a flashlight.

Reservations required; call (985) 6261238 or email rue@northlakenature.org.

Admission $5, members free. 7:55 p.m.

Nutrition Class. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — Nutritionist Karen Walker focuses on calcium and dairy. Free admission. 3 p.m.

Pumps, Pearls and Politics. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Timolynn Sams-Sumpter’s networking and women’s leadership event introduces attendees to the basics of public policy.

Free admission. 5:30 p.m.

Social Media Summer Camp. StayLocal, 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., Suite 309, (504) 252-1259; www.staylocal.org — At a workshop, attendees learn about social media and business-to-business marketing. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Tales of the Cocktail. Citywide — The six-day event features seminars, tastings, product launches, competitions, dinners with cocktail pairings and networking events. Visit www.talesofthecocktail.com for details. Hours and admission vary.

Tuesday-Sunday.

WEDNESDAY 20 Blue House Bash. Private residence, 2571 St. Ann St. — Youth Rebuilding New Orleans’ open house showcases the first completed home in its Teacher Village and has food, drinks and community tours. Call (504) 264-3344 for details.

Free admission. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Creative Grind. The Rook Cafe, 4516 Freret St., (618) 520-9843 — Designers, artists and writers meet to share work and offer feedback. Visit www.neworleans.aiga.org/event/creative-grind for details. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Fairy Garden Workshop. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — Adults and children build terrariums at a crafting workshop. Tickets $20-$25. 10 a.m.

Food & Beverage Packaging Law in Louisiana. Landing Zone, 625 Celeste St., (504) 509-4420; www.lznola.org — Food and beverage packaging attorney Patrick

Morin’s seminar covers compliance with state and federal packaging laws. Visit www.eventbrite.com/e/food-beverage-packaging-law-in-louisiana-tickets-26474039565 for details. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.

Fortune Reading Through Playing Cards.

Hex New Orleans, 1219 Decatur St., (504) 613-0558; www.hexwitch.com — Levi Rowland teaches the fortune-telling class using a deck of playing cards. Visit www. hexnola.ticketleap.com to register. Tickets $20. 6:30 p.m.

Friends Fest. Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 259-1509 — Friends of City Park celebrates its members with a night of unlimited Carousel Garden rides, free treats and live performances. Valid Friends of City Park membership required for entry.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Lunchbox Lecture. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — Robert Ticknor’s talk covers Brigadier General Louis Joseph Fortier. Free admission. Noon.

Newcomb Summer Hours. Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 3142406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane. edu — The galleries stay open late for artist talks, receptions and special exhibits.

Free admission. 5 p.m to 8 p.m.

Pure Barre. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Hope Clay leads a barre workout. Reservations required; email rue@northlakenature.org. Admission $5, members free. 10 a.m.

Requiem for Black Lives. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — Young Funny’s fundraiser for Campaign Zero has a Q&A with Independent Police Monitor Susan Hudson and performances by local comedians. Kamari Stevens hosts.

Donations welcome. 9 p.m.

Rose-Tinted Yoga. Pearl Wine Bar, 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — A yoga class is followed by a tasting of rose wines.

Tickets $25. 6:30 p.m.

Women and Wine on Wednesdays. Santa Fe Restaurant, 3201 Esplanade Avenue, (504) 948-0077; www.santafenola.com — Women relax and network while enjoying wine. Visit www.womenwinewednesday.com for details and rotating locations. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY 21 Belles and Beaus Kickoff. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 5229200; www.theshopsatcanalplace.com — The kickoff party for the American Cancer Society’s annual gala announces its honorees and has discounted gala tickets

and complimentary food and drinks. Visit www.nolabellesandbeausball.org for details. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.

Cards Against Humanity Night. Bad Wolf Bar & Grill, 5601 Fourth St., (504) 265-0738 — Patrons enjoy the irreverent card game. Bring a deck.

Free admission. 7 p.m.

Changes in the Environment from Colony Days to Present. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — Bob Thomas’ talk covers local environmental changes throughout history. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.

Light Up the Levee 5K. Bucktown Harbor and Marina, 325 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie — Runners carry glowsticks at the free 5K group run series.

Bring water. 7:30 p.m.

Ogden After Hours. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The galleries stay open late for artist talks, receptions and live music. Admission $10.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Palm Bay Wine Dinner. Andrea’s Restaurant, 3100 19th St., Metairie, (504) 8348583; www.andreasrestaurant. com — Palm Bay Wines hosts the four-course Italian-inspired dinner. Tickets $38. 6:30 p.m.

Treme Coffeehouse Art Market. Treme Coffeehouse, 1501 St. Philip St., (504) 264-1132 — Local artists sell crafts at the weekly market. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

FRIDAY 22 The Black Tie Affair. Eiffel Society, 2040 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-2951; www.eiffelsociety.com — The sarcoma awareness benefit is hosted by Elle Varner and B-Nice and has DJ performances and drink specials. Formal dress code required. Visit www.eventbrite.com/e/ the-black-tie-affair-a-benefit-for-sarcoma-awareness-tickets-25331662685 to register. Tickets $25-$450. 9 p.m.

Cherry-oke. Buddha Belly, 4437 Magazine St., (504) 891-6105 — The Cherry Bombs dance team hosts the karaoke contest and benefit for Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response Center. Suggested donation $5. 9 p.m.

Folklife Foodways Walk. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, French Quarter Visitor Center, 419 Decatur St., (504) 589-2636; www.nps. gov/jela — A French Quarter walking tour covers food from New Orleans and south Louisiana. Reservations required; call (504) 589-3882 ext. 227.

Free admission. 1 p.m.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — The museum stays open late for live music, a cooking demonstration of minimalist techniques and a screening of Between the Folds, a documentary about origami. Free with museum admission. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Sip and Shop on Bayou Road. Kitchen Witch Cookbooks, 1452 N. Broad St., (504) 528-8382; www.kwcookbooks. com — At a block party, shoppers meet neighborhood businesses while enjoying free wine. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Sizzling Summer Soiree. The Cannery, 3803 Toulouse St., (504) 486-8351; www.cannerynola.com — The benefit for East Jefferson YMCA features food, drinks, raffles and live music. Contact

staciek@ymcaneworleans.org for details.

Tickets $50. 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 23 Back to School Celebration and Backpack Giveaway. Sojourner Truth Community Center, 2200 Lafitte St., (504) 827-9963; www.facebook.com/sojournertruthnola — Amerigroup Louisiana’s community party has fitness events, music, games, refreshments, health screenings and free backpacks containing school supplies. Children must be accompanied by a guardian to receive a backpack. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Beneath the Weight: End Stress Eating.

Robert E. Smith Library, 6301 Canal Blvd., (504) 596-2638; www.neworleanspubliclibrary.org — The workshop covers strategies to counteract stress eating and weight gain. Visit www. beneaththeweight.org for details. Free admission. 10:15 a.m.

Bienville Saturday Market. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola.com — The pet-friendly weekly market features arts, crafts, a flea market and food. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Corset Crawl. Freret Street between Napoleon and Jefferson avenues; www. thenewfreret.com — The Creativity Collective’s corset-themed bar crawl benefits Gradeuxity and has a costume contest.

Visit www.creativitycollective.org/corsetcrawl for details. Tickets $15-$25. 2 p.m.

Family Overnight. National World War II Museum, U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.nationalww2museum.org — The museum invites families with children ages 7–12 to an overnight pajama party featuring handson activities, scavenger hunts and teamwork challenges. One adult per three children required. Tickets $75, members $50. 5 p.m.

Garage Sale. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 5699070; www.ashecac.org — The multi-family garage sale has clothing, furniture, art and books. 8 a.m.

National Hot Dog Day Celebration.

Dat Dog, 5030 Freret St., (504) 8996883; www.datdognola.com — The event has a hot dog costume contest, live music and drink specials. Free admission. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

OPSO Job Fair. Orleans Justice Center, 2800 Perdido St., third floor; www.opso. us — At a job fair, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s office seeks recruits for deputy sheriffs to work with inmates in direct supervision-level custody. Call (504) 2029427 for details. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Steampunk Ball. Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — The ball celebrates steampunk culture and features DJs, fashion performances, aerialists, photo booths and specialty cocktails.

Costumes encouraged but not required.

Tickets $15-$25. 9 p.m.

Take Back Our Streets. Lower Ninth Ward — A simultaneous prayer for peace takes place at churches, businesses and community centers throughout the 9th Ward. Visit www.fb.me/TakingBackOurStreetsNOLA for details. 6:15 a.m.

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601 Loyola Ave., (504) 561-1234; www. neworleans.hyatt.com — The gala honors Terrance Osborne, Gus Bennett, Jr., Germaine Bazzle, Deacon John Moore, New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Council, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Ashe Cultural Arts Center and Stella Jones Gallery with food, drinks and live music.

Black tie attire preferred but not required.

Visit www.urbanleagueneworleans.org for details. Tickets $250. 8 p.m.

SUNDAY 24 Drag Queen Brunch. Tujague’s Restaurant, 823 Decatur St., (504) 525-8676; www.tujagues.com — The three-course brunch is emceed by Kitty D’Litter and benefits the Food for Friends meal delivery program.

Tickets $50. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Freret Street Funday. Freret Street between Napoleon and Jefferson avenues; www.thenewfreret.com — Businesses along Freret Street host a block party and bar crawl with drink specials and live music. Free admission. 5 p.m.

A Roaster’s Guide to Cupping. Mojo Coffee House, 4700 Freret St., (504) 8752243; www.facebook.com/mojo.on.magazine — At roastmaster Matt Cronin’s workshop, attendees learn to professionally evaluate coffee. Free admission. 7 p.m.

Soul Full Sunday Brunch. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — The women’s brunch has performances by the Silhouette Dance Ensemble.

Tickets $25-$35. 2 p.m.

MONDAY 25

“Since ince 1969”

Agricultural Practices Workshop.

Propeller Incubator, 4035 Washington Ave., (504) 564-7816; www.gopropeller. org — LSU AgCenter leads the workshop for produce growers and distributors. RSVP required to Kristine Creveling, (619) 888-0605 or kcreveling@ gopropeller.org, or Achyut Adhikari, (225) 578-2529 or acadhikari@agcenter. lsu.edu. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bicycling the Back Trails. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — The Bike Path owner David Moeller leads a ride and offers trail-riding tips. Riders must wear helmets and mountain bikes or wide tires are recommended.

Reservations required; email rue@northlakenature.org. Registration $5.

Wellbeing in Dating & Relationships.

Broadmoor Arts & Wellness Center, 3900 Gen. Taylor St., (504) 249-5130; www.broadmoorimprovement.com — Adi Cecile presents a workshop for women that covers online dating and general relationship issues. Free admission.

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

FARMERS MARKETS Covington Farmers Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Crescent City Farmers Market Magazine. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, (504) 861-5898; www.marketumbrella.org — The market

SPORTS New Orleans Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 7345155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Sacramento River Cats. 6 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 7 p.m. Thursday.

Big Easy Rollergirls. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171;

EVENTS www.arena.uno.edu — The Big Easy Rollergirls play the TXRG Firing Squad and the Circle City Chaos. 5 p.m.

WORDS All People Open Mic Poetry Circle. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — The poetry open mic meets. Contact poetryprocess@gmail.com for details. Free admission. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Bill Loehfelm. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks. com — The author reads from and signs Let the Devil Out: A Maureen Coughlin Novel. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

BSB Open Mic. Banks Street Bar, 4401 Banks St., (504) 486-0258; www. banksstreetbarandgrill.com — Zach Bartlett is the guest host at the poetry open mic. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays.

Dogfish Reading Series. Private residence, 2448 N. Villere St. — Chesya Burke reads at the open mic. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Esoterotica. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Local writers read from erotic stories, poetry and other pieces. Visit www.esoterotica.com for details. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.neworleanspubliclibrary.org — The group hosts sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

John Foxjohn. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The author speaks to a meeting of the Romance Writers of America. Open to the public. 10 a.m. Saturday.

Kerry Hamilton. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — Hamilton presents his great-grandmother Mary Mann Hamilton’s book Trials of the Earth: The True Stories of a Pioneer Woman. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Poets! Alive!. Christwood Retirement Community, 100 Christwood Blvd., Covington, (985) 898-0515; www.christwoodrc.com — Poets in St. Tammany Parish share their work at a monthly reading led by Eve Brouwer. 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Tubby & Coo’s Not So YA Book Club.

Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, 631 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 491-9025; www. facebook.com/tubbyandcoos — The book club for adults and teens who read Young Adult books meets to discuss selected titles. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday.

Yuri Herrera. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — The author presents The Transmigration of Bodies in Spanish and English. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

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Crescent City Farmers Market Mid-City.

American Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave. — Mid-City’s evening market features fresh produce and prepared items. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Crescent City Farmers Market Tulane. Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St., (504) 865-5000; www.tulane.edu — The weekly market features produce, dairy items, kettle corn, plants and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday.

CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook. com/crispfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

French Market. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket. org — The historic French Quarter market offers local produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, coffee and prepared foods.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Gretna Farmers Market. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, (504) 361-1822 — The weekly market offers fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, baked goods, honey and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, New Orleans City Park, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www.growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Hollygrove Market. Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., (504) 483-7037 — The urban farm operates a daily fresh market. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market, 922 Teche St., Algiers, (504) 362-0708; www.oldalgiersharvestfreshmarket.com — Produce and seafood are available for purchase.

3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.

Rivertown Farmers Market. Rivertown, 400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner.la.us — The market features fruits, vegetables, dairy products, preserves and cooking demonstrations. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Sankofa Mobile Market. Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave. — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday. The truck also stops at 6322 St. Claude Ave. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Vietnamese Farmers Market. Vietnamese Farmers Market, 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd.

— Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early morning market. 5 a.m. Saturday.

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RESTAURANT/HOTEL/BAR KINGFISH RESTAURANT

is seeking experienced, service oriented professionals who enjoy extending gracious hospitality to others in a fine dining atmosphere. Servers, bartenders, greeters and line cooks with upscale experience should apply. Please send your resume to: kingfish@creolecuisine.com at 208 Bourbon Street Is having open interviews for professional and reliable servers, cooks, oyster shuckers and greeters. Please come by Monday - Friday between 2pm 4pm to complete an application.

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SUCCESSION OF JEFFERSON L. SULZER

Whereas, the Administrator of the above captioned Succession has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the following immovable property, to-wit: An undivided one-half (1/2) interest in and to: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Cannes-Brulees Subdivision and according to a plan of subdivision by Roessle & Cartier, Inc., C.E. dated June 20, 1975, revised August 6, 1975, approved by Ordinance No. 1750, adopted by the City of Kenner Council on August 11, 1975, in COB 842, folio 234 and in Plan Book 89, folio 3A, has the following designation and measurements: LOT NUMBER 21 in SQUARE NUMBER 2, which square is bounded by Canard Road, North Bayou Road, Irish Bend Road and South Bayou Road. Lot Number 21 measures 60 feet front on Irish Bend Road, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 115 feet between equal and parallel lines. And according to survey made by J, J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E., dated October 27, 1976, resurveyed September 22, 1977, a copy of which is annexed to and made part of another Act passed before me, Notary, dated this day, for reference.

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number : 3233 Irish Bend Road.

Being the same property acquired by Christine Sulzer Evans and Jefferson L. Sulzer from Geoffrey B. Katz in act dated 3-14-08 and recorded in COB 3227-127.

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Upon the following terms and conditions, towit: $112,500 (the purchase price for the entire property being $225,000), pursuant to the following terms and conditions: cash.

FOR SALE SMALL SPACE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the Decedent herein, and of this Succession, to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application, and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

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Providing gift baskets, crates, etc. to the hotel industry and conventions. Current owner will assist and train. Only serious purchasers need apply. Contact Dominick Savona at 504-715-7128

LEGAL NOTICES Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Okley G. Fazande, Jr. contact Atty Rudy W. Gorrell@ 504-553-9588

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

Gambit: 06/28/16 & 07/19/16 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mickey P. Carmouche a/k/a Mickey Carmouche, please call Atty. Marion D. Floyd, 504-467-3010.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ollie Foxworth Hunter, also known as Ollie Foxworth Brown Quinn Boyd Hunter, whose last known residence was 623-625 Second St., New Orleans, LA 70130, please contact attorney John Mason at (504) 723-4997.

NOTICE OF AUTHORIZATION OF DISSOLUTION OF GREEN STREET DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C. NOTICE is herby given pursuant to La. R.S. 12:1336 that GREEN STREET DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, is to be liquidated out of court. The name and post office address of the liquidator is Louis J. Dutrey, II, 7932 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118.

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Call: 504-439-0684

MISSISSIPPI PORT GIBSON, MS 39150 509 Church St. ~ McDougall House 1820’s Historic, Renovated Greek Revival Raised Cottage 5 beds/3 baths, pool. $185,000 1201 Church St. ~ Anderson House 3 beds/3.5 baths, Studio apt + bldg w/4 beds/4 baths. Recently used as a B&B. $245,000 1207 Church St. ~ On National Register Re-creation of Antebellum Mansion 6 beds/4baths + 2 bed Carriage House. $395,000 Call Realtor Brenda Roberts Ledger-Purvis Real Estate 601-529-6710

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BY ORDER OF THE COURT: Deputy Clerk Attorney: Elsbet C. Smith Address: 200 N. Cate Street Hammond, LA 70401 Telephone: 985-542-8500

OLD METAIRIE 1&2 BDRM. APTS SPARKLING POOL & BIKE PATH

208 MAIN ST

over 6 thousand sq. ft., hot location downtown Natchez, Ms. Restaurant, bar, condo, parking lot for sale. Total renovation in 2014 from the roof down. business grossing 1.2 million. perfect for chef owner operator team. building, condo, business and parking lot included!!!!!

For Sale by Owner, $1,200,000 cottonalleycafe.com guybass@bellsouth.net

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT HARAHAN/RIVER RIDGE QUIET DUPLEX - RIVER RIDGE

Freshly updated 2BR / 2Bth. Alarm, full kitchen, W/D, ceiling fans. Plenty of closets. Large yard with deck & covered parking. $900 225-572-7459

DORIAN M. BENNETT • 504-920-7541 propertymanagement@dbsir.com

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS 2115 Josephine - 2bd/1ba ....................... $1100 1926 Burgundy - 1bd/1ba ....................... $1450 1133 Kerlerec #1 - 1bd/1ba ....................... $1100 *4608 Painters St. - 1bd/1ba .................... $700 *2000 St. Philip - 2bd/1ba ....................... $2000 *1629 Coliseum - 3bd/2ba ....................... $4000 *823 Burgundy - 2bd/2ba ....................... $4750 * FURNISHED • UTILITIES INCLUDED

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2340 Dauphine Street • New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 944-3605

French Quarter Realty 713 Royal MON-SAT 10-5pm Sun-1-5 • 949-5400 Full Service Office with Agents on Duty!

FOR RENT 4201 Canal #A 2/2 Reno’d, new apps, walk in closets, fireplace. Owner/agent ....................................... $2200 425 Burgundy #6 2/1.5 Furnished, reno’d, balcony and courtyard ............................................................ $2200 539 Toulouse #A - Stu All utilities included, fully furnished. Updated ............................................. $1350 1233 Marais #15 - 1/1 3blks fr FQs/s apps, ceil fans, w/d hk ups, keyless gate ............................................. $975 1035 Chartres #A 2/1 reno’d, 2nd flr unit, wd flrs, nat lite, full kit. Prime location ............................... $1500 2110 Burgundy Unit A 3/2.5 newly reno’d, move in ready, new apps, could be an office .................. $2800 2110 Burgundy Unit B 3/2 new apps, ctrl ac, floor to ceiling windows, hdwd flrs ................................. $3000 514 Dumaine 1/1 Great balcony over Dumaine close to the river ............................................................... $1450 937 Gov Nicholls 1/1.5 open concept lv/kit, updated bath, courtyard....................................................$2100 3100 Grand Rte St John 1/1 great location, wood flrs, hi ceils.......................................................................$975

FOR SALE 919 St. Philip #8 1/1 balc, ctyd, spacious, full kit, w/d on site, can be purch furnished...................$295,000 1201 Canal #259 2/2 great view, updt’d kit, open flr pln great amenities ...................................... $369,000 920 St Louis #4 - Studio condo, hi ceils, nat lite, wd flrs, s/s apps, granite, ctyd, pool .................. $275,000 280 Pi Street - Vacant Land Waterfront lot. Min. building rqm’t 2k sq. ft. 100 x 490. Lot extends into Intracoastal Wtwy. Dock can be built. .........$159,000 2223 Franklin Lrg lot for sale. Home is certainly able to be reno’d, but if not there is value in the salvaging of historic and valuable components of the home if interested in a tear down. ............... $85,000 611 Dauphine #E 1/1 reno’d kit, nat lite, ctrl A/H, new roof, furnishings negotiable ........................ $349,500

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