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“Jesus Christ Superstar”

Next stop: New Orleans Comedian Erik Bergstrom performs at The Maison BY WILL COVIELLO THE PANDEMIC HAS DRIVEN STANDUP COMEDIANS to alternative venues

and mediums to fingd audiences. For New York comic Erik Bergstrom, that’s included shows in parks, on rooftops, street performances with circus artists and Zoom shows. “I love doing stand-up — I feel off if I don’t do it for a while,” he says. “The Zoom shows felt like the Methadone of comedy — not as good as the real stuff.” Bergstrom was one of the comics enlisted by the comedy club Stand Up NY for subway shows. A team of five comics would lead ticket buyers into the subway and board a 1, 2 or 3 train on the Upper West Side. They’d put up a portable mic and half the comics would do their eight-to-10-minute set on the way downtown, before they hopped off at the last stop in lower Manhattan to switch tracks and head back uptown. “It was fun,” Bergstrom says. “It’s mostly audiences that were there to see it, but sometimes there would be panhandlers who would ask for change, and some tourists who were very confused.” As pandemic restrictions have relaxed, Bergstrom is back to performing most nights at comedy clubs in New York. He’s also on his first short tour since the shutdowns began. His fivecity tour of Texas and the Gulf Coast stops at The Maison on Frenchmen Street on Thursday, July 15. New Orleans is familiar territory for Bergstrom. In 2016, he filmed his half-hour special for Comedy Central at the Civic Theatre. He recorded the show three months after completing a six-month course of chemotherapy to treat Stage IV Hodgkin’s lymphoma. And he had no problems joking about cancer. Losing his hair and eyebrows during chemo made him look like “Lex Luthor working at Hot Topic,” he joked in the show. He said cancer would be better if you could pick who gets it next. He listed things that were “slightly terrible” but named after something that sounded good, like the Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. And AIDS.

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Though he’s originally from Minneapolis, Bergstrom has an often-cryptic sense of humor that fits in well in his longtime home of New York. On an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” he joked, “If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. Except for in the woods. You’ll probably die in the woods.” Though Bergstrom had a few odd jobs while adjusting to New York — including a gig as a tuxedoed cookie-delivery person — he’s also maintained a career as a cartoonist and illustrator. For the past 10 years, he’s published cartoons in The New Yorker. For five years, he supported himself selling art and illustrations. When Bergstrom originally moved to New York, his plan was to pursue art and illustrations. Though he always was interested in stand-up comedy, he hadn’t gotten onstage until he moved to the city. But he had long been interested in cartoons. “When I was 12, I found a box of 1960s Playboys — and of course the women were beautiful — but also the cartoons blew my mind,” Bergstrom says. “I got into New Yorker cartoons after Playboy. I just really liked cartoons in magazines. Like Charles Addams and the Addams Family.” In New York, Bergstrom did some book illustrations and then published

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his own book, “Grimmer Tales: A Wicked Collection of Happily Never After Stories.” It featured dark and offbeat cartoons, sometimes reflecting alternatives to more familiar children’s tales. While on a date, Pinocchio lies a nd his fast-growing nose stabs the woman. In another comic, a trio of rats redeploy a mousetrap to catch a gingerbread man, who they devour in the final picture. His book helped open the door at The New Yorker. “When I started, it was humor for older women on the Upper West Side,” he says. “It was all about banks and cats. I was the youngest person there. It was a bunch of 80-yearold guys.” Bergstrom continues to send cartoons to the magazine every week, and he’s developing a pitch for an animated TV series. But his main focus is stand-up. He released an album, “Serious Goose,” which continues to get play on SiriusXM. He’s also thinking about recording another album, and his set in New Orleans includes new material for the project. To see Erik Bergstrom’s cartoons, visit erikbergstrom.com.

SUMMER LYRIC THEATRE AT TULANE CONCLUDES ITS SEASON with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s popular rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar.” It’s the first large-scale, indoor theater production in New Orleans since the pandemic shutdowns began, and it features a 35-member cast singing tunes including “Superstar,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Gethsemene.” The show runs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 15, through Saturday, July 17, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 18, and July 22-25, at Tulane’s Dixon Hall. Find tickets at liberalarts. tulane.edu/summer-lyric-theatre.

‘The Wheel of Heaven’ JOE BODON IS THE LOCAL KING OF CROWDFUNDED, low-budget sci-fi and horror mashups, such as “Sister Tempest.” He presents his short film “The Blood of the Dinosaurs” at a fundraiser for his next work, “The Wheel of Heaven,” which is inspired by “The Twilight Zone,” “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” and 1960s sci-fi flicks. The 1960s-themed event includes live music, characters from the movie, a Q&A with Badon, a cash bar, a food truck and more. 1960s dance attire is encouraged. At 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, at The Pearl Lounge in Bywater. Tickets $10 on Eventbrite.

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allots are now open for the 2021 Best of New Orleans Readers’ Poll! Readers can vote for their favorite people, places and things in the New Orleans area. Our Best of New Orleans issue honors readers’ choices and helps to support local businesses. Gambit has a strict policy against Pay to Play editorial decision making — that means advertisers can’t buy their way into the poll, no matter how delicious their vegetarian burger might be. The winners are picked by you, our readers, just like God and Edward R Murrow intended!

THIS YE AR WE HAVE A FEW NEW C ATEGORIES INCLUDING:

Best new podcast:

This category is a completely new one created so you, our informed and knowledgeable reader, can give us something new to listen to. Who out there has created a niche Louisiana podcast? What are you streaming on your long walks along the river? Nominate the best of the best of local podcasts today.

Best twenty-four-hour bar:

There are only a few places in America where you can grab a 4:00 am drink— and we are lucky to call one of those places home. It’s time to tell us your favorite spot to watch the sunrise with a drink in hand. The Alibi (811 Iberville St.) is the spot for service industry meet- ups, The Club / Ms. Mae’s (4336 Magazine St.) recently got a makeover, and The Phoenix Bar (941 Elysian Fields Ave) is a LGBTQ+ friendly, leather-themed bar in the Faubourg Marigny. Where’s your go to all night bar?

Best new bar:

A few new spots opened around town in the past year — including The Business Bar on Freret Street (4525 Freret St.), the very stylish Peacock Room in the Warehouse District (501 Tchoupitoulas St.) and a cocktail lounge with a French Quarter courtyard Peychaud’s (727 Toulouse St.). But there’s plenty more of new spots in town, and we want to hear from you where the best new joint is.

Best Caribbean restaurant:

Caribbean eateries are a growing trend on the New Orleans dining scene, with restaurants like 14 Parishes Jamaican Restaurant (234 Loyola Ave.; 8227 Oak St.), Coco Hut Caribbean (2515 Bayou Rd.), Boswell’s Jamaican Grill (3521 Tulane Ave.), Queen Trini Lisa (3000 Dryades St.), Rum House (3128 Magazine St.) or Fritai Haitian Street Food (1535 Basin St.) opening in recent years. Let us know who’s this year’s champ of Caribbean food in the Crescent City!

2020 BUCKET LIST Check out some of our 2020 winners before the 2021 results come out. For the full list visit bestofneworleans.com/2020 BEST PIZZA Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza (4024 Canal St., 4218 Magazine St., 2125 Veterans Blvd., 1212 S Clearview Pkwy.)

BEST BURGER Company Burger (4600 Freret St.)

BEST PLACE FOR DESSERTS Angelo Brocato (214 N Carrollton Ave.)

BEST BAR FOR COCKTAILS Cure (4905 Freret St.)

BEST BARBEQUE RESTAURANT Blue Oak BBQ (900 Carrollton Ave.)

BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT La Crepe Nanou (1410 Robert St.)

BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT Saffron NOLA (4128 Magazine St.)

BEST MEXICAN RESTAURANT El Gato Negro (300 Harrison Ave., 81 French Market Pl., 301-303 Huey P Long Ave.)

BEST VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT: Nine Roses (1100 Stephens St.)

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The number of Mississippi beaches recently identified as having potentially “unsafe” levels of fecal bacteria on at least half of the days tested, according to a national study by the Environment America Research and Policy Center.

a $5.15 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration to help the organization build infrastructure around its move toward an electric bus fleet. RTA has a goal to have 75% of its fleet powered by low- or zero-emission vehicles by 2030. The grant, RTA says, will be used to buy at least three new electric buses and install battery-charging infrastructure in its facilities as well as diagnostic and maintenance equipment.

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Congrats Zaila Avant-garde!

ZAILA FOR PRESIDENT! Brandan “BMike” Odums

designed the cover for actor — and fireworks enthusiast — Will Smith’s upcoming memoir. Smith recently featured Odums in a video of the New Orleans artist creating the layered, colorful cover on a 12-foot wall in Miami. Smith’s book, “Will,” co-written with Mark Manson, will be released Nov. 9. More details on the book and the video of Odums painting can be found at willthebook.com.

Gov. John Bel Edwards last

week signed into law a bill that would allow industrial facilities to participate in a voluntary environmental self-audit program. Under the program, which will be created by the Department of Environmental Quality, industries can self-report pollution releases that wouldn’t normally rise to a mandatory reporting level and be allowed to keep those records out of public view for up to two years. Environmentalists say this will further obfuscate how much pollution is happening in the state.

IT’S OFFICIAL: ZAILA AVANT-GARDE IS THE GREATEST SPELLER OF ALL TIME , and we’re forming a petition to rename the dictionary after her.

The 14-year-old from Harvey won the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night with not only a flawless performance but also outstanding comedic timing. The bee started with 209 contestants, 11 of which made it to Thursday’s finals, but ultimately there could only be one winner — and it had to be Avant-garde, of course. She’s coming back to Louisiana $50,000 richer and with the Scripps Cup after making history as both the first Black American and the first Louisiana resident to win the bee, which was held just outside of Orlando this year. In an interview with Gambit before the finals, Avant-garde said winning the bee was something she imagined in her “wildest dreams.” Avant-garde sailed through the night’s words, spelling like it was her day job. She started off on a roll correctly spelling “rolamite” and continued her streak all the way up until her winning word “murraya,” which she jokingly asked the judge if it had roots relating to a certain American comedian. Avant-garde knew many of the night’s words from her studying, and was guessing at the roots before even hearing the definition or country of origin. When told that “duchesse” meant a small cream puff with filling, Avant-garde replied, “I think that’s pretty fitting of a duchess.” Only one word seemed to give her some pause: nepeta. “What do I do with this word?” she asked aloud. But when she got it right, that only made the victory that much sweeter as she jumped for joy — something she also excels at as a star basketball player. Runner-up Chaitra Thummala was a familiar face to Avant-garde. They share a tutor and have studied together virtually in the past, but ultimately the misspelling of an essential oil was Thummala’s downfall. Avant-garde says she sees spelling as a “this little side project” to her main love of basketball, which she’s been playing ever since she was 5 years old. “My parents were panicking because I had too much energy,”

The organization did not measure fecal matter in various flooded New Orleans potholes so it appears that the best bet for now (maybe) is to head to Alabama, where the waters are officially not too shitty to swim in. But the threat of poopy beaches is worsening as climate change causes more fecal filled water to be flushed into drainage systems and waterways.

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Major League Quidditch Is Back, Muggles ATTENTION ALL SEEKERS and Harry

Potter fans: Your chance to snag the golden snitch is here. After nearly a two-year hiatus, Major League Quidditch — that’s the MLQ for all muggles not in the know — is back in New Orleans! After canceling the 2020 season due to COVID-19, the MLQ

published a COVID Code of Conduct for its 2021 season which outlines that no team can compete unless all of its athletes are fully vaccinated. The league began play two weeks ago, while the New Orleans Curse will begin their season this weekend. “I think I speak for everyone when I say this season is the most eagerly anticipated yet,” said Jack McGovern, a spokesperson for MLQ. “Our players, coaches, and fans have been waiting so long for quidditch to resume, and on top of that, the league is expected to be very evenly matched this year. People from across the country will be watching closely to see how the games unfold.” After their winless 2019 outing, the New Orleans Curse is kicking off this season with a three-game series starting Saturday, July 10, at Lafreniere Park against the San Antonio Soldados. Quidditch is a co-ed sport adapted from J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter book series. In the books, players fly around on broomsticks at preposterous speeds whilst playing the game, which is a mashup of basketball, rugby, dodgeball and possibly Dungeons & Dragons. There’s no flying in MLQ, though players do give themselves wedgies with broom handles. They also chase a “golden snitch” around, though they are not required to give them stitches. Over the last several years Rowling has come under increasing fire for her anti-transgender public statements. MLQ, however, has gone in the opposite direction, taking a number of steps to be more inclusive, particularly for trans and gender-nonconforming players and coaches, and has sought to address discrimination and bias within in the league. In August the league will hold a “Take Back The Pitch” tournament, which its website describes as a “showcase that challenges the current understanding of gender in quidditch and opens opportunities for gender diverse athletes to play quidditch out from under the scrutiny of misogyny, transmisogyny and misdirected misogyny.” In a press release announcing the resumption of play, MLQ touted itself as the top-ranked quidditch organization in North America. The league includes 15 teams from the US and Canada divided by geographical region. Teams are competing for a chance to take home the Benepe Cup, the league trophy named after real-life quidditch founder Alex Benepe. — DOMONIQUE TOLLIVER

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Avant-garde says. “They threw a ball at me, and said, ‘Do something,’ basically to get my energy out.” Avant-garde is a Guinness World Record holder for her basketball prowess. She got her first record in 2019 for the most bounce juggles with three basketballs in one minute at 231. It’s since been beaten but she’s not worried about it — because she has three more. She now holds records for the most bounce juggles in one minute with four basketballs and most basketball bounces in 30 seconds with four basketballs. In January, she also tied the record for most basketballs dribbled simultaneously by one person at 6 basketballs. If that wasn’t enough to earn her bragging rights, Avantgarde’s skills on the court have also given her the opportunity to both perform with the Harlem Globetrotters and meet Golden State Warriors player Stephen Curry for a 2018 Under Armour commercial. She says she was more nervous meeting Curry than she was performing in front of the Smoothie King Center crowd with the Globetrotters. When she’s not winning spelling bees or setting world records, Avant-garde enjoys doing math with her grandfather and reading. Her father keeps a running list — well, at this point, it’s a running series of notebooks — of every chapter book she’s read starting with “Where the Red Fern Grows.” It’s grown to include her favorite titles like “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “Dead Man Walking” by Sister Helen Prejean, about the time Prejean spent with a man on death row at Louisiana State Prison. In the future, Avant-garde dreams of being an NBA coach, or working with NASA, or perhaps pursuing something with neuroscience, a topic she learned about while listening to the NPR podcast “Invisibilia.” At this point, she’s keeping her options open. We can’t wait to welcome our hometown hero back to Louisiana, but hopefully not before she stops by Disney World and meets Mickey Mouse. — KAYLEE POCHE

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COMMENTARY

IT APPEARS ALL BUT CERTAIN Republican

state lawmakers will force a five-day veto override session later this month to consider overriding any or all of the 28 bills that Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed. If the session happens, as expected, it would begin July 20 — and it would mark the first time Louisiana lawmakers ever convened expressly to override a governor’s veto. There’s no good justification for a veto session, not that the governor’s Republican foes have even attempted to give one. Instead, they P H OTO B Y M E L I N DA D E S L AT T E / T H E A P have made it clear Gov. John Bel Edwards that this is all about political gamesmancarry a concealed firearm is not ship — and stoking the red-meat difficult in Louisiana. More importissues that so much of their base ant, the chances of anyone finding eagerly embraces. themselves in need of a concealed Much of the “will they, won’t they” weapon are slim to none — and discussion about a potential veto innocent bystanders are just as likely session has revolved around two as criminals to get shot. bills: a measure ending the need to As happens whenever politicians have a state permit to carry a congather to hastily pass ill-conceived cealed firearm, and a bill banning laws, there will be unintended consetransgender students from playing quences in the wake of this veto seson teams that match their gender sion. While the two bills described identity in interscholastic athletics. above have drawn the most attenThe anti-trans bill is little more tion, 26 other bills that Edwards than an effort to codify discrimivetoed will also come back into play nation in state law. The fact that it if the session happens. The 1974 had significant bipartisan support Constitution states, “The legislature is a moral indictment of both shall meet in veto session in the state political parties and a shame that capital at noon on the fortieth day lawmakers who supported the following final adjournment of the measure will forever carry with most recent session, to consider all them. Overriding Edwards’ veto bills vetoed by the governor.” would be an emphatic statement in From anti-vaxxer propaganda support of hatred. laws to tax carve-outs for special Likewise, the permitless coninterests and institutions, virtually ceal-carry bill is a dangerous broevery one of those 26 other bills also mide for a minority of Louisianans deserved a veto. And now the fever who seem to revel in the notion of brains behind measures like HB 349 a Wild West approach to public — anti-science legislation banning safety. The fact that many Louisiana “vaccine passports” — may have sheriffs and police chiefs oppose another shot at forcing their bad the new law apparently is lost on bills through. the law-and-order crowd — as is a It is an unfortunate reality that recent poll of Louisiana voters that shows 80% support keeping the we are all safer when lawmakers existing conceal carry law as it is. aren’t in Baton Rouge. We hope That law requires both training and enough of them will come to their a permit. For those who qualify, senses before it’s too late and getting and keeping a permit to keep it that way.

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for mayor, City Council and a handful of parochial offices, the hottest races on the Oct. 9 ballot will be those for council seats. Barring a last-minute surprise, Mayor LaToya Cantrell should coast to re-election. The same cannot be said for some council members. Let’s start with the easy ones: At-Large Councilmember Helena Moreno and District A Councilmember Joe Giarrusso will likely be re-elected. On the eve of qualifying, neither had drawn announced opponents with significant financial or grassroots backing. The other at-large race features three well-known candidates leading what could become a crowded field — District D Councilmember Jared Brossett, who is term limited; District C Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer, who’s not term limited but wants to move up to the at-large post; and former state Sen. JP Morrell, who has had his eye on this seat since term limits forced him out of the Senate two years ago. In the other district council races, two incumbents will face stiff competition for re-election and two seats will have no incumbents running. District B, which includes Central City, Gert Town, the Garden District, a piece of Mid-City, and the Warehouse District, could be the most interesting council race. This district is the home turf of BOLD, the Black political organization that incudes council incumbent Jay Banks and state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson. Banks won a squeaker four years ago, when the district was almost evenly split between Black and white voters. Today, it’s more than 47% white, less than 43% Black, and the rest “other.” Several candidates, some of them likely to be well funded, are lining up to run against Banks. They include real estate broker Roz Thibodeaux, former Loyola University executive chief of staff Lesli Harris, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services attorney Rella Zapletal, and former First City Court Clerk Timothy David Ray, who ran third for this seat four years ago. Banks, Harris and Ray are Black; Thibodeaux and Zapletal are white.

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District C, which includes Algiers, the French Quarter, Treme, Bywater and the Marigny, will also see a hotly contested race and probably a large field. Among those said to be running are attorneys Stephanie Bridges and Freddie King III, Treme businessman Alonzo Knox, French Quarter LGBTQ activist Frank Perez, cosmetologist Vincent Milligan, and City Hall staffer Stephen Mosgrove. District D includes Gentilly, Pontchartrain Park, the Lakefront, and parts of Mid-City, New Orleans East and the Upper Nine. Those looking to run include neighborhood association president Morgan Clevenger, former city economic development director Eugene Green, community leaders Troy Glover and Kevin Griffin, businessman Mark Lawes, House of Tulip executive director Mariah Moore (who hopes to be New Orleans’ first transgender person on City Council), former Neighborhood Partnership Network director Timolynn Sams, and businessman Bob Murray. District E, which includes most of New Orleans East and all of the Lower Nine, will see incumbent Cyndi Nguyen face several potent challengers. They include former state Rep. John Bagneris, Civil Court judicial chief of staff Michon Copelin, former council member and popular WBOK radio host Oliver Thomas, and Lower Nine community leader Vanessa Gueringer. Qualifying opens Wednesday, July 14, and closes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 16. There’s often a last-minute flurry of qualifiers, followed by months of interesting political theater.

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The former City Hall annex at 2400 Canal St. was built in 1952 as the headquarters of Pan-American Life Insurance Co. Designed by the internationally known firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the six-story, $3.5 million building was often mentioned as a classic example of Modern, postWorld War II architecture. Pan-American Life moved out in 1981 for a new $50 million tower that it built at Poydras and St. Charles. The city, looking for space to house offices crowded out of City Hall, acquired the Canal Street building in a land swap touted by then-Mayor Dutch Morial. The building was in poor condition, however. In fact, in 1990, thenNew Orleans Chief Administrative Officer Leonard Simmons said the building was in “atrocious condition” and needed massive renovations to bring it up to code. The money for repairs was hard to come by, so some 200 city workers remained there for another decade. In 1999, the city relocated the dozen city departments that had been working there. That included the Sanitation, Recreation, Housing

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and Neighborhood Development departments as well as several other agencies. Many readers will also remember the annex as the place where you would go to contest a parking ticket. When it closed, several departments moved to a new City Hall annex in the former Amoco Building at 1340 Poydras St. In 2006, the Canal Street building was sold to developers, whose plans for the building never materialized. In 2010, the state expropriated the property for inclusion in a new veterans hospital built by the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs. Officially known as the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, the medical facility opened in 2016.

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was introduced as the host of “Jax and Jill,” a radio show on WSMB-AM which offered a “woman’s view of sports.” It was sponsored by Jax Beer (the Jackson Brewing Company), which gave Schwartz her stage name: Jill Jackson. Jackson graduated from Sophie B. Wright High School and Tulane’s Newcomb College and wrote for the New Orleans Item. Because she had some acting experience and played golf and tennis, she was asked by WWL-AM to cover a women’s golf tournament. That led to an offer from WSMB to host a daily five-minute radio sportscast, which premiered in July 1941. Jackson is considered by many to be the country’s first female sports broadcaster. “She indulges her bubbling extrovertness by being America’s only female sports commentator,” wrote South Magazine in its October 1947 issue. She later wrote of the challenges of being a woman in that role, including sitting outside in the rain at football games since women weren’t allowed in the press box. From WSMB, Jackson moved to WWL Radio, where she hosted a wide variety of programs and did celebrity interviews. She continued that on WWL-TV when it signed on in 1957. In 1960, she moved to Hollywood to write a syndicated entertainment and gossip column, “Jill Jackson’s Hollywood,” which ran in more than 1,700 newspapers at its peak, including The Times-Picayune. She also wrote a column for Rider’s Digest, which appeared weekly on New Orleans buses and streetcars. Jackson continued writing her syndicated column until shortly before her death in 2010 at age 97.

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helped her and her family grow their New Orleans business, Crazy Plant Bae. While Thomas is originally from the Bay Area in California, she spent a lot of time in New Orleans visiting her grandmother. Thomas graduated from LSU in agricultural economics and international trade and has lived in Louisiana for 15 years. As a second-generation gardener, she started helping newbies develop their edible gardens 10 years ago, and in the last two years, Thomas has focused on house plants. While Thomas and her mother are running the storefront in New Orleans, her sisters in California and Maryland also sell plants that ship nationwide.

Who inspired you to get into planting? TERESA THOMAS: My mom inspired me. She had a plant store in San Francisco in the ’80s and has always been into plants. I’ve always had gorgeous house plants and gardens around me growing up. I feel like we’ve grown away from planting in our society. Now, we don’t experience the health benefits of growing our food as well as the mental health benefits while taking care of plants.

How did you start Crazy Plant Bae? THOMAS: My family and I started to fool around with the idea for our business in the middle of 2019. I started building the website in the first months of 2020, so when the pandemic hit, we already had the framework for an online store in place. We planned for this to be a smaller-scale business, more like a hobby, mainly run by my sister in Baltimore as an order and delivery service. When people weren’t able to leave home, they started ordering everything including plants and it made sense for us to expand. We did a pop-up in New Orleans in June 2020 to check out the market. People were excited to get out of the house and talk about plants that they hadn’t seen before. Customers were excited to get a personalized plant experience. My family and I own a historic event venue in Treme and it was heartbreaking for the venue to sit empty for so long. We decided to make use of the space and move our online plant store into the venue

so people can come in and look around. Some people just come into the store and look around. Usually, they either have too many plants and they’ve cut themselves off or they’re thinking of becoming a plant parent and want guidance about where to start.

What do you want your business to bring to the community? THOMAS: I have always had a passion for reconnecting people to nature. Growing your food will help people, especially children, try new foods and get more variety in their diets from foods that may not be available in the store. Also, the taste of homegrown food is different from items in the store. For houseplants, I hope to provide that continued sense of hope for the community. For me, a motivator is knowing tomorrow is a new day to try things differently. If I underwater my plants, I can try to do better tomorrow. If I overwater them today, I can fix it tomorrow. Houseplants allow you to focus on second chances. You can almost kill a plant, but if you get things right it’ll come back.

Do you think gardening can help ease pandemic stress? THOMAS: Absolutely. I think during the pandemic this was the first time any of us were actually at home. We’ve always used home as a path through. Just a destination to keep some clothes and get a good night’s sleep and the next day you’re out again to work or school. The pandemic was the first time we got to enjoy our home so people found that in plants and greenery. Plants are air purifiers and they also give you hope. You’re always going to be looking for a new leaf tomorrow or a new flower to show. In my opinion, they give you a sense of control in a time where everything is so out of control. Last year, I felt like I wasn’t in charge of anything. I was told if I needed a mask or not and what stores I could go into and when I could be out. With plants, we can make some impactful decisions about something. For those of us who quarantine alone, having plants in the house gave me something else living in my space.

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How have your events been affected by the pandemic? THOMAS: We had a lot of our plant events planned out from the start, but when we opened in November of 2020 a lot of people were still hesitant about it. We decided to hold off and start them in May once we got to a certain number of people who were vaccinated in the city. Our saying for the summer is “good times with great people” and we missed out on so much of that last year. These different plant events are ways to connect and take nervousness away from buying your first plant.

What advice would you give to someone who’s hesitant about starting to get into house plants or edible gardens? THOMAS: We learn through trial and error with plants. If anyone says

they’ve never killed a plant, they’ve never had a plant. You have to get out there and try to see what works and what doesn’t. I think there’s a plant for everyone. There are some plants I just can’t grow and I have to know the limits of my energy. I choose to spend energy on a plant that I grow well. You have to find out what plants match you and go with that.

Anything else? THOMAS: We’re going to continue to do our classes every other week and we also do private events. We’ve been partnering with summer camps this year to start the kids young. We’re also doing terrarium classes for kids and planted a garden at a school. We also are a partner in the vegan food festival coming up. A portion of their proceeds goes back into funding community gardens. We do re-pots in the store and home consultations. We want Crazy Plant Bae to be a resource for the community. — DOMONIQUE TOLLIVER

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IT WAS 117 DEGREES in the normally temperate Pacific Northwest late last month. A few days later, an entire town in British Columbia was nearly wiped off the map when it was hit by an eerie phenomenon known as “fire clouds” and wildfires. Not to be outdone, the Gulf of Mexico then caught on fire when a pipeline ruptured. We’re well past the point of recognizing that climate change is not only real, but having an impact on our daily lives. Even the most well-greased petrochemical lobbyists understand this, even if it’s only when they fall asleep on beds made of money. Save for the cluster of billionaires who have the comfort of knowing they can launch themselves into outer space, the rest of us are feeling the effects in our wallets and in our homes. “People are already paying for climate change,” says Logan At-

kinson Burke, executive director of the Alliance for Affordable Energy, a consumer advocate nonprofit for utility customers. In 2020, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported the United States experienced a record-high 22 weather- and climate-related catastrophes, each one costing at least $1 billion — ranging from West Coast wildfires to deadly winter storms in Texas and a slew of hurricanes that pummeled the South. The everyday costs of climate change are harder to quantify — how much do your power bills go up because of more usage, versus the cost of supply to the company, or just simple corporate greed? But there is no doubt we all are feeling them, especially when it comes to housing where everything from heating bills to insurance to rent is constantly on the rise. And for people facing housing challenges, those costs can be deadly. For example, residents in poorer neighborhoods deal with higher temperatures from “heat islands.” “Being exposed to prolonged high temperatures can make people not just uncomfortable but it can have a negative effect

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on everything from their ability to breathe to their cognitive abilities,” says Cashauna Hill, executive director of the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center. “So higher temperatures have a variety of health consequences for individuals — and that means consequences for the public as a whole.”

this puts all of us on edge, it is especially dangerous for some of the city’s most vulnerable, low-income residents. After winter storms that devastated Texas and parts of Louisiana drove up demand for more power in February, Burke points out Entergy Louisiana, the corporation

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has long been on the forefront of climate change, with its shrinking coastline and constant storms — and its politicians’ hospitable embrace of petrochemical companies that exacerbate its problems. It’s a time-honored summertime tradition that has ramped up recently: Year after year, New Orleanians brace themselves for extreme weather events, like hurricanes, flooding and soaring temperatures that send us inside to spoon with our overworked air conditioning units bracing for high power bills. In June alone, NOLA Ready, the city’s office of emergency preparedness and response, issued six warnings of potential floods in low-lying areas and one “excessive heat” warning, plus another for a tropical storm. And while

that supplies much of the state with power, increased its rates for several months by up to 10%. That’s not as bad as Texas, where the lack of regulations had customers paying utility bills in the thousands of dollars, but it’s nonetheless an added strain on people who were already struggling from the past

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mid-afternoon floods from a quick downpour. But they can also be more furtive and harder to monitor — like poor air quality from pollution and rising carbon emissions, or extreme temperatures that can lead to sicknesses and death. This past spring, Keenan joined a panel of stakeholders and business leaders and found himself in the midst of an existential discussion about the future of the real estate industry.

“There are people making decisions on whether to pay their A/C bills vs. [buying] food … New Orleans is extremely poor, and there’s not a lot of new housing production.” – JESSE KEENAN, climate change scholar and professor at Tulane University School of Architecture

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year of COVID-19 shutdowns and related financial woes. Extreme weather events compound housing insecurity, which in New Orleans has been a particular challenge for those who have lower incomes and who tend to live in lower-lying areas more prone to flooding. New Orleans’ poverty rate, according to a Data Center report from last year, is 23.8% — much higher than the national rate of 10.5% as determined by the U.S. Census. Plus, roughly half of New Orleans residents live in rental units, and many renters are considered costburdened, meaning they spend at least 30% of their income on housing. Tenants have very few rights when it comes to spurious eviction notices. “We desperately need more housing across the country,” says Dr. Kristy Dahl, a San Francisco-based senior climate scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists. “We don’t necessarily think of climate change and housing availability being connected, but in many cases, they are because the climate factors into decisions about

where people will live, and the housing affordability determines where people are able to afford to live.” Another leading climate change expert, architecture associate professor Jesse Keenan at Tulane University, points out the tradeoffs can also be dire when people are thinking about what they can and can’t afford. “There are people making decisions on whether to pay their A/C bills vs. [buying] food,” he says. “That’s a real thing. “New Orleans is extremely poor, and there’s not a lot of new housing production,” Keenan says bluntly. “There are a lot of people who live in very poor-quality houses, which has public health implications, like moisture in the walls and mold can lead to asthma. There’s other dimensions, too.”

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eted. In some cases, they are physically evident and destructive to property, like hurricanes or even

A moderator posed the question to the group: “How many of you think New Orleans will be around in 50 years?” and roughly half the room raised their hands. “Then he asked, ‘What about 75?’ and not a single person raised their hand,” Keenan recalls. Psychologically, it’s hard to comprehend, and it’s expensive to make long-term investments into infrastructure that can help cities withstand the onslaught of extreme weather. Dahl, the scientist in California, points out this is a nationwide issue and says cities absolutely need to consider affordable housing when it comes to climate change resilience plans. “People will likely be moving at increasing rates, so thinking about where they can head and how we can help them land on their feet will be an important component of being climate-resilient in the future,” she says. Hill, who heads the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, echoes that sentiment, and points out there are also racial disparities. In the largely tourism driven economy of New Orleans, where many workers struggle to earn a decent living wage — particularly in communities of color — there are additional burdens from skyrocketing rent and demand for housing outstripping the supply. Plus, the federal eviction moratorium, put in place because of COVID-19 shutdowns, is expected to end July 31, creating even more insecurity.

“What we know is that disaster and the risk from disaster is absolutely fueling Black displacement in the city of New Orleans,” Hill says. “What we need is for our politicians to be brave enough to call for significantly more dense, affordable housing built in highground neighborhoods. The high-ground neighborhoods are — across the board — majority white, affluent neighborhoods.” Many of the housing issues that have kept these communities in more dangerous neighborhoods susceptible to climate change are deeply rooted in redlining — a practice that began in the 1930s when lower-income families were denied credit based on their race. Redlining built the city’s modern-day housing market, and the areas defined by its lines still suffer from its invention. “Neighborhoods that were redlined continue to experience outcomes that are generally worse than the outcomes in neighborhoods that weren’t redlined,” Hill says. Before Hurricane Katrina, however, there were several communities along the Mississippi River that were majority Black neighborhoods. But the most recent Census confirms that the demographics have drastically shifted. In her ongoing push to create more affordable housing opportunities and end housing discrimination, Hill says she’s encountered resistance and that her work to get more affordable housing developments into the city is an ongoing battle for many reasons. Policymakers, she notes, are often swayed by neighborhood asso-

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ciations who she says push “false, racist narratives” about affordable housing developments into neighborhoods on higher ground. “Nationwide, we continue to see white, wealthier homeowners using racial stereotypes adamantly opposing new, affordable housing developments in gentrifying neighborhoods,” she says. “It would be great if we could try something different and not fall into those same patterns.”

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Orleans faces, but extreme heat and heat islands also take a toll on residents — and those can be deadly. Heat islands are areas that experience higher temperatures than nearby spots, most often due to a lack of vegetation and permeable surfaces because buildings, roads and paved surfaces absorb and trap heat. Earlier this year, ISeeChange, a climate data and dialogue platform whose app tracks user-submitted

and public data, partnered with the New Orleans Health Department on gathering heat data from neighborhoods registering much higher than the city’s official temperature — which is measured in Kenner at the Louis Armstrong International Airport by the National Weather Service. Julia Kumari Drapkin, CEO of ISeeChange, told Gambit their sensor analysis identified areas in the city where there was at least a six-degree discrepancy and that the hotter neighborhoods were generally lower income or historically red-lined neighborhoods, like Hollygrove, Central City, Arabi and swaths of New Orleans East. ISeeChange matched the data to community stories about unsafe housing conditions, where residents documented indoor temperatures measured hotter than outdoors. “Heat involves so many variables,” Drapkin says. “We’re impacted by heat specifically at the individual level because we feel it. But there are also all sorts of determinants of health, like the quality of home, the neighborhoods — many

“It’s a frustration that we are in the center of the coastal receding and bearing the brunt of these enhanced storms, year after year, but we’re not a leader on technology or processes that are used to offset the impact of climate change.” — STATE REP. MATTHEW WILLARD, D-New Orleans

of which are products of structural racism and beyond. Flooding is the [issue] we talk about the most, but heat is a secret, invisible one, along with air quality.” District C Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer, who has helped launch ongoing efforts to help mitigate heat islands by planting tree canopies throughout the city’s most vulnerable neighbor-

hoods notes, “Our infrastructure mirrors where our value system is. Trees reflect that. [We] don’t have as much of a tree canopy in neighborhoods that are economically disadvantaged.” Higher heat leads to more strain on air conditioners, and those living in poverty are more likely to have inefficient window units in poorly insulated homes instead of central air conditioning — which leads to costlier utility bills. While Keenan mentioned that this can create a tough choice between paying bills or paying for food, Hill of the Fair Action Housing Center points out those same residents are also in need of stronger protection from being evicted for arbitrary reasons. As someone who connects renters to attorneys, she says she gets calls daily from residents in at-risk neighborhoods with substandard housing, who often face threats of eviction if they so much as ask their landlords to repair air conditioners or clean up toxic mold that is exacerbated by humidity. PAGE 23

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“We see this type of retaliation happen every day,” she says. “We also need to protect renters from landlord retaliation.” “Health and safety protections [for renters] are among the worst in the country,” Drapkin of ISeeChange says. “Even if an entire building blows over, these [landlords] are still in business. There’s very little repercussions for that, and the conditions are pretty horrible.”

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to housing affordability involves “tradeoffs,” Keenan, the architecture professor, says. Shrinking land mass on the outskirts of the city eventually will push people to seek higher ground — which is more expensive. “There’s no win-win,” he says. But he also sees opportunities in the next few years to begin further examining and fixing the pre-existing and worsening problems. The Port of New Orleans relocating downriver, for example, could clear up land Uptown, which is on higher ground, and that could theoretically become an opportunity for more housing. “A lot has to happen,” Keenan says. “Right now, we don’t have a plan. We’re making it up as we go. But we have a lot of people who live here, and if we want to be a city, we need a plan that brings everyone together.” He sees it as a chance to implement inclusionary zoning and mixed-income housing. But, he warns, “If you just let it turn into a bunch of towers for

rich people to invest in, it’ll be a lost cause.” Advocacy groups are also calling on lawmakers to create financial incentives for people to weatherize their homes, which would make them more affordable and storm-resistant. Burke of the Alliance for Affordable Energy points out Louisiana once had more robust incentives to use solar paneling, for example. The incentives from the state have since dried up, though there are federal programs as well as rebates from certain companies upon installation. State Rep. Matthew Willard, D-New Orleans, plans on drafting legislation in the upcoming years to incentivize Louisianans to think more critically about using sustainable building materials and permeable surfaces to allow for quicker drainage. He hopes to earn bipartisan support by appealing to the financial benefits, and says it could draw in more environmentally friendly building companies to the state and create jobs. “It’s a frustration that we are in the center of the coastal receding and bearing the brunt of these enhanced storms, year after year,” he says, “[yet] we’re not a leader on technology or processes that are used to offset the impact of climate change.” Hill, meanwhile, is also calling for higher standards. “We can do things like create, at a local level, a basic health and safety standard [for housing],” she says, adding, “We know that building affordable housing and giving people access to safer neighborhoods can do nothing but benefit people and communities.”

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Down Pat Pat’s Rest A While opens on the Mandeville lakefront BY B E T H D ’A D D O N O CHEF PAT GALLAGHER NEEDS TO TAKE HIS OWN ADVICE.

“I need to rest a while,” says Gallagher, whose latest project is the recently opened Pat’s Rest A While on the Mandeville lakefront. “I think I’m done.” “It’s big,” he says of the restaurant, which between its buildings can seat 120 indoors and another 150 in outdoor spaces. Pat’s Rest A While occupies a raised complex of 19th-century buildings on the lakefront, with bars and porches and decks akimbo, all with terrific views of the lake. A shade sail recently installed over the largest outside deck brings needed cover to the stream of customers. The concrete, groundlevel space under the buildings now is home to a screened-in boil room and a bar complete with water bowls for the dogs and a bike pump available for use. This is the latest from the Covington native, who operates restaurants including Gallagher’s Grill and Pat Gallagher’s 527 Restaurant & Bar in Covington and Gallagher’s restaurants in Mandeville and Slidell. He also has Band’s Grocery, a vintage-market-turned-sandwich-shop in downtown Mandeville. His right-hand man is company chef Mark McInnis, who also is the chef de cuisine and menu co-developer for Rest A While. Gallagher wanted the menu to be approachable for families, with options including po-boys, burgers, salads and a kids’ menu. There’s also an outdoor raw bar where chargrilled oysters always are available. “Chef Mark and I talked long and hard about it,” Gallagher says. “We wanted the feel of old West End, with fried oysters and shrimp platters, but we knew there’d be expectations from the other restaurants, so we feature more elevated dishes too.”

The menu includes cedar-plank cooked redfish, a ’90s throwback that adds smoky flavor on top of the citrus-horseradish crust and lemon butter sauce. Gulf fish amandine is one of the best versions around, with meaty fish topped by jump lump crabmeat, sliced almonds and brown butter sauce. Steak lovers can choose a marbled rib-eye or a marinated hanger steak with fries and garlic aioli. There’s a wedge salad, oyster Rockefeller soup and thin-cut onion rings marinated in Crystal hot sauce. “It’s upwards of $60 or $70 to eat at the other restaurants, but you can eat here for $25,” Gallagher says. “We wanted the prices to be affordable.” The old Rest A While long had been part of the landscape, for a period serving as a retreat for families in need. The buildings were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Local real estate developers Jill and Barrett McGuire bought the property in 2014, and eventually gained support for their plan to redevelop it as a restaurant. Gallagher got involved in the restaurant project in 2019. “I ran into Barrett’s brother David, and he got us together,” Gallagher says. Opening after a year of pandemic restrictions has been the latest challenge he’s faced. “The supply chains are so very difficult to get all the product we need,” Gallagher says. “My wife and I made the decision a few years ago to offer health insurance for our people. That has enabled us to keep some really good people. We really didn’t lose anybody, and the PPP money let us pay them during the six weeks we were closed.”

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Leading a winning team is something he thanks his father for every day, Gallagher says. “I’m so thankful I got to tell my dad how much he taught me before he passed,” he says. Gallagher’s family name is well known St. Tammany Parish. His grandfather was a physician who co-founded St. Tammany Hospital and was the parish coroner. His dad Hubie Gallagher was a hall of fame football coach who has a park named for him. “He had a lifetime of building teams, being a leader, getting new people to buy into a program,” Gallagher says. “I watched him do that, and it’s my inspiration.”

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backstreet Gretna lunch spot opens. They know it’s worth the wait. On Tuesdays, they may be after the stuffed Cornish hen with smothered okra, turkey dressing and candied yams. On Thursdays, there’s blackened salmon with garlic-herb linguine, crawfish hush puppies and bread pudding. On Fridays, regulars know the hot sausage patty chimichangas will sell out fast. Chicken’s Kitchen serves a different menu each weekday from a line of steam tables that looks like a Thanksgiving buffet, all of it packed for takeout. Busy since the day it opened last fall, it might seem like an overnight success. But proprietor Marlon “Chicken” Williams knows restaurants like his don’t just come out of nowhere. They don’t happen without a community, and that’s one reason he’s built community giveback into this one. Williams, 32, had no restaurant training when he opened Chicken’s Kitchen. “Everyone in my family can cook, and a lot of us can really eat,” he says. When Williams was in college, he often cooked for himself in order to stretch his student finances, re-creating what he knew from

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Marlon “Chicken” Williams opened Chicken’s Kitchen in Gretna.

home and adding his own touches. He’d post photos of his creations to social media. That inspired two of his friends to hire him to cater their wedding. In retrospect, William says, it was a life-changing leap of faith. “I had no direction in life until they hit me up with that,” he says. “It was one of the hardest and most stressful things I’ve done, but it was so gratifying at the end of the day.” PAGE 27

The experience led him to start his own catering service, a side gig to his full-time job as he and his wife Tia built their family. When he lost his construction job, he had to ramp up his own business. By the time the pandemic hit he also was selling plate lunches from his Marrero home. This became the family’s economic lifeline. It also earned him a following. One day he helped his kids run a lemonade stand and added plate lunches to the menu as another draw. When he saw 70 cars lining his neighborhood street waiting for their orders, he knew it was time to move up. He had the restaurant name ready. As a kid, his family nicknamed him Big Fat Chicken because, in his words, “I was big, I was fat, and I loved chicken.” His four children, all under the age of 12, are collectively called “da nuggets.” The two family dogs are named Mac and Cheese. The restaurant’s phone number is 504-CHICKEN. Between Monday’s four-cheese lasagna and red beans and Wednesday’s turkey necks and pork chops, between the Brussels sprouts and the dirty rice, Chicken’s Kitchen embodies homestyle cooking. But across the weekly offerings there are plenty of flavors that are Chicken’s own. To make the pepper ball, a Friday special, he takes the beef, shrimp and crab mixture of a Creole-style stuffed bell pepper and fries the meaty filling into a crisp orb. “Chimmies” are egg roll-sized chimichangas with different fillings inside fried tortilla shells. On Tuesdays, the “birriazy” takes on the birria taco craze, with strands of braised beef inside and a spicy, brothy sauce to dunk it in. Most of Chicken’s Kitchen staff are connected through blood, marriage or lifelong friendship. But it’s about more than Williams or even his family. When he designed the restaurant, Williams built in ways to support other businesses, particularly other Black-owned businesses. As customers progress through the line inside, they pass an ever-growing collection of poster-sized ads for other local businesses, including other food businesses. “It’s all love,” Williams says. “I don’t see them as competitors. There’s plenty to go around, and we can’t feed everybody here.” Just past the cash register, there’s a small counter where Anointed Confections sets up shop each day, with sweets like wedding cake by the slice, sweet potato pies and ooey gooey bars. It might seem that Williams has enough on his own plate running Chicken’s Kitchen. The restaurant usually sells out of food and often has to turn people away at the end of lunch.

EAT+DRINK But this is by design. The restaurant prepares a certain amount of food for the day and plans to sell out. It cuts waste, always a costly prospect for restaurants, and it reflects a long-haul approach Williams takes to building his business as a family man. “It’s about knowing what your ceiling is and living with that,” he says. “I see how hard it is, and I’m the boss, I can keep giving in to it. I don’t want the other people here to burn out.” Chicken’s Kitchen is located at 629 Derbigny St. in Gretna. For more information, visit chickenskitchen.com. — IAN McNULTY/ THE TIMES-PICAYUNE

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in 2014, it brought a high-aiming new restaurant to the Northshore dining scene with Oxlot 9. Soon though, the hotel and the restaurant will be headed in different directions. The Southern Hotel and Oxlot 9 recently posted separate messages to social media announcing the end of the restaurant’s tenure at the hotel. The restaurant said it would “soon be moving out & moving on,” while the hotel specified the last day is scheduled for Sept. 27. Southern Hotel co-owner Lisa Condrey Ward says the hotel is planning an expansion and is taking a comprehensive look at what it can offer. The hotel eventually will have another restaurant under its roof, Condrey Ward says. In the interim, the hotel will continue to serve breakfast for guests and provide for the catering needs of events on the property, she says. Condrey Ward also says she hopes Oxlot 9 stays in downtown Covington. The restaurant currently holds down one corner of the Southern Hotel. It connects to the rest of the hotel through the separate and larger Cypress Bar, which will remain open through the change. Oxlot 9 takes its name from the original city plans for Covington, which included lots for farmers to tether their oxen while bringing a harvest to market. Chef Jeff Hansell earned a reputation here for his elevated, often inventive take on Southern regional traditions. Earlier this year, he and spouse Amy Hansell opened a second restaurant in Bay St. Louis called Thorny Oyster. It’s a contemporary seafood restaurant in the new Pearl Hotel, part of the ongoing expansion of this Mississippi beachfront town’s hospitality scene. The Hansells had opened another Covington restaurant called Smoke BBQ, though this closed in 2019. — IAN McNULTY/THE TIMESPICAYUNE

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How did you get interested in desserts? JILLIAN DURAN: I went to a technical school for pastry in Long Island, but during the recession the housing market collapsed and I was like, “I need a job.” So, I started working at a taco restaurant. I have done everything: bakeries, burger shops, ice cream, pastry. I worked in Chinese restaurants in New York City. I worked for Tom Colicchio in the Hamptons — I was in charge of dough production and ice cream production at Topping Rose House. My style as a pastry chef has been influenced by every place I have worked and every chef I have worked under. At One if by Land, Two if by Sea in New York City, the pastry chef was Kevin Chen. He was 21 years old, but he was an amazing pastry chef. He was like, “Here, try all these things and make all these things.”

How did you start Rahm Haus? D: (When the shutdowns began) I lost my salaried position. I went on unemployment, but that took two months, and my lease was up so I lost my apartment. I moved out of New Orleans to North Carolina and lived in my aunt’s basement on a farm for two months. I went home to New York, because I had worked as a private chef in New York in the summertime, but that job got canceled. My stuff was still here, so I ended up coming back in June. Some people told me that popups were becoming really big,

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and as a New Yorker, I was like, “I’m going to do bagels.” Then for some reason I thought that would be difficult. I was like, “I’ll do ice cream,” because I really love ice cream and I used to work in wholesale ice cream production for about six years. I sent a message to chef Mike (Gulotta of Maypop) and said, “The kitchen is closed. Can I rent it from you?” He said, “You can use the kitchen for free, and we’ll buy ice cream from you.” So I used my unemployment money to start Rahm Haus. During the pandemic, people were bored and looking for something to do. I would put up (Instagram) posts that were like, “Hey, I have this.” I also did free delivery. It used to take me two days to do deliveries. I had so much ice cream, I was like, “How am I going to get rid of it?” People were getting into the repetition of coming to pick up ice cream every Saturday and Sunday, and I started offering scoops.

Why did you focus on unique flavors? D: My goal at Rahm Haus is like, “Why are we eating mint chip?” There are so many other things that are better or just as good. We do a mint chip right now, but it’s a mint and curry leaf chip. It’s mint and curry leaf that are locally grown and it’s reminiscent of mint chip, but it has a different background flavor. It’s so good, but it’s hard to put your finger on it. We have Black and Gold, which

is black garlic with local honey with honeycomb candy bits covered in dark chocolate. I love pushing the savory aspect of sweet. I have always thought dessert shouldn’t be last. It should all flow together, because it can work and it can make sense. I think it comes from my background in fine dining, where there’s granita on top of things and intermezzos and mixing temperatures and mouthfeel and that kind of thing. I was used to making a tomato ice cream. That’s great when it’s in a dish with five other components, but when someone is just sitting down and eating it, how do I restructure it? Instead of coming on a plate, it’s coming in a pint, and they need to get that one bite all the time. When I started Rahm Haus, I wanted to focus on making the smoothest ice cream because that’s important to me — that fullfat mouthfeel. My first ice cream was peach, and it was just peach and no additives in it. But a year later, we change the menu every week, and I realized most people like stuff in their ice cream. One of our top sellers is Thai Tea and Cookies. It’s Thai tea ice cream with Oreos and house-made rye-miso chocolate chip cookies. I think it’s important that people try the ice cream. Some of the flavors are so unusual or unfamiliar that people tend to be a little standoffish before they try it. — WILL COVIELLO For more information, visit rahmhausicecream.com.

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The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 284-2898; thebluecrabnola.com — The menu includes sandwiches, fried seafood platters, boiled seafood and more. The Blue Crab platter has fried shrimp, oysters, catfish and crab claws and either fried stuffed crab or soft-shell crab. Outdoor seating available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001; lakeviewbrew.com — This casual cafe offers coffee, pastries, desserts, sandwiches and salads. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with Monterey Jack and Parmesan. Takeout, curbside pickup and delivery are available. Breakfast and lunch daily. $

GENTILLY NOLA Crawfish King Seafood & Barbecue — 5321 Franklin Ave., (504) 571-5038 ; crawfishking.com — The restaurant specializes in boiled seafood and barbecue. The Gentilly Reuben features house-smoked brisket pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and house sauce on marbled rye. No reservations. Takeout and outdoor seating available. Lunch and early dinner Wed.-Sun. $$

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS CAN BE DISRUPTIVE, but they may be interesting stimulus for Quintron’s Weather Warlock. The device converts weather readings into ambient music. This performance of the Weather Warlock Sunset Trio features Quintron on electronics and percussion, guitarist Kunal Prakash and drummer Aaron Hill. At 7 p.m. Sunday, July 18, at The Broadside.

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‘Can’t Be Faded’ STOOGES BRASS BAND HAS BEEN PLAYING SECOND LINES AND STAGES SINCE 1996 and has been a part of the careers of numerous New Orleans musicians — Trombone Shorty and Big Sam Williams were early members. Now members of the group are published authors: Stooges Brass Band collaborated with musician and ethnomusicologist Kyle DeCoste for the book “Can’t Be Faded: Twenty Years in the New Orleans Brass Band Game.” The book, which was released last August, uses five years of interviews and writing to tell

EARLY THIS YEAR, Prime Example, the North Broad Street jazz club and a Black-owned neighborhood fixture, closed its doors. Longtime owner Julius Kimbrough Sr. told Gambit at the time the uncertainty of the pandemic and when the business would be able to reopen led to his decision to close. Now, composer and jazz pianist Jesse McBride is paying tribute to the club and its dedication to featuring up-and-coming contemporary musicians with a series of monthly concerts at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The next edition of “Prime Examples of Excellence in Music” takes place Thursday, July 15, and will feature McBride on piano with trumpeter Emily Mikesell, bassist Amina Scott and drummer Thomas Glass. The performance is free and can be seen from the museum’s courtyard or online at facebook. com/nolajazzmusuem/live.

Anne Elise Hastings THE VIRGINIA SINGER-SONGWRITER SINGS SLOW, folksy songs with a slight twang, backed by Her Revolving Cast of Characters band at Gasa Gasa, which reopened under new ownership back in February. The band plans to release a new album later this year, and they take the stage at 8 p.m. Friday, July 16. Tickets are $10 on ticketweb.com, and a link can be found on the venue’s Facebook page.

‘80s Night WWL RADIO HOST SCOTT “SCOOT” PAISANT CELEBRATES HIS 50TH YEAR IN BROADCASTING at the reopening of Generations Hall. The event has an ’80s Night theme, with hits of the decade spun by DJs WIXX and Shane Love. Doors open at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 17. Find tickets at themetronola.com.

ColombiaNOLA Fest THE LOUISIANA COLOMBIAN ASSOCIATION HOSTS THE FESTIVAL CELEBRATING COLOMBIAN CULTURE AND TRADITIONS at the Broadside on Saturday, July 17. Colombian champeta band Tribu Baharu and local acts Fermin Ceballos and Darwin Da Vinci will perform. The festival, which features food and art, starts at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For more information, visit broadsidenola.com.

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Nigel Hall (Regime Music Group) On the “Jazzy Intro” track of Nigel Hall’s second solo album, “Spiritual,” he offers a sort of “parental advisory” about the project. There is some salty language in a few songs, but mostly it’s Hall having fun and overtly noting that this is different from his 2015 solo debut, “Ladies & Gentlemen… Nigel Hall.” That album was more solidly grounded in soul music leaning toward R&B, and it had more input from members of his band Lettuce. Here, he’s looser and there are lots of jazzy instrumentals and muted funk rhythms. A throwback funk style is much more prominent on “Change Directions,” which is a loud and proud manifesto, on which Hall sings, “I found my freedom through changes in my neighborhood … It feels so good to be Black.” Many of the songs are about love and relationships, including the shimmery “Wake Me.” Many of the tracks feature joyous lyrics, celebrating love and life, and he alternately sings and talks over the music. Though it’s got some background studio chatter giving it a live feel, it’s a polished project and more distinct sound from Hall. — WILL COVIELLO

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Dagnasterpus (Six Degrees Records) Musician Tree Adams has composed scores for “NCIS: New Orleans,” “The 100” and “Californication,” and in a past life, he fronted New York City jam band The Hatters. In his latest project, Dagnasterpus, listeners can hear both the cinematic quality of his TV work and the groove of a jam band, but here the music is all New Orleans funk. Dagnasterpus — described in the liner notes as a “benevolent, mythical creature” that’s part Poseidon, octopus and Buddha — released its self-titled debut album in June and, along with guitarist-singer Adams, features New Orleanians Cyril Neville, keyboardist

Joe Ashlar and drummer Eric Bolivar. The album was recorded in both New Orleans and Los Angeles, and other players include drummer Yayo Morales, bassist Carl Sealove, trombonist Shaunte Palmer and trumpeter Jordan Katz. Dagnasterpus bleeds cool. On several songs, Adams crafts smooth characters: a female secret agent thinking quick on “Crawlin’ With Vipers”; the undefeatable, titular “Mac Champion”; even a pooch is a bad bitch on “Rosalie.” Other tracks, like “Jinx Tattoo,” slink along with smoke and the power of warm New Orleans nights. And throughout, Dagnasterpus keeps moving with tight horns, muscly guitars and an irrepressible groove. — JAKE CLAPP

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By Frank A. Longo 31 Bird partially composed of element #56? 33 In less peril 36 Seek the affection of 38 Archery asset 39 Solo of sci-fi 40 Bird that always keeps to itself? 43 Mob member 48 Adept 49 “Entertaining Mr. Sloane” playwright Joe 50 “Atlantic City” director Louis 52 Prefix with 33-Down 53 Fellow soldier 55 Bird that travels to and from work?

58 Notable time 59 Potentially offensive, in brief 62 El — (certain current) 63 Stand for art 64 Bird wearing a hard hat? 69 Far — eye can see 71 Ending for switch 72 Groove for a letter-shaped bolt 73 Cell material 76 Bird nesting in winter precipitation? 80 Causes to be ashamed 82 Finnish coin 83 Not worth — of beans 84 Not one’s best effort, in sports lingo

87 Some small batteries 88 In — (while not present at the event) 90 Bird performing under the big top? 92 Abbr. of fair hiring 93 Store clerk on “The Simpsons” 95 Business agt. 96 Peels the skin off of 97 Bird that plays bebop? 103 Real admirer 104 German subs 105 Absorb a loss 106 “Sure, sign me up!” 108 The Gem State: Abbr. 111 Mournful song 112 Bird living in the Sistine Chapel? 115 Being tried, as a case 116 Movies’ main stories 117 Rub down 118 Chairs, e.g. 119 Waco-to-Austin dir. 120 Cary of “Saw” 121 Alternative to Valium DOWN 1 Bees’ place 2 Horned Egyptian goddess 3 Surrounded with a belt 4 Witch 5 Mythological fire-breather 6 Korea’s place 7 Peruse 8 Brow’s shape 9 Catcher Yogi 10 Be disdainful of 11 Nose partition 12 Elite squad 13 1986-2001 Earth orbiter 14 Feral horse 15 Drive along 16 “That rings —” 17 “I love you,” in Mexico 18 Symbol on a one-way sign 21 Wish-fulfilling spirits 24 Innovative 29 River in a Foster tune 30 Flu symptom 31 — -chic (fashion style) 32 Will, biblically 33 Part of NASA 34 Shady shelter 35 Movie cast members

36 Failed to be 37 Mo. in fall 41 Commotions 42 Extremely old: Abbr. 43 Particles believed to bind quarks together 44 Kitchen wrap 45 Result of backcombing 46 Toledo’s lake 47 Pack of coins 50 2,002, in Roman numerals 51 Comeback to “Are too!” 54 Two wives of Henry VIII 56 En pointe, in ballet 57 Ranch in Ferber’s “Giant” 60 1990-2019 Toyota minivan 61 Moisturizer brand 65 Melodramatic cry of sorrow 66 Relative of a univ. 67 Refuse to talk 68 Kimonos, e.g. 69 Out of port 70 Rebuff rudely 74 Writer Zora — Hurston 75 Aides: Abbr. 77 Spiteful types 78 Buckeye State sch.

79 Slugging stat 81 The Evil One 85 Mutt’s threat 86 Pitching star 89 Fishers with seines, say 90 Dead skin at the base of a fingernail 91 Lycra, e.g. 93 “Trainwreck” director Judd 94 Word before jury or larceny 97 Betrayer of Jesus 98 “Take — out of crime!” 99 “— the Greek” 100 Big name in restaurant guides 101 Repasts 102 Web vending 103 Pine’s cousin 106 Frozen drink treat 107 Widespread 108 Privy to 109 Arp’s art 110 Author Haley 112 #2 execs 113 Dir. 135 degrees from 119-Across 114 Author Levin

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PUZZLES

ACROSS 1 Soprano’s last note, perhaps 6 Jordanians, e.g. 11 Oscar winner Rockwell 14 Mazda model 19 NBA Hall of Famer — Thomas 20 Tanzanian national park 22 “Burnt” or “raw” color 23 Bird from Richmond? 25 Trident, e.g. 26 Winter D.C. hrs. 27 Fermented honey drink 28 Fashion’s Oscar de la — 29 Patron associated with a “fire” 30 A handful of

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Lot 301: French Empire Carved Mahogany Marble Top Center Table, 19th c., H.- 29 in., Dia.- 38 1/2 in. Est. $800-$1,200

Lot 291: Antoine Louis Barye (17961875, French), “Spread Wing Eagle,” 19th c., patinated bronze, impressed “F. Barbedienne Fondeur,” H.- 9 1/2 in., W.- 13 1/2 in., D.- 10 in. Est. $1,000-$2,000

Loot 288: Continental Schhool, “Classical Male Atthlete,” 19th c., gilt broonze figure, probably Tour souvenir, a Grand G H.- 25 2 1/2 in., Dia.- 10 1/2 inn. Est. $800-$1,200

IMPORTANT SUMMER ESTATES AUCTION

Lot 369: Large Patinated Bronze Fountain Figure of the Four Seasons, 20th c., H.- 87 in., Dia.- 53 in. Est. $5,000-$10,000

Saturday, July 17th beginning at 10 am, Lots 1-450

Sunday, July 18th beginning at 10 am, Lots 451-814 Full color catalog available at:

Lot 224: Silverplated Epergne/Centerpiece, together with a silverplated circular mirror plateau, with relief fruit and scroll decorated rims, Epergne- H.-18 3/4 in., Dia.- 20 1/2 in., Plateau- H.- 1 1/2 in., Dia.- 15 in., Total H.- 21 1/2 in. (2 Pcs.) Est. $400-$800

Lot 190: American Gilt and Gesso Rococo Revival Figural Overmantel Mirror, 19th c., on a later white marble base, Mirror- H.- 90 in., W.- 72 in., D.- 8 in., Base- H.- 6 1/4 in., W.- 75 1/2 in., D.- 6 1/4 in., Total H.- 96 in, Total W.- 75 1/2 in., Est. $3,000-$5,000

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FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME! Lot 260: French Provincial Louis XV Carved Walnut Vaisselier, 19th c., H.- 85 in., W.- 52 in., D.- 22 1/2 in. Est. $600-$1,200

Lot 134: Henry Schouten (1857–1927, Belgian), “Horse and Donkey,” early 20th c., oil on canvas, signed lower left, H.- 17 1/4 in., W.- 25 1/4 in. Est. $1,500-$2,500

Lot 201: A.J. Drysdale (1870-1934, Louisiana), “Louisiana Bayou at Dusk,” early 20th c., oil wash on board, signed lower left, H.- 17 1/2 in., W.- 23 in. Est. $800-$1,200

Lot 202: Attributed to William Buck (1840-1888, Louisiana/Norway), “Covington Scene,” 19th c., oil on canvas laid to board, H.- 19 1/2 in., W.- 29 1/4 in. Est. $3,000-$5,000

Lot 252: French Empire Style Carved Mahogany Marble Top Commode, 19th c., H.- 34 3/4 in., W.- 50 5/8 in., D.- 24 3/8 in. Est. $700-$1,200

Lot 203: Knute Heldner (1875-1952, Sweden/Louisiana), “Shrimp Boats No. 5,” 20th c., oil on canvas, signed lower right, H.- 29 1/2 in., W.- 35 1/2 in. Est. $4,000-$6,000 $ , $ ,

Couture Includes Chanel, Hermes, Prada, Louis Vuitton, etc.

Lot 173: American Victorian Carved Walnut Marble Top Sideboard, c. 1880, H.- 76 1/2 in., W.- 58 in., D.- 24 in. Est. $600-$900

Lot 208: Colette Pope Heldner (1902-1990, New Orleans), “Swamp Idyll,” oil on board, signed lower left, also signed and titled verso, H.- 19 1/2 in., W.- 15 1/4 in. Est. $500-$800

Lot 300: French Provincial Louis XV Style Carved Cherry Sideboard, early 19th c., H.- 42 1/4 in., W.- 55 1/4 in., D.- 24 1/2 in. Est. $1,000-$2,000

Lot 199: George Valentine Dureau (1930-2014, New Orleans), “Two Young Boys,” 20th c., large silver gelatin photographic print, unsigned, H.- 41 in., W.- 34 in. Est. $400-$800

Lot 232: Russian Icon of the Virgin of Kazan, by Ivan Sergeyevich Lebedkin (1898-1914), Moscow, with a 21K gold and enameled sterling oklad, H.- 12 3/8 in., W.- 10 1/2 in., D.- 1 1/4 in. Est. $500-$1,000

Lot 77: Forty-Four Pieces of Stieff Sterling Flatware, in the “Williamsburg Queen Anne” pattern, c. 1940, Wt.- 53.75 Troy Oz. (44 Pcs.) Est. $1,000-$2,000

Lot 352: Thomas Mann (New Orleans), “Techno Rabbit Clock,” 20th c., mixed metal sculpture, signed verso, with a carrot form stand, H.- 6 in., W.- 13 1/4 in., D.- 1 1/8 in. (2 Pcs.) Est. $800-$1,200

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Lot 274: V.J., “Portrait of a Lady in White,” 1836, oil on canvas, initialed and dated lower right, H.- 28 1/8 in., W.- 23 1/8 in. Est. $1,200-$1,800

Lot 243: French Style Ormolu Mounted Ebonized Mahogany Bombe Boulle Marble Top Parlor Cabinet, 20th c., H.- 38 1/2 in., W.- 39 1/2 in., D.- 18 3/4 in. Est. $600-$900

Lot 359: Scott Upton (1958-, North Carolina), “Glimpse of the Hidden,” 20th c., oil on canvas, signed and titled verso, H.- 47 3/4 in., W.- 71 3/4 in. Est. $3,000-$5,000

Jewelry Includes White, Yellow and Black Diamonds, Tanzanites, Emeralds, Sapphires, South Seas Pearls, etc.

Lot 271: Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958, French), “Country Road,” 20th c., oil on canvas, signed lower left, H.- 17 5/8 in., W.- 20 7/8 in. Est. $30,000-$50,000