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Fork + Center ...........................................................25 All the news that’s fit to eat — and drink
Staff Writer | ALEX WOODWARD Editorial Assistant | MEGAN BRADEN-PERRY Feature Writer | JEANIE RIESS
3-Course Interview ............................................. 27 Candy maker Ron Kottemann
Contributing Writers JEREMY ALFORD, SARAH BAIRD, D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, RED COTTON, ALEJANDRO DE LOS RIOS, KEN KORMAN, BRENDA MAITLAND, NORA MCGUNNIGLE, NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS
Drinks ........................................................................28 Beer Buzz and Wine of the Week
Contributing Photographer | CHERYL GERBER
Last Bites .................................................................29 5 in Five, Plate Dates and Off the Menu
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7 IN SEVEN Seven Things to Do This Week........................... 5 New Madrid, True Blue Bayou, Creepy Fest and more
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Wed. July 16 | On its sophomore album Sunswimmer (Normaltown), Athens, Georgia, psych-rockers New Madrid stretch the EP form (seven tracks) to LP dimensions (46 minutes), sounding like Deerhunter droning out in My Morning Jacket’s grain silo on dual 12-minute extenders “Homesick” and “And She Smiles.” At 9 p.m. at Publiq House.
True Blue Bayou
Thu.-Sat. July 17-26 | Dorian Rush stars in a one-woman tribute to Linda Ronstadt, a theatrical show featuring 15 songs, including “You’re No Good,” “When Will I Be Loved” and “Blue Bayou.” At 8 p.m. at AllWays Lounge & Theatre.
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Fri. July 18 | Elle Dorado and Miss Stormy Gale headline a 1950s-style burlesque show with dancers, singers, a magician, live jazz band and more. At 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. at the House of Blues.
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Beyonce and Jay-Z | It’s called the “On the Run” Tour, but “End of the Run” might be more appropriate. Beyonce and Jay-Z’s precarious union has been fraught (and, in turn, boosted) with specifically altered lyrics, teary outbursts and rumors of divorce papers at its conclusion. Rest assured, HBO will be there with cameras running. At 8 p.m. at the Superdome.
Fri. July 18 | This week, lo-fi San Francisco pop outfit Melted Toys release its debut self-titled album, a hazy, jangly weekend bender of washed out, baked-in-sunshine West Coast psychpop. Dreamy electronic surf-pop band Street Gnar and Stones Throw’s Trance Farmers opens at 8 p.m. at 1420 St. Ferdinand St.
New Orleans International Piano Competition & Keyboard Festival
Sun.-Sun. July 20-27 | The Musical Arts Society of New Orleans’ competition features 152 finalists from 26 countries. A recital by 2013 winner Viktor Valkov kicks off events at 4 p.m. Sunday at Loyola University’s Roussel Hall.
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Thu.-Sun. July 17-20 | The four-day punk rock festival features dozens of local and touring punk, garage and metal bands and horror film screenings at downtown venues Checkpoint Charlie, Dragon’s Den, Hi-Ho Lounge, Indywood movie theater, Saturn Bar and Siberia. Find the full lineup and schedule at www.facebook.com/creepyfest.
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Watch the Rebirth Brass Band meet Triumph the Insult Comic Dog BY ALEJANDRO DE LOS RIOS
Ray Nagin, like many elected officials, lost touch with the public and with reality after he took office. That led to disastrous consequences for the former mayor — and for New Orleans.
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I’m ok with Nagin’s 10-year sentence for graft. But the judge should have added extra time to punish him for “Katrina’s Secrets” book.
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right on target,” said Raspanti, who proFormer New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin leaves the courthouse in vides legal analysis New Orleans after being sentenced on WVUE-TV. “The to 10 years in prison for corruption. downward deparHe reports to jail Sept. 8. ture, or variance, P H OTO BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER seemed to be larger than we usually see in this type of case — especially because he did not cut a deal and plead guilty. He also was not remorseful, nor did he accept responsibility. In fact, he emphatically said he was innocent, even until the date of his sentencing. To get such a break in the face of all that is unusual. “Having said that, Judge Berrigan is known far and wide as a fair judge. I think she leavened justice with mercy in this case.” Berrigan offered several reasons for the downward departure, including the fact that Nagin was not the “ringleader” that the feds claimed he was. That conclusion is supported not only by the evidence in the case but also by Nagin’s tenPAGE 8
Ray Nagin sentenced to eternally push large prop “Stone Age” boulder up Monkey Hill, watch it roll back to bottom again.
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Amazed at the people who think that 10 years in jail is a slap on the wrist. Any of y’all want to take C. Ray’s place?
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olitically, the Ray Nagin Era ended Feb. 6, 2010, with the election of current Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Although Nagin officially had three months left in office at that time, he proved no more capable during his lame duck tenure than he did during his feckless second term, when pretty much everything he touched turned fecal. That includes his ham-fisted attempts to enrich himself when he should have been leading the effort to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. While Nagin’s political arc ended in 2010, his pathetic personal saga drags on. On July 9, U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan sentenced the former mayor to 10 years in federal prison. A jury found Nagin guilty of 20 counts of corruption — including bribery, money laundering, wire fraud and tax evasion — in February. His wife Seletha has filed for bankruptcy in an attempt to hold on to the family home in Texas. That’s quite a fall from grace for the guy who rode into office atop a wave of personal and political popularity in 2002. Nagin, who still maintains his innocence despite reams of evidence against him, faces an equally ignominious comedown when he reports to prison on Sept. 8. Many people expressed combinations of shock, disappointment and anger at the sentence Berrigan imposed. The federal sentencing guidelines, which are not binding, suggested a prison term of more than 15-and-a-half years to 19-plus years. Before imposing the sentence, Berrigan chided Nagin for abandoning his integrity, but she also made it clear that she intended to depart downward from the guidelines. She did, by more than a third. Still, as veteran criminal lawyers Joe Raspanti and Donald “Chick” Foret noted, 10 years is a long time. “It was lower than I had expected because the 188-month minimum that the Probation Office recommended seemed
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ure as mayor. Even when he wielded the full mantle of mayoral authority, he couldn’t organize a one-car funeral — let alone a citywide recovery effort. Given Nagin’s painfully inept performance as mayor, it’s a stretch to portray him as the mastermind of a grand criminal conspiracy. He’s just not that smart, nor that capable. Berrigan also noted that Nagin’s partners in crime stole millions, whereas he raked in barely a half-mill — and, according to Berrigan, he did it for his family, not for himself. That’s a charitable description of Nagin’s venality, and it completely ignores the hubris and narcissism that Nagin displayed in abundance while he squandered four achingly long years of post-Katrina recovery time. He showed that same smugness on the witness stand, where he lied repeatedly. Even Nagin’s lawyer seemed surprised at the 10-year sentence, says Foret, who along with defense attorney Robert Jenkins was a guest on the Angela Hill radio show on WWL after the sentencing. “Ten years is a big number,” said Foret, who is the on-air legal analyst for WWL-TV. “And if you look at the big picture, it more or less matches other high-profile corruption cases. Edwin Edwards got 10 years for racketeering and [former U.S. Congressman] Bill Jefferson got 13 years for racketeering and bribery. However, Nagin’s sentence does not fit within the federal guidelines. It’s more than a onethird downward departure. To me it’s very surprising.” Foret speculated that Berrigan, whom he described as “a very compassionate person,” perhaps wanted to give Nagin the longest sentence she could without sending him to a longterm prison facility. “The magic number 10 is how you get to a ‘camp’ in the federal system,” Foret said, “and that’s the number of years she gave him. Perhaps she wanted to give him an opportunity to salvage his life and his family.” For his part, Nagin stuck by his story that he did nothing wrong. That’s consistent with his persona as mayor — headstrong to the point of narcissism and oblivious even to the obvious. In an interview with WDSU-TV after the sentenced was imposed, he displayed no remorse and took no responsibility for any wrongdoing. “In my opinion, I’ve been targeted, smeared, tarnished and, for some reason, some of the stances that I took after Katrina didn’t sit well with some very powerful people,” Nagin said. “So now I’m paying the price for that.” Actually, he’s paying a price for taking bribes, attempting to cover his tracks (however clumsily), lying about it on the witness stand and generally being a clueless and ineffective mayor and defendant. The feds reportedly offered him a deal that would have let
him plead guilty to a reduced charge with no more than two years in jail. That, of course, would have required Nagin to admit wrongdoing — something he cannot do. The former mayor also told WDSU that the whole drama still seems “surreal” to him — offering further evidence of his psychic break from reality. Karen Carvin, a local political consultant who, with her late father Jim Carvin, managed Nagin’s two successful campaigns for mayor, said her former client suffers from what she calls “The Palace Syndrome.” “Elected officials — and it can be Democrat, Republican, from any background, from any part of the country — take their oaths and all of a sudden are surrounded by people who only tell them what they want to hear,” Carvin said. “They only hear good news and become insulated from the public. Often they don’t even believe their own polling numbers because of their profound self-assurance. This kind of thinking can easily lead to arrogance and a sense of entitlement. Some people lose their moral compass. Some never had one. “I think Nagin ran for office with the best of intentions. His lack of political experience was a plus as a candidate, but a deficit as mayor. His fall has been a disappointment not only to the city but also to so many who supported him and had high hopes for him.” Noting the public uproar that followed the announcement of Nagin’s 10year sentence, Carvin said she thought many citizens wanted Nagin to at least “take ownership of his administration, to admit responsibility for the mistakes that took place.” That didn’t happen — and given Nagin’s persona, it likely never will. “Maybe it would have made a difference,” Carvin said. “But that ship has sailed, and with it any chance for Ray Nagin to alter his political legacy.” Nagin abhorred politics, probably because he never understood them and therefore never even tried to become competent. The notion of him leaving a political legacy thus seems absurd. It wasn’t always that way. When he came into office, the city was ripe for a political sea change. Instead, we got a self-absorbed outsider who, even after eight years in office, never figured out what a mayor is supposed to do — or how to do it. And when tragedy struck on a grand scale, he was utterly unprepared and ill equipped to lead. His legacy, if you can call it that, is one of detachment, ineptitude and corruption. Those who bemoan his 10-year sentence as not enough time behind bars can take comfort in this: A century from now, and forevermore, Nagin will be remembered as the first New Orleans mayor who went to jail for public corruption.
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“Bobby Jindal continues to have the worst poll numbers of just about any elected official in the country. If he gets into the presidential race, he’ll be doing it with very little support from his home state.” — Dean Debnam, president of the firm Public Policy Polling, which surveyed Louisiana voters at the end of June and published the results last week. “The current governor, Bobby Jindal (R), and [Sen. David] Vitter, well ... I am trying to think of a delicate way to say this. Oh, what the hell: They hate each other.” — Louisiana political pundit James Carville, in an essay for The Hill titled “Four Good Reasons to Watch Louisiana Race This Season.” Carville also addressed the increasing political involvement of the Robertsons, stars of the faux-reality show Duck Dynasty: “I suspect we will be hearing more from the Robertson family, as it appears the only thing they like more than duck hunting is giving their political opinion on any issue that comes their way.”
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“The Ivy Leaguer tries so dang hard to sound convincing as a gun-packing, government-hating good ol’ boy with a genealogy to match, that he’ll never be able to navigate his way to a single, politically credible (or even definable) self. In his present incarnation as a Tea Party-friendly microphone-grabber, Jindal can’t win on the national level, unless he’s really shooting for the vice presidential nomination or a do-nothing cabinet slot. You know, one of those government departments Rick Perry wanted to get rid of but just couldn’t remember by name.” — Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg in Salon, concluding an essay titled, “Bobby Jindal’s sad search: How he seeks political relevance in today’s GOP.”
favorite in the 2016 presidential race, according to a July 8 survey by Public Policy Polling (PPP). Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is the choice of 19 percent of state GOP voters, while former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Arkansas Gov.-turned-talk-show host Mike Huckabee weigh in at 17 percent apiece. Trailing all three is our state’s governor, Bobby Jindal, with 12 percent. The poll had little other good news for Jindal. In a hypothetical matchup with Hillary Clinton in a presidential election, Clinton led Jindal 48-44 percent — almost within the survey’s 3.8 percent margin of error, but still disappointing for a sitting governor of one of the nation’s most conservative states. Only 32 percent of Louisianans approve of Jindal’s performance in office, while 56 percent disapprove. And perhaps most worrying for the nationally ambitious Jindal: 72 percent of Louisianans who responded to the poll thought he shouldn’t run for president, including 63 percent of Republican respondents. Things weren’t any better for Jindal in a Quinnipiac University national poll released the same day. Based on a survey of 1,444 voters in late June, Quinnipiac found Jindal scraping the bottom of a list of 12 Repub-
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director of Tulane University’s Middle American Research Institute, was awarded a $50,000 grant by the National Geographic Society to continue studying the Maya city La Corona in northern Guatemala. In 2012, Canuto helped discover the 1,300-year-old Maya text with the second-known reference to the Dec. 12, 2012 “end” of the Maya calendar.
Kicking Cancer in the Gut, a fundraiser to benefit Cafe Adelaide chef Carl Schaubhut, raised $60,000 for his recovery following a stomach cancer diagnosis earlier this year. The Drew Rodrigue Foundation, The Louisiana Hospitality Institute and Cafe Adelaide hosted the June 28 event.
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has named 30 Louisiana students who will receive $61,000 in culinary scholarships. The students will receive the awards at the foundation’s Five Star Futures Gala on Aug. 2. The foundation’s scholarship fund was created in 2009 and has awarded more than $200,000 in scholarships.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
violated federal Medicaid policy by paying nearly $2.7 million in participant fees for insurance for prisoners, according to a July 2 report from the Louisiana State Auditor. Companies within the Jindal administration’s privatized Medicaid programs (Bayou Health and the Behavioral Health Partnership) received $2.2 million and $465,000, respectively, between Feb. 1, 2012 and Dec. 31, 2013.
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lican contenders for the presidential nomination, with 1 percent support. When a bipartisan group of voters was asked whether their opinions of Jindal were favorable or unfavorable, 59 percent said they “haven’t heard enough about him.” In an identical poll taken one year before, 63 percent said they hadn’t heard enough about Jindal, indicating that his year of relentless op-ed writing and traveling around the country hasn’t generated significant name recognition. — KEVIN ALLMAN
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Live music, noise at center of a lawsuit
Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — a popular Marigny watering hole and entertainment spot on Esplanade Avenue — faces a lawsuit from 1011 Esplanade Avenue Inc. alleging that the bar has violated the city’s noise ordinance. The suit also challenges Buffa’s mayoralty permit allowing live music, though the venue has hosted music in the neighborhood for several years. The suit comes nearly two years after City Hall began cracking down on bar licenses and music permits, not to mention the years-long debates over rewriting and enforcing the city’s noise ordinances. The city crackdown forced a string of music venues and bars to shuffle schedules. In 2012, Buffa’s submitted more than 50 letters from patrons and musicians backing the bar’s claim that it had hosted live music in the past. On a July 3 Facebook post, Buffa’s wrote, “The city accepted these letters as proof and we assumed that would be the end of it, as long as we paid for the permit each year.” On July 7, Buffa’s hosted a notary for musicians, patrons and neighbors to submit letters in the bar’s defense. Buffa’s and 1011 Esplanade Avenue Inc., an address held by Sidney Torres IV, will fight it out in Orleans Parish Civil District Court starting July 22. Torres, the former SDT French Quarter trash mogul, purchased the property in 1999 (predating the bar’s history of live music) and recently attempted to sell the property, which is adjacent to Buffa’s. Chuck Rogers, who owns Buffa’s, and the bar’s staff say they know Torres as a customer and were surprised to receive notice of the suit. Tommy Milliner, who notarized the pro-Buffa’s letters on July 7, declined to say how many were generated, but, he said, “there were a lot.” “I wasn’t very familiar with Buffa’s before I got involved, and I’m amazed at what a beloved institution it is,” Milliner said. “Musicians talk about what a meaningful place, a networking place, it is. Then of course you’ve got a lot of statements from people who are patrons. … So many people in the neighborhood talk about how much they love the place as an anchor in the neighborhood.” — ALEX WOODWARD
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The New Orleans City Council voted 6-0 July 10 to tighten restrictions on unlicensed short-term rentals (such as those offered by Airbnb). The Council voted to rewrite “vague” language in the city’s comprehensive zoning ordinance regarding “transient vacation rentals.” The new language defines them as “rentals in a dwelling, hotel, motel, timeshare building, motor lodge, boarding and lodging home, trailer, tourist court or tourist home to nonresidents with duration of occupancy of less than thirty (30) days.” The rewrite removes a requirement that a rental occur “over the course of one or more years.” Councilwoman at-Large Stacy Head said the amendment addresses the “growing number of unregulated, illegal and some problematic shortterm rentals” that are “not paying their fair share of taxes and competing at an unfair advantage.” Head said the city needs to “put together a way to regulate, at times restrict, and harness the dollars from them. This is the first step.” Proponents of the restrictions, many of them local bed-and-breakfast operators, asked for tighter regulations and stronger enforcement of nonpayment of taxes for what they said amounted to unfair competition. Opponents included members of the Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity, who requested the City Council consider legalization, registration, reasonable regulations and enforcement for short-term rental arrangements. Several owners of Airbnb properties also spoke against the new restrictions, saying the service allowed tourists to explore other parts of the city. — ALEX WOODWARD
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n Friday, July 4, at 7 p.m., a terse memo was issued by Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s office, stating, “Malachi Hull, who has served as Taxicab and For Hire Bureau Director since June 2011, is no longer employed by the City.” Late Friday “news dumps” typically occur when a public body wants to bury bad or embarrassing news, but Hull’s departure wasn’t so much bad tidings as it was long overdue. That was the really bad news: The mayor took way too long to get rid of Hull. As for the timing, it seemed designed to get ahead of an administrative investigation and report by the City of New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG). That report, dated April 24, was disseminated last week in the wake of Hull’s exit, and it painted a picture of an office both incompetently managed and dangerously out of control. That conclusion struck a particularly ironic note because, in 2011, Landrieu brought in Hull from Atlanta (where he previously ran that city’s taxi bureau) to get the troubled department into shape after federal investigators began looking into charges of bribery and corruption.
Sadly, that wasn’t the worst of it. Last year, two taxicab inspectors were involved in separate incidents that showed Hull oversaw a rogue department — and both incidents were recorded. In one, inspector Robert Blake pepper-sprayed and handcuffed a cab driver in the French Quarter. When a tape of the incident was released, the city dropped its charges against the driver and District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro ultimately filed aggravated battery charges against Blake. The cab driver, Emmanuel Esterlin, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city earlier this month. The second incident was even more outrageous. Last November, tour guide Wendy Bosma was leading several dozen tourists on a Lower French Quarter sidewalk tour when taxi inspector Wilton Joiner demanded to see her license and accused her of leading her tour group too close to another tour group. (The Taxicab Bureau also oversees tour guides.) According to members of the tour group, Joiner slammed Bosma against a car and twisted her arm viciously (photographs taken in the next days show her black and blue). The outraged tour group ap-
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The OIG report of its investigation into the taxi bureau under Hull’s leadership was thorough — and damning. It found that between August 2011 and February 2012, 80 percent of owners of Certificates of Public Necessity and Convenience (CPNCs, the city permit that for-hire vehicles are required to have) paid substantially fewer fees than required by law. The report also noted that the department still held approximately 100 uncashed money orders and cashiers’ checks that remained attached to documents in the Taxicab Bureau’s files — even after the OIG previously had alerted Hull to the issue. Elsewhere, the report noted that one CPNC owner owed the city $62,370 in fees — money that finally was collected 18 months after the OIG told Hull about the delinquency. The sloppiness and incompetence didn’t end there. “OIG Investigators found CPNC documents under desks, behind desks, behind file cabinets, in the storage room, in two different recycling bins, in the employee break room and filed in the wrong CPNC files,” read the report. “On at least one occasion that the OIG is aware of, an Orleans Parish Assistant District Attorney was unable to locate documents needed for trial.”
proached a New Orleans police officer to file a complaint against Joiner, but the officer merely replied, “If you want to make a complaint against him, you need to make it at City Hall.” The cop then strolled away to talk to another man on the scene. That man was Hull, who was standing nearby and made no move to stop Joiner. Even after more than 100 people protested at City Hall, the Landrieu Administration took no immediate action against Hull. He wasn’t let go until two and a half months after the OIG’s office reported, “Hull purposely allowed Joiner and Blake to continue to arrest, detain and pepper spray individuals without proper training, thereby endangering the public.” The report concluded that both incidents were “facilitated by Hull’s gross negligence and neglect of duty.” They also have the potential to cost the city precious dollars in legal judgments. Clearly, Hull was not the person Landrieu thought he was when the mayor hired him. While any executive can make mistakes when choosing department managers, the mayor owes the public a thorough explanation — not a Friday evening press release — of why it took so long to get rid of Hull.
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Hey Blake, I love the painted utility boxes in Lakeview. How can I get one painted in my neighborhood? Danita Long
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Hey Blake, Did the first Vietnamese who came to New Orleans and settled in the East or on the West Bank come from different areas or social classes in Vietnam? Robert
Hey Robert, In 1954, thousands of Northern Vietnamese citizens migrated to South Vietnam to escape Communist control. Many of these people settled in coastal communities, where they practiced farming and fishing. The Vietnam War began in 1955 and continued for two decades, ending on April 30, 1975, when the Viet Cong captured the South Vietnam capital, Saigon. Once the U.S. military withdrew from Vietnam,
Community Visions Unlimited and local artists are turning public utility boxes into artworks as part of the New Orleans Street Gallery project. P H O T O B Y K A N D A C E P O W ER G R AV E S
instability and violence ensued. The new government confiscated businesses and land, prompting thousands to flee. The first refugees were ex-military or government officials and their families, who were transported to four military forts in Arkansas, California, Florida and Pennsylvania. The next wave consisted of thousands of so-called “boat people,” who fled South Vietnam in boats, landing in refugee camps in nearby countries, including the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. The U.S. helped relocate these refugees as well. As a humanitarian effort and to increase the number of Catholic parishioners in the New Orleans area, then-Archbishop of New Orleans Philip Hannan sponsored 1,000 Vietnamese families who had been sent to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Half of them were housed at Versailles Arms Apartments in New Orleans East and the other half went to the Kingstown Marrero Apartments on the West Bank. These Vietnamese communities grew as settlers wrote their families in Vietnam about similarities between New Orleans and their homeland, including a subtropical climate and proximity to a large river. Today, local Vietnamese communities are found in eastern New Orleans, Algiers and Avondale. Members of all the communities originally came from various religions, classes and educational backgrounds, but with the influence of the Catholic Church, the majority became Catholic.
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The once-drab gray utility boxes at traffic intersections around town are steadily becoming works of art. In 2006, Jeannie Paddison Tidy set out to eliminate blight in New Orleans communities and realized that many of these boxes were prime targets for graffiti. Replicating a similar project she had initiated in San Diego, California, the utility box art project known as “New Orleans Street Gallery” was born. This program is now the main focus of Community Visions Unlimited (CVU), which was founded in 1994 to address blighted properties in Faubourg St. John. Tidy now serves as vice president of CVU. After Hurricane Katrina, the group extended its vision to all of Orleans Parish and set out to revitalize neighborhoods. For the New Orleans Street Gallery, CVU works with the Arts Council of New Orleans and local neighborhood associations. They invite members of the community to volunteer to clean and prime the utility boxes and encourage local artists to submit proposed designs. If an artist is selected, he or she receives paint for the project and a small cash stipend. It’s not uncommon to see one of these artworks in progress. Artists report that while they are painting, they occasionally hear passersby shout words of support and requests to bring the art to their neighborhoods. For more information about volunteering or submitting an art design, visit www.cvunola.org.
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A generation of New Orleans bartenders has cultivated new drinks and tastes. At TA L E S O F T H E C O C KTA I L — the bar industry’s premier conference for bartenders — mixologists, spirits writers and liquor producers from around the globe discuss bar trends, spirits and the latest drinks.
says Jack McGarry, co-owner of Manhattan’s award-winning Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog, which specializes in historic cocktails. “It allows a bartender to curate the experience you’re going to have.” The bartender’s choice approach starts with a few discriminating questions: Stirred or shaken? Fruity, floral, smoky or herbal? Refreshing or rich? “I look for their favorite spirits and what they normally like, and we go from there,” says Lieberman. Just as guests tend to stay close to what they know, so will bartenders. “Is it about stepping out of the box and taking a risk? Not really,” says Steve Wilshire, bar manager at Bar Tonique. In fact, the guest’s perfect drink may well be on the current menu, says Neal Bodenheimer, co-owner of Cure and a partner in the Cure Collective consulting group. It might also be a classic, or a perfected drink that’s since been archived. But it probably won’t be something experimental. “We don’t limit what bartenders can make, but we won’t send out anything half-baked,” Bodenheimer says. “The idea is to ask the right questions.” Staff training also is key to a good bartender’s choice program. At Milk & Honey New York, new employees often start out as hosts, with a solid base knowledge of about 25 drinks. In time, they build up to the full catalog of cocktails. “Our staffers are career bartenders, so they’ll sit on the subway with flash-
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Neal Bodenheimer (center) opened the cocktail lounge Cure, which helped popularize craft cocktails at local bars and restaurants.
here’s no cocktail menu at Milk & Honey New York — at least not one a customer can see. Instead, the speakeasy’s staff will ask the patron about his or her preferences, then refer to a private master list of at least 600 drinks to pin down the right drink, head bartender Theo Lieberman says. The format lends itself to “bartender’s choice” (or “dealer’s choice”), usually meant for guests who are undecided, open to adventure or both. While this isn’t a new concept, craft bartenders now have more opportunities to stray from a set menu. With access to boutique spirits, handmade bitters or liqueurs and greater professional knowledge, they might roll out a completely original idea on the spot. But do they? “We never send out drinks that haven’t been tested,” says Lieberman, who leads a panel of presenters addressing the topic of bartender’s choice at 10 a.m. Friday at Hotel Monteleone as part of Tales of the Cocktail, the cocktail conference that draws bartenders, spirit industry professionals, writers, enthusiasts and liquor producers from around the globe. Menu-less bars aren’t likely to become the norm, but their emergence is part of the public embrace of craft cocktails and a movement in which bartenders are creating their own mixers, drinks and variations on classics. “The practice goes back to the first celebrity bartenders in the 1800s and the guests who trusted them,”
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cards and notebooks organized by spirit,” Lieberman says. For it to work, bartenders must know the classics and popular riffs born from them (Bodenheimer refers to “mother cocktails” and their offshoots, just like chefs learn the mother sauces upon which many other sauces are based). Bartenders should know which flavors work together, and which techniques will pull out different tastes and textures. At Dead Rabbit, bartenders connect digitally through an Evernote app, a database of cocktails that McGarry wants to increase to 3,000 entries. As soon as a drink is added, every bartender can access it, including drinks in development (currently including a chile-spiked boilermaker and a gin-absinthe gimlet variation flavored with cucumbers and kiwi; each derived from a classic). You won’t get a fledgling drink at Dead Rabbit, where the staff experiments collectively during a monthly drink test. Only proven drinks make it to the floor. “I love creativity, but (am) not too keen
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to go off the wall,” McGarry says. “The biggest thing in any bar is consistency. Everything has to be at that level.” In the five years since owner Ed Diaz opened Bar Tonique (with initial help from Bodenheimer), the staff has trained increasingly on efficiency and craft, and less on speed, Wilshire says. This Sunday, he’s launching the bar’s first specialty, staff-crafted drinks list. So as long as guests are happy and liquor costs stay in line, Wilshire is inclined to give his bartenders creative license when it comes to bartender’s choice. “I tell my staff to be adventurous, and use the entire palate of our back bar,” he says. Even so, he adds, “We tend to modify a classic to fit a guest’s needs.” At each of these bars, bartender’s choice is risk-free for guests, who won’t be charged for a drink they send back. “In the end, we’re not doing much that hasn’t been done before,” Wilshire says. “We’re all standing on the shoulders of giants.”
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rothy, floral and tangy, the Ramos Gin Fizz is an approachable, easy sipper — for the drinker, anyway. A bartender faced with a thirsty crowd sees it differently. “With so many steps, making it can ruin a good flow behind the bar,” says Chris Hannah, head bartender of Arnaud’s French 75, which will see hundreds of guests during Tales of the Cocktail. The recipe calls for separating an egg white, then dry shaking it with gin, simple syrup, citrus, cream and orange flower water — followed by minutes of more shaking with ice. Once it’s cool and aerated, the cocktail is strained into a glass and topped with club soda. No wonder, then, that Hannah began looking to streamline the process for Tales week. Inspired by his work with the Pop Shop crew, a group of local bartenders who staged bottled cocktail pop-ups, Hannah says he “got better at making bottled drinks the right way.” That means batching multiple Ramos Gin Fizzes, using a precise amount of water to stand in for the normally diluting effect of ice. He pours the drinks into new bottles, charges them with a carbonator (which replaces the soda water) and caps them. Because he makes them daily during Tales of the Cocktail, Hannah still uses fresh egg whites and just-squeezed lime and lemon juices. Last July, Hannah debuted his bottled Ramos gin fizzes, crafting labels from vintage images of Henry Ramos and the Roosevelt Hotel, which owns the rights to the drink (the hotel was a favorite of devoted gin fizzer and former Gov. Huey Long). This Tales, don’t be shy about asking Hannah for a Ramos Gin Fizz. But come in early, as he’ll only make 10 bottles a day, and don’t expect to see a shake show. “Guests will be happy, and I love it,” Hannah says. “Just pop the top and put in a straw; it’s the same motion as serving a beer.” — ANNE BERRY
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SoBou (310 Chartres St., 504-552-4095; www.sobounola.com). For last year’s Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Dinner, mixologist Abigail Gullo got an ice shaver (fitting for a bar located in what she says was a former ice house), and crafted a snowball-inspired Pink Pigeon, a lush shake of silver rum, lime, amaretto, cherry syrup and house-made tropical orgeat, made from coconut and pecans. Shaved ice on top gets a drizzle of condensed milk, and the drink stays balanced and creamy to the end. This year, the new Pan Am Sloe Flight South (not on the menu, but ask for it) is a perfumed, spirited snowball made with pisco, Creme de Violette and maraschino liqueur, with a shaved ice float of sloe blue gin.
Root Squared (Square Root, 1800 Magazine St., 504-309-7800; www.squarerootnola.com). In keeping with the restaurant’s open kitchen format, bar manager Max Messier will shape his ice program in public view. For this year’s Tales of the Cocktail, Messier will set up a sidewalk station and take a miter saw to carve rectangular, Collins-sized cubes, as well as varying sizes of square blocks. Inside, enjoy his snowball-inspired cocktails, including a white Russian variation (made with Messier’s milk-washed vodka) and a Blue Curacao-Lillet sipper, shaken with toasted peppercorn-cardamom syrup and pineapple juice. He’s also known to
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cool his cocktails with liquid nitrogen, turning them into spirited slushies. Doris Metropolitan (620 Chartres St., 504-267-3500; www.dorismetropolitan. com). The chic steakhouse has had a flavored ice program from the start, including the Future Ball, a molecular Old Fashioned whose frozen modifiers unspool into your favorite whiskey. Newer flavors include an Aviation Ball and, later this summer, a Decadence rainbow ball layered with fruit juices and edible glitter and served in coconut rum. For this year’s Spirited Dinner, bar manager Konrad Kantor is planning a rosemary-honey iceball, frozen with lemon juice and served in a glass of Nikka Japanese whiskey. To showcase a new shaved ice machine, he’s also beginning a build-your-own julep program. Twelve Mile Limit (500 S. Telemachus St., 504-488-8114; www.facebook. com/twelve.mile.limit). “Any bar with a serious cocktail program needs to have large-format ice,” says owner-bartender Cole Newton, who recently began chilling his boozier pours — think Old Fashioneds, whiskey on the rocks — with 2-inch, heart-shaped cubes. (He clarifies New Orleans’ mineral-rich, hard water by insulating the ice cube trays.) The bar also just got an ice crusher, spinning fine-shaved ice for Megan Devine’s tequila-coffee liqueur chiller, Sno Chance, topped with BrancaMenta-infused condensed milk. “It’s a slightly more sophisticated program at a very reasonable cost,” says Newton.
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Maurepas Foods (3200 Burgundy St., 504-267-0072; www.maurepasfoods. com). The Bywater bar began making shaved ice and flavored ice cubes for last year’s Spirited Dinner, and it’s reviving the same styles this year. Check out the gorgeous whiskey and ginger Snake Oil, strained over shaved ice, as well as bar manager Tony DiMunno’s latest tart cooler — a fun stack of watermelon-juiced ice cubes in a shake of pisco, lime, coconut water and his own simple syrup, spun from summer corn and spiked with a pop of chili powder.
The Sno Chance is a snowball-inspired drink offered at Twelve Mile Limit.
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Bourbon O Bar (Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 730 Bourbon St., 504-571-4685; www. bourbono.com). The bar staff approached manager Cheryl Charming about going beyond clear ice balls, so for this year’s Tales, they’re hand-cutting cubes and Collins-sized rectangles too. — ANNE BERRY
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hough little known outside of China, baijiu is the world’s most consumed spirit by volume. Travelogues have not been kind to the liquor (political journal Foreign Policy’s Asia editor Isaac Stone Fish recently slammed it in a piece called “One billion drinkers can be wrong”), and many reviewers have relegated it to an acquired taste niche. Author Derek Sandhaus (Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits) has
become a baijiu ambassador, shedding light on the spirit and detailing his increased appreciation for it. He speaks at a seminar at Tales of the Cocktail. Tales of the Cocktail is a showcase where many liquor companies try to get products in the hands and on the palates of bartenders. Here are some of the spirits completing for attention this year. Visit the website (www.talesofthecocktail.com) for tickets to events.
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Baijiu is not a single, defined spirit so much as a category of clear liquors made from sorghum, rice and sometimes wheat at proofs ranging from 60 to 120. There are both high- and low-quality brands, but it’s an overwhelming favorite across China and has a special place in traditional gift giving at state and business functions. Whether exports catch on elsewhere remains to be seen, but Diageo, the world’s largest distiller, has invested in the category. Sandhaus, drinks writer David Wondrich and Yuan Liu of CNS Imports lead a discussion of baijiu, and there’s a tasting of premium brands including Moutai, Shui Jing Fang, Jian Nan Chun and others at a seminar at 1 p.m. Thursday. Baijiu is not yet sold in Louisiana.
BRANDY Brandy doesn’t need an introduction, but there are many varieties of distilled wine that compete for shelf-space in bars. Pisco, a traditional brandy made in areas of Peru and Chile, and cognac share the spotlight in a seminar (“Aspiring to be Heroes,” 10 a.m. Friday). Fruit brandies used to be common cocktail components and are making a comeback. Traditional central European fruit brandies — kirschwasser, aka kirsch, Marillenbrand (Austrian apricot brandy) and himbeergeist, a type of German schnapps — are the subject of the seminar “The Art of Eau de Vie” (10:30 a.m. Friday). Calvados, the French apple brandy often paired with or used in desserts, gets a solo show “Calvados Unpeeled” (3:30 p.m. Friday).
WHISKEY In Lost in Translation, Bill Murray plays a film star hired by Japanese liquor giant Suntory (which purchased Jim Beam earlier this year) to lend Rat Pack-appeal to an advertisement for its whiskey. But it’s not all about imports or images. Whiskey has been produced in Japan since the 1870s, and Japanese whiskies have won top honors in recent international competitions. Suntory-rival Nikka Whiskey presents a seminar (1 p.m. Saturday) about the variety of Japanese whiskies exported to the U.S. — WILL COVIELLO PAGE 20
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ward-winning bartender and bar consultant Brian Van Flandern says he truly believes the customer is always right. He means that bartenders and servers need to work to please every guest. But he also knows some patrons present particular challenges. A former actor, who attended the National Shakespeare Conservatory and appeared in Robert Redford’s Quiz Show, Van Flandern became famous for what once was a moonlighting job for him. He was hired to run the bar at chef Thomas Keller’s high-profile New York restaurant Per Se. When then-restaurant critic Frank Bruni gave Per Se a four-star rave review in The New York Times in 2004, he mentioned the bar offerings, which included Van Flandern’s house-made tonic water. This came at the dawn of the current craft cocktail movement and Van Flandern, excited by the culinary standards Keller set at Per Se, discovered a similar passion behind the bar. “I became a lot more famous behind the bar than I ever was as an actor,” he says. Van Flandern speaks at a Tales of the Cocktail panel about one of the less glamorous sides of bartending: dealing with problem customers (“86’d: Tales of Social Responsibility,” 1 p.m. Friday). “When I consult, I have a five-day program,” he says. “The first four days are about drinks, spirits knowledge and bartending tools. The fifth day is about dealing with customers and (legal) liability.” In his career, Van Flandern has seen just about everything. He’s dealt with customers getting ill, belligerent and naked — he once had to unlock a bathroom where he found an undressed couple passed out. But even the more common problem of an inebriated customer isn’t always easy to spot. “People tend to assume a customer coming in to the bar is sober,” he says. “That’s not true.” He relates a situation that spiraled out of control when he worked at a trendy bar in Portland, Oregon, the Veritable Quandary or VQ.
“This gentleman came in right before happy hour was about to kick in,” Van Flandern says. “The bar was relatively quiet and, clear as a bell, he asked for a Scotch and soda.” After Van Flandern poured the drink, he realized the man was drunk. “The guy said in the most slurred voice possible, ‘Where’s the bathroom?’” Van Flandern says. “I immediately grabbed the untouched drink and pulled it back.” Van Flandern pointed out the restrooms, but when the man stood up, he headed for the front door. Instead of pulling the door open, he pushed on it and struggled. Frustrated by his failure to open it, he leaned forward against the door and urinated on it. “I ran around the bar and said, ‘Let me get the door for you,’” Van Flandern says. But things only got worse. “He fell straight forward and cracked his head on the concrete,” Van Flandern says. Van Flandern has EMT training, so he helped the man and asked a patron to call 911. “The cops showed up; the ambulance showed up,” Van Flandern says. “He had a concussion. The police took my statement and they were skeptical.” Police assumed he had served the man too much alcohol, and Van Flandern was fortunate his regular customers backed up his story, though police remained suspicious. Van Flandern was afraid he’d lose his job and get sued. “I later learned that when someone is totally drunk at one bar and gets kicked out, they’ve got a remarkable ability to pull themselves together until they get the next drink in their hand,” Van Flandern says. “So he totally suckered me.” In his seminars, Van Flandern offers bartenders advice on how to spot a customer who’s already had too much to drink. The best advice he has, however, is not to confront a customer in a way that makes them defensive, but try to help. “Offering someone water or coffee or food won’t sober them up,” he says. “But it will buy you time.” — WILL COVIELLO
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of one’s own By that decade’s end, bars were begging for women to come, offering “ladies night” discounts and drinks specials. Soon after that, Cheryl Charming took her first bartending job, at a cabaret nightclub in Arkansas. Raunchy drink names, she says, reflected the times. “The bar has a subtle sexual nature to it,” says Charming, who manages Bourbon O Bar. She still gets her share of propositions. “Guys will ask, ‘What time do you get off?’ They’re always surprised when I say 4 a.m., because the bar closes at 2 a.m. They don’t realize that I have to stay and clean up and restock the bar.” Like their male counterparts, women bartenders haul ice, stock cases of liquor, take out trash and move kegs. “You can’t be a wimp,” says Charming. And, of course, everyone in the business has to make exceptional drinks, in a time of craft standards and shifting flavor stereotypes. Forty years after women staked their claim to bar stools, they’re knocking back whiskey shots. “Gender differences in taste have definitely broken down,” notes SoBou bartender Abigail Gullo. Charming’s hotel bar often draws male convention-goers who drink alone, where “nobody will ever see them again,” she says. “So they’ll order a frozen daiquiri or pina colada, real frou-frou drinks.” That same anonymity, coupled with booze, can make for outrageous behavior. Charming coached Conklin on how to deflect it, and empowers her entire staff by giving them a say in new hires and programming, and crediting them by name on the menu for their specialty drinks. While the bar as a workplace still has its issues, it trumped other careers for Gullo, who was initially drawn to theater and then teaching. “An actor is at the mercy of other people, especially during auditions, and while I loved teaching, it’s a thankless job,” she says. “Bartending has empowered me, financially and emotionally. It gives me more control in my life.” — ANNE BERRY
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on’t call bartender Becca June Conklin a “server” or “barmaid,” and definitely don’t ask whether she’s a dominatrix, as did one guest. The man later apologized, saying it was his first time in the city and he didn’t know the proper thing to say. “Just treat me like a normal human being,” said Conklin, who works behind the stick at Bourbon O Bar in the Bourbon Orleans Hotel. “Just because you’re in New Orleans doesn’t mean you can be obscene. You’re still in polite society.” Not so long ago, taverns weren’t considered any place for politeness or, for that matter, women. It wasn’t that long ago that women were barred from many drinking establishments, but now they’re playing a more prominent role behind the bar, crafting drinks and setting trends. At the 1968 national conference of the National Organization for Women (NOW), feminists were still tackling men-only bars as a civil rights issue, writes historian Georgina Hickey in her article “Barred from the Barroom.” In 1969, NOW activists staged nationwide “drink-ins.” Hickey notes that some bar owners protested that women couldn’t be trusted to know how to pay a check or tip; others said that bars were the “last stronghold of masculinity” and business lunches were better left to men. Women famously stormed the Sazerac Bar at the Roosevelt Hotel in 1949, and in the early 1970s, NOW took action against establishments in New Orleans, including at the Hotel Monteleone and its men-only bar. During that era, Lu Brow idolized Gunsmoke’s Miss Kitty, the saloonkeeper who was a “feminine power figure, operating in a man’s world. She kept everyone in line,” says Brow, a bartender at Cafe Adelaide and the Swizzle Stick Bar. Culturally, Miss Kitty might have helped the cause. Legally, feminists scored a groundbreaking victory in 1970, when a federal judge ruled (Seidenberg v. McSorley’s Old Ale House) that having a liquor license was enough to trigger the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
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local products, to which we apply not-necessarily-local preparations.” The culinary team also supports area fishermen. Staple dishes include turtle soup with sherry, the City Park salad featuring baby red oak, tuna two ways prepared tartare and pepper-seared, barbecue Gulf shrimp made with NOLA Blonde Ale, and Chappapeela Farms duck breast. Brunch favorites include crawfish and tasso eggs Benedict and chicken and waffles. Recent menu additions include grilled octopus, sweetbreads and crawfish, pan-roasted cobia with crawfish fat hollandaise and LA Legacy prime strip steak with garlic fries and bacon bearnaise. Clientele consists of locals as well as tourists. “The majority of the regulars come right from the restaurant’s backyard, in the neighborhoods of MidCity, Uptown and Metairie,” Flanagan says. “Guests often enjoy lunch or dinner prior to visiting the [New Orleans Museum of Art], City Park, Jazz Fest or other Mid-City festivals and events.” Ralph’s on the Park’s Performing Arts Menu — three courses for $35 — is offered at dinner before Broadway in New Orleans performances, operas, ballets and symphony concerts all season long. Through August, the restaurant offers three appetizers and a glass of wine for $33. Happy hour is 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, which coincides with Krown’s musical accompaniment.
SHOPPING NEWS
Spruce (2043 Magazine St., 504-265-0946; www.sprucenola.com) is holding a summer sale through July. Receive 30-50 percent off most items. Bayona Restaurant (430 Dauphine St., 504-525-4455; www.bayona.com) hosts a courtyard art market celebrating Bastille Day. The art market will be held nightly beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, July 14. There will be French wines by the glass, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and works by local artists. Patrons receive a $5 parking credit. Tales of the Cocktail (504-948-0511; www.
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talesofthecocktail.com) adds The Market at Tales at Hotel Monteleone (214 Royal St., 504-523-3341; www.hotelmonteleone.com) to this year’s annual festival. Cocktail-themed barware, apparel, bags and more are for sale 9 a.m.-6 p.m. July 15-18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. July 19 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 20. Cella’s Boutique (514 St. Peter St., 504-5295110; 3013 Magazine St., 504-834-2365; www. facebook.com/cellasboutique) celebrates the grand opening of its second location (3013 Magazine St.) at 8 p.m. Friday, July 18 with refreshments. Everything in the new store is discounted 20 percent on Saturday, July 19.
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hen Ralph Brennan opened Ralph’s on the Park (900 City Park Ave., 504-488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com) in 2003, the City Park neighborhood lacked a traditional fine dining restaurant, Brennan says. “A great restaurant is defined by its food as well as its atmosphere, so I couldn’t think of a more perfect setting to establish a restaurant — one that provided the essence of New Orleans cuisine in an elegant and traditional manner with gracious hospitality,” Brennan says. “Ralph’s on the Park has become a staple in the community: a place where people want to get engaged, celebrate a marriage, honor a debutante or have brunch within New Orleans’ stunning natural surroundings, with the ancient oak trees of New Orleans’ City Park as its backdrop,” he says. The restaurant’s three private dining rooms and exterior balcony are available for special events, weddings and cocktail parties. Brennan says guests enjoy the cream-colored clapboard building’s light-filled interior, as well as its balconies overlooking City Park. Joe Krown entertains diners with his versatile piano stylings during Sunday brunch and every Tuesday through Thursday. “Our food philosophy at Ralph’s on the Park is to share globally inspired interpretations of local cuisine that are influenced by the eccentricity, diversity and traditions for which New Orleans is known,” executive chef Chip Flanagan says of the menu, which offers inventive takes on New Orleans classics and comfort foods “We like to keep it creative,” Flanagan says. “We are dedicated to farmers markets, local purveyors and
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During Dining Out for Life, Crescent Pie and Sausage Co. will donate 25 percent of lunch and dinner proceeds to the NO/AIDS Task Force.
Dining for a cause
On Thursday, July 17, all you have to do to help make a difference in the lives of people affected by HIV/AIDS is go out to eat at one of nearly 70 New Orleans area restaurants. The NO/AIDS Task Force’s (2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500, 504-821-2601) Dining Out for Life (www.noaidstaskforce.org/events/ dfl) benefit is an entire day in which a percentage of a participating restaurant’s proceeds (most pledge 25 percent) are donated to support the Task Force. The event raises about $80,000 annually for the Task Force, which has been providing medical care, testing, prevention programs, housing services, meals, access to a food pantry, peer support and behavioral health for 30 years to men, women and families whose lives have been affected by HIV/ AIDS. Participating restaurant and bars include Booty’s Street Food (800 Louisa St., 504-266-2887; www.bootysnola.com), Crescent Pie and Sausage Co. (4400 Banks St., 504-482-2426; www.crescentpieandsausage.com), Cafe Minh (4139 Canal St., 504-482-6266; www.cafeminh. com), Liberty’s Kitchen (422 S. Broad St., 504-822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org), Mariza (2900 Chartres St., 504-598-5700; www.marizaneworleans.com), Mark Twain’s Pizza Landing (2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-832-8032; www.marktwainspizza.com), Short Stop Po-Boys (119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, 504-8854572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com), Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine (923 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-836-6859; www.facebook. com/tajnola), Vega Tapas Cafe (2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-836-2007; www. vegatapascafe.com) and many others. Patrons also can ask their server for a donation envelope and donate extra cash, for which they’ll be entered into a drawing to win a two-night stay at the Windsor Court Hotel (300 Gravier St., 504-523-6000; www.windsorcourthotel.com). PAGE 26
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hile it’s great to try a new restaurant, there’s something to be said for having a regular spot — a place (preferably within walking distance) where everyone knows your name, your story and maybe your favorite dish. This type of laid-back, neighborhood restaurant is a dying breed, as technology — for better or worse — makes a block’s best-kept secret into a city’s new hot spot. The kind of convivial but relaxed spirit embodied by these restaurants lives on at Toast, an Uptown breakfast and lunch joint where a Sunday morning brunch feels like a family reunion. Opened early this spring by the team behind Francophile lunchtime favorite Tartine, there’s never a shortage of diners ready to indulge in sweet, Nutella-filled crepes or a bowl of piping hot grits. Servers bustle around between tables filled with guests who greet one another as they arrive. Twentysomethings in yoga pants, preachers with rockabilly hairstyles and tam-wearing elderly gentlemen all dine side by side, milling about from table to table to visit with one another as if at a party. Toast’s strength lies in its ability to make traditional lingonberry Cara Benson serves toast topped with smoked dishes with sophisticated ingredients feel acces- jam served with aebsalmon, egg and capers at Toast. sible and ordinary breakfast items glow. There’s elskivers appear on a decidedly European flair to a majority of the P H O T O BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER the menu as an option dishes. This is most apparent in the overwhelmwith other items. ing selection of crepes, with fillings ranging There also are a numwhat from ratatouille to king cake. If you’re looking for ber of heavier, lunch-appropriate entrees, a sweet indulgence, the chocolate- and creme Toast including a croque madame featuring a anglaise-filled crepe is warm and rich without thick ham steak instead of sliced ham, and overwhelming the crepe’s delicate, paper-thin where a hanger steak with a dry, chalky taste. texture. The creme anglaise itself is a dreamy 5433 Laurel St., (504) 267-3260; The steak’s complement of heavy-duty and decedent dessert-like treat, with a smooth, side items — pungent tarragon aioli, a gumwww.toastneworleans.com custardy consistency and delicious full-bodied my egg, underseasoned potatoes — make vanilla flavor. the dish more cumbersome and lackluster. when The prosciutto and brie crepe would turn It’s the restaurant’s namesake toasts breakfast and lunch even those wary of fancy French cheeses into that are roundly undersold on the menu Tuesday-Sunday believers. The portioning is masterful, with small and over-deliver on the plate. The breads bites of salty prosciutto supported by a thin are made in house and are buoyant and how much spread of buttery, earthy brie that allows both chewy, serving as ideal canvases for many inexpensive to shine. Across the board, it’s easy to eat like topping combinations. The toast with an royalty at Toast for pauper’s prices — all crepes what works and most menu items fall below the $10 mark for herb-dappled ricotta, prosciutto slices and a big drizzle of honey is a well-balanced generous portions. flavor-packed crepes; fluffy and crowd pleaser, while the heaping portion The aebelskivers are perhaps the restaudense aebelskivers; prosciutto, of salmon with feathery egg and a smear rant’s most curious menu item: round, poppable ricotta and honey toast of cream cheese will bridge the gap until Danish-style pancakes made with dense, eggy lunch with grace. batter and smothered in any number of sugary what doesn’t There are few wrong choices at Toast, toppings. While the cue-ball sized aebelskivers chewy, dry hanger steak and the welcoming atmosphere makes one at Toast are much larger than others I’ve tried, with lackluster accompaniments feel lucky to be a part of such a tight-knit the fluffy texture ensures that they aren’t overwhelming, particularly when paired with the community, even on a first meal. check, please tart, citrus bite of lemon curd, which has been Warm neighborhood spot Contact Sarah Baird at thinned and warmed to perfectly complement with European-style dishes sarahgambitdining@gmail.com the puffy delicacies. It would be nice to see the
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Yoga outfitter Lululemon (www.lululemon.com) and NOLA Brewing (www.nolabrewing.com) have teamed up to give locals another excuse to drink beer and perspire. The “hot yoga, cold beer” series kicked off July 7 at NOLA Brewery’s warehouse (3001 Tchoupitoulas St.) and features a free hour of hot “power yoga” followed by two-for-one beers. The series continues each Monday through Aug. 11, with the yoga portion running from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. — SARAH BAIRD
Shaking and moving
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There’s good news for fans of the Bywater’s go-to spot for cakes, pies and maple-bacon-sweet potato biscuits: Shake Sugary (3600 St. Claude Ave., 504-355-9345; www.shakesugary.com) will move into a larger, permanent home at 3304 St. Claude Ave. by the end of September.
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The downtown bakery — named after the blues song by Elizabeth Cotten — has steadily expanded its menu offerings and hours since opening in 2011 and has outgrown its corner store space. The new shop will feature a larger selection of breads from pastry chef Dawn Snead, as well as a savory brunch and lunch menu from chef Joel Brown. Until the move, Shake Sugary maintains regular hours from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. — SARAH BAIRD
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Rejoice, list lovers. Louisiana is near the top of the heap on a national list, and this time for our prominence as a state rich in food and drink. Thrillist (www.thrillist.com), the national “digital lifestyle brand for men,” ranks Louisiana as the fourth best state in the country for eating and drinking, falling behind California, New York and Texas. Using a not-so-scientific method, states were ranked based on what food items they produce, iconic dishes, beer, wine and spirit production and food scenes in major cities. While Thrillist rolls its eyes at the national hype around New Orleans classics like gumbo and po-boys, it does note that it is “America’s finest drinking city.” The full list is at www.thrillist.com/eat/ nation/every-state-ranked-by-its-food-drink. — SARAH BAIRD
Eat locally, talk globally
The Farm to Table international Symposium (aka “F2Ti”) aims to bring together leading practitioners in the farm-to-table movement for discussion of key issues including sustainable seafood and urban farming. The second edition of the symposium is Aug. 2-4 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Edward Avalos, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, is the closing keynote speaker Aug. 4. Avalos is expected to address the Farm Bill and its impact on small farmers, regional food systems and organic agriculture, as well as his efforts to increase “buy local” movements in communities across the country. The symposium is hosted by the Southern Food and Beverage Museum (www.southernfood.org) and the LSU AgCenter (www.lsuagcenter.com) and it includes workshops, film screenings and panel discussions. For the full symposium schedule and to register, visit www.f2t-int.com. — SARAH BAIRD
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Ron Kottemann Roman Candy man
Ron Kottemann owns and operates Roman Candy Company (www.romancandy.com), a family taffy business with a familiar mule-drawn white wagon that’s been a New Orleans icon since 1915. Kottemann spoke with Gambit about the candy’s Sicilian heritage, coconut flavored taffy and new mule, Vidalia.
Who founded the Roman Candy Company?
Have the flavors changed over the years?
K: Originally, he just made the base candy without any flavor in it. He would make the candy, pull it, cut it and wrap it. People loved it plain. Once the 1940s rolled around, consumers kind of got sophisticated and started to want flavors, so he tried a whole bunch of different kinds. It didn’t work well to have too many flavors because he couldn’t pull all the candy and make enough sales while on the move. He tried grape, orange and a pretty popular coconut, among others. He found out if he had 15 flavors, it took people too long to make up their mind, so he cut it back to chocolate, vanilla and strawberry like it is today. Roman Candy Rum — which is a company run by my sister — has rum in all three of those flavors as well. She and her husband went down to Puerto Rico and came up with the idea for this flavored rum and asked me if they could use the Roman Candy name. They took it to Las Vegas for a wine and spirits convention recently and the chocolate rum won first prize. It’s good stuff.
How do you decide where to take the cart each day?
K: It depends on where I think we’re going to make the most money, but I don’t really work up and down the street all day long because kids aren’t home during the day. Now, we go places where there are people — lunch spots and such. The cart is pulled by a mule, and my new mule’s name is Vidalia. I’ve had her about seven or eight months now, and she’s learning all the things she needs to know. She has a really good personality and likes people. I’ve had about five mules in my life, but it takes a special one to do this job. They have to have a good temperament. Some mules are just too stubborn, don’t have a good personality or don’t want to work. I think Vidalia is going to be a keeper for me. — SARAH BAIRD
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Kottemann: Roman candy is actually Sicilian. My great-grandparents were from Sicily and the recipe dates back to them. When they came to live in New Orleans, they made three trips back and forth before actually settling here permanently. They would commute from Italy to New Orleans, stay in the United States for a year or two, make money and go home. On the third trip, my great-grandfather was able to bring the whole family over and stay. When they finally settled, they set up a fruit and vegetable cart business. When he was 11, my grandfather — who was first-generation American — got in an accident and was run over by a streetcar. He lost both his legs below the knee. They kicked him out of school, and he only had a third-grade education, so he had to go to work. He went around with a little goat cart and sold produce in the summer and firewood and coal in the winter. In 1915 when he was 25, he had the idea to start selling the candy that his mother was making for special events and family celebrations. He would just take a piece here and there to sell, but people started asking for it and really liked it. He decided to sell candy full time. He designed the wagon that we use today so that he could make and pull the candy while rolling along down the road and selling it.
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BEER buzz Gnarly Barley Brewing Co. (www.gnarlybeer.com) debuted its beer during American Craft Beer Week (May 12-18), earlier than anticipated, but co-founder Cari Caramonta says she and husband Zac, who attended previous years’ events as beer fans, didn’t want the brewery to miss exposure to local craft beer drinkers. Two months later, the Caramontas are focused on beer production and brand awareZac Caramonta leads a tour of ness. The couple launched brewery tours Gnarly Barley Brewing Co. July 5 and more than 50 people visited the P H O T O B Y C A R I C A R A M O N TA facility in Hammond. Caramonta says they will continue holding tours from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays. The brewery is still a two-person operation: Cari handles the business end, including accounting, sales and marketing, and Zac handles brewery operations. “We also assist each other when needed, and we are lucky enough to have friends and family that help out when they can,” Cari says. Gnarly Barley’s flagship beers, Catahoula Common and Radical Rye P.A., are currently available in 60 bars and restaurants in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and on the Northshore. Production is going smoothly, Cari says. Zac is refining recipes for large-scale brewing. Before the end of the year, the Caramontas expect to release Korova Milk Porter, a favorite of long-time Gnarly Barley fans since Zac served homebrewed beer. The pair will continue to showcase their beer at events in New Orleans and the Northshore. They will participate in the Louisiana chapter (www.cff.org/ chapters/louisiana) of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s fundraiser Grapes & Grain on Aug. 1 at the Castine Center (63350 Pelican Drive, Mandeville, 985-626-7997), and Cari says they will bring something special to The Avenue Pub’s IPA Day on Aug. 7. — NORA McGUNNIGLE
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Australian native Ant Moore built his winery in Marlborough with blocks of land in the distinctive subregions of Awatere, Waihopai and Wairau valleys, and he developed infrastructure for sustainable farming prior to planting. The Waihopai sites, bounded by the Omaka River and exposed to northwesterly winds, lie on elevated clay terraces and ridges. Once fruit is harvested, the lots are kept separate. Pressed juice is moved to temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks to settle for three days. Yeast is added and the must ferments into wine over 15 days. The blending process can involve as many as 30 lots of sauvignon blanc. Once the blend is defined, the bottling rests for four months before release. Produced from estate vineyards, this sauvignon blanc is bright, focused and complex. In the glass, it exudes aromas of tropical fruit, melon, cut grass and kiwi. On the palate, taste grapefruit, lime, herbs, passion fruit, minerals and bracing acidity. Drink it with sushi, shellfish, gazpacho, guacamole, artichokes, asparagus, salads and soft cheeses. Buy it at: Pearl Wine Company and Faubourg Wines. Drink it at: Root, Emeril’s, NOLA and Patrick’s Bar Vin. — BRENDA MAITLAND Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net
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www.talesofthecocktail.com Mixologists and local chefs match mixed drinks and food in multicourse dinners. There’s everything from a Big Lebowski-themed dinner at Fulton Alley to vodka and steak to a tiki celebration. Visit the website for a list of participating restaurants.
1 Dong Phuong
Lu-wow
14207 Chef Menteur Highway, (504) 254-0296
Noon-until Saturday Lucy’s Retired Surfers Bar & Restaurant, 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995
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Flavors include jackfruit and mung bean.
www.lucysretiredsurfers.com The all-day block party features tiki bars and drinks, a water slide and, beginning at 5 p.m., music by Clockwork Elvis, The UnNaturals and Nick Name & the Valmonts.
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National Daiquiri Day parade
2800 Manhattan Blvd,, Harvey, (504) 361-9099 Bubble teas feature chewy balls of tapioca and a Thai tea option.
4:30 p.m. Saturday Gene’s Curbside Daiquiris, 1030 Elysian Fields Ave. www.ohnoco.org/daiquiriparade Saturday is National Daiquiri Day and a local celebratory parade starts at Gene’s Curbside Daiquiris and marches through Faubourg Marigny. Participants include the Goodchildren Social Aid & Pleasure Club Marching Band and dance troupes Roux La La, Organ Grinders, NOLA Chorus Girls and Who Daiq! Flava Girls.
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1912 Magazine St., (504) 301-3227 www.honeydeuxnola.com
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Mr. Bubbles Sandwich House
“The cool thing about having Emeril coming to your house and cook is, after he finishes, you have food in the freezer for the rest of the year. You never have to go shopping or cook again. He cooks for the amount of people that fit in all of his restaurants. That’s how chefs do. They don’t know how to cook for four or five people.”
— Sammy Hagar to Doug Elfman of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, talking about his friend Emeril Lagasse. Hagar, who was ranking his “party buddies” for the paper, put Lagasse at third (behind Michael Anthony and Toby Keith), but told Elfman that Lagasse would cook a whole pig for five guests.
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Bam! Halen
925 Behrman Highway, Gretna, (504) 570-6377 One of the city’s most eclectic assortments of bubble tea flavors includes pennywort, soursop and sugarcane with durian.
5 Namese
4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 483-8899 www.namese.net
Passion fruit, red bean and taro bubble teas are on the menu, as well as the addition of fruity “bursting pearls” instead of tapioca.
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Honeydeux is known for creative bubble tea flavors, fruit jellies — including mango and lychee — and use of seasonal fruit.
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Genoa salami, provolone cheese and house-made olive salad and served toasted. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www. therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches overflowing with deli meats and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
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Motherland Cafe — 1535 Basin St., (504) 342-2996; www.facebook.com/motherlandcafe — This family restaurant serves Senegalese and Gambian food, and vegetarian dishes are available. Thiebou djenne is a fish and rice stew, and boulettes are fried balls of fish. There also are house-made ginger drinks and wonjo, made with hibiscus. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
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BAR & GRILL American Sports Saloon — 1200 Decatur St., (504) 522-2410 — This sports bar serves burgers made with house-ground patties, chicken wings, 12 beers on tap and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 302-9357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www.downthehatchnola.com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The veggie burger combines 15 vegetables and is served with sun-dried tomato pesto. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Jigger’s Bar & Grill — 1645 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 828-3555 — The sports bar serves sandwiches and bar noshing items. Half or full-round muffulettas are filled with Italian ham,
BURGERS Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar. com — This burger specialist’s patty options include beef, bison, shrimp and veggie. The House burger is dressed with cheddar, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, mayonnaise and mustard and served with house-made chips. The Cobb salad features romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, avocado, tomato, onion, applewood-smoked bacon, blue cheese, croutons and buttermilk ranch or honey-mustard dressing. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, po-boys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $
CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Breads on Oak — 8640 Oak St., Suite A, (504) 324-8271; www.breadsonoak. com — The bakery offers a range of breads, muffins, pastries and sweets. Pain au chocolat is a buttery, flakey croissant filled with dark chocolate, and a vegan version also is available. No reservations. Breakfast Wed.-Sun., lunch Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted
CHINESE Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Jung’s Golden Dragon — 3009 Magazine St., (504) 891-8280; www.jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine. Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop and serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Rue de la Course — 1140 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-4343; www.facebook. comruedelacourse — The Downtown sandwich includes turkey, bacon, Swiss cheese, avocado, tomato, lettuce, sprouts and mayonnaise on a bagel. The Lakeview features chicken or tuna salad dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise on a bagel and comes with a side. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Cash only. $
CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 525-4455; www.bayona.com — House favorites include sauteed salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise. com — The bar offers an award-winning wine list and full restaurant menu. Mussels are steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. Chicken mofongo features plantains stuffed with stewed chicken. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Fulton Alley — 600 Fulton St., (504) 2085569; www.fultonalley.com — The kitchen at this upscale bowling
Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — The constantly changing menu includes vegan dishes and house-made pasta. Sauteed sea scallops are served with fried green tomatoes, snap peas and sweet and spicy mango ginger ambrosia sauce. No reservations. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$
CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner MonSat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. The Cuban sandwich features house-made roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. The creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Ignatius Eatery — 3121 Magazine St., (504) 899-0242; www.ignatiuseatery.com — The menu includes classic Creole dishes such as red beans and rice, speckled trout meuniere and crawfish etouffee as well as sandwiches, salads and pasta. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www.mamommashouse. com — Traditional home-style Creole dishes include red beans and rice, shrimp pasta, fried chicken, cornbread and more. Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sunday. Credit cards. $$$ Olivier’s Creole Restaurant — 204 Decatur St., (504) 525-7734; www.olivierscreole. com — Eggplant Olivier features flashfried eggplant medallions served with shrimp, chicken, andouille and crawfish tails in garlic, basil and brandy sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.Sat., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ PAGE 34
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Somethin’ Else Cafe — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www.somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. There are burgers, po-boys and sandwiches filled with everything from cochon de lait to a trio of melted cheeses on buttered thick toast. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — The all-youcan-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines. No reservations. Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
Crescent City Brewhouse — 527 Decatur St., (504) 522-0571; www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com — The brewpub crafts German-style beers and seasonal offerings. Redfish Pontchartrain is topped with a fried soft-shell crab and roasted red pepper crabmeat aioli and served with asparagus. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$
for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $
Ivy — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 899-1330 — Chef Sue Zemanick offers a selection of small plates. Grilled lobster is served with arugula, roasted potatoes and corn. Warm snow crab claws come with truffle butter. No reservations. Dinner and latenight Mon.-Sat. Credit Cards. $$
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OUT to EAT PAGE 31 Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Updated Creole dishes include bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter and grilled Two Run Farm lamb chops served with New Orleans-style barbecue sauce. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www. koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $
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Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www. mardigraszone.com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven. The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers and beef stroganoff. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $
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Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole mustard on an onion roll. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. No reservations.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
FRENCH Baie Rouge — 4128 Magazine St., (504) 304-3667; www.baierougenola.com — Shrimp and risotto Milanese features jumbo shrimp cooked with lemon over saffron risotto served with hericots verts. Pig Dip features pork debris, caramelized onions and garlic aioli on French bread with a side of smoked pork jus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$ Martinique Bistro — 5908 Magazine St., (504) 891-8495; www. martiniquebistro.com — Gulf fish is served with soba noodles, Vidalia onions, shiitake mushrooms, charred scallions and miso-mussel broth. Barbecued Chappapeela Farms duck features Louisiana plum glazed duck breast, duck leg confit napa slaw, house-made pickles and a sesame pancake. Reservations recommended. Dinner Tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$
GOURMET TO GO Breaux Mart — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, (504) 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, (504) 737-8146; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
INDIAN Schiro’s Cafe — 2483 Royal St., (504) 944-6666; www.schiroscafe. com — The cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and spices. Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or vindaloo and vegetarian saag paneer. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and sea-
food served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
ITALIAN Amici Restaurant & Bar — 3218 Magazine St., (504) 300-1250; www. amicinola.com — Amici serves coal-fired pizza and Italian dishes. The broccoli rabe salsica Italiana pie is topped with marinara, mozzarella, sauteed bitter Italian greens and Italian sausage. Pasta carbonara features pancetta and green peas in white sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni. com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian and contemporary Louisiana cooking. Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tasso-mushroom sauce. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare. Pork bracciole features pork loin stuffed with cheese, currants and pignoli nuts that is braised slowly in tomato sauce and served over house-made pappardelle. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
JAPANESE Asuka Sushi & Hibachi — 7912 Earhart Blvd., (504) 862-5555; www. asukaneworleans.com — Asuka serves sushi and grilled items from the hibachi. The Shaggy Dog roll features tempura-fried shrimp,
snow crab and avocado topped with crabstick and eel sauce and spicy sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 8913644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Yuki Izakaya — 525 Frenchmen St., (504) 943-1122; www.facebook. com/yukiizakaya — This Japanese tavern combines a selection of small plates, sake, shochu, live music and Japanese kitsch. Dishes include curries, housemade ramen soups, fried chicken and other specialties. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $
LATIN AMERICAN La Macarena Pupuseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 8625252; www.pupusasneworleans.com — The NOLA Special breakfast burrito is stuffed with hot sausage, organic eggs, refried black beans, hash browns and American cheese. Carne asada is marinated and grilled beef tenderloin served with saffron rice and tropical salad. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.Mon. Cash only. $$
LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY 7 On Fulton — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton.com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with
blonde ale. Oven-roasted lobster tail is topped with Louisiana crawfish and corn cream sauce and comes with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys.com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole and Italian dishes. Pan-seared scallops are served with fennel-grapefruit salad, arugula pesto and jalapeno-infused olive oil. Reservations recommended. Lunch Thu.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie. com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and pan-fried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans. com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504) 522-5478; www.martisnola.com — This brasserie serves traditional French and contemporary Louisiana cooking. The grande plateau fruits de mer features whole Maine lobster, chilled shrimp, marinated snow crab claws, oysters on the half shell and scallop ceviche. Grilled Texas quail is served with spaetzle, oyster mushrooms, corn and Pommery mustard sauce. Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well
as offering caviar tastings, housemade salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a rouxbased gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www.tivoliandlee.com — The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers. Half a roasted chicken comes with dirty spaetzle, sweet tea glaze and greens. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Attiki Bar & Grill — 230 Decatur St., (504) 587-3756 — This restaurant and hookah bar serves an array of Mediterranean dishes. Tomato Buffala features baked tomatoes and mozzarella topped with basil and olive oil. Grilled filet mignon is topped with creamy mushroom sauce and served with two sides. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www. facebook.com/casaborrega — The barroom and cantina is decorated with folk art, and there’s seating in the back courtyard. Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No
OUT to EAT reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Coyote Blues — 4860 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 3013848; www.coyotebluesfreshmex. com — Shrimp and crawfish chimichanga is a fried burrito stuffed with shrimp and crawfish in cream sauce, Mexican rice and chili con queso and served with two sides. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — Todo Santos fish tacos feature grilled or fried mahi mahi in corn or flour tortillas topped with shredded cabbage and shrimp sauce, and are served with rice and beans. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
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NEIGHBORHOOD Bar Redux — 809 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux. com — The menu combines Creole favorites such as crawfish etouffee and gumbo, Caribbean items including jerk chicken and Cuban sandwiches and burgers, fried chicken and rib-eye cheese steaks. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Cash only. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb. com — Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant. com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb shank, lima beans with a ham hock and chicken fried steak served with macaroni and cheese. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville
St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$
two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
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Lucky Rooster — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; www.luckyroosternola.com — The menu features a mix of Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese and Japanese dishes. Korean-style fried chicken is served with chili-garlic sauce and kimchi slaw. Lucky Rooster soup comes with five-spice chicken, wokseared vegetables and crunchy wontons. The bar offers creative cocktails and house-made sodas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
PIZZA Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza. com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mellow Mushroom — 1645 Hwy. 190, Covington, (985) 327-5407; 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 644-4155; 8827 Oak St., (504) 345-8229; www.mellowmushroom. com — The Holy Shiitake pie tops an olive oil and garlic brushed crust with shiitake, button and portobello mushrooms, carmelized onions, mozzarella, montamore and Parmesan cheeses and black truffle oil. The Enlightened Spinach salad is topped with dried cherries, apples, candied pecans and feta cheese. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than
Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
Bear’s Poboys at Gennaros — 3206 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 833-9226 — The roast beef po-boy features beef slow-cooked in house, sliced thin, soaked in gravy and dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo on toasted Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop — 3454 Magazine St., (504) 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com — The Peacemaker layers fried local oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese on Leidenheimer French bread. Angus’ pot roast beef po-boy is served dressed on Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $
SEAFOOD Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans
barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Chad’s Bistro — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-9935; www. chadsbistro.com — The seafood Napoleon features fried eggplant medallions topped with crabmeat over angel hair pasta topped with shrimp au gratin sauce. The seafood boat is a bread loaf filled with fried shrimp, oysters and catfish and stuffed shimp. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri. dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Galley Seafood Restaurant — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 8320955 — Galley serves Creole and Italian dishes. Blackened redfish is served with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner Tue.Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www. mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. Veal Austin features paneed veal topped with Swiss chard, bacon, mushrooms, asparagus, crabmeat and brabant potatoes on the side. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www. dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — The house filet mignon is served atop creamed spinach with masa-fried oysters and Pontalba potatoes. Popular starters include the jumbo lump crabcake made with aioli. Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
TAPAS/SPANISH Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — The decadant Mushroom Manchego Toast is a favorite here. Hot and cold tapas dishes range from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www. vegatapascafe.com — Grilled avocado salad is served with crispy onions and Mahon cheese in Portuguese chestnut-vanilla vinaigrette. Wild mushroom ravioli are served with Madeira and goat cheese creme. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat, late night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
THAI Thai Mint — 1438 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-9001; www.thaimintrestaurant.com — Basil eggplant features pork, chicken, beef or shrimp sauteed with eggplant, onions, bell peppers and basil in spicy sauce. The Adamun Hunter features a soft-shell crab over sauteed scallops and calamari, spicy shrimp, long beans and sweet basil. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
VIETNAMESE Doson Noodle House —135 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-7283 — Traditional Vietnamese pho with pork and beef highlights the menu. The vegetarian hot pot comes with mixed vegetables, tofu and vermicelli rice noodles. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards and checks. $$ Lin’s — 3715 Westbank Expressway, (504) 340-0178; www.linsmenu.com — Vietnamese “Shakin’” beef features beef tips and onions served with rice. Singapore-style vermicelli is a stir fry of noodles, shrimp, pork, bean sprouts, carrots and bamboo shoots. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$ Pho Tau Bay Restaurant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — The menu includes pho, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Rolls-N-Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www. facebook.com/rolls-nbowlsnola — The menu includes spring rolls, pho, rice and vermicelli bowls, banh mi, stir fry entrees and bubble tea. The vermicelli bowl features noodles over lettuce, cucumber and carrots; shrimp are optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $
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Bombay Club — 830 Conti St., (504) 586-0972; www.thebombayclub. com — Louisiana crab and roasted Creole tomato fondue is finished with manchego cheese, scallions and grilled crostini. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch
features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Little Gem Saloon — 445 S. Rampart St., (504) 267-4863; www. littlegemsaloon.com — Louisiana black drum is topped with jumbo lump crabmeat and served with spinach, black-eyed peas and sherry cream. Rabbit and cauliflower gratin is served with apple-cabbage preserves. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine on seafood platters, po-boys, crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks and and gyros. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. Potato and cheese pierogies are served with fried onions and sour cream. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $
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was great, and that kept getting bigger. Then we added a Stones Fest, and that kept getting bigger.” Best Fest donates all of its ticket proceeds to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which helps support musicians in need of medical aid and other resources. Levy says all proceeds from Stones Fest in New Orleans will benefit New Orleans area musicians, and $1 from each ticket benefits the Tipitina’s Foundation. “That’s something we’ve done before, and we’re going to magnify that and really make sure wherever we go, the money is going to go specifically back to the community,” Levy says. “It’s not lost on us that it’s a hard life. We wound up getting day jobs.” Early Fest lineups included the core house band and friends, though the group’s friend circle also included The Strokes, Kings of Leon, Norah Jones and others. “We were really lucky,” Levy says. “The word of mouth grew with the shows, how fun they were. We would pool our resources with who we knew, who we were hanging out with, who we were doing business with. And now we’re at a point where we make a wish list, like, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to get Emmylou Harris to do a Tom Petty song?’ Then we’re a couple phone calls away and next thing you know there she is. We’re very lucky.” Harris performed Petty’s “You Got Lucky” at Petty Fest in Nashville with country singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell. Mike Campbell from Petty’s Heartbreakers sat in at a previous Stones Fest in New York to perform “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” (The night before at the Beacon Theater, Petty gave the fest a shoutout.) “He gets a kick out of what we do,” Levy says. At one Dylan Fest, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band paraded through the crowd playing the opening notes of Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35.” “We hadn’t even rehearsed with them,” Levy
says. “Ben Jaffe came Alex Levy co-founded Best Fest, which to rehearsal and we brings Stones Fest to New Orleans July 17. talked about what song we were going to do, P H OTO BY DAV E HED S T R O M and he said, ‘Let me hear the band play it.’ The Best Fest presents We played a couple of JULY Stones Fest bars and he stopped us and said, ‘OK.’ 9 p.m. Thursday “The crowd lost their Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave. minds. These guys walked in like parting (504) 895-8477; the Red Sea. As soon as www.tipitinas.com they hit the stage, the band kicked in. It was Tickets $27 one of the most joyful experiences of my life.” Singer/songwriter Norah Jones also has performed at nearly every fest. “She’s absolutely one of the greatest performers I’ve ever seen,” Levy says. “Keith Richards said it too, so it must be true.”
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festival founded 10 years ago in a Lower East Side New York dive makes its way to New Orleans for the first time. Founded by a group of musicians-turned-industry pros, Best Fest modeled its early incarnation — a one-off 60th birthday tribute to Bob Dylan, which became the firstever Dylan Fest — after a similar scene of musicians, label reps and music writers at the scenes at Largo and Hotel Cafe. “We’d all hang out and drink — a lot of drinking — and talk about music, but nobody was playing together,” says founder Alex Levy. “In L.A., it was the same thing, except the guys were hanging out and drinking and playing together. We thought, ‘We got to get this going on. We’re sitting in this bar, there’s all these musicians, they’re all happening.’” Best Fest now hosts annual tributes to Tom Petty (Petty Fest) and, coming to Tipitina’s July 17, a tribute to The Rolling Stones, dubbed Stones Fest. The all-star lineup includes Ann Wilson of Heart, comedian Jason Sudeikis and members of Deer Tick, Dr. Dog, Wilco and a dozen other performers, including New Orleans’ own George Porter Jr. and Walter “Wolfman” Washington. Levy says he wanted the Dylan tribute to feel like The Last Waltz: “[P]ut a little band together and invite people to go up and sing a Dylan song.” Now, Levy says, “It’s like a circus. It’s not like your normal kind of show.” The house band — Levy on guitar, co-founders Austin Scaggs on bass and Matt Romano on drums — all are music business veterans. Levy was vice president of promotions for Epic Records and an artist relations director for Rolling Stone, and Scaggs is a contributing editor at the magazine. Romano, a former road drummer for The Strokes, also is a partner in exclusive New York dive The Cabin Down Below (named after the Tom Petty song of the same name). “It’s just one of those kinds of places,” Levy says. “I met so many people in my life, including my wife, in that bar. A lot of the planning for these shows — we met at Matt’s bar. It’s a place where musicians and actors want to go to have their own little scene. They specifically wanted a clubhouse.” The first-ever Dylan Fest was held at Manitoba’s, a small bar in the Lower East Side, and Best Fest quickly outgrew the space. After three years of Dylan Fest at dive bars, the event moved to clubs and became a sellout show at venues like Bowery Ballroom and Webster Hall. “Every year it kept getting bigger,” Levy says. “We added a Petty Fest, and that
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TUESDAY 15 21st Amendment — Linnzi Zaorski, 8 Banks Street Bar — The N’awlins Johnnys, The Medians, 9 Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Open Ears Music Series feat. Planet Earth, 10:30 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Alexander Krahe, 7; Jeff Chaz Band, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Jon Cleary, 8; Sonic Bloom feat. Eric Bloom, 11 Circle Bar — Laura Dyer, 6; Adam Pearce, 10 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 Gasa Gasa — Progression, 8
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Bombay Club — Tony Seville, 7 Buffa’s Lounge — Josh Paxton, 11
Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Jon Hebert, 8; Tom Henehan, 9; Michael Liuzza, 10 Old Point Bar — ISLA Nola, 8 Old U.S. Mint — Matt Hampsey, Hubie Vigreux, Mike Harris, Joe Stolarick, 2
Chickie Wah Wah — Meschiya Lake, Tom McDermott, 8
Hi-Ho Lounge — Gretna & the Shiz, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Little Freddie King, 11
Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Nayo Jones, 9
The Maison — Jon Roniger, 5; The Dapper Dandies, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 10
Dragon’s Den — Dancehall Classics with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Freret Street Publiq House — New Madrid, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Jonathan Brown Band, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Iska Dhaaf, Ghostboxing Champion, 9 The Maison — Russell Welch Quartet, 6; Smoke ‘n’ Bones, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Tank & the Bangas, 9:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — John Renshaw, 9; Aaron Maras, 10 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30
Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lars Edegran, Topsy Chapman & the Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Joe Krown, 8
Spotted Cat — Bart Ramsey, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10
Rusty Nail — Jenn Howard, 9
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Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy, 4; The Orleans 6, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10
Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 7; Gravy, 11:30 Cafe Negril — Gettin’ It, 7; Sam Cammarata & Dominick Grillo, 7:30; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30
Dragon’s Den — Downstairs: Adventures of the Interstellar B-Boy, DJ Housefly, 10; Upstairs: Hub City Stompers, Broken Heroes, The Duppies, The Switchers, 10
d.b.a. — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10
Siberia — Nick Jaina, Luke Allen, Julie Odell, 9
Algiers Ferry Landing — Wednesdays at the Point: Honey Island Swamp Band, John Mooney, DJ El Camino, 5:30
Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Meghan Stewart, 9
Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-A-Holics, 9:30
Old U.S. Mint — Meghan Swartz, 2
21st Amendment — Marla Dixon, 8
d.b.a. — Jon Cleary, 7
Circle Bar — Matthew & the Arrogant Sea, 10
Saenger Theatre — New Edition, 7:30
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Phil Degruy & Myth Lab, 8 & 10
Circle Bar — Rockin’ Robin & the Kentucky Sisters, 6; Pours, 10
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10
THURSDAY 17 21st Amendment — Steve Pistorius Quartet, 8 Banks Street Bar — Kenny Triche & Friends, 9 Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Frenchmen Fresh Thursday feat. Reem of 0017th, Mic Ventress, 10
Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Nattie, 8; Lo Faber, 9; Lo Faber, 10; Kirby & Nathan, 11 Oak — Miles Cabecerious, 9 Republic New Orleans — BASSIK feat. Carnage, Quickie Mart, Kidd Love, Hyphee, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Two Man Rubberband, 8 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Chris Ardoin, 8:30 Siberia — Creepy Fest: Big Deal Burlesque, Nick Name & the Valmonts, 8; Creepy Fest: The Mentors, Maggot Sandwich, Before I Hang, FSUP, Room 101, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Richard Smith, Julie Adams, 8 & 10 Spice Bar & Grill — Stooges Brass Band, 9 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Tipitina’s — Rolling Stones Tribute feat. The Cabin Down Below Band, Ann Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, George Porter Jr., John McCauley, Jess Wolfe, Holly Laessig, Karen Elson, Doyle Bramhall II, The White Buffalo, 10:30 Vaughan’s — Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet, 9
FRIDAY 18 21st Amendment — Jack Pritchett, 9:30 Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30
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Nick Cave is never less than in complete control. Behold the creepy/beautiful cover of Push the Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd.), Cave’s 15th LP with the Bad Seeds: a blinding black-and-white image of the darkling Aussie in his ballroom-like bedroom, opening one shutter only enough to let high-contrast sunbeams dance across wife Susie Bick’s naked body. Or his new documentary, 20,000 Days on Earth, which he twisted into a half-fictionalized, 24-hour account of the Victorian vamp in broad everyday-light. Or the man himself, sinisterly dapper in high-collared white shirts and violently cut black suits, raven hair slicked back over an expanse of flat forehead and two hollow blue eyes. The devil didn’t come down to Georgia — he came up from Down Under, and the eerie absence of fire or brimstone on Push Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds JULY the Sky Away should be cause for con8 p.m. Monday cern, not ease. After two lewd GrinderMahalia Jackson Theater man detours ended in a visit from an unsentimental reaper, Cave followed for the Performing Arts them (and the equally crazed 2008 1419 Basin St. Seeds release, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!) with (504) 287-0350 an unconscious downer soundtrack that flickers from depraved imagination, www.mahaliajacksonyet stays detached and dispassionate theater.com like a sated predator. The city girls and local boys of “Water’s Edge” and “Jubilee Street”’s fetus on a leash don’t stand a chance, any more than the “Mermaids,” in whom Cave believes just as much as God — but that doesn’t stop him from stooping to cocksure lures (“She was a catch/ We were a match/ I was the match that would fire up her snatch”). He’s the wolf in sheep’s clothing who can’t help but whistle. Tickets $66.10-$77.60 (includes fees). — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS
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Dragon’s Den — Downstairs: Ben Hunter, 7; Creepy Fest: A Hanging, Gristnam, Funeral Horse, Diab, 9 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Lips and Trips, 7 Hangar 13 — Pulse Friday: Rroid Drazr, Kidd Love, 1:30 a.m. Howlin’ Wolf Den — FinFox, Poor Damn Bastards, 10 Le Bon Temps Roule — Jeff “Snake” Greenberg, 7 The Maison — Leah Rucker, 4; The Billionaires, 7; 1 oz. Jig, 10; Dysfunktional Bone, midnight
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Oak — Jon Roniger, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Hill Country Hounds, 9:30
Tipitina’s — Foundation Free Fridays: The Stooges Brass Band, Funk Monkey, 10
Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Wayne Maureau Trio, 10
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SATURDAY 19 21st Amendment — Chance Bushman, 9:30 Banks Street Bar — Refried Confuzion, 10 The BEATnik — Kevin Gordon, 8 Blue Nile — Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 11 Bombay Club — Lucas Davenport, 7; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 9:30 Brazil Taco Truck — Chris Klein & the Boulevards, 10 Buffa’s Lounge — Royal Rounders feat. Jerry Jumonville, Freddy Staehle, 5; Staehle, Paxton & Stone, 8
Rivershack Tavern — Coldshot, 10 Rock ’N’ Bowl — 61 South, The Rockenbraughs, 9 Siberia — Meschiya Lake, Shane Sayers, Alexandra Scott, 6; Creepy Fest: The Offenders, Spazm, 151, Secret Prostitutes, Fugitive Family, Die Rotzz, The Bills, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Astral Project, 8 & 10
Babes, Bruiser Broussard, Pig Chicken Suicide, 9 Siberia — Abstract Artimus, Sunrise: Sunset, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Joshua Paxton, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Rites of Swing, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10
Spotted Cat — Russell Welch’s Gypsy Band, 3; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10
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BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10
21st Amendment — Tom McDermott, 7 Banks Street Bar — Scordatura String Band, 7; Skymatic, 11
Banks Street Bar — South Jones, 9
Blue Nile — Higher Heights Reggae Band, 9 BMC — Lil’ Red & Big Bad, 6
Checkpoint Charlie — Ruby & the Rogues, 4; Texas Pete, 7; Jes Groove, 11
Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Lagniappe Brass Band, 10:30
Bombay Club — Philip Melancon, 7
Bombay Club — Tony Seville, 7
Chickie Wah Wah — The Mercy Brothers, 9:30
Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 11 a.m.
Checkpoint Charlie — Clyde and Iggy, 7
Circle Bar — Milezo, Marmalakes, Hikes, 10
Champions Square — Peter Frampton, The Doobie Brothers, 7
d.b.a. — Little Freddie King, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Vivaz!, 10 Freret Street Publiq House — Tab Benoit, 9 Gasa Gasa — Tank & the Bangas live album recording, 9 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30
d.b.a. — Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, 10
Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6
Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9
d.b.a. — Dennis Fest: Morning 40 Federation, Happy Talk Band, Alex McMurray, Linnzi Zaorski, Alice Texas, 5
Gasa Gasa — Panorama Jazz Band, 8
Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11
Hangar 13 — Bass Massive Mob, 10
Jazz National Historical Park — Delia Nakayama, Peter Nu, noon
Hi-Ho Lounge — Creepy Fest: Six Pack, Ossacrux, Donkeypuncher, Disappointed Parents, Nassty Habits, W.A.S., Interior Decorating, 3
Maple Leaf Bar — New Orleans Suspects feat. Ed Volker, 9 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Clint Kaufmann, 7; Clyde & Iggy, 8; Mr. Steve, 9; Mylo Ranger, 10 Oak — Jenn Howard Glass, 9 Old Point Bar — ISLA Nola, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Red Wolf Brass Band, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Sweet Crude, Cardinal Sons, Julie Odell, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lionel Ferbos & the Palm Court Jazz Band with Chuck Badie, Wendell Eugene, 8 Pearl Wine Co. — Scott Sanders Quartet feat. Gregory Agid, 8
House of Blues — Chevelle, Highly Suspect, 6:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8 Le Musee de F.P.C. — Matt Hampsey, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, Leroy Etienne, Michael Harris, 10 a.m. The Maison — Dave Easley, 4; Too Darn Hot, 7; Corporate America, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste, 10 Mercedes-Benz Superdome — Beyonce, Jay Z Old Point Bar — Chip Wilson, 3:30; Tom Witek Jazz Quartet, 7 Old U.S. Mint — The Honorable South, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin & the Sunday Night Swingsters, 7 Saturn Bar — Creepy Fest: Dummy Dumpster, Tuff Luvs,
Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Theresa Romero, Eddie Crummer, 10 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Paint Nite, 7 Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 8 The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; The New Orleans Super Jam feat. Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, 9 Old Point Bar — Romy Kaye Jazz Trio, 7 Siberia — Undergang, Trapanation, Astraes Pestis, Abysmal Lord, 9 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10
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Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www. trinitynola.com — The organist performs classical and popular music. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Sophie Kuhn. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — The soprano performs classical, jazz and musical theater songs. 5 p.m. Sunday.
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The Maison — Cajun Fais Do-Do feat. T’Canaille, Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 4; The Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Barry’s Pocket, 10; Street Legends Brass Band, midnight
Circle Bar — Missy Meatlocker, 6
Chickie Wah Wah — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 8
Hangar 13 — Flyy-By Nite, 1 a.m.
Louisiana Music Factory — Antoine Diel, 2; Christian Serpas, Ghost Town, 3
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mette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Third Person (R) — The love stories of couples in New York, Paris and Rome are connected. Elmwood Transformers: Age of Extinction (PG-13) — An auto mechanic and his daughter are the focus of the Transformers’ attention. Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13) — Present-day X-Men team up with their past selves to save the future. Elmwood
OPENING FRIDAY NOW SHOWING 22 Jump Street (R) — Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are two old friends working as undercover police officers who face new challenges in their work and friendship. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place 300: Rise of an Empire (R) — A Greek general leads the fight against Persian invaders. Elmwood, Westbank
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America (PG-13) — Directors Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan explore America’s history of theft and plunder. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal Begin Again (R) — A rising singer-songwriter (Keira Knightley) meets a disgraced record executive (Mark Ruffalo) and they collaborate on her first album. Elmwood, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place Chef (R) — A chef quits his job at an upscale Los Angeles restaurant and opens a food truck with his ex-wife, son and a friend. Elmwood, Canal Place
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) — A group of chimpanzees must get along with the human survivors of a flu epidemic. Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Deliver Us From Evil (R) — A police officer investigates a wave of chilling crimes and demonic possessions throughout New York. Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Earth to Echo (PG) — A group of kids help an alien return home. Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Edge of Tomorrow (PG-13) — A military officer fights an alien race until he dies while caught in a time loop. Regal The Fault in Our Stars (PG-13) — Two teenagers fall in love while recovering from cancer. Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell For No Good Reason (R) — Gonzo artist and illustra-
tor Ralph Steadman’s life is told through interviews with Johnny Depp, Terry Gilliam and others. Canal Place Hellion (NR) — A father and son must take responsibility for their actions if they want to get the family’s other son back from Child Protective Services. Zeitgeist How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) — A young viking and his dragon discover a cave filled with dragons, forcing them to keep the peace between everyone. Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D (G) — Morgan Freeman narrates a film about lemurs in Madagascar. Entergy IMAX Jersey Boys (R) — Four young men who grew up in rough neighborhoods form the rock group The Four Seasons. Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (NR) — Two young Maasai warriors go on a ritual safari through Kenya. Entergy IMAX Maleficent (PG) — The evil Maleficent puts a curse on a young princess. Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal RiffTrax Live: Sharknado (NR) — The three-man commentary show views the movie about a shark-tornado. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal RoboCop (PG-13) — A Detroit police officer is turned into a cyborg. Elmwood, Westbank Snowpiercer (R) — A disastrous global warming experiment kills everybody except those who boarded the Snowpiercer train. Elmwood Tammy (R) — After crashing her car, catching her husband in an affair and losing her job, Tammy leaves on a road trip with her grandmother. Elmwood, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Think Like a Man Too (PG-13) — Couples fly into Las Vegas for a wedding and things start to go haywire. Elmwood, Chal-
Grateful Dead Meet Up 2014 (NR) — A never-before-seen 1972 performance by the band is shown. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal MET Summer Encore: The Enchanted Island (NR) — The MET Opera House performs The Enchanted Island. Elmwood Monty Python Live (Mostly) (NR) — John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin perform classic skits with topical twists. Elmwood, Regal Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG) — Dusty joins in the battle against a huge wildfire. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Purge: Anarchy (R) — A couple is stranded in the streets as the annual purge begins. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Sex Tape (R) — A husband and wife can’t find the sex tape they made the previous night. Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Video Games: The Movie (NR) — The production and consumption of video games are explored in this examination of the many sides to the video game industry. Zeitgeist
SPECIAL SCREENINGS The Amazing Catfish (NR) — A young woman cares for a sickly mother and becomes part of the family. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist The Apartment (NR) — A man hopes to rise through the ranks of his workplace by letting his co-workers use his apartment for affairs. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania Back to the Future (PG) — A teenage time-traveler must ensure that his parents meet in high school. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Kenner The Breakfast Club (R) — Five high school students from different backgrounds under-
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
There was a time when movie sequels virtually guaranteed diminishing returns. A prime example can be found in the four sequels that followed the original 1968 sci-fi classic Planet of the Apes, none of which can hold a candle to the original (though 1971’s Escape From the Planet of the Apes, a satirical tale of time-traveling simians forced to find refuge in a circus, understandably has its proponents). But times have changed for Hollywood sequels. The 2011 franchise reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a worldwide smash, but that science-lab thriller now looks like a mere stage-setter for the far superior Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The film’s human characters function as caricatures facilitating a simple story of ape-human conflict in a post-apocalyptic world. But director Matt Reeves (who took over from the Dawn of the Planet previous film’s Rupert Wyatt) uses state-of-the-art digital effects to humanize his apes in service of of the Apes (PG-13) a film that’s emotionally engaging beyond all reasonable expectation. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes begins with a newsreel montage showing how the lab-created Directed by virus that spread across the world at the end of the previous film decimated humanity, leaving only Matt Reeves small pockets of survivors who were genetically resistant to the plague. The story brings us to San Starring Gary OldFrancisco 10 years later, where a small encampment of humans led by Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) and man, Jason Clarke Malcolm (Jason Clarke) is about to run short of electrical power. The only solution is to restart a and Andy Serkis hydroelectric dam found above the city in Muir Woods, where the apes of the last film have built a fairly high-functioning civilization of their own under the watchful eye of Caesar (Andy Serkis). But Wide release the simians are gaining humanlike intelligence at an alarming rate and want nothing to do with their former captors. Remarkably, the film takes its time pulling us into the rich world of the apes, who communicate eloquently in sign language (with subtitles) and seem far more at peace with their surroundings than the humans. Motion-capture technology has long been used to bring Serkis’ performances into the realm of digitally rendered characters, not only in the previous Apes film but also as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and elsewhere. The technique here reaches new heights in the multi-dimensional Caesar and other well-drawn ape characters, all of whom support classic themes such as family, brotherhood and betrayal. When the inevitable battle arrives, the film maintains its higher purposes in a manner seldom seen in summer blockbusters (or Apes movies). The scale of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes also sets it apart from other movies in the series. Where the last film seemed stuck in the lab, this one combines location footage and computer-generated effects to build vast, detailed outdoor settings. (The vine-covered fortress built for last summer’s location shoot in New Orleans’ Central Business District serves as the gateway to the film’s human encampment.) The ending is designed expressly to support additional sequels, but what else can we expect? This is the one to beat at the multiplex this summer. — KEN KORMAN
Cocktail (NR) — A talented young bartender moves to Jamaica and falls in love. 8 p.m. Sunday. SoBou Creepy Fest Film Screenings (NR) — Terror Optics and New Orleans Horror Film Festival present Peepshow Creep and other local horror short films and music videos. 6 p.m. Saturday. Indywood Movie Theater The Croods (PG) — A family of cavemen must venture into the dangerous world outside their cave and find a new home. 10 a.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Regal Do the Right Thing (R) — Hatred builds into violence on a hot day in Brooklyn. 8 p.m. Tuesday, 10 p.m. Wednesday, 6 p.m. Thursday. Indywood Movie Theater Epic (PG) — A teenage girl (Amanda Seyfried) travels to a forest where she and a group of Leafmen battle the evil Mandrake (Christoph Waltz). 10 a.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Regal
Exposed (NR) — A burlesque performer takes the art form to new levels. 9:30 p.m. Friday-Monday. Zeitgeist Getting Any? (NR) — A young man works any job he can find so he can buy his first car and have sex in it. 7 p.m. Monday. Cafe Istanbul Harry Potter and the HalfBlood Prince (PG) — Harry learns about Voldemort’s past after finding a book previously owned by the Half-Blood Prince. 10 p.m. Sunday. Prytania Honour (NR) — A mother hires a bounty hunter to find her Muslim daughter after the daughter’s plans to run away with her Punjabi boyfriend are revealed. 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Zeitgeist Jodorowsky’s Dune (PG-13) — Director Alejandro Jodorowsky fails in his attempt to make a star-studded adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel Dune. 6 p.m. Tuesday, 8 p.m. Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Indywood Movie Theater The LEGO Movie (PG) — A Lego block man is recruited
to join an epic building quest. 7 p.m. Saturday. Mandeville Trailhead Life Itself (R) — The life of film critic and commentator Roger Ebert is told. 2:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Monday. Chalmette Mary Poppins (G) — A nanny brings magic and joy to a family. 10 a.m. Friday-Saturday. Prytania Pretty Woman (R) — A businessman hires an escort for social gatherings and winds up falling in love with her. 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood Sunset Boulevard (NR) — A fading silent film star hires a screenwriter to launch her comeback. 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (NR) — A crime wave is attributed to Dr. Mabuse despite him being in a mental asylum for the past decade. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deutsches Haus Wet Hot American Summer (R) — In this spoof of ’80s camp comedies, counsel-
ors and campers wrap up unfinished business before heading home. 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, 6 p.m. Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Indywood Movie Theater AMC Clearview Palace 12: Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-1257; www.amctheatres.com AMC Elmwood Palace 20: 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, (504) 733-2029; www.amctheatres.com AMC Westbank Palace 16: 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 263-2298; www. amctheatres.com Cafe Istanbul: New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www. neworleanshealingcenter. org Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 304-9992; www.chalmettemovies. com Deutsches Haus: 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014; www. deutscheshaus.org Entergy IMAX Theatre: 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www. auduboninstitute.org The Grand 14 Esplanade: 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 229-4259; www.
thegrandtheatre.com The Grand 16 Slidell: 1950 Gause Blvd. W., Slidell, (985) 6411889; www.thegrandtheatre.com Indywood Movie Theater: 630 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 345-8804. www. indywood.org Mandeville Trailhead: 675 Lafitte St., Mandeville, (985) 624-3147; www.mandevilletrailhead. com National World War II Museum Solomon Victory Theater: 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www. nationalww2museum.org Prytania Theatre: 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania.com Regal Covington Stadium 14: 69348 Louisiana State Hwy. 121, Covington, (985) 871-7787; www.regmovies. com SoBou: 310 Chartres St., (504) 552-4095; www. sobounola.com The Theatres at Canal Place: The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 581-2540; www.thetheatres.com Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 8275858; www.zeitgeistinc.net
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GALLERIES A Gallery For Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — Photographs and photo books from all eras by various photographers, ongoing. Alex Beard Studio. 712 Royal St., (504) 309-0394; www.alexbeardstudio.com — Drawings and paintings by Alex Beard, ongoing. Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart.com — “Deep Blues,” Southern folk art group exhibition, ongoing. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www. ariodantegallery.com — “The Art of the Cocktail,” group exhibition, through July. Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722 — “Mexico, Te Quiero,” 25 years of photographs of Mexico, through Aug. 3.
Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary. com — “Qualia,” geometric paintings by James Flynn, through July 25. Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing. Chester Allen’s Oasis of Energy. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 292-8365; www.chesterallen-oasisofenergy.tumblr. com — “Universal Groove,” silversmithing by Chester Allen, ongoing.
The Foundation Gallery. 608 Julia St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola. com — “Beastly Delights,” paintings by Jane Talton, through August. Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres. com — Mixed media by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Garden District Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504) 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery.com — “Drawn: Exploring the Line,” group exhibition of drawings, through Wednesday. Graphite Galleries. 936 Royal St., (504) 5653739; www.graphitenola. com — Group mixed-media exhibition, ongoing. Henry Hood Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 789-1832 — “A Mid-Summer Exhibit,” paintings by Cissy Carville, through July 26. Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, Third floor, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc.edu/ departments/art-gallery — “Whitewashed,” mixed media by Joseph Gregory Rossano, through Aug. 28. J & S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 952-9163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing. Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — “In the Manner of A.J. Drysdale,” group exhibition, through July.
Courtyard Gallery. 1129 Decatur St., (504) 330-0134; www.woodartandmarketing.com — New Orleans-themed reclaimed wood carvings by Daniel Garcia, ongoing.
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery. com — “Desert of the Real,” paintings and multimedia by Bonnie Maygarden; “Preserve,” paintings, sculptures and multimedia by Sidonie Villere; both through July.
Du Mois Gallery. 4609 Freret St., (504) 818-6032; www. dumoisgallery.com — “Voy-
La Madama Bazarre. 1007 St. Mary St., (504) 2365076; www.lamadamaba-
The title Behind Closed Doors sounds racy, but the subtitle, Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898, suggests something more sedate. In fact, this overview of how the newly rich lived in the old Spanish colonies, when sugar was as profitable as oil is now, deals as much with social Behind Closed Doors: THRU history as it does with art history. SEPT Art in the Spanish Organized by the Brooklyn MuseAmerican Home, um and featuring works from the 1492-1898 New Orleans Museum of Art’s own New Orleans Museimportant Spanish colonial collecum of Art, 1 Collins C. tion, this show excels at deploying Diboll Circle elegant and occasionally bizarre objects to illustrate the lifestyles of (504) 658-4100 the diverse peoples who used their www.noma.org wealth to create a culturally rich alternative to the staid traditions of Old Europe. In Spanish colonial society, wealth, religiosity and art all were flaunted and this also was part of our own history — the Louisiana pelican flag is actually an old Spanish religious symbol. While slavery was horribly cruel everywhere, the French and Spanish were more open to African and other native cultures that were celebrated in Congo Square yet banned all over the British-American South. That relative openness helps to explain why Spanish mestizo and Afro-Creole people appear prominently in this show. Included among the blood- and gold-inflected art objects are works that reflect the exoticism of a newly ascendant class. Inca King (pictured) is a mid-18th century canvas commissioned by a Spanish-Inca mestizo of means, while another, Agostino Brunius’ Free Women of Color with Their Children and Servants in a Landscape illustrates the stylish elegance of a mixed-race elite. But even Spanish colonial religious art could be quite surreal. Our Lady of Agony depicts a female saint holding Jesus in much the way the Virgin Mary is often seen holding the Christ child, only this is a diminutive version of a bearded, bleeding crucified Jesus held by a woman twice his size. I have often suspected that surrealism was born in Latin America centuries before it appeared in 1920s France, and this unpredictable show clearly furthers that assertion. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT
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zarre.com — Group exhibition celebrating the whimsical and weird sides of Louisiana, ongoing. Le Musee de F.P.C. 2336 Esplanade Ave., (504) 233-0384; www.facebook. com/lemuseedefpc — “New Orleans Free People of Color & Their Legacy,” pastel portraits by Jose Torres-Tama, through Sunday. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www. lemieuxgalleries.com — “Water Water Everywhere,”
water-themed group exhibition, through Saturday.
com — Acrylic on canvas by Myesha, ongoing.
Lisa Victoria Gallery. 616 Royal St., (504) 315-0850; www.lisavictoriagallery. com — Mixed-media group exhibition, ongoing.
Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com — “Down and Dirty,” paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.
Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www. longuevue.com — “Intended Legacies,” mixed media by Margaret Hull, through Aug. 3. M. Francis Gallery. 1938 Burgundy St., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.
Morrison. 1507 Magazine St., (504) 451-3303; www. morrisonsculpture.com — Sculpture and drawings by Thomas Randolph Morrison, ongoing. New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. 5256 Magazine
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Beneito’s Art. 3618 Magazine St., (504) 891-9170; www.bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings by Bernard Beneito, ongoing.
ages,” mixed media by Ken Kenan and Harriet Burbeck, through Aug. 30.
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ART LISTINGS St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa. com — Student exhibition, through Friday. New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www. neworleansglassworks.com — Glass sculpture by Andrew Barrows, through July. New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — Members group exhibition, through Aug. 3. Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www. octaviaartgallery.com — New works by Robert Brinker, Jerry Cabrera, Luisa Mesa, Grover Mouton, Aaron Parazette, Julie Robinson, Leslie Wilkes, through July 26. Olde Towne Arts Center. 300 Robert St., Slidell, (985) 649-0555 — “What a Relief,” group exhibition of reliefs, through Aug. 1. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., Second floor, (504) 523-7945; www. rhinocrafts.com — Embroidered portraits of musicians by Lizzy Carlson, through Aug. 15.
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Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Behind Closed Shutters,” nude photography group exhibition; “One Foot in the Swamp: Portraits & Daydreams as Photographs,” photography by Zack Smith; both through Aug. 2.
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Sheila Phipps Studio & Gallery. 8237 Oak St., (504) 5966031 — Oil and acrylic portraits and abstracts, ongoing. Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — “Passages,” paintings on metal by Drew Galloway, ongoing. “Rare Form,” mixed media by Harry Paul Ally, ongoing. St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyart.org — National juried artists exhibition summer show, featuring 32 artists from 13 states, through Aug. 9. Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Viral Realities,” mixed media by Carl Joe Williams, through Aug. 3. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www. stellajonesgallery.com — “Indivisible,” portraits of multiracial women by Samantha Wall; “Threads of a Story,” mixed media on fabric by Phyllis Stephens; both through July.
UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno.edu — “WET,” group exhibition about water activities, through Aug. 3. Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www. vieuxcarregallery.com — “Portraits of the French Quarter,” paintings by Sarah Stiehl, through Aug. 3. Whisnant Galleries. 343 Royal St., (504) 524-9766; www.whisnantgalleries.com — Ethnic, religious and antique art, sculpture, textiles and porcelain, ongoing.
SPARE SPACES Bar Redux. 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux. com — “Spiritual Beliefs and the Resurrection of Life,” mixed media by Michael Roman, ongoing. Hey! Cafe. 4332 Magazine St., (504) 891-8682; www.heycafe. biz — Cartoons from Feast Yer Eyes magazine, ongoing. Treo. 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 650-9844; www.treonola. com — Mixed-media group exhibition, ongoing.
CALL FOR ARTISTS Clarence John Laughlin Award. New Orleans Photo Alliance, 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www. neworleansphotoalliance. org — The New Orleans Photo Alliance seeks submissions from fine art photographers for a $5,000 a ward. Mandeville’s Marigny OctoberFeast Poster Contest. Mandeville Trailhead, 675 Lafitte St., Mandeville, (985) 624-3147; www.cityofmandeville.com — The City of Mandeville seeks poster entries for the third annual celebration. Email acasborne@ cityofmandeville.com for details. Deadline Friday. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Community Partnership Grants. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, 1205 N. Rampart St., (504) 522-4786; www. communitypartnershipgrants. org — The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation seeks applicants for a grant supporting the creation, documentation and exhibition of art about the indigenous culture of Louisiana. Artists and nonprofits may apply. Deadline Aug. 1. Swap Meet NOLA. St. Margaret’s at Mercy, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 279-6414; www.stmargaretsno.org — The art and farmers market seeks artists.
MUSEUMS The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Shout, Sister, Shout! The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans,” mixed-media exhibition about a local 1920s and 1930s music trio, through Oct. 26. Handcarved decoy ducks, ongoing. Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/nelson-galleries — “Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere,” by Richard Sexton, through Dec. 7. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Krewe of Hermes: The Diamond Jubilee,” an overview of the Carnival organization, through December. “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Drawings from ‘Life of Pi’” by Alexis Rockman, through Oct. 12. “Sphere of Influence: Pictorialism, Women and Modernism,” turn-of-the-century fine art photos, through Aug. 24. “Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College”, through Sept. 14. “Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898,” mixed media, through Sept. 21. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — “I’ll Save You Tomorrow,” mixed media by Juan Logan; “Into the Light II,” Southern photography group exhibition; both through Sunday. Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane. edu — “Bungalows,” artifacts of bungalow and cottage architecture, through May 20, 2015. Williams Research Center. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “From Cameo to Close Up: Louisiana in Film,” the history of moviemaking in New Orleans as seen in posters and photographs, through Nov. 26.
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Anais St. John Presents the American Songbook. The Allways Theatre, 1030 Marigny St., (504) 758-5590; www.allwaystheatre.com — The Cabaret performance features classic songs from the American Songbook. Tickets $18. 12:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Beach Blanket Burlesque. Tiki Tolteca, 301 N. Peters St., (504) 267-4406; www. facebook.com/tikitolteca — GoGo McGregor hosts a free burlesque show. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Big Deal Burlesque. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — Roxie le Rouge and Nick Name & the Valmonts perform. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday. Bits & Jiggles. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — The show mixes comedy and burlesque. 9 p.m. Monday. Burlesque Ballroom. Royal Sonesta Hotel, Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www.sonesta.com/royalneworleans — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly burlesque show featuring the music of Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio. Call (504) 553-2331 for details. 11:50 p.m. Friday. The Creole Sweet Tease Burlesque Show. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 522-5400; www. thesainthotelneworleans. com — The burlesque dancers perform to live jazz from The Creole Syncopators Jazz Band. 9 p.m. Saturday. Herman Magic. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www. neworleanshealingcenter. org — The magician performs magic and illusions. Tickets $10. 2 p.m. Saturday. Sunday School. The BEATnik, 1638 Clio St. — The burlesque and variety show features the Rev. Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls. Cover $5. 9 p.m. Sunday.
AUDITIONS Crescent City Sound Chorus. Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, Drama Hall, third floor, (504) 616-6066; www.crescentcitysound.com — The Crescent City Sound Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, holds auditions. 7 p.m. Monday. New Orleans Pelicans Dance Team. Pelicans
Practice Facility, 5800 Airline Drive, Metairie, www. pelicans.com — The New Orleans Pelicans seek dancers to try out for the 2014-2015 season. Visit the website to register. 9 a.m. Saturday.
COMEDY Accessible Comedy. Buffa’s Lounge, 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www. buffaslounge.com — J. Alfred Potter and Jonah Bascle do stand-up shows on a rotating basis. 11:55 p.m. Friday. Allstar Comedy Revue. House of Blues Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the stand-up comedy show with special guests and a band. Free admission. 8 p.m. Thursday. Bear with Me Open Mic. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114 — Ariel Elias, Molly RubenLong and Julie Mitchell host an open mic. Sign-up 8:30 p.m., show 9 p.m. Monday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts the weekly comedy showcase. Free admission. 9 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Local comedians perform, and amateurs take the stage in the open-mic portion. 8 p.m. Thursday. Comedy Sportz. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Cram It In. The BEATnik, 1638 Clio St. — Massive Fraud presents an open-mic comedy show hosted by Joe Cardosi. 7 p.m. Friday. The Franchise. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www. tnmcomedy.com — Comedians perform at this weekly improv show. Admission $5. 10:30 p.m. Friday. Friday Night Laughs. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open mic. 11 p.m. Friday. GG’s 504 Comedy Tour. Castle Theatre, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 287-4707;
www.castle501.com — Gina Gomez hosts the stand-up comedy show featuring Matt Owens. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Friday. Give ’Em The Light Open-Mic Comedy Show. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues. com — Leon Blanda hosts the showcase. Sign-up 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tuesday. Johnny Rock. C. Beever’s Bar of Music, 2507 N. Woodlawn Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-9401 — Comedian Johnny Rock hosts an open-mic comedy night. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Laugh & Sip. The Wine Bistro, 1011 Gravier St., (504) 6066408; www.facebook.com/ thewinebistrono — Mark Caesar and DJ Cousin Cav host the weekly showcase of local comedians. Tickets $7. 8 p.m. Thursday. Lights Up! The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www.tnmcomedy. com — The theater showcases new improv troupes. Tickets $5. 9 p.m. Thursday. The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www.tnmcomedy.com — Each show features a guest sharing favorite true stories, the details of which inspire improv comedy. Tickets $8. 10:30 p.m. Saturday. NOLA Comedy Hour Open Mic & Showcase. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge. net — Andrew Polk hosts the series, which features a booked showcase and open mic. Free admission. Sign-up 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Sunday. Sit-Down Stand-Up. Prytania Bar, 3445 Prytania St., (504) 891-5773; www. prytaniabar.com — Jonah Bascle hosts the stand-up comedy show presented by Accessible Comedy. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Monday. Sketch Comedy. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The Sketchy Characters perform sketch comedy. Visit www. sketchycharacters.net for details. 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Student Union. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www. tnmcomedy.com — A weekly improv show of The New Movement students and alumni. 8 p.m. Thursday. Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — The weekly open-mic comedy showcase is open to all comics. Sign-up 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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Behind My Enemy’s Eyes. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Team Vision Entertainment presents a portrayal of soldiers’ lives in Afghanistan. A portion of sales benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday. Candy Land. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater.com — This musical focuses on inner city youth who yearn to escape but instead find their place in their community. Friday-Sunday. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Tulane University, McWilliams Lab Theatre, 215 McWilliams Hall, (504) 314-7760; www. tulane.edu/~theatre — Carl Walker directs the abbreviated versions of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies and histories. General admission $15, students and seniors $12. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Dying City. Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www. theshadowboxtheatre. com — Monica R. Harris and Matt Story direct the play about a widow of an Iraq War veteran. Thursday tickets $15, Friday and Saturday tickets $20. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Hansel & Gretel. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — Patchworks Players presents the children’s production of the classic story. Tickets $8. 10 a.m. Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. Saturday. The King and I. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671;
www.playmakersinc.com — Joel Rainey directs the classic Broadway musical about the king of Siam and a British tutor. Adults $28, students $15. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Main Street Kids’ Club: A Mathstart Musical. NORD’s Ty Tracy Theater, Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave., (504) 598-3800; www. crescentcitylights.org — Crescent City Lights Youth Theater presents a musical about mathematical concepts, based on a book series by Stuart Murphy. Tickets start at $15. 7:30 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. SING - A Tour of Vocal Harmony. Center of Performing Arts, 201 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 727-4638; www.centerofperformingarts.net — The show explores vocal harmony in music from the ’30s to present day. Dinner 7 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tickets $30. Friday-Saturday. True Blue Bayou. The Allways Theatre, 1030 Marigny St., (504) 758-5590; www.allwaystheatre. com — The cabaret show pays tribute to musician Linda Ronstadt. Thursday tickets $16, Friday and Saturday tickets $21. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Under the Boardwalk. Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www. lepetittheatre.com — The Big Easy Buddies perform in this musical revue featuring hits from the ’50s and ’60s. Tickets start at $30. 8 p.m. ThursdaySaturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. The Victory Belles: Spirit of America. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Belles perform patriotic tunes and music from the songbooks of George M. Cohan and Irving Berlin. 11:45 a.m. Wednesday.
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Please know that evacuation orders may be issued if a hurricane approaches. I encourage you to have a plan in place prior to the threat of a hurricane. If you must evacuate, remember to do the following: Bring identification, including state-issued license or ID card. Bring your medicines and prescriptions. Bring important papers for safekeeping. Bring cash with you. Banks may not be available to process debit or credit cards. Also, bring a book of checks. Remember, weapons, alcohol, and drugs are not permitted in most shelters. Leave early, before contra flow begins! Learn alternate routes out of your parish. • • • • •
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n Water, one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days, for drinking and sanitation n At least a three-day supply of non-perishable food n Battery-powered or hand crank radio and extra batteries n First aid kit n Whistle to signal for help n Dust mask to help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place
n Flashlight and extra batteries n Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities n Manual can opener n Local maps n Cell phone with chargers n Safeguard your insurance policies and important documents in waterproof wrapping n Cash or traveler’s checks n Fill up your car’s gas tank n Extra prescription medicine n Hygiene and personal care items
Important State and Federal Contacts American Red Cross: Phone: (866) 438-4636 Website: www.redcross.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/redcross Twitter: @RedCross
U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Website: www.dhs.gov Facebook: www.facebook.com/homelandsecurity Twitter: @DHSgov
FEMA: Phone: Website: Facebook: Twitter:
Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness: Phone: (800) 256-7036 or (225) 925-7500 Website: www.gohsep.la.gov Facebook: www.facebook.com/gohsep Twitter: @GOHSEP
(800) 621-3362 www.FEMA.gov www.facebook.com/FEMA @FEMA
National Hurricane Center: Website: www.nhc.noaa.gov Facebook: www.facebook.com/NWSNHC National Weather Service: Website: www.nws.noaa.gov Facebook: www.facebook.com/NWS Twitter: @NWS (National) @NWSNewOrleans (Local)
Louisiana State Police Road Closure Hotline: Phone: (800) 469-4828 Louisiana 511 Traveler Info: Phone: 511 or (888) 762-3511 Website: www.511LA.org
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EVENTS TUESDAY 15 Basque History and Culture. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — Louisiana Basque-American Society founder Michel-Antoine Goitia-Nicolas discusses Basque history and culture in a threenight series. 7 p.m. Cooking Demonstration. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Chef Tasheena Butler teaches attendees how to cook New Orleans festival foods. 7 p.m. Crescent City Farmers Market. Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St., (504) 8655000; www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org — The weekly market features produce, kettle corn and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. From Barbed Wire to Battlefields: Japanese American Experiences in WWII. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum. org — Artifacts, oral histories and stark images depict the hardships faced by individuals of Japanese ancestry accused of sympathizing with America’s enemy. The exhibit honors Japanese Americans who overcame adversity and helped secure American victory on the battlefields. It’s All About the Music Bike Ride. Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.facebook.com/groups/ nolasocialride — As part of NOLA Social Ride, bicyclists cruise around the city, stopping a few times along the way to enjoy live music. 6 p.m. Stage Door Idol — Preliminary Round Two. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www. stagedoorcanteen.org — Contestants perform songs in the style of the 1940s. Tickets
$5. 6 p.m. Summer ’Scapes Summer Camp: The Nature of Art Camp. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — Kids experience nature and create art using all media. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. Toddler Time. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm. org — The museum hosts activities for children ages 3 and under and their parents or caregivers. Non-members $8. 10:30 a.m. Under the Tree Learning Day Camp. Joe W. Brown Park, 5601 Read Blvd., (504) 427-2596; www.friendsofjoewbrownpark.org — Kids explore nature through reading, storytelling, sports, drama, swimming, field trips, computers and arts and crafts. Call or email tangeyon@ yahoo.com to register. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. Yoga at the Cabildo. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — Yoga classes for all experience levels are held in the Cabildo gallery. 7:30 a.m. Youth Theatre Workshop. River Region Performing Arts & Cultural Center, 15146 River Road, Norco, (504) 331-0990; www.rrpa.org — The River Region Drama Guild offers free classes to actors ages 8 to 18. The workshop prepares students for a final performance on July 24. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday.
WEDNESDAY 16 1950s Evening Fundraiser. Christ Church Cathedral, 2919 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-6602 — The fundraiser features music, chocolate, Champagne and a costume contest. Proceeds benefit St. Anna’s Medical Mission and Anna’s Arts for Kids. Individual ticket $25, pair of tickets $40. 6:30 p.m. Adult Spelling Bee. West
Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 364-2660; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The spelling bee is open to contestants 18 years and older. 7 p.m. The Bar Exam: A Trivia Fundraiser. Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance St., (504) 525-5515; www.therustynail.biz — The trivia night includes food and door prizes. Proceeds benefit Southeast Louisiana Legal Services. General admission $15, current and incoming law students $10. 6 p.m. Barbershop Meetings. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 5699070; www.ashecac.org — Peter Nahkid leads the men’s discussion. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Booze for Babes. Belladonna Day Spa, 2900 Magazine St., (504) 891-4393; www.boozeforbabes.com — Kayleigh Kulp presents Booze For Babes, a guide to drinking spirits for women. A ticket includes a book, gift bag, lip makeover and “booze-inar” by Kayleigh. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Covington Farmers Market. Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 — The market offers local produce. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Hurricane Season Food Preparedness. Touro Infirmary, 1401 Foucher St., (504) 897-8500 — Attendees learn shopping tips about which foods to stock up on, how much to buy and how to store it. Call to register. Noon. Lunchbox Lecture. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944, ext. 229; www.nationalww2museum.org — The semi-monthly lecture series features World War II-related topics. Noon. Nature Walk and Titivation. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Guests tour natural habitats and learn to prune plants along the trail. 5:45 p.m. Tales of the Cocktail. Various locations, New Orleans, (504) 948-0511; www.talesofthecocktail.com — The New Orleans Culinary and Cocktail Preservation Society presents the 12th annual cocktail-centric event, which offers parties, cocktail dinners, new products, competitions and seminars. Hours and admission vary. Wednesday-Sunday. Wednesdays on the Point. Algiers Point, 200 Morgan St., Algiers — The weekly event features music, food and other vendors. 5:30 p.m. White Glove Wednesdays. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5276012; www.nationalww2museum.org — Curator Eric Rivets
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gives visitors a chance to wear original military uniforms and equipment. 9 a.m. Women and Wine on Wednesdays. Pearl Wine Co., 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6360; www.pearlwineco.com — Women relax and network while enjoying wine. 5:30 p.m.
THURSDAY 17 Art on the Rocks at W New Orleans. W Hotel New Orleans, 333 Poydras St., (504) 525-9444; www.wneworleans.com/artontherocks — Artists showcase their work alongside a DJ, drink specials and giveaways from W Hotels. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dining Out for Life. Various locations, New Orleans, (504) 821-2601, ext. 256; www.diningoutforlife.com — Restaurants throughout the city will donate
a portion of their proceeds to NO/AIDS Task Force to help people affected by HIV/AIDS. Visit the website for a list of participating restaurants.
Charles Ave., (504) 458-9965; www.rayneumc.org — Group members help each other use the 12-step method to recover from compulsive eating. 7 p.m.
Marketplace at Armstrong Park. Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.icdnola.org — The market features produce, baked goods, Louisiana seafood, handmade beauty products, arts, crafts and entertainment. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sistahs Making a Change. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Women of all experience levels are invited to dance, talk and dine together at this health-centered event. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Nature Detectives. Bayou Segnette State Park, 7777 Westbank Expressway, Westwego, (888) 677-2296; www. bayousegnettestatepark.com — Attendees learn how to spot hidden animals. 11 a.m.
Wills and Trusts of the Rich and Famous. New Orleans Public Library, Nix Branch, 1401 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 596-2630 — Tulane University Law School graduate William Perry highlights the wills and trusts of rich and famous people in New Orleans and beyond. 6 p.m.
Overeaters Anonymous. Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, 3900 St.
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Cameras will be everywhere this weekend as film crews shoot short comedies, horror flicks, dramas and other genre pieces in the New Orleans edition of the 48 Hour Film Project. On Friday night, teams draw a genre, character, prop and line of dialogue and then have 48 hours to write, shoot, edit and deliver a seven-minute film. The competition attracts many people involved in the local filmmaking industry. John Swider of the production company The Swider Bros. has competed for six years and uses the opportunity to hone his skills. “I get to practice a new technique every year,” Swider says. “One year we practiced aerial shots; we had a helicopter ... another year we had underwater cinematography. … This year we’re JULY 48 Hour Film Project kickoff going to use GoPro cameras. … It’s a 6 p.m. Friday chance to practice new techniques THRU Maison St. Charles with new equipment.” 1319 St. Charles Ave. The competition has plenty of challenges besides the team’s own (504) 522-0187 exploration with techniques. “You www.48hourfilm.com/ have a lot of unknowns,” Swider en/neworleans says. “Usually when you make a film, you know what your plot’s going to be, you know what the dialogue’s going to be, you know who your cast is going to be, but in this, you have to plan for the unknown.” Ben Matheny’s EFI Productions (www.efiproductions.com), has participated in three competitions, and its film Sunny Side Up was nominated for best New Orleans film last year. “It’s cool to be able to treat (film) as a sport,” Matheny says. “It turns something that you take very seriously into a fun way to be involved in the film community.” The 48 Hour Film Project started in Washington, D.C. in 2001 and has expanded to more than 130 cities on six continents. Winning films from each city advance in regional competitions until there is an overall winner, which is then screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Completed films from the upcoming competition will be screened July 24-27 at the National WWII Museum. Team registration for the 48 Hour Film Project in New Orleans is open until July 18. Visit the website (www.48hourfilm.com/en/neworleans) for details. — KATHARINE CURRAULT
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FRIDAY 18 All That Jazz. Rosy’s Jazz Hall, 500 Valence St., (504) 881-0452; www.rosysjazzhall.com — All proceeds benefit the Akula Foundation and its programs such as the Grief Resource Center, Community Health Education, Camp Swan and the Canon Hospice Indigent Patient Program. The night features auctions, jazz music, food and drinks. The Art of the Cocktail. Ariodante Gallery, 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — Attendees sample cocktails and view cocktail-inspired art by more than 20 artists. 5 p.m. Explore the Shore. Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Highway 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — A park ranger shows attendees the animals and plants that live along the lakefront. 9 a.m. Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The weekly event includes an art activity, live music, a film and a food demonstration. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Nature: A Closer Look. Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Highway 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — Attendees examine tree leaves, bark and growth patterns. 5 p.m.
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Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market, 922 Teche St., (504) 362-0708; www. oldalgiersharvestfreshmarket. com — Produce and seafood are available for purchase. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Swamp Pop Music Festival. Lamar-Dixon Center, 9039 St. Landry Road, Gonzales, (225) 769-9994; www.swamppopmusicfest.com — Two days of indoor music performances spotlight swamp pop and south Louisiana music. There’s also a jambalaya cook-off, a car and truck show, motorcycle poker run and more. Admission $10 Friday, $15 Saturday. 5 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
SATURDAY 19 150th Anniversary of The New Orleans Tribune. John Georges Auditorium, Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 283-8822; www.dillard. edu — Lectures about the history of the black-owned press celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition of The New Orleans Tribune. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Antique Auto Club of St. Bernard Cruise Night. Brewster’s, 8751 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 309-7548; www.brewstersrestaurant.com
— Antique and classic cars are displayed and there is music from the 1950s through the 1970s. 6 p.m. Crescent City Farmers Market. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, (504) 861-5898; www.marketumbrella.org — The market features produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon. Daiquiri Day Parade. Gene’s Po-Boys, 1040 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 943-3861 — The parade travels down Elysian Fields Avenue, right onto Decatur Street and another right onto Frenchmen Street. Dance troupes and marching bands perform. 4:30 p.m. Drumming Circle. New Orleans Lyceum, 618 City Park Ave., (504) 460-9049; www.lyceumproject. com — Attendees bring drums, trash cans or anything else to beat and drum together. 7 p.m. Entrepreneur Training for Teens. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — Businesswoman Hope Encalade leads a 10-week series that encourages teens in sixth-12th grades to become entrepreneurs. 9:30 a.m. Family Overnight 2014. National World War II Museum, U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944, ext. 229; www. nationalww2museum.org — Families spend the night at the museum with activities, scavenger hunts and a USO show. Pre-registration is required. Tickets $55 per person for non-members, $45 per person for members. 6:30 p.m. The Geeky Cauldron: Harry Potter Quiz. Bruno’s Tavern, 7538 Maple St., (504) 861-7615; www.brunostavern.com — Geeks Who Drink hosts a Harry Potter pub quiz. Admission $5. 4 p.m. German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan; www. germancoastfarmersmarket. org — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. 8 a.m. to noon. Gretna Farmers Market. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, (504) 362-8661 — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www.growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon. Living History Corps. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012;
www.nationalww2museum. org — World War II re-enactors dressed in Allied and Axis uniforms talk about the daily lives of soldiers on each side of the war. 11 a.m. Lucy’s LuWow Block Party. Lucy’s Retired Surfers Bar & Restaurant, 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurfers.com — The free, all-day event features games, pools, tiki bars, tropical drinks, food and music (starting at 5 p.m.). Noon. Madisonville Art Market. Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River at Water Street, Madisonville, (985) 8714918; www.artformadisonville. org — The monthly market features works by local artists including paintings, mixed media, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mr. Legs XIV. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, (504) 821-7288; www.generationshall. com — Bridge House/Grace House hosts the event, which includes food, drinks, music, a raffle, a silent auction and a men’s dance contest with prizes for best costume, hairiest legs and sexiest legs. Tickets $50 in advance, $55 at the door, $75 for VIP. 6 p.m. Nature Crafts. Bayou Segnette State Park, 7777 Westbank Expressway, Westwego, (504) 736-7140; www.bayousegnettestatepark.com — Attendees learn about nature through crafts. 1 p.m. OCH Recycled Art Market. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www. ochartmarket.com — There’s live music, entertainment and art and home furnishings crafted from reclaimed materials. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rivertown Farmers Market. Rivertown, 400 block of Williams Boulevard., Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner.la.us — The market features fruits, vegetables, dairy, homemade jams and jellies and cooking demonstrations. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Southern Louisiana Chapter of the Romance Writers of America Meeting. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Author George Bishop Jr. teaches attendees how to create believable characters in fiction. 10 a.m. St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi, (504) 3554442; www.visitstbernard.com — The market offers seafood, produce, jams, preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment and children’s
EVENT LISTINGS activities. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Swap Meet NOLA. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola. com — The Humane Society sponsors a flea market, art market and farmers market. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market, Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego — The market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art, live music and pony rides. 8 a.m. Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 456-5000; www.noma.org — The museum hosts Pilates classes every fourth Saturday of the month and yoga classes every other Saturday in the sculpture garden. Non-members $5. 8 a.m.
SUNDAY 20 Adult/Swim. W Hotel New Orleans, 333 Poydras St., (504) 525-9444; www.wneworleans.com — There are DJs, giveaways and food and drinks at the W Hotel’s rooftop pool, which opens to the public for this event. Admission $10, hotel guests free. Must be 21 or older. Noon to 5 p.m. Inspire to Help. Covenant House, 611 Rampart St. — House of Love New Orleans hosts the event with barbers, hairstylists and motivational speakers offering their services for free. There is also free clothing, giveaways and entertainment. 1 p.m.
Primitive Woodworking. Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Highway 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — Attendees learn to split wood and use basic tools to make wooden objects. 1 p.m. SoFAB Cooking Demo. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket.org — Local chefs cook their signature dishes. 2 p.m. Swing Dance Lesson With Amy & Chance. d.b.a., 618 Frenchmen St., (504) 942-3731; www. dbabars.com/dbano — The bar and music venue offers free swing dance lessons. 4:30 p.m.
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Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 456-5000; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold leads the class in the museum’s art galleries. Non-members $5. 6 p.m.
WORDS Analia Saban, Dedra Johnson. New Orleans Public Library, Martin Luther King Branch, 1611 Caffin Ave., (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias.org — Author Dedra Johnson and artist Analia Saban discuss Johnson’s book Sandrine’s Letter to Tomorrow. 5 p.m. Thursday.
fellow members’ writing. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Open Mic. Drum Sands Publishing and Books, 7301 Downman Road, (504) 247-6519; www.drumsandspublishing. com — The bookstore and publishing house hosts an open mic for writers of all genres. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Patti Callahan Henry. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 8952266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — The author discusses and signs The Stories We Tell. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Poets of Color. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., (504) 947-2121;
Chip Wilson and Mark McGrain at 9 p.m. Friday at Old St. Roch Bakery, 2448 N. Villere St. Scott Damian. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 4555135; www.barnesandnoble. com — The author discusses and signs Voice: A Stutterer’s Odyssey. 1 p.m. Saturday. Story Time with Miss Maureen. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — Children’s books are read. 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Tao Poetry. Neutral Ground Coffeehouse, 5110 Danneel St., (504) 891-3381; www.neutralground.org — The coffeehouse
Chapter of Romance Writers of America seeks entries in its ninth annual contest. Visit www.solawriters.org for details. Deadline Tuesday.
REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS Critic-in-Residence Program. Nonprofit organizations Pelican Bomb and BURNAWAY seek applicants for their writing and visual arts critic residencies to take place in New Orleans and Atlanta. Visit www. pelicanbomb.com for details. Deadline Tuesday. Gulf Guardian Fellowship. The Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy seeks applicants for a
Book Club: The Artist’s Way. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — Cherie Cazanavette moderates a 12-week series about Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. 7 p.m. Monday.
American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society needs volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Visit www. cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200 for details.
Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to assist with managing inventory and helping clients to shop as well as to share their expertise. Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@dressforsuccess. org to register.
Edward Haslam. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The author discusses and signs Dr. Mary’s Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses are Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics. 7 p.m. Monday.
Local Writers’ Group. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 455-5135; www.barnesandnoble.com — The weekly group discusses and critiques
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David Armand. St. Tammany Parish Library, Causeway Branch, 3457 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-9779 — The author discusses The Pugilist’s Wife and Harlow. 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
George Gurtner. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The author discusses and signs Cast of Characters. 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Swap Meet NOLA. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola. com — Artists, farmers, bakers and flea market vendors are invited to set up booths at recurring swap meets.
Bilingual Evacuteers. Puentes New Orleans and Evacuteer seek bilingual volunteers to assist the Spanish-speaking population in the case of mandatory evacuations in New Orleans during hurricane season. Email Luis Behrhorst at luis@puentesno. org for details.
Book Club: Arms and the Man. New Orleans Lyceum, 618 City Park Ave., (504) 473-7194; www. lyceumproject.com — The group reads George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man. Call to RSVP. 2 p.m. Sunday.
Friends of the New Orleans Public Library Book Sale. Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www.nutrias. org — The group hosts sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.
must be at least one year old and have gross revenues of less than $500,000. Visit www. catapultfund.com for details. Deadline Tuesday.
Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest one-onone mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www. eachonesaveone.org for details.
www.stannanola.org — Poets participate in a writing circle. 2 p.m. Wednesday. Renee Harris. Omni Royal Orleans, 621 St. Louis St., (504) 6482009; www.omnihotels.com — The author discusses Royal & St. Louis. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Sarah Shotland, Christine Stroud. Solo Espresso, 1301 Poland Ave. — The authors read from their new books Junkette and The Buried Return, respectively, at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The authors also celebrate their book releases with music by
hosts a weekly poetry reading. 9 p.m. Wednesday. The Well: A Women’s Poetry Circle. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., (504) 655-5489; www.stannanola.org — Writers of all levels meet. Call or email fleurdeholly@gmail.com for details. 2 p.m. Monday.
CALL FOR WRITERS Dixie Kane Memorial Contest. The Southern Louisiana
fellowship focusing on social inequality or climate change. Visit www.gcclp.org to apply. Deadline Aug. 8. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Catapult Fund. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival seeks applications from arts and culture businesses for funding and an eight-week business training course. Applicants should send business ideas that will add to arts and culture and explain why they need training and funding. Eligible businesses
Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111 for details. Meal Delivery Volunteers. The Jefferson Council on Aging seeks volunteers to deliver meals to homebound adults. Gas/mileage expenses will be reimbursed. Call Gail at (504) 888-5880 for details. Senior Companion Volunteers. The New Orleans Council on Aging seeks volunteers to assist with personal and daily tasks to help seniors live independently. Visit www. nocoa.org or call (504) 821-4121 for details.
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International Piano Competition and Keyboard Festival. Loyola University New Orleans, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www.masno.org — The festival features recitals and competitive performances for prizes up to $15,000. Ticket prices vary. 4 p.m.
Life. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — The camp combines art and biology. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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• Your résumé must be super-competitive to attract favorable results. The biggest mistake that overshadows all others is the failure to highlight specific and quantifiable accomplishments. Another shortcoming is to not pitch your value proposition for what the company is seeking. Other résumé failures are 1) typos, 2) too short or too long, 3) job descriptions without accomplishments, 4) too many jobs or gaps, 5) lack of detail, 6) unattractive formatting, and 7) lack of focus.
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New Orleans Job Guru is New Orleans native Grant Cooper. President of Strategic Résumés®, Grant has ranked in the Top 2% of 340 LinkedIn National Résumé Writing Experts worldwide, and has assisted the U.S. Air Force, Kinko’s, the Louisiana Dept. of Labor, the City of New Orleans, NFL/NBA players & coaches, as well as universities, regional banks, celebrities, and corporations.
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• The hidden job market can be tapped with one basic secret… NAMES. What you need to do first is to research and learn the actual names of the department heads and decision-makers at companies you are targeting. There are dozens of ways to do this, including LinkedIn, Facebook, email (their email addresses are often in their company websites), and basic Google research. CityBusiness is an excellent local print publication that has tons of articles about the movers and shakers in the New Orleans business community. • When you are digging and doing your research, you can use LinkedIn and Google to learn inside information on the decision-makers. See any points of common interest. Perhaps you graduated from the same university, have similar hobbies, or know some of the same people. These bits of information can be invaluable when you shoot over an email or meet for lunch and mention something about your school or your friend that would interest the person.
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LEGAL NOTICES CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA
NO.: 2013-11154 DIV. M-13 SUCCESSION OF RICHARD SANCHEZ NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Pursuant to La. Code of Civil Procedure, Art. 3281, et esq., notice is hereby given to everyone that the independent executor of the above succession has made an application to the court for the private sale of 6319 Congress Drive, New Orleans, LA 70126. Anyone opposing the application is ordered to file an opposition prior to the issuance of the judgment authorizing the independent executor’s application. The judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of last publication of this notice.
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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON
Dale N. Atkins, Clerk of Court Attorney: Carrie H. Pailet Address: 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Ste 701 Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: (504) 906-4324 Gambit: 7/15/14 ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF BRYCE KARL PLEASE CONTACT IRVING SHNAIDER (504) 484-6416. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of GENEVIA OGLESBY and/or her heirs, assigns, relatives or successors in interest, please contact attorney Julien F. Jurgens at (504) 722-7716 IMMEDIATELY. Property rights are involved in Civil District Court Orleans Parish, Case # 14-4967. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Kirk M. Windstein and Nicole M. Breshears Windstein, please contact E. Appleberry, Atty at 405 Gretna Blvd., Ste: 107, Gretna, LA 70053, (504) 362-7800). Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lisa Chatelain Jones, please contact attorney, Sonjia D. Kirk at (504) 5819322. Property rights are at issue. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Michael Anthony Simoneaux, please contact J. Benjamin Avin Atty, 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Shawn Vernon, please contact Atty. Bonita Watson, 504.324.4400.
Pursuant to La.C.C.P. Art. 3281, et esq., notice is hereby given to everyone that the Administratrix of the above succession made an application to the Court for the private sale of the following described property bearing municipal number 616 Celeste, River Ridge, Louisiana: “One certain lot of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, J.H. Little Farms, in section “H” bounded by Celeste Avenue, N. Park Street, Steward Avenue and Russell Street and Y&M Railroad, designated as lot No. 5-X on a survey made by Harris & Valesco, Surveyors, dated December 3, 1973 a copy of which is annexed to the vendor’s act of purchase, passed before me, notary, this date, and according thereto, said lot commences at a distance of 250 feet from the corner of Celeste Avenue and N. Park Street, measures thence 105 feet front of Celeste Avenue, same width in the rear, by a depth of 132 feet between equal and parallel lines. Being the same property conveyed to Yvonne Forester, wife of, and Willie F. White form Edmond G. Miranne, Jr., president of, and as such therein, Security Homestead Association, a duly incorporated institution by sale of property recorded on 1/17/94, instrument 628099 in the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office, Louisiana. Subject to restrictions, reservations, easement, covenants, oil, gas or mineral rights of record, if any. Anyone opposing the application is ordered to file an opposition prior to the issuance of the Judgment authorizing the executor’s application. The Judgment may be issued seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of this notice. By Order of the Court: Patricia Moore, Deputy Clerk 7/9/14 Attorney: Tracy G. Sheppard Bar #25063 Attorney for Glenda White Smith Address: 412 Delonde St. Gretna, LA 70053 Telephone: (504) 602-9984 Gambit: 7/15/14 & 8/5/14 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of any heirs of Christina Lee, please contact Atty. Bonita Watson, 504.324.4400. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of PAMELA RAYMOND, please contact Carlos Ramirez Atty, 1515 Poydras St., Suite 1600, New Orleans, LA 70112, (504) 410-9611 ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF REBECCA CLARK JANEAU, ANDREW JANEAU OR THEIR HEIRS PLEASE CONTACT IRVING SHNAIDER (504) 484-6416. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Summa Management Services, Inc., please contact Charlotte Meade, Attorney at Law, 755 Magazine St., N.O., LA 70130, 504-593-0637. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of William N. Franks, please contact J. Benjamin Avin Atty, 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500.
24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 731-476 DIVISION F SUCCESSION OF LEON B. DEGEORGE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
NO.: 13-10627
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That Denise DeGeorge Alvarez and Sheryl DeGeorge Motler, the co-administratrixes of the successions of Leon DeGeorge and Juanita Williams DeGeorge have petitioned this Court for authority to sell immovable property of the community formerly existing between Leon DeGeorge and Juanita Williams DeGeorge, at private sale, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure, for the sum of $125,000.00 to be divided equally between the two successions of Leon DeGeorge and Juanita Williams DeGeorge, with the successions to pay any and all emcumbrances that may affect the property, and with the closing to be held before Seller’s or Lender’s notary. The property consists of 21 lots, being being nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 39 and 41 of Square 23 of South Abita Springs, Parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana, acquired per Act of Partition of Real Estate and Settlement of Litigation, dated July 8, 1992, COB 1513, folio 007, St. Tammany Parish. A copy of the proposed sale agreement has been filed of record in each succession **** Notice is hereby given that any interested party, including any heir or creditor of either succession who may oppose the proposed sale must file any opposition within seven (7) days from the date on which the last publication of this notice appears. After seven (7) days from the date of last publication, the Court may authorize the sale on the terms and conditions stated herein. Attorney for the Successions: Attorney Charles E. Hamilton III Bar No. 06459 16275 N. Yates Road, Franklinton, LA 70438 504-952-3006 charles.e.hamilton@gmail.com Clerk of Court 24th Judicial District Court Gambit 6/24 and 7/15/2014
DIV. F-7
IN RE: SUCCESSION OF LOUISE CUSHENBERRY WHITE NOTICE The Executrix of the above estate has made application to the court for the sale, at private sale, of the immovable property described, as follows: A CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Third District of the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, in Square 975; which said square is bounded by N. Johnson and N. Galvez Streets, St Maurice Avenue and Tupelo Street. Said portion of ground being designated as Lot P on a survey by H.E. Sutch, Surveyor, dated February 17, 1953, registered in C.O.B. 589, folio 203, according to which said Lot P. commences a distance of ninety-two (92’) feet from the corner of N. Johnson and Tupelo Streets and measures, thence, forty-six (46’) feet front on N. Johnson Streets the same in width in the rear, by a depth of one hundred and twenty (120’) feet between equal and parallel lines, and is composed of parts of original lots Nos. 22,23,24,25,26 and 27m all as more fully shown on print of said survey, revised August 4, 1954 annexed hereto. Improvements on said property bear Municipal Nos. 6115 N. Johnson St. Being the same property acquired by Janice White Rudolph in the Succession of James Henry White, Case No. 200612426, Div. G. Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO-WIT: Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000), upon the following conditions, to-wit: all cash at the act of sale, less usual vendor’s costs and fees as provided in the Agreement to Sell, with this succession to receive the net proceeds.
Notice is now given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent, and of this estate, that they be ordered 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 the homologation, that application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law. Attorney: Sonjia Kirk Address: 829 Baronne Street New Orleans, LA 70113 Telephone: (504) 581-9322 Gambit: 7/15/14
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA
NO.: 14-6483
DIV. H
IN RE: TUTORSHIP OF GABRIEL WADDEY MACERATO NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TUTORSHIP NOTICE IS GIVEN to any and all persons herein interested, that Petition for Tutorship has been filed by Dave Farbrook and Lynne Spivey praying for Gabriel Waddey Macerato be placed under tutorship pursuant to the provision of Louisiana law and that Dave Farbrook be confirmed and appointed as tutor and that Lynne Spivey be appointed and confirmd as undertutrix of Gabriel Waddey Macerato and that the Petition for Tutorship be homologated after expiration of ten (10) days from the date of the publication of this Notice. Any opposition to the Petition for Tutorship must be filed prior to homologation. Dale Atkins, Clerk of Court For The Parish of Orleans Attorney: Brodie G. Glenn Bar #33152 Baldwin, Haspel, Burke & Mayer, L.L.C. Address: 1100 Poydras Street 3600 Energy Center New Orleans, LA 70163 Telephone: (504) 569-2900 Gambit: 7/15/14
LEGAL NOTICE ATTENTION CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF DEFENDANT BIG EASY DAIQUIRIS IN THE NEW ORLEANS FRENCH QUARTER Important Legal Notice! A lawsuit alleges that Big Easy Daiquiris workers were not paid overtime the hours they worked in excess of 40 per week and/or were not paid the federally-mandated minimum wage. Big Easy Daiquiris denies the accusations in this lawsuit. If you work or worked at any Big Easy Daiquiris Location in the New Orleans French Quarter between May 30, 2010 and the present, call today at 1-877605-2815. If you wish to have an opportunity to be a part of this lawsuit and possibly recover money, you must file a consent to join the lawsuit by October 23, 2014. You have the legal right to join this lawsuit, and you may not be discriminated or retaliated against as a result of your decision whether or not to join. To learn more about the lawsuit, call today: (877) 605-2815. Anyone knowing or having information regarding the whereabouts of JAMES MYERS, JR., or his heirs or agents, please contact Curator Ad Hoc Shantell L. Payton, Attorney at Innovative Business & Legal Solutions Center, 935 Gravier Street, Suite 600, New Orleans, LA 70112 or call (504) 3352720 or email spayton@iblsc.com. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to TROY & NICHOLS, INC., executed by LINDA BOUDREAUX ACCARDO AND FRANK R. ACCARDO, and dated December 29, 1988, in the principal sum of $54,024.22, bearing interest at the rate of 8.8% percent from the date until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same, please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at :Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 708798379, (225) 756-0373.
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INVITATION FOR SEALED BIDS BE IT KNOWN, that at eleven o’clock a.m. (11:00 a.m.), Central Standard Time on Friday, the 1st day of August, 2014, sealed bids will be opened by Dale N. Atkins, Clerk of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans at her office, Room 402 – Civil Courts Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, for the purchase of 13,000 printed and numbered case binders and 1,000 printed, but not numbered, case binders. The 13,000 printed and numbered case binders shall be constructed from fifteen point (15 point) manila stock, YELLOW in color, a sample of exact shade of YELLOW must be obtained from the office of the Clerk, with overall dimensions of 9-1/2” x 15-1/2” laminated back flap, plus a 1-3/4” ear on left side and 9-1/2” x 14-11/16” single thickness front flap. (Manila stock refers to type paper). Additionally, each binder shall have:
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lines from the corner of Saratoga Street, and measures thence 45 feet front on Peniston Street, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 110 feet between equal and parallel lines.
SUCCESSION OF RUTHIE DANIELS SINGLETON
Upon the following terms and conditions: Eighty Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($85,000.00) cash from Stanley J. Daniels, in his individual capacity, subject to the liens filed and Mover to be given credit for his payment in the sale conducted in the curatorship proceedings, In Re: Interdiction of Ruthie Daniels Singleton, Civil District Court Parish of Orleans, Case No. 2013-2308, Division J-5>
NO.:14-5229
DIV. L-6
NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas, the Administrator of the above captioned Succession has made application to the Court for the private sale of the following immovable property: TRACT 1:
1. A 2” enameled fastener embedded in earflap at left side; 2. A 13/16” full-cut tab at right side back flap, beginning 1-1/2” from fold; 3. All corners round; 4. Sixteen score marks 1/8” apart on ear flap and seven score marks 1/8” apart on ear flap for added extension: 5. Printing in black on outside and inside front flap (sample must be obtained from office of Clerk); 6. Poly-laminated color-coded label application consisting of three 1-1/2” numeric and one 1” double digit numeric labels starting 1-1/2” from fold and located front and back of tab. A poly-laminated year band shall be located 8” from fold; also front and back shall be outlined in black ink for visibility; 7. Black numbers printed on the face of the jacket to correspond with color-coded numbers. The color sequence shall be: Year band – 15 Color – Blue Poly-Laminate Numeric Labels
Colors
Poly-Laminate Numeric Labels
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Red Pink Yellow Orange Green
5 6 7 8 9
Blue Lavender Brown Gray Gold
The 1,000 printed, but not numbered, case binders shall have the same specifications as the 13,000 printed and numbered case binders, except the above numbering specifications.
It is understood that time is of the essence to this contract. The first 5,000 numbered folders (#1 – 5,000) shall be delivered on or before December 12, 2014. The balance of the folders shall be delivered on or before January 29, 2015. Failure to meet either delivery date will result in an automatic 20% deduction of the bid price. Any damage to folders as result of packaging, shipping, or handling will be at the supplier’s expense. Replacement of any damaged folders will be at the supplier’s expense. Bids submitted pursuant to the aforesaid specifications shall be delivered to or received by Dale N. Atkins, Clerk, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, at Room 402 – Civil Courts Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana on or before the time aforesaid. At the time and place aforesaid, all timely bids will be opened by a designated representative of the Clerk of Court. Upon completion of the opening of the bids, the Clerk of Court will review and calculate the submitted timely bids for the purpose of the purchase of the aforementioned case binders from the lowest responsible bidder. The Clerk of Civil District Court reserves the right to waive any informalities of the bids submitted hereunder and to accept or reject any and all bids submitted. Any inquiries should be directed to Chelsey Richard Napoleon, Chief Deputy for the Clerk of Civil District Court, Rm. 402 – 421 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA. 70112 Dale N. Atkins, Clerk, Civil District Court Parish of Orleans – 421 Loyola Avenue, Room 402 New Orleans, LA 70112 – (504) 407-0000 Publications on: Week of July 8, 2014, July 15, 2014 and July 22, 2014 – Gambit Publications on: Week of August 6, August 13 and August 20 – Gambit
TRACT 2: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantaes thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the SIXTH DISTRICT of this City, in Square No. 516, ST. JOSEPH, bounded by PENISTON, LOYOLA, GENERAL TAYLOR and SARATOGA STREETS, designated by the No. 4-A on a plan of survey made by Gilbert & Kelly, Surveyors, dated August 17, 1956, a copy of which is attached to Vendor’s acquisition before the undersigned Notary, this even date, and according to which said lot commences at a distance of 92 feet, 7 inches and 4
By Order of the Court, Dale N. Atkins, Clerk of Court Attorney: Georgia K. Thomas Address: 200 N. Cate St. Hammond, LA 70401 Telephone: (985) 542-8500 Gambit: 7/15/14 & 8/5/14 & The Louisiana Weekly
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Said condominium Unit is located on the following described property: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the First District of the City of New Orleans, in the SQUARE 132 thereof, bounded by Gravier, Tchoupitoulas, Common and Magazine Streets, designated as Lot D-C on the survey made by Ralph P. Fontchuberta, land surveyor, dated March 14, 1994, according to which said lot commences at a distance of 131 feet, 2 inches and 0 lines from the corner of Gravier and Tchoupitoulas Streets, and measures thence 40 feet, 2 inches and 0 lines front on Gravier Street, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 64 feet, 0 inches and 0 lines Actual Measure (64 feet, 5 inches and 0 lines Title Measure on the sideline nearer to Magazine Street), between equal and parallel lines. Said Condominium Unit bears Municipal no. 423 Gravier Street, Unit 3-A, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130. Acquired CIN 250593, CIN 278898, CIN 390974 Being the same property acquired by Brenda Herr Darr by act dated December 28, 2006, registered CIN 337442, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana. WRIT AMOUNT: $10,273.55
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT
Seized in the above suit, TERMS-CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a deposit of ten percent of the purchase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.
THAT PORTION OF GROUND, BEARING MUNICIPAL NO. 423 Gravier St., Unit 3-A, in the matter entitled
Note: All deposits must be Cash, Cashier’s Check, Certified Check or Money Order; No Personal Checks.
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 2013-51932
CREEKSIDEPLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. vs KENNETH DALE By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to me directoed by the Honorable The First City Court for the City of New Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will proceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First District of the City on July 22, 2014, at 12:00 o’clock noon,the following described property to wit:
Attorney: Dan Smetherman Address: 820 Ursulines Ave. New Orleans, LA 70116 Telephone: 504-522-4315 Lambert C. Boissiere, Jr Constable, Parish of Orleans Gambit: 6/17/14 & 7/15/14 & The Louisiana Weekly: 6/16/14 & 7/14/14
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ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF DANIELLE STOKES ELLIOTT, PLEASE CONTACT MAURICE HALL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AT (225) 687-6873 58024 FORT STREET PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Trudy or Tyras Simmons please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Vicente J. Dave A/K/A Vicente J. Dave A/K/A Vincent J. Dave, 3621 5359 Baccich St, New Orleans, LA 70122, please contact Atty. Tony Dooley, 504298-0854.
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A CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, together with all of the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Sixth District of the City of New Orleans, in Square No. 516, bounded by Penniston, S. Franklin, Saratoga and General Taylor Streets, measuring 45 feet front and Peniston Street, by a depth, between paraallel lines of 110 feet, and is composed of the whole of Lot No. 3, measuring 30 feet front on Penniston Street, and adjoining 15 feet of Lot No. 2 on Penniston street. Which lot or portion of ground herein sold, according to survey made by W. J. Seghers, Surveyor, dated february 19, 1915, a blue print of which is being annexed to act before Harry L. Loomis, Jr., Notary Public, on May 6, 1915, is designated by the Letter “B” and is distant from Saratoga Street 47 feet 9 inches. Being the same property acquired from Dryades Building and Loan Association on June 20, 1919 by act before Harry L. Lommis, Jr., Notary Public, registered in COB 808, folio 162; and furhter acquired together with Madeline Lehmann froom the Successionof Gustave J. Lehmann, 197-719 CDC, registered in COB 427, folio 82.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all parties whom it may concern, 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. Notice is also given that a hearing on the privatee sale is scheduled for August 8, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in the matter captioned Succession of Ruthie Daniels Singleton, Case No. 14-5229, Division L-6 of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Judge Kern Reese.
ONE CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM UNIT, together with its appurtenant 27.26% interest in and to the common elements of that designated property regime known as CREEKSIDEPLACE CONDOMINIUM, created by an act dated December 30, 2002, registered in CIN 250593, and CIN 278898, and which Unit is designated as Unit 3-A.
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