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The NOLA Project presents ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play PAULINA HAS BEEN DELUDING HER FRIENDS, but she really doesn’t know

better herself. She’s succeeded in impressing them with stories about a relative in the United States who wears high fashions and works at White Castle. It even sounds royal.

“A castle with food!” says Gifty.

The girls are classmates at the Aburi Girls Boarding School in a rural area of Ghana. They have no idea what kind of restaurant White Castle is, but Pauline has assured them it’s high class.

She and the other girls have a lot to learn, but they’re not unwise in “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls.” The NOLA Project presents the one-act comedy-drama at Loyola University New Orleans’ Marquette Theater June 16 to July 1.

The drama is similar to one of its inspirations, “Mean Girls,” the popular 2004 teen comedy starring Lindsay Lohan. Paulina is Aburi’s queen bee. She treats her friends like an entourage and is given to bullying them. Nana, Mercy and Gifty are the wannabes, who try to stay in Paulina’s favor. It’s hard on Nana, who Paulina ridicules for being overweight. Ama is a bit more independent and is starting to resist Paulina’s mean streak.

The situation is ripe for change when a new student, Ericka, arrives from the U.S. She’s smart, beautiful and familiar with all of the names Paulina drops.

Also due to arrive at the school is Eloise Amponsah, who was Miss Ghana 20 years earlier. Now she’s representing the pageant and picking young women from different regions to compete. The winner of Miss Ghana goes on to the Miss Global Universe contest.

Paulina was sure she’d be chosen to represent Aburi, but that path is no longer clear when Ericka signs up for the pageant. Now, everything in Paulina’s world is threatened, including losing her friends.

“If you’re by yourself, then who’s there to tell you that you’re the prettiest or smartest,” says Tenaj Jackson, who is directing the show for The NOLA Project. “She keeps looking for new minions, and it keeps working. She gets away with it until the new girl comes, and then it’s like, ‘Oh, there’s someone prettier and smarter than you.’ That’s wild.

She does her best to take back her power and take back her friends, who she hasn’t been treating fairly.”

The young women also have to deal with some more difficult issues, including colorism. Ericka, whose father is a Ghanian cocoa tycoon, is biracial.

With her light complexion, she’s just the kind of contestant Eloise would like to see in the pageant.

She might have a better chance against candidates from Brazil, Sweden, France and the U.S., Eloise believes. Paulina had already internalized such sentiments, and secretly uses skin creams to alter her look.

“A lot of (the drama is about) colorism and beauty standards that we put on ourselves based on what society tells us we should look like,” Jackson says. “Or how smart we should be, or not too smart, because ‘pretty girls shouldn’t be smart.’ There’s so much of that.”

All the girls have things in their lives that they keep private and away from the prying eyes of friends and bullies alike.

“It’s a hurt-people hurt people kind of thing,” Jackson says.

“Paulina’s dealing with a lot, and we get to see really human moments from her. It’s like, ‘Oh honey, you’re so mean, but I get it.’”

The classmates often are more concerned with schoolgirl things, including sneaking verboten snacks and sweets and their shared love of Bobby Brown. The story is set in 1986, and Whitney Houston also is a looming icon. Jackson introduced her young cast to some of the pop culture of the ’80s, including scenes about Black beauty standards from Spike Lee’s “School Daze.”

Jackson also is a fan of “Mean Girls.”

“I loved it,” she says. “I have lived all of this. I have been bullied. I have at times been a mean girl, unintentionally, but we all go through these phases. Part of the audition was

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African descent in the U.S. and a celebration of African-American culture and history. A number of events will celebrate the day locally, including the New Orleans Juneteenth Festival at Congo Square, now in its third year. The festival on Sunday will feature performances by Delfeayo Marsalis, Kalindah Laveaux, N’Kafu Traditional West African Dance, Tekrema and performance group The League of Clowns. There also will be a panel discussion, “A Blueprint to Freedom: Economics, Education & Gentrification.” A parade opens the event at 2 p.m. and the festival runs 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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either tell me a time you were bullied or you were the bully. We have a couple mean girls here.”

The cast features many young actresses attending or recent college graduates at Loyola and University of New Orleans.

The drama is by Jocelyn Bioh, whose parents immigrated to New York from Ghana. As an actress, she noticed the lack of good roles for Black women and decided to start writing them herself. “School Girls” premiered off-Broadway in New York in 2017.

The play has some similarities to Bioh’s own life. Her mother attended the Aburi school, a Christian school in eastern Ghana.

Bioh went to college in Ohio, where Ericka has grown up prior to going to be closer to her father in Ghana.

There also was an American woman from the Midwest who competed in the Miss Ghana pageant in 2011, and that inspired Bioh’s play.

Regardless of whether she won or lost, Bioh thought that had plenty to say about what Ghanians and others held up as standards for young women.

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The New Orleans Juneteenth Festival takes place Sunday, June 19, at Congo Square.

Juneteenth at NOAAM

EVERY THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, THE NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM hosts Black

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NOAAM celebrates Juneteenth on Saturday, June 18, with vendors and activities led by mixed media artist JESSCX and quilter Cecelia “Cely” TapplettePedescleaux. Find more information at noaam.org.

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Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid group, has awarded Together New Orleans and its Community Lighthouse Project $650,000 to build a solar power and battery system at CrescentCare. The system will ensure the community health care center can continue to operate during extended power outages. The grant is a major step forward for the Community Lighthouse Project, which seeks to equip community institutions with solar power to serve as “resiliency hubs” during outages and natural disasters.

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decided to let the harmful anti-transgender school sports ban become law without his signature despite vetoing an almost identical bill last year. The law will prevent trans girls and women from competing on teams that match their gender identity. Edwards said he felt the “bill was going to become law regardless of what I did.”

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise last week tried to deflect action to prevent mass shootings by saying after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. didn’t have “a conversation about banning airplanes.” Besides making an absurd argument, the suburban congressman — who was shot in 2017 — forgets planes were grounded for two days following 9/11, Congress subsequently created the TSA and travelers now can’t take more than 3.4 ounces of a liquid on planes.

THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT PASSED BETWEEN THE DEATH OF RONALD GREENE AT THE HANDS OF STATE TROOPERS AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OPENING A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION ON JUNE 9, 2022.

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At the same time, the council is also restoring $1.2 million of the Department of Public Works’s budget for the year after DPW finally secured contracts to fix traffic lights across the city damaged by Hurricane Ida. The agreements come as part of a broader “carrot and stick” style effort by Giarrusso and the council to use its budget authority to force the administration to implement reforms and increase transparency at the Safety and Permits and DPW. Both departments have for years been plagued with underperformance issues on a host of key issues, ranging from street construction to STRs. In April, the council voted to withhold millions in unused funding at both agencies until the administration could prove it was correcting problems within the two agencies. Originally, Giarrusso had also targeted the

Law Department and the City Planning Commission for holds on funding, but agreed to limit it to DPW and S&P after discussions with the heads of those departments.

S&P, in particular, has been a chronic problem in the city. Its enforcement actions have been uneven — for instance, small business owners have found themselves under scrutiny for operating pop-ups at second lines, while illegal STRs, which have driven up rental prices and sped gentrification in Black neighborhoods, have run wild.

Under ordinances filed by Giarrusso June 9, all of S&P’s $2.2 million in withheld funds will be freed up. In return, Cantrell has agreed to hire 12 inspectors and analysts to staff the STR enforcement office and begin to use a software system called Granicus which is expected to significantly speed up the process of identifying illegal STRs. According to an administration Power Point presentation on the reforms, the city hopes to clear up to 600 cases a year with the new personnel and reforms.

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get it running properly, he is nevertheless encouraged by the administration’s plan. “I led [the fight on] escrowing money from the budget of Safety and Permits so the department would stand up an enforcement office. Since then, S&P agreed to hire more day and night inspectors, lawyers and legal staff to expand and expedite adjudications,” he said, pointing to the public dashboard and monthly check-ins with Council Member Lesli Harris’ committee as solid first steps towards greater transparency and accountability.

Meanwhile, DPW still has significant work to do before its funding is fully freed up. Although Giarrusso has agreed to unfreeze the $1.2 million, more than $6.3 million in funding will remain in escrow until additional reforms and transparency steps are taken.

Thursday’s ordinances represent a rare bright spot in an otherwise tense and ugly period in the mayor’s relationship with the council.

Meanwhile, the council unanimously approved Vice President JP Morrell’s resolution calling on the city attorney to pursue lawsuits

against nearly two dozen people who police have identified as helping in planning or participated in a “New Orleans Takeover” event.

Morrell argued the “lawless event” was “symptomatic of a broader problem that we have in this city,” and said it is particularly disturbing since “there is a profit driven motive in promoting these events and getting people to attend them. Government needs to “target the people who promote these events … before the event takes place,” Morrell said.

“One of the ways to disrupt these events is to remind people that when you promote an illegal event that does damage to the city and the residents of it, you are culpable for it,” he added.

Council member Freddie King agreed, saying “it’s a slap in the face” of the citizens of New Orleans.

The June 4 burnout event was widely documented on social media, and the resolution includes social media handles for 22 people that Morrell’s staff identified.

Vidoes showed cars blocking traffic in several intersections in the city and doing donuts while

crowds of people swarmed traffic.

In one video, a man can be seen dancing on top of an NOPD vehicle, and in several instances people could be seen carrying firearms, including handguns and what appear to be assault rifles.

The June 4 fiasco is the latest in a series of street stunts this year that have blocked traffic on surface streets and the I-10, and it has caused outrage within the community.

The council June 8 also voted to hold two of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s top aides in contempt after they refused to turn over documents related to Cantrell’s failed “Smart Cities” broadband access project after a district judge refused to block the council’s ongoing investigation into the scandal.

On an unanimous vote, the council agreed to hold Cantrell’s Chief of Staff Clifton Davis and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Arthur Walton in contempt.

Former Director of Strategic Initiatives Josh Cox, who resigned in May and was also a subject of the subpoenas, complied in some manner with the document

request, according to Council President Helena Moreno’s office.

If the officials don’t turn over the documents and remain in contempt, they could face a maximum $500 fine.

Prior to the vote, Council President Helena Moreno said, “it is really disappointing that we are at this point,” adding that “this council may not agree on all issues but we do stand united on the fact that … we must protect the authority provided us by the city charter.”

“Requesting public information shouldn’t be this hard or costly,” Moreno said, noting the council’s efforts to work with the city on the subpoenas “were met with defiance.”

“My hope now is that there will be compliance with the subpoenas so we can consider dropping the contempt charges,” Moreno said.

Giarrusso agreed, noting the city repeatedly told them they’d comply and then didn’t “there’s a worry that we get lulled into inaction by relying on what we’ve been told ... I don’t like the fighting. I don’t think it’s good for us as a city and a council.”

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MAYOR LATOYA CANTRELL’S ADMINISTRATION LAST WEEK FINALLY AGREED TO START CRACKING DOWN

on short-term rentals in New Orleans, promising to hire a dozen new inspectors and to beef up identification of illegal STRs across the city. If — and this is a big if — the administration makes good on its promise, it could help stop, and hopefully reverse, the plague of STRs which has crippled the city’s housing market and turbo-charged gentrification.

While we are cautiously optimistic, we will withhold judgment until we see results. We’ve seen far too many promises from this and past administrations go unfulfilled to blindly cheer them on.

One encouraging sign, however, is how the promise to ramp up enforcement came about. Earlier this year the council temporarily pulled millions of dollars in funding from two departments — Safety & Permits (which oversees STRs) and Public Works — until the mayor agreed to implement reforms. Both agencies have long been plagued by a lack of transparency and an inability to meet even minimal standards.

The council hoped its “carrot and stick” approach would goad Cantrell into action.

So far, it’s working. In addition to the STR enforcement agreement, DPW has finally signed contracts to fix traffic lights across the city that were damaged during Hurricane Ida. Similarly, Cantrell’s administration is beginning to produce dozens of long-overdue reports on a host of city functions, all of which allow the public and council to identify problems in government.

This kind of City Council oversight underscores why we have co-equal branches of government.

More is needed to restore the balance of power, but it’s heartening to see the council responsibly flexing its muscle.

Unfortunately, the administration continues to grandstand about the Smart Cities scandal. Rather than comply with reasonable and legally

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The New Orleans City Council is flexing its muscles. enforceable council subpoenas, Cantrell has once again assumed an imperious position. The courts have validated the council’s action so far, and the council upped the ante by holding her chief of staff Clifton Davis and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Arthur Walton in contempt.

Given the council’s clear legal authority under the City Charter to conduct investigations and subpoena documents, Cantrell’s resistance can only be seen as either an effort to cover up damning or embarrassing information or a power play. Either way, the relationship between the mayor and the council is toxic. It shouldn’t have to come to this.

The problems facing New Orleans are enormous and immediate. Gun violence continues to plague much of the city, our infrastructure is decaying, and most citizens remain one bad rain storm away from disaster.

At the same time, New Orleans has an array of opportunities.

Billions of federal infrastructure dollars continue to flow our way, and for the first time in years the council is pushing meaningful reforms that should foster and grow small businesses, the music industry and other sectors vital cultural and economic sectors.

To fix the problems facing New Orleans — and to take advantage of these opportunities — the council and the mayor need to get on the same page, or at least start singing from the same hymnal.

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EVER SINCE HUEY LONG TURNED LOUISIANA POLITICS INTO A BLOOD SPORT, national political

correspondents have come in droves to feast on the Bayou State’s unrivaled mix of corruption, chicanery and local color. Only a few of them really plumbed the depths of our distinctive political culture, however. The best at that, by far, was Ken Bode.

Bode (friends and colleagues always called him by his last name) traveled the U.S. doing political stories in the same manner that CBS’ legendary Charles Kuralt crisscrossed the country reporting on small towns and byways. “Bode’s Journal,” which aired weekly during “The Today Show,” was to politics what Kuralt’s “On the Road” was to Americana. Both remain classics of TV journalism.

Bode died on June 2 after a months-long illness at the age of 83. His passing, like his retirement in 2010, leaves a huge void in the world of political journalism and in the lives of those who were blessed to call him a friend and mentor.

From 1979 to 1999, Bode covered American politics for NBC, CNN and PBS like no one else on television: from the ground up, not from the top down.

His personal politics were decidedly liberal and Democratic, but Bode’s reputation for objectivity, fairness and integrity gave him unfettered access to the high-andmighty as well as the up-and-coming in both parties.

“He was a major figure in American political journalism,” said veteran Democratic consultant James Carville, who knew Bode particularly well during the Clinton years. “He was the most un-Beltway political reporter of them all. Bode had a ‘flyover country’ perspective of politics, yet he was a big-time figure in journalism. He was highly respected, and he mentored a lot of people.”

Not since A.J. Liebling recounted Earl Long’s exploits in 1959 for The New Yorker has a national reporter chronicled our state’s politics so adroitly, so insightfully and so lovingly.

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Ken Bode and Clancy DuBos share a laugh at the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta.

I first met Bode over dinner at Antoine’s in the run-up to Edwin Edwards’ unprecedented third election as governor in 1983. We struck up an immediate friendship that spanned four decades and several career changes. In the early days of our acquaintance, I opened my Rolodex to Bode, and he taught me how to cover politics.

I got the better end of the bargain.

Bode’s love for our state transcended politics. He befriended the late Cajun artist George Rodrigue and featured Rodrigue’s work (which often had political or historical subjects) in many of his Louisiana-based stories. Thanks to that exposure, then-NBC anchor Tom Brokaw (who knew Bode from their college days) became a fan and collector of Rodrigue’s work, as did many other celebrities and collectors worldwide.

Perhaps my fondest memory of Bode was the day he called me in 2006 to invite me to give a talk at DePauw about New Orleans’ struggles after Hurricane Katrina. He had followed my post-K columns and wanted to highlight for his students the struggles of our city, much the same way that he shined a light on Black citizens’ fight for voting rights in South Carolina decades earlier.

At the time, it felt as though he were tossing me, and by extension New Orleans, a lifeline.

So long, old friend. Thanks for shining your light on the real America — and the real Louisiana.

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One was labeled the “official theme poster.”

What can you tell me about it and the artist?

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ALTHOUGH THERE WERE MANY POSTERS CREATED TO COMMEMORATE THE 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION,

better known as the World’s Fair, only two were officially licensed.

The official theme poster you saw was by artist and architect Wellington Reiter. Another limited-edition official lithograph was designed by local commercial artist Hugh Ricks.

Reiter was an Ohio native and Tulane graduate who worked for Perez Associates, the fair’s architectural designers. His poster depicted the fair’s theme, “The World of Rivers: Fresh Water as a Source of Life.”

“A lot of the things in the poster are reminiscent of the kinds of things we at Perez designed as architecture for the main entrance gate,” Reiter told The TimesPicayune | The States-Item in December 1982. The columns on either side of the poster, for example, replicated those at the gate.

The poster includesfish, sea creatures and Louisiana’s state bird, the brown pelican, as well as Neptune,

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Wellington Reiter created the official theme poster for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.

You can see the poster design in progress on the table. the Roman god of water. Reiter described two male figures on the poster as “the good and bad sides of water.” “The left is the beauty and goodness of rivers, of water,” he said. “The other side is the evil side, man grappling with the alligator, and that represents pollution.”

The poster, printed in both black and white and color editions, sold for between $15 and $300 at the time.

After the fair, Reiter earned a master’s degree from the Harvard University School of Design and later served as dean of the School of Design at Arizona State University. In recent years, he was president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before returning to ASU in 2011 to serve in a variety of roles.

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Born in New Orleans on June 13, 1922, Parnell graduated from S.J. Peters High School, where he played first base for the baseball team. According to The New York Times, a Red Sox scout was in the stands on the day in 1940 when Parnell was asked, to his surprise, to pitch a crucial game. He threw a shutout, striking out 17, and the scout signed him to a contract.

According to his entry in the New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame, after two successful years in the minor leagues, Parnell enlisted in the Army Air Corps and later the Air Force, serving stateside during World War II. He made his Major League debut pitching his first game for Boston in April 1947. He spent his entire 10-year career there, winning more games for the Red Sox than any other left-handed pitcher. He posted a career mark of 123-75.

In 1956, Parnell capped his career by throwing a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park, known as notoriously unfriendly to left-handers. He ended his career 71-30 there.

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CULTURE WARS AND OTHER HOT-BUTTON ISSUES LOOMED LARGE at the

beginning of this year’s annual legislative session. For a while, it appeared nothing would get lawmakers’ attention beyond abortion, guns, “critical race theory” and transphobia.

Then something remarkable happened.

Almost as if on cue, legislators sidelined or killed most (but not all) of the most retrograde bills on those topics, leaving Louisiana still safely among the ruby-reddest of Southern states but just barely outside the ranks of some of our knuckle-dragging neighbors. To be sure, legislators passed some truly awful bills, but it could have been worse.

How all that happened is the tale behind this year’s annual compilation of “Da Winnas and Da Loozas,” which for the first time includes a new category: “Da Stalemated.”

Let’s start, as always, with …

DA WINNAS GOV. JOHN BEL EDWARDS

The governor’s GOP adversaries contrived to put him in a political minefield by passing the budget bills early, thereby forcing him to use his line-item veto in time for them to override (and embarrass) him before adjournment day. That plan sounded great in theory, but it had some disastrous unintended consequences. In past years, House and Senate leaders

slow-walked budget bills until the final hours because it gave them leverage over rank-and-file members who tend to get irritable (and oftentimes unhinged) in a session’s final days. Holding pet projects hostage maintains order in the ranks but passing the budgets early this session removed that leverage — and left JBE as the sole center of power in the session’s critical final days. He played his hand well, adroitly vetoing only a few budget items while working quietly with Senate President Page Cortez, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder and other key leges on bills he wanted to see passed — or killed. Meanwhile, in the final two days, with no budget leverage to keep order, Cortez and Schexnayder lost control of their ranks. Each chamber bottled up the other’s bills and even devolved into internecine chaos (especially in the House), causing dozens of measures to die on the vine and leaving many lawmakers embittered. For JBE’s foes, this session proved to be a case of “Be careful what you ask for ...”

ABORTION OPPONENTS

Lawmakers rightfully killed a bill that attempted to subject pregnant people who obtain abortions to severe criminal penalties. That happened with a big assist from some leading anti-abortion forces.

Meanwhile, lawmakers passed an anti-abortion bill that subjects doctors and others who perform or assist in abortions to jail terms and fines. It’s all in anticipation of

the U.S. Supreme Court’s expected final blow to Roe v. Wade.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS

They helped beat back the worst gun bills, particularly one that would permit virtually anyone 18 years or older to carry a concealed firearm with no permit and no training. They also sidelined attempts to raise the standard of proof required for obtaining protective orders, which require abusers to surrender their firearms.

SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS

Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved two bills that together entitle adult sexual assault victims to free copies of written forensic medical reports relating to rape kit exams. Until now, victims had no guarantee of getting such records and often had to wait years to get them, if they got them at all.

THE MEDICAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY

Medical cannabis is officially big business in Louisiana. The statutory duopoly of medical-grade cannabis producers defeated a bill that would subject them to competition. Elsewhere, the state’s nine licensed cannabis retailers won the right to expand beyond one dispensary each within their respective regions.

INSURANCE COMPANIES

Nobody likes insurance companies … except Louisiana lawmakers.

They killed state Rep. Paula Davis’ bill to require health coverage for fertility preservation procedures for cancer patients facing sterility

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as a result of radiation and other treatments. They also killed a bill to reform auto insurance ratemaking. As a result, auto insurance companies can continue to base premiums on credit ratings, gender and other factors completely unrelated to people’s driving records.

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They secured passage of a bill giving them access to copies of their original birth certificates. A major victory years in the making, it took a Herculean effort to overcome opposition from Louisiana Family Forum, the powerful lobby of the Religious Right.

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The vice president of the New Orleans City Council, who previously served 14 years in the Legislature, proposed his own agenda after Mayor LaToya Cantrell inexplicably (and inexcusably) opted to sit this session out. Morrell’s former colleagues passed four of his proposed measures, including one that gives City Council authority over Sewerage and Water Board bill-

ing and appeals of erroneously high bills.

MISDEMEANOR ARRESTEES

State Rep. Royce Duplessis finally convinced his colleagues to enact his proposal barring release of pre-conviction mugshots of persons arrested for nonviolent offenses. Cops and sheriffs will still be able to release mugshots of fugitives and those accused of sex crimes, offenses against minors and others arrested for or suspected of violent crimes.

LT. GOV. BILLY NUNGESSER

The lieutenant governor’s fellow Republicans cut millions from his budget, but Edwards used one of his few line-item vetoes to restore the original funding level.

Nungesser is widely seen as a potential candidate for governor next year, and some powerful right-wingers in the House and Senate would like to weaken him before the campaign begins.

STUDENT BORROWERS

Lawmakers passed two bills that give students significantly more protection against predatory lenders. HB 610 by Rep. Kyle Green of Marrero creates an enhanced “Borrower Bill of Rights” that establishes best practices and business standards. HB 789 by Rep. Matthew Willard of New Orleans requires lenders to provide annual reporting to the state on their student loan activities.

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Lawmakers enacted the CROWN Act, proposed by Rep. Candace Newell of New Orleans, to prohibit discrimination based on hair texture, natural hairstyles, and protective hairstyles.

Which brings us to …

DA LOOZAS MAYOR LATOYA CANTRELL

By extension, New Orleans is also a loser this year because the mayor had no agenda in a year when the state had record amounts of cash on hand. If you forfeit, you always lose — particularly when your main City Council antagonist pushes an agenda that passes.

PREDATORY LENDERS

They convinced lawmakers to let them make larger payday loans with longer terms and higher annual interest rates, but Edwards rightly vetoed the measure. They also face tighter regulations on student loans.

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Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks at a press conference in February.

THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY

Lawmakers passed an anti-transgender athlete bill similar to one that Edwards successfully vetoed last year. But this time the governor chose to let the measure become law without his signature. Edwards said the bill would have become law no matter what because Republicans had mustered the votes to override another veto.

CANCER PATIENTS

If they want to have children after undergoing cancer treatments that could render them sterile or infertile, they will have to continue paying the high costs of fertility preservation procedures. Lawmakers killed a bill that would have required health insurers to cover such costs.

JUVENILE OFFENDERS

No doubt in response to the spate of carjackings by youths in New Orleans and elsewhere, lawmakers rolled back part of the criminal justice reform package they enacted several years ago and will once again allow district attorneys to prosecute juveniles as adults if they are accused of committing violent crimes.

ANTI-VAXXERS — Lawmakers passed only two anti-Covid vaccination bills out of several dozen that were filed. One prohibits insurance companies from requiring or requesting Covid vaccination status; the other bars state institutions from discriminating against persons who refuse to get vaccinated. Those bills could still be vetoed by the governor, who bottled up other measures that would restrict his ability to declare and enforce emergency orders during pandemics.

LOCAL TAXING BODIES

They tried to make permanent the veto power they currently have over their share of the state’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program, but lawmakers overwhelmingly sided with Big Business (as usual) and killed that idea. Edwards gave the locals their current level of authority via executive order six years ago, but that will likely end when a new (read: Republican) governor takes office in 2024.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Lawmakers changed the eligibility rules for TOPS scholarship candidates, allowing them to substitute computer coding for foreign languages in the list of required courses. How many high schoolers will opt out of French for learning how to code their PS5s?

HISTORY DENIERS

This group includes Lost Causers and anti-Critical Race Theorists.

Lawmakers stripped Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of official state holidays. They also scuttled bills to “protect” school kids from American history’s

unpleasant lessons, particularly those relating to slavery and racial discrimination.

Which brings us to …

DA STALEMATED THE GOP LEADERSHIP

It’s all about control when you’re at the top. Senate President Cortez and House Speaker Schexnayder got their favorite bills passed, but their plan to put the governor in a budget veto squeeze didn’t end well.

It left them with no leverage to prevent the chaos that marked the session’s final days. Look for them to seek out other ways to keep petty feuds, political grudges and outsized egos in check next year.

THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY —

Schexnayder pushed through a “major events” financing measure that will help New Orleans lure big sporting events — but passage of a harsh anti-transgender athlete measure and some of the nation’s toughest anti-abortion laws could well cost the city (and the state) lucrative conventions and sporting events in the future. One major convention has already canceled a meeting in New Orleans set for next spring.

SHERIFFS

Always a powerful group, the sheriffs led the push to kill Schexnayder’s proposed constitutional amendment to implement a statewide uniform sales tax reporting and collection system, but that win came at a price. The sheriffs lost their allout push to rewrite Louisiana’s public notice laws, most of which require notices to be printed in local newspapers.

THE GUN LOBBY

Lawmakers continue to expand the list of people who can lawfully carry concealed firearms, but this year they finally found a bottom. They killed a bill that would have let almost anyone 18 years or older carry a concealed weapon with no permit and no training. They also deep-sixed bills to raise the burden of proof required for protective orders in domestic violence cases (which can lead to abusers having to surrender their firearms).

PUBLIC EDUCATION

Lawmakers increased education funding at all levels — and gave teachers and school workers pay raises. On the other hand, they killed a measure that would

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prohibit corporal punishment and passed a bill that would let kids with disabilities and those in failing public schools leave public schools and apply their share of state aid to private school tuitions.

LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM

LFF got its way on all anti-abortion bills, but that’s no surprise in conservative Louisiana. The group lost big time in its all-out push to defeat a bill giving adult adoptees the right to see their original birth certificates.

And it’s not over yet. In the coming weeks, we’ll see if Edwards vetoes any hot-button measures that passed in the final days. Stay tuned tuned.

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on his stepfather’s 45s and LPs and going to concerts to see and hear those legends perform.

Now he’s determined to preserve that cultural history. Magee secured $2 million in funding to create a museum in the historic but dilapidated Dew Drop Inn. Magee hopes it will someday anchor a Louisiana music trail.

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Frey Smoked Meat Authentic Sauces $12 per bottle from Frey Smoked Meat Co. (4141 Bienville Ave., 504-488-7427; freysmokedmeat. com). Available in Vinegar Sauce, The Big Oops, and New Orleans Gold.

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White Oak Barrel

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Five Pawns Black Flag Risen Creamy Tobacco Cappuccino Eliquid $39.99 and Vaporesso Xros Nano $22.99 from Calhoun Trading Co. (3137 Calhoun St. 504-309-4717).

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Kitchen Boa

$24.99 each from Nola Gifts & Decor (5151 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 504-407-3532; shopnolagiftsanddecoronline.com). Worn around the neck so your dish towel is always close.

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Palm Trees and Flip Flops Guayabera Shirt

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Basil Hayden Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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Riverbend Leather Wrap Lowball Glass

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Town of Jean Lafitte

Go fishing with Dad this year. Jean Lafitte is a paradise for inland saltwater fishing.The Barataria Basin is the perfect place to explore the inland marsh and catch redfish, speckled trout, drum and flounder. townofjeanlafitte.com Photo provided by the Town of Jean Lafitte

Roots Run Deep Winery Bound and Determined Cabernet Sauvignon

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Mother’s Restaurant

Gift Card from Mother’s Restaurant (401 Poydras St., 504-523-9656, mothersrestaurant.net).

Treat Dad to a meal sure to fill his belly such as the Famous Fried Special Po-boy with the original debris (shredded roast beef in au jus), Jerry’s Jambalaya, or Mae’s Filé gumbo. Gift cards are available in the restaurant or online.

Assorted Louisiana Socks

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WOLF GOURMET 4 Piece Steak Knife Set

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Bonfolk Duck Oversized Beach Towel

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WHEN SARA LEVASSEUR AND HER HUSBAND CARL HUGMEYER DECIDED TO TAKE OVER what used to be Shank

Charcuterie on St. Claude Avenue in the Marigny, they had a dual vision.

Levasseur had been building Jamboree Jams, a small-batch jam business she started in 2015, mostly through pop-ups and farmer markets sales, with the spotlight on local fruit, copper pots and not using commercial pectin.

Hugmeyer, who moved to New Orleans from his native Michigan in 2009, met his Canadian-born wife to be after she moved to New Orleans to take a personal assistant job in 2014. Hugmeyer had worked as a handyman before settling into bartending, most recently at N7, so from the outset, the couple was interested in a space where they could have a liquor license. They found it in the compact space at 2352 St. Claude Ave., which has seating for 22 at scattered tables.

“After Kris (Doll) closed in 2020, we took a look at the space and thought it would work for us,” Hugmeyer says.

They signed a lease in February 2021.

“We knew we wanted to do a jam and wine bar eventually.”

That vision is just now coming into play, with Bar Pomona as the name for the wine and savory bites part of the operation. Sweet things from Jamboree Jams are highlighted on weekend mornings.

Levasseur learned how to make jam from her grandmother in Canada. Later she turned the college hobby into a full-time business.

Her small-batch preserves use local fruit, herbs and natural, unrefined sugar to create jams that are inspired by the seasons and flora of Louisiana. She gets fruit from regional farms including Johndales Strawberry Farm in Ponchatoula, JD Farms for blueberries out of Poplarville, Mississippi, and Chilton County Peaches for Alabama peaches and plums.

Levasseur offers jams in fetching flavors including blood orange with sumac and blackberry-purple-basil.

At the shop, there also are baked goods, like filled doughnuts, on the

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weekends. Soft serve ice cream can be topped with chili crisp and chocolate tahini.

The concise savory menu includes house-made focaccia bread in most dishes. There is a plate of seasonal pickled vegetables and a salad of crunchy cucumbers dressed with herbs and fresh lemon juice. A grated carrot salad with fresh herbs is dressed with lemon-Dijon vinaigrette. Tahini is whipped with a little whole fat yogurt and drizzled with citrus.

Whole grain sourdough loaves and sourdough baguettes from the artisanal bakery Campagnon are featured on the salad platter and conserves plate, which also includes muhammara, a spicy walnut-based Turkish dip served with salt-preserved satsuma.

They work with supplier Gourmet Foods International to offer a rotating selection of cheeses, such as a French farmhouse style of raw cow’s milk cheese from Thomasville Tomme, an eight-yearold cheddar from Hook’s Cheese Co. in Wisconsin and a Robiola di Roccaverano from Italy’s Piedmont region.

Carl Hugmeyer and Sara Levasseur at Bar Pomona and Jamboree Jams With cheese, of course, comes wine. Hugmeyer’s wine list focuses on smaller producers from Oregon, California, France, Italy and South America. Wines available by the glass change depending what he’s opening on a given day, with selections for red, white and sparkling wines. The drinks menu also has beer, cider and a frozen cocktail, and the spirits list leans away from the biggest distillers, so there’s High Wire Hometown Vodka from South Carolina and Proof & Wood’s Deadwood Straight Bourbon out of Kentucky.

“We like to highlight businesses that share the same commitment to small production that we do,” Hugmeyer says.

Bar Pomona is open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays. On Saturday mornings, house-made doughnuts hit the rack at 10 a.m., then Bar Pomona is open from 2 p.m. until 9 p.m. On Sundays, pastries and goodies are available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shop also is open by appointment, Hugmeyer adds.

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A St. Claude cafe with local jams, wine and a small savory menu

Now Dian Xin has a second location, on the other side of the French Quarter, serving a different specialty that’s every bit as enticing — Chinese hot pot.

The essence of hot pot is the bubbling, heady broth in which diners dunk an array of meat, seafood and vegetables on a table-top cooker.

Hot pot is having a bit of a moment now. It’s also the specialty of YuYan Kitchen, a homespun Metairie restaurant focused on flavors from northern China. This new Dian Xin outpost gives another destination for such a meal in the French Quarter.

This new location opened late in May at 620 Conti St., a small corner spot on Exchange Place.

This is only nine blocks from the original at 1218 Decatur St., which may seem too close for a sequel.

But the new restaurant is significantly different.

Dian Xin has always been a family-run restaurant, and this new one is a mother-daughter effort.

It blends ideas from founder Judy Ceng’s background in her native China with her daughter Bonnie Ceng’s first-generation ChineseAmerican perspective.

Judy Ceng once ran the Kenner restaurant Little Chinatown, which she later sold (it remains open under different management).

In 2019, she opened Dian Xin on Decatur Street with a lengthy menu of dim sum and other Mandarin specialties.

It has been popular from the start and the response inspired the family to expand.

Bonnie Ceng explained that the name Dian Xin means dim sum, and that embedded in the term is the notion of food that can touch your heart. A literal translation of dim sum is “touch of the heart.” To Bonnie, it means something personal.

“When you’re not feeling happy, food will bring back your joy,” she says. “That’s what we realized at the first restaurant, hearing from so many people who we made happy through food.”

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(including soup dumplings) and the fluffier bao, filled with meat or vegetables. The opening menu also has a smattering of American-Chinese dishes like sesame chicken and Mongolian beef.

The new restaurant is BYOB while it applies for a license to serve alcohol.

The new restaurant puts some of the dim sum craft on display, with a glass-fronted counter in the dining room where patrons can watch staff make dumplings.

But this place really revolves around hot pot, and a related sub-specialty, dry pot.

Dry pot starts with the meat and vegetables a diner chooses — such as beef short ribs with peppers and a profuse amount of garlic, cooked in the kitchen and brought to the table ready to eat.

About halfway through, diners can ask for the broth and out comes a big thermos-like container of it to transform dry pot into hot pot. With that addition of broth, a single dish becomes a two-course meal.

Items to add in include curled rolls of fatty beef that cook nearly instantaneously in the broth and sliced taro root, which takes a few minutes to cook and transforms marvelously once it absorbs the flavors of the broth.

Patrons also can poach quail eggs in the same broth, while rolls of fried tofu skin become like nutty-flavored noodles.

Garlic chili oil, sesame soy sauce and other side bowls of flavors offer more variations.

A hot pot meal requires attention, or at least some commitment to timing and a willingness to splash around a little broth.

But the Cengs and their crew are there to guide diners.

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WHEN RESTAURANT SOMMELIERS GO TO A PROFESSIONAL TASTING , they

have direct access to wine reps, tasting notes in hand, and a plan for what they’re going to buy.

Through a revived summer wine tasting program, Commander’s Palace is essentially making a similar experience available to everyday wine lovers.

The events, called CP Sips, are a summer series that starts June 15 (which has sold

out) and continues with three more monthly editions through September. Each one will convert a portion of the Garden District restaurant’s second floor into a self-guided tour of different wines, along with a sampling of spirits, food from executive chef Meg Bickford and other samples of local flavors.

It marks the return of a summer series Commander’s Palace hosted pre-pandemic, but with some important changes.

Dan Davis, the resident “wine guy” at Commander’s Palace, said in the past these tastings could feature wines that were mighty impressive, but often simply not available through retail shops.

“Too often, people would get a taste, and then realize they couldn’t get them for home,” Davis says.

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Dan Davis is the ‘Wine Guy’ at Commander’s Palace.

This time, Davis worked with Beth Ribblett, owner of the Faubourg St. John store Swirl Wine Bar & Market, to select wines that will be readily available.

“The idea was, let’s coordinate with the wines we use in these events, and make sure they’re all available at the shop,” Davis says. In addition to food stations around the dining rooms, CP Sips also brings in other local producers like Piety and Desire Chocolate, a supplier for Commander’s Palace desserts.

Cocktails made with mixers from Commander’s Palace own takeout shop, Le Petit Bleu, and other items also are on offer.

Future events feature reds and roses on July 20, wines from Mediterranean islands on Aug. 17 and Mediterranean coastal wines on Sept. 14. Find tickets via Commander’s Palace’s website.

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Mason Hereford Chef

by Will Coviello MASON HEREFORD OPENED HIS HEAD-TURNING SANDWICH SHOP

Turkey and the Wolf in 2016. He had worked at Coquette and haute cuisine spots here and abroad, but his casual eatery gained national acclaim for its sandwiches, including a collard green melt and bologna with potato chips inside the bread. He followed up with the nearby breakfast spot Molly’s Rise and Shine. Now he’s releasing a cookbook with recipes from both restaurants, developed by Hereford and his kitchen teams, who are all pictured in the book.

“Turkey and the Wolf — Flavor Trippin’ in New Orleans” is a colorful dive into recipes for comfort food and some fun and fancier dishes, and it details his “no rules” culinary approach. It is out June 21. For more information, visit turkeyandthewolf.com.

Why did you decide to do a cookbook?

MASON HEREFORD: The co-author, JJ Goode, and my brother William Hereford, who took the photographs — they actually approached me and said, “Hey, it’s time.” We were all friends, and they both have skills. They have what it takes to make a cookbook. They needed the cookbook guy.

My brother, William Hereford, is more of an established photographer than I am a chef. He does travel, fashion and food. This is not his first cookbook. He did the Death & Co. cocktail cookbook. Most recently he did Francis Mallmann’s cookbook. He’s very talented.

Me and the team, we have a perspective on food. We like big flavors. We like to skip unnecessary steps, and show the most userfriendly way to get from point A to point B. More than anything else, the restaurant was a way to have more fun — a restaurant job that minimizes stress and maximizes good times. So that’s what we wanted to show in the book.

How do you show your restaurant’s approach?

H: One of the most fun parts of working in a restaurant is coming

up with dishes, and a lot of creativity can go into discovery of new ways to use products from the farmers market or some cool European import. But I like to apply those same rules to the grocery store aisles. Why not find some ingredient like cranberry sauce from a can and use it with the ham that we smoke and nice cheddar cheese and local arugula. I like figuring out those skip-a-step scenarios. I am a firm believer in not making your own ketchup.

People do it, but I am like, Heinz, come on, it’s right there.

I think the idea is, I am a chef by trade.

I own a restaurant.

The idea is to make things from scratch, usually. I guess (the choice of) when to buy something and when to make it from scratch is: Is there a better alternative out there? If you don’t go with the store-bought one, is it because making it yourself is so fun or so gratifying that you don’t want to skip a step? It’s part of why you’re doing what you’re doing.

When it comes to roasting nuts, that’s not a romantic cooking experience. I put something in the oven and I take it out. How about if I skip that step and then I make hog’s head cheese from scratch?

We work as a team to come up with new dishes. Ideas can come anywhere from something you ate when you were a kid — nostalgia is always a great place to start — or some flavor combination you discovered while snacking at the house. Or a dish that inspired you from a meal you had. But one place that’s fun to start and occasionally happens is a pun. It may be a dud, and if it doesn’t work then you don’t do it. But if it sounds clever and you venture down that road, it’s always exciting when it works.

An example is “okranomiyaki.”

Okonomiyaki is like a (Japanese) cabbage pancake with a very specific set of garnishes. Once someone said that word out loud, we were like, we’ve got to see if that works. We bought the essential ingredients online to make sure they matched up with the original dish and then we put it on okra, and it worked.

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What are some simple recipes you like?

H: There are two recipes in the book that I use the most. The one I eat most often isn’t a recipe at all. It’s a recommendation. It’s put peanuts and Cheez-Its on your ice cream. It’s something I do constantly. If I am at the grocery for one item, I am always like, I should go get some Blue Bell, Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts and Cheez-Its. I put it in the book more to say that it’s awesome. You can’t really write a recipe for putting a handful of shit on something else.

The other one is the ham sandwich. It’s on the menu at Turkey and the Wolf. I grew up eating it.

It’s almost verbatim a sandwich I ate from a gas station that had a cool deli counter while growing up.

It’s ham and cheddar, cranberry, arugula and herb mayonnaise on bread that we get — it’s the same bread that I was fond of as a kid.

It’s not anything wild. It’s not a turkey and stuffing sandwich. It’s a ham sandwich. The ingredients come together in a way that I find perfect. It doesn’t hit you over the head. I am really big on loud flavors.

Letting ingredients sing for themselves is not always my first inclination. I usually try to combine things and make them punchy. This is just a sandwich that I find balanced and a perfect combination.

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7TH WARD/MARIGNY

Nonno’s Cajun Cuisine and Pastries — 1940 Dauphine St., (504) 354-1364; nonnoscajuncuisineandpastries.com — The menu includes home-style Cajun and Creole dishes with some vegan options.

Shrimp is sauteed with onion and bell pepper, topped with cheese and served with two eggs and toast. Reservations accepted. Delivery available. Breakfast and lunch daily. $$

CBD

Common Interest — Hotel Indigo, 705 Common St., (504) 595-5605; commoninterestnola.com — Shrimp remoulade Cobb salad comes with avocado, blue cheese, tomatoes, bacon, egg and corn relish. Debris grits is slow-roasted, seasoned beef served over goat cheese and thyme grits. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night daily. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; juansflyingburrito.com — See Uptown section for restaurant description. Outdoor dining available.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. $$ Mother’s Restaurant — 401 Poydras St., (504) 523-9656; mothersrestaurant. net —The counter-service spot is known for po-boys dressed with cabbage and Creole favorites, such as jambalaya, crawfish etouffee and red beans and rice. No reservations. Delivery available.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$ Tacklebox — 817 Common St., (504) 8271651; legacykitchen.com — The seafood restaurant serves raw and char-grilled oysters, local seafood, burgers, salads and more. Redfish St. Charles is served with garlic herb butter, asparagus, mushrooms and crawfish cornbread.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$

CARROLLTON

Mid City Pizza — 6307 S. Miro St., (504) 509-6224; midcitypizza.com — See MidCity section for restaurant description.

Takeout and delivery available. Lunch Thu.-Sun., dinner Thu.-Mon. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; mikimotosushi.com — The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. There’s a large menu of sushi, sashimi, rolls, noodle dishes, teriyaki and more. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. $$ Nice Guys Bar & Grill — 7910 Earhart Blvd., (504) 302-2404; niceguysbarandgrillnola.com — Char-grilled oysters are topped with cheese. The menu also includes wings, quesadillas, burgers, sandwiches, salads, seafood pasta and more. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. $$$

FRENCH QUARTER

Broussard’s — 819 Conti St., (504) 581-3866; broussards.com — The menu includes Creole and creative contemporary dishes. Rainbow trout amandine is served with tasso and corn macque

$ — average dinner entrée under $10 $$ — $11-$20 $$$ — $20-up

choux, Creole meuniere sauce and fried almonds. Reservations recommended.

Outdoor seating available. Dinner Wed.Sat., brunch Sun. $$$ Curio — 301 Royal St., (504) 717-4198; curionola.com — The creative Creole menu includes blackened Gulf shrimp served with chicken and andouille jambalaya. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. $$ Desire Oyster Bar — Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 586-0300; sonesta.com/desireoysterbar — The menu features Gulf seafood and shellfish in traditional and contemporary Creole dishes, po-boys and more. Char-grilled oysters are topped with Parmesan, herbs and butter.

Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$

JEFFERSON/RIVER RIDGE

Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 7333803; theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and toppings to build your own pizza. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. $

LAKEVIEW

The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 284-2898; thebluecrabnola.com — The menu includes sandwiches, fried seafood platters, boiled seafood and more. Basin barbecue shrimp and grits features jumbo shrimp over cheese grits and a cheese biscuit. Outdoor seating available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$

METAIRIE

Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; andreasrestaurant.com — Chef Andrea Apuzzo’s speckled trout royale is topped with crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce.

Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in cream sauce. Delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; martinwine. com — See Uptown section for restaurant description. No reservations.

Lunch daily. $$ Nephew’s Ristorante — 4445 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 533-9998; nephewsristorante.com — Chef Frank Catalanotto is the namesake “nephew” who ran the kitchen at Tony Angello’s restaurant.

The Creole-Italian menu features dishes like veal, eggplant or chicken parmigiana. Reservations required. Dinner Tue.-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; theospizza.com — See Jefferson/River Ridge section for restaurant description. $

MID-CITY/TREME

Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves

its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, biscotti, fig cookies, tiramisu, macaroons and other treats. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $ Frey Smoked Meat Co. — 4141 Bienville St., Suite 110, (504) 488-7427; freysmokedmeat.com — The barbecue restaurant serves pulled pork, St. Louis ribs, brisket, sausages and more. Pork belly poppers are fried cubes of pork belly tossed in pepper jelly glaze. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-9950; juansflyingburrito.com — See Uptown section for restaurant description. Outdoor dining available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic and scallions. Takeout, curbside pickup and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; midcitypizza.com — The neighborhood pizza joint serves New York-style pies, plus calzones, sandwiches and salads. Signature shrimp remoulade pizza includes spinach, red onion, garlic, basil and green onion on an garlic-olive oil brushed curst. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch Thu.-Sun., dinner Thu.-Mon. $$ Neyow’s Creole Cafe — 3332 Bienville St., (504) 827-5474; neyows.com — The menu includes New Orleans favorites such as red beans with fried chicken or pork chops, as well as grilled or fried seafood plates, po-boys, chargrilled oysters, pasta, salads and more.

Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; theospizza.com — See Jefferson/River Ridge section for restaurant description. $

NORTHSHORE

The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar — 118 Harbor View Court, Slidell, (985) 315-7001; thebluecrabnola.com — See Lakeview section for restaurant description. No reservations. Lunch Fri.Sat., dinner Wed.-Sun. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 70488 Highway 21, Covington, (985) 234-9420; theospizza.com — See Jefferson/River Ridge section for restaurant description. $

UPTOWN

Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; joeyksrestaurant.com — The menu includes fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and red beans and rice.

Sauteed trout Tchoupitoulas is topped with shrimp and crabmeat and served with vegetables and potatoes. Delivery available. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 569-0000; juansflyingburrito. com — The Flying Burrito includes grilled steak, shrimp, chicken, cheddar-jack cheese, black beans, yellow rice, salsa la fonda, guacamole and sour cream. The menu also has tacos, quesadillas, nachos and more. Outdoor seating available. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. $$

Martin Wine Cellar — 3827 Baronne St., (504) 894-7444; martinwine.com — The deli at the wine and spirit shop serves sandwiches, salads and more. The Sena salad includes pulled roasted chicken, golden raisins, blue cheese, pecans and field greens tossed with Tabasco pepperjelly vinaigrette. No reservations.

Lunch daily. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; theospizza. com — See Jefferson/River Ridge section for restaurant description. $ Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; titoscevichepisco.com — The Peruvian menu includes a version of the traditional dish lomo saltado, featuring beef tenderloin tips sauteed with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, soy sauce and pisco, and served with fried potatoes and rice. Dine-in, outdoor seating and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$$

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Annunciation — 1016 Annunciation St., (504) 568-0245; annunciationrestaurant. com — The menu highlights Gulf seafood in Creole, Cajun and Southern dishes.

Fried oysters and skewered bacon are served with meuniere sauce and toasted French bread. Reservations required.

Dinner Thu.-Sun. $$$ Legacy Kitchen’s Craft Tavern — 700 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 613-2350; legacykitchen.com — The menu includes raw oysters, flatbreads, burgers, sandwiches, salads and more. A NOLA Style Grits Bowl is gluten-free and has bacon, cheddar and a poached egg on top of grits.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$ Peacock Room — Kimpton Hotel Fontenot, 501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 324-3073; peacockroomnola.com — The Peacock Room offers cocktails, bar snacks and shareable plates. Black lentil vadouvan curry comes with roasted tomatoes, forest mushrooms and basmati rice. Reservations accepted. Dinner Wed.-Mon., brunch Sun. $$

WEST BANK Legacy Kitchen Steak & Chop — 91 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, (504) 513-2606; legacykitchen.com — The steak selection includes filets mignons, ribeyes, bone-in rib-eyes and top sirloins.

There also are burgers, salads, seafood dishes and more. Reservations accepted.

Outdoor seating available. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $$ Mosca’s — 4137 Highway 90 West, Westwego, (504) 436-8950; moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery serves shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and more. Baked oysters Mosca is made with breadcrumbs and Italian seasonings. Curbside pickup available.

Dinner Wed.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Tavolino Pizza & Lounge — 141 Delaronde St., (504) 605-3365; tavolinonola.com — The menu features signature thin-crust pizzas as well as salads, pepperoni chips, meatballs and more.

A Behrman Hwy. pizza is topped with citrus-braised pork belly, Vietnamese caramel, nuoc cham-marinated carrots and radishes, jalapeno and herbs. No reservations. Outdoor seating available.

Dinner Tue.-Sat. $$

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CARNAVAL LOUNGE — Wojtek Industries, 9 pm DOS JEFES — Tom Hook, Wendell Brunious, 8:30 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard “Piano” Scott, 12:30 pm; Colin Myers Band, 5 pm; Fritzel’s All Star Band, 8 pm HARD ROCK CAFE NEW ORLEANS — Adam Pearce: Playing for Change, 7 pm KITCHEN TABLE CAFÉ — Kitchen Table Cafe Trio, 7 pm LE BON TEMPS ROULE — Soul Rebels, 11 pm NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 pm; Lynn Drury , 5 pm ROCK 'N' BOWL — Javier Olondo & Asheson, 8 pm ZONY MASH BEER PROJECT — Rebirth Brass Band, 8 pm

WEDNESDAY 15

BLUE NILE — New Breed Brass Band, 9 pm BOURREE — Valerie Sassyfras, 5 pm CAFE NEGRIL — Colin Davis and Night People, 10:30 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Tin Men, 6 pm; Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters, 9 pm DOS JEFES — Javier Gutierrez, 8:30 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard "Piano" Scott, 12:30 pm; Bourbon Street All Star Trio, 7 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 8 pm GASA GASA — Orange Doors, Secret Cowboy, Ethanol Merman, 9 pm MADAME VIC'S — 7th Ward All Stars Jazz Band, 8 am NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM — James Singleton's Malabar, 2 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Open Jam Night, 8 pm SANTOS — Russell Welch Swamp Moves Trio , 8 pm

THURSDAY 16

BLUE NILE — Where Y'at Brass Band, 9 pm

TAKEOUT and DELIVERY

BUFFA'S — Tom McDermott and Aurora Nealand, 7 & 9 pm CAFE NEGRIL — Sierra Green and the Soul Machine, 10 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — John Boutté, 7 pm; Tomar and the FCs, 10 pm DOS JEFES — Kris Tokarski Trio, 8:30 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard “Piano” Scott, 12:30 pm; Doyle Cooper Trio, 2:30 pm; John Saavadra Trio, 6 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 9 pm GASA GASA — One South Lark, Electric Soul Project, 9 pm GEORGE AND JOYCE WEIN JAZZ & HERITAGE CENTER — Bon Bon Vivant, 8 pm KITCHEN TABLE CAFÉ — Dr. Mark St. Cyr Traditional Jazz Band, 7 pm MADAME VIC'S — Walter "Wolfman" Washington, 8 pm NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE — Star Boy Geezy, 9 pm NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM — Peter Boutté and Ruben Watts, 2 pm PAVILION OF THE TWO SISTERS — Bobby Cure and the Poppa Stoppas, 6 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Ron & Tina's Acoustic Jam, 7 pm ROCK 'N' BOWL — Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, 8 pm SANTOS — Daisychain w/The Band Karolina and Neutral Snap, 9 pm SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Grayson Brockamp and New Orleans Wildlife Band, 8 & 10 pm THE JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Brass-AHolics, 7:30 pm WETLANDS SAKE — Mikayla Braun, 6:30 pm ZONY MASH BEER PROJECT — Daria & The Hip Drops, Sweet Magnolia Brass Band, 8 pm

FRIDAY 17

BLUE NILE — The Caesar Brothers, 7 pm; Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, 11 pm BLUE NILE BALCONY ROOM — Brass Flavor, 10 pm BUFFA'S — Simon Burke and the Barflies of Bohemia, 7 & 9 pm CIVIC THEATRE — Joe Jackson: The ‘Sing, You Sinners!’ Tour, 8 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Soul Brass Band, 10 pm DOS JEFES — Vivaz!, 9 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard “Piano” Scott, 12:30 pm; Sam Friend Band, 2:30 pm; Matt Lemmler

Band, 6 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 9 pm GASA GASA — Mary Jam, Whisper Party, 10 pm JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK VISITOR CENTER, NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK — Sequenon Kone, 12 pm; Jamil Sharif Duo, 2 pm NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE — Damn Hippies!!!!, 7:30 pm; Vanessa Lively and Natalie Price, 9 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Stumpgrinders, 9 pm REPUBLIC NOLA — Opiuo, The Sponges, VCTRE, 10 pm ROCK 'N' BOWL — Groovy 7, 8:30 pm SANTOS — Bride, Plomo, She-Nut, and DRTRU3LOV3 , 9 pm SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Delfeayo Marsalis Sextet, 8 & 10 pm SOUTHPORT HALL LIVE MUSIC & PARTY HALL — Akadia, 7 pm THE HIDEAWAY DEN & ARCADE — Magnolia Bayou w/ The Black Smokes, 8 pm THREE KEYS (ACE HOTEL) — Gladney feat. Savior of Archaic Pop, 9 pm ZONY MASH BEER PROJECT — The Walrus: A New Orleans Beatles Tribute, 8 pm

SATURDAY 18

BLUE NILE — George Brown Band, 7 pm; Chris Cotton and Trap Orchestra, 11 pm BLUE NILE BALCONY ROOM — The Marigny Street Brass Band, 10 pm BUFFA'S — Marina Orchestra, 7 & 9 pm CARROLLTON STATION — Freddie Blue & the Friendship Circle Band, 8 pm DOS JEFES — Joe Krown Trio, 9 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard “Piano” Scott, 12:30 pm; Joe Kennedy Band, 2:30 pm; John Saavadra Trio, 6 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 9 pm GASA GASA — Lucid Awakening, Color Under Fire, Skeptic Moon, Psydonia, 8 pm JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK VISITOR CENTER, NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK — Drum Circle with Sequenon Kone, 10:30 am; Linda Aubert Duo, 2 pm KITCHEN TABLE CAFÉ — Bad Penny Pleasuremakers, 7 pm NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE — Michael Indest Birthday Bash, 7:30 pm; Richard Bienvenu, 9 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — The Bad Sandys, 9 pm REPUBLIC NOLA — Codd Dubz,

Al Ross, 11 pm ROCK 'N' BOWL — Sugar Shaker, 8:30 pm SANTOS — Lisbon Girls, Dusty Santamaria, Fruit Machine, 9 pm SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Alexey Marti, 8 & 10 pm SOUTHPORT HALL LIVE MUSIC & PARTY HALL — Contraflow, 9 pm THE ALLWAYS LOUNGE & CABARET — The New Orleans High Society Hour, 5 pm THE BOMBAY CLUB — Anais St. John, 8 pm THE JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — The Nayo Jones Experience, 7:30 pm WILD BUSH FARM + VINEYARD — Flow Tribe, 5 pm

SUNDAY 19

BLUE NILE — The Baked Potatoes, 7 pm; Street Legends Brass Band, 10 pm BUFFA'S — Some Like It Hot, 11 am & 1 pm; Sam Price and Friends, 7 & 9 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 5 pm; Treme Brass Band, 9 pm GASA GASA — Chief State, Calling All Captains, Hey Thanks!, 8 pm NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM — Sula Spirit and the Maroon Band, 9 am PEACOCK ROOM, HOTEL FONTENOT — Rachel Murray and Joe Bouchá , 11 am; Ruth Marie and Mark Monistere , 7 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Tank & Bill, 4 pm REPUBLIC NOLA — Aldous Harding, 8 pm SANTOS — Yatra with Congealed Putrescence, Herakleion , 9 pm SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Jesse McBride Tribute to Harold Battiste, 8 & 10 pm

MONDAY 20

CARROLLTON STATION — Thomas Helton, Jeff Albert, Alexandria Smith, 9 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Secret Six Jazz Band, 6 pm; James Singleton Trio feat.

Aurora Nealand, Jonathan Freilich, 9 pm DOS JEFES — John Fohl, 8:30 pm GASA GASA — David Rosales, James Rose, 9 pm SIDNEY'S SALOON — DarkLounge Ministries, 8 pm

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earlier Vince Vance & the Valiants song with the same title?

Vance, the tall-haired entertainer with deep New Orleans roots, alleges in a new lawsuit that it is.

Filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana under Vance’s legal name, Andy Stone, the suit seeks $20 million from Carey, her co-writer and Sony Music Corporation.

Legal filings contend that Carey and company “have knowingly, willfully, and intentionally engaged in a campaign to infringe Plaintiff’s copyright in the work ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ and to commit acts of unjust enrichment by the unauthorized appropriation of Plaintiff’s work and the goodwill associated therewith.”

Vince Vance & the Valiants’ “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” first released in 1989, cracked Billboard’s country singles chart multiple times in the 1990s and was recently covered by Kelly Clarkson.

But Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is a global juggernaut. Arguably the most successful holiday-themed song of the past 30 years, it has rung up more than 1 billion streams on Spotify and has sold more than 10 million copies in just the United States. Her song was also a hit for Justin Bieber and Michael Bublé, generating even more millions of dollars in royalties.

Andy Stone, aka Vince Vance, believes he’s entitled to some of those millions.

Born Andrew Franichevich Jr. in Oakland, California, Stone moved to New Orleans as a young boy and graduated from Francis T. Nicholls High School.

One night in the summer of 1971, while moonlighting as a piano player on Bourbon Street, he was approached by a group of waiters who had started a ‘50s-style doo-wop novelty act. He signed on as the keyboardist and musical director for the newly christened Vince Vance & the Valiants. By 1974, Stone had assumed the “Vince Vance” role and remade the character as a wild, Jerry Lee Lewis-like firebrand. He played keyboards behind his back and wore animal skins onstage.

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Vince Vance and Mariah Carey Stone co-wrote “All I Want for Christmas Is You” with Troy W. Powers (who is not party to the new lawsuit). Recorded in Nashville with Lisa Layne on lead vocals, the Valiants’ “All I Want for Christmas Is You” appeared on Billboard’s country singles chart six times in the 1990s, climbing as high as No. 31.

Kelly Clarkson, LeAnn Rimes and Sammy Kershaw, among others, have covered it.

In Stone’s lawsuit, he claims he “never gave Defendants permission, consent, or a license to use ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ for any purpose, including the creation of a derivative work.”

His representatives contacted Carey’s camp in April 2021, but the two sides were unable to reach a settlement.

Why he waited more than 25 years after the release of Carey’s song to pursue a copyright claim isn’t clear. A local attorney representing Stone declined to comment on that question or any other aspect of the case.

Meanwhile, Carey’s and Sony’s people have not responded to numerous requests from national media outlets seeking comment.

The title and general theme of the two versions of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” are exactly the same, but the lyrics, melodies and instrumentation are not. If the case goes to trial, expert testimony will likely help determine whether the two songs are similar enough to have violated Stone’s copyright.

In 2018, a lawsuit brought by Marvin Gaye’s estate alleging that the Robin Thicke / Pharrell Williams single “Blurred Lines” was too reminiscent of Gaye’s “Got To Give It Up” concluded with a $5 million award to Gaye’s heirs.

All Andy Stone wants for Christmas is a similar judgment.

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Ty Segall & The Freedom Band

LO-FI INDIE ROCKER TY SEGALL HAS BEEN PROLIFIC IN BOTH HIS SOLO CAREER and in a slew of bands

over the past 15 years. His latest album, “Hello, Hi,” is due out July 22. The title track, released as a single, is a slow tune highlighting Segall’s gentle vocals. He’s on tour with his Freedom Band, featuring bassist Mikal Cronin, guitarist Emmett Kelly and others. Shannon Lay and Silver Synthetic also perform at 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 19, at One Eyed Jacks. Tickets $24 via oneeyedjacks.net.

‘Choir Boy’

PHARUS YOUNG WANTS TO BE THE LEADER OF HIS PREP SCHOOL’S GOSPEL CHOIR , but as a young,

gay Black man, he is torn between his school’s strong sense of tradition and his identity. The coming-of-age drama is by Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote the drama and screen adaptation for “Moonlight.” Le Petit Theatre presents the show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 16, through Saturday, June 18, and 3 p.m. Sunday, June 19, as well as June 23-26. Find tickets at lepetittheatre.com.

Carnival Time

AL “CARNIVAL TIME” JOHNSON WILL SING HIS MARDI GRAS ANTHEM and

some other tunes at his 83rd birthday celebration at Sidney’s Saloon from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

There’s also more musical entertainment and food. Monday, June 20. Find information at sidneyssaloon.com.

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Friday, June 17, at Civic Theatre.

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experience growing plants, running an urban farm and developing leadership skills. The party includes music by Jelly Biscuits with the Flakey Layers and DJs, and there’s food from Emmy Lou’s BBQ, Greta’s Sushi and Chance in Hell Snoballs. From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 17 at the farm at 150 Zachary Taylor Drive in City Park. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the gate. Find information at growdatyouthfarm.org.

Tribute to Harold Battiste Jr.

HAROLD BATTISTE JR. IS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HITS FOR MUSICIANS from

Sam Cooke to Sonny and Cher and starting one of the first Blackowned record labels, All For One. In New Orleans, he performed with Ellis Marsalis Jr., Alvin Batiste and many others. One of his youngest proteges was pianist Jesse McBride, who is joined by saxophonist Rex Gregory, trumpeter Andrew Baham and others for a tribute to Battiste at Snug Harbor. Shows are at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday, June 19. Tickets $30 at snugjazz.com.

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the restored version of the 1975 film “Hard Times.” Filmed and set in New Orleans, the crime noir film stars Charles Bronson as a drifter and bare-knuckles fighter during the Depression who gets in trouble with loan sharks. At 7 p.m. Sunday, June 19, at The Broad Theater. Find information at thebroadtheater.com.

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playwright Sam Mayer’s “The Cuck” at The Treehouse, a new outdoor venue in the 9th Ward.

The play is an updated take on Sophocles’ “Electra” and follows a sister and her brother plotting revenge against their mother and step-father set against the backdrop of the Argos Music Festival.

“The Cuck” runs at 8 p.m. June 15-20 and 24-26. Tickets are $20 general, and is pay-what-youcan on June 15. Find more information at intramuraltheater.ticketspice.com.

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New Orleanians know the relation of the parades to jazz funerals.

There’s hardly a documentary about New Orleans music and culture that doesn’t include images of second lines, but few films dig into their history and meaning like Jason Berry’s “City of a Million Dreams.”

With its onscreen narrators, clarinetist Dr. Michael White and the late Deb “Big Red” Cotton, even fewer are as well positioned to discuss the relationship of loss, relief and joy.

Berry, who has written extensively about the city’s music and history, released the book “City of a Million Dreams” to coincide with New Orleans’ tricentennial. It used the jazz funeral for Allen Toussaint as a jumping off point for an expansive look at the city’s history and ongoing challenges, which include the removal of monuments to the Confederacy and white supremacy.

The film is a companion piece that focuses primarily on jazz funerals and second line traditions.

Much of the documentary is seen through the eyes of White and other musicians, including trumpeter Gregg Stafford. White talks about being invited as a young man by Doc Paulin to play his clarinet in a jazz funeral procession. White estimates that he’s played in more than 200 jazz funerals. Stafford recounts joining Danny Barker’s Fairview Baptist Church Band, which trained a generation of young musicians who would become leaders in the city’s jazz bands and reinvigorated brass band traditions.

The film explains the transition from the once prevalent benevolent societies to Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs. Because of systemic racism, insurance companies used to not write policies for Black people, and the societies organized to pay for doctor visits and also burial in a society tomb. They also provided the band for the funeral procession,

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when the bands went from playing mourning dirges to more ecstatic music following the burial. Second line parades now are primarily celebratory, though they reflect more than that. Fred Johnson discusses the importance of the formation of the Black Men of Labor group, and there’s great footage of its first parade.

But one of the film’s most notable strengths is the abundance of footage from funerals and funeral parades, especially for culture bearers. That includes the ceremonies for Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr., Linda Lacen, the wife of sousaphonist Anthony “Tuba Fats” Lacen, the legendary Paul Barbarin’s funeral in 1969 and more.

There’s also interview footage with Harold “Duke” Dejan, leader of the Olympia Brass Band.

As a musician and historian, White has great insight into all of this. His house was flooded during Hurricane Katrina, and his tour of the wreckage echoes the film’s sense of tragedy and loss.

Deb Cotton’s story also is poignant. She moved to the city and fell in love with its culture. She covered second lines for Gambit and wrote about the city’s culture in her own book and online. She was one of 19 people shot during a second line on Mother’s Day in 2013. She appears on film, both documenting parades before the shooting and afterward. She publicly forgave the man who shot her and visited him in prison. In the years following the shooting, she had 36 surgeries and died in 2017.

It’s a harsh reminder that the parade tradition was intricately tied to grief. It’s also part of understanding the impetus that drives the parades’ celebration of life. Berry’s documentary is one of the few that captures the whole picture.

“City of a Million Dreams” opens at The Broad Theater on June 17.

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PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE UNTHEMED #5: STEEP STAIRWAY

By Frank A. Longo

31 Parceled out 33 “Haven’t — before?”

34 Shout of discovery 35 Having two hues 37 “It could go either way” 39 Rival of Delta or United 41 Urgent 42 Fire residue 46 Taxpayer’s ID 48 Dedicates 50 Fender guitar, for short 52 Ltd. cousin 53 Pot toppers 55 Edits for publication 57 Conflict 59 Sad paper notices 61 Say a different way 63 Michael who co-host-

ed “Live” with Kelly Ripa 64 Gets broader 66 “No outlet” street 68 Always, in music scores 69 Keyboard instrument 71 One of three womb-sharers 73 Florida’s Key — 74 Charges for not paying on time 76 Decongestant brand 78 Legal claim on property 79 Broke a fast 80 Flimflam 82 Non-PC person?

84 Suffix with Taiwan 85 Bothersome types 87 Boring type 89 Relax after working hard 91 Red-tinged jewelry alloy 94 Removes hair from 97 Second-to-last king of Egypt 100 Greeting sent online 102 Emily Dickinson’s “Much Madness is — Sense” 103 Tropical rabbit lookalike 104 Shrink back 106 Brings about 107 Finger-paint 108 The Northwest’s “City of Trees” 111 Like many allergy sprays 112 Robbie Knievel’s father 113 Remark from the sharp-eared 114 1950s-’70s baseballer Boyer 115 Actress Russo 116 Deck crew officer, in brief 117 Puts in order 118 City on the Ruhr

12 Fly-catching warblers 13 Shakespeare work part 14 Imitated a cat 15 Small restaurants 16 Lauder of fragrances 17 Lois’ partner 18 Its capital is Nairobi 21 Aspiring doc’s major 27 Person stashing stuff 30 In the buff 32 Cracked, as a cryptogram 36 Info group to be input 38 “Dagnabbit!”

40 Bee-luring fluids 43 Chief female officiators in sacred rites 44 Gets bigger 45 First division of a 13Down 46 Sparse start of some rounds of applause 47 Utter with a hissing sound 49 Arena relative 51 Crafts’ counterparts 54 Apple’s Jobs 56 Pop in a blended family 58 Egypt’s Nasser 60 Detects like a dog

62 Intertwined 65 Crystal ball gazer, e.g.

67 Neutralized, as a bomb 70 “The Cloister and the Hearth” novelist Charles 72 Planes’ first fliers, often 75 Operations 77 Infer (from) 81 Like a district bishop’s jurisdiction 83 Faith 86 Difficulty 88 Finisher just under the winner 90 Beach footwear 92 Overalls for hitting the slopes 93 Sci-fi automatons 95 Grand home 96 Purloined 97 Soundboard control knob 98 Mojave plant 99 Northern French city 101 Inflicted upon 105 Actor Bert 109 “Well well!”

110 Fedora, e.g.

DOWN 1 African tree with a very thick trunk 2 Italian municipality west of Turin 3 Perfect choices to fill positions 4 Stereotypical setting for a brawl 5 Having a right (to) 6 In prison, informally 7 Vardalos of “Connie and Carla” 8 Toddler bed attachment 9 Like a truck ascending a steep hill, gear-wise 10 Silly, like a honking bird 11 The two dots in “naïve” or “Brontë”

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PUZZLES

ACROSS 1 Offer hush money to 6 Strip of gear, as a ship 11 Weight unit for a druggist 15 “I am at your — and call” 19 “Elementary” actor Quinn 20 Sonata, often 22 Many a cruise stopover 23 Unconcealed 24 Customized for 25 Lee of Marvel Comics 26 Like a swine 28 Also-rans 29 Like a diluted drink

31 G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > J U N E 1 4 - 2 0 > 2 0 2 2

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