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Sasha Masakowski Tue. July 16 | Jazz vocalist Sasha Masakowski continues the “Progression” series, a showcase of younger local talents. Jazz guitarist Cliff Hines also is on the bill at Gasa Gasa. PAGE 36. Sandworm and Barghest Thu. July 18 | Drink your coffee black. Hey! Cafe pairs Providence, R.I.’s pummeling black metal monster Sandworm with Louisiana’s blackened bayou outfit Barghest. Hammond’s Withering Light opens. PAGE 36.
Morning 40 Federation Fri. July 19 | Priming for their ever-forthcoming follow-up to 2007’s Ticonderoga and 2008’s Can You Deal With It? (recorded with Andre Williams as the New Orleans Hellhounds), the downtown kings of sleazy funk and large-format consumption have been increasingly active in recent years. Pray for your daughters. Norco Lapalco opens at One Eyed Jacks. PAGE 36.
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Pantyraid Sat. July 20 | Winter Circle Productions hosts a very special episode of its Bassik series with electronic dance DJs Martin Folb (MartyParty) and Josh Mayer (Ooah). The duo — aka Pantyraid — blasts through skittering trap beats, dubstep and synthesizer-swishing jams on its latest album Pillowtalk. DJ Quickie Mart opens at Tipitina’s. PAGE 36. Steve Turre and Delfeayo Marsalis Sat. July 20 | Trombonist Steve Turre has spent almost three decades in the Saturday Night Live orchestra, but he’s better known in the jazz world for 40 years as innovator and master of Latin jazz. He’s joined by Delfeayo Marsalis and his sextet at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro. PAGE 36.
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Anamanaguchi Fri. July 19 | The wildly successful Kickstarter campaign for Endless Fantasy — New York City chiptuner Anamanaguchi raised $277,399, or 555 percent of its goal — shows either a seriously nostalgic fan base or a new kind of musical vision. Or both: The sophomore album links 8-bit Nintendo themes to hyper-colored dance floors, touching the inner gamer and raver in everyone. Kitty Pryde and Trampoline Team open at Hi-Ho Lounge. PAGE 36.
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received the 2012 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama at a ceremony at the White House on July 10. Overseen by the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Council on the Arts, the award recognizes Toussaint’s “contributions as a composer, producer, and performer,” according to a White House statement.
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onstruction is set to begin in a few weeks on a new project to repave Freret Street and try to correct the faulty installation of wheelchair-accessible “bump-out” corners at the intersections. That project will join a series of others — a similar repaving of Broadway Street, ongoing construction of a new drainage canal under Napoleon Avenue, the commencement of the same project on Jefferson Avenue, the start of another canal project on Louisiana Avenue and yearlong repairs to the St. Charles Avenue streetcar line — that place most of the major thoroughfares through the interior of Uptown New Orleans under some sort of roadwork. Two projects will begin on Freret Street in August and run simultaneously, according to city spokesman C. Hayne Rainey. First, the contractor that previously installed new bump-outs along the corridor must return to repair six corners on Valmont, Robert and Cadiz streets to make them accessible to people with disabilities. Another contractor will then repair damaged sidewalks and street tiles in the area during the final phase of Freret streetscape renovations. The city is coordinating that project with the upcoming repaving of Freret Street under the federal Paths to Progress program. The $3.3 million project is set to start in August and
will include a separate stretch Traffic on the heavily of Nashville Avenue and Fontraveled Napoleon tainebleau Drive as well. Like Avenue Uptown has the Freret streetscape project, been reduced to one the repaving is expected to be lane while crews finished in the fall. construct a new The previous round of the drainage canal under streetscape program was the street. plagued with problems includPHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER ing delays and an awkward overlap with the heavily attended Freret Street Festival. Owners of newly opened businesses complained about how long their entrances were blocked by construction. After Origami restaurant’s opening day, for example, orange construction barriers surrounded the restaurant for so long that The New Freret Business and Property Owners Association tried unsuccessfully to have the city pay for advertising for Origami as compensation for lost business. page 9
c’est What do you think should be done with the World Trade Center building at the foot of Canal Street?
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Memories of that still-unfinished project make some people in the neighborhood apprehensive about the newest round of construction on the street. “I would almost forgo it, based on the pain we’ve just endured with the bump-out project,” said Kellie Grengs, a member of the association. “I do not look forward to it at all. Thinking about it keeps me up at night.” Andrew Amacker, president of the Freret Neighbors United group, said the neighborhood needs repaving to repair damaged streets, and residents will find routes to get around the roadwork. Freret’s surge in popularity as a destination should help sustain businesses in the corridor, he said — as long as the work doesn’t drag on too long. “A lot of our businesses are established enough that they can still attract (customers), even through circumstances like this,” Amacker said. “Am I thrilled about it? No, because it hurts the businesses. But it’s also something we were expecting a year ago.” At that time, alternate routes might have been easier to find. Most of the lanes and intersections were still free-flowing. Now, Broadway and Leonidas streets are being repaved, and streetcar line maintenance from Jefferson Avenue upriver to Carrollton Avenue and on to South Claiborne Avenue blocks numerous intersections along St. Charles Avenue and will continue through the end of the year. Next up, the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project will install a third drainage canal under Louisiana Avenue, with work to begin after the bid is awarded in January.
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The increasing number of simultaneous projects is drawing ire from residents whose attendance is growing at public meetings about the projects. More than 150 people turned out for a presentation earlier this year regarding the Jefferson Avenue project, and Col. Ed Fleming of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was asked why everything was scheduled at once. He said if the three drainage projects on Jefferson, Napoleon and Louisiana avenues were lined up one at a time, construction would last nine years or more. “I hope the temporary inconvenience will be displaced very quickly by the long-term benefits of this project,” Fleming said at the meeting. New Orleans District B City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell said she understands residents’ frustrations. “Many of these projects have taken some time to get to this point,” Cantrell said last week. “Some of this work should have been completed prior to now. Unfortunately, it wasn’t, and our residents are going to be negatively impacted temporarily.” The drainage projects in particular are worth it, Cantrell said. Before the initial drainage-canal segment on Napoleon Avenue was built in the early 2000s, Broadmoor flooded repeatedly from rainfall, she said. With the canal in place, however, rainwater from Hurricane Katrina drained away and her house and neighborhood were dry — until the levees failed, she said. But Broadmoor bore more pain from the project than other neighborhoods should have to, Cantrell said. Vibrations from the project damaged homes so severely that the Broadmoor Improvement Association filed a class-action lawsuit before Katrina, and the Corps now uses new pressure-based equipment to insert pilings with much less vibration. As part of the compensation for that damage, Broadmoor received a stately walking path down the center of the Napoleon Avenue neutral ground, Cantrell said. Now that her council district encompasses the entire area, she and the city Department of Public Works are investigating opportunities to extend that walking path all the way to Magazine Street after the drainage canal is installed. This time, she said, they will leverage federal interest in landscaping as a path to stormwater management. As construction engulfs another main drag through Uptown, Cantrell said she believes that eventually the work and aggravation will be worth it. “We have to stay focused on the end goal, which is improved infrastructure,” Cantrell said. “We’re just pushing for it to be done right, and to be done on time.”
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“This is a classic example of why you shouldn’t balance the budget with smoke and mirrors.” — State Treasurer John Kennedy to the Associated Press, shortly after it was revealed that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration had gotten $83 million in cash after refinancing the state’s tobacco settlement bonds. The original estimate was $142 million. Kennedy has blasted Jindal’s fiscal projections and assumptions in the past.
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members participate in religious activities. Landrieu, a Democrat who faces re-election next year, introduced the measure in response to Bossier City’s Young Marines Program, which she said was in danger of losing U.s. Department of Justice funding “because of voluntary prayer and the mention of God in the program,” she said in a July 11 release. “These kids are working to improve themselves and their communities; they deserve support, not unnecessary hurdles,” Landrieu said. “it’s legal, it’s constitutional and it should not be singled out by the Justice Department.” The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana objects to the measure, saying it overreaches the First Amendment by requiring members of the program to participate in church activities. One of the program’s mottos is, “Keep myself clean in mind by attending the church of my faith.” The program, run through Bossier Parish sheriff’s Office, says its members “learn to bond and relate with other young recruits and ... interact with caring adult mentors that are committed to providing them with a safe place to develop and grow with special emphasis on the love of God and fidelity to our country,” according to its website. — ALex wOODwArD
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Clerk of Court: state trumps City CounCil Criminal District Clerk of Court Arthur Morrell clashed — again — with New Orleans City Council members and Deputy Mayor Andy Kopplin last week. Kopplin said Morrell continues to go over his budget despite a citywide budget shortfall. During the City Council’s July 10 joint criminal justice and budget committee meeting, Morrell accused the city of withholding funds for his office, while Kopplin said Morrell’s office is on track to go more than $240,000 over its budget. it was the latest skirmish in Morrell’s ongoing fiscal battle with City Hall. in 2012, he sued the city for the return of 4 percent of his budget after that much was cut — even though several city agencies faced similar cuts. At the July 10 meeting, Morrell reminded Kopplin and council members that because he is a state elected official, the Legislature trumps the city. “You don’t know anything about the Criminal Court system,” Morrell told council members. “The work we have to do is tremendous. … The council can’t tell me what to do.” District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry said Morrell didn’t turn over requested budget information until the day of the meeting, and the council had no time to review it. — ALex wOODwArD
have a month — starting this week — to meet with city Assessor Erroll Williams if they want to discuss their proposed 2014 property assessments. Under a new state law passed during the 2013 legislative session, Orleans Parish rolls open early — on July 15 instead of Aug. 1 — for inspection by property owners. The rolls close on Aug. 15. Appeals may be made to the Board of review until Aug. 20. The law was passed in response to citizen complaints that two weeks did not afford local property owners enough opportunity to meet with the assessor to discuss revised property values. williams sought the statutory change after thousands of property owners waited for hours in long lines to contest his revised assessments last year — and many complained about the relatively short window of opportunity to meet with him. starting this Monday (July 15), property owners can visit williams’ office on the fourth floor of City Hall (1300 Perdido st.), or in the Algiers Courthouse (225 Morgan st.). starting next Monday, July 22, property owners may also visit the Lakeview Christian Center (5885 Fleur De Lis Drive). These locations will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. No appointment is necessary. williams’ office stated in a press release that property owners will be assisted on a first-come, first-served basis at all locations. According to the press release, individuals who want to contest an assessment must bring their assessment letter and documentation to support their claim. such documentation includes recent appraisals, builders’ contracts, photos or insurance data on the property. — CLANCY DUBOs
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hen you call the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) for help, what are the most important things you expect from a responding officer? Certainly promptness, courtesy and concern would top the list. But does it matter if the officer has a tattoo on his or her arm? Should it matter? Starting next month, the NOPD will have a new policy on tattoos: none may be visible on officers. Those who have tattoos will have to cover them with long-sleeved shirts or some form of concealment. This, predictably, has not gone over well with local police unions, who consider it another blow to a department that has both deep morale issues and serious trouble attracting and retaining new cops. The new rule comes from Chief Ronal Serpas. The rule has been criticized by those who see tattoos as no big deal and hailed by others who see them as unprofessional (or worse). But visible ink isn’t just being targeted by the NOPD; law enforcement agencies around the country have struggled with this issue for years. What they’ve found is that it’s a lot more complicated than issuing a complete acceptance or ban. Is a large or a full-sleeve tattoo less acceptable than a smaller one? What about location — is a tattoo on a bicep more permissible than one on the neck, or the face? And that doesn’t begin to address the issue of content. How do you separate a tattoo with a violent or perceived negative message versus a tattoo commemorating the birth of a child or the death of a fallen comrade? Should those who performed heroic actions in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and then chose to memorialize the event in body ink be punished? An article last year in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel outlined the various ways law enforcement agencies in the Sunshine State attempted to answer these questions. In Palm Beach County, for instance, the sheriff’s office allows one tattoo per arm, and each cannot be larger than 3 inches square. In Boca Raton, new hires cannot have visible tattoos; in Miramar, the ban is total. Rather than try to regulate tattoos, many law enforcement agencies have just banned visible tats outright or established strict rules. The Los Angeles Police Department — like the NOPD, a scandal-plagued agency that had a federal consent decree imposed on it in 2001 — has made rules for tattoos, due at least in part to some lawless cops who got matching tattoos that celebrated officer-involved shootings. Today a candidate’s tattoos are “evaluated on a case-by-case basis,” according to the LAPD website. In 2007, the New York
Police Department banned visible tattoos on its officers, partly after discovering a recruit had the word “JIHAD” tattooed on his arm. Along with the stated goals of professional appearance, we suspect Serpas hopes to avoid such content-related issues with his new policy. The NOPD has enough to do without worrying about the size of officers’ tattoos or making judgments as to their content, appropriateness or professionalism. Regardless of anyone’s feelings on the matter, it’s Serpas’ call, and he’s in line with many law enforcement agencies around the country. Still, the risk of running off good officers over a bit of body art is real. A 2008 poll by the Pew Research Center found that 36 percent of Americans between 18 and 25 years old have a tattoo — and among those 25 to 40 years old, it’s 40 percent. Those
It’s Serpas’ call, but the risk of running off good officers over a bit of body art is real. are the ages at which recruits join the force. Moreover, many young people seeking a career in law enforcement are ex-military, where tattoos are commonplace, if not the norm. What agency would want to discourage a highly qualified candidate who had a tattoo commemorating his or her service, or comrades fallen on the battlefield? The issue already has made at least one law enforcement agency think twice. Vermont State Police (VSP) banned visible tattoos on its troopers in 2007 — but is now reconsidering the ban. “We feel we’re losing quality candidates,” VSP Capt. Dave Notte told the newspaper Seven Days last month. For the NOPD, which is struggling to attract recruits and keep well-qualified officers from decamping to other jobs, this has to be a concern. These days, any business with a significant workforce born after 1973 likely has a good percentage of tattooed employees (and that includes Gambit). Serpas can run his department as he sees fit, but if an NOPD officer has helped you in the past, chances are you didn’t notice the ink — just the professionalism and courtesy.
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Mary’s war can out there for Landrieu. He’s a physician with a record of public and charitable service, a good campaigner and a solid conservative but not a right wing nutcase. He could challenge Landrieu among moderate voters, who will decide next year’s Senate race — and whom Landrieu has carried by increasing margins in her recent campaigns. But therein lies Cassidy’s problem. The hard-right wing of the state GOP doesn’t care for him because he’s not conservative enough. That’s what got retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness of Madisonville into the race — and got Maness support from local and national conservative groups. If Cassidy, Maness and possibly others have to compete for conservative votes in what amounts to a GOP
They look at her record and the ‘D’ behind her name and assume she’ll be easy to beat. primary (within the open primary) — while Landrieu has moderates and Democrats all to herself — it could play right into her hands. Another problem for the GOP is the fact that Landrieu’s opponents have always underestimated her. They look at her record and the “D” behind her name and assume she’ll be easy to beat. Truth is, Landrieu is a very good campaigner — as tireless as Vitter, in fact. And the longer she stays in the Senate, the more important Landrieu becomes to Louisiana’s interests. Thanks to some announced retirements, Landrieu will chair the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee if she wins re-election next year. That’s a powerful campaign message — and an easy sell to moderates and oil patch voters. She already has lined up support from some leading GOP donors, in fact. That’s not to say Landrieu is a shooin. Far from it. Every time she runs, it’s a war. She’s better armed than ever, but she can’t take anything for granted.
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t was fun for a while to imagine Bobby Jindal running against U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu. Probably no one enjoyed the speculation more than Landrieu. The governor, who is a wounded but not-yet-lame duck, would have been a perfect opponent for Louisiana’s senior senator had he opted to run, but he’s not that dumb. Anything can happen in an election, of course, but Landrieu probably would have beat him like a drum — not because she’s invincible (no one is), but because Jindal is so unpopular. National political prognosticators have been saying for months that Landrieu is the Senate’s most vulnerable Democrat, but they say that every time she runs. And every time she has run for the U.S. Senate, she has won by a larger margin than ever. Jindal, on the other hand, has voter approval ratings that not even a mother could love. Moreover, the same Southern Media and Opinion Research (SMOR) polls that show Jindal’s job ratings nose-diving into the mid-30s also show Landrieu’s numbers in the mid-50s. Landrieu’s score may not be stratospheric, but she never scored higher than the low-60s anyway — and her numbers are way better than Jindal’s. The governor’s emphatic statement last week that he will not run for the Senate next year hit the reset button for Louisiana’s GOP in its quest to unseat Landrieu. It also underscores the nagging problem that the party has when it comes to fielding candidates against her. In some ways, the state Republican party has become a victim of its own success. Back when the GOP was a fraction of its current size in Louisiana, it was easy for the party to unite behind a single candidate in any election. In the last three decades, the party has grown from around 3 percent of the state’s electorate to almost 28 percent. With size comes diversity, at least philosophically, and that has meant growing pains for the GOP. In contrast to the party of the 1970s and ’80s, today’s Louisiana GOP has several distinct factions, all of them vocal, organized and committed. As the party undertakes the task of taking out Landrieu, its de facto leader, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, is lining up support behind U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy of Baton Rouge. Like Vitter or not, he’s a brilliant political strategist, and when he sets his mind to something he doesn’t sleep. Although I’ve never met Cassidy, I think he’s the most dangerous Republi-
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It’s an inevitable question when meeting anyone in New Orleans,
whether natives or visitors or newly arrived residents: Are you from here? It seems a simple question, but as we observed when Gambit Special Sections Editor Missy Wilkinson wrote about her upbringing in two cities, the answer often is more complex. We asked our editorial staff members for their takes on being New Orleanians.
— Missy Wilkinson, special sections editor If my mother had gotten her way, I’d have been born in her native New Orleans. But she made a deal with my dad after they fell in love at Louisiana State University — a wager, really: Whoever found a job first would decide where they would live. My mom longed to return to Lakeview. My dad favored his hometown of Baton Rouge, which in the 1970s was little more than a cow town. And in the ’70s, the world was still very much a man’s domain, so it’s easy to guess which of the two business majors got a job offer first. I was born in Baton Rouge in 1980. Two weeks later, I made the first of countless pilgrimages to my grandparents’ Lakeview house. In a way, I was a displaced New Orleanian from birth. My mother made sure I enjoyed all the idyllic parts of a New Orleans childhood (Proper upbringing, she would call it. Brainwashing, my father would retort.): trips to Pontchartrain Beach. Family picnics at City Park. I was a proud
keyholding member at Storyland. I listened to my dad’s band gig at the Rock ’n’ Bowl and at age 10, I ate crawfish bread at my first Jazz Fest. When I was 18, I moved here to attend Tulane University. Amid students who were mostly from Connecticut and New Jersey, I learned about the distinction between New Orleans natives and transplants. A New Orleans native was the coolest thing you could be. Tulane freshmen hung on their explanations of the city’s quirks like boozy gospel from Bacchus himself. You were considered a New Orleans native even if you were technically from Metairie. Even Kenner was sort of OK. But Baton Rouge? No way. Not only is Baton Rouge not New Orleans, it’s the avatar of suburbia nightmares: a sprawling pastiche of three-bedroom ranch homes hemmed by coils of traffic-clogged freeways and smoldering chemical plants. I was definitely not a New Orleans native. But when I walk down Canal Street, past the hotel where my great-grandfather worked as a maintenance
A young Missy Wilkinson rides on her father’s shoulders following his completion of the Crescent City Classic.
man, or drive down St. Claude Avenue, where my great aunt and uncle lived in the 1950s, I’m reminded I’m not quite an outsider, either. The standards for being from here are so strict that I suspect there are a lot of people out there like me: people who aren’t quite natives, aren’t quite transplants, or just plain aren’t New Orleanian enough. So I feel a welcome sense of inclusion when I read accounts of New Orleans and Baton Rouge fusing to make an economic super-region, or when I see the cities rallying to keep the LA Swift bus line that links them. New Orleans is the city I’ve chosen to make my home. It’s my literal motherland. But Baton Rouge is the place that birthed me, my fatherland. Being from both places doesn’t make me less of a New Orleanian. I think it makes me the human equivalent of these two cities’ region. I like to think it makes me super. PAGE 16
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‘I’m a seventhgeneration New Orleanian.’
— Megan Braden-Perry, editorial assistant
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“Leave New Orleans before you get stuck,” grown-ups told me when I was a kid, “because you don’t want to be stuck.” The cautionary tales of people being “stuck” in the city were always juxtaposed against the legends of those who “escaped” successfully and came back home decades Megan Bradenlater. It seemed like those who were stuck Perry (left) gives her became the bitter party guests, pissing grandmother a smooch. on everyone’s parade because of their In the background is a regrets, and those who escaped and poster commemorating returned became the fun party guests the Zephyr roller whose tales of meeting fascinating people and coaster at Pontchartrain seeing snow and mountains kept everyone clamoring Park, which closed in for more. the 1980s. So, all my life, when fellow New Orleanians would say, “You don’t sound like you’re from New Orleans,” I’d respond, “Well, my mom wanted me to be able to get a job one day.” Then I’d envision them complaining about being broke and unhappy — in either a Magnolia Shorty or Birdman accent — while I was successful in maybe New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles or Chicago with a posh office and a huge picture of my childhood 7th Ward house hanging on the wall. Having my nativity questioned by fellow New Orleanians was like having my race questioned by fellow blacks. I grew accustomed to it, knew when to expect it and tolerated it because — even though it was rude — they just wanted to know why we weren’t exactly the same.
In my pre-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, no one equated a native’s feelings toward gumbo, po-boys, brass bands, the Saints, second lines and different neighborhoods with “authenticity.” People would move here after falling in love with the city, but they were always respectful of natives. But in post-Katrina New Orleans, I’m having my nativity questioned by people who aren’t even from here, and who (from my mouth to God’s ear) won’t make it here very long. These funk-fakers question my nativity when they see me taking pictures around town, using my phone’s GPS to navigate the French Quarter or getting tarot cards read in Jackson Square. They make me feel embarrassed to admit I hate second lines, get excited about chain restaurants and don’t remember all the dance moves DJ Jubilee invented. They don’t understand how lucky I feel to have sneaked Taco Tico take-out food into The Pitt (a now-defunct movie theater on Elysian Fields Avenue), shopped at Lake Forest Plaza in eastern New Orleans from its glory days to its demise after Katrina and jammed to Lil Wayne’s Sqad Up mixtapes when they were new. They can’t comprehend how a native would prefer vegging out at home to attending a Carnival parade. I’m often more amused than offended by the way New Orleans is depicted on TV shows and movies, and I don’t think everything old in the city can or needs to be saved. I’m a seventh-generation New Orleanian, but my parents, grandparents and a few great-grandparents were lucky enough to escape and return. It’s in my blood to flee and come back. My husband and I have been feeling some wanderlust lately, and I wonder if in the next few years we’ll run away, too. But will we return? As the elders always said of those who left, “They’ll come back. They always come back home sooner or later.”
‘It’s a trick question.’ — Alex Woodward, staff writer It’s a trick question. Those who don’t care wouldn’t ask it. Answer “yes” and I’m met with a follow-up question, and depending on the temperament of the person asking, the answer is likely to produce a smugly raised eyebrow or a look of relief — “He’s one of us.” But saying “yes” would be a lie. I moved to Louisiana from California in 1998. My dad, a chef, took a job in New Orleans, and my mom and I followed. I was 12. I dug in my heels — I didn’t want to move. Before that I lived in two other states. My parents aren’t American. The rest of our family lives thousands of miles away. Before my parents settled on a house 30 minutes outside the city, we spent a few weeks in the summer camped out in a hotel room downtown. New Orleans was the most alien place I’d ever been. Humidity made the air sweat. Fried seafood erupted from every plate. People spoke in tongues. My dad bought me a Zephyrs cap and I pulled it over my head for months. I ate bread pudding at every meal I could. It was vacationland all the time. It didn’t feel like home — at least not yet. I can answer “where did you go to school?” and can even answer it with the hat trick of my college, high school and middle school alma maters — but that never defined for me what it means to live here.
Anyone can live here, especially if by default, by circumstance. It wasn’t until I made my own decision to live here — when hundreds of doors had opened for me to start over elsewhere — that I felt “from” a place. I didn’t just go to school here. It’s also where I learned to change a tire (during my first date, in Fat City). It’s where I played my first gig (on St. Claude Avenue, which I probably lied about to my parents). It’s where I had my first big, snotfaced break-up (on a rain-soaked bench at Audubon Park). That’s not just nostalgia. Wherever I go from here, nowhere else can give me those moments. I have a birthplace, which I only barely remember, and I grew up on the other side of the country, which is now as foreign to me as outer space. New Orleans is home. The next city or country may be, too, but whoever asks will know where I’m “from,” even if it’s a long answer to a trick question. PAGE 18
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In New Orleans, the questions “Are you from here?” and “Where did you go to high school?” typically are friendly and innocuous. But conversation tends to go smoother when the responses are, “Yes,” and the name of a school. People are still friendly when I answer, “No,” but there is an amusing chain of inquiry that often follows. The next question usually is, “How long have you been here?” Also a harmless question, but it’s the next part that I love: “Well, you’re going to find …” When I first moved here 20 years ago, that seemed generous. A native was helping me understand. I was getting facts and perspective — exactly what I needed to acclimate myself. But as the tally of my years in New Orleans climbed, the phrase, or some version of it, never went away. I can remember saying I’d lived in New Orleans for a decade or a dozen-plus years, and still I’d hear, “Well, you’re going to see…” I know I can never become a native, and I am not going back to high school, but I am curious about
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Steve and Kandace Graves on a bench in Jackson Square in 1984 — the same bench were they were engaged more than a year earlier.
when my understanding of this place won’t be suspect. My feelings are not hurt; I am not insulted. I just want to know how many years natives think it takes to “get it.” It’s definitely more than one. Count me among those who are annoyed when the latest arrival from Brooklyn or San Francisco, or somewhere else via stints in Austin, Texas, or Portland, Ore., deigns to explain (loudly) what a second line is or how to peel crawfish. I thought a decade was a nice round number, a good foundation. And I don’t think credibility comes just from time served. I didn’t go to high school here, but isn’t there some sort of cultural GED we outsiders could earn? What do I have to do? Make a roux for some sanctioning board? Assemble a costume from $20 in thrift store junk and dollarstore raw materials? I have been through this before. I lived in Japan for a year working as an English teacher. It’s a world leader in letting you know you are not a native. I don’t have jet-black hair, and yet no one
ever asked me if I was from there. Among the many gracious hosts and students I met, it Will Coviello was a commonly held tries to blend in presumption that with the locals at foreigners couldn’t Mardi Gras. possibly master the language or understand Japanese culture. This led to well-intended though ridiculous compliments about things like being able to use chopsticks. Yes, 5-year-old Japanese children are handy with them, and so was I. I didn’t speak a word of Japanese when I arrived in Tokyo, but by the end of my stay, I could entertain people with my caveman-level fluency in Japanese and order off an untranslated menu. I don’t know how long one has to live here to be considered a full-fledged New Orleanian, and I am not sure just what else I need to master, but I have a question for all those natives who’ve acquired a taste for sushi: How long did it take you to learn to use chopsticks?
‘No, but my children are.’
— Kandace Power Graves, managing editor After 33 years in New Orleans, I’m still not “from here.” I moved here as an adult and arrived with a background built somewhere else. I’ve been welcomed into the community and am a New Orleanian and a citizen concerned about the future, but those aren’t the same as being an intrinsic part of the city’s fabric. Being “from here” is not about individual longevity; it’s about roots and history. My children, on the other hand, are from here. Their first breaths were drawn here, they used Roman Candy as a teething tool and were up close and personal with a white alligator PAGE 20
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long before they saw a live cow. They were practically born in costume, can answer the requisite “Where’d you go to school?” properly, suck the heads of crawfish, know where you got dem shoes, march in Mardi Gras parades and consider K&B purple an official color name. When my husband (who moved to New Orleans from St. Louis when he was 15) and I decided to start a family, I was hesitant to raise children in New Orleans — not because of perceived deficiencies like schools or crime, but a fear that with all the music, food, festivals, outdoor activities, warm weather, etc. that New Orleans offers, they would not be able to live happily anywhere else — that all other places would seem boring. I was concerned that could limit their prospects for what they might want to do with their lives. It seemed most of the New Orleanians I knew who left the city spent most of their time trying to find a way back. I no longer worry about my kids being worldly. They are young adults and can function wherever they land — usually with a good joke ready. Instead of being limiting, growing up in New
Orleans has been the same wonderland of people and experiences for them that it was to me as a journalist. (I used to Megan (top) and joke that being a news reporter in Amy Graves grew New Orleans was like waking up to up in New Orleans. Christmas morning and a choice Miss Muffett’s of fun packages every day.) Just spider at Storyland living and working here has given in City Park was a them opportunities to meet a diversity favorite attraction. of people and listen to a fountain of ideas. That’s the draw of New Orleans: our joie de vivre is so intoxicating that people (celebrities, scientists, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, think tankers) want to come. And often they want to stay. Yes, my children can function wherever they need to, but I’m fairly certain that wherever their careers and lives might take them, they eventually will return to New Orleans. Almost everyone does — no matter how long it takes.
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I like to think the New Orleans question/cliche about where you went to high school is an inclusionary rather than exclusionary one: What might we have in common?, rather than What’s your social status? The truth probably lies somewhere in between. You’ve never heard of my high school. And it doesn’t matter, anyway. About 20 years ago, I packed everything I cared to take in a Penske van and drove across country to a new home — the Lower Quarter, New Orleans’ 1990s version of Ellis Island, where so many people landed and proceeded to figure out the city. Like everyone else, I pronounced “Chartres” like it was a cousin of “chartreuse,” and it took me a while to start saying “Esplanade” to make it rhyme with “lemonade.” But I listened more than I talked and I refrained from telling people how anything was done better or differently elsewhere. I learned. The gulf between natives and transplants in New Orleans is as real as the city’s potholed streets — but potholes don’t mean you can’t get around town. New Orleans at its heart is reasonably welcoming, or at least reasonably accommodating. It’s nice to live in a place where people largely don’t care how much
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Tickets are on sale for the fifth annual ALEGRIA FASHION SHOW. The fashion designer competition and fundraiser for the LOUISIANA SPCA (LA/SPCA), takes place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at GENERATIONS HALL (310 Andrew Higgins Drive, 504-581-4367; www.generationshall. com). There also will be a silent auction, cocktails and snacks. Tickets start at $25 and sponsorship tables start at $500. Call Marisa Collins at (504) 762-3307 or visit www.laspca.org/alegria for more information.
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DRESS FOR SUCCESS NEW ORLEANS holds its second annual Inventory Reduction Sale at CLEARVIEW MALL (4436 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-455-7289; www.clearviewmall.com) through Sunday, July 21. Gently used women’s casual and professional wardrobe items and acces-
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JADE NOLA (110 Rosa Ave., Metairie, 504875-4420; The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., 504-566-1490; www.jadenola. com), a furniture and accessories store, holds a sale from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 20, at its Metairie warehouse (Go Mini’s Portable Storage, 712 L and A Road, Metairie). Chairs, sofas, benches and other items will be on sale. Call the store’s Metairie location for more information.
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ill Watts was a building contractor in Tennessee for years, always using Memphis, Tenn.-based paint brand Farrell-Calhoun for customer projects. When he came to New Orleans to paint a house, he was surprised there were no Farrell-Calhoun suppliers in the Crescent City. “They’ve had stores in Baton Rouge and Mississippi for a while now, but not New Orleans,” Watts says. “My family lives in New Orleans and it’s been a second home to me, so I went back to Memphis and asked Farrell-Calhoun about opening a store here. They helped guide me through the process.” In April 2011, he opened NOLA Paint & Supplies (2900 Elysian Fields Ave., 504-948-9620, www.nolapaintandsupplies.com). The shop is the only local dealer of Farrell-Calhoun paint, a family-owned manufacturer that’s been making paint since 1905. The brand has a loyal following and draws many customers by word of mouth. “The proof is in the paint,” Watts says. “People who know paint keep coming back.” So far, Watts has gotten most of his business from referrals and repeat clients. With store cat J.J. greeting customers, the shop sells the complete line of Farrell-Calhoun paints, including its environmentally friendly “Green Leaf” paint, which meets Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building standards. “Paint is [going] toward that green movement,” Watts says. “Paint used to be evil, toxic, with lead in it — and now it’s become a really safe thing.” Farrell-Calhoun also carries the popular Historic Colors of America line, with all 149 tints listed on the architectural color guide devised by
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The once and future Kingfish A chef stages a vigorous return at a new French Quarter restaurant. By Ian McNulty
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rives with pimento cheese whipped into something like a spicy Southern aioli. But the photogenic shrimp gaufre, or barbecue shrimp, served with a sweet potato sauce over a waffle (an adaptation of Sonnier’s beloved barbecue shrimp pie), was marred by a soft, stale waffle when I tried it. If the duck entree steals the show, a close second is the fillet of pompano cooked and served on a monolith of Himalayan salt. The fish crackles as pecan butter oozes onto the shoebox-sized block, which sizzles throughout the meal, keeping the fish hot and diners captivated by the spectacle. The theatrics go further for “junkie chick rotisserie,” an otherwise straightforward roasted chicken stuck with a syringe, which the server uses to inject the bird with a final dose of basting liquid. It may be unappetizing for someone squeamish about needles, but the chicken was perfectly cooked and bursting with juice throughout. This is not a restaurant for subtlety. Sonnier had a long, frustrating slog through City Hall red tape during an ultimately unsuccessful bid to reopen Gabrielle. Now, with this new stage set at Kingfish, it’s no surprise he’s come out as strong as ever.
Chef Greg Sonnier serves a version of his signature duck with ramen noodles at Kingfish.
2011 Zuccardi Serie A Torrontes
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SALTA, ARGENTINA $14 RETAIL
what
Kingfish
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337 Chartres St., (504) 598-5005; www.kingfishneworleans.com
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lunch and dinner daily
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reservations accepted
what works
robust reinterpretations of Louisiana dishes
what doesn’t
presentations can overreach, desserts underwhelm
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a new destination for a chef’s familiar and charismatic cuisine
Jesuit missionaries from Chile planted grapevine cuttings in Argentina’s northwest corner in the 1550s. But the country’s premier white grape, torrontes, arrived much later, and it thrives 5,000 feet above sea level in the foothills of the Andes mountains in the Salta region. Daily sunlight and the very dry climate is tempered by the altitude and the cold nights which help produce fruit with high acidity and distinctive flavors and aromas. Grapes for this wine were hand-harvested from the Cafayette vineyards. The wine rested on its lees for six months and touched no oak. In the glass, it offers a floral bouquet with grapefruit, orange rind, passion fruit and spice aromas. On the palate, taste melon, kumquat, lemon and orange zest, peach, mineral notes and crisp acidity on the dry finish. Drink it with sushi, Thai noodles, scallops, shrimp, chicken salad and cheeses like chevre and Camembert. Buy it at: Rouses on Franklin Avenue.
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t Kingfish, roasted duck collapses into an intense sauce of citrus, soy, sherry and red peppers, all draped with duck crackling and set over ramen noodles. It’s a mashup of classic French cuisine, Cajun pot cooking and Japanese street food, which makes it all the more remarkable that this dish evokes such specific New Orleans memories. Veteran New Orleans chef Greg Sonnier has been serving some version of this dish for years. It’s now a bit different from the recipe that earned acclaim at his pre-Hurricane Katrina restaurant Gabrielle, but it still bears his distinct stamp. So does much of the menu at Kingfish, which opened in April inside a French Quarter building with exposed brick, pressed tin, low-watt lighting and a healthy bustle of customers. The bar stretches through two rooms and is overseen by Chris McMillian, a walking library of drinks history. Sonnier belongs to a school of New Orleans chefs that came to the fore a generation ago by balancing the hearty exuberance of Cajun cooking with contemporary Creole execution. A hallmark of this approach, pioneered by Sonnier’s mentor Paul Prudhomme, is the layering of flavors, which may sound like marketing speak until you actually taste it. One example at Kingfish is gumbo thick with smoked rabbit and pork sausage over the lemony bite of French sorrel. The robust cooking style may be familiar to Sonnier’s fans, and the ingredients are traditional Louisiana, but the Kingfish menu is still unconventional, especially the appetizers. A crab cake is engineered as a “crab chop,” a crusty orb with a protruding claw, and deviled yolk is somehow piped back into a whole fried duck egg. Bread ar-
The team behind craft cocktail lounges Cure and Bellocq open its latest venture this week. Cane & Table (1113 Decatur St., 504-581-1112) is a rum bar and islandthemed restaurant with a tropical concept running through the bar, menu, decor and the large courtyard. “We took the umbrella of tropical drinks and worked under that,” says managing partner Nick Detrich. “The drinks are all tropically inspired but classically minded.” A drink called the Last Stand is based on the classic Last Word, here done with yellow Chartreuse, lime, gin and housemade pineapple syrup. Another cocktail involves aquavit and French banana liqueur. The space previously was occupied by the bar Pravda, which the partners in Cure Co. bought late last year and ran for a time as a Russian-themed cocktail lounge while they developed the Cane & Table idea. The new design is meant to evoke a bar in Havana, and the concept was in part inspired by the history of this stretch of Decatur Street, which was once an integral part of the rough-and-
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interview tumble riverfront shipping industry. The kitchen continues the tropical theme with a menu developed by chef Adam Biderman, founder of The Company Burger (4600 Freret St., 504-2670320; www.thecompanyburger.com). The kitchen is overseen by Ian Bancroft, a chef Biderman worked with during his years at the James Beard Award-winning Restaurant Eugene in Atlanta. “This is more of a restaurant than any other Cure & Co. has taken on before,” Detrich says. The menu is island-style, with dishes like deep-fried ribs, ropa vieja, plantain dumplings, skillet greens, skirt steak and whole grilled fish. “Some dishes are communal-style,” Detrich says. “The idea is an island feast that you wash down with great drinks.” Cane & Table is open daily from 5:30 p.m. to midnight, with later hours on Fridays and Saturdays.
Killer Poboys crew starts Dis Taco
DANA HONN
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afe Carmo (527 Julia St., 504-875-4132; www.cafecarmo.com) has taken a unique approach from the start. Dana Honn and his wife Christina blend traditions from her native Brazil with flavors from the Far East to Louisiana. They also take a lighter approach and offer many vegan choices. Along the way, they’ve built “green” features into their business plan, and recently the Boston-based Green Restaurant Association (www.dinegreen.com) awarded Cafe Carmo a threestar rating (out of a possible four stars) after evaluating factors from food sustainability and water efficiency to building materials and energy use. It’s one of four Louisiana businesses certified by the group, and it’s ranked the highest. What makes the green approach worthwhile to you? Honn: For one thing, all of us here feel strongly about doing the least damage and the most good in life in general. But also, I can’t imagine smart business folks who aren’t thinking about this now. Working the costs into your business model from the start is more savvy than waiting for regulations or just a lack of resources or even public sentiment to dictate those changes for you. It’s just a reality. What’s one step that makes a really big difference? H: In New Orleans, the No. 1 thing that’s a continual work in progress is sourcing. We have the farmers markets, which are very helpful, and some farmers are growing specific produce for us now, but how the food gets to you, how long it has to travel is still the big issue. But the good news is that it’s improving here, without a doubt. It comes down to shortening your supply lines as much as possible, and those aren’t always simple calculations. Our tropical juice supply chain is now down to the point where it’s about as efficient as someone buying orange juice from the grocery store, even though some of our juices are coming from Brazil. What’s next for Cafe Carmo? H: We’re working incrementally toward our goals. We have a solarium on the second floor where we can grow more of our produce on site, and by the end of July we should have a new bar ready, with cocktails, a new bar menu and later hours. — IAN MCNULTY
Summer deals stack up
One benefit of the New Orleans summer is the way it puts restaurant customers in the driver’s seat. Reservations are easier to score as convention and tourism business slackens, and restaurants offer specially priced menus to lure local diners. A new deal this summer comes from chef Emeril Lagasse’s three local restaurants. Emeril’s Delmonico (1300 St. Charles Ave., 504-525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerilsdelmonico), NOLA Restaurant (534 St. Louis St., 504-522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/nola-restaurant) and the flagship Emeril’s (800 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-new-orleans) are each serving five-course tasting menus every night in July for $48. The menus differ by restaurant, and have various options across each of the five courses. Many of each kitchen’s respective signature dishes are part of the program. The complete tasting menus for each restaurant are listed at www.emerils.com. Another good deal is on deck again at GW Fins (808 Bienville St., 504-5813467; www.gwfins.com), which during the past few summers has offered its
“Fins Feast” menu. It’s three courses for $35, available Sunday through Thursday until the end of August. The menu has a choice of three appetizers, entrees and desserts each night. At the other end of town, Mat & Naddie’s Restaurant (937 Leonidas St., 504-861-9600; www.matandnaddies. com) is serving its own three-course dinner deal for $28 this summer. The choices for each course are all lighter options, such as greens with blueberries and ricotta, mushroom pappardelle with meatless shiitake “bacon” and lemon icebox pie. The “Temperature Lunch” special has been a summertime fixture at Palace Cafe (605 Canal St., 504-523-1661; www.palacecafe.com), and the rules remain the same. Each day, the restaurant serves a lunch special with a price based on the previous day’s high temperature, with the decimal point moved up a spot. For instance, when the temperature gauge topped out at 93 degrees one recent day, the following day’s Creole paella special was $9.30, and an 89-degree day netted a $8.90 price tag for pulled pork over cheddar biscuits. The price fluctuation rarely amounts to much but if saving a dime at lunch correlates to a 10-degree drop on the thermometer, you’ll have a better day all around.
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Borgne Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., (504) 613-3860 www.borgnerestaurant.com Tart yellow gazpacho includes crabmeat and cantaloupe.
Il Posto Italian Cafe 4607 Dryades St., (504) 895-2620 www.ilpostocafe-nola.com Chilled cucumber soup is refreshing but filling.
Lola’s 3312 Esplanade Ave., (504) 488- 6946 www.lolasneworleans.com Ajoblanco is a Spanish pottage of ground almonds and grapes.
Rue 127 127 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 483- 1571 www.rue127.com Fresh mint and prosciutto set off chilled English pea soup.
Satsuma Cafe 3218 Dauphine St., (504) 3045962; 7901 Maple St., (504) 309-5557 www.satsumacafe.com Changing seasonal vegetable soup specials recently included a light zucchini soup.
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Trends, notes, quirks and quotes from the world of food. “Chefs of America: embrace the entree. Embrace the challenge of creating a dish that is balanced and enjoyable, arrives at the same time for the entire table and meets the nutritional needs of your customer. The dining experience is not about you and your convenience. It is about creating an enjoyable place where people will come and spend their hard-earned money. The small-plates phenomenon is a fraud, wrought upon all of us.” — Washington Post columnist and economics editor Neil Irwin, from a recent screed against the small-plates format, which he argues works better for chefs than for diners.
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The taco is up for examination and reinterpretation at a new walk-up taco stand from familiar French Quarter food purveyors. Local chefs Cam Boudreaux and April Bellow, of the new-school Killer Poboys (811 Conti St., 504-2526745; www.killerpoboys.com) inside the Erin Rose bar, plan to unveil Dis Taco this week inside the Irish pub Molly’s at the Market (1107 Decatur St., 504525-5169; www.mollysatthemarket.net). They’ll begin with limited hours, serving from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Boudreaux says that schedule is likely to continue through the summer. The game plan for Dis Taco will mirror the approach the chefs take with Killer Poboys, which is an imaginative, multicultural exploration of the familiar sandwich. The taco operation will source many of its ingredients from local suppliers, Boudreaux says, and will take a very wide view of what a taco can be. “International street food, anything that can be folded over and hand-held, we’ll have no problem calling it a taco,” he says. The menu evolves as they go, Boudreaux says. Some items to look for include coriander and citrus Gulf fish with corn crema and hibiscus slaw; yogurt and Aleppo chili-marinated lamb with tahini-eggplant spread and cucumber sumac salsa; and a lentil “tortilla” with vegetable masala, sprouts and tamarind chutney. There’s also a dessert taco in the works featuring grilled banana, cinnamon, Nutella and cayenne. Dis Taco takes over the small kitchen with a walk-up service window in the rear of Molly’s at the Market. Killer Poboys, which normally serves food until midnight, will extend its weekend hours during Tales of the Cocktail, serving until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.
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Where the Fun Begins and ends There’s a reason Hotel Monteleone is the official host hotel for several of New Orleans’ premier festivals and events. We know how to celebrate! Come meet and dine at our award-winning Criollo Restaurant. Take a spin at the famous Carousel Bar & Lounge. And as one event leads into the next, come rest in style. . . right in the heart of it all.
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Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, addresses are for New Orleans. Dollar signs represent the average cost of a dinner entree: $ — under $10; $$ — $11 to $20; $$$ — $21 or more. To update information in the Out 2 Eat listings, email willc@gambitweekly.com, fax 483-3116 or call Will Coviello at 483-3106. Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.
aMeRICaN KNUCKLEHEADS EATERY — 3535 Severn Ave., Suite 10, Metairie, (504) 888-5858; www. knuckleheadsnola.com — This casual eatery serves burgers, sandwiches, wraps, salads and bar noshes. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ O’HENRY’S FOOD & SPIRITS — 634 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 866-9741; 8859 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, (504) 461-9840; www.ohenrys.com — The menu includes burgers, steaks, ribs, pasta, fried seafood, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
TREASURE ISLAND BUFFET — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites, seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of
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BOO KOO BBQ — 3701 Banks St., (504) 202-4741; www. bookoobbq.com — The Boo Koo burger is a ground brisket patty topped with pepper Jack cheese, boudin and sweet chile aioli. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat. Cash only. $
BAYOU BEER GARDEN — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 302-9357 — The 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun, and Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ DOWN THE HATCH — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 5220909; www.downthehatchnola. com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ RENDON INN’S DUGOUT SPORTS BAR — 4501 Eve St., (504) 826-5605; www. therendoninn.com — The Boudreaux burger combines lean ground beef, hot sausage and applewood-smoked bacon on a ciabatta bun with cheese, onions and remoulade. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ THE RIVERSHACK TAVERN — 3449 River Road, (504) 8344938; www.therivershacktavern. com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, deli sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ SHAMROCK BAR & GRILL — 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 301-0938 — Shamrock serves an Angus rib-eye steak with a side item, burgers, shrimp or roast beef po-boys, grilled chicken, spinach and artichoke dip and more. No reservations.
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HICKORY PRIME BBQ — 6001 France Road, (757) 2778507; www.hickoryprimebbq. com — The pulled pork platter features pork cooked for 12 hours over hickory and white oak and it comes with two sides. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ SAUCY’S — 4200 Magazine St., (504) 301-2755; www. saucysnola.com — Saucy’s serves slow-smoked St. Louis-style pork ribs, pulled pork, brisket, smoked sausage and grilled chicken. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $
BURGeRS 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
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. No reservations. Breakfast Thu.-Sun., lunch Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $ CAFE FRERET — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret. com — The cafe serves breakfast itemes like the Freret Egg Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage served on toasted white or wheat bread or an English muffin. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.Wed., Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ CAFE NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $
PINKBERRY — Citywide; www. pinkberry.com — Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry toppings including caramel, fruit purees, chocolates and nuts and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
CONteMPORaRY BAYONA — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 525-4455; www.bayona.com — Sauteed Pacific salmon is served with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ ONE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE — 8132 Hampson St., (504) 301-9061; www.one-sl. com — Chef Scott Snodgrass prepares refined dishes like char-grilled oysters topped with Roquefort cheese and red wine vinaigrette. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
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LAKEVIEW BREW COFFEE CAFE — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $
ANTOINE’S RESTAURANT — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of 19th century French Creole dining. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$
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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. $$
FIVE HAPPINESS — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935 — The large menu includes wonton soup, sizzling seafood combinations, sizzling Go-Ba, lo mein dishes and more. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ JUNG’S GOLDEN DRAGON — 3009 Magazine St., (504) 8918280; www.jungsgoldendragon2. com — Jung’s specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. 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.
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. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.Sat. Credit cards. $$ ROUX ON ORLEANS — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans. com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
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SAINTS & SINNERS — 627 Bourbon St., (504) 528-9307; www.saintsandsinnersnola.com — Styled to reflect era of Storyville, the restaurant serves Creole and Cajun dishes, raw oysters, seafood, steaks, po-boys, burgers and more. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ WILLIE MAE’S SCOTCH HOUSE — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 8229503 — This popular neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
DeLI JIMS — 3000 Royal St., (504) 304-8224 — The Reuben is fill seeded rye bread with corned beef, pastrami, provolone and Swiss cheeses, German sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing. No reservations. Breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ 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. $ MARDI GRAS ZONE — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www. mardigraszone.com — The 24-hour grocery has 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 latenight daily. Credit cards. $ MARTIN WINE CELLAR — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , (504) 8967350; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ QWIK CHEK DELI & CATERING — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
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FRENCH BAIE ROUGE — 4128 Magazine St., (504) 304-3667; www. baierougenola.com — Shrimp and risotto Milanese features jumbo shrimp cooked with lemon over saffron risotto served with hericots verts. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
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MARTINIQUE BISTRO — 5908 Magazine St., (504) 8918495; www.martiniquebistro. com — This French bistro has both a cozy dining room and a pretty courtyard. Steen’s-cured duck breast comes with satsuma and ginger demi-glace and goat cheese grits. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$
GOURMET TO GO BREAUX MART — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, (504) 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, (504) 737-8146; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
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JULIE’S LITTLE INDIA KITCHEN AT SCHIRO’S — 2483 Royal St., (504) 944-6666; www.schiroscafe.com — The cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and spices. Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or vindaloo and vegetarian saag paneer. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ NIRVANA INDIAN CUISINE — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 8949797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$ TAJ MAHAL INDIAN CUISINE — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
ITALIAN ANDREA’S RESTAURANT — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$
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CAFE GIOVANNI — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www. cafegiovanni.com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contemporary Louisiana cooking. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
MAXIMO’S ITALIAN GRILL — 1117 Decatur St., (504) 586-8883; www.maximosgrill. com — Sit at the bar overlooking the open grill and watch chefs prepare dishes like the fish of the day pan-sauteed in habaneroinfused olive oil and served with seasonal vegetables. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, lunch Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ MOSCA’S — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant.com — 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. $$$ RED GRAVY — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — Breakfast items include pancakes, waffles and pastries. At lunch, try Italian specialties, panini, wraps, soups and salads. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Thu.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ RISTORANTE FILIppO — 1917 Ridgelake Drive, Metairie (504) 835-4008 — The CreoleItalian menu includes a crabmeat salad featuring half of a tomato filled with jumbo lump crabmeat over romaine lettuce dressed with remoulade and balsamic vinaigrette. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ VINCENT’S ITALIAN CUISINE — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
JAPANESE CHIBA — 8312 Oak St., (504) 826-9119; www.chiba-nola. com — The satsuma strawberry roll bundles scallop, yellowtail, strawberry, mango, jalapeno, wasabi tobiko and tempura flakes and is topped with spicy sauce and satsuma ponzu. Reservations recommended. Lunch Thu.Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ KAKKOII JApANESE BISTREAUX — 7537 Maple St., (504) 570-6440; www.kakkoiinola.com — Kakkoii offers sushi, sashimi and Japanese cuisine as well as dishes with modern and local twists. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ KYOTO — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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. $$ MIYAKO JApANESE SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro. com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, including sushi, hibachi items, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ ROCK-N-SAKE — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www. rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves a wide selection of sushi, sashimi, rolls, 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. $$ TOKYO BISTRO — 5024 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-4288; www.tokyobistrometairie.com — The Bistro serves sushi, sashimi, tempura, teriyaki and hibachi items, rice and noodle dishes and bento box lunch specials. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ 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. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $
LATIN AMERICAN LA MACARENA pUpSERIA AND LATIN CAFE — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 862-5252; www.pupsasneworleans.com — This cafe serves Latin and Caribbean dishes, tapas and appetizers like guacamole and chips. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$
LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY 7 ON FULTON — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton.com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with blonde ale. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ HERITAGE GRILL — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ MANNING’S — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant serves cast iron skillet-fried filet with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ RALpH’S ON THE pARK — 900 City Park Ave., (504)
out to eat 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Reservations recommended. Lunch tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ RestauRant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, housemade salumi, pasta dishes and more. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ toMas BistRo — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — tomas serves dishes like semi-boneless Louisiana quail stuffed with applewoodsmoked bacon dirty popcorn rice, Swiss chard and Madeira sauce. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ toMMY’s Wine BaR — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as appetizers and salads from the kitchen of tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
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. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ PYRaMiDs CaFe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
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MUSIC aND FOOD BoMBaY CluB — 830 Conti St., (504) 586-0972; www.thebombayclub.com — the duck duet pairs confit leg with pepper-seared breast with black currant reduction. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ the ColuMns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — the menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$
little GeM saloon — 445 S. Rampart St., (504) 267-4863; www. littlegemsaloon.com — Chef Robert Bruce prepares dishes including two Run Farms oxtail stew, Creole crab cakes with caper-lemon beurre blanc and fish amandine. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ the MaRKet CaFe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www. marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ 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. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $. $
NeIGHBORHOOD aRtZ BaGelZ — 3138 Magzine St., (504) 309-7557; www.artzbagelz. com — Artz bakes its bagels in house and options include onion, garlic, honey whole wheat, cinnamon-raisin, salt and others. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $ 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. $$ Katie’s RestauRant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www. katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, Dinner tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$
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. $ theo’s neiGhBoRhooD PiZZa — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 8948554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 3021133; www.theospizza.com — there is a wide variety of specialty pies or build your own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
(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. $ DRess it — 535 Gravier St., (504) 571-7561 — Get gourmet burgers and sandwiches dressed to order. original topping choices include everything from sprouts to black bean and corn salsa to peanut butter. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ JuGheaD’s CheesesteaKs — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 304-5411; www.jugheadsneworleans.com — the regular cheese steak features thinsliced rib-eye, sauteed mushrooms, onions, peppers and garlic and melted provolone and mozzarella. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night daily. 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. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $
SeaFOOD aCMe oYsteR house — 724 Iberville St., (504) 522-5973; 1202 N. Hwy. 190, Covington, (985) 2466155; 3000 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 309-4056; www. acmeoyster.com — the menu includes char-grilled oysters, many cooked seafood dishes and New orleans staples. the Peace Maker po-boy combines fried shrimp and oysters and is dressed with tabasco-infused mayo. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ GalleY seaFooD RestauRant — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-0955 — Galley serves Creole and Italian dishes. Blackened redfish is served with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ GRanD isle — 575 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 520-8530; www. grandislerestaurant.com — the Isle sampler is a combination of three varieties of stuffed oysters: tasso, Havarti and jalapeno; house-made bacon, white cheddar and carmelized onions; and olive oil, lemon zest and garlic. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
GaZeBo CaFe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — the New orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
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. $
house oF Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. there is a gospel brunch on Sunday.
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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 and salads. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat and served with potatoes and salad. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
BeaR’s PoBoYs at GennaRos — 3206 Metairie Road, Metairie,
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com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ seRGio’s seaFooD — 533 Toulouse St., (504) 227-3808; www. facebook.com/sergiosseafoodnola — the Fritanga plate includes a grilled petit filet mignon, pork loin, gallo pinto, fried plantains, fried cream cheese and cabbage salad. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
SteaKHOUSe austin’s seaFooD anD steaKhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www. austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. Veal Austin features paneed veal topped with Swiss chard, bacon, mushrooms, asparagus, crabmeat and brabant potatoes on the side. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ ChoPhouse neW oRleans — 322 Magazine St., (504) 522-7902; www.chophousenola.com — this traditional steakhouse serves uSDA prime beef, and a selection of super-sized cuts includes a 40-oz. Porterhouse for two. the menu also features seafood options and a la carte side items. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
taPaS/SPaNISH MiMi’s in the MaRiGnY — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — the decadant Mushroom Manchego toast is a favorite here. or enjoy hot and cold tapas dishes ranging from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ veGa taPas CaFe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www. vegatapascafe.com — Paella de la Vega combines shrimp, mussels, chorizo, calamari, scallops, chicken and vegetables in saffron rice. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
VIetNaMeSe auGust Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola. com — August Moon serves a mix of spring rolls, pho, popular Chinese dishes and vegetarian options. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Doson nooDle house —135 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-7283 — the vegetarian hot pot comes with mixed vegetables, tofu and vermicelli rice noodles. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $$ Pho tau BaY RestauRant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — the menu includes soup, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls with peanut sauce and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Rolls-n-BoWls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www. facebook.com/rollsnbowlsnola — this casual eatery serves spring rolls, pho, rice and vermicelli bowls, banh mi, stir fry entrees and bubble tea. the vermicelli noodle bowl features noodles over lettuce, cucumber and carrots. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $
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luCY’s RetiReD suRFeRs’ BaR & RestauRant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — todo Santos fish tacos feature grilled or fried mahi mahi in corn or flour tortillas topped with shredded cabbage and shrimp sauce, and are served with rice and beans. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$
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Eating and drinking are two of our city’s greatest pastimes. At the Tales of the Cocktail® Spirited Dinners®, they come together like never before. Join us on Thursday July 18th, at one of our 31 dinners throughout the city where the world’s most renowned mixologists and the best chefs in New Orleans combine their talents to create one-of-a-kind pairings of cocktails and cuisine. For more information about the Spirited Dinners® and all the week’s festivities, visit Talesofthecocktail.com.
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One Eyed Jacks and Olmeca Altos Tequila Present: lucha los angeles
The Irish House and Bushmills Present: The irish in new orleans: a celTic creole courTshiP
Kingfish and Johnnie Walker Present: siTTing in The caTbird seaT aT KingFish
12 Mile Limit and Phenix Brands Present: dive bar “russian sTyle”
The Pelican Club and Sandeman Present: dinner wiTh The don
Rio Mar Seafood and Trinchero Family Estates Present: laTin american libaTions
Grand Isle Restaurant and Bayou Rum Present: a nighT on The bayou!
The Little Gem Saloon and Montanya Distillers Present: monTanya rum goes moulin rouge
Sainte Marie and Hennessy Present: hennessy Paradis imPerial dinner aT sainTe marie
Borgne and El Dorado Rum Present: a True TasTe oF demerara
Emeril’s Delmonico and Purple Valley Imports Present: sTraighT uP and neaTThe Flavor oF world single malTs
Maurepas Foods and High West Distillery Present: blending Flavors and blurring The line
New Orleans Creole Queen and Bacardi Present: ebony behind The mahogany: a sPiriTed TribuTe To douglas anKrah Tivoli & Lee and Diageo Present: baTTle oF The world whisKy sTars
Salú Southern European Bistro and Diplomatico Rum Present: diPomaTico rum sensory dinner The Windsor Court and William Grant & Sons Present: beauTy vs. The beasT: gin vs whisKy Arnaud’s and Willett Bourbon Present: dinner wiTh willeTT bourbon
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ment, bar design and promotional strategies, Tales is a conference for craft cocktail bartenders, spirits writers and consultants, and liquor companies introducing and promoting products. Seminars and events run the gamut from educational to promotional, and there are parties, dinners with paired food and drinks, and competitions. Brown will judge a competition based on the rickey, Washington D.C.’s signature drink (like New Orleans’ sazerac). Based on feedback from the 2012 event, Tales founder and director Ann Tuennerman and the programming committee scheduled more educational events this year. The festival has a four-part series of seminars for bartenders to learn about the distillation of several spirits. There’s also a series of seminars and events about vermouth, an aromatic fortified wine used in many craft cocktails. Another commonly requested topic was information on tequila. Tequila also has roots dating back thousands of years, and there are several seminars on it, inluding a highly anticipated one called “Agave Amigos: A Rare Agave Spirit Tasting,” a showcase of experts and spirits. Tequila and mezcal expert Clayton Szczech lives in Portland, Ore., and spends half the year leading tours or researching agave spirits in Mexico. “I have learned that tequila and other agave spirits are what many craft bartenders drink when they are off the clock,” Szczech says. “It’s their interest that’s driving interest (in tequila).” Tequila is a legally defined spirit in Mexico and the only distillate that’s exported on a global scale. The U.S. recently overtook Mexico in annual consumption of tequila, and together, the nations consume 90 percent of the annual supply, Szczech says. But tequila is one of many mezcals, a name that means cooked agave, Szczech says. While there is a legal definition and state regulations for tequila, culturally and historically, it falls in with a wide array of spirits
distilled from agave plants, of which there are Derek Brown will discuss drinking many varieties, he adds. history and judge a cocktail The American market competition at Tales of the Cocktail. is showing increased PHOTO BY JIM WEBB preference for blue agave tequilas, which means those in which all JULY Tales of the Cocktail sugar converted to alcohol comes from agave www.talesofthecocktail.com plants. Mixto versions allow for up to 49 percent of converted sugars to come from another source, such as corn or high fructose corn syrup. Szczech spends much of his time exploring rarer spirits. He estimates that half the annual yield of agave spirits come from certified producers, because most produce very small quantities that are consumed locally. He likens it to European countries populated with many small vineyards. Appreciating the array of spirits is less about bar industry than culture, he says. “It’s a privilege to participate in the consumption of these spirits,” he says. “They have centurieslong ritual history; they have a place in the cultural and spiritual life of these communities. They aren’t cranked out year after year in industrial fashion. Agave from a 20-year-old plant is gone after you drink it. You wouldn’t want to put that in a margarita.”
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ashington D.C. bar owner and bartender Derek Brown ruffled some feathers in the craft cocktail community when he wrote an essay imploring bartenders to stop making so many new drinks. “People tend bar for six months and then start making muddy, convoluted drinks that aren’t that enjoyable,” Brown says via phone from Washington D.C. “Instead of reaching out to (customers), it’s about them as the artist. … In the end, you are trying to satisfy people. You are trying to make something great.” Brown advised bartenders to learn nine classic cocktails for every new one they put on a menu. He’s not against creativity; he’s saying the way to improve bartending is for bartenders to immerse themselves in the traditions and knowledge of the craft in order to better understand what works. “When chefs start to cook, they don’t start with their own recipes,” Brown says. “People have to study and practice and learn before they start making cocktails. There might be useful experiments, but it’s not something you should make people pay for.” He also puts drinking in perspective. The craft cocktail movement hit broad recognition in the last decade. The word cocktail first appeared in print more than 200 years ago. But mixing drinks has been around for thousands of years, he says. It’s a subject he’ll discuss at a seminar called “Paleococktails.” “The cocktail, or mixed drinks, were part of the human experience for a long time,” Brown says. “When people mix a cocktail, they have to recognize that this was done thousands of years ago. Some say that the oldest profession was prostitution, but I think it must have been bartender.” Brown cites several accounts of ancient imbibing. A drink combining barley water, wine, honey and botanicals is mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey. Scholarship suggests there may have been distillation in Mexico long before the Spanish arrived with stills. University of Pennsylvania biomolecular archeologist Patrick McGovern has documented alcoholic beverages in China dating to 7,000 B.C. “Pottery comes in more than 10,000 years ago,” Brown says. “Before that they drank out of skins or vessels that were biodegradable.” The consumption of fermented beverages may have gone back much further. Tales of the Cocktail events typically don’t involve experts from the fields of anthropology or archeology, and the more recent history of distillation and bartending is a much more common focus. Unlike other bar and service industry conventions featuring equip-
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Buffa’s Lounge — aurora nealand & tom mcDermott, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — glen David andrews, 7:30 Cafe Istanbul — slangston Hughes, fo on the flo, rejected Youth nation, Quest, 3rd Degree, 10 Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge — george french Quartet, 8:30 Circle Bar — tom leggett, 10 d.b.a. — Jon Cleary, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — rick trolsen & the po boys, 9:30 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — ryan floyd, 7 Freret Street Publiq House — brass-a-Holics, 9:30 Funky Pirate — marc stone, 4 & noon; blues masters feat. big al Carson, 8:30 Gasa Gasa — swamp lillies, 6 House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — the maine, a rocket to the moon, this Century, brighten, 5:30 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — roman skakun, 5; James rivers movement, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — beth patterson, 9 Little Gem Saloon — the right reverend lucas Davenport, 5 Little Tropical Isle — Casey saba, 9 Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill — 30x90 blues women, 9:30 Old Point Bar — Upstarts, 6 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Horace trahan, 8:30 The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar — the Yat pack, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Derek Douget Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — sarah mcCoy, 4; miss sophie lee, 6
Rock ’N’ Bowl — swing-aroux, 8:30
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Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Uptown orchestra feat. Delfeayo marsalis, 8 & 10
Tropical Isle Bayou Club — brandon miller & louisiana inferno, 9
Spotted Cat — ben polcer, 4; orleans 6, 6; st. louis slim
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Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Cottonmouth Kings, 10
Vaughan’s — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 8:30
Tipitina’s — Good Enough for Good Times, Chris Mule & the Perpetrators, 9
Friday 19 Banks Street Bar — The Weakness, Mountain of Wizard, 10 Bayou Beer Garden — Pete Bradish, 8:30 Bombay Club — Linnzi Zaorski, 9:30 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Eudora Evans, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Guitar Slim Jr., 7:30 Cafe Negril — El DeOrazio, 7 Capri Blue Bar at Andrea’s Restaurant — Phil Melancon, 8 Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge — Robin Barnes Jazz Quartet, 5 Carrollton Station — John Paul Carmody, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Paul Sanchez, 8 Circle Bar — Norbert Slama, 6 Columns Hotel — Ted Long, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 DMac’s — Vincent Marini, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Lips & Trips, 7
Gasa Gasa — The Tangle, 9 Green Room — Chance Casteel & Beware of Bear, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Anamanaguchi, Kitty Pryde, 10 House of Blues (The Parish) — Alternative Friday, 11 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Joe Krown Trio, 5; Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Hessler, 5; Lynn Drury, 9 Maple Leaf Bar — Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 10:30 Old Opera House — Big Soul Blues Band, 2 , 5 & 7:30 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5 One Eyed Jacks — Morning 40 Federation, Norco Lapalco, 9 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Groovy 7, 9:30 Rusty Nail — Tom Leggett Band, 10 Siberia — Primitive Man, Reproacher, Red Shield, 6; M.O.D., Pallbearers, A Hanging, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Steve Turre & Delfeayo Marsalis Sextet, 8 & 10
Tropical Isle Bourbon — Jay B Elston, 5 Tropical Isle Original — Mark Barrett Trio, 1; Hangovers, 5 Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Shannon Powell Trio, 5
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Robert Plant presents the Sensational Space Shifters with Lil’ Band O’ Gold
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Robert Plant presents the Sensational Space Shifters with Lil’ Band O’ Gold 8 p.m. Wednesday Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts 801 N. Rampart St. (504) 525-1052 www.mahaliajacksontheater.com
Rock sagas as long and winding as Robert Plant’s can’t help but develop some circuity along the way. For example: Their mists lifted and tempers tamed, his Middleearthbound Led Zeppelin fables — banned out of ubiquitous imitation from every Guitar Center in the Western Hemisphere — now sound perfectly scrutable, some even feckless (poor, neutered “Black Dog”), as reinterpreted by Plant’s current touring ensemble, the Sensational Space Shifters, an oracular spectacular that throws together tribal instruments (talking drums, ritti violin) with trip-hop producers (contributors from both Portishead and Massive Attack) as if assembling its genre mashups alphabetically. It’s a stark contrast to the precision focus Plant showed in the past five years, in which he found his strongest voice as a solo artist by losing himself in other people’s songs: joining opener Lil’ Band O’ Gold on record (Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino) and Louisiana stages in 2007; harmonizing with Alison Krauss for a honey-dripping, T-Bone Burnettproduced set (Raising Sand) later that same year; and resurrecting his Band of Joy for 2010’s naturalistic folk covers album (with selections from Townes Van Zandt to Low), followed by a midnight-marauding Preservation Hall lock-in during Jazz Fest 2011. The Sensational Space Shifters are a talented batch, and Plant clearly has plenty left in the tank. But playing second-fiddle Zoso while Jimmy Page waits by the phone seems like an epic rock tragedy, the balance between what is and what should never be. Tickets $49.50-$69.50. — NOAH BONAPARTe PAIS Swing, 3; Pat Casey & the New Sounds, 10
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RED 2 (PG-13) — The action comedy about a retired black ops CIA agent rounding up a crew for a new mission stars Bruce Willis and Anthony Hopkins. Canal Place, Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Westbank
PACIFIC RIM (PG-13) — To prepare for an impending alien attack, massive robots operated by humans are deployed to protect Earth in the Guillermo del Toro picture.
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Stories We Tell THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (PG-13) — A live shadow cast atttends the BYOB screening of the1975 cult classic musical. Midnight FridaySaturday, Prytania SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU: A CONCERT FOR KATE MCGARRICLE (PG) —The documentary celebrates the life of Canadian folk music singer-songwriter Kate McGarricle. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, Zeitgeist STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN (NR) — King of Motown Berry Gordy is profiled in the documentary by artists he discovered. The free screening is hosted by DJ Soul Sister and presented by Charitable Film Network, Press Street and WWOZ. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Antenna Gallery STORIES WE TELL (NR) — Family members learn the truth depends on who tells it, in the Sarah Polley documentary. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. MondayTuesday, Chalmette UNDER THE BED (NR) —A boy and his little brother fight the proverbial monster under the bed, while their parents battle their own issues. 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Zeitgeist YAZOO REVISITED (NR) — The documentary tells the story of the integration of Yazoo City, Miss., through the eyes of writer Willie Morris, the filmmaker’s father. 2 p.m. Saturday, Loyola; 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Sugar Park
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NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL —The festival seeks submissions in the following film categories: narrative (short and feature length), documentary (short and feature length), experimental shorts and animated shorts. Visit www.neworleansfilmsociety.org for details. The festival is Oct. 10-17. Submis-
sion deadline for Louisiana filmmakers is Friday. Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2983161; www.pressstreet.com/ antenna; Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org; Audubon Zoo, Dominion Learning Center, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 5814629; www.auduboninstitute. org; Cafe Istanbul, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 975-0286; www.cafeistanbulnola.com; The Theatres at Canal Place, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 363-1117; www. thetheatres.com; Chalmette Movies, 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 304-9992; www.chalmettemovies,com; AMC Clearview Palace 12, Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-1257; www.amctheatres. com; Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3805; www.cacno.org; AMC Elmwood Palace 20, 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, (504) 733-2029; www.amctheatres.com; Entergy IMAX Theatre, 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org; The Grand 16 Slidell, 1950 Gause Blvd. W., Slidell, (985) 641-1889; www.thegrandtheatre.com; Loyola University, Bobet Hall, Room 332, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8653240; www.loyno.edu; Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania. com; Regal Covington Stadium 14, 69348 Hwy. 21, Covington, (985) 871-7787; www.regalmovies.com; Solomon Victory Theater, National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5281944; Sugar Park, 3054 St. Claude Ave., (504) 942-2047; www.sugarparknola.com; AMC Westbank Palace 16, 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 263-2298; www.amctheatres. com; Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net
“It’s not the normal way of doing things, is it?” Michael Polley asks his daughter, filmmaker Sarah Polley, in a quietly revealing early scene in the one-of-a-kind documentary Stories We Tell. The elder Polley is trying to make sense of his daughter’s filmmaking techniques. It’s a fair question, and the answer — which doesn’t fully arrive until the film plays itself out more than 100 minutes later — is an emphatic “No.” The third feature directed by Sarah Polley (Take This Waltz) and her first documentary, Stories We Tell began in Polley’s imagination as an exploration of shared family memories and why everyone seems to have his or her own version of pivotal events. Where it goes is somewhere near the realm of experimental film, though not in the usual sense. Polley’s intensely personal and complex work is told and structured in a style all her own, and one that she discovered over the course of a largely unplanned journey. The trail Polley blazes ultimately leads to the kind of soul-baring uncertainty most people Stories We Tell JULY don’t like to talk about, much less show on the big screen. 2:30 p.m. Sun.; Stories We Tell employs members of Polley’s immediate and 7:30 p.m. Mon.-Tue. extended families as onscreen storytellers, initially to share the tale of her parents’ sometimes troubled marriage. The emphaChalmette Movies, sis falls on Polley’s mother Diane, a free-spirited former stage 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, actress who gave up a modest career to care for her family. (504) 304-9992; She’s a difficult character to pin down. The family members’ www.chalmettemovies.com varying points of view on both parents show something of the subjective nature of truth. An idea that started as a joke about a potentially life-altering family secret gradually gains steam and takes over the film, and the film’s title acquires multiple meanings. When we say someone’s “telling a story,” sometimes we mean they’re not telling the truth. Polley’s carefully constructed film relies heavily on vintage clips from home movies to bring past eras to life while providing relief from the endless stream of talking heads that hamstrings many documentaries. It takes a while to realize that most of this footage is actually staged with actors who resemble Polley’s family members and is shot with vintage Super 8 movie cameras, a device that evokes feelings of nostalgia in otherwise dispassionate viewers. Reenactments are common in documentaries today, but this is something else altogether. Combined with the story’s many emotional twists and turns, this technique moves the film away from traditional documentary environs and into uncharted territory. Polley’s film was made with support from the Canadian Film Centre’s Feature Documentary Program, which provided direct mentoring from masters like Wim Wenders. The Program is intended to help accomplished filmmakers advance the form. Stories We Tell fits the bill. — KEN KORMAN
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TheaTer THE ADVENTURES OF BUTT BOY AND TIGGER. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Steven Dawson’s comedy follows two men who meet online and embark on a raunchy ride through the world of Internet chatting. Tickets $20. 10:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. CHESAPEAKE BY LEE BLESSING. Byrdie’s Gallery, 2422 St. Claude Ave., Suite A, www.byrdiesgallery.com — Jake Bartush stars in the one-man comedy about art, Golden Retrievers, politics, faith and fate. The show is presented by Second Star Performance and directed by Dan Zimmer and Harold Gervais. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.
FREEDOM. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.southernrep. com— The story follows a Holocaust survivor and an Irish
KILLER JOE. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7585590; www.theallwayslounge. com — In the dark comedy set in Dallas, Texas, Killer Joe is hired to kill the matriarch of a family. Tickets $15 Thursday, $22 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE. Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www. lepetittheatre.com — Director Carl Walker directs five local actresses in the poignant play written by Nora Ephron and her sister Delia. Tickets $10-$50. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. ROMEO AND JULIET. Tulane University, Lupin Theatre, 16 Newcomb Place, (504) 865-5106; neworleansshakespeare.tulane.edu — Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy of the Montagues and Capulets is directed by Amy Holtcamp. Tickets $25. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday. STAGE DOOR IDOL: ROUND two. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5281944; www.stagedoorcanteen. org — Singers perform songs from the 1940s or in the 1940s style. Judges and audience members choose who moves on to finals.
THE SWIMMIN’ HOLE: A SERIES OF UNLIKELY WORK. Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.theshadowboxtheatre.com — Staged readings are performed. Free admission. 8 p.m. Saturday. THIS SWEATY CITY. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — Goat in the Road performance troupe performs a radio-style drama on stage for podcasts. YAT ATTACK. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 4619475; www.rivertowntheaters. com — Ricky Graham and Becky Allen star in their original musical comedy about New orleans. 8 p.m. Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.
Family A POCKETFUL OF RHYMES. NORD’s Ty Tracy Theater, Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave., (504) 598-3800; www.crescentcitylights.org — Members of the Crescent City Lights Youth Theater act out Mother Goose rhymes choreographed by Kim Barnard of Disney’s The Imagination Movers. Admission $15. 7:30 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. RUMPLESTILTSKIN. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 4619475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — The Patchwork Players retell the Brothers Grimm fable of the miller, his daughter who he said could spin straw into gold, the man who
helped her and the royal family he tried to dupe. Tickets $8. 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. Tuesday-Friday and Monday.
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THE PUNANY POETS INTIMATE DINNER THEATER FOR LOVERS & FRIENDS. Le Roux, 1700 Louisiana Ave., (510) 600-9747; www. lerouxsupperclub.com — Jessica Holter, The Punany Poets and musical guest Page 1ne star in the as-seen-on-HBo dinner theater show about love and black sexuality in the age of HIV/AIDS. Tickets $20-$45. 8 p.m. Thursday.
CRESCENT CITY SOUND CHORUS. Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, Drama Hall, Third Floor, (504) 453-0858, (504) 982-6746; www.crescentcitysound.com — The all-woman chorus is a chapter of Sweet Adelines, International. 7 p.m. Monday. THE NOLA PROJECT. University of New Orleans, Performing Arts Center, (504) 280-7469; www. uno.edu — To set up a 10-minute audition for the company’s new season, email director Natalie Boyd at nboyd@nolaproject.com. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. POSSUM KINGDOM. Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www. theshadowboxtheatre.com — Email director Bonnie Gabel at bonniejeangabel@gmail.com to sign up for auditions. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday. STEEL MAGNOLIAS. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 290-0760; www. cuttingedgeproductions.org — The audition includes a cold reading from the script. The play runs from Sept. 27 through oct. 19. Auditions noon Saturday.
cabareT, burleSque & varieTy BITS & JIGGLES. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855 — The show mixes comedy and burlesque. Free admission. 9 p.m. Monday. BURLESQUE BALLROOM. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www. sonesta.com — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly burlesque show featur-
comedy 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. C-4 COMEDY NIGHT. Eiffel Society, 2040 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-2951; www. eiffelsociety.com — Corey Mack hosts the stand-up comedy showcase. Visit www.c4comedy1.eventbrite.com for details. Admission free in advance, $5 at the door. 8 p.m. Wednesday. COMEDY BEAST. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 828 S. Peters St., (504) 522-9653; www. thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. COMEDY SPORTZ. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Saturday. FEAR & LOATHING WITH GOD’S BEEN DRINKING. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011;
www.nolacomedy.com — The double bill includes Fear and Loathing, the sketch comedy show, and God’s Been Drinking, the improv comedy troupe. Tickets $10, $5 with drink purchase. 8:30 p.m. Friday.
LIGHTS UP. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St.; www. newmovementtheater.com — The theater showcases new improv troupes. Tickets $5. 9 p.m. Thursday. THE MEGAPHONE SHOW. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St.; www.newmovementtheater.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 open mic series the last Sunday of every month. Free admission. Sign-up 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Sunday. SATURDAY NIGHT LAUGH TRACK. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts a stand-up comedy showcase. Tickets $5. 11 p.m. Saturday. 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. THINK YOU’RE FUNNY? COMEDY SHOWCASE. Carrollton Station, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — The weekly openmic comedy showcase is open to all comics. Sign-up 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED). Tulane University, Lupin Theatre, 16 Newcomb Place, (504) 865-5106; neworleansshakespeare.tulane. edu — Carl Walker directs a condensed version of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies. Tickets $15. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.
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STAGED READINGS OF GUILTY PLEASURES FROM STAGE AND SCREEN. MidCity Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Company of Men and Mid-City Theatre performs staged readings of movies, TV shows and plays they consider guilty pleasures. Tickets $15-$20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.
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AKG PRESENTS THE ART OF DR. SEUSS. 716 Bienville St. — Works by Dr. Seuss, ongoing. ANGELA KING GALLERY. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — Works by Peter Max, ongoing. ANTENNA GALLERY. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2983161; ww.press-street.com/ antenna — “Slow Light,” photography using artificial retinas by AnnieLaurie Erickson, through Aug. 14.
ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., (504) 5243233 — Group craft exhibition, through July. ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Paintings, Drawings and Photographs,” mixed media by George Dureau; “Southern Gothic: An Insider’s View,” paintings and sculpture by Willie Birch; both through Saturday.
CALLAN CONTEMPORARY. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Creeper Lagoon,” mixed media by John Folsom, through July 27. CHESTER ALLEN’S OASIS OF ENERGY. 221 Dauphine St. — “Universal Groove,” silversmithing by Chester Allen, ongoing. COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — “The Sugar Mill Sessions,” photographs by David Armentor, through Aug. 17. COUP D’OEIL ART CONSORTIUM. 2033 Magazine St., (504) 722-0876; www. coupdoeilartconsortium. com — “E Pluribus Unum,” paintings by Sarah Ferguson, through Saturday. D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., (504) 524-3936; www. docsgallery.com — “So Much Art, So Little Time IV,” a group exhibition of gallery artists, through Aug. 1. THE GARDEN DISTRICT GALLERY. 1332 Washington Ave., (504) 891-3032; www. gardendistrictgallery.com — “Summer Showcase III,” group exhibition of paintings and sculptures, through Sept. 29. GRAPHITE GALLERIES. 936 Royal St., (504) 5653739 — Group mixed media exhibition, ongoing. THE FRONT. 4100 St. Claude Ave.; www.nolafront.org — “Ambition,” “Saint Thing” and “Latin for Crab,” mixed media group exhibition, Saturday through Aug. 4.
BENEITO’S ART. 3618 Magazine St., (504) 891-9170; www.bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings by Beneito Bernard, ongoing.
HENRY HOOD GALLERY. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 789-1832 — “Wanderings,” photographs by Hobby Morrison, through Aug. 3.
THE BRASS CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY. 1201 St. Philip St.; www.thebrasscamera. com — “New Orleans Street Celebrations,” photographs by L.J. Goldstein, ongoing.
JEAN BRAGG GALLERY OF SOUTHERN ART. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — “Painted Cocktails,” paintings to complement Tales of the Cocktail, through July.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY. 400A Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www. jonathanferraragallery.com — “Philadelphia,” a group exhibition curated by Jonathan Ferrara, through July 27. LEMIEUX GALLERIES. 332 Julia St., (504) 5225988; www.lemieuxgalleries. com — “Wisdom: a Book Art Exhibition,” a group exhibition celebrating the gallery’s 30th anniversary, Through July 27. LIVE ART STUDIO. 4207 Dumaine St., (504) 484-7245 — Group exhibition of watercolors, oil paintings and photography, through September. MARTIN LAWRENCE GALLERY NEW ORLEANS. 433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www.martinlawrence.com — “Spirituality and Dreams,” paintings by Ali Golkar, through Monday. NEW ORLEANS PHOTO ALLIANCE. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www. neworleansphotoalliance. blogspot.com — “Generation LA 2,” a photography exhibit featuring recent graduates from Louisiana colleges, through Monday. RHINO CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS GALLERY. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts. com — Works by Cathy DeYoung, Deborah Morrissey, Lizzy Carlson, Peg Martinez and others, ongoing. SCOTT EDWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581 — “Numbers & Shadows,” photographic works by Clint Maedgen, through Oct. 5. SECOND STORY GALLERY. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.thesecondstorygallery.com — “Summer Spectacular,” a group exhibition, through Aug. 3. SOREN CHRISTENSEN GALLERY. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — Mixed media group exhibition, through July. STAPLE GOODS. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Downtown Craft: Handmade Objects in Wood, Metal, Ceramics and Fiber by 10 Local Artists,” mixed media group exhibition, Saturday through Aug. 4.
STELLA JONES GALLERY. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “When Your Light Shines Through,” mixed media by 30 woman artists, through July. TEN GALLERY. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414 — “In Heaven, Everything is Fine,” drawings, paintings, prints
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spare spaces HEY! CAFE. 4332 Magazine St., (504) 891-8682; www.heycafe.biz — Cartoons from Feast Yer Eyes magazine, ongoing. LA DIVINA GELATERIA. 621 St. Peter St., (504) 302- 2692; www. ladivinagelateria.com — Art and photographs by thom Bennett, Mary Moring and Rita Posselt, ongoing.
call for artists WILLPOWER PARK SCULPTURE. the selected sculpture will be erected in St. Bernard Parish’s Willpower Park this November. Applicants must be Louisiana residents. Apply at percent. artscouncilofneworleans.org. Deadline Aug. 1.
museums AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER. 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 862-3222 —
“through the Lens: Photographing African-American Life,” group photography exhibition, through Sept. 27.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “ANtHROPOMORPHIZER!” puppet show by Miss Pussycat; “Who is Pulling the Strings?” group puppet show; “tank Drama: Deliberations from the Wet Grave,” mixed media by various VEStIGES artists; all through Sept. 22; “After You’ve Been Burned by Hot Soup You Blow in Your Yogurt,” installation by Margot Herster, through Aug. 18; “Chalmatia (shall-MAY-shuh): A Fictional Place Down the Road,” mixed media by Daneeta and Patrick Jackson, through Sept. 8.
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LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS. 7 Bamboo Road, Metairie, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — “A Year and One Day,” sculpture by Andy Behrle, through Dec. 20. LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM CABILDO. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt. state.la.us — “Images and Instruments: Medical History,” artifacts and images of 19th and 20th century medical eqipment, ongoing.
LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM PRESBYTERE. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “they Call Me Baby Doll: A Carnival HISTORIC NEW ORtradition,” an exhibit about LEANS COLLECTION. 533 the Baby Dolls and other Royal St., (504) 523-4662; the black women’s Carnival www.hnoc.org — “Pipe groups, through January; Dreams: Louisiana under “It’s Carnival time in Louithe French Company of the siana,” Carnival artifacts, Indies, 1717–1731,” art and costumes, jewelry and other items; “Living with Hurriartifacts from Port Dauphin,
The Sugar Mill Sessions: Photographs by David Armentor Cole Pratt Gallery, 3800 Magazine St. (504) 891-6789 www.coleprattgallery.com Creeper Lagoon: Mixed media by John Folsom Callan Contemporary, 518 Julia St. (504) 525-0518 www.callancontemporary.com
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MADAME JOHN’S LEGACY. 632 Dumaine St., (504) 568-6968; www. crt.state.la.us — “the Palm, the Pine and the Cypress: Newcomb College Pottery of New Orleans,” ongoing. NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www. noma.org — “Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851-1939,” through Aug. 4; “King of Arms,” collages and video presentation by Rashaad Newsome, through Sept. 15; “Forever,” mural by Odili Donald Odita, through Oct. 7. OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Into the Light,” photographs by various artists, through Jan. 5; “to Paint and Pray: the Art and Life of William R. Hollingsworth Jr.”; “Eudora Welty: Photographs from
the 1930s and ’40s”; both through Sunday; “When You’re Lost, Everything’s a Sign: Self-taught Art from the House of Blues,” through Sunday; Works by Walter Inglis Anderson from the museum’s permanent collection; an exhibition of southern regionalists from the museum’s permanent collection; paintings by Will Henry Stevens; all ongoing.
SOUTHEASTERN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; seaa. tulane.edu — “the Dome,” an exhibition anticipating the 40th anniversary of the Superdome, through Nov. 1. SOUTHERN FOOD & BEVERAGE MUSEUM. Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, (504) 569-0405; www. southernfood.org — “Lena Richard: Pioneer in Food tV,” an exhibit curated by Ashley Young; “then and Now: the Story of Coffee”; both ongoing.
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Long before Louisiana struck “black gold” in the form of oil, there was a thriving “white gold” industry in the form of sugar. Both have sooty histories, but burning the cane fields at harvest time is a tradition that lingers because it is still the most efficient way to strip the stalks of their leaves on their way to the mill. Consequently, harvests can look almost apocalyptic, as we see in David Armentor’s photographs. the New Iberia native’s images encompass landscapes and industrial views of mill facilities like Sugar House (pictured), as well as portraits of cane workers, a varied assortment of Cajuns, Creoles and Hispanics. In his portraits, the workers appear in somewhat plutoniclooking shrouds of cane smoke, as if the descendants of Longfellow’s Evangeline had entered the realm of Dante’s Inferno, reminding us again that we live in a strange state where exquisite natural beauty coexists with industrial incursions. Armentor’s images illustrate sugar’s infernal, yet almost romantic, legacy. Natural beauty appears unsullied in John Folsom’s photographic mixed-media images of the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia. these too are shrouded, but with mists rather than smoke, and the ethereal qualities of the landscape are enhanced by his meticulous and painterly finishes as moss-draped bayous seem to disappear into primordial vapors. the resulting images are minimal and meditative yet quietly vital as the reflective surfaces of the water intimate an otherworldly sense of mystery and wonder. Folsom’s artist statement says, “My new series, Creeper Lagoon, is an attempt to present the space of the swamp as a cultural construct. Devoid of indigenous life, the images presented here become a space of potential where the viewer’s references and experiences fill in the gaps to create a personal narrative. My fascination with these spaces has grown with continued photographic exploration of the American coastal South.” — D. ERIC BOOKHARDt
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WedneSday 17 COVINGTON FARMERS MARKET. Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 — The market offers fresh locally produced foods every week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. GENEALOGY SERIES. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190 — Sal Serio, curator of the library’s American Italian Research Center, leads a series of genealogical seminars for beginners. 1 p.m. LUNCHBOX LECTURE. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5276012; www.nationalww2museum.org — The semi-monthly
TALES OF THE COCKTAIL. The 11th annual celebration of spirits includes 59 seminars on a wide range of topics from tiki bars to American drink culture, as well as tasting rooms, “Spirited Dinners,” competitions, awards and more. Admission $40-$100 single events, $141-$695 ticket packages. Hours and locations vary. Visit www.talesofthecocktail. com for details. Through Sunday. 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. to 2 p.m.
thurSday 18 BUSINESS INFORMATION SESSION. Job1, 3400 Tulane Ave — The topics of discussion are business structure basics and Kiva loans. The session is the second of the city’s five business information sessions. 5:30 p.m. THE DRUNKEN BOTANIST. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — The event begins with cocktail tastings in the garden, continues with author Amy Stewart explaining how plants are made into alcohol and ends with Stewart signing her book, The Drunken Botanist. Attendance $45. 6:30 p.m. MARKETPLACE AT ARMSTRONG PARK. Armstrong Park, North Rampart and St. Ann streets — The weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, Louisiana seafood, handmade beauty products, art, crafts and entertainment. Visit www.icdnola.org for details. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
OGDEN AFTER HOURS. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — Live music, sangria, art projects for kids and Miss Linda’s Soul Food Catering are part of the event. Admission $10. 5:30 p.m.
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THURSDAYS AT TWILIGHT. Pavilion of the Two Sisters, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 482-4888 — A different musician performs every week at the event that includes food, mint juleps, wine, beer and soft drinks. Admission $10, $3 children ages 5-12. 6 p.m.
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Friday 19 COUNTRY DAY CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL. Metairie Park Country Day School, 300 Park Road, Metairie, (504) 837-5204; www.mpcds.com — There will be art, perfor-
mances, food and largescale exhibits representing several different cultures, with proceeds from all sales funding the program’s scholarships. 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. FRIDAY NIGHTS AT NOMA. New Orleans Muse-
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um of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The four-part weekly event includes an art activity, live music, a film and a food demo. Admission included in cost of musuem entry. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. GOLDEN COMMUNITY LUNCHEON. Unitarian Church, 6690 Fleur de Lis Drive — Seniors, especially those celebrating a July birthday, are invited to attend a luncheon to help benefit the Lakeview Sheperd Center. Guests are asked to RSVP at (504) 4840885. Suggested donation $5. 11 a.m. OLD ALGIERS HARVEST FRESH MARKET. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market, 922 Teche St. — Produce, seafood and more will be available for purchase. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday 20 ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB OF ST. BERNARD CRUISE NIGHT. Brewster’s, 8751 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 309-7548 — Antique and classic
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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC BIKE RIDE. Congo Square, Louis Armstrong Park, North Rampart and St. Ann streets — As part of NOLA Social Ride, bicyclists cruise around the city, stopping a few times along the way to enjoy live music with no cover charge. More information is available at www.facebook.com/groups/ nolasocialride. 6 p.m.
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OAK STREET FOODIE CALL. Oak Street, between Carrollton Avenue and Leonidas Street — Destination Kitchen’s foodie crawlers choose five places to eat and have cocktails on Oak Street. Cowbell, Chiba, Mellow Mushroom, JacquesImo’s, Oak Wine Bar & Bistro, Tru Burger, Oak Street Cafe and Yummylicious are the participating restaurants. The crawl ends at Maple Leaf Bar. To participate, call (855) 353-6634 or visit www.zerve. com/dkfoodtours. Cost $50, all-inclusive. 8:30 p.m.
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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) 8615898; www.marketumbrella. org — The market features fresh produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon. GERMAN COAST FARMERS MARKET. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers and more. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon. GRETNA FARMERS MARKET. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, (504) 362-8661 — The weekly market features more than 30 vendors offering a range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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MADISONVILLE ART MARKET. Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River Front at Water Street, Madisonville, (985) 871-4918; www.artformadisonville. org — The monthly market features works by local artists in a range of genres. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. NOLA LUAU 2013. Indulge Island Grill, 845 Carondelet St., (504) 810-6826; www. neworleansconcierge.org — The luau will have a pig roast, swimming, an open bar, costume and limbo contests and a silent auction, with proceeds going to LowerNine.org. Tickets $50. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. REPTICON NEW ORLEANS REPTILE & EXOTIC ANIMAL SHOW. Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center, 8201 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 278-4242 — The event features vendors offering reptile pets, supplies, feeders, cages, and merchandise. There are also free raffles and live animal seminars. Admission $10, $5 for children ages 5-12, free for children ages four and under. 10 a.m. RIVERTOWN FARMERS MARKET. Rivertown, 400 block of Williams Boulevard., Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner. la.us — The twice-monthly market features local fruit, vegetables and dairy, homemade jams and jellies, cooking demonstrations and more. 8 a.m. to noon. SANKOFA FARMERS MARKET. ARISE Academy,
3819 St. Claude Ave. — The weekly market offers locally grown fruits and vegetables, fresh eggs and other goods. Call (504) 872-9214 or visit www.sankofanola.org for details. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. ST. BERNARD SEAFOOD & FARMERS MARKET. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi — The market showcases fresh seafood, local produce, jams and preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment, children’s activities and more. Call (504) 355-4442 or visit www.visitstbernard.com for details. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday 21 ADULTS/SWIM. W Hotel New Orleans, 333 Poydras St., (504) 525-9444 — The hotel opens its rooftop pool to the public at events featuring DJs, drink specials, food, bottle service packages and more. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ROCK, RIDE AND RESCUE. Rock ’N’ Bowl, 3016 S. Carrollton Ave.,(504) 861-1700; www.rockandbowl.com — The silent auction fundraiser benefits the Greater New Orleans Therapeutic Riding Center, Molly the Pony Foundation, Happy Trails Therapeutic Horsemanship Center and the LA SPCA. Admission $10. 6 p.m.
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SaTurday 20 NATIONAL LATINO FAMILY EXPO. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd. — There will be health screenings, a soccer tournament, a dance competition, games and cooking demos at the free event hosted by the National Council of La Raza. Through Monday.
SporTS ThurSday 18 ZEPHYRS. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www. zephyrsbaseball.com — The Zephyrs play the Nashville Sounds. 7 p.m.
fiTneSS and dance wedneSday 17 TAI CHI/CHI KUNG. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 456-5000; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold presents the class in the museum’s art galleries. Free for NOMA and East Jefferson Hospital Wellness Center members, general admission $5. 6 p.m.
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CIRCLE THE WAGONS. Rock’N’ Bowl, 3016 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 8611700; www.rockandbowl. com — Food trucks gather at the event. 11 a.m.
HOPE STONE PERFORMANCES. NOLA Spaces, 1719 Toledano St.; www. hopestoneinc.org — There’s dance, theater, music, art and film, all performed by kids. Proceeds benefit Hope Stone Kids New Orleans. Suggested donation $5. 6 p.m.
friday 19 PRINCESS TEA. Windsor Court Hotel (Le Salon), 300 Gravier St., (504) 5236000 — Kids can eat and drink from a special menu and receive a commemorative gift, and adults can have a specialty cocktail and traditional tea party fare. Attendance $35 adults, $22 kids, excluding tax and tip. 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. FridaySunday, 4:30 p.m. Friday.
JAZZ YOGA. Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841 — A yoga instructor conducts a class while a pianist plays jazz. 10 a.m. YOGA. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The museum holds yoga classes. Call (504) 456-5000 for details. Free for NOMA and East Jefferson Wellness Center members, general admission $5. 8 a.m.
Sunday 21 SWING DANCE LESSON WITH AMY & CHANCE. d.b.a., 618 Frenchmen St., (504) 942-3731; www.
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ROBERT M. FERRIS. Slidell Library, 555 Robert Blvd., (985) 646-6470; www.sttammany.lib.la.us/ slidell.html — The writer will sign and read from Flood of Conflict: The New Orleans Free School Story. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
CRESCENT CITY BLUES & BBQ FESTIVAL. Restaurants and caterers interested in selling their food at the October festival can apply at www.jazzandheritage.org. Deadline is Aug. 2. HUMANA COMMUNITIES BENEFIT GRANT. Humana awards a $100,000 grant to a local nonprofit working to improve health experiences or build healthy communities. Visit www.humana.com/hcb for details. Application deadline is July 30. JAZZ & HERITAGE FOUNDATION. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is accepting applications for its Community Partnership Grants program. Details are available at www.jazzandheritage.org. Applications are due July 26.
wordS EDWARD T. HASLAM. Loyola University, Miller Hall — The author will discuss Dr. Mary’s Monkey and the 1964 murder of New Orleans’ Dr. Mary Sherman. Attendees must register at www.trineday.com/loyola. Attendance $20. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. EMILY CLARK. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190 — The author will discuss and sign The Strange History of the American Quadroon. 7 p.m. Tuesday. FREDERICK STARR, ROBERT BRANTLEY. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266 — The authors discuss and sign Une Belle Maison. 2 p.m. Sunday. JERRY DEWITT, ETHAN BROWN. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 8952266 — The authors read from and sign Hope After Faith. 6 p.m. Wednesday. LOCAL WRITERS’ GROUP. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 4555135 — The weekly group discusses and critiques fellow members’ writing. All genres welcome. 7:30 p.m. Monday. MATTHEW GUINN. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia
TAO POETRY. Neutral Ground Coffeehouse, 5110 Danneel St., (504) 8913381; www.neutralground. org — The coffeehouse hosts a weekly poetry reading. 9 p.m. Wednesday. THALIA SEGGELINK, RITCHIE SPENCER. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266 — The authors will sign and discuss The Thinking Moms’ Revolution. 6 p.m. Thursday. THE WELL: A WOMEN’S POETRY CIRCLE. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., (504) 947-2121; www. stannanola.org — The group for writers of all levels meets at 2 p.m. Mondays. Call 655-5489 or email fleurdeholly@gmail.com for details. WHERE’S WALDO SCAVENGER HUNT. Notify a sales associate when you find the 6-inch Waldo at the following stores: Ah Ha!, A.K.A. Stella Gray, Baby Bump, Belladonna, Buffalo Exchange, Branch Out, Defend NOLA, Funrock’n Pop City, Garden District Book Shop, Judy at the Rink, Langford Market, Loomed NOLA, Make Me Up!, Mignon for Children, NO Fleas Market, NOLA Couture, Orient Expressed, Petcetera, Shops at 2011 Magazine, Spruce, Storyville and Zuka Baby. You will be given a stamp book or your book will be stamped. The more stamps you accumulate, the better prizes you’ll get at the party on July 31, the last day of the contest.
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RETAIL METROPCS
METROPCS Authorized Dealer NOW HIRING Email Resume: jobs@3hcommunication.com Positions Available: Sales Associates & Store Managers Seeking self-motivated individuals to work in the cellular phones industry. Bilingual preferred. Kenner, Marrero & Harahan.
Ingram Barge Company
the leader in the inland marine community
DECKHANDS
(Fleet openings in Reserve & Baton Rouge, LA and Line Haul openings)
CULINARY COOKS VESSEL ENGINEERS TOWBOAT PILOTS (Fleet & Line Haul)
Candidates must possess a minimum of a valid Driver’s License and High School Diploma/GED. Generous wages, bonus plan and advancement opportunities, along with a comprehensive benefit package, (paid retirement, 401K, medical, life & AD&D, etc.)
Interested candidates must apply on-line at www.ingrambarge.com. EOE, M/F/V/D
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
LICENSED MASSAGE NOTICE
Massage therapists are required to be licensed with the State of Louisiana and must include the license number in their ads.
Chain link, vinyl coated with 1 gate. Large. $600. Call (504) 520-0912 for information & sizes.
FURNITURE/ACCESSORIES $135 Full/Double Size Mattress Set, still in original plastic, unopened. We can deliver. 504-952-8404 (504) 846-5122 $249 Brand New Queen Size Leather Bicast . Can deliver. 504952-8404 (504) 846-5122
DOCKSIDE RUGS BIG SUMMER SALE!
Persian Tribal Hand Knotted, Hand Dyed. 75-85% Off Retail (504) 858-7595 Corner of 1st & Tchoupitoulas St. King Pillowtop Mattress, NEW!!! ONLY $299 Can deliver. 504-9528404 (504) 846-5122 NEW Pub Height Table Set all wood, still boxed. Delivery available. $250. 504-952-8404 (504) 846-5122
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ZABARS NYC
Lapavoni Carina Picola Expresso Cappiccino Appliance Excellent Condition. NEW $750. ASKING $500. Call (347) 525-3262.
MISC. FOR SALE 45’ Steel Double Rigged Trawler Twin 4 Cylinder Detroit Deisel Ready To Catch Shrimp Call 337-685-5111 or 337-522-3995.
CRAB & DEEP WATER CRAWFISH NETS
Handmade & Heavy Duty Call Melvin at 504-228-9614 for a price.
FOUNTAIN
Large “rock looking” fountain. $60 (504) 39-6046
BODYWORK SOLUTIONS
PETS
Clinical massage, Metairie office. Flexible hours. Early-AM/Late-PM avail. $65 one-hr incall, discounts & outcalls avail. Glenn, LA#1562; 504.554.9061.
BYWATER BODYWORKS
Swedish, deep tissue, therapeutic. Flex appts, in/out calls, OHP/student discounts, gift cert. $65/hr, $75/ 1 1/2hr. LA Lic# 1763 Mark. 259-7278
INTEGRATED MASSAGE THERAPY
For mind, body and soul combining multiple techniques. Two Uptown Locations. For apt call Kelly @ 931-4239. LA #1648
QUIET WESTBANK LOC
Swedish, Relaxing Massage. Hours 9am-6pm, M-F. Sat 10-1pm $70. LA Lic #1910. Sandra, 504-393-0123.
MERCHANDISE ART/POSTERS NOEL ROCKMORE ORIGINAL PAINTING “MARDE GRAS MADNESS” 28”X22” OIL/MASONITE 1979 Features Larry Bornstein founder of Preservation Hall & Other N.O. characters sherfox2@cableone.net
Male, red, male neutered, adult pit bull mix. Crate-trained, house-broken, and up-to-date on all shots. Loyal and affectionate. Loves to play rope, tugof-war, and adores having his back scratched. Needs single-pet, child free home. References and home visit required. Call 504-657-9922 or jenny.loftus@yahoo.com
FLAMBEAUX - Fluffy Lap Kitten Flambeaux loves, loves, loves to snuggle in a lap. He can be a little shy at first, but quickly turns into a complete lovebug. Flambeaux is about 6 months old and would love to join a family with another cat or two. Call 504-454-8200; adopt@spaymart.org
KASIA - Adorable Kitten
Kasia is a precious 8-month-old kitten ready for a loving home. She is cute with a fun, loving personality. She would make a great addition to any family. Call 504-454-8200; adopt@spaymart.org
Lilly
Fawn/Blonde Staffordshire Terrier 1-year-old, 50 pounds. Fully vetted & house trained. Loves leashed walks, car rides & snuggling on the couch & in bed. Call 504-975-5971 or 504-874-0598.
PIDDY - Missing Her Family
Piddy’s owner lost her home & job and had to give up her cats. Piddy is missing a warm lap, gentle strokes, and a best friend. She is sweet, calm and gentle. Piddy is about 5 years old/fully vetted. Call 504-454-8200; adopt@spaymart.org.
Princess
Tan/White Chihuahua/Dachshund mix. Short legs, long body. 4-years-old. Loves car rides, walks & snuggling. Gets along with everyone. Fully vetted & house trained. Call 504-975-5971 or 504-874-0598.
TRIXIE - And a Promise
Trixie’s owner was a volunteer and dear friend of SpayMart. Before Trixie’s owner passed away, SpayMart promised to find homes for her cats. Trixie is sweet, full of personality, yearning to be part of a family again. Please help us keep our promise! Call 454-8200; adopt@spaymart.org
GROOMING LOVIN’ Care Pet Grooming
Nail Griniding, baths, flea & tick treatment, teeth brushing, lic/ins. p/u & del avail. 22 years exp. Call (504) 210-7755.
PET ADOPTIONS Big Girl
Chocolate/White Pointer 1-year-old, 50 pounds. Gentle disposition. Loves car rides, walks & sleeping on your pillow. Fully vetted & house trained. Call 504975-5971 or 504-874-0598.
CAT CHAT Looking for love!
Bogie is an adorable boy looking for love! He was adopted as a small kitten to a family with kids. As the kids grew older Bogie was no longer given any attention. Sweet Bogie grew depressed; losing hair and weight. Eventually Bogie was returned to SpayMart, where he found love again and blossomed into the wonderful cat he is today. Bogie is fully vetted & ready for a family to love him forever this time around!
Call or email: 504-454-8200, spaymartadopt@gmail.com
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Is accepting applications for:
Offers Volunteer Opportunities. Make a difference in the lives of the terminally ill & their families. Services include: friendly visits to patients & their families, provide rest time to caretaker, bereavement & office assistance. School service hours avail. Call Volunteer Coordinator @ 504-818-2723 #3006
Enroll Now for Day or Evening Classes. Call (504) 456-3141 today for more info about our Clinical Medical Assisting Program, Dental Assisting Program, Massage Therapy Program or Dialysis Technician Program. Blue Cliff College Metairie Main & Satellite Campuses are accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges (ACCSC). ACCSC is a recognized accrediting agency by the U.S. Dept of Education. Visit our website at http:// bluecliffcollege.com/faq.shtml.
PIT BULL
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Picture Perfect Properties picture yourself in the home of your dreams!
BEAUTIFUL ARTS & CRAFTS COTTAGE IN UPTOWN $329000 / 3br/2ba - 1500ft² For Sale by Owner. Enjoy your morning coffee or evening wine on the porch swing of this lovely, contemporary Arts & Crafts Cottage in a high demand, family friendly, very safe area of Uptown. “To the studs” renovation in 2008, including roof, electrical, plumbing, A/C & heating units. Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, ceramic tile in bathrooms, white wooden kitchen cabinets with black metallic granite counters, double stainless steel sink with disposer, pantry, full sized LG washer/dryer and all appliances included. Living room, dining room, office, kitchen, as well as 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Two car garage in rear. Dog safe backyard. Off street parking for four cars with electric gate with remotes. Plenty of storage in attic and garage. Family and pet friendly, great neighbors and one of the safest neighborhoods uptown. See for yourself at: http://www. crimemapping.com/map/la/neworleans.
This one will go fast! Home Warranty Agents Protected 2%
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Many updates, including: • Fully functional double insulated glass windows with screens in all rooms • New 5’ and 6’ cedar fencing • Remote electric double aluminum driveway gate • New double closet • Bathroom updates • Ceiling fans in all rooms • Window treatments • New Paint throughout • All custom, low maintenance landscaping with plants purchased from NO Botanical Gardens. • Outdoor hot tub (negotiable)
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Plus these amenities • One year home warranty • Termite contract (transferable) • Flood Insurance $1600 (transferable) • Neighborhood website (www.statestreetdrive.com) with instant alerts • ADT ready • DIRECTV Satellite
For inquiries, call 504-460-6053 or email 3375ssd@gmail.com
JOHN SEITZ Cell: 504-264-8883
1321 Coliseum Street • $465,000
I HAVE SOLD UPTOWN, METAIRIE & THE WEST BANK IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS. I AM HERE TO HELP YOU SELL YOUR HOME! LET MY 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE ASSIST YOU. 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on Historic Coliseum Square Off street parking, central air and heat, great entertaining home large front porch and balcony. in an untra convenient Lower Garden District location close to downtown. approx 3000 sq.ft.
JSeitz@GardnerRealtors.com
504-891-6400
CONSULT WITH THE REAL ESTATE EXPERTS OF NEW ORLEANS
Michael L. Baker • Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 cell 504-606-6226
FRANCHER PERRIN GROUP VOTED TOP 3 REALTORS IN THE CITY!
3527 Ridgelake Dr., Metairie.
6751 Colbert • New Orleans 70124
www.FrancherPerrin.com
Open this Sunday, July 14th, 1-3pm
Office Space Metairie Luxury Great Location Approx 1,350 usable sq.ft. 2nd floor of 2 story office building. Parking, efficiency kitchen, storage room, mens and womens restrooms, reception area, conference rooms, private office.
Available immediately. 1 year lease $1,700/mo. (504) 957-2360.
Gorgeous custom home in Lakeview! 4BR/3.5Ba, Lovely great open floor plan boasts Brazilian cherry hdwd floors downstairs, custom built-ins and cabinetry, gorgeous granite, huge pantry, butler’s pantry, 10ft ceilings & 8 ft doors. 3629 living, 4877 ttl. Must see! $659,000 Take a virtual tour http://fotosoldtour.com/?p=3102
Madeline Suer, Realtor • Grandeur Brokers, Inc 504-456-2961 office • 504-343-0262 cell
LaPlace Beauties LD
SO
85 Country Club Dr., LaPlace, LA
38 Muirfield Dr. Laplace
2148 Augusta Dr. LaPlace
Custom Home. Open floor plan. Master separate from other. Granite counters, kit & bath, brick fp/wall in den. storm windows, vaulted ceiling in den. Large lot w/double car detached garage; fruit trees; beautiful landscaped. monitored alarm. Home warranty included. Home renovated after Issac.
A VERY CUSTOM DREAM HOME on Belle Terre #6 green. 4BR/4BA. Large Master Suite down with 2 wlk-in closets. Jacuzzi, spa shower, steam sauna, exercise room overlooks pool. $775K. Kembra Lee, 504-382-0226. klee@gardnerrealtors. com Gardner Realtors. Agent/Owner. Call 985-652-3304.
LOVE THE OUTDOORS! 4BR/4BA, large patio with brick floors, wood ceil w/3 outdr fans, ceil lights, fish pond. Lg mstr w/ fireplce, custm closet, spa & bath. Liv area w/ fireplace, blt-in shlves, HD wiring, surround sound, patio view. Granite in Kit. More! $335K.
KEMBRA LEE 504-382-0226
CALL 985-652-3304
klee@gardnerrealtors.com
CLASSIFIEDS REAL ESTATE METAIRIE 2101 TAFT PARK, METIARIE
NOTICE:
All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
3 BR, 2 BA 1,450 sf Located on a fenced corner lot. Beautiful kitchen, lots of cabinets, ceramic tile floors, granite counters, open floor plan. Seller to give $3000 at closing. Call Kimberly or The Realty Krewe. For Sale by Agent Broker, $169,900. Call (504) 236-9969 or kimzib@gmail.com
UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT JOHN SEITZ, REALTOR Cell: (504) 264-8883
I have sold Uptown, Metairie & the West Bank in the last 4 mos. I am here to help you sell your home! Let my 25 yrs of exp in Construction & Real Estate assist you! CONSULT WITH THE REAL ESTATE EXPERTS OF NEW ORLEANS! JSeitz@GardnerRealtors.com www.Francher Perrin.com
GENERAL RENTALS Let Me Help YOU Find Your Next Home!
METAIRIE -2 units 1/1, CA&H, gr. cttps, hdwd flrs $685, 2 BR/ 1.5BA, CA & H Really nice! $880 FRENCH QUARTER 421 Burgundy , 2 story, 1BR, CA&H $1395 TREME 1BR $685 UPTOWN 2 BR on Napoleon. Renov’t w/gr cntpps. Call for Info Ian Cockburn, Broker – John Anthony Realty LLC 3919A Iberville St., New Orleans, LA 70119 | 504-615-2333 | 504-233-3325 (O) | 504-486-9503 (F)Licensed by LA Real Estate Commission. Property Management Also Available ianseelsnola.com
COMMERCIAL RENTALS LAKEVIEW/COMMERCIAL
Tired of the CBD parking and traffic hassles? 2200 SF. Free Standing Bldg. Zoned LB-2. Quiet area. Call 504-430-9326.
MISSISSIPPI
ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT
High end 1-4BR. Near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750$1200/mo. 504-362-7487
CARROLLTON Ideal for Young Professionals /Grad Students/ Med Personnel to Share
Mid City 2nd floor 3 or 4 br, 2 ba. Very large apt @ 4223 So. Carrolton Ave. with furnished living & dining rooms. Near Costco and I-10. A/C. Lease, $1950/mo + security dep. Alarm. Offstreet pkg. Call (504) 488-2236 between 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY GORGEOUS & SPACIOUS FRENCH QUARTER APARTMENT
3BR/2BA, Dbl shotgun w/2 or 3 bedrooms, 2 baths in low crime neighborhood. Close to Whole Foods, dining, and Audubon Park. Near Loyola and Tulane Universities. $1,200/mo. Call (504) 261-6312.
LOWER GARDEN DIST./ IRISH CHANNEL 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE
ROOMS BY WEEK. Private bath. All utilities included. $175/week. 2 BR avail. Call (504) 202-0381 or (504) 738-2492.
1430 Jackson Ave.
Oak Creek Homes NOLA
(504) 265-9602 Duplex 3 Bed 2 Bath, Hardy Siding. 2440 sq. ft. NOLA Style
REDUCED! 3 BR/2 BA 1,450 sf Energy efficient weekend retreat situated on 8.5 wooded acres bounded by a 20+ acre stocked lake. House includes 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood burning stone fireplace in vaulted great room, fully furnished kitchen and utility room with washer and dryer. Screened rear porch overlooking pier and lake make you feel like you have gotten away from it all. To see this fabulous property, call Jean at 601-795-2105. For Sale by Agent/Broker, $190,000.
MID CITY 3122 PALMYRA STREET
Completely renov, 1/2 dbl, 1BR, 1BA, hdwd flrs, new appls, ceil fans, wtr pd. $700/mo+dep. Call 504-899-5544 Recent Renovation. 1 blk City Park betw Carrollton/Cty Pk Ave, 3 lg rms cent a/h w/d hdwd flrs, ceil fans, thruout. Avail immed. $1050/mo. 504-234-0877.
BAY ST. LOUIS BEACH $75,000
317 Ballentine St. Beach Cottage in the Bay. Walk 2 1/2 blks to the beach, Old Towne, Depot Dist. 2 BR,1 Bath, Screen Porch, LR, Den, Eat In Kit, Study, Deck, Large Yard, All Appliances. Needs TLC. Susan@Property New Orleans Call 504 231-2445.
UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT
NEW ORLEANS LUXURY
Take FIRST mortgage on renovated mid-city 4-plex. Minimum 3 yrs. 5%. LTV approx 50%. $140,000. 504-638-7332
3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1300 SQFT. Hard Floors Throughout. Nice Porch. Hardy Siding. Oak Creek Homes NOLA (504) 265-9602
LAKEVIEW/LAKESHORE
INVESTMENT PROPERTIES
6751 Colbert Dr. $659,000
Gorgeous custom home in Lakeview! 4BR/4BA. Open flr plan boasts Brazilian cherry hdwd flrs downstairs, custom builtins & cabinetry, gorgeous granite, huge pantry, butler’s pantry, 10’ ceilings & 8 ‘ doors. 3629 living, 4877 ttl. Must see! Take a virtual tour http://fotosoldtour.com/?p=3102 Madeline Suer, Realtor, Grandeur Brokers, Inc 504-456-2961 office, 504-343-0262 cell
1275 sq. ft. Towhousee. 2 large bedrms w/walk-in closets. Furn kit, fenced backyard & deck. Parking for 1 in driveway. Small pets OK. Quiet street. $1100 + dept. (504) 456-1718
LUXURY APTS
3 BR, 2 full baths, LR, DR, kit, w&d hkups, faux fireplace, fans, blinds. No pets. 504-443-2280
OLD METAIRIE
LOOKING FOR INVESTORS
1 BR, 1/2 DOUBLE RENOVATED
Take FIRST mortgage on renovated mid-city 4-plex. Minimum 3 yrs. 5%. LTV approx 50%. $140,000. 504-638-7332
Off Metairie Rd. on Labarre Dr. Furn. kit w/all appls, w/d, cen a/h, carport, patio. Quiet nb’hd. No smrks/pets. $800/ mo + Deposit & lease. 832-0115.
TAKE 1st & ONLY MORTGAGE
1820 METARIE RD
On highly performing, remodeled NOLA Duplexes. Min 2 yrs. 6% LTV approx. 50%. Call (504) 406-5120
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT BRAND NEW RENOVATION
1 BR/ 1 BA, Basement apt w/all new appls. ALL UTILITIES PAID. Private entrance w/ fenced yard. Quiet family neighborhood with easy parking. W/D. Open kitchen/living room combo. Non smoker. 1 year lease, $850/mo, bleuticia@gmail.com
Thom Beaty SOLD! $1,145,000 in May $1,570,500 year to date
1042 SONIAT
Lower apt in 4 plex. Lg LR, 2BR/1BA, kit & dining area. Many closets, o/s pkng. $725 /mo + deposit. (504) 834-3465
SPARKLING POOL Bike Path & Sunset Deck
1 BR apt with new granite in kit & bath. King Master w/wall of closets. Kit w/ all built-ins. Laundry on premises. Offst pkg. NO PETS. Avail now. Owner/ agent, $724/mo. 504-236-5776.
FURNISHED ROOM
Private home near Metairie Rd. $500/mo inclds util, cable & some use of kit. Refs & dep. Avail now. Call 985-237-0931.
3 bedrooms, 1.5 ba, lr, dr, furn kit, hdwd flrs, cen a/h, w/d, 1500 sf, 12’ ceils, $1400/mo. Call 504-952-5102
1205 ST CHARLES/$1050
Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/ gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry/3 mo. min. No pets. Avail now Call 504-442-0573/985-871-4324.
6319 S. PRIEUR
2 bedroom, living room, dining room, furn kitchen, tile bath. No pets. Off Calhoun. $800/mo, Call Gary 504494-0970.
(c) 314.422.8196 (o)504.949.5400 thombeaty@gmail.com www.fqr.com
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French Quarter Realty wilkinson & jeansonne since 1965
1041 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116 *Based on info from the Gulf South Real Estate Network for the period from 01/01/13-07/11/13
1466 Magazine St., $539,900
117 S. Hennessey St., $ 329,900
LD
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5 suites currently used as a Bed and Breakfast with large yard and off street Parking. Real Estate Only $539,900. Owner/Broker
Move in cond, lots of architectural details, 1st block off Canal, off street pkng for several cars, garage. 2 br, 2 dens, encl porch/sun rm & wood flrs. Must see to appreciate.
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On beautiful Ursulines St. Recently updated 2BR/1.5BA, W/D, fridge, dishwasher, stove. Fenced. On street pkng. No pets. $1750 + deposit & refs. Call (504) 460-2593
3712 BARBARA PLACE
RECRUITMENT
MILLION IN ONE!
DOUBLE FAUBOURG ST. JOHN
METAIRIE
Oak Creek Homes, NOLA
(504) 265-9602 Elevated Camp Style Home. Turnkey Project. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1655 sq ft. 140MPH Wind Load Min.
Licensed real estate Broker in Louisiana
4208 DUMAINE STREET
MOBILE HOMES
LOOKING FOR INVESTORS
2 bedrooms, 2 baths Rent: $1200. Gated secured parking for one car. Elevator. Living room, dining nook, furnished kitchen, central a/h, patio, water paid.
2BR/2.5BA, Elevator, Garden View, W/D on premises. No dogs. 1 yr lease. $1,800/mo. 520 St. Louis St. (504) 524-5462
515A MAGNOLIA ROAD NEAR POPLARVILLE, MS
With Mature, Prof’l Female. Private bed & bath. Alll utilities, Cox, internet & fax. Use of LR, DR, kit, W&D. O/S pkng. Owner has private area in rear. $850/mo + deposit. (504) 236-8531
DOUBLE SHOTGUN GREAT LOCATION
FR QTR LUXURY TOWNHSE
NEW HOME FOR SALE!
SHARE HOME
2 BR/1.5 BA Large. Wood Floors, All Appliances, Balconies, Outdoor Kitchen, Hot Tub. Must See! Free Wifi and Cable! Agent/Broker. $1795 (504) 451-1863 bwilson@jwpropertyserv.com
1 BR/1 BA, Central AC, hardwood floors except in kitchen & BR, steel fridge & range, stackable WD in unit, shared courtyard, gated entrance. MUST SEE! sufferings77@gmail.com Granite Throughout. 3 Beds 2 Bath 1440SQFT. Hardwood Floors T.O Oak Creek Homes NOLA (504) 265-9602
RENTALS TO SHARE
CALL NOW 1352 MAGAZINE STREET
Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226
Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 28 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130
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CLASSIFIEDS 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON
24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS
Adoption: A Suburban life, Secure future, Love & Laughter for your Newborn. Expenses Paid. Call Maria anytime at 1-866-429-0222.
SUCCESSION OF EDWARD ANTHONY DAIGRE AND VEOLA EVELYN NEPEAUX DAIGRE
SUCCESSION OF ALPHONSE ANTHONY BELLONE
SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH J. ROMANT, SR.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE
NOTICE TO SELL MOVABLE OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADOPTIONS ADOPTION
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 13-6407 DIV. I
SUCCESSIONS OF ETHEL RILEY wife of/and LEO FOREST NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Notice is hereby given that Willie Ebbs, the duly appointed Administrator of the above entitled successions, has applied for and order granting him the authority to sell at private sale the following property to wit:
Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > JULY 16 > 2013
ONE CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Second District of the City of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, more specifically designated as LOT NO. 1 (shown on the assessor’s rolls as Lot No. 15) of SQUARE NO. 205. Improvements bear Municipal no 1723 Ursulines Street, New Orleans, LA 70116. The sale price for the property is $27,000.00 cash payable at an act of sale. Pursuant to Civil Code of Procedure Article 3443, notice of the application of a succession representative to sell succession property from a small succession needs to be published once and in the Parish where the proceeding is pending or where the property is located, and shall state that any opposition to the proposed sale must be filed within ten (10) days of the date of publication. By Order of Clerk of Court For the Parish of Jefferson Attorney: George S. Ruppenicker Address: 2325 Manahattan Blvd. Harvey, LA 70058 Gambit: 7/16/13 and The Louisiana Weekly
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 2007-15900 DIV. M IN RE: SUCCESSION OF ADELE NOBLES NOTICE OF FILING OF TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given to the creditors of this estate and all other interested persons to show cause within seven days from the publication of this notice, if any they have or can, why the tableau of distribution filed by LEROY PHOENIX, should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance with it. DALE N. ATKINS, Clerk of Court Attorney: Elaine Appleberry Address: 405 Gretna Blvd., Ste. 107 Gretna, LA 70053 Telephone: (504) 362-7800 Gambit: 7/16/13
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STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 715-945 DIV. N
WHEREAS, the executor of the above estate, has made application to the Court for the sale, at private sale, of the immovable property hereinafter described to wit: That cerrtain piece of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways privilieges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, located in Taffy Park, according to a plan of subdivision of Jens J, Neilsen, Civil Engineer, dated August 19, 1970, revised January 12, 1971, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council on February 4, 1971, under Ordinance No. 9996, a print of which is attached to Entry No. 509409, and is on file in the office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson Plan Book 71, as Plan 20, the said lot is designated and measures as follows: LOT 1, SQ. 5, which said square is bounded by Taffy Drive, St. John St., St. Thomas St., and the North line of the Subdivision; LOT NO. 1 forms the corner of Taffy Drive and St. John St., measures 50 feet on Taffy Drive, the same in width in the rear, by a depth and front on St. John St. of 100 feet between equal and parallel lines. The improvements thereon bear the No. 2544 Taffy Park, Marrero, LA UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: to VAN KHANG for the price and sum of Thirty Three Thousand Five Hundred ($33,500.00) Dollars cash. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedents herein, and of this estate, 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 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. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, Masie Comeaux, Clerk Attorney: William H. Daume Address: 116 Terry Pkwy Ste. E Terrytown, LA 70056 Gambit: 6/25/13 & 7/16/13 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Kendrick J. Bacon, please contact Norlisha Parker Burke, atty, (504) 444-1943. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Larry Jude Hingle, a/k/a Larry J. Hingle, a/k/a Larry Hingle, and/or his heirs, contact Carl V. Williams, Esq., at (504) 586-9177. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lenta Allen, please call Michael Joseph, Jr., attorney at (504) 453-4769. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Thomas Lawler who last known address was on South Dupre Street in New Orleans and who may own or work at Pre-loved Autos at 1817 Canal Street in New Orleans please contact attorney John Mason at (504) 723-5997”.
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 390-012 DIV. N
Notice Is Given that Linda Frances Bellone Hannan, Dative Testamentary Executrix of the Succession of Alphonse Anthony Bellone, has made application to the Court for authority to sell at private sale, the following described immovable property: That Certain Piece Or Portion Of Ground, together with all the buildings, constructions, component parts, fixtures and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part known as Westgate Subdivision, designated as Lot 25, Square Q, municipal address 2520 Minnesota Avenue, Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Being the same property acquired by Elva Coogan Bellone, wife of/and Alphonse A. Bellone, from Beesaw Land Company, Inc. by act passed before John T. Charbonnet, Notary Public, dated January 6, 1958, registered in COB 439, Folio 538, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 89-27202 DIV. E
The Testamentary Executor 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 LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining situated in the THIRD DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, in SQUARE NO. 1038, bounded by No. Galvez, Laharpe, Lapeyrouse and No. Johnson Streets, designated as LOT C or 20 on a plan of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Civil Engineers, dated April 5, 1957 a print of which is annexed to an act before Edward Haspel, Notary Public dated April 18, 1957 and according to which said Lot C commences at a distance of 155 feet 2 lines from the corner of Laharpe and No. Galvez Streets and measures 43 feet 7 inches 2 lines front on Laharpe Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 157 feet 11 inches 4 lines between equal and parallel lines. All as shown on a plan of survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc. dated March 27, 1975.
Summary of sale terms: Pursuant to terms of Louisiana Residential Agreement To Buy Or Sell, dated 6/10/2013, summarized as follows: Sale of the whole of the property for $130,000.00, and estate’s one-half interest $65,000.00 in “as is” condition. Seller to pay 6% of sales price as real estate commission, cost of a home warranty contract, 4.5% of the sales price for purchaser’s closing costs and prepaids, and other customary expenses, including without limitation, proration of taxes, costs of certificates, notary’s fee for preparation of certificates and vendor’s closing fee.
Improvements bear the Municipal No. 2017 LAHARPE STREET. on the following terms and conditions, to wit:
Notice Is Hereby Given, to all parties whom it may concern, including the legatess, heirs and creditors of the decedent and of this estate, 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 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 now given to all parties to whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of decedent, and of this estate, that they be ordered to make any opposition which they may have to approving and homologating 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.
By Order Of The Court, Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk of Court Attorney: Michael D. Hannan Hannan, Giusti & Hannan L.L.P Address: 2201 Ridgelake Drive Metairie, Louisiana 70001-2020 Telephone: 504-831-5300 Gambit 6/25/13 & 7/16/13 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Andrea Louise Jackson-Richard, wife of James Richard, please contact Anne Guste, attorney at 504-861-9861. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of CHRISTOPHER KING, UNDRE JOHNSON, LARRY SMITH, SOHO GROUP, INC, and/or SOHO GROUP, LLC please contact Krystena L. Harper, Attorney, (504) 274-0500. Property rights involved. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of HAROLD ALLEN and/or JUDITH BAROUSSE MILLER ALLEN, please contact Paul C. Fleming, Jr., Attorney, (504) 888-3394. Property rights involved.
TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/100 ($22,500.00), cash, less related costs, taxes, tax sale redemptions, lien payments and cancellations, city document transaction tax, real estate commission and all expenses and the usual vendor’s costs and fees as provided in the Louisiana Residential Agreement to Buy or Sell, with the succession to receive the net proceeds.
By Order of the Court Dale N. Atkins, Clerk Attorney: Andrew J. Treuting Address: 3939 N. Causeway Blvd., Ste. 105 Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: (504) 525-1491 Gambit: 6/25/13 & 7/16/13 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Bruce Wayne Daniel, please contact atty. E. Appleberry at 504-362-7800 or 405 Gretna Blvd. Suite 107 Gretna LA 70053. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Calvin Watson, please call Marcus Delarge, attorney at (504) 235-3096. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Herman Mitchell, please call Michael Joseph, Jr., attorney at (504) 4534769. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jamie Williams, please call Michael Joseph, Jr., attorney at (504) 453-4769. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Joseph Theodore, III or of any of his heirs or legatees, please contact Anne Guste, attorney at (504) 861-9861.
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2012-2810 DIV. M SECT. SUCCESSION OF CHRISTINE SALADRIGAS, WIFE OF COLEMAN KUHN
NOTICE TO HOMOLOGATE FINAL ACCOUNT AND TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given to the creditors of this Estate and to all other persons herein interested to show cause within seven (7) days from this notification (if any they have or can) whey the Final Account and Tableau of Distribution presented by the Testamentary Executor of this estate should not be approved and homologated. Attorney: Charles E. McHale, Jr. Address: 601 Poydras Street, Suite 2345 New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: 504-524-0748 DALE ATKINS, CLERK OF COURT Gambit: 7/16/13
FIRST CITY COURT For The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA No: 2009-52109 JUDICIAL ADERTISEMENT SALE BY CONSTABLE THAT PORTION OF GROUND, BEARING MUNICIPAL NO. 2404-2406 Marengo Street, this city, in the matter entitled: LUCKMORE FINANCE CORPORATION vs PAMELA E. LANERS By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to me directed 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 August 20, 2013, at 12:00 o’clock noon, the following described property to wit: Lot 2, Square No. 587 in the Sixth Municipal District, Municipal No. 24042406 Marengo Street,. Acquired by act dated August 7, 1997, CIN 304277, NA # 00-49762. WRIT AMOUNT: $3,094.56 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. Note: All deposits must be Cash, Cashier’s Check, Certified Check or Money Order; No Personal Checks. Attorney: Darryl Fontana Telephone: 504-581-9545 Lambert C. Boissiere, Jr Constable, Parish of Orleans Gambit: 7/16/13 & 8/6/13 & The Louisiana Weekly: 7/16/13 & 8/6/13 LOST PROMISSORY NOTE: Anyone knowing the whereabouts or having possession of one (1) certain promissory note executed by Jeanette Hollins Williams and Farrell G. Williams, dated August 19, 2008 in the principal sum of 60,000.00 please contact Kimberly Calais at P.O. Box 3929 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 or at (866) 302-6100. Gambit 7/2/13, 7/9/13 & 7/16/13. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Tony Joseph, please call Michael Joseph, Jr., attorney at (504) 453-4769.
24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 716-295 DIV. L
SUCCESSION OF S. JOSEPH SALVAGGIO NOTICE OF FILING ANNUAL ACCOUNT Please take notice that Lisa Salvaggio, the Independent Co-Executor of the above entitled and numbered succession respectfully files the Annual Account of the administration of this succession, and serves it pursuant to ordinary mail or email, and notifies all interested persons that this Annual Account may be homologated after the expiration of ten (10) days from the date of service, and any opposition must be filed within 10 days from the date of service of this Notice. A photocopy of the Annual Account is attached. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, ZATZKIS, McCARTHY & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. Attorney: Lanny R. Zatzkis, T.A., La. S.B. 13781 Attorney: Karen D. McCarthy La. S.B. 14193 Address: 650 Poydras St., Ste. 2750 New Orleans, LA 70130 Counsel for Lisa Salvaggio Gambit: 7/16/13
24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 725-699 DIV. A
SUCCESSION OF ROY NORMAND TORIBIO, SR. NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given to the creditors of this estate and all other interested persons to show cause within seven (7) days from the publication of this notice, if any they have or can, why the tableau of distribution filed by Roy Normand Toribio, Jr., Marie Joyce Toribio Riles and Barbara Forschler, Co-Executors of the Succession of Roy Normand Toribio, Sr., should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance with it. Attorney: Donald F. de Boisblanc Address: 410 S. Rampart St. New Orleans, LA 70112 Telephone: (504) 586-0005 Gambit: 6/25/13 & 7/16/13 No Hunting or Trespassing on all lands owned by the Edward Wisner Donation in Jefferson, St. John the Baptist & Lafourche parishes. All violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Willie Mae B. Jones, please contact Timothy P. Farrelly, Atty. (504) 8324101 or 3445 N. Causeway Blvd., Ste 103, Metairie, LA 70002.
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