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CONTENTS

STAFF Publisher | MARGO DUBOS Associate Publisher | JEANNE EXNICIOS FOSTER Administrative Director | MARK KARCHER

March 17, 2015

Volume 36

Number 11

EAT + DRINK Feature ..................................................................... 27 Ryan Hughes’ Purloo anchors the Southern Food & Beverage Museum Fork + Center ........................................................... 27 All the news that’s fit to eat — and drink 3-Course Interview .............................................29 Arthur Brocato, ice cream merchant Drinks ........................................................................30 Beer Buzz; Wine of the Week Last Bites ..................................................................31 5 in Five, Plate Dates and Off the Menu

D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, RED COTTON, ALEJANDRO DE LOS RIOS, KEN KORMAN, BRENDA MAITLAND, NORA MCGUNNIGLE, NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS Contributing Photographer | CHERYL GERBER

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Seven Things to Do This Week........................... 5 Ava Luna, Union Tanguera, Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival and more

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The Gambit Interview: NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison ...... 17 The chief on the spiking crime rate, NOLA For Life, body cameras and more

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NEWS + VIEWS News.............................................................................7 A tattoo museum opens this week in Central City Y@Speak + N.O. Comment .....................................7 Overheard in New Orleans’ social media world

C’est What? ............................................................... 9 Gambit’s Web poll Scuttlebutt................................................................ 9 From their lips to your ears Bouquets & Brickbats .........................................10 This week’s heroes and zeroes Commentary............................................................12 Gov. Bobby Jindal’s into foreign affairs — again Blake Pontchartrain.............................................14 The New Orleans N.O. It All Clancy DuBos...........................................................15 Ira Thomas’ resignation leaves a hole at the top of the Orleans Parish School Board

STYLE + SHOPPING What’s In Store ......................................................25 Flaming Torch

Feature .....................................................................39 An ambitious recap of the 20th century at the Contemporary Arts Center Music ..........................................................................41 PREVIEW: Steve Gunn Film.............................................................................46 REVIEW: She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry Art ...............................................................................49 REVIEW: Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist Stage..........................................................................53 REVIEW: Suddenly Last Summer REVIEW: Dina Martina at One Eyed Jacks Events ....................................................................... 57 PREVIEW: The Flesh Art Show Crossword + Sudoku ...........................................70

CLASSIFIEDS Market Place ............................................................61 Employment ...........................................................62 Legal Notices..........................................................63 Commercial Spaces ............................................64 Real Estate .............................................................65 Picture Perfect Properties................................66 Home + Garden ...................................................... 68 Mind + Body + Spirit...............................................69 March Merriment .................................................. 72

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seven things to do in seven days Yonatan Gat with Rob Cambre and Jay Steigner

Tue. March 17 | Fresh off his Siberia visit in January, ex-Monotonix freak Yonatan Gat — named by The Village Voice the best New York City guitarist of 2013 — meets his match in New Orleans improv noise mavens Rob Cambre and Jay Steigner. Danny opens at 10 p.m. at Circle Bar.

Ava Luna

Wed. March 18 | Ava Luna is for art-rock fans who think Dirty Projectors got a bit too conventional. The Brooklyn quintet’s second record, last year’s Electric Balloon (Western Vinyl), pitches its self-proclaimed “nervous soul” between early David Byrne and a downed power line. Locals Native America and Krill open at 10 p.m. at Saturn Bar.

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Sat. March 21 | On its latest album Two Universes, Lafayette genre-benders Feufollet combines Acadian rock ’n’ roll with psychedelic pop (on the swirling ’60s swing of single “Know What’s Next”) and its explosive, trademark Cajun roadhouse sound. Little Maker and The Kid Carsons featuring new kid in town, Nashville songwriter W.B. Givens, open at 9:30 p.m. at Tipitina’s.

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atre’s soaring dramatic piece explores the 20th century’s landmark events in a multimedia work featuring video projections and vocalist Mykia Jovan. At 7:30 p.m. at the Contemporary Arts Center (Friday’s performance is part of the SweetArts gala). PAGE 39.

Sat.-Sun. March 21-22 | The Jazz & Heritage Foundation festival features the Rebirth and Hot 8 brass bands, Tank & the Bangas, Cha Wa, Kumbuka African Dance Collective, percussionist Alexey Marti and many others. There also are kids’ activities, an art market and food vendors. From 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Louis Armstrong Park’s Congo Square.

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Fri.-Sun. March 20-22 | The French/Argentine company Union Tanguera’s features seven tango dancers in a show imagining a long and dramatic night in a tango club. At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at NOCCA.

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The New Orleans Tattoo Museum & Studio opens in Central City.

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Lucas says New Orleans’ port city status was pivotal in bringing tattoo artists to the city, though the often transitory, traveling roadshow of early 20th-century tattooists and their shops largely is undocumented. Samuel O’Reilly invented the prototype for the modern electric tattoo machine in 1891 based on Thomas Edison’s designs for a printing pen. (O’Reilly also “had a pass,” Lucas says, to tattoo both Confederate and Union soldiers in the Civil War.) Lucas estimates there were 150 traveling artists by the turn of the century, and nearly one artist for every major city.

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In the 1920s, George Pinell opened his first “Doc” Don Lucas, left, and Adam Montegut will tattoo parlor in the 200 open the New Orleans block of Canal Street. Its Tattoo Museum & Studio in sign advertised “Prof. Geo. Central City March 21. Pinell Electric Tattooing.” P H O T O B Y C H ER Y L G ER B ER Pinell also spent nearly three decades working from inside a truck near Canal and N. Peters Street, and in 1955, he opened a closet-sized shop under the ferry landing at the foot of Canal. The space was so small that customers sat with one leg outside the door and the other inside the shop, which advertised Pinell as a “tattooing specialist” with “all the latest designs.” Pinell — dubbed “The Professor” and “Old Man” — was among only a handful of tattooists in the New Orleans area. In 1958, he told The Times-Picayune’s Dixie magazine that his most popular tattoo was a person’s Social Security number. “This is what I call a neighborhood business,” he said. “One person in a block gets it done and tells his neighbors. Many think it’s a good idea and follow suit.” Another early New Orleans tattooist, “Tattoo Tony” — whose address was only a half number inside a rented-out closet — traveled with carnival sideshows before opening his shop in New Orleans. Carnival tattooists charged 25 to 50 cents for a tattoo, which came with a cigar to be unwrapped seven days later, along with the tattoo’s bandage. “In seven days, he’s 100 miles down the road,” Lucas says, laughing. “The guy takes off his bandage and there’s a thick tattooed scab. He lights up the cigar and passes out.” Sterilization, of course, wasn’t a priority. Tattooists would change a bucket of water once a week and add a drop of PAGE 8

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lass cases display old tattoo guns, pigment bottles, framed photographs of inked members of carnival sideshows and original painted designs from a rogue’s gallery of legendary tattoo artists. Those decades-old designs cascade down the walls like photographs from a wallet. This is the New Orleans Tattoo Museum & Studio, assembled from tattoo artist “Doc” Don Lucas’ years of collecting and globetrotting to tell the story and history of tattooing. A tattoo artist for more than 40 years, Lucas, now 60, pulls back his shoulder-length silver hair, and full sleeves of tattoos peek from under a grey sweatshirt. “The history was undocumented,” he says. “You go to these old-timers and learn from them, because there was no school or learning text.” The 2,000-square-foot museum at Martin Luther King Jr. and Oretha Castle Haley boulevards hosts its grand opening March 21. Lucas and museum co-founder and artist Adam Montegut will offer gallery space for visiting artists and host artist talks and a tattoo studio. The space, Montegut says, pairs the new school with the old, and artists can use the space to study and find inspiration in older, unearthed works. “My other passion was the history, to document as much of the history I’ve been blessed to have given to me or bought,” Lucas says. “Now I’m the old-timer.”

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Listerine, and add a drop of alcohol and camphor into their pigments only to stick a six-month-old needle into it the next day. “There were so many odd-job guys who passed through and were just never known,” Lucas said. “They’re hard to pin down and find anything about them. Some people on their cards advertised they worked here, and Portsmouth and Guam and Hawaii.” Tattoo artist Johnny Walters, for instance, who started tattooing in the 1940s, advertised locations in “Hawaii, Guam, New Orleans” on his 1960s business cards. Another Times-Picayune story from 1972 charted the popularity of “the ancient art of tattooing,” and Dauphine Street tattooist Tommy Williams said his shop remained busy from noon to midnight. Lucas also recalls the firebombing of French Quarter shop Custom Tattoos in the late 1970s, allegedly at the hands of a rival biker gang, the Galloping Gooses chapter of the Hell’s Angels. Montegut made a timeline and a wall-sized map of New Orleans that pinpoints parlor locations over the years, from Pinell’s narrow quarters to the more than 40 studios operating today. “Right now is an art renaissance for tattooing,” Lucas says. “The level of artistic ability working these days, what they can do on skin is as amazing as anything on canvas. It’s living, breathing art. It’s a signature of your soul. You can’t do that on canvas. You can’t get that close to the artist.”

Lucas was born near a naval shipyard on Mare Island outside Vallejo, California. In 1972, he started his tattoo apprenticeship under “Rangoon” Ricky Bordeaux at Skin’s House of Illustration, which looked not unlike a Norman Rockwell barber shop. Lucas flips through a Polaroid scrapbook (titled “The Roots”) that Bordeaux gave him as a graduation gift and points to a photo of his younger self tattooing his own thigh. Bordeaux left an inscription inside the cover: “from Rangoon ‘Dad’ Ricky.” Lucas did his first tattoo in 1974. In 1983, Lucas opened a studio on Airline Drive. It was the only tattoo studio in Metairie. “The city disliked you, the police hated you, nobody wanted you to move next door to them — you were a pariah. At least I was,” he says. “It spooked them so bad they grandfathered me in and stopped anyone else from getting a license.”

Among Lucas’ apprentices was Henri Montegut, Adam’s father, who would later open Electric Expressions in neighboring Kenner in 1990. While Henri Montegut was an apprentice, there only were a handful of shops in the New Orleans area, including Brad’s Westbank Tattoo and Jacci Gresham’s Aart Accent on Rampart Street, which opened in 1976 (making it the oldest operating tattoo parlor in town). Lucas’ notable clients include Ronnie Virgets, Aaron Neville and Anne Rice (he also stuck a fake tattoo on Alec Gifford’s cheek during a 1997 tattoo convention). Adam — a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School and the Maryland Institute College of Art — apprenticed under his father and started tattooing in 2006. Lucas considers him the third generation. Lucas also wrote biographies of Franklin Paul Rogers, The Father of American Tattooing, with whom Lucas closely worked until Rogers’ death in 1990. Lucas tracked down tattoo collections from retired or retiring artists, including the life’s work of famed artist George “Doc” Webb, which spanned Webb’s 60-year career. (Lining the museum’s entrance are Webb’s “flash” paintings — punctured hearts, skulls and tigers, daggers wrapped in banners.) Lucas also bought collections from Europe and Canada (from renowned one-armed artist Curly Allen), “and it just built and became an addiction,” Lucas says. “This had been my wish for a long time, to have a museum and just tattoo part-time,” he says. “My wish came true because of Adam, who put this place together. We talked about it a little bit and hooked up to make a world-class museum out of it and put world-class art out of it. I prayed for that for years, and it came true.” Lucas says those prayers helped him survive a cancer diagnosis. “I wasn’t afraid at all,” he says. “I don’t know if I was stupid, or if I had a lot of faith. Faith got my wife and I through. … It wasn’t my time.” Lucas plans to tattoo part-time inside the museum, while Montegut tattoos in the adjacent studio. “It’s an art and a science,” he says. “You have to be a craftsman, an artist, kind of a psychologist, a businessperson, you have to know a little bit about medicine — all those things work into it all at the same time. “I’ve lived through it. I’ve seen it when it was socially unacceptable, and I’m still here, and it’s as acceptable as Ivory soap.”

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NEWS VIEWS SCUTTLEBUTT Quote of the week

“The Governor and Legislature constantly refer to how can they maintain their purity, or as it is sometimes referred to, their ‘tax virginity.’ You have to be kidding me. This reminds me of two oversexed teenagers dry humping in a backseat of a car parked behind a levee wondering how far they can go while maintaining their purity or virginity. We are literally at the mercy of buffoons and comedians. While they’re humping, our university burns.” — Political consultant, LSU alumnus and Tulane University political science professor James Carville, in a letter to the editor of the LSU Reveille.

Which type of HDLC oversight to apply to the new areas will be part of the committee’s discussion, Head said. Head and District A City Councilwoman Susan Guidry were the only council members to speak on the issue before it quickly passed by a 6-0 vote — including District C Councilwoman Nadine Ramsey, who has sometimes criticized the application of historic-preservation laws. District B City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell, who represents many of the affected areas but has expressed concerns similar to those of Ramsey, was absent as she was representing the city on a Rockefeller Foundation mission to Europe, Head noted. The committee will be comprised of seven members appointed by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the City Council. — ROBERT MORRIS | UPTOWN MESSENGER

Historic district oversight to expand?

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Last month, U.S. Sen. David Vitter was giving away branded Mardi Gras koozies (for a $10 donation). This month he’s running a sweepstakes: the chance to win a box of M855 ammunition, and it’s free to enter. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) had proposed banning the bullets, which can be used in AR-15 semiautomatic rifles. Those in favor of the ban called the ammo — which can be used to pierce police armor — “cop-killing bullets,” while those

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New construction across much of Uptown, Carrollton and Broadmoor could be regulated as closely as it is in the Irish Channel or Garden District, based on the results of a study authorized by unanimous vote of the New Orleans City Council on March 12. The Historic District Landmarks Commission (HDLC) already regulates construction and renovation in certain areas of the city — most closely in the Irish Channel and the Lower Garden District, but also to a lesser degree in the Garden District, City Council President Stacy Head said. But outside those areas, developers who disrespect the city’s history are contributing to “death by a thousand nicks” of its architectural landscape. “New construction is not regulated at all, except for basic building codes,” Head said. Thursday’s motion authorizes a Historic Preservation Review Committee to begin studying whether to expand the HDLC jurisdiction to all the area included in the Uptown, Carrollton and possibly also the Broadmoor historic districts. Currently, at properties in the Irish Channel or Lower Garden District, the HDLC must approve any renovation (short of a paint job or landscaping) that is visible from the street. In the Garden District, all new construction is regulated, but not renovations.

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NEWS VIEWS BOUQUETS + brickbats ™ heroes + zeroes Anthony Davis,

forward for the New Orleans Pelicans, received the January NBA Cares Community Assist Award from Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser recognized Davis’ Flight Academy, which hosts monthly events for children in the New Orleans area. Davis also led the Pelicans’ Player Ticket Program, for which he spent $30,000 to send 3,700 children to Pelicans games.

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awarded $30,000 to nine New Orleans area organizations, including Blights Out, Parisite Skate Park, ThisPlaceMeant/Home, Chess Communite, The Land Memory Bank and Seed Exchange, New Orleans Youth Open Mic Anthology, Soul Ties, 66<100 and the New Orleans Comics and Zine Festival. The fund is a collaboration between Press Street, Ashe Cultural Arts Center and Pelican Bomb.

Jae Kweon,

a sophomore at Jesuit High School, won the Silver Scribe Grand Award Feb. 28 in the annual Tom Bell Silver Scribe Competition for area high school journalists. Kweon also received first- and second-place awards for photography, and Jesuit’s school newspaper The Blue Jay won best overall newspaper.

Michael Sapera,

former chief financial officer of Perlis Clothing, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Feb. 26 to embezzling $2.8 million over his nearly two decades with the company. Sapera was charged with forging signatures on more than 400 checks and stole more than $2 million in corporate checks. U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon will sentence Sapera in May.

NEWS VIEWS SCUTTLEBUTT against the ban claimed no U.S. police officer has been killed with an M855. Vitter and Louisiana’s junior senator, Bill Cassidy, were among several dozen senatorial signatories on a letter to ATF Director Todd Jones protesting the ban. Faced with backlash from the National Rifle Association and Second Amendment supporters, President Barack Obama’s administration abandoned the proposal last week. As of press time, the bullet sweepstakes was still on. If you want to enter, visit www. davidvitter.com/ammo_giveaway. — KEVIN ALLMAN

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Scuttlebits

All the news that doesn’t fit

• The New Orleans City Council finally introduced an ordinance to adopt the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO), a massive undertaking that will establish citywide parameters for development and other property matters. It will appear on an upcoming City Council agenda for a final vote. … • New Orleans social media got some chuckles with last week’s announcement that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) plans to coordinate a recruitment effort with Domino’s. On March 12, NOPD announced that its “Get Behind the Badge” recruitment campaign will appear on Domino’s pizza boxes sold and delivered by 33 local stores. … • Politicians will do anything to build their email (read: donor) bases, but we wonder how much luck U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise had last week with a “LEGALIZE MARIJUANA SURVEY” on his official government website. The survey had only one question — whether the respondent wanted weed legalized at the federal level. Even the most ardent pothead, however, probably thought twice about voting “yes” and then submitting an email address to a dot-gov website. — ALEX WOODWARD & KEVIN ALLMAN

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The three-year battle over the opening of Cafe Habana at Rampart Street and Esplanade Avenue likely came to its end on March 12, when the New Orleans City Council denied cafe opponents’ appeal to strike down approved plans. Cafe Habana — a Cuban restaurant with locations in New York, California and Dubai — had faced opposition from neighborhood groups like French Quarter Citizens and Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents and Associates when the restaurant introduced plans to turn an abandoned gas station and neighboring property into an expansive restaurant. Cafe Habana owner Sean Meenan first submitted plans to the city in 2012. Opponents fear the restaurant will bring unwanted traffic to the neighborhood on the edge of the French Quarter and that the design is out of character with that neighborhood and the neighboring Faubourg Marigny. In January, the Vieux Carre Commission approved design plans, followed by the New Orleans City Planning Commission’s approval in February. Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association President Lisa Suarez said the group isn’t against Cafe Habana itself, but rather “the quality of life issues that come with the development.” “I don’t want to circumvent the process, that’s why I’m here,” said Meenan, adding that he has worked with other cities to develop Cafe Habana sites. “I have no idea what laws I’m breaking.”

But City Council President Stacy Head said Meenan has been delinquent on property taxes for other properties he owns — exclaiming after the vote that Meenan “owes a shitload of taxes.” Head and District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry ultimately voted in favor of the neighborhood groups’ request to overturn the design plans, but four other members of the council rejected the request, killing it by a 4-2 vote. (District B Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell was absent.) “You would think most would be happy to see this blighted property brought into commerce, and you’d be right,” said District C Councilwoman Nadine Ramsey, whose district includes the proposed location. “But it hasn’t been without opposition.” At-large Councilman Jason Williams called the three-year period “atrocious,” adding, “It’s going to be impossible to get an Ikea or a Bass Pro Shop in New Orleans East if they hear they’ll be stymied.” Williams also said he voted “against his own interest” as a French Quarter resident, and said his vote made him less likely to be invited by his neighbors for a glass of wine. — ALEX WOODWARD

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wenty-seven percent. That’s Gov. Bobby Jindal’s approval rating in Louisiana, according to a poll released last week by Mississippi-based Triumph Campaigns. That’s lower than former Gov. Kathleen Blanco when she left office and lower than President Barack Obama today. That level of disapproval requires bipartisan dissatisfaction. State Rep. Jay Morris of Monroe last week called Jindal’s proposed budget fix “insane.” Baton Rouge conservative writer and activist Scott McKay added, with characteristic bluntness, “The mess Jindal has made of Louisiana’s budget is going to destroy his political career.” The only person who thinks things are going swimmingly in Louisiana is Jindal himself. The governor’s latest national op-ed piece (for USA Today) was a howler: “Gov. Jindal: Our Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton led the Senate economy’s better than ever,” read push to write a letter to Iran — a letter which the headline. In his delusional Gov. Bobby Jindal insisted on signing. auto-hagiography, Jindal bragged that he has balanced Louisiana’s budget; in truth he has not — even do likewise. “Every single person thinking though our state constitution requires a about running for President, on both sides, balanced budget. He also touted credit should sign on to this letter to make clear upgrades, ignoring the fact that Moody’s to Iran that they are negotiating with a Investors Service criticized Jindal for lame duck President,” Jindal said. That’s running a “structural deficit” and issued laughably ironic coming from a lame duck a “credit negative” outlook for Louisiana governor who will be leaving office before last month. Amid all his self-praise, Jindal Obama does. And he intimated to The New never mentioned the $1.6 billion deficit that York Times that the letter to Iran was his hangs like the sword of Damocles over the idea, not Cotton’s: “Like I said, we’ve been saying it for a while,” he told the paper, state’s higher education and public health

Jindal’s brand of ‘leadership’ — running to the front of a political parade and claiming to lead it — isn’t moving the needle for him. systems — or that fact that he inherited (and then blew through) a $1.1 billion surplus from his predecessor. Jindal also treated readers to his latest, favorite political stunt: sticking his nose in foreign affairs, about which he knows next to nothing. This time it was the condescending letter signed by 47 GOP senators (including Louisiana’s David Vitter and Bill Cassidy) to the government of Iran, warning that that any nuclear treaty might very well be reversed after Obama leaves office. The letter itself was a ridiculous stunt that quickly backfired on its architect, newly minted U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Jindal endorsed the letter and challenged his fellow presidential aspirants to

adding that Cotton was in the audience at a Jindal speech where he claimed to have made the suggestion. Thankfully, Jindal’s brand of “leadership” — running to the front of a political parade and claiming to lead it — isn’t moving the needle for him. In Iowa, where he spends much of his time these days, Jindal can’t break above 1 or 2 percent support. “It’s time for the President to focus on the real enemy — Radical Islam and a nuclear Iran,” Jindal proclaimed loftily on his Twitter account. Unimpressed Louisianans had excellent replies. Our favorite (from a Gambit reader): “It’s time for the Governor to focus on the job he has, not the job he wants.”

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I recently met someone at a parade and we got to talking about how it’s a shame there aren’t more parades in the neighborhoods any more. She said they used to take floats over the Jeff Davis overpass, but one year there was a windy storm and a float tipped over and someone died. Her claim was that after that incident, no one took floats over the overpass anymore and krewes started moving Uptown. Can you help me unravel this mystery? Alli

Dear Alli,

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It’s been a month since Mardi Gras, but in New Orleans we rarely stop thinking about parades. Just look no further than this month’s St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s processions! Like you, Ol’ Blake laments the loss of neighborhood routes for Carnival krewes, which at one time rolled everywhere from Gentilly and New Orleans East to Kenner, Harahan and Mid-City. Now, as Mardi Gras Guide publisher Arthur Hardy points out, nearly all New Orleans krewes roll on the standard St. Charles Avenue route, with just a few exceptions

— Endymion, NOMTOC and a handful of others. The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) prefers the standardized route, Hardy says, because it’s easier and less costly to patrol. The incident you describe also triggered some route changes. On Feb. 1, 1970, 11 people were injured when a float from the Krewe of Carrollton was toppled by high winds while crossing the Jefferson Davis Parkway overpass, which at that time was included in the krewe’s route. According to The Times-Picayune, winds estimated at more than 70 miles per hour blew the float against the overpass railing. One rider, Peter Latino Sr., fell more than 35 feet to the railroad tracks below and was critically injured. Several NOPD officers and members of the Riverdale High School band also were hurt. Latino remained in a coma for two years following the incident and died in July 1972. In 1974, Carrollton moved its starting point from Oak Street to Canal Street to avoid the overpass.

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The tragedy also led to a requirement that riders in all parades wear safety harnesses while parades roll. The city ordinance was introduced by Councilman James Moreau, Latino’s brother-in-law.

his month marks the 80th anniversary of the appointment of an important figure in the local Catholic church, Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel. A native of Baden, Germany, Rummel came to America with his parents when he was just six years old. Ordained a priest in 1902, he served several years as the bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, before being appointed in 1935 by Pope Pius XI as the ninth archbishop of New Orleans. Rummel served as archbishop for 30 years (the longest tenure in local church history), and his time here coincided with a period of great growth and change for the archdiocese. In 1953, Rummel’s pastoral letter, “Blessed are the Peacemakers,” ordered the end of segregation in the archdiocese. In 1962, he famously excommunicated three local Catholics — including Leander Perez Sr. — for defying the authority of the church by protesting integration. The Metairie high school that bears Rummel’s name opened in 1962, two years before he died at age 88.

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Selling out cheap he resignation of Orleans Parish School Board member Ira Thomas marks another sad chapter in the tarnished history of the beleaguered school board. Thomas resigned March 6 after the feds charged him with conspiracy to commit bribery. He is accused of accepting a $5,000 kickback from a janitorial company seeking a school board contract. The fact that Thomas was charged in a bill of information and not indicted by a grand jury suggests he is assisting in a wider investigation into political corruption. The factual scenario painted by prosecutors in the charge against Thomas mentions an unnamed public employee who asked the janitorial company for a $5,000 payoff in exchange for Thomas’ help in landing the contract. The contractor, to his or her credit, wired up for subsequent meetings with Thomas, the unnamed employee and an unnamed private citizen as part of a sting operation. Thomas was running for Orleans Parish Sheriff at the time. Ironically, Thomas now faces the prospect of spending time in Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s jail — after he accused Gusman during the campaign of overseeing a less-than-honest public agency. (Gusman’s

office has seen its share of corruption, though the sheriff himself has not been implicated in any of it.) According to the feds, Thomas structured the kickback as a contribution to his campaign for sheriff. The private citizen allegedly collected the payoff and was recorded on video doing so before depositing the loot in a bank account, then withdrawing some of it and giving it to Thomas. Prosecutors say the alleged conspirators met again last fall and discussed ways to help the contractor by changing the bid specs. If the charges prove true — Thomas pleaded not guilty last week but is expected to change his plea soon — it’ll be another example of an elected official felled by petty corruption. Five thousand dollars isn’t chump change, but it’s no golden parachute either. It makes you wonder why crooks so often sell their souls so cheaply. Thomas will surely spend a lot more than $5,000 in legal fees, even if he cops a plea relatively soon. Then there’s that lifetime of ignominy. All for a measly five grand. How pathetic. There’s a much bigger price to pay, of course, by Thomas’ former board colleagues (who are trying to hire a new school superintendent) and the thousands

Ira Thomas, who ran for Orleans Parish Sheriff in 2014, stepped down from his presidency of the Orleans Parish School Board March 6 after being charged with conspiracy to commit bribery.

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hen Michael Harrison was tapped to become the permanent chief of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), he’d already been serving as interim chief for almost two months, after his predecessor, Ronal Serpas, suddenly stepped down. Harrison, 45, a New Orleans native, was a veteran of the NOPD with a masters in criminal justice from Loyola University, a cop who had worn many hats on the job: a stint in the public integrity bureau, commander of the special investigations division and commander of the Seventh District. He inherited a force with many problems, including the ongoing federal consent decree, police union unhappiness and a violent crime rate that was going up (though the murder rate went down slightly in 2014). We also asked him about his views on community policing, body cameras and how NOLA For Life could be said to be working when the violent crime rate is rising.

HARRISON: All of us got our start in the NOPD. All of us started the same way — born and raised here in the city. Our personalities are very different and so our management styles will be very different. I personally got to see the good, the not so good … and I had a chance to learn from both of them. Our goals are the same: Make the department a better department, make the officers better officers, provide the best quality police services that we can provide.

How would you describe your style? HARRISON: I’m big on management, but I’m also big on the people side of management. I am always trying to get the most out of people, make them as good as they can be and make me as good as I can be. I probably spend more time listening to what the people who work for me and the citizens have to say, to figure out what it is they are saying they need, what they’re saying they want, how they view us — and then you’ll see me offering solutions rather than imposing what I think they need.

Give us one example of something you think sums up how you approach a problem. HARRISON: It’s the essence of community policing. For a long time, we provided police services that we thought the community needed in a way we thought we should deliver it. My philosophy is — and I think it’s in line with what community policing really is — we ought to deliver the police services they tell us they need and then agree to deliver it in a way that we mutually agree we should deliver it. PAGE 18

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The NOPD chief on the consent decree, community policing, New Orleans’ rising rate of violent crime, NOLA For Life and more.

Chief, you’ve been in the NOPD since 1991. How would you say you differ from your predecessors, especially Ronal Serpas and Warren Riley, in terms of style and substance?

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Statistics show big jumps in armed robberies, rapes, assaults and auto thefts in the last year. At the same time, the murder rate declined by about 20 percent. You credit the drop in murders to the Mayor’s NOLA For Life program. If that’s true, why haven’t other violent crimes gone down?

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HARRISON: I think NOLA For Life is a really good murder reduction strategy. And I do credit the drop in murders to that because we did see a decrease in gang-related and group-related violence as a result of that program. I personally had an opportunity to sit with 50 young men who went through that program and who signed up for a different way of life. I went to a banquet where I found all 50 of them were either full-time students or full-time employees or a combination of both. They are the proof that this works. I give them great credit for that. There are other reasons why crime is up, why crime goes down. It has to do a lot with our manpower, which we’re working to build up. We’re in a world-class recruitment campaign to hire as many as we can hire to get to our target number of 1,600 [officers]. It has to do with the amount of vehicles we have on the street and our ability to deploy like we want to deploy to affect those crimes of opportunity, to have a visibility and a deterrent effect to armed robbery. For example, in December we created a task force of eight people when we had a spike in armed robberies right before Christmas and right after Christmas. That task force had some success, so we doubled the size of it. We have 16 people around the city to deploy in areas that we know are crime hot spots. We use technology to figure out where those crime trends are, how they move, and then we deploy to that. Since then, you’ve seen a decrease. Year-to-date, we’re seeing decreases in robberies, decreases in shootings. Now, there is an increase in murders — but crimes of opportunity, we’re showing decreases in that.

Criminologists have said that it’s not so much NOLA For Life, but it’s actually better EMS, better emergency room treatments, that brought down the murder rate. What’s your response to that? HARRISON: I’d say it’s a combination of it all. I won’t discredit any of that. I think we’re all becoming smarter. We’re all becoming more efficient. We’re all becoming more effective. NOLA for Life is a great strategy. As we have rapid response to people who are injured, that has an effect. We’re just one part of the murder reduction strategy. There are all types of parts built into NOLA For Life: prevention, intervention. We’re just one part. We’re doing everything we can to make sure we provide the resources to the community, the police officers to the community, putting them in the right places, asking them to do the right things and holding them accountable for the work that they do to ensure that everybody is performing to expectations. We believe if we do our part, we’ll have a positive effect.

You mentioned recruiting. Deputy Mayor Andy Kopplin has said the goal this year is to add 150 new officers. Last year NOPD added about half that many, according to the Civil Service Commission. How will you double that number this year?

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Year-to-date, we’re seeing decreases in robberies, decreases in shootings. Now, there is an increase in murders — but crimes of opportunity, we’re showing decreases in that.

One of the big criticisms of Chief Serpas was that cops were leaving in droves. How have you addressed that? HARRISON: Since I’ve become the chief, I’ve asked commanders whenever anybody wants to leave or advises us that they’re leaving, that I’d like to speak to them personally. In my first two months, I met with six from the Special Operations Divisions. Several of those officers stayed. Several left. And the ones that left, it was because they enjoyed working with the police department [but] they lived out of parish and it was a better financial move for their family. As I go around, officers are telling me that they’ve considered leaving but now they want to stay. I think one of the reasons is we’re making this a great place to work. The mayor has given us everything we need to give the officers what they need to do their jobs to be efficient and effective. We’re putting out another hundred vehicles. We just ordered another hundred that will be here in May or June. Four hundred new cars will hit the street

in a short period. We bought all new computers for all of the districts. We bought an extra hundred body cameras. We just bought 350 new Tasers. We upgraded our infrastructure. All of these things are happening right now on top of a 5 percent raise, which was the first raise we received in eight years. And officers are really rethinking NOPD. It’s really not about money because NOPD was [until recently] the highest paid [law enforcement agency] in the state. Now we are the second highest behind the State Police. So it’s never really been about the money. It’s really about working conditions, maybe the relationships and all the sidebar issues that cops have. But I’ve been going out there talking to them one-on-one and just showing them, No. 1, that I care about them, and No. 2, I want to be an advocate for them. I want to show them that I support the work that they do and that when they do good work, we’re going to shout it from the rooftops. We haven’t had an awards ceremony in a long time, and we are planning an awards ceremony to award all of the officers who are going to receive medals of commendation and merit. That’s going to come real soon for everybody who did meritorious work in 2013, and then also we’ll have one for 2014. So morale is improving. Performance is high. High performance is usually an indication of high morale, when you see officers out there really showing up every day, doing what’s expected of them.

In your opinion, is it worth removing the 60-hour college credit requirement for new recruits, to get more bodies on the street, or would that represent a reversal of progress? Studies show cops that don’t have some college wind up being more likely to use force or have problems with civilian encounters. HARRISON: I’ve seen those studies, and I understand them. I don’t think it’s a reversal. This was a criteria for application, not a criteria for hire. So as we interview people and find recruits, the

When can residents of the French Quarter expect to see NOLA Patrol people on the street? HARRISON: The training will take about six weeks. If we can get that training started before the end of March, it will be six weeks. We’re trying to expedite it as fast as we can. We were hoping mid-April, but it could be late April, early May.

A September report by the Independent Police Monitor found that body cameras or dash cameras were being deployed in just one out of three cases, and the December report by federal monitors found that the department regularly fails to record and review video even when the technology is available. What’s the penalty, if any, for officers turning their cameras off? HARRISON: This is a new technology. We went through a large learning curve. I’m seeing disciplinary investigations come to my desk because officers failed to turn the cameras on. The penalty for the first offense is a one-day suspension. I’ve given out, I believe, 14 of those so far. There are some more in the pipeline. There’s 64 investigations total right now. I’ve seen 14 come across my desk, 13 for first offense and one for a second offense, for which I gave an employee a five-day suspension.

A video is such a vital piece of evidence. Do you think a one-day suspension is enough for failing to turn the video on? HARRISON: On the first offense — just forgetting to do it — we’ve met with the Department of Justice, our consent decree monitors and the federal judge about that. That punishment fits that offense, for forgetting to turn the body camera on. We don’t know what the future holds, but for right now that punishment fits that offense.

Are you satisfied with the progress of implementing the federal consent decree? HARRISON: I am. I’m proud of the work that we’re doing with the consent decree. I’m proud of the way the police department and our management team and our officers have embraced it. We’re getting

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HARRISON: We’ve made changes to our recruiting strategy. Number one, we have world-class advertising right now. Our marketing campaign is very robust, and it’s going to become even more robust. We’re seeing people from as far away as New York City applying. Number two, we’ve modified the application requirement by eliminating the education requirement. That information gets lost in translation, but we’ve tried to message it as much as we can that it’s not a requirement for hire, it was a requirement for application. We’ve seen an exponential increase in applications since we’ve done that. It’s still a very rigorous process. Only 3 percent of all applicants make it to the hiring process. … This is a great place to be right now. We’re bringing in many resources to make this a good place to be. Fewer people are asking to leave at the rate they were leaving. More people are asking to come back than before. For example, there are three people who are training in the academy this week who are reinstatements. Soon they will hit the street.

best candidate will get hired. The smartest, the best, the bravest, a combination of it all, those are the candidates we’re going to hire. All we did was open the applicant pool.

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I’m seeing disciplinary investigations come to my desk because officers failed to turn the cameras on. The penalty for the first offense is a one-day suspension. I’ve given out, I believe, 14 of those so far.

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positive reviews from the consent decree monitor, the Department of Justice, and [U.S. District] Judge [Susie] Morgan who oversees our consent decree. We’re on task and on schedule with some. There’s a lot of work to be done. We feel we have a good team in place, and it’s making us a better police department.

The Inspector General blasted the Sex Crimes Unit some months ago for dereliction of basic duties — dereliction that occurred before you became chief. A task force was formed to investigate those cases. Have there been any developments? What’s the status of NOPD’s internal investigation of the Sex Crimes Unit? HARRISON: There are two things working. The investigation of past cases through the task force led by Commander Paul Noel, and there’s an internal investigation led by [Public Integrity Bureau Deputy] Chief [Arlinda] Westbrook into the allegations of mishandling of those rape cases. That was a scathing report. It opened a lot of eyes and it brought concern to all of us. [Second District] Commander [Paul] Noel is leading the task force. We meet every Monday for him to give me an update and then we talk again on Friday about whatever successes they’ve had during the week. They’re investigating a group of cases, some of which have already been adjudicated, some of which they’ve turned over to the district attorney’s office, some they’re still working through. But they had to triage them all to figure out how to prioritize what to look at first. They’re having success with that, but that’s a long, hard process — to go back and investigate all of those cases. More have come in since we mounted that task force. The internal investigations are going well. Chief Westbrook meets with me every Monday and we talk throughout the week about the work that they’re doing. We found some deficiencies.

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What do you say to women who have been brave enough to report this sort of thing only to have this either not investigated or investigated improperly or not treated well? HARRISON: They’ve been victimized more than once, and we want to assure them that we are rebuilding the Police Department and the systems of accountability that won’t allow this to happen again. Just recently we agreed to move all of our sex crimes detectives and supervisors into the Family Justice Center and to work from that facility. They’ll be working hand-in-hand with the advocates. The relationships are really good there. It’s a long, hard process. It doesn’t

happen overnight. We’re moving ahead, but we want to assure citizens that we’re actively investigating all the cases that came in. There’s more information that I’m not at liberty to get into right now because it’s ongoing. But all of us will be standing together to present our findings, along with [the Inspector General], who will be able to validate that we did what we said we would do.

You began our conversation by talking about community policing. What does community policing mean to you? HARRISON: Community policing means that officers have to [change] the way we think about delivering police services. For example, when a church is giving away food to hungry folk, we put on an apron and we give away food. When a community is cleaning up a playground, planting trees, we don’t block the traffic and watch them plant trees. We get on our hands and knees and plant trees. When a neighborhood decides to clean up an empty area that has trash, we don’t block the traffic and let them pick up the trash. We put on some gloves and go pick up the trash. We’re the community. It’s called sweat equity. We have to put in the same sweat equity as everybody else. Whatever the citizens are doing, we need to be doing. As long as we stand there and block the traffic, they view us as the police and not the community. We were at Sampson Playground not long ago with NOLA For Life Day, and they were planting trees, and we were putting benches around the basketball court and digging holes and pouring concrete. Cops were carrying big bags of concrete. A guy walked up to me and said, “It’s about time.” That’s what community policing is — putting in the same sweat equity as

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There was work that was being done — some of it was not good work, some of it was a lack of work or we found some where there was no work. It’s a combination of it all. Anybody who has failed to perform, anybody who performed less than [up to] expectation, anybody who didn’t have the right temperament to do that type of work or anyone who didn’t treat a victim with the dignity and respect the victim should have been treated with, those are not folks we want in that unit. We made some early changes, and there are more to come. In my opinion, the internal investigation is progressing nicely, and I believe we will be able to satisfy the community that not only are we investigating those people, but we also are looking at supervisors who may have had culpability. That will go as high as it needs to go. No one is exempt from it. Anybody who is responsible for any wrongdoing, they’ll be disciplined.

COVER STORY

Whatever the citizens are doing, we need to be doing. As long as we stand there and block the traffic, they view us as the police and not the community.

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everybody else and not just being the police while everybody else does all the work.

One of the cornerstones of NOLA For Life is the premise that young black men are at particular risk. A lot of young black men don’t trust the police. What do you say to them to earn their trust and respect after Henry Glover, after Danziger, after Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin? HARRISON: Those are very unfortunate incidents that happened here and around the country. We have to earn their trust. It won’t just happen by me asking them to trust us. It starts with what I told you earlier. It starts with not giving citizens what we think they need, how we think we should give it to them. When I meet with the commanders, I’m asking them to go out and bring your officers with you and ask people: Tell me what you need and let’s figure out how we can give that to you. It brings the officers and the community members to the table, and it starts a dialogue and people begin to tell us about us. Some of it is not going to be so good. But if we listen constructively, we can go back and figure out how to approach them. Now, when it comes to crime and when it comes to people who are out there trying to hurt us and trying to hurt members of the community because of their violent acts,

we’re not going to be soft. We want to be harsh on crime. We want to be soft on people. I think we’ve mixed that up over the past years.

Do you have sons? HARRISON: I have a son. He’s 21.

Did you have “the talk” with him? HARRISON: I’ve had talks with him many times. It’s a unique situation having a son grow up in your home when you’re a police officer.

Sure, but it may not be that unique if he’s driving alone and gets pulled over. HARRISON: But he is my son. He grew up in the city. So I’ve had that talk with him. I’ve mentioned the relationship between police and young black men, that there are people who will stereotype you and there are people who will view you as a black man and not just a man. I’ve had to talk to him about the way you respond and the way you talk to law enforcement when you’re approached. My conversation with him was early on before he even started driving. And just like any young man, he didn’t pay attention at first, but he learned. And then I told him, “Son, if the police come up to you, the absolute best thing to do is say, ‘Hello, officer, my name is Michael Harrison II. I attend such-and-such school. I’m on my way there. You probably want to know the next question, how are my grades? I’ve got four A’s, a B and two C’s. I play in the band.’” When you tell the officer that before the officer has a chance to ask one question, you’ve deescalated the police officer. He learned that. Does every parent do that? No, probably not. That’s what I taught him to do. It was a de-escalation technique. Will everybody do that? No. But I’ve had “the talk” with him. I don’t know that he’s had negative experiences with police. I didn’t have them when I grew up. I was stopped by police, but I don’t recall having any negative experiences. If they asked me questions, I answered them. It’s probably what made me want to be a police officer. I was always in awe of the police.

New Orleans had 156 murders in 2013 and 150 last year. Meanwhile, according to the Uniform Crime Reports, violent crimes were actually up more than 25 percent. And if the murder numbers from the first two months of this year continue at their pace, murders will be up in 2015. HARRISON: Murder is always a great concern. We do not want to have this high of a murder rate.

COVER STORY

The crime rate and the murder rate are two separate rates. Although murder is in the crime numbers, the crime rate can be looked at very differently. A lot of the crime rate had to do with manpower. There were crimes of opportunity. People were preying on victims at different times in different locations. As we grow we smartly deploy resources, and if you look at crime now, we’re seeing three consecutive weeks of decreases. We hope to continue that trend. Of the murders that happened this year, I think somewhere around 13 of them were cleared by warrant, exception or arrest. Quite a number of them were domestic in nature and occurred indoors by known assailants, family members or loved ones. But it’s always a great concern. One is way too many. We’re doing everything that we can. We’re an active participant in the NOLA For Life program. Our Street Gang Unit and our Multi-Agency Gang Unit, they’re working to identify gangs, and we’ve had great success with that. To date, we’ve had 11 gangs with 116 gang members, I believe, indicted. Many of them have already been convicted. So we’re seeing a decrease in gang and group-related violence that leads to murder. We’re happy about that, but yeah, we’re concerned about this increase in murder as well.

When can citizens expect a significant drop in violent crime?

— This interview was conducted at NOPD headquarters on Friday, March 6. Some of the questions and answers were edited for clarity and concision.

We want to be harsh on crime. We want to be soft on people. I think we’ve mixed that up over the past years.

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HARRISON: There are a lot of things that are working together at the same time: our community policing effort, growing the department, giving training to all of our officers, training to all of our supervisors, and then every day dealing with crime deployment and crime strategies. We anticipate that this quarter will see a decrease in crime overall, a decrease in violent crime and a decrease in property crime. And while I don’t want forecast too far, we’re utilizing every strategy available to us to make sure officers are where they need to be, deployed to where crime is to prevent it, to deter it and to apprehend those who commit it. That’s the commitment we make to the community.

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Benson’s Upholstery (3044 Galleria Blvd., Metairie, 504-831-5244; www. bensons-upholstery.com) holds a sale from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21. All showroom and unclaimed furniture is cash-and-carry and costs $300 or less.

By Kat Stromquist

Kevin Faul, creator of Conway Electric, appears at Modern Market (3138 Magazine St., Unit C, 504-8962206; www.modernmarketlifestyle.com) from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19 to discuss product design, sustainable manufacturing and other topics. There will be drinks and product giveaways.

With its French menu and artistically charged ambiance, the restaurant blends old-school Uptown tastes with a cosmopolitan sensibility. Guests seeking escargots or coq au vin can taste classic Continental dishes tweaked by chef Jessica Smith, or they can stop by the bar for Pernod or Italian wine while chatting with the loquacious and personable Khaleghi. An impeccably outfitted dining area upstairs, renovated by the owner herself, suits large groups and private parties. Khaleghi thinks of Flaming Torch as a neighborhood place. She loves the walkable blocks around Napoleon Avenue and Magazine Street, as well as the regulars who come in to dine or just to catch up. Her work in philanthropy, including donating her art to auctions at places like Children’s Hospital, has made her well-known in the area.

Flaming Torch owner Zohreh Khaleghi considers the restaurant her late husband’s legacy. P H OTO BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER

She’ll further establish the restaurant as a neighborhood fixture with its new breakfast offerings. On Saturdays and Sundays, the Flaming Torch will open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to serve weekend morning fare like pancakes and quiche alongside bloody marys and mimosas. Kaleghi compares the restaurant, and dining itself, to a blank canvas that becomes barrierbreaking art. “[With food], you give it to the people, and you connect with the people,” she says.

Restoration Thrift (2025 St. Claude Ave., 504-322-2643; www.restorationthrift.org) recently opened. Clothing, shoes, jewelry, books, household items, sporting goods, furniture and other items are for sale, and proceeds benefit St. Roch CDC, a nonprofit. Abeille NOLA (209 Harrison Ave., www.abeillenola.wordpress.com) has opened in its new Lakeview location. The contemporary women’s boutique sells clothing, shoes and accessories.

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n a rainy afternoon, one might find a fire popping and crackling in the dining room at the Flaming Torch (737 Octavia St., 504-895-0900; www.flamingtorchnola.com). With walls covered in landscapes and abstract paintings by owner Zohreh (pronounced “Zoree”) Khaleghi, the space looks like a French bistro packed itself up and relocated to a private collector’s showroom. In this eclectic restaurant, Khaleghi is a proud gallerist and artist, as well as owner, part-time maitre d’ and occasional chef. “I love cooking; it’s my passion,” she says. “[I think] anything you’ve created is art. They give you something that’s nothing by itself, and you mix it together, and you create something. That’s art.” Khaleghi embraces the creative aspects of restaurant work. She left her native Iran at 16 to study political science in Europe, while cultivating a passion for the arts. In addition to her internationally known drawing and painting work, she writes and translates poetry and publishes her own multilingual magazine. Her canvases enhanced her husband Hassan’s former businesses, including the Moonlight Cafe. The pair opened the Flaming Torch in 2004 with Hassan at the helm, while Khaleghi consulted on everything from the menu to the diamond-bright chandeliers. Hassan ran the business until he passed away last year after an illness. “[After his passing], I thought, ‘I need to just give whatever I love up for a couple of months and come to be my husband,’” Khaleghi says. “I’m doing his legacy. I want to keep his restaurant, or whatever he had before, the same, or maybe much better,” she says.

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Dinner and a show Purloo’s elevated Southern style By Will Coviello

Louisiana blue crabs from Lake Pontchartrain and separates the crab roe and crab fat. He picks the crabmeat and crab claws and makes a stock out of the remains. The crab stock then becomes a veloute and the finished dish includes the crabmeat, crab claws and a compound butter made with crab fat and roe. The restaurant is taking a farm-to-table approach, and Hughes typically works with 10 farmers at a time. He sources whole goats and lamb from Pickett Farms outside Jackson, Mississippi. Hughes originally was interested in the farm’s grass-fed lamb, and he uses lamb shanks in an upscale burgoo stew. Burgoo is a traditional stew common in Kentucky, and it can be made with various meats or small animals such as rabbit. Hughes makes Purloo’s version with crowder peas, okra and red mustard greens and serves it with buttermilk cornbread. To prepare Pickett’s goats, Hughes found inspiration in local Vietnamese cuisine. Curried goat is made with lemon grass, coriander, sprouts and local sweet potatoes and served with banh mi bread. It’s an example of how Purloo’s vision of the South embraces the region’s diversity and change. The menu also includes fried chicken and catfish, Memphis-style barbecued ribs, house-cured tasso and Gulf seafood and plenty of local produce. There’s a short roster of sandwiches, a burger and daily blue plate specials. The drinks program also has a Southern focus, but it’s almost exclusively regional, says front-of-the-house manager and bar director Mark Schettler.

Chef Ryan Hughes assembles an entree at the food bar at Purloo. P H O T O BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER

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Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat.

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“Outside of Cheerwine and mint juleps, the beverage history of the South is pretty much New Orleans and a few whispers around the South,” he says. Schettler also curated a cocktail list split between classics (an old- fashioned and Ciro’s Special, an obscure 1940s tiki drink) and new creations. The beer selection features all regional craft beers, but the wine list reaches around the globe. The bar is worthy of museum placement. It’s a 1851 Brunswick bar that originally was installed at the West End Hotel and was used by the Lakefront family seafood restaurant Bruning’s from the 1860s to 1998, when the restaurant was destroyed by Hurricane Georges. It’s not used as a standing bar anymore, but the restored relic is a good vantage point to take in the history and changes on display at the restaurant and museum space.

Amici Ristorante & Bar will construct a St. Joseph’s Day altar. P H O TO BY C HERY L G ERBER

Pasta Milanese is a dish traditionally served during St. Joseph’s Day celebrations. Matrana is preparing spaghettini with pine nuts, sardines, anchovies and marinara with golden raisins. Matrana and the Rizzutos want to build a St. Joseph’s Day tradition at Amici. When Matrana was young, he and his family volunteered to work on the large-scale altar and celebration organized in the Warehouse District by the Greater New Orleans Cultural Center and the American Italian Cultural Center (537 St. Peters St., 504-522-7294; www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com). A massive outdoor altar was constructed in the Piazza d’Italia, and the blessing was often given by New Orleans Archbishop Philip Hannan, Matrana says. PAGE 28

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ith the recent opening of Ashe Cultural Arts Center’s Ashe Power House theater (1731 Baronne St.) and the arrival of Irvin Mayfield’s New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s new home at the New Orleans Jazz Market (1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.), a pre-theater crowd is showing up at Purloo, chef/proprietor Ryan Hughes’ new restaurant inside the Southern Food & Beverage Museum (SoFAB). Hughes says diners are getting a sort of pre-event performance from the restaurant’s open kitchen, which features a horseshoeshaped 18-seat food bar. “We’re onstage all the time,” Hughes says. He leads the show, running dinner service each night. The open kitchen stems from the concept he developed when he first started talking to SoFAB director Liz Williams. The museum fills a cavernous open space, and the only partition between the restaurant and the exhibits are sheer curtains. “The open kitchen is like a working exhibit,” Hughes says. “Only the dishwashing station is in back. We do butchering in the open kitchen. Museum patrons can approach the food bar and watch or talk to us.” The menu draws inspiration from across the South, and many are traditional dishes elevated by refined ingredients and techniques. While he waited for the completion of museum construction, Hughes developed his menu in a series of weekly Purloo pop-up dinners (144 in all). A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Hughes has spent the last 14 years cooking in New Orleans, and has toured the South extensively since Hurricane Katrina. Hughes received culinary training at Johnson & Wales University in Charleston, South Carolina, where he focused on traditional French cooking. Several items on his menu are derived from popular Lowcountry dishes. The restaurant’s name refers to a rice and shrimp dish, not unlike jambalaya, prepared by South Carolina’s Gullah community, who are descendants of slaves brought to the state. She-crab soup is a common Lowcountry dish using crab roe and crab fat. For the version at Purloo, Hughes takes female

Many New Orleans area Italian Americans celebrate St. Joseph’s Day (March 19) by setting up altars laden with Sicilian cookies and baked goods. The altars honor St. Joseph, the patron saint of Sicily, and fava beans from the celebration symbolize the good fortune of surviving a drought and famine. Amici Ristorante and Bar (3218 Magazine St., 504-300-1250; www.amicinola.com) will create a St. Joseph’s Day altar in its dining room, and guests can view it from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, when it will be blessed by a priest. The altar will hold more than 3,500 Italian cookies baked by the family of Amici owners Phil and Jack Rizzuto. There also will be specially baked breads, artichokes, whole fish and fava beans on the display. “We’re trying to bring back the tradition,” says Amici chef Chad Matrana, who grew up in the Irish Channel and celebrated St. Joseph’s Day with his family. From noon to 4 p.m. on St. Joseph’s Day, Matrana will serve complimentary pasta Milanese to guests visiting the altar and making a donation. Guests also can sample the Sicilian cookies and claim a fava bean. The food on the altar will be donated to Ozanam Inn (843 Camp St., 504-523-1184; www.ozanaminn.org). Collected donations will go to Children’s Hospital of New Orleans (200 Henry Clay Ave., 504-899-9511; www.chnola.org).

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Matrana and members of his family helped prepare pasta for St. Joseph’s Day visitors, and they typically fed more than 2,000 people, he says. The Italian American Cultural Center now creates an altar in the lobby of the Loews Hotel (300 Poydras St., 504-595-3300; www. loewshotels.com/new-orleans). It will be on display March 13-22. There also will be St. Joseph’s Day events at the International House Hotel (221 Camp St., 504-533-9550; www.ihhotel.com). From 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, there will be sfincione, a traditional Sicilian pizza, from Bellegarde Bakery, Italian apertifs by Loa bartender Alan Walter, an accordion performance and more. At 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21, a panel including Arthur Brocato of Angelo Brocato Ice Cream and Confectionery (see 3-Course Interview, p. 29), Sal LoGiudice of United Bakery, Mardi Gras Indian Cherice Harrison-Nelson and others will discuss New Orleans’ St. Joseph’s Day traditions. — WILL COVIELLO

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NOLA Brewing (www. nolabrewing.com) has been a sponsor of the pig roast and music festival Hogs For the Cause (www.hogsforthecause.org) since it began. The brewery is producing a special beer for the seventh edition, which takes place at New Orleans City Park’s festival grounds March 27-28. Called Hog Tied, the beer is a 5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) Belgian wit, or wheat style, brewed with coriander and satsuma peel. It will be available at the “Moroccan Roll” gala fundraising dinner Thursday, March 26, as well as in the festival’s NOLA Bier Garden Friday and Saturday. “It’s easy to drink and a little light,” says NOLA Brewing president Kirk Coco. Hogs for the Cause features 85 teams slow roasting and barbecuing whole hogs, and there are awards in categories including best whole hog, best sauce and best creative use of pork in a dish. The music lineup includes Drive By-Truckers, Strand of Oaks, Tab Benoit, The Soul Rebels and others. The festival raises funds to support families with a child fighting pediatric brain cancer. Admission is $20 per day and two-day packages are available. Visit the website for information. — NORA McGUNNIGLE

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Arthur Brocato

Proprietor Angelo Brocato Ice Cream & Confectionery Arthur Brocato is the grandson of Angelo Brocato, who opened his namesake ice cream parlor in the French Quarter more than a century ago. Arthur speaks at a panel about New Orleans St. Joseph’s Day traditions at 5 p.m. Saturday at the International House Hotel (220 Camp St., second floor). Arthur sat down at Angelo Brocato Ice Cream & Confectionery (214 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-486-0078; www. angelobrocatoicecream.com), which he runs along with several siblings, and spoke with Gambit about fig cookies and St. Joseph’s Day altars.

Why are fig cookies so prominently associated with St. Joseph’s Day altars?

Traditionally, what else goes on a St. Joseph’s Day altar?

B: Breads are important, and cakes. Some people put a lamb-shaped cake on their altar. And there are dishes people put out. In Sicily, people might put out seafood, like mussels or swordfish. In Louisiana, you might see people put out boiled crabs. It’s easier in Sicily because of the climate. Here you might put out the seafood for the viewing of the altar on St. Joseph’s Eve, the night before. Then you might put it in the refrigerator. But everybody’s tradition is a little bit different. There’s no strict rules. Just no meat, because St. Joseph’s Day always falls during Lent.

How has observation of St. Joseph’s Day changed?

B: My family grew up in the French Quarter. It used to be an Italian neighborhood. My grandparents always had a big altar in the store. A lot of people used to build an altar in their home. You’d put a palm branch on your front door to announce the altar, and people would come to visit. On St. Joseph’s Day, you’d have a feast, and you’d make pasta Milanese. St. Joseph’s Day marks surviving a drought, so you’d be giving thanks for food and rains. You never refused people who came to the door. That’s what the fava beans are about. It’s not a good luck charm. It shows you are fortunate — you have food. In the last 30 years, fewer people are setting up altars. More people are having a family dinner, either on St. Joseph’s Day or the Sunday before or after. — WILL COVIELLO

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Brocato: Well, they keep. So you can put them on the altar for a while. They’re made with dried figs, and they are easy to make into different shapes. Even people who make them at home can make them into religious shapes — a palm, the chalice, sandals, the monstrance. All the cookies that go on the altars are traditional Sicilian cookies. You have to have pigniolata. It’s fried dough coated with either honey or caramelized sugar. (Brocato’s) pignolata are covered in sugar. The cookies stick together so the look like pine cones, because supposedly Jesus played with pine cones when he was young. That’s the story anyway. We also put biscotti, which come in different colors. People put sesame seed cookies on the altars, and scadalini or ossi di morte, “dead man’s bones.” These are cookies we make year round, but they go on the altars, and they’re popular at this time of year.

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BEER buzz Dinner Lab (www.dinnerlab. com), the membership-based dining club that’s expanded from New Orleans to 30 cities across the country, has long embraced craft beer culture as part of its programming. “It’s a natural partnership in so many ways,” says Dinner Lab Marketing Director Edie Feinstein. “Booze, in general, is a big part of the overall Dinner Lab experience, and the food always tends to be Brooklyn Brewery chef Andrew Gerson talks from local purveyors. So it’s to diners at a 2014 Dinner Lab slow food an awesome opportunity to event as part of the Brooklyn Brewery Mash. incorporate breweries, either C O U R T E S Y B R O O K LY B R E W ER Y/R E AU X P H O T O as a one-off course pairing or a full-blown pairing meal.” Dinner Lab hosts two beer dinners this month, which also are fundraisers for the Swine Lab team participating in the annual pig-roast competition and festival Hogs For The Cause. On March 19-20, Bayou Teche Brewing will provide a specially made beer for a Dinner Lab event. Syrup in the Sky is a smoked-rye and wheat beer aged in whiskey barrels with Steen’s cane syrup and pistachios. At press time, tickets were still available to Dinner Lab members for the 8 p.m. seating March 19. On March 24, as part of Brooklyn Brewery’s week-long Mash event (www. brooklynbrewerymash.com), the brewery’s house chef Andrew Gerson will prepare a seven-course meal paired with high-end Brooklyn beers such as Wild Streak, Cuvee Noire and Hand & Seal. Tickets are $85-$95 and are available to those who aren’t Dinner Lab members. Locations are announced to ticket holders the day before the event. — NORA McGUNNIGLE

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WINE of the week 2011 Marichal Premium Varietal Tannat CANELONES, URUGUAY RETAIL $15

Argentina and Chile have been successful exporting favored Bordeaux blending grapes, malbec and carmenere respectively, and neighboring Uruguay is following suit with tannat, which is native to southwestern France. The majority of Uruguay’s grapes are grown in the southern part of the country on the Canelones hillsides, 15 miles from the capitol, Montevideo, and 15 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The vines thrive in the maritime climate’s cooling breezes and moderate temperatures. The small estate was established in the 1930s by the Marichal family, which emigrated from the Canary Islands. Now in the fourth generation, the family cultivates a variety of red and white grapes on 125 acres. Grapes for this 100 percent tannat wine were harvested in bunches and collected in refrigerated vats. The wine was cold macerated on the skins for several days in stainless steel tanks until fermentation was complete. The skins were separated from the wine and natural malolactic fermentation occured. In the glass, the unoaked wine offers aromas of tart cherry, herbal notes and hints of spice and raisin. On the palate, taste blackberry, cassis, plum, dried berries, earth notes and good acidity. Decant 30 minutes before serving. Drink it with osso buco, lamb chops, grilled steak and pork ribs. Buy it at: Pearl Wine Company. Drink it at: Cochon, Restaurant August and Doris Metropolitan. — BRENDA MAITLAND Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net

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2209 Magazine St., (504) 570-6945

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“This type of edible packaging is definitely aligned with the global consumer mindset in terms of sustainability and simplifying their life,”

— Food industry consultant Shilpa Rosenberry quoted in a New York Times story about the introduction of an edible coffee cup — “a wafer coated in sugar paper and lined with a heat resistant white chocolate” — at KFC restaurants in England. Italian coffee company Lavazza also is developing an edible cup.

COURTESY AILURA / C R E AT I V E C O M M O N S

Good to the last crumb

A frequent menu special, blackened chicken Caesar sliders feature Creekstone Farms chicken breast, house Caesar dressing, Parmesan and a boiled egg.

5 Fulton Alley

600 Fulton St., (504) 208-5569 www.fultonalley.com

Smoked chicken sliders are dressed with bibb lettuce, red onion and barbecue sauce and come with french fries.

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www.nola.gov/nordc The Easter celebration features an egg hunt, games, snowballs, popcorn, a space walk and face painting. Free admission.

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6:30 p.m. Friday Private residence

www.longuevue.com Children hunt for Easter eggs and Elmer Chocolate candies hidden in the Lucy C. Roussel Discovery Garden. Activities also include face painting, crafts and games. The early session is for Longue Vue members (admission $6); the later session is for nonmembers (admission $8).

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ites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ COMPLETE LISTINGS AT WWW.BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM

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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.

Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves chips with salsa and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more. Fried catfish is topped with onion rings and served with mashed potatoes. Panko-crusted avacado is topped with shrimp salsa. The restaurant is dog-friendly. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill. com — The sports bar offers burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, steaks and a wide array of bar noshing items. Boiled seafood options include shrimp and crabs. Open 24-hours Thursday through Sunday. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $

Colonial Bowling Lanes — 6601 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, (504) 737-2400; www.colonialbowling.net — The kitchen serves breakfast in the morning and a lunch and dinner menu of sandwiches, burgers, chicken wings and tenders, pizza, quesdaillas and more. Daily specials include red beans and rice on Mondays and seafood platters on Friday. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — The all-youcan-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines. No reservations. Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

BAR & GRILL Ale — 8124 Oak St.; (504) 324-6558; www. aleonoak.com — Lamb sliders are served with feta and mint chimichurri. The Mexican Coke-braised brisket sandwich comes with coleslaw and roasted garlic aioli. Reservations accepted for large parties. Late-lunch Fri., dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 302-9357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www.downthehatchnola.com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The house-made veggie burger combines 15 vegetables and is served with sun-dried tomato pesto. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items including chicken wings and duck crepes with spiced cherry glaze. For brunch, there’s chicken and waffles with Pabst Blue Ribbon syrup. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BURGERS Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar. com — This burger specialist’s patty options include beef, bison, shrimp and veggie. The House burger is dressed with cheddar, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, mayonnaise and mustard and served with house-made chips. The Cobb salad features romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, avocado, tomato, onion, applewood-smoked bacon, blue cheese, croutons and buttermilk ranch or honey-mustard dressing. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, poboys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. Besides patty melts and chili-cheeseburgers, there also are seafood burgers featuring tuna, salmon or crabmeat. 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,

Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 8617890; www.cafefreret.com — Casual dining options include burgers, sandwiches and half and whole muffuletta rounds and daily lunch specials. Wednesday features steak night. Reservations accepted. Lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.Wed. and Fri.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — Students in the workforce development program prepare traditional and creative versions of local favorites. The Cajun Cobb salad features pan-seared shrimp, smoked sausage and blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CHINESE Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — House favor-

Fulton Alley — 600 Fulton St., (504) 208-5569; www.fultonalley.com — The kitchen at this upscale bowling alley offers Southern-influenced cuisine. The menu includes sandwiches, salads, meat pies, sliders, deviled eggs and smoked and fried chicken wings. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

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Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. House-made leek, ricotta and pumpkin seed ravioli are served with butternut squash cream sauce and grilled asparagus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$ The Tasting Room — 1906 Magazine St., (504) 581-3880; www.ttrneworleans.com — Sample wines or dine in the lounge or courtyard. The menu features noshing items such as truffle fries and entrees including a petit filet with Gorgonzola cream sauce and asparagus. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit Cards. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner MonSat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. The Cuban sandwich features house-made roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www.bistroorleansmetairie.com — Popular dishes include oyster and artichoke soup, char-grilled oysters and wild-caught Des Allemands catfish. Blackened redfish is served with jambalaya, coleslaw and garlic bread. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovative takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing as well as classics such as its signature bananas Foster. Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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Somethin’ Else Cafe — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www.somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. There are burgers, po-boys and sandwiches filled with everything from cochon de lait to a trio of melted cheeses on buttered thick toast. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. The ham and honey-Dijon panino is topped with feta and watercress. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise. com — The bar offers a large selection of wines by the glass and full restaurant menu. Mussels are steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. Chicken mofongo features plantains stuffed with stewed chicken. No reservations. Lunch Fri.Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

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Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread

OUT to EAT topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ 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. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www. mamommashouse.com — Traditional home-style Creole dishes include red beans and rice, shrimp pasta, fried chicken, cornbread and more. Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and three or six fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 6444992; www.memesbarandgrille. com — The menu of seafood and steaks includes double-cut pork chops, grilled veal T-bones, eggplant Parmesan and more. The fried seafood plate features catfish, shrimp and oysters, fries and garlic bread. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

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Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 2415300; www.memesbarandgrille. com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features Gulf shrimp, Lake Pontchartrain crabmeat, crawfish, fresh herbs and angel hair pasta. The breakfast menu includes pain perdu, crab cakes Benedict, omelets, waffles and more. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Tableau’s updated Creole cuisine includes bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter and grilled Two Run Farm lamb chops served with New Orleans-style barbecue sauce. Balcony and courtyard dining available. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken.

Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www. koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www. mardigraszone.com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven. The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna. Vegan pizzas also are available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with housemade boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole mustard on an onion roll. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

GOURMET TO GO Breaux Mart — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, (504) 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, (504) 737-8146; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

INTERNATIONAL Canal Street Bistro — 3903 Canal St., (504) 482-1225; www. canalstreetbistro.com — This Mid-City cafe’s menu draws from an array of global influences. Duck enchiladas feature corn tortillas filled with duck confit topped with red mole or chipotle-tomatillo sauce and served with black beans. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Fri., dinner Wed.-Sat., brunch Sat.-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. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna and seafood dishes with shrimp, clams and mussels. Sicilian egg pie features eggs baked with cream and spices in puff pastry. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 8852984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — House-made cannelloni is stuffed with ground veal, spinach and Parmesan, baked in Alfredo sauce and topped with house-made tomato sauce. Creamy corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread bowl. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE 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

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Ave., (504) 410-9997; www. japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Latin American La Macarena Pupuseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 8625252; www.pupusasneworleans. com — The NOLA Special breakfast burrito is stuffed with hot sausage, organic eggs, refried black beans, hash browns and American cheese. Carne asada is marinated and grilled beef tenderloin served with saffron rice and tropical salad. Vegetarian and gluten-free dishes are available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY 7 On Fulton — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton. com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with blonde ale. Oven-roasted lobster tail is topped with Louisiana crawfish and corn cream sauce and comes with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.

P H O TO BY C HERY L G ERBER criollonola.com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis. Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www. dickandjennys.com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole and Italian dishes. Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ 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 and panfried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504)

522-5478; www.martisnola.com — This brasserie serves traditional French and contemporary Louisiana cooking. The grande plateau fruits de mer features whole Maine lobster, chilled shrimp, marinated snow crab claws, oysters on the half shell and scallop ceviche. Grilled Texas quail is served with spaetzle, oyster mushrooms, corn and Pommery mustard sauce. Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Redemption — 3835 Iberville St., (504) 309-3570; www.redemption-nola.com — Bloody mary charbroiled oysters are served with pickled okra and Asiago cheese. Duck cassoulet includes roasted duck breast, duck confit and Terranova Italian sausage topped with foie gras. Reservations recommended. Dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ PAGE 36

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Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Red Gravy (125 Camp St., 504-561-8844; www.redgravycafe. com) serves hearty Italian dishes.

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Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www. tivoliandlee.com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine in a small plate format, with dishes ranging from andouille potato tots to fried oysters. The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers. Half a roasted chicken comes with dirty spaetzle, sweet tea glaze and greens. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Attiki Bar & Grill — 230 Decatur St., (504) 587-3756 — This restaurant and hookah bar serves an array of Mediterranean dishes. Tomato Buffala features baked tomatoes and mozzarella topped with basil and olive oil. Grilled filet mignon is topped with creamy mushroom sauce and served with two sides. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www.monascafeanddeli.com — These casual cafes serve entrees including beef or chicken shawarma, kebabs, gyro plates, lamb chops, vegetarian options and more. There also are stuffed grape leaves, hummus, falafel and other appetizers. Patrons may bring their own alcohol. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www. facebook.com/casaborrega — The barroom and cantina is decorated with folk art, and there’s seating in the back courtyard. Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams

Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — The eatery is known for its bean dip and spinach and artichoke quesadillas. The El General combo plate includes a beef burrito, beef chile relleno, chicken enchilada, a chicken taco and guacamole. The menu also includes fajitas, chimichangas and more. Kids eat free on Mondays. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Coyote Blues — 4860 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 301-3848; www.coyotebluesfreshmex.com — Shrimp and crawfish chimichanga is a fried burrito stuffed with shrimp and crawfish in cream sauce, Mexican rice and chili con queso and served with two sides. The churrascaria platter features skewers of marinated beef, chicken, jumbo shrimp, jalapeno sausage, peppers and onions and comes with chipotle cream sauce, chimichurri, mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Del Fuego Taqueria — 4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797; www. delfuegotaqueria.com — The taqueria serves an array of house salsas, tacos and burritos with filling choices including carne asada, carnitas, chorizo, shredded chicken and others. Tostadas con pescada ahumada features achiote-smoked Gulf fish over corn tostadas with refried black beans, cabbage and cilantro-lime mayonesa. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Fiske’s Martini Bar and Restaurant — 301 Dauphine St., (504) 586-0972 — This French Quarter hideaway is is known for its martini menu. Louisiana crab and roasted Creole tomato fondue is finished with manchego cheese, scallions and grilled crostini. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on poboy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. Potato and cheese pierogies are served with fried onions and sour cream. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www. biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta. The menu also includes biscuits topped with gravy or chicken tenders with andouille and chorizo gravy. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www. cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant. com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb shank, lima beans with a ham hock and chicken fried steak served with macaroni and cheese. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www. katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing —

OUT to EAT 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. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — The pizzeria serves thin-crust pies topped with many local ingredients, including Chisesi ham and sausage from Terranova Brothers. Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings, or try a special such as the Mid City Meat Monster, loaded with pepperoni, ham, bacon, meat balls and hot sausage. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www. theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and 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. $

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 poboys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop — 3454 Magazine St., (504) 899-3374; www. mahonyspoboys.com — The Peacemaker layers fried local oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese on Leidenheimer French bread. Angus’ pot roast beef po-boy is served dressed on Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno. com — Popular po-boy options in-

Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 8975413; www.traceysnola.com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood poboys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo, soups, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

SEAFOOD Basin Street Seafood — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — The menu includes Char-broiled oysters, grilled whole fish, butted-poached royal red shrimp and more. Crab and crawfish beignets are served with jalapeno mayonnaise. Reservations accepted.Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola. com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www.halfshellneworleans.com — The Bayou Boogaloo breakfast features a three-egg omelet with sauteed shrimp and crawfish with fried oysters and shrimp sauce on top. Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped char-grilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.

com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www. austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. Veal Austin features paneed veal topped with Swiss chard, bacon, mushrooms, asparagus, crabmeat and brabant potatoes on the side. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant. com — The house filet mignon is served atop creamed spinach with masa-fried oysters and Pontalba potatoes. Popular starters include the jumbo lump crabcake made with aioli. Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — Mushroom manchego toast is a favorite here. Hot and cold tapas dishes range from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe.com — Grilled avocado salad is served with crispy onions and Mahon cheese in Portuguese chestnut-vanilla vinaigrette. Wild mushroom ravioli are served with Madeira and goat cheese creme. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat, late night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

VEGETARIAN Seed — 1330 Prytania St., (504) 3022599; www.seedyourhealth.com — Seed uses local, organic ingredients in its eclectic global menu, including soups, salads, nachos, sandwiches and more. Raw pad thai features shredded cucumber, carrots, peppers, jicama, bean sprouts and peanuts in house-made marinade. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

VIETNAMESE Pho Tau Bay Restaurant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $ Rolls-N-Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.facebook.com/rolls-nbowlsnola — This casual Vietnamese eatery serves spring rolls, pho, rice and vermicelli bowls, banh mi, stir fry entrees and bubble tea. The vermicelli bowl features noodles over lettuce, cucumber and carrots; shrimp are optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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clude fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

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Double Edge Theatre’s 20th-century odyssey. By Will Coviello

with productions, Double Edge often incorporates local participants or elements. The New Orleans shows feature local jazz vocalist Mykia Jovan. Besides developing shows as a group of artists, actors and composers, Double Edge lives in a somewhat communal fashion. Participants live on the farm, and some artists do farm work. The group sells produce as one means of support, and it barters with the local community, exchanging theater productions and programming for goods. Klein wants the theater and farm to support the local economy, and drawing tourists to see productions is part of that, she says. The company also hosts free monthly training days, in which anyone can participate and work with the artists. “It’s about creativity and your body,” Klein says. “You could be 80 years old and do open training. You can fly a bit and work with some objects. It’s elevating — you’re learning to re-engage your imagination like you’re a kid again.” Double Edge Theatre was started in Boston in 1982. Communal living wasn’t part of the vision until the group moved to the farm in 1994 and improvised its business and artistic models. It hasn’t been for everyone, and some artists decided they preferred urban environments, but the approach addresses common concerns for theater artists. It solves the issue of theater professionals finding affordable housing. It also enables the long development process for shows as artists live together in a system organized around the creative process and performing. With many prior shows, Double Edge mostly per-

formed abroad, espeP H O T O BY M A R I A B A R A N O VA cially in Eastern Europe. With The Grand Parade, The Grand Parade it’s touring more heavily MAR in the U.S. because of (of the 20th Century) the subject matter. 7:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday In New Orleans, the company will do workContemporary Arts shops that are open Center, 900 Camp St. to the public and work (504) 528-3800 with Mondo Bizarro. Both groups are part of www.cacno.org The Training Consortium, which is designed to help devised-theater companies collaborate. CAC Performing Arts Curator Raelle Myrick-Hodges scheduled two devised-theater companies in the current season: Double Edge and Austin, Texas’ Rude Mechanicals, which presented immersive theater experience Now Now Oh Now at the CAC during the New Orleans Fringe Festival in November 2014. The scheduling is a response to local work that builds on a type of theater being created by groups including Mondo Bizarro and ArtSpot Productions in shows such as Loup Garou and Cry You One. For one Double Edge company member, this is a return to New Orleans. Joanna Caplan performed her one-woman show Total Verruckt! — about a Jewish immigrant at Westerbork, a Dutch refugee camp for Jews who fled Nazi Germany — at the 2014 New Orleans Fringe Festival, an event that has attracted devised theater artists to the city as a performance venue and place to create stage work.

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ith aerialists flying on ribbons and swinging on riggings and stark imagery of war and the Great Depression, Double Edge Theatre’s The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century) is a spectacle, but it was inspired by the group’s production of Homer’s Odyssey. The company wanted to create a mythology for our times based on epic historical events of the 20th century, which had had a decade to set when the company began work on the piece in 2010. The group soon learned that the 20th century already seemed like ancient history to some. “People tend to forget history so quickly,” says company founder and Artistic Director Stacy Klein. “We brought the show to Russia in 2011. They said, ‘You always see (the Cold War) from your perspective.’ They thought that was over. And then the next year, problems in Ukraine began.” The work takes its name from a 1979 painting by the Russian-born Jewish artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985). The artwork features an array of circus performers, musicians and a chicken-headed figure, who inspired a character in the show. “We started working on it with Chagall,” Klein says. “He lived his life as an exile and an immigrant. And he lived for most of the 20th century. … Half of his work is about wars, and the other half is violin players, circuses and creative types.” The hour-long piece revisits landmark events such as the 1929 stock market crash and the beginning of the space race. Historical figures range from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Laika, the mutt that became the first dog in space. It features traditional folk dance and music, and it’s also a vigorous theater piece with circus-style aerial feats and clownlike physical humor. Video projections of famous newsreel footage provide most of the words in the show. Grand Parade runs Saturday and Sunday in the Contemporary Arts Center’s (CAC) warehouse space, concluding Double Edge Theatre’s weeklong visit to New Orleans, during which it also will perform for local students and work with local theater company Mondo Bizarro. (A preview performance of The Grand Parade is part of the CAC’s SweetArts fundraising gala on Friday.) Double Edge is a laboratory theater based on a 105-acre farm in the western Massachusetts town of Ashfield. Its artists and directors generate and develop shows over time as a company (as opposed to a lone writer crafting a script and a company beginning rehearsals once lines are memorized). When it travels

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The Maison — New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 6; Messy Cookers Jazz Band, 9:30

Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10

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TUESDAY 17 21st Amendment — Linnzi Zaorski, 7; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 8 AllWays Lounge — Magnetic Ear, 8 Bacchanal — Mark Weliky Trio, 7:30

Irish House — Patrick Cooper, 5 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — NOJO Homecoming Series feat. The Emily Fredrickson Quintet: Tribute to Horace Silver, 8

Bamboula’s — Vivaz, 4:30; Dana & the Boneshakers, 8

Kerry Irish Pub — Speed the Mule, 3:30; Roux the Day, 7:30

Banks Street Bar — Valerie Sassyfras, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 9

Little Gem Saloon — John Eubanks & Paula, 5; The Messy Cookers, 8

Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Open Ears Music Series: Trapper Keeper feat. Mike Dillon, Der Wawawa, 10

The Maison — Gregory Agid Quartet, 6

BMC — Hatchett Boys, Eudora Evans & Deep Soul, Mario Abney, 5

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Tom Henehan, 9; Mike Liuzza, 10

Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8

Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7:30 Cafe Istanbul — Mahala, 9 Casa Borrega — Hector Gallardo’s Cuban Jazz Trio, 7 Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; One Tail Three, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Trent Pruitt, 5:30; Jon Cleary, 8 Circle Bar — Laura Dyer Jazz Trio, 6; Yonatan Gat, The Rob Cambre & Jay Steigner Duo, 10 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9

Old Arabi Bar — Patrick Cooper, 9 Old Point Bar — Isla Nola, 8 Pat O’Brien’s — Groovy 7, 4 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 Siberia — The Coathangers, Black Pussy, Jesse Tripp & the Nightbreed, Pope, 9 Sisters in Christ — Abacus, Christworm, Solid Giant, 7 Snug Harbor — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Harbinger, 2; Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10 Tasseology — Mahala, 6:30

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Noah Guthrie, 7; Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9

The Willow — Sex Knuckles, Stereo Fire Empire, Black Magnolia, 9

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Roz & the Rice Cakes, We Need to Talk, Everything Rules, 8

WEDNESDAY 18

Gasa Gasa — Sexy Dex & the Fresh, 9

Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30

Hi-Ho Lounge — Songwriter showdown, 7

Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30

21st Amendment — Marla Dixon, 7

Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski, 8 Bourbon O Bar — Eudora Evans, 8 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Geo Bass, 8 Cafe Istanbul — WellStrung, 8 Carousel Bar & Lounge — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 8:30 Casa Borrega — Sasha Masakowski & Jenna McSwain, 6:30 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Polly Pry and Good Graces, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — John Rankin, 5:30; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8; Sam Doores & Casey McAllister, 10:30 Circle Bar — Mike True, 6 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall — Johnny Nicholas & Hell Bent, Sam Broussard, David Greely, 6:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Meryl Zimmerman, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Gasa Gasa — Twerps, Ultimate Painting, Maine, Small Reactions, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hazy Ray Trio, The O’My’s, 8:30 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Lady Sings the Blues feat. Dana Abbott, 5; Irvin Mayfield’s NOJO Jam, 8 The Jefferson Orleans North — Jay Zainey Orchestra, 6:30 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 9 Lafayette Square — Wednesdays at the Square: Bonerama, Louisiana Spice, 5 Little Gem Saloon — Kyle Cripps, 5; The Listening Room, 6; Mario Abney & Friends, 8

Old Point Bar — Bob Green & the Green River Band, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman feat. Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Mark Braud, 8 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8 & 10 Recovery Room Bar & Grill — Oscar & the Blues Cats, 8:30 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Clockwork Elvis, 8 Rusty Nail — Jenn Howard, 9 The Sandbar at UNO — Roland Guerin, 7 Saucy’s — Mark Appleford, 6 Siberia — Truckstop Honeymoon, 6; Sharkmuffin feat. Nasimiyu, Grand Vapids, Teenager, Rough Shape, 9 Sisters in Christ — Coliseum, Sirens, 4 Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra feat. Delfeayo Marsalis, 8 & 10 The Spotlight Bar and Grill — Dr. Rock, 9 Spotted Cat — Chris Christy’s Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10 Three Muses — Leslie Martin, 5; Schatzy, 7

Buffa’s Lounge — Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Neisha Ruffins, 7:30 Cafe Istanbul — Michaela Harrison, 7; Kofelgschroa, 10 Cafe Negril — Soul Project, 10 Carousel Bar & Lounge — Carl LeBlanc Jazz Quartet, 5; Chance Bushman & Smoking Time Five, 8:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Blood From a Stone, 7; Isla Nola, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Johnny Nicholas & Hell Bent, Sam Broussard, David Greely, 9 Circle Bar — Rockin’ Robin & the Kentucky Sisters, 6; Couches, Plaintain, Entente Cordiale, 10 City Park Botanical Garden — Thursdays at Twilight: New Leviathan Oriental FoxTrot Orchestra, 6 d.b.a. — Debbie Davis & the Mesmerizers, 7; Truckstop Honeymoon, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Stephanie Nilles, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Bayou Saints, 7; Exotic Pets, Heavy Friends, 10 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Cliff Hines, Lucas Wylie, Adam & Krizzle, The Grid, 10 Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-A-Holics, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Shallou, Fro-Yo Ma, 9 House of Blues — Young Thug, Travis Scott, 7 Irish House — Patrick Cooper, 6

21st Amendment — Steve Pistorius Quartet, 8

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Playhour feat. The Carl Leblanc Duo, 5; The James Rivers Movement, 8

AllWays Lounge — Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues, 10

Kerry Irish Pub — Vincent Marini & the One Tailed Three, 9

Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30

Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels Brass Band, 11

Bamboula’s — Loose Marbles, 2; Messy Cookers Jazz Band, 6:30; Troy Turner Band, 10

Little Gem Saloon — Monty Banks, 5; Mykia Jovan, 8

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Banks Street Bar — St. Claude Serenaders, 9 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Will Vance & the Kinfolk, 10 BMC — Yisraael Trio, Swamp Donkeys, 5 Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski Duet fest. James Evans, 8

The Maison — Jon Roniger, 5; Kristina Morales, 7; Rue Fiya, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Nattie, 8; Burke Ingraffia, 9 Oak — Miles Cabecerious, 8

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Buffa’s Lounge — St. Patrick’s Day feat. Beth Patterson, 5

Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30

BMC — Woody’s Rampage, Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, The Business, 5

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Renshaw & Davies, 9; Aaron Maras & Zac Maras, 10

Bourbon O Bar — Eudora Evans, 8

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Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Charlie Fardella feat. Crescent City Joymakers, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8 Republic New Orleans — Flux Pavilion, Kthulu Prime, Short Circuit, 10 Rivershack Tavern — Joe Krown & Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 8 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Geno Delafose, 8:30 Seiler Bar at The Tap Room — Mark & Joey Rock Show, 8 Siberia — The Salt Wives, 6 Snug Harbor — Roland Guerin Quintet, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Wale, DJ G-Cue, 8 Spice Bar & Grill — Stooges Brass Band, 9 Spotted Cat — Up Up We Go, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Ben Polcer, 7:30 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 5 Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8; Black Pearl, 11

FRIDAY 20 21st Amendment — Jack Pritchett, 9:30

Andrea’s Restaurant, Capri Blu Piano Bar — Phil Melancon, 8 Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30 Bamboula’s — Joe Brain, 2; Caesar Brothers, 5:30; Johnny Mastro Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Tyrone Banks, Girl Power, Lucas Wylie, Cliff Hines Trio, 10 The BEATnik — Five Eight, 9 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7; Royal Southern Brotherhood, Mia Borders, 11 Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — The New Orleans Upstarts, 10

Casa Borrega — Los Caballeros del Son, 7:30 Checkpoint Charlie — My Next Blackout, 4; One Tail Three, 7; London Has Fallen, Olio, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Paul Sanchez, 8; The Mulligan Brothers, 10:30 Circle Bar — Five Eight, 10 d.b.a. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Mississippi Rail Company feat. Andrew Duhon, 10 Dish on Hayne — Sharon Martin, 6:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Eric Traub Trio, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Up Up We Go, 7; James Jordan & the Beautiful Band, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Sam Cordts, 3; Lips and Trips, 7 Gasa Gasa — Steve Gunn, Ryley Walker, 10 Golden Lantern — Nighthawk, 7 Hangar 13 — Pulse Friday: Rroid Drazr, Kidd Love, 1:30 a.m. Harrah’s Casino, Harrah’s Theatre — Joint’s Jumpin’, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — The Transplanted Roots, 7; The Parishoners, 10 House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — Jenn Howard, 9 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Darcy Malone & the Tangle, 6 Howlin’ Wolf — Abby Diamond album release feat. Barry Stephenson’s Pocket, Yugen, Coyotes, 9:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Eric John Kaiser album release feat. The Russell Welch Hot Quartet, Meschiya Lake, 9:30 Hyatt Regency New Orleans — Loyola Jazz Band, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Piano Professor Series feat. Josh Paxton, 5; Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown, 8

BMC — Zena Moses & Rue Fiya, Lefty Keith & True Blues, Red Line, Hyperphlyy, 3

Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5; Whiskey Tango, 9

Bombay Club — Tom McDermott, 6:30; Kitt Lough, 9 Bourbon O Bar — Eudora Evans, 8

Little Gem Saloon — Jon Roniger, 5; Evan Christopher’s Clarinet Road: Homecoming Show, 7 & 9

Buffa’s Lounge — Andre Bohren, 5; Greg Schatz, 8; Ben Fox Trio, 11

The Maison — Leah Rucker, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Fat Ballerina, midnight

Bullet’s Sports Bar — Guitar Slim Jr., 7:30

Mandeville Trailhead — The Days of Motown feat. The

Le Bon Temps Roule — Jeff “Snake” Greenberg, 7

Steve Gunn P H O T O BY

C O N S TA N C E M EN S H

New York City booking agency The Bowery Presents has made The Civic Theatre into its New Orleans flagship venue, a southern Bowery Ballroom of sorts. Now, in Gasa Gasa (with which it partnered in November), it has its Mercury Lounge: a smaller, more intimate stage to host acts like The Dodos (who brought down the house last month) and Steve Gunn, the ideal player for this type of room. Gunn has been on the verge of a breakthrough for years, releasing a steady stream of double- and triple-tracked folk and blues guitargasms under his own name, as well as collaborating with Steve Gunn an impressive spectrum of rock and MAR drone musicians (Magik Markers, GHQ, 10 p.m. Friday Kurt Vile and the Violators). His fifth Gasa Gasa LP, 2013’s ironically named Time Off, seems to have opened a floodgate for 4920 Freret St. the already prolific artist. Last year (504) 304-7110 welcomed three new directions for www.gasagasa.com Gunn: two outre combos (Seasonal Hire, with Appalachian mountaineers Black Twig Pickers, and Cantos de Lisboa, with U.K. blues outcast Mike Cooper) and Way Out Weather (Paradise of Bachelors), a solo summit that concentrates his layered acoustic, electric and pedal-steel fretwork, shepherded by an unhurried, unworried delivery very much in the key of Philadelphia road warriors Vile and The War on Drugs. As did The Dodos, he’ll make six strings sound like 60. Chicago-based singer/songwriter Ryley Walker, whose gorgeous Dead Oceans debut Primrose Green is due at the end of the month, opens. Tickets $10. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

Mystics, The Ladies of Soul, 6:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Khris Royal & Dark Matter, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Damn Hippies, 7; Mike True, 9; Blues in da Pocket, 10; Dave & the Gang, 11

Prytania Bar — Noruz, Doombalaya, Spare Change NOLA, 10 Rivershack Tavern — Coldshot, 10

Three Muses — Royal Roses, 5:30; Glen David Andrews, 9 Tipitina’s — Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Tonya Boyd-Cannon, 10

Rock ’n’ Blues Cafe — Sunset at the Landing: Danny Barker Tribute Banjo Quartet, 6

Union Station Pub & Grill — The Little Things, 6

Oak — Scott Albert Johnson, 9

Rock ’n’ Bowl — The BoogieMen, 9:30

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Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Bob Green & the Green River Band, 9:30

Seiler Bar at The Tap Room — The Rick Samson Band, 9

21st Amendment — Chance Bushman, 9:30

Siberia — HOD, Ritual Decay, Process of Suffocation, Demonic Destruction, 9

Abita Springs Town Hall — The Steve Anderson Group, Long Time Goners, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hell Raisers, Pfister Sisters, 7

Old U.S. Mint — Kim Carson, 2 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin feat. Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Pearl Wine Co. — Sarah Gromko, 8:30 Preservation Hall — The Southern Syncopators feat. Steve Pistorius, 6; The PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8

Snug Harbor — Ellis Marsalis Quintet, 8 & 10

Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 3

Southport Hall — Mystikal, 9

Bamboula’s — Abby Diamond, 2; Carl Le Blanc, 5:30; Ed Wells Blues 4 Sale, 10

Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10

Banks Street Bar — The Show, 7; Rotten Cores, The Unnaturals, 10

St. Roch Tavern — James Jordan & the Beautiful Band, 9:30

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AllWays Lounge — Prone to Fits, 10

Carousel Bar & Lounge — Robin Barnes Jazz Quartet, 5

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Blue Nile (Balcony Room) — Ambush Reggae Band, 10

House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — Jason Turner, 9

Dummy Dumpster, Lord High Panther, 9

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Heremy Marx Trio, 9

Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10

Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7

BMC — Waterseed, Johnny Mastro & the MB’s, Lagniappe Brass Band, Lunetajazz, 3

House of Blues (The Parish) — Lieutenant, Yukon Blonde, 10

Snug Harbor — Astral Project, 8 & 10

Three Muses — Raphael & Pascale, 5; Davy Mooney, 8

Bombay Club — Tom Hook, 6:30; Kris Tokarski Trio, 9

Howlin’ Wolf Den — Miles Tackett, Hazy Ray, Righteous Jones, 9

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8

Bourbon O Bar — Johnny Angel & the Swingin’ Demons, 8

Hyatt Regency New Orleans — Loyola Jazz Band, 7

Spotted Cat — Jazz Band Ballers, 2; Russell Welch’s Mississippi Gipsy Jazz, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 10

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Russell Welch, 7; Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10

Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Geo Bass, 9

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — NOJO Homecoming Series feat. Khari Allen Lee album release party, 8

Buffa’s Lounge — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 5; Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton, 8; Dirty Rotten Snake in the Grass, 11 Cafe Istanbul — Best of Both Worlds Showcase feat. Partners N Crime, Ambre Perkins, John Lacarbiere, Andre Love & others, 7 Cafe Negril — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Willie Sugarcapps, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — Mike Singleton, 4; Kenny Triche, 7; L.A. Hellbenders, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Pirates Choice, Benyoro-Toubab Krewe, 9 Circle Bar — Shame, Frail, Earth House, 10 City Park Botanical Garden — Thursdays at Twilight: Phil Melancon, 6 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 8; Cedric Burnside Project, 11

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Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall — A.J. Croce, 6:30

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Rick Trolsen, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 7; DJ Matt Scott, 10

Kerry Irish Pub — Speed the Mule, 5; Vincent Marini & the One Tailed Three, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, 7 The Maison — Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Kumasi Afrobeat Orchestra, 10; Afro Brass, midnight Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. & the Runnin’ Pardners, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Clint Kaufmann, 7; Clyde & Iggy, 8; Mr. Steve, 9; Lo Faber, 10 Oak — Tom Leggett, 9

Three Muses — Chris Peters, 5; Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9 Tipitina’s — Feufollet album release show, The Kid Carsons, 10 Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Anais St. John, 6 Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8

SUNDAY 22 1135 Decatur — DTCV, Mahayla, Lovey Dovies, 9 21st Amendment — Tom McDermott, 4 Bacchanal — The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Tom Witek, 2:30; Mem Shannon Band, 7

Old Point Bar — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 9:30

Banks Street Bar — Ron Hotstream & the Midcity Drifters, 8

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Brian O’Connell & Chuck Badie feat. Palm Court Jazz Band, 8

The BEATnik — Barren Womb, Grizzlor, 8

Preservation Hall — The Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Frank Oxley, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars, 8 Prime Example Jazz Club — Yissy Garcia y Bandancha, 8 & 10 Rivershack Tavern — Lil Red & Big Bad, 10 Rock ’n’ Blues Cafe — Cowboy Mouth, 10

Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7:30; Lagniappe Brass Band, 11 BMC — Higher Heights Reggae Band, R&R Music Group, Iris P, 3 Bombay Club — Tom Hook, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Jazz Youth Showcase feat. Gregg Molinario, 3; Viper Mad Trio, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 8

Gasa Gasa — Black Milk, Nat Turner Band, Slangston Hughes, Fo on the Flo, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel — Germaine Bazzle & Peter Harris Trio, 8

Tipitina’s — Cajun Fais Do Do feat. Bruce Daigrepont, 5:30

MONDAY 23 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 8 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Jon Roniger, 4:30; NOLA Swinging Gypsies, 7

Kajun’s Pub — Jim Cole & The Red Eye Rocket, 5

BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10

Old Point Bar — The Romy Kaye Jazz Trio, 7

Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8

Blue Nile — Higher Heights Reggae Band, 9

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band, 8

The Maison — Nickel A Dance: Herlin Riley & the Hot Foot Floozies, 4; Leah Rucker, 7; One Love Brass Band, 10

BMC — Mark Appleford, 5

Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8

Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat. Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Russell Batiste, 10 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; 12-Mile Limit, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lucien Barbarin & Sunday Night Swingsters feat. Mark Braud, 8

Bombay Club — Jenna McSwain, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Istanbul — Alexandra Scott & Her Magical Band, 9 Chickie Wah Wah — The Little Things, 5:30; Alexis & the Samurai, 8

Sisters in Christ — Mutilation Rites, Mantar, Mars, 6 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Monty Banks, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

d.b.a. — Luke Winslow King, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10

Republic New Orleans — Clean Bandit, 8

Three Muses — Ken Swartz, 5; Joe Cabral, 7

DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8

Siberia — Mikey Classic & His Lonesome Spur, Michael James & His Lonesome, Call Me Bronco, 6; Wand, Babes, Mystery Lights, Trance Farmers, 9

Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Bay Uno, 7

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center — Hautzinger-Duthoit Duo, James Singleton, 8

Preservation Hall — The New Orleans Legacy Band feat. Tommy Sancton, 8

Sisters in Christ — Full of Hell, Classhole, 4

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9

Gasa Gasa — All Them Witches, Dead Marshes, 10

Seiler Bar at The Tap Room — August Rush, 10

Southport Hall — One Eyed Doll, 7

House of Blues — J. Cole, Bas, Cozz, Omen, 7

Siberia — Alex McMurray, 6; Headwoundz, Manatees,

d.b.a. — The Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Solar Strut, 10

Spotted Cat — Barry Stephenson, 2; Kristina Morales & the

Howlin’ Wolf Den — Chihiro Yamazaki & Route 14, 8:30

Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11

Rivershack Tavern — Adam Pearce, 7

Circle Bar — Get Lo on Dark Mondays, 6; Cobalt Cranes, Las Rosas, 10

Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Hill Country Hounds, 10

Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30

Maple Leaf Bar — Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, 9 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Sam Cordts, 8; Sultra, 9; Grace Thompson, 10

Snug Harbor — Yissy Garcia & Bandancha, 8 & 10

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Karma, The Strays, 9

The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; The Business, 10

Banks Street Bar — South Jones, 9

The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30

Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; EULA, Chelsea Kills, Andrew Meoray, The Melville Deweys, 10

Gasa Gasa — Son Lux, Natalie Prass, 10

Kerry Irish Pub — Tim Robertson, 8:30

CLASSICAL/ CONCERTS The Louies. Circle Bar, 1032 St. Charles Ave., (504) 588-2616; www.circlebarneworleans. com — The Louis Moreau Institute group performs music composed within the last 100 years, including work by Bartok, Davidovsky, Rzewski, Carter, Part, Dennis H. Miller and Adrian Sutton. 10 p.m. Wednesday.

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Humpback Whales 3D (NR) — Scientists follow humpback whales as they migrate across the globe. Entergy IMAX The Imitation Game (PG-13) — British computer scientist and cryptographer Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbach) cracks the Nazis’ Enigma Code, but is later prosecuted for homosexuality. Chalmette

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FILM FESTIVALS Patois Film Festival. Various locations, New Orleans; www. patoisfilmfest.org — The “New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival” features documentaries on social justice issues, including race, civil rights, the women’s movement, trans identity, education reform, immigration, sex work and more. Screenings take place at Indywood Cinema, NOCCA, Tulane University and Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Art Center. Tuesday-Sunday.

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND

The Divergent Series: Insurgent (PG-13) — Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) evade enemies and search for answers in post-apocalyptic Chicago in the second film based on science fiction novels by Veronica Roth. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Do You Believe? (PG-13) — A local pastor re-ignites his faith and takes action in his community in this faith-based drama. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Gunman (R) — Former assassin Jim Terrier (Sean Penn) wants to unite with a former lover (Jasmine Trinca), but must go on the run as he realizes his past still follows him. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell

NOW SHOWING American Sniper (R) — Clint Eastwood’s war drama is based on the autobiography of notorious Navy SEAL and Iraq war veteran Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), known for his high kill count. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Chappie (R) — A mechanized police robot named Chappie gains the ability to think and feel, creating a new kind of threat to the dystopian social order in this sci-fi drama.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Cinderella (PG) — Imprisoned by a cruel stepmother (Cate Blanchett), orphaned Ella (Lily James) meets a fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) and goes to the palace ball in an adaptation directed by Kenneth Branagh. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Divergent Series Double Feature (NR) — Theaters screen the first and second films based on science fiction novels by Veronica Roth. Elmwood, West Bank, Regal The Duff (PG-13) — When Bianca (Mae Whitman) learns that her supposed friends call her the “Designated Ugly Fat Friend,” she sets out to revamp the high school social order. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Eva (PG-13) — It’s year 2041 and cybernetic engineer Alex (Daniel Bruhl) attempts to create a robotic child in this 2011 Spanish film receiving its first U.S. release. Chalmette Fifty Shades of Grey (R) — A literature student (Dakota Johnson) and a controlling businessman (Jamie Dornan) ignite a daring affair in the film based on E.L. James’ erotic romance novel. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Focus (R) — Con artist Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith) breaks off romantic involvement with his protege Jess Barrett (Margo Robbie), only to rediscover her on the opposite side of a scam. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Great White Shark 3D (NR) — The documentary explores shark encounters. Entergy IMAX Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (R) — Buddies Nick (Craig Robinson) and Jacob (Clark Duke) use their time-traveling hot tub to find who murdered their friend Lou (Rob Corddry). Elmwood

Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (NR) — Two young Maasai warriors go on a ritual safari through Kenya. Entergy IMAX Kingsman: The Secret Service (R) — Debonair super-spy Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recruits a wayward young man (Taron Egerton) to the service just in time to stop a diabolical tech mogul (Samuel L. Jackson). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place A la mala (PG-13) — Aspiring actress Maria Laura (Aislinn Derbez) finds a new career testing the fidelity of other women’s boyfriends in this Mexican romantic comedy. Elmwood The Lazarus Effect (PG-13) — Researchers Frank (Mark Duplass) and Zoe (Olivia Wilde) discover a serum to revive the dead, but when they use it on Zoe, they realize that evil powers accompany reanimation. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal McFarland, USA (PG) — A new coach (Kevin Costner) at a predominantly Latino high school leads the exceptional cross-country team to the championship in a film based on a true story. Elmwood, West Bank, Regal Mr. Turner (R) — Director Mike Leigh’s drama follows the last 25 years in the life of eccentric and controversial British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner (Timothy Spall). Elmwood Paddington (PG) — A young bear with a passion for marmalade finds a new home with Mr. and Mrs. Brown (Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins) and their children in the film based on the storybook character. Elmwood, West Bank Run All Night (R) — Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), a semi-retired hit man, is torn between his estranged son and his former mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) — The sequel about British retirees in India sees characters pursue romance and part-time jobs, while retirement home owner Sonny (Dev Patel) plans a business expansion and a marriage. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place Selma (PG-13) — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) leads a civil rights march from Selma to PAGE 48

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Historical documentarians are made to put When She’s Angry complex events in perspective through 7 p.m. Fri., March 20; clarity and insight that only emerge over 7:30 p.m. Sun., March time. If the subject is rich enough, they also 22; 7 p.m. Tue. & Sun., can assemble little known or long-forgotten March 24 & March 29 stories to reveal larger historical truths. That’s a fair description of director/producer Indywood, 628 Mary Dore’s She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, Elysian Fields Ave. which takes on the multifaceted history of (504) 345-8804 the modern women’s liberation movement with a focus on its tumultuous early years of www.indywood.org 1966 to 1971. Dore’s no-nonsense film sidesteps the feminist movement’s familiar icons and celebrities in favor of its many unsung heroes, the grassroots organizers and street-level workers who toiled outside the limelight to bring equality for women to the workplace and the culture at large. Underlying Dore’s efforts is the idea that the women’s movement never earned the respect accorded other social movements of its time, which played out in the current era through Dore’s many difficulties acquiring funding to complete her film. (She started working on it in the 20th century.) But respect is what the women’s movement is all about — then and now. The sheer quantity of movement contributors mentioned or discussed in She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry can be overwhelming, and sometimes makes Dore’s history seem scattered and unfocused. In addition, the film needlessly steps into the quagmire of staging re-enactments of key historical events. But by incorporating many of the movement’s disparate and sometimes opposing voices, the film uncovers a secret history of women’s rights that connects easily with the global struggles faced by many women today. The film quickly moves from a long-gone era in which employment classified ads were divided into “jobs for men” (career-track positions) and “jobs for women” (hired help) to a new consciousness about societal roles and the inequality of the sexes — an awareness that stemmed from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and early ’60s. Dore organizes her material more by topic and theme than chronology, allowing her to delve into the movement’s long-forgotten sub-groups and factions. Few remember W.I.T.C.H. (Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy From Hell), New York City’s Redstockings (known for its focus on pro-choice issues), Black Sisters United (which had a very different perspective than the movement’s mainstream) or Cell 16 (which advocated separation from men and trained women in self-defense). At minimum, these groups (and many others) reflected the diversity of activist women and enriched the debate about women’s rights. In the feminist movement one size never fit all. Archival footage of every imaginable stripe keeps Dore’s film lively and engaging. A banner unfurled by activists at the 1968 Miss America Pageant gives much of the world its first exposure to the phrase “women’s liberation,” and history professors caught up in the spirit of their time burn their advanced degrees on campus after realizing how little they know of historical achievements by women. The politics of women’s rights has its own buried history, embodied by the film’s retelling of President Richard Nixon’s veto of the Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972. This legislation would have created a national day care system, and its defeat dealt the women’s movement a crushing blow. It’s not much of a leap to the politically charged controversies of today, from equal pay for women to sexual assault on campus. — KEN KORMAN

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Montgomery, Ala., resulting in the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Elmwood

football program and its effect on the local community. 3 p.m. Wednesday. Newcomb College

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (PG) — SpongeBob Squarepants (Tom Kenny) and friends battle a pirate named Burger Beard (Antonio Banderas) over a stolen recipe for Krabby Patties. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (PG-13) — Traveling showman Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) must collect souls to escape a bet with the devil in Terry Gilliam’s fantasy adventure. 10 p.m. Wednesday. Indywood

Still Alice (PG-13) — Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, linguistics professor Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) must cope with the loss of her sense of self and her connection to her family. Elmwood, Regal Unfinished Business (R) — Three American businessmen (Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco) go to Europe to close a deal, but get sidetracked at an economic summit and a fetish conference. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Wedding Ringer (R) — Doug Harris (Josh Gad) is all set to marry his fiancee (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting), but the socially awkward groom has to hire a best man (Kevin Hart) in this buddy comedy. Kenner

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Whiplash (R) — A young jazz drummer (Miles Teller) endures verbal and physical abuse from his teacher (J.K. Simmons) in hopes of achieving greatness. Indywood Movie Theater

SPECIAL SCREENINGS 12 O’Clock Boys (NR) — A boy named Pug aspires to join Baltimore’s urban dirt-bike culture in director Lotfy Nathan’s critically acclaimed documentary. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Indywood Dolphin Tale (PG) — An injured dolphin receives a prosthetic tale with help from a boy named Sawyer (Nathan Gamble), his cousin Kyle (Austin Stowell) and a VA doctor (Morgan Freeman) in this family film based on a true story. 5 p.m. Saturday. Lakeview Presbyterian Drake’s Homecoming: The Lost Footage (NR) — Rapper Drake performs a 2009 Toronto concert in footage once believed to have been destroyed. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. West Bank Four Blood Moons (NR) — Adapted from a book by John Hagee, the film argues that lunar eclipses correspond with Biblical prophecy. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal Happy Valley (NR) — Amir Bar-Lev’s documentary revisits the child sex abuse scandal in Penn State University’s

Iron Man (PG-13) — Billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) builds an iron suit and adopts a superhero alter ego in the 2008 Marvel Comics film. 10 p.m. Sunday. Prytania The Lady from Shanghai (NR) — The New Orleans Film Society hosts a free screening of Orson Welles’ noir classic about a seaman who joins a yacht crew and becomes implicated in a murder plot. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. 2317 Burgundy St. The Metropolitan Opera: La Donna del Lago Encore (NR) — Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Florez star in the Met’s production of Rossini’s opera, based on the poem by Sir Walter Scott. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood, Regal Muppets Most Wanted (PG) — A Kermit the Frog impersonator leads the Muppet gang into an international jewel heist in the 2014 musical comedy. Fit NOLA Parks instructors host field games before the movie. 5:30 p.m. Friday. Joe W. Brown Park The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (NR) — The documentary follows the career of 20th century singer, comedian and radio personality Sophie Tucker. 1 p.m. Sunday. JCC Raiders of the Lost Ark (PG) — In Steven Speilberg’s 1981 adventure film, archeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) seeks the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can find it. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday at Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place; 7:30 p.m. Friday at Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden Rope (PG) — Two men (Farley Granger and John Dall) strangle a mutual friend in an intellectual attempt to commit the “perfect murder” in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic crime thriller. 6:30 p.m. Monday. Indywood Royal Ballet: Swan Lake (NR) — Natalia Osipova stars as cursed swan princess Odette in the Royal Ballet’s production of Tchaikovsky’s legendary ballet. 7 p.m. Thursday. Elmwood, Regal The Rose Tattoo (NR) — Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster star in the 1955 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play about a troubled widow and an unfaithful husband in New Orleans. Noon Sunday. Prytania

A Streetcar Named Desire (PG) — Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando star as Blanche and Stanley in the 1951 film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play set in New Orleans. Noon Wednesday. Prytania TCM Presents: Rear Window (NR) — Turner Classic Movies presents Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 mystery, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly as a couple who suspects a neighbor of murder. 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Sunday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal Timbuktu (PG-13) — In Abderrahmane Sissako’s acclaimed drama, the Islamic militant group Ansar Dine occupies the city of Timbuktu and imposes repression on its residents. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Indywood AMC Clearview Palace 12: Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-1257; www.amctheatres. com AMC Elmwood Palace 20: 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, (504) 733-2029; www. amctheatres.com AMC Westbank Palace 16: 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 263-2298; www.amctheatres.com Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 304-9992; www.chalmettemovies.com Entergy IMAX Theatre: 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org The Grand 14 Esplanade: 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 229-4259; www.thegrandtheatre.com The Grand 16 Slidell: 1950 Gause Blvd. W., Slidell, (985) 641-1889; www.thegrandtheatre.com Indywood Movie Theater: 628 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 345-8804; www. indywood.org Jewish Community Center: 5342 St. Charles Ave., (504) 388-0511; www. nojcc.org Joe W. Brown Park: 5601 Read Blvd., (504) 355-7175; www.friendsofjoewbrownpark. org Lakeview Presbyterian Church: 5914 Canal Blvd., (504) 482-7892; www.lpcno.org Newcomb College Center for Research on Women: Caroline Richardson Hall, 62 Newcomb Place, (504) 865-5238; www. tulane.edu/newcomb Prytania Theatre: 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania.com Regal Covington Stadium 14: 69348 Louisiana State Hwy. 121, Covington, (985) 871-7787; www.regmovies. com Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park., (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org The Theatres at Canal Place: The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 581-2540; www. thetheatres.com Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www.zeitgeistnola.org

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HAPPENINGS Arts and Activism Series. The Foundation Gallery, 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www. foundationgallerynola.com — Exhibiting artist Demond Matsuo gives a talk and nonprofit group Stomp the Violence performs. Suggested donation $5-15. 4 p.m. Saturday. Low Road third Thursday art walk. Royal St. — Galleries in the 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street stay open until 10 p.m. for this monthly event. 6 p.m. Thursday.

OPENING Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722 — “Maya Ruins and the Passage of Time: The Stephens & Catherwood Project,” photography by Jay A. Frogel, opening reception and lecture 6 p.m. Thursday. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt. state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, opens Saturday. New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.; www.facebook.com/ nolatattoomuseum — “Folklore & Flash: Grand Opening of the New Orleans Tattoo Museum,” opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Tulane University, Carroll Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2228; www.carrollgallery.tulane.edu — “Flutter,” mixed media MFA thesis exhibition by Imen Djouini, opens Wednesday; official opening

Williams Research Center. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade,” manuscripts, photographs, oral histories and artifacts relating to slavery in New Orleans, opens Tuesday.

GALLERIES 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 940-2900; www.5pressgallery.com — “39 or So…,” group exhibition by NOCCA alumni, through April 4. Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — Landscape paintings by Louis Morales; portraits and still lifes by Susan Hotard, through March. AFA New Orleans. 809 Royal St., (504) 558-9296; www.afanyc. com — “Dirty Little Secrets,” pop surrealism group exhibition, ongoing. Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/antenna — “The Contemplative Clay Project,” pottery by MaPo Kinnord-Payton, through April 4. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — “Gridlock: The Conflict Continues,” paintings by Kim Howes Zabbia; jewelry by Chester Allen; sculpture by Hernan Caro; paintings by Scott Pearson, through March. Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — Paintings and mixed media by Frederick J. Brown, through March 28; abstract kinetic sculpture by Lin Emery, through April 25. Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery.com — “Dioramas (c. 1998),” work by Jim Steg; “Here’s Where the Story Ends,” “The International Rrose Selavy Festival” and “Rothko Made Me Cry” by Dan Tague; “The SOLOS Group Presents: EDATF: Post Production”; all through April 4.

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “In the Presence of Pure Blue Tulips,” work by Mason Saltarrelli, through March. Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com — “A Ghost From the Future,” digital photography by Wade Pitre, through April 7. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www. callancontemporary.com — “Substructures,” paintings by James Kennedy, through March 28. Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Artists of Faith,” religious-inspired art by Warren Prindle, David Goodman and Michael Yankowski, through April 4. Casell-Bergen Gallery. 1305 Decatur St., (504) 524-0671; www.casellbergengallery.com — Work by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, BellaDonna, Jamal and Phillip Sage, ongoing. Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart. com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing. Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — “New Paintings of New Orleans and Ocean Springs,” plein air oil paintings by Phil Sandusky, through March 28. Coup D’oeil Art Consortium. 2033 Magazine St., (504) 7220876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “A Wilderness,” paintings and sculpture by M. Silver Smith, through April 4. The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www. foundationgallerynola.com — “Haiku with Abandoned Ghosts: New Work by Demond Matsuo,” through April 4. The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront. org — Collaborative work by John Isiah Walton, Cynthia Scott and Carl Joe Williams; drawings by Ryn Wilson and Peter Hoffman; installation by Jamie Solok; work by Megan Roniger; all through April 5. Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres.com — Mixed media by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Garden District Book Shop. The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — “Welcoming Spring,” group exhibition of paintings and sculpture by gallery artists, through April 5.

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Panel discussion on posthumous work. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-2200; www.tulane.edu — New Orleans Museum of Art photography curator Russell Lord and Tulane professors Stephanie Porras and Michael Kuczynski discuss “The Status of the Copy and Posthumous Work in the Museum.” 6 p.m. Wednesday.

reception 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. March 26.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — “Puppy Love with My Angels from Above,” paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing.

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www.guthriecontemporary. com — “Look and Leave,” photography by Jane Fulton Alt; “Space Between,” photography by Jennifer Shaw; both through March. Guy Lyman Fine Art. 3645 Magazine St., (504) 899-4687; www.guylymanfineart.com — Paintings by Leroy Miranda, through March. Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 5225657; www.hallbarnett. com — “Optic Fever,” group exhibition by 21 local artists, through March. Henry Hood Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 789-1832 — “Get Ready, Get Set, Go/Come,” monoprints by Rosemary Goodell; sculpture by Al Ormsby, through April 4. Hyph3n-Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 264-6863; www.hyph3n.com — “Intimate Conversations,” paintings by Polina Tereshina, through March 28. Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg. com — “Storyville,” group exhibition of paintings about New Orleans, through March. John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www.johnbukaty.com — “NOLA Pot Holes: Impressions of Street Art,” sculpture by John Bukaty, through April 17.

J&S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, (504) 952-9163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing. La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre. com — “Spring Altar” by Sea & Dagger; mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “From Our Shallow Waters: Still Lives From the Coast of New Orleans,” paintings by Billy Solitario, through April 11. Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — “On Your Mark,” paintings of Longue Vue’s Discovery Garden, through April 11. Loyola University, Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery. Monroe Library, fourth floor, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5456

Perhaps more than any other impressionist, Edgar Degas continues to fascinate. But why? It may have to do with his signature mix of familiarity and mystery, qualities that describe both the personality and the art of this Paris-born, self-proclaimed “son of Louisiana.” Anyone who heard art historian Marilyn Brown’s recent lecture “Degas in New Orleans: Cotton and Global Capitalism” could infer as much as she eloquently explored the dynamics of his painting A Cotton Office in New Orleans as both a family portrait and a sign of the times, as his prominent local kin stoically struggled with the challenges they faced in 1870s New Orleans. The Cotton Office became the first impressionist painting purchased by a French Edgar Degas: The THRU museum, which turned Degas into an art star, but this NewPrivate Impressionist: MAY comb expo contains nothing quite so epochal. Instead, these Works on Paper by mostly small prints and drawings read almost like a visual Degas and His Circle diary of his everyday life. Works by other artists in his circle reinforce an overall impression of personal mementos, like Tulane University, the memorabilia left behind by an esteemed, if eccentric, public figure. Newcomb Art Gallery In Degas’ best-known paintings, ballet dancers appear in an exu(504) 865-5328 berant nimbus of pastel luminosity, but here they are more likely to www.newcombartbe hanging out backstage. Similarly, some preoccupied figures on gallery.tulane.edu a beach seem oblivious to the sun and surf, and in a lithograph, Before the Race 1895 (pictured), the jockeys just seem to be horsing around. Such scenes, typical of his prints, convey a candid view of everyday life in 19th-century France. His drawings are more minimal. In an early portrait from 1853, his swarthy younger brother, Achille, slouches decorously as he gazes back at us. In some later paintings, he looks distinctly Afro-Creole. Degas, in fact, had many black local relatives, most notably Norbert Rillieux, the inventor of modern sugar refining. Diverse kinships were commonplace in 19th-century New Orleans. Degas always tried to be true to his subjects, but few were more mysterious than his own aristocratic, yet exotic, family. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

— “Mementos,” mixed media by Mary Jane Parker; “Stop Thinking So Much,” drawings by Christopher Deris; both through Tuesday.

Parse Gallery. 134 Carondelet St., (262) 607-2773; www.parsenola.com — New Orleans-inspired work by Kashink, through March.

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — Group show by gallery artists, through April.

M. Francis Gallery. 1938 Burgundy St., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery. com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Work by Vitrice McMurry, Lauren Thomas, Sabine Chadborn, Cathy DeYoung and others, ongoing.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “The Antiquarian Image: An Exhibition of 19th Century Photographic Processes,” group exhibition, through April 4.

Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Reconciled Beauty,” work by Yury Darashkevich, through March 28.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www. scottedwardsgallery. com — “Juju,” photographs by Sandra Russell Clark, through April 12; “Cemetery Walker,” ambrotypes of cemeteries by Euphus Ruth, through June 14.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — “Springtime in NOLA,” glass sculpture by Gerald Haessig and woodcut prints by Jessica Normington, through March. Oak Street Gallery. 111 N. Oak St., Hammond, (985) 345-0251; www.theoakstreetgallery.com — Work by Thom Barlow, Mark Haller, Pat Macaluso and John Robinson, ongoing.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.thesecondstorygallery.com — “Compositions in Steel,” sculpture by Gina Laguna; “Favorite Things,” drawings by Cynthia Ramirez; all through April 4.

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — Paintings by Kikuo Saito, through April 4.

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

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www. postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Over the River,” mixed media and photo manipulation by Jack Niven, through April 5. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www. stellajonesgallery.com — “Straight From the Soul, Part II,” mixed media by Kevin Cole, through March. Steve Martin Studios. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart. com — “Artisan Juncture,” group show featuring Gustavo Duque, Travis Linde, Amy Boudreaux, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Jedd Haas, Steven Soltis and others, ongoing.

Studio Inferno. 6601 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/ infernonola — “Old Works,” glass sculpture by Mitchell Gaudet, through March. Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.facebook.com/nolaartsalon — “After the Dust Settles,” new work by Peter Barnitz; solo exhibition by Sarah Marshall; through March 29. Three Rivers Gallery. 333 E. Boston St., Covington, (985) 892-2811; www.threeriversgallery.com — “Atmosphere and Ambiance,” paintings by Anne Cicero, through April 4. UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts. uno.edu — “God’s Country: Images of Louisiana’s Frontiers,” photography by artist collective Southerly Gold; “Southern Landscape: Bearing the Mark,” group photography exhibition; both through April 5. Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www.vieuxcarregallery. com — Work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing. Whisnant Galleries. 343 Royal St., (504) 524-9766; www.whisnantgalleries.

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Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery. com — “Palimpsest,” collages and drawing by Michael Pajon, through March 28.

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SPARE SPACES Ancora Pizzeria & Salumeria. 4508 Freret St., (504) 324-1636; www.ancorapizza.com — New paintings by Chad Sines, through Friday. Fairynola. 5715 Magazine St., (504) 269-2033; www.fairynola. com — “Enchantment,” paintings by Tim Jordan and Louise Rimington, ongoing. LA46. 2232 St. Claude Ave., (504) 220-5177; www.louisiana46.com — “Jazz, Jazzland & All That Jazz,” photographs by Skip Bolen, ongoing. M. Furniture Gallerie. 2726 Royal St., Ste. B, (504) 324-2472; www.mfurnituregallerie.com — Paintings by Tracy Jarmon; copper work by Giovanni; watercolors by Bill James; furniture by John Wilhite, ongoing. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. 1205 N. Rampart St., (504) 522-4786; www. jazzandheritage.org — “Femme Fest 2015,” exhibition of Louisiana women artists, through March 27.

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New Orleans Public Library. 219 Loyola Ave., (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias.org — “From Common and Basin to Tulane and Loyola: 150 Years of Change in Our Neighborhood,” photographs and documents of neighborhood transformation, ongoing.

Niki Walker Salon. 625 Baronne St., (504) 522-5677; www. nikiwalkersalon.com — “Maskers & Dollfaces,” paintings by Kevin Thayer, through April 4. The Saratoga. 212 Loyola Ave., (504) 522-4555; www.thesaratoganeworleans.com — “CBD (Chinese Business District),” photography and installation by Maria Moller and Richard Campanella, through March 29. Surrey’s Cafe & Juice Bar. 1418 Magazine St., 4807 Magazine St., (504) 524-3828; www. surreyscafeandjuicebar.com — “21st Century Photographs,” by Natasha Sanchez (at 1418 Magazine St.); group exhibition by Will Smith, Mardi Claw and Tamar Taylor, ongoing. Treo. 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 650-9844; www.treonola.com — Children’s art show, through March 28. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www.zeitgeistnola.org — “Loss,” photographs by Souzan Alavi, through March 29.

www.cacno.org — “En Mas: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean,” traveling exhibition of art influenced by masquerading traditions; “Radcliffe Bailey: Recent Works,” installations and sculpture by the artist; both through June 7. The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc. org — “Andrew Jackson: Hero of New Orleans,” through March 29; hand-carved decoy ducks, ongoing. Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/nelson-galleries — “Recent Acquisitions in Louisiana Art, 2010-2014,” local paintings and decorative arts from the 1790s to the 2000s, through May 2. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “Unsung Heroes: The Secret History of Louisiana Rock’n’Roll,” music artifacts curated in partnership with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, through May; “From ‘Dirty Shirts’ to Buccaneers,” art, artifacts and documents from the Battle of New Orleans, through Jan. 8, 2016; “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and panel display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www. lsm.crt.state.la.us — “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — “Robert Rauschenberg and the ‘Five from Louisiana,’” Rauschenberg’s Melic Meeting (Spread) and work by contemparies, through March 29; “Salutations,” collodion tintypes by Josephine Sacabo, through April 5; “Forever,” mural by Odili Donald Odita, through April; “Kongo Across the Waters,” art from west central African and African American cultures, through May 25.

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Newcomb Art Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartgallery.tulane.edu — “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist,” works on paper by Degas and his circle, through May 17.

Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800;

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-

9600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — “South,” photography by Mark Steinmetz, through May 10; “Tennessee Williams: The Playwright and Painter,” paintings by the writer, through May; “Jim Roche: Cultural Mechanic,” drawings, sculpture and installation by Jim Roche; “Tina Freeman: Artist Spaces,” photographs of local artists’ workspaces; both through July 12. Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www. louisianastatemuseum.org/ museums/the-old-us-mint — “Keeping Time,” photographs of Louisiana’s musical history, through Jan. 1, 2016; “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December 2016. Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane. edu — “Bungalows,” artifacts of bungalow and cottage architecture, through May 20. Southern Food & Beverage Museum. 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www. southernfood.org — “Antoine’s Restaurant: Celebrating 175 Years,” through June.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography. The New Orleans Photo Alliance awards a $5,000 grant to a Gulf Coast documentary photographer. Visit www.neworleansphotoalliance.org to apply. Deadline March 30. Southern Rep Theatre. Southern Rep Theatre, 6221 S. Claiborne Ave.; www. southernrep.com — The theater company invites visual artists to create a “musical altar” for the scenic design of its upcoming production BOUDIN. Blank altars are available from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through March 26. Deadline April 2. Email mmoore@southernrep. com for details. Spirit of Carrollton Photo Contest. The Carrollton Area Network seeks photos that capture the spirit of the Carrollton neighborhood from amateur photographers. Visit www.carrolltonareanetwork. org for details. Deadline April 11. Swap Meet NOLA. St. Margaret’s at Mercy, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 279-6414; www.stmargaretsno.org — The art and farmers market seeks artists. Email info@swapmeetnola.com. Wooden Boat Festival. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum seeks artists to create a poster for its annual festival. Visit www. woodenboatfest.org for details. Deadline April 13.

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In a lush New Orleans garden, Mrs. Violet Venable talks to a doctor about having her niece Catherine lobotomized. Recently, Violet’s son Sebastian died and she believes Catherine killed him. The doctor eventually meets Catherine, who’s living in a mental institution, and injects her with a truth serum Suddenly Last Summer THRU so she can tell her story in MAR 8 p.m. Thu.-Sat.; 3 p.m. Sun. Southern Rep’s production of Ashe Power House, Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly 1731 Baronne St. Last Summer at the Ashe Power House. (504) 522-6545 As with much of Williams’ www.southernrep.com work, the show pulls from his own experiences. In 1943, his sister Rose underwent a prefrontal lobotomy, and Suddenly delves into mental health issues. Catherine (Beth Bartley) is escorted by a nun from an asylum to Violet’s (Brenda Currin) Uptown New Orleans home. During the summer of Sebastian’s death, he traveled with Catherine in Europe, and she was the last family member to see him alive. Violet believes Catherine ruins her son’s reputation by “babbling” lies about Sebastian being ripped apart by a group of young boys. Though Violet sometimes uses a wheelchair, Currin gives her intimidating force. There’s a great urgency to her mission; her voice cracks with desperation when she talks of her son. She’ll stop at nothing to preserve her image of him. Directed by Aimee Hayes, the show is full of suspicious agendas and distrust. The doctor (Jake Wynne-Wilson) makes his house call to solicit funds for his practice. He’s interested in what he calls Violet’s “bribe” money. Though the doctor is morally ambiguous, Wynne-Wilson plays him with charm and wit. Catherine’s mother Mrs. Holly (Morrey McElroy) and her brother George (David Williams) also have come to hear Catherine’s story. They’ve tried to convince her to tell Violet a story she wants to hear. There’s a large sum of money at stake for this side of the family, as the aunt is keeping their inheritance in probate. In George, Williams infuses boyish energy into the show’s frantic pace, and McElroy injects Holly with a sense of much-needed empathy for all involved. With references to the French Quarter, Carnival balls and local politics, the play is a distinctly New Orleans affair. Designed by James Tait, the set features a wild garden full of Venus flytraps, fountains and a statue of St. Sebastian. In talking about Sebastian’s death, Catherine chain-smokes and shakily moves about her aunt’s plants. Bartley brings out Catherine’s inner turmoil and spills out a horrific account of the traumatizing events. While some actors might play Catherine as crazy, Bartley pulls back enough to keep audiences guessing. It’s a powerful and engaging performance, and we can never be sure she’s telling the truth. Bartley’s nuance helps push the show into complicated and thought-provoking territory. This production is riveting and the talented cast have an excellent command of Williams’s beautiful language in this dark drama. — TYLER GILLESPIE

Orleans following the show. 3 p.m. Sunday. Sex Please, We’re Sixty. Teatro Wego!, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego, (504) 885-2000; www.jpas.org — Respectable guests at Mrs. Stancliffe’s bed and breakfast get frisky after a mischievous

neighbor obtains Venusia, a libido pill for women. General tickets $30; seniors and military $27; students $20; children $15. 7:30 p.m. FridaySaturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. Old Marquer Theatre,

2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.theshadowboxtheatre.com — Lux et Umbra presents a new adaptation of Jon Scieszka’s book of humorous fairy tale mash-ups. Tickets $20; students and children $12. 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. PAGE 55

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Always… Patsy Cline. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — Margaret Belton stars in a musical play inspired by the classic country singer. Dinner and show $65; show only $30; brunch $60. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, 1 p.m. Sunday. America’s Wartime Sweethearts: A Tribute to the Andrews Sisters. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Belles perform as 1940s harmony singers LaVerne, Patty and Maxine Andrews. 11:45 p.m. Wednesday. Crimes of the Heart. Loyola University New Orleans, Marquette Theatre, Marquette Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www.montage. loyno.edu — Loyola theater students perform Beth Henley’s play about three Mississippi sisters and the sins of their dysfunctional family. Regular tickets $12; students, seniors and children $8. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Dinner with Friends. Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com — One couple’s divorce causes their friends to question the strength of their own relationships in Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer-winning drama. Tickets start at $30. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century). Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — Double Edge Theatre’s production incorporates dance, aerial and circus arts in an exploration of landmark 20th-century events. Tickets $35 in advance,

$40 day of show. 7:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Human Resources. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — Generate INK presents Rudy San Miguel’s play about a job applicant with an unexpected connection to her interviewer. Christopher Bentivegna directs. Tickets $15. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. Loot. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671; www.playmakersinc. com — Anysia M. Genre directs Joe Orton’s farce about two young thieves who attempt to evade police while hiding money in a coffin. Tickets $15, students $10. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Measure for Measure. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www. anthonybeantheater.com — Fredrick Mead directs the production of Shakespeare’s play about virtue, sin, mercy and humility in the brothels of Vienna. Tickets $20; students and seniors $18. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Once. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola.com — The touring production of the Tony Award-winning musical about an Irish street musician and an unexpected romance performs. Tickets start at $36. 7:30 p.m. WednesdayThursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. SE-PA-RATE. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www. trinitynola.com — NOCCA students re-enact the arrest and conviction of Homer Plessy, plantiff of Plessy v. Ferguson, in this free dramatic performance. Author Keith Weldon Medley signs copies of Black Life in Old New

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DANCE Union Tanguera. NOCCA Riverfront Lupin Hall, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca. com — The French-Argentinean tango ensemble perform Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night) with

The “pathetic aesthetic” was a shortlived but influential art movement of the 1990s, with artists like Cary Leibowitz and Mike Kelley presenting sad, soiled, inept works that commented on the creator’s lack of self-esteem and skill. Kelley’s stuffed animals and sock puppets became famous (one was used on the cover of the Sonic Youth album Dirty), while Leibowitz created poorly lettered signs with messages like “SORRY, I HAD BROCCOLI FOR LUNCH.” To the pathetic-aesthetic tradition, add Dina Martina (the creation of Seattle performance artist Grady West), a performer completely without singing or dancing talent and whose between-show patter is best defined as “stream of unconsciousness.” (Her own website describes her as a “tragic singer, horrible dancer and surreal raconteur.”) Though Dina has existed for nearly 20 years, her show last week at One Eyed Jacks was her first appearance in New Orleans. (“New Orleans has a beautiful Radio Shack!” she tweeted upon arrival. “Someone’s going shopping tomorrow!”) Songs? She had ’em, but how they were chosen was a mystery, like the lounge cover of The B-52’s’ “Legal Tender.” Some were abbreviated; midway through Duran Duran’s “Rio,” she announced, “This song is long!” and wandered to the side of the stage, where she ate a plate of spaghetti while the music continued. Then there was her cover of Bette Midler’s “The Rose,” which set a record for brevity: “Some say love …” she began, before concluding, “…becomes the rose.” (Time: five seconds. Huge applause.) Between the musical numbers, Martina rambled about various subjects, from climate change to her house being chosen for an episode of Hoarders. Her lack of felicity with song and dance carried through to her anecdotes; “Seattle” was constantly pronounced to rhyme with “fetal,” while she swapped hard and soft Gs with impunity — “gifts” became “jifts.” At one point, she described a neighbor family as being “very poor,” catching herself and adding, “I’m sorry, I know that’s racist.” There also were video vignettes, with Martina’s head poorly spliced on to characters from It’s a Wonderful Life, The Brady Bunch and what looked like a vintage porn film shot on a swamp boat. Martina’s closing number — a melange of Whitney Houston’s “Greatest Love of All” and Dead or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record).” The rewritten lyrics to the former summed up her philosophy: “Old people are the past,” she warbled. “Turn around and leave them far behind.” Why any of this was funny, much less for an hour, is inexplicable (drinking helped), but it was a riot. Judging from the packed club and the ovation, Martina will be back in New Orleans again, bringing her many jifts with her. — KEVIN ALLMAN live accompaniment. NOCCA and the New Orleans Ballet Association present the performance. Tickets $50. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

COMEDY Accessible Comedy. Buffa’s Lounge, 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www.buffasbar.com — Jake Potter hosts stand-up. Midnight Friday. Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www. facebook.com/twelve.mile. limit — Molly Ruben-Long and Julie Mitchell host an open mic. 9 p.m. Monday. Book Club Presents: Infinite Jest. The New Movement, 2706

St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — The tribute to David Foster Wallace features improv, sketch comedy and music. Tickets $5. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A Brunch of Laughs. Banks Street Bar, 4401 Banks St., (504) 486-0258; www.banksstreetbarandgrill.com — Bob Murrell hosts a free stand-up comedy showcase. 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon hosts local comedians. 8:30 p.m. Friday. Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlin-

wolf.com — Local comedians perform. An open mic follows. 8 p.m. Thursday. ComedySportz. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy. com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. GG’s 504 Comedy Tour. Castle Theatre, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 287-4707; www.castle501.com — Gina Gomez hosts comedians Dane Faucheax, Leon Blanda, Anna Lederman and Lina Ester. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Saturday. Give ’Em the Light Open-Mic Comedy Show. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com —

Leon Blanda hosts the open mic. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Hear My Train A Comin’. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — Lane Lonion and Luke OleenJunk host open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 p.m. Thursday. Jeff D’s Comedy Cabaret. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529-2107; www.bourbonpub.com — Jeff D and drag performer Carla Cahlua star in a weekly show. 10 p.m. Friday. Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7585590; www.theallwayslounge. com — Tory Gordon and Paul Oswell host an open-mic night. 7 p.m. Saturday. The Magna Carta Show. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — William Benner, David Kendall, Nathan Sutter, Brian Tarney, Thomas Fewer and Annie Barry perform improv and sketch comedy. 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story at this weekly show. 10:30 p.m. Saturday. A Night of Comedy. Tacos & Beer, 1622 St. Charles Ave., (504) 304-8722; www.tacosandbeer. org — Corey Mack hosts two stand-up showcases. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Saturday. NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts the series, which features a booked showcase and open mic. 9 p.m. Sunday. Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — A weekly open mic. 9 p.m. Wednesday.

AUDITIONS 30 by Ninety Theatre. The company holds auditions for its June production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical at 3 p.m. April 12. Actors must prepare one show tune and one country song. Email 30byninety@gmail.com. Contemporary Arts Center. Director Cosmin Chivu holds auditions for the November production of Tennessee Williams’ The Mutilated on March 16-18. Email liveperformance@ cacno.org. Le Petit Theatre. The theater schedules private auditions for its upcoming production of Merrily We Roll Along. Email Clayton Shelvin at auditions@ lepetittheatre.com.

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Anais St. John’s Girl Talk. MidCity Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Singer Anais St. John performs a retrospective of her life and career in cabaret. Harry Mayronne provides accompaniment. Tickets $20. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday. Beach Blanket Burlesque. Tiki Tolteca, 301 N. Peters St., (504) 267-4406; www.facebook.com/ tikitolteca — GoGo McGregor hosts a burlesque show. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Big Deal Burlesque. Freret Street Publiq House, 4528 Freret St., (504) 826-9912; www.publiqhouse.com — Roxie le Rouge produces the burlesque, variety and aerial performance. Tickets stat at $12. 10 p.m. Friday. Blue Stockings Burlesque. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — Picolla Tushy’s Bluestockings burlesque troupe performs a show titled “Hip-Hopping Into Spring.” 10 p.m. Saturday. Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2331; www.sonesta.com/royalneworleans — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque show featuring music by Romy

Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio. 11:50 p.m. Friday. Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — Corey Mack and Roxie le Rouge host a free comedy and burlesque show. 9 p.m. Monday. Creole Sweet Tease Burlesque Show. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 522-5400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a burlesque performance featuring music by Jayna Morgan and the Creole Syncopators Jazz Band. 9 p.m. Friday. The Dirty Dime Peepshow. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge. com — The Lady Lucerne and Vinsantos Defonte star in an extra-naughty burlesque show, hosted by Ben Wisdom and produced by Bella Blue. Tickets $15. 11 p.m. Saturday. Dungeons & Dragon Queens. Eiffel Society, 2040 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-2951; www. eiffelsociety.com — Society of Sin presents a live burlesque role-playing game starring Papa Razzi, Queenie O’Hart, Xena Zeit-Geist, Cherry Bombshell and Darling Darla James. Tickets $15. 11 p.m. Friday. The Flesh Art Show. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.thefleshartshow.com — Gingerlicious hosts a live body-painting performance featuring artists, acrobats and dancers, as well as live music by Gravity A. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Friday. Let’s Get Away From It All. MidCity Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Ricky Graham directs Amy Alvarez and Jefferson Turner in a show of American songbook standards. Tickets $20. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Sunday School. The BEATnik, 1638 Clio St., (504) 648-7998; www.facebook.com/beatnikbookingnola — The burlesque and variety show features the Rev. Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls. Tickets $5. 9 p.m. Sunday. Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (downstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www. dragonsdennola.com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue features burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Suddenly Last Summer. Ashe Power House, 1731 Baronne St.; www.southernrep. com — Aimee Hayes directs Southern Rep’s production of the Tennessee Williams play about a wealthy woman’s attempt to conceal the truth of her son’s death. Tickets $40; senior, student and teacher discounts available by phone. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. The Vagina Monologues. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Kesha McKey directs Eve Ensler’s series of monologues about women’s sexuality. Proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and the YWCA of Greater New Orleans. Regular tickets $20, students and seniors $10. 7 p.m. Friday- Saturday. When Ya Smilin’. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www. rivertowntheaters.com — Ricky Graham writes and directs a “comedic love letter” about a 9th Ward family in 1950s New Orleans. General tickets $32; seniors $30; students and military $27. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

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TUESDAY 17 Business Information Session. Treme Center, 900 N. Villere Street, (504) 658-0188; www.nola.gov/ nordc — The Mayor’s Office of Economic Development and the City of New Orleans One Stop Shop host a session on electrical and mechanical permits. 5:30 p.m. Downtown Irish Club Parade. Bywater/French Quarter — The St. Patrick’s Day Parade proceeds from the corner of Burgundy and Piety streets through the Bywater, Marigny and French Quarter, concluding on Bourbon Street. 6 p.m.

Tracey’s St. Paddy’s Day Party. Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar & Restaurant, 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www.traceysnola.com — Tracey’s hosts an all-day party with a DJ, green beer, drink specials and corned beef and cabbage. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Yoga at the Cabildo. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — Yogis of all experience levels practice in the Cabildo gallery. Non-members $12. 7:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 18 Barbershop Meetings. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Peter Nahkid leads the men’s discussion. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Parasol’s Block Party Celebration. Parasol’s Restaurant & Bar, 2533 Constance St., (504) 302-1543; www. parasolsbarandrestaurant. com — Parasol’s hosts a St. Patrick’s Day block party with green beer, drink specials, corned beef and cabbage and “Irish sundae” potato salad. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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

Southern Design Week. Various locations; www. southerndesignweek. com — The weeklong event features shows from local and regional designers, receptions and networking. Tuesday-Saturday.

Jazz Pilates. New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841; www.nps.gov/ jazz/index.htm — Stephanie Jordan leads a free class incorporating Pilates, dance and jazz. Noon.

St. Patrick’s Day bar crawl. Bourbon Heat, 711 Bourbon St., (504) 324-4669; www.barcrawls.com/neworleans — Barcrawls.com hosts a holiday crawl in the French Quarter. Tickets start at $10. 5 p.m.

Lunchbox Lecture. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944, ext. 229; www.nationalww2museum.org — The semi-monthly lecture series features World War II-related topics. Noon.

Toddler Time. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — The

Nature Walk and Titivation. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238;

Endeavors’ gala features food, drinks, a silent auction and music by Philip Manual. Tickets start at $50. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

White Glove Wednesdays. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www. nationalww2museum.org — Curator Eric Rivets gives visitors a chance to wear original military uniforms and equipment. 9 a.m.

Refugee law lecture. Loyola University College of Law, room 308, 7214 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5668; www. law.loyno.edu — Scholar Karen Musalo lectures on “The Battle for Equality in Refugee Law: The Resistance to Protection of Women and Children.” 5:30 p.m.

Women and Wine on Wednesdays. Pearl Wine Co., 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco. com — Women relax and network while enjoying wine. 5:30 p.m.

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Art in Bloom. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — The five-day event features floral designs and sculptures. Proceeds benefit NOMA and The Garden Study Club of New Orleans. A patron and preview party takes place from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday-Sunday. Bridge lessons. Wes Busby Bridge Center, 2709 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-0869 — Beginners and novices take free bridge lessons. 9 a.m. Careers Workshop. Nix Library, 1401 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 596-2630; www.nutrias. org — Jessica Rareshide teaches attendees how to create a strong, current resume. 6 p.m. Cooking with the Wine Guys. Martin Wine Cellar Deli & Catering, 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — Jeff Hirstius and Andrew Dike lead cooking demonstrations, wine pairings and tastings. Tickets $50. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feast Day Celebration. International House, 221 Camp St., (504) 553-9550; www.ihhotel.com — The St. Joseph’s Day celebration features an altar, Italian food and drink and an accordionist. 4:30 p.m. Jazzin’ on Jackson Gala. St. Alphonsus Arts and Cultural Center, 2045 Constance St.; www.mercyendeavors.com/ jazzin-on-jackson — Mercy

A One Night Stand with Lily Keber. New Orleans Video Access Center, 532 Louisa St., (504) 940-5780; www.novacvideo.org — The director of Bayou Maharajah discusses “Making It Through Your First Film (and Surviving).” RSVP to biliana@ novacvideo.org. 6 p.m.

Sistahs Making a Change. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Women of all experience levels dance, talk and dine together at this health-centered event. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. St. Joseph’s Altar. Amici Ristorante & Bar, 3218 Magazine St., (504) 300-1250; www.amicinola.com — Visitors can view the altar, sample pasta milanese and offer a donation to Children’s Hospital. Noon to 4 p.m. Tango master class. NOCCA Chevon Forum, 5 Press St., (504) 522.0996 ext. 203; www.nobadance.com — Members of Union Tanguera lead a tango class and a community tango party follows. Free with advance registration; call or visit the website. 7:15 p.m.

FRIDAY 20 2015 Terrytown Louisiana Spring Festival. Oakwood Center, 197 Westbank Expwy., Gretna, (504) 361-1550; www. terrytownfestival.com — The Spring Festival features amusement rides, live entertainment, the Spring Fest pageant, food vendors, crafts and more. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Crawfish Boil on the Lake. Treasure Chest Casino, 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (800) 298-0711; www.treasurechest.com — Visitors enjoy crawfish and music by Karma on the front lawn of Treasure Chest Casino. A platter of crawfish is $10. Beer and beverages available for purchase. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Drafts for Crafts. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012;

www.draftsforcrafts. org — The Museum’s Young Benefactors host a benefit featuring food, drinks and live music by Sweet Crude and Mississippi Rail Company. Tickets $65. 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Eve of Spring. www. facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead — The Urban Farmstead hosts a dinner fundraiser featuring produce and herbs from the urban farm, Vinho Verde and green cocktails. Tickets $40. Visit the website for details and location. 6:30 p.m. Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — This week’s event includes a guided architectural tour, a book signing by photographer Tina Freeman, music by Cathy Anderson and a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark in the sculpture garden. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Greater New Orleans International Auto Show. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 582-3000; www.neworleansauto.com — The expo features 2015 and 2016 models from all major automakers. Regular admission $10; military and seniors $7; kids 12 and under free. 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Northshore Boat’n’Fishing Show. Northshore Harbor Center, 100 Harbor Center Blvd., Slidell, (985) 781-3650; www.northshoreharborcenter.com — The expo includes boat displays, informational seminars and more than 90 vendors of equipment and accessories. 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Sansepolcro Flag-Wavers. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — The Italian drum, trumpet and flag-waving group gives a free performance in honor of St. Joseph’s Day. Noon. Shrine Circus. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www. neworleanscircus.com — The circus features acrobatics, magic tricks, clowns, aerialists and performing tigers and elephants. Admission starts at $18. Visit the website for details and showtimes. Friday-Sunday. Starlight Racing. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 944-5515; www.fairgroundsracecourse.com — Evening

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It’s All About the Music Bike Ride. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www. nolasocialride.org — NOLA Social Ride cyclists cruise around the city, stopping along the way to enjoy live music. 6 p.m.

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www.northlakenature.org — Guests tour natural habitats and learn to prune plants along the trail. 1 p.m. “Perverse Ambitions, Deviant Careers.” Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-2200; www.tulane.edu — Gender and sexuality scholar Margot Canaday gives a free lecture subtitled “A Queer History of the Modern American Workplace.” 7 p.m.

EVENT LISTINGS racing kicks off with first post at 5 p.m. General admission $5. Studio 504 Disco Party. Eiffel Society, 2040 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-2951; www.hopestoneinc.org — The costumed benefit for youth arts program HopeStone NOLA features a disco DJ, dance performances, food from local restaurants, silent auctions and a raffle. Tickets start at $40; kids free. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sweet Arts 2015: A CAC Fundraiser. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 5283800; www.cacno.org — The CAC’s annual bash features classic dishes from local restaurants, an open bar, a vinyl dance party and the New Orleans premiere performance of The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century). 7 p.m.

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Antique Auto Club of St. Bernard Cruise Night. Brewster’s, 8751 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 309-7548; www.brewstersrestaurant.com — Antique and classic cars are displayed and there is music from the 1950s through the 1970s. 6 p.m.

Audubon Charter School Soiree. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — The theme is “Life is a Cabaret” and the gala features food from local restaurants, live and silent auctions and music by Amy Alvarez, the Sirens of New Orleans and the Siren Sisters. Tickets $40 in advance, $50 at the door. 7 p.m. Bienville Saturday Market. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www.swapmeetnola.com — The pet-friendly weekly market features arts, crafts, a flea market and food. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Congo Square Rhythms Festival. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.pufap.org — The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation festival includes a Mardi Gras Indian contest, dance performances, drum circles, food, kids’ activities, an art market and music. The lineup includes the Wild Magnolias, Cha Wa, Rebirth Brass Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, Tank & the Bangas, Africa Brass, Moyuba, Yissy Garcia and others. 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Earth Fest. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute. org — Visitors celebrate the

environment with games, food, craft vendors, exhibitors from nonprofit and government agencies and live music by Gregg Martinez & the Delta Kings and Faith in the Music. Free with regular zoo admission; discounts available for recycled Mardi Gras beads. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Easter Egg Hunt. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www. longuevue.com — Families enjoy an egg hunt with lawn games, face painting and a plant sale. Tickets $8 for non-members. 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Easter Eggstravaganza. Joe W. Brown Park, 5601 Read Blvd., (504) 355-7175; www. friendsofjoewbrownpark.org — Families enjoy an egg hunt, games, face painting, inflatables, snowballs and a visit from the Easter Bunny at this free event hosted by New Orleans Recreation Development Commission. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Estate planning seminar. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www. nutrias.org — Lawyer Rebecca Miller and financial advisor Marigny de Mauriac review estate planning basics. 1 p.m. An Evening with Deacon John. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 581-7032; www.prcno.org — The fundraiser for the New Beginnings School Foundation features music by Deacon John. Tickets $65. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Fete Francaise. Ecole Bilingue De La Nouvelle Orleans, 821 Gen. Pershing St., (504) 8964500; www.ebnola.com — Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orleans presents the festival celebrating all things French with food, music, a silent auction, games, art market and vendors. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gift of Sight Celebration. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www. auduboninstitute.org — The Southern Eye Bank hosts donor families and recipients for a day at the zoo with a picnic, bounce house, crafts and a butterfly release. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Great St. Charles Avenue Road Race. De La Salle High School, 5300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8955717; www.runnotc.org — The race begins and ends at De La Salle High school, offering 10K, 5K and one-mile distances for runners, walkers and families. Registration varies. 7 a.m. Gretna Jubilee. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue at Second Street; www.gretnafarmersmarket. com — The event features food, drinks, charity auction baskets and music by Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swing-

ers. Proceeds benefit West Bank magnet schools. Tickets $50. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Hackcess to Justice Louisiana. Loyola University College of Law, 7214 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5668; www.law.loyno. edu — The Louisiana State Bar Association hosts a hackathon offering cash prizes for solutions that help improve legal access. The public is invited to a free coding class at 2 p.m. and to hackathon judging at 4:30 p.m. Hand-carved fishing lures. Fairview-Riverside State Park, 119 Fairview Drive, Madisonville, (985) 845-3318 — A park ranger teaches participants to create handmade fishing lures. 10 a.m. Heart Walk. Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Highway 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — The three-mile walk supports the American Heart Association. 9 a.m. History of the Cocktail: The Sazerac. Robert E. Smith Library, 6301 Canal Blvd., (504) 596-2638; www.nutrias.org — Attendees learn the history of New Orleans’ signature cocktail and enjoy a demonstration and tasting. 5 p.m. Interpretive hike. Woodlands Conservancy, 449 F. Edward Hebert Blvd., Belle Chasse, (504) 433-4000; www. woodlandsconservancy. org — Naturalist Bob Thomas educates hikers on forest characteristics, wildlife habitat and hurricane recovery. RSVP by phone or email info@ woodlandsconservancy.org. 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Jazz Yoga. Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841; www.nps.gov/ jazz — Susan Landry leads a free class featuring meditational jazz piano. 10 a.m. Junior Committee’s Children’s Spring Party. New Orleans Opera Guild Home, 2504 Prytania St., (504) 267-9539; www.operaguildhome.org — The Women’s Guild of the New Orleans Opera Association hosts an egg hunt with refreshments, a performance by the MetroPelican Opera and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Admission $18 adults, $12 children at the door; children 2 and under free. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Leukemia Cup Regatta. Southern Yacht Club, 105 N. Roadway St., (504) 288-4200; www.leukemiacup.org — The weekend features sailboat races, post-race parties, charity auctions, food from local restaurants and music by Refried Confuzion. Proceeds benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Saturday-Sunday. Madisonville Art Market. Madisonville Art Market, Tche-

EVENT LISTINGS functe River at Water Street, Madisonville, (985) 871-4918; www.artformadisonville.org — The monthly market features works by local artists including paintings, mixed media, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mandeville Spring Craft Show. Mandeville Lions Club, 720 Lafitte St., Mandeville, (985) 626-8862; www.mandevillecraftshow.com — The craft show features art, furniture, decor, jewelry, speciality foods and more. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Metamorphosis. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias.org — The Broadmoor Improvement Association gala features art, food, a silent auction and music by Sharon Martin. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Mississippi cooking demonstration. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.southernfood. org — Chef Brad Orrison of The Shed Barbeque and Blues Joint demonstrates Mississippi-style barbecue. 2 p.m.

OCH Recycled Art Market. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www. ochartmarket.com — There’s live music, entertainment, art and home furnishings crafted from reclaimed materials. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Open Studio Art Project for Kids. Propeller Incubator, 4035 Washington Ave., (504) 564-7816; www.gopropeller.org — Kids learn about water and costal ecology through poster art and stop-motion animation. Fee $5 per child. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pink Tie Affair. Lakefront Airport, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 243-4010; www. pinkhouseinc.org — Sheba Turk hosts the gala for the young women’s organization Pink House, featuring music by Brass-A-Holics. Tickets $100. 7 p.m. Secret Gardens Tour. Garden District between Prytania St., Philip St., Second St. and Magazine St., 2324 Prytania St.; www.secretgardenstour. org — The day includes guided and self-guided tours of 16 private gardens in the Garden District. Proceeds benefit the Brain Injury Association of

SoFAB Cooking Demo. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www. frenchmarket.org — Artis and Lesley Turner of Dirty Dishes demonstrate a dish and discuss their food philosophy. 11 a.m. Soiree of Feathers. Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal St., (504) 595-5511; www. sheratonneworleans.com — The New Orleans Black Indians Alliance black-tie gala features dinner, a ceremony, music and dancing. Tickets start at $155. 7:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. Spring Fiesta. New Orleans Spring Fiesta Association, 826 St. Ann St., 581-1367; www. springfiesta.com — The weekend includes tours of private French Quarter homes and a horse-drawn parade presenting the Spring Fiesta Queen at Jackson Square at 3 p.m. Saturday. Saturday-Sunday.

2628 — LSU Health Science’s Neuroscience Center hosts a kids’ learning event with brain specimens, models and brainthemed crafts. 2 p.m.

SUNDAY 22 Dog Day. City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 482-4888; www. neworleanscitypark.com — Louisiana SPCA’s dog event includes a walk-a-thon around City Park’s Big Lake, contests, vendors, pet adoptions, a margarita bar, a bake sale, kids’ activities and music by Partly Cloudy. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Heart health for kids. Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www.nutrias. org — Staff and students from LSU Health New Orleans teach kids about heart health with science demonstrations, coloring and activities. 2 p.m. Kayaking the Bayou. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — David Woodard of Massey’s Professional Outfitters provides gear and leads kayak trips down Bayou Castine. Non-members $5. Call (985) 626-1238 or email Rue@ northlakenature.org to RSVP. 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m.

“To Be Sold: The American Slave Trade from Virginia to New Orleans.” Williams Research Center, The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — The daylong symposium includes panel discussions and keynote addresses on the Southern slave trade and is part of a joint simulcast in New Orleans and Richmond, Va. Free with required registration.

Pinchpot Making. Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.pressstreet.com/antenna — Exhibiting artist MaPo Kinnord-Payton leads a meditative clay workshop. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Touch a Truck. Children’s Hospital, 200 Henry Clay Ave.; www.jlno.org/touchatruck — Kids explore construction equipment, emergency vehicles and other trucks at this event, which also features food and games. Tickets $8 in advance. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Superhero 5K & 1K. Audubon Park, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.superherorace. org — Runners in superhero costumes run a 5K route to benefit CASA New Orleans. There’s also a 1K course for kids. Registration $30 in advance, $45 day of race. 7:30 a.m.

Walk in the Woods. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Donna Caire and Rod Downie discuss edible plants, native species and their historical significance along the trail. 8 a.m.

Tipitina’s Foundation’s Sunday Youth Music Workshop. Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-8477; www.tipitinas. com — Kids jam with the Johnny V. Trio, 1 p.m.

Walk MS: New Orleans. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www. walkmslouisiana.org — The fundraising walk benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Registration begins at 8 a.m.; walk at 9 a.m. Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 456-5000; www.noma. org — The museum hosts yoga classes in the sculpture garden. Non-members $5. 8 a.m. Your Sensational Brain. Children’s Resource Center, 913 Napoleon Ave., (504) 596-

Unified Indian practice. Handa Wanda’s, 2425 Dryades St., (504) 813-3496 — Mardi Gras Indians gather for a weekly open practice to rehearse music and routines. 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY 23 The Brooklyn Brewery Mash. Various locations; www. brooklynbrewerymash.com — The weeklong event includes food and beer tastings around the city, plus comedy and the Found Footage Festival. Monday through March 28. Concussion and brain injury awareness. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675;

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EVENT LISTINGS www.nutrias.org — Tulane’s Sports Legacy Institute Community Educators lead a free informational program for athletes, coaches and parents. 6 p.m. Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 456-5000; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold leads the class in the museum’s art galleries. Non-members $5. 6 p.m. Walking in This World seminar. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — Participants complete creativity exercises and discuss Julia Cameron’s Walking in This World, the sequel to The Artist’s Way. 7 p.m.

WORDS Alice Abel Kemp. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the Romance Writers of America author gives a talk on “How Grammar and Punctuation Errors Can Torpedo Your Manuscript.” 10 a.m. Saturday.

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All People Open Mic Poetry Circle. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — Poets of diverse backgrounds share their work at a monthly reading. By donation. 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday.

Ava Leavell Haymon. People Program, 2240 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 284-7874; www.peopleprogram.org — The Poet Laureate of Louisiana reads and discusses her work. Refreshments are served. 3 p.m. Sunday. Barri Bronston. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author discusses and signs Walking New Orleans, a collection of walking tours. 2 p.m. Sunday. Deborah Burst. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias.org — The author presents Louisiana’s Sacred Places: Churches, Cemeteries and Voodoo. 10 a.m. Saturday. Dianne de Las Casas and “Kid Chef” Eliana. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author reads from The Little “Read” Hen and “Kid Chef” Eliana demonstrates uses for eggs at this kid-friendly event. 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www. nutrias.org — The group hosts twice-weekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and

more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. James Nolan and Genaro Ky Ly Smith. Maple Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak St., (504) 866-9359; www. mapleleafbar.com — The poets read and sign their new collections, Drunk on Salt and The Land Baron’s Son. 3 p.m. Sunday. Jesmyn Ward. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-2200; www.tulane.edu — The National Book Award-winning author discusses her work and its relationship to family storytelling and oral traditions. A reception and book signing follow. 7 p.m. Thursday. Jyl Benson and Sam Hanna. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www. southernfood.org — The author and photographer discuss Fun, Funky and Fabulous: New Orleans’ Casual Restaurant Recipes and Chef Michael Nirenberg of Fulton Alley demonstrates cooking andouille tots. 11 a.m. Saturday. Lynnell L. Thomas. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks. com — The author discusses and signs Desire & Disaster in New Orleans: Tourism, Race and Historical Memory. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Magic Tree House Book Club. Nix Library, 1401 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 596-2630; www. nutrias.org — Kids enjoy crafts, trivia, reading and discussion of the Magic Tree House book series. 11 a.m. Saturday. M.O. Walsh and David Joy. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The authors read and sign My Sunshine Away and Where All Light Tends to Go. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Moira Crone. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The author discusses her latest book, The Ice Garden. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Sidney Pulitzer. Audubon Zoo, Dominion Auditorium, 6500 Magazine St. — The author of Repair Washington discusses political reform. 1 p.m. Saturday. Skip Horack. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author discusses and signs his novel The Other Joseph. 6 p.m. Wednesday. S.R. Perricone. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.

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New Orleans acrobats, stilt walkers, aerialists and burlesque and belly dancers will perform in little more than paint and elaborate headdresses at the Flesh Art Show Friday at One Eyed Jacks. Twenty-three body-painting artists will have up to eight hours prior to the show to render full-body artistic visions on their performing models. “What makes the difference from other competitions and body-art events is that everybody in the show is a performer,” says event founder and producer Rosemary Kimble. “They’re not just up there doing the catwalk modeling thing. The Flesh Art Show MAR ... [I]t’s more like a cabaret or 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday a circus.” One Eyed Jacks In addition to the performers on stage, the show features music 615 Toulouse St. by funktronic band Gravity A, (504) 569-8361 living statues painted in metallic colors and opportunities for www.oneeyedjacks.net audience members to have their bodies painted. Local participating artist Craig Tracy opened his Royal Street gallery featuring body painting nine years ago. His first exposure to body painting was the August 1992 cover of Vanity Fair, on which Demi Moore was pictured in a painted-on suit. “Whether it’s canvas, wood, masonry, whatever an artist works on, it’s generally a flat, dead square,” Tracy says. “Painting a living, breathing, soul-filled human being that’s 360 degrees and curvy in every place is hard to compare.” In his third Flesh Art Show appearance, Tracy will paint an aerial performer with a design he bases on stained glass windows. Kimble began painting bodies 20 years ago and created her first Flesh Art Show in 2005. She currently produces a similar show in Atlanta. Tickets are $20 and a portion of the proceeds will go to ARTDOCS, a nonprofit program that helps artists get medical care. — EMMA DISCHER

com — The author discusses and signs Blue Steel Crucifix. 3 p.m. Sunday. Story Time with Miss Maureen. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529

Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — Miss Maureen reads Second Banana by Keith Graves. 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

StoryQuest. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Authors, actors and artists read children’s books and send kids on art

Suddenly Less Summer literature discussion. Madisonville Library, 1123 Main St., Madisonville, (985) 845-4819; www.sttammany.lib. la.us — Susan Blalock leads a discussion of Louisiana writing and Ray Arsenault’s “The End of the Long Hot Summer: The Air Conditioner and Southern Culture.” 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Tina Freeman. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The photographer signs Artist Spaces. 6 p.m. Friday. Whitney Stewart. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The author reads and signs Meditation is an Open Sky: Mindfulness for Kids. 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Women of the Word Showcase. Community Book Center, 2523 Bayou Road, (504) 948-7323; www.communitybookcenter.com — Slam New Orleans hosts a poetry event featuring performances by FreeQuency, Tarriona “Tank” Ball, Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley and others, plus an open mic. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

SPORTS AMSOIL Arenacross. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.com — The indoor motocross show performs in New Orleans. Tickets start at $12. 7 p.m. Saturday, Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Milwaukee Bucks. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

CALL FOR WRITERS Youth Writing Contest. The New Orleans Loving Festival seeks essays on race, racism and the multiracial experience by writers age 18 and under. Cash prizes are awarded. Visit www.charitablefilmnetwork. submittable.com/submit for guidelines. Deadline March 31.

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As far as your friend’s advice, I’m sure that he means well, but you may want to take his advice with a grain of salt. I attend annual career search and résumé conferences where we review the results of surveys and statistical data that guide us in preparing the best résumés using the latest methods. While your résumé could be improved by a professional writer, overall it is quite good. I definitely do not recommend “dumbing it down” or downplaying your accomplishments. New Orleans Job Guru is New Orleans native Grant Cooper. President of Strategic Résumés®, Grant ranks within the top LinkedIn Résumé Writing Experts nationwide and has assisted the U.S. Air Force, Kinko’s, the Louisiana Dept. of Labor, the City of New Orleans, NFL/NBA players & coaches, as well as universities, regional banks, celebrities, and major corporations.

Send Your Questions to New Orleans Job Guru at: grant@resupro.com or 504-891-7222. Please state your city, first name, and last initial.

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Green firm seeks Sales Rep, construction industry experience. $700 Avg. Wkly Base + New Sales Comm. + mileage. Clean vehicle with insurance. Exc. health & safety record, prof. appearance, computer skills. Driving & credit checked. Resume + 3 references. yww@bellsouth.net

CLERICAL RECEPTIONIST

Real Estate Company. Experience necessary. Good salary plus benefits. Please send cover letter & resume to: Richard Jeansonne, 1041 Esplanade, NOLA 70116

COMPUTERS PROJECT MANAGER

Sought by Secure Computing Systems dba Mumms Software for New Orleans, LA office to facilitate the definition of project scope, requirements, goals and deliverables. Perform Data Migration from legacy systems (suncoast/ progress DB) to the new (PostgreSQL DB) in-house built products. Performance analysis, selection and negotiation for third party software purchases (JasperSoft Suite, US Zip-code database etc). Guide team of developers on system design and coding in technology stack (Java/J2ee, Hibernate, Spring, GWT, Linux, Unix, PostgreeSQL). Conduct performance tuning of the Server and handling deployments. Telecommuting option is available when necessary. Must have Bachelor’s in CompSci, BusAdmin or rltd & 5 yrs of exp w/web servers, application servers, database servers & N-tier app & developing public/private hybrid cloud architectures. Send resumes to whitney.andrews@mumms. com. No calls. EOE.

FARM LABOR TEMPORARY FARM LABOR

Ollinger Farms, Groom, TX, has 1 positions for grain & cotton; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.35/hr, may work nights and weekends; threefourths work period guaranteed from 4/21/15 – 12/15/15. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX3290667 or call 225-342-2917.

TEMPORARY FARM LABOR:

Roderick Cattle Co., has 2 positions for livestock, & hay; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.35/hr, may work nights and weekends; threefourths work period guaranteed from 4/12/15 – 1/15/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX2810548 or call 225-342-2917.

WIT’S INN Bar & Pizza Kitchen Apply in person Mon-Fri, 1-4:30 pm 141 N. Carrollton Ave.

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Vehicular Accidents Defective Products Slip and Fall Accidents Vehicle Lemon Law Claims Fair Debt Collection Violations Debt Help Options Credit Card Defense Auto, Credit Card, Internet or Insurance Fraud Unfair Credit Reporting Civil Rights Violations

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CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 2009-7395 DIVISION “D” SUCCESSION OF DWAYNE TITUS TATE NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY given that Clara T. Brady, Provisional Administratrix of this Succession, has petitioned the Court for authority to sell at private sale to Salvatore Joseph Ciolino and Theresa Thompson Ciolino the following described property in accordance with all terms and conditions contained in the Petition filed in this matter.

MODELING/ACTING BRAND AMBASSADORS NEEDED!

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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

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: Sale to be for the sum of $285,000.00 CASH (1/2 INTEREST = $142,500) Notice is hereby given to all parties to whom it may concern, including the creditors of the decedent 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 used after the expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

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The improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 2561 Madrid, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122.

A NEW JOB

To advertise in Gambit Classifieds’ “Employment” Section call 504.483.3100.

Attorney: Joseph C. Coates, III Address: 3421 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite 300 Metairie, Louisiana, 70001 Telephone: 504-834-2977 Gambit: 3/17/15 & 4/7/15

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

NO. 2014-08629 DIVISION “H” DOCKET 1

No.15-716 Division “I-14”

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF MARGARET MARIE MATTHEWS NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas the Co-Executors, Mark E. Matthews, Bruce A. Matthews & Roger W. Matthews of the above Estate, has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit: 3630 Rue Mignon, New Orleans THAT PORTION 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 State of Louisiana, in that Parish of Orleans, Fifth Municipal District, formerly a portion of Aurora Plantation, as shown on plan of subdivision of Bocage Subdivision by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, C.E., dated January 7, 1966, revised August 9, 1966, which plan of subdivision was approved by the City Planning Commission on February 16, 1967, under Docket No. 176-65 and which subdivision plan as so approved has been registered in the Conveyance Records of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in COB 678, Folio 537, on February 17, 1967, and according to which plan said portion of ground is more particularly designated as Lot No. 85 of Square 131, Sec. B, Bocage Subdivision, which square is bounded by Rue Mignon, LaCour Monique, Rue Michelle and Carlisle Court. Said Square is situated in Section “B” of said subdivision. Commencing at a point 515.54 feet from the corner of Carlisle Court and Rue Mignon, Lot No. 85 measures 64 feet along and fronting on Rue Mignon, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 115 feet between equal and parallel lines and according to a survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated February 11, 1970, attached to an act passed before Paul Lapeyre, Notary Public, dated February 20, 1970, for reference, the said property has the same measurements, location and description as hereinabove stated forth and is designated by the Municipal No. 3630 Rue Mignon. UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: $145,000 Cash to Seller Seller will pay $5,800 towards buyer’s closing costs and pre-paids Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent 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. DALE N. ATKINS, Clerk Attorney: Brian E. Adorno Address: 1421 N. Causeway Blvd. Ste. 201, Metairie, LA 70001 Telephone: (504) 227-2280 Gambit: 2/24/15 & 3/17/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Clarence Toney Jr. and Trenda Smith Toney call J. Gainsburgh, atty at 504582-2280.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF MAXINE ARMFIELD BLUM NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE OIL, GAS AND MINERAL LEASE Notice is given that Richard K. Blum, the Executor of the Succession Maxine Armfield Blum, has petitioned the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans for authority to enter into an Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease with regard to the following property: That certain tract or parcel of land containing 140.00 acres, more or less, situated in Sections 14, 15 and 23, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana and located approximately 65 miles below the Town of Thibodaux, measuring 40 acres front, more or less, on the left descending bank of Bayou Lafourche by depth belonging thereto, and being bounded now or formerly by lands owned as follows: Northerly by James I. Griffin; Easterly by Estate of Desire LaGraize; South Louisiana Canal and Navigation Co. and/or H. Clifton; Southerly by R. L. Sanders and/or Lot 3 of said Section 23; and Westerly by said Bayou Lafourche. Said tract sometimes described as the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4 of SW/4) of said Section 14, the South Half (S/2) of Lot No. 4 and all of Lot No. 5 of said Section 15, and all of Lot No. 1 of said Section 23, all in Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and being further described in that certain deed from Florida Lefort to Robert U. Blum, husband of Maxine G. Armfield, dated February 2, 1952, and recorded at COB 160, Page 10, Entry No. 103637 of conveyance records of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. LESS AND EXCEPT from the above described property is that certain tract or parcel of land containing 20 acres, more or less, situated in Section 23, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and described as all of Lot No. 1 of Said Section 23, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Leaving a balance of 120.00 acres, more or less being leased herein. Notice is given that all terms of the proposed lease are fully set forth in Exhibit “A” to the Petition for Authority to Execute Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease. Notice of the application is being published once in Orleans Parish in both Gambit and Louisiana Weekly and once in Lafourche Parish. The Order authorizing the Executor to enter into said Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease shall issue after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of publication of this notice. Any opposition to the Application must be filed prior to the issuance of the order. Attorney: Christine W. Marks, Esq. Conroy Law Firm, PLC Address: 3838 N. Causeway Boulevard Suite 3130 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: (504) 830-3450 Gambit: 3/17/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Etta Kennedy, AKA Etta Renee Bridges Smith, AKA Etta Renee Bridges Smith Kennedy, last known to be a resident of Gretna, LA , contact Attn Deborah Lonker (504) 528-9500.”

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1/2 INTEREST IN THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, in the THIRD DISTRICT, thereof, designated as LOT NO. 6, of SQUARE 4876 (being old Square No. 91), as per plat of Milneburg by L. Bringier, dated May 16, 1851, which square is bounded by FRANKLIN AND HIBERNIA (formerly Edinburg) AVENUES, PAINTERS AND MADRID (formerly Dublin) STREETS, and as will more fully appear by reference to a survey by L. J. Stewart, dated March 17, 1947, annexed to act before H. Charles Korn, N.P., dated March 31, 1947, the said Lot 6 begins 107 deg 5” 3’” from the corner of Madrid and Painters, measures thence 55 feet front on Madrid Street, same width across the rear, by a depth of 150 deg 10” 2’” between equal and parallel lines. And according to a survey by Errol E. Kelly, Surveyor, dated June 26, 1966, said lot is the same as heretofore described, except that Hibernia Avenue is now Robert E. Lee Boulevard.

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1215 N. BROAD ST. • $750K

Well situated, updated, & attractive comm’l property ready for your occupancy. Lower unit has 15+ rooms/5bathrooms, and is @5,000 sf. Upper unit is @2,000 sf., and ready for build out. 8 – 16 off street parking spaces. Currently used as a spa, ideal for multi uses. Stones throw to medical district.

COMMERCIAL FOR LEASE

4 Alice Ct. (VLD) $10K 2760 Athis St. (VLD) $33.5K 6961 – 3 Boston Dr. (VLD) $25K 1215 N. Broad St. (COMM) $750K 2234 – 6 Delachaise Street $89K 7537 Devine Av. $120K 4123–5 Downman Blvd. (COMM) $525K 7320 Hansbrough Av. $120K 3910 – 12 LA Avenue Pkwy. $200K 13110 Lemans St. $105K 1922 Marengo St. $900K 2349 Maryland Av. $80K 2025-7 Painters St. $119.9K 2625 Pine St. $650K 2458 N. Tonti St. $145K

FOR RENT/LEASED 2028 Pauger St., A

$1,150/mo

2625 Pine St., A

$3,575 mo

UNDER CONTRACT 809 31st St.

$80K U/C

1269 Milton St.

$800/mo U/C

638 S. Rocheblave St. (VLD) $45K U/C 2124 Cadiz St.

$164.9K SOLD

1210 – 12 N. Galvez St.

$480K SOLD

4001 Gen. Pershing St. (VLD) $110K SOLD 6000 Eads St.

$1,075/mo LEASED

1269 & 71 Milton St. $800/mo LEASED 2028 Pauger St., B $900/mo LEASED 3607 St. Ferdinand St. $975/mo LEASED

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1995 GENTILLY BLVD at DESAIX CIRCLE

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1900 - 1906 St. Ann Street 4,000 Sq Ft $175,000

2 Units, 1375 sq.ft. each. Adjacent to each other. Can be combined (2750 sq ft. total) or stand alone.

Development opportunity in historic Treme. Property consists of 2 buildings, one corner building and one Creole Cottage double with large garage extending from N Roman side. Close to the French Quarter, Lafitte Greenway, new biomedical complex, Interstate, CBD. Zoned B-1 commercial, corner building was a bar for many years with apartment above. Possible use of state & federal historic restoration tax credits- exciting possibilities await!

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AVAILABLE PROPERTIES FOR LEASE/FOR SALE 3200 Severn

933 Behrman Hwy

9511 Chef Menteur Hwy

4134 Florida Ave • Kenner

Across from Lakeside Mall

End Cap Closed Restaurant

Upscale Retail Strip

For Sale Ofﬁce Building

Approx 2200 sq ft 1-1/2 story $20/sq ft NNN

3450 sq ft $15/sq ft NNN 1000-1150 sq ft $15/sq ft NNN

10 spaces avail from 1042-9118 sq ft $14/sq ft Modified Gross

$539,500.00 All leased up, Cap Rate 10% Great for owner/occupant or investor.

4641 FAIRFIELD ST • METAIRIE, LA 70006 • 504 207 7575

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

New granite in kit & bath. 12 x 24ft lr, King Master w/wall of closets. Furn Kit. Laundry on premises. Offst pkg. NO PETS. O/A, $724-$848/mo. 504236-5776.

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

METAIRIE 2BR/1BA COTTAGE

Between Vets & I-10, near Bonnabel. Furn. kit. CA&H, w&d hkkps. No pets, no smoking. 1 yr lease. $1200/mo. + deposit. Water paid. (504) 813-1444.

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

ESPLANADE RIDGE LRG 2 BR, 1.5 BA

2 BR/2.5 BA Town House Condo, 1343 Sq. Ft., $245,000 dancingqueen924@aol.com (504) 931-9458.

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS 1041 Ursulines - 2bd/2.5ba ............... 1030 Orleans - 1bd/1ba .................... 1022 Toulouse - 1bd/1ba .................. 1750 St. Charles - 2bd/2ba .................. 713 Kerlerec - 1bd/1ba .................. 127 Carondelet - 1bd/1ba ..................

MISSISSIPPI LARGE HOUSE ON 4 ACRES

Livable but needs work 3 miles east of Magnolia, MS, $45,000. Call (601) 248-0888.

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FOR RENT 210 Chatres 3B

1/1 FURNISHED APT WITH STREET BALCONY .............. $1300

932 St Ann

1/1 1/2 Dble,HdwdFlrs,HiCeils,Central/mo,CentralFQRloc$1,200

2102 N Claiborne #A

2/1 Lgupstrs.wdfls,hiceil.W/Dhkps.Nopets.Furnrange/oven,fridge$1,000

1025 Dumaine #6

1/1 newly renov, w/d, central ac/heat,fireplace ........ $1,200

1025 Dumaine #4

2/1 no pets Renov, wd flrs, w/d in unit ...................... $1400

2424 Royal

1/1 shotgun w/pvt courtyard, walking distance to FQ ..... $1500

FOR SALE

4514 PRYTANIA NEWLY REMODELED!

University area. Gated & furn. 1BR/1BA, lr, granite kit, hi ceils, wd flrs. CA&H, patio, dw, w&d on site. $1200/ mo, lease & dep. No pets/smoking. 504-897-5275 or 504-669-6150.

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT 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.

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#13 & 14 ALL RENO UNITS IN TREME STEPS TO FQ ....... $925

7200 Schouest (Met)

3/2 1590 sqft, lrg garage, deck in lush backyard ........ $197,000

2326 Lepage

2/1 Renovator’sdream!Didnotflood.Hiceils,wdflrs&prkin $229,000

412 S Hennessey

4/3 Renov sngl Midcity. SS appls, media rm, garage pking. $469,000

2553 St Ann

4 plex in Midicty in need of renovation ............... $219,000

823 Burgundy #3

2/2 1,600 sqft, brand new renovation, balcony ........ $599,000

526 Spain “A”

2/1 Grtarea.2bdw/3rdforoffice.Hdwdflrs,brckctyrd...$242,500

1526 Arts

2/1 Renovated single w/large lot & parking

$139,000

2 Units, 1375 sq. ft. each, adjacent to each other, can be combined (2750 sq ft. total) or stand lone 1995 GENTILLY BLVD @DESAIX CIRCLE (504) 583-5969

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7211 Broad Place $499,000 Beautiful new renovation of 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath. NO FLOOD with low flood insurance rates. Viking stove, marble baths, great open entertaining area, huge front porch, master suite with walk-in closet and sitting room. French Bath fixtures in mint move-in condition. Owner/Agent.

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 32 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

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4716 ANNUNCIATION G-1

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Secure bldg. Newly remodeled. Granite, tile, lots of closets. Refrig, stove, w&d. Centrally located near Metairie, UNO & Downtown., off st pkg, $800/ mo. + $800 dep. Call 504-228-2282.

Newly Renovated 2BR, 2BA w/appls. Beautiful balcony & courtyard setting w/swimming pool. Quiet neighborhood. $1050/mo. Call 504-756-7347.

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1BR, 1 BA CONDO

Recently remodeled, kit, c-a/h, hi ceils, hdwd/crpt flrs, fncd bkyd. w/d hookups, off st pkg. $1150/mo. 1563 N. Galvez. Call 1-888-239-6566 or mballier@yahoo.com

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28 OLIVIA LANE

3432 sqft - $675,000 + 10K Bonus Country Estate in the rolling hills of Poplarville w/68.11 acres of rolling pastures, and multiple barns. Southern Traditional style home wrapped in brick w/ metal roof. Welcoming front and relaxing back porch. Two-car carport, over-sized two-car garage w/ elevator to second floor office with AC-heat. Three suites, one on first level and two on second level. Closets and storage galore! Huge kitchen w/ upgraded appliances.

Mike Hindman (800) 566-7801

Across the U.S. buyers and sellers are agonizing their inability to buy or sell a home. It takes the right REALTOR to get the job done in any situation, and Brittny McKay is that REALTOR! Military friendly and experienced with first time home buyers, sellers, investment property, relocation, short sales, foreclosures, contract writing, negotiations. and so much more!

53 Colony Trail Mandeville 4BR/3.5BA

$389,000

VanHoven Contracting Inc.

Newly Renovated Bywater Cottage • Two bedrooms, One bath • Off street parking • Private courtyard

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Brittny Jade McKay Real Estate Agent/Realtor Cell: 504-236-5749 ®

Office: 504-282-2611 bjmckay@latterblum.com

Lakefront Office 7039 Canal Blvd. New Orleans, LA Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission Latter & Blum, ERA Powered, is Independently Owned and Operated

Western North Carolina Mountain Properties By Owner Various Parcels

Gorgeous French European home w/all the bells & whistles. Renovated kitchen inc. double ovens in brick wall, 3/4 nail down wood floors, brick floors, tongue and groove cypress ceil., Lavish Master Suite w/travertine tile floors & shower. Flagstone patio, new detached Guest Cottage.

• Security system • Gourmet kitchen with custom cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops

985-674-SOLD(7653) Direct 985-789-2434 Cell Darlene@DarleneG.com www.DarleneG.com Licensed in Louisiana • Equal Housing Opportunity 800 N. Causeway Blvd. Ste 1-A Mandeville, LA 70448 985-626-8589

Kyle Gurievsky cell 985-373-0582

For more information call 504-382-7718

NEW FRENCH QUARTER LISTING! 1303 BURGUNDY

PENTHOUSE CONDO • $535,000

Perfect For Second Home, Investment or Retirement • Professional Golf Course and Private Airstrip • Gorgeous Views

(504) 459-5450

• Central air and heat • Insulated walls, ceilings and floors

Darlene Gurievsky

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TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 747-591 DIVISION “J”

NO. 719-090 DIVISION “C”

NO. 743-603F

SUCCESSION OF BRADLEY J. D’AUNOY

SUCCESSION OF DONALD JAMES GUILLORY

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL

NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

SUCCESSION OF EVELYN MCKENNA KING NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN that Valerie Landry and Robert M. Foster, co-executors of the Succession of Evelyn McKenne King, are applying for authority to sell at private sale on terms of one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000.00) a piece of immovable property described as follows: A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes advantages or appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the State of Louisiana in the Parish of Jefferson in that part thereof known now as TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION NO. 2-A, formerly part of Oakdale Subdivision, Section B, all in accordance with a survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., on June 3, 1959, revised September 16, 1959, and again revished on September 18, 1959, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 4706, registered in COB 514, folio 343, and according to which survey said property is more particularly described as follows:

Improvements bear Municipal No. 1919 Arrow Lane, Terrytown, LA 70056.

THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privileges, prescriptions, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in UNIVERSITY CITY SUBDIVISION, and according to a plan of resubdivision by J. L Fonctuberta, Surveyor, dated May 11, 1970, and approved by the City of Kenner by Ordinance No. 1224 and recorded at C.O.B. 716, Folio 675, Plat Book 69, Folio 3, of the records of the Parish of Jefferson, and according thereto, said lot of ground is designated and measures as follows: LOT 9B of SQUARE 9, which said square is bounded by Ole Miss Drive, the Fourth Jefferson Drainage District on the east side, and on the north by a Twenty Foot (20.00’) servitude; and on the south by a Twenty Foot (20.00’) servitude. LOT 9B commences at a distance of Five Hundred Twenty and 00/100 Feet (520.00’) from the corner of Ole Miss Drive and the Twenty Foot (20.00’) servitude which is the northern boundary of Square 9 and measures thence Fifty and 00/100 (50.00’) front on Ole Miss Drive, same in width in the rear by a depth of One Hundred Eleven and 00/100 Feet (111.00’) between equal and parallel lines; all as more fully shown on a survey by R. L. Schumann, Surveyor, dated January 29, 1971, a copy of which is annexed hereto and made a part hereof. The improvements thereon bear Municipal Number 4136 Ole Miss Drive. Upon the following terms and conditions, to-wit:

An order authorizing them to do so may be issued after 7 days from the date of the second publication of this notice. An opposition to the application may be made at any time prior to the issuance of such an order.

FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND and 00/100 DOLLARS ($48,000.00) cash, with the Succession to receive its proportionate share of the net proceeds after payment of the usual vendor’s costs and fees.

By order of the court Lisa M. Cheramie, Clerk of Court

Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent 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 ten (10) days from the one and only publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

Attorney: Robert M. Foster Address: 3629 Lake Aspen E. Dr. Gretna, Louisiana 70056 Gambit: 2/24/15 & 3/17/15 Be advised that anyone who knows the whereabouts of Charles Edward Norman whose last known address was 2012 Greenpoint Drive, New Orleans, LA, 70114, please contact Clinton Smith, Jr. Esq. at (504) 382-3760. Be advised that anyone who knows the whereabouts of Vanh or Khambay Keosayasing Chanthavong whose last known addresses were 4810 Strasbourg Place, New Orleans, LA 70129, or 8414 General Collins Street, Apt. 3, Youngsville, LA 70592, or 8414 General Collins Street, Lot 5, Youngsville, LA or 8414 General Collins Street, Unit 47, Youngsville, LA 70592, please contact Clinton Smith, Jr. Esq. at (504) 382-3760. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jean-Guy Bellegarde, please contact Attorney Louis DiRosa, Jr., at 504615-7340.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT, Aliesha Buckley, Clerk Attorney: Vance W. Ott Address: 3540 S. I 10 Service Rd. W. Ste. 100 Metairie, LA 70001 Telephone: (504)454-1744 Gambit: 3/17/15 ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF FRANK J. LARRE PLEASE CONTACT IRVING SHNAIDER (504)484-6416.

The Dative Testamentary Executrix of the above estate has made application to the court for the sale, at private sale, of the immovable property described as follows: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages, and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the subdivision of the LIBERTY TRACE in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, building in SECTION B of the LAKE VILLAS SUBDIVISION, in SECTION 44, TOWNSHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 10 EAST, SOUTHEASTERN LAND DISTRICT of LOUISIANA, designated as LOT SEVEN (7) of SQUARE TEN (10) on a survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Surveyors, dated May 5, 1969, and according thereto, said LOT 7 is bounded by LAKE VILLA DRIVE, WEST ESPLANADE AVENUE, in the line of the Manson Tract, and FAIRFIELD STREET commences ONE HUNDRED (100’) FEET from the intersection of WEST ESPLANADE AVENUE and LAKE VILLA DRIVE and measures thence FIFTY (50’) FEET front on LAKE VILLA DRIVE, same width in the rear by a depth of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE (135”) FEET between equal and parallel lines. The improvements thereon bear Municipal Number 4311 Lake Villa Drive, Metairie, Louisiana. Under the terms and conditions provided in the agreement to purchase filed in these proceeding. 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 such application, at any time, prior to the issuing of the order or judgment authorizing, 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 the law. By order of the court, Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk of Court Attorney: Jerry W. Sullivan Address: 3900 North Causeway Blvd. Suite 1470 Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: (504) 830-3990 Gambit: 3/17/15 & 4/7/15 ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of JOYCE SKINNER GREEN (aka JOYCE GREEN), whose last known address was 6218 Cambridge Ct, New Orleans, LA 70131, please contact Atty. Jauna Crear, 4747 Earhart Blvd, Ste I, NOLA 70125, 504-365-1545. ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of MELVIN L. DAVIS, whose last known address was 3118 Second Street, New Orleans, LA 70125, please contact Atty. Jauna Crear, 4747 Earhart Blvd, Ste I, NOLA 70125, 504-365-1545. ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF RALPH J. BRYAN, JR. PLEASE CONTACT IRVING SHNAIDER (504)484-6416.

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Ladonna Caston or anyone knowing her whereabouts, please contact Atty Justin Woods at 504-309-4177

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TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

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NO. 04-15522 DIVISION “D“ SUCCESSION OF SANDERS COLEMAN, SR.

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SUCCESSION OF JUANITA SMITH BONIFACE

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

NO. 738-999 DIVISION:”H”

NOTICE OF FILING OF TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION AND FINAL ACCOUNT (COMBINED)

NOTICE is given to all parties whom it may concern, including the creditors of the decedent herein and of his estate, that the Administratrix of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to sell at private sale that certain immovable property belonging to the decedent in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the sum of $10,000.00 for the whole of said property, the succession to pay its pro-rata share of taxes, proper certificates, and vendors’ fee. The immovable property to be sold at private sale is described as follows: LOT NO. FOUR (4), Square 503 and 620, FIRST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans. The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 1121 South Dupre Street. Acquired June 6, 1967, COB 682, folio 093. Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of this notice. New Orleans, Louisiana, this 13th day of March 2015. Attorney: Wallace H. Paletou Address: 3601 North I-10 Service Road West Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: (504) 885-9222

NOTICE IS GIVEN to the creditors of this estate and to all other persons herein interested to show cause within seven (7) days from the date of publication of this notification ( if any they have or can ) why the Final Account and Tableau of Distribution ( Combined ) presented by the Testamentary Executors of this Estate should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance herewith. By Order if the CIVIL DISTRICT COURT Dale N, Atkins, Clerk Attorney: Wilson C. Boveland Address: 1739 St. Bernard Ave. New Orleans, Louisiana 70116 Telephone: 504-931-6608 Gambit: 3/17/15

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 742-200 DIVISION “G” SUCCESSION OF JIMMIE J. BRYARS NOTICE

Gambit: 3/17/15 & 4/7/15 Brown Butter Society, LLC and Brown Butter Southern Kitchen and Bar is applying to the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell beverages of high and low alcohol content at retail in the Parish of Orleans at the following address: 231 North Carrollton Ave Suite C New Orleans, LA 70119 Brown Butter Society, LLC Brown Butter Southern Kitchen and Bar Members: Simon Beck and Dayne Womax

SUCCESSION OF CHARLYN ANN SAUTER NOTICE OF FILING THIRD TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that the Administratrix of this succession has filed a Petition for Authority to pay charges and debts of the succession, in accordance with the tableau of distribution contained in the petition. The petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven days from the date of this publication; any opposition to the petition must be filed prior to homologation. BY ORDER OF THE COURT Marilyn Guidry, Clerk of Court Attorney: Regal L. Bisso Address: 3925 N. I-10 Service Road W. Suite 227 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: 504-830-3401 Gambit: 3/17/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Sheila Burke, please contact Halima Narcisse Smith, atty at (504) 358-2112. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Terry Caesar and/or Simonne Richson Caesar L/K/A 3610 Rue Collette, N.O.,LA 70131, call R.Hamilton (504)940-1883.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the LLOYD THOMAS BRYARS, JR., administrator, has petitioned for authority to sell the interests of the succession in to the immovable property bearing Municipal No. 101 Bailey Street, Harahan, Louisiana 70123, for the sum of $75,000.00. Any opposition to the proposed sale must be filed within 7 days from the date of the last publication hereof. Attorney: Irl R. Silverstein Address: 635 Lafayette Street Gretna, Louisiana 70053 Telephone: 504-362-3692 Gambit: 3/17/15 & 4/7/15

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LOT 5 of SQUARE 3, bounded by Arrow Lane, Appletree Lane, Adonis Way and Amapola Circle which said Lot No. 3 forms the intersection of Arrow Lane and Amapola Circle and measures thence 75 feet front on Arrow Lane, by a depth and front alongside Amapola Circle of 75.04 feet, and a further depth and front alongside Amapola Circle on a partly curved line of 15.24 feet, by a width in the rear of 80.96 feet, and a depth on the opposite side line nearest Appletree Lane of 100 feet; all as more fully shown on survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated September 19, 1961, a copy of which is annexed to an act passed before Louis G. Dutel, Jr., N.P., dated October 10, 1961.

WHEREAS, Dennis P. D’Aunoy, Administrator of the Succession of Bradley J. D’Aunoy, has made application to the Court for the sale, at private sale, of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit:

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