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A + E News ..................................................51 a chat with This American Life host Ira glass, who’s coming to Tulane Music ..............................................................53 PrEVIEW: girls and unknown Mortal orchestra .......................................................54 Film .................................................................58 rEVIEW: A Separation ..............................59 Art ....................................................................61 rEVIEW: Thornton Dial at NoMa .........63 Stage ..............................................................64 rEVIEW: The Divine Sister ......................66 Events ............................................................68 Crossword + Sudoku ............................78

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(Polyvinyl), Barnes’ 11th Of Montreal LP, further widens the musical breadth of his exquisitely uncomfortable confessional booths, touching on country noir paranoia and extraterrestrial prog rock. Kishi Bashi opens at the Howlin’ Wolf. PAGE 53.

Foburg Festival Fri.-Sun. March 9-11 | The New Orleans Indie Rock Collective’s Foburg Festival rounds up everything from local bounce artists (Katey Red) to indie acts (Maps & Atlases) headed to Austin’s South by Southwest music festival and holds a threeday event at venues around town. The festival also includes comedy showcases and film screenings. Visit www.foburgneworleans.com for details. PAGE 53.

Tsunami Dance Fri.-Sat. March 9-10 | Tsunami Dance premiered GhostWalk at the New Orleans Fringe Festival in November 2011. Choreographers Kettye Voltz and John Allen created a seamless series of spare but fluid and vibrant modern dance pieces. At the Contemporary Arts Center. PAGE 64.

A Night to Make It Right Sat. March 10 | The dinner is sold out, but the star-studded concert of Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation gala features Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Seal, Soul Rebels Brass Band and others. Comedian Aziz Ansari hosts. At the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. Visit www.nighttomakeitright.com. PAGE 68.

Mattachine and Amber Alert Fri.-Sat. March 9-10 | John Cameron Mitchell, creator and star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, created Mattachine, a moving New York club party that now tours. He DJs along with PJ DeeBoy on Saturday. Late on Friday night, cabaret star Amber Martin sings and delves into comic sketches and personas, and Mitchell is a frequent guest in her shows. At AllWays Lounge. PAGE 53.

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Japanther Fri. March 9 | With reference points as disparate as Walt Whitman and the Ramones, prolific New York performance artists Japanther bound about in their latest issue Beets, Limes and Rice (Recess) backed by guerrilla dance beats and a barrage of rawhide riffs. The Pharmacy and Jean-Eric open at the Hi-Ho Lounge. PAGE 53.

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Gov. Bobby Jindal has broad ideas regarding school reform. Few of them seem related to school discipline. By JEREMY ALFORD

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session that convenes March 12. Moreover, Gov. Bobby Jindal has only made passing mentions of discipline in his recent education speeches. Like Appel, House Education Chairman Steve Carter, R-Baton Rouge, says he hasn’t heard a peep about any major discipline-related bills that might crop up this year. “The concern is always there and there are certainly people out there working to come up with solutions,” Carter says. “But I haven’t heard about anything substantial being worked on for the session.”

Last year, State Sen. Sharon Weston Broome, D-Baton Rouge, passed legislation through the House and Senate to reduce suspensions and expulsions for minor infractions in Louisiana public schools. Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed it.

That means the ideas will have to come from outside the inner circles. Enter State Rep. Dee Richard of Thibodaux, a member of the House Education Committee who has no party affiliation. PAGE 9

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has been using a photo of WVUE-TV reporter Lee Zurik as target practice, the station reported. Last year, Zurik reported about people who voted in a parish election even though they hadn’t lived in St. Bernard since Hurricane Katrina. WVUE says some of the deputies at the firing range were among those “absentee” voters. Sheriff Jack Stephens apologized to Zurik but added it wasn’t against the law, nor “the canon of ethics.” Stephens misses the point: It was patently unprofessional and unbecoming of an office that is sworn to protect citizens.

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f you believe the polling, the public isn’t sweating school discipline issues too heavily. According to the PDK/Gallup poll — an annual survey of citizens’ attitudes toward public schools — the American public may actually care less than ever. In 2011, only 6 percent felt that a “lack of discipline” was a real problem — and that’s down from 11 percent in 2006 and 15 percent in 2001. More often, funding issues or teacher quality top such lists. But if you ask the public directly about the issue of school discipline, the numbers are starkly different. In another 2011 survey from Rasmussen Reports, 68 percent of participants defined discipline in public schools as “too easy.” In a separate query, 78 percent maintained that, compared to when they were in school, it’s more difficult for teachers today to maintain discipline in the classroom. It’s also a topic that resonates on the political front lines. “Discipline is clearly a huge problem in the classroom,” says Senate Education Chairman Conrad Appel, R-Metairie. “Time and time again, teachers tell us that this is one of their top priorities.” Anyone with an Internet connection can find problem stories around the state. Students at Zachary High School, in the town of Zachary, were expelled for a sexually-oriented hazing incident. In Brusly, a student was recently suspended and kicked out of the honors club for criticizing a teacher on Facebook; the student is suing the school system. In Jefferson Parish, officials are under fire for having students arrested for “minor school disciplinary matters.” And so on and so forth. It’s all in a day’s work for professional educators. In fact, Louisiana’s public schools expel students at five times the national rate, based on a report compiled by Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children and the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative. Within the Recovery School District, the expulsion rate is 10 times higher. But from a statewide perspective, 8,501 fewer students were expelled or suspended during the 2010-2011 school year as compared to 2005-2006. So while the Bayou State is trending above the national average, data sets issued by the state Department of Education show that Louisiana is also dishing out fewer expulsions and suspensions — combined — than ever before. The end results — the payoff for this model — are difficult to quantify. There are cases where good-natured students are pushed out of the school system and head down dangerous paths that lead to incarceration; in other cases, some of the worse offenders are allowed to remain in the system, creating all sorts of challenges and distractions. That said, the issue is noticeably absent from all of the major education reform agendas being proposed for the regular

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He has introduced House Bill 312 to “permit” — rather than require, as stated in existing law — local school systems to place suspended or expelled students in alternative education programs. Richard says the only reason he filed the bill is because there’s a lack of related discussion. “The governor has his package and i think it’s a great start. But we have to take a look at discipline, too,” Richard says. “That is the biggest problem we face in public schools. The idea that kids can be arrested for certain crimes and then the principals have to let them back in some cases needs to be fixed. The principals need more control over who is allowed to reenter their schools.” while suspensions and expulsions have decreased over the past five years

it’s tough to say, but i am going to make sure we have that conversation during the regular session.” The concept is especially troubling to certain nonprofit groups like families and friends of louisiana’s incarcerated children. during the past year, fflic has been particularly active in the new orleans area, hosting rallies, publishing reports and overseeing other outreach. executive director Gina womack argues that schools are using expulsions, arrests and alternative-school referrals as a way to rid their classrooms of what she calls “unwanted” children. Moreover, she says the increase in outof-school disciplinary tactics and the increase in children being incarcerated in louisiana shows a correlation that proves the existence of a “school-to-

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Action susPended (in scHool)

susPended

(ouT of scHool)

exPelled

(in scHool)

exPelled

(ouT of scHool)

2005-06 2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

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300

235

150

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Action (in scHool)

susPended

(ouT of scHool)

exPelled

(in scHool)

exPelled

(ouT of scHool)

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

80,572

85,478

91,649

87,848

88,063

83,707

79,374

83,642

86,120

79,547

75,005

69,066

4,912

5,064

4,703

4,960

5,189

4,800

2,896

3,204

2,729

2,007

1,790

1,680

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in louisiana, in-school suspensions represent the only category that has increased, from 80,500 in 2005-2006 to 83,700 in 2010-2011, the state department of education has found. in theory, Richard’s proposed law would curb this figure by giving local school boards the option to place these students in alternative programs or send them home. Many parents, who would then be responsible for child care during the workday, will surely find fault with this idea. “There’s nothing easy about this. But we have to try,” Richard says. “i understand that there should be exceptions in certain cases, and i’m going to look at that. But we can’t allow students to disrupt our classrooms. where do they belong? do they belong at home?

prison pipeline.” womack adds that louisiana both ranks near the bottom in high school graduation rates and has the highest incarceration rates in the united states. Groups like fflic are concerned that school discipline sometimes pushes the proverbial envelope too far. for example, fflic points to data that shows each year more than 25 percent of louisiana students are put out of school for “willful disobedience,” which includes suspensions of students in elementary grades for very minor “infractions” like being out of uniform. in the 2009-2010 school year alone, there were more than 14,600 louisiana students suspended for being habitually tardy or absent. PAGe 10

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supporters thought they had a solution last year when state sen. sharon weston Broome, D-Baton Rouge, passed legislation through the House and senate to reduce suspensions and expulsions for minor infractions by encouraging schools and districts to use positive intervention tools and strategies, such as restorative justice and peer mediation. Jindal, however, vetoed the bill. He said at the time that “nothing in current law prevents a school board from deciding to reduce the use of suspension or expulsion, speed up the expulsion hearing, or hold parent-teacher conferences in a timelier manner.” in 2003, a law known as the Juvenile Justice Reform Act was implemented in an attempt to reduce juvenile incarceration. it has several mechanisms, including an in-school program that’s reward-based. even though the law has been on the books for nine years, in-school suspensions continue to rise, as viewed from a five-year perspective. in 2008, state education superintendent Paul Pastorek queried the Parish superintendents’ Advisory Council on several pieces of discipline-related legislation. in return, parish superintendents expressed outrage and agreed that they didn’t want the Legislature telling them how to handle discipline problems. it was a watershed moment as far as policy goes, and that independent spirit remains today. it’s among the reasons why school discipline is a third rail issue in politics. But this year, as Jindal pushes an aggressive education package to overhaul tenure and accountability, the formula is stickier than usual. The Jindal administration is taking on the teacher unions, and any signs of support for discipline legislation might take pressure off of teachers. “it shows that students and parents might be the problem, not teachers,” says one official involved in the ongoing education negotiations. “They’re not going to do that.” That means, at least for now, that Richard may end up having the only game in town. Appel, the top education leader in the senate, says he’s looking forward to hearing the debate over Richard’s bill. But, to be sure, he hopes it won’t be the only and final word on the issue. “i’ll be interested in following it,” Appel says. “And i’ll be interested in knowing if there will be any other discipline bills introduced. i would certainly welcome them.” — Jeremy Alford is a freelance journalist based in Baton Rouge. You can contact him at his website: www. jeremyalford.com.

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Quotes of the week “i want to apologize to Lee. i never intended to make him feel uneasy or uncomfortable about this or increase the state of anxiety he may already live in because of the nature of what he does. i hope he accepts the apology of me and the department because there was never any ill will or threat intended by it.” — st. Bernard sheriff Jack Stephens, explaining that his officers’ use of Lee Zurik’s face on the department’s target practice range indicated no “ill will” toward the wvUe-Tv investigative reporter, who had uncovered voting irregularities in the parish in a report last year. “we’re just, like, these swamp rats from Louisiana …” — William Joyce, accepting the Academy Award for Best Animated short Film at the Academy Awards Feb. 26. Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, partners in the Louisiana south production company Moonbot studios, won for their critically acclaimed short subject The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

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Two ordinances aimed to combat underage drinking, both introduced by New Orleans City Council president Jackie Clarkson, have drawn criticism from New Orleans musicians. Clarkson hopes to curb violent crime by curbing underage drinking. The law currently allows 18to 20-year-olds in bars, but patrons must be 21 to consume alcohol. Meanwhile, some musicians and live music supporters are writing to the council and their fans, warning those under 21 they could be prevented from performing or watching music in clubs that serve alcohol. Local music blog Barryfest.com published “An Open Letter to the New Orleans City Council,” writing, “The new rules would create a climate disproportionately hostile towards bars that regularly feature live music events and put scores of New Orleans residents at an economic and creative handicap, disenfranchising both those below the legal drinking age and those above it.” Jared Marcell, 26, of the band

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The New Orleans Police Department late last month released a request for proposals (RFP) seeking contractors to measure community perceptions of, and concerns about, local cops. According to the RFP, which is available on the city’s website, the results will be used to measure the department’s progress under the forthcoming consent decree with the U.s. Department of Justice (DOJ). NOPD and DOJ have been quietly negotiating the terms of the agreement, with few details of the highly sensitive talks released to the public. whatever agreement eventually comes out of the discussions will likely address last year’s scathing DOJ investigation of NOPD. That report, which criticized NOPD for unconstitutional stops-and-searches, discriminatory arrest patterns and mishandling of misconduct complaints, among other problems, said that officers throughout the department “either do not understand or choose to ignore the boundaries of constitutional policing.” One of the recommendations in the report was that police “develop and implement mechanisms, such as recurring community surveys, to assess recent experiences and current attitudes about NOPD among all communities throughout the City, and changes in these experiences and attitudes over time.” DOJ did note nearly a year ago that the city was in the process of seeking funding and preparing a request for proposals to do just that. The RFP was released Feb. 22, with a bid opening date of March 23. The survey will measure concerns about the department, not only among residents or NOPD employees but also “detained arrestees” and the local and federal employees involved in the consent decree negotiations themselves. The ultimate goal, according to the document, will be to “create a set of baseline measures against which the outcomes of the DOJ Civil Rights Division’s collaboration with NOPD can be assessed over the next several years.” — CHARLes MALDONADO

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Wheels of misfortune one. That 10-year window now includes time on parole; the proposed change would exclude parole time. • The last two proposals would address second- and third-time offenders, setting stricter regulations for “ignitioninterlocking devices” (think steering wheel Breathalyzers) and restricted “hardship licenses,” which allow people convicted of a DWI to drive to work, substance-abuse meetings and medical appointments. The last of these proposed laws may have the most impact in the long run. According to statistics provided by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Louisiana passed its first ignition interlock law in 2007. Louisiana is one of only 14 states that require mandatory ignition interlock devices for convicted first-time offenders, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Since 2007, MADD says, Louisiana deaths due to drunk driving have declined by 40 percent.

Getting a first-time DWI offender into treatment might preclude a second or third offense. Indeed, our state is doing better than its neighbors when it comes to reducing alcohol-related vehicular deaths. A 2010 study by the federal government, the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), found Louisiana ranked 30th in the nation for DUI-related traffic deaths per capita. By comparison, Mississippi ranked 43rd, while Texas came in at 49th. State Sen. Jonathan Perry, R-Kaplan, who is presenting four of these bills, wants to tweak the state’s DWI laws in other ways as well. Right now a first DWI conviction in Louisiana draws a fine of $1,000 or less and a jail term of 10 days to six months — but a judge can suspend any or all of that sentence, or order home confinement instead. Perry wants to strip judges of that discretion, forcing all persons convicted of DWI to spend at least some time behind bars. We support tougher DWI laws because they have proved effective. However, we do not support stripping judges of their lawful discretion, particularly for first-time offenders. Repeat offenders, or even first-timers who cause serious injury to others, are better targets for mandatory jail time. Overall, the message in all these proposals is clear: Louisiana is getting tougher on DWI offenders, and that is a very good thing.

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t’s been a busy week for proposed alcohol legislation. City Council President Jackie Clarkson sparked a lot of discussion when she introduced a pair of proposals to make bars and liquor stores open only to persons at least 21 years old. Currently persons 18 and older can enter bars and liquor stores in Louisiana, but no one under 21 may consume alcohol. After pushback from several groups, including business owners and musicians, Clarkson tabled her plans to consider both proposals last week and instead referred them to the council’s criminal justice committee. A vote is now set for March 15. Meanwhile, state Sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge, plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit drive-through daiquiri shops from using pre-perforated tops on their drinks — a straw inserted in a daiquiri cup lid violates the state’s open container law. That would seem a no-brainer, but the last time Claitor introduced a similar bill, it languished in the Senate Transportation Committee. Less discussed in recent days — but far more substantive and overarching — is a set of seven legislative proposals that would strengthen DWI laws in Louisiana. Gov. Bobby Jindal supports all seven measures. Here’s what those bills would do: • Allow officers to administer multiple tests to drivers to assess impairment. Under the Implied Consent Law, anyone using a driver’s license is tacitly agreeing to a Breathalyzer or similar test if a law enforcement official suspects they are impaired. Current state law isn’t clear as to whether secondary blood or urine tests can be administered. Breath tests can’t detect narcotics, so this proposal would give officers another tool in their arsenal — or be an invasion of privacy, depending on how you see it and how the bill’s language is crafted. • Close a loophole in the Implied Consent Law. Any driver who refuses a sobriety test would have his or her license automatically suspended. • Require substance abuse disorder assessment from the first DWI conviction. Right now, mandatory alcohol or substance abuse assessment is required only after a driver’s third DWI conviction. That is ridiculous. We support this legislation. Getting a first-time DWI offender into treatment might preclude a second or third offense. • Make it illegal for motorists to drive with “any detectable amount of any controlled dangerous substance in their system which has not been medically prescribed.” • Expand the 10-year window for enhanced penalties upon a second DWI conviction. Currently drivers can receive harsher penalties if they have a second DWI conviction within 10 years of the first

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Charlie’s Way hen state lawmakers gather for the annual session next Monday, March 12, there will be a lot of new faces — and one less familiar face. Charlie Smith, a colorful, veteran lobbyist who was named to the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame last year (the first lobbyist so honored), died March 1 after a long illness. He was 69. Charlie got his political start at LSU when he joined the Young Democrats, but he honed his skills when he began lobbying in the 1960s — first for the Louisiana Municipal Association and soon thereafter for one of the 800-pound gorillas of that era: the Associated General Contractors, builders of Louisiana’s highways. “I pimp for asphalt,” he once groused. In Charlie’s early days in the game, he indulged in all the excesses of the time — booze, drugs, women. I remember him standing in the back of a committee room talking in his hallmark stage whisper about a bill he didn’t like. “This is such bullshit,” he snarled. A roomful of heads turned, but the committee’s chair and veteran members — all of whom knew it was just Charlie’s way — pretended not to hear. During that freewheeling time, Charlie

figured in every big fight: passage of the right-to-work law, reforms to worker compensation and unemployment comp laws, repealing the prevailing wage law and other hot-button issues. One senator described his style as “hardcharging … take no prisoners.” That style earned him respect and status, but it also set the stage for his downfall. By the late ’80s, the years of late nights, booze and cocaine caught up with Charlie. He crashed hard. He became a bohemian poet peddling books of amazingly good verse in the French Quarter. One day I walked past his table and didn’t even recognize him. He called me over and signed his first tome, Still Waiting for Last Call. Charlie was now sporting a dangly earring in addition to his trademark lapel button, which each day proclaimed a different smart-ass comment. I wrote a column about Charlie’s new life. Just as he pulled no punches in the political trenches, Charlie was brutally honest about his own faults.

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Months later, my phone rang. It was Charlie. “I’ve been arrested,” he growled. My first thought was, “Oh, shit. He fell off the wagon.” Then he said, “For selling poetry. Can you believe that? They say I need a damn license. Don’t we still have a First Amendment in this country?”

Municipal Court Judge John Shea summarily tossed out the charge in a courtroom packed with media. Charlie beamed. Charlie’s newfound connection to writers and artists spurred his re-entry into politics. He came back in 1994 as a gentler — but unpaid — lobbyist for the arts. In short order, he helped raise state support for the arts to record levels. He continued to represent the arts until his dying day, but he also landed a few paying clients as well — including charter boat captains, gentlemen’s clubs and gallimaufry of others. He recently described himself as “the patron saint of previously lost causes.” To say there will never be another like Charlie is an understatement. I once wrote that if Charlie didn’t exist, we’d have to invent him. Suffice it to say that Louisiana politics is cleaning up its act, which makes Charlie’s exit from the stage timely — but the story will be a lot less fun to watch without him. So long, Charlie. You gave it one helluva ride.

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he 2012 legislative session, which will be unleashed on the public March 12 like a political kraken, is brimming with new personalities thanks to the 2011 election cycle. State rep. Paul Hollis, r-Mandeville, is a rare coins dealer who has a black belt in karate. rep. Clay Schexnayder, r-Sorrento, may be the only certified mechanic in the louisiana legislature — and the only lawmaker to have raced an IMCa/UMP modified racecar. rep. Kenny Cox, d-Mansfield, was an army officer who served in the Pentagon and was at work there when terrorists attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. fellow rookie rep. Valarie Hodges, r-denham Springs, comes to the Capitol after spending a large part of her life as a missionary living in extremely harsh conditions. rep. Chris Broadwater, r-Hammond, was rushed to the emergency room one Election

day to have a chicken bone surgically removed from his throat. Several hours later, his pregnant wife went into labor. Elections always bring new stories, new faces — but not necessarily new issues. Here are some to watch between now and June 4, when lawmakers must adjourn. The “Bobby” factor — It’s the beginning of the end for our governor — year one of term two. While he mostly played it safe during his first term (read: watered-down ethics reform and a lame attempt to merge the University of New orleans and Southern University at New orleans), Jindal is swinging for the fences this term. He proposes massive reforms in public education and public employee retirement systems. Best of all, his latest moves seem less obviously calibrated to his national ambitions. Will this be the year Jindal governs instead of poses? We’ll see.

Education overhaul — If you believe the conservative hype, the era of public education policy being dictated by teacher unions is nearing an end. at a minimum, democrats and republicans both are tired of louisiana’s broken education system. Big Business is backing Jindal’s call to rewrite teacher tenure rules. The governor wants a top-to-bottom overhaul of public education; he hopes to open the floodgates on charters, authorize merit pay for teachers and tie teacher evaluations to student performance. New lawmakers have no idea what’s coming. louisiana has nearly 50,000 public school teachers, and they, along with their friends and family, will lobby lawmakers hard. one legislator noted recently that being lobbied by an elementary school teacher is one thing, but being lobbied by your own elementary school teacher is another. Pension reform — louisiana’s total unfunded accrued liability, or Ual, could pass $20 billion in the next four years. If lawmakers and Jindal don’t act, that figure may become their legacy. Jindal wants to raise the retirement age and make public employees contribute more to their retirements. This will be a long, tough fight.

Tort-o-rama — oilfield “legacy sites” are those that were contaminated, many in the distant past, but still require environmental mitigation. The fight is over who should pay and how the sites should be cleaned up. This battle has raged for years and could be the biggest payday for louisiana’s lobbyists, as it pits well-heeled landowners and trial lawyers against Big oil. The Budget — Jindal has proposed a $25.5 billion operating budget with an estimated shortfall of $895 million. That’s roughly $61 million less than this fiscal year’s budget. add to that the cumulative Ual of almost $20 billion and you don’t need an abacus to size up the daunting challenges lawmakers face. The real calculus that the new legislative class needs to figure out is how to address the problem without kicking it into next year, which is what always happened in prior years. Jeremy Alford is a freelance journalist in Baton Rouge. You can contact him directly through his website at www.jeremyalford.com.

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For the second year in a row, Mayor Mitch Landrieu (on white horse) led the Zulu parade on horseback on Mardi Gras, accompanied by Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas (in white shirt) and a contingent of officers. PHOTO COuRTESY CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Paul Dickinson Dear Paul, You did see New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu leading the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club down Jackson and St. Charles avenues on Fat Tuesday. I hope he won’t be offended by your suggestion that he is not an expert equestrian, as this was not his first time in the saddle. He rode with the Zulu organization last year as well. Riding along with Landrieu was New Orleans Police Chief Ronal Serpas. The mayor didn’t stay with the Zulu parade

until the end. When the parade got to Gallier Hall, Landrieu dismounted and waited to toast King Zulu, Elroy A. James. Afterwards, the mayor sat in the reviewing stand to watch the Rex parade, which follows Zulu. When Hardy B. Fowler, this year’s Rex, got to the reviewing stand, Landrieu toasted him as well. As part of a tradition that began in 1875, on Lundi Gras Landrieu turned over the keys to the city to Rex, for one day only. Landrieu isn’t the first mayor to ride with

Zulu. Former Mayor Ray Nagin also rode in the parade, but he liked wearing a costume. One year he dressed as a cowboy, and another year he was a gladiator. After Mardi Gras, Landrieu was full of praise for the event that has been called “the greatest free show on earth.” “Simply stated, the Mardi Gras of 2012 rocked,” the mayor said at a news conference. “It was a major success and a joyous occasion for almost all who attended.”

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eil McClure (above) worked as general manager at Dante’s Kitchen for 10 years before leaving to start his own business. Still, on most days he’s the first person to arrive at the Riverbend restaurant. That’s because his venture, McClure’s Barbecue, is based inside Dante’s Kitchen, and five times a week he arrives in the dead of night to stoke a smoker behind the restaurant. By 2 a.m. or so, he’s loading in spice-rubbed pork butts, ribs and briskets, which will smoke for the next eight or nine hours as he gets to work in the kitchen on sides like pork-strewn beans, four-cheese macaroni and an old family recipe for potato salad.

“I grew up cooking whole hogs,” says McClure, a native of Pensacola, Fla. “We had a spit set-up outside the house using an old washing machine motor and the rear axle off a ’73 Karmann Ghia, so for every family get-together we cooked a pig. The first job I ever had was watching the fire.” While on a camping trip last year he had what he calls an epiphany and realized he needed to get back to his roots. “I wanted to watch the fire for a living instead of worrying if your water glass was full,” McClure says. He introduced McClure’s in November as a pop-up restaurant inside Dante’s Kitchen on Tuesday nights, when the restaurant is normally closed. The customer

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response was so encouraging that within two months he expanded his hours to add lunch each weekday (also a time when Dante’s Kitchen is closed) and resigned from the restaurant so he could tend his smoker full time. While McClure’s story may seem a personal vision quest, it’s also a prime example of a new barbecue trend billowing across town. The reputation New Orleans enjoys for great food has long carried the asterisk that this just isn’t a barbecue town. While that customarily has been chalked up to just another of the many ways in which this Creole city differs from the rest of the South, things may be starting to change.

Darren West, aka “Bittles With the Vittles,” sets up his mobile barbecue operation all around town, from secondline parades to outside music clubs.

At least 10 new, dedicated barbecue purveyors have opened in New Orleans and its suburbs in a little more than a year, with many of these coming along in just the past few months (see “Smoke ’Em if You Got ’Em,” right column). They’ve joined a number of others that opened in the years just before Hurricane Katrina. More are on the way. Later this spring, Three of a Kind Restaurant Group, which operates the local Byblos chain of restaurants, among other properties, plans to open a new barbecue concept inside its tapas-style restaurant Salu. Michael Rouss, executive chef for the restaurant group, says the new project is called Back Door BBQ, and that it will function essentially as a daily pop-up serving take-out orders from a huge new smoker the company will operate behind Salu. some increasingly competitive and creative teams of cooks. Held It isn’t just the numbers of barbecue purveyors signaling a at Audubon Park last year, the 2011 edition of Hogs for the Cause change here. Like McClure’s, many of these newcomers adhere featured 50 teams, drew 7,000 attendees and raised more than to a long, low-heat smoking process, a technique common to the $100,000. This year, with more room in a larger location at City many divergent, regional Southern barbecue traditions — yet one Park, organizers opened 60 spots for teams, which were filled by that stands in contrast to the charcoal-grilled barbecue that has eager competitors within three weeks. Louapre says next year they long been a New Orleans norm. could expand to 100 teams. “The concept in New Orleans was turn on the grill, cook “I’m continually amazed,” by the event’s rapid growth, says some hot dogs and hamburgers and maybe some venison, and Louapre, who also co-writes a restaurant column for Offbeat you had yourself a barbecue,” says Brad Boyd, who opened magazine and the local food blog BlackenedOut.com. “I think a Hurricane BBQ & Seafood Co. in January with business partner large, large part of our success was people in this area just crying Ken Veron. “But what you’re seeing now is low and slow, and out for something like this.” that’s much different.” Such a good showing at competitive events is indicative of So why are so many coming along now? Some credit coverage a strong barbecue subculture around the state that has been of regional barbecue joints and competitions on the Food Network and similar media outlets, while others see demographic changes at work. “I think [Hurricane] Katrina kind of mixed up the snow globe so now you have more people in town Dry-rubbed ribs who know about barbecue or have seen different styles around the South and they want it the way they are the specialty know it,” says Rob Bechtold, a New Orleans chef at Hurricane BBQ who was co-owner of the short-lived Smokin’ Buddha BBQieux. & Seafood Co., Bechtold’s Fat City restaurant sparked interest which opened in among local barbecue aficionados, though it closed in February after just two months (Bechtold says January on Airline trouble with the lease was the culprit). This week Drive. Co-owner he is slated to open a second venture called NOLA Smokehouse, a delivery-only service for his smoked Brad Boyd says, meats and barbecue sides. “There’s a real change in the barbecue you’re “If you want to seeing in town now,” Bechtold says. “There’s some ruin it with sauce, smoke, it’s not gray meat. People are really bringing something to the table now.” that’s up to you.” Evidence of a broader, grassroots interest in the low-and-slow approach to barbecue in New Orleans isn’t limited to restaurants. Organizers of Hogs for the Cause believe a previously untapped passion for slow-cooked pork has helped propel the growth of their annual cook-off, a fundraiser for pediatric brain cancer that will be held again on March 24 (see “Competitive ’cue,” page 24). Local attorneys Becker Hall and Rene Louapre started the event in 2009 by inviting some friends to cook whole hogs while raising money to help families facing pediatric cancer expenses. Today, it’s a major event, with a slate of regional music acts and

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“My brother and I grew up working (at H&P) and that’s what we know,” says Sekou Robertson. “We looked around and didn’t see too many people doing barbecue so we thought we’d bring it back.” Where the New Orleans barbecue style still finds its most prodigious expression, though, is along parade routes, at Saints tailgate parties and at family gatherings of all types. This sort of New Orleans barbecue is all about portable grills, charcoal and large quantities of thick, often sweet barbecue sauce. Darren West, who goes by the moniker Bittles with the Vittles, can be found working his huge, trailer-mounted barbecue grill at second-line parades, Mardi Gras Indian events and outside music clubs. He says his homemade sauce is the key to the flavor that many New Orleans people crave from their barbecue. “I see people from all over, and they say, ‘Your sauce tastes like this, or your sauce tastes like that’ style. But it’s just something

underappreciated for too long, says Andy Hollerman, coordinator of the Louisiana BBQ Cookers Association (LaBCA). A physicist and astronomer at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Hollerman and his wife Lynn oversee more than a dozen competitions sanctioned by his association across the state each year (there are no LaBCA-sanctioned events in New Orleans). “We’re not known for our barbecue (in Louisiana) but I tell you what, if you want good food, get someone from Louisiana to cook it for you,” Hollerman says. “They remember what their grandmothers taught them about cooking at home. Go low and slow, don’t look at it, don’t open that lid, all that good stuff.” Success in these competitions can be a big confidence boost for aspiring barbecue professionals, Hollerman says, and that was certainly the case for Lee Mouton. In 2008, using a humble $35 smoker purchased from a local hardware store, Mouton, a New Orleans native, won the grand prize in the amateur category at Hammond’s Smokin’ Blues & BBQ Challenge, the state’s largest sanctioned barbecue competition. Encouraged, he started a food truck business called Boo Koo BBQ, which last year morphed into a walk-up barbecue window inside Finn McCool’s Irish Pub in Mid-City. Mouton plans to eventually open a standalone barbecue restaurant to expand his repertoire, and ultimately, he hopes, to build the reputation of New Orleans barbecue. “There’s not one longstanding barbecue place here that’s not a chain,” he says, referring to the Metairie location of the Memphisbased Corky’s Ribs & BBQ, which opened in 1992. “Right now, no Rich Labatut (left) and Gary Kurz opened one tells people, ‘Oh, when you go to New Saucy’s BBQ in Metairie last fall. In a nod to Orleans you have to go local tastes, they’ve branched out from their to here for barbecue,’ original concept and no longer just serve like they do for oysters or even hamburgers.” barbecued meats and sides. While New Orleans has never been a barbecue mecca, it has supported its own homegrown barbecue scene. The longtime players here have changed up significantly lately, however. Podner’s Barbecue, first established in Central City in 1956, might have been the oldest New Orleans barbecue purveyor operating before Katrina, but it didn’t reopen after the disaster. Neither did H&P Bar-B-Q Masters in St. Roch, which dated to 1972. Texas Bar-B-Q Company, which originally opened on St. Claude Avenue in 1962 and moved to Metairie in 1974, shut down last year. Luther’s Bar-B-Q, a Houstonbased chain with a Metairie outpost since 1980, closed in 2007. Last October, brothers Oronde and Sekou Robertson opened Bar-B-Q Kings on a Gentilly side street. Their uncle, Hugh Robertson, had operated H&P Bar B-Q Masters, and though he moved to Washington, D.C. after Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods, the family approach to barbecue lives on at Bar-B-Q Kings, whether it’s the mix of charcoal and hickory smoke in the cooking to the mammoth beef ribs on the menu, an H&P specialty.

Saucy’s BBQ Grill 3244 Severn Ave., Metairie, 322-2544; www.saucysbbqgrill.com Since September, serving barbecue as platters, on salads, in wraps and more Billy Bob’s Southern Smokehouse 1901 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, 281-4472 Since September, the former Alligator Pear Cafe converted to do barbecue Fat Hen Grocery 7457 St. Charles Ave., 266-2921; www.fathengrill.com Since August, the evolution of a one-time diner concept into barbecue. Boo Koo BBQ 3701 Banks St., 202-4741; www.bookoobbq.com Since March 2011, a walk-up window inside Finn McCool’s Irish Pub specializing in barbecue bar food. Twelve Mile Limit 500 S. Telemachus St., 488-8114 Since November 2010, a backstreet cocktail bar with a short menu of quality, Texas-style barbecue.

Coming soon: Back Door BBQ at Salu 3226 Magazine St. Planned to open in April or May as a daily pop-up inside this tapas restaurant

Others of note: Squeal Bar-B-Q 8400 Oak St., 302-7370; www.squeal-nola.com Since 2009, now using its barbecue in tacos, in shepherd’s pie and grillades and grits

I created knowing the flavors people like here in New Orleans,” West says. “Everybody’s got their opinion about barbecue, but this has been working for me for 18 years and people want to buy it by the gallon.”

As more barbecue purveyors spread across New Orleans, the city’s tastes and habits are influencing how they operate. That’s why on the first Friday of Lent this year, Rich Labatut and Gary Kurz were grilling tuna sandwiches as a special at Saucy’s BBQ Grill, the restaurant they opened in September near Metairie’s Lakeside Shopping Center. “Our idea was to be more hardcore — really just ribs, bread and sauce — but with the location we got we had to appeal to more customers, so we’re doing wraps and salads, and now seafood for the fighting Catholics,” Labatut says. He says there’s been a learning curve as they introduce their hickory- and oaksmoked barbecue to customers who don’t always have an innate understanding of the style and staples. “The barbecue I.Q. in New Orleans is low, but people think they’re experts,” he says. “You hear from people all the time and they might not understand why this piece of meat is fatty and this one is lean. So we’re constantly educating and tweaking and listening to what people tell us.” Brad Boyd, co-owner of Hurricane Barbecue, tells a similar page 24

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Hogs for the Cause

This annual cookoff and fundraiser has quickly mushroomed into a festival-like event and a showcase of local creativity with pork. This year’s music lineup includes Marcia Ball, Trombone Shorty, the Gourds and other bands, and food and drinks are for sale throughout the day. When: March 24, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Where: Frisbee Golf Fields at City Park, 1 Palm Drive Details: www.hogsforthecause.org

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own barbecue,” Tramuta says. “The reason we can do that is because we’re not coming in and saying we’re better than what you have here, but just that we’re different. We’re New Orleans and Louisiana, that’s our roots, and we’re different.” That difference features jazz music on the restaurant soundtrack and a French Quarter motif in the decor, and includes dishes like barbecue shrimp and bread pudding on the menu and Crystal hot sauce.

Jenny and Peter Breen opened the Joint, their Bywater barbecue restaurant, in 2004 and recently relocated four blocks away in the same neighborhood. Since then, the Joint has emerged as a stalwart for the low-andslow approach in New Orleans barbecue, and some of those starting today’s new barbecue restaurants cite it as inspiration. Like many of these newcomers, the Joint does not adhere to one particular regional style, but borrows favorites from many. Here, St. Louis-style ribs are offered alongside Texasstyle brisket and Carolina-style pulled pork. New Orleans has long been the Switzerland amid the Balkanized rivalries of the barbecue world, simply because it had so little indigenous barbecue turf to defend. Perhaps now, as the styles, standards and traditions of these areas take deeper root and incorporate local flavors and customs, the city will become a diverse and delicious neutral ground for barbecue lovers. “We don’t want to be militantly barbecue. We encourage people to explore and get creative,” says Louapre of the approach preferred at Hogs for the Cause. “At the end of the day, barbecue is not something you need to be in a specific place to do,” he says. “It’s not like Louisiana oysters or something that’s better closer to the source. If you have the right meat, the right wood, the right smoke, you can do it anywhere, so why not here?”

tale. Originally from the Dallas area, he brings a Texas sensibility to his barbecue. “It’s all dry rub, so if you want to ruin it with sauce that’s up to you,” he quips. But when it comes to Hurricane’s business model in general, there is a lot more flexibility. The menu includes shrimp and catfish, and the restaurant boils up hundreds of pounds of crawfish each Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the season. “It’s a total hybrid,” Boyd allows. “It’s still south Louisiana and especially during Lent people will want seafood options.” At the same time, New Orleans influences are working their way into the very grain of some of the new barbecue emerging around town. “I don’t have the ego to say I’m creating a New Orleans style barbecue, but all of my rubs are Creolebased,” McClure says. “None of them come out of the barbecue world. They’re based on the rubs that have been in the kitchens at every New Orleans restaurant I’ve worked in, and that stuff just makes meat taste real good.” The idea of New Orleans-style barbecue, at least as a branding concept, is beginning to spread around the region thanks to the franchising efforts of VooDoo BBQ & Grill, a chain founded in New Orleans in 2002 and now based in Prairieville, La. From its first 11 locations, all in Louisiana, the company is now in the process of adding eight franchises in the Carolinas, five in Austin, Texas, and it has plans for 26 more restaurants across Florida, says Chad Tramuta, the company’s senior director of franchise development. More are in the works for Houston, and he says a group in Washington Neil McClure serves his barbecued D.C. has plans to open 40 locations around the Mid-Atlantic. chicken at Dante’s Kitchen Uptown “Our first two (out-of-state) franchises are in Texas and South during lunchtime. Carolina, two places known for their

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he Big Easy Foundation has announced nominees for theater performances in 2011. Winners will be announced at the Big Easy Awards Monday, March 26 at Harrah’s New Orleans. Special awards also will be presented at the event. Carol Sutton will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. She has performed onstage in New Orleans for four decades, and her film appearances include The Help, Monster’s Ball, The Runaway Jury and the forthcoming 21 Jump Street. Dane Rhodes will be honored as Entertainer of the Year. He starred in From a Long Way Off, The Weir and A Steady Rain. The National World War II Museum will receive the Business Recognition Award for running the Stage Door Canteen. Le Chat Noir cabaret founder and former proprietor Barbara Motley serves as the Honorary Theater Chairperson. The Big Easy Foundation was created to recognize achievement in the arts in the New Orleans area. Proceeds from events benefit the Foundation for Entertainment De-

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3 Dane Rhodes is nominated for Best Actor in a Drama for The Weir and will be honored as Entertainer of the Year. 4 Carol Sutton will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. 5 John “Spud” McConnell and Maureen Brennan are nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, for God of Carnage. 6 NOLA Project’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream drew nominations for Best Comedy and Best Ensemble Cast. 7 Ashley Ricord is nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy for Play Dates (pictured) and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for Cat’s-Paw.

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Carrie Hill, The Drowsy Chaperone, Theatre 13/JPAS Andrea Watson, A Chorus Line, Rivertown Rep

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Jaune Buisson is nominated for Best Actress in a Musical and Best Choreography for Chicago. 12 Gary Rucker is nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for On the Air. 13 Brian Peterson is nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for The Drowsy Chaperone.

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Picking which pizzeria to visit can boil down to habit and convenience, but a promotional contest now under way in New Orleans challenges locals to branch out and take a critical look at a wide variety of pizzerias around town offering different styles of pies. “I feel like New Orleans is actually paying attention to pizza now, and I want people to see what’s happening in this city,” says local restaurateur Jeff Baron. He’s an owner of three players in the scene — the Crescent Pie & Sausage Co. (4400 Banks St., 482-2426; www.crescentpieandsausage.com), the Dough Bowl (1039 Broadway, 861-2200), and Pizzicare (3001 Tulane Ave., 301-4823; www.pizzicare.com) — and in February he helped launch Pizza Wars to promote some of these restaurants and highlight the change in the scene. Pizza Wars continues through April 15. Participants will eat at 10 different pizza restaurants and vote on their favorite, which will enter them in a drawing for prizes (see details on the Pizza Wars Facebook page). Participating pizzerias are Ancora

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ne of the pleasant distractions in New Orleans in the days following Hurricane Katrina was exploring the new diversity of Latin American food that arrived soon after the workers who came to help rebuild. Those first taco trucks did not announce their locations via Twitter, so finding them meant scouting flood-wrecked neighborhoods at lunchtime and parking lots at home improvement centers. Since then, authentic taquerias have cropped up at familiar addresses, but it’s still a bit surprising to find Salsas Por El Lago inside a former burger joint in West End. It sits at the strange crux of development and floodwalls where New Orleans meets the lake — along a road mostly traversed by people headed to condo towers or marinas. But this is the part of town that proprietor Sandra Garay knows best, and she had been cooking in the area years before opening the restaurant in 2009. A Chicago native of Mexican heritage, Garay landed in New Orleans in 2006 in a taco truck she dubbed Taco Loco (not to be confused with Taceaux Loceaux, a truck serving Korean chicken tacos and such outside Uptown bars). This Taco Loco set up shop in the parking lot of a ruined shopping center on Robert E. Lee Boulevard, where there were scant options for a hot meal. Salsas Por El Lago expands on the typical taco truck menu with fajita-style platters, fried fish and cheese-smothered en-

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2008 Vina Zaco Tempranillo chiladas, but the bedrock fare of burritos, tamales and $2 tacos are the best bets. The meats are generally good, especially the desebrada, with a taste and texture like debris-style roast beef, and the barbacoa, which has a lusciousness akin to short ribs. The tortilla soup and the menudo, a formidably spicy tripe soup, are large and very satisfying as well. The real treat of this restaurant, though, is referenced in its name. The kitchen makes a dozen types of salsas. Some are unusual — like the creamy, cilantro-strung Lulu — and many bring intense heat, like the otherwise innocent-sounding Lala. In January, Garay opened a second restaurant, called Salsas Dos (1325 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 309-7742), which specializes in breakfast burritos. But part of the appeal of the original Salsas is its offbeat environs. In a mashup of cultural totems, pinatas of Corona bottles hang beside a Ms. Pacman arcade game in a room that has the contours of a fast food restaurant but a large, almost tiki-esque bar sporting rifle-shaped tequila bottles. The clientele includes contractors and office types by day, and at night it’s occupied by couples and maybe some Lakeview women chatting over margaritas and salsa at the bar. There are never many of them, but in the way they point out menu changes and chat with the always-upbeat waitresses, it’s clear many are regulars. Maybe some have been eating this food since the days when it came from a taco truck.

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Less than a year after it opened, the Mid-City burger joint Juicy Lucy’s (133 N. Carrollton Ave., 598-5044) is planning to expand with a second restaurant in Metairie, taking over the longtime home of Texas Bar-B-Q Company. Juicy Lucy’s name is a reference to its stuffed burger specialty — often called a juicy Lucy around the country — with cheese and other erstwhile toppings cooked into the patty itself. Michael Juan opened the first Juicy Lucy last spring in a space in the middle of a Mid-City restaurant row that had seen a string of short-lived eateries. Because the restaurant has video poker machines

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hoppers can find Erskine Taylor III at the Hollygrove Market & Farm (8301 Olive St., 298-8721; www.hollygrovemarket.com) twice a week selling palmsized pies under a canopy, typically accompanied by a boombox soundtrack of tunes by Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. His wife Dolores Taylor cooks pies in varieties like sweet potato, pecan and lemon meringue. The couple had made and sold these types of pies many years ago, and after they retired from their respective careers as an electrician and a therapist, they decided to rekindle the former side business. Erskine tended a vegetable patch at Hollygrove’s community garden, and last year he began selling pies at its markets. He’s there from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. What’s the story behind your pies? Taylor: Well, they happened because I married a lady who makes great pies. This was in 1966, and back then we’d sell them from time to time in addition to our other jobs. We’d sell them all around the Calliope (now the B.W. Cooper public housing development), in beauty parlors, in barbershops and even in some groceries. What do you think sets your pies apart? T: My wife makes all the pies, that’s what she loves to do. And I don’t care what you do, electrician, plumber, anything, if you love your job it’s reflected in the work you produce. Me, I love meeting people. Lots of the people you meet at the market here are from other towns and they’ve fallen in love with New Orleans but they don’t really know the native cuisine we have here. Pies like this have always been something we’ve had in the black community, and here I get to give people a taste of it. Is it hard to sell dessert at a market best known for fresh vegetables? T: None of us live what you’d call a perfect life. We all cheat a little. So people come here buying their veggies and they see a small size, 4-inch pie and they figure they can work that off or maybe because of whatever good they did all week they feel they deserve it. — IAN MCNULTY

in the open, patrons must be at least 18 years old to enter. “Some people bless me for that, some people curse me for it,” Juan says of the child-free policy. “I live in Metairie and the soccer moms told me I had to open another one that the kids could come to.” Juan expects to open the second Juicy Lucy’s later this month at 3320 Houma Blvd., and he says his new restaurant will have the same menu as his Mid-City location.

Chiba opens on Oak

A new Japanese restaurant opened just before Mardi Gras on Oak Street. Chiba (8312 Oak St., 826-9119; www.chiba-nola.com) is the first restaurant from Keith Dusko, a New Jersey native who has worked in the service industry for some 25 years, with much of that time logged at Japanese restaurants in New York City. His new restaurant is named for a prefecture in Japan that is home to many traditional fishing villages, though Chiba’s menu is aiming for something a little nontraditional. “I was often frustrated with what you

usually find at Japanese restaurants, where there’s a thousand things on the menu, but they’re all using them the same way,” he says. “We describe (Chiba’s approach) as traditional Japanese with that New Orleans twist.” For instance, there is fried snapper in the Gulf Coast roll, while the description of the Crescent City roll reads like a poboy tribute: fried oysters, lettuce, tomato, Japanese pickles and wasabi aioli. On the hot side of the menu, the restaurant serves appetizers like pork belly steamed buns, short rib tempura and crawfish gyoza, and entrees including an Asianstyle bouillabaisse with bok choy and red miso broth and a soy-glazed steak with tasso and Thai basil. Steven Ferdinand, formerly of Le Cirque in New York and the MGM Grand Las Vegas, handles the hot items, while James Cooke is in charge of the sushi. The restaurant has a full bar, with wines, sakes and specialty cocktails. Chiba serves dinner Monday through Saturday, and lunch hours will be added later. The restaurant also keeps late-night hours, serving until midnight Wednesday and Thursday and until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

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Le Foret 129 Camp St., 553-6738 www.leforetneworleans.com Grilled quail comes with gnocchi and prosciutto.

Little ChinaTown 3800 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 305-0580 Fried quail is coated with garlic, green onions and jalapeno.

The Rib Room 621 St. Louis St., 529-7046 www.ribroomneworleans.com Quail is smoked, stuffed with manchego and salami and finished on the rotisserie.

Tan Dinh 1705 Lafayette St., Gretna, 361-8008 Quail is roasted until the skin is crisp and served with a sticky rice cake.

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(4508 Freret St., 324-1636; www.ancorapizza.com), Crescent Pie & Sausage Co., the Dough Bowl, Louisiana Pizza Kitchen (95 French Market Place, 5229500; www.louisianapizzakitchen.com; note: this location only), the Midway (4725 Freret St., 322-2815; www.midwaypizzanola.com), Pizza Delicious (3334 Burgundy St., 676-8482; www.pizzadelicious.blogspot.com), Pizzicare and any location of Reginelli’s Pizzeria (citywide; www.reginellis.com), Slice Pizzeria (1513 St. Charles Ave., 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com) and Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza (4024 Canal St., 302-1133; 4218 Magazine St., 894-8554; www.theospizza.com). This roster doesn’t cover the full range of pizza available around town, but it shows some of the changes in local options. Of the 10 pizzerias participating, five have opened since Hurricane Katrina; of those, three are less than a year old. Was it hard to get competing restaurants to sign on for Pizza Wars? Not really, Baron says, since in addition to some promotional bounce from the contest, the participating pizza shops hope to “get customers to look at what’s going on in different neighborhoods.” With three horses in the race between his different eateries, however, Baron’s own interests are a bit conflicted. “I’m having an inner battle every day,” he says with a laugh. “But while I own all three, the staff at each don’t necessarily associate themselves with the others. They’re into it now; they’re out to win.” Interested diners can pick up an entry card at any of the participating restaurants. Dining at each restaurant earns a stamp, and once all 10 are collected, diners can turn in their ballot at any of the restaurants. In addition to picking an overall favorite restaurant from the list, they can dissect finer points by naming a favorite sauce, best atmosphere, best beer list, best service and which has “the most 504ness,” among other metrics. Voters could win prizes including Brass Passes to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and gift certificates to participating restaurants.

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ne night – 30+ restaurants. That’s the astronomic, gastronomic formula behind Gambit’s second annual Food Revue, a “mashup” food festival featuring more than 30 restaurants reviewed in the paper in the last year, which will be held in City Park’s Pavilion of the Two Sisters March 7. Gambit restaurant writer Ian McNulty’s reviews are all over the place, quite literally — Szechuan cuisine in a Kenner strip mall, whitetablecloth joints Uptown, Thai food in Gretna, bar food and convenience-store specialities and food trucks all over the city. Get something from GW Fins and Liberty’s Kitchen. Let K-Paul’s share space on your plate with Taceaux Loceaux. Never made it out to try Banana Blossom Thai in Gretna or downtown to sample Manning’s high-concept sports-bar food? Does Crescent Pie and Sausage meld nicely with treats from the Kupcake Factory? Let’s find out. This year our charitable partner will be Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. There will be a cannedgoods drive for attendees, and Nordic Kitchens is donating a Kamado Joe Classic Barbecue Pit to be raffled off during the evening. Best of all, representatives from Second Harvest will be there to pick up any food that wasn’t eaten dur-

ing the Food Revue — and the leftovers will be distributed to partner agencies the next day. The list of participating restaurants (subject to change and last-minute additions): Mandina’s, GW Fins, Cowbell, The Rib Room, Manning’s, The Bombay Club, The Irish House, Carmo, Bayou Hot Wings, Fat Hen Grocery, Banana Blossom Thai, Parasol’s, New Orleans Ice Cream, Panchita’s, La Petite Grocery, Grand Isle Restaurant, Little ChinaTown, Crescent Pie & Sausage, Heritage Grill, Katie’s, High Hat Cafe, Theo’s Pizza, Saffron Nola, Brazilian Market & Cafe, Taceaux Loceaux, Courtyard Grill, LOLA, Mayas, Liberty’s Kitchen, Cafe Abyssinia, Fatoush, Redemption, Sylvain, Kupcake Factory and K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen. Tickets for this all-youcan-eat event are only $45 (VIP tix — which allows early admission— are $65 and well worth it). To purchase, go to: www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/FoodRevueTickets/Page.

The 2011 Gambit Food Revue featured dozens of delicacies from octopus carpaccio to baked goodies.

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company, to concoct the blend. After six months of trial and error, they came up with the potent, melon-flavored drink. Bernhardt believes the Hand Grenade’s success is a result of its flavor and its federal trademark, which adds an extra shot of mystique to the mix. “We’re the only place you can get it,” he says. “You get something that you can’t get somewhere else.” A reduced-sugar version of the original recipe recently debuted for customers who are calorie-conscious. “We’ve just come up with a new product called The Skinny Grenade,” Bernhardt says. “You really can’t taste the difference. It doesn’t have the aftertaste that many sugar substitutes have.” In response to a rising demand for Hand Grenades and other specialty drinks, the owners produce and package quart- and gallon-sized portions of the concentrate for home use. “We ship our mixes all over the world,” Bernhardt says. “We ship quite regularly to our military bases and forces overseas. Last week, we shipped to 32 states and 10 countries in one day. That’s how popular the mix is.” Celebrating the Hand Grenade’s 25th anniversary and a toast-worthy Carnival season, Bernhardt and Fortner continue to see signs of success. “Before they cleaned the streets on Ash Wednesday, it was a sea of green for as far as the eye could see,” he says. “It’s definitely become the most popular drink in the French Quarter.”

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FIVE HAPPINESS — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ JUNG’S GOLDEN DRAGON — 3009 Magazine St., 891-8280; www.jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine. Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ TREY YUEN CUISINE OF CHINA — 600 N. Causeway Approach., Mandeville, (985) 6264476; 2100 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985) 345-6789; www.tryyuen.com — House specialties include Cantonesestyle stir-fried alligator and mushrooms in oyster sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

ANTOINE’S ANNEX — 513 Royal St., 581-4422; www. antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Royal Street salad features baby spinach and mixed lettuces with carrots, red onion, red peppers, grapes, olives, walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ KUPCAKE FACTORY — 800 Metairie Road, Metairie, 267-4990; 819 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 464-8884; 6233 S. Claiborne Ave., 267-3328; www.thekupcakefactory.com — Choose from a large selection of gourmet cupcakes. The Fat Elvis is made with banana cake and topped with peanut butter frosting. The Strawberry Fields tops strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream frosting. Other options include white chocolate raspberry and a banana cupcake. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $ MAURICE FRENCH PASTRIES — 3501 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, 885-1526; 4949 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 455-0830; www.mauricefrenchpastries. com — Maurice French Pastries offers an array of continental and French baked goods as well as specialty cakes, cheesecakes and pies. No reservations. Hessmer Avenue: breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. West Napoleon: breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ PINKBERRY — 300 Canal St.; 5601 Magazine St., 899-4260; www.pinkberry.com — Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry topping choices including caramel, honey, fruit purees, various chocolates and nuts and more. There also are fresh fruit parfaits and green tea smoothies. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY 5 FIFTY 5 — 555 Canal St., 553-5638; www.555canal. com — New Orleans dishes and Americana favorites take an elegant turn in dishes such as the lobster mac and cheese, combining lobster meat, elbow macaroni and mascarpone, boursin and white cheddar cheeses. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ BAYONA — 430 Dauphine St., 525-4455; www.bayona. com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ OAK — 8118 Oak St., 3021485; www.oaknola.com — This wine bar offers small plates and live musical entertainment. Gulf shrimp fill tacos assembled in house-made corn tortillas with pickled vegetables, avocado and lime crema. The hanger steak bruschetta is topped with Point Reyes blue cheese and smoked red onion marmalade. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ONE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE — 8132 Hampson St., 301-9061; www.one-sl. com — Chef Scott Snodgrass prepares refined dishes like char-grilled oysters topped with Roquefort cheese and a red wine vinaigrette, seared scallops with roasted garlic and shiitake polenta cakes and a memorable cochon de lait. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

CREOLE ANTOINE’S RESTAURANT — 713 St. Louis St., 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 Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ MELANGE — 2106 Chartres St., 309-7335; www.melangenola.com — Dine on FrenchCreole cuisine in a restaurant and bar themed to resemble a lush 1920s speakeasy. Lapin au vin is a farm raised rabbit cooked served with demi-glace, oven-roasted shallots, tomatoes, potatoes and pancetta. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily, brunch Sunday. Credit cards. $$

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NIRVANA INDIAN CUISINE — 4308 Magazine St., 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. $$

KOSHER CAJUN NEW YORK DELI & GROCERY — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, 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. $

TAJ MAHAL INDIAN CUISINE — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, 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. $$

MARTIN WINE CELLAR — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , 896-7350; www.martinwine. com — The wine emporium offers gourmet sandwiches and deli items. The Reuben combines corned beef, melted Swiss, sauerkraut and Russian dressing on rye bread. The Sena salad features chicken, golden raisins, blue cheese, toasted pecans and pepper jelly vinaigrette over field greens. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Fri., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

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FLAMING TORCH — 737 Octavia St., 895-0900; www. flamingtorchnola.com — Chef Nathan Gile’s menu includes panseared Maine diver scallops with chimichurri sauce and smoked bacon and corn hash. Coffeeand coriander-spiced rack of lamb is oven roasted and served with buerre rouge and chevre mashed potatoes. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ MARTINIQUE BISTRO — 5908 Magazine St., 891-8495; www.martiniquebistro.com — This French bistro has both a cozy dining room and a pretty courtyard. Try dishes such as Steen’s-cured duck breast with satsuma and ginger demi-glace and stone-ground goat cheese grits. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

GOURMET TO GO BREAUX MART — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, 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 JULIE’S LITTLE INDIA KITCHEN AT SCHIRO’S — 2483 Royal St., 944-6666; www.schiroscafe.com — The cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and spices. Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or vindaloo and vegetarian saag paneer. Schiro’s also serves New Orleans cuisine. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

ITALIAN ANDREA’S RESTAURANT — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ CAFE GIOVANNI — 117 Decatur St., 529-2154; www. cafegiovanni.com — Chef Duke LoCicero’s shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tassomushroom sauce. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ MOSCA’S — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, 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. $$$ RED GRAVY — 125 Camp St., 561-8844; www.redgravycafe. com — The cafe serves breakfast, as well as Italian specialties, panini, wraps, soups and salads. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ RICCOBONO’S PEPPERMILL RESTAURANT — 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie, 455-2266 — This Italian-style eatery serves New Orleans favorites like stuffed crabs with jumbo lump crabmeat with spaghetti bordelaise and trout meuniere with brabant potatoes. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ VINCENT’S ITALIAN CUISINE — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., 866-9313; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Try house specialties like veal- and spinach-stuffed canneloni. Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE KYOTO — 4920 Prytania St., 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. $$ MIKIMOTO — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ MIYAKO JAPANESE SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE — 1403 St. Charles Ave., 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. $$ ORIGAMI — 5130 Freret St., 899-6532 — Nabeyaki udon is a soup brimming with thick noodles, chicken and vegetables. The long list of special rolls includes the Big Easy, which combines tuna, salmon, white fish, snow crab, asparagus and crunchy bits in soy paper with eel sauce on top. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ ROCK-N-SAKE — 823 Fulton St., 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. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ WASABI SUSHI — 900 Frenchmen St., 943-9433; 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd., 267-3263; www.wasabinola.com — Wasabi serves a wide array of Japanese dishes. Wasabi honey shrimp are served with cream sauce. The Assassin roll bundles tuna, snow crab and avocado in seaweed and tops it with barbecued eel, tuna, eel sauce and wasabi tobiko. No reservations. Frenchmen Street: Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily. Pontchartrain Boulevard: lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY BOUCHE — 840 Tchoupitoulas St., 267-7485; www.bouchenola. com — Choose from creative dishes like crispy duck breast with Grand Marnier sweet potatoes and vanilla-balsamic extract. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ K-PAUL’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN — 416 Chartres St., 596-2530; www.chefpaul.com — At chef Paul Prudhomme’s restaurant, signature dishes include blackened Louisiana drum, Cajun jambalaya and the blackened stuffed pork chop. Lunch service is deli style and changing options include po-boys and dishes like tropial fruit salad with bronzed shrimp. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ MANNING’S — 519 Fulton St., 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. $$$ MILA — 817 Common St., 4122580; www.milaneworleans.com — MiLA takes a fresh approach to Southern and New Orleans cooking, focusing on local produce and refined techniques. Try New Orleans barbecue lobster with lemon confit and fresh thyme. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri. dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ RALPH’S ON THE PARK — 900 City Park Ave., 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include baked oysters Ralph, turtle soup and the Niman Ranch New York strip. There also are brunch specials. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ TOMAS BISTRO — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes like semiboneless Louisiana quail stuffed with applewood-smoked bacon dirty popcorn rice, Swiss chard and Madeira sauce. The duck cassoulet combines duck confit and Creole Country andouille in a white bean casserole. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ TOMMY’S WINE BAR — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., 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. $$

ATTIKI BAR & GRILL — 230 Decatur St., 587-3756; www. attikineworleans.com — Attiki features a range of Mediterranean cuisine including entrees of beef kebabs and chicken shawarma. Reservations recommended. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ BABYLON CAFE — 7724 Maple St., 314-0010; www. babyloncafe.biz —The Babylon platter includes stuffed grape leaves, hummus, kibbeh, rice and one choice of meat: lamb, chicken or beef kebabs, chicken or beef shawarma, gyro or kufta. Chicken shawarma salad is a salad topped with olives, feta and chicken breast cooked on a rotisserie. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ PYRAMIDS CAFE — 3151 Calhoun St., 861-9602 — Diners will find authentic, healthy and fresh Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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LUCY’S RETIRED SURFERS’ BAR & RESTAURANT — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves CaliforniaMexican cuisine and the bar has a menu of tropical cocktails. Todo Santos fish tacos feature grilled or fried mahi mahi in corn or flour tortillas topped with shredded cabbage and shrimp sauce, and are served with rice and beans. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ SANTA FE — 3201 Esplanade Ave., 948-0077 — This casual cafe serves creative takes on Southwestern cuisine. Bolinos de Bacalau are Portuguesestyle fish cakes made with dried, salted codfish, mashed potatoes, cilantro, lemon juice, green onions and egg and served with smoked paprika aioli. Outdoor seating is available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

MUSIC AND FOOD BOMBAY CLUB — 830 Conti St., 586-0972; www.thebombayclub.com — Mull the menu at this French Quarter hideaway while sipping a well made martini. The duck duet pairs confit leg with pepper-seared breast with black currant reduction. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ GAZEBO CAFE — 1018 Decatur St., 525-8899; www. gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ 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. $$ THE MARKET CAFE — 1000 Decatur St., 527-5000; www. marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ SIBERIA — 2227 St. Claude Ave., 265-8855 — This music clubs serves dishes like fish and chips, spicy hot wings, tacos and more. There are weekly specials and vegetarian and vegan options. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — 626 Frenchmen St., 949-0696; www.snugjazz.com

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BRAXTON’S RESTAURANT — 636 Franklin St., Gretna, 301-3166; www.braxtonsnola. com — Braxton’s serves a mix of salads, po-boys, deli sandwiches and entrees. Start a meal with oysters Louise, featuring fried oysters on a bed of spinach and cheese. The seafood platter includes fried shrimp, oysters, catfish strips, french fries, potato salad and vegetables. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ KATIE’S RESTAURANT — 3701 Iberville St., 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, Dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ OLIVE BRANCH CAFE — 1995 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, 348-2008; 3700 Orleans Ave., 302-1220; 5145 Gen. de Gaulle Drive, 393-1107; www. olivebranchcafe.com — These cafes serve soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps and entrees. Chicken and artichoke pasta is tossed with penne in garlic and olive oil. Shrimp Carnival features smoked sausage, shrimp, onion and peppers in roasted garlic cream sauce over pasta. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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NONNA MIA CAFE & PIZZERIA — 3125 Esplanade Ave., 948-1717 — Nonna Mia uses homemade dough for pizza served by the slice or whole pie and offers salads, pasta dishes and panini. Gourmet pies are topped with ingredients like pancetta, roasted eggplant, portobello mushrooms and prosciutto. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ THEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA — 4218 Magazine St., 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., 3021133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies or build your own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. Also serving salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ WIT’S INN — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., 888-4004 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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MAHONY’S PO-BOY SHOP — 3454 Magazine St., 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com — Mahoney’s serves traditional favorites and original po-boys like the Peacemaker, which is filled with fried oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese. There are daily lunch specials as well. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ PARKWAY BAKERY AND TAVERN — 538 N. Hagen Ave., 482-3047 — Parkway serves juicy roast beef po-boys, hot sausage po-boys, fried seafood and more. No reservations. Kitchen open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wed.Mon. Credit cards. $ PARRAN’S PO-BOYS — 3939 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 885-3416; www.parranspoboy. com — Parran’s offers a long list of po-boys plus muffulettas, club sandwiches, pizzas, burgers, salads, fried seafood plates and Creole-Italian entrees. The veal supreme po-boy features a cutlet topped with Swiss cheese and brown gravy. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $ THE STORE — 814 Gravier St., 322-2446; www.thestoreneworleans.com — The Store serves sandwiches, salads and hot plates, and there is a taco bar where patrons can choose their

TRACEY’S — 2604 Magazine St., 899-2054; www.traceysnola. com — The roast beef po-boy dripping with garlicky gravy is the highlight of a menu transplanted from the former Parasol’s. Other options include fried seafood and bar noshing items. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Cash only. $

SEAFOOD GALLEY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-0955 — Galley serves Creole and Italian dishes. Blackened redfish is served with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes. Galley’s popular soft-shell crab po-boy is the same one served at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ GRAND ISLE RESTAURANT — 575 Convention Center Blvd., 520-8530; www.grandislerestaurant.com — Grand Isle offers seafood options from raw oysters to lobster St. Malo with combines Maine lobster, shrimp and mussels in seafood broth. Baked Gulf fish are served with compound chili butter, potatoes and a vegetable. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ JACK DEMPSEY’S — 738 Poland Ave., 943-9914 — The Jack Dempsey seafood platter serves a training-table feast of gumbo, shrimp, oysters, catfish, redfish and crawfish pies, plus two side items. Other dishes include broiled redfish and fried soft-shell crab. No reservations. Lunch Tue.Sat. and dinner Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ LA COTE BRASSERIE — 700 Tchoupitoulas St., 613-2350; www.lacotebrasserie.com — This restaurant in the Renaissance New Orleans Arts Hotel serves seafood dishes like Tabascoand Steen’s Cane Syrup-glazed salmon is served with shrimp mirliton ragout. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ RED FISH GRILL — 115 Bourbon St., 598-1200; www. redfishgrill.com — Seafood creations by executive chef Brian Katz dominate a menu peppered with favorites like hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ VILLAGE INN — 9201 Jefferson Hwy., 737-4610 — Check into Village Inn for seasonal boiled seafood or raw oysters. Other options include fried seafood platters, po-boys, pasta and pizza. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

SOUL FOOD BIG MOMMA’S CHICKEN AND WAFFLES — 5741 Crowder Blvd., 241-2548; www.bigmommaschickenandwaffles.com — Big Momma’s serves hearty combina-

tions like the six-piece which includes a waffle and six fried wings served crispy or dipped in sauce. Breakfast is served all day. All items are cooked to order. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

STEAKHOUSE CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — 322 Magazine St., 522-7902; www.centraarchy.com — This traditional steakhouse serves USDA prime beef, and a selection of super-sized cuts includes a 40-oz. Porterhouse for two. The menu also features seafood options and a la carte side items. Reservations recommended. Diner daily. Credit cards. $$$ CRESCENT CITY STEAKS — 1001 N. Broad St., 821-3271; www.crescentcitysteaks.com — Order USDA prime beef dry-aged and hand-cut in house. There are porterhouse steaks large enough for two or three diners to share. Bread pudding with raisins and peaches is topped with brandy sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri. and Sun., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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TAPAS/SPANISH MIMI’S IN THE MARIGNY — 2601 Royal St., 872-9868 — The decadant Mushroom Manchego Toast is a favorite here. Or enjoy hot and cold tapas dishes ranging from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ SANTA FE TAPAS — 1327 St. Charles Ave., 304-9915 — The menu includes both tapas dishes and entrees. Seared jumbo scallops are served with mango and green tomato pico de gallo. Gambas al ajillo are jumbo shrimp with garlic, shallots, chilis and cognac. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ VEGA TAPAS CAFE — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, 8362007; www.vegatapascafe.com — Paella de la Vega combines shrimp, mussels, chorizo, calamari, scallops, chicken and vegetables in saffron rice. Pollo en papel features chicken, mushrooms, leeks and feta in phyllo pastry. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Life Stories Radio host Ira Glass visits New Orleans. By Lauren LaBorde

being, developed for films. Most recently, Glass produced Sleepwalk With Me, a film based on comedian Mike Birbiglia’s story from the episode “Fear of Sleep.” Sleepwalk debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and is slated for a theatrical release soon. At his Reinventing Radio tour stop Saturday, Glass will discuss the show and answer audience questions. “Basically I stand on stage and have an iPad and I can, by playing music and sound and quotes, recreate the sound of the radio show around me,” he says. “What it is is a combination of me talking about the radio show and how we put it together, but also it’s an excuse to play really funny or really memorable moments from the show.” What likely has contributed to This American Life’s popularity is its ability to find fascinating stories in unlikely places. Episodes have featured the deranged petty dictatorship of a school maintenance department supervisor in Schenectady, N.Y.; a moving production of Hamlet in a high-security Missouri prison; and a heated rivalry between two Santas in a Nashville, Tenn. shopping mall. The instinct to find interesting, radio-friendly stories in not-always-obvious subjects is something Glass, who has hosted and produced the program since 1995, says he’s had to hone over time. “That’s something I really had to learn. I think when a lot of people are starting out in journalism, they say ‘I want to do stories about regular people. I want to

do stories about everyday Ira Glass is the longtime host life.’ But I had no idea of the public radio program what that would mean, This American Life. and I had no idea about PhOTO BY STuART MuLLENBERG what a person would do to make those stories Reinventing Radio: interesting,” he says. “The mAr problem with doing stoAn Evening with Ira Glass ries about regular people 8 p.m. Saturday is that often when people tackle those, they do them McAlister Auditorium, in a way that’s really corny. Tulane university There’s a whole genre of 6823 St. Charles Ave. feature reporting that’s, I think, very, very corny. 280-7002 “So figuring out how www.wwno.org to do something where people would seem real, but it would be enough of an interesting plotline that it would be worth listening to, that took me a long time to figure out.” Besides his abilities to find and tell interesting stories, Glass has a chatty and engaging vocal style and enjoys interacting with his fans. “They’re lovely,” he says. “Weirdly, I feel like when I meet the public radio fans, what they seem like is people that could have accidentally become my friends, except we don’t know each other. I have that reaction a lot — with the occasional person who’s way too interested in grammar or technology.”

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his American Life, the syndicated public radio show that usually focuses on everyday people and events, doesn’t often find itself in the center of a news story. But after airing an episode in January that included an excerpt of monologist Mike Daisey’s one-man play The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, which features his damning account of a trip to Foxconn’s Chinese factory that manufactures Apple products and other electronics, the program became part of a major news event. “It’s never happened before,” says Ira Glass, the host of This American Life. “I feel like we were just … one factor that made things tip.” Glass visits New Orleans this week to discuss the common and uncommon nature of This American Life. The Apple story was brewing already when Glass covered it. During the week the episode (“Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”) aired, there were reports that between 150 and 300 Foxconn workers had gone on the factory’s roof and threatened mass suicide to protest working conditions. Soon after, The New York Times began a series of front-page investigative stories about Foxconn. Apple responded, saying it would disclose a list of companies that build its products and would allow third parties to verify working conditions at those factories. “People emailed (Daisey) saying that a lot of people who work at Apple in Cupertino (Calif.) heard the show, because they’re California engineers which means they’re big public radio listeners. Apparently, it had an effect on morale,” Glass says. “So we were part of this thing — (Daisey) says it’s like he’s watching a meme being formed. … It was really crazy to see that response. Especially since in the past, (Apple) had completely not spoken with us or with anybody about this stuff.” Besides the Apple story and occasional explainer episodes about the economic crisis, the Iraq War and other major events, This American Life typically doesn’t focus on hard news. Most episodes, which are broadcast locally on WWNO-FM (89.9), find compelling stories in the lives of regular, relatable people. It’s frequently the week’s most downloaded podcast in the country and has won every major broadcasting award. The show’s popularity has manifested itself in strange ways — most notably the This American Life YouTube parody involving a sex tape between Glass and Fresh Air host Terry Gross that circulated on the Internet last year. There also was a short-lived, but critically acclaimed, This American Life TV series on Showtime. Several stories from the show have been, or are

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house — Kipori woods, 5; irvin mayfield’s noJo Jam, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — pat Cooper, 9 Legends Bar & Grill — topcats, 9 The Maison — Chicken & waffles, 6; Upstarts, 9 Maple Leaf Bar — eckert gruver o’Day, 10

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All show times p.m. unless otherwise noted.

TUeSday 6 AllWays Lounge — tumbleweeds, 10 Banks Street Bar — bombanova, 9 Bistreaux — aaron lopezbarrantes, 7 Blue Nile — straus/burtner, 10 BMC — Carolyn broussard, 5; erin Demastes Quartet, 8; lagniappe brass band, 11 Bombay Club — monty banks, 7:30 Chickie Wah Wah — tommy malone & bill malchow, 8 Columns Hotel — John rankin, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — new orleans streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — the treme brass band, 9

The Famous Door — Darren murphy & big soul, 3 Funky Pirate — blues masters feat. big al Carson, 8:30 Irish House — sea shanty singing session, 6:30 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — wes “warmdaddy” anderson, 8 The Maison — gregory agid Quarter, 6; magnitude, 9 Maple Leaf Bar — rebirth brass band, 10 Old Point Bar — Josh garrett & the bottom line, 8 Preservation Hall — preservation Hall stars feat. shannon powell, 8 Siberia — solid giant, the great sabatini, lost Coves, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Davell Crawford, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — brett richardson, 4; smokin’ time Jazz Club, 6; meschiya lake & the little big Horns, 10

AllWays Lounge — emperor X, 10 Banks Street Bar — major bacon, 10 The Beach — Chicken on the bone feat. rev. robert rockefeller & John Heindel, 7:30 Big Al’s Deckbar Seafood & Blues — John lisi & Delta funk, 8 Bistreaux — aaron lopezbarrantes, 7 Blue Nile — United postal project, 8; gravity a, 11 BMC — abstract, 5; blues4sale, 8; Deja Vu brass band, 11 Bombay Club — monty banks, 7:30 Checkpoint Charlie — bret mosley, 10 Chickie Wah Wah — sweet olive string band, 5; meschiya lake & tom mcDermott, 7; marc adams & House of Clements, 9:30 Circle Bar — Chris lee speaking in tongues feat. alex mcmurray, 10 Columns Hotel — ricardo Crespo, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — new orleans streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — paul sanchez, matt perrine & alex mcmurray, 7; walter wolfman washington & the roadmasters, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — bob andrews, 9:30 The Famous Door — Darren murphy & big soul, 3 Funky Pirate — blues masters feat. big al Carson, 8:30 House of Blues — frankenstein brothers, wolff and tuba, 8 House of Blues (Parish) — rehab, moonshine bandits, 9 House of Blues (Voodoo Garden) — luke winslowKing, 7

WedneSday 7

Irvin Mayfield’s I Club — mia borders, 8

12 Bar — brass-a-Holics, 9

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Play-

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — lars edegran, topsy Chapman & palm Court Jazz band, 7:30 Preservation Hall — preservation Hall Jazz band feat. mark braud, 8 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Chegadao, 8:30 Siberia — truckfighters, the midnight ghost train, endall, ryan mcKern, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Uptown Jazz orchestra, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — brett richardson, 4; orleans 6, 6; st. louis slim & the frenchmen st. Jug band, 10 St. Roch Tavern — J.D. Hill & the Jammers, 8 Stage Door Canteen at The National World War II Museum — Victory belles, noon Three Muses — andrew Duhon, 4:30; Hot Club of new orleans, 7

THURSday 8 Banks Street Bar — rx filled, 10 Bayou Beer Garden — walter “wolfman” washington, 8 The Beach — Chicken on the bone feat. rev. robert rockefeller, blaine Daigle & Kevin boudreaux, 7:30 Bistreaux — aaron lopezbarrantes, 7 Blue Nile — micah mcKee & little maker, 7 BMC — soula billy swamp boogie band, 5; Kipori woods band, 8; Young pinstripe brass band, 11 Bombay Club — matt lemmler Duo feat. evan Christopher, 7:30 Buffa’s Lounge — tom mcDermott & aurora nealand, 8 Cafe Istanbul — michaela Harrison, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — electric Yat string Quartet, 5:30; geraniums, 8 Circle Bar — pree, Hannah Kreiger-benson, Julie odell, 10 Columns Hotel — fredy omar, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — new orleans streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30

REMEMBERED A Conversation with Freedom Riders and

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Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Cristina perez, 9:30

3 Ring Circus’ The Big Top Gallery — ponykiller, mike bell & the movies, rabbit, 8

Old U.S. Mint — bill malchow, 12

MARCH 2012 MUSIC CALENDAR 8 PM SHOWS WEDNESDAYS

An evening with

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MARCH 7, 14, 21, 28

MODERN SIREN

THURSDAYS Good Southern Girls Night featuring

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MARCH 1, 8, 29

CAJUN POP

Mem Shannon

PREVIEW

Girls with Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Chris Owens’ Girls, live in the French Quarter? We’ve seen this show before, and not just on Bourbon Street. This Owens is a San Francisco-based singer/songwriter with an unswerving fixation on ’60s and ’70s music icons and the total pop-memory recall and tectonic vocal tremble to pull it off. On his last visit here, in February 2010, Girls with Unknown he sublimated the celebrity impersonMAR Mortal Orchestra ation he shot for on his often-fetching but too-often-familiar debut Album, 10 p.m. Monday delivering a revelatory stage outfit One Eyed Jacks, 615 befitting the classic rock ’n’ rollers Toulouse St., 569-8361; whose closets he raided — a ratty ensemble www.oneeyedjacks.net borrowing from Elvis Costello, Brian Wilson and Buddy Holly. Where debt-ridden peers like Harlem and Vivian Girls sounded like cheaper (or just drunker) imitations of their studio selves in person, here was an artist who took the performance half of his profession seriously, the rare indie-rocker who cared about the reception as much as the recording. Girls’ continuing evolution, immediately evident on the September release Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther), presents Owens with a new bar to clear: topping the unfiltered, unaffected vocals and sandblasted keyboard-and-guitar arrangements of one of 2011’s best records. This concert caps a generous first weekend of South by Southwest runoff at One Eyed Jacks, including rock ’n’ roll lifers Built to Spill (Friday) and intrepid genre explorers Maps & Atlases (Saturday). Unknown Mortal Orchestra and KG Accidental open. Tickets $15. — NOAH BONAPArTE PAiS

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MARCH 22

MUSIC LiSTiNGS

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FRIDAYS

Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes MARCH 2

Walter “Wolfman” Washington MARCH 9, 16

BLUES MASTER

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Little Freddie King MARCH 23

BLUES MASTER

Billy Iuso & Restless Natives MARCH 30

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Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio, 10 Oak — Colin Lake, 8 Old Point Bar — Blues Frenzy, 6:30; Big Al & the Heavyweights, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Leroy Jones, Katja Toivola & Crescent City Joymakers, 7:30

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House of Blues (Parish) — Casey Donahew Band, Matt Stell & the Crashers, 9

The Maison — Erin Demastes, 5; David Mahoney, 7; Purpetrator, 10

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Preservation Hall — Tornado Brass Band feat. Darryl Adams, 8 Ray’s — Bobby Love Band, 6 Rivershack Tavern — Pigeon Town, 8

Scurvics Trio, Meschiya Lake, 10

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Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Leah Chase, Cindy Scott & Sasha Masakowski, 8 & 10

Cafe Istanbul — Foburg showcase, 9:30

Spotted Cat — Brett richardson, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10 Vaughan’s — Kermit ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 8:30

FRIdAy 9 12 Bar — Deltaville, 9 AllWays Lounge — Foburg feat. Aunt Martha, Shayfer James, Black Taxi, King rey, 9 Babylon Lounge — Harvester, Necrotic Priapism, Totenbett, 10

Carrollton Station — Alex McMurray, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Linda Mcrae, 5; Paul Sanchez, 8; Tommy Womack & Lisa OliverGray, 10:30 Circle Bar — Testaverde, Deadbeat Darling, Deep Ella, 10 d.b.a. — Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Good Enough for Good Times, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Eric Traub Trio, 10

Banks Street Bar — Hannah KB Band & guests, 9

Green Room — Jay Weber, 7; Saints of Helltown, Shattered Display, Eternal Absence, 10

Blue Nile — Kermit ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7; Foburg showcase (upstairs), 10; ike Stubblefield, Grant Green Jr. & Terrance Higgins, 11

Hi-Ho Lounge — Foburg feat. Japanther, The Pharmacy, Jean-Eric, 10

BMC — El DeOrazio & Friends, 3; Peter Novelli, 6; Dana Abbot Band, 9; Lagniappe Brass Band, 12:30 a.m.

House of Blues — Snoop Dog, 11 House of Blues (Parish) — The Help, 9 Howlin’ Wolf — Birdfinger, 10

Rock ’N’ Bowl — Corey “Lil Pop” Ledet, 8:30

Bombay Club — Monty Banks, 6; Alex Peters Quartet, 9:30

Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 5; Crescent City Celtic Band, 9

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Le Roux — the Bobby Love Band, 7 Legends Bar & Grill — topcats, 10 The Maison — those Peaches, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Essentials, 10 Mandeville Trailhead — Mandeville Live! feat. Yat Pack, 6:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Jake Eckert Band, 10 The Mushroom — Old Soul, Impressionable Youth, 7 New Orleans Museum of Art — Where Y’Art feat. Ramblin’ Letters, 5 Oak — Crisitina Perez, 9

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Old Point Bar — Rick trolsen, 5; the tip, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Barry Martyn & John Royen, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Built to Spill, Dinosaur Feathers, Junebug Spade, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Wendell Brunious & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 The Reserve of Orleans — Naydja Cojoe & the Jazz Experience, 8 Rivershack Tavern — Pig Pen, 9:30 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, 9:30

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Siberia — SXSW Fundraiser feat. Katey Red, Sissy Nobby, Nicky Da B, Magnolia Rhome, JC Styles & DJ Shay, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ellis Marsalis Quartet, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — touching the Absolute, Zero Dialect, Sheridan Road, 10 Spotted Cat — Brett Richardson, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues trio, 6:30; New Orleans Cotton Mouth Kings, 10

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Three Muses — Colin Lake Duo, 4; Moonshiners Quartet, 6:30; Glen David Andrews, 10 Tipitina’s — Papa Mali’s Double Uptown Shotgun, Colin Lake, 10

SatUrday 10 Banks Street Bar — Joystick, Rooks, 10

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House of Blues (Parish) — the Apache Relay, King Rey, three Blind Wolves, 9 Howlin’ Wolf — Of Montreal, Kishi Bashi,, 10 Howlin’ Wolf (The Den) — Yip Deceiver, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Speed the Mule, 5; Invisible Cowboy Band, 9 Krazy Korner — Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, 1 Legends Bar & Grill — Off the Hook, 9 The Maison — Ramblin’ Letters, 5; Smoking time Jazz Club, 7; J. Roddy, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George McConnell, 10 Metropolitan — Clinton Sparks, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — sami.the.great, 7, Mario Ortiz, 11 Oak — Jen Howard, 9 Old Point Bar — Ian Cunningham, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Foburg feat. Maps & Atlases, Sun Hotel, Caddywhompus, 9

Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Band feat. Mark Braud, 8 Rivershack Tavern — All Purpose Blues Band, 10 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Deacon John, 9:30 Siberia — turbo Fruits, K-Holes, Bezoar, Dummy Dumpster, 10

Circle Bar — Bohannons, Lee Bains III & the Gloryfires, James Leg, 10

One Eyed Jacks — Girls, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, KG Accidental, 9

Hi-Ho Lounge — Foburg feat. Wolves Where, Summer People, HotChaCha, Sports & Leisure, 10

Siberia — King Louie’s Missing Monuments, Mikal Cronin, Pujol, Coathangers, Heavy Cream, 8

House of Blues (Parish) — titus Andronicus, Screaming Females, Vox & the Hound, Diarrhea Planet, 7:30 Krazy Korner — Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, 1 The Maison — Herlin Riley & the Hot Foot Floozies, 4; Cristina Perez, 7; tiny Victories, Happy New Year, Me You Us them, DJ YRS tRLY (upstairs), 9; Eric Gordon, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown trio feat. Russell Batiste & Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 10 Old Point Bar — Outlaw Jim & the Whiskey Benders, 12; Josh Garrett & the Bottom Line, 5; Dana Abbott, 8 Preservation Hall — St. Peter Street All-Stars feat. Lars Edegran, 8 Siberia — the Men, Glish, Native America, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Jee Yeoun Ko & Friends, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Music From Chaos, 10 Spotted Cat — Rights of Swing, 3; Ben Polcer & the Grinders, 6; Pat Casey, 10

Speckled T’s — Chicken on the Bone feat. Nuggets & Injuns in the Dell, 7:30 Spotted Cat — Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

MoNDAY 12

Twist of Lime — Ashes to Dust CD release, 4 Mag Nitrous, 8

SUNDAY 11 AllWays Lounge — Lost In Society, 9; two Fisted Law, American Pinup, 10 Banks Street Bar — Ron Hotstream & the F-Holes, 10 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Mainline, 10

Old Point Bar — Brent Walsh Jazz trio feat. Romy Kaye, 7

Generations Hall — Lycee Francais Fete de la Musique feat. Galactic, Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band and others, 7

Tipitina’s — Sunday Youth Music Workshop feat. Stanton Moore, James Singleton & David torkanowsky, 1; Lucero, William Elliot Whitmore, 9

Tipitina’s — Original Wild Magnolias feat. Big Chief Bo Dollis & Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, 10

AllWays Lounge — I Was totally Destroying It, today the Moon, tomorrow the Sun, 10 Banks Street Bar — Love Betty, 8; N’awlins Johnnys, 10 BMC — Lil Red & Big Bad, 6; Smoky Greenwell’s Blues Jam, 9 Chickie Wah Wah — Rayland Baxter, 8 Circle Bar — Steve Eck & the Midnight Still, Andy Wagner, Samuel Stiles, 10 The Hangar — DRI, Disappointed Parents, A Hanging, Fat Stupid Ugly People, 10

Preservation Hall — Preservation Players feat. Mark Braud, 8

Spotted Cat — Brett Richardson, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

ClASSICAl/CoNCertS Holy Name of Jesus Church — 6367 St. Charles Ave., 865-7430; www.hnjchurch.org — Fri: Symphony Chorus of New Orleans SOUL Concert, 8:30 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 1 N. Marigold Drive, Covington — Fri: Musaica, 7:30

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St. Charles Avenue Christian Church — 6200 St. Charles Ave., 899-6301 — Fri: Charles Farmer, 9

University of New Orleans — Performing Arts Center, 280-7469; www.uno.edu — tue: Musical Excursions series presents Odair Assad, 7:30

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Nunemaker Auditorium — Monroe Hall, Loyola University New Orleans, 6363 St. Charles Ave., 865-2011; www.loyno. edu — Wed: Bobby Sanabria Concert Lecture, 7

Tulane University — Dixon Hall, 6823 St. Charles Ave., 865-5000 — tue: Nicholas Payton, 4

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Trinity Episcopal Church — 1329 Jackson Ave., 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — tue: Organ & Labyrinth Organ Recital feat. Albinas Prizgintas, 6; Concert Band & Choir from Wisconsin, Sun., 5; Jazz Vespers Series feat. Chip Wilson, James Westfall, Kathleen Westfall, 9

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Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lionel Ferbos & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7:30

Cafe Istanbul — Psychic Ills, 9:30

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SAT

Howlin’ Wolf (The Den) — Southeast Engine, 10

MAR

Hi-Ho Lounge — Foburg feat. Helen Gillet, Cliff Hines feat. Sasha Masakowski & Helen Gillet, Sick’s Pack, Vagabond Swing, 10

Bombay Club — Matt Lemmler Duo feat. James Singleton, 7:30

Saints of Helltown

House of Blues — the Jesus & Mary Chain, Shining twins, 8

MAR

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Vivaz, 10

BMC — Soula Billy Swamp Boogie Band, 3; Meghan Stewart Band, 6; Chapter: SOUL, 9

MAR

d.b.a. — Rotary Downs, Juston Stens & the Get Real Gang, 10

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NOw ShOwING ACT OF VALOR (R) — an elite team of navy seals sets out on a global manhunt after discovering a deadly terrorist plot against the U.s. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 THE ARTIST (PG-13) — the black-and-white, silent french romance depicts Hollywood during the time when silent cinema was being replaced by talkies. Canal Place

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CHRONICLE (PG-13) — after three high school friends discover a mysterious substance that gives them superhuman powers, their lives unravel as one of the friends uses his newfound powers for evil. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 THE DESCENDANTS (R) — in alexander payne’s (Sideways) movie, a recently widowed father (george Clooney) tries to reconnect with his daughters while in Hawaii. Grand, Prytania DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (PG) — the computeranimated film based on the Dr. seuss book features Zac efron and taylor swift voicing characters. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3-D (PG-13) — nicolas Cage returns as the marvel Comics antihero, who is hired by a secret church to save a boy from satan. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 GONE (PG-13) — a woman (amanda seyfried) trying to rebuild her life after a kidnapping attempt finds her sister is missing, and she’s convinced her attempted abductor is the one to blame. AMC Palace

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THE IRON LADY (PG13) — meryl streep portrays margaret thatcher in the intimate biopic of the first and only female United Kingdom prime minister. Grand JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) — a group sets out to rescue the sole inhabitant of a strange island before seismic shockwaves force it under sea. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 PROJECT X (R) — The Hangover director todd phillips’ found-footage style comedy follows three high school seniors whose extreme house party becomes bigger than they ever imagined. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 SAFE HOUSE (R) — a young Cia agent tasked with watching a fugitive at a Cape town safe house finds himself on the run with his charge when mercenaries attack. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 14 THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) — in the animated film, a four-inch-tall teenager who lives clandestinely in a surburban house begins a secret friendship with the 12-year-old who lives there. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14 STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 – THE PHANTOM MENACE 3-D (PG) — the first of the three-part prequel to the original Star Wars trilogy returns in 3-D. AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14 THIS MEANS WAR (PG13) — the friendship between a pair of Cia operatives is tested when both men fall

for a beautiful blonde (reese witherspoon), causing them to engage in a battle for her love involving stunts and high-tech gadgets. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS (PG-13) — a successful, wealthy businessman unexpectedly falls for the cleaning person at his office building in the tyler perry drama. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 UNDER THE SEA 3-D (G) — Jim Carrey narrates the documentary exploring the great barrier reef. Entergy IMAX UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (R) — Kate beckinsale is a vampire warrior leading a war against humankind in the fourth installment of the fantasy series. AMC Palace 16 THE VOW (PG-13) — a husband tries to rebuild the bond with his wife, who after a car accident is suffering memory loss and has no recollection of her husband. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Grand, Hollywood 14 WANDERLUST (R) — an overworked manhattan couple (paul rudd and Jennifer aniston) happens upon a idyllic, clothing-optional countercultural community. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 THE WOMAN IN BLACK (PG-13) — based on the novel and play, Daniel radcliffe stars as a young lawyer who finds himself in a village where a diseased eccentric still haunts the locals. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14

OPENING FRIDAY JOHN CARTER (R) — a Civil war veteran mysteriously finds himself on the surface of mars, where he becomes involved in an epic conflict among the planet’s inhabitants. A SEPARATION (PG-13) — in the iranian drama that won the oscar for best foreign language film, a couple faces a difficult decision when trying to improve the life of their child. SILENT HOUSE (R) — elizabeth olsen stars as a woman who finds herself trapped inside an old family house she is renovating. A THOUSAND WORDS (R) — a selfish, fast-talking literary agent who is prone to stretching the truth (eddie murphy) finds a magical tree in his back

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special screenings CORMAN’S WORLD: EXPLOITS OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL (R) — The documentary uses interviews with Hollywood luminaries to pay tribute to Roger Corman, the prolific

writer, director and producer. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Chalmette Movies, 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, 304-9992 CRAZY HORSE (NR) — Frederick Wiseman’s documentary explores the famous Parisan nude cabaret as its prepares to unveil a new show. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members. 6:30

p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

DARK SIDE OF OZ (NR) — The film pairs the 1973 Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon with the visual portion of the The Wizard of Oz. Tickets $8. Midnight FridaySaturday, Prytania Theatre,

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Though you might not have guessed it from the brief and elegant acceptance speech made by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi at last week’s Oscars, moviemaking in Iran today requires an authentic act of courage. Another worldclass filmmaker from Iran, Jafar Panahi (The Circle, This Is Not a Film), was sentenced to a six-year prison term and will have to abide by a 20-year ban on making movies, traveling abroad and speaking to the press — all for A Separation “acting against national security and creatDirected by Asghar ing anti-regime propaganda” through his Farhadi films. A Separation, the remarkable drama for which Farhadi won the Best Foreign Starring Peyman Language Film Oscar, has no overtly Moadi and Leila political content. That didn’t stop the Iranian Hatami government from temporarily banning Farhadi from making the film after he publicly Limited Release expressed support for Panahi and other jailed and exiled filmmakers. Farhadi says his fifth film carries no particular message, political or otherwise. But the context in which modern Iranian movies are made leaves them open to endless interpretation. Especially one like A Separation, which allows foreign audiences a rare and unobstructed view of Iranian culture and society. As the movie begins, a husband (Peyman Moadi) and wife (Leila Hatami) argue before a judge and halfheartedly request a divorce. She wants to take their daughter and move to the West to find a better life, but he needs to stay in Tehran and take care of his father, who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Their problem is deemed a small one, so a divorce is not granted and a separation ensues. That opening scene is shot from the judge’s point of view, putting the audience in his shoes and offering the first clue as to what Farhadi is really doing. The separation sets in motion a series of events that result in what may be a murder. The film’s title refers not only to the troubled couple, but the painful divisions that exist between people in Iran and elsewhere. Small details loom large as the film moves along, and responsibility and blame get more difficult to assess. As Farhadi’s characters grapple with each other and their own consciences, the film makes the viewer become a detective collecting clues that might lead to some kind of truth. Farhadi’s grasp of the subtleties embedded in difficult ethical decisions is something not often seen on film. Farhadi’s refusal to tell us what to think about his characters’ actions is supported by his light touch as director. A Separation looks like a documentary, and the talented cast delivers even pivotal lines in an offhand manner that sounds like real life. The film never calls much attention to itself, making the whole thing immersive and believable. It’s no surprise to learn that Farhadi’s background is in theater, and that his favorite movie is Kurosawa’s classic Rashomon, which tells the same story from four different points of view. A Separation doesn’t provide many answers, but it inspires us to ask a lot of important questions. It quietly suggests that cultural differences, not political ones, provide a starting point for understanding. But there are no real resolutions to the film’s many conflicts and contradictions. If that doesn’t fit today’s world like a finely tailored suit, it’s hard to say what does. — KEN KORMAN

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LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (NR) — Doris Day and James Cagney star in the 1955 biopic about singer Ruth Etting. Tickets $5.50. Noon Wednesday, Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 891-2787; www.the-prytania.com MICHAEL (NR) — In Markus Schleinzer’s drama, an ostensibly mousy insurance agent has a dark secret — he is a child molester who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members. 8 p.m. Friday-Monday, then nightly through March 14, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net MOIRA TIERNEY FILM PRESENTATIONS — The visiting Irish filmmaker presents a screening of films created by children in a series of Super 8mm workshops at 5 p.m. Saturday and a compilation of Tierney’s short films documenting performance art events produced by Grace Exhibition Space in Brooklyn at 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

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TOMBOY (NR) — In Celine Sciamma’s coming-of-age story, a 10-year-old girl with tomboy looks decides to pass herself off as a boy, and she catches the attention of a popular girl at her new school. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members. 6:30 p.m. Friday-Monday, then nightly through March 15, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

THE WIZARD OF OZ (NR) — Judy Garland plays Dorothy, a girl swept away in a tornado to a magical land, in the 1939 classic. Tickets $5.50. Noon SaturdaySunday and March 14, Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 891-2787; www.theprytania.com

CALL FOR FILMMAKERS NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL. The festival seeks submissions in the following film categories: narrative (short and feature length), documentary (short and feature length), experimental shorts and animated shorts. Visit www.neworleansfilmsociety.org for details. Submissions deadline is June 4.

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BEE GALLERIES. 319 Chartres St., 587-7117; www. beegalleries.com — Works by 15 local and regional artists including Martin LaBorde, ongoing. BENEITO’S ART. 3618 Magazine St., 891-9170; www. bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings, prints and postcards by Bernard E. Beneito, ongoing.

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OPENING ANTENNA GALLERY. 3161 Burgundy St., 298-3161; www.press-street.com — “Object Play,” prints and sculpture by Katie Murken, Christopher Michlig, Tricia Treacy and Ashley John Pigford, through April 8. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. COUP D’OEIL ART CONSORTIUM. 2033 Magazine St., 722-0876; www. coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “Hide and See,” paintings by Judy Burks, through March. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. THE FRONT. 4100 St. Claude Ave.; www.nolafront. org — Prints and installations by Tim Dooley, Aaron Wilson, Derek Whitlock, Craig Branum and Ben Fox-McCord, through April 8. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

RHINO CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS GALLERY. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts. com — New location grand opening reception, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. SOUTHERN FOOD & BEVERAGE MUSEUM. Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www.southernfood.org — “IlluminEATing,” photographs by Meredith Beau; “Lena Richard: Pioneer in Food TV,” an exhibit curated by Ashley Young. Opening reception 4 p.m. Saturday. ST. TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyart. org — “Engagement,” works by Gerald Cannon, Jessica Danby, Laura Gipson and Kathy Rodriguez, through April

STAPLE GOODS. 1340 St. Roch Ave., 908-7331; www. postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Symbiosis,” prints and mixed-media drawings by Laura Richens, through April 8. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

GallErIEs 1239 CONGRESS. 1239 Congress St. — Photographs by Christian Hardy, Andy Cook, Jordan Cabot, Durado Brooks and Michelle Nicolette Kowalski, through April 1. A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY. 241 Chartres St., 568-1313; www. agallery.com — Photogravures by Josephine Sacabo, through March. ACADEMY GALLERY. 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 — Self-Portrait Invitational, through March 24. ANTON HAARDT GALLERY. 2858 Magazine St., 309-4249; www.antonart. com — Works by Anton Haardt, Christopher Moses and others, ongoing. ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., 524-3233 — Paintings by Anne McLeod, sculpture by Hernan Caro, jewelry by Belle Bijoux, ceramic crafts by Reenie Esteb and works by Terri Brasher, through March. ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY. 432 Julia St., 5221999; www.arthurrogergallery. com — “200: Art Inspired by 200 Years of Louisiana Statehood,” paintings by Francis X. Pavy; “Keepsakes,” mixedmedia works by Mary Jane Parker; “Mosquito Muerto,” paintings and prints by Keith Perelli; all through March. ATELIER-MAGASIN. 3954 Magazine St. — Wood and metal sculpture by Kelly Guidry; photographs by Amy James; portraits by Clay Judice Jr.; paintings by George Marks; all ongoing. THE BEAUTY SHOP. 3828 Dryades St. — Works by Rebecca Rebouche, ongoing.

CAFE BABY. 237 Chartres St., 310-4004; www.markbercier.com — Paintings and works on paper by Mark Bercier, ongoing. CALLAN CONTEMPORARY. 518 Julia St., 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Immersion,” paintings by Adrian Deckbar, through March 24. CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY. 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Artists of Faith,” works by Jack Bartlett, Sonia Kouyoumdjian, Nell Tilton, David Goodman and Jean Geraci, through April 14. CASELL GALLERY. 818 Royal St., 524-0671; www. casellartgallery.com — Works by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, Phillip Sage and Jack Miller, ongoing. COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — “Songs for the Gulf Coast,” paintings by Susan DowningWhite, through March. COURTYARD GALLERY. 1129 Decatur St., 330-0134; www.woodartandmarketing.com — Hand-carved woodworks by Daniel Garcia, ongoing. D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 — “Macrocosm/ Microcosm,” metal and glass sculpture by Shae Freeman, through April 5. GALERIE ROYALE. 3648 Magazine St., 894-1588; www.galerieroyale.com — Mixed media on canvas and metal by Mike Klung, through March. THE GEORGES GALLERY. Metairie Park Country Day School, 300 Park Road, Metairie, 837-5204; www.mpcds. com — “The Healing Power of Art,” works by Beverly Morris and artists from the Louisiana Art Therapy Association, through Monday. GUY LYMAN FINE ART. 3645 Magazine St., 8994687; www.guylymanfineart. com — Mixed media with mechanical light sculptures by Jimmy Block, ongoing. HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY. 440 Julia St., 5257300; www.heriardcimino.

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HOMESPACE GALLERY. 1128 St. Roch Ave., (917) 584-9867 — “Reflections Through A Lens: The Genre of Self-Portraiture,” photographs, gravures and paintings by Tina Freeman, Sylvia Plachy, Josephine Sacabo, Elizabeth Shannon and Mimi Stafford, through April 7. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

7. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

BIG BUNNY FINE ART. 332 Exchange Alley, 309-2444; www.lineartgallery.com — “Broken Crayons,” paintings and mixed media by Traeger Di Pietro, through March 18.

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through June 24. “Forever,” mural by Odili Donald Odita, through Oct. 7.

NEWCOMB ART GALLERY. Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, 865-5328; www. newcombartgallery.tulane. edu — “tamarind touchstones: Fabulous at Fifty,” a retrospective exhibition of lithographs from the tamarind Institute, through April 15.

OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “the Created World of Enrique Alferez,” sculpture and works on paper by the artist, through April 2. “the Past Still Present,” photographs by David Halliday; “the Shape of Louisiana Commenting on the Shape of Louisiana,” assemblages by Jimmy Des-

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THURSDay 8 AIGA CMYK (COME MEET YOUR KIND). Bridge Lounge, 1201 Magazine St., 299-1888; www.bridgeloungenola.com — the local chapter of the professional association for design hosts the social and networking event. Visit www.aiganeworleans.org for details. 6:30 p.m.

ALGIERS EDUCATION SUMMIT & SCHOOL EXPO. Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Moreau Center, 4123 Woodland LUNCHBOX LECTURE. National World War II Museum, Drive, (800) 259-7744 — the 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; algiers economic Development foundation’s summit features www.nationalww2museum. org — the semi-monthly lecture an exposition of algiers schools series focuses on an array of and a panel featuring local education leaders. Visit www.alworld war ii-related topics. gierseconomic.com for details. Call 528-1944 ext. 229 for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. details. noon.

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Friday 9 C.G. JUNG SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS PROGRAM. Parker Memorial United Methodist Church, 1130 Nashville Ave., 895-1222 — Analyst Karen Magee presents “Searching for One’s Spirit, Caring for One’s Soul,” followed by a workshop on Saturday. Lecture admission free for members, $10 nonmembers; workshop admission $35 members, $45 nonmembers. Lecture 7:30 p.m. Friday, workshop 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. DANCING FOR DYSTROPHY. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, 581-4367; www.generationshall.net — the Children’s Neuromuscular Foundation of Louisiana’s fundraiser features food from local restaurants, an open bar, music by the Mixed Nuts and a silent auction. Call 723-6625 or visit www.dancingfordystrophy.org for details. tickets $50. 7 p.m. to midnight.

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A GLIMPSE INTO GLAMOUR. Victory, 339 Baronne St., 522-8664; www. victorycocktails.com — In anticipation of its March 21-25 event, Fashion Week New Orleans hosts a preview party with mini-makeovers, prize giveaways and specialty cocktails. Free admission. Visit www.styleizm.com/2012/02/ celebrate-glamour for details. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR. Landmark Aviation, 5801 Walter Beech St. — the tour gives guests an opportunity to explore and learn more about rare World War II bomber and fighter aircrafts on display. Call 568-8924 or visit www.collingsfoundation.org for details. Viewing hours are 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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SaTurday 10 AUDUBON CHARTER SCHOOL’S 70S SOIREE GALA. Michaul’s Live Cajun Music Restaurant, 840 St. Charles Ave., 522-5517 — the school hosts a 1970s-themed fundraiser with disco music, costume and dance contests, auctions and food from local restaurants. Call 324-7100, email sophia_griffies@auduboncharter.com or visit www. auduboncharter.com for details. Admission $40 in advance, $50 at the door, $70 patron party. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. patron party, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. gala. BROAD STREET BAZAAR. 300 N. Broad St., corner of Bienville Street — the monthly market features health screenings, jewelry, food vendors and more. Call 561-7495 or visit www.broadcommunityconnections.org for details. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY SERVICES OF NEW ORLEANS GALA. First NBC Bank, 201 Baronne St. — Phillip Manuel and Leah Chase headline the nonprofit health care organization’s inaugural gala. Call 212-9544 or visit www.dcsno. org for details. Admission $100. Patron party 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., gala 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. FRUHLINGSFEIER & INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., 522-8014; www. deutscheshaus.org — Benjamin Franklin High School’s annual fundraiser is a festival with international cuisine, live music, a silent auction, cultural performances, crafts, game booths, children’s activities and more. Call 296-2599 or email rachel_ becker@benfranklinhighschool. org for details. Admission $10. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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NEW ORLEANS ENTREPRENEUR WEEK. I.P. Building, 643 Magazine St. — the event features free seminars and workshops covering topics geared toward entrepreneurs, startups and developing businesses. Pre-registration for programs is recommended. Visit www.ideavillage.org/ programs/noew/noew_2012 for the full schedule and other details. Saturday-Monday, then daily through March 16. A NIGHT TO MAKE IT RIGHT. Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., 561-1234; www.neworleans.hyatt.com — Ellen DeGeneres hosts the gala for Brad PItt’s green rebuilding charity Make it Right, which features performances by Sheryl Crow, the Nevilles and others, and a meal prepared by celebrity chefs Giada De Laurentiis and Emeril Lagasse. Aziz Ansari hosts an after-party with performances by Kayne West, Seal and Snoop Dogg. Visit www.nighttomakeitright.com for details. Gala tickets start at $1,000, after-party tickets are $100. 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. OCH ART MARKET. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc. net — the indoor and outdoor arts market features a wellness theme with a kids’ Zumba class, yoga and meditation classes, and feng shui workshops. Visit www.ochartmarket.com for details. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. OYSTER JUBILEE. 300 block of Bourbon Street, French Quarter — the event features the construction of the “longest oyster po-boy” and a competition among chefs to create the best oyster po-boy. Call 293-2647 or visit www.oysterjubilee.com for details. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. PIETY STREET MARKET. The

Old Ironworks, 612 Piety St., 908-4741 — the market of more than 40 vendors features art, handmade jewelry and crafts, homemade food and vintage collectibles. Call 269-3982 for details. Noon to 5 p.m. RED UMBRELLA MARCH. Hunter’s Field, 1600 N. Claiborne Ave. — the event aims to raise awareness of the disproportionate effect of HIV/ AIDS in the African-American community with a march including the Stooges Brass Band, the Original New Orleans Lady Buck Jumpers, the Dumaine Street Gang and others. Visit www.hivnola.com for details. 2 p.m.

SuNday 11 BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE WORKSHOP. Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., 483-7037; www.hollygrovemarket.com — Hugh Courtney,

founder of the Josephine Porter Institute of Applied Biodynamics, leads the workshop on the organic, sustainable farming system. Pre-registration is recommended. Call 282-2794 or biodynamicsnola@gmail. com for details. Admission is free, but a $10 donation is suggested. 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. FETE DE LA MUSIQUE. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, 581-4367; www.generationshall.net — Lycee Francais hosts a benefit concert with Galactic, Shamarr Allen, Meschiya Lake and more. the event also features food fand a patron party. Visit www. lfnofete.com for details. tickets $25 general admission in advance, $35 at the door, $125 patron party. 5:30 p.m. patron party, 7 p.m. general admission. SIERRA CLUB PROGRAM.

Audubon Zoo, Dominion Auditorium, 6500 Magazine St. — Charles Allen discusses the programming activities of the New Orleans Mayor’s Office of Coastal and Environmental Affairs, including the restoration of Bayou Bienvenue. Call 307-0187 for details. Free admission. 7 p.m.

Call For aPPliCaTioNS SALUTE TO SENIOR SERVICE. Home Instead Senior Care seeks nominations for a senior citizen (65 or older) who does at least 15 hours of volunteer work a month. the winner receives a $5,000 donation to the charity of his or her choice and other prizes. Email ckoehler@homeinsteadinc.com or visit www.salutetoseniorservice.com for details. Application deadline is March 15. YMCA NORTHSHORE HEROES. the West tammany YMCA seeks nominations of people who represent the values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. the Heroes will be recognized at a a luncheon May 4. Call 985-893-9622 or email amandam@ymcaneworleans.org for details. Application deadline is March 15.

wordS BILL LAVENDER. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 8997323 — the poet reads from and signs Memory Wing. 6 p.m. thursday. C. S. HARRIS. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — the author discusses and signs Where Maidens Mourn. 2 p.m. Saturday. CAROLYN MORROW LONG. Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., 5962667 — the author discusses Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted House. 7 p.m. tuesday. Morrow Long also

appears at Octavia Books (513 Octavia St., 899-7323) 6 p.m. Wednesday. CONSTANCE ADLER. Maple Street Book Shop at Bayou St. John, 3122 Ponce de Leon St.; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — the author discusses and signs My Bayou: New Orleans Through the Eyes of a Lover. 6 p.m. thursday. COOKBOOK CLUB. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — Kit Wohl discusses and signs New Orleans Classic Brunches and The James Beard Foundation’s Best of the Best and prepares some recipes from the cookbooks. Bringing food is encouraged by not required. 6 p.m. tuesday. JOHN P. KLINGMAN. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 8997323 — the author discusses and signs New in New Orleans Architecture. 6 p.m. tuesday. Klingman also appears at Maple Street Book Shop (7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com) 6 p.m. thursday. KIT WHOL. Maple Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 8664916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — the author signs the cookbook New Orleans Classic Brunches. 1 p.m. Saturday. ROBERT JEANFREAU. Maple Street Book Shop, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., 304-7115; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — the author discusses and signs The Story Behind Stone. 3 p.m. Saturday. SUZANNE PERRON. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — the author and designer discusses and signs Designing in Ivory and White: Suzanne Perron Gowns From the Inside Out. Noon. Saturday.

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Two-story renovated townhouse condo with all the amenities. Tasteful kitchen with maple cabinets and stainless appliances, central A/H, pool and dedicated off-street parking spot, & 1 block to the French Quarter. Agents protected. Call 525-3067 O/A

METAIRIE 4529 Carthage, Great Loc

1 blk to JCC, 2 blks to Lake. In ‘06 new kit appls, flr, cabnts & tops, 4bd 2.5ba, 2 car gar, 2628 sq ft. $359K. Property New Orleans LLC. Patrick Tucker, 504-908-6364

$189K. Immediate cash flow, $2800/ mo rent. 4 Plex or 5 Plex. Call Andy Severino, 914-787-9513. Sharpe Realty, 504-684-4448. neworleansrealestatenow.com

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY 1012 ST. PETERS

MULTIPLE UNITS AVAILABLE. Breath taking view of St. Louis Cathedral from balcony. Beautiful mster bdrm marble flrs in bath, hi ceilis, hrdwd flrs, courtyard & more. 2 blks to Bourbon St. Call Agent For Details: Delisha Boyd, BA, MBA, DBA(abd) Real Estate Consultant Gardner Realtors 504-415-1802 Direct 504-366-4511 Office www.Delishaboyd. com Delishaboyd@aol.com

1100 ROYAL STREET

Great value! On site garage pkng. Great residential unit w/2 Master suites, 1750 sq. ft. $459,000. E.J. Maysonave, (504) 544-6210

1124 Burgundy St

Architectural Palace with unique features and old world elegance. 5,990 sq ft, parking incl. It is a fortunate, sophisticated buyer who will call this home. $2,800,000. Dorian Bennett - Southeby’s International Realty. 504944-3605, 2340 Dauphine St., www. dbsir.com. info@dbsir.com. Each office is independently owned & operated

214 Chartres #1 $849K

New Listing. Hidden Gem! Lg (2300sf) 2br/2ba, wet bar, spacious living & INTERIOR COURTYARD. E.J. Masonave (504) 544-6210

333 JULIA

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT #208: New renov, beautiful hdwd flrs, granite cntrs & top of the lineapp. Lg 1br/1ba 720 sq ft on atrium! Rooftop pool & cabana. $229,000 #504: Beaut renv 5th fl corner. Chef’s kitc & open bar into lg liv & din w/ wall of windows. 1 pkng in int garage. $395,000. E.J. Masonave (504) 544-6210

CALL JUDY GIGLIO TODAY 504-259-1873. REMAX Real Estate Partners, Inc., 4141 Veterans Blvd., Metairie. 504-888-9900. Each office is independently owned & operated.

FQ CREOLE TOWNHOUSE

Over 3000 sqft. Exquisite 2nd fl condo features all the gracious amenities! 3br/3.5ba, 2 gas fp & Chef’s kit & MUCH more! Offered by L. Bryan Francher and Leslie A. Perrin, Gardner Realtors, 504-251-6400, 504-7225820, 504-891-6400.

FRENCH QUARTER STUDIOS

514 DUMAINE , Charming studio wiith courtyard. 1BR w/ coveted street balcony. Starting at $104,000. Judy Fisher, Inc, 504-388-3023. www. JudyFisher.net

JAX BREWERY French Quarter’s Finest

N * 1/1 Riverviews $495,000 J * Rare 3/3 1750 sq. ft $695,000 H * Jackson Square 2/2 $795,000 All easy access to River Terrace E.J. Masonave (504) 544-6210

JAX BREWERY French Quarter’s Finest

N * 1/1 Riverviews $495,000 J * Rare 3/3 1750 sq. ft $695,000 H * Jackson Square 2/2 $795,000 All easy access to River Terrace E.J. Masonave (504) 544-6210

Luxury French Qtr Condo

1201 Canal St. Unit 257. 1 blk from FQ. Jump on streetcar right outside your front door. 2BR, 2BA. First class! $285K. 24 hr valet Parking, Rooftop pool, More. Theresa Rowe, Mauti, Meredith, Scoggin , 985-502-5055

MARIGNY TRIANGLE

1918 Burgundy St. Beautiful, maintained. Lg owner’s unit with 1 BR apt. Great private yd. Possible B&B. $625,000.. Patty Bradford, 504-4167747. Burk Brokerage Real Estate, 504488-8600. www.burkbrokerage.com

PRIME FQ COMMERCIAL

301 Decatur St. Rare corner location zoning allows live entertainment. 9,000 sq ft (Approx 3,000 sq ft ea. floor). Beautiful light filled loft style spaces. Possible owner financing. $1,650,000. Judy Fisher REALTORS 504-388-3023. www.JudyFisher.net

LAKEVIEW/LAKESHORE 100 Maryland Drive

3bds, 3 ba. Grt open floorplan. Landscaped yard & fountain. All the bells & whistles!! $449,000. Helen Katz, 504-236-6825. Latter & Blum Realtors, ERA powered. independently owned & operated. 504-866-2785.

3604 LOIUS XIV ST.

3br/1ba. Corner lot. House has small apt w/sep meters, landr rm. $210,000. Maria Best 504-3889634, 504-456-7890 GULF SOUTH INTERNATIONAL REALTORS Licensed in Louisiana, USA

5944 CANAL - $590,000

Exquisite renov, finest materials. 3200 sf main floor, 1000 sf bonus rm on 2nd level. 4 BR, 4 BA. Dbl carport, iron gate. Randie Leggio, 504-236-8540, Gardner Realtors, 504-887-7878

6864 ORLEANS AVE

Lovely 3 bedroom/2.5 bath Townhome. $249,000. Please call for a showing today! Beau Box Residential Real Estate Katherine Eley 504-525-5354

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927 DAUPHINE STREET $1,895,000 An excellent example of an early creole cottage set in a serene compound. Beautiful courtyard with mature plantings in a classic partere garden. Property consists of the main house, 4 income producing apartments and a large bonus space-- office, workshop, gym, etc. Parking for multiple cars. Great location.

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817 Amelia Street $ 239,900 Rustic charm on this unique home fashioned from joining two separate cottages. Great flowing floor plan and with a second front door that’s great for working from home. Off street parking.

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Historic Covington District

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ST. BERNARD PARISH

13109 Brickyard Rd. . 7BR, 3BA, lg den w/ wet bar. Office space. 1 acre+. Fenced backyd. Close to I-55. To see go to latter-blum.com. Paula Distefano, Latter & Blum, ERA powered is independly owned and operated. 888-323-7601

Old Arabi Nr. Jackson Barracks

COVINGTON

523 Angela, 3 miles from Marigny. 10 Min from The Quarter. 110 year old home, fully restored, 1200 sq ft, 12’ ceil, orig hdwd flrs, 2 firepl, 2 BR, 2 BA, granite in kit $145K. 504-554-4800

Just a stones throw away from the French Quarter. This 2 bed/ 1 bath condo with kitchen and living on the first level, bedrooms and bath on the second level. Features stainless appliances, ventless washer and dryer hookups, reasonable condo fees. One assigned covered garage parking space included. Nice pool area and more!

MANDEVILLE 144 FRENCHMEN

Gorgeous high-end custom renovation Lake-front 3.3 acre Acadian w/pool 4-5BR/4BA, 3812sf liv. Stunning! $585,000. Lynne Mire 504-458-1968 Talbot Realty Group 504-525-9763 1233 Esplanade #16 $145,000

1117 Burgundy $425,000

Classy renovation of this upscale condominium! Sit out back and enjoy the covered deck or watch the world stroll by from the front porch. Condo features 12’ ceilings, glossy hardwood flooring, an abundance of natural lighting and beautiful working fireplaces. Gourmet kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Ask agent about parking!

3 BLEU LAKE DR.

Stately antebellum home on 1.3 acres w/river access 5 BR, 4.5 BA main house. Guest cottage in rear. Pool. 622 S. America. $1,675,000. Janet Favrot, Coldwell Banker TEC REALTORS, 504-615-0813

Beautiful Acadian in Mandeville with curb appeal galore. 3BR, 2 BA, front & back porches, double sided firepl, gar & lg yard. $219K. Lynn Larter, 504-577-6802. Real Estate Resource Group, 985-898-5888

1028 St Philip $515,000

Early 1800’s masonry cottage & handsome 2 story dependency. Main house is approx 700sqft and has fabulous 10” pine floors & brick pavers in the kitchen. 12’ ceilings. Simple but lovely wooden mantle in the living room. Coal burning grate & exposed brick chimney in br. Central HVAC. Brick crtyrd separates the guest qtrs. 420sqft w/ sitting rm, kitchenette, br & full ba. Come dream a little dream.

Spacious one bedroom condo on second floor w balcony overlooking Burgundy Street. 12 ft celings Renovated kitchen and bath. Shared courtyard. Priced to sell. Owner agent

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421 Burgundy #2 $235,000

2130 OLVEY DR

4 bedrooms, 3 bath with renovaed kitchen. 2300 sq ft. Reduced to $249,000. Ellen Berry, 504-220-0486. Coldwell Banker Tec Realtors, 985-845-2001

25 SAVOIE DR - $284K

Enjoy EZ commute and Mandeville schools! Brick one story. 2520 ALA. Jean Hunn, 504-232-3570. www. HunnProperties.com. RE/MAX N O Properties 504-864-2329. Ea Ofc Ind Owned & Oper.

90 CARDINAL LANE

Stunning! Large master with firepl, granite, huge kit, 4 BR, 3 car gar, veranda overlooks pool. 5340 sf. Gated community. $950K. Cindy Saia, 504-577-5713; Latter & Blum, ERA powered is independently owned and operated. 985-246-3505

HOME & 5.7 ACRES

22503 Hwy 1088. 4 BR, 3BA, 3414 sf. Thea Gegenheimer, 985-8927491. Coldwell Banker TEC Realtors, Covington, 985-892-1443. Each office independently owned & operated.

MISSISSIPPI

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES 1929 Hickory Ave., Harahan.

Two-story office building approx. 2,160sf. REDUCED price of $249,000. Can also be for lease $1,900/mo., triple net. Emily Kramer, Corporate Realty 581-5005

OFFICE BUILDING

For Sale. 1966 N Hwy 190 Covington, excellent location in office park. Reception area and plenty of offices. Beau Box Commercial Real Estate Katherine Eley 504-525-1410

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

CORPORATE RENTALS LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT

3 BR, 3 BA Greek Revival. Totally renovated. Completely furnished incl linens. $250/day (10 day minimum) or $3000/mo. 504-202-0381, 738-2492.

Move-in ready. On the Water. 3 BR, 2 BA, split level, boat launch, great backyard deck. $199,000. Call 504-887-4191

1 & 2 Br Apts, 1 Ba, furn. Qn bed, WiFi, Cbl. Pkg.Util Incl. Lndry Fac. Sec Cameras From $1200/mth. 1 mth min. 2200 Pasadena, Met. 781608-6115..

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NEW ORLEANS RIVERFRONT

2 or 3 BRMS/1BA. House liveable but needs work. More acreage availe. 3 miles east of Magnolia & 100 miles from NO. $17,000. (601) 248-0888

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2 BR, 2.5 BA. Furn, healthclub, pool, parking. All util incl, wifi. Minimum 1 month. $3000/mo. Also 3 BR Penthouse $3800/mo. 781-608-6115.

COMMERCIAL RENTALS 1014 HARMONY

OFF MAGAZINE. COMMERCIAL. $1850 PER MONTH. Call (504) 895-6394 or (504) 289-9977.

REAL ESTATE

Kenner Warehouse & Office

6420 sq ft warehouse with office 20 x 60 ft fenced yd 625 Maria. Nr airport. 1 yr lease. $1850/mo. 504-421-3135, jaymclellan@cox.net.

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504-949-5400 1/1 3/2.5 2/3 1/1 2/1 1/1 1/1 1/1

700 sqft, great loc, hi ceil, tile flrs $1300 Hdwd Flrs, Renov Kit/Baths, Prkng $2850 Newly Renov. Jaccuzzi tub. Pool $2500 crtyrd off of bd! UTILITIES INCL! $1000 furnish. Newly renov. Balc. Crtyrd. $1200 Updated,storage,great loc w/pkng $1000 Great loc., secure entry w/parking $1020 Grnd flr.hi ceil.lrg kitch.Wtr included $1250

CONDOS FOR SALE 1117 Burgundy 2/1.5 421 Burgundy #1-5 1/1 1014 Esplanade #4 1/1 919 St Philip #6 1/1 1323 Esplanade “A” 1/1 929 Dumaine # 14 studio 1028 St Philip 2/2 1233 Esplanade #16 2/1 1608 N Broad 2/2 1125 Royal #3 1/1

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fab renov condo with class. $425,000 Five Total units. Crtyrd & Balc $105k - $235k Ground floor. 2 courtyards! $249,000 spac w/nice floorplan. courtyard $224,000 grndflrw/hiceils&pool.SHORTSALE$149,999 3rd flr condo w/nice light! low dues $106,500 Sngl fam home w/rear dependency $515,000 Twnhouse style w/prkg,pool&more $145,000 Single fam renov Near fairgrounds $87,500 3rd flr, exp beams, storage! crtyrd $269,000

COMMERICAL 1839 N Rampart 2/4 Dual income.Comm.&resid.Nice renov $329k 512 Wilkinson Row Comm Commercial condo quaint st in FQ. $465,000 840 N Rampart Comm laundrymate~business, not bldg.$299,000 We have qualified tenants for your rentals. Call us!

2273 Barataria Blvd. 900 sq ft office + half bath. 2 rms, prof’l mgmt. Easy free parking. Desks avail. $800/month. 781-608-6115

JEFFERSON OLD JEFFERSON

3BR, 1BA house in Jefferson 1,000 sq. ft., washer dryer, stainless steel appl, granite, wood floors, $1,200/mo. Contact jmcgavern@gmail.com if interested.

KENNER 3BR/2.5BA TOWNHOUSE

O/S prkng, wtr paid, all kit appls, priv yard, conv. location, cable ready, Pets ok. $950/mo. 504-913-4803.

METAIRIE 1 MONTH FREE RENT!

Modern 1 BR Apt. $775/mo incl free wifi & assigned pkg. 1 yr lease. $400 sec dep & rental application. 2325 Pasadena Ave. (nr Clearview & I-10). 504-366-7374 or 781-608-6115.

212 SEVERN

1 bdrm - $585 OR 315 S. Rocheblave, Studio Apt(Mid City) $535/month. Both include water. No pets. 504-887-1814

4509 Lefkoe St.

1 BR near Clearview & W. Esplanade. NO PETS / NO SMKS. $650/mo, $650 dep. 1 yr lse. Quiet triplex unit. Washer/dryer negot. Tenant pays water & elec. (504) 583-9813.

A HIDDEN GEM

Near heart of Metairie, dead end street. 1 bdrm $625, wtr pd., Rsvd pkg, 1 car. No smoking/pet 504-780-1706 orrislaneapts.com

FURNISHED 1 BRDM CONDO Great location, w/d, gated, nr Causeway & Veterans. $900/mo incls utils. Call 504-957-6456 or 504-838-9253

OLD METAIRIE 1/2 OFF FIRST MONTH OLD METAIRIE SECRET

1 or 2 BR, Sparkling Pool, Bike Path, 12’ x 24’ Liv.Rm, Sep Din, King Master, No Pets, No Sect 8, $699 & $799 . 504-236-5776

ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

High end 1-4BR. Near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750$1200/mo. 504-362-7487

CARROLLTON 1028 SO. CARROLLTON

Grt for prof/med student, 2BR/1.5 BA, LR, DR, furn kit, central air, off st prkg, Univ. area. No smkrs/pets. $1250/mo + 1 yr lse. 504-522-7218

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