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HEALTH + WELLNESS

No Fare .......................................................................19 Uber and other alternatives to traditional cabs are interested in doing business in New Orleans, but city officials have resisted

Feature .....................................................................25 Desk jobs and back health By the Numbers .................................................... 27 Will you be my healthy Valentine?

7 IN SEVEN

Seven Things to Do This Week........................... 5 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mink Stole, the Spring Quartet and more

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News.............................................................................7 Wildkat Wrestling wants to bring the entertainment of pro wrestling back to New Orleans Bouquets & Brickbats ...........................................7 This week’s heroes and zeroes C’est What? ................................................................7 Gambit’s Web poll Scuttlebutt................................................................11 News briefs from all over Commentary............................................................12 Trying to fix exorbitant flood insurance rates Blake Pontchartrain.............................................13 The N.O. It All Clancy DuBos...........................................................14 Looking ahead at the U.S. Senate race

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Dead Meadow

Tue. Feb. 4 | Washington, D.C., psych troupe Dead Meadow — led by Jason Simon, nephew of Treme creator David Simon — went silent after 2008’s Old Growth, its fifth stoner-rock sprawl in eight years. Last year’s double-LP Warble Womb reunites the original lineup for a dead-mellow take on the band’s wandering bass spirituals. Sunrise:Sunset:, Birthstone and DJ Gris Gris open at 9 p.m. at Siberia.

The Spring Quartet

Thu. Feb. 6 | The all-star quartet features legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Esperanza Spalding, saxophonist Joe Lovano and pianist Leo Genovese. Trumpeter Christian Scott and his sextet open at 8 p.m. at the Civic Theatre.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Mink Stole

Fri.-Sat. Feb. 7-8 | Nancy Stoll, better known as Mink Stole, starred in John Waters’ best known films, including Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble and Hairspray. She recently released her first album, Do Re MiNK. She’s joined by Harry Mayronne for a cabaret performance at 8 p.m. at AllWays Lounge & Theatre.

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Sun. Feb. 9 | Athens, Ga.’s country rockinfused Future Birds released second album Baba Yaga, a collection of often plaintive and sometimes foreboding songs, on Fat Possum in 2013. Promised Land Sound and Tedo Stone open at 10 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

30 Americans | Iona Rozeal Brown’s Sacrifice #2: It Has to Last is among the paintings in 30 Americans, opening Saturday at the Contemporary Arts Center. The expo of works from the last three decades by 30 leading black artists comes from the Miamibased Rubell Family Collection.

Russian Circles with KEN mode and Inter Arma

Mon. Feb. 10 | Avant-garde instru-metal band Russian Circles knows that half of noise is silence. On 2013’s Memorial (Sargent House), the Chicago outfit finds the darkness in white space. Canadian hardcore kings KEN mode and Richmond, Va.’s Inter Arma open at 8 p.m. at the Parish at House of Blues.

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Fri.-Sun. Feb. 7-23 | Two productions of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof open Friday. Tommye Myrick directs a production (starring WDSU’s Damon Singleton as Brick and Gail Glapion as Big Mama) at Anthony Bean Community Theater. Michael Martin directs another production at Fuhrmann Auditorium in Covington.

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S C U T T L EB U T T 11 C O M M EN TA RY 12 B L A K E P O N TC H A RT R A IN 13 CL ANCY DUBOS 14

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Lord of the ring By Jules Bentley

The Pussyfooters Marching Club

raised $34,000 at its annual Blush Ball on Jan. 25 to benefit the Metropolitan Center for Women and Children. The Pussyfooters is a Carnival marching group with more than 100 members, all of whom are women over 30. The center was founded in 1986 and provides shelter, counseling and other services to victims of violence and their families.

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way a wrestler can inspire his fans. Done right, wrestling draws in audi- Bu Ku Dao puts Purple Haze in a wrestling hold. ences emotionally, combining the most powerful aspects of theater and athletic competition. Wildkat’s shows primarily showcase homegrown talent, but wrestlers from as far away as Las Vegas, North and South Carolina and Mexico travel to New Orleans to wrestle for Wildkat. Wildkat was founded in 2011 by Hawx and his friend Orlando Jordan, both of whom have wrestled all over the world. “The fact we’re going strong into our third year is big for us,” Hawx says. “Orlando and I had talked for years about opening a school, but we honestly didn’t know how it would do, coming out of the blue with really no money, no backing.” Jordan has since relocated to Australia, where he continues to wrestle and train. Entering the gym on training night, I notice all the wrestlers wear Wildkat jackets, a sign that Wildkat isn’t just a group of PAGE 9

c’est Colorado recently opened legalized marijuana shops. State Sen. Austin Badon introduced a bill attempting to decriminalize Louisiana’s pot laws. What do you think?

donated $71,000 to the East Baton Rouge Parish Dream Day Foundation Jan. 9. The association raised the funds through training and safety seminars and at the annual Gulf Coast Police Motorcycle Skills Competition in October. The foundation was formed in 1994 and supports St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Gregory Newton,

former Kentwood police chief, pleaded guilty in state court on Jan. 14 to a felony count of malfeasance in office for tampering with more than $2,000 in cash missing from evidence. The cash was missing from $11,000 stolen from a Kentwood home in April 2012 and later returned. Newton resigned and received a five-year suspended sentence, five years of active probation and $2,500 in fines.

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Local independent professional wrestling is to the corporate television productions of the WWE what DIY theater on St. Claude Avenue is to the million-dollar musicals of Broadway. Indie wrestling is warmer, grittier, funkier and more relevant to our here-andnow. Ticket prices are 10 times cheaper — and it’s entertainment created by the community, for the community. Wildkat graduate Bu Ku Dao, billed as being “from the Ninth Ward ... of Asia,” often wrestles as an underdog against much larger opponents. His fans — mostly Vietnamese, ranging from grandparents to babies, all wearing matching Bu Ku Dao T-shirts — fill entire sections of the bleachers, illustrating the visceral

Ally Financial and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Charitable Foundation

each donated $25,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana as part of the 2014 National Automobile Dealers Association conference Jan. 24-27 in New Orleans. The donation will provide meals to more than 140,000 people. The NADA Foundation is the philanthropic wing of the association.

Luke Hawx wants to spread the gospel of wrestling throughout the New Orleans community.

nside a converted Central City warehouse, men are fighting. One runs at the other, is flipped high into the air and lands hard on his back. The ring shakes with the impact. The fallen combatant jumps to his feet, rolls his shoulders, and the fighters go at it again. The men are working out at Wildkat Sports’ new pro wrestling training center, which opened in December 2013. This is the heart of the South’s independent wrestling renaissance. Pro wrestling, a physically intense sports entertainment with strong improv elements, is an art form with a rich local history. Before nationally televised syndicated wrestling supplanted regional wrestling promotions, New Orleans was a wrestling powerhouse. In the 1980s, Mid-South Wrestling — headlined most memorably by Junkyard Dog — regularly sold out the Morris F.X. Jeff Municipal Auditorium in Treme and, for big matches, the Superdome. There will be wrestling in the Superdome again April 6, when WWE’s Wrestlemania 30 arrives in town. Wrestlemania will bring with it not just multiple WWE-sanctioned events but a number of independent wrestling shows. Fans fly in for ’Mania from all over the world, and independent wrestling promoters book their biggest shows of the year in the host city during Wrestlemania week. “Our guys are working with every company coming in, including WWE,” says local wrestler and stuntman Luke Hawx, co-founder of Wildkat. “There’ll be so much going on that week, so many people here from all over, and we’re definitely looking forward to it. The only bad thing is that me and my guys are gonna have to miss being a fan on some of the things we’d want to see, because we’ll be busy participating.” Wildkat Sports both trains aspiring pro wrestlers and puts on wrestling shows for audiences in the New Orleans area. Its next show, “Wildkat: Back in Action” is Feb. 23 at Grace King Auditorium in Metairie.

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individual wrestlers, but a team, with a team’s spirit of support and unity. “We’re a family,” Hawx says. “We try not to be just another indie promotion; we try to be more of a coordinated unit. We move together. If one guy takes a step forward, we all take a step forward. If someone takes a step back, we take a step back with him.” Watching the Wildkat wrestlers train outside the narrative context of a match drives home the commitment and sacrifices required of pro wrestlers. On TV or live, it’s easy to overlook how much work goes into professional wrestling and how dangerous it can be without proper training. Being a pro wrestler is as much about how not to get hurt as it is about executing a body slam. “Look upward,” Hawx tells a trainee who is taking repeated body drops on his

around, I’d make my way to it. Even as a little kid I’d catch the bus by myself — whatever it took. Any time any show came to town I was hanging around the back door, trying to help put up the ring, carry people’s bags ... That’s how I got into the business. “In this community, there’s definitely not enough positive things for kids, so whether it’s putting on shows for them, going to field days at schools or working with a Boys & Girls Club, that’s a big part of what we do. For kids, even if they’ve got a terrible situation at home, if we can give them a good day, if they can have fun and they can say they were hanging out with wrestlers, they’ll remember that for the rest of their lives.” Part of Wildkat’s community-building has been establishing relationships with figures including New Orleans hip-hop

Wrestling’s all I ever wanted to do. If I heard of wrestling anywhere around, I’d make my way to it. Even as a little kid I’d catch the bus by myself — whatever it took. —LUKE HAWX OF WILDKAT SPORTS impresario Kenneth “Big Ramp” Wade. “I knew Big Ramp from his Phat Phat n’ All That TV show and (WQUE-FM) Q93,” Hawx says, “so when he came to me as a wrestling fan, I said, ‘Man, this is perfect,’ because I wanted Wildkat to broaden out more into the African-American community here — and pro wrestling needs more African-American wrestlers. I want Wildkat to reflect its community. For example, we want to reach out to the Spanish audiences, so we’ve started bringing guys like (Mexican pro wrestler) Bestia in, adding some more (Mexicanstyle) Lucha stuff.” Hawx is looking forward to a new round of beginner training classes in midFebruary. “I’m not trying to be the next biggest thing or the next WWE,” he says. “My goal is just to put on quality shows, for my guys to work and learn and get experience and move on to the next level. I’m not trying to take over anything, I’m just trying to build good wrestlers. Good shows, good steady training, and we’ll continue being the main wrestling in the South.”

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back. “Keep looking at the ceiling. When your feet come over your head, tuck your chin.” Until recently, Wildkat worked from the suburbs; Hawx says the move to the new facility is an upgrade. “We love being here,” Hawx says. “We do a lot of benefit shows for kids around the area, and recently we did a benefit for Son of a Saint and the Grace King wrestling team. Son of a Saint has 30 kids that are fatherless, due to incarceration or death, and (founder) Sonny Lee does all kinds of phenomenal things for these kids, putting mentors in their life, helping them with school. A lot of the kids are wrestling fans, so they loved coming to Wildkat and training for the day and then seeing the show. “Sonny’s friends with the owner of Crescent City Boxing, and when he heard we were trying to move up into a better facility, he got us a meeting. It was an instant connection. We moved in the next week.” Hawx says he has been a wrestling fan since he was a young boy and credits his experiences at matches in New Orleans for his getting into wrestling. He wants to provide similar opportunities for other children. “Wrestling’s all I ever wanted to do,” he says. “If I heard of wrestling anywhere

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SCUTTLEBUTT Quote of the week

“In any other city, this guy would probably get convicted. But people there will be like, ‘Free vacation, so what?’ They don’t call it the Big Easy for nothing.” — Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Fox News analyst Fred Tecce, predicting acquittal for former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, whose federal trial on charges of public corruption finally got underway last week. Jury selection began Jan. 27 and the prosecution and defense both made their opening statements Jan. 30.

DHH abortion regs criticized

Hearing on changes scheduled Feb. 4

is expected to open later this year or in early 2015. — KEVIN ALLMAN

Sound off — for now

New sound ordinance draft expected in April

Acoustician David Woolworth was hired in 2012 to study noise in New Orleans and produce a report, which he did in August 2013. That report seemed to have been ignored when a draft of a controversial sound ordinance was introduced in December. Council members withdrew that draft last month after widespread public protest and said they planned to introduce a revised version, but those plans were scrapped as well. Now outgoing District C City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer has introduced a resolution to keep Woolworth on contract with the city through 2014. Woolworth’s contract extension was the prelude to the Jan. 27 Housing and Human Needs committee meeting where the tabling of the proposed ordinance was announced. The City Council may have a new draft ready by April. At the meeting, council members listened to two hours of public comments and talked about what’s next. Palmer said the ordinance as introduced last month was meant to gauge public opinion — which was not good, she added. (Musicians armed with instruments protested in Duncan Plaza and then peacefully stormed City Hall Jan. 17.) The draft was “meant to further the conversation” and gather feedback, Palmer said. The withdrawn draft of the French Quarter-focused ordinance would reduce the maximum sound level to 75 decibels (it currently is 80) in commercial areas. The maximum would be 85 in Bourbon Street’s first eight blocks. It currently is 10 decibels above the ambient level, or 60 decibels, depending on which is higher. Council members insisted the ordinance isn’t about shutting down live music but zeroing in on problem businesses, of which there are only a handful. David Freedman, general manager of WWOZFM, said enforcement of the existing laws should begin “before you start teasing out the decibels.” He also said the drafting process has been “quirky and murky at best.” The Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans said the drafting of any new sound ordinance should include equal representation from three groups: local residents; musicians and “culture bearers”; and representatives of the businesses affected and the hospitality industry. Charlotte Parent, interim director of the New Orleans Health Department, announced the relaunch of the city’s environmental health program, which will focus on enforcing noise violations with $250,000 in funding from the French Market Corporation. Enforcement will be limited to the French Quarter. — ALEX WOODWARD

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A little-noticed “emergency” order issued last November by the state Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) has wide-ranging implications for Louisiana facilities that perform abortions. Among the changes: revised building standards and the requirement of a registered nurse in every room where an abortion is performed (rather than in the recovery room). The biggest change: a new deadline requiring women seeking abortions to get blood tests 30 days before the procedure. Current practice is for women to have blood tests within 24 hours of receiving an abortion. Critics of the law say the earlier blood panel is both unnecessary and useless, as month-old tests would be meaningless. In 2012, Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill prohibiting abortions in the state more than 20 weeks after conception. The new mandate, which was issued before public comment was held, would effectively shorten that time to 16 weeks for any woman who did not take the required blood tests. DHH Press Secretary Olivia Watkins told The Nation last week that language about the blood test would be stricken and that the building standards would be applied to new facilities only. Amy Irvin, a founder of the New Orleans Abortion Fund, told Gambit last week, “We have not seen any kind of updated or revised document, so we can’t be sure of that.” A DHH hearing on the new regulations, originally scheduled for Jan. 29, was canceled due to last week’s winter weather; it has been rescheduled for Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. at the Bienville Building in downtown Baton Rouge. Liz Wagner, president of Tulane University’s Law Students for Reproductive Justice, said the changes in the order were presented “under the guise of improving women’s health.” Wagner said several groups from New Orleans will attend the hearing. Five clinics in the state of Louisiana currently provide abortion services, and a sixth, a 7,000-square-foot clinic to be operated by Planned Parenthood of Louisiana, is under construction on South Claiborne Avenue. The new facility

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iven the often-fractious differences among the members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation, it’s rare — and worth noting — when they agree on an issue of importance to all Louisianans. Since 2012, Louisiana pols from both parties have railed against the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, a measure that requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make fundamental changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The stated aim of Biggert-Waters is “to reflect true flood risk, make the program more financially stable, and change how Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) updates impact policyholders.” In plain English, this means skyrocketing flood insurance premiums for millions of property owners across the country, especially those who live and work in south Louisiana. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., one of the authors of the act, agrees with Louisiana’s U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu and David Vitter, as well as Louisiana’s congressmen, that parts of her namesake law should be delayed or dismantled. Last year Waters warned that some ratepayers would be faced with bills that are “10, 100, and in some cases, more than 1,000 times higher than their current subsidized rates. These rates, which are upwards of $28,000 per year, are unaffordable and could have devastating impacts on these homeowners and their communities if they are implemented.” This is not just rhetoric. Michael Hecht, president and CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc., wrote an editorial for Insurance Journal last week citing the example of a Belle Chasse home that has never flooded (and, in fact, was built 2 feet above FEMA flood specifications). Hecht said the home’s annual premium under Biggert-Waters would go from $633 to $17,723 — which not only would make it unaffordable for the current homeowner but also render it unmarketable. Fortunately, after nearly two years of effort by Landrieu, Vitter and senators from other hurricane-battered states, more than two-thirds of the U.S. Senate agrees that Biggert-Waters went too far. By a vote of 67-32 last week, the Senate adopted the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (HFIA). The act would delay flood insurance rate hikes for about four years — until FEMA completes an affordability study (originally mandated by Biggert-Waters but never completed) and guarantees that its new flood maps are accurate. The bill also would “grandfather” current rates for homeowners who find themselves placed into a flood zone for the first time or moved into a higher-risk flood zone because of remapping, and it would establish a Flood Insurance Rate Map Advocate within FEMA. The advocate would answer policyholder questions and assist property owners through the map appeals process. This has huge implications for south Louisiana.

Landrieu and Vitter, who rarely agree, both pushed hard for the Senate bill, which passed with significant bipartisan support — though 31 of the 32 Senate votes against the measure came from Republicans. Louisiana House members likewise are lobbying their colleagues to pass a companion bill, but that measure faces a much tougher fight in the Republican-controlled House. Speaker John Boehner, for example, opposes the rate relief bill. The White House has expressed concerns as well, but a spokesman said President Barack Obama would not veto the measure if it passes. Opponents of flood insurance rate relief argue that the NFIP already has a $24 billion cumulative deficit. They say delaying rate hikes would make the deficit worse. Most of the congressional opponents represent states that are not flood prone — so far. Interestingly, many of those same opponents hail from inland states that are home to farmers who get billions in yearly

U.S. Sens. Landrieu and Vitter, who rarely agree, both pushed hard for the Senate bill, which passed with significant bipartisan support. federal subsidies, which are paid by the same taxpayers who help subsidize NFIP. In fact, the House passed a trillion dollar Farm Bill last week that includes more than $27 billion in “crop insurance” subsidies — which Boehner supported. Landrieu and Vitter urged the House to vote on the companion measure soon. “Our work is not done yet,” Landrieu said. “With more than 180 bipartisan House members backing a similar bill, I urge the House to quickly bring it to the floor for an up-or-down vote. Our people — and our economy — cannot wait any longer.” “Without a change, flood insurance is simply going to be unaffordable for middle-class families,” Vitter has said. “Homeowners will literally have to turn in their keys and in some cases walk away from their homes. … But this is not just a Louisiana issue — it’s going to affect folks across the country.” We agree, and so does most of the U.S. Senate. Now it’s time for the House to act.

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The song “House of the Rising Sun” has had many iterations. Some critics believe its meter and subject are rooted in a 16thcentury British ballad. In 2007, Ted Anthony published Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song after more than a decade of research. The book follows the folk song’s journey from its earliest

Local lore holds that this building on St. Louis Street was the House of the Rising Sun immortalized in The Animals’ hit song of the same name. P H O T O B Y K A N D A C E P O W ER G R AV E S

recordings in 1933 by Clarence “Tom” Ashley to Georgia Turner to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly in the 1940s, to Joan Baez and Bob Dylan in the ’60s. The Animals recorded the most familiar version in 1964. Today the song appears all over the world in many musical genres, including disco, country, jazz, reggae and hip-hop. As the song traveled, it morphed to fit the region and gender of each singer and the mores of the time. Many believe the song is about a brothel, others a gambling hall and even a prison. According to Anthony, New Orleans could have appeared in the song because it was a big city full of temptations. Some believe there was an actual House of the Rising Sun in New Orleans. The Hotel Villa Convento on Ursulines Street is rumored to be the legendary house. More common is the lore of a structure at 828 St. Louis St., which in the 1800s was said to be a bordello run by Madame Marianne Le Soleil Levant, whose surname is French for “rising sun.” The current owner of that building, attorney Darlene Jacobs Levy, restored it to its original grandeur and hosted Animals singer Eric Burdon there. There was also a Rising Sun Hotel on Conti Street in the French Quarter. An ad in the Louisiana Gazette suggested that gentlemen would find “attentive servants” there. During a 2006 excavation of the site, archeologists found items suggestive of a bordello, and thus the mystique of the song lives on.

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Blighted property is certainly an issue in our city, but it’s getting better. According to the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, in March 2012 there were an estimated 35,700 blighted properties in New Orleans, a decrease from 43,755 reported in 2010. Soon after he took office in 2010, Mayor Mitch Landrieu initiated aggressive strategies to reduce blight by 10,000 properties by 2014. On Jan. 9, Landrieu announced the city had exceeded that goal. Here is the blighted property process, which can be found at the City of New Orleans website (www.nola. gov/code-enforcement/fighting-blight): Blighted property can be identified either by a city inspector or a citizen’s call to 311. Once a case is opened, citizens can follow its progress by visiting www. blightstatus.nola.gov, a website created by City Hall and the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority to provide accurate, up-todate information. Next comes a detailed inspection of the building, which normally occurs within 30 days of the building being reported. The Hearings Bureau must notify the property owner that a hearing on the property has been scheduled. At the hearing, the owner or a representative must provide proof either that the property has been repaired and meets city safety and building codes or that work on the property is progressing. Citizens affected by the blighted property can attend the hearing and voice their grievances. A property owner who complies with this process may still have to pay fees. If the property is not repaired, the owner receives a notice of judgment and can pay the fee, appeal the judgment or begin making repairs. If none of that happens within 30 days, the city can seize the property and repair it or sell it at auction. Properties that don’t sell can be slated for demolition.

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ow that the mayor’s race is over, it’s time to focus on The Next Big Political Thing: U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu’s bid for re-election in November. Actually, Landrieu and her Republican foes have been focused on that for a while. The billionaire Koch Brothers and their Super PAC already have spent millions on TV ads across Louisiana attacking Landrieu for her support of the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”), and it has taken a toll. For the first time, Landrieu trailed her main GOP opponent, Congressman Bill Cassidy of Baton Rouge, in a recent independent poll. That poll, by Rasmussen Reports, had Cassidy leading 44 percent to 40 percent, with a margin of error of plus-or-minus 4.5 percent. The poll sampled 500 “likely Louisiana voters” Jan. 28-29. While Cassidy’s lead is within the margin of error, there’s no discounting the psychological effect of those numbers: The incumbent trails. Cassidy will get a “bounce” — and not just at Landrieu’s expense. The poll is equally bad news for Cassidy’s GOP rivals, who have cast him as weak, not conservative enough and most damaging of all — unable to beat Landrieu. It will be tough to make that last one stick now.

State Rep. Paul Hollis, R-Mandeville, has mounted an aggressive TV campaign and retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness of Madisonville continues to hit Cassidy and Landrieu via his mostly digital media campaign. Don’t look for Hollis or Maness to let up. They represent vocal factions of the hard-right wing of the GOP, which are as intolerant of “moderate” or “mainstream” Republicans as they are of Democrats. While Cassidy remains Landrieu’s main GOP foe, he will have to fend off attacks from the right as well as the left between now and the Nov. 4 open primary. That could play into Landrieu’s hands during the primary, but if the contest goes to a Dec. 6 general election, the GOP no doubt will circle the wagons. As often happens, it will be all about turnout. For her part, Landrieu has hit the campaign trail across Louisiana and is expected to get on TV soon to answer the Koch Brothers’ attacks. She may also go on the offensive against Cassidy, who wrote her a $500 campaign check in June 2002, when he was a member of the Louisiana Legislature and she was running for re-election. Attacking early and often worked well for

Landrieu in 2008 against state Treasurer John Kennedy, but this time she will have to keep up with the Koch Brothers, not just Cassidy. Landrieu also will have to explain her vote for Obamacare, which is unpopular in many parts of the state. The program’s

This race is just getting started. It’s going to be a wild roller coaster ride. error-riddled rollout last October only made things worse, although enrollment has increased since then. What will matter going forward is whether the act reduces health insurance rates for average families. It already has benefits that many people like — such as guaranteeing coverage for children to age 26 and for folks with preexisting conditions.

Landrieu’s ace in the hole could be her imminent chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources. She is expected to assume that post in the next week or two, which means she’ll soon be writing America’s energy policy. She already is a darling of the energy industry, and some big names in Louisiana’s Oil Patch (including some big GOP names) are lining up behind her because of that. For them, business trumps politics. Events will shape this campaign as much as strategy. Landrieu scored a victory last week when the Senate passed the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which she took the lead in promoting. In the House, Cassidy’s fellow Republicans are lined up against it. If folks think their health insurance rates are steep, wait till they get a load of their new flood insurance rates. Landrieu can claim success in getting relief in the Senate. Cassidy has to deliver the House, which will not be easy, or admit that he couldn’t get it done. This race is just getting started. It’s going to be a wild roller coaster ride for everyone involved, and it’s a long way to November.

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ust like restaurants and strip clubs, the taxicab industry in New Orleans is bound to the city’s seasonal tourist flow. Stumble out of Ms. Mae’s in July and a cab is waiting at the door. Stumble out of Ms. Mae’s during Mardi Gras and you may be out of luck. “It depends on the season,” says Syed Kazmi, president of United Cabs Inc. “If you’re talking about Mardi Gras, not everybody will get the ride. If you’re talking about Jazz Festival, not everybody will get the ride. But what about half of the year when half of the cabs are waiting for an hour, two hours, three hours?” If you can’t always get a cab in New Orleans, then why not welcome a free app that lets you hail a car — a very nice car — whenever, wherever, track its progress as it approaches, learn about your driver (and rate him or her after the ride), pay via credit card information stored on your phone and arrive at your destination hassle-free — in many cases for less money than it costs to ride in a taxi? Uber, the app that connects riders to drivers, is a reality in more than 70 cities around the world, and though some residents are waiting for its expansion into the New Orleans market, it’s been met with very real opposition by city officials. How much opposition? In October, Taxicab Bureau Director Malachi Hull issued a letter banning the app from coordinating any rides. “Notice to Cease Unlawful Transportation Operations in the City of New Orleans,” it was titled, accusing Uber of “illegally advertising for drivers, advertising for riders, and/or facilitating for hire and courtesy transportation in the City of New Orleans.” Uber has never given a ride in New Orleans. “That cease-and-desist letter marked a first for Uber,” says Nairi Hourdajian, a spokeswoman for the company, who adds that Uber has never experienced such resistance from any city into which it’s thus far attempted to expand. “To receive a cease-and-desist letter from a city in which the service wasn’t even available, it’s a little confusing to see something like that.”

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consumer choice into the marketplace, those that were benefiting from the status quo tend not to be too pleased about it.” In an interview with Gambit earlier this month, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said he’s open to bringing Uber into New Orleans if it can adhere to the regulations of the Taxicab Bureau. “I’m way open, and that’s as much as I can say without seeing the regulatory scheme,” he says. “Because when you get into regulated industries, something like that could force you to change the entire framework of the governing and that might be a little bit hard to do. And the mechanics of it have to be right before you say yes to something like that.” PAGE 20

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Taxi and limo companies worry about allowing a new player into an already competitive market, especially if it’s not subject to the same regulations as the taxicab industry, but fans of the app say transportation should be subject to the rules of a free market defined by consumer choice, not government policing. (Despite numerous requests, the city declined to make Hull available for an interview.) “The status quo of transportation options in cities prior to Uber had been fairly unchanged for decades,” Hourdajian says. “So whenever you’re upsetting that status quo, injecting additional competition and

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As for Hull’s letter to Uber, Landrieu denied that the city ever threatened a lawsuit against the company, and said that Uber caught the administration in the middle of a fight with the taxi lobby — poor timing for another controversy. “In the middle of that (fight), Uber showed up somewhere and said something, sent them a letter and they asked them the wrong question and my guy said cease-and-desist,” said the mayor. “Because we’re not sure that you’re properly regulated. So that in fact did happen.” United Cabs has been in business in New Orleans for more than 70 years, and Kazmi says the business has been subject to the regulations of the city through thick and thin. Some of the biggest regulation changes came about six months before last year’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, when the city required cab companies to install GPS systems, cameras and credit card readers in every operational vehicle. It also put an age limit on cars, to be implemented gradually. In October 2012, the time the new regulations were announced, a taxicab could not be more than 11 years old. Effective January 2013, any new taxi could not be more than five years old, and as of January of this year, all taxicabs had to be no more than seven years old. In the 1950s, the city issued about 1,450 Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience Numbers (CPNC) — the permit that controls the number of cabs operating in New Orleans. That number is based on the population of the city, Kazmi says. In March 2013, the city created more CPNCs for the first time — about 100 of them. CPNCs are limited to avoid a flood of loitering cabs in city streets, and they’re bought and sold among cab operators at market value. According to Kazmi, a CPNC used to go for about $60,000. Since the city issued more of them, they sell for about $25,000. The upgrades to the cabs were expensive, and with the decreased value of a CPNC, Kazmi says, a lot of veteran cab drivers quit. “People just walked away from the business because they can’t afford it,” he says. In the wake of pricey upgrades, plus the addition of pedicabs to the French Quarter, Kazmi says it’s simply unfair to let Uber come in without any regulations and take business away from cabs that have adhered to the city’s stringent standards. “We have to comply with too many city regulations and rules,” Kazmi says. “How can Uber come and start doing business in a city where we have certain rules and criteria?” The simple answer is that Uber, which is based in San Francisco (and bankrolled by Goldman Sachs and Google, among others) is not a transportation company; at least it doesn’t define itself that way. It’s an app. It doesn’t employ drivers and it doesn’t own any vehicles. Uber was founded less than four years ago, and last week, The New York Times estimated Uber’s worth at $4 billion. “We’re the technology company,” says Hourdajian. “So we connect the rider with the driver.” The company has four different services at various pricing tiers: One connects riders with existing taxi companies (drivers have an Uber device in their cabs); the second is a kind of ride sharing program; and the third is an SUV service to accommodate a large group or a heap of luggage. But Uber Black, the company’s hallmark service, is the one it hopes to bring to New Orleans. Uber Black essentially turns a high-end ride, such as a limo or a town car, into a cab you can hail on your phone. “We partner with local limo and van companies and drivers, so they’re already the professional chauffeurs that cities know,”

Hourdajian says. That provides a sleek ride for the consumer and a few extra fares for a chauffeur between his or her prearranged pickups. “In between those airport trips and in between the trips that have already been prearranged with their clients, they turn on the Uber app and increase the utilization of their time,” she explains. “We really just take the cue from the city and the local jurisdiction and what works for them.” (New York City, for example, doesn’t allow ride sharing; Los Angeles does.) While traditional cabs charge a metered fare based on distance and waiting times, Uber rates can vary according to traffic and demand (so-called “surge pricing,” which can double or triple the cost of a ride when weather is bad or during a high-demand event like New Year’s Eve). More relevant to the New Orleans cab industry is the fact that rates also vary city to city, and Uber has not yet released what it hopes to charge in Louisiana and New Orleans. That’s a huge point of contention for the taxi industry. Various cities set their own cab rates, but Uber decides what its own rates are from moment to moment, leaving the consumer to choose whether he or she is willing to pay them. Monroe Coleman, owner of Coleman Cab Co., says Uber would “take bread off our table.” He points out that in addition to different pricing, Uber’s cyber presence gives it an unfair advantage getting noticed by drivers. “When you have another company that’s merging in, they are merging in with some of their own clients,” Coleman says. “Say you come from New York and you have (Uber) on your phone. When you need transportation, you’ll just do the hookup, and I wouldn’t have an opportunity because I wouldn’t know that you needed transportation.” Uber met with state officials in December and began reaching out to limousine companies to team up for Uber Black. But even limo companies are unsure about the potential partnership. Chris Bonomolo, a manager at Bonomolo Limousines, says the undisclosed rates are just one reason he’s hesitant to give Uber the green light. When Uber pairs up with a limo company, it takes 20 percent of the ride and the company gets the remaining 80 percent. That would be a good deal at a high rate, but if a trip to the airport only costs $20, and the limo company has to expense fuel, a driver’s salary, insurance and liability, it’s not worth it. “There are some cities where the rates are lower than cab rates,” Bonomolo says. “There are a lot of things that are going to have to be cleared.” Bonomolo was at the December meeting with Uber and had the chance to express his concerns. He says he’s open to working with the tech company, but he wants to see it identify itself as a transportation company. He also wants to see it fall under some regulation, though “it doesn’t have to go overboard like they’re doing with the cabs now,” he says. Another question Bonomolo has is who’s liable in the event of an accident. “The client goes to them, the transaction goes to them,” he says of Uber. “And then they dispatch the client and the trip to us. The problem, and the No. 1 issue around the country with everybody, is that they want all the glory but they don’t want the risk.” A passenger doesn’t necessarily know he or she is riding in, say, a Bonomolo car. He just knows he’s riding in an Uber car — until there’s an accident, in which case he would sue Bonomolo, not Uber. “So all the issues come on us,” Bonomolo says. “We’ll get sued, our insurance comes up, while Uber shares no risk or responsibility.”

We have to comply with too many city regulations and rules,” Kazmi says. “How can Uber come and start doing business in a city where we have certain rules and criteria? - Syed Kazmi, president of United Cabs Inc.

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Uber’s “surge pricing” can result in higher ride prices during busy times, when fares can be as much as eight times higher than normal. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick defended the practice in an interview with The Wall Street Journal last month, saying, “If you’re going and buying a hotel room, you know that prices can change. ... You know that if you buy a flight on the day before Christmas, it’s probably 10 times more expensive than two weeks after Christmas. You’re OK with that and you understand it. But in ground transportation, there’s been fixed pricing for 100 years.”

It’s a real fear. Last month, an Uber driver hit a family in a crosswalk in San Francisco, killing a young girl and injuring her brother and mother. Last week, the girl’s family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the driver and Uber. In September 2013, the California Public Utilities Commission created a proposal for companies like Uber that would require them to conduct background checks on all drivers and make drivers carry $1 million-perincident insurance coverage, among other regulations. One fear that Bonomolo shares with both Kazmi and Coleman, is an influx of vehicles-for-hire on New Orleans streets. “Uber will not put a limit on how many drivers and vehicles they accept,” says Bonomolo. He points out that French Quarter residents won’t be happy about that, but his long-term outlook is bleaker. “They add vehicles and drivers based on the need,” he says. “If they’re succeeding, they’re just going to keep adding vehicles and adding drivers. “From the consumer standpoint, it’s a great idea, I love it,” Bonomolo says. “But if they just allow Uber to come in here and say, ‘Look, he’s an Uber driver, he gets a CPNC.’ If they’re not tough on them like are on the cab industry on how many CPNCs ... there has to be a need. A certificate of public necessity. There has to be a need for it.” Other private transit apps have popped up, but they don’t pose nearly as great a threat of being a market-changer as Uber — either because they aren’t interested in the New Orleans market or because New Orleans cab companies are, however slowly, adapting to the new technology. Lyft, a ridesharing company that operates in 19 cities across the United States, connects drivers with riders in a peer-to-peer sharing community. (Lyft cars are visible in cities like Atlanta and Dallas for the giant whimsical pink mustaches drivers attach to the fronts.) Company spokesperson Paige Thelan says Lyft doesn’t have plans to launch in New Orleans; when asked why the company’s not interested in the New Orleans market, she declined to comment. HailO is an app that lets you hail a taxi, from any taxi company, from your smartphone — using existing cabs, but effectively cutting out the dispatcher — and was started by a group of former cab drivers. It’s the only e-hail app allowed in New York City. According to Daniel Strauss, a spokesman for the company. HailO is excited about launching in the South, and will launch in Atlanta later this spring. But if it comes to New Orleans, the app is less of a threat to cab companies, because it’s still a cab for the price of a cab (plus a small fee to HailO for the hookup). Kazmi says United is working on a similar app for its business. So is Coleman. Rachel Heiligman, executive director for Ride New Orleans, a public transit advocacy group, points out that the tech industry is in the habit of

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The Uber debate boils down to the oldest economic debate in the book: Is it government’s responsibility to protect small businesses like Coleman’s who have operated in the city for decades? Or should consumers get to decide what services work best? It’s a question Bonomolo frames well as he considers the effects of Uber on the cab industry. “It won’t really hurt our industry as much, in my opinion,” he says. “…But from a cab’s point of view, all cab drivers, it’s their full-time job.” As for what it would do for the city, Heiligman is hesitant to say that adding more cars is the answer to our transportation needs. She points out that the city is investing in a number of alternative transportation projects, from expanding the streetcar line to adding bike lanes and bike racks. “It’s important to make sure that regardless of how people choose to get around the city, we’re supporting them to do so in a safe, convenient way,” she says. “The more transportation choice, generally speaking, the better.”

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odern offices can look like jungle gyms these days. Some people balance on brightly colored medicine balls while others work standing up at PROPER DESK desks elevated on stilts. POSTURE CAN That may be because 80 percent of ALLEVIATE Americans experience some kind of back OR PREVENT pain before the age of 40, says Ochsner BACK PAIN. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s Dr. Christine Keating. Sitting all day in a desk chair only makes it worse. “Sitting is one of the hardest things on our back because it puts more pressure on our discs,” she says. “So in general we have more disc disease and more back pain as a society because most of us spend time sitting.” Stand-up desks and medicine balls are two ways desk workers are attempting to combat the degenerative effects of sitting. Sitting prevents us from strengthening important back muscles, Keating says, which is why many people opt for chairs that will force them to exercise their back and core muscles on the job. Brittany Purdy, director of Belladonna Day Spa and a former massage therapist, says the medicine balls are great for practicing better posture. “You have to sit straight up, otherwise you’re going to fall off,” she says. Stand-up desks are another alternative, but Charles H. Archer IV, D.C., a chiropractor and the owner of Archer Chiropractic Center, says most people can’t stand comfortably for eight hours a day. “Stand-up desks are great,” he says, “but I don’t know if I’d want to stand up for eight hours if that was my job.” Medicine balls are available at most sporting goods store, and stand-up desks can be ordered online or easily constructed with simple objects. Both Archer and Keating recommend frequent breaks from the desk to stretch and walk around. Archer suggests getting up every 30 minutes or so to break the monotony of sitting and repetitive movements. to hurt yourself by crossing your legs every now and There also is a proper way to sit, so you’re not then,” she says. “But when you’re sitting at a desk all slouching over your desk or craning your neck to look day, you don’t want that to be your normal posture. at the monitor. Your feet should be flat on the floor When you cross your legs, you lose that curve in your and a shoulders’ width apart. You need some lumbar lower back.” support for your lower back. Keating says either a Archer calls proper posture the rule of 90’s. pillow or a rolled up towel will do the trick. Elbows should be at a 90-degree angle on the desk “A lot of people, when they sit, they tend to get into and the neck should create a 90-degree angle with a C-posture where the head is forward and their back the shoulders. Good posture can depend on how a makes a C into the legs,” Keating says. “You want to person’s desk is set up. “I raised my monitor up about sit upright with your head above your spine.” She also 6 inches,” he says. “And that allowed me to be able to recommends not crossing your legs. “You’re not going

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alentine’s Day is meant to celebrate the ones you love — but several of the holiday’s traditions benefit your body, mind and overall well-being. In fact, if you and your loved ones celebrate strategically, Valentine’s Day might just be the healthiest holiday of the year. Here are tips for a happy, healthy Valentine’s Day by Dr. Christy Valentine, who specializes in pediatrics and internal medicine and founded Valentine Medical Center.

Eat dark chocolate. Flavonoids are antioxidants that help repair damage from environmental toxins and reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke. The cocoa in chocolate is rich in flavonoids, and dark chocolate contains the highest concentration, especially when compared to the more popular Valentine’s treat, milk chocolate. Go to the “dark” side this year. Drink red wine. Red wine contains resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant found in grape skins. Studies show resveratrol may help protect the lining of blood vessels, reduce “bad” cholesterol, prevent blood clots and avoid conditions like obesity and diabetes.

Savor a home-cooked meal. Cooking Valentine’s dinner at home is an excellent way to control the quality and amount you eat, plus it’s a great activity for two. Prepare a balanced meal with protein, vegetables and whole grains. Avoid prepackaged mixes that may contain a lot of sodium, and add spice using ingredients like fresh hot peppers. Skip traditional holiday treats and opt for a fruit dessert instead.

If dining out, look for menu offerings of a lean filet or seafood entree, Ask for fruits or vegetables as your side. Lean meats are excellent sources of protein and iron, which help maintain strong muscles and red blood cells. Seafood is low in saturated fat and often high in omega-3 fatty acids, which lower blood pressure, decrease inflammation and improve memory.

Share a dish and drink moderately. Nothing ruins a romantic evening like overeating or drinking too much. If you go out to dinner, consider ordering one entree to share. Many restaurant servings are enough for two, and splitting will keep you from feeling bloated after. If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation — about one drink per hour. Excessive alcohol use increases the risk of exacerbating many health conditions.

Consider a non-edible gift. Anything from jewelry to a heartfelt poem is the kind of gift your valentine will cherish for years to come.

Try something new. Quality time is one of the most meaningful gifts. Plan a date to try an activity you want to do but keep putting off. Aim for something that encourages physical activity, like a walking tour of the French Quarter or kayaking on Bayou St. John. Or ask a date to volunteer with you: Giving to charity is a healthy habit that boosts your mood and reduces stress.

Get intimate. People are social beings, and as such we thrive when we feel an intimate connection to another, whether physically or emotionally. Intimacy encourages the release of endorphins, our bodies’ natural “feel good” hormone, which supports overall wellness.

Stop to smell the flowers. The aroma of fresh flowers can encourage mental relaxation for you and your loved ones. Typically, roses are the flowers of choice, but lavender also is a calming aroma for the occasion. This Valentine’s Day, create a tranquil environment for the two of you to help reduce stress and maintain low anxiety levels.

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Live each day like it’s VALENTINE’S DAY with these tokens of affection. By Paige Rita Nulty and Missy Wilkinson

Hand-engraved by Tom Mathis, the scroll design on this platinum pendant circles a loved ones’ initials, $175 at Symmetry Jewelers (8138 Hampson St., 504-861-9925; www.symmetry-jewelers.com). A fire-red pushup bra, $44, and matching thong panty, $26, will keep the home fires burning, both available at Trashy Diva Lingerie Boutique (831 Chartres St., 504-522-8861; 2044 Magazine St., 504-522-5686; www.trashydiva.com).

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Pamper your loved one with a gift box topped with a bow and filled with unscented massage lotion, rosewater, an exfoliating cloth and all-natural poppy soap, $60 at Earthsavers (Lakeside Shopping Center Annex, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-835-0225; The Premier Centre, 3414 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, 985-674-1133; 5501 Magazine St., 504-899-8555; www.earthsaversonline.com).

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Lavender essential oil promotes relaxation, and Kneipp lavender herbal body lotion has it in spades, $22 at The Woodhouse Day Spa (4030 Canal St., 504-4826652; www.neworleans.woodhousespas.com).

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The HEIR heart pendant by Mignon Faget combines the delicacy of lace patterns with rose crystal accents. Sterling silver pendant $125, 18-karat gold pendant $3,150 at Mignon Faget (The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., first level, 504-524-2973; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-8352244; 3801 Magazine St., 504-891-2005; www.mignonfaget.com).

Indulge your valentineâ€™s sweet tooth with a festive heart-shaped king cake, starting at $21.99, from Randazzoâ€™s Camellia City Bakery (3501 Pontchartrain Drive, Slidell, 985-781-2253; www.kingcakes.com).

Sweets for the sweet: The Kupcake Factory’s (citywide; the kupcakefactory.com) “Pink Box” includes four cupcakes and a custom message for $12. Special Valentine’s Day flavors include strawberries and Champagne and rum cherry chocolate.

City Putt (City Park, 8 Victory Ave., 504-483-9385; www.neworleanscitypark.com) features two 18-hole courses and is open until midnight Fridays and Saturdays, making it the perfect spot for a playful date night. Adult tickets are $8 per round of golf, children ages 4-12 are $6, children under 4 are free.

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WYES’ 12th annual Chocolate Sunday fundraiser, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 9 at Harrah’s New Orleans Theatre (4 Canal St., 800-427-7247; www.harrahsneworleans.com), features savory and sweet chocolate treats from nearly 20 vendors. Blue Frog Chocolates’ chocolate-dipped Zapp’s Cajun Crawtators, Haydel’s Bakery’s chocolate king cake, Nola Snow Snoballs’ chocolate snowballs and The Chocolate Gourmet’s strawberry-jalapeno peanut brittle are must-try items. In addition to the tastings, there’s a chocolate-inspired fashion show presented by Tracee Dundas, performances by the Muff-A-Lottas and the Mardi Gras Chorus, a visit from the Elmer bunny and a silent auction. Attendees must be 21 or older. Visit www.wyes.org for details. Tickets $40. — MEGAN BRADEN-PERRY

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Lola is a worthy stop in Old Covington. By Scott Gold

New Year’s celebration

Mary Queen of Vietnam (14001 Dwyer Blvd., 504-254-5660; www.maryqueenofvietnamparish.org) Catholic Church celebrates Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, Friday through Sunday, Feb. 7-9. There will be traditional Vietnamese food and other Asian dishes, and parish coordinator Giuseppe Anthony Tran says they range from familiar pho, banh mi, bun and boba

An appetizer of cochon de lait ravioli with wild mushrooms started the evening nicely. Salads are elegant and portioned like the lunch versions. The Lola salad, with mixed greens, blue cheese, candied pecans and cranberry vinaigrette, was lovely, even as it towered over the plate. The kitchen will split salads if requested, which is a good option. Entrees at Lola aim for rustic sophistication and succeed. Rockefeller risotto with spinach, Herbsaint, Parmesan and fried oysters was a joy. Falling-off-thebone tender Berkshire pork osso buco, paired with root vegetables and sweet collard greens, lived up to its $26 price tag. One night’s Gulf fish special, a nicely cooked flounder with crawfish stuffing and satsuma beurre blanc, also hit the mark. After a few visits to Lola, I feel like I don’t find myself on the Northshore often enough. The next time I have a little cabin fever and a tank full of gas, I wouldn’t be surprised to find myself making tracks to Old Covington.

At lunch, diners dig into soups and salads at Lola. P H O T O B Y C H ER Y L G ER B ER

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517 N. New Hampshire St., Covington, (985) 892-4992; www.lolacovington.com

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lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Fri.-Sat.

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lunch is inexpensive; dinner is expensive

what works

great focaccia sandwiches, house-made soups, pork shank and risotto

what doesn’t

overdressed salads; some cocktails are too sweet

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A satisfying lunch spot offers refined Southern fare on weekend nights

tea to more exotic items, such as balut, a boiled duck embryo eaten in the shell. Vendors sell fruit, vegetables and gifts, and there’s live entertainment, cultural performances, games, children’s activities and exhibits. Festivities are from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 11 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. — MEGAN BRADEN-PERRY

Greasescheduled

The Bacon Grease food truck roundup scheduled for Jan. 29 was postponed to Feb. 5 because of cold weather. My House NOLA (www.myhousenola.com) organizes roundups in different neighborhoods. Bacon-inspired dishes at this event include Foodie Call’s Brie L.T. with bacon, fig mustard, brie, seared tomato and arugula on ciabatta, The NOLA Truck’s blackened shrimp po-boy with candied bacon, cheese and caramelized onions, Crepes a la Cart’s bacon-Caprese crepes, and Boo Koo BBQ & Burgers’ chicken-fried bacon, deep-fried PAGE 34

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ld Covington is a charming historic neighborhood that seems light years away from the bustle of downtown New Orleans. Here you’ll find Lola, a popular and cozy neighborhood restaurant. I’d heard nothing but praise for Lola from Northshore friends, especially the simple lunchtime menu of soups, salads and light fare. The restaurant occupies a renovated train depot, and a locomotive juts out of the restaurant’s rear as though it’s about to hitch the kitchen for a ride to Jackson, Miss. The newly renovated restaurant features handsome brick walls, the original wooden depot doors and a modern bar at the rear. It’s an attractive space, though not a particularly large one. After having lunch at Lola, I could tell why my friends enjoyed the place so much. The prices are friendly, with sandwiches hovering around $9, soups between $4 and $6, lunch specials below $10 and the enormous Cobb-oose salad tipping the scales at $10.25. The portions are generous, especially considering the prices. Ample sandwiches, many served on thick, fresh focaccia, are two-handful affairs. Half sandwiches served with bowls of soup also are available. The satisfying Bostonian is a combination of turkey, bacon, avocado, provolone and sun-dried tomato aioli. The Hot Mess sandwich is aptly titled, with gooey, house-made pimiento cheese piled on top of grilled Chisesi ham, dill pickles, lettuce and tomatoes. The Depot is a grilled chicken sandwich dressed with coleslaw, mayonnaise and cheese but its house-made barbecue sauce gets lost. The side salads are overdressed. Lola makes pleasing soups, and two are offered daily. A chicken and artichoke option satisfied on a cold day, and a rich, creamy combination of wild mushrooms and goat cheese was a hearty standout. On Friday and Saturday evenings, Lola becomes a different restaurant, with white tablecloths and more refined fare. Cocktails are generous, although an old fashioned turned out to be disappointingly sweet. A perfect martini made up for that.

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FORK + CENTER [CONTINUED] bacon and truffle macaroni and cheese balls and bacon brownies. “I know that a lot of the food truck members have really creative minds and they love working on innovative menu concepts but they don’t always get a chance,” says My House NOLA’s founder/ CEO Barrie Schwartz. “Giving them a theme lets them delve into new menu items that they wouldn’t have had the opportunity to showcase otherwise.” Bacon Grease takes place at Finn McCool’s Irish Pub (3701 Banks St. 504-4869080; www.finnmccools.com) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. — SCOTT GOLD

Major doners

Kebab (2313 St. Claude Ave., 504-3834328; www.kebabnola.com), a restaurant specializing in doner kebab sandwiches with rotisserie pork or chicken, will open in early March in the space formerly occupied by Henry’s Bakery & Deli, opened by baker and Beasts of the Southern Wild star Dwight Henry. The creators of the Pizza Speakeasy, Benjamin Harlow and Walker Reisman, say they became interested in doner kebab sandwiches while traveling through Europe with Caravan Stage Company (which is currently developing a new show in Lafitte). “You can’t really get good doner-style kebab sandwiches in New Orleans anywhere,” Harlow says. “You can get gyros and lamb and beef stuff, but nothing that’s really centered on that wildly flavorful really crispy pork sandwich that is that German doner kebab-style sandwich or that Greek doner kebab-style sandwich.”

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3-COURSE interview

Sarah Baird Food writer, cookbook author

New Orleans-based food writer and self-described “culinary anthropologist” Sarah Baird’s cookbook Kentucky Sweets: Bourbon Balls, Spoonbread & Mile High Pie (American Palate) is released this week. The book is an adventure through the cultural and culinary history of her native Kentucky, with recipes, detailed cooking techniques and “tricks,” information about ingredients and how they are cultivated, interviews with a variety of folks, recommendations (including a playlist for a Kentucky Derby party), cocktail recipes, photos and illustrations by artist Chase Chauffe. Baird and her book are featured at an event at the Maple Street Bookshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 13. She talked with Gambit about Kentucky Sweets.

What is the main thing you want to get across to readers in and outside Kentucky?

Baird: Growing up in Kentucky, you’re confronted pretty early on with stereotypes … and I feel like those are perpetuated nationally a lot. That conversation has been happening recently about how … poverty is rampant. But no one ever really talks about all the wonderful things that are in Kentucky and the fantastic culture and the rich history and how much people love their communities and love their traditions. I really wanted that to come through in the book.

You included a lot of fun elements: interviews, song lyrics, interesting tidbits. Were those tools to put the recipes in a cultural context?

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B: Way too often with cookbooks, you have a lot of beautiful images … and you have these recipes, but you don’t have a lot of context or history or information behind them. Knowing a little bit more about where (the dishes) come from, the history, the pop culture even, the people who make the products or grow the products that make the desserts, just adds to the experience of eating them.

4517 W. Esplanade at Cle arview (504) 455-5511 Lunch & Dinner Mon-Sat Kebab’s sandwiches will be served on house-baked bread with shredded rotisserie meat, house-pickled cucumber, tzatziki and zhuk, a cilantro-based Israeli hot sauce. The menu also includes hummus and falafel sandwiches and Belgian, beet and sweet potato fries. Harlow, Reisman and pastry chef Elyse Manning hope to host lamb roasts at Kebab at least monthly, if not weekly. There will be a gallery behind the long lunch counter and three 4-foot diorama boxes for visual artists to showcase their work. Kebab’s owners also hope to host popups there for their formal dining concept, Margaret’s, which will eventually become a brick-and-mortar restaurant. — MEGAN BRADEN-PERRY

The detailed tips and techniques are unusual in a cookbook and are what you would learn cooking at your mother’s side. Is that where you learned?

B: I actually learned more from my dad … and my grandmother. … I made a ton of messes, and really learning that way — kind of hands-on in the kitchen with your family — is how things are primarily passed on, but also through communities. In Kentucky and across the South in most small towns, it’s all about bringing everyone together to cook and have the celebration around whatever it is — churches or women’s groups — which is why community cookbooks are such a big deal in the South. … Across most of the country, recipes have gone through a lot of changes. In New Orleans and Kentucky both, a lot of the traditional old-line recipes for baked goods and sweets … are pretty much the same. It’s two places where tradition really holds in a way that it doesn’t in other parts of the country. Kentuckians and New Orleanians are also very proud, and I think that plays a part.— KANDACE POWER GRAVES

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BEER buzz One of the most venerated styles of beer in the American craft beer world is the double (or imperial) IPA. A super hoppy and high-alcohol version of the standard IPA, Russian River’s Pliny the Elder and The Alchemist’s Heady Topper are prime examples. Although Louisiana’s beer palate is still developing cautiously, several of the state’s breweries are confident in the style’s appeal and are providing local hopheads with double/imperial IPA goodness. NOLA Brewing’s (www. nolabrewing.com) Mechahopzilla (named for brewmaster Peter Caddoo’s monstrous love of hops) was first brewed in 2012, owner Kirk Coco says, even though distributors and retailers said no one would like such a strong and hoppy beer. “We all loved the style, so we thought, ‘Let’s just do one batch.’” Coco says. “When people told us that no one would drink it, I was actually OK with that because it’s so expensive to make.” The brewery brewed 40 barrels (approximately 80 kegs) of Mechahopzilla, thinking supply would last for six months. It sold out in one. Chafunkta Brewing (www.chafunktabrew.com) released its Voo Ka Ray imperial IPA as a flagship beer when it opened in 2013. Owner Josh Erickson says it’s his favorite style. “We use a late-hopping technique, which requires that you use more hops than usual at the end of the boil, giving you lots of hop flavor without a ton of palate-ruining bitterness,” Erickson says. “I wanted to enjoy the hops without destroying the palate.” Parish Brewing’s (www.parishbeer.com) Andrew Godley recently brewed the first commercial batch of Ghost in the Machine double IPA, scheduled for release in February. Ghost in the Machine uses 30 times more hops than Canebrake. Godley describes the beer as “hop juice” and adds, “I hope lots of people try it and are slightly offended by the amount of dank, bitter hops they find in the glass of beer before them.” — NORA McGUNNIGLE

WINE of the week 2009 Methven Family Vineyards Citizen’s Cuvee Pinot Noir W IL L A ME T TE VA L L E Y, O REG O N RETAIL $20-$22

The normally fussy pinot noir grape found a good home in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. where many wineries are producing pinots that compare favorably with their counterparts in Burgundy, France. Viticulture began in Oregon in the 1840s, but modern winemaking techniques didn’t arrive until the late 1960s. The valley runs along the Willamette River to Oregon’s northern border and east to the Cascades. To the west, the Oregon Coast Range stands between the valley and the Pacific, blocking most of the ocean’s impact. Cooling Pacific breezes seep through mountain gaps into the valley’s vineyards after long, sun-parched days. Grapes for this wine were sourced from Methven’s estate in the Eola-Amity Hills American Viticultural Area. The wine offers a bouquet of dried flowers, red berries and herbal undertones. On the palate, taste cherry, raspberry, earthy notes, savory nuances and fine tannins. Drink it with mushroom pate, stewed root vegetables, veal shank, rosemary chicken, leg of lamb and pasta Bordelaise. Buy it at: Pearl Wine Co. and Second Vine Wine. Drink it at: The Pelican Club, Root, Ivy and Loa. — BRENDA MAITLAND

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Five lamb shank dishes

PLATE dates FEB

Errol Laborde on Carnival food

7 p.m. Tuesday East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190 www.jplibrary.net Errol Laborde discusses Carnival food traditions outlined in his book, Mardi Gras: Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival.

Fatoush

2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 371-5074 www.fatoushrestaurantnola.com

Offered as a recurring special, lamb shank is served with grilled eggplant, roasted bell peppers, rice and salad.

FEB

2 The Irish House

1432 St. Charles Ave., (504) 595-6755

www.theirishhouseneworleans.com

Lamb shanks are braised in apple brandy broth and served with roasted root vegetables and Papa Tom’s stone-ground grits.

3 www.joeyksrestaurant.com

A Tuesday night special is braised lamb shank with mint jelly, new potatoes and mustard greens.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy, 3128 Constance St., (504) 717-0128 www.renewschools.org/chili Attendees can sample a dozen chilis prepared by chefs and amateur cooks. There’s a DJ and NOLA Brewing beers are sold. Admission $5.

King Cake Festival

11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday Champions Square, 1 Lasalle St., (504) 587-3663

www.kingcakenola.org The free event features king cake samples, a stroller fun run around the Superdome, a $10 kids’ zone and live music. Proceeds benefit pediatric and neonatal programs at Ochsner.

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Trends, notes, quirks and quotes from the world of food.

Houston, we have pizza

1413 Upperline St., (504) 891-9822

“Because the health and happiness of astronauts is paramount, NASA granted contractor Systems & Materials Research $125,000 to develop a pizza printer. The prototype uses shelf-stable powdered food and oils, offering nutrition while minimizing garbage on board a space vehicle. It first prints a layer of dough onto a heated plate that bakes the dough and then lays down a tomato base that has been stored in powdered form and mixed with water and oil. Last comes a printed ‘protein’ layer.”

Lamb shank is braised in red wine and served with grillades and cheese grits.

— Bloomberg Businessweek associate editor Venessa Wong in an article about using 3-D printing technology with foods including chocolate, pasta, corn chips, candies and other items.

The Rum House

3128 Magazine St., (504) 941-7560 www.rumhousenola.com

The Caribbean-themed restaurant serves lamb shank with spicy curry sauce, roasted vegetables and whipped garlic potatoes.

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Joey K’s

3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997

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Chili in the Channel

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Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, Addresses are for New Orleans. Dollar signs represent the average cost of a dinner entree: $ — under $10; $$ — $11 to $20; $$$ — $21 or more. To update information in the Out 2 Eat listings, email willc@gambitweekly.com, fax 483-3116 or call Will Coviello at 483-3106. Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.

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Motherland Cafe — 1700 N. Galvez St., (504) 342-3996; www.facebook. com/motherlandcafe — This family restaurant serves Senegalese and Gambian food, and vegetarian dishes are available. Thiebou djenne is a fish and rice stew, and boulettes are fried balls of fish. There also are house-made ginger drinks and wonjo, made with hibiscus. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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BAR & GRILL

American Sports Saloon — 1200 Decatur St., (504) 522-2410 — This sports bar serves burgers made with house-ground patties, chicken wings, 12 beers on tap and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 3029357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $ Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www. downthehatchnola.com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The house-made veggie burger combines 15 vegetables and is served with sun-dried tomato pesto. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Jigger’s Bar & Grill — 1645 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 828-3555 — The sports bar serves sandwiches and bar noshing items. Half or full-round muffulettas are filled with Italian ham, Genoa salami, provolone cheese and house-made olive salad and served toasted. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Rendon Inn’s Dugout Sports Bar — 4501 Eve St., (504) 826-5605; www.therendoninn.com — The Boudreaux burger combines lean ground beef, hot sausage and applewood-smoked bacon on a ciabatta bun with cheese, onions and remoulade. Fresh cut fries are served with Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of truffle oil. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www. therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches overflowing with deli meats and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Shamrock Bar & Grill — 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 301-0938 — Shamrock serves an Angus rib-eye steak with a side item, burgers, shrimp or roast beef po-boys, grilled chicken, spinach and artichoke dip and more. No reservations. Dinner and late night daily. Credit cards. $

BARBECUE

Boo Koo BBQ — 3701 Banks St., (504)

202-4741; www.bookoobbq.com — The Boo Koo burger is a ground brisket patty topped with pepper Jack cheese, boudin and sweet chile aioli. The Cajun banh mi fills a Vietnamese roll with hogshead cheese, smoked pulled pork, boudin, fresh jalapeno, cilantro, cucumber, carrot, pickled radish and sriracha sweet chile aioli. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat. Cash only. $ Hickory Prime BBQ — 6001 France Road, (757) 277-8507; www.hickoryprimebbq.com — Proprietors Billy Rhodes and Karen Martin have won several barbecue competitions. They serve Texas-style brisket, smoked chicken, ribs and more. The pulled pork platter features pork cooked for 12 hours over hickory and white oak and it comes with two sides. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Saucy’s — 4200 Magazine St., (504) 301-2755; www.saucysnola. com — Saucy’s serves slowsmoked St. Louis-style pork ribs, pulled pork, brisket, smoked sausage and grilled chicken. The cochon blue is a sandwich of pulled pork, blue cheese and melted mozzerella on a bun. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines. com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. The ham and honey-Dijon panino is topped with feta and watercress. No

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Huh! A Restaurant & Bar — 3401 N. Hullen St., Metairie, (504) 2292484; www.huhrestaurant.com — This restaurant serves salads, sandwiches, burgers, entrees and sweet and savory crepes. The king cake crepes are available in plain and filled varieties topped with purple, green and gold icing and sugar. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., and open Sundays during New Orleans Saints games. Credit cards. $$ Knuckleheads Eatery — 3535 Severn Ave., Suite 10, Metairie, (504) 888-5858; www.knuckleheadsnola.com — This casual eatery serves burgers, sandwiches, wraps, salads and bar noshes. Mulligan Mike’s all-Angus chuck burger is topped with grilled ham and Swiss or cheddar cheese and comes with fries and a pickle. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ O’Henry’s Food & Spirits — 634 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 866-9741; 8859 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, (504) 461-9840; www.ohenrys.com — Complimentary peanuts are the calling card of these casual, family friendly restaurants. The menu includes burgers, steaks, ribs, pasta, fried seafood, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Somethin’ Else Cafe — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www.somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. There are burgers, po-boys and sandwiches filled with everything from cochon de lait to a trio of melted cheeses on buttered thick toast. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-

8000; www.treasurechestcasino. com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Breads on Oak — 8640 Oak St., Suite A, (504) 324-8271; www.breadsonoak.com — The bakery offers a range of breads, muffins, pastries and sweets. Pain au chocolat is a buttery, flakey croissant filled with dark chocolate, and a vegan version also is available. The breads include traditional, hand-shaped Parisian-style baguettes. No reservations. Breakfast Thu.-Sun., lunch Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret.com — The cafe serves breakfast itemes like the Freret Egg Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage served on toasted white or wheat bread or an English muffin. Signature sandwiches include the Chef’s Voodoo Burger, muffuletta and Cuban po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www. cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $

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Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Jung’s Golden Dragon — 3009 Magazine St., (504) 891-8280; www. jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine. Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop and serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Rue de la Course — 1140 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-4343; www.facebook.comruedelacourse — The coffeeshop offers a selection of bagels (plain, sesame, everything, honey whole wheat

or cinnamon-raisin) from Artz Bagelz. The Downtown sandwich includes turkey, bacon, Swiss cheese, avocado, tomato, lettuce, sprouts and mayonnaise on a choice of bagel and comes with chips, potato salad or coleslaw. The Lakeview features chicken or tuna salad dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise on a bagel and comes with a side. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Cash only. $ Pinkberry — Citywide; 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 Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 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. $$$ Ivy — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 8991330 — Chef Sue Zemanick offers a selection of small plates. Grilled lobster is served with arugula, roasted potatoes and corn. Warm snow crab claws come with truffle butter. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Mon.-Sat. Credit Cards. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www. antoines.com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook. com/cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Ignatius Eatery — 3121 Magazine St., (504) 899-0242; www.ignatiuseatery.com — The menu includes classic Creole dishes such as red beans and rice, speckled trout meuniere and crawfish etouffee as well as sandwiches, salads and pasta. Crawfish Ignatius pasta features crawfish cream sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes, onion and bell peppers topped with grated Parmesan. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www. neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www.

mamommashouse.com — Traditional home-style Creole dishes include red beans and rice, shrimp pasta, fried chicken, cornbread and more. Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and three or six fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Palace Cafe serves creative Creole dishes. Crabmeat cheesecake is topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sunday. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans. com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Saints & Sinners — 627 Bourbon St., (504) 528-9307; www. saintsandsinnersnola.com — Styled to reflect era of Storyville, the restaurant serves Creole and Cajun dishes, raw oysters, seafood, steaks, po-boys, burgers and more. The Politician’s Special features a trio of jambalaya, crawfish pie and a cup of gumbo. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Tableau’s updated Creole cuisine includes bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter and grilled Two Run Farm lamb chops served with New Orleans-style barbecue sauce. Balcony and courtyard dining available. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This popular neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www. koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www.mardigraszone.com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven. The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna. Vegan pizzas also are available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole

OUT to EAT mustard on an onion roll. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

FRENCH Baie Rouge — 4128 Magazine St., (504) 304-3667; www.baierougenola.com — Shrimp and risotto Milanese features jumbo shrimp cooked with lemon over saffron risotto served with hericots verts. Pig Dip features pork debris, caramelized onions and garlic aioli on French bread with a side of smoked pork jus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$

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

INDIAN

ITALIAN Amici Restaurant & Bar — 3218 Magazine St., (504) 300-1250; www. amicinola.com — Amici serves coal-fired pizza and Italian dishes. The broccoli rabe salsica Italiana pie is topped with marinara, mozzarella, sauteed bitter Italian greens and Italian sausage. Pasta carbonara features pancetta and green peas in white sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream

JAPANESE Asuka Sushi & Hibachi — 7912 Earhart Blvd., (504) 862-5555; www. asukaneworleans.com — Asuka serves sushi and grilled items from the hibachi. The Shaggy Dog roll features tempura-fried shrimp, snow crab and avocado topped with crabstick and eel sauce and spicy sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Kakkoii Japanese Bistreaux — 7537 Maple St., (504) 570-6440; www.kakkoii-nola.com — Kakkoii offers traditional sushi, sashimi and Japanese cuisine as well as dishes with modern and local twists. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or

more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www. japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake. com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Yuki Izakaya — 525 Frenchmen St., (504) 943-1122; www.facebook. com/yukiizakaya — This Japanese tavern combines a selection of small plates, sake, shochu, live music and Japanese kitsch. Dishes include curries, housemade ramen soups, fried chicken and other specialties. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

LATIN AMERICAN La Macarena Pupseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 862-5252; www.pupsasneworleans.com — This cafe serves Latin and Caribbean dishes, tapas and appetizers like guacamole and chips. Spanish garlic shrimp is served with refried black beans, saffron rice and tropical salad. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY 7 On Fulton — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton. com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with blonde ale. Oven-roasted lobster tail is topped with Louisiana crawfish and corn cream sauce and comes with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and panfried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs

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Schiro’s Indian Cafe — 2483 Royal St., (504) 944-6666; www.schiroscafe.com — The cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and spices. Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or vindaloo and vegetarian saag paneer. Schiro’s also serves New Orleans cuisine. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni. com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contemporary Louisiana cooking. Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tasso-mushroom sauce. Belli Baci is the restaurant’s cocktail lounge. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Maximo’s Italian Grill — 1117 Decatur St., (504) 586-8883; www. maximosgrill.com — Sit at the bar overlooking the open grill and watch chefs prepare dishes like the fish of the day pan-sauteed in habanero-infused olive oil and served with seasonal vegetables. Osso buco is a braised veal shank served with garlic, thyme and white wine demi-glace, herb-roasted Parmesan potatoes and grilled asparagus. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, lunch Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare. Pork bracciole features pork loin stuffed with cheese, currants and pignoli nuts that is braised slowly in tomato sauce and served over house-made pappardelle. Reservations accepted. Breakfast Mon. & Wed.-Fri., lunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 8852984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Try house specialties like veal- and spinach-stuffed canneloni. Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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(between Cleary Ave & Clearview) Mon-Tues 11-3 • Wed-Thurs 11-7:30 Fri 11-8:30 • Sat 11-8:00 www.parranspoboys.com

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served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504) 522-5478; www.martisnola.com — This brasserie serves traditional French and contemporary Louisiana cooking. The grande plateau fruits de mer features whole Maine lobster, chilled shrimp, marinated snow crab claws, oysters on the half shell and scallop ceviche. Grilled Texas quail is served with spaetzle, oyster mushrooms, corn and Pommery mustard sauce. Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Sainte Marie — 930 Poydras St., Suite 101, (504) 304-6988; www. saintemarienola.com — Barbecue jerk shrimp are served with coconut rice and mango chow chow. Sam’s Yak A Mein combines braised beef, chicken, shrimp, egg noodles and a soft-boiled egg. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www. tivoliandlee.com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine in a small plate format, with dishes ranging from andouille potato tots to fried oysters. The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers. Half a roasted chicken comes with dirty spaetzle, sweet tea glaze and greens. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Attiki Bar & Grill — 230 Decatur St., (504) 587-3756 — This restaurant and hookah bar serves an array of Mediterranean dishes. Tomato Buffala features baked tomatoes and mozzarella topped with basil and olive oil. Grilled filet mignon is topped with creamy mushroom

sauce and served with two sides. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www. facebook.com/casaborrega — The barroom and cantina is decorated with folk art, and there’s seating in the back courtyard. Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves California-Mexican cuisine and the bar has a menu of tropical cocktails. Todo Santos fish tacos feature grilled or fried mahi mahi in corn or flour tortillas topped with shredded cabbage and shrimp sauce, and are served with rice and beans. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

MUSIC AND FOOD Bombay Club — 830 Conti St., (504) 586-0972; www.thebombayclub. com — This elegant French Quarter hideaway is styled like an English manor and is known for its martini menu. Louisiana crab and roasted Creole tomato fondue is finished with manchego cheese, scallions and grilled crostini. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch

and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Little Gem Saloon — 445 S. Rampart St., (504) 267-4863; www. littlegemsaloon.com — Little Gem offers creative contemporary and Creole dishes and live jazz. Louisiana black drum is topped with jumbo lump crabmeat and served with spinach, black-eyed peas and sherry cream. Rabbit and cauliflower gratin is served with apple-cabbage preserves. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on poboy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. Potato and cheese pierogies are served with fried onions and sour cream. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

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

PAN ASIAN Lucky Rooster — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; www.luckyroosternola.com — The menu features a mix of Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese and Japanese dishes. Korean-style fried chicken is served with chili-garlic sauce and kimchi slaw. Lucky Rooster soup comes with five-spice chicken, wokseared vegetables and crunchy wontons. The bar offers creative cocktails and house-made sodas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS Bear’s Poboys at Gennaros — 3206 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 833-9226 — The roast beef po-boy features beef slow-cooked in house, sliced thin, soaked in gravy and dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo on toasted Leidenheimer bread. The 10-ounce Bear burger is topped with roast beef debris, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo on a toasted brioche seeded bun and served with fries or loaded potato salad. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Wilma’s Cheesesteaks — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 304-5411; www.

SEAFOOD Acme Oyster House — 724 Iberville St., (504) 522-5973; 1202 N. Hwy. 190, Covington, (985) 246-6155; 3000 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 309-4056; www. acmeoyster.com — The original Acme Oyster House in the French Quarter has served raw oysters for more than a century. The full menu includes char-grilled oysters, cooked seafood dishes and New Orleans staples. The Peace Maker po-boy combines fried shrimp and oysters. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Chad’s Bistro — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-9935; www.chadsbistro.com — The seafood Napoleon features fried eggplant medallions topped with crabmeat on a bed of angel hair pasta topped with shrimp au gratin sauce. The seafood boat is a bread loaf filled with fried shrimp, oysters and catfish and stuffed shimp. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri. dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Galley Seafood Restaurant — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-0955 — Galley serves Creole and Italian dishes. Blackened redfish is served with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes. Galley’s popular soft-shell crab po-boy is the same one served at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Grand Isle — 575 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 520-8530; www. grandislerestaurant.com — The Isle sampler, available as a half or full dozen, is a combination of three varieties of stuffed oysters: tasso, Havarti and jalapeno; house-made bacon, white cheddar and caramelized onions. The baked Gulf fish is topped with compound chili butter and served with local seasonal vegetables and herb-roasted potatoes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 8380022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried,

tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

TAPAS/SPANISH Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — The decadant Mushroom Manchego Toast is a favorite here. Hot and cold tapas dishes range from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and latenight Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe.com — Paella de la Vega combines shrimp, mussels, chorizo, calamari, scallops, chicken and vegetables in saffron rice. Pollo en papel features chicken, mushrooms, leeks and feta in phyllo pastry. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Doson Noodle House —135 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-7283 — Traditional Vietnamese pho with pork and beef highlights the menu. The vegetarian hot pot comes with mixed vegetables, tofu and vermicelli rice noodles. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $$ Lin’s — 3715 Westbank Expressway, (504) 340-0178; www. linsmenu.com —The menu includes Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai dishes. Vietnamese “Shakin’” beef features beef tips and onions served with rice. Singapore-style vermicelli is a stir fry of noodles, shrimp, pork, bean sprouts, carrots and bamboo shoots. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$ Pho Tau Bay Restaurant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Rolls-N-Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.facebook.com/rolls-nbowlsnola — This casual Vietnamese eatery serves spring rolls, pho, rice and vermicelli bowls, banh mi, stir fry entrees and bubble tea. The vermicelli bowl features noodles over lettuce, cucumber and carrots; shrimp are optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza. com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mellow Mushroom — 1645 Hwy. 190, Covington, (985) 327-5407; 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 644-4155; 8827 Oak St., (504) 345-8229; www.mellowmushroom. com — The Holy Shiitake pie tops an olive oil and garlic brushed crust with shiitake, button and portobello mushrooms, carmelized onions, mozzarella, montamore and Parmesan cheeses and black truffle oil. The Enlightened Spinach salad is topped with dried cherries, apples, candied pecans and feta cheese. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www. theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

jugheadsneworleans.com — Wilma’s specializes in cheese steaks on toasted Dong Phuong bread. The regular cheese steak features thin-sliced rib-eye, sauteed mushrooms, onions, peppers and garlic and melted provolone and mozzarella. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

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Leyla McCalla releases an album inspired by Langston Hughes, New Orleans and Haiti By Alex Woodward

tending — I felt fragmented from it all.” McCalla busked in Brooklyn subway stops, Washington Square and Union Square to pay for trips to New Orleans, where she performed outside the gates of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and on Royal Street. “I knew I could make a living (here) doing this, and I could have more time exploring other things and figure out what I wanted to do, and also if I really wanted to be a musician — I’m playing on the street every day, it’ll be real clear soon if I like it,” she says. In New Orleans, she met members of Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Durham, N.C., old-time string band that has resurrected African-American string band music rooted in Piedmont blues and black Appalachia. The band received the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album for its fourth album Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch). McCalla joined the band in 2012. “It is pretty magical to wake up, get on my bike and play my cello, and everyone gets to know you,” McCalla says. “I felt really accepted by the community of street performers and musicians. I felt comfortable. All of a sudden it was like, ‘OK, now you’re going to tour all over the place and be in a band and learn a lot about old-time music and black string music.’” McCalla launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce Vari-Colored Songs, which met its $5,000 goal in just one week, eventually reaching more than $20,000. She recorded the album in Virginia and New Orleans (at Piety Street Studios), where she picked up banjo player Don Vappie and guitarist Luke Winslow-King. Chocolate Drops members Rhiannon Giddens and Hubby Jenkins appear throughout the album, which also features McCalla’s original composition, the plucked cello blues of “When I See the Valley,” and several traditional folk arrangements sung in Haitian Creole.

Hughes’ poem “Search” — the first song McCalla composed from his poems — takes on a dreamy waltz. She strums her cello on album opener “Heart of Gold” as a pedal steel guitar fades behind her voice, hushed yet full, full of sorrow and joy. “A lot of his poems just lent themselves to music,” she says. “It wasn’t like every poem needs to be a song, but certain poems really spoke to me, and they were some of the lesser-known ones. “It’s really this inspirational music. It’s kind of safe, too, because his words are so powerful. So simple and powerful and beautiful.”

Cellist Leyla McCalla relocated from New York to New Orleans.

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or Leyla McCalla’s 17th birthday, her father gave her a book of Langston Hughes’ poetry. McCalla, a multi-instrumentalist and classically trained cellist, bought anthologies of his work and read any biography she could get her hands on. “Reading about his life made me want to pursue a creative path,” she says. “Sort of a figurehead, or archetype, of what it means to be an artist, to live as an artist, to spread yourself thin sometimes, feast or famine.” On Feb. 4, McCalla releases her solo debut, Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes, which paints a portrait of McCalla’s life story, intertwining traditional Haitian arrangements and folk music with original compositions accompanied by Hughes’ poetry. In 2010, McCalla — a New York native born to Haitian parents — moved to New Orleans, where she saw Haitian influence embedded in her adopted city. She studied Haitian folk music and found similarities in New Orleans jazz traditions — including banjoled string bands and French melodies. “The more I read about Louisiana, the more I read about Haiti,” she says. “If I walked into a cemetery I saw my family names everywhere. Dupuy, that’s my mom’s maiden name.” McCalla’s grandfather was a Jamaican who moved to Haiti as an architect. “I grew up very much with a Haitian identity. My parents worked with Haitian human rights. That was really instilled in me,” McCalla says. “But moving to New Orleans really helped me understand how that was relevant to my life.” Hughes also found great inspiration in Haiti. He politicized his work after spending months in Haiti in the 1930s, returning home outraged at its poverty and moved by its culture and history. He also had immersed himself in jazz and blues, accompanying Charles Mingus on the 1958 album Weary Blues. McCalla grew up with albums from Earth, Wind & Fire, Bob Marley and Haitian band Boukman Eksperyans. She began playing cello in fourth grade while in public school and taught herself to play guitar when she was 13, learning finger-picking styles and folk songs from a friend’s mother, who was a folk singer. McCalla left Smith College in Massachusetts to study cello and chamber music at New York University. In New York, McCalla lived the “scattered, freelance cellist, struggling-artist life,” she says. “I was playing with a lot of singer-songwriter projects, just random things, playing in five different bands, bar-

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Bombay Club — Lucas Davenport, 7 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Jon Cleary, 8; Yakiniku All-Stars feat. June Yamagishi, 10 Circle Bar — Logarda, 10 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9:30

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Dragon’s Den — Divergent Rhythms feat. The Real Steven, 10

Gasa Gasa — Progression hosted by Sasha Masakowski, 8 House of Blues (The Parish) — J Boog feat. Los Rakas, T-Roy, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Charlie Miller, 5

Cafe Negril — Gettin’ It, 7; Sam Cammarata & Dominick Grillo, 7:30; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8 Circle Bar — La Fin Absolute du Monde, 10 Columns Hotel — Andy Rogers, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Nelson Lunding, 9:30 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Domenic, 6 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Idle Wild String Celebration, The Whistle Pigs, 10 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — NOJO Jam, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Richard Knox, 5

Tropical Isle Original — Way Too Early, 1

WEDNESDAY 5 Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30

Little Gem Saloon — Andre Bohren, 5 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich & Friends, 11 Old Point Bar — Gaunga Dyns, 8 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Lil’ Wayne Singleton & Same Ol’ Two Step, 8:30 Roosevelt Hotel — Sasha Masakowski, 5:30 Siberia — Alex McMurray, Anders Parker, Michael Cerveris, 6 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ike Stubblefield, Herlin Riley & Detroit Brooks, 8 & 10 Spice Bar & Grill — Stooges Brass Band, 9

Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Luke Winslow-King, 7:30

Rusty Nail — Jenn Howard, 9

Vaughan’s — Travis “Trumpet Black” Hill & the Heart Attack, 9

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10

Spotted Cat — Andy J. Forest, 2; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — James Rivers Movement, 8

Old Point Bar — Chip Wilson’s Spirit-Tonic, 8

Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — James Singleton Quartet, 8 & 10

Irish House — Dan Rivers, 6

Spotted Cat — Broken Strings, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10

Siberia — Necromantix, The Creepshow, The Bills, 9

Siberia — Dead Meadow, Sunrise:Sunset, Birthstone, 9

Howlin’ Wolf Music Club — Nipsey Hussle, 10

Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30

Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 11

Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8

House of Blues — Gary Druilhet benefit feat. Dr. John, Linda Wright Gospel Band, John Lisi, 7

Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy, 4; Orleans 6, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Power Misfits, 10 Three Muses — Sarah Quintana, 5; Hot Club of New Orleans, 7 Yuki Izakaya — Kanako Fuwa’s Moshi Moshi feat. Detroit Brooks, 8

THURSDAY 6 Bombay Club — Tony Seville, 7 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Eudora Evans, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8; Bill Machow, 11

Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8; Black Pearl, 11

FRIDAY 7 8 Block Kitchen & Bar — Anais St. John, 9 Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — Colossal Heads, 10 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 Bombay Club — Monty Banks, 6 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Eudora Evans, 9 Buffa’s Lounge — HONOR, 5; Honeypots, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Guitar Slim Jr., 7:30 Cafe Negril — El DeOrazio, 7

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Golden Lantern — Nighthawk, 7 Hermes Bar — Tonya Boyd-Cannon, 9:30 House of Blues — Trey Anastasio Band, 8 Howlin’ Wolf Den — The Hooten Hollers, Todd Day Waits Pigpen, 10 Irish House — Patrick Cooper, 7 Le Bon Temps Roule — Dave Reis, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Lucas Davenport, 5; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 8 New Orleans Museum of Art — Ramblin’ Letters, 5:30 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 9:30

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, 8:30 Roosevelt Hotel — Antoine Diel, 5:30; Luther Kent, 9 Siberia — Winter Sounds, The Silent Game, First Fracture, Too Soon for Symmetry, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ellis Marsalis Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy J. Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 St. Roch Tavern — James Jordan & the Lonely Nights Band, 8 Three Muses — Royal Roses, 6; Glen David Andrews, 9 Tipitina’s — Soul Rebels, Mississippi Rail Company, 10

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21st Amendment — Chance Bushman, Adam Arredondo, Russell Ramirez, Joseph Faison, 8 8 Block Kitchen & Bar — Anais St. John, 9 Bombay Club — Lucas Davenport, 6 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Geo Bass, 8 & 9 Buffa’s Lounge — Tim Paco’s Trio, 11 a.m.; Royal Rounders feat. Jerry Jumonville & Freddy Staehle, 8; Antoine Diel, 11:30 Cafe Negril — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Capri Blue Bar at Andrea’s Restaurant — Phil Melancon, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Mercy Brothers, 9

Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8; Montegut, 11

SUNDAY 9 Banks Street Bar — NOLA County, 4; Ron Hotstream, 7 Bombay Club — Tony Seville, 7 Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 11 a.m. Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 6; Ruby Fray, Johanna Warren, 10 Columns Hotel — Chip Wilson, 11 a.m.

The Civic Theatre — The Airborne Toxic Event, Kongos, 8

Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6

d.b.a. — Eric Lindell, 10

d.b.a. — Ike Stubblefield, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Rick Trolsen & the New Orleans Po Boys, 10 Freret Street Publiq House — Tab Benoit, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, 9

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Tipitina’s — Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, 10

Circle Bar — Left of the Dial, 10

Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9

Three Muses — Bill Machow, 11:30 a.m.; Loose Marbles, 6; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9

Gasa Gasa — Mahayla record release, 10 Hangar 13 — Headspill, Downfall 2012, 10 Hermes Bar — Luke WinslowKing, 9:30 House of Blues — Trey Anastasio Band, 8 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Cody Blaine, 1 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Donuts: J Dilla Tribute, 10 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 Old Point Bar — Hill Country Hounds, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Superchunk, Waxahatchee, 10 Prytania Bar — Tha Neighbors, The Cut, 9 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 1 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Derailers, Hill Country Hounds, 9 Roosevelt Hotel — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Siberia — Alex McMurray, 6; Jayke Orvis & the Broken Band, Carrie Nation & the Speakeasy, My Graveyard Jaw, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro —

DMac’s — Michael Pearce, 11 a.m.; Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 6 Gasa Gasa — Mike Dillon Band, King James & the Special Men, Lil Current Vocal Club, 8 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 9 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Lu & Charlie’s Revisited feat. Germain Bazzle, 8

Banks Street Bar — South Jones, 8 BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10 BMC — Lil’ Red & Big Bad, 6 Bombay Club — Monty Banks, 7 Buffa’s Lounge — St. Cecilia’s Asylum Chorus, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Missy Meatlocker, 6 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Glen David Andrews, 10 Dmac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Magnetic Mondays feat. Magnetic Ear, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8 House of Blues (The Parish) — Russian Circles, Ken Mode, Inter Arma, 8 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Living Legends feat. Maynard Chatters, 8

Little Gem Saloon — Richard Knox, 10 a.m.

The Roosevelt Hotel Bar — Jazz Factory Night with the James Partridge Septet, 9

Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste, 10

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville & Friends, 8 & 10

Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30 One Eyed Jacks — Futurebirds, Promised Land Sound, Teto Sound, 9

Spotted Cat — Broken Strings, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 10

Ritz-Carlton — Armand St. Martin, 10:30 a.m.; Catherine Anderson, 2

Yuki Izakaya — Miki Fujii & Friends, 8

Siberia — Guttermouth, Authority Zero, Pinata Protest, Bujie & the Highrise, 6 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ted Ludwig Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Pfister Sisters, 2; Ben Polcer & the Grinders, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sounds, 10 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 11:30 a.m.; Raphael & Norbert, 5:30; Linnzi Zaorski, 8 & 10 Tipitina’s — Cajun Fais Do-Do feat. Bruce Daigrepont, 5:30

MONDAY 10 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 8

Three Muses — Joe Cabral, 7

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Bolero — Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater. com — The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra presents Carlos Miguel Prieto conducting and Lilya Zilberstein playing piano. Tickets start at $20. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. NOCCA Black History Month Concert — Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — NOCCA classical music students from schools across the greater New Orleans area perform. Free admission. 5 p.m. Sunday.

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NOW SHOWING American Hustle (R) — A con artist (Christian Bale) and his sexy partner (Amy Adams) are forced to work for an FBI agent (Bradley Cooper) who teaches them how to break up mob rings and crooked political posses. Canal Place, Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Slidell Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (PG-13) — The follow-up to the 2004 cult classic has kind-of-a-big-deal Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) delving into 24-hour news in New York. Elmwood, Regal, Slidell

Beyond All Boundaries (NR) — The museum screens a “4-D” film, bringing audiences into battle using archival footage and special effects. World War II Museum Dallas Buyers Club (R) — A Texas electrician (Matthew McConaughey) diagnosed with HIV creates a buyers club where fellow HIV-positive people can buy alternative treatments. Elmwood, Westbank Devil’s Due (R) — A newly married husband blames something sinister for his wife’s changes. Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Slidell, Westbank Frozen (PG) — A prophecy traps a kingdom in a never-ending winter in this animated Disney film. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Slidell, Westbank Gimme Shelter (PG-13) — A pregnant teen (Vanessa Hudgens) runs away from her abusive mother (Rosario Dawson) and has to live on the street. Elmwood

Her (R) — A lonely writer (Joaquin Phoenix) falls in love with his computer’s new operating system. Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Slidell The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) — The second installment in The Hobbit has Bilbo and the dwarf party facing Smaug the dragon. Elmwood, Entergy IMAX, Kenner, Regal, Slidell The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) — Francis Lawrence directs the second movie in The Hunger Games series featuring Katniss and Peeta becoming targets of the Capitol following their hubbub-sparking victory. Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell Hurricane On The Bayou (NR) — The film tells the story of Hurricane Katrina and the impact that Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands has on hurricane protection. Entergy IMAX I, Frankenstein (PG-13) — Frankenstein’s creation fights immortals. Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Slidell, Westbank The Invisible Woman (R) — Charles Dickens falls in love with a younger woman. Canal Place, Elmwood Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG-13) — Young CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Chris Pine) reveals a terrorist plot to crash the U.S. economy in a film based on characters from Tom Clancy novels. Canal Place, Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Slidell, Westbank

Nebraska (R) — In Alexander Payne’s black-and-white film, an elderly man believes he’s won a $1 million magazine sweepstakes and forces his estranged son to drive from Missouri to Nebraska to claim it. Chalmette, Elmwood, Slidell, Westbank The Nut Job (PG) — A squirrel who was kicked out of his park stumbles upon a nut shop in this animated comedy. Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Regal, Westbank Penguins 3D (NR) — A king penguin returns to his native land in the sub-Antarctic to find a mate. Entergy IMAX Ride Along (PG-13) — A cop (Ice Cube) makes his sister’s boyfriend (Kevin Hart) work a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta with him to see if he’s worthy of marrying her. Canal Place, Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Regal, Slidell, Westbank Saving Mr. Banks (PG-13) — Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) struggles to get author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) to agree to a film adaptation of her Mary Poppins novels. Chalmette, Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Slidell

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August: Osage County (R) — The film adaptation of Tracy Letts’ dark comedic play about a Midwestern patriarch who disappears stars Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis and Ewan McGregor. Canal Place, Elmwood, Regal, Slidell, Westbank

Great White Shark 3D (NR) — Shark encounters are shared in the documentary. Entergy IMAX

action-thriller based on the true story of SEAL Team 10’s failed mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative in June 2005. Canal Place, Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Slidell, Westbank

That Awkward Moment (R) — Best friends (Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller) all are having trouble with their girlfriends. Canal Place, Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Westbank The Wolf of Wall Street (R) — Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort, a wealthy but crooked stockbroker, in this 1990s-set Martin Scorsese film adaptation of Belfort’s autobiography. Canal Place, Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Slidell, Westbank

OPENING FRIDAY The Lego Movie (PG) — A Lego block man is recruited to join an epic building quest. Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner, Regal, Westbank

Labor Day (PG-13) — A depressed single mom (Kate Winslet) and her son hide an escaped convict. Canal Place, Clearview, Elmwood, Regal, Westbank

The Monuments Men (PG-13) — George Clooney’s film tells the true story of a crew of art historians and museum curators tasked with recovering masterpieces before Hitler destroys them. Canal Place, Elmwood, Kenner, Westbank

Lone Survivor (R) — Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster and Eric Bana star in Peter Berg’s

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12 O’Clock Boys

Slice-of-life documentary 12 O’Clock Boys penetrates a Baltimore, subculture of young men who ride dirt bikes en masse through the streets of the city at high speeds in theatrically disruptive, wheelie-popping style. The riders weave in and out of traffic and taunt local police, who are forbidden from chasing them in order to avoid additional threats to public safety. Popularized through YouTube, the 12 O’Clock Boys have become folk heroes to some in Baltimore and beyond. They ride to express their independence and find a little freedom in an economically depressed world that offers few options to inner-city youth. First-time director Lotfy Nathan is 26 years old and currently on his way to graduate school in film, but his youth surely came in handy in earning 12 O’Clock Boys THRU the trust of his subjects. That access leads 6 p.m. through Thu.; FEB to some fantastic up-close footage of the 9:30 p.m. through Wed. riders’ theatrics and a sobering look into Zeitgeist Multi-Discitheir daily lives. Nathan views his subjects largely through the eyes of a Baltimore preplinary Arts Center, teen named Pug, who hopes to become a 1618 Oretha Castle 12 O’Clock Boy, a directorial choice that adds Haley Blvd. another dimension to the impressionistic (504) 352-1150 film. But by choosing not to analyze the riders’ actions (which have resulted in more www.zeitgeistinc.net than one death) or address difficult questions suggested by their very existence, the director winds up with a needlessly lightweight film. — KEN KORMAN

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS 12 O’Clock Boys (NR) — The documentary follows a young boy who wants to join dirt bike gang in Baltimore. 6 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, Zeitgeist Adult World (NR) — John Cusack and Emma Roberts star in Scott Coffey’s film about a college grad who works at an adult bookstore. 7:30 p.m. Monday, Zeitgeist Blood Simple (R) — A rich man hires a P.I. to kill his cheating wife in this 1984 Coen brothers film. 8 p.m. Thursday & Sunday, Canal Place

The Broken Circle Breakdown (NR) — The Belgian film is a bluegrass love story. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Zeitgeist Documentary Shorts (NR) — Oscar nominated shorts are

screened. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Prytania

to a camp to lose weight. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Zeitgeist

On the Waterfront (NR) — Marlon Brando stars in a 1954 crime drama about an ex-fighter turned regular working stiff. 10 a.m. Sunday, Prytania

Paradise Love (NR) — In a film from Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy, a middle-aged Australian woman travels to Kenya as a sex tourist. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Zeitgeist

Marty (NR) — In this 1955 film, middle-aged people who’d given up on love meet at a dance. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Prytania

Superman & the Molemen (NR) — The cafe screens a different Superman movie each week. The 1951 version stars George Reeves as the Man of Steel. 6:30 p.m. Monday, La Divinia

Midnight Cowboy (NR) — A male prostitute (Jon Voight) and a conman (Dustin Hoffman) struggle in New York City. The screening is BYOB. Midnight Friday-Saturday, 10 p.m. Sunday, Prytania Paradise Faith (NR) — In a film from Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy, a middle-aged woman devotes her life to Jesus. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Zeitgeist Paradise Hope (NR) — In a film from Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy, an overweight teenage girl goes

Underground Railroad: The William Still Story (NR) — The documentary tells the story of how William Still helped free slaves. NOMA

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Oscar-nominated short films

Only nine foreign films have ever been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, but the Academy seems far less nationalistic when it comes to nominations for Best Short Film. This year, only two of the total 10 shorts nominated in the Animated and Live Action categories were made in the U.S., resulting in two theatrical programs that offer an enticing range of perspectives and cinematic techniques. Even the least successful of these films provides a welcome glimpse of distant worlds seldom seen on stateside screens. The hour-long Animated program is especially compelling. In Oscar-nominated FEB Possessions, by Japan’s Shuhei Morita, an short films 18th-century traveler enters a mysterious Noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 shrine only to be held captive by discarded p.m., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. everyday objects in need of a little respect Fri.-Thu. and attention. The colors and textures of this small fantasy world are breathtaking, Prytania Theatre, and Morita shows just how much magic 5339 Prytania St. can be conjured with the relatively static (504) 891-2787 limited-animation form. Room on the Broom (pictured) is a beautiful and charming tale www.theprytania.com from England based on a popular children’s picture book with Gillian Anderson (TV’s The X-Files) supplying the voice of one very good-hearted witch. Mickey Mouse may not seem the most exciting addition to the program, but Disney’s Get A Horse! begins with the company’s familiar 1920s style before bridging the gap to 21st-century digital techniques — all in the same frame. Almost two hours in length, the Live Action program takes us to Finland for one difficult but funny morning with a family that has apparently overslept a friend’s wedding in Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? Director Mark Gill’s The Voorman Problem stars Martin Freeman (The Lord of the Rings, and more important Sherlock, the best show on television) as a psychiatrist treating an inmate who believes he’s God — and may just be right. From Spain, That Wasn’t Me portrays child soldiers in Africa, and France’s Just Before Losing Everything explores domestic abuse, but each generates real suspense only to arrive at deeply unsatisfying endings — a common pitfall for films in the half-hour range. Who said making short films was easy? — KEN KORMAN

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20, 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, (504) 733-2029; www. amctheatres.com; Entergy IMAX Theatre, 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org; The Grand 14 Kenner, 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 229-4259; www. thegrandtheatre.com; The Grand 16 Slidell, 1950 Gause Blvd. W., Slidell, (985) 641-1889; www.thegrandtheatre.com; La Divinia Cafe e Gelateria, 621 St. Peter St., (504) 602-2692; www.ladiviniagelateria.com; New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.

noma.org; Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania. com; Regal Covington Stadium 14, 69348 Hwy. 21, Covington, (985) 871-7787; www.regmovies.com; AMC Westbank Palace 16, 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 263-2298; www.amctheatres. com; National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.nationalww2museum.org; Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

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Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — “Scale,” paintings by Stephen Strickland, through March 15. Courtyard Gallery. 1129 Decatur St., (504) 330-0134; www.woodartandmarketing. com — New Orleans-themed reclaimed wood carvings by Daniel Garcia, ongoing.

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OPENING Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery.com — “Theme and Variations,” paintings and sculpture by Sylvaine Sanction; “Pretty Ladies,” paintings by John Isiah Walton; “State of Education,” art by Charisse Celino. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Henry Hood Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 789-1832 — “Signs of Life,” abstract monotypes by Rosemary Goodell and digital road sign prints by Dale Newkirk. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.thesecondstorygallery. com — Sculpture by Gina Laguna and mixed media art by Cynthia Ramirez. Artists’ reception 6 p.m to 9 p.m. Saturday. Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www. postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Nobody’s Land,” paintings by Matias Santa Maria. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Peripheral Recognition,” mixed media sculpture by Jason Childers; “Influxx,” paintings by Wendell Brunious. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

GALLERIES A Gallery For Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — Photographs and photo books from all eras by various photographers, ongoing. Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.

Alex Beard Studio. 712 Royal St., (504) 309-0394; www.alexbeardstudio.com — Drawings and paintings by Alex Beard, ongoing. Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart.com — “Deep Blues,” Southern folk art group exhibition, ongoing. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www. ariodantegallery.com — Contemporary craft exhibition by Taft McWhorter, Belle Bijoux, Timothy Schuler, Geoff Wilder and Tristan Faulman, through February. Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www. arthurrogergallery.com — “Viscous Resin Extruding From the Trunk,” art by Holton Rower, through Feb. 15. Beneito’s Art. 3618 Magazine St., (504) 891-9170; www.bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings by Beneito Bernard, ongoing. Boyd | Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Service,” photography by Paul Solberg, through March 29. Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com — “Drawing From the Inside,” drawings by Raven Creature, through Tuesday. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www. callancontemporary.com — “Transformation,” paintings by Adrian Deckbar, through March 29.

Freret Clay Center. 2525 Jena St., (504) 919-8050; www. freretclaycenter.com — “The Human Condition,” metal rusts, wood rots collage, ceramic tiles and vessels by Barbie L’Hoste and Bill Darrow, ongoing. Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres.com — Mixed media by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Graphite Galleries. 936 Royal St., (504) 565-3739; www.graphitenola.com — Group mixed media exhibition, ongoing. J & S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 952-9163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing. Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg. com — “New Orleans Bars and Bistros,” paintings by Linda Lesperance, through March. Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www. jonathanferraragallery.com — “Regarding the Incidence of Purpose,” memorial retrospective of Sandy Chism’s art, curated by Matthew Weldon Showman, through Friday. Kurt E. Schon. 510 St. Louis St., (504) 524-5462; www. kurteschonltd.com — 19th-century French salon romantic paintings, through February. La Madama Bazarre. 1007 St. Mary St., (504) 236-5076; www. lamadamabazarre.com — Group exhibition celebrating the whimsical and weird side of Louisiana, ongoing. Lemieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www. lemieuxgalleries.com — “Nine Years Later,” paintings and drawings by John Clemmer; “Bands of Mardi Gras,” photography by Stan Strembicki; both through Feb. 22.

Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing.

Lisa Victoria Gallery. 616 Royal St., (504) 315-0850; www.lisavictoriagallery. com — Mixed media group exhibition, ongoing.

Chester Allen’s Oasis of Energy. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 292-8365; www.chesterallen-oasisofenergy.tumblr. com — “Universal Groove,” silversmithing by Chester Allen, ongoing.

Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com —

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

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Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — “Every Tree Tells a Story,” photography of United States trees. Opening reception 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday.

noafa.com — “New Year, New Work,” group invitational art show featuring Michael Deas, Walt Handelsman and BIlly Myers, through Feb. 14.

Du Mois Gallery. 4609 Freret St., (504) 818-6032; www.dumoisgallery.com — “As we go up we go down,” oil painting on panel by Jeremy Willis, through Feb. 22.

ART LISTINGS “Down and Dirty,” paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing. Morrison. 1507 Magazine St., (504) 451-3303; www.morrisonsculpture.com — Sculpture and drawings by Thomas Randolph Morrison, ongoing. New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks. com — “From the Hand to the Heart,” silver and gold glass sculptures by Kyle Herr and 3-D stained glass by Caitlyn Waugh, through February. New Orleans Public Library, Rosa Keller Branch. 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www. nutrias.org — “The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life,” photography by Richard Keller and Frank Relle, through February. Newcomb Art Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartgallery. tulane.edu — “Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise,” largest presentation of Newcomb arts and crafts in nearly 30 years, through March 9.

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Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., Second floor, (504) 523-7945; www. rhinocrafts.com — Contemporary crafts by Sean Dixson, Cathy Cooper-Stratton, Margo Manning, Nellrea Simpson and others, ongoing.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Da Parish: A Journey Through St. Bernard Parish,” photography by Fridgeir Helgason, through April 5. Sheila Phipps Studio & Gallery. 8237 Oak St., (504) 596-6031 — Oil and acrylic portraits and abstracts, ongoing. Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery.com — “Luna-Wings,” art by Wanda Sullivan and Rachel Wright, through February. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www. stellajonesgallery.com — “East Meets West: Contemporary African Art,” paintings by Woesene Kosrof, watercolors by Tayo Adenaike and wood reliefs and found object art by El Anatsui, through March. Three Rivers Gallery. 333 E. Boston St., (985) 892-2811; www. threeriversgallery.com — “Tonal Expressions,” group exhibition of paintings, drawings, photography, sculptures and jewelry, through Tuesday. Whisnant Galleries. 343 Royal St., (504) 524-9766; www.whisnantgalleries.com — Ethnic, religious and antique art, sculpture, textile and porcelain, ongoing.

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Photography and the American Civil War It was America’s bloodiest war — brother against brother fighting to the bitter end. We grew up hearing that, and if it sounds overhyped, consider that its toll of 750,000 lives was nearly twice the number of American soldiers killed in World War II, our second bloodiest war. This exhibition, organized by former New Orleanian and now Metropolitan Museum of Art photography curator Jeff L. Rosenheim, features more than 200 vintage photos of the Civil War and its warriors, providing us with a visual overview of a period of extraordinary transition in American history. Not only was it a painful rebirth of the republic after being nearly sundered by secession, it was also the beginning of photojournalism as we know it. Photography was barely 20 years old when the Civil War began, and here we see the startling earnestness with which the mostly young soldiers gaze into the camera lens, as well as implicit stagecraft that inevitably attends any visual depiction of momentous events. The result is a high-contrast collision of idealism and horror with a dash of old-fashioned hucksterism. Military portraits were a hot consumer item in a country filled with men going off to war, so photo studios proliferated. Maybe it had to do with 19th-century styles, but subjects like Captain Charles A. and Sergeant John M. Hawkins, Georgia Volunteer Infantry (pictured) exude a charisma that would be hard to replicate today. It makes for a stark contrast to the ghastly scenes of shredded fabric and flesh rotting on the protruding bones of soldiers where they fell, sometimes in great numbers, in pastures drenched with blood. Many news photographs were attributed to Mathew Brady who, true to the spirit of enterprise, was really more of an executive who affixed his signature to the work of his camera-wielding surrogates. These remarkable documentary photographs and studio portraits provide both objective and subjective insights into an epic conflagration that haunts us to this day. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

SPARE SPACES Bonjour Lingerie. 4214 Magazine St., (504) 309-8014; www. facebook.com/bonjournola — Mixed media black light art by Mario Ortiz, ongoing. The Country Club. 634 Louisa St., (504) 945-0742; www.thecountryclubneworleans.com — “All Amzie All the Time,” group exhibition of art celebrating Amzie Adams, ongoing. The Exchange Center. 935 Gravier St., (504) 523-1465; www. artscouncilofneworleans.org — “Art Gumbo,” group exhibition from Louisiana artists, through Feb. 12. Hey! Cafe. 4332 Magazine St., (504) 891-8682; www.heycafe.biz — Cartoons from Feast Yer Eyes magazine, ongoing. La Divina Gelateria. 621 St. Peter St., (504) 302-2692; www. ladivinagelateria.com — Art and photographs by Thom Bennett, Mary Moring and Rita Posselt, ongoing. Old Florida Project. between Florida Avenue, Mazant Street, Gallier Street and North Dorgenois Street — #ProjectBe features tributes, remembrances and social statements spray painted in the long blighted

Florida project by local artist and Gambit 40 Under 40 honoree Brandan “B-Mike” Odums, ongoing. Top Drawer Antiques. 4310 Magazine St., (504) 897-1004; www.topdrawerantiques.net — Mixed media black light art by Mario Ortiz, ongoing.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Alliance Francaise’s What Makes Louisiana French Photo Contest. People ages 14 and up can enter photographs in Alliance Francaise’s contest. Visit www.af-neworleans.org for details. Deadline Feb. 20. Fourth Annual Loving Festival. The festival seeks original artwork about race, racism and the multiracial experience. Visit charitablefilmnetwork.submittable.com for details. Deadline April 13.

MUSEUMS Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — “16th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Art Exhibit,” art by professionals and students about the civil

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Photography and the American Civil War: Large-scale exhibition of vintage photographs New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 6584100; www.noma.org

rights hero; “The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present,” National Museum of Mexican Art pieces about the contributions of Africans to Mexican culture; both through February.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 5686968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — “Images and Instruments: Medical History,” artifacts and images of 19th and 20th century medical equipment, ongoing.

Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “30 Americans,” group exhibition of black art from the past 30 years, through June 15. “SubMERGE,” art by Lee Deigaard, through Feb. 20.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond”; both ongoing.

Gallier House Museum. 1132 Royal St., (504) 525-5661; www. hgghh.org — “Amazing Croatia,” photography by Marko Vrdoljak, through Feb. 24. Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 5234662; www.hnoc.org — “Occupy New Orleans! Voices from the Civil War,” collection of items conveying New Orleanians’ feelings during the Civil War, through March 9. “Civil War Battlefields and National Parks,” photography by A. J. Meek, through April 5. Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — “Simply Silver,” exhibition of three centuries of silver, through April.

Anderson from the museum’s permanent collection; an exhibition of southern regionalists from the museum’s permanent collection; paintings by Will Henry Stevens; all ongoing. Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www. crt.state.la.us/museum/properties/usmint — “Visions of Excellence,” group exhibition of award-winning photojournalism from around the world, through February.

Madame John’s Legacy. 632 Dumaine St., (504) 568-6968; www.crt.state.la.us — “The Palm, the Pine and the Cypress: Newcomb College Pottery of New Orleans,” ongoing.

The Saratoga. 212 Loyola Ave.; www.moviehousenola.com — “Moviehouse NOLA,” multimedia exhibition about historic New Orleans movie theaters, through Sunday.

National World War II Museum. 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — “We Can...We Will...We Must!,” allied propaganda posters of WWII, through Feb. 16.

Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; seaa.tulane.edu — “Bellocq & Beyond,” architectural photography collection, through Feb. 20.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Cities of Ys,” art by Camille Henrot, through Feb. 23. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — Works by Walter Inglis

Williams Research Center. Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Daguerreotypes to Digital: A Presentation of Photographic Processes,” historical photography from 1840 to present, through March 29.

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Lucky Johnson presents a play about a woman in and out of love. Visit www.luckyjohnson. com for details. Admission $15. 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. Saturday.

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THEATER 6 x 6. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Six local writers present six original plays. Admission $10. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Albertine in Five Times. Loyola University, Communications/Music Complex, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2011; www.loyno.edu — Artemis Preeshl’s drama follows a war widow’s life from age 30 to 70. Admission $12. 7:30 p.m. Wednesdsay-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Fuhrmann Auditorium, 317 N. Jefferson St., Covington, (504) 892-2624; www.fpa-theater. com — Michael Martin directs Tennessee Williams’ play starring Jane McNulty, Preston Bishop, Anne Pourciau and Rex Badeaux. Tickets $22. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater.com — Tommye Myrick directs Tennessee Williams’ play featuring Damon Singleton as Brick Polite and Gail Glapion as Big Mama. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Cinderella Batistella. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — Ricky Graham directs a David Cuthbert and Bob Bruce New Orleans-set retelling of Cinderella. Admission $16.50. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Bits & Jiggles. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855 — The show mixes comedy and burlesque. Free admission. 9 p.m. Monday. Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www.sonesta. com — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly burlesque show featuring the music of Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio. Call (504) 553-2331 for details. 11:50 p.m. Friday. Slow Burn Burlesque. Howlin’ Wolf Music Club, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Lola van Ella and Jeez Loueez guest star along with Ginger Licious, Ruby Rage, Lady Lucerne and Roxie le Rouge. Ben Wisdom hosts. General admission $15, VIP $20. 11 p.m. Saturday. The Victory Belles: Spirit of America. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Belles perform patriotic tunes from the American canon and from the songbooks of George M. Cohan and Irving Berlin. Food from Chef John Besh’s American Sector is provided. Brunch show $55. 11:45 a.m. Wednesday.

AUDITIONS New Orleans Ballet Association Free Summer Programs for Kids and Teens. Lyons Center, 624 Louisiana Ave., (504) 658-3004; www.nola.gov/ nordc — Kids and teens ages 9-18 can audition for New Orleans Ballet Association’s free summer programs. Visit www.nobadance.com for times and audition requirements. Saturday-Sunday.

OPERA Make Music NOLA Fundraiser. Tulane University, McAlister Auditorium, 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-5196; www.tulane.edu — Opera Creole, the Symphony Chorus, the Tulane University Orchestra and select students from Make Music NOLA perform classical music and opera scenes. All proceeds benefit Make Music NOLA. General admission $20, VIP $50, students $5. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. PAGE 57

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Beauty and the Beast. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola.com — Broadway in New Orleans presents the Disney romantic musical about looking past the exterior and falling in love. Tickets start at $36. 7:30 p.m. TuesdayThursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Golda’s Balcony. Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre. com — Golda Meir (Clare Moncrief) goes from poor Russian girl to school teacher in America to Israel’s fourth Prime Minister. Tickets start at $30. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. A Moon for the Misbegotten. Irish House, 1432 St. Charles Ave., (504) 595-6755; www. theirishhouseneworleans. com — Eugene O’Neill’s play follows an Irish dad (Tony Bentley) playing matchmaker. Admission $15. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Saturday & Monday. Murder at Cafe Noir. Teatro Wego!, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego, (504) 885-2000; www.jpas. org — The audience decides what detective Rick Archer does next in this 1940sthemed crime drama. Tickets $30. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Not Unto Us. George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art, 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 586-7432; www. themckennamuseum.com — Akeem Martin directs a play about Dr. Charles Roudanez and La Tribune de la Nouvelle Orleans. Free admission. 6 p.m. Friday. An Outopia for Pigeons. Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.theshadowboxtheatre. com — Bonnie Gable directs Justin Maxwell’s absurdist play about passenger pigeons. Admission $15. Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., 3 p.m. Sunday. The Totalitarians. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre. com — Kenneth Prestininzi directs Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s play about politicians, starring Judith Hawking, Jessica Podewell, Leon Contavesprie and Ben Carbo. Tickets $40. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. When a Woman Loves. L.B. Landry Theater, 1200 L.B. Landry Ave., (504) 302-7170; www.landry-walker.org —

Beach Blanket Burlesque. Tiki Tolteca, 301 N. Peters St., (504) 267-4406; www.facebook.com/ tikitolteca — GoGo McGregor hosts a free burlesque show. 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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COMEDY

Laugh & Sip. The Wine Bistro, 1011 Gravier St.; www.facebook. com/TheWineBistroNO — Mark Caesar and DJ Cousin Cav host the weekly showcase of local comedians. Call (504) 606-6408 for details. Tickets $7. 8 p.m. Thursday. Let the Laughter Roll. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www.arena. uno.edu — Sommore, Bruce Bruce, Earthquake, Gary Owen, Tony Rock and Dominique perform stand-up comedy. Tickets start at $45. 8 p.m. Saturday. Lights Up. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www.tnmcomedy. com — The theater showcases new improv troupes. Tickets $5. 9 p.m. Thursday. The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www.tnmcomedy.com — A guest shares a favorite true story, the details of which inspire improv comedy. Tickets $8. 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Sit-Down Stand-Up. Prytania Bar, 3445 Prytania St., (504) 891-5773; www.prytaniabar. com — Jonah Bascle hosts the stand-up comedy show. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Monday. Think You’re Funny? Comedy Showcase. Carrollton Station, 8140 Willow St., (504) 8659190; www.carrolltonstation. com — The weekly open-mic comedy showcase is open to all comics. Sign-up 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday. Throw Me Somethin’ Funny. Castle Theatre, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 287-4707; www.castle501.com — The Three Charmers, Becky Allen, Jodi Borrello and Amanda Hebert, joke about Carnival. Admission $25. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.

A Moon for the Misbegotten

In A Moon for the Misbegotten, whiskey and schemes flow steadily as a father and daughter try to hold on to their home. Inner Compass Theatre presents the show on the second floor of The Irish House, and the drama is an intense look at love, loss and the lies people tell themselves. The audience can order food and drinks throughout the show, but this isn’t dinner theater. Written by Eugene O’Neill, an Irish-American playwright lauded for his realism, the show is a sequel to Long Day’s Journey into A Moon for the Misbegotten THRU Night and it explores financial and emotional hardship. 7:30 p.m. Tue. & Sun. FEB A minimal set of a front porch step, clothes hanging on The Irish House, 1432 St. Charles a line and a tree stump evokes the Hogan family’s life of Ave., (504) 595-6755; www.thetenant farming. With a sharp tongue and foul mouth, Phil Hogan (Tony Bentley) pushes his sons to leave the farm. irishhouseneworleans.com Only his daughter, Josie (Rachel Whitman Groves), can put For tickets and information, call up with his orneriness. Josie has a bad reputation — she’s (917) 969-8696 or visit www. brash, “mean mouthed” and considered promiscuous — but innercompasstheatre.com there’s a lot more to her than her coarse demeanor leads people to believe. The playwright uses long sequences of dialogue and detailed exposition to delve into the characters’ various problems. In the wrong hands, the play could easily fall flat, but these performers get it right. As the fatherdaughter pair, Bentley and Groves share great energy. The two go from cursing each other one moment to being partners in crime the next. They liven many exchanges — Josie constantly refers to her father as some type of farm animal — and their interactions are quick and satisfying. In a particularly charged scene, a Hogans’ neighbor tried to buy their lease from under them, but the pair gave him the one-two punch and sent him away humiliated. The real trouble lies with their landlord, Jim Tyrone (Casey Groves), and the duo undertake what becomes a complicated ruse to try stay on the farm. Rachel Groves’ riveting performance gave the show depth. The town knows Josie as a hard-hearted woman, but she’s searching for a meaningful relationship. Josie and Jim flirt, but she doesn’t believe she’s pretty enough to be desired. Groves convincingly rendered Josie’s pain each time she referred to herself as a cow. Jim is a deeply troubled man who drinks himself into a stupor to escape his past. Both struggle with serious problems, but their relationship shows that no matter what, people need love. Though not without humor, the play is long and deals with difficult issues including substance abuse and grief, but a cast of fine actors made it an engaging show. — TYLER GILLESPIE

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Accessible Comedy. Buffa’s Lounge, 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www.buffaslounge.com — J. Alfred Potter and Jonah Bascle do stand-up shows on a rotating basis. 11:55 p.m. Friday. Allstar Comedy Revue. House of Blues Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www. houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the stand-up comedy show with special guests and a band. Free admission. 8 p.m. Thursday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 828 S. Peters St., (504) 522-9653; www.thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 944-0099; www.lostlovelounge. com — Cassidy Henehan hosts the weekly comedy showcase. Free admission. 9 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 828 S. Peters St., (504) 522-9653; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Local comedians perform, and amateurs take the stage in the open-mic portion. 8 p.m. Thursday. Comedy Sportz. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday. Friday Night Laughs. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy. com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open-mic. 10 p.m. Friday. Give ’Em The Light Open-Mic. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the showcase. Sign-up 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tuesday. Johnny Rock. C. Beever’s Bar of Music, 2507 N. Woodlawn Ave.,

Metairie, (504) 887-9401; www. cbeevers.com — Johnny Rock hosts an open-mic comedy night. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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Crescent City Farmers Market. Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St. — The weekly market features fresh produce, kettle corn, Green Plate specials and flowers. Visit www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org for details. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

NOLA Food Swap. La Divina Gelateria, 3005 Magazine St., (504) 342-2634; www. ladivinagelateria.com — Homemade foods and beverages, such as preserves, bread, pesto, chutney, vinegar, infused alcohols, beer, herbs, vegetables and eggs are swapped. Attendees should bring at least five packaged items to swap. Visit www. nolafoodswap.wordpress.com for details and ideas. Figure Drawing Class. Forstall Art Supplies, 3135 Calhoun St., (504) 866-4278; www.forstallartsupply.com — Call to register for the figure drawing class. Admission $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. It’s All About the Music BIke Ride. Congo Square, Louis Armstrong Park, North Rampart and St. Ann streets — As part of NOLA Social Ride, bicyclists cruise around the city, stopping a few times along the way to enjoy free live music. More information is available at www.facebook.com/groups/ nolasocialride. 6 p.m. Reggae Night. The Other Place, 1224 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 943-7502 — DJ Kush Master spins reggae, there’s food from Coco Hut and there are cultural vendors. Free admission. 8 p.m. Toddler Time. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm. org — The museum hosts special Tuesday and Thursday activities for children ages 3 and under and their parents or caregivers. Admission $8, free for members. 10:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 5 Barbershop Meetings. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Peter Nahkid leads the men’s discussion of entrepreneurship, family, love, dreams and more. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Basic Drawing with Reachel Mayeur. Forstall Art Supplies, 3135 Calhoun St., (504) 8664278; www.forstallartsupply. com — Artist Reachel Mayeur teaches a six-week series of basic drawing classes. Supplies are included in registration fee. Call to register. Covington Farmers Market. Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 — The market offers fresh locally produced foods every week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Lunchbox Lecture. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum. org — The semi-monthly lecture series focuses on an array of World War II-related topics. Call (504) 528-1944 ext. 229 for details. Noon. New Orleans Rose Society Meeting. Whitney Bank Training Room, 1441 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 838-6364; www.whitneybank.com — The meeting’s theme is “beautiful spring blooms.” 7:30 p.m. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market, Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego — The market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art, live music and pony rides. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

THURSDAY 6 Art on the Rocks at W New Orleans. W Hotel New Orleans, 333 Poydras St., (504) 525-9444; www.wneworleans.com — Artists in residence showcase and sometimes demonstrate their work and there’s a DJ, drink specials and giveaways

of lodging at W Hotels across the country. Visit www.wneworleans.com/artontherocks for details. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Business Plan Writing Series. Jane O’Brien Chatelain West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 364-2660; www.jplibrary. net — Operation Hope hosts a series of free 90-minute classes about different aspects of creating business plans. The series culminates with a graduation. 7 p.m. Marketplace at Armstrong Park. Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.pufap.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, Louisiana seafood, handmade beauty products, art, crafts and entertainment. Visit www.icdnola.org for details. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. New Orleans Veteran Job Fair. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3663; www.superdome.com — Veterans and their spouses can meet with 32 companies offering jobs and other post-service opportunities in several fields. Visit events.recruitmilitary.com to register. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. NOLA TimeBanking, DyverseCity Etsy Training. DyverseCity, 3932 Fourth St., (504) 439-4530 — Attendees can set up TimeBank accounts, learn how to run Etsy shops or get computer coaching. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous. Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, 3900 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-3431 — Group members help each other utilize the 12-step method to recover from compulsive eating. For details, contact Sarah at (504) 458-9965. 7 p.m. Sistahs Making a Change. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Women of all levels of expertise are invited to dance, discuss and dine together at this health-centered event. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Women, Wine and Wealth. The Red Maple Restaurant, 1036 Lafayette St., Gretna, (504) 367-0935; www.theredmaple.com — FestiGals and the Pastor Retirement Planning Group of Raymond James Inc. present a wine tasting and financial health workshop. Admission $10. 6 p.m.

FRIDAY 7 2014 Wizard World Comic Con. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 582-3000; www. mccno.com — Fans of pop-culture unite to meet celebrities and industry professionals, participate in contests, buy collectibles and play games. Visit www.wizardworld.com/ neworleans for a full schedule and map. Tickets start at $40. Through Sunday.

EVENT LISTINGS Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The four-part weekly event includes an art activity, live music, a film and a food demo. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mary Niall Mitchell Lecture. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www. noma.org — The UNO professor discusses “Orphans, Fugitives, and White Slaves: Photographic Propaganda and the Civil War” during Friday Night at NOMA. 6 p.m. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market, 922 Teche St. — Produce, seafood and more are available for purchase. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

SATURDAY 8 Acrylic Painting. Forstall Art Supplies, 3135 Calhoun St., (504) 866-4278; www. forstallartsupply.com — Artist Charisse Celino teaches a six-week series of acrylic painting classes. Supplies are included in the registration fee. Call to register. Carnival Time at the Presbytere. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere, 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.

ets. Admission $50. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi, (504) 355-4442; www.visitstbernard.com — The market showcases fresh seafood, local produce, jams and preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment, children’s activities and more. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. John No. 5/Camp ACE’s Ol’ Skool Party Fundraiser. University of New Orleans, Homer L. Hitt Alumni Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000; www.uno. edu — Attire is 1970s-1990s and there’s food, a photo booth, a cash bar and a silent auction. Proceeds from the event benefit Camp ACE’s HIV awareness programs. Admission $25. 8 p.m. to midnight. StoryQuest. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — Authors, actors and artists read children’s books and send kids on an art quest through the museum afterward. 11:30 a.m. Wilson to Washington. Propeller Incubator, 4035 Washington Ave., (504) 564-7816; www.gopropeller. org — Wilson Charter School hosts a masquerade gala to raise money for 25 students to visit Washington D.C. with mentors and work on capstone assignments. There’s music, food, drinks and a silent auction. Call (504) 600-7939 or email ronicka.briscoe@wilsoncharterschool.org for details. Admission $20. 8 p.m. Yoga. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The museum holds yoga classes. Call (504) 456-5000 for details. Free for NOMA and East Jefferson Wellness Center members, $5 general admission. 8 a.m.

SUNDAY 9 Black Bridal Affair. Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., (504) 561-1234; www.neworleans.hyatt.com — More than 75 wedding vendors attend this multicultural bridal expo. There are door prizes, performances, hair and makeup demos and contests. Visit www.blackbridalaffair.com for details. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Makayla Christine Middleton Memorial Concert. Southport Hall, 200 Monticello Ave., (504) 835-2903;

www.newsouthport.com — There’s live music and a silent raffle in memory of Makayla Christine Middleton, a 2 year old who was shot and killed. Proceeds help pay for the toddler’s funeral expenses. 2 p.m. NOLA Loves the Philippines. Rock ’N’ Bowl, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-1700; www.rocknbowl. com — The New Orleans Filipino American Lions Club and Trinity Christian Community host a benefit event to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. There’s food, live music, bowling and an auction. Visit www. nolalovesthephilippines.org for details. Admission $30. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Reconstruction Tour. Le Musee de F.P.C., 2336 Esplanade Ave., (504) 233-0384; www.facebook.com/lemuseedefpc — The Louisiana Public History Forum’s Louisiana Reconstruction Conference features a tour of Le Musee de f.p.c. and of the River Road African-American Museum in Donaldsonville. Registration includes travel and lunch. To register, call Linda Hill at (504) 284-5550 or visit www.africanamericanmuseum.org. Registration $35. 9 a.m. Swing Dance Lesson With Amy & Chance. d.b.a., 618 Frenchmen St., (504) 9423731; www.dbabars.com/ dbano — The bar and music venue offers free swing dance lessons. 4:30 p.m. Tipitina’s Foundation’s Sunday Youth Music Workshop. Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-8477; www.tipitinas. com — Kids jam with local musicians. 1 p.m.

MONDAY 10 Sistahs Making a Change. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Women of all levels of expertise are invited to dance, discuss and dine together at this health-centered event. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold presents the class in the museum’s art galleries. Call (504) 4565000 for details. Free for NOMA and East Jefferson General Hospital Wellness Center members, $5 general admission. 6 p.m.

SPORTS Pelicans. New Orleans Are-

na, 1501 Girod St., (504) 5873663; www.neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Atlanta Hawks at 7 p.m. Wednesday and the Minnesota Timberwolves at 8:30 p.m.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS Big Brothers Big Sisters Volunteers. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Louisiana, 2626 Canal St., Suite 203, (504) 309-7304; www. bbbssela.org — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Louisiana needs volunteers to serve as mentors. A volunteer meets two to three times a month with his or her Little Brother or Sister. You can play games, watch movies, bake cookies, play sports or plan any other outings you both would enjoy. Call for information. CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates to represent abused and neglected children in New Orleans. The time commitment is a minimum of 10 hours per month. No special skills are required; thorough training and support is provided. Call Brian Opert at (504) 522-1962 ext. 213 or email info@casaneworleans.org for details. Dress for Success New Orleans. The professional women’s shop seeks volunteers to assist clients with shopping, manage inventory and share expertise. Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@dressforsuccess.org to register. Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest oneon-one mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www.eachonesaveone. org for details. Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running buddies, assistant coaches, committee members and race day volunteers. Email info@ gotrnola.org to register. Visit www.gotrnola.org for details about the program. HandsOn New Orleans. The volunteer center for the Greater New Orleans area invites prospective volunteers to learn about the various opportunities available, how to sign up for service projects and general tips on how to be a good volunteer. Call (504) 304-2275, email volunteer@ handsonneworleans.org or visit www.handsonneworleans.org for details. Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice, 519 Metairie

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Parents Night Out. Bethel Baptist Church, 201 Filmore Ave., (504) 486-4679 — Kids have fun playing games, doing crafts, watching movies and eating snacks while their parents enjoy some free time. Call pastor Wayne Adams at (985) 981-1144 or associate pastor Roger Hurd at (985) 400-3149 for details. 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sweet 610 Debutante Ball. Sugar Mill, 1021 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 586-0004; www.sugarmillevents. com — The 610 Stompers’ Sixteen Candles-themed ball benefits the Autism Society of Greater New Orleans and has live music, food from more than 20 local restaurants, an open bar, favors and dance-offs. Visit www.610stompers.com for details and tickets. General admission $40, patron party $100. 8 p.m. to midnight. World of Wheels. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3663; www.superdome. com — Car lovers and their families can watch different car competitions and demonstrations, view show cars, meet celebrities, see a fashion show and meet Spongebob Squarepants. Visit www.autorama.com for details. Admission $18. Through Sunday.

lsm.crt.state.la.us — Kids celebrate Carnival by making crowns and masks, decorating donuts like king cakes and learning about Carnival traditions. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children’s Art Workshop. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., Second floor, (504) 523-7945; www. rhinocrafts.com — RHINO artists lead kids in art projects like origami, collages, bookmaking and more. Call or email artboxrhino@gmail. com to register. Suggested donation for materials $5. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Crescent City Farmers Market. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, (504) 861-5898; www. marketumbrella.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon. German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features a wide range of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon. Gretna Farmers Market. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, (504) 362-8661 — The weekly rainor-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www.growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon. Intro to Painting. Forstall Art Supplies, 3135 Calhoun St., (504) 866-4278; www. forstallartsupply.com — Artist Charisse Celino teaches a six-week series of basic painting classes. Supplies are included in the registration fee. Call to register. Piety Street Market. The Old Ironworks, 612 Piety St., (504) 908-4741; www.612piety.com — More than 40 vendors sell art, handmade jewelry and crafts, vintage collectibles and flea market finds. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Project Homecoming’s Homecoming Affair. First NBC Bank, 210 Baronne St., (504) 566-8000; www.firstnbcbank.com — There’s live music by Cha Wa, food from Girl Power, a silent auction and a raffle to benefit Project Homecoming. Visit www.projecthomecoming. net/tickets to purchase tick-

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Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8111 — Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111 for details. Iron Rail. The book collective seeks volunteers to host shows and other events, help catalog the library, host free movie nights, organize benefits and other duties. Email ironrailbookcollective@gmail. com or visit www.ironrail.org for details. Louisiana SPCA Volunteers. The Louisiana SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals and help with special events, education and more. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and complete a volunteer orientation to work directly with animals. Visit www.la-spca.org/ volunteer to sign up. Meal Delivery Volunteers. Jefferson Council on Aging seeks volunteers to deliver meals to homebound adults. Gas/mileage expenses will be reimbursed. Call Gail at (504) 888-5880 for details. New Canal Lighthouse Docents. New Canal Lighthouse, 8001 Lakeshore Dr., (504) 2822134; www.saveourlake.org — Attendees train to be volunteer tour guides for the New Canal Lighthouse Museum. Volunteers commit to working two to three 3-hour shifts monthly. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday. NOLA Wise. The program by Global Green in partnership with the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy that helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient seeks volunteers. All volunteers must attend a 30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@ globalgreen.org for details. Operation REACH Volunteers. Operation REACH and Gulfsouth Youth Action Corps seek college student volunteers to assist in providing recreation and education opportunities for New Orleans-area inner-city youth and their families. For information, visit www.thegyac.org and www.operationreach.org. Public School Volunteers. New Orleans Outreach seeks volunteers to share their enthusiasm and expertise as part of the ARMS-Outreach after-school program. Volunteers are needed in the arts, academics, technology, recreation and life skills. Email jenny@nooutreach.org or call (504) 654-1060 for information. Senior Companion Volunteers. New Orleans Council on Aging, Annex Conference Room, 2475 Canal St., (504) 821-4121; www. nocoa.org — The council seeks volunteers to assist with personal and other daily tasks to help seniors live independently.

Start the Adventure in Reading. The STAIR program holds regular volunteer training sessions to work one-on-one with public school students on reading and language skills. Call (504) 899-0820, email elizabeth@stairnola.org or visit www.stairnola.org for details. Teen Suicide Prevention. The Teen Suicide Prevention Program seeks volunteers to help teach middle- and upper-school New Orleans students. Call (504) 831-8475 for details. Touro Infirmary. Touro Infirmary, 1401 Foucher St., (504) 897-7011; www.touro.com — The hospital is currently in need of adult volunteers to assist in a variety of assignments, including the chemo infusion center, information desks, family surgery lounge and book cart. For information, call Volunteer Services or email denise.chetta@touro.com.

WORDS Alan G. Gauthreaux. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 8952266 — The author discusses and signs Italian Louisiana: History, Heritage & Tradition. 2 p.m. Sunday. Barnes & Noble Jr. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 455-5135 — The bookstore regularly hosts free reading events for kids. Call for schedule information. Brenda Marie Osbey. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, (504) 314-2200; www.tulane.edu — The poet laureate emerita of Louisiana reads poetry at the Ian Gallagher Zelazny writers’ series’ inaugural event. A reception follows. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Carolyn Kolb. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 455-5135; www.barnesandnoble.com — The author discusses and signs New Orleans Memories: One Writer’s City. 1 p.m. Saturday. Cold•Cuts. Kajun’s Pub, 2256 St. Claude Ave., (504) 947-3735; www.kajunpub.com — The monthly poetry and performance series features three readers. Visit www.coldcutsreading.blogspot.com for details. 7 p.m. Saturday. Fair Grinds Poetry Event. Fair Grinds Coffeehouse, 3133 Ponce de Leon St., (504) 913-9073; www.fairgrinds. com — Jenna Mae hosts poets and spoken-word performers. 8 p.m. Sunday. Friends of the New Orleans Public Library Book Sale. Latter Library Carriage House, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www.nutrias.org — The group hosts twice-weekly sales of books, DVDs, books on

tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. George Fowler. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266 — The author reads from and signs My Cuba Libre. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Local Writers’ Group. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 455-5135 — The weekly group discusses and critiques fellow members’ writing. Google “Realms of Fiction” for more information. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Michael Murphy. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 8997323 — The author reads from and discusses Eat Dat New Orleans. Petit fours are served. 6 p.m. Thursday. Open Mic. Drum Sands Publishing and Books, 7301 Downman Road, (504) 247-6519; www.drumsandspublishing. com — The bookstore and publishing house hosts an open mic for writers of all genres. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Poets of Color. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., (504) 947-2121; www.stannanola.org — Poets participate in a writing circle. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. Story Time with Miss Maureen. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — The bookstore hosts a children’s book reading. 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Tao Poetry. Neutral Ground Coffeehouse, 5110 Danneel St., (504) 891-3381; www.neutralground.org — The coffeehouse hosts a weekly poetry reading. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Walter Culpepper. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The author reads from and discusses The Replacement Son. 7 p.m. Thursday. The Well: A Women’s Poetry Circle. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., (504) 947-2121; www.stannanola. org — The group for writers of all levels meets at 2 p.m. Monday. Call (504) 655-5489 or email fleurdeholly@gmail.com for details. Wendy Webb. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323 — The author signs and reads from The Vanishing. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

CALL FOR WRITERS New Orleans Loving Festival Youth Essay Contest. Middle and high school students under 18 in New Orleans can submit essays for the Fourth Annual New Orleans Loving Festival. For details, visit www.charitablefilmnetwork.submittable. com. Deadline March 31.

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Following storm damage of personal residence, coordinated renovation and repair activities. Supervised contractors, negotiated pricing, purchased supplies, reviewed contracts and invoices, conducted inspections, and supervised projects, including roof replacement, new fencing, house painting, and repairs required due to damage. Coordinated reimbursement by insurance agency. New Orleans Job Guru is New Orleans native Grant Cooper. President of Strategic Résumés®, Grant has ranked in the Top 2% of 340 LinkedIn National Résumé Writing Experts worldwide, and has assisted the U.S. Air Force, Kinko’s, the Louisiana Dept. of Labor, the City of New Orleans, NFL/NBA players & coaches, as well as universities, regional banks, celebrities, and major corporations.

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Dear New Orleans Job Guru, “I am putting in my résumé all over the city, but I’m not getting anything, probably because they think I’m too old. I know I have high energy and can do as good a job as anyone else, although I haven’t worked for the past several years because I’ve been fixing up my house after storm damage and living off of some rental income properties.” — Al C., Slidell, LA

Dear Al, You are actually bringing up two issues that could definitely be affecting your employment prospects. First of all, let’s get the age problem out of the way. You didn’t state your age, but if you are over 55, age discrimination may in fact be illegal, but that would require proof. In past columns, I have recommended that older jobseekers change their Grant Cooper public image by dressing younger, staying fit through exercise and diet, keeping up to date with new technologies, embracing social media, enrolling in continuing education courses, and attending community and networking events.

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LEGAL NOTICES 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 721-292 DIV. O SUCCESSION OF ALINE MEINKE PENNINGTON NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY NOTICE is given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein and of her estate, that the Administrator of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to sell the interest of the succession in certain immovable property belonging to the decedent in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure for EIGHTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($80,000.00) Dollars for the whole of said property. The immovable property to be sold is described as follows: LOT 26-B, SQUARE 4, UNIVERSITY CITY SUBDIVISION, City of Kenner, State of Louisiana. Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 4062 Loyola Drive West. Being the same property acquired from James J. Culotta, Inc. on October 5, 1971, registered in COB 746, folio 401, Entry No. 535162.

Gretna, Louisiana, this 31st day of January 2014. Attorney: Wallace H. Paletou Bar Roll No. 10278 Address: 3601 North 1-10 Service Road West Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: (504) 456-2626 Gambit: 2/4/14 & 2/25/14 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL LOUISIANA, INC., executed by Ronald Joseph Hebert, Jr. and Andrea Daigrepont Hebert, and dated July 20, 2004, in the principal sum of $84,182.15, bearing interest at the rate of 9.14% percent from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 708798379, (225) 756-0373. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of GASTON MONTIEL MONTIEL AND NATALIE M. GREWE DE MONTIEL please contact J. Benjamin Avin Atty, 2216 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Paul A. Dix, please contact William Boyles, Atty, at 504-232-2940. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of TANYA NIJA EVIA LEE BROOKS please contact Krystena L. Harper, Attorney, (504) 274-0500. Legal rights involved. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of VELET DEVIER please contact Krystena L. Harper, Attorney, (504) 274-0500. Property rights involved.

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NO.: 733-295 DIV. N SUCCESSION OF SHEILA K. WOODS NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF JEFFERSON WHEREAS the duly named and qualified Administratrix, DAWN K. STREECK, has filed a Petition to the Court for authority to sell at private sale the hereinafter described property, to wit: AN UNDIVIDED ONE-THIRD (1/3) INTEREST IN TWO CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in that part known as Highway Park Subdivision, in Square 459, bounded by Delaware Avenue, 22nd (formerly 4th) Street, Florida Avenue and 23rd Street (formerly West Napoleon Avenue) which said lots of ground are designated by the Numbers 15 and 16, adjoin each other, and measure each twenty-five feet, no inches, no lines (25’0”0”’) front on Delaware Avenue, the same in width in the rear, which fronts on a 15 foot alley, by a depth of one hundred twenty feet, no inches, no lines (120’0”0”’) between equal and parallel lines; Lot 16 is nearer to and commences at a distance of two hundred feet, no inches, no lines (200’0”0”’) from the corner of Delaware Avenue and 22nd Street; all according to sketch of survey by Gilbert, Kelly and Couturie - James Couturie, Civil Engineer, dated March 30, 1968, a copy of which is annexed to another Act passed before the Notary Public, Allain C. Andry, Jr. Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 2216 Delaware Avenue. Being the same property acquired by Mary Anne Kennedy, wife of and Robert Otis Kennedy from the Fidelity Homestead Association, signed by Richard G. Andry, Assistant Vice -President, as per act passed before Allain C. Andry, Jr., Notary Public, on April 18, 1968, registered in COB 676 and Folio 535 in the Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana.

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NO.: 13-7595 DIV. L

NO.: 2013-3659 DIV. A

NO.: 2014-0415 DIV. G

SUCCESSIONS OF EMILY ELLIS LEWIS HERBERT S. ELLIS AND EMILY MAE ELLIS PIERRE

SUCCESSION OF LEANDER OSCAR ROBERTS (a/k/a Leander O. Roberts, Sr.)

SUCCESSION OF GEORGE G. RODRIGUE

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

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Darryl Burnell Roberts and Leander Joseph Roberts, Jr., the Co-Administrators of the Succession of Leander Oscar Roberts, are applying for authority to sell at private sale, on terms of TWO HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($212,000.00) DOLLARS (FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY), less related costs and expenses, the immovable property titled in the name of Decedent described as follows, to wit:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Dorothy Pierre Evans, Provisional Administratrix for the Estates of Emily Ellis Lewis, Herbert S. Ellis, and Emily Mae Ellis Pierre, has petitioned this Court for authority to sell the decedents’ immovable property at private sale in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281, Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, for the price and upon the terms and conditions contained in the petition filed in these proceedings and the Agreement to Purchase or Sell attached hereto. The immovable property and improvements proposed to be sold at private sale are described as follows: A certain lot of ground, situated in the parish of St. John the Baptist, on the left bank of the Mississippi River, commencing at at point seven and one half acres from the public road and measuring eighty feet wide by a depth of one hundred feet, bounded in the front, the lower liine and the rear by the lands of George Haydel and Sylvain Dantin; together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways, servitudes, privileges and advantages belonging thereto or in anywise appertaining. The municipal address of the above property is 209 west 24th street, Reserve, Louisiana. Sale Price: THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($300,000) DOLLARS. Being the same property acquired by Julius H. Ellis and Emily Triche Ellis by act of cash sale from George Haydel and Sylvain Dantin dated February 12, 1924,filed February 12, 1924, and registered at COB 1, Page 135, in the official records for the Parish of St. John the Baptist.

Further acquired by Judgment of Possession in Successions of Robert Otis Kennedy and Mary Anne Kennedy, No. 697-564, 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, dated January 28, 2011, recorded at COB 3275, folio 21.

Being further acquired by Emily Triche Ellis, Emily Mae Ellis, Warren Ellis, Mary Victoria Ellis, Julius E. Ellis, Joseph A. Ellis, and Herbert Ellis pursuant to a Judgment of Possession in the Succession of Julius Ellis dated March 9, 1933, filed March 9, 1933 and registered at COB3, Page 425 in the official records of the Parish of St. John the Baptist.

For the total gross sale price of $64,000.00 cash. The property will be sold pursuant to those terms and conditions as more fully set forth in the said Purchase Agreement attached to the Petition For Authority To Sell Immovable Property At Private Sale filed in this proceeding.

Any heir, legatee or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of this notice.

NOTICE is hereby given to all parties to whom it may concern, including the heirs and/or creditors of the decedent herein, be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order of judgment authorizing, approving and homologating the application; and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law. By Order of the Court, Jon A. Gegenhiemer Clerk of Court Attorney: Charles P. Ciaccio (Bar No. 4121) D’Aquila, Mullins, & Contreras Address: 3329 Florida Avenue Kenner, LA 70065 Telephone: (504) 469-6699 Gambit: 1/14/14 & 2/4/14

Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer Attorneys: WM. DANIEL WELLONS (Bar #18498) JOHN A. ROUCHELL (Bar #11485) Address: 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 3600 New Orleans, LA 70163 Telephone: (504) 569-2900 Gambit: 2/4/14 & 2/25/14 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, executed by MELISSA M. MULVIHILL AND JASON J. MULVIHILL, and dated June 2, 2007, in the principal sum of $ 55,099.00, bearing interest at the rate of 7.54% percent from date until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same, please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE

ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PORTION OF LAND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, lying and being situated in SIXTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, in SQUARE NO. 472, BOULIGNY, bounded by General Taylor, Constantinople, Danneel and Dryades Streets, designated by the LETTER “C” on the survey made by Gilbert & Kelly, Surveyors, dated August 31, 1956, redated May 25, 1968, a copy of which is annexed to act of purchase dated August 29, 1968 passed before Richard A. Hammel, N.P., and according to said survey, said Lot “C” commences at a distance of 60’6”2’” from the corner of General Taylor and Danneel Streets, and measures thence 40’4”2’” front on General Taylor Street, 40’ in width in the rear and front on Constantinople Street, by a depth of 92’1” on the side line toward Danneel Street, and a depth of 97’4”3’” on the opposite side line toward Dryades Street. Improvements thereon bear Municipal Nos. 1928-30 General Taylor Street. An order authorizing Administrator to do so may be issued after seven days from the date of second publication of this notice. An opposition to the application may be filed at any time prior to the issuance of such an order. By Order of the Court, Clerk of Court Scott R. Simmons, L.L.C. Attorney: Scott R. Simmons Louisiana Bar Roll No. 23304 Attorney for Petitioners Address: 1820 St. Charles Ave., Ste. 201 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Telephone: (504) 896-7909 Gambit: 2/4/14 & 2/25/14 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., executed by Joan M. Flot, and dated July 9, 1999, in the principal sum of $42,250.00, bearing interest at the rate of 11.75% percent from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK, executed by ANDERSON BROOKS, SR., and dated July 6, 2004, in the principal sum of $70,099.00, bearing interest at the rate of 6.650% percent from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same, please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 708798379, (225) 756-0373

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE BUSINESS OF DECEDENT WITH RESPECT TO RODRIGUE PROPERTIES, L.L.C. AND TO APPOINT SUCCESSOR MANAGER NOTICE IS GIVEN that the co-exeutors of the succession of George G. Rodrigue, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Case# 2014-0415, seeks authority to continue the business of Rodrigue Properties, L.L.C. and to appoint a successor manager. The Order granting such authority to the co-executors may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of this publication. Dale Atkins, Clerk of Court Civil District Court For the Parish of Orleans Attorney: Robrt E. Rowe Address: 909 Poydras Street, Suite 1250 New Orleans, LA 70112 Telephone: (504) 524-2944 Gambit: 2/4/14 NOTICE TO MANUEL CARONIA AND/OR THE LEGAL SUCCESSOR OF VALERIE ROSS, DECEASED: pursuant to La. Code of Civil Procedure article 803(c), you are summoned to appear and substitute yourself for VALERIE ROSS in the matter of Valerie Ross v. Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc. d/b/a Winn-Dixie, Case No. 671-121, Division C, on the docket of the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, within 60 days of this publication.

NOTICE OF EMERGENCY CLOSING THE APPROACH OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS CREATED HAZARDOUS AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS TO THE NEW ORLEANS AREA; THEREFORE, THE CLERK OF CIVIL DISTRICT COURT’S OFFICE WILL BE OFFICIALLY CLOSED ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 AND WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014. THE CLOSING WAS DONE PURSUANT TO LSA-R.S. 1:55 AND WAS AUTHORIZED IN WRITING BY APPROPRIATE COURT ORDER. PURSUANT TO THIS STATUE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF FILING PLEADINGS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THIS OFFICE, A LEGAL HOLIDAY EXISTED DURING THIS PERIOD OF CLOSURE.

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Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this notice.

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SK SERVICES

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PAINTING/PAPER HANGING Beautiful mahogany chair. Antique. Converts into a buffet table. Must see! Best offer. Call 504-488-4609.

ART/POSTERS ORIGINAL PAINTINGS FOR SALE

By French Quarter artist. $50 ea. Call Don (504) 874-4920.

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4526-28 Banks St. • $499,000 • TOTAL 5BR/4BA

No expense spared! Custom renovation citing architectural details! 4/3 owners unit in hot Mid City location. Original wood moldings, exquisite master bath, custom kitchen, Frigidaire Pro appliances marble, granite, new floors, CA&H. All new electric, plumbing, roof. Camelback addition has Energy Efficient windows. Fully insulated, Ranai Tankless water heaters. New sidewalks, renovated 1/1 rental est $1,300/Mo. $1,500 Landscaping allowance.

OPEN HOUSE Feb 9th • 1-3 7769 Barataria Blvd • $259,000 3Ba/2.5Ba

Impeccably maintained custom built Crown Point family home on just under a full acre. BEAUTIFUL BRICK FACADE! Original owner, home features STAINED WOOD MOLDINGS throughout, WOOD FLOORS, custom kitchen with “terrazzo” style tile inlays, Gas Jenn-Air Cooktop. 900 sf Detached 2 car garage doubles as workshop w/separate storage area with central air/heat and half bath, already plumber for shower. Could be guest house or living area.

3329 Calhoun $329,000

Impeccable 2011 Contemporary Renovation. Designer tile throughout, custom kitchen, oversized cabinets, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, subway tile in baths. Island offered with sale along with all appliances. Ideal floorplan with vaulted ceilings. Spacious corner lot with fenced backyard, walk to neighborhood restaraunts and Tulane University.

For Rent

Amazing 4 bd 3 ba Garden District jewel with BALCONIES OVERLOOKING MAGAZINE ST, ORIGINAL HARDWOOD FLOORS, Central A/H, w/d, shared courtyard and 1 covered pkng spot.

Andrew Severino Investment Specialist Sharpe Realty, LLC 1513 St. Charles Ave. #A New Orleans, LA 70130 504-571-9576 (504) 684-4448

14 Muirfield Dr. LaPlace 4 BR/4.5 BA • $860,000

Upscale Furnished & Unfurnished Apartments! Starting at $1800/month for unfurnished units, and $3000 to $3,600/mo. for furn. Penthouse (as little as $100/day!). • Landscaped Grounds & Seating Areas/Grill • Washer/Dryer • Complimentary Hilton Health Club Membership (includes rooftop pool!) And much, much more!

Exquisite country/city home with room for everything and more. Near Interstate as well as the bustling center of Laplace shopping. Twenty minutes from CBD. Forty minutes from Baton Rouge. A must see in Belle Terre!

LOUISIANA POLO FARMS SOUTH

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3-12 Acre Mini Farms STARTING AT 55K

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985.796.9130

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• 1500 to 2000 Sq. Ft! • 2 Br/2 or 2.5 Bath • Off St. Parking • High Speed Internet • Security Cameras & Alarm • Spacious Closets • Balconies in view!

1105 First St. • $3,000/mo 4BR/3BA

Elizabeth Reiss

Cell: 504-813-1102

Office: 504-891-6400 libbiereiss@yahoo.com

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NOTICE:

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718

UPTOWN - TCHOUPITOULAS B1A NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS 825 SQ FT

$1500/mo. Available Feb 1. Corner location with covered wrap-around sidewalk area, currently McKeown’s Bookstore. The building has all updated electricity, central a/c, ADA compliant bathroom. Water pd. (504) 451-6702.

FOLSOM

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BUSINESSES TRADITIONAL NEW ORLEANS CHARM! 2534 LAHARPE ST. $325,000

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1 BR apt with new granite in kit & bath. King Master w/wall of closets. Kit w/ all built-ins. Laundry on premises. Offst pkg. NO PETS. Avail now. Owner/ agent, $699/mo. 504-236-5776.

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OLD METAIRIE $300 OFF 1st MONTH Sparkling Pool & Bike Path

GARDEN CENTER BUSINESS FOR SALE

3 BR, 2 BA • 2,300 SQ FT. Lovely Camelback near Fairground. Newly renovated, original wood floors, open floor plan for entertainment. Quartz counters, travertine tile, custom cabinets, SSl appls, high celis, & Master suite to die for! Big deck, bigger yard lots of light. 2 separate living areas & 4th room with skylight. This home is waiting for you! Gardner Realtors, 7100 Read Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70127. Office: (504) 242-9500. Santiago Compass (cell: 504 - 9193999, email: scompass@GardnerRealtors.com; Troy Lee (cell: 504 - 473-2771, email: tlee@GardnerRealtors.com),

GENTILLY 6 APTS - GENTILLY BLVD

Near Dillard Univ. Always rented! Rents $3,220 per month. $289,000. For more info call Owner/Agent, 504838-8745

Business of plants, statuary & pottery for sale in Mandeville. Call Alan (504) 428-5868.

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2 br, 1 ba, w&d hkkups, gated, side yard, o/s pkg, central a/heat, $1100 per month. Avail early Feb. If interested Call (504) 485-0133.

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1205 ST CHARLES/$1095

Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/ gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry/3 mo. min. No pets. Avail Now! Call 504442-0573 or 985-871-4324.

2630 AMELIA ST.

1 living rm, 2 br, 2 ba, furn kit, cen a/h, half double, not shotgun. Wood floors, ceiling fans, $750. Call 8913323.

4618 ANNUNCIATION ST.

Near shopping, 2 br, 1 ba, 1/2 dbl, hdwd flrs, furn kit, w/d, a/c&h, fenced front, side & back yd, shed, off st prkg, external security lightning. $1175 • 615-9478.

4402 CANAL ST

Approx. 1000 sq ft.. Upper 1 or 2 BR/1BA w/lots of natural light, hdwd flrs, ceiling fans, hi ceils,. Completely renovated. New wiring, Central A&H. Refrigerator, w&d. Lg closets + generous storage. On streetcar line. $1200/ mo. 1 year lease. Small pets negot. (504) 931-7844

513 S. CORTEZ ST

1/2 shotgun double, 2 BR, living room, furn kit, fans, window units, wood floors, w/d hkups, small yard. $800/ mo. Owner/Agent 504-450-7676.

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333 Julia #508

1/1 w/d in unit. 700 sqft. prkng is $300 $1350 2 / 1.5 Luxfullyfurn.Shorttermrental.Prvtpool. $4,000 1/1 Furn corporate rental in warehouse dist. $1950

1020 Esplanade #201 2/1 renovated FQ apt with parking and pool! $1950 studio Hi Ceils, Renov Kit/Bath, Nice ctyd $1000

526 Madison #2D

1/1 2ndfltastefully-furn,FrenchQtr! w/donsite$1200

1025 Dumaine #3

1/1 Newly renov,w/d,central ac/heat,fireplace. $1200

1025 Dumaine #6

1/1 Newly renov,w/d,central ac/heat,fireplace. $1200

421 Burgundy #1

1/1 Nice size grnd fl just off crtyd. $189,000

FOR SALE 421 Burgundy #3

1/1 Bamboo flrs. exp wood Central HVAC. $189,000

1125 Royal #3

1/1 3rd flr,exp beams,storage! Lush crtyrd $269,000

611 Dauphine B

1/1 townhouse w/ common courtyard $169,900

823 Burgundy #3

2/2 1,600 sqft, brand renov, balcony, $599,000

416 Burgundy #5

1/1 lovely, crtyrd, no pets/low condo fees $149,000

JEFFERSON

729 Dauphine A

1/1 HeartofFQ.Grtfrntporch.Updatedkit/ba$359,000

OLD JEFFERSON 1/2 DBLE

917 Toulouse #11

2BR/1BA, LR, w&d hhkps, CA&H, new hdwd floors. O/S pkng. Near Ochsner. $900/mo, water & gas included. Call (323) 872-6046

New Construction Ready Spring of 2014

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Newly remodeled w/ 3 private br, 1 ba, furn. kit, w/d connections, cent air/ heat, $1150/mo + $1150 deposit. Tenant pays electricity & water. NO PETS. Call (504) 296-1300.

MID CITY DBLE CLOSE TO CITY PARK

2 BR/1.5BA TOWNHOUSE

Large, alarm sys, w&d connections, patio. Water paid. $850 per month + $850 deposit. No pets, no smoking Call (504) 885-1595

1321 Coliseum St. $450,000

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3 bedroom, 2 bath home on Historic Coliseum Square. Off street parking, central air and heat, great entertaining home large front porch and balcony. in an untra convenient Lower Garden District location close to downtown. Approx 3k sq.ft.

Each 1620 square foot condo has 3 bedrooms and 2 ½ baths, offstreet parking and private courtyard. Gourmet Kitchen, wood ﬂoors, large walk in closets

Contact 504-382-7718 for more information

117 S. Hennessey St., $ 329,900 NG

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Move in cond, lots of architectural details, 1st block off Canal, off street pkng for several cars, garage. 2 br, 2 dens, encl porch/sun rm & wood flrs. Must see to appreciate.

Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 28 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

3/2.5 Penthouse condo w/pkng & balcony $999,500

816 Aline

2/2 Uptown single fam house w/offst pkng.$379,500

1224 Royal #5

1/1 BALCONY OVER ROYAL! Recently updated $375,000

COMMERICAL 512 Wilkinson Row Comm NEWPRICE!commcondo.quaintFQst$395,000

3527 Ridgelake Dr., Metairie. Office Space Metairie Luxury Great Location Approx 1,350 usable sq.ft. 2nd floor of 2 story office building. Parking, efficiency kitchen, storage room, mens and womens restrooms, reception area, conference rooms, private office.

Available immediately. 1 year lease $1,700/mo. (504) 957-2360.

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