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CONTENTS

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

June 2, 2015

EDITORIAL

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Volume 36

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Number 22

Editor | KEVIN ALLMAN Managing Editor | KANDACE POWER GRAVES Political Editor | CLANCY DUBOS Arts & Entertainment Editor | WILL COVIELLO Special Sections Editor | MISSY WILKINSON Staff Writer | ALEX WOODWARD Feature Writer | JEANIE RIESS Calendar & Digital Content Coordinator | ANNA GACA Contributing Writers

EAT + DRINK Review ......................................................................23 The Big Cheezy has a meltdown in Mid-City

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

Fork + Center ...........................................................23 All the news that’s fit to eat — and drink 3-Course Interview .............................................25 Tommy Waller, maker of oyster cookware

Intern | CALLIE KITTREDGE

PRODUCTION

Drinks ........................................................................26 Beer Buzz; Wine of the Week

Production Director | DORA SISON Web & Classifieds Designer | MARIA BOUÉ Senior Graphic Designer | LYN VICKNAIR Graphic Designers | PAIGE HINRICHS,

Last Bites ................................................................. 27 5 in Five; Plate Dates; Off the Menu

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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT Feature .....................................................................35 Southern Rep presents Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit

CANINE ADVANTAGE Review: In White God, the mutts shall inherit the earth — or, at least, Budapest

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ON THE COVER Can Anybody Beat David Vitter?........................7 Louisiana’s senior senator is running for governor. Meet his opponents and assess their chances

7 IN SEVEN Seven Things to Do This Week........................... 5 Iceage, Ringo Deathstarr, New Orleans Loving Festival and more

NEWS + VIEWS

Y@Speak + N.O. Comment .....................................7 Overheard in New Orleans’ social media world Scuttlebutt................................................................ 9 From their lips to your ears

C’est What? ...............................................................11 Gambit’s Web poll Bouquets & Brickbats ..........................................11 This week’s heroes and zeroes Commentary............................................................12 Executive orders — and equal pay Blake Pontchartrain.............................................13 The N.O. It All answers your questions

Music .........................................................................36 PREVIEW: Courtney Barnett Film.............................................................................39 REVIEW: White God Art ................................................................................41 REVIEW: Coastal Paintings Stage..........................................................................43 REVIEW: The Color Purple Events .......................................................................45 PREVIEW: Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival Crossword + Sudoku ...........................................54

CLASSIFIEDS Market Place ........................................................... 47 Employment ...........................................................48

HEALTH + WELLNESS Gambit’s Wellness Expo ........................ PULLOUT Your guide to the event at Lakeside Shopping Center June 6

Legal Notices..........................................................49 Picture Perfect Properties................................50 Real Estate Guide..................................................52 Home + Garden .......................................................55

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New Orleans Loving Festival

Fri.-Sun. June 5-13 | The New Orleans Loving Festival, which celebrates multi-ethnicity, kicks off its first weekend with a preview of Mixed Match, a film about the need to find blood and bone marrow donors for mixed-ethnicity patients in need. Visit www. facebook.com/neworleanslovingfestival for details.

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Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival

Sat.-Sun. June 6-7 | The free festival features Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Bonsoir Catin and others. . PAGE 45.

The Growlers

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Charli XCX | British electropop darling Charlotte Aitchison, aka Charli XCX, gained attention on other artists’ hits — Icona Pop’s “I Love It” and Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” — but she finished 2014 with the release of her critically acclaimed Sucker. Charli just announced a summer tour with Jack Antonoff’s project Bleachers. At 7 p.m. at House of Blues.

Mon. June 8 | The Southern California surf punks dub their music beach goth, which encapsulates the band’s brooding and sometimes macabre lyrics and almost-sunny strains of surf rock, country and psychedelia. Broncho opens at 10 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

Iceage

Mon. June 8 | Compared to the Danish post-punk band’s more primal screaming and frenzied You’re Nothing, its latest album, Plowing Into the Field of Love, seems polished and sophisticated, marked by the addition of strings (mandolin, viola). Low Life, Nightland, Mea Culpa and DJ allthecolorsofthedark open at 11:45 p.m. at Siberia.

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Fri. June 5 | On its 2014 album God’s Dream Dream, Austin, Texas trio Ringo Deathstarr builds reverb-heavy, guitar-swirling walls of sound and punches through them with pummeling drums.

New Orleans shoegaze outfit Glish opens at 10 p.m. at Hi-Ho Lounge.

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NEWS +

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knowledge is power New Orleans’ week in Twitter joe cardosi

Can anybody beat David Vitter?

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I would rather wake up & fight Kimbo Slice every day forever in New Orleans than to live peacefully in the Midwest for one year.

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The U.S. senator paints himself as our inevitable next governor, but nothing is certain in Louisiana politics.

Mitch Landrieu @MayorLandrieu

“New Orleans: be unbowed & unbroken & be proud. Our best days are ahead.

We just need to keep going. God bless.” #StateoftheCIty #Katrina10

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Gov. Bobby Jindal @BobbyJindal

(3/5) Let’s be clear; evil and Radical Islam are at fault for the rise of ISIS, and people like Pres. Obama & Hillary Clinton exacerbate it.

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With the exception of one dude who can’t ever show up to work, we’re all not Bobby Jindal.

So stoked on everyone right now.

As the late Louisiana political consultant Jim Carvin used to say, “Every election is a unique event.”

So, who can beat Vitter?

Anybody can — including Vitter himself — but it won’t be easy.

Vitter won’t run out of money, but he could wear out his welcome. One possibility has been rumored for months: another bombshell revelation about his past. If that were a real possibility, however, wouldn’t we have heard something by now?

A new Super PAC called GumboPAC (www.gumbopac.com) recently launched an online attack campaign against Vitter.

The initial installments focused on the sex scandal and, more recently, on Vitter missing the Senate’s historic budget vote last month. GumboPAC promises more, but if the outfit has a bombshell it should have lobbed it by now.

Then there’s Vitter’s likability, or lack thereof. A recent Politico.com story quoted several Republican U.S. Senators dissing him for being all about himself and thus unable to get things done. “Within the chummy confines of the U.S. Senate, Vitter has emerged as one of the most disliked members,” the story said. One GOP senator described Vitter’s tactics as “disingenuous.” A similar story on Salon. com said of Vitter’s campaign for governor, “[J]ust about everyone on Capitol Hill hopes that he wins because they hate him.”

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N.O. COMMENT What you had to say on BestofNewOrleans.com this week

Our story on chain-store development, “Mid-City Metairie?,” drew these comments: I’m so sick of the Metairie-shaming.

It’s really pathetic. There’s an OUTLET mall on the Mississippi River at the center of the country’s most historic port. So come off it NOLA, you’re not some beacon of class. — Kirk Gagnon It isn’t “Metairie shaming” to want to live in an area that has its own identity and more of a neighborhood feel. — lindseyl

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e leads every statewide poll, has racked up more major endorsements and easily has raised more money than all his opponents combined. In the race to be Louisiana’s next governor, U.S. Sen. David Vitter looks like a juggernaut.

Which is precisely how he wants everyone to see him. That aura of invincibility — combined with Vitter’s no-holds-barred political style — represents quite a comeback for a guy who was mired in scandal eight years ago.

Vitter is nothing if not single-minded. Since the dark days of the D.C. Madam prostitution scandal in 2007, he has methodically rebuilt his image and his statewide network to the point that he is the undisputed kingpin of Louisiana’s GOP. Far more than Gov. Bobby Jindal, Vitter has helped elect Republicans to key offices. His hands-on management of Bill Cassidy’s defeat of Mary Landrieu in the U.S. Senate race last fall was his crowning achievement — and the unofficial kickoff of his gubernatorial campaign.

Although many voters have forgiven Vitter’s “serious sin,” he still has enemies galore — in and out of the GOP. He has both the highest “positive” and the highest “negative” voter ratings, and his reputation as an autocratic, vindictive, “my-way-or-thehighway” kind of guy gives many pols the willies at the mere thought of him in the governor’s office.

Combine that with his singular drive and masterful sense of political timing and strategy, and it’s easy to see why so many in the political arena are asking: Can anybody beat Vitter?

The answer, of course, is yes. But which of his announced opponents — Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle or state Rep. John Bel Edwards — is up to the task?

Dardenne and Angelle, like Vitter, are Republicans. Edwards is the lone Democrat (thus far), and recent surveys show him running a strong second — exactly the scenario that Vitter wants in a solidly “red” state.

But Louisiana politics remains full of surprises. For decades early gubernatorial front-runners faded in the stretch as voters opted for late closers — from Edwin Edwards to Buddy Roemer to Mike Foster, all of whom came from the back of the pack to win. Then again, our last two governors — Kathleen Blanco and Bobby Jindal — both started as favorites … and finished that way.

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NEWS VIEWS SCUTTLEBUTT Quote of the week

Bobby and Rand edition

“It’s ironic Gov. Jindal would level such a charge when he flip-flops on crucial issues like Common Core and national security, and he has cratered his own state’s economy and budget. Just last week, Gov. Jindal spoke out in support of Sen. Paul and announced he now opposes the NSA’s illegal and unnecessary domestic bulk data collection, after previously cheerleading for it.” — Doug Stafford, a political advisor to Rand Paul.

“Guys like Bobby Jindal, they make it up every day. They’re day traders. Whatever’s working, they pick it up and throw it at somebody. They don’t have any beliefs.” — Chris Matthews, host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC, commenting on Jindal’s broadside against Paul. Matthews said Paul was “already drawing fire from the clown car” — a clear shot at Jindal.

Tulane speaker series addresses displacement of low-income residents

The night before Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered his State of the City address to highlight New Orleans’ accomplishments 10 years after Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods, a standing-room-only crowd tackled the city’s post-Katrina wave of gentrification. “The Big Issue” speaker series at Tulane University’s Hillel Center — which previously has tackled family violence, sexual assault and other topics — asked how to balance revitalization and the growing influx of newcomers without displacing residents and, in turn, the foundation of the city’s culture.

“Our culture bearers, as I call them — our musicians, our chefs, our hospitality employees — are being priced out of communities they’ve been able to live in for generations,” said New Orleans District B City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell. “There’s a real need to look at these matters. …

But it has to be balanced. It has to be revitalizing communities for all and not just for a few.”

Cantrell, however, said the city’s Neighborhood Housing Investment Fund — which gets nearly $4 million a year from property taxes — is being used for code enforcement efforts that push residents out of housing rather than provide financial assistance to keep low-income residents in housing.

Flozell Daniels Jr., president of Foundation For Louisiana, said the city isn’t able to keep pace with the phenomenon of newcomers to the city.

“People coming into the city — eight, nine, 10,000 a year — we are really struggling to deal with what it means for neighborhoods,” he said. “How do we take that as an opportunity and as a sign of a revitalizing city and recognize it’s harming and diminishing folks who are here?”

Vance Vaucresson said the city and developers haven’t earned the trust of low-income residents, who historically have been left out of rebuilding efforts. Vaucresson warned of developers (and policymakers) pulling the “okey-doke” on low-income residents as “revitalPAGE 11

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“I’ve never known of a situation where a sitting governor would, using state assets, launch any such relative attack. … It’s something new and more outrageous every day.” — Pollster Elliott Stonecipher on Baton Rouge’s Jim Engster Show, discussing Gov. Bobby Jindal’s use of the state website to take a shot at Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for remarks Paul made about the terrorist group ISIS. “Gov. Jindal: Senator Paul Unsuited to Be Commander-in-Chief” was the headline of the press release, which read like a campaign mailer rather than a state document. Paul is seeking the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, while Jindal is still pretending to decide whether he’ll run.

The Louisiana Democratic Party announced it would ask state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to look into what the Dems called “flagrant abuse of power.” On May 29, state Inspector General Stephen B. Street Jr. said the legality was unclear, but “The Governor’s office could have easily avoided such questions by issuing the statement through means that did not involve the use of public funds or employees.”

The ‘G’ word

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SCUTTLEBUTT ization” efforts get underway. He pointed to the Claiborne overpass, which crippled Treme and the Claiborne Avenue corridor when it was built in the 1960s and is now the subject of a “Livable Claiborne Community” discussion to bring people back to the neighborhoods. That, he said, is code for redevelopment, which doesn’t necessarily cater to the residents who lived there.

As for solutions, the panelists said the city and its new residents should be mindful of the choices they make — and the priorities they hold. University of New Orleans professor Renia Ehrenfeucht said residents should ask, “What do my neighbors want?”

“I’m a little surprised by discussions we’re having where I’m hearing comments that people (seem to) care more about dog parks than they do parks for kids,” she said.

“People move to New Orleans for the culture,” Cantrell said. “You don’t change the culture. You become a part of it.” — ALEX WOODWARD

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Yes; should help solve the problem

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No; we need more than a patchwork solution

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: Mayor Mitch Landrieu is giving his yearly State of the City address May 28. How has New Orleans fared under his leadership?

Events scheduled all summer Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered his annual State of the City address May 28 at the Carver Theater in Treme, where he also unveiled the city’s plans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures.

The umbrella title for the event is “Katrina 10: Resilient New Orleans,” (stylized as “K10”) and it features occasional events all summer, leading up to a weeklong commemoration during the last week of August.

Among the big plans: the “RISE Katrina 10 Conference,” staged by the Urban League of Greater New Orleans and the National Urban League July 26 through 29; an Aug. 24 conference titled “The Atlantic Presents New Orleans”; and “New Orleans Honors,” a gala at the Saenger Theater Aug. 28.

Saturday, Aug. 29 will bring several events, including a day of service around the city, along with a “Resilience Festival” in the 9th Ward; a public “celebration of neighborhoods” and a second line at Smoothie King Center; and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hurricane Katrina memorial at the corner of Canal Street and City Park Avenue.

For more information, visit the website: www.katrina10.org.

— KEVIN ALLMAN

Jindal affirms support for medical marijuana

Says he’ll sign weed bill if it hits his desk

In January 2014, Gov. Bobby Jindal said he would be open to supporting medical marijuana in Louisiana “if there is a legitimate medical need” and under “very strict supervision.” Last week, he confirmed his support. Jindal said he plans to sign proposed legislation by state Sen. Fred Mills, R-Breaux Bridge, that provides a comprehensive framework for medical marijuana in the state, from planning the state’s grow site to granting permits for dispensaries (there will be 10 statewide).

Mills attempted to pass a similar measure in 2014, but that bill died

in the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare. This year, Mills’ Senate Bill 143 passed that committee May 4 as well as the full Senate by a vote of 22-13. On May 27, SB 143 sailed through the House Committee on Health and Welfare and awaits final passage in the House before heading to the governor’s desk.

Jindal also said he will support measures from New Orleans legislators Austin Badon and J.P. Morrell that significantly reduce penalties for marijuana possession.

— ALEX WOODWARD

Scuttlebits

All the news that doesn’t fit

• When former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu was defeated by then-Congressman Bill Cassidy last year, POLITICO reported that lobbying firms considered her “a top recruit from Capitol Hill.” Last week, Landrieu announced she was going to be a senior policy advisor at Van Ness Feldman, a lobbying firm with many ties to the energy industry. During her last year in office, Landrieu served as chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources …

• Lobbyist and former U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was indicted last week on federal charges of attempting to evade banking report requirements and lying to the FBI. Hastert, a Republican from Illinois, forever earned the enmity of New Orleanians when he opined — less than a week after Hurricane Katrina and the federal flood — that the city should be “bulldozed” …

• Ed Anderson, who covered local and state politics for more than 30 years at The Times-Picayune, died last week at 67 after what the Associated Press said was a lengthy hospital stay due to cancer and blood clots. The New Orleans native, who received the Press Club of New Orleans’ lifetime achievement award in 2005, was universally admired by his colleagues as well as the politicians he covered. Anderson was axed from the T-P during the “digital transition” in 2012 and went to work for Louisiana Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera. Both chambers of the state Legislature held a minute of silence for Anderson May 28.

— KEVIN ALLMAN

The New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD)

raised $21,070 to support the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross (ARCNO) during NOFD’s Red Cross Month in March. In 2014, NOFD and ARCNO partnered to raise awareness of the importance of smoke alarms, and ARCNO donated more than 1,700 smoke alarms to New Orleans families through the Project: S.A.F.E. and Operation: Save-A-Life initiatives.

Allie Segura

was named a Learning Media Lead Digital Innovator by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Segura, a teacher at St. George’s Episcopal School, is the only Louisiana teacher to receive the honor in 2015. The recognition comes with a three-day trip to Philadelphia to participate in the 2015 PBS Learning Media Digital Summit and the International Society for Technology in Education conference.

Target

donated $10,000 to Warren Easton Charter High School this month during a taping of The Ellen Degeneres Show. Target awarded $1,000 to the school each time actress/producer Sandra Bullock correctly answered a question in a game DeGeneres emceed. Bullock is a longtime supporter of the school and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2012.

Kim Cassell

pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court May 13 to stealing more than $140,000 in federal grant money from Open World Family Services, a defunct nonprofit group that benefited New Orleans students — between 2010 and 2012. Cassell, who was director of the nonprofit, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine and restitution to the U.S. Department of Education. She is set to be sentenced in August.

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COMMENTARY

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The season to prepare

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ast week was Hurricane Preparedness Week. June 1 brings the start of another hurricane season — and bad weather already is here. The last two weeks have seen days of flooding rains (but, thank goodness, nothing like those visited on Houston, Austin and other Texas cities) and even an EF1 tornado in Kenner’s Rivertown.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued its annual hurricane forecast last week at New Orleans City Hall. NOAA says 2015 should be a below-normal year for hurricane activity, which of course is good news.

Here’s the bad news: It only takes one — and that one doesn’t have to be a full hurricane. For some of us, the sight of last week’s floods in Houston was familiar. In 2001, slow-moving Tropical Storm Allison, which formed early in June, dropped 37 inches of rain on Houston, submerging some freeways. By the time Allison got here, the storm dumped 10 inches of rain in less than 12 hours on some communities, causing more floods and an estimated $65 million in damage across Louisiana. Imagine 37 inches of rain in New Orleans.

Now’s the time to get prepared.

Check your supplies — canned goods, manual can opener, fresh batteries, tool kit, medicines, fire extinguisher, pet food and large garbage bags. (Wet wipes in the house and in the car are handy and a phone charger in both locations is smart.)

The rule of thumb for bottled water is 1 gallon per person per day. During hurricane season, it’s a good idea to keep your car fully fueled. Know where you’re going to go if you have to evacuate.

Keep some cash on hand in case credit and debit card networks go down. Pet owners need a supply of food, a carrier and proof of up-to-date vaccinations.

(Never stay during a mandatory evacuation because of your pets. Take them with you.)

And it wouldn’t hurt to put your important

A NASA image of Tropical Storm Allison, which formed in early June 2001. Though it never achieved hurricane status, Allison dropped 37 inches of rain on Houston and inflicted tens of millions of dollars of flood damage upon Louisiana.

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papers and irreplaceable family photos in one place where they’re easy to grab. (Those who didn’t during Katrina regretted it.)

For those who need assistance, the city of New Orleans provides “Evacuspots,” where buses will pick up those who need help. There are 17 Evacuspots across the city, four of which are designed for seniors.

A few notes on that: • Those with special needs or limited mobility that may prevent them from getting to an Evacuspot by themselves should register with the city in advance.

To do so, call 311, or register online at www.nola.gov/ready/health.

• A map of all Evacuspots is available at www.nola.gov/ready/evacuspots/map.

• The city’s emergency preparedness website, www.nola.gov/ready, has helpful advice about hurricane preparation and offers emergency alerts by email, phone or text.

Once you’re prepared, keep a close eye on weather conditions during hurricane season, and make sure everyone in your family knows what to do if a storm is coming. Most of all, if city officials announce an evacuation, be prepared to leave.

— Our partners at WWL-TV will air their annual “Eye on Hurricanes” special at 7 p.m. Monday, June 1. The broadcast also can be viewed at www.wwltv.com. For up-to-the-minute weather news, visit your smartphone’s app store to download the free WWL-TV “Weathercaster” app for mobile devices.

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I was reading a brief biography about my greatgreat-grandfather, which included some information about his education. The bio stated he attended Audubon College and Louisiana College, both in New Orleans. What can you tell me about these two “ain’t dere no more” colleges?

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changed hands several times. Since 1931, it has been the site of the Jesuits’ Manresa House of Retreats.

As for Audubon College, it was founded by teacher Simon Rouen, who came to New Orleans from his native France in 1809.

According to John Smith Kendall’s History of New Orleans, Rouen was a private tutor and principal before founding the college in 1855 at Burgundy and Dumaine streets. The faculty included Rouen’s father-in-law, J.N.B. de Pouilly, who taught drawing classes.

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“Mecom and I must have signed (papers) 100 times,” The Times-Picayune quoted Benson as saying. “But we’re all finished. It is done.”

Benson, then 57, began as an underdog in the bidding process, with the favorite being billionaire businessman A.N. Pritzker. That deal fell through, and state and city tax breaks opened the door for Benson. ThenGov. Edwin Edwards called the whole thing a miracle and added, “I want to predict the next great miracle. The Saints are going to have a winning season this year.” That did not come to pass; the Saints made their first playoff appearance in 1987 (under General Manager Jim Finks, coach Jim Mora and quarterback Bobby Hebert). Fans may remember the Saints owner dancing his famous Benson boogie on the field almost weekly that season.

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Back in the day, the term “college” commonly was used for high schools as well as higher education institutions. Many high schools were chartered as colleges, including the College of the Immaculate Conception (Jesuit High School), St. Isidore’s College (Holy Cross) and most likely the two you ask about.

Louisiana College opened in 1851 on Dauphine Street between Ursulines and Hospital (now Gov. Nicholls) streets. It was founded by educator Louis Dufau, a native of France. An 1852 Times-Picayune advertisement said Dufau’s goal was to “offer to the youth of Louisiana the same resources and advantages as the colleges of the North and of Europe.” The college’s time in the French Quarter was short-lived, however. In 1854, the college moved upriver to Convent in St. James Parish, partly because of a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans, and took over the campus formerly known as Jefferson College. Louisiana College closed in 1856, and the property

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Vitter ignores such talk. His campaign also declined to answer emailed questions for this story.

“The obvious obstacles confronting Vitter are his likability and his prior scandals,” says Kirby Goidel, former LSU pollster and political science professor. Goidel now teaches at Texas A&M but still follows Louisiana politics closely. “For someone not particularly well liked in Washington — or Baton Rouge before that — he has done a good job of managing his image during his campaigns.”

Goidel adds that Vitter’s past sins “loom,” but voters already know about them. “Someone would have to make it a part of a larger campaign narrative,” Goidel says. “Or there has to be new evidence — photos, videos, etc. I don’t think it will be enough just to bring it all up again, as that seems like old news.”

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ne other Vitter weakness is his temper. If someone catches him losing it and records the moment on a smartphone, the video would go viral. For that reason, look for Vitter to follow the campaign strategy he laid out for Cassidy in last year’s U.S. Senate race — he will run a virtual campaign, limiting his in-person appearances to friendly audiences and otherwise communicating solely via TV ads.

Bottom line: Anybody counting on Vitter to beat himself may as well buy a lottery ticket. The odds of winning are about the same.

Right now, the consensus view is that Vitter will face Edwards in the runoff — a scenario that has Vitter licking his chops because it would allow him to use his favorite bogeyman, President Barack Obama, as a straw man opponent once again.

“Louisiana is a tough place for Democrats to win statewide,” says LSU pollster and professor Michael Henderson, research director at LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab. “Mary Landrieu’s win in 2008 was the last time a Democrat won statewide. I can’t say that a Democrat has no chance, but a dispassionate look at recent elections and voting patterns will lead you to say that the odds are going to favor a Republican over a Democrat.”

Edwards feels he can break the Dems’ losing streak in part because of his own impressive resume (he’s a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and former officer in the 82nd Airborne — and the only candidate with a military service record) and in part because of Vitter’s penchant for alienating folks.

Edwards is highly regarded by his peers in the state House of Representatives — including many Republicans. He is seen as a reasonable, thoughtful legislator who is not bound by ideology.

Though a Democrat, he is staunchly pro-gun and pro-life, and has led the fight against many of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s most controversial programs — programs he says Vitter will champion as governor, probably with greater (adverse) effect.

“I can’t say that a Goidel says that message could Democrat has no chance, resonate against Vitter in a runoff. “It’s ironic that Vitter has this rivalry with but a dispassionate Jindal because he’s the most Jindal-like look at recent elections candidate in terms of his approach to politics,” he says. Edwards is the most and voting patterns unlike Jindal, but he also has the hardest will lead you to say that time in a runoff against Vitter.”

Some speculate that after a bruising the odds are going to primary campaign the losing Republicans favor a Republican may be so disaffected with Vitter that they’ll endorse Edwards in the runoff. over a Democrat.”

That happened in 1979, when the losing PROFESSOR MICHAEL HENDERSON, Democrats endorsed Republican Dave RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT Treen over Democrat Louis Lambert. Could LSU’S PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH LAB history repeat itself? It’s possible, but hardly predictable.

There’s also speculation that another Democrat will jump into the race and carve up Edwards’ current lock on that voting bloc. If that happens, Henderson says, “all bets are off. At that point, it’s not hard to imagine a Vitter-Dardenne or Vitter-Angelle runoff.”

Who might that other Democrat be? Two weeks ago, Baton Rouge-area special prosecutor and Southern University Board of Supervisors member Tony Clayton told LaPolitics.com that he is considering a run for governor. Also considering the race is retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who has no party affiliation but leads PAGE 17

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Scott Angelle (R)

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Public Service Commissioner Home: Breaux Bridge Age: 53 Years in public office: 27 Cash on hand: $1.2 million Super PAC name/cash: “Louisiana Rising” / $364,000 Name recognition: 17% Positive/negative rating: 14% / 3% Latest poll numbers, standing: 5%, (currently in fourth place) Strengths: Very good at relationships with colleagues, excellent stump speaker, proven consensus builder, only Cajun in the race (so far) Weaknesses: Relative newcomer to GOP (since October 2010), late start in governor’s race cost him time and money, low name recognition, can be portrayed as too close to Jindal

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Jay Dardenne (R)

Lt. Governor Home: Baton Rouge Age: 61 Years in public office: 27 Cash on hand: $1.9 million Super PAC name/cash: “Now Or Never” / Funds not yet reported Name recognition: 40% Positive/negative rating: 30% / 10% Latest poll numbers, standing: 16%, (currently in third place) Strengths: Likable, relatively low “negatives,” resilient (consistently overcame past attacks for being too “moderate”), proven statewide winner, can appeal to Dems against Vitter without losing moderate GOPs Weaknesses: Will need to shed “nice guy” image to spar with Vitter, still not known well by majority of statewide voters, needs more money and more focused message to elevate profile

John Bel Edwards (D)

State Representative Home: Amite Age: 48 Years in public office: 7 Cash on hand: $894,000 Super PAC name/cash: None reported yet Name recognition: 24% Positive/negative rating: 17% / 7% Latest poll numbers, standing: 24% (currently in second place) Strengths: Respected and liked by colleagues, only major Democrat in race (so far), West Point grad, only candidate with military service record, consistently opposed Gov. Bobby Jindal’s failed policies and budgets, pro-life and pro-gun Dem Weaknesses: Democrat in an increasingly “red” state, underfunded, not well known outside his home parish, geopolitical base (Florida parishes) dominated by GOP, untested as a statewide candidate

David Vitter (R)

U.S. Senator Home: Metairie Age: 54 Years in public office: 23 Cash on hand: $4.2 million Super PAC name/cash: “Fund For Louisiana’s Future:” / $3.5 million Name recognition: 72% Positive/negative rating: 42% / 30% Latest poll numbers: 38% (currently in first place) Strengths: Master political strategist, tireless campaigner, stays focused and on message, lots of name recognition, leads all polls, lots of money and political support, strong statewide organization, strong support from Christian Right Weaknesses: Not liked by colleagues, heavy-handed style (“my way or the highway”), dogged by sex scandal, large “gender gap” among women, bad temper, high name recognition could signal little room to grow, relatively high negatives (30 percent)

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38% Vitter 24% Edwards 16% Dardenne 5% Angelle

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Tony Clayton

“Conservative Democrat” Attorney/prosecutor Southern University Board of Supervisors (past chair) Engaging personality, skilled orator. If he runs, he would cut into John Bel Edwards’ bloc of support among black voters.

Lt. Gen. Russel Honore

No party affiliation Retired U.S. Army leader remains popular for restoring order in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina. Leading environmentalist, very outspoken.

Likewise would cut into Edwards’ support among black voters — and pro-environment voters.

Mitch Landrieu

Democratic Mayor of New Orleans Landrieu was considered a potential candidate but opted not to run. His will be a key endorsement, especially if he opts to back a Republican, as some suggest is the best hope of beating Vitter.

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adding pointedly, “Party affiliation is not the Green Army as an environmental advocate and who remains a hero to my top priority.” many in New Orleans for his calming “If either Angelle or Dardenne makes — and commanding — presence in the the runoff against Vitter, the race days after Hurricane Katrina and the becomes far more interesting,” Goidel federal flood disaster. says. “At that point you begin to wonder Both Clayton and Honore are black, if they can pick up enough Democratic and both, coincidentally, hail from Pointe votes — and maintain enough RepubCoupee Parish. Either would pose a lican votes — to win the election. … significant challenge to Edwards, as There’s no guarantee that Vitter loses in black voters now comprise a majority that scenario. He’s still the favorite.” of registered Democrats in Louisiana.

Both Dardenne and Angelle are seen Moreover, as left-leaning blogger as “moderate” Republicans who could and columnist Bob Mann recently attract Democratic votes against Vitter. wrote in The Dardenne has won Times-Picayune, statewide races for if Democrats secretary of state and really want to “I intend to play a lieutenant governor defeat Vitter, after being attacked role in this election, they should each time for not being consider voting and I will do what I conservative enough. for a moderate He also has a highthink is in the best Republican — a profile GOP backer in suggestion that interest of Louisiana.

Vitter’s backyard — drew the ire of Party affiliation is not Jefferson Parish Sheriff Edwards and his Newell Normand, who followers. my top priority.” endorsed Dardenne a Organizing a year ago.

MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU “strategic voting” Angelle’s potential campaign among base in Acadiana rank-and-file poses another threat Democrats to Vitter. Cajuns are won’t be easy, conservative, but they but if such a “For someone not historically support one campaign gains of their own if given traction — or if a particularly well the chance. Angelle’s black candidate liked in Washington enters the relatively late entry race — it could into the fray, however, — or Baton Rouge propel Dardenne has cost him valuable before that — he has or Angelle into time and fundraising the runoff. done a good job traction. In addition, Another critics portray him as of managing his wrinkle in the “Jindal candidate” image during his Vitter’s cloak of because he worked invincibility is his in Gov. Bobby Jindal’s campaigns.” gender gap. The administration and has FORMER LSU PROFESSOR latest survey been helped in this KIRBY GOIDEL

by Southern race by several former Media and Jindal aides, including Opinion Research former chief of staff (SMOR) shows Timmy Teepell. the senator All of which means Vitter will have with a huge 15-point gap between men ammunition of his own if he faces and women, undoubtedly a lingering a fellow Republican in the runoff — consequence of the prostitution assuming, of course, that Vitter makes scandal. The same poll gives Vitter 16 the runoff himself. percent of the black vote, which history Right now, that seems like a suggests won’t hold up on Election Day. foregone conclusion, but Henderson Despite those wrinkles, Vitter remains notes that nearly three-fourths of the clear frontrunner, in part because Louisiana voters aren’t even paying he gets more than 46 percent of the attention to the governor’s race yet, vote among men statewide. according to LSU’s most recent survey.

“No one is connecting any dots yet, except for the most engaged political dd one more wild card to that mix: junkies,” Henderson says. “That means New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. there’s going to be some fluidity in When he announced he would not all the poll numbers as the campaign run for governor, Landrieu immediately heats up.” upped his game as a power broker. It’s Put another way, this is Louisiana: understood Landrieu won’t back Vitter, Expect the unexpected. but would he consider endorsing a Republican in order to beat Vitter?

— Jeremy Alford of LaPolitics “I intend to play a role in this election, contributed to the reporting and I will do what I think is in the best interest of Louisiana,” Landrieu says, of this story.

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Irma Thomas presented Big Chief Monk Boudreaux with the award for Best Male Performer of 2014.

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lynda Lee Segarra’s Hurray for the Riff Raff was named Entertainer of the Year at the Big Easy Music Awards May 21 at Harrah’s New Orleans, and she collected trophies for Best Female Performer of 2014 and Best Country/Folk Band and Album of the Year for Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Small Town Heroes.

“This album is a love letter to New Orleans, because New Orleans taught me to love music,” Segarra said when she accepted the award. “I came here when I was 17. I didn’t have any money — I had a washboard. Because of the people of New Orleans, I learned how to play music.”

There were awards in more than 20 local music categories, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux was named Male Performer of 2014. Huey “Piano” Smith, the R&B pianist behind the hit “Rockin’ Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu,” received a Lifetime Achievement Award, which was accepted by his daughter. Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne accepted the Business Recognition Award for his music ambassador program, which provides stipends of $1,000 or more to support musicians traveling to perform at out-ofstate events. Dardenne said the program has helped musicians perform in 24 states and nine countries,

from Little Freddie King traveling to the Houston Wine Festival to the Soul Rebels performing in China.

The Big Easy Awards support the Gambit-affiliated Foundation for Entertainment, Development and Education. Big Easy Music Awards sponsors include Gambit, Coleman Adler & Sons, Abita, Sazerac Rye, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly and Evamor.

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John Allen, James Williams Sr., Lynn Williams and Lloyd Fraidieu accepted the Electrifying Crown Seekers’ award for Best Gospel Group/Individual.

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Jose Solorzano, Jose Johannes, Johnny Marcia and Tony Diaz of Rumba Buena accepted the award for Best Latin music.

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BEST TRADITIONAL JAZZ Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses

BEST COUNTRY/FOLK BAND Hurray for the Riff Raff

BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ James Singleton

BEST ZYDECO BAND Lil’ Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers

BEST TRADITIONAL BRASS BAND Young PinStripe Brass Band BEST CONTEMPORARY BRASS BAND The Soul Rebels BEST GOSPEL CHOIR Tyrone Foster and the Arc Singers BEST GOSPEL GROUP/INDIVIDUAL The Electrifying Crown Seekers BEST FUNK BAND Brass-A-Holics BEST RHYTHM AND BLUES Glen David Andrews BEST BLUES Luke Winslow-King BEST RAP/HIP-HOP/BOUNCE 5th Ward Weebie BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL EYEHATEGOD BEST ROCK Brass Bed BEST ROOTS ROCK Tommy Malone

BEST CAJUN BAND Lost Bayou Ramblers BEST LATIN BAND Rumba Buena BEST WORLD MUSIC Chegadao BEST MIXED BAG Sweet Crude BEST EMERGING ARTIST Leyla McCalla BEST ELECTRONICA Quintron & Miss Pussycat BEST DJ Quickie Mart BEST MALE PERFORMER Big Chief Monk Boudreaux BEST FEMALE PERFORMER Alynda Lee Segarra BEST ALBUM OF 2014 Hurray for the Riff Raff Small Town Heroes

Acquelyn Smith-Donsereaux (center) accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of her father, Huey “Piano” Smith, from WWOZ-FM DJ David Kunian and Tipitina’s Foundation’s Mary Von Kurnatowski.

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Alynda Lee Segarra (center) accepted several awards including Best Female Performer and Entertainer of the Year on behalf of Hurray for the Riff Raff. She’s pictured with Jacques Rodrigue, Casey Wayne McAllister, Sam Doores and Mallory Rodrigue.

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Best Rock nominees Royal Teeth performed “Wild” at the Big Easy Music Awards.

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Leyla McCalla won the Best Emerging Artist award.

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Best Rhythm and Blues winner Glen David Andrews closed out the show with a performance of “Bad By Myself.”

DJ Quickie Mart won Best DJ and also presented awards with WWL-TV’s Sheba Turk.

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Best Gospel Group/Individual nominee Kim Che’re performed at the Big Easy Music Awards.

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In the Mac N’ Cheezy, a mound of Adam York serves grilled cheese bacon macaroni and cheese is piled on sandwiches at The Big Cheezy. white bread with thick slices of cheddar and thrown on the grill. The pasta P H O T O BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER is not the Kraft macaroni and cheese variety, but a decadent and smoky what four-cheese combination, and it can be ordered as The Big Cheezy a separate side.

Several sandwiches offer respite from their where heavier counterparts, like the Willie Nelson, 422 1/2 S. Broad St., in which melted Gouda accompanies creamy (504) 302-2598; www. house-roasted red pepper hummus, cucumbers thebigcheezy.com and tomatoes on wheat bread.

The Crazy Old Goat pairs soft goat cheese, when Monterey Jack and a generous amount of applelunch and dinner wood-smoked bacon with grilled green peppers Mon.-Sat. and red pepper jelly. The peppers and jelly help balance the heavier flavors and the result is surhow much prisingly light. inexpensive Several salads provide healthier options to diners looking for an alternative to the cheese what works and carbohydrate formula. The selection runs the Mac N’ Cheezy gamut from traditional (Caesar, Greek) to a take on sandwich, tomaa spring salad featuing mixed greens, blueberries, to-basil soup blackberries, dried cranberries, toasted pecans and goat cheese. what doesn’t The finishing touch is, of course, the tomato basil roast beef debris soup. Made fresh daily, the creamy, tangy soup is sandwich gets available in a cup, bowl or a dipper — just enough soggy quickly for a couple of dunks, which is sure to bring all your check, please childhood memories rushing back. grilled cheese for grown-ups in a Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com casual setting

Chef Adolfo Garcia opened his Central City restaurant Primitivo (1800 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 504-881-1775; www.primitivonola.com) May 26. His menu is built around use of a three-part oven and grill that allows his team to cook in a variety of methods, including roasting, grilling and smoking.

“What we want to serve is real, simple food,” Garcia says. “When we were thinking about what we wanted to do, we thought of how we spend our weekends cooking on the open fire — that’s what we all love to do.”

Garcia also is a partner in Ancora (4508 Freret St., 504-324-1636; www. ancorapizza.com), High Hat Cafe (4500 Freret St., 504-754-1336; www.highhatcafe.com) and the Argentine steakhouse La Boca (870 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-5258205; www.labocasteaks.com). He said his team was looking for something different when it spotted the Central City location.

“Sure, you can go to Magazine Street and pay top dollar at an overcrowded restaurant … but I think there are some areas in New Orleans that are in need of some more options,” he says. “We feel we can be of service to the community and also benefit as business owners at the same time.”

At Primitivo, Garcia is joined by La Boca alum Jared Ralls, as well as Ron Copeland and Nick Martin, another longtime chef at Garcia’s restaurants.

The space has an Old World, industrial chic aesthetic — lightbulbs are encased in copper wire and there are high ceilings and distressed wood and brick walls. The large, open kitchen contains the restaurant’s main attraction: a three-part brick-and-steel oven that includes an open grill, ovens that heat PAGE 24

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here is little that scratches the comfort food itch as well as a grilled cheese sandwich straight off the griddle and a piping-hot bowl of tomato soup.

There is something so soothing and nostalgic about the combination of oozing, melted cheese between two golden slices of bread that several pop-ups and food trucks have jumped on the trend in recent years, hawking gourmet versions of the tried-and-true staple.

Joining the bandwagon is The Big Cheezy, a new restaurant across the street from the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court on the corner of Tulane Avenue and South Broad Street. It’s the first full-fledged restaurant endeavor from chef/owners Adam York and Josh Fogarty, who run the operation along with friends and business partners Thomas Jacobs and Richard Tinney.

The team takes pride in showing off its unwavering affinity for the childhood classic, offering 14 varieties of sandwiches that include myriad combinations of gourmet cheeses, breads and other toppings.

The restaurant has an airy, casual feel and at lunchtime is packed with employees and attorneys from the courthouse. Customers can place a sandwich order in front and take a seat at one of the space’s many wooden tables surrounded by walls painted bright marigold, a nod to the restaurant’s yellow-orange namesake.

While some sandwich aficionados may swear by coating the bread with mayonnaise before it hits the grill, the sandwiches here are a testament to the classic butter veneer: crusts are golden and crispy and not overly greasy.

The restaurant’s signature sandwich, The Big Cheezy, is a towering triple-decker of thick slices of challah filled with six types of cheese: Gouda, Gruyere, pepper Jack, cheddar, mozzarella and Monterey Jack — all vie for attention, but cheddar is the dominating force.

The chefs don’t practice restraint when it comes to the goods, and most options are not for the lactose or gluten averse.

A sandwich named The Juice boasts roast beef debris soaked with gravy piled onto sourdough bread with thick slices of cheddar and pepper Jack cheeses. Grilled green peppers add a nice crunch and freshness to the medley, but the number and type of components make the sandwich soggy quickly, and it is not the best takeout option.

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at different temperatures and a six-burner stove. Food is cooked over hot coals and wood on the open grill, and oven compartments include separate chambers for roasting and smoking.

The menu will change depending on available meat and produce. There will be days when whole hogs are the focus and others when roasted chickens and steaks will be center stage, Garcia says.

Starters and small plates include field pea hummus with smoked mackerel, crudites and croutons and duck wing confit with spicy wing sauce and sunflower seeds. A section of dishes titled “from the hearth” includes braised pork cheeks, smoked pork butt and dumplings in carbonara sauce and five-hour smoked beef coulotte. Larger plates meant to share include a bone-in, coalgrilled 24-ounce rib-eye with bone marrow butter and smoked potato salad, and whole roasted chicken served with cornbread salad, tomatoes and greens.

Primitivo serves dinner Tuesday through Saturday. Plans to add lunch are in the works, Garcia says. — HELEN FREUND

Space invaders

Ursa Major (611 O’Keefe Ave., 504-309-8765; www.ursamajortickets.com), a new restaurant where the zodiac and all things celestial reign supreme, was scheduled to open for dinner May 30 (after Gambit went to press).

The restaurant is located inside The Paramount, part of the South Market District (www.southmarketdistrict.com) development, and is named for the “big bear” constellation. It is the second venture for Kevin Farrell and Nick Vivion, who run the street food-themed eatery Booty’s Street Food (800 Louisa St., 504-266-2887; www.bootysnola.com) in Bywater.

Ursa Major’s celestial theme expands beyond artwork and decor, influencing everything from the dinner menu to a cocktail list inspired by the zodiac.

Chef Daniel Volponi says his eclectic global menu takes cues from cultures with strong ties to star gazing. The cuisines of Peru, Greece, Korea, Egypt, Japan and China are all featured prominently.

Volponi worked at the now-closed RioMar and recently traveled to Bolivia, where he spent time cooking at Gustu, the acclaimed restaurant from Claus Meyer, a veteran of Copenhagen’s renonwned Noma.

“To see the rest of the world and then to cook the rest of the world’s food has been my passion in recent years,” Volponi says. “I think this town is very much ready for those foods that are underrepresented.”

Moroccan fish comes with shredded carrot salad and harrissa, a Tunisian spice paste. Eggplant pakoras are served with spicy, sweet-and-sour mango relish. Shrimp dan dan noodles are served with XO sauce, Sichuan peppercorns and chili oil.

For a larger plate, Bedouin-style Two Run Farms leg of lamb comes with cinnamon-cardamom rice, preserved citrus, kasundi — a type of Indian relish — green beans in fermented mustard and viili yogurt. Bone-in duck is served with chili-garlic broth, simmered greens, fresh cow’s cheese, blanched almonds, olives and raisins.

Booty alum Wyatt Lowery takes inspiration from astrology for the bar program. A drink menu inspired by Gemini will be offered until June 21. It includes The Twins: Luke and Leia, which actually consists of two gin cocktails made separately — both featuring orange and juniper, ingredients said to benefit those born under the sign of Gemini. The cocktail menu will change monthly with zodiac signs, Lowrey says, and several drinks will be available on tap.

Dinner is served daily and brunch and lunch are imminent. Reservations can be made through an online ticketing system; patrons purchase $20 “tickets” instead of reservations, and that sum will be applied to the price of the meal. — HELEN FREUND

Top shelf

Drinks writer David Wondrich compiles Esquire’s annual list of the best bars in America, and the 2015 edition was released last week. Among the 15 bars on the list is Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 (321 N. Peters St., 504-6093811; www.latitude29nola.com), the French Quarter tiki lounge and restaurant opened by Jeff “Beachbum” Berry and wife Annene Kaye. The bar features Berry’s versions of tiki classics, which he’s compiled in several cocktail books, including Beachbum Berry’s Sippin’ Safari and Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log. Wondrich credits Berry with launching the current tiki revival in 1998 and says, “Latitude 29 isn’t the fanciest or most eye-popping Tiki bar out there, but damned if the drinks aren’t the best of their kind.” — WILL COVIELLO

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Tommy Waller Cookware maker

Brothers Adam and Tommy Waller started their company The Oyster Bed (www.theoysterbed.com) in late 2014 after launching Louisiana’s highest-earning Kickstarter campaign, which raised nearly $80,000 in 60 days. Their cookware is designed to cook oysters without their shells, which is meant to promote environmental awareness and help prevent coastal erosion by encouraging consumers to purchase pre-shucked oysters, thus allowing the return of shells to the estuaries to build oyster beds. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Major Tommy Waller spoke with Gambit about how he and his brother came up with their idea and how it works.

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Adam (left) and Tommy Waller opened The Oyster Bed.

How did you get interested in coastal restoration?

W: This is really a lot bigger than just cookware. We’re losing a football field of our coast every hour in Louisiana, but oysters are just fabulous for our ecosystem: They’re coastal erosion barriers. Coastal erosion is slowed down by the addition of oyster beds; they’re going to hold that land there much longer.

When we had settled on our idea, we started going to the Louisiana [Department of Wildlife and Fisheries] Oyster Task Force meetings and we started talking to biologists, conservationists, oyster fishermen. To create an oyster reef, fishermen will create what’s called a substrate, which ideally, is a natural oyster shell, but often it’s limestone or crushed concrete. They’re just building up a foundation for the oysters to attach to.

Oyster companies, like P&J [Oyster Company], when they shuck the oysters they keep the shells and then they give them back to the fishermen who use them to create beds. So for the consumer to cook and eat pre-shucked oysters, it really allows the shells to be returned to the oyster beds.

We have some of the best seafood in the world, but I don’t know if a lot people realize the importance of that coastal environment. … [W]e try to take every chance to remind folks of that.

How does your product work for the home cook?

W: You can place the pre-shucked oyster — or anything else you want to cook — into the well. There are individual cooking wells for each oyster — each well can hold 15 milliliters of fluid — and the rest drains out into a channel and then into a reservoir — all that extra fluid drains ... and doesn’t make whatever you’re cooking soggy. And juices that collect in the reservoir? That becomes a fight at the table with some French bread; it comes out of the oven like the best soup you’ve ever had. — HELEN FREUND

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How did you come up with the idea for The Oyster Bed? Tommy Waller: It all originated with a little family tradition we have. Every time I deploy for the Marines, we always get a sack of oysters and we gather at the table and shuck them together. But we realized it was a lot of work to shuck them (and) get them off the grill — they’re tipping everywhere, spilling everywhere. When oysters cook, they render a lot of fluid, and that can make them soggy. But if they’re cooked in the right-shaped shell, they’re perfect and taste great. So we started thinking about creating a platter that would fit just the right amount of fluid and started throwing around ideas.

Adam (who works as a physical therapist) is the idea man. While I was deployed to Africa, he went and took a pottery class and started messing with the clay and figured out the design. He did a lot of research looking at all the plates from a century ago.

It took us over a year to figure out exactly what type of material to use. We went through a lot of metals until we found this company, Wilton Armetale, and it’s an extraordinary cooking material. You can get it up to 1,000 degrees and it’s incredibly light.

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For the last 30 years, WYES held its fundraising beer event in June, but last year the station announced it was discontinuing the event for financial reasons. Fortunately for local beer enthusiasts, there’s another event to fill the void. The New New Orleans International Beer Orleans International Beer Festival is at Festival will be held in ChampiChampions Square from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. ons Square.

Saturday, June 6. There will be more than 150 beers to sample, as well as a cornhole tournament, a silent disco, live music and a Mixology Garden that will feature Guinness beers mixed with other beers to create new flavors.

Boston Beer Company presents Samuel Adams Brew University, which will have three sessions: Round of Rebels, a tasting of the brewery’s new Rebel line of IPA beers; Kosmic Mother Funk, featuring the brewery’s barrel-aged beers; and Long Shot, which will highlight Samuel Adams’ longstanding national homebrew competition and provide samples of previous winners.

Several local breweries are participating in the festival, including Gnarly Barley from Hammond, Mudbug Brewery of Thibodaux and Chandeleur Brewing Company of Gulfport, Mississippi.

“I’m just looking forward to getting to be at another festival,” says Mudbug head brewer Leith Adams. “[I] haven’t poured at one since WYES 2013.” He notes that the brewery’s King Cake Ale will be served along with other flagship brews.

Visiting brewers new to the market include Oskar Blues Brewery from Colorado and Lagunitas Brewing Company of California.

Tickets are $40 and include unlimited 2-ounce pours. VIP tickets are $75 and include early admission and access to the VIP area, which offers food and a dozen beers not available to regular ticket holders. Designated driver tickets are $20 and VIP designated driver tickets are $30; neither includes beer samples.

— NORA McGUNNIGLE Email Nora McGunnigle at nora@nolabeerblog.com

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Among Spain’s most important wine-producing regions, Navarre is just north of Rioja in mountainous northern Spain — east of Basque country and straddling the Pyrenees. Navarre’s diverse geography and varied climate help produce high-quality wines. Juan Carlos Lopez de Lacalle, owner/vintner of Bodegas Artadi, which makes Artazuri, arrived in the area in the 1990s and has reinvigorated winemaking there. He purchased a few of the ancient vineyard blocks around Artazu and planted cuttings from older vines in the alluvial, brown limestone and clay-calcareous soils of vineyards at 1,600 feet above sea level. Vinification occurs in open vats with 48 hours of cold maceration followed by fermentation over 12 to 14 days. The wine is racked to 500-liter French oak barrels for four months of aging. In the glass, it exhibits aromas of fresh red and black berries and subtle oak notes. On the palate, taste strawberry, cherry and plum with modest tannins and restrained acidity. Decant 20 minutes before serving. Drink it with braised short ribs, stuffed bell peppers, lamb stew, coq au vin, burgers, cheeses and roasted vegetables. Buy it at: W.I.N.O. Shop.

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White Burgundy tasting

7 p.m. Wednesday St. James Cheese Company, 5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737

www.stjamescheese.com The tasting features an array of French cheeses and classic white wines from Burgundy: Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, Chablis and Macon. There also is charcuterie from Cleaver & Co. and bread from Bellegarde Bakery. Reservations required.

Tickets $45.

French American Chamber of Commerce Summer Wine Festival 8 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturday The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 522-9200

www.facc-gc.com The event features French and American wines, French beers and spirits, absinthe and food from local restaurants including Cafe Degas, Chateau du Lac, Flaming Torch, Redemption and many more. Entertainment includes the Norbert Slama Trio with John Rankin, violinist Neti Vaan and others. Tickets $55 in advance; $45 for French American Chamber of Commerce members; $40 for students; $75 at the door.

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3 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday Messina’s at the Terminal, New Orleans Lakefront Airport, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300

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The salty tears of seasoned Yelpers “‘Stop with the pretentiousness and just put some salt and pepper shakers on the table like normal restaurants do.’ By all means: Go to normal restaurants.”

— Chef John Besh reading and reacting to a negative online review as part of an Eater.com feature titled “Real Chefs Read Yelp Reviews.”

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Five places to get mole

1 Arana

3242 Magazine St., (504) 894-1233 www.facebook.com/arananola

Smoked chicken tacos are smothered in rich mole and garnished with sour cream and pumpkin seeds.

2 Canal Street Bistro

3903 Canal St., (504) 482-1225 www.canalstreetbistro.com

Grilled quail is served with red or black mole, cactus salad and esquites, a Mexican corn salad.

3 Casa Borrega

1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654 www.casaborrega.com

Dense, dark mole accompanies shredded chicken in tacos and coats chicken enchiladas garnished with onions and sesame seeds.

4 Del Fuego Taqueria

4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797 www.delfuegotaqueria.com

Roasted duck enchiladas are topped with dark mole and served with refried pinto beans and rice.

5 Taqueria Guerrero

208 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 484-6959 Mole is an optional addition to braised chicken or cheese-covered enchiladas served with rice, beans and tortillas.

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www.wyes.org/events/chocolate-sunday The chocolate and dessert tasting fundraiser features sweets from Blue Frog Chocolates, Crepes a la Cart, NOLA Snow Snowballs, The Kupcake Factory, The Roosevelt New Orleans, Upper Nine Doughnut Company and others. Tickets $35 in advance, $40 at the door. VIP early admission costs $50, available in advance only.

Call (504) 486-5511 or visit the website for tickets.

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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.

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Colonial Bowling Lanes — 6601 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, (504) 737-2400; www.colonialbowling.net — The kitchen serves breakfast in the morning and a lunch and dinner menu of sandwiches, burgers, chicken wings and tenders, pizza, quesdaillas and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino. com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites and dishes from a variety of cuisines.

No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn. com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

BAR & GRILL

Ale — 8124 Oak St.; (504) 324-6558; www.aleonoak.com — The Mexican Coke-braised brisket sandwich comes with coleslaw and roasted garlic aioli. Reservations accepted for large parties. Late-lunch Fri., dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www. nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — The menu of American favorites includes a burger, an oyster po-boy, a cobb salad, spaghetti and meatballs, fried chicken, Gulf fish and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 3029357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-ounce Bayou burger served on a sesame bunNo reservations.

Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www. downthehatchnola.com — 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. $

Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves chips with salsa and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill.com — The sports bar offers burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, steaks and a noshing items. 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 and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www. warehousegrille.com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BURGERS

Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar. com — This burger specialist’s patty options include beef, bison, shrimp and veggie. 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. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Dis & Dem — 2540 Banks St., (504) 909-0458; www.disanddem.com — The Bienville Street slider is a burger BLT topped with ranch dressing. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys. com — Burgers have topping options like cheese, bacon, grilled onions or mushrooms, jalapenos, hot sauce and barbecue sauce.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. 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. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret.com — Ca-

sual dining options include burgers, sandwiches and half and whole muffuletta rounds and daily lunch specials. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www. cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette and other dishes. 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. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco. com — The small menu features salads, panini and cheese and charcuterie plates. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — Students in the workforce development program prepare traditional and creative versions of local favorites. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN

Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www. daisydukesrestaurant.com — The seafood omelet contains crawfish, shrimp, tomatoes and mushrooms and is topped with cheese. Delivery available from Carondelet Street location. No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours.

West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CHINESE

Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www. fivehappiness.com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT

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

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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.

Reservations recommended.

Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www. thedelachaise.com — The bar offers a large selection of wines by the glass and full restaurant menu. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Fulton Alley — 600 Fulton St., (504) 208-5569; www.fultonalley.com — The kitchen at this upscale bowling alley offers Southern-influenced cuisine. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$ The Tasting Room — 1906 Magazine St., (504) 581-3880; www.ttrneworleans.com — The menu features entrees including a petit filet with Gorgonzola cream sauce and asparagus. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit Cards. $$

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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.No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www.mardigraszone. com — The 24-hour grocery has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven.

No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

GOURMET TO GO

Breaux Mart — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, (504) 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504)

885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, (504) 737-8146; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” and weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

INDIAN

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

INTERNATIONAL

Canal Street Bistro — 3903 Canal St., (504) 482-1225; www. canalstreetbistro.com — Duck enchiladas feature corn tortillas filled with duck confit topped with red mole or chipotle-tomatillo sauce and served with black beans.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Fri., dinner Wed.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

ITALIAN

Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 8348583; www.andreasrestaurant. com — Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca. Reservations accepted.

Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna and seafood dishes.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines old world Italian favorites and pizza.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 8852984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Creamy corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread bowl. Reservations accepted.

Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE

Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads.

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. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri.,

Boozy Bourbon

Brunch Every Saturday starting at 11am Three courses paired with cocktails for $35!

144 Bourbon Street

504.522.0111

www.bourbonhouse.com

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Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www. antoines.com — Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www.bistroorleansmetairie.com — Popular dishes include oyster and artichoke soup, char-grilled oysters and catfish. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovative takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing and classics such as its signature bananas Foster. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/ cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. 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.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 6444992; www.memesbarandgrille.com — MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www.messinasterminal. com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features Gulf shrimp, Lake Pontchartrain crabmeat, crawfish, fresh herbs and angel hair pasta.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans. com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Tableau’s updated Creole cuisine includes bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken.

No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro. com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, sushi, hibachi dishes, teriyaki and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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La Macarena Pupuseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 8625252; www.pupusasneworleans. com — The NOLA Special breakfast burrito is stuffed with hot sausage, organic eggs, refried black beans, hash browns and American cheese.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$

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Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www. dickandjennys.com — Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus.

Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans. com — A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Marti’s — 1041 Dumaine St., (504) 522-5478; www.martisnola. com — This brasserie serves traditional French and contemporary Louisiana cooking. Reservations accepted. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ 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.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Redemption — 3835 Iberville St., (504) 309-3570; www. redemption-nola.com — Duck cassoulet includes roasted duck breast, duck confit and Terranova Italian sausage topped with foie gras. Reservations recommended.

Dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — “Death

by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a rouxbased gumbo on top. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. 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.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates and appetizers and salads from neighboring Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EASTERN

Attiki Bar & Grill — 230 Decatur St., (504) 587-3756 — Grilled filet mignon is topped with creamy mushroom sauce and served with two sides. Reservations accepted.

Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www.monascafeanddeli. com — These casual cafes serve entrees including beef or chicken shawarma, kebabs, gyro plates, lamb chops and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine including sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN

Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www. facebook.com/casaborrega — Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — The eatery is known for its bean dip and spinach and artichoke quesadillas.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Coyote Blues — 4860 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 301-3848; www.coyotebluesfreshmex.com — The churrascaria platter features marinated beef, chicken, jumbo shrimp, jalapeno sausage, peppers and onions and comes with chipotle cream sauce, chimichurri, mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Del Fuego Taqueria — 4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797; www. delfuegotaqueria.com — Tostadas con pescada ahumada features achiote-smoked Gulf fish over corn tostadas with refried black beans, cabbage and cilantro-lime mayonesa. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and

spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD

The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Fiske’s Martini Bar and Restaurant — 301 Dauphine St., (504) 586-0972 — This French Quarter hideaway is is known for its martini menu. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris.

No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 265-0050; www.liveoakcafenola. com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros with corn tortillas, black beans, fried eggs, ranchero sauce, salsa and Cotija cheese. There’s live acoustic music daily. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www. marketcafenola.com — Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

NEIGHBORHOOD

biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks. com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb. com — 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. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant. com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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.

There also are salads, burgers

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Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS

Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — 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. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www. libertycheesesteaks.com — The Original is a Philly-style cheesesteak filled with chopped New York strip steak, caramelized onions and melted provolone. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop — 3454 Magazine St., (504) 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com — The Peacemaker layers fried local oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese on Leidenheimer French bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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SEAFOOD

Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www. basinseafoodnola.com — The menu includes grilled whole fish, royal red shrimp with garlic butter and crab and crawfish beignets with remoulade. Char-broiled oysters are topped with garlic butter and Parmesan.

Reservations accepted.Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 2842898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www.halfshellneworleans. com — The Bayou Boogaloo breakfast features a three-egg omelet with sauteed shrimp and crawfish with fried oysters and shrimp sauce on top. Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped char-grilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations.

Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www. mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill. com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

STEAKHOUSE

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

TAPAS/SPANISH

Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — Mushroom manchego toast is a favorite here.

Hot and cold tapas dishes range from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe.com — Grilled avocado salad is served with crispy onions and Mahon cheese in Portuguese chestnut-vanilla vinaigrette. Wild mushroom ravioli are served with Madeira and goat cheese creme. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat, late night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

VEGETARIAN

Good Karma Cafe — Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St., (504) 401-4698; www.swanriveryoga. com — The Malaysian curry bowl features vegetables and soy protein over brown or basmati rice. The Good Karma plate includes a selection of Asian and Indian vegetables, a cup of soup, salad with almond dressing and brown or basmati rice. The cafe serves free trade and organic coffee. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Sat. Credit cards. $$ Seed — 1330 Prytania St., (504) 302-2599; www.seedyourhealth. com — Seed uses local, organic ingredients in its eclectic global menu, including soups, salads, nachos, sandwiches and more.

Raw pad thai features shredded cucumber, carrots, peppers, jicama, bean sprouts and peanuts in house-made marinade. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

VIETNAMESE

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

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter and served over angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 483-6464; www.gspizza.com — The NOLA Greenroots pie features house-made sauce, mozzarella, black olives, mushrooms, onions, organic spinach, bell peppers, roasted red peppers, artichokes and roasted garlic. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — The pizzeria serves thin-crust pies topped with many local ingredients, including Chisesi ham and sausage from Terranova Brothers. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria. com — 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. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 8854572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 8975413; www.traceysnola.com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo, soups, salads and more. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Motor City madness Southern Rep presents Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit.

By Brad Rhines

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“I think it so accurately and deftly taps into what is so hysterically funny about our modern world, and how the things that we choose to make important today — like things and houses and stuff — are really meaningless,” says Aimee Hayes, the play’s director and Southern Rep’s artistic director.

At Ashe, Hayes worked with scene designer Martin Andrew to recreate the couples’ suburban backyards, and front row seats are planted in the grass on both sides of the lawn. To immerse audiences in the cramped suburban experience, the 90-minute show runs without an intermission.

“For me, being in suburbia is suffocating,” Hayes says. “It makes me anxious; I feel so uncomfortable, and I think that is what we are trying to communicate. There’s no distance between us and them.”

D’Amour says her experiences growing up in New Orleans led her to seek inspiration in the people and places across America that other writers sometimes overlook. Her latest work, Airline Highway, follows the exploits of a group of downtrodden residents in a seedy New Orleans area motel. The show is currently running on Broadway and was nominated recently for four Tony Awards. D’Amour and frequent collaborator Katie Pearl also are working on a project called “Milton” that involves traveling to five small towns in America, all named Milton, where they engage with the locals to

create performances based on their stories.

Mike Harkins, Laura Friedmann, This fall, D’Amour and Joshua Mark Sienkiewicz and Jessica Pearl are planning to revive Podewell star in Detroit. their art installation and P H OTO BY J O HN B A RR O I S performance piece How to Build a Forest at the Detroit Contemporary Arts Center, JUNE where a team of artists will 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; create and destroy a dream3 p.m. Sun. like indoor forest. The work (previews June 3-5) is meant to call attention Ashe Power House to the fragile nature of the Louisiana landscape.

1731 Baronne St. Despite her success in New (504) 569-9070 York and beyond, D’Amour still calls New Orleans home, and www.southernrep.com she remains active in the local Call (504) 522-6545 theater scene. for reservations “I’ve always sat a little bit on the periphery from writers who write dinner party plays about New York City,” D’Amour says. “I think there’s this whole cross section of America that just wants to be seen, that isn’t being represented in the mainstream. I’m interested in voices that aren’t usually heard.”

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n Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit, a backyard barbecue with new neighbors escalates into an outrageous series of drunken mishaps and questionable choices. At a recent rehearsal, the physical demands on the actors were apparent as they crawled across floors and climbed on ragged furniture. In the play, they get caught up in violent arguments and amorous embraces as they watch the world fall apart around them, and any of the scene’s initial stereotypes of suburban malaise get shattered beyond recognition.

“I like to think of Detroit as a balance of realism and dream life — characters whose lives have been pushed to the point where nothing seems normal anymore,” says playwright D’Amour. “The anxiety and the desire to bust out of yourself becomes so strong that something mystical happens.”

Southern Rep’s production of D’Amour’s breakout play opens this week at the Ashe Power House Theater. D’Amour, a New Orleans native, developed Detroit at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre in 2010. The play was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and, after moving to New York in 2012, earned D’Amour an Obie Award for Best New American Play.

Detroit tells the story of two couples living on the outskirts of a dying city and trying to navigate the effects of the economic downturn. Mild-mannered homeowners Ben (Mike Harkins) and Mary (Jessica Podewell) are jarred from the comfort of their suburban lives when Ben is laid off from his job as a loan officer at a bank. Kenny (Joshua Mark Sienkiewicz) and Sharon (Laura Friedmann), who are fresh out of rehab and trying to make ends meet, recently took over the vacant house next door. In a neighborhood development that prefers privacy fences to picket fences, the two couples overcome their isolation to form an unlikely bond, since each couple sees in the other an alternate vision of themselves. Kenny and Sharon see an opportunity to settle down, start over and finally get things right. Ben and Mary want to reject the conventions of polite society and embrace the present instead of worrying about the future.

Despite the show’s title, D’Amour says Detroit isn’t necessarily set in Detroit. The setting is actually ambiguous, and the play could be set in the first-ring suburb of any major American city. The title, she says, refers to an idea — the collapse of American industry and the fading notion of the American dream — that many people associate with the city of Detroit. Within that collapse exists the possibility, however slim, of renewal.

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Siberia — G.B.H, Total Chaos, Medically Separated, Short Leash, 9

Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10

Snug Harbor — Tom McDermott & James Evans Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10 Tasseology — Alexandra Scott, 6:30

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Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8 & 10 Recovery Room Bar & Grill — Oscar & the Blues Cats, 8:30 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Tony Seville, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Joe Krown, 8 Siberia — Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Direct Attack, Shock Patina, 9 Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra feat. Delfeayo Marsalis, 8 & 10

Cafe Negril — The Mumbles, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30

21st Amendment — Jeff Greenberg’s Charming Lil’ Quartet, 8

Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; Baby Whiskey, 11

Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30; Dre, 6:30; TW Quartet, 10:30

Spotted Cat — Chris Christy, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10

Circle Bar — Laura Dyer Jazz Trio, 6; John Moreland, 10

Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30

The Civic Theatre — Rob Zombie, 9

Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat. Giselle Anguizola, 2; Roamin’ Jasmine Trio, 6:30; Troy Turner Band, 10

THURSDAY 4

d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 DMac’s — Chip Wilson, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Gasa Gasa — Progression Music Series feat. The Fake Carls, King Mulhacen, Mikayla, 9 House of Blues — Last Honky Tonk Train to Clarksville feat.

Craig Gerdes, Brigitte London, Kyle Wilson, Jill Kinsey, Moondawg Hall and others, 7 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 The Maison — The Roamin’ Jasmine, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6; Chance Bushman & Friends, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Old Point Bar — Isla Nola, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall-Stars feat.

Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 Richard Fiske’s Martini

Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski, 8 Bourbon O Bar — Eudora Evans, 8 Cafe Negril — The Melataun, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Jon Kasner & the Hatchet Boys, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — John Rankin, 5:30; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8 Circle Bar — Mike True, 6; Them Are Us Too, 10 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 DMac’s — Johnny Angel & Helldorado, 8

21st Amendment — New Orleans Swingin’ Gypsies, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 8 Apple Barrel — Hilary Johnson, 6:30; Big Soul, 10:30 B Mac’s — Trumpet Black benefit album release feat. Crescent City All Stars & James Andrews, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., New Breed Brass Band, Baby Boys Brass Band, Andrews Family Band, 5 Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Loose Marbles, 2; The Messy Cookers, 6:30; John Lisi Band, 10 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 BMC — Water Seed, 11 Bombay Club — Steve Pistorius Duo, 8 Bourbon O Bar — Eudora Evans, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Tom McDermott & Alexandra Scott, 8

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Leah Rucker, 9

Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 9:30

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10

Circle Bar — Bionica, The Kirk

Checkpoint Charlie — Johnny Azari, 7; Mike Darby, 11

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Courtney Barnett Nasty, 10 City Park Botanical Garden — Thursdays at Twilight: Creole String Beans, 6 d.b.a. — Mississippi Rail Company, 10 DMac’s — Simple Sound Retreat, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — George French Trio, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Bayou Saints, 7 Gasa Gasa — Blind Texas Marlin, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels Brass Band, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Alexandra Scott, 5; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 8 The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; Sweet Substitute Jazz Band, 7; Rue Fiya, 10 Oak — Miles Cabecerious, 8 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Ogden After Hours: Cardinal Sons, 6 Old Point Bar — Morning Call, 8 Old U.S. Mint — Andrew Wolf, 2 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders, 8

Bamboula’s — Chance Bushmen’s Rhythm Stompers, 2; Sweet Deluxe Electric Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — The Ghostwood, Name Calling, Thieves, Closet Drama, 9 Bar Redux — Good Children, 8 Blue Nile — Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 10 BMC — Big Al & the Heavyweights, 6 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 7; Scott Meyers & Os Batutas, 9:30 Bourbon O Bar — Eudora Evans, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — John Roniger, 5; Swamp Kitchen (Fats Waller, Slim Gaillard & Fats Domino tribute), 8; Clint Johnson, 11 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott, 6; Higher Heights Reggae Band, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — Chasing Jonah, 4; Pastor Stone & the Prophet of Blues, 7; Captain Ivory Robb, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Butch Hancock & Rory Hancock, Twin Engine, 9 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 6; Stephen Elmore, 10 d.b.a. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Colin Lake, 10

Sometimes Courtney Barnett sits and thinks, and sometimes she just sits. On her debut album, sometimes you think she’s longing (“At the end of the day it’s a pain that I keep seeing your name …”), and sometimes you’d be wrong (“… but I’m sure it’s a bore being you”).

Replace Lena Dunham’s insufferable self-centering Courtney Barnett JUN with a Siddhartha-like search for 10 p.m. Sunday where the sidewalk ends, set it One Eyed Jacks, to revved-up rocks-offing and 615 Toulouse St. dreamy slide-guitar slow dancing, deliver it in stoned deadpan (504) 569-8361 Melbournese that refuses to www.oneeyedjacks.net color within the lines or obey any arbitrary measure or two-leftfeet meter (“Breakfast on the run again, he’s well aware / He’s dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere”), and you’re just about there.

Cut those askew character observations with the most acerbic sweetness imaginable and a mere whisper of sadness (“Depreston,” suburban house hunting-turned-history mining), and the rest is revealed: Barnett’s a savant, but she’s no idiot. To those who would peg her as a shrugging slacker, there’s a fireproof Millennial burn — “We don’t have to be around all these coffee shops / Now we’ve got that percolator / Never made a latte greater” — punctuated by a throwaway punch line: “I’m savin’ $23 a week.” Chastity Belt and Darren Hanlon open. Tickets $14. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

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Little Gem Saloon — Jon Roniger, 5; Nayo Jones, 8 The Maison — The Roamin’ Jasmine, 4; Messy Cookers, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, Street Legends Brass Band, 10; Street Legends Brass Band, midnight

DMac’s — Vince Marini, 7; Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues, 9

Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Ellen Smith, 7

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Panorama Jazz Band, 10

Rivershack Tavern — Christian Serpas & Geo Neyrey, 8

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Up Up We Go, 7

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Geno Delafose, 8:30

Legends Encore — The Strays, 10

Siberia — Alien Knife Fight, Stellatone, 35 PSI, 9

Gasa Gasa — Pigpen Theatre Co., You Won’t, 9

Snug Harbor — Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet, 8 & 10

Golden Lantern — Nighthawk, 7

Southport Hall — Bowling For Soup, 7

One Eyed Jacks — Painted Hands, Biglemoi, Ben Shea & the Pleebs, 9

Hi-Ho Lounge — Transplanted Roots, 7; Ringo Deathstarr, Glish, 9

Pearl Wine Co. — GromKo’s Rhythmic Tricks, 8:30

Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Russell Welch’s Mississippi Gipsy, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Vaughan’s — The Heart Attacks feat. James Andrews, 9

FRIDAY 5 1135 Decatur — We Need to Talk, Nessie & Her Beard, Panty Wasted, FatPlastik, 8 21st Amendment — Royal St. Windin’ Boys feat. Jenavieve Cook, 9:30 Apple Barrel — Barbarella Blue, 5:30; Adam Crochet, 6:30; Jack Hinson Band, 10:30

House of Blues — Red Hot NOLA: Travis “Trumpet Black” Hill tribute feat. James Andrews, Partners-N-Crime, Big Easy Band, New Breed Brass Band, 8; Diary of an Ozzman (Ozzy Osbourne tribute), Southern Whiskey Rebellion. Spacemetal, 7:30 House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — Chasing Jonah, 9 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Joe Gelini, 5 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 5; Vincent Marini & One Tailed Three, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Jeff “Snake” Greenberg, 7

Maple Leaf Bar — Pigeon Town album release, 10:30

St. Roch Tavern — James Jordan & the Beautiful Band, 9:30 Tipitina’s — Foundation Free Fridays feat. John “Papa” Gros Band, The N’awlins Johnnys, 10

Oak — Sunpie, 9

Tulane Ave. Bar — Vanessa Carr, 8

Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 9:30

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Preservation Hall — The Southern Syncopators, 6; PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — David Hennesey, 6; Right Reverend Soul Revue, 9

21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; Russell Welch Hot Trio, 6; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 AllWays Lounge — Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues feat. Nicole Boggs, 10 Apple Barrel — Jay Dufour, 6:30; Chris Klein & the Boulevards, 10:30 Bamboula’s — Caesar Brothers, 5:30; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 10

Demons, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Arc of New Orleans benefit feat.

Margie Perez, 9 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Higher Heights Reggae Band, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — Yamomenem, 4; Hubcap Kings, 7; The Budz, 11 Circle Bar — The Clarinet Choir, 6; Christy Hays, Erin Miley, 10 DMac’s — Aaron-Lopez Barrantes, 7; The Fake Carls, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Salt Wives, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 7 Freret Street Publiq House — Sepultura, 8 Gasa Gasa — Cardinal Sons, Megafauna, Bantam Foxes, 10 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30

Rivershack Tavern — The Refugeze, 10

Bar Redux — This Way to the Egress, 8

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

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Bucktown Allstars, 9:30

Blue Nile — Tank & the Bangas, 10

House of Blues — EmiSunshine, 6

Siberia — Goatwhore, Ringworm, Theories, Fat Stupid Ugly People, 9

BMC — Gary Schutt, 8

House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — Michael Liuzza, 9

Snug Harbor — Ellis Marsalis Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest,

Bombay Club — David Boeddinghaus, 7; Leroy Jones, 9:30 Bourbon O Bar — Johnny Angel & the Swingin’

House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Jon Roniger, 5

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Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat.

Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10

4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; Cottonmouth Kings, 10

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Hotstream & the Mid-City Drifters, Patrick Kinsley & A Fistful of Dollars, Gary Roadarmel, James Tomberlin, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Paul Ferguson, 5; Hurricane Refugees, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 The Maison — Moonshine & Caroline, 1; Leah Rucker, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Derrick Carter, OttO, Cameron Kelly, 9 Maple Leaf Bar — Sonic Bloom feat. Eric “Benny” Bloom, 10:30

City Park Botanical Garden — Bonerama, 5 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; St. Cecelia’s Asylum Chorus, 10 DMac’s — HollyRock, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tangiers Combo, 9

Cafe Istanbul — The New Orleans Jazz Revival feat. Jason Marsalis, James Singleton, Ashley Lemmler, Chris Adkins, 9 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; Marc Stone, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — The Little Things, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8; “5 O’Clock Charlie” Dennard, Todd Duke & Doug Belote, 10:30 Circle Bar — Talia Keys, 10 The Civic Theatre — Glass Animals, Gilligan Moss, 8 d.b.a. — Glen David Andrews, 10

New Orleans Harley-Davidson — The Strays, 5 Oak — Jon Roniger, 9

Gasa Gasa — Chappo, 9

Old Point Bar — Johnny Angel & Helldorado, 9:30

House of Blues — Derek Minor, Propaganda, 8

Old U.S. Mint — Topsy Chapman Quartet, 2

Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10

Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Walter “Wolfman” Washington’s Mighty Men, 10

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

Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8

Preservation Hall — Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Frank Oxley, 6; Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Freddie Lonzo, 8, 9 & 10

Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 5

Kerry Irish Pub — Kim Carson, 8:30

Rivershack Tavern — Big Al & the Heavyweights, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys, 9

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Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Left & Right, Neat, Grotto Girl, 10

Diel, 8

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

Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Lucas Davenport, 6; Marc Stone & John Mooney Band, 9

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Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30

Siberia — Alex McMurray, 6; Jack Oblivian, The Sheiks, Chickensnake, Bottomfeeders, 9 Snug Harbor — Ike Stubblefield Organ Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Antoine Diel & Arsene DeLay, 3; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Davis Rogan, 10 Tipitina’s — Lost Bayou Ramblers, King James & the Special Men, 10 The Willow — Bounce Back feat. DJ Jubilee, Ms. Tee, 5th Ward Weebie, Choppa, Hot Boy Ronald, Partners-N-Crime, 10

SUNDAY 7 21st Amendment — Leslie Martin, 3:30; Loose Marbles, 7 Apple Barrel — Vic Shepherd, 10:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 2:30; Mem Shannon, 7 Bar Redux — Jalin Malin, 8 Bombay Club — Matt Lemmler, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Jazz Youth Showcase feat. Austin Clements, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7

The Maison — Loose Marbles, 4; Melanie Gardner, 7; One Love Brass Band, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat. Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Jean Marie Harris, 7 One Eyed Jacks — Courtney Barnett, Chastity Belt, Darren Hanlon, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Wardell Williams & the Blues Masters, 10 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Siberia — The Hookers, Pallbearers, AR-15, 9 Snug Harbor — John Mahoney Big Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Pfister Sisters, 3; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10

MONDAY 8 21st Amendment — Jamie Wight, 4:30 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 6:30 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Vincent Marini, 2; Mark Reuben Duo, 4:30; NOLA Swinging Gypsies, 8 Banks Street Bar — South Jones, 9 BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10 BMC — Mark Appleford, 5 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Antoine

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Profligate, Nick Klein, Lolito, 9 Gasa Gasa — Instant Opus Music Series feat. Joey Van Leeuwen, Eric Stuart, Sam Albright, 10

House of Blues — Charli XCX, 8

The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Musical Expression, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Quickening, 10 Old Point Bar — The Romy Kaye Jazz Trio, 7 One Eyed Jacks — The Growlers, Broncho, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews Band, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat.

Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Active Child, Low Roar, 9 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Craig Adams, 7 Siberia — Iceage, Low Life, Nightlands, Mea Culpa, allthecolorsofthedark, 9 Sisters in Christ — Institute, Heat Dust, 7 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

CLASSICAL/ CONCERTS How Can I Keep From Singing?. Christ Episcopal Theatre, 80 Christwood Blvd., Covington, (504) 8852000; www.jpas.org — The Northlake Performing Arts Society performs classic pop, swing and Broadway songs.

Tickets $15. 7:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

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FILM FESTIVALS FilmOrama. Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania.com — Prytania Theatre and the New Orleans Film Society screen a selection of new and classic independent films. Highlights include Olivier Assayas’ Clouds of Sils Maria, unusual documentary The Wolfpack and Carter-Cash family biography The Winding Stream. Through June 4.

OPENING THIS WEEKEND Below Dreams (NR) — Three young people struggle with emotional, financial and legal obstacles to self-reinvention in a locally produced film by director Garrett Bradley. Indywood

The Connection (R) — Judge Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) hunts drug-dealing mobster kingpin Gaetan “Tany” Zampa (Gilles Lellouche) in a thriller based on the real-life French Connection intrigue. Zeitgeist Entourage (R) — Movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) lines up funding for his $100 million directorial debut in the continuation of the popular HBO show. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Harvest (NR) — A young girl (Natasha Calis) befriends an isolated boy (Charlie Tahan) and incurs the wrath of his mother (Samantha Morton) in the 2013 indie thriller. Zeitgeist Insidious: Chapter 3 (PG-13) — Teenage Quinn Brenner (Stefanie Scott) seeks out talented but reluctant psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) for help with supernatural feelings in the Insidious series prequel.

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NOW SHOWING The Age of Adaline (PG-13) — After 80 years of concealing her immortality, 29-year-old Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) meets Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman) and considers revealing her secret. Slidell, Regal Aloha (PG-13) — Military contractor Brian Gilcrest (Bradley Cooper) revisits a successful project in Hawaii, where he reconnects with an ex (Rachel McAdams) and falls for another woman (Emma Stone).

Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) — Iron Man (Roberty Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and the rest of the Avengers reassemble to battle supervillain Ultron (James Spader), who’s bent on eradicating humans. West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Far From the Madding Crowd (PG-13) — Carey Mulligan stars as the self-possessed Bathsheba Everdene in Thomas Vinterberg’s new adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic Victorian love story. Slidell, Canal Place Furious 7 (PG-13) — In the seventh installment of The Fast and the Furious series, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) face the angry brother of a previously defeated enemy.

West Bank Galapagos 3D: Nature’s Wonderland (NR) — The remote Pacific islands are renowned for a uniquely diverse ecosystem that inspired Charles Darwin.

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Early Hollywood star W.C. Fields is widely attributed with the show busi7 p.m. Wed. June 3; ness adage: “Never work with animals or children” as they are likely to 9:30 p.m. Thu. June 4 steal the show. Fields scarcely could have imagined White God, a categoPrytania Theatre, ry-defying fable by Hungarian filmmaker Kornel Mundruczo that features 5339 Prytania St. no less than 280 well-trained and highly emotive dogs to tell the story of a canine uprising against human oppressors in modern-day Budapest.

(504) 891-2787 Winner of the Prize Un Certain Regard (which celebrates “original and www.prytaniathedifferent” movies) at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, and Hungary’s atreneworleans.com official entry to the 2015 Oscars, White God blends elements familiar from thrillers, revenge movies, horror (especially Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds), and pet-focused Hollywood fare like Lassie, and even has a coming-of-age story at its center. It’s a strikingly original and engaging film, and one that uses the plight of the abused and neglected canines as a metaphor for racial prejudice and economic disparity in 21st-century Europe and beyond. Like any good fable, it has much to say about the world in which we live today.

White God begins in a slightly altered version of the real world and builds toward a kind of magical realism that arrives later in the film. It centers on 13-year-old Lili (Zsofia Psotta) as she bounces between her divorced parents with her beloved dog Hagen. Upon Lili’s and Hagen’s arrival at the apartment of Lili’s father Daniel (Sandor Zsoter), they are informed by their new landlady that “Mutts have to be reported” to the city, registered and a tax paid for their presence. This is not the only time the film references the oppression of Jews and other ethnic minorities in pre-World War II Europe.

Hagen winds up on the street with dozens of abandoned mixed-breed dogs and begins a difficult odyssey through Budapest, moving from one needlessly abusive human to the next before the tide begins to turn. White God is graphically violent and sometimes hard to watch — in the spirit of the film, no animals were harmed in any way — but not without great purpose. Make no mistake: This is no cuddly pet movie for young children.

Catharsis arrives in the film’s final third in a series of scenes unlike anything seen before on film. Working with 280 dogs — which is something no filmmaker previously attempted — was a gargantuan task for cast and crew, but the result is one visually arresting and unforgettable shot after another.

Even better are the subtle and accomplished performances Mundruczo and his corps of specialized trainers elicit from their canine stars, almost all of which were found in shelters. The production process began with several months of training for the dogs. Later, each week of shooting was followed by another week devoted to rehearsals and additional training (exclusively through positive reinforcement, preserving the dogs’ real-life characters), which constitutes another filmmaking first.

In a hugely successful effort at maintaining emotional authenticity among the animals, only the film’s final shot makes use of computer-generated images — everything that comes before is entirely real. There’s no shortage of cautionary tales in the world, but few make their case as convincingly as White God. — KEN KORMAN

Great White Shark 3D (NR) — The documentary explores shark encounters. Entergy IMAX

different from the rest of his kind in this animated comedy.

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per (Reese Witherspoon), find themselves on a chase through Texas. Kenner, Slidell, Regal

Home (PG) — A girl named Tip (Rihanna) hides from an alien invasion, but befriends an alien named Oh (Jim Parsons) who’s

Hot Pursuit (PG-13) — A drug kingpin’s dramatic wife (Sofia Vergara) and her police escort, the straight-laced Officer Coo-

The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (NR) — A prison warden seeks the ultimate punishment for inmates by

joining them into a single, dependent creature in the final part of the gross-out horror trilogy. Chalmette Humpback Whales 3D (NR) — Scientists follow humpback whales as they migrate across

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Beyond the Mask (PG) — A mercenary (Andrew Cheney) for the British East India Company works to uncover a plot against the revolutionary United States in a faith-based adventure movie. Elmwood

Spy (R) — Desk-bound CIA analyst Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) goes undercover for the first time after her charismatic partner (Jude Law) is killed by a Bulgarian arms dealer (Rose Byrne). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell

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the globe. Entergy IMAX Mad Max: Fury Road (R) — Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) and Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) lead a band of rebels from a tyrannical leader through a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland.

West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG) — Hardworking mall cop Paul Blart (Kevin James) foils a criminal scheme at a Las Vegas security guard convention in the sequel to the 2009 action comedy. West Bank, Kenner Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) — College a cappella group The Barden Bellas set out to win an international competition in the sequel to the 2012 movie. West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Poltergeist (PG-13) — A suburban family enlists a paranormal expert to rescue their daughter from dark spirits in the reboot of the 1982 thriller. West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

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San Andreas (PG-13) — After a massive California earthquake, a helicopter pilot from the L.A. fire department (Dwayne Johnson) sets out to rescue his estranged daughter. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

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Tomorrowland (PG) — An inventor (George Clooney) and a curious young woman (Britt Robinson) travel to a mystical world in a film directed by Brad Bird and also starring Hugh Laurie, Tim McGraw, Keegan-Michael Key and Judy Greer. West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Unfriended (R) — A dead teenager appears to her former high school classmates through Skype to seek revenge in this Internet-age thriller. West Bank

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Annie (PG) — Foster child Annie (Quvenzhane Wallis) befriends Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), a billionaire seeking to improve his image, in the update of the classic musical.

10 a.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Regal Grease (PG-13) — The audience is invited to sing along to the classic musical about love-struck high schoolers. Rain date: June 13.

8:30 p.m. Saturday. Coliseum Square Park Jaws (PG) — You’re gonna need a bigger boat. 8:30 p.m.

Friday. Spanish Plaza Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (TV-MA) — Brett Morgen’s new documentary incorporates Kurt Cobain’s words and art for an upclose look at the life and career of the troubled Nirvana frontman. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Gasa Gasa La vie de Jesus / The Life of Jesus (NR) — A crew of unemployed teenage motorcyclists take their aggression out on Arab immigrants in a 1997 film from French director Bruno Dumont. 7 p.m.

Friday. Alliance Franciase The Magnificent Ambersons (NR) — Orson Welles’ classic drama follows two generations of a declining Midwestern family as the automobile changes the industrial economy. 10 a.m.

Sunday. Prytania Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (PG-13) — The New Orleans Film Society holds an advance screening of the Sundance Grand Jury winner about a high school senior and a sick classmate.

Free with required online RSVP; visit www.neworleansfilmsociety.org. 7:30 p.m.

Monday. Prytania Murder Book (NR) — The independent crime thriller stars Neal Kolinsky as Detective Rich Rodriquez. Cast and crew attend the screening.

5:30 p.m. Saturday. Zeitgeist The Nut Job (PG) — Ejected from his home park for destroying the winter food supply, Surly the squirrel (Will Arnett) hatches a plan to rob a nut shop that’s secretly a mob front. 10 a.m.

Tuesday-Wednesday. Regal Roar (PG) — Seventy cast and crew members were injured in the making of the bloody 1981 thriller starring Tippi Hendren, Noel Marshall, their real-life children and the lions they kept at home. 9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Indywood Saturday Morning Cartoons — Indywood screens classic and modern children’s cartoons and there’s a cereal and milk bar. Noon Saturday. Indywood The Seven Five (R) — Infamously corrupt cop Michael Dowd gives a firsthand account of his years stealing money and dealing drugs in 1980s Brooklyn. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist

Touch of Evil (NR) — Mexican narcotics agent Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) suspects Texas police captain Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) of foul play in Welles’ classic 1958 film noir. 10 a.m.

Wednesday. Prytania The True Cost (NR) — Filmmaker Andrew Morgan looks at the toll that cheap, “fast fashion” clothes take on people and the environment. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Indywood Yogi Bear (PG) — Yogi (Dan Aykroyd) and Boo Boo (Justin Timberlake) are picnic basket-pinching troublemakers in the 2010 animated and live action film. 10 a.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Kenner Alliance Francaise: 1519 Jackson Ave., (504) 568-0770; www.af-neworleans.org AMC Clearview Palace 12: Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-1257; www.amctheatres. com AMC Elmwood Palace 20: 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, (504) 733-2029; www.amctheatres.com AMC Westbank Palace 16: 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 263-2298; www. amctheatres.com Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 304-9992; www.chalmettemovies.com Coliseum Square Park: 1700 Coliseum St.; www.neworleansfilmsociety.org Entergy IMAX Theatre: 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org Gasa Gasa: 4920 Freret St., (504) 304-7110; www.gasagasa.com The Grand 14 Esplanade: 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 229-4259; www.thegrandtheatre.com The Grand 16 Slidell: 1950 Gause Blvd.

W., Slidell., (985) 641-1889; www.thegrandtheatre.com Indywood Movie Theater: 628 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 345-8804; www.indywood. org Prytania Theatre: 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania.com Regal Covington Stadium 14: 69348 Louisiana State Hwy. 121, Covington, (985) 8717787; www.regmovies.com Spanish Plaza: 1 Poydras St.; www.neworleansfilmsociety.org The Theatres at Canal Place: The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 581-2540; www. thetheatres.com Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www.zeitgeistnola.org

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LISTINGS

exhibition of work inspired by plants, through June 13.

A Gallery For Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com — New work by Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor, through July 30.

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HAPPENINGS Douglas Redd Cultural Summit. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — The free arts development summit features a keynote address by artist Brandan Odums, panel and small-group discussions and networking. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

In Conversation with Nicolas Dumit Estevez.

Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — The artist discusses his work, currently featured in the CAC’s EN MAS’ exhibition. Non-members $5.

6 p.m. Thursday.

OPENING Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www. ariodantegallery.com — Art

by Herb Roe, Louise Guidry and Tim Maher; jewelry by Suzanne and Angelique Juneau; crafts by Sandra Maher; paintings by Annie Lousteau; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Carol Robinson Gallery.

840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — Group exhibition featuring new work by Cathy Hegman, Bernard Mattox and gallery artists, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — New work by Bill Iles, opening reception 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

The Foundation Gallery.

1109 Royal St., (504) 5680955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — “Sea and Soil,” group exhibition featuring Aline Cross, Kathy

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — “Old French Town,” oil paintings inspired by the French Quarter in the early 20th century, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.

400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “Initiating Cause and Effect,” work by Katrina Andry, opens Tuesday.

Martine Chaisson Gallery.

727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Pop Up Show 2015,” group exhibition, opens Saturday.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio.

727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Glass sculpture by Robert Stern; intaglio prints by Cora Lautze; metal sculpture by Mara Lattanzi; opening reception 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “The Rising,” group photography exhibition about New Orleans’ renewal, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Parse Gallery. 134 Carondelet St., (262) 607-2773; www.parsenola.com — “Loyola Untitled Juried Exhibition,” undergraduate and graduate work juried by Rachel Gugelberger, opens 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.

Treo. 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 304-4878; www.treonola. com — “Urban Art,” group exhibition, opening reception 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.

GALLERIES 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 940-2900; www.5pressgallery. com — “Metaphyta,” group

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www. angelakinggallery.com — New work by Charles Thysell, through June 19.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/antenna — “String Along,” group exhibition of fiber-based work featuring Amelia Broussard, Jeannie Detweiler, Jason Ellenburg-Jones, Laura Gipson and others, through Sunday.

Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — “Phantom Limb Illustrated,” work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing.

Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart.com — “Outsider Artist Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722 — “Dualities,” paintings by Juan Pablo Hurtado, through June 15.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www. arthurrogergallery.com — “Coastal Paintings,” works by David Bates, through July 25.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Existential Ecology: A Dialogue of Toxins,” oil spill paintings by Ryan Burns; “Never Enough,” mixed-media paintings by Sue Ireland; “Oil and Water Don’t Mix,” paintings and drawings inspired by the BP oil spill by Brooks Frederick; all through Saturday.

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

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Failings of Spring,” abstract art by Michel Alexis; oil paintings by Brooks Frederick; “Rigged,” work by Errol Barron; all through Wednesday.

Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com — “WTF?,” digital art by Minka Stoyanova, through June 10.

Casell-Bergen Gallery.

1305 Decatur St., (504) 5240671; www.casellbergengallery.com — Work by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, Bedonna, Gamal Sabla, Phillip Sage and others, ongoing.

Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 2207756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing.

Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery.

Loyola University, Monroe Library, fourth floor, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5456; www.loyno.edu/dibollgallery — “Senior Exchange Show,” work by Mississippi State University students, through Sept. 10.

Coup D’oeil Art Consortium.

2033 Magazine St., (504) 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “Crux,” paintings and installation by Blaine Capone, through July 10.

Cutting Edge Center for the Arts. 767 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 649-3727; www. cecaslidell.com — “Nudes,” paintings by Elsa Baker, through June 11.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Come What May,” work by Morgana King and Xenia Sophia Roma; “Flatland,” sculpture and mixed-media art by Zachary Herrmann, Clive Moloney, Jennifer Odem, Marc-Anthony Polizzi, Nicholas Sullivan and Jessie Vogel; “Untitled (Desire Tiles),” ceramic installation by Claire Kohne; all through Sunday.

Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www. beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing.

Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres. com — Mixed media by Ally Burguieres, ongoing.

Good Children Gallery.

4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Flashpoint,” work by William Binnie, Generic Art Solutions, Dan Tague and Dane Dansen, through Sunday.

Henry Hood Gallery.

325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 789-1832 — “This Is It,” group exhibition, through June 12.

Hyph3n-Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 264-6863; www. hyph3n.com — Group exhibition featuring Polina Tereshina, Walker Babington, Charles Hoffacker, Garrett Haab, Jacob Edwards, Wendy Warrelmann and Amy Ieyoub, ongoing.

John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www.johnbukaty. com — Paintings and sculpture by John Bukaty, ongoing.

J&S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, (504) 9529163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing.

La Madama Bazarre.

910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre. com — “Spring Altar” by Sea & Dagger; mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing.

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

Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans. 433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www.martinlawrence.com — “Modern Masters,” paintings and prints

by Picasso, Chagall, Miro and Dali, through Monday.

Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com — New paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.

Mini Art Center. 341 Seguin St., (504) 510-4747; www. miniartcenter.com — “Tranqui Yanqui’s Trank Locker,” cardboard sneakers and mixed-media art by Nick Mahshie, through Aug. 9.

New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 218-5319; www.nolatattoomuseum.com — “Folklore & Flash,” tattoo designs and artifacts, ongoing.

Oak Street Gallery. 111 N. Oak St., Hammond, (985) 345-0251; www.theoakstreetgallery. com — Work by Thom Barlow, Mark Haller, Pat Macaluso and John Robinson, ongoing.

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery. com — “Take Me to the River,” mixed-media art collaboration between local students and professional artists, through June 13.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Work by Peg Martinez, Andrew Jackson Pollack, Allison Cook, Paul Troyano and others, ongoing.

River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — “Crevasse 22: Surge,” painting, photography and outdoor sculpture garden by Louisiana artists, ongoing.

Rutland Street Gallery. 828 E. Rutland St., Covington, (985) 773-4553; www.rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group

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Julia Street art walk. New Orleans Arts District, Galleries on Julia and Camp streets and St. Charles Avenue — Galleries in the Warehouse District host free openings from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Dumesnil, Faye Earnest, Pippin Frisbie-Calder, Lee Morais and Elizabeth Simon, opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www. noafa.com — New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts student exhibition, through July 24.

Callan Contemporary.

518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary. com — “Recent Sculpture,”

by Bradley Sabin, through June 27.

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Coastal Paintings exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Cemetery Walker,” ambrotypes of cemeteries

by Euphus Ruth, through June 14; “Soiree d’Evolution,” still lifes

by Sean Yseult, through Aug. 9.

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

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www. sorengallery.com — Group exhibition of gallery artists featuring Jason Horton, Dana Chapman, Bill Dunlap, Krista Eubanks and others, ongoing.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www. postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Fair Trade,” group exhibition featuring Katrina Andry, Aaron Collier, William DePauw, Anne Nelson, Jack Niven and Cynthia Scott, through Sunday.

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Evolution of a Warrior: Elizabeth Catlett in New Orleans,” through July 30.

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Steve Martin Studios. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www. stevemartinfineart.com — “Artisan Juncture,” group show featuring Gustavo Duque, Travis Linde, Amy Boudreaux, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Jedd Haas, Steven Soltis and others, ongoing.

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Studio Inferno. 6601 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/infernonola — “East Meets West,” glass sculpture by Hiroshi Yamano, through June.

United Bakery. 1325 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — Group exhibition featuring Ben Aleshire, Will Brown, Liam Conway, Sarah Davis, Liz Grandsaert and others, through June 12.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2806493; www.pelicanbomb.com/ programs/roving-exhibitions — “(De)tangled: A Living Salon,” interactive exhibition about hair presented by Pelican Bomb, through Sunday.

Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www. vieuxcarregallery.com — Work

by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing.

Whisnant Galleries. 343 Royal St., (504) 524-9766; www.whisnantgalleries.com — Ethnic, religious and antique art, sculpture, textiles and porcelain, ongoing.

SPARE SPACES Atrium Gallery at Christwood.

100 Christwood Blvd., Covington,

(985) 898-0515; www.christwoodrc.com — “Stepping Away from the Blue Crescent,” group exhibition featuring James Barbee, Jose Maria Cundin, George Dunbar, Bernard Mattox, Kathleen Trapolin and Edward Whiteman, through June 27.

Bar Redux. 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux. com — “Portraits and Authorship,” paintings by Spencer Schulz, through June.

Fairynola. 5715 Magazine St., (504) 269-2033; www.fairynola. com — “Enchantment,” paintings

by Tim Jordan and Louise Rimington, ongoing.

Kebab. 2315 St. Claude Ave., (504) 383-4328; www.kebabnola.com — Group art exhibition, ongoing.

LA46. 2232 St. Claude Ave., (504) 220-5177; www.louisiana46. com — “Jazz, Jazzland & All That Jazz,” photographs by Skip Bolen, ongoing.

Louis Armstrong Park. 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www. pufap.org — “Turning Blight into Beauty,” group exhibition of art inspired by Treme, through July 6.

M. Furniture Gallerie. 2726 Royal St., Suite B, (504) 324-2472; www.mfurnituregallerie.com — Paintings by Tracy Jarmon; copper work by Giovanni; watercolors by Bill James; furniture by John Wilhite, ongoing.

New Orleans Public Library.

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

Surrey’s Cafe & Juice Bar. 1418 Magazine St., (504) 524-3828; 4807 Magazine St., (504) 895-5757; www.surreyscafeandjuicebar.com — “21st Century Photographs,” by Natasha Sanchez (at 1418 Magazine St.); group exhibition by Will Smith, Mardi Claw and Tamar Taylor; both ongoing.

The Tigermen Den. 3113 Royal St.; www.facebook.com/tigermenden — “Microscopic Sirens,” prints by Pippin Frisbie-Calder, through Aug. 1.

MUSEUMS Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — “Side By Side Wetlands Art Tour Exhibition,” art and installation about environmental justice curated by Myesha Francis Agwe, through June 11.

Contemporary Arts Center.

900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “EN MAS’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean,” traveling exhibition of art influenced by Carnival traditions; “Pulp Fictions,” group exhibition of work

David Bates is a paradox.

Based in Dallas, he appears focused on the mysteries associated with bodies of water. In an area not known for modesty, he keeps a very low profile.

His paintings reflect an eclectic mingling of styles, but come off as boldly natural. New York Times critic Roberta Smith, who is as baffled by him as I am, once wrote his canvases “bristle like carpentered objects” and “press forward with every molecule.” At a time when soulless, allegedly cutting edge paintings known as “zombie abstraction” are in fashion, Bates is a Texas troglodyte who once described his style Coastal Paintings: THRU as “Cro-Magnon.” There may JULY New works by David Bates be something to that; the way Arthur Roger Gallery he deploys his eclectic talents suggests he operates intuitively, 432 Julia St. with the instincts of a folk art(504) 522-1999 ist unconcerned with trends or www.arthurrogergallery.com art history. I don’t know him, but by all accounts Bates is guided by two lifelong passions: fishing and fooling around with paint.

Preoccupied with lakes, swamps and the Gulf of Mexico, he serves up emblematic works like The Fisherman (pictured). Here we see a tropical Ernest Hemingway character, but instead of a purely pictorial image, something elemental yet subliminal inexplicably engages the senses; you can almost smell the briny air and fishy cargo. Levee Pump House depicts a weathered wooden hut atop a spidery timber trestle, and the creosote is nearly palpable. Some men tending crab traps in Port Sulphur seem fashioned from similar stuff, but recall Jose Orozco’s gritty 1930s Mexican murals. If Bates’ people and places suggest “carpentered” slabs of paint, his colorful still lifes, such as Mums and Lilies, hark to Matisse’s florid south of France period, but with more depth. His simplicity can be Zen-like. In Storm, the ominously darkening sky, gulls hovering close to shore and a lonely sailboat tacking against the wind are rendered with simple, gracefully sweeping blue, gray and white arcs of pigment that evoke damp, turbulent gusts of wind with a hint of ozone from distant lightning beyond the horizon. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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using handmade paper featuring Dan Tague; “Radcliffe Bailey: Recent Works,” installations and sculpture by the artist; all through Sunday.

The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “From Winnfield to Washington: The Life and Career of Huey P. Long,” exhibition of documents, photographs and audiovisual records, through Oct. 11; handcarved decoy ducks, ongoing.

Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/nelson-galleries — “Visions of a City: Printed Views of 19th-Century New

Orleans,” antique lithographs and engravings, through Aug. 15.

Louisiana Children’s Museum.

420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “From ‘Dirty Shirts’ to Buccaneers,” art, artifacts and documents from the Battle of New Orleans, through Jan. 8, 2016; “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt. state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4, 2016; “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — “Self/Reflection,” group exhibition of photography from the permanent collection, through Aug. 9; “Ten Years Gone,” group

exhibition commemorating Hurricane Katrina featuring Willie Birch, Dawn DeDeaux, Isabelle Hayer, Spring Hurlbut, Nicholas Nixon and Christopher Saucedo, through Sept. 7; “Forever,” mural

by Odili Donald Odita, through December; “Orientalism: Taking and Making,” European and American art influenced by Middle Eastern, North African and East Asian cultures, through December 2016.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Jim Roche: Cultural Mechanic,” drawings, sculpture and installation

by Jim Roche; “Tina Freeman: Artist Spaces,” photographs of local artists’ work spaces; both through July 12.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www. louisianastatemuseum.org/ museums/the-old-us-mint — “Keeping Time,” photographs of Louisiana’s musical history, through Jan. 1, 2016; “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December 2016.

Southern Food & Beverage Museum. 1504 Oretha C. Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.southernfood.org — “Antoine’s Restaurant: Celebrating 175 Years,” through June; culinary photography by Sam Hanna, ongoing.

Williams Research Center.

The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade,” manuscripts, photographs, oral histories and artifacts relating to slavery in New Orleans, through July 18.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Concours de photo. The Alliance Francise holds a photo contest on the theme “Climate: State of Emergency.” Visit www. af-neworleans.org for details and entrance form. Deadline June 8.

Louisiana Contemporary. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art accepts submissions for its juried exhibition of Louisiana art completed within the last two years. Visit www.louisianacontemporary.org for details.

Deadline June 17.

Second Story Gallery. Second Story Gallery, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — The gallery reviews applicants for gallery membership. Visit www. neworleanshealingcenter.org for details, or contact Ron Bennett at rongbennett@cox.net or (504) 427-2719. Deadline June 30.

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THEATER

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY The Blue Book Cabaret.

Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529-2107; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue and a rotating cast including Darling Darla James, Nikki Le Villain, Cherry Brown, Ben Wisdom and others perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2331; www.sonesta.com/imjazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque show featuring music by Romy Kaye and the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio. Midnight Friday.

Creole Sweet Tease Burlesque Show. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 522-5400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a burlesque performance featuring music by Jayna Morgan and the Creole Syncopators Jazz Band. Tickets $10.

9:30 p.m. Friday.

Fleur de Tease. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net — Trixie Minx’s burlesque troupe closes its ninth season. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Spooky LeStrange and the Billion Dollar Baby Dolls. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504)

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24 Hour Theater Fest. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www. cafeistanbulnola.com — Local playwrights, directors and actors present seven new short plays written and rehearsed within the past 24 hours.

Tickets $7. 8 p.m. Saturday.

America’s Wartime Sweethearts: A Tribute to the Andrews Sisters. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Belles perform as 1940s harmony singers LaVerne, Patty and Maxine Andrews.

11:45 a.m. Wednesday.

Blackbird. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www. oldmarquer.com — In the play by David Harrower, Una (Ashton Akridge) confronts Ray (John Neisler), a man who went to prison for pursuing an affair with her when she was 12. Tickets $15. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

BODY Play. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.oldmarquer.com — Kaycee Filson directs Cameron-Mitchell Ware in a series of monologues about individuals’ relationships to their bodies.

Tickets $10, students $5.

8 p.m. Monday.

Brothers from the Bottom.

NOCCA Riverfront Lupin Hall, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — Wendell Pierce, Kevin Mambo, Toccarra Cash, Thaddeus Daniels, Wendell Franklin and Megan Robinson star in playwright Jackie Alexander’s story about a real estate project that divides a New Orleans family.

General tickets $30, seniors and students $25. 8 p.m. Friday; 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Sunday.

Chicago. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www. cuttingedgetheater.com — Cutting Edge Theater stages

John Kander and Fred Ebb’s musical about celebrity murderesses in Prohibition-era Chicago. Tickets start at $25.

8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

The Color Purple. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater.com — Anthony Bean directs the musical version of Alice Walker’s novel about Celie, a young Southern woman who overcomes poverty and abuse. Tickets $25. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

Detroit. Ashe Power House, 1731 Baronne St., (504) 5699070; www.ashecac.org — A struggling suburban couple invite their dysfunctional neighbors over for a barbecue in Lisa D’Amour’s Pulitzernominated play. Previews June 3-5. Tickets $40; discounts available for seniors, students, teachers and military families by calling (504) 522-6545. 8 p.m. WednesdaySaturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Goodnight Show with John Calhoun. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 9401130; www.thegoodnightshow. us — The live talk show features local notables, a house band and guest musicians.

Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Merrily We Roll Along.

Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre. com — Rich, weary composer Franklin Shepard and his friends travel through life together in Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical.

Tickets start at $30. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

A Mother Weeps. Dillard University, Samuel DuBois Cook Theatre, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 816-4857; www.dillard.edu — The original drama about a college student in a violent community is inspired

by Marguerite LaJoy Washington, a Dillard University student who was murdered in 2012. Tickets $20. 7:30 p.m.

Friday; 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday.

Pat Bourgeois’ Debauchery. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — The live soap opera stars an uptown family with a downtown mom. Tickets $10.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 4881460; www.midcitytheatre. com — Yvette Hargis plays 12 characters from different walks of life in the one-woman show originally written and performed by Jane Wagner and Lily Tomlin. 8 p.m. ThursdaySaturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.

Sound Off! Various locations — New Noise theater group hosts a mini festival of works in progress. Locations include the University of New Orleans’ Lab Theater, Dancing Grounds (3705 St. Claude Ave.) and Catapult (609 St. Ferdinand St.). Tickets $5-$15. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

Strays. Marigny Theatre, 1030 Marigny St., (504) 758-5590; www.allwaystheatre.com — Jen Davis directs local playwright Kate Bailey’s story about a group of old friends coping with loss and regret after one of their own dies. Tickets $15.

8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.

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STAGE LISTINGS REVIEW 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — Spooky LeStrange stars in the burlesque show.

6 p.m. Thursday.

Strange for Hire. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Frankie Sin, Donny Vomit and Eric “The Lizardman” Sprague perform burlesque, variety and sideshow stunts. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Friday.

Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www. dragonsdennola.com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue features burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Whiskey & Rhinestones.

Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St.; www.gravierstreetsocial.com — Bella Blue hosts the burlesque show.

Tickets $10. Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details.

9 p.m. Thursday & Saturday.

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1919. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Derek Dupuy, Chris Trew, CJ Hunt, Tami Nelson, Mike Spara, Chris Kaminstein, Mike Yoder, Cecile Monteyne, Jared Gore, Ian Hoch and James Hamilton perform improv comedy. 8 p.m. Saturday.

All-Star 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. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Comedy theater founders Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform free weekly improv.

9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase.

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon hosts a rotating showcase of local comedians. 8:30 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Local comedians perform. An open mic follows. 8 p.m. Thursday.

ComedySportz. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret

St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

Friday Night Laughs. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open mic. 11 p.m. Friday.

Hear My Train A Comin’.

Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www. barredux.com — Lane Lonion and Luke Oleen-Junk host open-mic stand-up comedy.

9 p.m. Thursday.

The Magna Carta Show.

Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St. — William Benner, David Kendall, Nathan Sutter, Brian Tarney, Thomas Fewer and Annie Barry star in a weekly improv and sketch comedy show.

8:30 p.m. Saturday.

NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts the series, which features a booked showcase and open mic.

9 p.m. Sunday.

Think You’re Funny?

Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www. carrolltonstation.com — All comics are welcome to perform at the weekly open mic. 9 p.m. Wednesday.

AUDITIONS Rivertown Theaters.

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters. com — The theater auditions actors, dancers and singers June 6 for the upcoming musicals The Producers, The Addams Family and Sweet Charity. Visit the website for details.

Stage Door Idol. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944, ext. 267; www.stagedoorcanteen. org — Regional singers compete for a headlining spot at the Stage Door Canteen by performing songs written or recorded in the 1940s. Private preliminary auditions are June 14-15. The public is invited to vote at final rounds at 6 p.m. July 14, 21, 28 and Aug. 4. Call for information.

Variety show talent. Organizers seek music and variety acts for a talent show fundraiser benefitting St. Anna’s Food Pantry on July 16. Email haknola@yahoo. com for information.

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

THRU During a church service, JUNE 8 p.m. Fri.-Sun. 14-year-old Celie goes into Anthony Bean labor for the second time Community Theater in her short life. After the birth, her father gives 1333 S. Carrollton Ave. away the baby, and a few (504) 862-7529 years later he marries Celie off to an abusive www.anthonybeantheater.com man who won’t let her communicate with her sister Nettie. Despite suffering constant injustice and violence, Celie clings to hope in the musical The Color Purple at Anthony Bean Community Theater.

Adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the show is set in the early 1900s and centers on the lives of African-American women in a small community in rural Georgia. In an early scene, the adult Celie (Asia Nelson) sings to God about her seemingly hopeless situation. Celie is constantly beaten down — called ugly and useless by her husband Mister (Damien A. Moses). Nelson nails every emotional mark, and her voice is powerful and clear. Celie eventually meets the talk of the town, Shug Avery (Tomeka L. Williams), who also is Mister’s mistress. Though seemingly at odds, the women strike up a loving relationship. Williams imbues Shug with a mix of sultriness and compassion. Shug is supposed to be the center of attention, and it’s hard to look away from Williams when she’s onstage.

The Color Purple had a substantial run on Broadway, and the songs — written by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray — allow for great insight into the characters’ psyches. Directed by Anthony Bean, the work deals with intense themes, including rape and violence, and the songs provide transitions between disparate emotions. From joy to desperation, the characters are united through their experiences and voices.

Choreographer Giselle Nakhid, who also plays Nettie, crafted elaborate numbers, most notably for a Sunday church service and a dance by Mister’s fieldworkers. During these routines, ensemble members dance, flip and sing. These numbers offer reminders that life can simultaneously contain pain and hope.

Celie submits to her husband, but not every woman in the show takes the same approach. Sofia (Jade Hillery) is brash and dominant, even when she marries Mister’s son Harpo (DC Paul). In one of the show’s most dynamic songs, which is both playful and serious, Sofia urges Celie to say “Hell No!” to the fearsome and brutal Mister. Hillery’s comedic timing and emotional range help her deliver one of the play’s memorable performances.

The show ultimately explores the bonds of friendship and the quest for redemption. The final scene incorporates the entire cast and is stirring in its honesty and catharsis. Strong direction and a talented cast make this production of The Color Purple exciting and special, combining a powerful message with moving songs and impressive choreography. — TYLER GILLESPIE

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TUESDAY 2 It’s All About the Music Bike Ride. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.nolasocialride.org — NOLA Social Ride cyclists cruise around the city, stopping along the way to enjoy live music. 6 p.m.

New Orleans Eat Local Challenge. Various locations; www.nolalocavore.org — The challenge encourages residents to eat foods grown, caught and raised within 200 miles of New Orleans for a month, and there are dinners, workshops, tours and other food events.

Challenge registration $30.

Events this week include the OCH Local Food Fest June 6 and tea farming and insect cooking seminars June 7. Visit the website for details, events and registration. Through June 30.

Yoga at the Cabildo. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — Yogis of all experience levels practice in the Cabildo gallery.

Non-members $12. 7:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 3 Barbershop Meetings. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 5699070; www.ashecac.org — Peter Nahkid leads the men’s discussion. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Casino dance class. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Kevin Braxton of Cuban dance group Bookoo Rueda teaches a free class on the salsa-like dance. 7 p.m.

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

8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday.

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

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

Nature Walk and Titivation.

Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Guests tour natural habitats and learn to prune plants along the trail. 5:45 p.m.

White Glove Wednesdays.

National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5276012; www.nationalww2museum.org — Curator Eric Rivets gives visitors a chance to wear original military uniforms and equipment. 9 a.m.

THURSDAY 4 Bridge lessons. Wes Busby Bridge Center, 2709 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-0869 — Beginners and novices take free bridge lessons. 9 a.m.

Sistahs Making a Change. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 5699070; www.ashecac.org — Women of all experience levels dance, talk and dine together at this health-centered event.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

What’s Cooking? Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www.growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly class on healthy home cooking. Visit the website to RSVP. 5:30 p.m.

World War II Discussion Group. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — Historian Brian Altobello hosts a monthly group for history buffs. On May 7, UNO historian Gunter Bischoff discusses the effects of World War II in his native Austria. 7 p.m.

FRIDAY 5 Bright & Tight Night. Southport Hall, 200 Monticello Ave., (504) 835-2903; www. newsouthport.com — The event features music by Gravy and Margie Perez, the Muff-ALottas dance troupe, a silent auction and live oil painting.

Proceeds benefit InterACT NOLA, a theater company that includes actors with disabilities. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The museum is open late on Friday evening, celebrating the opening of “Ten Years Gone” with a gallery talk by curator Russell Lord and music by The Ramblin’ Letters. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Healthy eating demonstration.

East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson. lib.la.us — Nutritionist Karen Walker talks about healthy eating and prepares a seasonal salad. 7 p.m.

New Orleans Loving Festival.

Various locations — The festival celebrates multiethnic families with art and social events. It kicks off this weekend with a screening of Mixed Match, a film about multiethnic bone marrow donors, at Ashe Cultural Arts Center (1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.) at 6 p.m.

Longue Vue After Hours.

Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — Parents enjoy a sunset and refreshments while kids can play in the sprinklers and learn about insects. Non-members $8. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

NORDC Teen Council Neon Dance.

Joe W. Brown Park, 5601 Read Blvd., (504) 355-7175; www.friendsofjoewbrownpark.org — NORDC’s event for youth ages 12-17 features Roca B and DJ Chicken plus a photo booth and a dance contest with cash prizes. Tickets $5. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

SATURDAY 6 Bienville Saturday Market.

Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 813-5370; www. swapmeetnola.com — The pet-friendly weekly market features arts, crafts, a flea market and food. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Covington Art Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington; (504) 528-1944, ext. 229 — The market features a variety of work from local and regional artists, including jewelry, crafts, photography, paintings and more. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Crescent Connection Bridge Run. West Jefferson Fitness Center, 175 Hector Ave., Terrytown, (504) 347-5511; www. ccc10k.com — The four-mile sunset race crosses the Mississippi River from 175 Hector Ave. to Port of New Orleans Place. A post-race party features food, beer and live music.

Registration $30 in advance, $35 day of race. 7 p.m.

Family Day. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; www.phnojm.com — Families enjoy jazz story time at 11 a.m., crafts at 2 p.m. and a solo pianist from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Gambit’s 2015 Wellness Expo.

Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-8000 — LCMC Health presents this year’s Wellness Expo featuring free health screenings and demonstrations. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Jazz Yoga. Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters St., (504) 589-4841; www.nps.gov/ jazz — Susan Landry leads a free class featuring meditational jazz piano. 10 a.m.

Let’s Grow. Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www.growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly class on home gardening. Visit the website to RSVP. Noon.

Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.jazzandheritage.org/ cajun-zydeco — The festival presents traditional and modern Cajun and zydeco music, as well as regional seafood dishes, a kids’ tent and an art market. The music lineup includes Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, the Lost Bayou Ramblers and others.

Admission free. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday.

New Orleans International Beer Festival. Champions Square, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3822; www.superdome.com — Beer lovers can sample 150 craft brews and enjoy a beer mixology garden, eductional seminars, a silent disco and a cornhole tournament. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

NOLA Time Fest. Hilton New Orleans Airport, 901 Airline Drive, Kenner, 469-5000; www. nolatimefest.com — The celebration of all things Doctor Who features live music, discussions, vendors, a gaming contest, costume competition and prizes.

Age 14 and older $25, ages 8-13 $15, age 7 and under free. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

NOMTOC Car Show. Behrman Center, 2529 Gen. Meyer Ave. — The car, truck and motorcycle show also features food, prizes and a DJ. Registration $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Rain date June 13. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

OCH Local Food Fest. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www.zeitgeistnola.org — Eat Local New Orleans hosts a smorgasbord of food events including a whole hog roast, a shrimp boil, a second line and demonstrations about topics including composting and Native American methods of making hominy. Participants receive discounted entrance to the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Painting in Nature. Woodlands Conservancy, 449 F. Edward Hebert Blvd., Belle Chasse, (504) 433-4000; www.woodlandsconservancy.org — Artist Carol Patai leads a free class; participants supply canvas and art medium. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Parade of Homes. Various locations; www.hbagno.org — The Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans shows off model homes in New Orleans, Kenner, Jefferson, Chalmette, Gretna, Marrero and Belle Chasse. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday.

Shamanic Meditation. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias. org — Matthew Ancira leads meditation practice and Barbara Dupart offers a gentle yoga class. Free. 10 a.m.

SoFAB Cooking Demo. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket.org — Local chefs cook their signature dishes. 11 a.m.

between Royal and Dauphine streets, (504) 944-7900 — The ride “to raise awareness about issues concerning humanity” begins and ends at Markey Park, departing at 5 p.m. for a nude cruise through the Bywater, Marigny and French Quarter. 4 p.m.

Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 456-5000; www.noma. org — The museum hosts yoga classes in the sculpture garden.

Non-members $5. 8 a.m.

SUNDAY 7 Bugs & Brew. Ernst Cafe, 600 S. Peters St., 525-8544; www. bugsandbrew.com — The Drew Rodrigue Foundation’s fundraiser features crawfish, live music and beer. Proceeds benefit pediatric oncology at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. John Lisi & Delta Funk and Naughty Professor perform.

Tickets $50 through June 2, $60 thereafter. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Tipitina’s Foundation’s Sunday Youth Music Workshop. Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-8477; www.tipitinas.com — Kids jam with musician Billy Iuso at a free session suggested for middle and high school music students. 1 p.m. Sunday.

WYES Chocolate Sunday.

Messina’s Runway Cafe, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www.wyes.org — The fundraiser for WYES-TV features chocolate, desserts and treats from vendors including Southern Candymakers, Blue Frog Chocolates, the Kupcake Factory, Upper Nine Doughnut Company, Roman Candy Company, Crepes a la Cart, the Roosevelt New Orleans and many others. Tickets $35 in advance, $40 day of event.

3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

MONDAY 8 Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 456-5000; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold leads the class in the museum’s art galleries.

Non-members $5. 6 p.m.

Summer Wine Festival. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 522-9200; www.2015summerwinefestfaccgc.eventbrite.com — The Gulf Coast Chapter of the French American Chamber of Commerce hosts a tasting featuring wine and French-inspired food from local restaurants including Flaming Torch, Napoleon House, Redemption, Cafe Degas and others. The Nobert Slama Trio performs.

Non-members $55 in advance, $75 at the door. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Esoterotica. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7585590; www.esoterotica.com — Local writers read aloud from erotic stories, poetry and other pieces. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

World Naked Bike Ride. Markey Park, 700 block of Piety Street,

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale.

WORDS Bill Hancock. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author discusses and signs Riding with the Blue Moth. 6 p.m. Thursday.

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Toddler Time. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — The museum hosts activities for children ages 3 and under and their parents or caregivers.

Non-members $8. 10:30 a.m.

Get Moving. Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www.growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly exercise class such as yoga, boot camp or CrossFit. Visit website to RSVP. 5:30 p.m.

Racquets for Reagan. Franco’s Health Club and Spa, 100 Bon Temps Roule, Mandeville, (985) 792-0200; www.racquetsforreagan.com — The charity tennis tournament benefits St. Jude Hospital and includes food, a silent auction, kids’ activities and prizes. Admission $20, adult registration $90. Call (985) 237-0384, email shelleyjsisson@yahoo.com or visit the website for details.

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Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www. nutrias.org — The group hosts twice-weekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

Gwendolyn Knapp. St. James Cheese Company, 5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737; www. stjamescheese.com — The writer celebrates the release of After A While You Just Get Used to It. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Reading Between the Wines.

Pearl Wine Co., 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — Fleur de Lit and Pearl Wine Co. host a night of book readings, signings, hors d’oeuvres and drink specials.

7 p.m. Wednesday.

Story Time with Miss Maureen.

Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — Miss Maureen reads William & the Missing Masterpiece by Helen Hancocks.

11:30 a.m. Saturday.

SPORTS Jesters. Pan American Stadium, City Park, 1 Zachary Taylor Drive — The New Orleans Jesters play the Chattanooga FC. 7 p.m. Saturday.

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UFC Fight Night. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 5873663; www.neworleansarena. com — Dan Henderson faces Tim Boetsch, Matt Mitrione fights Ben Rothwell and Dustin Poirier meets Yancy Medeiros at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event. 6 p.m. Saturday.

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WWE Raw. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 5873663; www.neworleansarena. com — WWE returns to New Orleans for the second time in 2015. 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Nashville Sounds. 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m.

Sunday, 6 p.m. Monday.

FARMERS MARKETS Covington Farmers Market. www.covingtonfarmersmarket. org — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and live music twice a week: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington.

Crescent City Farmers Market. www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org — The market offers produce, meat, seafood, dairy, flowers and prepared foods at

PREVIEW of Energy helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. It seeks volunteers, who must attend a 30-minute orientation. Email mrowand@ globalgreen.org.

four weekly events. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St.; 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place; 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at American Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave.; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Magazine Street Market, corner of Magazine and Girod streets.

Senior Companion Volunteers.

The New Orleans Council on Aging seeks volunteers to assist with personal and daily tasks to help seniors live independently. Visit www.nocoa. org or call (504) 821-4121.

CRISP Farms Market. CRISP Farms Market, 1330 France St.; www.facebook.com/crispfarms — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

French Market. French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket. org — The historic French Quarter market offers local produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, coffee and prepared foods.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

German Coast Farmers Market.

Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan; www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items.

8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Gretna Farmers Market. Huey P. Long Avenue at Second Street, Gretna; www.gretnafarmersmarket.com — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

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 Saturday.

Hollygrove Market. Hollygrove Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., (504) 483-7037; www.hollygrovemarket.com — The urban farm operates a daily fresh market. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market. Old Algiers Harvest Fresh Market, 922 Teche St., Algiers, (504) 362-0708; www. oldalgiersharvestfreshmarket. com — Produce and seafood are available for purchase. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.

Rivertown Farmers Market.

400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner.la.us — The market features fruits, vegetables, dairy products, homemade jams and jellies and cooking demonstrations. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Sankofa Mobile Market. www. sankofanola.org — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden at several weekly stops.

11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Lower 9th Ward Community

SpayMart. The animal charity seeks volunteers to feed cats and clean kennels at its Cat Adoption Center and to work at its Metairie thrift store. Call Patsy Watermeier at (504) 4606080 or (504) 887-7037.

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Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Louis Armstrong Park 701 N. Rampart St. (504) 558-6100 www.jazzandheritage.org

Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Lost Bayou Ramblers and Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience are among the performers at the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival. The festival features two days of music, a craft market, kids’ activities and food vendors in Louis Armstrong Park. Also performing are Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, Bonsoir Catin and Roddie Romero and the Hub City Allstars. Food items range from Cajun dishes to boiled crawfish and shrimp, po-boys, meat pies, smoked sausages, snowballs and ice cream. Vegan items are available.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the free festival.

— WILL COVIELLO Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave.; 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday at New Israel Baptist Church, 6322 St. Claude Ave. St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi, (504) 355-4442; www.visitstbernard.com — The market offers seafood, produce, preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment and children’s activities. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Vietnamese Farmers Market.

14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd. — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early market, which caters to New Orleans East’s Vietnamese population. 5 a.m. Saturday.

to help with upcoming projects and events, including maintaining a creative resource directory and organizing charity bar crawls. Visit www. creativitycollective.com or call (916) 206-1659.

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The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to help clients, manage inventory and share their expertise. Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@dressforsuccess.org.

First Tee of Greater New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteers to serve as mentors and coaches to kids and teens though its golf program. Visit www.thefirstteenola.org.

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Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111.

Lakeview Civic Improvement Association. The association’s green space committee needs volunteers to pick up trash or trim trees for the adopt-a-block program. Sign up with Russ Barranco at (504) 482-9598 or rpbarranco@cox.net.

Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running partners, assistant coaches, committee members and race day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola.org or visit www.gotrnola.org.

Louisiana SPCA. The LA/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 an orientation to work directly with animals. Visit www. la-spca.org/volunteer.

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Gas and mileage expenses are reimbursed. Call Gail at (504) 888-5880.

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NOLA Wise. The partnership of Global Green, the City of New Orleans and the Department

Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market. Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego; www.cityofwestwego.com/farmers_market. asp — The monthly Westbank market offers produce, eggs, pickles, baked goods, art, live music and pony rides. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

St. Thomas Hospitality House.

The Catholic charity seeks individuals and groups of volunteers to serve people experiencing homelessness. Contact Daniel Thelen at nolacw@gmail. com or (517) 290-8533.

Start the Adventure in Reading. The STAIR program holds regular training sessions for volunteers who work one on one with public school students to develop reading and language skills. Call (504) 899-0820, email elizabeth@ stairnola.org or visit www. stairnola.org.

Teen Life Counts. The Jewish Family Service program seeks volunteers to teach suicide prevention to middle and high school students. Call (504) 831-8475.

Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries. The charity seeks volunteers to help disabled, wounded and senior veterans with food and clothing distribution, home improvement, beautification, social media and web design. Call (504) 340-3429 or visit www.veteranshousingoutreach.webs.com.

CALL FOR WRITERS Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. The Baton Rouge Area Foundation seeks outstanding fiction by emerging African-American authors for the award, which includes a $10,000 cash prize. Deadline Aug. 15. Visit www.ernestjgainesaward.org for details.

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Dear New Orleans Job Guru, “I am planning to respond to some ads and I was wondering if I should also add a cover letter if they don’t ask for one?”

— Paula L., New Orleans, LA Dear Paula, The simple answer is “Yes”… First of all, the cover letter gives you a chance to introduce and present yourself in a way that a résumé does not. It also allows you to demonstrate that you have researched the particular company, that you fully understand all of the Grant Cooper qualifications that the job requires, provides you with an opportunity to briefly explain how your background has prepared you to succeed in the job, and finally, lets you demonstrate your writing and communication skills.

Some candidates believe that a simple email message tagged onto their attached resume is all that is needed. My experience in helping thousands of jobseekers over the years has convinced me that, in most cases, an email note will not be enough to put you in the realm of preferred candidates. Email notes, however, are still helpful, and should ideally be very brief, a few sentences at most. For example, your email message might say, “Thank you for the opportunity to compete for the position of Accounting Technician. I have attached my résumé and cover letter for your review. I look forward to learning more about the goals you have set for your next sales team member.”

On the other hand, the cover letter should be much more developed and should clearly positioned to specifically target a particular job at a particular company. Length is somewhat variable, but most good cover letters range from one-half to one page in length.

A study from Columbia University stated that the single most important piece of information you can place in your cover letter is the actual name and title of a decision-maker within the target company.

(Note: misspelling a person’s name is a major turnoff… be sure you get it right!) Since many job announcements don’t give out a name, you may need to do some detective work. Unless it is a totally “blind” (anonymous) ad or posting, you should conduct Internet searching or networking to uncover the name of a department head or other officer to whom the letter can be addressed.

If all else fails, you can try phoning the company and politely asking for the name of a department head. For example, “Hello, thank you so much for taking my call, I am applying to the Biomedical Sales Executive position and I was hoping you may be able to provide me with the name and title of the department head for my cover letter.” In many cases, you can get the name.

Here is a list of the elements that most good cover letters should contain: • Your full contact information, in the event your résumé and cover letter are separated • The date of mailing, as well as the name, title & address of the intended recipient(s) • The title of the position you are seeking and how you heard about the position • Thank the company for the opportunity and show your knowledge of the company’s reputation

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• A few short bullets detailing your most recent or most impressive career accomplishments • Again, briefly thank the company for the opportunity and show your enthusiasm • Sign the letter (blue ink is best), and add an upbeat P.S. 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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NO.93-13060 DIVISION “H” SUCCESSION OF JAMES JOSEPH STEINER, JR.

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Whereas the Dative Testamentary Executor of the above Estate, has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the movable or immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit: Five certain lots of ground, together with all of the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Third District of the City of New Orleans, in Square No. 399, bounded by Press (late Cotton Press and late Morales), Marais and Montegut Streets and St. Claude (late Goodchildren) Avenue, designated as Lots Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 on a plan drawn by A. de Armas, Surveyor, dated May 1, 1875, a sketch of which said plan, made by Edgar Pilie on July 25, 1876, is attached to an act of James Fahey, late Notary Public, dated August 3, 1876; and, according to said plan, said lots adjoin each other and measure, each, 25 feet front on Press Street, by a depth of 104 feet, between equal and parallel lines, with Lot No. 6 forming the corner of Press and Marais Streets.

Bernard J. Oramous, the individual vendor herein, also includes in the sale of the above captioned property one-half of the width of a certain strip of ground, established formerly as a Common Alley, measuring 12 feet, 1 inch and 4 lines front on Press Street, by 120 feet, more or less, in depth, along the sideline of Lot No.10 nearer to St. Claude Avenue, which said strip of ground was designated as a Common Alley on the de Armas plan referred to hereinabove. Bernard J.

Four certain lots of ground, together with all of the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Third District of the City of New Orleans, in Square No. 399, bounded by Montegut, Marais and Press Streets and St. Claude Avenue, designated as Lots 6, 7, 8 and 9 on a plan of A. de Armas, Surveyor, dated January 9, 1884, attached to an act passed before C. G. Andry, late Notary Public, dated June 29, 1885, and as per plan of A. de Armas, Deputy City Surveyor, dated July 7, 1885, the original of which is attached to an act passed before Andrew M. Buchmann, late Notary Public, dated September 10, 1925; and, according to said two plans, said lots adjoin each other and measure as follows: Lot No. 6 measures 30 feet front on Montegut Street, the same in width in the rear by a depth of 146 feet, 9 inches and 2 lines on the St. Claude Avenue sideline and 146 feet, 7 inches and 6 lines on the Marias Street sideline. Lot No. 7 measures 30 feet front on Montegut Street, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 146 feet, 7 inches and 6 lines on the sideline of Lot No. 6 and 146 feet, 6 inches and 2 lines on the sideline of Lot No. 8. Lot No. 8 measures 30 feet front on Montegut Street, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 146 feet, 6 inches and 2 lines on the sideline of Lot No. 7 and 146 feet, 4 inches and 6 lines on the sideline of Lot No. 9. Lot No. 9 measures 30 feet front on Montegut Street, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 146 feet, 4 inches and 6 lines on the sideline of Lot No. 8, and a depth and front on Marais Street of 146 feet, 3 inches and 2 lines, with said Lot No. 9 forming the corner of Montegut and Marais Streets.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 15-3509 DIVISION “I” SUCCESSIONS OF MARY MILLER ORANGE WIFE OF/AND ARTHUR FLYNN ORANGE AND ROSE LEE RANDOLPH (DAUGHTER) AND ARTHUR HEBERT ORANGE (SON) NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that Karen A. Randolph, the duly qualified and acting Administratrix of the Successions of Mary Miller Orange, wife of/and Arthur Flynn Orange, and Rose Lee Randolph (daughter) and Arthur Hebert Orange (son) has, pursuant to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure article 3281, petitioned this Honorable Court for authority to sell at private sale for the price of $71,600.00, the Successions’ interest and to the immovable property located at 630 Thayer Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 the “Property”), described as follows: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantages there unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Fifth District of the City of New Orleans, in Square No. 111, bounded by LeBoeuf, Evelina, Thayer and Opelousas Avenue, designated as Lot No. 10 on a plan of Edgar Pilie, Surveyor, dated January 31, 1905, annexed to an act before Charles T. Sonait, late Notary Public, on March 1st, 1905, and measures 31 feet 2 inches and 4 lines front on Thayer Street, by a depth of 134 feet forming the corner of Thayer and Opelousas Avenue.

Now, therefore, in accordance with law, notice is hereby given that Karen A. Randolph, the Administratrix, proposes to sell the aforesaid Property, at private sale, for the price and on the termsaforesaid, and the heirs and creditors are required to make opposition, if any they have or can, to such sale, within seven (7) days, including Sundays and holidays, from the date whereon the last publication of this notice appears.

Louisiana, in Square 766 thereof, bounded by Upperline, S. Tonti, Robert and S. Rocheblave Streets, designated as Lot 9; and, according to survey

by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E. & S., dated August 18, 1972, redated September 24, 1976, a copy of which is annexed to Act dated October 21, 1976, before Philip E. James, Jr., Notary Public, and registered in COB 743, folio 311, said lot commences at a distance of 86 feet from the corner of S. Rocheblave and Upperline Streets, and measures thence 35.50 feet front on Upperline Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines.

The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Nos. 3626-28 Upperline Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70125.

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: For the price and sum of $265,000.00, all cash to seller.

Property is sold as is without warranties, and sale is contingent upon court approval. All as set forth in the Agreement to Buy or Sell, dated May 18, 2015, filed in these proceedings.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this Estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application, and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of 7 days from the date of the last publication of this notice, all in accordance with law.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT, this 26th day of May, 2015.

Attorney: Laura E. Fine Lehmann Norman & Marcus LC Address: 400 Poydras Street Suite 2050, New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: (504) 525-0815 Gambit: 6/2/15 & 6/23/15 Be advised that anyone who knows the whereabouts of the Heirs of KARLA MICHELLE BELILE whose last know address was 3805 Houma Blvd Unit 303C, Metairie, LA 70006, please contact Harold E. Molaison Esq. at (504) 834-3788.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT:

BY ORDER OF THE COURT CLERK OF COURT

Three Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($300,000.00) Cash.

Attorney: John F. Shreves Address:30th Floor - Energy Center 1100 Poydras Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70163 Telephone: (504) 569-2030

NUMBER: 2014-11684 DIVISION “B” DOCKET 12

Gambit: 5/12/15 & 6/2/15

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Eric Saucier, executor of the above succession, has pursuant to La.C.C.P.Art. 3281, petitioned the Court for authority to sell at private sale for $245,000 the following described property: State of Louisiana, Parish Of Orleans, 3rd Municipal District, Square 140, Lot C, Parts 8 and 9, measuring 33 feet x 81 feet, bearing the address, 3225 Chartres St.

Notice is herby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

Dale N. Atkins, Clerk

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 2015-1305 DIVISION “E” SECTION 16 SUCCESSION OF LOUIS SALOMON LEDERMAN

Attorney: Steven A. Watts Address: 3925 N. I-10 Service Rd. W Suite 230 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: (504) 836-0811

WHEREAS the Administratrix of the above Estate has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit:

Gambit: 6/2/15 & 6/23/15 Be advised that anyone who knows the whereabouts of Shyrl Green Brook aka Shirl Green Brock or any Surviving Heir of Rev. Avery Alexander or Pansy Lee Garrett, whose last known address was 2921 Phillip Street, New Orleans, LA, please contact Clinton Smith, Jr. Esq. at (504) 382-3760.

AN UNDIVIDED 100% INTEREST IN AND TO: A CERTAIN PORTION 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 SIXTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, State of

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF HENRIETTE NISBET

NOW, in accordance with the law, the legatees and creditors are required to make opposition, if any they choose or can, to such course, within seven (7) days, including Sundays and holidays, from date whereon the last publication of this notice appears.

Attorney: Miles Trapolin Address: 218 So. Jefferson Davis Pkwy New Orleans, La. 70119 Telephone: (504) 525-0447 Email: miles@trapolinlawfirm.com Gambit: 6/2/2015 & 6/23/2015 PAGE 51

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Oramous acquired partly from Dudley Morlier, et al, as per act passed before William F. Conkerton, late Notary Public, dated April 20, 1928, registered in COB 434, folio 405, and partly from Catherine W. Mallu, et al, as per act passed before Warren M. Simon, Notary Public, dated July 23, 1931, registered in COB 462, folio 555. This sale shall also include all of the right, title and interest of Bernard J. Oramous in and to a certain strip of ground, designated on the plan above referred to, as a Common Alley, measuring 16 feet front on Marais Street, by a depth of 125 feet, more or less, with the same acquisitions as shown above.

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TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 728-272 DIVISION “M”

NUMBER: 734-061 DIVISION: K

NO. 2013-30520 DIVISION “A”

NO. 742-108 DIVISION “P“

SUCCESSION OF EDDYE RUTH CASTLE JONES

SUCCESSION OF DAROLD LOUIS POULIN

SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH N. BRUNO

NOTICE

CORRECTED NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

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TWENTY- FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

SUCCESSION OF GEORGE WILLIS SNOW NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN that LINDA JEAN SNOW JOHNSON, Administratrix of the Succession George Willis Snow is applying for authority to sell at private sale, on terms of Sixty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 ($67,500.00) DOLLARS cash, the immovable property owned by the Succession George Willis Snow, described below.

AN UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF INTEREST IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OF PORTION 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 Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that Subdivision known as COVENTRY COURT. According to a survey of Adloe Orr, Jr., & Associates, C.E., dated May 25, 1955 said portion of ground is designated and measures as follows, to wit: LOT NO. 35, bounded by Coventry Court, Jefferson Highway, the southwestern line of the subdivision, and the Mississippi River side, commencing at a distance of 60.37 feet from the first point of curvature of Coventry Court into Jefferson Highway, and measures thence 70 feet front on COVENTRY COURT, by a depth along the sideline nearer Jefferson Highway of 97.17 feet, a depth along the opposite sideline of 95.09 feet, and a width in the rear of 50 feet.

The improvements bear No. 161 Coventry Court.

By Order of the Court, Masie Comeaux CLERK OF COURT Attorney: J. Douglas Sunseri Address: 3000 18th Street Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: (504) 837-1304 Gambit: 5/12/15 & 6/2/15 Be advised that anyone who knows the whereabouts of Christopher G. Maurice, whose last known address was 10231 Flossmoor Drive, New Orleans, LA, please contact Clinton Smith, Jr. Esq. at (504) 382-3760 Be advised that anyone who knows the whereabouts of the Heirs of KARLA MICHELLE BELILE whose last know address was 3805 Houma Blvd Unit 303C, Metairie, LA 70006, please contact Harold E. Molaison Esq. at (504) 834-3788.

Maria Sorto Rodriguez or anyone knowing her whereabouts, please call Peter Russell, attorney at (504) 451-4070.

Succession of Diane Depass Manget, Civil District Court for Parish of Orleans, No. 2015-00341, Division I. Anybody knowing the whereabouts of Barbara Thompson please contact L. Gerome Smith at (504) 891-3323 or lgslaw@bellsouth.net.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ms. Deidra Jarrell Bryan, call Atty.

Raashand M. Hamilton 504-940-1883.

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Ivan Dale Jones, the duly appointed Administrator of the Succession of Eddye Ruth Castle Jones, No. 728-272, Division M, on the docket of the 24th Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of Jefferson, has filed a Petition seeking authority to sell at private sale the following described immovable property, to-wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT 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 Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in the part thereof known as SHREWSBURY in SQUARE 16 thereof, bounded by Severn Avenue (formerly Shrewsbury Road), Seventh Street, Eighth Street, and North Hullen Street, designated as Lot 4-A on the plan of resubdivision made by R.L. Schumann, Registered Land Surveyor, dated May 18, 1978, and approved by Ordinance No. 13456, dated July 24, 1978, registered in COB 933, folio 664, and according to which said lot measures as follows: LOT 4-A commences at a distance of 100 feet from the corner of Severn Avenue (formerly Shrewsbury Road), and Eighth Street, and measures thence 50 feet front on Eighth Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines.

Said Lot 4-A is composed of the whole of original Lot 6 and the rear portions of original Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Pursuant to the provisions of LSA-R.S. 43:203 and La. C.C.P. art. 3282, this Notice shall be published twice, with the first such Notice being published at least twenty (20) days before, and the second such notice being published the day before, the commencement of the delays allowed for the filing of an opposition to the proposed sale.

Any heir, legatee or creditor may file an opposition to the proposed sale within seven (7) days of the date of the last publication hereof.

These proceedings are pending before the 24th Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of Jefferson. The address of the Clerk of Court is 24th Judicial District Court, Jefferson Parish Courthouse, P.O. Box 10, Gretna, Louisiana 70054-0010.

Gretna, Louisiana, this 28th day of May, 2015.

JON A. GEGENHEIMER, CLERK Attorney: William C. Shockey Address: 10114 Jefferson Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Telephone: (225) 291-7500 Gambit: 6/2/15 & 6/23/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs or representatives of the estate of Mary J. Heckler, A/K/A Mary Jeanfreau Heckler, please contact Atty: E. Appleberry at 405 Gretna Blvd., Ste: 104, Gretna, LA 70053; (504)3627800.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Wiltz P. Sapia Jr or Wiltz Sapia, Jr., call Attorney Marion Floyd, 467-3010 Anyone knowing their whereabouts of ETHEL RISING DETIEGE, please contact Carlos A. Ramirez, Attorney, 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE IS GIVEN that DEBORAH LOUISE POULIN GREENGARD, Administratrix of the Succession of Darold Louis Poulin, is applying for authority to sell at private sale, on terms of THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($315,000.00) DOLLARS cash, the immovable property owned by the Succession of Darold Louis Poulin described below.

A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, prescriptions, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as HAZEL ADDITION SUBDIVISION, formerly part of Christina Plantation, and in accordance with plan of survey,

by Adloe Orr, Jr., Civil Engineer, dated December 8, 1958, on file in the office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson, said lot is designated by the number FOURTEEN (14), in square bounded by Hazel Drive, Rex Drive, and Jefferson Highway and measures as follows, to-wit: LOT No. 14 measures Sixty (60) feet front on Rex Drive, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of Eighty-Six and 42/100 (86.42) feet between equal and parallel lines. And according to the survey of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E.&S., dated January 24, 1973, said lot has the same designation and measurements as above set forth and commences at a distance of 857.58 feet from the intersection of Rex Drive and Jefferson Highway, Improvements thereon bear House No. 129 Rex Drive, River Ridge, LA 70123.

An order authorizing her 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, Samantha Adam CLERK OF COURT Attorney: William M. Magee Bar Roll No. 8859 Address: 207 E. Gibson Street P.O. Box 1550 Covington, LA 70434 Telephone: (985)893-7550 Gambit: 5/12/15 & 6/2/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Tower Loan of Slidell dated September 10, 2014 in the amount of $2,503.93 and signed by a C. Keys please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-5819545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Aurora Martello and/or her Heirs Successors or Legatees and/or Salvatore Martello, please contact Lori A. Noto at (504) 512-0611.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Barbara Jones Charles or her heirs please contact Attorney Brigette Piattoly 504-486-1424.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Derick Reagan please contact J. Benjamin Avin Atty, 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500.”

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of ELBERT COBBINS, JR., l/k/a 5105 Annunciation Street, New Orleans, LA 70115, please contact Atty Erica Andrews, 504.534.5560.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

The co-executors of the above estate have made application to the Court for the sale, at private sale of the immovable property described, as follows: 1. ONE-HALF (1/2) OWNERSHIP OF TWO CERTAIN PORTIONS OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and prescriptions thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the SEVENTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, in SQUARE NO 71 of METAIRIE PARK, bounded

by PONTCHARTRAIN BOULEVARD, FORTIETH STREET, AVENUE A and THIRTY-EIGHTH STREET, designated by the NUMBERS 19 and 20 on a survey by E. L. Eustis & Sons, C.E.&S., dated July 21, 1959, a copy of which is annexed to an act of sale passed before Margaret Gaudin, N. P., under date of August 12, 1959, registered in COB 630 folio 435, and according to which said lots adjoin each other and measure each 25 feet front on PONTCHARTRAIN BOULEVARD, same in width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 120 feet. Lot No. 20 lies nearer to and commences at a distance of 100 feet from the corner of Pontchartrain Boulevard Fortieth Street. Improvements bear the Municipal No. 6762-64 Pontchartrain Boulevard.

All as more fully shown on survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc. Surveyors, dated February 11, 1965, and redated June 22, 1965, copy of which is annexed hereto.

Being the same property acquired

by Angelo .M. Bruno from Jackson Homestead Association on December 7, 1959, before Clarence De Lucas, N.P., registered in COB 629 folio 652.

2. ONE-HALF (1/2) OWNERSHIP OF TWO CERTAIN PORTIONS OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and prescriptions thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the SEVENTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, in SQUARE NO 71 of METAIRIE PARK, bounded

by PONTCHARTRAIN BOULEVARD, FORTIETH STREET, AVENUE A and THIRTY-EIGHTH STREET, designated by the NUMBERS 23 and 24 as shown on a map of Metairie Park S/D of the New Orleans Land Companys lands by J. F. Coleman, Engineer, dated May, 1916, on file in the office of The New Orleans Land Company, and according to which said map, the said lots adjoin each other and measure each 25 feet front on PONTCHARTRAIN BOULEVARD, same in width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 120 feet. Lot No. 24 forms the corner of Fortieth St and Pontchartrain Boulevard.

According to a blueprint sketch of a survey made by Wilfred E. Calongne, C.E., dated Nov. 5, 1940, annexed to an act passed before Clarence De Lucas, N.P., dated April 17, 1941, said lots have the same location, designation and measurements. According to a Title Change registered in COB 631 folio 148, the said lots No. 23 and 24 have been redesigistered as Lot 23A. Improvements thereon bear the Mun. Nos. 6774-6774 1/2 Pontchartrain Boulevard.

Being the same property acquired by Angelo .M. Bruno in an act of sale before Clarence De Lucas, N.P., dated November 7, 1952 and registered in COB 585 folio 505.

Being the same property acquired by Angelo .M. Bruno in an Act of sale before Jerome Meunier, N.P., dated August 25, 1950 and registered in COB 569 folio 626. on the following terms and conditions, to-wit: cash sale $232,500.00 representing one-half () of total sales price of $465,000.00 and under the terms and conditions provided in the agreement to purchase filed in these proceedings.

Notice if now given to all parties to whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent, and of this estate, that they be ordered to make any opposition which they may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating that application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

CLERK OF COURT

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a lost promissory note payable to Anthony Smith Financial, Inc. dated July 8, 2014 in the amount of $1,225.89 and signed by a I. Adams please contact Jules Fontana, Attorney @ 504-581-9545.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Iokon, L.L.C, please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of JERRY MOSLEY, TONYA P. GEARY (A/K/A Tonya P. Mosley), and/or SHAJI J. BROWN, please contact Atty.

Bonita Watson, 504.324.4400.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of John V. Ramirez, Jr., please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223, New Orleans, LA 70130 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Larry and/or Linda Littlejohn please contact Atty. D. Nicole Sheppard, at 4224 Canal Street NOLA, 70119, 504-234-4880.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Linda Honeycutt and/or her Heirs Successors or Legatees, please contact Lori A. Noto at (504) 512-0611.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mr. Kerin L. Turner Watkins, call Atty.

Raashand M. Hamilton 504-940-1883.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mr. Tyrone F. Watkins, call Atty. Raashand M. Hamilton 504-940-1883.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Rosa Maria Trindade Alves Banks, please contact Atty. E. Appleberry at 405 Gretna Blvd., Suite 104, Gretna, LA 70053; (504)362-7800.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Selton Ussin please contact K. Adam Avin Atty, 2216 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500.

Be advised that anyone who knows the whereabouts of Aaron B. Markham, whose last known address was 5312 Timberhaven Lane, New Orleans, LA, please contact Clinton Smith, Jr. Esq. at (504) 382-3760 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Michael G. Moses, please contact Attorney Branden Villavaso, 631 St. Charles Ave. NOLA 70130 or (504) 920-4529.

Attorney: Craig S. Sossaman Address: 3351 Severn Ave., Suite 201 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: 504-455-3100 Gambit: 6/2/15 & 6/16/15

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

No. 736-995 DIVISION “L” SUCCESSION OF KAREN MARIE SIMONEAUX PITRE, WIDOW OF/AND AARON MARK PITRE NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is here by give to the creditors of this estate and all other persons herein interested to show cause within seven (7) days from the publication of this notice, if any they have or can, why the tableau of distribution filed

by Chantelle Pitre Floyd, Administratrix, should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance therewith.

Patricia Ann Moore, Clerk Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk of Court Attorney: Joel A. Levy Address: 7577 Westbank Expwy.

Marrero, LA 70072 Telephone: (504) 340-2993 Gambit: 6/2/15

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An order authorizing Administratrix 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.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

3. ONE-HALF (1/2) OWNERSHIP OF TWO CERTAIN PORTIONS OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances advantages and prescriptions thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the SEVENTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, in SQUARE NO 71 of METAIRIE PARK, bounded by PONTCHARTRAIN BOULEVARD, FORTIETH STREET, AVENUE A and THIRTYEIGHTH STREET, designated by the NUMBERS 21 and 22 on a survey by W. F. Calongne, Civil Engineer, dated November 5, 1940, a copy of which is annexed to an act of sale passed before Clarence De Lucas, N. P., under date of April 5, 1941, and also designated by the Nos. 21 and 22 on a play

by J.J. Krebs, Civil Eng, dated August, 1950, ann. hereto and according to which said lots adjoin each other and measure each 25 feet front on PONTCHARTRAIN BOULEVARD, same in width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 120 feet.

Lot No. 22 lies nearer to and commences at a distance of 50 feet from the corner of Pontchartrain Boulevard and Fortieth Street. Improvements bear the Municipal No. 6768-68 1/2 , 6870 Pontchartrain Boulevard.

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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

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