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Bianca Del Rio FRI. JUNE 17 | Longtime local drag performer bingo host and winner of season six of RuPaul’s Drag Race Bianca Del Rio dishes out abuse and hosts fellow queens Darienne Lake, MILK the Queen, Mrs. Kasha Davis and others. At 8 p.m. at the Joy Theater.

Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre kicks off its season. BY WILL COVIELLO

Rock & Vogue FRI. JUNE 17 | From dance parties and block parties to the state’s largest LGBTQA-friendly parade, New Orleans Pride Festival kicks things off with a costumes-encouraged voguing and rock ’n’ roll mashup with Grace Gibson, Alex Miyake Mugler and bounce artist Katey Red. Visit www.prideneworleans. com for a list of other Pride events. At 10 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

WITH PHAROAH DRESSED LIKE ELVIS, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT has always

had a mix of gentle irreverence, humor and popular musical appeal. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1970 musical adaptation of the biblical story of Joseph is an all-ages, light-hearted tale about overcoming obstacles told almost entirely in song. It opens Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre’s season Thursday, and director Diane Lala says the grab bag of musical styles is part of the show’s charm. “The lyrics are clever, and there’s a country-Western number and a calypso,” Lala says. The show is different than many recently popular jukebox musicals (Jersey Boys, Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story) says Summer Lyric’s new artistic director Michael McKelvey, but it calls for what remain the theater’s hallmark elements. “Big sets, big casts, great costumes and a full orchestra — that’s always going to be part of what we do,” McKelvey says. “We’re one of the only companies that I know of nationally that uses a full orchestra — including Broadway.” McKelvey took over from B. Michael Howard, who directed the program for 18 years and now is in an emeritus position. Howard has been with Summer Lyric for most of its 49 years. Summer Lyric has operated like a summer stock theater — with professional and community actors and Tulane students who regularly audition and perform. Nine Tulane students have been cast in roles this season, and McKelvey is expanding the theater’s talent pool by working with actors from top university and conservatory programs outside the region. The leads of Joseph and Thoroughly Modern Millie (July 7-10) both hail from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. (Lala is a New Orleans

native who has performed in and directed Summer Lyric shows and currently is a teacher at the Cincinnati Conservatory.) Summer Lyric’s season concludes with Big River (July 28-31), the musical adaption of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which won seven Tony Awards when it debuted on Broadway in the 1985. It’s one of McKelvey’s favorite shows, and he’ll direct it. “I think it’s an important piece about acceptance,” he says. McKelvey plans to focus on classics and shows that have the staying power to join the canon, he says. He will schedule at least one family-friendly show per season. In his first year, McKelvey also began work on building Summer Lyric’s audiences. The theater traditionally has had one summer program for kids, Little Lyric. He’s expanded that to three programs, focused on different age groups — Little Lyric for younger children, Junior Lyric for middle school students and an intensive technical program for high school students. McKelvey teaches musical theater at Tulane, and he initiated a service learning class (Tulane students must take two such courses to graduate) called the Story Road Project, in which 10 students acted as a small company that traveled to area public schools to perform and educate.

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Roots Reggae Culture Festival SAT.-SUN. JUNE 18-19 | Twenty reggae and dancehall artists perform at the inaugural two-day festival celebrating Caribbean culture and music, including Third World, Higher Heights and I-Wayne on Saturday and Capleton and Richie Spice on Sunday. Gates are open 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday at Tad Gormley Stadium.

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“My goal is to get every region of the city to know the Tulane Summer Lyric name,” he says. McKelvey also is reaching out in simpler ways, such as social media initiatives. He also had Summer Lyric’s first season poster created. “I hadn’t planned it when I programmed (my) first season, but I realized there was a theme of adventure running through the shows,” he says. “The poster says ‘Join us for a season of adventure.’”

R. Kelly SUN. JUNE 19 | Originally conceived as a white-album companion to his 2013 release Black Panties, The Buffet (RCA) finds R. Kelly eschewing unmentionables in favor of a potluck backyard party. Two of the courses: “Poetic Sex” and “Sextime.” That’s our Robert. At 8 p.m. at the Smoothie King Center.

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VOODOO FEST REVEALS 2016 LINEUP Arcade Fire, Tool and The Weeknd will headline the 2016 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, the 18th annual edition of the Halloween weekend festival at City Park. Also on the bill are G-Eazy, Band of Horses, Kevin Gates, Die Antwoord, Foals, Porter Robinson, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, DJ Mustard, Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, Shakey Graves, Wild Belle and others. There are more than 65 acts on four stages. Voodoo 2016 is Oct. 28-30. Three-day general admission tickets are $140 and three-day LOA VIP tickets are $400, on sale at www.voodoofestival.com. PH OTO BY G U Y AROCH

2. “Welp!” of the week “We did the best with what we had.” — State Rep. Gene Reynolds, D-Minden, chairman of the Louisiana House Democratic Caucus, spoke for many state lawmakers after last week’s frustrating passage of Louisiana’s 2016-2017 operating budget. “We’re not happy with this budget and the governor’s not happy with it,” Reynolds added. In his address to an ensuing special session, Gov. John Bel Edwards warned, “I’m not just asking you to get the job done: I’m asking you to get the job done right and to do it right now. The people of Louisiana are demanding this.”

GOP lawmakers scuttle most of Gov’s tax plans It didn’t take long for the Republican-dominated Louisiana House of Representatives to put the kibosh on key elements of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ tax bills. The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Democrat Rep. Neil Abramson of New Orleans but with a GOP majority, scuttled Edwards-backed

measures to generate more revenue via various business taxes and individual income taxes. The committee passed a smattering of small tax increases, but nowhere near the $600 million in taxes that Edwards was seeking. The special session must end by midnight June 23.

4. Whole-home shortterm rentals back on the menu

A new report from the staff of the New Orleans City Planning Commission (CPC) suggests allowing entire homes to be rented out on short-term rental services such as Airbnb. The commission rejected the practice of “whole home rentals” in its January report to the New Orleans City Council. Despite continued objections from the CPC and some council members, the planning staff issued another round of recommendations for various types of short-term rentals — including whole homes in residential neighborhoods. That report will be the subject of the next CPC meeting at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 14 in City Council Chambers. The commission then will for-

ward its recommendations to the council, which has the final say. A recent data scrape from Inside Airbnb found nearly 75 percent of listings in New Orleans are for entire homes.

5. City planners to

study French Quarter strip clubs The deadline for submitting comments to the New Orleans City Planning Commission for its study of “adult live entertainment venues” is June 20. The study follows the New Orleans City Council’s request for a report on the state of the French Quarter’s strip clubs after the January passage of a city ordinance raising the age of dancers from 18 to 21. The CPC’s staff report will be available June 21, and a public hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. June 28. A final report will be submitted to the council in July. Despite a “joke” amendment from state Rep. Kenneth Havard, R-Jackson, to place age and weight limits on dancers, lawmakers passed a bill raising the minimum age of adult dancers to 21. It takes effect Aug. 1.

6. The Music Box Vil-

8. “We hold these truths

The ambitious musical architecture project The Music Box returns to Bywater this fall at its permanent location and adjoining warehouse workshop on Rampart Street. In 2011, arts organization New Orleans Airlift invited artists to piece together houses as musical instruments. The first village opened on Piety Street, with performances from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Quintron and many others. Its next iteration as the Roving Village welcomed new structures, artists and performers in City Park during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2015. The Music Box also appeared as “Outposts” in Shreveport and Tampa Bay. “We’re back on our home turf in a romantic, beautiful and secluded yet accessible location with what we really needed: a beautiful plot of land and an adjoining warehouse to service our maintenance-heavy project,” said Airlift founder Delaney Martin. The former metal fabrication warehouse serves as a workshop, and its neighboring “forest” will house the Village and and will hold public viewings, concerts, performances and other ticketed events.

Louisiana students won’t have to recite a passage from the Declaration of Independence next school year. A bill by state Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Denham Springs, remained stuck in a state Senate committee at the closing of the state Legislature’s annual session on June 6 and therefore is dead at least until next year. House Bill 1035 “requires” (unlike the Pledge of Allegiance or prayer, which are optional) students in fourth through sixth grades to recite a passage every morning. African-American lawmakers opposed the bill, arguing the passage’s “all men are created equal” phrase did not apply to their ancestors when it was written and thus would offend black students forced to recite it. Hodges responded, “The founding fathers did not give us slavery. Slavery existed way before.”

lage to open in Bywater

7. Louisiana to “ban the box”

State agencies can’t ask potential hires about their criminal records on a job application, thanks to a “ban the box” law signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards on June 9. The measure goes into effect Aug. 1, when Louisiana joins 23 other states with similar laws that “ban the box” (referring to criminal background check boxes on applications), preventing state employers from evaluating hires based solely on their criminal histories. The measure from state Rep. C. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, applies only to the state’s appointed “unclassified” workers, not “classified” state workers hired through the Civil Service system. State employers still can conduct background checks and ask about criminal histories in person, but supporters say the measure is the first step in criminal justice reform post-conviction and incarceration. New Orleans approved a similar measure in 2013.

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Pirates Alley Cafe can be a bar The city Department of Safety and Permits has reversed a decision that jeopardized the future of popular French Quarter watering hole Pirates Alley Cafe. The bar, which opened in 1996, previously was denied a nonconforming use zoning permit and license to operate as a bar. (It’s designated a restaurant in an area that prohibits bars.) Owners Tony Seville and Thais Solano announced they would have to close if their permit was denied. Last week, the city reversed its ruling after the owners successfully argued the cafe has operated as a bar with the city’s knowledge for more than 10 years.

10. Higher ed gutted, more cuts coming

The latest state budget figures show that higher education sustained 45 percent of all cuts in state funding since 2009 — and more cuts are on the way unless state lawmakers raise additional revenue in the ongoing special legislative session. Between fiscal years 2009 and 2015, lawmakers and then-Gov. Bobby Jindal cut colleges and universities by a total of $764 million — the highest-percentage cut in the nation.

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COMPETITION AMONG CITIES FOR TOURIST DOLLARS GROWS MORE INTENSE EVERY YEAR. That’s why local hospitality industry leaders are

pumped that New Orleans is hosting the U.S. Travel Association’s IPW 2016 trade show. IPW is the largest generator of U.S. travel. More than 6,400 delegates from 73 countries will convene at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for the event, which also was held in New Orleans in 2002, 1993 and 1979. It’s not your typical trade show. It’s like a five-day multibillion-dollar marketplace where 1,300 international travel buyers participate in more than 100,000 pre-scheduled meetings with U.S. travel organizations. Another 500 reporters will cover the event and spotlight New Orleans. “While the immediate projected economic impact to the state will be in the millions,” said CVB President and CEO Stephen Perry, “the ultimate payoff of IPW will ripple through the local economy for an estimated three years after, generating approximately $1.7 billion in direct economic impact.” — CLANCY DUBOS

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is awarding $80,000 to the New Orleans Recreation Development Foundation for summer swimming activities at city pools. The donation supports classes, lifeguards and maintenance. Nearly 4,000 young people completed swimming safety programs through the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission in 2015. Visit www.nordc.org for a list of pools.

Sara Paretsky and Christine Carbo will

receive Pinckley Prizes for Distinguished Body of Work and Debut Novel, respectively, from the Women’s National Book Association of New Orleans. Paretsky is the author of 24 books and the founder of Sisters in Crime. Carbo’s debut novel is The Wild Inside. The awards are named in honor of association founder Diana Pinckley. A ceremony is set for Sept. 15.

State Rep. Neil Abramson, D-New

Orleans, played a childish game near the end of the annual legislative session by single-handedly preventing his colleagues from voting on House Bill 2, the state’s construction budget, which he authors as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. Abramson said the bill returned from the Senate had unspecified “technical” problems. It was the first time in at least four decades that lawmakers failed to pass a construction bill.

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Last week’s cover story on Sidney Torres and his possible run for mayor drew these comments. “I understand that the Quarter is the heart of the city but he needs to understand that the veins are what causes a heart to fail from a lack of blood. Fix the veins and the heart will thrive!!!” — Richard Long “We need non-career politicians to be in office. People that aren’t afraid to go against the grain. I’m sure if he decides to run for Mayor he will clean up City Hall just like he cleaned up the Quarter.” — Blue Life

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LIKE NERO FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNED, the leadership of the

Louisiana House of Representatives has played childish political games as the state descends further into fiscal chaos. Evidence of this is overwhelming. Since Day One of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ term, a handful of leading Republicans has blindly refused to consider reasonable revenue measures — yet they offer no real plan to cover the $2 billion deficit left by Republican former Gov. Bobby Jindal. Some of those Republicans opposed Jindal’s fiscal policies on solid philosophical grounds; now they oppose Edwards’ fiscal cures simply because he’s a Democrat. They are shameless. Further evidence of their irresponsibility came last week. House Speaker Taylor Barras, a Republican from New Iberia, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Neil Abramson, a Democrat from New Orleans who is in league with the GOP’s “Gang of No,” strained credulity in preventing a vote on the so-called Capital Outlay budget before the annual session adjourned. Both said the measure as approved by the Senate had unspecified “technical” defects, yet they did nothing with the bill for the final five days of the session. Abramson literally hid from his colleagues to avoid bringing up the bill for a vote. Then, one day after the regular session ended (on the first morning of the special session), Abramson’s committee approved the measure in an hour — with millions more for projects in Abramson’s district. He blamed committee staffers for that “technical” error.

The next day, Abramson cast the deciding vote to sidetrack one of Edwards’ main initiatives — a bill that would effectively put state income taxes back where they were before Jindal and his minions gutted the socalled Stelly Plan in 2008. Every reputable review of Louisiana’s tax code in recent years has recommended reinstituting the Stelly Plan. Every legislator knows that. Despite pleas for more revenue from college and university presidents — whose institutions have endured nearly $700 million in cuts in the past seven years — Abramson’s committee (which has a 12-7 Republican majority) blithely rejected every major revenue increase except one on health maintenance organizations, or HMOs, which are likely to pass the tax hike on to their customers. That measure is expected to bring in $190 million of the overall $220 million approved by the House last week — a figure far short of the $600 million Edwards seeks to preserve higher education, the TOPS scholarship program, public hospitals and services for Louisiana’s most severely handicapped citizens. For all their posturing, those who oppose Edwards’ plan offer nothing more than politics as usual. Their strategy is clear: torpedo the governor in the hope of defeating him in 2019. If state finances go to hell in the mean time, they don’t care; they’ll just follow Jindal’s template and blame someone else. We have news for them: Voters will remember who voted to continue Jindal’s disastrous fiscal policies — because we and others will not stop reminding them who fiddled while Louisiana burned.

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Work has begun to remove the toll collection structures on the West Bank side of the Crescent City Connection. P H OTO B Y K A N DAC E P O W E R G R AV E S

Hey Blake, When were the spans of the Crescent City Connection built and how much did the toll go up over the years? Also, how did people get to the West Bank before the bridge was built? JERRY SLATER

Dear Jerry, Your question is timely, since work began just last week to dismantle the Crescent City Connection toll plaza, signifying yet another chapter of the bridge’s long history. The 12-lane toll plaza structure has not been used since a 2013 court decision and voter referendum ended tolls on the Crescent City Connection. Originally called the Greater New Orleans Bridge, the first span opened to traffic on April 15, 1958. Prior to that, drivers used the Huey P. Long Bridge (opened in 1935) or ferries to get across the Mississippi River to the West Bank. The Mississippi River Bridge Authority, chaired by Capt. Neville

Levy, oversaw the bridge’s opening, which followed three years of construction at a cost of $65 million. The bridge, which at the time was the longest cantilever bridge in the world, was dedicated Oct. 18, 1958. The original tolls ranged from 35 cents for cars to $1.75 for large trucks. The toll was reduced to 30 cents in 1962 and was eliminated in May 1964. Construction on the second span, which cost $500 million, began in 1981 and was completed in September 1988. A $1 toll was instituted soon after. The Times-Picayune and state Sen. Fritz Windhorst organized a contest to rename the bridges. The winner was Crescent City Connection, submitted by Gay Herbert’s fourth-grade class at St. Clement of Rome School in Metairie. The name was changed in April 1989. For a list of the 24 other finalists, visit www. bestofneworleans.com. Correction: In my June 7 column, I misstated the location of the old Pelican Lanes bowling alley. It was at 105 Veterans Memorial Blvd. in Metairie (location of Heritage Plaza). Paradise Lanes was down the street where Barnes & Noble currently operates.

BLAKEVIEW FIFTY YEARS AGO, A YOUNG NEWSMAN FROM TEXAS NAMED JIM METCALF CAME TO NEW ORLEANS for a job at WWL-TV. A former high school English

and speech teacher, Metcalf became a news star during the early days of Channel 4 but really made his mark when, at the urging of then-News Director Phil Johnson, he tried his hand at features. Soon, he had a regular feature called “Jim Metcalf’s Scrapbook.” That evolved into a 30-minute weekly program, A Sunday Journal. It featured poetry and essays, often thoughtful and introspective, written by Metcalf and introduced with the host intoning “Please to begin.” This year marks 40 years since Journal was awarded broadcasting’s highest honor, a George Foster Peabody Award. Metcalf, who died in 1977, also published five books of his poetry, which remain local favorites.

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Da Winnas & Da Loozas About the best that could be said of the annual legislative session that ended June 6 was that it made lawmakers feel almost as frustrated as the voters they represent. That’s saying something. Tensions between the House and Senate are at an all-time high, mostly because of the political brinkmanship played by House leaders. Those tensions have already spilled over into the special session, which began 30 minutes after the regular session ended. The longest-running joke in the final days of the regular session was each legislator’s answers to the question: How are you going to spend the 30 minutes of “free time” between the regular session ending and the next special session beginning? I used that time to compile my annual (for more than 30 years now) recap of the legislative carnage, otherwise known as Da Winnas and Da Loozas. Because lawmakers already are in special session — largely to repair the damage they inflicted earlier this year — the fate of some major players could soon change from “winna” to “looza” and vice-versa. With that caveat, let’s begin with …

DA WINNAS 1. Gov. John Bel Edwards — The guv lost some big fights (equal pay and minimum wage among them), but he won the most important battle of the session: the one for control of the state budget. What passed was not the budget he ultimately wants, but it is the one he can hold over lawmakers’ heads in the special session. TOPS, higher education, public hospitals and other vital programs face horrific cuts, which puts lots of pressure on leges to increase revenues. Equally important for Edwards, House Republican leaders looked dazed and confused in their handling of the construction budget on the final day. On other fronts, Edwards backed the “Raise the Age” bill to put 17-year-olds in the juvenile justice system and a “real” REAL ID bill, which will allow Louisianans to travel on domestic airlines in the future.

Gov. John Bel Edwards won control of the budget — the most important battle of the legislative session. PHOTO BY ROBIN MAY

2. Business interests — The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) won by playing good defense, leading the charge to defeat the minimum wage and equal pay bills. Overall, LABI narrowed its focus and chose its battles wisely. 3. Gambling interests — Casinos and video poker interests avoided any tax hikes in both special sessions, and the video poker industry got all four of its key bills passed — proving once again that the house (as in the gambling house) always wins. 4. The cannabis industry — Passage of an expanded medical marijuana bill was a milestone for people battling serious medical conditions, but don’t start ordering your gummy bears just yet. We’re still a long way from Colorado. 5. Charter schools — Charter supporters beat back several major bills that would have restricted their foothold in the K-12 landscape. After winning those initial skirmishes, their opponents agreed to cease hostilities … for now. 6. The Orleans Parish School Board — State-run Recovery School District schools in New Orleans will return to local control by 2019 at the latest, with some conditions.

Women were among the biggest losers in Louisiana’s 2016 legislative session.

13. Immigrants — People who literally have no lobbyists nonetheless won a major victory when Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand and others helped beat back the socalled sanctuary cities bill. 14. Teachers — While K-12 education got whacked in the general budget, teachers won two key battles: They secured a one-year delay of accountability measures; and lawmakers reduced from 50 percent to 35 percent the portion of a teacher’s evaluation that is based on performance measures. Which brings us to …

DA LOOZAS 1. Women — The equal pay bill died an ignominious death in committee one day after some frat-house antics on the House floor garnered embarrassing international attention. A “joke” amendment on an anti-human trafficking bill (more on this below) signaled that Louisiana is still in the caveman era when it comes to treatment of women. 2. Public hospitals & health care — Without additional revenue, next year’s budget cuts the Department of Health and Hospitals by more than $170 million. 3. Higher education & college students — TOPS was cut by more than 50 percent and direct state funding for colleges and universities also was cut by some $55 million, although that could change signifi-

cantly after the special session. One bright spot: Lawmakers approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would confer “tuition freedom” on university systems if voters approve the concept. 4. Attorney General Jeff Landry — His GOP allies in the House tried to give him a separate budget, one not touchable by the governor, but Edwards and the Senate would have no part of that. Perhaps to teach him a lesson, his budget got put back into the general appropriations budget — with a trim. Landry also was on the losing side of the sanctuary cities fight. 5. The House GOP leadership — Regardless of the final budget outcome, it’s clear the Republican leadership of the House is not completely in control. Appropriations Committee Chairman Cameron Henry got smacked down by his colleagues when he tried to push a budget that funded TOPS at the expense of public hospitals. For all his rants against Edwards, he still does not have a real alternative to the governor’s proposed revenue increases. In the final days of the session, House leaders refused to take up the Capital Outlay Bill, even after a majority of House members (in an apparent snub of House Speaker Taylor Barras) voted to do so. 7. Environmentalists — Lawmakers killed measures to require fence-line monitoring by facilities that break state and federal environmental guidelines, and they killed a bill to prohibit open burning of munitions in Louisiana.

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Charters will retain a measure of independence, so this was a “win” for both sides in New Orleans. 7. The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts — Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill to accelerate a final decision in a lawsuit that has tied up the Four Seasons Hotel project at the old World Trade Center site in New Orleans for more than a year. The bill helps not just the Four Seasons but also all public benefit corporations that lease public lands. 8. Anti-abortion activists/supporters — Louisiana now will restrict access to abortions by requiring a 72-hour waiting period. Several other bills restricting abortion rights also passed. 9. Physical therapists — Patients will now be able to get physical therapy directly, without first having to get a “referral” by their doctor. 10. The City of New Orleans — Defeating the so-called sanctuary cities bill and passing the Four Seasons bill ranked among the top priorities for Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the city. Landrieu also got a four-bill package passed to finalize his deal with local firefighters to end decades of litigation. A bill to impede removal of Confederate-era monuments also was bottled up in a House committee, as was a bill to scuttle the city’s “Hire NOLA” program. 11. LGBT people — The so-called Pastor Protection Bill (declaring that pastors don’t have to perform same-sex marriages) died, which was perhaps the clearest sign of all that the Religious Right is no longer in charge. 12. Local indigent defender boards — They got a guaranteed (65 percent) slice of all state funds for indigent defendant representation in criminal trials. Critics say that could threaten the quality of defense efforts in capital cases, but it also will take a lot of pressure off local indigent defender boards and the local governments that fund them.

CLANCY DUBOS 8. The “Caveman Caucus” — The House’s male chauvinists have become political targets for women voters, including conservative women, for their frat-house antics during debate on a stripper minimum age bill. Rep. Kenneth Havard, R-Jackson, filed an amendment setting age and weight limits on strippers, saying it was a “joke” to highlight his opposition to “government overreach.” Then, he voted for the bill as originally presented. A day later, he refused to apologize, which only made things worse. This fight is far from over, as Rep. Helena Moreno, D-New Orleans, has gained traction with her digital “It’s No Joke” movement. Watch out, boys. 9. Poor people — They always seem to lose, but only rarely does it happen in such a public manner as the defeat of a bill to raise the minimum wage.

Attorney General Jeff Landry lost two battles: sanctuary cities and a bid to have a budget without gubernatorial oversight.

10. K-12 education — For the first time in decades, lawmakers cut state aid for public elementary and secondary schools. The gains that teachers made elsewhere could be offset by pay cuts and layoffs in poorer school districts. As is often the case, lawmakers performed down to low expectations.

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BY DAVID S. LEWIS PHOTOS BY DORA SISON OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS, PARTICULARLY FROM THE SYNTHETIC

AS OPIOID OVERDOSES SPIKE, POLICE OFFICERS IN OTHER CITIES NOW CARRY

naloxone,

A CHEAP DRUG THAT CAN REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF AN OD AND BRING PATIENTS

back from near death.

BUT THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT

doesn’t carry it –

AND GAMBIT COULDN’T FIND A POLICE AGENCY IN LOUISIANA THAT DOES.

DRUG FENTANYL , ARE ON AN ALARMING UPWARD TREND — it’s the drug that killed Prince — but the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has yet to issue officers naloxone, a drug which can revive an overdose victim in moments. In Louisiana, police have been permitted to carry and administer naloxone (brand name: Narcan) for nearly two years, but none do. And while few have heard of the legislation, others have yet to hear much about naloxone itself. Whether the victim is a medical patient who mistakenly takes too much of a prescription drug or a recreational user mainlining heroin, the signs of an overdose are the same: victims’ pupils constrict, they lose consciousness, respiration falters and stops, the skin becomes blue and they often appear to be dead before they really are. Naloxone prevents opioids from interacting with the central nervous system almost immediately after administration. In short, it can bring a victim back from the brink of death. Naloxone also is extremely safe. The drug has been used by paramedics and emergency room doctors for more than 40 years, is non-addictive and has no adverse side effects (although it can trigger withdrawal symptoms, such as severe headache and nausea, when given to an addict). In the past,

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the drug was administered primarily with a syringe, but modern delivery systems typically comprise either an auto-injector (some devices are equipped with voice commands) or an intranasal spray. “If you drink a gallon of [naloxone], all you do is pee like a racehorse,” said Robert Childs, executive director of the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC). “All it does is enable people to continue to exist.” Although only two overdose deaths in Orleans Parish were attributed to Fentanyl in 2014, of last year’s 63 opioid deaths, a dozen of the victims had Fentanyl in their systems, according to the coroner’s office. This year already, 19 of the dozens of people killed by opioids tested positive for Fentanyl. That means an increase of about 900 percent in Fentanyl-related overdose deaths — and it’s only June. To put that in perspective, in 2016, there have been 53 murders in New Orleans; as of this writing, there’ve been 48 deaths from accidental opioid overdose. Yet New Orleans police don’t carry naloxone — and Gambit couldn’t find a single state law enforcement agency that does. A spokesman for the city declined to answer questions for this story, also declining on behalf of Dr. Jeffrey Elder, director of Emergency Medical Services. In an email, the spokesman wrote, “The City is reviewing if NOPD should be trained to administer naloxone,” and noted New Orleans firefighters and EMS workers are equipped with it. Childs tracks law enforcement adoption of naloxone across the country and conducts training for departments interested in deploying the drug with patrol units. His organization is largely responsible for North Carolina’s relatively early adoption of the drug. There, legislation permitting police to carry Narcan was passed in 2013; now, 81 agencies (out of around 350) across the state issue it to officers. “We walk them through the program and then we train them if they need us to,” he told Gambit. Childs added that he doesn’t encounter officers who, after seeing how easy it is to use, don’t want to carry it daily. He likens naloxone to

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automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), which have made their way into many squad cars since their introduction. “They’re probably just as likely to use it,” Childs said. “They encounter overdoses all the time. If you’re an officer, you want to be equipped to protect the life and dignity of the people you serve. When we poll officers, we usually find that 80 to 90 percent of officers want to carry it. They encounter overdoses often. They want to be able to do their job, to save that person’s life.”

OFFICERS MAY ENCOUNTER MANY MORE OVERDOSES IN THE COMING MONTHS. New Orleans (and the United States) is going through an overdose death epidemic. Opioid overdoses already account for as many accidental deaths as automobile accidents and, in New Orleans, they could give the murder rate a run for its money. Opioid overdose deaths have been on the rise nationwide and are connected to a sharp increase of the synthetic opioid Fentanyl on the illicit market. Much cheaper than heroin, Fentanyl also is 40 to 50 times more potent. Sometimes users mix it with heroin to get an increased “pop” in their high. Fentanyl may be ingested in pill form, smoked, snorted or injected, and a tiny amount can be lethal — in fact, users sometimes begin to overdose before they have finished injecting it. “My sense is that this market is just waking up to Fentanyl, whereas other markets may be a little more advanced, with multiple sellers,” Orleans Parish Coroner Jeffrey Rouse told Gambit. “This is a problem that I can only see growing. This is a drug that is highly lethal and, from what I’m hearing, also sought out in the user community for its lethality.” Rouse agrees that police units should adopt Narcan as part of their emergency response kits, but increasing

the availability of the lifesaving drug in at-risk communities, including current opioid users, those likely to relapse and college campuses, is more important, he said. “I think that the numbers of persons that may be saved [by officers on the scene] is a handful at most, so really I’m more concerned with having it pushed out into the community, to have a Narcan kit on every corner, so to speak,” Rouse said. “I’m paid to think in worst-case scenarios — I’m a pessimist by nature — but when I see this data and how [the number of overdose deaths attributed to Fentanyl has] grown, from two to 12 to 19 already this year, I can’t help but shudder to think that New Orleans may be in the beginning stages of an exponential growth curve in this stuff.” Rouse added, “I think if we spend all our time and energy fighting battles to get [naloxone] into the hands of the police and then thinking we’ve done our job — that ain’t it. It’s got to get past them.”

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of her naloxone bills passed the House and CARRIED BY FIRST RESPONDERS Senate with unanimous support — no small feat The antidote comes pre-measured in a for a Democrat trying single-dose syringe that is easily converted to pass drug legislation into an inhaler, which allows for safe, in Louisiana. easy intranasal administration. “Legislators definitely get it, and I’ve had countless legislators thank me for the work I’ve done in increasing access to this drug,” Moreno told Gambit. “I even had a legislator who put a coroner’s report on my desk from a month ago, and it was his nephew who had passed away. He said, ‘Look, maybe if people knew more about naloxone … maybe there could have been a different outcome, because by the time paramedics got there, it was too late.’” Now, nearly two years after Moreno’s first bill became law, Moreno seemed surprised that no law enforcement agency in Louisiana had adopted Narcan for daily carry. “None?” she asked. “What about the State Police?” No, not the Louisiana ANYONE CAN POSSESS AND ADMINISTER NALOXONE to State Police (LSP), eioverdose victims. CVS has announced it will stock the ther, confirmed Michael medicine and sell it with a standing prescription to anyone Reichardt, a spokesman who requests it. Two other pharmacies already sell it without for the LSP. In fact, a prescription: Crescent City Pharmacy (2240 Simon neither the NCHRC nor Bolivar Ave.) sells naloxone intranasal kits for about $60; the Louisiana FraterWalgreens in the University Medical Center (2000 Canal St.) nal Order of Police sells it for about $28. had knowledge of any If you need naloxone but can’t afford it, there is an agencies in the state organization aimed at providing the drug free of charge, but currently equipped appointments can take up to a week. The New Orleans harm with naloxone. reduction group Trystereo can be reached at (504) 535Darrell Basco, 4766 (text messages preferred), or at Nolaharmdreduction@ president of the gmail.com. Louisiana Fraternal Naloxone is provided free after interested parties undergo Order of Police, likewise a brief training session. — DAVID S. LEWIS had no knowledge of any agency in the state carrying Narcan kits. “To be honest with you, I don’t know enough about it,” Basco said. STATE REP. HELENA “I know it’s supposed to be a family members. It opened the door to counteractive for an overdose, national pharmacy retailers, such as CVS MORENO, D -NEW ORLEANS, and that’s about it.” and Walgreens, providing the community has spent several years sponsorwith access to naloxone kits without ing a suite of legislation aimed at prescriptions. Moreno’s latest bill expanded doing exactly that. on similar legislation passed last year that In Massachusetts, the Quincy Moreno’s most recent allowed for a “standing prescription” so police department has deployed legislation, which was signed those who needed naloxone didn’t first have naloxone over 500 times since it into law last week by Gov. John to see a physician. adopted its use in 2010, according Bel Edwards, further expands In 2014, Moreno successfully pushed a bill to the city’s newspaper, the access to naloxone for thirdallowing law enforcement to carry naloxone Patriot Ledger. Similar results party purchasers looking to and protecting first responders from liability PAGE 17 acquire it for use on friends or with a “Good Samaritan” clause. All three

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17 have been seen in other parts of the country, particularly the Northeast, (from where much of the Fentanyl seems to be coming, according to the Ledger), with 310 saves in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and neighboring Philadelphia since police began carrying Narcan in 2014.

“It’s very emotional to watch somebody that’s completely blue come back to life, and that’s exactly what happens.” – DONNIE VARNELL, TRAINER FOR THE NCHRC

Southern cities have seen success, too, with North Carolina posting impressive statistics. Much of that state’s relatively fast adoption can be attributed to the NCHRC, but some of the credit is due to Donnie Varnell, a retired lawman who headed the statewide drug diversion unit of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NCBI). Varnell, who was a police officer and sheriff before becoming an NCBI agent, is an advocate for officer-deployed naloxone. Now he works with the NCHRC, helping to train and equip agencies around the country. “The last training I gave, one officer was 20 minutes away from his headquarters, and before he could get back to his department from my training, he stopped and saved an overdose victim at a traffic intersection,” Varnell said. Varnell acknowledged police agencies initially were skeptical about taking on another responsibility, particularly when administering naloxone meant using a syringe — before simpler intranasal devices and auto-injectors became widely available. “In the beginning, we had plenty of naloxone and not many agencies carrying,” he said. “That changed quickly as

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departments saw how easy the kits were to use and the dramatic effect they had on seemingly deceased victims. “It’s very emotional to watch somebody that’s completely blue come back to life, and that’s exactly what happens,” Varnell said. “People are sitting there saying, ‘Yeah, well, mom and dad thinks he’s dead.’ The training, of course, is to use your naloxone kit regardless. And so many times everybody thinks the person is deceased, and then their facial color goes from blue to pink in about 10 seconds.” For law enforcement agencies in North Carolina, the results spoke for themselves. “Now we’ve got more agencies that want it than we have naloxone,” Varnell said. “Once an officer makes a save, public opinion for that officer changes. I mean, you become the hero again. You’re a lifesaver.” For NOPD, which struggles with its reputation, officers might embrace an opportunity to regain credibility while giving those on death’s door a second chance. “Let’s face it, when the police show up, it’s almost never for something good,” Varnell said. “In this case, there’s terrible trouble, but when you save someone’s life, that family looks at you like you’re a hero. It’s not the most important thing, but let’s face it, good PR is good PR.”

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Reboot CAFE HENRI (800 LOUISA ST.), A NEW RESTAURANT FROM THE TEAM BEHIND THE UPTOWN COCKTAIL LOUNGE CURE (4905 FRERET ST., 504-302-2S57; WWW.CURENOLA. COM), IS OPEN IN BYWATER. The

St. James Cheese Company’s second location

restaurant takes over the blue corner building formally home to Booty’s Street Food, which closed in January. The casual space is outfitted with white tile and blonde wood. There is bar seating and a handful of tables, and the small space can fill up fast. The restaurant, from Cure’s Neal Bodenheimer, Kirk Estopinal and Nick Detrich, was inspired by their fathers and envisioned as a casual, family-friendly spot. Chef Jason Klutts (also from Cane & Table and Cure) offers a short, streamlined menu of bistro-style fare, including a burger topped with Russian dressing and pickles, steak frites with chimichurri and pan-seared salmon served with snow peas and cherry tomatoes. Starters include fried oysters atop thick slices of beef carpaccio with Parmesan and arugula. The

BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund IT DOESN’T COME AS A SURPRISE THAT THE SECOND LOCATION OF ST. JAMES CHEESE COMPANY APPEARS TO BE DOING PRETTY WELL. Though

distinct from its Uptown predecessor, the concept at the bright and airy Warehouse District space is much the same: an eclectic cheese and charcuterie selection is rounded out by gourmet sandwiches and a few cheese-heavy salads. The shop-cum-restaurant stays busy with passersby popping in for a wedge of cheese, and while the commerce aspect of the grab-andgo shop is a nice amenity, its allure as a gourmet sandwich and lunchtime spot is stronger. Much of the menu mirrors that of the Prytania Street flagship, including classics such as the excellent Brie de Meaux and French ham sandwich, the epitome of simplicity. But there are new creations as well, including dishes that feature an array of international inspirations. In a Spanish-style bocadillo, thick slices of charred and crispy La Quercia lomo are complemented by melted manchego and nutty arugula dressed with tangy pimiento aioli. The open-faced sandwich is topped with a sunny side up egg that, when broken, runs into the crevasses of the crusty bread. It straddles the line between breakfast and lunch but is good anytime. Raclette, the Swiss alpine standby of melted cow’s milk cheese, brought me back to childhood meals in Germany when we’d sit around the table, scraping gobs of the melted mess onto our plates. Here, the melted cheese carries the trademark barnyard funk and is blanketed

WHERE

641 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 304-1485; www.stjamescheese.com

across crisp potatoes interspersed with caramelized onions, reminiscent of those found at the bottom of a bowl of French onion soup. Briny cornichons add the salty crunch that balances out the rich dish. The whimsically named Peachy Pig features two large Italian pork sausage patties and melted Taleggio wedges on a pistolette dressed with chunky peach chutney. The peaches’ sweetness balances the spice from the sausage, and pickled red peppers and arugula lend texture and color. Though delicious, it’s a monster of a sandwich and a lot to tackle alone. Portions can be generous, and in some instances, completely over the top. The Cantal salad arrives topped with a mountain of sliced French ham, throwing off the delicate balance of ingredients. The salad has a pleasing mix of walnuts, tart apple slices and Cantal cheese

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John Dauterive serves a sandwich at St. James Cheese Company in the Warehouse District. PH OTO BY CH E RY L G E R B E R

shavings, but it’s hard to get past the pile of meat. The space feels like more of a daytime and early evening haunt, but don’t skip the goat cheese bread pudding dessert. Topped with warm caramel sauce and blueberries, it’s a salty, sweet and creamy indulgence. Even though the sandwiches are on point, one would be remiss to overlook the mix-and-match meat and cheese board offerings here. After all, when the sandwiches are stripped of other accoutrements, those main attractions are what earned St. James its reputation.

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simple dessert list includes a cookie plate and a pie of the day. The bar offers a frozen version of a Negroni and full coffee and espresso service from Counter Culture Coffee. Cafe Henri is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. — HELEN FREUND

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offshoot of the St. Charles Avenue wine haunt The Delachaise (3442 St. Charles Ave., 504-895-0858; www. thedelachaise.com) took over the space formerly home to The Sammich, which closed late last year.

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Owner Evan Hayes says dishes won’t be as rich as dishes at his flagship. Because the bistro eventually will add lunch service, there are more salads and lighter options including plenty of seafood dishes, such as ceviches and sashimi-style preparations, Hayes says. Executive chef Daniel Volponi (formerly of Ursa Major) is overseeing the kitchen. The eclectic menu includes Malaysian beef rendang, Dutch-inspired bitterballen (meat croquettes), octopus escabeche and Mediterranean-style lamb sliders topped with harissa. Chais Delachaise offers a wide selection of cheese and charcuterie. The restaurant is open for dinner from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily. — HELEN FREUND

Bubbling over BANH MI AND BUBBLE TEA SHOP MR. BUBBLES CAFE (WWW.MRBUBBLESNOLA.COM) IS NOW OPEN INSIDE THE NEW ORLEANS BIOINNOVATION CENTER (1441 CANAL ST.). It is the

second location from the owners of Mr. Bubbles Sandwich House (925 Behrman Highway, Suite 12, Gretna, 504-570-6377), inside Gretna’s Hong Kong Food Market (925 Behrman Highway, Suite 3, Gretna, 504-394-7075; www.hongkongmarketnola.com). Vietnamese-born owners Canh Nguyen and Nam Vo opened their West Bank flagship in 2012. The menu is almost identical to the Gretna shop’s, featuring banh mi, a variety of tofu-filled spring rolls, Dong Phuong bread loaves, almond buns, spongy milk bread, iced boba fruit and milk teas and frozen fruit smoothies. Mr. Bubbles Cafe is open from 7:30 a.m. to

5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. — HELEN FREUND

Tea leaves BURMESE POP-UP LAHPET HOLDS A FUNDRAISER ON JUNE 15. The

multi-course Taste of Burma benefit dinner at Live Oak Cafe (8140 Oak St., 504-265-0050; www.liveoakcafenola.com) is the last event before the team travels to Southeast Asia next month. All proceeds go to Lahpet founders’ One World Family (www.facebook. com/oneworldfamilyinternationalpeaceorganization), a New Orleans-based nonprofit that sponsors ethnic refugees from Myanmar in southeast Asia and helps them attend school in Thailand. — HELEN FREUND

Brew dogs ABITA BREWING COMPANY (166 BARBEE ROAD, COVINGTON, 985893-3143;WWW.ABITA.COM) HOSTS THE “TURBO DOG DAYS OF SUMMER,” a fundraiser for the Louisiana

SPCA (www.la-spca.org) from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 18. Dog owners and their furry friends are welcome to enjoy the Abita outdoor grounds (with canine pools, fans and a copious amount of shade). Twenty percent of sales of beer and Turbodog merchandise will be donated to LA/SPCA. Admission is free. Entertainment includes a dog costume contest and live music. Abita also promises a special beer for the event. —NORA McGUNNIGLE

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Joyce Park RESTAURATEUR Last month, Miyoung Cho and Han Park closed their Little Korea restaurant on South Claiborne Avenue. Next week, their daughter Joyce Park is opening up a Korean barbecue-focused offshoot, Little Korea BBQ (2240 Magazine St., 504-821-5006). Joyce is a classically trained pianist who was working with pop musicians in South Korea before she decided to take over the family business. She spoke with Gambit about Korean food and the new restaurant.

What made you decide to leave your career as a pianist to open a restaurant? PARK: I went to school in Philadelphia, and while I was there my parents moved down to New Orleans and opened up the Little Korea on Claiborne. When they first opened, they needed help, so I took off a semester to come down and help them in the beginning. When they said they were closing, I decided to take over. I wanted to do something that meant something to me and my family. I love cooking, because my mom was always cooking something at home. If I didn’t become a musician, I probably would have become a chef. Music is a talent I have that I can’t really lose, so I figure that I can always go back to that later in my life. I always wanted to work in the food industry (at some point), but I thought, “I’m single right now. I have no commitments to make, so maybe this is the right time for me to marry my restaurant.” It will be my husband, my baby, my family. My parents are still supporting me back in the kitchen, so it will be a smoother transition. But it’s still a lot of work.

What’s different about the new restaurant? P: I like the space a lot more. Basically, everything is going to be upgraded. We’ll have more vari-

ety for the tabletop grill selection. ... My parents always wanted to serve good, high-quality food to their customers, and so I want to keep and maintain the basic idea that my parents had and add on to it and make it better. We’ll have a large meat selection, bibimbap, soups and our Little Korea signature dish, spicy oxtail. There will be a full bar menu and Korean shaved ice. I think the (Korean food scene) is growing, but the Korean community in New Orleans is still very small. I want people to come in and enjoy the Korean culture when they eat. There’s a lot of Creole restaurants, a lot of Japanese, a lot Chinese and a lot of Vietnamese (restaurants) but there’s not a lot of Korean.

What was your favorite childhood dish? P: I would guess probably kimchi. It’s one of the banchan dishes, which is part of the sides. A lot of people think it’s a free appetizer, but it’s not. It’s ... meant to complement your dish. Kimchi takes a lot of time and a lot of love. Everything takes time. It’s not just eating fermented cabbage — it makes me remember when my grandmother used to make it. I love it spicy. And it’s really healthy for you. — HELEN FREUND

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BY NORA McGUNNIGLE

@noradeirdre

AS THE WEATHER TURNS FROM WARM TO HOT, LOCAL BREWERS — and breweries from

out of state — are releasing new beers to stores and bars around Louisiana, crafted to refresh beer lovers on the hottest days of summer. Abita Brewing Company on the Northshore is rolling out a new Harvest lineup. Replacing Lemon Wheat is Blueberry Wheat, because of its popularity in the brewery’s taproom. Made with fresh Louisiana blueberry juice, the light wheat imparts lots of flavor without being heavy on the palate. Abita’s other summer seasonal, Seersucker Summer Pils, also has been released. “Our water is perfect for brewing pilsners,” says Abita head brewer Mark Wilson. “It’s great for the Louisiana summer because it is on the lighter side with regards to color and (alcohol by volume), but still full of flavor from the malt and traditional German hops.” • Covington Brewhouse released its summer seasonal, Rock & Roll Summer Farmhouse Ale, for the second year. Head brewer Brian “Bruiser” Broussard says this year’s version is a blend of two batches of beer, one made with French saison yeast and one made with Belgian yeast that are combined right before bottling. At 5.5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), this beer OF WINE THE WEEK

Abita Brewing Company released Blueberry Wheat. P H OTO B Y N O R A M C G U N N I G L E

is well-suited for quenching thirst in the summer heat. • Second Line Brewing in Mid-City released its 22-ounce bottles of the brewery’s latest flagship beer, Route 47 Red IPA, to retailers last week. This is the first bottled beer to come from the brewery, which recently tapped Gar Hatcher, formerly with Bayou Teche Brewing, as head brewer at Second Line. • Social and traditional media have been abuzz with news that the country’s oldest operating brewery, Yuengling Brewery, will send its beers to Louisiana in the near future. While details are sketchy — such as where in Louisiana it will be distributed, who will distribute it and which beer will be distributed — the news has excited many local beer drinkers.

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2012 Christopher Michael cabernet sauvignon Washington Retail $13-$17

THE NUMBER OF WINERIES IN WASHINGTON STATE HAS INCREASED 400 PERCENT in the last decade and the state

is second to California in wine production. Christopher Michael Wines, a collaboration between two brothers, was founded in 2009, and its first release of cabernet sauvignon drew critical acclaim. This cabernet is vinified using small open-top fermenters, and the wine is aged 18 months in French oak barrels. It offers aromas of black raspberry, dark cherry, anise and espresso. On the palate, taste black fruit, cassis, cocoa, toast and lingering sweet tannins. Decant 30 minutes before serving. Drink it with steak, braised beef short ribs, wild game and aged cheeses. Buy it at: Philippe’s Wine Cellar, Grande Krewe Fine Wine & Spirits, Pearl Wine Co. and Rouses on Baronne Street and Carrollton Avenue; Clearview Parkway, Power Boulevard and at 2900 Veterans Memorial Blvd. in Metairie; Williams Boulevard in Kenner; Gause Boulevard in Slidell; Highway 190 in Covington; and East Causeway Approach in Mandeville.

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Goose Island Beer Dinner 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday World of Beer, 300 Julia St., (504) 266-3599 www.worldofbeer.com/locations/warehousedistrict The dinner features Goose Island beers aged in bourbon barrels, including Bourbon Country Barleywine, Brand Stout and Rare. The menu includes a cheese course, spring greens and kale salad with orange vinaigrette, grilled flank steak with red-eye gravy and flourless chocolate mug cake with whipped cream. Tickets $50-$60.

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Abita! Cheddar and Beer 8 p.m. Wednesday St. James Cheese Company, 641 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 304-1485 www.stjamescheese.com The tasting features Old and New World styles of cheddar cheese from England, Scotland, Wales, Canada and the U.S. Abita Brewing Company brewer Mark Wilson presents new and flagship beers to taste with the cheeses. There also is bread from Bellegarde bakery. Tickets $35.

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Summer Solstice Oyster Social 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Monday The Urban Farmstead, 1715 Clio St. www.southboundgardens.com The urban farm celebrates the summer solstice with a fundraiser featuring char-grilled oysters, cocktails and vegetables from the garden prepared by local chefs. Tickets $25.

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Borgne

Palace Cafe

125 CAMP ST. • (504) 561 - 8844 WWW.REDGRAVYCAFE.COM

FIVE DISHES WITH SMOKED FISH

601 Loyola Ave., (504) 613-3860 www.borgnerestaurant.com Smoked lemon fish is served with artichokes, capers and preserved lemon.

605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661 www.palacecafe.com The “fruits de mer” platter features smoked salmon, octopus head cheese, tuna rillettes, smoked shrimp sausage and smoked redfish.

Patois 6078 Laurel St., (504) 895-9441 www.patoisnola.com Hoe cakes are topped with smoked Gulf fish, creme fraiche and Poirier’s cane syrup.

Peche Seafood Grill

Primitivo

800 Magazine St., (504) 522-1744 www.pecherestaurant.com Smoked tuna dip is served with saltine crackers. 1800 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 881-1775 www.primitivonola.com Smoked mullet tops field pea puree with vegetables and croutons.

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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, contacty Will Coviello. Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.

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

Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys.com — The menu features burgers, cheeseburgers and bacon cheesburgers with topping options such as grilled onions or mushrooms, tomatoes, pickles, jalapenos, hot sauce and barbecue sauce. There also are hot dogs, grilled cheese and grilled cheese and vegetable sandwiches and fries. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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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. Shrimp and grits features Gulf shrimp over smoked Gouda grits with roasted tomato and tasso broth. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

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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 including chicken wings and duck crepes with spiced cherry glaze. For brunch, there’s chicken and waffles with Pabst Blue Ribbon syrup. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BREAKFAST/BRUNCH Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 5618844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna. Sicilian egg pie features eggs baked with cream and spices in puff pastry. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$

Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — The wine bar offers gourmet cheese plates. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Dis & Dem — Rue St. Louis Bar, 814 St. Louis St., (504) 509-7092; www.disanddem.com — A house burger featuring a glazed patty, lettuce, tomato, onion and mayonnaise on a sweet sourdough onion bun can be upgraded with the addition of a hot patty. The Hawaii 5-0 burger includes a beef patty, a hot sausage patty, a fried egg, cheese and grilled pineapple. No reservations. Banks Street: breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun. St. Louis St.: lunch, dinner and late-night daily.Credit cards. $

Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 5615171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — The New Orleans sampler features red beans and rice, jambalaya, a cup of gumbo, fried green tomatoes and a biscuit. 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:

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Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Catfish Mulate’s features a grilled fillet topped with crawfish etouffee and served with jambalaya, coleslaw and a twice-baked potato. Cajun favorites include fried seafood platters, gumbo, boudin, stuffed shrimp, po-boys and more. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tres Bon Cajun Meats — 10316 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, (504) 405-5355; www.tresbonmeats.com — The market serves brisket, pulled pork, house-made sausages and cracklings with layers of skin, fat and meat fried in hog lard. Smoked pulled pork is served on a Leidenheimer pistolet. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CHINESE August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — The menu includes Chinese and Vietnamese dishes. Sweet and spicy fish is tilapia glazed in tangy sweet-andspicy sauce garnished with bok choy. Lemon grass shrimp features tempura-fried shrimp, sweet onion, pepper, minced lemon grass and rice vermicelli. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Chez Pierre French Bakery & Cafe — 3208 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 467-3176; www.chezpierreneworleans.com — The bakery specializes in cakes and there is a breakfast menu and Vietnamese dishes, such as spring rolls, pho, salads and rice dishes. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. House-made leek, ricotta and pumpkin seed ravioli are served with butternut squash cream sauce and grilled asparagus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., latenight Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines. com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. The Cuban sandwich features house-made roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovative takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing as well as classics such as its signature bananas Foster. Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/ cafegentilly — Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include crispy smoked quail salad with pear and bourbon-molasses dressing. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www.memesbareandgrille.com —MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. Barbecue shrimp are served over stone-ground grits. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.Sat. Credit cards. $$$

Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Vinegar-braised grilled beef short ribs are served over stone-ground yellow grits with arugula and boiled peanut salad. A fried chicken breast is served over a Belgian waffle with smoked ham, aged cheddar, and Steen’s mustard glaze. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sat-Sun. 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. The breakfast menu includes pain perdu, crab cakes Benedict, omelets, waffles and more. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter. com — Tableau’s updated Creole cuisine includes bacon-wrapped oysters en brochette served with roasted garlic butter and grilled Two Run Farm lamb chops served with New Orleans-style barbecue sauce. Balcony and courtyard dining available. Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ 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 demiglaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole mustard on an onion roll. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 592-0223; www.weltysdeli.com — The New Orleans AK sandwich features a choice of four meats plus cheddar, provolone, pepper Jack and Swiss cheeses on a warm muffuletta bun. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.Fri. Credit cards. $

FRENCH Cafe Degas — 3127 Esplanade Ave., (504) 945-5635; www.cafedegas.com — The menu of traditional French dishes includes pate, cheese plates, salads, escargots bourguignons, mussles and fries, hanger steak with fries and garlic bordelaise and more. The dining room’s

covered deck is open-air in suitable weather. Appetizers are available in afteroon hours. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $

GOURMET TO GO Breaux Mart — Citywide; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — The menu features tandoori dishes with chicken, lamb, fish or shrimp; mild and spicy curries and spicy hot vindaloo dishes; rice dishes such as chicken, lamb or shrimp biryani; and vegetarian dishes including palak paneer (spinch and cheese) and bhindi masala with okra. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Creative Italian dishes include fried oysters Giovanni served on a bed of five sauces. Roasted half duck is glazed with sweet Marsala and roasted garlic and served with garlic mashed potatoes. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www. nonnamia.net — Seared Atlantic salmon is served with lemon-butter caper sauce, spinach and sauteed vegetables. Shrimp Diablo features pan-seared shrimp, house-made fettuccine and spicy arrabbiata sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines old world Italian favorites and pizza. Chicken piccata is

a paneed chicken breast topped with lemon-caper piccata sauce served with angel hair pasta, salad and garlic cheese bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 8852984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine. com — Corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread cup. Osso buco features a veal shank with angel hair pasta and veal demi-glace. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/clubhouse-cafe — Crispy duck features citrus glaze, boudin, Brussels sprouts, pickled mirliton slaw and duck demi-glass. Braised short rib is served with brandy roasted mushrooms, Parmesan grits and smoked tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola. com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis. Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole dishes. Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and panfried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recom-

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Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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mended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouilleand oyster-stuffed quail with a rouxbased gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — The menu includes hummus, baba ghanoush, stuffed grape leaves, mousaka, seared halloumi, gyros, kebabs, shawarama dishes, wraps, salads and more. Entrees such as rack of lamb are served with two sides. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook. com/casaborrega — The barroom and cantina is decorated with folk art, and there’s seating in the back courtyard. Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Garcia — 8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 464-0354 — Chiles rellenos include one pepper stuffed with cheese and one filled with beef and served with Spanish rice. The menu also features fajitas, burritos, tacos, chimichangas, quesadillas, nachos, tortas, salads and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 265-0050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros with corn tortillas, black beans, fried eggs, ranchero sauce, salsa and Cotija cheese. Baked goods include pecan pie, cinnamon rolls and seasonal fruit muffins. There’s live acoustic music daily. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta. The menu also includes biscuits topped with gravy or chicken tenders with andouille and chorizo gravy. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.gumbostop.com — Stuffed gumbo features a hand-battered and fried catfish fillet atop chicken, sausage, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo. Fried chicken is cooked to order. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb

OUT TO EAT Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Koz’s — 515 Harrison Ave., (504) 4840841; 4445 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-2010; 6215 Wilson St., Harahan, (504) 737-3933; www.kozcooks.com — Red beans and rice with fried chicken is a Monday and Wednesday special. The roast beef po-boy features housecooked roast beef on Gendusa Bakery bread and is dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $

PIZZA 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. Roasted garlic pizza is topped with roasted whole garlic cloves, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, feta and mozzarella. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — The pizzeria serves thin-crust pies topped with many local ingredients, including Chisesi ham and sausage from Terranova Brothers. Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings, or try a special such as the Mid City Meat Monster, loaded with pepperoni, ham, bacon, meat balls and hot sausage. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria. com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Creole Italian pizza is topped with red sauce, spicy shrimp, Roma

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SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — The menu of gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches includes a namesake triple-decker Big Cheezy with Gouda, Gruyere, pepper Jack, cheddar, mozzarella and Monterey Jack on challah bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ 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. The Buffalo chicken steak features chicken breast dressed with wing sauce, American and blue cheese and ranch dressing is optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Po-boy fillings include everything from fried seafood to corned beef. The roast beef po-boy is topped with gravy and Swiss cheese on Leidenheimer bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www. shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

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 Parmesan and garlic butter. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue

shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Oyster House — 1327 St. Charles Ave., (504) 267-0169; www. mredsrestaurants.com — The menu includes raw oysters, seafood, steaks, fried chicken, crawfish etouffee and more. Crawfish crab cakes St. Charles are served with andouille cream sauce over angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ 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. $$$

The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — Crab au gratin features crabmeat in cream sauce topped with cheddar cheese and is served with garlic bread and soup or salad. The menu includes seafood platters, po-boys, burgers, salads and more, No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. 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 Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www. vegatapascafe.com — The tapas menu includes barbacoas featuring jumbo Gulf shrimp in chorizo cream over toasted bread medallions. Paellas and fideos (made with pasta instead of rice) are available with meat and seafood. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Shop owner Jamie Ruth Dehlin moved to New Orleans in 1995 for her tattoo apprenticeship.

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IF PASSERSBY DON’T LOOK CAREFULLY, THEY MIGHT MISS TREASURE TATTOO (2350 St. Claude Ave.,

504-344-7989; www.facebook. com/treasuretattoonola), a vibrant little tattoo shop nestled on St. Claude Avenue. “We got lucky,” owner Jamie Ruth Dehlin says. “It’s a really beautiful building.” Though the shop opened in 2015, Dehlin used the studio space in the rear of the same building as a tattoo parlor for several years before expanding. When the front area became available, Dehlin snagged it and remodeled, adding a gallery space in the entrance, wooden partitions and cheerful yellow, teal and red paint in the customer area. “I kind of look at what I do as classic American tattooing,” Dehlin says. “I do a wide variety. I started tattooing in a real street shop, which is very different from what I’m doing now but influences my style. … We take walk-ins, but we mostly work by appointment.” In 1995, Dehlin moved from Michigan to apprentice for “English” Craig, a tattoo artist in Kenner. “He still has a shop out there,” Dehlin says. “I met Craig when I was 18 and I wanted to learn how to tattoo, so I moved to New Orleans to learn from him. After that, I traveled a lot and lived in lots of different places and eventually made a decision to live in New Orleans.” Clients can make an appointment with Dehlin or Stacey Colangelo, the other tattoo artist at the shop. “I wanted to create a space for clients, for people who wanted to get

tattooed by me,” Dehlin says. “It’s a private feeling.” Dehlin’s clients get a lot of individual time and a calm, comfortable atmosphere. Clients have a consultation with the artist before getting inked. Dehlin or Colangelo might spend a whole day working on one tattoo. “Our goal isn’t really to be a high-volume shop,” Dehlin says. “We do it sometimes, if people want that and we have time, but we really like to work with people who have given it some thought and want us to tattoo them. It isn’t on purpose, but we tattoo a lot of women, who feel comfortable here, especially since we have a private area.” Dehlin prides herself on being among only a handful of female tattoo artists in the city. “When I started, there were only two or three women tattooing in New Orleans,” Dehlin says. “There weren’t too many of us. At the old shop, I’d occasionally get someone who didn’t want to get tattooed

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JACI BLUE BOUTIQUE (2111 Magazine St., 504-603-2929; www.jaciblue.com), a women’s clothing store specializing in sizes 12 and up, celebrates its grand opening from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 18. There will be mini-makeovers and makeup samples by Dior Beauty, as well as Champagne, cupcakes and storewide discounts of 20 percent. Owner Jaclyn McCabe formerly owned Voluptuous Vixen in the French Quarter. LIONHEART PRINTS (8723 Oak St., 504-315-3215; www. lionheartprints.co) hosts the Team Etsy NOLA Craft Supply Swap Party from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 18. Attendees can swap new or gently used art supplies and enjoy light refreshments by Swamp Pop and Gracious Bakery. Visit Team Etsy NOLA’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/etsynola) to RSVP for the free event.

by me because I was a woman or would be surprised that I tattooed.” The tattoo world remains male-dominated, but Dehlin takes it in stride. “This is true of every aspect of your life,” she says. “You’re held to a bit of a higher standard as a woman. It makes you work a bit harder.”

SHINOLA ART GALLERY AND BOUTIQUE (1813 Martin Luther King Blvd., 607-435-8563; www.facebook. com/shinolagallery) holds a book signing by Kim Vaz-Deville, author of The Baby Dolls: Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition, and unveiling of its new Baby Dolls mural from noon to 10 p.m. There will be free food and an open mic.

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WEDNESDAY 15 21st Amendment — Royal Street Winding Boys feat. Jenavieve Cook, 8 30/90 — Justin Donovan, 5; Jamey St. Pierre, 9 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat. Giselle Anguizola, 2; Mem Shannon, 10

Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Mark Appleford, 5 Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski, 8 Bourbon O Bar — New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, 8 Cafe Negril — Wil Funk, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Carousel Bar & Lounge — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 8:30 Casa Borrega — David Symons Duo, 6:30 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Project 9, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Dave Hickey & Jacob Tanner, 6; Meschiya Lake, 8 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 6; M. Bevis & Jacquie UFO, 10 Columns Hotel — Andy Rogers, 8 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — N’awlins Johnnys, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Carl Leblanc, 9:30 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Fountain Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel — Tom Hook, 5:30 Gasa Gasa — White Reaper, Pudge, Neat, 9 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Irish House — Ruby Ross, 6 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Irvin Mayfield & the NOJO Jam, 8 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 7:30 The Jefferson Orleans North — Jerry Embree & the Heartbeats, 6 Kerry Irish Pub — Vincent Marini, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — David L. Harris Duo, 7 The Maison — DinosAurchestra, 4; Jazz Vipers, 6:30; Mutiny Squad, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Khris Royal & Dark Matter Danny Abel Tribute, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Cole Williams, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Will Smith, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & the Next Generation, 8 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 RF’s — Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 Rivershack Tavern — Dave Ferrato, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Joe Krown, 8 Saucy’s — Mark Appleford, 6 Siberia — Them Evils, Max Pain & the Groovies, U.S. Nero, 9 Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra feat. Delfeayo Marsalis, 8 & 10

THERE’S A HEAVY WESTERLY VIBE setting over Lord Huron’s second LP Strange Trails (Iamsound): the gold rush of cav• June 18 ern-filling, canyon-crossing campfire folk; the squinting orange glow of an endlessly • 9 p.m. Saturday extinguishing sun; the lone traveler, spin• House of Blues, 225 Decatur ning harmonica yarns, gaining and losing harmonizing companions as he goes. Ben St., (504) 310-4999; Schneider’s one-man band is now a quarwww.hob.com tet caravan, and his music has expanded to match, each reverb-softened country lament either blossoming into a hum-along romance or crumbling into windblown dust. The best one, “Meet Me in the Woods,” does both at once, toning down the overeager Mumford & Sons and ramping up the wandering War on Drugs. Other tracks betray their secrets in their titles: forest rendezvouses plagued by frozen pines, dead men’s hands clasped in yawning graves. Schneider has mastered the ebb and flow of a particular style of new-frontier songwriting, and his singing — an atmospheric wail a la My Morning Jacket’s Jim James circa At Dawn — carries all the familiar comfort of reconnecting with an old friend. “Before I commence my ride/ I’m asking Lily to be my bride,” he pledges on “Fool for Love,” the perfect crossroads for this runaway groom, a natural-born lover and better leaver. Lucy Dacus opens. Tickets $25. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

Lord Huron

OUR TAKE

Ben Schneider turns his one-man band into a folk and Western gang.

Spotted Cat — Chris Christy’s Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10 Three Muses — Leslie Martin, 5

THURSDAY 16 21st Amendment — G & Her Swinging Three, 5:30; Caesar Brothers, 9 30/90 — Andy J. Forest, 5; Smoke N Bones, 9 AC Marriott — DJ Raj Smoove, 7 Ace Hotel (3 Keys) — DJ Matty, 10 Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30 Banks Street Bar — The Warheadz, The Most Infamous, 9:30 Bar Redux — Michael “MOJO” Wilder, 8 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Alexandra Scott & Josh Paxton, 5; Doyle Cooper Jazz Band, 9 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Casa Borrega — Geovane Santos, 7

Checkpoint Charlie — King Snakes, 7; Juan Reyes Trio, 11 Chiba — Charlie Wooton, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil Degruy & Emily Robertson, 6; Roosterfoot, 8:30 Circle Bar — Jeremy Joyce, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 7; Little Freddie King, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Outlaw Country Jam with Jason Bishop, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Stephanie Nilles Trio, 9:30 Fountain Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel — Tom Hook, 5:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Casme & Friends, 9 Irish House — Patrick Cooper, 6 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Ashlin Parker Trio, 5; The James Rivers Movement, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Dave Hickey, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Lynn Drury, 7 Loa Bar — Lilith Singer-Songwriter Showcase feat. Kathryn Rose Wood, 8

FRIDAY 17 21st Amendment — The Rhythm Regulators, 2:30; Jim Cole & the Boneyard Syncopators, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 9:30 30/90 — Organami, 2; Jon Roniger, 5; Noah Young Band, 8; Music Machine, 11 AC Marriott — DJ Chris Stylez, 7 Andrea’s Restaurant (Capri Blu Piano Bar) — Butch Caire, 8 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1 Bar Redux — DJ Mange, 9 Batch — Yisrael, 5 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; Jeremy Joyce Trio, 3:30; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 8 Blue Nile — Caesar Brothers Funk Box, 7; Kermit Ruffins, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Waterseed, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. Bourbon O Bar — Eight Dice Cloth, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Davis Rogan, 5; The Asylum Chorus, 8; Lynn Drury, 11 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Carousel Bar & Lounge — Robin Barnes Jazz Quartet, 5 Casa Borrega — Papo Guevara & Son Mandao, 7 Checkpoint Charlie — Domenic, 4; FHP, 7; Sniff the Litter, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Roosterfoot, 8; Seth Walker, 9:30 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6; Moto, The Planchettes, Trampoline Team, 10 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 7; Hickoids, Dinola, Pure Luck, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Vincent Marini, 7; DJ Fireworks, 1 a.m.

MUSIC Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Salt Wives, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 8 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (Mid-City) — Lips and Trips, 7 Fountain Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel — Antoine Diel Trio, 5:30; Amanda Ducorbier Trio, 9 Gasa Gasa — Hydrogen Child, 9 Harrah’s Casino (Masquerade) — Redfoo, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Relapse: ’80s, ’90s, ’00s with DJ Matt Scott, 10 The Historic New Orleans Collection — Sweet Crude, 6 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Piano Professor Series feat. Joe Krown, 5; Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown, 8 K. Gee’s Cafe — Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 6 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5; Van Hudson, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Steve Malinowski, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Nayo Jones Experience, 8 The Maison — Swamp Kitchen, 1; Broadmoor Jazz Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, Street Legends Brass Band, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Secret Show Eagle Saloon Fundraiser, 9:30 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Dreux Antoine, 7 One Eyed Jacks — Grace Gibson, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Sturmlandia, 8:30 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Wendell Brunious, 6; The PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — Pickin’ and Grinnin’, 6; James Martin Band, 9 Rivershack Gretna — Paul Molinaro, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Mike Brown & the Medics, 9 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Tab Benoit, 9:30 The Roosevelt Hotel Bar — Moon Germs, 7 Siberia — Three for Silver, G-String Orchestra, Painted Honey, 9 Snug Harbor — Ellis Marsalis Quintet, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — The Molly Ringwalds, 9 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 Three Muses — Royal Roses, 5:30; Marc Stone, 9 Tipitina’s — Foundation Free Fridays feat. New Orleans Suspects, Brint Anderson Duo, 10 Twist of Lime — Akadia, Bibeau, Wreckage Revival, The Prescription, 10 Ugly Dog Saloon — Kim Carson Band, 7 United Bakery Gallery — Singles Night feat. The Tumbling Wheels, Duke Aeroplane & the Wrong Numbers, Shane Sayers, 7 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.; Bobby Love & Friends, 3

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The Maison — The Good For Nothin’ Band, 4; Asylum Chorus, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Marigny Brasserie — Jamey St. Pierre & Dave Freeson, 7 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Gregg & James Martinez, 8 One Eyed Jacks — Fast Times ’80s and ’90s Night, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Muevelo, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Clive Wilson, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Louis Ford, 8, 9 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 RF’s — Will Kennedy, 4; James Martin Band, 7 Rivershack Tavern — Bill Davis, 8 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Geno Delafose, 8:30 Siberia — Pinko, Heavy Sleeper, Dentist Rodman, 9 Snug Harbor — JFree & the Lowdown, 8 & 10 Spice Bar & Grill — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Three Muses — Dave Hull, 5; Dr. Sick, 7:30 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 5 Vaughan’s Lounge — Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet, 10

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30/90 — Lalume, 2; Cool Nasty, 5; Big Easy Brawlers, 8; Dana Abbott, 11 AC Marriott — DJ Dirty Red, 7 Ace Hotel (3 Keys) — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 9 Andrea’s Restaurant (Capri Blu Piano Bar) — Richard Scott Obenschien, 8 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — G & Her Swinging Three, 1; Christopher Johnson Jazz, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — On a Fox Hunt, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; Jeremy Joyce Trio, 3:30; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 8 Bei Tempi — Conga Queen, 10 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; MainLine, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Resident Alien, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m. Bourbon O Bar — R&R Music Group, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Steve De Troy, 5; Dapper Dandies, 8; Jeremy Joyce Trio, 11 Cafe Istanbul — NOLA Summer 16 Showcase feat. Paasky, Smut, Jay Jones, 7 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Casa Borrega — Pepe Coloma Trio, 7 The Castle — Spencer Bohren, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — East and Stone, 4; LA Hellbenders, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Roosterfoot, 9 Circle Bar — Richard Bates, 6; Johnny J., C. Mac & Mo’ Debly, Seth Stainback & Roosterfoot, 9 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Cats-n-Heat, 4; John Boutte, 7; Debauche, 11 DMac’s Bar & Grill — The 2 Pistols Jam Session, 2 a.m. Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (Mid-City) — Wonky Tonk, 7 Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots — Brass Band Showdown feat. Soul Rebels, Pocket Aces, Treme Brass Band, 7 Fountain Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel — Amanda Ducorbier Trio, 9 Gasa Gasa — Bantam Foxes, Rotary Downs, 9 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — Lord Huron, Lucy Dacus, 8 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Speed the Mule, 5; Sista Slick, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; The Essentials, Brass Lightning, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Gristle Candy feat. John Gros, Jake Eckert, Alex McMurray, Casandra Faulconer, Russ Broussard, 11 Marigny Brasserie — The Key Sound, 3 Oak — Good For Nothin’ Band, 9; Tom Leggett, 9

Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Revival feat. Caroline Broussard, 9:30 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kristina Morales & Inner Organ Trio, 8:30 Pour House Saloon — The Key Sound, 9 Preservation Hall — The Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Frank Oxley, 6; The Preservation All-Stars feat. Will Smith, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — Lucas Davenport, 6; Pickin’ and Grinnin’, 9 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 1 Rivershack Gretna — Pig Pen & the Porkchops, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Dave Jordan, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Contraflow, 9:30 The Roosevelt Hotel Bar — Moon Germs, 7 Siberia — Alex McMurray, 6; The Bulemics, The Pallbearers, Future Hate, Classhole, 9 Snug Harbor — Herlin Riley Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Panorama Jazz Band, 6 Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9 Twist of Lime — Coathanger Abortion, The Void, A Hanging, Gristnam, 10 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.

SUNDAY 19 30/90 — Revival, 2; Ted Hefko, 5; Margie Perez, 9 Ace Hotel (3 Keys) — Bon Bon Vivant, noon Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds Jazz, 1; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Simple Sound Retreat, 9 Bar Redux — DJ Andy Average’s Limbo Lounge, 7 BB King’s — D. Saunders & Friends, 11 a.m.; Jeremy Joyce Trio, 6 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7:30; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — Snake & the Charmers, 6 Bombay Club — David Boeddinghaus, 8 Bourbon O Bar — Chris Christy Jazz Band, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 10:30 a.m.; Jazz Youth Showcase, 4; Steve Pistorius & Friends, 7 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Whippoorwills, 8 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Country Night with DJ Pasta, 9:30 Columns Hotel — Chip Wilson, 11 a.m. d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Soul Brass Band, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Larry Lahoste, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Gasa Gasa — The Supervillains, 9 House of Blues — Gondwana, The Revealers, 8 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 Jazz Cafe — The Key Sound, 7:30 The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Cecile Savage Duo, 10 a.m.

MONDAY 20 21st Amendment — Dave Hennessy, 7 30/90 — Perdido Jazz Band, 5; New Orleans Super Jam, 9 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 5:30; Smoky’s Blues Monday Jam, 9 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat. Stevie J. Blues, noon; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7 Blue Nile — Brass-A-Holics, 10 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Jenna Guidry, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; Whitney Alouisious & Mutiny Squad, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Mike True, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Albanie Falletta, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Stump Tail Dolly, 9 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 d.b.a. — Colin Lake Duo, 7; Watson’s Theory feat. Joe Ashlar, Josh Hawkins, Caren Green, Jermal Watson, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (Mid-City) — Marlowe Shepherd, 5 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Claire Cannon & Kenna Mae, 8:30 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Resident Alien, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 9:30

MUSIC Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews & the Crescent City All-Stars, Bobby Love, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — David Bach, 4; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7 Sidney’s Saloon — King James & the Special Men, 10 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Teddy’s Hole in the Wall — Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Joe Krown, 8 Tipitina’s — Los Van Van, 8:30

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 5220276; www.trinitynola.com — The organist’s “Organ & Labyrinth” performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock by candlelight. Free. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Alejandro Drago. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 5220276; www.trinitynola.com — The Argentinian violinist leads a program of tango music. Free. 8 p.m Tuesday. Harp Concert Series. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — Faculty of the New Orleans Jazz and Pop Harp Festival give three concerts of selections for harp. Free. 3:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Haydn Seek. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www. marignyoperahouse.org — The New Resonance Orchestra performs Haydn’s compositions with a silent theatrical accompaniment by Goat in the Road Productions. Visit www.newresonanceorchestra.org for tickets. Tickets $10-$20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Valerie Francis and Phyllis Treigle. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — The sopranos perform with their daughters for a Father’s Day tribute program. Free. 5 p.m. Sunday.

CALL FOR MUSIC Crescent City Sound Chorus. Singers of all levels are welcome to join the women’s chorus for a variety of vocal exercises. Reading music is not required. Contact Corinna at (601) 550-0983 or email corinna@ccschorus.org with questions. Kinderchor. Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014 — The New Orleans German-American Children’s Chorus meets Saturday afternoon from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Membership is open to all ages and no prior experience in German or singing is necessary. Visit www.neworleanskinderchor.blogspot.com for details. New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra. The orchestra seeks musicians at intermediate level or higher. Visit www.novorchestra. com for details.

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The Maison — Chance Bushman & the NOLA Jitterbugs, 10 a.m.; Royal Street Winding Boys, 1; Leah Rucker, 7; Corporate America, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Jean Marie Harris, 7 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — South Jones, 9 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Clive Wilson, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Ralph’s on the Park — Joe Krown, 5 RF’s — Will Kennedy, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 2 Siberia — DJ Spider Stacy (of The Pogues), Your Cousin Dimitri, 6; Castle, Capsizer, 9 Smoothie King Center — R. Kelly, 8 Snug Harbor — Cindy Scott Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Superior Seafood — Superior Jazz Trio feat. John Rankin, Harry Hardin, Tim Paco, 11:30 a.m. Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Linnzi Zaorski, 8 Tipitina’s — Smoke N Bones, 1 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.

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Central Intelligence (PG-13) — Guns are dutifully a-blazin’ in this odd-couple action comedy with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Dheepan — Jacques Audiard’s prizewinning film takes a close look at Sri Lankan refugees. Broad Finding Dory (PG) — Ellen Degeneres and Albert Brooks voice colorful fish on a quest in the Finding Nemo sequel. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Chalmette, Prytania Hurt — A man runs across Canada after losing his leg to cancer. Zeitgeist King Jack — A fifteen-year-old and his younger cousin square off against bullies. Zeitgeist Neon Bull — Set in Argentina, the drama follows vaquejada cowboys and their close relationships with the beasts in their charge. Zeitgeist

NOW SHOWING Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG) — Off with the head of whoever ordered this stilted return to Wonderland. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Prytania The Angry Birds Movie (PG) — The video game origin story you never knew you wanted. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Captain America: Civil War (PG-13) — Members of Hollywood’s A-list (Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johannson, Elizabeth Olsen) reunite for another round of capes and spandex. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Conjuring 2 (R) — Haints with plummy accents and dental woes turn up in a London townhouse. Clearview, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Hurricane on the Bayou — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy Giant Screen The Jungle Book (PG) — A CGI-intense wild kingdom is voiced by Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley and Scarlett Johansson. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Lobster (R) — In the surrealist drama, single people have 45 days to find a partner or be turned into an animal. Elmwood, Broad, Prytania, Canal Place Love & Friendship (PG) — Lady Susan hunts for a man at an English manor in this Austen-inspired comedy of manners. Elmwood, Canal Place

Maggie’s Plan (R) — A New York woman (Greta Gerwig) falls in love with a navel-gazing “ficto-critical anthropologist” (Ethan Hawke). Elmwood, Canal Place Me Before You (PG-13) — High tea meets high treacle when an Englishwoman becomes the caretaker for a handsome paralyzed banker. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Money Monster (R) — Jodie Foster directs the hostage-scenario thriller, in which a TV personality (George Clooney) faces an unhinged viewer. Slidell, Regal Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (R) — Lifesize Ken doll Zac Efron appears in this sequel to the Seth Rogen comedy about bad neighbors. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Nice Guys (R) — Come for the slapstick detective comedy. Stay for Ryan Gosling in a bad cop mustache. Elmwood, Slidell Now You See Me 2 (PG-13) — A Harry Potter sequel? Nope, just poor Daniel Radcliffe typecast as a magician. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (R) — The male pop star mockumentary bears no resemblance to any persons living or dead, especially Justin Bieber. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Presenting Princess Shaw — The documentary follows Samantha Montgomery: New Orleans resident, nursing home worker and closet YouTube pop star. Broad Secret Ocean 3D — Filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau explores the ocean’s food chain from phytoplankton to the largest whales. Entergy Giant Screen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (PG-13) — The sewer-dwelling martial arts experts lose their battle against evil studio executives and their Franchise Reboot Machine. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Warcraft (PG-13) — O come all ye orcs, trolls and tauren. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Weiner (R) — The aptly-named New York politician is profiled. Broad Wild Cats 3D — Big kitties roam the African plains and Victoria Falls. Entergy Giant Screen X-Men: Apocalypse (PG-13) — According to The New York Times, “where traditional movie stardom goes to die.” Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

SPECIAL SCREENINGS AAIC: Teatro alla Scala — A tour explores the Milan opera house. 7 p.m. Thursday. Elmwood, Regal

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Dheepan

OUR TAKE

A dramatic and timely film about a trio escaping the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war.

Ali (R) — Will Smith is the G.O.A.T. in this 2001 biopic. 12:50 p.m. and 6:55 p.m Tuesday-Wednesday. Elmwood Asmarina: Voices and Images of a Post-Colonial Heritage — The docu-

mentary follows an Eritrean/Ethiopian community in Italy. 4 p.m. Saturday. Cafe Istanbul Dazed and Confused (R) — We keep getting older, but this movie

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HELD IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE EVERY SPRING, the Cannes Film Festival holds what is widely seen as the most prestigious film competition in the world. Its coveted • Opens June 17 top prize is the Palme d’Or. But the list of • The Broad Theater, 636 N. 21st-century Palme d’Or winners includes few films that cinephiles or critics would now Broad St., (504) 218-1008; choose as the best of recent years. Films that www.thebroadtheater.com succeed at Cannes often possess original visions and authenticity that make even obvious flaws easy to overlook. Viewers may not PHOTO COURTESY IFC find a lot of personal favorites on that list, but they won’t see dull or uninspired films. French filmmaker Jacques Audiard’s 2015 Palme d’Or winner Dheepan fits the description above like a worn glove. The fictional story of three refugees from the Sri Lankan civil war trying to survive the similarly harsh world of a French housing project, Dheepan was made primarily to give voice to characters of a type seldom found in movies. Referred to admiringly as “the French Scorsese,” Audiard (A Prophet) is known for genre films — often about struggling outsiders — that skirt the line between art and entertainment. With Dheepan he blends elements of Westerns, crime thrillers, love stories and even documentaries in a cinematic stew that doesn’t come together as planned. But there’s freshness to Audiard’s story and fearlessness in its execution that lend the film credibility even as it indulges in unnecessary flights of fancy. Dheepan begins in a Sri Lankan refugee camp at the end of the civil war, which places events depicted in the film around 2009. A soldier from the Tamil Tigers (which opposed the Sri Lankan government), a woman and a 9-year-old girl meet and pose as a family to increase their chances of being granted political asylum in France. Now known as Dheepan, the former soldier finds work as the on-site caretaker of a gritty suburban housing project on the outskirts of Paris. Another civil war — this one between two rival gangs of small-time criminals — erupts around the artificial family before it can adjust to its new home. Audiard began work on Dheepan long before the start of the Syrian refugee crisis, which has focused attention in the West on complex issues raised by the arrival of large numbers of asylum-seekers. The parallels make the film seem especially timely. Audiard’s casting choices generate the film’s strongest connections to real-world events. Anthonythasan Jesuthasan, who plays Dheepan, is a political activist and celebrated author (under the pseudonym Shobasakthi) who served as a boy-soldier in the Tamil Tigers. His brooding, world-weary presence would never be mistaken for the work of an uninvolved professional actor. Indian theater artist Kalieaswari Srinivasan is equally convincing in her first film role as Dheepan’s conflicted “wife,” Yalini. Dheepan leaves behind all notions of realism in a violent and implausible final act that owes a debt to Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, among other American crime movies. Fantasy seems an unlikely way to tie up the film’s stylistic loose ends. Ironically, bringing the refugee crisis into the populist world of genre movies has the odd effect of humanizing those most affected by that crisis. That’s a pretty significant achievement for a film — Palme d’Or winner or not. — KEN KORMAN

stays the same age. 7 p.m. Monday. The Orpheum Theater The Demons — A Montreal boy is troubled by his growing awareness of the world. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Digital Networks — The gallery’s short film festival covers digital media and nonlinear themes. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The Front (4100 St. Claude Ave.) Fight Club (R) — Who is Tyler Durden? Midnight Friday-Saturday. Prytania Full Aperture — Shotgun Cinema’s film series screens early U.S. avant-garde cinema, including work by Joseph Cornell. 8 p.m. Saturday. New Orleans Photo Alliance (1111 St. Mary St.) Gangs of New York (R) — Scorsese’s epic (seriously, the runtime is more than three hours) period piece is screened. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Bar Redux The Goonies (PG) — The ’80s never say die in this swashbuckling adventure film. 5 p.m. Tuesday. Black Label Icehouse Goosebumps (PG) — Grab a roll of Bubble Tape for the nostalgia trip based on your favorite series of tween horror novels. 10 a.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Regal The Greatest (PG) — The boxer and activist floats like a butterfly into this dramatization of his life, in which he stars. 5 p.m. Tuesday. Prytania He Named Me Malala (PG-13) — The Pakistani human rights activist Malala Yousafzai is profiled. 7 p.m. Friday. Swan River Yoga Community Center (7011 St. Claude Ave., Arabi) The Iron Giant: Signature Edition (PG) — Brad Bird’s animated giant robot (voiced by Vin Diesel) crash lands again. 10 a.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Regal The Maltese Falcon — The textbook noir has Bogey, Peter Lorre and a mysterious woman who may be up to no good. 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania Motley Crue: The End — Travel back in time (well, to December 2015) with a screening of Motley Crue’s final concert. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood Neige et les Arbres Magiques — The children’s animated film takes place during a historic snowstorm. In French (no subtitles). 10 a.m. Saturday. Alliance Francaise (1519 Jackson Ave.) Planes: Fire and Rescue (PG) — The animated movie about plucky planes is screened outdoors. 7 p.m. Friday. Terrytown Fire Station (341 Heritage Ave., Terrytown) Sleeping Giant — On the shores of Lake Superior, three Canadian teens start to grapple with adult problems. 9:40 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) — Composer John Williams received his 50th Oscar nod for his work on this latest Star Wars film. 6 p.m. Friday. Audubon Zoo The Toast of New Orleans — An opera diva lures a fisherman from de bayou to the stage in the 1950 musical. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania

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HAPPENINGS Cheryl Gerber on Bernard Hermann. New Orleans Photo Alliance, 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — Gambit photographer Cheryl Gerber discusses Bernard Hermann’s street photography. Hermann joins via Skype. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Low Road Art Walk. 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street — Galleries in the 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street stay open until 10 p.m. 6 p.m. Thursday. Plural Authorship Collective. Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — Plural Authorship Collective’s artist talk covers “self” and public performance. 7 p.m. Friday.

OPENING Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc. edu/departments/art-gallery — “Delgado Open,” new work by non-art faculty and staff; opening reception 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “/paper/,” paper arts and works on paper from the permanent collection; “In Time We Shall Know Ourselves,” photographs by Raymond Smith; opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.

GALLERIES 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 9402900; www.5pressgallery.com — “Summer Break College Showcase,” work by NOCCA alumni, through July 30. A Gallery for Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www. agallery.com — “Black & White and Kolor,” new photographs by Elliott Erwitt, through June. Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” sketches and work by Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel), through June 26. Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — “Night Flying,” new 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. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — New work by New Orleans artist Annie Lousteau, through June.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Distant Voices in a Foreign Language,” paintings by Vernon Fisher; “Drawing, Reading and Counting,” mixed-media work by James Drake; both through Saturday. Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St., (985) 288-4170; www.beatasasik.com — “Trees and Leaves,” new paintings and jewelry by Beata Sasik, through June. Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery. 4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing. Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 5812440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Photographs,” Curtis Knapp retrospective, through June. Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Coastal Cartography,” mixed-media Georgia coast landscapes by John Folsom, through July 30. Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Transformation,” new work by Nell Tilton, through June. Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing. Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “Muses & Musicians,” new work by Jason Kruppa, Garrett Haab, Briana Catarino and Lela Brunet, through June 23. Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery. com — “Everything in Its Place,” abstract acrylic paintings by Brad Wreyford, through June 25. The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — “Books/Catalysts,” a survey of book arts curated by Jon Coffelt, through June 23. Frank Relle Photography. 910 Royal St., (504) 388-7601 — “Until the Water,” photographs by Frank Relle, ongoing. The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Bayou: By Us,” group exhibition about the experience of living near the Gulf of Mexico, through July 3. Gallery 308. 308 Magazine St., (504) 258-6867 — Exhibition by local artists, through June. Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “Under the Majestic Oaks,” oil paintings of Louisiana farming communities by Kip Hayes, through June. Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www.beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing.

Rick Snow and Christopher Staudinger, through June 26. New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — Group exhibition including prints by Mexican artist Leticia Tarrago, through June. New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — “All the Place You’ve Got,” new photographs about land and water by Cate Sampson, through June. 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. Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “Lumen,” oil paintings by Jerry Cabrera, through July 2. Overby Gallery. 529 N. Florida St., Covington, (985) 888-1310; www.overbygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists James Overby, John Goodwyne, Kathy Partridge, Linda Shelton and Ray Rouyer, ongoing. Pamela Marquis Studio. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 615-1752; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New paintings by Pamela Marquis, ongoing. Port. 2120 Port St.; www.2120port.com — “Spectacles,” installations by You Go Girl and Read More, through Tuesday. Red Truck Gallery. 938 Royal St., (504) 522-3630; www.redtruckgallery.com — “Arcana,” exhibition of occult-themed work by Liz McGrath, Camilla Rose Garcia, Jessicka Addams, Mab Graves, Souther Salazar, Ryan Heshka, Nicomi Nix Turner and others, through June. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Work by Natalie Nichols, Kalaya Steede, Alison Ford, Erin Gesser and others, ongoing. RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075 or (504) 450-2839; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass, metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing. River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — The sculpture garden addresses environmental themes, ongoing. Rodrigue Studio. 721 Royal St., (504) 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue. com — “The Spirit of the Game,” work about sports by George Rodrigue, through Sept. 18. Rolland Golden Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 8886588; www.rollandgoldengallery.com — “Finally Winter,” work by Rolland Golden, ongoing. Rutland Street Gallery. 828 E. Rutland St., Covington, (985) 773-4553; www.rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing. Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 899-8182; www.sibleygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists including debut showings by Ashley Pridmore, Glenn Vatshell and Gretchen Weller Howard, through June.

ART Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “On My Way,” new work by Ernest Joshua Littles; “Di(vision),” new work by Kateri Tolo; both through July 3. Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Raw,” mixed-media abstract works by Antonio Carreno, through July. Steve Martin Fine Art. 624 Julia St., (504) 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart.com — “Perspectives,” sculptures by Garrett Haab, through June. Studio Inferno. Studio Inferno, (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/infernonola — “Seven Deadly Sins,” new work by Mitchell Gaudet, through June. Sutton Galleries. 519 Royal St., (504) 581-1914; www.suttongalleries.com — New work by Isabelle Dupuy, ongoing. Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.tengallerynola.com — “Transformed Visions,” collaborative work by Jono Goodman and Aidi Kansas, through June. Thomas Mann Gallery I/O. 1812 Magazine St., (504) 581-2113; www.thomasmann.com — “One.Two.,” functional sculpture by Hernan Caro and jewelry and metalsmithing by Co:Operation Garnish, through June. The Tigermen Den. 3113 Royal St.; www. facebook.com/tigermenden — “Shifting Deltas/Drifting Shelters,” new work about the Mississippi River Delta by Jacque Groves, through Tuesday. Tripolo Gallery. 401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-1441 — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing. United Bakery Gallery. 1337 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 908-9412 — “Piano & Poker,” new work by Daniel Grey, Liam Conway, Todd Lyons, Sarah Davis, Lauren Miller, Brianna Serene Kelly and Galen Cassidy Peria, ongoing. UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Presences,” mixed-media work by current Master of Fine Art degree candidates, through Aug. 7. Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www.vieuxcarregallery. com — Work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing.

SPARE SPACES Bar Redux. 801 Poland Ave., (504) 5927083; www.barredux.com — “Hey, Ho, Let’s Go to the Art Show,” pop art by Steve What Style, through June. The Building 1427. 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 352-9283; www.building1427.com — Work by Daniel Jupiter, Mark Lacabe and Ted Ellis, ongoing. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — New photographs of wetlands wildlife by Darrell Pulliam, through June. Lakeview Regional Medical Center. 95 E. Judge Tanner Drive, Covington, (985) 867-3800; www.lakeviewregional.com — “Healing Arts Exhibit,” new work by Art House Boston Street artists and others, ongoing. Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www. longuevue.com — “Carnival Conservato-

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Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres.com — Mixed-media work by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www. goodchildrengallery.com — “Evil Earth System,” installation based on language and data visualization by Lala Rascic, through July 3. Exhibition by gallery artists, through June. Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett.com — “Finding Our Place,” landscapes and explorations of place by Southern artists, through Sunday. Hammond Regional Arts Center. 217 E. Thomas St., Hammond, (985) 542-7113; www.hammondarts.org — “Stitched Together,” fiber work by Hannah P. Joyce, Laura Gipson and Kathryn Hunter, through June. Hyph3n-Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 264-6863; www.hyph3n.com — Group exhibition by 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. Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www. jonathanferraragallery.com — “Art Hysterical,” New Orleans artists curated by Matthew Weldon Showman; “Web of Life,” abstract paintings by Richelle Gribble; “Mother Vision,” dimensional photographs by Rosemary Scott-Fishburn; all through July 30. La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre.com — Mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing. LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Luminescence,” new work by Deedra Ludwig; “Memento Wild,” new work by Marcy Lally; both through July 30. M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (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 — Rene Lalonde retrospective, through June. Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwelchart.com — Paintings and mixed-media work by Martin Welch, ongoing. Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — Exhibition featuring gallery artists, through June 25. May Gallery and Residency. 750 Carondelet St., (504) 316-3474; www.may-neworleans.org — “Trail Magique,” new work by Dave Greber, through July. Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing. Myrtle Banks Building. 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — “Honoring William ‘Willie’ White,” self-taught artist Willie White retrospective, through Thursday. “Songs of Home Songs of Change,” sonic map installation by Jebney Lewis,

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Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “Becoming Imperceptible,” new work and found images by Adam Pendleton, through Thursday. The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc. org — “Money, Money, Money! Currency Holdings from the Historic New Orleans Collection,” coins, paper notes, counterfeit detectors and political cartoons dealing with currency, through Oct. 29, and more. Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — “Voyage to Vietnam,” family-friendly video, materials and crafts saluting the Tet Festival and Vietnamese culture, through Sept. 11, and more. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “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, and more. National Food & Beverage Foundation. 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — “Tujague’s: 160 Years of Tradition,” photographs, awards and memorabilia about the restaurant, ongoing. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Bob Dylan: The New Orleans Series,” paintings by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, through July, and more. Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “Women of Newcomb,” recent acquired work by Newcomb College alumnae, through July 24. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “The Surreal Work of a Reclusive Sculptor,” Arthur Kern retrospective, through July 17. “Top Mob: A History of New Orleans Graffiti,” a Top Mob retrospective, through Nov. 6. Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.louisianastatemuseum.org/museums/the-old-us-mint — “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December.

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IT COULD HAVE BEEN SILLY — ART ABOUT ART HISTORY has been the basis of too many trite exhibitions in recent years — but this tart expo curated by Matthew Weldon Showman • Through July is hysterical in the most catalytic sense of the • Art Hysterical: Six New word. We all know the famous Emanuel Leutze Orleans artists revisit painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, but in this new version, Ode to Washington art history Crossing the Delaware (pictured) by the duo • Jonathan Ferrara Gallery known as E2, men are replaced by women of • 400A Julia St. various races, and Washington is portrayed as a resolute black woman. This may seem funny • (504) 522-5471 at first, but it also is symbolic. Although the • www.jonathanferraraAmerican Revolution was a revolt by affluent gallery.com white guys against a British monarchy run by and for affluent white guys, the Constitution they drafted set the stage for a process of gender and racial emancipation that continues to this day. Digital manipulation reaches new heights of magic realism in some remarkable remakes of vintage masterworks by Tony Campbell and Matt Vis. In their version of The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, Campbell portrays the martyred saint as a scruffy, semi-conscious homeless person assailed by Vis as a macho cop in a humorous, if deadly serious, social realist take on an old renaissance theme. Similarly, Rene Magritte’s creepily iconic painting of a female head that, up close, is a woman’s nude torso undergoes a role reversal in Nora See’s version, which disconcertingly substitutes a tumescent male torso. Rachel Burch Williams’ My Ghost is like an elegant goth update of old Dutch “vanitas” still-life paintings, replete with skulls and insects, that remains remarkably true to form. Adam Mysock’s On a Snowy Night suggests a small yet convincing copy of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, but look again and it’s snowing inside like a zany snow globe. Master 20th-century New Orleans painter Paul Ninas may seem like the odd man out here, but if you look closely at his work in various styles, it becomes quite easy to see him as the Gerhard Richter of his milieu. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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Best of the Bayou poster contest. The Best of the Bayou Festival seeks submissions for its annual poster contest from artists ages 16 and older who have connections to Terrebonne, Lafourche or surrounding parishes. Call (985) 876-5600 or email info@bestofthebayou.org for details. The Heart of City Park. City Park sponsors a photo contest for pictures of park landscapes, people enjoying the park and architectural points within. All photos must be taken during contest period. For details, visit www.neworleanscitypark.com/the-heart-of-city-parkphoto-contest-2016. Mandeville’s Marigny OctoberFeast event poster contest. The festival seeks

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THEATER Colossal. University of New Orleans, Robert E. Nims Theatre, Performing Arts Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive — Southern Rep’s production about a football player’s catastrophic injury incorporates sports sequences, a drum line and dance. Visit www.southernrep.com for details. Tickets $10-$40. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. The Divine Sister. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www.cuttingedgetheater.com — Charles Busch’s play is a comedic homage to Hollywood films about nuns. Tickets $22-$30. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Drunk Homeless ’80s Girl’s Manifest Destiny. Ugly Dog Saloon, 401 Andrew Higgins Dr., (504) 569-8459; www. uglydogsaloonandbbq.com — The See ’Em On Stage theater company’s one-act absurdist comedy follows the adventures of ’80s Girl as she tries to save the world from Santa. Tickets $8. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday. Heathers. NOCCA Riverfront Lupin Hall, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www. nocca.com — NOCCA students and alumni star in a musical adaptation of the cult classic film about a popular teen with an urge to kill. Tickets $27. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105; www.tulane. edu/~theatre — Tulane’s Summer Lyric Theatre presents the musical based on the Biblical story of Joseph. Visit www. summerlyric.tulane.edu for details. Tickets $26-$46. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. New Play Bacchanal. University of New Orleans, Lab Theatre, Performing Arts Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive — Southern Rep presents four new plays by emerging playwrights, followed by a cocktail party.

Visit www.southernrep.com for details. Free admission with RSVP; call (504) 5226545. 7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Pat Bourgeois’ Debauchery. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 638-6326; www.thetheatreatstclaude.com — The live soap opera features an Uptown family with a downtown mom. Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Wedneday. Sondheim on Sondheim. 30 by 90 Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville, (844) 843-3090; www.30byninety.com — The musical revue, which is presented alongside videotaped footage of the composer, provides a portrait of his life and work. Tickets $15-$27. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Tulane University, Lupin Theatre, 16 Newcomb Place — The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane presents the bard’s cross-dressing romantic comedy. Visit www.neworleansshakespeare. org for details. Tickets $20-$30. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Wicked. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola. com — The long-touring musical tells the backstory of the witches in The Wizard of Oz. Tickets $46-$178. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Sunday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY American Mess. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www. barcadianeworleans.com — Katie East hosts local and touring comedians alongside burlesque performances. 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Big Deal Burlesque. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www. siberianola.com — Magic Mike, Roxie le Rouge, Charlotte Treuse, Eros Sea and PAGE 45

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AN ENERGIZING DRUM ROLL BEGINS, LIGHTS COME UP AND 10 MEN IN FOOTBALL GEAR THUNDER ACROSS THE STAGE as the audience enters UNO’s Robert E. Nim’s Theatre. The audience inevitably gets caught up in the thrill of a game, even as a more somber human drama unfolds. An ambitious recent work by Andrew Hinderaker, Colossal portrays America’s favorite contact sports and explores how an individual recovers and discovers a new identity after a cataclysmic event. The athletes scrimmage, huddle and shout in pregame bonding rituals before the action freezes and Mike (Tobias “Toby” Forrest), a solitary man in a wheelchair, rolls himself to center stage. Also onstage is the uninjured • June 16-19 Mike (Ross Britz), the team’s • 8 p.m. Thu.-Sat.; 3 p.m. Sun. captain before a “reckless” headlong dive derailed his • UNO Performing Arts Center, Robert E. future. Colossal’s plot follows Nims Theatre, 2000 Lakeshore Drive Mike’s gradual acceptance • (504) 522-6545; of his new reality. Britz brilliantly portrays the www.southernrep.com charismatic young football star whose ballet training PHOTO BY JOHN BARROIS gives him added agility on the field. Easily catapulting past players, he dodges tackles and amazes fans. But in rejecting a dance career and choosing sports, he distances himself from his father (Jeffrey Gunshol), a professional dancer. As the rehabilitating Mike, Forrest agonizingly expresses the frustrations of a fallen athlete, now without a life goal. He watches a videotape of the disastrous play over and over, stopping it before the impact. Compounding his injuries is the loss of a romantic relationship. The story’s linchpin is Mike’s physical therapist Jerry (Leon Contavesprie), who treats Mike’s physical and emotional wounds, challenging him to regain trust and offering insights: “You didn’t get hurt because you loved someone; you got hurt because you played a game that hurts people.” Directed by Southern Rep Artistic Director Aimee Hayes, Colossal was developed through the National New Play Network for a rollout of productions in five cities and adaptations to diverse venues. Southern Rep’s production alternates between clamorous scenes and quiet, intimate moments between characters, mirroring Mike’s former public life surrounded by cheering crowds and his lonely path to recovery. While teammates lift weights, Mike struggles with rehabilitation exercises. Beyond focusing on issues that affect people with disabilities, Colossal examines the complex relationship between fathers and sons. Colossal offers several societal messages about personal identity, heroism and what it means to be a man. — MARY RICKARD

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DANCE New Orleans Tango Festival. Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel, 739 Canal St., (504) 962-0500; www.astorneworleans.com — Professional tango artists perform and lead workshops for new and experienced dancers. Visit www.nolatangofestival.com for details. Tickets $85-$300. 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday.

COMEDY Bar Politics. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www. facebook.com/twelve.mile.limit — Fake pundits discuss the sharing economy in

STAGE the live talk show. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Bianca Del Rio. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www. thejoytheater.com — The drag comedian performs, with guest appearances by We 3 Queens (Kasha Davis, Darienne Lake and Aggy Dune), MILK The Queen and burlesque dancers. Tickets $45. 8 p.m. Friday. The Choose Your Own Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Shawn Dugas hosts guests with extremely specific interests. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Comedy Cup. Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (St. Claude), 2221 St. Claude Ave., (504) 913-9073; www.fairgrinds.com — Area comedians appear at the open mic. 7 p.m. Saturday. Comedy Gold. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday. The Delly Dee Def Comedy Jam. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Comedians Boogie B., Blowfish and Shervey perform. 10 p.m. Friday. Drunktoons. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — The live cartooning and sketch comedy outfit performs. 7 p.m. Saturday. Freret Street Variety Hour. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Comedians perform sketch comedy and improv, sing and screen videos. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Friday. Go Ahead. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone and Shawn Dugas host a short lineup of alternative comics. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. He’s So Unusual. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Robert Segovia performs in the solo sketch show. 10:30 p.m. Friday. One Night Stand. The Steak Knife Restaurant & Bar, 888 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-8981; www.steakkniferestaurant.com — Comedian Chris Champagne performs with guitarist Phil deGruy. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Friday. Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — Brothers Cassidy and Mickey Henehan host an open mic. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday. Virginia’s Harem. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — The sketch comedy and multimedia troupe performs. 9 p.m. Saturday.

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Grand Mafun perform magic, burlesque and boylesque. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The Blue Book Cabaret. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529-2107; www.bourbonpub.com — Bella Blue and a rotating cast including Darling Darla James, Nikki LeVillain, Cherry Brown and Ben Wisdom perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag. Visit www. thebellalounge.com for details. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Saturday. Burgundy Burlesque. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 5225400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a weekly burlesque performance featuring live jazz. Free admission; reserved table $10. 9 p.m. Friday. Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www.sonesta.com/imjazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly 1960s-style burlesque show featuring music by Romy Kaye & the Mercy Buckets. Call (504) 553-2331 for details. Midnight Friday. Bustout Burlesque. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Elle Dorado, Ginger Valentine, Miss Stormy Gayle and others star in a 1950s-style burlesque show featuring live music. Tickets $22. 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday. Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — Chris Lane and Corey Mack host a rotating lineup of comedians and burlesque dancers. 9:30 p.m. Monday. Honey’s Show. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The Bluestockings celebrate artistic director Honey Tangerine with performances by Ember Blaize, Perse Fanny and others. 9 p.m. Saturday. Jock Strap Cabaret. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Neon Burgundy and other drag and variety artists perform. 10 p.m. Thursday. Monday’s a Drag. House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge), 229 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Nicole Lynn Foxx and other drag artists perform. 7 p.m. Monday. Strip Roulette. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Bella Blue produces an improvised burlesque dance-off. 10 p.m. Saturday. Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www.gravierstreetsocial.com — Bella Blue hosts a burlesque show. Visit www.thebellalounge.com for details. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday.

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TUESDAY 14 Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement. West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 364-2660; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — Brian Low discusses financial strategies for retirement. Contact (504) 889-8143 or wcsmith@jplibrary.net for details. Free admission. 7 p.m. Goose Island Beer Dinner. World of Beer, 4100 Veterans Memorial Blvd., (504) 266-2689; www.wob.com/metairie — A dinner celebrates National Bourbon Day with Goose Island beers aged in bourbon barrels. Call (504) 299-3599 to register. Tickets $50-$60. 6 p.m. Organic Bug Management and Fertilizing. The Urban Farmstead, 1730 Clio St.; www.southboundgardens.com — The workshop covers organic pest management and fertilizers. $10 donation suggested. 7 p.m. Southern Style Now New Orleans Showhouse. Private residence — Traditional Home presents a showhouse of representative New Orleans designers. Visit www.southernstylenow.com for details. Admission $30. 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Monday. Sunset Yoga. Morning Call, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9474; www. neworleanscitypark.com — A rain-orshine outdoor yoga class meets. Free admission. 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 15 FestiGals Round Table Luncheon. Bourbon House, 144 Bourbon St., (504) 5220111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Entrepreneur Tina Meilleur is the guest speaker at the women’s empowerment luncheon. Email margaritabergen@hotmail.com for details. Tickets $55. Noon. Longue Vue After Hours. Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — The estate stays open late for Pilates classes and picnicking. Admission $8.50, members free. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Prostate Health Talk. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www.phnojm.com — Neil H. Baum discusses prostate health. Visit www.peopleshealth.com/wellness to register. Free admission. Noon. Taste of Burma. Live Oak Cafe, 8140 Oak St., (504) 265-0050; www.oakstreetcafe. com — A seven-course dinner with drink pairings benefits education programs for refugee children from Myanmar. Visit www.burmesebenefitnola.eventbrite. com for tickets. Tickets $45-$65. 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesdays on the Point. Algiers Ferry Landing, 200 Morgan St., Algiers — The summer concert series has musical performances, wine and concessions from local restaurants. Visit www.wednes-

daysonthepoint.com for details. Free admission. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Women and Wine on Wednesdays. Ralph’s on the Park, 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Women relax and network while enjoying wine. Visit www.womenwinewednesday.com for details and rotating locations. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY 16 Contemporary Design in Historic Neighborhoods. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 581-7032; www.prcno.org — Eugene D. Cizek discusses new construction in historic settings. Admission $5, members free. 6 p.m. Garden to Glass Cocktail Challenge. American Sector, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum. org/american-sector — Gardeners discuss home gardening while local distillers compete in a cocktail contest. Registration required; call (504) 528-1944. Admission $10-$15. 6 p.m. The Hump Connection. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www.facebook.com/twelve.mile.limit — A live dating game pairs a bachelorette with three prospective mystery dates. Free admission. 9 p.m. Mom’s Night Out. ZukaBaby, 2122 Magazine St., (504) 596-6540; www.zukababy. com — A Zumba class is followed by wine and networking. Admission $18. 6 p.m. NOLA Know-How: Survival of the Fittest. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www. phnojm.com — StayLocal presents TEDstyle talks from local leaders on adapting to business changes. Visit www.staylocal. org/event/69825 for details. Free admission. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Raising Chickens in the City. The Urban Farmstead, 1730 Clio St.; www.southboundgardens.com — The workshop discusses raising chickens in urban areas. Suggested donation $10. 1 p.m.

FRIDAY 17 ABCs of Medicare. Ochsner Medical Center-North Shore, 100 Medical Center Drive, (985) 649-7070; www.ochsner. org — Christy Levy discusses Medicare basics. Call (800) 561-4127 or visit www. peopleshealth.com/wellness to register. Free admission. 10 a.m. Concerts In the Courtyard. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — The spring concert series showcases Louisiana musicians. Ticket includes three complimentary beverages (beer and wine). Admission $10, THNOC members free. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Favorite Fathers Celebration. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley

Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — The reception recognizes the contributions of neighborhood fathers. Admission $10. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Forklife Foodways Walk. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, French Quarter Visitor Center, 419 Decatur St., (504) 589-2636; www.nps.gov/jela — A walking tour covers New Orleans and south Louisiana cuisine. Reservations required; call (504) 589-3882 ext. 227. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — Geographer Richard Campanella presents the photojournalism of Del Hall. Free with museum admission (varies). 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Golf Cart Rodeo. Indian Hills Resort, 2484 Gause Blvd. W, (985) 641-9998; www. facebook.com/IndianHillsPark — The clothing-optional camp hosts a series of golf cart games including hide-and-seek. Admission varies. Noon to 9 p.m. New Orleans Pride Festival. Citywide — The festival features stage shows, live music, a parade through the French Quarter and a block party on Bourbon Street. Visit www.prideneworleans.com for details. Hours and admission vary. Friday-Sunday. Spotlight on Success. Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, (504) 361-7821; www.mardigrasworld.com — The March of Dimes’ gala honors young professionals with a party that has live music, food, drinks and auctions. Call (504) 2649288 for details. Tickets $75-$125. Patron party 6:30 p.m., gala 8 p.m.

SATURDAY 18 Antique Auto Club of St. Bernard Cruise Night. Brewster’s, 8751 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 309-7548; www. brewstersrestaurant.com — Antique and classic cars are displayed with a retro music soundtrack. 6 p.m. ENONAC Panel Discussion. New Orleans East Hospital, 5620 Read Blvd., (504) 592-6600; www.noehospital.org — Commissioners of East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission host a “Meet, Talk and Plan” panel with local leaders and residents. Contact (504) 218-5949 or scineaux@bellsouth.net for details. 10 a.m. to noon. Family Fun Day. Our Lady of Good Counsel, 1307 Louisiana Ave., (504) 891-1906 — Center of Jesus the Lord presents a family fun day with music, food and a kids’ area. Contact office@centerofjesusthelord.org for details. Noon. Father’s Day Beer and Book Pairing. National Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — The priest and humorist Bill Miller presents The Beer Drinker’s Guide to God with parings from Zea’s founder Greg Reggio. Free with museum admission. 3 p.m. Guy’s Po-Boys Fundraiser. Guy’s Po-Boy Shop, 5259 Magazine St., (504) 8915025 — A fundraiser and mini-block party with tastings from several local po-boy shops benefits Guy’s Po-Boys, which was damaged when a driver crashed into its building. Admission $15. Noon to 4 p.m. Louisiana Bicycle Festival. Abita Mystery House, 22275 Highway 36, Abita Springs, (985) 892-2624; www.ucmmuseum.

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com — Cyclists meet to buy and sell bikes, admire antique or rare bicycles and socialize. Visit www.labicyclefestival.com for details. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival. Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St. — The festival presents traditional and modern Cajun and zydeco music, regional seafood dishes and a crafts fair. Visit www. jazzandheritage.org/cajun-zydeco for details. Free admission. 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Lower 9th Ward Summer Festival. Bayou Bienvenue Triangle Platform, 5620 Caffin Ave. — The Lower 9 Collaborative’s festival kicks off a participatory budgeting community program with food, drinks and musical performances. Free admission. 3 p.m. to 8 pm. Madisonville Art Market. Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River at Water Street, Madisonville, (985) 871-4918; www. artformadisonville.org — The monthly market features works by local artists including paintings, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mosquito Biologists Talk. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Kevin Caillouet and Bryan Massery lead a field hike and discuss how scientists manage mosquito populations. Reservations required; contact (985) 6261238 or rue@northlakenature.org. Tickets $10, members $5. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Picnic in the Park. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, French Quarter Visitor Center, 419 Decatur St.,

(504) 589-2636; www.nps.gov/jela — The park celebrates International Picnic Day with a brown-bag lunch discussion of the role of courtyards in architecture. Free admission. Noon. Regency Home Economics. Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, (504) 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — The workshop teaches basic household skills from the War of 1812 era, including soap making. Free admission with reservation (required); call (504) 281-0510. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Researching Your New Orleans Property. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.louisianastatemuseum. org/museums/the-old-us-mint — Friends of the Cabildo and Robert Cangelosi Jr. present an in-depth program on historic house research. Call (504) 523-3939 to register. Tickets $25. 9:30 a.m. Roots Reggae Culture Festival. Tad Gormley Stadium, 5400 Stadium Drive, (504) 482-4888 — The event features live music, Caribbean cuisine, art, house-made crafts and cultural experiences. Visit www. rrcfest.com for details. Tickets $45-$175. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Turbodog Days of Summer. Abita Brewing Company, 21084 Highway 36, Covington, (985) 893-3143; www.abita.com — A Father’s Day party with music, food, raffles and more benefits SPCA programs. Free admission. Noon to 4 p.m. Yoga on the Bayou. Bayou St. John at Dumaine St. — Yoga Lagniappe hosts a rainor-shine outdoor yoga class for all ability

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TRIBUTES TO ZYDECO LEGEND WILSON “BOOZOO” CHAVIS by his grandsons and their bands, RJ Chavis and Creole Sounds and Justin Chavis and the Dog Hill Stompers, lead off the 10th annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco festival in Louis Armstrong Park June 18-19. The festival lineup includes several of Acadiana’s most popular bands, such as Cajun fiddler Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, accordionist Nathan Williams (pictured) and his Zydeco Cha-Chas, Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars and Chris Ardoin & NuStep Zydeko, who perform a tribute to Beau Jocque. Also per• June 18-19 forming is New Orleans-based Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots. • 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Festival vendors highlight Lou• Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St. isiana seafood as well as boudin • (504) 558-6100; www.jazzandheritage. and Cajun items. More than 25 vendors will offer crafts and org/cajun-zydeco jewelry. A supervised kids tent is open from noon to 5 p.m. and features craft activities, drawing and face painting. Pets are not allowed. The free festival is organized by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. — ZAYN ABIDIN

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SUNDAY 19 Jazzi Brunch Buffet. Algiers Auditorium, 2485 Guadalcanal St., Algiers, (504) 2175003 — A brunch buffet with bottomless mimosas benefits the Louisiana SPCA. Visit www.bit.ly/jazzibrunch for details. Tickets $30; use promo code LASPCA for 20 percent off. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Richard Newcomb Memorial Father’s Day Race. Audubon Park, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute. org — The 2-mile family race has team awards in father/son, father/daughter and grandfather/grandchild categories. Visit www.runnotc.org for details. Registration $20-$30. 8 a.m.

MONDAY 20 Baby Food Making. ZukaBaby, 2122 Magazine St., (504) 596-6540; www.zukababy. com — Erin Reho Pelias leads the class on making organic baby food. Admission $10. 6:30 p.m. Stolen Bikes Auction. Second Line Brewing, 433 N. Bernadotte St., (504) 248-8979; www.secondlinebrewing. com — A silent auction and fundraiser with bike repairs, a flea market, food and drinks benefits the Stolen Bikes NOLA theft awareness and advocacy group. Visit www.stolenbikesnola.org for details. Free admission. 6 p.m. Summer Solstice Oyster Social. The Urban Farmstead, 1730 Clio St.; www. southboundgardens.com — A party with char-grilled oysters, fresh vegetables, drinks and a raffle celebrates seasonal produce. Tickets $25. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

SPORTS New Orleans Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Oklahoma City Dodgers. 7 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. Monday. New Orleans Brass. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www. arena.uno.edu — The men’s roller derby team plays the Brigade of Handsome Gentlemen. 2 p.m. Saturday. Big Easy Rollergirls. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www.arena.uno.edu — The Big Easy Rollergirls play the Gold Coast Derbygrrls and the So Ill Rollergirls. 5 p.m. Saturday.

WORDS Bill Loehfelm. Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, 631 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 491-9025; www.facebook.com/tubbyandcoos — The author launches Doing the Devil’s Work with a Clue themed mystery party. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Dianne Guenin-Lelle. Nix Library, 1401 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 596-2630; www.nutrias.org — The author discusses The Story of French New Orleans: History of a Creole City at a wine and cheese reception. 7 p.m. Thursday. Erin M. Greenwald. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www. octaviabooks.com — The author discusses and signs her history book Marc-Antoine

Caillot and the Company of the Indies in Louisiana. 6 p.m. Thursday. Kim Vaz-Deville. ShiNola Gallery, 1813 Martin Luther King Blvd., (607) 435-8563 — The Xavier humanities dean signs her books, followed by an unveiling of a mural depicting Baby Dolls parading groups. Noon to 10 p.m. Saturday. Laura Cayoutte. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author signs The Secret of the Other Mother: A Charlotte Reade Mystery. 1 p.m. Saturday. Patrick J. Maney. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author discusses and signs Bill Clinton: New Gilded Age President. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Sally Michelle Jackson. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — The author discusses The Darkness That Waits. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to manage inventory, help clients and share their expertise. Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@ dressforsuccess.org. Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest one-on-one mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www. eachonesaveone.org. Edible Schoolyard. Edible Schoolyard seeks community volunteers and interns to assist in kitchen and garden classes and to help in school gardens. Visit www.esynola.org/get-involved or email amelia@esynola.org. First Tee of Greater New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteers to serve as mentors and coaches to kids and teens through its golf program. Visit www. thefirstteenola.org. 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. Golden Opportunity Adult Literacy Program. GOAL seeks volunteers to conduct courses for reading comprehension, GED preparation and English language learning. Call (504) 373-4496. 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. NOLA for Life Mentors. The city initiative’s partner organizations seek adults to mentor boys ages 15 to 18 who are at risk for violence. Visit www.nolaforlife. org/give/mentor.

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Corporate Realty Inc. is seeking to hire a qualiﬁed Assistant Property Manager for multiple commercial properties in New Orleans area. Expectations (but not limited to): Excellent communication skills with Owners, Tenants, Staff and Service Providers; Management of various service agreements and operating budget including monitoring of services and purchases to be consistent with operating budget; and Develop and bid service contracts as needed. Minimum three (3) years property management experience REQUIRED, and CPM and/or RPA is desirable. Email resume and salary requirements to hsiegel@corp-realty.com

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IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR A FULL TIME ASSISTANT TO THE FURNITURE BUYER. THE IDEAL CANDIDATE MUST BE A TEAM PLAYER WHO IS PROFESSIONAL, DETAIL AND RESULT ORIENTED, FLEXIBLE AND ORGANIZED. APPLY IN PERSON. HURWITZ MINTZ FURNITURE, 1751 AIRLINE DR, 70001 www.hurwitzmintz.com

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LEGAL NOTICES

THE STATE OF LOUISIANA NO:583-587 DIVISION: G

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF HARRY LEE BURAS

NO. 753-829 DIVISION: E

NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

SUCCESSION OF JAMES RICHARD NICHOLS, SR. NOTICE TO SELL MOVABLE OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY A PRIVATE SALE Whereas the administrator 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: Entire Block 297 of the Plat of the Ozona according to Plat of survey made by Preston Heradon Civil Engineer, duly recorded in the Office of the Chancerly Court in and for Pearl River County, Mississippi together with all improvements and appurtences thereto belonging, situated in Pearl River County, Mississippi.

Being the same property acquired by James K. Nichols from the Department of Housing and Urban Development on February 2, 2012. UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO-WIT: THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($38,500.00) DOLLARS cash less commission and cost of sale. Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, Kendra F. Pierre, Clerk Attorney: William H. Daume Address: 929 4th Street Gretna, LA 70053 Telephone: 504-366-1219 Gambit: 6/14/16 & 7/5/16

LOT OF GROUND in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson being Farm Block 2, Section B , Oakdale Subdivision Lot 7A-7 as per place of resubdivision dated October 13, 1993 recorded 93- 61205 Originally purchased by act of sale dated December 9, 1992 recorded COB 2814/ 289 and May 11, 1993 COB 2870-601 Bearing municipal # 209 Hamilton Rd, Gretna, La and LOT OF GROUND in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson being Farm Block 2, Section B , Oakdale Subdivision Lot 8A-7 as per place of resubdivision dated October 13, 1993 recorded 93- 61205 Originally purchased by act of sale dated December 9, 1992 recorded COB 2814/ 289 and May 11, 1993 COB 2870-601 UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: $265,000 cash and on terms as set out in purchase agreement, made part of the record. 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 may 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 judgement may be issued after thwe expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law. Jon A. Gegenheimer Marilyn Guidry, Deputy Clerk Attorney: Kim M. O’Dowd Address: 4650 General DeGaulle Dr. Suite 100; New Orleans, La 70131 Telephone: (504) 393-0717 Fax: (504) 393-0719 Gambit: 5/24/16 & 6/14/16 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Claudia Yaneth Pineda please contact Atty. D.Davenport at 504-256-5452. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of JEROLEAN BRIDGES WASHINGTON and/or her heirs, assigns, relatives or successors in interest, please contact attorney Julien F. Jurgens at (504) 722-7716 IMMEDIATELY. Property rights are involved in 24th Judicial District Court Jefferson Parish, Case # 760-045.

SUCCESSION OF CYRIL GAHIE

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Michelle Colleen Welch, please call Atty. Marion D. Floyd, 504-467-3010.

NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

Anyone knowing the wherebouts of the heirs of Tina Scales, please contact Atty. E. Appleberry, 405 Gretna Blvd., Ste.104, Gretna, LA 70053; (504) 362-7800.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Administrator in the above numbered and captioned matter, has filed an application to sell immovable property located at 3128 Jasper Street, Kenner La. The court may authorize sale of said property after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of this notice. Any opposition to the proposed sale must be filed prior to the expiration of the seven (7) days from the date of this notice. By Order of the 24th Judicial District Court Parish of Jefferson Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk Attorney: Hilliard C. Fazande III (#26638) Address: 4902 Canal Street Suite 201, New Orleans, La 70119 Telephone: (504) 864-5217 Gambit: 6/14/16 Any heirs, successors, or relatives of William J. Miller, a/k/a William John Miller, Jr., please contact attorney Michael Raspanti at (504) 339-0479. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Barbara Jean Marshall Brown please contact Atty. D.Davenport at 504-256-5452. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of JULES GREEN please contact Deborah E. Dugas, Attorney at Law, P.O. Drawer 554, Reserve, LA 70084 or by phone at (985) 536-8770 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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Anyone knowing the whereabouts of James M. Brewer, III and/or any heirs or successors of Sandra Keir Brewer, please contact attorney Michael Raspanti at (504) 339-0479. Property rights involved.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS SEEKING A HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TO MANAGE AND ADMINISTER THE OPERATIONS AND AFFAIRS OF THE COUNCIL AS COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF (COS). THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COS INCLUDE THE MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF SERVICES PERFORMED BY ALL COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF DIVISIONS: CLERK OF COUNCIL, FISCAL, RESEARCH, AND UTILITIES. THE COMPLETE COS JOB DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE COUNCIL’S WEBSITE, WWW.NOLACITYCOUNCIL.COM, OR MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE CLERK OF COUNCIL, ROOM 1E09, CITY HALL, 1300 PERDIDO STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK OF COUNCIL AT (504) 658-1085. APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED OR RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE JUNE 18, 2016. PUBLICATION DATES: MAY 24 AND 31 AND JUNE 7 AND 14, 2016

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LESS AND EXCEPT: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of Lot 297, Plat of Ozona, Pearl River County, Mississippi, thence South 55 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East 732.93 feet; thence North 62 degrees 31 minutes 21 seconds West 211.55 feet; thence North 52 degrees 19 minutes 09 seconds West 523.77 feet to the Point of Beginning. This parcel containing 0.25 acre and being a part of Lot 297, Plat of Ozona, Pearl River County, Mississippi.

Whereas the executor of the above Estate, has made application to the Court for the sale of immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit:

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.626-044 DIVISION “M”

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Marla C. Conley A.K.A. Marla C. Hawkins, NOLA Community Development, LLC, and Precept Credit Opportunities Fund, LP, please contact Attorney Branden Villavaso, 631 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70130 or (504) 812-1762.

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

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BROADMOOR 4223 EDEN ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125

3 BR/1.5 BA Absolutely adorable, super fresh + clean cottage w excellent ﬂoorplan; central air + heat; oak strip hardwood ﬂooring (heart pine in kitchen) throughtout; covered ceilings vintage bathroom in excellent condition; brand new granite kitchen countertops, cabinets + backsplash; long driveway for several cars in tandem; large fenced backyard w cement pad for extra car storage or entertaining; storage shed; termite contract; roof approximately 5 years old. For Sale by Agent/Broker, $275K, Colette Meister (504) 220-1762. therealtormeister@gmail.com

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2 BR/2 BA Rare offering in Historic Treme, steps to French Quarter. 20’ vaulted ceilings w/exposed beams; skylights; 2 master suites (1 lower level, 1 upper); lg private balcony exclusive to unit; huge combo kit, living & dining rooms; gated, remote assigned & covered offstreet parking for 1 vehicle; gorgeous mature tropical setting w sparkling inground pool & beautiful common areas - truly an Oasis on Esplanade! For Sale by Agent/Broker, $360K, Colette Meister (504) 220-1762 therealtormeister@gmail.com

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509 Church St. ~ McDougall House 1820’s Historic, Renovated Greek Revival Raised Cottage 5 beds/3 baths, pool. $185,000 1201 Church St. ~ Anderson House 3 beds/3.5 baths, Studio apt + bldg w/4 beds/4 baths. Used as B&B. $225,000 1207 Church St. ~ On National Register Re-creation of Antebellum Mansion 6 beds/4baths + 2 bed Carriage House. $395,000 Call Realtor Brenda Roberts Ledger-Purvis Real Estate 601-529-6710

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To meet these or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun., call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org

CAT CHAT Gracie Our Sweet Gracie is still hoping to find forever. She is a bit shy at first, but once she warms up, is very sweet. She also enjoys playing from time to time as well. Come visit her at our Thrift store at 6601 Veterans Blvd. or call us at 504-454-8200 with any questions.

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MILLAUDON ST. NEAR PARK

RENOVATED - 4/2 $2,900/mo & 3/1.5 $2250/mo. Washer/dryer, hdwd ﬂrs, enrgy effc, garage, off st pkg. Sm pets ok., 941685-3665.

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COZY COTTAGE Now Under $200/ sq ft! Built in 1981. Beautiful & C DU Spacious 3BR / 2.5BA home home RE features a Light & Airy, Open Floor Plan and Large Living Areas overlooking a Huge Backyard. Indoor and Outdoor living at their finest! Serene screened-in front porch and lovely brick patio in rear. Large Master Suite has lots of closet space. Conveniently located to everything - walk to lovely Palmer Park! Upgrades include new gutters, HVAC system and more. RARE 2 SIDE-BY-SIDE PARKING SPOTS! $450,000 ED

GORGEOUS VICTORIAN! Multi-Family. Each level has a studio apt. in the rear. Completely remodeled in 2012 by an architect. Elegantly finished with the perfect blend of antique and contemporary details. Kitchens w/upscale appliances and butcher block counters. Impeccably maintained. Rear building can be developed into living space. 1 off st. pkg. spot with potential for more. Walk to the FQ! $619,000

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4113 Tchoupitoulas St. Large sidehall single with off street parking, central air and heat, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, double parlours and commercial style kitchen. Old wood floors, high ceilings, fireplace mantles and pocket door make for loads of 19th century charm but upgrades put this firmly in the 21 century.

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