Gambit New Orleans August 18, 2015

GA MBI T > V O LUME 3 6 > NUMBER 3 3 > AU G US T 1 8 > 2 015

BULLETIN BOARD CLASSIFIEDS

AIR CONDITIONING · HEATING · REFRIGERATION · ELECTRICAL SINCE 1979

“The Fresh Air Specialist”

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL *Discounts for Firemen, Police, Military & Sr. Citizens

MENTION THIS AD IN GAMBIT & RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $25 OFF. Cannot be combined with any other offer • Offer valid through 9/14/15.

NEW ORLEANS (504) 524-6353 KENNER (504) 467-8119

To Volunteer Call Paige

504-818-2723 ext. 3006

RIVER PARISHES (985) 764-2866 (985) 652-9700

airkareac@aol.com

Voted ‘Best Place to Take a Yoga Class’ 12 years in a row

by Gambit readers! www.WildLotusYoga.com

Camping Kayaking

KEEP C

Then get the BEST employees to come and work for you!

Advertise your job openings in Gambit’s Best of Jobs running in our Best of New Orleans issue

ISSUE DATE AUG 25 • COPY DEADLINE AUG 17 For Information or to Reserve Your Space Call (504) 483-3100 or email classadv@gambitweekly.com

9

ALM & TU

Canoeing & Tubing

ON! BE

9

Is your company the BEST company to work for in New Orleans?

2015

www.soniatrealty.com

Uptown & Downtown

BEST OF JOBS

An extraordinary collection of extraordinary real estate professionals appearing in the Best of New Orleans issue!

3940 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119

Wild Lotus Yoga

BULLETIN BOARD call 483-3100

in Real ESTATE

504-488-8988

s offirst time, ts y a D 30 esiden local r nly a g o Yo 33 For $

to place your ad on the

Who’s

Full Service Property Management / Leasing Real Estate Sales / Consulting

40 12 85-

2

DISH TV Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) SAVE! Regular Price $34.99. Call Today and Ask About FREE SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 888-992-1957.

GET A POWERFUL RESUME You Can Get a Better Job! STRATEGIC RESUMES GRANT COOPER, Certified Resume Writer CareerPro N.O. 504-891-7222 Metairie 504-835-7558.

FREE SAME DAY 2nd OPINIONS

CRISTAL’S TRANSPORTATION CORP 15 passenger bus 12 + 2 Handicap Accessible Available for Charter School, Field Trips, Private Medical & Special Events & Festivals. Cristal’s Transportation Corporation. Call for reservations 504-866-0009 or email lucristiaw@yahoo.com www.cristalstran.com AUDITIONS Sing Handel’s MESSIAH and other great choral rep with Symphony Chorus of New Orleans.

See www.symphonychorus.orgGet Involved-Auditions or 504.525.2111

Who

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

PAYING TOP DOLLAR FOR DAVID YURMAN & MIGNON FAGET JEWELRY DIAMONDS, ROLEX, OLD U.S. COINS CHRIS’S FINE JEWELRY, 3304 W. ESPLANADE AVE. METAIRIE CALL (504) 833-2556.

DWI - Traffic Tickets?

Don’t go to court without an attorney!

You can afford an attorney.

Call Attorney Gene Redmann, 504-834-6430.

GET HIRED FASTER! Use 21st Century Search Skills New Orleans #1 Career Coach GRANT COOPER, CareerPro New Orleans 504.891.7222 Metairie 504.835.7558

$25 OFF!

YOUR 1 STOP SHOP

79 Ca li n 5- mp nk es 20 Circle Rd • Fra ntur 04 e v d • lou isianarivera

to

AUGUST SPECIAL

.c n om

We love our hospice volunteers and are always looking for new additions to our wonderful team!

Our hospice volunteers are special people who can make a difference in the lives of those affected by terminal illness. We would like to announce a new exciting track for those interested in a future medical career. Many physicians and nurses received their first taste of the medical field at Canon.

If you would like to be become a hospice volunteer and work with our patients and families, please call today!

FORMERLY WAYNE’S WORLD TUBING

$309

Per Month 39 Month Lease $3,499 Initial Payment Two or more at this price

Delivering the Ultimate Guest Experience

Ray Brandt Infiniti of Metairie 3700 North Causeway Boulevard, Metairie• 504-832-2005 • RayBrandtInfiniti.com

Plus tax, title, license and dealer fees. Retailer participation req. $3,499 INIT. PYMNT. REQ. AT CONSUMMATION (INCL. $3,190 CONSUMER DOWN PYMNT., $309 FIRST MONTH PYMNT). 2015 Q50 3.7 Premium subj. to avail. to well-qualified customers who finance their lease through Infiniti Financial Services. Subj. to credit approval. MSRP $40,905 incl. dest. chrg. Net capitalized cost of $33,840 incl. a $700 non-refundable acq. fee. Retailer contribution may affect actual price set by retailer. Monthly pymnts. total $12,051. At lease end, purchase for $22,498 plus $300 purchase option fee (except KS & WI) plus tax, or pay excess wear & use plus $0.25/mile for mileage over 10,000 miles/year. Lessee is responsible for maint. and repairs. Disposition fee due at term. of lease. No security deposit mile req. Must take delivery from new retailer stock. See participating retailer for details. Offer ends 08/31/2015.

Supplies of vehicle may be limited in some regional areas. Retailer inventory varies.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

NEW 2015 INFINITI Q50 3.7 PREMIUM

3

CONTENTS

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

August 18, 2015

EDITORIAL

+

Volume 36

+

Number 33

Editor | KEVIN ALLMAN Managing Editor | KANDACE POWER GRAVES Political Editor | CLANCY DUBOS Arts & Entertainment Editor | WILL COVIELLO Special Sections Editor | MISSY WILKINSON

EAT + DRINK

Staff Writer | ALEX WOODWARD Calendar & Digital Content Coordinator | ANNA GACA

Review ......................................................................23 The Lighthouse Bar & Grill

Contributing Writers D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, RED COTTON, ALEJANDRO DE LOS RIOS, HELEN FREUND, KEN KORMAN, BRENDA MAITLAND, NORA MCGUNNIGLE, ROBERT MORRIS, NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

Fork + Center ...........................................................23 All the news that’s fit to eat — and drink

Contributing Photographer | CHERYL GERBER

3-Course Interview .............................................25 Beth Biundo, pastry chef

PRODUCTION Production Director | DORA SISON Web & Classifieds Designer | MARIA BOUÉ

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

Senior Graphic Designer | LYN VICKNAIR Graphic Designers | PAIGE HINRICHS, DAVID KROLL, JASON WHITTAKER

Last Bites ................................................................. 27 Plate Dates; 5 in Five

Pre-Press Coordinator | KATHRYN BRADY

DISPLAY ADVERTISING fax: 483-3159 | displayadv@gambitweekly.com Advertising Director | SANDY STEIN BRONDUM 483-3150 [sandys@gambitweekly.com]

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

Sales Administrator | MICHELE SLONSKI 483-3140 [micheles@gambitweekly.com] Sales Coordinator | CHRISTIN GREEN 483-3138 [christing@gambitweekly.com]

COMIC TAKES

Senior Sales Representative | JILL GIEGER 483-3131 [ jillg@gambitweekly.com]

PREVIEW: Wyatt Cenac to perform at Publiq House

Sales Representatives

BY ALEX WOODWARD | PAGE 5

JEFFREY PIZZO

483-3145 [jeffp@gambitweekly.com] BRANDIN DUBOS

483-3152 [brandind@gambitweekly.com] TAYLOR SPECTORSKY

483-3143 [taylors@gambitweekly.com] KELSEY JONES

483-3144 [kelseyj@gambitweekly.com] ALICIA PAOLERCIO

483-3142 [aliciap@gambitweekly.com]

MARKETING Marketing & Events Coordinator | ANNIE BIRNEY Interns | ERIC LENCIONI

CLASSIFIEDS 483-3100 | fax: 483-3153 classadv@gambitweekly.com Inside Sales Director | RENETTA PERRY 483-3122 [renettap@gambitweekly.com]

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Inside Sales Representative | MICHELE PERRETT 483-3121 [michelep@gambitweekly.com]

4

BUSINESS Billing Inquiries 483-3135 Controller | CHERIE QUINN Assistant Controller | MAUREEN TREGRE Credit Officer | MJ AVILES

ON THE COVER Katrina at 10 ............................................................16 A look back at post-storm New Orleans, and former Gov. Kathleen Blanco speaks out

A+E 7 in Seven ................................................................... 5 Alexis & the Samurai, Bill Kirchen, Rickie Lee Jones, Screaming Females and more

NEWS + VIEWS News.............................................................................7 The subject of Gambit’s first cover story after the storm still resonates today Y@Speak + N.O. Comment .....................................7 Overheard in New Orleans’ social media world

Music .........................................................................33 PREVIEW: Mike Dillon Film.............................................................................36 FEATURE: The film scene post-Katrina Art ...............................................................................39 FEATURE: Katrina and the arts

Scuttlebutt................................................................ 9 From their lips to your ears C’est What? ............................................................... 9 Gambit’s Web poll Bouquets & Brickbats .........................................10 This week’s heroes and zeroes Commentary............................................................13 A letter from Gambit owners Margo and Clancy DuBos Clancy DuBos...........................................................15 A perfect storm: the governor’s race

Stage..........................................................................42 FEATURE: Post-storm curtain calls

Blake Pontchartrain is on vacation

Legal Notices..........................................................50

SHOPPING + STYLE

Real Estate ...............................................................51

KIDS................................................................. PULLOUT Back-to-school supplies and fashion, toys and more

Events .......................................................................45 Crossword + Sudoku ...........................................54

CLASSIFIEDS Market Place ...........................................................48 Employment ...........................................................49

Pet Page....................................................................53 Picture Perfect Properties................................55

OPERATIONS & EVENTS Operations & Events Director | LAURA CARROLL

GAMBIT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Operations Assistant | KELLAN DUNIGAN

Chairman | CLANCY DUBOS + President & CEO | MARGO DUBOS

COVER DESIGN BY Dora Sison

Gambit (ISSN 1089-3520) is published weekly by Gambit Communications, Inc., 3923 Bienville St., New Orleans, LA 70119. (504) 486-5900. We cannot be held responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts even if accompanied by a SASE. All material published in Gambit is copyrighted: Copyright 2015 Gambit Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

M U S I C 3 3 // F I L M 3 6 // A R T 3 9 // S TA G E 4 2 // E V E N T S 4 5

seven things to do in seven days Alexis & the Samurai

Fri. Aug. 21 | Splitting time between their duo and the bright and sunny indie pop of Sweet Crude, Alexis Marceaux and Sam Craft have squeezed in some recording and released a new single. Freddy Beach and Painted Hands open at 9 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

ILoveMakonnen

Fri. Aug. 21 | Makonnen Sheran got a major boost when Drake remixed his song “Club Goin’ Up on a Tuesday” from his 2014 self-titled EP. Drake’s “Tuesday” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, and the EP was remastered and rereleased with extra material on Drake’s OVO Sound label. CRNKN opens at 11 p.m. at Republic.

Bill Kirchen P H OTO BY R O BY N V O N S WA NK

Wyatt on the set The comedian and former Daily Show correspondent performs in New Orleans.

W

Rickie Lee Jones

Sat. Aug. 22 | In June, Rickie Lee Jones released The Other Side of Desire, her first album of new material in 10 years. The collection of ballads features many local collaborators, including Jon Cleary’s take on Fats Domino’s style and fiddling by Louis Michot. At 8 p.m. at Tipitina’s.

High on Fire

Sun. Aug. 23 | Though Matt Pike still performs with ’90s stoner metal outfit Sleep, his Oakland, California trio’s latest album, June release Luminiferous, is a focused, nine-track, punishing, sludgy fury. Pallbearer, Lucifer and Venimous Maximous open at 8 p.m at One Eyed Jacks.

Screaming Females

Mon. Aug. 24 | The punk-inspired, stripped-down rock trio and pride of New Brunswick, New Jersey, emerged from the college town’s basement show rock scene a decade ago and recently released a very limited-edition 10th anniversary box set of casette tapes — in a clamshell case. Vacation and Heat Dust open at 6 p.m. at Siberia.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

drive around in a giant tank that anyone would see coming. It’s strange what liberties we’re willing to see taken with comic book characters, whereas you can do an adaptation of Shakespeare and it can all be done in the present day and people can be like, ‘That was an interesting take. Good for you!’”

Cenac recently revealed on the popular podcast WTF with Marc Maron that his parting from The Daily Show stemmed from an argument with Stewart in which the host blew up. Cenac appeared on that show’s finale on Aug. 6 and, as a nod to Maron

By Alex Woodward often asking whether he’s “good” with his guests after a falling out, Stewart asked, “You good?” (Cenac said yes, and his detached yatt Cenac wants to blow up the world. In a hypothetical Daily Show persona went back to looking at his phone: “My social situation in which he is president of DC or Marvel media’s blowing up.”) comics, he would blow up the whole thing every 10 Cenac says the strength of The Daily Show’s biting political years and start over — and solve the nerd-world infighting and humor was in keeping its eye on the target for byzantine storylines in film and print. “Superman the long run. dies saving the world, the world is over, then you Aug. 20 “It was always about the content more than just restart it,” he says.

Wyatt Cenac with the character, in that there are a lot of weird and Cenac, a stand-up comic and actor who Joe Cardosi and strange people in politics and the news media, but served as a correspondent and writer on The you have to wait for them to say or do something Daily Show With Jon Stewart from 2008 to 2012, Addy Najera that evoked a response,” Cenac says. “With a guy jokes on one comedy special that his Spider-Man Freret Street like Bobby Jindal, he didn’t really take the stage as is about a spider bitten by a radioactive man and far as public awareness until he gave the State of whose powers include playing Xbox, complaining Publiq House the Union response some years back, that awkward that he’s overqualified for his job and staying a 4528 Freret St. speech and the walk out and everything about it. step ahead of Black Spider-Man, “who’s just an (504) 826-9912 … As much as it was about him, this was the guy exterminator named Tyrone.” Cenac performs at www.publiqhouse.com that the Republican party was trotting out as the Freret Street Publiq House Aug. 20. answer to Barack Obama. … You continue to look at “If someone does Shakespeare in the park and 9 p.m. Thursday him over time, the body of evidence he has created they’re going to do King Lear and they go with Tickets $12-$25 for himself — and let’s not forget This was the guy.” an Asian-American actor to play the lead role, Cenac’s latest stand-up special is 2014’s New people don’t lose their minds in the way they York-centric Brooklyn, and he’s currently working lose their minds about Spider-Man being black,” on TBS comedy pilot The Group. Then he might hit the campaign Cenac says. “Then they’re totally fine with a Christopher Nolan Batman movie where Batman is no longer a guy who moves in trail for comic book president. “Let’s see you say that when I the shadows but a guy who appears to wear football pads and decide to make Plastic Man the face of the brand.”

Sat. Aug. 22 | The “Titan of the Telecaster,” ambassador for Americana and sideman to everyone from Emmylou Harris to Elvis Costello leads his band Too Much Fun at 9 p.m. at Chickie Wah Wah.

5

6

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

NEWS +

VIEWS

New Orleans’ week in Twitter @YesICandice

GW

Gambit Weekly ®

Let’s all Periscope our opening our Entergy bills for this month.

Brandon Coleman @B_Cole16

I want to apologize to the fans that were at Sunday’s practice for the prank I pulled after practice pretending to be Colston signing my name

BeingNOLA @BeingNOLA

Bob Breck is way too happy that it’s 108 outside.

DJ Soul Sister @djsoulsister

Just heard that power’s out in 1,000 homes in this hellish heat. For those wanting to “celebrate” Katrina anniversary, Entergy makes it easy.

FAITH

Jer’Amie

@restlesslens

Avoiding media coverage of the Katrina anniversary. I know all I need to know because I’ve been drinking in NOLA bars for the last 10 years.

New Orleans can and will return, but only with the right priorities.

O U R T H R E E - PA R T S E R I E S , T H E ROA D B ACK , B E G I N S O N P.18

A

fter Hurricane Katrina, Gambit’s return to print was on Nov. 1, 2005 — All Saint’s Day, two months after the federal levee collapses. Our cover story, “Picking Up the Pieces,” posed three questions to locals: • What should New Orleans’ priorities be at the outset of the rebuilding process?

• What elements of New Orleans must we preserve at all costs?

• What mistakes must we avoid at all costs?

These people were surveyed in late October 2005, a little less than two months after the city flooded. Many of their concerns still resonate today, and a few were quite prescient.

industry and the creation The cover from Gambit’s Nov. 1, of unprecedented tax 2005 return to the print after stimuli to make this the Hurricane Katrina and the most attractive business floods. The cover photo was zone in America. Priority shot by Scott Saltzman. two should be restoration of all essential city services (including a thorough cleaning of the city) utilizing a creative, incentive-driven privatization approach that makes New Orleans the leanest, most efficient city in the nation. Third should be the total re-engineering of the public school system, utilizing an innovative, downsized, charter school approach with new governance, school buildings, and freedom from old rules, barriers and politics.”

Judy Watts* | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AGENDA FOR CHILDREN

What should New Orleans’ priorities be at the outset of the rebuilding process?

Stephen Perry | PRESIDENT/CEO, NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU

“All priorities should be wrapped in a refusal to accept mediocrity, the status quo and reflect a commitment to national excellence.

Priority one should be the re-establishment of the basic economics of the city — the hospitality industry, the port and maritime

“Public housing must be opened immediately. Thousands of low-income families are still waiting to come home while public housing stock — much of it in good condition — lies empty and idle. Schools and child care must be in place by January.

Families can’t come back if these pieces are missing. Never before has the catchphrase ‘children are our future’ been more meaningful. A city without children literally has no future. And, there must be good jobs with decent wages and an organized effort to assist returning evacuees with securing employment. ... Our businesses won’t survive without a competent reliable workforce.” * Watts died in April 2015.

PAGE 8

Danielle Dreilinger @djdreilinger

Drinking game where we drink every time the national media uses the word “resilience” in re. New Orleans this month.

Jonathan Bullington @jrbullington

“I tell you what we’re gonna do: We’re gonna put it in the stack and leave it for 2nd Watch.” #NOLAscanner

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

In his column last week, Clancy DuBos says new challengers in the Louisiana governor’s race have tightened the game, and new polls point to a slipping David Vitter.

“Good news. Louisiana needs an ethical and smart person in the Governor’s Mansion, and it is hard to imagine that those qualities make Vitter preferable to voters who say that they want high moral standards, integrity and good leadership in their candidates.” — Professor Past

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

— Lynette Colin, branch manager of the HOPE Community Credit Union in Central City, October 2005

knowledge is power cWd

Katrina 10 — the first cover story “Out of the tremendous pain and suffering that came at the hands of this catastrophic event, New Orleans now has the distinct, unprecedented opportunity of a second chance to right its wrongs, to replace its disparities with equalities, to integrate its segregated communities, to rank our children and their educational needs at the top of our priority lists.

I pray that we seize this opportunity to make New Orleans what it should be — one of the top-ranking cities in the nation.”

S C U T T L EB U T T 9 C ’ ES T W H AT ? 9 B O U Q U E T S & B RI C K S 10 C O M M EN TA RY 13 C L A N C Y D U B O S 15

7

NEWS VIEWS PAGE 7

Jonathan Ferrara | ARTIST,

GALLERY OWNER

“Transparency must be a top priority in the rebuilding process. We, the people of New Orleans, must be able to see where the reconstruction money is going. Given our history of corruption, we must know that the dollars intended for rebuilding our great city are not going to line the pockets of ‘connected’ individuals.”

but do encourage home ownership in the salvageable neighborhoods. We are not, never will be, and should not seek to be Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, or, God forbid, Las Vegas. Preservation of the culture is inseparable from preservation of our architecture. People come to New Orleans to participate in and partake of our culture. If we lose that, we’re just another urban area.” *Smith died in March 2012.

Sean Cummings | DEVELOPER “We need to fundamentally reduce the cost of doing business in New Orleans, and we need to focus economic development on what we can be the best in the world at doing. This state needs to take the courageous step to eliminate all income taxes. Like nothing else, it will induce companies and people to stay, grow and even relocate here.”

What mistakes must we avoid at all costs?

Okyeame Haley | ATTORNEY “Avoid quick fixes like numerous charter schools and casinos. Avoid rewarding those who demonize the poor.”

Roberto Quintal | CARDIOLOGIST

What elements of New Orleans must we preserve at all costs?

“We have to prevent the clustering of poverty in certain areas of the city. This type of economic segregation is, I believe, the principal culprit of high crime rates.”

Roy Glapion Jr. | ENGINEER,

HOPE COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

BUSINESSMAN

8

“We must preserve the 9th Ward, which is the true backbone of our old city, along with the East, Lakeview, Pontchartrain Park, the 7th Ward, red beans and rice on Monday, and fried fish and potato salad on Friday. In short, we must preserve our culture, how we think, how we live, our way of life.”

Okyeame Haley | ATTORNEY

George Recile Rated Martindale Hubbell AV-Preeminent by his peers

Attorney at Law gbr@chehardy.com

Though your injury may be personal, it affects your family and your business.

Let me help take care of your injury claim so you can take care of the things that matter to you.

One Galleria Boulevard, Suite 1100 • Metairie, LA 70001 www.chehardy.com • (504) 833-5600 • (855) 833-5600

“We must preserve live New Orleans music; our civil rights history; brass bands; second lines; Mardi Gras Indians; the African retentions in New Orleans food, music, dance and language; and our architecture. We must bring back the people. Pre-Katrina New Orleanians must be given the first opportunity to repopulate and rebuild the city.”

Judy Watts | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AGENDA FOR CHILDREN “Our people need ready access to reliable health care. This is especially urgent for low-income families. Charity Hospital has been a lifeline for poor people in our city for many years and with Charity facing an uncertain future, families are concerned about their health care needs being met.”

Charlie Smith* | ARTS LOBBYIST, POET “Ensure the preservation of all the historic things, architecturally and culturally, that make our city unique. Fight the urge to bulldoze or go for the quick fix.

Do not rebuild expensive instant slums

Lynette Colin | BRANCH MANAGER, “We must circumvent the segregation that existed in many low-income neighborhoods, i.e., the 9th Ward. And even further, we must prevent the erosion of infrastructure. We must provide for access in those communities where there is only limited availability or no existence at all of essential business services, such as financial institutions, shopping facilities, etc., only those that prey upon the residents of those communities.”

Don Marshall | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND FOUNDATION “What mistakes must be avoided?

Segregation in our schools, our neighborhoods, our businesses and institutions and in our minds. Lack of respect and support for education. Lack of proper training for our workforce. Poverty and unemployment. Wages that don’t reflect the cost of living. Inability to see past perceived differences and work together for the good of the entire community.

We need hospitals working together, schools working together, races working together, politicians working together.

Constantly lowering our standards and expectations. Not having floodgates at all canals where they meet the lake.

Underpasses that allow water to flow all over the city instead of using the railroad tracks as a second levee — and not filling in the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet.”

— To read the entire article, visit www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/pickingupthepieces.

NEWS VIEWS SCUTTLEBUTT Quote of the week

“For goodness sake, focus on murders, not monuments.” — U.S. Sen. David Vitter in an Aug. 12 open letter to Mayor Mitch Landrieu. The two have been feuding openly since Vitter slammed Landrieu over New Orleans’ murder rate in a speech to the State Troopers Association. In response to Landrieu’s suggestion that Vitter secure more federal funding for police protection, Vitter wrote, “New Orleans’ horrendous murder rate is not, primarily, the federal government’s responsibility; it’s yours,” and suggested Landrieu establish a new state troopers’ organization in the city “paid for by local revenue and tourism industry pledges.”

NOPD probe of sex crimes unit winding down Chief says detectives didn’t violate laws

Monuments can be removed City labels contentious Confederate statues a ‘nuisance’ Two city commissions have recommended to the New Orleans City Council that four Confederate statues “may be removed.” The statues — P.G.T. Beauregard outside City Park, Robert E. Lee at Lee Circle, Jefferson Davis on Jefferson Davis Parkway, and a monument commemorating the Reconstruction-era Battle of Liberty Place — were the subject of two public PAGE 11

c’est

?

Vote on “C’est What?” at www.bestofneworleans.com Confederate monuments and streets in New Orleans named after Confederates — your thoughts?

54%

Keep them as is

28%

Replace them completely

18%

Keep them, but adjust the signage

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:

U.S. Sen. David Vitter said the “top reason” for New Orleans’ high crime rate is Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s “lack of leadership.” What do you think?

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Following several months of investigation after a damning report from the New Orleans Inspector General, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has not found criminal violations in its review of several NOPD Sex Crimes and Child Abuse detectives.

NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said NOPD is “winding down” its investigation and has found administrative violations, including neglect of duty, improper documentation and other problems.

At a press conference at Gallier Hall Aug. 11, surrounded by state legislators and city officials, Mayor Mitch Landrieu welcomed reform efforts within the department as a new report from the Sexual Violence Response Advisory Committee outlined recommendations and steps taken thus far to repair the troubled unit.

“For far too long, quite frankly, we’ve done a poor job” responding to sexual assault, Landrieu said, adding that, with guidance from the committee as well as the federal monitor overseeing the consent decree, “We don’t sweep anything under the rug.” Landrieu also signed an executive order to accept the committee’s recommendations, along with requiring NOPD to submit quarterly reports on its progress.

Changes within the department include adding two detectives and a supervisor to the Sex Crimes and Child Abuse units, hiring a third lab technician to process rape kits at the Louisiana State Police crime lab, and requiring 32 hours of training in addition to four hours of training on

sexual assault response. NOPD also will use a private lab to expedite processing rape kits to clear its current backlog of 180 kits.

Harrison added that he is in the process of hiring three social workers to assist detectives and victims and has asked the Civil Service Commission to approve a 5 percent pay raise for detectives to begin in January 2016.

Tulane University’s Tania Tetlow, who chairs the committee, said she hopes the pay raise will help attract and retain “an elite unit.”

State Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, who has authored several pieces of legislation on sexual assault response, called the “apathy” toward sexual assault among statewide law enforcement “a cancer” that has only been treated with Band-Aids, not lasting reform. In New Orleans, he said, NOPD and partner agencies are “doing invasive surgery.”

— ALEX WOODWARD

9

NEWS VIEWS BOUQUETS + brickbats ™ heroes + zeroes Anne Boyd Rioux,

an English professor at the University of New Orleans, won a $50,400 Public Scholar grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for her book Reading Little Women: The History of an American Classic.

In 2012, Rioux was named a NEH Fellow, and her book Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist is due out in 2016.

Crossroads Church

from Cincinnati, Ohio, partnered with HandsOn New Orleans to bring 80 volunteers to help paint, landscape and renovate New Orleans East’s Einstein Charter Middle School at Sarah Towles Reed last month. The school is Einstein’s third in New Orleans East and offers career and technical education programs as well as college prep.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Clair Petit Millet,

10

director of nursing at the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health, was one of 25 nurses in the U.S. named as a Public Health Nurse Leader by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Millet will work with the Louisiana Action Coalition on a two-year nursing development program.

Richard Kohnke,

Hotel • Office • Home PRE-ENJOYED FURNISHINGS, APPLIANCES, AND OTHER COOL STUFF!

3534 Toulouse St.

(at the end of Bayou St. John)

504-482-6851 canalfurnitureliquidators.com Tuesday-Friday 10-6 • Saturday 10-5

an attorney from New Orleans, was found guilty of misdemeanor battery in Cook County Circuit Court on Aug. 4 for shoving Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey at Soldier Field during a New Orleans Saints game in December 2014. Kohnke tackled McCaskey after Kohnke and other Saints fans were asked to move from a row of seats that were not theirs. Kohnke was sentenced to six months of court supervision.

NEWS VIEWS PAGE 9

meetings, held by the Historic District Landmark Commission (HDLC) and the Human Relations Commission (HLC) Aug. 13. Both committees voted nearly unanimously that the monuments may be removed under a City Council resolution that points to a 1993 law considering a public statue a nuisance if it “honors, praises, or fosters ideologies which are in conflict with the requirements of equal protection for citizens” or “suggests the supremacy of one ethnic, religious, or racial group over any other, or gives honor or praise to any violent actions taken wrongfully against citizens of the city to promote ethnic, religious, or racial supremacy of any group over another.”

Deputy Mayor Judy Reese Morse said the discussion isn’t so much about the men represented by the monuments but “the ideology that caused their monuments to be erected in the first place.”

Dozens of people packed the City Council chambers to speak for and against their removal — those in favor said the statues represent decades of oppression and disregard the struggles, histories and personhood of more than half of the families in New Orleans. Many commission members agreed. Opponents repeatedly pointed to the potential costs of removing the statues, as well as their removal symbolizing a “rewriting” of history.

— ALEX WOODWARD

Group says Jindal’s moves not based on fact

Planned Parenthood in Louisiana hopes it will not be forced to close its doors at its two facilities in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, even as Gov. Bobby Jindal has threatened to halt federal Medicaid contracts with the organization, a move that will impact more than half of its patients.

At its Baton Rouge and New Orleans facilities, Planned Parenthood saw 10,000 patients in 2014 — nearly 5,200 of those patients use Medicaid, according to the organization. But last week, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services alerted Louisiana and Alabama state officials that terminating Medicaid agreements with Planned Parenthood likely violates federal law — and that restricting women’s health care providers will negatively impact preventative health.

Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast spokesperson Reagan Carter told Gambit that it’s unlikely the state can take federal money away, but the organization takes Jindal’s move as a serious threat to its operation in the

Win Your Choice of Wheels EACH MONTH

NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER

MONDAYS • EARN UP TO 20X ENTRIES ALL DAY FRIDAYS · 8P • FREE PLAY WINNERS ADVANCE TO CAR DRAWINGS FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 · 11P • WIN YOUR CHOICE OF WHEELS ACCELERATE YOUR CHANCES WITH

200 EXTRA ENTRIES Redeem this coupon at the 24KARAT Club by August 24 for 200 extra entries. You must be 21 and a 24KARAT Club member to participate. One coupon is allowed per membership. Management reserves all rights.

0815GW200

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS FEATURING BO BICE SEPT 19 · 8P

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

$25+ @ TICKETMASTER.COM 151 BEACH BOULEVARD • BILOXI, MS • 1-800-777-SLOT (7568)

GOLDENNUGGET.COM See 24KARAT Club for complete details on promotions. Subject to change or cancel.

Management reserves all rights. Gambling Problem? 888-777-9696.

Apron, strings attached Must donate to win

Got $10? You can go grilling with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

GatorPAC, the political action committee run by retired Air Force Lt. Col. Rob Maness, who ran for the Louisiana Senate last year, is “giving away a one-of-a-kind, autographed Sarah Palin apron” to one lucky GatorPAC donor. “If you’re the neighborhood grill master, an amateur chef in the kitchen, or even a collector of political paraphernalia,” Maness wrote, “you’ll want to get your hands on this historic piece of our 2014 race for U.S. Senate!” The apron is forest green, with a photo of an alligator and the words “ROB MANESS IS TOUGH ENOUGH.” Let’s hope the steak’s not.

— KEVIN ALLMAN

15GNBX_Gambit_4.729x8.083_0818.indd 1

Relax

8/11/15 11:18 AM

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Planned Parenthood under fire

state and to women’s health. While the threat of losing Medicaid support won’t close Planned Parenthood in Louisiana, “that is definitely Gov. Jindal’s intent,” Carter said. “As an organization, it is Planned Parenthood’s intent to continue to be in Louisiana like we’ve been for 30 years.”

On Aug. 3, Jindal moved to terminate Medicaid contracts with Planned Parenthood in the state and directed the state Department of Health and Hospitals to investigate the organization after heavily edited videos from the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress alleged Planned Parenthood’s sale of fetal tissue. In a statement, Jindal said, “Planned Parenthood does not represent the values of the State of Louisiana in regards to respecting human life.”

“His reasoning is not based on facts,” Carter said. “In Louisiana, all of our work is about preventive health care,” including breast exams, cervical cancer screenings, and STD testing and treatment. Planned Parenthood is one of the largest providers of cervical cancer screenings and HIV/ AIDS testing in Louisiana. The state’s rates of cervical cancer and HIV/AIDs diagnoses are also among the nation’s highest. Coupled with legislation that prevents Planned Parenthood from providing sex ed materials in Louisiana schools, Carter says the organization’s inability to provide care and information to the state’s poorest patients will only contribute to higher rates.

“People won’t get tested, and when you’re not receiving proper sex education, not only are you not getting tested for HIV so you don’t know your status, you’re still sexually active,” she said. “It’s just simply not true that there are other Medicaid providers that can absorb patients. They don’t exist. If they did exist, we wouldn’t be in the same crisis.” — ALEX WOODWARD

YOUR FAST LANE TO WINNING

11

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

12

For more information please call Mike Bayham 504-278-1033 or visit https://www.facebook.com/StBernardKatrina10

COMMENTARY

thinking out loud

Mixed emotions: A letter to our readers

Gambit co-owners Margo DuBos and Clancy DuBos More than 70 countries and hundreds of faith-based and secular nonprofits sent aid and volunteers to south Louisiana after Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Many of those volunteers stayed and now are among the throngs of new New Orleanians. Others arrived as the city’s recovery gained traction, making New Orleans the nation’s most attractive city to young people. As happened many times in our city’s history, the new arrivals brought with them new energy, new vision and an infectious sense of purpose that has reminded natives of our city’s uniqueness and possibilities. They have seen and felt natives’ perseverance and passion, and in turn they have made and continue to make tremendous contributions in New Orleans’ artistic, culinary, musical, theatrical, civic, political and educational arenas.

As we look back over the changes of the past decade, we are mindful of the changes Gambit has made during that same time. Like New Orleans, we are smaller but even more resilient. Also like New Orleans, we cling to the things that make us unique. Our mission remains unchanged, and our commitment to provide metro New Orleans with an alternative voice remains unshakable.

Going forward, we will continue to criticize those who deserve it and promote the things that make New Orleans the great city that it is — our arts, our neighborhoods, our music, our food, our very culture.

On this 10th anniversary of Katrina, we join all New Orleanians — the old and the new — in the mixed emotions of sorrow, celebration and gratitude. We hope New Orleanians will continue to pull together to face the challenges that confront us.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

he anniversary of Hurricane Katrina always triggers mixed emotions in the hearts of the storm’s survivors. We mourn the more than 1,500 Louisianans who died in the cataclysm caused by the federal government’s failure to design and build floodwalls that performed as promised.

Many thousands more lost their homes, businesses, neighborhoods, churches, playgrounds and institutions that made southeast Louisiana “home.” At the same time, we remember the words of our first post-Katrina Commentary on Nov. 1, 2005 (Gambit was knocked out of publication for nine weeks by the storm): “This is a time of tremendous challenge — and virtually unlimited opportunity. Let’s not squander it.” With each passing year, all of southeast Louisiana has gotten stronger in ways that many thought impossible before Katrina upended everything — and challenged all of us to pull together like never before.

Katrina exposed long-simmering problems that have plagued New Orleans for generations, particularly those of race and class. Many of those problems persist, as evidenced by the recent spike in violent crime. The storm also united many New Orleanians and galvanized efforts to bring about political reforms that once seemed impossible. Thanks to citizen-led initiatives, New Orleans now has one assessor instead of seven, one sheriff instead of two, one of the nation’s most improved public school systems, regional rather then parochial flood protection authorities and higher ethical standards for elected officials. More remains to be done, of course; the fight for good government never really ends.

One other emotion that we must always embrace at this time is profound gratitude.

13

nola bred. nola fed.

for Lunch!

2 Course Lunches Light Offerings AND MUCH MORE!

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

french quarter • mid-cit y • metairie

14

CLANCY DUBOS

POLITICS

Follow Clancy on Twitter: @clancygambit

Another perfect storm

In the race for governor, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (left) will face questions and criticism about his prostitution scandal. Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne (center) and state Rep. John Bel Edwards (right) promise as much.

wanted, because it kept the fight alive in the media and echoed Vitter’s message among the groups whose support he needs to shore up.

Best of all, it steered attention away from Vitter’s potential vulnerability.

Well, almost.

Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has made human trafficking and prostitution a major policy plank of his gubernatorial platform. At the same forum where Vitter first unloaded on Landrieu (a gathering of Louisiana State Troopers), Dardenne addressed the link between prostitution — especially the “johns” — and human trafficking. “Patrons of prostitution encourage human trafficking and other dangerous crimes,” Dardenne said. “We need to end human trafficking.”

State Rep. John Bel Edwards, thus far the only Democrat in the race (and the guy Vitter desperately wants as a runoff opponent — so he can run against Obama again), followed suit. Both Edwards and Dardenne promised to keep the prostitution/human trafficking issue alive as the campaign unfolds.

Vitter’s response to the prostitution question — when it’s asked — is a curt, “I’ve already answered that.” Which, of course, is not an answer at all.

In the coming perfect storm, it will be interesting to see what gets asked and answered by all the candidates. Vitter is a master political strategist, relentless and merciless on the attack, and he has more campaign money (particularly via SuperPacs) than all his opponents combined.

Will it be enough to fend off the ill winds headed his way?

The storm approaches.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

ust in time for the 10th anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Louisiana governor’s race looks to be a perfect storm that strikes in late August and all of September. The outer bands are already upon us.

Early frontrunner U.S. Sen. David Vitter is running true to form — attacking strawman opponents. When a statewide poll by Verne Kennedy showed the senator slipping among his core constituencies (evangelicals, Republicans and seniors), Vitter’s campaign staff broadsided the pollster.

Days later, Vitter attacked another non-candidate, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, saying Hizzoner should focus on murders, not Confederate monuments. The attack on Landrieu is classic Vitter — find an opponent who’s not running but who evokes antipathy among your core constituency, and fire away.

It works on several levels. It grabs headlines and makes Vitter look “tough,” and it deflects attention from Vitter’s vulnerabilities — particularly his prostitution scandal. That was the strategy in Vitter’s 2010 Senate re-election campaign against then-U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon. Vitter ran against Barack Obama, not Melancon. He also skipped candidate debates until the final days and avoided encounters with the media and potentially hostile audiences. It worked perfectly.

To an extent, he’s doing that again in the governor’s race. Vitter’s staff notes that he has attended more than a dozen forums this time — but he carefully picks his live audiences. That same strategy worked last year for then-U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy against Mary Landrieu for U.S. Senate. Vitter was the architect of Cassidy’s victory, and it previewed the senator’s current strategy for governor.

It appears to be working well for Vitter this time, too. Landrieu, who cannot stand Vitter, gave the senator an early Christmas present by taking the bait and responding to the attack. That’s exactly what Vitter

15

Y

KATRINA

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Storyville

16

Picking Up the Pieces

“We Want Answers!”

NOVEMBER 1, 2005

www.bestofneworleans.com/k10/ wewantanswers The Louisiana Bucket Brigade struggled to help residents of St. Bernard Parish deal with postKatrina questions.

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/pickingupthepieces The cover story in Gambit’s first post-Katrina issue asked local leaders what we must do to bring back New Orleans — and what mistakes we couldn’t afford to make. (We made some of them.)

NOVEMBER 8, 2005

Giving Birth, Getting Out

G

ambit’s first issue after Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods was dated Nov. 1, 2005 — All Saints’ Day, a day of resurrection and remembrance.

We reprinted part of our first cover story (“Picking Up the Pieces”) on p. 7, but it was only a fragment of the reporting Gambit writers did in the months to come.

Here are some of the stories we produced in those uncertain times, from reporting on the hard-hit Lower 9th Ward to Mid-City, where residents still were living without electricity four months after the disaster.

As New Orleanians struggled to cope, the paper chronicled it all: the hapless performance of Mayor Ray Nagin, the city’s arts and culture scene struggling back to life and the act of defiance that was Mardi Gras 2006. To read the original stories and new information about the anniversary of Katrina, visit www.bestofneworleans.com/k10.

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

NOVEMBER 22, 2005

DECEMBER 8, 2005

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/givingbirthgettingout Katy Reckdahl recounted her son’s birth in Touro Infirmary — and their subsequent flight from New Orleans — as Hurricane Katrina raged.

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/stayorgo In the final installment of his series “Submerged,” Gambit editor Michael Tisserand explained his decision to leave the city he loves. (Spoiler: He came back.)

Radio Free New Orleans

Last of the 9th

NOVEMBER 8, 2005

NOVEMBER 22, 2005

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/wwoz WWOZ-FM finally returned to broadcasting in New Orleans in October. “We’re up and running, but just barely,” said station manager David Freedman.

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/lastofthe9th “The Lower Ninth Ward was an historic black neighborhood, home to Fats Domino, abandoned by government, cut off from the rest of the city and the ‘murder capital of the murder capital.’ Now that it has been destroyed by Katrina, will its loyal inhabitants return?”

Dog Gone DECEMBER 8, 2005 www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/doggone Animal rescuers poured into Louisiana to save evacuees’ pets, but the sheer number of displaced and homeless animals soon overwhelmed good intentions.

Wigging Out DECEMBER 15, 2005 www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/wiggingout “Stressed, depressed and drinking more, the people of New Orleans are behaving pretty much as we should.”

Po’ Better

I Marched With the Skeletons

Why Mardi Gras Matters

Generous Helpings

JANUARY 17, 2006

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/generous Food lovers pitched in to help gut and rebuild their favorite New Orleans restaurants.

FEBRUARY 14, 2006

Oh Yesssss!!

“Buy Us Back, Chirac!”

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

FEBRUARY 21, 2006

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/mrbill “Mr. Bill” creator Walter Williams wanted to help bring back New Orleans — and he was the first postKatrina grand marshal of the Krewe du Vieux.

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/chirac “The taped refrigerators marched, the corpses floated by, the Krewe du Jieux rotated in a mad bearded hora like rabbis on speed, two huge naked papier-mache women named Katrina and Rita were having lesbian sex …”

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/mardigrasmatters In an editorial, Gambit answered those who thought New Orleans shouldn’t celebrate Carnival in the midst of its greatest struggle.

JANUARY 31, 2006

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/skeletons Tagging along with a Mardi Gras tradition: the “bone gangs,” or skeletons.

DECEMBER 15, 2005 www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/pobetter With the Leidenheimer Baking Co. making bread again, the city’s po-boy shops began to return, and crowds are eager for a taste of debris amid all the debris.

JANUARY 24, 2006 www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/upstaged “Katrina has rewritten the script for the local live theater season, but managers have shown they know how to improvise.”

The Winter of Our Reinvent JANUARY 10, 2006 www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/candles Four months after the disaster, Mid-City residents still had no electricity; they were living by candlelight and coolers.

The Madness of C. Ray Nagin

A Two-and-aHalf Man Race

JANUARY 24, 2006

FEBRUARY 28, 2006

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/craynagin “The real damage can be counted in the millions — if not billions — in federal and private sector aid this clown is going to cost our city.”

www.bestofneworleans.com/ k10/mayorsrace In which Mayor Ray Nagin, up for a second term, faced a 100 percent recognition rating in the city — but only 44 percent approval after his “Chocolate City” comment.

→ page 19 →

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Upstaged

17

“Spielman’s astonishing photographs speak with a quiet but forceful eloquence— of devastation and abandonment, of perseverance and renewal.”

—John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

The Katrina Decade Images of an Altered City

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

A new book and exhibition presented by The Historic New Orleans Collection

18

In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent levee breaches ravaged New Orleans, David G. Spielman photographed less-documented areas of the city. The exhibition will be on view August 22, 2015–January 9, 2016. Visit www.hnoc.org for details.

EXHIBITION OPENING AND RECEPTION August 22, 2015, 3:00–6:30 p.m.

The Historic New Orleans Collection's Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art 400–410 Chartres Street in the French Quarter

Books are available at The Shop at The Collection, online at www.hnoc.org/shop, and at independent bookstores. hardcover • 9" × 9" • 168 pp.

138 b/w images ISBN 978-0-917860-68-3 $39.95

www.hnoc.org

← page 17 ←

NO REGRETS

Y

Former Gov. Kathleen Blanco

in the days, weeks and months after that she did right

suffered plenty of political bruises Hurricane Katrina, but she remains firm by her state.

IN

By Walter Pierce Pierc The Independent Photo by Robin May

“We had been accused of being so reckless with money that [U.S. Sen.] David Vitter and [then-U.S. Rep.] Bobby Jindal said publicly that Louisiana could hardly be trusted with a lot of money. And they were both in Congress at the time. It was very disheartening.”

Vitter and Jindal were working from the playbook. From Blanco’s perspective, a coordinated attack was launched in the days after Katrina struck, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the White House proved ineffectual in addressing the disaster.

“Of course when you have [presidential adviser] Karl Rove, a political animal, in the White House on the federal payroll looking at everything through a political prism, you’re going to have a political result,” Blanco says. “But the people of the United States saw that; they understood what was going on.

“I’ll just tell you that the lie that Karl Rove actually put out was very undermining to my credibility,” Blanco adds. “He doesn’t admit it now, but it was printed in Time magazine and The Washington Post that the reason for the delayed federal response — and he put this out a week or a week and half or so after Katrina came in, when they were still fighting to restore the president’s credibility — he put out this story that the governor of Louisiana had not signed a disaster declaration until after Katrina made landfall. They printed it and didn’t bother to check our website or just go online.

“Every news media outlet in Louisiana had printed it or stated it on TV, in newspapers, radio, everywhere,” she says. “I issued it on the Friday night before the hurricane, when most people in

Louisiana did not know that we were in the cone of influence, and on Saturday the papers all came out with it.

“So Karl Rove was willing to lie to try to discredit me so that the president could look better. It still didn’t work. I think that, and I’ve said this to others and I firmly believe it, it was something as simple as buses running on time that could have saved the president from embarrassment and saved them from attacking me. Although maybe they would’ve enjoyed attacking me anyway because disasters have become so political in this country that the people who are directly affected by them become the casualties of this political fighting that begins to happen, and it’s crazy. We always have to point fingers and blame somebody.”

Then-FEMA Director Michael Brown, Blanco recalls, promised her in the hours after Katrina made landfall that the feds would have hundreds of tour buses to evacuate New Orleans. They didn’t. Instead, the evacuation began with Louisiana school buses and continued with civilians bringing in aluminum bass boats to rescue people from their rooftops. It was chaos.

Rove and his minions focused on blaming Blanco.

“When you have these political people coming in to try to move the politics in the middle of these life-threatening periods — that is evil. I have no respect for them,” Blanco says flatly. “But I will tell you, even with Karl Rove doing what he did trying to protect the president, I never had a minute’s thought that George Bush himself was not trying to help. I think that some forces within the federal government were not coming forward in a timely fashion.”

Those forces included a GOP-controlled Congress. Its first appropriation for federal aid following Katrina was roughly $11 billion.

Mississippi, then led by Republican Gov. Haley Barbour, who had served as chairman of the → page 20 →

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

a quiet, leafy neighborhood in the heart of Lafayette, bicycles and skateboards are parked outside the front door of a house where Kathleen Blanco — grandmother, mother, wife and former governor of Louisiana — answers her front door with a gentle smile. Her bluegreen eyes are clear, as is her conscience.

“I’ve been having a great life — traveling, writing a memoir, which is not quite complete but I have volumes done,” she says of her life after politics. “I have some typical days and some you just fly and go with it — be flexible and free, and lots of surprises happen when you can do that.”

During her tenure as governor, Blanco conducted trade missions to Cuba and Asia, poured resources into public education and higher education and left a $1 billion surplus to a successor who squandered it and wrecked much of her good work with Louisiana’s university system.

But Blanco’s term as governor forever will be linked to the late summer and early fall of 2005, to two of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike Louisiana, to the more than 1,500 dead across Louisiana, and to the agonizing and often infuriating months and years of recovery marred

by American politics at its worst.

Yet Blanco, now 72, has no regrets.

“I did everything that I knew I could do,” she says. “This was of course a joke, but [reporters] Mike Hasten and John Hill from Gannett visited me just as I was about to leave office, and they asked me [if I would have done anything differently], and it was a kind of tongue-in-cheek answer, but I said half-seriously, ‘If I had known how political this White House was going to be, I might have considered becoming a Republican just to lower the temperature so that I could get all that money up front.’”

That money totaled $13 billion, but much of it she had to pry from a Republican-controlled Congress that had little interest in helping a Democratic governor.

The days following Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, through Hurricane Rita, which raked southwestern Louisiana and razed thousands of homes and camps four weeks later, were the longest and most agonizing of Blanco’s life.

“Our work didn’t stop after the first two months — it just continued because we were first of all trying to get money and manage to get it out in a very legal fashion, a protective fashion,” she says.

19

“

← page 19 ←

When you have these political people coming in to try to move the politics in the middle of these

“

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

life-threatening periods — that is evil.

20

Republican National Committee and had glad-handed and pumped campaign cash into the coffers of just about every GOP pol on Capitol Hill, got $5 billion of that. Louisiana got $6 billion (with a few hundred million thrown at minimally affected Alabama).

Not satisfied with Louisiana’s share, Blanco went to Washington, D.C., to press the state’s case for more funding. “[House] Speaker [Dennis] Hastert, who’s been in some trouble of his own lately, he told me that Mississippi had gotten the worst of the damage because in Mississippi the houses were washed away and nothing was left but slabs,” Blanco remembers. “And I said, ‘Speaker Hastert, that happened in Louisiana, too.’

And he said, ‘Well, you just flooded, and the houses were standing in the flood.’

And I said, ‘No, no, no, no, we had as many houses as Mississippi did that got washed away in certain areas, but the rest of the houses — have you ever been in a house with flood waters in it? Even 18 inches is miserable.’

“But I said, ‘If you got 6 and 8 and 12 feet of water, you would wish that your house got washed away, because now you know what you have to do. But when it’s just flooded and all your furniture and everything is in it and you’ve got to get it out and get the wall materials and muck and everything out, that’s miserable.’”

Blanco eventually was able to squeeze another $4 billion out of a recalcitrant Congress. After the Republicans lost the House of Representatives in 2006, she got $3 billion more from the Democrats, who were then running the legislative branch.

She recalls seeing a Louisiana friend at the Washington Mardi Gras in 2007 and telling her, “I think I died and came back Haley Barbour!” Blanco chuckles. “The Democrats couldn’t do enough for us. They were so upset when they were trying to help us but didn’t have the votes. A humanitarian thing like that — it’s just impossible to understand how political [Republicans] made it, just impossible.”

A big part of Blanco’s pitch to the White House and Congress was that

had the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ flood-protection system not failed in New Orleans, Katrina would have been a “normal” hurricane in the Crescent City.

“I told them if the levees hadn’t failed, we’d be back home cleaning up the tree debris, a few houses that got some flooding and we’d be whole,” Blanco says.

“The city of New Orleans would not have flooded. It’s a federal responsibility — it’s not a state responsibility.”

By then Blanco had decided she would be a one-term governor. In fact, she says, she decided by the end of 2005 that she wouldn’t seek a second term. She waited until March 2007 to announce it, on the cusp of the spring legislative session, in large part to head off the political tension she anticipated from an increasingly polarized Legislature.

If the Republicans in Baton Rouge knew she wasn’t seeking re-election, her thinking went, they would be less resistant to her initiatives because she wasn’t padding her resume for the fall election.

“It was to defuse their anxiety of believing that my motivations were political,” Blanco says.

As difficult as the second half of her term in office was, one gets the feeling Louisiana’s first woman governor wouldn’t have it any other way.

“None of us really knows what our destiny is in this life,” she says. “We set out creating a life for ourselves. I just want to reiterate that it was probably the greatest honor of my life and truly a unique blessing to be chosen by our people. But I think also that it’s driven by our creator — our big destinies are driven

by God’s plan for each of us.

“When I look at that whole big event and understand that it called on me to give 100 percent of everything I had, I know that this is the greatest honor and the greatest blessing that could have ever happened to me personally — even though it was the hardest thing that I have ever had to do.”

— Walter Pierce is managing editor of The Independent in Lafayette.

KIDS NOLA in

SMALL to-do’s AUG

22 AUG

22 AUG

22

NOLA Youth Disaster Preparedness DOtank

The Exchange Centre, 935 Gravier St., Suite 1702, (504) 523-1465; www.noladotank.splashthat.com

Teens practice real-life problem solving and engineering skills by researching, brainstorming and building prototype solutions for hurricane preparedness and evacuation at a hackathon-style workshop. Visit the website for details. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

C. Carter Frank

Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com The children’s author reads from and signs copies of The Adventurous NoLa Kids Go to the Ruined Mansion, a story about three young friends who visit a dilapidated mansion on St. Charles Avenue. 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Music & Arts Day

Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.stickingupforchildren.com

Kids and parents work together to decorate drumsticks while enjoying live drumming by Alfred Roberts, Johnny Vidacovich, Cole Williams, Damas Louis and Alexey Marti. The drumsticks will be sold to support Sticking Up For Children, which funds youth programs in New Orleans and Haiti. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR NEW ORLEANS KIDS

How many flavors of sno-balls are there in the world? What’s in a sno-ball?

My mom says the number of sno-ball flavors is limited only by people’s imaginations. She must be right, because it takes a lot of imagination to come up with flavors like “ginger-cayenne,” “honey lavender” and “cafe con leche.”

Personally, I stick to traditional flavors like bubble gum, spearmint or, my favorite, nectar cream.

(Mom says when I get older my tastes may change, but I doubt it.) The most amazing thing about a sno-ball (called a snowball in other places in the country) is its simple ingredients: finely shaved ice and homemade syrup. You can add things like condensed milk, whipped cream and cherries. And, if you ask me, except for being out of school, the best thing about summer is sno-balls!

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

ASK BUDDY BATISTE

21

22

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

FORK + center

+

Email dining@gambitweekly.com

NEW ORLEANS

Shore thing

The Lighthouse Bar & Grill serves barbecue and local favorites

By Helen Freund

Pie dreams PHOTO COURTESY FRY AND PIE

Chef Nick Gile has launched Fry and Pie, a french fry and pan pie pop-up that will be open Wednesdays at the Hi-Ho Lounge (2239 St. Claude Ave., 504-9454446; www.hiholounge.net). Gile says the concept was inspired by the french fry stands he encountered while traveling in Europe.

“French fries are so popular, and it amazed me that they’ve never really been the focal point here,” says Gile, executive chef at Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar and Restaurant. He is operating the pop-up as a separate project with partner Chance Price.

The menu features six loaded fry dishes and two 4-inch dessert pan pies, including the decadent-sounding Burnt Out Elvis: a bruleed banana and peanut butter cream pie with a graham cracker crust.

The fries come topped with a rotating host of ingredients and appear designed to serve as fodder for soaking up excess amounts of alcohol. The Hangover Special is topped with bacon, three types of cheese, caramelized onions and a fried egg.

“Our concept is anything you can put on a sandwich, but without the bread,” Gile says.

A version that mimics a Reuben includes pastrami, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, caraway seeds and Thousand Island dressing; the Midnight Cowboy is topped with barbecued beef brisket, grilled corn salsa and aged cheddar cheese.

Condiments are made in house and can be ordered separately. They include horseradish sour cream, spicy chipotle ketchup, fresh herb aioli and an IPA beer mustard.

The menu at Fry and Pie likely will change weekly, Gile says. It will serve PAGE 24

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

riving down France Road in Gentilly, past abandoned lots and industrial boat yards, it’s hard to believe anything exists here, let alone an RV park with a marina, restaurant and floating bungalows for rent. But in an inlet off the Industrial Canal, tucked behind palm trees and tall beach grass, the Lighthouse Bar & Grill serves some surprisingly good food in a unique hideaway.

Part of Pontchartrain Landing RV park and marina, the restaurant functions as an eatery for vacationers staying in the RV park or renting villas and houseboats. Waterfront access also makes the restaurant and bar a popular spot for boaters and fishers, who stop by at the end of the day for a beer or frozen fruit daiquiri.

The airy restaurant sits in a wooden building elevated on stilts, and a of the other sides fall wraparound bar overlooks a large deck that’s The Lighthouse Bar & Grill offers crab cakes and short. Watery chunks open for dining. There’s a stage in the back other seafood dishes as well as barbecue and corner that hosts bands five nights a week, and of cabbage masquerNew Orleans cuisine. ade as coleslaw, and a swimming pool with a built-in waterfall and P H O T O BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER garlic fries could use hot tub overlooks the marina.

The restaurant menu reads like one you’d find more garlic and salt.

Despite the restauat a typical New Orleans seafood joint, with the addition of a long list of barbecued items — a rant’s pride in its smoked meats, the New what defining characteristic that puts the food at the Orleans classics held my attention.

The Lighthouse Bar & Grill Lighthouse a notch above common bar fare.

Bright red shrimp and sausage jambaMeats are coated in a cayenne-heavy dry laya is heavy with tomatoes and delivers where spice rub and are pecan-smoked on site. The a satisfying stick-to-your-ribs feeling. Red 6001 France Road, sample platter includes ribs, brisket, pulled pork, beans and rice also is excellent, featuring chicken wings and two side items — more than (504) 301-2218; smoked sausage and creamy, deeply smoky enough for two people to share. An option to beans. Seafood gumbo features a light roux, www.lighthousebarnola.com add the smoked shrimp shouldn’t be skipped: and the pale brown broth holds juicy pieces The plump, succulent crustaceans get soft when of blue crab and shrimp and tiny orbs of sweetness from pecan smoke and are coated smoked sausage, a winning combination lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. with spices. that boasts a saline quality without coming Of the smoked meats, the pulled pork is the off as fishy. how much best bet and is of the Carolinas variety — a tenBesides the food, the draw here is the moderate der, vinegar-heavy version thick with smoke and off-the-beaten-track vibe of Pontchartrain flavor. Chicken wings also are delicious. Dusted Landing, which feels a world away from what works with crimson dry rub, their skin is crispy and New Orleans. The best way to cap an pulled pork, red beans and rice fatty while the meat stays soft and juicy. evening is to take a seat in one of the tall, Ribs can be dry but are made better with a generous dollop of hot, molasses-tinged barbe- Southern-style rocking chairs on the porch, what doesn’t have a drink and watch the evening sky cue sauce. On a recent visit, my biggest qualm brisket is fatty; coleslaw slowly turn dark as a cool breeze floats in with the platter was the brisket, which was is watery off the lake. fatty and tough.

Among the sides, the over-the-top macaroni check, please and cheese is the best option; the creamy barbecue and classic New OrleContact Helen Freund mixture arrives capped with melting cheddar ans fare at a Lakefront marina at helenfreund@gmail.com cheese and has a slightly tangy flavor. Some

23

FORK + center PAGE 23

food at Hi-Ho from 5 p.m. to midnight Wednesdays.

The Fry and Pie team will be at the St. Claude Avenue music spot for six to eight weeks, longer if the venture is successful, says Gile, who was the executive chef at The Bombay Club for more than a decade.

“We want a spot with a lot of walk-in traffic,” he says. “You’ll never see us doing delivery, though. That wouldn’t work: fries don’t travel well.”

For more information, visit the pop-up’s website at www.fryandpie.com. — HELEN FREUND

Bar Frances planned for Freret

JOIN US FOR $3 HAPPY HOUR!

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

4-7PM DAILY

24

830 rue conti | 504-577-2237 | bombayclubneworleans.com MEATBALLS & SPAGHETTI

mandinasrestaurant.com

3800 Canal St. 504.482.9179 OPEN EVERYDAY FOR LUNCH & DINNER Mon. - Sat. at 11am & Sundays at Noon

One of the first announced tenants of the new development replacing the former Frank’s Steakhouse on Freret Street will be Bar Frances, a wine bar planned by the owner of classic French Quarter restaurant Tujague’s and more recently the Garden District wine shop Bin 428.

P.J. Rosenberg, a veteran of Martin Wine Cellar and local wine distributor Uncorked, and Mark Latter of Tujague’s and Bin 428 say they will open Bar Frances in April inside Arnold Kirchsman’s new development, which is under construction at the corner of Cadiz Street. Bar Frances will offer 15 to 20 wines by the glass, with a focus on vintages from France, other European countries and the United States, Rosenberg says.

The wine bar will have a full kitchen serving lunch and dinner, Rosenberg says. The partners haven’t selected a chef, but envision a menu designed to complement the continental focus of the wines including raw oysters, vegetable preparations, cheese and charcuterie.

“I think it’s going to be French-influenced, but we’re not going to be held back by that,” Rosenberg says.

The bar is named after Rosenberg’s grandmother, and also pays homage to his mother, who taught him the skills he needed to work in the hospitality industry, Rosenberg says.

Kirschman’s redevelopment retains the old laundry at the corner of Cadiz Street, but will feature a new three-story building with ground-floor retail and upper-floor apartments. He says commercial tenants so far include a yogurt shop, juice bar and professional offices. — ROBERT MORRIS | UPTOWN MESSENGER

EAT

DRINK

NEW ORLEANS

3-COURSE interview

Beth Biundo Pastry chef

Beth Biundo was the pastry chef at Lilette for a decade before leaving two years ago to pursue a career in interior design. She missed being in the kitchen, however, and returned slowly, starting with a bimonthly bake sale at Satsuma Cafe last fall. In May, Biundo launched a pastry business (www.bethbiundosweets.com) and worked out of a friend’s kitchen before moving into a commercial space at the newly opened Carrollton Commissary (8837 Willow St.; www.carrolltoncommissary.com), where she sells specialty cakes, pastries, cookies and tarts by appointment. Biundo spoke with Gambit about getting back into the kitchen and how her interior design career now influences her work.

What made you decide to return to the culinary field?

How does your set-up at Carrollton Commissary work?

B: It’s a commercial kitchen that I share with a few other people. I didn’t really know what a commissary was until a couple of years ago. I don’t think there was really even a need for them until pretty recently, especially with all the food trucks that came along. It’s a space (cooks) can rent out if they need the extra kitchen space.

Having worked in restaurants for (so long), there are a lot of good things about the set-up, flexibility with your schedule, for instance.

(My business) is a boutique cake business and it’s all special order ... so it’s pretty much all through the website, usually several days in advance and by appointment. I do specialty cakes, desserts ... it’s very flavor-focused. They’re very clean cakes, nothing too froufrou, and I don’t do any type of fondant. I’ll also have a lot of packaged candy cakes and things for the holidays. Basically, people email me what they’re looking for, and we take it from there. There aren’t a lot of rules.

What similarities exist between interior design and pastry?

B: They’re both creative fields, obviously. I think people think it’s crazy how I left and now I’m back doing this again. But I just feel refreshed after taking the time, and I kind of think it helped my pastry, especially visually. Now I guess I’m just looking at things a little bit differently, more visually. In a restaurant kitchen you don’t always have the time or the opportunity to do that. — HELEN FREUND

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Biundo: I guess I missed it. I’ve done it for 15 years, and I always really liked it. I had a cake business on the side while I was still at Lilette but eventually stopped after Bouligny (Tavern) opened and I was working both places. I was working for a great interior design firm here in town, but when I started to do the pop-up, after a while I realized I wanted to have my own business.

There seemed to be enough interest, so I decided to try it out. I think part of it is that I enjoyed doing it so much — that was the biggest part. I could just make up the menu out of anything, and there weren’t really any guidelines, there wasn’t really any direction.

25

EAT

DRINK

NEW ORLEANS

BEER buzz

Runway Cafe

Tin Roof Brewing Company (1624 Wyoming St., Baton Rouge, 225-377-7022; www.tinroofbeer.com) has released its fall seasonal, Gameday session IPA — a hoppy beer under 5 percent alcohol by volume. Although Great Raft Brewing and Courtyard Brewery have offered versions of the low alcohol beer on tap, this will be the first Louisiana-brewed session IPA to be packaged and sold for wide distribution.

The duo behind the beer are father-and-son team Tom Tin Roof Brewing’s Tom and Alex Daigrepont. Tom is Tin Roof’s and Alex Daigrepont brewmaster, and his son Alex is the head brewer.

“They like and brew very different beers,” says Tin Roof co-founder William McGehee. “Sometimes they’ll collaborate on something, but other times it’s like we’re either doing it Tom’s way or we’re doing it Alex’s way.”

Tom says Gameday is an example of their collaborative process. Alex has assisted his father with homebrewing and at Tom’s old brewery, Bon Temps Brewing Company, since he was a kid. “[I was] mainly helping him out with whatever he was doing,” Alex says. “Tasting whatever he made. Every time we went on vacation, we would go to brewpubs and we would go to breweries.”

“I always tried to plan a vacation within an hour’s drive of a brewery or brewpub, where we can sit and enjoy beer as a family,” Tom says. “Craft beer was always part of our lifestyle.”

McGehee says the family interest in beer is evident. “It definitely reminds me of a family vibe,” he says. “You can see a lot of joy in Tom seeing his son doing what he loves to do — what he’s been doing since he learned from Tom. You also see an intensity you don’t necessarily see in a nonfamilial workplace relationship.” — NORA MCGUNNIGLE

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Email Nora McGunnigle at nora@nolabeerblog.com

26

WINE of the week 2014 The Beach House Rose

WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA RETAIL $9-$11

PoBoys PoBoys PoBoys 3939 Veterans • 885-3416

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

The French lead the rose parade with classic Provence wines still the favorite, Washington state, Portugal, Spain, Austria and other regions are producing in-demand dry, pink wines.

This wine from South Africa’s Western Cape is refreshing, food-friendly, versatile and value-priced. The late Douglas Green founded the company more than 70 years ago and today it is operated by his son, who is following his father’s philosophy of sourcing the best grapes and producing a variety of exciting, reasonably priced wines. Made from 100 percent Pinotage, the lots were sourced from multiple regions. The lots were fermented separately, followed by maturation, then blended before bottling. In the glass, it offers aromas and flavors of red berries, spice, some minerality, red cherry and cranberry notes, with a balanced acidity on the clean finish. Serve chilled. Drink it with: sushi, pate, salad, grilled shrimp, smoked salmon and sticky barbeque ribs. Buy it at: Rouses Metairie locations at 2900 Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Power Boulevard and Rouses on Gause Boulevard in Slidell, and Cost Plus World Markets in Harvey, Elmwood and Covington.

— BRENDA MAITLAND Email Brenda Maitland at winediva1@bellsouth.net

EAT

DRINK

NEW ORLEANS

PLATE dates AUG

20

Two Run Farm Omagasse

6 p.m.- 10 p.m. Thursday Emeril’s New Orleans, 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393

www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-new-orleans Chef David Slater offers a five-course tasting menu of dishes featuring meats from Mississippi’s Two Run Farm. The special is available during regular dining hours. The meal costs $65 and wine pairings are available, starting at $45.

AUG

21

Moonshine Fever

7:30 p.m.-11 p.m. Friday Carousel Gardens, New Orleans City Park, 7 Victory Ave., (504) 483-9402

www.neworleanscitypark.com The party in the Carousel Gardens Amusement Park features unlimited rides and beer by Stella Artois, Covington Brewhouse, Shock Top and others. There’s also Parker’s Pizza, music by a DJ and a mechanical bull. Tickets $30.

AUG

23

Brewsiana

3 p.m. Sunday House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999

www.houseofblues.com The craft beer festival includes live music and beer from NOLA Brewery, Bayou Teche Biere, Mudbug Brewery, Abita Brewing Co., Chafunkta Brewing Co., 40 Arpent Brewing Co., Covington Brewhouse, Parish Brewing Co., Tin Roof Brewing Co., Gnarly Barley Brewing Co. and Great Raft Brewing. Wristbands good for five beer samples cost $15. The music lineup includes Bonerama, Michot’s Melody Makers, Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue and others. Admission $12.

FIVE

in

5

1 2 3 4 5

Balise

640 Carondelet St., (504) 459-4449 www.balisenola.com

Creamy pickled quail eggs are served in vinegary hot sauce.

Baru

3700 Magazine St., (504) 895-2225 www.barutapas.com

Causa de cangrejo features Louisiana blue crabmeat, potato salad and avocado slices topped with a hard-boiled quail egg.

Canal Street Bistro

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

At brunch, potato latkes are served with crab cakes, spinach amandine, sunny side-up quail eggs and poblano cream sauce.

Magasin Cafe

4201 Magazine St., (504) 896-7611 www.magasincafe.com

A braised pork belly banh mi is topped with quail eggs, pickled vegetables, cilantro and jalapeno.

Tivoli & Lee

2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909 www.tivoliandlee.com

House-made squid ink fettuccine is tossed with turtle meat, pickled quail eggs, pickled red beans and preserved lemon.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Five dishes with quail eggs

27

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

28

Come Try Our New Specialty

Super Niku Maki

Thin sliced beef rolled with shrimp, snow crab, green onion and asparagu s inside.

MENU GUIDE

DINE IN + TAKE OUT + DELIVERY

2

GAMBIT

MENU GUIDE

FALL 2015

We’re hungry for

football Our team of chefs and cooks put out a game day spread that can’t be beat. You’ll always find something hot and delicious on our line; fresh salads and soups in the deli; and fresh sushi made by our in-store sushi chefs. Deli platters and sandwich trays are made daily with the freshest ingredients — they’re perfect for tailgates! To place an order, call or visit any Rouses location.

100 Pieces Fried Chicken

•

100 Piece Fried Chicken Drummettes

•

100 Mini Crawfish Pies

•

100 Count Fried Chicken Strips or Tenders

•

100 Mini Overstuffed Po-Boys

•

Spinach & Artichoke Dip by the pint

•

100 Count Fried Chicken Wings

•

100 Mini Eggrolls

•

•

100 Finger Sandwiches

•

100 Meat Pies

Shrimp, Crawfish, Crab & Key West Smoked Fish Dips by the pint Whole Pan Jambalaya Shrimp

100 Mini Muffalettas

St. Louis-Style BBQ Ribs Half and Whole Slabs

•

•

•

•

Whole Pan Jambalaya

College Students, Welcome to School, Welcome to Rouses!

FALL 2015

“Readers have voted Rouses Markets the Best Supermarket seven years in a row. If you’re new to New Orleans, I invite you to come see why.”

—Donny Rouse, 3rd Generation

MENU GUIDE

•

GAMBIT

Tailgate Greats

3

SPECIALTY INGREDIENTS AND TOOLS YOU CAN FIND LOCALLY

Voted Top 3

Middle Eastern / Mediterranean Food over 9 years in a row!

Serving lunch & dinner 7 days a week great vegitarian options & Mediterranean classics

www.monascafefrenchmen.com

GAMBIT

MENU GUIDE

FALL 2015

catering available

4

VISIT WWW.KOERNER-CO.COM TO VIEW OUR CATALOGS OF SPECIALTY PRODUCTS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL OR AMATEUR CHEF. 4820 JEFFERSON HWY. • JEFFERSON, LA 70121 • 504.734.1100

504 Frenchman St. 949 - 4115 3901 Banks St. 482 - 7743

4126 Magazine St. 894 - 9800 1120 S. Carrollton Ave. 861 - 8175

B R E A K FA S T SERVED DAILY

All Youat Can AEKES PANC

$499

B L U E B E R R Y • P E C A N • C H O C O L AT E C H I P

H OT

L U N C H P L AT E S WO R L

D FA M O U S

BURGER

MADE FRESH & NEVER FROZEN!

MENU GUIDE

L O T- O

GAMBIT

SERVED MONDAY–FRIDAY FRESH & HOMEMADE

O P E N D A I LY

7:00am Weekdays • 8:00am Weekends (BEHIND TULANE)

504-861-3615

◆

tedsfrostop.com

FALL 2015

S. Claiborne at Calhoun

5

6

GAMBIT

MENU GUIDE

FALL 2015

FRESH seafood

favorites!

$6 PER DOZEN FRESH RAW OYSTERS & 2 FOR 1 COCKTAILS in the carnival time lounge weekdays 3 - 6 PM

504-304-1469•3216 W. ESPLANADE AVENUE IN METAIRIE (between causeway & severn)

www.bistroorleansmetairie.com

GAMBIT MENU GUIDE FALL 2015

7

to

EAT

CHINESE

COMPLETE LISTINGS AT WWW.BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM

you are where you eat

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

Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.

AMERICAN

BAR & GRILL

Ale — 8124 Oak St.; (504) 324-6558; www.aleonoak.com — The Mexican Coke-braised brisket sandwich comes with coleslaw and roasted garlic aioli. Reservations accepted for large parties.

Late-lunch Fri., dinner daily, latenight Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/ american-sector — The menu of American favorites includes a burger, oyster po-boy, cobb salad, spaghetti and meatballs, fried chicken, Gulf fish and more.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 302-9357 — The 10-ounce Bayou burger is served on a sesame bun, and disco fries are topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves chips with salsa

BURGERS

Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, po-boys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Dis & Dem — 2540 Banks St., (504) 909-0458; www.disanddem. com — A house burger features a glazed patty, lettuce, tomato, onion and mayonnaise on a sweet sourdough onion bun. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www. fiveguys.com — The menu

features burgers, cheeseburgers and bacon cheesburgers with toppings such as grilled onions or mushrooms, tomatoes, pickles, jalapenos, hot sauce and barbecue sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE

Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines. com — The coffee shop serves pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret.com — Casual dining options include burgers, sandwiches and half and whole muffulettas and daily lunch specials. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www. cafenoma.com — The cafe serves shrimp salad, chipotle-marinated portobello sliders, flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic and more.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 4837001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees, pastries and desserts baked in house and a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www. pearlwineco.com — The small menu features salads, panini and cheese and charcuterie plates. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — Students in the workforce development program prepare traditional and creative versions of local favorites. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN

Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www. daisydukesrestaurant.com — The New Orleans sampler features red beans and rice, jambalaya, a cup of gumbo, fried green tomatoes and a biscuit. Delivery available from Carondelet Street location.

No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours. West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

COFFEE/ DESSERT

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

CONTEMPORARY

Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 525-4455; www.bayona.com — 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. $$$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www. thedelachaise.com — The bar offers wines by the glass and full restaurant menu including mussels steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. No reservations. Lunch Fri.Sun., dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$ The Tasting Room — 1906 Magazine St., (504) 581-3880; www.ttrneworleans.com — Sample wines or dine on a menu featuring truffle fries, a petit filet with Gorgonzola cream sauce and asparagus and more. No reservations. Dinner daily.

Credit Cards. $$

CREOLE

Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The Cuban sandwich features housemade roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www. bistroorleansmetairie.com — Popular dishes include oyster and artichoke soup, char-grilled oysters and Des Allemands catfish. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans. com — Eggs Sardou is 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 — 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. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www. mamommashouse.com — Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and three or six fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 6444992; www.memesbarandgrille. com — MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 2415300; www.messinasterminal.com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features Gulf shrimp, Lake Pontchartrain crabmeat, crawfish, fresh herbs and angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes. Reservations accepted.

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

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

DELI

The Grocery — 2854 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-9524; www.thegroceryneworleans.com — The vegetable melt includes three cheeses, marinated tomatoes, mushrooms, avocado, mayonnaise and Creole mustard.

No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun. com — This New York-style deli offers corned beef and pastrami from the Bronx. No reservations.

Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www.mardigraszone. com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven.

No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www. martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork

rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 4566362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

FRENCH

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.

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

GOURMET TO GO

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

Credit cards. $

INDIAN

Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — The restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes.

Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 8366859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — The menu features tandoori dishes with chicken, lamb, fish or shrimp, mild and spicy curries, rice dishes such as chicken, lamb or shrimp biryani, and many vegetarian items. 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 topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant.com — Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca.

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

Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ PAGE 30

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Colonial Bowling Lanes — 6601 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, (504) 7372400; www.colonialbowling.net — The kitchen serves breakfast in the morning and a lunch and dinner menu of sandwiches, burgers, chicken wings and tenders, pizza, quesdaillas and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino. com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood and dishes from a variety of cuisines. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn. com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Pelican Cafe — 3901 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 510-4367; www. pelicancafenola.com — The Pelican’s Roost salad features boiled shrimp in crab boil mayonnaise on romaine lettuce with warm smoked sausage “croutons.”

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

Credit cards. $ Revival Bar & Grill — 4612 Quincy St., Metairie, (504) 373-6728; www. facebook.com/revivalbarandgrill — The bar serves burgers, poboys, salads and noshing items including boudin balls, egg rolls, chicken wings, mozzarella sticks and fries with various toppings.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www. therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www. warehousegrille.com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items.

Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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 to lo mein dishes.

Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

29

OUT to EAT PAGE 29

Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines old world Italian favorites and pizza. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Creamy corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread bowl. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE

Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include raw and cooked versions. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, including sushi, hibachi dishes, teriyaki and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rockn-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

LATIN AMERICAN

30

La Macarena Pupuseria and Latin Cafe — 8120 Hampson St., (504) 862-5252; www.pupusasneworleans.com — Carne asada is marinated and grilled beef tenderloin served with saffron rice and tropical salad. Vegetarian and gluten-free dishes are available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Mon. Cash only. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY

Chappy’s — 6106 Magazine St., (504) 208-8772; www.chappys.com — The pork chop Napoleon features two blackened chops layered with oyster stuffing and topped with fried oysters and bearnaise made with tarragon from the restaurant’s garden. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola. com — 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 — 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.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 5938118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served

with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Reservations recommended.

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

Reservations recommended. Dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www.tivoliandlee.com — The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations.

Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN

Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www.monascafeanddeli.com — These casual cafes serve entrees including beef or chicken shawarma, kebabs, gyro plates, lamb, vegetarian options and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN

Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook. com/casaborrega — 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 the menu also features fajitas, burritos, tacos, chimichangas, quesadillas, nachos, tortas and more.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — The El General combo plate includes a beef burrito, beef chile relleno, chicken enchilada, a chicken taco and guacamole. Reserva-

tions accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Del Fuego Taqueria — 4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797; www.delfuegotaqueria.com — Tostadas con pescada ahumada features achiote-smoked Gulf fish over corn tostadas with refried black beans, cabbage and cilantro-lime mayonesa. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito. com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD

The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes 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.

No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros with corn tortillas, black beans, fried eggs, ranchero sauce, salsa and Cotija cheese.

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.

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. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

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. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizza.com — Pies feature hand-tossed, house-made dough and locally sourced produce. Delivery available.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.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 — Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings. 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. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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 — 811 Conti St., (504) 2526745; www.killerpoboys.com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks.com — 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 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ 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 slow cooked in its own jus. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo and more.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

SEAFOOD

Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www. basinseafoodnola.com — The menu includes grilled whole fish, royal red

OUT to EAT shrimp with garlic butter and crab and crawfish beignets with remoulade. Reservations accepted.Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 5220111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish, oysters from the raw bar and more. 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.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped char-grilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

STEAKHOUSE

TAPAS/ SPANISH

Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — Hot and cold tapas dishes range from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

VEGETARIAN

Good Karma Cafe — Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St., (504) 401-4698; www.swanriveryoga.com — The Good Karma plate includes a selection of Asian and Indian vegetables, a cup of soup, salad with almond dressing and brown or basmati rice. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Sat. Credit cards. $$ Seed — 1330 Prytania St., (504) 302-2599; www.seedyourhealth.com — Seed uses local, organic ingredients in its eclectic global menu. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

VIETNAMESE

Lotus Vietnamese Cuisine — 5359 Mounes St., Suite H, Elmwood, (504) 301-0775 — The menu features spring rolls, fried Vietnamese egg rolls, vermicelli bowls, rice dishes, pho and seafood and chicken stock soups with egg noodles. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood.

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.

Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

31

32

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Contact Anna Gaca listingsedit@gambitweekly.com 504.483.3110 | FAX: 866.473.7199

TUESDAY 18 21st Amendment — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 8 Apple Barrel — Lisa Harrigan, 6:30; Ocean Disco, Datphunk, 10:30 Banks Street Bar — Mike Doussan Band, 10 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Open Ears Music Series feat. Diesel Dan Oestreicher, 10 Cafe Negril — Four Sidemen of the Apocalypse, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; Sink Tapes, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Albanie Falletta, 6; Papa Mali and Cary Hudson, 8 Circle Bar — Laura Dyer Jazz Trio, 6; Erin Miley, Shane Cooley, 10 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 DMac’s — Chip Wilson, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tangiers Combo, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Da Truth Brass Band, 10 Jazz National Historical Park — Richard Scott, noon Loa Bar — Mia Borders, Robin Barnes & Arsene DeLay, 7:30

Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30

Siberia — Ray Bong & the Bongoloids, 696 Blues Band, The Night Janitor, DJ Rotten Milk, DJ Weird Steve, 9 Snug Harbor — Jamil Shariff Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10

WEDNESDAY 19 21st Amendment — DinosAurchestra, 4:30; Jeff “Snake” Greenberg’s Charming Lil’ Quartet, 8 Apple Barrel — Dre, 6:30; TW Quartet, 10:30 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat. Giselle Anguizola, 2; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 6:30; John Lisi Band, 10 Blue Nile — Mikey “B3” Burkart, 7; Pirate’s Choice, 11 Cafe Negril — The Melatauns, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Racheal & Sarah, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — John Rankin, 5:30; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8; Christian Lee Hutson Band, 10 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 6; Olivia de Haviland Mosquitoes, 10

Mike Dillon plays the music of Martin Denny and Elliott Smith

THURSDAY 20

Leave it to an unpredictable percussion wizard to pay tribute to a swinging mid-century tiki lounge musician and one of the saddest of the sad and sensitive singer-songwriters at the same time, at the same show. Mike Dillon’s percussion and vibraphone handiwork appears on more than a dozen projects, from Minutemen-inflected jazz punk to straight forward sledgehammer funk and psychedelic rock, while his signature vocal rasp shares as much with a smoky, finger-snapping jazz poet as it does Tom Waits Mike Dillon AUG or Lou Reed. Dillon never is content to be deMidnight Thursday fined by any genre at any moment, constantly Preservation Hall, shifting his post-modern palette to make something familiar as unrecognizable as possi726 St. Peter St. ble. At this one-night-only midnight gig, Dillon (504) 522-2841 — accompanied by like-minded musicians Clint www.preservaMaedgen, Brian Coogan, Jason Marsalis and tionhall.com James Singleton — looks to disparate artists, seemingly picked at random from a spinning wheel, for his latest genre-bending exercise: Martin Denny’s tropical “exotica,” often accented with chirping birds and surf sounds, and the late Elliott Smith, whose often-dark, near-whispered folk and pop songs inspired a generation of introspective, heart-on-sleeve singer-songwriters. Dillon couldn’t have picked two better artists for us to get a glimpse inside his head. Tickets $20-$45; proceeds benefit the Preservation Hall Foundation. — ALEX WOODWARD

21st Amendment — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4:30; New Orleans Ragweeds, 8 Apple Barrel — Hilary Johnson, 6:30; Chris Klein & the Boulevards, 10:30

20

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8:30

Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2

d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10

The Maison — Hot & Spicy Jazz Band, 4; Jazz Vipers, 6:30; Smoke N Bones, 9:30

Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10

DMac’s — 5 Card Stud, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Megan Stewart & Too Darn Hot, 9

Maple Leaf Bar — Sexual Thunder, 10

Old Point Bar — Isla NOLA, 8

PREVIEW

Mo’s Chalet — Da Krewe Band, 7

Old Point Bar — Bob Green & the Green River Band, 8 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Jason Neville Band, 8

Siberia — Lovey Dovies, Jesse Malin, Dick Deluxe, Dave Bason, 9

Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Mark Braud, 8, 9 & 10

Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra feat. Delfeayo Marsalis, 8 & 10

Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8 & 10

Spotted Cat — Chris Christy, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Jazz Band Ballers, 10

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Creole Stringbeans, 8

Vaso — Angelica Matthews, 10

Bamboula’s — Emily Estrella, 2; Messy Cookers, 6:30; NOLA Swinging Gypsies, 10 Banks Street Bar — Single Atom Theory, 10 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 Bolden Bar, New Orleans Jazz Market — Oscar Rossignoli (Duke Ellington tribute), 6 Buffa’s Lounge — Tom McDermott & Friends, 8 Cafe Istanbul — Rebel Music feat. Big Freedia, Courtney Bryan, Michaela Harrison, Stephanie McKee & Chuck Perkins, 6:30 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Stephanie Mills, 7; 30x90 Blues Women, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Ship of Fools, 8; Helen Gillet, 9 Circle Bar — Denton Hatcher, 6; Bantam Foxes, Dead Marshes, Lowin, 10 d.b.a. — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 10 DMac’s — Fools on Stools feat.

Jason Bishop, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Charlie Kohlmeyer Quartet, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Bayou Saints, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Soundclash Beat Battle, 10 Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-A-Holics, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Teenager, Hank & Cupcakes, Rareluth, 8 PAGE 34

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30; Loose Marbles, 9:30

Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10

C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S A T W W W. B E S T O F N E W O R L E A N S . C O M

P H O T O BY B I L L D O U T H A R T

MUSIC LISTINGS

33

MUSIC LISTINGS PAGE 33

Hi-Ho Lounge — Skelatin, Hildegard, 9

Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 6; Toy Trucks, Richard James, 10

Southport Hall — 12 Stones, 8:30

The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; Loose Marbles, 7; Dysfunktional Bone, 10

d.b.a. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Honey Island Swamp Band, 10

Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; Cottonmouth Kings, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat.

Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30

DMac’s — Jon Roniger, 7; Live Oak Blues & Funk, 9

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

Old Point Bar — 12 Mile Limit, 8

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Mark Braud, 10

Tipitina’s — Gravity A, Sonic Bloom, 10

Fair Grinds Coffeehouse — Lips and Trips, 7

Tulane Ave. Bar — Vanessa Carr, 8

Gasa Gasa — Mountain of Wizard, Heavy Lids, 6 Pack, 9

Twist of Lime — MHOG Music Showcase, 9

Golden Lantern — Nighthawk, 7

Union Station Pub & Grill — The Little Things, 6

Hi-Ho Lounge — Cole and Keef, Full Orangutan, DJ Kwesi, 10

Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 3

House of Blues — Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi Tribute), 8

SATURDAY 22

Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10; Mike Dillon (Elliott Smith tribute) feat.

Clint Maedgen, Brian Coogan, Jason Marsalis & James Singleton, midnight Rivershack Tavern — Two Man Rubberband, 8 Rock ’n’ Bowl — L’il Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers, 8:30 Snug Harbor — Steve Christofferson & Heather Keizur, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Vaughan’s — The Heart Attacks feat. James Andrews, 9

House of Blues Foundation Room — Jake Landry & the Right Lane Bandits, 8

FRIDAY 21

House of Blues (The Parish) — New Orleans Most Wanted, 9:30

1135 Decatur — Gozer, Mutant Love, Burn Barbie, SS Boombox, 9

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

21st Amendment — Emily Estrella & Friends, 2:30; Viper Mad Quartet, 6; Royal Street Windin’ Boys feat. Jenavieve Cook, 9:30

34 DISCOUNT VALIDATED PARKING AT CANAL PLACE

House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — The Tanglers Bluegrass Band, 5; Shotgun Double, 9

2422 Onzaga St. — Iron Rail benefit feat. Drapes, Service Animal, The No-Counts, Baby Bones, Proud/Father, 6 Apple Barrel — FunctionNola, 3; Michelle Perez, 6:30; Datphunk, 10:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 2; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 6:30; Smoky Greenwell, 10 Banks Street Bar — Entusi Music Festival featuring Ron Hotstream & The Mid-City Drifters, Johnny Angel & Helldorado, 9 Batch — Yisrael, 5 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7; Soul Rebels, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Burkart & Joseph, 10 Bolden Bar, New Orleans Jazz Market — Friday Night Fights feat. Trumpet Mafia, 9 Buffa’s Lounge — St. Roch Syncopators, 5; Arsene Delay, 8; The Little Things, 11 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6; Higher Heights Reggae Band, 10

Howlin’ Wolf — Radioactive Red, Fifth Switch, Cerebral Drama, H.E.R., 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5; Vincent Marini & The One Tailed Three, 9 The Maison — Luneta Jazz Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Soul Project, 10; The Business, 11 Maple Leaf Bar — Monk’s Blues feat. Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Sansone and Jake Eckert, 11 Mo’s Chalet — Gris Gris, 9 Oak — Jon Roniger, 9 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Alexis & the Samurai album release, Freddy Beach, 10

21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; The Tradsters, 6; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 Andrea’s Restaurant, Capri Blu Piano Bar — Philip Melancon, 8 Apple Barrel — FunctionNola, 3; Ruby Moon, 6:30; Big Soul, 10:30 Bamboula’s — Jungle Money, 2; Caesar Brothers, 5:30; John Lisi Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Kill Ida Belle, Jak Locke Rock Show, Joey B Wilson & The Hoplites, 9 Batch — Yisrael, 6 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7 Blue Nile Balcony Room — System Red, Pious, Wreckage Revival, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Crossing Canal feat. Ruby Ross & Patrick Cooper, 5; Davis Rogan, 9:30 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7; Soul Project, 10 Champions Square — Mixed Nuts, 3:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Vincent Marini, 4; Kenny Claiborne, 7; The Transmissions, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun, 9

Pearl Wine Co. — Sarah Gromko, 8:30

Circle Bar — Jeff Pagano, 6; The Cry, Lost Element, 10

Preservation Hall — The Southern Syncopators feat.

Steve Pistorius, 6; PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10

d.b.a. — John Boutte, 8; Rebirth Brass Band, 11

Republic New Orleans — ILoveMakonnen, Crnkn, 11 Rivershack Tavern — Jenny and the Jets, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Mixed Nuts, 9:30

DMac’s — Chris Zonada, 7; Kenny Triche Band, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 7; Nate White, 10

Checkpoint Charlie — Woodenhead, 7; J. Monque’D, 11

Sisters in Christ — North, Gristnam, Knight, 7

Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Wags, DabMaster Flex, SPF 69, Off White, 10

Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Paul Sanchez, 8

Snug Harbor — Jason Marsalis Band, 8 & 10

Gasa Gasa — 35 psi, Paper Bison, The Noise Complaints, 9

MUSIC LISTINGS Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — NOLA Rocks feat. Brutiful, Inside the Gray, Kaboom, Forming the Void, 8 House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge) — Darcy Malone & the Tangle, 5; Todd Smith Band, 9 Jazz National Historical Park — Music for All Ages Workshop feat. New Orleans Young Traditional Brass Band, noon Kerry Irish Pub — Will Murray, 5; Roux the Day, 9 The Maison — Chance Bushman & Friends, 1; Leah Rucker, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Los Po-Boy-Citos, 10; Ashton Hines and the Big Easy Brawlers, 11 Maple Leaf Bar — Slide Hellions feat. Brint Anderson, John Mooney, Jake Eckert, 11 Mo’s Chalet — Quarter Notes, 9 Oak — Billy Iuso, 9 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7 Preservation Hall — Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Frank Oxley, 6; Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Mark Braud, 8, 9 & 10

Buffa’s Lounge — Jazz Youth Showcase feat. Ben Cousins, 4; Jane Harvey Brown & the Trad Jazz Stars, 7

Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4:30; Blue Monday Jam feat. Andy Forest, 8

Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott & Trumpet Mike Korbin, 4; Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30

Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 9

Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 8 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6 DMac’s — HollyRock, 6; Lauren Sturm, 8 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Russell Welch, 7; Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Gasa Gasa — Breanna Barbara, Golden Ours, 8 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30

Spotted Cat — Russell Welch’s Band, 3; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Tipitina’s — Rickie Lee Jones, 9

SUNDAY 23 21st Amendment — Andy Forest, 3:30; Messy Cookers, 7 Apple Barrel — FunctionNola, 3; Hilary Johnson, 6:30; Vic Shepherd & More Reverb, 10:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; 30x90 Blues Band, 5:30; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Ron Hotstream & The Mid-City Drifters, 8 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7:30; Lagniappe Brass Band, 11 Bombay Club — David Boeddinghaus, 8

d.b.a. — Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Carl LeBlanc, 9

Kerry Irish Pub — Paul Tobin, 8

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

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

One Eyed Jacks — High on Fire, Pallbearer, Lucifer, Venimous Maximous, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Richard Fiske’s Martini Bar + Restaurant — Tony Seville, 8 Siberia — Joe Kile, Jeremy Joyce, Kiyoko McCrae, 6; Heaters, Bottomfeeders, Dead Marshes, 9 Sisters in Christ — Small Houses, Sirens, Dominique LeJeune, 7 Snug Harbor — Clarence Johnson Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — St. Cecelia Asylum Chorus, 3; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Vaughan’s — The Heart Attacks feat. James Andrews, 9 The Willow — Deri’Andra, 6

MONDAY 24 21st Amendment — Lisa Pinney & the Lawless Lovers, 8 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 6:30; Gettin’ It, 6:30; Big Soul, 10:30 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30

Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 Old Point Bar — Romy Kaye Jazz Trio, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat.

Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 Siberia — Screaming Females, Vacation, Heat Dust, 6

CLASSICAL/ CONCERTS Organ & Labyrinth. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — Albinas Prizgintas performs on the church’s 5,000-pipe tracker organ. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

CALL FOR MUSIC Play Dat! Holy Cross School, 5500 Paris Ave.; www. lpomusic.com — Student and adult musicians can rehearse and play alongside members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra on Sep. 26. The cost is $30 for ages 16-18, $50 for ages 19 and up.

Symphony Chorus of New Orleans. The chorus holds auditions for new singers on Aug. 18 and Aug. 25. Auditions are by appointment only. Visit www.symphonychorus.org for details. Call (504) 525-2111 or email auditions@symphonychorus.org to schedule an appointment.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Snug Harbor — Astral Project, 8 & 10

Circle Bar — Zac Maras, 6

Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Yes Ma’am, 10

Old Point Bar — Anais St. John, 3:30

Siberia — NERVS, Bill Mountain, Heavy Lids, Planchettes, 9

Chickie Wah Wah — Benny Maygarden III, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8

The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 7; Corporate America, 10

Public Belt at the Hilton Riverside — Joe Krown, 5 & 9

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Tab Benoit, Eric Lindell, 9

Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; Pinstripe Brass Band, 9:30

Kerry Irish Pub — Irish music session, 5; Patrick Cooper, 8

Mo’s Chalet — Jake & the Nifty Fifties, 3

Rivershack Tavern — Casey & the Beanstalks, 10

Buffa’s Lounge — Antoine Diel, 8

Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Instant Opus Jazz Series feat.

Dan Oestricher, Larry Sieberth, Chris Severin, Jay Steigner, 9

Prime Example Jazz Club — Alexey Marti, 8 & 10

Revival Bar & Grill — Jukebox Heroes of New Orleans, 10

Blue Nile — Higher Heights Reggae Band, 9

35

FILM LISTINGS Contact Anna Gaca listingsedit@gambitweekly.com 504.483.3110 | FAX: 866.473.7199

C O M P L E T E L I ST I N G S AT W W W. B E S T O F N E W O R L E A N S . C O M

through their town before disappearing, leaving a trail of cryptic clues for Quentin.

Elmwood, West Bank, Regal

OPENING THIS WEEKEND American Ultra (R) — Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) is a stoner whose identity as a CIA agent is a secret even to him, but the past quickly catches up with Mike and his girlfriend (Kristin Stewart).

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell Hitman: Agent 47 (R) — Genetically engineered assassin Agent 47 (Rupert Friend) has a new target: a sinister corporation that wants to use his unique biology to build an army of killers. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell Paul Coelho’s Best Story (NR) — Paulo Coelho (Julio Andrade) traverses a troubled path outside mainstream society on his way to becoming one of Brazil’s most acclaimed writers in this Portugeselanguage biopic. Zeitgeist

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Sinister 2 (R) — A woman (Shannyn Sossamon) and her twin sons move into a rural house inhabited by an evil spirit that wants them dead. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell

36

NOW SHOWING Amy (R) — Director Asif Kapadia chronicles singer Amy Winehouse’s meteoric rise and untimely death through archive footage and recordings. Prytania Ant-Man (PG-13) — Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) recruits Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) to help defeat a nefarious enemy with the powers of Ant-Man: shrinking in size while gaining superhuman strength. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The End of the Tour (R) — Writer and journalist David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) interviews author David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) for Rolling Stone. Prytania Fantastic Four (PG-13) — Four young friends transport to an alternate universe, where their newfound powers as Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, the Human Torch and the Invisible Woman enable them to fight to save Earth. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Galapagos 3D: Nature’s Wonderland (NR) — The remote

Pacific islands are renowned for a uniquely diverse ecosystem that inspired Charles Darwin. Entergy IMAX The Gift (R) — Young couple Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) find their lives thrown off-balance after a chance encounter with Simon’s high school friend. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Humpback Whales 3D (NR) — Scientists follow humpback whales as they migrate across the globe.

Entergy IMAX Hurricane on the Bayou (NR) — The film tells the story of Hurricane Katrina and the impact that Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands has on hurricane protection.

Entergy IMAX Inside Out (PG) — After her family moves to San Francisco, 11-year-old Riley Anderson (Kaitlyn Dias) copes with strong emotions, personified by actors including Amy Poehler and Mindy Kaling in this Pixar film. Elmwood The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (PG-13) — CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) team up against a mysterious nuclear threat in a film reboot of the classic Cold War TV series. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Minions (PG) — Three minions (the yellow, goggle-eyed characters from Despicable Me) seek a new evil overlord and find her in super-villian Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock).

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (PG-13) — Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team tackle a new threat, an international organization called the Syndicate, in the series’ fifth installment. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Mr. Holmes (PG) — Striving to restore his memory, an aging Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellan) revisits the tragic final case of his career. Elmwood, Slidell, Prytania Paper Towns (PG-13) — Teenager Margo (Cara Delevingne) leads her friend Quentin (Nat Wolff) on a nighttime odyssey

Pixels (PG-13) — President Will Cooper (Kevin James) recruits his childhood pal, former video-game champ Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler) to lead a team of old-school arcade players (Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad) and a military specialist (Michelle Monaghan) to save the planet.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Ricki and the Flash (PG-13) — Rock ’n’ roller Ricki Rendazzo (Meryl Streep) returns home to Indiana, hoping to reconnect with her ex-husband (Kevin Kline) and their two grown children (Mamie Gummer and Sebastian Stan). Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Shaun the Sheep Movie (PG) — Mischevious sheep Shaun plots a day off from farm life, but quickly gets in over his head in this stop-motion animated film. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Southpaw (R) — Tragedy strikes the seemly perfect life of boxing champion Billy “The Great” Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), forcing him to start over with the help of former fighter Titus “Tick” Wills (Forest Whitaker).

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Straight Outta Compton (R) — Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell), DJ Yella (Neil Brown Jr.) and MC Ren (Aldis Hodge) change West Coast hip-hop forever in this drama based on the rise of N.W.A. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Trainwreck (R) — Comedian Amy Schumer stars as a commitment-phobic magazine writer wondering whether a charming interview subject (Bill Hader) might be worth her time. Clearview, Elmwood, Regal, Canal Place Vacation (R) — Recalling fond memories of his own childhood family vacation, Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) surprises his wife Debbie (Christina Applegate) and their kids with a road trip.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

SPECIAL SCREENINGS 2001: A Space Odyssey (G) — I’m sorry, Dave. I can’t do that. 10 p.m. Sunday. Prytania City of Memory (NR) — The New Orleans Film Society presents Robert Adanto’s documentary

FILM LISTINGS FEATURE

Film since Katrina

Beasts of the Southern Wild, filmed in south Louisiana, was nominated for four Oscars.

PAGE 38

about the local contemporary art community after Hurricane Katrina. Gallery open at 6 p.m., film at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Ogden Museum The Dicks From Texas (NR) — Idiosyncratic Austin, Texas punk band The Dicks are the subject of Cindy Marabito’s documentary. The director attends the screening and Black Irish Texas performs.

9:30 p.m. Sunday. Zeitgeist ESL One Cologne CounterStrike: GO Finals Live (NR) — Gamers compete in the world’s largest CounterStrike: Global Offensive tournament in Germany.

Noon Sunday. Regal Ex Machina (R) — Internet programmer Caleb Smith

(Domhnall Gleeson) visits tech CEO Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac), who’s secretly testing Ava (Alicia Vikander), a stunningly intelligent and self-aware robot. Indywood presents the screening.

8 p.m. Friday. 3045 St. Claude Getting Back to Abnormal (NR) — The 2014 PBS documentary looks at how New Orleans has changed since Hurricane Katrina, focusing on New Orleans City Councilwoman Stacy Head’s reelection bid.

6 p.m. Tuesday. Algiers Regional Library Listen to Me Marlon (NR) — Marlon Brando tells his story in his own words in this documentary crafted

from hours of audio tape the actor recorded during his lifetime. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist The Look of Silence (PG-13) — In Joshua Oppenheimer’s second documentary on the 1965 Indonesian killings, an optometrist confronts the men who murdered his brother. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist The Man Who Crossed Hitler (NR) — The 2011 BBC film reenacts lawyer Hans Litten’s (Ed Stoppard) 1931 attempt to cross-examine Adolf Hitler (Ian Hart) and discredit him in the eyes of the German public. Free screening; donations accepted. 5:30 p.m.

Saturday. Zeitgeist

WWW.ARENA.UNO.EDU

SEP

5

NOV

6 8

OCT

24

September 5  SUPER FRESH HIP HOP FEST October 7  BRAND NEW October 12  GRACIAS CHRISTMAS CANTATA October 24  R. KELLY WITH FANTASIA & DEMETRIA MCKINNEY November 6-8  SESAME STREET LIVE “MAKE A NEW FRIEND” November 19  UNO PRIVATEERS VS PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN November 25  FESTIVAL OF PRAISE December 10-11  DISNEY LIVE! THREE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES Step into Spotlights with us prior to the event and enjoy our exclusive lounge with private entry, complimentary premium bar and light hors d'oeurves. Tickets for Spotlights can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or at the Box Office.

Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, Lakefront Arena Box Office, all Ticketmaster Outlets or charge by phone at 800-745-3000.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

There’s been no shortage of films and television programs about or inspired by Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures over the last 10 years, including a variety of hard-hitting documentaries and an award-winning work of magical realism. Whether originally created for theatrical presentation or cable television, the best post-Katrina films uniformly have come from visionary artists hoping to shape public discourse on burning issues ranging from coastal erosion to the rapid gentrification of New Orleans.

No post-Katrina documentary has matched the impact or level of artistic achievement found in two four-hour, multi-part documentaries directed by Spike Lee for HBO. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts addresses the hurricane, the federal floods and the ensuing bureaucratic failures in the first year after the storm. If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise revisits New Orleans in 2010 to examine the city’s ongoing recovery and the many forces that seemed to conspire against that effort.

Lee’s confrontational style is a perfect match for the subject matter, which ranges from FEMA’s failures and the forced dislocation of residents to the hidden politics of funding the recovery and the loss of public housing and Charity Hospital.

The two films paint a kaleidoscopic and deeply humanist portrait of a city under siege. Native sons Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) and Wynton Marsalis appear

37

FILM LISTINGS PAGE 37

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

intermittently and serve as the films’ eloquent conscience. Future generations can look here first to try to understand post-Katrina New Orleans.

Directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, the Oscar-nominated documentary Trouble the Water is powered by extensive footage shot by then-24-year-old 9th Ward resident Kimberly Rivers Roberts before, during and immediately after the hurricane as the flood ravages her neighborhood. The film follows her and husband Scott Roberts as they return to the city and try to put their lives back together, putting faces on a widely shared struggle. But it’s Roberts’ heroic amateur footage — gathered with the eye of a seasoned journalist — that renders the film essential.

Longtime New Orleans resident and famed satirist Harry Shearer was an unlikely source for The Big Uneasy. But Shearer’s self-financed documentary was an impassioned personal response to widespread misinformation about the causes of the flood. Using diagrams, graphics and testimony from experts, Shearer manages to build an engaging story around his scathing indictment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (It also featured an interview with Gambit political editor Clancy DuBos.) Five years later, the film remains the single best way to grasp exactly how 80 percent of the city wound up underwater despite the main thrust of Katrina hitting coastal Mississippi and missing New Orleans.

New Yorker Benh Zeitlin moved to New Orleans after the storm to make Glory at Sea, a beautiful and impressionistic 25-minute meditation on personal grief. It’s an art film that offers little in the way of traditional storytelling but spoke directly to New Orleanians living in the wake of tragedy. Zeitlin stayed in south Louisiana to make Beasts of the Southern Wild. Nominated for four major Oscars, this fable transcends the ravages of the flood to address even larger themes of cultural loss and environmental catastrophe, all while paying tribute to the determination of the region’s people.

Series creators David Simon and Eric Overmyer may have cut a little too close to the bone with Treme, the HBO dramatic series that depicts post-Katrina New Orleans in painstaking, barely fictionalized detail and still elicits strong passions among locals. Treme peaked creatively in its first season and went on to engage in near-journalistic treatments of events probably best left to another medium.

But its ultimate value as a cultural time capsule may only emerge slowly over time. — KEN KORMAN

38

Moby Dick (NR) — Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck) sets out to find the white whale that took his leg in the 1956 film. 10 a.m.

Sunday. Prytania The Sandlot (PG) — Scottie Smalls (Thomas Guiry) and his baseball pals hit a ball over the fence in the 1993 classic.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.

Kenner, Slidell The Stanford Prison Experiment (R) — Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo (Billy Crudup) casts students as the inmates and guards of a simulated prison in a dramatization of the infamous 1971 psychological experiment. 9:20 p.m. Wednesday. Zeitgeist Stood for the Storm (NR) — Director Susan Hamovitch’s documentary follows St. Bernard resident Mama Sue and her daughter for four years after Hurricane Katrina. The director and star hold a Q&A following the screening. 7 p.m.

Saturday. Zeitgeist TCM Presents Grease Singa-Long (NR) — Turner Classic Movies presents a sing-along version of the classic musical about high school romance.

2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal (7 p.m. only), Canal Place To Kill a Mockingbird (NR) — Gregory Peck stars as Atticus

Finch in the 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel.

10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania The Tribe (NR) — A teenager (Grigoriy Fesenko) arrives at a Ukrainian boarding school for the deaf, where he falls in with a group of students who engage in violence and prostitution. 9:20 p.m.

Thursday. Zeitgeist

CALL FOR FILMMAKERS Create Louisiana Filmmakers Grant. The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the New Orleans Film Society and Deep South Studios offer a $50,000 grant for a short film project to be screened at the 2016 New Orleans Film Festival.

Visit www.leh.org or email grants@leh.org for application and details. Deadline Sep. 14 3045 St. Claude Ave.: www. indywood.org Algiers Regional Library: 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias.org AMC Clearview Palace 12: Clearview Mall, 4486 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-1257; www.amctheatres.com AMC Elmwood Palace 20: 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, (504) 733-2029;

www.amctheatres.com AMC Westbank Palace 16: 1151 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 263-2298; www.amctheatres.com Chalmette Movies: 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 304-9992; www.chalmettemovies. com Entergy IMAX Theatre: 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org The Grand 14 Esplanade: 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner., (504) 229-4259; www. thegrandtheatre.com The Grand 16 Slidell: 1950 Gause Blvd. W., Slidell, (985) 641-1889; www.thegrandtheatre.com Ogden Museum of Southern Art: 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum. org Prytania Theatre: 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania.com Regal Covington Stadium 14: 69348 Louisiana State Hwy. 121, Covington, (985) 871-7787; www.regmovies.com The Theatres at Canal Place: The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 581-2540; www. thetheatres.com Williams Research Center: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www. zeitgeistnola.org

ART LISTINGS

C O M P L E T E L I ST I N G S AT W W W. B E S T O F N E W O R L E A N S . C O M

Contact Anna Gaca listingsedit@gambitweekly.com 504.483.3110 | FAX: 866.473.7199

HAPPENINGS #DignityInProgress. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Multidisciplinary artist ChE performs a mixture of dance, spoken word, ritual and storytelling to explore heritage, mixed-race identity and the Black Lives Matter movement. Suggested admission $10-20. 6 p.m.

Saturday.

Grand Opening. Joan Mitchell Center, 2275 Bayou Road, (504) 940-2500; www.joanmitchellfoundation.org — The art center’s new studio building and renovated community spaces are open to the public, with building tours and light refreshments. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday.

Low Road third Thursday art walk. Royal Street — Galleries in the 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street stay open until 10 p.m. for this monthly event. 6 p.m. Thursday.

OPENING

Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/nelson-galleries — “The Katrina Decade: Images of an Altered City,” photography by David Spielman and archival images, opens Saturday.

GALLERIES AIA New Orleans Center for Design. 1000 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-8320; www. aianeworleans.org — “10 Years 10 Stories,” exhibition about architects’ contributions to New Orleans’ recovery, through Sept. 26.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Being,” paintings by Aaron Reichert, through Sept. 10.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/antenna — “Making Do,” group exhibition of mixed-media work feat. Andrew Barco,

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

by Dana Drolla Manly; pottery

by Nancy Michael-Susaneck; jewelry by Anna. H Designs; paintings by David Lumpkin; all through August.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722 — “El Tiempo,” work by Patricia Jordan; “Laberintos Mentales,” work by Francisco Magallan; both through Monday.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www. arthurrogergallery.com — “Ali,” photography by Gordon Parks; “The Dapper Bruce Lafitte Introduces: Draw Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee,” work

by Bruce Davenport Jr.; “First Impressions,” work by Whitfield Lovell; “Seen and Unseen: Coupling,” work by Willie Birch; all through Sept. 19.

Artists’ Galleries de Juneau.

2143 First St., Slidell, (985) 3268286; www.juneaugallery.com — “Tied to Water,” interactive installation commemorating Hurricane Katrina by Dolores Crain, through August.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery.com — “Modern Swamp,” ceramic sculpture, paintings and photography curated by Susan Bowers, through Sept. 3.

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “Louisiana Cereal,” portraits by Blake Boyd commemorating Hurricane Katrina, through Sept. 1.

Brand New Orleans Art Gallery. 646 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 251-2695; www.facebook. com/brandneworleansartgallery — “Flight Patterns,” paintings by Mike Guidry, through October.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www. callancontemporary.com — “Rhythm and Form,” sculpture

by Caprice Pierucci, through Sept. 26.

Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery.

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

by Mississippi State University students, through Sept. 10.

The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www. foundationgallerynola.com — “Botanical Explorations,” new work by Layla Messkoub, through August.

Brews

August Spotlight:

UPTOWN

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Beaucoup Humidity,” paintings by John Isaiah Walton; “Guilty about not being guilty,” work by Garima Thakur; “Lightfall/For Display Only,” photography by Maria Levitsky; all through Sept. 6.

Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “A Subwoofer in Tweeter’s Clothing,” work by Bradford Cooper Willingham, through Sept. 6.

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — Paintings of leisure culture

by Ann Cox Strub and David Lloyd, through August.

John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www.johnbukaty. com — “Flags of Our Time,” flag-inspired art by John Bukaty, through October.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.

400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery. com — New mixed-media pantings and ceramic sculpture by Sidonie Villere; “Usual Places, Unusual Spaces,” abstract paintings and drawings by Marna Shopoff; both through Aug. 29.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www. lemieuxgalleries.com — “Suspension,” work by Kathryn Hunter, through Sept. 12.

Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www. martinechaissongallery.com — “Knocking from the Inside,” work by Mallory Page, through Sept. 26.

New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave. — Assemblages

by Wally Warren; paintings by Jon Schooler; collage and video art by Infinity, through Aug. 30.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www. neworleansglassworks.com — Glass, metal and print work by studio faculty, through August.

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “Symmetric Equivalence,” new work by

The Columns Thursday, Aug. 20 • 5 - 7pm

Mellow Mushroom Wednesday, Aug. 26 • 5-7pm

PRYTANIA BAR Thursday, Aug. 27 • 6 - 8pm

Celebrate the happiest hour of the day with Gambit at our new Neighborhood Brews Happy Hour Series.

Each month, Gambit’s street team will appear at select bars to make your happy hour even happier with free swag, ticket giveaways and more.

Get there early to claim a free Neighborhood Brews pint glass*. *While supplies last

Keep reading Gambit to find out where we will be each month, to collect all 5 and score a complete set.

www.bestofneworleans.com/brews

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art. 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com — “The 10-Year Journey: Reflections of Family, Identity and New Orleans,” photography by L. Kasimu Harris, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.

Hannah Barco, Marissa Lee Benedict, Lex Brown, Amanda Cassingham-Bardwell, O.K. Keyes, Jesse Sugarmann and Sebura & Gartelmann, through Sept. 6.

Coup D’oeil Art Consortium.

2033 Magazine St., (504) 7220876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “Summer City,” group exhibition featuring Blaine Capone, Chris Dennis, Dona Lief, Eliot Brown, Emily Farranto, James Taylor Bonds and Jessica Goldfinch, through Sept. 19.

Neighborhood

39

ART LISTINGS RAISING THE

BAR

Le Boozé is your front row seat to all the excitement on Bourbon Street! Sip on cocktails and nosh on our NEW menu of casual fare.

OPEN Mon - Thurs | 4PM - ’til Fri - Sun | 12PM - ’til HAPPY HOUR Mon - Fri | 4PM - 6PM Half off appetizers and drink specials

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

300 Bourbon St | 504.553.2122 | Sonesta.com/RoyalNewOrleans |

40

Gil Bruvel, Stephen Chauvin and Leslie Wilkes, through Aug. 29.

curated by Isolde Brielmaier, through Nov. 1.

Rhythm & Hues Art Space.

1501 Canal St., (504) 569-9070 — “Changed Waters: Thrown Rocks, Building Castles,” group exhibition on the theme of transformation, through August.

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

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www.scottedwardsgallery.com — “Of the Rising Tide: A Photo Essay on the Vanishing Bayou Community of Isle de Jean Charles,” photography by Melinda Rose, through Dec. 6.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter. org — “Decade,” group exhibition commemorating Hurricane Katrina, through Sept. 5.

St. Tammany Art Association.

320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www. sttammanyartassociation. org — “Other Voices, Other Rooms,” antique furniture and decorative arts paired with paintings by Roy Pfister; group exhibition by gallery members; both through Sept. 5.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www. postmedium.org/staplegoods — “What Stands Behind,” paintings

by Aaron Collier, through Sept. 6.

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www. stellajonesgallery.com — “Lagniappe: Imagining New Orleans in a Post-Katrina World,” group exhibition, through September.

Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.tengallerynola.com — “An Introduction,” group exhibition by gallery artists, through August.

Thomas Mann Gallery I/O. 1812 Magazine St., (504) 581-2113; www.thomasmann.com — “Martini Tales,” group exhibition of reworked stainless steel martini glasses, through Sept. 5.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno.edu — “#ReHumanize, for Albert Woodfox,” art inspired by the Angola 3 prisoners by Jackie Sumell and Devin Reynolds, through Sept. 7.

MUSEUMS Ashe Cultural Arts Center.

1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — “Ashe to Amen,” exhibition celebrating the spirituality of people of African descent, through Oct. 2.

Contemporary Arts Center.

900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “REVERB: Past, Present, Future,” group exhibition of regional artists

Louisiana Children’s Museum.

420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — “Katrina Voices,” storytelling project and exhibit featuring children who lived through Hurricane Katrina, through August; architecture and historic French Quarter life exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

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

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

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — “Ten Years Gone,” group exhibition commemorating Hurricane Katrina featuring Willie Birch, Dawn DeDeaux, Isabelle Hayer, Spring Hurlbut, Nicholas Nixon and Christopher Saucedo, through Sept. 7; “A Louisiana Parlor: Antebellum Taste & Context,” Rococo Revival-style parlor from Butler-Greenwood Plantation in St. Francisville, through Oct. 11; “Forever,” mural

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

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — “Hurricane Digital Memory Bank Project,” participatory collection of memory statements about Hurricane Katrina, through August; “Tina Freeman: Artist Spaces,” photographs of local artists’ work spaces, through Sept. 6; “Louisiana Contemporary,” juried exhibition of recent work by local artists, through Sept. 20; “The Rising,” group photography exhibition

about New Orleans’ renewal, through Sept. 20; “Bean and Bailey Ceramics,” ceramic art

by Anderson Bailey and Jessie Bean presented by the Center for Southern Craft and Design, through Sept. 29; “Betsy Eby: Painting with Fire,” paintings

by Betsy Eby, through Oct. 25; “Self-Taught, Outsider and Visionary Art from the Permanent Collection”, through Nov. 7.

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

Southeastern Architectural Archive. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., (504) 865-5699; www.seaa.tulane. edu — “Medieval Louisiana,” exhibit on the region’s adoption of Byzantine, Romanesque, Hispano-Moresque and Gothic architectural forms from the Antebellum period through the early 20th century, through May 20, 2016.

Southern Food & Beverage Museum. 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.southernfood.org — Culinary photography by Sam Hanna, ongoing.

Williams Research Center. 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/willcent.htm — “It’s Only Natural: Flora and Fauna in Louisiana Decorative Arts,” exhibition of antiques and decorative items, through Nov. 28; “Rolland Golden’s Hurricane Katrina Series: A Selection,” paintings by Rolland Golden, through Jan. 16, 2016.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Chef Soiree poster contest.

The Youth Service Bureau and the St. Tammany Art Association seek submissions of poster art for the 2016 event by St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish residents. Visit www.ysbworks.com or email chefsoiree@ysbworks.com for details. Deadline Aug. 24.

The Front. The Front, 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — The artist collective and gallery seeks applications for new members.

Visit the website for details.

Deadline Sep. 6.

Greek muses sculptures.

Jefferson Beautification, Inc. seeks artist proposals for original outdoor sculptures based on the Greek muses to be placed in the gardens of the new Jefferson Performing Arts Center at 6400 Airline Drive.

Email parkwaypromenade@ aol.com or call (504) 737-7583.

Deadline Aug. 28.

ART LISTINGS

Generously Sponsored by

FEATURE hA 17t

nnual

Every Cloud Has a

S ilv

e r L inin g

Saturday, August 22 Storm of art

Honoring Dr. Robert W. Becker, Leslie Jacobs, Derrick Tabb, Sarah Newell Usdin, and Warner M. Williams Gourmet Cuisine and Spirits, Exciting Live and Silent Auctions, The Jimmy Maxwell Trio Featuring Mark Monistere, $2,000 Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Shopping Spree Raffle

For tickets and more: www.501auctions.com/LCMChairish 504-266-2415

NEW ORLEANS’ PREMIER

EVENT VENUES AUG 22 -

SAINTS PRESEASON OPENER

SEPT 4 -

MÖTLEY CRÜE WITH ALICE COOPER

SEPT 12 -

SAINTS 5K KICKOFF RUN

SEPT 30 -

JANET JACKSON

OCT 9 -

ARIANA GRANDE

BOLD SPHERE MUSIC AT CHAMPIONS SQUARE MORRIS BART PRESENTS

SEPT 18 @ 7:00 PM PRESENTED BY

LIL’ WEEZYANA FEST: LIL WAYNE AND FRIENDS! SPONSORED BY HEINEKEN

AUG 28 @ 7:00 PM

BOLD SPHERE MUSIC AT CHAMPIONS SQUARE

ZZ TOP WITH BLACKBERRY SMOKE SEPT 3 @ 7:30 PM

Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster Outlets, the Smoothie King Center Box Office, select Wal-Mart locations or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. www.mbsuperdome.com | www.smoothiekingcenter.com | www.champions-square.com

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

You Belong Here by This city’s resilience, and its determination in the Tavares Strachan wake of Hurricane Katrina, have attained legendary was part of Prosstatus over the past decade, and New Orleans’ art pect.3, an internacommunity is a case in point. For instance, before tional art biennial in the storm, no one ever would have dreamed it would New Orleans. be home to America’s only large-scale international art biennial, Prospect New Orleans, or that St. Claude Avenue would ever be known as much for art galleries as it was for dive bars. Or that the Joan Mitchell Center — the multi-million-dollar visual arts complex that grew out of the New York-based Joan Mitchell Foundation’s efforts on behalf of local artists after the storm — would take root here as the the foundation’s only satellite facility outside of New York City. Just as there are more local restaurants than before, there are also more artists and a bigger, more diverse and experimental art scene despite the city’s smaller population.

But the changes may go deeper than the numbers suggest. There has long been a utopian yet rarely acknowledged undercurrent to life here, and its transformation would not have been nearly as dramatic if not for the way ordinary folks and artists alike came to understand that community is more than just hanging out with friends, and that creativity is more than just making something that looks cool. Those things are important, but Katrina taught us that a crisis can serve as a catalyst for the innovation needed to take things to the next level.

One of the post-storm visitors who encouraged such transformational changes was the New York-based artist-activist Paul Chan. Known for his adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting For Godot, in the Lower 9th Ward, Chan also conducted community-oriented workshops that helped inspire the creation of co-op galleries like The Front. As Chan wrote in an essay for the art journal e-flux: “The emergence of The Front and other groups is a testament to the will of the people to self-organize against the wake of a disaster slowly turning into a societal tragedy already precipitated by political inertia, poverty and racism. What matters here is not how directly these groups confront or try to bring about an end to the wrongs, though this is a vital concern. Rather, it is significant that they choose to risk interrupting the entropic drift of things by organizing against the current.”

We have had a “culture of celebration” for eons, but celebration can be mindless.

Today this city is much better known for its creativity than it was in the past. Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s speeches hint at utopian ideals with lines like, “We are not just rebuilding the city that we once were, but are creating the city that we always should have been.” In a recent New York Times article, former Time magazine editor and native New Orleanian Walter Isaacson quoted novelist Walker Percy regarding how hurricanes sometimes temporarily alleviate the tedious “malaise” of everyday life. Ordinarily, life soon returns to normal, but Katrina was no ordinary hurricane.

According to Isaacson, “It jolted New Orleans so brutally that even a decade after the waters receded, the malaise has not crept back. Instead ... something better continues to keep people engaged and connected.”

While New Orleans is still very much New Orleans, something seems different — perhaps because, as Isaacson put it, “there’s an edgy creativity that comes from the shared aftertaste of danger.” — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

7 p.m. Patron Party · 8 p.m. Main Event Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia Street

41

STAGE LISTINGS Contact Anna Gaca listingsedit@gambitweekly.com 504.483.3110 | FAX: 866.473.7199

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

THEATER

42

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

11:45 a.m. Wednesday.

The Cradle Will Rock.

Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www.marignyoperahouse. org — Cripple Creek Theatre Company presents a free staging of Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 musical about a union strike against a local tycoon in fictional “Steeltown, USA.” 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

Flowers in the Attic. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.oldmarquer.com — See ’Em On Stage presents the world premiere of a new play based on the 1979 novel by V.C. Andrews. Tickets $20.

8 p.m. Thursday-Monday.

The Kingfish. The Blue Room, The Roosevelt New Orleans, 123 Baronne St., (504) 648-5486; www.therooseveltneworleans.com — Spud McConnell reprises his role in the one-man show about legendary Louisiana Gov. Huey P. Long in honor of the 80th anniversary of Long’s assassination. Tickets start at $65. 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Light of the Ghetto. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Trinese Duplessis writes and stars in a gospel play about a family seeking redemption following a divorce and custody battle.

Tickets $20. 3 p.m. Sunday.

Once on This Island. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www. cuttingedgetheater.com — A peasant girl (Skylar Brousard) and a wealthy boy (Alcee Jones) fall in love despite the deep social divides of their home island in this musical set in the West Indies. Tickets start at $22. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

Pat Bourgeois’ Debauchery.

The Theatre at St. Claude (formerly the Marigny Theatre), 1030 Marigny St., (504) 6386326 — The live soap opera stars an uptown family with a downtown mom. Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Sentimental Journey. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945

Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Swing Orchestra’s show features big band-era hits from Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington and others. 6 p.m. Saturday.

Teatro Sin Fronteras. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.oldmarquer.com — Jose Torres-Tama, ArteFuturo Productions and Puentes New Orleans present a free mobile theater project featuring performance artists, musicians and poetry celebrating Latino contributions to post-Katrina New Orleans. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Walking to New Orleans.

Carver Theater, 2101 Orleans Ave., (504) 304-0460; www.walking2neworleans.com — Al “Lil Fats” Jackson, Shamarr Allen and other musicians star in a musical tribute to the longtime partnership of Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Tickets start at $30. 4 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Thursday-Sunday.

What Difference Does It Make? United Bakery Gallery, 1337 St. Bernard Ave. — The Cobbleslop Group theater company presents Deb Margolin’s original play about a couple struggling with their status as fictional characters and other self-referential difficulties.

Tickets $10. 8:30 p.m. ThursdaySaturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY Bad Girls of Burlesque. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues. com/neworleans — Elle Dorado, Athena and others star in a monthly show hosted by Dr. Sick. 9 p.m. Saturday.

The Blue Book Cabaret.

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

Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.

Cocktails Dinner Variety Burlesque Show. Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Musicians Angelica Matthews and Cafe Au Lait and burlesque artist Poison Ivy perform a dinner show featuring Creole cuisine and a cash bar. Admission $20, or $30 including dinner.

9 p.m. Saturday.

C O M P L E T E L I ST I N G S AT W W W. B E S T O F N E W O R L E A N S . C O M

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

9:30 p.m. Friday.

Flim Flam Variety Hour. Lucky Pierre’s, 735 Bourbon Street, (702) 785-7441; www.luckypierresnola.com — A rotating cast including Dante the Magician, Chris McDaniel and Donny Vomit perform magic, sideshow acts and comedy. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.

Home: A Burlesque Tribute to New Orleans. Republic New Orleans, 828 S. Peters St., (504) 528-8282; www.republicnola.com — Bella Blue, Reverend Spooky LeStrange, Remy Dee and others star in a burlesque tribute marking the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Ben Wisdom hosts. Proceeds benefit the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic and Habitat for Humanity. Tickets $10.

7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Muck Dynasty. Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8999308; www.thecolumns.com — Philip Melancon and Chris Champagne perform a satirical cabaret show about Louisiana society and politics. Tickets $15. 7 p.m. Sunday.

The Vice Is Right. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. thesocietyofsin.com — The Society of Sin’s live game show features burlesque performers and volunteer contestants from the audience. Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door.

9 p.m. Tuesday.

Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St.; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue hosts the burlesque show. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday & Sunday.

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

Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Saturday.

The Choose-Your-Own Show.

The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Comedian Shawn Dugas gives guests and an audience member a chance to “geek out” and discuss a topic of their choice. Tickets $5.

9 p.m. Saturday.

Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com —

STAGE LISTINGS FEATURE Comedy theater founders Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform free weekly improv.

9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts local comedians. An open mic follows. 8 p.m. Thursday.

ComedySportz. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

The Franchise. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The showcase features a selection of The New Movement’s improv performers and troupes. Tickets $5.

9 p.m. Friday.

Johnny Rock. C. Beever’s Bar of Music, 2507 N. Woodlawn Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-9401; www.facebook. com/thenewcbeevers — Comedian Johnny Rock hosts an open-mic comedy night.

8 p.m. Tuesday.

Knock-Out. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater. com — Two comedy acts compete to win an audience vote. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Lights Up! The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Each weekly show features two of The New Movement’s local improv comedy troupes. 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

Local Uproar. Paul Oswell hosts stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St. Bernard Ave., and 7 p.m. Saturday at AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave.

CALL FOR THEATER Faux/Real. Faux/Real Festival of Arts seeks theatrical, literary and culinary/ beverage productions on the theme “Something Different” for the Nov. 4-22 festival.

Application fee $20. Visit www.fauxrealneworleans. com/registration to apply.

Deadline Sep. 15.

Sale

AT

HAASE’S ENDS LABOR DAY!

8119-21 OAK STREET

504-866-9944 • HAASES.COM

New Orleans theater since Hurricane Katrina

Mold, the third in John Biguenet’s Katrina Trilogy, was staged in 2013.

New Orleans’ theater scene has undergone a lot of change in the decade since Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods, though much of it has not been a direct result of the storm — Le Petite Theatre du Vieux Carre shuttered and re-opened; Southern Rep left The Shops at Canal Place and is still looking for a permanent home; New Orleans’ comedy has burgeoned and is regularly scheduled in a range of venues all over the city. The New Orleans Fringe Festival (which is changing its name to faux/real this year), started in 2008 to showcase unconventional theater performances and now draws thousands of attendees. The storm inspired productions and new works that captured the dramas of loss, uncertainty and rebuilding in New Orleans. Here are five of the happenings more directly related to the floods.

Waiting for Godot. Waiting for FEMA doesn’t have a great ring to it, but in 2007, Paul Chan and Classical Theatre of Harlem staged Samuel Beckett’s classic outdoor play on devastated blocks near a levee breach in the 9th Ward and at a ruined home near the University of New Orleans. Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) starred as Vladimir, and the existential piece took on an activist purpose in the city’s hardest hit, still-dark neighborhoods.

Get This Lake Off My House. The young actors, mostly New York University graduates, comprising The NOLA Project launched the company in New Orleans (home of co-founder Andrew Larimer), despite the flood damage. One of the first shows was a post-Katrina adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest performed in shallow water at the edge of Lake Pontchartrain. In its 10 years, the company has done a diverse array of shows at established and improvised venues around the city, and is one of the newer theater companies that added to the wave of artists who came to New Orleans after the storm.

A Katrina trilogy. No playwright has dramatized the arc of Katrina disaster and rebuilding as thoroughly as John Biguenet, and his three plays have been read and performed across the United States. Rising Water (2006) features a couple who seek refuge in their attic amid a lifetime of relics and mementos as flood waters rise. In Shotgun (2009), two families broach the city’s racial tensions as they find themselves piled into adjoining halves of a shotgun home as housing is scarce in post-flood New Orleans. In Mold (2013), a couple that evacuated and then settled in Texas return to clean up one of their parents’ homes and must reconcile whether they are holding onto the past or looking to the future.

From a Long Way Off. Jim Fitzmorris has chronicled various aspects of New Orleans, particularly its politics, culture and vernacular, and he weighed in on Katrina-related subjects in narrowly focused works. From a Long Way Off picked up previous characters and political themes in an Irish Channel community caught up in rebuilding issues. What, Has This Thing Appeared Again Tonight?, written for The NOLA Project, addressed the Danziger Bridge killing.

I’m Still Here, Me. Ricky Graham never lost his sense of humor, and in both solo shows and as the ringleader of small ensembles — shows such as The Renew Review and I’m Still Here, Me — he invited New Orleanians to laugh until they cried in songs and sketches such as “The City the Corps Forgot.” — WILL COVIELLO

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Jeff D’s Comedy Cabaret.

Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 5292107; www.bourbonpub.com — Comedian Jeff D and drag performer Carla Cahlua star in a weekly show. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Friday.

The Magna Carta Show.

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

8:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Megaphone Show.

The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story at this weekly show.

10:30 p.m. Saturday.

A Night of Comedy. Tacos & Beer, 1622 St. Charles Ave., (504) 304-8722; www.tacosandbeer.org — Corey Mack hosts two stand-up comedy showcases. Tickets $10.

8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Saturday.

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

Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Pure Comedy. Pure New Orleans Bar/Lounge, 1101 Gravier St., (844) 787-3504 — Horatio Dell and Amanda G. host an open mic. Sign up at 6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The Second Line Show Presents. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The sketch comedy troupe performs a free monthly show.

9 p.m. Thursday.

Think You’re Funny?

Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www. carrolltonstation.com — All comics are welcome to perform at the weekly open mic. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Wyatt Cenac. Freret Street Publiq House, 4528 Freret St., (504) 826-9912; www. publiqhouse.com — The comedian and former Daily Show contributor performs.

Chris Trew hosts; Joe Cardosi and Addy Najera open the show. Tickets start at $12. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Huge Summ

43

44

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

EVENTS LISTINGS Contact Anna Gaca listingsedit@gambitweekly.com 504.483.3110 | FAX: 866.473.7199

TUESDAY 18 Beginners Bird Watch.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 589-3882; www.nps.gov/ jela — Birders ages 10 and up learn how to identify and report birds using the preserve’s electronic kiosk.

Free with required RSVP. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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

Mid-City Biz Mixer.

Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 4888114; www.facebook.com/ twelve.mile.limit — The Greater Mid-City Business Association holds its free monthly business mixer.

5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Trap, Neuter and Return: Your Neighborhood and Beyond. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib. la.us — Julie Hugel and Liz Newman lead a workshop on trapping, spaying/neutering and releasing feral cats. 7 p.m.

Youth Code Tuesdays.

Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2660; www.techtalentsouth. com — Tech Talent South holds a free weekly coding class for kids ages 9-13. Each week covers a different topic, including HTML, computer animation, developing ideas for websites and more. Students should bring their own laptops. Register online or by phone. 4 p.m.

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

Family Flow Yoga. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; www.phnojm.com — The free yoga class is suggested for kids ages 5-13 and adults. 1:30 p.m.

Get Moving. Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www. growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly exercise class such as yoga, boot camp or CrossFit. Call (813) 785-8386 or email info@ recirculatingfarms.org to RSVP. 7 p.m.

Internet Basics. Jane O’Brien Chatelain West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 364-2660; www. jplibrary.net — Adults learn basic Internet functions like searching and using a browser. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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

Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler Gala. The Chicory, 610 S. Peters St.; www. spe-delta.org — The Young Professionals of the Society of Petroleum Engineers hosts a charity gala benefiting STEM education nonprofit Core Element.

There are casino games, a silent auction, hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Tickets $50 in advance, $60 at the door. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 19

Let’s Eat Salads for the Health of It. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www.nutrias.org — Each course features healthy living information and a salad recipe from Bertina McGhee of the LSU AgCenter. 5:30 p.m.

Casino dance class. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashe-

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

www.northlakenature.org — Guests tour natural habitats and learn to prune plants along the trail. 6 p.m.

White Glove Wednesdays.

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

Women and Wine on Wednesdays. CellarDoor, 916 Lafayette St., (504) 383-5583; www.womenwinewednesday.com — Women relax and network while enjoying wine. 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY 20 Arts and Activism. The Foundation Gallery, 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola. com — Staff from Algiers’ Mini Art Center discuss their nonprofit mission and screen student animations at 6 p.m., with food truck Electric Eggroll on site. The Fantastic Mr. Fox screens at 7 p.m. Suggested donation $5-$10. 5:30 p.m.

Benefits of Home Gala.

Franco’s Health Club and Spa, 100 Bon Temps Roule, Mandeville, (985) 792-0200; www.mbpstph.org/benefitsofhome — The gala features food, drink, music by the John Gray Jazz Band and a live auction hosted by news anchor Heath Allen. Proceeds benefit the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at St. Tammany Parish Hospital. Tickets $150. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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

Community Uprising: Katrina, Resistance & Culture after 10 Years. Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, 1901 Bartholomew St., (504) 940-3400; www.iwesnola.org — The Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies commemorates Hurricane Katrina with a two-day conference focusing on people of color.

Free with online registration. Thursday-Friday.

Coyotes in Lakeview.

Robert E. Smith Library, 6301 Canal Blvd., (504) 596-2638; www.nutrias.org — Claudia Riegel, director of the New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board, discusses the wild coyote population near Mid-City and City Park. 3 p.m.

Italian cultural lecture.

American-Italian Museum & Research Library, 537

S. Peters St., (504) 5227294 — Music historian Jack Stewart explains how Italians influenced the history of New Orleans music.

Non-members $10. 6 p.m.

Omagasse. Emeril’s Restaurant, 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants.com — Chef David Slater hosts a fivecourse meal showcasing meat from Mississippi’s Two Run Farm. The dinner costs $65, with wine pairings available for $45, excluding tax and gratuity.

Sistahs Making a Change.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Women of all experience levels dance, talk and dine together at this health-centered event.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Taste + Pair: Summer Larder.

Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — Chefs Amarys and Jordan Herndon and sommelier Carly DiCosola host a tasting dinner focused on seasonal food. Contact Jen Cohn at (504) 293-4721 or jcohn@longuevue.com for more information. Tickets $45. 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUG 21 101 Donations Goes Western.

City Park, Arbor Room at Popp Fountain, 12 Magnolia Drive; www.nolacitybark.org — The Western-themed gala’s slogan is “Happy Tails to You” and the event raises funds for City Park’s NOLA City Bark dog park. Tickets start at $101.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — The museum is open late on Friday evening, with music by the Pfister Sisters and a cooking demonstration

by Chef Slade Rushing of Brennan’s. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Grand Opening Festivities.

Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., (504) 368-5191; www.la-spca.org — Opening weekend at the Louisiana SPCA’s newly expanded campus features building tours, giveaways, treats, information about LA/ SPCA services and adoptable pets. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friday-Sunday.

Honoring the Power of Women. JW Marriott New Orleans, 614 Canal St., (504) 620-3107; www.redcross.org/ powerofwomen — Television anchor Hoda Kotb is the keynote speaker at a luncheon supporting the American Red Cross. Tickets $150. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Moonshine Fever. Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 259-1509; www.neworleanscitypark.com — The amusement park party for adults features unlimited rides, unlimited beer, a DJ, pizza and vodka snowballs. Tickets $30. 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

SATURDAY, AUG 22 Back to School Bike Mechanics & Safety Workshop.

Norman Mayer Library, 3001 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 596-3100; www.nutrias.org — Bicycle advocacy group Bike Easy leads a free workshop on biking safely, fixing a flat tire and more. Participants should bring a bike; attendees under age 18 receive a prize. 1 p.m.

Bienville Saturday Market.

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

CHAIRish the Children. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — The charity gala and auction benefits the Lousiana Children’s Museum, with live and silent auctions, food from local restaurants, drinks and live music by the Jimmy Maxwell Trio. The theme is “Silver Linings.” Patron party at 7 p.m., main event at 8 p.m.

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

Food Entrepreneurship Day. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.southernfood.org — Tim Acosta of Rouses Market hosts a seminar for people interested in learning how to get a new food product into retail stores. The seminar is free with prior online registration, and lunch is served.

11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Growing Gardeners. City Park Botanical Garden, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9386; www.neworleanscitypark. com/botanical-garden — Children ages 6-9 learn about plants and gardening with hands-on activities.

Cost $15. 10 a.m. to noon.

Halfway to Carnival Celebration. Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, (504) 361-7821; www.mardigrasworld.com — Mardi Gras World marks halfway to Fat Tuesday with extended hours, free tours,

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

NAWBO-NOLA Fall Kickoff Mixer. Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8999308; www.thecolumns. com — The local chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners welcomes its new president at the reception.

Non-members $15. 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

cac.org — Kevin Braxton of Cuban dance group Bookoo Rueda teaches a free class on the salsa-like Cuban dance. 7 p.m.

C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S A T W W W. B E S T O F N E W O R L E A N S . C O M

45

Rental Space Available for Garage Sales & Flea Markets

EVENT LISTINGS

1st Saturday of the Month

1-4 PM

Looking for all types of vendors.

Heroes Weekend!

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11 AARON FORET WELCOMES ALL FIRST RESPONDERS

FIRE • POLICE • EMS • MILITARY ALL DAY SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12

Red Knight Poker Run 484 SALA AVE. @ 4TH ST. 504.341.9083

snowballs and food from King Creole all day. Rebirth Brass Band performs starting at 5 p.m. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Identifying Your Slave Ancestors. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www. nutrias.org — Presenters Kenya Kay Rachal and Judy Riffel discuss techniques that can help people descended from slaves identify their family genealogy. Noon to 3 p.m.

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

Katrina panel discussion.

Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/willcent.htm — Photographer David G. Spielman and historians John H. Lawrence and Mark Cave hold a discussion in conjunction with The Historic New Orleans Collection’s current exhibition, “The Katrina Decade: Images of an Altered City.” The panel is free and a reception follows.

3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Lakeview Civic Association Health Fair. Edward Hynes Charter School, 990 Harrison Ave.; www.lakeviewcivic.org — The free fair offers health screenings, educational information, activities and healthy snacks. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

46

Let’s Grow. Growing Local NOLA, 1750 Carondelet St., (504) 507-0357; www.growinglocalnola.org — The urban farm hosts a free weekly class on home gardening. Call (813) 785-8386 or email info@recirculatingfarms. org to RSVP. 9:30 a.m.

“Life on Paper” Creative Workshop. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Artist Mia Kaplan guides kids ages 9-12 as they explore the natural world and document it in sketchbooks using a variety of techniques and materials.

The class is free but limited to 15 students; call (985) 626-1238 or email rue@northlakenature. org to register. 10 a.m.

Mid-City Monster Mash Bar Crawl. Mid-City — NOLA Horror Film Festival and Krewe of the Living Dead Social Aid and Pleasure Club host a classic monster-themed bar crawl with stops at Bayou Beer Garden, The Holy Ground, Finn McCool’s and Red Door.

Schedule TBA. Tickets $5. 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Morris F.X. Jeff Jr. Community Service Awards Luncheon.

Miracles, 3101 Bruxelles St., (504) 301-1096; www.facebook. com/miracleshall — The African American Leadership

Project honors 2015 awards recipients Ivor Van Heerden, Vincent Sylvain and Brenda Squire at an awards luncheon.

Tickets $35. 1 p.m.

Music & Arts Day. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.stickingupforchildren. com — Kids and parents decorate drumsticks while enjoying live drumming by Alfred Roberts, Johnny Vidacovich, Cole Williams, Damas Louis and Alexey Marti. The drumsticks are sold to support Sticking Up For Children, which funds youth programs in New Orleans and Haiti. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

A Night in Dakar. Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, 1901 Bartholomew St., (504) 940-3400; www.tekremacenter.eventbrite. com — The Tekrema Center for Art and Culture’s fundraising event includes a dance performance, readings by poets Mona Lisa Saloy and Ursula Rucker and music by the Marlon Jordan Quartet. General admission $35; under 35 and seniors $25.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

NOLA Youth Disaster Preparedness DOtank. The Exchange Center, 935 Gravier St., (504) 523-1465; www.noladotank. splashthat.com — Teens research, brainstorm and build prototype solutions for hurricane preparedness and evacuation at this hackathon-style workshop sponsored by Resilience Corps, The Field Innovation Team and LookFar. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Open House. Alliance Francaise, 1519 Jackson Ave., (504) 568-0770; www.af-neworleans. org — Visitors can take free trial French classes, meet instructors, taste French wine and cheese and learn about Alliance Francaise programs.

1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Summer Strut. Freret Street Publiq House, 4528 Freret St., (504) 826-9912; www. publiqhouse.com — The Krewe of Freret’s summertime parade begins at the corner of Freret and Calhoun streets at 6 p.m. and proceeds to an 8 p.m. after-party at Freret Street Publiq House featuring Cardinal Sons and Pocket Aces Brass Band. Party tickets $20.

Ultimate Tailgate Party.

Tchefuncta Country Club, 2 Pinecrest Drive, Covington, (985) 892-4739; www.tchefuncta.com — The Exchange Club of West St. Tammany’s tailgate features a barbecue competition, live and silent auctions, a raffle and music by Four Unplugged.

Proceeds benefit the Children’s Advocacy Center, Hope House, The Danielle Inn and the Boys and Girls Club of Covington.

Tickets $75 in advance, $100 at the door. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

SUNDAY, AUG 23 Brewsiana. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/ neworleans — The indoor/outdoor beer and music festival features 21 varieties of craft beers from local and regional breweries, food pairings and live music by Bonerama, Michot’s Melody Makers and others. An admission wristband including five samples is $15. 4 p.m.

Summer Blood Drive. Freret Street Publiq House, 4528 Freret St., (504) 826-9912; www. publiqhouse.com — The New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic & Assistance Foundation and the Organ Grinders dance troupe sponsor a Hawaiian-themed blood drive, which includes live music, a dance troupe showcase and limbo contest.

Call (504) 415-3514 or email goodhealth@nomaf.org for details. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Survivor Soiree. Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, 1 Canal St., (504) 581-4629; www. auduboninstitute.org/visit/ aquarium — The American Heart Association invites heart disease and stroke survivors and their families to a free lunch and program at 10:30 a.m., followed by a chance to explore the aquarium from noon to 3 p.m. RSVP to gnoheartwalk@heart.org.

10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

MONDAY, AUG 24 Bicycling the Back Trails.

Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — David Moeller, owner of The Bike Path, shares trail-riding tips and leads a 7-mile trail ride. Non-members $5. Call to RSVP. 6:15 p.m.

Mark One. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Dustin Ruttenberg hosts a roundtable discussion for individuals and families age 18 and older to discuss multiracial experiences and issues. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

New Orleans: Ten Years Later.

Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal St., (504) 595-5511; www.sheratonneworleans. com — The Atlantic magazine hosts a daylong seminar marking the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Dean Baquet, Gwen Thompkins, Walter Isaacson, Mitch Landrieu and many others are featured speakers. Email Jessica Spiegel at jspiegel@ theatlantic.com for information on attending. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Songs from the Heart. Private residence; www.habitat-nola. org/songs-from-the-heart — Marking the 10th anniversary of

EVENT LISTINGS Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity hosts two evenings of musical performances and dinner at private residences. Monday evening features singer Randy Newman and dinner by Chef Susan Spicer. A second concert featuring Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell takes place Aug. 26. Tickets $500 per night, $750 per couple. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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

Non-members $5. 6 p.m.

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

C. Carter Frank. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The children’s author reads and signs The Adventurous NOLA Kids Go to the Ruined Mansion. 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Don Brown. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author discusses and signs Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, a graphic novel. 2 p.m. Sunday.

Fatima Shaik. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author celebrates the release of What Went Missing and What Got Found, a novel centered around Hurricane Katrina. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale.

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

Judy Walker. Crescent City Farmers Market, 700 Magazine St., (504) 861-5898; www. crescentcityfarmersmarket. org — The editor signs Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from the Times-Picayune of New Orleans, a cookbook commemorating the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

Larry Lorenz. Nix Library, 1401 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 596-

Leon Morris. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The photojournalist presents and signs Homage: New Orleans, a photography collection marking the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

6 p.m. Wednesday.

Please Forward launch party. Contributors to Please Forward: How Blogging Reconnected New Orleans After Katrina read and sign the book. 7 p.m. Tuesday at Press Street, 3718 St. Claude Ave., and 6 p.m. Thursday at Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St.

Can Apartments, 3700 Orleans Ave.; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Magazine Street Market, corner of Magazine and Girod streets.

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

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

Gretna Farmers Market. Huey P. Long Avenue between Third and Fourth streets, (504) 361-1822; www.gretnafarmersmarket.org — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 25 vendors offering fruits and vegetables, meats, prepared foods, baked goods, honey and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Story Time with Miss Maureen.

Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — Miss Maureen reads children’s books. 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, New Orleans City Park, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www. growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

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

11:30 a.m. Saturday.

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

Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday.

SPORTS Saints. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3663; www.superdome.com — The Saints play the New England Patriots in a pre-season game. 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Zephyrs. Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball.com — The New Orleans Zephyrs play the Las Vegas 51s. 6 p.m. Sunday-Tuesday.

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

Crescent City Farmers Market. www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org — The market offers produce, meat, seafood, dairy, flowers and prepared foods at four weekly events. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St.; 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the French Market, corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place; 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at American

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

Rivertown Farmers Market.

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

Sankofa Mobile Market. www.sankofanola.org — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden at several weekly stops. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave.; 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday at New Israel Baptist Church, 6322 St. Claude Ave.

121,000 DOG OWNERS FALL 2015 Get a free listing in the Pet Issue Advertiser Directory with

purchase of an ad in this special section

ISSUE DATE:

57,000 CAT OWNERS

Make them your clients with an ad in this special pull-out.

READ

Gambit*

SEPT. 1 AD SPACE RESERVATION:

AUG. 21

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS The Idea Village’s Entrepreneur Season. The Idea Village accepts applications for its 2016 Entrepreneur Season accelerators for small businesses, energy start-ups and digital media projects. Visit www.ideavillage.org. Deadlines are Aug. 22 and Sept. 4.

CALL OR EMAIL YOUR GAMBIT ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE | PHONE 504.486.5900 or Ad Director Sandy Stein: 504.483.3150 | sandys@gambitweekly.com

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Ellen Urbani. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author celebrates the release of Landfall, a novel set in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

6 p.m. Monday.

2630; www.nutrias.org — The communications professor and author discusses his contribution to The Times-Picayune in a Changing Media World.

7 p.m. Thursday.

47

YOUR GUIDE TO: MERCHANDISE • SERVICES • EVENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS • AND MORE

ARE YOU READY FOR FOOTBALL?

NOLA MARKETPLACE Spruce Up for Summer!

RENEW...REFRESH...REFINISH

We RE-GLAZE : Bathtubs · Marble Walls ·Tile Walls ·Floors Countertops • Cast Iron · Fiberglass Tin · Plastic · Cultured Marble

1513 Metairie Rd. • 835-6099 Metairie Shopping Center www.mjsofmetairie.com MJSMETAIRIE

SOUTHERN REFINISHING LLC 7 0 8 B A R ATA R I A B LV D .

348-1770

Southernrefinishing.com

CRISTINA’S

We REPAIR: Rust on Porcelain Fixtures Cracks in Fiberglass Chips, Gouges and Scratches

NO MORE MOLD!

cleaning needs

Nola Market Place

Most Jobs are Done in Hours

Call your Classifed Rep today or

Our refinishing makes cleaning easier

call 504-483-3100

Certified Fiberglass Technician Family Owned & Operated

classadv@gambitweekly.com

or

email

page featured in 4 BIG ISSUES OF GAMBIT

including

After Construction Cleaning Residential & Commercial

Starting with the popular

Licensed & Bonded

232-5554 or 831-0606

BEST OF NEW ORLEANS issue

One of the biggest issues of the year PUBLISHING AUGUST 25 Including the huge

SAINTS issue PUBLISHING SEPTEMBER 8

Lakeview

Full Color ad running in print and online at bestofneworleans.com

3”x2.25”

Locally Owned & Serving the New Orleans Area for over 24 Years

CLEANING SERVICE

Fully Insured & Bonded

To place your ad in

HOME & GARDEN l l a F

Let me help you with your

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Your source for Swamp Tours • City Tours Airboat Tours • Plantation Tours Accommodations & more!

Gambit’s

CLEANING SERVICE

48

™

passportneworleans.com

FootBall Shirt $18.99

Black & Gold Stretch Bracelets $7.99

The Big Easy Made Easy.

Don’t Let the Tourists Have All the Fun!

Sir Saint Necklace $7.99 Black & Gold Infinity Scarf $7.99

™

Susana Palma

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • AFTER CONSTRUCTION CLEANING LIGHT/GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING • HEAVY DUTY CLEANING SUMMER/HOLIDAY CLEANING

lakeviewcleaningllc@yahoo.com

504-250-0884 • 504-913-6615

Reserve your spot today!

Call 504.483.3100 or email classadv@gambitweekly.com for more information.

EMPLOYMENT CAREER PREPARATION

THE NAVY EXCHANGE IS HIRING FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

AIRLINE CAREERS

Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-725-1563.

AGENTS & SALES EXPERIENCED SALES PEOPLE HURWITZ MINTZ FURNITURE IS LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED SALES PEOPLE. EARN 40K PLUS. WE OFFER TOP NOTCH BENEFITS INCLUDING PAID TRAINING, 401K, A COMPLETE INSURANCE PACKAGE AND EXCELLENT COMPENSATION. (504) 378-3265.

FARM LABOR TEMPORARY FARM LABOR

Jimel Farms, Moro, AR, has 4 positions for row crops; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.18/ hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/23/15 – 11/25/15. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order AR1074489 or call 225-342-2917.

GRAPHIC DESIGN GRAPHIC DESIGNER NEEDED

Rushing Media in Houma is looking for an experienced designer to join a team to help complete ad layout production for multiple publications. Video editing skills a major bonus. Newspaper experience preferrable. Experience with Adobe programs a must. rushingmedia.com Email resume and portfolio to gavin@rushing-media.com

BBQ RESTAURANT

Visual Manager • Service Manager Soft-Lines Manager Also hiring Sales Clerks and Cashiers for nights and weekends Starting pay $11.00 Apply at Navyexchange.com/work for us

To Volunteer Call Paige

504-818-2723 ext. 3006 Experienced

PIZZA MAKER

We are a local Successful and Growing Restaurant Group and currently seeking professional General Managers, Managers, Sous Chefs.

Attention to service and guest hospitality are paramount.

We are looking for the best managers throughout the New Orleans area!

Are you a leader with an eye for talent, strong work ethic, and drive to succeed?

We strive for guest service excellence with family core values of Integrity, Commitment, Generosity, & Fun – if this fits you, then you are the key to success!

For consideration send your resume to jobs@creolecuisine.com

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

Part-time restaurant help needed.

Some knife skills required. Contact Shayne at 802-439-6927 or e-mail at ertiebugz@aol.com

Miyako Sushi & Hibachi

Now Hiring: Servers & Host/Hostess.

Apply in person from 11 am-2:30 pm or 5-9 pm at 1403 St. Charles Ave.

RETAIL FRIENDLY FACES WANTED

Now accepting applications for several full, part time positions. Must be motivated, hard working & friendly. Retail experience a plus. Apply in person Mon-Fri, 12-5 pm only. Southern Candymakers, 334 Decatur St.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR Offers Volunteer Opportunities

Make a difference in the lives of the terminally ill & their families. Services include: friendly visits to patients & their families, provide rest time to caretaker, bereavement & office assistance. School service hours avail.

Call Volunteer Coordinator @ 504-818-2723 #3006

CHEF

Are you tired of working late nights?

We are seeking a chef with four years of fine dining experience for lunch, dinner, catering and a-la-carte business. Culinary degree is a plus. Responsible for menu development, food preparation, inventory control, ordering, company and state health compliance, safety and organization. Candidate should be creative and knowledgeable with soups, sauces and constant menu changes. A broad repertoire and palate is a must.

Full Time - Salary with Benefits.

Work as a team of three chefs.

APPLY IN PERSON AT

714 Elmeer Avenue, Metairie, LA 70005 www.martinwinecellar.com

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

RESTAURANT/HOTEL/BAR

We love our hospice volunteers and are always looking for new additions to our wonderful team! Our hospice volunteers are special people who can make a difference in the lives of those affected by terminal illness. We would like to announce a new exciting track for those interested in a future medical career. Many physicians and nurses received their first taste of the medical field at Canon.

If you would like to be become a hospice volunteer and work with our patients and families, please call today!

49

CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS AUTO INSURANCE STARTING AT $25/ MONTH! Call 855-977-9537.

ADOPTIONS PREGNANT? THINKING OF ADOPTION?

Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families Nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions.

866-413-6293.

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

NO: 747-461 DIVISION: “G” SUCCESSION OF LEONCIA CALLAIS CALLAHAN DONGEN NOTICE OF INTENTION OF PRIVATE SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

NOTICE IS GIVEN that Priscilla Calahan Barnes, Administrator of the Succession of Leoncia Callais Callahan Dongen, is applying for authority to sell at private sale, on terms of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($100,000.00) DOLLARS cash, the immovable property owned by the Succession of Leoncia Callais Callahan Dongen, to Drooksee, LLC, described below:

50

A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Village of Mechanickham (now forming a part of the City of Gretna) in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, on the rights bank of the Mississippi River and opposite the Fourth District of the City of New Orleans, designated by the Number Twenty-Two (22) in Square Seventeen (17), bounded by Derbigny, Sixth, Seventh and Dolhonde Streets, on a plan drawn by J.A. D’Hemecourt, Surveyor, on November 30, 1872, in correction of a plan made by J.G. Dreux, Civil Engineer, on March 30, 1872 and deposited in the office of William J. McCune, late Notary Public, Jefferson Parish, for reference; said lot forms the corner of Seventh and Derbigny Streets and measures thirty (30’) feet, eight (8”) inches, four (4’’’) lines front on Seventh Street, by one hundred twenty (120’) feet on Derbigny Street, between equal and parallel lines.

The Improvements thereon bear Municipal Nos. 1001-1003 7th Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053.

Being the same property acquired Leoncia Callais, wife of/and Pierre L. Callahan from Claiborned Bruce by act dated March 27, 1945, recorded in COB 210, folio 494, Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana. Further acquired by Leoncia Callais Callahan by Partition of Community Property dated July 9, 1954, recorded in COB 362, folio 103, Parish of Jefferson.

An order authorizing her to do so may be issued after seven days from the date of last publication of this notice.

An opposition to the application may be filed at any time prior to the issuance of such an order.

Attorney: John A.E. Davidson Address: 2901 Independence St., Suite 201, Metairie, LA 70006 Telephone: (504) 779-7979 Fax: (888) 370-2948 Gambit: 07/28/15 & 08/18/15 The family of Charlotte Gebb Dietz a/k/a Charlotte G. Dietz a/k/a Charlotte Dietz a/k/a Charlotte Gebb please contact Attorney CaSandra King at 504-982-5464.

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

NO.: 751-099

DIVISION L

SUCCESSION OF LAURENCE JOSEPH LANSING, JR. ALSO KNOWN AS LAURENCE JOSEPH LANSING NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas Jody McDaniel, the Executrix of the above Estate, has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit: Four Certain Lots OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in that part known as SUBURBAN VILLAS SUBDIVISION, and according to a survey by S. A. Calogne’s Sons, C.E. & S., dated August 1927 and further according to a survey by J. L. Fontcuberta, Surveyor, dated September 18, 1974, said lots are designated and measured as follows, to-wit: LOTS 3, 4, 5 and 6 of SQUARE 38, which square is bounded by Houma Boulevard, Englewood Street, Suburban Canal and Caldwell Street. Said Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 adjoin each other and measure as follows: Lot 3 lies near to and commences at a distance of 40 feet from the corner of Houma Boulevard and Englewood Street, and measures thence 20 feet front on Houma Boulevard, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines. Lots 4, 5 and 6 adjoin Lot 3 respectively, and measure each 20 feet front on Houma Boulevard, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines.

According to a survey by R. P. Fontcuberta, Land Surveyor, dated July 8, 1980, a copy of which was attached to and made part of an act registered in COB 2918 Folio 7, Parish of Jefferson, the abovedescribed property bears the same location, designation and measurements as hereinabove set forth.

The improvements thereon bear Municipal Number 1801 Houma Boulevard, Metairie, Louisiana.

Being the same property acquired

by Laurence J. Lansing from Eureka Homestead Society by act before Jacob H. Sciambria, N.P., dated September 24, 1974, registered in COB 824 Folio 348, Parish of Jefferson.

Being the same property acquired

by Laurence J. Lansing from Denise Gibliant Lansing by act before Donald M. Donnelly, N.P., dated June 12, 1995, registered in COB 2918 Folio 7, Instrument No. 95-26933, Parish of Jefferson.

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: The above-described immovable including certain movables on the premises of little or no value, for the sale price of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND ($280,000.00) DOLLARS, all cash, conditioned upon buyer obtaining a bank loan of 90% of the sale price, 3.50% interest, 30 year loan, and upon seller purchasing a Home Service Warranty not to exceed $780.00.

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.

Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk of Court 24th Judicial District Court Jefferson Parish Attorney: Julien F. Jurgens Address: 3211 48th Street, Metairie, LA 70001 Telephone: (504) 722-7716 Gambit: 08/18/15 & 09/08/15

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

NO.: 730-635 DIVISION F SUCCESSION OF CONSTANCE J. FUOCO NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas CHRIS CALIGUIRL, the administratrix of the above Estate, has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit: UNIT NO. 45D OF CHARDONNAY VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM, CITY OF KENNER, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND AN UNDIVIDED .3187% INTEREST IN AND TO THE COMMON ELEMENTS THEREOF, ALL AS INDICATED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF CHARDONNAY VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM, CREATED PER ACT BEFORE GEORGE SCARIANO, NOTARY, DATED AUGUST 25, 1981.

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: The sale is made in exchange for the sum of

LEGAL NOTICE: SUMMONS FOR Parentage- Custody and Support Case No FAMSS1504132 IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA.

the petition is dismissed, or the court makes other orders. This order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of it.

NOTICE TO RESPONDANT Jerome Demond Jones YOU HAVE BEEN SUED

BY PETITIONER Hillary Ann Strobel. You have 30 calendar days after this summons and petition are served on you to file a response (FORM FL-220 OR FL-270) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your response on time, the court may make orders affecting you right to custody of your children. You may also be ordered to pay child support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. NOTICE: The restraining order on Page 2 remains in effect against each parent until the order is dismissed, a judgement is entered, or the court makes further orders. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE COURT ARE: SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, 351 N. ARROWHEAD AVENUE, SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415.

STANDARD RESTRAINING ORDER: Parentage- Custody and Support Case No FAMSS1504132. Starting immediately, you and every other party are restrained from removing from the state, or applying for a passport for, the minor child or children for whom this action seeks to establish a parent-child relationship or a custody order without the written prior consent of every other party or an order of the court. This restraining order takes effect against the petitioner when he or she files the petition and against the respondent when he or she is personally served with the summons and petition or when he or she waives and accepts service. This restraining order remains in effect until the judgement is entered,

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

NO. 709-837 DIVISION “C” SUCCESSION OF LOIS CHALONA HAWKINS NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the co-executors of the Succession of Louis Chalona Hawkins, have filed their First Tableau of Distribution in the above proceeding.

NOW WHEREFORE, notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent and this Estate, that oppositions to the First Tableau of Distribution must be filed prior to the entry of the Court’s judgment homologating the same. The co-executors may request the court to homologate the First Tableau of Distribution after the expiration of seven (7) days following the publication of this Notice.

Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk of Court B. Calongne, Deputy Clerk Attorney: John D. Wogan Address: 701 Poydras St., Suite 5000, New Orleans, LA 70139-5099 Telephone: 504-556-4032

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mark C. Sieracki, please contact Edward Mozier, atty at (504) 338-4714.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the Executor or Heirs of Lisa Salsberry Divinity A/K/A Lisa Salsberry Weary, please contact Paul C. Fleming, Jr. Attorney at 504-888-3394.

Be advised that anyone who knows the whereabouts of JEFFERSON FURNITURE STORE INCORPORATED, please contact Harold E. Molaison Esq. at (504) 834-3788.

The feature film presently titled “Night of the Wild” completed principal photography on June 7th. Creditors wishing to file claims or submit invoices should contact nightofthewildbt@gmail.com no later than August 31, 2015.

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT TO: Jonuel L. Hernandez Case No: 201405407 A Notice of Suspension to suspend and an Administrative Complaint to revoke your license and eligibility for licensure has been filed against you. You have the right to request a hearing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by mailing a request for same to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, Post Office Box 5708, Tallahassee, Florida 32314-5708. If a request for hearing is not received by 21 days from the date of the last publication, the right to hearing in this matter will be waived and the Department will dispose of this cause in accordance with law.

Publication: Gambit 08/18/15 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of AUDRA CAUTHERN WEHBE please contact Paul C. Fleming, Jr., Attorney, 504-888-3394. Property rights involved.

To Advertise in

REAL ESTATE Call (504) 483-3100

ONE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS AND NINETY-ONE CENTS ($107,732.91) which sum Gaetana Fuoco Tammetta has paid in satisfaction of the reverse mortgage to RMS Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of he 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, Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk Lisa M. Cheramie, Deputy Clerk of Court Attorney: Margaret Madere Gonzalez Attorney for Administratrix Address: Post Office Box 88 Lacombe, Louisiana 70445 Telephone: (504) 419-2882 Gambit: 08/18/15 & 09/08/15 Anyone having any information concerning the whereabouts of Shelton E. Kennedy, please contact Lori A. Noto at (504) 512-0611.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to BANK ONE, N.A., executed by ANGEL MARIE SAVAGE WARD, and dated August 1, 2000, in the principal sum of $94,388.00, bearing interest at the rate of 8.93% percent from date until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same, please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373.

to place your

LEGAL NOTICE call renetta at

504.483.3122

or email renettap @gambitweekly.com

BOEM Announces Public Scoping Meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 247 in the Central Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico

REAL ESTATE

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold public scoping meetings in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. These meetings will provide BOEM an opportunity to solicit comments from Federal, State, and Tribal governments and from interested citizens and organizations. Comments will be used to prepare the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas Lease Sale 247 in the Central Planning Area (CPA) off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Proposed CPA Lease Sale 247 is part of the current 2012-2017 Five-Year Program.

RICKY LEMANN

504-460-6340 504-861-0100

Keller Williams Realty New Orleans #1 Top Producer 2014 Keller Williams Gulf States Quadruple Gold 2014

rickylemann.com

The public scoping meetings are scheduled as follows: Mobile, Alabama: Tuesday, September 1, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn Mobile West, 828 West I-65 Service Road South, Mobile, Alabama 36609, one meeting beginning at 4:00 p.m. CDT;

Each office independently owned and operated.

Gulfport, Mississippi: Wednesday, September 2, 2015, Courtyard by Marriott, Gulfport Beachfront MS Hotel, 1600 East Beach Boulevard, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501, one meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. CDT; and New Orleans, Louisiana: Thursday, September 3, 2015, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123, one meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT.

R/E SERVICES DELTA TITLE IS READY! ARE YOU?

1. In an envelope labeled “Scoping Comments for CPA 247 Supplemental EIS” and mailed (or hand delivered) to Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Chief, Environmental Assessment Section, Office of Environment (GM 623E), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394; 2. Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to http://www.regulations.gov and search for “Central Planning Area Lease Sale 247”. (Note: It is important to include the quotation marks in your search terms.) Click on the “Comment Now!” button to the right of the document link. Enter your information and comment, then click “Submit”; or 3. BOEM email address: cpa247@boem.gov.

If you have questions, please call Mr. Gary D. Goeke at 504-736-3233.

95 FOUNTAINBLEAU DRIVE $595,000

Magnificent 5 bdrm; master w/walk-in closet, 3 bath, dining rm, living rm, kit w/ss appliances, den, pool room w/ shower. Open House 7/12 & 7/26 1-3 pm Michelle Toliver Office: 504-2822611 ext. 39118 Direct: 504-355-1173

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE LOVELY HOME NEAR UNIVERSITIES FOR SALE - 5 MELODIA CT.

6 BR/ 4 BA, 4567 sq ft duplex 2 blocks off Napoleon, large garage/utility space and 1200 sq ft of insulated, decked attic. Real plaster walls, original wood trim restored to natural finish throughout. Geothermal heat pump system to provide optimal, low-cost heating and cooling. Rents currently at $1500 each side but appraised at $2000 per side. Priced below appraisal at $399,000! Open House - Sun. Aug 16th from 12 - 2 pm. (504) 231-2004.

Residential • Commercial • REO/Relo Delta Title Corporation Baton Rouge • Kenner • Lafayette • Mandeville • Metairie • N.O. Westbank & Slidell (504) 885-9222 info@deltatitlecorp.com Real Estate Closings in Louisiana and Mississippi

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT

3820-22 GENERAL TAYLOR ST. NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125

• What is the CFPB • What is the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule?

• What does 3 business days prior to consummation mean?

• What triggers a re-disclosure of the Closing Disclosure?

Downstairs 2 BR/1 Full BA, upstairs possible 3rd BR or storage w/attached BA. Fully renov in ‘07 (elec, plumbing.

Roof 10 yrs old). Freshly painted 2015. Relax in fenced yd off brick patio. Ready to move in!! Don’t miss this gem!! Includes cent A/C, w/d, granite counters, refrigerator, Bosht dishwshr, Hdwd/tile flrs, outdoor shed, off st pkg. Agent protected.

Call 504-957-0595 for info.

MISSISSIPPI 2BR/2BA IN NATCHEZ, MS

Lovely home on National Historic Register near Downtown. $115,000.

Call Janice Easom with Paul Green Associates. (601) 431-4373.

EMPLOYMENT

If you cannot attend the public scoping meetings for the Supplemental EIS for proposed CPA Lease Sale 247, you may submit written comments within 30 days following the publication date of the notice of public scoping meetings in the Federal Register in one of the following ways:

AUGUST 1, 2015 - New Rules and New Forms

NEED HELP? Consider the alternative...

Advertise in the gambit Classifieds Call

483-3100 Email classadv

@gambitweekly.com

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

NOTICE:

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718

51

REAL ESTATE FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

HISTORIC 700 ROYAL STREET

JEFFERSON

building is located on a corner just one block from Jackson Square. The first floor is available for lease. Request info chrisward@woodenterprises.com

2537 RIVER ROAD

2 units betwn Labarre & RioVista. 2br/1ba, w/d hookup $865.

2br/1.5ba twnhse, w/d $915. Ea inc water, fridge, stove. No pet/smoke.

504-887-1814

MID CITY 1508 CARONDELET ST.

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

Very Large 1 BR apt., 2nd floor with balcony, hdwd flrs, cent air/heat, 24-hr laundry. No pets/smoking. $1250/ mo. Call 1-888-239-6566 or mballier@ yahoo.com

New granite in kit & bath. 12 x 24ft lr, King Master w/wall of closets. Furn Kit. Laundry on premises. Offst pkg.

NO PETS. O/A, $724-$848/mo. 504236-5776.

Studio Apt with cent a/h, laundry facility avail 24 hrs. Walk 1 blk to St. Charles Street Car. Easy access to I-10, CBD & FQ. No pets/No smokers. All utilities included. $875/mo. 1-888-239-6566 or mballier@yahoo.com

3216-18 DRYADES STREET

Double Shotgun/Uptown. 3 BR/2 BA + 2BA/1BA. Modern updates. $369,900 www.hesco-realty.com (225) 810-8315 or evelyn.greenwood@att.net

825 Ursulines - 2bd/2ba ........................ $2500 1203 St. Mary - 1bd/1ba ....................... $2300 1133 Kelerec - 2bd/2ba ...................... $1600 810 Congress - 1bd/1ba ...................... $1600 539 Dumaine - 1bd/1ba ...................... $1500

1561 N. GALVEZ ST.

LARGE 3 BR, 1.5 BA with central air/heat, hi ceilings, washer/dryer hookups, off street parking. $1150/ mo. Call 1-888-239-6566 or mballier@ yahoo.com

CALL FOR MORE LISTINGS!

To Advertise in

REAL ESTATE

OVER

70 GREAT LOCATIONS

PET friendliest spaces

OVER

2340 Dauphine Street • New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 944-3605

Call (504) 483-3100

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

1508 CARONDELET ST.

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

ESPLANADE RIDGE

9,500

QUALITY

APARTMENTS

FULLY

FREE

access gates

parking

enclosed

off street

METAIRIE • KENNER • RIVER RIDGE • BATON ROUGE SLIDELL • MANDEVILLE • COVINGTON • MISSISSIPPI

Visit us online at:

52

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT

DORIAN M. BENNETT • 504-236-7688 dorian.bennett@sothebysrealty.com

Newly renov’d, 2br/1ba, LR, kit w/appls, wash/dry, nice backyard. $1200/ mo + $1200 dep. Start showing Aug. 1st. 504-231-0889 or 817-681-0194.

services

2 bedroom, living room, dining room, furn kitchen, tile bath. No pets. Off Calhoun. $900/mo. Call Gary 504-494-0970.

713 Royal MON-SAT 10-5pm Sun-1-5 FQR Full Service Office with Agents on Duty! 949-5400 Wayne • Nicole • Sam • Jennifer • Brett • Robert • George • Dirk • Billy • Andrew • Eric

3221B PRYTANIA St.

Lg Victorian - UPPR w/3br/2ba, furn kit, w/d, wd flrs, lg closets, hi ceils, porch. Gated w/police security. Offstreet parking. Pool privileges. Serious Inquiries Only. $1800/mo. (504) 813-8186 or (504) 274-8075.

7446 GARFIELD ST.

Thriving business with spacious home on 2nd level. For Sale by Owner, (504) 715-2197.

FO R R E N T 716 Touro

2/1 Wd flrs, furn kit, ctrl air, water & trash included............$1950

1027 Chartres #A

2/2 Fully furnished, nwly reno’d, w/d in unit, ctyd ...............$2500

1119 Dauphine #7

2/1.5 Updtd kit, balc, 2 flrs,hi ceils, w/d on site .................. $2200

537 Decatur #C

2/1 open flr pln, nat lite, w/d hookups, ovrlks River ............$2200

331 Decatur #3

3/2 excellent loc, pvt terrace, w/d in unit, open flr plm.....$2850

837 Royal #J

2/1.5 pvt balc, hdwd flrs, hi ceils, ldry on site, elevator ..... $2550

1307 Decatur #2

2/1 hdwd flrs, reno’d ba/kit, s/s apps, ctrl ac/heat ............. $2250

407 ½ Baronne

1/1 Hdwd flrs, hi ceils, flr 2 ceils wndws, view of Super Dome......$1900

1025 Dumaine #6

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

1025 Dumaine #5

(2 bedroom/ 2 bath) fully renovated .......................................$1550

1025 Dumaine #4

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

FO R SA L E

BYWATER

online resident

French Quarter Realty

6319 S. PRIEUR

530 St. Philip #4

3009 ROYAL STREET

24/7

UNIVERSITY AREA

4607 TCHOUPITOULAS ST.

3BR/2BA Uptown shotgun, high ceilings $419,000 www.hesco-realty.com (504)236-9685

LARGE UPTOWN APARTMENT 3 BR/2BA, cent a/c, hdwd flrs, W/D, yard. $2250/mo. $2250 SD, 1yr lease. Call to schedule an appt to see.

(504) 866-6319.

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT IRISH CHANNEL 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

ROOMS BY WEEK. Private bath. All utilities included. $175/week. 2 BR avail. Call (504) 202-0381 or (504) 738-2492.

2/2 R’stord in 2013, 2nd flr, ctyd w/balc &fountain, orig flrs, hi ceils.....................................................................$695,000 553 Emerald 4/3 West Lakefront home, updtd, open kit, carport, fenced yard ............................................................................ $514,900 280 Pi Street Vacant Land Waterfront lot. Minimum building requirement is 2000 sq. ft. 100 x 490. Lot extends into the Intracoastal Waterway. Dock can be built............................................... $159,000 2648 Hyman 3/2 Updated kitchen, nice yard, large garage. New driveway, floors. Good move in condition .......................................... $165,000 803 Burgundy 2/2.5 1253sqft, Pvt Ctyd, Balc, wd flrs, hi ceils, open flr pln, renovated, nearby prkng ......................................................................... $589,500 530 Dauphine 2/1.5 1400sqft, twnhse, balc, ctyd, storage, s/s apps, wshr/dryr, gorgeous views ...................................................................... $875,000

RENTALS TO SHARE ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM. Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates.com!

To Advertise in

EMPLOYMENT Call (504) 483-3100

ADULT ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Mature GREEN-EYED BLONDE Do you deserve more attention than you’re getting?

Call 504-428-1140.

CLASSIFIEDS AUTOMOTIVE DOMESTIC AUTOS 2003 T-Bird

Red, 32 valve V-8, rear wheel drive, auto, deluxe blk/red lthr int, clean Carfax, both tops. nice, but not perfect. $14K OBO. 504-570-0787.

WANTED TO PURCHASE CASH FOR CARS

Any Car/Truck. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www.cash4car.com

SERVICES HAULING PONTCHARTRAIN CONCRETE, LLC

• CONCRETE • BOBCAT • TRUCKING • DEMOLITION • DIRT & ROCK DELIVERY & SPREADING • DEBRIS REMOVAL & HAULING. Reasonable Rates. Quick Response. Call Joey 504-234-3559.

To Advertise in

REAL ESTATE Call 483-3100

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

53

PUZZLE PAGE CLASSIFIEDS NOLArealtor.com

Your Guide to New Orleans Homes & Condos

John Schaff CRS

More than just a Realtor! (c) 504.343.6683 (o) 504.895.4663

TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

HISTORIC GEM IN NEW MARIGNY

Virtual Tour: www.CabanaClubGardens.com ERA Powered, Independently Owned & Operated

One and Two bedroom units ready for occupancy!

2833 ST. CHARLES AVE

40 CONDOS • STARTING AT $209,000 4530 URQUHART STREET

1739 URQUHART STREET

Bywater 4-plex; 3788 sq. ft.; Renovated in 2006. Three 3 BR/2 BA units and one 1 BR/1 BA unit. Currently generating $2794 in monthly income. Grossly Under-rented! All leases are month-to-month. Invest in this quiet pocket of Bywater where there are lots of new renovations. $350,000

Walk into an open, large living space with 12’ ceilings and gorgeous heart of pine floors. Sweet home in a desirable location close to the French Quarter.

Be a part of the revitalization of an important historic New Orleans neighborhood! $175,000

(504) 895-4663 Latter & Blum, ERA powered is independently owned and operated.

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

ANSWERS FOR LAST WEEK ON PAGE 49

54

ABR, CRS, GRI, SFR, SRS

Picture Perfect Properties

P

PICTURE YOURSELF IN THE HOME OF YOUR DREAMS!

Lane Lacoy

• Residential • Multi-Family • Investment • Condominiums • Commercial • Vacant Land • 1031 Exchange

Asociate Broker/Realtor®

Historic Home Specialist

504-957-5116 • 504-948-3011 Top Producer Marigny/ Bywater 2009 - 2014 www.lanelacoy.com ljlacoy@latterblum.com Let Me Be YOUR REALTOR

COMMERCIAL SPACE IN HOT MARIGNY LOCATION! 831 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVENUE

Crescent Title is in the front of building and this is 2 large open rooms in the rear of building. Perfect for law firm or any type of office! Only tenants requiring office space will be considered. Lessor will provide partial build out credit. Only 5 blocks to French Quarter and river, 1700 sq. ft. with high ceilings, cement slab floor and masonry walls. $2,000 a month plus taxes, insurance and utilities.

840 Elysian Fields Ave - N.O.LA 70117

Francher Perrin Group

This representation includes residential, vacant land, and multi-family and is based in whole or in part on data supplied,

by New Orleans Metropolitan Assn. of REALTORS, Multiple Listing Services. Neither the Boards, Associations, nor their MLS guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Boards Associations or their MLS may not reflect all real estate activity for the year 2009 thru 2014. Based on information from the period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2014.

Market Your Property Here!

L. Bryan Francher Leslie A. Perrin

504-251-6400 • 504-722-5820 FrancherPerrin.com

5526 S. CLAIBORNE AVE. $4,650/mo

In Full Color Plus Get An Additional 4 Weeks of Line Ads & 5 Weeks Online at www.bestofneworleans.com Call 483-3100 or Your Sales Rep to Reserve Your Space Now!

CRYSTAL BERRY

cell 504.628.7498 crystal@sharpefinds.com 1513 St. Charles Ave. | New Orleans, La 70130 | office 504.684.4448 |www.sharperealtyllc.com

FOR SALE 809 31st St. 2760 Athis St. (VLD)

Todd Taylor, Realtor 504 232-0362

RE/MAX & NOMAR Award Winning Agent toddtaylorrealtor@yahoo.com www.toddtaylorrealestate.com RE/MAX Real Estate Partners (504) 888-9900 Each office individually owned and operated

2422 BIENVILLE ST. • $200K

NOLA...got an opportunity for you: A great New Orleans cottage, SETBACK 15 ft. from the street, w/both front & side yds., off str prkg, just blocks from Whole Foods & the RISING Lafitte Greenway (soccer, anyone?)...on an OAK LINED STREET. Make this home and lot what you want it to be.

159 CHEROKEE ST. $2,200/MO

Black Pearl GEM!!!! 3 large bdrms, 2 updated baths; RE/RO/WA/DR/DW are all furnished, sec. sys. incld’d in the rent.

Awesome wrap around balcony …available immediately.

$70K $29.5K

3660 Bennett St.

$115K

2422 Bienville St.

$200K

1215 N. Broad St. (COMM)

$650K

2234 – 6 Delachaise St.

$82K

4123 – 25 Downman Rd.

$445K

7320 Hansbrough Av. 2233 Killington Dr. 13110 Lemans St. 1828 Plaza Dr. 2458 N. Tonti St. 4724 Virgilian St. 3910 Louisiana Av. Pkwy.

$109.9K $125K $95K $82.5K $120K $115K $200K U/C

GAMBIT > BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM > AUGUST 18 > 2015

Furnished, clean 3 bedrooms/2 baths with fun eclectic decor! Large living room with flat screen TV and plenty of seating, separate dining room and full furnished kitchen with endless counter top space! Master has it’s own en suite bathroom, flat screen TV, large closet and high quality linens! W/D in separate indoor laundry room. Lovely fenced backyard shared with upstairs tenant.

Plenty of off-street parking in driveway!

LANDLORD pays for lawn, all utilities and an electric bill cap of $200! No pets and no smoking. 3 month minimum.

55