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November 12, 2013

Volume 34

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49 ON THE COVER Unbearable...............................................................15 A photo essay of mothers who lost their children to New Orleans violence

7 IN SEVEN

Seven Things to Do This Week........................... 5 Kronos Quartet, Chris Tucker, Patti LuPone and more

NEWS + VIEWS

News.............................................................................7 A “sleep out” for Covenant House Bouquets & Brickbats ...........................................7 This week’s heroes and zeroes C’est What? ................................................................7 Gambit’s Web poll Scuttlebutt...............................................................10 News briefs from all over Commentary............................................................12 The biggest bully Clancy DuBos...........................................................13 Elections on the horizon

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Holiday Gift Guide.................................................25 Give it up for these presents What’s in Store .......................................................31 Benson’s Upholstery

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Review ......................................................................33 Yuki Izakaya Fork + Center ...........................................................33 All the news that’s fit to eat 3-Course Interview .............................................35 Ryan Prewitt of Peche Seafood Grill Drinks ........................................................................ 37 Beer Buzz and Wine of the Week Last Bites .................................................................39 Foodie calendar, 5 in Five, Off the Menu

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Tue. Nov. 12 | Simon’s Green’s Bonobo records sneak under the skin, lulling IDM arrangements disguising some of electronic music’s most unshakable melodies. April’s The North Borders (Ninja Tune) is his latest. At 9 p.m. at the Civic Theatre.

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Rihanna | At 25, singer and actress Rihanna has collected six Grammy Awards, sold more than 30 million albums and topped the Billboard singles chart a dozen times. She concludes a tour that’s crossed five continents with this show at 8 p.m. at the New Orleans Arena.

Fri. Nov. 15 | The comedian and actor is best known for his Rush Hour franchise, along with martial arts star Jackie Chan. Tucker is a veteran of 1990s-era Def Comedy Jam and continues his stand-up comedy tour. Tucker performs at 8 p.m. at the Saenger Theatre.

Patti LuPone

Sat. Nov. 16 | Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone is a veteran of stage (Evita, Les Miserables), screen (Driving Miss Daisy) and TV (30 Rock, Will & Grace). She returns to New Orleans for another night of singing and conversation with Seth Rudetsky. At 7:30 p.m. at NOCCA.

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Thu. Nov. 14 | For four decades, the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet has composed and performed innovative new pieces for string quartet and sold more than 1.5 million albums. At 8 p.m. at the Contemporary Arts Center.

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S C U T T L EB U T T 10 C O M M EN TA RY 12 C L A N C Y D U B O S 13

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The big sleep Last year’s Sleep Out raised $100,000 overnight for Covenant House New Orleans, but participants say it’s about more than welloff people experiencing homelessness for one night.

was named the recipient of the 38th annual Ben Smith Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana Oct. 30. Butler is a founding member of the LGBT advocacy group Lesbian and Gay Political Action Committee and a longtime advocate of LGBT rights in New Orleans. The award is named after the organization’s founder. Butler will receive the honor in March.

Children’s Hero Award recipients

were honored Oct. 25 by the Children’s Bureau of New Orleans, a mental health organization focusing on prevention, advocacy, education and intervention efforts. This group’s inaugural “Heroes” include Karen DeSalvo, Norman Francis, Stephen Hales, Cathy Harris, Calvin Johnson, Michael Lewis, Charles Rice Jr., Sally-Ann Roberts, Norma Jane Sabiston, Alison Salloum, Jackie Curtis Silverman and Warner Williams.

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received the inaugural Tony Goldman Award Nov. 1 from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Trust Community Investment Corporation for Wisznia’s renovation of New Orleans’ first skyscraper. The award recognizes Wisznia’s $35.6 million renovation of The Maritime, built in 1893 as the Hennen Building. The award was presented at the Richard H. Driehaus National Preservation Awards in Indianapolis.

discussions with Covenant House residents. That, Exnicios says, is good for the residents, too. “We found last year, based on responses from residents, that sitting in front of these kids encourages them,” Exnicios says. “You let them know that you really care and are willing to leave

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pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge Nov. 4 to threatening former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten and Letten’s family. Estrade admitted to FBI agents that he had planned to kill Letten and wrote a letter in 2005 or 2006 to the FBI with similar threats against Letten. Estrade faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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ast fall, Mark Romig spent the night outside in the Covenant House courtyard, tossing and turning atop a cardboard box. The president and CEO of the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation had never slept outside, except as a camper, and the night was a sleepless one. “You do manage to shut your eyes for a brief period,” he says. “Maybe two hours at a time.” Charities and nonprofits often raise money with swanky galas and winesoaked auctions, but Covenant House wants its fundraiser to give people a more realistic perspective on the problems it addresses. The charity, which provides food, shelter and crisis management to at-risk youth in New Orleans, invited community leaders last year to sleep outside for a night, and the second annual Sleep Out is Nov. 14. The Sleep Out, which takes place in 13 cities across the U.S. and Canada, aims to let community leaders and local executives briefly experience a taste of life on the streets. Last year’s event brought out 43 sleepers and raised $100,000. This year Covenant House hopes to sign up 100 participants and raise $150,000. As of press time, 92 people had committed to participate, including Romig, Whitney Bank President Joseph Exnicios, Covenant House Board President and New Orleans maritime attorney Patricia Krebs, Fourth District Court of Appeals Judge Madeleine Landrieu and District “C” City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer. Each returning sleeper is required to raise $1,000, with a goal of $2,000, and each new sleeper is required to raise $500, with a goal of $1,000. Exnicios, who will sleep out for the second time, points out that most people who donate money to an organization want to see where it’s going. “The experience wasn’t just going there and raising money and sleeping out on a bag,” Exnicios says. “It’s getting close to the problems Covenant House is addressing and getting a feeling for what goes on there.” When sleepers check in, they are met by Covenant House residents who tell their personal stories during a tour of the facility. After the tour, sleepers participate in a set of roundtable

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the comforts of your own home to walk in their shoes. “These are not bad people. These are good kids.” Krebs, who has been volunteering with Covenant House since the New Orleans branch of the charity was founded in the 1980s, says that last year’s turnout of sleepers gave the home’s residents a much-needed sense of self-worth, something with which many struggle as a result of abusive pasts and post-traumatic stress disorder. “Many of the kids have a hard time feeling any kind of sense of self-worth,” she says. “When they first heard about it, they went out and cleaned (the courtyard) without anyone asking them. That evening, when they saw all the people, several said things like ‘They’re sleeping out here for us? All these people?’ The kids got it. They understood that they were doing it for them.” Richard Arnold, director of development and communications for Covenant House, says that last year, residents in the home stood up one by one and, completely unplanned, thanked the evening’s participants.

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Covenant House is an international organization, but its New Orleans branch is autonomous, Arnold says. As such it is in charge of its own fundraising (it relies on individual donations for 65 percent of its funding). It offers a complete medical checkup to every youth seeking attention, and it helps reconnect children with family members who might be able to offer asylum from dangerous or abusive situations. The charity also includes an aroundthe-clock trauma center. Many of the kids Covenant House serves have been turned out of the house for issues regarding sexual identity, or have left voluntarily because of family violence, according to Arnold, so the charity searches the country for family members who might be able to provide a safe second home. Covenant House spent $12,000 last year on bus tickets, Arnold says. Besides providing basic needs like food, shelter and medical care, the charity gives residents an educational or vocational assessment to help them begin the process of getting back on their feet. It provides workshops and classes on healthy relationships and general life skills to offer stability to those who have none. “It’s much more than a homeless shelter,” Arnold says. Just two years ago, Covenant House had an average of 44 kids in its care on any given night. It currently has an average of 140 a night in its care, in residence, in its crisis center or living in off-site

apartments through its transitional living program. Arnold says that hike comes from an increase in need in the New Orleans area and the reinstitution of Covenant House’s open-door policy, which Executive Director Jim Kelly reinstated when he took the reins of the organization two years ago. Though spending a single night within the security of the Covenant House courtyard likely won’t replicate the true experience of homelessness, Arnold says the act is a symbol of solidarity with at-risk youth. “We have to be realistic,” he says. “We can’t expect people to give up their lives completely. We encourage them to make it as realistic as possible, but we leave it up to them, so some people don’t use sleeping bags, others give up their cellphones. They’re never really going to see it. It’s more about the gesture of the event.” The night has its moments of lightness — participants break the ice with the social game “Two truths and a lie” — but Arnold says conversation can get heavy, and there’s always a chance for reflection, either in the chapel that’s left open throughout the night or side-by-side with peers. He says the night is more exhilarating than it is “fun.” This year, each sleeper will get a card with the name, photo and story of a Covenant House resident, in an effort to strengthen the connection between the symbol of sleeping outside and the individual children the event is meant to support. Arnold says the idea to target community and corporate leaders came from New York City’s Covenant House, which started Sleep Out two years ago, and has proved a valuable way of spreading the organization’s message among a group of community leaders and executives. That said, members of other demographics have expressed an interest in participating in the event, mostly students and young people. To accommodate that interest, Covenant House plans to hold another Sleep Out geared toward students and young professionals, possibly in the fall of 2014. “The most meaningful experience was being in the quiet of the night and physically putting your body down on the hard concrete,” Romig says of his experience last year. “It’s probably not even close to what they experience, but it’s as close as I’ll ever get.” Still, the fact that Romig was able to wake up the next morning, buy a cup of coffee and go on with his day didn’t take away from the experience, he says. “It just gives us … a small taste of what people in our country have to go through every night.”

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SCUTTLEBUTT Quote of the week

“Bobby Jindal and his political team totally blew it. ... Bobby Jindal’s presidential campaign is over. He screwed this up so bad. And I don’t know why. The campaign knew it was moving numbers over Obamacare. And the RGA [Republican Governors Association] was not very far from that information; they could have obtained it themselves. ... They just blew it.” — An unnamed advisor to Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Ken Cuccinelli on The Daily Caller website, blaming RGA head Jindal for Cuccinelli’s loss to Democratic challenger Terry McAuliffe last week. The Cuccinelli team was sore that the RGA hadn’t poured more money into their campaign and that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (who was re-elected the same night) hadn’t come to stump for the Republican candidate. They may have had their reasons; Cuccinelli was the lawmaker who sought to make women seeking abortions submit to state-mandated transvaginal probes. In July, as the state’s attorney general, Cuccinelli created a website advocating the return of sodomy laws (including oral sex), which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down 10 years ago.

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Obama addresses trade in New Orleans

President Barack Obama used the Port of New Orleans as a backdrop Nov. 8 to push for more spending on infrastructure and to create more American jobs. By closing tax loopholes and investing that money in infrastructure, , the president said, the country will be able to create more jobs and increase exports, helping double U.S. exports in five years. With the expansion of the Panama Canal scheduled for completion in 2015, Obama said he wants to make sure the Port of New Orleans and other U.S. export hubs are prepared for the new burdens the waterway will impose, including bigger supertankers that will hold three times the cargo they can today. “Why wouldn’t we put people to work upgrading them?” Obama asked about the ports. Dan Packer, Chairman of the Commission of the Port of New Orleans, told Gambit he was pleased with the president’s remarks, though he would have liked federal funding for projects like expanding the New Orleans container port to be more secure. “I know they’re working on it,” he said. “I don’t think they’ve come to a conclusion on that yet. “It’s a good story,” Packer added. “The ports in America are some of the most important parts of our economic system. You look at the five ports between the bottom of the Mississippi River and Baton Rouge,

that’s the longest port system in the world. And we move a lot of cargo.” Obama used the speech to push three important pieces of legislation: a Farm Bill, which the president argued is not just for farmers, but also for port employees (about 60 percent of American corn floats down the Mississippi River); comprehensive immigration reform, which he argued is vital to American security and the economy; and the creation of a responsible budget. Though Obama’s remarks were focused mainly on the port and how it fits into broader goals for the American economy, the president used his visit to New Orleans to address other issues pertinent to the city and to the state of Louisiana. He commended Mayor Mitch Landrieu, for example, for his investment in public education and talked about expanding Medicaid to uninsured Louisiana residents. Obama’s visit was seen by some as a way of distracting the public from problems with the Affordable Care Act — specifically the well-publicized, wide-ranging problems with its website — but the president raised the issue himself. “But to every American with a preexisting condition who’s been waiting for the day they could be covered just like everybody else,” Obama said, “and for folks who couldn’t afford to buy their own insurance because they don’t get it on the job, we’re going to fix the website. Because the insurance plans are there.” Sen. Mary Landrieu, who flew with the president from Washington, D.C., on Air Force One, was touring other parts of the state and was absent from the president’s New Orleans appearance. The president said kind words on behalf of the senator, who is up for re-election in 2014, stating, “Nobody is a tougher advocate on behalf of the working people of Louisiana than Sen. Landrieu.” Mayor Landrieu also spoke at Friday’s event. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx introduced himself to the audience, as did U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, Louisiana’s only Democrat in the House. Gov. Bobby Jindal was present, but stayed out of the limelight and made no public comment. — JEANIE RIESS

Mayoral over-ride

No extension for older cabs

Just one hour after the New Orleans City Council narrowly passed an ordinance by District E Councilman James Gray to extend the deadline for taxi companies to upgrade their fleets, Mayor Mitch Landrieu doubled down on his taxi reform platform by vetoing the measure. The council’s 4-3 vote Nov. 7 would have extended the compliance deadline another 12 months, giving compa-

nies until Dec. 31, 2014, to ensure their taxis were no more than seven years old. Landrieu’s Twitter account, @MayorLandrieu, posted a photo of the mayor signing the veto with the message, “Mayor Landrieu vetoes roll back on taxi reform and remains steadfast to safe, clean & reliable cabs.” The age limit on cabs is part of what initially was a 32-ordinance package to overhaul taxi service, a goal of Landrieu’s since he took office in 2010. The changes were adopted by the City Council last year, and the deadline for compliance is Dec. 31. Malachi Hull, deputy director of the Department of Safety and Permits, told the council that pushing back the deadline would punish the cabs already complying with the order, and that more than three-quarters of the city’s fleet of 1,600-plus cabs already have upgraded their vehicles. Dozens of taxicab operators filled the council chamber to voice their concerns about the economic strain of purchasing new cars within the city’s time frame. Dolores Montgomery called the compliance deadline a “financial hardship,” especially if older cabs are in good shape. Arguing against the extension were representatives of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau. In a statement later that day, Landrieu said, “For too long, taxicabs had been cited as an impediment to attracting new businesses, conventions, major events, and leisure travelers to New Orleans. Local residents regularly expressed major concerns about reliability, vehicle appearance and safety. With the help of the New Orleans City Council, we passed sweeping reforms in 2012 that resulted in cleaner, newer and more reliable cabs on the streets of New Orleans. … Rolling back or delaying any taxicab reforms sends the wrong message. New Orleans deserves clean, safe, reliable and accessible taxicabs.” At press time, it wasn’t clear if the council would attempt to override the mayor’s veto. An override would require five votes on the seven-member council — one more than voted for the extension. — ALEX WOODWARD

Correction & clarification

In “40 Under 40” (Nov. 5), we printed incorrect information about honoree Lovie Lewis Rodgers. She graduated from Xavier University in 2007, and she is a native of Hammond. Gambit regrets the errors. Also in “40 Under 40,” we stated that Jacob Robinson, one of the honorees, was home-schooled. While he attends school at home, he is enrolled in Louisiana Connections Academy, a K-12 public charter virtual school.

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The biggest bullies

hen Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jonathan Martin walked out on his team last week, the topic of bullying took on a new dimension — literally. Martin, a rookie from Stanford University, is a 6-foot-5, 312-pound offensive tackle, a two-time All-American and a second-round draft pick. But size doesn’t correlate to bullying. The biggest bullies aren’t necessarily the biggest kids, and vice versa. The bully in this case was Martin’s teammate and de facto Dolphins team leader Richie Incognito, whose college football career included suspensions and ejections for unsportsmanlike behavior. In a 2009 Sporting News poll of 99 NFL players, Incognito was picked as the league’s “dirtiest player.” That same year, he was released by the Tennessee Titans after committing two personal fouls in one game and getting in an argument with then-coach Steve Spagnuolo. Incognito, a talented player and a 2012 Pro Bowler, was (and still is, by most accounts) respected by his Dolphins teammates, but now he’s suspended indefinitely while the league investigates allegations that he heaped abuse on Martin in a misguided attempt to “toughen him up” — an assignment allegedly given him by at least one Dolphins coach. NFL commentator Mike Ditka, who once coached the New Orleans Saints, suggested Martin should’ve taken Incognito to “Fist City,” which struck many as a ridiculous, even childish, suggestion. For those who still think Martin should have settled this with his fists, consider that some would have called him a weakling because he couldn’t take “teasing” and chose instead to throw a punch at a team leader. To whom should Martin have complained? The team’s “leadership council” consisted of six players, one of the most influential being Incognito. It’s impossible to imagine coach Joe Philbin wasn’t aware, at least generally, of his team’s locker room culture. So Martin left and went public, the latter of which is a bigger sin to some Miami Dolphins (and some football fans) than the bullying itself. In that respect, the NFL isn’t much different than your neighborhood school. It’s the same reason many states and municipalities, including Louisiana and New Orleans, have passed anti-bullying legislation and policies in recent years. In too many instances, kids who are bullied aren’t backed up by their classmates, teachers or school administrators. Tesa Middlebrook was one of those kids, according to her family. Middlebrook’s family said she’d been bullied relentlessly in school, a claim school officials denied (while admitting they’d looked into two bullying reports filed by the family). Tesa hanged herself from the school bleachers in March 2012.

Despite a push in 2011 from state Rep. Austin Badon, D-New Orleans, and state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans, anti-bullying legislation was killed by conservative Louisiana lawmakers, largely at the behest of the Louisiana Family Forum (LFF), a social-conservative lobbying group. In 2012, after Middlebrook’s suicide, several anti-bullying bills received support from statewide education and civil rights groups but still failed to garner enough votes. State Rep. Pat Smith, D-Baton Rouge, pulled her bill from committee last year when the measure was amended to remove language that defined bullying as harassment for a student’s race, religion, illness or disability, and sexual identity or orientation. Meanwhile, last year, state Sen. Rick Ward, D-Port Allen, introduced the Tesa Middlebrook Anti-Bullying Act. Ward’s bill enumerated no motivating factors for bullying (such as gender, sexual preference and philosophical, political or religious views), and it listed no protected

Americans at every level are divided over how to deal with bullying — but we shouldn’t be. categories. In fact, Ward and the LFF crafted the measure without consulting the Middlebrook family. The bill rewrote substantial portions of Louisiana’s existing law on bullying, and lawmakers passed it by lopsided margins. Locally, former Orleans Parish School Board President (OPSB) Thomas Robichaux helped pass an updated anti-bullying policy for the city’s public school system late last year, before his board term ended. The policy includes a long list of possible motivating factors for bullying. In June, less than six months into her term, new OPSB Vice President Leslie Ellison attempted to gut that policy during a highly contentious board meeting. Ellison raised some of the same objections that the LFF had used in the state Capitol, but her effort failed. What all this proves is that Americans at every level are divided over how to deal with bullying — but we shouldn’t be. Bullying at every level is wrong, period. Bullies should be punished, and victims of bullying should be protected — and praised when they have the guts to come forward.

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Countdown to qualifying This week, real estate executive Eugene Green, who has served in government in various appointed capacities (the latest as a member of the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority), will announce his intention to run against Head, who has a major head start in name recognition and fundraising. Among district councilmembers, only District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer has generated a major opponent so far, but that could change. Former Civil Court Judge Nadine Ramsey has announced her candidacy for District C, which always seems to be the venue for close, hotly contested races. State Rep. Jeff Arnold, D-Algiers, considered making the race as well, but decided to pass.

Historically, New Orleans voters re-elect their mayors, even the ones who might not deserve it. District C has an African-American majority and thus would seem to favor Ramsey, who is black, but since Hurricane Katrina, a growing number of black and white voters have looked past race inside the voting booth. This one will be an election to watch. The contest that should be the hottest on the ballot — the one for Orleans Parish sheriff — has thus far attracted a less-than-stellar field. Incumbent Marlin Gusman is clearly vulnerable. His own testimony in federal court during the consent decree hearings, along with the incendiary video of inmates drinking and doing drugs in his jail, would be enough to end the career of most politicians. But so far, only former Sheriff (and former state Attorney General) Charles Foti and School Board President Ira Thomas have lined up to run against him. Foti, who is 75, was sheriff for almost 30 years. Some say he created the problems at Orleans Parish Prison in the first place; many suspect that he will simply ensure Gusman’s re-election in a racially divisive contest. Thomas has yet to show that he has the chops for the race or the job. Between now and Dec. 13, we’ll see who has the heart — and the stomach — for public office these days.

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n just four weeks, candidates for municipal and some parochial offices in New Orleans will line up to run — or not. The three-day qualifying period for mayor, City Council and several parochial offices runs from Dec. 11-13. So far, only a handful of races appear to be generating much interest, even among potential candidates. It should come as no surprise that Mayor Mitch Landrieu has not attracted a well-financed opponent. Polls consistently show that voters approve of the job he’s doing, and he has more than $1.6 million on hand for a campaign, if one proves necessary. Historically, New Orleans voters re-elect their mayors, even the ones who might not deserve it. (Read: Ray Nagin.) Landrieu doesn’t score so well among elected officials, which is largely a reflection of his style. Let’s just say Hizzoner has “control issues.” Such things bother other politicians a lot; the voters, not so much. The only candidate to announce a run against Landrieu is attorney and local NAACP leader Danatus King, who had barely $500 on hand according to his recent campaign finance report. King may not pose much of a threat at the polls, but he strikes a chord among the city’s poor and dispossessed. He will get a lot more votes for his $500 than many expect. If anyone else is thinking about running against Landrieu, he or she better start making some noise. Unless someone with name recognition and significant fundraising ability shows up soon, Landrieu is a lock. Things are not so certain on the City Council. For the first time, candidates will run for the council’s two at-large seats in separate contests. At-Large Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson is term-limited, so her seat is open. So far, three candidates have announced their intentions to seek Clarkson’s seat: District D Councilwoman Cynthia HedgeMorrell; attorney and one-time district attorney candidate Jason Williams, who is the son-in-law of former Mayor Sidney Barthelemy; and former interim District E Councilman Freddie Charbonnet. Hedge-Morrell has served on the council since early 2005 and has the greatest name recognition, but after almost nine years in office, not all of that recognition is favorable. She is term-limited in District D. Williams, at 41, represents a generational shift. If either he or Charbonnet can raise enough money to mount a full-scale campaign, Hedge-Morrell will have a race on her hands. The other at-large council race will have incumbent Stacy Head seeking re-election.

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he grief that follows the loss of a child to violence is one of the most unbearable burdens life can impose on a mother. It is one of life’s mysteries, then, that by gathering a dozen such heavy souls in one room, the burden on all of them becomes lighter. “It hurts deeply to lose a kid,” said Ann Dimes, a member of the “Helping Mothers Heal” group at the Watson Teaching Ministries on St. Charles Avenue. “So you reach out to another mother, another sister ... because life is precious. Life will continue to go on.” More than a year ago, the Family Center of Hope on St. Charles Avenue held a summit on the African-American male, a two-day discussion of ways to address the ongoing violence in that segment of the community. At the end of the conference, after the statistics had been shared and the solutions proffered, one grieving mother stood and asked what could be done for her, whose son was already gone. Afterward the Rev. Pat Watson met with the woman privately, and out of their communion, she formed the “Helping Mothers Heal” group — initially intended as a six-week program. “We started out to be a group to understand the pain and the hurt in mothers who have lost their sons to violence,” Watson said. “Here we are, 16 months later, still sharing, still loving on one another, still caring.”

The pain that mothers experience is almost incomprehensible, not only to outsiders, but to the mothers themselves. Some are unable to work, some turn to drugs or alcohol, and many simply wish they were dead, Watson said. In therapy, once an individual begins to use her creativity to solve problems or build new things, it is viewed as a sure sign that healing has taken root, Watson said. As the program grows and helps more mothers channel their pain into action, group organizers hope to reach beyond mothers to family and friends of victims, creating a citywide movement to treat the problem of violence at its source. “We sing this song in the church, ‘There’s an army rising up,’” Watson said. “I believe this is the new army.” On the following pages, you’ll meet some of those women and hear their stories. — ROBERT MORRIS — This story was produced with our partners at Uptown Messenger. To learn more about “Helping Mothers Heal,” read more stories from women whose children have been killed on the streets of New Orleans and see additional photographs, visit www.uptownmessenger.com. PAGE 16

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Five stories of women who have lost their children to violence on the streets of New Orleans

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MARTHA BULLOCK MOTHER OF DESMOND O’NEAL BELL

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CATHY RICKMON MOTHER OF ORLANDO “LANNY” RICKMON

“We mourn in our own way during the week, but when we meet together on Thursday, we heal.”

athy Rickmon and Martha Bullock had been casual friends for years, but “we weren’t close until the tragedy of our sons,” Rickmon said. “We will always have a bond because someone who we loved, that we loved very dearly, was lost on the same day,” Bullock said. Rickmon’s 26-year-old son, Orlando “Lanny” Rickmon, was proud to call himself a momma’s boy. He was everyone’s friend, always laughing and joking around, with special places in his heart for his daughter, his car and his mother’s cooking. “I miss him saying, ‘You cooked! You cooked!’” said Rickmon, a cook at Esperanza High School. Bullock’s 22-year-old son, Desmond O’Neal Bell, showed talent at playing football and music early on. He played the

trumpet in his school marching bands, and his parents would always march with the band during Mardi Gras parades. Good at school and great with computers, Bell worked at a glass shop at the time of his death but planned to study computer technology in college. He also loved repairing ceiling fans or other electrical things around the house. “He was my handyman,” Bullock said. In February 2013, Lanny was shot 13 times on Toledano Street but survived after driving himself to the hospital. Doctors said that with the gunshots Lanny received, he was fortunate to have lived. Two months later, on April 23, Bell planned to meet his mother to take her to a car wash but stopped on Baudin Street first to charge a new phone and visit with friends. That day, still recovering, Lanny

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asked his mom to make him one of his favorite dishes: Italian chicken. Rickmon was cooking when she heard the gunshots. “My children are dead; my children are dead,” Rickmon recalls saying as she ran through the house. Bullock was working when she got a phone call that her son had been shot. When she arrived at Baudin Street, police officers stopped her at the crime-scene tape and told her that her son had been shot and taken to the hospital. Bullock immediately went to Rickmon’s house and started praying, not realizing her son had already died. “You always hear about what other families go through, but you never think you will,” Bullock said. “You never think that you will be a statistic, and now I am.” “I hear about it on TV, but I never thought it would hit me,” Rickmon said. The day of Bell’s funeral, Bullock screamed and cried for two hours before being able to view her son. She

still has never been able bring herself to read an autopsy or police report. “I am not strong enough to know how he suffered,” Bullock said. “I don’t know if I ever will.” Bullock and Rickmon began talking several times a day after their sons were killed. When Bullock found out about the Helping Mothers Heal group early this summer, she and Rickmon decided to go together. “We mourn in our own way during the week, but when we meet together on Thursday, we heal,” Bullock said. For her, the key to moving forward lies in helping others in the same situation. “Sometimes we mothers don’t know what our kids are into, but I know for a fact that my son wasn’t into any violent activity,” Bullock said. “I still don’t know why he is dead or not here. Every black child with dreads is not a gang member. That’s just their style. They shouldn’t be stereotyped by dreads. … It was our kids on April 23, but it could be your kids the next time.” PAGE18

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arguerite LaJoy Washington came to her adoptive mother Margaret Washington at 3 months old, and from the beginning she was the family’s princess. “She was my shadow,” said Washington, a former nursing instructor. “She grew up in my church, in my sorority, at Charity School of Nursing, with my nursing alumni group. Wherever I was, she was there. It allowed her to be exposed to positive things, positive values and allowed her to get maturity much earlier than the average child.” LaJoy, as she was affectionately known, started ballet at the age of 5, was devoted to Girl Scouts and later became a Junior Saintsation for the New Orleans Saints. She graduated from Eleanor McMain Secondary School in 2012, where she had the secondhighest physics average and was known as “Bubbles” for her upbeat attitude. LaJoy was the reigning Queen of the New Orleans Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Eager to start college and study pediatrics, LaJoy began taking summer classes at Dillard University shortly after graduating. In the fall, she moved into dorms at Dillard, but she still called her mom daily, asking her mother to

bring her different clothes and belongings from the house. On Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, LaJoy ordered Chinese food with her roommate. She had only taken a bite when she got a phone call and told her roommate she would be right back. LaJoy never returned to the dorm. When a police officer and chaplain arrived on Washington’s doorstep the next morning, she immediately feared something had happened to her older son. When the authorities asked if Washington had a daughter, she stood in disbelief and then started to sob. The natural order of things had been swept away. LaJoy had gone to her new boyfriend’s house, and they were watching TV and eating food from Taco Bell, when they heard a knock on the window, Washington said. LaJoy’s boyfriend went to the window, and gunfire broke out. The boy survived. LaJoy did not. “Why my child?” Washington asked. “You should have gotten the one you were aiming for, and my child was lost in the process. I know that it’s not right, but it’s how I feel. My Christian values say we shouldn’t question

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“Why my child?” death, but my human part says, ‘Why not?’” Washington’s sorority sister, Chanda Burks, had lost her son Jared recently and told Washington about the mother’s group. Washington attended her first meeting in October 2012, less then two weeks after LaJoy’s death. “I sat there crying pretty much through the whole thing,” Washington said. “I just felt a calming spirit. These are people that understand where I am and what I am going through. My ability to continue is just strengthened each time I go and I want to be there to help another mother because I

know the process. It has just been so rewarding and comforting.” Two men are in jail awaiting trial for her daughter’s murder. The trial was delayed in mid-October, but more than 100 members of her church were planning to attend. For Washington, a trial and conviction would represent an opportunity for closure. “Too many cases are just allowed to fester and fester, year in and year out, and that is not good for the family,” Washington said. “I don’t want to see anybody die, but a life has been indiscriminately taken, so they need to serve some time.”

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hen 26-year-old Christopher Guilbeau Jr. was shot on Elysian Fields Avenue in 2007, he survived but was blinded. When he suddenly died from his injuries two years later, it was his mother’s life that plunged into darkness. “The people who are doing the murdering are not just hurting the mothers and the fathers of the child they are hurting,” Linn James said. “They are hurting generations of people. They are hurting those young men’s children and cousins and nephews and grandparents. You are hurting a whole world of people who you will never know — because of something senseless.” Guilbeau grew up loving music and played the trombone at Fortier High School in the late 1990s. After high school, he became a barber and had a daughter.

James was at the apartment building she managed early on an October morning in 2007 when she got a phone call informing her Guilbeau had been shot. In disbelief, she immediately hung up the phone, then started to scream and then to pray. Guilbeau was shot through his hand and jaw, but fragments of the bullet entered his brain. He lost one eye and became blind in the other. It was the beginning of a new life. “He was extraordinarily brave,” James said. “He was like a new person on the outside, but you knew he was a wounded soul on the inside. [He acted] as if nothing had happened. I think he was that way to protect me, his sister and his daughter.” His family had to bathe him and teach him how to eat. Guilbeau had almost no sense of taste or smell,

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“The people who are doing the murdering are not just hurting the mothers and the fathers of the child they are hurting. ... They are hurting generations of people.” remembers replying. In March 2009, Guilbeau suddenly died of complications related to his brain injury. After her son’s death, James descended into a downward spiral, unable to sleep, losing weight and planning suicide. She had to quit her job and ultimately admitted herself to a hospital for treatment. Now, James is moving forward by helping others. She recently told a mother in St. Rose who had just lost her toddler about the group, and plans to continue recruiting others. “It helps me with my healing process and shows me that I am stronger than I think I am,” James said. “I don’t look like what I have been through.”

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but the one dish he said he could still taste was “bananas friddle,” pancakes with bananas, so his mother cooked it whenever he asked for it. She had to take a leave of absence from work and eventually had to resign. After three months, Guilbeau enrolled in a yearlong program in Ruston to teach him to live without the sense of sight. James would talk to her son on the phone nearly every night, sometimes for 30 minutes, sometimes an hour, but it was never a short conversation. Once a month, he would come home for the weekend. During Mardi Gras, Guilbeau came home and told his mother the Lord was soon to take him. “The Lord didn’t take me this far to take you from me,” James

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“Just because he got murdered doesn’t mean he was a bad person or I was a bad mother.”

n a May evening in 2011, Ann Dimes stood outside a 9th Ward home with her 26-yearold son, Danny Joseph Roberts. Roberts had a bout with a kidney stone, and Dimes, a surgical technician, wanted to check on him. Roberts, a longshoreman since the age of 16, had just gotten a settlement check from the BP oil disaster and felt on top of the world despite his medical problems. His mother reminded him he needed to keep his car door locked, but he brushed off her concerns by telling her to give him a hug. Then his phone rang. A voice on the other end of the line — one Dimes has never identified but will never forget overhearing — asked to borrow a shirt to wear to a club. Roberts told his mother he loved her and would see her the next day, so she turned around,

closed the door and went inside. Minutes later, Dimes’ phone began ringing — Roberts was dead, shot seven times in the face just blocks from where they had last hugged goodbye. “I am not the same person,” Dimes said. “It haunts me all the time. I just can’t understand the purpose of killing him that way.” Roberts graduated with honors from West Jefferson High School in 2003 and, as a member of JROTC, was offered a scholarship to the Air Force Academy. Instead, he opted to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and uncle by working as a longshoreman. Dimes and Roberts used to meet on Race and Tchoupitoulas streets several times a week at 5:30 a.m., before she went to work at the hospital and he went to work on the

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feels ashamed that her son was murdered. “Just because he got murdered doesn’t mean he was a bad person or I was a bad mother,” Dimes said. “I gave him all the tools that he needed and his life was just cut short from violent crime.” Roberts’ 35-year-old sister, who loved him like her own baby, recently suffered a stroke while crying over his death. Dimes bases her own healing in cherishing Roberts’ memory and hopes to take a stand against future killings by teaching other mothers to do the same. “It can happen to any mother just like this,” Dimes said. “If I had known it had been my last time seeing him, smelling him, kissing him, all the normal things — I would have never shut that door.”

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docks, to hug each other and talk. “My son being my baby boy, we had a bond out of this world,” Dimes said. “He was my best friend. He always showed me that he loved me, kissing me. Even as a grown man he would cuddle up and watch a movie with me.” After Hurricane Katrina, Roberts and his mother traveled through Little Rock, Ark., Dallas and Memphis, Tenn., before returning to New Orleans. When they returned, Roberts made new friends, and something was different about them, Dimes said. She began to tell him she was worried he would end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. In 2013, Dimes learned about the Helping Mothers Heal group, and through it has begun to process her emotions. She said she no longer

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Here’s a big basket full of treats for oenophiles with spectacular taste. The Simply Sensational Gift Basket is centered around fruity Chateau Roustaing Bordeaux Rouge and crisp, aromatic Alois Lageder Pinot Grigio Vigneti Delle Dolomiti. It includes Dare Coconut Creme cookies, Wisecrackers Everything & More crackers, Cavendish & Harvey Wild Berry Berry Drops and Godiva Chocolate Lava Cake Truffles, $50 at Martin Wine Cellar (714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, 504-896-7300; Village Shopping Center, 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, 985-951-8081; 3500 Magazine St., 504-894-7420; www.martinwine.com).

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Cover By Angela Hernandez

Story Mark Benson, owner of Benson’s Upholstery, has been covering furniture for almost 40 years. P H OTO BY C H ER Y L G ER B ER

well as custom cushions, pillows and replacement foam for worn-out seats. “We are leather and commercial upholstery specialists, and we do residential furniture,” Benson says. “We are deadline-oriented, fast and precise.” Although Benson is self-taught, he felt it was important to hire people with a solid background in the business. His head upholsterer, Mike Vonderhaar, is a second-generation upholsterer. Benson’s son and daughter, now working in the Navy and as a dermatologist, respectively, worked in the shop when they were younger. “As they grew up, they both worked in the business, so it gave them a good work ethic,” Benson says. A native New Orleanian whose family has been in the city for many generations, Benson values his longstanding relationships. “We appreciate the relationships we have with the local businesses, and they appreciate the outstanding service,” Benson says. “My greatest responsibility is to provide the best possible product and in turn maintain a healthy business for my employees and customers.”

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SOPO (629 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-609-2429; www.soponola.com) and Henry & Belle (www. shophenryandbelle.com) present a denim trunk show from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13. There will be free refreshments and cocktails. Donate an accessory and receive 20 percent off denim. A portion of sales benefits Dress for Success New Orleans. Four Points by Sheraton New Orleans (6401 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504885-5700; www.starwoodhotels.com/fourpoints/neworleansairport) hosts a Holiday Marketplace from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16. There will be more than 20 local businesses, door prizes, giveaways and gift wrapping, with proceeds benefiting the New Orleans Mission.

by Missy Wilkinson

Rubensteins (102 St. Charles Ave., 504-5816666; www.rubensteinsneworleans.com) and My House NOLA (www.myhousenola.com) host a food truck roundup from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15. Four food trucks (Crepes A La Cart, Foodie Call, The Fat Falafel and Food Drunk) will park outside Rubensteins on the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Canal Street. Make a $50 purchase at Rubensteins through Friday, Nov. 15 and receive a $10 voucher to redeem at the food trucks. Trashy Diva (citywide; www.trashydiva.com) celebrates the grand opening of its lingerie boutique (2044 Magazine St., 504-522-5686) at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16. There will be store discounts from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., free cocktails, burlesque performances, giveaways and gift bags for the first 25 attendees.

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ark Benson never planned to become an upholsterer, much less own his own custom upholstery business, Benson’s Upholstery (3044 Galleria Drive, Metairie, 504-831-5244; www.bensons-upholstery. com). During college in the 1970s, Benson received his family’s unwanted furniture. Instead of living with worn cast-offs, Benson decided to fix up the pieces. “It was either that or have ratty furniture,” Benson says. “I liked working on automobiles when I was younger, so I was always good with my hands.” Benson sought guidance from family members who knew about upholstery, but he is primarily self-taught. Once Benson finished his pieces, he received upholstery requests from people who had seen his work. He continued to work through college in the back of a convenience store, where he first opened his business. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, he was a marketing executive for his cousin Tom Benson, who owns the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans. “He was my inspiration, showing me what it takes to create a successful business,” Benson says. Benson left his marketing position in 1996 to fully devote himself to his upholstery business. It offers complete upholstery services for commercial and residential customers, designer fabrics and leather upholstery, as

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Whether it’s gumbo, oyster dressing, turduchen or holiday turkeys and hams basted with Steen’s syrup or root beer, around here, our food customs are as important as our cultural and religious ones. Our stores are filled with all your local favorites, from mirlitons, sweet potatoes and pecans, to shrimp, crabs and oysters.

“Supporting local businesses during the holidays makes your community merrier all year long. Our chefs use only the finest, freshest ingredients to prepare your Thanksgiving dinner. We offer complete holiday meals (turkey or ham) with traditional fixings, as well as dressings and side dishes.” – Donny Rouse To order, call or visit any of our locations. For locations, phone numbers and a copy of our holiday menu, go to www.rouses.com.

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After 28 years in business, Fat City institution Crazy Johnnie’s Steakhouse (3520 18th St., Metairie, 504-887-6641; www.crazyjohnnies.net) announced it will close soon. According to manager Barry Sevin, owner Johnnie Schram had been struggling for the past few months with the idea of closing, originally planning to stay open until the busy holiday season. However, she decided to close Nov. 5 when the kitchen went through its last shipment, he says. Largely due to more than 3,000 shares, likes and comments on the restaurant’s Facebook post about shuttering, Crazy Johnnie’s ran out of steak the next day. Sevin cites a steady financial decline as the restaurant’s main reason for closing. “The price of meat keeps going up, so you can’t sell a cheap steak anymore,” he said. “Also, the concept had kind of run its course.” Sevin says the restaurant’s most popular dishes were the “crazy” potatoes, “crazy” bread, barbecue shrimp, steaks and steak sandwiches. — MEGAN BRADEN-PERRY

Mondo izakaya Yuki Izakaya serves Japanese small plates. By Scott Gold

Multiply by pie Yuki Izakaya serves small plates including raw tuna preparations and Japanese-style fried chicken. P H O TO BY C HERY L G ERBER

fermented soybeans, which pack a pungent, malty flavor and a distinctive, sticky texture that few Westerners seem to appreciate. Yuki has a formidable sake selection, including dry, floral hot, cold, and milky unfiltered versions, not to mention a fine array of shochu, a Japanese liquor distilled from sugar cane, sweet potato, barley, tea, rice or other bases. Not everything at Yuki is outstanding. One live band, while good, was loud enough to make conversation difficult. The yakitori (skewered grilled chicken) seemed promising, but the restaurant was out of the crispy chicken skin, and the dark meat, while flavorful, lacked the distinctive char open flames provide. Service was pleasant, if flighty at times. For those looking for authentic Japanese flavors instead of California rolls, as well as an outstanding sake and shochu selection in a lively environment, Yuki Izakaya is the place.

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authentic Japanese tavern fare, drinks and live music

Specialty pizza shop Magazine Pizza (1068 Magazine St., 504-568-0212; www.magazinepizza.com) will open a second location in Mid-City this month, its owner confirmed Nov. 6. Owner Gokmen Guler said after light renovation he hopes to open by the end of November in the space formerly occupied by Yang’s Po-Boy’s (4840 Bienville St.). Guler, who owns the restaurant with business partner Murat Gundogdu, opened the first Magazine Pizza two years ago on the 1000 block of Magazine Street. He said customer favorites include the Margherita, Aphrodisiac and Hangover pizzas. This won’t be the first time the Mid-City space is occupied by a pizza joint. It’s the same building where the Original Italian Pie got its start, which now has many locations across the city and several states. Magazine Pizza sent a Twitter message Nov. 6 stating it was

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n Japan, an izakaya is a tavern that serves food and drinks. Izakaya diners typically sit for hours drinking beer, sake and other potent potables while sharing small plates from a large and varied menu. The experience is perfectly suited to a city like New Orleans. There is only one of these Japanese taverns in the Big Easy: Yuki Izakaya. Amid the jazz, brass and funk band sounds emanating from neighboring clubs, Yuki offers a true taste of the Land of the Rising Sun’s popular street dishes, home-style shared plates and an impressive list of drinks. And, because this is New Orleans, there is live music daily. There are a few things newcomers to Yuki should know right off the bat. While there are a number of raw fish preparations on the menu, Yuki is not a sushi bar. Diners should not expect traditional sushi or American-style sushi rolls. There also isn’t any notion of dining courses, sequenced from appetizers to entrees to desserts. The experience is best compared to Spanish tapas dining, with small plates arriving whenever they happen to be ready. But here, patience is a well-rewarded virtue. Visiting Yuki for the first time is like being transported from Frenchmen Street to a bustling tavern in Tokyo or Osaka. The walls feature Japanese art and pop-cultural artifacts, and classic Japanese films are projected on the wall above the bar. It is a dimly lit, casual environment that suits drinking. Diners looking for familiar Japanese items will not be disappointed. Old favorites abound, from edamame to seaweed salad, shumai (seafood dumplings), miso, ramen and udon soups and sashimi. There also are french fries, but fortune favors the brave, and it’s worth a step outside of your comfort zone. Dishes not to miss include mentai oroshi: spicy cod roe atop finely grated daikon. It is a simple and intensely flavorful but not overpowering dish: the delicate brininess of the cod eggs is complemented perfectly by the sharpness of the radish. It delivers a quick burst of umami, and is gone all too quickly. The onigiri, or rice balls, were a spot-on version of the popular Japanese snack, packed tightly in seaweed and filled with either cod roe or savory plum paste. Karaage, Japanese-style fried chicken, was juicy, flavorful and expertly fried — a true winner, and unique among the many varieties of fried chicken in New Orleans. Grilled yellowtail neck left our party fighting over who got to scoop out the last bit of fragrant flesh from the roasted fish bone. The most adventurous diners might enjoy the maguro natto, a combination of raw tuna and

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Kevin Vizard

hiring at the Mid-City location. — MARTA JEWSON | UPTOWN MESSENGER

Chef shuffle

Several chefs recently moved to new kitchens. Most prominently, chef and restaurateur Kevin Vizard has taken the helm at Southern Yacht Club (105 N. Roadway St., 504-288-4200; www.southernyachtclub.org), where dining is open to members only. Vizard opened his namesake eatery Vizard’s in the Garden District after Hurricane Katrina and then moved it Uptown to the spot vacated by Alberta’s (5015 Magazine St.). In September 2012, he changed the format from fine dining to casual fare and renamed the restaurant Hevin. The menu featured items such as the “po-nini,” a po-boy/ panini hybrid. Located among the marinas at West End, Southern Yacht Club is the second oldest yacht club in

the U.S. Vizard says it’s his maiden voyage into private dining, but he’s eager to “bring the same creativity to this 164-year-old institution that I put into all my restaurants.” Downtown, neo-Sicilian restaurant Cibugnu (709 St. Charles Ave., 504-558-8990; www.cibugnu.com) has tapped Richard Papier as its new executive chef. Papier is a New Orleans native and veteran of Emeril’s Restaurant, Herbsaint (which is next door to Cibugnu) and Delachaise. Cibugnu will continue to serve wood-fired pizzas, handmade pastas and house-cured salumi. The wine list focuses on Sicilian varietals. In August, former Cibugnu chef Octavio Ycaza moved to another Warehouse District address. He joins the kitchen of RioMar (800 S. Peters St., 504-525-3474; www. riomarseafood.com), where chef/ co-owner Miles Prescott specializes in Spanish and Latin American seafood dishes. — SCOTT GOLD

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Ryan Prewitt Peche Seafood Grill was years in the making, including several globetrotting trips by chef Ryan Prewitt to study traditional livefire cooking on two continents. Prewitt, a veteran of Donald Link’s restaurant group, shares his thoughts on seafood sourcing, cooking and manning a large custom-built grill.

Peche specializes in live fire cooking with a focus on Louisiana and Gulf seafood. How does that hearth in the middle of your kitchen affect the restaurant’s dynamic?

The royal red shrimp are a house specialty, and an ingredient that might be new to local diners. Can you tell us more about them?

P: Royal reds are cold, deep-water shrimp. They swim anywhere between 800 to 1,500 feet down, and there are only a few boats out there that are able to get them. So we work with a company that owns two of those boats. Flavor-wise, you get soft, succulent shrimp meat, and you can even eat the legs and the “spider” (the inside of the head) like you would with a cold-water prawn. They also have a nice, natural salinity — we don’t even add any salt when we cook them. They’re just grilled and then brushed with a lemon, garlic and black pepper compound butter. Very simple and really delicious.

You also serve a whole grilled fish at Peche. What was the inspiration behind that?

P: After eating so many of them, you come to learn that there’s so much more to a fish than just the fillet. It’s the equivalent of realizing that there’s more to a cow than a tenderloin, and more to a pig than a pork chop. A lot of the inspiration for Peche came from a trip to Uruguay, where they were grilling whole sea bass over live coals. And also San Sebastian, Spain, where they grill tons of whole fish: turbot, mackerels, cod throats, cheeks of various fish, you name it. Deciding to take that to a restaurant concept was something that happened right after we opened, and the reception that people have had to it has been amazing. There’s nothing more heartwarming than seeing a whole family sit down and all dig into a whole fish together. It seems like there’s always one person at a table who says, “You know what’s the best? The cheeks, and the meat behind the head.” But it’s not a new concept; it’s a very common thing in so many cultures, though maybe not as much in New Orleans. And to give people another way of looking at the fish is very gratifying. — SCOTT GOLD

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Prewitt: The hearth is like a living, breathing thing, and it cooks about three-quarters of the restaurant’s food. It doesn’t work like an oven or a gas grill, so it involves a more interactive style of cooking. It lends itself toward a different sort of creativity — you’re always thinking “I’m getting these vegetables, this fish” and you have to think about how the grill enhances the natural flavors of that fish and other ingredients, and what sauces we can use to complement them. It’s not all hot and fast cooking, although there’s an element of that. There’s also the ability to throw some sweet potatoes right on the coals, or slow-cook eggplant above a low heat part of the grill, or take peppers or chilis and cover them in a perforated pan so that they really soak up a lot of that wood smoke as they cook.

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Chef at Peche Seafood Grill

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WINE of the week 2012 Bodegas Terra Sigillata Filon Garnacha C AL ATAY UD, SPAIN RETAIL $8-$10

Spain produces many noteworthy bargain wines, and Calatayud, a DO (Denominacion de Origen) classified district, is hailed as currently producing the best values for inexpensive bottlings. Calatayud is in an arid, sun-drenched area surrounded by mountain ranges, and its primary grape is garnacha tinta. Largely planted on the south-facing slopes of the Sierra de la Virgen mountain range, the vineyards feature rocky, loose soils flecked with slate and limestone. This wine is made from 100 percent garnacha grapes sourced from 30- to 40-year-old vines and fermented in stainless steel. The wine offers aromas of red and black berries and floral, spice and smoky scents. On the palate, taste raspberry, dark cherry, cassis and mineral notes. Open 15 minutes before serving to aerate. Drink it with tapas, gumbo, rotisserie chicken, lamb ragout, roasted duck, grilled sausages, tamales and manchego cheese. Buy it at: Keife and Co., Swirl Wine Bar & Market and Acquistapace’s Covington Supermarket. Drink it at: Three Muses and Santa Fe. — BRENDA MAITLAND

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Jim Barrett and Joel A. Ohmer want people to know that Houma is getting serious about craft beer. The longtime friends founded the Bayou Beer Society (www. bayoubeersociety.org) last year when Ohmer says they realized, “If you wanted to do anything with beer, you really had to go to New Orleans.” They decided to change that through education, advocacy and events. The society is holding its first event, the Bayou Beer Fest, (www.bayoubeerfest. com) Saturday on the grounds of Southdown Plantation (1208 Museum Drive, Houma, 985-851-0154; www.southdownmuseum.org). Organizers suggest arriving close to the noon start time in order to sample the full array of local and nonlocal craft beers and homebrews. Plantation tours are free for festival attendees, and there will be music by Soul Creole. Proceeds go to charities that serve Louisiana veterans. The festival’s tickets-for-beer format is based on the annual LA/SPCA (www. la-spca.org) beer fundraising event, New Orleans On Tap. Louisiana breweries will sell their beer, and Bayou Teche Brewing will offer a special Bananas Foster beer based on its Biere Noir with the addition of bananas, brown sugar, chocolate, cinnamon and vanilla. Gambit’s second FestivAles event also is scheduled Saturday. The Freret Street pub crawl begins at noon and attendees can visit six participaiting bars and restaurants at their own pace. The event features all craft beers, including brews from Abita Brewing Company, Covington Brewhouse, Lazy Magnolia, Brewery Ommegang, New Belgium Brewing Company and others. Southern Tier Brewing Company will serve its 2XIPA and there’s Old Rasputin from North Coast Brewing. Visit www.bestofneworleans.com/festivales for details. — NORA MCGUNNIGLE

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11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday The Kupcake Factory, 537 Toulouse St., 504-464-8884

Mandeville OctoberFeast grand tasting 3 p.m. Saturday Mandeville Trailhead, 675 Lafitte St., Mandeville, 985-624-3147

www.mandevilletrailhead.org Attendees can sample more than 100 wines, specialty beers and spirits paired with cuisine from area restaurants. There’s live entertainment, door prizes and a raffle. Proceeds benefit St. Tammany National Alliance for Mental Health and Old Mandeville Historic Association. Tickets $35

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The Kupcake Factory grand opening www.thekupcakefactory.com The cupcakery celebrates the opening of its fifth location with complimentary cupcakes, cupcake specials and giveaways. Attendees can try The Kupcake Factory’s fall flavors and eight ice cream selections from New Orleans Ice Cream Company.

Ciro’s Cote Sud Restaurant Diners can order mussels and fries Provencal- or marinieresstyle or topped with curry or blue cheese sauces.

11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday Premium Parking, 408 Camp St., 504-565-5546

www.facebook.com/apptitudenola Apptitude hosts a party to celebrate the launch of its latest apps, New Orleans Food Trucks and Premium Parking. An Apple TV, a parking contract and food truck gift certificates will be given away. Food trucks in attendance: NOLA Girl, Empanada Intifada, Food Drunk, Crepes a la Cart, La Cocinita, We Dat, Rue Chow, The NOLA Truck, Ye Olde Kettle Cooker and Velvet to Geaux.

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

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

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Knuckleheads Eatery — 3535 Severn Ave., Suite 10, Metairie, (504) 888-5858; www.knuckleheadsnola.com — This casual eatery serves burgers, sandwiches, wraps, salads and bar noshes. Mulligan Mike’s all-Angus chuck burger is topped with grilled ham and Swiss or cheddar cheese and comes with fries and a pickle. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ O’Henry’s Food & Spirits — 634 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 866-9741; 8859 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, (504) 461-9840; www. ohenrys.com — Complimentary peanuts are the calling card of these casual, family friendly restaurants. The menu includes burgers, steaks, ribs, pasta, fried seafood, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Somethin’ Else Cafe — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www.somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. There are burgers, po-boys and sandwiches filled with

Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino. com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

BAR & GRILL American Sports Saloon — 1200 Decatur St., (504) 522-2410 — This sports bar serves burgers made with house-ground patties, chicken wings, 12 beers on tap and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Bayou Beer Garden — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 302-9357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Down the Hatch — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 522-0909; www.downthehatchnola.com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The house-made veggie burger combines 15 vegetables and is served with sun-dried tomato pesto. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Jigger’s Bar & Grill — 1645 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 828-3555 — The sports bar serves sandwiches and bar noshing items. Half or full-round muffulettas are filled with Italian ham, Genoa salami, provolone cheese and house-made olive salad and served toasted. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Rendon Inn’s Dugout Sports Bar — 4501 Eve St., (504) 826-5605; www.therendoninn.com — The Boudreaux burger combines lean ground beef, hot sausage and applewood-smoked bacon on a ciabatta bun with cheese, onions and remoulade. Fresh cut fries are served with Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of truffle oil. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www. therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches

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overflowing with deli meats and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Shamrock Bar & Grill — 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 301-0938 — Shamrock serves an Angus rib-eye steak with a side item, burgers, shrimp or roast beef po-boys, grilled chicken, spinach and artichoke dip and more. No reservations. Dinner and late night daily. Credit cards. $

BARBECUE Boo Koo BBQ — 3701 Banks St., (504) 202-4741; www.bookoobbq. com — The Boo Koo burger is a ground brisket patty topped with pepper Jack cheese, boudin and sweet chile aioli. The Cajun banh mi fills a Vietnamese roll with hogshead cheese, smoked pulled pork, boudin, fresh jalapeno, cilantro, cucumber, carrot, pickled radish and sriracha sweet chile aioli. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.Sat. Cash only. $ Hickory Prime BBQ — 6001 France Road, (757) 277-8507; www.hickoryprimebbq.com — Proprietors Billy Rhodes and Karen Martin have won several barbecue competitions. They serve Texas-style brisket, smoked chicken, ribs and more. The pulled pork platter features pork cooked for 12 hours over hickory and white oak and it comes with two sides. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Saucy’s — 4200 Magazine St., (504) 301-2755; www.saucysnola. com — Saucy’s serves slowsmoked St. Louis-style pork ribs, pulled pork, brisket, smoked sausage and grilled chicken. The cochon blue is a sandwich of pulled pork, blue cheese and melted mozzerella on a bun. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

BURGERS Charcoal’s Gourmet Burger Bar — 2200 Magazine St., (504) 644-4311; www.charcoalgourmetburgerbar.com — This burger specialist’s patty options include beef, bison, shrimp and veggie. The House burger is dressed with cheddar, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, mayonnaise and mustard and served with housemade chips. The Cobb salad features romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, avocado, tomato, onion, applewood-smoked bacon, blue cheese, croutons and buttermilk ranch or honey-mustard dressing. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com

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Huh! A Restaurant & Bar — 3401 N. Hullen St., Metairie, (504) 2292484; www.huhrestaurant.com — This restaurant serves salads, sandwiches, burgers, entrees and sweet and savory crepes. The king cake crepes are available in plain and filled varieties topped with purple, green and gold icing and sugar. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., and open Sundays during New Orleans Saints games. Credit cards. $$

everything from cochon de lait to a trio of melted cheeses on buttered thick toast. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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OUT to EAT — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, poboys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. Besides patty melts and chili-cheeseburgers, there also are seafood burgers featuring tuna, salmon or crabmeat. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines. com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. The ham and honey-Dijon panino is topped with feta and watercress. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Breads on Oak — 8640 Oak St., Suite A, (504) 324-8271; www. breadsonoak.com — The bakery offers a range of breads, muffins, pastries and sweets. Pain au chocolat is a buttery, flakey croissant filled with dark chocolate, and a vegan version also is available. The breads include traditional, hand-shaped Parisian-style baguettes. No reservations. Breakfast Thu.-Sun., lunch Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www.cafefreret.com — The cafe serves breakfast itemes like the Freret Egg Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage served on toasted white or wheat bread or an English muffin. Signature sandwiches include the Chef’s Voodoo Burger, muffuletta and Cuban po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 4821264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

CHINESE Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein

dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Jung’s Golden Dragon — 3009 Magazine St., (504) 891-8280; www.jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine. Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www. angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop and serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Rue de la Course — 1140 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-4343; www. facebook.comruedelacourse — The coffeeshop offers a selection of bagels (plain, sesame, everything, honey whole wheat or cinnamon-raisin) from Artz Bagelz. The Downtown sandwich includes turkey, bacon, Swiss cheese, avocado, tomato, lettuce, sprouts and mayonnaise on a choice of bagel and comes with chips, potato salad or coleslaw. The Lakeview features chicken or tuna salad dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise on a bagel and comes with a side. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily. Cash only. $ Pinkberry — Citywide; www. pinkberry.com — Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry topping choices including caramel, honey, fruit purees, various chocolates and nuts and more. There also are fresh fruit parfaits and green tea smoothies. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 525-4455; www.bayona. com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ One Restaurant & Lounge — 8132 Hampson St., (504) 301-9061; www.one-sl.com — Chef Scott Snodgrass prepares refined dishes inlcuding char-grilled oysters topped with Roquefort cheese and red wine vinaigrette, seared scallops with roasted garlic and shiitake polenta cakes and cochon de lait. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www. antoines.com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with

a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www. facebook.com/cafegentilly —Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. Ignatius Eatery — 3121 Magazine St., (504) 899-0242; www.ignatiuseatery.com — The menu includes classic Creole dishes such as red beans and rice, speckled trout meuniere and crawfish etouffee as well as sandwiches, salads and pasta. Crawfish Ignatius pasta features crawfish cream sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes, onion and bell peppers topped with grated Parmesan. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www. neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www.mamommashouse.com — Traditional home-style Creole dishes include red beans and rice, shrimp pasta, fried chicken, cornbread and more. Chicken and waffles includes a Belgian waffle and three or six fried chicken wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans. com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish couvillion, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Saints & Sinners — 627 Bourbon St., (504) 528-9307; www. saintsandsinnersnola.com — Styled to reflect era of Storyville, the restaurant serves Creole and Cajun dishes, raw oysters, seafood, steaks, po-boys, burgers and more. The Politician’s Special features a trio of jambalaya, crawfish pie and a cup of gumbo. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This popular neighborhood restaurant is know for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www. koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $

Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine. com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and Creole mustard on an onion roll. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

ETHIOPIAN Cafe Abyssinia — 3511 Magazine St., (504) 894-6238 — The menu includes a variety of wots, traditional stews served over injera

FRENCH Baie Rouge — 4128 Magazine St., (504) 304-3667; www. baierougenola.com — Shrimp and risotto Milanese features jumbo shrimp cooked with lemon over saffron risotto served with hericots verts. Pig Dip features pork debris, caramelized onions and garlic aioli on French bread with a side of smoked pork jus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Martinique Bistro — 5908 Magazine St., (504) 891-8495; www.martiniquebistro.com — This French bistro has both a cozy dining room and a pretty courtyard. New Zealand lamb loin is served with cucumber and sweet onion pickles, Israeli couscous, Meyer lemon-watercress aioli and tomato-sherry vinegar demi-glace. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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

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

ITALIAN Amici Restaurant & Bar — 3218 Magazine St., (504) 300-1250; www.amicinola.com — Amici serves coal-fired pizza and Italian dishes. The broccoli rabe salsica Italiana pie is topped with marinara, mozzarella, sauteed bitter Italian greens and Italian sausage. Pasta carbonara features pancetta and green peas in white sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contempo-

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Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www. mardigraszone.com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven. The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna. Vegan pizzas also are available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

bread, and tibs, dishes of sauted meats or vegetables. Yebeb alicha is lamb in mild garlic-ginger curry sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Schiro’s — 2483 Royal St., (504) 944-6666; www.schiroscafe.com — The cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and spices. Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or vindaloo and vegetarian saag paneer. Schiro’s also serves New Orleans cuisine. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $

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rary Louisiana cooking. Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tasso-mushroom sauce. Belli Baci is the restaurant’s cocktail lounge. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Maximo’s Italian Grill — 1117 Decatur St., (504) 586-8883; www. maximosgrill.com — Sit at the bar overlooking the open grill and watch chefs prepare dishes like the fish of the day pan-sauteed in habanero-infused olive oil and served with seasonal vegetables. Osso buco is a braised veal shank served with garlic, thyme and white wine demi-glace, herb-roasted Parmesan potatoes and grilled asparagus. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, lunch Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe. com — The cafe serves breakfast items including pancakes, waffles and pastries. At lunch, try handmade meatballs, lasagna and other Italian specialties, panini, wraps, soups and salads. Reservations accepted. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Thu.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Ristorante Filippo — 1917 Ridgelake Drive, Metairie (504) 835-4008 — The Creole-Italian menu includes a crabmeat salad featuring half of a tomato filled with jumbo lump crabmeat over romaine lettuce dressed with remoulade and balsamic vinaigrette. Veal Sorrentina is sauted veal layered with prosciutto and

eggplant, topped with marinara and mozzarella and served with spaghetti marinara. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Try house specialties like veal- and spinach-stuffed canneloni. Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Asuka Sushi & Hibachi — 7912 Earhart Blvd., (504) 862-5555; www.asukaneworleans.com — Asuka serves sushi and grilled items from the hibachi. The Shaggy Dog roll features tempura-fried shrimp, snow crab and avocado topped with crabstick and eel sauce and spicy sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Kakkoii Japanese Bistreaux — 7537 Maple St., (504) 570-6440; www.kakkoii-nola.com — Kakkoii offers traditional sushi, sashimi and Japanese cuisine as well as dishes with modern and local twists. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimo-

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

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

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LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY 7 On Fulton — 700 Fulton St., (504) 525-7555; www.7onfulton. com — New Orleans barbecue shrimp features a peppery butter sauce made with blonde ale. Oven-roasted lobster tail is topped with Louisiana crawfish and corn cream sauce and comes with fingerling potatoes and asparagus. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www. dickandjennys.com — The menu combines contemporary Creole dishes and Italian items from Christiano’s pop-up. Pork loin roulade is stuffed with goat cheese and pine nuts and served with spinach, stone-ground grits and balsamic-infused pork jus. Pappardelle is served with pulled duck confit, charred pepper and mustard greens. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and panfried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$

Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www. revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oyster-stuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top tableside. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Sainte Marie — 930 Poydras St., Suite 101, (504) 304-6988; www. saintemarienola.com — Barbecue jerk shrimp are served with coconut rice and mango chow chow. Sam’s Yak A Mein combines braised beef, chicken, shrimp, egg noodles and a soft-boiled egg. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit

Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes like semi-boneless Louisiana quail stuffed with applewood-smoked bacon dirty popcorn rice, Swiss chard and Madeira sauce. The duck cassoulet combines duck confit and Creole Country andouille in a white bean casserole. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Attiki Bar & Grill — 230 Decatur St., (504) 587-3756 — This restaurant and hookah bar serves an array of Mediterranean dishes. Tomato Buffala features baked tomatoes and mozzarella topped with basil and olive oil. Grilled filet mignon is topped with creamy mushroom sauce and served with two sides. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — This surf shack serves California-Mexican cuisine and the bar has a menu of tropical cocktails. Todo Santos fish tacos feature grilled or fried mahi mahi in corn or flour tortillas topped with shredded cabbage and shrimp sauce, and are served with rice and beans. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

MUSIC AND FOOD Bombay Club — 830 Conti St., (504) 586-0972; www.thebombayclub. com — This elegant French Quarter hideaway is styled like an English manor and is known for its martini menu. Louisiana crab and roasted Creole tomato fondue is finished with manchego cheese, scallions and grilled crostini. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice

and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Little Gem Saloon — 445 S. Rampart St., (504) 267-4863; www. littlegemsaloon.com — Little Gem offers creative contemporary and Creole dishes and live jazz. Louisiana black drum is topped with jumbo lump crabmeat and served with spinach, black-eyed peas and sherry cream. Rabbit and cauliflower gratin is served with apple-cabbage preserves. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Siberia — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. Potato and cheese pierogies are served with fried onions and sour cream. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

NEIGHBORHOOD Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www. cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb shank, lima beans with a ham hock and chicken fried steak served with macaroni and cheese. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www. katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ PAGE 47

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Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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Mellow Mushroom — 1645 Hwy. 190, Covington, (985) 327-5407; 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 644-4155; 8827 Oak St., (504) 345-8229; www. mellowmushroom.com — The Holy Shiitake pie tops an olive oil and garlic brushed crust with shiitake, button and portobello mushrooms, carmelized onions, mozzarella, montamore and Parmesan cheeses and black truffle oil. The Enlightened Spinach salad is topped with dried cherries, apples, candied pecans and feta cheese. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Bear’s Poboys at Gennaros — 3206 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 833-9226 — The roast beef po-boy features beef slowcooked in house, sliced thin, soaked in gravy and dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo on toasted Leidenheimer bread. The 10-ounce Bear burger is topped with roast beef debris, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo on a toasted brioche seeded bun and served with fries or loaded potato salad. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Dress It — 535 Gravier St., (504) 571-7561 — Get gourmet burgers and sandwiches dressed to order. Original topping choices include everything from sprouts to black bean and corn salsa to peanut butter. For dessert, try a chocolate chip cookie served with ice cream and chocolate sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys. com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368

SEAFOOD Acme Oyster House — 724 Iberville St., (504) 522-5973; 1202 N. Hwy. 190, Covington, (985) 246-6155; 3000 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 309-4056; www.acmeoyster.com — The original Acme Oyster House in the French Quarter has served raw oysters for more than a century. The full menu includes char-grilled oysters, cooked seafood dishes and New Orleans staples. The Peace Maker po-boy combines fried shrimp and oysters. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Chad’s Bistro — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-9935; www.chadsbistro.com — The seafood Napoleon features fried eggplant medallions topped with crabmeat on a bed of angel hair pasta topped with shrimp au gratin sauce. The seafood boat is a bread loaf filled with fried shrimp, oysters and catfish and stuffed shimp. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri. dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Galley Seafood Restaurant — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-0955 — Galley serves Creole and Italian dishes. Blackened redfish is served with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes. Galley’s popular soft-shell crab po-boy is the same one served at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Grand Isle — 575 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 520-8530; www. grandislerestaurant.com — The Isle sampler, available as a half or full dozen, is a combination of three varieties of stuffed oysters: tasso, Havarti and jalapeno; house-made bacon, white cheddar and caramelized onions. The baked Gulf fish is topped with compound chili butter and served with local seasonal vegetables and herb-roasted potatoes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, poboys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfish-

Sergio’s Seafood — 533 Toulouse St., (504) 227-3808; www.facebook.com/sergiosseafoodnola — The Fritanga plate includes a grilled petit filet mignon, pork loin, gallo pinto, fried plantains, fried cream cheese and cabbage salad. Center-cut beef tenderloin is topped with chimichurri and served with a baked potato. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. Veal Austin features paneed veal topped with Swiss chard, bacon, mushrooms, asparagus, crabmeat and brabant potatoes on the side. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

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

VIETNAMESE Doson Noodle House —135 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-7283 — Traditional Vietnamese pho with pork and beef highlights the menu. The vegetarian hot pot comes with mixed vegetables, tofu and vermicelli rice noodles. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $$ Pho Tau Bay Restaurant — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Rolls-N-Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.facebook.com/rolls-nbowlsnola — This casual Vietnamese eatery serves spring rolls, pho, rice and vermicelli bowls, banh mi, stir fry entrees and bubble tea. The vermicelli bowl features noodles over lettuce, cucumber and carrots; shrimp are optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Wilma’s Cheesesteaks — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 304-5411; www. jugheadsneworleans.com — Wilma’s specializes in cheese steaks on toasted Dong Phuong bread. The regular cheese steak features thin-sliced rib-eye, sauteed mushrooms, onions, peppers and garlic and melted provolone and mozzarella. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $

grill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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course, it doesn’t affect them at all. It’s this notion that America is now a country with a black president, where pot is legal in some places, where gays can get married. It’s this irrational notion, this fuzzy feeling in their gut of black and pot and gay. It’s that ’60s dorm room — that they were probably never invited into — that is the problem.” Maher is not strictly partisan, and on a couple of issues, he’s stood outside the mainstream and waited for it to catch up. He’s a longtime advocate of legalization of marijuana and supporter of same-sex marriage. His documentary Religulous (2008) presented him as agnostic, though he’s frequently characterized as an atheist. He’s not shy about criticizing Democrats, but the examples that he offers are criticizing Democratic politicians for being unwilling to buck unfavorable polling, and poor rollout of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Maher stirred controversy in the wake of the BP disaster when he criticized defenses of drilling in the Gulf based on the preservation of jobs. He echoed similar statements he made that coal miners would be better off with different jobs. Also at issue was the use of the term “redneck.” “It’s a comedy term,” he says when asked about it. “I know lots of rednecks who are never offended if you call them rednecks. It’s not equivalent to the ‘n’ word.” While Maher has been outspoken, he says he’s fortunate to be able to make a living speaking his mind.

He draws some distincComedian Bill Maher hosts Real tions about political theTime with Bill Maher on HBO. ater and presentation of overheated debates. P H O T O BY JA N E T VA N H A M “The old (CNN show Crossfire) was that ’90s Bill Maher style of yelling at each NOV 8 p.m. Saturday other, which I have some complicity in because Saenger Theatre, Politically Incorrect was 1111 Canal St., one of the first of those 504-525-1052; shows,” he says. “We’d www.saengernola.com purposefully book a snake with a mongoose Tickets $62.80-$94.80 back then. But that was (including fees) the ’90s. We got over it.” Although he’s focused on politics during his entire 34-year career, Maher notes that it’s hard to change people’s views. “In 20 years of doing a show on TV, the number of people who have come up to me and said, ‘You know, I used to be a conservative but after listening to you, I have become a liberal,’ is like one person. Ever,” he says. “You know how many people have reached out to me to tell me that they used to be religious but have given that up? Thousands. I couldn’t count the number of people. It happens on a weekly basis wherever I go. You can flip people on religion so easily, but on politics almost never.”

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hen the conservative faction of Republicans in the House of Representatives forced the federal government to shut down for 16 days in October, the shutdown forced the furlough of 800,000 government employees and put the brakes on the economy. But it was good for a few people’s jobs, and no one is more open about it than comedian and political commentator Bill Maher. “It’s absolutely better for me,” Maher says when asked if outlandish Washington D.C. politics benefit him. “I remember when (President George W.) Bush was leaving office — Bush who now looks like a reasonable centrist. I remember the press asking all the comedians, ‘Gosh, George Bush, one of the great comedy gold mines of all time, is leaving office. Do you think there will be anything to talk about?’ I was like, ‘Stop worrying. The Republicans always have a very deep douche bag bench. Mr. George Bush walks away and Sarah Palin steps up. She goes down, Mr. Ted Cruz emerges. Or Mr. John Boehner. Rand Paul. They’re giving us plenty of material.” For 20 years, Maher has offered his withering and sometimes flippant critique of news and politics from his shows Politically Incorrect, which launched on Comedy Central in 1993 and moved to ABC from 1997 to 2002, and his current HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher. While he serves as host and moderator on TV, he’s more freewheeling about his partisanship and personal beliefs in his standup act, which he brings to the Saenger Theatre Saturday. The GOP is providing him with plenty of fodder, but it’s not all about Washington politicians. “If you look at some of the (Pew Research Center) polling on what Republican voters believe — this is not the tea party, this is rank and file Republicans: 44 percent of them believe (President Barack) Obama will find a way to stay in office after 2017,” Maher says. “That’s almost half of the people that think this crazy Kenyan socialist is going to wrangle a way stay in office for a third term. Forty-four percent of them think Benghazi is the worst scandal ever — worse than Watergate or slavery or the Trail of Tears or interning Japanese people during World War II.” As factions of the GOP are alarmed by an array of social changes in the U.S., Maher is constantly bemused. “The Republicans are going through this primal scream phase of their existence,” he says. “The things they’re exercised about are not that rational. How does gay marriage ever affect any of their lives? Of

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omedian Sara Schaefer, along with cohost Nikki Glaser of MTV’s Nikki and Sara Live, is waiting to hear if the network will renew the series for a third season. She says she tries not to get her hopes up because the nature of comedy gigs and the entertainment industry is so unpredictable. In the meantime, she’s joining other standup, improv and sketch comics at New Orleans’ Hell Yes Fest (Nov. 12-18). It’s a sort of homecoming to the city where she got her first meaningless job after graduating from the College of William & Mary in 2000. “The people in the office were so nice and patient with me,” Schaefer says. “They taught me how to answer a phone. When you get out of college, you don’t know shit. … The ad (which ran in Gambit, she notes) said, ‘Intelligent team worker wanted.’ I was like, I don’t know what this is but I am f— king calling it. I went in and they made me take a test — basic math, write a paragraph about where you are from. I guess they hired some real idiots.” Schaefer got the job with an investment and estate management firm, but a year later she decided to try to make it in the comedy world. She had worked with a small theater company that performed in a Lower Garden District pizza restaurant, and decided she need to move to New York City to pursue comedy.

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In New York, Schaefer tried stand-up, sketch and improv comedy and landed several new types of jobs that all turned out to be rewarding risks. In the early days of Internet videos, she took a job creating short pieces for AOL. Later she blogged for VH1’s Best Week Ever, one of the first TV shows to have a blog with separate original content. That made her one of the few candidates with experience when Late Night with Jimmy Fallon launched and needed comedians for its blog. “The first year was one of the best years of my life,” she says. “It was like summer camp. It was like a honeymoon. Everyone was friends. Everyone was hanging out every night of the week. It was really good because I was going through a divorce, so I had no one else to talk to. These are my friends now.” While she was working at the Late Night show, she met Glaser, and they started a series of podcasts and later pitched a show to MTV. While Schaefer chose not to start her comedy career in New Orleans, that’s a much more viable option now. Hell Yes Fest is the creation of comedians Chris Trew and Tami Nelson’s The New Movement, a comedy theater in Faubourg Marigny. They have increased bookings of touring national comics and given downtown a dedicated comedy space. In its fourth year, Hell Yes Fest features an array of local and visiting comics at several downtown venues. Todd Barry is another headliner making the trip from New York to perform at the festival. He’s a familiar face to Comedy Central fans, and he recently taped an appearance on an episode of Inside Amy Schumer and will appear in Jerry Seinfeld’s web series. Also performing are the Lucus Brothers, Eric Andre, Sean Patton, Los Angeles sketch group WOMEN and many others. Schaefer is excited to return. Her former co-workers attended her last standup show in New Orleans. “Everybody that I had worked with came,” she says. “It was kind of a mess. It was a good show, but it was a little rocky. I think I was intimidated. I was like, ‘My old boss is here, am I going to talk about my vagina in front of him?’”

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TUESDAY 12 3 Ring Circus’ The Big Top — Kayo Dot, Glish, Kindest Lines, 8 Blue Nile — Neslort, 10 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Jon Cleary, 8 & 10 Circle Bar — Lord Buffalo, 10 The Civic Theatre — Bonobo, Chet Parker, 8 Columns Hotel — John Rankin, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9:30

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Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 Blue Nile — The Stooges Brass Band, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 11 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8 Siberia — Black Tusk, Inter Arma, Withering Light, Vibe Ruiner, DJ Chrischarge, 9 Spotted Cat — Andy J. Forest, 4; Meschiya Lake & the Little

Bayou Beer Garden — Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 8 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7

Cafe Negril — Gettin’ It, 7; Sam Cammarata & Dominick Grillo, 7:30; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30

Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Eudora Evans, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Neisha Ruffins, 7:30

Chickie Wah Wah — Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8

Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge — George French Quartet, 8:30

Circle Bar — Eric Lindell, 10

Chickie Wah Wah — Papa Mali, Johnny Vidacovich & Cass Faulconer, 8

Columns Hotel — Andy Rogers, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7

Hard Rock Cafe — The Josh Garett Band, 9

The Maison — Gregory Agid, 6; The Billionaires, 9

Banks Street Bar — Blue Crabs, 8

Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Geo Bass, 8 & 9

House of Blues (The Parish) — Flatbush ZOMBIES, Bodega Bamz, 10

Little Gem Saloon — Honorable South, 10

Trinity Episcopal Church — Maria Elliott, Albinas Prizgintas, 6:30 Yuki Izakaya — Kanako Fuwa’s Moshi Moshi feat. Detroit Brooks, 8

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Leah Rucker, 9:30

Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 9

Tipitina’s — The Head and the Heart, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Quiet LIfe, 9

Tropical Isle Original — Way Too Early, 1

Hi-Ho Lounge — Songwriters Gumbo, 8

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Ones to Watch: Rex Gregory Quartet, James Partridge Sextet, Gregory Agid Quartet, 8

Three Muses — New Orleans Nightingales, 7

House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 House of Blues (The Parish) — Sarah Jarosz, Brian Wright, 8 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Domenic, 6 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Sam Friend, 5; NOJO Jam, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Fancy Pants, 9 The Maison — New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 6; Smoke N Bones, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Boukou Groove, 10 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Joe Krown, 8:30 Roosevelt Hotel — Robin Barnes, 5:30 Rusty Nail — Jenn Howard, 9

Circle Bar — Bent Shapes, Concord America, Buffalo Rodeo, 10 The Civic Theatre — Jamey Johnson, 8 Columns Hotel — Kristina Morales, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Newbirth Brass Band, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Loren Pickford, 9:30 Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-A-Holics, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Denton Hatcher, The Mumbles, 8 Hard Rock Cafe — Tyler Kinchen & The Right Pieces, 9 House of Blues (The Parish) — La Seria, West Without, Aerial Attack, Circa Amore, 9 Howlin’ Wolf — Nappy Roots, 9 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Ladies of Jazz: Quiana Lynell & the Lush Life, 6; James Rivers Movement, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Paul Sanchez, 5; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Quartet, 8 & 10 PAGE 52

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The Maison — Erin Demastes, 5; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Barry Stephenson’s Pocket, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich & Friends, 11 Oak — Miles Cabecerious, 9 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Horace Trahan & the Ossun Express, 8:30 Roosevelt Hotel — Ingrid Lucia, 5:30 The Roosevelt Hotel Bar — Kirk Duplantis Trio, 9 Siberia — White Collar Sideshow, The Vagabandits, 6; Zeitgeist, Mea Culpa, HiGH, Little Bags, 9 Spice Bar & Grill — Stooges Brass Band, 9 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10 The Suite — Brass Band Blowout, 8 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Luke Winslow King, 7 Vaso — Tonya Boyd-Cannon & Friends, 10 Vaughan’s — Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet, 9 Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8; Black Pearl, 11

FRIDAY 15 8 Block Kitchen & Bar — Anais St. John, 9 Banks Street Bar — Reggie Williams, 9 Bayou Beer Garden — Mystic Honkies, 9 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins & BBQ Swingers, 7; The Mumbles, 9; Soul Project, 10; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 10 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Eudora Evans, 9

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Bullet’s Sports Bar — Guitar Slim Jr., 7:30 Capri Blue Bar at Andrea’s Restaurant — Phil Melancon, 8 Carrollton Station — The Shiz, 8 Circle Bar — Bantam Foxes, 10 Columns Hotel — Ted Long, 6 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Kenny Brown, 10 DMac’s — Vincent Marini, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Bryce Eastwood, 10 Freret Street Publiq House — James Martin, 9 Gasa Gasa — Rusty Brothers, 9

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NOV “How can I unmake someone else’s 10 p.m. Saturday mistakes?” Like so many of the The Howlin’ Wolf, lizard-like tongue flicks on Lousy With 907 S. Peters St. Sylvianbriar (Polyvinyl), Kevin Barnes never answers the stinging rhetorical 504-522-9653 question on “Fugitive Air,” the opening www.thehowlinwolf.com salvo of his third — and, though it’s really saying something, maybe most surprising — contender for Of Montreal’s finest hour. He doesn’t have to. After successive downward spirals, on which Barnes audibly lost what little sanity he had left (“I’m used to all of my scruples deserting me,” he spews like spiked KoolAid on the album’s strutting first stanza), this post-traumatic stress reliever is all about unmaking his own. Even those accustomed to being bowled over by Barnes’ dysphoric mania ought to be floored by this sly bilious concoction, an expertly balanced mickey of sugared boogie-woogie and poisoned penmanship — or, mashing up his uncut, wonderfully cutting words, “the triumph of disintegration, victories of devastation.” Thus he sets out mincing his enemies, and Barnes has never sounded so sweet being so thoroughly mean. “I had to make myself a monster just to feel something ugly enough to be true,” he warns too late. On swooning centerpiece “Colossus” and hoarse climax “Imbecile Rages,” his whips and quips (“Your folks, they are such lovely people/ I can’t understand where you came from”; “Maybe your family, they are just losers”) are a kind of demoralized couplet therapy: With no choices at the present, find the value in things unpleasant. Rareluth opens. Tickets $15. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

Spotted Cat — Andy J. Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10

New Orleans Arena — Rihanna, 8

St. Roch Tavern — James Jordan & the Lonely Nights Band, 8

Oak — Billy Iuso, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Bonerama, 9:30 The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar — Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Sunrise Band, 7

Three Muses — Royal Roses, 6; Glen David Andrews, 9 Tipitina’s — M. Doughty (formerly of Soul Coughing), Moon Hooch, 9; Uptown Getdown feat. Quickie Mart, 1 a.m.

Treasure Chest Casino — Harvey Jesus & Fire, 7 Twist of Lime — Cerebral Drama, Unhinging Pleiades, 9 Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Shannon Powell Trio, 5

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3 Ring Circus’ The Big Top — SoSaLa, AF the Naysayer, 8

Three Muses — Davis Rogan Band, 6; The Mumbles, 9

8 Block Kitchen & Bar — Anais St. John, 9

Tipitina’s — Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 10

Abita Springs Town Hall — Abita Springs Opry, 7

Tulane University — Holiday Drum Summit, 6:30

Banks Street Bar — Submarine Racers, Round Pegs, John Lisi, 9

Twist of Lime — Rise Laveau, Misled, Murdercase, 9

Bayou Beer Garden — Pete Bradish, 9 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Trio, 7 Bourbon Orleans Hotel — Geo Bass, 8 & 9 Buffa’s Lounge — Royal Rounders, 8 Cafe Negril — Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Capri Blue Bar at Andrea’s Restaurant — Phil Melancon, 8 Carrollton Station — The Tangle, 10 Circle Bar — Heyrocco, Cozy, Dolphin Mouth, 10 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — King James & the Special Men, the Revelers, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10

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Dragon’s Den — Uniquity feat. Tha Cartel, Wonder Rhymer, Da Sickidz, Hollygrove Mikey, Jay Jones, Jermaine Quiz, 10

Gasa Gasa — Black Taxi, Luxley, 9 House of Blues — Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, 9 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Cody Blaine, 1 Howlin’ Wolf — Of Montreal, 9 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Glen David Andrews, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 Louisiana Music Factory — Bo Dollis Jr. & the Wild Magnolias, Stooges Brass Band, 2 The Maison — T’ Canaille, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 10; Slam Danger, midnight

Yuki Izakaya — Norbert Slama, 8; Montegut, 11 Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center — SoSaLa, 9

SUNDAY 17 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 8; To Be Continued Brass Band, 10

Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Glen David Andrews, 10 Dmac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander, 8

Hard Rock Cafe — The Mumbles, 9

Columns Hotel — Chip Wilson, 11 a.m. Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Helen Gillet & the Wazozo Orchestra, 10 DMac’s — Michael Pearce, 11 a.m; Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 6 House of Blues — Gospel Brunch, 10 a.m. Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 9 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Tyler’s Revisited feat. Germain Bazzle, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Lagniappe Brass Band, 7 The Maison — Dave Easley, 4; Brad Walker, 7; Soul Project, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste, 10 One Eyed Jacks — Church of Misery, Gates of Slumber, Against the Grain, 9 Ritz-Carlton — Armand St. Martin, 10:30 a.m; Catherine Anderson, 2 Saenger Theatre — Celtic Thunder, 7:30 Siberia — Swingin’ Utters, Blacklist Royals, Dead Legends, I’m Fine, 9 Spotted Cat — Rights of Swing, 3; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sounds, 10

Yuki Izakaya — Morella & the Wheels of If, 8

Spotted Cat — Showarama, 3

Circle Bar — Night Beats, Bottomfeeders, 10

Circle Bar — Love Inks, 10

Oak — Tom Leggett, 9

Shamrock Bar — Category 6, 9

Chickie Wah Wah — Alexis & the Samurai, 8

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Bill Malchow, 9:30

Maple Leaf Bar — Honey Island Swamp Band, 10:30

Rock ’N’ Bowl — Michael “Soulman” Batiste, 9

Bombay Club — Monty Banks, 7

Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 11 a.m.

Three Muses — Raphael & Norbert, 5:30

Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 1

BMC — Lil’ Red & Big Bad, 6

MONDAY 18 Banks Street Bar — South Jones, 8 BJ’s Lounge — King James & the Special Men, 10

Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Treme Brass Band, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Jamison Ross, 8 & 10 The Maison — Chicken Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Gene’s Music Machine, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 10 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Living Legends feat. Maynard Chatters, 8 The Roosevelt Hotel Bar — Jazz Factory Night with the James Partridge Septet, 9 Siberia — Attrition presents: Velvet Acid Christ, The Twilight Garden, DJ’s Angelle & Sneauxball, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville & Friends, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy & the Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Yuki Izakaya — Miki Fujii & Friends, 8

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Music of The Doors — Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts (1419 Basin St., (504) 525-1052; www. mahaliajacksontheater.com) — The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra presents a night of Doors covers performed by Randy Jackson and conducted by Brent Havens. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets start at $20.

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Carrie (R) — Stephen King’s 1974 novel about the naive teenage daughter of a religious fanatic single mother is modernized with references to social media and cellphones. Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Regal, Westbank

About Time (R) — Richard Curtis’ latest romance is about a man who discovers he can travel back in time and get unlimited do-overs of his life’s events. Canal Place, Elmwood, Grand, Regal All Is Lost (PG-13) — A sailor (Robert Redford) struggles to survive after crashing into a shipping container while at sea. Canal Place, Elmwood

Captain Phillips (PG-13) — Tom Hanks plays Capt. Richard Phillips in the retelling of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates. Canal Place,

The Counselor (R) — When a lawyer gets involved in drug trafficking, he quickly becomes the one who needs counsel in this thriller from director Ridley Scott and writer Cormac McCarthy. Elmwood, Regal, Westbank Ender’s Game (PG-13) — The sci-fi movie based on the Orson Scott Card book of the same name follows a child prodigy sent to military school to prepare for martian invasion decades after an alien war. Canal Place, Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Regal, Westbank

Gravity (PG-13) — Marooned in space following a disaster, a veteran astronaut (George Clooney) and a medical engineer (Sandra Bullock) combine forces for survival. Canal Place, Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Regal, Westbank Great White Shark 3D (NR) — Shark encounters are shared in the documentary. 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 Jacksass Presents: Bad Grandpa (R) — An octogenarian and his 8-year-old grandson go across the states secretly filming the public’s reactions to their antics, which include tipping caskets at funerals and doing pole dancing routines at girls’ beauty pageants. Canal Place, Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Regal, Westbank Last Vegas (PG-13) — A trio of men in their sixties throw a Vegas-style bachelor party for their notoriously single friend (Michael Douglas) who finally proposes to his girlfriend who is half his age. Canal Place, Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Regal, Westbank Machete Kills (R) — In this follow-up to 2010’s Machete and prequel to Machete Kills Again...In Space!, Danny Trejo is recruited keep a person in Mexico from starting a nuclear war. Clearview Penguins 3D (NR) — A king penguin returns to his native land in the sub-Antarctic to find a mate. Entergy IMAX

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Beyond All Boundaries (NR) — The museum screens a 4-D film, bringing audiences into battle using archival footage and special effects. World War II Museum

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (PG) — The 2009 animated feature’s sequel has wacky inventor Flint Lockwood returning home to stop his creation from making food-animal hybrids. Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Regal, Westbank

Free Birds (PG) — Two turkeys must put aside their differences to travel back in time and remove themselves from Thanksgiving menus. Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Regal, Westbank

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Papadopoulos and Sons

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5:30 p.m. Tue.-Thu. NOV A film so indie that writer/director Marcus Markou had to self-distribute Zeitgeist Multi-Disciit in his native England, Papadopoulos plinary Arts Center, 1618 and Sons nevertheless has all the the Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. family-friendly charm to which Holly504-352-1150 wood strives but seldom achieves. The story is nothing new: Wealthy entrewww.zeitgeistinc.net preneur Harry Papadopoulos (Stephen Dillane) overextends himself to build a massive real estate development and comes close to losing everything in a sudden economic crisis that looks an awful lot like the one in 2008. The only thing that survives the creditors’ onslaught is the long-abandoned fish-and-chips shop he and his wayward and free-spirited brother Spiros (French actor Georges Corraface) ran together when they were young. Can a family reunion and a return to happier times be far behind? The film’s low-key but recognizable depiction of corporate greed makes its predictability easy to swallow, rendering a too-familiar story surprisingly fresh. Though it possesses the warm, burnished look of a full-scale Hollywood production, the film’s low-budget origins sometimes peek through, especially in an awkward and cheap-looking photomontage that seems included mainly to save on film stock. But by that time, Papadopoulos and Sons has already established itself as a great restorative for anyone having a bad day. The movie’s central theme says that it’s never too late to figure out what’s really important in life. Sometimes simple truths manage to overcome cliche and even bear repeating. — KEN KORMAN

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Santa v. Snowman 3D (G) — A lonely snowman discovers Santa’s Workshop but gets caught. Entergy IMAX Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) — In the sequel to 2011’s Thor, the title character (Chris Hemsworth) embarks upon his most challenging journey yet. Canal Place, Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Regal, Westbank

OPENING FRIDAY The Best Man Holiday (R) — Malcolm D. Lee’s holiday-themed sequel to the 1999 classic black romantic comedy The Best Man is about college friends reuniting after 15 years, rekindling romance and reigniting rivalries. Canal Place, Chalmette, Clearview, Elmwood, Grand, Regal, Westbank

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Escape From Tomorrow (NR) — Randy Moore’s surrealist black and white film was shot at Disneyland and Disneyworld without permission. 930 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Zeitgeist Feature Film and Webseries Screening (NR) — Indywood presents screenings of feature films and webseries. Visit www.facebook.com/ indywood.org for details. 9 p.m. Friday, Red House Goodfellas (R) — Martin Scorsese’s 1990 mob movie stars Robert De Niro Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci,. 10 p.m. Thursday & Sunday, Canal Place Sixteen Candles (R) — The screening of the 1984 brat pack classic is BYOB and 1980s prom night-themed. Midnight Friday-Satur-

day, Prytania Papadopoulos & Sons (NR) — A Greek and British romantic comedy is set in a fish-and-chips shop. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Zeitgeist Poltergiest (PG) — The 1982 horror film about a family who built their house over a sacred burial ground is presented on 35 mm film. BYOB. 10 p.m. Sunday, Prytania The Producers (PG) — Mel Brooks’ 1967 musical comedy about show businessmen stars Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel and Dick Shawn. 10 a.m. Sunday, Prytania Sal (NR) — James Franco’s feature film is about the death of openly gay actor Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause). 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Zeitgeist The State of Arizona (NR) — The verite documentary explores Arizona a year after

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It’s hard to imagine a more natural 7:30 p.m. Tue.-Thu. NOV subject for a biopic than Sal Mineo. Zeitgeist Multi-DisciThe Bronx-born son of an immigrant plinary Arts Center, 1618 coffin-maker, Mineo earned two Oscar Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. nominations — alongside mentor James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause 504-352-1150 when he was 16 years old, and five www.zeitgeistinc.net years later for Exodus — and had a brief but successful career as a pop star in the late 1950s. Mineo also was among the first major film actors to come out as gay (in the late ’60s). That openness didn’t help his career, and neither did Hollywood’s persistence in typecasting him first as a troubled teen and later as an unhinged criminal. In the throes of yet another attempt at a comeback, Mineo was murdered by a stranger behind his West Hollywood apartment in 1976. Actor-turned-director James Franco’s film Sal focuses not on Mineo’s lifelong personal struggles but on the last, largely uneventful day of the actor’s life. In addition to movies, Franco makes everything from fine art to literary fiction to Motown-inspired music, and he has taught filmmaking at New York University and the University of Southern California. Unfortunately, Sal is full of seemingly random and ineffective camera work in scenes that meander aimlessly and do little to illuminate Mineo’s storied life. Stage and indie-film actor Val Lauren is convincing enough in the title role to make you wish he had better material with which to work. You have to admire Franco’s fearlessness, but with Sal he’s made an art film that’s just not artfully done. — KEN KORMAN

The Sting (PG) — Paul Newman and Robert Redford star in a 1973 crime movie set in 1930s Chicago. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Prytania Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org; The Theatres at Canal Place, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 363-1117; www.

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OPENINGS The Garden District Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504) 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery.com — “The Calligraphy of Trees,” mixed media group exhibition. Artists’ reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. New Orleans Public Library, Rosa Keller Branch. 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias. org — “Inquisitive Minds, Artistic Answers,” Women’s Caucus for Art of Louisiana member exhibit. Artists’ potluck reception 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 8998111; www.noafa.com — “The 2013 Annual Miniature Exhibition,” mixed media group exhibition, through Dec. 6.

AKG Presents the Art of Dr. Seuss. 716 Bienville St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com/dr-seuss — Works by Dr. Seuss, ongoing. Alex Beard Studio. 712 Royal St., (504) 309-0394; www.alexbeardstudio.com — Drawings and paintings by Alex Beard, ongoing. Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery. com — “Art of Revelation,” paintings by Douillet, Povey, Stevens and Kenny, through Dec. 1. Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart.com — “Juke Joint: Folk Art from the Deep South,” mixed media group exhibition, through October. “Deep Blues,” Southern folk art group exhibition, ongoing. Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — Mixed media group exhibition, through November.

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A Gallery For Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery. com — “Beyond Thought: Homage to Clarice Lispector,” photogravures by Josephine Sacabo, through December. Photographs and photo books from all eras by various photographers, ongoing.

AFA New Orleans. 809 Royal St., (504) 558-9296; www.afanyc.com — “Phantasmagoria,” oil paintings on paper and canvas by Anne Bachelier, through Monday. “The Art of Joe Sorren,” paintings by the artist, through November.

Gina Phillips’ retrospective exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art is a tale of two places. Taking up most of the museum’s top floor, it is divided between works inspired by her native rural Kentucky and works dating from her move to New Orleans in the mid-1990s. Phillips bridges the difference between her old Kentucky home and the Lower 9th Ward where she now resides in storytelling scenes typically crafted from colored thread and paint and installed on the walls like irregularly shaped throw rugs. An exception is her vast, gallery-dominating tapestry Fort Dirt Hole. More than 27 feet wide by 13 feet tall, it’s a flashback to a childhood spent with friends in a hillside pit they dug as a stage for mock battles and science fiction escapades. Rural Kentucky and her guitar-strumming father also star in this monumental collage tapestry, yet her narrative views of her Lower 9th Ward neighborhood and other local environs are linked by her almost literally homespun stories in fabric, paint and occasional found objects. Fats I Was Trying Hard to Think About Got Out (pictured) is emblematic. Here THRU Sweet Things: Mixed media by Gina Phillips JAN fellow 9th Warder Fats Domino arises like The Mythology of Florida: a beatific vision over the troubled waters of the Industrial Canal in a classic Phillips Group exhibition of photography masterpiece of virtuoso needlework. The Underwater Mermaid Theater: The Mythology of Florida photography Photographs by Annie Collinge expo, featuring some classic vintage Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St. works by Marion Post Wolcott and Joseph Steinmetz among others, provides an 504-539-9600 intimate yet sweeping and bizarrely www.ogdenmuseum.org insightful view of Florida’s evolution as America’s tropical escapist fantasy. But the adjacent show of Annie Collinge’s documentary photos of the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs extends the sideshow flavor of Florida’s past into the present. Here freakish finned women swim like gorgeous deep sea specimens under glass, or else incongruously greet visitors in anonymous lobbies where the soft white underbelly of the American Dream evokes uncanny comparisons with the more grotesque visions of Hieronymus Bosch. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Cultivar,” video installation by Courtney Egan; “New Orleans From Above,” paintings of aerial views of New Orleans by John Hartman; “Water,” large-scale aerial photographs by Edward Burtynsky; all through Nov. 23. Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery.com — “Heads of State,” paintings by Von Hoffacker; “no hiding,” mixed media on board by Aimee Farnet Siegel; both through Dec. 8. Beneito’s Art. 3618 Magazine St., (504) 891-9170; www.bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings by Beneito Bernard, ongoing. Boyd | Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery. com — Mixed media exhibitions by Robert Hodge and Greg Miller, through November.

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Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com — “Look What I Did!” janzhi and kirigami (ancient Japanese paper crafts) by Huggy Behr, through Monday,

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 5250518; www.callancontemporary.com — “We Thought We Were Drowning But It Was Only Love,” paintings by Margaret Evangeline, through December. Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 8956130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Goodman and Oles,” woodwork by David Goodman and ceramics by John Oles, through November. Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing. Chester Allen’s Oasis of Energy. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 292-8365; www.chesterallen-oasisofenergy.tumblr. com — “Universal Groove,” silversmithing by Chester Allen, ongoing. Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — “Modern Life,” paintings by Mac Ball, through November. Courtyard Gallery. 1129 Decatur St., (504) 330-0134; www.woodartandmarketing.com — New Orleans-themed reclaimed

wood carvings by Daniel Garcia, ongoing. d.o.c.s. 709 Camp St., (504) 524-3936; www.docsgallery.com — “Burn Again,” metal and mixed media sculptures by Adam Farrington, through Dec. 5. Du Mois Gallery. 4609 Freret St., (504) 818-6032; www.dumoisgallery.com — “art*,” painting on canvas and board and photography by Brian McCormick and Amy McKinnon, through Dec, 21. The Foundation Gallery. 608 Julia St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola. com — “Forms of Abstraction,” photographs by Daniel J. Victor to benefit Stomp the Violence, through November. “Stacks,” art by Julian Wellisz, through Dec. 4. Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres. com — Mixed media by Ally Burguieres, ongoing. Graphite Galleries. 936 Royal St., (504) 565-3739; www.graphitenola.com — Group mixed media exhibition, ongoing. Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, Third floor, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc. edu/departments/art-gallery — “Fettle and Tender,” alumni invitational show, through Dec. 5. J & S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 952-9163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing. Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com — “One More for the Road,” paintings about 1920s New Orleans bar life by Ann Cox Strub, through November. Lemieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries. com — “The Immortal Charles Peale,” paintings by Kate Samworth, through Saturday. “Nondescript Landscapes,” sculpture by Elizabeth Chen, through November. Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — “The River Between Us,” mixed media group exhibition about the river, through Dec. 1. M. Francis Gallery. 1938 Burgundy St., (504) 9311915; www.mfrancisgallery. com — Acrylic on canvas by

Myesha, ongoing. Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Continuum,” photomontages by Tim Hope, through Nov. 23. May Gallery and Residency. 2839 N. Robertson St., Suite 105, (504) 316-3474; www.themayspace.com — “World Construction Variation: Empty Vessel,” sound art installation by Thomas Grill, through Nov. 23. Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 5580505; www.michalopoulos. com — “Down and Dirty,” paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing. Morrison. 1507 Magazine St., (504) 451-3303; www. morrisonsculpture.com — Sculpture and drawings by Thomas Randolph Morrison, ongoing. New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Glass by Kyle Herr and Andy Katz, 3-D mosaics by Christine Ledoux, woodcut prints by Francisco Magallan, through November. Newcomb Art Gallery. Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartgallery.tulane.edu — “Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise,” largest presentation of Newcomb arts and crafts in nearly 30 years, through March 9. Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “Light on Water,” watercolor on paper and mixed media on canvas by Eliza Thomas; “Ritual Devotion,” oil on canvas by Anastasia Pelias; both through November. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., Second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — “A Wink & A Smile,” mixed media group exhibition of art celebrating eyes and mouths, through Nov. 22; Contemporary crafts by Sean Dixson, Cathy Cooper-Stratton, Margo Manning and Nellrea Simpson and others, ongoing. Scott Edwards Photography Gallery. 2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www. scottedwardsgallery.com — Photography of Jacko Vassilev, through Dec. 7.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7104506; www.thesecondstorygallery.com — “Shuffle,” group photography exhibition, through Dec. 7.

The Country Club. 634 Louisa St., (504) 945-0742; www.thecountryclubneworleans.com — “All Amzie All the Time,” group exhibition of art celebrating Amzie Adams, ongoing.

Sheila Phipps Studio & Gallery. 8237 Oak St., (504) 596-6031 — Oil and acrylic portraits and abstracts, ongoing.

Habitat for Humanity ReStore. 2900 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 9432240; www.habitat-nola.org/ restore — “Home Dat,” art by St. Martin’s Episcopal and Louise S. McGehee students, Thursday.

Sibley Gallery. 3427 Magazine St., (504) 8998182; www.sibleygallery.com —Paintings by Evie Clinton and Alexandra Gjurasic, through November. St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyart.org — “Put Your Best Square Foot Forward,” mixed media group exhibition, through Dec. 7. Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Attachments,” small-scale oil paintings and gouache/graphite drawings by Kathy Rodriguez, through Dec. 8.

Thomas Mann Gallery I/O. 1812 Magazine St., (504) 581-2113; www.thomasmann.com — “Celebrating 25 Years of Insight-full Objects with Coincidence, Collision, Assembly: The Art of Uniting the Unusual,” group metal and sculpture exhibition, through Saturday. UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Objects in Mirrors,” group photography exhibition, through Dec. 15. Whisnant Galleries. 343 Royal St., (504) 524-9766; www.whisnantgalleries. com — Ethnic, religious and antique art, sculpture, textile and porcelain, ongoing.

SPARE SPACES Bridge Lounge. 1201 Magazine St., (504) 2991888; www.bridgeloungenola. com — “Secret Leaks,” photography exhibit about oil and the environment by Jonathan Henderson of the Gulf Restoration Network, through November.

La Divina Gelateria. 621 St. Peter St., (504) 302-2692; www.ladivinagelateria.com — Art and photographs by Thom Bennett, Mary Moring and Rita Posselt, ongoing. Mandeville City Hall. 3101 E. Causeway Approach, Mandeville, (985) 626-3144; www.cityofmandeville.com — “Kindred Reality,” photography by Yvette Brion, through November. Old Florida Project. between Florida Avenue, Mazant Street, Gallier Street and North Dorgenois Street — #ProjectBe features tributes, remembrances and social statements spray painted in the long blighted Florida project by local artist and Gambit 40 Under 40 honoree Brandan “B-Mike” Odums, ongoing. Top Drawer Antiques. 4310 Magazine St., (504) 897-1004; www.topdrawerantiques.net — Mixed media black light art by Mario Ortiz, ongoing.

MUSEUMS Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — “The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present,” National Museum of Mexican Art pieces about the contributions of Africans to Mexican culture, through Feb. 28. Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 5283800; www.cacno.org — “Water,” large-scale aerial photographs by Edward Burtynsky, through Jan. 19. “Cinema Reset,” video group exhibition, through Feb. 2. “SubMERGE,” art by Lee Deigaard, through Feb. 20. George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art. 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 586-7432; www.

Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc. org — “Occupy New Orleans! Voices from the Civil War,” collection of items conveying New Orleanians’ feelings during the Civil War, through March 9. “Civil War Battlefields and National Parks,” photography by A. J. Meek, through April 5. Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — “A Year and One Day,” sculpture by Andy Behrle, through Dec. 20. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt. state.la.us — “Images and Instruments: Medical History,” artifacts and images of 19th and 20th century medical eqipment, ongoing. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “They Call Me Baby Doll: A Carnival Tradition,” an exhibit about the Baby Dolls, and other black women’s Carnival groups, through January. “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond”; both ongoing. Madame John’s Legacy. 632 Dumaine St., (504) 5686968; www.crt.state.la.us — “The Palm, the Pine and the Cypress: Newcomb College Pottery of New Orleans,” ongoing. New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “The Making of an Argument,” photography by Gordon Parks, through Jan. 5. “Photography at NOMA,” group photography exhibition, through Jan. 19. “Cities of Ys,” art by Camille Henrot, through Feb. 23. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “Into the Light,” photographs by various artists, through Jan. 5. Works by Walter Inglis Anderson from the museum’s permanent collection; an exhibition of southern regionalists from the museum’s permanent collection; paintings by Will Henry Stevens; all ongoing .

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Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Trailblazers: 20th Century Works on Paper,” radical art by black artists, through November.

Hey! Cafe. 4332 Magazine St., (504) 891-8682; www.heycafe. biz — Cartoons from Feast Yer Eyes magazine, ongoing.

themckennamuseum.com — “The Classic Works of Emory Douglas,” art about the Black Panther Party and the civil rights movement, through Nov. 23.

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6 x 6. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Six local writers present six original plays. Admission $10. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Alone Together. Timberlane Country Club, 1 Timberlane Drive, Gretna, (504) 367-5010; www.timberlanecc.com — Spud McConnell and Sandy Bravender play empty nesters growing frustrated with their adult children returning home. Dinner and show $50, show only $35. Dinner 6:30 p.m., show 8:15 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Bless Ya, Boys: RedemptSEAN. Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., (504) 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — Shine Productions’ fast-paced Saints-themed show is full of sketch comedy, slapstick and one-liners. Tickets $26. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Cry You One. Los Islenos Heritage and Cultural Society, 1357 Bayou Road, (504) 251-6322; www.losislenos. org — ArtSpot Productions and Mondo Bizarro present an outdoor performance about south Louisiana culture and the effect the vanishing coastline has on it. Shuttle rides are available from downtown New Orleans to Los Islenos Heritage and Cultural Society in St. Bernard Parish. Visit www.cryyouone. com for details. Tickets $10 to $23. 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Hair. Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www. lepetittheatre.com — The musical explores what it was like for American teenagers in the 1960s, during the Vietnam War. Tickets start at $10. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Harvey. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 4619475; www.rivertowntheaters. com — Gary Rucker directs and Ricky Graham stars in Mary Chase’s comedy about a kind man with an imaginary friend named Harvey. Tickets $37. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Menopause: The Musical. Harrah’s Casino (Harrah’s Theatre), 1 Canal St., (504) 533-6600; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Four women poke fun at “the change” in the musical comedy. Tickets $50. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. The Mountaintop. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 862-7529; www.anthonybeantheater.com — Anthony Bean and Monica R. Harris star in the New Orleans premiere of Katori Hall’s play about the night Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Nocturnes (I-III). Cosmodrome, 3625 St. Claude Ave. — Skin Horse Theater’s original work is set in a space station, the mission control room and in space during man’s first space flight. Visit www.skinhorsetheater.org for details. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Oregon Trail. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.com — A.J. Allegra’s play is based on the retro computer game of the same name. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. Pride & Prejudice. Ursuline Academy, 2635 State St., (504) 861-9150; ursulineneworleans. org — Ashley Ricord Santos and Michael Stone star in Jon Jory’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, directed by Jeffrey Gunshol and Aimee Hayes. Tickets start at $20. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Monday. Veronica’s Room. Playmakers Theater, 19106 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 8931671; www.playmakersinc. com — Melanie Hayno directs Ira Levin’s murder mystery. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, 2 p.m. Friday. Zooman and the Sign. Dillard University, Samuel DuBois Cook Theatre, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 816-4857; www.dillard.edu — Lawrence Weber directs Charles Fuller’s drama about a neighborhood rav-

aged by violence. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

BURLESQUE, CABARET & VARIETY Bits & Jiggles. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855 — The show mixes comedy and burlesque. Free admission. 9 p.m. Monday. Jump, Jive & Wail: The Music of Louis Prima. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — A 10-member cast sings hits from Louis Prima’s songbook and John Besh caters dinner Friday and Saturday, brunch Sunday. Tickets $60. 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday. Valentine’s Burlesque. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www.thejoytheater. com — The theater hosts a Valentine’s Day-themed burlesque show. Tickets start at $40. 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

AUDITIONS The Wedding Party. New Orleans Healing Center, Room 252, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — Black musical actors and actresses 18 and older are sought for a comedic play. Each actor performs a oneminute monologue and a song. Email headshots and resumes to theweddingparty@gmail. com. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

DANCE Holding Chaos. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno. org — Tsunami Dance Company performs its 10th anniversary concert. Tickets $18. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

OPERA Noah’s Flood (Noye’s Fludde). Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — Benjamin Britten’s retelling of the biblical story of Noah’s ark is presented by New Orleans Opera and features Norman Robinson as God. Tickets start at $20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

COMEDY Accessible Comedy. Buffa’s Lounge, 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www.buffaslounge.com — J. Alfred Potter and Jonah Bascle do stand-up shows on a rotating basis. 11:55 p.m. Friday. Allstar Comedy Revue. House of Blues Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the standup comedy show with special guests and a band. Free admission. 8 p.m. Thursday.

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STAGE LISTINGS Bill Maher. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola. com — The television star and political comedian performs. Tickets start at $50. 8 p.m. Saturday. Chris Tucker. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola. com — The actor and stand-up comedian performs. Tickets $55. 8 p.m. Friday. Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 828 S. Peters St., (504) 522-9653; www. thehowlinwolf.com — The New Movement presents a stand-up comedy showcase. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 944-0099; www. lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts the weekly comedy showcase. Free admission. 9 p.m. Tuesday. Friday Night Laughs. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open-mic. 10 p.m. Friday. Give ’Em The Light Open-Mic Comedy Show. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts the showcase. Sign-up 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tuesday. Hell Yes Fest 2013. Various locations, check website for details — Comedians perform, shorts and webseries are screened and there are parties. Visit www.hellyesfest.com for details. Tuesday through Nov. 18. Johnny Rock. C. Beever’s Bar of Music, 2507 N. Woodlawn Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-9401; www.cbeevers.com — Comedian Johnny Rock hosts an open-mic comedy night. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Laugh & Sip. The Wine Bistro, 1011 Gravier St.; www.facebook.com/TheWineBistroNO — Mark Caesar and DJ Cousin Cav host the weekly showcase of local comedians. Call (504) 606-6408 for details. Tickets $7. 8 p.m. Thursday.

NOLA Comedy Hour Open Mic & Showcase. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge. net — Andrew Polk hosts the open-mic series that features a booked showcase. Free admission. 8 p.m. sign-up, 9 p.m. show. Sunday. Sit-Down Stand-Up. Prytania Bar, 3445 Prytania St., (504) 891-5773; www. prytaniabar.com — Jonah Bascle hosts the stand-up comedy show presented by Accessible Comedy. Free admission. 8:30 p.m. Monday. Sketch Comedy. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — The Sketchy Characters perform sketch comedy. Visit www.sketchycharacters.net for details. 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Think You’re Funny? Comedy Showcase. Carrollton Station, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — The weekly open-mic comedy showcase is open to all comics. Sign-up 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday. The Three Charmers Comical Crescent City Christmas. Castle Theatre, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 287-4707; www. castle501.com — Jodi Borello, Becky Allen and Amanda Hebert perform Christmasthemed comedy. Tickets $25. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

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Lights Up. The New Movement, 1919 Burgundy St., (504) 302-8264; www. tnmcomedy.com — The theater showcases new improv troupes. Tickets $5. 9 p.m. Thursday.

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EVENTS TUESDAY 5 Crescent City Farmers Market. Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St. — The weekly market features fresh produce, kettle corn, Green Plate specials and flowers. Visit www. crescentcityfarmersmarket.org for details. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Figure Drawing Class. Forstall Art Supplies, 3135 Calhoun St., (504) 8664278; www.forstallartsupply.com — Call to register for the figure drawing class. Admission $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Free Environmental Job Training. Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 283-8822; www.dillard. edu — The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University and the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences offer free job training in hazardous waste cleanup, green construction, mold remediation and lead and asbestos abatement. Incentives include stipends, bus tokens (if needed) and lunch. Upon completion of the program, participants will receive job placement assistance. Call (504) 816-4005 to sign up. It’s All About the Music BIke Ride. Congo Square, Louis Armstrong Park, North Rampart and St. Ann streets — As part of NOLA Social Ride, bicyclists cruise around the city, stopping a few times along the way to enjoy free live music. More information is available

at www.facebook.com/groups/nolasocialride. 6 p.m. Reggae Night. The Other Place, 1224 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 943-7502 — DJ Kush Master spins reggae, there’s food from Coco Hut and there are cultural vendors. Free admission. 8 p.m. Toddler Time. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — The museum hosts special Tuesday and Thursday activities for children ages 3 and under and their parents or caregivers. Admission $8, free for members. 10:30 a.m. Transit Week 2013: Spotlight on Transit. Various locations — Ride New Orleans hosts a week of transit-centered events. Visit www.rideneworleans.org for details. Through Friday. WYES Wine and Coffee Pairing Dinners. Chefs at restaurants in New Orleans, on the Northshore and in Baton Rouge create multi-course dinners using Community Coffee in at least one of their dishes. Bus service is available for an additional $10 per person, and a portion of the proceeds benefit WYES. Visit www. wyes.org for menus and reservation instructions. Dinner $85, including tax and tip. 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 6 Barbershop Meetings. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Peter Nahkid leads the men’s

Covington Farmers Market. Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 — The market offers fresh locally produced foods every week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Fun Under the Frescoes. St. Alphonsus Church, 2025 Constance St., (504) 524-8116; www.stalphonsusneworleans.com — The Friends of St. Alphonsus host a concert, and each attendee gets three free drinks. Tickets $10. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Harrison Avenue Marketplace. Harrison Avenue Marketplace, 801 Harrison Ave.; www.harrisonavenuemarketplace.org — Friends of Lakeview and the Lakeview Civic Improvement Association present a monthly gathering with food, drinks, music, arts and crafts and kids activities. Visit the website for additional details. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mark Edge Jewelry Trunk Show. Spruce Eco-Studio, 2043 Magazine St., (504) 265-0946; www.sprucenola.com — The designer holds a trunk show for his latest pieces. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Pottery and Sculpture Sessions. Freret Clay Center, 2525 Jena St., (504) 919-8050; www.freretclaycenter. com — Potters and sculptors hold three-hour workshops. Materials $20. 9 a.m. & 6 p.m. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market, Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego — The market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art, live music and pony rides. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

THURSDAY 7 Art Activities During After Hours. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The Ogden offers art activities for kids during weekly After Hours concerts. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Bacchanalia. Roux Public House, 1910 Magazine St., (504) 570-6924; www. rouxnola.com — The competitive wine tasting fundraiser featuring cabernet sauvignon benefits HandsOn New Orleans. Visit bacchanaliacabernet2013. eventbrite.com for details. Admission $30. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lafreniere Live! Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, (504) 838-4389; www.lafrenierepark.org — Musicians perform on the new Al Copeland Concert Meadows Stage and refreshments are sold. See Gambit music listings for details. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Marketplace at Armstrong Park. Armstrong Park, North Rampart and St. Ann streets; www.icdnola. org — The weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, Louisiana seafood, handmade beauty products, art, crafts and entertainment. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Not a Moment to SPARE. Rock ’N’ Bowl, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-1700; www.rocknbowl.com — There’s bowling, food, drinks a silent auction and live music as the Extra Mile of Southeast Louisiana holds this event to benefit local children and adults with behavioral health problems and addictions. Kid tickets $20, adult tickets $40. Available at www.temsela.org or at the door. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. New Orleans RAWards. Eiffel Society, 2040 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-2951; www.eiffelsociety.com — Local artists in the fields of music, performing arts, fashion, hair, makeup, accessories, film, photography and visual arts compete to be one of the nine RAW: NOLA winners. Visit www.rawartists.org for details. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. to midnight.

the 12-step method to recover from compulsive eating. For details, contact Sarah at (504) 458-9965. 7 p.m. Restore the Bayou Canopy Fundraiser. Pearl, 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — The MotherShip Foundation hosts a fundraiser and auction benefiting the Restore the Bayou Canopy Campaign and efforts to replace trees along Bayou St. John that were taken by Hurricanes Katrina and Isaac. There’s live entertainment, wine and food. Tickets $50. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Seminar with Frenchy. Forstall Art Supplies, 3135 Calhoun St., (504) 866-4278; www.forstallartsupply. com — Frenchy holds an art seminar. Registration $10. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sistahs Making a Change. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Women of all levels of expertise are invited to dance, discuss and dine together at this health-centered event. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Monday. Unwanted Penance: A History of Prohibition in New Orleans by Sally Asher. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.crt.state. la.us/museum/properties/usmint — To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, there are performances, dramatic readings, lectures and cocktails. 6 p.m.

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NOLA TimeBanking, DyverseCity Etsy Training. DyverseCity, 3932 Fourth St., (504) 439-4530 — Attendees can set up TimeBank accounts, learn how to run Etsy shops or get computer coaching. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

19th Century Mourning and Internment Customs Tour. Pitot House, 1440 Moss St., (504) 482-0312; www. louisianalandmarks.org — Participants tour St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 and learn about burial customs and historic residents before exploring Pitot House to view mourning attire and assorted necro-artifacts. Visit www.saveourcemeteries.org to RSVP. Tour $25. 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Overeaters Anonymous. Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, 3900 St. Charles Ave., 899-3431 — Group members help each other utilize

Concerts in the Courtyard. Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — Local musicians perform and attendees

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Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans receive three specialty cocktail tickets. For details, visit www. hnoc.org. General admission $10, free for THNOC members. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fete de Justice. Eiffel Society, 2040 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-2951; www.eiffelsociety.com — The Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana hosts a gala featuring food, cocktails, live music, a silent auction and awards presentations. Visit www.jjpl. org/gala for tickets and visit www.facebook.com/jjplnola for details. General admission $100, young professionals under 30 $50. 7 p.m. Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 6584100; www.noma.org — The fourpart weekly event includes an art activity, live music, a film and a food demo. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Lusher Charter School’s 2013 Soiree. Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance St., (504) 525-5515; www. therustynail.org — Lusher Charter School’s Parent Teacher Student Association hosts its 2013 Soiree, featuring live music, food and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit the high school’s arts, academic and athletic programs. Visit www.lusherschool.org for details. Admission $30. 7 p.m.

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Single Urban Professionals Network Launch Party. Honey Loaf, 1441 Canal St., (504) 3091477; www.thehoneyloaf.com — The new singles’ mixing club celebrates its launch with food, music, drinks and giveaways. Visit www.sup-nola.com for details. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wrestlemania 30 On Sale Party. Champions Square, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3822; www. superdome.com — Sheamus, Rey Mysterio, Mark Henry, Kaitlyn, Alicia Fox, Mick Foley, Booker T. and Jimmy Hart sign autographs and participate in Q&A sessions at a Wrestlemania 30 ticket-purchasing event. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

SATURDAY 9 Antique Auto Club of St. Bernard Cruise Night. Brewster’s, 8751 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, 309-7548 — Antique and classic cars are displayed and there is music from the 1950s through the 1970s. 6 p.m. Azucar Ball. Sugar Mill, 1021 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 586-0004; www.sugarmillevents.com — The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation hosts its 23rd annual fundraiser. There’s food from area restaurants, live music, dancing, a silent auction and outdoor cigar lounge and drinks. Proceeds fund scholarships for outstanding Latino high school students. Visit www.nohhf.org for details. Tickets $200. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Better Health BaYOU! Day. Jean Lafitte National Park, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — Families enjoy music, dancing, games, yoga, Zumba and line dancing. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tulane University ethnomusicologist Matt Sakakeeny researched his book Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans (Duke University Press) during a time frame that straddled Hurricane Katrina, but his focus is about brass band music and culture in general, and it happened to be an interesting and revealing period regarding musicians, their livelihoods and contributions to New Orleans’ heavily promoted cultural economy. Brass bands including the Soul Rebels and Hot 8 ascended to the top of the scene, and Rebirth raised its national profile with a Grammy Award. Roll With It is one of very few books exclusively about New Orleans brass bands, and it’s the first with a contemporary focus. The early chapters are about specific second-line parades and jazz funerals. Sakakeeny marched in the funeral for longtime Olympia Brass Band leader Harold “Duke” Dejan while Sakakeeny was working for the radio program American Routes. Sakakeeny also attended notable second-line parades following Hurricane Katrina. He insightfully breaks down aspects of brass band music, but much of his early focus is on how bandleaders manage their groups. It’s a complicated juggling act involving finding gigs and managing a large and fluid band membership. The book also delves into the economic sides of the business and how many musicians squeak by while trying Matt Sakakeeny reads NOV to earn a living — in some cases while coping with family issues from Roll With It: Brass and personal problems such as substance abuse. A Sweet Home Bands in the Streets of New Orleans study estimated the average annual earnings of New Orleans local musicians as $17,800 per year. Sakakeeny notes that wages 6 p.m. Tuesday stayed consistent pre- and post-Katrina, but the cost of living rose substantially. As exciting as the allure of playing music can be for Garden District Book young musicians, it doesn’t offer great financial security. Shop, The Rink, 2727 “The TBC Brass Band has been No. 1 band at the parades this Prytania St., (504) 895year,” Sakakeeny says. “They came out of (George Washington) 2266; www.gardendisCarver (High School) and the band director Wilbert Rawlins. trictbookshop.com ... They’re coming out of high school and thinking, ‘What am I going to do next?’ Some of them might go to college on a music scholarship, but the No. 1 thing New Orleans offers is work in the service industry to people who want to stay in their hometown. Music seems to have potential for a career, but the reality is that it doesn’t provide a steady paycheck.” Roll With It is published by an academic press, and it has useful footnotes and a bibliography, but it’s accessible, even if it occasionally references anthropological literature and delves into cultural theory. Sakakeeny offers close accounts of parades and the inner workings of the bands. He observes how the city celebrates its culture and especially its musicians, but the book also exposes the way many musicians survive on the same income as low-rung service industry workers. It’s an engaging street-level look at the bands that so often are used to represent and symbolize the city’s cultural richness. Sakakeeny reads from the book and Rebirth performs at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Garden District Book Shop. — WILL COVIELLO

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Ochsner Moonlight and Miracles Gala. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3663; www.superdome. com — Gayle Benson chairs a gala benefiting cancer programs at Ochsner. There’s a cocktail reception, a seated dinner, a live auction and dancing. Attire is sparkly cocktail, black tie optional. Call (504) 842-7133 or visit www.ochsner.org/miraclesgala for details and tickets. Tickets start at $150. 5:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Market, 922 Teche St. — Produce, seafood and more are available for purchase. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Central City Festival. Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, 16001700 blocks, (504) 528-1806; bit. ly/CentralCityFest2013 — The O.C. Haley Boulevard Merchants and Business Association hosts its seventh annual Central City Festival. There’s music, dance, kids’ activities, social aid and pleasure clubs, food, crafts, door prizes and a health fair. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Civil War Living History. Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — Living history characters Roscoe, Lee & Abadie use music, theater, magic and comedy to teach adults and kids about the Civil War, in conjunction with the museum’s “Occupy New Orleans! Voices from the Civil War” exhibit. Noon to 4 p.m.

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Cornhole, Canines & College Football. NOLA Brewing, 3001 Tchoupitoulas St., ; www.nolabrewing.com — The Louisiana SPCA and Canine Connection hold a cornhole tournament. Beer and food are sold, college football plays on televisions in the taproom and friendly, leashed dogs are welcome. Registration $10. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Crescent City Farmers Market. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, (504) 861-5898; www.marketumbrella.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon. Fall Fashion Bazaar. L’Entrepot Gallery, 527 Julia St., (504) 4504620; www.lentrepotnola.com — Fourteen local designers and artisans peddle their wares. At the same time Carmo’s new bar celebrates its grand opening, there’s a farmer’s market and the NOLA Book Fair. Visit www. facebook.com/fallfashionbazaar for details. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Family Workshop: Airborne School. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — Kids and their families design, build and test their own parachutes, learn about Normandy drop zones and go on a behind-thescenes recon mission. Call (504) 528-1944 ext. 229 or email lauren.handley@nationalww2museum.org to register. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. FestivALES Freret. Freret Street Publiq House, 4528 Freret St., (504) 826-9912; www.publiq-

house.com — Attendees sample seasonal and craft beers from 30 breweries while touring six restaurants and bars along Freret Street. All seven breweries in the Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild are featured. Visit www.bestofneworleans.com/ festivales for details. Tickets including 24 tastings $30, extra tastings $1 each. Noon to 6 p.m. German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features a wide range of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www. germancoastfarmersmarket. org for details. 8 a.m. to noon. Gretna Farmers Market. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, (504) 362-8661 — The weekly rain-orshine market features more than 30 vendors offering a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Grow Dat Farm Stand. Grow Dat Youth Farm, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive, (504) 377-8395; www.growdatyouthfarm.org — Grow Dat Youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon.

Hynes Takes a Sea Cruise. Hynes Charter School, 990 Harrison Ave., (504) 324-7160; www.hynesschool.org — Hynes Charter School’s benefit to fund its outdoor enhancements features food from Dooky Chase, Drago’s, Creole Creamery and several other local establishments, live music and drinks. Visit www.hynesschool.org for details. Tickets $75. 7 p.m. Madisonville Art Market. Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River Front at Water Street, Madisonville, (985) 871-4918; www.artformadisonville.org — The monthly market features works by local artists including paintings, mixed-media works, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. New Orleans Book Fair & Media Expo. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 5283800; www.cacno.org — The fair features small and independent publishers, readings by local authors and more. Visit www. neworleansbookfair.com for details. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. NOMA Family Day. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100;

www.noma.org — The musuem offers kids storytelling, art projects, music, puppetry and more. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. OCH Recycled Art Market. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www. zeitgeistinc.net — There’s live music, entertainment and art and home furnishings crafted from reclaimed materials. Visit www.ochartmarket.com for details. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rivertown Farmers Market. Rivertown, 400 block of Williams Boulevard., Kenner, (504) 468-7231; www.kenner.la.us — The twice-monthly market features local fruit, vegetables and dairy, homemade jams and jellies, cooking demonstrations and more. 8 a.m. to noon. Sankofa Farmers Market. ARISE Academy, 3819 St. Claude Ave. — The weekly market offers locally grown fruits and vegetables, fresh eggs and other goods. Call (504) 872-9214 or visit www.sankofanola.org for details. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Shop Away in the Vieux Carre Kickoff. French Market, French Market Place, between Decatur and North Peters streets, (504)

522-2621; www.frenchmarket. org — There are free pedicab rides through the French Quarter, shopping tours, live music and costumed carolers. The 27-foot fleur-de-lis-topped tree across from Jackson Square is lighted at 6 p.m. sharp. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. St. Bernard Seafood & Farmers Market. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi, (504) 355-4442; www. visitstbernard.com — The market showcases fresh seafood, local produce, jams and preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment, children’s activities and more. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Yoga. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — The museum holds yoga classes. Call (504) 456-5000 for details. Free for NOMA and East Jefferson Wellness Center members, $5 general admission. 8 a.m.

SUNDAY 10 SoFAB cooking demo. French Market, corner of Governor Nicholls and French Market Place; www.frenchmarket.org —

EVENT LISTINGS Local chefs cook their signature dishes. 2 p.m. Swing Dance Lesson With Amy & Chance. d.b.a., 618 Frenchmen St., (504) 942-3731; www.dbabars.com/dbano — The bar and music venue offers free swing dance lessons. 4:30 p.m. Tipitina’s Foundation’s Sunday Youth Music Workshop. Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-8477; www.tipitinas. com — Kids jam with local musicians. 1 p.m.

MONDAY 11 Angela Davis. Tulane University, McAlister Auditorium, 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-5196; www.tulane.edu — The activist gives a lecture. 8 p.m. Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold presents the class in the museum’s art galleries. Call (504) 4565000 for details. Free for NOMA and East Jefferson Hospital Wellness Center members, $5 general admission. 6 p.m. THANKS+GIVING: A Design for Good Cocktail Social. Propeller Incubator, 4035 Washington

Ave., (504) 564-7816; www.gopropeller.org — Propeller and AIGA New Orleans partner to bring nonprofits and graphic designers together as an effort to enroll professionals into Propeller’s Pro Bono Network. There are craft cocktails by Cane and Table, light hors d’oeuvres, a hero-themed photobooth and prize giveaways for new enrollees. RSVP at www.gopropeller. org/network. 6 p.m. Twerk & Werk Bounce Dance Class with Dwight & William. Passion Dance Center, 2619 Dreux Ave., (504) 284-3955; www.passiondancecenter.com — Bounce dancers Dwight and William, who have performed with Big Freedia and Walt Wiggady, teach a bounce dance class. Contact Tamika at (504) 376-3069 or tamika@passiondancecenter.com for details and to sign up. Class $10, $5 with college ID, first class free. 8 p.m.

SPORTS Pelicans. New Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Philadelphia 76ers. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Saints. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3663; www.superdome.com — The New Orleans Saints play the San Francisco 49ers. 3:25 p.m. Sunday.

www.nutrias.org — The curator discusses and signs A Company Man: The Remarkable French-Atlantic Voyage of a Clerk for the Company of the Indies. 10 a.m. Saturday.

New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — The author signs and discusses Traditional Music in Coastal Louisiana: The 1934 Lomax Recordings. 2 p.m. Saturday.

Poets of Color. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., (504) 947-2121; www.stannanola.org — Poets participate in a writing circle. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.

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Frank deCaro. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323 — The author signs Stories of Our Lives. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Kit Wohl. Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave., (504) 322-7479; www.neworleanspubliclibrary. org — The author discusses and signs New Orleans Classic Celebrations: Recipes from Favorite Restaurants. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The Shape of Books to Come: UNO Press Catalog Release Party. University of New Orleans, Liberal Arts Building, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6657; www.uno.edu — UNO Press celebrates its resurgence and the launch of the University of New Orleans Center for the Book with a catalog release party featuring wine and refreshments. Visit www.unopress.org for details. 4 p.m. Monday.

Angela Carll. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266 — The author discusses and signs Where Writers Wrote in New Orleans. 1 p.m. Saturday. Dianne de Las Casas, Holly Stone-Barker. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323 — The author and illustrator read The House That Santa Built. 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Digital Storytelling Community Story Circle. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Junebag Productions hosts a workshop about digital storytelling and community journalism led by Carpetbag Theatre. Contact smckee10@hotmail.com for details. 6 p.m. Wednesday

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Erin M. Greenwald. Algiers Regional Library, 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323;

Friends of the UNO Library Used Book Sale. University of New Orleans, Earl K. Long Library, (504) 280-6355; www.library. uno.edu — The organization holds a used book sale. 10 a.m.6 p.m. through Wednesday. Janet Wyman Coleman. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266 — The author reads from and discusses Eight Dolphins of Katrina. Noon Sunday. Jewish Book Festival. Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Ave., (504) 388-0511; www.nojcc.org — The New Orleans Jewish Community Center hosts its 14th annual Jewish Book Festival, featuring music, book signings, children’s activities and more. Visit the website for details. Through Nov. 24. Joshua Clegg Caffery. Historic

Matt Sakakeeny. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266 — The author signs and discusses Roll With It. Rebirth Brass Band performs. 6 p.m. Tuesday. Nia Terezakis. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The author signs and discusses Artful Feast: An Elegant Lifestyle for Dining. 6 p.m. Thursday. Open Mic. Drum Sands Publishing and Books, 7301 Downman Road, (504) 247-6519; www.drumsandspublishing. com — The bookstore and publishing house hosts an open mic for writers of all genres. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. University of New Orleans, Bicentennial Educational Building, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000; www.uno.edu — The group holds a meeting and critique. 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Story Time with Miss Maureen. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — The bookstore hosts a children’s book reading. 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

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9. If you received annual reviews with glowing evaluations of your performance at your previous jobs, you can extract quotes from those and include them in your résumé. 10. On LinkedIn, you can ask your contacts who know your work to provide a Recommendation that will be posted on LinkedIn (not to be confused with an Endorsement, which requires no statement). New Orleans Job Guru is New Orleans native Grant Cooper. President of Strategic Résumés®, Grant has ranked in the Top 2% of 340 LinkedIn National Résumé Writing Experts worldwide, and has assisted the U.S. Air Force, Kinko’s, the Louisiana Dept. of Labor, the City of New Orleans, NFL/NBA players & coaches, as well as universities, regional banks, celebrities, and major corporations.

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LEGAL NOTICES 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 679-198 DIV. M SUCCESSION OF GERALDINE RITA SCANLAN widow of CYRILL ANTHONY ARNOLD NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY NOTICE, is given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein and of her estate, that the Administrator of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to sell the undivided interest of the succession in certain immovable property belonging to the decedent in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure for ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/100 ($178,500.00) Dollars for the whole of said property.

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LOT Z-4, ORLEANS PARKWAY. Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana. Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 747 Parkway Avenue, Jefferson, Louisiana. Being the same property acquired from Dryades Savings and Loan Association on August 8, 1977 registered in COB 904, folio 936, Instrument No. 786730. Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this notice. Gretna, Louisiana, this 8th day of November 2013. Attorney: Wallace H. Paletou Bar Roll No. 10278 Address: 3601 N. I-10 Service Rd. W. Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone (504) 456-2626 Gambit: 11/12/13 & 12/3/13 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, executed by Kimberly Cannon Ramirez and Carlos Ramirez, and dated May 21, 2003, in the principal sum of $80,254.00, bearing interest at the rate of 5.375% percent from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the unopened Succession of Vidal Clarke Thomas, please contact Jennifer Medley, atty at (504) 495-1385.

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SUCCESSION OF CYRILL ANTHONY ARNOLD

SUCCESSION OF CECIL G. MARTIN

NO.: 13-3573 DIV. N DOCKET 1

WHEREAS, BARRY J. MONICA, the duly appointed Executor of the Succession of Carl F. Delaney, (hereinafter referred to as the “Succession”) has made an application to this Honorable Court for a judgment of authority to sell at private sale the following described property, to wit:

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

NOTICE FOR PRIVATE SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

STATE OF LOUISIANA

THAT PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, accretions, servitudes, prescriptions, advantages and appurenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the District of Barataria, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana and that part of FARM NO. NINETY-TWO (92) OF MARVIS GROVE SUBDIVISION of the Berthoud Plantation, measuring Thirtytwo (32’) feet front on the Public Shell Road, and running to Bayou Barataria, where it has a depth and front on Bayou Barataria of Thirty-two (32’) lying on the southwesterly part of said Farm No. Ninety-two, next to Farm Ninety-three (93) now owned by John B. Veglia and said Marvis Grove Sub. according to a plan by James S. Webb, C.E., dated March 4, 1921, on file in the office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson, situated in Township 15 and 16 South, Range 23 and 24 East, Jefferson Parish, as per plan hereinabove referred to. And in accordance with a survey by Alvin. E. Hotard, C.E., dated September 12, 1968, said portion of ground measures 32.33 feet front on Louisiana State Highway 45, by a depth of 100 feet on sideline adjoining Lot 93, by a depth on the opposite side line adjoining Lot 92 of 116.2 feet, said survey annexed to act before Salvador J. Chauppette, Jr., N.P., dated October 25, 1968, all as more fully Shown on a survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, L.S., dated April 13, 1973. Being the same property acquired by Rose Cazzetta, wife of/and Carl Felix Delaney by Act recorded in COB 2656 page 315, public records of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. BARRY J. MONICA, the duly appointed Executor of this Succession, has received a bonafide, written offer to purchase the aforementioned property from interested purchasers at private sale on the terms of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND AND 0/100 ($17,000.00) DOLLARS cash. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an order granting such authority may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of final publication and that an opposition may be filed at any time prior to the issuance of such order. By Order of the Court, Marilyn Guidry, Deputy Clerk of Court For Jon Gegenheimer, Clerk of Court Attorney: G. Patrick Hand, III Address: 901 Derbigny St. Gretna, LA 70053 Telephone: (504) 362-5893 Gambit: 11/12/13 & 12/3/13 ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE HEIRS OF JOHANNA JOSEPH WILLIAMS, PLEASE CONTACT IRVING SHNAIDER, (504) 484-6416. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of TIFFANY RICKMAN, please contact Carlos A. Ramirez, Atty, 1515 Poydras St., Suite 1400, New Orleans, LA 70112, (504) 410-9611. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Wade A. Barrow, please contact William Boyles, Atty, at 504-232-2940. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lories Thornabar, Jr., please contact Trong Nguyen, Atty., 504-383-4545

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE is given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein and of his estate, that the Administrator of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to sell the undivided interest of the succession in certain immovable property belonging to the decedent in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure for ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/100 ($178,500.00) Dollars for the whole of said property. The immovable property to be sold is described as follows: LOT Z-4, ORLEANS PARKWAY. Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana. Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 747 Parkway Avenue, Jefferson, Louisiana. Being the same property acquired from Dryades Savings and Loan Association on August 8, 1977 registered in COB 904, folio 936, Instrument No. 786730. Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this notice. Gretna, Louisiana, this 8th day of November 2013. Attorney: Wallace H. Paletou Bar Roll No. 10278 Address: 3601 N. I-10 Service Rd. W. Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: (504) 456-2626 Gambit: 11/12/13 & 12/3/13 ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of LIONEL S. DONALDSON, JR. or COREY A. DONALDSON, whose last known address was 2334 Flood St, New Orleans, LA 70117, please contact Atty. Jauna Crear, 4747 Earhart Blvd, Ste I, NOLA 70125, 504-365-1545. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of one certain promissory note executed by DANIEL SOUTHERLAND in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON on NOVEMBER 24, 2003 made payable to ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, in the amount of $78,375.00 with payments in the amount of $566.92 beginning on JANUARY 1, 2004, at the interest rate of 7.850%, please contact HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.O. BOX 87379, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of PERRY DESROCHES, please contact Carlos A. Ramirez, Atty, 1515 Poydras St., Suite 1400, New Orleans, LA 70112, (504) 410-9611. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Randell M. Cartier or Cartier Homes, LLC, please contact Edward R. Washington, III at (504) 258-0808. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Richard L. Smith and Mary A. Smith, please contact Steven M. Jupiter at (504) 533-8720. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Sheryle L. Blackwell please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 5539588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223 New Orleans, LA 70130. ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of GINA MARIE LORINO and/or ANN DICKINSON BERBIERI, whose last known address was 1214 Felicity St, New Orleans, LA 70130, please contact Atty. Jauna Crear, 4747 Earhart Blvd, Ste I, NOLA 70125, 504-365-1545.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

WHEREAS the Court appointed Administrator has made application to the Court for the sale of property of the Decedent, Cecil G. Martin, as follows: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the FOURTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, in Square 79, bounded by CHIPPEWA, ANNUNCIATION, THIRD and FOURTH STREETS, which said piece or portion of ground measures 25 feet, 8 inches front on Chippewa Street by 143 feet, 11 inches 6 inches in depth on the side line next to Fourth Street, 25 feet, 7 inches 7 lines in width in the rear and a depth of 143 feet 1 inch, 5 lines on the side line next to Third Street. According to a sketch made by DM Brosman, Deputy City Surveyor, also sketch of H. Grant, Surveyor, dated May 21, 1845, annexed to an act before LR Kenny, NP, dated May 4, 1945, said piece or portion of ground is designated by the letter B. According to a plat of survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, dated November 6, 1956, annexed to an act passed before John E. Parker, NP, dated November 29, 1956, said portion of ground is designated by the letter B and commences 76 feet, 4 inches from the corner of Chippewa and Fourth Streets, having the same measurements as set forth above. The improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 2621-23 Chippewa Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Petition and in the agreement to sell filed in the record of this matter. Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file their opposition within ten (10) days from the day on which the last publication of this notice appears. By order of the Court, Dale N. Atkins, Clerk. Attorney: Robert J. Bergeron Address: 7820 Maple Street New Orleans, LA 70118 Telephone: (504) 866-5151 Gambit: 11/12/13 & The Louisiana Weekly Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Astrid Jenson Devlin please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 5539588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223 New Orleans, LA 70130. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Glenn Michael Bridges and Belinda Bell Bridges, please contact Steven M. Jupiter at (504) 533-8720. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Joseph Raymond Legeaux please contact the Law Offices of Rudy Gorrell (504) 553-9588 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 223 New Orleans, LA 70130. ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of LARRY DUNBAR, whose last known address was 3308 Pauger St, New Orleans, LA 70119, please contact Atty. Jauna Crear, 4747 Earhart Blvd, Ste I, NOLA 70125, 504-365-1545. ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of WILLIE LEE ADAMS, whose last known local address was 1406 Clouet St, New Orleans, LA 70117, please contact Atty. Jauna Crear, 4747 Earhart Blvd, Ste I, NOLA 70125, 504-365-1545. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of ALPHONSE PLEMING, please contact Carlos A. Ramirez, Atty, 1515 Poydras St., Suite 1400, New Orleans, LA 70112, (504) 410-9611.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE OF PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Frank Leo Faust, Jr., Barry Francis Faust and Donald Charles Faust, as Co-Executors of the Succession of Frank Leo Faust, have pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure Article 3281, petitioned this Honorable Court for authority to sell, at private sale for the total price of $444,000.000 with the decedent’s interest being $222,000.00, payable in cash, the decedent’s undivided one-half (1/2) interest in the following described real estate, to wit: That portion of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Second District of the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, within Zone One of the Lakefront Development of the Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, known as “Lakeshore Subdivision” and designated as Lot No. 1, in Square No. 6, on a map titled “Lakeshore on Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Louisiana, Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, dated May 3, 1951, File No. L.D. 2932, revised September 11, 1951,” and on a map titled “Square Number 6 of Lakeshore, New Orleans, Louisiana, Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, dated May 3, 1951, File L.D. 2932-6”; both of which maps were prepared by A.L. Willoz, C.E.; said square No. 6 being bounded by Amethyst Street, Onyx Street, Topaz Street and Cameo Street. The Southwest corner of Lot No. 1, Square No. 6 coincides with the Southwest Corner of Square No. 6, said corner being marked with Concrete Monument No. 43. Lot No. 1 Square No. 6 is more fully described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner thence North 08 degrees, 48 minutes, 09 seconds West fifty seven and four hundred and forty-eight thousandths (57.448’) feet to Concrete Monument No. 44; thence in a Northerly direction and along on arc to the right having a radius of 183.816 feet, said are being subtended by a chord of 50 feet and having a bearing of North 00 degrees, 59 minutes, 09 seconds West; thence South 83 degrees, 10 minutes, 08 seconds East 140.79 feet; thence South 03 degrees, 29 minutes, 18 seconds West 60.104 feet; thence in a westerly direction and along an arc to the right having a radius of 873.503 feet, said arc being subtended by a chord of 130 feet and having a bearing of South 76 degrees, 38 minutes, 44 seconds West to the Southwest corner of the lot and point of beginning, as per survey by Guy J. Seghers, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, dated August 23, 1956, a copy of which is annexed to an Act of Sale passed before Henry P. Dart, III, on September 10, 1956. NOW, therefore, notice is hereby given, that the heirs, legatees and creditors are required to make opposition, if any they have or can, within seven (7) days, from the date whereon the last publication of this notice appears. Attorney: George L. Wax Address: 3228 6th St., Ste. 100 Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: (504) 837-3428 Gambit: 10/22/13 & 11/12/13 Iley M. Joseph or anyone knowing of his/her whereabouts, please contact Sarah Pfeiffer, Attorney at (504) 3664025.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

SUCCESSION OF AGNES MIRIAM JOYCE JOSEPH SABATIER AKA JOYCE J.D. SABATIER NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO PAY ESTATE DEBTS Notice is given to the creditors of this Succession and to all other interested persons, that a First Tableau of Distribution has been filed by Laurie Dennery Molnar, the Testamentary Independent Executor of the Succession, with her petition praying for homologation of the Tableau and for authority to pay the debts of the Estate listed thereon, and that the First Tableau Distribution can be homologated after the expiration of seven days from the date of the publication of this notice. Any opposition to the petition and First Tableau of Distribution, must be filed prior to homologation. Dale N. Atkins, Clerk of Court Attorney: Darryl Harrison Darryl Harrison, LLC Address: 531 Atlantic Avenue New Orleans, LA 70114 Telephone: (504) 812-5348 Gambit: 11/12/13 & The Louisiana Weekly

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 2006-5688 DIV. J SUCCESSION OF MARIE ALEXANDER LEWIS wife of/and JOHN DARRELL LEWIS, SR. NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas the Administrator of the above Estate has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit: Lot 25 (or 31), Square 115, First Municipal District of New Orleans, municipal address 926 Melpomene Street, acquired by act recorded at NA# 066406, COB 713, page 210. UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: $130,000, with seller to pay cost of certificates and seller’s closing fees, and taxes and insurance to be prorated to the date of the sale. Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate, that they are ordered to make any opposition which they may have or may have to such application at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application, and that such order or 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 Dale Atkins, Clerk Attorney: Steven J. Koehler Address: 3350 Ridgelake Dr., Ste. 200 Metairie, LA 70002-3831 Telephone: (504) 293-0004 Gambit: 11/12/13 & 12/3/13

CLASSIFIEDS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO. 719-863 DIV. K C/W NO. 725-283 SUCCESSION OF NATHANIEL SOLOMON, JR. and SUCCESSION OF LILLIAN BUCKNER SOLOMON NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE The duly qualified and confirmed Administrator of the Succession of Nathaniel Solomon, Jr., has made application to the Court for the private sale of the succession’s undivided one-half interest in the immovable property described as follows: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon and situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, City of Kenner, in that part thereof known as Audubon Subdivision. Said Lot is designated as Lot No. 44, Square No. 4, which is bounded by 35th Street, East Loyola Drive, Loyola Drive, Galan Drive, Hooper Drive, Maggiore Drive and Yenni Drive and measures as follows: Said Lot 44 commences at a distance of 347.88 feet from the corner of Galan Drive and East Loyola Drive and measures thence 75 feet front on East Loyola Drive, a first width in the rear of 43.12 feet to a point, and a second width in the rear of 13.80 feet, by a depth on the sideline nearer to Galan Drive of 148.44 feet and a depth on the opposite sideline of 132.85 feet. The improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 3409 East Loyola Drive, Kenner, Louisiana 70065. UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO WIT: $70,000.00 all cash to Vendor at sale.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT, Attorney: William J. Luscy, III Address: 616 Papworth Ave., Ste. C Metairie, LA 70005 Telephone: (504) 837-5597 Gambit: 10/22/13 & 11/12/13

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

NO.: 723-829 DIV. N SUCCESSION OF KERRY P. GRUNDMEYER Notice is given that the Administratrix of this succession has petitioned the court for authority to sell immovable property belonging to the Estate of decedent, Kerry P. Grundmeyer, at private sale in accordance with the provisions of C.C.P. art. 3281 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure with the immovable property being sold for $120,000.00 and/or not less than $100,000.00, cash, minus closing costs and real estate commission fees, said property to be sold at private sale and is describes as follows: Immovable property located at 956 Tavel Drive, Kenner, Louisiana Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition

Attorney: Al J. Mendoza Address: 2439 Manhattan Blvd., Ste. 207 Harvey, LA 70058 Telephone: (504) 362-1001 Gambit: 11/5/13 & 11/12/13

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF ORLEANS

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION OF RMM MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, L.L.C. A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statues §12:1338 of the Louisiana Limited Liability Company Law, RMM MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (the “Company”) is in liquidation and that all persons who have a valid and subsisting claim against the Company and all persons having unfulfilled contracts with the Company present their claim in detailed writing by June 1, 2014 to the following address: FRANCIS J, LOBRANO LAW OFFICE OF FRANCIS J. LOBRANO, L.L.C. POST OFFICE BOX 208 BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA 70037 PHONE: (504) 433-3100 FAX: (504) 433-3103 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all persons who have a valid and subsisting claim against the Company must present their claim along with all supporting documentation by the close of business on the date referenced above or their claim shall be barred perpetually and peremptorily. PLEASE NOTE: THIS NOTICE ONLY APPLIES TO CREDITORS AND PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY RECEIVED NOTICE BY CERTIFIED MAIL OF THESE PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO THE PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. All creditors and persons who have previously filed claims with the liquidator in this matter need not file their claims again.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF ORLEANS

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION OF RIVER MARINE MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statues §12:1338 of the Louisiana Limited Liability Company Law, RIVER MARINE MANAGEMENT, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (the “Company”), is in liquidation and that all persons who have a valid and subsisting claim against the Company and all persons having unfulfilled contracts with the Company present their claim in detailed writing by June 1, 2014 to the following address: FRANCIS J. LOBRANO LAW OFFICE OF FRANCIS J. LOBRANO, L.L.C. POST OFFICE BOX 208 BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA 70037 PHONE: (504) 433-3100 FAX: (504) 433-3103 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all persons who have a valid and subsisting claim against the Company must present their claim along with all supporting documentation by the close of business on the date referenced above or their claim shall be barred perpetually and peremptorily. PLEASE NOTE: THIS NOTICE ONLY APPLIES TO CREDITORS AND PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY RECEIVED NOTICE BY CERTIFIED MAIL OF THESE PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO THE

PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. All creditors and persons who have previously filed claims with the liquidator in this matter need not file their claims again.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO.: 13-10291 DIV. N SECT. 8 SUCCESSION OF CECIL G. MARTIN NOTICE OF FILING OF TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that the Administrator of this succession has filed a petition for authority to pay debts of the succession in accordance with the tableau of distribution contained in the Petition. The Petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of this publication; any opposition to the petition must be filed prior to homologation. Deputy Clerk Attorney: Robert J. Bergeron, La. Bar 20697 Address: 7820 Maple St. New Orleans, LA 70118 Telephone: (504) 866-5151 Gambit: 11/12/13 & The Louisiana Weekly

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FIRST CITY COURT FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO.: 2013-51962 JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT SALE BY CONSTABLE THAT PORTION OF GROUND BEARING MUNICIPAL NO. 7444 St. Charles Ave., Unit 109, this city, in the matter entitled 7444 ST. CHARLES HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION, INC. vs SONYA DAVID By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facais to me directed by the Honorable The First City Court for the City of New Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will proceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First District of the City on November 19, 2013, at 12:00 o’clock noon, the following described property to wit: Lots “D”, “E-1”, and “E-2”, Square No. 61, Seventh District, City of New Orleans, La. Acquired CIN 56967, dated 08/27/1992, NA# 947095 WRIT AMOUNT: $1,631.18 Seized in the above suit, TERMS-CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a deposit of ten percent of the purchase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter. Note: All deposits must be Cash, Cashier’s Check, Certified Check or Money Ordrer, No Personal Checks. Attorney: Irl Silverstein Address: 635 Lafayette St. Gretna, LA 70053 Telephone: (504) 362-3692 Gambit: 10/15/13 & 11/12/13 & The Louisiana Weekly

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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 of 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 last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

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