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THU.-SUN. DEC. 10-13 | Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his quartet, featuring pianist Joey Calderazzo, are joined by Grammy Award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling for a four-night stand. At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. at Snug Harbor.

Christmas Concerto THU.-SUN. DEC. 10-13 | The Marigny Opera Ballet premieres a work by choreographers Donna Crump, Maritza Mercado-Narcisse and Nikki Hefko featuring baroque concertos performed by the New Resonance Chamber Orchestra. At 8 p.m. at Marigny Opera House.

British comedian Eddie Izzard brings his globetrotting show to New Orleans

BY ALEX WOODWARD @ALEXWOODWARD

Eyehategod EDDIE IZZARD TOURED FRANCE, IN FRENCH, selling more than 5,000

tickets in 15 cities for 24 shows.

“That’s never I think been done before by an English speaker in the history of ever,” he says. “Two hundred years since the Battle of Waterloo — beautiful.”

Izzard — whose wandering, oftensurreal and endlessly silly stand-up comedy has placed him among the greatest British comics of all time — is on pace to conquer several languages, in which he performs his mercurial, partially improvised and unrestrained monologues in their native countries.

His “Force Majeure” tour (a sort of intercontinental analog to Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour) lands in New Orleans on Dec. 9. Izzard doesn’t rely on Rosetta Stone or Muzzy language courses — he designed a method with his brother, Mark.

“We’ve developed a radical way of doing things,” Izzard says. “We came up with this system — the Izzard System — which is ‘learn it like a play.’ … The show is created as a universal comedy — talking about human sacrifice, chickens with guns, God fighting Darth Vader over spaghetti carbonara in the Death Star canteen.

The references cause problems.

So I just translate them to different languages. … Once I have a show in my head, like a play, I could learn the language after that, with a living dictionary in my head. That’s the radical method.”

He’s sharpening his German, next is Spanish, followed by Russian and Arabic.

“Then there’s politics,” he says.

“That’s the order.”

Izzard’s political ambitions in his native England aim for a parliamentary seat in 2020.

“I just want to be inside the machine to see how it all works,” he says. “I feel I can work politically. I do come up with different ideas, and I want to put my energy into that.”

FRI. DEC. 11 | Both a deafening end to a 14-year recording silence and a sudden goodbye to drummer Joey LaCaze (who died during its production), 2014’s Eyehategod is the eponymous welt of grizzled veterans who sound like they’re just getting started. Short Leash and Ossacrux open at 10 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

Stand Up NOLA FRI. DEC. 11 | The marquee stand-up showcase returns to highlight the best of the city’s growing comedy scene. This installment features extended sets from New Orleans comics Carrey Bee, Ariel Elias, Tony Frederick, Scotland Green, Allison Hotard, Julie Mitchell and Matt Owens. At 8 p.m. at The Joy Theater.

Izzard’s stand-up spans the monumental Dress to Kill, lampooning world history and religion (famously setting the phrase “cake or death?” into comedy’s marble) and Circle, which he also performed entirely in French. His platform and burgeoning political career, modeling friend and fellow comic-turned-office holder Al Franken, will represent “the many rather than the few.”

“I’m inclusionist. I want myself to do well. I want us all to do well,” he says.

“If anyone’s having a tough time I want a safety net there. And live and let live.

I’d love America to be the America I grew up with. I’m a Democrat in America and a Labour Party member in Britain. I’m a social democrat. I like people. I think all people are great.

Extremists can all piss off.”

Izzard’s activism also extends to his tour — ticket sales benefit

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SAT. DEC. 12 | Costumed revelers gather at the Rusty Nail and toast the holidays before making the late afternoon jaunt to Generations Hall, where there’s music

by Flow Tribe and Category 6.

Doors open at 11 a.m. at The Rusty Nail.

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Guy Blakeslee charitable organizations in each city he performs. In New Orleans, Izzard donates a portion of proceeds to the New Orleans Musicians Clinic.

“You come in, you do entertainment, you get paid, great, and if you can do something extra that seems like a wonderful idea,” he says. “The city has had enough tough times. As has the world.”

SUN. DEC. 13 | Entrance bandleader Guy Blakeslee collaborated with indie-rock production heavyweight Chris Coady (Beach House, TV on the Radio) on Ophelia Slowly (Everloving), his first solo outing in 10 years.

New Holland opens at 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

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The amount candidates and political action committees spent on television advertisements during the 2015 race for Louisiana governor.

$19,969,770 MORE THAN $9 MILLION total was spent on U.S. Sen. David Vitter’s ad campaign — compared to only $6 million to boost state Rep. (and now governor-elect) John Bel Edwards.

The Center for Public Integrity found that Vitter’s 14,656 ads cost $4,117,390, and Edwards’ campaign spent $3,212,040 on 11,051 ads. The pro-Vitter Fund for Louisiana’s Future spent nearly $4 million on 7,895 ads, and the anti-Vitter Gumbo PAC spent less than $2 million on 3,568 ads.

Meanwhile, Gov. Bobby Jindal spent $400,000 taxpayer dollars for police protection and travel in the last several months of his failed bid for president, according to WVUE-TV. State troopers traveled (and ate and stayed in hotels) with Jindal’s campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Ohio.

Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy told WVUE, “When you’re running for president, it has nothing to do with Louisiana taxpayers. … He ought to pay for it.” — ALEX WOODWARD

Pelicans fall to Memphis, now just 4-14 overall.

At some point “injuries” & “figuring out the system” excuses need to stop.

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Cash Money Records, in partnership

with the Johnny and Gladys Williams Foundation, donated 2,500 turkeys to New Orleans families at its 19th annual turkey giveaway Nov. 24 at New Home Full Gospel Ministries. The foundation (named after the parents of Cash Money founders Ronald “Slim” and Bryan “Birdman” Williams) also donated 1,000 turkeys and other canned goods to families in Miami last month.

Puentes New Orleans was awarded

a $50,000 grant from the Entergy Charitable Foundation to support Puentes’ financial services for families, including credit counseling, education for first-time homebuyers, programs for small business development and other services. Puentes has served the New Orleans area’s Latino community since 2007.

LSU Health Sciences Center’s Health Care Services Division can’t account

for nearly $6 million worth of equipment, according to a Nov. 30 audit from the state’s Legislative Auditor. The report also says more than $15 million in equipment purchased for the new University Medical Center in New Orleans wasn’t recorded properly.

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Clancy DuBos’ annual Da Winnas & Da Loozas column — evaluating the political landscape in the wake of Louisiana’s statewide elections — always draws plenty of comments from Gambit readers.

“Jindal is certainly toxic and history shouldn’t be kind to him but he was reelected. Those that voted for him a second time should be held responsible for the Jindal legacy also.”

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THE DA AND THE NRA “If the NRA truly wants to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, then I invite them to come to the table and be a part of the solution rather than an organization with a single word vocabulary — ‘No.’” — Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, in an open letter to the National Rifle Association, which routinely opposes all gun control measures in Louisiana P H OTO BY C H E RY L G E R B E R

2. Sen. Troy

Brown’s troubles State Sen. Troy Brown has agreed to surrender a key committee post in the wake of allegations that he punched his girlfriend in the eye in New Orleans on Nov. 28. Brown will step down as vice chairman of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee until the case — which includes a charge of domestic simple battery after an argument at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans — is resolved. Brown, incidentally, sponsored legislation in 2014 that created the Louisiana Domestic Violence Prevention Commission.

“Back in 1991, I suffered a life-threatening automobile accident which resulted in brain damage, which caused some short-term memory loss which I have always considered to be minor,” Brown said in a statement to WVUE-TV. “However, as a result of this incident and other recent memory concerns, I am consulting with a neurosurgeon to see if social alcohol consumption is now affecting my cognitive functions in ways it has not previously.”

Brown’s arrest triggered another problem. According to WWL-TV, he told officers his address is 36518 Francine Circle South in Geismar.

That address is outside his Senate

district. The Geismar address is nearly 30 miles from a Napoleonville address he used to qualify for office in September.

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New Orleanians to welcome refugees A “Rally to Welcome Syrian Refugees” will begin at One Canal Place (365 Canal St.) at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19. Rally organizers planned a demonstration to “peacefully urge officials and members of the New Orleans area to open their hearts and find remorse and compassion for our fellow human beings.”

Catholic Charities, which helped resettle Vietnamese families in the 1970s, is among organizations helping refugees from the Syrian civil war, resettling two families in the New Orleans area. In a statement, Catholic Charities described its involvement with Syrian refugee families as “minimal.”

“It is important for the community to know that anyone resettled through our program is referred from the United States State Department after extensive security checks and background screenings,” the statement reads. “This is not a fast process but one that can take months and even years to complete.”

ing that to $7,800 is unaffordable.

Please keep parking affordable for NOLA service industry.”

The Buku Music + Art Project returns to Mardi Gras World for its fifth annual event March 11-12, and its first round of announced headliners and performers includes Pretty Lights, Future, Fetty Wap, A$AP Ferg, CHVRCHES and Crystal Castles. Also on the bill are Miike Snow, Earl Sweatshirt, AlunaGeorge and D.R.A.M. Louisiana artists on the schedule so far include Mystikal, Juvenile, Fly Boi Keno, Givers, Donovan Wolfington and DJ Soul Sister. More artists will be announced early next year.

General admission is $189.50 for a two-day pass.

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Future, Fetty, Ferg

5. New Orleans comics vs.

The Fat Jewish

Josh Ostrovsky, the social media personality and pop culture nuisance known as The Fat Jewish, admitted lifting countless social media posts from comedians and other accounts and broadcasting them to millions on social media without attribution. Earlier this year he told Vulture, “I now realize that if I couldn’t find a source for something, I probably shouldn’t have posted it in the first place.”

He leveraged his online presence with a modeling contract, radio show and a book deal — he brings his Money Pizza Respect book tour to the Republic (828 S. Peters St.) at 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. Local comedians are not happy — waves of negative comments on the event’s Facebook page from local comics, all asking about Ostrovsky’s joke theft, were removed. More than 200 people have clicked “attending.”

6. Those funky meters The New Orleans City Council approved Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s $601.7 million 2016 budget on Dec. 1, despite continued pushback against Hizzoner’s plan to boost downtown parking meter rates. The plan increases hourly rates from $1.50 to $3 in the French Quarter, CBD and Warehouse District and extends meter times to 10 p.m.

Chris Lane, who helped organize opposition to the plan with New Orleans Citizens for Fair Parking, asked the council to delay a vote.

Downtown service workers started a social media campaign, #NOLA2WayStreet, to raise awareness of the plan’s potential burden on already-strained downtown workers. Cane & Table bar owner Nick Detrich tweeted a photo with a dry erase board reading, “I bartend in New Orleans and already pay $3,800 per year for parking. Rais-

to move Bayou Classic

Following a violent weekend in the French Quarter during the Bayou Classic, a Change.org petition (“MOVE BAYOU CLASSIC OUT OF NEW ORLEANS”) gathered more than 2,000 signatures.

“Every year the Bayou Classic comes to our city and destroys the city and turns the streets into a war zone,” the petition reads. “We, the citizens of New Orleans, demand that you stop allowing this event to take place in our city. Let these schools host this event in their own city’s [sic] and in their own stadium.

Let their taxpayers fund the overtime for police and security.”

8. Wisner Bridge

construction begins

Drivers, beware. Construction of the Wisner Boulevard Bridge begins Thursday, Dec. 10 and will continue through spring 2017. The bridge, covering I-610 along Bayou St. John, will be rebuilt with two travel lanes in each direction and pedestrian and bike paths. Lakebound traffic will detour via Desaix Boulevard and St. Bernard Avenue.

Riverbound traffic will take Harrison Avenue and Marconi Drive.

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N.O. housing group launches HousingNOLA hosts a panel discussion and launch at the Myrtle Banks Building (1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.) at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 10.

Read its preliminary reports on the state of affordable housing in New Orleans at www.housingnola.com.

10.

Seeking nominations: New Orleanian of the Year Gambit seeks nominations for its annual New Orleanian of the Year honor, a designation given to a local resident (or two) who made outstanding contributions to the area in 2015. Elected officials are not eligible.

All nominations must include a brief biographical sketch and the reasons you believe the person deserves recognition.

Email entries to response@ gambitweekly.com, and put “New Orleanian of the Year” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

Nominations must be received by Wednesday, Dec. 9.

The New Orleanian of the Year will be announced in Gambit’s edition of Jan. 5.

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4. Buku’s 2016 lineup:

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Mitch Landrieu last week appointed a 13-member task force to identify the city’s most pressing infrastructure needs — and find ways to fix them. The task force includes professionals in the fields of engineering, finance, construction and other disciplines, along with several founders of the citywide “Fix My Streets” movement. Landrieu asked the group to seek “untapped” local, state and federal funding sources, but he did not identify any particular fonts of cash.

Hizzoner is not without ideas of his own, however. This coming spring, Landrieu will ask voters to renew a tax that is projected to finance up to $100 million in street work over the next few years. While that seems like a lot of money, experts say the city needs $9.3 billion over the next 20 years to bring streets as well as sewer, water and drainage lines up to snuff. The mayor also is negotiating with FEMA for $1 billion to supplement federal aid sent to the city for infrastructure repairs after Hurricane Katrina.

While the long-range task is daunting, Landrieu is asking the group to come up with some shortrange proposals in time for local lawmakers to pre-file legislation for the 2016 legislative session, set to begin March 14. Landrieu wants long-range solutions later next year.

Louisiana law severely restricts local governments’ ability to raise revenues, but the problem extends well beyond statutory limits.

A recent report by the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) noted that local taxpayers ante up more than $1 billion a year, but only about a quarter of that goes toward

A new task force will tackle potholes and other infrastructure needs in the city.

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general city services. The rest is dedicated to a wide array of services and entities, some of which have huge cash reserves. Those dedications were adopted piecemeal over the years. While many made sense at the time, their cumulative effect is a budgetary quagmire.

The BGR report, titled “The $1 Billion Question,” notes that public safety and education are the two largest recipients of dedicated tax revenues. No one suggests that taxpayers reduce funding for those services. However, just as state lawmakers soon will consider unraveling some of Louisiana’s numerous budgetary dedications, the city likewise should put every option on the table when it comes to local tax dedications — before asking voters to pony up additional tax dollars.

BGR suggests the city do two things: first, identify immediate opportunities to “redeploy” revenues to meet top priorities; and second, conduct a comprehensive re-evaluation of tax dedications and develop a plan to meet the city’s priorities before the mayor presents his 2017 budget. We agree with BGR’s conclusion that the city should evaluate all dedications “not in terms of each taxing body’s ambitions, but in the larger context of the community’s needs.”

In many ways, the city’s road to fiscal stability is not unlike many of its bumpy streets. It’s a road not easily taken, but it’s the only way to get where we need to go.

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Needles and minefields

Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards (left) favors Democrat Walt Leger III (right) as House Speaker, but the GOP promises a fight.

STATE REP. SAM JONES, a colorful

Democrat from Franklin and close friend of Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards, recently described Edwards’ successful campaign as akin to threading a thousand needles. Going forward, Jones may choose a different metaphor to describe the new governor’s political arc: navigating a minefield.

Like all modern governors before him, Edwards has weighed in on the all-important (and politically delicate) matter of selecting the next House Speaker. Traditionally, House members defer to the governor when it comes to electing their leader, notwithstanding the constitutional notion of separation of powers.

In Louisiana, thanks to the line item veto and the dominant role that governors play in prioritizing the state’s annual list of construction projects (officially known as the Capital Outlay Bill), “balance of power” ultimately matters far more than separation of powers. Here, the balance tilts decidedly in favor of the executive branch. No one knows that better than legislators.

That’s why, within minutes of the House Republican Caucus voting unanimously (though not all caucus members were present) to tell the governor-elect that they intended to choose one of their own as House Speaker, some 20 GOP leges called state Rep. Walt Leger III, the New Orleans Democrat whom Edwards anointed as his choice for Speaker, to offer their support.

As one Republican lawmaker sardonically noted, “We always stick together — until we don’t.”

Some of the defections were public, such as Jefferson Parish Reps. Joe Lopinto and Bryan Adams, who both endorsed Edwards in the runoff over fellow

Jeffersonian David Vitter. Others were quiet, though certainly known to Leger, who as Speaker would appoint committee chairs.

History strongly suggests Edwards, who served two terms in the House, will get his way.

No less a legislative authority than Senate President John Alario recently recalled what happened to him when Buddy Roemer was elected governor in 1987. At the time, Alario was the incumbent House Speaker, and he had 58 affidavits of support from his colleagues — five more than a majority. Nonetheless, when the votes were counted he fell short.

Nowadays, Leger reminds his GOP colleagues that when Republican Bobby Jindal was elected in 2007, Democrats controlled the House but acceded to Jindal’s selection of Republican state Rep. Jim Tucker as Speaker.

Leger supported Tucker.

Despite reports that Leger has the votes, GOP Caucus leaders vow to fight on. Jefferson state Rep. Cameron Henry, who was said to be Vitter’s choice for Speaker, has emerged as the caucus’ alternative to Leger. Henry is promising a showdown on Inauguration Day, Jan. 11, 2016, when House and Senate members choose their leaders.

Alario so far has no opposition as the Senate’s presiding officer.

Privately, many GOP House members say they’d rather not start their terms with a nasty, partisan fight when lawmakers already face agonizing votes on the budget, taxes, higher education, Medicaid and more.

For now, Edwards continues to thread needles — but there are plenty of minefields ahead for the new governor as well as his former colleagues.

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Hey Blake, In the French Quarter, the Little Theatre is known and loved by its French name, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre. What can you tell me about its history?

ROBIN

Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre has been in its present location since 1922.

P H OTO B Y CHERYL GERBER

Dear Robin, The Little Theatre, which is nearing its 100th anniversary, originally was formed in March 1916 as the local chapter of the Drama League of America. A year later, the group of 20 or so theater lovers who gathered in their homes to read plays or act them out for their own fun began calling themselves the Drawing Room Players.

“We started out as a small group of people interested in private theatricals, and we met at the Garden District home of Mrs. Abe Goldberg,” founding member Martha Robinson said in a 1976 Times-Picayune interview. “We had no money, so we each put up $2 and we bought books so we could read the plays.”

In 1919, the group set up shop in an apartment in the Lower Pontalba building in the French Quarter.

With the more established home came a new name: Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre. In 1922, with a membership of 1,700 patrons, the group purchased the building at 616 St. Peter St., which has been its home ever since.

Much of the credit for the group’s early success goes to founder Louise Nixon, who served as the theater group’s president for 30 years. Two other names that loom large in Le Petit history are Ethel Crumb Brett, who spent 40 years designing sets and costumes, and Stocker Fontelieu, who served as executive director for more than 25 years.

The theater once was the oldest continuously operating community theater in the United States but gave up that title when it closed for renovations in 2012.

To help its financial footing, Le Petit sold a portion of the theater space to Dickie Brennan and Company, which now operates the restaurant Tableau in part of the building. The theater once again is staging a wide range of productions.

BLAKEVIEW THIS WEEK, WE REMEMBER A NEW ORLEANIAN WITH A BIG HEART AND BIG TALENT — HENRY DUPRE. Every December

the longtime WWL radio and television personality would become the face and voice of the Toys for Tots campaign, which he helped start in the 1930s to collect toys for ill and needy children during the holidays. A New Orleans native, Dupre began his long association with WWL in 1932, just 10 years after the radio station signed on the air. He became best known as the co-host and comedic straight man on the long-running morning show Dawnbusters. Dupre made the switch to television in the 1950s as the affable host of the kids’ cartoon show Popeye and Pals, where he was known as “Uncle Henry.” He died 35 years ago this week on Dec. 7, 1980, at the age of 74.

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MR. BIG SHOT — WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

Who knew an 80-year-old cold drink could be so interesting? In “Why Nobody Outside of New Orleans Has Ever Heard of the City’s Iconic Soda,” Emma Sloan took a long look at Big Shot for VICE’s food channel MUNCHIES. “If authenticity is the currency in the Big Easy, then Big Shot may be as close as you can get to a true New Orleans beverage,” Sloan wrote. “It’s affordable to the entire city population, and available within walking distance of most neighborhoods.

It’s the drink of the people in ways that the gin fizz or a fancy lunch at Commander’s Palace is not.”

Turns out Kingfish chef Nathan Richards uses “atomically red” Big Shot Red Creme to flavor (and dye) some of his dishes. “While using Big Shot in recipes may not seem like a typical farm-to-table ingredient,” Sloan says, “it is a local product made by fellow Louisianans.”

As to why nobody outside the city has heard of Big Shot, perhaps it’s because its parent company, National Beverage Corp., doesn’t seem to return press inquiries; at least it didn’t return Sloan’s.

PLAYSTATION NEW ORLEANS

Fortune took a look at “How Video Games Are Helping New Orleans Rebuild,” which just as well could have been called “How Extremely Generous Tax Credits for Video Game Developers Are Luring Companies to the City.”

“There is no annual cap on the amount of credits that a company can accumulate, there is no minimum requirement of jobs of expenditures and the legislation has no sunset or end date,” wrote John Gaudiosi. Gaudiosi also quotes Kerry Ganofsky, owner of High Voltage Software: “Video games are a pretty green industry. It’s a bunch of nerds sitting at desks who make a good wage and like to go out and spend money and have fun. New Orleans is perfect for that.”

JUST A STARTER HOUSE In its regular “What You Get…” real estate feature, The New York Times sees what your money will buy in a big city, a medium city and a small town. Last week, the Times compared “what you get for $800,000” in Chicago, a rural town in Pennsylvania and New Orleans.

Not long ago, the New Orleans answer would have been “an entire block in Bywater,” but no more.

Today that money buys a perfectly nice four-bedroom, two-bath center hall cottage in Faubourg Bouligny, a neighborhood that runs along Napoleon Avenue.

By comparison, the Pennsylvania house also has four bedrooms — on 10 acres. In Chicago, $800K gets you a 2,200-square-foot condo overlooking Lake Michigan in a handsome 1927 building. That property goes for $363 per square foot, while in New Orleans it’s only $298 per square foot. Lagniappe: “The house is near the Mardi Gras parade route, too.”

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The website Marketplace.org profiled the tension between two sets of neighbors in New Orleans East: homeowners on Lake Willow Drive and residents of an apartment complex called The Willows, some of whom use Section 8 vouchers to help pay their rent. Some of the homeowners accuse Willows residents of littering their yards and driving down property values.

Noel King’s story, “A Neighborhood Divided Over Housing,” quotes Beverly Wright, a homeowner there and director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University: “So, all of a sudden black people hate poor black people. When most of us were poor ourselves, before we got that college degree. Most of us are those people.”

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Young and homeless What happens when children “age out” of foster care? With fewer safety nets and strained resources, the city’s youth homeless population continues to grow.

BY DELLA HASSELLE AND ALEX WOODWARD PHOTOS BY CHERYL GERBER

JAMICHAEL LEWIS WAS BEATEN DAILY. His mother, a drug addict,

had a hard time caring for him and his siblings, and his older brothers took their aggression out on him.

Lewis was a victim of sibling abuse — the daily beatings left bruises, cuts and head injuries. Sometimes he was beaten so severely his vision blurred. But the physical trauma was nothing compared to the emotional anguish and loneliness he felt growing up.

“You know what it’s like to be beaten to physical exhaustion?” said Lewis, now 24. “Until all you can do is go to sleep? That’s what I went through.”

Now a resident of Covenant House New Orleans, Lewis was one of many young people who shared their stories at the fourth annual Covenant House sleep-out, an event held each November to increase awareness about homeless youth. Today Lewis is doing well and working on his goal of becoming a graphic designer. But his story is typical of what happens when

children are kicked out, rejected or abused at home. In the New Orleans area, many of them end up at Covenant House — along with young people who have turned 18 and “aged out” of foster care.

Though the city has touted its progress combating homelessness in general, the number of young homeless people in New Orleans is increasing, according to Covenant House Executive Director Jim Kelly.

In the last four years, the shelter’s average daily census has more than tripled, from 45 to 139 kids a night. Recently, the center has been averaging more than 150 youth a night. Of those, Kelly said roughly 30 percent have either aged out of foster care or left home because of negligence or abuse. He said many leave because they feel they don’t have a choice.

“It’s really tough,” Kelly said, adding that about 70 to 80 percent of the kids have been physically or sexually abused. “They’re running away from abuse. They’re aging out

of foster care, and they’re coming out of (Orleans Parish Prison).”

According to Kelly, the uptick in emergency services reflects a bigger problem in New Orleans when it comes to homelessness among the young. Four years ago, about 400 youth ages 16 to 22 went through Covenant House’s doors. The number has risen every year since, and this year the center expects to provide services for 750 to 800 young people.

In August, UNITY of Greater New Orleans said the city had reduced homelessness by 85 percent from a post-Hurricane Katrina high in 2007, when 11,619 people in Orleans and Jefferson parishes lived on the streets, in abandoned buildings or in shelters. That number now is 1,703, compared to 2,051 before Katrina. Overall, New Orleans’ per capita rate of homelessness remains higher than that of most large cities.

In 2014, 46.9 out of every 10,000 people in the city were homeless.

Kelly said it’s important to designate adults under the age

of 22 as “youth” and group them alongside children and teenagers when talking about homelessness.

That’s because, although most laws recognize adulthood as age 18, emerging science about brain development suggests that maturity isn’t fully reached until about age 25. According to Kelly, that means the trauma most of the youth at Covenant House have experienced — abuse, drug addiction, post-traumatic stress — has lasting effects and explains why they cycle in and out of the justice system and are chronically homeless.

“Let’s talk about what leads to homeless youth,” Kelly said. “What turns the spigots off? How do you stop that?”

At 1:30 a.m., someone somewhere is screaming.

The sound echoes off the walls and concrete on N. Rampart Street.

About 150 adults lining the sidewalks and courtyard of Covenant House stir in their sleeping bags.

Some pull their possessions a little

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Becca Soubble (left) and Cole Williamson, both 18, are among homeless youth in New Orleans.

closer. The people sleeping on that section of the street aren’t homeless; they include a city councilman, judges, journalists and fundraisers.

“It’s like I told my son: everyone wants to be safe, but everyone isn’t,” New Orleans City Council President Jason Williams said as he prepared to sleep outside with his 9-year-old son, Graham. “There’s a lot of kids who struggle just to find a safe place, every year, every day.”

“Lewis” (who declined to use his last name) was one of those children. Like many suffering from abuse at home, Lewis entered Louisiana’s foster care system, which sees more than 4,000 children each year, ranging in age from infants to teenagers.

For awhile, Lewis said, he got lucky. He was placed in a good home with a woman who treated him like her own child. He began to heal. Then, when Lewis was 14, Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures upended everything. His foster

mother, who was in poor health, died from gangrene.

“I lost the most important person in my life,” Lewis said.

He bounced around, went back to his mother, then lived alone a trailer park. When Lewis was 16, his foster sister said he could live with her, but that wasn’t permanent either; his mother begged to get him back and despite her negligent behavior, Lewis was forced to return.

According to the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the first goal of foster care is to reunite a child with his or her biological family. Foster parents often only “maintain” the child in a safe environment until the parents are ready to resume responsibility and custody — or until an alternative permanent solution is found.

Lewis lived with his mother, who had slipped back into drug abuse, for three years. During that time, he lived with no lights, food or water.

But it was too late for him to go back to the foster system.

“Nobody knew, not even the neighbors,” he said. “School was all I had. It was the only thing that kept me going.”

He focused all his energy into his schoolwork and graduated high school at 19 with straight A’s.

But he didn’t know where to go, so he turned to Covenant House.

Now he’s working on gaining his independence. He wants to design video games.

“There’s so much you can do with life,” he said. “And really, so little time.”

For many kids, that permanent solution never materializes. Sometimes, as with Lewis, parents get their kids back, even if they shouldn’t. And then there was his age. By the time Lewis went back to his mother, he was 17. Although he technically was still young enough to be in foster care, statistics show the likelihood

was slim that he would find a safe, permanent home before he aged out of the system at 18.

In 2013, Louisiana ended the Young Adult Program from DCFS, which helped people leaving foster care find transitional housing. The program, funded by $1.3 million from the state’s general fund, was among several budgeting casualties of Gov. Bobby Jindal. When operating, it helped young adults who, through no fault of their own, were in the custody of the state and would be released at 18 without a place to live, transportation, higher education or basic necessities.

When that program ended, more than 100 people aging out of foster care suddenly were left without a safety net.

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Jayda Martin (left) holds her baby Journey Davis, and another Covenant House resident tells his story to supporters.

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of foster care. The list is growing.

“It’s going to steadily go up,” said CASA Executive Director Joy Bruce.

Following the dissolution of the state’s Young Adult Program, CASA clients who have aged out of foster care don’t lose their CASA advocates.

“Our first kids are about to turn 21,” she said. “We don’t really have a cut off for them. … We’re going to keep adding to them as more kids age out.”

Children aging out of foster care is a growing concern, according to the organization Children’s Rights. In 2013, more than 23,000 young people — whom states failed to reunite with their families or place in permanent homes — left foster care simply because they were too old to remain.

The percentage of youth that age out of foster care increased from 8 percent in 2003 to 10 percent in 2013.

“As time goes by, the prospects for landing in safe, loving, permanent homes grow dimmer for foster youth,” the organization explained.

That’s one reason why Jane Helire, in charge of educational outreach with Covenant House New Orleans, said that if children 16 and older come to Covenant House, the state allows them to stay in the shelter rather than go back through the system.

Right now, Lewis is a success story.

But that isn’t always the case. Tens of

thousands of people in the U.S. have been left to fend for themselves after aging out of foster care, according to Kevin Ryan, president of the national Covenant House, and journalist Tina Kelley, co-authors of the book Almost Home.

Ryan and Kelley found that 37 percent of former foster children experienced homelessness by age 24. About 60 percent of the young men who become too old to stay in foster care are convicted of a crime by their mid-20s, and 75 percent of young women who age out are on public assistance.

On Jan. 26, the annual “Homeless Point-in-Time Count” for Orleans and Jefferson parishes surveyed the streets and homeless programs. UNITY found that 280 homeless people, or about 16 percent of the total homeless population, were youth ages 18 to 25. Of those, 131 youth were living without any shelter at all.

The number seems to remain stagnant from 2014, when UNITY counted 290 homeless young adults in Orleans and Jefferson.

But UNITY found that since last year, the number of homeless youth in the New Orleans area had spiked — up 21 percent from 2013.

One CASA client aged out of foster care during her junior year of high school. She couch-surfed for 14 months, graduated in May and two weeks later moved into a college dorm for a summer semester — her best chance at getting housing. Fewer than 3 percent of people who age out of foster care will receive a bachelor’s degree, according to the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care. And applying for housing assistance like Section 8 vouchers is just that — an application that is added to dozens from other people seeking housing.

“Counting on college to be your housing plan is very difficult,” Bruce said. “Housing in college is not optimal.

If you end up in a dorm, you end up homeless over the holidays or you pay extra.

College has been our best bet.

If we can figure out how to get a kid into college, we can figure out how to get them an apartment or dorm. …

For the ones who haven’t, it’s Covenant House — but that is homelessness.”

The state’s temporary housing program, which was to help fill gaps left in the wake of the Young Adult Program, opened only 25 slots — for the entire state.

“A list is not a house,” Bruce said. “A list of 25 at the state level is not a viable option. A Section 8 list is not a viable option. There are no transitional housing programs. There are no housing assistance programs. There is nothing for these kids. …

When I say I have a kid who’s couch-surfing, (housing organizations) say, ‘We can’t help.

You can drop her on a street corner or check her into Covenant House, but until she’s one of those two things, we can’t offer our services to her.’ She’s not homeless enough.”

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More than half — 57 percent — lived in some sort of shelter like Covenant House.

“I think there’s no question that adult homelessness is down,” said Covenant House’s Kelly. “But homeless kids, they’re much harder to find.

They’re not the kind of homeless you’re going to see under the bridge. They’re gonna be in an abandoned building, or they’re going to sleep with someone to find shelter. They figure it out.”

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plan to help them save enough for their own apartments. Last year, more than half of the youth under Kelly’s care found a stable, safe and secure place to live that wasn’t a shelter.

Finding housing also is the biggest challenge facing Boys Town Louisiana, which provides care to more than 7,000 children and families each year. Boys Town’s Family Home Program has several New Orleans locations and offers supportive care to children who survive abuse, abandonment or neglect.

Boys Town’s Care Coordination Program, which started last year, is among four of the organization’s programs to help youth transition from foster care to independence with support services and financial assistance. There are 18 people in the program’s first year.

“It’s a big undertaking,” said Sonya Brown, Boys Town Louisiana’s community engagement coordinator. Boys Town plans for 20 people in the program, and next year the roster will climb to 40 or even 60.

“Housing is hard,” Brown said. “We can find people to donate food, we can find people to even donate items for a young person who has an apartment. Finding the actual housing is a big problem.”

Brown — who grew up in and out of foster care, often sleeping on friends’ and relatives’ couches or spending the night in hospitals — also works with schools to ensure students in foster care are staying on track. If they’re not college-bound, Boys Town can write referrals to the Louisiana Army National Guard Youth Challenge Program, which can provide financial aid, education and job assistance to those who complete the program.

But Bruce said that program can seem heavy-handed “for a kid who hasn’t done anything wrong.”

Still, the success stories of college-bound foster care graduates obscure the reality they face in depending on a college campus for a safe place to call home.

“They still see how thin a line they’re walking,” Bruce said.

“If their housing is for college, one bad grade, one missed financial aid opporEvery year, public tunity, one person officials and who didn’t agree to cosign for you, and others sleep on the they’re homeless. … There’s not this sidewalk outside gulf of a difference between kids who Covenant House to wind up homeraise wareness of less and those who don’t.”

youth homelessness.

Nationally, Louisiana ranked very low — 35th out of 50 states — for child homelessness, with nearly 40,000 youth reported homeless in the state in 2013, according to a 2014 report by the National Center on Family Homelessness. But when assessing the risk for child homelessness, the state dropped to 47 out of 50, largely because nearly one-third of the state’s children live in poverty.

Though advocates say youth homelessness in New Orleans and the state overall is a problem, it reflects a bigger crisis: Children are simply being left behind.

In 2010, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness unveiled Opening Doors, which aimed to end chronic and veteran homelessness by 2015 and family and youth homelessness by 2020.

In January, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the city — working with a host of federal, state and local agencies — effectively had “eliminated” homelessness among veterans in New Orleans. It’s the first city to do so, answering a call from first lady Michelle Obama to end homelessness among military veterans across the U.S. Children and families have not received the same attention.

In 2013, the crisis reached an alltime high, with one out of every 30 children under the age of 18 in the U.S. living in shelters, on the streets or in camps, according to the National Center on Family Homelessness.

“As much ... as we have this moral obligation to our veterans, it should be even higher to our foster kids,” Bruce said. “They became our responsibility through absolutely no will of their own. They had no say in the matter, and now we’ve ignored them.”

In June, state Rep. Robert Billiot, D-Westwego, passed a resolution in the state Legislature creating the Task Force on Youth Aging Out of Foster Care. The group has met every other Tuesday since August. Brown, Bruce and Kelly sit on the task force. (New Orleans’ Children and Youth Planning Board also created a Task Force on Youth Aging Out of Foster Care.)

The statewide group must present a report to legislators by Feb. 1, 2016, outlining the fallout of halting the Young Adult Program and the needs of statewide organizations — whether that means reinstating the program or building something different.

“Everything is on the table,” Bruce said. “We agreed at the very beginning we’d consider everything and anything.”

“The report doesn’t guarantee the program will be reinstated,” Brown said, “but we’re giving it a shot and hoping for the best.”

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the Hotel Le Marais (717 Conti St., 504-525-2300; www. hotellemarais.com) is housed in a yellow building typical of the Vieux Carre’s colonial style, but a recent remodel has modernized the interior.

“It’s a warm, contemporary look with brighter color,” says Marc Becker, director of sales and marketing of The New Orleans Hotel Collection, which owns Hotel Le Marais. “A lot of the hotels in the French Quarter have that older look.

Le Marais is edgier and more fun. A lot of our guests are pleased to find a different kind of hotel.”

The lobby’s plush, jewel-toned armchairs and purple lights give it a club-like atmosphere, but Becker says that with 66 rooms, hotel staff are available to focus on service. “We take a more homey [approach] to having guests stay. We like to make people feel like [they] are staying in a friend’s guest room. We don’t nickel and dime people.”

The hotel offers free Wi-Fi, bottled water and breakfast, and each guest receives a free drink at the hotel bar, Vive! Lounge. “We have a holiday package that includes free parking in the Quarter,” Becker says. “The only thing you’d end up paying for here is your second drink.”

The hotel also features a 24-hour business center and eight-person conference room. The heated outdoor saltwater pool with pool-

THE OLD NO.77 HOTEL & CHANDLERY (535 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-527-5271; www.old77hotel.com) hosts a holiday pop-up market from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. The market features local vendors Smoke Perfume, Goods That Matter, Tchoup Industries, Mad Darling, Lionheart Prints, Sweet Olive Soap Works, DVRA, Jolie & Elizabeth, honey boards, Gifts R Dat and more.

side service from Vive! Lounge is well-suited to those looking to relax.

The bar has daily happy hours, and on Wednesday nights patrons receive drink discounts based on the height of their heels. Popular choices include Sazeracs, Moscow mules and Bubbly Vives, a Champagne cocktail with a Swiss liqueur made from violets.

“We have lots to choose from,” Becker says. “Mixed drinks in a friendly atmosphere is great before going to dinner. The only thing we don’t have is a restaurant, and some of the best ones in the city are a couple blocks from Le Marais. That’s why a lot of people come here.”

For locals looking for a stayca-

tion, the hotel offers 15 percent discounts through Jan. 14. “Unlike other big chain hotels, we’re locally owned and operated,” he says.

“Locals like to support their community, and we’re a little hotel with everything you need.”

“Everything” also includes an elopement package for couples who want an intimate, convenient wedding ceremony. It includes use of the courtyard, an officiant, chairs and Champagne. “It’s for just a few people gathering to tie the knot,” Becker says. “The idea is for someone to say, ‘That’s exactly what I need,’ and make a phone call to book everything all at once. We do those quite a lot.”

THE NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE (2800 Chartres St., 504940-2787; www.nocca. com) has opened at www. shop.noccainstitute.com, featuring artworks by NOCCA students, faculty, alumni and visiting artists. Proceeds support programs for NOCCA students, teachers and the community.

THE NEW ORLEANS HEALING CENTER (2372 St. Claude Ave., 504-940-1130; www. neworleanshealingcenter.org) hosts a holiday market from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12.

Thirty local artists will sell their wares, and Fatoush restaurant offers free wine with an entree.

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A taste of Kashmir

Camellia’s in bloom

Shyan’s Kitchen serves Indian and Pakistani food.

BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund

TUCKED AWAY ON A SIDE STREET OFF VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD, the small, nondescript Shyan’s

Kitchen building can be easy to miss.

But one step inside the restaurant and the scent of rich Indian curries and fiery Pakistani spice blends creates a bold presence that’s hard to ignore.

Owner Irfan Khan opened the Metairie restaurant in spring, after selling Salt N Pepper, his hole-in-the-wall Pakistani shop on Iberville Street, last fall. Khan holds court at the eatery most nights, greeting guests when they walk in the door, popping into the kitchen to check on the cooks and returning with trays of fragrant basmati rice and silver serving dishes brimming with aromatic curries.

There’s a tandoori oven — a hallmark of Indian and Pakistani cuisines — from which the cooks pull puffy rounds of blonde naan, chewy, steaming slabs of bread stuffed with garlic and spices. The clay oven also acts as the hearth from which a selection of tandoori-style grilled meats, including tender yogurt-marinated chicken tikka boti, emerge charred and succulent.

Khan emigrated to New Orleans from the Kashmir territory, and the cuisine at his restaurant reflects the region’s marriage of northern Indian and Pakistani flavors. In line with the predominantly Muslim population of that area, the meat is prepared according to halal guidelines. Vegetarian dishes feature strongly on the menu, and there are a few Middle Eastern and Mediterranean staples as well, including a thick, almost sandy hummus and dark brown orbs

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3320 Houma Blvd., Metairie, (504) 302-9901

of fried falafel, the exteriors of which give way to bright green, herbaceous centers.

Vegetable samosas — deep-fried purses of chickpea dough — are filled with a scorching potato and carrot mixture and flecked with slivers of red chilies and peppers.

Chana masala, a stewed chickpea and tomato dish, carries soft heat with notes of ginger, garlic and cardamom. Aloo gobi packs more powerful flavors with strong curry spice heavy with cloves and turmeric. The tastes and textures of the potatoes and cauliflower are supple in comparison, but the dish has a cohesive feel to it.

Indian cooking is no stranger to heavy cream, but the dishes here are stronger on the spice front, and oil, rather than dairy, helps flavors coalesce. Cumin, turmeric and coriander feature strongly in chicken tikka masala, but the sauce lacked the buttery richness I desired. A lightgreen raita adds a cooling element to some of the spicier dishes, but the dairy solids from the yogurt separated into a watery mix.

Khan features goat meat prominently on his menu, a nod to the

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Irfan Khan serves the Indian and Pakistani dishes of his native Kashmir.

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family feasts he grew up with at his grandfather’s farm in the Himalayas.

Simmered bone-in, the tender, dark meat slips freely from the cartilage.

The slightly gamey flavor of the goat is well-suited to a dish of slowly stewed spinach (saag gosht), in which oil slicks bob on top of a dark masala curry fragrant with ginger, garlic and coriander.

Some of the dishes go heavy on oil, but it’s a great excuse to mop up the delicious mess with naan or paratha, a fried Pakistani flatbread.

There is no alcohol served at the restaurant, but icy mango lassis and steaming cups of chai do their part to supplement an authentic dining experience. Shyan’s Kitchen might be tucked away on a side street in the suburbs, but the food here is a testament to the cuisines of a region much farther away.

Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

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north Indian curries and powerful Pakistani spice blend in a Metairie strip mall

Downtown diners will be able to get chili cheese fries, roast beef po-boys dripping with gravy, giant omelets with hash browns and vanilla “freezes” when the French Quarter Camellia Grill (540 Chartres St.) reopens. Owner and restaurateur Hicham Khodr closed the French Quarter location this fall for renovations but says the diner should be open and operating under its original name by Dec. 13 or 14.

Khodr purchased the flagship Riverbend diner (626 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-309-2679) in 2006. The restaurant had been open since 1946 but closed for two years after Hurricane Katrina before then-owner Michael Schwartz sold the business to Khodr.

He opened the Chartres Street location under the same name in 2010 but was forced to change the name to The Grill in 2013 following a court order that ruled Khodr had violated the terms of a licensing agreement with the previous owner. In July, a federal judge ruled that Khodr was the rightful owner of the name and wasn’t committing trademark infringement by using both the restaurant’s name and flowering camellia logo. No changes were made to the Riverbend landmark, which remains open.

Khodr says the menu will be the same as the Riverbend location and renovations maintain the same look as the original, but with new furnishings and appliances.

“I feel great about it,” Khodr said of the opening. “I know people have been waiting for it to return to the French Quarter.”

Camellia Grill will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. or midnight on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. on weekends. — HELEN FREUND

Gone fishing Uptown Italian restaurant Avo (5908 Magazine St., 504-509-6550; www.restaurantavo.com) is celebrating the holidays with a Feast of the Seven Fishes. Chef Nick Lama says the Italian-American tradition, also called La Vigilia, was a celebrated custom in his family. Dishes traditionally served as a seven-course meal on Christmas Eve will be offered a la carte in addition to the restaurant’s regular menu for the month of December. Dishes include a lobster bisque, marinated crab legs, fried cuttlefish with herb aioli, paneed shrimp, roasted Gulf oysters and more. — HELEN FREUND PAGE 29

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Noodle Xpress (2800 Tulane Ave., 504-827-2851) opened Nov. 30 in the old Lee’s Seafood & Grill space. The grab-and-go spot from owner Hieu Truong features a hodgepodge of Creole and soul food, Chinese fast food and Vietnamese standbys, including pho and several banh mi.

Combination plates feature fried chicken and seafood platters, po-boys, red beans, jambalaya and macaroni and cheese. The cafe opens at 6 a.m. and breakfast staples including eggs, grits and bacon are served.

Noodle Xpress is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

— HELEN FREUND

Honduran migration Metairie Honduran restaurant Los Catrachos (3020 David Drive, Metairie, 504-456-4101) will open a second restaurant in early January in the former Pizzicare space at 3001 Tulane Ave. Owner Christian Castro, who hails from San Pedro Sula, with his wife Tania opened the Metairie location in 2006, serving casual Honduran fare out of tiny strip mall space. Diners at the Tulane Avenue location can expect a similar menu heavy on Honduran and Caribbean food, Castro says. The restaurant will serve baleadas — thick flour tortillas stuffed with eggs, avocado and grilled meat — Honduran tacos and fajitas, beef soup, fried conch served in coconut milk, chicken wings and quesadillas. On the weekends, sopa de caracol and sopa de mondogo — conch and tripe soup, respectively — will be offered as specials. Nonalcoholic drinks include Honduran juices, such as passion fruit, tamarind, cashew and watermelon. Licuados — creamy Honduran milkshakes — also will be offered.

Castro says he hopes to open the first week of January. Los Catrachos will be open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. — HELEN FREUND

Off the bayou Chef Albert Silvera opened Pirogues (2565 Bayou Road, 504948-6349; www.piroguesnola.

com) on Nov. 30 in Mid-City. Silvera recently worked at Doris Metropolitan and cooked at the now-shuttered Spanish restaurant Rambla.

Silvera ran his own tapas restaurant in Los Angeles before moving to New Orleans eight years ago.

Inside Pirogues, fishing netting hangs on the walls and red leather barstools line a dark wooden bar.

Drink specials include a cocktail made with Espolon tequila, ginger beer and orange juice and a sour cherry martini made with sour cherry juice, Tito’s vodka and lime.

“It’s definitely a bar first and we’ll stay open as late as we need to,” Silvera says. A selection of bar snacks and small plates include crawfish sausage topped with sauerkraut and banana peppers, roasted pork tacos, a portobello mushroom sandwich on pressed ciabatta with brie and caramelized onions and a grilled bacon and cheddar panino.

The bar opens at noon weekdays and at 11 a.m. on weekends. Silvera says the bar will stay open most days at least until midnight.

— HELEN FREUND

Change in command Meg Bickford is the new executive chef at Cafe Adelaide & The Swizzle Stick Bar (300 Poydras St., 504-595-3305; www.cafeadelaide. com). The Commander’s Palace veteran replaces departing chef Carl Schaubhut, who left to open Bacobar in Covington along with chef Jean-Pierre Guidry.

Bickford, who calls herself a “Cajun-Creole mutt,” helped run the restaurant for five months last year when Schaubhut left on

Pirogues in Mid-City is a bar that offers small plates.

medical leave for stomach cancer treatment. Bickford trained at John Folse Culinary School and came up under Commander’s chef Tory McPhail’s wing. She is the first woman to carry the executive chef title in the Commander’s Palace restaurant group.

Bickford has added several new items to the menu, including chicken liver pate with blueberry-sherry jelly, citrus-roasted Gulf fish with charred endive, red Swiss chard, roasted mushrooms and Brussels sprouts, and veal grillades with cane-cured tomato jus served over black truffle grits and topped with a slowcooked egg. — HELEN FREUND

Link refreshed Uptown bakery La Boulangerie (4600 Magazine St., 504-269-3777) has been sold to Donald Link’s restaurant group. The French bakery and cafe made the announcement Nov. 22 on its Facebook page.

The is closed for renovations and will reopen under the Link Restaurant Group’s helm in mid-December.

Former owner Dominique Rizzo opened the Magazine Street bakery in 2000, selling fresh baguettes, French pastries and confections.

“It has been an exciting 15 years,” Rizzo writes. “We are proud to have served the New Orleans Community, brining a touch of the French joie de vivre with every bite.”

— HELEN FREUND

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Jane Srisarakorn CAFE OWNER SHORTLY AFTER SHE MOVED FROM NEW YORK TO NEW ORLEANS in 2013, Jane Srisarakorn

opened the jewel box-sized coffee shop Arrow Cafe (628 N. Rampart St.; www.facebook. com/arrowcafenola), which is run communally in a female-focused business with Marin Tockman, who runs the bike boutique Dashing Bicycles & Accessories, and designer Tippy Tippens, whose Goods That Matter products include stenciled tea towels and greeting cards. Srisarakorn worked stints at Danny Meyer restaurants in New York and currently works at Restaurant August and Paladar 511 when she’s not manning the coffee bar. She spoke with Gambit about the third-wave coffee culture in New Orleans and how communal spaces can help foster small business growth.

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SRISARAKORN: I lived in New York for nine years, working as a bartender and a barista and I just got really passionate about coffee. I wanted a change and I wanted to open a business and be in a different city. (At the time) there were coffee shops (in New Orleans) but none that were really doing this certain kind of espresso and coffee (i.e. San Francisco’s Four Barrel Coffee). After I moved here, Spitfire (Coffee) opened and then Solo (Espresso) and Cherry (Coffee), and so it was kind of like it was the right timing.

The idea was to sell espresso drinks and fresh coffee, and I wanted to find a small space with no Wi-Fi and no seating, but it evolved. Marin, who I knew from New York, also was looking for a space for her online boutique. So we ... decided to share the space. ... I sell coffee; Marin fixes and sells bikes and she teaches workshops.

It’s a great communal space. I feel like usually those two needs are pretty common, so it’s kind of a one-stop shop.

How do you see New Orleans’ coffee culture evolving?

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S: There’s a ton of great coffee shops and coffee roasters already here … but I thought maybe people would like a different point of view.

(Four Barrel Coffee) is special in the way that it’s prepared; it’s not too bitter and it’s a lighter flavor profile. We do cuppings where you can really taste the different types. It’s just a different style.

New Orleans-style coffee is rooted in tradition, and it’s got a strong flavor and chicory is very prominent and distinctive. When I think of New Orleans coffee, I think of chicory coffee at Cafe du Monde, and that’s great. I think that people who are doing the different types of coffee aren’t trying to compete with that; it’s really its own thing.

I think as palates change, there will be a desire for this type of coffee. ... I think hopefully within the next couple of years the roasters here will evolve in their style and bring in some new types.

What are some of the benefits of operating a communal storefront?

S: I think what’s happening on (Oretha Castle) Haley (Boulevard), where Church Alley (Coffee Bar) and Zeitgeist (Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center) are, is really amazing.

It’s great to see all these different types of businesses work together. The big thing is that a lot of people have these great ideas for businesses that are very unique but they don’t necessarily have access to capital. So it’s a great way to get your idea started and see if it’s viable, and that’s really important. The quality of life is better here, in terms of a work– to-free time ratio, and it’s a city that’s open to different ideas right now. It’s a city in transition, too, so all those things together are pretty ripe for people who have ideas and want to start them. It’s a unique time. It’s a very traditional city and so there’s a fear that a lot of these cultures and traditions will be displaced. Ideally, we would be able to make all these ideas viable. — HELEN FREUND

EAT+DRINK Email Nora McGunnigle at nora@nolabeerblog.com

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AFTER THE POSITIVE RESPONSE TO COMMANDER’S PALACE’S “BBQ AND BEER” pairing menu

last summer, head bartender Ferrel Dugas says she was able to add craft beers, including local brews, to Commander’s menu.

“We got a lot of good feedback in July,” Dugas says, noting that higher quality beers are increasingly popular in New Orleans restaurants.

The craft beers now on the menu at Commander’s Palace (1403 Washington Ave., 504-8998221; www.commanderspalace. com) are mostly local or regional, along with Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout from North Coast Brewing in California. The other four selections are Canebrake from Parish Brewing Company in Broussard, Jefferson Stout from Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company in Kiln, Mississippi, Abita Amber and NOLA Brewing’s Brown Ale. The Mid-City restaurant 1000 Figs (3141 Ponce De Leon St., 504-301-0848; www.

1000figs.com) is known for falafel, hummus and Mediterranean food; the brick-and-mortar was spun off from the the Fat Falafel food truck. Since acquiring a license to serve beer and wine in August, the cafe has offered a good beer selection OF WINE THE WEEK

Commander’s Palace added regional craft beers to its menu.

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Owners Theresa Galli and Gavin Cady assembled a list including Stillwater Artisanal’s Yacht dryhopped lager, Evil Twin Brewing’s Citra Sunshine Slacker session IPA, Southern Prohibition Brewing’s Suzy B blonde ale and Brewery Ommegang’s Hop House Belgianstyle pale ale.

Galli notes that the beers were chosen to pair with the Middle Eastern-inspired menu and its lighter lemon citrus flavor profiles.

“We enjoy beer more than wine,” Galli says. “The beer menu is a reflection of our personal taste.”

The restaurant’s happy hour is 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Email Brenda Maitland at winediva@bellsouth.net

BY BRENDA MAITLAND

2013 Tommasi Tufo al Poggio Rompicollo Toscana, Italy Retail $16

BEGINNING IN THE 1970S, DEMAND FOR NEW, HIGHQUALITY ITALIAN WINES CHANGED SOME VINTNERS’ THINKING, and by the 1990s, “Super Tuscan” wines,

blends of native grapes and varietals such as cabernet sauvignon and merlot, gained popularity. Tommasi Family Estates, founded in 1902 in northern Italy, launched a winery in Tuscany in 1997. The 167-acre estate lies just off the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, not far from Rome. The vineyards sit 1,000 feet above sea level and have southern exposure, rich volcanic soil and a maritime-influenced climate. This award-winning blend of 60 percent sangiovese and 40 percent cabernet sauvignon fermented for 10 days in temperaturecontrolled stainless steel tanks and matured for 12 months in Slavonian oak casks. It offers bouquets of ripe red berries, spice notes, a hint of leather and touch of cedar. On the palate, taste black cherry, cranberry, plum, subtle oak notes and minerals, with firm, well-integrated tannins and good acidity.

Decant 30 minutes before serving. Drink it with veal, lamb, beef, roast fowl, pasta dishes with tomato sauce, cured meats and firm cheeses.

Buy it at: Brady’s Wine Warehouse. Drink it at: New York Pizza.

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Award Winners and 90+ Pointers 7 p.m. Wednesday St. James Cheese Company, 5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737 www.stjamescheese.com For those who missed the American Cheese Society Conference awards or various European competitions, this tasting features some of their top cheeses paired with wines awarded scores of 90 or more

by Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast and Wine Advocate. There also is Bellegarde Bakery bread. Reservations required. Admission $40.

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40 Arpent Brewing Christmas Bash 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Saturday 40 Arpent Brewing Company, 6809 N. Peters St., Arabi, (504) 342-2804 www.40arpentbrewery.com The Christmas party features the brewery’s beers; Foodie Call, Frencheeze and Chef Johnson’s food trucks; music by Pine Leaf Boys, Dr. Sick and the Late Greats; a craft market; face painting, balloon animals and a magic show for kids; a holiday costume contest; and a visit from Santa. Admission $5 in advance, $10 at the door, free for kids 12 and under. $35 VIP tickets include catered food and a special beer.

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Cooking demonstration with chef Scott Maki 2 p.m.-3 p.m. Saturday Southern Food and Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405 www.sofabinstitute.org Chef Scott Maki, who will open the restaurant Trinity in the French Quarter in early 2016, presents a cooking demonstration featuring dishes he’s working on for the restaurant. Dishes combine culinary influences from Italy, France, Vietnam and Cajun cooking. Maki is a veteran of the tapas restaurant Rambla and Maple Street Patisserie et Bistro. Free with museum admission.

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527 Julia St., (504) 875-4132 www.cafecarmo.com Esmeralda salad features quinoa, black beans, corn, cilantro, toasted pumpkin seeds, Cotija cheese and coconut-chili-lime vinaigrette.

1000 S. Jefferson Davis Parkway, Suite 100, (504) 301-3709 www.graciousbakery.com Barley salad is tossed with pear, dried cranberries, herbed goat cheese, arugula and apple vinaigrette.

942 N. Rampart St., (504) 569-9979 www.meauxbar.com Lentil and farro salad is tossed with sunflower seeds, eggplant, cashew ricotta and preserved lemon.

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504 Frenchmen St. (504) 9494115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800 www.monascafeanddeli.com Tabbouleh is made with bulgur, parsley, green olives, tomatoes and lemon.

4528 Magazine St., (504) 324-8234 www.rawrepublicjuice.com Hemp seeds are substituted for bulgur in a tabbouleh made with parsley, tomatoes, carrots, onions and raisins.

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AMERICAN Colonial Bowling Lanes — 6601 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, (504) 737-2400; www.colonialbowling.net — The kitchen serves breakfast in the morning and a lunch and dinner menu of sandwiches, burgers, chicken wings and tenders, pizza, quesdaillas and more. Daily specials include red beans and rice on Mondays and seafood platters on Friday. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — The all-youcan-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Creole Italian pizza is topped with red sauce, spicy shrimp, Roma tomatoes, feta, mozzarella, red onions and pesto sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $

BAR & GRILL Ale — 8124 Oak St.; (504) 324-6558; www.aleonoak.com — Lamb sliders are served with feta and mint chimichurri.

The Mexican Coke-braised brisket sandwich comes with coleslaw and roasted garlic aioli. Reservations accepted for large parties. Late-lunch Fri., dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — The menu of American favorites includes a burger, an oyster po-boy, a Cobb salad, spaghetti and meatballs, fried chicken, Gulf fish and more. Shrimp and grits features Gulf shrimp over smoked Gouda grits with roasted tomato and tasso broth. Reservations accepted. 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-ounce 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. $ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 5238995; www.lucysnola.com — This surf shack serves chips with salsa and guacamole made to order, burgers, salads, tacos, entrees and more. Fried catfish

is topped with onion rings and served with mashed potatoes. Panko-crusted avacado is topped with shrimp salsa.

The restaurant is dog-friendly. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill. com — The sports bar offers burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, steaks and a wide array of bar noshing items. Boiled seafood options include shrimp and crabs. Open 24-hours Thursday through Sunday. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $ Revival Bar & Grill — 4612 Quincy St., Metairie, (504) 373-6728; www.facebook. com/revivalbarandgrill — The bar serves burgers, po-boys, salads and noshing items including boudin balls, egg rolls, chicken wings, mozzarella sticks and fries with various toppings. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items including chicken wings and duck crepes with spiced cherry glaze. For brunch, there’s chicken and waffles with Pabst Blue Ribbon syrup. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BURGERS Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — This eatery serves a variety of specialty burgers, Mr. Ed’s fried chicken, sandwiches, po-boys, salads, tacos, wings and shakes. 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. $ Dis & Dem — 2540 Banks St., (504) 909-0458; www.disanddem.com — A house burger featuring a glazed patty, lettuce, tomato, onion and mayonnaise on a sweet sourdough onion bun can be upgraded with the addition of a hot patty. The Bienville Street slider is a burger BLT topped with ranch dressing.

No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S.

Ted’s Frostop — 3100 Calhoun St., (504) 861-3615; www.tedsfrostop.com — The menu features burgers with hand-made patties, chicken tenders, crinkle-cut fries and more. Pancakes are available with blueberries, pecans or chocolate chips.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. 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. $ Cafe Freret — 7329 Freret St., (504) 8617890; www.cafefreret.com — Casual dining options include burgers, sandwiches and half and whole muffuletta rounds and daily lunch specials. Wednesday features steak night. Reservations accepted. Lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.Wed. and Fri.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Other options include chipotle-marinated portobello sliders and flatbread pizza topped with manchego, peppers and roasted garlic. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. For breakfast, an omelet is filled with marinated mushrooms, bacon, spinach and goat cheese. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses and served on a choice of bread. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — The wine bar offers gourmet cheese plates. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — Students in the workforce development program prepare traditional and creative versions of local favorites. The Cajun Cobb salad features pan-seared shrimp, smoked sausage and blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CAJUN Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 5615171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — The New Orleans sampler features red PAGE 36

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

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4337 banks st. • 504.273.4600 biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com

dine-in, delivery, take out

Richard Sutton offers more than 100 cheeses from around the world at St. James Cheese Company (5004 Prytania St., 504-899-4737; www.stjamescheese.com).

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beans and rice, jambalaya, a cup of gumbo, fried green tomatoes and a biscuit.

The seafood omelet contains crawfish, shrimp, tomatoes and mushrooms and is topped with cheese. Delivery available from Carondelet Street location. No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours. West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CHINESE August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — The menu includes Chinese and Vietnamese dishes. Sweet and spicy fish is tilapia glazed in tangy sweet-and-spicy sauce garnished with bok choy. Lemon grass shrimp features tempura-fried shrimp, sweet onion, pepper, minced lemon grass and rice vermicelli. Delivery available.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

bourbon-molasses dressing. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise. com — The bar offers a large selection of wines by the glass and full restaurant menu. Mussels are steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. Chicken mofongo features plantains stuffed with stewed chicken. No reservations. Lunch Fri.Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. House-made leek, ricotta and pumpkin seed ravioli are served with butternut squash cream sauce and grilled asparagus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

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

The Tasting Room — 1906 Magazine St., (504) 581-3880; www.ttrneworleans.com — Sample wines or dine in the lounge or courtyard. The menu features noshing items such as truffle fries and entrees including a petit filet with Gorgonzola cream sauce and asparagus. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit Cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT

CREOLE

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

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. $$$

CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include crispy smoked quail salad with pear and

Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes

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Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www. bistroorleansmetairie.com — Popular dishes include oyster and artichoke soup, char-grilled oysters and wildcaught Des Allemands catfish. Blackened redfish is served with jambalaya, coleslaw and garlic bread. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans. com — The renewed Brennan’s features innovative takes on Creole dishes from chef Slade Rushing as well as classics such as its signature bananas Foster.

Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce.

Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/ cafegentilly — Crab cake Benedict is French bread topped with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. Breakfast is available all day, and the creamed spinach, crawfish and Swiss cheese omelet can be served in a po-boy. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. Louisiana crab cakes are popular. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Ma Momma’s House — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 244-0021; www.mamommashouse.com — Traditional homestyle 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. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www.memesbarandgrille.com — MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. New Orleans-style barbecue shrimp are prepared in their shells and served with peppery lemon, garlic and butter sauce. Char-grilled Louisiana oysters are topped with butter, Parmesan and parsley. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www. messinasterminal.com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features Gulf shrimp, Lake Pontchartrain crabmeat, crawfish, fresh herbs and angel hair pasta. The breakfast menu includes pain perdu, crab cakes Benedict, omelets, waffles and more. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served PAGE 38

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jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. The Cuban sandwich features house-made roasted garlic pork loin, Chisesi ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard and garlic mayonnaise on pressed French bread. No reservations. Lunch Mon.Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

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with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding.

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

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

DELI Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www.mardigraszone. com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven.

The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna.

Vegan pizzas also are available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www. martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demiglaze and smothered greens. The Deli Deluxe sandwich features corned beef, pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dress-

ing and Creole mustard on an onion roll.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. The hamburger po-boy can be dressed with lettuce, mayo and tomato on French bread. Shrimp Italiano features shrimp tossed with cream sauce and pasta. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — The New Orleans AK sandwich features a choice of four meats plus cheddar, provolone, pepper Jack and Swiss cheeses on a warm muffuletta bun. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

FRENCH Cafe Degas — 3127 Esplanade Ave., (504) 945-5635; www.cafedegas.com — The menu of traditional French dishes includes pate, cheese plates, salads, escargots bourguignons, mussles and fries, hanger steak with fries and garlic bordelaise and more. The dining room’s covered deck is open-air in suitable weather. Appetizers are available in afteroon hours. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $

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

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — The menu features tandoori dishes with chicken, lamb, fish or shrimp; mild and spicy curries and spicy hot vindaloo dishes; rice dishes such as chicken, lamb or shrimp biryani; and vegetarian dishes including palak paneer (spinch and cheese) and bhindi masala with okra. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN

JAPANESE Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 8913644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available.

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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. $$$

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.

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Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Creative Italian dishes include fried oysters Giovanni served on a bed of five sauces. Roasted half duck is glazed with sweet Marsala and roasted garlic and served with garlic mashed potatoes.

Reservations accepted. Dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rock-nSake 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. No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. 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. $$$ Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 5618844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna and seafood dishes with shrimp, clams and mussels. Sicilian egg pie features eggs baked with cream and spices in puff pastry. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines old world Italian favorites and pizza. Chicken piccata is a paneed chicken breast topped with lemon-caper piccata sauce served with angel hair pasta, salad and garlic cheese bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis.

Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam.

Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole dishes. Sauteed Gulf fish is prepared with smoked herb rub and served with crawfish risotto and shaved asparagus. Reservations recommended.

Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — This power lunch spot offers dishes like duck and wild mushroom spring rolls with mirin-soy dipping sauce and pan-

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

Casa Tequila (3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-443-5423; www. facebook.com/casatequilakenner) serves fajita platters and an array of Mexican favorites.

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fried crab cakes with corn maque choux and sugar snap peas. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans. com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce.

The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

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

Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended.

Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Redemption — 3835 Iberville St., (504) 309-3570; www.redemption-nola.com — Bloody mary char-broiled oysters are served with pickled okra and Asiago

cheese. Duck cassoulet includes roasted duck breast, duck confit and Terranova Italian sausage topped with foie gras.

Reservations recommended. Dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouilleand oyster-stuffed quail with a rouxbased gumbo poured on top tableside.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www.tivoliandlee. com — The restaurant offers a modern take on Southern cuisine in a small plate format, with dishes ranging from andouille potato tots to fried oysters. The pied du cochon is served with braised Covey Rise Farms collard greens, bacon and pickled Anaheim peppers. Half a roasted chicken comes with dirty spaetzle, sweet tea glaze and greens. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St.,

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

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MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook. com/casaborrega — The barroom and cantina is decorated with folk art, and there’s seating in the back courtyard.

Chicken enchiladas are served with mole, rice and beans. Pozole de puerco is Mexican hominy soup featuring pork in spicy red broth with radish, cabbage and avocado and tostadas on the side. No reservations. Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Casa Garcia — 8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 464-0354 — Chiles rellenos include one pepper stuffed with cheese and one filled with beef and served with Spanish rice. The menu also features fajitas, burritos, tacos, chimichangas, quesadillas, nachos, tortas, salads and more. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — The eatery is known for its bean dip and spinach and

OUT TO EAT artichoke quesadillas. The El General combo plate includes a beef burrito, beef chile relleno, chicken enchilada, a chicken taco and guacamole. The menu also includes fajitas, chimichangas and more. Kids eat free on Mondays. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Del Fuego Taqueria — 4518 Magazine St., (504) 309-5797; www.delfuegotaqueria.com — The taqueria serves an array of house salsas, tacos and burritos with filling choices including carne asada, carnitas, chorizo, shredded chicken and others. Tostadas con pescada ahumada features achiote-smoked Gulf fish over corn tostadas with refried black beans, cabbage and cilantro-lime mayonesa.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris.

The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 265-0050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros

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(504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily.

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There’s live acoustic music daily. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily.

Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole.

Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta. The menu also includes biscuits topped with gravy or chicken tenders with andouille and chorizo gravy.

Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — Stuffed gumbo features a hand-battered and fried catfish fillet atop chicken, sausage, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo. Fried chicken is cooked to order. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice.

Daily specials include braised lamb 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. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter and served over angel hair pasta. Roasted garlic pizza is topped with roasted whole garlic cloves, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, feta and mozzarella. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 483-6464; www.gspizza.com — Pies feature hand-tossed, house-made

dough and locally sourced produce. The NOLA Greenroots pie features housemade sauce, mozzarella, black olives, mushrooms, onions, organic spinach, bell peppers, roasted red peppers, artichokes and roasted garlic. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil.

No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — The pizzeria serves thin-crust pies topped with many local ingredients, including Chisesi ham and sausage from Terranova Brothers. Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings, or try a special such as the Mid City Meat Monster, loaded with pepperoni, ham, bacon, meat balls and hot sausage. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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

Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — The menu of gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches includes a namesake triple-decker Big Cheezy with Gouda, Gruyere, pepper Jack, cheddar, mozzarella and Monterey Jack on challah bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 2526745; www.killerpoboys.com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks.com — The Original is a Phillystyle cheesesteak filled with chopped New York strip steak, caramelized onions and melted provolone. The Buffalo chicken steak features chicken breast dressed with wing sauce, American and blue cheese and ranch dressing is optional. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — 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. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transconti-

Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — The neighborhood bar’s menu includes roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, seafood platters, fried okra, chicken wings, gumbo, soups, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

SEAFOOD Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — The menu includes grilled whole fish, royal red shrimp with garlic butter and crab and crawfish beignets with remoulade. Char-broiled oysters are topped with garlic butter and Parmesan and served with garlic bread. Reservations accepted.Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse. com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more.

Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street, and the bar is stocked with a large selection of bourbons. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — The Bayou Boogaloo breakfast features a threeegg omelet with sauteed shrimp and crawfish with fried oysters and shrimp sauce on top. Voodoo Bleu features bacon-wrapped char-grilled oysters topped with garlic-butter and blue cheese. No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

OUT TO EAT The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — Crab au gratin features crabmeat in cream sauce topped with cheddar cheese and is served with garlic bread and soup or salad. The menu includes seafood platters, po-boys, burgers, salads and more, No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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

TAPAS/SPANISH Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — Mushroom manchego toast is a favorite here. Hot and cold tapas dishes range from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe.com — The tapas menu includes barbacoas featuring jumbo Gulf shrimp in chorizo cream over toasted bread medallions. Paellas and fideos (made with pasta instead of rice) are available with meat and seafood. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

VEGETARIAN Good Karma Cafe — Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St., (504) 401-4698; www. swanriveryoga.com — The Malaysian curry bowl features vegetables and soy protein over brown or basmati rice. The Good Karma plate includes a selection of Asian and Indian vegetables, a cup of soup, salad with almond dressing and brown or basmati rice. The cafe serves free trade and organic coffee. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Sat. Credit cards. $$ Seed — 1330 Prytania St., (504) 3022599; www.seedyourhealth.com — Seed uses local, organic ingredients in its eclectic global menu, including soups, salads, nachos, sandwiches and more.

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

VIETNAMESE Lotus Vietnamese Cuisine — 5359 Mounes St., Suite H, Elmwood, (504) 3010775 — The menu features spring rolls, fried Vietnamese egg rolls, vermicelli bowls, rice dishes, pho and seafood and chicken stock soups with egg noodles.

Lotus combination pho includes steak, brisket and meatballs. No reservations.

Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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nental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

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TUESDAY 8 21st Amendment — Mitch Woods, 4:30; Reid Poole Jazz Band, 8 Bacchanal — Mark Weliky Trio, 7:30 Banks Street Bar — Matt Suarez, 7; Ockmond, 9 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Open Ears Music Series feat. Jonathan Freilich’s Naked Orchestra, 10 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Rastaphonica Party feat. One Love Brass Band, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; Carolyn Broussard, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Simply Pleasure, 6; Albanie Falletta, 8 Circle Bar — Kia Cavellero, 7; Mikiko Matsumara & Jetbaby, 9:30 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Ashley Blume’s Four Spot, 7; Sun Year, Interior Decorating, US Nero, 8 Gasa Gasa — Noruz, Nyce, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Da Truth Brass Band, 10 House of Blues Voodoo Garden — Singer-songwriter night feat. Michael Hayes, 7 Jazz National Historical Park — Richard Scott, noon Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — The Royal Dukes, 7 Mag’s 940 — All-Star Covered Dish Country Jamboree, 9 The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30; Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues, 9:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Rare Form — Spider Murphy, 4 Republic New Orleans — Obie Trice, 9 RF’s — Lucas Davenport, 7 Saenger Theatre — The Brian Setzer Orchestra, 8 Siberia — Sick Thoughts, Buck Biloxi & the F—ks, Black Abba, Gland, 9 Snug Harbor — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smokin’ Time Jazz Club, 10

WEDNESDAY 9 21st Amendment — Andre Bohren, 4:30; Shine Delphi Quartet, 8 Bacchanal — Jesse Morrow Trio, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat.

Giselle Anguizola, 2; Carl Le Blanc, 6:30; Mem Shannon Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 Blue Nile — New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Mark Appleford, 30 by 90 Blueswomen, 5 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Blue Biscuit, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — John Rankin, 6; Sam Baker, 9 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 6; Cygne, 10 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 DMac’s — Nawlins Johnnys, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Meghan Stewart & Too Darn Hot, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Gasa Gasa — Baroness, Earthling, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Dolo Jazz Suite, 10 House of Blues — Jet Lounge, 11 Howlin’ Wolf — Spoonfed Tribe feat. Mike Dillon, 9 The Jefferson Orleans North — Jay Zainey Orchestra, 6:30 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — Lynn Drury, 7 The Maison — Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 4; Jazz Vipers, 6:30; Willfunk, 9:30 Mo’s Chalet — Da Krewe Band, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Erin Welsh, 9 Old U.S. Mint — Tom Worrell, 2 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Freddie Lonzo, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & Next Generation, 8 & 10 RF’s — Tony Seville, 7 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Rocky’s Hot Fox Trot Christmas Show, 8 Siberia — Party Plates, Glut, Leopard Print, Fat Stupid Ugly People, 9 Snug Harbor — Uptown Jazz Orchestra feat. Delfeayo Marsalis, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Chris Christy’s Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the New Orleans Misfit Power, 10 St. Louis Cathedral — Christmas New Orleans Style feat. John Rankin, 6 Vaso — Angelica Matthews & the Matthews Band, 10

THURSDAY 10 21st Amendment — G & the Swinging Three, 5:30; Caesar Brothers, 9 Bacchanal — The Courtyard Kings, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Dinosaurchestra, 2; Emily Estrella, 6:30; New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 10 PAGE 44

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Banks Street Bar — Mid-City Aces, 9 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11 Boomtown Casino — The Topcats, 9 Buffa’s Lounge — Alexandra Scott & Josh Paxton, 5; Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — Jay Dufour, 7; Darby’s House of Cards, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy & Emily Robertson, 5:30; Bandicoot, 9 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6; Annie Miles, 10 d.b.a. — Lagniappe Brass Band, 10 DMac’s — Fools on Stools feat. Jason Bishop, 8; Simple Sound Retreat, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — George French Band, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Bon Bon Vivant, 7 Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-AHolics, 9:30 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Gasa Gasa — Seratones, Alexis & the Samurai, 10:30 House of Blues — Dom Kennedy, Pell, Jay 305, 8 House of Blues Foundation Room — John Lisi, 6 Howlin’ Wolf — Jacquees, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Van Hudson, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Jon Roniger Gypsyland, 7 The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maison Blues — Sweet Jones, 6 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Caroline Boudreaux, 8; The Uptown Downtown, 9 Northshore Harbor Center — “Santa Meets Sousa” holiday toy drive feat. Marine Corps Band New Orleans, 7 N’tini’s — Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 6 Oak — Miles Cabecerious, 8 Old Arabi Bar — Maggie Belle Band, 8 Old Point Bar — Rick Tobey, 9 Old U.S. Mint — Leroy Jones, 2 One Eyed Jacks — The Black Dahlia Murder, Iron Reagan, Entheos, Artificial Brain, 6 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Crescent City Joymakers feat. Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Lucien Barbarin, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Alexey Marti Quintet feat. Herlin Riley, 8 & 10 Rock ’n’ Blues Cafe — Henry Turner Jr. & Flavor, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Horace Trahan, 8:30 Siberia — Ali Holder, Little Brave, Erin Miley, 9 Smoothie King Center — Trans-Siberian Orchestra Snug Harbor — Branford Marsalis Quartet feat. Kurt Elling, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Up Up We Go, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Treo — Gerry O’Beirne, 7 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 5

Vaughan’s Lounge — Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 10

FRIDAY 11 21st Amendment — Emily Estrella & Friends, 3:30; Royal St. Windin’ Boys feat.

Jenevieve Cook, 7; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 10:30 30/90 — Chapter:SOUL, 8 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Swamp Donkeys, 5:30; Johnny Mastro Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Chris Zonado, 7; Sam Price, 10 Black Label Icehouse — Hound, Frail, Donde Wolf, 9 Blue Nile — Treme Brass Band, 7; Kermit Ruffins’ Pajama Party Birthday Bash, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Vockah Redu, 10 BMC — John Lisi, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Davis Rogan, 5; Lynn Drury, 8; Cole & Keef, 11 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6; Higher Heights Reggae Band, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — Phil the Tremolo King, 4; Hubcap Kings, 7; LA Hellbenders, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Susan Cowsill’s Covered in Vinyl: Rod Stewart’s Every Picture Tells a Story, 9; Johnny Vidacovich, Mike Dillon & Jame Singleton, 11 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 6; Mike Doussan, 10 Columbia Street Rock-N-Blues Cafe — The Chee-Weez, 10 d.b.a. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Debauche, 10 DMac’s — Holly Rock, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Rick Trolsen Quartet, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 7; Somerton Suitcase, 11 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (Mid-City) — Sam Cordts, 3 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Golden Lantern — Nighthawk, 7 Hi-Ho Lounge — Valerie Sassyfras, 7; Little Current Vocal Group, DJ Matty, One Man Machine, Felix, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — 7th Ward Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Appleford, 5; Ron Hotstream & the Mid-City Drifters, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Steve DeTroy, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Monty Banks, 5; Nayo Jones Experience, 8 The Maison — Dinosaurchestra, 1; The Ramblin’ Letters, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Ashton Hines & the Big Easy Brawlers, 10; Street Legends Brass Band, midnight Maple Leaf Bar — Tony Hall Band feat.

John “Papa” Gros, “Big D” Perkins, Raymond Weber, 7; Bonerama, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — High Ground Drifters, 7; The Necessary Gentlemen, 9; John Parker, 10 New Orleans Jazz Market — Casa Borrega’s Latin Jazz Fest feat. Muevelo, Javier Gutierrez & Vivaz, Alexis Guevara Afro Cuban Trio, 7 Oak — Tom Leggett, 9 Old Point Bar — Gal Holiday, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — St. Bernard Parish High School Jazz Band, 2 One Eyed Jacks — EYEHATEGOD, 9

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Baroness

THE SHARPEST AND MOST THEATRICAL tine of Savannah, Georgia’s three-pronged metal pitchfork (along with Black Tusk and • Dec. 9 Kylesa), Baroness practically bleeds drama: • 9 p.m. Wednesday in its vessel-like matriarchal handle, primary-colored album motifs (Red Album, Blue • Gasa Gasa Record, Yellow & Green, each outfitted with • 4920 Freret St. fantastical hand-drawn female forms) and embrace of genre-bucking subtleties like • www.gasagasa.com gentle melody, multipart harmony, winding prog structures and intense dynamic shifts. It’s not often the word “pretty” can be aptly applied to music this heavy, but Baroness sees an entire pinwheeling spectrum where others only sense degrees of darkness. On 2012’s double-LP Yellow & Green, the band either evolved beyond metal or invented new definitions for the term, elaborating its already fanciful hard rock with interstitial psychedelic passages and an almost-medieval ancestry suggesting richly entangled bloodlines. The three tracks released from Purple (due Dec. 18 on Abraxan Hymns) suggest the band — which suffered a horrendous bus accident a month after Yellow & Green’s release — is taking a more direct approach: Openers “Morningstar” and “Shock Me” deliver a one-two body blow via twin guitars and surging hooks, while “Chlorine & Wine” trades weight for flight, an anthemic glimpse of Baroness as a shout-along arena headliner — making this Gasa Gasa visit both a welcoming party and a potential sendoff. Earthling opens. Tickets $17. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

OUR TAKE

Baroness pushes the boundaries of metal.

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Lucien Barbarin & James Evans, 8 Preservation Hall — The Southern Syncopators feat. Steve Pistorius, 6; PresHall Brass feat. Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — The Fat Jewish, CRWNS, WAGS, OWNECK, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys, 9:30 Saenger Theatre — “Santa Meets Sousa” holiday toy drive feat. Marine Corps Band New Orleans, 7 Siberia — Angry Samoans, Swingin’ Dicks, Before I Hang, Die Rotzz, Room 101, 9 Snug Harbor — Branford Marsalis Quartet feat. Kurt Elling, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; Cottonmouth Kings,10 St. Roch Tavern — James Jordan & the Beautiful Band, 9:30

Tipitina’s — Flow Tribe’s Christmas Crunktacular, 10 Tulane Ave. Bar — Vanessa Carr, 8 Twist of Lime — Paperchase Cover Band, 9

SATURDAY 12 21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; The Ibervillianaires, 6; Juju Child, 9:30 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Emily Estrella, 1; Smoky Greenwell, 5:30; Caesar Brothers, 10 Banks Street Bar — Marina Orchestra, Doombalaya, 9 Bei Tempi — Rumba Buena, 10 Black Label Icehouse — The Unnaturals, 9 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Trio, 7; Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Ambush Reggae Band, 10 Boomtown Casino — Foret Tradition, 9 Buffa’s Lounge — Mattanja Joy Bradley, 5; PAGE 46

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Santa Meets Sousa Holiday Concert

Presented by Marine Corps Band New Orleans

Friday, December 11th 7:00PM Saenger Theatre Sponsored by

and Marine Forces Reserve

Free to the public. Donations of new, unwrapped toys appreciated.

For more information, visit marforres.marines.mil/band or saengernola.com or on facebook at facebook.com/MCBNOLA or facebook.com/saengernola.

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Alexandra Scott & Her Magical Band, 8; Sam Cammarata, 11 Checkpoint Charlie — East and Stone, 4; Kenny Triche, 7; Isla NOLA, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Webb Wilder, 8; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 10 Circle Bar — Jeff Pagano, 6; Deaf & Poor, 10 Contemporary Arts Center — Troker, Mike Dillon’s New Orleans Punk Rock Consortium, 7:30 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 8; Little Freddie King, 11 DMac’s — Marcey/Mignano Duo, 7; Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — August Burns Red, Every Time I Die, Stick to Your Guns, Polyphia, Wage War, 6:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Paint, 10 Jazz National Historical Park — Lars Edegran & Topsy Chapman holiday concert, 2 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Parsons, 5; Lynn Drury, 9 LA46 — Helen Gillet, 8 Louisiana Music Factory — Hot Club of New Orleans, 2; Brint Anderson, 3; Hot 8 Brass Band, 4 Maison Blues — Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 8 Maple Leaf Bar — Russell Batiste’s Birthday Bash, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — The Shiz, 7; Kerry Cox, 9; The Fens, 10; Mario, 11 Oak — Jenn Howard Glass, 9 Old Point Bar — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 9:30 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Iguanas, 9:30 Saenger Theatre — The NOLA Holiday Gospel Concert: The Williams Brothers, Cece Williams feat. Lyle Henderson & Richard White, 8 Siberia — Esther Rose, Sam Doores, Craig Judelman, 6 Snug Harbor — Branford Marsalis Quartet feat. Kurt Elling, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Shotgun Jazz Band, 2; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 Tipitina’s — Pokey Lafarge, The Deslondes, 10 Twist of Lime — System Red, Moonshine XXX Massacre, 9

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21st Amendment — Leslie Martin, 3:30; Chris Christy, 7 Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Carl Le Blanc, 5:30; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Kenny Triche Band, 7 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7:30; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Panorama Jazz Band, 4; Dana Kurtz, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Saint Claude Serenaders, 8 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Freedom Tickler, 8:30 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; The Louisiana Hellbenders, 10 DMac’s — Lauren Sturm, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Andrew Duhon, 9

Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — David Jones Duo, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Funky 544 — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Gasa Gasa — Guy Blakeslee, New Holland, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Soul Sunday, 10 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 8 The Maison — The Organettes, 1; Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 4; Too Darn Hot, 7; Soul Project, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat.

Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste, 10 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Romy Kaye & the Mercy Buckets, 7 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 2 Siberia — The Asylum Chorus, 6; Saviours, Pathkillers, Eagle Claw, 9 Snug Harbor — Branford Marsalis Quartet feat. Kurt Elling, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Yvette Voelker & the Swinging Heathens, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 St. Louis Cathedral — Christmas New Orleans Style feat. Don Vappie, 6 Tipitina’s — Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts, 8:30

MONDAY 14 21st Amendment — Andy Forest, 4:30; John Royen & Orange Kellin, 8 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; South Jones, 9 BMC — Wardell Williams, Mark Appleford, 6 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — Mike True, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Trent Pruitt, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Zac Maras & Cacus Thief, 6 d.b.a. — Colin Lake Duo, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Kuwaisiana, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Instant Opus Improvised Jazz Series, 10 Gasa Gasa — Bear America Live feat. Renshaw Davies and The Kid Carsons, 9 House of Blues — Travis Scott, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Parsons, 8 The Maison — Chicken and Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; TK Groove, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 NOCCA Riverfront Lupin Hall — Broadway at NOCCA feat. Michael Cerveris, 7:30 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 Southport Hall — Scotty McCreery, Craig Campbell, Canaan Smith & Clare Dunn, 7 St. Louis Cathedral — Christmas New Orleans Style feat. St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir, 6

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The Contemporary Arts Center presents a screening of the 1919 silent action film The Grey Automobile with a live score by Troker, a jazz and rock band from Jalisco, Mexico. At 7:30 p.m. Friday at the CAC.

OPENING THIS WEEKEND All Things Must Pass (NR) — Physical media titan Tower Records can’t survive the 21st century in a documentary

by Colin Hanks (son of Tom). Chalmette American Hero (NR) — Telekinetic superhero and New Orleans everyman Melvin (Stephen Dorff) attempts to fix NOPD response time singlehandedly. Zeitgeist Gui Lan (Coming Home) (PG-13) — The Cultural Revolution breaks a family that can’t be put back together in director Zhang Yimou’s drama, starring Gong Li. In Chinese with English subtitles. Chalmette In the Heart of the Sea (PG-13) — A sperm whale with a grudge shipwrecks a whaling crew in Hollywood’s version of the 1820 misadventure that inspired Moby-Dick. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell

NOW SHOWING Brooklyn (PG-13) — Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) is a woman divided: caught between her old life in Ireland and her new one in 1950s New York. Slidell, Canal Place Chi-Raq (R) — Spike Lee calls on Aristophanes to solve gang violence on Chicago’s South Side, popularly known as the war zone of “Chi-Raq.” Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place Creed (PG-13) — When you’re a movie star playing an aspiring young boxer (Michael B. Jordan), you’ve got to learn from the best: Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stal-

lone). Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place The Good Dinosaur (PG) — Dinosaurs and people coexist in Pixar’s alternate-paleontology animated film.

Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place Goosebumps (PG) — Grab a roll of Bubble Tape for the nostalgia trip based on your favorite series of kiddie horror novels by R. L. Stine (Jack Black). West Bank, Slidell Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) — Dracula signs his grandson up for vampire boot camp, hoping to push him toward the lifestyle in a world increasingly tolerant of humans. West Bank The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (PG-13) — The blockbuster series about children named like women’s shoes who fight one another to the death comes to a grim conclusion. Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Canal Place Krampus (PG-13) — St. Nick has an evil, goat-horned cousin who terrorizes unhappy families. Merry Christmas! Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell The Letters (PG) — Even Mother Teresa (Juliet Stevenson) has her doubts in a biopic about her work as a Catholic missionary and humanitarian. West Bank, Slidell Love the Coopers (PG-13) — John Goodman, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde and Alan Arkin celebrate Christmas early. Clearview, West Bank, Slidell PAGE 49

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All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records

Tour eight stunning private homes all dressed up for the holidays in New Orleans' historic Garden District.

Tour Headquarters, Boutique & Café at Trinity Episcopal Church Bishop Polk Hall 1329 Jackson Avenue

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LONG AGO, IN THE DAYS BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE STREAMING, brick-andmortar record stores fulfilled the many needs of music fans — especially those with varied tastes and voracious appetites for new sounds on vinyl. The best record stores also served as community centers and cultural meccas, rare places where you were sure to encounter likeminded people while knowledgeable store employees turned you on to music too daring for corporate radio.

In the words of Bruce Springsteen, interviewed in Colin Hanks’ documentary All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, “Everybody in a record store is a little bit • Opens Dec. 11 your friend.”

That was the world Tower Records helped create, even though it gradually became a gi• Showtimes TBA ant chain with almost 190 stores in the U.S. and many more across the globe. But Tower was • Chalmette Movies different. While other chains survived by selling the hits, Tower offered music of every imag• 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, inable kind. The giant flagship stores on the coasts were divided into smaller stores by type of music, each with its own vibe and experts behind the counter ready to guide a patron’s Chalmette musical journey. Though the record industry’s self-inflicted wounds were on full display at • (504) 304-9992 Tower at the end of its four-decade reign, the stores generally maintained regional flavor • www.chalmettemovies.com and held on to their independent roots.

All Things Must Pass traces Tower’s history from its humble beginnings as part of a drugstore built into the side of Sacramento, California movie palace The Tower Theater to the company’s demise in 2006. Tower Records founder Russ Solomon (whose father owned that drugstore) had an idea to create the world’s biggest and best record store, and opened the first Tower Records in Sacramento in 1960. How Solomon built Tower into a global force while maintaining its family-business aesthetic makes a colorful and entertaining story, but All Things Must Pass also shows how that personal tale reflects seismic shifts in music, technology and business over the last five decades.

First-time feature director Colin Hanks (star of current CBS sitcom Life in Pieces and son of Tom Hanks) builds a fast-paced and entertaining film from archival footage and interviews with both former Tower employees and admiring musicians such as Dave Grohl (who worked at Tower) and Elton John (who went to Tower every Tuesday morning for years to buy the week’s new releases). But company visionary Solomon quickly emerges as the focus of the story. His practice of hiring, nurturing and promoting music fans resulted in many 30- and 40-year Tower employees, and contrasts sharply with the relatively impersonal (and ineffective) management style of so many large businesses today.

Those employees now shed a lot of tears when recalling Tower’s slide into bankruptcy, but All Things Must Pass refuses to sugarcoat the many reasons for that failure. While it’s easy to blame the Internet, other key factors included the music industry’s combined overpricing of CDs and refusal to sell singles (customers had to buy an $18 disc when they wanted one song), big-box retailers selling music at cost to get people through their doors and Tower’s too-rapid expansion into shaky international markets. Solomon and Tower had a knack for being in the right place at the right time, at least until their luck finally ran out. But the loss is all ours. — KEN KORMAN

OUR TAKE

Tower Records ain’t dere no more.

The Martian (PG-13) — Matt Damon said, “I’m going to have to science the shit out of this,” so they leave him on Mars forever. West Bank, Slidell The Night Before (R) — Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie get into the Festivus spirit.

Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place The Peanuts Movie (G) — It’s CGI animation, Charlie Brown! Clearview, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell Room (R) — Five-year-old Jack (Jacob Tremblay) and his mother (Brie Larson) rediscover the outside world after spending Jack’s entire life imprisoned by a sadistic captor. Chalmette Secret in Their Eyes (PG-13) — An FBI investigator (Julia Roberts) reopens a cold case she can’t quit: the murder of her daughter. Clearview, West Bank, Slidell, Canal Place Spectre (PG-13) — James Bond (Daniel Craig) opens his closet looking for a white dinner jacket and an international conspiracy’s worth of skeletons falls out. Clearview, West Bank, Slidell, Canal Place Spotlight (R) — The Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigative reporting team uncovers proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. Canal Place Victor Frankenstein (PG-13) — Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy star in a buddy comedy about two dudes who like to hang out in the basement and build autonomous monsters out of spare body parts. Clearview, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Balanchine’s The Nutcracker From NYC Ballet (NR) — The New York City Ballet performs the favorite holiday ballet. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Elmwood, Regal Big Charity (NR) — Alexander Glustrom’s documentary explores the closing of Charity Hospital after Hurricane Katrina. 8 p.m. Saturday. Joy Theater (1200 Canal St.) Bikes vs Cars (NR) — Vehicles of social change have two wheels in this documentary about activist cyclists fighting for safer, bike-friendly cities. 9 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sunday & Monday. Zeitgeist Boruto: Naruto the Movie (NR) — The eleventh Naruto film (perhaps you missed one or 10) follows the children of the original characters. 12:55 p.m.

Sunday & 7 p.m. Monday. Elmwood The Grey Automobile (NR) — Not that you could tell if it were any other color in the classic silent film about a Mexico City criminal gang.

Mexican band Troker provide a live soundtrack for the first-ever New Orleans screening. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp St.) Heart of a Dog (NR) — Artist Laurie Anderson’s idiosyncratic personal meditation blends memories, philosophy, Buddhism, original music and thoughts on the deaths of her rat terrier (Lolabelle) and her husband (Lou Reed). 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 6 p.m. Friday, Sunday & Monday. Zeitgeist

Home Alone (PG) — Relive Macaulay Culkin’s finest hour this holiday season.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Elmwood & 6:30 p.m. Friday at Spanish Plaza (1 Poydras St.) Impressionen unter Wasser (Impressions Under Water) (NR) — Legendary director and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl’s final film is 45 minutes of neon marine life with a soundtrack co-written by Giorgio Moroder. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deutsches Haus (1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie) Inside the Frame (NR) — Zeitgeist screens the documentary about photographer Linda Troeller in conjunction with her PhotoNOLA exhibition. 5 p.m.

Friday-Sunday. Zeitgeist It’s A Wonderful Life (NR) — No man is a failure who has friends. 10 a.m.

Sunday. Prytania Laser Holidays (NR) — Holiday lights and music, but with lasers. 8 p.m. Sunday. Kenner Planetarium (2020 Fourth St., Kenner) Love Actually (R) — The W hosts a free screening of everyone’s favorite Christmas rom-com. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

W New Orleans French Quarter (316 Chartres St.) The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute Special Encore (NR) — James Levine conducts baritone Nathan Gunn, soprano Ying Huang, tenor Matthew Polenzani, soprano Erika Miklosa and bass Rene Pape in Mozart’s opera. 12:55 p.m.

Saturday. Elmwood National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (PG-13) — No matter how bad your holiday, it can’t match Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase)’s “good old-fashioned family Christmas.” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Kenner, Slidell Prytania Kids’ Christmas — It’s not Christmas until you’ve watched classic television specials Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

10 a.m. Saturday. Prytania Season of Light (NR) — Learn about worldwide holiday traditions, winter constellations and astrological explanations for the Star of Bethlehem in the seasonal planetarium film. 7 p.m. Sunday. Kenner Planetarium (2020 Fourth St., Kenner) Tokyo Godfathers (PG-13) — It’s all about chosen family in this animated film about an alcoholic, a transgender woman and a teenage runaway who find an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve. In Japanese with English subtitles. 7 p.m. Monday. Cafe Istanbul (New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave.) Vertigo (PG) — The Avant Teen Film Club of St. Tammany Parish welcomes teens of all ages to a free screening of Hitchcock’s classic thriller. 1 p.m.

Saturday. Slidell Library (555 Robert Blvd., Slidell) White Christmas (NR) — Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen put a struggling inn back on the map in the 1954 Christmas musical.

10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania

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HAPPENINGS Art for Rights. StudioBe, 2940 Royal St.; www.write.amnestyusa.org/artforrights — Amnesty USA’s Art for Amnesty, Brandan “BMike” Odums and other artists host a pop-up art event featuring murals and installations about human rights causes, a letter-writing campaign, live music and food. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Community Coffee. Joan Mitchell Center, 2275 Bayou Road, (504) 940-2500; www.joanmitchellfoundation.org — The Joan Mitchell Center’s monthly open house features an educational session about the center’s artist directory and refreshments from Pagoda Cafe. 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The Naked Toke Experienece. Bellocq, The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0911; www.bellocqnola.com — The marijuana enthusiast website hosts a pop-up exhibition and competition celebrating artistic nude photos. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.

On Location. Parse Gallery, 134 Carondelet St., (262) 607-2773; www.parsenola. com — Independent curator Jay Murphy hosts an interdisciplinary workshop for artists featuring readings and discussion on the theme of location. Email parsegallery@gmail.com to RSVP. Noon to 6 p.m. Saturday.

PhotoNOLA 2015. Various locations; www.photonola.org — The annual photography festival features more than 50 exhibitions, as well as lectures, gallery talks, workshops and a benefit party. A kickoff party at the New Orleans Museum of Art features a keynote lecture by photographer Tina Barney, music by the Russell Welch Hot Quartet, food and drinks from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Thursday. Kickoff party tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

PhotoWALK. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Patrick F. Taylor Library, 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.photonola. org — The Ogden Museum hosts PhotoNOLA’s one-night portfolio exhibition, featuring work by 72 photographers from around the U.S. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.

PoliticoPopUp. New Orleans Art Center, 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.facebook.com/politicopopup — The pop-up exhibit features art inspired by political and social issues. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday.

St. Claude Second Saturdays. St. Claude Arts District — Galleries surrounding St. Claude Avenue host monthly receptions.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

OPENING 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 940-2900; www.5pressgallery.com — “Greetings From...,” exhibition of photo postcards, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Algiers Regional Library. 3014 Holiday Drive, Algiers, (504) 529-7323; www. neworleanspubliclibrary.org — “Silent Spring,” photography about bee colony collapse by Muffin Bernstein, opens Tuesday.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “Paper-thin,” photographic manipulations by Aimee Beaubien, Jessica Labatte, Jason Lazarus, Srjdan Loncar, Curtis Mann and Aspen Mays, opening reception and gallery talk 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico.

901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Holding Pattern,” metal sculpture

by Rachel David; photography by Dennis Couvillion; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Buffa’s Lounge. 1001 Esplanade Ave., (504) 949-0038; www.buffasbar.com — “Works in Progress,” photography by Eliot Kamenitz and Natasha Sanchez, opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday.

Byrdie’s Gallery. 2422 St. Claude Ave., (504) 656-6794; www.byrdiesgallery.com — “All the Place You’ve Got,” photography

by Cate Colvin Sampson, opens Thursday; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

CJ Nero. 839 Spain St., (504) 875-2008; www.facebook.com/craig.who.dat.nero — “New Orleans Icons: Series One,” paintings and prints by Josh Wingerter, opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Coup D’oeil Art Consortium. 2033 Magazine St., (504) 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “The Chelsea Years,” photographs of the Chelsea Hotel

by Linda Troeller, opening reception and book signing 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Fee and Art’s Revival Studios. 834 Chartres St., (917) 318-4300 — “Mardi Gras 1979,” photography by Robbie McClaran, artist talk at noon Saturday.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Means, Motive, Opportunity,” group exhibition of photography, opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art. 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 586-7432; www. themckennamuseum.com — “Noirlinians,” photography by Danielle Miles, Asia Vinae Palmer, LaToya Edwards and Patrick Melon, opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Guthrie Contemporary. 3815 Magazine St., (504) 897-2688; www.guthriecontemporary.com — “Self & Others,” portrait photography by Aline Smithson; “Wish You Were Here,” photographic dioramas by Ayumi Tanaka; “Developer Drawings,” photographic manipulations

by Lisa McCarty; opening reception 6 p.m to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett.com — “The Annual X-Mas Party,” holiday art and gift sale featuring local artists, opening reception 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Hey! Cafe. 4332 Magazine St., (504) 8918682; www.heycafe.biz — “Midwest Dirt,” photography by Nathan Pearce, opening reception 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

International House. 221 Camp St., (504) 553-9550; www.ihhotel.com — “Magdalena,” juried exhibition of mixed-media art about Mary Magdalene, opens Dec. 4; opening reception 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday.

Ken Kirschman Artspace. NOCCA Riverfront, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — “Bayou Baroque,” portrait photography by Letitia Huckaby, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Lost Love Lounge. 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge. com — “Four Realz: Quadrascopic Imagery and Animated Giffery,” animated “wigglegrams” by Bob Weisz, opening reception 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Moldander’s Digital Imaging and Archiving. 3801 Canal St., (504) 486-5811; www.moldaners.com — “Krewes, Clubs, Indians and Brass,” photographs of second lines by Ray Laskowitz, opening reception 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Moss Studio. 316 St. Joseph St., (310) 709-8373; www.mossstudionola.com — “Liquid Emulsions,” prints by Rudolfo Michel, opening reception 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday.

New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Delight,” group exhibition featuring Michael Fedor, Gin Taylor, Blake Boyd, Christina Juran, Ray Cole, Jon Schooler, Alan Zakem, MaPo Kinnord and Amy Bryan, opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

New Orleans Community Printshop & Darkroom. 1201 Mazant St.; www.nolacommunityprintshop.org — “With Dawn,” photography by Xavier Juarez and Chris Berntsen, opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Photographs by Tina

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Barney, opening reception from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Currents 2015,” juried exhibition of photography by New Orleans Photo Alliance members, opening reception 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www. louisianastatemuseum.org/museums/ the-old-us-mint — “Pictures of the Year International,” juried show sponsored by the Missouri School of Journalism, opens Thursday; gallery talk at 10 a.m. Sunday.

Photo Works New Orleans. 521 St. Ann St., (504) 593-9090; www.photoworksneworleans.com — “20/20 Vision,” photography by Louis Sahuc, opening reception 6 p.m. Saturday.

Port. 2120 Port St.; www.2120port.com — “Samo Journey,” photography by L. Kasimu Harris, Vitus Shell and Tiffany Smith, opening reception 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Reynolds-Ryan Art Gallery. Isidore Newman School, 5333 Danneel St., (504) 896-6369; www.newmanschool.org — “Field Guide,” installation, paintings and video art by Shawn Hall, opening reception 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery.

2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www. scottedwardsgallery.com — “Queen Selma,” photographs of Selma, Alabama by Roman Alokhin, opens Thursday; opening reception 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter. org — “Dynamite and Prayers,” photographs of the Middle East and Central Asia by Max Becherer, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

The Southern Letterpress. 3700 St. Claude Ave., (504) 264-3715; www.thesouthernletterpress.com — “SIFT Exhibit,” group exhibition of prints and work on paper curated by arts organization SIFT, opens Saturday.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “String Theory: The Art of Manipulation,” new work by Suzanne King, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Digital Pictorialism,” photographic manipulations by James L. Dean, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Suis Generis. 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — “Sound & Light,” music photography curated by Antigravity magazine, opening reception 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Torres-Tama ArteFuturo Studio. 1329 Saint Roch Ave., (504) 232-2968 — “Somos Humanos Photo Retablos,” photography by Jose Torres-Tama, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Tresor Gallery. 811 Royal St., (504) 3093991; www.tresorgallery.com — “Original Sideshow Attractions,” paintings adapted from vintage photos of circus

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NOSTALGIC ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR as old friends and distant relatives suddenly reappear during the holiday season. This large solo show of paintings by mid-career New York artist Jacqueline Humphries marks a triumphal homecoming for the New Orleans native, who is the daughter of local jewelry designer Mignon Faget. It also is the first show initiated by the Contemporary Art Center’s new visual arts curator, Andrea Andersson, another New • Through February 28 Orleans native and a former New York-based independent curator. Music buffs may recall her grandfather, Knud Andersson, who led the New Orleans Opera for • Recent silver and black nearly two decades. light paintings I have long suspected there is something subversive about Humphries’ paintings, but it was never clear exactly what it is until recently. For ages, New York artists • Contemporary Arts Center, 900 were expected to strike a pose of cold ironic detachment based on tediously obsolescent theories, but in a 2009 interview, Humphries rather blasphemously Camp St., (504) 528-3805; www. expressed her admiration for “sincerity.” Even so, her large silver paintings look cacno.org very Warholian at first, with grids like ghostly halftone dots and other durable New York mass media memes. But look again, and peculiar things are happening just below the surface, including a tersely voluptuous sensuality that harks to her local roots, as well as a curiously confrontational evanescence that fuses digital artifacts and emoticons into reflective melanges like congealed magnetic fields from surreal science fiction. If her silver paintings use New Yorkisms to slyly tweak New York orthodoxy (a well-received gesture if her inclusion in the 2014 Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial is any indication), her black light paintings (pictured) are joyous gestures of pure rebellion. Hints at traditional abstraction are blasted into the stratosphere with glowing, super-saturated psychedelic colors more reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix than Mark Rothko. By being deadly serious about not looking serious, Humphries breaks the unspoken rules of the official New York art world, buoyantly challenging its decades-old tedium, while reminding us that Carnival time is just around the corner. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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A New Orleans native’s use of color and sensuality defies New York’s norms.

performers by Molly McGuire, opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

United Bakery Gallery. 1337 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — Group exhibition of photography featuring Liam Conway, Daniel Grey, Brianna Serene Magnolia Kelly and Daria Senchikhina, opening reception 4 p.m. Friday.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts. uno.edu — “Genius Loci,” photography

by Antone Dolezal, Lara Shipley and Paul Thulin, opening reception 6 p.m. to

9 p.m. Saturday.

GALLERIES

YAYA Arts Center. 3322 LaSalle St., (504) 529-3306; www.yayainc.com — “Bring Back to Me — Me,” photography by Ellis Marsalis III, opening reception 7 p.m. Friday.

5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 9402900; www.5pressgallery.com — “Wishlist: Art for Sharing,” group exhibition, through Jan. 2, 2016.

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center.

1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 8275858; www.zeitgeistnola.org — “Orgasm: Photographs and Interviews,” exhibition based on the book by Linda Troeller, opening reception and film screening 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.

A Gallery for Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www. agallery.com — “Juana and the Structures of Reverie,” tintype photography by Josephine Sacabo, through Jan. 1, 2016.

Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — Annual

Orleans-inspired art, ongoing.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Before We Wake,” paintings by Anne Bachelier, through Jan. 25, 2016.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery. com — “The Monuments,” abstract landscape paintings by Anne C. Nelson, through Dec. 26; “Chalk is Temporary,” photography by Gregory T. Davis, through Jan. 2, 2016.

Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — Work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing.

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

Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — Work by Matilde Albany and James Arey; jewelry by Vitrice McMurray; glass sculpture by Mykel Davis; all through December.

Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery. Loyola University, Monroe Library, fourth floor, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 861-5456; www.loyno.edu/dibollgallery — “Hippocamp and Delta,” work by Lee Deigaard; “Specters,” work by Rachel Jones Deris; both through Jan. 22, 2016.

The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — “Around, Again,” photography by Ian Kramar and Sean Hernandez, through December.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery. com — “All You Need Know,” paintings by Nicole Charbonnet; “The Other Landscape,” work by Jacqueline Bishop; both through Dec. 26; “Scintilla,” video art by Courtney Egan, through Jan. 30, 2016.

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

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery.com — “In the Grasp of Mourning,” installation

by Kristin Meyers, through Jan. 2, 2016.

Graphite Galleries. 936 Royal St., (504) 565-3739; www.graphitenola.com — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery.

4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing.

Guthrie Contemporary. 3815 Magazine St., (504) 897-2688; www.guthriecontemporary.com — “Scenes,” photography

by Dorothy O’Connor, through December.

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.com — “The Silver Factory Years (1964-1968),” photography by Billy Name; “Holly for the Holidays,” photographs of Holly Woodlawn

by David Chick; both through December.

Halfmoon Gallery/Studio. 5120 Royal St., (313) 212-7353 — “The Journey,” photography by Joseph Crachiola, through December.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “The Surge,” new work by George Dunbar, through Dec. 23.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Silent Night,” Christmas group exhibition, through December.

Casell-Bergen Gallery. 1305 Decatur St., (504) 524-0671; www.casellbergengallery.com — Work by Joachim Casell, Rene Ragi, Bedonna, Gamal Sabla, Phillip Sage and others, ongoing.

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

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

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

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www. jeanbragg.com — “Smalls for the Walls,” miniature paintings by Camille Barnes and Steve Bourgeois, through December.

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

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “Departure,” sculpture by Paul

Villinski; “Merged,” works by Nikki Rosato; both through Dec. 26.

J&S Gallery. 3801 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, (504) 952-9163 — Wood carvings and paintings by local artists, ongoing.

La Madama Bazarre. 910 Royal St., (504) 236-5076; www.lamadamabazarre.com — Mixed-media group exhibition by Jane Talton, Lateefah Wright, Sean Yseult, Darla Teagarden and others, ongoing.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Working the Wetlands,” paintings by Aron Belka, through January 2016.

M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing.

Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwelchart.com — Paintings and mixed media

by Martin Welch, ongoing.

Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Processed Views,” photography by Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman, through Jan. 30, 2016.

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

M.S. Rau Antiques. 630 Royal St., (504) 523-5660; www.rauantiques.com — “America, Illustrated: Six Decades of Saturday Evening Post Covers,” through Jan. 5, 2016.

New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — “Broken Land, Still Lives,” photography by Eliot Dudik, through Feb. 14, 2016.

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

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

Overby Gallery. 529 N. Florida St., Covington, (985) 888-1310; www.overbygallery.com — Group exhibition by gallery artists featuring James Overby, John Goodwyne, Kathy Partridge, Linda

ART Shelton and Ray Rouyer, ongoing.

Pedestal Gallery. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 645-3864; www.pamelamarquisstudio. com — New artwork by George Williams and Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery.

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

RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075, (504) 4502839; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass and metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing.

River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — “The Spirit of the People of St. Bernard: Portraits and Videos,” exhibition celebrating the heritage of St. Bernard residents, through Feb. 20, 2016; sculpture garden addressing environmental themes, ongoing.

Rolland Golden Gallery. 325 E. Lockwood St., Covington, (985) 888-6588; www.rollandgoldengallery.com — Work

by Rolland Golden, ongoing.

Rutland Street Gallery. 828 E. Rutland St., Covington, (985) 773-4553; www. rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing.

Scott Edwards Photography Gallery.

2109 Decatur St., (504) 610-0581; www. scottedwardsgallery.com — “A Photographic Tribute to Clarence John Laughlin,” photography by and inspired

by Laughlin, through Feb. 14, 2016.

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

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery. com — “Ambivalence,” photography by Josephine Cardin, through December.

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Charles and Leonard,” mixed-media work and paintings by Charles Gillam and Leonard Maiden, through Jan. 9, 2016.

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ART Studio Inferno. 6601 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/ infernonola — Holiday glass art sale featuring James Vella, Charity Posit, Katrina Hude, Juli Juneau, Mark Rosenbaum, Althea Holden, Ben Dombey and Mitchell Gaudet, through Dec. 24.

Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.tengallerynola.com — “Surfaces and Objects,” paintings and ceramic miniatures by Harriet Burbeck, through Dec. 27.

Tripolo Gallery. 401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-1441 — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

United Bakery Gallery. 1337 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 495-6863 — “An Exhibition of Painters,” featuring Lauren Miller, Jamie Chiarello, Chad Moore, Asa Jones, Stephen Maraist, Craig Budovitch and Todd Lyons, through Dec. 19.

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

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

Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “B-R-I-C-K-I-N-G,” work by James Hoff; work by Jacqueline Humphries; both through Feb. 28, 2016.

The Historic New Orleans Collection.

533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “An Architect and His City: Henry Howard’s New Orleans, 18371884,” exhibition of photography and documents, through April 3, 2016; handcarved decoy ducks, ongoing.

Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 400 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/nelson-galleries — “The Katrina Decade: Images of an Altered City,” photography by David Spielman and archival images, through Jan. 9, 2016.

Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www. longuevue.com — “The Legacy of Elegance,” photographs of Longue Vue by Tina Freeman, through Feb. 14, 2016.

Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Historic French Quarter life and architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

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

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4, 2016; “Living with Hurri-

canes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Forever,” mural by Odili Donald Odita, through December; “Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi,” contemporary Japanese Noh masks, through Jan. 10, 2016; “Jasper Johns: Reversals,” exhibition of prints, through Jan. 23, 2016; “Visions of US: American Art at NOMA,” through Jan. 24, 2016; “Orientalism: Taking and Making,” European and American art influenced by Middle Eastern, North African and East Asian cultures, through December 2016; “Time/Frame,” photography from the permanent collection, through Feb. 28, 2016; “Pierre Joseph Landry: Patriot, Planter, Sculptor,” through March 20, 2016.

Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “A Shared Space: KAWS, Karl Wirsum and Tomoo Gokita,” group exhibition, through Jan. 3, 2016.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Art of the Cup & Teapot Spotlight,” group exhibition hosted by the Center for Southern Craft and Design, through Tuesday; “Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink,” photography by Bill Yates, through Jan. 17, 2016; “Objects of Interest: Recent Acquisitions for the Permanent Collection,” through Feb. 5, 2016; “Bent, Not Broken,” drawings by Michael Meads, through Feb. 28, 2016.

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

Southeastern Architectural Archive.

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

Southern Food & Beverage Museum.

1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.sofabinsitute.org — “The Photography of Modernist Cuisine,” large-format photography by Nathan Myhrvold, through March 1, 2016; “Dirty Pages: Nashville Women and the Recipes That Tell Their Stories,” multi-media exhibition, ongoing.

Williams Research Center. 410 Chartres St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org/willcent.htm — “Rolland Golden’s Hurricane Katrina Series: A Selection,” paintings by Rolland Golden, through Jan. 16, 2016.

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THEATER 6x6. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 638-6326; www. southernrep.com — Local playwrights present staged readings of six new, 10-minute plays on a single theme. Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Bluest Eye. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com — Le Petit Theatre presents the stage adaptation of Toni Morrison’s first novel, about a year in the life of a young black girl named Pecola who struggles with racism in small-town Ohio. Tickets start at $35. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

A Christmas Carol. University of New Orleans, Robert E. Nims Theatre, Performing Arts Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-7469; www.southernrep.com — Southern Rep presents Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, starring Spud McConnell as Ebenezer Scrooge. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

A Crescent City Christmas. NOCCA Riverfront, Nims Blackbox Theatre, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2875; www. secondstarperformancecollective.com — Second Star Performance Collective premieres Ren French’s irreverent holiday show, starring Jake Bartush, Leslie Boles Kraus, Rebecca Hollingsworth, Harold Gervais, Maggie Blaeser and Mack Guillory. Tickets $20. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

Happy End. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Dennis Monn and Harry Mayronne direct Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s musical follow-up to The Threepenny Opera, starring Levy Easterly, Pandora Gastelum, Ratty Scurvics and others. The Salt Wives provide music.

7:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. 30 by 90 Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville, (844) 843-3090; www.30byninety.com — The classic holiday story is presented as a fictional live 1940s radio broadcast. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Let There Be Light. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671; www.playmakersinc.com — Anysia M. Genre directs a play about students who blend Jewish and Christian traditions in their holiday show. Tickets $8. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Sister Act. Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-2000; www.jpas.org — JPAS presents the feel-good musical comedy about a former lounge singer who reinvigorates a convent choir. Tickets start at $30. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Small Craft Warnings. Mag’s 940, 940 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 9481888; www.mags940bar.com — The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans presents an immersive play set at Monk’s Place, a dive bar where a group of frustrated and lonely souls are stuck together during bad weather.

Augustin J. Correro directs. Tickets $25.

8 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; 8 p.m. Monday.

The Snow Queen. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324; www.slidelllittletheatre.org — A young girl journeys to save her friend from the icy curse of the Snow Queen in Winifred Palmer’s musical, based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Tickets $25, children $15. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

A Swingin’ Christmas. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www. stagedoorcanteen.org — The Victory Belles perform swing versions of holiday hits in a musical revue. Dinner at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Saturday; brunch show at 11 a.m. Sunday. Tickets start at $30 for the show only.

The Winter’s Tale. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.thenolaproject.com — A.J. Allegra directs The NOLA Project’s production of Shakespeare’s play about a suspicious king’s journey to redemption. Tickets start at $20. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Saturday & Sunday.

FAMILY Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas.

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — Fancy Nancy, lover of all things glitzy and posh, stars in a family holiday musical based on the children’s books by Jane O’Connor. 7 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Saturday; 11 a.m. Sunday.

Three Classic Fairy Tales. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www.arena.uno.edu — Disney Live! presents the stories of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. Tickets start at $15. 7 p.m. Thursday; 10:30 a.m., 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. Friday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY The Amazing Acro-Cats Meowy Catmas. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 638-6326; www.circuscats.com — The Amazing Acro-Cats perform an array of holiday tricks and The Rock-Cats play carols like “Catnip Roasting on an Open Fire” and “God Rest Ye Merry Kittens.” Tickets start

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host a free comedy and burlesque show.

9 p.m. Monday.

Creole Sweet Tease Burlesque Show.

The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 522-5400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a burlesque performance featuring music

by Jayna Morgan and the Creole Syncopators Jazz Band. Free; reserved table $10.

9:30 p.m. Friday.

The Dirty Dime Peepshow. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — The Lady Lucerne, Vinsantos Defonte, Darling Darla James and others star in an extra-naughty burlesque show, hosted by Ben Wisdom and produced by Bella Blue.

Tickets $15. 11 p.m. Saturday.

Draggin’ Through the Holidays. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Belle Reve presents its fourth annual drag show extravaganza benefiting homeless adults and families.

Tickets $10. 6 p.m. Saturday.

Small Craft Warnings

CLASSIC TENNESSEE WILLIAMS PLAYS have been a staple of the annual Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival, and in recent years, Southern Rep has staged PHOTO BY JAMES KELLEY winning productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, The Night of the Iguana and Sudden• Dec. 10-20 ly, Last Summer. Anthony Bean Community • 8 p.m. Thu.-Fri. & Mon.; Theater staged an adapted version of The Glass Menagerie in April. But Williams’ less7 p.m. Sat.-Sun. er-known works, including some rougher, • Mag’s 940, 940 Elysian Fields gloomier and more challenging stories, Ave., (504) 948-1888 have been getting attention as well. The Contemporary Arts Center recently mount• www.twtheatrenola.com ed Williams’ comedy, The Mutilated, which • Tickets $15-$20 bombed when it debuted on Broadway.

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company (call 504-264-2580) of New Orleans presented its first production in July, the rarely produced Kingdom of Earth (aka The Seven Descents of Myrtle). The company is presenting its second production, Small Craft Warnings, as an immersive experience in a bar, which is fitting since the drama takes place in a southern California bar, where a somewhat random collection of characters is stuck during bad weather. Written in 1972, the piece has been described as more of an interwoven series of monologues than a play, as its characters wrestle with desire and fading aspirations. They include a bitter beautician named Leona (LaKesha Glover), her current lover Bill (Matt Madden), Doc (Robert Alan Mitchell), a drunken doctor who’s settled into a seedy, illegal practice, Monk (James Wright), the bartender, Quentin (Bob Edes Jr.), an over-the-hill screenwriter, and others. The audience can drink along with them as they bare their troubled souls.

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at $23. 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Big Deal Burlesque. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — Roxie le Rouge produces a burlesque and variety performance featuring Nick Williams, Mamie Dame and Kerry Lynn. Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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

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

Bustout Burlesque. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www. houseofblues.com/neworleans — Elle Dorado, Ginger Valentine, Miss Stormy Gayle and others star in a 1950s-style burlesque show featuring live music. 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Friday.

Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — Corey Mack and Roxie le Rouge

The Flim Flam Revue. Lucky Pierre’s, 735 Bourbon St., 5045861836; www.luckypierresnola.com — A rotating cast including Dante the Magician, Chris McDaniel and Donny Vomit performs magic, sideshow acts and comedy. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Wednesday & Sunday.

Living la Vida Loca. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www.cuttingedgetheater.com — The sequel to Ronald Brister’s autobiographical show features more zany personal stories, pop songs and Broadway tunes. Anna Johnston White provides piano accompaniment. Tickets start at $23. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

The Nightmare Before Christmas Burlesque. Old Marquer Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-8676; www.oldmarquer.com — Rev. Spooky Le Strange and Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls’ holiday show is a burlesque tribute to Tim Burton’s movie. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m. Monday.

Strange for Hire. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Frankie Sin, Donny Vomit and Eric “The Lizardman” Sprague perform burlesque, variety and sideshow stunts. Tickets $10. 11 p.m. Friday.

Talk Nerdy to Me. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — The weekly sci-fi-themed revue features burlesque performers, comedians and sideshow acts. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Vice is Right. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.thesocietyofsin.com — The Society of Sin’s game show-themed burlesque features performers and contestants from the audience. Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door. 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue hosts the burlesque show. Tickets $10.

9 p.m. Thursday & Sunday.

DANCE Christmas Concerto. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www.marignyoperahouse.

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

Bad Boys of Comedy. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Rude Jude, Blowfish and Shady Feel Good perform at a holiday toy drive. Two tickets are $25 with a book and unwrapped toy. 10 p.m. Thursday.

Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www. facebook.com/twelve.mile.limit — Molly Ruben-Long and Julie Mitchell host. Signup at 8:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Monday.

Block Party. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Nick Napolitano hosts. Sign up online. 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

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

9:30 p.m Wednesday.

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

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Boom. JAX Brewery Bistro Bar, 620 Decatur St., (504) 333-6914; www.jaxnola.com — Leon Blanda hosts.

8 p.m. Thursday.

Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts. 10 p.m. Tuesday.

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

Comedy Gold. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Leon Blanda hosts. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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

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

Friday-Saturday.

Eddie Izzard. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www. saengernola.com — The British comedian presents his “Force Majeure” tour.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

The Franchise. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The New Movement’s improv troupes perform.

9 p.m. Friday.

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Friday Night Laughs. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts. Sign-up at 10 p.m., show at 11 p.m. Friday.

Give It Up. JAX Brewery Bistro Bar, 620 Decatur St., (504) 333-6914; www.jaxnola. com — Leon Blanda hosts. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Go Ahead. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Shawn Dugas and Kaitlin Marone host.

7:30 p.m. Saturday.

I’m Kind of a Big Deal. Mag’s 940, 940 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 948-1888; www. mags940bar.com — Jake Potter hosts.

Midnight Friday.

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

9:30 p.m. Monday.

Lights Up! The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Two local improv comedy troupes perform.

8 p.m. Thursday.

Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Paul Oswell hosts.

8 p.m. Saturday.

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

10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Night Church. Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 947-2379; www. sidneyssaloon.com — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host and there’s free ice cream. 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Andrew Polk hosts. Signup at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Sry Abt Last Night. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 9405546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Mark Caesar, Ashleigh Branch, Ronald Cayette, Kyle Smith and Byron Broussard perform risque stand-up. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Stand-Up NOLA. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www.thejoytheater. com — Matt Owens, Ariel Elias, Scotland Green, CJ Hunt, Carrey Bee, Tony Frederick, Julie Mitchell and Allison Hotard perform. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Friday.

Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation. com — Cassidy Henehan and Mickey Henehan host. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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TUESDAY 8 Celebration in the Oaks. New Orleans City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 4882896; www.celebrationintheoaks.com — The live oaks of City Park and park attractions are illuminated with holiday lights and displays though Jan. 2, 2016.

Tickets $8, children under 3 free.

Holiday in the Park. Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, (504) 838-4389; www.lafrenierepark.org — The nighttime holiday celebration features music, holiday lights and decorations, a letter-writing station for messages to Santa and more.

Admission $5 per vehicle. Through Dec. 30.

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

Speak Easy Language Exchange.

Cellar Door, 916 Lafayette St., (504) 2658392; www.cellardoornola.com — The Alliance Francaise’s social hour features conversation in French and English, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Admission $20, members $15. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

A Tribute to Allen Toussaint. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com — Paul Simon and other musicians pay tribute to Allen Toussaint. Proceeds benefit the New Orleans Artists Against Hunger and Homelessness. Tickets start at $300. 8 p.m.

Yoga at the Cabildo. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — Yogis of all experience levels practice in the Cabildo gallery. Non-members $12. 7:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 9 Casino dance class. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — Kevin

Braxton of Cuban dance group Bookoo Rueda teaches a free class on the salsalike Cuban dance. 7 p.m.

Ghost Hunting 101. Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave., (504) 322-7479; www. neworleanspubliclibrary.org — Ghost hunter David Laville discusses techniques and equipment of the trade. 6:30 p.m.

Harrison Avenue Marketplace. Harrison Avenue Marketplace, 801 Harrison Ave.; www.harrisonavenuemarketplace. org — The Lakeview market features local vendors of food, arts and crafts, plus music and kids’ activities. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Sneaux. Loyola University New Orleans, Marquette Hall horseshoe, 6363 St. Charles Ave.; www.loyno.edu — Loyola’s family holiday celebration features a lawn of faux “snow,” Christmas music by the Stuart Hall Boys’ Choir and a cappella group Birdz n’ Beatz, hot chocolate, cookies and photos with Santa. Tickets $10 per family, including one photo. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Sparkling Toasts for the Holidays.

The Grill Room at the Windsor Court, 300 Gravier St., (504) 522-1992; www. grillroomneworleans.com — The event features a Champagne tasting with sommelier Bill Burkhart and suggested hors d’oeuvres pairings. Reservations required. Tickets $45. 6 p.m.

Ugly Holiday Sweater Party with a Purpose. Cafe Adelaide and Swizzle Stick Bar, Loews New Orleans Hotel, 300 Poydras St., (504) 595-3305; www.cafeadelaide.com — Guests in tacky holiday knitwear enjoy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails at a benefit for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Tickets $25.

5:30 p.m.

White Glove Wednesdays.

National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www. nationalww2museum.org — Assistant Director of Education for Interpretation Walt Burgoyne gives visitors a chance

THURSDAY 10 American Business Women’s Association Luncheon. Heritage Grill by Ralph Brennan, 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., (504) 934-4900; www.abwaneworleans. org — Tails of the Cocktail founder Ann Tuennerman discusses the Sazerac at ABWA’s holiday luncheon. 11 a.m.

Computer Basics Class. Slidell Library, 555 Robert Blvd., (985) 646-6470; www.sttammany.lib.la.us/slidell.html — Reference librarians instruct users on computer and Internet basics. 10 a.m.

Hats, Scarves and Blazers. Poseidon Restaurant, 2100 St. Charles Ave., (504) 509-6675 — The evening of networking and fashion benefits Toys for Tots. Admission is an unwrapped toy or monetary donation. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

HousingNOLA Launch. Myrtle Banks Building, 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; www.housingnola.org — The communityled housing plan for greater New Orleans holds its inaugural press conference at 10 a.m., followed by a panel discussion at 10:30 a.m.

Shaolin Chan Kung Fu Legacy competition and seminars. Shaolin-Do Kung Fu & Tai Chi, 4210 St. Claude Ave., (504) 944-1880; www.nolashaolin.com — Shaolin-Do hosts a series of seminars including meditation, women’s selfdefense and kung fu for law enforcement in the run-up to Saturday’s martial arts competition at the Carver Theater (2101 Orleans Ave.). Tickets vary.

Shopaholidays. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 522-9200; www. theshopsatcanalplace.com — The Shops at Canal Place’s holiday event features live music, cocktails, free gift wrapping and a performance by the Jingle Belles, as well as film screenings and cookies for children. ALG Style provides gift consultations. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Treme Coffeehouse Art Market. Treme Coffeehouse, 1501 St. Philip St., (504) 264-1132 — Local artists sell crafts at the weekly market. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Urban League Holiday Party.

The Building 1427, 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 352-9283; www. building1427.com — The Urban League of Greater New Orleans and its young professionals group hold a meeting and holiday party. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

VSNO Social Run. Varsity Sports, 3450 Magazine St., (504) 899-4144; www. varsityrunning.com — Runners meet for a friendly 3- to 6-mile run. 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY 11 Cafe Reconcile Holiday Boutique. Cafe Reconcile, 1631 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 568-1157; www.cafereconcile. org — The holiday boutique is open to the public and features art, gifts, food and pet items from local vendors. There are also two benefit events: a ladies’ luncheon on Friday and a men’s football watch party on Sunday. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday & Sunday.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma. org — The museum is open late on Friday evening, with music by Eileen D’Ennis and Todd Duke and a lecture about Jasper Johns by local artist Ayo Scott. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Holiday Art Market. Spanish Plaza, 1 Poydras St. — The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk’s inaugural holiday art market features local artists and vendors, followed by a family film screening. 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Holiday on the Boulevard. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac. org — Ashe CAC’s holiday celebration includes an open house and luncheon on Friday and a holiday marketplace featuring gifts, food, DJ RQAway and performances by community music and dance groups on Saturday.

Latin Jazz Fest. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www.phnojm.com — Case Borrega’s fifth annual festival features Muevelo, Vivaz, Alexis Guevara Afro Cuban Trio and a dance party.

Tickets $22. 7 p.m.

Magazine Street Art Market. Dat Dog, 3336 Magazine St., (504) 324-2226; www.datdognola.com — Local artists sell crafts at the weekend market in Dat Dog’s courtyard. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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Miracle on Fulton Street. Fulton Street at Poydras Street near Harrah’s Hotel — The Fulton Street pedestrian corridor hosts a holiday art market on Friday and Saturday evenings, featuring vendors, drinks and live music. There’s a Champagne stroll from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday. Free admission.

Riders on the Orphan Train. St. Tammany Parish Library, Covington Branch, 310 W. 21st Ave., Covington, (985) 893-6280; www.sttammany.lib.la.us/covington. html — The educational program about the Orphan Train Movement of the 1800s and early 1900s combines live music by Phil Lancaster, video montage, archival photographs and interviews. 2 p.m.

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

Breakfast with Baby Jesus. St. Mary’s Dominican High School Theater, 7701 Walmsley Ave., (504) 865-9401; www.stmarysdominican.org — Festivities include breakfast, storytelling, crafts, photos with Santa and a living nativity by the Dominican High School Drama Club.

Registration required. Tickets $20 per family (children and up to three adults).

10 a.m. to noon.

Chefs Scott Maki and Jay Ducote.

Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.sofabinsitute.org — Chef Jay Ducote shares his sauces and rubs at 11 a.m. and chef Scott Maki offers a sneak peak of dishes from his forthcoming French Quarter restaurant Trinity at 2 p.m. Free with museum admission.

Children’s Art Workshop. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, (504) 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts. com — RHINO artists lead kids in art projects such as origami, collages and bookmaking. Email artboxrhino@gmail. com to register. Suggested donation for materials $5. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Christmas Past Festival. Various locations, Old Mandeville — Old Mandeville Business Association presents a holiday market featuring fine art, crafts, jewelry, food vendors and live music. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Climate Change Second Line. Spanish Plaza, 1 Poydras St. — 350 Louisiana’s second line from Spanish Plaza to City Hall takes place in solidarity with international demonstrations during the U.N.’s Paris climate conference. Noon.

Fabric Garlands and Wreaths Workshop.

Antieau Gallery Uptown, 4532 Magazine St., (504) 510-4148; www.antieaugallery. com — A free holiday crafting studio is geared towards kids ages 6-12; all ages are welcome. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Family Day. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www.phnojm.com — Families can enjoy crafts at 10 a.m., jazz story time at 12:30 p.m., a singalong at 1 p.m. and a solo pianist from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Gambit presents Ponies and Plaid.

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 944-5515; www.bestofneworleans.com/ponies — Attendees wear plaid to Gambit’s Louisiana Champions Day celebration.

A VIP section for Gambit readers features food trucks, specialty drinks, music from DJ Bella and games from Play NOLA. Free with online registration.

Noon to 4 p.m.

Gingerbread House Workshop. Red Fish Grill, 115 Bourbon St., (504) 539-5508; www.redfishgrill.com — Executive chef Austin Kirzner and pastry chef Brett Gauthier teach children how to build and decorate a gingerbread house.

A $55 kit includes admission for three people (additional guests are $10), one gingerbread house, chef hats, a child-size T-shirt and crayons. 10 a.m. to noon.

Holiday Home Tour. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — The Preservation Resource Center’s annual self-guided tour features private homes in the Garden District, live music and a local art and gift market serving refreshments.

Tickets $40 in advance (members $35), $45 day of tour. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Holiday Pop-Up Market. Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery, 535 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-5271; www.old77hotel. com — The holiday market features local New Orleans vendors including Smoke Perfume, Goods That Matter, Tchoup Industries, Mad Darling Candles, Lionheart Prints, Sweet Olive Soap Works, DVRA, Jolie & Elizabeth, Honey Boards, Gifts R Dat and more.

Noon to 3 p.m.

Jingle Bugs. Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, 423 Canal St., (504) 410-2847; www.auduboninstitute.org — The entomological holiday celebration features a storytime, caricature drawing, face painting, games, “Pupa Noel and the Beetle-deer” and buggy holiday treats like fruit fly cake. Free with regular admission. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Krampusnacht Art Market. Gasa Gasa, 4920 Freret St., (504) 304-7110; www.gasagasa.com — The Fly Ladies Krampus Market features jewelry, pottery, cards, crafts, pottery and fine art for sale, plus a photobooth, face and body painting, tarot readings and more. 6 p.m. to midnight.

Lafitte Greenway Bike & Bash.

Lemann Park, 1700 Lafitte St.; www. lafittegreenway.org/bikebash — The celebration begins with live music and hula hooping at Lemann Playground at 3 p.m., a community bike ride and walk to Parkway Bakery at 3:30 p.m. and more live music and food specials from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. James Andrews and DJ Hunter King perform.

Lights at the Lake. New Canal Lighthouse, 8001 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 282-2134; www.saveourlake.org — Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation’s holiday celebration offers food, drinks, kids’ activities and caroling in conjunction with the West End Boat Parade. 5 p.m.

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PhotoNOLA is the impetus behind more than 50 photography shows across the city, featuring a diverse array of subject matter, styles and techniques. The Ogden presents Bill Yates’ Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink expo (pictured), featuring black-and-white photos of young people at a rural south Florida roller skating rink in the early 1970s, and the photographer gives a talk at 2 p.m. Dec. 13. At Martine Chaisson Gallery, Processed Views is a show of faux landscapes created with processed foods by Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman. At Lost Love Lounge, Bob Weisz’s Four Realz features gif-like images dubbed Wigglegrams, created with a four-lens Nimslo camera. Ellis Marsalis III, of the local family of jazz musicians, presents a show he’ll create this week, reflecting on post-Hurricane Katrina changes in neighborhoods such as Gert Town. The Old U.S. Mint hosts the photojournalism expo from the Pictures of the Year International competition.

In the French Quarter, Fee and Art’s presents Robbie McClaran’s black-and-white photos of Mardi Gras 1979.

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craig.who.dat.nero — The gallery’s holiday soiree features food, an art market, open bar, music and a raffle benefiting Project Lazarus. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Modern Flea. Modern Market, 3138 Magazine St., (504) 896-2206; www. modernmarketlifestyle.com — The popup holiday market features local brands including Krewe du Optic, Goods That Matter, Nancy Sin, Good Cloth and General Public Designs. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Naughty N’awlins Xmas Show. Jazz Cafe, 209 Decatur St., (504) 267-3314; www. jazzcafenola.com — The holiday comedy show and party features a dinner buffet and cocktails, live music by Louise “Nitro” Cappi & the NOLA Sound FX, comedy by the JC Players and a visit from “Dirty Ole Man” Santa. Tickets $25. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Nerd Nite NOLA. Castillo Blanco, 4321 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3018201; www.4321saintclaude.com — Self-proclaimed nerds give PowerPoint presentations on geeky topics of their choice at Chewbacchus headquarters.

Free admission; cash bar. 7 p.m.

NOCCA Art Market. Press Street Gardens, 7 Press St.; www.pressstreetgardens. com — The market features artwork from NOCCA students, faculty, and alumni.

5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Noel des Enfants. Alliance Francaise, 1519 Jackson Ave., (504) 568-0770; www.af-neworleans.org — Alliance Francaise hosts a a free immersion day for kids featuring face painting, crafts, photos with Pere Noel, cookie decorating and more. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

NOLAW. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www. oneeyedjacks.net — Members of New Orleans Ladies Arm Wrestling compete to benefit LOUD: New Orleans Queer Youth Theater. Tickets $5. 8 p.m.

Pancakes with Santa. Metairie Ridge Presbyterian Church, 215 Phosphor Ave., Metairie — The breakfast includes photos with Santa. Donations of new, unwrapped toys for all ages are collected for the Metropolitan Center for Women and Children. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Piety Street Market. The Old Ironworks, 612 Piety St., (504) 908-4741; www.612piety.com — More than 50 vendors offer art, jewelry, crafts, vintage clothes, collectibles, used books and flea market treasures at this monthly market.

11a.m. to 4 p.m.

Reindeer Run & Romp. Spanish Plaza, 1 Poydras St. — The annual holiday fun run for kids on Canal Street is followed by a celebration at Spanish Plaza where families enjoy yoga, pictures with Santa, live music, games and crafts. 9 a.m.

Riders on the Orphan Train.

St. Tammany Parish Library, Causeway Branch, 3457 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-9779 — The program combines live music by Phil Lancaster, video montage with archival photographs and interviews. 10 a.m.

Running of the Santas. Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance St., (504) 525-5515; www.therustynail.biz — Santas forgo the sleigh and jog from the Rusty Nail to Generations Hall during the Warehouse District’s holiday event. Tickets start at $15.

Santa and Mrs. Claus. Southeast Louisiana Refuges Big Branch Marsh National

Wildlife Refuge Headquarters (Bayou Lacombe Centre), 61389 Highway 434, Lacombe, (985) 882-2000; www.fws. gov — Mrs. Claus reads Christmas stories and Santa will be available for photos.

Refreshments provided. Free admission.

2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Santa’s Village for the Naughty and Nice. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www. barcadianeworleans.com — Santa’s residence at Barcadia features gingerbread shots, pancakes, cookies and DJ Mannie Fresh. Doors open at 9 a.m.

Soulful Holiday. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (877) 926-8300; www. auduboninstitute.org — The AARP’s volunteer appreciation event features holiday music by Charmaine Neville Band and Gina Brown & Anutha Level and a visit with Santa. Call for tickets. Noon to 4 p.m.

Vince Vance Kids Holiday Party. Deanie’s Seafood, 841 Iberville St., 581-1316; www.deanies.com — Vince Vance & the Valiants host a kids’ holiday sing-along and dance party with a breakfast buffet, photos with Santa, face painting and crafts. Tickets $45, free for kids under 3.

9 a.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Winter Blues Party. NOLA Brewing Taproom, 3001 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 301-0117; www.nolabrewing.com — T-Bois Blues Fest reveals its 2016 line-up at a NOLA Brewing party featuring beer, jambalaya and music by Matt Schofield, Eric Lindell Band, Jonathan “Boogie” Long, Heath Ledet and Nonc Nu & Da Wild Matous. Tickets $20. 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Winter on the Water. Various locations, Old Mandeville — Santa’s street parade starts at Lakeshore and Jackson at 4 p.m. and ends at the gazebo for holiday entertainment. A lighted boat parade follows at 5 p.m.

Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 456-5000; www.noma. org — The museum hosts yoga classes in the sculpture garden. Non-members $5. 8 a.m.

Yuletide Celebration. Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, (504) 589-2636; www.nps.gov/jela — Visitors join living history characters as they prepare the Malus-Beauregard House for the holidays. 10:30 a.m.

SUNDAY 13 Blood Drive. St. Pius X Catholic School, 6600 Spanish Fort Blvd., (504) 2822811; www.stpiusxnola.org — St. Pius X Men’s Club hosts a blood drive. 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Community Chanukah Celebration.

Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Ave., (504) 388-0511; www.nojcc. org — Celebrants enjoy a candle-lighting, dinner and concert by the a cappella group Listen Up! Free admission. 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Holiday Caroling. Washington Square Park, 700 Elysian Fields Ave. — Carolers join the Pfister Sisters and the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association for singing, hot chocolate, cookies and a visit from Santa. 6:30 to 8 p.m.

MONDAY 14 Empty Bowls Benefit for Community Kitchen. Pagoda Cafe, 1430 N. Dorgenois St., (504) 644-4178; www.pagodacafe. net — Attendees enjoy soup by donation (up to $5 suggested), with the option to purchase a local potter’s handmade bowl. Proceeds benefit New Orleans Community Kitchen. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Tai Chi/Chi Kung. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 456-5000; www.noma.org — Terry Rappold leads the class in the museum’s art galleries. Non-members $5. 6 p.m.

SPORTS Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.nba.com/ pelicans — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Washington Wizards. 7 p.m. Friday.

WORDS Anne Butler and Henry Cancienne.

Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks.com — The author and photographer sign Louisiana Swamps and Marshes. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Author discussion. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www. gardendistrictbookshop.com — Authors Adam Johnson, Gilbert King, Sott Hutchins and Eric Puchner discuss “How Research Informs Both Fiction and Nonfiction.” 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Blood Jet Poetry Series. BJ’s Lounge, 4301 Burgundy St., (504) 945-9256; www.facebook.com/bjs.bywater — The weekly poetry reading series includes featured readers and an open mic.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

C.C. Lockwood. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The photographer signs his new book, Louisiana Wild. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Cynthia LeJeune Nobles. The author signs A Confederacy of Dunces Cookbook: Recipes from Ignatius J. Reilly’s New Orleans. 6 p.m. Tuesday at Robert E. Smith Library, 6301 Canal Blvd., and 8 a.m. Saturday at Crescent City Farmers Market, 700 Magazine St. Emily Bingham. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author discusses and signs Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham, a biography of her great-aunt. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library book sale. Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www. nutrias.org — The group hosts twiceweekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday and Saturday.

How to Get Your Writing Published: Self Publishing. Norman Mayer Branch Library, 3001 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 5963100; www.neworleanspubliclibrary.org — Author Tiffany Monique discusses selfpublishing and self-promotion. (A second seminar on traditional publishing takes place Dec. 16). 6 p.m. Wednesday.

EVENTS John Besh. The chef signs his new cookbook, Besh Big Easy. 10 a.m. Tuesday at Crescent City Farmers Market, 200 Broadway St.; 8 p.m. Tuesday at Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St.; 6 p.m.

Monday at Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. John Folse. The chef signs his new cookbook, Can You Dig It: Louisiana’s Authoritative Collection of Vegetable Cookery. Noon Friday at Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., and 5 p.m. Friday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1601 Westbank Expwy., Harvey.

John Slaughter. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www. octaviabooks.com — The photographer signs Catahoula: Louisiana State Dog. 3 p.m. Saturday.

Jose Torres-Tama. Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., (504) 596-2667; www.nutrias.org — The poet reads and signs Immigrant Dreams & Alien Nightmares. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Katrell Christie. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www. octaviabooks.com — The author discusses and signs Tiger Heart, a memoir about starting a charity for girls’ education in India. 6 p.m. Friday.

Marti Dumas. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — The children’s author reads and signs Jaden Toussaint The Greatest Episode 2: The Ladek Invasion. 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

New Orleans Bookfair. Clouet Gardens, 707 Clouet St.; www. neworleansbookfair.com — The kidand pet-friendly event features small and independent publishers, readings, performances, panels and more. Books, comics and zines are for sale. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Richard Sexton. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nutrias.org — The photographer presents Creole World.

6 p.m. Wednesday.

Robert S. Brantley. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The author discusses and signs Henry Howard, Louisiana’s Architect. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Stella’s Open Mic. Stella’s Coffee Shop, 1923 Leonidas St., (504) 570-6323; www.communitycommitment.net — The monthly poetry showcase includes a featured poet and an open mic. Food and drink are available for purchase.

Tickets $5. Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Saturday.

StoryQuest. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — Authors, actors and artists read children’s books and send kids on art quests through the museum. 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

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TECHNICAL LOGISTICS ANALYST

TCI Trucking in New Orleans, LA is seeking a Logistics Analyst. BBM or rel. field req. 40 hr/wk. Knowl of Trans and Int’l Comm pref. Send resume to glendajensen@tcitrucking.com.

FARM LABOR

Temporary Farm Labor: Talbott Honey, Winnie, TX, has 18 positions with 3 mo. experience required as beekeeper with references; raise honeybees to produce honey & maintain colony health through feed supplements, caging queens, install queen cells, assemble hives, harvest combs, transport honey, maintain & repair buildings & equipment; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must be able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days of hire; no bee, pollen, or honey related allergies; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; min wage rate of $10.35/ hr increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 1/15/16 – 6/15/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX3351079 or call 225-342-2917.

NURSE OR PERSONAL ASSISTANT

Nurse assistant/Personal assistant needed for mornings and/or evenings for 1-3 hour intervals. Experience with high functioning quadriplegic patient a plus but not entirely necessary. Pay on hourly or monthly schedule. Patient located in Metairie area.

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Franchisee seeks PT Clerk in Harvey to maintain employee files & schedule training.

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RESTAURANT/HOTEL/BAR SONIC GENERAL MANAGERS

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University researcher seeks interviewees who have planned nontraditional memorial services.

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Temporary Farm Labor: Collins Honey Company, Evadale, TX, has 5 positions with 3 mo. experience required as beekeeper with references; raise honeybees to produce honey & maintain colony health through feed supplements, caging queens, install queen cells, assemble hives, harvest combs, transport honey, maintain & repair buildings & equipment; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must be able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days of hire; no bee, pollen, or honey related allergies; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; min wage rate of $10.35/ hr increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 1/15/16 – 11/15/16.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX3351330 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Fischer’s Honey Farm Inc., Winnie, TX, has 6 positions with 3 mo. experience required as beekeeper with references; raise honeybees to produce honey & maintain colony health through feed supplements, caging queens, install queen cells, assemble hives, harvest combs, transport honey, maintain & repair buildings & equipment; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must be able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days of hire; no bee, pollen, or honey related allergies; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; min wage rate of $10.35/ hr increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 1/15/16 – 11/15/16.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX5094699 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Reece Farms Inc., Daisetta, TX, has 14 positions with 3 mo. experience required as beekeeper with references; raise honeybees to produce honey & maintain colony health through feed supplements, caging queens, install queen cells, assemble hives, harvest combs, transport honey, maintain & repair buildings & equipment; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must be able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days of hire; no bee, pollen, or honey related allergies; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.35/hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 1/15/16 – 7/15/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX3351050 or call 225-342-2917.

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Temporary Farm Labor: Lamb’s Honey Farm, Jasper, TX, has 6 positions with 3 mo. experience required as beekeeper with references; raise honeybees to produce honey & maintain colony health through feed supplements, caging queens, install queen cells, assemble hives, harvest combs, transport honey, maintain & repair buildings & equipment; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must be able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days of hire; no bee, pollen, or honey related allergies; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.35/hr, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 1/20/16 – 7/15/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX7064876 or call 225-383-2721.

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66 LEGAL NOTICES TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

NO.: 750-856 DIV “L”

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SUCCESSION OF ALBERT ROBERT LUCIDI

NO.: 749-7333 DIVISION: P

NOTICE Notice is Given that the administrator of this succession has filed a petition for authority to pay estate debts, in accordance with a second tableau of distribution contained in the petition. The petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven days from the date of this publication; any opposition to the petition must be filed prior to homologation.

By Order of the 24th Judicial District Court Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk This 3rd day of December, 2015.

Patricia Ann Moore Deputy Clerk

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Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Michael T. Brinkman and Mary Beth Garcia Brinkman please contact attorney Edward Mozier at 504-338-4714.

Attorney: Karen Sarradet McInnis Address: 724 East Boston Street Covington, LA 70433 Telephone: (985) 612-7217 Gambit: 12/8/15 Anyone having any information concerning the whereabouts of Virginia Ferryman and/ or her successors in interest, please contact Lori A. Noto at (504) 512-0611.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Duc Thi Dui Husband Murdoch aka Duc Bui Murdoch aka Duc Husband Murdoch, contact Attorney Rudy Gorrell at 504-553-9588.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Marvin Crawford, Jr., please contact Attorney Alice Grooms at (504) 243-1135.

SUCCESSION OF JOSEPHINE C. MILLER NOTICE OF FILING OF TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given to the creditors of this estate and all other interested persons to show cause within seven (7) days from the publication of this Notice, if any they have or can, why the First Tableau of Distribution filed by Ronal D. Ducombs, executor for the Estate of Josephine C. Miller, should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance with.

Masie Comeaux, Clerk of Court Attorney: Paul A. Tabary Address: Three Courthouse Square Chalmette, LA 70043 Telephone: 504-271-8011 Gambit: 12/08/15 At their December 14, 2015 meeting, the Board of Directors of the Louisiana State Museum will award commercial spaces (507 & 517 St. Ann Street).

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by New Orleans Metropolitan Assn. of REALTORS, Multiple Listing Services. Neither the Boards, Associations, nor their MLS guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Boards Associations or their MLS may not reflect all real estate activity for the year 2009 thru 2014. Based on information from the period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2014.

• 22 acre stocked lake • 290 wooded acres • 4 separate cabins-2 BR 1 BA with kitchen • Barns-tractors & equipment included • Beautiful furnished 7784 square foot lodge • Food plots with King Ranch stands • Large covered gazebo with fireplace • Nearly 1 mile frontage on Leaf River • Premier retreat

Leaf River Lodge is a one of a kind total “Family Retreat” offering year round outdoor recreation for the entire family. Located just an hour and a half from New Orleans, this property has approximately a mile of river frontage on the scenic Leaf River. Nestled in 290 +/- wooded acres, on a beautiful sandy bottom 22 acre stocked lake. Leaf River Lodge offers great hunting, fishing and outdoor activities for year round family fun. Designed with 4 individual cabins each containing 2 bedrooms, a full service kitchen, and bath. The center of the lodge is perfect for entertaining, with a large open kitchen, dining area, bar, and den. A 176 x 12 foot covered porch ties all the cabins together, with a covered open air gazebo including a wood burning fireplace overlooking the lake.

Enjoy fishing off of the covered fishing deck or go to one of 9 food plots, 5 with King Ranch Stands.

There is a monitored security system, satellite internet, as well as a Genrac 15kw generator.

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504-957-5116 • 504-948-3011 Top Producer Marigny/ Bywater 2009 - 2014 www.lanelacoy.com ljlacoy@latterblum.com

Contact: CHRIS PERQUE

509 Church Street

• Residential • Multi-Family • Investment • Condominiums • Commercial • Vacant Land • 1031 Exchange

Asociate Broker/Realtor®

Luling

McDougall House c. 1820

PICTURESQUE AND CONVENIENT FONTAINBLEAU, MARLYVILLE LOCATION!

Lane Lacoy

For Lease 12439 Hwy. 90

UP TO 4100 SQ. FT. AVAILABLE (UNIT MAY BE SUBDIVIDED)

STATELY SPANISH COLONIAL 427 VINCENNES PLACE • $499,500

PICTURE PERFECT PROPERTIES

8018 Plum Street

Old time graciousness with modern upgrades Enjoy a perfect layout for entertaining with all the comforts of one floor living! 3 big bedrooms, 2 beautiful baths, full width living room, large dining room, butlers pantry, breakfast nook, wood floors, new kitchen and laundry appliances, fresh paint, new HVAC, new master suite with large shower/bath, French doors to screened porch, lovely architectural touches, nicely landscaped front and rear. Just steps to the streetcar and a stroll to restaurants and Oak Street, this cottage is in a demand neighborhood and move-in condition. $625,000

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NOTICE:

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UPTOWN/ GARDEN DISTRICT

RICKY LEMANN

504-460-6340

OLD METAIRIE

504-861-0100

LUXURY TOWNHOME OLD METAIRIE

Keller Williams Realty New Orleans #1 Top Producer 2014

Great Room boasts hardwood flrs, cathedral ceilings and huge brick fireplace opening to sunset deck & patio. Sunny kit with all build-ins 3BR, 3BA, single garage, avail 12/1 or sooner. $1895/mo. Owner/Agent (504) 236-5776.

Keller Williams Gulf States Quadruple Gold 2014

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OLD METAIRIE 1&2 BDRM. APTS SPARKLING POOL & BIKE PATH

New granite in kit & bath. 12 x 24ft lr, King Master w/wall of closets. Furn Kit. Laundry on premises. Offst pkg. NO PETS. O/A, $724-$848/mo. 504-236-5776.

ALGIERS POINT

Each office independently owned and operated.

3219 PRYTANIA STREET

Renovated Victorian 2 bed/1.5 ba, walk-in closet, liv, din, kit, appls, wood fls, hi ceils, balcony, cen a/h, security, off-street parking, pool privileges. $1,500.

504-813-8186 or 504-274-8075

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT/ IRISH CHANNEL 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

ROOMS BY WEEK. Private bath. All utilities included. $175/week. 2 BR avail. Call (504) 202-0381 or (504) 738-2492.

HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

High end 1-4 BR, near ferry, clean, many extras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S parking. $750-$1200/mo.

504-362-7487.

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT ESPLANADE RIDGE

4609 TCHOUPITOULAS ST.

Uptown 3R/2BA Shotgun. 12 ft ceilings, independent bedrooms. Nice backyard.

Great location. For Sale by Agent/Broker, $399,000. (225) 810-8315 kim@hesco-realty.com

MISSISSIPPI

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY 2322 BURGUNDY ST.

LARGE 2 BR / 1.5 BA, 2 Cent air units, w/d hookups, $1150 per month. Sorry no pets.

Call (504) 495-8213.

LUMBERTON, MIssissippi

COUNTRY HOME on 42 ACRES. Highway 13N. 90 miles north of New Orleans off Interstate 59. $145,000. 601-870-7257

LAKEFRONT

PORT GIBSON, MI 39510

509 Church St. ~ McDougall House 1820’s Historic, Renovated Greek Revival Raised Cottage 5 beds/3 baths, pool. $185,000 1201 Church St. ~ Anderson House 3 beds/3.5 baths, Studio apt + bldg w/4 beds/4 baths. Used as B&B. $195,000 1207 Church St. ~ On National Register Re-creation of Antebellum Mansion 6 beds/4baths + 2 bed Carriage House. $395,000 Call Realtor Brenda Roberts Ledger-Purvis Real Estate 601-529-6710

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

2537 RIVER ROAD

Between Labarre & RioVista ~ 2 beds/1 bath, includes water, fridge, stove & w/d hookup.

No pets/smoking. $875. 504-887-1814

KENNER 2901 MAINE AVENUE

Townhouse w/3 beds, 2 baths, living rm, dining rm, kitchen, vaulted ceilings, fans, blinds, fireplace, patio. No pets.

504-443-2280 or 504-915-5715

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2 BR / 2 BA. Wonderful condo in exclusive Warehouse District. 1188 Square feet.

Garage parking on premises... Spectacular view of downtown New Orleans with balcony... Unfurnished. Ready for move-in Dec. 5th. Must sign at least a year’s lease... $2,400/mo. (54) 621-2551.

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LARGE ATTRACTIVE APT.

Newly Renovated 2BR, 2BA w/appls. Beautiful balcony & courtyard setting w/swimming pool. Quiet neighborhood. $1100/mo.

Call 504-756-7347.

UNIVERSITY AREA 7120 WILLOW STREET

JEFFERSON

3221 PRYTANIA STREET

Large Victorian 3 bed/2 ba, 2,200 sq. ft, 2 extra rms for liv/din/bed, furn kit, w/d, wood fls, lg closets, hi ceils, porch. Gated w/ security, off-street parking, pool privileges. $1,775. 504-813-8186 or 504-274-8075

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1561 N. GALVEZ ST.

LARGE 3 BR, 1.5 BA with central air/heat, hi ceilings, washer/dryer hookups, off street parking. $1150/mo. Call 1-888-239-6566 or mballier@yahoo.com

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2508 N. TURNBULL

Single family near Rummel H.S.; 3 bd/2 ba; furnished kit; w/d in laundry rm; 1700 sq ft; central a/h; fence yd. $1400 Avail Dec 1st.

504-952-5102

Near Tulane University; living rm, bed rm, furnished kit, tile bath. $725 + deposit and lease. No pets. Call Gary 504-494-0970 or 504-283-7569.

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METAIRIE • KENNER • RIVER RIDGE • BATON ROUGE SLIDELL • MANDEVILLE • COVINGTON • MISSISSIPPI

UPTOWN/ GARDEN DISTRICT 1508 CARONDELET ST.

Studio Apt with cent a/h, laundry facility avail 24 hrs. Walk 1 blk to St. Charles Street Car. Easy access to I-10, CBD & FQ. No pets/ No smokers. All utilities included. $875/mo.

1-888-239-6566 or mballier@yahoo.com

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HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT GREAT SHAPE

1 BR, furnished, all util pd $1250 per mo.

Large 2 BR/2Ba, newly renovated, unfurnished, water pd. $1100 per mo. 504-4812551 or 504-250-2151.

Hospital Bed, Alternating Pressure Pad, Hower Lift, Bed Side Commode, 2 Shower Chairs (1 with back/1 without back) and Walker. All in excellent condition. BEST OFFER. Call (504) 355-7659.

GOODS & SERVICES

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SPA EQUIPMENT

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SPA / HOTTUB

5 person spa with new motor. Can see running. (228) 860-7727.

SERVICES DORIAN M. BENNETT • 504-920-7541 propertymanagement@dbsir.com

ALTERATIONS/TAILORS

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

ASPEN

Kennel #30076483

Aspen is a 2-year-old, spayed, Pit Bull mix. Aspen is a goofy gal who loves to run around and enjoy the outdoors. We believe she’s partially deaf so she responds more to hand commands than voice. She really enjoy treats and will fall out for a good belly rub!

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1133 Kelerec - 2bd/2ba ......................... $1500

63 FRENCH MARKET PL #1 - 2bd/2ba ... $3500 1030 St. Peter # 2 - 1bd/1ba ................. $1000 1029 Esplanade #21 - 1bd/1.5ba ....... $2100

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2340 Dauphine Street • New Orleans, LA 70117 (504) 944-3605

HANDY-MEN-R-US

French Quarter Realty 713 Royal MON-SAT 10-5pm Sun-1-5 • 949-5400 Full Service Office with Agents on Duty!

FOR RENT 1750 St. Charles #315 - 2/2 guard service, ctyd, rooftop terrace, cvrd pkg ......................................... $1850 537 Decatur Unit D - 2/1 wd flrs, reno’d kit, nat light, 3rd flr unit ........................................................... $1500 528 St. Louis #201 - 1/1 excellent location, large courtyard ............................................................. $1500 305 Decatur #301 - 2/2 reno’d, wd flrs, hi ceils, elevator, lots of storage .............................................. $2350 300 Chartres #B - 2/1.5 reno’d, steps away from all French Quarter attractions .............................. $2500 729 Ursulines #4 - 1/1 cvrd balc, wd flrs, flr to ceil wndws, prime location ....................................... $1200 326 Chartres - 2/2 furnished corporate rental with w/d. Great location ............................................. $2500 714 Touro - 2/1.5 ctrl a/h, w/d, dishwasher, wd flrs, back patio ........................................................... $2000 7412 Maple 2/2 nice kitchen, 2 balconies water & trash included ............................................................... $2850

FOR SALE 1233 Esplanade #12 2/1 conven loc s/s apps, w/d hookups, pool, patio, parking .............................. .$205,000 530 St. Philip #4 - 2/2 R’stord in 2013, 2nd flr, ctyd w/ balc &fountain, orig flrs, hi ceils .................$645,000 920 St Louis #4 - Studio condo,hi ceils, nat lite, wd flrs, s/s apps, granite, ctyd, pool .................. $275,000 280 Pi Street - Vacant Land Waterfront lot. Min. building rqm’t 2k sq. ft. 100 x 490. Lot extends into Intracoastal Wtwy. Dock can be built. .........$159,000 2648 Hyman - 3/2 Updated kitchen, nice yard, lg garage. New dvwy, floors. Move in cond ...... $145,000 530 Dauphine - 2/1.5 1400sqft, twnhse, balc, ctyd, storage, s/s apps, w/d, views .........................$875,000 1020 Terpsichore Unit B - 2/1 ctrl a/h, pkng, laundry on site, ctyd, ½ blk from Magazine St ....... $179,000

FOR SALE SMALL SPACE

CALL 483-3100 GAMBIT EXCHANGE

MERCHANDISE ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST •Vinyl Siding / Wood / Fascia *Repairs • New Install • Patio Covers / Sun Rooms / Screen Rooms • Roofing Repairs / New Roofs •Concrete - Driveways • Sidewalks • Patios • Sod • Pressure Washing & Gutter Cleaning - New Gutters & Repairs • Plumbing - Repairs • Sinks • Toilets • Subsurface • Painting - Exterior & Interior • Sheetrock Repairs “We Do What Others Don’t Want to!”

Call Jeffrey (504) 610-5181 jnich762@gmail.com Reference Available

LAWN/LANDSCAPE ••• CHEAP •••

BUYING OLD RECORDS

Buying vinyl records. Albums (LP’s), 45’s and 78’s. Contact me at 504-329-5781 or via email at kullconanhunts@gmail.com

ART/POSTERS 2009 JAZZ FEST POSTER

2009 Toussainctified: Allen Toussaint & the French Quarter by James Michalopoulas.

Mint Condition $200. (504) 352-6975.

2009 TROMBONE SHORTY CONGO SQUARE POSTER

Numbered Print. Mint Condition. Sold Out on Jazz Fest website. $225.

(504) 352-6975.

2010 JAZZ FEST POSTER

Performance Art: “The Chief of New Orleans” A Portrait of Louis Prima by Anthony Benedetto (Tony Bennett). Mint Condition. $100 (504) 352-6975.

TRASHING, HAULING & STUMP GRINDING Call (504) 292-0724

ANDY

Kennel #30225050

Andy is a 3-year-old, DSH. Andy is a young boy that would like a family that will play with him and give him a ton of love! He loves playing with laser pointers and feather toys and has been known to perch on backs to groom and roll around in people’s hair!

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

CAT CHAT Sugar Sugar is a handsome adult fluffy male cat with gorgeous blue eyes. For more information email adopt@spaymart.org or by call our thrift store at 504-454-8200.

www.spaymart.org

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4525 Magazine St. • 205-240-3380 Mon-Fri 10-6 • Sat 10-3 Cynthia Thomas Gant Dressmaker/Designer Jewelry, Fabrics, Gifts, Sewing Lessons

822 GOV NICHOLLS ST #2 - 1bd/1ba ... $1800

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ERA Powered, Independently Owned & Operated

More than just a Realtor! (c) 504.343.6683 (o) 504.895.4663

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6216 FONTAINEBLEAU DRIVE SCREENED BALCONY! Upper spacious 2 beds, 2 baths, hardwood floors, double parlor, open kit, breakfast nook, gas range, central A/C, full size w/d.

Centrally located. Pets considered. $1,900

6039 TCHOUPITOULAS STREET WALK TO AUDUBON PARK! Apartment w/2 beds, 1 bath, beautiful hardwood floors, central A/C, furnished kit, w/d, garage, driveway parking. 581 sq. ft. storage.

Convenient location. $1,450

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WALK TO BAYOU ST JOHN! Updated 1 bed, 1bath, ground fl unit on quiet block. 1100 sq. ft., large living area, updated kit & bath, lg walk-in closet, wood floor.

Centrally located. $1,100

ABR, CRS, GRI, SFR, SRS

Spectacular Thomas Sully Mansion built in 1880 for Joseph Walker. Meticulously restored in 2002. One of the Avenue’s finest examples of Queen Anne Italianate w/7,600 sq ft of original details, inlaid pecan floors, gourmet kitchen, 7 beds/4.5 baths, 3rd floor apt or mother-in-law suite + carriage house & 4 car garage. Priced below appraised value.

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