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December 29 2015 Volume 36 Number 52

#2015 YEAR IN REVIEW

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CONTENTS DECEMBER 29, 2015

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TUE.-WED. DEC. 29-30 | The P-Funk bandleader returns to New Orleans to ring in the New Year with a two-night bender. The reinvigorated 74-year-old performer and his massive band host a “masquerade ball” spanning classic P-Funk hits and unpredictable detours. DJ Soul Sister opens at 9 p.m. both nights at Tiptina’s.

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Year in review

Sean Patton WED. DEC. 30 | New Orleans native Sean Patton has become a latenight regular on Comedy Central with appearances on @midnight, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail Inside Amy Schumer, Kumail, Schumer This Is Not Happening and elsewhere. The show also features Neal Stastny, Natalie Shure and Duncan Pace. At 8 p.m. at The Howlin’ Wolf Den.

2015 saw growth in local arts and entertainment

BY WILL COVIELLO

Brass Bed with Carbon Poppies and The Pistolettes

OZZY OSBOURNE FANS WEATHERED A DELUGE in

New Orleans City Park to hear the Prince of Darkness bark at the cloud-covered moon while Tom Morello and Slash shredded a couple of Black Sabbath hits at the pinnacle of Halloween night at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience. Unfortunately, the heavy rains and a resulting field of muck forced the festival to cancel its final day. It seemed like one of the only times in 2015 that a New Orleans festival got smaller instead of bigger.

The year was marked by growth across the arts and entertainment spectrum. There are new festivals, such as the Snake Oil Festival of burlesque and sideshow acts, and others continue to grow, such as the French Quarter Festival, which now boasts 23 music stages. The theater scene saw the addition of new facilities including the long-awaited Jefferson Performing Arts Center and the Ashe Power House Theater (see “Year in theater,” page 45). In the visual art community, the Joan Mitchell Center refurbished its campus, adding residence buildings that welcomed a wave of visiting artists. The concert calendar is as busy as ever and New Orleans is drawing more and more touring comedians.

A slew of new restaurants opened all over the area (see “Year in dining,” page 24). Carnival welcomed two new krewes, both of them all-female groups with African-American leadership. The Krewe of Athena paraded in Metairie, and the Mystick Krewe of Femme Fatale rolled in Orleans.

The Faux/Real festival epitomized some of the expansion. A grand leap from what formerly was the New Orleans Fringe Festival’s binge

THU. DEC. 31 | Lafayette imprint Ma’am Records ends 2015 the same way it began: with Louisiana lights Brass Bed and Carbon Poppies.

See exactly what a difference a year makes. The Pistolettes open at 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

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weekend of alternative theater, Faux/ Real spread its offerings over three weeks and added literary readings, restaurant popups, cocktail events and more. There were theatrical highlights, such as See ’Em On Stage’s Terminator: The Musical, and there also were French Quarter and second-line pub crawls led by local mixologists.

Hell Yes Fest! spread its comedy shows over 11 days, and it included everything from Tim Heideker and Nikki Glaser doing standup at Publiq House to a recording of Doug Benson’s Doug Loves Movies podcast at Cafe Istanbul. Outside the festival, it was a big year for touring comedy shows, with stops by Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Saturday Night Live veterans Sasheer Zamata and Brooks Wheelan and shows by Kyle Kinane and native New Orleanian Sean Patton.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival featured blockbusters The Who and Elton John, the duo of Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, new country darlings Sturgill Simpson and Kacey Musgraves and many others. Essence Music Festival welcomed Kendrick Lamar, Missy Elliott, Slick Rick, Esperanza Spalding and others. The electronic music-driven Buku Music

Ozzy Osbourne and Tom Morello entertained rainsoaked fans at Voodoo Music + Arts Experience.

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+ Art Project increased its growing profile with an edition headlined by David Guetta, Ellie Goulding, Kaskade and Zedd, as well as rappers Tyler, The Creator and Chance the Rapper.

The international art biennial Prospect.3 finished in January, and the city remained an incubator for contemporary performance art and installation work at a more grassroots level. New Orleans Airlift launched the second iteration of the musical architecture project, The Music Box, this time in the form of a Roving Village (See “Year in music,” page 34). And Splish, a collaborative installation art/theater piece at an Upper 9th Ward art space Port, brought together visual artists, actors, musicians and other performers to create a night at a roadside mermaid attraction (see “Year in art,” page 42).

THU.-SAT. DEC. 31-JAN. 16, 2016 | Varla Jean Merman, Ricky Graham, Sean Patterson and pianist Jefferson Turner romp through the Magic Kingdom in an adult homage to all things Disney. At 8 p.m. at Cafe Istanbul.

Heavy Lids THU. DEC. 31 | The Circle Bar’s 2016 christening recharges its music schedule with a vital dose of punk and garage rock from New Orleans’ fuzz authorities Heavy Lids.

Local punks Repulsars, Mississippi’s Overnight Lows and seven-piece Memphis garage rockers Aquarian Blood also perform at 10 p.m. at Circle Bar.

Bitchin Bajas with Circuit des Yeux and Proud Father MON. JAN. 4 | Chicago’s Bitchin Bajas are kings in the game of drones, a long-form art of making something extremely difficult sound exceptionally easy. The half-hour EP Transporteur (Hands in the Dark) turns four tracks into an endless figure-eight. Fellow Chicagoan Circuit des Yeux headlines and Proud/ Father opens at 8 p.m. at Mudlark Public Theatre.

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$194 The amount of monthly food stamp benefits that 31,000 low-income Louisiana residents stand to lose Jan. 1.

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ON DEC. 21, GOV.-ELECT JOHN BEL EDWARDS asked the state’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), as well as the federal government, to prevent the interruption of Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) benefits that are set to expire at the beginning of the year, after Gov. Bobby Jindal denied a federal waiver extending those benefits in October.

This affects single people between ages 18 and 49 without children who aren’t working more than 20 hours a week or enrolled in a workforce training program. Edwards pledged that next year he’ll focus on workforce training programs for people dependent on SNAP. Renewing the federally funded program comes at no extra cost for the state.

SNAP supports one in five Louisiana households. In 2013, the expiration of a four-year federal stimulus meant a $36 monthly reduction in benefits to an average Louisiana family of four.

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Hernan Caro, Luis Colmenares and Mario Villa, three New Orleansbased artists, received the Galvez Cup from The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation at its 2015 Silver Jubilee Azucar Ball. The award — named after Spanish governor Don Bernardo de Galvez, who served from 1776 to 1783 — recognizes people who have made significant contributions to the city’s Hispanic community.

Laurence T. Norton III received a Carnegie Medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Dec. 17. In October 2014, Norton saved a woman who was attacked in a parking garage connected to his Algiers dentistry office. The commission, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1904, recognizes people who risk their lives for others and awards financial grants.

Barbara Smith, Roy Berkowitz and Beverly Breaux were sentenced Dec. 16 by U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance to 80 months, 64 months and 50 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a $50 million Medicare fraud scheme. From 2007 to 2014, Smith and Berkowitz, both doctors, and Breaux, a nurse, falsely claimed thousands of Medicare recipients required home care and submitted $56 million in charges to Medicare.

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The New Orleans City Council is considering a ban on single-use plastic bags.

One commenter noted: “The bags have become so silly. In grocery stores, the clerks frequently put each item in it’s own bag unless I ask them not to. Each item in it’s own bag!!!??! I always ask why they do this and every time the response is the same — customers want that so often they just do it now.

Who on earth is asking for a separate plastic bag for each little thing they are buying?

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Jerry Romig, public address announcer and “voice of the New Orleans Saints” for 44 years, died Dec. 23 at 86. The New Orleans native had a long career as a sportswriter and public relations executive as well as a volunteer and civic booster; his work history included stints as a fundraiser for the New Orleans Archdiocese, vice president of WDSU-TV and president of WLAETV, the public broadcasting station he helped found.

In 1969, Romig began announcing Saints games, eventually retiring in 2013 due to declining health. That year, he received the Joe Genelli Fleur de Lis Award from the Saints Hall of Fame. He was replaced in the booth by his son Mark, one of his several children. He is survived by them, his wife Janice and many grandchildren, as well as the many foster children his family helped raise.

2. Blanco: Jindal didn’t have

‘courage to veto’

“He didn’t guard the public trust. He didn’t have enough courage to veto — and some of those people, both Democrats and Republicans, were testing him.” — Former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, talking to Lafayette’s The Independent about the fiscal legacy of her successor, outgoing Gov. Bobby Jindal.

“They were playing with him when they went after the Stelly tax cut to take the whole thing down,” Blanco added. “They thought he would veto it, and I told them, ‘You are wrong.’ I said, ‘This governor will never veto a tax cut; he’s going to sign every one, and you’re digging yourselves into a hole that you’re not going to be able to get out of.’ And that’s exactly what they did.”

3. Sharper to be

sentenced in March

Former New Orleans Saints defensive back Darren Sharper will be sentenced in March in Nevada in connection with a felony sexual

assault plea deal. Women in California, Arizona, Nevada and Louisiana reported Sharper had drugged and sexually assaulted them. Under Sharper’s “global” four-state plea agreement, he is expected to spend about 10 years in federal prison.

4. Equality objects to state’s LGBT ranking

The statewide LGBT rights group Equality Louisiana took issue with the Human Rights Campaign’s recently issued Municipal Equality Index (MEI), which rates American cities and metro areas by their LGBT-friendly laws. While New Orleans scored a typically high 91 (out of 100), the rest of the state fared dismally. Shreveport’s 64 was next highest, while Baton Rouge notched 32, Metairie 26, Lafayette 12 and Lake Charles only 6.

“The data reported does not match up with the experiences and findings of local activists and community organizations, and the broad method for generating these numerical scores omits important details,” Equality Louisiana said in a statement.

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5. Uptown drainage

injunction

Property owners near the construction of major new drainage canals across Uptown New Orleans are asking a judge to intervene in the management of the project contracts, seeking an end to ongoing delays. Attorney Michael Whitaker and residents along several construction corridors announced that they have filed a class action suit asking a federal judge to appoint a “special master” to oversee the work. They are asking for an injunction in the case — not to stop the work but to speed it up, Whitaker said. The long periods of apparent inactivity on the project would not be tolerated anywhere else, he said.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers declined to respond to the allegations, citing a policy against commenting on pending litigation.

The most recent estimate for a completion date on Prytania Street is February 2016.

6. Murray moving to LSUHSC

New Orleans state Sen. Ed Murray, who was term limited this election cycle, will join the administration at LSU Health Sciences Center as vice chancellor for multicultural and community affairs. Murray announced his new job to friends and supporters last week when they threw him a surprise appreciation party at Martin Wine Cellar Uptown. Murray told Gambit his new duties will include promoting the institution — which includes LSU’s medical school and five other health-related schools — throughout the community and with the new John Bel Edwards administration in Baton Rouge. Murray begins his new assignment on Inauguration Day, Jan. 11.

7. Hollywood South redux

If NCIS: New Orleans, Treme and American Horror Story: Coven didn’t slake your thirst for hometown drama, you might try Apparition. Fox TV is developing the hourlong show, which the website Deadline.com says “centers on a successful New Orleans doctor who is reluctantly pulled into the world of paranormal investigation when she discovers a secret family history that awakens an ability to connect with the afterlife.” A pilot is currently in development.

8. Monumental lawsuit Within hours of the New Orleans City Council’s 6-1 vote to remove four contentious monuments, four groups filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging the council’s action in a 12-count, 51page complaint. Plaintiffs include the Louisiana Landmarks Society, the Foundation for Historical Louisiana, the Monumental Task Committee and Beauregard Camp No. 130, a local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans that argues it paid for construction of two monuments. The suit alleges violations of the National Historic Preservation Act and the Veterans Memorial and Preservation Act. The suit also claims the city “intentionally discriminated against defenders of these four monuments.” The suit targets federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Transportation, alleging that streetcar repairs (using federal dollars) damaged the monuments.

City officials won’t remove the monuments before the case is heard on Thursday, Jan. 14.

9. The state’s new first lady Donna Edwards, wife of Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards, met the press last week to discuss her priorities.

She’s a teacher and will support arts programs in schools. She also discussed the Jan. 11 inauguration of her husband on the Capitol steps in Baton Rouge, which will include a flyover by the Louisiana Air National Guard. Meanwhile, a widely circulated photograph by blogger Lamar White Jr. showed a United Van Lines truck parked in front of the Governor’s Mansion — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s family, it seems, spent part of the Christmas holiday packing up.

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Throw me something, Congressman Mardi Gras is early this year — Feb. 9 — and the Mystick Krewe of Louisianians will stage its annual Carnival ball at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C. Jan. 23. The krewe puts on an annual black-tie party for politicos and friends, and has been a tradition since the 1940s.

This year’s theme is “Rollin’ on the River,” and U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond is chairman of the affair. He has selected New Orleans attorney James McClendon Williams as king and Tulane University student Anna Haspel Aronson as queen. The krewe captain is U.S. Sen. David Vitter, who took over the honors from former Sen. Mary Landrieu.

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COMMENTARY

Be it resolved: 2016 edition IT’S OUR HABIT AT YEAR’S END TO MAKE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS — FOR OTHERS.

Here are our suggested resolutions for New Year’s 2016: • I, Mitch Landrieu, recognize that my true legacy is not special events or tourism, but the safety of all New Orleanians and the integrity of their neighborhoods. I therefore resolve to hire — and retain — more New Orleans cops until the NOPD is fully staffed. I further resolve to augment our police force in the interim with any and all other available and qualified law enforcement personnel in order to keep my city safe.

• I, John Bel Edwards, resolve to put the recent election behind me by reaching out at every opportunity to my fellow elected officials who happen to belong to another political party in order to meet our shared, overriding challenge of turning

Louisiana around after eight years of benighted neglect.

• We, the Republican members of the Louisiana Legislature, resolve to recognize that Louisiana voters overwhelmingly elected John Bel Edwards to do what his predecessor would not do: make tough decisions and find long-term solutions to our state’s chronic problems. We further acknowledge that the people of Louisiana are in no mood for Washington D.C.-style gridlock and partisanship.

• I, Jeff Landry, realize that I was elected Attorney General to serve the citizens of Louisiana as their chief legal officer. I therefore resolve not to grandstand, take cheap political shots, or attempt to impose my views on social issues on the people of Louisiana by misusing my authority or harping on partisan non-issues.

• We, Uptown residents, vow to be patient for just a while longer while every street in our neighborhood is ripped up for drainage construction. Then again, we have no choice but to be patient, do we?

• We, residents of highcrime neighborhoods, resolve not to be patient with city officials while our neighbors live in fear. We will remind City Hall at every opportunity that our families and friends deserve protection from violent crime — and they deserve answers when they don’t get it.

• We, supporters of New Orleans’ Confederate monuments, resolve to accept the fact that the Civil War ended a century and a half ago — and that our side lost. We further resolve to accept that the City Council has voted to remove the monuments, not to rewrite history but

to acknowledge our city’s history in a fuller and more accurate context. To that end, we pledge to help devise workable solutions to keep the monuments on public display elsewhere in New Orleans, alongside monuments and markers commemorating all who fought in the cause of freedom, regardless of which side they were on.

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ident Mike Yenni and members of the Jefferson Parish Council, resolve to communicate better and work more closely in the future than the past council and president so we can all serve our constituents better.

• We, the New Orleans Saints and the New Orleans Pelicans, resolve to give our faithful fans reasons to cheer again.

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Top 10 Political Stories of 2015 IN OTHER PARTS OF AMERICA, 2015 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE YEAR OF DONALD TRUMP.

Here in Louisiana, it will go down as the year we bade good-bye (and good riddance) to Gov. Bobby Jindal, saw the sudden end of U.S. Sen. David Vitter’s political career and witnessed state Rep. John Bel Edwards do what many thought was impossible. And that’s just the beginning.

As we’ve done for decades, it’s time to close out the year by reviewing the Top 10 Political Stories of 2015.

This year I’m adding a few Honorable Mentions. It was that kind of year.

Jindal only has made worse.

Thanks to courageous leadership by LSU Chancellor F. King Alexander, higher ed was spared more cuts this year, but we still finished Fiscal Year 2015 in the red — and we’re headed for more shortfalls unless things change dramatically.

EVENTS: A fun swat team: The annual New Orleans Running of the Bulls >> 5 HEALTH: A yoga class geared toward people of color >> 18

FOOD: Review: Playful islandinspired cuisine at Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 >> 20

FOOD: Review: The Big Cheezy offers 14 takes on the classic grilled cheese sandwich >> 23 STAGE: Suburban angst at Southern Rep: Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit >> 35 HEALTH: Gambit’s 17th Annual

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2. DAVID VITTER’S IMPLOSION

The year’s biggest political surprise was Vitter falling apart at the seams after getting precisely the Democratic opponent he wanted in the runoff for governor.

Throughout his career Vitter has been the state’s most intensely focused and tightly scripted politician, but he built his campaign on the faulty premise that he could ignore (or marginalize) his prostitution scandal and win simply by shouting “Obama!

Obama!” in the runoff. Ultimately, the scandal was only part of Vitter’s problem. His divisive persona and sheer

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3. JINDAL GOES OUT, NOT WITH A BANG BUT A WHOPPER

In contrast to Vitter’s spectacular flameout, Jindal left the stage unceremoniously, spinning the same specious myths that have defined his tenure as governor. For the record, there has been no Louisiana Miracle, and he did not cut state spending 26 percent. Rather, he blew a $1 billion surplus left by Democrat Kathleen Blanco; he cut higher ed more than any governor in the nation; he denied health insurance to hundreds of thousands of his constituents; and he gave the state seven straight years of deficits. Jindal leaves office the least popular governor in America, with an approval rating of just 20 percent.

4. STATE FINANCES CONTINUE TO SUCK

Moody’s Investors Service put it best: Louisiana has a “structural deficit” that

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down state bans against same-sex marriage had an immediate and profound impact.

Our lawmakers typically rubber-stamp anything anti-LGBT, but this year they killed the “Marriage and Conscience Act” bill weeks before the high court’s ruling — to avoid a distraction from state budget woes.

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6. NEW ORLEANS’ VIOLENT CRIME WAVE

Despite statistics that purport to show crime is down overall, many New Orleanians are gripped by fears of violent crime. Most blame Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who balanced his first five budgets by cutting funds for police academy classes.

7. CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS

Union gunboats captured New Orleans in April 1862

HONORABLE MENTIONS HERE ARE SOME OTHER BIG STORIES FROM 2015:

9. DAVE PERALTA WHIPPED (POLITICALLY) IN ST. BERNARD

Da Parish’s embattled president, facing multiple criminal indictments, finished fifth in his bid for re-election with just over 3 percent of the vote. The charges against Peralta include corruption, abuse of public office, lying to a grand jury and stalking his former wife. Most damaging, perhaps, was a TV news story showing a bondage-style “sex room” at his marital abode — and Peralta’s nonchalant talk of “role-playing” in an interview about it.

INCUMBENT ATTORNEY GENERAL BUDDY CALDWELL LOST A NASTY FIGHT for re-election to upstart former Congressman Jeff Landry of New Iberia. Landry is a GOP firebrand and a potential thorn in the side of new Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. It will be interesting to see if Landry brings a partisan approach to his office (he did while in Congress).

Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni survived a brutal primary campaign to win the Jefferson Parish president’s race, marking a generational passing of the torch in the state’s largest parish.

5. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE UPHELD

campaigns. Going forward, “independent” committees are going to overwhelm local fundraising efforts. That is not a good thing.

REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO HOLD MAJORITIES IN LOUISIANA’S HOUSE AND SENATE, and they are only one vote shy of a supermajority in the Senate. Although the GOP failed to capture the Governor’s Mansion, it did retain all other statewide offices by healthy margins.

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The state representative from the little town of Amite started his campaign for governor two years ago hoping to convince folks he was the Little Engine That Could. By the Nov. 21 runoff, he was the Locomotive That Could Not Be Stopped — and one of the South’s few statewide elected Democrats. Edwards proved to be not only a disciplined campaigner but also a fierce debater and inspiring stump speaker. In the runoff, he earned significant crossover support against Vitter, thanks to his own skills and to Vitter’s unlikely string of missteps and miscalculations.

unlikability cost him the election and forced him to announce his retirement from politics. Love him or hate him, Vitter was the driving force in the Louisiana GOP for nearly 15 years. His departure leaves a big void at the top of the party lineup.

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without firing a shot at the city, but modern-day Confederates cling to symbols of the Lost Cause nonetheless. Landrieu’s push to remove four contentious monuments from prominent public places touched off a firestorm, and the City Council voted 6-1 for the mayor’s proposal. Like the Civil War itself, this battle is far from over … but the end result seems equally preordained.

10. SUPER PACS DOMINATE STATE ELECTION SPENDING

The nation continues to feel the repercussions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in the Citizens United case, which effectively threw out the rulebook on campaign finance by allowing Super PACs to raise and spend unlimited amounts of cash in federal and state elections.

It’s ironic that the candidate who benefited most from Super PAC spending — David Vitter — lost the governor’s race, but that outcome reflects Vitter’s weakness as a candidate more than the impact of money on political

ST. TAMMANY SHERIFF JACK STRAIN LOST HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION, completing an anti-incumbent sweep that began two years ago with the indictment of former Coroner Dr. Peter Galvan and continued this year with federal charges against former DA Walter Reed. Elsewhere in Louisiana, the courthouse gangs flexed their political muscles by providing critical endorsements and turnout efforts for Edwards in the gubernatorial runoff.

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New Orleans in the news ABC News discovers Chewbacchus, Lance Moore dances around his time with the Saints and NPR tries eating Ignatius.

A CONFEDERACY OF OPINIONS The New Orleans City Council vote on four Confederate monuments continued to draw national attention. At TheRoot.com, Kirsten West Savali called the Confederate States of America “a domestic terrorist group that existed in this country 1860-1865, and one that is still revered by many white Americans who wax nostalgic about a time when the Old South still lived.”

Savali added, “There is no Gone With the Wind fantasy to protect, only the desperate need of racists to hold on to fond memories of mint juleps, mammies and black people as their property.”

Meanwhile, local talk-show host Jeff Crouere took direct aim at Mayor Mitch Landrieu in an essay for TownHall.com, calling Landrieu “arrogant and pompous” and saying the mayor should be recalled — not just for his support of removing the monuments, but for the city’s ongoing crime and infrastructure problems. Crouere — who is part of the Monumental Task Committee, one of the groups that filed an injunction after the council’s vote — also thought removing the monuments would damage tourism: “These precious tourists, who fund the city’s largest industry, will find New Orleans a much less interesting city to visit after the four historic monuments are removed.” Not sure that many people come here to check out the Battle of Liberty Place monument ...

Kevin M. Levin of The Atlantic saw opportunity for change. “Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, in a city where fewer than half of the city’s working-age African American men are employed and over 50 percent of African Americans live in poverty, there is an opportunity for a new reconstruction,” Levin wrote. “Perhaps the public spaces opened up can be used to connect its residents

to a past that more accurately reflects the city’s shared values and points to a more promising future.”

KREWE OF CHEW ABC News marked the opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by spending time with New Orleans’ Krewe of Chewbacchus as members attended the first screening: “Led by a trombone-playing Imperial Stormtrooper and featuring an Ewok on saxophone, a brass band welcomed light saber-wielding members of a fantasy-loving Mardi Gras marching club to a distinctly New Orleans-style celebration of Star Wars.” May the Fortier be with you …

LANCE MOORE ON THE BLACK AND GOLD Former New Orleans Saints wide receiver Lance Moore didn’t learn the team had released him last year from head coach Sean Payton or general manager Mickey Loomis.

He read it on Twitter.

“That was kind of a gut punch,” Moore told Josh Katzenstein of The Detroit News, just before Moore’s current team, the Detroit Lions, traveled to New Orleans for Monday Night Football in the Superdome, which resulted in a dismal 35-27 routing of the Saints.

Moore also said he’d received what were described as “generic letters” from Payton wishing him well in Lions training camp. Of course, Payton isn’t on Twitter …

EATING IGNATIUS National Public Radio’s Morning Edition had a segment on Cynthia LeJeune Nobles’ A Confederacy of Dunces Cookbook, which is subtitled “Recipes From Ignatius J. Reilly’s New Orleans.” Nobles explains two rarely seen delicacies — wine cakes and daube — as well as “Russian cake” (scraps of doughnuts and cake, glued together with sauce and alcohol).

Steve Inskeep quotes Nobles: “This reinvention of less-than-ideal materials — tough meat, stale bread — into delicious meals is a New Orleans tradition.” With themed popup restaurants on the rise, surprising there hasn’t been a pop-up with Confederacy-inspired food ...

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AS GAMBIT TURNS 35 YEARS OLD, the paper is proud to announce a new publisher: Jeanne Exnicios Foster. Margo DuBos, who has been publisher for more than 28 years, will remain President and CEO of Gambit Communications, Inc. Foster, a New Orleans native, has worked at Gambit in various capacities for 15 years, most recently as Associate Publisher. She also is a member of the board of directors of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.

“I am honored by the opportunity to become Gambit’s next publisher and to follow in Margo DuBos’ footsteps,” Foster said. “Margo’s dedication to great journalism, to well-designed products and to New Orleans have been the hallmarks of her tenure as publisher. I look forward to following her example and leading with a similar passion for both media excellence and New Orleans’ future.”

Margo DuBos, who with her husband Clancy DuBos has owned Gambit since 1991, is a graduate of LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication and currently serves on the school’s Board of Visitors. She began working at Gambit in the advertising sales department in 1982. She was promoted to advertising director in 1985 and was named publisher in 1987. Under her leadership, Gambit has become one of the most successful alt-weeklies in America.

“In recent years, Gambit has bucked all national trends in the newspaper business by constantly adapting to the industry’s changing landscape in order to serve our readers better and help our advertisers reach their customers,” Margo DuBos said. “For more than a decade, Jeanne has been an integral part of our innovations and our success. She also has a keen understanding of what makes Gambit indispensible to our readers, so I’m proud to see her take the reins as only our third publisher in 35 years.”

Clancy DuBos, chairman of Gambit Communications Inc. and Gambit’s political editor, echoed his wife’s confidence in Foster. “Jeanne understands in a fundamental way what Gambit means to our readers, and her commitment to fulfilling our mission of providing New Orleans with an alternative voice makes her the perfect choice to succeed Margo as publisher.”

Gambit Editor Kevin Allman expressed similar sentiments. “I’m excited about Jeanne as publisher,” Allman said. “We’ve worked together for nearly eight years, and she’s got a great grasp of both traditional editorial excellence and what a modern media company needs to do online to reach readers. Many of the paper’s most creative and successful initiatives of the last few years have been Jeanne’s ideas.”

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Some stories just grabbed Gambit readers this year, creating a flurry of passionate comments on our website and on Facebook.

Some were of historical significance, some were important and some were — well, let’s say, a bit less weighty. But the end of the year gives us a chance to update a few of the stories you really, really cared about.

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AFTER ALL THE FUSS, there really was no fuss at all.

About 12:45 p.m. on Monday, June 29, Michael Robinson and Earl Benjamin became the first same-sex couple to marry in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. District Court Judge Paula Brown performed the ceremony in a small courtroom packed with family, friends and news cameras.

But at 10:32 a.m., Marrero couple Celeste Autin and Alesia LeBoeuf were the first same-sex couple in the state to receive a marriage license — from the Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court’s office in Gretna. Both deputy clerks of court, the women had carried their birth certificates with them since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 26 that allowed same-sex couples to marry in all 50 states and recognized already-married same-sex couples in states that did not recognize those marriages.

“We kind of felt like we got ambushed in front of our boss,” LeBoeuf says with a laugh six months later, remembering the day she received her marriage certificate, swarmed by news cameras. “We’d been together 38 years, so nothing’s changed.”

The couple held their marriage ceremony in July, long after the cameras disappeared.

On the afternoon of the decision, hundreds of people — in true New Orleans fashion, decked out in costumes and face paint — filled Jackson Square with rainbow flags and banners. But that initial decision was met with immediate challenges from Gov. Bobby Jindal and Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, who put the brakes on issuing marriage licenses in the state — but even Jindal, despite pending challenges from lower courts in the state, agreed that resistance was futile. “Of course we’re going to comply with a court order,” he told Meet the Press on June 28. Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court Jon Gegenheimer agreed the high court’s ruling was clear, and Jefferson became the first parish to issue a license to a samesex couple.

The Supreme Court’s decision also marked a victory for several other samesex couples in Louisiana who led a yearslong court battle challenging the state’s ban, a ban which Louisianans voted into the state constitution in 2004. Jon and Derek Penton-Robicheaux were legally married in Iowa in 2012 and were the lead plaintiffs in the suit with five other couples.

In September, the Robicheauxs renewed their vows in front of friends and family in their home state — at the Beauregard-Keyes House.

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AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARED …

EARLY IN 2015, THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL chamber was packed

with passionate speakers arguing that a controversial ordinance would drastically and negatively impact the city’s way of life. Those people argued there were far more important issues plaguing the city, from violent crime to street repairs.

And this was several months before the debate over the future of Confederate monuments.

This was about — smoking.

You know… smoking? Indoors? In bars? It used to be a thing. Banning it caused a stir for a few months. … Anybody?

The city’s Smoke-Free Air Act extension — banning smoking and vaping in bars and casinos — kicked in during the first weekend of the 2015 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in April. City leaders, health advocates and health care officials celebrated by unraveling a massive “Inhale, Exhale, Repeat Safely” banner above Poydras Street across from the Superdome, where it remained for a month.

In January, Cosimo’s bar owner Ray Hummel echoed dozens of business owners in a letter that went viral on Facebook arguing the measure was an attempt by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and “liberal crusaders” to intrude on the rights of business owners.

“This is not a matter of smoking or non-smoking,” he wrote. “This is a PAGE 21

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THE HOTEL NEXT DOOR IN 2016, THE FUTURE OF AIRBNB and shortterm rentals in New Orleans will likely move closer to regulation, or legalization, or something less vague than the unenforced rules ignored by hundreds of renters operating a sort of Apartment Therapy black market in an increasingly hipper and wealthier destination city.

Airbnb has been shy on details of its operations, from the number of users to just how much untaxed income was slipping away from the city’s potential tax revenue. The company eventually released its New Orleans info, revealing 2,400 property owners making an average of $10,900 from 2014-2015.

According to Airbnb, visitors had an economic impact of $140 million on the city.

Data-scraping reports from housing advocates and critics say those numbers — painting a picture of small-timers earning supplemental income — obscures the professional “hosts” who are raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars on top properties. It also ignores the housing stock that’s removed from the rental market, another factor in the skyrocketing rental prices in a city where the average renter already is paying 41 percent of his or her income on rent. The NOLA Rental Report found long-term residents competing with tourists for a slice of the same housing stock, as well as hosts with multiple properties — all for short-term use.

matter of CHOICE. Adult civil liberties CHOICE.” Hummel wrote that roughly 80 to 90 percent of his customers smoked, and he couldn’t afford to lose the dip in business that would likely come when butts were out.

Hummel wasn’t alone — bar staff and owners and a fleet of employees from Harrah’s Casino testified to the City Council at meetings in 2014 and 2015. Opponents of the smoking ban argued that bars would see a significant decline in revenue, that smoking in bars was a part of the New Orleans bar scene — and as more bars began to flip on the no smoking sign voluntarily, why force the issue?

“It doesn’t make sense to dictate to businesses what they seem to be doing already on their own,” said Trey Monaghan of Molly’s at the Market (which allowed smoking) and its bar and restaurant counterpart, Junction (which did not).

Harrah’s also was among 50 other businesses including Pat O’Brien’s, Tropical Isle, Court of Two Sisters,

So when your entire block has turned into an Airbnb stronghold and you seem to be the only full-time resident in your own neighborhood, you start to question whether anyone actually lives here — and if the city even wants you to.

That happened to artists Caroline Thomas and Charlotte Horne-Hoonsan. Photos of their satirical Coney Island-style installation outside their Royal Street house in Bywater exploded on social media, with people posing for photos and sticking their faces through stereotypical hipster face cutouts, which quipped: “Pfft. Affordable housing is SO pre-Katrina” and “Who needs neighbors when we’ve got brunch?”

“Big packs of tourists, where you see 20 people going down the street with rolling suitcases and you’re like, ‘What’s happening?’” Thomas told Gambit in May. “We walk outside and people are taking constant photos of our house. At first it was charming, then you start to feel like an animal in a zoo.”

The installation also included a map showing 140 Airbnbs in their neighborhood — and nearly no available full-time rentals.

“It’s hidden in plain sight, and it’s a beast with 1,000 heads,” Thomas said. “You shut down one and another one pops up.”

The City Planning Commission will submit a staff report on its short-term rental study on Jan. 19, and the New Orleans City Council will consider the report in February. Emailed comments to City Planning will be accepted through 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, and hand-delivered comments will be accepted until noon Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop and Bombay Club that filed a lawsuit challenging the city’s ban, arguing that the ordinance’s language was too vague, and that the New Orleans City Council didn’t have enough time to properly review economic impact studies. The suit didn’t hold water, and Orleans Parish Civil District Judge Robin Giarrusso upheld the ordinance.

Eight months later, a poll from Public Opinion Strategies via the SmokeFree NOLA campaign surveyed 500 New Orleans residents and found more than 75 percent are into the change. More than 25 percent of respondents said they’re more likely to go out since the change.

CRIME IN THE QUARTER IN 2015, THE FRENCH QUARTER BECAME A LOCUS both for New Or-

leans’ crime surges and the ongoing experiments that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) applies to the intractable problem.

On June 29, 2014, 10 people were shot along a two-block section of Bourbon Street — one person, Brittany Thomas, later died from her injuries. Trung Le, one of two alleged shooters, faces manslaughter and attempted second-degree murder charges when he goes to court Jan. 11. The second shooter never was found.

Six months after the shooting, on Twelfth Night during the Krewe of Joan D’Arc’s procession on Decatur Street, French Quarter residents rallied in Jackson Square demanding more police protection.

They got it — sort of. The Quarter’s police protection now is a patchwork affair that includes a multi-agency network of NOPD, Louisiana State Police, off-duty detail cops, private security, NOPD’s unarmed civilian group NOLA Patrol and the French Quarter Task Force, led by garbage guru and criminal justice entrepreneur Sidney Torres.

A year ago, Torres began airing 30-second TV ads claiming the French Quarter was “under siege

by criminals” and demanding action from Mayor Mitch Landrieu. The mayor subsequently met with Torres to develop ways they could work together — and Torres’ off-duty French Quarter police unit was born.

Six months later, Torres was the subject of a New York Times Magazine profile that portrayed him as his own police commander, deploying his off-duty NOPD officers to hotspots from his iPad. “Basically, I’m handling crime the same way I did trash,’’ he said. Eventually Torres turned over responsibilities to the French Quarter Management District, but not before Fox Television commissioned a script for a possible weekly drama based on a Torres-like character cleaning up New Orleans streets.

Meanwhile, in May, NOPD deployed NOLA Patrol, a class of civilian officers, to lighten French Quarter officers’ caseloads so they could focus on violent crime.

Two more high-profile Bourbon Street shootings brought the crime-outrage magnifying glass on

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To help pay for a permanent State Police presence in the Quarter, a quarter-cent tax hike kicks in all over the district Jan. 1, bumping taxes to 9.25 percent at retail establishments and nearly 10 percent at restaurants. The plan expires in late 2020 and is expected to raise $2 million a year.

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final week of the Oct. 21 primary when independent journalist and blogger Jason Brad Berry, who publishes his own work as The American Zombie (www.theamericanzombie.com), secured a video interview with Wendy Ellis, a former French Quarter prostitute.

In the interview, Ellis (aka Wendy Cortez, aka Wendy Williams) claimed not only to have had an affair with U.S. Sen. David Vitter in the 1990s, but also that Vitter impregnated her and then pressured her to get an abortion.

Vitter was the early odds-on favorite to win the governor’s race, but he was dogged by lingering questions and doubts about his dalliances with prostitutes in Washington and New Orleans. In his 2010 re-election campaign for Sen-

ate and throughout the governor’s race, Vitter avoided most debates.

He limped into the runoff with 23 percent, then lost to Democrat John Bel Edwards by a vote of 5644 percent.

When Ellis initially claimed an affair with Vitter in 2007, there was no mention of a pregnancy. She provided no proof of either to Berry, who acknowledged that Ellis’ latest story differed in some major respects from the one she sold to Hustler in 2007. Still, Berry was disappointed that few mainstream media organizations dug into the matter beyond noting the discrepancy between Ellis’ stories.

“Even aside from David Vitter’s sexual history, which is a story unto itself,” Berry says today, two months later, “one of the bigger stories is what happened behind the scenes and how the mainstream media reacted to it.”

One of the most comically strange moments of the race occured at Metairie’s Royal Blend coffee shop, at a daily breakfast gathering of Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand, private investigator Danny DeNoux, businessman John Cummings and state Sen. Danny Martiny, who also works as an attorney for the sheriff.

At a nearby table, a fifth man with a surveillance camera was taping their conversation.

The taper, a Texas private eye named Robert Frenzel, worked for the Dallas firm J.W. Bearden and Associates, which had been hired by the Vitter campaign to gather intelligence of various people — including Wendy Ellis and Jason Brad Berry. Frenzel fled the shop when he was confronted and was chased through the Metairie neighborhood, giving rise to a classic Louisiana political moment.

For Berry, however, the surveillance wasn’t so funny. He knew Frenzel had been surveilling his family’s home (he has camera footage to prove it), and a file on his activities was found in Frenzel’s car. He also says Bearden had been going back to his sources who claimed Vitter visited prostitutes, trying to get them to say on tape that Berry had paid them off.

Berry says the story isn’t over.

He filed ethics complaints in Texas and Louisiana against Bearden and is “continuing to follow aspects of the story,” some dating back many years. In the meantime, Berry — who has financed his work out of his own pocket — says he’s trying

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grand or humble. Our December cover story about Musee Conti Wax Museum’s closing (you’ve got a month left to visit) was shared far and wide, but it was the shuttering of a more down-to earth landmark that was one of the most popular stories of the year.

Goodbye, Tiffin Inn. Over Memorial Day weekend, workers at the venerable Metairie pancake house with the classic 1970s façade confirmed the news that the diner would be closing in a week, replaced by a HomeGoods store that was being built on the lot. Tiffin Inn’s owners said they were looking for a new location, which hasn’t materialized.

Kevin Allman wrote, “Recreating the atmosphere may be a more difficult order. Tiffin Inn is one of a vanishing breed of independent coffee shop/diners specializing in pancakes, omelets and other breakfast dishes, along with American-style entrees, all served in a charmingly dated dusty-rose-colored dining room with comfy booths, pastoral prints on the walls, chandeliers and starburst light fixtures, syrup caddies on the table, regulars at the tables, elevator music and the kind of servers who call you ‘honey’ and ‘sweetie.’”

Now where do we go for pigs-in-a-blanket pancakes?

to get a grant for independent journalism, and “hopefully expand some of the work I’m doing on different stories.”

UNFORTUNATE METAPHOR OF 2015 IT WAS THE BAD METAPHOR HEARD ’ROUND THE WORLD: In August,

Chicago Tribune columnist Kristen McQueary — frustrated with her city’s financial woes, crumbling infrastructure and poor schools — wished that the Windy City could be hit by “a Hurricane Katrina.”

“I find myself wishing for a storm in Chicago — an unpredictable, haughty, devastating swirl of fury,” McQueary wrote. “A dramatic levee break. Geysers bursting through manhole covers. A sleeping city, forced onto the rooftops.”

Ooof.

McQueary’s dumb remark was big news in New Orleans and Chicago, of course, but pushback came from around the world — so much that the Tribune softened the language in the original column and McQueary wrote a follow-up, saying she’d been misunderstood.

Maybe, but she also backed out of an on-the-record interview with Gambit and refused to discuss the matter publicly.

It happened again in December, when the Chicago Reader suggested that Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s handling of a Chicago Police Department shooting somehow was “Rahm’s Katrina moment.” Derrick Clifton’s story was subheaded, “The comparison may be unsettling, but politically, it’s applicable.”

The hell it is. Hey, Chicago, what’s up? We don’t draw on Chicago Fire metaphors every time something goes up in flames in New Orleans. Knock it off.

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Year in dining

Openings, closings and passings.

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

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WITH MORE THAN 50 NEW ESTABLISHMENTS OPENING THEIR DOORS,

2015 was a busy year for dining in the New Orleans area. While 2014 saw a more casual crowd of newcomers, including vegan cafes and laid-back Asian eateries, 2015 saw a variety of ambitious chefs and more poised restaurants, boasting finesse and modern approaches while shunning white tablecloths and fussiness.

Perhaps the most discussed opening of the year was from Top Chef New Orleans runner-up Nina Compton, who brought dishes inspired by her Caribbean roots and Italian prowess to Compere Lapin, where she wowed diners with dishes such as curried goat with gnocchi.

Like Compton, several chefs made New Orleans their new home, including New York’s Sean Josephs and Mani Dawes, who opened the Uptown bourbon and oyster hub Kenton’s and California transplants Jack Murphy and Susan Dunn, who together with Dunn’s brother Ed Dunn opened the West Coast-leaning Paladar 511 in the Marigny.

Many established local chefs expanded their reach. Israeli-born Besh protege Alon Shaya opened Shaya in February and garnered widespread accolades for his homage to his homeland. He also won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: South. Also in the Besh restaurant group: Willa Jean, the downtown bakery from pastry chefs Kelly Fields and Lisa White, opened in August, quickly becoming a go-to spot for weekend brunchers and croissant aficionados.

On Central City’s burgeoning Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, chef Ryan Hughes kicked off the year with the opening of his Southern stunner Purloo, serving modern takes on regional dishes in a cavernous dining room inside the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. In June, chef/ restaurateur Adolfo Garcia opened his hearth-centric Primitivo, where chef Nick Martin has been turning out fire-kissed plates of smoked mullet and tender beef coulotte.

MEXICAN RESTAURANT ROSA MEZCAL (1814 Magazine St., 504-

Nowhere was the city’s restaurant growth more evident than in the evolving Central Business and Warehouse districts. La Petite Grocery’s Justin Devillier opened his second restaurant, Balise, on Carondelet Street, serving casual interpretations of elevated Southern fare, including pickled quail eggs in hot sauce and silky venison tartare. A throwback to the days of fusion fare, Rebellion Bar & Urban Kitchen combines textures and ingredients and dishes from Korea to Brazil.

The Paramount, a luxury apartment building on the corner of O’Keefe Avenue and Girod Street, is home to a number of new restaurants, including Willa Jean, Blaze Pizza and a second location for Uptown’s Company Burger. It hasn’t been all good news: The first restaurant to open at the space, Ursa Major, shuttered after four months. Still to come at the location are Uptown Vietnamese cafe Magasin and Part & Parcel, a new deli-restaurant hybrid from Root and Square Root chef/restaurateur Phillip Lopez.

A few movers and shakers eschewed traditional formats altogether. This was evident in the changing strips of St. Claude Avenue and Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard with the additions of multi-stand food halls St. Roch Market and the Roux Carre food port, respectively.

A school of Cajun-style butchers and casual meat markets also cropped up, including the wing and daiquiri shop Bourree from Boucherie duo Nathanial Zimet and James Denio. Local charcuterie pro Kristopher Doll expanded on his St. Roch Market stand when he opened a standalone Shank Charcuterie across the street on St. Claude Avenue in October. This month, longtime

Chef Alon Shaya opened his namesake restaurant and was named the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: South in 2015.

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Bywater residents and owners of Mona Lisa, Michael Ducote and Doug Minich opened The Cheezy Cajun on St. Claude Avenue.

What seemed like a blockbuster year for restaurants proved a tough go for some. Between September and October, at least seven restaurants called it quits, including Rob Bechtold’s Irish Channel barbecue darling NOLA Smokehouse, Bywater farm-to-table pioneer Maurepas Foods and St. Charles Avenue mainstay The Pearl, which closed after 80 years in business. Marigny noodle joint ICHI Japanese Ramen House shuttered within five months of opening.

2015 saw the passing of several well-regarded chefs and restaurateurs, including Paul Prudhomme, the revered chef who brought Creole and Cajun cuisines to international audiences. Prudhomme died in October at the age of 75. A month earlier, Willie Mae Scotch House’s Willie Mae Seaton died at 99.

Earlier this year, 38-year-old Josh Laskay, chef de cuisine at Emeril’s NOLA, died. Chris Rudge, a co-founder of Bacchanal, died in March at age 40. Jason Baas, co-owner of The Franklin, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in April and Quan Tran, former chef de cuisine at Tamarind and Dominque’s, died of stomach cancer in May. Both were 44.

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304-7063; www.rosamezcalnola. com) is open in the Lower Garden District.

It’s the second restaurant for owners Omar Lugo and his wife Dulce, who opened the Mexican restaurant Habanero’s (69305 Highway 21, Suite 600, Covington, 985-871-8760; www.habaneroscovington.com) last fall. The Rosa Mezcal menu is similar to the one at the Northshore spot, focusing on Mexico’s “urban cuisine,” particularly dishes inspired by the street food of the Yucatan and the Baja peninsula.

The menu is divided into botanas (snacks and appetizers), house specialties and signature tacos, which include creative takes on the Mexican staple. Apache tacos are filled with seared skirt steak, nopales (prickly pear cactus), Oaxaca cheese and chile toreado.

The Playeros taco is stuffed with shrimp, bacon, cream cheesefilled jalapenos, red cabbage and spicy mayonnaise.

Daily specials feature blue-plate fare including enchiladas, burritos, flautas and quesadillas, most of which come with rice and beans.

The space features exposed brick walls decorated with colorful murals and wall hangings.

A gutted Econoline truck has been repurposed as a bar.

The restaurant is applying for a liquor permit and guests are welcome to bring their own alcohol.

Rosa Mezcal is open for lunch and dinner daily. — HELEN FREUND

Full Brazilian BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE CHAIN FOGO DE CHAO (614 Canal St., 504-

412-8900; www.fogodechao.com/ location/neworleans) opens Jan. 8 in the JW Marriott hotel.

It is known for churrasco service, in which diners can have grilled meats served to them tableside, including

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504-569-9979; www.meauxbar. com) launches brunch service Jan. 3, with a three-course menu for $25. The restaurant’s brunch menu features scrambled egg toast with avocado, oatmeal with fresh fruit, fried oyster and kale Caesar salad with ciabatta croutons and johnnycakes with pork sausage crepinette. Lemon tart and creme brulee are offered for dessert.

Brunch cocktails include bloody marys, Pimm’s cups and Irish coffees, and an $18 all-you-can-drink mimosa bar. Brunch is 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit the restaurant’s website. — HELEN FREUND

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AFTER 11 YEARS IN BUSINESS, CAFE FRERET (7329 Freret St.)

has closed. The brunch and allday breakfast spot tucked away in a former gas station on the corner of Freret and Lowerline streets was frequented by locals and students in the area, but owner Carl Guidroz says there were “a couple of problems” with the property that forced him to close. No word on what’s next for Guidroz, who says he wasn’t expecting to have to shutter so suddenly. — HELEN FREUND

Guy’s Po-Boys damaged GUY’S PO-BOYS (5259 Magazine St., 504-891-5025) is temporarily closed after a suspected drunk driver caused a pickup truck to crash into the restaurant Dec. 21.

Police said the crash occurred about 12:39 a.m. when 19-year-old Shakti Gilotra was driving a 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser on Valmont Street. Police say Gilotra blew through a stop sign and collided with a 2009 Dodge pickup truck, causing the truck to crash into the front of Guy’s.

Gilotra suffered minor injuries and was booked on charges of driving while intoxicated, reckless operation and disregarding a stop sign. No one else was injured in the accident, but the building suffered heavy damage.

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the specialty beef cuts picanha, alcatra and fraldinha. Diners have a choice of several all-you-can-eat menus, which include beef, pork, poultry, seafood, lamb and a salad bar. Fogo de Chao will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Matthew Steinvorth BARTENDER DURING THE HOLIDAYS AT THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL’S HISTORIC SAZERAC BAR, bartender Matthew

Steinvorth barely has a second to stand still. A Metairie native and service industry veteran, Steinvorth spoke to Gambit about the history of the bar’s eponymous drink and what drew him to the New Orleans bar industry.

What’s it like working at a major tourist destination during the holidays?

“Since 1969”

STEINVORTH: It’s been wild and crazy. It can be anywhere from 11- to 13-hour days, and we don’t sell food, so everything has been a one-drink-at-a-time kind of thing.

People start coming in around 11 a.m. or 12 p.m. It’s a revolving door during the daytime. You get to meet the occasional actor or singer, but you get a lot of people who are just in search of charm and the pizzazz of the city. Most people are great. They want to see the lights, they want to have a drink and they’re feeling the holiday cheer.

It’s been a lot of out-of-town people but the local clientele has been great. There are a lot of people who make it a yearly visit, which is always warm and refreshing. But (there are) guests and people from all over the world.

There are always people from Japan or Europe. … They’ve never had a [Ramos] gin fizz; they’ve never had a Sazerac.

What should people know about a Sazerac?

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S: The most requested drink is definitely the Sazerac; we probably make tens of thousands a year. A lot of people think it’s all booze, but I like to explain it as a spirit-forward sipper — it is rye whiskey but there is a little sugar and some bitters, and an absinthe rinse on the glass. … It grows on you, sip by sip.

The history dates all the way back to 1838; it’s a pre-Civil War drink. ... Peychaud’s Bitters is the

real kicker — it was invented by a pharmacist, Antoine Peychaud.

The drink was originally made with cognac, but throughout time, around 1870, the drink became a rye whiskey cocktail. ...

(The Roosevelt Hotel’s Sazerac Bar) was an all-male stand-up saloon for a long time, but by 1949 women (were allowed into) the bar and it’s been a coed bar ever since. This (bar) wasn’t built until the 1930s … the hotel has been here since 1893.

What drew you to the service industry?

S: This is my 17th year in the service industry. At 14, I was a busboy at a dinner theater in Metairie, and after that I just started getting jobs as busboys, and then I became a waiter and then I was bartending. It’s always been a good fit for me. I’m a people person, I like to talk to folks and I move fast.

There was a 2014 statistic that one out of every four local residents was in the service industry in some way, whether it was in hotels, restaurants or tourism; and I’m just part of that number.

At first it was (for) the cash tips, but now, it’s more about making up drinks and entering competitions, and it’s not really about the money any more. I’m going to go home at the end of the night knowing that I’ve got a cool job … and I’m going to get to meet some more awesome people. I’ve got some credits towards a hotel and restaurant tourism degree, but honestly, what I’ve learned at school hasn’t taught me what I’ve learned from experience. The guests keep me coming back; the people I work with keep me coming back. — HELEN FREUND

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ABITA BREWING COMPANY’S

(166 Barbee Road, Covington, 985-893-3143; www. abita.com) recent expansion added more space to brew beer and a larger visitor center, which features a taproom and merchandise store. Tours are scheduled more frequently and there’s a new self-guided option.

Abita Customer Engagement Specialist Ben West says the self-guided tours are as easy as “checking in at the bar, heading upstairs and pressing a button,” which will activate a video about Abita’s history and the brewing process. Regular tours have expanded and include information about the brewery’s yeast and grain processes.

Abita’s taproom now charges for beer. Fifteen new taps should be installed along with a dual growler fill system by mid-January, and more experimental beers will be offered. The new taps will double the taproom’s pouring capacity, and brewer Craig Rowan crafts experimental beers on Abita’s 30-liter pilot system several times a week.

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Saturday, and West says hours may be expanded. Firkins will be tapped on Fridays and Saturdays, and the taproom team is working to get food trucks to park at the brewery on Saturdays.

Tours cost $5 and include tokens for four 4-ounce beers.

Guided tours start every half hour from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.

Friday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Free self-guided tours (beer samples not included) are available 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday and 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

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NV Daheuiller Cremant de Loire Brut Loire Valley, France Retail $21-$22

FRENCH LAW REQUIRES CREMANTS — produced in eight regions outside of Champagne’s boundaries — be made in the same methode traditionnelle as Champagne, following requirements on vinification, grape content, aging and more. The Daheuiller family, who in 1900 planted grapes in the western Loire Valley’s Saumur region, produces this Cremant from Domaine des Varinelles. All chardonnay grapes are hand-harvested, sorted and pressed gently. Initial vinification occurred in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks with gentle auto-punching followed by maceration (on the skins with occasional stirring) lasting 15 to 30 days. The wine aged in the bottle for three years prior to disgorgement and dosage (the addition of still wine sweetened with sugar).

In the glass, its zesty blanc-de-blanc style features refreshing floral notes and aromas of brioche and citrus.

On the palate, taste apple, pear, citrus, minerality and a backbone of acidity. Drink it with raw or cooked oysters, crabmeat, shrimp, foie gras, fish, light meats, salads, roasted nuts and desserts. Buy it at: Pearl Wine Co., Swirl Wine Bar & Market and Philippe’s Wine Cellar. Drink it at: Bayona, Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse, Saveur, Andrea’s, Oak, Bacchanal and 1000 Figs.

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Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

BAR & GRILL The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Lucy’s Retired Surfers’ Bar & Restaurant — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 523-8995; www.lucysnola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Perry’s Sports Bar & Grill — 5252 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 456-9234; www.perryssportsbarandgrill. com — 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 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.Sun. Credit cards. $

BREAKFAST/BRUNCH Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 5618844; www.redgravycafe.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$

BURGERS Cheeseburger Eddie’s — 4517 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-5511; www.mredsno.com — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Dis & Dem — 2540 Banks St., (504) 9090458; www.disanddem.com — No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — Reservations accepted for large parties.

Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — 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 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Liberty’s Kitchen — 300 N. Broad St., (504) 822-4011; www.libertyskitchen.org — 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 — 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 — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

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COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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Five Guys Burgers and Fries — 1212 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite C, Harahan, (504) 733-5100; www.fiveguys.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

Ted’s Frostop — 3100 Calhoun St., (504) 861-3615; www.tedsfrostop.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $

The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

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OUT TO EAT Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www.messinasterminal.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

0223; www.weltysdeli.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Cafe Degas — 3127 Esplanade Ave., (504) 945-5635; www.cafedegas.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $

Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Reservations resommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Bistro Orleans — 3216 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 304-1469; www.bistroorleansmetairie.com — Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Brennan’s — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

DELI

Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/cafegentilly — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4675611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www. memesbarandgrille.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations.

Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — 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 — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 592-

FRENCH

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

INDIAN Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations.

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

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recom-

mended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Giovanni — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Reservations accepted. Dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Kyoto — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — 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 — Reservations accepted for large parties.

Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Rock-N-Sake — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www.rocknsake.com — No reservations. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St.,

The Golf Club at Audubon Park — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/visit/golf-cafe — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-4900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Manning’s — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Reservations recommended.

Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — No reservations.

Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Mona’s Cafe — 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., (504) 482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., (504) 894-9800; www. monascafeanddeli.com — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN

Redemption — 3835 Iberville St., (504) 309-3570; www.redemption-nola.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Thu.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Casa Borrega — 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 427-0654; www.facebook.com/casaborrega — No reservations.

Brunch, lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Casa Garcia — 8814 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 464-0354 — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

Tivoli & Lee —The Hotel Modern, 2 Lee Circle, (504) 962-0909; www.tivoliandlee. com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Casa Tequila — 3229 Williams Blvd., Kenner (504) 443-5423 — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — No reservations. Dinner

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 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — 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 — No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily.

Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.

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OUT TO EAT gumbostop.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizza.com — Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — 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 — 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 — No

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Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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(504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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La Casita (634 Julia St., 504-218-8043; www.eatlacasita.com) serves tacos and other Mexican favorites.

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reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Reservations accepted for large parties.

Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.Sun. Cash only. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-Boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $ Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — 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 — Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat.

Credit cards. $$ Crab Trap Seafood Restaurant — 105 Peavine Road, LaPlace, (985) 224-2000 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Half Shell Oyster Bar and Grill — 3101 Esplanade Ave., (504) 298-0504; www. halfshellneworleans.com — No reservations. Lunch, brunch and dinner Thu.Tue. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno. com — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Friday, dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH Mimi’s in the Marigny — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — 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 — Reservations accepted.

Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

VEGETARIAN Good Karma Cafe — Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St., (504) 401-4698; www. swanriveryoga.com — No reservations.

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

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Year in music

New sounds and memorial notes from 2015

BY ALEX WOODWARD |

@alexwoodward

TEN YEARS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA and the federal floods, amid

venue closures and noise crackdowns, New Orleans artists are still making music, whether it’s on the street, in a dive, or at a grand reopened theater.

Here are some of 2015’s music stories and the people who made them.

THE DEPARTED

The music world’s heart sank with the death of Allen Toussaint, the architect of New Orleans funk and the man behind hits that sealed the city’s legacy of rhythm and blues.

To honor him, music dignitaries and dozens of New Orleans musicians from his storied career paid tribute to the songwriter and producer at the Orpheum Theater in November.

Just a few months prior, he was the first artist to perform on its reopened stage. Elvis Costello ended his remarks the way Toussaint did in his correspondence: “Looking forward.”

Mardi Gras Indian funk maestro and Wild Magnolias’ Big Chief Theodore Emile “Bo” Dollis died Jan. 20. Travis “Trumpet Black” Hill — a rising jazz and brass band star and grandson of Jessie Hill — died May 4.

Composer, arranger and saxophonist Harold Battiste died June 19. “Sea Cruise” crooner Frankie Ford died Sept. 28. Joseph “Smokey” Johnson (who penned “It Ain’t My Fault”) died Oct. 6.

THE TRANSPLANTS

Part-time recluse Father John Misty semi-retired to New Orleans before waves of praise followed his sardonic loveletter I Love You, Honeybear, and new New Orleanians Arcade Fire debuted their experimental concert film and documentary The Reflektor Tapes. Soul man Nigel Hall released his throwback R&B-filled debut, Ladies & Gentlemen… Nigel Hall, and rising funk ensemble Naughty Professor released its third LP Out on a Limb. Rickie Lee Jones released her first album of new material in a decade, The Other Side of Desire, inspired by her new Bywater home.

THE SONGWRITERS

The Deslondes — whose members helped galvanize a downtown folk and country renaissance — released its self-titled full-length album showcasing the range of voices and grasp of roots music and songwriting chops in its ranks. Meanwhile, The Kid Carsons (with its gorgeous full-length album) and its Bear America Records crew ushered an Uptown roots revival.

Singer-songwriter Kristin Diable’s

Irma Thomas and Davell Crawford salute Allen Toussaint at a memorial service at the Orpheum Theater.

P H OTO B Y C H E R Y L G E R B E R

Create Your Own Mythology, piano man Jon Cleary’s acclaimed Go Go Juice, and Feufollet’s genre-spanning Two Universes were among solid releases from 2015.

THE NOISEMAKERS

Woozy and Heat Dust released their anticipated debut full-length albums. One’s a beautifully warped, unpredictable experiment, the other an addictive post-punk doom bringer. And punk rockers PEARS and Donovan Wolfington blew up nationally. Downtown rock ’n’ roll heroes Lonely Lonely Knights released their self-titled debut, and Bywater’s musical architecture project The Music Box visited New Orleans City Park for several nights of far-out sound experiments featuring Solange, Quintron, Meschiya Lake and members of Wilco and Animal Collective, among others.

THE QUEENS

Permanent royalty Big Freedia, on the heels of her 2014 album Just Be Free, continues to rep the bounce world and New Orleans from her hit reality TV series and onstage — she took New Orleans’ multimedia rap performance artist Boyfriend on tour this fall.

THE KINGS

Prolific rapper Curren$y wrapped 2015 with his late-night lowriding epic Canal Street Confidential, Christian Scott turned jazz on its head with his genre-bouncing Stretch Music, and literal blues king Little Freddie King celebrated his 75th birthday with the release of his 2015 album Messin’ Around Tha Living Room.

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C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S AT W W W. B E S TO F N E W O R L E A N S . C O M = OUR PICKS

TUESDAY 29 Blue Nile — Open Ears Music Series feat.

Simon Berz & Friends, 10:30 Buffa’s Lounge — Shine Delphi Quartet, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Anders Osborne, John Fohl & Johnny Sansone, 9

Fifth Men, 9:30; Nate Hancock, 10:30; Elon Horsby, 11:30; That Dude You Know, 12:30 a.m.

Bar Redux — New Year’s Eve Shindig feat.

DJ Andy Average, 10

Circle Bar — Kia Cavellero, 6; Fever Dreams, 10

Blue Nile — New Year’s Eve feat. Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, Tank & the Bangas, Pinettes Brass Band, 10; Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, 11

d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9

Boomtown Casino — The Wise Guys, 9

Hi-Ho Lounge — Free Spirit Brass Band, 10

Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene DeLay, 6; Tom McDermott & Friends, 9

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

Checkpoint Charlie — LA Hellbenders, 7; The Unnaturals, 11

Preservation Hall — Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Frank Oxley, 6; The Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10

Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Grayson Capps, Grace Askew, 9

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Karma, 9

Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6; Heavy Lids, Repulsars, Overnight Lows, Aquarian Blood, 10

Siberia — Thelma & the Sleeze, Jesse Tripp & the Nightbreed, Sunrise:Sunset, 9

d.b.a. — New Year’s Eve feat. Honey Island Swamp Band, Colin Lake, 10

Tipitina’s — George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Funky New Year’s Masquerade Ball feat. DJ Soul Sister, 9

DMac’s — Fools on Stools feat.

Jason Bishop, 8

WEDNESDAY 30 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 Boomtown Casino — A Night to Remember (Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins & Jerry Lee Lewis tribute), 8 Checkpoint Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7; Domenic, 11 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 6; Party Flag, 10 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Jax Brewery — Usher, 6:15

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Gary Negbaur Group, 10:30 The Frenchmen Theatre — New Year’s Bash feat. The Neville Cousins, Caesar Brothers, Big Chief Juan Pardo & the Golden Camachies, 10

Snug Harbor — New Years Eve feat. Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sweet Deluxe, 1; Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Tipitina’s — Galactic New Year’s Eve feat.

Naughty Professor, 10 Vaughan’s Lounge — The Heart Attacks, 10

FRIDAY 1 21st Amendment — Antoine Diel & New Orleans Misfit Power, 9:30 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Firewall, 4; Brother Stone and the Prophets of Blue, 7; Jerk Officers, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Alvin Youngblood Hart, 9; Leo “Bud” Welch, 10:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Crooked Vines, 8; Roar (formerly Yojimbo), 10 Le Bon Temps Roule — Tom Worrell, 7 The Maison — Dinosaurchestra, 1; Roamin’ Jasmine, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; The Essentials, 10; Soul Company, midnight

Preservation Hall — Tornado Brass Band with Darryl Adams, 6; The PresHall Brass with Daniel Farrow, 8, 9 & 10

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

Kerry Irish Pub — One Tailed Three, 4:30; Mark Hessler & Friends, 9

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Bucktown All-Stars, 8:30

Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11

Siberia — The Junior League, The Missing Links, Idle Hour Club, 10

Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre — David Torkanowsky & the New Orleans All-Stars feat. Germaine Bazzle, George French, Nicholas Payton, Ricardo Pascal & Lucien Barbarin, 10

Banks Street Bar — Jimmy Wayne Garrett, 8; Ryan Gregory Floyd, 8:30; The

Siberia — Leftover Crack, Pears, Days N Daze, Krigblast, Mea Culpa, Most Heinous, Short Leash, 8

Hi-Ho Lounge — New Year’s Eve feat.

Debauche & Slow Burn Burlesque, 9

Joy Theater — Foundation of Funk feat. The New Mastersounds, Zigaboo Modeliste & George Porter Jr., 9

THURSDAY 31

Rock ’n’ Bowl — Tab Benoit, 8:30

Old Point Bar — Lunch Truck Specials, 9:30

Preservation Hall — Tornado Brass Band feat. Darryl Adams, 6; Preservation Hall All Stars feat. Freddie Lonzo, 8, 9 & 10

Tipitina’s — George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Funky New Year’s Masquerade Ball feat. DJ Soul Sister, 9

Rivershack Tavern — The Mustard Brothers, 9:30

Gasa Gasa — New Year’s Eve feat. Brass Bed, Carbon Poppies, The Pistolettes, 8

Mo’s Chalet — Da Krewe Band, 7

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

Republic New Orleans — A New Year’s Revolution feat. The Hood Internet, DXXXY, Musa, KTRL, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — Chris Mule’s Birthday Extravaganza, 11

Howlin’ Wolf — New Year’s Eve feat.

Rebirth Brass Band, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 10

Maple Leaf Bar — Nigel Hall Band, 10

One Eyed Jacks — Soul Train: DJ Soul Sister’s 13th Annual New Years Eve Party, 10

Freret Street Publiq House — Brass-AHolics, 9:30

House of Blues — Hazy Ray Trio, 6; New Year’s Eve feat. Better Than Ezra, Nawas, 9

Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the BBQ Swingers, 7 & 9 The Maison — Jon Roniger, 4; Emily Estrella & the Faux Barrio Billionaires, 7; The New Orleans Suspects, Hot 8 Brass Band, Fat Ballerina, 10 Maison Blues — Rollon Barrose, 9

NEW ORLEANS

Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Just Judy, 8

Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Iguanas, 9:30 Siberia — Joey Molinaro, Proud/Father, Fri(g)id, Three Brained Robot, Kyle Kylo feat. Mary Scott, Wild Torus, Spreaders, 8

SATURDAY 2 21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; Juju Child, 6; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bei Tempi — Rumba Buena, 10 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Stooges Brass Band, 11 Buffa’s Lounge — Sabrina Portwood, 5; Leslie Cooper’s birthday show feat. The Asylum Chorus, 8; Carolyn Brousard, 11

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Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio featuring Johnny Vidacovich, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, June Yamagishi, Charlie Wooton & others, 11

Chickie Wah Wah — Honey Island Swamp Band, 9

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Circle Bar — Jeff Pagano, 6; Miss Wallace’s birthday bash feat. Miss Wallace, Jean Eric, Val Hollie, 10

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MUSIC d.b.a. — Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Thomas & Theresa, 5; Eight Dice Cloth, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — 3VO, 10 Gasa Gasa — Surfer Blood, Bayonne, 9 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 Kerry Irish Pub — Roux the Day, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Royal Street Winding Boys, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Big Easy Brawlers, 10; Street Legends Brass Band, midnight Maple Leaf Bar — Mike Dillon Band, 11 Old Point Bar — The Business, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Little Maker presents A Tribute to The Last Waltz, 9 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kouvion Band, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Brian O’Connell & Leslie Caliste, 8 Preservation Hall — The Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Frank Oxley, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Mark Braud, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Snails, Klutch, C Lab, LoMeyn, Zupparty, 11 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Deacon John & the Ivories presents Tribute to Toussaint, 9 Siberia — Kia Cavallari, Tasche de la Rocha, Maedea, 6; Little Freddie King, 9 Snug Harbor — Chris Thomas King Trio, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Antoine Diel & New Orleans Misfit Power, 2; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 10 Tipitina’s — Lagniappe feat. DJ RQAway, The Rahim Glaspy Experience, 10 Twist of Lime — 1 Last Chance, 9

SUNDAY 3 Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Catie Rogers, 5:30; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Kenny Triche Band, 7 Buffa’s Lounge — Rotondo McCord, 4; St. Roch Syncopators, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Sweet Olive Duo, 6; Lightin’ Malcolm & Cary Hudson, 8:30 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Little Maker, Blind Texas Marlin, 6 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Peter Nu, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Anuraag Pendya, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10

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Killing cancer with kindness and alt rock.

The Maison — Luneta Brass Band, 1; Melanie Gardner, 4; Too Darn Hot, 7; Zena Moses & Rue Fiya, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat.

Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — Kouvion Band, 8 Siberia — The Nude Party, Dead Marshes, 9 Sisters in Christ — Sallow, Watcher, The World is a Vampire, 7 Snug Harbor — James Singleton Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Rites of Swing, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10

MONDAY 4 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30; Alexander Krane, 9 Banks Street Bar — Lauren Sturm’s Piano Night, 7; Tyler Kitchen & the Right Pieces, 9:30 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8

Chickie Wah Wah — Alex Pianovich, 6; Alexis & the Samurai, 8 Circle Bar — Zac Maras, 6 d.b.a. — Luke Winslow King, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, 9 Mudlark Theatre — Bitchin’ Bajas, 8 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy’s Oopsie Daisies, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

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THIS MORNING I GAVE $10 TO SOMEONE I’VE NEVER MET. Around this time of year it seems everyone wants something, whether it’s a pointless present, a donation for public • Jan. 2, 2016 radio, a contribution to a political campaign • 9 p.m. Saturday or just pocket change at a stoplight. Thomas Fekete, guitarist for the Florida rock band • Gasa Gasa Surfer Blood, wants to survive — doctors found • 4920 Freret St. a metastasizing sarcoma in his abdomen earlier this year — and he and the band have come • www.gasagasa.com up with a clever way to solicit medical funds from strangers (he’s up to $35,000 out of a goal of $100,000), offering a digital album of unreleased music by an all-star team of Fekete’s favorite bands: Guided By Voices, Yo La Tengo, Cults, Real Estate, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Lou Barlow, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Nick Diamonds, Julianna Barwick, Alex Somers, The Drums, …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. (If you like any of these artists, you should like Surfer Blood, and vice versa; see if you can find at least two Louisiana connections in there.) There’s also Burner (Joyful Noise), a new bedroom record composed by Fekete during his treatment that’s reminiscent of Aaron Deer’s Horns of Happiness. That makes 24 songs for $17, which is about as strong of a return for testing out the old chestnut on giving and receiving as one could hope for. Turns out it’s best to do both. Bayonne opens. Tickets $10. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

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Year in film

Non-mainstream movies were some of the biggest highlights in 2015

BY KEN KORMAN WHETHER 2015 WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR FILM OR NOT depends largely

on one’s personal taste in movies. Hollywood had more than its usual share of big-budget flops in 2015 (did anyone see Tomorrowland or Jupiter Ascending?), but delivered when it really mattered: season-dominating franchise movies Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens offered enough genuine thrills to pull viewers away from web-based filmed entertainment.

Audiences who remained open to the varied pleasures of foreign, independent and documentary films were rewarded this year with a steady flow of imaginative and engaging works screened at local theaters (see my top 10 list below). That trend is likely to reach new heights early in 2016 as the four-screen Broad Theater opens in Mid-City and a two-screen Indywood Cinema opens in its new location on St. Claude Avenue. Both theaters plan to emphasize non-mainstream fare and should help make 2016 a banner year for film in New Orleans.

Following is an alphabetical list of personal favorites that debuted in New Orleans during 2015.

A Most Violent Year

Writer/director J.C. Chandor’s notquite-crime-drama brings 1981 New York City back to life as co-stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain demonstrate the elusive power of onscreen chemistry.

Leviathan

Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev delivers a scathing critique of his homeland under President Vladimir Putin in one of the year’s most insightful and well-written narrative films.

Mr. Turner

Shooting digitally for the first time, director Mike Leigh captures the visual majesty of J.M.W. Turner’s paintings while crafting an intimate and original biopic.

Phoenix

Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo provides the inspiration for German director Christian Petzold’s mesmerizing tale of a Holocaust survivor trying to re-engage with her past life in Berlin after the war.

Sean Baker shot Tangerine with a smartphone.

Red Army

No interest in sports is required to appreciate the unique artistry of the Soviet Union’s national hockey team of the 1980s, especially as depicted in Gabe Polsky’s fascinating documentary — which also manages to lay bare the ravaged soul of an entire people.

Spotlight

The untold, behind-the-scenes story of how The Boston Globe exposed a global scandal involving pedophile priests in the Catholic Church may have been the finest work to come out of Hollywood this year.

Tangerine

In a bittersweet, often hilarious Christmas story like no other, transgender prostitutes navigate the mean streets of West Hollywood in an indie film Sean Baker shot entirely with a smartphone.

Timbuktu

African filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako’s apolitical drama captures the absurdity of life under jihadist rule and speaks volumes about the global need for a return to secular humanism.

White God

What may be the year’s most original film comes from Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo and uses almost 300 dogs to drive a vivid cautionary fable.

The Wrecking Crew

The documentary tells the amazing story of a group of anonymous studio musicians who shaped popular music in the 1960s and celebrates the glories of selfless creativity.

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND Youth (R) — Aging creatives (Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel) find refuge at resort in the Swiss Alps in an thoughtful film from director Paolo Sorrentino.

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NOW SHOWING Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) — There’s no pun that this chipmunk road trip film’s marketing department hasn’t already made. Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place The Big Short (R) — The housing market is rock solid. Clearview, Slidell, Canal Place

Krampus (PG-13) — St. Nick has an evil, goat-horned cousin who terrorizes unhappy families. Merry Christmas! Slidell 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.

Entergy IMAX Point Break (PG-13) — FBI recruit Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) infiltrates a gang of extreme sports Robin Hoods in a remake of the 1991 film. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell Sisters (R) — Amy Poehler and Tina Fey invite you to one last rager before their parents sell the childhood home. Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place

Concussion (PG-13) — The NFL would like to forget about Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith), who uncovered degenerative brain damage in pro football players. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) — No spoilers! Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, 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 Stallone).

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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2015 (NR) — Minor malfunctions in the TARDIS cause the Doctor’s (Peter Capaldi) Christmas special to arrive in theaters on Dec. 28-29. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood

Daddy’s Home (PG-13) — Professional actors (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) demonstrate the dangers of performing masculinity. Do not attempt. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell

The Emperor’s New Clothes (NR) — Rich≈and successful comedian Russell Brand discusses wealth inequality. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday-Monday. Zeitgeist

The Danish Girl (R) — Artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) transitions to a new identity as Lili Elbe with the support of wife Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander) in a drama loosely based on the real-life Elbe.

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Mediterranea (NR) — Two migrants from Africa face open hostility in Italy in director Jonas Carpignano’s too-real drama. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday-Monday. Zeitgeist

The Good Dinosaur (PG) — Dinosaurs and people coexist in Pixar’s alternate-paleontology animated film. Kenner, Slidell Great White Shark 3D (NR) — The documentary explores shark encounters.

Entergy IMAX The Hateful Eight (R) — Quentin Tarantino rides West. The director’s 70mm roadshow screens at Elmwood. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place 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. Kenner, Slidell Hurricane on the Bayou (NR) — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Entergy IMAX

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

The Merchant of Four Seasons (NR) / Drunken Angel (NR) — Criterion collectors take note: Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1971 drama about an underachieving fruit seller at 7 p.m. and Akira Kurosawa’s 1948 thriller about a doctor who falls in with the Yakuza at 9 p.m. Wednesday. United Bakery Gallery (1337 St. Bernard Ave.) Volver (R) — A mysterious tragedy strikes the family, and Raimunda’s (Penelope Cruz) late mother (Carmen Maura) reappears from the dead to help solve it. In Spanish with English subtitles. 7 p.m. Monday. Cafe Istanbul (New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave.) The World of Kanako (NR) — A former detective turned rent-a-cop (Koji Yakusho) discovers his daughter’s twisted life (Nana Komatsu) as he investigates her disappearance. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday-Monday. Zeitgeist

Journey to Space 3D (NR) — Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) narrates a history of human space exploration. Entergy IMAX Joy (PG-13) — Jennifer Lawrence portrays inventor, single mother and HSN pitchwoman Joy Mangano. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place

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“OPERATIC” IS NOT A TERM OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE GREAT MOVIES. Just ask Francis Ford Coppola, whose many fascinating films made after The Godfather and The Godfather Part II often are criticized as operatic, meaning “exaggerated and artificial.”

• 10:50 a.m., 1:45 p.m., But it’s a word that’s hard to avoid — with far more positive intent — when discussing the 4:40 p.m., 7:35 p.m. work of Italian writer/director Paolo Sorrentino, whose 2013 film The Great Beauty won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and set a 21st-century standard for lush and vividly and 10:25 p.m. daily imagined filmmaking.

• AMC Elmwood Palace 20 , Like Coppola, Sorrentino’s style involves not only brash visuals and strong emotions but 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., also a certain audacity, a willingness to risk spectacular failure if that’s what it takes to fulfill an original vision. The character-driven Youth is Sorrentino’s follow-up to The Great Beauty Harahan and it is no failure, though “quietly audacious” fits the bill pretty well.

• (504) 733-2029 The story involves two old friends, accomplished artists in their twilight years, spending time for different reasons at an exquisite resort in the Swiss Alps. Small mysteries crop up • www.amctheatres.com and a mischievous sense of humor bubbles just below the surface. Mostly it’s a chance for a range of beautifully drawn characters to philosophize about memory, aging, art and celebrity (topics that connect Youth directly to The Great Beauty). Youth is witty, sophisticated and brimming with small pleasures, but it’s not for anyone seeking conventional storylines at the movies.

While on holiday, retired world-famous composer and conductor Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) inexplicably turns down an emissary from the Queen of England seeking a command performance of Fred’s most beloved composition. His friend of 60 years, acclaimed Hollywood filmmaker Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel), is holed up at the resort to collaborate with a gaggle of young writers and finish the screenplay for his “testament,” a late-career opus that will secure his reputation as an artist.

Further connecting the two friends’ lives are Fred’s daughter Lena (Rachel Weisz) and Mick’s son Julian (Ed Stoppard), who are married. Also at the resort are a serious, Sean Penn-like young actor (Paul Dano), a former “world’s greatest” soccer player (Roly Serrano) who’s now middle-aged and obese, and the recently crowned Miss Universe (Madalina Diana Ghenea). The possibilities are endless.

Watching the 82-year-old Caine and 76-year-old Keitel playing age-appropriate characters not far removed from their real-life personas is a treat for any film fan, especially since each seems to relish the chance to bring something personal to Sorrentino’s universe. Jane Fonda has two intense and unforgettable scenes as the aging actress who will appear in Mick’s film.

The visual star of Youth is the Berghotel Schatzalp, the antique Swiss resort where the film was shot. Sorrentino and longtime cinematographer Luca Bigazzi serve up one astonishingly beautiful image after another to develop the right context for the film’s metaphysical musings.

Though Youth recently swept the European Film Awards (the continental equivalent to the Oscars), it inevitably suffers by comparison to The Great Beauty. And it has some distinct flaws of its own. Most glaring is the intermittent predictability of the story, along with dialogue (unlike The Great Beauty, Youth was written and shot in English) that sometimes seems no match for the mesmerizing visuals. Sometimes you’ve got to take the bad with the good just to leave the mundane far behind.

— KEN KORMAN

OUR TAKE

A lush, star-studded, unconventional film from Paolo Sorrentino.

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New Orleans art world evolved quietly in 2015

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with epochal turnabouts or sweeping sea changes that challenge our imaginations. The year 2010 was like that. In the midst of the city’s uncertain recovery from a devastating hurricane, further complicated by a global financial collapse, the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl. It was just a ball game, but it altered how the city was perceived locally and nationally. Suddenly, it seemed like we could do anything.

Most years are made up of almost unnoticed bits and pieces that eventually facilitate later heroic victory or epic failure. Then there are the years when sweeping changes are more sensed than obvious. In the local art world, 2015 was such a year.

It was a time of long-developing maturations and quietly ambitious new beginnings. The most visible examples include the rebirth of Tulane University’s Newcomb Art Gallery as the Newcomb Art Museum, a major new commitment at a time when many university art programs are on the chopping block. On Julia Street, the erstwhile LeMieux Gallery was sold by longtime owner Denise Berthiaume to longtime staffers Christy Wood and Jordan Blanton. By becoming a worker-owned enterprise, this conservative old gallery brings Julia Street closer to the co-op galleries that define the upstart, community-based St. Claude Arts District.

Community-based art efforts became subtly pervasive to an unprecedented extent in 2015. New Orleans Photo Alliance president Thom Bennett recently sounded almost awed by the way the annual PhotoNOLA photography festival has grown, attracting hundreds of art photographers from across the world to its workshops, exhibitions and events — an outcome far grander than anyone envisioned when the group was founded in 2006 to help preserve the city’s photographic community.

An all-volunteer labor of love, it is preparing to hire its first paid director.

Similarly, many of the artist-run coop galleries along St. Claude Avenue have not only survived but become more polished and global in scope, and some traditional spaces embrace community goals. The Foundation Gallery on Royal Street shares 25 percent of its sales proceeds with activist organizations like Blights Out, which employs performance art in its affordable housing and blight

The New Orleans Airlift’s Music Box Roving Village featured performances in New Orleans City Park.

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remediation agenda. If this sounds different from the kind of creativity we usually associate with art galleries and museums, note that such volunteer approaches to creative collaboration have a longstanding local model in Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs.

Local multicultural performance art groups are becoming increasingly well-known institutions. New Orleans Airlift — which stages multimedia events involving eccentric, handmade structures, and which earlier this year attracted more than 10,000 visitors to performances in New Orleans City Park — is now negotiating to acquire a permanent home in a strategic, if rustic, location. Similarly, Port, an art space based in an Upper 9th Ward warehouse, made a name for itself with performances like Splish, a surreal mermaid show featuring participation from many local subcultures. Under the direction of Gia Hamilton, the Joan Mitchell Center has used similar grassroots approaches to blend seamlessly into the fabric of local life. If all this sounds new and exciting, it is, but there are precedents, for instance, in the way Robert Tannen, Clifton Webb, Jeanne Nathan and Luba Glade founded the Contemporary Arts Center decades ago — an adaptive use approach still employed by Nathan’s Creative Alliance of New Orleans. As with so much in this city, the local art world’s past, present and future often appear inextricably interwoven.

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HAPPENINGS 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. Visit the website for details, exhibitions and schedules. Through Thursday.

OPENING Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — Group exhibition of German artists represented by Berlin’s Galerie Jochen Hempel, opens Wednesday; opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 9.

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

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

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, and more, through Sunday.

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 Thursday.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico.

901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 5283722; www.culturalagendaoftheconsulateofmexico.blogspot.com — “El Mundo Incansable de Susana San Juan... Oyeme con los Ojos,” photography by Josephine Sacabo, through Jan. 8.

The Art Garden. 613 Frenchmen St., (504) 912-6665; www.artgardennola.com — Paintings by Kate Hanrahan and Heather Jean, through Jan. 10; sculpture garden by Andre LaSalle, through February.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Scintilla,” video art by Courtney Egan, through Jan. 30.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Holding Pattern,” metalwork by Rachel David and more, through Sunday.

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery.

com — “The Silver Factory Years (19641968),” photography by Billy Name; “Holly for the Holidays,” photographs of Holly Woodlawn by David Chick; both through Thursday.

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

by Cate Colvin Sampson, through Jan. 10.

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

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, through Saturday.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery. com — “Chalk is Temporary,” photography

by Gregory T. Davis, through Saturday.

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.

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, through Jan. 30.

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

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Means, Motive, Opportunity,” group exhibition of photography, through Sunday.

Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Colossus,” installation by Weston Lambert; “Fortunes of a New Molybdomancy,” recent sculpture by Dan Alley; both through Sunday.

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

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

by Dorothy O’Connor, through Thursday; “Developer Drawings,” photographic manipulations by Lisa McCarty; “Self & Others,” portrait photography by Aline Smithson; “Wish You Were Here,” photographic dioramas by Ayumi Tanaka; all through March.

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

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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.

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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 January.

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

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

Ken Kirschman Artspace. NOCCA Riverfront, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — “Bayou Baroque,” portrait photography by Letitia Huckaby, through Jan. 9.

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.

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LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Working the Wetlands,” paintings by Aron Belka, through Jan. 30.

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

Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans.

433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www. martinlawrence.com — Gouache paintings by Erte, through Thursday.

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

by Martin Welch, ongoing.

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

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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.

New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www.theneworleansartcenter.com — “Delight,” group exhibition featuring Michael Fedor, Gin Taylor, Blake Boyd, Francis Wong, Ray Cole, Mapo Kinnord, Christina Juran, Jon Schooler, Sergio Alvarez, Amy Bryan, Karen LeBlanc and Alan Zakem, through Sunday.

New Orleans Community Printshop & Darkroom. 1201 Mazant St.; www.nolacommunityprintshop.org — “With Dawn,” photography by Xavier Juarez and Chris Berntsen, through Saturday.

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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.

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

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

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “A Year in Review,” group exhibition of work displayed in 2015, through Saturday.

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 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.

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, through Thursday.

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; 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; “Queen Selma,” photographs of Selma, Alabama

by Roman Alokhin, through April 10.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www. neworleanshealingcenter.org — “Dynamite and Prayers,” photographs of

REVIEW

RACHEL DAVID IS A BLACKSMITH. SHE ALSO IS A SCULPTOR. Both professions shape metal, but they work in different worlds. Blacksmiths once were everywhere — in cities and remote rural regions where they worked steel into horseshoes, hinges and the fixtures that everyday life required. Sculpture always appealed to art collectors and churches in need of objects that helped transport people to a realm of wonder.

Today blacksmiths are far scarcer than sculptors, but they are still totally different professions. That is why Rachel David is so unusual. She accepts commissions for functional, handforged objects, but as a sculptor, her vision is wondrous and otherworldly.

As one of the rare individuals willing to work long hours with heavy chunks of steel heated to temperatures above 2,000 degrees, David fuses the archaic serpentine extravagance of 19th-century art nouveau with the futuristic, post-apocalyptic aesthetic of Mad Max, or sci-fi writers like Philip K. Dick, who anticipated the wonders and terrors of the shape-shifting, digitally defined present we inhabit. Darlingtonia (pictured with David), a collaboration with artist Liz Judkins, suggests a tall, spidery, Auguste Rodin-esque interpretation of a gigantic carnivorous blossom with a darkly elegant art nouveau aura. Narcissus Lycorine is another mysterious botanical form, a metallic meditation on the narcissus flower. One • Through Jan. 3 side resembles a shield, but revolves to reveal • Hand-forged steel a mirror on the other side. The “lycorine” in the title refers to the poison contained in its sap, a sculpture by Rachel David metaphor perhaps for the toxicity of extreme • Barrister’s Gallery narcissism. Bursae suggests a vastly oversized • 2331 St. Claude Ave. cocoon reminiscent of an ancient Viking ship.

Clusters of silkworm cocoons embellish either • (504) 710-4506 end in fuzzy baroque flourishes. David says most • www.barristersgallery.com of her ideas come from dreams and observations of emotional states in herself and others. In Bursae, “holding patterns” play an important role. “The silkworm is in a holding pattern. It builds the cocoon around it; there is a mile of silk in each cocoon and the moth, transformed, emerges and flies away.”

— D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

Holding Pattern

OUR TAKE

A heavy metal vision forging archaic and futuristic aesthetics.

the Middle East and Central Asia by Max Becherer, through Saturday.

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; works on paper by JenMarie Zeleznak; group exhibition of gallery artists; all through Thursday.

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, through Jan. 9.

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, through Feb. 6.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Digital Pictorialism,” photographic manipulations by James L. Dean, through Sunday.

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.

Torres-Tama ArteFuturo Studio. 1329 Saint Roch Ave., (504) 232-2968 — “Somos Humanos Photo Retablos,” photography by Jose Torres-Tama, through Jan. 9.

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

by Molly McGuire, through Thursday.

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, through Jan. 16.

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, through Sunday.

YAYA Arts Center. 3322 LaSalle St., (504) 529-3306; www.yayainc.com — “Bring Back to Me — Me,” photography by Ellis Marsalis III, through Thursday.

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BY WILL COVIELLO & TYLER GILLESPIE

Esquire

WHEN SHAKESPEARE WROTE “ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE,”

he wasn’t reflecting on real estate, but in New Orleans’ theater scene, 2015 was a year for exploring new spaces. There were grand new additions with the opening of the Ashe Power House Theater and Jefferson Performing Arts Center, and improvised spaces and immersive shows brought theater to all sorts of locales.

The Ashe Cultural Arts Center opened the Power House Theater in Central City, and Southern Rep made the most of the space, presenting Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly, Last Summer, BOUDIN, an original show about local music and the regional premiere of local playwright Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit. Southern Rep presented local playwrights’ Joe Morris Doss and son Andrew Doss’ Song of a Man Coming Through at First Grace United Methodist Church.

Ashe’s first production in its theater was a reprise of Harold Clark’s Fishers of Men, starring former New Orleans City Council President Oliver Thomas and Martin “Bats” Bradford (NCIS: New Orleans).

After years of delays, the $54.5 million Jefferson Performing Arts Center opened with the Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) as artists in residence. JPAS presented the musical My Fair Lady and the opera Rigoletto at the center.

Mid-City Theatre closed, and cabaret shows are again on a nomadic quest for a regular home.

Some productions, such as Varla Jean Merman’s Big Black Hole, moved to Mags 940 in Faubourg Marigny. The barroom with a tiny stage also served as the setting for Tennessee Williams’ Small Craft Warnings, which is set in a scruffy lounge. Bars also served as settings for the immersive works Clown Bar, a noirish dark comedy The NOLA Project presented at Little Gem Saloon, and A New Brain, a musical from See ’Em On Stage Productions at Kajun’s Pub. Small Craft Warnings was one of two lesser-known Williams plays presented by the new Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans. It debuted with The Kingdom of Earth at the Metropolitan Community Church of New Orleans.

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Williams’ works were staged all over the city. The Contemporary Arts Center presented The Mutilated, an odd comedy set in New Orleans, starring longtime John Waters collaborator Mink Stole.

One of the highlights at Anthony Bean Community Theater was an adaptation of The Glass Menagerie with an all-black cast starring Gwendolyn Foxworth.

Several companies built on their strengths in 2015. The Bean Theater continued its dedication to the works of August Wilson and mounted its second production of Fences.

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts announced a 2015-2016 season comprised entirely of musicals.

The NOLA Project continued its relationship with the New Orleans Museum of Art, presenting Robin Hood: Thief, Brigand in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden and The Winter’s Tale in the museum’s Great Hall. The company’s highlight was Marie Antoinette, starring Cecile Monteyne.

Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre welcomed new artistic director Maxwell Williams and presented Thornton Wilder’s classic Our Town and an adaptation of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. Goat in the Road Productions returned to the raw space at the Ether Dome on St. Claude Avenue to present its Anton Chekhov adaptation, Uncle Vanya: Quarter Life Crisis.

The African-American company OperaCreole presented its first fulllength production, William Grant Still’s Minette Fontaine, set in New Orleans.

2015 was a year for shows set in or adapted to New Orleans, performed in places meant for or adapted for local audiences.

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THEATER Beauty and the Beast. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www. saengernola.com — Broadway in New Orleans presents the Disney musical.

Tickets start at $25. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday; 6:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Saturday; 1 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

Dublin Carol. Playhouse NOLA, 3214 Burgundy St., (800) 383-4989 — Clove Productions presents Conor McPherson’s story of forgiveness and possibly redemption on a lonely Christmas Eve, starring Michael Martin, Mason Joiner and Viviane Wolfe. Call or email cloveproductions@gmail.com for reservations. By donation. 7 p.m. Saturday, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. Sunday.

New Year’s Eve Vegas Style. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — Lena Prima, Clint Johnson and the Victory Swing Orchestra perform the music of Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra and a four-course Italian dinner includes wine, beer and Champagne at midnight. The dress is “Retro Vegas glam.” Tickets $150.

9 p.m. Thursday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY The Blue Book Cabaret. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 5292107; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue and a rotating cast including Darling Darla James, Nikki LeVillain, Cherry Brown, Ben Wisdom and others perform classic and contemporary burlesque and drag. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. 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.

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

9 p.m. Monday.

Ditzyland. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Varla Jean Merman skewers Walt Disney’s animated features in an adult send-up of fairytale madness, costarring Sean Patterson and Ricky Graham with Jefferson Turner on piano.

8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

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. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; 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. Sunday.

Whiskey & Rhinestones. Gravier Street Social, 523 Gravier St., (504) 941-7629; www.thebellalounge.com — Bella Blue hosts a special New Year’s Eve burlesque performance. 9 p.m. Thursday.

COMEDY 50 First Jokes. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3028264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Fifty comics each have one minute to tell their first joke of 2016. Shawn Dugas and Kaitlin Marone host. Tickets $8 in advance, $12 at the door. 9 p.m. Saturday.

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.

Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — 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 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. JAX Brewery Bistro Bar, 620 Decatur St., (504) 333-6914; www.jaxnola.com — Leon Blanda hosts.

7 p.m. Wednesday.

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. Saturday.

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.jaxno-

WRITER/FILMMAKREVIEW ER/RACONTEUR JOHN WATERS brought his annual Christmas standup show — this year titled Holier and Dirtier — to the Civic Theatre Dec. 17. “We are going to put the X back into Christmas,” he promised, but only part of his rapid-fire, very funny monologue was about the holidays.

Waters described how some churches are attaching GPS tracking devices to the Baby Jesuses in their manger scenes to prevent theft; wished that Slipknot would issue a Christmas album; and talked about how much he hated people with food allergies at holiday meals: “Just shut the f—k up and eat it, or stay home.”

Other topics included his solution to the problem of racism (“World travel!”), political incorrectness (“Does Ferguson [Missouri] have a drag bar? I’m just asking”), celebrity trouble (“I hated Bill Cosby before all the rape”) and, of course, politics. “I hope Donald Trump gets the [Republican presidential] nomination,” Waters said.

“He’s a hairhopper.” He also described a scenario in which New Jersey Gov. Chris PHOTO BY GARY GORMAN Christie ascended to the presidency and, with the help of former first lady Barbara Bush (“the meanest Republican,” he said with relish) reintroduced junk food into American public schools to piss off first lady Michelle Obama.

“Who says we can’t make fun of Caitlyn Jenner?” Waters wondered in a long section about LGBT issues. He caught up the audience on the latest slang (a “blouse” is “a feminine top”) and stated his belief that there now were “too many gay people” and said the time had come when one should have to audition to be gay.

In response to an audience question, he said he had no further films on the horizon (his last, A Dirty Shame, came out in 2004), but that he was working on two books — a nonfiction advice guide and a novel called Liarmouth, about a woman who steals strangers’ luggage from baggage carousels. And Waters wrapped up a very funny evening by describing what he’d do if HBO gave him a Christmas special: carols by The Satanic Temple Choir and guest appearances by Kevin Federline, Levi Johnston and Rachel Dolezal. The world may have caught up with Waters’ once-shocking sense of humor, but he still provided an entertaining evening that would have benefited from a more intimate setting. — KEVIN ALLMAN

John Waters: Holier and Dirtier

OUR TAKE

John Waters treated holiday audiences to an unholy night.

la.com — Leon Blanda hosts. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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

9:30 p.m. Monday.

Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Paul Oswell hosts. 8 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.

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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NEW YEAR’S EVE Big Night New Orleans New Year’s Eve Extravaganza. Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., (504) 561-1234; www.neworleans.hyatt.com — The Big Night features performances by Cowboy Mouth, Brass-A-Holics, Flow Tribe, Sweet Crude, The Breton Sound, Beverly Skillz, Bustout Burlesque and the 610 Stompers as well as open bars and a midnight toast.

Tickets start at $110, or $130 including food. 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Thursday.

CellarDoor New Year’s Eve Party. Cellar Door, 916 Lafayette St., (504) 265-8392; www.cellardoornola.com — The bar celebrates in its newly renovated second floor with a DJ, hors d’oeuvres, a hookah lounge, an open bar and a midnight toast.

Tickets $75, or $150 including a threecourse dinner. 9 p.m. Thursday.

Eve. Port, 2120 Port St.; www.2120port. com — Force Majeure and Liquid Nailz present a New Year’s Eve celebration with performances by Carry Nation, Mark Louque, Bouffant Bouffant and others.

Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday.

Eve of New Year’s Eve Bash. Rock ’n’ Bowl, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-1700; www.rocknbowl.com — The Bucktown All-Stars celebrate New Year’s Eve early with live music, dancing, noisemakers and Champagne on Dec. 30.

9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

A Gatsby Affair. Mag’s 940, 940 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 948-1888; www. mags940bar.com — May Hemmer hosts a 1920s-themed speakeasy party featuring

music, booze, burlesque performances and a midnight Champagne toast. General admission $21.50. 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

Gretna BMX New Year’s Eve Race.

Gretna BMX, 800 Gretna Blvd., (504) 371-5197; www.facebook.com/ thegretnabmx — BMX bikers compete in the first race of 2016. There’s also a potluck dinner and fireworks. Race fee $10. Track opens at 7 p.m.; first race at midnight. 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday.

Happy Thursday New Year’s Eve Ride.

French Market, French Market Place, between Decatur and North Peters streets, (504) 522-2621; www.frenchmarket.org — NOLA Social Ride meets up at the French Market at 7 p.m. and rolls out at 8 p.m.

Thursday, concluding at Crescent Park for midnight fireworks.

Holiday Tastings. Faubourg Wines, 2805 St. Claude Ave., (504) 342-2217; www.faubourgwines.com — Representatives from Uncorked and Purveyors of Fine Wines host a free Champagne tasting ahead of New Year’s Eve. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Kids’ Countdown to Noon. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — The museum’s countdown to noon features the Red Hot Brass Band and culminates with a confetti toss and balloon release. Crafts include noisemakers and festive party hats.

Pre-registration strongly recommended.

Non-member admission $10, members $5. 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

Larry Morrow NYE 2016 Experience. Eiffel Society, 2040 St. Charles Ave., (504)

New Years Eve on the river.

525-2951; www.eiffelsociety.com — The party features music by DJ Keith Scott, a live ball drop and Champagne toast at midnight. Tickets start at $40.

9 p.m. Thursday.

Mid-City Rooftop New Year’s Event.

The Cannery, 3803 Toulouse St., (504) 486-8351; www.cannerynola.com — The party includes music by The Benchwarmers, a buffet and bar. Guests second line to the Cannery’s fourth floor rooftop to watch the city’s fireworks with a Champagne toast. Advance tickets $125.

9 p.m. Thursday.

New Year’s Eve at Jackson Square.

Jackson Square, St. Peter Street Gate — The city’s New Year’s Eve event at the Decatur Street Stage features Luke Winslow King at 9 p.m., Cyril Neville’s Swamp Funk with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux at 10:45 p.m., a midnight fleur de lis drop from Jax Brewery and fireworks on the Mississippi River. Crescent Park along Marigny and Bywater is open until 1 a.m. 9 p.m. Thursday.

New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance. The Jefferson Orleans North, 2600 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, (504) 454-6110; www. jeffersonorleansnorth.com — The evening includes dinner, dancing and music by the Pat Barberot Orchestra, an open bar and Champagne and noisemakers at midnight. Tickets $75. 8 p.m. Thursday.

New Year’s Eve Supper Club Extravaganza. House of Blues Foundation Room, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.hob. com — The New Year’s Eve Supper Club Extravaganza features Better Than Ezra,

TUESDAY 29 Celebration in the Oaks. New Orleans City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 488-2896; www.celebrationintheoaks.com — The live oaks of City Park and park attractions are illuminated with holiday lights and display through Sunday (closed Thursday). Tickets $8, children under 3 free.

Christmas in the Park. Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8384389; 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 Wednesday.

Kwanzaa: Lighting of the Candles. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Community members join Ashe Cultural Arts Center and the Kuumba Institute for a daily candle-lighting ceremony. Noon Tuesday-Friday.

Snofari Adventure. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www. auduboninstitute.org — The weeklong Snofari features family-friendly holiday activities and photo opportunities,

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Magic Mike and the Creole Sweet Tease plus DJ Jermaine Quiz. Ticket prices start at $65. 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

A Night with the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www. sonesta.com/imjazzplayhouse — The New Year’s Eve celebration features music by the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, themed cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and an open bar. General admission $150.

8:30 p.m. Thursday.

NYE at the Market. St. Roch Market, 1200 block of St. Claude Ave.; www.strochmarket.com — The St. Roch Market and Mayhaw present a relaxed evening with a la carte food and drink specials and a complimentary Champagne toast at midnight. 7 p.m. Thursday.

NYE at Windsor Court. Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St., (504) 522-1992; www.windsorcourthotel.com — The black-tie optional celebration includes a four-course meal, music from pianist Tom Hook and a Champagne toast at midnight. Reservations required.

8 p.m. Thursday.

Pearl’s Big Bubbles Tasting. Pearl Wine Co., 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — Guests sample more than 20 types of sparkling wine and receive 10 percent off bottles. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Westwego New Year’s Eve Bash. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market, Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego, (504) 341-9083; www.cityofwestwego. com/content/westwego-farmers-market — The market’s free bash features music by the J. Diamond Washington and Co. Band and a fireworks display. VIP tables of eight include Champagne and party favors for $75. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Zoo Year’s Eve. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www. auduboninstitute.org — The celebration features live music, dancing, games, storybook and Star Trek characters, soft drinks for toasting and party hats and noisemakers for a countdown to noon.

Free with regular zoo admission ($18.95 ages 13-64, $14.95 ages 65 and older, $13.95 ages 2-12, free for members).

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

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including faux skating on a special plastic “ice” surface. Entry is free with regular admission; skating is an additional $7 for non-members or $5 for members. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday.

WEDNESDAY 30 Nature Walk and Titivation. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www. northlakenature.org — Guests tour natural habitats and learn to prune plants along the trail. 1 p.m.

SoFAB Free Day. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.sofabinsitute.org — The museum offers a free admission day and a cookie decorating station for kids of all ages. 11 a.m. to 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 to wear original military uniforms and equipment. 9 a.m.

FRIDAY 1 Franco’s Ice Man Dip and Dash.

Franco’s Athletic Club, 100 Bon Temps Roule, (985) 792-0200; www.myfrancos. com — The challenging fitness event includes a four-mile run and a 130-yard “ice” swim in cold water. Proceeds benefit the Donnie Jarrell Foundation for ALS awareness. 11 a.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.

SATURDAY 2 Bienville Saturday Market. Swap Meet NOLA, 3525 Bienville St., (504) 8135370; www.swapmeetnola.com — The pet-friendly weekly market features arts, crafts, a flea market and food.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Covington Art Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — The market features a variety of work from local and regional artists, including jewelry, crafts, photography, paintings and more.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Dutch Oven Gathering. Bogue Chitto Park, 17049 State Park Blvd., Franklinton, (888) 677-7312 — The Bogue Chitto Dutch Oven Cookers demonstrate their preferred outdoor cooking method. 9 a.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.

NOLA Gaming Fest. Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 465-9985; www.pontchartraincenter.com — Fans of PC, console and tabletop games gather for tournaments, panels, a cosplay contest and a vendor market. Tickets $30, kids under age 13 $15. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Yoga/Pilates. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans

Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, (504) 456-5000; www.noma. org — The museum hosts yoga classes in the sculpture garden. Non-members $5. 8 a.m.

SUNDAY 3 Jackson Day Race. Bayou St. John; www.runnotc.org — The nine-kilometer road race approximates the route of Jean Lafitte’s pirates, running from Bayou St. John at Robert E. Lee Blvd. to Jackson Square. A block party follows. Registration $40. Registration at 7:30 a.m., race at 8:30 a.m.

Pat Jolly’s Silly Hat 70th Birthday Celebration. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola. com — Pat Jolly celebrates her birthday with a Jolly Jam potluck. 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Youth Music Workshop. Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-8477; www.tipitinas.com — Students jam with the Johnny V Trio at the free Tipitina’s Foundation workshop suggested for middle- and high-school students. 1 p.m.

MONDAY 4 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.ne-

worleansarena.com — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Los Angeles Clippers.

7 p.m. Thursday.

Sugar Bowl. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3663; www.superdome.com — The Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Ole Miss Rebels compete in the 82nd annual Allstate Sugar Bowl. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

WORDS Esoterotica. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.esoterotica.com — Local writers read from erotic stories, poetry and other pieces. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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

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University researcher seeks interviewees who have planned nontraditional memorial services. Respectful, sensitive. If interested in helping others by sharing your experience, contact: sdawdy@uchicago.edu.

FARM LABOR Temporary Farm Labor: Ag, Inc., Brickeys, AR, has 2 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with mixing of chemicals for insect and weed control, driving to pick up parts; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.18/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/15/16 – 12/15/16.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1438163 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: B&B Mencer Farms, Lake Village, AR, has 6 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equipment for tilling, cultivating, fertilizing, planting, harvesting, & transporting grain & oilseed crops, load, tent, & transport corn, cotton, rice, soybeans & wheat; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.18/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/1/16 – 12/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1425582 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Carl Loewer Farming Co., Wynne, AR, has 2 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equipment for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting rice & soybeans, walking fields & pulling weeds, harvesting, processing, drying, bagging & transporting rice & soybeans; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.18/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/9/16 – 11/16/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1426676 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Sunrise Planting Company, Lyons, MS, has 2 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with cultivating, insecticide & fertilizer application, field preparation for planting & harvesting of soybeans, rice, cotton & wheat crops; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.18/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/1/16 – 12/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order MS152536 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Clark & Co., Shelby, MS, has 6 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equipment for cultivating, insecticide & fertilizer application, field prep for planting & harvesting cotton, soybeans & rice crops; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.18/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/1/16 – 12/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order MS152511 or call 225-342-2917 Temporary Farm Labor: David & LaLain Wilkinson Farms, Brinkley, AR, has 12 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equipment for cultivating, fertilizing, planting & harvesting of row crops, drying, bagging, loading soybeans & rice; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.18/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/10/16 – 12/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1445958 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Five Star Dairy, Amherst, TX, has 12 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with spring calving, vaccinating, ear tagging & feeding supplements to baby calves, operating farm equipment for cultivating, planting, triticale, silage, corn & sorghum; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.35/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/15/16 – 12/15/16.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX3359114 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: H Bar H Farms, Hartley, TX, has 5 positions with 3 mo. experience required for assisting with transporting grain & cotton from field to storage, operating row planters, chisel, discing, cultivating, tilling, fertilizing & planting oilseed crops & cotton; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.35/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/1/16 – 12/1/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order TX2877765 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Lake Village Seed & Tire Co., Lake Village, AR, has 4 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equipment for tilling, cultivating, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops, daily irrigation maintenance; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.18/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/1/16 – 11/30/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 1414981 or call 501-683-2372.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to AEGIS FUNDING CORPORATION, executed by Earnest Edward Knox and dated February 5, 2004, in the principal sum of $121,500.00, bearing interest at the rate of 6.930% from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 708798379, (225) 756-0373.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to AMERICAN BROKERS CONDUIT, executed

by Edward Dorsey, Sr. and Chinell Neal Dorsey and dated May 17, 2006, in the principal sum of $116,550.00, bearing interest at the rate of 8.000% from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879-8379, (225) 756-0373.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of a certain Promissory Note payable to COMMUNITY LENDING INCORPORATION, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, executed

by Lua Thi Nguyen and dated December 30, 2002, in the principal sum of $72,240.00, bearing interest at the rate of 6.700% from dated until paid, and providing reasonable attorney fees, and all charges associated with the collection of same. Please contact Herschel C. Adcock, Jr., Attorney at Law, at P.O. Box 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 708798379, (225) 756-0373.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ishonda Scott, please call Steve Richard, atty, at 504352-0853.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jesus Rosales Ramirez, please contact the Hite Law Group, (504) 252-0678.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of officers of Arrow Financial Services, LLC, please call Atty. Marion D. Floyd, 504-467-3010.

Arlene Massey, or anyone knowing her whereabouts, contact McBride & Russell Law Firm at 504-233-8112.

STATE OF LOUISIANA No.: 747-405 DIVISION: “P” IN RE: SUCCESSION OF MARIE JULIA FRICKEY MATHERNE NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas the Administrator of the above Estate has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described to-wit: Lot A of Willow Drive Subdivision, Lafitte, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) all cash to Vendor at Sale as per the agreement to purchase and sell.

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

By order of the Court Masie Comeaux, Clerk Attorney: P. Hanlon deVerges, Jr.(#33537) Address: 833 Fourth Street Gretna, Louisiana 70053 Telephone: 504-367-4444 Gambit: 12/29/15 & 1/19/16

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 747-635 DIVISION “F” SUCCESSION OF ALVIN JOSEPH GOMEZ AND VERNON ANN ALLEMAN GOMEZ NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE WHEREAS, the Dative Testamentary Executor of the Succession of Alvin Joseph Gomez and the Administrator of the Succession of Vernon Ann Alleman Gomez has made application to the Court for the private sale of the immovable property herein described, to-wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof formerly known as Highland Acres, now known as Bendler Place Subdivision, and in accordance with plan of subdivision made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Surveyors, dated July 7, 1955, a copy of which is attached to Ordinance No. 2856 of the Parish of Jefferson and registered in COB 386, folio 50,said lot is designated by the No. 5 and is in the square bounded by Orchard Road, Mark Lane, Bendler Drive and Gerald Street.

Lot 5 measures 60 feet front on Orchard Road, same in width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 93.33 feet. Said Lot 5 is formed from part of original plots lots 68 and 69 of Highland Acres as shown on plan of C. Milo Williams, C.E. and Alfred E. Bonnable, Surveyor, dated March 16, 1961. All in accordance with survey of J. L. Fontcuberta, dated March 16, 1971.

The improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 250 Orchard Road.

Being the same property acquired by Vernon Ann Alleman, wife of/and Alvin Joseph Gomez by Act dated October 27, 1975, passed before Samuel W. Ethridge, Notary Public, duly recorded in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in COB , folio.

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No.: 755-704 DIVISION: “H”

Upon the following terms and conditions: One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred and No/100 ($142,900.00) Dollars, cash at closing.

SUCCESSION OF FLORA FISHER

Notice is hereby given to all parties to whom it may concern, including the heirs, legatees, and creditors of the decedents herein, and of these estates, to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time prior to the issuance of the Order or Judgment authorizing, approving, and homologating such application, and that such Order or Judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

Clerk 24th Judicial District Court Parish of Jefferson Attorneys: RAYMOND P. LADOUCEUR and JANE C. ALVAREZ Address: 22398 Highway 435 P. O. Box 1929 Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420 Telephone: (985) 898-2131 Facsimile: (985) 898-2880 Gambit: 12/29/15 & 1/19/16

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

NO:749-951 DIVISION: D SUCCESSION OF MARY CONCHERIS HEBERT, wife of/and LAWRENCE ADAM HEBERT, JR.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE OF FILING FIRST AND FINAL TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION NOTICE IS GIVEN to the creditors of this Estate and to all other interested persons, that a petition to file the first and final tableau of distribution has been filed by Darrell Ray Knight, the succession representative this Estate, praying for homologation of the Tableau, for authority to pay Estate expenses, and for authority to distribute the remaining balance of the Estate to Decedent’s heirs as listed thereon; and that the First and Final Tableau of Distribution can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the publication of this notice. Any opposition to the Petition must be filed prior to homologation.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana this 18th day of December, 2015.

By order of the Court Marilyn Guidry Attorney: Gordon J. Kuehl Address: 400 Poydras St. Suite 1125 New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: 504-561-8700 Gambit: 12/29/15

TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 752-912 DIVISION C SUCCESSION OF PAULINE J. MOTTO

NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the creditors of this Estate and to all other persons herein interested to show cause within seven (7) days from this notification (if any they have or can) why the First and Final Tableau of Distribution presented by the Administratrix of the Estate of Mary Concheris Hebert, wife of/and Lawrence Adam Hebert, Jr. should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance therewith.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Stephen C. Jeandron, the administrator of the Succession of Pauline J. Motto has petitioned this Court for authority to pay estate debts as provided in the Tableau of Distribution filed with this Court on December 22, 2015. **** Notice is hereby given that any interested party, including any heir or creditor of the succession who may oppose the proposed Tableau of Distribution, must file any opposition within seven (7) days from the date on which the publication of this notice appears. After seven (7) days from the date of this publication, the Court may authorize the payment of those enumerated estate debts on the terms and conditions stated therein. Attorney for the succession:

By order of the Court Jon Gegenheimer, Clerk Attorney: Steven J. Koehler Address: 3350 Ridgelake Dr., Ste 200, Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: 504.309.0812 Gambit: 12/29/15 The annual return of CommCare Corporation, a non-profit corporation, for the twelve months ending June 30, 2015 is available for inspection during normal business hours at the address noted below by any citizen who so requests within 180 days after publication of this notice. CommCare Corporation, 950 West Causeway Approach, Mandeville, LA 70471. The principal manager is James W. Tucker, President, Telephone (504) 324-8950.

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Clerk of Court 24th Judicial District Court Attorney: Jason M. Freas Bar No. 35779 Address: 701 Poydras Street, Suite 4700 New Orleans, LA 70139 Telephone: 504-528-3001 Email: jmf@jyplawfirm.com Gambit: 12/29/15 The annual return of CommCare Louisiana, a non-profit corporation, for the twelve months ending June 30, 2015 is available for inspection during normal business hours at the address noted below by any citizen who so requests within 180 days after publication of this notice. CommCare Louisiana, 950 West Causeway Approach, Mandeville, LA 70471. The principal manager is James W. Tucker, President, Telephone (504) 324-8950.

The annual return of CommCare Avoyelles, a non-profit corporation, for the twelve months ending June 30, 2015 is available for inspection during normal business hours at the address noted below by any citizen who so requests within 180 days after publication of this notice. CommCare Avoyelles, 950 West Causeway Approach, Mandeville, LA 70471. The principal manager is James W. Tucker, President, Telephone (504) 324-8950.

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Temporary Farm Labor: Selby Honey, LLC – Poplarville, MS, 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.; minimum wage rate of $10.18/ hr with increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/10/16 – 5/15/16.

Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order MS153318 or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: REM of Shaw, Shaw, MS, has 6 positions with 3 mo. experience required for operating large farm equipment with GPS for tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting corn & soybeans, 12 row equipment, combines & headers, daily maintenance of irrigation system; repairs & maintenance to building & equip; must be able to lift 75 pounds; must able to obtain driver’s license within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take random drug tests at no cost to worker; testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided for employees who can’t return home daily; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; minimum wage rate of $10.18/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights and weekends; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 2/20/16 – 11/10/16. Apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with Job Order 154673 or call 225-342-2917.

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2537 RIVER ROAD

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

OLD METAIRIE 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.

HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

ESPLANADE RIDGE

MISSISSIPPI

LAKEFRONT 3624 DANNEEL ST.

1 BR/BA - 4 Blks off at Charles Ave. Utilities Included (electric, water & lawn care pd).

Hdwd flrs, New Kit w/ new floors,window units, off st pkg. $1200 per mo. Call Kevin, 504-875-0444 or email foehs@aol.com available 1-1-16 or before.

METAIRIE

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.

4609 TCHOUPITOULAS ST.

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

Call (504) 495-8213.

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

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

ALGIERS POINT

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

2322 BURGUNDY ST.

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

LARGE ATTRACTIVE APT.

Newly Renovated 2BR, 2BA w/appls. Beautiful balcony & courtyard setting w/swimming pool. Quiet neighborhood. $1000/mo. Call 504-756-7347.

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT/ IRISH CHANNEL

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT

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

1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

3221 PRYTANIA STREET

Large Victorian 3 bed/2 ba, 2,200 sq. ft, 2 extra rooms for liv/din/bed, furn kit, w/d, wood fls, lg closets, hi ceils, porch.

Gated w/security, offstreet pkg, pool privileges. $1,775. 504-813-8186, 504-274-8075 or 274-5870.

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT APARTMENT

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.

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

4935 CONSTANCE ST.

2 BR / 1.5 BA, with Large Living Area & Furnished Kit. Washer/dryer, lots of closets/storage, central & wall units (heating/cooling).

Offstreet pkg, $1800/mo. Call 504-442-1431.

COVINGTON / MANDEVILLE CONDOS FOR RENT IN EMERALD FOREST

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.

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY

PORT GIBSON, MI 39510

509 Church St. ~ McDougall House 1820’s Historic, Renovated Greek Revival Raised Cottage 5 beds/3 baths, pool. $185,000

NEW YEAR

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

HISTORIC MARIGNY RENOVATION

2 Bd/1BA, 1380 square feet. Entertainer’s dream with rooftop garden and wrap around balcony. No Pets. $2600/mo. Call Kelleye Rhein, 504-975-0649 for a showing. Keller Williams Realty New Orleans.

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

CAT CHAT Mia Beautiful blind Mia is still at the Sanctuary waiting for someone special to come around!

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