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Dentist WED. JULY 25 | The New Jersey surf punks ride tasty waves of fuzz and doo-wop harmonies on its 2018 album Night Swimming, full of tales of heartbreak and loss broadcast from Asbury Park boardwalks. Hydra Plane and George Elizondo open at 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

Teams of local film mmakers compete to o make seven-minute e movies in the 48 Hour Film Project

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FRI. JULY 27 | Bywater renaissance couple — musicians, inventors, artisans, puppeteers — Quintron and Miss Pussycat head uptown to headline a bill with Bottomfeeders, Benni and Puta. At 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

Rahim Glaspy stars as a comedic superhero in The Rise of Captain Extra, Xtra.

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By WIll COVIEllO SEAN GEROWIN IS LEADING A MEETING OF THE BACKYARD SHED FILMS

team two days before the 48 Hour Film Project competition begins.

Amid tables of desktop computers, sound editing and lighting equipment, he’s jotting down a list of props the team can use to make a seven-minute film in 48 hours. Team members have volunteered a stripper pole, tandem bicycles and musical instruments including a piano, flute and ukulele. Two people have access to boats.

Gerowin, who will be leading one of the team’s two camera crews, also has an announcement.

“I’m going to be shooting on an iPhone,” he says.

“Is it at least an iPhone X?” asks actress Rebecca Hollingsworth.

“I’m going to have a panic attack,” says lighting director Michelle Kowalski.

The entire film must be written, shot and edited in two days, and though most participants are film industry veterans, they all know technical problems or other mishaps can sink a project.

More than 50 teams registered to make a film between 7 p.m. Friday, July 20 and 7 p.m. Sunday, July 22.

At the Friday kickoff, teams drew a film genre at random and learned the common prop, character name and line of dialog that must appear in all teams’ films (to ensure films are not made in advance). Completed films screen in four different showcases Friday and Saturday, July 27-28, at the National World War II Museum’s Solomon Victory Theatre.

Film genres include comedy, romance, horror, buddy movie, coming-

WED. JULY 25 | While veteran members departed and returned to the Cleveland rappers’ lineup in recent years and only a couple longtime members performed on the 2017 studio album embracing EDM beats, New Waves, the group reunited in June to tour. At 9 p.m. at House of Blues.

of-age story, road movie and silent film. Armando leduc, an actor who’s appeared in Green Lantern, When the Game Stands Tall and other movies and TV projects, says Western is one of the genres teams dread, because of difficulty in finding suitable locations. His Sketchy Characters team has produced several raunchy comedies, including Superho, about a hospitality industry worker-turned-superhero who fights crime and sexual harassment, and a film about women who travel through time to pick up men and encounter familiar dating cliches. Both films won audience favorite awards, and though he has fun with the competition, it’s also professionally useful to him.

“I meet new talent,” leduc says.

“It’s also a good way for people to see what it’s like working in the industry.”

For Martin Bats Bradford, working with GumboMonster is a way to keep busy with creative projects between film and TV roles (NCIS: New Orleans, Free State of Jones). He and team co-founder Michael Garrett re-edited their 2017 superhero comedy The Rise of Captain Extra, Xtra into longer versions posted on their youTube channel (GumboMonster504).

There are awards for best film, script and performances, and the top film goes to the annual Filmapalooza to compete with winners from 48 Hour Film Projects from 120 cities around the globe. Filmapalooza winners are screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

Gerowin and Backyard Shed co-leader Jennifer Taylor have made several films for the annual festival. Their 2014 entry Random Time

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Traveler’s Syndrome won Best Film in New Orleans and was screened at Filmaplooza in los Angeles. last year’s winner, Remember, is a dramatic time travel movie. It was based on lead actress’ lisa Mackel Smith’s mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease and died in April 2017.

“It was great because it got to tell her story,” Smith says.

At Filmapalooza in Paris, Smith was nominated for best actress, and the film won Best Makeup for Smith playing her mother at multiple ages. She and writer/co-star Hunter McGregor hope to share the film through Alzheimer’s organizations.

“At every screening, someone comes up and tells us how their life was affected by Alzheimer’s,” Smith says.

SAT. JULY 28 | The rap duo has evolved over the last two decades from its ’90s classic “Pump tha Party” heyday to frequent live band configurations that have helped turn Kango Slim and Mr. Meanor into the old guard of New Orleans rap ambassadors. They glimpse a jazz phase at midnight at Preservation Hall.

Murder Sun. July 29 | In the dramatized song cycle, two women (singers Mary Townsend and Meryl Zimmerman) go on a killing spree in a show featuring many old country, blues and folk tunes, with music by Tucker Fuller. At 8 p.m. at Tigermen Den.

The English Beat MON. JULY 30 | The two-tone ska band is still pogoing from ’80s hits “Save It for later” and “Mirror in the Bathroom,” but it split into two bands: Ranking Roger’s Beat released Bounce in 2016, and Dave Wakeling’s Beat hit back with 2018’s Here We Go Love!, picking up its classic British ska sound.

Wakeling’s Beat performs with openers Ghost Town Steppas at 8 p.m. at House of Blues.

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GASSAN KHORBAN WILL REPORT FOR WORK SEPT. 3. An engineer, he will be leaving his job as head of the Department of Public Works for the city of Milwaukee. S&WB’s interim executive director, Jade Brown-Russell, will stay on until Khorban arrives. — KEVIN AllMAN

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was found in violation of the u.S. Department of labor’s Fair labor Standards Act and will have to pay more than $650,000 in owed wages to 567 employees of its restaurants in louisiana and Florida.

According to a report from the Department of labor, El Paso violated minimum wage requirements when it deducted uniform costs from employees’ paychecks and failed to pay overtime to some kitchen employees who worked more than 40 hours per week. El Paso has 22 locations in louisiana.

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WARREN, OCASIO-CORTEZ ADDED TO NEW ORLEANS PROGRESSIVE CONFERENCE Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New york congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have joined the lineup for the 2018 Netroots Nation conference, a progressive organizing conference to be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Aug. 2-4.

Previously announced speakers include u.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, as well as California state Sen. Kevin de leon and former u.S. Housing and urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, among others.

Warren also will participate in a conversation with u.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, at 5 p.m. Aug. 3 at Dillard university. The talk will cover “political topics and the issues that both Richmond and Warren are battling on Capitol Hill,” according to an announcement.

The event is open to the public; doors open at 4:30 p.m.

A full schedule of Netroots events and speakers is at www.netrootsnation.org.

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Quote of the week “First of all, I believe that Russia is not our friend. I believe they seek to do us harm. I think we are all benefited when the president speaks with a clear strong voice on this issue. … That obviously hasn’t been the case lately. I’m hopeful he and the administration will find that voice in the very near future.”

— Gov. John Bel Edwards on his monthly radio show last week, offering measured criticism of President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Entergy on the Council hot seat again Entergy New Orleans officials are facing another round of criticism from members of the New Orleans City Council, which demanded a more complete picture of the conditions of the utility’s equipment at its July 19 utility, Cable, Telecommunications and Technology Committee meeting.

The committee — chaired by Council Vice President Helena Moreno — looked to Entergy for updates on its power distribution system as well as progress with a reliability plan, which the council had requested in 2017 in the wake of frequent power outages. The council has ordered the utility to produce project budgets and priorities as well as a timeline for repairing its crippled infrastructure. Members of the committee asked Entergy to treat its hobbled distribution system as a “crisis.”

Entergy officials said the programs it has put in place have contributed to a 32 percent improvement within the last several years, but council committee members weren’t satisfied.

“What percentage of your assets are in good shape?” Moreno asked.

“What’s the damage to your priority projects? … I just think that would be really important information to share with us.”

District B Councilman Jay Banks listed several days over the last few months that he received Entergy text messages alerting him of power outages at his house. “Clearly there’s a problem,” said Banks, adding he’s not sure whether the outages are from a “transformer, or mutant ninja squirrels, whatever.” “let’s get down to real simple practical answers. When are y’all gonna get that fixed?” Banks continued. “If you got an area that is consistently going out, maybe you ought to start there.”

Council utility adviser Clint Vince said despite Entergy’s promised

improvements to its power grid and advanced metering infrastructure, “the Council cannot wait for that.” Vince added Entergy should contact other utilities in other cities “and find the best practices for asset management.”

“It appears there’s been underinvestment in the distribution system,” Vince said. “We have a crisis situation now.”

Roots of Music moves into new home in Faubourg Marigny The Roots of Music, the marching band and music education program co-founded by Rebirth Brass Band drummer Derrick Tabb, has moved into its brick-and-mortar space in Faubourg Marigny inside the former St. Paul’s lutheran School on Burgundy Street. It’s the program’s first full-time location since the organization was founded in 2008. The organization previously used spaces at the Cabildo and louisiana State Museum at the Old u.S. Mint and more recently inside McDonogh No. 35 in Treme.

Roots of Music currently has 170 students enrolled and is likely to reach 200 when schools reopen. It offers free year-round after-school (and summertime) music instruction to students six days a week, serving children ages 9 to 14 from low-income families. Roots of Music also requires on-site tutoring and homework time during rehearsals.

“The tutoring is very important,” Tabb said. “If they’re failing in school, they’re not going to be in the band.”

The new space has up to three rooms to accommodate tutoring and homework time. Education programs manager Morgan Stewart says Roots is looking to expand its academic components, with a stronger focus on reading and math. Students also will be able to use several donated computers to bolster their computer literacy skills and work on online projects and homework, as more schools initiate online-only assignments.

Roots of Music is part of the Berklee College of Music’s City Music Network, which provides music education to underserved communities, and new computers will connect students to Berklee’s PulSE Music Method interactive online program.

The new space gives Roots a “solid” foundation, Tabb said, “not worrying about being evicted, not worrying about having a place to be in next year.”

Was Tony the truck stop tiger an ‘individual’? U.S. Court of Appeals to decide A lawsuit concerning Tony — a Siberian-Bengal tiger euthanized in 2017 after living for years as an attraction at a louisiana truck stop near Baton Rouge — could determine whether certain records requests into the health and well-being of an “individual” also apply to animals.

Tony’s death followed years of litigation among the Animal legal Defense Fund (AlDF), Tony’s owners and state and federal agencies as the AlDF attempted to move Tony to a big cat sanctuary.

In April 2017, the AlDF requested the uSDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service determine whether Tony’s owners and enclosure were in violation of the Animal Welfare Act. The AlDF later requested an expedited Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related to Tony’s medical inspection. Failure to receive an expedited request “could reasonably be expected to pose an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of an individual,” according to FOIA regulations.

But the AlDF was denied an expedited processing request on the uSDA’s grounds that “Tony the Tiger is not considered an ‘individual’” under the FOIA because “the term ‘individual’ in this matter only encompasses human beings.”

A u.S. District Court judge ruled against the AlDF in May, and AlDF attorneys filed an appeal with the u.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on July 18.

“It’s just a question of whether the 9th Circuit gets it right,” AlDF senior staff attorney Tony Eliseuson told Gambit, “and determines that the term ‘individual’ has a broad meaning that applies to non-human animals.”

Gleason Gras music lineup set Marc Broussard, Flow Tribe and Paul Varisco & the Milestones will perform at Gleason Gras, and some New Orleans Saints players will make appearances at the Sept. 7 event in Champions Square.

The annual fundraiser includes a Saints fan costume contest, kids’ games, face painting, appearances

by Saints mascot Gumbo and the New Orleans Baby Cakes’ Boudreaux, a silent auction, a beer garden, food vendors and more.

Gleason Gras is 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 7. Admission is free, though suggested donation is $10; VIP tickets are $250 for adults and $50 for children.

COMMENTARY

“Attempting to undermine America’s constitution is far more than just a quotidian covert operation. It is in fact a casus belli, a true act of war, and one Washington will never tolerate.”

That was John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s handpicked national security adviser, writing in The Daily Telegraph last July. Trump had just met Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time in his presidency, and Bolton warned, “Whether regarding election interference, nuclear proliferation, arms control or the Middle East: negotiate with today’s Russia at your peril.”

Bolton’s warning was prescient. A year later, Trump’s obeisance to Putin at the Helsinki Summit was so abject, so stunning, that even some of his stalwart GOP defenders had to speak up. So did former and current intelligence chiefs, who were appalled that Trump sided with a foreign adversary rather than u.S. intelligence agencies when it came to Russian “meddling” in the 2016 election — and “meddling” is far too mild a word for hacking into and attempting to compromise a presidential election.

“My people came to me — [Director of National Intelligence] Dan Coats came to me and some others — they say they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin; he just said it’s not Russia. I will say this: I don’t see any reason why it would be.” Those were Trump’s words as he stood by the Russian dictator’s side. A day later he tried, unsuccessfully, to walk it back by saying he misspoke — that he meant to say “wouldn’t” rather than “would.” It was a lame attempt to deflect, particularly in light of other obsequious comments by Trump during the same news conference.

While many elected Republicans decried the president’s Helsinki statements, most of louisiana’s GOP delegation in Washington was as

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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland.

deferential to Trump as he was to Putin. The sole exceptions were Rep. Garret Graves, who ridiculed Putin’s credibility and urged Trump to clarify the u.S.-Russia relationship, and Rep. Mike Johnson, who called out Putin (but not Trump).

Sen. Bill Cassidy told The Advocate he hadn’t seen the Trump-Putin press conference or even read much about it — a laughable dodge. A Cassidy aide later forwarded reporters several tweets on Cassidy’s official account, which slammed former President Barack Obama’s approach to Russia and added, “President Trump should not make the same mistake.” Too late.

Meanwhile, Sen. John Kennedy, who’s always ready with a folksy quip, had no comment in the immediate aftermath of Trump’s Helsinki debacle. What made Senator Soundbite so suddenly silent? Perhaps because Kennedy was one of eight GOP Senators who spent the Fourth of July in Moscow, where he meekly referenced “our friends in Russia.”

Rep. Ralph Abraham insisted, without evidence, that nothing Russia did “affected the outcome of the last presidential race,” and called Trump “an expert negotiator who keeps his cards close.” The most outrageous statement came from Rep. Clay Higgins, who said, “It’s time to move on. ... I’m confident that President Trump has America’s best interest at heart. ... He’s a patriot of the highest order and he always puts America first.”

No, he doesn’t, and fawning over a president who puts Putin first is no way to Make America Great Again.

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EVERYWHERE ELSE IN AMERICA, THE NOV. 6 MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE A VERY BIG DEAL. When the

returns roll in Election Day, national pundits will parse the results and, depending on whether the Republicans hold both the House and Senate, declare President Donald Trump and the GOP big winners or big losers. They also will watch legislative elections in more than 20 states, with an eye toward redistricting battles after the 2020 Census.

All across America, a lot is at stake on Nov. 6.

Here in louisiana, not so much. We don’t have a u.S. Senate race; our gubernatorial and legislative races are not until next year; and all our congressional incumbents are expected to coast to re-election.

Heck, here in the Bayou State, Nov. 6 is just the primary. Everywhere else, it’s the general election. The most likely louisiana contests to require runoffs are the special election for secretary of state and any number of local races, not those for our six congressional seats.

Our state’s political temperature has been so tepid that, as of the close of business on July 19 (the second day of the three-day qualifying period), three of louisiana’s six Congress members had not even qualified for re-election — and no candidates had filed in the 4th Congressional District (in northwest louisiana). Talk about ho-hum.

Which is not to say we won’t see some fireworks between now and Nov. 6. It’s a safe bet that we will, particularly in the lone statewide contest to succeed former Secretary of State Tom Schedler, who resigned in May amid a sexual harassment scandal. Still, that contest is likely to be an intramural Republican brouhaha, not an all-out “red vs. blue” war.

Some local races may also heat up — particularly the contest for clerk of Civil District Court in New Orleans. That race already has seen lots of behind-the-scenes politicking, and things likely will intensify after labor Day. Otherwise, louisiana’s electoral politics will seem tame compared to the

partisan warfare raging across the rest of America.

Some will say that’s further proof of the old political observation that when America zigs, louisiana zags.

To some extent, that’s true, but it’s equally true that louisiana is merely one of more than a dozen states that are reliably “red” or “blue” in national elections. Our measly six congressional seats render us insignificant nationally, and our districts, like so many across the nation, skew heavily Republican, except for the lone black-majority district represented by Congressman Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans. With just a few hours to go before qualifying closed on Friday (July 20), Richmond drew only a smattering of unknown opponents — all of them either “no party” or “Independent.”

Richmond’s five GOP colleagues from louisiana likewise drew unremarkable opposition.

“We are the boring people for once,” says uNO political scientist and pollster Ed Chervenak. yes, this year’s statewide ballot may be a yawner, but rest assured next year’s — for governor and legislature — will put us back on the map. Meanwhile, don’t forget to vote Nov. 6.

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Hey Blake,

Where exactly do the 30/90 lines of latitude and longitude meet in New Orleans? I could have sworn someone told me there was a plaque or marker denoting it but I can’t find any mention of it.

— MARIA

Dear Maria,

There is in fact a marker describing the city of New Orleans’ location according to latitude and longitude (roughly 30 degrees north and 90 degrees west), but oddly enough, the marker is nowhere near that spot.

The exact location is defined by the National Geodetic Survey, a federal agency first established in 1807 and now overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. According to its website, its mission is to survey the u.S. coastline and create nautical charts of the coast to help increase maritime safety. The agency’s online map and other sources put the location of 30 degrees north and 90 degrees west at a spot near Terminal Road just off the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal in New Orleans East. However, the historical marker is located some 10 miles away in lafayette Square. The large stone marker is inscribed with the city’s latitude and longitude and marked “u.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,” the former name of the

The longitude and latitude marker for New Orleans is located in Lafayette Square, but the actual location of 30 degrees north and 90 degrees west is in New Orleans East, 10 miles away.

agency. As the marker indicates, it was placed there in February 1880.

Press coverage at the time includes a mention in the Daily City Item that “the officers of the u.S. Coast Survey are now engaged in setting up a meridional landmark in lafayette Square to determine the latitude and longitude at that point for the present and future reference.” Why lafayette Square? In 1968, StatesItem columnist Charles “Pie” Dufour answered a question from a reader about the city’s geographical location and said the marker was placed there since it was the site of an astronomical station for the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

BLAKEVIEW THIS YEAR MARKS THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF A LOCAL LANDMARK: the

Roosevelt Hotel. When the hotel opened in December 1893, the six-story building, which at the time faced Baronne Street, was known as the Grunewald Hotel. It carried the name of proprietor louis Grunewald, who owned the Grunewald Music Hall, which once stood on the spot but was destroyed by fire. By 1908, the new hotel was successful enough to require more space, so an annex was built. In 1923, new owners began planning another major addition, with the hotel fronting university Place. On Oct. 31, 1923, owners changed the name to the Roosevelt, to honor President Theodore Roosevelt. A 15-story addition opened the next year and reportedly made the hotel the largest in the South.

The tradition of decorating the massive lobby at Christmas began in the 1930s. That’s also when the hotel opened its famed supper club, the Blue Room, which became a hot spot for A-list entertainment during the Big Band era and beyond. For 40 years, the studios of WWl-radio also were located in the hotel. In 1965, the name of the Roosevelt was changed to the Fairmont when it was purchased by the hotel chain of the same name.

When the hotel reopened in 2009, after Hurricane Katrina prompted a $14.5 million renovation, it returned to the Roosevelt name but was part of the Hilton Waldorf Astoria Collection. On July 27, the hotel celebrates its 125th birthday with a performance by comedian Joe Piscopo, music, dancing, dinner and cocktails in the Blue Room. Call (504) 335-3129 for tickets.

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BY ALEX WOODWARD

man in board shorts rolls his motorized scootwanted or needed until companies started heyday would recognize the electric scooters er into the camera as the words fly across the offering them. swarming East and West Coast metro areas and, screen: “The smart mobility revolution is here.”

The scooter revolution advertises low increasingly, cities in the South.

The new wave of two-wheeled transit rentals is ademissions, fewer cars on the road and less In May, scooter company Bird began offering its vertised among anonymous urban settings, the kind congested streets, at a relatively low price. fleet in Atlanta. And a few weeks later, Muving — a of homogeneous-hip and aspirationally 21st-centuThe scooters also stream data and GPS back moped rental company previously available only in ry-looking cities that don’t appear entirely unlike to the company, which offers that data at no Europe — also opened its first U.S. outpost in the some new retail and condo buildings in downtown cost to cities hosting them: peak ride times, Georgia capital. Lime and Bird are expected to roll New Orleans. popular routes and demographics — information out their fleets in New Orleans later this year.

The company in the ad is Lime — recently valcompanies say can be used to influence traffic Those companies promote their scooters as a ued at more than $1 billion by its new partner, planning and infrastructure. transit option for the so-called “first” and “last” Uber — and its “revolution” is getting thoumiles of a commute — those short journeys to an They’re pretty fast, quiet, and can be parked just sands of people to rent electric scooters in office door after taking a train or bus or car into an about anywhere. They also make for a pretty effective cities across the U.S. Anyone familiar with protest instrument against tech-era gentrification; in San urban center, then hopping on a mode of transRazor scooters from their mid-2000s Francisco, protesters piled up scooters to block Google busportation people didn’t necessarily know they

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THEY’RE COMING. COVER STORY es. There also are many reports of scooters riding on sidewalks and buzzing around bicyclists and pedestrians, who fear being mowed down

by Silicon Valley characters now dominating urban spaces.

It’s the most recent leg in a race to replace or compete with the entire concept of mass transit, “disrupted” by companies with billion-dollar valuations. Companies now have inserted themselves into the public part of public transit with an ad hoc network. And those companies are moving quickly to shape the future of transit — “public” in nature but private in its terms. A $2 bus or streetcar fare is replaced with a $10 Uber ride. Bike rentals (or “bikeshare”) kiosks dot popular urban centers, adding more options for transit in areas already dense with them.

Ride-hailing app Lyft owns New York’s Citi Bike parent company. Uber is invested in Lime.

And Bird’s CEO Travis VanderZanden is a former Lyft and Uber executive. That company is valued at more than $1 billion.

These “dockless” scooters take up public space, securing prime real estate in cities across the country with more branding opportunity for the companies that own them.

What happens when private transit occupies so much space that it starts to look public?

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ometime later this year, New Orleans will debut a pilot program to perform a test run under a new ordinance that opens the door for scooter rental companies to operate in the city. Lime is working with City Hall officials to come up with the terms of the pilot ordinance.

Andrew Sullivan, chief of staff for District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer, who chairs the council’s Transportation Committee, told Gambit a pilot likely will be put in place next month, pending a City Council vote. After six months or a year, “it will give us an idea of, ‘OK, everything is great, this ordinance nailed it, we’ll keep going forward,’” he says, “or, ‘It’s a huge public safety hazard and it’s not going to work.’”

Like most things in the year 2018, scooter riders first must download an app, which

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Scooter riders download an app that shows where the scooters are on a map.

Using the app, riders then scan a scooter to unlock it.

directs the user to a nearby bike. The rider uses the app’s QR code reader to scan a code on the bike, unlock the bike and charge a credit card attached to the account. It’s $1 to unlock the scooter and 15 cents a minute to ride. Riders must have a driver’s license and be at least 18 years old.

Lime Development Director Todd O’Boyle told the council’s Transportation Committee last month that 100 New Orleans businesses — in Gentilly, Lakeview, Bywater, parts of City Park and near Loyola University — have signed on to offer Lime on their properties.

Laura Bryan, director of the city’s new Department of Transportation, says Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration is “playing an active role in encouraging this new industry.”

The scooters occupy a “unique space that we have not seen before,” she told the committee, though current city laws don’t permit their commercial use under an outdated “novelty” vehicle ordinance.

The administration’s draft proposal amends that ordinance and creates a permit process, mandating that companies have liability insurance of at least $1 million. Each company must pay for an annual permit of $250 with a $30 fee per scooter. Early Lime pitches indicate a fleet of roughly 300 scooters. The draft ordinance

“THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE VERY AGGRESSIVE IF SOMEONE CAME IN AND STARTED DUMPING SCOOTERS ON THE GROUND WITHOUT WARNING” COUNCILWOMAN KRISTIN GISLESON PALMER

also gives scooters a curfew — scooters must be picked up at dusk every day, or the city can fine companies $250 for each scooter.

The scooters use electric power, which means they need a charge every night. At dusk around the U.S., Lime “juicers” and Bird “hunters” gather as many scooters as they can to charge them in their homes — creating a new and extremely competitive labor force in the gig economy, without a set wage and earning $5 to $15 per scooter charge, depending on fleet scarcity and availability.

Chargers can see the battery life of nearby scooters on the app, then scoop them up — often carrying several on each arm — and plug them into their home outlets.

The Seattle Times recently illustrated the “cutthroat” world of scooter-based independent contracting, in which chargers game the system by collecting scooters and waiting for them to die, only to collect a “bounty” for a higher return rate when fewer scooters are available. The Atlantic quoted one charger as saying it’s “like Pokemon Go, but when you get paid for finding Pokemon.”

New Orleans officials warn that enforcement — including dusk-to-dawn pickup watch and keeping riders from scooting on sidewalks — would require $200,000 for additional staff.

Absent fines, however, the city is expected to generate only $10,000 for one company operating a fleet of around 300 scooters. Palmer says that’s “not enough” revenue.

O’Boyle said Lime has “no problem paying for the recovery during the time it takes to regulate us.”

“It’s labor-intensive for us but less labor-intensive for the city,” he said.

City Hall officials likely will introduce a compromise draft of a scooter plan later this month.

In an email to Gambit, Lime Communications Manager Mary Caroline Pruitt said the company is “eager to provide the community of New Orleans with more innovative, affordable transportation options like Lime, but will continue to be patient and work with the City as they craft regulations.”

and lock them anywhere without having to rack them at a kiosk. But the Cantrell administration wants scooters to adhere to strict parking restrictions — not be anchored in the middle of sidewalks or against buildings — or the companies could face a $50 fine or impoundment for up to 30 days.

Forcing riders to park on racks or designated parking areas is “not a viable solution for our business model or for public rights of way,” O’Boyle said.

And that’s the sticking point. Their “dockless” model fills that “last mile” gap by letting riders pull up in front of their destination, not at the closest parking spot. City Hall now is negotiating where the scooters must go if their riders can’t park them anywhere.

O’Boyle says Lime is concerned that the number of bike racks in the city are concentrated in high-traffic neighborhoods and near tourist destinations, meaning a lock requirement “may unintentionally reinforce existing disparities.”

City officials also are cautious about adding more strain on traffic enforcement with scooters sharing bike lanes and city streets, especially if those riders aren’t familiar with New Orleans traffic or the scooters themselves.

Among the most common scooter accidents are crashes with other scooters and pedestrians, cars hitting scooters, cars swerving to avoid them and scooters crashing into potholes.

According to a New Orleans City Hall report, in the first few months of 2018 alone, Bird scooters in Santa Monica, California were involved in 575 traffic stops, received 273 traffic tickets and had nine accidents. In May, that ticked up to 1,400 stops and 600 citations.

As for potential scooter theft, O’Doyle says that’s Lime’s problem, not the city’s. “We’re not going to occupy the City of New Orleans Police Department with the case of the missing scooter,” he said.

Unlawful company operation in some cities that haven’t finished putting together legal framework has led to the issuance of ceaseand-desist letters and scooter impoundments, with scooters left on sidewalks hauled off by city crews. Palmer warned Lime to “work with us and not put scooters out until this process is pretty much refined.”

O’Boyle agreed Lime wouldn’t do that but warned that more hearings that might delay the company’s operation in New Orleans only “opens the window for rogue operators.”

“This council would be very aggressive if someone came in and started dumping scooters on the ground without warning,” Palmer said.

In a note attached to the city report, Posorske said Ride New Orleans supports the idea of more mobility options in principle but doesn’t support a “culture where all new private sector mobility options are started by companies that flood the streets with their product outside of conversation with local government, trying to achieve an ex post facto legalization/regulation of their model.”

“So we recommend working with the electric scooter companies to try and achieve a pilot program to see what works best,” according to Posorske’s note.

“A pilot program makes the most sense here,” he told Gambit. “Let the private companies take the risk, let the private companies use the knowledge they acquired, and our city should lay out what this might look like and make sure they don’t take us for a ride. … We might be like, ‘Yeah, this is a real dumb idea. It’s not going to work for us.’ At that point if you can make an educated decision like that, then certainly the government needs to step up and say if it’s not going to work.

“Maybe we’ll all be riding scooters, who knows.”

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Riders unlock scooters using an app, which charges $1 to begin riding.

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erhaps the most crucial tool transit companies have that public transit riders do not: a partnership with their elected officials.

Companies can move quickly through City Hall with demands or requests, relative to the sluggish pace — often months- and years-long efforts from transit advocacy groups, buoyed by rider support — of negotiations within public transit bodies. Even following a recent lawsuit, completing ADA-accessible renovations to the New Orleans RTA’s bus shelters will take more than a decade. It took only a few years for Uber, Lyft and now Lime to come up with plans to operate in New Orleans.

Lime received its license to do business in Louisiana in April.

“The local government has to have jurisdiction over anything that’s happening at all on public space, especially when it comes to transportation,” says Alex Posorske, executive director of the transit advocacy and oversight organization Ride New Orleans. “There’s certainly an interest in mobility and making sure mobility is improving [the lives of] all people. … At the same point, you can go overboard with that. Government is not always going to have the expertise, especially with a fairly newer technology like this, nor should it be expected to.”

Lime, which also runs a bike rental program similar to New Orleans’ Blue Bikes that launched last year, won’t bring its bikes to the city. O’Boyle said Lime aims to “build on Blue Bike’s success by complementing the existing transportation fleet with a new option.” Lime has “no interest in displacing the bike program here,” he said.

Unlike Lime, Blue Bikes are the result of a cooperative endeavor agreement, a public-private contract involving City Hall, operator Social Bicycles and Blue Cross Blue Shield, which has the naming rights. The parameters set by b that agreement allow people who earn lowe er incomes or who qualify for the Supplemental Nu utrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food sta amps) to receive a discounted rate.

O’Boyle says its scooters have increassed bike usage — in Charlotte, North Carolina, bike ridership increased 11 percent after scoote ers were introduced. “We get people on two wheels,” he said. “We get people thinking about, ‘H How can I get there other than taking a private au utomobile?’

We find that when you give people opttions, they take them. If you give people a choice, they’re happy to have a choice.”

Lime scooters average 1,000 daily trip ps in Charlotte, O’Boyle said.

“There is not a typical scooter rider,” he h said. “There was an initial presumption that maybe this is just for young people. We e’ve found, certainly, a strong ridership of pe eople below 35, who I think grew up with Raz zor scooters, but we’ve seen very strong rid dership among professional adults, businessmen and businesswomen.”

But transit advocates and City Hall officials fear ridership could skew toward tourists and people who already have ample transit access when it launches in New Orleans, where it won’t be subject to the same kind of parameters set by the Blue Bikes program.

Lime appears to share those concerns.

Because the scooters are dockless, riders can park

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Sushi rollover

MASTERP1ECE (1340 S. Carrollton

Ave., 504-861-6088; www.facebook. com/masterp1ecejapanesecuisine), a sushi and Asian street-food concept, has replaced little Tokyo Small Plates & Noodle Bar in Carrollton. little appears different about the restaurant’s physical appearance after the corner building on Carrollton Avenue and Willow Street quietly changed hands earlier this summer.

The new restaurant serves a similar spread of sushi rolls and sashimi.

What’s new is the restaurant’s addi-

Bywater American Bistro is an impressive follow-up to Compere Lapin

By H E l E N F R E u N D @helenfreund

WHEN CHEF/OWNER NINA COMPTON’S Bywater American Bistro

opened in spring, it had a tough act to follow. Compton had drawn widespread praise at Compere lapin, the Warehouse District restaurant where she thoughtfully melds her Caribbean heritage, mastery of Italian cooking and fine-dining finesse. She was named Best Chef: South by the James Beard Foundation in May. Her new restaurant straddles the line between neighborhood bistro and upscale establishment with creative dishes that combine local ingredients and refined techniques.

Bywater American Bistro took over the space formerly occupied by Mariza. The remodeled restaurant has Prussian blue accents, exposed brick and chandeliers, creating an industrial chic setting that’s intimate and bustling at the same time. On busy nights, the restaurant buzzes with energy and can get very loud. Servers weave their way through high-top tables and banquettes, past corner booths and into a semi-private dining space available for larger groups.

For their sophomore effort, Compton and her husband larry Miller partnered with Compere lapin sous chef levi Raines, who helms the kitchen here. Raines describes the menu as ingredient-driven American cooking, and many dishes are amalgamations of influences and techniques.

Tuna toast takes a dish that’s become ubiquitous and comes back swinging. Bellegarde Bakery’s Graison Gill consulted on the recipe for the bread, a dense and fine-crumbed loaf made with freshly milled white wheat

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2900 Chartres St., (504) 605-3827; www.bywateramericanbistro.com

from Kansas and heirloom cornmeal that imparts a slight tang. A raw garlic oil and tomato jam adds a twist on the Spanish pan con tomate and avocado puree supplies a buttery base. Tuna loin treated to a traditional bresaola cure is frozen and sliced super thin so that the delicate, almost translucent, pink slices are akin to aged ham.

The menu makes a nod to the Italian practice of mid-courses with a selection of “Rice, Grains, Noodles” that includes the addictively good smoked ricotta agnolotti, which have been offered in several iterations since opening. The most recent version is perhaps the lightest, with roasted shiitake mushrooms and just barely sautéed chanterelles and peas, charred pickled pearl onions and a dashi made from shiitake stems, kombu and scallions.

Dishes featuring food from the Gulf South often deliver impressively nuanced results. Blue crab dip parts with the remoulade-heavy version by lightening the dish with a vinegar cream in place of mayonnaise. The crab is dressed lightly in olive oil and a housemade mustard powder adds tang. A simple preparation of steamed snapper with broccoli rabe is served with a silky, jerk spiced Crystal hollandaise that’s lighter than air

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tuna toast, smoked ricotta agnolotti, rabbit curry

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Chef/co-owner Levi Raines serves cobia escabeche and pan-roasted duck breast at Bywater American Bistro.

and a reminder of just how good the classic sauce can be.

A gazpacho highlights the restaurant’s flair for interesting flavor combinations. The cold soup is re-imagined and finished tableside with tomatillos poured over crunchy charred croutons and topped with a light buttermilk sorbet. Thick sliced pork belly is balanced by the bright and almost sour combination of juniper, apples and wild rice. Compton’s influence seems particularly strong in an excellent rabbit curry, a simple, warming dish served with jasmine rice, pecans and cilantro.

Raines and Compton’s backgrounds serve as connecting threads throughout the menu, which is like a story that still is unfolding. It tells us about who they are as chefs, but also about who we are as diners right now.

Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

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Bywater restaurant takes a creative approach with local ingredients and fine-tuned techniques

Masterp1ece, a new sushi and Asian street food concept, has taken over the Little Tokyo location on Carrollton Avenue.

tion of “street food” dishes plucked from the cuisines of Japan, Indonesia and Hawaii.

A selection of fried rice dishes includes a Hawaiian pineapple version with shrimp, cashews, raisins and curry. There also is grilled eel fried rice, salted cod fried rice with chicken, cabbage, bean sprouts, onions and fried anchovies, and a sweet-and-spicy Javanese fried rice including shrimp, chicken, steak, sprouts, onions and a fried egg. larger dishes run the gamut from Japanese chicken katsu to grilled salmon in a lemon and garlic sauce with shiitake mushrooms. Gado gado is an Indonesian dish made with vegetables, fried tofu, boiled eggs and shrimp chips topped with peanut sauce. little Tokyo was part of the sushi chain that started in Metairie in the 1980s and included several locations across the metro area. All have closed except little Tokyo (www. littletokyonola.com) restaurants at PAGE 20

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2300 N. Causeway Blvd. and 4704 Veterans Memorial Blvd. in Metairie.

The Carrollton Avenue location was known for its karaoke hall and private rooms. The new restaurant also has karaoke. — HElEN FREuND

Vine dining

COPPER VINE , described as a

“wine pub” serving wines on tap, will open at 1009 Poydras St. in the Central Business District as early as next month.

The bar takes over the 5,500square-foot space that was home to Happy’s Irish Pub, a “breastaurant” that featured female servers dressed

gelee and Cajun caviar, duck confit flatbread with bacon jam, goat cheese and micro arugula, and a short rib with Parmesan flan.

The spot could open as early as mid-August, according to a marketing representative for the wine bar. — HElEN FREuND

Bar tabs

ON THE OPENING DAY of its annual

conference in New Orleans, the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation (www. talesofthecocktail.org) announced recipients of $250,000 in grants.

From a pool of 52 full proposals, Tales selected 11 projects to fund fully or in part. Projects focus on

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Copper Vine, a new wine pub, will open in the former Happy’s Irish Pub location this summer.

in schoolgirl outfits. The building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, was home to Maylie’s, which opened in 1876 and was one of the city’s oldest restaurants when it closed in the 1980s. Copper Vine will have a bar, a large dining area, a courtyard and balcony.

Copper Vine owner Kyle Brechtel purchased the building that also houses the adjacent sports bar Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar (1009 Poydras St., 504-309-6530; www. walk-ons.com). He also founded the nearby nightclub-turned-bowling alley Fulton Alley (600 Fulton St., 504-208-5569; www.fultonalley. com). According to a statement from Brechtel’s hospitality group, the new spot will focus on making wine more approachable for non-oenophiles by serving 30 familiar wines on tap in a publike atmosphere. For more adventurous customers, there will be 20 wines available by the glass from less familiar regions, according to the statement. The bar also will offer eight local beers on tap and cocktails.

Chef Michael Brewer will run the pub’s food operations. Brewer won the 2015 King of louisiana Seafood competition and ran the former Maple Street sandwich hub The Sammich. The menu will include Murder Point oysters with a pineapple-mint

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Tales of the Cocktail

health care in the hospitality industry, documentary projects, spirits knowledge, environmentally conscious campaigns and more.

Recipients include CrescentCare, a health program founded by NO/ AIDS Task Force, received a grant to support outreach to hospitality industry workers. Chicago-based Causing a Stir is a group of hospitality industry workers creating a nonprofit organization to increase diversity and mentorship. Boston-based 86Waste is a project to raise awareness of waste in the bar and spirits industry. Camper English’s CocktailSafe.org will be an online resource about ingredients and techniques used in bars. Chad Arnholt will receive support for a documentary about agricultural changes in Jalisco, Mexico, where mezcal producers and avocado farmers compete for resources. The Scottish hospitality network The 100 Scots will receive support for its work with service industry workers.

For a full list of recipients and project details, visit www.talesofthecocktail. org. — WIll COVIEllO

3-COURSE INTERVIEW

Joy Wilson BAKER/BLOGGER

SELF-TAUGHT BAKER Joy Wilson has written the popular baking blog www.joythebaker.com for the last decade. Five years ago, she made New Orleans her home and she holds baking tutorials and food styling workshops at her Bywater house. On labor Day weekend, Wilson hosts The Bake Away (www.thebakeawaynola. com), a retreat featuring baking, food styling, photography and social media workshops and more.

Wilson spoke with Gambit about the baking businesses.

What inspired you to teach classes and workshops in your home?

WILSON: Much of what I do with my work — recipe development and writing cookbooks — is insular and on the computer. I wanted to connect with people in a real way and that, to me, is the spirit of New Orleans. We’re very connected people.

I sometimes miss working in a restaurant kitchen. The camaraderie is wonderful, and you learn a lot from each other. I don’t miss waking up early and I don’t miss baker’s hours, but at the Bakehouse, I’m trying to replicate some of that camaraderie and offer it to the community. There is a really big pop-up culture here, which is exciting to people like me who just want to experiment and see what the reaction is.

the space up for private events, too. I’ve had a few businesses do styling classes with me — food businesses, catering businesses wanting to improve their social media — and I do workshops for people coming into town.

I like to partner with other makers around New Orleans. I did an event with Kathleen (Currie) of Smoke Perfume. She came and taught a scent workshop and we all made room sprays. I partnered with Sara (Perez Ekanger) from Antigua Floral. She’s taught people how to put together Mardi Gras wreaths and (she’s) done floral workshops. I also do this thing called Backyard Bagel, which I’m starting up again in fall. I make a bunch of bagels and schmears and open up my backyard. For $10, people get a bagel and coffee and can hang out in the backyard, and it’s really fun.

What kind of classes and workshops do you offer?

How do you work with people intimidated by baking?

W: Right now we do food styling workshops where we’ll bake something together and learn how to style food. We do traditional start-to-finish baking classes — like pie baking, pie crusts and beignets. We also do Drake on Cake classes. I have an Instagram account called Drake on Cake, where I write Drake lyrics on cakes, which is just so silly. But it’s a really popular class because people learn how to frost and how to write on cakes, and then we do some styling around the cakes, too. I also do brunch workshops where 12 people get in the kitchen, make brunch and then sit down and eat together. I open

W: It is intimidating, and I think it’s because baking is a lot of science.

There are things that you simply have to get right in order to have success with whatever kind of baking you’re doing. Once you’ve learned the rules you can bend them, but some rules just can’t be bent. It’s hard to know what rule you can bend and what you can’t.

That’s where people get tripped up. As a self-taught baker, I have a lot of perspective on what it feels like to be intimidated by recipes or ingredients and how to get past that. I can make things approachable for people because I’ve had to make them approachable for myself. — HElEN FREuND

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BYWATER Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant — 738 Poland Ave., (504) 943-9914; www.jackdempseys. net — Reservations accepted for large parties. l Tue-Fri, D Wed-Sat. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. D WedSun, late Wed-Sun, brunch Sat-Sun. $$

CBD Public Service Restaurant — NOPSI Hotel, 311 Baronne St., (504) 962-6527; www. publicservicenola.com — Reservations recommended. B & D daily, l Mon-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. $

CARROLLTON/UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOODS Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise.com — Reservations accepted. l Sat-Sun, D daily, late Fri-Sat. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted for large parties. l Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — No reservations. l, D daily. $$ Riccobono’s Panola Street Cafe — 7801 Panola St., (504) 314-1810; www.panolastreetcafe.com — No reservations. B and l daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. l Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

CITYWIDE Breaux Mart — Citywide; www.breauxmart. com — No reservations. l, D daily. $ La Carreta — Citywide; www.carretarestaurant.com — Reservations accepted for larger parties. lunch and dinner daily. $$

FAUBOURG MARIGNY Kebab — 2315 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3834328; www.kebabnola.com — Delivery available. No reservations. l and D WedMon, late Fri-Sat. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal., (504) 947-8787 — No reservations. Open 24 hours daily. $

FRENCH QUARTER Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — No reservations. B, l, D daily. $ Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Reservations recommended. l, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$$

B — breakfast L — lunch D — dinner late — late 24H — 24 hours

$ — average dinner entrée under $10 $$ — $11 to $20 $$$ — $21 or more

Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Reservations accepted. B, l. D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans. com — Reservations recommended. B, l Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — Reservations recommended. B, l, D daily. $$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ El Gato Negro — 81 French Market Place, (504) 525-9752; www.elgatonegronola.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — No reservations. l, early dinner daily. $$ Green Goddess — 307 Exchange Place, (504) 301-3347; www.greengoddessrestaurant.com — No reservations. l, D WedSun. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Reservations accepted. l, D Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — No reservations.

Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. l, D daily. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — No reservations. B, l, D daily. $$ NOLA Restaurant — 534 St. Louis St., (504) 522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/nola-restaurant — Reservations recommended. l Thu-Mon, D daily. $$$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations recommended. B, l, D daily, brunch SatSun. $$$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reservations accepted. l, D daily. $$$

P H OTO B y C H E R y l G E R B E R

Oscar’s (2027 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-831-9540; www.oscarsoldmetairie. com) serves a burger topped with cheese, bacon, tomato, lettuce, pickles and onion.

— Reservations accepted. B, l, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

Reservations recommended. l Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$

HARAHAN/JEFFERSON/ RIVER RIDGE

Casablanca — 3030 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2209; www.casablancanola. com — Reservations accepted. l Sun-Fri, D Sun-Thu. $$

Heads & Tails Seafood & Oyster Bar — 1820 Dickory Ave., Suite A, Harahan, (504) 533-9515; www.headsandtailsrestaurant. com — No reservations. l, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $

Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www. gumbostop.com — No reservations. l, D Mon-Sat. $$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. l Sun-Thu, D Mon-Thu. $

Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 7333803; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $

Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www. marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. l Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $

KENNER

Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine. com — No reservations. B, l daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$

The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4675611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — No reservations. B, l, D daily. $$ Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ — 3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 305-4393 — No reservations. l, D daily. $$

LAKEVIEW El Gato Negro — 300 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-0107; www.elgatonegronola.com — See No reservations. l, D daily. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations.

B, l daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $ NOLA Beans — 762 Harrison Ave., (504) 267-0783; www.nolabeans.com — No reservations. B, l, early D daily. $$ Sala Restaurant & Bar — 124 Lake Marina Ave., (504) 513-2670; www.salanola.com — Reservations accepted. l and D Tue-Sun, brunch Sat-Sun, late Thu-Sat. $$

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

METAIRIE

Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted.

B daily, D Tue-Sun. $$

Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. l, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$

Salon Restaurant by Sucre — 622 Conti St., (504) 267-7098; www.restaurantsalon. com — Reservations accepted. brunch and early D Thu-Mon. $$

Banh Mi Boys — 5001 Airline Drive, Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5360; www.bmbmetairie.com — Delivery available. No reservations. l and D Mon-Sat. $

Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com

Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com —

R&O’s Restaurant — 216 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie, (504) 831-1248; www.rnosrestarurant.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $$ Riccobono’s Peppermill — 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-2226; www. riccobonospeppermill.com — Reservations accepted. B and l daily, D Wed-Sun. $$ Rolls N Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.rollsnbowlsnola.com — No reservations. l, D Mon-Sat. $ Sammy’s Po-boys & Catering — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0916; www.sammyspoboys.com — No reservations. l Mon-Sat, D daily. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www. shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. B, l, D Mon-Sat. $ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Reservations recommended. l, D Tue-Sun. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations. l, D Mon-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. l Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

MID-CITY/TREME

Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 6093871; www.brownbutterrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. l Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. l Tue-Sun, D Fri. $ Cafe Navarre — 800 Navarre Ave., (504) 483-8828; www.cafenavarre.com — No reservations. B, l and D Mon-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. $ Cupcake Fairies — 2511 Bayou Road, (504) 333-9356; www.cupcakefairies.com — B and l Tue-Sat. $ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. l, D daily. $$ Fullblast Brunch — 139 S. Cortez St., (504) 302-2800 — No reservations. Brunch Thu-Mon. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizzas.com — No reservations. l, D, late daily. $ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — No reservations. l daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $ Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 4838899; www.namese.net — Reservations accepted. l, D Mon-Sat. $$ Ralph’s on the Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Reservations recommended. l Tue-Fri, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Rue 127 — 127 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 483-1571; www.rue127.com — Reservations recommended. D Tue-Sat. $$$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza. com — No reservations. l, D daily. $ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola. com — No reservations. l Mon-Sat. $$ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. l, D, late daily. $

rants.com/emerils-delmonico — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$

G’s Kitchen Spot — Balcony Bar, 3201 Magazine St., (504) 891-9226; www. gskitchenspot.com — No reservations. l Fri-Sun, D, late daily. $ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. l, D Mon-Sat. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.juansflyingburrito. com — No reservations. l, D daily. $ Le’s Baguette Banh Mi Cafe — 4607 Dryades St., (504) 895-2620; www.facebook. com/lesbaguettenola — No reservations. B Sat-Sun, l and D daily. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, l daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. l Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Reservations accepted for five or more. l, D Tue-Sun. $$ Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., (504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelateria.com — No reservations. l, D Tue-Sun. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; www.slicepizzeria.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $ Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; www.titoscevichepisco. com — Reservations accepted. D MonSat. $$

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT El Gato Negro — 800 S. Peters St., (504) 309-8864; www.elgatonegronola.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $$ Emeril’s Restaurant — 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-new-orleans — Reservations recommended. l Mon-Fri, D daily. $$$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; www.juansflyingburrito. com — No reservations. l, D daily. $

NORTHSHORE

Meril — 424 Girod St., (504) 526-3745; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/meril — Reservations accepted. l, D daily. $$

Martin Wine Cellar — 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, l daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$

Vyoone’s Restaurant — 412 Girod St., (504) 518-6007; www.vyoone.com — Reservations accepted. l Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

UPTOWN

WEST BANK

Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 8948881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. brunch, D Tue-Sun. $$$

Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. D Tue-Sat. Cash only. $$$

The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, l Fri-Sat, D Mon-Thu, brunch Sun. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — No reservations. l Fri-Sun, D and late daily. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Reservations recommended. D Wed-Sun. $$$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestau-

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Restaurant des Familles — 7163 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 689-7834; www. desfamilles.com — Reservations recommended. l, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$

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5:30p.m. - 9:30p.m. (rain or shine) Join us for a VIP Enjoy art openings at experience. Tickets more than a dozen include two drinks, Arts District New light bites, seating, Orleans galleries AC, restrooms, plus and museums, with cocktails and cuisine complimentary tickets to the Official from 25 + local White Linen Night Party restaurants on all After Dark five blocks. Music by $40 CAC Members DJ Dreamer and $50 Non - Members DJ Matt Scott.

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Be a part of the opening night of “Constructing $10 General Admission the Break”, an open call Free for CAC Members CAC Camp Street exhibition featuring the Warehouse works of 29 regional 900 Camp Street artists.

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SPORT YOUR WHITE LINEN AND SUPPORT THE CAC ON THE COOLEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR! AVOID THE LINES! Tickets for cuisine, cocktails, Cool Down Lounge and the Official White Linen Night Party After Dark are available in advance at cacno.org/hwwln2018 or by calling the CAC at 504 528-3805 All proceeds, including admissions and food & beverage sales, benefit the CAC and the Arts District New Orleans.

PARTICIPATING GALLERIES Ariodante Gallery, Arthur Roger Gallery, Arthur Roger@434, Arts Council New Orleans, Beata Sasik Gallery, boyd|satellite, Brand New Orleans Art Gallery, Callan Contemporary, Degas Gallery, George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts, JOHATHAN FERRARA GALLERY, LeMieux Galleries, Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans Architecture Foundation, Octavia Art Gallery, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Roux Maison Art Gallery, Soren Christensen Gallery, Stella Jones Gallery PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS Balise Tavern, Banh Mi Boys, Boucherie, Bratz Y’all! Bistro, Bakery & Biergarten, Chef Johnson, Crêpes à la Cart, Cru at the Pythian Market, Curio, Echo’s Pizza, Flamingo A-Go-Go, Foundation Room VIP Club, Josephine Estelle at the Ace Hotel, Just Delights NOLA, Lucy’s Retired Surfer’s Bar & Restaurant, Lula Restaurant Distillery, Mac & Moon, Nirvana Indian Cuisine, NOLA Girl Catering & Events, Nolavore Catering, Pizza Domenica, Reconcile New Orleans, Seed, Superior Seafood & Oyster Bar, The American Sector Restaurant & Bar SPONSORS

Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $$ Tavolino Pizza & Lounge — 141 Delaronde St., (504) 605-3365; www.facebook. com/tavolinolounge — Reservations accepted for large parties. D daily, brunch Sun. $$

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TUESDAY 24 Bombay Club — Matt lemmler, 8 Checkpoint Charlie’s — Jamie lynn Vessels, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Chip Wilson, 5; lynn Drury & the Kick Stands, 8 Circle Bar — Old School Swamp Blues in the Circle feat. The Excelleauxs, Sam Hogan, 7 Columns Hotel — John Rankin, 8 d.b.a. — Treme Brass Band, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Mark Coleman & Todd Duke, 9 Gasa Gasa — I Set My Friends on Fire, Annisokay, The Funeral Portrait, Hey Thanks!, Arabesque, 9 House of Blues (The Parish) — la Santa Cecilia, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8 SideBar — Steve Masakowski, Tom Fitzpatrick, Kirk Duplantis, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Joe Welnick, 7; DJ Fayard, 10

Radar Upcoming concerts » The Chamanas, Sept. 4, Gasa Gasa » Dirty Heads, Just Loud and Jukebox the Ghost, Oct. 6, Joy Theatre » Lauren Daigle, Oct. 26, Saenger Theatre » Underoath, Dance Gavin Dance and The Plot in You, Nov. 4, Joy Theater » Low Cut Connie, Nov. 17, Gasa Gasa » August Greene, Nov. 20, Saenger Theatre » Minus the Bear and Tera Melos, Nov. 29, House of Blues

WEDNESDAY 25 Bombay Club — Josh Paxton, 8 Check Point Charlie — T Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Mark Carroll & Friends, 6; Simple Sound Retreat feat.

Mikayla Braun Band, 8 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 7; Palomino Blond, Jack & the Jackrabbits, Green Mantles, 10 Columns Hotel — Andy Rogers, 8 d.b.a. — Walter Wolfman Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Jenna McSwain Trio, 9 Gasa Gasa — Dentist, Hydra Plane, George Elizondo, 9 House of Blues — Bone Thugs-NHarmony, 8 House of Blues (The Parish) — River Whyless, 8; Jet lounge, 11 The Jazz Playhouse — Mario Abney, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Beth Patterson, 8 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — Grayson Brockamp & the New Orleans Wildlife Band, 7 Santos Bar — Swamp Moves feat. Russell Welch Quartet, 10 SideBar — layla Musselwhite Trio feat.

Chip Wilson, Tom Chute, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — The Faceless, Dyscarnate, The Convalescence, lorna Shore, Raccoon City Massacre, 6

August Greene performs at Saenger Theatre Nov. 20.

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The Starlight — Gal Holiday, 7; lynn Drury, 10 Three Muses — leslie Martin, 5; Joshua Gouzy, 7

THURSDAY 26 Bar Redux — JD Hill & the Jammers, 9 Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski & Dan levinson, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — New Orleans Trad Jazz Camp Vocalists, 6; New Orleans Trad Jazz Camp Piano Showcase, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6 Check Point Charlie — Important Gravy, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Bruce Tyner Trio, 8 Circle Bar — Dark lounge with Rik Slave, 7 d.b.a. — Alexis & the Samurai, 7; Zydefunk feat. Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Matt

PREVIEW Creole Connections: Where NOLA Meets Brazil Vocalist Anaadi headlines jazz and Brazilian music concert

By WIll COVIEllO DILLARD UNIVERSITY MUSIC PROFESSOR Edward Anderson and Cristina Miranda of the State university of Maranhao and the Center for Higher Education, both in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhao, created Creole Connections (www.creoleconnections.org) to explore cultural similarities in nations affected by the African diaspora and colonial slave trade. Programming will examine links among louisiana, Brazil and Caribbean nations, particularly Haiti and Cuba. The program kicks off a concert series with an event featuring jazz and Brazilian music.

While performing in Brazil with his band Blue Orleans three years ago, Anderson met singer and actress Anaadi, who blends jazz, reggae, soul and Brazilian sounds.

In 2017, she released the jazz-heavy album Nocturno. At this show, she’ll be backed by a band including pianist Darrell lavigne, who curated music for the event, along with percussionist Bill Summers, drummer Adonis Rose, bassist Chris Severin and saxophonist Khari Allen lee. The program will include jazz with an emphasis on swing and music by Brazilian composers Pixinguinha, a master of jazz and choros, luiz Gonzaga, the “King of Baiao,” a rhythmic popular musical genre that emerged from Bahia, and Caetano Veloso, a guitarist who combines Brazilian folk music and influences including tropicalia and bossa nova. New Orleans composer and guitarist Don Vappie will discuss musical connections between New Orleans and Creole Connection countries. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. George & Leah McKenna Museum of African Art, 2003 Carondelet St., (504) 323-5074; www.mckennamuseum.org.

lemmler Trio feat. James Singleton & Steve Masakowski, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 8 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Stephanie Marcelle, 7; Jamie Bernstein, Dave Easley, Ferdinand, 9 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Jonathan Freilich’s Naked on the Floor, 6 Old Point Bar — Steve Mignano, 9 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners, 8 Santos Bar — Real Cool Trash with DJs Jessica-Melain, Josh lee Hooker, 9 SideBar — Jesse Morrow Trio feat. Brad Walker, Simon lott, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Jason Marsalis & the 21st Century Trad Band, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Alicia Blue Eyes Renee, 9 Three Muses — Paul Kemnitz, 5; Arsene Delay, 8 The Willow — Rebirth Brass Band, 9

FRIDAY 27 Andrea’s Restaurant (Capri Blu Piano Bar) — uncle Wayne, 7 Black and Gold Wash and Fold — Wasted Potency, Venture, Rocky Mountainz, Verbatim, EATZ, BOSKy, Austin Rapbaum, 10

Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Greg Schatz Trio, 6 Casa Borrega — Ralph Gipson Trio, 7 Check Point Charlie — The Compliments, 4; Wayward Jones, 8; Dragon Eye Moon, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Will Payne Harrison & the Rayo Brothers, 8 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 7 d.b.a. — Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 6; Shamarr Allen, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Fitzpatrick & Turning Point, 10 Gasa Gasa — Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Bottomfeeders, Benni, Puta, 9 House of Blues — The Prince Experience, 8 House of Blues (The Parish) — The Throwback, 10 Howlin’ Wolf — The Heart of the Streets feat. lil’ Durk, Neno Calvin, G Herbo, 8 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — DeeDay, DJ BDot, KidDontSleep, Turtle, Defective J, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — little Freddie King, 7 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5 Le Bon Temps Roule — Tom Worrell, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Daniel Black, Richard Bienvenu, Hal Mayfield, 7 Oak — Dapper Dandies, 9 PAGE 26

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Old Point Bar — Gal Holiday, 9 One Eyed Jacks — Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, South Jones feat. Mike Doussan, 9 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — Karma, 9 Santos Bar — Heresiarch, Antichrist Siege Machine, Abysmal lord, Romasa, 9 SideBar — James Singleton’s Rough Babies, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Herlin Riley Quartet, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Contraflow, 9 The Starlight — Afrodiziac’s Jazz, 9 Three Muses — Matt Johnson, 5; Doro Wat Jazz, 9 Tipitina’s — Foundation Free Fridays feat.

Honey Island Swamp Band, Sonic Bloom, 10

SATURDAY 28 Andrea’s Restaurant (Capri Blu Piano Bar) — Bobby Ohler, 8 Bar Redux — Amigos do Samba, 9 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton, 6; God Save the Queens feat. Margie Perez & Hannah K. Benson, 9 Casa Borrega — Nebula Rosa, 7 Check Point Charlie — Voodoo Wagon, 8; J Monque’D Blues Band, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Papa Mali, 8 Circle Bar — Mod Dance Party with DJs Matty and Kristen, 10

d.b.a. — New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings, 7; Brass-A-Holics, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the louisiana Sunspots, 10 House of Blues — Beatles Fest, 9 Howlin’ Wolf — #pureCHAOS feat. Akadia, Vedas, Paris Avenue, Green Gasoline, Typical Stereo, 7 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Big E Brass Band, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — Nayo Jones Experience, 8 Joy Theater — lost Bayou Ramblers (louisiana Story screening), 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Dave Hickey, 5, lynn Drury, 9 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Gallivan Burwell & the Predatory Drifters, 7 Oak — Jordan Anderson Band, 9 Old Point Bar — Marshland, 9 One Eyed Jacks — Food Group, Midriff, Biglemoi, 9 Preservation Hall — Transition feat.

Partners-N-Crime, 11 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — No Idea, 10 SideBar — Outer Core feat. David Bode, Amina Scott, Cyrus Nabipoor, Joey van leeuwen, 9 Sidney’s Saloon — HEATWAVE! (dance party), 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Chris Thomas King, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Paperchase, 9

Southport Hall (Deck Room) — Blacktop Mojo, Flying Coach, Fly Molo, 8 The Starlight — Bobbi Rae, 7; Brad Webb Making Faces, 10 Three Muses — Russell Welch, 9

SUNDAY 29 Bombay Club — Riverside Jazz Collective, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Steve Pistorius Quartet, 7 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Teresa B, 6 Chickie Wah Wah — Gal Holiday, 8 Circle Bar — Micah & Marlin, 7 d.b.a. — The Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Ponchartrain Wrecks, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Michael Mason Band, 9 Gasa Gasa — Jess Williamson, Go Fever, Kelly Duplex, Jack & the Jackrabbits, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 8 Old Point Bar — Tres Bien, 3 One Eyed Jacks — Duz McGregor, 9

MONDAY 30 Bombay Club — David Doucet, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — A2D2 feat.

Arsene Delay & Antoine Diel, 6 Chickie Wah Wah — Charlie Dennard Organ Trio feat. Doug Belote, Todd Duke, 8 Circle Bar — Gene Black & Friends, 9 d.b.a. — Grand Marquis, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 House of Blues — The English Beat, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Genial Orleanians, 10 Santos Bar — Pearl & the Oysters, Tasche & the Psychedelic Roses, 9 SideBar — Instant Opus Improvised Series, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Joe Cabral, 7; Joshua Benitez Band, 8

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EVENTS WEDNESDAY 25 Preservation Hall Comes to Hubbell Library. Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave., Algiers — A lecture explains the history of Preservation Hall, and there’s a short concert. Free admission. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The Gathering: Bridging Two Worlds.

Metaphysical Resource Center, 1708 Lake Ave., Metairie — Mediums Brandy Miller and Jay Durham communicate with the spirit world. Visit www.metaphysicalresourcecenter.com for details. Tickets $20.

7 p.m. Wednesday.

THURSDAY 26 Grand Isle Annual International Tarpon Rodeo. — Highway 1, Grand Isle. The oldest fishing tournament in the u.S. offers live local entertainment, arts and crafts, food, crab races and other activities. Tickets $45$110. 6 a.m. Thursday-Saturday.

FRIDAY 27 Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle — Weekly after-hours parties at the museum feature lectures, music performances, film screenings and more. Free with museum admission. 5 p.m. Friday.

Dinner and a ZOOvie. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St. — The family-friendly movie series extends through Aug. 3 and features outdoor movie showings (you can bring your own dinner) and access to the Cool Zoo splash park and Gator Run floating attraction. Starts at 6 p.m. and goes until

movie ends. Tickets $6, additional $6 for splash park, free for children under 2.

6 p.m. Friday.

Columbia Street Block Party. North Columbia Street, Covington — Vintage cars are displayed at the monthly block party.

6 p.m. Friday.

Creole Connections: Where NOLA Meets Brazil. George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art, 2003 Carondelet St. — Papa Don Vappie and Brazilian jazz vocalist Anaadi Noturo perform at an event kicking off a cultural exchange program with with Brazil. 7 p.m. Friday.

Splash Bash. Ochsner Fitness Center, 1200 S. Clearview Parkway, Harahan — The family-friendly pool party has inflatables, floats, squirt guns, food and a full bar, and DJs and bands perform. Tickets $10, kids $5. 7 p.m. Friday.

Sublime Boudoir. Lakefront Airport, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd. — At the immersive Art Deco event, performers portray Egyptian gods and there are art installations, aerialists and themed foods. Tickets $99.

7 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

SATURDAY 28 Brooches & Bowties. Cafe Reconcile, 1631 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — A fundraising jazz brunch is hosted by the local chapter of Grambling university’s alumni association. Tickets $65. 11 a.m. Saturday.

Dine & Dance. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — The Victory Swing Orchestra performs at the dinner series. Tickets $29.68-$64.99. 6 p.m. Saturday.

Light Night: A White Wine Affair. Martin Wine Cellar, 3827 Baronne St. — Event participants taste more than 20 white and sparkling wines along with a selection of cheeses and hors d’oeuvres. $20.

6 p.m. Saturday.

BOOKS Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St. — The authors present Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Harry Potter Birthday Parties. Fritzel’s, 733 Bourbon St. — Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop hosts two parties celebrating Harry Potter’s birthday: an adults-only party at Fritzel’s Saturday and a kid-friendly party at the bookstore (631 N. Carrollton Ave.) Sunday. Tickets $20. 6 p.m. Saturday, noon Sunday.

SPORTS New Orleans Baby Cakes. Shrine on Airline, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie — New Orleans Baby Cakes play the Reno Aces and the Tacoma Rainiers. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and Monday, 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday.

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PREVIEW Filmworker

By WIll COVIEllO

ACTOR LEON VITALI WORKED EXTENSIVELY ON SOME OF STANLEY KUBRICK’S BESTKNOWN FILMS, including The Shining and Full Metal Jacket, but he is only recognizable for his role as lord Bullingdon in the 1975 period drama Barry Lyndon. Though Leon Vitali in front of a recreated he was a talented actor, offered roles on TV set from 2001: A Space Odyssey. sitcoms, cop dramas and with top British theater companies, Vitali gave up his acting career to work behind the scenes for Kubrick.

For Kubrick fans, one draw to Filmworker, Tony Zierra’s documentary about Vitali, is the wealth of archival footage about the making of The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. Vitali found the children who starred in The Shining, selecting Danny lloyd from more than 4,000 boys who auditioned to be the young son of the crazed resort caretaker played by Jack Nicholson. It was Vitali’s idea to make the former resort caretaker’s murdered daughter into the Grady twins after he met lisa and louise Burns. Vitali also coached former Marine R. lee Ermey to become hard-driving Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket. Off set, Vitali spent innumerable hours attending to technical details, examining film prints, logging endless takes and notes and exhausting himself to realize the visions of the perfectionist Kubrick. By the time Kubrick died on March 7, 1999, days after finishing Eyes Wide Shut, Vitali was singularly familiar with what Kubrick wanted to capture on film, though it’s not clear that was worth much to anyone besides Kubrick.

The ever warm and engaging Vitali, often looking like he hasn’t slept in days, talks straight to the camera as he recounts production war stories and talks about Kubrick and his methods. Actors, studio executives and production staff discuss Kubrick’s exacting demands. But Vitali is not bitter or resentful, and he views his 25 years working for the director as a success, though Vitali’s own children aren’t sure the self-sacrifice was worth it.

Vitali seems to have lived the life of an auteur, endlessly sacrificing for the creation of a body of work, but it was Kubrick’s work. His satisfaction with that is strangely intriguing, given that he could have pursued a career acting in Kubrick films (he appeared as several masked figures including Red Cloak in Eyes Wide Shut).

Filmworker screens at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 26, at Prytania Theatre. Also screening this week as part of Filmtopia are Full Metal Jacket (9:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 24), The Shining (9:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 25) and Eyes Wide Shut (9:15 p.m. Thursday, July 26). 5339 Prytania St., (504) 891-2787; www.theprytania.com.

FILM CRITIC’S PICKS Ant-Man and the Wasp — A bright, cheery distraction from darker, heavier Marvel Studios outings, this Peyton Reed-directed sequel to 2015’s ~Ant-Man~ reunites Paul Rudd and Evangeline lilly in a superhero caper of deliberately low stakes and enormous charm. (J.C.) PG-13 The Cakemaker — A provocative, unexpected and very moving German/ Israeli co-production that is as unusual a love story as you are likely to find.

(K.Tu.) NR Hearts Beat Loud — A musical in everything but name, this joining of stars Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons features some terrific songs and proof that some-

times wearing your heart on your sleeve is the only way to go. (K.Tu.) PG-13 Incredibles 2 — There is good news in the world tonight: Writer-director Brad Bird has brought everyone’s favorite superhero family back to the big screen, and we are all better off for it. (K.Tu.) PG Hereditary — Anchored by a bravura performance from Toni Collette, writer-director Ari Aster’s devastating, implacably terrifying film depicts an American family coming apart in the wake of tragedy. (J.C.) R RBG — One of the great services that this clear-eyed and admiring documentary on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg provides is to emphasize not just her work on the court but how extraordinarily influential she was before she even got there. (K.Tu.) NR. Sorry to Bother You — Rapper-activist Boots Riley’s joyous dystopian cackle of

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(J.C.) PG-13 Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — The goal of this exemplary documentary is not to tell the story of TV host Fred Rogers’ life, but to show the way someone whose formidable task was, in his own words, “to make goodness attractive,” made it happen. (K.Tu.) PG-13

WIDE RELEASE Blindspotting — Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal co-wrote and star in this comedy-drama about Oakland men whose lifelong friendship is tested after one witnesses a police shooting. With Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry, Tisha Campbell-Martin. Directed

by Carlos lopez Estrada. (1:35) R. Broken Star — Alone, with her career in freefall, an actress finds herself a captive in a duplex. With Analeigh Tipton, Tyler labine, lauren Bowles. Written by David lee Brant. Directed by Dave Schwep.

(1:30) NR. Citizen Clark … A Life of Principle — A documentary on human rights activist and former u.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Featuring Ralph Nader and Frank Serpico. Written and directed by Joseph Stillman. (1:25) NR. Damascus Cover — A grieving father tasked by the Mossad to deliver a chemical weapons scientist from Syria finds himself trapped in a much larger scheme.

With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, John Hurt. Written by Daniel Zelik Berk and Samantha Newton. Directed by Berk. R. The Equalizer 2 — Denzel Washington is back as the former CIA black ops agent delivering vigilante justice for those in need. With Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman and Melissa leo. Written by Richard Wenk, based on the television series created by Michael Sloan and Richard lindheim. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. R. Generation Wealth — Filmmaker lauren Greenfield explores an out-of-control global economy and the high cost of capitalism in this documentary. (1:46) NR. Heels — Trying to save their gay father’s barbecue restaurant, a pair of adopted brothers join a local wrestling circuit. With Britt George, Stacey Scowley, Richard Riehl and Chip Joslin. Written and directed by Ryan Bottiglieri. (1:29) NR. Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story — The late pioneering makeup artist is profiled in this documentary. Featuring Brooke Shields, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Tori Amos and Isaac Mizrahi. Directed by Tiffany Bartok. (1:42) NR. Love, Cecil — A documentary about celebrated photographer, designer, artist and tastemaker Cecil Beaton. Narrated by Rupert Everett. Directed by lisa Immordino Vreeland. (1:38) NR.

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PREVIEW The Art of Vanitas and Here & Now D. ERIC BOOKHARD An unusually eloquent text intro to this Art of Vanitas show at Good Children Gallery reminds us that our social media identities not only “outlive us” but also “muddle the very moment we are trying to capture” in our postings. Dutch Renaissance painters also focused on everyday indulgences that seduced the senses, but they brought us back to earth by including skulls and insects amid their gorgeous tableaux of food and flowers. In Art of Vanitas, Generic Art Solutions partners Tony Campbell and Matt Vis strip down that dynamic to stark black-and-white photographs of symbolic objects crafted in ice. In Vanitas (pictured), an ice skull next to a melting mantle clock and a shattered mirror reminds us that impermanence is what really makes wonder and meaning possible. Humor never hurts, and Ice Teeth is a photo of upper and lower teeth like cast-ice dental impressions in place of ice cubes in a whiskey glass. Time Kills is the electric blue animated message that confronts us in an otherwise pristine mirror that serendipitously reflects a pair of photo blowups of ice skulls across the room flanking a framed wall motto, “The End,” rendered in elegant italic script. It’s not really the end, but as these artists put it, we “sacrifice the purity of our experience” to “preserve its memory in digital code” ensuring that “our vanity and egos remain ... while our awareness actually erodes.” That is a slow, painful death of another sort.

Direct experience also defines Meg Turner’s visceral Here & Now installation, her vision of a gay bar-turned-corner store that cranks out spotlit slogans like “God Hates Borders” under banner signs advertising “Beer, Tax Help, Fruit, Tampons, WiFi and Massage” among other, much pithier items, all bathed in lurid red neon light. A version of her Columbia university MFA thesis that was recently attacked on Breitbart News, its reprise here on her New Orleans home turf gives us a spirited exploration of gender orientation, and other trending issues that avoids tedious academic polemics while keeping it all rollickingly real in her own unique way.

Through Aug. 5. Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 975-1557; www.goodchildrengallery.com.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again — The cast returns to revisit their younger selves in this sequel to the Abba-fueled musical comedy. With Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski and lily James.

Written and directed by Ol Parker, story

by Catherine Johnson, Richard Curtis and Parker. PG-13.

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms — After her idyllic community is invaded, a lonely girl finds an orphaned baby, which changes her life in unexpected ways. Anime. Written and directed by Mari Okada. In Japanese with English subtitles.

(1:55) NR. McQueen — Documentary on the tragic life and extraordinary career of the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen.

Directed by Ian Bonhote and co-directed/ written by Peter Ettedgui. (1:51) NR. Occupation — Townspeople battle aliens intent on invading Earth. With Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison and Stephany Jacobsen. Written and directed by luke Sparke.

R. Path of Blood — using mining footage shot by jihadists and captured by Saudi security services, documentary filmmaker Jonathan Hacker explores a world where Muslim terrorists targeting Muslim civilians are tracked by Muslim law enforcement personnel. In Arabic and English with English subtitles. (1:31) NR. Pin Cushion — life in a new town for a mother and daughter is complicated by mean girls and prickly neighbors. With lily

Newmark, Joanna Scanlan, loris Scarpa and Sacha Cordy-Nice. Written and directed by Deborah Haywood. (1:32) NR. Unfriended: Dark Web — A young man and his friends are exposed to the scariest parts of the internet via files on a found laptop. With Colin Woodell, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Betty Gabriel and Chelsea Alden. Written and directed by Stephen Susco. (1:28) R. (Critics’ Choices capsule reviews are

by Kenneth Turan (K.Tu.), Justin Chang (J.C.) and other reviewers.)

STAGE ON STAGE Bad Girls of Burlesque. House of Blues, 225 Decatur Street — Gogo McGregor hosts the burlesque show. Tickets $21.

9 p.m. Saturday.

Batboy: The Musical. Azienda Theater, 2000 Paris Road, Chalmette — The Company presents the musical, which is inspired by Bat Boy (seen in Weekly World News tabloids). Visit www.thecompanystb. com for details. 7 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

The Best of Sinatra. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — Spencer Racca portrays Frank Sinatra in this performance. Tickets $39.99. 11 a.m. Wednesday.

COMEDY Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St. — laura Sanders and Kate Mason host an open-mic comedy show. Sign-up at 8:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Monday.

Brown Improv. Waloo’s, 1300 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie — New Orleans’ longest-running comedy group performs.

8 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf (Den), 901 S. Peters St. — Vincent Zambon and Cyrus Cooper host a stand-up comedy show.

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St. — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show. 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave. — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Gold. House of Blues (Big Mama’s Lounge), 229 Decatur St. — leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf (Den), 901 S. Peters St. — Frederick RedBean Plunkett hosts an open-mic stand-up show. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Comic Strip. Siberia Lounge, 2227 St. Claude Ave. — Chris lane hosts the standup comedy open mic with burlesque interludes. 9 p.m. Monday.

Crescent Fresh. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave. — Ted Orphan and Geoffrey Gauchet host the stand-up comedy open mic. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Thursday.

Ladies LOL: Comedy with a Cause. Seven Three Distilling, 301 N. Claiborne Ave. — Female comedians improvise performances based on stories told by Junior league of New Orleans (JlNO) members.

Proceeds benefit JlNO projects. Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Friday.

Local Uproar. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave. — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a stand-up comedy showcase with free food and ice cream. 8 p.m. Saturday.

NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave. — Duncan Pace hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Night Church. Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St. Bernard Ave. — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host a stand-up show, and there’s free ice cream. 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Rip-Off Show. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave. — Comedians compete in a live pop-culture game show hosted by Geoffrey Gauchet. 8 p.m. Saturday.

The Spontaneous Show. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave. — young Funny comedians present the stand-up comedy show and open mic. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St. — Brothers Cassidy and Mickey Henehan host an open mic. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.

GOING OUT ART HAPPENINGS Mandeville City Hall, 3101 E. Causeway Approach, Mandeville — Mandeville artist Kathy levine appears at a reception.

5 p.m. Saturday.

MUSEUMS American Italian Cultural Center, 537 S. Peters St. — “The luke Fontana Collection,” works by the artist, ongoing.

The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St. — “New Orleans: Between Heaven and Hell,” history-based installation by Robin Reynolds, through Sept.

15. “The Seignouret-Brulatour House: A New Chapter,” model of a 200-year-old French Quarter building and historic site, ongoing.

National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St. — “So Ready for laughter: The legacy of Bob Hope,” film, photographs and more exploring Bob Hope’s career, through Feb. 10, 2019.

Louisiana Childrens Museum, 420 Julia St. — Historic French Quarter life and architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere, 751 Chartres St. — “It’s Carnival Time in louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; “living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; both ongoing.

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle — “lee Friedlander in louisiana,” works demonstrating the photographer’s connection to louisiana and the local music industry, through Aug. 12. “Carlos Rolon: Outside/In,” works connecting New Orleans, latin America and the Caribbean by the artist, through Aug. 26. “Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces Restored,” two paintings by Paolo Veronese, through Sept. 3.”Changing Course: Reflecting on New Orleans’ Histories,” contemporary art projects focusing on forgotten or marginalized New Orleans stories, through Sept. 18.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St. — “A Precise Vision: The Architectural Archival Watercolors of Jim Blanchard,” watercolor works by the artist, through Aug. 19. “Salazar: Portraits of Influence in Spanish New Orleans, 17851802,” works telling the story of Josef Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza, through Sept. 2.

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BurleX-Men: A Power Play. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave. — The burlesque show is a tribute to the X-Men universe.

Tickets $10-$100. 8 p.m. Sunday.

Stage Door Idol. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St. — Finalists compete for a headlining performance spot at the venue.

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Wonderfully appointed chef’s kitchen w/finest appliances, beautiful granite & Wood-Mode cabinetry. Oversized master suite w/ incredible, air conditioned, cedar closet. Sits on a large corner lot w/ a wraparound pool & 2 car garage.

821 Perdido St. #2B

3721 St. Charles Ave. #B 3BR/4 BA • $939,000

2BR / 2BA • $499,000

Beautiful CBD condo w/ wonderful E IC PR open floor plan. 12ft ceil’s & brick W NE exposed walls make it a unique and stunning! Fantastic walk-in closet and beautiful marble bathrooms. Granite counters, stainless appliances and beautiful cherry wood flrs. Secured, garage, parking in the building.

2833 ST. CHARLES AVE #34 2BR/2BA $369,000

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Beautifully renov’d two yrs ago. New wd flrs throughout, new kit w/marble & stainless steel. Stackable W/D in unit and new central Air/Heat. Lg inground pool, fitness room, secure off-st pkg.

REFORMULATED CEREAL

By Frank A. Longo

34 Airheaded 36 “Mack the Knife” singer Bobby 38 Cereal that’s more than enough?

41 Cereal that turns kids into imps?

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A rare find in this area, this home is currently 5 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths. This home truly has Old world charm with high ceilings, original hardwood floors, double parlor, antique range, claw foot tubs, and covered balcony. One block from St Claude.

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4BR/3BA

$695,000 TOP PRODUCER

(504) 895-4663

FABULOUS MARDI GRAS PARADE ROUTE LOCATION

Offstreet parking for up to 3 cars. Close to THE BEST dining, shopping & entertainment along Magazine St. Traditional quality construction w/ tasteful updates, hardwood floors upstairs, huge master suite. Separate entrance on lower level. Deep landscaped backyard w/ pergola.

1638 Dufossat St. #1638 • $399,000

Off street parking and a private TE courtyard for enjoying beautiful Wonderful townhome, on the parade route!

LA O evenings under the oaks! This grand, These don’t come up often! Don’t miss out!

TO Greek revival is just one block from St. Over 2400 square feet of living area and Charles Avenue. At 1300 square feet, a garage, with room for an elevator. This it’s an oversized one bedroom condo townhome is so well done, with beautiful that boasts beautiful wood floors crown moldings, fantastic living spaces and gourmet kitchen, comthroughout, lovely medallions and fire plete with the finest of appliances and finishes. Too many amenities to list! This, second home has been cared for impeccably and is an place mantels. Step back in time and enjoy a beverage on the spacious front porch… Uptown charm overload! A must see! entertainer’s delight, with a wonderful balcony on St. Charles!

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105 Cereal that looks like it’s been polished?

111“Tin Cup” co-star Rene 112 “The Chosen” novelist Chaim — 114 Neither here — there 115 Buying binge 116 Parseghian of football 117 “— y plata” (Montana motto) 118 Sprinkler of plants 121 Rescue crew VIP 122 Lava emitter 125 Cereal with hidden crib sheets?

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24 Clu of “McQ” 28 “Any problem with that?”

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92 Winter Games gp.

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French Quarter Realty 949-5400 FOR RENT

528 St. Louis #2 1/1 Pvt street balc, exc loc, hdwd flrs, w/d in unit .................................................................. $1850 2424 Royal 1/1 shotgun style ½ of double, ctyd, wd flrs, priv w/d, great location ....................................................... $1299 224 Chartres 4 units avail, 1-3 beds, reno’d, elevator access, ctyd, great loc starting at .......................... $2750 231 Burgundy #31/1 negotiable rate depending on whether utilities paid by owner or tenant ............. $1400-1500 1823 Gen Taylor 2/1 shotgun double w/reno’d kit & bath.

Porch and back yard. Great loc! ............................... $1350 3210 Second 1/1 on site laundry, yard, cvrd porch, sec sys w/cameras......................................................................$875 1706 Napoleon 2/1 cent a/h, w/d in unit, wd flrs, lots of nat light in a great location .................................... $1400 509 Toulouse #7 2/1.5 balc, reno’d w/hdwd flrs, full kit w/ granite cntrtps, cent A/C, w/d on site ................... $1600

FOR SALE

1016-18 St Ann 4/4 live in one side and have a renter help pay your mortgage, or make this a single family. Remodeled w/modern amenities, courtyard ................ $1,200,000 4913-15 Laurel 4/2 reno opp in great loc. Original wd flrs, fireplaces and mantles.........................................$360,000 920 St. Louis #6 2/1.5 elevator, lrg windows, berm suites w/full baths, hdwd flrs, w/d in unit....................$895,000 224 Chartres 4 units avail, 1-3 beds, reno’d, elevator access, ctyd, great loc starting at ................... $649,000 5029 Bissonet 4/3.5 recently updt’d, poss 5th bed, outside entertainment spc, garage and huge yard ........ $549,000 231 Burgundy #3 1/1 fully furnished, recently reno’d, shared courtyard and 2nd flr balc .................... $240,000 2220 Freret 3/2 large fenced in yard, loc in Flood Zone X, conveniently located .......................................... $164,500 620 Decatur #I 2/2 Hdwd Flrs, High Ceils., Reno’d Baths/ Kit, w/d in unit, amazing views .......................... $695,000

DENTAL Dental Lab Manager: Fabricate maxillofacial prosthesis, design complex crowns & veneers; make or repair dentures, crown, inlays & veneers. Reqs: BS or equiv. in Dental Tech or closely related. Alternatively, at least 4 yrs.’ or equiv. postsecondary study in same field(s). Must have at least 5 yrs.’ exp. as a dental lab mgr., inc. at least some exp. w/ CADCAM design.

Excellent prosthesis design abilities. Mail resume to Shellia Foxworth at Gregory S. Strain, DDS 3108 W Esplanade Ave Metairie, LA 70002. Job location in Harvey, LA & Metairie, LA.

YOUR AD HERE!

CALL 483-3100

Weekly Tails

CHASE

Kennel #38389776

Chase is a 2-year-old, neutered, Australian Kel-

pie mix. A little mature for his age, he just wants to spend quality time with some humans, but wouldn’t mind a good play session with his toys.

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

1 & 2 Bedrooms available in ideal location and ROOMS BY THE MONTH. 1 BR, private bath. All utilities included. $180/week. Call (504) 202-0381 for appointment.

Lrg 1 bdrm, 1 ba, furn kit, cent a/c & heat, excl cond, $1400/mo. 504-650-8778.

3120 PALMYRA STREET

Renov 1/2 dbl, 1bdrm 1ba, hdwd flrs, w/d, refrig, stove, ceil fans, water pd. $850/mo + dep. Call 504-899-5544.

MID-CITY N. HENNESSEY AT ORLEANS AVE.

Renovated 1BR/1BA, washer/dryer, central air/heat. Private patio, $1000/mo. Call 504.482.5489.

Over thirty-seven years ago, the first issue of Gambit was published. Today, this locally owned multimedia company provides the Greater New Orleans area with an award-winning publication and website and sponsors and produces cultural events.

Career Opportunity

Sales Representative (OUTSIDE SALES; PRINT & DIGITAL ADVERTISING)

An ambitious and motivated self-starter would be a perfect fit for this high-energy and rewarding full-time position.

The Sales Representative is responsible for selling multi-platform advertising solutions including print advertising, digital advertising and event sponsorships.

Gambit’s Sales Representatives reach and exceed goals by researching leads and signing new business. You’ll meet and sell to a diverse group of business owners and advertising decision-makers. Our clients include area restaurants, boutiques, entertainment venues, etc.

The ideal hire will be personable, connected, social-media savvy, consultative, productive and have a great sense of humor. Must have valid driver’s license with clean record, auto insurance and reliable transportation.

A successful sales executive understands that you get back what you put into your career.

Earning potential is unlimited. If you thrive on relationship building and would enjoy being part of a great, mutually supportive team in a fun, fast-paced media environment, then we encourage you to apply.

Compensation: base pay and sales commission, plus bonus potential and mileage reimbursement. The offer includes a benefits package (health, dental, life, disability, vision, 401k with company match, paid vacation, holidays and sick time).

Apply at: http://www.theadvocate.com/site/careers.html Gambit – Sales Representative (Job ID 1133) Please attach a cover letter and resume.

Deadline to apply: Sunday, July 29, 2018

Lakeview

CLEANING SERVICE

MABLE

Kennel #38536954

Mable is a 3-month-old, spayed, DSH, Tabby

cat. Despite her age, Mable is a calm kitten with plenty of affection to give.

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

HISTORIC GARDEN DIST

607 NAPOLEON AVE.

BESTOFNEWORLEANS.COM

Locally owned & serving the New Orleans area for over 25 years

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT Ofc or retail space in The Rink at Prytania & Washington, 1/2 blk from streetcar line.

Approx 1600 sf, space has private bath & kit. Off-st parking. 655-5029.

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REAL ESTATE / EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, NOTICE: familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718.

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