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TUE. JULY 31 | The Nashville singersongwriter’s acclaimed 2018 album Plays Well With Others is an intimate collection of duets and collaborations with Rodney Crowell, John Paul White, shovels & Rope and others, each one highlighting a new dimension of the artist’s versatile voice. Julie Odell opens at 9 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

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SALES and No Vacation TUE. JULY 31 | On their joint tour, Orlando’s sAlEs and san Francisco’s No Vacation share their bicoastal and complementary takes on brooding guitar pop. On July album Forever & Ever, sAlEs (longtime friends lauren Morgan and Jordan shih) layers shimmering guitars and no-filler beats over minimalist vocal hooks. At 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

Comedian and metal superfan Brian Posehn headlines the Joy Theater Aug. 2

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Newsies THU.-SUN. AUG. 2-5 | summer lyric Theatre at Tulane university concludes its season with Disney’s musical about the newsboys’ strike of 1899, when boys who sold newspapers organized to stand up to publishing magnates Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. At 8 p.m. Thursday through saturday and 2 p.m. saturday and sunday at Dixon Hall.

IF AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BAND FISHBONE went better than it did,

and a first appearance at an open mic went worse, maybe he’d be Brian Posehn: rock writer.

While in college, the now-longtime comedian wanted to end up at SPIN or Rolling Stone or, fingers-crossed, hard-rock magazine RIP, but his first big break for the student paper “went terribly,” Posehn tells Gambit. “I think Fishbone made it so I would never interview bands again.”

Then he tried an open mic, after preparing a set for several months, “and I destroyed,” he says. “The second week I did all new stuff. I wrote, in six days, five new minutes, or eight new minutes, and nothing worked.

Nothing. I was like, ‘Oh man, this is hard.’ But I still loved it right away.

This was clearly what I was supposed to be doing.”

Clearly is probably right. Posehn’s prolific comedy career spans three decades of standup and crucial roles in wildly influential comedy scenes, from writing and performing on seminal sketch series Mr. Show and co-starring on The Sarah Silverman Program, to voice acting and appearances on nearly every ’90s sitcom and newer cult comedy classics such as Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Tom Goes to the Mayor.

His recent standup specials 25x2, Criminally Posehn and The Fartist chronicle his nerd- and pop-cultural neuroses as a giant bearded dude while navigating his ascent to fatherhood and reluctant embrace of middle age. He performs at the Joy Theater on Thursday, Aug. 2.

“I have to do the road to live, to pay for food for my son to eat, so I’m out all the time,” he says. “If you’re out saying the same stuff every night, people can tell. If you’re not into them

Shag Fest THU. AUG. 2 | An all-star lineup of local musicians including George Porter Jr., Ivan Neville, Tony Hall, Alvin youngblood Hart, Papa Mali, Honey Island swamp Band and others perform at Chris “shaggy” Davis’ annual birthday jam. At 6 p.m. at d.b.a. anymore, you’ll feel it. If you’re not putting 100 percent into a joke, you’re not going to get 100 percent back. It’s gonna be obvious to people you’re phoning it in, and I never want to be that guy.”

Posehn also plans to release a book later this year, and he’s wrapping up production on a long-gestating “comedy metal” album with Metalocalypse and Home Movies architect Brendon small and Anthrax guitarist scott Ian. Posehn is not shy about his fascination and love for basement-dwelling geek ephemera, from Dungeons & Dragons (he plays it on his Nerd Poker podcast) to classic ’80s thrash and death metal.

“I think like a lot of kids I found metal because I was just looking for something cool, and for me, I liked hard rock and I wanted it to get harder and faster,” he says. “It didn’t really stop me from getting any friends. It was more my face and the way I talk to people that kept me from having friends.”

Brian Posehn performs at Joy Theater Thursday, Aug. 2.

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For the album, Posehn opts more for Cannibal Corpse-y, self-described “Cookie Monster” vocals. “I can’t actually sing. I can fake it pretty good,” he says. “I prefer more traditional-sounding metal than some of the really extreme metal where it just sounds like a refrigerator pushed down a cliff or something. I like a little melody. sorry.”

Vieux Carre FRI.-SUN. AUG. 3-19 | The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans presents the playwright’s drama about a young writer who moves into a French Quarter flophouse run by a domineering landlady and meets fellow boarders including a Bourbon street barker, a bohemian socialite, a jaded older artist and an eccentric couple of foragers. At 7 p.m. at Marigny Opera House.

White Linen Night SAT. AUG. 4 | The annual arts district event features opening receptions at art galleries and museums and festivities on the 300 through 700 blocks of Julia street including food and drink vendors, DJs providing music, photo booths and more. The block party is 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Julia street. The Party After Dark after-party is 9 p.m. to midnight at the Contemporary Arts Center.

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dent at Xavier university, is one of eight recipients of Beyonce Knowles’ Homecoming scholars Awards for the 2018-2019 academic year. Knowles established the program to assist and recognize students at historic black colleges and universities.

Applicants had to maintain a 3.5 GPA or above and submit an essay about an African-American leader. The winners will receive $25,000 scholarships.

WWOZ-FM was nominated for Non-Commercial station of the year by the National Association of Broadcasters, which presents its annual “Marconi Radio Awards” every year. The station, which went on the air in 1980, provides 24-hour commercial free music relating to New Orleans’ musical and cultural heritage. The winning station will be announced in september.

Louisiana Citizens for Job Creators, a political action

committee allied with state Attorney General Jeff landry, sent out an attack email last week falsely claiming that Gov. John Bel Edwards “voluntarily stayed the executions of some 70 convicted murderers currently sitting on death row in louisiana.”

It’s a pants-on-fire lie. The courts have put a halt to executions in louisiana since 2010 due to difficulty in obtaining the legally necessary drugs. (For more on the death penalty controversy, see “Commentary,” p. 10.)

During the qualifying period that ran July 18-20, 49 woman candidates declared to run for office in louisiana, while 134 men did. In 2015, louisiana ranked lowest in the nation when it came to female legislators; today it’s 45th. -KEVIN AllMAN

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WATER SHUTOFFS COULD BEGIN THIS WEEK Residents and advocacy groups are warning city officials that shutting off water to potentially thousands of New Orleans residents could endanger children, older residents, people with disabilities and people relying on low and fixed incomes. That warning follows the New Orleans sewerage & Water Board’s (s&WB) decision to turn off water for delinquent accounts beginning Aug. 1, ending a moratorium on a “last resort” measure that the agency instituted last November. The utility says it’s owed millions of dollars from overdue accounts, while disputes over inconsistent bills, or no bills at all, have flooded into the s&WB over the last few years.

Elizabeth Cook, protesting among a handful of people outside City Hall July 23, warned that shutting off water in the hottest months of the year could be “devastating” to residents with special needs. In a statement to Gambit, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center director Cashauna Hill said water shutoffs make homes “uninhabitable.”

“The residents who are most at risk for a shutoff are likely to be the ones with the fewest resources to navigate what has historically been a confusing process,” Hill said. susan Meyers, Director for Policy and Community Engagement with the Advocacy Center, said threatening to shut off water to residents without the health and stamina to litigate bills and negotiate payments in what is an already complicated process “is a huge concern.”

“It’s really hot, and as we all know, people need to stay hydrated, be able to bathe, and access to clean water is correlated pretty directly to health outcomes,” Meyers told Gambit. “The people we serve abso-

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During a lengthy hearing among members of the New Orleans City Council’s Public Works Committee and a host of s&WB representatives on July 24, council members pleaded with the agency to abandon its plan to shut off water while in the “middle of a crisis,” Council President Jason Williams said.

The s&WB says it’s owed millions of dollars from roughly 17,000 accounts, 25 of which are responsible for more than $3 million. s&WB says it billed $22 million more than it received in 2017. local civil rights group Justice and Beyond will hold a prayer service outside the s&WB office at 625 st. Joseph st. at noon Aug. 1.

21 shelters before the end of the year, but 33 additional shelters could be added if the transit organization and its board can secure grant funds. He says they are “very close” to locking down those funds, which would be an award of approximately $700,000.

The transit authority also is beginning to solicit “expressions of interest” from companies that may wish to bid on its new management contract, which goes into effect in late 2019. Three site visits and two conference calls for prospective bidders are scheduled beginning Aug. 1. The www. drivertaforward.com website offers more information.

The “working target” to begin the bid process is Dec. 1, Munster says.

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The head of the agency charged with providing recreation options for the next generation of New Orleanians should focus on neighborhood needs and listening to local kids, according to residents who suggested resume requirements for the new head of the city’s recreation agency.

A July 23 public hearing gathered residents’ input as the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) looks to hire a new CEO. The meeting also offered a platform for residents to speak directly to Mayor laToya Cantrell, who sits on NORDC, about the current conditions facing the quasi-independent agency.

More than a dozen residents agreed that the new CEO should be local — not necessarily a native New Orleanian but one who is willing to listen to the needs of each neighborhood, especially their children. “We look outside our areas, our communities and the state and the city, to bring people here to understand who we are and what we need,” said W.C. Johnson, a NORDC Booster Club member from the stallings Gentilly playground community. “I would seriously suggest you look at the talent you have in our community — talent that has culture, has feeling, has a stake in the game.”

Residents also called on the new CEO to build programs for developmentally disabled and homeless children, making access to those kinds of trauma-informed programs more readily available and not through only a handful of facilities. The new CEO also should focus on boosting morale and community engagement, residents said.

“I haven’t determined yet whether you can or should revoke somebody’s security clearance for being a butthead. But that’s what they’ve acted like.” — U.S. Sen. John Neely Kennedy to Hill.

TV, expressing his opinion of Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and John Brennan, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. President Donald Trump has threatened to strip the men and others of their security clearances after they were critical of his appearance with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

RTA offers shelter update, takes steps toward contract bidding process The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s (RTA’s) Board of Commissioners voted at its July 24 meeting to approve a contract amendment aimed at expediting construction of additional shelters the organization has promised along transit routes.

The vote authorizes RTA to meet with laurel New Orleans, which has a contract to supply and install the shelters, and plan the construction of new shelters even after the initial term of laurel’s agreement expires. During the RTA meeting, Commissioner Fred Neal Jr. briefly previewed a plan to work input from the organization’s riders’ advisory committee into location planning for new shelters.

RTA Interim Executive Director Jared Munster recently told Gambit there are plans to install

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Court Watch NOLA: More interpreters needed in Criminal District Court A 2018 report from Court Watch NOlA found that Criminal District Court magistrate judges requested an interpreter for only 72 percent of cases where an interpreter was needed. The report by the watchdog group also found that a judge made a ruling in 87 percent of those cases.

In Criminal District Court, an interpreter was needed in 13 percent of the cases observed by Court Watch NOlA volunteers; an interpreter arrived within an hour of the request in 85 percent of those cases, but if they didn’t arrive, judges postponed the case to a different time. Court Watch added judges often turned to Google Translate apps without an interpreter.

Following that report, commissioners now must submit an interpreter request form and continue a hearing until an interpreter is available, according to Criminal District Court’s Deputy Judicial Administrator shannon sims, who delivered a progress report to the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee July 23. The rule went into effect last month.

Court Watch argues the right to an interpreter, including sign language, is implicitly recognized in the 5th, 6th and 7th Amendments as well as the Civil Rights Act. sims said budget cuts forced the courts to lay off two fulltime interpreters in 2012, and the courts now rely on on-call interpreters.

Council President Jason Williams said the Orleans Parish sheriff’s Office also should “do a better job of classifying people coming in” to alert the courts to call for an interpreter.

District C Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer suggested the courts, as well as the Orleans Parish Public Defender and District Attorney’s office, share the costs of funding full-time interpreters, though Williams and sims said that an interpreter’s translation could be considered a conflict rather than translations by a neutral party, like a court stenographer.

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“The next person who heads up NORDC, that job is more important and awesome than who the chief of police is or who the DA is or a judge is,” said City Council President Jason Williams, who also sits on the 13-member commission. “He or she will be framing up what this city looks like for the next generation.”

Cantrell expands Human Relations Commission New Orleans activists and organizers from a broad spectrum of local social justice and civil rights groups were appointed to the New Orleans Human Relations Commission’s advisory committee, a new body that Mayor laToya Cantrell hopes will function as the commission’s ear to the ground for policy recommendations. The move expands the role of the commission from its relatively lower-key function under former Mayor Mitch landrieu’s administration.

The 17-member committee includes former AClu of louisiana director Marjorie Esman, Women with a Vision director Deon Haywood, BreakOuT! organizer Nathalie Faulk, and representatives from the university of New Orleans and southern, Tulane, loyola, Xavier, Holy Cross and Dillard universities.

The committee will help assemble an lGBTQ “task force,” which Cantrell announced in June. That task force is expected to draft citywide policy recommendations for the mayor’s office.

Fox & Friends goes to Covington On July 26, Northshore diners who stopped to get doughnuts or a hamburger at Covington’s Butter Krisp Diner got something extra: A chance to be on Fox & Friends, the cable morning show that’s made a specialty of doing remote shots at diners around the country.

One diner, a military mom named suzanne, said she liked President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Iran: “I want a president who’s going to rule with an iron fist,” she said. ... “Trump’s for peace. And I like that.”

“All this Russia, Russia, Russia,” she added. “It’s nonsense.”

Mark, a Marine and crane operator wearing a “usA” hat, said he appreciated Trump’s head for business, but added he was sick of politicians in both parties.

Correspondent Todd Piro thought it all went well, tweeting that it was one of “the top 10 all time diner segments” on the show. Fox & Friends might have found the president in less favor on the southshore. In 2016, st.

Tammany voters chose Trump over Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton by a nearly threeto-one margin, while more than 80 percent of Orleans voters preferred Clinton.

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death penalty when state sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge, introduced legislation to abolish it. His bill had the backing of many Democrats and some Republicans. All were rightly concerned about the cost of executions, considering the years of appeals that accompany every death sentence. Claitor’s bill even had some district attorneys and law enforcement supporting it. His bill didn’t pass, but it did initiate a long-overdue discussion.

That was then. Now Attorney General Jeff landry has raised the issue from the opposite perspective, with a vengeance. literally. louisiana has executed 28 people since 1976, but none since 2010.

Difficulty in obtaining the specific drugs legally required for lethal injection — and obtaining them in the specific manner required by law — has prompted the courts to halt executions. Recently, Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration, which is defending the suit on behalf of the state, sought an extension to the court’s latest ruling, a move that would have pushed the next execution date back to July 2019. That’s when landry — ever the political showboat — pounced, suggesting Edwards was being soft on crime for … well, following the law.

Rather than seeking to discuss the matter with Edwards face to face, landry sent an “open letter” to the governor’s office (and released it to the media, of course), made the rounds of right-wing radio talk shows, and took to social media to grandstand. “I support the death penalty — by lethal injection, gas, hanging and firing squad,” landry declared on social media. In his “open letter” and on social media, he demanded to know how Edwards felt about the death penalty.

Edwards noted, rightly, that state law sets forth exactly how executions must proceed — and that landry has never suggested any changes to the law to expedite executions. landry finally responded by suggesting language that would add nitrogen hypoxia to the ways the death penalty could be administered, and if that were to fail in court, “then the method shall be by hanging, firing squad or electrocution.” In other words, landry conceded that state law — not the governor — is the real reason executions remain on hold in louisiana.

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In this file photo, La. Attorney General Jeff Landry speaks in Baton Rouge in March 2018. He is currently sparring with Gov. John Bel Edwards over the death penalty.

Nowhere in any of this did landry offer any proof that the death penalty makes louisianans safer, or that eight years without executions have jeopardized public safety. The facts indicate exactly the opposite. According to statistics from the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), southern states account for 80 percent of all executions in the u.s., yet those states have the highest murder rates, according to the 2016 uniform FBI Crime Report.

Moreover, louisiana has the nation’s fourth-highest exoneration rate in capital cases, according to the DPIC, with 11 people having been released from Death Row after evidence of their innocence emerged.

The latest was in May, when a Caddo Parish man named Corey Williams was released from prison more than 20 years after being wrongly convicted of murder. you can’t exonerate the dead.

That’s why we reiterate what we wrote last year: It’s time, for moral as well as fiscal reasons, for louisiana to abolish the death penalty.

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Political traffic patterns THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL

this week adopted a long-overdue change to the city’s policy of arresting people for driving without valid licenses and other minor traffic offenses. Meanwhile, Mayor laToya Cantrell is mulling yet another iteration of her position on traffic and red light cameras, which she promised to ditch while a candidate for mayor.

The council’s change to the City Code encourages cops to use their discretion in handling a wide variety of traffic offenses, while still following state laws that mandate arrests for serious violations such as DuI, reckless driving and hit-and-run.

For most traffic offenses, cops can issue summonses to appear in Traffic Court, which is what traditionally happens for speeding, illegal turns and the like.

The change should have happened long ago, but it took the arrest of a high-profile personality — former Councilman Oliver Thomas — to put the issue front and center. Thomas was arrested for driving with a suspended license after a car crash some months back.

He also had an unpaid traffic ticket in st. Charles Parish.

The former rules required cops to arrest Thomas, and they did — but only after waiting six hours at a hospital while Thomas and his kids received treatment.

New Orleans has had too few cops since then-Mayor Mitch landrieu plugged a gaping hole in the city budget (which he inherited from former Mayor Ray Nagin) by cutting NOPD recruit classes for several years in a row. Forcing officers to spend patrol time booking traffic scofflaws exacerbates that problem.

Councilmembers Helena Moreno and Jared Brossett proposed the ordinance. “We believe that precious police manpower should be spent on serious crimes,” Moreno said, “not spending hours on jailing individuals for minor offenses.”

While the council busies itself with making sense, the mayor struggles to make up her mind about traffic and red light cameras. she flip-flopped on the issue when she announced her candidacy for mayor last year — first promising to get rid of “all” cameras, then walking it back a tad, then going back to “all.”

Now she’s considering a “compromise” that would keep cameras only in school zones, and turn them on only during times when reduced speed limits are enforced.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s position on traffic cameras has changed more than once.

She’s now considering a “compromise” that would keep cameras only in school zones, and turn them on only during times when reduced speed limits are enforced.

There are several good reasons to keep all the cameras all the time, but the best one is this: The threat of heavy fines for speeding or running a stoplight ultimately changes people’s bad driving habits — and makes the roads safer for everyone.

There’s also the matter of city revenue. Cameras bring in more than $20 million a year, and the city budget is about to bust in the wake of NOPD overtime overages and pay hikes.

Many citizens seem to feel they have a constitutional right to speed and run red lights, but a hefty fine or two usually slows them down, even if they feel aggrieved at being punished for endangering the rest of us.

Politicians draw plenty of flak for breaking campaign promises, but this is one that Cantrell ought to break.

We’ll all be safer for it — especially now that cops will have more time to chase criminals rather than jail people with suspended drivers licenses.

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BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ @GambitBlake | askblake@gambitweekly.com

Hey Blake,

Recently I’ve heard a lot of music that was recorded at J&M Studios. Where was it located? Is it still around? If not, what’s there now?

Dear Eddie,

Eddie

J&M Recording studios, operated by legendary recording engineer Cosimo Matassa from 1945 through 1956, is widely recognized as a landmark in rock ’n’ roll and New Orleans rhythm and blues. The studio at 838-40 N. Rampart st. grew out of a record and appliance store that also housed a jukebox business — J&M Amusements — run by Matassa’s father John and his business partner Joe Mancuso.

After Cosimo Matassa dropped out of Tulane university, he began selling used records from the jukebox. In 1945, after noticing the interest from customers in buying records, he bought some recording equipment and converted a back room into a recording studio. In 1949, he engineered Fats Domino’s first recording, “The Fat Man,” and went on to record dozens more chart-topping hits from Domino and producer Dave Bartholomew.

J&M also recorded what would become iconic songs from Professor longhair, Aaron Neville, Clarence “Frogman” Henry and Frankie Ford, as well as Jerry lee lewis, Ray Charles and little Richard, who recorded “Tutti Frutti” there.

J&M closed in 1956 and Matassa later opened studios on Gov. Nicholls street and Camp street.

At those studios he recorded many

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Cosimo Matassa, the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame recording engineer of Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Dr. John, Professor Longhair and many other musicians, got his start at J&M Studios on Rampart Street, now used as a laundromat, seen here Thursday Sept. 11, 2014.

well-loved songs of the 1960s including hits from Irma Thomas, lee Dorsey, Dr. John, Ernie K-Doe, lloyd Price, Benny spellman, Chris Kenner and dozens more. Matassa, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, was modest about his role. “I always want people to remember that I didn’t play. The musicians played. It was my studio and I did what I could to concoct what I could,” he told WWl-TV in 2007. “A record is a performance frozen in time, so I was looking for good performances and trying to put performers on record, and happily the guys out in the studio performed.”

The former J&M studios building on North Rampart now houses a laundromat. The tile on the ground near the front entrance still features the logo for J&M Music shop.

BLAKEVIEW STARTING AUG. 3, the satchmo summerfest will celebrate New Orleans’ most famous native son, louis Armstrong, with music, food and scholarly discussions about his musical legacy.

Revisiting satchmo’s physical history in his hometown is challenging, with many of the landmarks in his life now demolished. Armstrong was born in New Orleans on Aug. 4, 1901. His boyhood home at 727 s. Broad street (then called Jane Alley or James Alley) was demolished to make way for the New Orleans Police Department headquarters and Traffic and Municipal Court complex. A plaque marks the spot where his house once stood.

His family later moved to an area called Black storyville or “back o’ town,” on Perdido street, near what is now City Hall. He was arrested in that neighborhood for firing a gun on New year’s Eve 1912 and sent to the Colored Waif’s Home (then located at 431 City Park Ave.). The building at 427 s. Rampart st., which still stands, is the former residence and tailor shop of the Karnofsky family. They hired Armstrong to work on their junk and coal wagons and loaned him money to buy his first cornet from a pawn shop. use WWOZ’s A Closer Walk website (www.acloserwalknola.com) for a walking tour of these and other musical history sites.

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NEW JERSEY SEN. CORY BOOKER

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO- CORTEZ

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WHICH WAY,

Democrats?

By AlEX WOODWARD |

Progressive organizing conference

NETROOTS NATION

heads to New Orleans.

@alexwoodward

JUNE’S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION IN NEW YORK put a national spotlight on 28-year-old

Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who beat longtime incumbent Joe Crowley in an upset that forced establishment Democrats to consider whether the emerging left has a place in the future of the party.

As Democrats campaign ahead of crucial midterm elections this fall, progressive organizers will gather in New Orleans to answer what that future will look like. Ocasio-Cortez joins more traditional Democrats like u.s. sens. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren at Netroots Nation‘s 2018 conference at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Aug. 2-4.

Conference organizers expect more than 3,000 attendees this year.

“We’re expecting a record breaker,” says Netroots Nation’s political and communications director Mary Rickles. “Part of it is people are super fired up with midterms coming up — they’re inspired by people running this cycle. Folks who were engaged within the last year or two with the newer ‘resistance’ organizations, they’re now leading in their communities.”

The convention picks up where last year’s theme of “resistance” to President Donald Trump’s administration left off, but it also builds on the momentum of a burgeoning left forcing establishment

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Netroots isn’t necessarily a political convention in the sense of parties entering with ideas and closing with consensus. It’s an annual reflection of movements on the left and among progressive and progressive-adjacent candidates, organizers and voters — but its lineup looks dramatically different in 2018 than its programs from over the last decade. Previous headliners like Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are seen by many as part of a Democratic establishment that a growing number of voters on the left want divorced from the party as it works to craft a message for the 2018 midterms and the 2020 presidential election.

The 2018 convention will address midterm elections “through the lens of the New American majority framework,” making an urgent call to elect candidates of color and “trying to encourage people to think about what investing in multiracial and multicultural communities look like,” Rickles says.

Ocasio-Cortez’s nomination is among the first big national wins for the Democratic socialists of America, which has grown from fewer than 7,000 dues-paying members to more than 45,000 within the last two years. u.s. sen. Bernie sanders and New york gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, both self-identified democratic socialists, also have rallied across the u.s. to endorse sympathetic candidates in fall elections.

The organization has been dismissed and attacked by the right as well as some Democrats and Beltway pundits pushing moderate candidates and platforms they see as more practical. Former FBI Director James Comey recently warned against the “socialist left” and said “America’s great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership.”

The DsA’s growing footprint on the left joins movements like Indivisible and efforts under the umbrella of MoveOn.org, which galvanized voters following the 2016 election.

“There’s a big conversation right now nationally and in the press about what the strategy will be for Democrats and what the right strategy is for winning in 2018 and 2020,” Rickles says.

“Our take is that if you look at the recent elections that have happened in the last year or so, most have been won by not watering down a message and trying to appeal to disaffected Trump voters.”

Candidates like Ocasio-Cortez are “not afraid to talk about what they stand for,” Rickles says. “I hope that the more moderate members of the party, when they leave the conference or see it on the news, they understand this is where the heart and soul of the movement really wants their candidates to be.

The folks who come to Netroots are the ones knocking on doors, making phone calls — really the boots on the ground in the community … We want to highlight the success that can be found when you’re bold with your ideas and policies and really do try to make sure you’re working for the people you represent.”

Netroots covers a broad spectrum of progressive organizing efforts, and they’ll have an audience with candidates from across the u.s. There are panels on law enforcement and surveillance in black communities, voter suppression, women’s health care, union organizing, rural voter demographics and the “savior mentality” among progressive organizers. There also will be training sessions on organizing via the internet.

“We’re encouraging people to think about what our country actually looks like,” Rickles says. “We need to go all in on electing candidates of color. We need to go all in on supporting organizations in communities of color in swing states doing local organizing. That’s our biggest focus this year.”

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EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT ATTENDING NETROOTS NATION, you still

can hear Massachusetts Democratic sen. Elizabeth Warren speak at a New Orleans appearance this week. u.s. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, will lead a conversation with Warren at Dillard university on Friday, covering “political topics and the issues that both Richmond and Warren are battling on Capitol Hill.”

Warren is frequently mentioned as a contender for the presidency in the 2020 election; Richmond, who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, is seeking his fifth term representing New Orleans in Congress.

The event falls on the same day as Warren’s scheduled appearance at Netroots Nation, where she is set to talk on a panel with California sen. Kamala Harris.

Warren’s conversation with Richmond is set for 5 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 3 at Dillard’s Georges Auditorium, and is free to the public.

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al momentum to the left; former Mayor Mitch landrieu recently bristled at calls to abolish ICE and sympathized with Trump press secretary sarah Huckabee sanders being asked to leave a restaurant. u.s.

Rep. Cedric Richmond is among a handful of Congressional Democrats who hasn’t pledged support for extending Medicarefor-all legislation. And u.s. Rep. steve scalise is all but guaranteed reelection in a race that also has three Democrats and one independent candidate in a heavily gerrymandered district strongly favoring Republican voters.

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Richmond, among the state’s most powerful Democrats, won’t be attending the conference — Richmond is holding an offsite conversation with Warren at Dillard university that same weekend (see p. 15).

Grassroots organizing efforts across the state, particularly in New Orleans, present a sharp contrast with the state’s center- and right-leading leadership, forcing candidates to address housing affordability, health care, minimum wage increases, and racial and economic justice, among a host of issues that have the attention of local officials, most recently during the 2017 mayoral and City Council elections.

Netroots will highlight the significance of those hyperlocal progressive movements, including mayoral elections in the south, with New Orleans-specific discussions on climate change, criminal justice and incarceration, and the impacts of “disaster capitalism.” Netroots will host a panel discussing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures and the ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

Netroots also will host Chokwe Antar lumumba, the Working Families Party candidate who was elected mayor of Jackson, Mississippi in 2016 with 93 percent of the vote. Birmingham, Alabama mayor Randall Woodin, the former Hillary Clinton campaigner endorsed by Our Revolution, also will appear. Mayor laToya Cantrell will appear at an opening night panel with lumumba and Booker, who formerly served as mayor of Newark, New Jersey.

“One thing we’re really trying to underscore is even if you’re living in a red state, you don’t have to water down your ideas and policy,” Rickles says. “We can have bold progressive leaders elected and winning races in cities that are the reddest states in the country. I think there’s this idea from national Democrats in particular, that running in a red state [means] you have to water down your message. I’m hoping with Randall and lumumba and Cantrell can speak to what our cities could look like if we’re really supporting candidates who are unabashedly progressive, in how they run and how they create policy.”

Organizing in America’s newsrooms a hot topic at Netroots Nation

By KAT sTROMQuIsT @kstromquist

MANY PANELS AT THIS YEAR’S NETROOTS NATION CONFERENCE ARE ABOUT ORGANIZING IN AMERICA’S CHANGING WORKPLACES, where stagnant

wages and a rash of worker-unfriendly court decisions have lately reenergized the labor movement. Panels such as “What’s a strike and How Can I Help” discuss common tools of labor activists, as seen in recent high-profile teacher strikes in West Virginia and Kentucky.

Others — like “Handbills and Hashtags: Cross-Generational Organizing in an Anti-Worker Climate” — touch on the broader cultural forces that are encouraging or, mostly, inhibiting organizing efforts.

On saturday, panelists from The Huffington Post, VICE, Gizmodo Media Group (formerly Gawker Media) and Vox will convene for a discussion moderated by Writers Guild of America East organizer Megan McRobert to discuss the burst of organizing activity seen at media companies over the past few years.

It’s a turbulent time for the news business — just this month, the storied New York Daily News chopped its editorial staff in half. Meanwhile, newsrooms including the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker and a slew of digital media groups have organized as a way to counteract the acquisitions, layoffs, changing technologies, low pay, diversity challenges and more that have created a tumultuous working environment for journalists. “yes, [journalists are] professional workers,” McRobert says, “but that doesn’t mean they have job security. People are really questioning, where will this industry be in five, 10, 20 years?”

McRobert, an organizer who has worked on campaigns in

the service and health care industries, says there’s an unusual amount of momentum around media organizing right now, particularly in the fast-paced world of digital journalism. In that space, media groups that were run like startups only a few years ago have emerged as mature companies. unions are one way for workers to make sure they have “a seat at the table,” McRobert says, from which they can push back on structural issues such as consolidation (when bigger companies gobble up smaller ones) and waves of layoffs.

McRobert also says unionizing is useful in ways that go beyond job security or hashing out health care benefits and vacation time. In journalism, where newsrooms are often homogenous in terms of race, class and even gender, organizing can offer a fix that benefits both workers and readers.

“What do these newsrooms look like? Who can afford to work there? Who gets to decide what stories get told?” she says. some newsrooms with which she’s worked are experimenting with contract measures that would require employers interview women and people of color for every open position, and McRobert points out that benefits such as parental leave or regular raises encourage diversity themselves.

The panel will include practical tips on organizing media and other workers, such as uses of technology and organizing a workforce that doesn’t always come in to the office, and also includes input from journalists who have taken part in labor organizing efforts.

Panelist Hamilton Nolan, a senior writer at splinter who was involved in the 2015 effort to organize Gawker Media, says he had written a lot about labor but knew almost nothing about organizing when that effort

began. “I really had no idea whether it would work or not,” he says.

But the drive paid off — Gawker Media workers successfully organized and signed their union contract just before the infamous Hulk Hogan verdict came down, which bankrupted the company and forced its sale to univision. Because univision picked up the union contract with its acquisition, journalists kept their salaries — and the same level of editorial freedom.

As other digital media spaces have taken the plunge, Nolan says he’s sat in on organizing meetings at a number of companies, where the same issues pop up over and over again: how much people get paid and pay equity between men and women, diversity, troubles with management. He’s come to believe that unions are a “strong tool for solving a lot of problems,” both in journalism and beyond it.

“On a basic level, everybody should unionize for the same reason,” he says. “It’s a structural thing in capitalism, where if you’ve got a job and you’ve got a boss you need a union, or else you’re always going to be at a disadvantage. It’s that simple.”

PANEL INFORMATION

Inside the Media Union Revolution: Organizing Case Studies from the Writers Guild of America, East 2 P.M. | sATuRDAy, AUGUST 4 NETROOTS NATION.

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Bright and early

FORK CENTER Email dining@gambitweekly.com

Taste of Trinidad

THE NOLA CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL

(www.nolacaribbeanfestival.com) had its biggest event yet in June, filling Central City BBQ’s spacious courtyard for two days with the music, food and culture of the Caribbean. The festival’s organizers are debuting soca Fete saturday, Aug. 4, to celebrate the culture and food of Trinidad and Tobago.

The event takes place at Central City food court Roux Carre (2000

YaYa’s Comfort Food is a casual breakfast spot in Harahan

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

WHEN CONNER MULLINS WAS GROWING UP, breakfast was king.

Family gatherings took place around the breakfast table, and the first dish the future chef learned to cook was scrambled eggs, which his father taught him when Mullins was 9 years old.

While working at Commander’s Palace and after that a seven-year stint at Brigtsen’s, mornings were the only time when Mullins could cook for fun. He experimented with new recipes for a breakfast place he could call his own.

Those designs came to fruition this spring when Mullins opened yaya’s Comfort Food, a friendly and casual breakfast and lunch joint on Hickory Avenue in Harahan.

Patrons entering the restaurant pause to say hello to friends seated at tables before making their way to the register, where on most weekends there is a line of guests. Burlap curtains hang on the windows, and guests help themselves to refills at the self-serve coffee station. Tables are lined with packets of butter and jelly and Crystal hot sauce.

During breakfast, big, fluffy omelets arrive at tables still steaming and golden waffles are saddled with crispy duck under a sweet syrupy strawberry glaze. On weekends, freshly baked cinnamon rolls are unapologetically misshapen and drip with icing.

The multi-colored El Jefe omelet is a blanket of eggs wrapped around melted cheddar cheese, crumbled chorizo and black beans, which taste earthy and full of warm spice.

WHERE

2317 Hickory Ave., Harahan; (504) 5753434; www.yayascomfortfood.com

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Members of the crowd dance at the NOLA Caribbean Festival on June 23, 2018.

Topping the omelet is an onion-studded guacamole, juicy red salsa and sour cream. Add home fries dusted in Creole seasoning and you have a full breakfast platter.

There are subtle latin touches on the menu. Mullins’ girlfriend comes from Honduran and Cuban backgrounds and serves as the inspiration, he says. El Pollo loco po-boy features fried chicken breasts flavored with sazon Goya, a bright seasoning blend made with ground coriander, garlic, cumin and annatto, and topped with avocado and pico de gallo on crusty French bread. The po-boy selection also includes the Hott Hott made with Patton’s hot sausage and a Crystal-spiked mayonnaise.

There are changing daily lunch specials such as a bright and soupy shrimp Creole served with white rice and three thick pieces of catfish covered in a crunchy cornmeal crust. With just a sprinkle of lemon

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$

WHEN

HOW MUCH

breakfast Tue.-sun., lunch Tue.-Fri.

inexpensive

WHAT WORKS

El Jefe omelet, home fries, cinnamon rolls

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Chef-owner Connor Mullins serves an El Jefe omelet at YaYa’s Comfort Food in Harahan.

juice the dish was complete and thoroughly comforting. lunch is served until 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and the restaurant closes at noon on weekends. Mullins says he chose those hours so he can spend time with his nieces and nephews, who call him yaya.

While there is plenty to enjoy about brunches fueled by bottomless mimosas, yaya’s serves as a reminder of the breakfast joints where the toast is warm, the service is friendly and the only thing bottomless are the steaming cups of French roast coffee.

Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

WHAT DOESN’T

early closing hours on weekends

CHECK, PLEASE Harahan comfort food hub puts breakfast first

Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 504-8754293; www.rouxcarre.com) from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Organizer Joel Hitchcock-Tilton, who also runs the urban farm Paradigm Gardens (1131 s. Rampart st., 504-344-9474; www.paradigmgardensnola.com), said in a release that the party will highlight soca music and Trinidadian street food. soca is a dance music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago. Musical acts at the fest will include New york-based soca artist Imani Ray, DJ Raj smoove and others.

Participating local food vendors include Queen Trini lisa (www. facebook.com/queentrini.lisa), who operates a stand at Roux Carre, and Nola Island Connection.

Queen Trini will serve doubles, a popular Trinidadian snack featuring deep-fried turmeric flatbread filled with chickpeas. she’ll also serve barbecued jerk chicken, oxtail, goat curry and codfish sandwiches.

Nola Island Connection will serve curried chicken, stewed chicken, coconut rolls, roti and curry mango and “drunken” plantains, among other items.

There will be beer, a drink menu and nonalcoholic beverages including a sorrel drink and an island citrus punch.

Admission is $10, and tickets are available in advance on the NOlA Caribbean Festival website.

— HElEN FREuND

Fin dining

UPTOWN GOT ANOTHER POKE

restaurant when the Californiabased franchise lemonshark Poke opened at 2901 Magazine st. (www. lemonsharkpoke.com) on July 26.

The restaurant follows a fast-casual format where diners are served assembly-line style, making

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LemonShark Poke opened on Magazine Street July 26.

selections of bases (which include forbidden rice and soba noodles), raw fish and toppings.

The national poke chain serves sustainably sourced fish, including line-caught tuna, according to the company’s website.

Bottomless miso soup, “pokerritos” (seaweed wraps filled with poke) and a selection of kombucha drinks are served. — HElEN FREuND

cinnamon and sugar, stuffed with bean paste.

The restaurant doesn’t serve alcohol, but guests are welcome to ByOB. Catalino’s serves lunch and dinner Tuesday through sunday.

— HElEN FREuND

The great Santini

BARMAN CHRIS HANNAH will depart

his longtime home at Arnaud’s French 75 (813 Bienville st., 504523-5433; www.arnaudsrestaurant. com) later this year to open a fine dining restaurant and bar in the French Quarter with Nick Detrich.

The news was first reported by Neatpour.com, which announced July 23 that Hannah and Detrich will open the restaurant Jewel of the south this fall at 1026 st. louis st.

Hannah and Detrich are longtime friends and they opened Cuban-themed cocktail bar and restaurant Manolito (508 Dumaine st., 504-603-2740; www.manolitonola.com) earlier this summer.

At Jewel of the south, named for barman Joseph santini’s 19th-century restaurant, Hannah and Detrich will pay homage to some of santini’s contributions to the New Orleans cocktail scene, notably the Brandy Crusta, the sugar-rimmed

GuateNola

HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM Addie

and Hugo Vasquez opened Guatemalan restaurant Catalino’s (7724 Maple st., 504-518-6735; www.facebook.com/catalinosllc) July 25 in the spot long occupied by Babylon Cafe in the Carrollton neighborhood.

Hugo Vasquez, who is overseeing the kitchen, is from Guatemala City and came to New Orleans in 2011.

The couple met two years ago while working at El Gato Negro and saw an opportunity to offer New Orleans diners the traditional dishes of his upbringing.

Dishes include jocon, featuring pan-fried chicken and potatoes in a green sauce of tomatillos, green peppers, cilantro and onions. Pepian is a meat stew made with mirliton, green beans and pork. Kak’ik is a turkey soup flavored with cilantro and mint.

For dessert, there is arroz con leche flavored with cinnamon, choco banano (a banana dipped in chocolate and topped with peanuts or sprinkles), and rellenitos, deepfried sweet plantains flavored with

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Chris Hannah will depart Arnaud’s French 75 to open the fine dining restaurant Jewel of the South with Nick Detrich.

cognac and citrus cocktail.

Calling santini their “spiritual guide for New Orleans cocktails,” Detrich said they will serve cocktails that evoke New Orleans’ culinary and cocktail history. Detrich described the concept as “tavern fine dining,” and the menu will reference famous New Orleans chefs such as Paul Prudhomme. A chef has not been named.

The residential building is being renovated to house the restaurant and Detrich expects to open before Thanksgiving.

Detrich also is working on opening a bar that will open on Rampart street late this year or early 2019.

— HElEN FREuND

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Chris Jolly

Vegan chef CHRIS JOLLY’S PO-BOYS

aren’t your traditional roast beef or fried shrimp sandwiches. The Buffy is made with Buffalo tofu, pepper Jack macaroni and cheese, candied date “bacon” bits and cucumber ranch dressing. The Queen of Elizabeth is filled with hearts of palm “crabby” cakes, quinoa pilaf, cucumber salad, remoulade and lemon-dill crema. All of it is vegan. Jolly, who runs the pop-up Rolls & Rock (www. facebook.com/rollsandrock), recently opened a stall at the Circle Food store (1522 st.

Bernard Ave.), where he sells vegan tacos, po-boys and, on certain days, sushi-style rolls.

Jolly spoke with Gambit about vegan food in New Orleans.

How did you get into the vegan food business?

JOLLY: I have worked with food pretty much my whole life. It started out when I was a little boy and was always in the kitchen with my grandparents. We had a big garden, so they were always pickling and canning and making all kinds of things. My mom always cooked for us, so I also learned a lot from her. Then when I turned 18, I got into the restaurant industry. Initially I worked in the front of the house, serving and bartending, and then I went into management. At the time, I was working at Outback steakhouse and I had just gone into (its) management program when I ended up becoming vegan. so that was a little bit of a conflict of interest.

What has been the reception to vegan food at Circle Food Store?

J: There are actually two other vegan spots with us, and they’ve been here a little bit longer than us. One of them is called Dough to Dough. They’re a doughnut shop, and they do pizza and some sandwiches. The other one is called sweet Treats by Rah, and she does cakes and cookies. On saturday, Aug. 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. we’re throwing a tast-

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Chef Chris Jolly runs the vegan food pop-up Rolls & Rock.

ing party for the three businesses.

There are definitely a lot of people from this area, and in New Orleans in general, that aren’t really necessarily familiar with vegan food. When they have an opportunity to try our food, they can see that there are replications of things that they’re used to and still have the same texture and the big flavor that they’re familiar with. It’s something they can get really excited about because it means that they can improve their lifestyle and their diet without having to give up the comfort and all of the different (foods) they have attachments to.

It’s definitely an education thing and overcoming the stereotypes.

The other spot we were in was in Bywater and that was really easy because people there are already open to it. so it’s definitely more of a challenge (here), but for me it just comes down to tasting the food. If you can put something delicious in their mouth that’s all you have to do. It’s a nice opportunity, because if we are always just going after people who have been doing this for years and already know everything, then we’re not reaching new audiences.

What are your go-to spots for vegan food?

J: My favorite is sneaky Pickle, and it’s really close to my house.

I also enjoy Carmo a lot. Pizza Delicious usually has a good vegan pie, and the chocolate peanut bar at shake sugary.

— 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 Wedsat. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. D Wed-sun, late Wed-sun, brunch satsun. $$

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 satsun, 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. $

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

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

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 Monsat, brunch sun. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Reservations accepted. B, l. D daily, brunch sun. $$$ 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. $$ Green Goddess — 307 Exchange Place, (504) 301-3347; www.greengoddessrestaurant.com — No reservations. l, D Wed-sun. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; 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. $$ NOLA Restaurant — 534 St. Louis St., (504) 522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/nola-restaurant — Reservations recommended. l Thu-Mon, D daily. $$$ PAGE 24

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Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations recommended. B, l, D daily, brunch sat-sun. $$$

Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Reservations recommended. l Mon-Fri, D Mon-sat, brunch sun. $$

Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reservations accepted. l, D daily. $$$

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

Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, D Tue-sun. $$ Salon Restaurant by Sucre — 622 Conti St., (504) 267-7098; www.restaurantsalon. com — Reservations accepted. brunch and early D Thu-Mon. $$

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Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. B, l, D daily, brunch sat-sun. $$$

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

KENNER 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 Tuesun, brunch sat-sun, late Thu-sat. $$

METAIRIE

Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.gumbostop.com — No reservations. l, D Mon-sat. $$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. l sun-Thu, D Mon-Thu. $ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. l Tue-sat, D Tue-sun. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, l daily, early dinner Mon-sat, brunch sun. $$ 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) 8350916; 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 Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. l, D Tue-sun. $ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant com — Reservations recommended. l Tue-Fri, D Tue-sat, brunch sat.-sun. $$

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

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

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. $

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. $$

Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — No reservations. l daily, D 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. $$

Juan’s Flying Burrito — 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — No reservations. l, D daily. $

Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Reservations accepted for five or more. l, D Tue-sun. $$

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. $

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

UPTOWN Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 894-8881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. brunch, D Tue-sun. $$$ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, l Fri-sat, D Mon-Thu, brunch sun. $$ 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. emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ G’s Kitchen Spot — Balcony Bar, 3201 Magazine St., (504) 891-9226; www. gskitchenspot.com — No reservations. l Fri-sun, D, late daily. $ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. l, D Mon-sat. $$

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 Mon-sat. $$

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. $ Meril — 424 Girod St., (504) 526-3745; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/meril — Reservations accepted. l, D daily. $$ Vyoone’s Restaurant — 412 Girod St., (504) 518-6007; www.vyoone.com — Reservations accepted. l Tue-Fri, D Tue-sat, brunch sat-sun. $$$

WEST BANK Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. D Tue-sat.

Cash only. $$$ Restaurant des Familles — 7163 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 689-7834; www. desfamilles.com — Reservations recommended. l, D daily, brunch sun. $$$ 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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C O M P l E T E l I s T I N G s AT W W W. B E s TO F N E W O R l E A N s . C O M = OuR PICKs

TUESDAY 31 Bombay Club — Matt lemmler, 8 Checkpoint Charlie’s — Jamie lynn Vessels, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Chip Wilson, 5; lynn Drury, 8 Circle Bar — Gene Black & Friends, 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 — sales, No Vacation, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8 One Eyed Jacks — lera lynn, 8 Poor Boys — Black Abba, spellbreaker, 10 SideBar — Helen Gillet, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10

The Starlight — Joe Welnick, 7; DJ Fayard, 10

WEDNESDAY 1 BMC — The Tempted, 5; lC smoove, 8; sandra love & the Reason, 11 Check Point Charlie — T Bone stone & the Happy Monsters, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Mark Carroll & Friends, 6; Alvin youngblood Hart, 8 Circle Bar — Marc stone & Friends, 7 Columns Hotel — Andy Rogers, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Carl leblanc, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Bodega, 9 House of Blues (The Parish) — Jet lounge, 11 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — lucid Illusions, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — Michael Watson, 8 Joy Theater — Taking Back sunday, Microwave, Mighty, 7 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip Wilson, 8:30 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — Grayson Brockamp & the New Orleans Wildlife Band, 7

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Mike True & the Phantom Band, 9 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — Jerry Embree, 8 Santos Bar — swamp Moves feat. Russell Welch Quartet, 10 SideBar — James singleton & Brad Walker, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 The Starlight — Gal Holiday, 7 Three Muses — leslie Martin, 5; Hot Club of New Orleans, 7

THURSDAY 2 BMC — Ainsley Matich & Broken Blues, 5; Andre lovett Band, 8; Kennedy Kuntz, 11 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Gumbo Cabaret, 5; Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6 Check Point Charlie — Girl Fry, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil Degruy, 6; Jason Ricci, 8 Circle Bar — Dark lounge with Rik slave, 7; Divers Virtues, Cervix Couch, Empty Model, fri(G)id, 9:30 d.b.a. — shag Fest feat. Ivan Neville, George Porter Jr., Tony Hall, Honey Island swamp Band, Papa Mali, Alvin youngblood Hart, 6 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Charlie Dennard, 9 House of Blues — Nicoley & the Hot at Nights, 7; Bamboleo (latin night), midnight The Jazz Playhouse — Brass-A-Holics, 8:30 Kerry Irish Pub — One Tailed Three, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — The soul Rebels, 11

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — William Robison, 7; Mark Fernandez, 9 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Troy sawyer, 6 Old Point Bar — Born Toulouse, 8 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, 8 Saturn Bar — Ekumen, Destroy All Bigots, Ex-Vicus, 9 SideBar — ZouKeys feat. Beth Patterson, Josh Paxton, 9 Silk Road — Patrick Cooper, 6 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — yoshio Toyama & Dixie saints, 8 & 10 The Starlight — singer-songwriter shindig feat. lynn Drury, Amanda Walker, 8 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Arsene Delay, 8 The Willow — Rebirth Brass Band, 9

FRIDAY 3 BMC — lifesavers, 3; Gaslight street, 6; JAM Brass Band, 9; Vance Orange, midnight The Bayou Bar — Patrick Cooper, 7 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Davis Rogan, 6; Calvin Johnson & Native son, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — The Pinettes Brass Band, 9 Casa Borrega — Javier Gutierrez Duo, 7 Check Point Charlie — lA Hellbenders, 7; Cajun Rhythm, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Roberto luti Homecoming Bash feat. lynn Drury, sol Fiya, 8 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 7; Caroline says, Fishplate, Jessica Risker, 9:30

PREVIEW

By AlEX WOODWARD @alexwoodward

COu RTEsy NORIEGA MEDIA

IF YOU’RE LUCKY AND AWAKE, there’s an early morning fog on dewy treelined stretches of I-10 between Alabama and Texas, where the highway climbs over what feels like mountains compared to the flat swamp mist carving through louisiana. That fog covers every note of No Fool Like an Old Fool (Western Vinyl), the second album from singer-songwriter Caroline sallee, who’s all too familiar with those alone-but-not-lonely drives after relocating from Hunstville, Alabama to Austin, Texas, where as Caroline says she looks to her rearview mirror for a collection of songs reflecting escape and regret, nostalgia and loss, all while keeping her foot on the gas.

That heavy, warm air lulls a sadie Hawkins R&B dream from her “sweet Home Alabama,” dispelling the lynyrd skynyrd anthem’s myopic pride with the reality of being trapped in it. “I’m exactly where you want me, stuck in this sad little town,” she sings.

“We don’t talk but I know everybody’s thinking of all the ways to get out.”

Her self-produced songs recall the reverb-dense at-home recordings and grim stories in Bruce springsteen’s Nebraska, but she pairs her dark tales with near-whispered vaporous vocal harmonies and pitterpat motorik percussion, which propels stereolab-inspired “A Good Thief steals Clean” and mid-album highlight “Rip Off.” sallee recorded the bulk of No Fool at night, after job shifts and fighting sleep, putting to tape the sound of dreamy delirium and exhaustion, with a glimmer of hope knowing something else, anything else, is coming up at the next stop, for better or worse.

Jessica Risker and New Orleans alt-country outfit Fishplate open at 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 3 at Circle Bar, 1032 St. Charles Ave., (504) 588-2616; www.circlebarneworleans.com.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Antonio!, 10 Gasa Gasa — sweet Crude, 10 House of Blues — lyfe Jennings, 8 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Assata Ranay, Kevin stylez, 9 Jazz National Historical Park — Ranger Duo, 2 The Jazz Playhouse — Ricardo Pascal Orchestra, 7 Joy Theater — Ganja White Night, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Tim Robertson, 5; Hurricane Refugees, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Tom Worrell, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Agent 86, 7; Grain Fed, Troi Atkinson, 9 Oak — Dapper Dandies, 9 Old Point Bar — Gal Holiday, 9 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — The Wise Guys, 9 Santos Bar — De lux, 9 SideBar — Jonathan Freilich Presents, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ellis Marsalis Trio feat. Cristien Bold, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Vagrants, stepping sideways, Crypt, Weakwilled, 8 The Starlight — Afrodiziac’s Jazz, 7 Three Muses — Royal Roses, 5; Doro Wat Jazz, 9 Tipitina’s — Foundation Free Fridays feat.

IKO All-stars, 10 Twist of Lime — ugly, Cerebral Drama, Alpha Rhythm in the Mercy Circus, Dustin Cole, 10

MUSIC SATURDAY 4 BMC — Abe Thompson & Doctors of Funk, 3; Willie lockett & Blues Krewe, 6; Hallelujah Hat Rack, midnight Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Dayna Kurtz & Robert Mache, 3; Marina Orchestra, 9 Casa Borrega — Nebula Rosa, 7 Check Point Charlie — Alabama slim Blues Revue, 7; J Monque’D Blues Band, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — sam Price & the True Believers, 10 Circle Bar — Vanzza Rokken, 4:20; shock Patina, The O-Pines, Bipolaroid, 9:30 d.b.a — Old school swamp Blues Revue feat. The Excelleauxs, sam Hogan, 7; little Freddie King, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Betty shirley Band, 10 Gasa Gasa — Gaslight street, The Iceman special, 10 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — The links, Black Market suitor, Fighting for Frequency, 9 Jazz National Historical Park — steel Pans with Reynold Kinsale, 2 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5; Paintbox feat. Dave James & Tim Robertson, 9 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — sasha K.A., Crazy Whisky, Patsy Grace, 7 Oak — Mia Borders, 9 Old Point Bar — Ted Hefko & the Thousandaires, 9 PAGE 28

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Radar Upcoming concerts » Kraus, NOLIFE and Proud Father, Aug. 14, Gasa Gasa » Soul Sister’s Birthday Jam feat. ZAPP, sept. 7, Tipitina’s » The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Oct. 12, House of Blues » Tamia, Oct. 13, House of Blues » Welshly Arms and The Glorious Sons, Oct. 13, House of Blues » Beartooth, Oct. 19, House of Blues » Maxwell, Oct. 24, Saenger Theatre » Thievery Corporation and Julian Marley, Nov. 2, Joy Theater » Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch and Lauren Alaina, Dec. 14, Champions Square » Mannheim Steamroller, Dec. 15, Saenger Theatre

Chickie Wah Wah — Justin Molaison, 5 Circle Bar — Micah & Marlin, 7 d.b.a. — The Palmetto Bug stompers, 6; Brasinola, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Peter Nu, 9 Gasa Gasa — Rusty Dusty, Pucusana, Kelly Duplex, Opin, 8 House of Blues — He Is We, 7 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Beth Patterson, 8 Old Point Bar — Gregg & James Martinez, 3 One Eyed Jacks — summer serenades feat. Dominique lejeune, Dusky Waters, Kathryn Rose Wood, 9 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — One Trick Pony, 4 Santos Bar — Telekinetic yeti, Hyborian, Cikada, 9 Smoothie King Center — Imagine Dragons, Grace Vanderwaal, 7 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Jason Marsalis & the 21st Century Trad Band, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — PowerGlove, start select, Glitch Black, 7 The Starlight — lulu & the Broadsides, 7 Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; linnzi Zaorski, 8 Trinity Episcopal Church — Armand st.

Martin, 5

MONDAY 6

Maxwell performs at Saenger Theatre Oct. 24.

Preservation Hall — Wendell Brunious & Mark Braud (John “Picket” Brunious, sr. tribute), 4 Rock ‘n’ Bowl — Bag of Donuts, 9 SideBar — Derrick Freeman’s smokers’ Trio, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Dr. Michael White & Original liberty Jazz Band, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Crowbar, Vermilion Whiskey, 8 Southport Hall (Deck Room) — Diplocrats, Jak locke, Bad Moon lander, 8 The Starlight — Alicia Blue Eyes Renee, 9 Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Debbie Davis, 6; shotgun Jazz Band, 9

BMC — Zoe K, 5; lil Red & Big Bad, 7; Paggy Prine & southern soul, 10 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 — Dem Roach Boyz, 7; Gene Black & Friends, 9:30 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 7; Cha Wa, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — MAsQ & the Noise Complaints, 7 SideBar — Instant Opus Improvised series, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 The Starlight — Free Jambalaya Jam feat.

Joshua Benitez Band, 8 Three Muses — Bart Ramsey, 5

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church~, 1329 Jackson Ave.~ — The organist’s “Organ & labyrinth” performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock, played by candlelight. Free.

6 p.m. Tuesday.

Tipitina’s — Glen David Andrews Band, 10 Twist of Lime — Viva la Vamps, 10

SUNDAY 5 BMC — Foot & Friends, 3; yisrael, 7; Moments of Truth, 10 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — steve Pistorius Quartet, 7

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EVENTS TUESDAY 31 Underwear Fair. St. Tammany Parish Library, Causeway Branch, 3457 Highway 190, Mandeville — st. Tammany Parish libraries accept donations of children’s underwear sizes 4-16, and will waive $1 in library fines for each pair donated. There’s also an underwear Fair storytime with crafts and games at the library’s Causeway branch (3457 Highway 190, Mandeville) at 10 a.m. Friday. Tuesday-saturday.

THURSDAY 2 Lagniappe Classic Dog Show. Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner — More than 1,000 dogs representing 190 breeds compete daily for Best in show and Reserve Best in show trophies. Visit www. akc.org for details. Free admission. 8 a.m.

Thursday-sunday.

Yappy Hour. Cafe Adelaide and Swizzle Stick Bar, Loews New Orleans Hotel, w300 Poydras St. — Dogs are welcome at a luau party at the bar. Dog treats are offered. 4 p.m.

Satchmo Summerfest Kickoff Party. Omni Royal Orleans, 621 St. Louis St. — John Boutte performs at the party celebrating spirit of satchmo Award winners Bethany Bultman, Ellis Marsalis and Ashlin Parker.

Tickets $65, includes hors d’oeuvres and open bar. 7 p.m.

FRIDAY 3 Satchmo Summerfest. Old U.S. Mint, 400

Esplanade Ave. — Celebrating the life and music of louis “satchmo” Armstrong, the annual festival includes live music, seminars, food vendors, family activities and more. www.satchmosummerfest.org.

Tickets $5. 11 a.m. Friday-sunday.

Elizabeth Warren. John Georges Auditorium, Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd.

— u.s. Rep. Cedric Richmond moderates a conversation with the Massachusetts senator. Free admission. 5 p.m.

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. www.noma.org.

Free with museum admission. 5 p.m.

Dinner and a ZOOvie. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St. — The family-friendly movie series features outdoor movie showings (you can bring your own dinner) and access to the Cool Zoo splash park and Gator Run floating attraction. www.audubonnatureinstitute.org. Tickets $6, additional $6 for splash park, free for children under 2. 6 p.m.

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.

SATURDAY 4 Back to School Celebration and Backpack Giveaway. Sojourner Truth Community Center, 2200 Lafitte St. — There’s music, games, health screenings, refreshments and school supplies at the community party. students must be accompanied by a guardian to receive school supplies.

10 a.m.

Great American Seafood Cook-Off 2018.

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd. — louisiana lt.

Gov. Billy Nungesser is among the hosts of this cooking competition. Tickets $10.

11 a.m.

Dr. Sketchy’s Date Night. Mudlark Public Theatre, 1200 Port St. — Burlesque dancers give short performances and pose for life drawing. suggested donation $8. 10 p.m.

SUNDAY 5 Mad Hatter’s Jazz Brunch. Four Columns, 3711 Westbank Expressway, Harvey — WDsu-TV’s Gina swanson emcees the party honoring community health care providers.

11 a.m.

The Underwear Day Parade NOLA. The Elephant Collective, 3610 Toulouse St. — Marchers are encouraged to wear their underwear for a parade celebrating National underwear Day. A pool party follows. 7 p.m.

BOOKS Ann Todd. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St. — The author presents Oss Operation Black Mail: One Woman’s

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PREVIEW Me Got Fiyo: The Professor Longhair Centennial

By WIll COVIEllO PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, aka Henry Roeland Byrd, changed New Orleans music and finished his career as a celebrated local figure. He delivered the closing set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival until P H OTO G R A P H B y M I C H A E l P. his death in 1980 and remains the patron s M I T H ©T H E H I s TO R I C N E W saint of Tipitina’s, the music club named for ORlE ANs COllECTION one of his songs.

Professor longhair also influenced rock ’n’ View of Professor Longhair (1918roll and American music.

1980) performing at the 1977 New “One of the best ways to play rock ’n’ roll Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. piano is to use what Professor longhair did,” says David Kunian, music curator of the New Orleans Jazz Museum. “lots of people concentrate on the rock and forget to roll. One of the best ways to make it roll is to take the lessons of Professor longhair to it — to make it have that swing or Cuban syncopation, which makes rock ’n’ roll roll, and makes it easier to dance to. It’s something you swing your hips to more than jump up and down.”

Kunian curated the Me Got Fiyo expo at the Jazz Museum, and it explores his life in photos, video and artifacts. Born in Bogalusa in 1918, Byrd was brought to New Orleans by his mother, a musician. He picked up the guitar and piano, and eventually altered the New Orleans sound. His best-known recordings include “Big Chief” and “Mardi Gras in New Orleans.” Byrd stopped performing in public for much of the 1960s but returned in the 1970s, and became a regular performer at Tipitina’s when it opened in the late 1970s.

The expo features video of Professor longhair at his first Jazz Fest set in 1971.

There are two of his pianos, including an electric keyboard and the upright Baldwin piano he played at Tipitina’s. There are pictures by documentary photographers Michael P. smith and syndey Byrd, as well as an image of Professor longhair with Robert Plant at a party for led Zeppelin for which he was hired to perform. There also is a small side exhibit featuring musicians who played in bands with Professor longhair.

An opening reception is 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, with music by pianist Tom Worrell and percussionist uganda Roberts, who performed regularly with Professor longhair. The exhibit runs through July 1, 2019 at the New Orleans Jazz Musuem, 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.nolajazzmuseum.org.

Covert War Against the Imperial Japanese Army, and there’s a reception.

5 p.m. Tuesday.

Deborah Dixon. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St. — The author presents Connected Inc., her second novel. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Vicki Salloum. The Orange Couch, 2339 Royal St. — The author reads from and signs Waiting for you at Midnight.

7 p.m. Thursday.

Amy Bonnaffons. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St. — The author discusses her short story collection The Wrong Heaven. 6 p.m. Monday.

SPORTS Sweatfest. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave. — Big Easy Rollergirls hosts the two-day roller derby tournament. 10 a.m. saturday-sunday.

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 Custody — A top notch French drama about a custody battle, winner of a top prize at Venice, builds tension until a conclusion that is as devastating as it is inevitable. (K.Tu.) NR Hearts Beat Loud — A musical in every-

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(J.C.) R 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 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 a directing debut stars a superb lakeith stanfield as an Oakland telemarketer who stumbles into that arrestingly surreal zone where racial identity, class rage and corporate malfeasance intersect. (J.C.) R Three Identical Strangers — A scientific and philosophical inquiry by way of a detective story, Tim Wardle’s intensely compelling documentary tells the twistier-by-the-minute story of identical triplet boys who discovered one another 19 years after having been separated at birth.

(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,” and made it happen. (K.Tu.) PG-13

WIDE RELEASE The Bleeding Edge — Documentary on the high-stakes, high-risk medical device industry. Directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering. (1:39) NR. Citizen Clark … A Life of Principle — Documentary on human rights activist and former u.s. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Featuring Ralph Nader, Frank serpico. Written and directed by Joseph stillman. (1:25) NR. Dark Money — How the supreme Court’s Citizens united decision and the resulting flow of untraceable corporate political contributions affect u.s. elections is examined in this documentary. Directed by Kimberly Reed. (1:38) NR. Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings — The master sleuth, accused of wrongdoing by Empress Wu, must defend himself while investigating a crime wave.

With Mark Chao, Feng shaofeng, lin Gengxin, Ethan Juan, Ma sichun, Carina lau. Written by Chia-lu Chang. Directed

by Tsui Hark. In Mandarin with English subtitles. NR. Far From the Tree — Parents and families with “exceptional” children share their stories in this documentary. Directed by Rachel Dretzin, based on the book by Andrew solomon. (1:33) NR. 14 Cameras — A creepy landlord streams the lives of his unknowing tenants on the internet. With Neville Archambault, Am-

ber Midthunter, Brytnee Ratledge. Written

by Victor Zarcoff. Directed by scott Hussion and seth Fuller. (1:30) NR. Hell Mountain — A mysterious house plagued by rumors of missing children and cannibalism holds clues to a young journalist’s own murky past. With Megan Collaso, Taylor Dooley, Markus Innocenti.

Written and directed by Jesse Pomeroy.

(1:32) NR. Hot Summer Nights — Newly graduated from high school, a young man desperately tries to fit in while visiting his aunt in Cape Cod. With Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, Maia Mitchell and Timothee Chalamet.

Written and directed by Elijah Bynum.

(1:47) NR. Killer Bees — long Island’s Bridgehampton High school confounds expectations and defends its state basketball title in this documentary. Directed by Benjamin Cummings & Orson Cummings. (1:32) NR. Love Is Tolerance — Documentary promoting positive human values. Featuring Dalai Lama, Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi, Shimon Peres. Directed by Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann, based on his book.

(1:30) NR. Milford Graves Full Mantis — Documentary on the avant-garde jazz percussionist.

Directed by Jake Meginsky. Co-directed

by Neil young. (1:31) NR. Mission: Impossible — Fallout — Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt as he and the IMF team race against time (again) and the forces of evil. With Alec Baldwin, simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, Vanessa Kirby. Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Dylan Kussman.

Directed by McQuarrie. (2:27) NYR. Our House — A young inventor creates a machine to bring back his dead parents and gets more than he bargained for. With Thomas Mann, Nicola Peltz. Written by Nathan Parker. Directed by Anthony scott Burns. (1:31) NR. Puzzle — Kelly Macdonald plays a wife and mother who breaks out of her cloistered existence with the discovery she has a talent for jigsaw puzzles. With Irrfan Khan, David Denman, Bubba Weiler, Austin Abrams, liv Hewson. Written by Oren Moverman.

Directed by Marc Turtletaub. (1:42) R. The Row — A freshman joins a sorority with a sinister secret as her detective father hunts a serial killer. With Colin Egglesfield, Dylan sprayberry, lexi Atkins, Randy Couture. Written by sarah scougal.

Directed by Matty Beckerman. (1:22) R. Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood — Documentary on the Golden Age exploits of scotty Bowers, a former Marine who reportedly provided sexual services to some of the biggest movie stars of the 1940s and ‘50s. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer. Based on a book by Bowers with lionel Friedberg. (1:38) NR. Snapshots — An old roll of film unleashes the secrets of three generations of women at a Missouri lake house. With Piper laurie, Brooke Adams, Emily Goss. Written

by Jan Miller Corran. Directed by Melanie Mayron. (1:35) NR. Teen Titans Go to the Movies — led by the headstrong boy wonder, Robin, the young superheroes head to Hollywood in search of big-screen stardom. Voices include Will Arnett, Kristen Bell, Greg Cipes, scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara strong, Hynden Walch, Nicolas Cage, Halsey, lil’

GOING OUT PREVIEW Satchmo SummerFest

By WIll COVIEllO IN THE WORDS OF DANNY BARKER, “you can’t figure louis.”

Following louis Armstrong’s death on July 6, 1971, Barker told an interviewer that it was impossible to gauge Armstrong’s genius.

That’s the subject of one of the seminars at the annual satchmo summerfest at the New Orleans Jazz Museum Aug. 3-5. Gwen Thompkins, host of NPR’s Music Inside Out, leads the discussion of Barker’s view and Armstrong’s talents as a musician, TV star, P H OTO B y C E D R I C A . E l l s W O R T H cultural ambassador and more Satchmo SummerFest features a second line at 4:30 p.m. sunday. The festival also includes music on two stages from St. Augustine Catholic Church to the and a jazz Mass sunday. festival grounds.

One person who’s spent much of his career trying to figure Armstrong is Ricky Riccardi, archivist at the Armstrong House Museum in Queens, New york. Riccardi just announced that the institution raised $24 million to open a facility across the street from Armstrong’s home in Corona, Queens. Archival materials will be moved there from their current home at Queens College. Riccardi, who is working on a book about the middle of Armstrong’s career (1927-1947), recently oversaw the digitization of the museum’s collections of Armstrong recordings, video, photos and more — filling hard drives with 17.2 terabytes of data. Riccardi has been posting on the museum’s social media pages newly acquired, previously unpublished photos of Armstrong with entertainers including Dizzy Gillespie and Jackie Gleason.

Riccardi has become a regular guest at satchmo summerFest. He’ll deliver three solo presentations and participate in three panel discussions this year. Armstrong’s song “What a Wonderful World” hit No. 1 on the British charts 50 years ago. Riccardi discusses the history of the song at 5 p.m. Friday. On saturday and sunday, he’ll screen clips of Armstrong hosting The Mike Douglas Show, in which satchmo sang, interviewed guests, participated in cooking segments and more. Highlights from a week of Armstrong hosting the show in 1964 will be featured at 5:15 p.m. saturday.

He’ll screen highlights from a week in 1970 at 5:30 p.m. sunday.

The music lineup features Ellis Marsalis, soul Rebels, Preservation Brass, Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses, Tim laughlin and others on Friday. saturday includes Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, TBC Brass Band, Charmaine Neville, Joe lastie’s New Orleans sounds, yoshio Toyama and the Dixie saints and others. Irma Thomas, Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr., Wendell Brunious, Ashlin Parker and Trumpet Mafia, Robin Barnes & the Fiyabirds and others perform sunday. There’s a jazz Mass at st. Augustine Catholic Church on sunday, and at 11 a.m. a second line departs the church and proceeds to the jazz museum. There are kids’ activities inside the jazz museum.

Admission is $5. Children under age 13 get in free. satchmo summerFest is 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and saturday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. sunday. New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave.; www.nolajazzmuseum.org. For information, call (504) 5225730; www.satchmosummerfest.org.

yachty. Written by Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath, based on characters from DC Comics. Directed by Horvath, Peter Rida Michail. PG. (Critics’ Choices capsule reviews are

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

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Gregoire — Four friends come of age in Alberta, Canada. 5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday.

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center~ Mrs. Doubtfire — Robin Williams is a nanny in disguise in this ‘90s comedy. 10 p.m.

Friday-Saturday. Prytania Theatre The Gospel According to Andre — Fash-

ion icon Andre leon Talley is profiled in a documentary. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday.

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center Viva Las Vegas — Ann-Margaret stars opposite Elvis Presley in this 1964 musical comedy. 10 a.m. Wednesday.

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

8 p.m. Friday.

Bring It! Live. Saenger Theater, 1111 Canal St. — Miss D and the Dancing Dolls perform in the show inspired by the lifetime series about hip-hop majorette competition dancing. Tickets start at $32.50.

8 p.m. Friday.

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.

Bustout Burlesque. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St. — The burlesque show is accompanied by a live jazz band. Tickets $21.

9 p.m. saturday.

Newsies: The Musical. Tulane University, Dixon Hall — Tulane summer lyric Theatre presents the musical inspired by the Newsboy strike of 1899. Visit www. summerlyric.tulane.edu for details. Tickets $28-$48. 8 p.m. Thursday-saturday, 2 p.m. saturday-sunday.

Out of the Frying Pan. St. Philip Neri School, Parishioners’ Center, 6600 Kawanee Ave., Metairie — st. Philip Players presents the comedy. Email srandall@stphilipneri.org for details. Tickets $5-$10. 7 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. saturday, 1 p.m. sunday.

Seven Sins — Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Love Madrid curates the evening of burlesque performances. Tickets $10.

9 p.m. Saturday.

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.

6 p.m. Tuesday.

Vieux Carre. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St. — Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans presents the play set at a Toulouse street rooming house. Visit www. twtheatrenola.com or call (504) 2642580 for details. Tickets $22-$28. 7 p.m.

Friday-sunday.

Waterworld: The Musical. Maison de Macarty Bed & Breakfast, 3820 Burgundy St. — There are DJ performances and a pool party at 6 p.m. before a pool-based adaptation of the movie Waterworld. Tickets $15-$20. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday.

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.

Brian Posehn. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St. — Matt Owens opens for the comedian. Tickets $12.50-$25.

8 p.m. Thursday.

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

8 p.m. Tuesday.

Close Me Out. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave. — local storytellers recount inebriated adventures. Andrew Healan hosts. 8 p.m. saturday.

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

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GOING OUT 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.

Comedy Show Benefiting New Orleans Lympho-Maniac Cancer Fund. Republic New Orleans, 828 S. Peters St. — Howard Hall headlines the comedy show and benefit. James Cusimano and J.D. sledge also perform, and Redbean hosts. Tickets $20-$25. 7 p.m. Friday.

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.

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 p.m. Thursday.

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.

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504Ward White Linen Night Connections Party. Louisiana Childrens Museum, 420 Julia St. — Participants can peruse museum exhibits at a networking party with giveaways, food and open bar. Visit www.504ward.com for details. Tickets $35-$45. 6 p.m. saturday.

Artist Demonstrations. New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio, 727 Magazine St. — The gallery hosts printmaking, torchworking and ice carving demonstrations. 5 p.m. saturday.

Mural Unveiling. WYES Studios, 916 Navarre Ave. — Artist Ayo scott and young artists unveil a mural and discuss their work, and there’s a screening of the Chinese Exclusion Act documentary. Free admission. 6 p.m. Thursday.

White Linen Night. Julia Street — The annual block party and art walk benefits the Contemporary Arts Center. There are gallery openings, cocktails, food from local restaurants and DJ performances.

Free admission.5 p.m. saturday.

White Linen Night at the Anton Haardt Gallery. The Anton Haardt Gallery, 2858

Magazine St. — southern folk art is displayed, and there’s music, refreshments and jungle juice at a reception at the gallery. Free admission. 6 p.m. saturday.

OPENINGS Gallery 600 Julia, 600 Julia St. — “About sea level,” plein air and studio paintings of lowland louisiana; opening reception 5:30 p.m. saturday.

Mac Gryder Gallery, 615 Julia St. — “An uncommon Vision,” new works by Rolland Golden; opening reception 6 p.m. saturday.

Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St. — “Constructing the Break,” works from 29 regional artists curated by Allison M. Glenn; “HBCu Art showcase,” works by Dillard university and Xavier university of louisiana students; “louisiana Contemporary,” juried exhibition of work by louisiana artists; opening reception 5:30 p.m. saturday.

New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint, 401 Barracks St. — “Me Got Fiyo: The Professor longhair Centennial,” exhibit curated by David Kunian celebrating the musician; opening reception 5 p.m. Thursday.

Boyd Satellite, 440 Julia St. — “so, Is This a Revolution?,” work touching on politics, gun violence and environmental issues by Max Peck; opening reception 6 p.m. saturday.

Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia St. — “Through the Valley,” recent sculpture by glass artist Gene Koss; “Mythologies louisianaises,” work by louisiana artists connected to Franco- and Creolophone cultures; opening reception 6 p.m. saturday.

Stella Jones Gallery, Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132 — “White(s) Only,” work engaging with race by lester Merriweather; opening reception 5 p.m. saturday.

Crescent City Brewhouse, 527 Decatur St. — New work by New Orleans artists luis Colmenares, Rhenda sparitto, Hernan Caro, Zee Amer, Jim sohr, Paige DeBell; opening reception 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Ariodante Gallery, 535 Julia St. — New work by artists, jewelers and craftsmen David lumpkin, lisa Normand, sarah Nelson, Gary schiro and Hernan Caro; opening reception 5:30 p.m. saturday.

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

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, through December.

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

Louisiana State Museum, Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave. — “Big Wheel Keep on Turning: steamboats in louisiana,” work exploring the history of steamboats, through Aug. 19.

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GOING OUT REVIEW Revolutionary Paths: Critical Issues in Collage D. ERIC BOOKHARDT PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE CUT OUT old things and pasted them together to make new things, but when the modern artists of the early 20th century sliced and diced printed pictures and reassembled them into new images called “collages,” they knew they were on to something.

They were adapting visual art to a time when traditional lifestyles were being disrupted by technological and economic changes. In that sense, collages anticipated the disruptive way digital manipulation has widened the gulf between seeing and believing. In this Revolutionary Paths expo at Antenna Gallery, cuDetail from A La Orden de la Reina by rator Ric Kasini Kadour showcases Alex Hood how collages also can reshuffle the puzzle pieces of the world in poetic new ways that shed light on the widely held, yet often confounding, sensibilities that diverse peoples share. stephen schaub’s wall-length photo-panorama Stop offers crazy-quilt views of Chartres street while artfully evoking the random stream-of-consciousness way we now see the world around us in this age of mass distraction. Nonney Oddlokken’s Blood Moon Offering on Bayou Deja Vu also is panoramic, but here a swamp priestess presides over colorful thread on paper renditions of cypress trees, pitcher plants and luna moths that reveal unexpected parallels between Voodoo and the digital world. Michael Pajon’s Bird Brain cutaway view of a human head harks to antique medical diagrams, but swamp birds cavorting where the brain should be suggests human behavior may reflect instincts that are more primal than rational. Paul Dean’s Electrum, or The Curse of Living in Interesting Times reflects humanity’s eternal dreams of empire and glory in a seamless mash-up of manic architectural monumentalism over the ages. such structures can barricade people from their inner selves as well as from each other, but Alex Hood’s A La Orden de la Reina (pictured) view of a Nubian princess emerging from a vortex in space-time suggests that imagination may be a kind of quantum solvent that can penetrate barriers that had once appeared unassailable. Historically, visual art has anticipated shifts in perception, and seeing the world around us as a massive collage may help break down our inner walls while extending the mental boundaries of the possible. Through Aug. 5.

Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.antenna.works.

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; through December.

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.

New Orleans Museum of Art, 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.

FARMERS MARKETS CRISP Farms Market. 1330 France St. — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Covington Farmers Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Coving-

ton — The Northshore market offers local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday and 8 a.m. to noon saturday.

Crescent City Farmers Market. Citywide — The market offers fresh produce, prepared foods, flowers and plants at locations citywide, including Tulane university square (200 Broadway st.) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday; the French Market (1008 N. Peters st.) 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday; the American Can Apartments (3700 Orleans Ave.) 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and in the CBD (750 Carondelet st.)

8 a.m. to noon saturday. There also is a market in Rivertown (400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. saturday.

French Market. Corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place — The historic French Quarter market offers local produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, coffee and prepared foods.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. saturday.

German Coast Farmers Market. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details.

8 a.m. to noon saturday.

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

Grow Dat Farm Stand. New Orleans City Park, 150 Zachary Taylor Drive — Grow Dat youth Farm sells its produce. 9 a.m. to noon saturday.

ReFresh Project Community Garden Farmers Market. 300 N. Broad St. — The weekly Monday market offers local produce, homemade kimchi, cocoa-fruit leather, pesto and salad dressing. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday.

Sankofa Mobile Market. Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave. — The sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the sankofa Garden.

11 a.m. to noon Tuesday. The truck also stops at 6322 st. Claude Ave. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. sunday.

Vietnamese Farmers Market. 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd. — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early morning market.

5 a.m. saturday.

Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market.

Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego — The monthly West Bank market offers produce, eggs, pickles, baked goods, art, live music and pony rides. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. saturday.

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