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SEVEN THINGS TO DO IN SEVEN DAYS

TUE.-SUN. JAN. 8-13 | In the hit Broadway musical set in early 19th century France, a peasant jailed for stealing bread is released and sets out to redeem himself as he is pursued by a jail officer in a city beset with poverty and social unrest. Show times vary at Saenger Theatre.

“Greater Tuna” FRI.-SUN. JAN. 11-27 | Gary Rucker and Sean Patterson each perform multiple roles as the eccentric citizens of Tuna, Texas in a comedy celebrating and lampooning small towns in the South. At 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts.

Matron and People Museum FRI. JAN. 11 | The New Orleans bands each released strong records in 2018 — Matron’s prog-minded indie rock EP “Standing Water” and People Museum’s art pop LP “I Dreamt You In Technicolor” are confident steps into unfamiliar sounds. Brungo Jowl opens at 10 p.m. at Saturn Bar.

The ball and all Southern Rep presents ‘The Wolves,’ a Pulitzer Prize finalist about teenaged soccer players

JAN. 12-FEB. 3 THE WOLVES 7:30 P.M. WED.-SAT. & MON.; 3 P.M. SUNDAY SOUTHERN REP THEATRE, 2541 BAYOU ROAD, (504) 522-6545; WWW.SOUTHERNREP.COM TICKETS $25-$42

BY WILL COVIELLO IN SOCCER, JUGGLING IS THE TRICK OF KEEPING a ball in the air by re-

peatedly kicking it to oneself. A few of the teenaged soccer players juggle in “The Wolves,” which opens Friday at Southern Rep Theatre. But the real juggling in Sarah DeLappe’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist is the rapid-fire, simultaneous conversations the girls have while warming up for games.

The ensemble work features nine teammates on a stage covered in artificial turf with the audience seated on two sidelines. The play captures the lives of the teens in the immediacy of their freewheeling banter. While the players stretch before a game, player No. 11 (Helen Jaksch) rails against Pol Pot’s genocide in Cambodia. Fielding questions from teammates not familiar with the Khmer Rouge, another player describes them as “Asian Nazis from the ’70s” and pushes the conversation along.

Other players offer No. 2 (Emily Russell) advice on feminine hygiene products, until they laugh at the prospect of bleeding on the game ball. The two topics bounce around the team’s circle until they collide in

a brilliant moment of teen flippancy about a “mass grave.”

The women are members of the Wolves, a team of talented players in a New York recreation league filled with kids from affluent families. Like any conversation between groups of teens, their exchanges race through far-ranging subjects from sizing up their competition and scrutinizing their coach’s personal life to debating world affairs and teasing each other.

As the Wolves try to qualify for a tournament, a new girl joins the team and more serious subjects spill onto the field when they get to know each other. The drama is grounded in the rhythm of playing sports, being part of a team and the desire to win. “(With sports, there is) winning and losing in a set period of time — you get an answer,” says director Aimee Hayes, who played soccer in school and adult leagues. Playing against opponents draws the Wolves together as rivalries develop between teammates.

It’s the second play Southern Rep has produced that looks at relationships through the prism of sports and

competition. In 2016, it presented “Colossal,” about a star football player who suffers a severe neck injury.

As with “Colossal,” production of “The Wolves” included conditioning and practices. Jessica Salas Wilson, who played for a Mexican national team, started coaching the cast on skills in November.

There are not many dramas about women in sports or ensemble pieces for all-woman casts. (The NOLA Project presented the all-women drama “Men on Boats” last year.)

DeLappe’s play is about the lives of teenagers, and its setting is contemporary. The players are aware of social media, and they’re trying to making sense of the world, from sexual politics to world news. One teen knits scarves to raise money for poor children elsewhere in the world, which draws a mix of support, scrutiny and skepticism from others.

“You can forget the passion you had as a teenager,” Hayes says.

“Teenagers care about all sorts of things.”

Allen Toussaint’s Legacy of Caring SAT. JAN. 12 | Keyboardists Jon Cleary, Ivan Neville and David Torkanowsky are joined by George Porter Jr., Tony Hall and Raymond Weber in a benefit for New Orleans Artists Against Hunger & Homelessness, which was founded by Allen Toussaint. At 8 p.m. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

CRT SAT. JAN. 12 | Among the highlights on the latest compilation from Atlanta’s best-kept secret — electronic label DKA Records and its corresponding concerts and DJ nights — CRT lays waste to an industrial dance groove on “Reform School.” San Antonio’s Mutant, Angel Inertia, Divorce Ring and Total Handjob round out a bill of industrial and techno-focused projects at 10 p.m. at Poor Boys Bar.

Caitlin Hill, Mikey Collins and Leland Sundries SUN. JAN. 13 | Urbane cowpunks and honky-tonkers Leland Sundries is relocating from Brooklyn to Memphis at the end of this tour. The band previews the gently strummed alt-country and garage rock on forthcoming EP “Pray Through Gritted Teeth.” It and Mikey Collins open for Caitlin Hill at 9 p.m. at Siberia.

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John Folse

cooked 6,800 pounds of seafood gumbo — a Guinness World Record — in Shreveport before the Duke and Temple college football game to benefit Fisher House Foundation, which provides housing for families whose loved ones are in veterans’ hospitals. According to Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser’s office, the gigantic gumbo filled 11,000 bowls, which were sold for $5 apiece.

The number of murders in New Orleans in 2018.

It’s the lowest total since 1971 in a city that once had 424 people murdered in one year (1994).

Murder rates for 2018 also were down in Chicago and New York City.

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS P H OTO B Y K AT Y R E C K DA H L

A sign saying “We Make America Great” is carried down Canal Street during the 2018 Women’s March in New Orleans.

Frankie Williams Jr.,

who died in 2017 while rescuing a stranger who had driven into a canal on Lakeshore Drive, was posthumously honored by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, which awards medals to “those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.” Williams’ family also will receive a $5,000 grant in his honor.

Trader Joe’s of Metairie

made the best of a nearly daylong power outage by donating more than 10,000 pounds of perishable groceries to Second Harvest Food Bank. Frozen food, milk and cheese were among the donations, and store employees worked with food bank volunteers to get the bounty to Second Harvest.

LOCAL WOMEN’S MARCH CANCELED, REPLACED WITH ‘LISTENING TOUR’ THOUSANDS OF WOMEN TOOK TO NEW ORLEANS STREETS to protest

President Donald Trump and threats to health care and racial and economic justice in past years, but it won’t happen this year. Organizers behind the city’s chapter of the Women’s March movement canceled plans for a Jan. 19 event in the wake of allegations of anti-Semitism among national organizers. Several other chapters around the U.S. also have distanced themselves from national Women’s March leadership.

Organizers also say the growing costs of the events outpaced fundraising efforts in the wake of the controversies. A fundraising campaign raised only $600 locally over several months.

Instead — in recognition of Women’s History Month in March — local organizers will plan a statewide “listening tour” to “listen to women in our state, find out what their concerns are and what they would like to see moving forward,” according to Angela Adkins, president of the National Organization for Women’s (NOW) Baton Rouge chapter.

NOW Baton Rouge has served as the state’s legal entity for the local event, with Women’s March New Orleans as an umbrella coalition for citywide and statewide groups focused on women’s health, social justice and civil rights. Adkins says local organizing efforts have grown from a handful of partner groups at the first march in 2017 to more diversity in the planning team and more than a dozen other groups that planned to join 2019 events. More than 10,000 people marched in New Orleans at the first event in 2017. The 2018 event centered on the voices of women of color and transgender women as well as low-wage workers and currently and formerly incarcerated women.

“Moving forward, we’re looking at making sure the march reflects the people of New Orleans, the women of New Orleans, and if we have other marches in the state, reflecting those places as well,” Adkins said. Adkins encourages advocates and allies to “reach out, volunteer and donate your money,” as organizers cross-promote PAGE 8

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the events and efforts of partner groups and other organizations in lieu of a march.

“We have to turn our marching into action,” Adkins said. “If 10,000 people go out and volunteer one or two hours a week, that’s a lot of activism and a lot of work that can go out into changing our communities.”

Landry: Absolutely, positively not running for governor Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry couldn’t be clearer: He’s running for re-election to head the state Department of Justice and won’t be jumping into the race for governor, he confirmed during an appearance last week on Acadiana-based KPEL-FM talk radio.

“I like the job I’m doing,” Landry, a Republican, said. “We have a great staff.”

Republicans see the race against incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards, the lone Democratic governor in the Deep South, as a priority heading into the 2019 cycle. While the ballot lineup may shift, Landry stressed he is not in the mix — confirming yet again that he’s not interested in leaving the AG’s office after his first term. He announced his re-election campaign in November. Two Republicans, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham of Alto and Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone, already have announced plans to run against Edwards. (See Clancy DuBos, p. 10.)

In recent weeks Landry has spent most of his time touting his priorities as attorney general and had made his decision to seek re-election before U.S. Sen. John Neely Kennedy, a Republican who Landry had leaned on to make a decision, announced he wouldn’t run.

But that hadn’t stopped some from continuing to float his name as a potential challenger to Edwards in the governor’s race. Recently, The Hill, a Washington D.C.-based political website, without identifying sources, reported that “some speculate that (Landry) may reconsider, especially with Kennedy out.” The Hill included the race for Louisiana governor among its top five elections to watch in 2019.

In his Thursday radio appearance, Landry described his thoughts behind running for attorney general instead of mounting a challenge to Edwards. Landry, who has been a vocal critic of Edwards and a frequent challenger to the governor’s policies, said, “There has to be a check on the governor, and we believe right now that’s the best (role),” he said. — ELIZABETH CRISP | THE ADVOCATE

Landrieu’s book one of Obama’s favorites of 2018 Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s memoir, “In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History,” was among former President Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2018, according to a list Obama published on Facebook. Obama also cited “American

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Former President Barack Obama says former Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s book was one of his favorites in 2018.

Prison” by Shane Bauer (the subject of a recent Gambit cover story), as well as (of course) “Becoming,” former first lady Michelle Obama’s best-selling memoir.

The former president also made a list of his favorite songs of 2018, which includes “Apeshit” by The Carters, “I Like It” by Cardi B, “My Own Thing” by Chance the Rapper and “Wow Freestyle” by Jay Rock featuring Kendrick Lamar. His favorite movies of the year included “BlacKkKlansman,” “Eighth Grade” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”.

New report on housing vouchers suggests discrimination Housing vouchers provide federal assistance — aimed at helping lower-income families afford stable housing — to more than 2.2 million households in the U.S. But more than 80 percent of minority families that rely on vouchers are living in “minority-concentrated” areas in New Orleans, segregated from other renters in what appears to be violations of the Fair Housing Act. A January report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) found most voucher recipients in the country’s 50 biggest metropolitan areas are living in lower-income areas with significantly less access to jobs, transportation and other services — which could

have detrimental effects on residents’ quality of life, from whether they have access to fresh food and other health and well-being measures — compared to renters living in “high-opportunity” areas.

In New Orleans and Metairie, the share of families using vouchers in high-poverty neighborhoods (55 percent) is significantly higher than the share of voucher-affordable units (25 percent). Only 4 percent of New Orleans families using vouchers live in “low-poverty” areas — but 25 percent of all metropolitan voucher-affordable rental units in the U.S. (more than 4.8 million units) are in low-poverty neighborhoods. Nationwide, only 5 percent of families using vouchers live in high-opportunity neighborhoods, but those areas only account for 18 percent of all affordable rentals.

The CBPP report recommends lawmakers back stronger anti-discrimination measures to prevent landlords from discriminating against voucher recipients and to help increase the availability of better housing for lower-income renters, as well as encourage municipalities to invest in areas with higher voucher use.

Uber partners with 911 services in New Orleans 911 dispatchers in New Orleans now will receive location data and vehicle information from passengers and drivers who dial 911 from a “panic button” within the ride-hailing Uber app. Those details include the car’s make, model and license plate number — information previously available only within the app but now sent to dispatchers when the passenger, or driver, swipes to a menu on the app to call for 911 assistance.

Uber’s integration with local dispatchers is now available in more than 30 cities in the U.S., following reports of more than 100 Uber drivers sexually assaulting passengers, lawsuits against the company alleging its failure to address the assaults and other safety issues and accidents that have cropped up within the ride-hailing industry.

Uber partnered with emergency response tech company RapidSOS for a pilot in Denver and expanded to Nashville, Tennessee and several other cities, including Phoenix, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Tyrell Morris, executive director of the Orleans Parish Communications District, which oversees the city’s emergency dispatch and 311 services, says location accuracy “is the most critical piece of information” for 911 calls, particularly for New Orleans’ more than 18 million annual visitors who aren’t familiar with the city.

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A bad idea resurrected

LAST YEAR, THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL considered and then

abandoned a wide-ranging plan that would have required businesses that sell alcohol to install security cameras that would feed into the Real-Time Crime Center, the city’s $40 million surveillance system that is shared with state and federal law enforcement, including the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI. That plan, had it been implemented, would have turned private business cameras into a de facto surveillance system controlled by the city and shared with all sorts of law enforcement. Predictably — and rightly — the proposal drew criticism from many quarters, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the New Orleans Independent Police Monitor.

Former Mayor Mitch Landrieu supported the plan, as did At-Large Councilwoman Stacy Head. Ultimately, the Landrieu administration asked the council to withdraw the proposal and leave the matter to incoming Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the new City Council.

Now a new version of that ordinance has been proposed by District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer (who represents the French Quarter, the city’s premier nightlife district) and District E Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen. The new plan is better in some respects, chiefly because it doesn’t require every law-abiding alcoholic beverage outlet (ABO) in town to surveil its patrons and provide the footage to law enforcement. However, Palmer and Nguyen’s ordinance would give Cantrell’s office and/or the New Orleans Police Department authority to revoke or suspend alcohol licenses if, in the opinion of the city or state Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board, an ABO “directly endangers the health, safety and welfare of the community.”

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A surveillance video fed to the Real-Time Crime Center shows police responding to a brawl near Razoos Bar last June.

month the proposed ordinance wasn’t meant to crack down on bars, but rather to streamline the sometimes-lengthy process of ABC board hearings. That may be the goal, but this ordinance, like the last one, could force some ABOs to install private security cameras inside and outside the premises — and stream the video into the Real-Time Crime Center.

While the new ordinance focuses on ABOs that the city considers a “nuisance,” it still goes too far, in our opinion. Some might argue the city has a right to monitor what goes on in ABOs that flout the law, but it’s disturbing that footage could be shared — without probable cause or a warrant — with the FBI, Homeland Security and unspecified “law enforcement partners.” That’s Big Brother.

The Congress of Day Laborers rallied against the 2018 ordinance, fearing that footage might be shared with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans spoke out against a provision that would allow people within a half-mile radius of an ABO to file complaints against it. The current radius is 300 feet, which limits complaints to neighbors with legitimate concerns about loitering, littering and noise. Allowing anyone within a half-mile of an ABO to file a complaint is an invitation to abuse of process.

The new ordinance is scheduled to be discussed at a meeting of the council’s Governmental Affairs Committee Jan. 31. We hope committee members listen to these concerns. Fighting nuisance ABOs shouldn’t require trampling on New Orleanians’ rights.

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Looking ahead to the big political stories of 2019 POLITICALLY, 2019 WILL BE A WATERSHED YEAR in the nation’s capi-

tal and in Louisiana. In Washington, all eyes will be on special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Louisiana will see hotly contested races for governor and scores of lesser offices, from state legislative seats to parish and parochial offices.

New Orleans, by contrast, will be relatively quiet on the election front, save for state legislative contests.

We settled our local scores in 2017 with the election of five new City Council members and the city’s first female mayor.

Nationally, the year begins with the federal government in shutdown mode. Republicans and Democrats will likely continue to lock horns over pretty much everything, but things really will go bonkers when the Mueller investigation wraps up.

If Mueller implicates (or indicts) the president, it will touch off a constitutional crisis pitting the rule of law against the rulers’ political survival. I make no predictions on the outcome of that epic struggle, but it seems a safe bet Louisiana’s GOP delegation will stand with Donald Trump no matter what. Heck, U.S. Sen. John Neely Kennedy might even lend him a pistol to fire down New York’s Fifth Avenue.

Things will be just as partisan here in Louisiana. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has been in the GOP crosshairs since he beat then-U.S. Sen. David Vitter in 2015. Ironically, the state’s most high-profile Republicans have opted not to run against Edwards. (It’s so much easier, and safer, just to criticize him from the bleachers.)

That’s not to say JBE will have an easy time winning a second term.

U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, a Republican from the northeast Louisiana town of Alto, will be well-financed as the party’s establishment candidate.

Abraham isn’t well-known outside his district, but that’ll change by Labor Day, when campaigns traditionally shift into high gear.

Also running with an “R” behind his name is Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone, a contractor who promises to put $5 million into his campaign. That makes him a serious candidate right out of the blocks.

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In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington.

Locally, the hottest action will be in Jefferson Parish, where embattled Parish President Mike Yenni will either have to explain his sexting scandal or pack up his oval office and find something else to do.

With or without Yenni, the race for parish president will be fun to watch. Those looking at it include former parish COO Keith Conley (who worked for Yenni until a few weeks ago), At-Large Councilwoman Cynthia Lee-Sheng and former Parish President John Young. None has declared formally.

All over Louisiana, we’ll see significant legislative turnover as dozens of representatives and senators face term limits. Countervailing the impact of term limits, to a degree that’s difficult to project, is the Legislature’s toxic, partisan environment, particularly in the House of Representatives. More than 25 percent of the House’s 105 members have bailed since their current terms began in January 2016.

You can’t take the politics out of politics, but some folks have managed to take the civility out of it.

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BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ Hey Blake, While driving through Metairie recently, I noticed there is no 13th Street among the numbered streets between Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Causeway Boulevard. Instead, what would be 13th Street is called Melvil Dewey Drive. Why is that and what is Dewey’s connection to Metairie?

Dear reader,

If you don’t know the name Melvil Dewey, you’ve no doubt heard of his Dewey Decimal Classification system, which is still used by libraries around the world. Born Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey in 1851 in Adams Center, New York, he changed the spelling of his first name to Melvil as a young man. According to the Library of Congress, that was in part because of his keen interest in simplified spelling, which also led him to drop his middle name and for a short time even spell his last name as Dui. He invented the Dewey Decimal System for classifying books when he was 21 and worked as a library assistant at Amherst College.

His reputation as the “father of modern librarianship” led Jefferson Parish leaders to honor him by renaming 13th Street in Metairie for him in 1967. A parish council resolution sponsored by Councilman Anton Pilney suggested the change. It was prompted by the October 1967 opening of a new headquarters for the Jefferson Parish public library system, located near Causeway Boulevard and 13th Street.

According to a Nov. 19, 1967

A portrait of Melvil Dewey, who invented the Dewey Decimal Classification for libraries.

Times-Picayune article, Pilney’s resolution was designed “to recognize Melvil Dewey on the occasion of the recently completed 30,000-squarefoot library headquarters located on North Causeway Boulevard, which will greatly improve the library service afforded the residents of Jefferson Parish. The two fit neatly together, which is the way Dewey liked things to be.”

The library headquarters, later called the Lobby Library branch, remained open until 1997, when the library system moved its headquarters to the much larger East Bank Regional Library on West Napoleon Avenue. The former Lobby Library building now is an office for the Jefferson Parish Department of Juvenile Services.

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also marked the 150th anniversary of one of New Orleans’ oldest Carnival krewes: the Twelfth Night Revelers (TNR).

TNR is the second-oldest Carnival organization behind the Mistick Krewe of Comus. TNR staged its first parade and ball on Jan. 6, 1870. The group continued to present a street parade until 1876, when it became a ball-only krewe.

According to “Mardi Gras Guide” publisher Arthur Hardy, TNR introduced many important Carnival customs, including presenting debutantes as the queen and maids in its royal court. TNR also introduced political satire with its 1873 parade, titled “The World of Audubon.” Most meaningful of all, the Twelfth Night Revelers helped introduce and popularize the New Orleans custom of throws when a float rider dressed as Santa Claus in its 1871 parade tossed trinkets to the crowd.

TNR members, who call their leader the Lord of Misrule, costume as masked chefs at the ball. A large cake (resembling a wedding cake more than a king cake) is wheeled onto the floor. Members of the royal court are invited to enjoy a “slice,” and the young woman who selects the piece containing a gold bean is named queen.

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Who we are and who we hope to be.

How did Gambit get its name?

Gambit’s first art director was working on a logo before the paper actually had a name. She used different words to illustrate the typography style she had in mind.

One of the words she used to show her idea was “gambit,” the name of a 1962 novel by Rex Stout. When asked why she chose the word, she said “Look at it. A big round letter, the G. A peaked letter, the A. A wide letter, the M. A thin letter, the I. And the T with its hat on. It has everything.”

What’s the definition of Gambit?

“Gambit” describes a clever action to achieve an advantage by taking a risk (commonly in the game of chess); and is a remark intended to start a conversation. That’s what Gambit seeks to do: take risks and start conversations about New Orleans.

How do we give New Orleans “Gambit”?

• By reporting important news and perspectives to keep citizens educated and informed.

• By offering smart arts, culture and cuisine coverage to keep locals and visitors enriched and entertained.

• By helping small businesses grow with creative marketing ideas and advertising placements at affordable prices, which supports the local economy.

• By promoting local businesses. To be local is to buy local, and we believe that means local media too.

In 2019, we look forward to continuing to give you YOUR GAMBIT focusing on the city you know and love. From interesting stories that start community conversations to providing information that gives our readers the advantage of being knowledgeable and entertained — we are here to keep giving you the Gambit you have enjoyed for 38 years.

We are forever grateful for your support.

Happy New Year, Jeanne Exnicios Foster, Publisher jeannee@gambitweekly.com

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Life after a celebrity TV chef makes you famous

BY HELEN FREUND

HEN KATIE’S RESTAURANT FLOODED FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE LEVEE FAILURES, it was hard to imagine the restaurant ever coming back. A Mid-City mainstay, the building had taken on 7 feet of water and owner Scot Craig had to replace everything. Without enough insurance money for the repairs, Craig hustled, juggling multiple jobs until he finally was able to reopen the restaurant nearly five years later.

Katie’s always was a neighborhood institution, and the warm welcome Craig received from locals helped bring the Iberville Street restaurant back to life. But the city was still recovering, and while business was steady, it could have been better. Then, about a year later, one customer made a big difference: Guy Fieri, the gregarious, spiky-haired celebrity chef and host of the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”

In 2011 Katie’s was featured in an episode of “Triple-D,” as Craig now refers to the show.

Nothing could have prepared him for what

came next.

“We had a line out the door the next day,” Craig says. “All of a sudden everybody in New Orleans and every visitor we had knew we were there. It literally tripled my business overnight.”

Tourists from around the world were lining up for the restaurant’s Boudreaux pizza and its signature Barge po-boy — a 3-foot loaf loaded with fried shrimp, catfish and oysters with Tabasco mayonnaise — both of which Fieri had featured on the show. The following years saw repeat visits from the chef (another dish, crawfish beignets, became one of the most-ordered items on the menu after being featured on the show).

Craig eventually remodeled the upstairs of the restaurant (where he once lived) to expand for extra seating. He still sees upticks in business that he attributes to Fieri’s show and subsequent media attention, which he calls “the gift that keeps on giving.”

The power and sway of food tourism — popularized by celebrity chefs and the con-

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Top (L-R): A St. Louis po-boy with oysters and melted provolone cheese from Katie’s Restaurant; a plate of fried chicken from Willie Mae’s Scotch House; a roast beef debris and fried pickle sandwich from Avery’s; and (lower right) a bologna sandwich from Turkey and the Wolf.

tinuous rise of food-fueled entertainment — is well-documented. Anyone who has driven by Willie Mae’s Scotch House or Turkey and the Wolf on a Friday around lunchtime can see the influence a “Top 10” list can hold. But in a city like New Orleans, with an increasingly competitive restaurant scene where roughly 18 million tourists spent close to $9 billion last year, the amount and type of publicity can make a restaurant.

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Chef/host Gordon Ramsay (pointing) and chef Aaron Sanchez (right) with the staff at the Trolley Stop Cafe in the season two premiere episode of “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back,” which aired Jan. 2 on FOX. © 2019 FOX Broadcasting.

Although New Orleans is a city of neighborhoods, restaurant business depends largely on the influx of tourism dollars to survive, especially as more restaurants continue to open, tightening the competitive grab for customers. Many restaurant owners realize that the publicity they receive could very well be the key to their survival.

Growing pains following a huge national press push might include operational changes like readjusting business hours or hiring additional staff as well as risking alienating a few local customers. But the consensus among most restaurants is that any press is good press. As many owners learn, however, that life raft doesn’t come without strings attached. The sudden onslaught of business can be overwhelming for many small restaurants not equipped to handle the increased volume, and local customers can feel left out in the cold when their favorite spot suddenly has an hourlong wait for a table.

“We lost a lot of money in the beginning because we didn’t have enough seats, and locals — locals would just keep driving,” Craig says. “They’d see 100 people standing outside and they’re not coming in.”

Over the years, Craig says he’s developed relationships with Katie’s regulars, often telling them to text him before they arrive so special accommodations can be made.

Locals also know when to visit Willie Mae’s Scotch House to find the shortest line, says Kerry Seaton-Stewart, the current owner and great-granddaughter of the restaurant’s namesake, Willie Mae Seaton, who died in 2015.

Seaton-Stewart said the restaurant’s

rise to its current fame was gradual, as the restaurant closed after Katrina and depended on local customers once it reopened — and many customers still were in the process of returning home to New Orleans.

Since then, the restaurant has been featured on the Food Network and the Travel Channel, won a James Beard Award and tops many of the city’s “best fried chicken” lists. Essence Festival and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, in particular, are extremely busy times for the Treme restaurant, Seaton-Stewart says, with lines sometimes reaching up to 100 people. On busy days, the line averages around 50 to 60 people, with wait times around 15 to 45 minutes, depending on the party size.

“We’re constantly growing with our business and learning to keep up with the crowds,” she says.

“The only people that had an indifferent or negative approach [to the attention] would have been our older guests — the ones who were there before this broke, before Katrina, before James Beard, before Food Network and the Travel Channel. Now, we’re sharing Willie Mae’s with the world as well as with New Orleans, so obviously there’s a yin and a yang to everything.”

Reality television shows with makeover or renovation pitches are different. These often depict a struggling business on the brink of financial collapse — and push that narrative aggressively — and often exploitatively.

The premise, made famous on shows like chef Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares” and “24 Hours to Hell and Back,” often includes an angry,

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TV personality Guy Fieri has profiled several New Orleans restaurants on his Food Network shows, including Katie’s Restaurant, Turkey and the Wolf and Marjie’s.

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insult-hurling host who belittles the restaurant’s current management and then in the second half of the show swoops in with makeovers of the dining room, menu and kitchen to create — voila! — a new, presumably improved restaurant.

The problem is that restaurants don’t always end up succeeding when the camera crews leave, and after the show is aired the participants are sometimes less than thrilled with their portrayals.

Oceana Grill’s 2011 episode on “Kitchen Nightmares” portrayed two quarreling brothers overseeing an allegedly poorly managed French Quarter restaurant.

Earlier this year, the restaurant’s owners sued Ramsay and the show’s producers for reposting old footage of the restaurant online, including a particularly grotesque clip showing Ramsay vomiting after smelling some improperly stored shrimp way past its prime.

Other restaurants featured on Ramsay’s shows include The Old Coffee Pot Restaurant, which achieved online infamy for a sequence in which Ramsay discovers a dead mouse in a toaster. Some of the Old Coffee Pot episode’s footage is excruciating to watch, including

the public and humiliating firing of a cook, who leaves the set sobbing while fellow employees look on, helpless to comfort her as the cameras keep rolling.

In 2014, “New York Magazine” food blog Grub Street released a report that claimed 60 percent of the restaurants Ramsay featured on his show “Kitchen Nightmares” had closed.

Metairie restaurant Zeke’s, also featured on Ramsay’s show in 2011, closed shortly after the renovation.

(Emails to both Oceana Grill’s management and Ramsay’s press operations for comment were not returned. Management at the Old Coffee Pot responded to a request but declined to speak about the show.)

Restaurants have to go though a vigorous vetting process to be on Ramsay’s shows.

And while it may seem counterintuitive, even cruel, to subject their staff to one of Ramsay’s angry tirades, many restaurant owners choose to participate, figuring any press is simply better than no press at all and hoping their 15 minutes of fame could help the bottom line.

Is the return on investment worth it?

Trolley Stop Cafe owner Ragnar Karlsson certainly hopes

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disguised as an Orleans Parish Sheriff’s deputy. In a clip of the show, the chef voices his disgust and disdain for the restaurant’s state of affairs and swiftly moves in his team to overhaul the entire operation.

Karlsson, of course, didn’t escape the experience without a few insults, including having to stand in the middle of a crowded street while customers unloaded their disappointments; Ramsay also belittled his education and his appearance and threw a piece of corned beef in his face, Karlsson recalled.

“It was very jarring; very difficult — but I knew at the time it was also very necessary,” Karlsson says of the experience. “We only had 24 hours with him so I didn’t want to waste any time being defensive with him.”

Within the 24-hour revamp, the Trolley Stop Cafe received a full makeover; both the menu and the restaurant’s operations were overhauled. Despite Ramsay’s antics, Karlsson said before the show’s airing that he was still grateful for the experience.

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Diners line up outside Turkey and the Wolf, which was named 2017’s Best New Restaurant in America by “Bon Appetit” magazine and was featured last month on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”

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so. The owner of the St. Charles Avenue mainstay was featured on the Jan. 2 season premiere of Ramsay’s latest show, “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back.”

“I wanted to do something special for the restaurant,” Karlsson says. “Something to get that exposure local and nationally and I thought, well, FOX primetime — you can’t beat that.”

Karlsson purchased the restaurant in January 2017, taking over the venture his Swedish-born grandfather first opened in 1995. But business had waned significantly over the years and the restaurant was struggling. When Karlsson was contacted by television producers last year and asked whether he’d be interested in being featured on a celebrity chef-hosted renovation series, he had an inkling Ramsay was involved, but the name of the show was kept secret.

It wasn’t until taping day that Karlsson’s suspicions were confirmed, when Ramsay walked into the restaurant for lunch,

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“I love the restaurant and it’s my family’s legacy and there’s nothing I won’t do for it,” Karlsson says. “I knew what was at stake here and I knew that if I was a good sport about it that a lot of great things can happen for this restaurant. Me being humiliated on national television is a small, small price to pay for the amount of money that they’ve invested into the restaurant and the exposure that we’re going to get.”

An increase in travelers interested in “authentic” hole-in-thewall restaurants has created a new kind of food tourism — a trend that producers, journalists and Instagram influencers have seized upon. This can be helpful for small business owners who can’t afford a publicist or advertising.

“People in New Orleans are still kind of sketched-out about coming to Tulane (Avenue), but tourists are not afraid,” says Christy Pitard, who together with her husband Justin runs the po-boy shop Avery’s on Tulane.

Avery’s, which opened in 2012, survives because of a loyal local following, Pitard says, but she

estimates roughly 30 percent of business comes from tourists.

“A lot of the ones who know that it’s best to get off the beaten path are the ones who find us,” she says, “and those are the ones who come back every Mardi Gras, every time they come back to town.”

But business still could be better, and it’s part of the reason why Pitard say she and her husband agreed to be featured in an unnamed upcoming celebrity food show, which is set to air next month. (Producers for reality television shows often have participants sign non-disclosure agreements forbidding them to talk to any press prior to the show’s airing.)

“From a small business standpoint it really does go a long way,” Pitard says. “Especially for us — we don’t have an advertising budget, and every little bit helps. Every time we get a little bit of ding, it kind of encourages us to stick with it. It’s easy to hustle through the really slow times when you know you have something really good right around the corner.”

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Fans of owner/chef Isaac Toups’ modern Cajun cooking will find hearty dishes typical of his repertoire, including shrimp-fried rice with crab fat and ham, pigs in a blanket,

BOIL Seafood House serves ‘Viet-Cajun’ crawfish and more

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including an onslaught of king cakes and a seemingly inexhaustible calendar of Carnival events. It’s also the time of year when crawfish begin to appear everywhere, and any backyard get-together feels incomplete without a boiling rig.

Last year, New Orleans saw the arrival of a new way of serving crawfish dubbed “Viet-Cajun” crawfish, which are served with a spicy Asian butter sauce.

At BOIL Seafood House, a casual seafood restaurant on Magazine Street, Viet-Cajun-style crawfish are the highlight.

Diners make three choices. First, they select a seafood “catch” from a menu that includes local crustaceans — crawfish, blue crab and shrimp — and mussels, Dungeness crab and clams. Next, they choose a sauce ranging from a fruity Caribbean blend to Cajun or garlic butter. The third choice is the spice level, which ranges from low to extra high, but even the medium option packs plenty of heat. The BOIL House sauce is the most emblematic of the Viet-Cajun style, and mudbugs arrive doused in an addictive garlicky, buttery Asian-style sauce with a fiery kick.

There is a wide selection of seafood, but crawfish — when in season — seems to be the most popular choice. Rather than boiled, however, crawfish are steamed and doused in sauce before they are served to guests. Diners are presented with plastic bibs emblazoned with crabs, a tacky yet fitting touch.

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The bar menu seems reminiscent of a Pensacola beach dive. Big mango margaritas ($10) are served in shakers that hold enough for at least three cocktails. While the serving size is generous, the drink was overly saccharine.

Oysters are available raw on the half shell, topped with caviar and chargrilled with herb butter and cheese.

Asian-style char-grilled oysters are similar to the classic New Orleans recipe but arrive bubbling with mozzarella and spicy Asian chili sauce.

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The classic flavors of a New Orleans crawfish boil — lemon, garlic, crab boil spices — are not going to fall out of favor, but BOIL Seafood House and its Viet-Cajun crawfish are a welcome addition to the region’s time-honored traditions.

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The former Top Chef contestant opened his Mid-City flagship seven years ago and also operates Toups South inside the Southern Food & Beverage Museum. Last year, he released his first cookbook, “Chasing the Gator: Isaac Toups and the New Cajun Cooking.”

Other brunch menu items include a collard greens and cornbread Benedict with poached eggs and sausage gravy, a French toast breakfast sandwich with bacon, brie and cane syrup, a roast beef bagel with black vinegar cream cheese and hot smoked salmon with creamed kale and a poached egg. Some holdovers from the dinner menu include Toups’ cracklings, the Toups burger and the restaurant’s Meatery board, loaded with house-made charcuterie, pickles and condiments.

Meatery beverage director Bryson Downham is introducing a few new eye-opener cocktails, such as the Snowball’s Chance, made with gin, Suze liqueur, white vermouth and a seasonal granita, and a Japanese Highball made with Toki whiskey, apple bitters and soda. Bottomless mimosas will be available for $15 at brunch. — HELEN FREUND PAGE 20

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The Carnival-themed ball has food from chefs including Nina Compton of Compere Lapin and Bywater American Bistro, John Currence of City Grocery Restaurant Group in Oxford, Mississippi, Suzanne Goin of Lucques in Los Angeles, Paul Kahan of Big Star in Chicago, Mike Lata of FIG and The Ordinary in Charleston, South Carolina, Nancy Oakes and Dana Younkin of Boulevard in San Francisco, Richard Reddington, formerly of Redd in Yountville, California, Andrea Reusing of Lantern in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Frank Stitt of Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama. Local chefs include Slade Rushing of Brennan’s and Link Restaurant Group pastry director Maggie Scales. Cure’s Neal Bodenheimer makes drinks for the event.

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Some of the chef’s best-known dishes are on the new menu, including blackened chicken fettuccine, yaka mein, gumbo, fried oyster po-boys, Bon Temps rolls and red beans and rice served with fried chicken.

The new restaurant has a liquor license, which the previous location did not. Smith says he eventually will add live music on weekends.

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Now in its fourth year, the fundraising gala features food from a dozen local and visiting chefs, live music and entertainment. Chefs/ restaurateurs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski’s nonprofit foundation supports programs that provide

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Burlesque star Trixie Minx and the Merry Antoinettes Mardi Gras krewe will participate.

There is a separate ticketed dinner hosted by New York chef Andrew Carmellini, Link and Stryjewski at the Calcasieu event space. The dinner also will feature a live auction.

General admission ball tickets start at $300 per person and reserved tables of 10 are available.

Tickets and information are available at www.balmasque.linkstryjewski.org. — HELEN FREUND

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How did you get interested in mezcal?

SESSER: I’m a scientist and I have a consulting business. We’ve both worked in bars and restaurants, but it wasn’t our career paths. (Mitzen) was managing a motorcycle tour company in Alaska and that’s where we met. A year ago we moved to the Baja peninsula to a city called La Paz. Mezcalerias are a big deal in Mexico and our favorite one in La Paz reminded us so much of New Orleans — the architecture and the design. Portland (Oregon) has six or seven. Austin (Texas) has four. Chicago, New York, D.C., San Francisco — they all have multiple. We looked into it and we realized New Orleans didn’t have a mezcaleria.

Our chef and partner in the business is Nanyo (Dominguez) Cervantes. He was at Tito’s (Ceviche & Pisco) and he was born and raised in Mexico City. He lived in Tijuana and the Baja peninsula, so it’s in his blood. He created a menu that features dishes from from Mexico City, the Yucatan, Oaxaca, Veracruz and the Baja peninsula.

What are the defining characteristics of mezcal?

S: It’s a lot like wine — there are so many different varieties, tastes and undertones. Some are savory, some are more peaty or earthy, some are fruity. Some are distilled with chicken breast to give them savory flavor. They all vary from year to year and from batch to batch. But the difference between wine and other grain alcohols like vodka is that it takes many years for agave to mature, to where it fruits. The most common species that’s used is called espadin, and it becomes mature enough to harvest every five or six years. Rather than getting an annual harvest, you get something every six years, sometimes every 10, 15 or 20 years. That makes it really special.

Another thing people don’t know is that it’s a 100 percent pure agave spirit. Tequila and other alcohols can be mixed, but mezcal has to be 100 percent. They can’t mix it with corn liquor or sugar cane liquor or anything else, which makes it high quality. Because it’s not mixed, mezcaleros in Mexico claim you can’t get a hangover from it. I’m not putting my name behind that, because if someone drinks too much they’ll probably get a hangover.

How is agave harvested to produce mezcal?

S: Mezcal is made in the artisanal way and we’re working with mezcaleros who make it in an environmentally sustainable way.

It’s very much farm to table, made in small batches. The people who make it are called mezcaleros and most of them have been doing it for generations. They harvest the mezcal right before it flowers. The agave plant shoots up a stalk and right before it blooms is when you cut down the agave plant. Then they cut off the leaves, and what is left is called a pina, which is the Spanish word for pineapple. It looks like pineapple once you cut all the leaves off it. That’s placed in an earthen oven where you dig a hole and add the hot rocks and start a fire. (The mezcaleros) put the pinas on top of the fire and cover them with dirt and roast them for several days, sometimes up to a week. Then they crush (the pinas). The agave is brewed, kind of like a beer, and it’s very sweet. That is then distilled one to three times, depending on the flavors that the mezcaleros (want). Just like with tequila, there’s a joven, or young, mezcal. If it’s aged more than six months, it’s a reposado, and if it’s aged more than a year, it’s an anejo. Reposado and anejo often are aged in old bourbon or whiskey barrels, and they take on the oak and whiskey flavor. Because of the way it’s roasted, a lot of mezcal has a smoky flavor, but not all mezcal does. — HELEN FREUND

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Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — No reservations. B, L, D daily. $

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

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. $$

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Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted for large parties. L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$

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Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant — 738 Poland Ave., (504) 943-9914; www.jackdempseys.net — Reservations accepted for large parties. L Tue-Fri, D Wed-Sat. $$

Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise. com — Reservations accepted. L SatSun, D daily, late Fri-Sat. $$

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Catalino’s — 7724 Maple St., (504) 6186735; www.facebook.com/catalinosllc — Reservations accepted. L and D daily. $$

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

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. $$$ Copper Monkey Bar & Grill — 725 Conti St., (504) 527-0869; www.coppermonkeygrill.com — No reservations. L, D and late daily. $$ 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. $$$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations recommended. B, L, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reser-

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

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Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www.bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, D Tue-Sun. $$ Salon Restaurant by Sucre — 622 Conti St., (504) 267-7098; www.restaurantsalon. com — Reservations accepted. D TueSun, brunch Fri-Sun. $$ 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. $$ Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ — 3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 305-4393 — No reservations. L, D daily. $$

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Frank’s Restaurant (933 Decatur St., 504-525-1602; www. franksnola.com) serves seafood pasta with shrimp, mussels and calamari in tomato sauce over spaghetti. 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. $

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

Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations. B, L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $

R&O’s Restaurant — 216 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie, (504) 831-1248; www.rnosrestarurant.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$

NOLA Beans — 762 Harrison Ave., (504) 267-0783; www.nolabeans.com — No reservations. B, L, early D daily. $$

Riccobono’s Peppermill — 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-2226; www. riccobonospeppermill.com — Reservations accepted. B and L daily, D Wed-Sun. $$

METAIRIE Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Banh Mi Boys — 5001 Airline Drive, Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5360; www. bmbmetairie.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L and D Mon-Sat. $ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com ­— Reservations recommended. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Casablanca — 3030 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2209; www.casablancanola. com — Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D Sun-Thu. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022;

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

El Gato Negro — 300 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-0107; www.elgatonegronola.com — See No reservations. L, D daily. $$

Sala Restaurant & Bar — 124 Lake Marina Ave., (504) 513-2670; www.salanola.com — Reservations accepted. L and D Tue-Sun, brunch Sat-Sun, late Thu-Sat. $$

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Rolls N Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.rollsnbowlsnola.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $ Sammy’s Po-boys & Catering — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0916; www.sammyspoboys.com — No reservations. L Mon-Sat, D daily. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www. shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. B, L, D Mon-Sat. $ Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Reservations recommended. L, D Tue-Sun. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations.

L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant

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MID-CITY/TREME Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $

ABITA MARDI GRAS BOCK Mardi Gras Bock is the first of our seasonal brews. Abita Mardi Gras Bock is brewed with pale, pilsner and caramel malts and German Perle hops. Our bock is similar to German maibocks with its rich malt flavor and full body. A perfect choice during Carnival season in New Orleans.

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Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 6093871; www.brownbutterrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. L Tue-Sun, D Fri. $ Cafe Navarre — 800 Navarre Ave., (504) 483-8828; www.cafenavarre.com — No reservations. B, L and D Mon-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. $

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Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com ­— No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.juansflyingburrito. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Le’s Baguette Banh Mi Cafe — 4607 Dryades St., (504) 895-2620; www.facebook. com/lesbaguettenola — No reservations.

B Sat-Sun, L and D daily. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, L daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797 — Reservations accepted for five or more. L, D Tue-Sun. $$ Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., (504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelateria.com — No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $

Cupcake Fairies — 2511 Bayou Road, (504) 333-9356; www.cupcakefairies.com — B and L Tue-Sat. $

St. James Cheese Company — 5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737; www.stjamescheese.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L daily, early D Thu-Sat. $

Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$

Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; www.slicepizzeria.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $

Fullblast Brunch — 139 S. Cortez St., (504) 302-2800 — No reservations.

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Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $

G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizzas.com — No reservations. L, D, late daily. $

Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; www.titoscevichepisco.com­ — Reservations accepted. D Mon-Sat. $$

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

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT

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

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Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 4838899; www.namese.net — Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Ralph’s on the Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Reservations recommended. L Tue-Fri, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$

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. $

Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $

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

Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola. com — No reservations. L Mon-Sat. $$

St. James Cheese Company — 641 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 304-1485; www. stjamescheese.com — See Uptown section for restaurant description. Delivery available. No reservations. L Mon-Sat, early D Thu-Sat., brunch Sun. $

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

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. $$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ G’s Kitchen Spot — Balcony Bar, 3201 Magazine St., (504) 891-9226; www. gskitchenspot.com­ — No reservations. L

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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TUESDAY 8 BMC — Dapper Dandies, 8 Bamboula’s — Christopher Johnnson Jazz, noon; Rancho Tee Motel Jazz, 3; St. Louis Slim Blues Band, 6:30; Sierra Green & the Soul Machine, 10 Bombay Club — Matt Lemmler, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Meryl Zimmerman, 7 Checkpoint Charlie’s — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Chip Wilson, 5:30 Circle Bar — Zac Maras & Cactus Thief, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9 Dragon’s Den — All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree, 9 House of Blues — Michael Liuzza (Restaurant & Bar), 6 The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 & 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 The Maison — Jazmarae Beebe, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 Prime Example Jazz Club — The Spectrum 6 Quintet, 8 & 10 Santos Bar — Mondo Generator, Yawning Man, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Daiquiri Rene Jones and the Merry Travellers, 9; Asher Danziger, 10 Three Muses — Sam Cammarata, 5; Steve DeTroy, 8

WEDNESDAY 9 BMC — The Tempted, 5 Bamboula’s — Eight Dice Cloth Jazz Trio, noon; Bamboulas Hot Jazz Quartet, 3; Mem Shannon Blues, 6:30;

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PREVIEW Stonefield and King Tuff

BY ALEX WOODWARD “FAR FROM EARTH” IS RIGHT. On their third full-length album, the four Findlay sisters continue to mine far-out sounds from their southeast corner of rural Australia, a fertile desert of neo-psychedelic pop that sits below Stonefield’s heavy, organ-swirling prog and monster riffs. But their vision on the edge of the world finds its way into the kinds of dewy Laurel Canyon grooves that dust up ’70s record shelves, with one hand digging the earth for familiar sounds and the other waving to the cosmos. “Broken Stone” buzzes with a ragalike nod to Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours,” but it nestles between the harmony-filled psychedelic dream of “Together” and a massive, two-note proto-metallic “Through the Storm,” an echo of Sabbath doom and a fresh trip through modern sludge.

Album opener “Delusion” meditates on a time-altering passage of alternating prog-worship riffs, with Amy Findlay, whose voice takes its time to wrap around each work, inviting the listener into the warp: “Time is so lonely when it’s only mine.” The band opens for King Tuff, Kyle Thomas’ garage rock alter ego, another time traveler with his arm out the window. Tickets $16. 9 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13 at One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net.

Bamboula’s — Eh La Bas Jazz Ensemble, noon; Jenavieve & the Royal Street Windin Boys Jazz, Marty Peters & the Party Meters Jazz, 6; City of Trees Brass Band, 10 Bar Redux — Blue Fox, 9 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Tender Moments with Andre Bohren and Harry Hardin, 6; Tom McDermott and Aurora Nealand, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6 Checkpoint Charlie’s — Mojo Shakers, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6 Circle Bar — Dark Lounge with Rik Slave, 7; Dizzy Bats + Gools + More, 9:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Matt Lemmler Trio, 9:30 House of Blues — Shawan Rice (Foundation Room), 6; Jake Landry (Restaurant & Bar), 6 The Jazz Playhouse — Brass-A-Holics, 8:30 Live Oak Cafe — Patrick Cooper, 10:30 NOLA Brewing Company — Soul Project NOLA, 7

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Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Clint Maedgen, 6 Old Point Bar — Cardboard Cowboy, 8 One Eyed Jacks — George Ezra, 7:45; Fast Times, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Leroy Jones & Katja Toivola with Crescent City Joymakers, 7 Saturn Bar — Alex McMurray and His Band, 8 SideBar — Susanne Ortner, James Singleton, Nahum Zdybel, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Danny Barker Tribute, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Lonelyouth, Mend., Daemon Grimm, Lip Candy, 7 The Starlight — Shea Pierre Piano Happy Hour, 5; Josh Paxton, 8; Shawan Rice, Sam Friend, Samantha Pearl, 10 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Arsene deLay, 8 Tipitina’s — Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, 9 The Willow — Rebirth Brass Band, 9

MUSIC BMC — Lifesavers, 3 Bamboula’s — Jeremy Joyce Jazz Adventure, 11; Roamin Jasmine Jazz, 2; Smoky Greenwell Blues, 6:30; ACE Brass Band, 10 Bar Redux — VUZZ, 9 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Lynn Drury, 5; Natalie Mae & Friends, 7; H.G. Breland, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — The Pinettes Brass Band, 9 Central City BBQ — Where Y’acht, 8 Checkpoint Charlie’s — Sandra Love and the Reason, 8; Shelia of Arabi, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae & Friends, 7; Helen Gillet, 9:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Fitzpatrick & Turning Point, 10 House of Blues — Geovane Santos (Restaurant & Bar), noon; Jake Landry and the Right Lane Bandits (Foundation Room), 7 The Jazz Playhouse — The Nayo Jones Experience, 7:30; Burlesque Ballroom featuring Trixie Minx and Romy Kaye, 11 Kerry Irish Pub — Patrick Cooper, 5 Monkey Hill Bar — Philip Melancon, 8 NOLA Brewing Company — Wilson & Joyce, 3 Oak — Keith Burnstein, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Born Toulouse, 9:30; Truman Holland and the Back-Porch Review, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — DJ Soul Sister presents Soulful Takeover, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Kevin Louis & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Pontchartrain Hotel Bayou Room — Kennedy and the M.O.T.H., 9 Santos Bar — Toward Space, Leafdrinker, Kelly Duplez, Aziz, 9 SideBar — David Bode’s Choose to Think, featuring Erick Merchant, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ellis Marsalis Quartet, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Shaye Cohn, 4; Joe Zarsky Trio, 7; Old Riley and the Water, 10 Three Muses — Matt Johnson, 5:30; Doro Wat, 9 Tipitina’s — Tipitina’s 2019 Anniversary Series Presents: An Evening with The New Orleans Suspects with Jennifer Hartswick and Marcus King, 10

SATURDAY 12 Bamboula’s — Sabertooth Swing, 11 a.m.; G & The Swinging Gypsies, 2:30; Johnny Mastro Blues, 7; Crawdaddy T’s Cajun/ Zydeco Revue, 11 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Red Hot Brass Band, 11 a.m.; Ukelele School of New Orleans, 4; Freddie Blue and the Friendship Circle, 6; Musee’ Musique, 9 Casa Borrega — Rites of Swing, 7 Checkpoint Charlie’s — Ginger and the Bee, 2; Jeff Solo, 3:30; Hard to be Human, 5; River Dragon, 6:30; Shawn Williams, 8; Great Plains, 9:30; Green Gasoline, 11; Dustin Cole and the Dead Men, 12:30 Circle Bar — Freddie Blue and the Friendship Circle, 6; La Mancha Jazz Band + Coyah et les Provocateurs + DJ Camille Lenain, 9:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & The Louisiana Sunspots, 10 House of Blues — Geovane Santos (Restaurant & Bar), noon; Baby Boy Bartels and the Boys (Restaurant & Bar), 3:30; Them Ol’ Ghosts (Foundation Room), 7; Big Al and the Heavyweights (Voodoo Garden), 7 The Jazz Playhouse — Cyril Neville & Swamp Funk, 8:30 Monkey Hill Bar — Philip Melancon, 8 NOLA Brewing Company — Marc Stone’s All-Star Fermentation Celebration featuring Papa Mali, Camille Baudoin, Reggie Scanlan, Alfred “Uganda” Roberts, Brittany Purdy, Mikey B3 & Sam Kuslan, 6 Oak — Allison Hebert, 9 Old Point Bar — Sandra Love & the Reason, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Oh You Pretty Things!

A David Bowie Burlesque & Music Tribute, 8 & 10:30 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Will Smith & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Santos Bar — Bass Church, 1 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Davell Crawford & Company, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Raise the Death Toll, Raccoon City Massacre, KNEVER, Project Ascension, 8 The Starlight — Neal Todten, 2; Flamenco with John Lawrence and Ven Pa Ca, 5; Shawan Rice, 7; Davis Rogan, 10 Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Debbie Davis, 6; Shotgun jazz band, 9 Tipitina’s — The Soul Rebels, 10

SUNDAY 13 BMC — Moments of Truth, 10 Bamboula’s — Eh La Bas Jazz Ensemble, 11; NOLA Ragweeds Jazz, 2; Carl LeBlanc Jazz, 6:30; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 10 Bar Redux — Justin Dye & Reverend Hyltan, 9 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Some Like It Hot, 11 a.m.; Al Ferrell, 4; Steve Pistorius Quartet, 7 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Friends + Blind Texas Marlin, 7; C.J. Boyd and more, 9:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Michael Liuzza & Friends, 9 House of Blues— Jason Bishop (Restaurant & Bar), 6; Crack and Camper Von Beethoven (The Parish), 6 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 Old Point Bar — Romy Kay, Jeanne Marie Harris, 7 One Eyed Jacks — King Tuff ‘Infinite Smiles Tour’ with Stonefield, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Mark Braud & Sunday Night Swingsters, 7 SideBar — Mike Dillon & Friends, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Kristofer Tokarski Jazz Band featuring Jonathan Doyle, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Dile Que Nola (Latin night), 7; Ingrid Lucia, 7; Gabrielle Cavassa Sessions, 10 Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Clementines, 8 Tipitina’s — Fais Do Do featuring Bruce Daigrepoint Cajun Band with David Doucet, 5:30

MONDAY 14 BMC — Lil Red & Big Bad, 7; Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, 10 Bamboula’s — St. Louis Slim Blues Trio, noon; Bann-Bua’s Hot Jazz 4, 3; G & The Swinging Gypsies, 6:30; Gentilly Stompers Band, 10 Bombay Club — David Boeddinghaus, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Arsene DeLay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Circle Bar — Dem Roach Boyz, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 House of Blues (Restaurant & Bar) — Sean Riley, 6 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French and the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8

One Eyed Jacks — Blind Texas Marlin, 10 Santos Bar — Deathcrown, 9 SideBar — Dayna Kurtz & Robert Mache, 7; Instant Opus, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 The Starlight — Davis Rogan, 5:30; Joy Clark, Keith Burnstein and Amanda Walker, 8 Three Muses — Monty Banks, 5; Washboard Rodeo, 8

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Allen Toussaint’s Legacy of Caring Concert. New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave. — The New Orleans Artists Against Hunger and Homelessness benefit concert features Jon Cleary, Ivan Neville, David Torkanowsky, George Porter Jr., Tony Hall and Raymond Weber. www.noaahh.org.

Tickets $50. 8 p.m. Saturday.

“Organ & Labyrinth”. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — Rick Sowers directs the Anderson Choir in the meditation and music program. www.albinas.org. Free admission. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Trinity Artist Series. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. — Roda de Choro performs traditional Brazilian music with a five-piece ensemble, featuring Rick Perles on violin. www.ablinas.org. Free admission. 5 p.m. Sunday.

“Scheherazade” and Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Orpheum Theater, 129 Roosevelt Way. — Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in the newly commissioned “Water Sings Fire” by Andrea Reinkeymer, Sir Edward Elgar “Cello concerto” in E Minor featuring cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, and more. $20-$140. www.lpomusic.com.

7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday. Also Friday, Jan. 11 at First Baptist Church, Covington, 16333 Highway 1085.

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TUESDAY 8 Battle of New Orleans Anniversary.

Jackson Square, St. Peter Street gate — U.S. Daughters of 1812 Chalmette Chapter No. 160 conducts a wreath-laying ceremony at the square. Free admission. Noon.

Battle of New Orleans Anniversary Wreath Laying. Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette — The Battle of New Orleans is commemorated with a wreath laying at the cemetery. www.nps.gov/jela. 9 a.m.

Danny Barker Festival Patron Party.

2924 St. Bernard Ave. — The fundraising party for the Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival has an auction of guitars and banjos, music, food and more. www. dannybarkerfestival.com. Tickets $50-$75.

6 p.m. Tuesday.

Thriving in Place. Broadmoor Community Church, 2021 S. Dupre St. — There’s a speaker and free lunch is served at the monthly series for seniors. Noon.

“True Religion: Individuation, Alchemy and Poetry.” First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5212 S. Claiborne Ave. — Jungian Analyst Deedy Young presents a lecture. $10-$15. 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY 11 “The Orleans Collection: Tastemaking, Networks, and Legacy” Symposium.

New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park — The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Frick Collection’s

Center for the History of Collecting host a two-day symposium in conjunction with The Orleans Collection, an exhibition dedicated to the collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orleans (1674–1723) on view through Jan. 27. $30-$100. 6 p.m., also Saturday.

Battle of New Orleans Anniversary.

Chalmette Battlefield, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette — Living history experts dressed as civilians and troops from 1815 demonstrate military drills, fire cannons and muskets, perform period music and share how life was in 1815 via hands-on activities, games and craft demonstrations. Parking available at St. Bernard Parish Government Center, 8201 W. Judge Perez Drive, with shuttle service to the park. www.nps.gov/jela.

Free admission. 9 a.m., also Saturday.

Battle of New Orleans Historical Symposium. Nunez Community College Auditorium, 3710 Paris Road, Chalmette — Scholars discuss the conflict and roles of different participants. Symposium moves to St. Bernard Government Complex Saturday, 8201 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette. www.nunez.edu. Free admission.

10:30 a.m., also Saturday.

Dillard University Day of Service. Dillard kicks off its 150th anniversary with service projects throughout the city for registered volunteers including students alumni, staff and faculty. For information, contact the Rev. Earnest Salsberry at esalsberry@ dillard.edu or Nick Harris at nharris@ dillard.edu. 8 a.m.

Wreath-laying Ceremony. Denis de la Ronde Plantation site, West St. Bernard Highway at Montesquieu Street — Daughters of the British Empire in Louisiana lay a wreath near the site where the British commander Packenham was taken after his fatal wounds in the Battle of New Orleans. 11 a.m.

SATURDAY 12 “A Brief History of the Aztecs.” Mexican Cultural Institute, 901 Convention Center Blvd. — The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Mexican Cultural Institute sponsor a presentation by archaeologist Diego Matadamas Gomora. 3 p.m.

Family Day Festival of Black History. Edward A. Dufresne Community Center, 274 Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway — The Louisiana Museum of African American History presents historians, artists, activities, speakers and performances in commemoration of the anniversary of Louisiana’s 1811 slave revolt. Call (504) 432-9901 for information. Tickets $10. 11 a.m.

Food Writer’s Symposium. River Ridge Library, 8825 Jefferson Highway — Panels, discussions and speakers explore the food-writing industry from cookbook writing to recipe testing. www.jplibrary. net. 9:30 a.m.

In the SoFAB Kitchen. Southern Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — Chef Eric Cook of Gris Gris presents a cooking demonstration. 1 p.m.

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St. Tammany Parish Library, Madisonville branch, 1123 Main St., Madisonville — The event features costuming, a parade and contests for fans of pop culture such as gaming, movies, comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime, cosplay and more under the theme “Musical Edition.” Costumes from musicals are encouraged, but any family-friendly cosplay is invited. www.sttammanylibrary.org. Noon.

Rex Den Tour. Rex Den, 2531 S. Claiborne Ave. — The Rex Organization opens its float den, museum and store for tours in a fundraiser for Rex’s Pro Bono Publico and Friends of the Cabildo. www.friendsofthecabildo.org. Tickets $25. 1 p.m.

SUNDAY 13 Big Lebowski Fundraiser Benefit.

Rock ’n’ Bowl, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave. — The New Orleans Gold Rugby Foundation’s fundraiser is hosted by former rugby player and star of “The Big Lebowski” John Goodman. There’s entertainment by The Iguanas and local seafood to support sports programs for underserved youths in the community. www.nolagoldrugby.com.

Tickets $125-$250. 6 p.m. Sunday.

MONDAY 14 Creole Identity and Experience in Louisiana Literature. St. Tammany Parish Library, Slidell Branch, 555 Robert Blvd. — The RELIC program is presented in conjunction with the Endowment for the Humanities to explore issues related to Creoles.

Books are provided for those registered. www.sttammanylibrary.org. 6 p.m.

BOOKS Charles D. Brown. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St. — The author signs and discusses “Looking Back On Sodom.” www.gardendistrictbookshop. com 6 p.m. Thursday.

Jim Thornton. Hubbell Library, 725 Pelican Ave., Algiers — The author and musician discusses “New Orleans Trumpet: A DownHome Conservatory Method,” his method for playing the trumpet, and his Perdido Jazz Band will demonstrate how traditional jazz was performed using the method.

6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

EVENTS

PREVIEW Danny Barker Guitar & Banjo Festival

BY WILL COVIELLO THE DANNY BARKER BANJO & GUITAR FESTIVAL celebrates the jazz musician’s legacy with concerts, clinics, panel discussions, a second line and more. Barker grew up in a family of influential New Orleans musicians, performed with Cab Calloway and many others, mentored young musicians and wrote songs including “Don’t You Feel My Leg,” which he recorded with his wife Blue Lu Barker.

The New Orleans Jazz Museum hosts three days of events Friday through Sunday, Jan. 11-13, including live music and interviews with musicians who were mentored by Barker in his Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band. Performers at daytime concerts at the museum include John Boutte, Charmaine Neville, Don Vappie, Wendell Brunious and others. The Hot 8 Brass band leads a second line through the French Quarter, starting at 11 a.m. Sunday at the museum.

Festival guests include guitarist Claude Carre of Haiti, kora-player Morikeba Kouyate of Sengal and guitarist Fabrizio Sotti of Italy at the Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Jam from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center.

The Festival Finale features Donald Harrison Jr., Davell Crawford, Big Sam Williams, Dr. Michael White and others at the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music at the Musicians’ Village from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

A jazz jam celebrating Barker’s birthday features Detroit Brooks Sr., Gregg Stafford, Dr. Michael White, Freddy Lonzo, Topsy Chapman and others has sessions at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday at Snug Harbor.

The festival also offers music clinics for students at area schools. Visit the festival website for schedule and tickets. Various locations. Tuesday-Sunday, Jan. 8-13.

Richard Zoglin. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St. — The author signs “Hope: Entertainer of the Century” and joins a panel with Kimberly Guise, curator of the special exhibit “So Ready for Laughter: The Legacy of Bob Hope,” moderated

by Robert M. Citino. Registration requested. Free admission. 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Rien Fertel. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave. — The author discusses and signs “Drive-By Truckers — Southern Rock Opera.” www.jplibrary.net.

7 p.m. Thursday.

Rory O’Neill Schmidt and Rosary Hertel O’Neill. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St. — The authors discuss and sign “New Orleans Voodoo — A Cultural History. www.gardendistrictbookshop.com 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

SPORTS New Orleans Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Dave Dixon Drive — The Pelicans play the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

FILM OPENINGS “A Dog’s Way Home” (PG) — A dog travels hundreds of miles to find its owner in this family adventure starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Ashley Judd. AMC Dine-in Clearview Palace 16, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, AMC Westbank Palace 16.

“Jacqueline and Jilly” — The daughter of a politically powerful family becomes addicted to painkillers. AMC Elmwood Palace 20.

“The Organizer” — The biopic profiles community organizer Wade Rathke, founder of ACORN. Rathke presents the film on its opening weekend. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center.

“Replicas” (PG-13) — Scientist Will Foster (Keanu Reeves) tries to bring family members back from the dead in this sci-fi thriller. AMC Westbank Palace 16.

“A Star is Born” (R) — In the remake of the classic film, Bradley Cooper directs and stars as an aging musician who falls in love with a young aspiring singer, played by Lady Gaga. AMC Elmwood Palace 20.

“The Upside” (PG-13) — Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston star in this remake of the 2011 French film “The Intouchables,” in which a wealthy quadriplegic man hires an assistant with a criminal record. AMC Dine-in Clearview Palace 16, AMC Elmwood Palace 20, AMC Westbank Palace 16, Chalmette Movies.

NOW SHOWING ”Antarctica: On the Edge 3D” — The documentary explores the frozen continent and wildlife including penguins, seals and whales. Entergy Giant Screen Theater. ”Aquaman” (PG-13) — Arthur Curry learns his true calling is under the sea as the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis in this DC Comics superhero movie starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard.

Chalmette Movies. ”Bumblebee” (PG-13) — Hailee Steinfeld stars in this “Transformers” prequel about a young girl who discovers a battle-scarred robot. Chalmette Movies. ”The Charmer” — An Iranian immigrant is on the verge of being expelled from Denmark if he can’t find a Danish woman to marry in this romantic thriller directed by Milad Alami. Through Thursday at Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. ”Escape Room” (PG-13) — A group of strangers must find a way out of an escape room in this horror movie. Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine and Taylor Russell star.

Chalmette Movies.

“Holmes & Watson” (PG-13) — Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant in a buddy comedy take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s popular detective duo. Chalmette Movies. ”Hurricane on the Bayou” — This film ex-

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Wednesday at Prytania Theatre.

“Met Opera: Adriana Lecourvreur” — A famous French actress is pursued by suitors in Frencesco Cilea’s opera. At 11:55 a.m. at Cinebarre Canal Place.

“Modest Heroes” — The screening features three short adventures from Studio Ponoc, the Japanese animation studio created

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REVIEW Eric Fischl

BY D. ERIC BOOKHARDT ERIC FISCHL IS SOMETHING OF AN ODDITY. He wandered into an art world dominated by academic theories that ignored the personal side of the human condition and eventually found success as a painter of unsettling human quirks. In retrospect, Fischl seems to have had perfect pitch when capturing the apprehensive psyche of latter-day America as seen in his favorite subjects: Long Island, New York suburbanites lounging around comfortable homes crackling with uncomfortable secrets, or furtively cavorting on the beach in search of elusive pleasures. Early on, his oddly virtuosic paintings evoked the creamy luminosity of a queasy anti-hero Johannes Vermeer of Sag Harbor, but the mostly collagelike works here and in other recent shows reflect a tersely fluid, near finger-painterly quality of gesture appropriate to figures who, like characters in a John Updike novel, inhabit a familiar world that seems to be shifting under their feet. This is Fischl’s home turf, literally and psychically, and his unsettling narratives resonate no end of quiet innuendo.

“Handstand” depicts three people on a beach who are, at least momentarily, alone together as an older man on a chaise lounge reads a magazine, a woman does a handstand and a young man ambles distractedly through their midst. The sketchy ephemerality of the dye sublimation medium on mylar recalls that most of Fischl’s images start out as photographs whose subjects he rearranges to suit the labyrinthine twists of his vision, so if similar figures turn up elsewhere, it’s not a total surprise. As individuals, the figures in “Family” and “Poolside Loungers” may be unique, but the paradoxes and disconcerting ambiguities of their lives are widely shared. In a unique work in poured resin, “Untitled” (pictured) features five sunbathers in awkward poses. Familiar yet remote, perhaps even to themselves, they embody the disjointed vulnerability of the world today while reflecting Fischl’s belief, repeated in several recent interviews, that, “Art should be embraced as a journey. Result-oriented, not product-based. Understood as a process and a dialogue with history, culture, and time.” Through Jan. 26. Octavia Art Gallery, 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com.

by Yoshiaki Nishimura (“The Tale of The Princes Kaguya”). Thursday and Saturday at AMC Elmwood Palace 20. ”Saboteur” (R) — A factory worker accused of setting a deadly fire tries to prove his innocence in the the Alfred Hitchcock film. At 10 a.m. Sunday at Prytania Theatre.

ON STAGE Bad Girls of Burlesque. House of Blues (The Parish), 225 Decatur St. — Dancers perform using femme fatale and bad girl themes. 8 p.m. Saturday.

“The Color Purple.” Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell — Alice Walker’s novel about a poor, young black girl who

grows up in the South in the early 20th century was adapted into a Tony-winning musical. www.cuttingedgetheater.com.

Tickets $25-$35. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“A Day Late and a Dollar Short”. The New Quorum, 2435 Esplanade Ave. — The immersive music and dance piece is set in a Storyville brothel and features music by MC Sweet Tea, Anais St. John and Harry Mayronne and performances by Reese Johanson, Nina Bozak, Frenchie Faith, Cate Swan and others. Tickets $25. 7:30 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

“Greater Tuna.” Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner — Gary Rucker and Sean Patterson portray the residents of the Texas town in a satirical

look at small-town America. www.rivertowntheaters.com. Tickets $36.94. 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Inherit The Wind.” 30 by Ninety Theatre, 880 Lafayette St. — The Scopes Monkey trial is the foundation for this Tony Award winner about religion and freedom of thought. www.30byninety.com. Tickets $10-$19. 8 p.m. Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday “Les Miserables.” Saenger Theater, 1111 Canal St. — The Tony-winning Broadway musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s story of France in the early 19th century includes such hits as “I Dreamed A Dream,” “On My Own” and “One Day More.” www.broadwayinneworleans.com. Tickets $30-$149.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday; 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday; 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

“Liverpool Legends.” Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, Metairie — The band, wearing period costumes, performs songs spanning the entire career of The Beatles. www.jpas.org. Tickets $30$65. 8 p.m. Friday; 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

“Tribute to the Carol Burnett Show.” Cafe Luke, 153 Robert St., Slidell — The salute to the legendary comic and her variety show features classic scenes from the television production. www.cafeluke.com Tickets $25-$45. 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive — An eclectic group of six kids competing in a spelling championship disclose hilarious and touching stories from their home lives. Tickets $17.50-$28. 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“The Wolves.” Southern Rep Theatre, 2541 Bayou Road — As a soccer team of nine young women prepares for games each week, their individual stories emerge, creating a portrait of adolescent fear and fury. www.southernrep.com. Tickets $25-$40.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, plus Monday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

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 9 p.m. Monday.

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

8 p.m. Tuesday.

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plores Hurricane Katrina and the effect of Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands on hurricane protection. Entergy Giant Screen Theater. ”Mary Poppins Returns” (PG) — A magical nanny returns to help a family through a difficult time in this pseudo-sequel to the live-action Disney classic. Emily Blunt and Meryl Streep star. Chalmette Movies. ”Mary, Queen of Scots” (R) — Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan), Queen of Scotland, rivals Queen Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie).

Prytania Theatre. ”Oceans — Our Blue Planet 3D” — This BBC Earth film transports audiences to the depths of the globe’s waters. Entergy Giant Screen Theater. ”On the Basis of Sex” (PG-13) — Felicity Jones stars as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this biographical drama focusing on Ginsburg’s struggles against sexism and rise to U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Prytania Theatre. ”Ryuichi Sakamoto: async At the Park Avenue Armory” — The documentary profiles the composer as he unveils his new opus at a New York City concert. Through Thursday at Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. ”Sicilian Ghost Story” — A 12-year-old girl ventures deep into an enchanted forest to find her handsome classmate in this fantasy-drama. Through Thursday at Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center. ”Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (PG) — This animated Spider-Man story focuses on Miles Morales, a biracial teen who gets Spidey senses and travels into different dimensions, where he meets other heroes with similar powers. AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Chalmette Movies. ”Wild Africa 3D” — Journey across one of the world’s wildest continents in this BBC Earth documentary. Entergy Giant Screen Theater.

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Peters St. — Vincent Zambon and Cyrus Cooper host a stand-up comedy show.

8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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

Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave. — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8:30 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 Red Bean Plunkett hosts an open-mic stand-up show. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Comic Strip. Siberia Lounge, 2227 St. Claude Ave. — Chris Lane hosts the standup comedy open mic with burlesque interludes. 9:30 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.

Jeff D Comedy Cabaret. Oz, 800 Bourbon St. — This weekly showcase features comedy and drag with Geneva Joy, Carl Cahlua and guests. 10 p.m. Thursday.

Late Night Game Night. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave. — Carson Rapose hosts three comedians as they play twisted versions of popular games with audience participation encouraged.

Free admission.9:30 p.m. Friday.

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

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

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

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

TNM Mainstage. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave. — Improv comedy groups perform. 8 p.m. Saturday.

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 at 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Unhinged. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave. — Comedians perform an hourlong improv set. Free admission.

9:30 p.m. Saturday.

Vin Drole. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave. — Wine-inspired comedy follows a wine tasting. Free admission.

8 p.m. Sunday.

ART ART HAPPENINGS Champagne & Art Tours. The Jung Hotel & Residences, 1500 Canal St. — Free Champagne accompanies a weekly tour of the hotel’s commissioned artworks.

5 p.m. Friday.

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PREVIEW ‘A Day Late and a Dollar Short’

BY WILL COVIELLO AN IMMERSIVE PRODUCTION SET IN A STORYVILLE BROTHEL, “A Day Late and a Dollar Short� is a collaborative piece that seeks to dispel romanticized notions of the New Orleans’ official red-light district and explore the lives of women who have supported themselves with sex work. It builds on Tiana Hux Dews’ (aka MC Sweet Tea) 2005 work “Story,� which was based on sex workers on Bourbon Street. “A Day Late and a Dollar Short� features music by Anais St. John and Harry Mayronne, who last year collaborated on a show about Storyville madam Lulu White, and dancers Reese Johanson, Nina Bozak, Frenchie Faith, Cate Swan, Emmalee Sutton, Jesse Tripp and others. Food based on Madame Begue’s recipes is included. A dance party with Malevitus follows the performance. Tickets $25.

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 11-12. The New Quorum, 2435 Esplande Ave.; www. sweetteapresents.com.

Dismantling Southern Photography. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St. — Ogden Museum of Southern Art hosts a panel discussion. www.ogdenmuseum.org. 2 p.m. Saturday.

Exhibit extension reception. Second Story Gallery, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave. — Two exhibitions, supported by PhotoNOLA, the New Orleans Photo Alliance and the New Orleans Healing Center, will be extended, including “Michael Alford: Another Given Day In The Big Easy� and “Charles Lovell: New Orleans Second Line Traditions.�

The exhibitions continue through Feb. 2, 6 p.m. Saturday.

St. Claude Second Saturdays. St. Claude Arts District, St. Claude Avenue — The St. Claude Art District’s participating galleries open new shows. 6 p.m. Saturday.

OPENINGS Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave. — “Everything You Wanted to Know About Snake Juice But Were Afraid to Ask� is an exhibit of sculptures and drawings by Natalie McLaurin, through Feb. 3; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave. — “Neu Yorker Cartuns� features work

by Molly Roth, through Feb. 9; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave. — “Yaddah, Yaddah, Yaddah� is an exhibition by Leslie Friedman exploring social inclusion and exclusion, through Feb. 3; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

New Orleans Art Center, 3330 St. Claude Ave. — The group exhibition features 10 artists including Anita Cooke, Erika Larkin Gaudet, Beatriz Soco Ocampo and Glenn Miller, through Feb.3; opening reception, 6 p.m. Saturday.

The Front, 4100 St. Claude Ave. — Group exhibition will be a reading library examining the history of women’s comics featuring 31 artists, curated by Leela Corman and Layet Johnson, through Feb. 3; opening, 6 p.m. Saturday.

MUSEUMS Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, 1 Canal St. — “Washed Ashore — Art to Save the Sea� features works by Angela Pozzi crafted from plastic trash collected from Pacific Coast beaches. www.auduboninstitute.org. Through April.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St. — “The Baroness de Pontalba and the Rise of Jackson Square,� a tricentennial exhibition of Don Andres Almonester and his daughter, Baroness Micaela Pontalba, through October.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere, 751 Chartres St., — “Living With Hurricanes — Katrina and Beyond,� interactive displays and artifacts, ongoing.

National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St. — “So Ready for Laughter: The Legacy of Bob Hope� includes film, photographs and more exploring Bob Hope’s career, through Feb. 10.

New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle — “Past, Present, Future — “The Orleans Collection� is an exhibition of selections from the collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orleans (1689-1723), through Jan. 27; Photography and the New Orleans Museum of Art� celebrates 100 years of photo exhibits at the museum, though March 17.

Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St. — “The Laurel Valley Plantation Photographs of Philip M. Denman� exhibit features 40 years of photographic coverage of the Thibodaux plantation, through June 14.

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Adee Honey Farms, Newton, TX, has 11 positions with 3 mo. exp. required as beekeeper with references; raise honeybees, maintain colony health, caging queens, install queen cells, assemble hives, harvest combs, transport honey; maintain & repair buildings & equipment; long periods of standing, bending & must lift 75#; obtain driver’s license within 30 days of hire with clean MVR; no bee, pollen, or honey related allergies; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.87/ hr, may increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 1/15/19 – 5/31/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply at nearest LA Workforce Office with JO# TX8692307 or call 504-838-5678.

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Fierro Farms, Plains, TX, has 3 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain crops, swathing, raking, baling, stacking & transporting hay, calving, weaning, sorting & animal health of cattle; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.87/hr, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/05/19 – 12/05/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# TX3082169 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504-838-5678.

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Ag, Inc., Brickeys, AR, has 2 positions, 3 mo. exp. for operating large farm equip. for transporting grain, mixing chemicals for insect & week control; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/hr, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/15/19 – 12/15/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# 2344929 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504-838-5678.

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Butch Clifton Farms II, Wheatley, AR, has 3 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops, operation & maintenance of irrigation equip., grain bin & auger operation; building, equip & vehicle maint.; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/ failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/hr, increase based on exp. w/ possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/15/19 – 11/30/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# 2345701 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504838-5678.

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Bar Fork Ranch, Tilden, TX, has 2 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating tractors, trucks, skid steers for shredding grass, brush beating, transporting hay & feed, calving, weaning, sorting, vaccinating, ear tagging, feeding & supplementing cattle; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.87/hr, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/01/19 – 12/01/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# TX6688501 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504-838-5678.

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Panhandle Harvesting Services, Amarillo, TX, has 20 positions, 6 mo. exp. for operating self-propelled custom class harvesting machines to harvest a variety of grain & oilseed crops, adjust speed of cutters, blowers & conveyers, change cutting head & height of cutting head using hand tools; clean & maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain CDL with clean MVR to drive grain & transporter trucks within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.69/hr. - $13.64/hr. depending on location in TX, OK, KS, CO & MT, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/20/19 – 12/20/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# TX3646220 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504-838-5678.

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S&T Farms, Walnut Ridge, AR, has 3 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops, operation & maintenance of irrigation equip., grain bin & auger operation; building, equip & vehicle maint.; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/ failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/hr, increase based on exp. w/ possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/18/19 – 12/01/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# 2344905 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504838-5678.

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Vanderham Dairy #2, Hart, TX, has 5 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equipment w/GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops, chopping ilage, push, pile & spread manure, operation & maintenance of irrigation system, pivots & wells; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/ failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.87/hr, increase based on exp. w/ possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/15/19 – 12/15/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# TX5387912 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504838-5678.

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Moody Equipment, Jonesboro, AR, has 2 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops, operation & maintenance of irrigation equip., grain bin & auger operation; building, equip & vehicle maint.; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/ failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/hr, increase based on exp. w/ possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/15/19 – 12/15/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# 2347500 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504838-5678.

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Jimel Farms, Moro, AR, has 5 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating farm equip. for tilling, cultivating, fertilizing, planting, harvesting, & transporting grain, rice & oilseed crops, pulling weeds, harvesting; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/hr, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/23/19 – 12/01/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# 2347495 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504838-5678.

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Bramucci Farms, Earle, AR, has 3 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/ GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting, maintain & repair irrigation, grain bin & auger operation; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/ failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/hr, increase based on exp. w/ possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/10/19 – 12/10/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# 2344948 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504838-5678.

MOCK JURORS MOCK JURORS NEEDED

VOLUNTEERS to serve on mock jury for a legal training seminar for attorneys (real lawyers) on Thursday & Friday, January 24 & 25 from approximately 8:00 am - 3:30 pm at a Convention Center area hotel. Perfect opportunity for people interested in the law, retirees and college students. Breakfast and lunch provided, free parking and a TOTAL of $40 FOR TWO DAYS (or $15 FOR ONE DAYS’ service) paid as a thank you for volunteering. No experience necessary. Must be 18 years old. Contact Diane, dabraham@ aarongianna.com or 504-569-1811 ASAP!

ANNOUNCEMENTS NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Pursuant to Louisiana statutes Metro Storage LLC, as managing agent for Lessor, will sell by public auction (or otherwise dispose) personal property (in its entirety) belonging to the tenants listed below to the highest bidder to satisfy the lien of the Lessor for rental and other charges due. The said property has been stored and is located at the respective address below. Units up for auction will be listed for public bidding on-line at www.Storagestuff.bid beginning five days prior to the scheduled auction date and time. The terms of the sale will be cash only. A 10% buyer’s premium will be charged per unit. All sales are final. Metro Storage LLC reserves the right to withdraw any or all units, partial or entire, from the sale at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. The property to be sold is described as “general household items” unless otherwise noted. All contents must be removed completely from the property within 48 hours or sooner or are deemed abandoned by bidder/buyer. Sale rules and regulations are available at the time of sale.

Metro Self Storage-4320 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, LA 70002-(504) 455-3330-Bidding will close on the website www.StorageTreasures.com on 01-24-2019 at 10:00 am for the following units: Nikia Jones unit 1064: chairs, printer, desk, refrigerator, and cabinet files.

Carmen Julia Lopez unit 2044: boxes, dryer, fan, toys and luggage.

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

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1 & 2 bedrooms available in ideal location and ROOMS BY THE MONTH with PRIVATE BATH. All utilities included monthly.

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1,375 Sq ft. With reception room, private office. Open office area, break room and restroom. Exterior cameras, 12 ft ceiling, central HVAC, glass storefront, off-street parking. 1995 Gentilly C10, 504-583-5969.

METAIRIE OLD METAIRIE

1820 Metairie Rd., lg 2bdrm,1ba, liv, din rm, furn kit-stove, fridge, w/d. Downstairs,off-st parking. $850/mo plus deposit. 834-3465.

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French Quarter Realty 35 1041 Esplanade MON-FRI 8:30-5

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823 Esplanade 1/2 Hdwd Flrs, 12’ Ceils, Dble Parlor, Crystal Chandeliers, Sec Sys, Exc Loc, Parking Avail ................ $2850 231 Burgundy #3 1/1 Hdwd flrs, balcony, courtyard. All utilities included ...................................................................... $1500 224 Chartres 3 units avail, 1-3 beds, reno’d, elevator access, ctyd, great loc starting at .......................... $2750 7120 Neptune Ct. 4/2 hdwd flrs, cent a/h, alarm sys, ss apps, w/d in unit & 2 car garage ............................. $2800 3924 State Street 3/3 open flrpln, 2bds/2ba up, master suite down w/4th bd off master ............................. $2750 618 Fern 2/1 hdwd flrs, w/d on site, nat light, shared backyard, close to universities ........................................ $1250

FOR SALE 920 S. Carrollton #Q 2/2 newly renovated, great location in a non flood zone ....................................................... $229,000 232 Decatur #3A 1/1.5 reno’d corner unit, marble kit&ba, wd flrs, w/d in unit, balc w/river view .............. $499,000 920 St. Louis #6 2/1.5 elevator, lrg windows, berm suites w/full baths, hdwd flrs, w/d in unit....................$895,000 1015 Congress 3/2 fully reno’d, open flr pln, wd flrs, huge yard with deck ..................................................... $499,000 830 St. Philip #A 1/2 grnd flr unit, priv loft w/full bath, fireplace and parking avail .................................... $330,000 8914 Cohn 2/2 Freshly reno’d& ready to move in! Orig hdwd flrs, new energy efficient windows, cute front porch! Off str prkng & fully fenced yd w/ deck. Full kit. ....... $238,000 2506 Octavia 4/3.5 split level 2 beds up and living, 2 beds w/en suite baths down and fam rm, POOL ........ $745,000 1016 Esplanade #1 1/1 lots of charm, hdwd flrs, hi ceils, nat light, lrg ctyd and lrg kit ........................................... $239,000 1022 St. Peter #207 2/1.5 Pkng, Pool, lovely crtyrds. Spacious master suite. 2 small twin loft beds for guests or kids.

Stacked w/d. garage covered off street parking. $465,000 1213 Kerlerec 2/1 Charming cottage w/wd flrs. Archit. details include plaster walls, arched doorways. Screened in porch and quaint courtyard style backyard. Driveway. .. $265,000

EMPLOYMENT / REAL ESTATE

Penn Brothers PTR Landleveling, Portia, AR, has 7 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting soybeans & rice, pulling weeds, processing, drying, bagging soybeans & rice; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/hr, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/20/19 – 12/20/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# 2347485 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504838-5678.

TEMPORARY FARM LABOR

Delta Planting Co., Lambert, MS, has 10 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/ GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain & oilseed crops, walking fields pulling weeds, irrigation maintenance, grain bin maintenance; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/hr, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 2/17/19 – 12/15/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# MS286343 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504-838-5678.

Experienced

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EMPLOYMENT (CONT’D)

TEMPORARY FARM LABOR

Ellendale Planting Co., Clarksdale, MS, has 4 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting spring crops of grain & oilseed crops, operate cotton pickers, module builders & boll buggies, irrigation maintenance; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/ hr, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 3/01/19 – 11/30/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# MS286287 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 504-838-5678.