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Dante’s Disco Inferno TUE. OCT. 31 | A costumes-required (theme: think “demonic disco”) party at 9th Ward haunt The Music Box Village features music from Cauche Mar and DJ Rotten “Spooky” Milk among a menagerie of dancing ghouls and other performers. A kids’ trickor-treating hour begins at 6 p.m. The party is at 7 p.m.

The Sexism Project opens at Preservation Hall

Quintron and Miss Pussycat

BY KAT STROMQUIST

TUE. OCT. 31 | Quintron and Miss Pussycat being absent for Halloween 2016 felt like Santa Claus taking a Christmas off. The duo resumes its residential ways at One Eyed Jacks, joined by Nora Keyes and the Invisible Elf Witch, DJ Alix Brown, Spellbreaker and Delish da Goddess. At 9 p.m.

THE STORIES COME OUT WHEN MEN LEAVE THE ROOM.

As she spent time alone with other women, journalist and photographer Katie Sikora noticed a common thread: If someone brought up the topic of sexism, tales flew fast and thick.

“Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s sad, sometimes it’s really messed up,” Sikora says. “It always happens, but then it’s left behind closed doors. It’s talked about, but with each other.”

That realization — which first dawned on Sikora in a eureka moment hanging out with members of funk band Sexual Thunder! — inspired The Sexism Project, a photography exhibition that opens at Preservation Hall Thursday. The three-day event features Sikora’s photographs and excerpted interviews with 60 women involved in the New Orleans music community, in an exhibit co-curated

by Sweet Crude bandleader Alexis Marceaux, Bear America Records owner Morgan Thielen and Katie Budge, marketing director for The Howlin’ Wolf.

Beginning in June 2016, Sikora photographed her subjects and talked with them about their experiences with sexist behavior. Though originally she thought the project would focus on subjects’ experiences in the music industry (including several musicians who related being mistaken for groupies or girlfriends at venues they were scheduled to play, even when they showed up with instruments), Sikora quickly realized the project would be more comprehensive. The women also were photographed in their homes to show their identities beyond their performance personas.

Interviews asked about sexism in their lives and how those experiences made them feel. “[Sexism is] not clear-cut,” Sikora says. “There’s one big monster. It has a bunch of different heads. You cut

Gatecreeper

off one head, and the other heads are still there.”

The exhibition opens as national conversation has sparked about the prevalence of sexist behavior and attitudes, and as a series of highprofile figures from many industries (including politics, entertainment, tech, media and hospitality) have been publicly accused of sexual harassment and misconduct.

Both Sikora and Marceaux say they hope women who see the exhibition will be able to start talking about this aspect of their lives — and that men will join in.

“I think opening up the conversation, and having a safe place for all of us to talk about it … that’s ultimately what we are here to do now,” Marceaux says.

“This team is ready for [it] to no longer have to be just women lifting up women,” Sikora says. “We’re ready for it to be humans lifting up humans.”

There also are daytime and evening musical performances by several New Orleans artists, including Big Freedia (midnight Friday), Helen Gillet (1 p.m. Sunday), Maggie Koerner (2 p.m. Sunday), Tasche de la Rocha (1 p.m. Friday), Julie Odell (11 p.m.

Friday) and others. A complete schedule is available on the project’s website. Many of the women who were photographed for the project

THE SEXISM PROJECT PHOTO EXHIBITION HOURS: 11 P.M. -2 A.M. THU.-FRI & SUN.; 11 A.M. TO 3 P.M. FRI. & SUN. PRESERVATION HALL, 726 ST. PETER ST., (504) 522-2841; WWW.PRESERVATIONHALL.COM WWW.THESEXISMPROJECT.COM

THU. NOV. 2 | Following a run with death metal progenitors Cannibal Corpse, Gatecreeper — whose guttural, gut-grinding 2016 LP Sonoran Depravation (Relapse) is still raising the dead in 2017 — crawls into New Orleans with black metal swamp things Barghest at 7 p.m. at the Mudlark Theatre.

NOLA Nerdlesque Festival FRI.-SAT. NOV. 3-4 | Local and visiting burlesque dancers, including New York cosplayer Dangrrr Doll, perform routines inspired by super heroes, comics, anime, The Lord of the Rings and other sci-fi and popular culture. There are four different shows at the Contemporary Arts Center.

Iron & Wine will attend, and Sikora looks forward to seeing real-time conversations between interview subjects and visitors to the show.

Members of The Sexism Project team have discussed creating an annual exhibition centering on women in different fields, such as the hospitality industry, to help call attention to the problem and share women’s stories.

Since beginning the project, Sikora has seen the women with whom she spoke talking about sexism on social media and elsewhere.

“Something as simple as telling someone that you believe them is so powerful,” she says. “Maybe things are starting to change, finally.”

SAT. NOV. 4 | After several platters blurred by an expanding palette — including two duet records in 2015-2016 — Sam Beam returns to his pristine creek-and-cradle roots (and original label Sub Pop) on August release Beast Epic, another sweetly whispered celebration of endless numbered days. At 9 p.m. at the Joy Theater.

Doug Benson SUN. NOV. 5 | Comedian and cannabis enthusiast Doug Benson last visited Cafe Istanbul to record a Doug Loves Movies podcast. He recently tweeted that the city with the best attendance on this Doug Loves Movies tour will get another visit. At 4:20 p.m. at Cafe Istanbul.

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@annkpowers The number of #FatsDominoRIP tributes will be miniscule compared to #tompettyrip tributes and frankly I think Tom himself would’ve objected

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@BrianWilsonLive Fats Domino’s songs were all over the radio when I was growing up. He was a great singer and piano player and his music will last forever.

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Acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico to be opened for oil and gas leases in 2018.

IN 2018, NEARLY 77 MILLION ACRES of the Gulf of Mexico will be up for grabs in what’s likely C O U R T E S Y B U R E AU O F S A F E T Y & to be the largest-ever oil and gas E N V I R O N M E N TA L E N F O R C E M E N T lease sale in the U.S. The sale opens to offshore drilling oil companies in waters off the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Florida, as well as previously unleased areas in the Gulf’s Outer Continental Shelf, encompassing an area the size of New Mexico, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. The sale is scheduled for March 2018 in New Orleans.

Republican officials hailed the announcement as a potential job creator — though the sale follows policy from former President Barack Obama’s administration that opened leases throughout the Gulf. U.S. Sen. John Neely Kennedy said the sales “will create jobs and bolster our state and national economy.” U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said news of the lease sale is “following through on their promise to end the war on American energy.”

The area marked for leasing encompasses the site and impact zone of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon failure and Gulf oil disaster, the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. — ALEX WOODWARD

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Christy Lorio @christylorio

Well the Mardi Gras krewes will have their Besh year ever.

For more Y@Speak, visit bestofneworleans.com every Monday.

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an organization that collects new and slightly worn shoes for the homeless, has begun its annual shoe drive, which will culminate in a shoe giveaway Nov. 19 at the New Orleans Mission. The program began in St. Louis, Missouri in 2012 and spread to New Orleans last year. For a list of locations around town that are accepting shoes, visit www. kicks4thecity.org.

Kermit Ruffins and Irvin Mayfield’s

new album A Beautiful World reached No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts.

It also is the only jazz album in the overall Billboard Top Sales Chart, coming in at No. 44.

Released to raves last month, it includes dozens of local guest stars, including John Boutte, Topsy Chapman, Rebirth Brass Band, Wendell Pierce, Cyril Neville and George Porter Jr.

New Orleans once

again came in near the top of Travel + Leisure’s America’s Favorite Cities, taking the No. 2 spot (behind Norfolk, Virginia). We scored No. 1 in several of Travel + Leisure’s subcategories, including festivals, dining and drinking.

“This year’s top city for food was New Orleans,” the magazine wrote, “which earned a collective high score from all the major food and drink categories, including coffee and brunch.”

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Kicks 4 the City,

I just realized I can’t go downtown this year because of I see one single person in an “ironic” John Besh costume I’m gonna snap.

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Do New Orleanians have problem with talking through concerts?

So. I’m glad many Chefs in town are speaking out against the culture that allowed BRG’s depravity to flourish.

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Comment

On bestofneworleans.com, we asked if New Orleans audiences are more prone to talking through concerts than audiences in other cities: “Alabama Shakes was at the Sugar Mill years ago, and people were standing in groups not even facing the stage and yammering like they were at a bar, Then, last night in Bossier City, the crowd of yackers at Chris Stapleton damn near drowned him out on a slow acoustic song.”

— Shut Up and Listen

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MUSIC LEGEND FATS DOMINO DIES AT 89 Rock ’n’ roll and rhythm and blues legend Antoine “Fats” Domino died Oct. 24. He was 89.

With his signature rolling piano sound and the help of longtime producer and collaborator Dave Bartholomew, Domino helped build the foundation for New Orleans R&B and inspired dozens of rock ’n’ roll artists, including Elvis Presley and The Beatles, who often credited Domino for his immeasurable influence on pop music.

The Domino family issued a statement saying, “We are all touched by the outpouring of love and tribute for our father. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by those he loved and those who loved him. His music reached across all boundaries and carried him to all corners of the world.”

Domino lived on Caffin Avenue in the Lower 9th Ward throughout most of his life and through Hurricane Katrina. After he was rescued following flooding from the levee failures, he lived with family in Harvey.

Dozens of fans and family friends left notes, flowers, candles and signs outside the famous yellow house’s gates on Oct. 25 following news of his death. In 1999, Domino gave a rare career-spanning interview to Gambit’s Scott Jordan at Domino’s home.

“We’re all blessed,” Domino said. “People tell me my music did something for them, and it works both ways. I just love music, that’s all. I really appreciate that the people have been nice to me and bought

2. Quote of the week “This president speaks in hyperbole. And hyperbole is interpreted by some as lies, and by the president it’s interpreted as just his exaggeration. ... I kind of look at the issue before us, what is the core, and if I get distracted by, well, is the hyperbole a lie or is it not a lie?” — Sen. Bill Cassidy on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, explaining President Donald Trump’s frequent lying as “hyperbole.”

3. Council requests data from DA’s office

Following a contentious budget hearing in September, members of the New Orleans City Council issued a formal call to New Orleans District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office for specific data sets on the number of cases accepted by the office, as well as conviction rates, juvenile offenders transferred into the city’s Criminal Court and details about material witness warrants and subpoenas.

City Council President Jason Williams and District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry, who chairs the Council’s Criminal Justice Committee, sent a letter Oct. 23 requesting the data

by Nov. 20.

PH OTO BY CH E RY L G E R B E R

my records all these years. I want them to know I love them, too.”

Memorial service plans were not announced by press time, but there will be a memorial second line in the 9th Ward at 5 p.m. Nov. 1, stepping off from Vaughan’s Lounge.

The City Council previously requested better communication and transparency between the DA’s office and the council committee.

A budget presentation last month turned into a heated argument between Cannizzaro and council members over the DA’s use of so-called “fake subpoenas” uncovered by nonprofit investigative news website The Lens.

The DA’s office did not respond to a request for comment from Gambit.

The general election isn’t until Nov. 18, but early voting starts this week — one day early, thanks to the federal Veterans Day holiday. You can cast your early ballot Nov. 3-11, except Sunday, Nov. 5 and Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 10. The New Orleans ballot will include runoffs for mayor and City Council District B and District E seats, as well as a race for Civil District Court Judge, Division J. Statewide, Louisianans also will select a new treasurer.

trict Attorney Leon Cannizzaro until the end of November to turn over “DA’s subpoenas” to nonprofit investigative news website The Lens via a public records request delivered after its bombshell reporting about the office’s use of “fake subpoenas.”

The request covers documents within a 16-month period beginning January 2016.

Earlier this month, the ACLU of Louisiana filed a suit alleging the DA oversaw an “illegal scheme of fabricating subpoenas” that forced victims and witnesses to submit to interrogations and that the DA’s office presented “fraudulent” documents to get judges to issue arrest warrants.

In a statement following the ACLU lawsuit’s filing, Cannizzaro said, “No individual who alleges that they were aggrieved by my office’s policies and practices has contacted me. I look forward to addressing these allegations in federal court before a fair and impartial tribunal. I look forward to litigating these issues in a venue where naked allegations must be supported by substantive proof.”

5. Judge rules for The Lens

6. Finally some good news

Orleans Civil District Court Judge Kern Reese gave New Orleans Dis-

At a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Board of Commissioners

4. Early voting starts this week

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streaming service with more than 30,000 titles — including those from the Criterion Collection, as well as film festival award winners, documentaries (including those by Ken Burns), PBS series, independent cinema, foreign films, classics, shorts and more.

Users with a library card can go to the Kanopy website, create an account and immediately begin streaming as many as 12 free movies a month. Kanopy works on Android and iOS devices, and there’s a Roku app as well.

A quick browse through Kanopy’s library shows dozens of New Orleans- and Louisiana-related titles, including Tchoupitoulas; Mosquitoes and High Water: Islenos, A Root of America; The Sons of Tennessee Williams; Bayou Maharajah; Getting Back to Abnormal; and Dirty Energy: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster —Firsthand Stories from the Louisiana Bayou.

7. AG Landry to keynote

The city’s long-discussed tricentennial celebration is coming to life. Last week, several signature NOLA 300 sculptures were installed in New Orleans City Park and on the riverfront, and on Nov. 14, a five-hour conference titled “NOLA 300: The Past, Present and Future of New Orleans” will be held at the Orpheum Theater.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu will lead a list of 19 speakers that includes Leah Chase, Deacon John Moore, Steve Gleason and former Mayor Marc Morial, and there will be performances by Moore, Mardi Gras Indians, the St. Augustine High School Marching Band and DJ Swamp Boogie. The conference is 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Orpheum, with an after-party going until 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available at www.eventbrite.com.

conference of climate change skeptics

On Oct. 13, a pipeline owned by LLOG Exploration Company leaked an estimated 672,000 gallons of oil in 5,000-feet-deep water about 40 miles off the coast of Venice, Louisiana.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry will head to Houston in November to deliver a keynote address — along with the vice president of LLOG Exploration Company — at the America First Energy Conference, an event held by climate science skeptics and the powerful conservative think tank The Heartland Institute, which has a major position paper titled “The Global Warming Crisis Is Over.” Landry is among several speakers from other oil and gas companies, as well as U.S. Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt.

Among topics covered at the conference are “The Future of Coal,” “Benefits of Ending the War on Fossil Fuels” and “Reforming EPA.” The conference is Nov. 9.

8. NOPL offering free streaming of arthouse and classic movies

Great news for lovers of arthouse and classic cinema: The New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) is offering free subscriptions to Kanopy, a free

9. 300 candles for the city

10. Maroon 5, Johnny

Mathis on the 2018 concert schedule

Pop band Maroon 5, which headlined one Saturday at this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returns to town June 14, 2018 for a show at the Smoothie King Center. It’s an early stop on the band’s Red Pill Blues tour, named for its new studio album, which comes out this week. Tickets go on general sale Nov. 4.

And speaking of smoothies: Johnny Mathis (Columbia Records’ longest-signed artist) will bring his Voice of Romance Tour to the Saenger Theatre Jan. 25, 2018. Tickets are on sale now.

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meeting Oct. 24, Transdev Director of Infrastructure Martin Pospisil announced he expects the intersection at Canal Boulevard and City Park Avenue to reopen to traffic by the end of November.

The intersection has been closed since July for work on the Cemeteries Transit Center Project, which will extend the Canal streetcar line across City Park Avenue toward Canal Boulevard transit shelters to facilitate rider transfers to connecting bus lines. Pospisil said the rail connection for the streetcar line is 90 percent in place, and the surrounding intersection is on track to open late next month.

There’s still work to be done. In December, RTA will test the line and train streetcar operators and bus drivers. Pospisil says the project currently is on time and under budget, and if the weather holds (i.e., no significant rainfall), he anticipates work will be completed on schedule. Streetcar service is expected to begin at the intersection during the first week of January 2018.

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COMMENTARY

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MAYBE YOU HAD HEARD THINGS BEFORE YOU TOOK THAT JOB, but now

it’s become real: a vulgar comment, an unwanted hug or touch. A come-on that may be presented as a joke, but you rightly interpret as a threat.

You wonder if that’s just the way your workplace is, if you’re just making too much of it, if speaking out would make you a “bad sport.”

Sure, there are laws against this kind of thing.

But if you come forward, you may be smeared as a liar, an opportunist, promiscuous. You might never work in your field again.

You wonder if anyone would believe you, or if you’d be blamed.

Or maybe it’s simpler than that.

If you don’t get paid this week, you literally don’t feed your family next week or pay your rent next month.

Maybe, just maybe, you think, if you work hard, you can advance in your field, demonstrate your talent, achieve your goals, realize your dreams, despite it all. And after all, you don’t know another woman — your friends, your mother, your sister — who doesn’t have a similar story. Some are better, some worse, but everyone’s got a story like yours. Or a dozen. Or more.

So you keep going to work.

Maybe you start taking long showers right after you get home, trying to rinse off the feeling of going to that place every day. And standing in the shower, you think about where you live, and the culture you come from.

You remember that you live in a state that elected a governor (four times) who said the motto of his administration was “Up with skirts, down with pants.” A governor who boasted “I give blood for them to make Viagra” and, when asked about a claim he had slept with six women in one night, said, “No, it wasn’t that way. [The writer] was gone when the last one came in.”

You think of your state’s legislator who “joked” about passing weight limits for strippers, and how he and other legislators felt comfortable enough to pile up dollar bills on a podium in front of their female counterparts. And of the sitting Senator who confessed to a “very serious sin” and was re-elected in a landslide.

And you think about the man who boasted, “I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them … Grab ‘em by the p_y. You can do anything.” And of how that man got elected president — with enthusiastic evangelical support.

You remember all this and you wonder what it will take for things to

You remember that you live in a state that elected a governor (four times) who said the motto of his administration was “Up with skirts, down with pants.” be different — what the resignation of one celebrity chef, or one pundit, or one Hollywood producer, will change for a woman like you.

You think it could be the start of something.

You know it will involve more than just a few “bad apples” losing their jobs. And that the hardest and most important thing will be how men change the culture and the way all men — especially the most powerful among them — think of women.

CLANCY DUBOS

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‘Tuft love’ vs. ‘the card shark’

LaToya Cantrell THE RUNOFF FOR MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS HAS QUICKLY DEVOLVED INTO A FINGER-POINTING CONTEST over who misspent the most

public money the most egregiously.

Spending taxpayer dollars prudently (and legally) is always a relevant issue, particularly now that finances are one of the few things not broken at City Hall. It would be nice if the next mayor kept it that way. Based on what we’ve seen in the runoff, there’s little cause for optimism.

Desiree Charbonnet, the early frontrunner who finished 8.5 percentage points behind LaToya Cantrell in the Oct. 14 primary, fired the first shot in the runoff, to no one’s surprise. Her team accuses Cantrell of charging thousands of dollars of personal expenses to a city-issued credit card while on the City Council.

The alleged improper charges range from more than 100 Thanksgiving turkeys given to poor and elderly constituents and more than two dozen out-of-town trips (including one to Milan, Italy) to scores of meals.

Packets containing allegations of Cantrell misappropriating public dollars were delivered to several local newsrooms beginning Oct. 25. The story grew legs when District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, a big-time Charbonnet supporter, announced his office had received an “anonymous” criminal complaint.

The DA forwarded the matter to state Attorney General Jeff Landry after Cannizzaro recused himself because of his close ties to Charbonnet. Interestingly, the DA’s letter to Landry was dated Oct. 24 — a day before the media got the “anonymous” packets of allegations against Cantrell.

Desiree Charbonnet

Team Cantrell claims the whole thing is “a desperate ploy” orchestrated by Team Charbonnet, including Cannizzaro. “This is emblematic of a campaign that … is using the district attorney’s office for their own political advantage,” the Cantrell campaign stated.

Regardless of whether the Charbonnet camp contrived to plant the credit card story, Cantrell has some explaining to do. After two days of media inquiries, she had yet to offer taxpayers more than vague assurances that all was on the up and up.

Meanwhile, Charbonnet will have to answer for her own lavish spending. According to the Cantrell campaign, Charbonnet spent nearly $19,000 on new furnishings for her former Municipal Court office, including $2,200 on a “loveseat with tufting and brass nail trim,” nearly $950 on an “executive chair with tufting” and more than $350 on a 22-inch Samsung HDTV for her chambers. Cantrell’s camp also claims Charbonnet spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on two trips to Hawaii, at least one jaunt to a Florida “golf and beach resort” and another to Las Vegas.

Charbonnet spokesman Kevin Stuart dismissed Cantrell’s claims as “a cynical ploy,” adding that Cantrell “broke the law by using a city credit card for personal and campaign expenses. Not even she accuses Desiree Charbonnet of doing that.

Everything Desiree did was through normal channels of the law.”

So here we are, with only three weeks left in the campaign, having to choose between “tuft love” and “the card shark.” At this rate, the runoff could prove to be a bigger turnoff than the primary, which saw a dismal 32 percent turnout.

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BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ @GambitBlake | askblake@gambitweekly.com

Hey Blake, For years, I have read about the infamous Silvestro “Silver Dollar Sam” Carollo and his history with New Orleans. He supposedly returned to the city in the early 1970s and died, but I can’t find anything about his final resting place. Was he buried in New Orleans?

— EDDIE

Dear Eddie, Born in Terrasini, Sicily in 1896, Silvestro Carollo came to the French Quarter with his parents in 1903. By 1922, he reputedly had taken over as leader of the local Mafia. Carollo’s criminal record in the city dates to 1923, when he was convicted of a drug charge. By 1934, Carollo reportedly had brokered a deal with U.S. Sen. Huey Long and New York mob leaders Frank Costello and “Dandy Phil” Kastel to bring illegal slot machines to the New Orleans area.

Over the years, “Silver Dollar Sam” Carollo served prison sentences for bootlegging and narcotics and was accused of shooting two men, one of whom was a federal narcotics agent. He received a full pardon from Louisiana Gov. O.K. Allen on the attempted murder charge.

Carollo was deported in 1947. At the time, Congressman James Morrison of Hammond introduced a bill designed to save Carollo by giving him citizenship if he took an oath.

The move failed. After Carollo was deported, Carlos Marcello allegedly was anointed leader of the New Orleans underworld.

Carollo turned up in the New Orleans area again in 1950. He

Silvestro “Silver Dollar Sam” Carollo is interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Mid-City.

PHOTO BY KANDACE POWER GRAVES

and Salvatore “Kansas City Sam” Guarneiri, who also was a deportee, were discovered in a hideout near Slidell. According to a July 6, 1950 story in The New Orleans Item, Carollo claimed he had returned to see his sick wife. When asked about his Mafia connections, Carollo replied, “All I know is what I have read in the papers.” He was deported again the following year.

In February 1970, Carollo again was discovered in New Orleans — this time at Touro Infirmary. A federal grand jury began investigating his return to the country but the case was continued indefinitely because of Carollo’s failing health.

He died on June 26, 1970 at the age of 74. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s office told The Times-Picayune Carollo died of a heart attack at a residence in New Orleans East. The FBI was notified of his death, the newspaper said. Carollo is interred in Greenwood Cemetery on City Park Avenue.

BLAKEVIEW NOVEMBER MARKS THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY of the dedication of Lafreniere

Park, 160 acres of green space in Metairie that had a history of horse racing before becoming a place for recreation. The area once was a plantation owned

by Nicholas Chauvin de La Freniere, the state’s first attorney general. In 1954, the area became the Magnolia Park racing course. It was renamed Jefferson Downs in 1959. The racetrack was destroyed during Hurricane Betsy, and the land sat vacant for several years. In the early 1970s, more than 10,000 residents signed a petition urging Jefferson Parish leaders to purchase the land and develop a park there. The project was financed by a $5 million bond issue passed in 1973, plus $5 million in federal matching funds. Construction began in 1979 and the park was dedicated on Nov. 6, 1982. In addition to green space, lagoons, picnic areas and a jogging trail, the park also features a carousel, dog park, children’s spray park and the Al Copeland Concert Meadow.

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Dr. LaKica Amos, 39

CEO AND FOUNDER, PET KREWE www.petkrewe.com, @PetKrewe facebook.com/petkrewe @petkrewe

DENTIST AND OWNER, DENTISTRY BY DESIGN facebook.com/noladentistry

Book currently ALLISON ALreading: BERT’S CAREER A Little Life by CHANGE IS ONE OF A KIND. Af- Hanya Yanagihara ter working as Favorite an accountant local band: for years, she Dreaming Dingo moved back to New Orleans in What do you do 2015 and was in your off time? hit by a taxi.

Trains her chickWhen she’d ens to play musifinished recucal instruments perating, she traveled to the Amazonian jungle, drank some tea and had a vision: She would start a business making costumes for pets. “I started simply,” Albert says, “with a lion mane for dogs and a lion mane for cats.”

Today, Pet Krewe has 22 different costumes for dogs and cats — pirates, unicorns, spiders and more. Albert’s designs have become top sellers in their category on Amazon.com and are available on more than a dozen websites.

(You can find them locally at Petcetera NOLA and Kawaii NOLA.) Ten percent of every purchase made on her website goes to animal shelters, and her “models” come from the Jefferson Parish SPCA. Albert is proud of a 100 percent success rate in adoption.

She soon will add 15 more costumes to her line, and her dream is to get Pet Krewe creations into big-box retail outlets. In the meantime, she tends to her own pets at home, which include dogs, a cat and chickens. — KEVIN ALLMAN

GROWING UP IN RURAL NORTH LOUISIANA,

Book currently reading: The Hollywood LaKica Amos al- Commandments: ways was inter- A Spiritual Guide ested in health to Secular Sucprofessions, but cess by DeVon it wasn’t until Franklin and she shadowed Tim Vandehey a dentist while Favorite local a student at Xavier Universi- band: Trombone Shorty & ty that she unOrleans Avenue derstood how the profession What is your can help people hidden talent? feel better Playing piano about themselves. Now a dentist with her own practice, Amos also helps spread smiles with a variety of mentorship and outreach programs.

“It wasn’t until I was out of college that I began to see minority and female dentists, so that’s why I mentor high school and college kids in my office, so they can feel comfortable and a part of this environment,” says Amos, who visits areas with little access to dental care and offers free screenings.

Earlier this year, she launched Project Smiles to provide free dental care to a local person in need, and this year it went to a local service-industry worker.

“A healthy smile helps in your self-esteem; it helps in your career,” she says. “My practice philosophy is to keep it simple and focus on the patient with good, quality care with the awareness that dental health can affect your overall physical and mental health.” — FRANK ETHERIDGE

Dr. Kiana A. Andrew, 38 ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY, TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Book currently reading: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our GovernKiana Andrew ment Segrehas combined her gated America medical training

by Dr. Richand public health ard Rothstein background to What do you treat patients do in your off caught in the time? Dance, combination of play kickball criminal justice and mental What is your health systems. hidden talent?

“Part of my job As a teen, she is to work with was Louisiana the mentally ill State chamwho are part of pion doublethe incarcerated dutch jumper population sent to the state psychiatric hospital in Jackson,” Andrew says. She deals primarily with women who are facing felony charges and have been deemed incompetent to stand trial, due to reasons ranging from an inability to work with their attorney to not being on proper medication.

“I want to put a human face to a felony charge and help people realize that these patients are human — that there’s a life story to the women sent to prison,” she says. “They have a life and a family and there’s so much more to them than just their charge.”

— FRANK ETHERIDGE HAVING ACHIEVED HER CHILDHOOD DREAM OF BECOMING A DOCTOR, psychiatrist

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Recognizing some of the city’s brightest and most innovative movers and shakers

Allison Albert, 30

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Bradley Bain, 39

Gabrielle Begue, 35

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, TURBOSQUID @bradleybain

CO-FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL, CLIO ASSOCIATES www.clioassociates.com

A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT inspired

HAVING GROWN UP IN HER FAMILY’S HISTORIC FAUBOURG MARIGNY HOME,

Book currently reading: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

Bradley Bain and his wife, Daniela, to move back to his native New Orleans Favorite local from Austin, Texas band: Rebirth in 2012 — and Brass Band continues to inform his high-tech What is your career and myriad hidden talent? civic endeavors.

Cooking “The fact that there’s a high-tech scene here, creating job opportunities that didn’t exist 10 years ago, shows a lot has changed in New Orleans in the last few years,” Bain says. In addition to engineering software (mostly for internal analytics) at TurboSquid, he volunteers with education-outreach program Young Audiences of Louisiana and is chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council, a social improvement and advocacy group.

“I hope to continue to develop professionally but also stay engaged in civic pursuits, because I want to create an environment that’s great for our children and great for our friends,” he says. “You can’t do that in a vacuum. You have to give back.”

— FRANK ETHERIDGE

Book currently reading: Wheels for the World: Gabrielle Begue’s Henry Ford, love of New Orleans His Company architecture inspired and a Century her departure from of Progress a successful pubby Douglas lishing career in Brinkley New York City. She returned home to Favorite local preserve the city’s restaurant: structures and styles Turkey and in projects large the Wolf and small. Begue’s Drink efforts have earned of choice: her firm awards from Greyhound the Louisiana Landmarks Society.

“I wanted a reason to come home and I wanted to get my hands dirty,” says Begue, who has helped restore landmarks from the Pontchartrain Hotel to Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard storefronts and assisted the City of Gretna in establishing historic district guidelines.

“We are helping people, developers and architects preserve buildings in a way that allows New Orleanians to see the practical side of preservation in terms of both meeting the bottom line and preserving the city in a way that makes sense for the future.

“What we do is complicated,” she says. “A lot of it is tax-credit consulting, but one fun aspect is digging into the history of these buildings, detective work to uncover layers of history that is both enriching and endlessly exciting.”

— FRANK ETHERIDGE

Gemma R. Birnbaum, 33 DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD WAR II MEDIA AND EDUCATION CENTER, NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM Book currently reading: This Is Just My Face: Try Not will bring the National World War II to Stare by GaMuseum’s materials bourey Sidibe to students around Favorite local the world. restaurant: It isn’t scheduled Tal’s Hummus to open until 2019, What is your but Birnbaum hidden talent? (along with two Wiggling her distance-learnears when no ing educators, a one’s watching videographer and a historian) already is hard at work on the World War II Media and Education Center housed within the museum’s forthcoming Hall of Democracy. The center will have enhanced multimedia production abilities and ambitious distance-learning programs for sharing the museum’s holdings with people who might never make it to the facility.

Birnbaum long has been interested in parallels between catastrophic historical events, such as the Holocaust and other genocides. She says sharing those parallels with students — especially those visiting from war-torn countries — helps them make sense of history and perhaps feel less alone.

“I just want every student … to understand a little bit more about the world and how it became what it is today,” she says. “If we’re not looking at some of those lessons ... we’re missing the point.”

— KAT STROMQUIST GEMMA BIRNBAUM IS SPEARHEADING A NEW CENTER that

David Scott Bode, 33 MUSICIAN AND DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION, NEW ORLEANS BIOINNOVATION CENTER www.davidbodemusic.com

BY NIGHT, YOU CAN FIND DAVID SCOTT BODE BLOWING HIS SAXOPHONE

Book currently reading: Two Years, Eight Months, 28 Nights

by Salman Rushdie

in venues across the city in acts such as the New Orleans-flavored Favorite local reggae of One band: Donald Love Brass Band.

Harrison By day, he’s busy helping the city adWhat is your vance as a hub for hidden talent? the biotech and enPingpong vironmental industries. Joining the New Orleans BioInnovation Center in 2013, his work in direct-business assistance for area life science, biotechnology, clean energy and health food firms has generated $28 million in investments and 138 jobs.

“Our long-term mission is to put New Orleans on the map as a place where you can build a high-tech business,” says Bode, who studied music at Loyola University and the University of New Orleans before earning a Master of Business Administration degree from Tulane University.

“The mindset has changed a lot since Katrina to become more entrepreneurial,” he says. “We’ve long been known as a place for great food and great music. While I want to contribute what I can on the music side, there’s also now a lot of excitement about becoming a place for high-tech innovation in these growing industries.”

— FRANK ETHERIDGE PAGE 16

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Nathaniel Bossick, 28

Mea Boykins, 28

TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM DIRECTOR, NAMI NEW ORLEANS @NAMINewOrleans; www.namineworleans.org

ENTREPRENEUR, EVENT PLANNER & FUNDRAISER www.meaboykins.com

Book currently reading: The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander Bossick realized there was a Favorite local disconnect berestaurant: Lola’s tween services What is your provided to help hidden talent? homeless people “I bake a lot. and their time I’m really good in shelters. “The at bread.” cycle wasn’t being broken at all,” he says.

“There was nothing to follow them.

Our goal was to ensure recidivism isn’t happening.”

Bossick, who earned a master’s degree in social work from Tulane University, has served as the transitional housing director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ New Orleans chapter since 2016.

The chapter serves at least 120 people a year and offers a gamut of services to help break the cycle of homelessness.

Among unique challenges facing homeless people in New Orleans are the traumas of surviving Hurricane Katrina and gentrification shifts pushing locals into shelters. Bossick says he hopes to see the eradication of stigma surrounding mental health care and changes to requirements for housing assistance.

“We’re hoping to move homelessness as a system from a reactionary standpoint to one that’s more proactive,” he says. — ALEX WOODWARD AFTER MOVING TO NEW ORLEANS IN 2012, Nathaniel

MEA BOYKINS Favorite local BUILT UPON THE artist: PJ Morton SUCCESS SHE Favorite local ACHIEVED RAISrestaurant: ING SCHOLARSHIP Munch Factory FUNDS for fellow

What is your students at Spellhidden talent? man College in Training to be Atlanta to create a pilot a multi-faceted, self-determined career track with a goal of empowerment and equality across the globe.

“In Barcelona in December 2015, I worked on planning an event with the United Nations regarding the Syrian crisis and ended up hosting a fundraiser to house Syrian refugees,” says Boykins, who went on to earn two international master’s degrees after graduating from Spellman. She and U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond recently hosted a successful fundraiser for local educational nonprofit STEM NOLA. “It was the most powerful moment in my life, and it inspired me to launch my own nonprofit and take it international,” Boykins says.

“I just started my company Global Management and Market — which offers a fleet of packages, from business development to strategic-partnership consultation — and became director of Noirbnb, which offers services for travelers of color.

I want to continue on the track I’m on to work around the world, helping with everything from homelessness to youth empowerment, and to hopefully one day change official policies.” — FRANK ETHERIDGE

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Meredith Cherney, 25

URBAN DESIGNER AND EDUCATOR www.rippleeffectnola.com

PROGRAM MANAGER, STAYLOCAL www.staylocal.org

Book currently reading: Cityscapes of New Orleans by Richard Campanella Favorite local Chang’s interest restaurant: in affordable and Stein’s Deli sustainable housWhat is your ing issues inspired hidden talent? him to tackle perCooking haps the greatest threat to housing in New Orleans: reducing the risk and improving the relationship of New Orleans’ built environment with the water that surrounds the city.

“I worked with a great team of designers, educators and water experts with the goal to find ways to empower youth and adults to make sure New Orleanians have a meaningful say in what our water infrastructure looks like,” Chang, a Tulane faculty member and a founding member of the Greater New Orleans Water Collaborative says of his role in helping the Waggonner & Ball architecture firm create the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan. Chang also serves on the New Orleans City Council’s Environmental Advisory Committee.

“Whether we’re talking coastal land loss or urban flooding, our relationship to water is the biggest environmental challenge we face,” he says. “Our goal is to ensure that citizens living in the city have the knowledge and the tools to help reshape that relationship to water.”

— FRANK ETHERIDGE

IN HER EFFORTS TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF 2,500 LOCAL INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES AS PROGRAM MANAGER FOR STAYLOCAL, Mer-

AFTER EARNING A MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Aron Y.

Book currently reading: The Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte Favorite local band: The Revivalists edith Cherney has What do you do applied a pragin your off time? matic, proactive Scuba diving enthusiasm in creating innovations such as Social Media Boot Camp, SourceNOLA and, in collaboration with the city’s Office of Economic Development, a “rapid-response team” to assist businesses affected by road construction. All these initiatives work toward a singular purpose.

“The ultimate goal is to have an economy that works for all New Orleanians,” says Cherney, adding that mega-retailers like Amazon. com don’t create jobs or revenue in the city, “just a brown box.”

“Shopping locally or sourcing locally (means) more jobs and more opportunities in an economy that puts people first,” Cherney says.

“This is the way for everyone to gain the success they’re looking for.”

— FRANK ETHERIDGE

Clint Coleman, 39 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DIRECTOR OF STEAM ACADEMY, DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE www.dcc.edu/steam; facebook.com/steamdelgado Book currently reading: Atoms Under The Floorboards by Coleman perChris Woodford forms a range of duties as an eduFavorite local cator and founrestaurant: der/director of Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza STEAM (Science, Technology, EngiWhat is your neering, Arts and hidden talent?

Math) Academy “I spent 12 years at Delgado. The playing tromprogram is debone and played signed to increase in the Endymion opportunities parade in 1994.” for students in kindergarten through 12th grade to gain access to education in STEAM subjects.

“I am responsible for every aspect of the program, including logistics, fundraising, community, partnerships with schools and museums, and making sure the young students have fun with the hands-on, applied work they are doing,” he says.

STEAM is funded by local philanthropic organizations and has a dedicated team of faculty volunteers, who Coleman says often reach into their own pockets to ensure they have everything needed to make the camp a success.

Coleman says he plans to expland the STEAM Academy and biotechnology programs in the next few years: “There is so much more that we can do.” — SARAH RAVITS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AT DELGADO, Clint

Sherwood Collins, 39 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TRES DOUX FOUNDATION AND PRODUCER, BEIGBook currently NET FEST reading: www.beignetThe Undoing fest.com Project: A Friendship IN A PARALLEL that Changed UNIVERSE, the World by SHERWOOD Michael Lewis COLLINS WOULD Favorite BE A GLOBAL local band: RADIO PERSONThe Revivalists ALITY. The longtime volunteer What is your hidDJ at WWOZden talent? Tying FM would be a bow tie without right at home looking in a mirror behind the boards in New York or Los Angeles introducing his favorite local talents to a national audience.

But his work at ’OZ and producing the Young Leadership Council’s Wednesday at the Square concert series (and his degree in mass communications) made him think about starting his own festival.

When his then-3-year-old son was diagnosed with autism, he created the Tres Doux Foundation (“very sweet” in French), the sponsor of 2016’s inaugural Beignet Fest. Collins donates the proceeds from the fest to local programs that provide services for kids with developmental delays such as autism.

“Having a festival just to have a festival wasn’t the plan for us,” Collins says. “I wanted to have a purpose behind it, and the purpose found me.”

The festival raised more than $25,000 last year. Collins is looking for other projects for Tres Doux, like a summer camp.

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Nina Compton, 39 CHEF AND OWNER, COMPERE LAPIN www.comperelapin.com, facebook.com/chefninacompton NINA COMPTON CAME TO NEW ORLEANS TO COMPETE ON BRAVO’S COOKING COMPETITION TOP CHEF. After

Book currently reading: Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table by Sara Roahen

reaching the finals of Season 11 and being voted fan favorite, she returned Favorite local to Miami, where restaurant: she had worked at Peche, Scott Conant’s ScarCoquette, petta restaurant.

Maypop, Compton was Paladar 511, looking for a city Bacchanal where she could Wine open her own restaurant when an What is opportunity develyour hidden oped in New Orletalent: “I’m a ans in 2015. She and practical husband Larry Miller joker.” flew to the city to see the space, signed a contract in March and opened in June.

Compton built her menu around dishes she liked, such as a Caribbean-style curry. She combined influences from her native St. Lucia and French and Italian cuisine to open Compere Lapin in the Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery in the Warehouse District. This year, she was named one of Food & Wine magazine’s best new chefs and was nominated for a James Beard Award for Best Chef: South. — WILL COVIELLO

Michelle Craig, 39

Jackie Dadakis, 34

OWNER AND MANAGING PARTNER, TRANSCENDENT LEGAL www.transcendentlegal.com; @Transcend_Law

CHIEF OPERATION OFFICER, GREEN COAST ENTERPRISES www.greencoastenterprises.com; @hacquecita

A FORMER PARTNER Book currently reading: The WITH THE ADAMS Tipping Point AND REESE LAW

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Gladwell struck out on her own in 2014 when Favorite local band: Soul she created TranRebels scendent Legal, a different sort of firm Favorite local focused on smallrestaurant: to medium-sized Restaurant business clients and R’evolution, startups. “I could Shaya, St. offer alternative fee James Cheese arrangements and Company offer professional assistance to those who need it,” she said. “It gave me a lot of flexibility.”

Craig, who has been chairwoman of the Orleans Parish Civil Service Commission since 2014, also founded a mentoring organization called Diversi Tea, which connects high school and college-aged women with professionals in fields that interest them. “There were a lot of ... people in the city who wanted to be mentors,” she says. “I wanted them to tell the truth about their experiences, to talk about the whole route [to success]. I wanted mentees to have the whole picture. Life gives you a lot of roads, and you make the best decision you can make at the time.”

She also hosts Legally Speaking, a program on WBOK radio that discusses topics affecting small businesses. — KEVIN ALLMAN

Favorite local Dadakis brings musician: strong manageKristin Diable ment skills to the company, which What is is dedicated to your hidden energy efficientalent? “I am cy and technical an excellent assistance for karaoke singer.” green building.

Since its founding a decade ago, the company has helped develop more than $150 million of residential and commercial properties.

Earlier this year, Green Coast’s development team opened its largest project to date, The Pythian Apartments. Dadakis praised the City Council for establishing a program through Entergy called Energy Smart.

“This investment in reducing energy usage was a goal of a coalition we have worked with for the last five years [that includes] the Alliance for Affordable Energy and the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance,” Dadakis says.

Green Coast Enterprises plans to develop its first project outside of the New Orleans area soon, with an eye toward further expansion.

“I hope that five years from now both our development company and our green building services have a footprint throughout the Southeast,” says Dadakis. — SARAH RAVITS

Amanda Devereux, 38 OWNER AND FOUNDER, NOLA NESTING & BEST DOULA TRAINING www.nolanesting.com; www.bestdoulatraining.com; facebook.com/neworleansdoulas; @NolaNesting Book BEING PREGNANT, currently AMANDA DEVEREUX reading: SAYS, ISN’T LIKE ANY Americanah by OTHER TIME IN YOUR Chimamanda LIFE — you’re going to Ngozi Adichie the doctor a lot, but Drink of you’re not sick. It’s choice: Gin not a perfect fit, and cocktails, that’s where a doula especially comes in. from Revel As a doula, lactation consultant and What is your educator, Devereux hidden talent? has earned accolades Knitting, from local parenting playing the groups for helping saxophone families through one of the most challenging times in their lives. In 2009, she founded the city’s first doula agency. Nola Nesting brings together and makes accessible resources surrounding childbirth, such as birthing classes and prenatal yoga.

Devereux also co-founded several other groups supporting mothers and parents, including a popular post-partum group called New Orleans Mom’s Club. Her group BEST Doula Training, which helps train new doulas, has been invited to Africa and Ireland next year to teach doulas in the international community about sustainable and ethical childbirth care. “[As a doula], I get to witness people faced with really hard things and overcome them,” she says. “That’s really a beautiful thing to see.”

— KAT STROMQUIST

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Lindsay Glatz, 36

FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNCOMMON CONSTRUCTION www.uncommonconstruction.org; @uCCNOLA; facebook.com/uCCNOLA

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, ARTS COUNCIL NEW ORLEANS OWNER, WILD LOVES WONDER www.artsneworleans.org; @lindsayglatz

AS FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NEW ORLEANS NONPROFIT UNCOMMON CONSTRUCTION, Aaron

Book currently reading: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Drink of choice:

Gin martini, dirty Frumin teaches with two olives the trade of new construction to What is your hidden talent? high school stu“I can solve a dents who receive Rubik’s Cube in school credit and get paid for their about a minute.” work. The organization uses the building process to empower young people in a hands-on, positive learning environment. Through unCommon Construction, students also receive support in job placement and recruitment.

Frumin, a former teacher with Teach for America, established the nonprofit in 2015 and has partnered with five schools, built six houses and employed more than 70 students who earned $60,000 in pay and scholarships. Frumin’s goal is to reach 60-70 students annually.

“We’ve received a lot of interest and inquiries about replicating our model in places with similar education, workforce and housing conditions,” he says. “Who knows? The sky is not the limit.” — SARAH RAVITS

LINDSAY GLATZ’S CAREER PATH IS CLOSELY ENBook currently TWINED WITH HER reading: Boy’s PASSIONS for the Life by Robert

arts and encourag- R. McCammon ing New Orleans to Favorite local shine in a positive restaurant: light — literally: The Franklin As the director What is of marketing and your hidden communications for the Arts Council talent? Singing and dancing New Orleans, Glatz launched LUNA Fete, the Council’s annual festival that incorporates light, art and technology.

Now in its fourth year, the festival has become the longest-running large-scale projection mapping festival in the country, and this year is a signature celebration for the New Orleans Tricentennial. The event is Dec. 6-9 at Lafayette Square and the surrounding area.

Glatz also coordinates editorial and lifestyle photography shoots and wedding photography through her other business, Wild Loves Wonder Photography.

She plans to expand LUNA Fete and use local artists to creatively light the city during the festival.

“Leading the charge to inspire new creative work and transform the streets of the city with magic and wonder is such an honor,” she says. — SARAH RAVITS PAGE 20

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SarahJane Guidry, 34 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FORUM FOR EQUALITY www.forumforequality.org; @FFELouisiana; facebook.com/forumforequality IN THE 1990S, SARAHJANE GUIDRY AND HER FAMILY WENT TO AN AIDS WALK

Favorite new album: Rainbow

by Kesha

in support of her Favorite local uncle, who recently had been diagnosed band: Landry Walker High with the disease. At School Marchthat event, she saw ing Band anti-gay protesters, and for the first time What is felt called to stand your hidden up for a more equal talent? life for LGBT people.

Driving her “I always wanted car past to be the person “empty” on walking forward,” the gas gauge she says.

As executive director of the nonpartisan group Forum for Equality, she’s lobbied for LGBT rights throughout Louisiana. Through the organization, Guidry has supported marriage equality programs and legal challenges, cultivated relationships with lawmakers and worked on the development of a 2013 Human Rights Ordinance in Shreveport. Recently she’s been working to develop Louisiana Equality Means Business, Forum for Equality’s project spotlighting LGBT-friendly workplaces and businesses.

“The work that we’ve done in the past few years has basically moved mountains from where we started, [but] there’s a lot more mountains that we still have to climb in Louisiana,” she says. — KAT STROMQUIST

Christy Harowski, 36 ATTORNEY AND DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS, BUSINESS COUNCIL OF NEW ORLEANS www.forwardneworleans.com IN HER MANY Book currently ROLES AS PART OF reading: VARIOUS BUSINESS Little Fires COUNCIL OF NEW Everywhere by ORLEANS INITIACeleste Ng TIVES, Christy

Favorite local band: Andrew Duhon

Harowski’s work as director of Forward New Orleans, a coalition of 25 Favorite local community orgarestaurant: nizations, has an Sylvain ambitious, focus: to improve the performance of New Orleans municipal government and Orleans Parish public schools.

“We all come together to create issue platforms around our elections — mayoral, city council — to decide, ‘What are the biggest issues facing New Orleans right now?’” says Harowsksi, who also teaches trial advocacy at Tulane University and volunteers with legal-issues nonprofit Louisiana Appleseed.

“In-depth research leads to a short list of action items, all with the goal to improve the quality of life for New Orleanians,” she says.

“We sit down with each candidate, go through our entire platform and publish a scorecard on what they say they will fulfill or attempt to fulfill. After the election, we monitor their progress to hold them accountable. The power of Forward New Orleans is in the coalition, which is incredibly broad-based, and we hope our process will result in good things for the people that live here.” — FRANK ETHERIDGE

Jessie Schott Haynes, 37 MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE HELIS FOUNDATION www.thehelisfoundation.com, @jhaynes1979 DID YOU KNOW LOUISIANA RESIDENTS CAN VISIT the

Favorite restaurant: Peche

What do you do in your off time?

New Orleans Renovate her midMuseum of century house Art for free on Wednesdays What is your and the Ogden hidden talent?

Museum of “I never forget Southern Art a face.” on Thursdays?

Making sure the public knows about free museum days is a big part of Jessie Schott Haynes’ mission at The Helis Foundation, a group that promotes art in the community through grants, programming and exhibitions. The Poydras Sculpture Corridor Exhibition also is a part of The Helis Foundation’s (and Haynes’) work.

Haynes is partnering with the Historic New Orleans Collection on a show Helis will present for New Orleans’ tricentennial celebration called Art of the City, which will look at contemporary works dating to the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. She’s also anticipating new works for the Poydras Corridor project in conjunction with the opening of Prospect.4 in November.

— KATHERINE M. JOHNSON

Alanah Odoms Hebert, 36 DIRECTOR OF THE CHILD WELFARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE OFFICE, LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT Book LOUISIANA’S RECENT currently REFORM EFFORTS reading: Just TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATIONS “stands Mercy by Bry-

to impact a huge part an Stevenson of our community,” Favorite says attorney Alanah restaurants: Odoms Hebert, who La Crepe for four years served Nanou and La as the deputy general Thai Uptown counsel for the LouiFavorite local siana Supreme Court band: Brassand liaison for the judiA-Holics cial arm of the state’s Justice Reinvestment Task Force.

“It feels pretty incredible, not just for me but for the people of Louisiana who will benefit, the returning citizens, their families and children,” she says. “For those folks to get their lives back and reunite with families and move forward, that’s what makes me feel the happiest about this entire work.”

Hebert now directs the court’s Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Office and aims to determine the drivers of incarceration and what legislation could help people avoid prison.

Hebert moved to Louisiana from New Jersey in 2010 as a prosecutor, “upholding some of the laws I’ve now worked to strike down,” she says.

“Once I had an opportunity to observe some of the challenges in the system,” she says, “it better helped me understand how to make the changes that needed to be made.”

— ALEX WOODWARD

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CHEF AND CO-OWNER, TURKEY AND THE WOLF www.turkeyandthewolf.com, @turkeyandthewolf MASON HEREFORD DIDN’T HAVE MUCH KITCHEN EXPERIENCE WHEN HE WAS HIRED AT COQUETTE, but

Book currently reading: A stack of cookbooks What do you do with your off time? Dine out and Rollerblade

he worked his way up to chef What is your de cuisine. By the hidden talent? end of his tenure “I can do the there, he had endance move visioned his own where you grab restaurant. After your foot and working briefly jump over it.” at restaurants in five cities to see how different types of kitchens worked, he returned to New Orleans to open his sandwich shop, Turkey and the Wolf, with his girlfriend, Lauren Holton.

Doing things his way at the Lower Garden District lunchtime spot means serving sandwiches filled with chicken-fried steaks or fried bologna from a local butcher. Hereford’s happy to put potato chips in a sandwich or use Duke’s Mayonnaise instead of working up a fancy aioli.

A collard green melt with pickled pepper cherry dressing impressed editors at Bon Appetit magazine, which named Turkey and the Wolf the nation’s Best New Restaurant.

The press has helped keep the restaurant busy, and Hereford has opened it for bar nights and popups and on Sundays and Mondays.

— WILL COVIELLO

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Sky Hyacinthe, 35 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ELEVATE NEW ORLEANS www.elevateusa.org SKY HYACINTHE LEFT BEHIND A BIGTIME MARKETING JOB at a leading

Favorite local band: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

New York City firm to co-found a nonprofit to coach kids Favorite local in New Orleans for restaurant: success on and off the basketball court. Surrey’s Cafe & Juice Bar “It’s not just a basketball proWhat do you gram,” Hyacinthe do in your off says of Elevate New time? Relax Orleans. He started along the river the nonprofit after at The Fly playing pick-up games with youths on a 9th Ward playground while visiting his friend Emeka Okafor, then a player for the Hornets. So far, Elevate has sent 18 out of 18 program participants to college on scholarship, he says.

“We have partnered with Tulane and Loyola universities to focus on academics — [kids are] not allowed on the basketball court without a GPA of 3.0 or higher — and with Second Harvest Food Bank to provide nourishing meals,” Hyacinthe says. “Social etiquette is also taught. We want to establish Elevate throughout the United States so kids that come from my background — a situation where there’s a lack of financial, family and educational resources — go off to college and obtain high-level success in life.” — FRANK ETHERIDGE PAGE 22

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Jonathan Johnson, 29 FOUNDER AND CEO, ROOTED SCHOOL www.rootedschool.org TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT. That’s

Book currently reading: Principles by Ray Dalio Drink of choice: Sparkling rose or an IPA What is your hidden talent?

Predicting the future

the number Jonathan Johnson and his team at Rooted School eat, sleep and breathe.

According to a 2016 report by the Institute for Policy Studies, it’s the number of years it would take to bridge the wealth gap between African-American and white families in the U.S. Johnson is betting the job market focus of his Rooted School can close that gap in his lifetime instead of in centuries.

The curriculum at Rooted School is designed to educate students in preparation for attaining jobs in specific local industries that are understaffed, growing quickly and paying above the regional median wage. The concept was three years in the works, and this fall the Uptown school opened, along with a sister school in Indianapolis.

“Once we prove this is possible, based on a lot of our stakeholders who have their eyes on us, the world will be ours,” Johnson says.

— KATHERINE M. JOHNSON

Doug Keller, 31

Joseph S. Makkos, 38

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BIG CLASS www.bigclass.org; @BigClassNOLA

ARCHIVIST AND CURATOR, NOLA DNA www.noladna.com; @neworleansdna; facebook.com/NOLADNA

FOUNDED DURING THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR IN HIS CLASS OF 43 FIRST GRADERS, Doug Keller

Book currently reading: The Futilitarians by Anne Gisleson Favorite local restaurant: Boucherie turned a literal What do you do “big class” project into Big Class, in your off time? a citywide writing Watch basketball and movies. and publishing program that served 1,500 students during the last school year. In January 2018, it will serve as the first Southern outpost for 826 National, a national writing project co-founded by author Dave Eggers, and will open a youth writing center in the 7th Ward.

“So much of our work is about supporting young people, but it’s also about creating projects people want to read,” Keller says. “Students of New Orleans have a lot to say. That’s a huge part of what keeps us going and drives the work.”

The nonprofit writing and publishing organization will open a new center on St. Bernard Avenue.

“The need is there and also the creativity of our kids is there,” he says. “When you know your work is going to be shared with an audience ... it changes the understanding of what the relationship is to putting a pencil to paper in the wider world.

That is transformative for kids.”

— ALEX WOODWARD

IN 2013, JOSEPH MAKKOS ANSWERED THE CRAIGSLIST AD THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE.

Favorite local band: King James and the Special Men Drink of Through the ad, choice: Mezcal he acquired 42 years or tequila of New Orleans What do you history in the form do in your of Times-Picaoff time? yune newspapers, “[There’s] no all painstakingly day off for the preserved in Mylar self-employed.” and sealed in airtight tubes.

With his Nola DNA project, he wants to digitize this unusually complete archive using state-of-the-art imaging and indexing to create a new resource for preservationists, historians, journalists and scholars. Makkos already has unearthed several finds in the pages, including the first article ever written about Mardi Gras Indians. He also creates products (e.g., 100 percent cotton postcards printed with archival ink) based on images and advertisements found in the newspapers to help subsidize his work. Next year, he’ll document road trips based on historic maps and itineraries found in the archive. “[This archive] will change the face of New Orleans and Louisiana and Gulf scholarship,” he says. “It will tell us stuff about our city that we never knew.” — KAT STROMQUIST

Reid Martin, 31 CEO, SIMPLE PLAY PRESENTS AND CO-FOUNDER, GASA GASA www.simpleplaypresents.com/artists WHILE TOURING AND PERFORMING WITH HIS Drink of choice: COLLEGE BAND, Boulevardier

Reid Martin What do you do discovered his in your off time? knack for artist See live music management.

What is your “That was kind of hidden talent? “I my grad school, pace more than where I made the anyone known to most mistakes man when I’m on that have helped the phone.” me now,” he says.

After a few false starts in different fields, he worked with partners to open Freret Street’s live music hub Gasa Gasa, hit the road to manage The Soul Rebels and worked his way up to CEO of New Orleans-based artist management company Simple Play Presents. The company’s first name on the roster was breakout band Sweet Crude.

“From there we built up a roster of younger bands that were doing something that’s distinctly south Louisiana but had a feel that was new and fresh,” Martin says. The company now represents up-and-coming talent like Tank and the Bangas, as well as bounce artist Big Freedia.

“We’ve got connections in the broader music industry and access to all the talent in New Orleans,” he says. “Now we’re figuring out how to grow responsibly. … It’s having a New Orleans focus for sure. What we’ll probably see is a lot of artists we see right now are going to break out.”

— ALEX WOODWARD

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Davis Martin, 19, and Alex Welsh, 18

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CO-FOUNDERS, HAMS FOR FAMS www.hamsforfams.org DURING FALL, MANY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ARE PREOCCUPIED with

Book currently reading (Martin): Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing by Jamie Holmes (Welsh): Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Favorite local restaurant (Martin): Acme Oyster House (Welsh): Reginelli’s Pizzeria

things like homecoming and completing college applications. Davis Martin, Alex Welsh and a group of friends from Jesuit High School also were thinking about ensuring needy families had a full holiday meal with all the trimmings.

So Hams for Fams was born. The organization is a nonprofit with a mission of assembling and delivering food baskets. Martin and Welsh have graduated from Jesuit, but the organization lives on, thanks to a new crop of seniors.

Both college freshmen now, Welsh, Martin and other Hams for Fams members are working to start spinoff programs in other college towns.

“I’d like to continue helping people out as long as I can, however I can,” Welsh says.

Martin wants to turn the food drive into a program to move homeless families off the street. “We donate, we give — it helps, but it doesn’t really fix the problem,” he says. “It may be only one or two people, but if we continue the work, maybe one day we won’t have to have the drives at Christmas anymore.”

— KATHERINE M. JOHNSON

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Dr. Marc Matrana, 38 PHYSICIAN, OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER Book currently HAVING COMPLETED HIS reading: AstroTRAINING IN ONCOLOGY AT physics for People THE RENOWNED MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER IN HOUS- in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson TON, Marc Matrana returned to his native New Orleans to help Favorite local develop and implement the restaurant: AnPrecision Cancer Therapies toine’s Restaurant Program (PCTP) at Ochsner What is your Medical Center, establishing a hidden talent? potentially life-saving treatOil painting ment previously unavailable in the Deep South.

“Having grown up near what is called ‘Cancer Alley,’ this region has been the epicenter of the problem, but now I hope we can become the epicenter of the solution,” says Matrana of Ochsner’s Precision Cancer Therapies Program, which started in April and is bringing clinical trials to New Orleans based on tests of the genomes of tumors in cancer patients. “Doing this at a genetic level, we can really push the envelope of innovation and say to patients, ‘We have a treatment for you.’ The bottom line, really, is we want to bring new hope to cancer patients who otherwise may not have had hope.” — FRANK ETHERIDGE

Dr. Kimberly Mukerjee, 33 DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE HEALTH, TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE @KimMukerjee Book currently reading: Tell Me How It Ends by and graduated from the Valeria Luiselli University of WashingFavorite local ton School of Medicine, restaurant: Boucherie while also attaining a master’s degree in pubWhat is your hidden lic health at the univertalent? Salsa dancing sity’s School of Public Health. She came to Tulane University’s School of Medicine for her residency in pediatrics, and as an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, she has become Tulane’s first director of immigrant and refugee health.

Mukerjee cares for patients at two clinics and mentors residents in pediatrics. Some of her patients came to the United States with families after fleeing violence in their home countries.

Mukerjee treats children suffering from conditions ranging from malnutrition to post-traumatic stress disorder. She also works with patients to secure needed care, ranging from a first eye exam to mental health services. She is fluent in Spanish and is researching barriers to care for immigrants and refugees. — WILL COVIELLO KIMBERLY MUKERJEE GREW UP IN SEATTLE

Mallory Page, 34 OWNER, MALLORY PAGE STUDIO @mallory.page ARTIST MALLORY Book currently reading: PAGE SPECIALIZES IN The Awakening by LARGE-SCALE, THINLY Kate Chopin LAYERED MONOCHROFavorite local band: MATIC PAINTINGS. Since

Boyfriend 2010, she has operated Mallory Page Studio What is your hidden on Julia Street, and she talent? Cajun gumbo recently debuted her first institutional solo exhibition, which is on view until December at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts in Texas.

A native of Lafayette, Page employs soft color palettes, along with subtle and abstract ways to engage with her heritage. She remains fascinated with the relationship between space and identity.

Though she has practiced making art since childhood, Page also pursued an education in design.

She enjoys being part of the artistic community in New Orleans and values the diversity of people who live and visit here.

“I love how New Orleans attracts so many different guests,” she says. “I often meet and make great friends here from all over the world that I would have never met elsewhere. Our local friends have a common love of good entertainment and hospitality that is incomparable. New Orleans has the best hosts in the world.” — SARAH RAVITS

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CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, FLUENCE ANALYTICS www.fluenceanalytics.com; @alex_w_reed AS FOUNDER AND CEO OF FLUENCE ANALYTICS, New

Favorite local band: The Revivalists

Orleans native Alex Reed Favorite local helms a company that restaurant: Clancy’s manufactures industrial and What is your hidden laboratory monitoring systalent? Correctly tems that produce continpredicting the end of uous data streams. Under his leadership, the company movies and TV shows has grown from two part-time employees to a team of 18 working with the $1 trillion per year polymer industry and the $160 billion per year biopharmaceutical industry.

Fluence Analytics, which Reed established in 2012 (formerly known as APMT), is made up of a team of interdisciplinary scientists and engineers who get “lab ideas converted into working hardware and software products used by large corporations.”

“Constantly adapting to change, learning from mistakes and always striving to get better are the most important things I’ve learned to do so far,” he says.

In the future, Reed plans to work with others in the community to build an innovation-based economy in New Orleans. — SARAH RAVITS

Ting-ting Rivers, 36

William C. Snowden, 32

ADVISOR, TREPWISE AND AIM PHILANTHROPY www.trepwise.com

SUPERVISING ATTORNEY, ORLEANS PUBLIC DEFENDERS’ OFFICE www.thejurorproject.org, @JurorProject

AS AN ADVISOR FOR TREPWISE, an impact

Book currently reading: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

consulting firm, Tingting Rivers is dedicated Favorite local band: to improving outcomes Soul Sinner (her for traditionally dishusband plays drums) enfranchised groups, What is your hidden particularly in the talent? “I am secretly areas of education and Batman.” affordable housing.

A former CEO for the Louisiana Recovery School District, Rivers also works on AIM Philanthropy, a partnership established in 2016 between trepwise and consulting firm Nexus Research Group. The goal is to increase philanthropy’s impact by combining effective organizational practices with grant-making strategies to optimize funds. A current program involves an education technology nonprofit.

“We’re helping them evaluate their business model to position themselves for faster growth,” she says. “I’m also working on a project where we’re helping individual nonprofit affordable housing developers ... find cost savings around things like financial management, marketing and public relations.” — SARAH RAVITS

AS AN ORLEANS PUBLIC DEFENDER,

Book currently reading: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson

William Snowden was concerned that the makeup of jury pools didn’t reflect the city at Favorite local large, he says. “What restaurant: Neyow’s we’re often left with Creole Cafe are people on a jury, for example, who say Preferred drink: they haven’t had a neg- Whiskey and ginger ale ative experience with the New Orleans Police Department, and that doesn’t reflect the city.”

He started The Juror Project in January 2016 to “improve people’s perspective of jury duty” he says, by presenting and answering questions about the importance of the accused being judged by a jury of their peers.

Snowden grew up in Milwaukee and began working as a law clerk in the public defender’s office in 2012. He was offered a job here a year later. In his spare time, he plays electric cello in Junko Beat, a self-described “cosmic funk jamtronic dance band.” — KEVIN ALLMAN

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Cate Swinburn, 39 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, YOUTHFORCE NOLA www.youthforcenola.org, @cateswin, @YouthForceNOLA WHEN CATE SWINBURN AND HER HUSBAND MOVED TO NEW ORLEANS FROM WASHINGTON D.C. IN 2012, she already had

Favorite local band: Lost Bayou Ramblers

Favorite local a background in education as restaurants: president of the D.C. Public High Hat Cafe Education Fund, a nonprofit that and Ancora connected philanthropic and private-sector partnerships with Preferred drink: public education, Swinburn says.

Manhattan Today she’s executive director of YouthForce NOLA, a nonprofit that seeks to get Orleans Parish public high school students trained in “high-wage, high-demand fields,” she says.

“We’re focused on three industry clusters where there’s going to be the greatest number of jobs in the next 10 years,” she says. Those include technology, health sciences, engineering, architecture and construction.

“Our educational landscape is quite different than the average city,” Swinburn says. “What we set out to do … is ensure that across the city there are high-quality resources [for public school students].”

YouthForceNOLA’s goal is to provide 20 percent of the class of 2020 with certification training and 10 percent of that class with paid internships.

— KEVIN ALLMAN

Sarah Vandergriff, 36

Emilie Whelan, 33

LEGAL AND POLICY DIRECTOR, LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS www.lacharterschools.org

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CRIPPLE CREEK THEATRE COMPANY www.cripplecreektheatre.org

AS THE LEGAL AND POLICY DIRECTOR for

SINCE MOVING TO NEW Book currently reading: One Hundred Years ORLEANS AND HELPING of Solitude by Gabriel ESTABLISH CRIPPLE Garcia Marquez CREEK THEATRE COMPANY, Emilie WhelFavorite new album:

Book currently reading: The Floating World by C. Morgan Babst

the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, Sarah VanFavorite local band: The Revivalists dergriff enjoys being a problem solver. Her Favorite local duties include creating restaurant: resources, guides and Commander’s Palace toolkits and developing laws and policies that make access to educational opportunities equitable for al.

Recent accomplishments include completing a legal handbook for charter school leaders. She currently is gearing up for the upcoming state legislative session.

“Louisiana is at the center of many national debates about public education and right now I’m really enjoying being a part of the frontline,” she says. “I’m constantly asking myself how can I make school leaders’ jobs easier. If I can make their jobs easier by getting them the resources they need to do their jobs well, then I’ve helped clear a path for teachers, students, and our city to succeed.” — SARAH RAVITS

en has acted in and Background Music directed diverse shows,

by John Adams including The Taming Favorite local band: of the Shrew, Ragtime The Great Glaspy and Caligula.

Experience Part of her work with Cripple Creek is to reach broader audiences, which has included free tickets aimed at improving access to theater. This summer, Cripple Creek produced The Taming of the Shrew with the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane. The company also presented the play to audiences at Bridge House, Grace House, the Treme Recreation Community Center and the Dixon Correctional Institute.

“The idea of Shakespeare was to tell a story that worked for the queen — and people who’ve paid a few pence,” Whelan says. “Theater is a forum for people to come together. Can we all come together on the same story?”

— WILL COVIELLO

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“She was no longer driving her car, but she was getting out fairly often,” he adds, explaining how she relied on taxicabs to run errands. “She wasn’t into Uber.”

But Dorothy’s bustling lifestyle came to an end when she fell while preparing for a trip to a hair salon. The incident landed her in the hospital and left her with broken ribs, a broken finger and some bumps and bruises.

Dorothy was in severe pain.

She couldn’t get in and out of bed on her own, and she had to rely on a walker, which made it difficult to cook and do chores around her home. Dorothy and Gary realized new living arrangements were necessary.

“I had a bedroom for her with a bathroom attached to it, so

it was very convenient for her,” Gary says, noting that it was still disheartening for Dorothy to leave her own home.

Gary also had to confront the legal issues associated with becoming his mother’s caretaker.

He didn’t hire a lawyer since his mother “didn’t have a lot of assets left where she would have had to pay estate or inheritance taxes,” he says. But he did obtain power of attorney (POA) documents that made him the primary decision maker for his mother’s medical and financial matters. His brother became the secondary decision maker.

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AS PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN AGE, A FAMILY’S NEEDS CHANGE. Parents’ focuses evolve from immediate concerns, such as school dropoffs and getting kids to basketball practice on time, to long-term issues like preparing for retirement and moving into smaller quarters after the children are grown. Once these discussions begin, it’s important to cover all the legal bases that will make these transitions go smoothly. Stephanie Quinlan, wills, trusts and successions attorney with the law offices of Jules J. Mumme III, works with clients of all ages to prepare them for the unexpected and the inevitable.

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IN TRADITIONAL FAMILY HIERARCHIES, THE PARENTS NURTURE THEIR CHILDREN. But at some point, those roles often reverse.

Adult children one day will provide care and comfort for their aging parents, which may include helping them downsize their living space and navigate complex legal matters. It can be an overwhelming and emotional process, wrought with tough decisions.

For New Orleanian Gary English, that process began when he and his mother Dorothy determined that she needed to move in with him and his family.

Dorothy, who was 89 years old at the time, had been living independently in a Metairie apartment for nearly 10 years. She still was “pretty active,” Gary says.

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knew it needed to be done. She knew that I needed to start paying her bills and making decisions for her.”

However, people in situations similar to Gary’s would benefit from calling a lawyer.

The ‘triumvirate’ of legal documents

Vincent B. “Chip” LoCoco is an estate planning attorney and partner at Many & LoCoco. “[Estate planning] deals with handling people’s estates after they pass away,” he says. He works with executors (or administrators) in handling the affairs of the deceased and distributing assets to heirs (without a will) or legatees (under a will).

“I get their affairs in order so that when they pass away, their property goes to who they want it to go to, how they want it to get there,” LoCoco says.

It also entails the three documents LoCoco calls “the triumvirate of estate planning”: a will, a POA and a living will.

A POA dictates who will act on the person’s behalf when he or she is incapacitated or simply needs assistance in handling certain affairs. The power of attorney can apply to financial or medical matters, or both.

The third document, the Louisiana living will, “tells your family, the doctors and everyone what your desires are regarding end-of-

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life medical issues,” LoCoco says.

LoCoco urges prospective clients to agree on a fee arrangement with an attorney before beginning the planning process.

The attorney also can collaborate with the client’s financial adviser and certified public accountant (CPA), he says.

“That team of people can get together and come up with the best avenue to get the client where they want to be and give them a feeling that at least they have a road to travel,” LoCoco says. “At the end, everything will be handled properly and taken care of.”

Estate sales

In addition to the legal details, adults helping elderly parents downsize also must help decide what to do with the all of their possessions, furniture and stuff.

Sorting through a person’s lifetime of belongings is a major undertaking. Beth Cathey, business manager of The Occasional Wife, works with clients planning estate sales and urges them to be patient.

“It’s a very emotional (process), which is often why they hire us, because we don’t have the emotional contact with the items,” Cathey says. “Both the family and the parents can get caught up in the emotion by sitting there and

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then you can probably let it go,” she says. “But we have to be able to do that and be sensitive when we’re working with them.”

Big Easy Estate Sales collaborates with clients who prefer to stage the estate sale in the home.

“They are coming to me directly, or their children are coming to me, and asking me to work with them on liquidating the contents of their home,” says owner Jonathan Wells.

The process begins with a phone call between Wells and his client to determine the time frame of the sale. He says listening with compassion is critical at this stage.

“Are they trying to get the house on the market? Are they calling me in the beginning part of the transition? Or, are they calling me at the last minute?”

Wells says. “We then find the best formula that fits their needs.”

Wells schedules two walkthroughs of the client’s home to help them decide what to keep and what to sell, then sets a date for the sale, which typically spans two days. After the sale, Wells helps the family clean up and make donation arrangements.

“People find satisfaction in knowing that their personal things that they’ve worked so hard to get through the years are going to good homes,” Wells says. He and his team try to make a difficult time easier to get through. “Let us handle the house, the contents and everything that’s involved with that. We’re professionals, and we know what we’re doing.”

Beyond downsizing

After a year of living with Gary and his family, Dorothy began having anxiety attacks and experiencing health issues.

“We realized that my mom needed more supervision,” Gary says. He hired sitters to stay with her, but round-the-clock home care became too expensive, and they moved her into St. Margaret’s at Belleville assisted living facility, where she lived for 18 months until her death.

Although he had witnessed friends endure similar experiences with their parents, Gary says it felt “different” when it was his turn.

“You learn your way through it,” he says. “You’re never really sure if what you’re doing is the right thing. But if you’re doing what you think is in your loved one’s best interest, then you have a clear conscience.”

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going back through time, and they don’t make progress.”

Some items carry sentimental value, some are family heirlooms and some may be useful down the road. There may not be enough room in the new space for those treasures, and placing them in storage is pricey.

Dorothy English distributed her furniture and many of her other belongings among her sons and grandchildren. For those who don’t have this option, an estate sale ensures a second life for those objects — and can bring in some money.

These sale events can take place in the home, with the items displayed in their usual spot, or you can host the sale elsewhere, such as The Occasional Wife’s estate sale store.

The store attracts a wide range of clients, from interior designers to college students, and is crammed with everything imaginable — caneback chairs, framed artwork, Japanese-style room dividers, vintage fur stoles, dinnerware, doe-eyed Precious Moments figurines and Christmas decorations. All items are sold on consignment.

“When you used to think of an estate sale, you thought of higher-end antique items,” Cathey says. “Now, because people are downsizing, that definition is much broader. We get everything.

Unless it’s broken, we try to find a way that someone can reuse that item.”

The Occasional Wife helps clients organize the home for an on-site estate sale, pack up possessions that are going to the new home or to relatives, decide which items should be donated to charity and which can be sold and stage the home to go on the market. Staging the estate sale in the home and then arranging to transport unsold items to the store also is an option.

“Many times, we’re called in from stage one, meaning we may have a client who is either going to sell a home or going into an assisted living facility,” Cathey says. “The family brings us in from the beginning because they don’t know what to do. We tell the family, leave everything as it is — even the cleaning supplies — because you never know what somebody may buy.”

Cathey and her colleagues help clients decide which items to keep and which to sell.

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ly when someone is young and healthy and wants to have these things in place,” Quinlan says.

“You can tuck them away in a drawer when you’re done and if they’re needed, they’re already there. But certainly, there are trigger events, regardless of age, especially in terms of health, that necessitate estate planning.

And with the elderly, it is always a good time, especially in the case of an elderly person without a spouse. It’s also important in blended families.”

Quinlan advocates a team approach to lifetime and succession planning. When making these decisions, involve your lawyer, CPA, financial advisor and your kids. She recommends her clients complete three specific tasks: create a will and appoint agents for business power of attorney and a separate medical power of attorney, agents who can make decisions on a client’s behalf in those contexts.

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Splitting powers of attorney (POA) into business and medical allows you to choose a person most suitable for each job. One trusted person may have a background in health care and another may have financial acumen, so it makes sense to let each draw on what they know to help you make informed judgments. In case a POA becomes unable or unwilling to serve, name successor agents.

Consider the age and health of each one, and make sure it’s documented in the legal paperwork.

As parents transition into later stages of life, parents and children may consider adding the adult kids’ names to parents’ bank accounts for greater financial flexibility. However, depending on the way accounts are structured, this may not have the intended result.

Signatory authority (the ability to sign checks or initiate money transfers) on an account does not equate to co-ownership of that account, and Quinlan has seen cases in which children spend money from co-titled accounts only to find that they have to replace those funds when the account enters succession after the parent’s death. Signatory authority is extremely limited; if parents want co-signers to be able to perform any other business in their names, a POA is necessary.

Quinlan says a will is a must for everyone. Anyone that has any

assets at all should write a will and appoint an executor.

“It avoids a tremendous amount of confusion and it’s more often than not less expensive to do a little bit of pre-planning,” Quinlan says. “Court costs and attorneys’ fees — those things can be minimized just by creating a will, and it makes things easier on the kids.”

People also should consider establishing an advance health care directive, or living will, that dictates what medical procedures and treatments are allowed and prohibited in case a traumatic injury or illness leaves them incapable of making a decision about their care.

Quinlan says online legal service sites offer temptingly cheap legal documents for things such as wills and POAs, but she urges caution.

“Louisiana law is different — we have civilian jurisdiction here [while the rest of the U.S. follows mostly common law],” she says. “Don’t act on legal advice from LegalZoom or the AARP website. It is always worth consulting a local professional.”

Nightmare scenarios include creating a will or POA through one of these sites, only to find out the documents aren’t binding or the language doesn’t achieve what you want — situations Quinlan has witnessed and had to litigate.

The cost of a consultation with an estate planning attorney and notary fees for these documents begin around a couple hundred dollars; the costs that rack up to annul one document or agent and instate another easily will eclipse what you’d spend on a lawyer in the first place. Quinlan recalls court battles over invalid wills that have cost families tens of thousands of dollars.

She also recommends updating a will at least annually, and especially in the event of major life changes.

“Wills are living documents,” she says. “Important life events like having a child, receiving a medical diagnosis, inheriting money, kids graduating from high school or getting married — report all these things to your financial team. It may change the scope of some of the provisions you’ve set down.”

Speaking from the heart

With all the legal necessities of planning for life and end-of-life,

parents and kids shouldn’t overlook the emotional snarls that can occur. Parents may begin to feel like they’re ceding authority to their kids as they begin appointing POAs. They may feel anxiety, depression or even fear as they come to terms with their own mortality when drafting a will — a document that only takes effect after the holder’s passing.

“What’s important for clients to understand when they sign a power of attorney is that they’re not surrendering their ability to make their decisions,” Quinlan says. “They’re merely extending some of it to another party. It can be difficult emotionally to surrender control, especially in the case of an elderly person facing end-of-life issues.”

Children also are dealing with the eventuality of their parents’ passing while trying to balance their parents’ autonomy with making sure they’re stable and healthy and protecting their legacy. Quinlan has advice for these kids.

“Keep a gentle but close eye on your parents so you’re aware of any kind of change in their physical or mental status,” she says.

“It’s a tightrope that you walk, between not infringing on your parents’ autonomy … and being so hands-off that things happen that are unfixable. The direct approach is best — good, open discussion, and an agreement that no big decisions will be made without first talking to family members, especially the POA (agent).”

Quinlan has observed clients that resent kids’ involvement in their business affairs, finances and health as they age, especially if the interest arose late in their relationship. They ultimately see it as “looking over their shoulders” or interfering, but she says that’s the time to enlist the help of a trusted friend or relative to help convince parents to accept kids’ support. The only way to avoid this scenario is by showing earnest, consistent attention to parents’ affairs. If mom has a doctor’s appointment, offer to go with her and make a day of it, Quinlan says. Take her for a late lunch or early dinner afterward; she gets your undivided attention and you are up on any potential health issues.

“Maintaining good relationships with your loved ones is super important,” she says. “That way it never looks like you’re swooping in from out of the blue.”

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attorneys specializing in issues that the elderly face.

According to statistics from the Caregiver Action Network (CAN), roughly 66 percent of caregivers are women. The average caregiver is a 49-year-old woman caring for her 69-year-old widowed mother, who does not live with her, and 37 percent of these caregivers have children or grandchildren living with them at the same time. Most unpaid caregivers also work full time.

Muller is familiar with this trend and has a term for them.

“We call them the ‘sandwich’ generation because these people typically also have children of their own that they care for in addition to having to be the parents for their parents,” she says. These people are “sandwiched” between dual responsibilities, and Muller says the elder parents often are resistant, which can enhance the stress.

The pressure that comes with the responsibilities of caregiving can have profound mental, emotional and even physical effects. The CDC report cites high levels of depression and anxiety, as well as a resultant increase in the use of psychoactive medications, as risks for caregivers. The stresses of their duties also are associated with self-reported poor physical health and compromised immune systems. Overall, CDC data shows more than half of caregivers say their ability to provide adequate care is compromised by a decline in their own health.

The medical community has given the symptoms a name: caregiver burnout syndrome. It’s roughly defined as a state of physical, mental and emotional fatigue brought on by caregiving. Defined symptoms are similar to depression: withdrawal from family and friends, loss of interest in previously pleasurable activities, loss of appetite, disruption of sleep patterns, irritability, getting sick more often and others.

The condition can be brought on by a number of issues, including the stress of being upended by

sudden caregiving, unreasonable expectations and a lack of sleep and exercise.

Muller is familiar with this syndrome. “Caring for family members often causes one to neglect caring for themselves,” she says.

“Knowing when and where to ask for help can cause some guilt in the asking and some anger that can lead to burnout.”

She says caregiving for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia can be especially stressful. The CDC report confirms providing care for dementia-related ailments can have “profound consequences” for caregivers, who can become responsible for everything from managing behavioral disturbances to attending to physical needs.

Caregivers — professional or not — could benefit from assistance from a community that recognizes their challenges and sacrifices. There are a wide variety of online communities with resources, Q&A forums and social media groups, including Comfort Finders and The Caregiver Space. The Comfort Finders website (www.comfortfinders.com) has a long list of support groups for caregivers, including local chapters

of the American Cancer Society and the Alzheimer’s Association with offices on River Road in New Orleans and Causeway Boulevard in Metairie, respectively.

The New Orleans Council on Aging (NOCOA) on Canal Street also offers support. It provides access to an array of resources and services related to the elderly, including social services, as does the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFSCP).

This program provides everything from counseling and outreach to in-home respite (which allows a caregiver a four-hour break from his or her obligations), to material aid for caregivers. The group also has a support group that meets on the second Thursday of every month.

Many organizations, including the AARP, CDC and CAN, recognize caregiver burnout syndrome and offer tips for proactively managing it. The AARP recommends alerting your doctor and other medical professionals of your caregiver status, getting regular exercise (no matter how brief), mapping out priorities and to-do lists, and establishing a network of friends or relatives with whom you can communicate.

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MANY PEOPLE DON’T IMAGINE TAKING ON THE ROLE OF PRIMARY, OR EVEN PARTIAL, CAREGIVER TO A LOVED ONE. The responsibilities of providing that kind of medical assistance and interactive social care are simply not part of their reality — until they are.

The term “caregiver” is fairly broad, but caregivers are either unpaid or professional care providers for people in need of medical assistance or help with everyday tasks. They can be live-in help or operate out of formal institutions.

According to a 2009 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately a quarter of U.S. adults provided care or assistance to a person with either a chronic illness or disability over the previous 30 days. All of these people fall into the category of “informal or unpaid care” since the caregivers are family or friends rather than paid professionals. Another CDC report, in tandem with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, found caregivers in one of every five U.S. households, and that 83 percent of those caregivers are unpaid.

Professional help is available through organizations like Home Care Solutions in Metairie. Megan Muller, human resources manager, says they are, first and foremost, here to help.

“We offer a range of companion care, transportation and whatever else is needed in the home of someone in need of a caregiver,” she says.

Home Care Solutions has a team of social workers who can accompany family members to doctor appointments and follow-up visits, as well as a team of trained caregivers.

“It can really save the families a lot of time,” Muller says. “Caregiving, especially when the responsibility is unexpected — as it often is — is a time-consuming task.”

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Tequila sunrise THE TEAM BEHIND the shuttered Warehouse District happy hour favorite La Casita will open a new tequila bar and Mexican restaurant in the neighborhood in fall.

El Patio Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Garden will open at 845 Carondelet St. by “late 2017,” according to La Casita owner John Michael Wade. The two-floor restaurant once was the pool lounge Indulge Island Grill and most recently functioned as an event space for Marcello’s Restaurant & Wine Bar. Wade says plans for the space include a downstairs indoor restaurant offering “elevated Mexican

Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco explores Peruvian cuisine

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PERUVIAN FOOD IS HAVING A MOMENT — and nowhere is that more

evident than at Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco, a new upscale Peruvian restaurant on Magazine Street.

The last time I visited Tito’s, it was fairly late by Uptown standards — past 9 p.m. on a Tuesday evening — and the dining room was packed.

Inside, white linen-topped tables were filled with diners eating delicate quinoa salads or digging into giant platters of arroz con mariscos.

Outside, a smattering of folks braved the crisp fall air to sip on pisco sours under the branches of a towering magnolia tree.

Service is poised and informative, which adds to the elegant dining experience. A television above the bar runs a loop showing Peruvian landscapes, which is a little distracting and doesn’t fit with the upscale ambience.

To start our meal, golden-fried cancha — crispy corn kernels — arrived alongside a creamy and deceptively spicy cilantro sauce. Next there were plates of delicate ceviche — the restaurant’s namesake, but hardly its only offering. The ceviche Criollo features a Gulf fish such as drum layered with thinly shaved red onions and sweet potatoes, swimming in the country’s ubiquitous leche de tigre, a citrusy elixir with the soft heat of aji amarillo peppers.

Part of what makes Peruvian cuisine fascinating is the country’s diverse culinary influences, stemming from China, Spain and Japan. The latter’s presence is most obvious in dishes carrying the nikkei name, a

hybrid cuisine with both Japanese and Peruvian influences. In the nikkei tiradito, thinly sliced tuna is served with slivers of avocado and lightly drizzled with lime, soy and sesame oil for a delicate and flavorful finish.

Tacu tacu con lomo saltado is a dish that seems emblematic of chef Juan Lock’s Chinese and Peruvian heritage. A crispy rice cake made with fried rice and creamy canary beans is topped with seared tenderloin tips, tomatoes and onions, all in a soy-rich “oriental” sauce, which soaks into the rice, lending each bite a delicious umami kick. The same canary beans find their way into a warm, creamy stew served with an enormous braised lamb shank drizzled with a cilantro sauce, a hearty dish appropriate for autumn.

A traditional take on a Peruvian causa — mashed potato terrines flavored with lemon juice, aji amarillo and olive oil — is layered with sweet lumps of crabmeat and avocado,

Chef Juan Lock serves ceviche at Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco.

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topped with chopped hardboiled eggs and black olives. The indulgent starter is more than enough for two people to share. Also delicious are skewers of grilled veal hearts — crispy and earthy without overbearing gaminess — tucked beneath a blanket of garlicky chimichurri.

Portions run large with many dishes, and to cap off an evening here, alfajores (buttery shortbread cookies) are the perfect finishing touch.

A simple treat filled with a rich and sweet dulce de leche, they’re all diners need to complete an elegant meal showcasing Peru’s multifaceted cuisine.

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fare” by chef Justin Bruhl, and a large outdoor patio with an abbreviated menu of more casual small plates. The bar will stock a large selection of tequila and mezcal.

“This is something that I’ve wanted to do since La Casita (first) opened,” Wade said.

Bruhl comes from restaurant stints at celebrity chef Mario Batali’s restaurants as well as Compere Lapin and Maypop. He also runs the pop-up Matchbook Kitchen at Lower Garden District whiskey haunt Barrel Proof.

Wade says the upstairs space likely will be used for private events.

The outdoor tequila garden will have murals of Mexican haciendas by artists with New Orleans Paint + Design.

No changes are afoot at the Riverbend La Casita Taqueria (8400 Oak St., 504-826-9913; www. eatlacasita.com), which opened in early 2016. — HELEN FREUND

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Schools & Sciences Building. The talk will focus on his journey from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit, Michigan and later New Orleans.

Wey lives in New Orleans but has spent the past year and a half traveling around the country hosting his pop-up series Blackness in America. The events explore race in America through food and discussion, and his writing on the subject has been published in The Oxford American, The Boston Globe and the San Francisco Chronicle, which publishes his monthly column on food and social politics.

The event is free to the public but seating is limited. Those interested in attending should RSVP to zpalmer@dillard.edu or call (504) 816-4091. — HELEN FREUND

LOCAL BURMESE POP-UP Lahpet

(www.facebook.com/lahpetkitchen) hosts its third annual Taste of Burma benefit dinner Nov. 15. The six-course meal will be prepared in collaboration with MoPho chef Paul Chell at Live Oak Cafe (8140 Oak St.). The menu includes traditional Burmese dishes such as pumpkin curry, tea leaf salad and sweet potato samosas, among others. Vegan dishes will be available.

NOLA Brewing Company beer and rice whiskey made with “medicinal” bark from jungles in Thailand will be available. There

Priva-beers WAYWARD OWL BREWING COMPANY (3940 Thalia St., 504-827-1646;

www.waywardowlbrewing.com) and the University of New Orleans have teamed up on a new beer.

Privateer Pale Ale, a 5 percent alcohol-by-volume Belgian-style pale ale, was introduced last week at the Broadmoor brewery.

“This collaboration has been a really fun process, and we could not be more excited to have been chosen to represent the Privateers,” brewery founder and head brewer Justin Boswell said in a prepared statement.

Boswell described the beer’s tasting notes as having a “malty but slightly dry and spicy fruit aroma.”

It’s the year-old brewery’s sixth beer to be offered year-round, and the university’s first officially licensed beer. It is available at the brewery’s taproom and The Cove on UNO’s campus, along with some bars in New Orleans, Metairie and the Northshore. By years’ end, it will be offered at Mid-City beer emporium 504 Craft Beer Reserve, Rouses, Breaux Mart and Whole Foods Market. — HELEN FREUND

Poppy-up LOCAL RADIO PERSONALITY AND FOOD GURU Poppy Tooker (above)

and CrescentCare host a Poppy’s Pop-up Drag Brunch benefit Nov. 12 at Toups South (1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 504-304-2147; www.toupssouth.com).

The three-course brunch ($50 plus tax and tip) is offered from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is a collaboration with the CrescentCare-NO/AIDS Task Force (www. crescentcare.org) and benefits Food For Friends (www.facebook. com/foodforfriendskitchen), a meal-delivery program that serves

people living with AIDS in the greater New Orleans area by supplying groceries, household and personal care products and home-delivered meals to clients and their families.

Chef Isaac Toups’ menu includes an amuse bouche of duck ham with dates and honey, chilled butternut squash soup, fried oyster salad with buttermilk dressing and lardons, and a braised short rib with Bellegarde Bakery grits and onion rings, among other items. Bottomless mimosas and Pimm’s Cups also will be served.

Contact the restaurant for reservations. — HELEN FREUND

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will be a food-themed auction with rare edible plants and Asian kitchen equipment.

The dinner has seatings at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. and pianist Tom McDermott performs.

Proceeds go to One World Family (www.oneworldfamilyonline.org), a local nonprofit that works to provide educational access to refugees from Myanmar. Tickets are $65 and available at www.tasteofburma.eventbrite. com. — HELEN FREUND

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2015 Cigar Box Malbec Mendoza, Argentina Retail $12-$13

TRANSPLANTED FROM FRANCE , malbec grapes have flourished in Argentina’s terroir. The nation’s malbec wines often are approachable when young, easy-drinking and food-friendly, with fine tannins and good balance and structure. This wine is made from grapes from a single old-vine vineyard in Lujan de Cuyo, one of Mendoza’s top subregions. Hand-harvested grapes are destemmed and partially crushed, after which a 48-hour cool prefermentation maceration is used to extract primary flavors and aromas. Fermentation occurs over 10 days in temperature-controlled tanks, and the wine is exposed to oak before bottling. In the glass, the wine offers aromas of dark berries, cherry and hints of vanilla and spice. On the palate, the wine is both rich and rustic, with flavors of ripe plum, pomegranate, spice and chewy tannins.

Decant 30 minutes before serving. Drink it with cassoulet, beef kebabs, rack of lamb, rosemary roasted fowl, grilled sausages, meatballs and spaghetti and other pasta dishes with tomato sauce. Buy it at: Dorignac’s Food Center and Breaux Mart in Metairie. Drink it at: Cello’s in Metairie.

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Joie Todd Kerns SANDWICH MAKER FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS,

Tennessee native and recent New Orleans transplant Joie Todd Kerns has brought his Dream Steam popup to local bars and breweries. Kerns served his steamed sandwiches at different incarnations of his pop-up in Nashville, Tennessee and Austin, Texas before coming to New Orleans. He spoke with Gambit about steamed sandwiches.

Antoine’s is thankful for your continued patronage!

What is a steamed sandwich?

KERNS: Well, I just like to say it’s the best way to eat a sandwich. I’ve got a heavy-duty commercial kitchen steamer and a slicer, and it’s basically a steamed deli sandwich on a hoagie roll. I use Martin’s hoagie rolls; it’s a company based out of Pennsylvania that recently started distributing in the South.

The steamer I use is the Lincoln Fresh-o-Matic. It’s just a stainless steel box that uses distilled water and gets super hot really fast. It’s got a pan inside that has just enough room for a couple of 8-inch hoagie sandwiches. It takes a second to get hot, and then it blasts it with steam. It’s a pretty fast process — less than a minute.

You put it in the steamer and it makes a little magic. It melts the cheese and makes the bread nice, soft and pillowy, while still keeping some of the edge of the crust and holding the sandwich together. It’s a simple sandwich, but it’s a hot, delicious one.

I do four different types of meats, four different types of cheeses and a couple different mayos, and I do red onion and spinach on the sandwiches. So you can choose your own adventure. There’s roast beef, pastrami, turkey and ham; provolone, Swiss, cheddar and pepper Jack; and then regular, garlic, spicy and horseradish mayos. I do a tempeh version as a veggie option, which seems to be pretty popular.

What got you into the pop-up business?

K: I’ve been working in film production for the last decade, and I was kind of a music guy in the past. Back in my music days,

I made these steamers at a bar in Nashville — about 12 years ago.

They got to be pretty popular at that bar, and I got known for at least making a good steamer with what I had to work with there. So it was always a kind of fun idea, and I thought about doing it with a food truck or food trailer at some point. Of course, that was 12 years ago — when (in Austin) there was still this mystique surrounding the food truck and trailer business.

It’s always been in the back of my mind, doing it again.

I started doing it in Austin as kind of a speakeasy thing. It was something where all of my friends would come over and I started having little steamer parties out of the back of my house.

I came to New Orleans, and now I’ve got a baby and I’m trying to stay at home with her as much as I can and not have to work half my life in the movie (business), and so here we are. And in New Orleans, it feels like the timing is right and the place is right.

Where can diners find you?

K: I’ve done The Broad Theater for the last 10 weeks, which was a great run, but they’re starting up their own kitchen. I’ve been doing BJ’s (Lounge) from time to time and I’m at the Wayward Owl (Brewing Company) on Tuesdays.

I’ve been talking to a couple of other breweries. The brewery scene seems great for this, and it’s a great bar sandwich.

— HELEN FREUND

504-581-4422

713 Rue Saint Louis New Orlea ns, LA 70130

www.a ntoines.com

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EAT+DRINK PLATE DATES NOVEMBER 1

Hudson Whiskey Dinner 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Bourbon House, 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111 www.bourbonhouse.com Hudson Whiskey founder Ralph Erenzo attends a dinner featuring samples of Hudson Baby Bourbon, Maple Cask, Manhattan Rye, Single Malt and Four Grain Bourbon. The menu includes pickled shrimp with chicory greens and mirliton, smoked duck with roasted mushrooms and sweet potato sausage, pan-roasted Gulf fish with pomegranate gastrique and apple pie with cheddar profiteroles and bourbon caramel. Tickets $75 plus $5.64 fee.

NOVEMBER 1

Kosta Browne Wine Dinner 7 p.m. Wednesday Restaurant R’evolution, 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277 www.revolutionnola.com The six-course dinner features chardonnay and pinot noir wines from Kosta Browne winery in Sonoma County, California. The menu includes compressed apple with Marcona almonds, bone broth with marrow dumplings, olive-braised monkfish with sauce piquante, white truffle rice and gravy, smoked duck with duck presse sauce and banoffee pie. Tickets $250.

NOVEMBER 3

Boudin, Bourbon & Beer 6 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday Champions Square, Lasalle Street www.boudinbourbonandbeer.com The Emeril Lagasse Foundation fundraiser features food from more than 60 New Orleans and visiting chefs, Abita beer, Buffalo Trace bourbon cocktails and music by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and others. Participating chefs include Carey Bringle of Peg Leg Porker in Nashville, Tennessee and locals Frank Brigtsen, Nina Compton, John Folse, Adolfo Garcia, Michael Gulotta, Tariq Hanna, Phillip Lopez, Tory McPhail, Slade Rushing, Isaac Toups, Nathanial Zimet and others.

Tickets $99 plus fees.

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Bittersweet Confections 725 Magazine St., (504) 523-2626; St. Roch Market, 2381 St. Claude Ave. www.bittersweetconfections.com Cheddar cheese scones are made with chunks of bacon.

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FIVE SAVORY BREAKFAST PASTRIES www.pagodacafe.net Mushroom turnovers are filled with sweet potatoes and brown rice.

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La Boulangerie 4600 Magazine St., (504) 269-3777 www.laboulangerienola.com Pretzel twists are made with smoked ham and cheese.

Pagoda Cafe 1430 N. Dorgenois St., (504) 644-4178

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Shake Sugary 3304 St. Claude Ave., (504) 355-9345 www.shakesugary.com Maple and sweet potato biscuits are studded with bacon bits.

The Station 4400 Bienville St. (504) 309-4548 www.thestation.coffee Kolaches are filled with scrambled eggs, feta cheese, black beans and spinach.

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Contact Will Coviello willc@gambitweekly.com 504.483.3106 | FAX: 866.473.7199 C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S AT W W W. B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S .C O M Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, addresses are for New Orleans. Dollar signs represent the average cost of a dinner entree: $ — under $10; $$ — $11 to $20; $$$ — $21 or more. To update information in the Out 2 Eat listings, email willc@gambitweekly.com, fax 483-3116 or call Will Coviello at 483-3106. Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.

AMERICAN Vista Buffet — Treasure Chest Casino, 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

BAR & GRILL Queenies on St. Claude — 3200 St. Claude Ave., (504) 558-4085; www. facebook.com/queeniesonstclaude — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

BARBECUE Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ — 3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 305-4393 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

BURGERS Ben’s Burgers — 2008 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 889-2837; www. eatatbens.com — No reservations. Open 24 hours daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe Aquarius — 2101 Paris Road, Chalmette, (504) 510-3080 — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Cafe Gentilly — 5339 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.thecafegentilly.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily.

Cash only. $

Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., , (504) 371-5074; www.spottedcatfoodspirits.com — Reservations recommended.

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

CHINESE August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 894-8881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. Brunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Sat.-Sun., early dinner Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Cafe Luna — 802 1/2 Nashville Ave., (504) 333-6833; www.facebook.com/cafeluna504 — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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

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

Emeril’s Restaurant — 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-new-orleans — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

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

Meril — 424 Girod St., (504) 526-3745; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/meril — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

NOLA Restaurant — 534 St. Louis St., (504) 522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/nola-restaurant — Reservations recommended. Lunch Thu.-Mon., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

NOLA Beans — 762 Harrison Ave., (504) 267-0783; www.nolabeans.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Rue 127 — 127 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 483-1571; www.rue127.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

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Vietnamese-style lamb chops are served over greens at Namese (4077 Tulane Ave., 504-483-8899; www.namese.net).

PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER

Salon Restaurant by Sucre — 622 Conti St., (504) 267-7098; www.restaurantsalon.com — Reservations accepted.

Brunch and early dinner Thu.-Mon. Credit cards. $$

Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $

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

CREOLE

Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

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

Sammy’s Po-boys & Catering — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0916; Www.sammyspoboys.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., Dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Reservations recommended.

Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 592-0223; www.weltysdeli.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.Fri. Credit cards. $

The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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

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Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

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

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www. andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

DELI

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

Breaux Mart — Citywide; www. breauxmart.com — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — No

reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily.

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

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Capdeville — 520 Capdeville St., (504) 371-5161; www.capdevillenola.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Reservations recommended.

Dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 9344900; www.heritagegrillmetairie.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ Kingfish — 337 Chartres St., (504) 5985005; www.kingfishneworleans.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Le Bayou Restaurant — 208 Bourbon St., (504) 525-4755; www.lebayourestaurant. com — No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night Mon.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

MUSIC AND FOOD

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

Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS

House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations.

Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; 5538 Magazine St.; www.juansflyingburrito.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $

SEAFOOD Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

R&O’s Restaurant — 216 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie, (504) 8311248; www.rnosrestarurant.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant — 738 Poland Ave., (504) 943-9914; Www.jackdempseys.net — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

PERUVIAN

Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

PIZZA

El Gato Negro — 81 French Market Place, (504) 525-9752; 300 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-0107; 800 S. Peters St., (504) 3098864; www.elgatonegronola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN

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. $

Heads & Tails Seafood & Oyster Bar — 1820 Dickory Ave., Suite A, Harahan, (504) 533-9515; www.headsandtailsrestaurant.com — No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

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

Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards.$$

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

Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

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

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Casablanca — 3030 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2209; www.casablancanola.com — Reservations accepted.

Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner Sun.-Thu. Credit cards. $$

OUT TO EAT

G’s Kitchen Spot — Balcony Bar, 3201 Magazine St., (504) 891-9226; www. gskitchenspot.com — No reservations.

Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards.$

Restaurant des Familles — 7163 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 689-7834; www. desfamilles.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

STEAKHOUSE

G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 4836464; www.gspizzas.com — No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $

Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www. dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

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

Credit cards. $$

The Steak Knife Restaurant & Bar — 888 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-8981; www.steakkniferestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; www.slicepizzeria.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024

VIETNAMESE Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 4838899; www.namese.net — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Rolls N Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.rollsnbowlsnola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

La Casita Taqueria — 8400 Oak St., (504) 826-9913; www.eatlacasita.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

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TUESDAY 31 21st Amendment — Prohibition All-Stars, 7:30 Banks Street Bar — Ricky T & the Robots, 9 Blue Nile — Mike Dillon, Gravity A, 9 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 9 BMC — Hyperphlyy, 9; MainLine, midnight Cafe Istanbul — The Stepmom’s Halloween Ball feat. Gatorators, 8:30 Cafe Negril — 4 Sidemen of the Apocalypse, 6 Check Point Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7; The Unnaturals (album release), 10 Chickie Wah Wah — Chip Wilson, 5:30; Dana Abbott & Johnny Dilks, 8; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 10 Circle Bar — Haunted Haus, Nevernaughts, 10 d.b.a. — DinosAurchestra, 7; Morning 40 Federation, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Sexual Thunder!, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Halloween dance party, 8 House of Blues (The Parish) — Spafford, Southern Avenue, 8 Jazz National Historical Park — Richard “Piano” Scott, noon Joy Theater — Crowbar, EyeHateGod, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 The Maison — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 4; Gregory Agid Quartet, 6:30 Old U.S. Mint — Down on Their Luck Orchestra, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Quintron & Miss Pussycat, 8 Poor Boys — MDC, The Antidon’ts, Torture Garden, Out of Reach, Street Sects, Proud/ Father, Straight Panic, 9 Queenie’s — Jackson Square All-Stars, 6:30 Ray’s — Bobby Love & Friends, 7 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10 Tipitina’s — Toadies, Local H, 9

WEDNESDAY 1 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat.

Giselle Anguizola, 2; Mem Shannon, 6:30; Sunshine Brass Band, 10 Banks Street Bar — Major Bacon, 10 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Sierra Green & Soul Machine, 5; Mignano, 8 Cafe Negril — Maid of Orleans, 6; Another Day in Paradise, 9:30 Check Point Charlie — T-Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Ivor Simpson-

Kennedy, 5:30 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 7; Scott Reynolds, Tim Hampshire, 10 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The George French Trio, 9:30 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Reggae Night with DJ T-Roy, Bayou International Sound, 10 Gasa Gasa — The War and Treaty, Crossing Canal, 9 House of Blues (The Parish) — Jet Lounge, 11 Joy Theater — Flying Lotus, Seven Davis Jr., PBDY, 8:30 The Maison — New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 6:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, 10 Pearl Wine Bar — John Hebert (album release), 6 Preservation Hall — Preservation All-Stars feat. Will Smith, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & the Next Generation, 8 & 10 Rhodes Chapel and Pavilion — All Saints Day Remembrance Musical and Mass, 9 a.m.

Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Yat Pack, 8 Siberia — DJs Matt Scott and Otto, 9 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Chris Christy’s Band, 2; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 10

THURSDAY 2 Bamboula’s — Kala Chandra, 3; Royal Street Windin’ Boys feat. Jenavieve Cook, 6:30; Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 10 Banks Street Bar — Pucusana, 9 Bar Mon Cher — Bats in the Belfry with DJs Mange and Schadenfreude, 9 Bar Redux — Ken Swartz & the Palace of Sin, 9 The Bayou Bar — Philip Melancon, 8 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night feat. Higher Heights and DJ T-Roy, 11 BMC — Burris, 11 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Castle Theatre — Linda Wright, Reggie Smith, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Marshland, 8 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae & Gina Leslie, 7; Una Walkenhorst, Sarah Ristaino, 9:30 d.b.a. — Alexis & the Samurai, 7; Luke Winslow King & Sarah Quintana, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Jason Bishop’s American Jam, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Charlie Kohlmeyer Quartet, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — Max Taylor, Freakout!, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Mixtape (’90s and ’00s dance party), 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — The Soul Rebels, 11 The Maison — The Good for Nothin’ Band, 4;

Flying Lotus in 3D

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AS IF HIS MAXIMALIST PRODUCTIONS weren’t enough — lysergically blissful, surgically spiralized engorgements of sound that pull from the outer reaches of jazz, deep space funk, Top 40 hip-hop and avant-garde cinema — Flying Lotus presents yet one more dimension for us to keep track of: the shit flying at your face during his concert. Too much is nevP H O T O B Y T I M S AC C E N T I er enough for Steven Ellison, the creative force behind the Los Angeles anti-hivemind Brainfeeder collective (Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, et al.), the five universe-traversing Flying Lotus LPs (capped by 2014 white light You’re Dead!) and the surprise-reveal MC Captain Murphy. Thus we now have this how-on-earth/why’d-it-take-so-long contradictory epiphany, an audiovisual maelstrom of eyeball-frying laser beams and eardrum-searing aural terraforming from the man whose 2016 directorial vehicle (Kuso, driven drunk by a clown car of comedians and musicians including Hannibal Buress, Tim Heidecker, Busdriver and George Clinton) crash-landed in the Bermuda Triangle between body horror, B-movie comedy and explicit pornography. (Actual Variety review: “Like 90 minutes of a toddler sticking its stained finger in your face while giggling, ‘Looka my poopie!’”) Don’t worry, even that critic agrees his music is amazing. And it should be said that the shit flying at your face will not be literal shit, although maybe Ellison reads this and gets another idea. Seven Davis Jr. and PBDY open. Tickets $30-$45.

— NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

• Nov. 1 • 8:30 p.m. Wednesday • The Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www.thejoytheater.com

Dysfunktional Bone, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 11 Mudlark Public Theatre — Gatecreeper, Barghest, 7 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Luke Winslow King & Matt Rhody, 6 Old Point Bar — Wonderland, 9 Poor Boys — Long Live the Goat, Trance Farmers, Druids, 9 Pour House Saloon — Dave Ferrato, 8:30 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Chubby Carrier, 8:30 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Sarah McCoy, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo≈Shrimp, 10 Tipitina’s — Corey Smith, 9 Vaughan’s Lounge — Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 10

FRIDAY 3 21st Amendment — Juju Child Blues Band, 9:30 The AllWays Lounge & Theater — Rewind: ’80s, ’90s, ’00s with DJ Matt Scott, 10 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Crawdaddy T’s Cajun Zydeco Review, 10

Banks Street Bar — Nate Hancock, 9 Bar Mon Cher — Samantha Pearl, 8:30 Bar Redux — Blato Zlato, 9 The Bayou Bar — Philip Melancon, 8 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins, 7; The Soul Rebels, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m.

Bourbon O Bar — The Doyle Cooper Jazz Band, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — The Pinettes Brass Band, 6 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show, 8 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Classy Country Combo, 6; Space Bass with DJs Obi-1 and Slick Leo, 10 d.b.a. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; R. Scully & the Rough 7, Malevitus, 10 Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall — Pfister Sisters, 6:30 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Panorama Jazz Band, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Johnny Vidacovich, Skerik, Brian Haas, 7; PAGE 40

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The Tipping Point with DJ RQ Away, 10 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Buena Vista Social (Latin dance party), 10 Gasa Gasa — Anarbor, Sundressed, My Heart Might Explode, 10 Hey! Cafe — Jack Donovan, Sharks’ Teeth, New Air, New Holland, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hotel Garuda, Geotheory, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Jake J & the Killjoys, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Jeff “Snake” Greenberg, 7 The Maison — Shotgun Jazz Band, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — Jake Eckert & Friends, 10 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Dick Deluxe, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Bon Bon Vivant (album recording), 8 One Eyed Jacks — Soulful Takeover with DJ Soul Sister, 9 Poor Boys — Kid Dead, Adam Serene, Slangston Hughes, 9 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band feat. Wendell Brunious, 5 & 6; The Preservation Brass feat. Daniel “Weenie” Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Vincent, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Groovy 7, 9:30 SideBar — Aurora Nealand & Annie Ellicott, 9 Southport Hall — Will to Power, 8; Solunar, Deceived by the Fallen, 8 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 Terra Bella — Chubby Carrier, 5:30 Twist of Lime — Rock to the Rescue All-Star Jam, 10

SATURDAY 4 21st Amendment — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 9:30 Bamboula’s — G & the Swinging Three, 2:30; Johnny Mastro, 7; City of Trees Brass Band, 11:30 Banks Street Bar — Friendshrimp, 9 Bar Mon Cher — Barbarella Blue, 8:30 Bar Redux — Cumbia Calling with DJ Malaria Sound Machine, 10 The Bayou Bar — Philip Melancon, 8 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Skerik, The Fu-Fu All-Stars, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m.

BMC — The Jazzmen, 3; Willie Lockett, 5 Bogue Falaya Park — Falaya Fest feat. Dash Rip Rock, The Ardent Spirits, Grace Billie, Julie Odell, Amedee Frederick V, 3 Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters & the Party Meters, 8 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — The Johnny Sansone Band feat. Jake Peavy, 9 Circle Bar — Gram Parsons’ 71st Birthday Blowout, 6 d.b.a. — Tuba Skinny, 7; Little Freddie King, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Michael Mason Band, 10 Gasa Gasa — Will Payne Harrison, Steven Dunn, 8 The Goat — Adair Alastair, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Pink Room Project, 11 Howlin’ Wolf — Love Gun (KISS tribute), 8

Howlin’ Wolf Den — The Dustbowl Revival, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Tom Hook, 5; Nayo Jones Experience, 7 Joy Theater — Iron & Wine, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — MainLine, 10 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — Alex Massa’s Big Fat Trio feat. Jamison Ross, Brad Walker, Brian Haas, 11 Marigny Brasserie & Bar —The Key Sound, 4 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Gal Holiday, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Glamrock Superfoxx, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Charlie Fardella & Tim Laughlin, Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Poor Boys — Wasted Potency, Young Dudda & Heeny, Young Owl, J Hurst, Pappa Whatsky, Avocado Sueve, 9 Preservation Hall — Preservation All-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Will Dickerson Band, 1; Justin Donovan, 6; Steve Mignano, 10 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Lucas Davenport, 6; Hyperphlyy, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Latin Night, 9 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Amanda Ducorbier, 9 Shamrock Bar — The Soul Rebels, 10 SideBar — New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Donald Harrison Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Up Up We Go, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Panorama Jazz Band, 6 Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Dayna Kurtz, 6 Tipitina’s — Kermit Ruffins, Irvin Mayfield, Cirque du Freque (Basin Street Records 20th anniversary), 9 Twist of Lime — Rock to the Rescue AllStar Jam, 10 Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Sam Kuslan, 5

SUNDAY 5 21st Amendment — Christopher Johnson Quartet, 8 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Carl LeBlanc, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — SkeeterLeg, 8 Bar Redux — Lynn Drury, John Hebert, Alex Bosworth, 9 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — Ruth Marie’s Jazz Band, 7 Bourbon O Bar — G & the New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Pfister Sisters, 4; Steve Pistorius, Orange Kellin, Benny Amon, 7 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi, 9:30 Circle Bar — Gram Parsons’ 71st Birthday Blowout, 6 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Sunday Swampede feat.

Feufollet, 5; Uncle Nephew feat.

Shannon Powell, 10 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10

MONDAY 6 21st Amendment — Kala Bazaar Swing Society, 7:30 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Co & Co Traveling Show, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30; Smoky Greenwell, 9 Banks Street Bar — Chris Dibenedetto’s Piano Showcase, 7 Blue Nile — Jeff Chaz, 7; Brass-A-Holics, 10 BMC — Lil Red & Big Bad, 8; TUBAD & the Kings of NOLA, 10 Bourbon O Bar — Shake It Break It Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Arsene Delay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; In Business, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Justin Molaison, 5:30; Alex McMurray & Johnny Sansone, 8 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 7; Motown Monday with DJ Shane Love, 10 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 7; Egg Yolk Jubilee, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander’s Blues Jam Session, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Audiodope with DJ Ill Medina, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hungry Skinny, Slow Hound, Bad Moon Lander, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 One Eyed Jacks — Bad Suns, Hunny, QTY, 8 Rare Form — Nervous Duane, 1 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — John Marcey Duo, 4; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7

MUSIC SideBar — Rex Gregory Farewell Trio feat. Dave Easley, Doug Garrison, 8:30 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — Sam Cammarata, 3; Carolyn Broussard, 6 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 2; Sarah McCoy, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 10 Three Muses — Luke Winslow King, 8 Tipitina’s — Saint Motel, GIBBZ, 9

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — The organist’s “Organ & Labyrinth” performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock by candlelight.

Free. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Choral Evensong. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — The Trinity Choir performs George Dyson’s Service in D for All Saints Day. Free. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Finckel, Sussmann and Neubauer String Trio. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105 — The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s David Finckel, Arnaud Sussman and Paul Neubauer perform.

Visit www.friendsofmusic.org for details.

Tickets $14-$35. 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871 — The orchestra’s “Star Wars and Beyond” program features film score composer John Williams’ work from Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter movies. Visit www. lpomusic.com for details. Tickets $20$140. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Loyola Woodwind Quartet. Children’s Resource Center, 913 Napoleon Ave., (504) 596-2628; www.nolalibrary.org — The group performs chamber music.

Free. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg & the Loyola Strings. Loyola University New Orleans, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www. montage.loyno.edu — The violinist performs with Loyola music faculty and students. Tickets $10-$40. 7:30 p.m.

Saturday.

Nocturne XV. Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 921 Canal St., (504) 524-1331 — Pianist Spencer Myer performs at the fundraiser for the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans. Visit www.masno.org for details.

Tickets $200. 5 p.m. Sunday.

Symphony Chorus of New Orleans.

Academy of the Sacred Heart, 4521 St. Charles Ave., (504) 269-1213; www.ashrosary.org — The chorus’ “Street Requiem” concert benefits programs for the homeless. Visit www. symphonychorus.org for details. Tickets $25. 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Gasa Gasa — Making Movies, Fruta Brutal, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 The Jefferson Orleans North — Cindy Van Duyne, The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 7 Joy Theater — Sal Vulcano, Bert Kreischer, Nate Bargatze, 7 The Maison — Higher Heights, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio feat.

Walter “Wolfman” Washington, 10 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Jean Marie Harris, 7 One Eyed Jacks — Marina Orchestra, 8 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Mark Braud & Sunday Night Swingsters, 8 Poor Boys — DJ Chrischarge (punk night), 10 Preservation Hall — Preservation All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — Will Kennedy, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 SideBar — Sasha Masakowski & Annie Ellicott, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Stanton Moore All-Stars feat. Skerik, Eric Bloom, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Kristina Morales & the Inner Wild, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Linnzi Zaorski, 8 Trinity Episcopal Church — New Aurora Saxophone Ensemble, 5

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FILM FESTIVALS New Orleans Palestinian Film Festival.

First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans, 2903 Jefferson Ave., (504) 8669010; www.firstuuno.org — The annual fest features films related to Palestinian culture. This year’s event highlights documentary films about black experiences in Palestine. Visit www.nolapsc.org for details. Friday-Sunday. The fest moves to Loyola University, Nunemaker Auditorium (6363 St. Charles Ave.) Saturday-Sunday.

Pontchartrain Film Festival. Mandeville Trailhead, 675 Lafitte St., Mandeville, (985) 624-3147; www.mandevilletrailhead.com — The two-day festival features a screening of Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table and several Louisiana-made films. Visit www.pontchartrainfilmfestival. com for details. Friday-Saturday.

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REVIEW

Islenos: A Root of America

THERE’S A GOOD REASON why New Orleans spends so much time celebrating and preserving its many • Opens Nov. 3 regional cultures. Historically, some • Chalmette Movies, 8700 W. of those cultures have nearly been lost — in some cases coming closer Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, than many would believe possible.

(504) 304-9992; A telling example lies at the www.chalmettemovies.com heart of writer-director Eduardo Cubillo’s documentary Islenos: A Root of America, which had its U.S. premiere at the recent New Orleans Film Festival and will receive a weeklong run at Chalmette Movies. The film traces the southeast Louisiana history of the Islenos, a people indigenous to the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain located off the coast of Africa. Some 2,000 Islenos traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in 1778 at the behest of Louisiana Gov. Bernardo de Galvez (whose father was governor of the Canaries), in part to help protect New Orleans from attack by British forces. They later played a key role in the Battle of New Orleans.

The Islenos established five settlements in the region (and founded St. Bernard Parish), one of which fully maintained its Spanish language heritage and unique Canary Islands culture until the late 20th century. But, as eloquent St. Bernard Parish historian Bill Hyland eloquently explains in the film, evidence suggests that the Islenos lost their identification with the Canary Islands sometime in the 19th century.

Many in the community assumed that “Islenos,” which translates to “islanders,” referred to the Louisiana island of Delacroix, where the Spanish-language settlement moved after the Civil War. It took the sleuthing of another historian, an Isleno named Frank Fernandez, to re-establish the historical connection to the Canary Islands in the 1970s. Otherwise, a full understanding of Islenos culture might have remained out of reach forever.

That revelation — and the joyous reaction to it among Islenos interviewed for the film — sets the tone early for Islenos: A Root of America. In addition to celebrating Isleno culture, Cubillo’s engaging hourlong film is intended as an act of preservation.

It makes a strong case for the Islenos as a uniquely influential regional force.

The film examines the early history of Islenos settlers in Louisiana before moving on to the Battle of New Orleans (incorporating footage from recent re-enactments) and the Islenos’ colorful history as fur trappers, fishermen and suppliers of Cuban rum and whiskey to New Orleans during Prohibition. The deep influence of Islenos on regional music is found in the stories of early jazz sensation Alcide Nunez and accordion player Joe Falcon, who made the first-ever recording of Cajun music in 1928.

Outlandish, possibly apocryphal stories such as one in which an Isleno saved a grateful Al Capone from drowning in a Louisiana storm are hard to verify, but that doesn’t diminish their entertainment value — or their capacity for illuminating the Islenos’ worldview.

Islenos: A Root of America features far higher production values than generally found in regionally themed documentaries. Cubillo runs a film production company based in the Canaries, and his documentary was co-produced by the islands’ Television Canaria. All of which helps give Islenos: A Root of America the flavor of a letter sent by a distant traveler to the folks back home, some of whom may be wondering what their expatriates have been up to for the last 240 years. The answer, as it turns out, is quite a lot. — KEN KORMAN

A Bad Moms Christmas (R) — “Bad moms” Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn return to wage war on Christmas under the watchful eye of their own mothers. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal Dark Meridian — The crime thriller was shot in New Orleans and stars local actor Billy Slaughter. Chalmette Deliver Us — Exorcisms, and the priests who perform them, are explored in the documentary. Zeitgeist Islenos: Root of America — This documentary is about St. Bernard Parish residents with roots in the Canary Islands. Chalmette Keep Watching (R) — In this film’s Black Mirror-esque conceit, a family is stalked by serial killers on live streaming video.

West Bank The Killing of a Sacred Deer — The film is Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to last year’s bleakly hilarious The Lobster. Broad Neither Wolf Nor Dog — The road trip movie is set in Lakota country and is adapted from a Native American novel by Kent Nerburn. Zeitgeist Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) — Chris Hemsworth reprises his role as the Norse-inspired Marvel character.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal

NOW SHOWING All I See Is You (R) — Blake Lively stars in the thriller about a once-blind woman whose restored sight reveals mysteries.

Elmwood American Made (R) — Tom Cruise tries to win us back in this trueish story about a pilot recruited into CIA cartel ops.

Slidell, Regal Blade Runner 2049 (R) — The long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s cyberpunky thriller features Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford. Broad, Regal The Florida Project (R) — Breakout writer-director Sean Baker (Tangerine) presents the film about a precocious six-year-old living at a run-down motel. Broad The Foreigner (R) — A London businessman (Jackie Chan) breaks bad when his

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cy. 7 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Bride of Frankenstein — Boris Karloff is the monster in this 1935 film. 10 a.m.

Wednesday. Prytania Gun Crazy and Detour — New Orleans Film Noir Society presents the double feature. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Bar Redux I’ll Push You: A Real-Life Inspiration — A man pushes his buddy in wheelchair across the 500-mile Camino de Santiago.

Elmwood, Regal Kirk Cameron Revive Us 2 — This film’s terrifying tagline: “A National Family Meeting.” 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut — This cut of the musical about a crazed carnivorous plant features an alternative ending. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuessday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal Most Beautiful Island — An undocumented young woman tries to escape her past.

9 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Murder on the Orient Express — This is the acclaimed 1974 adaptation≈of the Agatha Christie novel. 10 a.m.

Sunday. Prytania Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! — Surely this new feature aims to capitalize on the success of Pokemon Go. 12:55 p.m.

Sunday, 7 p.m. Monday. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Purge This Land — Abolitionist John Brown is profiled. 5 p.m. Sunday. Zeitgeist Queen of the Damned — Aaliyah is queen of the vampires in this film adapted from an Anne Rice novel. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Tuesday. Ace Hotel, 3 Keys Return of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 and They Live — A quartet of ’80s horror movies is screened. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Bar Redux The Rocky Horror Picture Show — An engaged couple forgets to leave a trail of breadcrumbs when they find a castle in the woods. 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Prytania, Elmwood The Secret Life of Pets — Louis C.K., Hannibal Buress, Jenny Slate and others provide voices for this animated animal adventure. 7 p.m. Friday. Evans Playground Sixteen Candles (PG) — The quintessential Molly Ringwald movie is screened.

7:30 p.m. Friday. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden Spirited Away (PG) — Miyazaki’s animated fantasy is Japan’s highest-grossing movie of all time. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Elmwood, West Bank, Regal Victor Crowley — A recent film in the Louisiana-set Hatchet horror franchise.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Prytania Working in Protest — The film edits together archival footage from protests and demonstrations. 5 p.m. Saturday. Zeitgeist

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West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell Geostorm (PG-13) — Climate scientists battle weather-control satellites gone haywire in this vaguely futuristic environmental thriller. West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal Happy Death Day (PG-13) — Like Groundhog Day, if Groundhog Day had been a slasher film. West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal It (R) — A new adaption of the Stephen King book that sparked a nation’s fear of clowns. Slidell, Regal Jigsaw (R) — The torture-porn franchise resurrects itself with the return of a killer once thought dead. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal, Clearview Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R) — The star-studded spy comedy follows 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service. Slidell The LEGO NINJAGO Movie (PG) — Plastic figurines experiment with martial arts.

Slidell, Regal Let There Be Light (PG-13) — An atheist responds predictably to a near-death experience. Slidell Loving Vincent (PG-13) — The animated film tells the story of Vincent van Gogh’s death. Broad Marshall (PG-13) — Chadwick Boseman portrays Thurgood Marshall as a young NAACP lawyer trying a high-profile sexual assault case. West Bank, Broad The Mountain Between Us (PG-13) — Kate Winslet is opposite Idris Elba in a survivalist drama about a plane crash.

Slidell, Regal My Little Pony: The Movie (PG) — Round up your bronies for this animated musical based on the children’s show.

Chalmette, Slidell Only the Brave (PG-13) — An elite firefighting team spars with a raging fire in Yarnell, Arizona. Slidell, Regal Same Kind of Different as Me (PG-13) — An art dealer buddies up to a homeless man in a last-ditch effort to win back his wife (Renee Zellweger). Elmwood, Regal The Snowman (R) — Michael Fassbender is elite detective Harry Hole on a killer’s trail during a harsh winter. Slidell, Regal Suburbicon (R) — The Coen brothers co-wrote this George Clooney-headed black comedy about a cookie-cutter suburban community. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Thank You for Your Service (R) — Soldiers return from Iraq to do battle with post-traumatic stress disorder. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (PG-13) — Madea and friends must flee a haunted campground in Tyler Perry’s perpetual franchise. West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal Victoria & Abdul (PG-13) — An Indian man and Queen Victoria hit it off on the eve of her Jubilee. Prytania, Regal Wild Ocean 3-D — The ecology documentary explores marine life off the South African coast. Entergy Giant Screen

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HAPPENINGS Homecoming at NAM. Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 3142406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane. edu — There are glass blowing and artist demonstrations, exhibition tours and cotton candy at the event celebrating the university’s homecoming. Noon Friday.

Julia Street art walk. New Orleans Arts District — Galleries in the Warehouse District host openings from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

A Night with Emilie Rhys and Preservation Hall. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — Visual artist Emilie Rhys discusses visual interpretations of music with curator Eric Seiferth, and Preservation AllStars perform. Registration recommended.

Free admission. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The Sexism Project. Preservation Hall, 726 St. Peter St. — The photography exhibition features interviews with women in the music industry about their experiences with sexism, and several bands perform. Visit www.thesexismproject.com for details. 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Thursday, Friday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Sunday.

OPENING Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — “New Work,” oil paintings by Diego Larguia; “A Plein Air Exploration of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast,” oil paintings by Phil Sandusky; opening reception 5 p.m. Saturday.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery. com — “Queen of Mirth,” new works by Stephen Paul Day; “Spirit in the Dark,” new works by Douglas Bourgeois; opening reception 6 p.m. Saturday.

Brand New Orleans Art Gallery. 646 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 251-2695; www. brandneworleansartgallery.com — “Been Seeing You Go,” new paintings by Tim Cavnar; opening reception 6 p.m. Saturday.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “New Sculpture,” new works

by David Borgerding; opening reception 6 p.m. Saturday.

Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “Louisiana Light,” plein air paintings of South Louisiana by Charles G. Smith; opening reception 6 p.m. Saturday.

“Illuminations: New Orleans in the Night,” night scenes in oil by Lesperance, through Tuesday.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 5297277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Glass sculpture by Paul Bendzunas Sr. and Sy Dowling; opening reception 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

GALLERIES 5 Press Gallery. 5 Press St., (504) 940-2900; www.5pressgallery. com — “Lo.cus,” new mixed-media works created from found materials by Lorna Williams, through Nov. 11.

A Gallery for Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www. agallery.com — “Barking at God — Retablos Mundanos,” hand-colored photogravures combining Mexican devotional art and New Orleans graffiti, through December.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery. com — Group exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “Pleasure, Performance, Politics,” work addressing contemporary

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

Gallery Orange. 819 Royal St., (504) 701-0857; www.gallery-orange.com — “In Bloom,” stylized portraits by Anna Kincaide, ongoing.

Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www. goodchildrengallery.com — “Property of Emptiness,” works by Ana Husman, Jusuf Hadifejzovic and Summer Acceptance, through Sunday.

Guy Lyman Fine Art. 3645 Magazine St., (504) 899-4687; www.guylymanfineart.com — “What We’re Made Of,” new work by Anne Lipscomb and Rachael Noto, ongoing.

Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett.com — “WTF,” group show featuring James Kane, Caitlin Albritton and 25 other artists, through Dec. 5.

Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery. Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc.edu/departments/art-gallery — “We’re Still Here,” group exhibition by fine arts and visual communications faculty, through Nov. 15.

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

Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans.

433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www. martinlawrence.com — New work by modern masters including Picasso, Chagall, Miro and Dali, through Nov. 12.

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

Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Hello There,” new paintings by Logan Ledford, ongoing.

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

M.S. Rau Antiques. 630 Royal St., (504) 523-5660; www.rauantiques.com — “Aristocracy: Luxury and Leisure in Britain,” art, furniture and objects from 19th-century England, through Jan. 20, 2018.

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issues by eight Louisiana artists, through Sunday. “We Believe in Infinite Intelligence,” prints from Lacey Prpic Hedtke’s book of the same name, through Nov. 27.

Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 3040849; www.antieaugallery.com — New work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing.

Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 891-9080; www.antonart.com — Selected folk art by Mose Tolliver, Jim Sudduth, Howard Finster and others, ongoing.

Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — New work by Dana Manly and Carmen Lee Nance Gambrill; jewelry by Nancie Roark; crafts by Nancy Susaneck; all through Tuesday.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Swing Shift,” new work by Mariam Stephan and Nikki Blair; “Ephemera Revisited,” new work by Christopher Saucedo; both through Saturday.

Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St., (504) 322-5055; www.beatasasik.com — New work by Beata Sasik, ongoing.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery.

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

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Apparitions,” new work in oil by Jere Allen, through Tuesday.

Creason’s Fine Art. 831 Chartres St., (504) 304-4392; www.creasonsfineart.com — “Figures II: Jazz Portraits on Strings,” marionettes by Harry Mayronne, ongoing.

Ellen Macomber Fine Art & Textiles.

1720 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-9414; www.ellenmacomber.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Frank Relle Photography. 910 Royal St., (504) 388-7601 — New selections from “Until the Water,” “Nightscapes” and “Nightshade,” night photographs of Louisiana by Frank Relle, ongoing.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “A Growing Dance,” photography and installation exploring the body by Robyn Leroy-Evans, through Sunday.

Gallery 2. 831 Royal St., (504) 513-8312; www.gallerytwonola.com — “The Needle Dance,” beadwork by Big Chief Demond Melancon of Young Seminole Hunters, through Dec. 7.

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

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Britney Penouilh, Sergio Alvarez and Hernan Caro, through Friday.

New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — “Deafening Sound,” documentary photography about domestic and sexual violence by Annie Flanagan, through Nov. 11.

Pamela Marquis Studio. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 615-1752; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New paintings by Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

Reynolds-Ryan Art Gallery. Isidore Newman School, 5333 Danneel St., (504) 896-6369; www.newmanschool.org — “New Perspectives,” work by five Hispanic contemporary artists, through Dec. 1.

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

Scene by Rhys Art Gallery. 708 Toulouse St., (504) 258-5842; www.scenebyrhys. com — Pen and ink drawings by Emilie Rhys, ongoing.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — “Grand Claims,” new works by Ron Bennett, through Saturday.

ShiNola Gallery. 1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 223-5732; www.facebook. com/shinolagallery — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — “Passages,” oil paintings on linen by Saskia Ozols Eubanks, ongoing.

The Spielman Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504) 899-7670; www.davidspielman.com — Black-and-white photographs

by David Spielman cover travel, Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf South, ongoing.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation. org — “Self/Reflection,” selections from New Orleans Museum of Art collections, through Dec. 3.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Magenta Alert,” photography and audio installations from an endurance performance by Jenna Knoblach, through Friday.

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Instinct,” abstract works by Antonio Carreno; mixed-media prints by Delita Martin; both through Tuesday.

The Striped Hat. 716 Bienville St., (504) 524-8207 — “Dr. Seuss’ Unorthodox Taxidermy,” sculpture by the children’s book author presented by Angela King Gallery, through Tuesday.

Ten Gallery. 4432 Magazine St., (504) 333-1414; www.tengallerynola.com — “Shuffle,” exhibition by gallery artists, through Wednesday.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Lakeshore Drive,” new work by UNO fine arts faculty, through Sunday.

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

Zack Smith Photography Studio and Gallery. 4514 Magazine St., (504) 2517745 — “The Battlefield Oak,” landscape photography by Zack Smith, ongoing.

SPARE SPACES Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design. 1725 Baronne St., (504) 314-2330; www.architecture.tulane. edu/outreach/small-center — “Sites of Resistance,” works highlighting activism in New Orleans throughout the city’s history, through Feb. 5, 2018.

Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — “Things Imagined: Life Outside the Lines,” work about dreams and ideas, through Nov. 26.

Bar Redux. 801 Poland Ave., (504) 5927083; www.barredux.com — “Casualties of Precision,” group show by Huggington Behr, Lee Dotson, Carlos Mendieta, Nick Parnell, Jacqueline Roche and others, through Nov. 16.

East Bank Regional Library. 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — “1,000 Words,” nine photographs by Olivia Greene, through Tuesday.

M. Furniture Gallerie. 2726 Royal St., Suite B, (504) 324-2472; www.mfurnituregallerie.com — Paintings by Tracy Jarmon; copper work by Giovanni; watercolors by Bill James; furniture by John Wilhite, ongoing.

Pirate’s Alley Cafe. 622 Pirate’s Alley, (504) 524-9332; www.piratesalleycafe. com — Paintings, prints and mixed-media works by Joe Bostick, Mario Ortiz, Chris Holcombe, Nathan Durapau, Ernest Brown, Emily Stieber, Jennifer Laffin, Brandon Felix and others, ongoing.

St. Louis Cathedral. Jackson Square, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, (504) 525-9585; www.stlouiscathedral.org — Artists including Ken Cook, Sher Stewart, Joan Bonner, Lee Tucker and Nathan Pitts display works in front of the cathedral and around Jackson Square, ongoing.

St. Tammany Parish Public Library, Mandeville Branch. 844 Girod St., Mandeville, (985) 626-4293; www.sttammany.lib.la.us — “Reading the World: Tablet to Tablet,” traveling exhibition about the evolution of books, through November.

Tulane University (Jones Hall). 6801 Freret St. — “The Organic Modernism of Albert C. Ledner,” drawings, letters and photographs by the architect, through June 8, 2018.

MUSEUMS The Historic New Orleans Collection.

533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc. org — “Storyville: Madams and Music,” photographs, maps, cards and objects from New Orleans’ one-time red-light district, through Dec. 2, and more.

Le Musee de F.P.C. 2336 Esplanade Ave., (504) 233-0384; www.facebook.com/ lemuseedefpc — “Through His Lens,” Harold F. Baquet photography retrospective, through Dec. 15.

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

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays

REVIEW AS A THEME FOR AN ARTWORK, “almost nothing” sounds

Property of Emptiness and A Growing Dance

underwhelming, but multimedia artist Ana Husman’s Almost Nothing video (pictured) explores • Through Nov. 5 the definitive potential of subtlety.

Part of an edgy Croatian art expo • Property of Emptiness: Works by curated by Lala Rascic, it presents landscapes with barely moving Ana Husman, Jusuf Hadzifejzovic and expanses of waves or grasses, Summer Acceptance many seen through windows, as a zoned-out voice describes the • Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. effects of wind speeds like a wonky Claude Ave.; www.goodmeteorologist at a free-verse poetry recital. Based on the way land childrengallery.com management on a Dalmatian island • A Growing Dance: New multimedia caused wind patterns to resemble “a complex feedback loop between works by Robyn LeRoy-Evans interior and exterior spaces,” • The Front, 4100 St. Claude Ave., Husman’s video conveys an austere yet ethereal beauty imbued with a (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org distinctive sense of place. No less prosaic but more pop-artsy in tone is Jusuf Hadzifejzovic’s Property of Emptiness series of framed, empty cigarette packs scrawled with Magic Marker messages.

His Making Holes in the Shop of Voids wall sculpture, cobbled from cardboard packing crates incised with primary colored circles, wryly recalls the Slavic history of geometric modernism from Kazimir Malevich to Victor Vasarely. Although reminiscent of Duchampinspired conceptual art, his works convey a vaguely visceral tone that makes them pleasingly punchy. That description also applies to the “exquisite corpse” graphical poster poem by Summer Acceptance in the rear gallery.

Segueing between hints of emptiness and fulfillment, Robyn LeRoy-Evans’ fabric wall sculptures and photographs explore the sensory dynamics of early motherhood as a dreamlike alternate reality. Her abstract, distinctly feminine and vaguely fleshly fabric wall sculptures often appear as if in a state of suspended, dancelike animation even as their pale rose-, tangerine- and salmon-colored folds hint at the inner mysteries of gestation. The photographs feature related fabric forms punctuated with gestural, choreographic arrangements of her legs, arms or torso in works that suggest an elegant resolution of her ongoing quest to unite her dual passions of mothering and art making. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

and artifacts, and more.

Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes and Culture. 1010 Conti St., (504) 218-4872; www.themardigrasmuseum.com — “Jours des Phantoms; Masks and Mayhem,” new paintings by Herb Roe, through Dec. 27.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “East of the Mississippi: 19th-Century American Landscape Photography,” vintage photographs of the American landscape, through Jan. 7, 2018, and more.

Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www. newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women

Abstractionists,” new work by seven U.S. abstract artists, through Dec. 23.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection,” exhibit about African-American contributions to visual art, through Jan. 21, 2018.

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Titus Andronicus

BILLED BY AS SHAKESPEARE’S BLOODIEST TRAGEDY, Titus Andronicus is believed to be one of the playwright’s first works and not • Nov. 2-5 his finest. Presented by See ’Em On Stage at the AllWays Theatre, it includes 14 killings, six • 8 p.m. Thu.-Sun. severed members, one rape, one live burial, one • AllWays Theatre, case of insanity and one of cannibalism — “an average of 5.2 atrocities per act, or one for ev2240 St. Claude Ave. ery 97 lines,” according to Renaissance scholar www.seosaproductionS. Clarke Hulse. Barbarisms come in such quick company.com succession — blood spewing from mouths, necks and limbs — that the heinous acts seem • Tickets $20-$30 more comic than tragic. Unlike Shakespeare’s later tragedies, wherein heroes gain wisdom PHOTO BY LAUREN MCRAE through suffering, this play’s unrelenting violence is senseless. Perhaps that is the point.

When Roman Gen. Titus Andronicus (Ron Gural) returns from a decade of war, having lost 21 of his own sons, he murders the first-born son of the losing army’s queen, Tamora (Trina Beck), as is the custom.

Titus’ son Lucius (Levi Hood) lops off Alarbus’ arms and throws his entrails into a fire, despite Tamora’s desperate pleas. Tamora is chosen as empress by the new emperor, Saturninus (Clint Johnson). She pretends to be forgiving, but secretly plots revenge — “I’ll find a day to massacre them all / And raze their faction and their family, / The cruel father, and his traitorous sons, / To whom I sued for my dear son’s life.” She casts blame on Titus’ sons for murdering the emperor’s brother Bassianus (Eli Timm), and they are beheaded.

Tamora is wickedly devious and her lover, Aaron the Moor (Monica Harris), is the incarnation of evil. Dressed like Elton John in a gold jacket and tinted eyeshades, Saturninus epitomizes an indifferent and narcissistic ruler. Costuming from different periods suggests the timelessness of Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty story.

Tamora prods her sons Chiron (Nathaniel Twarog) and Demetrius (Kyle Woods) to rape Titus’ daughter Lavinia (Kali Russell), and they also cut out her tongue and chop off her hands. For much of the play, Russell staggers around the theater, clothed only in undergarments, with the stumps of her arms resembling like bloody branches.

This review is not long enough to mention every gruesome act, which also include Bassianus skewered like a kebab and Tamora’s doltish sons baked into meat pies.

With many thinly developed characters and so much wanton carnage, there is little reason for the audience to care about the outcome. In effect, evil seems to triumph.

Though Titus Andronicus is supposed to be a great warrior, Gural visually lacks the machismo to have battled across Europe and offers a dispassionate reaction to the assault on his daughter. Forced to chop off his own hand to ransom his sons, he exhibits no pain. Presumably his lack of emotion indicates a growing insanity, but it isn’t believable.

Were Titus Andronicus presented on a proscenium stage with spectacular effects to represent epic battle and intrigue, the complicated plot might be dramatic, but the characters are unsympathetic and the cause of the conflict unfathomable.

— MARY RICKARD

America’s Wartime Sweethearts: A Tribute to the Andrews Sisters. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5281944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The musical revue honors the Andrews Sisters, who often performed for World War II troops. Tickets $39.99. 10:45 a.m. Saturday.

August: Osage County. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671; www.playmakersinc.com — In the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a dysfunctional family with an eccentric matriarch reunites. Tickets $10-$20. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Beirut. 814 S. Peters St. — Theatre Lab NOLA presents the play, which imagines an AIDS epidemic taking place in the very near future in New York City. Visit www. theatrelabnola.com for details. Tickets $15. 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.

The Boy in the Bathroom. 30 by 90 Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville, (844) 843-3090; www.30byninety.com — In the musical, an obsessive-compulsive philosophy student retreats to his mother’s bathroom for more than a year. Tickets $21. 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Caroline, or Change. Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177 Sala Avenue, Westwego; www.jpas.org — Tony Kushner’s musical is set in 1963 Lake Charles and is about the relationship between an African-American woman and the Jewish family she works for. Tickets $35. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

The Last Five Years. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com — A divorced couple offers different perspectives on the highs and lows of their relationship in Jason Robert Brown’s musical.

Tickets $15-$50. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Odd Couple. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters. com — Ricky Graham directs male and female versions of the Neil Simon comedy.

Tickets $45.90. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

On the Road with Bob Hope & Friends.

National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — Bill Johnson stars as Bob Hope recreating Hope’s famous USO shows from WWII through Vietnam. Tickets $29.52-$64.99. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday.

PAW Patrol Live. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www. arena.uno.edu — In the live version of the Nickelodeon show, Ryder and a crew of pirate pups are on adventure to rescue Cap’n Turbot. Tickets $14-$73. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday, 6 p.m. Saturday.

PJ Masks Time to be a Hero Live!.

Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola.com — Based on the animated TV series, three friends transform themselves in alter-ego animals and go on adventures. Tickets $24-$100.

6 p.m. Wednesday.

Titus Andronicus. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave. — See ’Em On Stage presents Shakespeare’s bloody drama about the conquering Roman general. Visit www.seosaproductioncompany. com for details. Tickets $25-$30. 8 p.m.

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American Mess. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www.barcadianeworleans.com — Katie East hosts local and touring comedians alongside burlesque performances. Free admission.

8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Bayou Blues Burlesque. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge. net — The weekly performance is a burlesque and variety show. 8 p.m. Friday.

Burgundy Burlesque. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 5225400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a weekly burlesque performance featuring live jazz. Free admission; reserved table $10. 9 p.m. Friday.

NOLA Nerdlesque. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — At the twoday festival, local and visiting performers present burlesque based on nerdy subjects and popular culture. Tickets $15.

8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Vixens & Vinyl. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net — Miss GoGo McGregor hosts the evening of burlesque performances.

DJ Shane Love performs. Free admission.

9 p.m. Wednesday.

DANCE So You Think You Can Dance. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola.com — The season 14 cast of of the TV dance competition performs. Tickets $39-$186. 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

COMEDY Black Girl Giggles Comedy Showcase.

The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.net — Members of the Black Girl Giggles comedy troupe perform.

9 p.m. Thursday.

Close Me Out. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Local storytellers recount inebriated adventures. Andrew Healan hosts. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 901 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Massive Fraud presents stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show.

10 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8:30 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Gold. House of Blues, Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — 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., (504) 529-5844; www.

thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts an open-mic standup show. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — Chris Lane hosts the stand-up comedy open mic with burlesque interludes. 9:30 p.m. Monday.

Crescent Fresh. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Ted Orphan and Geoffrey Gauchet host the stand-up comedy open mic. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Dead Sluts. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2185778; www.theallwayslounge.net — The comedy show is about life, death and sex with a variety of performers. 10 p.m.

Wednesday.

Dean’s List. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone, Margee Green and Cyrus Cooper perform improv. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Doug Benson. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www. cafeistanbulnola.com — The comedian performs. 4:20 p.m. Sunday.

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

9 p.m. Friday.

Jim Gaffigan. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www. saengernola.com — The comedian and actor (The Jim Gaffigan Show, Portlandia) performs. Tickets $39-$70. 7 p.m. Friday.

Local Uproar. The AllWays Lounge &

STAGE Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.net — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a stand-up comedy showcase with free food and ice cream. 8 p.m. Saturday.

The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true stories. 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

NOLA Comedy Hour. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — Duncan Pace hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Stand-Up NOLA. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www. thejoytheater.com — Matt Owens hosts comedians Laura Sanders, Corey Mack, James Cusimano and JD Sledge. Tickets $15-$75. 8 p.m. Friday.

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

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HALLOWEEN Bernie Baxter’s Haunted House. Private residence, 44 Vivian Court, Algiers — The annual haunted house tells the tale of “Frederick’s Flicks,” about a mad filmmaker. Free admission. 7 p.m.

Celebration of Life. Victory Fellowship, 5708 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 7335005 — Hayrides, pony rides, inflatables, face painting, a Bible costume contest and more are offered at the family-friendly party with a Christian theme. Free admission. 6 p.m.

Dante’s Disco Inferno Fantastique. Music Box Village, 4557 N. Rampart St. — The Halloween party features kids’ trick-ortreating at 6 p.m. and an adult party from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. There’s a “demonic disco” theme, and costumes are required.

Cauche Mar and DJ Rotten Milk perform.

Tickets $18-$24, kids $8.

Gretna Goblin Night. Gretna Riverfront Amphitheater, Huey P. Long Ave. at First Street, Gretna — There’s music, activities, food and candy at the Halloween event for children ages 10 and under. 6:30 p.m.

Halloween Fun. St. Tammany Parish Library, Causeway Branch, 3457 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-9779 — All 12 branches of the library offer Halloween activities, including jack o’ lantern crafting, bat lectures, spooky stories, trick-ortreating and more. Visit www.sttammany. lib.la.us for details.

Juliette Gordon Lowe Leadership Luncheon. Audubon Tea Room, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5301; www. auduboninstitute.org — The luncheon celebrates the Girl Scouts founder. Proceeds benefit Girl Scout programs in southeast Louisiana. Visit www.gsle.org/leadershipluncheon for details. Tickets $60-$75.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Mortuary. Mortuary Haunted House, 4800 Canal St., (877) 669-3327; www. hauntedmortuary.com — The annual haunted house’s theme is “Phobia.” Tickets $30. 7 p.m.

Operation Troop Treats. Kool Smiles, 6 Westside Shopping Center, Gretna, (504) 264-5309; www.mykoolsmiles.com — Kool Smiles outlets will trade Halloween candy for toys at a rate of one toy per 25 pieces of candy, up to three toys. Email purpledotpr@comcast.net for details.

Spooktacular Storytime. Martin Luther King Library, 1611 Caffin Ave., (504) 5297323; www.nolalibrary.org — Kids wear costumes to a Halloween storytime and trick-or treating event. 4 p.m. There’s a similar event at East New Orleans Regional Library (5641 Read Blvd.) at 5 p.m.

This Is Halloween. Bar Mon Cher, 817 St. Louis St., (504) 644-4278; www. barmoncher.com — There’s a costume contest at the Halloween party, and DJs Mange and Emily Anne perform. Free admission. 10 p.m.

Thriller Flash Mob. New Orleans City Hall, 1300 Perdido St., (504) 658-4000; www. nola.gov — Dancers present the choreographed routine from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Noon.

Voodoofest. Voodoo Authentica of New Orleans, 612 Dumaine St., (504) 522-2111; www.voodooshop.com — Voodoo practicioners and priests discuss the art, and there’s a closing ritual. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 1 Day of the Dead. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 9489961; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — La Source Ancienne Ounfo hosts the celebration and remembrance featuring drinks, a Day of the Dead market, a pot luck supper and a procession. White attire preferred. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.

How the Faith and Business Communities Can Save New Orleans. University of New Orleans, University Center ballroom, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000; www.uno.edu — Mark Morial, Kenneth Polite, Archbishop Gregory Aymond and others speak at the roundtable about best practices for public safety. 6 p.m.

THURSDAY 2 Beer and Brats. Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church, 1230 S. Carrollton Ave. — Knights of Columbus hosts the all-you-can-eat brat feast benefiting diabetes care programs in rural Haiti. Tickets $25. 7 p.m.

A Night of Blue. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, (504) 568-1702; www.generationshall.com — There’s music by Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., James Andrews, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, Charmaine Neville and the Bucktown All-Stars, plus food from local restaurants and a silent auction at the Crimestoppers GNO fundraiser. Visit www.crimestoppersgno.org for details. Tickets $85. 7:30 p.m.

Tony Kushner. Loyola University New Orleans, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www.montage.loyno.edu — American Theatre editor Jim O’Quinn interviews the playwright. Free admission. 7:30 p.m.

Yappy Hour. Cafe Adelaide and Swizzle Stick Bar, Loews New Orleans Hotel, 300 Poydras St., (504) 595-3305; www. cafeadelaide.com — At a happy hour, a portion of proceeds benefits the Louisiana SPCA. 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY 3 Basic Rights in Special Education. West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, (504) 364-2660; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The workshop is for parents of children with special needs. Noon.

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Bucktown Seafood Festival. St. Louis King of France, 1600 Lake Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-8224 — The 20th annual festival features New Orleans cuisine and Louisiana seafood, carnival rides, games, an auction and raffle and live music by Contraflow. Free admission. 7 p.m. Friday, noon Saturday-Sunday.

Fall Foodies and Festivities. Bucktown Harbor and Marina, 325 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie — The benefit for Jefferson Community Health Care Centers offers food from area restaurants, a kids’ area with inflatables and face paintings,

health screenings and more. The Topcats perform. Tickets $25. 5 p.m.

First Fridays on the Boulevard. Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard — Restaurants, music venues and businesses along the boulevard offer discounts and stay open late for special events. 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Just Say YAYA. YAYA Arts Center, 3322 LaSalle St., (504) 529-3306; www.yayainc. com — This gala supports youth arts programs and features food, drinks, a silent auction, and more. The Robin Barnes Trio performs. Tickets start at $50. 7 p.m.

Magnolia | Moonlight | Mardi Gras. Whitehall Plantation, 100 Central Ave., Jefferson — The benefit for Magnolia Community Services has a Mardi Gras theme and features food and an auction. The Mixed Nuts and The Pussyfooters perform. Visit www. mcs-nola.org for details. 7 p.m.

Moonlight Magic at the Monastery. The Monastery, 1236 N. Rampart St. — French Quarter Citizens hosts the annual gala featuring food, drinks and auctions.

The Yat Pack performs. Visit www.frenchquartercitizens.org for details. Tickets $125. 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans Polo Club International Women’s Charity Tournament. Summergrove Farms, 18379 Highway 40, Covington — The two-day tournament benefits Thoroughbred Retirement Network of Louisiana. Tickets $20, age 12 and under free. Email jackienjolie@gmail.com for details. Friday-Saturday.

Retro ReProm. Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, (504) 361-7821; www.mardigrasworld.com — The black-tie benefit for Boys Town Louisiana offers food, drinks, a silent auction and dancing.

Visit www.boystown.org for details. Tickets $100. 8 p.m.

St. Basil International Food Festival. St. Basil Orthodox Church, 3916 Hudson St., Metairie — The festival showcases Eastern European, Mediterranean and Louisiana cuisines, and there are kids’ activities and Middle Eastern music. Tickets $5-$10, children under age 12 free. 5 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. Saturday.

SATURDAY 4 Bayou Bacchanal. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200 — The festival celebrates Caribbean cultures and Carnival traditions with music, dance and more. Visit www.bayoubacchanal.org for details. Free admission. 11 a.m.

CADA Carnivale. Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 259-1509; www.neworleanscitypark. com — The benefit for the Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans features rides, face painting and cotton candy in the amusement park.

Tickets $10, children $8. 7 p.m.

Central City Festival. Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard — A block party on the boulevard has dance performances, a second line, kids’ activities, music and food. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Covington Art Market. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — The market features a variety of work from local and regional artists, including jewelry, crafts, photography, paintings and more. Visit www.sttammanyartassociation.org for details. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Drink Whiskey, Fight Cancer. Barrel Proof, 1201 Magazine St., (504) 299-1888; www.barrelproofnola.com — The whiskey tasting benefits MD Anderson Cancer Centers and St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Benefit for the Virgin Islands Relief Fund. NOLA Brewing Company, 3001 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 896-9996; www. nolabrewing.com — The event benefiting hurricane recovery programs in the U.S. Virgin Islands features an acoustic Tom Petty tribute, beer, barbecue and a silent auction. Tickets $10. 4 p.m.

NOLA 4x4ing for a Cure. Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, (504) 361-7821; www.mardigrasworld.com — Food, raffles, a silent auction and more are at the party benefiting East Jefferson General Hospital’s Breast Care Center.

Noon to 4 p.m.

Swamp Swap Community Flea Market.

Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 5927083; www.barredux.com — The yard sale benefits New Orleans Bulldog Rescue.

Costumes, bric-a-brac, collectibles, records, clothes, jewelry, books, tie-dye, DVDs, toys, homemade items and more are sold. Free admission. 2 p.m.

MONDAY 6 First Time Renovator Class. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 581-7032; www.prcno.org — The class for first-time home renovators

features cosmetic and budgeting tips.

Registration $40. 5:30 p.m.

SPORTS New Orleans Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.com — New Orleans Pelicans play the Minnesota Timberwolves. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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New Orleans Saints. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 587-3663; www.superdome.com — New Orleans Saints play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Noon Sunday.

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Ed Branley. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The author presents Krauss, The New Orleans Value Store. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Father Lawrence Carney. Pauline Books and Media Catholic Bookstore, 4403 Veterans Memorial Blvd., (504) 887-7631 — The author presents his book Walking the Road to God: Why I Left Everything Behind and Took to the Streets to Save Souls. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. He also reads at Mule’s Religious and Office Supply (2627 David Drive, Metairie) at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Westbank Religious Supply (5100 Westbank Expressway, Suite 8, Marrero) at 1 p.m. Wednesday and Irene’s Cuisine (539 St. Philip St.) at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Kathy Finn. Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www.nolalibrary.org — The journalist discusses her book Tom Benson: A Billionaire’s Journey.

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NaNoWriMo Kickoff. St. Tammany Parish Library, Madisonville branch, 1123 Main St., Madisonville, (985) 845-4819; www. sttammany.lib.la.us — Local novelist M.O. Walsh’s talk for National Novel Writing Month covers first-time authors getting their work into print. 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Richard Campanella. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The author discusses his book Cityscapes of New Orleans. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Whitney Stewart. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The author discusses Feldpost: The War Letters of Friedrich Reiner Niemann.

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Fashion Gala. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, (504) 568-1702; www.generationshall.com — Dress for Success New Orleans’ gala salutes Coco Chanel, and there are fashion displays, food, drinks and an auction. Jenn Howard Band performs. Visit www.neworleans. dressforsuccess.org for details. Tickets $85. 8 p.m.

Forest Fest. Woodlands Conservancy, 449 F. Edward Hebert Blvd., Belle Chasse, (504) 433-4000; www.woodlandsconservancy.org — There’s musical performances, guided hikes, a scavenger hunt, inflatables and arts and crafts at the annual fest. Free admission. 10 a.m.

L’Odyssee. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The art museum’s gala features New Orleans-inspired cuisine, drinks, a silent auction and a screening of the LSU-Alabama football game. Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra performs. 8 p.m.

Plant Workshops. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Workshops cover medicinal plants and plant identification. Registration required.

Admission $5. 9 a.m.

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Citywide — A bus tour visits four examples of Catholic architecture and stained glass.

Lunch is provided. Visit ww.prcno.org for details. Tickets $80. 9 a.m.

Touch a Truck. Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 465-9985; www.pontchartraincenter.com — Junior League of New Orleans presents the family-friendly event featuring large vehicles and first responders. Tickets start at $10.

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Touro Infirmary Foundation Gala. Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, (504) 361-7821; www.mardigrasworld.com — The gala includes cocktails, dinner and an award presentation. Visit www.touro.com/gala for details. Tickets start at $200. 6 p.m.

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Garden Level 1 BR, 1.5 BA Condo home in prestigious tower w/excellent security, pool, spa, valet parking & gym. Walk to all that downtown has to offer. $995,000 Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 35 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

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

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Pool privileges. $1,475/mo.

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8821 PLUM ST • 1752 SF • $275,000 Amazing investment opp w/tons of renov’s, one block from trendy Oak St! Currently single family, but can easily be converted to double.

1BR/BA on one side / 2BR/1BA on the other. Huge fenced yd, outdoor security cameras, video doorbell.

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LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT ROOMS BY WEEK. Private bath. All utilities included. $180/week. 1 BR avail. Call (504) 202-0381 or (504) 738-2492.

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6217 LAUREL ST. 2BR/1BA NEWLY RENOVATED. Liv room, dining room, kit w/ NEW appliances, hdwd floors, 1,100 sf. Off st. pkg. $1,150/mo. Call 504-874-4330.

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