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Fake muse

Vulfpeck TUE.-WED. APRIL 24-25 | On the band’s sixth album, 2017’s Mr. Finish Line, the playful funk outfit applies a goofball veneer of warm, ’80s-inspired grooves and squiggly synths to their AM radio soul and R&B arrangements. The band enjoys a two-night run with Joey Dosik starting at 8 p.m. both nights at Tipitina’s.

The Residents revel in obscurity

BY WILL COVIELLO THE RESIDENTS SEEM LIKE A BAND

as well designed for alternative culture weirdness in the 1970s, when surreal imagery on its album covers helped attract crate-digging fans in record stores, as for the age of the internet, conspiracies and fake news.

Band members have managed to remain anonymous through nearly five decades as they’ve repeatedly embraced new technology to create a voluminous catalog of everything from bastardized and deconstructed pop to elaborate sound collages and haunting ambient experiences.

“The Residents have always looked for new creative horizons,” says Homer Flynn, the spokesman for The Cryptic Corporation, an entity created to represent the band. “The Residents did an album 30 years ago called God in Three Persons.

They always thought that would be a theater piece. They’ve got interest from museums about taking this same piece and developing a largescale installation.”

The group formed in Shreveport and moved to San Francisco in the early 1970s, when improvements in multitrack recording enabled The Residents to create their music with its layering of effects. As much an art collective as a band, the members only learned to play a song well enough to record it so they could work on it in a sound studio.

Performing live wasn’t possible for them until the 1980s when sampling devices allowed them to approximate what they produced in the studio. The Residents made music for a decade before the band went on its first tour.

The band is currently on tour, and it performs at The Music Box Village April 30.

The Residents always have appeared in costume. People unfamiliar with their music may recognize early images of four members in tuxedos and top hats with eyeball masks covering their heads.

The current In Between Dreams tour has its own theatrical design.

TUE. APRIL 24 | Home to some of 2017’s most sweetly chiming guitar parts and perfectly dissonant female shouts, the third LP by Seattle quartet Chastity Belt, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone (Hardly Art), fondly recalls ’80s mixtape memories and dearly departed U.K. outfit Electrelane.

Lala Lala and Pope open at 9 p.m. at Gasa Gasa.

Joey Bada$$ WED. APRIL 25 | The surgical Pro Era emcee reflects on fame against the social and political zeitgeist on 2017’s acclaimed All-Amerikkkan Bada$$. The “Juicy”-inspired “Land of the Free” goes for the jugular: “In the land of the free, it’s full of freeloaders / Leave us dead in the street to be their organ donors. / They disorganized my people, made us all loners. / Still got the last names of our slave owners.” Boogie, Buddy and Dessy Hinds open at 8 p.m. at Republic.

The band culled its catalog for songs about dreams, and it features video interludes with characters talking about their dreams. One of the characters is a blues singer, who is the subject of an album in development.

“One of The Residents always loved the blues and wanted to do a blues album,” Flynn says. “But for The Residents to do a straight blues album didn’t seem like a good fit. We had to find a context for it.

They came up with a character who wanted to be a blues singer.”

The show also includes some work from The Residents’ most recent album, The Ghost of Hope, which is about train wrecks. Lyrics go into details and personal accounts of actual train crashes from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Aside from its extended storytelling, it’s one of more conventional albums The Residents’ have released.

The band’s forthcoming album, Intruders, is more abstract. Conceptually, it’s about people who one can’t get out of one’s mind. Such intruders might be a long-term love interest turned recent ex or a person on the street begging and in need, Flynn says.

Some of The Residents’ music demands an acquired taste or

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indulgence. The band learned that a bar in Berkeley used its tortured version of The Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” to help clear the house after last call, Flynn says.

But the band very successfully built its own mythology, partly through its masked identity. A 2015 documentary titled Theory of Obscurity featured an array of fans, from Simpsons creator Matt Groening to an array of musicians who have had to deny being members of the band, such as Les Claypool of Primus.

“The Residents have always fostered rumors and, shall we say, misinformation — fake news as they call it now,” Flynn says. “They love all that. They love to engage people’s imagination. If people believe one of the residents is Ringo Starr, well, then, hey, that’s great.”

Queens of the Stone Age with Wolf Alice FRI. APRIL 27 | Josh Homme was a decade early with his 2007 album Era Vulgaris. He’s right on time with Villains (Matador), a hammy, glammy stomp that sounds like the hedonistic soundtrack to the last days on Earth or the first ones in hell. Breakout 2017 Brits Wolf Alice (Visions of a Life) open at 8:30 p.m. at Saenger Theatre.

Neon-Medeski MON. APRIL 30 | This extremely late-night debut from John Medeski and former Prince bassist MonoNeon concludes New Orleans’ week of jam band oversaturation with a delirious all-star arrangement featuring Robert Walter, Daru Jones, Skerik and DJ Logic. At 2 a.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

WWOZ Piano Night MON. APRIL 30 | In its 30th iteration, the benefit concert for community radio station WWOZ salutes Fats Domino with a lineup including Jon Cleary, Ellis Marsalis, Davell Crawford, Marcia Ball, David Torkanowsky, Henry Gray and others.

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Nailah Jefferson, a New

Orleans filmmaker, was one of five recipients of a diversity fellowship from Chicken & Egg Pictures, an organization that supports women nonfiction filmmakers. Jefferson’s latest documentary is Commuted, the story of a 52-year-old woman who was released after spending half her life in prison. Her previous film, Vanishing Pearls, was about an African-American oyster fishing community affected by the BP oil disaster. The fellowship comes with a $5,000 prize.

Leah Chase will be honored

as “Humanist of the Year” at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities’ (LEH) annual dinner May 10. Among the night’s other major honorees are philanthropist and art collector Roger Ogden, and former Gambit editor Michael Tisserand, whose book Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in White and Black, is one of the LEH’s 2018 Books of the Year.

Louisiana is once again at

the bottom of a list of “bests.”

The website WalletHub ranked the Pelican State as the second-worst in the nation when it came to children’s health, using a variety of metrics. Among the findings: Louisiana ranks 50th among the states when it comes to number of pediatricians and family physicians per capita, has one of the highest infant death rates in the nation, and has the lowest percentage of kids in excellent or very good health.

The percentage of Louisiana residents who think that local news organizations are accurate in their reporting.

“MOST LOUISIANA RESIDENTS

MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMING AS EARLY AS FALL

P H O T O B Y F R E E I M AG E S .

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Medical marijuana could be available to Louisiana patients as early as September — 40 years after state lawmakers first approved marijuana for medical use.

Officials from Louisiana State University (LSU) and Southern University — the stewards of the state crops to be processed into cannabis-based medicines — presented rough timelines and budgets to the joint House and Senate agriculture committees April 18. Also last week, the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy awarded competitive, potentially lucrative dispensary licenses to nine pharmacies across the state.

These moves follow 2015 and 2016 legislation that tasked several statewide agencies with devising rules for medical cannabis in Louisiana. Those laws followed a dead-end 1978 medical marijuana law that sat dormant on the books without any legal infrastructure to back it up.

Current law allows only for oil-, cream- and pill-based cannabidiol products, not smokable pot, to treat cancer, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Crohn’s disease, cachexia and epilepsy.

This year, Louisiana lawmakers are considering bills to allow medical marijuana to treat glaucoma, severe muscle spasms, chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder.

LSU will grow plants in an undisclosed 27,000-square-foot building in Baton Rouge. “The thought of having 40 acres of weed growing out in the country does not exist,” said Bill Richardson, LSU Vice President for Agriculture and Dean of the College of Agriculture. GB Sciences will build a 5,000-square-foot lab for research and production following the plants’ eight- to ten-week growing cycle. GB Sciences will develop products from LSU’s crop and Advance Biomedics will develop Southern University’s crop. The goal is to produce a “plant that’s very low in THC and very high in CBD,” Richardson said. LSU’s product could be made available as early as September.

Southern University anticipates construction “starting immediately” and lasting roughly six months. Production of the crop begins in October and processing — handled by Advance Biometrics — is likely to begin in December and January. Southern’s product will be available to dispensaries in early February 2019, according to Bobby Phills, Chancellor of the Southern University Ag Center.

University officials faced scrutiny from several legislative committee members about potential legal conflicts with federal authorities,

(56 percent) think that local news organizations are accurate in their reporting, which is much higher than the share who think national news organizations generally get the facts straight (32 percent),” according to the survey’s summary. A whopping 93 percent of those who identified as Republicans thought the national media favored one side. — KEVIN ALLMAN

SOURCE: THE 2018 LOUISIANA SURVEY, AN ANNUAL PRODUCT OF THE LSU MANSHIP SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION AND THE REILLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

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“We’ve made every possible precaution to deal with this,” Richardson said. “I can’t call the U.S. Attorney General and ask him to give us a ruling on this. … We have tried to protect this project the best we possibly can. … If you’re asking for a written thing that can stand up in court, we don’t have it.”

“Are we standing on a conversation or are we standing on a legal document?” said state Sen. Jim Fannin, R-Jonesboro. “It’s still against the law.”

“I didn’t need to come here today to understand that,” Richardson said. “We’re doing what the state and what you people asked us to do, and we’re doing it damn well.”

Quote of the week “She was an incredible first lady who served alongside her husband with class, grace and dignity. Mrs. Bush lived a vibrant life based on her abiding faith and deep love for her family and friends. A staunch supporter of global literacy, she not only understood the immense value of knowing how to read and write but the true impact it could have on helping others lead a better life.”

— Gov. John Bel Edwards in a statement memorializing former first lady Barbara Bush, who died last week at 92 at her Texas home.

State Senate bill would ban abortions after 15 weeks After a lengthy discussion, the Louisiana Senate’s Judiciary C Committee last week voted to advance a bill that would ban abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

The bill now goes to the full Senate for consideration.

Senate Bill 181 by state Sen. John Milkovich, D-Shreveport, mirrors a recently passed Mississippi law that bans abortions 15 weeks after conception. Before the committee, Milkovich argued that the law would justify a certain legal battle over its constitutionality. “I cannot think of a better expenditure of money that Louisiana could make ... than to protect the life of the unborn,” he said.

Early-term state-level abortion bans, including a six-week ban in North Dakota and a 12-week ban in Arkansas, consistently have been struck down by the courts. However, short-term bans keep appearing in state legislatures; just last week, an 11-week abortion ban was signed by Kentucky’s governor. Abortion opponents have argued that jurisprudence related to these bans could eventually mount a challenge to

Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that guaranteed a woman’s constitutional right to obtain an abortion.

In today’s committee meeting, a vote hinged on whether language in the bill could inadvertently undercut a more stringent 2006 “trigger law” in Louisiana which would immediately outlaw abortion in almost all cases, should Roe be overturned and the power to ban abortions be returned to the states. Though there was apparent confusion and dissatisfaction over the Milkovich bill’s specifics, senators seemed disinclined to vote against it and risk hurting their pro-life records. They voted 4-1 to advance the bill.

“I am 100 percent pro-life, as pro-life as you can get,” state Sen. Jonathan “J.P.” Perry said. “How will I look voting against this bill?”

The committee also moved forward, in modified forms, two other abortion-related bills by Milkovich.

Senate Bill 325 would enhance the legal authority of the governor, district attorneys and the state attorney general to investigate and shutter clinics that provide abortion on suspicion of performing abortions on minors, performing partial-birth abortions, or destroying records.

That bill was amended and will be referred to the Senate’s Health and Welfare Committee. Another bill advanced by the committee defined first-, second- and third-degree feticide as “crimes of violence.”

In a statement following the hearing, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast called SB 181 “extreme and heartless,” pointing out that some health risks and fetal anomalies don’t occur until after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Bywater hotel decision deferred to May Less than a week before the inauguration of its new members, the New Orleans City Council will decide whether to approve zoning changes that allow a 37-room hotel on St. Claude Avenue in Bywater.

District C Councilmember Nadine Ramsey deferred a vote to May 3, the last meeting of the current City Council before the new council and new mayor take office on May 7. It’ll be Ramsey’s last meeting on the current council — voters elected former District C Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer to replace Ramsey last October.

In March, the New Orleans City Planning Commission (CPC) unanimously recommended the City Council deny the project its zoning request, a decision that followed several City Hall hearings and neighborhood meetings. Opponents of the rezoning expressed concerns about the project’s scale and its potential impact on nearby residents

OPENING GAMBIT Free STD, HIV screenings April 25 The Louisiana Department of Health will offer free STD and HIV screenings at its Orleans Parish Health Unit (517 N. Rampart St.) April 25.

The event, which is scheduled to coincide with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s STD Awareness Month, includes free testing at clinics across the state. Clinics will test for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis as well as HIV. Among states, several studies ranked Louisiana second-highest for incidence of gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia and HIV. There were more than 300 new cases of HIV diagnosed in Orleans and Jefferson parishes in 2015.

Low-cost STD and HIV testing also is available any time at CrescentCare’s Sexual Health Center (3308 Tulane Ave.) and some St. Thomas Community Health Center locations.

Harry Anderson, former New Orleans resident and TV star, dies at 65 Harry Anderson — one-time New Orleans resident, professional magician and star of the 1980s hit TV series Night Court — was found dead at his home in Asheville, North Carolina last week. He was 65.

After moving to New Orleans in 2000, Anderson opened a magic shop called Sideshow on Chartres Street and took over the Matador Club at the corner of Decatur Street and Esplanade Avenue, which he renamed Oswald’s Speakeasy and where he performed a one-man show. He became a French Quarter fixture, walking the streets in his trademark garb of fedora, tie and suspenders.

Anderson and his wife rode out Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods, but he grew increasingly outspoken about the direction of the city, which he saw as a difficult place to live and work before the storm and nearly impossible afterward — particularly after the reelection of Ray Nagin as mayor in 2006. In a then-infamous New York Times profile, he lambasted New Orleans, saying, “This city hasn’t evolved. I just feel this place is stuck on stupid.” He subsequently moved to Asheville and lived there until his death.

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Ms. Lauryn Hill, Neko Case announce local tour dates Ms. Lauryn Hill (pictured) will head to New Orleans on a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of her landmark 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She performs at the UNO Lakefront Arena Oct. 3. Tickets are $47.50-$197.99.

Hill performed at the Saenger Theatre in 2016 and was late, twice, to her Voodoo Experience performances in 2014.

Despite her erratic live shows and break from the music industry, Miseducation inspired a generation of hip-hop artists who grew up under its undeniable influence. This month, Hill’s voice rings out in two massive singles, Drake’s “Nice for What” and Cardi B’s “Be Careful,” both pulling from Miseducation’s “Ex-Factor.”

Singer-songwriter Neko Case also returns to New Orleans this fall. She headlines the Civic Theater on Sept. 11 on the heels of June’s Hell-On, her first solo album since 2013. Thao Nguyen of Thao & the Get Down Stay Down opens. Tickets are $30-$45.

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and housing costs. Debate of the request echoed concerns about the changing character of downtown New Orleans and how housing and development policies have contributed to a recent wave of gentrification and cultural concerns.

Developers behind The Sun Yard propose a hotel on the 3000 block of St. Claude Avenue at Montegut Street on a 28,000-square-foot lot that formerly housed events space The Truck Farm and several homes. Ramsey introduced more than 30 provisos to address CPC and neighborhood concerns. “I’m very aware of the growing pains of Bywater,” Ramsey said. “[But] Bywater historically is a mixed-use neighborhood. ... It hasn’t ever been a quiet sleepy suburb.”

Council President Jason Williams said the provisos don’t change the fact that the development is immediately adjacent to residents who “have the right to enjoy their home whether it’s in morning, middle of the day, their day off.”

Williams also warned of “unintended consequences” with zoning changes, pointing to recent City Council legislation permitting shortterm rentals enabling “international companies buying up whole blocks and driving up the cost to rent, the cost to buy.”

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COMMENTARY Gretna police and sewer millages: YES

An ugly budget bill THE LOUISIANA HOUSE PASSED

the annual spending bill last week, but it was no occasion to cheer.

The measure calls for $650 million in devastating cuts to health care, higher education and the popular TOPS scholarship program.

Voting fell largely along partisan lines, though several Republicans agreed with Democrats that the hospital cuts are catastrophic. Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, called the budget “a complete failure. It is unworthy of the people of Louisiana. We can do better.”

Unless the bill changes dramatically in the Senate, Edwards says he would veto it. He called for yet another special session to address fiscal issues as soon as the current session ends. Given the GOP-led House’s track record, it’s not clear that a special session would produce better results.

The good news — if there is any — is that the doomsday budget almost certainly will change in the Senate. The bad news is that

AMONG THE ITEMS on the ballot

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne (foreground) presented the governor’s budget proposal for fiscal 2019 to a joint legislative committee earlier this year.

P H OTO B Y S A R A H G A M A R D

there isn’t any real good news here under any scenario.

House Republicans insisted, with some justification, that they had to pass a balanced budget, even if it made draconian cuts. Eviscerating health care for the poor, the elderly, the infirm and children, however, is too steep a price to pay — particularly in a state that consistently falls at the bottom of state-by-state health metrics.

The House’s budget also would cut $58 million from TOPS, which could jeopardize higher education for students whose

families were counting on the scholarship program.

Louisiana has been in a fiscal ditch since the second year of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tenure. Jindal, aided by lawmakers of both parties, played a shell game with state finances, using one-time monies to create the illusion of balanced budgets. Lawmakers have run out of budget gimmicks, yet the House’s Republican majority refuses to consider even modest revenue measures. We hope voters will remember who’s keeping Louisiana in this mess.

Saturday, April 28, are two important millage propositions in the City of Gretna. One proposition would renew a 2.4-mill property tax for sewer system maintenance and improvements.

If approved by voters, the tax would be levied for 10 years and generate approximately $356,000 per year.

This renewal is not a tax increase; it would merely continue a property tax already on the books.

Also on the ballot is a new, 8-mill property tax dedicated to maintaining police manpower, which makes up more than 70 percent of the Gretna Police Department’s annual budget. If approved, the proposition would generate nearly $1.3 million a year for 10 years. Gretna in recent years has lost several dozen experienced officers to neighboring jurisdictions. It costs thousands of dollars to recruit and train each new officer; investing in the department’s current officers will keep experienced cops on the force and put more money into keeping citizens safe. We recommend our readers in Gretna vote YES on both these important propositions.

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Dangerous Uber-Lyft bill slithers back STATE CAPITOL DENIZENS HAVE A CODE NAME FOR BILLS THAT ARE TRULY AWFUL. They call them

“snakes.” It’s an apt moniker because such bills tend to slither quietly through the legislative process without the press and public taking notice … until it’s too late.

Last year, transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft pushed a notorious “snake” bill that would have given loads of protection to TNCs but virtually none to passengers. The bill cleared the House easily but died in a Senate committee — after it garnered media and public attention, which is the best way to kill a snake bill.

This year, the TNCs are back with another snake that’s just as dangerous. For starters, Uber and Lyft convinced House Speaker Taylor Barras, R-New Iberia, to author their bill.

Barras is a powerful lawmaker and an honorable guy. It’s a shame his good name is attached to HB 749.

I have nothing against TNCs. I

use Uber regularly, in fact, because I know that my city requires strict background checks of drivers and offers strong protections for passengers. Barras’ bill would remove those protections and instead protect Uber and Lyft — and bar local governments from imposing stricter protections for passengers.

That’s only part of what makes Barras’ bill a snake.

For starters, it was filed more than two weeks after the session began, which helped it slither under the media’s radar. Second, it puts the state Department of Agriculture, not the Public Service Commission, in charge of regulating TNCs. Do you feel safer knowing that your ride-hailing service is regulated by the folks who regulate cows, chickens and pine trees?

Barras’ bill requires initial criminal background checks of drivers — but not drug testing or fingerprints, which allow more extensive checks. Worse, after the initial background check,

Do you feel safer knowing that your ride-hailing service is regulated by the folks who regulate cows, chickens and pine trees?

TNCs would only have to do additional checks every two years. A driver could pass an initial check, then beat up his wife or girlfriend days later and continue to pick up riders for almost two years without anyone knowing he has a domestic abuse arrest. Or worse.

If you think that’s farfetched, check out whosdrivingyou.org/rideshareincidents. It’s scary.

Barras’ bill also pulls an end run around the state’s Public Records Law, which protects people’s right to

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know about problem drivers. “The bill allows the Department of Agriculture to only ‘visually inspect’ records once a year and does not provide for how those records are selected,” says Scott Sternberg, attorney for the Louisiana Press Association. “It further designates these records as ‘confidential.’ … This appears to be an intentional attempt to keep physical records from being public records requested by the people.”

Ironically, Barras’ bill states that the Legislature’s intent is to “protect and promote the safety and welfare of the residents of Louisiana.”

A careful reading of the bill shows that HB 749’s true intent is to protect and promote Uber and Lyft, not the residents of Louisiana.

To no one’s surprise, Barras’ bill sailed through the House. It is now before the Senate Judiciary A Committee, where, hopefully, it will receive the public and media scrutiny that it warrants — and get stomped as all snake bills deserve.

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Hey Blake, During Carnival season, while watching live coverage of the Endymion parade on TV, I heard the announcer say that the amazing headdresses were created by a group or artist on the Northshore. Can you tell me more about them?

— DEAN

Dear Dean, For more than 32 years, members of the Colombo family have constructed the elaborate costumes and headdresses worn by royalty in the Krewe of Endymion. Shirley and Anthony Colombo began designing and building costumes for local Carnival krewes in 1967 from their Chalmette home. They moved to Madisonville after Hurricane Katrina.

Anthony Colombo told The Times-Picayune in 1996 that the family business was born in the mid-1960s when his daughter Sherie needed a costume for her kindergarten ball. Mr. Colombo, who worked at Kaiser Aluminum, designed a wire headdress that his wife Shirley decorated. Friends from local dancing schools and Carnival clubs admired the costume and began asking whether the Colombos could do similar work for them. It became the family business, with Mr. Colombo twisting and fashioning wire into the framework for elaborate feathered headdresses, which reached up to nine feet tall and eight feet wide. His wife and daughters joined in the work, helping to design and decorate the

Hannah June Autin, the 2018 queen of the Krewe of Endymion, wearing one of the krewe’s signature elaborate headdresses.

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costumes worn by kings, queens, maids and captains.

Shirley Colombo died in 2008.

Their daughter Susie Barocco and her children now help Anthony Colombo keep the business going, often working 11 months a year. “Mardi Gras is a job where it takes as many hours as you can put in per day to make this stuff and I’m the only one that bends the wire for the pieces and that’s where it takes a lot of time,” Colombo told WVUE-TV in 2016. “People tell me, ‘I can tell your work when I see it on the [ballroom] floor,’ and that makes me feel good, feel like I’m doing my job.”

In addition to Endymion, whose costumes the Colombos began making in 1986, Caesar and Zulu also feature their work.

BLAKEVIEW NEXT WEEK MARKS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAY 3, 1978 FLOOD — an

event which swamped the city, claimed five lives and cost more than $240 million in flood damage (more than $900 million in 2018 dollars). More than 10 inches of rain fell in a matter of hours, flooding entire areas of Orleans and Jefferson parishes with between two and five feet of water — the worst flood in a decade. The National Weather Service was hard-pressed even to come up with an official total since 8.67 inches of rain broke its Audubon Park rain gauge.

“Sorry, trivia buffs. We may never know if Wednesday’s deluge was a record-breaker because the official gauge ‘drowned,’” explained Gambit’s Clancy DuBos, then a Times-Picayune reporter covering the deluge. People were stranded in their flooded homes, businesses and cars; massive flooding trapped patients in Hotel Dieu hospital; and a tornado damaged homes and camps in the Rigolets.

“They walked and waded, swam and splashed, floated and paddled,” wrote the States-Item on the next day’s front page. “They laughed and cried and cursed their way through the wettest day in memory. What had started out as merely another rainy spring morning soon transformed itself for New Orleanians into the Great Flood of May 3, 1978.” The event would be seared in the city’s collective memory for more than a decade, until two days in May 1995 saw more than 24 inches of rain across the metro area.

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AZZ WAS BORN IN NEW ORLEANS but many

musical genres trace their roots to the city.

Those connections always are on display at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. This year, the celebration of the city’s music and culture is highlighted in the Cultural Exchange Pavilion, which marks the city’s tricentennial with performances by Louisiana musicians, Mardi Gras Indians and an array of visiting performers from Mali, Gambia, Haiti, Honduras, Ireland and Canada. There also are tributes to Fats Domino, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Mahalia Jackson and other influential New Orleans musicians.

This weekend, the festival presents Sting, David Byrne, Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Wilson, Rod Stewart, the Ron Carter Trio, George Benson, Jon Batiste with The Dap-Kings, Khalid, Jack Johnson, Sturgill Simpson, Irma Thomas, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet and many others.

On the following pages, there are music picks, a map of the festival grounds, daily schedules for the festival’s stages and tents and more. For daily recaps, visit www.bestofneworleans.com, and after the festival, check back for a festival review by Count Basin™.

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UKAS NELSON EXPLAINS that the size and scope of his extended Texas-spawned family gathered on Maui translates into Hawaiian as ’ohana.

“We’re having a blast — it’s the good life here,” Nelson says by phone from the island, where he was raised as much as he was in his hometown of Austin, Texas.

That split was a deliberate decision by his mother to avoid having to raise her son in a town where the shadow of his father — America’s favorite pot-puffing, pigtailed patriarch, Willie Nelson — might loom too large.

It goes without saying that being the son of outlaw-country’s leading luminary opens doors in the music world. But for Nelson, 29, it was tutelage from rock master Neil Young that helped him find his voice and forge a sound with his band, Promise of the Real. It’s not surprising to learn that Nelson formed the band with drummer Anthony LoGerfo the same night they met at a Young concert. The band’s name was inspired by the lyrics of Young’s classic “Walk On”: “Some get stoned / Some get strange / Sooner or later it all gets real.”

The band was averaging 200 shows per year when Young befriended them at Farm Aid in 2014.

Soon after, Young invited them to

record with him on his album The Monsanto Years and go on tour as his backing band. Promise of the Real already was recognized for generating a relentless Crazy Horse-like rock crunch when the group mounted the Acura Stage with Young at Jazz Fest in 2016 amid whipping rain and a flooded Fair Grounds. The band held the soaked audience’s rapt attention for a set that blasted off with a 20-minute, tour-de-force version of “Cortez the Killer” and dotted the exclamation point with an explosive “Powderfinger” to close the set.

“That was a fun one,” Nelson says. “I remember it was stormy, but the crowd was rocking — really into it. They were stoked for Neil. It was pretty cool playing with Neil.”

Nelson compares Promise of the Real’s scenario with Young to that of Bob Dylan and The Band — a fertile proving ground for aspiring musicians who were playing behind a hero as much as a bandleader. That experience put Promise of the Real on the path toward its own rock stardom while also continuing the iconoclastic, true-blue hippie legacy inspired

by Young.

“We’re definitely preserving a certain approach and philosophy to music,” Nelson says when asked if the band is following Young’s

lead. “The music may change a little bit, but the approach and philosophy stay the same.”

Promise of the Real’s music is uniquely its own. Though they’re often compared, Lukas’ voice does not mirror his father’s. While the “cosmic country” description is fair, the band’s bouncy tempo shuns the doldrums of classic country, and its pop accessibility is a far cry from Young’s trippier tangents.

The self-titled album released last year is a glowing embodiment of this originality. Produced by John Alagia (Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer), its dozen songs feature

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deft guitar play by Nelson (“Fool Me Once”), heart-breaking tales of love lost (“Forget About Georgia”) and epic rockers (“Set Me Down on a Cloud”). There also are guest vocals by Lady Gaga on “Find Yourself” and a guitar solo by Willie Nelson on the pastoral “Just Outside of Austin.”

“His approach is that of hard work, perseverance and survival — that’s what I learned from dad,” Nelson says. “Both Neil and dad had those qualities. That’s what it’s all about.”

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FRIDAY The Deslondes 11:20 A.M.-12:10 P.M GENTILLY STAGE The Deslondes is a New Orleans band that doesn’t sound like it’s from New Orleans. Rising from the devastated landscape of the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures, The Deslondes parlayed cheap rent into creative gold while developing a space-cowboy boogie that mines the Deep South’s musical riches. Frontman Sam Doores’ poetic imagery celebrates women and whiskey in a surreal world that’s equal parts serene, scary and silly. Though capable of producing brilliant studio work, as found on its 2015 self-titled debut album and last year’s superb follow-up Hurry Home, the Deslondes more than deliver live, bringing all the emotional urgency of their songs and a foot-stompin’ frenzy to the stage.

Mykia Jovan 11:25 A.M.-12:20 P.M. CONGO SQUARE STAGE Given Mykia Jovan’s stage presence, it’s not hard to believe she initially set out to become an actress. She started off singing a cappella with monologues in between songs and hoped to turn heads in the local theater community. But she fell in love with music along the way and now leads a cherished Frenchmen Street band, a four-piece that can expand to eight. Jovan weaves often improvisational jazzy renderings of tales of beauty, violence, life and love. With her stirring, emotive voice it’s clear she chose the right stage for artistic expression.

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BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet 1:45 P.M.-2:45 P.M. FAIS DO-DO STAGE It’s almost impossible to quantify all the Cajun musical know-how gathered in this ensemble. Since forming in Lafayette in 1975, BeauSoleil has gained a worldwide following for its ability to honor Cajun musical tradition while deftly blending in the sounds of New Orleans jazz, zydeco and country music. The group has released albums intermittently since the late 1970s, and highlights include tunes like “Zydeco Gris Gris,” the blistering opening track on the 1987 album Bayou Boogie. But it’s live onstage where BeauSoleil delivers the goods, as revealed in a recording of the band’s 2008 Jazz Fest show which later earned BeauSoleil a Grammy for Best Cajun Music Album.

Shades of Praise 2 P.M.-2:45 P.M. GOSPEL TENT Jazz vocalist Phillip Manuel and Loyola University New Orleans theologian Michael Cowan set out in 2001 to form a racially integrated group to sing gospel music in the AfricanAmerican tradition and foster healing. The 60-member ensemble has released five albums. Its outreach efforts span race, class and denomination and its annual Jazz Fest appearances are a spirited sight to behold.

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah 2:50 P.M.-3:50 P.M. WWOZ JAZZ TENT Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah has come a long way since the days he performed at Jazz Fest as a guest trumpeter at his uncle

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Donald Harrison Jr.’s sets in the Jazz Tent. And since he graduated from the Berklee College of Music and released the Miles Davis-ish Rewind That. In 2015, he released Stretch Music, and he continues to develop his concept, which he describes as stretching “jazz’s rhythmic, melodic and harmonic conventions” in a genre-blind approach. He’s also described his approach as cubism for music, but it’s not simply abstraction.

Scott released a trio of albums last year that focused on various musical traditions, including Mardi Gras Indian music, which also runs in the family.

He also held a Stretch Music Festival in New York which explored jazz, stretch, trap and alternative rock.

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Alexis & the Samurai 3:10 P.M.-4:05 P.M. LAGNIAPPE STAGE Jokingly referring to themselves as a “two-man trio,” Alexis and the Samurai make a mighty noise. The pair united in 2009 when vocalist Alexis Marceaux recruited multi-instrumentalist Sam Craft for support on her solo album, Orange Moon, a follow-up to her powerhouse debut, Dandelion (2009). They cut their teeth during a long-running residency at Chickie Wah Wah and now are easy to find at Frenchmen Street clubs. Marceaux provides eloquent lyricism and plenty of power with her guitar and percussion and Craft plays violin, guitar, keyboards and drums and also sings. The duo also anchors the rollicking band Sweet Crude, but Alexis & the Samurai is steadfast in its quest to push the envelope with its indie/folk/pop, as found on the eclectic 2016 album Move into View.

Ron Carter Trio 4:15 P.M.-5:15 P.M. WWOZ JAZZ TENT Turning 81 next weekend, Ron Carter is arguably the most prolific and influential bassist in jazz history.

He has logged more than 2,200 recording sessions in a career that started with the Miles Davis Quintet in its glory years and continued in the company of Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, B.B. King, Thelonious Monk and many other luminaries. When Carter ventured into a solo career, he was rewarded with two Grammys in the 1990s. He’s a maestro on both the double bass and cello, and he’s also a best-selling author. In recent years, Carter has released technical manuals and artful autobiographies while continuing to tour the world with a trio (typically including guitarist Russell Malone and pianist Donald Vega), performing jazz standards such as “Autumn Leaves” and “So What.”

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Samantha Fish 4:15 P.M.-5:20 P.M. BLUES TENT Guitarist and singer Samantha Fish often is labeled a blues artist and she’s proven herself in the man’s world of the blues, impressing no less than a surprised Buddy Guy while sharing the stage. She was drawn to the blues of R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough while growing up in Kansas City, Missouri. Fish recorded her 2017 album Chills & Fever in Detroit, backed by the Detroit Cobras. Even with the garage rockers aboard, the album has a polished sound and at times gets playful and cute, as on the title track.

Fish moved to New Orleans last year, and she performed recently at Hogs for the Cause. Backed by a six-piece band including horns, the set heated up the more she let loose, which seemed to justify keeping an assistant busy as she changed guitars with every song and rocked the tent through an encore. In tune with Southern rockers, she called on Luther Dickenson to produce her latest album Belle of the West.

Calvin Johnson’s Native Son — Stories of Sidney Bechet featuring Aurora Nealand and Brian “Breeze” Cayolle 4:20 P.M.-5:25 P.M. ECONOMY HALL TENT Calvin Johnson was raised at Preservation Hall. Citing Hall legends and ancestors such as his uncle Ralph Johnson as heartfelt influences, the saxophone wunderkind is steeped in New Orleans’ jazz traditions that he has shaped in contemporary styles in several projects. For this performance, Johnson and his Native Son band pay tribute to seminal clarinet maestro Sidney Bechet, who blew with the force of a freight train and the delicacy of a winged bird in creating a swinging musical style that helped define America’s indigenous art form. Johnson has enlisted the timeless skat phrasing of vocalist Aurora Nealand and clarinetist Brian “Breeze” Cavolle for this look at how New Orleans jazz came to be.

Sturgill Simpson 5:30 P.M.-7 P.M. GENTILLY STAGE Sturgill Simpson was a relative unknown in 2015 when he played Jazz Fest for the first time. He came to town flying high on the buzz surrounding his genre-bending,

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industry-shaking sophomore album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music. Critical acclaim and global attention quickly followed and Simpson upped the ante with another monumental studio effort, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth. A Kentucky native with a coaxing baritone in the spirit of Waylon Jennings, Simpson hired a trio of New Orleans horn players — Brad Walker on saxophone, Scott Frock on trumpet and Jon Ramm on trombone — to complete a soulful sound that spanned the American musical tradition. No matter his Grammy nominations and Saturday Night Live appearances, Simpson relishes his outsider persona, which cuts against the grain of the manufactured pop currently coming out of Nashville’s Music Row. What makes today’s king of outlaw country great is his superb musicianship, compelling narrative lyricism and a reckless-yet-calculated sense of adventure that all manifest in blistering live performances. The best part is that the maverick troubadour’s journey has only just begun.

Leslie Odom Jr. 5:40 P.M.-7 P.M. WWOZ JAZZ TENT The jazz world isn’t full of dangerous beefs. It’ll have to settle for approxi-

mation as singer/actor Leslie Odom Jr. won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Vice President Aaron Burr in the Broadway production of Hamilton. (Burr shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel). Odom also performed in Rent and other productions on and off Broadway.

While busy onstage and onscreen, Odom has released two albums — a holiday album and a self-titled release full of slow, jazzy renditions of standards such as “Autumn Leaves,” and a few tunes from Broadway.

Bobby Rush 5:50 P.M.-7 P.M. BLUES TENT Given his love of risque lyrics and stage antics, audiences might or might not guess that Bobby Rush’s father was a preacher. Rush has no guilt about enjoying himself, and he’s more than earned the right. The Grammy Awards finally recognized him last year, when he claimed a trophy for his 2016 album Porcupine Meat. Rush has released hundreds of records, including 45s and albums, and won numerous blues honors.

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SATURDAY Trumpet Mafia WWOZ JAZZ TENT 12:15 P.M.-1:05 P.M. Putting more than a dozen trumpet players onstage at once sounds gimmicky. Onstage, under the direction of Ashlin Parker, trumpeter for the Grammy-winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), it’s anything but.

What began as a practice forum for Parker and his NOJO peers has evolved into a showcase for the gut-rattling wall of horns and creative arrangements of hip-hop classics, jazz standards and everything in between.

The fluctuating lineup has featured stars such as Nicholas Payton and young students of more established trumpeters who perform with the band regularly. The real standout here, however, is a group dynamic that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

Sona Jobarteh and Band CULTURAL PAVILION STAGE 12:35 P.M.-1:35 P.M.

BLUES TENT 2:50 P.M.-3:50 P.M. Though born in London, Sona Jobarteh carries on the kora-playing tradition of her family, which is rooted in Gambia and Mali. The kora is a 21-string cross between a harp and a guitar with a long neck stemming from a large gourd. Among West Africa’s Mandinka ethnic group, five griot families claim professional kora playing as a tradition passed from father to son. Sona is the first woman from such a family to take up the tradition, and she and her brother Tunde Jegede have established connections between the U.K. and Gambia to advance their interpreta-

tions of the traditional music and Afropop. Sona also plays guitar and sings and her band often backs her on acoustic guitar and drums. Sona’s 2011 solo album Fasiya,, also featured her playing bass, ngoni and flute.

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CULTURAL EXCHANGE PAVILION 4:45 P.M.-5:45 P.M. With their booty-shaking dancers and driving punta rhythms, Banda Blanca has become one of the bestknown Honduran bands in modern music. Hailing from San Pedro Sula, where the group performs regularly, the high-energy seven-piece earned a combination of fame and notoriety with the chart-topping success of its 1991 recording of “Sopa de Caracol” (“Conch Soup”). The song originally was written in the Garifuna language and recorded by the so-called godfather of punta rock, Hernan “Chico” Ramos, a Belizean singer who later sued Banda Blanca for violation of copyright. But the band’s version of the song brought new and more widespread recognition to the punta genre and Honduran music.

Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton BLUES TENT 1:25 P.M.-2:25 P.M. Jerron Paxton’s grandparents moved from Louisiana to California in 1956.

Paxton grew up in Los Angeles, and he’s made a name for himself on the coasts at events including the Brooklyn Folk Festival. Though he mastered many instruments while growing up — and has been legally blind since the age of 16 — he’s known for playing Delta blues in the style of the 1920s and 1930s, as on songs like “Candy Man,” and he cites influences including Fats Waller and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Onstage, Paxton mostly picks and strums a guitar or banjo, but he also plays the piano, violin and harmonica.

Tribute to Fats Domino with special guests ACURA STAGE 1:45 P.M.-3 P.M. In October 2017, the world lost one of modern American music’s most influential figures, sparking tributes around the globe. This one comes courtesy of musicians with a variety of connections to the late R&B and rock ’n’ roll icon. Bonnie Raitt and

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Irma Thomas contributed tracks to the post-Hurricane Katrina salute Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. Davell Crawford counted Domino as both an influence and close friend. Jon Batiste, an avowed student of all of his hometown’s piano greats, wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times that he studied Domino more closely after realizing that an “African-American man, born in the Jim Crow South, was a founder of a mostly white musical movement.” Al “Lil Fats” Jackson carries the torch for Domino’s vocal style.

At 11:50 a.m. Saturday, a jazz funeral for Domino is scheduled to parade around the Fair Grounds before a

statuette in his honor is unveiled in Congo Square’s “Ancestors” area.

Big Freedia CONGO SQUARE STAGE 2:10 P.M.-3:15 P.M. Between a memoir, cookbook, reality TV show, eponymous rose wine and collaborations with Beyonce and Drake, Big Freedia has more than lived up to an unofficial role as New Orleans’ bounce ambassador. All of that pales in comparison, however, to Freedia’s stage performance — a musical theater-worthy blitzkrieg of hot beats, unabashedly sex-positive

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rhymes and the thrusts, twerks, splits and jumps executed by a pulsating team of dancers whose flexibility defies most reasonable expectations about the human body. Freedia’s underlying messages about self-empowerment and self-love, meanwhile, make the live show’s overstimulation even more dynamic. Freedia recently released “Rent,” the first single from the forthcoming Third Ward Bounce EP, and is the subject of the 2018 Congo Square poster.

Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses ECONOMY HALL TENT 3:05 P.M.-4:05 P.M. Aurora Nealand’s roster of increasingly diverse and experimental projects veers far outside the traditional jazz realm of her Royal Roses band.

But there’s a reason the quintet she started 18 years ago is consistently heralded as being among the most creative and fresh interpreters of the music of artists such as Sidney Bechet and Django Reinhardt: The multi-reedist and singer’s approach to the historic repertoire is playful and insightful, her chops are no joke and her band’s uncanny collective improvisation yields moments of pure joy for jazz fans.

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Common CONGO SQUARE STAGE 3:45 P.M.-5 P.M. Nearly 20 years after his breakthrough Like Water for Chocolate, rapper Common has carved a space in politically powerful hiphop that’s also resonated off the mic, from activism to Hollywood.

With Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, Common commands the jazz, hip-hop and R&B supergroup August Greene with his penetrating social commentary underlining his mission and message in Emmy-

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winning single “Letter to be Free” from Ava Duvernay’s documentary 13th, reflecting on the legacy of slavery and mass incarceration.

August Greene’s self-titled March debut finds the longtime collaborators shimmering in their reflections of the past and present, laying the ground for what they hope to come.

Charles Lloyd and the Marvels with Lucinda Williams WWOZ JAZZ TENT 4:15 P.M.-5:40 P.M. Tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd was among the first jazz musicians to bridge what formerly was a more pronounced divide between jazz, rock and non-Western regional and spiritual music. His collaborators have run the gamut from Ornette Coleman to The Beach Boys. For this performance, Lloyd’s Marvels lineup includes drummer Kendrick Scott, bassist Reuben Rogers, guitarist Stuart Mathis and Greg Leisz on lap and pedal steel guitar. The addition of Lucinda Williams picks up where the Marvels’ 2016 debut, I Long to See You (which features guests Willie Nelson and Norah Jones), left off — with a vocalist channeling Lloyd’s long-held love of the art of song. Expect a mix of blues, folk-tinged melodies, delicate guitar solos and improvisation that hints at Lloyd’s affection for Eastern music as they showcase new tunes from the forthcoming Vanished Gardens and classics from his catalog.

The Johnson Extension GOSPEL TENT 4:15 P.M.-5 P.M. Rev. Lois Dejean has said she learned to sing from her brother, who learned to sing from their father, a pastor and namesake of the Johnson Extension.

Today, the sprawling vocal ensemble represents at least five generations of Dejean’s family. Their presence at Jazz Fest can be measured in generational terms, as well. The group’s rousing mix of roof-raising spiritual music and emotion-drenched praise has been a highlight of the Gospel Tent for more than 20 years.

The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars with Steven Bernstein LAGNIAPPE STAGE 4:20 P.M.-5:15 P.M. Slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein is a natural addition to the wild,

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jazz-ensconced funk that’s been the Klezmers’ filter for traditional Jewish music over the past three decades. His affinity for New Orleans music dates back to his 1999 release Diaspora Soul, a groovy, avant-garde jazz interpretation of Jewish folk songs that invoked sounds associated with the New Orleans songbook. Though his name gets top-guest billing here, he’s one of multiple horn additions to saxophonist Ben Ellman’s woozy, Eastern Europe-by-way-of-New Orleans sound. Aurora Nealand and Dan Oestreicher bring more brass to the lineup, alongside Stanton Moore and Doug Garrison on drums.

Khalid CONGO SQUARE STAGE 5:45 P.M.-7 P.M. On his debut album American Teen, Khalid rebels from an oversaturated pop music stratosphere with spare beats, drowsy ambient washes and ambivalent romance and disaffected emotional ballads.

His unassuming voice drifts into and out of his songs, his tender-

ness contradicting the urgency in his lyrics — inescapable radio hits “Location” and “Young, Dumb & Broke” are his exhausted pleas for phone-free human interaction. By “Saved,” he’s “erased all the pictures from my phone of me and you.”

The Last Bandoleros FAIS DO-DO STAGE 5:50 P.M.-7 P.M. The heart of San Antonio’s Tex-Mex flavored country-rock rising stars The Last Bandoleros are bassist and singer Diego and Emilio Navaira, sons of the late Grammy-winning Tejano artist Emilio Navaira. While their dad was known for his more traditional sound, the younger Navairas — along with guitarists Jerry Fuentes and Derek James — hew more closely to rock, balancing soft twang with edgy guitar blasts and three- and four-part vocal harmonies that have inspired comparisons to the Beatles (though the Bandoleros’ light and breezy vibe often feels more Beach Boys than Fab Four).

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Chocolate Milk CONGO SQUARE STAGE 3:25 P.M.-4:35 P.M. Listeners may be familiar with Chocolate Milk’s funk and soul hits “Action Speaks Louder Than Words,” “Girl Callin’,” “Groove City” and “Blue Jeans.” Less well-known is that Chocolate Milk emerged in New Orleans before it relocated and eventually disbanded in 1983. As a sort of successor to The Meters, Chocolate Milk served as a studio band for Allen Toussaint before signing a contract with RCA. From the mid-’70s to early 1980s, it released eight albums for the label. Beginning in the early ’80s, the lineup changed and the band started to focus on disco. Chocolate Milk reformed and released a greatest hits album in 2002, and it has re-emerged, showcasing a blend of deep funk, soul and R&B.

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Trout Fishing in America

Quiana Lynell WWOZ JAZZ TENT 2:40 P.M.-3:30 P.M. Quiana Lynell won the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition in New Jersey in November 2017, and the top prize included a recording contract with Concord Records. The Baton Rouge native studied classical music at LSU, but her performances draw on a variety of genres, including blues, jazz and R&B, and songs by everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Irma Thomas. For this performance, she’s joined by drummer Jamison Ross, and she’ll sing some original songs she’s recorded for the album.

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KIDS’ TENT 1:50 P.M.-2:35 P.M. LAGNIAPPE STAGE 4:20 P.M.-5:15 P.M. Though bassist Keith Grimwood and guitarist Ezra Idlet met in a Texas folk rock band (named St. Elmo’s Fire), they made a name for themselves as the duo Trout Fishing in America by focusing on music for family audiences. (They took the name from Richard Brautigan’s book.) Idlet’s gravelly voice mimics prehistoric creatures on their popular tune “When I Was a Dinosaur,” and the duo’s most recent kids album was 2014’s Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, a jolly collection of tongue twisters and wordplay. Trout Fishing has been nominated for four Grammy Awards for music for children. The duo returned to its more mature folk roots in 2017 with the album The Strangest Times.

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Dr. Michael White & The Original Liberty Jazz Band with Thais Clark ECONOMY HALL TENT 3 P.M.-4 P.M. Clarinetist Dr. Michael White continues to make new music in the styles of early jazz and this set falls on the local release date for Tricentennial Rag. While the album opens with the standard “When the Saints Go Marching In,” the rest of the album comprises all original tunes with a mix of early jazz sounds, including strains of ragtime, Latin rhythms, blues, brass band romps and the Carnival parade-ready “On a Mardi Gras Day.” Vocalist Thais Clark joins the band for this performance.

Henry Butler & The Jambalaya Band BLUES TENT 3 P.M.-3:55 P.M. PIanist Henry Butler has left New Orleans several times and currently lives in New York, following a few moves after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures flooded his Gentilly home. The piano prodigy released jazz albums on the Windham Hill label in the early 1990s before he returned to New Orleans and focused on blues and roots music, recording Vu-Du Menz with Corey Harris for Alligator Records. With his deep voice and forceful playing, he’ll perform a mix of blues and jazz with his Jambalaya band in the Blues Tent. Butler also will be featured in a tribute to early jazz pianist

GENTILLY STAGE 3:30 P.M.-4:45 P.M. After a couple of years leading his band Stay Human on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Jon Batiste enjoyed a celebratory homecoming on the Acura Stage at Jazz Fest last year, sitting at the keys of a grand piano, playing his signature melodica and leading the band into the crowd — to the extent allowed by the fences in front of the stage. This year, he returns with The Dap-Kings, purveyors of 1960s- and 1970s-style funk and soul best known for backing the late Sharon Jones (and Amy Winehouse on some recordings). In recent years, The Dap-Kings have collaborated with numerous artists, including performing with Sturgill Simpson. Batiste and The DapKings are joining forces at several festivals this summer, and their set features songs by Allen Toussaint.

Supaman JAZZ & HERITAGE STAGE 4:25 P.M.-5:25 P.M. Indian suits are a familiar sight at the Jazz & Heritage Stage, but not typically those of the Apsaalooke tribe, or Crow Nation. Given the name Christian Parrish Takes the Gun at birth, Supaman was attracted to early gangsta rap before he developed a style that reflected his Native American heritage, spirituality and dance. While his straight rapping can sound more imitative than innovative,

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Following projects with Brian Eno, Fatboy Slim (a soundtrack for a musical about Imelda Marcos) and St. Vincent, American Utopia is his first solo album in 14 years. On it, his voice rises over an amalgamation of strains of many of his past projects, including world beats, industrial sounds, pattering keyboards and synth pop reminiscent of the Talking Heads’ hits.

Byrne seems to take a cue from Lou Reed in almost talking the lyrics on the offbeat and politically despondent “Gasoline and Dirty Sheets,” but the there’s a bouyant sense of optimism to American Utopia, even if it gets corny on “Every Day is a Miracle.” In another ongoing project titled Reasons to be Cheerful, Byrne collects and shares positive news and inspirational stories. American Utopia seems to share that mission

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CONGO SQUARE STAGE 5:20 P.M.-6:50 P.M. Together with his brothers Ronnie and Robert, Charlie Wilson had a stellar career with the Gap Band, which thrived in the eras of 1970s and ’80s funk, soul, R&B and disco.

The band’s hits included “Early in the Morning,” “You Dropped a Bomb on Me,” “Outstanding” and “Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me).” The Gap Band retired in 2010, but in his solo career — Charlie started releasing solo albums in the 1990s — he has kept up with the times. His 2017 album In It to Win It featured guests T.I., Wiz Khalifa, Lalah Hathaway and Snoop Dogg, who allegedly gave him the nickname Uncle Charlie. Just this month, two singles from the album, “Chills” and “I’m Blessed,” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B and Hot Gospel Songs charts.

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in spirit. Byrne performed a few Talking Heads favorites at his recent appearance at Coachella, but after American Utopia debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart, he likely feels confident audiences will follow wherever his whims lead him.

George Benson WWOZ JAZZ TENT 5:40 P.M.-7 P.M. Guitarist and singer George Benson reached his widest audiences with the pop and R&B albums Breezin’ and Give Me the Night. He started his career in jazz, playing with artists from Miles Davis to Dr. Lonnie Smith, but his talents and rich voice eclipsed genre labels, and in the 1970s and 1980s much of his work simultaneously climbed pop, R&B and jazz charts. He recorded notable covers of “On Broadway” and “The Greatest Love of All” (long before Whitney Houston took possession of it). His hits also include “Turn Your Love Around,””Love All the Hurt Away” and “This Masquerade.” Benson had to cancel a 2017 Jazz Fest appearance, but returns for a set in the Jazz Tent.

John Mayall BLUES TENT 5:45 P.M.-7 P.M. In his five-decade career, British guitarist, keyboardist and singer John Mayall has worked alongside an all-star list of blues and rock stars, including Eric Clapton, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Jack Bruce and others. Mayall made a last minute appearance at the 2016 Jazz Fest when Jonny Lang was unable to appear. Louisiana had been on Mayall’s mind. His 2014 album A Special Life featured CJ Chenier on accordion, including on a cover of Clifton Chenier’s “Why Did You Go Last Night.” They also recorded Lafayette bluesman Sonny Landreth’s “Speak of the Devil.

TICKETS • Single-day tickets cost $70 in advance, $80 at the gate. Tickets for Thursday, May 3, are available at the gate that day for $50 to patrons with a valid Louisiana photo ID (limited to two per person).

• Child’s ticket $5 (available at the gate only; ages 2-10; adult must accompany child).

• Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www. ticketmaster.com and by calling (800) 745-3000. Tickets can be purchased in advance in person at the Smoothie King Center box office. Advance purchase-priced tickets for the first weekend are available through April 26 and for the second weekend are available through May 2. All Jazz Fest tickets are subject to additional service fees and handling charges.

• VIP ticket information is available at www.nojazzfest.com.

• Re-entry to the Fair Grounds is allowed only with a WWOZ Brass Pass, Foundation Gala Pass and Big Chief, Grand Marshal and Krewe of Jazz Fest VIP passes.

TRANSPORTATION • There are taxi stands at Stallings Playground (1600 block of Gentilly Boulevard and Alcee Fortier Park (3100 block of Esplanade Avenue).

• Gray Line operates continuous round-trip transportation to the festival from the Sheraton Hotel (500 Canal St.), Steamboat Natchez Dock (Toulouse Street at the Mississippi River) and New Orleans City Park (Wisner Boulevard at Filmore Avenue) from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. for $20 from downtown or $15 from City Park. A one-way ticket from the festival to downtown is $10. For more information call (504) 569-1401 or (800) 233-2628 or visit www. graylineneworleans.com/jazz-festexpress.html.

• Bicycle parking is available near the Gentilly Boulevard and Sauvage Street entrances.

JAZZ FEST PERMITS • Small bags and backpacks (17 by 12 by 10 inches) and 12-pack soft coolers • Single, collapsible chairs • Wheelchairs and medical scooters • Push strollers for children • Blankets and small tarps not exceeding 6 by 8 feet • Factory-sealed water (up to 1 liter) • Hand-held, personalsized umbrellas JAZZ FEST PROHIBITS • Large or hard-sided coolers • Rolling bags • Wagons and carts • Pets • Glass • Personal tents • Shade canopies or beach or pole-style umbrellas • Athletic games • Large chairs with rockers, foot rests, side tables, etc.

• Bicycles or other wheeled personal transport devices (e.g. skateboards, hoverboards) • Video- and audiorecording equipment • Unauthorized vending • Weapons, illicit drugs and other contraband • Outside beverages except factory-sealed water (up to 1 liter) • Inserting stakes, poles or any other objects into the ground, or use of ropes, cords, tape, etc. to reserve space • Inflatable items, drones ON THE GROUNDS • Jazz Fest food and drink vendors are cash only. ATMs are available on the grounds.

• Jazz Fest is handicapped accessible. Call (504) 410-6104 for information.

• There are two medical tents on the festival grounds. One is near the edge of the track between the Gentilly and Fais Do-Do stages; the other is on the edge of the track near the Acura display tent.

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Sting

5:35-7:00

Wayne Toups

3:45-4:50

Davell Crawford

2:15-3:15

GIVERS

12:50-1:50

Rumba Buena

12:30

11:20-12:25

11:30

Steel Pulse

5:25-6:55

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

3:35-4:45

Big Chief Donald Harrison

2:10-3:10

featuring Russell, Jamal, Ryan, Damon and David Batiste

Batiste Fathers & Sons

12:45-1:45

Mykia Jovan

11:25-12:20

CONGO SQUARE STAGE

Leslie Odom Jr.

5:40-7:00

Ron Carter Trio

4:15-5:15

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

2:50-3:50

Alexey Marti

1:35-2:25

The Next Generation

presents

Jesse McBride

12:20-1:15

University of New Orleans Jazz Guitar Ensemble

11:15-noon

WWOZ JAZZ TENT

Bobby Rush

5:50-7:00

Samantha Fish

4:15-5:20

Luther Kent & Trick Bag

2:55-3:50

Sidi Touré

1:40-2:25

Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns

12:30-1:20

Butch Thompson

with

Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders

5:45-6:45

featuring Aurora Nealand & Brian “Breeze” Cayolle

Calvin Johnson’s Native Son — Stories of Sidney Bechet

4:20-5:25

The Palm Court Jazz Band with Sammy Rimington

3:05-4:00

Mark Braud’s New Orleans Jazz Giants

1:50-2:45

Tribute to Billie Holiday with Sharon Martin and Company

12:35-1:30

Kid Simmons’ Local International Allstars

Spencer Bohren & the Whippersnappers

11:20-12:10

ECONOMY HALL TENT

11:20-12:10

BLUES TENT

Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band

6:05-7:00

Jake Shimabukuro

4:40-5:40

Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band

3:10-4:10

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet

1:45-2:45

Yvette Landry

12:20-1:20

Kyle Huval & The Dixie Club Ramblers

11:15-12:00

SHERATON NEW ORLEANS FAIS DO-DO STAGE

Free Agents Brass Band

5:45-6:45

Big Chief Juan & Jockimo’s Groove

4:20-5:20

New Orleans Nightcrawlers

2:55-3:55

Bamboula 2000

1:40-2:35

Mardi Gras Indians

Semolian Warriors

12:35-1:15

Michael Skinkus and Moyuba

11:20-12:15

JAZZ & HERITAGE STAGE

Dillard University’s VisionQuest Gospel Chorale

6:10-6:50

Pastor Jai Reed

5:15-6:00

Micah Stampley

4:00-5:00

Tonia Scott & the Anointed Voices

2:55-3:40

Shades of Praise

2:00-2:45

featuring Zulu Male Gospel Ensemble

1:05-1:50 Tribute to Johnny Jackson

The Bester Gospel Singers

with The Dynamic Smooth Family Gospel Singers

12:10-12:55

Arriane Keelen

11:15-noon

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Sturgill Simpson

5:30-7:00

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

3:30-4:45

Jon Cleary

1:55-3:00

Eric Lindell

12:30-1:30

The Deslondes

11:20-12:10

GENTILLY STAGE

Sidi Touré

4:45-5:45

Kod Kreyol and the Creole Dance Ensemble

3:35-4:20

Mardi Gras Indians

3:10-3:25

featuring Aurora Nealand & Brian “Breeze” Cayolle

Calvin Johnson’s Native Son — Stories of Sidney Bechet

2:10-3:05

Northern Cree Pow Wow

1:45-2:00

Ten Strings and a Goat Skin

12:40-1:40

with Bamboula 2000

A Salute to Congo Square

11:30-12:20

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Sarah Quintana & the Miss River Band

5:40-6:30

Ten Strings and a Goat Skin

4:25-5:20

Alexis & The Samurai

3:10-4:05

Papo y Son Mandao

1:55-2:50

featuring Cranston Clements, John Rankin and Jimmy Robinson

The New Orleans Guitar Masters

12:40-1:35

Jon Roniger and The Good for Nothin’ Band

11:30-12:20

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Rod Stewart

5:30-7:00

Bonnie Raitt

3:30-4:45

Fats Domino Orchestra

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Bonnie Raitt, Jon Batiste, Irma Thomas, Deacon John, Davell Crawford, Al “Lil fats” Jackson

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Tribute to Fats Domino

1:45-3:00

Hot 8 Brass Band

12:30-1:20

Nigel Hall Band

11:20-12:10

ACURA STAGE

Khalid

5:45-7:00

DJ Kelly Green

5:05-5:25

Common

3:45-5:00

DJ Kelly Green

3:20-3:35

Big Freedia

2:10-3:15

La Banda Blanca

12:40-1:45

Scott D.

11:20-12:10

CONGO SQUARE STAGE

The Uptown Jazz Orchestra

6:05-7:00 Delfeayo Marsalis presents

Lucinda Williams

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Charles Lloyd & the Marvels

4:15-5:40

Butler Bernstein & The Hot 9

2:40-3:40

Leah Chase

1:25-2:15

Trumpet Mafia

12:15-1:05

Kim Wilson

featuring

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

5:45-7:00

Sonny Landreth

4:15-5:15

Sona Jobarteh and Band

2:50-3:50

Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton

1:25-2:25

Eddie Cotton

12:15-1:05

Tin Men

11:15-noon

11:10-11:55 Loyola University Jazz Band

BLUES TENT

WWOZ JAZZ TENT

Lena Prima

5:45-6:45

Gregg Stafford’s Jazz Hounds

4:25-5:25

Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses

3:05-4:05

Orange Kellin’s New Orleans DeLuxe Orchestra

1:45-2:45

Paulin Brothers Brass Band

12:25-1:20

Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble

11:15-12:05

ECONOMY HALL TENT

The Last Bandoleros

5:50-7:00

Pine Leaf Boys

4:20-5:15

Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience

2:55-3:55

Creole String Beans

1:40-2:30

Vishtèn

12:25-1:15

Rusty Metoyer and The Zydeco Krush

11:20-12:05

SHERATON NEW ORLEANS FAIS DO-DO STAGE

Cha Wa

6:00-7:00

New Birth Brass Band

4:40-5:40

Kod Kreyol and the Creole Dance Ensemble

3:35-4:15

Original Pinettes Brass Band

2:20-3:15

Walter Cook & the Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians

1:25-2:05

Grupo Sensacion

12:15-1:05

Mardi Gras Indians

Comanche Hunters

11:15-11:55

JAZZ & HERITAGE STAGE

New Orleans Gospel Soul Children

6:05-6:50

First Emanuel Baptist Church Mass Choir

5:10-5:55

Anthony Brown and group therAPy

4:15-5:00

The Johnson Extension

3:00-4:00

Leo Jackson & The Melody Clouds

1:55-2:40

Arthur and Friends Community Choir

1:00-1:45

Archdiocese of New Orleans Gospel Choir

12:05-12:50

The Wimberly Family Gospel Singers

11:15-11:55

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Jack Johnson

5:40-7:00

Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars

4:00-5:00

Bonerama

2:40-3:35

with Cranston & Annie Clements Dave, Johnny & Darcy Malone and Spencer & Andre Bohren

Chilluns

1:30-2:20

Roddie Romero & the Hub City All-Stars

12:20-1:10

Tracksuit Wedding

11:15-noon

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La Banda Blanca

4:45-5:45

Versailles Lion Dance Team

4:20-4:35

Lena Prima’s Tribute to Louis Prima

3:20-4:10

Savoy Family Cajun Band

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Sweet Cecilia

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Andrew Duhon

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Charlie Wilson

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Chocolate Milk

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Erica Falls

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Rahim Glaspy

George Benson

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Nicholas Payton Too Black

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Quiana Lynell

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Kidd Jordan & the Improvisational Arts Quintet

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John Mayall

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Tab Benoit

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Henry Butler & The Jambalaya Band

Tuba Skinny

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Lil’ Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers

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Socks in the Frying Pan

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Savoy Family Cajun Band

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Chris Clifton & His Allstars

Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders

NOCCA Jazz Ensemble

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Jambalaya Cajun Band’s Tribute to D.L. Menard with Larry Menard

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New Orleans Secondline

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Cynthia Girtley’s Tribute to Mahalia Jackson

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Trout Fishing in America

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Helen Gillet

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Latin Quarter

Fresh cuts LEIGHANN SMITH EARNED THE NICKNAME “Meat Mama” while

running the charcuterie and butcher department at Cochon Butcher.

For the past couple of years, Smith and her partner Daniel Jackson have been running the pop-up Piece of Meat at bars across the city, selling handmade sausages and smoked meats. (Smith’s bologna is used in the fried bologna sandwich at Turkey and the Wolf.)

The couple opened Piece of Meat

SoBou enjoys a criolla influence

BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund GROWING UP IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, chef Juan Carlos Gonzalez developed a fondness for chuletas cancan, a dish emblematic of the country’s “cocina criolla.” It’s a massive pork chop including the rib, loin and belly with some skin attached. It is fried until the skin flares into thick, crunchy and fatty edges.

Gonzalez has been the executive chef at the buzzy French Quarter restaurant SoBou since it opened six years ago. He added his take on chuletas can-can to the menu last year, after he revisited the dish on one of his trips back home.

Gonzalez re-imagined the criolla specialty with a modern Creole spirit.

He brines a chop for 48 hours before cold-smoking it, similar to the method for curing tasso. The final touch is a dip in the fryer, so the skin and fat creates a delicious crispy crust. The chops are meant for at least two diners to share and are served with an array of colorful accoutrements, including saffron-pickled green apples for tang, red onions cooked until sweet and jammy, chimichurri, andouille-flecked dirty rice and Crystal aioli.

I’ve dined at SoBou many times over the years, but it wasn’t until recently that I picked up on some of Gonzalez’s subtle Latin touches. Regional and Creole influences still dominate the menu at the sister restaurant to Commander’s Palace and Cafe Adelaide & the Swizzle Stick Bar, but the kitchen seems to take joy in its creative and whimsical tweaks to New Orleans standbys.

Fried blue crab croquettes sit on a slick of saffron-tinged citrus mayonnaise. Buttery crawfish tails and corn maque choux are served with two golden-fried green tomato slices and a thick drizzle of spicy remoulade.

Crispy-fried quail arrives atop peppery cornbread waffles with poached eggs and Crystal hollandaise, which delivers a sweet-savory punch.

WHERE

310 Chartres St., (504) 522-4095; www.sobounola.com

A daily Gulf fish preparation is served crispy skinned with lump crabmeat and buttery Creole meuniere. A charred lemon adds a bright burst of smokiness and acidity. Also delicious is the crawfish tamale, for which Gonzalez flavors the masa dough with crawfish stock. It is topped with a velvety ragout of crawfish tails and sweet corn maque choux.

Sunday Brunch features a performance by burlesque dancer Bella Blue.

Her “Legs & Eggs” show also is the name of a dish of corn-battered frog legs swimming in a seafood courtbouillon atop creamy grits. It seems thoroughly Creole except for the addition of spicy boiled eggs, which are at odds with the rest of the ingredients.

Brunch has a festive atmosphere, but

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WHEN

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breakfast Mon.Sat., lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun.

expensive

WHAT WORKS

crawfish tamale, chuletas cancan, Gulf fish

Executive Chef Juan Carlos Gonzalez serves a crawfish tamale.

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

the restaurant is livelier at dinner, and the space gets very loud easily.

The restaurant’s mainstays — including tuna tartare served in tiny cones, a foie gras burger and sweet potato beignets —are still there and still very good. But the instances where subtle Latin flavors and ingredients appear are the most exciting, and a big part of the restaurant’s appeal.

Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

WHAT DOESN’T

the space can get very loud

CHECK, PLEASE

subtle Latin influences add appeal to a contemporary Creole menu

(3301 Bienville St., 415-686-3867; www.facebook.com/bayoumeatmarket) butcher and restaurant in Mid-City on April 21.

The shop is a team effort from Smith, Jackson and the owners of nearby Bayou Wine Garden (315 N. Rendon St., 504-826-2925; www. bayouwinegarden.com) — Virginia and David Demarest, Fiona Delargy and Dean DiSalvo. Piece of Meat specializes in whole animal butchery and charcuterie, and supplies meats to the wine garden.

Smith and Jackson butcher and cure all meats in-house, and a wide selection of raw, cured and smoked meats are available in a deli case. There are strip steaks, rib-eyes, pork chops, pork belly and pork tenderloin, cured country ham, pancetta, guanciale, jerky, country-style terrine, smoked duck breasts and andouille. Other retail goods include cheese, canned fish, olive oil and coffee from Congregation Coffee Roasters. The shop’s owners have applied for a liquor license.

The sandwich menu includes a brisket medley with pickled red onions, horseradish mayonnaise and barbecue sauce on a bun. A Cubano is made with slow-cooked porchetta, ham, Swiss cheese, dill pickles and yellow mustard on Cuban bread from nearby Latin bakery Norma’s Sweets Bakery. A roasted rib-eye sandwich is dressed with balsamic red onions, red pep-

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There also are charcuterie and cheese boards, a farro salad and sesame-marinated cucumbers.

Nachos feature house-made boudin, fried pork skins, nacho cheese sauce and candied jalapenos. Piece of Meat might be one of the first local shops to join the national trend of serving so-called lard “candles,” which melt into a pool of fat, served with warm bread.

Piece of Meat Butcher is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays. Brunch is served 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.

— HELEN FREUND

American renewal FOLLOWING AN EXTENSIVE RENOVATION , The American Sector (945

Magazine St., 504-528-1940; www. ww2eats.com) at The National World War II Museum debuted an expanded restaurant space and a new menu.

The dining room now extends to a large terrace overlooking Magazine Street. There are retractable windows, a renovated bar and new private dining areas for larger groups.

Southern flavors and regional dishes fill the new menu. A fried chicken biscuit (pictured) is served with pepper jelly and Creole coleslaw ($13). Shrimp Louie Armstrong salad features shrimp remoulade, avocado, bibb lettuce and fried okra ($16). A cheeseburger has a half-pound grilled Angus beef pat-

ty, Creole smothered onions, sweet and dill pickles and a three cheese sauce on a brioche bun ($15). The Memphis King ($10) is a throwback to Elvis’ favorite sandwich of peanut butter and bananas on grilled Texas toast, and diners can add bacon.

American Sector now offers brunch on weekends. Executive chef Eric Schutzmann serves The Sargent’s Sardou ($15), featuring poached eggs, artichokes, creamed spinach and Swiss cheese on toast.

The Toast of Paris ($14) is a take on French toast with whipped pastry cream, praline bits and “boozy” strawberries. The Admiral’s Crabbie Patties ($20) features blue crab cakes, lemon butter, toasted al-

monds and blackened tomatoes.

Brunch cocktails include the G.I. Punch ($10) made with Bayou spiced rum, Bayou silver rum, pineapple, cranberry and orange juice. Bottomless mimosas are $18.

A band plays 1940s-era swing and jazz during brunch.

American Sector is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Happy hour is 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily and includes a selection of small plates for $5 and half-price drinks. The museum offers valet for happy hour guests with receipt. — HELEN FREUND

Chef shuffle RITA BERNHARDT IS NOW CHEF DE CUISINE at Domenica (123 Baronne

St., 504-648-6020; www.domenicarestaurant.com), a modern Italian trattoria in the Roosevelt Hotel that’s known for wood-fired pizzas, house-made pastas and a popular happy hour.

BRG Hospitality (www.brg-hospitality.com), formerly called the Besh Restaurant Group, made the announcement in a press release touting it as the first major back-ofthe-house hire since CEO Shannon White took over the company last fall. White assumed control in October 2017 after John Besh stepped down amidst multiple allegations of sexual misconduct at the company.

Bernhardt worked as a line cook at Domenica in 2011 before going on to work at restaurants including August and Bacchanal Wine.

Bernhardt and her partner ran the speakeasy-style supper club and catering service The PDR (which stood for Private Dining Room) and later operated a stand at the St. Roch Market. She left Dick & Jenny’s to move to Domenica, where she is working with executive chef Michael Wilson.

Dick & Jenny’s recently had a change in ownership. Former owners Cristiano Raffignone and Kelly Barker bought the restaurant in 2013. A new executive chef has not yet been hired, according to an employee at the restaurant.

Executive chef Hayley Vanvleet has departed Curio (301 Royal St., 504-717-4198; www.curionola.com).

Vanvleet was the opening chef at the French Quarter eatery owned by Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts (www.creolecuisine.com). Vanvleet previously worked at Peche, Kingfish and Cochon Butcher.

Brody LeBlanc is the new executive chef at Curio. LeBlanc has worked at Palace Cafe, Tableau, Borgne and La Provence. For the past two years, LeBlanc oversaw operations as executive sous chef at the CBD catering space Pigeon and Prince. — HELEN FREUND

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3-COURSE INTERVIEW

Caroline Rosen EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TALES OF THE COCKTAIL FOUNDATION TALES OF THE COCKTAIL (www.talesofthecocktail.com), the annual conference for bartenders and liquor companies, changed hands in February and became a nonprofit headed by former John Besh Foundation director Caroline Rosen. Last week, the foundation announced $250,000 in grant funding for projects focused on education, sustainability, diversity and health care in the hospitality industry. Rosen spoke with Gambit about the grants and the foundation.

What changes can guests expect at Tales this year?

ROSEN: We’re doing a lot of new things and we’re also trying to keep a lot of the good things that were done in the past.

We’re going to have a sober space. We’re going strawless, and we’re working with all of our partners so we can do that.

For media, we’re going to bring back the swag room. We’re also going to do an official volunteer day. And we’re kicking off Tales the first day with announcing the grants and explaining where all this hard work has gone.

Grant applications are open right now, and it’s really exciting.

This is one of the big changes that we’re starting upfront. The industry has given us so much, and we really want to help those that have helped us. There’s so much help we can bring to the industry, and we want the industry to dictate that. Our three pillars are to advocate, support and inspire.

We obviously don’t want to support just one person but rather something that can give back to the community and grow as a whole. I think there are many different creative ways to do that and many people out there already working on things. It’s on the community to tell us the places that need the most help so we can partner with them.

What are the biggest challenges facing the cocktail and beverage industry right now?

R: (There are) a lot of the things that we’re all talking about. It’s

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obviously diversity and the -isms.

I think it’s something that you have to be very thoughtful about.

We are not doing a diversity council or committee because all of our committees should be diverse. That’s the way we’re handling it. We’re not perfect, and we’re not going to get it right every time and the industry as a whole needs to be very conscious of it. How many female, African-American distillers are there? Not many. So how do we lead by example? By including and giving space and a voice to all people — that’s the best we can do.

This year at Tales, we’re going to have a sober space. We’re seeing a trend where more bar directors are sober, bartenders are sober and chefs are sober.

Addiction and alcoholism are a big problem, and there are different ways to support (people who have) depression. Access to education is something that really matters. We’re a community that isn’t going to be able to grow unless we ensure that there is access.

New Orleans is the hospitality capital of the world. I think that New Orleans can be the leader in a lot of these tough subjects, especially with a foundation that is willing to go ahead and (be) upfront.

What’s your cocktail of choice?

R: My favorite drink is a Last Word. I was actually introduced to Chartreuse at a Tales seminar years ago. If there is something that I would really love to make, it’s that. — HELEN FREUND

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Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Banh Mi Boys — 5001 Airline Drive, Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5360; www.bmbmetairie.com — Delivery available. No reservations. L and D Mon-Sat. $ Ben’s Burgers — 2008 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 889-2837; www. eatatbens.com — No reservations. 24H $ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Reservations recommended. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Casablanca — 3030 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2209; www.casablancanola.com — Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D Sun-Thu. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. L Sun-Thu, D Mon-Thu. $ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, L daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ R&O’s Restaurant — 216 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie, (504) 831-1248; www.rnosrestarurant.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$

Heads & Tails Seafood & Oyster Bar — 1820 Dickory Ave., Suite A, Harahan, (504) 533-9515; www.headsandtailsrestaurant.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$

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

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

Rolls N Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.rollsnbowlsnola.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $

Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 733-3803; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $

Sammy’s Po-boys & Catering — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0916; www.sammyspoboys.com — No reservations. L Mon-Sat, D daily. $

KENNER

Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.shortstoppoboysno.com — No reservations. B, L, D Mon-Sat. $

The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — No reservations. B, L, D daily. $$ Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ — 3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 305-4393 — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Vista Buffet — Treasure Chest Casino, 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino.com — No reservations. L Mon-Fri, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

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LAKEVIEW El Gato Negro — 300 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-0107; www.elgatonegronola. com — See No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations. B, L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $ NOLA Beans — 762 Harrison Ave., (504) 267-0783; www.nolabeans.com — No reservations. B, L, early D daily. $$

Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — Reservations recommended. L, D Tue-Sun. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

MID-CITY/TREME Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $ biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks

St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Delivery available TueFri. No reservations. L, brunch daily. $$

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

L Tue-Sun, D Fri. $ Cafe Navarre — 800 Navarre Ave., (504) 483-8828; www.cafenavarre.com — No reservations. B, L and D Mon-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. $ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$

tions recommended. D daily. $$$ G’s Kitchen Spot — Balcony Bar, 3201 Magazine St., (504) 891-9226; www. gskitchenspot.com — No reservations. L Fri-Sun, D, late daily. $ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.juansflyingburrito. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — No reservations. B, L Mon-Sat. $

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

Martin Wine Cellar — 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — No reservations. B, L daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$

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

Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 4109997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$

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

L, D daily. $

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

Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 4838899; www.namese.net — Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Ralph’s on the Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Reservations recommended. L Tue-Fri, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Rue 127 — 127 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 483-1571; www.rue127.com — Reservations recommended. D Tue-Sat. $$$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola.com — No reservations. L Mon-Sat. $$ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. L, D, late daily. $

NORTHSHORE

Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., (504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelateria. com — No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; www.slicepizzeria.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; www.theospizza. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $ Tito’s — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 2677612; www.titoscevichepisco.com — Reservations accepted. D Mon-Sat. $$

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Capdeville — 520 Capdeville St., (504) 371-5161; www.capdevillenola.com — Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat. late Fri-Sat. $$ El Gato Negro — 800 S. Peters St., (504) 309-8864; www.elgatonegronola.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$

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

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

UPTOWN

Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; www.juansflyingburrito. com — No reservations. L, D daily. $

Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 894-8881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Reservations accepted. brunch, D Tue-Sun. $$$

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

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

L, D daily. $$ Cafe Luna — 802 1/2 Nashville Ave., (504) 333-6833; www.facebook.com/cafeluna504 — No reservations. B, L, D daily. $ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. B daily, L Fri-Sat, D Mon-Thu, brunch Sun. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise. com — No reservations. L Fri-Sun, D and late daily. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Reservations recommended. D Wed-Sun. $$$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Reserva-

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

WEST BANK Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. D TueSat. Cash only. $$$ Restaurant des Familles — 7163 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 689-7834; www. desfamilles.com — Reservations recommended. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Tavolino — 141 Delaronde St., (504) 605-3365; www.facebook.com/tavolinolounge — Reservations accepted. D daily, brunch Sun. $$

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TUESDAY 24 Bamboula’s — Big Dixie Swingers, 3; Jan Marie & the Mean Reds, 6:30; Mofongo, 10 Blue Nile — Water Seed, 9 BMC — Set Up Kings, 5; Dapper Dandies, 8; Captain Green, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Chip Wilson & Marcello Benetti, 5:30; Jon Cleary, 8 Circle Bar — Carl LeBlanc, 6; Cold Beaches, Garbage Boy, 9:30 Columns Hotel — John Rankin & Friends, 8 d.b.a. — DinosAurchestra, 7; Treme Brass Band, 10 Gasa Gasa — Chastity Belt, Lala Lala, Pope, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 Little Gem Saloon — NOLA Dukes, 7 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Edward Moseley, Justin Reuther, Logan Griswold, 8 Old U.S. Mint (New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park) — Navy Fleet Week All-Star Jazz Combo, 2 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Siberia Lounge — Marc Stone’s Backporch Party, 8 SideBar — Paris-Chicago-Zurich feat. Rob Mazurek, Jeb Bishop, Christophe Rocher, Simon Berz, Alexandre Pierrepont, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Stanton Moore Trio, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 6; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 10 Three Muses — Albanie Falletta, 5; Dr. Sick, 8 Tipitina’s — Vulfpeck, Joey Dosik, 8

WEDNESDAY 25 Autocrat Social & Pleasure Club — TBC Brass Band, 9 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat.

Giselle Anguizola, 2; Mem Shannon, 6:30; Sunshine Brass Band, 10 Blue Nile — New Orleans Rhythm Devils, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 BMC — Demi, 5; Yisrael, 8; Funk It All, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Ivor Simpson-Kennedy, 5:30; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8; Jelly Biscuit, 10 Circle Bar — The Iguanas, 7; Deterioration, Hallucination Realized, Shitstormtrooper, 10 d.b.a. — Tin Men, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10

Radar Upcoming concerts » GEOGRAPHER, SO MUCH LIGHT, May 15, Gasa Gasa » BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS, PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND AND PAUL BEAUBRUN,

May 18, Music Box Village » FASCINATOR, June 5,

Gasa Gasa » NEKO CASE AND THAO,

Sept. 11, Civic Theatre » MS. LAURYN HILL, Oct. 3,

UNO Lakefront Arena » ANDERSON EAST, Oct. 5,

Joy Theater

Neko Case performs at Civic Theatre Sept. 11.

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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 — Hot Blood Orkestar, Soul Project, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — The Garden, Tijuana Panthers, Cowgirl Clue, 7 House of Blues — Hollywood Undead, 7 House of Blues (The Parish) — The Sword, The Shelter People, 9; Jet Lounge, 11 The Jazz Playhouse — James Williams Jazz, 8 Lafayette Square — Wednesday at the Square feat. Big Sam’s Funky Nation, The Deslondes, 5 Little Gem Saloon — #WCW feat. Anais St. John, 7:30 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — Grayson Brockamp & the New Orleans Wildlife Band, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Bob Pittman, Jonathan Tankel, Chip Yamada Band, 8 Old U.S. Mint (New Orleans Historical Park) — Evan Christopher’s Clarinet PAGE 49

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THURSDAY 26 Armstrong Park — Jazz in the Park feat.

Kermit Ruffins, 6 Bamboula’s — Kala Chandra, 3; Jenavieve & the Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 6:30; Bon Bon Vivant, 10 Blue Nile — Micah McKee & Little Maker, 7; Bayou International Reggae Night feat.

Higher Heights and DJ T-Roy, 11 BMC — Ainsley Matich & the Broken Blues, 5; Andre Lovett Band, 8; Chrishira, 11 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Gumbo Cabaret, 5; Tom McDermott & Chloe Feoranzo, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Casa Borrega — Cheryl Hodge, 7 Check Point Charlie — Baby Boy Bartels & the Boys, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Erica Falls, 8; Jason Ricci Quartet, 11 Circle Bar — Dark Lounge with Rik Slave, 7; Alligator Chomp Chomp with DJs Pasta, Matty and Mitch, 9:30 The Civic Theatre — Trey Anastasio Band, 9 d.b.a. — Jon Cleary, 7; Little Freddie King, 10; Ike Stubblefield Organ Trio feat. Terence Higgins, Ari Teitel, 1 a.m.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Carl Leblanc Trio, 9:30 Gasa Gasa — The Rayo Brothers, Esther Rose, 9 House of Blues — Dixie Dregs, 8 Howlin’ Wolf (Porch) — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Ashlin Parker Trio, 6; Brass-A-Holics, 8:30 Joy Theater — St. Paul & the Broken Bones, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11 Little Gem Saloon — Monty Banks, 5; John Mooney & Marc Stone, Alfred “Uganda” Roberts, 8 Louisiana Music Factory — Andrew Duhon, noon; Cha Wa, 1; Jason Marsalis, 2;

Gal Holiday, 3; Billy Iuso, 4; Chris Thomas King, 5; Brass-A-Holics, 6 The Maison — Stanton Moore Trio feat.

Robert Walter, Will Bernard, 9:45 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 11 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Leigh Guest, Jamie Bernstein, Dave Easley, Ferdinand, 8 New Orleans Botanical Garden — Threadhead Thursday feat. Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, Dave Jordan & the NIA, 6 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Nolatet, 6 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Clive Wilson & Butch Thompson, New Orleans Serenaders, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Ashlin Parker & Trumpet Mafia, 8 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Chubby Carrier, 8 Santos Bar — The Skull, 9 SideBar — Zopli-2, 6; James Singleton & Aurora Nealand, 9; Mike Dillon, James Singleton, Brian Haas, 11:30 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — David Murray Quartet, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Sarah McCoy, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 5; Mia Borders, 8 Tipitina’s — Railroad Earth, 9 Vaughan’s Lounge — Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 10

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FRIDAY 27 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale, 5:30; Sierra Green & Soul Machine, 10 Bar Redux — Dreaming Dingo, De Lune Deluge, 8 Blue Nile — Caesar Brothers Funk Box, 7; Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 11; Robert Walter & Posthuman, 1:30 a.m.

Blue Nile Balcony Room — Mike Dillon Band, Billy Goat, 11 BMC — Lifesavers, 3; Roadside Glorious, 6; Hyperphlyy, 9 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Asylum Chorus, 6; Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton, 9; Calvin Johnson & Native Son, midnight Bullet’s Sports Bar — The Pinettes Brass Band, 8:30 Cafe Istanbul — Axial Tilt feat. Joan Osborne (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Casa Borrega — Descarga Latina feat.

Fredy Omar, 7 Check Point Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 8; Jeb Rualt, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Bill Carter, 8; The Johnny Sansone Band, 10:30 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae & Gina Leslie, 7; Norco Lapalco, Friendship Commanders, US Nero, 9:30 The Civic Theatre — Trey Anastasio Band, 9 PAGE 50

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Road, 2 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Tom Sancton & Sammy Rimington, Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Jesse McBride & the Next Generation, 8 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Joey Bada$$, 7 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 5:30 Santos Bar — Swamp Moves feat. Russell Welch Quartet, 10 Siberia Lounge — Ashlae Blume X-Tet, 9 SideBar — Mike Dillon, Matt Chamberlain, James Singleton, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Chris Christy’s Band, 2; Shotgun Jazz Band, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 10 The Starlight — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 7 Three Muses — Leslie Martin, 5; Arsene DeLay, 8 Tipitina’s — Vulfpeck, Joey Dosik, 8

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d.b.a. — The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 6; Honey Island Swamp Band, 10; Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 2 a.m.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Vivaz!, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — The Tipping Point with DJ RQ Away, 10 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Buena Vista Social (Latin dance party), 10 Gasa Gasa — Acid Mothers Temple, Yoo Doo Right, Viva L’American Death Ray Music, 10 House of Blues — David Shaw, 9; The California Honeydrops, 11:30 House of Blues (The Parish) — Matador! feat. Eddie Roberts & Alan Evans, 9 Howlin’ Wolf — Dumpstaphunk, Naughty Professor, Chali 2na, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Stefan Moll, 4:30; The Nayo Jones Experience, 7:30 Joy Theater — St. Paul & the Broken Bones, 8 Le Bon Temps Roule — Jeff “Snake” Greenberg, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Lilli Lewis, 5; New Soul Finders feat. Ladies of Soul, 8 The Maison — Blue Plate Special feat. Will Bernard, Stanton Moore, John Medeski, Chris Wood, Skerik, 1:30 a.m.

Mandeville Trailhead — Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys, 6:30 Music Box Village — Mike Dillon’s Punk Rock Percussion Consortium, 6 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Daniel Black, Richard Bienvenu, Steve Brooks, Joel Wilson, 7 New Orleans Museum of Art — Sasha Masakowski, 5:30 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; 1 Percent Nation, 9:30; Gal Holiday, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Sweet Crude, Maggie Koerner, 8; Boyfriend, 1 a.m.

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Kevin Louis & Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10; Midnight Preserves feat. Christian Scott, Charlie Gabriel, midnight Prime Example Jazz Club — Maurice “Mobetta” Brown & Friends, 8 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Tab Benoit, The Iguanas, 9 Saenger Theatre — Queens of the Stone Age, 8:30 Santos Bar — Amplified Heat, Eagle Claw, 9 Siberia Lounge — Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers, Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rodailleurs, 10 SideBar — Helen Gillet & Sasha Masakowski, 9; Alex Massa, Ryan Scott-Long, Matt Booth, 11:30 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ellis Marsalis Quintet, 9 & 11 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30 The Starlight — Linnzi Zaorski, 7 Three Muses — Matt Johnson, 5:30; Doro Wat Jazz Band, 9; Michael Watson, midnight Tipitina’s — Tank & the Bangas, Big Freedia & Soul Rebels, 9; The Floozies, 1:30 a.m.

Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 3 The Willow — Hot 8 Brass Band, The Revealers, 10

SATURDAY 28 Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — Robert Glasper Rotation Trio feat. Chris Dave, 9 Bamboula’s — G & Her Swinging Gypsies, 2:30; Johnny Mastro, 7; City of Trees Brass Band, 11:30 Bar Redux — Alabaster Stag, 9 Blue Nile — Red Baraat, 10:30; Megawatt, 1:30 a.m.

Blue Nile Balcony Room — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7:15; WimBASH New Orleans feat. Doug Wimbish, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, Daru Jones, D.M.D. the Band, Marcus Machado, Ike Stubblefield, 11; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m.

BMC — The Jazzmen, 3; Willie Lockett, 5; Captain Green, 9 Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters & the Party Meters, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Odd Fellows Rest, 6; Camile Baudoin, 9; Soul O’ Sam feat. Sam Price, midnight Cafe Istanbul — Axial Tilt feat. Joan Osborne (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Mia Borders Band, 10 Casa Borrega — Rites of Swing, 7 Check Point Charlie — Roots and For, 4; Woodenhead, 8; The Ubaka Brothers, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Andrew Duhon, 8; Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, 10:30 Circle Bar — Egg Yolk Jubilee, 8:30; Mod Dance Party with DJs Matty and Kristen, 11 The Civic Theatre — Trey Anastasio Band, 9 d.b.a. — Tuba Skinny, 6; Hot 8 Brass Band, 10; Naughty Professor & Friends feat. Chali 2na, 2 a.m.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Fitzpatrick & Turning Point, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Aaron Lopez-Barrantes, 7 Gasa Gasa — Imarhan, Kumasi, Joshua Benitez, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Pink Room Project, 11 House of Blues — Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, 10 House of Blues (The Parish) — Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 9; Fruition, midnight Howlin’ Wolf — Anders Osborne feat. Samantha Fish, Eddie Roberts, Ivan Neville, Rebirth Brass Band, 10 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — The Southern Belles, Gina Sobel, Emily Julia Kresky, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Stefan Moll, 5; Shannon Powell, 8 Joy Theater — As the Crow Flies, Once and Future Band, 8; Beats Antique, Matisyahu, The Preservation Horns, The Russ Liquid Test, 1:30 a.m.

Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 8 & 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Gallivan Burwell & the Predatory Drifters, 7; Mitch Broussard, Blond Melon Monroe, 9 New Orleans Jazz Market — Lionel Hampton Big Band feat. Antonia Bennett, Jason Marsalis, 7 & 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — The Deslondes, Julie Odell, 8; The Nth Power (Nirvana tribute), 1 a.m.

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PREVIEW Acid Mothers Temple with Yoo Doo Right and Viva L’American Death Ray Music

BY NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS A PRINT PREVIEW OF JAPANESE COSMOS-DIDDLER Acid Mothers Temple quickly can be consumed down a rabbit hole of splintered inside-projects and dilated adjectives. (It’s already happening.) So, in honor of this third-eye blind date with Montreal Can-opener Yoo Doo Right and Memphis garage hot-boxer Viva L’American Death Ray Music, we’ll do the oranges-and-cigarettes version and concentrate on one recent collaboration: 2016’s Record Store Day pileup Acid Guru Pond (Fire), a psychedelic summit with venerable German trip advisor Guru Guru (krautrocking 50 years in 2018) and Philadelphia drone ranger Bardo Pond (pursuing happiness since 1991). Acid Mothers Temple only seems like it’s been around forever; at 23 years old, the band actually is the relative upstart on this blotto portmanteau, which refracts its five tracks into 68 overdosing, color-coded minutes. Bylined to Bardo Pond, the extended long-player lists “Purple,” “Green” and “Blue” as “featuring Guru Guru & Acid Mothers Temple.” Those credits are reversed on “Orange” and “Red” — a seemingly semantic difference that becomes obvious over the half-hour denouement, in a slow-burn sunset that, as the world turns, just keeps on flickering. With Kawabata Makoto the last remaining member of the original Melting Paraiso U.F.O. crew, an eternal flame is only fitting. Tickets $12 in advance, $14 day of show. At 10 p.m. Friday.

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Jazz Band, 6 Three Muses — Salvatore Geloso, 6; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9; Swamp Donkeys, midnight Tipitina’s — Galactic, Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, 9; Flow Tribe, 1:30 a.m

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Daru Jones, Marcus Machado, Doug Wimbish (Six of Saturns Live Vol. 1 album release), 10 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Carl LeBlanc, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Blue Nile — PJ Morton, 10; Weedie’s Annual Birthday Fest, midnight Blue Nile Balcony Room — Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, 10:30 BMC — Jazmarae, 7; Moments of Truth, 10 Bourbon O Bar — G & the New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Birger’s Ragtime Band, 4; Steve Pistorious Quartet, 7 Bullet’s Sports Bar — John Pierre, 6 Cafe Istanbul — Joan Osborne (Bob Dylan tribute), 10; Bernard Purdie’s Party

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Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi, 9:30 Carousel Bar & Lounge — James Martin Band, 8:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Chris Smither, 8; Jesse Dayton, 11 Circle Bar — John Mooney, 9:30 d.b.a. — The Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Funk & Chant feat. John “Papa” Gros & Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, 10; Lightnin’ Malcolm feat. Brady Blade, 1 a.m.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Michael Mason Band, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Gasa Gasa — Red Baraat, Miss Mojo, 9 House of Blues — Los Lobos, 9 House of Blues (The Parish) — Jon Cleary, 9 Howlin’ Wolf — Foundation of Funk feat.

Zigaboo Modaliste, George Porter Jr., Anders Osborne, Jojo Herman, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, The Bonerama Horns, 10 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 Joy Theater — Iko All-Stars feat. Billy Iuso, Reggie Scanlan, CR Gruver, Eddie Christmas, Michael Fouquier, Brian Stoltz, Camile Baudoin, Kirk Joseph, Marc Paradis, Jake Eckert, Mike Doussan (Without a Net tribute), 9 Little Gem Saloon — Jamison Ross, 8 The Maison — J.E.D.I. feat. Aaron Johnston, Marc Brownstein, Borahm Lee, Ryan Zoidis, Eric “Benny” Bloom, 10; Z-Funk feat. Michaelangelo Carubba, Roosevelt Collier, Brandon “Taz” Neidrauer, Steve Swatkins, Rob Walker, Mike “Maz” Maher, Chris Bullock, Shira Elias (Led Zeppelin and Parliament Funkadelic tribute), 2 a.m.

One Eyed Jacks — Worship My Organ feat. Robert Walter, John Medeski, Skerik, Adam Deitch, DJ Logic, 9; The Switch Hitters feat. Nigel Hall, Nate Werth, Robert Sput Searight, Wil Blades, 1 a.m.

Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Mark Braud & Sunday Night Swingsters, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10; Midnight Preserves feat. Christian Scott, Charlie Gabriel, midnight Prime Example Jazz Club — Nicholas Payton Trio, 8 & 10 Rare Form — The Key Sound, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Tab Benoit, Sonny Landreth, Kenny Neal, 9 Santos Bar — The Iceman Special, 11:55 Siberia Lounge — Monocle, Julie Odell, Happy Talk Band, 9 SideBar — Masakowski Family Band, 9; Mike Dillon, Steven Bernstein, James Singleton, 11:30 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Davell Crawford & Company, 9 & 11 Southport Hall — Eric Lindell, 8 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 Tipitina’s — Squirrel Nut Zippers (album release), Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 9 Trinity Episcopal Church — Scottish music and dance feat. Robert Grubb,

Steve Brownlee, Morgan Brownlee, John Domangue, Laurie McConnell, Hugh Robertson, 5

MONDAY 30 Blue Nile — Jeff Chaz, 7; Toubab Krewe, Water Seed, 10 BMC — Lil Red & Big Bad, 7; Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, 10 Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club — Jimmy Robinson & Michael Skinkus, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Justin Molaison, 5:30; Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott, 8; Alvin Youngblood Hart & Muscle Theory, 10:30 The Civic Theatre — The Darkness, 8 d.b.a. — Swampede & Prairie Party feat.

Tommy Mclain, CC Adcock, Steve Riley, Dave Ranson, Cowboy Stew Blues Revue feat. Lil’ Buck Sinegal, Curley Taylor, 2; Medeski, Vidacovich & Wood, 10; Glen David Andrews, 1 a.m.

House of Blues — WWOZ Piano Night feat. Jon Cleary, Marcia Ball, Ellis Marsalis, Henry Gray, Davell Crawford, Tom McDermott, Joe Krown, Bob Seeley, David Torkanowsky, Al “Lil Fats” Jackson, John Autin, 7 House of Blues (The Parish) — Christophe Mae, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Evan Christopher, 7 Louisiana Music Factory — Tom McDermott, noon; Alexey Marti, 1:30; Mitch Woods, 3; Tin Men, 4:30; Johnny Sansone, 6 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 Music Box Village — The Residents, 8 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Nicholas Neibauer, Ivor Simpson-Kennedy, 7; Genial Orleanians, Lexi Weigel, 10 One Eyed Jacks — Frequinox feat.

Donald Harrison, Robert Mercurio, Stanton Moore, Robert Walter, Will Bernard, Green Is Beautiful feat. Eddie Roberts, Alan Evans, Chris Stillwell, Chris Spies, Congo Sanchez, Nick Gerlach (Grant Green tribute), 9:30; Neon-Medeski feat.

John Medeski, Mono-Neon, Robert Walter, Daru Jones, Skerik, DJ Logic, 1:30 a.m.

Preservation Hall — Preservation Jazz Masters, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Santos Bar — Leeway, Rhythm of Fear, 9 Siberia Lounge — Alex Massa’s Fat Trio, Organized Crime feat. Noelle Tannen, 10 SideBar — Mike Dillon, Brad Houser, Dave Easley, Doug Belote, 8; Snarky Sasha feat.

Chris Bullock, Sasha Masakowski, 11:30; Scott Clemens, Ryan Scott-Long, Georgiy Petrov, Russell Ramirez, 2 a.m.

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 2; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 10

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EVENTS TUESDAY 24 Dinner with a Curator. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.

stagedoorcanteen.org — At a four-course dinner, Chrissy Gregg discusses World War II-era editorial cartooning during her talk “Bill Mauldin: The Legacy of Willie and Joe.” Tickets $56.99. 6:30 p.m.

Earth Day. New Orleans Botanical Garden, 5 Victory Ave., (504) 483-9386; www.neworleanscitypark.com/botanical-garden — There are exhibitors, kids’ activities, cooking demonstrations, yoga classes and food at the Earth Day celebration. Free admission. 4 p.m.

NOLA Navy Week. Citywide — Navy ships are available for tours, and there’s a seafood cook-off and Navy concerts.

Visit www.facebook.com/nolanavyweek for details. Tuesday-Wednesday.

PechaKucha Night. AOS Interior Environments, 400 Poydras St., Suite 1700 — PechaKucha New Orleans and Women in Architecture co-host the presentation with a theme of “Her Story.” 1000 Figs provides hors d’oeuvres. Free admission. 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 25 Defining Jazz Fest. New Orleans Public

Library, Mid-City branch, 4140 Canal St., (504) 596-2654; www.nolalibrary.org — Music writers Alex Rawls and Alison Fensterstock discuss the history, heritage and future of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. 6 p.m.

Evenings with Enrique. New Orleans Botanical Garden, 5 Victory Ave., (504) 483-9386; www.neworleanscitypark.com/ botanical-garden — The garden stays open late for live music, and mojitos and Latin food are available for purchase. 5 p.m.

The Lens’ Birthday Celebration. Propeller Incubator, 4035 Washington Ave., (504) 564-7816; www.gopropeller.org — A party for the investigative news website’s eighth anniversary includes a live interview with founder Karen Gadbois.

Visit www.thelensnola.org for details.

Free admission, RSVP requested. 6 p.m.

Sippin’ in the Courtyard. Hotel Maison Dupuy, 1001 Toulouse St., (504) 5868000; www.maisondupuy.com/fqbistro. html — The series offers live music, discounted cocktails and small plates to benefit local nonprofits. 5 p.m.

STAR Open House. STAR Mid-City, 123

N. Genois St., (504) 407-0711; www.star. ngo — Refreshments are served at an open house for Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response, and there are discussions of community services. 4:30 p.m.

Survivor Story Showcase. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Survivors of sexual violence tell their stories through theater, writing, dance and song. There’s reiki, yoga and more. Free admission. 6 p.m.

Winston Ho. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The historian’s four-part lecture series examines the role Chinese immigrants played in New Orleans history. 7 p.m.

THURSDAY 26 Green Drinks. NOPSI Hotel, 317 Baronne St., (844) 439-1463; www.nopsihotel. com — LifeCity and Alliance for Affordable Energy host the cocktail party and discussion of alternative energy and renewable power sources. 5:30 p.m.

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REVIEW The Rent is Too Damn High

BY D. ERIC BOOKHARDT AS A SETTING FOR AN ART EVENT, the Crescent City Boxing Gym, located amid nondescript warehouses in an obscure part of Central City, seems unusual. Inside its well-lit expanse, Martin Payton’s imposing steel sculptures and a wide array of smaller works by artists such as K.D. Lewis and Cecelia and Jose Fernandes provide a colorful contrast to the desolation outside.

That may be the point. The Rent is Too Damn High is a fair-housing battle cry popularized by New York community activist Jimmy McMillan, but here the event and its title reflect how local folks are being marginalized by ever-escalating housing costs.

Curated by Fari Nzinga in conjunction with The Color Bloc organization of more than 350 artists of color, Rent eschews gallery district glitz in favor of directing the transformative power of art to a long-neglected urban enclave.

That may sound idealistic, but some locals may recall how an art show held long ago in a rundown warehouse in an area then known as “wino row” became the Contemporary Arts Center and helped transform the area. But revitalization without gentrification remains an elusive goal. At fateful junctures in our past, New Orleanians placed their faith in the legendary Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau, whose spiritual potency would surely be welcome in the fight for fair housing today. In that vein, writer and performance artist Kristina Kay Robinson has invoked Laveau’s legacy in her Temple of Color and Sound (pictured), a movable Voodoo altar where she explores the potential of activist Voodoo shrines as a new direction in the art of community healing. In fact, as an expression of the Creole synthesis of African, Native American and European spirituality that arose among diverse peoples here and in the Caribbean, Voodoo was the original spiritual performance art of the Gulf-Caribbean region. Unlike the sensationalized nonsense propagated by its critics, the Voodoo espoused by Laveau was considered a sacred practice that united diverse generations of New Orleanians with the healing powers of nature. Perhaps her mojo can help heal our neighborhoods as well. Through May 6. Crescent City Boxing Gym, 3101 Erato St., (504) 539-6344; www.color-bloc.com.

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Lunar Lagniappe. Treo, 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 304-4878; www.treonola.com — There’s salsa dancing, boiled crawfish and dance performances at Krewe de Lune’s party, which benefits New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice and Congreso de Journaleros. Tickets $15-$20. 7 p.m.

FRIDAY 27 Columbia Street Block Party. Downtown Covington — Classic cars are displayed at a block party, and nearby restaurants and boutiques host special events and musical performances. 6:30 p.m.

Moonlight Hike and Marshmallow Melt.

Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www. northlakenature.org — A nature walk with sweet treats. Registration $5. 7:25 p.m.

Pizza Poetry Project. Citywide — Poems

by Big Class student poets are delivered with the purchase of a pizza at several restaurants throughout the city. Visit www.bigclass.org for details.

Zoo-To-Do for Kids. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org — The event for children has music, food, crafts, games, face painting and more. Tickets $25-$40. 5 p.m.

and live music. Visit www.artsneworleans. org for details. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Hawk Band Car Show. Archbishop Hannan High School, 71324 Highway 1077, Covington, (985) 249-6363; www.hannanhigh. org — There’s a jambalaya cook-off and crafts fair at the car show. Car registration $25, all-you-can-eat jambalaya $10. 9 a.m.

The Magic of Memories. Lakeview Regional Medical Center, 95 E. Judge Tanner Drive, Covington, (985) 867-3800; www. lakeviewregional.com — The street rod, classic car and motorcycle rally benefits Louisiana Alzheimer’s Association and National Alliance on Mental Illness. Car registration $25. 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

SUNDAY 29 Dog Wag and Walk. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature. org — Bring a leash, a bowl and water for this group dog walk through the nature preserve. Registration $5. 8 a.m.

Fourth Anniversary & Record Rave. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The party has desserts and performances by DJs Shane Love and Miles Tackett. Free admission. 7 p.m.

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Arts Market of New Orleans. Palmer Park, South Claiborne and South Carrollton avenues — The market features local and handmade goods, food, kids’ activities

Instruments A Comin’. Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-8477; www. tipitinas.com — The family-friendly street party hosted by Tipitina’s Foundation

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includes a battle of the marching bands, performances by school musicians, a silent auction and indoor concert. Free admission, indoor concert $60. 6 p.m.

NOLA Crawfish Festival. Central City BBQ, 1201 S. Rampart St., (504) 558-4276; www.centralcitybbq.com — The three-day festival features a crawfish-eating championship, a cook-off, local beers and music.

Tickets $45-$500. 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

SPORTS Big Easy Rollergirls. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., (504) 280-7171; www.arena.uno.edu — The roller derby team plays the Beach Brawl Sk8r Dolls and Panhandle United Roller Derby AllStars. 5 p.m. Saturday.

New Orleans Baby Cakes. Shrine on Airline, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 734-5155; www.cakesbaseball.com — The New Orleans Baby Cakes play the Round Rock Express. 7 p.m. Monday.

WORDS Mary Gehman, Mary Beth Magee, Karen Wallsten. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The children’s book authors discuss recent work. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Poetry Storywalk. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Author David Campbell and artist Peg Usner lead the nature walk with a poetry theme. 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Raynard Sanders. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author discusses Twenty-First Century Jim Crow Schools: The Impact of Charters and Vouchers on Public Education. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

FILM OPENING THIS WEKEEND Avengers: Infinity War (PG-13) — The 19th (lol) film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, led by Robert Downey Jr. and compatriots. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Cinebarre, Broad Loveless (R) — In this punishingly bleak drama, an estranged Russian couple searches for their missing 12-year-old. Chalmette The Great Silence — A bounty hunter and mute gunslinger square off in Sergio Corbucci’s 1968 Western. Zeitgeist

NOW SHOWING Acrimony (R) — In Tyler Perry’s thriller, Taraji P. Henson vows revenge on her cheating lover. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Cinebarre, Chalmette Beirut (R) — “James Bond meets Don Draper,” they say, in this Jon Hamm spy thriller set in 1980s Beirut. Elmwood, Cinebarre Bharat Ane Nenu — Government corruption troubles an Indian university graduate. Elmwood Black Panther (PG-13) — Chadwick Boseman (James Brown and Thurgood Marshall, PAGE 59

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NAMED FOR THE VISEGRAD GROUP, a political alliance between Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, this dance festival was curated by Contemporary Arts Center Performing Arts Curator Laurie Uprichard for performances in New York and New Orleans. Each of the four nations is represented by one of its emerging contemporary dance companies. On Wednesday, Czech choreographer/dancer Vera Ondrasikova’s Guide features two solos about the convergence of the past and present, performed with laser light effects. Hungary’s Timothy and the Things company presents its cofounders, Laszlo Fulop and Emese Cuhorka (pictured), in a piece about boredom and aimless activities. On Thursday, Slovakia’s Debris Theatrical Company presents Wow!, a duet about man’s impact on the environment performed against a backdrop of video projections. Polish dancer Pawel Sakowicz’s solo piece Total is about pursuing artistic perfection. Tickets $10-$25. At 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 25-26.

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in other recent movies) is the eponymous Marvel-universe superhero. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Blockers (R) — Buzzkill parents try to stop teens from swiping their V-cards on prom night. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare (PG-13) — Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) stars in this horror movie about a game of truth-ordare with bloody consequences. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Regal Chappaquiddick (PG-13) — Early reviews of this film (about Ted Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick incident, which resulted in a young woman’s death) say it’s surprisingly nuanced. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre The Death of Stalin (R) — A bleakly comedic, loosely historical retelling of the days following an autocrat’s death. Broad Final Portrait (R) — Geoffrey Rush and Armie Hammer star in the film about the friendship between artist Alberto Giacometti and writer James Lord. Elmwood Foxtrot (R) — The Israeli drama concerns the aftermath of a married couple’s son’s death while serving in the military. Broad I Feel Pretty (PG-13) — Amy Schumer plays an insecure woman who wakes from an accident with a supermodel’s confidence. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Isle of Dogs (PG-13) — In Wes Anderson’s latest, a boy visits an island populated by pups. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Cinebarre, Broad Love, Simon (PG-13) — A closeted high school boy must navigate coming out and his secret internet admirer. Elmwood Pacific Rim Uprising (PG-13) — John Boyega (recent Star Wars films, Detroit) stars in the robot/monster mashup. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell A Quiet Place (PG-13) — The slightest noise attracts hangry monsters in this horror/thriller film. Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre, Broad Ready Player One (PG-13) — Steven Spielberg directs the film about a race to find an Easter egg in a VR universe. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre

Super Troopers 2 (R) — The troopers patrol the hotly disputed U.S.-Canada border. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal A Wrinkle in Time (PG) — Middle-schooler Meg travels via tesseract; Oprah, Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon are her spirit guides. West Bank, Slidell You Were Never Really Here (R) — An impressionistic arthouse crime drama stars Joaquin Phoenix as a tormented hitman. Broad

ON STAGE Catch Me If You Can. Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-2000; www. jpas.org — The musical is inspired by the life of con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. Tickets $35. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Eclipsed. Loyola University New Orleans, Marquette Theatre, 6363 St. Charles Ave. — Five women rely on each other to cope with exploitation during the Liberian Civil War. Visit www.southernrep. com for details. Tickets $8-$45. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

FLAM-BOY-ANT. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.net — Atomyc Adonis hosts the boylesque show.

Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Thursday.

The No Ring Circus. Fortress of Lushington, 2215 Burgundy St., (504) 704-1393 — The avant-garde dark clown theatre piece is set to an original soundtrack. Visit www.thenoringcircus.com for details. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday, 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

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PIZZA MAKER WIT’S INN Bar & Pizza Kitchen Apply in person Mon-Fri, 1-4:30 pm 141 N. Carrollton Ave.

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OLD U.S. COINS AND MARDI GRAS DOUBLOONS. CHRIS’S FINE JEWELRY, 3304 W. ESPLANADE AVE., METAIRIE. CALL (504) 833-2556.

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Don’t go to court without an attorney!

You can afford an attorney.

Call Attorney Gene Redmann, 504-834-6430.

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The Witry Collective is transforming every aspect of your real estate experience.

In 2017, we sold a home every 2 days!

Witry Collective

900 Camp St., Suite 301, New Orleans, LA 70130 • (504) 291.2022 (o)

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Famous Cornstalk Mansion $4,400,000 HILL RIDDLE, JR. & ASSOCIATES, LLC www.hillriddlejr.com • 504.881.6313

Selling New Orleans Real Estate Since 1995

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Clara Paletou, ABR, GRI

1820 St Charles Ave, #110 New Orleans, LA 70130 504-891-6400 Licensed in State of Louisiana

3617 N. LABARRE ROAD, METAIRIE 5BR/3BA • 3,633 SF • $479,000

HISTORIC HOME SPECIALIST 504-858-5837 cducp@aol.com www.HistoricNOLAHomes.com

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6BR/4 FULL BA/1 HALF BA • 4,522 SF • $680,000

2100 ST CHARLES AVE. 2B

ONE RIVER PLACE SO

Great family home! Short walk to the lake. In great condition and has been loved and cared for! Lg bedrooms, closets, 9ft ceilings, plenty of storage, wireless alarm, updated faucets (handmade by Ted Ward), medallions. Genuine plaster by Barthe.

Susan Saia (504) 957-7504 Each office independently owned & operated

Beautiful 6 BR, 4/1/2 BA home in highly sought after area. Lg living room, spacious gourmet kitchen w/granite counter tops and Viking Range, sparkling swimmers pool & cabana.

Perfect for entertaining and situated on large lot.

N.O. Properties

8001 Maple Street New Orleans, LA 70118 Office: (504) 866-7733 saia@bellsouth.net www.susansaia.com

Totally renovated 2BR / 2BA in Popular Carol Condominiums.

Mint, move-in condition in one of the most secure properties in town. $379,900

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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. $945,000

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 35 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

3 Story 1820’s townhouse w/2 story rear building. Old world charm with all the modern conveniences.

Approximately 3,370 sq. ft.

Excellent mid-quarter location.

1,399,000

Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226

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RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

233 S. Jeff Davis - 2bd/2ba ............... $1650 2354 Constance - 3bd/2ba ................ $2400 921 Race #C - 3bd/2ba ...................... $3750 315 Decatur #4 - 1bd/1ba .................. $1600 618 Congress - 1bd/1ba/ furn ......... $1200

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

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

OLD METAIRIE BEST VALUE IN OLD METAIRIE

Sparkling Pool & Bike Path. 1 & 2 BDRM Apts. w/King Master, furn Kit, granite counters in Kit & Bath. Laun. on premises, Off St Pkg. NO PETS. $744 to $944. Owner/agent (504) 236-5776.

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French Quarter Realty

1041 Esplanade MON-FRI 8:30-5

949-5400 FOR RENT

528 St. Louis #2 1/1 Pvt street balc, exc loc, hdwd flrs, w/d in unit .................................................................. $1850 937 Gov Nicholls #7 1/1.5 open concept kit/liv, upstairs suite w/updtd bath, common ctyd .......................... $1700 2424 Royal 1/1 shotgun style ½ of double, ctyd, wd flrs, priv w/d, great location ....................................................... $1550 224 Chartres 4 units avail, 1-3 beds, reno’d, elevator access, ctyd, great loc starting at .......................... $2750 231 Burgundy #31/1 negotiable rate depending on whether utilities paid by owner or tenant ............. $1300-1500 2731 N Rampart 3/1 great loc & price! Charming backyard, w/d in unit .................................................................. $1600

FOR SALE 1016-18 St Ann 4/4 live in one side and have a renter help pay your mortgage, or make this a single family. Remodeled w/modern amenities, courtyard ................ $1,200,000 3023 Iberville 3/2 Updt’d, driveway, wd flrs, granite ctrs, sec sys, central location ..................................... $285,000

UPSCALE WATERFRONT CONDOS FOR LEASE IN MARINA VILLAGE

224 Chartres 4 units avail, 1-3 beds, reno’d, elevator access, ctyd, great loc starting at ................... $649,000 511 Gov Nicholls #G 2/2 huge balc w/great views, wf flrs, expsd brick, master suite and ctyd ..................... $649,000 5029 Bissonet 4/3.5 recently updt’d, poss 5th bed, outside entertainment spc, garage and huge yard ........ $549,000 231 Burgundy #3 1/1 fully furnished, recently reno’d, shared courtyard and 2nd flr balc .................... $255,000 2220 Freret 3/2 large fenced in yard, loc in Flood Zone X, conveniently located .......................................... $168,000 620 Decatur #I 2/2 Hdwd Flrs, High Ceils., Reno’d Baths/ Kit, w/d in unit, amazing views .......................... $785,000

EMPLOYMENT CHILDCARE

CARROLLTON

Needed throughout the city, $15-$20 per hr.

Call at (504) 722-5752.

DELIVERY/DRIVERS

FULL/PART-TIME NANNIES/ BABYSITTERS NEEDED

8812 OLEANDER ST.

2BD, LIV RM, KIT & BATH. Off St. Pkg, 1 blk from bus stop. W/D Hkups. Backyard. $670 + $670 Dep. No Pets. Call (504) 610-4716.

MID CITY 3122 PALMYRA STREET

Completely renov, 1/2 dbl w/ 1BR, 1BA, hdwd flrs, washer/dryer, refrigerator, stove, ceil fans, water pd. $900/mo+dep. Call 504899-5544.

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COMPUTERS Software Engineer sought by Bentley Systems, Incorporated in our Metairie, LA office.

Create, enhance, & maintain multiple s/ware product lines, & participate in the full lifecycle of dvlpmt, from specs & dsgn through implmtn, test, & support. Dsgn, implmt, test, & support product features according to Bentley’s defined s/ware dvlpmt standards.

Participate in defining & interpreting feature requests, documenting those requests in functional specs, & dsgng specific products & features for stability, usability, & maintainability. Use the latest dvlpmt tools to turn the dsgns into actual s/ware products that are stable, maintainable, & well-documented.

Perform unit testing & provide additional guidance & support to the certification group. Maintain existing code base & provide assistance to the support group. REQMTS: U.S. Master’s deg, or foreign equiv in Civil Engg or Comp Sci, + 1 yr engg exp, as well as the following: fatigue dsgn, linear & nonlinear finite element analysis, structural analysis & utilizing dsgn codes, such as AASHTO, AISC & Eurocode. Competitive Sal. Contact christy.coluccio@bentley.com.

1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

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

ADVERTISE HERE!

CALL 483-3100

MISCELLANEOUS Metairie Country Club NOW HIRING

Apply within or at www.metairiecc.org First Engineer, Merchandise Director, Assistant Dining Room Manager and other FT & PT positions.

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CALL 483-3100

REAL ESTATE / EMPLOYMENT / GENERAL CLASSIFIEDS

Greatrm boasts hdwd flrs, cathedral ceiL, huge brick fireplace opening to sunset deck, patio. Kit w/all built-ins. Single Garage. NO PETS, $1895. 3BR/3BA. Owner/agent.

(504)236-5776.

6 new condos located in Chalmette, just 3 miles from I-10 & 9 miles from Downtown New Orleans. Great view of the Marina, private dockage, ICWW access, golf cart friendly. 241 Marina Rd. (504) 450-5400.

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DORIAN M. BENNETT, INC. 504-920-7541